ii. r-. JOM.VSTO:, Editor.
HE IS A "WHOM T2IB TUUTII MAKE FUSE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES Bs
SIDE.
VOLUME 2.
EBENSBUEG, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1868.
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Joll I'RlNTJNO.
We kive raiu'o a:r-.iE.gt!mtnts by which
v.f c'. Jo tr have done all kinds i f plain
i'i Ul;v J-b 1'ii.utioz, such as Loel.s,
1-iUir.h'ts, Show Cur.5.?, Bill and l.ctUi
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T"iit5 A'-, hi! kinds v.f lliilius. Bhifik
i'.orjks, l-'k Uia liap, &c , exer.tea tort'er
g A u tl.e te.-i aul as cLkitp as the
K 5 si-:;srA&V fadis.
ictiires for the Million
l.-cwtoi in liben-biirc;, I would rc-j-.'Cti;:hy
inf.-rni t!n ti'?!o tl'at I am jire
: ..i.ed t acuta PiiOIOGIlAPlIS in every
r.'.j wt tLe at, lV-iin iLe sti:a!lcbt card 1'ic
t :i.t t-i the las-A-t izf-l f--r fraa.ii I'ic
t j t t- t..:un iii .-toy k:.i.d of weather.
j'lil(iUJ.PI3 r A IS TED IX OIL,
1DJA AYC Oil WATER COLORS.
Kvc)1 attcnti .u j;ivcn to the taking of
Cl.i'.drfu',ij c w- .'s, but in clear weatht r only.
Nl-otid Kt;crti.in is iriritrd to my stock
tf la.-s I'lCl Uin: FRAMES ond PJIOTO-t;;-.AiM
Al.'.JUil?, thich I v.ill sell cheap
er thin tht-y can if bousht ilst-whero in
town. Cojvjinj r.nd Enlarging dvn t n rca
f.'tablu tt-rn.u. I atk cuinparis -u and dfy
Cf.trjjf iitlon.
Tuau-Ju! for past favors, I solicit a cn-ti-'
;. cf th-i same. Gallery i u Julian street,
two dojra soiuh cT Town
T. T. Sl'iiNCE, Piiotogrnthcr.
KU-uburg, N-v. 14, 1&G7.
TpAttM TOR SAI.f.. The eub-t-criber
oiT-.ra at Private Hale his vulua-Mi-
FAi'M, tituat l in Cambria towr-ship,
tvo mihs catt of EK inbui g, on the roap
Icfi'ug to L.orttto. The F.trin consists tf 80
A i. rot. more ot le&s. aUut 54 Acres ol which
tire cl.ared, uudcr gocnl fi-acf , r.r.i in a p. od
ktattf cultivation. Tiis balnnce f the land
ii well set with sugar, checM.ut, kcH?t and
e'-'a
Ju r narkctab'e timber. There is a co
m-i
frta'rln Feask I Id's a ar.d a Fr.AV.E Hakj,
t a t;.e oreuilses, a::d an Orchard of choice
Fruit Trees that have never yet failed to
bear. There 13 k never-failing spring
if purs wutcr and other necessary cniivtui
ti.ee s en the premhis. Tr e Farm will be
sold in fair f.:; and ta.-y paj-ments. and
an ii.di.-pt.ui.ie til! will be ivcu. Wh,.t
is known as Hradicy's Sra'.ieui, on the E. J
Li Rail Fvfu!. is located on this land.
Fuithtr information cn L- ol'talr.fd bv
Kt i .yii gto CRAIii.ES BP.ADLEY. "
f HVirillT";Hir, ilFIOKY OF
FJ:lXiS DLPMITL'D !
MONUMENTS, TOn'iBSTONES, &c.
'ihp Ealscriber s,tiil cont'.LUos to manufacture
t,f the lie-t material and in the most
Wfrkraan'.i'-e manner, at the
Lcretto Marble Works,
nil kind of ilOXUMCNT.S AND TOMB
STONES, uswell as TAfcLEand BUREAU
'i0.l. a! e.11 vther work ia his line. None
Let ti,e b-jtt Aruericaa and Italian Marble
t;ed, .nd pifect siticfACtior. guaranteed to
all cases at price aa low aa like work can
Ih el.taine-i in the titie-ti or elsewhere. Call
r.uJ sea fciciiiiet.8 ar.d judge for yourselves
;.s the oiwrita eheajintijs of mv work.
JAMES WILKINSON.
Lorrtto, March 12, lS63.1y.
JOSEPH ZOLNER
TT AS ju.t cpened, nd cCert for salt lw
than they caa be bc-ught
clsiTLre, a eple-Ddi l lot of Cf
CLOCKS, fine WATCH EM ot-SjuXjgL
trery driptioti, ACCOliDEO-NS, JEWEI,
AY,"&ud a variety of all articles in Lis llue.
ii.pairicg of Cloks, Watches, nud a!I"kino3
-f JtTtlry, done cn thrt nutioe Et:d most
isr.ab!e terms. All work xrarianted.
Call ut bis ahon. High street, opposit Public
Uekool Iluuse, EL'SnAurg. fsp.GOTj
P . DAVIS
WITH
BOYD &, STROUD,
lmUrs and Dealers in
QUEEiNSWARE, CHINA and GLASS,
No. 32 Ncaxu Fccnm t
Four doore belcw iIcrcLar.tt Hotel, PIIILA
THE FROZEN HEART.
A VKONTIlIIi SKETCH.
Ia the weotorn part of the State of Iowa
there is a ride of fharp Unite, which for
some distance llanks the Slissouri River.
It was here the Indians met hi treaty sev
eral years a,o, ami 1'rorn that fact a city
has taken its name Council RlutFs.
Among the early settlers of this section
of the country there was a family by the
name of Denver, consisting of father and
mother, one son and two daughters, the
eldest of whom was some sixteen years of
ae. She was a lovely young creature
lovely in her innocent goodness and f-he
was beloved by a young man named Ed
win llobart.-
Hobart had formed this attachment for
the young creature while she yvt resided
in the cttpt ; and when her lather removed
to the West, the young man followed.
Rut he hud never been an especial favorite
of the father, and now he isppeareJ to be
lees so than ever.
Mary Denver had formerly received the
I sieluress et the young man with fuuie aa-
gree of favor, but she saw the diihke her
father entertained toward the vouiii man,
I and although she could not give any reason
! for it, the felt that it could not be without
foundation. 5fo she frankly informed 1 lo
bar! that ho must cease to address lur
until her father should feel dlHerenlly in
the matter.
To this Ilobart replied :
".Mary, I have loved you long and ten
derly even from my earliest recolleclioii.
1 Lave, carefully examined every net of
tny life, und I canuot find an intentional
di.-hoiiest one. 1 believe your f;ther".s dis
like, to myself to b-i entirely without fouu-
'.iti.-!i H'lt vuii know vnnr tiu-n IW-li i ht
. j - 0...
!i- -ill. i
it you win ioe me ai.u consent to uo
iJ?ue, )our father will soon Lrn that he
has hated without a cause. If you reject
me, you will send me upon the world with
u fruzen heart ; and God only know?, in
my implusivenc-ss, wh .t I might do, or
what would become ot me."
"This sounds something like a threat,''
returned the girl proudly, and she turned
away.
Two night3 after the conversation, the
alarm of Indians was Liven. Mothers
sprang from tbeir couch
and
.asped
their little ones to theii bosoms in terror.
S.rong tiii u seized their weapons and pre
pared to defend theic homes to the laat.
One dwelling was already in ilames. A
few bhots had been heard, a shi'n4c had
arisen upou the stiilingbt air, aud thin all
was still, save tha crackling lire. No
other house was molesieJ, and tLe sava
ges appeared to have- withdrawn.
In a short time the du light dawned,
and the neighbors conanienced to assemble
around the destroyed home, which proved
to be that belonging to Mr - Denver t.ni his
family.
A search for the inmates was at once
h.sUtuted. The mother was founi horri
bly mutilated und scalped. The sou had
died r.ub'y fighting, as ins wounds attest
ed, and the youngest daughter was man
gled in a"h equal' horrible manner.
A EtiU further search lesuhtd in the
discovery of Mr. Denver. He had been
scalped, but was still alive, and crawled
into a ditch for concealment ; but he was
insensible.
All search for Mary was vain she wub
nowhere to be found.
Among those present was a young man
who appeared to be deeply affected 1$
this terrible deed, aud even wept- But
drying his tears, he exclaimed :
"I must leave tears for women. Men
must think of revenge. Where is Edwin
Ilobart?"
"lie does not appear to be here."
"Not here ! he must b found at once.
He is a young man, like myself, and must
become one of the leaders in this matter.
It shall be followed up to the bitter end."
Ilobart was nowhere to be found ; and
Charles Barry, the weeping man, ap
peared somewhat uneasy. Then he hinted
his suspicions, and at lat declared openly
that if Ilobart did not soon return he
should believe that the deed was commit
ted under his direction by savages w hom
he had employed. Allusion was then
made to the rejection of Ilobart by Mary,
and ho was understood to have made a
tenible threat at that time.
Mr. Denver was now able to speak a
few words. lie told them that savages
had done the work, but he believed them
to Le Leaded by a white man in disguise.
"Could that white man have been Ed
win Hobart' asked Barry.
Mr. Denver remained silent for a time.
It appeared to be A difficult question to
answer. But Le finally said :
"If Hobart Lad any motive for doing
this and I could believe him capable of
committing so tenible a deed, I might fix
the guilt upon him ; for certain it is that
the white man is about the size of Ilobart,
and hia movements were much the same."
"He is the guilty one," said Barry ;
"and by Heaver s he shall suffer ! I'll
Lout Lini to the very end of the earth but
I will rind him and bring him back."
The day passed, and the excitement in
creased in the little settlement. Ilobart
was still absent. Scouts Lad been sent
out. however, in Scareli ot him ; and just
aa night wa3 coming on Lo was Lrot.ght
buck.
By this time the excitement had reached
Buch a high pitch that the infuriated peo
ple could scarcely be restrained from rubb
ing upon him aud tearing him to piecea.
Rut Rarry assumed the command, and de
clared that everything must be done in
order.
The trial was a brif one. Ilobart could
explain his absence in no other way than
by declaring he had merely been away on
a hunt. This was unsatisfactory.
Just before the decision was given, an
Indian came forward and ollcred to irivc
in his testimony. lie was permitted to !
do so and declared that Ilobart had tried
to hire him, some days before, to engage
in that work, but that ha had declined.
This was euough. The Indian w:;s a
diunken, worthless fellow, but his words
were believed more especially as the ac
cused had been recently seen in earnest
conversation with him. Ilobart was con
demned to be hung at midnight.
Two hours were to elapse before theex
ccution was to take place ; during this time
preparations for it must bo made.
Barry had resolved that it should be a
grand ail'air. An example mu.-t be made
of Ilobart for the benefit of all such as
should be inclined to do wrong in the future.
The preparations were complete at half
ast eleven. A gallows had been ejected
upon an open lield. Around this, on
every fide, was heaped up quantities of
brushwood, forming a circle. These were
! to be lighted, ui;d llu prisoner marched to
j his doom.
! There was no p'a-.ie where Ilobart could
be imprisoned with safety, and so lie wai
firmly bom d with ropes and placed pros
trate up; n the ground. In addition io
this, heavy chains were placed upon him,
and forked limbs cut from trees, Ike prongs
sharpened, and diiven down into the earth
over his limbs. In tins painful position the
poor accused was kept tor two hours, un
able to mjve, his face and form fiat upon
the frosty earth.
The citizens m'H ound.'d hhn, Iieai ini:
their cur.-es upon him, wbile some could
not even lvfrui.i fiv.:.
on him, though th
1 il!iiiC!l!l'I o!OW S !")
v fj.t si.-.e ih.t J
would s-aoii pay t
with his lif.'.
penalty oi nip cr
ue-s
Evervtr
in re:.dines. II-bait wns
taken to the fatal spot. The chains e';:n'i.c' 1
fearfully at every step, and he staggeie 1
under their wviul.t, but his hearing was
that of a man reo!ved to setter biuVely,
although n silen -j.
Th-.i Lit a! noo.-e was placed around his
t.Cck, and then the tires were lighted. Thj
j ll.imes shot op-, throwing their red gl.ie
a.i atoUiid. 1 he scene was a sickly cn1:.
The doomed :ua i stool erect, arid his
eyes sh ne like Stars as he gaz-.'d upon the
burning r.;a.-?e.s near h;m and the -;owd oi
angry citizens. His i'ae.-? was very pale,
and wore a deathly hue in the light of the
bl izlng logs ; but there" were no maiks t
fear ni.ou i!.
Have you anything to sav bs
tore vou
"O.iiy this. ' replied t!2 do Tnc l mnn,
lii-miy.
'li yoa ever see Marv
tel!
her that I loved her to the last, and that 1
am innocent of this crime:.
"Up with the wretch ! ' cried Barry.
"Stay, let the white man live!'' ex
claimed a commanding voice, and a huge
Italian Chief leaped within the circle.
"What wants the Chief !" asked li.'.ny,
evincing some l'e-ir.
"To speak with your peoplerfLr a mo
ment "
. Then turning to them he continued :
'You are children. The gmlty die not
like that man. Yoi should know this."
"Is he nut guilty V asked u hundred
voices.
"No."
"Who is the guilty one?"
"Listen, for the Chief speaks truly. A
dog of a pale face came to my warriors.
He gave them fire water and made them
mad. Then lie bribed them to do that
deed of blood, and led them ou. He told
them that they should kill all in that wig
wam but the pale maiden. She had re
fused to be.-oniis his squaw ; but he would
take her to the mountains and make her
his slave."
"Where is the p .13 maiden ?" cried sev
eral voices.
"I have brought her back. I cannot
give you back your murd -red ones, but I
will give you the dead bodies of those who
murdered them, fur I have slain the break
ers of our treaty !"
Mary now entered the circle, and was
received with the warmest greetings. But
the men asked :
Wlave you killed the white man with
the other murderers?''
'There is the pale faced dog."
The Chief poiuted to Barry, who at
tempted to escape, but was secured, and
in ten minutes w'as hanging in the place he
had prepared for Hobart.
The blow was a severe one for all. Roor
Ilobart suffered an acre of agonv in the few
short hours of that night, and he ootid not
readily recover from the shock. His hertrt
had been frozen; but Mary, as Lis wile,
warmed it into life again.
An old man named Raul Salomon died
lately in France, who realized a hand
some fortune in a few days. During the
tumultuous clays of 1800 he bought up all
the red, white "had blue ribbons in 1'aris,
from which he manufactured the tricolor
rosettes. This operation " yielded him
$30,000 in twenty-lour hours, llii then
ordered five hnndred thousand metres of
tricolor ribbor, all of which were desnosed
! of in rosettes at four cents each.
Much adu about nothing the partir
of young Lidt??
For the benefit of young men who arc
in love, and whose cases are undecided in
the chancery of Cupid, we recommend the
following letters :
"My Dkai: Jkkcsha: Every time I
think of you my heart flops up and down
like a churn dasher. SiMisations of unuN
tcrable joy caper over it hke young goats
over a stable roof, and thru through it !
like Spanish needles through i pair of tow !
linen 1 row sers. As a go.-Iin swimme'.h '
with delight in a mud puddle, so swim I
in a cea of glory. Visions of ecstatic
rapture, thicker than the hair of a black
ing brush and brighter than the hues of a
humming bird's pinions, visit me in my
slumbers; and borne on their invisible
ivinoq vmir i m n rrtx Ounld Kf. .,- i..-l 1
i J j - - ....... i vi-.w.v. niv, aua
I reach out to grasp if, like an old ointer
snapping at a blue bottle fly. When I
li' St beheld your angelic perfections I w:.s
bewildered, and my brain whirled round
like a bumblebee in a glass tumLRr. My
eyes stood oX-n like. cellar doors in coun
try towns, I lifted up my ears to catch the
silvery accents of your voice. My tongue
relumes to evag, and in silence admiration
I drank in the sweet infection of love, as
a thirsty man swalioweth a tumbler of hot
wtnssey puncn. rince tue r.gut ot your
face fell upon my life, I sometimes feel as j
if I c.o.ild lift myseif by my bootstraps to !
.i .. . ,i i. . i- i ,!
i ue lop oi a cnurcu &icep:. uny ana
night you are my thought. When Aurora,
blushing like a bride, riss from her satlVi n
couch, when the jay bird pipes his tuneful
lay in the apple free by the spring boufe ;
when the chanticleer's shrill clarion her
alds the coming morn ; when the awaken
ed j ig aiiseth iiom his bed and grunteth
and jiocth for ins morning refreshments ;
when the drowsy becllj wheels his dron
it'g flight at sulirv nooii-lide, and when
i'ae lo.ving cows Coma home t;t milking ;
time, 1 ;l.liik of th.e ; and like a piece oi !
ciaita
my
heart
eciiis io ttreti.h
i clean acro.-s my h-soni. 1 our hair is like
the luane of a sorrel horse powdt-rcd with
g Id ; ar.d the brass pin skewered ihiough
yeur waterfall filled mo with unbounded
awe. Yuur forehead is smoother than the
elbow of mi old coat, and whiter than
ic.'iii cea li-.:: dnsl IL.cn. You
cn. Your eyes are
gioiiou.i to Lch hJ. Jo their liquid d.-pths
x m o itvions oi i.niO vii'Jis i.i iit.ni:
hgi.lmg i.t-.e cohe-i Is oi a;:i.s in old
1. .. .'i:..l y i .. -i l
old army
:ie full oa
crackers. When tln.ir fire !
niy iii-.;:; y tieiit.
it p
:iea mv
entire
a i:ati jU.. v, .i--e as a 1
. i i ,
V
o Luroo in a roiu a
-ii
j.e.
. o ar uohj is
i irem L, chea
i
. ot eaiician ma: ba', ana
puckered with sweetness
;ur
liiouin
Nectar ling'a-j on our lip.s like, honey on j
a beat's paws, and myriads of ur.tLdged j
luiss are :!
ft
Jv to
out ami I; -tit i
..-re !.;io young L:uc t:rds out of
m lust. Your Li::gh rirms on mv
the p
ifS
A t l iy L i C
winoJiarp s ttfaius, er tie
i bleat of a ft ray lamb oa the bleak hill-iele.
j The dimples on your cheeks are like bow
ers in beds of rests, cr like hollows m
en'-.cr; of Lome made sugar.
I am diving to II y to oar presence and
pour out the burning eloquence of my
love, as thrifty housewives pour out the
ht coffee. A.vay from you, I am mel
ancholy as a sick cat. Sota. 'times I can
hear ihe J uncbugs of despondency buzzing
in my ears, and feel the cold lizzards of
despair crawling down my back, Un
couth fears, like a thousand minnows,
nibble at my spirits, aud my soul is pierced
through : with doubts as an old cheese is
bored by skippers.
My love for youis stronger than the
smell of old buttler, Swietzer cheese, or
the kick of a mule ; it is purer than the
breath of a young crow, and more tinsel
fish than a kitten's first cattcrwaul. As
the song bird hungers for the light of day,
tho Cautious mouse for tha fresh bacon in i
the tray, as a lean pup hankers after new j
milk, so I long for thee.
You arc fairer than a speckled pullet :
sweeter than a Yankee Doughnut fried in
porghuia molas-es, brighter than the top
knot plumage on t tie head of a muscovy
duck. You are candy kisses, pound cake,
and sweetened toddy altogether.
If these few icraarks wi I enable you to
see the inside of my soul, and me to win
your allectii.ns, I shall be as happy us u
woodpecker in a clurry tie, or a stage
Lorse in a green pasture. If you cannot
reciprocate ray thrilling pas.-ion, I will
pine away like a poisoned bedbug, and in
coming years, when the shadows grow
long from the hills, and the philosophic
frog singa his evening himn, you, happy
in another's love, can come and drop a
tear, and toss a clod upon the last resting
place of
Julius EniAiusoDus Muggins.
Tnr. following love letter was sent by a
gentleman to a lady wLe-m Le Lad been
courting :
Dear Miss: After long consideration
and much meditation upon the great repu.
tation you possess in the nation, I have
strong inclination to become your relation.
If oblation is wotihy of observation, and
can obtain cotnmisseration, it will be an
aggrandization beyond all calculation of
the joy and exu'trdion of
Rltm: II. Roktation.
R. S I solicit jour acceptation of the
love aud approbnticn, and propose tho
annexation of the lives and destination of
Reter II. Rortarion and Marie Moderation.
To which the lady replied thus:
Dear l'eter : I have perused your ora-
1 tion wiik great deliberation, and a little
I consideration, atthegre.it infatuation of
your weak imagination to show such ven
eration on so slight a foundation. After
mature deliberation and serious contem
plation, I fear your proclamation is filled
with adulation, or saying from ostenta
tion, to display your education, by an odd
enumeration, or rather multiplication, of
words of like termination, though different
in signification. Rut as I :id
tion, and am in favor of annexation I i
acknowledge my inclination to accept with
lainicauon me lovo and adoration set
forth in your declaration, and will, with
preparation, love, and animation, remaiu
with resignation and respect in tho appel
lation of Mks. RinT-u II. Routation-.
R. S. I suggest the information that we
meet in consultation, and make some pre
paration for the final consummation oi the
intended annexation, when I will bear
with resignation the relation to your home
and occupation that Mr. R. II. Rurtation
would then bear to myself.
Mauie Moii:i:.vriox.
A Gkkat Ccuiositt. The editor of
the Griffin Star, after paying a visit to
Upson county, gives the following account
ot a great natural cuiiosity of Georgia :
The first grand point of interest was the
famous Thundering Springs, located in
the northern pait of th.i county, about 12
miles from Thoniastown. We ixpjetcd
ti find quite a curiosity, but were com
pletely amaz-.d to find so remarkable a
freak of mother nature at this sprin". It
is located i'i the wildess part of the moun-
ii' e.viei.u.ng inrougu lit
ind
lucre is m the solitude cf the wilderness
present a most remarkable
i i - ...
phenomenon,
- v x.i"iiikiviio j t hjc cjn iii; iupei iiie
about five feet in diameter, and of an un
known depth, for experimenters have fre
quently sounded its depths in vain, and
no bottom can be reached. The water
boils tip with great force ; bubbles of gas
distantly rise up through the water and
explode on the surface. This gas is high
ly combustible, and is frequently set on
fire as it makes is escape. Such is the
force with which the water rises that a
human body cannot sink, but is buoyed
up in a standing position. It is a famous
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bathing place, and we took the first
PV
t p'-'ttunity to pmnge into this bottomless!
well. There we cojld stand upright for j
hours with nothing to support us but j
water. The earth around the fpring is a 1
beautiful w hite snni, of a very fine grain,
!'iing away readily at .the touch of the
loet, but immediately reforming as before.
The walls of the well are peifectly symet
lical, as if dug by the hands of man.
As low down as we could reach with our
fjot we could kick a hole in the wall,
an I as soon as the foot was removed tho
wail would immediately reform as before.
The teinparature is delightful, and the
waters are invaluable, especially for dis
eases ol the skin and blood. Th
spring
sound
constantly makes a low rnniLlinj;
from which it tieiives its name.
Nu;i:ow Escape iuo.m thk Grave.
The Cleveland Plundealer tells the follow--ing
remarkable story of a c.v-e which it
says happened in that city : "Some six
weeks ago a young lady residing on Lo
rain street, Miss lillen. 11. White, was
taken ill by w hat was regardeel by her
physicians as typhoid fever. lor four
weeks her ceuiditiun alternated from Let
ter to worse, when about two weeks
since she had a severe relapse, sinking
gradually until it was thought she had
died, and she was pronounced dead by
her physicians, her mother alone refusing
to believe her dead. Preparation? were
made for her funeral; the mother all the
time insisting that her daughter was alive.
She was to have been burried on Sunday
last, and her narrow escape from the
grave is thus related : On Saturday,
while one of the neighbors and mother
were standing by the side of the supposed
corpse, the door, which, had been left
open, blew 6uut with a loud noise, which
had the effect of so acting upon the girl
as to bring her to, and set Ler life-blood
in motion. She sprang up and throwing
her arms around her mother's neck Wept
toars of joy over hor escape from the hor
rid death tf being buried alive. The
young lady desciibed her feelings during
her trance, from which it uppears she
fully realized all that was going on, but
her will was poweiles?. Her situation
appears to have been one of perfect hap
piness, except when the thought of being
buried alivo possessed her."
Gkant am his Hatchet. When
Ulysses S. Grant was a little boy, Lis
fatlicr LougLt him a hatchet. Ulysses
was so delighted that he went about
hateheting everything he could llud. One
fatal day, after things had been going on
thus ana so for more than a week, Ulys
ses cut down one of bis father's favorite
pear trees. When the old gentleman saw
tho ruin of his favorite pear tree, he went
to U. S. and said :
"U. S , who cut down my favorite
pear tree ?"
"I cannot tell a lie, father, I cannot
tell a lie," said Ulysses. "Ben Johnson
cut if down with his hatche-t "
"My dear son." said the old p c ltleraan,
spunking him, "T would rather have you
tell a thousand lies than loso so fine a
tree!"
If Adam had asked Evo for a kiss
could the latter, without profanity have
replied, "I don't care Adam, if vou oV"
TUe Story of: Sic Wonderful tlocii
Nearly three centuries have passed
away since this wonderful clock was
made ; it was the talk of the world, and
thousands of people from different coun
tries, wended their way to Strasbourg to
see its wonderful workings ; the kin" who
ruleJ over ,ie tmvn was proud of it, and
pleased that his suhject should eclipse the j
world in manufacturing such apiece of!
mechanism, when the king of a neighbor- j
ing province, growing jealous of the i
success of a rival, negociated with the man
who had built thi clock to come to him,
and there construct one which would excel
the wonder of Strasbourg, by further
improving and making it more gigantic,
grand, and wonderful. This coming to
the ears of the king who ruled over Stras
Lourg, lie felt sorely grievcJ. and deter
mined there should be but one wonderful
clock, and that at Strasbourg. Theia
was only one man who could construct
such a clock, and he was his subject.
By the king's orders he was seized and
deprived of his eyesight, so as to prevent
him from building such nnother : what
j became of him afterwards is not positively
j known but there was no other clock like
the one at Strasbourg built. The clock
, ticked on, day after day ; its movements
j all throughout were perfect, as any one
j could w ind it up. which was all that was
required ; years rolled by, and the people
c jntinued to congregate to see its wondrous
I workings
One dav after the crowd had
j disposed there lingered a blind man,
accompanied by a little girl : the man
j whj Lad cbarge of the clotk wag accosted
by the Mind man ; said he : "I have
heard of this wonderful clock, and have
travelled far to hear it, for you eeo I am
blind and cannot see it ; yet before I
return to my home I 'should love to say I
Lave been near it, that my hands had at
least pressed its outward covering ; will
you please allow me to realize my most
ardent wish ? Do not deny my request"
The man being kind of heart, opened the
iron gate and allowed the blind man to
be led by the li tie girl towards the clock;
his attention was called to another part of
t the church ; on his return, the blind m in
and girl had disappeared, and, to his dis
may, the clock had stopped. The most
tkiilfld and celebrated niechr.nics were
called into requisition, but none c uld
remedy tli3 evil the clock would not go.
Twenty years rolled around; the clock
during all that time had never moved a
s:cond ; thj thoneanJs h t came to Stras
bourg to witness its workings, were
Eadly misled by the shopkeepers, for it
brought money to their tills' and made
business 1-rUk. The king was greatly
grieved at the accident that was so sore
ly felt Ly Lis sabjects, and large rewards
were offered to any one wba would repair
tho mischief. About this time appeared
in the church a young soldier, and in the
course of conversation with the one who
had charge, the soldier asked the man
'why he did not wind up the clock ?"
"Wind it up? Yes; and I might
keep on winding it up ; it requires some
thing more than that ; why that clock
has not ticked these twenty years, and no
one can be found to put it in order."
"Indeed," replied the young soldier ;
"why, I can fix it, I am sure ; I would
risk my head on it ; just Land me the
key, and I will make it go." The man
somew hat reluctantly haudsd Lim the kejr,
and the soldier remarked : "Now you
may go, and icturn in half an Lour."
He did as requested, and saw the sol
dier enter the clock as he turned into the
body of ll.o church ; iu the time specified
he returned, and, to Lis great joy, found
it in perfect ruuniug order, each particular
movement Leing complete. He looked
around, expecting to find the young sol
dier eager to claim the largo reward, but
Le was nowhere to be found. The clock
Las been going from that day to this, and
the supposition is that the blind man that
stopped it was the one who had made if,
and that he did it in revenge for having
been deprived cf his eyesight, by removing
a small piece of stctl which, connected
with the entire machinery. The young
Soldier of course was his daughter iu dis
guise. Her father, upon Lis death bed,
imparted to her the secret, with a strict
injunction that after his death she should
repair the mischief by inserting the piece
he had removed, whii h task w as faithfully
attended to as you have seen.
Aud thus ended the story. Carre rpcr.d
enee of The People's Weekly.
Story or a Remarkable log.
A gentleman residing in a market town
of England had a valuable Newfoundland
dog which once preserved his life. The
animal, which was called Rover, having
run a thorn into his foot, during the tem
porary absence of his master from home,
the family had. taken no further notice
of it than to observe that it was lame. By
the time hi3 master relumed, the poor
creature' s leg, as well as foot, were in a
most inflamed state, and he cottld not
walk. Alarmed at his situation, he took
the dog to a surgeon vh attended to the
foot and iu a short time Rover was able
to limp about tolerably well. Ilia mas
ter, aware of his eagacity, turned him out
at tLe time of the morning when he used
to be carried, and the dog regularly went
to the surgeon?, scratched at the dcor till
almitted, and then wa'ked into tha doc-
I tcr'3 otace where bis foot was drw.cl as
usual, until he was perfectly cured. Not
withstanding this, however, habit promot
ed Lim to continue bis vLits at the tegu
lar Lour, when tho surgeon u.d, good
humoredly, to take the foot in Lis Lacd
and say, "Well, Rover, your foot is well
now j you need not come any more."
But, so long as some notice was taken of
tLe foot, Rover thought it was professional
service, and departed well satisfied ; and,
not understanding the words, he continued
his vi.-dts for a fortnight longer. At lenyth,
one morning, the surgeon was surpiiscJ to
find that he did not depart after the cus
tomary handling of the foot, but that Le
whii el and fidgetied, making toward
the door, then returning and storing the
doctor in tha face, and stiil whining ar.d
wagging his tail, till, finding he was not
understood, he took the doctor's coat skirt
in Lis teeth, and endeavored to pull Liru
along. The doctor, concluding there whs
some reason for this, f jilowed hiu to tLe
door against which Rover scratehtd
opened it, and lo ! there stood aucther
lame dog which Rover had brought with
him, and which the servant had shut out,
not considering him a companion of Ro
ver's. The good natured doctor, froai the
whimsicality of tLe tLnig, performed wht.t
was necessary to his leg, and Rover and
his friend went away, but returned regu
larly every day- at the tame Lout, unt.l
the strange dog was cured. Nor ws this
the only dog which he La i to cure, tor
every lame or wounded canine creature
with which Rjver became acquainted, La
regularly accompanied to the doctor e, who,
from humanity a3 well as the amusement
of the thing cured them all ; until grati
tude yes, that is the 'word attracted
them all to hi iu, 'so that whenever au? tf
them saw him, they were sure to follow
him, senieiijcics three and even six togeth
er ! Now, as dogs. generally run to the
places where they sse a number of their
own species, strange dog3 joined theaa ,
until at last the doctor Lecaru3 bo well
known to all the canine race ia the town,
that the moment he showed his face out
side his door his retiuue began to attend
him, increasing as he went along, until
sometimes he had two or three dozvu fol
lowers, so that, ia the end, .it becama u
nuisance, rendering him au object of ob
servation and laugher, and he wuut by
the name of the "Dog Star." But his
humanity, as all good deeds do, brought
its reward : Le was the theme of conversa
tion, Lis business iucreascd, and Di Dog
Star rose in his profession.
The J udgu am thu Lawvek. Judga"
Kent, a son of the illustrious commentator,
while travelling upon the circuit many
years ago, put up on one occasion tor the
night at the hotel of a small town through
which his route lay. The chief lawyer of
the place, hearing of the arrival of this
bright light of'bis profession, thought the
leasflio could do was to attempt to enter
tain hia). So he walked into the reading
room, where the judge, iu the dignity of
blue spectacles and niagniiieeut rulHes,
was perusing the newspapers.
Lawyer llcta ! Good evening, judge.
Judge Good evening, sir.
Lawyer Judge! Leml suppose we play
a game of billiards f
Judge (astonisbed and speaking very
slowly) I never play Liiliards, sir.
Lawyer Ah ! well, ninepins ; w hat dj
you say to ninepins, sir ?
Judge 1 never play ninepini, sir.
Lawyer O! than we'll have a game uf
all-fours.
Judge ("turning pule and e peaking em
phatically) I never engage iu any gamj
' in any game whatever, sir.
Lawyer Eh ! what, well, no matter
(taking the judce familiarly by tha arm)
I'll stand the drinks brandy and. wa
ter, or gin?
Judje (becoming prde) never drink,
sir.
Lawyer (in the blankest amazement)
What a ccn found Vy oixiraicd man you
are ! (Tho disappointed subaltern retires
iu disgust.)
MlKAGE IN Westlhn Ntw Yokk. A
correspondent of a Rochester paper, writ
ing from Batavia, N. Y., June 3, eaya :
On Monday last, wLilevaiking in the
suburbs of the village, I was surprised to
see, stretching away to the northeast, and
apparently oa a level with an adjoining
meadow, a lake, the undulations of whow
waves were plainly visible, and on which
four steamboats and two sailing vese!a
were to be seen moving alow ly ah -nsr. Far
aw ay in the distance was the Canadian
shore. TLe pale Llue-grera tint cf watdr
was perfectly reproduced. TLe delusion
was Leightered by the rising ground in
the meadow forming a bank from which
the lake appeared to rciiL It was almost
impossible to reject the temptation of
crossing the fence and gathering the shells
aud watching the break rs w hich it seemed
muot be at the foot of those little bil'a. I
watched the mirage for nearly an hour,
but returned before the disappearance of
it. This mirage far exceeded the fine one
of Lake Erie seen some weeks bine at
sunset, and which attracted ucivcreal at
tention. Sentimental young lady to peifumer:
"I do not tbink you forwarded theBcent I
meant ; it seems cntirclv dilTermt from that
I ordered."
Perfumer, vrbo i9 fonl of punning :
1 "Madam, I aro Pure what you meant I
sent ; tho scent I tent was the eccnt you ,
meant ; consequently wa are both of ona
rcnt'i ra:nt."
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