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A DAY DREAM.
BY TBBODOBK CARPENTER.
In a long-forgotten pocket,
Tied up with a silken band,
I found it: only a letter,
Traced in a girlish hand.
I read it over and over,
Ah, me! as I did before,
•. In the days that were full of sunlight—
The days that are no more.
I dreamed of a golden Summer,
Far back in a joyous time,
When every day was a poem,
And every hour a rhyme.
There came a fragrance of roses,
And lilacs andm ; gnonette,
And a sound of sylvan music,
And the eyes that are with me yet.
A flood of purple sunset,
In scintillant glory came,
Till the deep old forests kindled.
And burned like a fluid of flame.
There came a girlish figure,
With billows of floating hah,
And she bent her face above me—
An angel over my chair.
I saw it all in a moment,
While I held the crumpled sheet;
And then, as the vision faded,
The long, gray city street,
With its hateful rush and clamor,
Came back to my weary eyes;
Ah I still the fruitless struggle!
Ah! still the worthless prizs.
THE VACANT CHAIR.
A Sabbath stillness fills the room,
As twilight deepens into night,
And all around is darkened gloom—
Thy presence gives no gleam of light.
Memory recalls thy absent face,
The sunny smile thou used to wear;
We turn to catch tny warm embrace,
And meet, alas! - thy vacant chair.
We miss thy well-remembered form,
Thy silvery voice, so sweet and clear,
The heart whose feelings, pure and warm,
Had made thee to our own so dear.
The books, the flowers thy band pressed,
We treasure with the deepest care ;
The very room thy presence blessed,
Now hold", alas! thy vacant chair.
A rosebud’s broken from the tree,
Thy lute’s unstrung upon the ground;
We turn in vain to look for thee,
And listen for thy footstep’s soud.
We miss the clasp of thy dear hands,
Thy words that oft could banish care,
And memory wields a magic wand,
As we gaze upon thy vacant chair.
THE DEACON’S DOG,
It was a great many yeart ago, at a
camp-meeting, that Brother Higgins, a
good man, but passionately fond of dogs,
came in one day accompanied by a black
and-tan hound. Somebody asked him to
address the congregation, and he mounted
the stand for the purpose, while his dog
sat down upon his haunches immediately
in front, looking at his master. In the
midst of the discourse, which entertained
us much, another dog came up, and after
a few social whiffs at Brother Higgins’ dog
began to examine the hind leg of the latter
with his teeth, apparently for the purpose
of ascertaining it it w r as tender. An ani
mated contest ensued, and one of the con
gregation came forward for the purpose of
separating the animals. His efforts were
not wholly successful. He would snatch
at the leg of Hiegin’s dog, but before his
hand got there the yellow dog would be on
that side, and would probably take an in
cidental and cursory bite at the deacon’s
hand. Brother Higgins paused in hia dis
course and watched the deacou. Then he
exclaimed, !‘dpit in his eye, Brother
Thompson, spit in the hound’s eye!”—
Brother Thompson did, and thefight ended
“But I just want to say,” etntinued Mr.
Higgins, mine can eat up any salmon col
ored animal in the State, and then chaw up
the bones of its ancestors for four genera
tions, without turning a hair 1 You un
deiHaul me!” Then the services pro
ceeded,
TUB MOTHER AS A HAIR-CUTTER.
You can always tell a boy whose moth
er cuts his hair. Not because the edges
of it look ail if it had beeu ehewd off by
an absent minded harse, but you tell it by
♦v- j
WIT AND HUMOR.
What commits the greatest abominations?
Nations.
What is necessary to a farmer to assist
him ? System.
What is the best advice to give a justice
of the peace 1 Peace.
What must be done to conduct a news
paper right ? Write.
Send out your children to take air when
there is a “spanking breeze.”
Doctor Johnson once reprimanded a man
for selling liquor. “Imust live,” said the
inn-keeper. “I see no necessity for that,’,
replied the doctor.
“Jenny,” said a Scotch minister, stoop
ing from his pulpit, “have ye got a peen
about ye?” “Yes, minister.” “Then
stick it into that sleeping brute o a man o’
yours by your side.”
An Irishman applying for a license to
sell whisky, was asked by the Judge if he
had a good moral character. “Faith, yer
honor, I don’t see the necissity of a good
moral character to sell whisky.”
A minister made and interminable call
upon a lady. Her little daughter present
grew very weary of his conversation, and
at last whispered in an audible -whisper:
“Didn’t he bring his amen with him,
mama ?”
A young gentleman having called in his
physician, said: “Now, sir, 1 want no tri
fling; I wish you to strike at the cause of
my disease.” “It shall be done,” replied
the doctor, and, lifting his cane, he smash
ed the decanter of wine upon the table.
A small chap on the street with a big
hat on, stsanger sees him and cries out—
“ Hallo, hat, where are you going with
that boy ?’’
An old lady hearing some one say that
mails were very irregular, said: “It was
just so in my young days—no trusting any
of them.”
Squilcn asked his friend why he married
so little a wife? “Why,” said he, “I
thought you had known that of all evils
we should choose the least?”
Mrs. Jenkins complained in the evening
that the turkey she had eaten at thanks
giving did not set well. “Probably, ”
Jenkins, “it was not a hen-turkey. ” He
got a glass of water In his face.
A minister who had received a number
of calls, and could scarcely decide whieh
was the best, asked the advice of a faith
ful old negro, wdio replied, “Massa, go
whar dere is de mos’ debbil.”
Ac urchin suffering from the application
of the birch, 22 M . “Forty rods are said to
be a furlong. I know u 2.‘ U;r : let anybody
get such a plaguey licking as I liavC had ;
and he’ll find out that one rod makes an
acher! ”
A newly married woman of genteel ap
pearance, went into a furniture shop a few
days since, and inquired for a family fruit
basket. She was shown a large cradl ,
which was just what she w anted.
A band, which serenaded a young mar
ried couple in one of our surburban towns,
the other evening selected a peculiarly hap
py and flattering piece, known as “The
monkey mariied the baboon's sister.”
“Teddy, my boy, jist guess how many
cheeses there ere bag, and faith I’ll give ye
the wholq five.” “Five, to be sure.”—
“Arrah, by my soul! bad luck to the man
that tould ye. ”
, At one of his lectures, George Francis
Train shouted, “Now. then, any body can
at-k me questions.” Whereas an old lady
got up and said, “Mr. Train, I would like
to know what makes a pot-leg always burn
in two in the middle.” The American
traveler was nonplussed.
A peasant went into a large city and
was attracted to a banking-office, where he
saw people go out and in without getting
any goods, apparently, as in other shops.
He ventured to enter and ask the teller
what was sold there. “Asses’ heads,”
was the sneering answer. “What a busi
you have!” said the rustic; “I see you
have but one left.”
A fellow who was nearly eaten out of
bouse and home by the constant visits of
hi* ♦riends, was one day complaining bit
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Vinegar Bitters are rot a vile Fancy D.'ink,
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... * ; ve.
iti'.o, Remittent, »«<1 Intermit
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Scrofula, or King’s Evil, White
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.The Aperient and mild Laxative properties
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stomach, and bowels, either from inflammitio
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Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral,
For Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption.
r Among the great
discoveries of modem
science, few are of
more real value to
inankitjd this ef
fectual remedy roh*.
diseascs of the Throat
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tlirowgbont this and
other countries, has
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surely and effectually
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zens, of all classes, establishes the fact, that
Cheeky Pectoral will and does relieve and
cure the afflicting disorders of the Throat and
Lungs beyond any other medicine. The most
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yield to its power; and cases of Consump
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ly known, so ’remarkable as hardly to be be
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which are easily met at first, but which becoin
incurable, and too often fatal, if neglected. Ter
der lungs need this defence; and it is unwise t
be without it. As a safeguard to children, amk
the distressing diseases which beset the Throa
and Chest of childhood, Cherry Pectokai
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saved to the love and affection centred on them.
It acts speedily and surelv against ordinary colds,
Securing sound and health-restoring sleep. No
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ful Bronchitis, when they know how easily
thev can be cured.
Originally the product of long, laborious, and
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is spared in making every bottle in the utmost
possible perfection. It may be confidently re
lied upon as possessing all the virtues it has ever
exhibited, and capable of producing cures as
memorable as the greatest it has ever effected,
prepared by
Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
Ayer’s
Hair Vigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.
dressing
which is at
once agreeable,
l healthy, and
effectual for
preserving the
/• Lair. 7? soon
restores faded.
or d ra V Unir
it ß original
‘ color, zvith the
gloss and freshness of youth. Thin
’;oir is thickened, falling checked,
and baldness often, though not alway si
cured by its use - Nothing can restore
the hair where tb e are de
stroyed, or the glands atropuisd ant
decayed; but such as remain can uo
saved by this applicates, and stimu
lated into activity, so that a new
l growth of hair is produced. Instead
of filing 1 the hair with a pasty sedi
mentj it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent baldness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
.scalp arrests and prevents the forma
tion of dandruff, which is often so un
cleanly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make,
some preparations dangerous and inju •
hair, the Vigor can only
LjbenelWbut not harm it. If wanted
f Jor a HAIR DRESSING,
i notnWw' I*'' 1 *''-
Ayer’s Cathartic Pills,
. For the relief an<
cure of all derangn*
menu in the non.
AS? ach, liver, and bow-
ele. They arc a mild
aperient, and aa
excellent purgative.
. Being purely veg*
table, they contain
no mercury or mino*
BtoO ral whatever. Much
serious sfckneaa an*
sufferingispreveab
ed by their timely
use; and every ftunily should have them on hand
for their protection and relief, when required.
Long experience has proved them to be me saf
est, surest, and best of all the PMie with Which
abounds. By tbeir occasional ush,
the bloooM the corruptions of the tv*
tem expelled, removed, and thd
whole machinery of IffiTWii .itlit, iu health#
activity. Internal organs Jwul
and sluggish are cleansed by JNWa, Mq
etiinulated into action. Thus incipient disease
is changed into health, the value of which change,
when reckoned on the vast multitudes Who enfoy
it, can hurdly be compuud. Their sugar eoating
makes them pleasant to take, and preserves then
virtues unimpaired for any length or tkne, sa
that they are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable,
Although searching, they are mild, and operate’
without disturbance to the consUtuuoft, or diet,
occupation.
Full directions are given on the wrapper to*
each box, how to use them as a Family
and for the following complaints, which-these)
Pills rapidly cure:—
For Dyspepsia or Indlgestiea, XtoeleM*
neas, Languor and. Loss of Apposite, they
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stoffi*
ach, and restore its healthy tone and action.
For I,lver Complaint and its various tyrnpr
toms, Billons Headaclio, Bick Meaii.
ache, Jaundice or Breen SlckneM, Bit
ions Colic and Bilious Vevers, they thoulfl
be judiciously taken for each case, To correct the’
diseased action or remove the obstructions which
cause it.
for Bysentery or Biarrhcea,' but oac
mild dose is generally required.
For Bheumatlim, Clout, Gravel, Ptl-
Sitation of the Heart, Pain in the.
ide, Back and Lolas, they should be contin
uously taken, as required, to change the diseased
action of the system. With such change those
complaints disappear.
For Bropey and Bropetcal Pkelllnge,
they should be taken in large and feeqnent doses
to produce the effect of a drastic purge.
For Suppression, a large dose should be
taken, as it produces uje desired effect by synv
pathy.
As a Dinner Pill, take one or two PiUs to
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels, restores the appetite, and invigorates the
system. Hence it is often advantageous where
no serious derangement exists. One who feels
tolerably well, often finds that a doss of these
Pills makes him feel decidedly better, from their
cleansing and renovating effect on ths digestive
apparatus.
PBEFABED BY
Dr. J. C. AYER A CO., PraeHenl Chetnitie,
DO WEED, MA»B., V. 8. A.
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TTATH
Every year increases the populari
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which is due to merit alone. Wa
can assure our old patrons that it ia
kept fully up to its high standard;
and it is the only reliable and perfect
• ed preparation for restoring Ghat
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making it soft, lustrous, and silken.
The scalp, by its use, becomes white
and clean. It removes all eruption*
and dandruff, and, by its tonic prop
erties, prevents the hair from falling
out, as it stimulates and nourishes
the b air-glands. By its use, the hair
£u’ c k er an “ stronger. In
baldness, it restores the capillary
glands to their normal VigOi*,
•” '-ante a new growth, except in
**‘ v ‘ the most eco-
extreme old age.
nomical Hair Dressing ever
as it. (pirpr npplicat’'' T
and gives the hair
appearance. A.
State
“ The constituents are pure, are
folly selected for excellent q Lity;
and I consider it tha Best Prepa
ration for its intended purposes.’*
Sold by all Druggists, and Dealers to MedlclfMt,
Price One Dollar.
Buckingham’s Dye/
FOR THE WHISKERS.
As our Renewer in many cases
requires tnn Inner’ a time