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m irat
II. A. la'PIKE, Editor and Publisher.
IIB IS A FRKEMAS WHOM TUB TRUTH MAKES PASS, ASD ALt ARK SLAVES BESIDE,
Terms, $2 per year to adranw.
VOLUME 3.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1869.
NUMBER 17.
ri lilS & REUIII,
H"JT Johuittwn, Pa ,
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS
AD ROOK I!IDLR..
M NIJFACTI'RL:RS OF BLANK books,
'poutk-monais. paper boxes
and looking q lasses.
lacking Glass and Picture Frames always
t ti hand, and made to order. A Urge and
im-ft coruj '.etc uortmeut of Drawing Room
aiid M'sce'.'aneeus Pictures, consisting of
CLromw, Paintings in Oil, Steel Plata Ea
ravings, PUin and Colored Lithographs,
O'l Prints, Photographs and Wood Cuts.
This collection embraces a selection of large
kize.1 match pictuies of Landscapo and Do
mestic Scenes aud Portraits, and 5,000 dif
ft'reut varieties of Card Photographs of prom
inent n;en, comic and sentimental scenes and
copieb of huhject. by celebrated artists. We
l ave al.iii a varii-d at-sort merit of BIBLES,
riUYTIi. HYMN" and SCHOOL BOOKS,
HISTOKIKS, BIOGRAPHIES. NOYKLS.
A:, Religious Ptiats and Emblems in great
v.irity, and the hireest and most complete
t-k of STATIONERY ever brought to this
i- ri;ntv. 600 new and beautiful stales of
WALL PAPER, iuclud'r.g an assortment of
.t! ro celebrated English make, fur which
we fire ol agents in this locality. These
"W'.dl Papers aie handsomer in design, supe-
ii- ir in CtiUh, atiJ 24 iuches wider thau any
(.;l.er nuifc.
The cifitf.ris of Elensburg and vicinity are
rnwtfnllv notified that we make HOOK
I'.INDINU" and the manufacture or BLANK
LOOKS a speciality. All work promptly
eiwufed at moderate rates.
f;-St. re on aorner of Cliutcn and Locust
tri e's, iintnediatilv opp.vito Poster House.
J.-LiiBto-n. OjI.21. 13C7.-tf.
CHAIR MANUFACTORY.
.mi mi
ALL KINDS OF CHAIRS,
such as common indsor Chairs, Pret B.ict
CLairs, Vienna Chairs, Bustle Chairs, Rim
Backed Chairs, So ciable Chairs,
ROCK I N G CHAIRS, OF KVRRY SIZK
SPBIXB SKIT HUMS
Si ttees. Lounges. at.. Ac.
CABINET FURNITURE
ol every description und of latest
STYLES, WITH PRICES TOSUIT THE
Tastes of all.
Thankful fur past favors, he reapect
x.Y.x ,-olicits a 1 i al share of public patron
a.e. Cliijti u Street, Johnstown Camtaia
'-. Pa. I Jan. SI . 1807.
Jobiistovru aud Kbeutburg
MARBLE WORKS!
Havitur ainin t.ilien chtrjre of the
iiti cd .M,irti'( v orts t Lbei s!iurr.
wiiii-li hrwill operate in ioiii,ecti
h's exiensi?e c?t.bli.-.hnient
T . . .
.' iisistuwii, lUe uiisonocr aopts this
Curnt.ri coant y, tti.it he keepd cou
ftuiit upplj of t!.e best
ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE,
which he in prepared ot btnted time in Eben
l.urr and at all time in Johnstown, to onnu
ticuire to order, either us MONljMF.NTS,
TOM liSTONES, MANTLES, TABLE or
BURKAU TOPS, in as workmanlike manner
and at as low prices as like work can be put up
iii any of the cities. Having in my employ a
lull l'urce of experienced and skillful workmen,
I Jo ii.t promise too much when I gay that I
can furtiitili any of the above articles on short
notice, tit the lowest prevailing prices, anJ in a
Kyle of fiiiiah which cannot be excelled by any
titli-r inm ufacturer in the Slnte.
A lre stock of GRINDSTONES on hand
and lor snte cheap.
. . . Prompt attention paid to orders from a
dilutee and work put up wherever desired, or
Uelhercd at any poiut named.
JOHN PARKE
Johi.stown, June -i, lSy.-tf.
iVi'ERE thI: iiEiionr of
FRIES D3 DEPARTED!
MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, &c.
The subscriber still cmtinues to manufacture
if the bet materi.d aud in the most
workmanlike manner, at the
Loretto Marble Works,
all kind of MONUMENTS AND TOMB
STONES, as well as TABLE and BUREAU
TOPS, and all other work in his line. None
but the ) Amirifjn and Ttnlian Xf.irlih
I lined. Hud perfect satiifaction guaranteed to
' ad cases at prices as low as like work chd
I to obtained in the cities or elsewhere. Call
and see specimens and judge for yourselve
1 m to the merita cheapness of my work.
JAMES WILKINSON.
Jloretto. March 12. 1868. 1y.
ANDREW MOSES,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
J Sith, Coildinc, Cujitok St., Johxstowk,
I Y-4 AS just received bis fall and winter stock
I rf". ' French, London and American
J CLOTHS. CASSIMERE3 and VESTINGS,
if nd a full aseortmeut of Gent's Fcrmisuiho
OoobS.
U'j" 0lSe8 UIIB f,en for eight years cutter at
ood, Morrell & Co. 'a establishment, and now
f !e,,i!' inform his friend and the public jrea
5 rl" i he hAa commenced business in Sup
HV b"'ldln&. " Clinton street, with a stock
.. u adilPted to the fall and winter, which
-ml .fte?Vcd t0 raake UP tbe latest styles
tttan titta Pric fop . hoping hat-
?hal Zr'c Ud ma'muil1 success which
W.
F.
A L T F A T II E R ,
HAYANA AND DOMESTIC CIGARS,
till
- r it til'
7l I.1"? ana Smoklngr Tobacco,
41Rt TBKBT, . . . JOHNSTOWiT.
1
U L. LANGSTIiOTH'S
PATEST MOVABIE COMB ME HIVE!
PRONOUNCED THE BEST EVER YET
introduced in this County or State. Any
person buying a family right can hare their
Bees transferred from an old box to a new one.
In every instance in which this has been done
the result has been entirely satisfactory, and
the first take of honey has invariably paid all
expenses, and frequently exceeded them. Proof
of the superior merits of this invention will be
found iu the testimony of every juau "ho has
given it a trial, and among the number are the
gentlemen named below, and their experience
should induce every one interested in Bees to
JJVV 4 rABILY RICIJT!
Henry C. Kirkpatrick, of Carroll township,
took 1UC pounds of surplus honey from two
hives, which he sold at 35 cents per pound.
Adam Deitrich. of Carroll towntdiip, took
from two hives 100 pounds of surplus honey.
James Kirk pa trick, ot Chest township, took
CO pounds of surplua honey from one hive.
Jacob Kirkpatrick, of Chest township, ob
tained 72 pounds of surplus honey from ore
hive, worth not less thau $21, and the riht
cost him only $5.
Peter Campbell from one hive obtained 36
pounds of aurplus honey at one time.
EjJ? Quite a number of similar btatement.
authenticated by some of the beat citir.ei.R of
Cambiia county, could be obtained in pr.iof of
the superior merita of Langs troth 'a Patent Mo
vable Comb Bee Hive.
Persons wishing to purchase family rights
should call ou or addre.
PETER CAMPBELL,
Nov. 5, ISSG.-tf. Carrolltown, Pa.
M. L. OAT MAN,
DEAl.SR IS
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES
ooXtisTisa ejr
gouble rfrx cfamilrj Jflour,
Gil t IX, FEED,
BAC0IT, SALT, FISH,
FRESH VEGETABLES,
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS,
SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c.
Also, a large stock of the
Be s Brands of Cigars and Tobacoo.
STOKE ON HIGH STREET,
Four Doon Eat ef Crawford's Hotel,
bnburgr, Pa.
EBENSBURG FOUNDRY
AUAIX IX FULL 11 LAST !
NEW FIRM, NEW BUILDINGS, dtc.
HAVING purchased the well known EB
ENSBURG FOl NDRY from Mr. Edw.
Glas , and rebuilt and enlarged it almost en
tirety, besides refitting it with new machinery,
the subscribers :e now prepared to furnish
COOK. PARLOR S,- HEATING STO VES,
of the Uteet and mont approved patterns
TI1UESHINO M ACHlNFS, MILL HEAR
ING, ROSE and WATER WHEELS of uverv
description. IRON FENCING, PLOUGHS
and PLOUGH CASTINGS, and in fact all
manner of article manufactured in a first class
Foundry. Job Vt'ork of all kind attended to
promotly and done cheaply.
The special attention of ' Farmers U invited
to two newly p.teuted PLOUGHS which we
posses the sole right to manufacture and eell
in thia county, and which are admitted to be
the best ever introduced to the public
Believing oureivec capable of" performing
any work iu our line in the most satisfactory
manner, aud knowing that we can do work at
Low ku PKICE8 than have been charged in this
community heretofore we confidently hope that
we will be fouud worthy of liberal patronage.
Fair reductions made to wholesale dealers.
t2FThe highest prices paid in cash for old
metal, or castings given in exchange.
Ota TKKM8 AKK STRICTLY CS OR OOCKTS-T
rconuec. CON VERY, V1NBOE & CO.
Ebeiihburg, Sept. 2, lt63.
UIlUiVSRITRC
1111 ms me mm,
HAVING recently enlarged oar Block
we are now prepared f sell at a great
reduction from former prices. Our stock con-siet-3
of Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy
Soaps, Leon's, Hall's and Allen's Hair Restor
atives. Pills, Ointments, Plasters, Liniments,
Paiu Killers, Citrate Magnesia, Ess Jamaica
Ginger, Pure Flavoring Extracts, Eences,
Lemon Syrup, Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syrup,
Rhubarb, Pure Spices. &c";
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS,
Blank Books, Deeds, Notes and Bonds; Cap,
Post. Commercial and all kinds of Note Paper;
Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, Arnold's Writing
Fluid, Black and Red Ink, pocket and Pass
Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Novels, His
tories, Bibles, Re!igious,Prajeraud Toy Books,
Penknives, Pipes, ic.
tSP" We have added to our stock a lot of
FINE JEWELRY, to which we would invite
the attention of the Ladies.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS at lower prices
than ever offered in this place.
Paper and Cigarsjsold either wholesale or re
tail. LEMMON & MURRAY,
July 30, 1SG8. Main Street, Ebensburg.
WORD from JOHNSTOWN!
JOLIX J. MURPIIT &. CO.,
nave constantly on hand a largo and well
selected stock of seasonable
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Groceries,
and a general variety of NOTIONS, fcc.
Their stock consists ot almost every article
uxually kept in a retail store, all of which
have been sclented with care and are offered
at prices which cannot fail to prove satisfac
tory. Call and examine for yourselves.
.Feb. 28. 18o7.-tf. 18
mtr L. O A T M A N ,
XTJ1. EBENSBURG, FA
Is the sole owner of the Right to Manufacture
and sell
THE UNEQUALLED
METROPOLITAN OIL!!
frjje pott's gfpnrimtnt.
THE PUREST I'CiXL,
Beside the church door, aweary and lone,
A blind woman sat on the cold door stone ;
The wind was bitter, the snow fell fatt.
And a mocking no'se in the fitful blast
Seemed ever to echo her moaning cry,
Ab she begged for alms of the passers by :
"Have pity on tne, have pity I pray ;
My back b bent, and my head is gray."
The balls were ringing the hour of prayer,
And many good people were gathering thera ;
But, covered with furs and mantles warm.
They hurried past through the wintry storm.
Some were hoping their fou's to save.
And some were thinking of death and the
grave,
And, alas! they had no time to heed
The poor soul asking for charity's need.
And some wore blooming with beauty's grace,
But closer muffled in veils of lace,
They saw not the sorrow, nor heard the moan,
Of her who eat ou the cold door stone.
At last came one of a noble name,
By the city counted the wealthiest dame ;
And the pearU that o'er her neck were
StlUDg
She proualy there to the beggir flung.
Then followed a maiden young and luir.
Adorned with clusters of golden hair;
But her dress was thin, and scanty, and worn,
Not even the beggai'a seemed more for'.oru.
"With a teariul look, aud a pitiying sigh.
She vrhL'pered soft. "No jewels have I,
But I give you my prayers, good friend, ' said
bhe,
"And surely I know that God listen to me."
On her poor, weak band, so shrunken and
mull.
The blind woman felt a tear-drop fill.
Then hissed U a:id said to the weeping girl,
"it is you that have given the purest pearl '."
Sales, Sfttfcjjcs, Jiucbotts, ice.
THE ISAM IN THE BELL.
In my youn days, be!l-ringin was
much more in fashion among the joung
men of than it is now. Nobody, I
believe, practices it there at present ex
cept the servants of the church, and the
melody hah been much injured in conse
quence. Soma fifty years ago, ubout
twenty-five of us who dwelt in tha vicini
ty of the cathedral, formed a club, which
used to ring every peal that was called
for ; and, from continual practice and a
rivalry which arose betweeu ua and a club
attached to another steeple, and which
tended considerably to Bharpen our zeal,
we became very Mozart 3 on our favorite
instruments. lut my bell-ringing prac
tice was shortened by a singular accident,
which not only stopped my performance,
but made even the sound of a bell terrible
in my ear?.
One Sunday, I went with another into
the belfry to ring for noon prayers, but
the second stroke we had pulled showed
as that the clapper of the bell we were at
was muflled. Some one had been buried
that morning, and it had been prepared,
of course, to ring a mournful note. We
did not know of this, but the remedy was
easy.
4'Jack." said my companion, "step up
to the loft, and cut off the hat;" for the
way we hiid of ruufi'ing was by tying a
i piece of an old hat, or of cloth (the form
er was preferred), to one Fido of the clap-,
per, which deadened every second toIL
I complied, and mounting into the bell
fry, crept as usual into the bell, where I
began to cut away. The hat had been
tied on in some more complicated manner
than usual, and 1 waf perhaps three or
four minutes ia getting it off ; during
which time my companion below was
hastily called away by a message from
bis sweetheart, I believe but that is not
material to my tory. The person who
called bim w as a brother of the club, who,
knowing that the time had come for ring
ing for service, and not thinking that any
one was above, began to pull. At this
moment 1 was just getting out, when I
felt the bell moving ; I guessed the reason
at once it was a moment of terror ; but
by a basty and almost convulsive effort,
I succeeded in jumping down, and throw
ing myself on the flat of my buck under
the bell.
The room in which it was, was little
more than sufficient to contain it, the bot
tom of the bell coming within a couple of
feet of the floor of lath. At that time I
certainly was not eo bulky as I am now,
but as I lay it was within an inch of my
face. I bad not laid myself down a sec
ond, when the ringing began. It was a
dreadful situation. Over me swung an
immense mass of metal, one touch of which
would have crushed me to pieces ; the
floot under me was principally composed
of crazy laths, and if they gave way, I
was precipitated to the distance of about
fifty feet upon a loft, which would, in all
probability, have sunk under the impulse
of my fall, .and sent to be dashed to atoms
upon the marble floor of the chancel, a
hundred feet below. I remembered for
fear is quick in recollection how a com
mon clockwright, about a month before,
had fallen, and, bursting through the
floors of the steeple, drove ia the ceilings
of the porch, and even broke into the mars
ble tombstone of a bishop who slept be
neath. This was my first terror, but the
ringing had not continued a minute before
a more awful and immediate dread came
on me.
The deafening sound of the bell smote
into my ears with a thunder which made
me fear their drums would crack ; there
was not a fibre of my body it did not
thrill through. It entered my very soul j
thought and reflection were .utterly ban
ished j I onlj retained tho censatioa of
agonizing tenor. Every moment I aw
the bell sweep within an inch of my face ;
and my eyeb I could tiot close them,
though to look at the object was bitter as
death follow it instinctively in its oscil
!ating progress uu'.il it came back again.
It was in vain I said to myself that it
could come no nearer at any future swing
than at first ; every time it descended I
endeavored to shrink into the very floor to
avoid being buried under tho down-sweeping
mass ; and then, reflecting on the
danger of pressing too weightily on my
frail support, would cower up again as far
as I daicd.
At first my feais were mere matter of
fact. I was afraid the pulleys above
would give way, and let tho bell plunge
on mc. At another time, the possibility
of the clapper being shot out in some
sweep, aid dashing through my body, as
I had seen -a ramrod filido through a door,
flitted across my mind. The dread also,
as I have already mentioned, of the crazy
floor, tormented me ; but these soon gave
way to fears not more unfounded, but
more visionary, and of course more tre
mendous. The roaring of the bell con
fused my intellect, and my fancy soon
began to teem with all sorts of strange
and terrifying ideas. The bell pealing
above, and opening its jaws with a bide
ous clamor, seemed to me at one time a
ravening monster, raging to devour me ;
at another, a whirlpool ready to suck me
into its bellowing abyss. As I gazed on
it, it assumed all shapes; it was a flying
eagle, or rather a roc of Arabian story
tellers, clapping its wings and screaming
over me. As I looked upwards into if,
it would appear sometimes to lengthen
into indefinite extent, or to be twiotod at
the end into (he spiral folds of the tails of
a flying dragon. Nor was the flaming
breath or fiery glance of that fabled ani
mal wanting to complete the picture. My
eyes, inflamed, blood-shot, and glaring,
iuveeted the supposed monster with a foil
proportion of unholy light.
It would l e endless were I to merely
hint at all faiic'e that pgissed mv a.inl.
Every object that was hideous and roar
ing presented itself to my imagination. I
often thougLt that I was in a hurricane at
sea, and that the vessel in which I was
embarked tossed under me with the most
furious vehemence. The air, set in mo
tion by the swinging of the bell, blew
over me, nearly with the violence, and
more than the thunder, of a tempest ;
and the floor seemed to reel under me,
a3 a drunken man. Hut the most awful
of the ideas that seized on me were drawn
from the supernatural. In the vast cav
ern of the bell hideous faces appeared,
and glared down on me with teiryfying
frowns, or with grinning mockery still
more appalling.
At last, the devil himself, accoutred as
in the common description of the evil spir
it, with hoof, horn and tail, and eyes of
internal lustre, made his appearance, and
culled on me to curse God and worship
him, who was powerful to save me. This
dread suggestion he uttered with the full
toned clangor of the bell. I had him with
in an inch of me, and I thought on the fate
of the Santon l:ir.ia. Strenuously and
desperately I defied hira and bade him be
gone, lleaon, then, for a moment, re
sumed her sway, but it was only to fill
me with fresh tenor, just as the lightning
dispels the gloom that surrounds the be
nighted mariner, but to show him that
his vessel is driving on a rock, where she
must inevitably be dashed to pieces. I
found I was becoming delirious, and
trembled le.t reason should utterly desert
me. This is at all times an agonizing
thought, but it smote me then with ten
fold agony. I feared lest, when utterly
deprived of my senses, I should rise to
do which I was every moment tempted by
that strange feeling which calls on a man,
whose head is dizzy from standing on the
battlement of a lofty castle, io precipitate
himself from it, and then death would be
instant and tremendous. When I thought
of this, I became desperate. I caught the
floor with a grasp which drove the blood
from my nails ; and I yelled with the cry
of despair, I called for help, I prayed, I
shouted.but all the efforts of ray voice were
of course drowned in the bell. As it passed
over my mouth, it occasionally echoed my
cries, which mixed not with its own sound,
but preserved the it distinct character.
Perhaps this, was but fancy. To me, I
know, they then sounded as if they were
the shouting, howling, or laughing of the
fiends with which my imagination had
peopled the gloomy cave which swung
over me. There is do man, however firm
his nerves may bo, who could retain hia
courage ia this situation.
Ia twenty minntes the ringing was
done. Half of that time passed over me
without power of computation the other
half appeared an age. When it ceased,
I became gradually more quiet, but a new
fear retained me. - I knew that five min
utes would elapse without ringing, but, at
the end of that short time, the bell would
be rung a second time, for five minutes
more. I could not calculate time. A
minute and an hour were of equal dura
tion. I feared to rise, lest the five min
utes should have elapsed, and the ringing
be again commenced, in which case I
should be crushed, before I could escape,
against the walls or frame-work of the
bell. I therefore still continued to lie
down.cautioosly shifting myself, however,
with a careful gliding, ao that my eye no
longer looked into the hollow. This was
gf itself a considerable relief. The cessa
tion of the noise had, in a grewt measure,
the effect of stupefying me, for my atten
tion, being no longer occupied by the chi
meras I bad conjured up, be,an to flag.
All that now distressed me was the con
stant expectation of the second ringing,
for which, however, I settled myself with
a kind of stupid resolution. I closed my
eyes, and clenched my teeth as firmly as
if they had been screwed in a vice.
At last tho dreaded moment came, and
the first swiug of the bell extorted a jrroan
from me, as they sny the most resolute
vietim screams at the sight of the rack,
to which he ia for a second time destined.
After this, however, I lay silent and leth
argic, without a thought. Wrapt in the
defensive armor of stupidity, I defied the
bell and its intonations. When it ceased,
I was roused a little by the hope of es
cape. I did not, however, decide on
this step hastily, but, putting up my hand
with the utmost caution, I touched tho
rim. Though the ringing had ceased,
it still was tremulous from the sound, and
shook under my hand, which instantly
recoiled a from some electric jar. A
quarter of an hour probably elapsed be
fore I again dared to make the experi
ment, and then I found it at rest. 1
determined to lose no time, fearing that I
might have lain then already too long, and
that the bell for evening service would
catch me. This dread stimulated me,
and I slipped out with the utmost rapidi
ty, and arose. I stood, I suppose, for n
minute, looking with filly wonder on the
place of my impiisonmenf, penetrated
with joy at escaping, but then rushed
down the stony and irregular stair with
the velocity of lightning, and arrived in
the bell-: ingeiV room. This whs the
last act I had power to accomplish. I
leaned against the wall, motio'ilets and
deprived of thought, in which posture
my companions found me, when, in the
course of a couple of hours, they returned
to their occupation.
They were -hocked, as well they might,
at the figure before them. The wind of
the bell had excoriated my face, and my
dim and stupefied eyes were fixed with a
lack-lustre gze in my raw eyelids. My
hands were torn and bleeding ; my hair
dishevelled ; and my clothes tattered.
They spoke to me, but I gave no answer.
They shook me, but I remained insensi
ble. They then became alarmed, aud
hastened to remove me. lla who had
first gone up with .me iu the forenoon, met
them as they carried me through the
churclard, and through him, who was
shocked at having, in some measure. oc
casioned the accident, the cause of my mis
fortune wa8 discovered.
I was put (o bed at home, and remain
ed for three days delirious, but gradually
recovered my senses. You may be sure
the bell formed a prominent topic of my
ravings, and if I heard a peal, they were
instantly increased to the utmost violence.
Even when tho dediriuni abated, my sleep
was continually ditiuibcd by imagined
ringings, and my dreams were haunted by
the fancies which almost maddened me
while in the steeple. Time cured this as
it does most of our follies ; but even at
the present day, if, by chance, my nerves
be unstrung, some particular tones of the
cathedral bell have power to surprise me
iuto a momentary start.
A Buy Kklatks How tuk IIkd Fikld
Was Won I'll tell you how it was.
You see, Bill and I went down to the
wharf to fir-b ; and I felt in my pocket and
found my knife and it was gone, and I said,
"Bill, you stole my knife ;" and he said I
was another ; and I said go there your
self; and he said it was no such thing;
and I said he was a liar, aud I could
whip him if I was bigger'u hnj ; and lie
said he'd rock nie to sleep, mother ; and
I said he was a bigger one ; and he said I
never had tho measles ; and I said for
him to fork over tbat knife or I'd fix him
for a tomb stone on Laurel Hill ; and he
said that my grandmother was no gentle
man ; and I said he dersn't take it up;
but be did, you bet; then I got up again
and said he was too much afraid to do it
again, and he tried to, but he didn't and
I grabbed him and threw him down on
the top of me like several bricks ; and I
tell you it beat all and so did he ; and
my little dog got behind Bill and bit him;
and Bill kicked at the dog and the dog
ran, and I ran after the dog to fetch him
back, and I didn't catch him until I got
clear home ; and I'll whip him more yet.
Is my eye very black I
I owe my success in life to one single
fact : That at the age ef twenty-seven I
commenced and continued four years the
process of daily reading and speaking up
on the contents of some historical and
scientific book. These off-hand efforts
where made sometimes in a corn field,
sometimes in a forest, and not nnfrequent
ly in some distant barn, with the horse
and ox for my auditors. It is to this
early practice, in the art of all arts, that I
am indebted for the primary and leading
impulses thut stimulated me forward,
shaped and modelled my destiny. Im
prove, then, young gentleman, the superi
or advantages you here enjoy. Let not a
day pass without exercising your powers
of speech. There is no power like that
of oratory. Caesar controlled men by
captivating their affections and swaying
their passions. The influence of the one
perished with the other. That of the
other continues to this day. -Henry Clay.
As Episode in Rkal Lifk. A Brad
ford (Iowa) correspondent of the St. Lou
is Times writes : Nt far from this flour
ishing village, in Northern Iowa, there
lived with his wife a well to do farmer,
by tho common name of Smith. They
had lived happily together for 18 or 20
years, and four handsome intelligent chil
dren blessed their union. But they were
not content, and eventually agreed to part,
tired of living together. So, one bright
winter morning, the husband and father
bade a kind good-bye to his family and
took his leave. Ila went t Wisconsin,
engaged 111 the mercantile business there,
occasionally writing to his wife and chil
dren, sending them money, etc After an
absence of seven or eight months, Mr.
Smith received a letter from her absent
lord informing her that he had met an
old schoolmate, an animate friend of her.,
whom he liked very much, and if she
(the wife) thought best, he would marry
her, return to this village, and reside near
them, the better to look after her welfare
and that of their children. The wife im
mediately wrote, advising him to do so,
and cordially inviting them to come di
rectly to her hous?, and remain as long
as they wished. He thanked her for the
advice and accepted the invitation, saying
that they were to be married the follow
ing Monday, and would start immediate
ly, and reach home on Wednesday eve
ning. Tho wife male a "bride's loaf,"
sent invitations to all her friends in the
neighborhood, and when the happy cou
ple arrived they found a splendid entertain
ment and a goodly company awaiting
them, and were warmly welcomed and
congratulated by all. They furnished a
house across the street, and "live as hap
pily as bugs in u rug." Every morning
the father goes over, builds a lire, sweeps
the floor, and puts 011 the kettle of Mrs.
Smith No 1, and furnishes her with money
for the support of herself and family. The
children call one "Mother Jane," and the
other "Mother Susan," and the utmost
harmony and good feeling prevail on all
sides.
Ax Ixinr.NAST Viimjix, The Shasta
Courier relates the following:
We heard a good joke on a resident of
Dog Creek the o:her day. The pat ty re
ferred to is a bachelor and lives on the
wagon roa 1. A few days ago an emi
grant wagon from Oregon came along
and camped near our friend's place. The
h'ad of the family soon made himself ac
quainted with the proprietor uf the prem
ises, and asked him why he didn't have
a womau to keep house for him. The
answer was that he intended to ranrry
just as sojii as be could find a woman
willing to enter into the bonds of matri
mony. The Oregonian remarked that he
could find him a partner if be would take
her. The bachelor said that was right
into Lis hand, and the emigrant invited
him to his camp.
The Oregonian called up a bouncing
damsel of about tweny years, and inform
ed her that the gentleman accompanying
him was 'on the marry." and was wil
ling to take her for better or for worse.
The damsel, delighted with the prospect,
advanced, . and seizing hor friend by the
hand, assured him thr.t she was glad 10
see him and was ready to marry him at
tho "drop of a hat," while tho old lady
hastened up to congratulate her "darter"
on her good luck.
Surprised and alarmed at the serious
turn matters had taken, our friend, who is
constitutionally opposed to the institution
of matrimony, endeavored to explain, by
saying that he was only joking and did
not want to marry. At this the Oregon
ian became indignant, and the would-be
bride told her father to take his rifia and
"drap the varmint in his tracks." At
this affectionate suggestion the bachelor
left for bis fortifications, the last thing he
heard being the voice of the old lady con
soling her "darter" with the remaik that
it was best to "let the bilk go."
Waiting fok Heh Hcsband. A Cin
cinnati paper tells the following sad story:
"We have recently been made acquaint
ed with the saddest and at the same time
one of the most singular cases that it has
ever been our duty to chronicle. When
the war commenced there lived on Vine
street an honest, industrious German fam
ily who supported themselves by keeping
a notion store. When Sumter was fired
on the husband at once enlisted in the
army as a private, and by his distinguish
ed ability and bravery was soon promoted
to the command of his company. At
last he wrote to bis wife that he had re
ceived a "leave of absence," and would
certainly be home on the following Tues
day, and 'wanted her to meet him at the
train. The. next day, instead of starting
for home, tiu battle of Gettysburg was
fought and he was among the slain. The
news of his death came, and since that
time his devoted wife has been crazy, and
still expects her husband on the train, and
by day and night in all kinds of weath
er stands in tho middle of tho crobsing
in frout of her house, looking in every di
rection for the apptoach of him who will
never come again. Often she will call ou
the mayor and other city authorities to
have- officers detailed to go and watch
"that train," to see if her husband is not
coming. This strange conduct has lasted
for almost six years, and the grief and
troubles of the poor woman have been so
great that pbe has turned prematurely
gray,' aod although under 30 years of age
has the appearance of a very old person."
Had yo Wash tub Shikts. Wi.il
we were lying in camp at Rossville, Geor
gia, the Sixtieth Illinois returned from
their veteran furlough with a number of
recruits. One of these haTing exhausted
his supply of clean shirts, aud not yet
having learned to be his own laundress,
asked a veteran where he could get soma
washing done.
"Do you see those tents there by the
church ? Well, go there aud ask for 31c.
Morgan ; he does washing. lie's a crus
ty old cus3, but if you talk pretty nice to
him he'll do it for yoa."
The recruit went as directed and found
Gen. Morgan walking ia front of his tent,
dressed, as was his customln the uniform
of a high private.
"Where will I find Mr. Morgan 1" Bak
ed the recruit.
4 'My name is Morgan. What will
ycu have V
"I came to tce if I could get some
clothes washed."
"H-m-m. Who sent you here to get
your clothes washed?"
"John Smith, sir, over here in tho
60th."
'Corporal of the guard!" (The cor
poral approached, and saluted.) Young
man, go with the corporal and show him
John Smith, so that he can bring him
over here. And you come back with
them, and bring all the dirty clothes you
have."
They departed and soon returned with
the guilty veteran and a huge armful of
dirty shirts, socks, etc.
The General said to Smith : "Did you
sjnd this voung man here to have his
clothes washed 1"
"Yes sir, for a joke."
'For a joke? Well, we'll have tha
juke carried out. We do have clothen
washed here, sometimes. Corporal, take
this man Smith and that bundle of clothes
down to the creek, and have him wash
them, and dry them, and told them up
neatly and return them to the owner.
See that he does the job handsomely."
The veteran weut away to his work
sorrowfully, and the General resumed his
Romance in Real Life. An Iowa
paper of a recent date, gives the particos
lars of a romantic story which border
somewhat on the marvelous. Years ago
a Pennsylvania farmer loved and married,
a charming young girl that lived near him.
After the marriage time passed on ; soon
tho farmer contracted a great taste for
liquor, which frequently got the best of
him. His wife remonstrated with him,
which on one occasion ended by the hus
band stabbing her with a butcher knife.
He left precipitately, supposing he had
killed her, and hid himself iu the West,
where in a few years he became a pros
perous and wealthy merchant. The wife
in the meantime recovered, and after liv
ing alone for five years, married again.
Her husband, however, died at the expi
ration of a year, and the also went to
tho West. Then the incredible part of
the story appeared. The parties met
again after their long separation, and be
came intimately acquainted, but neither
recognized the other. An engagement is
entered into, which results in marriage ;
and, upon the wife disrobing herself in
the evening, be notices the scar made by
his hand years ago, and suddenly recog
nizes her as Lis wife of former years.
Here is a chance for story writers.
An Awfltl SroKY. "There was once
an awful little girl who had an awful way
of saying 'awful' to everything. She
lived in an awful house, in an awful Ptrect,
in an awful village, which was in au awful
place. She went to an awful school,
where she bad an awful teacher, who
gave her awful lessons out of awful books.
Every day she was so awful hungry that
she ate an awful amount of food, so that
she looked awful healthy. Her hat was
so awful small and her feet so awful large.
She went to an awful church, and her
minister was an awful preacher. When
she took an awful walk she climbed aw
ful bills, and when she got awful tired
she sat down under an awful tree to rest
herself. In- summer she found the weath
er awful hot, and in winter awful cold.
When it didn't rain, there was an awful
drought, and when the awful drought was
over, there was an awful rain. So tbat
this awful girl was all the time in an aw
ful state, and if she don't get over say
ing 'awful' about everything I am afraid
she will, by and by, come to an awful
end."
Mental Activity. If the water run
reth, it holdeth clear, sweet and fresh;
but stagnation turneth it into a noisome
puddle. If the air be fanued by the winds,
it is pure and wholesome ; but from be
ing shut up it groweth thick and putrid.
If metals be employed, they abide smooth
and splendid ; but lay them up and they
soon contract rust. If the earth is labor
ed with culture, it yieldeth corn ; but
laying neglected, it will Foon be over
grown with thorns and thistles, and tha
belter the soil is, the ranker weeds it will
produeo. All nature is held up in its be
ing order and shape by constant agitation ;
every creature is incessantly employed in
action conformable to its designed one.
In like manner the preservation aud im
provement of the facilities depend on their
constant exercise ; to it God has annexed
tho best and most desirable reward suc-
cess to our undertakings, wealth and hon
or, wisdom, virtue, salvation.
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