.Hit ' lOLOiIIE 57. NEW SEMES THE BEDFORD G-ASEPTS IS PUni.ISUEC EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY "3. F. EYli:i!S, At the following terms, to wits $1.50 per annum, cash, in advance. $2.00 " if paid within the year. $2.50 " " if not paid within the year. subscription taken lor less than six months. paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the publisher. t bae been decided by the United States Courts that ths stoppage of a newspaper without tne payment ot ar rearages, is prima facie evidence of fraud and is a criminal offence. [ET-The courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspapers, if they take them from" the post office,whether 'hey subscribe tor theul. or not. !3 elect |3 011 r ti. LIFE. BY 51. LOT IS GOr.tISJIITH. f.ife is but a troubled stream, Flowing on as in a dream— Wider, deeper growing— Bearing freight for good or ill, Hast'ning on some gulf to fill, Into the grave flowing. Down the stream our barks are borne, Like some water-lily torn From its quiet mooring ; Now we, at a tearful rate, ent was j fearful thai (he oiX was closed so tightly lhat ( the water had not entered j'. However, our j ! friend advanced aud kicked tile box*. All shud- | . tiered. No explosion, and he kicked again j with the same result. Then he look a small ; J haichet and carefully pried the lid open. He j lifted ihe top carefully, but hesitated about re moving the cloth that was spread over some- 0 thing within. At length, however, it was ta ken off! Alt pressed eagerly forward to see u ttie wonderful infernal machine. Our friend clasped his hands ; the clerks burs- v ted . the people clapped their and shou ted : "boldl sold ! sold!" ® isheil forward and peeped into the box j - There lay a huge doll baby dressed in s New York paper! . * , i( A lady in an omnibus at Washington espied b 'be great unfinished dome of the capitoi, ( which j 'I cerlauiiy looks very little like a dome ai pies- ' h nt.! and said Hinoceatjy — h "I suppose those are the ga> works i" ; ti "Yes madam, lor the nation," was the re- ' f< F' of aft How passenger. ' u BILL PAID* Fill m*t Katy in the lane— A. wink, Or blink, 1 think She winked again ! He put his arm around ht*r waist A pout ! No doubt, Rut out, At suc!t good taste. Her Itttle hand caught his so quick A scratch ! He'll catch His match. And lose the trick. Then, with her other hand, she gave'— A cuff! That's rough EuOUgh, And showed her brave. She said : "I won't !" then held so still . A kiss ! Ah ! tins Sweet bliss Paid every ill—paid Bill. Knickerbocker. A PRINTER ON A TRAMP- A Dutchman sitting at tin* dooi of his tavein I in the Far West, is approached by a tali thm |\ankey, who is emigrating westward on foot with a bundle on a cane over his shoul • dt*r. "\ell Mishter Valking Siitick, vat you j vanl V "Rest and refreshment,'' replied the prin- I ter. "Supper and lochia, I reckon !" " Yes." "Pe yoa a Yanky petlar, mil chevvelry in . pack, to sht*a! de gal ?" "Nosir, f am no Yankee peddler." "A singin' rnashter, too lazy to work ?" "No sit." "A shenteei shoemaker, vat loves to measure !te gul".- loots iint angles pettei tin io make fe sflOes V "No sir, or 1 should certainly liave mended my own shoes I" "A book agent what bodders de school gom , mitt.es t:ii dey uo vat you viab, shoost to git ! rid of you "Guess again sir. Pm no book agent." * - tuy vel! —a dentist, breakin' .ie jheeble's ; .-- j at a doilar a schnag I" "No si i, lam no tooth puller." | "Phrenologist deu, fee'm' te young folk's • heads like so many rabbitch j "No, nor a jdlrenologi-t." " Veil den what in der tuy vel can you be ' I Sho'i.-t teil, unt you shali iiave te p--st sassage ! for supper, unt siitay ail night, free gratis, mit out pays a' von cent, unt a chtil of v iskey to start mit in de Miu'liiii'." "I am .in hiintbli* disciple of Faust—a pro fessor of the ait pie s . i votive o! all aits— a typo graphy at your seriice." "Vatch dat ?" " A printer, sir 4 a man that prints both books and newspapers." '•A nion vvnat prints newspapers ! Oh vaw, yaw, (iat i*.h it—a man vat prints newspapers ! Yaw, yaw. I vish [ may be shot if 1 di !n't tink vau vash a poor tuvvej of a nishirict schoolmaster, who voiks for noting, unt poauls arouri! novfian*. 1 thought you vash him.— Valk in, valk in, Mishter Prinlrpman !" ILLUSTRATION OF FINE ART APPRE CIATION Two very splendidly attired ladies recently made a condescending visit to the studio of one of our distinguished landscapisis, and a..k*d the privilrge ol look it gat his Pictures. The artist was but 100 happy to comply with their request and piaced before them a brilliant sunset which he had just finished. His vi-itors were lavish of those charming epithets winch ladies bestow so liberally upon objects of their admiration.— "Oh. isn't it lovely ! How sweet! How nat ural !" etc. And then, after gazing at the glowing canvass lor-a lew moments in rapt si lence, the lady who had been loudest in ex pressing her admiration, said with a naivete which must have penetrated to the core of Ihe painter's heart : "Pray, Mr. G , is it a moonlight ?" The artist meekly replied lhat it was inten- j -led for a "sunset." "Oh, indeed," replied Ihe lady. "Pray, Mr. G , which do you think the most ; difficult to do, pictures in oils or in wor sted V "Really," repli-d the astonished painter, "I am unable to say, for 1 have never don.' any thing in worsted." "Ah !" said the lady, "1 find it so difficult, in working little dogs, to put in the eyes !" ( This reminds us c.f an an.-cdoie the lamented Henry Ininan used to relate. He was sitting in his studio, then in Murray Street, near Broadway, one morning, when a jaunty look- j ing young man an i woman en'ered, and wan-; ted to "see the picture he ha - 1 painted of S'phiar j G ,in B Street." It was unfinished, 1 but was readily shown to them by the always ; obliging artist. "0, ain't that good ! ain't that good ! partic-! ularl v the comb .' That's'S'phiar's comb for alt the world' I should have known it any where !" The appreciative young lady'-? companion idmitted that it wa3 good ; and added flattering ly to the artist : "Alter all,' paihtin' is a regular trade, isn't ,t 7" " He 'old his companion, however, that "the aest way to look at a picture, if ybu wanted to ■throw it NmT,' is so," and he stooped down and looked up at it thrcnjgh his legs ! Somebody had probably told him that distance was some times given to a landscape by that process. Dif ference of costume rendered his improved lens ■ anavailable '.O hie companion. JIM AND HIS BRIDE- The Indianapolis State Sentinel relates the lb!lowing : "A happy, unsophisticated coup!? from the j rural districts got married on Tuesday last and j posted oiTto Indianapolis to enjov the first lew j days in seeing the sights at th"e State Fair.— j They first stopped at the American House,! where Kinkie, after puzzling hi;; brain to the i utmost, was unable to give them a room, and | they were obliged to-be separated. On VVed- j nesday night they tried another hotel, with no, better success. The rooms were all crowded, ! and men had to oe huddled together in pne room, some on the floor, and packed up any way, while ladies were served the same in oth er rooms appropriated to their use. On Thurs day, the unhappy couple, in despair an ! disgust ed with crowded hotels, seaiched (or and found a private boarding house. The landlady sym pathized with them and promised it possible that they should have a. room. But on Thurs day a perfect avalanche of people came upon the town, tin boarding-'- ouses and'private hou ses as well as the hotels had to make every shift to stow away 1 as many as possible at night.— j Our unfortunate newly-wedded pair heard with i dismay after tea, that they would have to be ; ;eparated again that night. The groom looked | his disappointment, but the bride could riot con- j trol her feelings and blubbered out as she stamp- > ed her foot on the floor—"l've got my head s-'t ' on it, and I won't be separated from Jim any i more." The boarders snorted, and offered to j sleep in the street, or any way, but the landla- 1 dy*would not allow i, and Jim had to take a berth on the carpet, away from hi* weeping j third night. NVver bring your! bride to a Fair." A Democrat of the Grand River Valley, not of'.en seen in church, recently attended a | Methodist prayer meeting. VVe shall call him j Squiggl- byway of concealment. In a short j time his countenance lost its usual oiiv 'jolly j look, and he became oblivious of the solemnities ' going on around him, and was plunged in a j profound reverie over the recent defeat of his i parte- in Maine, which h° had been discussing that morning. As he reflected, his face nalu- ; rally elongated, and his jaw dropped, .\oti- ' cing hi-, sei lUUS and solemn look, and not re- j numbering ever to have seen hiin before, one of the brethren took him to be a stranger cf a •• religious turn of mind, and leaned ov- r firs j bench and remarked : "Biotfser, these are refreshing seasons." Squiggle gazed vacantly at the speaker and ; groaned inwardly. The brother paused : •'lt is good to te* here." Squiggle, still absorbed in reverie, groaned , again. "Brother, do you often think of your future stale ?" At the word "state" the eyes of our 1) mo cratic Irlend lost their dreamy look, and bis; jaw clashed into place like a rat trap. "Stat--!" fie exclaimed, brine-ing down his clenched ■lst on the oack of his questioner's bench, with an emphasis that startled tiie wor lv brother greatly. "H— U ! it gone Black Republican oy i;>,000 majority !" A STORY FOR BOYS. — it is related tf a Per sian mother ifiat on ivinur her son futy pieces of silver j> his portion, she. made fjim swear; never to tell a he, arid said : "Go, mi sort, I consign thee to God, and we shall,not m-t again until the dav of judgme: t." Tiie youth went, and tire parte he travelled! wi'h was assaulted be robbers. One follow asked th- boy what be had, to, which he answered - "Forty dollars are sowed up tu nty gar- i merits." 'I he robbers laughed, thinking the bov jes ted. Another a-ked the same question, at:d re-; Ceived the same answer. At last the chief cat fed him and asked hiin j what he had .said. The boy replied ; "I have told two of your people already that j 1 have forty dollars sewed up in my clothes." | "The chief ordered the clothes to be ripped I open, and the money found. "And how came you to tell this ?" "Because," replied the boy, "I would not be false to my mother, to whom 1 promised nev er to tell a he." "Child," said the robber, "art thou so mind- | lul of thy duty to thy mother at thv years, and | am I insensible, at my age, of the duty I owe to God f Give me thy hand, that 1 may swear ; repentance on it." ' < i here is a moral in this story which goes be- j t yond rbe direct influence of the mother on the ; < child. The sentiment infused into the breast j of a child. The sentiment infused into the" breast of a child is again transferred from breae? : t to breast. THC RASCALS BEATEN. —On the steamer O- j j cean, from Cleveland on Monday night, there j came a number of sharpers, attracted thither bv [ { the State Fair. They made several attempts I with three-card rrionte and other swindling jj games at cards to "rope in" some of the other 1 passengers, but Without effect, till one young ' man was found and badgered till he took out t •$!5. He bet on four kings, but the gambler I showed four aces, and the greeny was out just ! j. s!f>. A Cleveland gentleman who had been j v quietly looking on proceeded to inquire of the | young man his name, business, &c. The lat- l n ter in reply, stated that he was living in the | Saginaw country; worked for $!0 a month and ! had beer, down to Biack River, Ohio, to get a- j bout $l-0 due him for labor there. This he had h with him when he came'on board. T'he gen- ] t It man called Capt. Evans and told the ctrcum- j v stances. "Capt. Dick," in hts cool style, "at- j s lowed that such business could not be safely j " transacted on his boat," and ordered a redelive-1 s ry of the spoils. The rascals gave up $lO, but j s said tiiey certain I v ought to be allowed to keep 1 h sh. "Vol a dollar, not a dollar," said the can- p tain, and they dare na? refuse. ■' t 1 Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23,186a I MYSTERIES OF COURTSHIP. —"SaIIy, don't J I like you ?" | "La, Jim, I reckon so." j "But don't }ou know it ? Don't you think : I'd tear the eyet out of anybody that dares to 1 look at you a second i" "I'spect you would." "Well, the lact of it is, Sally, I—" "Oh ! now don't Jim, you're too sudden." "And, Sail}', I want to—" "Don't say anything more now ; I will." "But it must be done immediately, I want jyou to—" "Oh hush, don't say any more." ''l want you to get—" "What !so soon ! Oh, no—im|iossible ! 1 alher and mother would be angry at me." "Howl Be mad for doing nie auch a favor as to m—" "Yes! dear me ! Oh, what a feeling !" "But there is some mistake : for all 1 want to have you do is to mend my trousers !' Sally could hear no mote. She threw up her arms, and screaming histerically fainted away as a dead leg. ; Doncs' FIRST "MOTION."— Dobbs, during i his firs-t session as a member of the Legislature, was caught without a speech. He was re -1 markable for his modesty, and his thirst lor j eve." j One unlucky day the proceedings being ra ; thei dull, and Dobbs being rather thirsty, he i concluded to go over to the hotel and take a j drink. As Dobbs rose to leave the hall, he , caught the Speaker's eye. The Speaker sup , posed he intended to address the house, and ' announced in a low voice j "Mr. Dobbs!" Dobbs started as if he had been shot. The assembled wisdom of the State had their eves | fixed upon him. He pulled out his pocket I handkerchief to wipe away the perspiration, j and feeling it necessary to saj, something, ho j thundered out: "Second the motion." "There is no motion before the house." said i the Speaker, j "Then I I" I :e silence was brea'hles?. ; Dobbs could not think of anything to say. I i But a bright idea came to fcna, and he finished i with— I fl. move to adjourn." The motion didn't go, but D Tobs did, and j noshing more was s-en of hun that dav. EIR-stsG THE HANDSOMEST GIRLS.— 1 dis- 1 ; tiiijuished candidate for an office of high trust in a Certain State, who is "up to a thing or t .vo, and lias a keen appreciation of live beau- t , ty, when about to set off on an electioneering j ! 'our recently, svT to It's.,- wife, who was to ac- j c'irr.pony him for pru'•■i'tial reasons: ■'.Ty near, inasmuch as this election is com- ! ; ; in at-d, and the canyts. will be close. lam j ;L..&iJUSt leave notbi t undone that would! pn ;;■•! •my popularity, ; i ■: so I have thought u wmild be .. good plan to kiss a nnmb-rof t'.e | ha JsOinest girls in every piace whepe J may ' be Honored with a public reception. Don't vou think it would b. a good idea f' "I anita!! ' exclaimed.the devoted wile, "and ( to mskey ur election a sure thing, while vou ••re hissing the handsomest girls, ! veil! kiss an equal number of the handsomest young men !" the c.istinguisbed candidate, wc uetieve, has not since referred to this pleasing means oi pop . I A LEAP YEAR POPPING.—"A-bem, E_ hrarm I hep.iu something about you " ' La, now, Mi s Sophnni, vou don't sav • so !' 1 '■ i es, indeed, that I did, and a great many said it too." "La, now, what was it, Miss Soph ii ;a." •'Oil d-ai , i can't tell }ou" (tumiug away her head.) j "Oh ! la, do now." "Oh ! r.o, I can't." "Oh ! yes, Miss Sophrina." "La me, Ephraun, you do jester a body so "\\ ell, do please to tell me, Miss Sophrina." \ "Well, I heard that " "What?" (putting his arm around her waist.) "Oil! don't squeeze me so !" "I Heard that—that" (turning her blue eyes full upon EphraimV,—"that—you and I were to be—married !" HOMELY TRUTHS FOR WlVES. —Although your husband may neglect to give you a new dress, do not seek revenge by giving hun a good dressing. Do not hesitate between the choice of an expensive mantle and your husband's affection ; tbuug'njthe lorraer may be dearer to your besom. Should your husband bring a friend home to j partake of yesterday's beef, do not be churlish, but let a warm smile season the cold repast. Prefer the country rambles'jto town lounges: the colors of the rose are brighter than the hues of silk, and the de'vdrops outshine the jewel ler's gems. Never deny your husband the pleasure of smoking ; the cigar by the fireside is the domes tic calumet ol peace. Be careful in brewing the cup which cheers, but not iubebriate3 ; strong tea is better than weak arguments. The hand which was pledged at the altar is not disgraced in sewing on a button, and re member—as you sow, so shall you reap. As THE polite omnibus agent ol the {Lexing ton and Louisville Railroad was going through .he ladies' car, checking baggagp, he asked a very pretty young lady, it she had any baggage •hf wished taken to (the hotel ? She replied, •'No, sir." The agent then asked her if she de ored a "bus ?" She instantly gave him a verv I • weet smile and replied "No, sir, I am not in a ■ bussing humor this evening." The agent drop- • |ied his memorandum book, hastily retired to t !he baggage car, and said he feK unwell. I ANECDOTE OF A PARROT. Mr. Cornwall Simeon gives the following anecdote in his "St.ay Notes on Fishing and Natural History 1 | "A parrot belonging to some friends of min j was generally taken out ol the room when the j famiiy assembled for prayers, for fear led he I might take it into his head tojoin irreverently {in the responses. One evening, however, his ! presence happened to be unnoticed, and he was , forgotten. For some time he maintained a ! decorous silence, but at length, instead of 'A ; men,' out he came with 'Cheers, boys, cheers.' • On (his the butler was directed to remove hirn, ; when the bird, perhaps, thinking that he had | committed himself, and had better apologize, j called out, 'Sorry 1 spoke.' The overpower i ing effect on the congregation may be more ; easily imagined than described." A SICKLY girl in Plymouth, N. H., a sorr.nam j bulist, with a strong propensity to walk off with ; things and hide them where they could not be j found, nor she herself remember, so that at last ; it was found necessary to lock her in secuieiy ' at night, made off, a few weeks since, with a valuable watch. Then the family gave her iiberty, and watched her movements :n hope that the same somnambulism that carried it off i would again find if. The other night she star ted out followed by her brother. She walked places that he uare not follow ; but the moon , light helped show her course, and he kept along. Finally she walked up the trunk of an old tree that hung out an angle of fortp-five de grees over a brook, stood firmly at the end, j while the tree swayed beneath her, and stoop ing down brought out that watch. Returning to terra firma the brother waked her, took the properly, and they hurried home. justice of the peace in Dubuqup, lowa, whose love of liquor exceeds his knowledge ol law, visited a sic; friead the oilier night, upon ; whose table stood a tumbler [of brand.y which | had been ordered by the doctor. After a little conversation, the Justice r-comtnended a wet ' bandage across the eyes as a sure cure for hi? Iriend's complaint, and after adjustins one carefully, goon left the room. 1. pon removing j the bandage, the sick man found that bis bran dy had gone, as well as his friead. NATURAL WEAKNESS. —A "bumptious" trav- J eier, oveitakmg an old Presbyterian minister, j whose nag was much fatigued, quizzed the old j gentleman upon his "turn out." A nice horse, • you r s ! very—valuable beast that—but what makes him wag Ins tail so, doctor *" "Why, as you have asked me, 1 will tell vou. It is fur the same reason that your tongue wags so, a j sort ol natural weakness. Tp*Hearing a man complain that political I pacers of ail kinds had become such liars that !:■> o'd not believe any of them, remind- ts of the stoiv of t:ie miller and his three sons. Cuming inio the mill ar.d finding the grist iu the hop— • per, the old mail man cried out : "Tom, • have you tolled this ■t ?" "Ye?, sir." "Bill, Lave you tolled this grist ?" "Yes, sir."— "Dick, Lave you toiled .'this grist ?" "Yes, sir." "You are a pack of lying scoundrels," says thp old man. "I don't [believe a -.void j you say'—l'll toll it myself!" tVifc, fcrin? mere me r.;id beef." said a shit:less husband, when iur the first time in bis life, he discovered that he was more hungry ' than thirsty. "There is no beef in the house," was the mild reph*. "Fetch me some pork, then." "No pork, either." "Weil, theu, let nje have some potatoes." "Not a potatoe left." "Thunder and lightning! get some bread, i then." "The bread is all ?one, too." "Well, ttien, give me a knife and fork, and ■ Id pie qo through ike motions 1 Cones, a newly-elected sheriff, was told by the judge to open court. Bob weut to \ tiie cioor and shouted. "I call court —1 call court!" "Call \Y. H. Jones and A. P. Moore,said the judge. i "IV. H. Jones and A. P. AL>ore—W. H. Jones and A. P. Aloore !" yelled Bob. "One at a time, Mr. Sheriff" "One at a time—one at a time!" "Now you've fixed it." "Needn't come ; we've fixed !" is screamed the determined sheriff There was no court that day. i THE following is a very significant epistle , to be presented to the present degenerate age, which, if answered correctly, would L be found to contain more truth fhan poetry . Is there a heart that never sighed ? Is there a tongue that never lied ? Is there an eye that never blinked ? Is there a man that never drinked ? Is there a woman that never lamted ? Is there a woman that never painted ? If so, then heart, tongue and eve Must tell a most confounded lie. won't be a darned thing this summer but politicks," said Jonathan, who was discussing business matters at the depot with a friend. I tell you that I can't meet anybody but what they're putting inter me bout the Lit tle Giant, the Constitution and Spread Eagle, the Rail-Splitter, and a thundering lot of other names. Consarn it, why the bull-frogs in the pond back cf our barn are all on a titter, bel lowing out, "Old Abe—Old Abe—lllinois Illinois—put him through, chug." lady asked her gardener why tfie weeds always outgrew and covered up the flow ers I "Madam," he answered, "the soil is mo- j ther