The Democratic Watchamn.
BELLEPONT E, PA
Dreadful Ooourrence
The beautiful Indian village of Pot
tawatomie, situated on the Neosho
River in the State of Kansas, was the
theatre of an intensely exciting:but
wholly unavoidable occurrence on the
night of Sunday, May 21. The main
moth menagerie and circus of old John
Robinson, which had exhibited the
previous day, to crowded houses, to
the great delight, wonder and aston
ishment of the untutored red man,
was the great center of attraction,
Their astonishment and curiosity was
great when the glganild proportions
of Old Emperor burst upon their view.
Everything passed otr quietly, and oi l
Sunday . evening the weather and water
being warm, Mr. Robinson determined
to let old Emperor enjoy the luxury
of a bath in the river, whits a very
frequent custom among menagerie
owners. Accordingly between the
hours of Ave and SIX I'. Bust,
the keeper, wee directed to bring hini
down to the stream. The Indians to
the number of twenty or thirty were
poticed watching the process of unfas
tening the c:iains ' } 'R
elephant, with the closest scrutiny
/the object of which will eliorily be
seen.]
01,1 Emperor made up his mina, to
enjoy himself, and on w i t h
slow and :osjestic tread toward the
stream, teeming to care for nasght but
the commands of his keeper As he
neared the bank of the river, without
waiting to receive the commend, lie
plunged boldly in and began disporting
himself w-t b the greatest delight, rol l;
ing and plunging from side to side,
sucking up great quantities of water
and blowing it out through his huge
proboscis in great cokemns, twenty or
thirty feet high, allowing it to fall in
showers of spray upon and all around
him, the sight of which, to the Indians,
was truly marvelous. Afterremaining
in the eater until dark, lie was con
ducted back to the correl or camp and
secured for the night, the crowd in the
mean time followed and watching the
entire proceedings with the closest
insiection.
As soon as he was unfettered and
began to move, it seemed as if the
tocsin of war had sounded ; front every
wigwam, hut and cabin they swarmed
forth, )oting and old, as strange and
fantastic looking crowd of humanity
as ever was seen before; and it was
certainly as much of a show 'to the
showmen as it was to the half-naked
crowds of savages themselves. The
wild and excited shouts of the children,
the shrill and discordant cries of the
squaws, the deep-toned guttural ex.-
claniaLtons of the WatiKors and braves,
crested a bedlam of sounds which
never was nor can be heard outside an
Indian village.
The Indians slowly disaPpeared, and
sought their wigwams for the night,
and there being no further need or re
mauling awake, the tired showmen
also sought to obtain the rest they so
much needed in order to enable them
to go through with the to-morrow's
work. It is customary with all well.
regulated menageries and circus coat
panics to employ a man as watchman,
and to him is intrusted the business of
awakening the company in the morn
mg, to be in readiness for breakfast
and an early start on the road, And to
his care is also committed the entire
establishment through the night,
About midnight tl-e watchman,
wishing to receive some iniormation
in regard to starting in the morning,
stepped over to the hotel where Mr.
Robinson was quartered, stud while en
gaged in dipnverirstion with him an 11$4
ful, unearthly bowl resounded through,
the balls of the hotel, followed by a
series of cries, groans and screeches
such as no mortal ever art before.
In an instant the doors the differ
ent rooms were hurried] upenefl by
the terrified inmates, wind '8 thrust
up, and frightened faces look wildly
Out.
The women and children littering
piteous wails of terror crouched tow
eringly dowr. near the men with pale
and frightened countenances—crying
'What is it 2"Are we attacked by
Indians I"Will they collie here 7'
'Oh, we shall all be murdered.' Th e
scene was enough to make the stoutest
heart quake with fear. Mr. Robinson,
quickly comprehending the matter,
sprang from the room and ordered
every man to come out, as he wan
certain that some of the animals hadbro
ken loos. Upon emerging from the tent
it was at, first supposed that the entire
village was on fire, for it was nearly as
light as day caused by the vast number
of torches which were blazing through
the encampment,
The noise and din seeming to grow
louder each instant, and being in the
Indian portion of the town, they hurri
edly made thither; and upon suddenly
turning a corner they beheld a eight
they will never forget, In the foreground
was the huge form of Old Emperor,
upon whose back was perched a half
dozen warriors, shouting and gesticu
lating wildly to their bretbern below,
while at intervals of half a minute *-
horrid yell would ring out upon the
night air, followed by huge columns of
smoke and dust,and then could be
beard the shrill trumpeting of the ale
pliant as uttered when enraged or in
pain. On every side lay the ruins of
the once peaceful horns of the Indians.
As the showmen were preparing to
rescue Emperor, crash went his huge
trunk, and an entire wigwam was seen
flying through the air, while from the
clouds of dust and eaps of rubbish
could be seen the naked forms of some
.4
half en squaws and children re
gain conciousness, and darting
awe rough the woods with fright
ful yells of terror. The scene was aw
ful; the demoniac yells of the savages,
the infuriated trumpeting of the ele
phant, were enough to strike terror
and dibmay to the stoutest heart.
The company headed by Mr. Robi n
son, rushing up immediately, scattered
the Indians oft' from' the elephant's
back and led him away. Ile mani
fested hia delight at finding hiMself
once more among his friends by repeat.
edly caressing tie keeper with hie
trunk. Ills body was found to becov
ereil with wounds from whiob the blood
was flowitig intetreams. Over one hun•
dred arrows were found sticking in his
body. Their first proceeding was to
extract the arrows (each one as it was
drawn frown his flesh caused him to ut
ter piteous moans of, pain), and then
staunch the flow of blooti, which being
done, lie was enabled with great diffi
culty to walk back to the camp, Amid
the confusion it was impossible to as
certain how he became Josenetl trout
hie place of confinement, but upon ex
amining the chain it was found to be
unlocked, showing that it was through
the agency of some mischievously in
clined person; and upon a strict inqujr
ry being made, it was ascertained tliNt
a party of young braves, noticing how
very gentle and harmless the elephant
was, concluded to have a grand me
nagerie procession of their own ; and
while some were unlocking hie chains,
the or six leaped upon his back and
two more walked on each side and
steered hint along, and thus the grand
cavalcade started for the Indian guar.
.er oi "le town, ;i::!"lingi no doubt, to
create a big sensation among their
brethren, which they certainly did,
thoygh with a result far different from
what they anticipated; for upon reach
the first of a long row of wigwame,
lie discovered the top of one which had
been covered the day before with the
long, sweet grass of tile prairie, thrust
out his trunk for a mouthful, when the
whole top gave way, and out burst the
tri-litened Minato' with terrified
rcreatits, also 'Knifing the elephant at
Il e sante time.
The Indiass, becoming alarmed for
the safety of the rest of the wigwams,
comnierced goading him with spears
and knives; while at the same tune
hundred torches were Hashed upon the
scene, producing the very object they
were endeavoring to prevent, for it not
only confused but blinded the elephant,
while the pain and torture of the knife
and arrow wounds rendered him al ,
nip -it francs with rage and terror to
such a degree that he rushed madly
forward, dealing destruction on all
sides; and it would be difficult to tell
which part) expressed the most setts
faction in parting from each other's so
ciety, Indians or elephant.
Old F:mreror was purchased from
the King of Siam, and hie been in this
country on exhibition for about thirty
years, He is known to all showmen
as being the best dispositioned elephant
in the United States, never have been
known to injure any living creature,
and it is the only large elephant on ex•
hibition that is allowed to stand with
out a guard rope being placed around
in order to keep people away from him,
but on the contrary, ladies and chil
dren are constantly by his side feeding
him with all sorts of eatables without
the slightest fear or harm. 'Lie In
dians, noticing how very gentle lie was
were not slow to take advantage of his
docility and good nature.
The Western Indian is noted for his
tl»et ng propensity, but h istory has no
record of their ever endeavoring to pil
fer co large an animal before, although
'their disposition was good enough to
attempt it. But they have the conso
!soon of knowing that they are not
the first showmen that started out and
'busted up.'
Mr Robinson immediately pent for
the chief to ent.leavor to con,:iliate twin,
and for remunerating those who had
lost their dwellings by the unfortunate
occurrence.
Upon the arrival of that dignitary,
he quickly made icnopn hat wi,ebes,
when the clue( immediately replied
that the 'father of all the animals,' as
he termed the elephant, 'was not to
blame, but that the blame rested upon
hte ;.oung men who had unteatened
Old Emperor, for which they were
ery sorryand hoped that Mr. Robin
son would forgive them ; and now as
no one had been killed—only very
badly scared—he did not think it right
that the 'father of all the animals'
should be made to pay anything. al
though nineteen wigwams were
etroved.
But Mr. Robinson inaisted upon his
receiving a sufficient amount to rebuild
the dwellings, which he wee loth to
do, but filially accepted, and thus a
metier which at one time threatened
to rei.ualt in a fearful lops of life was
happily itieried. Old Emperor ap
pears to be particularly unfortunate in
ai'ventures; winter before feet while
travelling in the South, he bad a ter
rific combat with alligators in a*Flori
da swamp, where he succeeded in sav
ing the white camel that elands by big
aide, and which at that time was a
that time was a mere calf; and now
cornea this last midnight encounter
with the Potawatomies, the wounds
from which he will not soon recover.
Luckily indeed was it for the poor In
dians that lie is the most docile ele
phant in the United States, or the re
bull might have been terrible, and it
will be many a day before they at
tempt capture another elephant.—
Kansas City Bulletin.
Fancy of a Fashionable Belle for a
Heathen Chine..
An unusual ti4tat is now going the
rounds of fashionable gossip, Bays the
New York Star, relating to the strange
fancy of an uptown belle for a verita•
ble 4 11eatboa Chines.'
The young lady in question is an
exceedingly stylish and handsome
brunette, who luta been' splendidly od.
'mated at the Georgeteten convent,
where she graduated about a year ago.
Since that time she has been the sole
mistress of her father's elegant and ar.
istottratic mansion near Murray Hill.
. The young Illy is motherlopr, and
an only child. She bas been indulged
in every whim by her fond father, who
is immensely proud of his daughter's
beauty and accomplishments. About
six mouths ago the father took into
the household as butler or steirard,
remarkably clever and intelligent Chi.
narnan. dreamy•eyed, 'yel
low and slim,' the Few butler perform.
ed his duly admirably. It was
long, however, before the almond yes
of the Asiatic and the sparkling orbs
of his beautiful mistress interchanged
many glances of admiration, whenever
the duties of the household brought
them together in consultation.
Long and more frequent became
their interviews. More and more im
terested were they in the household
accounts and—with each other. The
servants whispered among themselves
about the strange intimacy between
their mistress and that 'Heathen Chi
nee, whose smile was so child-like and
bland.' About two weeks ago the
lather came home unexpectedly, and
entering the library suddenly, was hor
ror struck at the sight of his lovely
daughter in the arms df the loving
'Celestial.' The way that he went for
that 'Heathen Chinee' would have
gladdened the heart of Mr. Win. Nye,
could he have witnessed the scene that
ensued.
In vain the daughter cried, and
pleaded her love, wowing her deter
mination to marry him. It only add•
ed iQ the flame of wrath
sou ow
ing her father's henrd---oho was
forcibly con vi need of the neee.ily of
an immediate departure not from
the house, but from New York also.
Bountifully supplied %rill' 'l'ifelicrin
man's money,' he in now fast nearing
China, leaving his lovely and loving
brunette, surrounded by watchful eyes,
to mourn Ole tool of her Mongolian
Inver.
A Fierce Attack on a Farmer by an
Enraged Horse.
From several farmers coming into
town yqterilay , from the township of
'fay lor, our reporter learned the par
tieularn of a very exciting affair which
occurred in that township, about Fey
enleed milen Irons Detroit, on Sunday
last. A man named Pierce Andrews
returned that morning with a young
horse it Inch lie had purchased at Wy•
andotte. In riding the animal home
Andrews hail to give him several
whippings, and was once or twice run
away with, and thus when he arrived
bonne he was tired out, and the horse
was nervous and excl,ted. There being
some goods packed away in the sta
ble, Andrews took the horse in on
the barn floor to tie hint. While so
doing the animal bit him, and for this
lie Ana soundly belabored with the
handle of a broken pitch fork.
After being struck several times
he broke loose and ran at Andrews
and struck him down with one of his
lore le e t. While in thin position the
farmer received a bad injury from be
ing stepped on, but managed to get up
and show fight, still retaining pommel
sion of his weapon. The horse reared,
kicked and uttered mad neighs, and in
a moment struck the man down again.
Andrews fell so close to a partition
that the horse could not get at him
well, and here lie kept the beast at bay
by inn:riding its legs with the club.
'I lie people at the house liar) heard
the sounds of the struggle, and a hired
man and the family mere soon Around
the door. As the horse seemed to qui
et down a little, the loan grouted to
Andrews to crawl carefully, along to
the dour. Thin the fernier started to
do, but had not crawled three feet
ttlool the horse pounced upon him
agmn, and this time dislocated hie
shoulder by a blow of the hoof
The horse then commenced plung
ing and kicking at ever, thing, pimp
trig at A ndrews wheneter tire larnier
moved, and in this emergency, seeing
that lie was likely to be killed, he
shouted to the man to get the family
out of the y ard and then open the door,
supposing that tile animal would then
go our. 'I h is was done, but the horse
plunged out and in again with such
rapidity that the farmer could riot es
cape, tine animal making at him every
time he tried it: As a last resort, the
hired man loaded an army musket
with line situ], and gate the horse the
shoulder, at short range. The beast
went down, jumped up, made a few
circles of the yard, moldier] leaped the
fence into the pasture, arid ran until
tired out. Andrews wee badly bruised
in many places, had It shoulder dislu
caled, as waled, arid will be confined
to the bowie for come time. The horse
received considerable injury from the
gun shot, but it is thought that a ve
terinary surgeon can heal the wound,
—Del-oil Free Press.
A Veritable Silver Island
Marvelous stories are told of the
ores that are being taken out of the
Silver Island region, on the northern
shore of Lake Superior. The Chicago
Tribune is intormed that from a space
Wooly about sixty feet square a De-
troit company last tall took out eiggh•
ty tons of pre that worked cat $80,000 ;
that during the winter $BOO,OOO to
$1,000,000 worth of ore was mined and
made ready for shipment; that on the
reopening of navigation a single vessel
brought down to Detroit, in one cargo,
$280,000, in ore; that a good deal of
the ore taken out during the winter
will turn out $2,000, and some of it
$4,000 per ton, and that ems I er quan•
titles have produced at the rate of $17,-
000 per ton. No such yield as that re
ported from this Lake Superior region
has ever before been reported on the
American continent. The average
paying return of the Connitock and
Colorado mines is from $BO to $260
per ton. Silver Island in situated in
Thunder Bay, a fearful and wonderful
region, where incipient oiimiler and
lightning roar and dash around pre
cipitous craggy cliffs a thousand feet
in height, indicating the presence in
enormous quantities of mineral depos
its of some kind.
The vein. which crosses Silver Is.
land had been traced across the main
laud a distance of seven miles, and it
is said to be clearly defined from the
surrounding rocks by being several
feet in Width and two or three feet
high, and of a, 'holly differcrit 'and
harder material. Two or three other
companies haveprospected and obtain•
eel, as they thick, lands fhlly as prom•
',sing as those occupied by the DetrOit
company. So great, boweiver, is the
confidence of the astute capitalists of
the latter gornpany that they are erect
ing reduotfon works near Detroit, and
already have five hundred men emn.
ployeti in getting out the ore. It is
very seldom that the first adventurers
in such fields procure the whole or the
most valuable of the treasure. It is
evidently not a pocket deposit, but a
fissure vein of argentiferous galena, or
silver and lead•bearing rock, of wihich
the lowest yet taken out proves the
richest.
Ink Slings. '
BY JOSH BILLINGS
Truth ie like the burdocks a cow
gas onto the end ov her tail; the more
she shakes them oph, the lees she gita
rid ov them.
There is 2 kinds ov men in this
world, that i don't kare about meeting
when i ant in a great hurry. Men
Whom r owe, and men who want to
owe rne.
Therein always one chance agin
the best laid plane ov man, and the
Lord hold') that chance.
Mi private opmun about 'rtbse'nco ov
mind' is, that 9 times out ov /0 7 it iz
absence or brains.
The flattery that men offer to them
selfs iz the moat dangerous, bekause
the least suspekted.
Take a kitten that kan hardly walk
on land, and chuck him into a mill
pond, and he will swim ashore—enny
boddy kan apply the moral in this.
The beet philosophers and moral
ists i ever met, hay been thoze who
had plenty to eat and drink, and had
money at interest.
It takes a wize man to suffer pros
perity, but moat enny phool kan suffer
adversity.
Pride, after all, iz one ov our best
friends—it makes us beleave we are
better and happier than our neigh
bors.
Before yu giv enny man advise, find
out what kind ov advise will suit him
the nest.
Knowledge is like money, the more
a man gits the more he hankers for.
The advice and phony's or great
men are never admired or imitated by
great men.
The trew art ov kriticism is to ex
cuse faults rather than riiiikule them.
We have no more right to lair at a
deformed person, than we have at
crooked tree—:both ov them are God's
arkitekture.
How strange it is that most men
had rather be flattered for posawailin'
what they har not, than to be jtiatly
pt.o-eti tor having %hat they poa.:
Mean.
Suavity ov manners towards men iz
like suavity ov molatutiz tpwards Hies,
it not only calls them to you, but
s.icks them fast after they gil. there.
There iz a great deal or charity in
thin world so koldly rendered that it
fit rly hurts; it iz like lifting a drown-
inan out ov the water bt the heti,
rad then letting him drop on the
ground.
Exchanging komplimenta it another
name for exchanging lies.
The greatest thief this world haz
ever produced is Procrastination, arid
he is still at large.
Religion IC nothing more than a
chattel mortgage, executed, and rekor
ded, 117. Nek !mu lOr a mart's morality
and virtew.
White lies are .e.l tew be innocent,
but 1 am eatudied that envy man who
will lie for phun, after a while will lie
for wages.
A man with only one accomplish
ment kant expekt tew interest us long.
We all gil tired pretty soon looking
at a goose standing on one leg.
New York Weekly.
CURIOUS ,Jose.--A physician in the
Grand Army Journal, tells this ghast
ly joke: 'I remember one day in
making my hospital rounds a patient,
just arrived, presented me amputa
ted forearm, and in doing so could
scarcely refrain from a broad laugh ;
the titter was constantly or his face,
'What is the nastier? Thy does not
strike rue as a subject of latighter.' 'lt
Is not, doctor, but excuse me. I loot
my arm in so funny a way that 1 still
laugh when 1 look at it. Our first
sergeant wanted shaving badly, and
got me to attend to it, as I am corps•
al. We went together in front of his
tent ; I had lathered, took him by the
nose and was applying the razor when
a cannon ball came, and that was the
last I saw of either hie head or my
arm. Excuse use, doctor, for laughing
as I do, but be especially blasted it
I ewer saw such a bully thing,'
TRAMMING IN °NI'S OWN 81111 ALT.--
The experiment of permitting parties
to crime al suits to testily tic many of
the States with satisfactory results.
As an instance we may cite the fact
that J.idge Bedford of New York, in
passing sentence upon a murderer, re
marked that the prisoner had been per
in".ied, under the new law, to testify
in his own behall,but that did not help
his case as be 'swore too much,'and
thus tainted 'his evidence with sus
bicion, and the Judge added, that such
oa been the case in almost all Installers
in rhial•prieopers have testified. The
exception is rare in which a criminal de
fendeut has been able to tell A straight
and consistent story.—Coemopolits•
—The platforms of the Keystone
g ond the Buckeye Butte Democracy an
the Keynotes of. Democratic vioto
ty. Bo Goys tb• 14. Y.lleraid.
—A achi race for lk twouty Luu•
died da.i r clip is to cows off at
Cape hfu ! in Jul!.
Lafayette College Commencement
One commencement day is much
like another, but that of Lafayette,col
lege, occurring to-day and evening, has
been somewhat more than unusually
agreeable. The day has proved ex
tremely warm, but, the attendance was
large and intereitt in the exercises well
sustained to the end. The feature of
the evening has been the annual ad
dress before the literary societies, de
livered by lion. A. K. McClure, of
your city. The subject--'Every Day
Life'—was well chosen and most ad.,
inirably handled. It abounded in orig.
inal views, some of which will provoke
comment and discussion, which is
about the highest praise that can be
bestowed upon any production in this
age of polished platitudes.
The subject will appear to many ,
somewhat hackneyed, but the audi
ence found the treatment anything
rather than that. I would like togive
you a resume of the.address, but have
neither the time nor the skill to abridge
it in that way. Instead, I copy a few
of the more striking passages. After
premising that he had chosen a home
ly theme, not set forth in the list of
studies, lie said that life was an unend
ing lesson. That we only get the out
lines of the world's history from books,
and that he who would master the
philosophy of history must' make a
study of the every day life of men and
nations. To illustrate how circum
stances control the destinies of individ
uals and nations, he said :
'Washington was perhaps the only
man who could have won the indepen
dence of the colonies, and vet there
were those in the revolutionary army
no less brave, and much more brilliant.
It was rare wisdom that called him to
the chief command. Had Arnold com
mended, he would have lived a patri
ot, fought desperately, and Cost his
cause. Between Washington and the
people there was a common inspiration.
They mutually led, mutually followed,
mutually suffered, and mutually tri
umphed. The desire for liberty be
came part of the every-day life, part of
the every-day devotion, of the colo
nists; and the patriotic hero became
the Father of his Country.
set us for a moment transpose the
two chief military leaders of the early
part of the present century. Transfer
Napoleon to Britain and Wellington to
France. Could there have been a Mar
engo, or Austerlitz, or Waterloo 7 had
Napoleon been in the English army
with all his fiery zeal, he would have
been cashiered before he reached a cob
onel's commission ; and had Welling
ton been under the eagles of France,
he would have lived and died a subal
tern. But each in his own army was
a great captain, and each tpyifled the
people he so successfully commanded.
fhe people of France created Napo
leon ; the people or England made Ar
thur Wellesley Lord Wellington. 'Sol
diere 1 from these pyramids, forty cen
turies contemplate your actions,' were
the inspiring words of Napoleon to his
victorious army in Egypt. 'England
expects every man to do his duty, was
the strongest appeal that could be
made to the British soldier. Napoleon
would apostrophise the 'sun of A uster
hits,' and hurl his columns into battle
like the whirlwind ; while Wellington
would silently, calmly and stubbornly
maintain his position in presence of de
feat, and wait for Blucher.
The people of these two powerful na
tions moulded their leaders, and
through them moulded their own des
tlpies. had they been differently edu
cated and inspired, they would have
created other leaders, and the annals
of their heroism would have been no
less glorious; but the names to which
ambition so proudly points would be
unwritten therein. Napoleon quicken
ed and developed, but did not create,
the every day life of the people of
France. The ripening fruit fell before
the fitting harvester, and since then
France has obeyed, but never hoer 'an
other name. Never was she so great
aa under Napoleon I. The glory of
France was in the keeping of every
household. Honesty, vigor and ad •
vancement inspired all classes, and
their every day life was written in
blood on the battle-fields of almost eve
ry nation of Europe, and cominernora
ted in the grand column of the I'lace
Vendome.
Turning to our own country and la
ter trines, he contracted Lincoln and
Davie in the discharge of their airta
gont-In• thwee,
Hail Mr. Lincoln been a citizen of
the south and ardently ri, ~,,ia t li y
with its cause, li curil I riot (rave
ministered the govi, , iirent of the con
federacy for a iudve month, Nor
could Mr. Dnvi. with hie confessed ad
ministrative ability, have conducted
the war an the executive of the Union.
Men of the type of these two rulers
were not rare in both the north and
#.ouh dorm: the war, andsincerely de
sur,,d to their respective sections; but
they were felt or unfelt just as their
leading characteriattesi were in accord
Or in antagoniein with the great pur
pose of their people. 114 the carmen
of these two civil leaders not been es
neutrally and irreconcilably at van
ante, there would have been no dime
ered states and no war; and being vi
tally discordant, their rulers and he
roes were created for widely different
purpoeee, and of necessity from the
most opposite of elements. Each wan
the true creation of his own people,and
I believe that both filled the poseible
measure of the duties assigned them.
One was voceevelul, and success is the
moot etiece.olul of all human rewards.
Tut- other failed, and must answer for
all the errors that failure so greedily
group and magnifies,
This was followed by contreete re
lating to the chief actors in the great
struggle all opposite and skillfully
placed. The peroration was exceed
ingly fine, And the satire address was
,complimented by the most profound
attention on the part of the audience.
did were than please--ijkwakened
titougLt, and proved CcON'&011l.
•ihrICTATOR.
All Sorts of Paragraphs
Coughing Hoes' is the Indira name
for locomotive.
Why is a hey-rick like the It of
May 7 Because it is made hay.
A Western gentleman advertises for
a"self-supporting wife.'
Anybody can got ice on the Keene
bee:river, )30. for .4 cents a ten.
The now colored cadet at West Point
has been dubbed Sir Charier Napier.
Bears are said to be quite plenty
among the White Mountainethisseason.
The N. Y. Post. i spenks of the ostrich
like delusion of dew ly-merried people.
Ladies' watches are now made in an
oval case to look like lockets, and worn
on the necklace.
The Liberal Chrialian denies that thd
Rev. Mr. Hepworth, Unitarian, isgo
ing to turn Episcopalian.
th 9 present rate of progress the
Northern Pacific Railroad will be fin
ished within three years.
The number of horses in tho country
that aro 'going to beat Dexter' is said to
be getting very largo.
Grualy sums it all up when ho says
farming will certainly pay if conduct
in a prolltablo manner.
Tho torni 'Gilt-edged Hell' is apples!
this season W John Morrissey's gamb
ling house at Saratoga.
A'. Boston widow daily plinms
erse On her deceased husband's grave at
an anual expense of $6OO.
'Grasshopper Jim' is the dignified
cognomen by Which RII editor vi Port
land, Oregon, is distinguished
Gentlemen will wear at the Springs
Ulla summer high crown mouse Rdor
hats and light bib-tail and shad-Lilly
coats.
The marriage record of Bocion for
1870 develops the feet that during the
year eleven white girls married col•
ord mon.
Mr. Butler is nrrnnging n big hen
farm near Geneva, 11l on which he ex
pects to keep 18,000 hens of choicest
Creeds.
In India they cure leprosy by wash
ing the patient with warm water mid
soap ono day, and with carbonic arid
and oil the next.
Engagement rings of dimonds arc get.
ling too common to be sulec , a ri i t ria
to the plain gold betrothal ring hes
taken place.
A Troy editor Melly returned a
tailor'a 101 l with the following memo.
randum on the margin . 'Your inane.
script is respectfully declined.'
Mr. W. J. Carvan Is the f.rtunste
man who drew the $25,000 prize at the
gift concert of the Musical Secirti,
lately given in Mil.vaukoe.
The lion. W. C Flagg, of 11 Ilad
ison county, 11l , has been
gold medic for his extensive Li TA.,
which cover over one hundred 'et.,
It. is announced in London that toti•
oral Sickles who is a great favorite at the
present Court of Spain, is , liortly to s
married to a young and beautiful : 4 1.11%.
ilia Lady.
In Dubuque the other day a rnr,
promenaded Main street,from on ,r
to the other,with two large rattlesna , i
coiled about his neck, arms, and slw.ll
-
Twenty•fourcar loads of strawberroa,
comprising 250,000 quarts of the fruit,
weighing 250 tons,passed through 11,1.
Islington, Del.,for the North in a single
day recently
Mr. Whitehead, the inventor of the
'Ash torpedo,' will, it is said, !Troy°
$75,000 from the Ehglish gneerne,.nt
in consideration of his making over Ins
Invention to It.
There are said to be 1, 000 raft, .f
timber on the Susquehanna. b tvv. ,
Columbia and Williamsport, that are
prevented from going down by the shal
lowness of the water.
A foreign-looking man created rp.de
an excitement in Now York, a few d
ago, by driving a four-in-hand rl um
manse bull dogs attached to a light
wagon, through Central Park
Tho scandal that a school teacher ;,!,.
Vermont had flogged her uncle 1. , .11 , :-
what mitigated when we learn that the
uncle is only twelve years old, sod we:
one of her unruly scholars.
A Maisachuaella man who telegraph
ed to New Bedford for a box of 1,1,...,1
organ mad received a box of pressed ced
flah, to astonished at 'tbo mistakes the
telegraph mon do make '
Twenty-six thousand children or ,. raw
learning music in the Boston pob; .
Schools Fifteen thousand of ee
su furZad vaneed 110 to 60 r,!
tal pant in n musical fentivol
St Louis has the 'botilu% tad
nil,' has Just (Tonna is new
miles lung and one hundred lest wale,
un which the nubbiost turnout, in the
Western world will be oxhibited
A friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson
met him in the Yosemite valley, and
said, hope you fool no dieappmnt•
rent hare."No, no,' said he. 'lt 0 the
only thing that quite comes up to the
brag.'
Rev. J. Hyatt Smith is no much
censured by his Baptist brothern on sc•
count. of his Open Uommunion notions,
that he nays he would be in danger of
suffer mg at the stake If he were not em
wet to burn.'
Tho teacher of an infant class to a
Portland Sunday school is ninety years
old. Ilia sun is superintendent of the
school, and his grandson secretary,
making the school considerably 'in the
Wisconsin farmers complain bittrrly
of tho damage done to thier wheat fields
by millions of pigeons. They make reg
ular raids every morning,and leave hale
of the sown grain behind them when
they retire.
They are going to celebrate the Fourth
of July el Niagara by Bending an old
ship over tho falls. A motion has been
made to amend the resolution by pro
viding that the ship be first filled with
Niagara hackman.
In Indianapolis a charming lady phy'
stun was called to administer to a gen
tleman who we; down with fever.
You need good nursing,' said the lady.
Nurse me for life,' replied the patient•
.1 will,' was the soft answer.
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