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I U A. M'l'JKE, Editor and PublUner.
HK IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALU ARB SLAVES BESIDE.
Teriuw, $2 per year In advance.
VOLUME 3.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 18G9.
.NUMBER 46.
m. FILL TRADE. 1809.
I am now prepared to offer
SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS
TO CAHH rUIiCHASKRS OF
Til SHEET-IRON & EOFfIR IAHE
ifl KITH KR AT
WHOLESALE OK RETAIL.
jlj itock consists in part of every variety of
Tlu, Sheet-Iron,
COPPER AND BRASS WARES,
BSAMKU.KD AND I'l.AIN
fiUCE-PAKS. BOILERS &c,
rAITOTT'TTT)7!C'IHTri II A HT
" WARE OF EVERY KIND.
Kprai'a Ant i-Oust
HEATING and COOKING STOVES,
FXCFLSIOR COOKING STOVES.
NOBLE.TKIUMni and PARCOR COOK
ING STOVES,
lj.tiv Co.ikine Stove desired I will eret
!.i.n r.Wed Bt manufacturer's nrices.
0 id Stove l'lates ar.d Grates, &c, for re-
liiirc on hand tor the stoves 1 bell ; others
ill b ordered when wanted. Particular
attention given to
Scouting, Valleys and Conductors,
i which will be made out of best roato
f.slt and put up by competent workmen.
Lamp Burners, Wick and Chimneys
WHOLESALE Oil 11 ETA 1 1
I wiuM call particular attention to the Light
Hise Burner, with Glass Ome, for giving
rail litflit than any other in use. Also, the
Paragon Burner, for Crude Oil.
SrENCEIVS 81FTCR!
It recctnaiends itself.
'JGAR KETTLES AND CAULDRONS
of all liccs constantly on hand.
Special attention given to
Jobbing in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron.
at lowest possible rates.
WlIOLtSALE MlKCHANTS' LlSTS
U ru1v, and will be sent on application
by mail or in per a jo.
Hoping to nee all my old customers and
: uny Bew ones this Spring, I return my
ptncere tLanks for the very liberal pa
'iaa'e I have already received, and will
'-nvvir to pleas all who may call, wheth-
'.y buy or not.
FRANCIS V. HAY.
.rt..wn. Mnrrh 7. 1867.
rtit.AT Rkdl'ctiox ix Price !
TO CASH MYERS!
I at thi: i:ui:siuiiG
1
E5l'SE-FCRMSniiG STORE.
Lit- HmVrsijned respectfully iniorms the
-zeds of Elemburg and the public gener
y tLat he ha made a great reduction in
" to CASH BUYERS. My stock will
it in .,.Jrf r c.i.:..- n ...i j u..j
Jf- t .V'f.i.. . f (l.. ... - l.: i.. . w: .
Tirt v-ry description, of my own mau
'jUcture ; Hardtcare of all kind, such as
S'-'Cka, Sciewis, Butt Hinges, Table Hinges,
"il utt-! Hinge, Bolts, In-n and Nails, Win
'f Glas. Putty, Table Kuives and Forks,
Carving Knives and Forks, Meat Cutters,
Apple Parers, Pen and Pocket Knives in
Teat variety. Scissors. Shears, Razors and
irops Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, Coring
acbtnes. Augers, Chisses, Planes, Cbm
., Squares, Files, (asps. Anvils, Vises
f reaches. Rip, Panel and Cross-Cut Saws'
ii. of all kinds. Shovels, Spades, Scythes
f-1 Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Bells,
If La"U 1V8 Wax Bristles. Clothes
I'-nzcrt,. Grind Stones. Patent Molasses
fwd Measures. Lumlier Sticks, Horse
Uor,e Shoes. Cast Steel, Rifles. Shot
jana, Revolvers. Pistols. Cartridges. Pow
r. Cap, Lead. Src , Odd Stove Plates,
;tea and Fire Bricks. Well and Cistern
-Xmim and TnViin. ir..,. j o 1 1?
r of all kind ; Wooden atul Ulllow Ware
6'i variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps,
h Oil, Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating
V Tar' Glassware, Paints, Varnish
turpentine. Alcohol. &c.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
" a lea, Coffee, Sugars, Molasses, Syr
'. S,iCt-s, Dried Peaches, Dried Apples,
''. H'niinv. Crackpra Rir iwl PArl
f'KS; Paint. Whitewash, Scrub, Horse,
W !Uslin?. Varnish, Stove. ClWhes and
pa Bntshes, all kinds and sifes ; Bed
H and Manilla Ropes, and many other
it the lowest rates for CASH.
Ze sPutin9 made, painted and put
low rates for cash. A liberal discount
r? country dealers buying Tinware
4-1. . WW. II UiN IL1E1X
burg, Feb. 28, 1867.-tf.
fiEORGE W. YEAGER,
Who, Retail Dealer la
fATWB AND COOK STOVES
0P EVERY DESCRIPTION,
AID SBEET-IROS WARE
0pBlS OWN MANUFACTURE,
iGERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING
lDd U other work in his line.
"ia Street, near Caroline Street,
ALTOOSA, PA,
in the city having the right to
'COO JTrned "BARLEY SHEAF"
, K S 1 OVE. the most perfect
t0'plete and aatisfactory
Move ever introduced
the public.
CK 'e. - Prices Low.
liTIFACTION GUARANTEED.
II OMAS OAKLAND
WIIOLE8ALE DEALER IN
GROCERIES 3 QUEENSWARE,
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
STATIONERY AND NOTIONS,
FISE SILT. SHEAR HID MEATS,
11 A CO V, FLOUR,
FEED AND PROVISIONS,
NO. 13C VIRGINIA STREET,
Between Julia and Caroline, - ALTOONA.
All such goods as Spices. Brushes, Wood
and Willow Ware, Shoe Blacking and Station
ery will be sold lrom manufacturer's printed
price lists, and all other good in my line at
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Pitts
burgh current prices. To dealers 1 present the
peculiar advantage of saving them all freight
and drayage, as they are not required to pay
fieights from the principal cities and no dray
age charges are made. Dealers may rest as
sured that my goods are of the best qualitv and
my prices as moderate as city rates. By doing
a fair, upright business, and by promptly and
satisfactorily filling all orders, I hope to'merit
the patronage ot retail dealers and others in
Cambria county and elsewhere. Orders re
spectfully solicited and satisfaction guaranteed
in all cases. THOMAS OAKLAND.
Altooaa, July 29. 18G9.-tf.
OF PITTSBURGH, PA.,
ISORPORATED FOR THE SAKK KEKPIVO OK
BONDS AND OTHER SECURITIES I
KO. 83.FOIKTH AYE.ME.
GUARANTEE RATES.
FoR a tear or
1-kss rmioi.
Govern trem and all other
other )
. iu SI
Coupon Securities, in SI 00 per $1,000
eluding Bank Bills,. .
Gold Coiu or Bulliou, 125 " 1.000.
Silver Coin or Bullion, SOU " 1,000.
Silver or Gold Plate, un- ")
der seal, on owner's es- j
timateof full value. and 'f I 00 " 100.
rate subject to adjusttn't j
for bulk, on a basis of..
Deeds. Mortgages and Valuable Papers gen
erally, when of no fixed value, $1 a year each,
or according to bulk.
Wills, to, which premium covers the remain
der of the life of the maker.
The Company is also prepared to rent small
Iron Sales, (each furnished with a Tin Box,)
ii.side its Burglar Proof Vault, the Renter ex
clusively holding the key thereof, at the fol
lowing rates, viz : $15, J2 J.$.'10. $(0, $75 ami
$100 per annum. Alo, to Store Book- of Ac
couut. Records, Valuable Title Papers, A c, at
reasonable rates. No charge less than 1.
President WILLIAM PHILLIPS.
Vice President HENRY LLOYD.
Dirf-ctor8 Wii. Phillips. Hcnbt Llotd,
Wst. Rka, Wm. M. Lvo.n, Jamks I Bkn.nett,
Byron H. Painter. Jos S. Mokcison, Georok
Black, Cuans G. Hcsset.
Secretary and Trersurer S. F. Von Bonn
HORbT. I Pittsburgh, Sept. a0. 18ti9 -3m
THE 6REAT PACIFIC RAILROAD
IS F I S I SUED!
First Mortgage Bonds
OF THE
UNION AJD CENTRAL
PACIFIC RAILROADS
BOUCHT AND SOLD.
DE HAVEN & BROTHER,
Bankers and Dealers in Governments,
Xo. 40 S. Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
'Poor women are on every side, and orphans
cry for bread, because husbands and fa
thers lived and died uninsured. "
AMERICAN
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Organized 18SO.
Alex. Wan.LDix.Pres . . Joux S. Wilson, Sec
All policies non forfeitable. All policies are
payable at death or 80 years of age.
Economy in management. Care in the selec
tion of risks, PaoMPTN'k'Sj in the payment of
death claims, and Security in the investment
of ita immense funds, are rigidly adhered to and
hare always characterized this Company.
J. FRANK" CONDON,
special Agent.
Nor. 11, 1869,-lv.
F
OREIGN" SHIPPING
AND
EXCHANGE OFFICE.
WE ARE NOW SELLING EXCHANGE
AT NEW YORK RATES, ON
England, Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, Germany, Prussia,
Austria, Bavaria, Wurteniberg,
Baden, Hessen, Saxony,
Hanover, Belgium, Switzerland,
Holland, Norway and France.
And Tickets to and from any Port in
England, Ireland, Scotland,
Germany, France, California,
New South Wales or Australia.
KERR & CO.
Altoona, Ta, Jan. 31, 1867.
MY WIFE'S ORIDAL TO US.
BY MOSK SKINNER.
When I married my second wife she
was dreadful set up about going off on a
bridal tour. I told ber she bad better
wait six months or a year, and I'd try to
go with her, but she said she'd rather go
alone when a woman was traveling a
man was an out and-out humbug.
So I gave her seventy-five cents and
told her to go off and have a good time.
I never begrudge money when my wife's
happiness is concerned. My first wife
never could complain of cot going any
where's, for I'm dreadful fierce to go off
on a good time myself, and always was
I don't pretend to say how many times I
took her out to see the engine squirt and
therejwas no end to the free lectures I let
her go to. The neighbors used to say :
'It does beat all how ihe Skinners do r;o!"
When Signor Blitz was in Slunkviile
with his wonderful canaries he gave my
wife a complimentary ticket. I not only
sold that ticket for my wife, but I gave
her half the money. I don't boast of it,
though ; I only mention it (o show how
inuth I thought of my wife's happiness.
I don't think any man ought to get
married until he can consider his wife's
happiness only second to his own. John
Wise, a neighbor of mine, did thusly, and
when I got married 1 coucluded I'd do
like Wise.
Hut the plan didn't work in the case of
my second wife. No, I should say not.
I broached the subject kindly.
"Matilda," I said, "I suppose you arc
aware that I am jour lord and master."
"Not much you ain't," said she,
"Mrs. Skinner," I replied, "you are
fearfully demoralized. You need reor
ganizing at once. You are cranky."
And I brandished -my new sixty two cent
cotton umbrella wildly around her. .
She took the umbrella away from me
and locked me up in tbe clothes press.
I am quick to draw an inference, and
the inference I here drew was, that as a
reorganizer of female women I am not a
success.
After this I changed my tactics I let
her have her own way, and the plan work
ed to a charm from the very lirst. It's
the best way of managing a wife that I
know of.
So when my wife said she was bound
to go off on a bridal tour anyhow, I cor
dially assented.
"Go, Matilda," said I, "and stay as
long as j'ou want to ; then if you feel as
though you would like to stay a little
while longer, stay, my dear, stay."
She told me to stop talking and go up
staits and get her red flannel night cap
and that bag of penny-royal for ber Auut
Abigail.
My wife is a vety smart woman. She
was a Uaxter, and the Haxters are a very
smart family indeed. Her mother, who
is going on eighty, can fry more slapjacks
now than half those pimped-up city girls
who rattle on the piano, or else walk the
Streets with their furbelows and fixings,
pretending to be mad if a young fellow
looks at 'em pretty hard, but getting mad
in earnest if you don't take any notice of
them at all.
Ah ! girls ain't what they used to be
when I was young, and the fellows are
woree still. When I went courting, for
instance, I never thought of staying till
after ten o'clock, and only went twice a
week. Now they go seven nights in a
week, and cry because there ain't eight.
Then they write touching notes to each
other during the day. "Dear George, do
you love me as much now as you did at
a quarter past twelve last night ? Say
you do, dearest, and it will give me cour
age to go down to dinner and tackle them
cold beans left over from yesterday."
Well, well, I suppose they enjoy them
selves, and it ain't for us old folks, whose
hearts have got a little calloused by long
wear, to interfere. Let them get together
and court, if they like it and I think
they do. I was forty-seven when I court
ed my prepent wife, but it seemed just as
nice to sit on a little cricket at her feet
and let her smooth my hair, as it did thirty
years ago.
As I said before, my wife is a very
smart woman, but she couldn't be any
thing else and be a Baxter. She used to
give lectures on Woman's Rights, and in
one place where she lectured a big college
conferred the title of LL. D, upon her.
l?ut she wouldn't take it. "No, gentle
men," said she, "give it to the poor."
She was always just so charitable. She
gave ray boys permission to go barefooted
all winter, and insisted on it so much in
her kind way that they couldn't refuse.
She fairly doted on my children ; and
I've seei her many a time go to their
trowsers pockets and take out their pen
nies, after they'd got to sleep, and put
them in her bureau drawer, for fear they
might lose them.
I started to tell you about my wife's
bridal tour, but the fact is I never could
find out much about it myself. I believe
she had a good time. She came back
improved in health, and I found out, be
fore she'd been in' the house twenty-four
hours, that she'd gained io strength also.
I don't say how I found it out ; I simply
say I found it out.
In conclusion, I would say to all young
men : Marry your second wife first, and
keep out of debt even if you have to bor
row money to do it.
A HUM AX TIC ITKLiDIXG.
One of the most pleasant incidents ot
Thanksgiving day in Columbus was the
marriage of a lady and gentleman who
had not seen each other for twenty years
until Wednesday last, and whose story of
love and respect certainly comes up to
that point where truth becomes more won
derful than fiction. The gentleman, who
is over seventy years of age, was a former
resident of Urbana, but is now a resident
of "South Bend, Indiana. The lady was
much younger, had been twice married,
and was for the second time a widow.
She had been well acquainted with the
old gentleman who became ber husband
on Thursday, when she was a girl and as
she grew to womanhood. At that time
he loved her, but as she married the man
of her choice, and a very good man, too,
he gave her up, moved away from the lo
cality, and in time married. He succeed
ed well in life, acquired considerable pro
perty, and his matried life was a happy
one, ending, however, in deep sorrow and
gloom with the death of his wife. This
wife had known of her husband's early
love, and the subject was much talked
over among bis intimate friends wife and
friends joining in a general desire to see
the woman who for so long a time had
retained an influence over a thorough
going business man. After the death of
his wife be closed up his house and estab
lished himself in rooms at a hotel.
During the past year the lady in the
case buried her second husband. Shortly
after his death she was called to Indian
apolis on business, and her family being
well known she was brought in contact
with a great many people from different
parts of Indiana. Among these were
some of her old-time acquaintances, who
carried a statement of her case to the lover
of the olden time. This lover, now a
gray haired old man, wrote at once to her,
tendering her his assistance in some law
case that was giving ber mudli anxiety
and trouble, expressing the greatest re
spect for her character and asking the
privilege of visiting her. In due time he
came to this city, but she was absent.
He returned home and wrote her a formal
proposal of marriage, telling the story of
his early and expressing for her the ten
derest regard.
This was considered by the lady, and
while the matter vva3 under consideration
she was twice visited by a nephew of the
old gentleman, who urged his uncle's suit
and answered her objections.
She had loved too earnestly her husband
and had seen too much of hard practical
life to have romantic notions now, and
she stated the case plainly that although
she had always respected phe bad never
loved the man, and had no desire to mar
ry him. The matter, however, was talked
over, the gentleman pressed his suit, and
finally the negotiations ended in the ac
ceptance of his proposition by the lady.
It was arranged that tbey should be
married in this city. On Wednesday the
lady arrived at a friendly house, where
she expected to find her intended husbund.
The trains were all delayed and he did not
get in until evening. He established his
headquarters at the United States Hotel,
and after due preparation proceeded to call
on his ''first love." There was some em
barrassment at the first meeting. The
two bad not seen each other for twenty
years, and those had been years that had
left great changes marked in each. The
lady saw a tall, portly, good humored,
gray haired man, and the gentleman saw
a woman who, notwithstanding her sor
rows and trials in life, was still a superior
woman in look and manner.
During the call it was arranged that
the ceremony should take place on Thurs
day, and that they should leave at once
for his home in the West. A license was
procured, the old gentleman expressing
himself to the Probate Judge as being
much obliged for the kindness shown him
in not having him swear to his age.
They were married on Thursday at 3
o'clDck, Rev. G. W. Phillips officiating.
There were only a few intimate friends
present, the majority of them ladies par
ticularry interested in the good fortune of
the bride. These all kissed the bride in
presenting their compliments after the cer
emony. The old gentleman walched this
nianoeuver with much interest, and when
all had thus expressed their good feelings
and best wishes, the newly made husband
bent himself cavalierly toward the lady,
who was now his bride, and asked if it
would not be in accordance with the strict
rules of propriety and her wishes for him
to ker.' She expressed herself favorably,
and the lover of thirty years touched his
lips to her forehead as hesitatingly as a
bashful young lover, and this was the
"first kiss."
After dinner the newly married pair
left for their home at South Bend, where
it is the hope and belief of all that they
will live happily. Columbus (O ) State
Journal.
A man and bis wife stopped at a St,
Louis hotel, where codfish balls were le
gal tender. He broke one, smelt of it,
and thus addressed the partner of his
stomach : "Matilda don't eat them dough
nuts. Something has crawled into this
one and died "
"Tiik blessed man that preached for
us last Sunday," said Mrs. Partington,
"served the lord for Thirty years ; first as
a circus-rider, then as a locuet preacher,
and last as an exhauster."
A FORTWE JLOST.
THE PKIflLB OK INVESTING IN MINING STOCKS
A RKMAKKAKI.E STOKY OK HKAL
LIFE IN NEW IIAMPSUIUE.
Ever since the writer was a mere boy
he has heard "the March place," in Green
land, spoken of as the most magnificent
country seat in the state, if not in New
England. Located in a beautiful town,
with handsomely laid out and well kept
grounds, with proad and fertile lands,
with enormous sheds and barns filled with
the choicest cattle, a raro old mansion on
whose surroundings no expense of art has
been spared with noble trees among whose
branches cool breezes rustle amid the heat
of summer, it even seemed to us that Croe
sus himself could nut have been more
happy than the owner of this dwelling.
The mansion was furnished iu almost
regal luxury. Enormous sums had been
lavished on elegant furniture, rich hang
ings, mirors, bronzes and rarities of all
kinds that art could flourish or a cultiva
ted taste suggest. The larder, ever well
filled, presented a variety that would have
satisfied the fastfdioua palate of Ergasihis,
nor were rare wines lacking to complete
the equal feast. The attractions were not
enjoyed by the happy owner alone. His
hand was ever open and his hospitality,
that classic virtue, unbounded. Public
men, and others not unknown to fame,
enjoyed it. The late ex-President Pierce
was a frequent and favored guest. A
room was always set apart for his special
use, and years a0 was fitted up expressly
for his occupancy, at a cost of about 3,
000. But a few weeks since, Franklin
Pierce spent several days there.
Colonel Clement March, the possessor
of this splendid establishment, seemed the
very favorite of fortune. Some years
since, an uncle living in New York left
him about $150,000, and while living at
his ease on this sum, word c.-mie that he
was again an heir, by the death of his
brother, to another cool hundred thousand.
Soon after these fortunnate dispensations,
he was again an heir to an estate of an
other uncle at Madeira, amounting to
nearly two millions. This seemed to con
vince the Colonel that fortune had indeed
"showed him its kindly hand," but in an
evil hour, copper stocks and silver mines
seemed like serpents to charm his fancy.
Aided by the macninations of interested
parties in New York ond Philadelphia, he
was led to investments of large amounts,
which dame rumor says caused his pres
ent embarrassment and recent sacrifice of
all that the law could reach.
To-day the estate, valued at $2,500,
000, is bankrupt. We have already no
ted the transfer of many articles of value
to the wealthy men of Portsmouth, for a
mere song, compared with their real value.
Everything has been sold under the ham
mer, aun the neeting cnaracter oi ncnes
is again a text in the mouths of those who
are ever ready to "point a moral ana
adorn a tale." The gorgeous rooms, grand
even in their desolation, with gilt and fres
co, are without an occupant, The con
clusion we extract from the 1 ortsmoutb
Times:
"The claims made against him were in
behalf.of some of the more distant lega
cies, which it was said were never paid,
although to-day many are of the opinion
that $100,000 is not all that was left of
the estate. Rumor says he had the pru
dence to invest in foreign bonds, where
the merciless hand of the law could not
reach it, and where, in case of an evil day,
he could fall back and enjoy the remain
der of his days.
"Various are the stories afloat, and we
give them for what they are worth. All
we know is that these deserted halls speak
in eloquent tones of the dangers in specu
lations in stocks that have no tangible
value. All around is a scene of desola
tion. The enormous barns and cattle
sheds that contained the fine herds are de
serted ; the stable, where were kept the
horses for riding, for hunting, and for the
use of the farm, is depleted, and naught
remains. In the model houses for swine
and poultry, not a grunt or a cackle can
be heard, and the tall pines seem, as they
sway in the breeze, to sing a requiem of
departed days." Concord Patriot.
A Vert Slow Pkockssion. When
the city of Lawrence, Kansas, was first
laid out, the sidewalks was quite narrow,
and the citizens, with their New England
taste, and for the sake of the ahade, plant
ed trees along the borders. In process of
time, convinced of the inconvenience of
this arrangement, the authorities widened
the walks, but did not remove the trees,
so that they occupied a row in the mid
dle. Now it so happened that an indi
vidual who had remained out until a late
hour, and imbibed so freely that in at
tempting to retura home he lurched to and
fro like a ship in a gale, was brought up
standing by one of the trees, which he
mistook for a wayfarer, when he thus ex
pressed himself : "Hick ! Beg pardon
sir, hic ; assure you, sir, uninten hie
tional." But soon he ran against another
supposed individual, when the same apol
ogy was repeated, and ere long another.
He then betook himself to the fence, and
supported himself by holding on to the
top rail. In this position be was overta
ken by an acquaintance, who inquired
what he was standing thero for at such a
time of night. "Hick was wait'nj"
said he, ""for thut darned proc.ssion to
puss.'
Cases of Mistaken Identity.
An unknown woman who died at Belle
vue Hospital, in New York, was taken
to the Morgue and placed on a slab for
recognition. A casual visitor recognized
the corpse as that of her friend, Mrs.
Anne McCaffrey. Subsequently two mar
ried daughters of Mrs McCaffrey identi
fied the body as that of their mother.
They were permitted to remove the body,
and it was buried at their expense in
Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. McCaffrey
herself, however, turned up alive and well,
and disputed in her own proper person the
evidence of her two mistaken daughters.
Questions of identity arise in legal pro
ceedings, both civil and criminal, where
they are of great importance. A case
occurred at the West, several years ago,
where a large estate was obtained by a
returned profligate son who bere upon his '
person very peculiar marks. After the
young man had been for some time in the
enjoyment of his inheritance, however,
another claimant turned up, having the
very same marks of identity, and thepeo
ple were much divided in opinion as to
which was the true son and which was
ihe imposter.
Old residents in New York will remem
ber the murder case of John C Colt, who
was convicted of the murder of Adams.
He belonged to a rich family," and great
efforts were made to obtain a pardon or a
commutation of his sentence. Mr. Sew
ard, who wag then Governor, was immo
vable. Just before the arrival of the hour
of execution Cole was reported to have
been found dead, by his own hand, in his
eell. Many people always believed that
the corpse which was shown was not that
of Ci If, but that he had been spirited
away to a place of safety and the bsdy of
another man substituted in his place.
In 1850, on the trial of John W. Web
ster, in Boston for the rr.u-der of Dr.
Parkman, Mr. Robert G Shaw, an emi
nent Boston merchant, and brother-in-law
to Dr. Parkman, testified that be identi
fied the mutilated remains found in Web
ster's laboratory as those of his missing
relative by a peculiar mark on one of his
limbs. But on the other hand, several
creditable witnesses appeared for the de
fence and swore positive to having seen
Dr. Parkman alive at a time considerably
later thnn he could possibly have been
alive it Dr. etsler hHrt kulett Mm at ine
time stated. The confession of Dr. Web
ster, however, proved that all lhe?o wit
nesses were in error, and that they must
have mistaken some other person for Dr.
Parkman, although their testimony had
been very positive.
We could go on almost indefinitely, re
calling equally curious cases for mistaken
identity.
"Let Him Squkat" The beautiful
town of Manchester, Vermont, so pleas
antly situated at the foot of Equinox
mountain, is celebrated for two very fine
hotels, the Vanderbilt and Equinox ; also,
of less pretentions, the Vermont House,
kept at the time of my story, by George
St e. Rallying him one day on hia
ability to hear or not to hear, he told me
under promise of never telling, the fol
lowing stor' :
When a joung man, he worked on a
farm for a stingy old farmer in an adjoin-,
ing town. On leaving him a ballance of
two dollars was due George for wages.
Having called repeatedly for his money,
the old man always had some excuse for
not paying. A sow of the old man's had
a litter of pigs consisting of four ; one of
them, which is generally the case, being
a small runt, as tbey call them. George
told the old man that he would take a
pig for Ihe money ; the old man said he
might have the small one. George jump
ed into the pen, and seized the largest
pig. The old man shouted :
"Take the small one !"
"Let him squeal," said George ; I can
hold him,"
Old man excited :
"Take the small one !'
"I'll risk his biting ;" replied George.
Old man, desperate, and as loud as he
could bellow :
"Take the small one!"
"L't him squeal ; I can hold him," au
swered George.
"Take him along, you oeaT cuss, I
can't make you hear anything."'
George carried off his pig in triumph.
A Consoled Widowek. A thort time
since an old man, at Corfe-Mullen, Eng
land, had the niisfostune to lose his wife,
and in proof of his otfection for her whom
he had sworn at the altar to love and cher
ish through life, he performed the last 6ad
office in his power lor her remains, by
himself making the coffin. The funeral
took place a few days afterwards, and
when the inconsolable widower went to
the clerk of Canford parish to pay the
expenses, he stated, amid the tears that
rolled down his cheeks in great profusion,
that to save time he might, perhaps, as
well do two things at the same time as
one, now he was there. The clerk looked
somewhat amazed, wondering what the
two things were, when the old man in
formed him that he would pay for the
banns being published of marriage to a
second wife. TLo fact in, he had fallen
in love with the woman who had refused
his first love. The reason he gave for his
haste in contracting a second marriage
was, that the cherry season was coming
on, end he had no one el.-e to keep tha
birds from his cherry tfees.
LCGLXU OF A MUSKET.
Mark Twain tells the following story
related by a fellow passenger, who being
bantered at hia timidity, said he had never
bven scared since he loaded an old Queen
Anna musket for his father, whereupon
he gave the following.:
"Yon see the old man was trying to
teach me to shoot beasts that tore up tba
young corn and things, so that I could ba
of some use about the farm, because I
wasn't big enough to do much. My gun
was a single shot gun, and the old man
carried an old Queen Anna musket that
weighed a ton, made a report like a thun-der-clap
and kicked like a mule. Tba
old man wanted me to shoot the musket
sometimes but I was afiaid One day
though I ot her down, and so I took her
to the hired man and asked him how t
load her, because it was out in the field.
Hiram said :
"Do you see those marks on the stock
an X and a V on each side of tha
Queen's Crown. Well, that means tea
balls and five slugs thi.t's her load."
"But how much powder !
'Oh, it don't matter, put in three or
four handfulls."
So I loaded her up that way, and it
was an awful charge I had sense enough
to see that, and started out. I leveled
her on a pood many black-birds ; but
every time 1 went to pull the trigger, I
shut my eyes and winked. I was afraid
of her Lick. Towards sundown I fetched
up at the house, and there was the old
man resting on the porch."
'Been out hunting bave you I"
"Yes, sir."
"What did you kill ?'
"I didn't kill anything, sir; I dido't
shoot her of; was afraid the would kick."
I knew blamed well 6he would.
"Gim me that gun," the old man said,
as mad as sin.
And he took aim at a sapling on the
other side of the road, and I began to
drop back out of danger. And the next
moment I heard an earthquake, and the
Q leen Anne whirling end over end in the
air, and the old man whirling round and
round on one heel, with one leg up and
both hands on his jaw, and the bark flying
from the sapling like as if there was a
bail storm The old man's jaw turned
black and blue and lie had to lay up for
three d iys Cholera, nor anything else,
can scare me the way I was scared that
time.
A Sthange Stokt. A very strange
and !most incredible story is lold by a
respectable and reliable citizen' of Bjw
Lake Village, StralFurd, New Hampshire.
Tnis gentleman caught a common striped
turtle m short time since, and at the re
quest of the school-teacher took out the
heart, which is u curiosity, from the fact
that it seems to retain signs of life for
days after bing taken from the body of
the turtle. The heart was pierced with a
needle and otherwise experimented with,
afier which it was thrown out, and unn of
Mr. XV A Iron's hens was seen to swallow
it- A few days after, Mrs, Wwldron
broke a number of eggs, and in the centre
of one of them found the turtle's her.
At that moment the called her bur-band
and one or two other persons, all of whom
saw and identified it. It is a curious
question how this seemingly living piece
of flesh came in ibis egg. The truth of
this story is vouched for by numbers of
reliable citizens.
Dki.igiiteix Effects of Habit.
Habit is a funny thing. We have all
heard ihe story of the man who slept
above a baker's oven for twenty years,
then changed his lodgings, but had to go
back to the oven pefore he could sleep,
A case illuslratsn the same principle re
cently occurred in Ohio. A city man,
accustomed to lodge on one of the noisiest
streets visited a country friend. Too
much quiet destroyed his rest at night.
His friend felt for his distress, and said ha
would try and relieve it. Accordingly he
went to a neighbor's and produced a brass
drum, which he had beat under the fel
low's bedroom window, and had his boy
run a squeaking wheelborrow up and
down on the porch, while hia wife played
on the piano, and bis servant girl pounded
on the chamber door with the tongs. In
this manner the sufferer was enabled to
get a few hours of quite refreshing sleep,
though it was hard on the family.
"Can't Yoc Let Him Stake?-' Not
a hundred miles from Chicago, in the ru
ral "burg" of Dundee, lives an ancient
widow lady who has a lout of a son about
twenty-four years of age, who, like the
man's son, "is a darned smart boy, but
don't know anything." Not long sir.ee
the old lady was taken sick and lay at the
point of death. Feeling her end approach
ing, she called her son to her bedside t
give him her parting counsel. Abe sto d
with open mouth, apparently swallowing
every word, seemingly with good results.
"Abram," said the old lady in the course
of her exhortation, "here I lie with death
staring me in the face."
At this moment a knowing expression
passed over Abe's features, and he bawled
out, "Well, mother, can't you let him
stare!"
The old lady concluded that her dying
eff ris were of no use, and speedily recov
ered. Siioci.i your old acquaintances ba for
got ? Not if they have mocey.
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