an*
IS DRUGS,
S »ye at&irSSjS^fiS
et, cigars »od va *» .£*** W*S
«. n *• «*«£**sB?*s
J)d a splendid aaaortnuwi ,
RFUMERy'
tu> Superior Extract* «-lv
>oth, Noll, Fla*h, Paint
&?**•
r'S AND OXt\cj I
ground laoJr 3 * I
Sperm and Lard OIL. .
T MEDIOXNpo
u Hitters, fcoerhava’a n,j, •*■>lo.
T’ l SarsapaijUa BittL
‘V™*"! »«2
Dwor.. nV Gt ,id ea
, Lf-1 IV H will Corbin'f p t Vi.^tt3?;|
* chixa)tpri; MerchajjVs
i.mlment, together WhhJjjf
jigaes. ~ : H
ilvLdora. I
Cigarette*, I
“ I* TaniMMra, ,
ly popular I
■ brands In tqggjßj
of Knight'ii Celebrated »n_.
;urkv«’a Chemical »J
IicRNIN'G
g pure and retlablh^mSS!?.^Wtl
6t to call. *jj]
carefully and reliable 0™,...
-f the Gold to Mortv«
K*B. ‘ -
-ETTINGEEXu?r
spectrally inform 'th«lr
«i>cy have for the *i\
I'M !>y A.
■■'''■’■• Church, where
! luvor them With Jtceli - • ®* “h'
a cheap coat call J
EimOUßAcuj^W
a chea;p pairof pamJ
Eri'i.«ioEn* l j|.ii^i W |
to buy cheap Under*
.11 at
good aud che.pl
ettinoer a tnutiKt
a good hat or can
£TTIXGEH*OtijIA^|
anything in the line
■ cheap—cell at
EITISGKR 4UUMASI. 1
k) gebplothingcheapl
EITINOEE k PUXAI, V j
to get good Clothia?
EXTIKGER ft GUJUS-s 6
w HEELER* Co,
rt to John H. Brant,) r
G AND COMMISSION
* CHANTS,
a Central Railroad Depot.
KISBURO, P A. '
DEALERS IN .
<IAL, Pig Mclal, SaOnadhm,ln
Iron, .VaC», Flour, On
vix;oni, /Tift, ffr, 1
n large or smell l*»—ftttir. ihi»
in fetmtytrtale.
ERRY PECTORAL,
. SELLERS’ InjwillOti|h|m
Bitter t,
fxrkavJi Saftand Eton,
nig orator,
Lindt ey'eJHotd Stank*,
y • ,
Puponetft Golden FSU,
J dtcn't and McLmdtfSU,
Merchant* OarptmaOH,
Killer, , } •
Malchtlf t Four/oidlraumeu,
A ~erve and Bone LemnOit,
and for patent
A. BODBITBDrngJStors.
)KS AND OTA33ONB.
:r. Bobx MfBUL
Pittsburg,
mtioa to his large and waflstletid
stock of
'.per and Stationery, Rail
u7e and Book Printing,
mptly executed,
tiutou A Co n Type Founder*. PUU
[July 17,18^1;
J iMONY.
, From the Lewiitown Amora.)
Ft ten years with ChronicMarthas,
I- i.ufit from Du VnUMnWaalsO*
l- ] crerused. ALEX. KcKU.
h -r townsliip, Mifflin county, E
1 i;trc*d Du Vail’s GnJwnioOili*
t!. til-eases for which It & reco*
;i a! moat spontaneously..
r from pain. A. M. IMJBAM.
j oatur township, Mlfflln co, r*-
I OLICp GAZETTE-
Ti'nl of Crime and Crhnlwh to
is widely cireuUted throw 9 *;
i;» all tbe O wnt: Trill*
Witorialson the some,tcfswwn*
J Matters, not to he found I** 1 !
rtr annum; $X for six
■, s, (who should write their »•**
i'. .St;'.to where they reside (Wf
■I’.J O. vr. MATSELIi * CO,
r. of Mew York Police Onijlta
JVew Tori W . |
NTY DAGUJBBRE^'
,V. FISHER, the JIolIU»J**2
mi our renders that helsprtj* m
of deceased person*,
‘the shortest notice tod «»**
lie has Just received n Urs***r*
~ of all sizes and styleii
i '<i«« for four persons, •*“ l5 ?
» "foci likeucases,
UI’.EOTYPE OB
11 on the coruer ofMow*^"'
I fJtjiyV _
-TY MABBLK YABJ.
v *na Front
; . ."P constantly ca »» * ***
K marble.
i u to execute onlereß* •—' ,
I; u aments, Table Top,
i ml workmanlike roeiuief
’sP-Cm • ' -—-
car what Mra.
IV- :—I hare used
1 recommend It to
one of (be very beet
. I; ve* oil pain.*®*?*
■ d have it
‘Trirci^rM'
IT SHIELD
!< O ißlm, CoW«: eo^^JSpftln
n.ibv from ths of** 1
m mid the continual cgJSGjjgL
f.;.: .S’orc of O. W. P a> *^.
COUNTY N]®*
bi; AGLNCT.— The
r.itua] Fb^
u"' againet less ortUfflJ*®,
' jojjjTbUOßjUjlM*'
xan-jsais^P*
a nd
& DBRN,'
roL. *•
tribune.
SJcCBDM * DBBN. »a Pwprfctow,
inTnUbly ln advance,) 41,50
r#f expiration of the time
t!i pM*^
j>a!4 fof
tiuii or u>mtiBwa.
1 Insertion 2 do. 8 do.
*25 $ *l>A $ 60
li»<« or ie«J. 60 ' 75 1 00
100 152 «’S2
Ui fts .. \ 1 60 2 00 2 60
t end lew then three months, 25cents per
for eech InstrUou. 6 months. 1 year.
K *l5O |#oo $6 00
5 50 4 00 7 00
4 00 6 0* ( 10 00
6 00 8 00 \l2 00
£U IlM* or !*••»
Dm *qu*r»,
f-.ro “
Three c M 10 00 114 00
>osr “ 10W 1* 00 20 00
IWf a column, J 4 0O 25 00 40 00
On*, column. - E , uWM Notice*, 1,75
} ' ear ’ thrM 10 00
not#xceeainBB 6ock
r'.t urt*utm of" political character or IndUhiuol in
-ill b* charged according to the abore raw.
« Jmintanot marked with the number of insertion*
forbid and charged according
W cents per lino forerery insertion.
JJSKS notice* exceeding t«n lines, fifty cents mm«e.
tribune directory.
~~ "churches. MINISTERS, kC.
hrtAsUri* n,n*7. A B. CUwt,
morning at M« o’clock, and In the evening nt
Sabbath Schoil at 9n’ciock. A. M-, In the'Lee-
J jtoom. prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening in
ll jH" R CaaoawsJPastot.-Prcach-
P.bb»th morning at It o’clock anddn the even-
Sabbath School in the Lecture Boom at 2 o clock, X’.
« dcßcral Prayer Meeting in aame room every '\edm«-
.train*. Voung Men’# Prayer Meeting every Friday
LuiAmia,Bcv..TicoßST*c*,Pa»tor.— Preach-
Sabbath morning at lub£ o’cloik, and at <s}<o clock
. Hvcnine Sabbath School in the lecture Room at
v u’. lcck.p! M. Prayer Meeting in aamo room every
iiev. W. B. Dick, ev
‘ morning at 10W o’clock and in tfce evening at
!* J , Vrlock Sabbath School hi the Lecture Room at 9
'‘-L-k A M Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening
R - w - <>“**»•' ftwtor.—Divine
Id and h Sunday* of each month at .lo*4 o’clock
a v «no t*. 1' M. Sunday School at U o'clock A. M.
mw. Urr. John Twiaos, Pastor.—Prcacliiug at 10>£
tfc ocUa the m<m>ln«,a«l at afternoon.
Uwlia, Bar. U. 11. I’isn, Pa»tor—Prwichlngevery Sabbath
nSj? at 10U o'clock, ami alao in the evening. Sabbath
at 9 o’clock, A. M. Prayer Heeling every Wednes-
Uev. Sirron. Caa, Paator.—Preaching
,urv Someth on., olng at U o’clock and in the evening, in
ib# «li Union School Uouw.-
ALTOONA MAIL SCHEDULE.
WAILS CLOSE.
Jfutern Way at
W-jtcra “
HolUiUyabnrg.
•Witcrn Through.
£u(trn Through Mall
MAILS OPEN
lirtorn Through Mail,
\7cM*rn Through,
liViitm Way, 7 00 A_ 31.
Kv;«rn “ C 25 I*. 31.
UolhitaTsbcrf: 7SO A.M. and 015 •• .
Office* open for the tranwiction ofbnsines* from 6J30 A SI.
t4> 7.30 11.I 1 . M.. during the week, and fiom 7JO to 8.30 o’-
dock, on Sunday. •
June 1, ’57-tf] JOHN SHOEMAKER, P. M.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
Rtprm Train East arrives 1,25 A. M., leave* 1,30 A. M.
“ “ We«t " 7,55 “ « MS u
ful " Ea.it “ 0,03 P. 51. “ 9,20 P. 51.
« West “ M° V. M., '« 8.23 P. M.
PiU “ £a*t “ 7,35 A. 51. « 7,60 A. 31.
“ West “ <L2SP. M, « 6,10 P. .51.
Th« lIOLLTDAYBBURO BRANCH connects with Express
Trtla East and West, and with Moil Train East and West.
The BLAIUSYILI.E BRANCH connects with Johnstown
V>} Train East and West, Express- .Train West and Mail
Inin Kail. ,
Xorcmber 29,1858
MEETINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS.
ihunlain Lodge, A. Y. M, No. 2SI, meets on secondTuos-
J»j of each month. In the third story of the Masonic Tem
ple, »t o’clock, P. M^
JkmU&n Encampment, A. Y. M., So 10, meets'on the
fourth Tuesday of each month, in the third story of the liu
•onlc Ito'clock, P. M.
Mpma isppr. 0. of 0. F, No. 473, meet* every Friday
”*olog, in the second story of the Masonic Temple, at
o'clock, P. M.
Pmmia ledge, 1.0. of 0. P-, No. 532, meets every Friday
•»fnlng,in the third story of Patton’s Building, on Virginia
Itm, M o’clock, P. M.
; Wnwtajo Tribe, No. 35, I. O. B. M, hobl stated Conn
(Hi every Tuesday evening In the I. O. O. F. Mall, In tho
llsMule Temple. Council Fire kindled nt 7th run 30th
_ W. A. ADAMS, C. of It. [June 25, ’57-ly
•fosior Sant nf America, Camp No. 31. meet* every Mon
kj night dn the third story of Pattons Uall, at 7o’clock
f. M.
Wuhington Otmp, Jfb. 64,. J. 8 of A., meets every
ißssdsy eretiing, in the 2d story of Patton’s Hall.
Altoona Division, JVb. 311, 8. tf T, meets every Satnr
evening. In the Odd Fellows’ Hall, Masonic Temple.
B- 1. Hose, d. 0. W.; Wm. C. McCormick, P. W. ,P.; B. F.
W. P. ; C. B. MeCree, W. A.; K. B, McCrom, B. 8.;
Ja. McCormick, A. B. 8.; M.Clabaugh, T.; Jacob Renner,
?■* ;D. Galbraith, C.;J. W.CUbaugh, A.C.; Win. Mar
•fcsil, I. S.; B. F. Bcee, 0. 8. ' \
AUoona Mechanic*' Library and Heading Boom Astoria
<wn meets statedly on the Ist Saturday evening in Jauua
-7 April, July aim October. Board of Director* meet on
m lit Tuesday evening in each month. Boom open from
* to lo o'clock every evening, (Sunday excepted.)
COUNTY OFFICERS.
lodge* nf fAs Charts—-President, Hon. George Taylor.—
Gtoeiateo, J. Penn Jones, David Ciddwell.
iVoMoaetary—Joseph Baldridge.
Register ana Bccoraer —Hugh A. Caldwell.
Sheriff—Junta Funk.
Dittnet Attorney!—Bo nJ. L. pewit,
Omnfy Committiemert - Jacob Barnhart, J. B. McFsr
■uu. Luos M. Jones. .. .
Cirri to Commissioner* •. Hugh A. Caldwell.
BmantOe Appraiser Joeeph Q. Adlum.
fhunty Surveyor-liLme* I* Gwinn.
TVeoiurcr—JohnUngaftJte.
ludilart —S. Morrow, A.C. McOartney, Joe. K. Hewitt
J»r Uautc ZXrecfof>iGeorge Weaver, Samoel Shher,
1 B. Kiddle. ■ •
Owncr-WUMam tax. ‘
VmUndentnf Cbamon AAaob-JobnDean.
ALTOONA BOROUGH OFFICERS*
fit Cborty.
AlUaos, Robert Green, Robert B.
iTneer>li fl tillnin
gsarf^'
CUbenfh, A. AOowey.
Utolimt-tut W»rd-& ATAlentadw-. '
« Wert * R. Greenwood.
Korth “ Jacob Botteoberg*
"9«*r*--|a»t Wert-lUnry BeU, Jecob Brink.
U s«t ■“ B.B.JieCnun, Jecob Hewr.
_ Forth “ O. W. Herman, John Condo.
(JKOCBRIES.—A LARGE AND
*itli of Groceries have just been re
j.b. intEMAN,
CtSf 1 BAGS, TRUNKS, UM
&a SiSr&H' «*“ ** bonght cheaper »t H. TTJCHTB
my other pUoe ln the country. [Dee. 9, tB5B
Qi n HAND ATMcCORMICK’S Store
~*SPlen4id MHrtmwtt of ItMdjrOlada clothing.
Mot. 25,-tf.
i BDOMINAL SUPPORXEjae, Trus
fsi fcr tii* 4t
grSCTJR’E.
7 25 A.M.
7 2i A.M.
7 24 A. M. and 6 00 P. M
COO •-
VSO “
7 50 A. M
730 14
TITOS. A. SCOTT, Sup’t.
1 i
BOEEHAVE’S
BOLLVI\D BITTERS
TOB CELEBRATED HOLLAND REMEDY FBP
DISEASE OP THE jKIDNEIS,
LIVER COMPLAINT,
WEAKNESS OF ANY KENIS
FEVERAND AGUE,
And the various affections consequent upon a disordered
STOMACH Oil LITER,
Such as Indigestion, Acidity of the Stomach, Colicky Pains,
Heartburn, Low of Appetite, Despondency, Cosbveucss,
Blind on J Bleeding Piles. In all Nervous. Rheumatic and
Neuralgic Affections, It has in numerous instances proved
highly beneficial, and in others effected a decided cure.
This is a purely vegetable compound, prepared on strictly
scientific principles, after the manner of the celebrated
Holland Professor, Bocrhavo: Because of its great success
in the most of the Kuropcan States, its introduction into
the United States was Intended marc especially for those
of our fethcrlaudscatterod here and there ovir the face of
this mighty country. Meeting with great success among
them, I now offer it to the American public, knowing that
its truly wouderfiil medical virtues most bo acknowledged.
It is particularly recommended to those persons whose
constitutions may have been impaired by the continuous
use of ardent spirits, or other forms of dissipation. Gene
rally instantaneous in effect, U finds its way directly tci tho
scat of life, thrilling ami quickening every nerve, raising
tip the drooping spirit, and, in lact, infusing new health
and vigor in the system.
C ACTION.—The great popularity of tills delightful ro
ma has induced many imitations, which the public should
guard against purchasing. Be hot penmaded to boy any
thing else until you have given Boorhavc’s Holland Bitters
a fidr trial. Ono bottle will convince you how infinitely
superior it is to all these imitations.
A3*- Sold at $l.OO per bottle, or six bottles for $5, by the
sols raopaixTous,
BENJ. PAGE, JR., & CO.,
Manufacturing PharmacenUxlt and Chemists,
v PITTSBURGH. PA.
T. W. Dyott & ons, Philadelphia; Barnes A Park, .New
York; John D. Park. Cincinnati; Barnard, Adams & Co-
St. Louis; A. ROUSH. Altoona, Pa., and by Druggists
and Merchants generally thraughout tho United States
and Canadas. .[October Id, 1558.-ly
More than 500,000 bottles
SOLD IN THE
NEW ENGLAND STATES
IN ONE YEAR.
The Restorative of Prof. 0. J. Wood for Restoring hair
perfectly and permanently, has never yet had a rival, vol
ume after volume .might be given from all pasts of the
world and from the most intelligent to. prove that it is a
perfect Rettnraiire ; but read the circular and you cannot
doubt; read also the follow lug'.
Hair.—People havu for centuries been afflicted
with bald head* and the only remedy, heretofore known,
has been those abominable wigs. By a recent discovery of
Professor Wood these articles are being fust dispensed with,
but a great many persons still .patronize them, because
they have been so often imposed upon by Hair Tonics of
different kinds. To nil such persons we earnestly 1 make
the request. Hint they will try once again, for In Wood’s
Restorative there is no such tiling as foil. ' We know of a
lady who was held, who used the article a short time, and
Iter head is now covered completely with the tiniest and
mostbcnutiful curls Imaginable, we know of numerous
caste where hair was rapidly filling out, which it restored
In greater perfection than It overbad beeu before.
It is also without doubt one of the best articles for keep
ing the hair in good condition, making it Soft and giossy,
removing dandruff, and has prove)) itself the greatest ene
my to all the ills that lialr is heir Mkm.
It is the duty of every one to Improve their personal ap
pearance though mine may differ in regard to the brays of
doing it: bat every one will admit that a beautifulheod of
hair, either in man or woman, is on object modi to be de
sired, and there are no means that .should be left'untried to
obtain such a consideration.—-Hfaiah’s Advocate, Phila.
Coshocton, Ohio, Nov. 17,11856. ~
0. J. WOOD k A» I hare been engaged in
selling your-Hair Restorative tho last season for one of
your local agents (B. M. Ilacltlnson,) and having expcrl
enrol the beneficial effects of it myself, 1 would URe to ob
tain an agency for the State of Ohio or some State in the
West, should you wish to make such an arrangement, as 1
am convinced thereto nothing equal to it in Vie Vailed State*,
far restoring the hair. I have been engaged fn the Drug
business for several years, and have sold varioua prepnra
tions for the hair, but have found nothing that restores the
secretive organs or invigorates, the scalp as well ns yours,
being fully convinced that your restorative is what you
represent it to be, I would like to engage in the sale of it,
fur lam satisfied it mast sell. Yours truly.
8. T. STOCKMAN.
' Way land, Mass- Feb. 1857.
. PROF. 0. J. WOODA CO,—Gents’- Having realized the
good effects of your Hair‘Restorative, I wish to state, that
finding my hair growing (him- a* well as gray, 1 was in
duced from what I read add hoard. ,to fry the article pre
pared by yon, to promote its growth and change its color
as it was To youth, both of which it has effecteo complete
ly. In the operation I have rated nearly three, bottle*.
Yours Ac, “ JAMBS FBAKCfS.
0. J. Wood A 00, PropHctero 312 Broadway, Row York,
St the great N. Y. Wire Railihg Establishment,); and 114
arket St, St. Louis, Mo. ' '■ >
FOrealo by O. W. KESSLER, Altoona, and by alt good
Druggists. - \ [Jane 0,1868-ly.
gELLIN.G OFF!
ALL THE GOODS SAVED FROM THE FIRE
MUST BE SOLD,
And in Order to close them oat without delay,'
THET WnX B£ OF7SBXD
BELOW GOST, FOE GASH !
In all eases where they are soiled '
TUB STQCjC SAVED A
COMPRISES A GOOD
ASSORTMENT OF
STAPLH aOODS.
I AM NOW RECEIVING A FULL STOCK OP
SEASONABLE GOPPS.
C. JAGGARIX
, Altoona, March 34,1850.
WALLPAPER! WALL PAPER!!
—we are now receiving at the “MOSEL STORE,”
a large aaaortmenr of
WALL PAPER AMD BORDER,
purchased direct from tho manufacturers In New York,
and we can therefore offer great inducement* to those who
wish to pnrebaw. Call and examine our stock.:
March 17th, MW-tt ~ A J. l/OWTHKR.
/■"IAMPHENB, BURNING FLUID,
V 7 MaawdOC.SpWt* <*
Alccholj fit itle'chetp It A- Wtfßß’B.
or in any way damaged.
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1859.
Stled
▲ CHOICE POEM.
■ T* copy from Frank Leslto’a JJbatmted, the following
charming poem; by an occasional correspondent. Him Lon-
Im£. Tickroy, pf Johnstown, Pa. It is one of those door
drop* of boanty, whlch the world ought not to allow to
sparkle and bn exhaled forever. Wo regret that we can
give It no more'flttiog eetting, than in the ephemerial cot
nmns of a newspaper:—
Lcpeod of a Picture.
BT lOCISX B. TICKCOT.
In a dimly lighted chamber,
day, an artUt wrought.
While bis gentle wife, besidehlm,
Fair&s acme immortal thought,
Waa the model for a picture,
Whiph be dreamed would place bta mm
High among thejhinlcg planets,
In the starry heaven of fame. -
Never weary grew the artist,
Though tho summer-time wns bright.
And there came into hia chamber.
Nothing of ita bloom and light;
Only gazed he on the beauty .
Of lifer faultless .face, and then,
Patiently, along the cantata
Bade lie splendor glow again.
And when ahe, at last grown weary,
Longing for tho sunlight's smile.
Fondly clasped hie neck and whispered,
WhUpered low, and sighed the while,
11 Love, rememberest though the even
When we sat the spring beside.
In the.talley of the Tyrol,
Ero 1 came to be tby bride 1
“ When thou saidst about my singing,
I bad caught the wild-blrd’s tone.
And the rivulet’s low laughter
Was, the echo of my own.
Then compared my forehead’s whiteness
Te the mountain's crown of snout,
Said nly cheek was like the wild ruse
Blooming in the vale below? .
"Fairer, e’en than thine, the pictures
Summoned, by my fancy’s power,
Of tho (peasant youths and maidens
Lingering there this sunset hour;
And I tain would see my brothers
On the hill-side tend their sheep,
And my,mother by the hoarth stone,
Where she lulls the babe to sleep.”
“ Aye,*’ ho answered, “ said I truly
Of the scene beside the rlil,
Thou hadst ril Its rai led beauties.
Ah, beloved, thou host them still I
i - Hut not yet, not yet. oh, darling.
To tjiy homestead msy we go,"
Then he kissed the lips and forehead
That his gtniui worshipped so."
“1 would hare ray asms, thy beauty,
Known through, ages vet to bo;
But another summer's glory.
All (ball smile, sweet bride, for thee,"
, And again he plied tho pencil.
White the lady sat and dreamed,
Of Her dear home end her kindred,
TQI f)l doubly dear they seemed.
Passcdiawny the rosy summer—
Came .the autumn's soft eclipse,
When before the finished picture,
With “Eureka” on hia lips.
Knelt Ibe artiat, all his spirit
Filled with rapture most divine, ''
“ See,”ihe" cried, “ the world shall worship,
Loved one. at tliy beauty’s shrine.”
Bat despair ban followed rapture,
for (ie sees the last taint ray,
Of the tlfti .that be had stolen
For his picture, died away;—
Gone the lustre from her tresses,
And the life-light from her eye,
While her faded lips but tremble
To the spirits latest sigh.,
Feels he then, the selfish artist,
Tbatfae pekr'may see his name
Shining with, a star-like lustre, "
In the holy heaven of Fame.
Pale and cold, the lady lieth,
Twilight deepens, he is lone.
And his spirit’s wing is broken,
And earthly labor dofie.
At the .peasants, on the morrow,
Found the pointer and his bride,
Bilent, In tljie sleep eternal,
80 they iaih them, tide by side,
While the village bells were tolling,
Qentlyj in the church-yard’s clay.
Bat the great world did not mourn for
Gening beauty, passed away.
This, the legend of a picture.
Oral-framed, and curtained round.
In the dimly-lighted chamber
Of a rained castle fonnd.
Whose tho nun ter han d that traced it
Kever, never, shall be known, *
Moonlight, that enhances bcanty,
Is the romance o’er it .thrown.
Jlfled Ipiadlanj.
Reasoning of a Newfoundland
j)o<3—Extraordinary as the following an
ecdote miaiy appear to some persons it is
strictly ttte, and shows the sense, and 1
am strongly inclined to add,, reason of the
Newfoundland dog: A friend of
while shooting wild fowl with his brother,
was attended by a sagacious dog of this
breed In getting near some reeds by the
side of a riyor, they threw down their hate,
and crept to die edge. of the water, when
they fired at some; birds. They soon af
terwards sent a dog to bring their hats,
one of which was smaller than the other.
After several attempts to bring (hem both
together in his mouth, the dog at last
placed the smaller hat in the larger one,
pressed it down with Kis foot, and thus Was
able to bring diem both at the same time.
— Jcne't Anecdotes of dogs-
population of the United States
increases one million a year, or two thou
sand every day. ’•
[INDEPENDENT IN KVEETXHINd.]
4 TALE OP ODD-FELLOWSHIP.
A lodge of Odd Fellows in an. interior
village, determining to have their hall re
novated and cleaned up, employed an
Irish woman rejoicing in the name of
Biddy Kelly to do the job. The Guar
dian of the Lodge, who had the super
vision of the work, knowing the inquisu
tive character of Mrs. K., procured a billy
goat and placed him in a closet, which is
kept as a reservoir for the “secret things,"
and when Mrs. Kelly presented herself
with her brooms, brushes, tubs, and the
usual paraphernial of house-cleaning, she
found the Guardian in waiting to instruct
her in the. duties she was to perform.
“Now, madam," said be, “I will tell
you what we want done, and bow we came
to employ you. The brothers said it would
be difficult to get any body to do the job,
and not be meddling with the secrets in
that little closer; we have lost the key
and capnot find it to lock the door. I as
sure them, however, that you could be
depended upon."
“Depinded upon," said she, “I guess I
can; my poor dead and gone husband,
who belonged to the Free Masons, or the
Anti-Masons, X.don’t know which, used to
tell me all the secrets of the consarus,
and then he showed me the marks of the
gridiron made when he was initiated, and
1 never told a living soul to this day ; if
nobody troubles your closet to find your
secrets till I do, they’ll lay there till they
rot —they will."
“I thought so,” said the Guardian, “and
I want you to commence in the corner,
and give the whole room a decent cleaning
and as I have pledged my word and honor
for your fidelity to promise, now don’t t o
to that closet; ” and then he left the
woman to herself.
No sooner hod she heard the sound of
his feet on the last step of the stairway
than she exclaimed, “Don’t go- to the
closet! why what on earth can there be in
that closet! I'll warrant, there is a big
gridiron, or some nonsense just like the
Anti-Masons for all the world, I’ll be bound
I will just take one peep, and nobody will
be any wiser, as i can keep it to myself.”
Suiting the action to the word, she
stepped softly to the forbidden closet, and
turned the button ; no sooner was the door
opened, than “ Bah-ah-ah I” went the billy
goat, with a spring to regain his liberty,
w ich came near upsetting her ladyship.
Both started for tl e door, but it was filled
with the imnlemcnts of house-cleaning;
all Were swept clear from their position
down to the bottom of the stairs. The
noise and confusion occasioned by such
an unwonted disturbance, drew half the
town to witness Mrs. Kelly’s efforts to get
from under the goat and pile of pails, tubs,
brushes, and brooms in tho street. Who
should be the first on the spot but the
waggish Guardian, who after releasing the
goat, which was a cripple for life, and up
lifting the other rubbish that bound the
good woman to the earth, anxiously inquir
ed if she had been taking the degrees.
“ Taking the degrees ?” exclaimed Bid
by; “If you call tumbling from tho top to
the bottom of the stairs, with the devil
jumping on yes, taking things by degrees,
I has thim; and if yes frighten folks as
yCs has me, and hurt ’em to boot, faix, I’ll
warrant they’ll make as much noise as I
did.”
“ I hope you did not open the closet,
madam?” said the door-keeper.
“ Open the closet ? Eve ate the apple
.she was forbidden I If you want a woman
to do anything, tell her not to do it, and
she’ll do it sure. I could not stand the
temptation. The secret was there—l
wanted to know it; I opened the door,
and nut popped the tarnal critter, right in
my face. I thought the devil had me, and
I broke for the stairs with the devil but
ting me every jump. I fell over the tub.
and got down stairs as yon fonad us, all
iu a heap.”
“ But, madam,” said her tormentor,
u you are in possession of the great secrets
of the Order, and must go up and be initia
ted sworn, and ride the goat in the regular
way.”
“ Regular way ?” exclaimed Mrs. Kelly,
“ and do yon suppose I am coins near that
tarnal place again, and ride that critter
without a bridle or lady's saddle? ,No,
never! I don’t want anything to do with
the man that rides it. I’d look nice, perch
ed on a billy goat, if it was a goat, wouldn’t
I? No, never! rll never go nigh it
again, or your ball pother; if I can pre
vent it, no lady shall ever join the Odd
Fellows. Why, I’d sooner be a Free Ma
son, and he broiled , on a gridiron as long
as fire could he kept under it, and pulled
from cellar to garret, with a halter, in a
pair of old breeches gnd slippers, Just as
my ppojr dead and gone husband used to
tell me they served Mm, and he lived over
it too, but I never could live oyer snob
another ride as 1 took to-day.”
It is needless to add that Mrs. Kelly
oonld not he induced to finish her job, and
another woman, less overcome with" fear
and, terror, ,wa§ selected to perform the
duties she bad repudiated.
. “ Iton't get above your business,”
as the lady said to the shoemaker who
pas measuring her ankle, in order to asoer
tun the size of her foot.
A False Alarm.
A Washington paper givea the following
account of a domestic “ what-d’ye-call it”
which occurred in that city the other day:
The old proverb is, that “it never rains
bat it poors.” The killing of Key seems
to have erased the silly pates of several
very romaptio married women in this me
tropolis. A few days after the Sickles
tragedy, a married lady living in the south
ern part of the city, or what is known as
the island, informed her liege lord that
she had been grossly insulted, the previous
evening by Mr. B- , an,-acquaintance
of the family. The incensed and outraged
husband, with revolver iq haod, lushed to
the office of the supposed offender and de
manded satisfaction.
“Satisfaction for'what?” asked the as
tonished Mr- B.
“ For having insulted my wife, sir, last
evening,” responded the excited individual.
“ Pray, sir, who dares charge me with
ever having insulted your wife, by look,
word, or action 1” again inquired Mr. B.
“ The lady, herself, sir, makes the
charge,” promptly rejoined‘the husband.
“ With your permission, sir, I would be
pleased to face my accuser, and hear her
make the charge in my presence,” mildly
remarked the imperturbable: Mr. B.
“ You shall be gratified, sir; come, walk
with me,” added the still exasperated hus
band, at the same time returning his six
shooter to bis pocket.
But before giving tho closing scene, it
may he well to inform the reader of the
facts. On the evening previous, Mr. B.
bad casually called at the house of a.friend,
and there found the lady in question, with
out au escort. At a late boar she prepared
to return home, and Mr. B kindly
tendered his services to see her safe to her
door. The streets on the island are not
highly improved, and on the night in
question was very muddy. At one point
the walk was quite intercepted by a mud
hole, over which the lady and gentleman
were compelled to pass. Ak night of old
would probably have thrown down his
mantle, over which the fair lady might
have walked ; but our hero having no such
appendage, proposed a spring, by which
bis companion, with the assistance of his
hand, cleared the mud at a single bound.
Without further annoyance, they reach
ed the lady’s residence in safety.
The excited husband now-ushered Mr.
B inUK his parlor, and: rang for his
insulted wife who promptly reported«her
self. Mr. B , looking the lady full in
the face, asked :
“ Madam, have I ever, by word look, or
deed, offered you the slightest indignity or
insult in my life ?”
A breathless pause followed. The lady,
after some hesitation, falterittgly answered:
“ I thought yon squeezed my hand
slightly, in helping me over the mud-hole,
lost night.”
The revolver "dropped, and after due
apology to Mr. B , the mortified hus
band turned to his romantic spouse and
administered a rebuke, to avoid .the wit
nessing of which Mr. B—■— hastily left
the bouse and returned to his office, ru
minating on the character of female wo
men, with the sage conclusion, that at the
present age of the world, it was not en
tirely “ safe to beau other men’s wives.”
Tahbbd and Feathered. —ln 1852,
when the Whig Convention, yras,in session,
first came news that General Scott, who
was supposed to he a little :prond of dis
play, particularly in plumage, was nomi
nated for the presidency. Then came the
news that William A. Graham, of North
Carolina, the land of tar, pitch and turpen
tine, was nominated to the vice-presidency.
When this latter piece Of inteiigenco was
conveyed to Mr. Webster, be was engaged
shaving himself. He stopped, and having
heard the news, remarked, in his slow, em
phatic manner, as he diliheratoly wiped
his razor: “ Well, Ido not see, then, hut
that the Whig party have completely tar
red and feathered themselves.” ,
Political Police —-A Columbus pa
per gives an account of the drilling of the
political police of that city ip this fashion:
“ Attention, police I ]jSyea right—-
mouths open—draw lager-~elevate lager
—empty lager —mouths shot—-forward to
next saloon —advance to vp|erß—election
eer voters—treat votersr-fdrink lager—
some more lager.” p .
K9u It is in the power of every man to
preserve his probity ; but ho man living
has it in his power to say that lie ean pre
serve his reputation, while there are so
many evil tongues in the tforld, ready to
blast the fair »t character, and so many
open ears ready to receive their reports.
•QT A young lady who lately gave an
order to a milliner for a bonne t said, “You
aro to make.it plain, but at-the same time
smart, as I sit in a conspicuous place in
.church.”
• I9uA young woman Ohght, like an
angel, to rataon the faults sho cannot
comprehend ; end an elderly woman like
a saint; because she has endured trials.-
EDITORS and proprietors.
ififftli
Sei>Rnua Esvuoru—We have seen im.
ew«M of a new self-ruling envelope about ta b*
introduced ia the market by 0. F. Neabit ofthis
city, the Government contractor for the supply
of stamped envelopes. The improvement oon*
siata in the combination of the blade H"te with
the under wing of the envelope; In such a way
as to be concealed from observation by the side
wings, except when the face and back are pres*
sad together to receive the superscription:—
when the letter is cMtoscdt'fhe lines bsoome
invisible. Hitherto th« result has been attained,
when desirable, by the elnmsy operation »f in
serting in the envelopeths black lines on a esp*
arste piece ef paper, and of withdrawing them
when the letter was addressed, or of using the
ruler and pencil on the outside, and afterwards
erasing the impression with india-rubber. When
we consider that scleral hundred million letter*
are written annually in the United States by
persons accustomed to writing on ruled paper
vuy many of whom experience difficulty in even
addressing a letter satisfactorily, without often
spoiling two or three envelopes in tha operation,
the economy of time, labor and money by this
little improvement is apparent. It wul obviate
a common objection to the stamped eavelonsa.
—JV«c Turk Tribunt. ■
Servast Gal-ism. —Upper Ten dom U «mi
pletely eclipsed by the under crust of Ihmaln
society, in the style sad bre*tdth of fashionable
dressing— as the following confidential epistle,
from a city servant to a country help, demon*
strates;
Kirlawbub, Aphrile 1,1869.
Dbks Hanst.—As fur lonex, the loer H k
the more fasinable u be, and the lees close a "
ware, the more u be dressed. Missis D. give
me a bin of hern and 1 kut its nek orf and Sitae
Simmers knt bem orf and ire attraoks a grate
eal of atten'shnn—lik utber ladies a balden up
our clozes. The hier u hold yore dose the more
u ore thort of. I still set up with jlm, hro got
him to cummen ofener than be did when n was
here. What a pitty he drinks 7 Ihearntkata
“ tbroed orf’ on sam; ef u did youl be gra hod*
ed afore n git sich another chance.
yure affeeshunet. -«
Sihodlar Dsath.— The Baltimore Svn says,
a young female named Mary Ellen Hoeftiagle,
whose parents reside at No. 18 Armistead lane,
noar Light street, attended the execution of the
four murderers in that city on Friday, the Bth
inst, and witnessed (he spectacle from ontside
the jail walls. She returned home, and the
same evening, while assembled with thofamOy,
commenced acting strangely, and saying “ she
knew she was to bo hung on Friday.’” She
would partake of no food nor medicine, nor
could any be forced upon her. Tbi* continaed
for a few days, when it was clear that alp Was
sinking into the. grave. Frequently she ex
pressed great gratification at the thought of htr
dying, as she hoped by that to es<ape ha«ging.
She. contined in this slate of mind, grads ally
growing weaker, until yesterday mdrnlng, when
she died.
BQP* Two men recently contrived to uv theis
way out of tlie Little Bock, Ark. jail, bat before
they left held a meeting, and adopted resolutions,
denouncing Haow-Xothingism; indorsing the
foreign and domestic policy of the “present
Administration,” and expressing their “ unaba
ted confidence in the wisdom, patriotism and
integrity of our preseatChief Magistrate." Tbs
resolutions were carried unanimously, and a
copy left 'with a request that they be published
in the Utile' Book papers. The meeting then
adjourned tine die, and went to sawing.
Tan Hcxtee’s Txuii.—A Texes correspon
dent of the Scientific American says:—The trail
which hqnters and Indians follow skillfally Is
not so much composed of tracks.or foot-prints
as of indescribable little signs, such as leaves
and blades of grass beat or turned. Twigs bro
ken, and other things so sniall and foifit that
they cannot be shown to any one. yet which,
when all put together, make a kind of line
along the ground, which line can be sOen by a
rapid, glancing look, bat which will disappear
when looked at steadily.
_ Scaecitt or Food in Isniaxa.—The Evans
ville (Ind.) Enquirer says there is quite a soar
city of grain and prorisions.in several counties
of that State. Hones, cattle, sheep and hogs
are lying dead In the fence corners of, almost
every farm, and aro daily dying of famine.—
The people, also, are suffering, especially in
Clay county, where many people are glad to
famish ootdwood eat and pile it for forty bants
a cord, take pay in provisions or grain, to ena
ble them to'live instil next season-v
> Tas Usaassr Vst.—A charitable individual
in the neighborhood of Williamantie, Coon.,
proposed to raise a subscription for a peer,
hard working man, who recently lest e valua
ble cjw. Every one applauded the object and
its originator—money was raised—peer man
expected to be made happy, when his benevo
lent friend produced an old bill against him la
just the amount raised, and retained the eaah I
|Qb» An Expressman in California wae chased
by eight wolves on the 20 th of January ; lit
dropped bis letter bag, ran to a pine stomp,
and set it on fire, the wolves tore up tbe mail
bag, eat the expressman’s dinner, add tbea
being frightened by the blaze of the pifte wood,
'ran away. This is tailing the stump to BMW
advantage.
ffgp** ffm. B. Astor, of New York, who it
worth six millions of dollars, recently reqnea*
ted Rev. Ur. Chapin’s society not to anticipate
the payment of a debt of $90,000 duo bit, at
they desired to do, but to continue paying oply
the interest as it became due. He said be bad
mere money than be could take care o&
It was stated by a leading dentist of
Chicago in a recent address to his brethren,
that the amount of gold plate and leaf used in
the United States for the replacing and repair
of defective teeth was §2,260,000.
g®"* The water that flows from a spring dote
not congeal in winter. And those sentiment*
of friendship which flew from the heart tenant
be frozen in adversity.
|9>Tbe hoop question, like moat oibqri, hag
two sides to it. —ixeknugt Peptr-
The ladies take the.inslde, of course.
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