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Show Cards, Bill and Lettei Heads, Handbills, Circulars, &c, in the best style of the att and at the most moderate l rices. Also, all kinds of Ruling. Blank Books, Book Binding, &c, executed to order as good as the Lest and as cheap as the cheapest. TiTiTTo at man, ceai.su is CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES CONSISTING . F goublc (frira jfamilg Jflour, BACON, SALT, FISH, FHESII VEGETABLES, ALL KINDS OF FRUITS, SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, Stc. Also, a large etock of the Bsat Erands cf Cigarg and Tobacco. store on high street, lour Doon Ead of Crawford's Hold, Ebensburg, Ia, AVING recentiy enlarged our stock . we are now prepared to fol 1 at a great reduction liom former prices. Our stock con cisU of Drugs, Meiiicines, Perfumery, Fancy boaps, Leon's, Hall's aud Allen's Hair Ke-tor-atives. l'ills, Ointments, Plasters, Liniments, Pain Killers, Citrate Magnesia, E;9 Jamaica Ginger, Pure Flavoring Extracts, Essences, Lemon Syrup, Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syruf, Rhubarb, Pure Spices, &c. ; CIGARS AND TOBACCOS. Blank Books, Peeus, Notes nnd Bonds; Cap, Rost, Commercial and all kind? of Note Paper; Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, Arnold's Writing Fluid, Black and Red Ink, Pocket and Pass Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Novels, His tories. Bibles, Ueligiou8,Prayeraiid Toy Books, Penknives, Pipes, &c. We have added to our stock a lot of FINK JEWELRY, to which we would invite the attention of the Ladies. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS at lower prices than ever offered iu this place. Paper and CigarsJold either wholesale or re tail. LEMMON & MURRAY", July 30, IPCS. Maiu Street, Ebensburg. 1 FOREIGN SHIPPING a wn EXCHANGE OFFICE. We are now selling Exchange (at New York Rates on Englaud, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Prussia, Austria. Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, Uessen, Saxony, Hanover, Belgium, Switzerland, Ilolland, Norway and France. And Tickets to and from any Port in England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France, California, New South "Wales or Australia. KERR & CO. AlLORING ESTABLISHMENT ItEMOVED. The subscriber would re spectfully announce to his customers and the citizens of Ebensburg and vicinity generally, that be has removed to the new building on Centre street, opposite the Mountain House and adjoining the law office of Geo. M Reade, Esq., and is now not only prepared to manufacture all goods which may be brought to him. but is supplied wUh a fine line of CLOTHS, C ASSI JIERES. V EST1NGS, &c, which he wilt make to order in the best style and &i the lowest pri ces. Feeling confident of giving entire satis action, I bopo for an increased patronage in my new location. D. J. EVANS, fcbenbbu, fltojrt. 10, 1?99.-tf. ENTISTHY. The undersigned, graduate of the Balti more College of Dental Sur gery, respect fully offers hi- I'ROFE-WIOyA services to the citizens of Eb- ensburg and vicinity, which place he will visit on the FOiuiu Monday of each month, to re niain one week. Aug 13. SAM'L BELFORD D. D. S. a -l J It i . 171 . xv. . jsxg- i icr nag taKcn tne rooms on High street recently occupied liyBN Lloyd it C. as a Banking Honse.r; and ofibrs his professional servi- ""JLCm ces to the citizens of Ehj r.sb !I ro- nril l'f:n ity. Teeth extracted without pain by use cf citrous uxiae or L.avghmj Ga.t. DR. H. B. MILLER, AETOONA. lA.. Operative and Mechanical DENTIST. Ortice au Caroline street, between Virginia and Emma streets. All wdbk waksan'tko. Altoona. June IS, lcCS.-(ii. GREAT BARGAINS!!! Will be sold at a great sacrifice, if sold soon, a number of THRESHING MACHINES, PLOUGHS, 1'Ol.MSnnd other r AKMl.NH IMPLE MENTS, and CASTINGS COME AND SEE, FARMERS, and you cannot fi! to purchr.se. Ebensburg, July ."l. 18C8. E. GLASS, j Tfr Jj. O A T M A N , ! iTil EBENSBURG. PA., Is the sole owner of the Right to Manufactme a:;d sell THE UNEQUALLED METROPOLITAN OIL! ! A.MES J. O ATM AN, M. D., tenders his professional services as Phy- sioian and Surgeon to the citiz-nsof Carroll town and vicinity. Oilier in rear . f build ing occupied by J. BiicK & Co. as a store. Night calls can be made at his re ienco, one door south of A. Ilaug's tin and hardivare Store. May 9, ISC 7. H DKV.EREAUX, M. I)., Pnv- " 1 SIC-AN ANI "t.T.fJKON, Sui.-I mil , Pa. Oillce east en.l ,,f M-instoi. House, on Rail Koad street. .Mght cads niAy be made the office. r,iy23.ii. gg J. LLOYD, successor to R. S. a" Hess. Dealer in Drugs, Jfolicines, Paints, Ifc. Store on M.in street, ofposite the "Mansion House." Hbeiibburg, Pa. October 17. 18G7.-r,m. D. MT.AUGIILIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, J..hmtown. Pa Office in the Exc! iange building, on the Corner of Clinton and Locust streets up stairs. Will attend to all business conuect ed with his profession. Jan. 31 , 1807. -if. It. L JOHNSTON, J R. SCANI.AN. JOHNSTON & SCAN LAN. Attorneys at Law, Ebensburg, Cambria co., Pa. Office opposite the Court House. Ebensburg, Jan. 31, 18G7.-tf. JOHN P. LINTON, I TTORNFAr AT LAW, Johnston. Pa. f OiTice in building on corner of Main and Franklin street, opposite Mansion House, second floor. Entrance on Franklin street. Johnstown. Jan. 31. 1SG7. tf. F. A. SHOEMAKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg. Pa. Oflice on High street, one door East of the Banking IL use of Lloyd & Co. January 31, 18C7.-tf. F. P. TIEHNEY, i TTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg, Pa. j Oflice in Colouade Row. Jan. 5. I8G7tf. JOSEPH M'DONAEI), ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg. Pa. Office on Centre street, opposite Linton's j Hotel. Jan. 31, lSG7-tf. j JOHN FENLON ! I TTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg ra H Office on High street, adjoining his resi dence. Jan 31. 18G7.-tf. GEORGE W. O ATM AN, I TTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg. Pa. H Olfice in Colonade Row, Centre street. January 31, 18G7.-tf. WILLIAM K ITT ELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg, Pa. Office in Colonade Row, Centre street. Jan. 31. 18G7.-tf. L. PERSUING, Attokney-at- L aw. Johnstown .P1. Office on Frank lin street, upstairs, over John Benton's Hardware Store. Jan. 31, 1867. M. II. SEC II LEU, Attorn ey-at-Law, Ebensburg. Pa. Office in rooms recently occupied by Geo. M. Reade. Esq , in Colonade Row, Centre street. aug.27. GEO. M. 11EADE, Attornegat-T.aw, Ebensburg, Pa. Office in new building recently erected on Centre street, two doors from High street. aug.27. THAMES C. EASLY, Attorney- at-Law, Carrolltown, Cambria Co., Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly attended to. Jan 31. 18G7. HKINKEAD, Justice of the Peace and Claim Agent. Office removed to the office formerly occupied by M. Hasson, Esq., dee'd, on High St.. Ftbensburg. jl3. S. 8TRAYER. Justice of titf. Pufir Jnlinclnwn. Pa- Offirfi nn tVa corner of Market Btreet Jind Locust alley, Second Ward. dec.l?.-! i-fft-t,! 'f it --rrzS i "K 1S A KRKE:,IVV W"OM EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1868. A lCSXl3Lors SJTL'ATiOA. liY M. f-II.INGSKY. Our conversation had been drifting from one topic to another, and finally settled upon the peculiarities and habits of the American panther. Ainon? the com pany present was one Mrs, IIan?eour, from Western Missoir.i, who related in a most graphic nnd forcible style the follow ing thrilling incident : "Eighteen years ago, my husband emi grated to the western part of Missouri, which was at that time little belter than a wilderness. We accepted, like many others, the prior leae of 'sq.-jattei; sover e'g"ly" and while our cabin was in pro cess of erection, we occupied, as a teno inent, the covered wagon in whioh we had tranpoi ted our goods and chattels from the Mississippi side. "Oar family at this time consisted of four persons my husband, brother-in-law, and self not omitting the babv. which was then but nine months old. Timber was scarce that is, suitable timber for building, and, before the cabin coulJ be completed, (hey were obliged o cut and haul l.igs a considerable distant?. 4ilt was in the latter part of July, or beginning of August, and wherever there was a swell or elevation (such localities always being more or less rocky in that part cf Missouri), they were sure to be covered whh an abund.u.t supply of w!iOrt!eberiL. I was ery fond ol the berries, and one afternoon, after ectl'.n' baby asleep, and securely sheltering hiui in the wagon, I started for a hill about three quarters of a mile off, and almost in a line where the men were chopping. It wanted about an h .ur of sunset, and it was my calculation, afler filling my dish with berries, to meet my husband on his return. "On reaching the hill, which was rocky, and in some places covered with scattering trees, i found the lorries very iarse and nice ; and, after filling the dir-h, and still hearing the echoing strokes of the axes in the distance, I began leisure! to pick and cat as I moved in the direc tion of the Bounds. "A little farther up the hill was a cluster of whiu b.eehs, overshadowing a projecting bciddcr. Around its base the biii-Les were very thick and luxuriant, and concloding that the fruit must be very nice and large in consequence, I kept on ascending till I readied the spot. The fruit, r.s 1 had anticipated, was ripe arid tempting, and I kept on picking-nnd eat ing with renewed relish. Suddenly my ears were attracted by peculiar purring sound, w hic h B'erned to pvocced from the branches of the tree overhead. I glanced up quickly, and the sight I saw caused the very blood to curdle in my veins. Stretch ed upon one of the lower limbs, about twenty feet above n,y head, and in the very act, a3 it seemed, of springing upon me, was a hirg(, fierce, tawny-looking animal, with a cat-like head, and eyes of a fWy, blood-like hue. "1 had never seen anything like it before ; my heart gave a treat bound of terror and 1 was nearly fainting. I was within a few h-et of the projecting boulder, and almost directly under the limb unon which the animal crunched. It was pet haps fortunate for me that I retained mv presence of mind. I compi eheiided in a moment the full extent of my peril 1 Lnew that the creature was only awaiting a favorable moment to make the fatal spring. 'It was wonderful how I retained my presence of mind as I did I have no doubt that terror will sometimes help one as much as the wisest forecast.. It was unquestionably fear, only, which prompted me to keep my eyes upon the fierce brute, as I kept nearer and nearer the projecting b u'der. I noticed its every movement, I saw the strong muscles of il3 back work ing, the long, sharp claws, protruding, and the heavy tail lashing impatiently from tide to side. Still, with a kind of fascination in my gaze, I kept my eyes constantly fixed upon the animal, till I reached the shelter of the overhan'intr r,a k "The moment I felt myself safe beneath it, I set up a series of the most prolonged and terrific screams that ever proceeded from the throat of a puny woman. It was undoubtedly that w hich saved me from the immediate attack of the panther. He was probably astonished at the turn affairs had taken, and was altogether un certain how to proceed about dispatching me. My husband and brother-in-law, who were not more than half a mile off, heard my first shriek of alarm, and drop ping their axes on the Fpot where they were at work, and seizing their trusty rifles, they hurried in the direction from whence the frightened screams were still proceeding. Thry could not have been more than three or four minutes in ar riving upon the ground ; but to me, in the terrible and overwhelming excitement of the situation, it seemed an age. The moment I beheld the form of my husband appearing around the brow of the hill where he could see me, I shouted to him loudly to bo cautious how he approached, for there was some dreadful animal crouch ing in the branches of the tree overhead. My brotler-in-law was only a few paces behind, and they encouraged me with as Buranc?s of safety, a3 they crept stealthily toward the spot, peering sharply info the thickly interlacing branches, where the fierce brute still lay concealed. Twilight WC8 approaching, which TE PKEKf A0 rendered objects even at a short distance somewhat indistinct, but their keen eyes soon detected the tawny-hided monster, whose attention was now attracted from me to them. The two fiery eyes glaring down upon them were the first evidence of the panther's presence that they detected, and between these given points they both took deliberate aim. At a signal from my husband, both fired, and the next moment the brute came plunging to the ground, its braiu perforated with a brace of bullets. He was of unusual size, and the skin made a line warm robe for the baby." History or (lie Slaaiairucli. When King Lerry, surrounded by his lords, vassals and Druids, wns celebrating his birthday at Tara, the ancient capital of Ireland, it happened to be the eve of Ea.-fer. The time had come wh"n all the fi es were to be extingui.-hed, that, after a while, they miyht be relighted from the sacred torch consecrated to the heathen pods. In the interval of hallowed dark ness suddenly there appeared a brilliant light at the top of the Slope of Chariots. The sparks and :1 lines rose from the mys terious camp, in profanation of the ancient laitli of Tarn. Who hail dared to profane the sacred darkness by u iholy fires ? What bold blasphemer ventured to liht the t ircii until the flame had been brought fr.)ni tl c altar of the gods ? The war: iois grasped their arms and rushed up the hill to t ar the infidel to pieces. They seized him and dragged him down to the Hail of Judgment, but all the while he kept recit ing prayers to the unknown Gi d ; and when brought before the assembly of enraged idolaters, St. Patrick, who for twenty years had been Milcho's herdsman slave, blood forth, like the heroic Paul and aiiiweied for himself. In his lonesome captivity he had learned to love the Irish people, and v.i;h the burden of salvation he had traversed the great plains from the mouth of the Hoyne to the Slope of the Chariots. lie stood and preached to them all night long from the birth of stars till the grand ascension of the sum. lie spake as never man had spoken in Tara. He told them the story of the Nazarene, of the blessed Trinity Father Son and Holy Ghost of baptism, of the eueharist of all the sublime faith of the Church of Home. Towards daylight the people began to believe, and fell into debate, one with another. The arch druid, the king and two beautiful maidens were converted and baptized. The tumult increased; the true tires of Heaven were blazing in the dark valley of paganism and Patrick preached on until the day dawn began to reveal the course of tlio IV.ack water, the Boyne and the hills of Cavan and the heights of Slane. Hut the people could not utideisland the strange doetrius of the Tiinity how three persons should consti tute one God and with the daylight their hearts began to return to their idols. Suddenly the Apostle caught up a sprig of shamrock, which had been holding up its; tripple palms in adoration of the one true God, and holding it forth, he showed the people that three leaves growing from a single stalk constituted but one. In stantly the quick-witted people u rider? tood he mystery ; they rushed upon the Apos tle, and would have carried him upon their shoulders, and from that hour druidical superstition was overthrown upn the Plains of Prostration. Oregon Unionist. Hkincjixg IIomktiik Husuaxds One night in October, many years ago, I was suiuking my pipe along the road outside one of the little inns in a Scotch fishing village, listening with some amusement to the turmoil within. It wanted only about an hour to closang time, but it was elear moonlight, and from where I stood I could see the dim outline of petticoats cu the dark side of the road, and soon ascertained they were fishers' w ives come to reconduct their husbands home. With the wise in tuition of their sex they did not court certain defeat by entering I he house or proclaiming their presence, but continued without, discussing their home affairs with the calm tone of decision appropriate to those who rule. - Diminutive women are notoriously the most enterprising and courageous, and at last the smallest among them went to the door, and demanded, "Is Saundie frae the ebore, ane wants ye V "111 nae gang." "Gang oot and speak till her, Saundie, or she'll mak' your hoose het for ye." Saundie went out, violently impelled from behind by a friendly shove a fish er, standing six feet four and more in his stockings. Then followed a little conjj gal dispute. At first he bade her "gang harne," and tried to elude her grasp ; she threatened a very little and coaxed a good deal, and there were evident signs of giv ing in on the part of Saundie. At length she prevailed, and led away her giant in triumph, passing the other women in silence, as though feeling a compassion for their want of enterprise and adminis trative power. lie stood stiil and looked back like Lot's wife, and more than once, as the renewed bursts of revelry struck on his ear, he made a desperate effort to es cape, but she clung to him tenaciously : "Dinna cast your een back, Saundie, or ye'll no win Iiame wi' me the nicht," I heard he say, and then they vanished al together in the darkness down to the shore. Scottish Ufc ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE A Wedding llial Didn't Conic Off. At a certain number which shall be blank of a certain street that shall be nameless, in this city, there were high and festive preparations the other day "for a nuptial feast to be given in honor of the wedding of two fond and loving hearts. The silver-tongued marriage bells were to chime their soft melody on the air, and everything was to be as gay and glad as a hohday in the Lovers' Paradise. The bride had fathomed the mysteries of the fashionable millinery and dressmaking es tablishments, and ihe fine webs and lus trous silks of the East, aud the shimmery fabrics of French looais, vied with each other to make the bridal trousseau en chanting. Her bonnet, for what would a woman be without a bonnet, was such a "love of a thing," that set off the regal pose of her head, and her veil even the bridal veil which is inevitable on such occasions, was like a snowy mis!, and fell gracefully over her rounded shoulders and adown her plump figure like an illusion typical, alas, of the not remote future. Every appointment of the bridal outfit was complete, and colour de rose visions of a bridal tour, and sumptuous bridal apart ments in the hotels of distant cities, hov ered nightly about the. expectant bride's pillow like spirits, and whispered in her car of the joys to be. The bridegroom sought the haunts of fashionable tailors, and poured into their ears the tale of his happiness, and forth with they depleted their shelves in search of the "proper piece of stuff" from which to make up his wedding suit. At last the piece was found, after a deal of viewing and reviewing, and he was measured, not for the undertaker, but for the hymer.ial sacrifice. Hut behind Snip stood a spec tor grim and gaunt, that gibbered and jibed in mute spirit sound and panto mime, of course and pointed to the grave of wrecked hope that gaped wider than Erebus at the very foot of the victim of unforeseen circumstances. . St. Cuspin's disciples, too, were calhd into council, and a pair of patent leathers, so exquis itely tight that they would extinguish the most aggravating corns, were put on the last, and they will no doubt leave a last ing impression, not on!y on the corns afore said, but upon the mem ury of the owner. He will probably put them away in a rosewood box among other relics and me mentoes, and every morning regularly taking them out, saving "As looks a father on the things Of his dead son, I look on thrse." Hat stores were the scenes of divers ex cursions until a head piece was discovered suitable to the occasion, but he could not look a'uad and see the peace of mind he was about to loose. At lenih the auspicious day arrived, and the marriage feast was savory, and the blushing bride looked cooly from out her snowy veil, and the bridegroom was nervous as he approached that must try ing ordeal of a man's life time. The venerablo clergyman who was to join them together stood up and put the form ula : "If there is any person who has any objection to offer why this couple should not be joine'd together in holy wedlock, let him now speak, or for ever after hold Lis peace." A slight pause ensued, and a guest, whether bidden or unbidden to the feast this deponent knows not, not relish ing the idea of b i g struck everla. t'.ngly dumb as to the wrongs that were about to be indicted upon him, fcrose and inter posed an objection, stating that for eight times thirteen moons he had loved the lad', and had betn loved in return, or at least he had the mo-t indubitable evidence of it, and that for the period already cited and made mention of, they had dwelt together in unity and connubial bliss, sans the idle marriage ceremony, and as long as he maintained his self-respect he would file a perpetual demurrer to the right of any man to carry away the partner of his bosom. Then there were tears shed, and confusion, dire and dread ful, reigned where Love but a moment be fore sat enthroned like a b'ng among the gods. The pious minister looked heaven ward &nd sank into a chair, while the bridegroom assumed the hues of a pecu liarly irritated chameleon, and the biide fell "all of a heap" in a fainting fit. Let the curtain fall upon what ensued and the dreadful things that were said. It is needless as well as needles, to put a sharp point on it to say that the cere mony was not proceeded with, and two hearts that were to beat as one now pul sate far apart, and the cypress has usurped the orange blossoms The cakes and jellies and confects and sparkling wines waste their sweetness upon the desert air of a deserted bridal hall, and young Love lies buried and embalmed in a wide and desolate world of sad and regretful memo- ties. Amor vale Cincinnati Knquxrer. Old Sam Latiirop, the clown in Fore paugh'a circus, has got the bond question reduced to a science. He sajs the people have to get up at 5-20 and work until 10 40, in order that the bondholders may lie in led until 10-40 and retire at 7-30. The meaning of the 5 20's is, it takes the labor of twenty men to support five bond holders in idleness. The laboring man gets $5 of his earning and pays 20 to the bondholders. IIf. who is honorable and candid, hon est and courteous, is a true gentlemau, be he rich or poor, learned or unlearned. Husband In tiie Kitchen. A NOItSE LEGEND. Once on a time there was a man so surly and cross, he never thought his wife did anything right in the house. So, one evening, in hay-making time, he came home scolding and swearintr. and nhnwinn his teeth and making a dust. ! "Dear love, don't be so angry, there's a good man," said his goody ; "to-morrow let's change our work. I ll go out with the mowers and mow, and you shall mind the house at home." Yes ! the husband thought that would do very well. lie was quite willing, be said. So, early the next morning, his goody took a scythe over her shoulder and wpnf. out into the hay-field with the mowers and uegan io mow ; but the man was to mind the house and do the work at home. First of all he wanted to churn the but ter : but when he had churned a wb'il he got thirsty, and went down to the cellar to tap a barrel ot ale. S , just when he had knocked in the bung, and was putting the tap into the cask, he heard the pig come into the kitchen over head. Then off he ran up the cellar steps, with the tap iu his hand, to look after the pig, lest it should upset the churn ; but w hen he got up and saw the pig had already knocked the churn over, and stood there rooting and grunting amongst the cream which J was running all over the floor, he got so wild with rage that he quite forgot the ale j barrel, and ran at the pig as hard as he could. He caught it, too, just as it ran ! out of doors, and gave it such a kick that piggy lay for dead on the spot. Then all at once he remembered he had the tap in his hand ; and when he got down to the cellar every drop of ale had run out of tho cask. Then he went into the dairy and found enough cream left to fill the churn again, and sj he began to churn, for butterhey must have at dinner. When he had churned a bit he remembered that their milking cow was still shut up in the byre, and hadn't had a bito to eat or a drop to drink all the morning, though the sun was high. Then all at once he thought 'twas too far to take her down to the meadow, so he'd just get her up on the house top for the house, you must know, was thatched with sods, and a fine crop of grass was growing there. Now their house lay close up against a steep down, and he thought if he laid a plank across to the t hitch at the back, ho d easily get the cow up. Hut still he couldn't leave the churn, for there was his little babe crawliri" about O on the floor. n.l "if f lonro i.o. thought, ".he child is sure to upset it." So he took the churn on his back, and went out with it ; but then he thought he'd better first water the cow before he turned her out on the thatch ; so he took up a bucket to draw water out of the well ; but, as hi s o p d down at the well's brink t4l the cream ran out of the churn over bis shoulders, and so down into the well. Now it was near dinner-time, and he hadn't even pot the butter yet , ao he thought he'd best boil the porridge, and filled the pot with water and hung it over the fire. When he bad done that, he thought the cow might perhaps fall off the thatch and break her legs or her neck. So he got upon tho house-top to tie her up. One end of the rope he made fast to the cow's neck, and the other he slipped down the chimney, and tied round his own thigh ; nd he had to make haste, for the water now began to boil in the pot, and he had still to grind the oat-meal. So lie began to grind away, and while he was hard at it, down fell the cow from the house-top after all, and as she fell she dragged the man up the chimney by the ropo. There he etuck fast ; and, as for the cow, she hung halfway down the wall, swinging between heaven and earth, for she could neither get down or up. And now the goody had waited seven lengths and seven breadths for her husband to come and call them home to dinner ; but never a call they had. At last she thought she had waited long enough, and went home. Hut, when she got there and saw the cow hanging in such an ugly place, she ran up and cut the rope in two with her scythe. But. as she did this. down came her husband out of the chim ney ; and so when his old dame came inside the kitchen, there she found him standing on his head in the porridge pot. Winter, There is no doubt of our having an early and severe winter, one of the "old fashioned" seasons, which, after all, are the healthiest and the best. Heavy frosts h ave already appeared in various parts of the country. Even in the South they are having what they call cold weather, and are anticipating a speedy freeze. In view of these probabilities we ought to be looking ahead, and seeing what can bm done for modifying the con dition of the poor. Poverty is fearful to be borne at even the most favorable sea sons ; but in bitter winter weather its blighting chills are intensely aggravated. Food and fuel are the two greatest essen tials to be provided ; but clothing, especi ally for the little children, is also highly needful. Don't wait until the ice forms to look after those whom ye always have with ye. The joy, the happiness of home is gained by love and retained by kindacsr. . II. A. jU'II&C, I'u blilier. NUMBER 38. The Roraaucc or a Lead Mine. A correspondent of the Chicago llqub lican, describing a visit to the lead region or Illinois and Wisconsin, tell this story: "One of the richest .mines in Mineral Point has a rtory of some interwt. Many years ago a party of specolmtorp, adven turers all, three in number, bought up a track of land on which to thfmonstrate a theory in regard to mining which one of the party had originated. The other roe-, his companions and partners, were the money men of the company, who had been duped by the one who had the pet theory. One entire season, from early 5pring to aufurnn, was spent in hard la bor by these men. Their expenses were ruinous. No matter, it was all in rain ; labor and money were tdike unavailable, and when the winter of that year (1848) came on, they found themselves unsble to proceed, and still very far from success. They "nulled up stakes" and away to a neighboring settlement, where they tarried for a few weeks, puttirg up at the only public, house in the ph.ee, hoping, as a last rrsort, to effect a rale of their proper ty and utensils for a sum ufficnt to help them out of the fcrape somewhat. At length a stranger ai rived at the sarue hotel. He was a Welshman, a miner of seme experience, and honest ijd credulous as the day is long, but unused to dealing with sharpers, having traveled very little, and recently arrived in this country. He was looking about, undecided as lo what br. nch v( the mining business in this re gion he would engage in, if any. It was not strange, therefore, that three bankrupt speculators should succeed in roping in the believing Welshman, and induce him to purchase their old traps, together with the land. lie purchased the whole for 300, and thought he had a nice thing, as the rogues had assured him that, ha ing made) a large fortune each, they cared little for the land on which it was secured. The poor fellow went out to his place in tho dead of winter, wallowing through a deep snow all the way. Once there, he found only a wretched little cabin, which would but pool by shelter a man at such a season. I However, he held on hopefully and pa tient, confident that Li3 day would scon ! come. So he was out the long, hard winter, and when spring arrived he was found at work with a. will. In spite of continued failure, he kept on month after month, loth to leave all in which hig money was invested. In firae, however, just as the poor man was on the point of abandoning the place, a stranger came to his cabin He. was a geologist and a mi ner of practical experience. He had traced a rich vein of mineral through a long distance, and located it at last right in the midst of the poor Welshman's possessions. The two men went to min ing together, and before two years were the wealthiest men ie the region. A Day Without a Nir.nr. Oi. night in July we landed on the shore oft northern fiord in latitude 60 degrees north We ascended a cliff which rose one thous and feet above the level of the sea It was late, but still sunlight. The Arctic ocean stretched away in silent vastness at our feet The sound of its waves scarce ly reached our airy lookout. Away in the north, the huge old sun swung around along the horizon like the slow, measured beat of the pendulum in the tall clock in our grandfather's parlor corner. When both hands came together at 12, midnight, the full round orb hung triumphantly above the wave a bridge of gold, running due north, spanned the waters between us and bim. There he shone in silent ma jefty, which knew no setting. We in voluntarily took off our hats ; no word was said. Combine, if you can, the most brilliant sunrise and sunset you ever saw, and its beauties will pale before the most gorgeous coloring which now lit up the ocean, heaven and mountain. In half an hour the sun had swung up perceptibly on its beat, the colors changed to those of the morning, a fresh breeze rippled over tho fiord, one songster after another piped up in the grove behind us we had slid into another day. Litkr from Norway. Railroad Iscidf.xt An old man, whose sight was defective, and who had to use glasses, was reading a newspaper on the train between Wheeling, Ya , ami Washington, a few days ago. When the cars reached the first tunnel, the quick disappearance of the light caused him to look up. Taking off his spectacles and wiping them, he replaced thtm and again tried to lead. Perceiving that all was still dark, he dropped both paper and spectacles, exclaiming La a loud voice, "My God, I'm blind, I'm blind !" This aroused the passeagers, and it was a long , time before he could bo convinced what was the matter. On coming again to tho light, he thanked God fervently for bia sight. The largest dogjn the world, accord ing to report, was one raised in Pennsyl vania from the Siberian bloodhound stock. This dog, when but a year old, had at tained the length of seven feet nine inches, was thirty six and a half inches high, and weighed two hundred pounds. A cl ai- lense of a thousand guinea was offered in 1862, when his owner exhibited him in London, for the production of a larger specimen, but tho article was oot forth-
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