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t physicians. and reetotojlSi
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hart l.eta pv-rrup tn afcf,
u- tic in promising to ui
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■ the Inst cause ofCtmmW
•i diseaMJ l , and should
» permanent cure is «es»
f tli- eases failing latotfc
who not only fail to cars it!
■’ll. lilling'' tlic system yhu
lm«cui tli« sufferer late
in treatment not cause desth
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mi with fethlc constitution?
I’d ’■>• a virus which betrjS
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n f!»> yyetem, drawing ft,
n a fi '.v years of fllflnba
?t .!.atio\s fiie Nervousnj
«!«rgie» of iife, Canada tfjJti.
■ proper development Of tta
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■ nifb-rcr wrecked in w*
Mnpfiun ami a train®fl*3i
itself. With the
c -victims of Self-Abnsa rtS
■a be f flcetod, and wlthtK
c Liv jmti-jnts. call berMtopa
I.inst tile use of Patent Me*
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■ iraii.l ;ob the unwarviSf,
• i;=titui.oub rained (grille
~. or the eju.Oly poisonom
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Patent. .Medicines end fljgd
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ins of mercury and aJdrat].
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’ttuois now'in use ere.pet
til rersohs, WU6 do nbfnn
mdrria inedica, BaHttts
b ‘W of tlie human system,
ad that to make money re-
f- of males and female*
i f twenty years ofpis*
of the most remarkah#
litas sent, to any pairt'ol
■ iat ienbt communicating
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ruled, affected urWiffy.
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•'/ Abner, «ft, <fc. -"• rj
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< tints of such diseases ,hy I
I lie ir ConsultingSttlgeon, I
ir nunc. to open a'ldapem 1
I 1 of diseases, in all.tMk I
eiratif. to nil who kpptjr
■'•■•ir ci iu'.li.in, (ago,,ocnp J
■i eases of extreme poverty i
free nf charge. It M d
tfti eumninnihi the lilg-Wt (j
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m valent ofibrt. haVS-hM) ,1
'facially to t heyofeg, 1
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□n:ch dispiwd cane.
tin, ,i Keport on. Sperm*
tli.- vice of Onsiniim,-M*i
er of the Bexnil
n. which will be Benrty
f- rgt, on. the receipt qf
n;. I;r.OEOßGEm<s*t
i'; ;il Association, NoIKB, 1
l.y order of the Director*,
\b ITS WlEMA
cblLslied, Gratis, the 23th
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ry one is enabled to ears
a-.t Politic coet, thcrdu
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l‘ /st free in a seal^dea
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: rices, Plain fed Fwfer
i . *iik,Satin VMvfeMif'
niir Vestings, Id-twin.
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T fur six month*, to
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ibe; - reside pUtolyd
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TRIBUNE DIRECTORY!
CHURCHES, MINISTERS, &£.
PrednUrian, Cor.- A B. Cluck. Pastor.—Preaching ev
ery Sabbath muruingst IOVj (•’clock, and in thpafteruoon at
4r. clock. Sabbath School at 0. o’clock, A. Ml, In the Lec
ture jl. jai. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening in
tilO same lOOJU.
MttlnxliU Episcopal , Rev. 8. A. Wasox, Pastor.—Preach
lr.g i-.vry Sabbath morning at 10*4 o’clock and in the ey ru
ing.' Sabbatn School in the Lecture Room at 2 o’clock-, P.
ii. . General Prayer Meeting In same, room every Wednes
day evening. Young Men’s Prayer .Meeting every Friday
evening. ■' ,
Evangelical Lutheran, (no Pastor.)—Saßbstb School in
the I.ceiure Room at 9 o’clock, A. M. 4 Prayer Meeting in
sarim room every Wednesday evening.
United Brethren, Rev. D. Succ. Pastor. — Preaching ev
ery Sutbath morning at lo*4-o’clock and in. the evening at
6 o'clock. Sabbath School in the hectare Room at 9
ocl kk,A. M. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening
lusrmerapm. ,
rof'io.’bvitiv. Jobs Twiooa, Putor.—Preaching at ICU
o’clock in the morning, and at 3*4 In tire afternoon.
Boifist, (no Pastor.) —Sabbath school at 9 o’clock, A. M.
Ajfica.i Methodist, Rev. Saras* Car, Pastor.—Preaching
every Eibbath morning at U o'clock and in the eveninir, in
the did Union School House.
ALTOONA MAIL SCHEDULE.
HAILS CLOSE.
Eastern Way and Uollidayabargat
Wii tern “
Iklhdaysburg
Eastern Through Mail
MAILS AKEIVE.
Eastern Through Mall,
Weatera Way and Hullidayahnrg,
Easton ' “ «
Office open for the transaction of business from 7 A. M,
to HP. M, during the week, and from 8 to 0 o’clock, A. 51
on Sunday.
Juno4,’67-tf] JOHN SUOBMAKKB, P. M.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
Express Train East arrives 2,48 A. M, leave* 2A5 A. M.
“ i “ Wert “ “ ** “
Fast Kart' “ 6JOP.M. « &60 P. M.
“ ( “ " Wirt “ 10,00 •• i “ 10,05 “
Mail ** East “ : 12j08 ■ “ t “ lajco «
, “ “ West « 7.00 “ “ 7,25 “
The IIOLIiIDAYaBTjRO BRANCH connect* with fawm
Train West, Mail Train East and West and Fart Line
The BLAIRSVILLK BRANCH connects with Johnstown
Way Trdin East and West, Express Train West add Mall
, Train East.
Pec. a, ’SG-tn THOS. A. spoil, Sup't.
MEETINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS
Mr.yniun Ledge, A. T. &L, No. USX. meets on secondTnes
■ay o: each month, in the third store of thrf Jlaaonic Tem
ple, a; 7U o'clock, P. IT.
Jl'i Mcnlhal Encampment, A. T. SL, No Is,meets on the
thini Tuesday of each month, in the third Story of the Ma
eonic Temple, m7U o’clock. P.M. ,
AltoOna Lodge. 1.0. of 0. F„ No. 473. meets every Friday
cvi ning. In story of Ure Masonic Temple, atT
flVlork, P.M. • ■
• iruuda 1/jdgt. X. 0. of 0. P.,No. 532. meets every Friday
evening, In the third story of Patton’s JJoildiuK, on Virginia
street, at 7%o’clock, P.M. N
Wnnehago Tribe, 35, I. 0. B. M; hold felted Coun
cils every Tuesday evening in the I. 0. O. F.'Hall, in the
Masonic Temple. Council Fire kindled at 7th run 30th
breath. A lIbEKLE, C. of S. [June 25, ’67-lv
Junior Sm l <f No. 31, meets everv >fon
p y iL gUt ta Ule thW story «M*atton’s Hall, at o'clock
COUNTY OFFICERS
Judges cf the Ontrlt. —President, lion. George Tavlor.—
Associstes, J. Penn Jones, David Caldwell.
/VcCAonotary—-Joseph Baldridge.
Register and Recorder— Hugh A. Caldwell.
Sheriff— Gcorge Port. Doputv—John McClure.
■ District Attorney— Be-oj. I-. Hewit.
County Coinmiscioners —Jmncs llutchisoa, David M. Con
fer, J. U. McFarlane.
Treasurer —9. Hoover.,
.Imfiiors-J. tv. Tippeiy, 8. Morrow, A. C. McCartney.
Shiver ** <Klsc CV (Inytr, George Weaver, Samuel
Corontr —J ame« Funk.
Sup&xniendfnl of Qjnmon SchooU~*J obn Dcfttt.,
ALTOONA BOROUGH OFFICERS
.a fe'Kssass. 11
PTMutat „/ Chimrtf-K. U. McOn mick. \
Cto* to Cmmc/I—John McClelland.
Borough Treasurer— James Lowther. i
v - Pattom C. D. gink, C. C.’
Tf'tSOS? Motot * Wm - c -
c - MeConaifer
Jttgn Oj).'."jWr_Toscph K. My.
lui CWltcfor— John McClelland.
Auditors—G. D. Wionias. Thos. JleMlnn, v
Asmsot —John McClelland. : v
Judge ef £?«ti<wr_East\Tard—John B. WarM.
u “ Jacob Good,
j, , **. Alexander Riling.
Jnsprcicry-fagt Ward—E. A. Beck, Alex.. Montgomery.
' « J n. Roberts, M-Claubnagh.
"ortl1 Mm. IV m. Kctfe •
W® “HmsT i GOOD, "ASbM
a-aar -
is
Iwnr. Butde jg t y n | ,h . ». wtpfrior article of
Ontenleft th^CmWjqn.
Jnn«l2, ’65-tf] C> J **B»rd IHU byrw^l^aned.
wa-
PURE WHITE LEAD asd zEo
Pftlnt, tlw Chrome, Gicon. pew. n »•
o^gcauafaollat
m* OILS, COLOGNES, PO3L
BhaTlDg Toflet Bmp,, fur
~ 0. W. KBBSU#. f
LEHR’S STORE. Isln
«c«, i 0 North wLS/^
LAItG®- AND
HfJfd liitfrg.
ffertopd where thoauahodikelvy.
Climbodover the meadow bon, -
And watched aw the youngnight crinkled
The tkywlth. her crewo-like star*
The cloTerwaaredbeueath us—- '
The air hod o emell pf June— f
The cricket chirped in tue grosses,
And the soft ray* of the moon.
Drew oor shadows oat on the meadow, \'
Distorted, lank and tell; I
Hi* shadow wag kissing my shadow—
That wag the all,
My heart leaped up as he whispered, j
“ I Jove you, Mtrgery ioe,” .
Tor. then ode arm of Ida shadow -j
Went round the shadow of me.
6 00
“I lure.yon, Margery, darling,
Became yon are yonng and fair;
Por your leyos’ bewUdering blueness,
And tiu gold of your ending hair.
No qne«n has hands that are whiter,
No lark ha* a voice so sweet.
And your ripe young Ups arc rodder
Than the clover at oarfeet.
“My.heart wiU break with its
Like a clond o’erebargod with rain;
0 tell me, Margery, darling,
Mow long X must love in vain?”
frith biuahesand smiles i answered—
(l will not tell what}—Jmt then
1 saw that hU saucy shadow
Was kissing my shadow again. J
Ho promised to love mo only—
Ipromlsi-d to lovo bat him—
Till the muon fell out of the beacons
‘ Ami the stars with ag6 grew dim.
Oh, the strength of man’s devotion!
Oh, the raws a woman speaks)
’Tis.ycars since that blush of rapture
Broke redly over my cheeks.
He found a gold that was brighter
Than that of my floating curls,
And married a cross eyed widow.
With a dozen grown np girls.
And I—-Ukl 1 pine and languish?
Bid I weep my him ejes^ore?
Or break my heart, do yon fancy,
For love that was mine np more?
U 30 A. 51.
8 00 A. 51.
« 15 P.M.
800 “
8 35 A. 51
12 08 P. 51
700 «
I stand to-night in the meadow
Whore Harry and I stood then.
And the moon has drawn two shadows
Out over the grass again.
Ar.d i low voice keeps repeating—
-81 close to my startled ear,
That the shadows melt together—
“l love yon, Margery, dear.
’Tla not for yenr cheek*’ rich crlmaon,
Anil not. for yonr eye*’ soft blne.
But because your heart to tender.
And noble and pure and true.”
The voice la dearer than Harry’*;
And so lam glad, yon fe v ‘
He married the erdfeuyed widow—
In*lead of Margery Dee.
Sclctt
THE SHERIFF’S STOST. i
In the summer of 184-4, while travel
ling on bitsiness in the wilderness of Nor
thern Maine, we stopped one afternoon in
the little village pf P—, which nestles
cozily in the shade of Saddeiibaok moun
tain. 4-fter supper, while enjoying bur
cigar Upon the “ porch,” we noticed a pe
culiar looking scar upon the
cheek. Jhinking ‘ thereby hangs a tale,’
we adeed him to iuferm us of.the cause of
so unusual a mark. He professed h ’mseif
perfectly willing to relate the sto y, and
drawing a chair close to our side com
menced:
'.ln my .younger days I was a sheriff in
the county in .which 1 resided. In the
spring of 1839 a murder was committed
in a neighboring .town, under .circum
stancea of unusual atrocity. The deed
was done by a Frenchman, whose name
was Liste. He, witli his wife, lived, ib a
log cabin in the woods, Some ten miles
from where the deed was committed, and
had long been suspected as being a thief
and secreter of stolen goods- 1 was sent
W secure him, and you may be sure I did
not relish the job much, but go I miist.
As I had ten miles to ride, I started early,
and arrived at the cabin about noon. Tying
my to a tree, T went jip to the door
and knocked ; after' considerable delay in
u^astehingjoore than wwfnecessary, .the
door was i opened by his wife, who de
manded, in no very pleasant tone, what I
wanted: v *
‘ls your husband at home ? I asked.
* No, he hiw gone to the village/and
will notibo back till night/ she answered.
Then I will wait till he comes honie/
said I> and without, giving her time to re
ply, stepped into the room. One glance
around convinced me that the murderer
was at home. A rifle stood in the corner
of the room, which he had been cleaning,
as I rode up, for the water was even drip
ping from the tube. T said nothing, how
ever, but sat down, and began to take a
survey of the room. He could not hate
left, While I stood at the'door, without my
seeing hipa; so that he must either have
left before l .camc, or else, which I con
sidered more likely, was concealed about
the cabin. My eye /ell upon a rag mat,
¥”8 on 4ll e floor, and taking thatWp, the
mTOtery was explained. A trap door was
underneath, Which jwohably fed to the
hole, or cellar in Whidh he was coabeaki.
11 ABUT AND JL
■x rosin js. aunt.
BY WILL TRACY.
ALTOONA, PA,, THURSDAY, lB5B.
.L ir.
I lifted the door op, and was looking for
some means of descending, when a pash
trom the i ‘ gude wife * sent mo down with
out the use of a ladder, and the door was
suddenly shot. I tell you, sir, I was in
no enviable position, in a dark cellar with
awmrderer—for he was there, as I soon
after loupdout-
Thinking I heard him move, I took a
step in tlm direction of the sound. In an
anstant tee was a flash, a loud report,
and I felt a burning pain in my cheek. I
saw him by the flash of the pistol, crouch
ed in the further corner of the cellar. My
blood was up, and I made a spring and
closed with him. We had a Sharp tussle,
for a few moments, but at length I man
aged to get the; bracelets on his wrists, and
then it was all over. Meanwhile his wife
was above, standing on the door, and ask
ing every now and then—
‘Have you fixed him, Jem?’
. Putting any bund upon the man’s mouth,
and imitating hia voice, as near as I could,
I told her 1 had, and ordered her to lead
the sheriff’s horse into the shed. My ruse
succeeded perfectly, and as, she left the
room, 1 ordered him up the ladder, and
by using the argument of a pistol persua
ded him td go. Once up, the rest was
easy. His with was somewhat astonished
when she pamo in, but seeing I was well
armed made no resistance. The man was
sullen, and refused to speak, but 1 did not
care for that, il put him on the horse,
and led the horse two—miles .through the
wopds, to the nearest neighbors. Scou
ring the assistance of one of the ‘men
folk,’ 1 had him securely lodged in jail
that nighty and; he is now in the State Pris
on serving his sentence, imprisonment for
life. But that was the hardest fight I ev
er had; and I shall carry a mark of it to
my grave. So ends the sheriff ’s story.
SnAK.tNfo Hands.—The mere offer of
the hand is the readiest sign of voluntary
courtesy or forgiveness, and its non com
pliance the most civil yet meaning of re
pulses. Shaking hands is u mode of get
ting, the origin 'of which is lost in obscuri
ty. Individuals display character in their
mode of so i doing. Who cannot feel at
once the antagonism between the touch of
a prude and the cordial grasp of a Triend ?
Who knows hot the sailor’s grip of candid
heartiness from the conventional ‘ giving
of bunds V , How perfectly does the grad-,
uated or lingering pressure cause the mer
cury in- love's barometer to rise or fall by
the scale of hope! What sympathies and
antipathies are demonstrated by the vari-,
Ous degrees of kindly, irresolute, vivacious
careless, fund, or earnest manner of sha
king hands ! It is this relation between
temperament, .feeling, consideration, and
the instinctive action of the hand, which
has given i“ise to those theories which pro
fess to read 1 the; predominant impulses of
character in the traits of one’s hondwri
ting.
A Smart People.—Not long ago, an
attorney with considerable ‘'swell,’ but not
much brains, came to C-- , Ohio, to lo
cate. One day‘when the post office was
full, awaiting'the distribution of the mail,
a half-witted fellow stepped up to him in
the crowd, and said:
' ‘Mr. S-U- Tin told you have come
here to practice law.’
‘Yes, I have.;
‘Well, you will find it a first rate loca
tion, I had hot lived here four months
before I bald; Been sued ten times.’
‘ Well, it seems to mo I could live here
fur years without being sued at all.'
‘ I presume yipu could,’ said our half
witted friend, ‘people herd are pretty
darned smart,'they don't sue a fellow with
out bp’s good for the costs I"
- A Laugh.-— dlow much of character
lies in a laugh !iltis in fact'the cypher
key oftentimes, we decipher a
man. As a late writer observes: ‘You
know no injati, until you have beard him
laugh.’ There are occasions—there are
humors —when a man with whom you have
long been familiar, will quite startle us by
breaking out into a laugh, which comes
manifestly right from the heart* and yet
which wc have never heard before. And
in many a heart q sweet angel slumbers
unseen, until some happy moment ajwa
kens it. ! ■ ’ '
M 3&. A couple of* idle fellows strolled
into .a colqi at Hartford, a few
eveninga ftbeeip enjoy the fan j bat when
the colored minister rose to preaCh, before
announcing ihe text, he leaned forward on
the jagd looked slowly arouiid ph
the congregation. 'Brethren/ says bent
length,mhy de jLor’ have mercy on all de
scoffers/ (Long pause.) ‘ May de Lor’
have mercy oh afi de laughers/ (Solemn
pause.) ‘ May de Lor* hare mercy on de
two pea-nut edicts down by db aopr/-r
The two young men did not wait for the
benediction. r > , : ;
B&» Travel is good to take the conceit
out of a man j tq spake out his ideas, arid
enlarge the bounds of his mental visions.
It makes mjep wise, but seldom happier.
After all, homo is the place for comfort,
we are always happiest where the-heart is.
As Holmes'says “the world has a millioh
roosts for a man, hut only one nest/' : •
[INDEPENDENT IN KVBayTHINO.]
Arkansas! the State of all the South
ern confederacy worst ridden by dema
gogues and politicians. Rich in her boil
and mineral wealth, and poorest in every
thing like internal improvements and com
mercial facilities of all kinds. Her pub
lic roads are pigmires, and her rjvers in
nocent of any improvement save those af
forded by nature: .Jogging along over
one of these self-same roads, I broke my
buggy trying to drive round a suspicious
spot, where some philanthropist had erec
ted a hickory sapling bearing the ominous
words:
Delayed and benighted, 1 at last reached
a log house, whose blazing fire-light thro’
the open door promised comfort and if I
guessed aright spine half dozen horses
hitched at the gate indicated that ‘ some
thing was going on.’ I hailed : ‘ Halloo,
who lives here V
‘ Me, Bob Woods. What do you want ?’
‘ Supper and lodging, if you can accom
modate me.’
This brought Bob Woods to the gate,
where he proceeded to inform me that his
darter Melindy was ‘ about getting ’ mar
ried, but he’d as leif make a dollar as not,
ef I’d feed my horse myself and sleep on
a corn-husk shake-down afore the fire.’ —
I jumped at the offer and out of my bug
gy, fed ‘ Lightning’ and a better supper
than that 1 never had in my life before,
washed my, hands, and went in to see the
fun. 1 was made at home in a moment.
The idea of an ‘ Orleen feller ’ currying
and feeding his own horse, was something
entirely new, and I was u favorite instan
ter, guaranteed by a prominent invitation
to ‘liquor.’ The parson imbided drew an
enormous red bandanna across bis lips,
and announced that ‘ he was ready to talk
when the rest was.’ This brought forth
the happy couple. The groom was a lanky
specimen,in home-spun, and led his bride
by the hand. She was a bouncing, rosy
cheeked damsel, following a step or two
behind, feeling evidently in a novel posi
tion. ‘ You Melindy, take your finger
out of your mouth.’ Melindy, cast a de
fiant look at her maternal relative, with
drew the offending member, wiped it on
her apron and quickened her pace. The
young parson, after some little
rauged jthem to his satisfaction and pro
ceeded.
‘John Stribner, do you tafte Melindy
Woods, in the presence of these witnesses,
to he your lawful wedded wife V
‘ That’s wot I’m here for,’ answered
Mr. Stribner, craming his hands into his
breeches pockets.
‘ You will please answer, ‘ Yes or no.’.
‘ Yes or no,’ promptly returned the gen
tleman.
4 .No, no ! says yes.’
‘ Y-a-a-s, then !’ casting a sheepish look
around him.
‘ Mefindy Woods.*
‘ Y-a-a-s !’
.‘Wait a moment, please, Melindy
Woods, do you take John 'Stribner, in the
presence of these witnesses, to be your
lawful wedded hushaud V
4 1 reckip.’
‘ Then in the presence of the witnesses
spoken of, Ido declare you man an’ wife,
'cording to the laws of Arkansaw an’ the
Goxpi/l; an’ wet’s thus jiued let no man
put in sunder.’
The parson turned away, flushed and
excited, but wais recalled by a query from
Mr.Stribner.
Johq didn’t argue the point, hut sidled
up to the grinning group where I was
standing, and proposed that ‘ us boys should
take Some ‘ bust bead,’ (whiskey.) Mean
while I heard Mclindy’s triumphant voice
among some of her companions. ‘ Kiss !
humph! Jawn’s turned fool, I bTieve.’
I slept on the corn-shuck shake-down afore
the'fire soundly that night, being separa
ted, from the bridal by a cur
tain ex temporized for the occasion. From
behind its folds I heard ‘ Jawn’s’ remon
strating voice followed by a host of loving
apologies from. Melindy for the refused
kiss. I'll take my ‘ affydavy’ that he re
ceived that one a hundred fold, with in
terest.
Rats.—An eminent agricultural writer
estimates that every rat cats and destroys
on an average, one pint of grain or its
equivalent in other food, per week. A
farmer who has been troubled with tikis
species of vermin, calculated that oh an
average, every farmer in the State of Penn
sylvania 1 (taking this State as a sample)
supporis 10 rata oh his premises. Ten
rats, at a pint each per week, Would con
sume eight bushels of grain per y ear or
taking 120,000 as the number of farmers
in the State,' 976,000 bushels annually, to
support the Tats oif Fennsylvania ! j a very
considerable contribution towards tbemaii£
tenanc'o jof a nuisance.
B®* The editor of an ezchauge says ho
never saw but one ghost,andthat was the
ghost of a signer who died pav
ing for bis paper. ’Twainhorrible bb look
upon.
AH: Arkansas Wedding.
4t NO BOTTOM HERE.”
‘ Mus I kiss her now, George ?’
‘ As you please, John; she’s yours now.*
‘ Hold up yer mouf, Melindy.’
‘Shan’t do It! Right here afore folks.’
A-J'\
Tne Trout.
In some remarks made; before the Far
mers’ Club in New York, by Robert H.
Pell, Esq., we find the following interest
ing information concerning this highly
esteemed fish:
“ The trout is the only fish jthat comes
in and goes out of the season with the
deer; he grows rapidly, midi dies early
after he reaches hia full growth. The fe
male spawns in October —at S different
time from all other fish; after which both
male and female become Imm, and un
wholesome eating, and, if examined close
ly, will be found covered with a species of
clove-shaped insects, which appear to suck
their substance from them; and they con
tinue sick until the Warm .weather, When
they rub the insects off pn the gravel, and
immediately grow strong. The female is
the best for the table. She may be known
by her small head and deep body. Fish
are always in season when their heads are
so small as to be disproportipned to the
size of the body. The trout is . less oily
and rich than the salmon; the female is.
much more bright and more beautiful than
the male; they swim rapidly, and often
leap, like the salmon, to a great height,
when ascending streams. When I first
stocked my trout pond 1 placed fifteen
hundred in it, and was accustomed to feed
them with angle worms, rosei-hiigs, crick
ets, grasshoppers, &c., which they attacked
with great voracity, to the amusement of
those looking on. They grpw.pinch more
rapidly in ponds than in their native streams,
from the fact that they are befter fed and
not compelled to exercise. Trput are the
only fish known to me that possess a voice,
which is perceived by pressing them, when
they emit a marmurring sound, and trem
ble all over.
Thoughts of God.—Suppose two per
sons equally desirous to gain your affec
tions; one far distant, and not; expecting
to sec you for a long time; the other al
ways present with you, and-at liberty to
use all means to win your love> able to
flatter and gratify you in a thousand ways.
Still the absent one; and that
you may keep him in remembtxmce, you
often retire by yourself to think of his
love to you, and view again the memen
toes of bis affection, to read his letters and
pour oat your heart in return.: Such is
now your case; v the world ia always before
you, to flatter, promise, and phase. But
if you really prefer to love God, you will
fix your thoughts on him, offeo retire for
meditation and prayer, iand recount the,
pleasure gifts of his providence,' and espe
cially his infinite mercy to yojir; soul;-you
will read frequently His holy ‘Word, which
is the letter he has sent you a$ Really as if
it were directed to you by name.— Payson.
The Man in Love. —Thackery says
that ‘ When a man is in love with any wo
man in a family, it is astonishing how
fond he becomes of every person connec
ted with it. He ingratiates himself with
the maids; he is bland with the butler, he
interests himself with the footman; he
runs on errands for the daughter: he gives
and lends money-To the young son at col
lege ; he pats little dogs which he would
kick otherwise; he smiles at ‘old stories
which would make him break putin yawns
were they uttered by any onepbnt pappa;
he bears with the old maiden aunt; he
beats time when darling little? Fanny pef
fo.rnis her piece on the piainp,and smiles
when wicked, lively little Bobby. upsets
the coffee over his shirt.’ I \
A Costly Bible. —There is still in ex
istence a copy of the Bible, K printed on
vellum, which has been sold; as high as
$2,500. It is one of the few remaining
copies of the first printed edition ef the
Bible. Tt may not ho generally known
that the Bible was the first biPok printed
after the discovery of the art jpf printing.
It was a book of about one thousand three
hundred pages, and consisted pf-iwo large
folio volumes. A vast emoiiniof tiUie
and labor was required, to prinjt it ; and the
fact that .it was not written' wi|h d pen, as
other copies had been, was fo*-q long time
concealed. This work was dope about the
year 1445 —more than 400 yearsago’.
tStA babe is a mother’s anchor. She
can not go fiir from her mootings, And
yet a true mother never live 4 4o little in
the present as when by thelside of the
cradle; : Her thoughts follow the imagined
fixture of her child. The babe is thebold
est of pilots,and guides her fearless thoughts
down, through scenes of coming years.—
The pld ark mover made such a Voyage as
the cradle daily makes.
. Hind words arc the brightest flow
ers of earth—use them, and especially
found the fireside circle, for they make a
paradise of the humblest hOmel They are
jewels beyond price, and more precious to
heal the wounded heart and make the
downcast spirit glad, than all other bles
sings earth can give.
jA WORD WITH Kr-
Rack.—When a maa-geta tp the top of
the hill honestly, to he taken
by the'neck and hoi»Adown agoan, if he’s
ashamed to tunf aß'Odf addloofc at the low
ly road along whiohrhe oWO tjfaVolled.
JBtoona irimm,
w*y i Didn’t ouu^r.
v._; \ ,
. I often think that I had a vtiy good
reason for not getting married. It was a
‘‘ lovely moon-light night" in the “ bafaa*
month of May," that 1 walked alone wi'tn
Lettic—the fascinating and beautiful Lit*
x tie. : Lore, welling up from her heart’s
deep fount, beamed from her countenance
and sparkled in her eye.
. Happiness always surrounded her as the
lighter noon, and smiles of “unearthly
sweetness" playedjtauntingly upon her Ups
cherry lips." She would toss tne
“ golden ringlets" from her “ nobly arched
brow," and her large, “bnstrous eyes’*
would “ beam softly” upon me with snob
“ tenderness of affection" that almost en
tranced me* Her “alabaster arms," her
“ hearing bosom," the “ beautiful symme
try" of her form and graceful air and de
meanor—all were “ faultless" to my inex
perienced eye. As sooa might I attempt
to paint a son-beam or daguerreotype a
summer breeze, as to describe that “en
chanting being.” When my heart came
within range of the powerful. artillery
which she had at command, it succumbed
to its influence. It wee captured 1 and I
was desperately in lore I As an “flnthink
ing horse rushes into battle/’ so did I
plunge headlong into confession of my
lore, making a proposal and plighting my
heart. 1 Was So completely bewildered by
tbedovelinesafof the “ fluttering" creature
which I held in my embrace, that I must
hare made a “botch” of the ceremony of
“popping the question." She also talked
of lore, and expressed her ettaohment for
me in glowing terms; in such eloquent
strains did she discourse of “ happiness.’*
of “lore," of (t conndbial bliss, thUMI
thought she was giving. rent to the pent
up feelings of her loving Ifsart—feelings
which had herer before found an out-let
that permitted them to burst forth, and
now came mingling into mine. We
pledged our bauds to the assistance of
each other, dnr hearts to love bach othjnv*-
in a word, we pledged to the Support of
each other “ our Fives, our fortunes; and
our sacred hpnprs.” j
Before wc could particularife a d«r upon
which we should be “fofover ohi, I tad
to return home to attend tobnsiaees of
importance which woold require my im
mediate attention only for a short time
We appointed a day just six months foom
that time upon which I should return. I
reluctantly tore myself front the “Chang
ing presence” of Lattie. I “ tenderly em
braced her" and “snatched a kiss"-—(oh
how delicious D and left. Upon arming
at home, I gave her an account of my trip,
the joy the thoughts of her gate me and
anou the hopes which were enkindled
within me as 1 thought of her as mind,
mine only, the chosen of: my heart. She
replied in the tenderest language, and I
thought that her lore for me thrilled
through her as the life-blood through her
veins.' At the expiration of five weekt->-
Just one week before the day appointed for
iuy,retunir—l started to visit “ my" Lattid.
While hastening over the iron rails to my
“ loved one’s side," in the sound of the
rumbling oars and' in the shrill sthistid of
the engine I heard a music never netibed
before, to which my heart kept «ttnned,
and every jar seemed a note that added to
it beauty and melody .
The iron horse hreught me almost tp
the dopr of Lattie’s residence. I met her
in the veranda, just three days before the
expiration of the six months, and when
she seemed to have not' been looking for
me. ; ’
After the usUal Salutations, (the "em«
brace” arid “kiss” u|ion thiri occasion
being omitted;) I ventured to speak of
pur future course, the: best means of pur*
suing it arid the fidelity with which we
had kept bur vows, but had riot proceeded
far, when, with an expression of earnests
nesaupon her countenance, yet with an
appearance pf timidity, she interrupted me
by remarking; “ Don’t concern youwblf
albntpiy future, fbf / on* going to y#
m«!rrie# to-morjow to four old rival ,
{tarry Bell?*' I'left instanter, and in less
than twenty-four hours she did many him.
That’s tKe reason why / didn’t get mar
ried. Yours, salted and cured,
PURSER HaNSTOBHOT.
Genuine Fools. —He who wipes his
nose on a nutmeg grater, and picks his
teeth with a razor. L
She who says *no * to tie proposal
gentleman when she has reached the age
of thirty.
fie who gets so drank at night, that he
puts his clothes to bed and hangs himself
on the back of a chair.
She who rubs her cheeks with brickbat*
in order to give them a color. .
He whopute on his hat, takes np his oand.
and starts out in pursuit of an honest nod
disinterested politician.
. She who .pinches and slaps a njtld to
make it quit bawling. I
I®* A city girl whobeen with h« .
beau to & maple in
try,writes home that “the funniest thidg £.
saw was Charley dear trying
wax with bis moustaches «taf» turkey
dating thin dough id w oomparf,
son.’* '
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