VOL XXXI. OFFICERS OF COLCSIRIS CO. President Judge—lino. WiDiem Flirty. Inn Dm, "ftellit° ' l9 * 2-- I Peter K. lierLeln. }'rot y awl qk of Courts—J..sv Colrineu. Replan. awl 11.c:order—John U. Freeze. ( Allen Mann, Commimtuners—John P. Fouler, Sheriff—Samuel 11 5'°n in iy il der ti r "Y (2(11°. 1 Treasurer—John J. Stiles. IDauiul Snyder, Audited—L. D Rupert, John P. - Hannon. thi Ver Co cessllitorney—E. IL Little. Ma privfmr---Ce pt. Geo. W. Um {Nutty Surveyor—isaau A. Duwitt. Diarist Attrunuy—Milton M. Traugh. Coronor--Williatn J. lkeler. (\witty Superintendent—Chas. G. Barkley, Adsesor4 internal Revenue—R. F. Ciark. (Julio Tlvons4, . li. Dietnex Assistant AV. 33 or — ' ' J. If. Ikeler, ' ,J. S. Wood?. Collector —Denjarniu F. IlartioA. N EW STOVE: AND TIN 9111)1' Mniv frrr.rr.r. ;NC r.tv orrclMTr. MILL-MB 040161111:', rA. ?fl nrderoftnNi has jva 111114 op. 1/ 4 0p 16 ' ,1 Qty her, STOVE AND TIN thl4 place. 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A .Iritihteill ..... „.. . . . .g. 40 4 .11.1 tle.4 01'00 WOK isaserted aocording 40special n>ntrn't, eUilnent 11 , 11fr0$1, without advertkelneat, twenty. rer t. per tine. rf.‘0.1.1.1 n.teeti igen/mote payable is adt ;tact an our toter the Arai tarprtina. IP* titrive's Hlt*k Cur.a Main aflo ttuu lettvrt., A!,':, SPLAK :KINDLY To TUT Will:. S i v , ak Os to thy Rife, she ittn,w,4 elouttlytt* sorrow ; Oh week not trout ent h petty ill Flu 3 1 1.4 q word to burrow, rt , t .1 her heart there 'b. treasured love, I lit : p h:, its golden worth; One gentle eon', one Full! of thine, Can ever v:sil it forth. Wtti, thou, ast hai,tl4. and stern anti iti. Aid thilie own dear home, -tot,h..re of tionit,titt hive n G.trow :•eelts to roam ; Up MI her hotit thy nob' worth rail At.l chi!' u tta .k r lire ; Than, oh ! amidst thy trials I . indly to thy wife. 17intily to thy wire ; r.,:tt, hart? left .t lintlty Of and tt, iltint• (Alt lint , t , .. nreo ft y-.lr have ; "ihro:4 fit titu have told tho titres, 1!“.3 hest shstetl its tt r :it'et Wi,, , te ' , Li thy kott•tenshonnvarti turn, t.) thy wife. Sp.ktit tv thy vie- ; its prty gr , winz uft sfon y& hoth to:ty gartvred lip itf Jo.lv Or thy tioutht neat yetaty. she ha.: krciu Orhi To .4) , +1.1,, the e ut Erct 01.! thet4, Is bon trial , t•tott kitt;Ey to t 1 wife t The ti hole Country on Flrc. 4 SL•oilug. Irmadu emtAzurafirm-- mu. 4 mul iltre4l, FUla's mut tenca, I%:', 1 .1%4 fi- Ture'ous Ibunts.. A It *Titer itt!-i.is. mid that the &Ige wai tai.lA:4l I,y Gr the rov...ine, of.ttn A rricalt with ~ 1 t..C.1 1.14 7 e thm the ti.:st?tiction of the te" Mime.. in! sr.reoflitv uver 1:4:!rt ;I'o4lrtcrrit4r,..., oft I .I.qvie, Ii avy., a 1, 3 .1, ttpun the couwiv I , l* 3 at.t71 , 1r. , of tmely a ~:at Mile!. 11,,Q t1 , 11t131 111 -. 1 threagle , uttt a l:! )r...1111 t., A • 1.1 1 11 , ..1 411t1 1 1 .2 . •at.•, a`!..l a of south r.t : its I„,,reFt :•a ;, !lurk and b*,' t':, el.en,..se is stecepit,s. i tr , has been abk tey it. .Lt coos: of awl'ul rtr.m.icar. Thu 1.1,...ht II : 1.1 t..! Irra''',%.2l•4l 01 . 11,i, 1 , 0! v•".. ;Val tttt!'.!a s,t th e f l ews, :11„.: th e giaet tr. o, and roaring ..,'. t o the very tle; sta-vp ....1.. .a e.stroas set yents of tire, stretohilq front plain to hill ; the crash of faliing limbs and trees is heard en every hand, giving out by their fell a million sparks that gem the dense block smoke like diamond sparkles en a cur twin of jet. In the central portion of 01;st:entity mach damage has been dome. Fences anti barns ; I Pine timber and smelts of grain, hare bee,' destroyed, aryl fit power seatus snairient to check the OP rip.bing destroyer. In south east Missouri "Negro Wool Swamp," or the dead grass and timber therein. are in a mass of flame and a bulk of fire. fly found iii Mot rifts. of the hest quaiey . _unt , :n..a.fulot lathe yourvelves. ,wh nude mtiAst or r..paire+l. below the *We of The woels in Union county are al,o being ewept by the iloutiable devourer. In the night thu.. the ~c e ry~ is foedully gian,l. Tne till troJs glealuing through the dark• flees, like colanto4 el burnished gold. All 'trowl ienc. , n the crackling, raging Cunt!, leaping flow II ub to lint b, following the tortuous winding!, of the long worn fences, and cowing the earth with a gleautiog Ili mak tird, MI is twig elini A pod uatt. , IMF ~, 'fhu daiusges sustained already can not estimated. where the farriers are balk the fire ; but whia breaking, the 7 z7n`sr hi this place, arc flanke l a 6, 1 1; while making headway hero, are !bele. Thu Dui irs of the tire is vaaii) accounted fur, Hunters and matket men camping iu crk have theughtlossly left the embus of • camp fires to be scattered among the eaves by the first breeze. In this way wide spread conflagration originated. di entirely powerless, and we look for only when the Heavens open their , 8 and SCIPIS a drenching IShower, toes net occur soon, the flames %oust Lit they die fur the want of fur. feed upon, enveloped in smoke. The rivers is rendered difficult b 7, and eyes and lungs The "burning of the • paiedieel Mayor' Thu 1 PI:111.141111) EN TAY WKIRIDIDAY IY PA" BY WILLIAMSON U. JACOBI% ran 3 11'„ ti. 1 genoY. 014,anit6 fa, emarniii% County. 14 7 . 04)0,(01 Jere BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1867. [Por the Democrat.) THE Oil) BCIIIIOOII.4IOVSE. The WOO of this article is not remark aide for its architectural grandeur, or the high position it has occupied as a literary institution, It is an old weather-beaten and now dilapidated building, soon to give way for a structure now suited to the purposes for which it was created, Being acquainted, and somewhat identified, with its history since it was built, I could nave it mune ed without paying my respects to it ore it pass away forever. It is located on the Bast bank of Fishing creek, beside one of those beautiful "Still waters" that grace this delightful stream. A fine covered bridge spans the creek, crossing whieh, from the little town of Stillwater, you immediately pass the obi sehool-house, %joule sugar maples spread their friendly branches over it, and frier the green lane, that extends POW ilk tanee down the stream. This beautiful play ground, with the quiet waters, the grateful shsde, the singing birds, and a score or more Of laughing, romping, happy children; present a summer picture, not everywhere to be met with. It is well known to many of my readers, that this stream, usually so dear and beautiful, some times becomes a turbulent and destructive current. From some peetillar formation of the Mountains, where it heads, or as, Nome suppo.o. sonic powerful mineral attraction, the clouds congregate there, in dense masse s comentrate their raining powers and pour dawn, not drops, but sheets of wayr min gled wish flame, for, with the ‘lesending tor rents, the vivid lightnings fl Ish Mee, •antly, and the than !erg keep up a perpetual war. tit eat masses of earth slide from, and huge teas roil down the Monto...in uproot ing and I,, , arim; down laity trues in their deeemling v mrse. The spring that hubbies op out 01' the Nets are lost in the swelling n :veld, and the music of the little rills, is drowned by the roar of the mi g hty cataract. The head-:raters, no longer putt' and lim pid, rush into the main channel. C.. 1 'wr ing its t.miendotts the stream and r onward, bearing with it, in it's de ,tru..tboi ...weeps, trees, cone. s, bridges, mills wad trly the while valley is inundated ati looks like 3 great muddy sea. Snell was the 'Jot flood Ils4s. The bridge at Stillwater was carried away and the Ida sAvoll.s,use wtt..= borne down on the tlurreht, about a quarter of a toile, where, when the waters abated, it was found high and dry, very little the: worse of its perilous ride, the stove ronaiuin4 still is its place tk, furniture bet little injured. By a go.eival of labor it was brought back to its old foundation and there it has stood until BE this old house was new, many changes lime ovearreil in this settioneot, 1 en—sts hay" been turlesi into fruit rid fields spacious nunisions have taken the place of the ill dwellings, and wealth has brought mere taste and refit:gine:it. but perhaps not more hapithicto, than existed thhty years ago, N one b u t 0 0 4 0 , who, have been ac quainted nith the place for that many years can believe bow great the change has been. The election el this 'a ,11..! WO an imp it.- Lint overt in the history of the pottlent mt. The nearest sato oilioitse was two miles ills fun, consequsatiy, now., but the larger children, enjoyed the privilege of attending sehool. The uld inhabitants being very prolific, their families %Nero large, Three acme of children were looking forward with pleasing anticipations, to the twipletion of the house, e hero they could attend sghool and receive instruction. Thu writer of this, well remembers, with what hopeful glee they assembled there fair the first time, livery hum was lit up with pleasant smiles and every eye beamed with anticipated delight. How studious they were to improve and eager, to master the fast principle of an edooatioo. Ilat thirty zvur hays , pas4cil sine," then, end vthero are tlecai children ? The mounds in they gave yard, where Iheal^ls or affection blown to their mentor:, tell where nun ut them aro, others have ma lip their loon,* in distant plats! tr tut which, no doubt, when 7,611 evening tone , on, and their thowyhts flan back to this 'Jaya of their childhood, when the events or their pett tinter are brouilit vividly to view, they r, m e mber with ploaetrithi 4ean e 4 of the oki school house on the hank of the creek, yet others, have taken the iilitets of the generation that preetsedeti theta, and are performing the duties of parents and citizens, with honor to themseltes and to those whuru they have laid in the quiet grave, But the auction of this house was en be. , event for anethcr teut,ou. There was no house built owes* fur religious ourship, at that time, in the township awl we might adf', in Bernal, 14150, mid tut one , in Sugarloaf, th old log house, St. Church in the wools," Having nu where to meet for worship but in the old uncomfort able log houses, a great way off, it was quite a pleasure to have a good convenient house in their midst in whioh to meet and offer their devotions to their faker, Here, on the Sabbath, they met and listened to the first principles of the duutrino of Christ, or joined their sweet voices in the holy har mony of spiritual songs, uutil the mind was borne away on the wings of Gospel faith and the soul felt all the subduing yet mieer• ing influena of a rational Religion. From this house, too, many a solemn procession moved to the Baptismal waters, in which, hundreds have Vl homed their !Nth in the BY ILiN EN. - Resurrection of Jesus, and their own, con sequent Re motion at the 'sat day. But where ore the crowds that gathered in, and about the obi school-house thirty years ago? Where are the old men with their cheerful times and honest hearts? Where, the old women, with their modest manners and sterling virtues? Gone, nearly all gone. Here and there is one, whoas a ands of life have nearly dropped away, yet they love to recall and spsak of the pleasant times In the old schoolhouse. But the earthly house of their tabernacle will soon be dissolved, and as the old school-house is to give place to a better structure, so they, we trust will have a house nut wade with hands Eternal in the Heaven. IM That AD t Forney concludes his letter to the Pees: on the failure of impeachment in the following words Specie payments•will finally supplement whole by so rev a process, that our happy people will everywhere cherish a greenback as the symbol of the vindicated credit of the grandest Government on earth ; and for. cl imers. captivated by the spectacle, will Listen to prefer our kinds to their own, or will coma to live among us to share the blessings of a Republic which, in less than a decade, has solved the two grandest prob. lents of politics and finance by giving the ballot to four millions of Maple, who had been two fyttturies owl rt half in slot erg— by igen rring ct cot.ssal debt to prosecute a coilossal mtr, and by prot,io t t their readiness ttr PoP if of donor fir dollar. prinet'pal and interest, ira their men gold. Ann this will be the hterve4 sr id.: slash; sown by Repubh ean soldiers siol :Statesmen. The italie3 are Forney's. As Iv. real that paragraph we are forced to ask r is that ull ? Did the waste of war, and the drain of the nation's best blood brings us Whirar, bettor than the ballot for four million bar barian negroc:,, and a huge debt which is to he paid in gold and kept standing, f:r to: indt.dinite period, at a rate of interest which will f.utwe rich and mercenary foreigner, to prefer oar bonds to their own, or to come and live among us on the interest which is to be annually wrung from the sweat and toil of the loboring masses of oar country ? Li that all ? lif Forney is to believe, so it is. That is the grand boon conferred on the peop:e of this country by the Republican p art y. i•V(4/1 mr• is sown by Be pothlieln abstumn.o wet soldiers." What do the V, hice. wen of the North who wiled rai4ethh, Ipt a v o t thi n k of t h e result of their labtoe ? % V 1 it for such put po.es the private soldier shed his blosd ?- 1m them unmver hi,neellnth ttt they boa !- blell7yriterr, IMITORS. An exchange draws the I . ..incising vivid Omuta. a an editor An editor's qualifications arc various. It is to work harder, more hours in the tidy, with loss recreatien, on leas sleep and pourer pay than any of our fellow mortals. It is to be bill when your neighbors arc idle, busier when they sleep, and busiest when t hey are enjoying a pad time. It is to be always in a hurry, always under a press of basins:Ls, always "setting up" when others are lying down, and always charitably "dis tributing" the results of our daily labor,— It is to have your opinions always put to "proof," and t4l,hen into practice. It is to alvertise other people's wants, wishes, and Wart: ; to announce facilities for pleasure ; to herald the approach of diseases and the invention of cures thr them ; to make known who has bean robbed, how much, where. who is the robber, his personal history, his trial sentence, and itis execution. It is to roceivo nice limit and notice it, to be shown natural curiosities and describe them, to be everywhere at all tittles, and to be, able to answer all questions on all sub jects, It is to publish too much sentiment for one, too much politics for another, and too little news for all. It is to make a dozen enemies to one friend, and to be pitched in to by anybody who chose to consider him elf aggrieved. It is to take complimentary tickets to everything and pay for them in complimentary notiocs. It is to be bored ny friends suggesting bow you should carry on your business, and bullied by those whom you have hit in vulnerable spots. It is a ;111' of mingled good and ill, trial and tri son ph, never end! nu toil and never hmiinning felicity, wherein you work out your allotted ti m e with the "devil" always at your elbow, f.Ar sole end in this life—a little more copy, Tate MAT riffs is OF A LOCAL—The Cab' Ifqrlag?! contains the fblloning particulars as to the death of a "local" reporter, in MIA the ideaof the "ruling passion strong in death" is pathetically illustrate.] "But at last his own time came, and Jim Duffy was about to die. He wasn't a para+ elc all aid, notwithstanding all his falsehoods, I he knew it would help the local column so he sent all his relatives down stairs, and got his assistant reporter to stand by him, and made him swear that he would not give the item to any other paper, and then, with a serene smile on his thee, he yielded up his life, and Jim Duffy was no more. His will was full of item, one of which provided fluff hn should be bulled in Philadelphia, because it was in Pennsylvania ; as a pencil (without a ' , anis,' however,) bad been his favorite tool, Ile desired that they should put the last edition of the izaggereror in his coffin, and bury hint with the church 'that had the most adjectives to it." re,.. A gentleman giving a leoture to tome hue was explaining how no one could live without sit• "You haves!! hoard of a man cirownig, low does that happen r'- The ready answer WW', "Cause be can't twins," mtSSISUPPI. A Startling Event—eirmed Negrnm March Into a Mississippi 'fawn and ilenumakd Bread. For some time a great deal of dissatisfac- tion has existed among the freedmen in the neighborhood Columbus, Mississippi. They had quit work, and left the fields white with cotton, and would not pluck a boll, the reason given fa such action being that their share of the crop would not pay their expenses for the year, owing to the tax on the staple and the low price to which It had fallen. As soon as they refused to work as a matter of course they had to leave the plantation and give up their houses to other laborers who would work. They then took to the woods, and commenced a system of indiscriminate pilfering and stook-killing.— About two hundred of them have been as ectubled in the heighborhood of Columbus, Miisis4pi, since the beginning of the elec tion, and had become a perfect nuisance mil terror to the neighborhood, At the request of the citizens a eempany of United States troops have boon stationed at Columbus, for the protection of the lives and property of the people. When this hand of vagah:ulized negtues had ethansted the country of eve r ything that was stealabje they determined to matzo a raid on the town of Columbus in full f)ree. They were all armed and, procuring a fife mini drum, marioni into the town, detnandln,; bread.— Not one of them a,ked fur work, they did not want that. Bread ,%as all then' cry, and they were about counnewting an indis• criminate robbery, when the United States troops appesrod on the ground and divartn ell them tint and then dispersed them-- The rite l:Adurs were taken icto eu-tody. What a come of bloodshed and roll ry se would have to relate had it not been for the I;,rtanati3 preacace sAthe trooP6, w:Lhudj , te to thillit QC This is the first attempt at a dread riot which has ever occurred in the South. but how long it will be until they , he.suutt common it takes no far-set:ink prophet to foretell. The negroes all through the coun try arc becoming thoroughly demoralized under the teachings of the Radical h,!•erias, who counsel and insite them at every fence corner, to their ovin destruction. They now positively, in many localities, rectke to work; will make nn contracts wit la the planterz fully expecting the divison of land so long promised them by their Radical loaders.— Bands or from three to forty am roming through Mississippi in every direction, a terror and a nuisance, not only to the planter but to the imlu.stromt of their own color. How long this state of affairs can continue without scenes of riot and bloodshed de pends upon the forbearance of the white man. A spark may ignite the train which will redden the horizon with the blaze of burning houses and initiate a conflict be tween the races bloody and remorseless. A Curious Story-fact or Fiction' The Paris Singe. publishes a curious story concerning one Crew Moreno, who is said to be an Italian, a native of piedmont, and speaking forty-two languages. lie was re• eently sent for by Victor Emmanuel. As you are acqnainted with every known patois you-can talk to my Ethiopian.," said the King ; the said Ethiopians having been sent over by the Viceroy of Egypt with a pre.• ent of Arabion horses. The blacks were sent for. 'Norms, to their amazement, ad• dressed them in their native idiom. What did they say to you'" inquired the Kink, sdler the 'segues departure. That your Majesty was wrong to have them baptised, because they have remained Musselmen in heart and soul. Blessed water lest sir I" The King laughed. In his youth Moreno went to India and became aid•de-camp to Nana Sahib. At Cawnpore he had a duel with an English of. flair, who laid his head open with his saber, on which Moreno levelled his revolver, and while quoting frosu "Riehlud 111," "despair and die," shot his adversary dead. After the defeat of Nana Sahib, Moreno went to Singapore, where some Malays tell hie► of an island where rivers of gold and mines of diamonds are in abundance. Moreno ac cordingly freights a schooner, and, assisted by his Malay &lends. arrives at this Eldora• do, which is inhabited by a diminutive race of blacks, who look upon bins much as the Aztec did on Cortez, and he is forthwith led before Weir chief, whose palace is form ed of interwoven branches of a palm tree. Moreno makes himself so agreeable that no less than three of the ehict's daughters are bestowed on bins as wives. Meanwhile he explores the island, draws a soap thereof, and having obtained his father.in• law's leave to pay a short visit to his white friends, he neelves at Florence where he obtains an an, dienco cif Victor Emmanuel, and urges him to lit out as expedition to take possession of this nitriferts island. The King. how ever, what with Cnibahli and Bismark, has enough on hand juss, r•ow, Moreno, cen• skierably disgusted, starts fog Paris, where ho now is, awaiting the arrival of the Em peror and au audience which ho has golitai ted. If he finds his proposal to extend the I?reneh posseteions in the Eats rejected by t►ie Cabinet of the Tuileries, Moreno starts for New York, where he Batters himself be will form a company, in whose name he will take possession of the Island, dethrone his fhther•in•law and establish factories, whence the neglected wealth of this Eldorado Fill Bow in ship loads of gold and pnohma stoats to the shores of Europe. Mr Bituminous coal ins boco hand iv Chios• A Startling Story. An Alleged Haunted lbw—Some Huge Statement,. There is a lonely house situated neartrlist is known no "Upper Crow Creek," in this country, that just now bears the unenviable notoriety of being haunted. We suppress the locality out of regard to the interests of the proprietor, who is anxious to effect a sale without a sacrifice. It is a lonely, un. painted two story structure, standing by it self away from the road, and whore dark deeds could be perpetrated with little risk, and is what is termed a "renter's" house. Some time tact spring a fatuily came to the neighborhood, and, leasing the adjoin ing gmund, moved into the benne. The first night of the arrival was signalized by mysterious noise:, groans, etc, proceeding from a certain unoccupied room, attended by opening and rhuttiugof deers, etc. The neat night Was even noisier than the tirst, and glimpses were had of a shadowy fhrm pawing swiftly into the rocro and out of the doors, which open and shut of their own ac cord. They remained a week, Leering their own counsel, and imparting their ftnrs to the proprietor alone, who bought their silence and rel.:and them front all engage ments. Two weeks later another tenant ar rived and moved into the house, wholly un cewriemt of its gostly visitors. The first and secend nightt l assed without any d:a• turbance ; on the third, whilzauundly .'.etT ioc:, they were awekened by a teest hrart rendine. scream hem the Now before allud• end to, followed by heavy thews, ant then a wild, haegerd looking pet lon came nut pee sed through the door, which seemed to be npen and Ant of it own accord, and disap pearedin the d4rltrit The occupant of the house wa' no cow ard. and 1116 EISt inipcd.e was th a t ro bb ers were at work; but he seemed n; and male to move himeelf. ievera niehts pri=ed with more or less alarm:J.- Ilb , ftwiee [new nervous, and declared they would not remain; but he, still believing that something more tangible than spirits produced the mw, determined to watch the next night in the room rdjoining the small apartment flew which the not el came.— Some time between twelve and one o'clock the door opened, and the nine. tiguro ap geared, making directly tor the spot where the watcher ANA, It was a fearful moment hut ghost or no ghost, be was not to be frightened, and, as the intruder pas..erd, dealt it a blow which seemed to pass clean through the intruder. There were the same heavy blows and shrieks, and then a livid human head, driping with blood, rolled nut upon the floor. The house was vacated the next day, the owner purchasing his si lence with means eufLiet to carry him to Kansas. Now for an explanation of thia strange af. fair. Last wimter the house wee occupied Per a eetteon by a rough and sinister looking family of ``refugees," who arc believed to have murdered a peddler traveling about the country carying a pack. Ile visited most of the Fannon through the neighhorhoed, end was hit ,icett just at nightfall in the di• reJtion of the house, ishich it it believed he never left alive. Shortly after they ruttier. ed no torte knew whither, and took with them a beerel of salted pork, though neverknown to fatten or purchase a nig. Readers of newspapers at tide time will remember the arrival at Louisville, Kentucky, of a barrel which, exciting eueeLtion from its sickening stench, was upend. and found tocontain hu man remains, by whom shipped has never yet been (hemmed, though detectives arc at work upon the subject. An examinatioa of the Boor shows dark leaking stains, partially eradicated with a plane, and there are certain auspicious , spots upon the wall. In corroboration, the Net . York Herald of two weeks ego, in its colum n of "personals," had a notice asking informa• don concerning one Juan Native, a Neap - htlin. last heard from through a letter, mica. ed at Lavon in December last, wherein he Stated that he was meetint: with very good suttees. The iafigtnation herein eantained was gained from the metre of the premiece in pe r s o n, and, except thee supernatural pert l'or which he cannot amen!, is fully credit. ed by the writer.—Leme (EL ) %buena/. One Italian brigand makes a modest demand accompanied with the necessary dinette upon a land owner for watches etc. Among other things ho wants ten muical snuff boxes playing twenty tenv each. An other playful bandit tome time since sent a letter to Baron de Rothe de Ronne, de manding a Sum of 500 ducats. M. de Rosin took no notice. A few days since Palma went to Fore-ta, where the haronhao a country house, set fire to it, and when be saw the home well aliebt, he e E nt away, taking four of the baron's men with him as hostages. Ile then went to the limns of 31. jet , sp ruiftroll and, collecting the cattle, shot liiiteen cows. Viir The bride's veil originated iu the Anglo Saxon %.ustom of performing the marriage under a piece of cloth, held at each corner by a tall wan, over the bride. groom and bride, to conceal their blushes. Such a precaution is wholly unneeemary in Chia age of brass ! Who by lota a blush for the last quartos of a watery ? !!!!=EI Brigbern Young minims to mere aU the young woman who 11'04 weer after next spring's matrimonial 0410141111.... °thing mid about, old mail . air The Sallow who wroto "aek eo Do wore," Iv fit, problily "fa." (From tho &man MOW.] oinewstre 01 the floinen.” MR. EDITOR : last week's Register you trunedr from the Davenport (TOWS) Gazette to your columns under the above Auggextivu caption, the adventure* of do lowa citizen, :teemed by it lady in the ears of stealing her pocket book. I on railing it, was "flreibly reminded" of a `lame" so strikingly similar in all its parts, and in which I wa4so prominent an actor, that I will, if you give the necessary space, give it to your readers. In January, 1596, I took the 6 A. M. train at my hmne station on the L. & B. R. R. for Harrisburg. The single yriotnre: car wee full, every sett apparently oocupieil by two. Ou St/ to ti e middle cf the car, haTcover I raw by the dim ileht shed by the tlk.er ofa sent.;;, lamp in 3no NAT ( , ar tht h2d Lot a sin f ;!,l coel i .ant, an a °loch: at shat I politely grid to her, v 1:i ;au low mo a Isere proheing to the end of the scat next,,t: the "On, ecrtain ly," ; the iJitine time t4l:iti; in reef, ~ I:.•inilitoe to give Lie room un the rest r,be occupied. I thanked her both orally and tunntary, L• at e not easi ly tea c h or tat.° off my - :tovc, pipe. - both hand+ being necupied by Latehel and um brella, I eves,: roy,elf and tw.n fe:l into a sort of ah , ,tractcri, moody 17,t:f Meer., the weight affairs of :.t.itn and the hitolysts of my "dear constituent," no doubt oc,',opyinz tay cranium to it. full e.ipaoity. New for the. "ecenc." On leaving the station this "lady" euVenly gave me a vie, lent nudge itt the ribs, (if Adam had never parted with one I should have camped the Nome trial I am about to relate.) and A:reamed oat "o,d feller you better give me my poocket book," and before I was fairly :vowed to the "situation" she bad repeat ed the demand on me tome three to halt' loxes timea lbr her pee.itet boll:. Add t) my greater horror I saw my i„bier pa, ..engare streining, peeping arid staring to lark me in the face. Ny eivaeer Ling a ly," of couraa I could not put ne,,eelf on my -mlisc u r' and viirlhate myself a.l Titer teeter in that way. I essayed a wordy de. tense, but was so effectually floored ii: this that I gave up in despair. I thnu c ht of my col leaguee, con tti tuen ts, co v n try-- v, ire sad children whom I had but Lai an hour texe bid an affembenate good-bye, What could Ido ? I could not "get a mird in edgewise," et> thick anti faa did the "lair rain upon me accusation and threat, of at rest• By this time the %hole car was aroused ; most of the people on their feet. There I stood "the observed of all w ere," and "Who is he ?" fell oirea , ionaly upon thy ears, es the "lady took breath fora fresh onset. "I am a poor woman, - rho sereanacd on. Here I attempted to toy "It ItleaL.C2 no difference whether you are rich or poor," but got may as far ate "uo." I could not get in "difference" or the free, syllable of it, for "Yea it dots, I work herd for a living," shekel me off. Meantime several of my - dear conetituent.i" drew near, and from them I expected help and sympathy, instead of' whieh they pitched in in this style for the purpose of keening up the fun as the called it. "Now, Dave, give the poor woman her pocket look." "0, Squire, it's too bad to keep it," Sze. I called conductor Mein; he told the "lady" she must be tuittaken, and told her to feel in her pockets. She feels, but no pocket book. Summoning a little courage I roared out to her, "Get up and dust yourself." Che duettd. On the middle of the seat lay a little red plush wallet "Here it is," W 2.1 said by several. I felt better. The "lade" to, I suppose. On asking her if she 'al e:etiefied that she had amused rue wrongfully, she answered in a loud voice, "0 you put it back on the seat old feller, when I 'cused yon." Can anything more devilishly twah• ious be imagined. Het e was a fresh thrust to the very hilt of a keen, long, brig;it dagger into the wound note partially healed up, already intioted on my not orar-ectti tire feelings, at which sumo of nir efortere: I con-titutn:s gave a cue laugh "to keep the futt gains.,, I took my alt with het again, thinkins that when thinp :,iulraered down, the "lady" included, I would try to get her to conrem her fooli,hue4: - , or mistake, tut eLa useunted laity -sulks," al if aho had been the injured party and refused even to give me her name. I finally got from her that she was going to Wile.l.Barra, and I wrote my name on a card and offered it to her to how tit,: people who she had charged with picking her pockets LW, eLe would not touch the card At Kingston Senator S. Joined me and I slated at once to him the great tribulation I had paused through. That gentleman was the ftrut or human kind that see►ued to tytripathize with ►ne, at leapt I thought he by pathized until he caked use why I did not t.ll the mien I wee a member of dm Legislature. 1 told him I au afraid it, would only °Darin the accuser in belief, if the had any besides, which, there well some stranger/ in the car. The Senator did not argue the queetion with min. She was a "widd►'r as I sieve learned." K. Mr A eery smart boy on his return front college, attempted to trove that two were equal to direr. Pointing to a toasted on on the table he mid "is noli that cot And than pointing to moth', t "iirnot Ott turn ? And do notorinand tworn*Pllol l l Whereupon hir old Da AA:. 'Aft you take one and ra takt* z z. 4o* and war t boy , 0. 4 a bait" fbr his oat nor N. 42.
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