I’S / ■; ; ioi Attorney* aad j!?2?*o d rnlerltoi»-der. tfiSlft U»to. *«, od bound to order 1S?* 0 ■npeper. ' ' vo *aty rasss^arKs lP^^sssS fe^Kssaa? d I*M htodto.^tS 1 ?-'* lMetu^rsu°m,r -« price*. Penua* Fillrecelre • o UB from b tod to our cere wOI bs end returned by » f.x. rttrStß^ tile Trihme Odtee. **. „ tty. Therwmdrotogff nd reoeiye end retro* boST. il who enUast theirirerCt. [Mtoehia,iggy> CQ £ : ' i . ; K>. o S w a-..* HH a « * Isa si» ►*«i w I g' t l s s| S 2 sill «***-for the Hsliditn. » gtxxl utock of pkfci infilctnro. raisins, &c, tln>.y««r. Molasses, Batter, WHEAT ELOftik, CORN MKAL, 4C., irge or mull aoutUta. stock &nd y« wffltod )WO, JACOB WIBB. ISTION WfIJCH f cTorjr ' article for rayWß itton, tfae Kt, hot if jou lEB - r hi* stock »jkl work. sMttßMitbfßnitLabMi ffent at flUr vriem. • 1 to eotitom k work, ali o Btto&ajcgi. Nooebatth •trod, Immediate! JOHN H. ROBXKIB. 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Banks, Pastor—Preaching . very Sabbath morning at IX o'clock, uud in the evening lit T uVlock. Prayer Meeting in tho Lecture Room every Wcdiiwlay evening at 7 o’clock. Sabbath School in same roi.m al yC$ o'clock in the morning. METHODIST EPISCOPAL—Rev. W, Lee Spotswood. pastor.—Preaching every Sabbath morning at 11 o’clock, ami iii the evening at 7 o’clock. Prayer Meeting in the Uclure Room every Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock.— Sabbath School in the same room nt 2 o'clock P. M. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN—Kev. C. L. Ehrenfeld. P.citor.—Preaching every Sabbath morning at 11 o’clock, uml in the evening at 7 o’clock. Prayer Meetinp-iu the Lecture Room every Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock.— S.il'Lath School in name room at 9 o’clock A. M. BAPTIST—Rev. A. It. Sexbower, Pastor.—Preaching \ltv Sabbath morning at IX o’clock, and in the eveuingat • ~,vWk. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening at ;,/cluck. Sabbath School at 9 o’cbick A. M. - ' UNITED URETHKEN—Rev. tSAXUEL Kephart. Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at 11 o’clock, and in Che ■ v-niugat 7 o’clock. Prayer the Lecture Room .-v«-ry Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock, Sabbafn School in thf same room at 9 o’clock in the morning. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL—(No regular Pastor.) — Pit acliiug on Sabbath morning at 11 o’clock, and in the t-vi-iiiiig at 7 ./clock -"Prayer Meeting every Wednesday • veiling at 7 o’clock. Sabbath School at 9 o’clock A. M. ENGLISH CATHOLIC—Rev. Jons Tvicci, Pastor—Di vine services every Sabbath morning at o’clock uud in the afternoon.at J o’clock. Sabbath School at 2 o’clock in tho afternoon. GERMAN CATHOLIC—Rev. : , Pastor. —Divine services every Sabbath morning al 10J4 o’clock, and in the afternoon at 3 o’clock. Sabbath School pt I i.rluck In tho afternoon. AFRICAN METHODIST—Ucv. Alexander Johnston, Pastor.—Preaching every Fourth Sabbath in each month. Prayer Meeting every Friday evening at 7 o’clock. Sab bath School at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. RAIL ROAD SCHEDULE. OX AND AFTER MONDAY, JAN. 27, 18G2. TRAINS will arrive at and leave Altoona Station a« follows: Train East arrives P.M., M JVest - 8,20 A. M. Fust \ 44 East “ 7,40 A.M. “ West ;* 8,55 P. M., Gail East “ XUSO A. M., “ West “ 3,15 P.M., Tl.e UOLUDAifSSUBS BRANCH couuecls with Ex press Train West, and Past Line and Mail Train East and West. INDIANA BRANCH TRAINS connect with Mail train and Johnstown Accommodation East and West, Express Went, ami with Local Freights. ENOCH LEWIS, Gen'l Supt . ‘MAILS CLOSE AND OPEN. MAILS CLOSE. Eastern Way Western Way....... UoUitlaysburg..... Western Through. Eastern Through. MAILS ARRIVE. 8.15 A. M. *ll 15 A.M. SIOA..M. 8 20 “ ll 22 A. M, 1 65 P. 51, H»ili«lay*burg Western Through bistera Through ffwtern.Way ...... Eastern Way uf«ck Uocm:—During the week, from 6 45 a. m. til ' (W p, m. On Sunday*, from 7 45 till 9 00 a. m •* GKO. W. PATTON P. 51 MEETINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS. MOUNTAIN-LODGE, No. 381. A. Y. M.. meets on second Tuesday Of each month, at 7Vi o’clock P. M, in the third story of tho .Masonic Temple. MOUNTAIN R. A. CHAPTER, No. 189 R. A. C., meets "it the first Thursday of each month, *t o’clock P. M., m »a_me room as above. MOUNTAIN COUNCIL, No, 9; on the first Monday of each month, at o’clock P. M. t in same r‘' i n» as above. MOUNTAIN COHJIANDERY, No. 10, K. T. meets on f- ie fourth Tuesday of each month, at I% o’clockP.M., 115 room ag above. ALTOONA LODGE, No. 473, I. O. of 0. F.». meets every t nday evening, at 7*4 o’clock. In the second story of the Jla«c»Dic Temple. ' EKANDA LODGE, No. 532, I. 0. of O. V., meets every • iiitwlay evening, at 7U o’clock, in third story of Patton’s Budding, on Virginia street. * WI NNEBAGO TRIBE, No: 35, I/O. R. M., meets every u- sday evening in the second story of Masonic Temple. Luimnl ftre kindled at 7th run 30tb breath. < ALI»H>NA DIVISION, No. 311, 8. of T~ meets every', ■ -uiinhy tuning, at 7 o’clock,- in the second story of the* Masonic Trmpht. / „ STATE OFFICERS. wrrrmr —Andrew 0. Cnrtin. Vrrrtar, „f »,ir«_EH Sllfer. ■ ■W"rn'S Grnentl— William M. Meredith. -tuadM- Grutral —Thomas E. Cocliran. L - Wright. MjiUanl ftncml-E. M. Biddle. ■Mair Irrasiirv —Henry D. Moore. ' BLA >» COUNTY OFFICERS. 'Prwident Jndge, Hon George Trt- SlZ Samuel Dean, Adam Moses. ,^± ,ator -Ho". Lewis W. Hall. '/. ' Banks. £S^7w An * hon y s - K "««- ShtHff S’* Hugh A. Caldwell. hidri,T‘u?‘ McCamant. Deputy—John Marks. i,“X ftorntj-llenjamin L. flewß. Jamej M Goorgo *■• Cow,ln - George Koon, Trmti? aTr '?? r ~' ,n,UM I* flwin. /W w ~ John M eKeage. I inraajf Ttctor *—Peter Good, William Bnrley, David a S; 1 “ d, ' , ' , ’~ A -' M -f lo y d > HoHt.M.Meaalmar, L.L. fr?7*- J . Freeman. pmnUndfnt of Common School*— John Mitchell. , Altoona borCuch officers. a '^w!*n]uSw* COb M - eh(>r, 7' John McClelland. I Dov^rit'oI A- A ' DanielXanghman, John Mc &• J-n re rw c oosko ii k oBte,ter ’ *•j *'Ar^r^~ D “ W Baughman. Sfe^ggsgnU! a - Hneman - K. Ely. StaU ’ °* ni yi -Borough and School lit*—Jos. MCCOnniCk - A,“j?* °r ,~ flu>oll Hesser. J.L.Beifanyder. I ./ V «w«ow-Ba.t Wanl—William Maloney. ! “ « L - pl P er - WaS^^?n~ Chri *i Un dirtier. * wUt 2"“*'**» Hooper. “ Wanl—J. .K'. Heilman, Robe. ntßairna. Sorth Ward— Kebt. j^Vcondo. 10 00 The lawyer’s experience, as given below, is; not a singular one, qnd some of ouf readers, no doubt, have abundant reasons for sympathy with him in bis troubles.— The difficulty is, experience in such a case does not always bring wisdotn , I had a wife and three small children. My office was in Boston, and wo lived in an adjoining town. I needed the exercise of: riding, and a drive now and then, to ward evening, with my family, would be good for us all. We,had .formerly lived in the country, where everybody keeps horses, and a horse seemed really necessary to our comfort, and so I determined to buy one. I had owned several horses in my dajr, and knew something lof horse-flesh, and I had been engaged in. several horse cases in court, and of course I knew, as every man of observation knows, that horses are a dangerous commodity to deal in. Being, however, forewarned, and be ing a lawyer. I felt no apprehension that I could not look pretty well after one side of the bargain. Before trying to buy an article, I always make up my mind exactly what I want.— Then I .am not misled by every foolish leaves 9,56 P. M ” 8,40 A.M* “ 7.55 A.M, “ 9,10 P.M, *• 12.05 P. M 44 3,30 P.M* ll 00 A.M. 8 00 “ 8 00 A. M. k 11 00 A. M. 7 00 P. M 7OO « minister, when 1 lived in the country, tell the only horse-jockey in the parish that he,wanted just such a horse, and I heard the jockey’s irreverent reply, “Why, you old fool, there ain’t no such boss.” Yet I had heard of such animals, and seen them advertised, and if I had not happened to see one that .exactly answered the descip tioh, it was probably because I had not been looking particularly after him. When it became known that 1 was in want of a horse, it was really amusing to see the attempts made to deceive me.— They evidently thought I was a green hand at the business, and that I was a fit,sub ject for any imposition. One fine-looking animal was brought me, that to a careless observer, would have seemed nearly perfection. He had a slight cough, but the owner assured me it was nothing, only a cold the horse had taken the day before, by standing in a draught. He could not deceive me. I had owned a horse with the heaves , years ago, and ad vised. him to take his worthless beast to somebody who did not know so much about horses. Another would have suited me exactly, but he had several scars on his legs, caused, as the dealer said, by break ing ;’th rough thestable floor. I inquired a little, and ascertained that he had taken fright, upset the carriage, and gone home, two miles, on the dead run, 'with the for ward wheels, into his stall, carrying with him a hay-cutter and a grind-stone that stood on the floor, and so had cut himself .to pieces trying to kick away the frag ments. Another had au interfering strap On his ankle, having lately been badly shod. I saw through that poor falsehood at once. I think I should have bought of one deader whom I knew, and who assured me he would not for the world deceive me, had not the singular animal exhibited the Moke foettj. Prom ise Atlantic Monthly. THE SOUTHERN CROSS. Deem not the ravished glory thine; Nor think the flig shall ecathleM wave Whereon thou bkld’st its prestige shine, — Land of the traitor and the slave! Ood never set that holy sign ~L— In deathless light among His stars To make its blazonry divine A scutcheon for thine Unpioat wars I And surely as the Wrong moet taU Before the everlasting Bight, So snrely thy device shall pale And shrivel in the Northern light! Look, where its coming splendors stream I The red and white athwart the blue,- While far above, the imconquered giom Of Freedom’s stars is biasing through! Hark to the rustle and the sweep, Like sound of mighty wings unfurled, And bearing down the sapphire steep Heaven’s hosts to help tho imperilled world! Light in the North! Bach bristling lance Of steely sheen a promise bears; And all the midnight where they glance A rosy flush of morning wears! Yon symbol' of your Southern sky Shall surely mean but grief and loss Then tremble, as ye raise on high, In sacrilege, the Southern Cross! 0 brothers! we entreat in pain. Take ye the unblessed emblem down! Or purge year standard of ite stain, And join it with the-Northern Crown! Mtltfi IfpMdlXKI. A HORSE BOUGHT, •AND A LAWYER SOLD. UV A COCNBW.LOE AT LAW. fancy, as one is liable to be who looks through the market for something that suits him. -The horse I would buy must be a good saddle-horse, , a pacer or ambler under-the saddle, but of course a square trotter in harness. He must he young and sound, of handsome, sprightly figure, kind as a kitten, never needing the Whip, but yet safe for my wife to drive, not afraid of the engine, fast or slow at the driver’s elec tion. To be sure, I had ones heard our ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1862. j unfortunate eccentricity of standing on his fore legs exclusively at intervals, when I attempted to ride him outward from the stable, owing probably to a defective ner vous organization. I determined to have no more to do with dealers, but to keep a . sharp lookout for myself, and when I found the right, kind of an animal,'to buy him, even if X had to pay a high price. Walking one afternoon from Cambridge to Somerville, I rested for a moment by the hawthorn hedge at the foot of Kirk land street, and looking back, I beheld a beautiful .black horse, surmounted by an elderly cadaverous gentlemen, who had somewhat the ■ air of a clergyman. The horse was moving at an easy, ambling pace, scarcely faster than a walk, the rein kinging loosely ph his neck, while the rider was,serenely:reading a newspaper.— In the language of the free-love woman to “ Artemus Ward at Berlin Hites,” I men tally exclaimed, “I have found him at last.’’ I accosted the traveller, and pass ing by the details of our conversation, it is sufficient to say that the animal was everything that could be desired, and al though it would well nigh break the hearts of the owner’s family to part with hiTn ; he could be bought for the moderate sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. It may be interesting to the reader, al though Somewhat premature, to learn Vhat I afterwards discovered, that the owner’s “family” consisted of one bull-terrier pup which slept with him in a stable-loft every night I met the owner, by appointment, next day, at my office in Boston. He had been employed, he said, as travelling agent of a Boston house, and had no father use for the horse; he would give me a written warranty of the animal as perfectly sound and kind; I might take him home a week and try him, and see for myself. Nothing could be fairer than this. I took my prize to my own stable. .' I kept him full a week. I rode him and droye him daily; my wife rode him and drove him ; my man Barney rode him and drove him. My admiration of him increased. He was to all appear ance sound and kind. He was fast or slow as I choose to have him. • He would face the cars without winking, and stand with out tying. In short, he was a perfect horse. - At the end of the week I paid the price, took a written warranty, and went home rejoicing in my success. Every horse should have a name, and we conclu ded" to call this ope, on account of his many good qualities, Honesty. For a few days I was engaged constantly in a long trial in court. The horse stood still in the stable, well fed and well groomed, so as to be in the best condition for use when my leisure days should come. Barney said one day that he harnessed Honesty to the wagon to bring some oats from foe store, and that he refused for some time to start from the yard. However;* Barney was no horse man, and I thought that the fault was in his awkwardness in handling the reins.— A day or two later, my wife’s brother took her with the children out for a drive with Honesty, in the carryall, and she re ported that the animal insisted on going upßeacon street, instead of Tremont street, where they wanted to go. This did not seem exactly right, but still I had full faith that Honesty would prove all right when I held the reins. Finally,- my trial: in .court was finished, and there was to be a- picnic near Fresh Pond, where all my : friends were going.— I had bought a new light top-buggy, and harness to match, and wife and I drove up. Honesty was in high feather, and made the new carriage spin along like a linen wheel. We passed the afternoon in the woods, and when our carriage was brought up for our return, everybody was attracted by our elegant turn-out. I confess I felt not a little pleased with this universal ap preciation of my taste. I don’t know why it is, but everybody considers a. compli ment to his horse as fully equivalent to one to himself. We bode adieu to our ad miring friends; I handed my wife into the carriage, gathered up the ribbons, and waved my hand by way of parting saluta tion. Honesty pawed, but did not move forward. I chirruped and shook the reins. Honesty shook his head, and gave a sig nificant snort. A friend took him by his bit, when he stepped rapidly backward, till the new buggy brought up against a tree. I touched Mm with the whip, when he reared and snorted, and my wife screamed. “Don’t wMp him,” cried a friend; “wMp pinjg never does any good to a contrary horse.” “ He is an offender, I see by jiis actions,” said another. The details of the exhibition are not agreeable to dwell upon. Neither coaxing, whipping or pushing could induce that beast to .even draw the empty carriage out of its tracks. I asked a' friend to take my wife home, and leaving my elegant car riage, ignominiously led tlie obstinate brute to a stable near by* and left him for the night. “ A sadder and a wiser man I rose the morrow mom." I persevered with Hon esty yet a while, but after being kept two hours by his stopping in a rainy night on Cambridge bridge, on one occasion, and [independent in everything, j I being obliged to leave him in the stable yard, when in great haste, to meet an en gagement at Lexington, I reluctantly con cluded that he was not perfectly Umi My wife had long since declined further experiments with him. I ; was puzzled whether to admit myself duped and cheated, or attempt to cure the defect. I rode the beast occasionally, and sometimes drove him, with various successes. One day I had business at Concord, at the county court, and with a friend drove into that beautiful village just at sunset Court had just adjourned for the day and my brother lawyers, and clients,, and jurors, and wit nesses, were lounging about .the hotel and the old elm on the common, i Just as we came in front of the Middlesex Hotel, I observed my horse suddenly to falter; throwing up his head, and jerking it side ways in a manner remarkable to see, seemed quite bewildered. “He has a fit Jump out or you will get hurt,” cried the multitude, which at once surrounded us. My friend -obeyed the call, and I at tempted to dp so, just as the distracted beast sallied backward over the shaft, and “Mortham, steed and rider felh” Down we came in one miscellaneous' heap, the carriage essentially smashed, and his owner vexed and discomfitted. A few days proved that Honesty was subject to . fre quent attacks of this kind. But had I not a warranty, and am I not a lawyer 1 Straightway I commenced an action for deceit.' It is a proverb at the bar, that a lawyer who tries his own case has a fool for hi? client. I retained and paid counsel. I summoned and paid wit nesses ; consulted and paid Dr. Dadd and other experts. The case was tried, and all Middlesex county was made to under stand how a lawyer had been cheated by a jockey. The jury rendered a verdict in my favor for one hundred and twenty-five dollars damages, probably upon the idea that a lawyer ought not recover more than half that he is cheated out of. I gave my execution to an officer, with orders to ar rest the rascal, and told my counsel to op pose him at every step, and follow him to the end of the law. , After a few months my attorney sent for me, and gave me the result of follow mg my directions., The defendent had been committed to jail, where he had qui etly remained several weeks, apparently happy in the consciousness that by the beneficient provisions erf our laws, I, his creditor, was paying one dollar and sev enty-five cents for his board. Then he had given notice of his intention to avail himself of a further benificent provision of our statutes by taking the poor debtors oath. My counsel had faithfully obeyed instructions, and opposed him there, pay ing for me, according to law, two dollars per day to the commissioner, while the ex amination was pending. Finally, the vag abond had succeeded in swearing out, and my various bills amounted to about the amount I had first paid, two hundred and fifty dollars. The enemy was free, but I was not. 1 still had that “ dreadful horse,” worse than Mr. Pickwick’s, that nobody would take away. A neighboring horsestealer offered me fifty dollars, and I sold him and took his note for the amount. A few days af ter, I asked him what he had done with him. He said he had advertised him to sell at a horse sale in the city. I had a rational curiosity to see the advertisement, and asked him to show it to me, which he did, and it ran as follows: “ Black Saddle Horse. A particularly fineblack saddle horse, perfectly sound and kind in all re spects, and free from tricks.” I don’t know how much he got for Ms fine saddle-horse. I only know that I still hold his wort Mess note for fifty dol lars.—American Stock Journal. •3" The Sierra Democrat relates the fol lowing: A suit for divorce was commenced in the upper district of Downieville. The Deputy Sheriff served a summons on the defendant—a case clearly proved de sertion. Our colored friend rolled up bis eyes as he looked at the summons, and said: “ What’s dis?” - “ It’s a summons,” replied the Sheriff, “Your wife has commenced suit for di vorce, and she claims the young ones and the house.” “ Well,” said our colored friendf “cus tom’s h*w. Got to stand it. Dem chil dren she can have. Never claimed ’em no how; one belongs to Dick, de buck saw man, and de other to Jackson de bar ber ; but de house is mine—l paid for de house and I’s gwine to hold on to it.” W A Patlander, in travelling on his way to Manchester, New Hampshire, ar rived at the fork of the road where there stood a sign-board, which ran thus, “Man chester, four miles.” “Man chased her four miles!” cried Pat. “Be the bouly •poker, X oould have caught hermeseif in half the 'time!” A. Painful Situation In Portland a horse put his foot {{trough a lady’s hoop skirt, and to extricate it three men were required to hold the horse and two to hold the lady. BOXED TUSKET. Geo. Coleman and myself were chums and as a natural consequence, roomed to gether. George possessed a fine spirit for fun, and when an opportunity offered whereby he could outwit the faculy or the overwaichful tutors, he was sure to'im prove it One' cold rainy evening towards the latter part of December, George and myself were snugly esconced in our little room on the third floor of the college building.— Both of us had been for the last two hours deeply engaged in study. Now, our stud ies being fully learned, we threw aside our books and sat gazing vacantly at the fire. Presently, George arose, and after pacing up and down the room several times, ex claimed aloud— “ I have it! Now for some fun.” He thereupon seated himself in front of me, as thought-some matter of great impor tance was to be dinnifinfd “Lew,” paid he, “ what do you say to having some roast turkey?” I replied that it would be very accepta ble; and wished to be informed how we were to procure the article in question. “ Why, easy enough,” he replied. “ All you,have to do is to follow my directions and the turkey will be forthcoming. He then bade me remain until fie re turned. Putting on his hat and coat he left the room. He soon returned, however, and from beneath his overcoat produced a fine plump turkey, all dressed ready for cooking, procured by some mysterious means. He sat about the task of being chief cock, tying a thin wire to the neck of the fowl, and then suspending it like Mohammed’s coffin, between Heaven earth, from the mantle shelf, thereby imi itating the old custom of cooking. All things had progressed very well, so for, and the savory smell arising from the now nearly cooked turkey, served to in crease our appetite, and our mouths wa tered at the sight. It was now done and ready to be served, when we were Startled by a loud knock, at the door. i George hastily caught up our bird, and raising the window, Jet it down gently by the wire; jthen making the wire fast, he softly closed the 'window and resumed his studies, while I waited on the door, which' I opened, and there before me : stood one of my tutors. He said he called to see if our room needed any repairing; and of course we invited him to enter, which he did. He said he always took a deep interest in the personal welfare of the students, and he thought perhaps our closet wanted repairing—thereupon locking in it. He next looked under foe bed to see if we needed any carpet there; also in the! bed, to see if more covering were essential to our comfort. But on finding all right he seated himself in a chair and wanted to know if foe culinary department hsd been moved to foe upper part of foe building, as he smelt the fumes of cooking Vefy plainly. We made what excoto we could; and after remaining, in all, about an hour and a half, he took his leave. George immediately raised the window, and hauled up the wire on which oilr even ing meal had been suspended. Judge of our chagrin and astonishment when we beheld, instead of the turkey, only the bones fastened to the wire, and a paper accompanying them, on which was written, “ That was mighty good! send us another. The joke of it was, we had hung it against the Window of the room below ours, and the inmates seeing it dangling down, appropriated it to their own use.— Long after that we were known as the cooks. A SoLpiEE.— Miss Nightingale tells the following: I remember a sergeantwho was on picket, the rest of the picket being killed, and himself battered about the head, he stumbled back to camp, and on his way picked up a wounded man, and brought him in on his shoulders to the lines, where he fell down insensible. When, after many hours, he recovered his senses—l believe after trepanning, his first words were to ask after his comrade:—“ls he alive?” “ Comrade, indeed! yes, he’s alive; it is the General.” At that moment the Gen eral, though badly wounded, appeared at the bedside. “Oh, General, it’s you, is it Ibroughtin? I’m so glad. I didn’t know your honor; but if Pd known it was you, I’d saved you all the same.” This is the true soldier’s grit. Element of Success. —He who is open, without levity; generous without waste, secret without craft, humble, without meanness; bold, without insolence; cautions, without anxiety; regular, yet not formal ; mild, yet not timid; firm, yet not tyran nical ; —is made to pass the ordeal of honor, friendship and virtue. * W The last dog story is of two dogs who fen to fighting ha a saw mill- In file course of the tassel one of the dogs went phnhp against a saw in rapid motion, which cut' hipi in two ipstanter.. Thje hind legs ran away, but the fore' lees ocm tinned the fight, and whipped the ofhdr dog. ■ ' EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. lwag at a diootbagmatdi, for a beef, down in Illinois, several. jean ago, «ad at met a knowing character, naaedßill French, pill used to fool the bore a apod oml. Alter the shooting wag ovcr^Tßjll said to the chap who won the beef: “Dave, do you know as how Pm a witch?” “No,” replied Dave? and I reckon I never will know it.” “Now you might,” confoucdDiU, “for 1 am a witch and no mistake, apd tfyou don't believe it, I’ll make ye believe it'by bewitchin’ yer gun.” “ By bewitchinV fiddle-stick!’’ “Tre sir, I can do it. ; Now jun got the beef, and you think yersoipe pumpkins of a shooter, and your party sharp at it. But for all that, I’ll teU you Sriuft I cut do. If you'll let me rub my hands over the mtizzle ofyer.gun after ye’ve raised it up to shoot, you may do, your bwt than. and by blue, I’ll bet you’ll not be aWMo hit that big tree yonder.” “Bet you a quart on that,” said Dave, whidt bet waa cordially accepted. Dave got ready to shoot, and his gifted or “possessed” friend Bill pasaed his over the ihuzzle of the gun. Dave. took deliberate aim, Davefired, and, auto enough Dave missed the tree! And straightway the quart was forthcoming. Having ta ken a few hearty pulls at the whUkey, Bill, the witch, boasted loud and lone; of what he could do. He would bet any nw n a gallon that he could take his gun and shoot into the tree, and the Mood would N run out at the bullet-hole. Or,, if that would not do he would bet any pngo a gallon that he could shoot a hole thtoqgh hia hat, even though it was placed on the side of the tree apposite to die one fhcing him. No one would bet and so heiftim mered doiyn. On meeting with Him pest day, he told me that he dropped a fp|»ll shot into the muzzle of Dave’s gun on pas* sing his hand over h, and tbit said shot was the cause of his missing the-trce. A CoMi'OBXABI.E Earn 'Ffff domains of the Pqke of Devonshire lyoald cover one of our largest counties. The park immediately surrounding the palace is eleven miles in eircnmferenc, ahdcon tains 8,000 acres. The principal gaadeo for vegetables, fruits, greenhouses fcp., is 25 acres. There are 30 greenhouses, from 50 to 85 feet long. We went three containing nothing but melons and cucumbers. One peach tree on the ghue wall measures 51 feet in width, feet liigh, and hears 1,000 peaches. Jt is the latest in the world- The grape* houses, five or six in M, are 600fwtldng, and such grapes! We saw pin«-applte weighing ten or fifteen pounds each. One green-house had only Ggp, atmthy mushrooms. But what shall be mid the great conservatory, Med' with every variety of tropical plants? It wonders of the world. It covers an acreof ground, and is 100 feet high, of oval and cost $500,000. It is healed by ffetlHl and hot water pipe, wbiph ■in <* miles m length. The app»w»tpa' y 600 tons of coal in a year. We SwSh* ana trees twenty fret high, with chufera of fruit, sugarpane, Iffailrn'ri. and in pyeiy he named. Several of the. paly txa» are from fifty to sixty feet fegti TChe smoke of the immense lire tmderiieatiils carried in pipes underground. Daeifean tain tbwws a jet of water to thahekfatof 275 feet, «rA peasant who had a nueerahtaold hack horse ~Who was old age, resolved to dcstroylmh. jgf-fce tras riding along the road, he set ajockey riding aeuperb fnU-bloodod Aiatianboofc “My friend,” said the owner of the ep tiquited animal, I’ll bet 'you tendpSars.| chn do with my horse what fiiit ’do with yours.” • “ Done!” said the jockey. The peasant quietly led bis Hny* to Ihe brink of the river and pushed h»»p in. “Now, let’s see you do that wi&your horse,” he said. ' ; The jockey preferred paying the tea dollars. gS*'As a proof sfcat gufe arpjyj&J ticles and that die world coquk’t yen well get along tnibont thanu stated, by a Better ftet, that # aU tie girls were to be the jii fm, generation the b»w w*M all go after them. 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