YOLI'.'IE £5.
NEW SERIES.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
BY virtue of sundry writ- of fi. fa., to mr direc
ted, there will be sold at the Court House, in the
Borough of Bedford,on Monday, the 1-ith day of Feb
ruary, at 15 o'clock, M., the following des
cribed real estate, to wit:
All defendants', John King 5c Thomas Kind's,
right, title and interest in and to one tract of
land, c >i;!al ;ing 237 acres, more or less: about
300 acres chared and under fence, with a two
stoi v mansion house, 13 tenant lions s, store
house, ware house, one iron I>rge, saw-mill,
coal house, large new bank barn, 2 frame si i
bles and other out-buildings thereon erected
also, an apple orchard thereon: adjo: ling lands
of James Fink, Jacob Steel, John Gates, and
others, known as the Bedford Forge property.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 203 a
cres, more or les=, about (50 acres cleared
and under fence, with a log house and In*
stable thereon erected; adjoining lauds of L-tcin
ila Piper and others—known as the John Mt
llnay tract.
ALSO One tract of land containing 5 acres,
more or less, with a !>g hous- thereon erected,
on the waters of \ < -How Creek; adjoining lands
of Piper and Fink, George, B. Kay's heirs and
others, in the name of John King.
ALSO—One tract of unimrroved lan !, con
taining 402 acres, more or less; afj lining the
Bedford Forge and others, in the name of Ste
phen Moan.
ALSO- One tract of land containing 494
certs more or les*.; a.li lining the above and oth
ers in lite name of Richaid M an.
ALSO—One tract of lurid containing 404 a
cres, more or fes.-;. adjoining the above and oth
ers, in the name of Joseph Moan.
ALSO—One tract if land containing 40.9 a
cres, more or less; adj lining the above and oth
ers, known in the name of Samuel Moan.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 42 4 a
cres, more or let ; adj ••ining the above and oth
ers in the name 1 f Ah xunder Moan.
ALSO—One I;act of laud containing 413 a
cres more or less; adj ining the above and oth
ers, in the name of John Mcllnav.
ALjO—OtK I tract of land containing 37 4 a
cres, more or less: adjoining the above and oth
ers, in tlie name of David Riper.
ALSO—One tract ol land containing 385 a
cres more or h ss. alj >ini g th- above and oth
ers, in the name <i Timothy Mian.
ALSO—One tract of laud containing 430 a
cress, more oi less :i ',j animr the above and oth
ers, in the name I I ,\J no.
ALSO Oim tract of laud containing 332 a
cres more or le -; :n;j lining the above ami oth
ers, in the name ot Zichariali .M iati.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 42 1 a
cres, more or less; adjoining the above an ! oth
ers, in the name oi J >hn !' >yd.
ALSO—One tiact of land containing 429 a
cres, more or less; adj --ining the above and oth
ers, in the name of William Davis.
AI.SO—One tract of lan ! containing 432 a
cres more or less; adjoining the above and oth
ers, in the rami- ol Isabel Davis.
ALSO One tract of land containing 441 a
cres, more or less; adjoining the above and oth
ers, in the name of William 3'iper.
ALSO One tract of land containing 477 li
tres, more or les>: adjoining th.e above and oth
ers; in the name of John i! ndin.
ALSO—One tract of fan I containing 442 a
cres, more or less; adj lining 1 be ab ;.• and oth
ers, in the name of Ignatius i! :i liii.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 434 a
cres, more or less; adjoining the above ami oth
ers, in the name of J inn s Wilson.
ALSO—One tract of land containing £372
acres, more or les :, about 103 ci an d and un
der fence, with one charcoal furnace, one hi ) en
large, with four refining fires, one mansion
house, one brick office and store house, ware
house, 13 tenant houses, (! stables, one black
smith shop, one carpenter shop, coal house, iron
house, and other out-buildings thereon erected;
adjoining lands of James Eiclo lberg -r, on the
North, Henry Gates and E i Fluke, on the South
and West, and Broad Top on the East —known
as the Lemnos Iron Works property.
ALSO—One tract of land in Woodcock val
ley—known as the Betrder ore bank, contain
ir , 256 acres, more or less; adjoining lan is o!
Slept, -n Weimi-i and others.
AI.SO—One tract of unimproved land con
taining 33 acres, more or !es<; adjoining the a
bove and others: warranted in the name of Tho
mac and John King.
ALSO—One tract of lam! containing 420 a
rres, more or less; adjoining the above and oth
er.-. in the name of John Cheney.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 42$ n
cres, more or les-: a 'joining the above and oth
ers, in the name of Maria Albert i.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 37 4 a
cies, more or less; adjoining the above and oth
ers, in the name ol Hannah Alberri.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 426 a
cres, more or less; adjoining the above and eth
ers, in the name of George F. Alb-rti.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 400 a
cres, more or less: adjoining the above and oth
ers, in the name of Peter Swope and Jno. King.
ALSO —One tract oi land containing 70 acres
more or less, adjoining the above and others, in
tin' name of Casper Fiuck; known as t fit* Fluck
ore bank.
AL>o—One tract of land containing 15 acres,
nrre or less; adjoining the above and others
kr< unas the Daugliinbaugh improvement.
ALSO—f frie tract of land containing 100 a
crev more or less, adjoining Maitin Hoover on
the west and otheis, being a part o! the Dyke's
tract.
ALSO—One trad of land containing 100 a
cres, mare op-less; adjoining Martin Hoover on
tile cast and others, being a part of the Dyke's
feact; and all the above described lands situate
'n Hopewell township, Bedford county, and ta-
U'n in execution as the propelty of John King
ar til Tliorriis King.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 40 acres
rn3 re or less; about all cleared and under fence,
u 'th a two story log house and log stable there
on erected adjoin rig lands of James Price, Hen*
j ry Gates and others—situate in Hopewell town
ship. Bedford county, and taken in execution a
the piopert v of Thomas Kinj.
ALSO—One tiact of land containing26s a
ere-*, more or less; a ! out 50 acres cleared and
tin !r fence, with 2 dwelling houses and log
stable thereon eree'ed; adjoining lands t;f Wil
liam Tarns, Solomon Smith and others.
-ALSO—One tract of land containing 100 a
cres, more or less: about 50 acres cleared an !
under fence, with a log dwelling and kitchen
attached and log barn thereon erected—also an
apple orchard thereon: adjoining lands of De'lt.
William J lins, Arnold Lislilev arid others.
ALSO—One other tract of land containing
53 acr* .-*, more or less, unimproved; a Ij lining
lands of John Johnson, J hn Bennett &. others.
ALSO—One other tract known as the man
sion place, containing 265 acres, more or less:
about 80 cleared and under fence, with
dwelling house and store room attached, dou
ble log barn, frame stable, ami other out-Suifil
ings tfiere.au erected; adjoining lands of Mrs.
Nancy INbin, E!za Mclliish, Joshua Browning
and others. And all the above described lands
situate in Southampton township, Bedford coun
ty, an i taken in execution as the property of
William Lashley.
ALSO,
/t! 1 Defendant, D.N. Berkstresser's right, ti
tle, interest and claim, i:i and to one tract of
land, called Buck Bottom, containing 60 acres,
more or labout 4 acres cleared and tin ! *i
f -mcp, with a story and a half plank h <-:? there
on erected: adjoining lands of Wrn. Forrester,
on the west and the Juniata river on the noiili
an I east—situate in H ipewell township, Bed
ford county and taken in execution as lh<* prop
erty of David S. Berkstresser.
ALSO,
One Jot of'ground in (he town of Hopewell,
fronting about 60 feet on front street an i ex
tending back to tlie furnace race and to an al
ley, en the north, lying triangular* containing
about one eighth of an acre—situate in Broad
I" ;i township, Bedford county, and taken in
execution as the properly of Thomas W. Hoi
' ton. ALSO,
One tract of land containing Sf> acr *s, more
or Jess; about 40 acres cleared and under fence,
with a two story log house, cabin house and
I ujble log barn thereon erected: adjoining lands
of William Blackburn. Isaac Cuppett and oth
ers—situate in Napier township, Bedford coun
ty, and taken in execution as the property of
Lv u Tawney. ALSO,
All I) ft, William Batlon's interest, in .on i
to a c rf.tin tract of land, situate in Br al Tip
township, Bedf >rd count y, hounded by lands
fni-Tiorty K. I-~. r k u , J A. n
ton and Jam s Cunningham o* Co , containing
105J acr.-- and allowance, tcc., being the same
lia t of land known firmerlv as the Abm r flor
in tract, with the rights and privileges there
! unto belonging, and taken in execution as the
property of William Patton.
ALSO,
AH D-f'l's interests in and to a certain two
story p'ank frame toll and dwelling house, 1,8
! v £4 feet —situate in Hopewell township, Bed
ford county, erected on an 1 over the roa I ol
sai l Company, and the fid or piece of ground
and curtilage appurtenant thereto, with the
riglits and p: i vifi-ges thereunto belonging, and
taken in execution as the propep'v of the Hop.—
well and Bloody Run Plank and Turnpike
j Road Company. ALSO,
One lot of ground in the town of Ston erst own,
Bunting 27 feet on main street and extending
hack about 220 feet to an alley, with a two sto
ry plank house thereon erected, adjoining an
alley on the north-east, and lot of Don.mi i.
Feeny on the south—situate in Liberty tow n
ship, Bedford county, and taken in execution a
tiie property of John McCaffrey and wife, de
fendants. ALSO,
One tract of land containing 190 acres, more
or less: about 100 acres cleared and under fence,
with a two story log house, double frame barn,
and other out-buildings thereon erected a'- >
an apple orchard thereon: adjoining land of A
brahain Sills, Anthony Zimmers and other—
situate in Bedf<rd township, Bedford conn'v,
and taken in execution as the property of Jacob
Reigfiar!, dt it. ALSO,
One tract of lured containing 45 acres, more or
le.s>; abut 2 acres cleared and uiiiier fence, wii |.
a log dwelling house thereon erected: adjoining
lands of William Thompson, James Bay, Wat
son's heirs and others—situate in Bedford town
ship, Bedford county, and taken in execution
a> the property of Tlmmas Richardson, deft.
A LSO,
One fid ol ground in the town of Stonerstown,
fronting 55 feet on main street, and extending
back 250 feet lo an alley, with a two story
i frame store house thereon erected; adjoining
other lots of defendant, Joseph Crisman, on the
north, and fronting 220 feet on street running
from the Juniata river to the tow n of Saxon,
on the south situate in Liberty township, Bed
ford county, and taken in execution as the pro
perty of Joseph Ciisman.
WM. S. FLUKE, Sheriff".
Sheriff's Office, Jan. 21, 1859.
j. LIST OF CAUSES,
PUT down For trial at February Ttrm, (14th
| day.) 1859.
John Hoyle vs Wm Keyser
Levi Hardinger vs John 0 Morgart
Fred'k Hildebiant vs (,' F Keener
A Blair's use vs John Blair et al
Juniata S. District vs L A Tamer
William Oss vs Arnold Lashley
T Mc('auley & Co. vs John Davidson & Co.
James Entriken vs D Washahangh et al
Joseph Burgess vs Wm Keyser et al
Henry Gates vs Milford James
Jon II Dickctj vs Jesse Dicken
Wm Forbes vs Patrick Burns et al
Dr G W Anderson vs A E Cox
SAM'L 11. TATE, Proth'y.
Proth'y's Office, )
Bedford, Jan. 21,1559. j
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ADVENTURE WITH C4RZZZI/2'
BEARS.
We clip (he following thrilling adventure
w ill) two grizzly hears, from the "Life ami ad
ventures "I Kit C.irvin, the famous t^ckwoods
man of" tii,* Ricky Mountains," a wotk recent
ly published :
"Late one aft-rn oon, jm.t after lite little par
ty had gone into camp, Kit, having lingered
somewhat behind, suddenly r >1- thro' the camp
ground, nr. 1 J api d from his horse, giving it in
the tare r.fN.i,:* of the men. With In- rifle, he
started in pursuit of game fb'supper. Be walk
ed about one mile from the tamp, and there
came upon the fia-di track of some rik. FoI
!TV iug i,u the trail, he discovered the game
grazing on the ,-i.le of a lull, to the neighbor- \
flood of til-* arum i!s were s> ne I :vv and scraggy j
tune trees. M n ing along wi'h great care, he j
finally gained tie cover of the tre,s which i
brought him in close proximity ta the elk, and 1
within c.eita'n ru ge c i his ritle. i'liis care :
was th ■ rr.. re nen.-siry, as his paity had been !
without *ci • it ii t f>r some lime, and began to'
be gra'ly in need thereof. These ever waiy
animals saw or scented him, or at any tate, be
came c.-it-cijus cf approaching danger from j
s I ll.* ca '•> net if** he could reach the spot from !
which he d fiff !to take fits aim. They had |
commenced moving, and in anolhei instant :
would have hounded aw ay out of all reach of j
iiisri!!'*. His eye and piece, however, were |
too quick for them, for, bringing his rifle into !
position, and without dwelling upon his aim I
he sped a bullet afier the I ngest and fattest ol j
tile noble game h> fore him. He ha I wisely
allowed for the first leap, for his shot caught j
i!** nimble animal in mid air, and brought him j
to the earth, writhing in his death agonv, with 1
a f.-arful wound in tne Iwatt and lungs, from
which there was no escape. One quiver ran •
1 -"A th,* frame of the twautil'il aniiiial, when '
he breathed hi< last. ihe echoing sound u ins
rill-* slot had hardly* died awav, to which the j
hunter evei listens v\ ith unfeigned pleasure as'
the sweetest music on his ear, whenever he has !
seen that his game is surely v\i;hir his grasp, !
when the last faint m-Todv was broken upon bv j
and comjdetely lost lo at- rrific roar, from the :
woods directly behind him. lnstaidly turning !
hi-load to note llie source of this sound, Hie!
meaning cause of which lit* well knew bv his and !
exjteiienced woodsman's tar educated until its j
nicely was truly wonderful, he saw two huge •
and terribly angry grizz'y 1.-ears. As his e\*t i
first rested upon tlisse uitw eicome guests, they j
were last bounding toward liiin, their eyes j
Hashing fiery passion, tin i: pearlv teeth glitter- j
mg with eagerness to mangle his flesh, and their j
monstrous fore-arms, hung with sharp bonv j
claws, ready and anxi >u- to hug his body in a j
cl ,se and most I s ing emb'are. Tlmie was!
not much time for Kit to scratch his head and j
cogitate. In fact, ( in* instant spent in thought '
then would have proved his death warrant !
wi*hout hope ofa rej *ieve. The Messrs. Bruin j
evidently cuusidei. d their domain mo.-t unjustiy {
intruded upon. Kit required no second 1
thought to per<n-ive that the monarchs of the;
Americ an lores', were unappeasably angry, and
w ,-re iii.-t Hearing him with mighty stiide.—
Dropping his title, die little leaden bulht of .
which would have been worth to him its weight :
in gold if si could by some magic wand have
been transferred from the heait ol the elk back I
into its breach, he bounded from his position in :
close imitation id the elk, but with b Iter suc
cess. The trees! he hoped and prayed as he j
fairly flew- over the ground with the bears hot !
in chase, for one quick grasp at a sturdy sapling, i
By good fortune, or especial ptovidence, Ids j
hope, or prayer, was answered. Grasping a :
lovvet limb, he swung his body into the first j
tier of branches just as passing bruin brushed ;
against one ol his legs.
Bears climb tre,s, and Kit Cirsnn wa not :
ignoraht of the fact. Instantly drawing his j
keen edged hunting finite, he rut away f„r 1
dear hie at a thick shorl branch. The knife j
and ids energy conquered the limb just as j
M I'ssts. Bruin had gathered themselves up for
an asce nt, a proceeding on their part to which j
CarsqiTwould not give assent. Carson was well I
acquainted with the Messrs. Hindi's pride in,!
and extreme consideration for their noses. A
few sharp taps made with the severed branch
upon the noses of the bears, while they fairly
made them howl with pain and rage, caused
th< mto hastily beat a r. treat. This scene of
asending, getting their noses ticfih-d, and again
descending, howling with pain and rage, n o w
kept Carson and Messrs. Bruin actively busy for
some lime.
'I hp huge monsters and monarchs of the
mountains were determined not lo give it up so.
Such a full and Gir chase, and to be beaten by
a simple white man on their own domain !
This evidently galled their sensitive natures,
it is tine, the roaring of the bears in Ins rear
had stimulated Carson in the race ; so much
so, that he undoubtedly ran at the ton of his
speed : and being naturally, as well as by long
practice, very lleilof fool lie had managed to
outstrip his pursuers in the race. It is true he
had made short work of climbing the tree and
here again had very innocently beaten the bear 3
at their own game, and in one which they took
great pride. It is more than probable that the
FrbGjom of Th&glit and Opinion.
be\rs were in too good a condition to run well.
Ha! it been in early spring time they would
do iii! less have been much lower in flesh.—
The' was their own fauk. too ; they should have
I knoyn tfiat racing time cannot be made on
highcondition. After leaving their hiberna
, ting juarters, they should have been less giv
jen tia sumptions habit at the table.
A fells were, however, by no manner of
! mean: settled. They had the daring trespasser
i on Fir domain tieed, and almost within reach
an 1 i <*-d, to keep out of the way of their un
! cometr claws, Kit was obliged to gather him
! s-Fuy in the smallest possible space and cling
to .(is topmost bough*. The bears now allow
j ed themselves a short respite for breathing, du
j ring which they gave vent to their wrath by
j mai'A shrill screeches. Then they renewed
their endeavors to force the hunter. Mounted
on ife'ir hind paws, they would reach for him :
but the blows with the stick, applied freely to
theii hoses would n.ake them desist. In vain
did tley exhaust every means to force the man
to (!•• oi'd ; h<- wa< not to be driven or coaxed.
The bald knocks they had sustained upon their
! nosesfiad aroused them almost lo madness. To
! get her they made one desperate effort to tear
i Kit from the tree. As in al! their pre\ i us at
tempt: they were foifi-d, and their ardor damp
ened iiui cooled by the drumming operations
upon their noses, which, this time was so free
ly arif sUongly applied upon one of them as to
rnakebim lachrymate and cry out with pain.
One at a time they departed ; but it was not
ur.iilthey had been out of sight and hearing for
> -ume time that Kit considered it safe to ven
j tore fmvn from (lie tree, when he listened to
regain and immediately to reload his ritle.
A Boy's Trill 3.
The Spi ing fie Id Republican has a capital ar
ticle on this subject. Here are some extracts :
lIIS RGELATIONS WITH TIIE "OLD
MAN."
We suppose that the first severe trial a boy
Iras to undergo is to submit his will to the old
man, u ijom he is taught to consider bis Cither.
To be restrained in doors at night, to be foruid
d*n to go in swimming five tunes a day, or to
he hindered from pinching the re?t of tlie chil
dren just for fun, is an interference with natural
inalienable rights, eveiy way injurious to the
feelings. And then, when upon some over
whelming temptation, '.tie boy asserts his inde
pendence of parental control, and receives a
"fanning; with a switch from a quince bus!',
either up ~ his back or his bare feet, it bocoines
r ''JpN n ' " r . r Wing. i.V- • could
see that the smart of an operation like * n .....
at nil assuaged by the affectionate assurance
that it was bestowed out of pure love.
SITTING WITH TIIE GIRLS.
The next great Itia! of thai hoy is to be obli
ged by a ciiiei master to sit with the girls at
school. 'I'LL usually comes before the devel
opment of those undeniable affinities which, in
! al't'*r life, would tend to make the punishment
! more endurable. To be point- d out as a "gal
; boy," to be smiled at grimly by the master,
i who is so far d* lighted with his ov n ineffable
I pleasantry, as logive the little boys license to
laugh aloud, and to be placed by tlie side of a
gi. I who bad no handkerchief, and no kaowi
| edge of the use of that article, is, we submit, a
tiialof no mean magnitude. Yd we have
! been there, an 1 have been oblig-d to "sit up
close" wi'h big Rachel, laughing and blushing,
li:l we came to hate her name. We wonder
where the overgrow n, frowzy creature is now,
and u bat the condition of her head is?
THE FIRST LONG-TAILED COAT.
We do r.of believe that any boy ever put on
bis Cut long tailed cual w ithont a sense of shame.
He first two's his back half off, looking at it in
th" glass, and then, when he slops out of doors,
it seems to him as if all creation was in a broad
grin. The sun laughs in the sky; the cows ,
turn lo look at him: there are faces at every
window; his very shadow mocks him. When
he walks by the cottage where Jane lives, he
dares r.ot look up lor his life. The very boards
creak with consciousness of the change spec, ta- j
cle, and the old pair of pants that stop a light ;
in the great window* nod with derision. If he
is obliged to pass a group oi men and boys, the |
trial assumes its most t'nithc stage. 11 is legs I
get all mixed up with embairassment, and the j
flap of the dangling appendage is Kit upon tiiein,
moved by tile wind of his own agitation; he
could not feel worse were it a dish-cloth, worn
as a badge of disgrace. It is ahaj py time for
him w'tu n lie gets to the chinch, and sils down j
with bis coat tail undt-r him; but lie is still ap
prehensive with thinking ol the Sunday Sthool. i
and wonders if any of the children will ask
him to "swing his long tail blue."
GOING HOME WITH TIIE GIRLS. j
Tlie entrance into society may be said to take j
place alter boyhood has passed away, yet a mui- |
tit tide take the initiative before their beards are ;
presentable It is a great trial, either to a ten
der or a tough age. For an overgrown boy to
go to a door, or to knock or ring with absolute I
ceitainty that in two minutes all their eyes will
be upon him, is a severe test of courage, lo
go before these girls, and make a satisfactory
tour of the room without stepping on their toes,
and then to sit down and dispose of one's hands,
without pulling them into one's pockets, is an
achievement which few boys can boast. If a
boy can get so far as to measure off ten yarns
of tape with one of these girls, and cut it short
at each end, he may stand a chance to spend a
pleasant evening, but let him not flatter himself
that all the trials of the evening are over.—
Then comes at last the breaking up. The
dear girls don their hoods, and put on their
shawls, and look si saucv and mischievous, and
unimpressible, as if they did not wish any one
to go home with th**m. Then comes the pinch,
and the boy that has the most pluck makes up
j to the prettiest girl, his heart in his throat, and
: his tongue clinging to the roof of his mouth,
' and, crooking his elbow, stammers out the
words, "Shall I see you home?" She touches
j her fingers to Ins arm, and they waik home a
! bout a foot apart, feeling as awkward'as a couple
lof goslings. As soon as she is safe inside her
! own doors, he struts home, and thinks lie lias
really been and gone and done it. Sleep comes
to him at last, with dreams of Caroline and
' ci incline, and he awakes in the morning and
! finds the door of life open to him, and the pigs
squealing for breakfast.
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS.
We have passed over churning and learning
the catechism, because we are fearful of ma
king this article too long, although we might
; have talked of butter that would not be persua
ded to come, and perplex ities of a literary turn
of mind, and a head that measured seven and a
quarter when asked what the chief end of man
was. Boyhood is a green passage in a man's
experience, in more senses than one. It is a
pleasant thing to think over and laugh about
now, though it was serious enough then.—
! Many of our present trials are as ridiculous as
those which n nv touch the risible* in the rec
ollection: and w hen we get to the other world
and look upon this, and upon the infancy ot
the sou! through which we pass here, we have
no doubt that we shall giin over the trials
which we experienced when we lost our for
tunes, when our mills were swept away or
burned, and when we didn't get elected to the
Legislature. Men are but boys of a larger
grow tii.
Skill of the Camanches in the use
of Aims.
In a private account of the recent great bat
tle between the forces of Lieut. Van Darn and
the Camanches we find the following :
Most of the Indians were armed with bows
and spears. The Camanche arrow is a formid
able weapon, a full cloth yard long, and barbed
with iron; at .one hundred yards it is almost as
deadly as a rifle ball, in fret making a fir worse
wound. The spears are frequently old Mexican
rwoid blades ground sharp on both sides, and
firmly fastened into a light, strong pole of mos
■ quite wood. In tlie use of this weapon, as
with the bow and arrow, they are very expert.
Thev also carry scalping knives, but no toma
; hawks. They are generally well mounted, and
I rife with marvelous ski!!, using either rifles or
j bows with great dexterity while their horses are
on a full g:!i*>p. In approaching an enemy
they manage to shield themselves with the ex-
I ? r .f qa.irm and one leg, hanging on the
side oI !he norsr, „...i ~, ♦f nosition wffF"*Wf§-
j charge their arrow from under the horse's neck.
. Sai l our guide, "Old Ironsides," in speaking of
the Camanche, "It's a mighty hard thing lo hit
a Camanche, anyhow, so as to kill him dead.—
When th") are mounted they tide all over a
horse. I've seen Urn fire arrows from under
; his belly, and kill fellows while their horses
i were going like a flash. If you kill an Injun's
horse iie don't mind it, but keeps jumping a
round letting fly atrows and whooping like a
mad devil. Almost any Injun will keep three
arrows in tlie air at a time, and some on 'em
four. I tell you a fellow's got to keep cool ami
draw* a certain bead when he fights Caman
ches." To this proposition there being general"
assent, the old fellow went on. "Cap?. Jim
Oakes, of the 21 Cavalry was out on a scout
about a year ago, and on day he came upon a
little party of Injuns. The Capt's.Jmeu fired
and all the Injuns broke but one; lie mounted
and commenced firing, and Oakes says it was'nt
two minutes before he had shot two soldiers and
j badly wounded five horses, with his d—d ar
■ rows."
"And did he escape
"No they aot him. Cake's Orderly Sergeant,
a first rate fellow, after firing two or three
times, shot him in the head. Bat he was a
mighty smart Injun."
Sensible Girl.
As a weary traveler was wending his way j
through the mud out in the far west he discov
ered a young maiden standing in the door of a
small log house. He rode up in front of the
house, and asked the maiden for a drink of wa
ter; he drank it, and she being the first woman
lie had seen for several days, kissed her and of
fered her a dime. The traveler was about to
resume his journey, but the maiden having
never seen a dime asked :
"What am 1 todo with the dime ?"
"You can use it any way you wish," he re
plied, "it is yours."
"That being the case," said shp, "I'll give
you back the dime and take another kiss!"
CoMfANY.—"I wish we could have company j
all the time, mother."
"Why, my dear ?"
"Because father is so pleasenl when company
is here. He calls me "dear," and he kisses
Henry, and sometimes lie takes me with the j
baby on his knee. O! mother, when shall we j
have company again, I am so nappy when
father loves me!"
! Little Sarah paused. Then she said :
l "Mother, why does not our father love us all
[the time? It makes us so happy? And, O,
■ didn't he smile so dearly on you to-dav, mother?
If he knew how much good it docs he would
! be always so, wouldn't he, mother?"
(Up- What is the difference between a Dutch
man on a feather-bed and a Know-Nothing?
One is Dutch on the down, and the other is
down on the Dutch.
OTfAn Jiishman near Bosfon, becoming
greatly alarmed recently at the severity of the
thunder and lightning, fell suddenly upon his
knees, exclaiming ; —'O Lord, forgive us and
stop this.'
WHOLE \OIBER 2831.
VOL 2, NO. 26.
My Wife is the Cause of it.
It is not more than forty years ago that Mr.
L. called at the house of Or. 8., one very cold
morning, on his way to H.
'•Sir," said the Dr., "the weather is very fros
ty—Wl'l you not take something to drink be
fore you start V
in thai early day, ardent spirits were deem
ed indispensable to warmth for winter. When
starting on a journey, and at every stopping
place along the road, the traveller alway* used
intoxicating drinks to keep him warm.
"No, ' said Mr. L., "I never touch anything
of the kind—and I will teji you the reason
my wife was the cause of it! " Iliad been in the
habit of meeting some of my neighbors every
evening, for the purpose of playing cards. We
assembled at each other's shop, and liquors were
introduced alter while. We nvT not so much
for llis? drinking, though I used to return home
late in the evening, more or les#*hiloxicated.
My wife always at the-.door, affection
ately, ami when T" chhfed her'far sitting up
late lor me, she kii>3!\-'r%Tjjiri :
"I prefer doing sleep wV.ea
you are out." &
"iuis always t wislietl in niv
heart she would me, for then I
could have retorted, and'hus relieved my con
science. But she always me! me with the
same gentle and loving spirit.
"Things passed on thus tor sometime, when
I at once resolved that I would, by remaining
late, and returning much intoxicated, provoke
her so much as to cause her to lecture me, when
I meant to answer her with severity, and thus,
by creating another issue between us, unburden
my bosom of its present trouble. -
"I returned in such a plight about lour o'clock
in the morning. She met me at the door, with
her usual tenderness and said :
"Come in, husband, I havejust been making
a warm fire for yuu."j
"Doctor, that was too much. I could en
duie it no longer, and I resolved fioin that mo
ment that I would never touch another drop as
long as 1 lived, and I never will. It wa3 a heavy
irial of my wife's patience ; but she fairly con
quered me."
lie held to his resolution, and iived and di-d
practicing total abstinence Irom all intoxica
ting drinks, in a village which intemperance
has ravaged as much as any other in the
State.
That man was my father, and that woman
my mother. The facts above related I received
fiom the Doctor himself, while on a visit to my
village, not long since.
good looking Irishman, stopping at a
TibterrS War:rfTlitnriwpffi mpf i Ped of lUe Inn.j Irfd l
what was the news ?
The landlord disposed to run upon him re
plied.
"They say the devil is dead."
" Hl' sure," says Pat, "that's news indade."
Shortly after, he went up to the bar, laid
down some coppers and resumed his seat.
The landlord always ready for a customer,
asked him what he would take.
"Nothing at all," said Pat.
"Why then did you put this monej here?"
"An' sure sir, its the custom in my country,
when a chap loses his daddy to give him a few
coppers to help him pay for the wake."
there ?" exclaimed a returned Irish
soldier to a gaping crowd, as he exhibited, with
great exultation, his tail hat with a bullet-hole
in it; "look at tbat hole, will you ? \ou see
that i! it had been a low-crowned hat, I should
have been kilt outright 1"
"But the shot is in the back of the hat," ob
served a bystander.
"Och, to be surt," replied Paddy, "bein' in
a huiry, I had turned the back in front."
"Had you your knapsack in fiont, too, Pad
dy," said another, "I see a bullet-hole there ?"
Paddy vamosed.
B2P""' k The candles you sold me last night
were very bad,'' said Suett to a tallow chan
dler.
"Indeed, sir," said he, "I'm very sorry for
that."
"Yes, sir; do you know they burnt to the
middle, and then wouldn't burn any long
er ?"
"You su'piise me; what, sir l did they
go out ?"
"No, sir."
"W hat then ?"
"They burnt shorter."
of the deacons of a certain church
asked the bishop if he usaaly kissed the bride at
weddings. "Always," was the reply, "And
how do you manage when the happy pair ar®
negroes was the npxt question, "In all such
cases," replied the bishop, "the duty ot kissing
is appointed to the deacons."
(OP - A witty dentist, having labored in vain
to extiicate a decayed tooth fiorn a lady's
mouth, gave up the task with a felicitous a
polosrv, "The fact i?, madam, it is impossible for
anything bad to come lrom your mouth."
Paron who prefaced his sermon
with, "Let us say a few words before we begin,"
is about equal to the chap who took a short nap
before he went to sleep.
!TF~An eminent painter was asked what h
mixed his colors with to produce such an extra
ordinary effect. "I mix them with brains, sir,"
was his answer.
content with what you have," as
the rat said to the trap, when he saw that he
had left part of his tail iu it.
HF~Keep your dog awav horn me," said a
dandy to a butcher boy. "Darn the dog, he's
always after the puppies," saia the boy.