B. F. SCIIWEIER,
THE COSSTITUTIOS-THE TUIOU-AHD THE EKF0ECZME5T OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
A OL. XXXI.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1S77.
NO. 43.
1 VINTAGE S05G.
BI L D. L BIASCIAKDL
... Once more the year it f nines poor
To uet the heart of toil ;
Once more we take with gratitnda
The blessing of the soil.
I hear the children laugh and sing.
They poll the grape together ;
And g'-adnee breathe from everything
In this October weather.
The winter day were lon and dirk.
The spring was slow to come ;
and summer storms brought fear and doubt
To many a humble home.
But rain aud sunshine hid heir will
And wrought their work together,
And see ! we heap our baskes still.
In this October weather.
My heart has had its winter, too.
And lain full bare and gray ;
I did not think a epring would come.
Much leaa a summer day.
How little did I dream that life
Would bring us two together.
And I should be a happy wife
In this October weather.
Doubtless the frosts will come again.
And some sseet 1 0s must die ;
But we shall bear the passing pain.
And smile a well as sigh ;
Nor let us cloud with fears of ill
This gclden hour together ;
F. r God is in Hn garden still
In this O.tobsr weather.
Scrttmer't Monthly.
The Lucky Larceny.
A Lawyer's Story.
Mr. Courtney was a rich old bachelor,
and the ancle of a couple of nephews
the one a brother's, and the other a sis
ter's son. 1 hese two were his next of
kin, legally entitled, in case he died in
testate, to inherit his property.
