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Publishers. J
Attorneys at £aw.
TOftBPH W. TATE, ATTORNEY
fj AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., will promptly
attend to collections of bounty, back pay, Ac.,
and all business entrusted to his earo in Bedford
and adjoining counties.
Cash advanced on judgments, notes, military
and other olaitns.
Has for sale Town lots in Tatesville, where a
Church is erected, and where a large School
:ouse shall bo built. Farms, Land and Timber
Leave, from one acre to t>oo acres to suit pur
chasers.
Office nearly opposite the "Mengel Hotel' and
Bank of Reed A Schell.
April 6,1806—1y
J. MCD. SHAKrS. E. F. KERR.
SHARPE A KERR, ATTORNEY S
AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adioiningcounties Of
fice on Juliana St., opposite the Banking House ol
Reed A Schell. [March 2, '66.
R. BCRBORROW. | JOHN LtJTI.
DIJ R HOUR O\V A LUT Z ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collections made on the shortest no
"xhey are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
snd will give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the Government for Pensions,
Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
"Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer
office.
TOliN P. REHi>. ATTORNEY AT
#J LAW, BEDFORD, PA Respectfully tenders
Sis services to the public.
Office second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861.
OHN PALM ER, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly attend
to all business entrusted to his care.
Particular attention paid to the collection of
Military claims. Officeon Juliana Street, nearly
apposite the Mengel ll> use.
Bedford, Aug. 1. IWll.
TASPY M. A LSI P. ATT< )RXEY AT
rj LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
jare in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
afciims, bask pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, <>n Juliana street,
to doorsSoutb of the Mengel House.
Jan. 2$ 1864, .
IT KlteiSLL I J. W. LINGENFELTER.
f/TMMELL & LINGENFELTER,
l\ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
thxmml a partnership iu the practice of
he Law. Office an Juliana street, two doors South
afthe ''Mengel House,"
SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
\T, LAW BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at
tend to collections Hnd all business entrusted to
his nara in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, three doers south of the
"Mengel House," opposite the residence ot Mrs.
Tate."
_ May 18. i* 6 *-
B. f. IIRTERI I J• W. DICKRItSON.
MEYERS & DICKERSON, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa. % office
S'iDie as formerly occupied by Hon. W- P- Schell,
two Joars east of the GAZETTE office, will practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase
and sale of real estate attended to. [mayll, 66.
JOIIN 11. FILLER, Attorney at Law,
Bedford, Pa. Office nearly opposite the Post
Offica. [apr.2o,'66. —ly.
gfcpiriXß* and
*> H. PENNSYL, M. D M BLOODY
a Rpn, P a -> ',late surgeon 56th P. V. V.,) ten
ders his professional services to the people of that
place and vicinity. _ Dee. 22. 65-1 y*
TIT W.JAMISON, M. D., BLOODY
v r V RUN, Pa,, tenders his professional send
ees to the people of that place and vicinity. Office
une door west of Ridhard Langdon's store.
Nov. 24, '6s—ly
TAIL J. L. MARBOTIIG, I
i / permanently located, respectfully tenders
services to the citizens of Bedford
and vicinity.
Office on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite
the Banking House of Reed A Schell.
Bedford, February 12, 1864.
*
C. N. HICKOE, i J. G. MIXNICH. JR.,
De N T ISTS,
BEDFORD, PA.
Office in the Bank Building, Juliana St.
All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me
chanical Dentistry carefully performed, and war
ranted. Tooth Powders and mouth Washes, ex
cellent articles, always on hand.
TFUMS— CASH.
Bedford, January 6,1865. _ _ _
DR. GEO. C. DOUGLAS, Respect
fully tenders his professional services to the
people of Bedford and vicinity.
OFFICE—2 doors West of the Bedford Uotel,
above Border's Silver Smith Store.
Residence ait Maj. Washabaugh's.
aug.21,'66.
rpR I uA[ PII IN DENTISTRY!
TRETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN,
hw'the use of Nitrous Oxide, and is attended with
JBo danger whatever.
/ TEETH INSERTED
uoon a new style of base, which is a combination
of Gold and Vulcanite; also, upon Vulcanite, Gold,
Platina and Silver.
TEMMOKAKY SETS inserted if called for.
Soocial attention will bo made to diseased gums
and a cure warranted or no charge made.
TEETH FILLED to last for life, and all work
in the dental line done to the entire satisfaction of
all or the money refunded. Prices to correspond
with the times., .
■ a- I have located permanently in Bedford,
ami shall visit Schellsburg the Ist Monday of each
month, remaining one week ; Bloody Run the 3rd
Monday, remaining one week ; the balance of my
tinje I can be found at my office, 3 doors South of
the Court House. Bedford, Pa.
n0v.16,'66. WM. W. VAN ORMER, Dentist.
ganliev.L
REED, I J - J - SCHELL,
V) EED AND SCHELL,
Bankers and
■AEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
■ BEDFORD. PA.,
■ DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and
promptly remitted.
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jH w PCJEJP o. E. SHANNON r. BENEDICT
H I L P ', SHANNON A CO., BANK-
PA.
UANI^^^HBM^AND
East,
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BY MEYERS & MENGEL,
tftanlwratt,
GEO. BLYMYER. | JOHN V. BLTI4YER.
fi FORGE BLYMYER & SON
3 T having formed a partnership, on the 6th of
March. 1866* in the
IIA li D WAR ESr 110 US E FUR NISHINC
BUSINESS,
respectfully invite the public to their new rooms,
three doors west of the old stand, where they will
find an immense stock of the most splendid goods
ever brought to Bedford county. These goods
will be sold at the lowest possible prices. Persons
desirous of purchasing HARDWARE
will find it to their advantage to give us acall.
WHITE LEAD.—We have oa hand a large
quantity of White Lead, which we have been for
tunate to buy a little lower than the market rates.
The particular brands to which wo would invite
attention, are the
Pure Buck Lead,
Liberty White Lear/.
Sww Franklin White head,
Washington White Lead,
Washington Zinc White Lead,
New York White Ijeurl.
ALSO: — French Porcelain Finish;
Demar Varnish;
Varnishes of all kinds.
Flaxseed Oil, {pure.)
Turpentine and Alcohol.
All kinds of IRON and NAILS.
No. 1 CIIRYSTAL ILLUMINATING COAL
OIL.
LAMPS in profusion.
We would invite persons wanting Saddlery
Hardware, to give us a call, as we have every
thing in the Saddlery line, such as Buckles,
Rings, Hanies and Webbing Leather of all kinds;
also a variety of Shoe Findings, consisting of
French Calf Skins, Morocco Linings, Bindings,
Pegs, etc.
Housekeepers will find at Blymyer A Son's
store a great variety of household goods. Knives
and Fork of the very best quality; Plated Table
and Tea Spoons at all prices.
Give us a call and we can supply you with Barn
Door Rollers, the latest improvements; Nova Scotia
Grindstones, better than any in use; Shovels,
Forks and Spades.
Grain and Grass Scythes and Snathes; Fishing
Tackle; Brushes of all kinds; Demi-Johns; Patent
Wheel Grease, Tar and Whale Oil, and an infinite
variety of articles.
$20,000 WANTED—WouId like to get it if our
friends wuld let us have it. Less will do ; but
persons having unsettled accounts will close them
up to the first of March, to enable us to close our
old books. This should be done.
may4,'66. GEO. BLYMYER A SON.
ilntfl.s, #Utluincs, kc.
TL. LEWIS having purchased the
0 Drug Store, lately owned by Mr. H. C. Rea
mer takes.pleasure in announcing to the citizens
ot Beiford and vicinity, that he has just returned
from the cities with a well selected stock ot
DRUGS.
MEDICINES,
DYE-STUFFS,
PERFUMERY,
TOILE T A R TIC L ES,
STATIONERY,
COAL OIL, LAMPS
AND CHrMNEYS,
BEST BRANDS 017 CIGARS
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
FRENCH CONFECTIONS, 4-c.. <L
The stoek of Drugs and Medicines consist of the
purest quality, and selected with great care.
General assortment of popular Patent Medicines.
The attention of the Ladies is particular y invi
ted to the stock of PERFUMERY, TOILET and FANCY
ARTICLES, consisting of the best perfumes of the
day. Colognes, Soaps. Preparations for the Hair,
Complexion and Teeth ; Camphor ice for chapped
hands; Teeth and Hair Brushes, PortMonaies, Ac.
Of Stationery, there is a fine assortment:
Billet, Note, Letter, Leaf and Mourning Paper,
Envelops, Pens. Pencils, Ink, Blank Deeds, Power
of Attorneys, Drafting Paper, Marriage Certifi
cates, Ac., Ac. Also, a large quantity of Books,
whici will be sold very cheap.
Coal Oil Lamp Hinge Burner, can be lighted
without removing the chimney—all patterns and
prices. Glass Lanterns, very neat, for burning
Coal Oil. Lamp chimneys of an improved pattern.
Lamp Shades of beautiful patterns.
Howe's Family Dye Colore, the shades being light
Fawn. Drab, Snuff and D'ark Brown, Light and
Dark Blue, Ligh* and Daik Grata*, Yellow, Piuk,
Orange, Royal Purple, Scarlet, Maroon, Magenta,
Cherry and Black
Humphrey's Homeopathic Remedies.
Cigars of best brands , smokers can rely on a
good cigar.
Rose Smoking Tobecro,
Michigan and Solace Fine Cut,
Natural Leaf, Twist and Big Plug,
Finest and purest French Confections,
PURE DOMESTIC WINES.
Consisting of Grape, Blackberry and Elderberry
FOR MEDICINAL USE.
£j/-Tbe attention of physicians is invited to the
stock of Drugs and Medicines, which they can
purchase at reasonable prices.
Country Merchants' orders promptly filled. Goods
put up with neatness and care, and at reasonable
prices.
J. L. LEWIS designs ke. ping a first class Drug
Store, and having on hand at all times a general
assortment of goods. Being a Druggist of several
years experience, physicians can rely on having
their prescriptions carefully and accurately com
pounded. [Feb 9,'66 —tt
Clothing, etc.
.
JJALLY ! RALLY ! RALLY"!
Come one, come all,
and examino
TnE EXCELLENT STOCK OF GOODS
AT LIPPEL'S
CLOTHING EMPORIUM AND FURNISHING
STORE.
A rare chance is offered to ALL to purchase good
and seasonable goods, at the lowest prices, by cal
ling at Lippel's.
If you would have a good suit of Rcady-Made
Clothing call at Lippel's.
If you would have good and cheap
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Calicoes,
Muslins,
Ac., Ac., Ac.,
Call at Lippel's.
%
If you would have furnishing goods of all de
scriptions, notions, etc., call at Lippel's.
If you would have the best quality of Groceries,
buy them at Lippel's.
Goods of all kinds, sold at the most reasonable
prices, and country produce of all kinds taken in
exchange for goods, at Lippel's
5ep.28,'66.
CLOTH ING EMPORIUM. —GEO.
REIMIIKD, Merchant Tailor, Bedford, Pa-,
keeps constantly on hand ready-made clothing,
such as orfats, pants, vests, Ac.; also a general as
sortment of cloths, cassimereg, and gents' furnish
ityf goods of all kinds; also calicoes, muslins, Ac.,
a/fof which trill be sold low for rath. My room
j's a few doors west of Fyan's store and opposite
{Rush's marble yard. I invite all to give me a
call. I have just received a stock of new goods.
' uiay2i,'6ti.
1A R U I T C A N S A N 1> SEALING
'F WAX at B Mo. BLYMYER A GO'S
CARRIER'S ADDRESS
TO THE PATRONS OF THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
JANUARY 1, 18G7.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is'going, let him go,
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease, %
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
—Tennyson.
'Twas back in the past some four hundred years,
When all the wide world was full of commotion,
That first dawned the art that each sage stiil reveres,
For Science, had then, just conquered the ocean,
And spreading her wings, like an angel of light, f
From kingdom to kingdom, abroad in the world,
Led forward the armies of Freedom and Right,
Till the minions of Darkness backward were hurled:
And her temples, like beacons to mariners lone,
Shone out o'er the ocean, where Ignorance reigned;
And deep in the forests, the homes of her own,
Stand peacefully now, where her battles were gained.
Yes, this was the age, when my craft was first known;
When the Bible came forth from Guttenberg's hand,
And religion's true light, throughout every zone,
Brought blessings to man, over ocean and land.
The ignorant then called the blessing an evil—
And blinded by sin, and by nature perverse,
Named the printer, at once, the son of the Devil —
Though all he e'er did, showed him just the reverse.—
Hence, the name which they first to the master applied,
Descends to the follower, latest enrolled—
And the printer's apprentice, it can't be denied,
By training's well fitted the name to uphold.
But wickeder devhs than printers, I ween,
Still roam through the world from the east to the west;
And, though, by our eyes, they seldom are seen—
There scarce is a man, but has one in his breast*
And, one monsieur LeSage, a story has told,
Of a spirit released by a student iu^Spain.
Who long had been chained in a conjuror's hold ;
And, who, when restored to his freedom again,
Gave a hist'ry of all the imps of the race,
From Lucifer down to Asmodeus himself-
From those, who in Hades hold " power and.place,"
In order, clean down to the puniest eli
The fact is, the number he tells is so great,
'Twould be useless for me to write them all here—
Beside these, the roll has been swelled so ot late,
That their legion of names would sound rather queer.
Then, Milton has sung of the*>rince of them all,
In such high-sounding verse twould shame my poor rhyme;
And Burns a few words in his praise has let fall,
While Byron describes him in language sublime.
And Goethe, the poet the Germans ail love,
Tells a tale of one Faust—a wondrous magician—
Who bartered his soul to the Devil to prove
His power over men, for wealth and position.
And some say this Faust was a printer by trade,
(Daily working with type in secret, alone,)
Assisted by Satan, who thus bis plans laid
To puzzle mankind, and so make them his own.
But it's all a mistake, whate'er they may think ;
For, since Luther at one dashed iiis inkstand in splinters,
The Devil has his fears of all kinds of ink—
And he's not the less shy, though the ink be a printer s.
And some other poet, (whose name I don't prize,)
Sings a song, which, 1 think, out-devils them all;
For he says that, "A woman with two bright eyes,
Decidedly is the worst devil of all."
Then, Bunvan has placed him high up on a tower,
Hurlinsr darts at one Christian, who close by it passed ;
And, Saint Dunstan lias shown how great's human power,
For with his hot tongs ho the Devil held fast.
And read o'er the hist'ry of man since his fall—
Since Eve, in the garden, the serpent beguiled—
The Bejil seen in each page of it all, *
And still, by his footsteps, our Eden's defiled.
And, of his wild pranks in our own blessed land,
When witches for sins up at Salem wei burned,
The New England poets might make SOUK thing grand,
If only their optics that way could be turned.
And Satan with bis imps high carnival held,
Through our last gloomy years of bloodshed and strife;
Nor did he e'er see, when his legions rebelled,
More slaughter and rapine, or plunder more rife."
But enough of " Old Nick," and ali his vile class!—
Let me sing of myself, and those of my clan —
Our weapons will drive his whole army en masse,
Down to darkness again, away from weak man.
Doing this, we're at work, like bees in their hive,
Setting type, like they for their honey, build cells;
And down in the cups of the heart, deep we dive,
To gather the nectar of thought, where it wells.
Having tasted its sweets, our fancy takes wing—
We roam among flowers, that poets have reared! —
Hear the church bells of hope in heathen lands ring,
And the songs of the Christians their music lias cheered.
* * * * * * *
I've brought my collection each week to your door,
My friends and my patrons who read the "GAZETTE
Throughout the past year, you have tasted my store.
And I've many good things to bring to you yet.
The doings oY Congress, each week you have read,
Through the seven long-months of heated debate —
The curses that fell on the President's head, ,
And slanders spread over the land by their hate.
But firm as the rocks on the sea coast he stands,
Looking out on the waves of the wide troubled main;
And the tempest may lash out its strength on the sands,
But fanatical storms will sweep o'er him in vain.
And fierce was the contest we waged for the right,
Against foemen who fought for powe, and place;
Though Truth for a time has gone down in the night,
She soon will shine forth as the moon shows her taoe.—
And, once more, through the realms, our eagle has soared,
Our banner, over mountain and crag shall yet stream ;
And the nation rejoice for her charter restored,
As the world, back in chaos, hailed morning's firit beam.
You have read, too, of wars in for distant lands,
And the news of their slaughter came over the sea —
Of th 6 hopeless attack of the Fenian bands,
Who vainly attempted thyir country to free.
And the poets will sing, in ages untold,
The conquest of science the past year hm shown ;
And the future inscribe, in letters of gold,
The names of her craftsmen, on temples of stone.
The cable is laid! and swift o'er the wires,
Through thedepthsof the ocean, man's thoughts fush along,
To kindle abroad the new hopes and desires,
That live in the hearts of the great and the strong!
You have read of the meteors we were to have seen—
We watched for them here—rang the gong and the bell-
But scarcely a star, in the heavens serene,
Fell an inch from its place—the thing was a " sell!
Now my budget's unpacked, my wares are displayed,
'Tis scarcely required I should hint my desire;
And as I approach you, please don't be dismayed,
For the laborer, 'tis said, is worthy his hire.
And should you refuse me, because a light purse
Compels you to pass me, or tret me uncivil,
My prayer shall e'er be, that you'll never do worse,
Than to keep the small dues of—yours truly,
THE DEVIL.
GOOD LOGIC FOR A LITTLEO^E. —A
lady has a bright-eyed four-year old
boy, who stood looking out of the win
dow at the richly tinted sunset clouds
in the West the other evening. His
mother sat in the room busy writing,
when he asked: "Mamma, who made
the pretty clouds?" "God made them."
'Who made the light, mamma?"
"God made it." "How did he make
it?" "God put the sun up in the heav
ens, Ad so made the light." After a
pause* 1 -"Mamma, whomakes it dark?"
"Oh, I don't know—don't bother me."
"Well—l know—l know how He
makes it dark. He blows the sun out."'
A TENNESSEE Radical killed his dog
for barking at old Brown low. The dog.
would have died anyhow.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING!, JANUARY 4, 1867
A CHINESE widow, finning the tomb
of her husband, and Leing asked the
cause of so singular a lhodeof showing
her grief, accounted for it by saying
that he had made her promise not to
marry again while tie mortar of his
tomb remained damp; and as it dried
but slowly she saw no harm in aiding
the operation.
"BOHIIYT^why dont you go home
and have your mother sew up that
hole in yourtrowsers?" "Oh, go along,
old woman; our folks are at the sewing
circle, working for tht heathen."
IT is proposed to hfhi the streets of
a certain village with red-headed girls.
Quadrat, of the Lexington Gazette,
says if he lived there he'd play tipsey
'every night and hug the lamp-posts.
TAKING A WHALE.
BY ROGER STARBUCK.
Early one morning while we were
cruising off thecoastof Peru for sperm
whales I was dozing on the maintop
gallant cross-trees. Suddenly some
thing seemed to go right through my
brain. I woke to discover that it was
the voice of Zadik. the Captain's har
pooner, a tall, swarthy, straight-haired
youth, half Kanaka, half English. He
was very tender-hearted, but an excel
lent whaleman, whose power of vision
was truly remarkable. He stood on
the other side of me, shrieking with all
the force of his lungs:
"There blows!—there blow-ow-s! -
there—there—blows!"
"Whereaway!" thundered old Capt.
Boom, glancing aloft.
"On the weather-bow, four miles'off,
heading to leeward!"
This answer sent an electric thrill
through every vein : theoldship lurch
ed as if she felt it too.
Up came old Boom, with spy-glass
slung over his shoulder, mounting two
ratlines at a time. When on the cross
trees he just gave one squint with his
telescope; then his voice rung through
the ship like a great saw going through
a board.
"Back the main-yard—clear away
the boats!" It would have done you
good to see the men jump to falls anfl
braces. The ship came up slowly, and
Boom went down like lightning by
means of a back-stay.
Zadik, following hint, sprung like a
deer into the star-board boat.
"Lower away!" growled the Cap
tain. Buz-z-z! buz! buz-z-z! sounded
the falls, and swash! went the four
boats, almost simultaneously, into the
water.
The merry dogs bundled into them,
and away they flew, the Captain's ta
king the lead.
"Snap your oars, ye grifflns! Make
the fire fly, my bull-dogs! Long and
strong's the word! Break your backs
every mother's son of ye !" gritted the
old fellow through his teeth.
In a similar mannerthe other officers
encouraged their crews, until they had
proceeded about four miles, when or
ders were given to stop pulling.
"None of your dare-devil pranks,
Tom, if you get alongside a whale!"
said the skipper to his son—a lad of
fifteen, who belonged to theafter-th wart
in the first mate's boat.
Tom—theship's favorite—smiled and
shook his curly head. At the same
moment the water broke into a whirl
pool a few fathoms astern.
There was a hurried whispering;
then the boats were forced round as a
very small Whale—a calf—rose to the
surface. We perceived at once that the
creature had been struck by some other
crew, for the shank of an iron protru
ded from its body. It seemed very
weak and in much pain, moving slow
ly and now and then reeling sideways:
with a sudden plunge. It swam in a
circle as if bewildered, and the noise
of its spouting somehow reminded me
of the wailing of a child.
"Paddle ahead!" was the order, for
every man believed that the mother of
the calf—the cow whale—was not for
off.
The first mate was soon within dart
ing distai#e.
"Give it to him !" he shrieked, and
whiz! whiz! went the harpooner's
irons, one after the other, into tfie an
mal's body. For a few moments the
little whale, as if half stupefied, re
mained nearly motionless; then, breach
ing, it came down, writhing and whirl
ing its flukes in great agony, after which
it sounded, it was too weak to drag
the boat very fast or very for ; it soon
rose about fifty yards ahead.
"Haul line'" ordered the mate, now
in the boat's bow, lance in hand.
A8 he spoke the water on one side of
the calf suddenly parted with a roar
like a cataract, and an enormous levi
athan—the cow whale—boomed up
from the surface, beating the sea with
her flukes and spouting thunder.
Round and round her offspring she
swam, but soon paused, as if half par
alyzed with astonishment and grief at
the situation of the sufferer. A mo
ment she remained thus, then moved
ahead slowly and gently, occasionally
turning, as if to entice the little crea
ture to follow. In fact the calf eneav
ored to do so, but was too badly crip
pled to swim; it made a few feeble
plunges toward its parent, and then be
gan to writhe and wheel in great ago
ny. Perceiving that it was now in
its flurry, the mate stopped hauling
line, and remained watching the ani
mal until its blood-red spout no longer
rose, and it rolled over quite dead.
Now the behavior of its mother was
pitiful to witness. She seemed unwil
ling to believe that her young one was
really dead. Round it, she slowly
swam, spouting with a noise something
between a shriek and a gasp. Then
she moved ahead as before, and like
one half crazy, seemed not yet to have
abandoned the hope of being followed
by her offspring.
Meanwhile her enemies were rapid
ly but stealthily advancing. Soon the
Captain, who was foremost, was near
enough to dart.
"Let her have it!" he growled. Za
dik raised his harpoon; at the same
moment the cow gently rubbed its
great head against the little whale, as
if to ascertain the reason why it would
not follow her.
Zadik lowered the point of his weap
on ; his wild eyes softened.
"That whale's just like a human
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mother, Captain," said he, "and I
haven't the heart to strike it!"
"Dog!" hissed Boom, "what ails ye?
Dart! dart! I tell ye!"
As he spoke a sudden change came
over the whale, which now, half turn
ing, saw the boat.
Wrathful and wild for revenge, she
breached, the whole length of her enor
mous body, out of water ; then falling
back with the din of a huudred thun
der-bolts, she"made straight for the
boat, her bristling jaw wide open, her
broad flukes beating the sea !
"Starn! starn ! gritted old Boom, and
every man of his crew except Zadik
turned pale.
The harpoonor had changed with the
leviathan. The flush of fight was now
! on his cheek, and there was fire in his
eye. His dark brow was wrinkled; the
ends of his straight black hair bristled
like spear points. He motioned to the
Captain to keep off a little, and, being
obeyed, sent both irons whizzing into
the side of the monster's hump!
Maddened with pain, fiercer than
ever, the whale made a swift dash to
ward the boat, which she must have
grappled had not the Captain, byadex
trous movement, whirled the light ves
sel to one side. Thus baffled, the mons
ter dive,shakinga savage warning with
her flukes as she disappeared. Away
went the boat, swift as a whirlwind,
the line humming around the logger
head, and the crew cheering like wild
demons in answer to the cheers of those
who were pulling after them.
Zadik and the Captain changed places,
and the "old lion," as we called Boom,
soon had his lance ready. The whale
came up a quarter of an hour later, and
"iiaulline!" was the order. When
within darting distance the skippersent
his long weapon quivering into the
monster's body. Enraged beyond ali
bounds, she came booming towards us
in a cloud of whirling spray tossed by
her busy flukes.
"Starn ! starn !" from the "old lion,"
and every time he spoke he was either
darting his lance into the whale or pull
ing it back. Thicker and faster flew
the spray, almost hiding the animal
from us, until suddenly its great head,
bursting from the white foam cloud, we
saw the bristling jaw within six inches
of the skipper.
Ilad the nerves of Zadik failed him,
the old man must have perished the
next minute. But the voice of the half
breed rang iike the clang of a hammer,
as with ready steering-oar he whirled
the boat's broadside toward the mon
ster, and tin n gave the order to "stern!"
Snap! went the monster's closing
|tiw, just iuisoiii the boat's' bow; and
whiz-z-z-! wenttheold lion'slanee again
into her body a'ongside the hump!
Now as she dashed furiously toward
us, our shipmates arrived to take part
in the combat.
The long-limbed first mate, who had
left the calf to be towed by an extra
boat's crew from the ship, attacked the
monster on one flank, while the Cap
tain and his second and third mates
battled desperately upon tlieother. The
cheers of the men, the crashing of the
whale's fluke's minglingwith such wild
cries as "Lay me on !" "Keep off a lit
tle !" "Now then—steady as you are!"
"Starn! starn! starn!" "Pull ahead!"
"Hoo, hoo! take that, old queen P'
"Mind yourself at that oar!" "Now
then, Mr. Spooner—there's a 'good
sight!'" "Whang! whang! whang!
three lances into her that time!' ; "Hoo
ray! hooray!" etc., etc., were heard
on all sides, while so thick was the
spray that no man could see his neigh
bor distinctly.
Vigorously pressed—with lance after
lance piercing her body— her jaws and
flukes avoided by the vigilant harpoon
ers—the whale soon acknowledged the
power of her assailants by sending up
into the spray-cloud a light red foun
tain of blood! With exultant screams
the lancers, still attacking, buried their
weapons in her writhing body, from
which the spout rose darker and lower
every moment.
Suddenly, with one tremendous whirl
of her flukes, she struck the first mate's
boat, shivering it to atoms! Then slow
ly round and round she swam, the dark
blood-spout now ascending scarcely six
inches.
The .Captain and his third and second,
officers churned her with their lances,
when, turning over, fin out, and half
lifting her flukes and head in one last
spasm of agony, she expired !
The first mate's crew, being good
swimmers, had not yet been picked up;
in fact the Captain had been too busy
to notice which vessel was stove.
Now, as the poor fellows were helped
into his boat, he looked in vain for his
son!
The sad story was soon told: poor
little Tom was far down under the sea,
whither his frame, crushed by the
whale's flukes, had been dragged by
sharks.
The Captain groaned and bowed his
head. He did not lift it until we were
alongside the ship. While we were cut
ting in the whale we looked in vain for
him.
"He is down in the cabin," said the
mate, "weeping and sobbing like a
child. He will never be a happy man
again!"
"Ay, ay," said Zadik, gloomily. "I
felt as if no good would come of our
striking that whale! We killed her off
spring, and she killed the Captain's
i son!"
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WESTER* SIMPLICITY.
Western simplicity—not greenness, ||
but genuine candor and character—are
to be .-sen in the following incident, •
furnished some time since by a West
ern correspondent:
In a wild Western neighborhood the
sound of a church-going bell had never
been heard ; notice was given that the
Rev. Mr., A , a distinguished Pres
byterian divine, would preach on a
certain day.
The natives, who consisted mainly , 1
of those hardy pioneers who have pre
ceded civilization, came to hear him.
They had an indistinct idea that /
"preachin" was something to be heard,
and all attended to hear it.
After the service had begun a raw
boned hunter, with rifle in hand, and
all the accoutrements of the chase about
him, entered and took the only seat —
a nail keg without either hCad. The
current of the preacher's thought led
him into a description of heaven and
its inhabitants. With great power he
had drawn a picture of the habitation
of the blessed, and was assigning each
of the patriarchs, apostles and prophets
his place. His Calvinistic tendencies
4ed him to reserve the Apostle Paul for
his climacteric. With his eye fixed
upon the highest point, and with an
upward gesture that seemed to be di
rected to the loftiest attitude of the
heavenly places, he said—
"And where, my brethren, shall we
seat the great Apostle of the Gentiles ?
—where, I say, shall we place the Apos
tle Paul?"
Then pausing to give the imagina
tion time to reach the elevation de
signed for the Apostle, he fixed his
eyes upon our hero of the rifle. He,
therefore, thinking the address per
sonal, rose instantly, and then replied—
"lf he can't do no better he can take
my seat."
It is needless to say that the climax
wa snever reached.
A GOOD WOMAN.— Years may pass
over her head, but if benevolence aud
virtue dwell in her heart, she is as
cheerful as when the spring of life
opened to her view. When we look
at a good Woman we never think of
her age; she looks as charming as when
the rose of youth first bloomed upon
her cheek. That rose has not faded
yet; it wili never fade. In her neigh
borhood she is the friend and benefac
tress. Who does not love and respect
the woman who has passed her days in
acts of kindness and mercy? We re
peat, such a woman never can grow
old. She will always be fresh and
buoyant in spirits, and active in hum
ble deeds of mercy and benevolence.
SEEING a wretched looking lad on
the plains near the Humboidt Desert,
nursing a starving baby, a traveler
passing asked him what the matter was.
"Wall, now," responded "I
guess I'm kinder streakt. Ole dad's
drunk, ole woman's got the hy
sterics, brother Jim be play in poker
with two gamblers, sister Sal's down
thar a courtin of an entire strauger,
tiiis yero baby's got the diaree the
wust sort, the team's clean guv out,
the wagon's broke down, it's twenty
miles to the next water, and I don't
care a darn if I never see Californey.
REWARDS OFFERED FOR STEPHENS,
DEAD OR ALIVE.— The Fenian chief is
evidently held in great dread by the
British Government, for besides the re
ward of five thousand dollars in gold
offered for his apprehension by the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Brit
ish Government itself has now offered
a reward of 25,000 in gold to any per
son, "man or woman, young or old,"
who will deliver up the body of Ste
phens, "dead or alive." If the Irish
cannot gain their independence, they
can at least frighten their oppressors.
DRUNKARD'S TESTIMONY. —" Tell
me," said a benevolent visitor to a poor
drunkard when urging him to aban
don the intoxicating cup, " where was
it that you took your first steps in this
intemperate course?"
"At my father's table ," replied the
unhappy man. "Before I left home to
become an apprentice I had acquired a
love for the drink that has ruined me.
The first drop I ever tasted was handed
me by my now poor heart-broken mo
ther."
A CONSTABLE was stationed at the
door of the hustings to prevent the
crowd from forcing their way among
the candidates. A gentleman came up
to him, and putting a shilling into his
hand, said, with an attempt to put off
the smallness of the donation, "I take
it for granted there is a little corrup
tion here." "Yes, sir," said the con
stable, looking at the shilling, "but this
is too little /"
"Do you propose to put Ike iuto a
store, Mrs. Partington ?" "Yes," said
the old lady, "but I am pestiferous to
know which. Some tell me the whole
some trade is the best, but I believe
the ringtail will be the most benefi
cious in his present abdominal condi
tion."
"Six feet in his boots!" exclaimed
Mrs. Partington. "What will the im
portance of this world come to, I won-
der. Why, they might as well tell m 6
that he had six heads in his hat."
A WEDDING was to have taken place
last week at Chicago. The bride and
guests were present —the groom mis
sing. A mortgage of the bride's prop
erty just discovered —the cause.
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A CAPTAIN who had a sound sleep
ing mate, caught an Irish boy in
middle watch frying some pork and Qjk
■eggs he had stolen from the ship'ayy
stores, to whom the captain called orttdfjl
"You lubber, you, I'll have
I that." "Faith, captain, I've none
I ye," replied the lad.