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l.i* aj,rihg gone into the Dry Ooodhn.l™.
rweivei!alargunm) entirely newatvckof
I ESS GOODS,
e«. embracing all the latest, pretileetaed koe
Hl<>N ABLE PATTERNS.
■fthtch may l>e fonnd every cußlfcr of rood.
I which it would be tootKltolli io
Vtne lint of pure, fresh and cheap ;
KBIES & PROVISIONS
:tn«k pn ier” to any of my competitors. It,
tent I feel sure' that I can redder MstirticCine
■>f country pfodoce taken in ezclianse f„r
»c htglidat market price allnwni.
Il * f , ' ,r :' wr ~f Annie and Helen Mrrela. East
~a « ... ™UMA S HEiiLOP
JACOB WEIS,
1R AND CONFECTIONER.
r ta<ii.\n Street. Altooha. P*_
K CONsTa NTLY ON HAND
EAD, OAKES, CANDIES
*iKATS. of hi* own manufacture. winch b-
OH. wli dt*a]e or retail. at the most reaeo*'-
*ORE? i.V-FHtntS. wch *v
lE<. LEMON'S, TISE-aPPLES,
L’NTiS, RAISINS, NUTS, &C., &C
In ftmr respective *4-fts>xi«.
S BAKED TO ORDER.
occasii n*. ou abort uot:c« and In the neat
tyle of the art. -
?ne and price my stork and you will find
(.cheap s» au) be porcliaaed elsewhere.
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I nreiTed on depcnita, payable on dennuni,
*• or upon time, with Intweat »t fclr nite*.
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pt ioa ta boain—a, aad a dcalre torender mi
k;Mnlt'.iri« and quality, he hope* to
l« « Aar* of pnblie patronage.
B *WBk«nU<mppliwl on peaaonaUe term*.
kna Bjplwjiir ii promptly attracted to.
compounded. [Wi.
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lit fn upon the eboka and chart* aenort
rDJUt-SGOnDS near dlrnhwed upon ,b "
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Coir, of Tlroiitla and CaniMn* eta
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JIL, COLOGNE*.
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McCBUM & BERN,
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Muskingum Valley
STEAM WOIiKS
cornua op
Market and Third Stmts,
ZANESVILLE. OHIO.
HT’K AEE NOW TDRNUiO OCT A LABOE
T T Dttmlxu of our Improved Pormble jSUem Enzioe.
.ud I'ortebi* drooler turn MUU. u welt m Staliuatrv
KujiDM»»d 8»wMI1U. men/of whJehorß IMiog Ibeii
W«y into Blmlr. Combi to, Haßtlßcdoo ood Cnwfoid Conn
tin, end oUwr p»ru of tbe atom oCPoomnlrsnia. Tluiar
Already rrcelved and to operation, are giTlp* the niuat en
tire MUefiKtlon. Then It now hardly a State or Territory
10 the Onion, bat that lajr improved Portable £ogiurV
.ml Saw unit are in nee in. All onr Engine have Spark
Arreeler SUckt on them which coadue the dying eparke,
We would reepoctfoltj refer you to the follu'wiiig gentle
uieo and Certiflcalee for the portability dtiiity and urac
tical operation! of oar Portable Steam Biigine. and Saw
Mill.:
Hartbtowm, Crawford Co . Pa..)
May I6lb, 1863. /
Mimes. J. A J. H. Duvall GfiUUnen —We received
our Twenty Horse Power Portable Engine and Baw Mill,
iu good order. We are perfectly satisfied with ii ; every
thing works to our entire satisfaction—iu feet! beyond our
expectations. We saved 4000 feet of white-oak boards in
dfe hours, and could hare dou»* mare in the sopie time
hsd #« have bad piod lop.
We take pleasure In recommending those iu want ol
saw Hills and Engines to purchase of you.
Respectfully, C. RE YNOLDS * &. AN DRESS.
We are authorised to say, (or Mr. Samuel Millikan, o
Hollldaysburg, that the 20 burse power Portable En
gine and Saw Mill we eold him, has folly met hi* expec
tattoo and proved itself to be all that was-claimed for <t
io onr circular; and since starting it, has sent in his
ordu> fox a second Engine and Saw Hill, of same powet
and size.
For (hither references, we will give the names of M.
T . Dill and Thomas U'Aulley, Altoona, Pa.; A. L. Holli
day. Hollldaysburg, Pa.; M.M. Adams. Crosaou, Pa.; W.
B. Zeigler and Joseph 8. Reed, Huntingdon. Pa.: Mesen-.
Burley, k Co.. Tyrone, Pa., at) of whom have purchas'd
Portable Steam Kogiues and. Portable Circular Saw Mil!.-
of us.
We fully warrant 1 our Engines and Saw Mills, to be
made of first-class \material: workman»hii> the same:
with Brass Ball Valves in pumps and check*, and to saw
frotn 6.000 to 10.000 leel of lumber per day—-*tiy 10 hours.
Orders solicited. Description circular sent to all cor
i“spuudent*. Respectfully,
J. A J. H. DUVALL.
Corner Market and art! Streets,
just opposite C. 0. R. Road Depot. Zsne-ville. Ohio.
June 2,18634 m.
0, YES! 0, YES!!
THIS WAY! THIS WAY!
NEW
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS.
JB. HILEMAN has just receive I a
• large and well stock of Goods, consisting
of Cloths, Plain ami Fancy Ca**lmere«, ditinettt, Ken
tucky Jeans. Tweeds, Beaverteens, Blue Drilling, and all
oth*r kinds of Goods for
MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR,
together with » grand and magnificent atturtment of
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS.
Ihtck as Black and Fhncy Silks* Chollies, Bertgts, Brilliants,
Lawns. Betaines, CfdtUa, Beßeaes, Crapes. Prints,
f rape and SUUa Shawls, Mantillas. Underderces and
Hosiery. Bonnets and Ribbons. Collars; Band
kerchiefs. Kid Glare*.Booped Skirts, Skirl
ing, Lace Mitts, do. t£c.
ALSO,
Tickings, Check*, Bleached and Unbleached Mu. I in*.
Cotton and Linen Table Diaper, Crash, Nankeen, Ac.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HARDWARE, QUEENSWAKK,
WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE, '
OIL CLOTHS, CARPETS, AC.
GROCERIES.
Our stock of Groceries L* more extensive than ever, and
consists of Bio and Java Coffee, Crashed. Loaf and N O.
Sugars; Green, Y. U. and Black Teas; Molasses, Soap*.
Candle*, Baft, fish. Ac.
Thankful to the public fb< a the very liberal patronage
heretofore received, be hopes by strict attention to busi
f>eas, and an etuleaafar to please* to merit a continuance of
tbh tame. * *
Call and examine his Stock, and you will be con
vinced th t he has the, bestassortmentand cheapest Goods
la the market.
*«* Country Produce of all kinds taken in exchange for
Goods At. market prices.
Altoona, April 28.1863.
EXCELSIOR
Hat Sd Cap Store.
THE PROPRIETOR OF THE
X “EXCELSIOR” HAT and CAP Store.
««’ttld Inform a is customers, auJ the Public generally.
that.be returned Jfcom the city with the largest
aad most varied stock of'goods la his line evtr brought to
Altoona, ali of whkh be has bow on exhibition and sale at
his abw store loom on Virginia street, nest door to Jag
v&nfs store. Bis stock embraces all the latest styles of
SPRING AND SUMMER
HATS, J| CAPS,
MISSES’ FLATS, &C.
Ri« Stock of Hats and Caps are of the very bast selection,
of eveiy style, color and shape, for both old aad young.
All he asks is that the people call aftd examine his stock,
sad hs feels confident U*at he can tend them away re
joicing, if aot in the purchase of such an article as they
wanted, at the remembrance of baring looked upon the
handsomest stock of Hats, Caps, Flats, Ac., ever exhibited
in this town.
I have.alsooa hand aa eutferolyneir stock of
Ladies’ ud (Mdreas’ flats and Fiats,
*b!eh I am confident Moot be anrpaeeed in ihe country,
111 of which I will cell at the mort reasonable pride. He
member the -Halt of Paehlon when yon anything in
u>« line of hem! covering, and call on
May 4. ’6
N" ©w Drug Store.
rV BERLIN & CO., ANNOUNCE 10
\ the of Altoona and vicinity that they hare
opened a Drug and Variety Store in
WORK’S NEW BUILDING,
l irginia Street, between Julia and Caroline Streets,
where may he had
DHUOS. CHEMICALS. DTE-STUFFS,
„ . PATENT MEDICINES, PEP FUMED lE.t,
PAINTS, pa, GLASS PUTTY,
*“'* ail other articles usually sold in the Drug business'
OUU MEDICINES
»« «f the purest and uest quality, and our Chemicals
u s* “K*“ « f the best man nfact opera.
lm ’ others requiring to use,
WiZ? '*L US ’ y*«NW««*. TORHBim.V*.
•ndsio Utau, Putty, Pinnt Predict, Sadi Tools, <fe,, «fc„
««d unr assortment to be of the
*MT OCALJTY AND AT THE LOWKST PRICES,
csl P® re tt Wines and Liquors for Medicinal, Meehani-
J>ai Aacramental purposes always In store.
»X.Wi°2Sl”5 ,r .? et,Jr * nd P™“P t| y unswered, and
eueian* Prescriptions accurately compounded. I
■Wltt.llijf IS, IKS,
THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE
| E. B. McCRI/M: H . C. VERA
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All papers .diKttatiuaed at Hie' ©xplratiou of the time
paid lor. «
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Three “ (24 “ ).._ 150 200 260
Over three weeks aud tax than three njonth*, 26 cent*
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Smooths. 6 months. 1 year.
Six lines or less $1 60 $3 00 %6 00
One square 2 60 4 00 7 00
Tw* “ 400 000 10 00
P r e® 44 600 800 12 00
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Half a column 10 00 14 00 20 00
One colniun 14 00 25 00 40 00
Administrators and Executors Notices i 75
Merchants advertMojr by the year, threesqimrte,
with liberty to change 10 00
Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding 8 lines
v ith paper, per year 6 00
Communications of a politica character or individual
interest, will be charged according to the above rates.
Advertisements not marked with the number of itiser-
Hods desired, will be continued till forbid and charged
according to the above t**rms.
Business notice*five cents pe* line for every Insertion.
Obituary exceeding ten lines, fifty cents a square
I DREAMED MY BOY WAS HOME
Chorus. —How well I know such thoughts of joy—
Pncb dreams of bliss are rain.
My heart is sad; my tears will flow,
Chorus.—How well I kuow. Ac
But the dream is past; and wild it
All my happiness it gone; •
Cheerful thoughts of joy have vanished
1 must still in sorrow mourn.
Boon may peace with all its blessing?
Our unhappy land reclaim ;
Then my team will Cease their flowing
And my boy be home again.
Chorus'.—Uuw well I know. &c.
Jfelttt HJiscfUani.
In the little picturesque village of Dud
dingstoue. near Edinburg, lived a poor
and holiest mender of boots and shoes, by
the name of Robin Rentoul. He had
been a cobbler all bis days, but to no pur
pose. He had made nothing at the busi
ness, although he had given it a fair trial
of fifty or sixty years. To make the meet
was the utmost he could do; he therefore
bore no great liking to a profession which
had done so little for him, and fur which
he had donejw much. His mind, in short,
did not go with his work; and it was the
interest, as well as duty and pleasure, of
his good wife, Janet, to hold him to it
(particularly when he had given his word
of honor to a customer) by all the arts
common to her sex—sometimes by scold
ing, sometimes by taunting, but oltener—
for Janet was a kind hearted creature —
by treating him to a thimbleful of aqua
viue, which he loved dearly, with its
proper accompaniments of bread and cheese.
Although, however, Robin did not keep
by the shoes with any good heart he could
nut be called either a lazy or inefficient
man. Li everything but cobbling, he took
a deep and active interest. In particular,
he was a great connoisseur of the weather.
Nobody could prophesy snow like Rubin,
or foretell a bitick frost. The latter was
Robin’s delight ) fur with it came the peo
ple of Edinburg to bold their saturnalia
on Duddingstufie loch, and cobbling, on
these occasions, was entiiely out of the
question., His rickety table, buttle and
glass, were then in requisition, for the ben
efit of curlers and skaters in general, and
of himself in particular. But little benefit
accrued from these to Robin, although be
could always count on one good customer
—in himself. 0n tlje breaking up of the
ice, he regularly found himself poorer than
before, and what was worse, with a smal
ler disposition than ever to work.
It must Lavebeen on some occasion of
this kind, that strung necessity suggested
to Robin a step for the bettering of his
fortunes, which was patronized by the legis
lature of the day, and which he had
heard was resorted to by many with suc
cess. Robin resolved to try the lottery.—
With thirty shillings, which he bad kept
in an old stocking for the landlord, he went
to Edinburgh, end purchased a sixteenth.
This * proceeding he determined to keep a
prpfund secret from every one; but whisky
cannot tolerate secrets; the first half-rautch
kin with barber Hugh succeeded in eject
> ing it i and as the. barber had every oppor
tunity, as well as disposition, to spread it,
the circumstance was soon known to all fn
.the village.
Among others it reached the ears of
Ur. Blank, a young gentleman who hap
pened to resident Duddingstone, and who
took an interest in the fortunes of Robin.
JKSBE SMITH.
XSRMS OP ADVERTISING
®&oire §opttg.
AGAIN.
woana akd at'Slc dt chaklu cuuull utm
Lonely, weary, broken hearted.
As Liaid me down to sleep,
Thinking of the day we parted.
When you told me not to weep.
Soon I dreamed that peaceful angel*
Hovered o'er the battle plain.
Singing songs of joy and gladness.
And my boy was home again.
Until my boy is home again.
Tears were changed to loud rejoicings.
Night was tu ued to endless day ’
Loving birds were sweetly singing,
Flower* bloomed b bright array.
Old and young seemed light and cheerful—
Peace seemed everywhere to nign
My poor h* art forgot iu sorrow.
For my boy was Lome again.
THE COBBLER.
ALTOONA. PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26. 1863
Air. blank (unknown to the villagers) was
connected with the press of E:;inburg, par
ticularly with a certain . newspaper, one
copy of which had an extensive circula
tion in Duddingstone. First of all. the
newspaper reached Mr. Blank on the Sat
urday oT its publication : on Monday it tell
into the hands of Robin, who like the re?t
of ids trade, had most leisure on that day
to peruse it; on Tuesday the baker had it:
on Wednesday, the tailor: on Ihnrsday,
the blacksmith ; on Friday, the gardener;
and on Saturday, the barber, in whose
shop it lay till the succeeding Saturday
brought another. Mr. Blank soon got
from Robin's own mouth all the particu
lars of the lottery ticket purchase, even to
•he very number, which was seventeen
hundred and ftlty-seven, a number chosen
by Robin, who had an eye to fatalism, as
being the date of the year in which he was
borh.
A lope ot mischief or sport suggested to
the young gentleman the wicked thought
of making the newspaper a means of hoax
ing Robin regarding the lottery ticket.—
We shall not undertake to defend Mr.
Blank’s conduct, even on the score of his
being, as ho was, a very young man. 'J lie
experiment he made was cruel, although
we believe it was done without malignity,
and with every resolution that Robin should
not be a loser by it. About the time when
news ol ihe lottery drawing was expected,
the following paragraph appeared in the
newspaper with which Mr. Blank was
connected.
“By private accounts from London, we
understand that nine hundred and eighty
four, and seventeen hundred and fifty
seven, are the numbers draw r n in the pres
ent lottery for tlie two twenty thousand
pound prizes. We know not if any of
these lucky numbers have been disposed ot
in this quarter.”
Poor Robin came for his newspaper at
the usual lime, and in his usual mannei.
He get his customary glass, but missed his
customary “ bother” with Mr. Blank, who
chose for the present to lie out of the way.
Home he trudged, carrying the newspaper,
the harbinger of his fortune, in the crown
o) hi* hat—placed himself on his stool
drew out his spectacles—and began to read
as usual, from the beginning of the first
page. It was some time before he reached
the paragraph big with his fate. When
he saw it, he gave a gasp—look off his
spectacles and began to rub them, as it
doubtful that they bad deceived him—
placed them again deliberately on his nose
—read the passage over again, slowly and
surely—then quietly laying his hand on a
shoe which he had been mending, and
which contained a last, made it in a mo
ment spin through the window, carrying
the casement with it. His wife, Janet*
was not at home, so, rushing out of doors,
he made his way to his old haunt, at the
sign of the Sheep’s Head. The landlady
held up her hands at bis wild looks
“ Send for barber Hughie,” he cried,
“ and Neil the tailor ; and I say Luckie,
bring—lei me see—a gallon o’ your best;
and some cheese—a hsnl cheese—nane o’
your halfs and quarters.”
“Guide us, Robin! What bee’s this
in your bonnet ? The man’s gyte!”
“ Look there, woman, at the papers.—
I’ve gotten a prize. A twenty thousand
pounder. What’s the sixteenth of that,
think ye?”
“ A prize and nae blank ! Eh, wow,
Robin, gie’s a shake o’ your hand. I aye
said ye wad come to something. Isy, my
dear, rin for the barber —and Neil—if he’s
sober—and bring the gudeman, too. Ihe
mair the merrier.”
Robin was soon surrounded by all his
cronies of the village: for the news of his
good fortune spread with the rapidity of
scandal. Innumerable were the shakings
of hands, and pledges of good will and as
sistance. Ihe Sheep’s Head soon became
too hot for the company; the village itself
was in an uproar; and as halloo followed
halloo, Mr. Blank inWardly “shrunk al
the sound himself had made.” Meanwhile,
to have the truth of the statement con
firmed. a superannuated! lawyer had been
dispatcned to Edinburg |; and his return
with the intelligence that ail was a hoax,
spread dismay over the faces of the ca
rousors, and made : Robin’s heart sink with
grief and shame.
A speedy change took place in the con
duct of those fair weather friends who had
flocked around the poor cobbler. From
being the admired of all beholders, he be
came an object of scorn and laughter, till,
unable to stand their mocks und gibes, he
rushed from their presence, and sought shel
ter under his own bedclothes. The only
one who stood true was Neil the tailor. —
He followed Robin to, his own house
:look him by the hand, and said, “Robin,
'my roan, I promised you a suit o’ clothes
o’ the best. I ken ye wad hae befriended
me had ye got the cash —and—lottery or
no lottery—by Jove! I’ll keep my word.”
Mr. Blank took care to discharge the
debt incurred at the Sheep’s Head, and
endeavored by proffers of moriey and oth
erwise, to comfort Robin, and atone in
some measure for the injury which he had
secretly done him. But Robin turned
himself in bed and would nut be comforted, i
'lhree days he lay in this plight, when au-
[independent in evkrything.]
thentic infbithation arrived of Ih6 drawing
ot the lottery; Robin's number was, after
all. in reality; a lucky one—not, indeed,
twenty thousand, hut five thousand pounds.
Ihe sixteenth of even this was a little
fortune to him, and he received it with so
ber satisfaction, very different from the
boisterous glee which he had formerly.—
I'll seek nape o' them this time,” he said
to his wife,; Janet—except Neil the
tailor; he, puir body, was the only true
hearted creature amang a’. I've learn’t a
lesson by what has taken place, lean
wha to trust.”
A StkagktJc Landlord.—A Chicago
paper states that a man in the West Di
\ ision owned a house —which he tenanted
out on a roere : parole ora verbal lease. —
The |ieriod of the tenantcy expired and
the tenant was notified to vacate. The
tenant paid no attention to the several
notices. ihe owner found (as all owners
who let houses without a written lease
may find.) that without nearly as much
trouble and expense as the house was
worth, he could not get his tenant out.
In this dilemma he hit upon a stragetic
expedient. He read in the papers how
Gen. Grant had cut off the enemy’.-
communications’’ at Vicksburg, thus plac
ciug him in a situation where, as soon a
his supplies were exhausted, he must sur
render at discretion. Our West Side
landlord resolved to cut off his tenant’s
communications.
He employed a bouse mover, and re
quested him to bring an extra supply of
blocks, and commenced raising the build
ing. When he. had raised it about four
feet from the ground the tenant called a
parley. The owner said “ Move,” the
tenant said “ No.” House-raiser went
on with his work. The next morning
the tenant found his front door about
eighteen feet above the surface of the earth,
and no front stairway. It was an eleva
tion from which to jump would be dan
gerous. He called for a ladder. “ Move.”
ihe tenant looked down sadly at the
beautiful earth spread out beneath him,
and agreed to move. A ladder was
brought, down, which the tenant and hi?
.household goods descended.
ACute Trick.—A dandy was recently
walking under the arcades of the Rue di
Rivoil, in I’aris, holding in his hand a
gold-headed cane of splendid workman
ship. A man supported by two crutches
came up, and asked for alms in a pitifu
tone. The dandy, moved to pity, gavr
the beggar a small silver coin. At the
same moment, a person near him suddenly
exclaimed : “ How can you. sir, allow
this rogue to deceive you 1 Please tc
lend me your cane, and 1 will show you
that the rascal runs better than 1 can.’
The dandy without reflecting, lent hi?
cane; the beggar, the moment he per
ceived it in his detractor’s hands, threw
away hi* crutches and took to his heels,
and was followed by the man with the
cane, whilst the spectators, and the dandy
particularly, remained in convulsions ol
laughter at the sight, and exclaiming al
ternately, “ Oh, he will be caught!”—
“ No, he will not be caught!” But both
the racing heroes disappeared at the next
turning in the 811*661, and their victim, re
mained waiting for his splendid cane,
which cost five hundred francs.
Who wounD be a Goat? —An “old
salt,” who had been on a bender, had
gut what might be termed “sublimely
misfitied,” by his frequent imbibings of the
critter. Staggering along the streets he
thought to go to a theater, and pass the
remainder of the evening. Following
some men, whom he thought were bound
on the same voyage, he found himself in
what he took to, be the pit, but it hap
pened to be a meeting house, and the min
ister was preaching from the text, wherein
is mentioned the sheep and goats ; and,
in order to make an impression upon his
congregation, he put the significant ques
tion : “ Who would be a goat ?” and
paused; and then, with still greater
emphasis, asked: “ Who would be a
goat ?”
tipsy sailor could not brook the
demy,-and at once responded:
“As no body else (hie) will be it. I'll
be the (hie) goat, rather (hie) than the
play should stop.*’
Character is Power.—lt is often
saiJ that knowledge is power, and this is
true, hkill or faculty of any kind carries
within superiority. So, to a certain ex
tent, wealth is power, and rank is power,
and genius has a transcendent gift of mas
tery over men. But higher, purer and
better than all, more consistent in its in
fluence and mdre lasting in its sway, is
the power of character—power which
emanates from a pure and lofty mind.—
lake any community, and who is'the*man
of most influence { To whom do all look
up with reverence 1 Not the smartest
man, nor the cleverest politician, nor the
most brilliant talker, but he who in a
long course of years tried by the extremes
of prosperity and adversity, has approved 1
hithseli to the judgment of his neigh
bors, and all who have seen his life, as
worthy to be called wise and good.
PROFIT AHD LOSS.
As an unscrupulous fellow named Ben
was coming down one morning, he met
Tom, and stopped him.
“ I say, Tom,” he said, “ here’s a
pretty good counterfeit three. If you pass
it, I’ll divide.”
” Let’s see the plaster,” said Tom;
and after examining it carefully, put it in
his vest pocket, remarking:
“It is an equal division—a dollar and
a half a piece ?”
*’ Yes,” said Ben.
“ All right,” said Tom,
And off he went.
A few minutes afterward, he quietly
stepped into the store of his friend Ben,
and purchased a can of oysters for a dol
lar and a half, laying down tbe three
dollars tor them. Ihe clerk looked at
the bill rather doubtingly ; when his sus
picions were immediately calmed by Tom.
who said:
“There is’no use in locking, for I re
ceived the note from Ben himself not ten
minutes ago.”
Of course the clerk, with this assurance,
forked the dollar and a half in change;
with this deposit and a can of oysters
i om left. Shortly afterward be met Ben,
who asked him if he had passed the note.
“Oh, yes,” said lom at the same time
passing over the dollar and a half to Ben.
That evening, when Ben made up his
cash account, he was surprised to find
the same old counterfeit three- in the
drawer. Turning to his locum tenans,
he asked:
“ Where did you get this cursed note '!
Didn’t you know it was counterfeit ?”
“ Why,” said the clerk, “ Tom gave it to
me, and I suspected It was fishy ; but he
said he had Just received it from yon, and
I took it.”
The thing had penetrated Ihe wool of
Ben. With a particulargrjn, he muttered.
" Sold !” and charged the can of oysters
to profit and loss acocuut
An Ancient Love Story.—A very
curious love story is told by several an
cient writers, respecting Egirvard, a sec
retary to Charlemagne, and a daughter of
that emperor. 'J he secretary fell in love
with the princess,’who at* length allowed
oim to visit her. One winter’s night he
staid with her very late, and in the mean
ime a deep snow had fallen. If lie left,
.its footmarks would be observed,, and yel
to stay would expose him to danger. At
length the princess resolved to carry- him
in her back to a neighboring house,
which she did. It happened, however,
that from the window ol his bedroom the
emperor saw the whole affair. In the
issembiy of the Lords, the following day.
when Egirvard and his daughter were
present, he asked what ought to be done
to a man who compelled a king’s daughter
to carry him on her shoplders, through
.rost and and snow, in the middle of a
winter’s night. They answered that he
was worthy of death. Ihe lovers were
alarmed; but the Emperor ’ addressing
Egirvard, said: “ Hadst thou loved my
laughter, thou shouldst have come to me;
thou art worthy of death, but I give
thee two lives. Take thy: fair porter in
marriage, fear God, and love one another.”
Birds in Battle.— The battle of Mur
freesboro was fought ii a wooded and
thinly settled country. The wild animal.
of the forest were frightened by the storm
and shot of the loud roar of the great
guns. The men were lying behind a crest
waiting. A brace of frantic wild turkeys,
so parahzed with fright that they were
incapable of flying, ran between the lines
and endeavored to hide among the men.
But the frenzy among the turkeys was not
so touching as the exquisite fright of the
birds and rabbits. When the roar of bat
tle' rushed through the cedar thickets,
flocks of little birds fluttered and circled
above the field in a state of utter bewilder
ment and scores of rabbits fled for protec
tion to our men lying down In line on the
left, nestling under their coats and creeping
under their legs in a state of utter distrac
tion. They hopped over the field like
toads and as perfectly tamed by fight as
household pets. Many officers witnessed
it, relharking it as one of the most curious
spectacles ever seen upon a battle Arid.
Deucate Dessert.— Lay half a dozen
crackers in a tureen, pour on enough boil
ing water to cover them. In a few minutes
they will be swollen to three or four times
their original size. Now grate loaf sugar
and a little nutmeg over them, and dip on
enough sweet cream to make h nice sauce,
and you will have a simple and delicious
dessert that will rest lightly on your stom
ach-—and it is easily prepared. Leave out
the cream, and it is a valuable receipt for
“sick room cookery.”
19“ “ Well what next ?” said ‘ Mrs.
Partington, as she interrupted Ike, who
was trading the war news—“ The pickets
were driven in five miles! Bless :ny poor
soul, but that will make a strung: fence.
I suppose they had to be driven in deep to
keep the’ sessiouaders from digging out un
der them.”
r-o EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS
Extbaobi>ina*y Jovkkkt.bt a cat.—
A wonderful instance of feline affection
occurred a short time ago. A person
named Marsh Allen, residing at Wilough
ton, England, who is in a eery delicate
state pf health, went to Hull-to put him
self under medical treatment, leaving his
eat, which was under twelve months old,
at WHoughton. One day after he had
been there some time, happening to go in
the back-yard of the houfte at which he
was staying, he observed a cat sitting on
the outer wall He earnestly called
“ pussy,” when the animal, to his great
surprise, jumped from the wall, rushed
upon his shoulders at id into bis boeom,
commenced lickiug his face, and exhibit
ing every other evidence of delight and
affection of which it was capable. Ho at
um* perceived (bat it; was his own cat,
which he had left safely at Wiloughton ;
and his astonishment at the startling fact
may be readily imagined. On examining
the animal he found that its claws were
completely worn off with Walking and
that it presented other apperanees of hav
ing undergone great fatigue, bardahip and
hunger. How it succeeded in crossing
the Humber, or indeed ia performing the
journey (about fifty miles) at all, must
now remain a mystery. It may be men
tioned as partly accounting for this violent
affection shown by this poor member of the
feline race, that Allen was very fond of
the animal, and, in his sickness, had been
in the habit of taking it to bed with him.
‘-I®- Quite Even. —A good story is told
°f f 'l‘ ow «nan, who carried about on ex
hibition an enormous bear. In a certain
townjn Vermont, where Bmin was at
tracting crowds, dwelt a farmer and Ins
-wife, and an interesting and multitudinous
family of twenty children, 'ihe pater
familiar was very desirous of gratifying
the commendable curiosity of his offspring;
but the price of admission to the show
was one shilling, and that, multiplied by
the number of his olive plants, was too
much for his exchequer. Ho therefore
approached the showman, and after some
parley concluded a bargain, by which the
latter agreed to drive into the fanner’s
back yard with Bruin's cage, -and give a
private exhibition to the entire family for
one dollar. This was done, to the great
delight of the old folks and the children,
when the farmer proffered the compensa
tory dollar to the obliging showman.—
“Oh, no!” said the latter, U I can't take
anything; it is no more a sjghtforyour
family to see my bear, than for my bear
to see your family.”
Stacking Arms.— The following good
story is told of Gen John A. Logan.:
When he was a Colonel, at the com
mencement of the rebellion, six companies
of his corps becoming aggrieved at' some
thing, stacked arms and refined to do duty.
Thu adjutant informed Colonel Logan of
the difficulty, who, upon bearing ex
claimed, “Stacked arms! Tlie devil they
have!” Then pausing a minute, as lie Con
sidered the emergency, he eontijnyd :
“Well, adjutant, I’ll give ’em enough of
stacking arms.” Accordingly h« formed
the remaining four compaaies in line, with
loaded muskets, and sttwd them over the
malcontents, whom he compelled to stack
and unstack arms for twelvehoors. Tliey
Jid’nt want to stack arms after that with
out special orders.
The Memory of a Mother.—‘When
temptation appears, and wc are almost
persuaded to do wrong, how often a moth
er's word of warning will call to iuind
vows that apFreally broken. Yes, the
memory or a mother has saved many a
poor wretch from going astray, 'lall
grass may be growing over the hallowed
spot'where all her earthly remains repose ;
the dying leaves of autumn may be whirl
ed over it, or the whUe mantle of winter
may cover it from sight; yet the spirit df
her, when he walks in the right path,
appears, and gently, softly, mournfully
calls to him when wandering off into the
ways of error.
Honetmoon.— The word “ Honeymoon”
ia traceable to Teutonic origin.’ Among
the Teutons was a favorite drink, called
Metheglin.” It was made of mfrad and
honey, and was like that of European
countries. These honeyed drinks were
used more especally at marriage festivals,
which were kept up among the nobility
on« lunar month, the festive boartl being
well supplied with metheglin. *• Honah
moon” signified the moon or moonath of
the marriage festival. Alaric the Goth,
celebrated by Southey’s poem, died on his
wedding night, from too free indulgences
in the honeyed drink.
aa.Why, asks Vanity Fwv wras the
Ute rebel incursion into Pmwl^sn&Gke
the embroidery of a lady’s iiii,
it was chiefly arrayed
~ ' ’ **"* f -
A Western editor having published
a long leader on “Hogs,” a rival papeiia
the same village upbraWs him
hia finally matters on the public.
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