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rp(IK undersigned would in-
A fong thgcithiiina of Altoona: and surrounding coun
ty, that be hm JjMt returaed from the Eut, whferp T» has
MlsctteK bii nock Of
KA.LL AND WINTER GOOi>S,
•■hicli, for qt|filtt}f And price, cannot be surpassed in
ihi- ueck of {tie stuck m muck larger than
n. i-> (ofore t and as It Is qoite an object, in these exciting
w.u tunes, for every one to purehese where they can get
The Best Goods and at the Lowest Prices,
if would suy (but hr can and will sell as. low, if tutu
lu ■!- !•>»«* thsnany other boom in this place He wisher.
h> call and see bis etock before purchasing eHuwbere.
j- he feelaconfldent be can offer Inducements arbicb will
1. t'y competition. Hie Muck consists of
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS of every description,
MKN- AND BOYS’ WINTER WEAR.*
LADIKS ANP* MISSES’ DRESS SHOES,
MEN AND BOYS’ BOOTS AND SHOES,
MEN’S llAlf HOSE
WOMEN'S AND MISSES’ WOOL HOSE,
(M I'S AND CAPS, 1
BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLIN,
[ 'IINORAMS AND HEAVY DKILLIKGS.
U» will Mil Ladle. Sewed, Heeled Bootee* at |150(81.76
- TjßHwo
■iALMOKAt' skTKTOVV«y lV,w; 2.76#3,60
GROCERIES.
and Brown Sugar. Bin Coffees, Svrupe, Tea*, Ac ■
"J ' b «' i* ttadsllj- kept in a try Good* Store.
?• A -- BMtAKK “;
AVOID THE NEXT DRAFT!
'INHERE IS A PREVAILING EX
». OITKMKNT aiuuo* the people of Altoona and vi
lely .bent THE SECOND DKAfT-not *o much about
■Jo Draft*. fcr nmklng the Thrußundrtd to pay txemp
: /Jr '' S*l nOJ i c ‘ ** tt * choose rather to etuv at home
» :ih theipbeloved onee, for their support, than to rlak
•Mr lieeamthU Moody war. Now. to bring tl* matter
■ a clow, we will iufiwm the public that bv buyink their
■i -.ssle at cheGHEEN STORE, Corner of Branch and Annie
■i r—t, Kant Altoona, kept by GUIS * CO., they will
SAVE THE THREE HUNDRED
"1.. abort tune. The? have jnet received a Urge and well
. lected stock of ItKY GOODS AND iIROCERMW, which
aelliiiK for Cash at the loweet living prices '
t la.ge assortment of LADIES' COATS AND CIUCC
b t its, ranguut in price from S4W to $12.00.
ihe attention of the public is particularly drawn to the
m t that they are selling Brown and White Muslin from
£T ■“> 25 ct..: Delaines
i<-nh is u>aUtMu peryard.
* ,ar S < ' assortment of MEN
AND BOkS CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES,
.u.i, in (icteverythihg kept in a first-cla*» Store •
Utoomi Oct. J, IMS.
Victory ‘Won!
I "HE Subscribers would respectfully
announce to the citizens of Altoona and viciuili.
ml they nave just returned. from the E;u»t with their
FALL AND WINTER STOCK OP
HATS ife CAPS,
BOOTS &c SHOES.
;‘“ ir wp* «f .Aats t% Caps haw he™
- d ' rrt ! l *r«al care, and with the view of suiting all
»uo may favorthem with their patronage. Their line of
R ‘ >tn and Shot* in complete.
Their EAOIBar 3USSZS’ and CBILDKJCX’s XBOJSS
" 7 City tnaka, and warnsntefi. Their Balmoral Shoes
■ T and Nikeee, are Just the thine for wet
* -*tber and saving health.
Ihankfol tp. the pnhßcfor (heir very liberal patronage.
--etofor®, they merit a contfnhance of :IjV* same,
'tore on MAU> ST. next door to Bowman’s Exchange
1 '. l r SMITH A MANX
lltoona, May 12, 1863. T
SAVE THE Ter centage
BY BUYING TOUR
CLOTHING FJROM FIRST HANDS.
L TTINGER &'TIiGK, Manufacturers
M A of and Wbaleoola ond Ketail dealers in Keailvmade
■ f thing, woqU reapeytfiilly invite the attention of the
i.Uic to the following foefo in lefereoc* to their stock.
UU We manufacture our own good*. They are made
J iD Q ™ WD ar ®« to Philadelphia, under onrimwodiate
i r *rvi*ioo, and w« know they are well made and can be
irraoted
EQUAE TO THE, BEST,
>ud Miperior $p ,the.Urgeit quantity of fteadv-mad* cloth
fa the market. ■
ind. We boy our Clotbtdireotiy from the Importer-band
M ‘ ntt f»ctjjcerv consequently we save' the per centaae Dut
by middle men r . .
'’.fd. We eel! our Clothing at a reasonable percentage
■* t the coat of eor Cloth*, thereby saving the purchasers
' c lothing the percentage which must be added bv those
* lu ***y front aoeodd band* toaell again. We retail our
1 - thing at the same price which dthet merchants pay
v their* at WhoieaAXe. consequently those who buy from
z*t thelr g .ods at the same price which oth*r Clothier*
• .v for theirs In the city, thereby sAring naid Clothiers’
I - centage. »
A* have branch Stores In
ALTOONA AND JOHNSTOWN^
** r ‘ poods may* be bad at the figure at whicft we
them here in the city.
It any person haa been : told, nr imagine., that ,Tnck’«
in Altoona, l» played dut," lef anch person drop
‘ : eatabliahment, os Main' Street, and examine hi.
> ’• de and prices. '
Wholwale Boom, So. 702. Market Street, Philadelphia.
CITY DRlTf* STORE.
|- h i * - E H. REIGART would respeot
fully annoonce to the cititonaof Altoona and »nr
• -uoding Muntry, that he ; has recently the
[' ; ’ u £ Store of tterlin k Co., on Vjuglnia Street, opposite
o jV Hardware Store.
His Drugs are Fresh aiid Pure,
•“■he hopee by strict attention to luwioM-. to merit a
■"’•'of public patronage. ,
'dl and examine hi. (dock. Be ha. constantly on hand,
DRUGS,
MEDICINES and CHEMICALS,
'V.VJ? TOILET SOAPS. PER PURER l \ BRUSHES,
GLASS, putty, paixts, oils, vabxishes.
CARBON OIL AND LAtIPS.
XOTtpSB, CIGARS.
T/,d nay article unudlg Itpt in a MrU-cbut Drug ,«»re.
PUKE WINES AND LIQUORS
for medtapaj nae.
»OXKSnC GRAPE win^-purr-^warkaxtkd.
PBYSICUK& PU&to&miOXS
curataiff compowMMt at all boon of the dav or uicht
lltooaa,«ept. 30.1863. <
' 1 1 KA8! TEAS! TEAS!—FRITCHEY
A ia aaUingTaea raperior to aujr ever offered n Al
toona, Thejr are free of adulteration, coloring, or mix
tore of any kind. .
UOSTON CRACKERS—A LARGE
• ‘apply of theae deliciona craekera Joat received
and for aaleby ritETCaKr.
I T AROVV ARE OF ALE DESCIIIP
LJL tiona joat roceirnd and ror aale br ■!
•*« 'Mr J. B. HILKMA.a
I? XTRA FAMILY FLOUR, FROM
the Core, n)«rays on bund and for sale ac low
M the I'lwert by" FBITCHBY.
VK W STOCK of BOOTS & SHOES
*- V for M*n »nd Buy*. I*iUm »nd Hlawy, Juat ruc’d itt
~ ■; labohma*’
A XOTHEB LAJRQE LOT OF THE
£\ CELEBKATBD JKBSKV HAMBJurt rWei.ed u>d
«»u» t ViUTCUEV'S
A BDOMINAL SUPPORTERS, Trus-'
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ar nawtr Htaiwooti isreit
J listen, hut t hear no aofiodv;'
My thoughts ar® far away. \
To me the lights *re dull and dejid
I hear no music play
The soft-voiced flute an d doej. bassoon
Make harmony complete;
But what are mellow sounds to me ?
1 hear niy wild heart bear.
>weei flaw. rs in the marble hali
Hive out their honey breath:
But I am crushing in my h»nd
A red-rose bud to death.
i 1 smile, and dunce, or even mo*,
Can it lie all * dream ?
A o*l |h the woman’s uatme sunk
Into the thing i M*em ?
Tli« wiuejs blood, the Jests are told»
! Men are hut shadows here,
j And every woman’s smile to me :
! Hut glasses o’er a sne*-r.
r 1 sen a form. 1 hear a voice—
y Its tones are low and sad {
| Drown it. ye viola and bassoon.
j.i Or it will drive me mad I
Fo<»r heart! I know I sold your
Yet do not be it so fast.
iOne uflefed love, and one much gold—
OGodi 1 choose, the last!
But lam punished. All my hope-.
So sweet, forever fled,
And doomed likeghosts to walk apart
lu places for the dead.
O years! leap back, and let mt* ■♦Uiiui
In my gay girlhood I^ee;
Gr, sea, roil o’er Uiareekiog Uutl.
And swallow it and mot
12T DECEMBER, 1863.
The dying year. grow, old, and wan, and fad;
December hold, on high her flickering torch.
And all bright tiling, of beamy, one by quo.
Glide out the porch.
All day I bear the people talk of war—
Of movement, planned—of battle, iron ’and lost.
And *|e fhe lac*;, blanched with tear, of thoM
Who know, the cost.
All night I dream of .blood, and wound., *’'‘ l death,
Of ghaatly corpse, bleaching on the plain—
Of moan, and agony in Killed word a— \
Of starving men.
And as the days and nights go sadly by, •
And only .canty <p-ains of comfort lend,'
My inmost sonl to thee great God will cry\
*' Where is the end ?’■
“ Bare you not drained the chalice to its dregs ?
Thou Just, and Merciful, tell os Thy will:
When shall the Ood who bears the raven's cry.
Bid ‘ Peace, ba still!’ ”
%tkct
all about doctors.
BY FANNY FEKN.
There be many kinds of doctors—allo
pathic, hom.upathic and mongrel.: Luckily,
every family swears by its own, and be
lieves jn no salvation beyond his dictum.
There is your exclusive doctor, who Relieves
in a fine house; rides to 'cases, ’ with a
servant in livery; utterly eschews all gut -
ter localities, and never troubles himself to
go out when his head aches oh in- bad
weather. His manner of drawing off his
gloves is pompous and impressive, Nurse
in the corner sinks down into her slippers,
utterly: quenched by it. While he warms
his hands silently atthe fire, he is, impress,
ing MI present with an idea of his im-
This done, he fixes his
eyes, on the ceiling ahd counts his patient’s
pulse: then comes the tongue examination ,•
after he relapses into another profound
contemplation of the ceiling, during-which
time eyery tick of the clock scents solemn
as fate. ' Then follows the cabalistic writing,
a dead j letter to everybody but th|s Grand
Mongal and the apothecary. The gloves
are then drawn on, and, bowing to the
thin air our elegant Doctor delivers him
self again into the care of his livened ser
vant. ' i ' .
Thert there is your old fashioned Doctor,
whose patients ‘will have'him,’ though he
lias wanted gradually to leave off practice
for several years, in favor of new
The cot of his coat is a matter that don’t
affect bis practice. He smiles blandly as
the othfr Doctor, with the livened servant,
drives past, while he trades independently
on iopLi’dhd mentally ahabes jiead at
‘ new fiutuons.’ He is civil without »i l
gard lo externals; A baby is a tody to
him, whether it Comes into the world with
a nice wardrobe ready for its tock, or the
contrary He is perfectly willing to tell
ft man who phn-Cs his stomach in his hands
what he is going to put into it, and what
he tixpects it to do to him. He is interested
philanthpopically, as well as scientifically,
in the most minute symptom of the most
ordinary patient,, who isencouiaged by the'
sympathetic magnetism of his voice and eye
to ‘ tell him just how he feels. - He scrib
bles no unnecessary recipes for his own
benefit or the apothecaries : and speaks so
cheerfully when he leaves that the sick
man hail doubts idler all, it anything is the
matter with him.
Then there is your young new fledged
Doctor, who givft physic as a little boy
touches off,adiisSiratiker. rather uncertain
whether it -»iHP|||p .or his neighbor,
or both, thmy is your
Ladies eivuture,' j
whoJifte his Ipl^'^-aet..! aslonish
me.nt that beings can endure a
j pain, or an still live ; who says
’just what they want him to. in the way of
prescribing • little; journeys" and savory
tnesses .; and coaxes all their little troubles
over their lips till they are more astonished
at themselves than the Doctor is at them.
Then there is your blunt, pop-gun Doc
tor, who has no time nor inclination for
nonsense, and jerks out his opinion as ho
would a mouthful of tobacco; and if they
[ don’t like it, are welcome to move out of
the way. Who,feels your pulse, and pro
nounce.- you a prospective dead man. or
woman, as coolly as if the intelligence
concerned you no more than himself^
Ihen there is the eccentric Doctor, who
advertises himself by some peculiarity of
costume, like knee-breeches, or cocked-hat.
or long, flowing hair, and is never better!
pleased than* when everybody
‘Who can that to ?" * n
Then there is your celebrated Surgeon,
who hits long since bade good-bye to his
own nerves, and looks at even - man. Wo
man and child with a view to their ‘cutting
up.’ When about to commence an opera
tion before a class of gaping students, mark
the; gleaming, circling flourish his pet
knife in the air, before descending upon his
chloroform-bound victim ! The operation
properly and deftly performed, das part is
done. The Almighty is responsible for the
rest. i
I 1 inaily, and lastly, it is all very nice to
laugh at Doctors when one is sound -and
well ,■ but Jet a goo# smart pain come,
and none so ready as those who do so to
send a telegraphic summons for their speedy
appearance. With this substantial proof
of their power, let them snap their fingers
at criticism and be jolly.
SICK ANIMALS.
It is ot vastly more importance to keep
animals in health th<ui 'to .cure them when
sick. As a general rule animals may be
kept in good hceatth by* the observance of
a few simple rules :
I. Animals should■ always be fed with
regularity both in. respect to time and
quantity. Overfeeding is often the cause
ol disease.
2. They should always have water as
otten as required, and that which is pure.
Horses will not drink of hard, lime or
clayey, if they can have access -to pure
water.
3. Do not overwork horses and oxen.
Kegnlar and moderate labor will accomp
lish more in the year,; and keep them in
better condition than overworking at one
time and resting and overfeeding at another.
4. A sufficient variety shonld be fed to
stock in winter, and not confine them to
dry hay or straw and grain. A mess of
carrots, turnips or potatoes cut and mixed
with ground oats or shorts, is excellent to
promote health, and should be given as
often as twice a week. ‘
5. Never feed musty and mouldy fod
der ; but if it must be used, cut if, moisten
and sprinkle over with meal, and feed to
horned cattle. It should never be given
to,horses.
t>. Always shelter stock in cold storms
in all seasons of .the year, and never leave
a horse, after being driven, to stand in the
cold wind without being covered with a
good thick blanket or buffalo.
"■ Avoid all Sudden changes of food in
grain, or from hay to grass. v
S- Due, care should be taken that ani
mals always have a plenty of pure, fresh
air, and for this purpose stables should be
well ventilated, as stock often become sick
from breathing foul air. A proper amount
of exercise is also essential.
9. Strict cleanliness should always be
observed. All animals arc found to main
tain a better condition and fatten faster
when curried and kept clean. "
When an animal becomes sipk, one of
the best measures to be adopted, is good
nursing. This a method beginning to be •
advocated by (he best practitioners of the
medical art, its being; applicable to the
human family, and is unquestionably as
advantageous when applied to farm stock.
There is no doubt that the life of valuable ,
animals.,is often lost by doctoring, while'
many recover when left to themselves and ‘
the working of Nature.
(INDEPENDENT IN F.VERYTHING.]
NORTH DEVONSHIRE LEGEND.
HOW A FIDDLER’S SPIRIT TROOBLKDHIS
A -ork entitled •• The North-Devon
■Scenery Book." recently published in Eng-
Umd, furnishes a number of North Devon
shire legends, one ot which deserves a
place in Howitt’s History of the Super
natural. We'quote:
" -Soi many years ago an otji man was
living in the village who possessed, a fid
dle, and was able to discourse merry music
upon it. There was a large OpStair-room
in his house, which was called the dancing
chamber, and here the boys and maidens
of Combmai tin used to assemble once a
month, ana dance, and talk, and flirt in
their honest country fashion, and other
wise enjoy, themselves after their day’s 1
work. ' ' * 1
When the fiddler was dead, his daughter
married, and she and her husband con
tinued to live in the old man’s [ house.—
But as the husband could not play the
! the dancing chamber was of no use,
and it was consequently converted to or
dinary domestic purposes.
The alterations had scarcely been com
pleted when the bouse became ■ suddenly
uninhabitable. Eveiy night the most fear
ful noises rang from the floor to the roof
noises as though a score of horses were
galloping up and down the old dancing
chamber, to the accompanyment of the
loud cracking of whips and other similar
unnatural sounds.
So - that, as you may supposes, the
family got but scanty rest at night; and
were nearly driven to their wits’ end by
fright and preplexity
At last the husband betook- himself to
the parson of the parish, and asked for
advice and assistance in so disagreeable
a state ol utiairp
The parson suggested tliat such kinds
of alarming noises were frequenly caused
by rats, and counseled him to procure the
services of an expert in the killing of such
unpleasant vermin.
. f ll übuut a week the man again paid a
visit to the rectory, evidenly wrought up
to a pitch of desperation by his 1 broken
sleep and troubled dreams.
j ‘"lt was no*rats,” he said; they had
hunted in vain for such things ; 1 it was
“a spirit'’—whose, he couldn’t! tell, but
there was no doubt that it was a real
spirit; and the only thing to be done was
to have it laid by the parson; If. he
added, it should be too strong for one
parson.he hoped the rector would ;bc good
enough to get two other clergyman to
join him, for he had been assured there
was no spirit so powerful as to be able to
stand out against tie ' united powers of
three parsons.'
The rector, however, declined to revive
(he cold custom of exorcism ; and conse
quently his parishioner went home with a
troubled and angry heart.
A few days afterwards he canie back
once more, with a gleeful countenance,
and said the spirit was laid, and that he
himself had been able to effect tlm desired
result. , j
Partly swayed by the absolute necessity
of do|ng something to penetrate the mys
tery, partly persuaded by the sensible ex
hortations of the rector, be and his wife
had instituted another thorough search-in
the haunted rooms, and, after much rip
ping up the roof and floor and waistcoat,
they discovered an old silk waistcoat be
longing to the deceased fiddler; | snugly
concealed in the thatch immediately above
the dancing-chamber. In one of the
pockets of this garment were two half
crowns. !
It become, therefore, immediately plain
to them that the pld man had been trou
bled at the toss which his family I ad sus
tained through the concealment of his
hoard; and that the above-mentioned
noises were the unnecessarily-strong means
which he bad tak a n to draw his daughter’s
attention to the hidden treasure.
In proof of this opinion it happened that
henceforward the disturbance ceased en
tirely; and to-this day, happily for the
inhabitants of the cottage,; Jhe spirit has
remained at rest. i
t The Skeptic Refuted. — “ Ah,” said a
! skeptical collegian loan old Quaker, “ I
•suppose you are one ot those fanatics who
believe .the Bible?” |
“I do believe the Bible,” said the old
man, “ does thee believe it!” ! j
“No, I can have no proof of itsJtruth.”
“Then,” inquired the old main, I “does
thee believe in France’”- J
“ ies, for although I have not seen it 1
I have seen others who have: Besides
there is plenty of corroborative proof that
such, a country does exist j
“Then thee-will nut believe ahythifig
thee oi t others have not seen ?” '
“No.”
“Did thee ever see thy own brains?”
“No.” 1
“Ever see a man who did see them?”
No.” . ' ; ft*
.“•Does thee believe thee has any?”
This last question put an end to the dis
cussion.
Wk A great fortune in the bands of a
fool is a great misfortune.
daughter's household,
| N
THE YOUirO SOLDIER.
evening at the Caledonian supper
General Rosecrans exhibited the phofo
graph of a boy who he said was the
youngest soldier in thfe Army of the Cum
berland. His name is Johnny Clem,
twelve years; of age,a member of company
C, 22d Michigan Infantry. His home is
in Newark, Ohio. He first attracted;
Hosecran# attention during a review at
Nashville, where he was acting as mark* |
ing for his regiment.. His extreme youth
(he is quite small for his age) and intelli
gent appearance interested the General,
and calling him out, he questioned him as
fo his name,; age, regiment, Ac. General
Rosecrans spoke encouragingly to the
young soldier, and told him to come and
[ see him whenever he came where he was.
He saw no more of Clem until Satur
day last, when he went to his place of
residence—the Burnet House—and found
Johnny Cjem sitting on his sofa, waiting
to see him. Johnny had experienced
some of the vicissitudes of war since last
they met. He had been captured by
Wheeler’s cavalry near Bridgeport. His
captors took him to Wheeler who sainted
him with—
“ What are you doing here, you d—d
li I tie 'Yankee scoundrel?”
Said Johnny Clem, stoutly—“ General
Wheeler, I am no more a d—d scoundrel
than you are, sir.”
Johnny said the rebels stole about all
that he had including his
which contained only fwenty-rive cents.
“ But I would not have cared for the
rest.” he added, “if they hadn’t stolen
ray hat, vyhieh had three bullet holes if
received at Chiekamauga.”
He was finally paroled and sent North.
On Saturday he was on his way to Camp
Chase to join his regiment, having been ex
changed. Gen. Kosecrans observed that
the young soldier had Chevrons on his arm,
and asked the meaning of it. He said he
was promoted to a corporal for shooting
a reble colonel at Chiekamauga. The colo
nel was mounted, and stopped Johnny at
some point on the field, crying, “Stop,you
little Yankee devil.” Johnny halted,
bringing his Austria rifle to an “order,”
thus throwing the colonel off his guard,
cocked his piece, (which he could easily do,
being so short,) and suddenly bringing it
to his shoulder* fired, (he colonel falling
dead with a bullet through his breast.
The little fellow told his story simply
and modestly, and the General determined
to honor his bravery. He gave him the
badge of the “ 801 l of Honor,” which Mrs.
Sanuders, wife of the host of the Burnet ,
House, sewed upon Johnny’s coat. His
eyes glistened with pride as he looked upon
the badge, and little Johnny seemed to '
have grown an inch or two taller, be stood
so erect. He • left his photograph with
Gen. Kosecrans, who exhibits it*, with
pride. We may again hear from Johnny
Clem, the youngest soldier in the Army of
the Cumberland. —Cm Times.
A GHOST OH THE GREAT
EASTBHH.
The European Times has the following
story On the 11 tb, Capt. Paton, while
addressing the Mercantile Marine Associa
tion in reference to the plan for repairing the
big ship, mentioned a singular occurrence
which took place at New York. An im
pression got abroad that the ship -was
haunted, the alleged ghost being no other
than the impersonation of an unfortunate
riveter, who was heard plying his occupa
tion in one of the wells or compartments.
Capt. Paton stated that before the vessel
left this he believed that one of
the men employed in her const uction was
missing. The man was a riveter, he was
missed from the ship, and never came for
his wages, the supposition being that he
had been riveted up in somepart of the
vessel. So firmly impressed were some of
the men with this idea, that they left the
ship in consequence. They affirmed that
they had heard their departed friend busily
engaged riveting in the middle of the
mght. The story was believed by many
persons in New York, and, on one occa
sion, while the l ship was under repair, a
diver signaled to be drawn up. He ap
peared pale with fright, and declared that
the ghost of the riveter was busy in the
bottom part of the ship: in fact;’ that he
lad been riviting immediately over his
head. Such wad. the consternation among
the diverse, that they called in the aid of
one of the spirit mediums, who are some
what numerous in the city of New York.
The medium Came on board the ship, and,
after an examination, declared that the
missing man was there, both “in body and
inspirit” Fortunately Capt Paton), by
pure accident was enabled to dispel the
illusion. Being in a boat near the bows
of the ship, he discovered that a swivel
connected with the moqrhings worked to
and fro, the movement causing a chink or
vibration, which, at times, more especially
at night was heard throughout the vessel
Itswua this sound which he had conjured
up, in connection with the supposed fate
of the unfortunate riveter. The phantom
whose mysteriousdoingfi spread consterna
tion on board the big strip.
. iir Never deeert a friend.
EDITORS AND PROPRIETOR
PRIVATE HOTEL.
We observe the following going . tbc
rounds of the rebel press: I 1
Mike has made several importance dis
coveries in- his rerent raid the
Southwest.- lie nn lie haijoet (uihk! out
what a “ private hotel” is. He baa found
several of them in his travels, and they
are certainty very peculiar institutions.
He says their bells and gongs make as
much clatter as if there was realty some
thing on the table, to call the public to, but
when one gets there he sees nothing but
empty plates.
Presently the waiters will be seen dis
persing different articles
; pretty generally to tlie military gentlemen
with they stars and bars on their collars—
and when you ask then) to give you “some
of that what that fellr's got,”' the waiter
will look at you jiist as a faro dealer does
wlien he “ rakes down your pile,” looks as
if he had “chawed’’ you, and innocently
says:
That’s private, sir!
, “Then you look around to Seewhatelse
might you taste, and you see another chap
with eggs. You think' ll well, eggs are
common enough, dear k^ows.”
; “ Well, give me some eggs, then.”
“ Dem’s private’ top, sin De gemmen
fetch’ em hear and we cook ’em for him.”
i “Give me some potatoes, then ? I sup
pose they’re not private,” I said loud
enough to attract all the eyes around the
table.
“ massa, dem’s private, too; but I
can give you-some corn bread, an’ here’s
sbme salt, an’ here's some corn bread.’,' ’
some of that butter, you
bjack rascal,” I said, aggravated, as indeed
it should make anybody feel who was pay
ing eight dollars a day for boards
" Well, massa, dare, massa, dat’s priv
ate, too! Here's some salt!”;
Spying another nigger, I motioned him
tp me, thinking I would slip a bride into
hjs fingers, and possibly get some of the
private dishes. He come reluctantly, and
as I extended my hand With a promise in
5h he stopped and said in. a low tone:
, “I’se a private servant, massa.”
This capped the climax, and 1 detemin
e«l to finish my meal on corn dodger and
salt, and take the next train for a change.
~Bugle Horn.
Gen. Grant in a Horsk Trade.—A
few Congressmen on the train the | other
day entered into a conversation about the
'iperits of different generals in our army,
in the course of which one of them told the
following rtoiy about (Jen. Grant: 1
“ I khew Ulysses Grant when he was a
little boy. We used to go to school tor
gather, near Georgetown, Brown county,
Ohio. The boys used to plague him dread
fully about a horse trade he once made.—
When he was about twelve years old, bis
Tether sent him a few miles into the epun
try. to buy a horse from , a .man named
Ralston. The old man told Ulysses" to 1
offer fifty dollars at first ; if he wouldn't
take that, to offer fifty-five dollars, and to
gf> as high as sixty dollars, if no less would ■
Wake the purchase. The embryotip major
general started off with these instructions
fully impressed upon bis mind. He called
Upon Mr. Ralston, and told him he wished
|0 buy the horse.
“ How much did your father tell you to
give for him ?” was the very natural in
qniry from the owner of the steed.
; ‘‘ Why,” said Ulysses, ‘‘.he told me to
offer you fifty dollars, and if that wouldn't
db, to give yon fifty-five dollars; and If yon
wouldn’t take less than sixty dollars, to
give you that”
“ Of course, sixty dollars, was the lowest,
figure, arid, on the payment of that amoutit,
.the animal became the property 1 of the
young Napoleon.”
Hardee and the Scraggier.—
Wp recently heard a (amp anecdote which"
we' think, is worthy of being preserved' iii
print. While on a foraodrarch Insane ■
army movements in last sum*
meir, Gen. Hardee camp up with g strag
gler who had fallen some distance in the '
rpar of his command. The General ordeied
him forward, when the soldier replied that
he was weak and broken down, not hav
ing >had even half rations for several days.
’‘That's hard,’’ replied the General,
“ but you must push forward, my good fel- {
low, and join j’our comrades, or the Pro
vost guard will take you in hand.” The
soldier halted, and, looking up at the Gen
eral, asked—
“ Ain’t you Gen. Hardee?
“Yes,” replied the General.
“DicTt you write Hardee's Tactical?
“Yes?”
l’ve studied them tactics,
arid know’em by heart- You’ve
that to double column at half distance, am’t
You’?” “ Well,” asked the General, *
has that order to do with yonreasp?" •
“I’m a good soldier, Goneral.andobey
all that is possible to be obpyed s hot |f yo»
can show me an order in your taptics, or *
anyjiody clse’s tactics; to double ‘
on half rati'ohs, then TU give -
The General, with a hearty laugh, ad
mitted that' there were no tactics to nffft
caae, and puttiag to hus Ipm,
rode forward.
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