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VOLUME 3.
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OLIVE BRANCH
SHERIFF'S SALES. By virtue of
sundry writs of Vend. Expou. and Al. Vend
Expon. issued out of the Court of Common
Pleas of Cambria county, and to me dii ected,
there will be exposed to Public Sale, at Court
House ia Ebeusturg, on Monday, the J ft day
of March next, at 1 o'clock r. m., the following
real estate, to wit :
All the right, title and interest of John
Smay of, in and to a piece or parcel of land sit
n.-.:ed in Crovle township, Cambria county, ad
joining land of Ephraim Cr'am, Anthony Miller
nnd others, containing 80 acres, more or less,
about 4 ) acres of which are cleared, having
thereon erected a two story log house and log
barn, now in the occtipaScy ot John Saiay.
Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit
of Tho?. Clark, for use of Isabella Clark et.al.
Also, all the rihtj title nd interest of
T.ydia Ikndon, (widow,) Nathaniel Bendon,
Nathaniel Bendon, John Myers and Elizabeth
his wife, and Lydia Bendon, vei dee of Peter
Camdbell and jane an wife, lute Jane Ben
doi;, and Augustine Luther and ifary his wile,
late Mary Pendon of, iu atd to two lots of
ground situated m Currolltovvn borough, Cam
bria county, fronting on the Ebcnburg road
and extending back -to land of Christopher
Karle, a.!jo;uii:g lot of Mrs; Barbara Sliers on
the south and an -il'.ey on the north, having
thereon erected a two story plank house and
frame stab'.f, t:o-.T in the ooMpancy of John
Blum. Taken in execution ami to be sold at
the suit of William Bendon and James Bendon.
Ai-so, all the iil.t, title and interest of
Flbridge Smiles of, in and to n lot of ground
Fituatcd in the west ward of the boro-igfr of
Ebensburg, Cambria counth, frontitg Cti feet
on High street and extending back 132 feet to
lot of Win. S. Lloyd. a.:j. lining lot of llcbsrt
Evand on the east and an alley on the we.st.
having thereon erected a two story frame
house, with a one story plank kitchen attached,
now in the occupancy of Elbridge Stiles afd
a one s'.orv frame house now in the occupancy
of Mrs. H. L'ovd and Miss Sliinafelt.
T;iken it. evcuiion and to be sold at the suit
of CJcorge .1 iljdger, executor of John Kod
gers, ilec'd.
Ai.SO. all the right, title nnd interest of
James C McDcrmit of, in and 17 a lot of
ground situated in Summltville borough of
Canibrii county, (rontino six'y feel on the Old
Portage Kail Load and extending back two
hunditd fttt to an alley, adjoiuig lot of estate
of FrancU (ii'Ics; le dee'd, on the south, having
thereon tri-ctod a two story frame house and
plank staple, now iu the occupancy of M:iry
Ellen Watt. Taken iu execution anl to be
sold at the suit of William McConwell.
Ai.m), nil the tiht, title and interest of
Oeorge V. Pringle of, in nnd to a piece or par
eel of 1 .nd situated in Summerhill township,
C nijhria cou:;tv adjoining lands of George
Ilohre,a,.irh, Michael' Lutz, and .others, con
taining t.ri acies, moi e or less, havin thereon !
ercc.ed a t'.v r gtcry frame liouie, frame stable I
and oi:t nil-5'igs, now in t!ie occu ancy of the '
sjud (iport'e V. Prtngle. Taken in execution !
and to be solt at the miu of Mrs. Sarah Mye.-,
adm'x, and Joseph Cro-. le, adin'r of Josoj h W .
Mvers. dee'd. JOHN A. BL A ! H. She.itf
Shot li s Oflk-e, Koersbcig, Feb. 11. IM9.3t.
SHERIFF'S SALES. By virtus of
mncry writs of Vend Expon., Al. Vend.
Exp' n. and Al. Fi. F.v. is.-ued out of the Court
of Common Picas of Cambria county, and to
me directed, there will be exposed to Public
Sale, at the Foster llou-e in Johnstown, on
Saturday, the 27th day of February, inst , at 1
o'clock I-, m., the following real estate, to wit:
All the ripiit, tiile and interest of Cha.
McBiivle of, in and to a lot of ground situated
in Prospect borough, Cambria county, f.onting
W) feet on QtviiTV stieet and extending back
100 leet, adjoining lot of 'Wiiilarn Lynn on the
west and lot of Charles MtGinlev on the ea-;t,
hav ing thereon errcLcd a two story plank house,
now in the occupancy of Charles McBrlde.
Taken in execution and to be sold at thcauitbf
John Drown.
Ali-O, all the right, title anil inUrcet of
Darid Faloon and L. Furlong of. in n,d to a !
lot of ground situated at Coneinaugh Station, j
Taylor township, Cambria county, bo .nded on j
the soulh by Potts street, on the north-west by '
street, and on the north-east by an alley, !
(said lot Icing triangular m shape,) having
thereon erected a two story plank tavern stand,
now in occupancy of David F.iloon. Taken in
execution and to be sold at suit of M 1'oke et.al.
Also, all the ri'ht, title and interest of
Robert Bai klay of, in and to two lots of ground
situate ! i . ( th "ward, Johnstown borough, Cam
bria county, kno-.vn and mukel as Lots Nos. 3
aud -1 on he plan of he rs of John Divert, sr .
deo'd ; Lot No. 3 fros ting three rods on the
nor'h east side of Napoleon utrtet and extend
ing back the same width 151) feet to an alley,
having an alley on the north west side and ad
joining Lot No. 4 on the so ith cast; Lot No 1
(routing three rods on tie north east side f
Napoleon street and extending back l.0 Veet to
an alley . having an alley on the soutH-east side
and adjoining Lot No. 3 on the north-west side;
unimproved. Taken in execution and to be
sold at the Euit of John Thomas.
JOHN A. BLAIR, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Ebensburg, Feb. 11, lfcby.3t.
EGISTEB'S NOTICE Notice is
heicby given that the following accounts
have been passed and fied in the Register s
Office at Ebensburg, and will be presented to
the Orphans' Court of Cambria county, for
confirmation nnd allowance, on Monday, the
1st day of March next, to wit :
The first and fiinal account of John Shar
baugh, Ex'r of ll;:gh F. Siorm, late of Alle
gheny township, deceased.
Tho account of Joseph Daily, Adin'r of
Jos. Bradley, lato of Millville borough, dee'd.
The account of Samuel Shaffer, Adin'r at
John Pergrin, lte of Jackson twp., deceased.
The first aud partial account of 1 avid Sut
ton, guardian ot Mary A. Sutton, minor child
of wTlliam Sutton, deceased.
The second account of James Cleringer
guardian of Elizabeth, Margaret and Mary
Ellen Allbaugh.
The first and partial account of Sarah LeiJy,
'Adm'x of David Leidy, late of Jackson twp,
deceased.
The account of Joseph Croyle, Adm'r pi
BONIS NOW CCMTESTAMKSTO ANNSXO of Thomas
Croyle, deceased.
The first and partial account of James King,
Adm'r of AndnJw Miller, late of Johnstown,
deceased.
The partial account of Jamea Brown, Ex'r of
Charles Kennedy, late of Munster twp., dee'd.
The second and final account of Francis J
Christy, trustee for the sale of the real estate
of John C. McGuire, deceased, pursuant to
proceedlnga ia partition.
The first and final account of J. S.. Strcyer,
Adm'r of Geo. II. BroD, late of Conctbaugh
twp., deceased.
The first and final account of PTI. Shields,
Ex'r of Eleanor Dodso, late of Allegheny tp.,
deceivaed.. . i '
The fht and final account of George M.
Reade and Edward Roberts, , Ad tu'rs of Ed
ward W. Davis, late of Ebensburg, de eased
The final account of V. A. Luther, Ex'r of
Jacob Lnthcr, late of Carroll twp.. deceased.
J-AMES GRIFFIN, Register.
Register' Office, Ebensburg, Feb. 1, lSCD.lt.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1869.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
From the "Personal Recollections" of
Robert Buchanan, Esq , a veteran iron
master, wlio write3 to the Cincinnati Oa
telle, we take the subjoined interesting ex
tracts : .
In my early experience "with iron, pig
mctul was converted into a male able form
by the forgo and triphammer, and 7ian
vitred iron was almost the only kind used.
Occasionally email lots ofSwedish and En
glish rolled iron were offered, but met dull
sales in the Western markets. . The Swe
dish made pretty good wagon tire, but
the English was brittle and inferior.
Our markets were" supplied principally
from the Juniata region, and the names of
Sh enberger, Gloninger, Lyon, Shorb and
others pioneers ia the business stamp
ed upon a bar of iron, wa3 a sure guar-,
antee of its excellent quality. So strone
was the prejudice in favor of Juniata ham
mered iron, that for many years after good
relied iron was made the country people
would not buy it if they could get ham
mered, and still kept inquiring for their
old favorite brands.
The price of bar iron at Pittsburg,
1811 to 18 1C, ranged from 10 to 11 cts.
a pound," and 25 cents extra for plow
mold plates."
It was brought from Juniata in wasr
ons t'.t a coft of three to fuu'r 'cents.
Some forge9 were built in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, in 1SI2, but the quality
of the iron was not equal to the Juniata.
Two furges were- put up on Paint creek,
near ChiUicuthe in 1813, and made very
good iron.
The first rolling mill erected in Pitts
burg was in 1812, by C. Cowan not to
make bar iron, but to pupply his nail
factory with nail rods. Some small round
and square bars were also made, but no
heay rod. It was a small mill. In
1814 another rolling mill was built, lar
ger than the first, to which also was at
tached a nail factory. The cut nail is an
American invention. Wl'en these nniis
were first introduced into Western Penn
sylvania they were considered a curiosity,
and although offered much cheaper than
wrought nails but few persons would buy '
them.. It was not many years, however, :
before they came into general use.
They were at first cut by small, porta
ble machines, and b-'aded by hand, with
two blows of tho hammer. One of our
pioneer merchants now in his 78th year
conducted this business in Cincinnati
in 1814.
The" price. of nails at this place and
Pittsburg about that period was 4J, 25e,
Cd, 20c; 8d, and lOd, 18c, a pound;
wrought nails 40 to 50c. i ' .
Nail factories at Pittsburg were profit
able. Mr. Cowan, the first to conduct
one on a large scale, retired with a hand
some fortune ; and so did his successor,
Captain 15 . The Captain had quit
a seafaring life, and cani3 out to I'Vtt
burg with sooie capital, which he invest-,
ed in a rolling mill and nail factory. He
was a man of grent industry, and of the
strictest integrity. Once, during a finan
cial crisis, he got into trouble, and had
to suspend payrrfent. This waa a dread
ful blow to his high sense of honor and
punctuality, but he met ;t manfully.
He called on his principal creditor, the
bank, and asked for an extension. What
security Capfain 15. do you proposo to
givo us ? inquired the directors. . There,
gentlemen, said the Captain, holding out
his great rough hands (for he was a gen
uine worker), there is my security
There was a hearty laugh, but the secur
ity was accepted, and in a few months
every dollar was paid rrp, and the Gap
tain was himself again. In after years
thiskind of security was favorably con
sidered by the banks, and the honest and
industrious mechanic or manufacturer sel
dom wanted for assistance.
As nail factories and rolling mills in
creased in Pittsburg, tlu prices of nails
and bar iron declined. I find upon refer
encc to my books, that nails were sold at
14 g a 17c, and 25c, for the keg, in 1817,
ard bar iron He. In 1818 bar iron sold
in Cincinnati, at 12c a pound. In
1825, Gc for hammered, and oc for roll
ed iron, were the current prices. During
1857 and 1S59 nails were sold as low as
3alc, and iron 2c, but these wore ruin
ous prices for the manufacturer.
In recalling to memory the iron busi
ness in its various forms, as it came with
in my on knowledge, since 1811 west of
the mountains it has been profitable to
those who conducted it with prudence.
Many persons failed from bad manage
ment, or unfavorable-locations, but the
majority made money. Some very large
fortunes have been made by it. I am no
advocate for high tariffs, but in this busi
ness moderate protection has produced
such a home competition as to reduce the
prices of iron and nails to about one-third
their former rates, to the consumer. En
gland is the largest rcn producing country
in the world, making about three and a
half million tons annually. Our own
country is the next, making over a million
tons, and, with our vast mines of coal and
iron ore, there Is no reason why we should
not dodble this prodnct in a few years,
and finally get ahead Of England.
It appears that the principal resources
of our wealth and prosperity lie under the
earth, as well as on its surface, and he is
a benefactor to his race who contrives the
le.-t means for their development, either in
mining or in agriculture. A recent dis
covery, in Pittsburg, of converting the or
into malleable iron, without the interven
tion of puddling, gives promise of perfect
success at a caving of ten dollars a ton.
I faw an attempt at this in 1819 but it
was then a failure.
Saved by a Compass and a Firefly
In Mr. Norton's very interesting accccnt
of the -Invention or u,e Compass," ifl
Our Young FolU for February, ; ti,e f0i.
lowing curious story told him by a Lias
Champlain boatman : '
"He said be had been a prisoner for
eleven months in Andersontille during
the lato war, and when he heard that
General Sherman was at Atlanta, about
two hundred and forty miles distant, ho
and his comrade determined to try and es
cape, and make their way thither. One
of them had an old-fashioned watch with
a compass in the back of it ; and by this
they expected to direct their course, which
was nearly northwest. Hut, as they ex
pected to travel only by night, they re
solved not to start uutil they could get a
box of matches, so as to be able to strike
a light now and then, to look at their
compass. They delayed their departure
for six weeks to get a box of matches, for
the purchase" of which they gave one of
their negro friends their last live dollar
bill. He could not buy a box of matches
for five dollars, nor any olher number cf
dollars, and so at last they made up their
minds to start without (hem.
"Assisted by their black friend, they
got away one afternoon, and lay hidden
Until late in the evening, when they start
ed at a great pace through the woods, and
came about midnight to a road which
seemed to go, as nearly as they could
gucs?, ciaclly northwest. &-:ewd, I say;
but it might not. and, if it did not, it
would lead them to capture and death.
The night was not very dark, but the
stars were hidden by clouds ; else the
friendly North Star would have guided
i hem upon their way. Anxious as they
were lo get onj they stood for several
mli'ix'es comparing recollections, and de
bating the great question upon which their
lives depended. Hut, the more they talk
ed it over, the more uncertain they be
came ; and now they regretted their im
patience in coming away without match
es.
"There were a great number of fireflies
flying ah )nt. A lucky thought occurred
to one of them, the boatman who told
us the story. He 'caught a firefly, and,
taking .it between hia thumb and finger,
held it over his compass. Imagine their
joy to find that the insect gave them plen
ty of light for their puipose ; and imagine
their still greater joy to discover that the
road led straight to the Union army.
Eight nights of travel brought them safe
ly to it."
Admirab'e invention ! I often wonder
that a thing so valuable can be so small,
simple, and cheap. It is nothing but a
needle, a pivot, and a card, which you
can buy for half a dollar, and carry in
your pocket,' or (Tangle at llm fn.l f
watch chain. Yet, small and trifling as
it is, a ship's company that should find
themselves in the middle of the ocean
without a Corpass would consider it a
great favor to be nllowed to buy one for
niany thousand dollars.
IIovv a Ves?f.Ks City Gi;ovvs. One
of the most noted examples of rapid
growth in recent times is furnished in the
case of the infant city of Cheyenne, Wy
oming territory. On the 4th July, 1807,
it consisted of a single house. Now it
boasts a population of 7,000. It has six
boot and shoe stores, three clothing stores,
five drug stores, eight dry goods stores,
five wholesale groceries, three hardware
and cutlery efores, three reslaufant3 and
game stores, four stationery and Yankee
notion firms, six wholesale liquor dealers
and four tobacco and cigar stores, best?es
twelve other firms engaged in various
tranches of business. There are four hotel?,-
eight lawyers, and seten phj-sieians
in tho plae. Four papers, tlrree daily
and one weekly, are published in Chey
enne. The Union Pacific railroad passes'
through it, and four lines of telegraph
radiate from it. It conSins one very fine
church (Catholic) and three or four other
denominations are about to erect houses
of worship. Formerly, when tho Union
Pacific railroad had its terminus there,
the town was overrun with disreputable
women to the number of five. hundred ct
more, but a' large portion of them have
followed the road on to its next terminus.
The youthful city supports a large num
ber of gambling hells, several dance
house?, a museum and a theatre, all in
full blast. The Union Pacific company
are building machine shops there, which,
when completed, will employ ecino five
thousand hands. The ranchmen, miners,
farmers and stockmen of Idaho, Utah,
Montana, "Nevada, fJhcota and Oregon,
buy the bulk of their goods at Cheyenne.
Twenty-one firms there last year reported
business of over $20,000 a month. The
wages of masons, carpenters, and common
workmen, &c, are from 1 to SlO per
day, and improved property sells for 400
a foot Such are the tragical effects of
railroad enterprise, on a grand scale, in
the west.
Friendship has the skill and observa
tion of the best physician, the diligence
and vigilance of the best nurse, and the
tenderness, patience and love of the best
mother.
-LBTEItAf. ANSWERS.
A lecturer in Portland. Maine, or some
where else, was explaining to a little girl
how a lobster casts his shell when he bad
otifgrown it. Said he:
"What do you do when you have out
grown your clothes f You cast them
aside, do you not ?"
"Oh, no," replied the little one, "we
let out the tucks."
- Again, a teacher was explaining to a
little the meaning of the word cuticle.
"What is ttiat ?f over face anJ
hands T said he.
"It's freckles, sir," answered tha iutu
cherub.
An answer of a similar character is of
ten the result of a hard word.
"William," said a mother to her son.
who had already eaten a very considera
ble amount of dinner, "I don't know
whether you can eat this pudding with im
punity." "Well, may be not," said William, "I
think I would rather have a spoon."
A lady noticed a boy sprinkling salt on
the sidewalk to take off the ice, and re
marked to a friend, pointing to the salt:
'Now that's true benevolence."
"No it ain't" said the boy, somewhat
indignant, "it's salt."
So when a lady asked her servant girl
if the hired man had cleared 6iT the snow
with alacrity, she replied :
"No, ma'am, he used a shovel."
The same literal turn of mind which I
have been illustrating is somewhat used
intentionally and perhaps a little mali
ciously, and thus becomes (lis property of
wits, instead of blunderers Thus we hear
of a very polite and impressive gentle
man who eaid to a youth in the street :
"15 iy, may I inquire where llobinson's"
drug s'.ore is ?"
"Certainly, sir," said the boy, very re
spectfully. "Well, sir," said the gentleman, after
waiting awhile, "where is it ?''
"I have not the leaet idea, your honor,"
said the urchin.
There was another boy who was ac
costed by an ascetic middle aged lady
with :
"Boy, I want to go to Dover street.'
"Well, ma'arrj," said the boy, "why
den't you go there then V
One day on Lake George a party of
gentlemen trolling among the beautiful
islands of the lake with rather bad luck
espied a little fellow with a red shirt and
old straw hat, dangling a line over the
side of the boat.
"Hallo, boy," said one of them, "what
are you doing ?"
'Fishing," came the answer.
"Well, of course," said the gentleman,
"but what do you catch V
"Fish, 3 0U fool, what do you spose?"
"Did any of you ever see an elephant's
skin ? inquired a teacher of an infant
class.
"I have," exclaimed one.
'Where?" aeked the teacher.
''On the elcplmnt," paid the Ijoy laugh
ing. Sometimes this sort of wit degenerates
or rises, as the case may be, into pun
ning, as when Flora pointed pensively to
the heavy masses of c&oda in the sky,
saying :
I wonder where those clouds are sio
icg ;" and her brother replied:
"I think they are going to thunder.''
Alro as the following dialogue i
"Heho, there I how do you sell your
wood ?"
"Hy the eorch"
"How long has it been cut ?'
"Four feet."
'I rrfearr how long hay it Leen eirrce
you cut it ?'
"No longer than it is now ."
And alJo, as when Patrick O'Flynn
was seen with his collar and bosom sadly
begrimmed and was indignantly astcd by
his officer :
"Patrick O'Flynn,- how long do you
wear a shirt ?" .
"Twenty-eight inches, sir."
This reminds me of an incident which
is said lo have occurred recently in Chat
ham street, New York, where a country
man was clamerously besieged by a shop
keeper. "Have yctr arry She shirls ?" said the
countryman.
"A splendid assortment, sir.- Slep in,
sir. Every price and every gtyTa. The
cheapest in the market, sir."
"Are they clean ?'"
'To be sure, sir."
"Then," said the countryman, whh
great gravity, "you had better put one on
for you need if."
Wit is-said to excite an agreeable sur
prise. I fear the surprise here was not
agreeable to one of the parties ; but it
was wit nevertheless.
We were sitting in our sanctum, not
knowing what to write, when the door
was opened softly, and a man dressed all
in wEtite stood before us" on the threshold,
with a face all sad and white, and he said,
this strange, sad man did say : "Answer
ray question aright." Speechless we sat
and wondered what this tall old man
would ask, when, without a warning, we
got our dreaded task. "Why ia a squirrel
that climbeth atop o the hickory tree,
like the insect that bothereth man, com
monry called a flea t" He gave the answer
quickly, for we could not answer him :
'Because, when pursued, it jurapclh right
quickly from limb to limb
A ItOMiirp nr Tiir i
A number of years ago there resided in
one of the upper counties of Indiana, a
respectable and wealthy family by the
name of Nolding, consisting of a father.
two sons and a daughter, the youngest of
wnom was t rednck. folding, a mere lad
of about sixteen years of age, and the hero
of this round unvarnished tale. So far as
mere observation went, the family dwelt
in unity and harmony together until, at
least, the death of the father. Hardly,
however, had this event occurred, and long
before the grass had grown green upon
he sod hat covered his remains, the- fell
spirit or rice tooi- Dof8A0;on Gf 0lJer
relatives of the hm, w whoiv a consider
able portion of his father's -wealth had
fallen, and they at once began to look
about them as to the Purest method of
possessing themselvep cf his inheritance.
Too cowardly to deprive him cf his young
life, they finally hit upon a plot to deprive
Lira of that which was dearer to him
his horror and his liberty. A willing tool
and an active abeitor in their scheme was
found in the person of a neighboring farm
er's daughter, whom the "slings and ar
rows of outrageous fortune" had rendered
fit for any deed that would enable her to
clothe herself in finer apparel and win the
envious glances of her humble compan
ions. In due time their well-laid scheme
culminated, and the community in which
they lived were one day startled by the
report that young Frederick Nolding had
been guilty of an atrocious crime a crime
that none good or pure can ever hear
mentioned without a shudder and that
another woman had been aduedto the long
list of fhe ruined.
Many thc.ro were who opeiiry doubted
the guilt of the boy,, but circumstantial
evidence, nnd the testimony of his sup
posed victim, silenced the doubters, and
Fredrick Nolding, with not a friend in the
world, and p?rsecuted by those who
should have defended and protected him,
was sentenced to the Jetlersonville Peni
tentiary for the term of .thirteen years.
Here, immured in gloomy prison walls,
his boyish dreams of a useful and honora
ble manhood were all turned into mocking
fancies, and his boyish heart weighed
dotn with a shame and sorrow that many
a stouter one would have quailed before.
For nine long and eeemiiigly intermi
nable years he ate of the coarse food,
slept in the narrow and carefully I'cckcd
cell and performed the menial duties of a
convict.; but at the expiration cf tho ninth
year the kind-hearted war Jen, having
detected much to interest and admire in
him, ptocured, through the instrumentality
of the sheriff and citizens of his county, a
long hoped for pardon, and on April 3d,
18G7, the prison djors were thrown open
to his soul, bo much "more sinned against
than sinning,'" and the three-blessed boon
of liberty again vouchsafed him.
But nine years of wrong had changed
the shrinking, weeping boy into the full
grown, resolute man, and it will be pecu
liarly gratifying to every lover of justice
to learn that he has since exposed the
laholical plot in all its hideousness, and
has been the means of .ccuiing a just
punishment of those who so cruelly
wronged him.
Not Necessary.- A good aA'esdote
19 told of a lady residing in Lancaster,
Ohio, winch will do to repeat. The la
dy delighted in the healthful and exhiler
ating exercise of horseback riding, and on
ch'e occasion her husband purchased and
presented her a magnificent riding horse,
just such a steed as suited the lady's fancy
rc a T. A sad he was of course next
demanded, ami in a day or two the' TfVdy
called at a saddler's shop for the purchase
of the article. After looking nt the differ
ent stj'Ies, nnd intjuirir.g the various prices,
she at length gave an order to the gentle
manly "proprietor for a large saccule,- which
was to be ready on a certain day. After
giving the order the lady remained in the
shop a few minutes, ih' a kind of undeci
ded state of mind, as if there was some
thing else she wished and had forgotten
The proprietor at length inquired if there
was anything else she wanted. "Oh,
no," said the lady, "there's nothing else I
want, but ain't you going to measure me?"'
The proprietor, with a broad grin, infoi til
ed her that no meascfe was necessary in
the case, and the lady departed.
A Hartford Love Affair. A lady
and gentleman are now living in Hart
ford, Conn., who were engaged to be
married Djore than thirty years ago, and
who are still anxiously waiting the day
when they fhall be made one. In 1810
they had been engaged for some time, but
did not marry because each had a mother
dependent upon them for support. The
two mothers refused to live together, and
their children would not leave them, but
decided to postpone' tlVeir marriage until
one or the other should die. Both moth
ers are still living, and the gentleman
continues to visit the lady, their filial duty
still keeping them apart. The nrarv has
had the consumption for several years,
and doubtless ere either of the now very
aged mothers shall take their departure,
he will have gone to his last resting-place.
Every day a trembling old Komee lean
ing heavily on his cane, with feeble steps,
wends bis way to the house of Juliet, a
withered maiden lady, whose bair is sil
vered with age and trouble. Truly they
deserve happiness if any coupta ever did.
NUMBER 5.
The Tat Contributor 8st s Ii's.
Say about Lazy Mei
The laiy man is nearly always '. "- l
h'atured. Ho never flies into a ; r
He might craul into one, if thr i wrre
possible, but the idea of his flyi:
anything is preposterous.
Whoever heard of a lazy man L:w:
ing into e ban!:,- where a crowbar :i. -..I :j
be used, or Urilt;r.g into a safo ? N t -"y.
Though he might covet his neir -;; -V:
goods therein contained, hi3 Lor. .
handling crowbars and drills would -yi
deter him from actually committir : b r
glary. He never runs away wit:1 his
neighbor's wife, simply on account "i n o
horror ho has of running. If he i :-v t
known to run it is running to sect'.
llo rarely lies about his neighbo"-. f v
it woold too much exertion, b'-i.
can lay about a bar room all day.
-He is of inestimable service toab.l -i'-r
salodn, keeping the chairs and waTc-j ,
the gsrne, fur few would dare to i. v
were there no petiors The fct f.at
he does this without pay, day in ai;-3 '!
out, chows the unselfishness of h i
ture. What an industiious man, who.
considers his time worth someiiiii:;r,
would want pay fr a lazy man ger.c-r-.'.U
ly does for nothing, showing a fret !jh
from mercenary motives that fchou'l g-v
far to his credit.
The lary man never gets up revolu
tions, insurrections, tr other popular
citemcnts, and don't make a nuisance, of
himself by tramping around the coiin'. ry
making incendiary epeecbes to prcioc:
public discontent.
In his own neighborhood he is never t
busy-body in other people's affairs, ior
the very iaca of being a lusybody at any
thing would drive Lim out-of Lis head -By
the way, if he ever pot oat of hid
head you would have to drive him c:r,
for he. wouldn't have fhe energy to go out
of his own accord.
No lazy man ever ran mad. If he
went crazy it was because he couldn't go
anywhere else without walking.
Lazy men don't d s uib the quiet po..-.3-
ful neighbors by putting up factories,' fur
naces, nu such abominations.
Finally, lazy men don't pet up base-hi'.ii
clubs, which, if nothing else could be sa.d
in their favor, ought, in these days of ex
cessive base-bawling, entitle them to pub
lic gratitude.
Whf.i:efoue.. saj-s an exchange, s.
inr.ny bald men and so few bald womer. ?
Why is it that th-j skulls of young men it;
their twenties fchine Kke biiliird ball? ?
Why this spectacle of bald headed bar bers,
rubbing the dry tops of bald heade l
men, recommending ii.visorators, war
ranted to produce bushy locks in less tliKr;
a fortnight, while bald headed spectators
and middle aged men with wigs, look ou
with derisive euiiles ; though all th
while their wives and daughters throng
our streets with cro vns of beauty ; and
charming actresses toss their blonde tress
es ia luxuroas profusion on the stages of
our theatres. Our male population will
no doubt take a serene satisfaction in say
ing that it is became men have more to
worry them than women ; and have tho
trouble not only to contrive how to sup
port themselves.- bet also how to support
their wives and " daughters. Probably
however, that is not the reason. Women
of course have iVtr and longer hair than
men, but men destroy their hair by mak
ing ovens of their heads under their hats,
and thus heat ilieir craniutns until the hair
dies out lor want of air. Men should tako
off their hats ofteo?r or vcniiiate them 4
better.
Sm:?NKixo Delicacy. In a certain .
pleasant town in the county of Surrey,
England, there is or there was years
ago a cricket ground neai ly surrounded
by houes. One fine morning just after
the great Dingy Dell match had been
played, the secretary of the club received
a letter from a lady of "a certain age,"
the proprietor of one of those adjacent
houses, declaring that her delicacy had
repeatedly been affronted by the sight of
gentlemen in "every stage of nudity,"
putting on their cricket flannels in tho
dressing tent just before her windows.
Would the secretary, therefore, she en
treated, -make arrangements for ridding her
of this disgusting spectacle I
The secretary of that club was the pink
of politeness. He wrote a deprecating and
apologetic note to Miss Fiefye and at the
next match tho dressing-tent was placed
at the opposite corner of the cricket
ground, at least three hundred yards frota
the lady's windows. Imagine the secre
tary's astonishment at receiving next
morning a second letter, rhsnkmg him for
his "obviously kind intentions," but re
greftrr that they were cf no avail, asho
"couldsee the gentlemen's legs, with a
telescope, just as plainly as before."
Loko' aud Short Days. The further
any couDty nee north fhs l?ngr are ita
days in summer and the shorter in winter: :
At Berlin ad London, th longest day
has sixteen" hoars ant? a half ; at Stock.
holm it has eighteen and a half hours ; at
Hambunr. seventeen hours, and the short-
est five hours ; at Tornea, in Finland, the i
longest day has twenty-one liours and a ,
half, and the shortest two hours and a
half; at Wanherhus, in Norway, the day
last from the 21st of May to the 22nd of
July ; and at Spitzbergen the longest day
ia three months and a half.