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UK IS A FHEEMAS WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES PUKE, AND ALL AUK SLAVKS BESIDE.
Terms, 2 per year In advance.
VOLUME 3.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1869.
NUMBER30.
SMEKIFF'S SALES By virtue of
sunilt? writs of Vend. Expou., Al. Vend.
Fxpon. '"' Levari Facias, issued out of the
Court ot Common Pleas of Cambria county,
&rd to n-.c directed, there will be exposed to
I'uMit Sale, lit the Court House in Ebensburg,
on "jioNWAV, the Ctii dat ok StPTEMBr.a
mxt. 1,1 ' o'clock, p. m , the following Ileal
Kst.ua, to wit :
All the right, title and interest of Rees
p Kees, of. in ft!)'' to a piece or parcel of land
-tuatttl iu Cumbria township, Cambria county,
adjoining lait'id of Rowland Francis. Kob't VV.
K'licit8 lauds of E. D. Davis, dec'd, Jaa. D.
Juurt, 1 '5l" aud others, containing 175
ncros, more or less, about 50 acies of which are
clearH. having thereon erected a two story
plank L Lue, large frame bank barn and
water saw mill, now in the oCjpancy of Roes
y lecf, at i J two story plank house not now
ociuipiftl- Taken in execution aud to be sold
at tlie suit of KJ ward Roberta .
Also, all the right, title ami interest of
Samuel Keese. of. in and to a piece or parcel
(,t land oituaieiu Blackliik townshio, Cambria
f j Jill V, aiijonuug uuuj ui o vuit i- ciguauu, neu-
iv t'a'uijbell, hud other, containing 1G5 acres,
jisoreur leas, about 30 acres of hich are Ciear
ti, having thereon erected a one and a halt
fi-.rv !J houe, a log barn ncd a log citable
iinr in the occupancy of S i;;i'l Reese. Taken
m execution ami to be sold at the euit of Deu
L.j Mr.i!cy.
Also, nil the righ, title and interest of
William D. Skelly, of', in and to a piece or par
cel ui land situate in Kumnierbill township,
i'm.l.rii riiuntv. adiuiuii.iz' lands of D.iviil M.
IU is, Margaret llrady, and Others, containing
tit) act w . more or less, uniir.proved. Also, a j
t'lvce or --rcet or iani siiuace in oiinuuciliill I
lottiirliip, Cambria county, a'tjuining lands of
Jlaiarfi Ur.idy, .Miekael C.ite:, mid others,
c.inwir.'iiiC 4l) aeres, more or le-s, about 2 ticres
ui liio!i are clemed , having thereon erected a
io story plank house, f table and blacksmith
hi, i-lt in, w in the occupancy of Tnos. Hughes
i! J Imi.ic Jones. Taken in execution atiti to
ht mh'i Ki i be it of E. Billinger.
Also, all the right, title and interest of
J-iii- Henry, of. in and to a piece or parcel of
Jaii J siumte in ' ihitii.'i townlitn, Cambria
n.i':i:v, 3'ij'oiuini; land of James Collins on the
t-.it,, n tlie south by land ol Satil'l Crnig, E-q ,
a tie wvst by Hemlock street, and m the
a-.-ria I'j ! ui l of JJ ivid Watt, containing two
u.a-.H, iiiuin or all cleared now in tfj oc
c.:ii:icv of Hugh revlin. Also, all the right,
ait ii.tet e.-t of J imes Henry, of, in and to
u lot of ground situate in Gillitzin township,
I'an.ria ovhi'v, fronting on the township road
.n tin' i-ajt, lot of Juhu Trainor on the south,
ot J:, aits M'CIo.-ikey on the west, and lot
in .Iclin .v'iii.th un the iiOil'n, liaviug thereon
fifi'.l a one ui;d a half story tratue double
ku.-e, ftith tsu back.buildius attachtd. a:id
i li.:n,e st ib!e-now in the occupancv ot Huh
iV r 1m hud ili.haf l M-Moiri.s. Taken in exe
vu'iou aiid to be sold at suit of R. L. Johnston.
Ai.h), all the ri!it, title atiJ interest of
3 .. Sivinehni t, of, in aid to a pece or parcel j
m situate ui Cie trfield townsb;p, Cambria
i-.ii), rtdjoui iig landii of Lewis Slortu, J;hn
t ;u, and othiTi, contdinin four acres, more
,.r !. ul,.,,i 1... u i : u : . . i ,
I isiiiic tt.oreon elected a one .su,rr nbir.k Unw
.J alianty Btablca now in the occupancy of ;
Jaa.M .wineh.nt. Taken in execution and to I
wioia at the suit of John Bradley.
Also, all the riyht, title ami interest of
George A. Miller, of, iu aud to a certain dwell
ing hou-.e. one and a half stirif tiifrh ,
"froutcf 14 and a depth of 24 feet, 'fcituated
upon a certaiu lot of ground iu the county ot
t-JUibiia, bounded on the east bv Mti.-.t
uu the west by land of Michael Waltz, ou the
oiiih by a street, and on the north bv lands of
William M'Guire, known on the plan ot the
oorousrh Ot Cbr-st Kiir;i,f u T.nf- V.. 1 - T
r .r, - -- . v. , . a a
eu in eie uLw.n imt l l, a .11 , , ,1 ..-,. ..
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Join ty aguer et a.1. x
Also, all the riszht. title and
Joseph Kemp, of, in atd to all that tract of land
Miuaie ui iiite township, Cambria countv.
-anuuteu iu me nr meoi Joepn Jones, adjoin
ing lands warranted If, M. r.-i nf r':,.i.
Jones, I hos. Brown, John Harria and Alatbew
" iiis, containing 4Ji acres and 83 perches, and
allowance, unimproved. Taken in execution
and to be sold at the suit of John Rover.
At.so. all the richt. title ml ini.rfct
O v
lOtui JMnny, of, iu and to a piece or parcel of
fwaie in iroyie township, (Jauabria coua
iv.adjuiuinj, lands of Ephraini Cruiu, Anthony
Jl'ller, iiq.1 others, contain inir fill n,-ro
I 1 t. v-.ot 1UU1
r1' less, about 40 anp ot" wl.Jfh a,a i
5. - ' iv.ll iu ,
ry mZ thereon ejected a two story Jog hou-e
tug uarn row in toe occupancy of John
-May. Taken in eiecnt;.-ri ami rn hi...n
. - " -- . J V 13V1V4 it
kmt cf 1 homas CUrk et al.
Ai-su, all the right, title anj interest of
"liaiu (Jrr. of. in and ,- . lnt 1
- . ' w V a LKUUIJU nil.-
it!,'", 'e b0,0UK' t Johnstown, Cambrij,
---.j, nuuung ou Jiain street tl leet. and iu
LVlJ7" eet; Dounilei1 on tu,s "'Jrth by lot ot
r, Klw " He.V;ier and on the BoutU by lot of
upiu M'Farding. Taken in execution and
f u SolJ at ilie suit of Borough of Johnstown,
f Aio, all the right, title and interest of
J J i 'lam iJiller.of, in aud to a piece or parcel
fcni t mwl in Susquehanna twp., Cambria
u ''jmillg lands of John ilannie, Simon
k J i al,d otbers containing 50 acres,
ft or. Jeaa, about 11 acres of which are clcar
iab:n !10g t!,creon erected a cabin house and
k'uW ! ru ""wupicd. Take l In eiecutiou
f 1J 0 Oe gold t !.. L' t.t..i...
I AUo. nl! i - .c
ii'nf lv "SMl line anu interest ot
' Uni ' U1011 of. " and to a piece or parcel
f ,. le Party la -atuuster and part.lv in
Z, , ''n'P.wnbria couutv, adjuin-
l '.. T ue,endaut, lauds of John T .Uughea.
erniT.,an tliUick Storm, containing 92
Jres Jr T Percnes, more or less, about HO
! . T,, ,....
S-&n!1 ,the TlzK title and intereet of
!;;uaie . f, ,ts'ew, of, in and to a lot f ground
r-froutiurn;Uown borougL Cambria court
S bk 2in, et 0,1 Mai'1 street and extend-diou.in-,
i '.0et ' nd of Christopher Cole,
i ere,Jn erT? i elreet on lhe 80Uth having
JUfe,'w(.w ,a one ani a half-etory plank
tlD4 Wf ded') a frame fitable auJ a
f llleotcur StJ" lram carpenter nhop now
j? "ecutito ! f Atjr!"'n Jiitchew. Taken
f VVieb;, " "'J to be sold at the suit of Teter
I AIM
'SO. all it
;flel o-r'r ,e r'St title and interest of
1 latd 8iti..,!' of,m aD(1 10 a P'ece or parcel
'iclel (
,aDa 8itijt DU 10 a Piece or Pcel
iatT. ,); " lu. Chest townshiD. Cambria
r'.Ante( ai Tj " ug auds of John Krise. James
T; aUout fiv?COlutffl,mne 40 acres- more
rreni "rcpipri , 01 n:h r cleared, having
t"1 stabu n I"5 Hnd a Lalf 8torJ ,0S house
f mm. Rl,,:",tl,now occupied, and a water
J00, TUn i , 1, ,M,,,,P'"-y of John Mor-
J"'1 n0iln BradrUllOU ani1 10 be 80ld ttt the
i.Vrajcrea ,.? rnore or lew,
'iUija R" '4Wred adjoining
am, Nathin Gat:s ai.tl J
'Mod tieaieu, navmg tnereon
r trax. c,01!. aU1 a half 8torJ P,ank DOU3 a'"1
ecvi , I10t now occupied. Taken in
.u.'i t to be sold at the suit of William
others, having thereon erected a one and a half
story (part frame, part log,) double house, now
in the occupancy of Christopher Noel, and a
one and a half ntory log house and log barn,
now in the ocenpanry of John H. Noel. Ta
ken in execution and to be Bold at the suit of
F. M. Flanagan.
Also, all the tiht, title and interest of
Christopher Noel, of. in and to a piece or par
cel of land situate iu White township, Cambria
county, adjoining lands of Nathan Gates, Wrm.
Ream, and others, containing 100 acres, nioro
or less, about 40 acres of which are clearec',
having thereon erected a two story log house,
fr aiue back building and a log barn now in
the occupancy of the said Christopher Noel.
Takeu in execution and to be sold at the suit
of Abraham Matthew.
Also, all the right, title and interest of
Edward Burk, dec'd, of.' in and to a piece or
parcel of land situate in Washington township,
Cambria county, adjoining lauds of Nicholas
A. Burk, A rent Son man, and others, contain
ing 1 r0 acres, more or les, about an acre and
hall of which are cleared, having I hereon
erected a one and a half story plank house aud
fr ame stable, Dot now obcupied. Taken in ex
ecution and to be sold at suitof E. Glass & Co.
Also, all the tight, title and interest of
Sarah Rowley. Oeoige Rowley and Ann Mor
gan, of, iu and to a lot of ground situate in
Alillv ille hirough, Cambria county, fronting 33
feet ou Lock street and extending back 1U0
feet to l.tnd of Cambria Iron Company, adjoin
ing lands ot Cumbria Iron Company on the
noitli, south and eat, having thereon erected a
two story brick hou.e and outbuildings, now in
the occupancy of Michael Boland. Taken Ln 1
execution and to be told at the suit of Sales,
Allen fic. Co., for use of Ceo. S. King.
Also, all the right, title and interest of
Daniel Kline, of, in and to a piece or parcel of
lnd siiuu'c in Cheat township. Cambria coun
ty, adjoining lands of John Warner, Michael
Hanor, and other?, containing 5'J acres, more
or less, about 10 acres of which nre cleared
Luring thereon erected a log cabin house mid
a log stable not now occupies. Taken in ex
ecution and to be sold at suit of David Noel.
Also, all the riht, title and interest of
James Burk and Thomis M'Connell, of, iu
and to a piece or parcel of land situate in Sum
meihHl township, Cambria county, adjoining
land of Jas. M'Uoiiph, (J. W". Roriibaugh, and
others, containing iJ'J acres, more or less, un
improved. Taken in execution und to be sold
at the suit of W. 1C. Piper.
Also, all the righr, title and interest of
Christian Nilpvig, of, in and to a lot of grouHd
situ ite ln the First Ward of Conemaush lioro",
Cambria county, fronting on Reter street, ad
joining lot of Sarah Andrews on the eiat, an
alley on the west and an alley on the north,
having thereon erected a two story plank house
-now in the occupancy of Christian Nilgus.
Taken in execution mud io be sold at the suit
ol Jacob Froiiheiter.
Also, nil the right, title arid interest of
William K. Cair.of, in aud to a lot of ground
situate in WiJmore boiotifrh, Cambria county,
fronting Gl feet on Crooked street aud extend
ing back l'-iS feet to 1'iue alley, adjoining an
alley on the north anil lot ol Oeorge Wincrode
on the south, huving thereon erected a two
'. jrj log house and plank stabie. Taken in
execution aud to be sold at the csuit of Mrs.
Lavinia Brown.
Also, all the right, title and interest of
Maibias Shortencehner, of, h. aud to a piece or
parcel of land situate in SuMUchauna to wuship,
Cambria county, adjoining lands of Jacob Lu
ther, James Refuer, and others, containing o."
acres, more or less, about-29 acres of w hich are
cleat ed. having thereon erected a two story
plank house and log barn now in the occupan
cy of the said Mathias Shortencehner. Taken
in execution and to be sold at the suit of John
Barkey et al,
JOHN A. BLAIR. ShcrifT.
Sheriff's Office, Ebeusburg, Aug. 19, ltGO.-.'tt.
REGISTER'S NOTICE Notice is
hereby given that the following accounts
have been passed and filed in the Register's
Oiice at Ebeusburg, and will be presented to
tlx, Orphans' Court or Cambria county, for con
firmation and allowance, on Monday, the b'tb
day of September next, to w it :
The second and final account of Evan J.
Evane, Adm'r ol Elizabeth J.B.Jones, late of
Cambria township, dec'd.
The second account of Sarah Leidy, Adm'x
of David Leidy, late of Jackson twp.. dec'd.
The first and final account of Vm. James,
Guardian of the minor children of David M.
Evans, late of Cambria townshir, dec'd.
The first and final account of John Flick
and John Back, Ex'rs of Jerome Buck, late of
Carroll township, dec'd.
The final account of John H. DonplaM, Ad
ministrator of Dan'l Litzingcr, late of the Bor
ough of Chest Springs, dec'd.
The final account of Joseph Dailv, Adm'r of
Jos. Bradley, late of Millville borough, dec'd.
The first and partial account of John A.
Blair, Adm'r of D. A. Conrad, late ot Ebens
burg borough, dec'd.
The account of Mary E. Kaylor, Adm'x of
Thomas Kaylor, late of Allegheny twp., dec'd.
The second account of George Orris, Adm'r
of George Rose, late of Richland twp., dec'd.
The third and final account of J. S. Straver,
Adm'r of David Ribblett, late of Conemaugh
township, dec'd.
The account of Newton I. Roberts, Adm'r
cum testamento annexo of Wrm. W. Gittins,
late of the Borough of Ebensburg. dec'd.
The first and final acconnt of James P. Me
Cance, Trustee appointed by the Orphans
Court to sell thereat estate of which James
Piatt, late of Susquehanna twp., died seized.
JAMES GRIFFIN, Register.
Register's Office, Ebensburg, Aug. 7. 18C9.-4t.
VENDUE ! VENDUE ! ! There will
be flered at Public Sale, in Washington
township, Cambria county, between Planes '4
and 5, on the old Portage road, one mile from
Sumitville and one from Cresson Station, Pa.
R. R., on WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1st, 18U3, at
10 o'clock, a.m., one TWO STORY PLANK
HOUSE, 24 by 18 feet, witt cellar under all
the building, two STABLES, about 2 Acres
of LAND, with the best spring of water in the
vicinity. A good Deed, with the right of the
mineral.
Also, two Cows, one Hog, one Calf, one
Hand-Cart, (made in Philadelphia,) two Re
volvers, (new,) two Sabres, Bureau, Ohairs,
Stove, and many other articles needless to
enumerate. Terms made known at time of
eale. JOHN MONTGOMERY.
Washington Twp., Aug. 12, 1SC9. 3t.
STATE of 11AR1SAKA CONNER,
Deceased. Notice is heieby given that
Letters of Administration on the Estate of
Babbara Coxxea, late of Supquehanua town
ship, dec'd, have been granted to the under
signed, who hereby notifies all persons indebt
ed to said estate that payment must be made
without delay, and requests those having claims
against said estate to present ihem properly
authenticated for settlement.
WM. McDONNELL. Adm'r.
Susquehanna Twp., July 22, lSG9.-6t.
(3,OODL BETTER, BEST. The best
Jt nnd cheapest Tobacco and Cigars rc ton
are at M. L. ""Oa'.man'i. Oo aud see.
Ee )0rfs gfpartmtnt.
THE TCURIBLU RIM.
Oh! the drink, the terrible drink.
Making each town and city a siuk
Of misery dire, and fearful to tell
Of the numberless victims sent to hell.
Swearing.
Killing.
Crimes no lack.
The terrible drink makes night so black ;
The curse of youth and decrepit age.
Adding to thirst instead of assauged ;
Continual drink the drunkard's crave.
Till it drags him down to an early grave.
Oh ! the drink, the horrible drink !
See the child from its father bhrink
As he staggers home from the night's de
bauch, Llia soul on fire from the demon's torch.
Blindly,
.Wildly.
Stumbling along,
Crazed with drink, intent ou wrong ;
Aud even the dogs, with a bark and a
Bound,
Growl at the man as he gropes around!
Th is is the picture, deny it who can.
Of the downward steps of fallen man.
Once he was free from the vice, but he fell
Fell, like the angfls, from heaveu to hell
Fell, to be mocked at, scoffed at, and beat,
Mingling with filth in the horrible street.
Pleading,
Cursing,
Dreading the worst,
Drinking still deeper, yet greater his thirst.
Till he sickens and falls, degraded and low.
And death is preferred to his abyss of woe!
Merciful God! in thy goodness eave
Thine own image from a drunkard's grave.
Ealcs, jiftcitljes, guutbofes, t.
THE WEDDING GOOSE,
In those days the law of marriage was
strict, fourteen davs public notice oDtn
intention to commit matrimony was re
quired ; and the clergyman, or the jystice,
who performed the marriage ceremony
without having received a certificate to
the effect that the 6aid public notice had
been given, was liable to a heavy penalty.
Augustus Sebastian Walpole had long
loved and adored Miaa Alary Alrniru Al
lard ; and it had for gome months been
fixed that they should be wed on Christ
inas evening ; and Sebastian looked out
that his "intention" was published in due
season. He regarded it as & mosc mo
mentous alLYir, ' aud he entered upon the
preliminaries with much fear and tremb
ling. As Christmas drew near, preparations
for the happy event were made. Mary
would not be married at her own home ;
and her etep mother was very glad when
f he heard the decision ; so it was arranged
that the ceremony should take place at
Sebastian's, and Mary's younger sister
Folly went over to keep her company,
and to help her in the labor of prepara
tion ; for she was determined with her own
hands to prepare the wedding feast.
Christmas would come on Thursday.
They were to be married at six o'clock in
the evening, and after that the wedding
feast was to be served.
There was not a grown person at Day
ton Corner who had not heard of Mary
Allard's "Smothered Goose." Nobody
else, since Mary's own mother died, could
smother-roust a goose like her. The pro
cess was not only a mystery, but so exact
were the culinary requirements, that few
could acquire the art. The goose cooked
in this way came upon the table brown,
sweet, tender, excessively juicy, and
without a particle of that oily flavor which
renders goose and duck so unpalatable to
some. Of course smothered goose was to
be the main dish of the feast; and that
Mary might have a goo3e worthy of her
skill, Sebastian had selected one several
months before, from a flock owned by a
friend near the Centre, and this friend was
to shut it away from its mates a few weeks
before it would be wanted, and give it
extra food.
Wednesday came the day before
Christmas and after dinner Sebastian
hitched old Dobbin to the sleigh, and made
ready to start lor the Centre, there to get
his marriage certificate, his goose, and
various other articles too numerous to
mention ; one of which, however, was a
gallon of good old Madeira. And let me
make a remark :
Mary had suggested that they must
have some wine at the wedding. She was
not herself in favor of its us ; "but what
would folks think !" Sebastian scratched
his head and hesitated.
"Flague take the 'tarnal stuffl" he
said ; "you know I've had too much of it
in my days, Mary. I've Bworn that I'd
nevor bring another drop into the house."
"But only this time, Sebastian. You
needn't drink it, you know ; but only
think what folkB will say if we have no
wine.
"I don't care what all the folks in crea
tion say, only you, Molly ; and seeing as
you want it, it shall be bad."
"Thank yoo, my love ;" and she kissed
him, little thinking what a temptationtho
was throwing in his way.
Sebastian went to the village, which
was called Day tonJJentre, and the first
thing he did was to wait upon the town
clerk and get his certificate.
"It's lucky you came just as you did,
Sebastian," said the clerk, as he handed
over the certificate ; "for I am going to
Tftftsbury to fpend Christmas, and stop
the wctk out. Yours la the only certifi
cate I've got, and that was' made out so
long ago that I'd entirely forgotten it. I
should have been off in half an hour, and
my folks wouldn't hav"e known anything
about it. However, it's all right now."
From the clerk's, Sebastian went to bis
friend Burke's, and got his goose. And
it was a beauty all picked and finished
off as smooth and fair as a chicken.
"Tell Mary that I've cleaned it all out
inside," said Mrs. Burke. "She'll know
my work ; and when Susan Burke says a
goose is clean, she'll know 'tis clean !"
Lemons, sugar, spice, nuts, raisins; and
then came the last itam on the list ; one
gallon of Maderia wine.
"Taste of that, old fellow !" cried the
storekeeper, holding up a tumbler half
full of the clear, blushing liquid. That
was before the days of the Maine Law and
Adulteration.
Sebastian tasted of it tasted again
smacked his lips, and sipped again.
"Don't be afraid of it. That's the stuff
that puts life and vigor into a man 1"
And Sebastian drank it down.
"By glory, Walpole, you ought to have
some of this old Sherry to go with it.
Just try that. If you don't say that's tho
best Sherry you ever tasted, I'll give it to
you."
A man, full blooded and vigorous, who
had tasted nothing stronger than coffee for
two years, could not contain a gill of old
Madeira without feeling it in his brain
very quickly. Sebastian waited not to
be asked a second time to take the Sherry.
He drank off half a tumbler full, and then
entered into a spirited conversation.
M ercy ! how his tongue had loosened ;
and how liberal ho felt ! Of course ho
would have a gallon of the Slierry.
"Is old Sol Marshall going to be at your
wedding V
"Certainly."
"Got any brandy at home ?"
"No."
"By glory! you ought to have a quart
say a bottle ot it just for old Sol. He'll
appreciate it. And then you'll want it in
the house, you know. I've got about tho
best article of pale Mtirtel that ever cross
ed the water. There, just put a drop of
water in that not too much don't drown
it!"
Sebastian poured a very little water into
about half a gill of pure old brandy ; and
having held it up to the light, and marked
the oily waving of the bright topaz tinted
liquid, he poured it down his throat. It
was good, capital. He would have a boU
tie of it. Yoi, "put uic up two bottles of
it, while you're about it. Thunder ! a fel
low isn't married only once!"
"That's the idea, Sebastian."
"Ah! Tom! Charlie! Harry! how are
you old fellows ?"
'Jerusalem! Sebastian, is it you? S iy,
eld chap, it's coming off to-morrow !"
"Yes."
"Then you ought to do the handsome. '
"Of course I will. Come up What'll
ye have 1"
The three young men who had just en
tered the store had been old cronies of Se
bastian's in his days of fun and frolic, and
they were glad enough to find him in a
social mood ; for during the past two years
they had enjoyed but little of his com
panionship. But he was pleased to meet
them now. With tho fire in his blood
that set him on the road to frolic, they
were the three of all others he would have
chosen for companionship at that timo.
There is no need of enlarging here.
When Sebastian commenced to drink with
his old cronies he was gone. lie had a
jolly good time, no doubt ; but he was to
carry little remembrance of it home with
him.
About two o'clock on Christmas morn
ing, Mary, who had been watching all
night, saw old Dobbin turn into the yard,
with the sleigh behind him ; but she could
see no Sebastian. Calling Folly, she ran
down to the door. She did not stop for a
lantern, for the moon was up and gave
light enough. In the sleigh flanked with
demijohns, bottles, bundles, and goose,
lay Sebastian. At first Mary grew faint
with a great fear ; but very soon she di
vined the truth. Was she incensed ? No.
Her first thought was and she spoke it
aloud "It's all my fault, Folly ! It's all
my own fault; and not bis. ' He didn't
want to buy the wine, but I coaxed him.
Foor, dear Sebastian ! Oh God send that
this is the worst !"
They got Sebastian up,"and got him into
the house, he the while declaring :
"No, no, boys (hie) not anor'er
drop ! I (hie)- tell ye (hie) Molly'll
cry! I'm a (hie) cussed fool ! (hie).
Oh, dear Molly, (hie) wha' for'd ye (hie)
want me to get the (hie) dern'd stuff for ?
Oh ! git me home !"
Towards the middle of the forenoon Se
bastian awoke, and Mary was soon with
him. He had said enough in his wander
ings while she and Folly had been getting
him to bed, to give her an understanding
of the whole affair, and instead of blaming
him, her first words were of love and
kindness. She acknowledged that it was
all her own fault, and that she had been
sufficiently punished for persuading her
lover to do that which he felt he ought
not to do.
"So let us think no more about it,
dear I" cried Mary, with a kiss.
But Sebastian was not willing to Ieavo
his Mary bear the burden of blame. He
claimed it for his to bear, and acknowl
edged bis sin, and promised not to do it
agaio- Ha looked 4nto his pocket book,
and fouad bis money all gone every dol
lar; but that wasn't worth cryin about.
j.o oe sure mere nad been something over
a hundred dollars ; but he could make
that up in time ; and he professed to hope
that the lesson might be worth that to him.
He saw what he supposed to be the im
portant paper just where he put it, and
that was all right.
The day passed on ; a cup of strong
coffee, and a little exercise in the open air,
very soon brought Sebastian up to some
thing like himself. The pies and the cake
and the pudding were made, and the roy
al goose was in process of smothering,
and everything seemed in readiness for the
grand event.
Augustus Sebastian had donned his
wedding garb, and having drawn a five
dollar bill from a little reserve he chanced
to have in his desk, he thought he would
put it in the certificate, as he had been in
formed by Mary that that was the way it
was done.
"Come, Sebastian, dear they are
waiting "
"In a minute, love. Let mo put the
money in the "
He meant to say certificate, as he sup
posed he had taken tho paper from his
pocket book ; but upon opening it ho read
not, "Know all men by these presents :"
but "Augustus S. Walpole, to li. F.
Grantly Dr. to one gal. Madeira wine "
&c.
"Heavens and earth?"
Mary rushed into the room, and found
her lover pale tind trembling. He had
lost his marriage certificate ! They hunt
ed through every bit of clothing Sebas,
tian had touched sinco the night before ;
and then they went out and looked through
the sleigh ; but tho paper could not be
found. They looked again and again
and looked once more looked into possi
ble, and impossible places. The old min
ister was summoned, and the loss was ex
plained to him. He knew they had been
regularly published ; and as soon as Mr.
Harney came back from Taftsbury he
would get a new certificate, dated back to
agree with the old one. O! couldn't he
wouldn't he, for mercy's sake ! marry
them ?
Farson Be bee was a kind hearted,
whole souled man ; but he was unswerv
ingly conscientious. Not for the world
would he violate the statue of his State.
And moreover he explained that such a
ceremony would be no marriage in law.
Children l:)ni of such marriage would bo
illegitimate, and all concerned would bo
liable to prosecution. No, he could net !
One more last long search, and the cer
tificate was given up. The minister had
been down and explained the whole mat
ter to the waiting company ; and they
said, "Let us have our feast let joy take
the place of sadness and at another time
we will coma to a quiet wedding."
The parson himself thought it would be
too bad to disappoint the invited guests.
"Let's carve Mary's Wedding Goose "
"Not a Wedding Goose," groaned Se
bastian. "Well, we'll call it so. Come, cheer
up. Many a storm worse than this has
blown over without harm to anybody."
The great old sitting-room was ablaze
with a score of lamps, and when Sebas
tian and Mary had taken their setts to
gether al the table sitting in the centre
of the long side, opposite the old minister
and when thy found how truly kind
and considerate their friends were, they
began to take heart and Mary whispered
to her lover.
"Let's be happy if we can, Sebastian.
It won't be for long that evil shall rest with
us."
Farson Bebce invoked the Divine bless
ing, and then seized the carving utensils
and attacked the Smothered Goose, the
royal savor of which had completely filled
the house with its delicious odor. He
took oil the wings, disjointed and separated
the legs, and then cut down at the breast,
and pared off the thick rich layers of meat
from the sides of the breast bone. This
done, he inserted the point of the carver
into the thoraic cavity, for the purpose of
extracting the stuffing. A few bits of
rich stuffing, and then something interfer
ed there seemed to be a substance that
did not belong there. The parson got the
point of the fork into it, and finally pulled
it out.
"A dish rag !" inadverteutly uttered an
unsophisticated female guest.
"Oh ! I thought Susan had cleaned it!'
gasped Mary, turning as red as fire, and
then paling to an ashen hue.
"Hold on !" exclaimed the parson, who
having partiallly opened the extraneous
substance with a knife and fork, now took
it into bis hand. "You needn't be at all
alarmed, my dear child," he went on, at
the same time standing erect, and over
hauling the thing in such a manner that
those who were sitting could not see it.
"It is all right. The goose is all prep,
er. Augustus Sebastian Walpole and
Mary Almira Allard, I want you both
to stand up. I can't do as I like to
do, but I've thought that our Wedding
Feast would seem more like the real thing,
if we only went through the form. Corne
just to please us all stand up. Stand
up and take hold of hands and I'll just
show 3'ou how things ought to be done ;
for I declare I can't 6erve out this goose
without just a little more than a single
blessing."
"Ob, yes ! yes ! do ! do," came from
all parts of the long table.
And without thinking moving like ina
chine their self-wiils fairly crushed out
the twh'iu arose and took each nil
the hand, and the old pastor went through
the marriage service, with such unction
that old Deacon Allard, Mary's uncle ex
claimed :
"Ain't that ere a little too much like
the real thing, parson ?"
"Well no I think not," replied the
minister.
And then he phowed them what he
had found in tho goose, to wit, Sebastiau's
money and marriage certificate.
Was there ever such a time ? The old
parson, the moment he ceased speaking,
shot back his chair, ucd popped around
and kissed the bride ; and everybody ei.-e
followed suit she laughing and crving by
turns, but at the timo as happy ":i3he
aould be.
And then, with the bright gleaming of
a great joy, and the blessed dreamt of
happy promise, making jubilant the feast,
the assembled company set to work of
teatina the excellence of the duly commis
sioned and accredited Weddin" Gooso.
HALF A MILE UNDEU GROUND.
THlill.LlNQ AIVENTL'KUS IX COLOUAIK.
From an Arizona Letter.
.Tamos White, Henry Strole and Cap
tain Baker, of the late confederate armv,
F ft Colorado City, May 27, 1SG7, nn f.,o'',
with two pack mules to carry provision,
tools and blankets, for the purpose of
prospecting in the San Juan valley f..r
gold. 'Alter several weeks travel they
struck the San Juan river ; but, not find
ing sufficient promise in the sands, went
westward, and at length reached Grand
river, the banks of which were high.
Both men and animals suffered for water,
and it was a day before they couIJ reach
the stream which dashed and foamed in
the canon. The next morning ( August
24th.) they ascended, and were suddenly
assailed by guu shots from a band of In
dians. Baker fell tat the fire, taring,
"Hoys, Favo yourselves." But hia com
rades fought until he was dead, and then
they retreated down into the canon.
The consultation whkih ensued resulted
in the decision to go down the river, since
to go back was almost sure death from
Indians. So they abandoned the mules
andtravcled down the stream for rive miles.
On each side rose the the cold sandstone
walls, two thousand feet high, and they
waited for dark, when onlj' for a single
ho ir in th, Hny did I lie; sum bl.'uui into the
chasm. They found driftwood, and made
a raft of tticks and cottonwood, lashing
them together with mule ropes, and then
fastening on their provisions, floated on
in the almost Tartarean darkness of that
vc ude:ful guK-h. Through the long night
they clung to the raft, as it dashed against
rocks or whiiled in eddies. At laft day
light came, and with it a smoother cur
rent. They made a landing, ale some of
their water soaked provisions, and
strengthened the raft with ce'ar stick?.
Then they embarked, and toward after
noon cam to the junction where Green
and Grand rivers unite from the Colora
do. At the junction the river is about 740
feet in width, aud the walls on either side
were nearly a mile high. Above was
only to be seen a narrow strip of sky ;
while the cedxrs that srood upon the edge
of the canon seemed no larger than weed;
and detached oinnacles rose vet hi"her as
monuments to memorize the mutiny of
mighty waters. Down they floated in
the great canon ; in the daylight, made
brief by the shutting out of the sun, they
endeavored to avoid the rocks which op
posed them, and at night they drew to the
foot of the huge wall and stayed till morn
ing. They could not go back, and so
they floated on, hoping to reach Calville.
Four days had passed, when, on the 28th
of August, an ominous roar ahead was
heard, the current became more rapid, a
sharp bend was turned, and a foaming
waterfall was seen. Nothinjr could pre
vent the raft going over. Then Strole
stood up with hLs pole iu his bands, while
White clung to the logs. The raft leaped
down into the waters, and White heard
the last shriek of his companion, who had
been cast off into the seething torrent ;
with turned head he beheld through the
mist and spray his comrade's form toss
for a moment in the boiling water, and
then sink.
Remembering this, and not knowing
wuai yei to expect in mat terrible fissure
of the earth, the walls of which were now
as much as 7,000 feet in heitrht. and
seemed to meet almost, arid keeping out
an ox tne upper earth, except the narrow
eat ribbon of the blue sky. White tied
himself to the raft, and strengthened the
lashings. All the provisions and arms
had been lost in going over the waterfall,
and after that came a succession of rapid s,
blocked up by the masses of rocks over
which the raft was driven and tumbled,
nnd sometimes completely submeiged. In
one of these the logs composing the raft
became separated at the upper end and
spread out fanwise ; but White after being
thrown into the water, regained his place
and fastened them. Shortly afterwards he
reached the mouth of the C.l rado Chiqui
to, which joins the Colorado propor at
right angles, and creates a small cd 1y or
whirlpool. In this whirling of waters,
White, clinging desparately to the raft,
was tosed to and fro for hours, and onlv
when almost ' unconscious, founl that ho
had been released from the grasp of the
liquid arms, and was once more floating
down between the lofty perpendicular
walls.
Four days had passed since he had
tasted food. Nothing had be seen but the
foaming water, the blank bare walls, and
the thread of ky above. For more than
a week he had been at the bottom of a
trench a mile in depth. Exhausted and
hungered, he even sought to suck his own
blood, but the aspect of his shriveled,
blistered aim frightened him. It was
then that he came by a flat atrip of shore
with bushes growing on it. Here bo
stopued, devoured some green leaves and
pods, and again resumed his journey. On
the eleventh day he was taken on shore
by some Yampias Indians, who would
probably have killed him had not one of
them interfered and protected him. This
humane savago gave the vyager meat
and roasted mezquite beans to eat, and
after a short rest White tottered to his
raft and Moated downward.
Three days afterward ho was aroused
Irom stupor by voices. Strong arms wera
thrown about him, and bearded faces
looked pityingly upon him. He was
tendod und oared for by the Mormot3 of
this place, and, wish his strong C'-'iistitu-
t:on, soon regained health, and has now
no desire to lavo the pot where good
Samaritans ministered unto him. He is
in good health and doing w?il, aod does
uot wish to reuew his experiences.
Then ami Now Before the Revolu
tion, when the mail between New York
and FhiUdelpbia was transmitted once a
week, and occupied two days in travel,
and coming down to the period of twenty
years ago, the transportation of news was
a slow process. News that the Stamp
Act was repealed in England on the lSth
of March, 177o, was received in Fhiladel
phia on the 20th of May, in the same
year, having been eight weeks in crossing
the ocean. The battles of Lexington and
Concord were fought on the lSih of
April, 1775. It was not until the 24th,
six days afterward, that imperfect intelli
gence of those engagements arrived in
Philadelphia. On th 19th of October,
1 81, Cornwalis surrendered to Washing
ton at York town ; but the papers at
Philadelphia did not receive the, n.ows, br
special aid de camp until November 24.
On the 24 of December, 1814, the Treaty
of Ghent wa3 signed. At the present
time we might know of such an event ou
the day upon which it transpired. Even
the ocean steamship service, had it existed
in 1841 ui it docs now, milit hare lr't
the intelligence across the water in time
to have prevented, by the assistance of
land telegraphs, the battle of New Or
leans, which was fought fifteen days af
terward. But news of that treaty was not
received in this country until the 12th of
February, 1815. Even in Philadelphia,
the news of the battle, of the 8th of Janu
ary was unknown until February Stb, an
interval of nearly a month.
A Canine Vedette In the province
of Naples, Italy, recently, a detachment,
of cavalry having arrival about daybreak
at a small wood in which they had reasou
to believe a number of bandits were con
cealed, observed a little dor?, which harl
been evidently placed on the watch, rise
up and bar tuuousjy, at the sawa time
running about in all direction. The sol
diers, perceiving that the animul was giv
ing the alarm, hastened forward, but only
found in the interior of the wood traces
of the recent departure of the party of
which they were iu search. The officei in
command, vexed at missing an important
capture, drew his pistol aodj fired at the
four-footed sentinel, which, with a howl,
rolled over on its back and lay for a time
completely motionless. The squadron con
tinued its march, but a quarter of an hour
later, when one of the men, happening to
turn round, observed the same dog they
had juht before left for dead on the ground,
dodging about behind the trees in the rear,
as if to watch them. The animal was
captured, and found not to have a hair
touched by the shot fired at it ; it had
evidently feigned death in order to be able
to continue its functions of vedette. The
prisoner's life wan not only preserved, but
the captive was admitted into the regi
ment to render service in discovering the
haunts of it3 former masters.
A Tail of a Dog No durg to love,
none to Larcss, how can I ever my sad
ness express? Chunk is defunct, ded as
a nale hushed is his barkin and rtill is
bis talc Oh! such a tale, while on the
end, oft did he chase it with wiggla and
bend, chase it with hop twistiog around,
till overcome he reposed on the ground
now he's ekstinct ded us a nale, where am
his bark and the wag of Lis tail? In
dreams alone, poor Chunk I see, wiggling
his milk or else scrHtching a flea 'tis but
a dream, waking I weep, for under two
feet of ground does he aep. O ! butiful
purp, onst full of pla. Haven't I fed you
day after day I given you milk, given you
bread, given you many a pat on the bead !
Now you're ekstinct, ded as a nale, where
am the bark and the wag of your tale ?
No dorg to love, none to karcas, vainly I
strive the sad teaia to repress. . "Why
did you die l" widli I toorne was it from
pizon or s wallet iu a bone ? No waga
tale, no bcarain eye answers a question or
gives a rcpli. Was it a fit; stoppage of
breath eating 2 much the t-ad cause of
your death ? Still i ot a word, ded as a
nale, dim is hia eye, stilled forever his
tale.