WW. Ill lift II IS. I.. JOHXSTOX, Editor. UK IS A FREEMAN AVHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL AUG SLAVES BESIDE. 0. A. 91T1UE, Publlfcber. VOLUME 2. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1868. NUMBER 6- Tke Cambria Freeman WILL BE 1TBL13HKD KVKUY THURSDAY MORNING, At Ebensburg, Cambria Co., Fa. At the following rates, payable within Vire months from dte of subscribing : One cony, one Tear. ----- 2 00 One copy, six months, - - - One copy, ihree months, - - - - 1 00 60 The who f.:i! to pay their subscriptions until after the expiration of six months will be charged at the rate of $2.50 per year, and tho.se who fali to pay until after the ex piration of twelve months will be charged at the rate of $3.00 per year. Twelve numbers constitute a quarter; twenty livs, six months; and fifty numbers, one year. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One square. 12 lines, one insertion. (1 00 Each subsequent insertion, 2ft Auditor's Notices, each, 2 00 Administrator.' 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Blank Books, Cook Binding, Ac executed to order as good as the best and as cheap as the c'.erpest. NOTIIER NEW WRINKLE ! BOOTS AND SHOES FOR ALL AGES AND BOTH SEXES. Tn addition to his large Btock of the best Eastern made SHOES, BUSKINS, GAITERS, &c, For Ladies and Children's Wear, the subteriber has 1mt added to his assort ment a full and complete luvoic of Boots and Shoes for Men and Youths, which he will not only warrant to be supc tior to any Roods of like character now being offered In this market, but vatly better in very respect than the slopshop work with which tha country is flooded. Remember that I offer no article for fale which I do riot guarantee to be regular custom made, of the best material and superior fii-inn. and while I do not pretend to compete in prices mith the dealers In auction gotds. I know that I ran furnish BOOTS. SLIDES. Ac, that will give more service for less money than r.ny other dealer in this community, and I pledge myt-elf to repair, free of charge, any article that may givo way after a wmable time- and reasonable ut-ae. Everybody is rwpeelfuily invited to call and examine my, utock and learn my prices. The subscriber Is also prepared to manu facture to order any and all woik ii. his line, of the very best material and workmanship. nd at prices as reasonable as like woik cat bo obtained anywhere. French Calf. Com mon Calf. Morocco and all ether kluda of Leather constantly on hand. 17" Str on Main street, next door to Crawford's Hotel. JOHN D. THOMAS. .EbenaLnrg. Sept. 2G, 1867. SECURE THE SHADOW ERE THE SULSTANCE FADES. PICTURES FORTHE MILLION. nv'ng located in Ebensburg, I would re spectfully inform the public that I am pre pared to execute PHOTOGRAPHS in every style of the ait, from the smallest card Pic ture to the largobt sired for framing. Pic ture taker, in any kind of weather. J'HOTOGRAPIIS PAINTED IN OIL, INDIA JNK OR WATER COLORS. Every attention given to tha taking of Children's pictures. but iu clear weather only. Special attention is invited to mv stock of large PICTURE FRAMES and PHOTO GRAPH ALBUMS, which I will sell cheap er than they can tx bought elsewhere in town. Cujiying and Enlarging done on rea sonable terms. I ask comparison and defy competition. Thankful for past favors, I solicit a con uance f the same. Gallery on Julian street, two doors south of Town Hall. T. T. SPENCE. Photographer. F.bcnfcWg, Nov. 14, 1867. "17BEWSBURQ MARBLE WORKS. ftiM. , s purchased the Marble Works ton High street, one door east of T. W. Wil nams Hard ward fcu.re. and fcUpp1ied n ,f With an extensive stock of TOMBSTONES I am now prepared to furnUh au worjc jn my line at the lowest city prices, aQj feej confident that I can render entire satihfac tlon to all who favor me with their orders. Parties debfring to purchase Tombstones are respectfully invited to call and sxaruine spe cimens on exhibition at my shop. Orders from a distance will be promptly attended to. and work delivered where desired. -ijO. 1868. UTTINGER REED. EURTMN fllXTUKE! Has no superior N t-n Ae World!, It is pronounced & faultless by all who have used It. and It is predicted that it will -persHe all other Curtain Pi,, irrsaleby CEO. HUNTLEY. RUrtlEJlUKK TIIC POOR. Bemember the poor, for bleak winds are blowing, . And brightly the frost pearls are ghst ning around; The streamlets have ceased all their musical flow ing And snow lrifts lie scattered all over the ground. Kememler the poor In their comfortless dwellings, Ill-clad, and ill fed, and o'erburdened with care ; O, turn not away with a look so repelling : Thy kindness may save them, perhaps, from despair. Remember the poor when the hearth-stone is cheerful. And happy hearts gather around its bright blaze ; There are hearts that are sad and eyes that are tearful. As bright as thine own in their sunnier days. Misfortunes may scatter thy present posses sions. And plenty to poverty leave thee a prey ; How bitterly then wilt thou thick of the blessings That charity asks from thy riches to-day. Remember the poor as they thankfully gather Each round his rich table with luxury spread ; Thou too are a pensioner on a rich Father, For health oud for friendship, for raiment and bread. If he hath been bountiful, with a like spirit Dispense of that bounty which charity claims ; For greater the treasure thy soul shall in herit When the bread on the waters returncth again. Remember the poor this thou art com manded The SSaviour thus kindly remembered the poor ; The destitute thou shalt not send empty handed. Unclad, and unwarmed. and unfed from thy door.' Thy peace in this life shali be like the deep river. And dying, thy welcome to Heaven Bhall "Ye faithful and bles?cd of my Father come hither ; Ye did it to others ye did it to Me-' A FUR TRADER'S ADVENTURE. The winter of 1857 will be a lonjr re membercd one in the commercial world. It was the winter following the great panic. Many n poor fellow now struggling through bankruptcy, dates his misfortunes from that trying period. I was connected with a heavy fur house at that time a rich, pro?prous establishment, that safly weathered the etorm, and only grew the richer on other people's misfortunes. It will be remembered that fur pkius of every kind tumbled fearfully in price. Kor instance, mink skins, for which we had been paying from $2,50 to 3, could be purchased for seventy-five cents ; racoon skins, for which we had been giving from $1,25 to 1,50, could be had ic abun dance for twenty-five cents. Fisher iskins had fallen from 7 to 1 ; otter from $8 to 2, &.c. The partners of our houso consulted together, and resolved to send out careful bu)ers in every direction, and pick up all the fur in the country, feeling sure that prices were really on the "hard pan," and could not be forced lower. The rout marked out for me was, first to Dubuque, thence to Prairie du Chein, thence to St. Paul, and the great North west generally. My journey to Dubuque was eaBy enough, namely, rail all the way. I arrived in January, and remained until the middle of February, making excur sions into the interor of both Iowa and ac cessible portions of Wisconsin, which, please remember, lays just across the river a trifle up stream, however. I was very successful, and managed to pick up over $G0,000 worth of fur and peltries, at very low prices. The poor people were glad to get any price for their skins, only stipulating for "good money." The whole country was full of "wild cat cur rency," and real genuine money possessed a wonderful charm. I carried nothing else, had lots of it, and of course was everywhere welcome. I traveled from Dubuque to Prairie du Chein, up the Mississippi, on the ice. The distance is about one hundred miles. The Eledding was pplendid, the horses lively, and no adventure befell me worth noting. At Prairie du Chicn I stopped at what waa known as Lower Town, and put up at the Globe. The hotel was pretty well filled with Eastern men, prin cipally collectors and drummers for New York and Boston firms, either looking op new business, or endeavoring to settle up old accounts, which were very numerous and hopelefes. I remained at Prairie du Chein until about the middle of March ; that is to to say, I made it my bead-quarters, mak ing numerous and long excursions into Iowa, on the other side W the river (ably represented at this point by its thriving city of McGregor,) and through various portions of Wisconsin, in which State Prairie du Chein is situated. When the time came for me to proceed to La Crosse, the ice of the river was too rotten to trust, and it became necessary to perform the journey by stage, across the country. The distance to be traveled was a tririe over a hundred milesj and as the frost was then just coming out of the ground pretty smart, it being an early spring, our progress was quite flow. The coach, or rather wagon for our stage was nothing more than a long open wagon, filled with pussengers, all men, eight of us, not counting the driver. Among the passen gers was a col'i ctor for a Hoston house, who had met with such poor luck collect ing that he had got completely strapped, not having raised sufficient means to pay his expenses since leaving Boston. On the second night he told me frankly bis condition, and begged a loan of 10 to see him through to St. Paul. When we just arrived at the night station, and af ter examining my pocket book, and find ing I had but two or throe dollars loose money, I found it would be necessary to open a package containing 10,000 sent me by express to Prarie du Chein, the seals of which I had never yet broken. Not caring to make a display of so much money before a crowd of strangers, I invited my friend quietly to get a lan tern, and come with me quietly into the stable. He id so and we srocecded to the head of one of the fetalis, and whi!e be held the lantern I succeeded in opening the package. I had to turn over a good many bills of a large denomination before I found a ten ; but at length I found one, and handing it to him, and extracting another for myself, stowed the packi'gc of bills, minus its wrapping, in a money belt, which I had strapped around me next to my shirt. I had hardly finished when I heard a rustling in the hay over bead, and looking quickly up toward the loft, through the hay rack, I thought I saw a pair of eyes flashing down through the darkness, but was not quite sure. 1 listened for a moment, but everything was still, so we passed into the house. My mind was disturbed ; I felt uneasy and oppressed. I could not eat my sup per, nor could I enter as usual into the rollicking jests, stories and games with which my fellows made merry thtir even ings. I canied a good Colt revolver. That day I had emptied every chamber of its cylinder at sundry rabbits which sprung up along the route. Without de finitely feeling the necessity of so doing, I fully reloaded and capped it. At the hour fir retiring the landlord called the hostler a powerfully built, heavy featured man to show me to my bed. We as cended a ladder to the loft, and there, tn the floor, f-ix double bedd were made simply straw ticks laid ou the floor, with pillows, sheets and comforts upon them. The hostler sis igned me the bed nearest the ladder, and retired, leaving me a bit of tallow candle about half an inch long. I took a hasty survey of the premise. Just across the hatchway, where the lad der led to the room below, was a window in the gable. It had a muslin curtain over it, but this I speedily tore away. I remarked that the ladder creaked fearfully as the hostler descended. Away across the room, to the other gable end, the beds were laid in rows not a sleeper in tbem as yet, notwithstanding which the hostler had assigned me the bed next to the lad der. He had not left me to my choice, but merely put my candle down by it and said, "Yer to sleep in there, sur." I made up my mind he meant to try to rob me, and the thought was anything but pleasant. After definitely settling in my mind the best course to pursue, I n moved my clothes, and unbuckling my belt, I raised the under sheet and laid it beneath it and the pillow. Perhaps the reader wonders why I should have rjmoved it from around my body. First, because a small, sharp knife cuts it away while you sleep ; and, sec ondly, I assure the" reader that if he or she will try buckling a large leathern belt filled with money about their waists for a nap, they will soou see good reasons for taking it ofF. Besides, I felt pretty sure the man was a desperado, and was fear ful he would first cut away the belt, if he found it on me, and then stab me if I stirred, leap down tho ladder, break for the woods with the money, and clean-escape before people could be made to com prehend what was the matter. I laid my olan3 definitely and wisely, as you will I did not fall asleep, you may be sure. All the horrible stories I had ever heard related of robberies at country taverns ran an incomprehensible race through my memory. One after another the guests were shown up by the hostler, as the even ing wore on, until finally all was silent below stairs. It was probably half-past eleven o'clock when the last passenger was shown up to bed, and for more than an hour I lay toss ing in wakeful anxiety. Finally the som nolent influence of the dozen sleepers snor ing so heartily around me, and the imper ative demands of a tired body, overcame me, and I dropped off into a light, uneasy plumber. I awoke with a start of appre hension once or twice, and felt for my mon ey belt, but all was well, and becoming more composed, I slept sounder. Suddenly was awakened with a sensation as if tome I one had slapped me quite heavily in the face. The moon had risen just high enough to shine full into the gable window, making the room quite light. I looked around -all the beds and their occupants were visible, and I knew by the steady, sturdy snoring that all except myself were soundly sleeping. I passed my hand un der the pillow. The money belt was there all right, and I laughed at my nervous ness, and was about to compose myself to sleep again, When, hark 1 by George, that ladder creaked t There, it creaked again! I swear there's a man coming bleallhily ! up it. What I should do flashed through I - :,-i.,ti., .t :nn. volver, I turned my back to the ladder and pretended to sleep. Creak 1 creak ! creak ! then a long pause. Confound the man, why don't he come faster ? My nerves were passing under a fearful ordeal I I could scarcely refrain from springing up and -calling out, "Who's there !" But I was sustained somehow, and remained quiet Presently I felt a large hand sliding un der my pillow. Heavens! I could scarce ly lay still. Had I moved I would have been stabbed instantly. Now I felt my money belt slowly sliding from beneath my head. Then there was a rather hur ried move toward the gangway. Creak 1 creak 1 went the ladder. My time had ccme. Quick as lightning I turned in my bed, took aim at the huge form standing in the hatchway, boldly outlined by the moonlight streaming in through the able window, and fired. There was a shriek, a strong, down ward crash of a heavy body to the floor below ; a general jumping up out of beds and cries of alarm. I explained matters as quickly as I could, and then there was a general de scent of the ladder to see the dead robber. By tl ia time the landlord bad arrived with a ligh. The man was not dead. It was the hostler. He was sitting up, groaning terribly. My money belt, with the money untouched, lay on the floor be side him, covered with blood. I imme dately took possession of it. It so hap pened we had a surgeon in the crowd. We raised the poor devil to bis feet, when from his right hand dropping a long vil lainous looking knife. He would have murdertd me had it been necessary. On examination we found that my bullet had gone clean through his left shoulder, break ing his collar bone, inflicting a painful, though not dangerous, wound. The sur geon splintered bis shoulder, and he was put to bed. All the passengers were now thorough ly awake. It was four o'clock in the morning, and as there was a good moon, the driver concluded he would get off ear ly. So breakfast was got in a hurry, and paying our bills, we gladly left so poker ish a stopping place. Whatever became of the hostler I never afterwards learned. From the N". Y. Metropolitan Record. J DARBT DODD'S LETTER. Our request last week to Darby, en treating him to abandon the company of Congressmen and other persons of low tastes, has not, it seems, induced him to leave Washington, He is still there or was at the date of his last epistle and it is rather doubtful if he will leave until obliged by impecuniosity to do so. But we do not regret that be disregarded our entreaty, for had he loft the capital when we requested him, he probably would have missed the interesting debate of which he writes to-day. Those who have kept track of Congressional debates during the past few weeks will have to admit that the one reported by Darby was not much less dignified than some that have been published in the official organ of Congress : Washington, Feb. 20, 1S68. Editor Pur (folio : It is cheering to the patriotic mind to scrutinize statesmanship as it is to be seen in this noble capital of our glorious country. Or to read the Globe reports of debates iu Congress. 1 have been doing both. Statesmanship is a splendid profession, and some people think there is nothing in it but profession. But they are not loyal men. Therefore nobody minJa what they think. It is otherwise in my case. If there is anything of which I may be justly proud it is my loyalty. I am not going to tell you all the sacrifices I induced rr.y friends to make for their coun try during the war ; let it suffice that my advice put them on the road to fortune. There's Yiolaute's father, for instance. I induced that fine old gentleman to take a pork contract, and though his sufferings were great he triumphed at last, and came out fifty thousand better. Another member of the family, a poor simpleton of a fellow, shouldered a musket, and his investment proved a failure. Somebody shot him, you see, and he fol lowed the example of John Brown's body by going iuto the mouldering business. When a man goes into that business his chance of improving his oondition becomes rather slim, Violante'a father preferred contracts, and found it more profitable and agreeable. lie is a true patriot. But I am wandering from my subject. My observations in Congress since I last wrote have impressed me with a high sense of the dignity and refinement of the repre sentatives of our free and independent voting population. The debates have been quite spirted. For an explanation of this, let me refer you to the stationery accounts. Especially the whiskey iteniSi It seems rather odd to me that whiskey should be called stationery, when the free use of it generally makes a man unstation ary. Uut I am not a philosopher. Ner a member ot Congress. If I was a member of Congress I might find the station awry, aud retire from it. This reminds me that I intended to write to you about CoDgress There was a delightful debate in the House yesterday, and I found it almost as enter taining as ths White Fawn. . The White Fawn has notyst been produced in Washington, but the whiie Fawney has been running here for a long time. He has also been running my two papers, both daily, and the office of Clerk to the Senate. I may also remark that he shows some signs of running down. But I am getting away from Congress again. The debate 1 want to tell you about arose on a resolution offered by Mr. Logan, of Il linois, instructing the Committee on Lands and Places to provide places for all disabled soldiers applying for them. Mr, Logan said : Mr. Speaker, I Insist that these sons of Mars shall" Mr. Marshall, 111. "Mr. Speaker, I rie to a point of order. The infamous and ut terly abandoned wretch, my honorable col league, has seen fit to allude personally to me. I scorn him, sir, I despise him ; and I hurl back in his teeth the insinuation that the persons for whom he wants places are my sons. I" Mr. Logan "If the miserable poltroon who has interrupted me will allow me. I will continue my remarks. 1 repeat, Mr. Speaker, that the sons of Mars ha!l" The Speaker "The gentleman is not in order. It is improper to mention the name of any member in debate." Mr. Logan "I trust the Hon. Speaker is not a drivelling idiot. If ho. and the ( ray ing donkey who first interrupted me wi.l re strain their slimy tongues I wi'.l continue my remarks. 1 say. Mr. Speaker, an 1 insist that these s ns of Mars shall be supported by the Governrieut in which they were dis abled." Mr. Rivers, N. Y..Baid he wished to know if any of the persons for whom ihe foul mouthed slanderer from Illinois desiied pla ces were negroes. Negroes," continued Mr. Rivers, are not fit for any position un der the government of the United States. Look at the negro's heel, Mr. Speaker, and look at his shnks" Mr. Shanks, Ind. "Mr. Speaker, the coutemptible blackguard from New York has connected my name with the question before the House. I call him to order, sir, and I demand a retraction of the slander he has uttered." Mr. Rivers Thifc fellow is beneath con tempt, I repeat, Mr. Speaker, that the ne groe's shanks show him to be utterly unfit for the duties of public office. The sneak and renegado who oflercd this resolution has an ol ject to attain. I dare say there is a price" Mr. Trice, Iowa "If the low scoundrel refers to me I pronounce him a liar, and if he wants satisfaction he can have it. I hurl back his slanders upon the noble race that saved this republic from fiendish rebels and traitors a race to which we are indebted for patriotic service a race whose aims" Mr. Ames, Mass. "Mr. Speaker, the in nocent fool who has referied to me is wan dering from the subject before the House I do not object to the negro being discussed here, but the gentleman seems inclined to pile" .Mr, Pile, Mo. "A point of order, 3Ir. Speaker ; I call the ass from Masaachusetts to order. He is endeavoring to excite hate" Mr. Ilaight, N. J. "It is false. I brand the assertion as a falsehood, and I defy the ruffian who insinuates that I can be incited. The negro has been drawn into this discus sion, sir, and when the negro plants" Mr. Plants, Ohio "The blundering block head links my name with the colored man and would" Mr. Wood, N. Y. "Mr. Speaker, I move a vote of censure upon the creature who speaks of me in connection with the negro I scorn bis yelping, and look upon him as a mere cur" Mr. Mercur, Pa. "The slimy Copper head who alludes to me is unworthy of no tice. He has spoken of me as if 1 were a dog. Sir, has tha wretch ever heard of Old Mother Hubbard who" Mr. Hubbard, N. Y. "Mr. Speaker, this debate should be closed at once, if person alities cannot be kept out of it. If the lapt speaker meant me when he spoke of old Mother Hubbard, I pronounce him an un mitigated donkey. If he wants me he knows where I am to be found." This closed the debate aud the resolution was adopted. With profound 'respect for the dignity and refinement of our representatives, I remain Yours, respectfully, Dare TobD. Curiosities of the World. At the city of Modcna, in Italy, and about four miles around it, wherever the earth is dug, when the workmen arrive at the distance of sixty-three feet, they come to a bed of chalk, which they bore with an auger five feet deep. They then withdraw from the pit before the auger is removed, and upon its extraction the water bursts up through the aperture with great violence and quickly fills the new-made well, which continues full and is effected neither by rains nor droughts. But that which is most remarkable in this operation is the layers of earth as we descend. At the depth of fourteen feet are found the ruins of an ancient city, paved streets, houses, doors, and different pieces ofmosaic work. Under this is found a soft oozy earth, made up of vegetables, and at twenty-six feet deep large trees, entire, such as wal nut trees, with the walnuts still sticking to the stem, and the leaves and branches in a perfect state of pre-er ation. At twenty-eight feet deep a soft chalk is found, with a vast quantity of shells, and this bed is eleven feet thick, l.uder this vegetables are found again, with leaves and branches of trees aa before. It is said that Meade has ordered a ppecial election in certain counties in Ala bama, in order to get Votes enough, if possible, to carry the "constitushun. Two or three more trials, and the votes of a few hundred more colored "George Washingtons,' "Thomas Jeffersons," and "Abraham. Liukums," may do the business. Haw Peeblss Asked the Old dan. BT JOHN QCIIX. Peebles had just asked Mr. Merri weather's daughter if she would give him a lift out of bachelordom, and she had said "yes." It therefore became ab solnin?" necessary to get the old man's permission, so, as Peebles said, that ar rangements might be made for hopping the conjugal twig. Peebles said he'd rather pop the inter- frogatory to all of old Merriweather's daughters, and his sisters, and his female cousin, and his aunt Hannah in the country, arid the whole of his female re lation?, than ask old Merri weather. But it had to be done, and so he sat down and studied out a speech which he was going to disgorge to old Merriwcather the very first chance he got to shy it at him. So Peebles dropped in on him on Sunday evening, when all the family had mean dered around to clas3 meeting, and found him doing a sura in beer measure, trying to calculate the exact number of quarts his inteiior could boll without blowing the head off of him. "Hotv are yon, Peeb !" said old Mer ri weather, as Peebles walked in as white U3 a piece of chalk, and trembling as if he had swallwed a condensed earthquake. Peebles was afraid to answer, because he wasn't sure about that speech. He knew he had to keep his grip on it while he lnd it there, or it would slip away from him quicker than an oild eol through an augur hole. So he blurted right out : 'L- Merriweather, sir : Perhaps it may not bo unknown to you, fcir, that during an extended period of eoma five years, I have been busily engaged in tha prosecution of a commercial enterprise ' "Is that so, and keepiu' it secret all the time, while I thoHght you was tendin' store. Well, by George, you're one of 'cm, now, ain't you ?' Peebles hud to begin all ofcr again, to get the run of it. "Mr. Merriweather, sir: Perhaps it may not be unknown to you that during an extended period of Eorne five years, 1 have been engaged in the prosecution of a commercial enterprise with a determina tion to procure a sufficient maintenance "Sit down, Peeb, and help yourself to beer. Don't stand there holding your hat like a blind beggar with the paralysis. What's the matter with you, any way f I never seen you behave yourself so in all my born days." Peebles was knocked ou! ag iir, ai.d bad to wander back and take a fresh start. "Mr. Merriweather, sir : It may not be unknowu to you that during an ex tended period of some five years, I have b'en engaged in the prc9ecution of a com mercial enterprise, with the determination to procure a sufficient maintenance " "A which-ance V atked old Merri weather: but Peebles held on to the last word as if it was his only chance, and went on : "In the hope that some day I might enter wedlock, and bestow my earthly possessions upon one whom I could call my own. I have been a lonely man, sir, and have felt that it is not good for man to be alone ; therefore " "Neither is it, Peebles ; and I'm r.II fired glad you dropped in. How's the old man f" "Mr Merrivcather. sir," eaid Peebles, in despairing confusion, raising his voice to a yell, "it may not be unknown to you that, during an extended period of a lonely man, I have been engaged to enter wed lock, and bestow all my commercial en terprise on one whom 1 could procure a determination to be good for. a sufficient possessions no, I mean that is that j Mr. Merriweather, sir, it may not be un known " "And then again it may. Look here. Peebles, you'd better lay down and take something warm : you ain't well I" Peebles, sweating like a four-year-old colt, went in again : "Mr. Merriweather, sir : It may not be lonely for you to prosecute me whom you can call a friend, for commercial maintenance, but but -oh, dang it Mr. Merriweather ; sir-it "Oh, Peebles, you talk as wildly as a jackass. I never see a more first -class idiot in the whole course of my life. What's the matter with you, anyhow?" "Mr. Merriweather, sir," said Peebles, in an agony of bewilderment, "It may not be unknown that you ' prosecuted a lonely man who is not good for a commer cial period of wedlock for some five years but " "See here, Mr. Peebles, you're drunk j and if you can't behave better than that you'd better leate. If you don't I'll chuck you out, or I'm a Dutchman." "Mr, Merriweather, sir," said Peebles, frantic with despair, "it may not be un known to you that my earthly possessions are engaged to enter wedlock five years with a sufficiently lonely man who is not good for a commercial maintenance" "The bloody deuce he isn't. Now you just git up and git, old hofy, or 1 11 knock what little brains out of you you've got left." With that old Merriweather took Pcc bles.by the shirt collar and the part of his pants that wears out first if he sits down much, and shot him into the street as if he bad just run against a locomotive going at the rate of forty miles an hour. Before old Mcrrhveather had a chance '.o shut the front door Peebles collected his legs and one thing or another that were lying around on the pavement, and ar ranged himself in a vertical position, and yelled out : "Mr. Merriweather, sir: It may not be unknown to you " which made the old man so wretched mad that he went out and set a bull terrier on Peebles be fore he had a chance to lift a brogan, and there was a scientific dog fight, with odds in favor of the dog, until they got to the fence, and even then Peebles would hav carried bull-terrier home, gripped like a clamp is to his leg, if it hadn't been that the meat was too tender, and ike dog, feeling certain that something or other must eventually give way. held on until he got his chop off of Peebles calf, and Peebles went home half a pound lighter, while Merriweather asserts, to this day, that they had to draw all the dog's teeth to get the fle.h out of his mouth, "for ho had an awful holt for such a small ani mal." Of course Merriweather's daughter heard about it, and she was so mad that she never gave the old man uny peace un til he went around the next day to see Peebles about it. Peebles looked pale as a ghost from loss of blood and beef, and he had a whole piece of muslin wrapped around his off leg. Merriweather said : "Peeb, I'm sorry about that muss last night, but if you didn'i bvbave like a rav ing maniac, I'm a loafer. I never Bee 6uch a deliberate ass since I was born. Wbat'a the meaning of it, anyway ?" "I was only trying to ask you to let me marry your daughter," groaned Pee bles. "Great what ? You didn't mean to, mean to say welL I hope I may bs shot. Well, if you ain't a regular old wooden headed idiot I thought your mind was wandering. Why didu't you say it right out f Why of course you can have her. I am glad to get rid of her. Take her, my boy ; go it, go it, and I'll throw lot of first class blessings into the bargain." And Peebles looked ruefully at his de fective leg and wished ho had not been such a fool, but be went out and married the girl, and lived happily with her for about two months, and, at the end of that time, he told a confidential frienl that be would willingly take more trouble and undergo a million more dog biles to get rid of her. A Ilea for Mean Men. A corres pondent undertakes the defence of "mean men," as close calculators are sometimes called, as follows : "Who makes the better husband ! At the risk of bringing down a torrent of maledictions on my unprotected head, I shall still adhere to the man who is sup posed to have no heart or genuine human sentiment. The good fellow for a lover, the mean roan for a husband. The latti-r will rob all creation to supply his house hold -the former will rob his family to accommodate his friends. F rm all the married women in a solid column up and down Second street, and if I dont't get ninety-nino votes out of one hundred in favor of my proposition, I will treat to a barrel of gin and water on tha occasion of the first election fr a female President. Good fellow, all love mean man, all business. One takes his wife to the opera in a four horse carriage 'the other ridv-a triumphantly in a street omnibus. The good fellow never can be cross to any body but his wife, for fear of making him self unpopular the mean man is so sour with all the rest of the world, that he has not one particle of ill-temper to spare at home. "Lrvo rules the court the camp, the grove. For love is Heaveu, aud Heaven is love." but it won't buy beef. The mean man seldom gets 'salubrious,' he is too mean. His wife is never jealous. She knows all women hate him, because be is mean, and she rather likes it. She laughs an I grows fat. Good fellow drinks 'too kind hearted to refuse and he loves every body. Good fellow's wife pale and ema ciated, and full of sorrow. Mean cuss's wife hale and hearty fat, red-faced and weighs a ton. Am I right T ur rislurg I'ulrioi. Tiikre has just been settled a remarka ble divorce case before the Superior Court of New London, Connecticut. It appear that Keuben Lamb sailed for Cunberland Inlet in April, 18G5, as a mate of the schooner Franklin. When the vessel left in the fall, Lamb remained among the Esquimaux, having taken to himself an Esquimaux wife. It was proven that Lamb had never sent sny word to his wife, and that he was living among th Indians, having adopted their customs arid manners. It was also shown that Lamb bad two children by his (Esquimaux wife. The divorce was granted. Poor men are innocent beings. 11m y vote wealthy nabobs Into office, for the purpose of building up and legislating lor monopolies to grind the life out of them. But it's "loil" to vote for end support "loil" mcj instead of patiiots and IXtuo iT;iU. Asa consequence, each poor man is paying into his rich neighbor's porkrt from $300 to 800 a year more than be J used to pay in Democratic times. I low much more does he get now for his labor than he received befvre "loyalty" gut u.tv power ? Ii
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