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cr .-•11 any iriff oi*Kalvamze(l£oe>dv
•dd h\ ihe Jewelera as tk>Ul Jewel'
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Am: ronciro to sixl.
Aili: FuKr::i> to alll.
AiiL FOLCLD TO SKLL.
dly a ii-d Mour Immense Uorl
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vuri; ciiuicK run si.
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ivt',ri!> mill LoewOs of i-verv de*
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;i-. s; ( -:V. ( UiUti/;;-. Studs. • C’or^
ul Band d-.-iiu’ Vest Chaisw
• I.*:- t n v, itiu'Jit chmijriuji cul./r’
—tinware ii;i,;;l]y suit! by Jewelers
al! made in Paris, You can take
.-a :'-. I/iJi-s’ .Mi'l(3vnt>’ VimudChain/,
dd i-3 J'-'V. h i s at Jru’n ,>'i to each *
Chains, I.e.rutifill patters •
enam-ihdam: mhy setting*; Crosses’
} v ;’l rwaii prices from si» t<»
• ..:al wu-iNy of Jewelry and dcsira-
■I 1 v;i ]: .;..nlian« If.njr I'BOHuh
V.,;- jiurfliru-c-d ut a
ui.r wli i haw Kul'-il
lOl<-E i $1 -JjJ Cir,
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'.v ’] - s::mi .monky...*#
• ida.-; ~f Ih -id-Tie County and
.w v.\ can in.ikv 'l'jd'iiiui out uf
\Vill i "um
••' Consents out
" i will bo respouHLilo"
•> ‘-I
il r . r
•kmi.viv t«> .u;i:nts.
di si nd u.'i at 01*0
Ui
fi .S 1 L
Witti.h, extra.
VV;i 1 <: i;
A*
1 frcm tho above Li.-.t af
'<l .$1 and l.j cent; 3 in
vr. a tkiar,
. 1-1 ti;l 1 >.• ;:i
\yiLi
' 1 FLINT.
.'Like* Street,
I’hiiUdolphia, Vn.
i’I.'ULR
c.—T HI! SU B
i!r- f.-iViMi-hnioiit livrot<*r>{ o
iM I- j ;' ,rn.
-1 vicinity.
!: A.XD KETAIL
'.'/; sr'jri: stoke. ’t^z3*
■>:-of A
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V )Vil
• -n A:;-)., ,tr- ■ t. between Harriet uni
i Alto. ji.i. v.':;"!'.' lie' will keep constant-
Mit oi ev’-'-ytlii’ig in his Hue,
‘.'fun v- term.'..
v’G * SPOUTING
U-' aUo mannf.s'jUircrf Lkam,:*
i_;.l lj ! io iiiucli rUj>eriyr t.j gal-
tin. '
D d .1 r.
room t-> r<•
I I- ois haii’l a;; of ton
•‘k j'V'iisj.’ijy .iJMl'lnt fo.
,»•- ■ ifullv •
i ; is r
1. js.VI.
J-PHIA WATCH AND
il'.U occri’AXT.
i •••p a s a;--.- a-.-'.rfment of GoM
a:;. r.T);I Sv.Ks man*
J’.iakcrs. in addition to
i and made t-i ordiT) an
i;v. rand Jilwr IMatial wart 1 ,
_ !i; i; ;1 ‘ ‘i> aUcii •<».*< ;ls mo
\\ a.irii and .li.wt-lrv Store.
'
■r
..’■i. an.* of l!u* rubscrili.T.
! '•*•■ ;ov imiUa! to call, and
■ d t a i.- f-'i their in.-m-y. Ah Jam
•li .oth- v.'ill hi|_ sold very
(a.’ (i,.- m«vtt«> this
i.;nn< n.
" -K ‘ ‘viuurry, J'hila.la.
\T QI’ESTfOX WHICH
l ui if you
' OU S!;(!!>'
i' ■:« rf I
:k and work
I. } .
Tit uf
.1 .' r
:V:.‘ ,-;f fiir prlco.-a
f'» i'i; fbnn \v.-rk, ail of
.ti.'i'icii-*n. the
•i..v. :
n Virginia street. immediately
joh.v n. uouEUT* 3 .
ami (srocery Store.
i.'CUIUKII KEEPS CON-
t'tl Bread. Cakes, &c,
BACON, FiOUE,
.iOCKRIES,
: ' ,-uiti tobacco;
J ACOB RINK, ,
•*!. 1>: \ >\v Annie Street.
SOE ESTABLISHMENT.
usiox!•:D announce
•: AUm.-im }.; \ jciuirv tl;ut tbcj liava
XI) SHOE SHOP
■isV! - II ;,;l. ri' Tilt Shop, Sist
f 'Si ji uiil a gooj assortment
iii-:u!:/o.r‘ur-:.
triv-.*n t • making J.o.dii's' ShofJy
Miajv i»f jmblic patronage, frol*-
r-.in!- r‘entire satisfaction.
JOHN' SIDNEY
a it?* ;i
- POLICE GAZETTE.—
of Ci'irni-ami Criminal'* is
• i is widely circulated throughout
' “t> ail t!i u (I rout Trials,;Criminal
'• Kiiii<.ri a i„,.„ ilicnunic, together»l*
sou! Matters, not to Lr found in an}
- r--r annum: for six «iouU»9, tc
/ulio »>l(ouiJ writo their nftW"*
:s!iJ v. li. rc thi'y reside plainly*)
, To <• • IV. MATSKLk A CO*
i* r. cl New York Police Cazolto,
Sew York Viiy■
-VI) SHOES.—THE UN
is iu»w ~si hand iuul wil! .riA
m thf- Masonic Tcn;j)l<-,
e'-- assortment of BCK»TS
y or Diiulo to onli-r, a^L
b Hdals,Gum Shoes, O/rk
I" of
□"H !!».• inost reasonable terms. AU
Ui’.cd; •
J. SAOESUKEU.
- ! Oil SALK.
'.''v- 5 - 50,000 LATHES, :
Ji.wxo Jl ATKIiJ Af.S.luwrr Uian ths
»i «<> JOHN SUOEMAKEK'
L lard oils, CA ni
ls FiuiJ, Oul.on Oil, 4c.. at
KKSrr.r.i:'.'.
AT WcCORMICK’S Store
u-.wjttatcnt of Beadv.Made dotliit'S
‘ Kov. 55,-tt
.■UcCRVM & DERN,
VOL. 0
j'i to $1
10 f.J Jr)
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O lo VI
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advice fret..
Ilew-York Benevolent Infirmary,
. ESTABLISHED ISM..
I ,it '-..♦•'a to The Caurc of Medical Rejonr.; to the D>h
I KnmlcJqt for the ErceenUon of Diiouv.,
I •'"'Tn-ho relief of those fit T-ring and afflicted '«th ( - hn>
i to cUe reiiLi U . , To this end this Imiraary ts
f “iiSl' to enable the sick and Buffeting throughout tho
s Jr>.\ breadth of our land, to avoid the JhrMio!^
i **£ rIfJL, and Iffntwce of pnfttm
I tl roach which thousands and tens of thousands tumuallj
i
“bo ” JauuJto Mia Livor Complaint, S-milnal V, e.akucs,
luino.-, the Crinarv and Sexual Organ 3. from
b ' ?! .t ur XtcVor n«nrc. Our object will bo to
'Tb -'to the afflietc-i bv directing in all can-8 aspfwly euro.
1 ‘ v-b-alo toebarsw ftotSun® for adtlw and wrilt.-n pro
•4*iuaEi but will furnish when requests the Tory boa.
the Lwest rate?.
remedies are prepared in our o-.vn Laboratory ur>
• Abe cm- of able Chemists, and arc the mos. r-llaulc
aoicr.ee, including all the rec. ut dMcmnM.
i oi’ addressing us by letter, containing full a.vou-.t 01
,-ot.toTis and appearance* of dice***. *Sf. osc«p»tun,&c.,
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! ."-'V lr ,. Anc fees sent n« when sanding foraance willhe
,- .i to furnishing medicine for the poor. In all cases
1 c ,u bo sent by mail or express it desired. ..end
■ f:~- .g of our works and judge R,r jearselvcs.
published at the lahrmary, to aid these objec.s,
I the family physician,
i c V -urine simple remedies easily obtained for the cure of
p L eco in all its forms, with full explanations m tne
1 svrnptoms. diet, bathing and exercise. Vnc-tabets.
THE 'LADIES - MEDICAL FRIEND,
s Wli TiiK PKVSIOLOOV ON MAKiIIACK.
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: - h,Lias peeuliir to the sex, on marriage, its duties,
■i”ttKn and its results, on Children, their ills, and on the
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; teem oil subjects of a private nature. I'nco bio edits.
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AND DIiIVATE ADTISIIK.
* *,„ ,v f,,t- uPI raid vuunm embracing the raUmh'gy.
hvtiitEn and Care of all Diseases of the Urinary and Mex
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GuvcUn and Ituguer to tlnpt* every one. I: guid- s the un
through life, end shows up every s.wimhe ui the ag-a
■ V l'\ .,W3 lijvv all kinds of Food, Medim:u-G Liqimrs and
,d= arv adulterated. with tho iiu-aus of detecting the
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'ran household and farm,
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hr, o'. Dyeiiig. t’i- lining. Ac. 11.,w to plant and what
; ■}; . 1 ~o to raise. !lo\v to cure animals, auviee tohouse
kesoers, farmers and mechanics, on IUo'J subjects of inter
est.’ Price tlo cents. Worth $lO to any one.
the consumptives look.
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* .ireful statement of the results, and other useful imoinui*
:i ai. Price 10 cents. , . , . ,
Th-.- infvrmruion iu thorn is nut to ho lound 3n any ■worn"
• •;),]; hod. nor obtainable from any other source, Tlo-.-'O
bc.hsWpuUialmd on Hue white *ud beautilVdly
I \ r .v of tlio above wovks'will ho nmM free, on receipt uf
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I tttai vvlutuc for cm: uoitvr.. N*> family s\u-.qU h" with*
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I To the younc-; <A l oti. sufh-nng from Fecivt habits;
f. ? y.-otratiou of mind: lose of power; nervous .ichility; hw-s
& v'Aighf wakefulness; love of solitude; eruptions "U the
I Ac.,ic. Scudhcjcrcit is too UU ; before yeu-suflVr
I hicurabb* damage to both body-ami mind.
k T-.> females who want cv jAc.i.'dr.t and :'\:vc rc-mf-iues
I fur IrrwuUriths. Obstruction*. WhlUs, Ac., send to m.
| ” PREVENTIVE.
I We are convinced tb.at there arc many parent? of a< rofn-
I Pus, consumptive and diseased condition to whom a nu-
I ni'Toui oiTspnng only brings suffering and poverty. To
I cr.clj we would say write, and wo will send information of
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| it U a larcysand beautiful paper, and contains the mc-t
I valuable information on Spermatorhccm or Seminal V ">dc,-
I mma Tha cause. effect-:, and euro, showing the awful of-
I f:-;t4 of the disear : .», _ ,
B On all other diseases of the S-crtual Organs. ,a_ fuu frxpiu-
I nation of the origin of Syphilis, the means uf prevention
I and rare.
Ua Consumption, that f*' disease.
On the Liver, Heart. Stomach and hii;n.
u'n Parnate Complaint? s ,
u:i the various School?? of _
On the modes of Trcatnmniquow pnrctm’J.
On tbo V:i’s»3 Treatment of Id-e-ases.
Or. the various Medical Humbugs.
On t\:o Physiology of Marriage^
On the Com man sens*- of Mt-du-im*.
On Piet, H::orn.-c:-n and Ablution,
• How the Physician should ho.
How to prevont.Ptognaucy.
And maav other things. Srxtf foil »t.
This journal should bo in. the hand- 01 »‘\vry
d. Hciicu., M. I).. A. M., Chief Physician. &. Mor.u:.-,
Pury-on. Dr. J. If-vie. Chemist.
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Correspondents will please enclose two or three btumps
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POCO METALIC PAINT,
Equal to led lead and to per
cent, cheaper—stands 300 deyr-"' 4 H-’-.it —warranted
water proof and will neither lade nor wash. For
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AND
O t J ■ V
m i c J
'(Sox Ml.)
Not. Hi. 1860.-1 J
iah (Jmhcr.
CONFECTION ERf
& ICE CREAM SALOON.
l r pHE SUBSCRIBER WOULD IN-
I FORM tho citizens of Altoona and vicinity that his
CoNFECTIOXEUY,XIjT and FRUIT STORE, ia always
supplied with the very beat articles to bo had, and in great
variety. lie has- also an
ICE CREAM SALOON
attached tolas store, in which ho will serve up ICE CREAM
of all flavors during tho season.
Uo is at all times prepared to supply cakca, candies, Ac.,
for pic-aics and other parties. Uo invites a share of public
patronage, beUcvin? that he can render full satisfaction to
all. b
Remember, hia store and saloon is cnVirginiaßttept. two
doors below Patton’s Hall. OTTO ROSSI.
DEInTTIST-RT^-
T IRVIN STEEL, D. D. S., HAY
• ING located permanently in Altoona ; respectfully
o-ere his services in tho different departments of
Surgical and Mechanical Dentistry.
nearly opj- cs»:lc C. Jacgard’a Store. Virginia Bt., Al*
**.ooua. I» a . ” '[May 16,
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iWfct ||odrg.
AFTER THE BATTLE
The drums are muffled; the bugles arc still;
There's a pause in the valley?— a halt on tho hill;
And betters of standard? swerve back with a thrill
Where ehc-aves of tho dead bar the way;
Lot a great field ia reaped, Heaven's garners to All,
And stern death holds his harvest to-day.
There’s a Voice on tho wind like a spirit’s low cry—
’Tis the muster-roll sounding—and who shall reply ?
For those whose v-.va faces glare white to thy sky,
With eyes fixi-d so steadfast and dimly,
As they wait that last trump which they may not delay ;
Whoso hand- dutch the sword-hilt su grimly.
T!io brave heads, late lifted, are solemnly bowed.
And tho riderless charges stand quivering and cowed,
As the burial requiem is chanted alnud,
The groans of tho death-stricken drowning;
While Victory looks on, like a queen, palo and proud,
Who awaits till the morrow her crowning.
Tluye is - no mock blar.on, as clay sinks to clay ;
The vain pomps of the.peace time are all swept away
In the terrible face of the dread battle-day,
No coflin? or shrouds are here;
Only rdic? that lay where thickest the fray—
A rent carque and a headless spear.
Ear away, tramp on tramp, peals the march of the foo,
Like a storm-wave's retreating, spent, fitful and slow,
With sound like their spirits that fainfasthey go
By von red-glowing river whose waters
Shall darken with sorrow tho land where they flow
To the eyes of her desolate daughters.
They are Hod—they ore gone; but, oh! not as iboy came,
In the pride of thufo number they allied on the game.
Never more shall they stand in the vanguard of fame,
Never lift the stained sword which they drew;
Never move shall they boast of a-glorioua name,
Never march with the foal and the true.
Where the wreck of our legions Jay stranded and lorn,
They stole on our rant's in the mists of the morn;
Like the giant of Gaza their strength it was shorn
lire those mists had rolled up to the sky ;
From tile flash of out steel a new day-break seemed horn
As we sprung up— to conquer or nid. ,
The tumult is silenced ; the death loti are cast;
And the lieru-s of battle are slumbering their last.
To ye dream of your pale from that rode on the bias
Would ye free it once more, O ye bravo,
Yes ! the broad road to Honor is red where yo passed,
And of Glory yo asked but—a gravel
Select Ipistdlaii]).
“CALL,A MAN!”
A QUEER SNAKE STORY
Anv one who is disposed to try a laugh
will do well to read this. John Jackson
Was an industrious, young
man, of twenty-three, years. Being the
eldest child and the only son, he had al
ways remained at home, assisting lus lather
upon the farm. John was ycry much 10-
spectcd by every one in the neighborhood,
and many a bright-eyed girl had thought
she would like to change her name to Mrs.
John Jackson: But John was no “ lady’s
man.” The fact was, John was very bash
j ful. He would rather hoc corn all day
I than undergo the ceremony ot an intro
i duclion to a young lady. Not that John
('disliked the dear creatures; far from it.
I Wo believe that he, in common with al!
bashful, well-meaning men, entertained the
very r highest respect and admiration for
them. And this, no doubt, was the prin
cipal cause of his bashfulness. lie felt
that they were superior beings, and that
he was unworthy to associate with them
] upon terms of equality. But wc cannot
i stop to moralize.
Nancy Clark was; the daughter of a very
respectable farmer, whoso lands adjoined
the Jackson farm.. Nancy was a pretty,
saucy little witch, and she liked John Jack
son. When they werc-children they went
to the same school, and, as he was a few
year’s her senior, he was usually her cham
pion in the childish-disputes that arose, and
her companion in going and returning.
At last, John became so much of a man
as to be kept from school, as she had been
in past years. John discovered, too, that
he had been growing in stature, and it
seemed as if he had been growing out of
shape. His feet and legs appeared very
awkward; be did not know what to do
with Iris hands; his face pained him;
and, taking all in all, he was inclined to
think that be was not more than halt put
(together. Now, the truth was, John
(Jackson was really a very fine-looking
j young man, and nothing but his admrra-
I tion of Miss Nancy would have suggested
' any such foolish thoughts about hiiQßelf*
.U. C. DERN
6 00 10 00 14 00
10 00 14 00 20 00
Co 00 40 00
1 75
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1861
As novelists say, it was a beautiful day
in August. The heavens weie clear, se
rene, and beautiful; the trees were laden
with golden fruit, and the beautiful birds
twittered their sweet songs ot love in the
brandies. We were about to say that
‘‘ earth had yielded her bountiful harvest
of a year's -grass and clover, which the
noble yeomanry of Chesterville had gath
ered within their storehouses,” but upon
a second thought have concluded to write
it thus—“ The farmers of Chesterville
were done haying.”
John Jackson’s sister had a quilting
party that afternoon ; his father had gone
to get some wheat ground, and John was
iel't to repair some tools to be ready on
the morrow to commence mowing the
meadow grass. Suddenly it occurred to
John that if he remained about the house
in the afternoon, he would bo called in at
tea-time, and be required to do the honors
of the table. To avoid this he quietly
shouldered bis scythe and stole away to
the meadow, half a mile distant, fully re
solved that he would not leave there until
it was so dark that ho could not see to
mow at all, and thus avoid seeing the
girls. The meadow 'was surrounded on
all sides by a thick forest, which effectu
ally shut out what little breeze there might
chance to be stirring. The sun poured its
rays as though the little meadow was the
focus point "where the heat was concen
trated John mowed and sweat —sweat
and mowed, until he was obliged to sit
down and cool off. Then it occurred to
John that if he tobk off his pants he
might be more comfortable. There would
be no impropriety in it, for be was en
tirely concealed from . observation, and
there was not the slightest reason to sup
pose that he could be seen by any person.-
So John stripped off, and with no cover
ing save his linen —commonly called a
shirt—he resumed his work. Ho was
just congratulating himself on the good
times he was having, when he chanced to
disturb a huge black snake, a genuine
twister, with a white ring around his neck.
John was no coward, but he was mortally
afraid of snakes. “ Self-preservation” was
the first “ passage” that flashed upon his
mind; “legs, take care of the body,” was
the next. Dropping his scythe, and spin
ning around like a top, he was ready to
strike a 2.4.0 gait, when at that moment
his snakeship was near enough to hook
bis crooked teeth in John’s shirt, just
above the hem. With one tremendous
spring, be started off with the speed of
a locomotive. His first jump took the
snake clear from the ground, and as John
stole a hasty glance over his shoulder, lie
was horrified to find the reptile securely
fastened to the extremity of his garment,
while the speed with which he rushed
forward kept the serpent at an angle of
ninety degrees with his body. Here was
a quandary. If he stopped, the snake
would coil about his body and squeeze
him to death; if he continued the race,
he must soon fall from sheer exhaustion.
On he flew, scarce daring to think how
his dreadfui race was to end. Instinct
ively he had taken the direction of home,
and as he emerged from the forest, a feel
ing of security came over him. Suddenly
flashed across his mind the (rue state of
affairs —his father gone —-the quilting —
and, worst of all, the girls! This new
horror sent the blood back, curdling about
hi. heart, and ho came to a dead halt. —
The next moment ho felt the body of the
I cold, clammy monster in contact with his
bare legs, as though his snakeship only
j meditated a little fun, by way of tickling
John upon the knees This was too much
for human endurance. With a yell, such
as a man never utters save when in mortal
terror, poor John again set forward at
break-neck speed, and once more bad the
pleasure of seeing the snake in bis posi
tion, somewhat after the fashion of the
tail of a comet. On they flew! John
forgot the quilting, forgot the girls, forgot
everything but the snake.
His first wild shriek • had startled the
quilters, and forth they rushed, wondering
if some mad Indian was not prowling
about. By this time John was within a
few rods of the barn, still running at the
top of his speed, his head turned so that
lie might keep one eye on the snake, and
with the other observe what course lie
must take. The Darn now concealed him
from the sight of the girls. He knew
they were in the yard, having caught a
glimpse of them as they rushed from the
house. For a moment modesty overcame
i fear, and he once more halted. The rep
tile, evidently pleased with his rapid trans
portation, manifested his . gratitude by
attempting to infold the logs of our hero
within his embrace.
With an explosive “ouch!” and urged
forward by “circumstances over which he
had no control,” poor John bounded on.
The next moment he was in view of the
girls, and as he turned the corner of the j
barn, the snake came round with a whiz,
somewhat after the fashion of a coach
whip. Having reached tho barn-yard, to
his dismay, he found the bars up. But
time was too precious to be wasted in let
ling down bars. Ho gathered all his
strength, bounded into the air—snake
ditto —and as he alighted on the other
side his snakeship’s tail .cracked across
the upper bar.
[independent in everything.]
The house now became the centre of
attraction, and around it he revolved with
the speed of thought. Four times in each
revolution, as he turned the corner, his
snakeship came round with a whiz that
was quite refreshing. While describing
the third circle, as he came near the party
of wonder-stricken girls, without remo
ving his gaze from the snake, he managed
to cry out —“ call A man !”
The next moment he had whisked out
of sight, and quick as thought re appeared
upon the other side of the house loudly
reiterating—“call a man!”
Away he whirled again, turning the
corner so rapidly that the whiz of the
snake sounded about half-way between a
low whistle and the repeated pronuncia
tion of double-o. And before cither of
the girls had stirred from her tracks, be
had performed another revolution, still
wildly entreating —“call a man!”
Away he flew once more, but his strength
was rapidly failing. Nancy Clark was the
first to recover her presence of mind, and
seizing a hoop, she took her station near
the corner of „thc house, and as John re
appeared she brought it down upon the
snake with a force that broke its back
aud its hold upon John’s garment at the
same time.
John rushed into the house, and to his
room, and at tea-time re-appeared in his
best Sunday suit, looking but little the
worse for the race, and to all appearances
entirely cured of bashfulness. That night
he walked home with Nancy Clark. The
next New Year’s Day they were married;
and now, whenever John is inclined to
laugh at his wife’s hoops, she has only to
say/ “'call a man,” when he instantly
sobers down.
Strategy of Wied Hogs. —The fol
lowing appeared in Sillinian’s Journal)
in 1822 : “ It is common for farmers, who
reside in the thinly settled tracts of the
United States, to suffer their hogs to run
at large. These animalsfeed upon acorns
which arc very abundant in our extensive
forests, and in this situation they often
become wild and ferocious. A gentleman,
while travelling some years ago, through
the wilds of Vermont, perceived at a little
distance before him, a herd of swine, and
his attention was arrested by the agitation
they exhibited. He quickly perceived a
humber of young pigs in the centre of the
herd, and that the hogs were arranged
about them in a conical form, having their
heads all turned outwards. At the apex
of this singular cone, a huge boar had
placed himself, which from its size, seemed
to bo the master of the herd. The trav
eler now observed that a famished wolf
was attempting"by various manoeuvres, to
sicze on the pigs in the middle y but,
wherever he made an attack, the huge
boar, at the apex of the cone, presented
himself —the hogs dexterously arranging
themselves on each side of him, so as to
preserve the position of defence just men
tioned. The attention of the traveler was
for a moment withdrawn, and, upon turn
ing to view the combatants, he was sur
prised to find the herd of swine dispersed,
and the wolf no longer to be seen. On
riding up to the spot, the wolf was discov
ered dead on the ground, a rent being
made in his side more than a foot in length
—the boar, no doubt, having seized a fa
vorable opportunity, and with a sudden
plunge, dispatched his adversary with his
formidable tusks. It is a little remarka
ble that the ancient Romans, among the
various methods they devised for drawing
up. their armies in battle, had one exactly
resembling the posture assumed by the
swine above mentioned. The mode of at
tack they called Guncus or Caput porcin
-1 uni.
Down on Musk. —G-odey, the popular
publisher of a book for the ladies, is con
strained to speak out boldly in the Juno
number against that abominable perfume,
musk, which the ladies sometimes allow
themselves to be infested by. He says:
uWo contend that no woman should be
allowed to enter a car or church, who is
covered with this vile perfume. It is sick
ening to many, and to many ladies it
causes the headache. In many places,
where there is little ventilation, the smell
is very offensive and heavy. The general
supposition is, that those who use it have
some powerful motive for doing so—some
thing upon the counter irritation princi
ple ; the same reason that accompanies
gout; a person having that does not heed
a lesser pain.”
The Needful Courage.— Whatever
you be in rank, fortune or abilities, be not
a coward. Courage is the armor of the
heart, and the safeguard of all that is good
in this world. Not the valor that faces
the cannon, or braves the perils of the wil
derness and wave. That is a useful qual
ity, and much to be respected, yet only
after its kind, as a thing which a man may
i share with his dog. But the courage to
speak the truth, though it bo out of favor
and fashion; to stand by the right when
not on the winning side; to give the wrong
its true name, no matter what other people
think or say—that is the bravery most
wanted in these days of much profession
and little practice.
A NOBLE YOUTH.
The following anecdote was related to a
gentleman during a night he spent in a
farm-house in Virginia, some years ago:
In December, 17 —, toward the close of
a dreary day, a woman with an infant were
discovered half buried in the snow, by a
little Virginian seven years old.
The promising lad was returning from
school, and hearing the moans of some
one in distress, threw down his satchel of
books, and repaired to the spot whence
the sound proceeded, with a firmness be
coming one of riper years. Raking the
snow from the benumbed body of the
mother, and using means to awaken her
to a sense of her deplorable condition,
the noble youth succeeded' in getting her
upon her feet; the infant, nestling on its
mother’s breast, turned its eyes towards
their youthful preserver, and smiled/as
it seemed, in gratitude for its preserva
tion. With a countenance filled with
hope, the gallant youth cheered the suf
ferer on, himself, bearing within his tiny
arms the infant child, while the mother
leaned for support upon the shoulder of
her little conductor. “My home is hard
by,” he would exclaim, as often as her
spirits failed. And thus for three miles
did he cheer onward to a happy haven the
mother and child, both of whom other
wise must have perished, had it not been
for the humane feeling aud perseverance
of this noble youth. ;
A warm fire and kind' attention soon
relieved the sufferer, who, it appeared,
was in search of her hiisbaud, an emi
grant from New Hampshire, a recent
purchaser of a farm in the neighborhood
0 f , near this place. Diligent in
quiry for several days found him, and in
five months after, the identical house in
which we are now sittingwas erected, and
received the happy family.
- The child grew up to manhood, and en
tered the army. He lost a limb at New
Orleans, but returned to end his days, a
solace to the declining years of his aged
parpnts.
“ Where are they now ?” I asked the
narrator.
Here!” exclaimed the son. “I am
the rescued one; there is my mother; and
here, imprinted on my naked arm, is the
name of the noble youth —our preserver !”
I looked and read “ Winfield Scott,”
now Lieutenant-General of the United
States Army.
A Curious Clock. —An ingenious
Irishman named Miller; who flourished
one hundred years ago, made a clock
which had a piece of mechanism attached
to it described as follows ; It was the fig
ure of an old man standing in a case with
a curtain drawn before him. Opposite to
him was the face of the clock ; and every
time the clock struck, he opened the door
with one hand, drew hack the curtain with
the other, turned his head as if looking
round on the company, and then said with
a clear loud voice, “past one or two or
three,” and so on. But so many came to
see this curious piece of machinery that
Mr. Miller was in dangfer of being ruined
not having time to attend to his own bus
iness. So as none offered to purchase it
or reward him for his pains, he took the
vrhole machine to pieces. '
No Hope tor. Printers. —When Dr
Franklin’s mother-in-law first discovered
the young man had a hankering after her
daughter, that good old lady said she did
not know sowell about giving her daugh
ter to a printer; there were already two
printing offices in the United States, and
she wasn’t certain the country would sup
port them. It was plain young Franklin
would depend for his support upon the
profits of the third and this was rather a
doubtful chance. If such an objection
was urged to a would be son-in-law whcn
there were but two printing offices in the
United States, how can a printer hope to
get a wife how, when the census shows the
number to be 15,067.— Printer’s News
Letter.
A Very Humiliating Fact.—A
Memphis paper denounces the adminis
tration at Washington for its tyranny,
because of the “ humiliating fact that the
planters, farmers, lawyers, doctors, arti
sans and thrifty industrious laborers—
gentlemen all, whether rich or poor—are
dragged to measure their lives with the
outcast population of northern cities.
“Dragged”* is a good word for the process
adapted to filling the rebel army. But
our boys who volunteer will overlook the
humiliation of fighting with such unwil
ling soldiers.
E®* A New York Fire Zouave recently
took a horse belonging to a rebel, and ever
since has been much elated with hia, cap
ture. A day or two since, the owner of
the animal presented himself to the Zou
ave, and demanded the horse.
“ I have taken the oath of allegiance,
said ho, “ and the horse is mine.
“You may have taken the oath/ an
swered the New Yorker, “but the horse
has not, and I shall keep him till be does.
There was no replying to this, and the
.Zouave keeps the horse.
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Thk Riot among Southern Sol
diers. —It has already been mentioned
that a serious riot occurred, last week at '
Grand Junction, Tenn., among the com
panies of a Louisiana regiment. A cor
respondent of the Memphis Appeal gives
the subjoined particulars of the affair:
About six o’clock in the evening, after
imbibing pretty freely of “ bust-head,” a
row was commenced between the Frank
Guards and some of the other companies,
which resulted in a general fight of about
one hour’s duration, during which Major
York and the Colonel, aided by some of
the other officers, used every peaceable
means to quell it, but all to no avail. It
seemed to bo growing general, when some
of the men took shelter in the Perccy
Hotel, the doors of which were immedi
ately assailed with the butts of muskets,
axes and whatever else could be found to
answer the purpose of a battering ram.—
They soon succeeded in smashing in all
the doors, blinds and sash, when they
rushed in like a mob of infuriated devils,
and commenced an indiscriminate destruc
tion of the hotel furniture and everything
they could lay their hands on. Drawers
were torn open, the contents were des
troyed, the furniture was broken and
pitched out, the dining room table was
thrown over, and all the table furniture
broken, tho chairs smashed to pieces, and
such a general wreck you have never wit
nessed in a civilized community.
About this time, the efforts of tho offi
cers of the day and the guard proving un
availing to quell the mob, the officers, led
by their colonel commenced firing on
them, which resulted in tho death of two
upon the spot and the mortally wounding
of five or six others and some six more
dangerously' wounded. There were four
teen killed and seriously wounded, besides
a large number of others that left on tho
train that were slightly wounded. The
majority of the wounds were from pistol
shots, some were bayonet wounds and bro
ken heads from the clubbed muskets, the
men not having any ammunition.
Tho hotel looks like a hospital after a
hard fought battle. The dead and wounded
are strewn all over the second floor, and
tbe groans of the suffering arc terrible. —
After destroying the furniture and break
ing all that they could in the house, two
unsuccessful attempts were made to fire it.
Surprised.—A Minnesota paper tells
this story of the battle of Stone Bridge:
“Adjutant-General Sanborn relates that
when the Minnesota regiment was drawn
up in line of battle opposite to the Mis
sissippi regiment, the wagon-master of the
Minnesota regiment, our old friend, An
son Northup, was in the ranks, musket in
hand. The regiment, practising the Zou-
I ave drill, in which Northup is not very
proficient, fell flat on the ground—“every
man killed!” thought Northup; but, re
solved to have another crack at the rebels,
Northup re-loaded his musket, and just
after he fired, up jumped his comrades
j aud fired another round, as much to Nor
thup’s surprise, he said, as if so many
1 dead men had come out of their graves.
Whai “ Rip-Raps” Mean.—ln engi
neering, a “ rip-rap” is a foundation ob
tained by throwing stones together in a
heap, without any order, on the soft bot
tom. The fort or battery on the channel,
between Fortress Monroe and Sewell’s
Point, is constructed on such artificial
foundation, aud is therefore styled the
“ Rip-Rap.” The fortification was begun
about twenty years ago. Loose blocks of
granite were piled up to the height of
twenty or thirty feet, and permitted to
remain for several years, for the purpose
of settling tho foundation. The blocks
were taken down to within a few feet of
the water lino a year ago, and nothing
more has been done to the fortification
since.
A good joke is told of one of the
new recruits at the army at Barnacas.—
Col. Forney visited the Fort, and on his
appearing before the sentinel was chal
lenged :
“ Who comes there ?
“ Inspecter General,” was the reply of
| Forney.
“ Don’t care a cuss whether you are a
respectable gentleman or not. Can’t come
in here.”
Smart Scholar- —Did 1031I 031 cv . cr B ’ ee , au
Elephant skin ? asked a teacher in an in
fant school in a fast neighborhood.
‘I have V shouted a six year-old at the
foot of the class.
‘Where?’ inquired the teacher, consid
erably amused at his earnestness.
‘On the elephant,’ shouted the prodigy,
gleefully.
A rural poet, in describing his lady
love, says : She is as graceful as a water
lily, while her breath is like an armfuli ot
clover. His fete is evidently approaching
a crisis.
459-Fun is worth more than physic,
and whoever discovers a now source 0*
supply deserves the name of a public
benefactor- ' -
NO. 29.