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HR IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE,
ASD AL1L1 ARE SLAVES BESIDE,
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OLUME
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1867.
NUMBER 42.
1
WHOLESALE
STOI
BUS
,1!! 1HSHDERGER& CO.,
?ItlX STREET,
'j'TVSlTE SCOTT HOUSE,
JOHNSTOWN, PA.,
f"r s'e largest and best
assortment of pure
TV
IN CAMCl'.IA COUSTY.
OILS, VARNISHES,
tholiol, Turpentine,
.rc Wines xd Liquors, best brands,
a Lbs. White Lad.
nT'ir.n PTin" PTTTiTiv
T
iiit-iliira,
7 -v"
njfltiit'j lept in a first-class
il'. nil f icfiich u i'.l be
OLD AT CITY PRICES,
iWLEJrS CELEBRATED BITTERS,
lv Ue uL-zeu or Lv tlic gallon.
OF
en: stock or
rics and Tcilet Articles
iv k il jj'j ': by all judges to be the
t .v (j ua s rriY
ASD FINEST JS QUALITY
AMY I Ottt TOWN".
AGl.NTb I'Olt
if'S SSiUS Ell BITTERS
AM)
ii .W "3 MAGIC OINTMENT !
l:.o:;l!:.:s puomptly FILLED AT
LOWEST PRICES.
I ;:: t.wn, Aug. 15, 1F.C7.-Iy.
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WET1TI0XII
1STABLISHED 1858.
THE OLDEST
DRUG STORE
IN CAMBRIA COUNTY.
c.
FRAZER
K'-'.-ps constantly on hand the
LARGEST,
CHEAPEST
AND BEST
l HiTMEXT OFGOODS PEFTAIX
1SG TO THE
DRUG BUSINESS
In The County, which he offers
IT WHOLES ILE OR RETAIL
T; THE TRADE AND PUBLIC
:i LOWEST RATES !
H.EIS & It E U T H ,
V-R JohhilotTn, Pa t
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS
AXO IlUOXi. mxDtr.s.
MANUFACTURERS OF BLANK ROOKS,
POKTE-MONAIS. PAPER BOXES
AND LOOKING GLASSES.
Looking Glass and Picture Frames always
on hand, and made to Order. A large and
mo3t complete asiortment of Diawing Room
and Miscellaneous Pictures, consisting of
Chromos, Paintings in Oil, Steel PIat En
gravings, Plain and Colored Lithographs,
Oil Prints, Photographs and Wood Cuts.
This collection embraces a selection of large
sized match pictures of Landscape and Do
mestic Scenes and Portraits, and 5,000 dif
ferent varieties of Card Photographs of prom
inent men, comic and sentimental scenes and
copies of subjects by celebrated artists. We
have alio a varied assortment" of BIBLES,
PRAYER. HYMN and SCHOOL BOOKS,
HISTORIES, BIOGRAPHIES, NOVELS,
iSrc. Religious Prints and Emblems in great
variety, and the largest and most complete
stock "of STATIONERY ever brought to this
county. 600 new and beautiful styles of
WALL TAPER, including an assortment of
Potter's celebrated English make, for which
we are sole agents'. in this locality. These
Wali Papers are handsomer in design, supe
rior in finish, and 2i inches wider than any
other make. . .
The'citizcns of Ebensburg and vicinity are
respectfully notified that we make BOOK
BINDING and the manufacture of BLAIsK
BOOKS a speciality. All work promptly
executed at moderate ratts.
CStcre on corner of Clinton and Locust
streets, imrjic-diaMy opposite Foster II -rase.
Johnstown, Oct 2. 18C7.-tf.
WANT SUPPLIED AT LAST I
THE ONLY CLOTHING STORE
IX EBESSClRfi.
FALL Sl WINTER STOCK
There i. no need now of going to any plce
distant from home to purchase
Ready-Made Clothing,
as the ubcribcri have not only ia store on
Main street, thiee doors east of Cravv
f rd's Hotel, a full line of
Overcoats, Fp.ock & Dkess Coats.
BUSIXESS AXD O THER C OA T3,
Ca.-simire and Dicskin Pantalcon, Panta
loons for every day wear, Vests yf all
vlcs and textures, and Gen
"tlemen' FURNISHING
GOODS, to uit all
purchasers, as well aa
Trunks, Valises, Carpet-Sacks.
Ladies' and Gent's Traveling Bags,
&c, but we are prepared to sell goods at as
Reasonable Prices
as like articles can be purchased from any
dealer in this section of the State. Our
STOCK 15 UP AND PRICES DOWN
to the times, as any person can eatisfy him
self vho visits our establishment.
(Tv-Remnnber that this is the only regular,
first-class Clothing Store in Ebensburg, and
in variety, extent and cheapness of stock it
will be found unrivalled. Everybody is in
vited to give us a call.
oct.17, 07. J. A. 1IAGUIRE & CO.
jjc poet's gtprfmtnt.
imoKi: vows.
Piomises are lightly spoken ;
Vows on which we blindly build
(Uttered only to be broken)
G forever unfulfilled.
Oft betrayed but still believiog
Duped again and yet again
All our hoping, all our grieving
Warns us, but it warns in vain.
From the cradle to the coral
From the sunny days of youth
We are taught the simple moral.
Still we doubt the moral's truth.
When a boy they found roe rather
Loth to do as I was bid.
"I shall buy a birch," u&ys father.
Broken tow ! lie never did.
Grown extravagant, when youthful,
In iny tailor's debt I ran ;
Up appeared about as truthful
In his talk as any man.
Let me tell you how he sold me :
"Look ye. Mr. What'sYour-Name,
I shall summons 3'ou," h told me
But the summons never came.
Through the meadows, daisy-lad n.
Once it was my lot to stray,
Talking to a lovely maiden"
In a very spoony way ;
And I stole a kiss another
Then another then a lot.
"Fie!" hhe said, Til tell my other.
Idle words : she told her not,.
(tales, Sfeelfbcsntcbofcst.
A itflGHT IN A BAYOU.
5
5
riitnUllu Street,
j'WotTF, :ia::kft house.)
JnNSTOWN, PENN'A.
A0!E3' FANCY FURS!
AT
John Fakfjk.v's
old established
Fur Manufactory !
NO. 718
Arch St., above Tin,
Pt , Pill LAD A.
"?V H"" Have now in Stcre,
i;: of my own Impoi t-
" l'S ation anci Manufac-
' 7 turc, one of the lar
" A"A est and ni'xst beau-
.'.'li.ji.s f FANCY FURS. for Ladies
:'.!'cti'K w.iar.tiow in the City. Also,
jortment of Gent's Fur Gloves and
en
T.
' 'u d to diiose of my goods at
;i:ionable i tecs, and I would therc
;' -dl I'rom iny friends of Cauobi'u
. icinily,
m.er I hi- nrei Number and Street.
JO I IS FAR FAR A.
ARCH St.. above 7th, south side,
..:bAir.Lr:iiA.
" partner, iinr connection wifft
.';." in Vh ihi' Fa. c. 3 . 4 m . J
K " TAMES' HOTEL,
on the European Flan,)
1 w.L.nY Stueet, orrosiTE THE
-1 1 n Di i'ut, 1'iTTSuunciii, Pa.
A'. LAN AH AN. Proprietor.
is newly built and splendidly
aM. and couveLient to nil the Rail-
....uitig into the city. The Restaurant
v,;, tja Hotel open at all hours
! "-t ujy and night. oct.17.-ly.
i' i OT J VAXT the best Cooking
it t i -r' -r Sljtre made in the world, go to
'ULbi .-j and get Spcarss1 Anti-Duster.
r :1
JJOLLIDAYSliURG'!
JACOB mTpIRCHER,
FASHIONABLE
CLOTHIER & TAILOR,
lias just opened a full assortment of well su-le-d
n-.d most desirable
SPRIXO & SUMMER GOODS.
Gents and Bovs furnished with CLOTH
ING, HATS, SHOES, &c, of the latest
st!osa!i'i best material, ai im iinJ
CASH PRICES.
A VABILTY OF PIECE GOODS,
which will be sold by the yard or made to
order in the most approved manner.
Having given full satisfaction to his cus
tomers Lr more than twenty five yeaks.
he guarantees the same to all who may favor
him with their patronage in the luture.
frj -Store on the west side of Montgomery
street, below lilair. next eloor to masonic
Hall, Hallidaysburg, Pa. Lmy23.1y.J
TCJOTICE. Notice is hereby give
' that an assessment of roc a per ckn'
has locn laid upon the premium notes of the
Prof at ion Mutual Fire Insurance Cvwjny
if Cambria County, to pay losses recently
sustained, and that said assessment is due
and payable on or b fore the 10th day of
December nest, to John E. Roberts, Recei
ver, at Ebensburg. The failure of parties
insured to pay at the time required will viti
ate their policies, though the Company tLay
enforce ejection of the amounts atsessed by
suit upon their premium notes.
A. C. MULLIN. Secretary.
Ebensburg. Nov. 7. 18G7.-3t
1 UDITOK'S NOTICE. The undcr
. signed Auditor, appointed by the Or
phans Court of Cambria courty to distrib
ute the money in the hands or David bbai-
fer, guardian of the minor cm wren oi Ja
cob Shaffer, deceased, to aud amongst the
persona legally entitled thereto, liereuy no
tifies said persons that he will attend to the
duties of that appointment, at his office in
Ebensburg, ou Friday, the T2d day of Ao
vember. 18G7.at 1 o'clock P. M.. when and
where all parties interested may be heard.
F, A. SHOEMAKER, Auditor.
Oct. 31, 18G7.-3t.
The Mississippi, like the Kile, is divi
ded at its mouth into a number of outlets,
thus forming a delta of islands, which,
though devoid of anything like scenic
beauty, are not devoid of interest.
The great liver, washing. as it docs the
banks of a country many thousand miles
in extent, entries down in solution great
masses of soil, which the impetus of its
currci.t, through the reaction of the sea,
aided by subterranean salt springs and ac
cumulating drift log9, causes to settle. in
banks at the mouth, which in the lapse of
lime and the ordinary nature, obtain an
elevation above its Burface,.and becomes
sprinkled with tokens of vegetable life.
Those island nearest the sea possess
the fewest traces of vegetation ; some of
them being adorned by only two "or three
tuft3 of red grass, white'thpsj on--tb o -Ugf
treuie confines of the coast are wholly
without vegetable production ; the forma
tion of the latter being too recent to allow
time for the germination of chance seeds.
The numerous creeks which intersect
these islands are called bayous, and wind
amongst interminable spaces of marshy
ground overgrown with tall and cane-like
reeds. These are the favorite haunts of
all alligators, snakes and other acqueous
and amphibeous reptiles, whose solitude
is rarely disturbed by man. An explor
ing party entering these precincts, will
find the navigation, from the shallowness
of the water, both troublesome and dilh
cu!t. On the afternoon of a hot day in sum
mer, a boat with a crew of lour men and
coxswain, belonging to an outward-bound
ship lying at anchor in the stream, was
seen to make its way into one ot the bay
ous. The coxswain was the chief officer
of the vessel, aud the men at oars were
nicked men from his watch. Embarked
r
as they were, for ua other purpose than
the gratification of curiosity, the reserve
usually maintained between master and
men was laid aside, and jokes and coni'
mcnts freely passed, a proceeding which
Mr. Adams, the officer rather encouraged
than suppressed. Indeed the latter oc
casionally put in a remark likely to in
crease hilarity anil dispel restraint. Un
der such auspices, their labor was light.
The oars bent to their strokes, and the
, v
IJUWUIT KNIVES, Table Knivts
ul i orkr . Spoons, A'e., can be bougl
fu. ch at G EO. il UNTLEY'S.
lO do;
DOZ. WoOltKN I? UTTER 1 $OWI.fi
fcCeiveil Hint fur k:i! Inw for rnxh
4 DMINISTRATOKS' NOTICE.
u- Letters of Administration on the estate
f Michael Maxwell, late of Washington tp
der.M. having been granted to the undersign-
L1 liv the Register of Cambria county, all
r J . . . . : i ..
persons having claims agamsi. tiu wi
arc hereby notified to present them properly
.r,;,-Afl for settlement, and those in-
; dobted to the same are requested to, make
1 uavment without delay.
P ELIZA RETH M AX WELL,
william Maxwell, j
Waliiton Tp., Oct. 24, 18e7.-Ct,
boat cleft the water like a fish
'Give way, my lads," said Mr. Ad
ams ; "pull with a will. Make a noise,
6ome of you. Jack, strike up with some
thing." Jack who Jung well and had a good
voice, commenced a roaring song.
'Ease the starboard oar," interrupted
Mr. Adams. "Pull in for that creek, d'yo
see. There steady she goes."
"Aye, aye, sir," said Jack.
They had not moio' than reached the
middle of the creek before the boat touched
the bottom, and though she moved slowly
to the strokes of the oars, yet the labor
of propelling hr became greater every mo
ment; and the men at last paused to
breathe.
'I thought it was only a bank, and we
should have not over, but the mud seemed
v here," said Mr. Adams. "Hack
her off." She was accordingly backed
off. and they pulled for a narrow bayou
nearer the entrance ot me creeK, wnicn
proved deep and navigable. Mr. Adams
directed them to make lor a small cove in
one of the island?, at which he proposed
to land. The landing was effected with
some difficulty, upon the trunk of a tree,
one end of which rested on the shore while
the other floated in the water. The boat
was run aground, and the party had to
walk some distance on the log, which the
washins of the water had rendered shp-
nerv and insecure. However they land
ed in safety ; and Mr. Adams directing
two of the men to make fast the boat and
set on with the
cies of shrub which stood considerably
higher than his head, and formed in parts
an almost impenetrablaTthicket through,
which they forced their way with difficul
ty. Birds of bright and beautiful -plumage
flew from tree to tree, seemingly
without alarm at tho individuals who
were intruding on their retreat. Chame
leons of transient and varying hues ran
along the bushes, changing color to that
uf the spot on which they .alighted, so as
to be scarcely discernible' from the spot
on which they rested. Tracks of rac
coons marked the soil in different direc
tions, and the party would occasionally
stop to listen to the cry of one of these
creatures at a little distance. The parch
ed and thirsty soil covered here and there
with a rank and wiry grass, was cleft in
to long and deep fissures, which were sug
gestive of subtle and deadly snakes lurk
in the hollow.0.
. While the two men were engaged in
pursuit if a small animal among the bush
es, Mr. Adams pushed through the thick- '
ets and lost sight of thepi. He soon j
gained the opposite side of the island and
came to water again. -Iere, trunks of
great trees stretched along the bank so
as to form a kind of jetty. Mr. Adams
stepped from one to anotbcjLof theso im
mense pieces of timber t whuKrmd no
doubt been swept from the skirts of some
mighty forest, drifted down the river and
deposited here. He rounded a point of
land and found a numbct of these dogs
lyiDg together, making a rude bridge to
an adjoining island. He tried them with
his foot, and finding them firm, by tread
ing resolutely and carefully he managed
to cross to tha opposite bank. This is
land he found less inviting in appearance
than the one he left. There was a little
clump of brushwood in the centre, but
otherwise the place ws bare of vegeta
tion. The soil was solV and muddy at
the landing, so much so that Mr. Adams
sunk almost ankle deep at every step.
There was a salt spring in one placu
which had the shape of a cone of glisten
ing mud, from the top of which a narrow
stream of brine trickled down, and settled
in a pool at the foot.
There were two small mounds of earth,
each with a board at one end on which
an inscription was rudely carved. Mr.
Adams did not need to be informed that
these were graves, for the effluvia arising
from them indicated the interments to
lmra been recent. In roaming over the
mounds, from which it would seem that
this had been a burial ground for the
numerous ships leaving a sickly port, a.id
that the dead had been thus disposed of
in nreference to beinn launched into the
j - t
fea. The association was not pleasant,
and he turned away to return by another
path. The 6 nl in this direction was so
treacherous and soft that he sunk ankle
deep at every step. When half way
across, he found himself plunging up to
the knees in clayey and adhesive soil, to
extricate himself from which it required
the most violent strucrsles. It was with
an apprehension new to him that he fount
himself at every nause in his exertions
settling deeper and deeper in the mud
To aggravate his distress, he was assailed
by innumerable sand-flies, which fastened 1
on his hands and iace, anj stung him to
madness. Hy repeated and almost fran
tic efforts he succeeded in gaining a small
natch of hard soil, where he had crossed.
There was a small lake of mud similar to
that through which he had passeJ, sur
rounding tho spot on which he stood. He
looked toward tha shore of the opposite
island in the hope of seeing some of the
- r . i 1
men ; but as none ot tnera came, ue w as
nerving his mind to another plunge throuh
this terrible slough, when he observed an
unusually large tree come drifting down
. . 1 1 T-T'
the bayou toward me oriage. cor
moment he trembled for the safety of the
fabric by which he hoped to recross, and
was struck with dismay to see it com-
Dletelv swept off with the concussion,
leaving a passage a hundred feet wide of
deep water, and with a rapid current,
which he would have to ford, fur he was
no swimmer.
He breathed hard, and again ventured
beneath his seat. Eut now the evening
breeze sprang up, and blew away tha
myriads of minute sandflies that had
hitherto tormented him. Then the mist
of the river came rolling in and hid every
surrounding object in an impenetrable
cloud. No L jndon fog was ever denser or
colder than this. It was the exhalation
of a moist and pulpy alluvium pregnant
with the vapor of decaying vegetation and
endless swamps.- It was not long before
his teeth chattered with cold. He fortu
nately had matches in his pocket, and
with them he attempted to light a fire. In
his search for dry chips, he struck against
what appeared to be a stone ; on taking
it up it proved to be a human skull. He
threw It away in disgust. Some cold
substance adhering to his hand he struck
a light to examine it, and discovered that
an enormous centipede had crawled out of
the skull and was u3aklng iti way up his
sleeve. Every nerve in hi3 frame seemed
to start at the sight, and he hastily swept
it on. It required more fortitude than he
possessed now, to stir without alarm.
Every substance around him he knew was
dive with venomous reptiles. Vipers
were concealed in the dead timber on
which he might sit. Centipedes and scor
pions nestled under the bark, insects
that feed on decomposed and putrifying
matter, were generated in the inalaiii he
inhaled, and swarmed about him in
cloud3 ; and, when he had succeeded in
kindling a fire, the musquitoes, settled on
their defenseless victim, punctured him
with a thousand stingy, and buzzing into
ji3 ears with a wailing aud ceaseless hum,
seemed to crown the pandemonium into
which he had fallen.
No wonder that he became a prey to
unnatural terrors. He fancied he saw the
fierce eyes of crowds of alligators twink
ling at him through the blaze ; that he
heard the snapping of their fearful jaws on
every side of him, that every unburnt em
ber in the lire was a deadly serpent thaw
ing into life, and about to s, ring upon him
with fatal bite. Then he fancied that
scorpions had crept into his linen, and was
afraid to move lest a centipede would sting
his bosom. W orse than all, he began to
think he was resting on one of the graves,
and that the worms from beneath were
anticipating his decay ; and oh ! horror of
horrors, that the air rung with dismal
cries, which seemed to be approaching
from a distance, until he became over
powered with his fears, and trembled aud
moaned h4flettely likt mifef ,?ut - Duhe.
was now really ill. The chills and uguc
creot over him, and happily rendered him
insensible to ever thing but physical suf
fering, uutil he was roused by the crack
ling of twigs near him as of something
stealthily approaching. This was the cli
max, lie jumped up w ith a cry of terror
more like a yell than a human voice, and
rushing toward the water's edge, fell un
conscious to the ground.
If he had retained his faculties he might
have known that a light was at no great
d'siance, that the water re fie ted the flame
of beacons blazing on every isdand ; that
a boat full of men was approaching ; that
these men were shouting for him with all
their might, and that help was at hand,
though he knew it not.
Some days after, when his ship had got
wed out to sea, and he had recovered from
the deihium of a high fever, they ventur
ed to tell him about his escape. The
boat's crew had at first searched for him
in every direction but the right one, and
foolishly ,one back to the ship for orders.
They were immediately dispatched again
with lantcrne, and instructions to remain
all night if necessary. They goon dis
covered his fire, and after infinite pains,
contrived to reach the spot in time to res
cue him from a watery grave.
Though some years have now passed
over his head, and he has attained the
command of a large ship, yet it always
gives him pain to be questioned as to the
cause of his premature gray hairs ; nor
can he ever recall without tremor, the
sufferings of that night in the bayou.
SHADDOCK'S GRAVE.
A Curious I'rog St0.
img.
The place where liraddock was buried
is in Fayette, count; , Pennsylvania, and
between tifiy'-three and fifty-four miles
from Cumberland, Maryland, a few rods
north of the National road. There had
long existed a tradition in this region that
liaddock was killed by one of his own
men, and more recent developments leave :
little or no doubt of the fact. A commu- ,
nieation some time since appeared in a !
Washington paper, w rit ten by a gentle- 1
man whose authority is good on such J
points, and says: "When iny father was
removing with his family to the West, one i
of the Fausctts kept a public hou.-c near
where Uniontown now stands, the county
teat of Fayette, la. In this man's house
wo lodged about the 10th of October,
1781, twentyssix years and a few months
after Uruddock's defeat, and there it was
made anything but a secret that una of
the family dealt the death blow to the
British General.
"'Thirteen years after I met Thomas
Fauseit in Fayette count-, then, as he j
told me, in his 70th year. To him I put
the plain question, and received the plain j
reply : ' did shoot hua f He then went ,
on to insist that, by doing so, he contii
huted to save what was left of the army, j
1 I C . ..... ......ll, I i...u. l..ir-il i
..... . . . t ii .i . f ,W lul
tact eitner Uouuteu or oiameu, inai rau
sett shot Uraddock."
Hon. Andrew Stewart, of Uniontown,
The Elk Kun (Del.) Gazette has the
bubjoined :
f Mr. Yr.gerliving near Mitchell's Sta
I tion, in Culpepper ctunty, rv'ats some
! very curious facts about a remaikabiw
'It has lived," he svs, "man.
j years with us, and is a great favorite, aud
the greatest curiosity i us wTirj c
r markab'y tame. Il had frequented
door steps before our hall door some j.ws
before my acquaintance cumxeiux 1 vil!.
it. My father had adurred it oi acct uui
of its sizo aud color, and he risked it
every evening, when ii would come fort!:
j at his summons, and by constu.it k.u.iT.&
it would cotne to he candle ard look -v
j as if expecting to be taken ;ud biouht ;
: tho table and fed on insee; of all iwr
! On presenting living insectf, :t xe ir
1 ejes iute.itly and remains "ot"jnk tor a
: while as if urenarinir lor a t"it , u.
as if preparing l
is an instantaneous throwing f iis u-u,
to a j:reat distance, upon which : i--'t
sticks fast to the tip by a j;lu:e.ous m
tirr. I can'i pay how lu.ig my i. T
been acquainted with it ; lion, inj et io.
recollection he spoke of it aa "Old To-u,"
"the old frog." I have known -U loi
groat number e f years I can answer :
fifty -seven 3 cars. It makes it, ap.
auce with warm weather .:d 'ru
ua till fall, appearing uoimn -
evening to our great amusou. nlt li ;-.
been trained to do many tlir.e, .ujL,b J.
leaping, turning sumersault holdi"V
Pa., says his father knew and otteu con- j ternately by its feet and hands to suiiu
versed with Tom Fausctt, w ho did not j ror,e swinging an 1 w hilling a'tei ihe mar.
j hesitate to avow, ia the presence 01 us j lier cf ;. Pf ...;-r0pe performer, n.ra.:c
i friends, that he shut General liraddock. j erect un its hind legs: and at tho 'o: d of
I command, going tutuugh the iu.. uul ex
1 ercioe. It seems perfectly good uVtirv.i
! Fausett was a man of gigantio frame, of
j uncivilized, half-savage propensities, who
I spent most of his life au.ong ihe moun- j u;1j ncve, ohows temper, but is ut caaml y
i tains as a hermit, living ou game w hich airaid of a cat. on w hose approach it w it
! he killed. He would occasionally come often lep fuur feet from off the floor, with
: into town and get drunk; sometimes he the ut must precision, plump into the mouh
i would repel inquiries into the affairs of; Qc a iu,gC water pitcher, and thus secure
Uraddock's death, by putting his lingers j a g.afc ,ct,eat, Y'ct he is in no wis
i to his lips, and uttering a sort of buzzing , alar,ned or disturbed by the' presence of
sound : at other times he would burst into do"s. of which we have many ,about tho
tears, and appear greatly
agitated bv cou
Admri
A "Timbkr Hat." Somewhere about
the year 1790, (so runs the story,) a trav
clinT millwright, in those days the king of
on the yielding soil, which here was soft- mechanics, footsore, and with the broad
er if possible than before. Ho had near- cst Northern Done accent, stopped at
lv teached the middle, when lie ai- Soho, a locality indicative ot h eld sports,
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tempted to place his loot on a secmmgiy uut tuen the engine iactory ot liouuon 05
Aiding passions.
Iu spite of BradJoL-k's cilly order that
the troops should not protect theiuselres
behind the trees. Jo.-eoh Fauseit had
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taken such position, when liraddock rode
up in a passion, and struck him down i
with his sword. Tom Fausett, who was .
but a fchoi t distance from his brother, saw ;
the whole transaction, and immediately .
ifrr-W Tip liifc ..ifl iiird.-fcbct 'ii-lJ-Uek f
through the lungs, partly in revenge tor j
I the outrage ut ou his brother, and partly, :
aa he a'.was alleged, to get im General ,
out of the w ay, and thus save the remain- j
der uf the gallant baud who had been sac- j
rificed to his obstinacy and wai.t of ex- i
perience in frontier warfare. . j
After liraddock fell, the retreating sol- j
diers carried their wounded General for j
four days until they reached ".-even miles '
beyond Dunbar's camp, where he cx-
pired." He was buried in the centre ot
the road which his advancing army had
cut ; and to prevent the discovery of tha
"rave, and to save the body from savage
dishonor, soldiers, horses and wajious,
. . o . c . 1 . .. n. ...
wer-j passeu over it. Jim; 01 me souiib
mui-kcnl tha trees near the fput th t I
those who visited there many years after
could point out the spot witlucevtaiiiiy.
Some twentj-nine years fciuce" while a ,
party of laborers were repairing this road J
and clinging away the slope of the hill, i
they disinterred some bones, with sundry ,
mi'itary trappings, which were at oi.Ci
knoAii by the old settlers to be those of
liraddock. One and another to;k son.e
of the most prominent bones, and the oth
ers were rcinterred under a tree on the
hill. Mr. Stewart afterwards collected tho
scattered bones from the individuals who
had taken them, and sciit them to l'oale's
Museum in Philadelphia,
A plain shingle marked "Uraddock's
Grave." nailed to the tree where a part of
the bones arc interred, is the only monu
ment to point out to the traveller ihe rests
ing place ot the proud and brave but un
fortunate hero of the French war.
premises They seem to regard him as
one of the household aud u "privileged
character." The . Hon. Judge Pay lor,
who will attest the above statement mp.
by Mr. Yager, in speaking of the age of
this frog remarked : Tt is certainly ono
hundred years old, an i though he o-h
have been here before the Indians left the
ouunXi-y, la iui.ij' - uvvir Out ill i""
lclaiicy.
hard substance like a piece of hard tim
ber imbedded in the mud. T his sur
prise this substance rose instead of sink
- .. ... if
in under him. and the neaa 01 a
n '
great
Watt, and asked for work.
His aspect was a little better than one
of "beggary and poor looks," and Mr.
lioulton bad bid him God-speed to some
alligator with open mouth, emerged from other workshop, when, as he was turning
below. What he had mistaken tor a drop aWay sorrow fully, air. lxulton suddenly
of water on the surface was the eye ot J caUed him back and inquired :
"What kind of hat havo you on your
head, mv friend "
"It's just timber, sir."
"Timber, mv man ? Let's look at it.
the creature while basking in the sun.
With an involuntary exclamation, he
sprang aside, and by means of a series of
convulsive plunges he'managed to flounder
through to tho solid ground while the rep- Where did you get it?"
tile, fortunately for him, waddled off to
onntlipr tart of the island at a speed that
made him shudder. When he reached
the bank he halloed to the men till he was
hoarse, bat received no answer. The sun
RPttin. and in a few moments it
would be quite dark. He waited at this ganr anitber gait to please me.
point as long as it was possible to see any- j jong journey afore me, and I th
thing, and then seated himself on a stray
lo", where he had not rested a second be
fore something like a twig glided from be
neath his feet, and displayed to him a
large serpent, which in his dismal con
dition, he imagined to bo twice its ac-
toal size. He rose up nastuy, ana lor a
lone time would not sit down at all, as ho
. ... ... ij
remain to bail llCf OUt,
.1 ....., ;,wimoi tbft island. He
found the rlcc wooded with a large sne- ' knew not what reptile might be cjnccalcd J Goxn ur the spout Radicalism.
"I just made it, sir, my ain seL"
"How did you make ltT
"I just turned it in the lathie."
"Hut it's oval, man, and the lathe turns
things round "
"A weal ! I iust guar'd the lathie
id a
thocht I'd
have a hat to keep out the water ; and I
had na muckle siller to spare, and I just
made ane."
By his iuborn mechanism he had in
vented the oval lathe and made his hat,
and the hat made his fortune. He be
came a distinguished machinist.
The Wkon-g Mas. The Fall Kiver
reurs relates the following amuning inci
dent which occuned a few days since in a
neighboring city. "A worthy couple well
to do in the world a few years ago, had a
son who often strayed fioni the path of
rectitude, and went on the most disgrace
ful sprees. Marrying, he reformed, and
for some vears has been as steady as
could be desired. A short lime since an
intoxicated man tumbled into a drug
store, and was immediately recognized by
the keeper as Mr. S. who had been so
lon reformed. W ord was immediately
sent to hi parents, and coming they took j
tlim nOmC. HO was tuvcicu mm u"
and mud, but they went towork bravely
and pulled otf his clothes, washed his feet,
put on clean linen, and tumbled him into
the best bed. Ihe mother, with uuiier-
in- heart, took her way to her son's house
to infoun his wife of his disgraceful con
dition. What was her amazement when,
after telling, with tears and sobs, the sad
occurance, to be invited into the bedroom,
where her son was sleeping soundly, hav
ing retired earlier than usual. Careful
investigation showed tho fellow sleeping
comfortably in her best bed at home to be
one of the "dirtiest and worst drunkards in
the city. His features were something
like her son's, but that did n.t save his
being dragged out of beJ and escorteu to
the watch-hoMT." .
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"Don't Siav Ixng." It is rarely, in
deed, that we have read anything more
truthfully pathetic than the subjoined waif,
which we find floating among our ex
changes. Would that every husband iu
our land might read and profit by it :
"Don't stay long, husband 1" said U
young bride tenderly in my pivseuce one
evening, as her husband was preparing to
go out. The words iheuiseiv were in
significant "but the look of melting fund
ness with which they were accompanied,
spoke volumes. It told the whole vast
depth of woman's love of her grief when
the light of his smile, tho source of all her
! joy, beamed not brightly upon her.
j "Don't stay long, husband I" cuo I
1 fancied I saw the loviug, gentle wife, sit
ting alor.e, anxiously counting the mo
j 1 aents of her husband's absence, very few
, 1 laments running to the door to see if he
! was not in sight, and finding that he was
' not, 1 thought 1 could hear her exclaim
. ing ia disappointed tonss, "nut ytt.-'
I "Dou't fctay long, husband !" and I
again thought I could see the young wif
rocking ncrvoasly iu her gret arru chaw
and weeping as though her heart would
break, us hu thoughtless "lord and mas
ter" prolonged his stay to a wcarisoma
length of tiuic.
Oh, you that have wives to say
"don't stay long," when you go ftTth,
t hi uk of them kindly when you are min
gling in the busy hive of life, and tryjaat
a little to make their homes and I warts
happy, for they are gems too seldom re-
placed. You cannot find amid ilvt pleas
ures of the world, the peace and joy that
a quiet home, blessed with such a wo-
man s pretence will anoru.
'Don't stay long, husband !" and the
young wife's look seemed to say for here
in your own sweet home is a loviog heart
whose music is hu-hed when you are ab
sent here is a soft breast to lay your
head upon, and here pure lips, uusoiUd by
sin, that will pay you kisses for coming
back so soon.
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OnjEer3 to Serenading, A younj V
gentleman in Darby was anxious to sere- I
nude his charmer. He blows the cornet
and the bass drum in a most artistic and
highly inflated manner. As a drummist
he is without a peer. A bass-drum is
not exactly the thing to serenade a lady
with. Neither is a coro . t. He desired ,'.
company on his serenading expedition., j
and engaged the services of a colored ..
guitarist. lhey vre going it, these two, i
at a high old rate, mixing the music of 2t
the guitar and c-renet in a sort of musi-'?.,
cal punch, healthful and inspiring. But ':.
the gal, the dulcenia, the divinity in "
waterfall and a gored dress, didn't like it.
She raised tho window ; she drew from
its hidden recesses a utensil; her beaut1 V.
ful lips unclosed ; she spoke in strain
musical as the first low whispered not''
of love : "Now, see here, if you. darkK.J;
don't go away from there, I'll rae ,!,;, ?
unpleasant fur you." Ap.d. U
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