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L« HKSLOP.
'IONEH,
IN HAND
AND IKS
rtur**. which h«*
i«* niosr d-u^oii*
pplkk
: &C..&C
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in Uie neat>
yon will find
*ewhere.
m Ware
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?s, on reason-
fVn : ond Sheet-
'purpoee*-7
i\ rounty
f FFER,
appreri-i
fdtcbcrnrthi*.
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STREET
BOOKS,
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GOO,
’ VARIETY
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lie on cteineud.
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C»rolfoe «t«.
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’ f nflurr-.mi m.l vicinity tli»t
v.. jmtrso«J*in«.*.vrty iX„ , u ,j ,i,je ..r
L
jutr Uiogiit in Phihuh*lpliU £ o\*H. and :>t minced
*** titkd. *4« dl‘t«rniilKl| A Of tlM‘lll
: *nl leat poArfibtr aitvah«‘*-. .«
o*r»U>ok of UUK&}
ijjUte. coru»btiuc,in
H&zk BUk*, French
Alpttcaj). Wu>|.
jAnd Panum>U<*.*|
I Style nf l .yizur'M DfUia
[Woolen Sbawla. Cioakiu
Balmoral .Skirt*. verjJ
Complete ill*-of
And Clove*. We iUmi
To our attack of Donwqy
Have a foil tine. sucW
\fu*lina and Sheet luge, I
Hhirtlog, Canton JhJ
price*. -Boot* and BfaJ
W**ar ; Ladle*.
Kiu« and heavy MoiV
Wo have *)*} roc«ir^
s<uch as Cuff***'. |
A now vpil handaf'Wftj
<olocUhJ exprewtiiy f. f A
£i, Wo call the oepcriiij
thai wo are now polling »)||
a -rieri prin;*. tirieUy Jifj
.-*/ y*.
Sine no]y’tli(Uikifi|/
.•■.mi go heretofore iM-Ktn*,
• ionybody.ftnd 7
•’ail :>1 the MiJf
s'JVE
C jOTHIi
A of antl W
• 'loti big, wbiil
public to tii*» r*
Ini. \V«* matt
»H* tii oqr owu
'Uj.ifvisioiu an
». *
tjQUA
L-tnit to
■hi? &|i the mark*
We hay «
hy middle th<
. We veil .
■ Tf’WtJiin? the pe.
who bhy from tecoi
4'Mhiiie at the.-■
(:>r thntr* al who».,
•id gctUhnir
• ••ij theh> in the
pel- ciplapo.
\lVjhav« branch Stoi
SjBTOOKA
*h*»r*j poods ni.t> b»* b
««U U|**m here in t% i
If apy jwrooit 3m* &
More.jin Altoona'. I* k J
i iito his e?*t-al>l
iAnuJsland j'rir«-'c.
Whfileaale Uocwe. N
Dec; 2.186?.—tf.
' i NFA
umiem
JL jC>rm lli>oitiz<B
yry, he LcM^onti
' been liik
FALL ANI
wlilcli. for st}!**, qoi
ihla ijeek of county
! uvreUfare, *\nri h« '*■
4 jr«r lime*; lor
The Best Goel
wr old e*y that M
litth: lower that) an
air to e»U and see ii
:i.. he fee|» confi«h4
defy (ompetltlou. I
,i,AW owl
MKN AND. Bi
I.ADIKSJ*
Sltt.Nl
WOSUSS’f
UATI ANt) CAPS
BUiXCUISI
■ He! will nil IM
Kip 1‘e1g«i........
U»n*i Boot.
IiAUpinRAJ, 4*l
Wkiw »urt,Broi
.nil everything tl
iml 4* cheap en tl
A«.i>nA wt,7.
■ ' '1
CITY
nn E. U
1J .fully
mantiin? »«“
limit Store of**
j-VW* Kordirete
His Diu
.i.iife oriwWiii i
(Mil »«<1 exefnl
j.; MBOi
f/dK toil#
(/LASS, W
T CA
,iudlnert/ artic
! PUBI
4”^
, 'itootm
■Victory Won!
pcribei> would respectfully
IS W citizen* of Altoona and vicinity,
jnft'retnrged from the Knur with their
WIXXK It STOCK OF
' ’ & CAPS,
Sc SHOES.
& CAPS hhre been ae
nd. with the view of cutting all
their patronage. Their line ut
3T
g-lr
■g'i.try
■ J
- -fc.
for the Winter is now
h foil lin»» of
h*, Dr»li and i
elaim*, Figured
an entire new \
Jloths, Hoop Skirts.
pup; a lull and
Ed Coium Hosiery ;
[rite specialattentioa
Bonds. of which we
[prints* Ginghams.
M, Grey and White
or near old
br Men and Boys'
hi Chithirenfl’ Gaiter*,
hr] Goat Shoes,
fch dc»* lot of Groceries.
B. j*vrupa, Ac„ ami
?ck of Qmei>*w«re.
Jnai ket.
of all to the fact
|il,:l- of £oo*l. at the lowest
W. rf<ianllae of what they
k public for the libcr*l p»t
-«»■ iii -xl rH*iirt*!fully inriu>
friend*. Ilu* Unite*, to
i while they «r<» to
IN LOWTIIKK & CO.
I CENTAGE
YOLK
JUST HANDS.
Iv. MiuiiiltuUurera
.it;- tltr attention of lit*'
c*> lh**ir 4»u*ck._
Th«'V »n* uuwlt?
iiii. umU*i our
w r-11 laatlc t»ud can Ik*
1 E BEST,
fy •>!* llojuiy-mad** cloth
from UieJuipofter* and
*av»* tlip per ivutnct- pm
reasonable percentage
y savingtin* purchasers
must be aiblwl by tho-***
I again. We retail onr
•U other merchuntu pay
..•wqimntly tluw* who huy fn>in
Min') price whfch otheryflotliiers
|t>. 11 1 «*no liv -»<Tf^TV*Jot>»»«*rs*'
ND .JOHNSTOWN,
at tht* fiffur**' 1 at which w
hi t«M. or im:vchif*rJ. that Tuck‘«
Hay-‘d out.** let such person drop
aud •■X'tinln** his
TO*2 Murker Mr-cr. Philadelphia
r Goons.
lied would resj.> <-tfxillv in
of Altrt«rtiK and ■‘Urroiindimr coni*
tyrnedfroTn i-h* Er»M. where l»»- has
: oF
WINTER GOOUS,
:t and price, cannot »nrpu sed In
Hie stock i« much larger than
* quite an object, in the*" exciting
K* to purcbesv where they can get
j and at the Lowest Prices,
[ can nod will sell ns ]>»v. if not a
fcther house In this place He wishes
[stock before purchasing
ke can offer inducements which will
Is stock consists of
GOODS of every description,
WINTER WEAR.
ID MILKS’ .DRESS SHOKS.'
Nl> BOYS’ BOOTS AND oIIOES,
MEN’S UaLK HOSE
,ND MISSES' WOOL HOSE.
ND UNBLEACHED MUSLIN
jIIAiIS AND HEAVY' DRILLINGS.
n Sewc-d, Bootws nt $1 /i0(5^1.75
„ 1.37@1.50
*J.7sffn3,so
rs, wry low.
CiBOCEBIES.
Sugar. Rio Cofffff. Svmjw, Thhs. Ac.*
is usually in a Dry Oihmls St.-rE
ch<*ap*-f*l. . f . A. SI’RANKLE.
,) RUO STORE.
REIGART would respect
elu,th»* citfoHi* of Altoona anti ,mir»
fhat he ha* revfijtiy pnrcluwoil the
n k Co., on Virginia Street. opposite
are Fresh an cl P ure.
rict aitniriou >.* luinim-**. to itierit a
tMiage. '
hißKtock. HohuhconHtat.TlTt'a Hand,
DRUGS, [
NKS anJ CHEMICAL
?OAiVC PERFUMF.F V. BRUSHES,
r, paixtsi oils v
soy OIL AXD I.AMiW
TOTIQNSy CIO APS
iuaUy kept in u Firtt-da/iF J>rug Store.
VINES AND LIQUORS
for mediciiml use. .
U>E WINE—I’LUK—WAiK
PBESf MIPTIOSS
ihihnl, at a!! t»otir»* of the flav or night.
>i, 1H63.
'tines' and cmLDXJ&rS SHOES
Their Balmoral Shrew
are just the thiug lor wet
for their v«rj liberal patronage ■
merit a continuance of the same.
<xt door to Bowman*# Exchange
4 MANN.
TEAS!—FKITCHEY
»**riur to. unv t-v**r offered <u Al
•f adulteration, coloring, or mix-
•U'KKU.<—A L.AEGK
Wlctan* crHcker* Joatri*ct*iv«i
riUTCiisr.
.—NOS. 1, A Nil 3,
unf. mid chcli imckage
* amt fi.r -okl* ln« br
rntTCHKy;
A
TH K ALTOONA TRIBUNK
k H V i'CHf'M.
i; 01 I itJtS A Mi, PR OjPJIIETURS
'■ nnnviii. ((Miyaitle utrarjUhly jh sl 60
Ah papers discontinued the expiration of the time
paid tor. | • .
TERMS op aDVRRTI.USO
'I imwrGun 2d*> ;
Four line* or less .i.i. $ 35 $ 87j£
<>«•• Square. (8 llue-»).,~....i... 60 ; 75
Two
Three
(16 - ),
m •“ h
;iii, 1 OH r5O
I uO . 2 00
tlv*T three weeks nud leas than three months. 35 cents
per square fi)r each insertion,
0 month* 6 months. 1 year.
1 50 $ S OQ | 6 00
iy; : 'l Si) 4 00 : 00
Six tines or leas.
'One «q»l;»re
Two
Three *•
Four
Half a column
due c01umn.....
Administrator* and Kx**cuton» Notice
Merchant* mlvertiKlnc by the year. tbri** square*.
with liberty to change t . 10 00
l*rof< > *<uoiial or liuftine*« Card*. nptexceeding 8 lines
7 ith paper. per year ..... i> 00
: Communications of * political character or individual
jnterfflt. win be charged according;to the above rates.
Advertisements not marked with; the number of humr*
tioQ'i desired, will be continued iijl forbid and charges!
according to the above term*.
(RuMiness notices five cents per line forever; insertion.
■ Obituary notices exceeding ten Upes, fifty cent* a square
sMtt Potttjn
THE SMACK AT SCHOOL
i The following lines were read Ivefore the Literary Rocie
tv of* Rtockbiidge, Mas*.’, hv Win: Pitt Palmer, of New
•York: «'
A district school, not-.lfar away.
’Mid Berkshire hilla, one winter’s day.
Was humming froni k* wanted noise
•if threescore mingled girls and boys,
i few upon tlieir fissk intent,
: But more on furtive mischief bent;
The while lli** Jiihsi.t’* downward loot:
Was fastened'ou u iopyd.ook.
sharp and char a rousing himud; !
A> *tw ere a battery of,bliss : *
Li t off in one tremendous hiss I
"What’s that}” the startled master cries.
That tbiiV’ a little imp rvpU»*.
“Wulh William WilHth. If yqu pleolhe,
1 »;(«• him kl'li Thushannah Peathe l"
With frown (o makeaistatue thrill,
The master thundered,•••Hither Will!’*
Like a wretch o’taken in his track. *
With stolen clmtteU on Jiis hack,
W ill hung his head in fear and shame.
And to the aviul presence came—
A great, green, bashful simpleton.
The butt of all good-natured fun.
With smile suppressed, aud birch upraised.
The chreutener falterefi, u rm:*ahm/*d v
That yon. my biggest pupil
Be guilty of an act mo. rude!
Before the whole *et scli-nd tb Into!— r
What evil genius put you to t J”
• "I'wuh she. hen**lf,'’ pohhodthe laal.
■1 didn't moan to t>e sp bad ;.
Rut when Susannah shook lj»r curl-.
And whimpered 1 was ifraid of girP.
And dursu't kiss a laihy's dull.
1 couldn't stand if, sir. at nil.
Rut up and her on th.-xpol,
1 kt^>w—buoLou—l oiught to not.
But.; Mpmehow from b*r look*—bo**hoo—
-1 thought she kind o’wiwhediue to!”
|§isteil3«g.
THE TWO iTEAVLEBS
Some years ago it wo .gentlemen and a
ijady had taken tljeiEphices in the diligence
from Paris to Havre. One of the gentle
then, M. MallaqueQ a merchant ot the
Capitol, as indolent jin mind as in body,
slept profoundly from the- commencement;
the gther, M. Lussah, a commercial travel
er, a person of very-animated character,
did not allow his tongue to. rest a single
instant. Among other things which he
mentioned, he let it escape that he bad on
him fifteen thousand francs in bank-bills,
and that the greater; part of the sum was
intended for the purohose of colonial pro
ductions, and the rest'as a preseutTor wife.
i M. Miillaquet, on the contrary, during s
the rare intervals when he was sufficiently
awake to speak, sail] simply that he Was
going to Havre.
I The diligence arrived atPontoise, where
the horses where changed. As the road
from 11 that point ascends, the conductor pro
posed to the travelers that they should
rtalk up the hill. Lussac embraced the
proposal with and Mallaquet,
from politeness, affected to be no less de
lighted, though, in fact, he had no desire
to put his legs in movement. r
They both started up the hill, then, and
jthe diligence followed them.
; Soon darkness came on. But the trav
elers continued to hear the diligence roll
ing behind them. At the end of some
jtime they both remarked that they had
wandered from the right road. They
Wished to return thereto, but the sound of
the wheels no longer reached them. The
indolent Mallaquet grewt afraid. Mutter
ing a few oaths, he began to march at a
jmore rapid rate, apd this sudden change
(gave bith in the soul of M. Lussac to a
I sombre presentiment . liemembering his
imprudent avowal about the fifteen thou
jsand francs which he had with him, the '
most | lugubrious ideas agitated his mind.
He asked himself in terror whether this
jsuspected companion had not plotted with
the conductor to rob him in some solitary
place. Perhaps, he also thought, another
accomplice miglit be lurking in some spot
near, ready to pounce on him. In truth,
poor Lussac deemed, himself a lost man ;
he determined therefore (o be bn hisguard.
j With regard to Mallaquet, when he saw
Lrosac become suddenly silent, he at once
conceived similar suspicions to those of his
Companion. He had not, it js true. like
Lussac, been guilty of any indiscretion enr
dangeringhis Own interests, but his pock
ets were Piled with Important papers, and
the avowal of Ms companion appeared to
m JmLm. :.'. 'i^r. \§L -****■:■■.■ .ijiuUj
iPI _■ L "f*W • i ) x - ||l . :
<|p : wL ILaIL-
H. C. DKHS,
3 do.
* 50
1 00
2 00
t 50
f. 00
10 00
4 00
12 00
8 00
5 <H|
10 00
U 00
6 00
20 00
40 00
14 00
•26 00
10 00
14 U)
1 75
“We mush’’ said he, “be thoroughly on
our guard here. It is the very (demon
himself who lias throw ns thus on the
high road in the middle of the night.—
Fortunately if we meet with any misfor
tune or attack there is nothing to be found
on me but empty pockets.”
“Indeed,” replied Mallaquet, “you sure
ly forgot the fifteen thousand francs which
you have with you.”
“Oh! that was all nonesense,” cried
Lussae: ‘.‘my words on this point were the
merest wind : of course I was only jok
ing.”
Tliis speech did not Jail to increase the
terror of Mnllaquet.
“Well, whatever happens,” he said, af
ter a few moment’s hesitation, “I am de
termined not to yield till I have tired mv
pistol as often as 1 can.”
• “Pistol!” exclaimed Lussae : “but do
you not know that it is forbidden to carry
arms
“Forbidden, do you say ?” continued
Mallaquet, assuming nn air of great cour
age ; “there are resolute fellows, however,
who do not much regard—who, in fact,
laugh at —such prohibitions.”
This conversation was interrupted by
the trot of a horse: the rider was a pos
tillion, who told- our travellers that they
had gone astray,.and they had* at least,-a
walk ot two hours.to the nearest posting
station. Both, more alarmed than ever,
sought relief ip furious oaths. '
Presently it carriage passed : Mallaquet
and Lussac rushed towards it. Lussac
wanted to get up behind, but the coach
man struck him so fiercely with his whip,
that he was forced to let go his hold.—
Behold our travelers, then, dragging their
weary limbs anew along the highroad.
A light gleamed in the distanse. Our
travelers, drowned in perspiration and
crushed by fatigue, marched towards the
spot where the light was shining. It was
a village ; everybody had gone to bed ; but
they at last succeeded in discovering an inn.
Fresh mishap ! All the rooms were oc
cupied ; but: the landlord, yielding after
awhile to their passionate requests, gave
them the room which he had reserved for
himself. Hungry and weary, however,
the two companions felt the irresistable
need for some food. The delay caused by
the repast was marked by an absolute si
lence ; find in nearly the same silence
Mallaquet and Lussac prepared with their
i exhausted frames to taste the sweets of re
pose
“The moment I am In bed,” thought
Mailaquet, “f shall pretend to sleep. I
shall even snore with tolerable emphasis if
needful; but slmll keep myself alert for
whatever may occur.
As - for M. Lussac, after having slipped
his portfolio under his pillow, wished his
companion good night, and blown out the
candle, he placeed himself as cosily in the
bed as he could,, but kept his eyes fixed on
the darkness id the corner of the room
where the brigand was.
Two hours passed away, marked by the
most complete immobility on both sides.—
The first feeble light of the dawn .was be
ginning to peep through, when M. Lussac
perceived his neighbor risng -with precau
tion, and approaching his own bed on tip
toe. Mallaquet then stooped down over
M. Lussac's face. M. Lussac’s heart beat
like a steam-engine. Fortunately, how
ever. he bad his knife opened and ready
under the bed-clothes. He asked himself
whether he ought not to be beforehand
with the assassin. But a little cowardice,
afid the excess of his emotion, forced him
to wait, without stirring, the development
of events. M. Mallaquet again gathered
some assurance from the air of tranquility
which he who deemed himself a victim,
simulated. fie went back to bed with
contented hejirl. And the result was, that
neither of the travelers having slept, but
neither of them also haying suffered any
greater harm tjpm a good, fright, they set
out in the course of the morning arm-in
arm for Rouen, became intimate friends,
and ended by forming a commercial part
nership. The house Mallaquet and Com
pany still prospers at Paris, and each of
the partner* amuses himself with telling
the singular circumstances which led to
their business relations. It is never, how
ever, without emotion that M. Mallaquet
hears M. Lussac speaking of the moment
when the knife was kept ready under the
bed-clothes for a fatal-stab
ALTOONA, PA., WEDNESDAY, 27, 1864
him now only an adroit (rick to inspire
him with confidence. Keeping at as great
a distance as possible from each other, the
two travelers watched each other’s move
ments. AI last, a marsh coming in the
way, forced them into immediate contact
on a narrow path. Their alarm and dis
trust went on increasing. Mnllaquet rais
ed his hand to wipe his brow, bathed with
perspiration. Lussae then stopped, think
ing that he saw in his companion’s, hand'
an instrument of murder. However, to
brace his courage a little, he likewise rais-
ed his hand to. take a pinch of snuff. Mal
laquet, seeing this, stooped down, to the
muddy ground to escape the expected pis
tol-shot.
After some time passed in (he anguish
of these mutual suspicions, Lussae deter
mined to give utterance to his dread 1 in
words.
fIKT>EPEK|>EST IK EVERYTHING.]
THE PEBSBVBKIKG BACHELOR
Mr. Peter Robinson was a bachelor,
stout, and almost forty. Peter had never
loved hut once, and the adoration of his
heart had been bestowed uj>nn Miss Lucy
Poppleton : but alas; Peter had faded to
express his passion at the proper moment,
or, in other words, had failed to.come to
time, and one day his heart was larcerated
by receiving an envelope of cards, an
nouncing that the delighted Lucy was
about to become Mrs. Jimmerson Crooks.
it was a terrible blow to Peter, but he
staggered up from it and still loved the
object of his early passion—at'a distance.
Mrs. Jimmerson Crooks revelled in the. de
lights of .matrimony, leading Fashion, her
husband, and Peter—at adistance—by the
nose for five years, at the end of which time
Mr. Jiminersoh Crooks choose to depart
for another sphere, leaving Mrs. Jim
merson .alone to mourn her duty.
Once more Peter’s heart sprung up from
dust and ashes, and looked forward to the
time when the, ullo.ted period of mourn
ing should be over, and he could pour
fourth the pent up agonies of five years,
and ask compensation in the hand of the
fair widow. One year, thought Peter, is
surely enough of time. I will give her
one year. Month and month rolled away
until he could stand it no longer. A siek
ish misgiving of the evils of delay drove
him to precipitate the asking. When the
tenth month came he sought the widow
at her home, and with all the ardor of a
long pent up love poured fourth his tale.
The widow heard him—heard him candy
unto the very end, and then, with her dili
cate perfumed handkerchief pressed to her
blushing cheeks, told Peter that she had
only the week before promised her- hand
to Dr. Siekleback and oh ! why did not
her dear friend speak before 1
A second time was Peter's heart torn
into minute fragments : a second time
was he sent into the world to admire —at
a distance.
Time sped on, and once more Peter
began to encourage hope. Perhaps Sickle
back might die: he certainly had an apo
plectic look, and sure enough Peter’s per
haps turned out certainty, and Mrs. Doc
tor Thetsiosius Sickleback was once more
a mourner. Peter had learned too lat
terly the dangers of delay/ lb suffer any
such cause to stand this time between
bimsell and success. He would not give
the widow a year, nor yet ten mouths—
nay, not even six : but the third month
he would go to her with his tale of loye
deferred ; and so he did. We must trans
scribe the widow’s own words when the
question was popped.
“ Oh ! Mr. Robinson, why did you not
come betore ? You know my esteem for
you ? You know that I would have set
aside all other offers for you ; but oh '
how can I tell you—that only last eve
ning I promised Captain Hawkins. Poor,
dear sweet Hawkins! he’s you intimate
friend, I know; I’ve heard him speak so
highly of'you ! Oh, why did you not
speak before ?”
And so Mrs. Doctor Theodosius Sickle
back was transformed into Mrs. Jonathan
Hawkins ; and Peter was once more left
to admire—at a distance.
Still Peter waited and hoped. Some
thing might turn up, he urged, and then
he would not allow himself to be too late
and .something did turn up, the something
being nothing more or less that the re
doubtable Captain, who tprned up missing,
having fallen over board from the steam
boat while out on a target excursion with
his company, and sunk like a stone, owing
undoubtedly, to the ponderous nature of
his responsibilities.
The suddenness of this exjit, as Peter
urged, must certainly act with depressing
force on the widow, and though he would
not give her again time to recover and be
admired, still etiquette demanded a little
time to intervene. Accordingly when,
uponthe tenth day after the melancholy
berevement, Peter knocked at the widow’s
door, bent upon his errand i of love, he
ratlier chuckled to himself that he was
taking time by the Ibrelock.; The business
on which he came was quietly told, and
once more the widow was in a torrent of
tears.
, “ Oh, Mr. Kobinson,” she exclaimed, ]
hiding her face in her cambric, “ why are i
you so unfortunate, and why' am I f You
know my esteem for you, hut you are too
late. I am already engaged. You know
Counselor Ketchara?-—my poor, dear,-dead
and gone Hawkins’ most intimate friend.
He' was with him, you know,;when he was
called away, and was the first to, Commu
nicate to me the awful intelligence. He
was such a comforter, and 11 am promised
to him this day two months.?’
This time Peter was crushed- He had
no words to express his broken hearted
ness, but to rush from the: house and go
as belore, admiring at a distance.
\ It was months before Peter ever offered
to encourage hope, and even then it flick
ered. One day he was walking in des
pondent mood through one of the upper
avenues, when he heard a sudden shout,
and started. From a half-finished build
ing just in front of him, he saw, as he
raised his eyes, « stout Milesian making
gyrations in the ail , from a flight of three
stories, in company with a coping sjtone
weighing somewhat less than half a ton—
the two having slipped together from a
scaffolding at that bight. He saw both ’
Milesiati and stone strike full upon the
heads of, two gentlemen passing, and the
whole four were in an instant mixed, in
an inextricable heap. Like all the other
spectators, Peter rushed to the resine,
only to behold, between horror and' jov,
the last gasp of Counselor Ketcbam, find
the gentleman who was walking with
him, and the perfect safety of the Milesian
and stone.
This lime Peter would trust no more
passing of tiuie. Without an instant's
delay, more than to satisfy himself that
lite was extinct, he hailed a passing hack,
and then sped to the mansion of the wid
owed, Mrs. Counselor Ketcham. In weirds
of the most delicate and endearing nature
Peter communicated his intelligence l to
the widow, and waited the result, tjnd
then, between her sobs and tears, claimed
her hand for’the next set.
“Oh, Mr. Robinson,” sobbed the
widow, “ how- can you ask roe such a
thing ? How could I know that you
would he the first to bring me the news
of my dear Ketcham’s decease ? You
know how I esteem and respect you, but
I—am already engaged !”
“Engaged!.” shrieked Peter, ‘to whom?’
“ 1 promised,” responded tiie widow,
between her gobs, “ I promised a month
ago—that if anything happened—l would,
marry Col. Snapper.”
“You did!” shouted Peter, his whole
appearance changing in an instant from
that of a fiend to a look of unbridled joy,
“ and who are you engaged to after that?”
“ No one,” sighed the widow.
“ Will you swear this,” said Peter.
“ 1 swear it,” responded the widefw,
solemnly!
“ And will you marry me after Snap
per is gone ?”
“I will said,” the widow.
“Do yon swear it?” asked Peter
fiercely. '
“I swear it,” said the widow earnestly.
“ Then you are mine, charming Lucy,
for the stone that ushered the Counselor
into the next world also took the Colonel.
I saw it with my own eyes.”
The next moment the widow was in
Peter's arms, and they were married in a
month.
A MINNESOTA LAW SUIT
The following from the Lacrosse, JJeino
crat Wis., for an actual fact, is the richest
within our knowledge.
“ In the semi-rural district of Winona,
forty miles north of this city, on the Min
nesota side of the Mississippi river, lives,
among several other people, a jolly good
fellow of a Justice of the Peace, whose
idc:ts of matters are much like the current
of a deep river. Once started in a deep,
river it is hard to turn them. 1 On a fair
day last week, after the 10x12 dispensary
had been swept, after the chairs had been
set in a short row against the side of the
office, and sundry whipped quids of to
bacco and mutilated segar stumps had
been kicked under the stove, there was a
wooden step on the stairs, and a vigorous
knock at .the door.” * J ■'
Come In,” said the as he aet
tled jnfo a legal look go, befitting a man
of law duly elected to dispense the favors
of the blind goddess.
A stout woman entered. She had on
a short woolen dress, wooden soled
shoes, spotted red cheeks, black hair, tind
eyes thatsnapped like the lock of a shot
gun. In Portugese and in the
worst possible English, she said : , *
” You law man?” : v
Yes, madam ; be seated-”
“ Want paper. Want paper to take
man. - ’
Just then a stout French half-breed en
tered the [room, He was unable to speak
a -half-dozen words,: and looked either
scared or' bashful. The Judge saw -at
once that there was a marriage to come
off,.and said to the woman, who -stood
with compressed lips watching the’ Justice
and the door;
“Want paper to take this man ?" ;
“ Yes, want paper.. Me teach him.—
(Nice woman, thought the Justice.) He
no good man. Me take him so quick as
1 can.”
“ All right, my covies—fix you in the
jerk of a lamb’s tail?’’ said the Justice,
as he turned to the man and said:
“ You know this woman—(Sni you fake
her?”
The man shook his head and muttered
intelligible words. ' i
“Ah 1 I see. *'Can’t talk Englisl),—
Well, never mind,”
He rah into the street, invited a few
friends up stairs, and on returning with
them said to the woman:
“ You want to take this man fur better
or for worse?” ; ’ :
want, to take
“ Yes-— mo
pay!” •
“ All right.” ,
Then turning to the man, who. stood
trembling, he gaid: ;
!t You take this woman torjbnMef or
for Vorse, and progusa to dtc.
ftie peadi
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virtue of the authority in me vested, I
pronounce you man and -with. AlSl he
stepped forward before the womanoould
say » word, and kissed her red lips,
.Slap came her -hand in his face, and
she tdutohed his. hair. The new hashn mi
jumped in to tak® the wopuui away, »pd
to protect her, as the Judge supposed,
when, in self preservation, she hit him a
rap on the nose. The woman pitched
into the new husband, who; in turn,
pitched into her, and for about jfive or
ten minutee there was a general hailing,
and a display of legs, garters, and things
decidedly astonishing.
At last, the parties were separated—
when the man and woman took another
turn at each other, the blood and hair fly
ing in all .directions. Down came the
stove, pver went the table, olattey. went
the chairs, and inta, the street like mad
went the Justice with a black eye, tutd the
Iwsom o.f his shirt looking like a wanmty
deed covered with red seals. ;
A crowd rushednp stairs and fbtmd
the man and woman lying on the floor,
hugging each other like bruins, their legs
and arms mixed up> worse than tomato
vines, the woman on top!
The newly married couple were separa
ted when through the aid of two inter
preters tt was discovered thai the night
before, the parties, occupying adjoining
shanties in thelower part of. the dpwn,
had got into a quarrel ovef a styjye pipe,
which was claimed by both, and. from
words they had come to blows. Each
party had hastened to the Justice’s office
in the morning for a warrant for the
other, with the result stated as above. —
The last news from there was that the
parties had gone in search of another Jus
tice to (inrniarry them, and the genial caiW
of their terrible aquabble.was bathing his
banged eye in camphor and .whiskey-
A Man Save©wqm the Gallows pv
Maiuuage.— The case pf Patrick Nagle,
an Irishman, charged with rape, was cal
led on. The girl, a very interesting per
son, came into court. Much interest-was
excited, and a great’ number of. persons
were present to hear the trial Tlje man.
a rather good-looking fellow, seemed to be
deeply in fear of the danger thatsurroun
ded him'. Mr. James O’Kelly, of Kings
ton, appeared for the defence ; Sir Henry
Smith for the Crown, . When the. ease
was called, Mr. O'Kelly “challenged the
array” of jurors, evidently for the purpose
of throwing the case over until the next
Assizes, he having stated previously that
the man was dcsirous ot marrying'the girl,
and, no doubt would be able to do
being willing. In that case the mown
would have no evidence against her hus
band, Mr. O’Kelly’s challenge was aU
lowed, and the trial of the case was there
fore adjourned till the next court, on the
ground that the jury were only summoned
from the city of Ottawa and the township
of Gloucester, and should have beep taken
from the whole county and not froth ai»y
particular locality. It was suggested by
the learned counsel for the defence the
prisoner was willing to marry the girl, and
made an application to admit him tip bail.
The Judge 'stated that if th 6 girl wonld
consent to marry him, and he could be as
sured of the security of the man, he'would
grant the application. Upon Mr. O’Reilly
giving the necessary assurance U> the
Court, bail was taken and the man and
girl left the court'to go before.a cleygytnan
to have the knot tied. We understand
that the learned counsel was present, and
t|ius by his inginnify saved bis client; for,
no doubt, if the prisoner had been tried
he would have been found guilty. Thus
a man was saved from the gaUowa,.and
got a wife in the bargain !—Ottawa Oitm*
A Populab Danish Stoey.—>ln the
village oi'Ebberup in Funen, there lived
a very wealthy fanner, who had to go One
day to Assenswith k loadof harlteyj so
one of hie neighbors a cottager, asked to
go along with him for' the sake of fetching
home some goods in the empty cart. ' The
fanner had no objection, so the cottager
followed the cart on foot, and as it- was a
very hot day, he pulled off hi» worsted
stockings and wooden shoes, and staffed
them under the back of the cart. It was *
Sunday, and they bad to pass close by a
church on the roadside. The man had
got a little way behind the cart, to- he
could hear, that the minister was in the
pulpit. - It struck him that; as the farmer
was driving very slow,- he a# well
turn in and bear a bit of the sermon, he
could soon mahe up to the cart again.—
He did not like to go so far in th|s the
minister could see him, so he stoo<L inside -
the door. The Gospel for (hat day was
about the rich man and thebeggar,- Just
as the traveller entered the ehureh the
minister shouted out But what became
of,the rich mini?” The.,Bblterug’‘ man
thought the minister was speaking teb'iin,
and he stepped forward and said.
drove j)n to Assets with ahrid ofbarley.’’
Stet teundercd the iwj^** 3 *** 4 *
hell.” . “
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