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4. JlTlKt Editor and lublilier.
OLUME 4.
E u' A H R I V A L
a r THE
EBENSBURG
I0?E, HARDWARE,
AND
CONSISTING OK
Th: Lvi:jr.ST Assortment of
F LEIGH BELLS
tr InjirjJtl to Ebeitsburg I
.!.;. ) J 1 Tl T J T KT brought
iJfiK MR III GiUi to Ebeu burg
T.T il LAWH'ST 3IVCK t F
W SKATES AND SLEDS
i'rcT lion-j'it to Ebaizburg!
iu-c f..,k of chopping axe.
r ;H MARKETS. SO A I' rf ION K Ca ICE
,;:!)I.LS. HO!tK( OI-!.AIK HOIisH
j r.A HOliSM ,HUE N AILS.
ock & Heating Stoves,
ij:i.era! usiortT.opt of ill uilielea in mv
lifce of iillailiCHS.
lILMIUf F8ICASH.
GEO. HFNTLEY.
"er.ibi:r?, IVc. 2. I Mia. 3 m
FARMERS, Look to Your Interests,
M Bl'T UVI. JF
j '-" A. i' V . j V .
mm m Jm,tm .-W aa.l.(a
Ht B?T A0 OXI.V I'LRri.fTLT COMBIMD
Torlc and Kaifa Manufactured.
iili'rliei number c hi be iunvlieJ for
-1 - ui:'v, .r!i'r f.n if w f'eii Uruf ed
ill. F.:k nnd Kui:e -hould
he ie:ii in eat !y to
llItEYJE.?A.
S::t Jjitxt fir Cambria County,
i nr. r.'40 fr.py WOODEN PULLEYS.
"" ie fl! ! Prinr l.i tr.m l.,ll.., ...
t--l ,:KA! ('I TS tor I'aKtrninii'p Pu!vs
"r. i-vrs the most convenient fa'a
u: itr'nj'! "''-. aa tliev can l,e put up
J.ina ; i, u t!.c r.sa" of la.iders.
'3ENSEURG" FOUNDRY
-. ii uu, iti. tsr i
W FI3M, NEW BUILDINGS, &c.
VV 1.'.,.'I':r' ' known KB-
: G. R'1 NI)liY from Mr. Edw.
Ki .U-v.lt and eidnrfxei it a'most en
'-; i-!'.t in- i; m;u-h;:ierT,
' .f! a i ....... . l . r- ,
WA.'.LUR $ HEAT IX G SIX) VES.
' -V-'tI. n:u' !,10St approved patterns
1, :f-:;"! V' ATETI WHEEL? of rv-rr
'r;r:?--!,,U,V FKXCIXO. I-LOUGHS
11 - .d CASTINGS, and in fact ad
''t fTV nvin"-t .re.! in a first class
JubWkof all kind attended to
.,, ! ! l't""'-' " of Farmers is invited
cd fOUC.HS which we
.V"U r".'u fo manufacture and fell
,' aw: which are admitted to te
:'itr";',d to the putdic.
.....'S "u,p:e- capdIe of performing
t-' T? 1:1 e in t!l lnnit sati.-tactorv
nr. k,1"in; that ne can do work at
::C fT r wec,nfiJiitlyJiopethat
i'.rr '"r1"1 rtiiy of liberal ratronage.
:?'T! e ' r m"lp, wholesale dealer.
''-'r'lCt i'lice paid in cash for old
uT.R M1"-aPven in exchange,
t;r "'""C1Y CASH OR col-vt. r
v.-.t.....t?-NVEl". Y1NUOE & CO.
' A R V E It's AND OTHERS
I!,1'LDS0TFAII.T0GKT
E0F THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED
, ,l,a Uouble-Rearccl
SAWING MACHINES.
fOU WHICH
fEOBGE HUNTLEY,
. - UUIIIUI IH UUUIIIJII
' Orpl'l; Avomirrr n.nv
ACP it , "'ii.i-iivu.x
i' tt. '1:iViiI purrhased the tools
;' Mr. T. W. Williams, and leased
.:. -i- i . ' ' ceupieu ny 5. Sins'eton,
- r'.'t--rroi'cthe?tr.reof Zihm
L"'-'.n. 0r p. "la re?pectiuny ii.iorm
1-' i n. tl,e!1sbut j5 arid parts adj ieent
Zlk Yiy,1'' '"itih -11 ki"d TIN,
his
guar
fully
mi ur. ' r'nca as like articles nr
Jf kin ' H,,d P,lttif,e "P :
sold by
Special at-
p 5fOUT-
mv work
t:,f but .n'f11 solicited, an.l I hr
'' ho i C:" P'VB ent:re satisfaeti
iaro
action
'v ir.e with
WC ArVT N E I-UTTRI NGF.R
pi REI riKEil FIRE!!!
DO YOU HEAR THAT. FIREMEN ? 1
AKD ARB TOW PKEPARtD TO
OBEY THE SUMMONS!
Tliis vou are iitft, unless you h ive been to
Wolff's Clothing Store,
and have bought one of tliose superb
F I R R JI .4 X ' S (! O 4 T 3 ,
to keep you wnrm nnd dry. Woiff makes
I tt.em at from to :--'(), and miv Otlier g;ir-
irent yon want vou can have made to order at
; short iiotioe.
vzrxu fit. xo ciiARomzm
Mr. WOLFF has jnst returned from the East,
und his HEADY MAlK
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
now contains the largest as-ortiiient, the most
juried hssori ment. and nlto'-ther the most
pleasitjc assortment of
VI5TEH 6AHMEITS F3H ME8'& BDTS
EV F.R DISPLAYED IN ALTOO.VA.
3F"OY F.RCO ATS. from the lowe?t r'iced
C t-iiuere to the tii-est Beaver all Me-.
tS""Fuii Su'uo; ciotiiiniT at in i in -fy to 5:10.
Fants from $1,50 to $'J. Ve.-ts from 75 cents
to &5. Als'. n ;c?iioi variety of
NOTIONS & FJRKISHIWG GOODS,
Hals, CaJS, XSootK, Mio'n,
UMBRELLAS, SATCHELS. Tlil'NKS, Ac
C2In the LADIES' DEFA KTMENT wilt
b lound a lull sftot k of FUKS. from the low
eat puced Conev t: the finest. Mink and Sable.
r.ODFithlY WOLFF,
Next door to the 1'ort Otll -e AUoona Citv.
II O M A S C A 11 L AND,
a i.r.SAi.E m: illk im
GROCERIES I QUEENSWARE,
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
STATIONHIiY AND NOTIONS,
m mi um cored meats.
RACO, fLOlK,
FEED AND PROVISIONS,
NO 133 YILC.INIA STREET,
Between Julia and Caroline, - ALT GO X A
All nch pt-.d as Spices. Brushes, Wood
siH'i Willow Ware, Shoe Blaclvinj; ;int Station
ery will t)e sold from manufacturer's printed
price lists, and all oilier oods in my line at
Philadelphia. Baltimore. Cincinnati and Pitts
burgh current prices. To dealers 1 present tlce
peculiar advantage of saving iheni all freight
and (Jrayaje, is they are not r ijidred to pay
Heights from the pt;iir:pl cities and no !ray
iipe diaries are madi'. Dealers may rest as
suied that my gooit are of iheliest qua!it anil
mv prices as moderate a city rates. By doing
a fair, upright business, and lv prorr.ptly atd
sati.sf.ic-lorilv Uing all orders, I hope to merit
the p:itn n .ge ol retail dealers ami others in
Cai'i'-i-ia co'iiity and elsewhere. Order" re
sr.ectfuily solicited and satisfaction uartineed
in all cies. THOMAS GARLAND.
Ahoona, July 29. 1M!!I. tf.
GEO. C.K r.AlIM, JAS B. ZAHM.
ZAHM a SON,
DEALFES IN
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE,
Hats,Caps, Eoots,Shoes,
AKD ALL OTHER ARTICLES
I'stiallj liept In a (ounlry Store.
WOOL AND COUNTRY TKODUCE
TAKEN' IN tXCHANGE FOR Gl-CDS !
STORE ON MATX STREET,
Next Door to the Post Office,
June 10, 16C9. KBENSLURG, FA.
OOK WELL TO YOUR
LTXDCILST.4DI.G$ !
BOOTS AND SHOES
For M en's mnl Hoy' Wear.
The undersigned respectfully informs his nu
merous customers and the public generally that
he is prepared to manufacture BOO I S and
SHOES of any desired s:zo or quality, from
the finest French calfskin boots to the coarsest
brogan. in the vtar Btsr manner, on the short
est notice, and at as tnodeiate prices aa like
work can bo obtained anywhere.
Those who have worn BooU and Shoes made
at my establishment need no assurance as to
the superior quality of my work. Others can
easily be convinced of the fact if they will only
give ine a trial. Try and be convinced.
JJgfRcr airing of Boots and Shoes attended
to promptly and in a workmanlike manner.
Thankful for pat favor 1 leel confident that
my work and prices w ill com mend uie to a con-,
tkiuauce and increase of the same.
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Ebensburg, April 28, 1BCJ.
OUNTAIN HOUSE,' 'Ebexsiicrg.
It. p. LIXTOS fc CO., Prop'ri.
The TABt.fi ia always supplied with the
j choicest delicacies ; the Bar is supplied with
j choice licjucrf, and the Stable attended by
zaraiui hostlers. Iransient visitors accom
modated an4- Jaoarders . taken.by, the jWceV,
south or year, oo reasonable teroc. feb21
HE IS A FRKKMAS WHOM
E B E.N S BURG, FA.,
It HAL. ESTATE
SAVINGS BANK,
So. 63 Fourth Avrnne,
At!joi,'inS new Merchants" and Manufacturers'
National Bank,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
ESTABLISHED IX 1SG2.
JS A AC JONES, rresident.
WM. H. SMITH. Yice IWmeut.
S. CARR1EII. Sec. and Treaa.
B C. PARKK. Accountant.
E. B. TODD, Solicitor.
TRI 8TEI s :
Mon Tho. M Howe. Jacob Painter,
Hon J K Mooihead, C. G. Hilary.
Harvey CiiilJs. Wm. II. Snihh.
Isaac Jones, I). W. C. Bidwell.
X'.cholas Voeghtly, Jr.
Statement of October 30, 1SG9,
ASSETS
Bond and Mortjjajres, being firt
Fcoa Real Estate $.r)02 9"iT 00
t. S Bond, at nar 2,",t00 I'O
V S. 1 ) 4 i Bonds, at par 25 . Mill TO
Real Etite - 2.720 47
Offi -e Furniture 418 (0
Cash f,l ,400 3-
Total $U i7,4UG J'J
LIABILITIES.
Amount due Depositors 550,103 71
Interest,
Nov. 1, 1819 14.027 7
Contingent Fund ' 43.:ibl b'J
Total $;U7,4' .'3D
INTEREST ALLOWED on Deposit, at
; IX PEU CENT. PER-ANNUM, payable to
Depositors in May n November, which, if
not drawn, will be added to the principal, and
COMPOUNDED.
Open for Deposit from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.,
dailv ; also on Saturday Evenings, from G to
9 clock.
3?" Money loaned on Bond and Mortgage
oidy. Slips for the use of depositors who can
not vihit the city, and copies of Charter and
By-J.iws furnished bv mail.
"S. S. CARRIER.
Secretary and Treasurer,
No. K3 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
November 25, 169. 5m.
7"OOI, MORRKLL & CO.,
WASHINGTON STREET,
Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
MM Jffl DOMESTIC DRY GOOES,
.1ISL.I.IXSRV GOODS,
QUEF.NSVVARK.
BOO I'S AN I) SHOES.
HATS AND CAPS.
IRON AND NAILS
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
GLASS VARF. YI LLOvV WARE.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS,
Together 'ith all manner of Western Produce,
mien s FLOUR. BACON, FISH, SALT,
CA RHON OIL. &c, Ac.
Who'ea!e and retail orders solicited
: ij . I irornptly tilled on the shortest notice and
most leasonaole term
WOOD. MORRELL k CO.
Johnstown, Apri! 2-, lt-o'J. ly.
X DREW MOSES,
i
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Sctpes's BciiMNo, Clinton St., Johnstown,
TT AS just ri-ceivel his fall and winter stock
xJ. of fine French, London and American
CLOTHS. CASSLMERES and YESTINGS,
I and a full assortment of Gent's Furnishing
I (ioons.
i Mr. Moaes has Ieen for eijht years cutter at
ood, Moirell Si Go. s establishment, and now
desires to inform his friends and the public gen
erally that he has commenced business in Sup
pes s building, on Cdntoii stieet, with a stock
of pood-i adapted to the fall and winter, which
he is prepared to make up in the latest styles
and at moderate prices for cash hoping by at
teution to business to merit a share of public
p.tronage, and maintain that success which
has heretofore attended his efforts in producing
good fitting garment's. Give him a call.
Johnstown, Seijt. 2. lfiS.-tf.
'Poor women are on every side, and orphans
cry for bread, because husbands and fa
thers lived and died uninsured. '
LIFE I.SlilUijE COMPANY
OF PIIILAIJELPIIIA.
Organized 1 SSO.
Alex. W'hii.ldin, Pies . .Jons S. Wiison, Sec.
AH policies non forfeitable. All policies are
payable at death or b'O years of age.
Economt in management. Cake "n the selec
tion of risks, Promptni in the payment of
death claims, and Secubitt in the investment
of its immense funds, are r gidry adhered to and
have always characterized this Company.
J. . FRANK CONDON,
- Special Agent.
Nov. 11, 8ti!.-lv.
F
OREIGX SHIPPING
AKD
EXCHANGE OFFICE.
WE ARE NOvY SELLING EXCHANGE
AT SEW YORK RATKS, OK
England, Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, Germany, Prussia,
Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg,
Baden, Htsr.en, 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.
AUoona, Pa , Jan. 31, 18ti7.
OOD, BETTER, BEST. The best
tind chea'pA&t Tobaco nd Cigars m town
ire at M- L- Outmau'e. Go and tee-
TrtK TRCTI1 MAKES FREE, AND
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1870.
Ejjc pott's grpartnunt.
Dear Little fatteriiig Feet.
BY STIIXA.
I leve the &weet- music discoursed by the
brook.
The wind and the murmuring sea J
And of art. though it is taken from Nature's
book.
For they sins, mighty Father, of Thee ;
But. ah ! there's no music in glen or in glade
To n.e that is half so sweet
As the l.dest little home-notes that only are
ji'ayed
By dear little pattering feet.
'lis a limbic that w-ifts on the wings of pure
love
The heart to its Maker on high ';
It soften the sorrows and hallows the love
Of all 'neath the o'er-arching sky ;
And it lovingly weaves in the dull warp of
life
Bright scenes that are lasting and sweet.
Oh! rainbows of love, in the dark sky of
strife. O
Are these dear little pattering feet.
Oh ! dearest f sounds! sure angels al-ove
Never heard sweeter music than this;
Every fairy-like note bieathes such volumes
of love
That the heart is enraptured with bliss.
Let uattire and art sing their chivfct of
songs ;
To me they can never compete
With the pit-a-pat music that only belongs
To dear little pattering ft-et.
Household.
Sales, j?uttjts, nccbofts, & c.
discovery or mixes.
The richest nnd most valuable mines
hnve in almost all instances been discovei
ed by accident ; often by ignorant person?,
who knew not the value of their own dis
covery ; and by children. To an Indian
iiunter id owed the knowledge of the chief
American mines, and to a shepherd the
silver mines .f Teru. This latter, leading
his flocks to feed on the slopes of the An
des, lighted a fire to cook Ids meal, when
a p bble, heated by the flani",attnieted his
attention by binning like silver. lie found
the stone massive and wcightv, and finally
carried it to the mint at Lima, where it
was tcsjed, and proved to be good ore
Aa the .Spanish laws, with a view to en
corage mine-discovery, tn ke it the prop
erty of iho tinder this lucky -shepherd be
came a millionaire.
The Sacramento gold fields were dis
covered by a Mormon laborer,who worked
in n !;nv mill. Again, in North Carolina,
in 1799, a child picked up a yellow stone,
of which its father, a rude settler, thought
nothing ; but because it weighed fifteen
pound, used it for a door-fastener for Ids
cabin, for he was so poor that the door had
no httch. lie showed this stone to one of
his few visitors, and he opined it to be a
metal of some sort, after which verdict the
oivnor used to exibit it as a curious rock
specimen. Three years afterward on go
ing to "the mar ket at Lafayette, he took the
thing to a pddsrniih, and asked fifteen
shillings for it, which was willingly paid.
It was in reality a nugget worth .375.
Thus it took four years to tind out that the
yellow stones in the streams of California
were gold.
It is fair to state, however, that science
has occasionally predicted where the pre
cious metals have afterwards been found.
.Sir Roderick Muchison, for instance, after
a visit to the auriferious tracts of the Ural
.Mountains, was struck by their great sim
ilarity to some rock from East Australia ;
and in his address to the (geographical
Society in IS 14, prophesied that gold
would be found in the latter region. Led
by his observation, one Smith, engaged in
the Iron worl s at Ilerrima, searched for
gold, and found it. He cami to Ihe gov
ernor of the colony with a nugget in his
hand. "See what I have found,"' said he,
"give me five hundred pounds, and I will
show you the place ," which the governor
declined to do. Again Macgregor, a
Scotch shepherd, used to sell grains and
nuggets of gold to the goldsmiths of Syd
ney, but would never reveal whence he got
the ra
il is not usual, however, for discoverers
of the precious metals to be prudent ; they
consider themselves "lucky" in this partic
ular line, and will leave or sell a good
"find" in the hopes of finding a better.
This is what the Spaniards call "the mi
ners fienzy." Thus, the richest vein of
silver in Chili was discovered by Gudo',
a hunter in the 'Andes. Fatigued by the
chase, he seated himself, on one occasion,
under the shelter of a great rock, and was
struck by the bright color of a pro
jecting part. He chipped the stone with
a knife, and finding he could cut it (to use
his ow n expression) like cheese, be took a
specimen of it fo Copiapo. It was found
to be chloride of silver. He agreed to
'share the profits of his discovery with a
rich man, who engaged to work ihc mine;
they came at once to masses of silver ; but
Godoy sold his interest in it for two thou
sand eight hundred pouuds, and started to
find more mines ; and having wandered
about the Andes for some years, died
having met with no m.re Muclr," a;d
without a penny.
Two brolht-rs, named Bid.idos, discov
ered near Copiapo, in a crevice opened by
some earthquake, an enormous block of
silver ore, the cutting, transport, and fu
sion of which was so easy, that theso ig
norant men effected it without assistance :
aod io less tban two years realized oua
ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE,
hundred and" forty thousand pounds.
They squandered, however, this enormous
sum in gambling and dissipation ; and
when their mine became suddenly exhaust
ed, they had not even the wretched pit
tance left on which they had begun.
The history of the discoveries of the fa
mous Allison Ranch in Nevada, Cal.,
is a more satisfactory one. Some poor
Irishmen, workers in a neighboring mine,
were so fortunate as to hit upon it. Thev
were so unlettered as not to be able to
write their names, but they wore excellent
fellows. They first built a chapel, to
thank God for his favors; then they erec-
j reo nannsome villas, and placed their
I workmen in exceptional positions; and
ineyweni oy turns every week to San Fran
cisco to spend tbeir ingots or gold. They
retain their simplicity, though with an in
come as large as that of many princes of
Europe, but refuse to furnish any state
ment of their receipts.
The success of Gould and Curry ir. their
Nevada Silver mine is even more asioun
ding ; they were so poor that they were
at first obliged to barter two-thirds of their
claim fo a grocer for the necessaries of life,
notwithstanding they have realized enor
mous sums for their own portion. Inclu
ding Ihe product of 857, the Gould and
Curry Company have got fourteen millions
of dollars out of their mine.
The history of the Monto Catini Mine,
:n Tuscany, is very curious. M Forte,
its original owner, was half ruined by it,
and sold it in 1837. Immediately after
ward, a block of massive ore was found
that paid all expenses, and left four thou
sand pounds net profit. Then for fifteen
years the mine produced forty thousand
pounds a year, and still continues to yield
largely M. Forte, who had witnessed
this hearth-rending spectacle of the imme
diate sucess of others, where he had labor
ed in vain for years, soon died of grief
His marble bust adorns the entrance of
the principle gallery of Monte Catini, but
his heirs are poor.
The Ykixow Riven ok China. The
Yellow river of China has a disagreeable
way of occasionally changing its course,
leaving its old bed entirely dry and cutting
a new one through fields and towns with
out the slightest regard to vested rights
No less than nine such changes are record
ed in Chinese history, the first dating
about C92 B. C, and the last having corn
menee-d in 1 35 1 and been completed in
1858. A party of English explorers went
to view the fccene of this disaster in Sep
tember last. After a journey of nearly
4lX) miles on the G-and Canal, they ar
rived on the 17th of October on the banks
of the new Yellow river, near the town of
Nanshan. At this point the stream had
not worn for itself a bed, but was spread
over a belt of country some 10 or 12 miles
in wid:.h. The b anks of the Grand Ca
nal had lwe been crarried away by the in
vading curi'cnf, and the whole country
wore an air of desolation. The party cm
barked on the new river near here, and
traced it down to embouchure in the Gulf
of Fe-chi la. Nineteen miles downward
the widespread waters converge and flow
into the narrower bed of a much smaller
river, the Tatsiog, which henceforward
serves as its channel. The great volume
and rapidity of the waters of the Yellow
river are causing the narrow bed fo widen,
and with the undermined banks are swept
away the streets of villages and cities, gar
dens and fields. Bridges which formerly
spanned the Tatsing now remain as ruins
in mid-river. At Tsi -ho-hein one of the
bridges effectually stops navigation at pre
sent. Toward the sea the banks of the
river are marshy and uninhabitable, the
limit of the peopled region being the small
port of Til rncn quan. It is hoped that
English engineering skill may be able to
put a stop to these changes in the future.
Mamc Twain's IIoTi:r Having late
ly opened a hashery, 1 send you these
my rules and regulations:
This house shall be considered strietlv
inn-temperate.
None but the brave deserve the f ire.
Persons owing bills for board will ba
bored for bills.
Boarders who do not wish to pav in
advance arc requested to advance and pa'.
Boarders are expected to wait on the
colored cook for meals
Sheets will be rightly changed once in
six months, or marc if necessary.
Double boarders can have two beds
with a room in it, or two rooms with a
bed in it, as they choose.
Hoarders are requested lo pull off their
boots before retiring, if they can conveni
ently do so.
Beds with or without bugs.
All money and other valuables are to
be left in care of the proprietor. This is
insisted on, as he will be responsible for
no other losses. ,
Inside matter will not be furnished for
editors under any consideration.
Relatives coming to make a six months'
visit will be welcomed; but when they
bring their household furniture, virtue
will cease to be a forbearance.
Single men wilh their families wi'4 io
be boarded.
Beds with or without hoards,
Dre arns will be charged for by the dozen.
Nightmares hired out at reasonable
rates.
Stone vaults will bo furnished to snor
ing boarders, as the proprietor will in no
wise-be responsible for the broken tin-pao-uma
of oilier cart).
HIE SOLDIER'S WIFE.
A Tlf lill.I.IXG SKETCH.
One of the most striking cases of pres
ence of mind and self-possession of which
we have any recollection, came to light
on a trial which took place some years
since in Ireland. The story looks like a
fiction, but it is said to be strictly true
A woman traveling aoig a road lo j.in
her husband, who was a soldier quartered
at Athlone, was joined by a pedlar w ho
was going the same way. They entered
into a conversation during a walk of some
hours, and as the dy began to wane, they
agreed that they should stop for the night
at a house of entertainment, and pursue
their pedestrian journey the next day.
They reached an humble inn, situated
in a lonely spot by the roadside, and fa
tigued by a long day's walk, they were
glad to find themselves under a roof. 1
Having refreshed themselves with the sub
Mamial supper set before them, they ex
pressed a wish to retire. The' were
shown into the traveler's room, and went .
to rest in their respective lcds. The ped
lar before retiiing, had called Ihe landlord
aside, and given into his keeping the pack
which Itf had unstrapped from his back,
till morning, telling him that it contained
a considerable sum of money and much
valuable property. They were not lung
in bed before the pedlar All into a s -und
sleep ; but the puor woman, perhaps from
over fatigue, or from thoughts of meeting
her husband next day, lay awake. A
couple of hours might have passed, when
she saw the door ojencd, and a person
entering holding a light, which he screen
ed with his hand She instantly recog
nized in him one of the young men she had
seen below son to the landlord.
lie advanced with stealthy steps to the
bedside of the pedlar, and watched him
for a tew seconds. He then went out,
and entered a'ain with his brother and
father, who held in his hand a large pew
ter basin. They went on tip-toe to the
bedside where the pedlar lay in a deep
sleep. One of the young men drew out
a knife, and while the father hell the
basin so as to catch the blood, he cut Ihe
poor victim's throat from ear to car. A
flight, half aod ble groan, and all was
still, save the cautious movements of the
party engaged in the deed. They had
brought with them a largo sack, info which
they thrust the unresisting body. The
poor woman lay silent in her bed, fear
ing that her turn would come next. She
heard low mutterings among the men.
from which she soon gathered that they
were doubting whether they should mur
der her, too, as they feared she might
have it in her power to betray them
One of them said he was sure she was
asleep, and that there was no occasion to
trouble themselves more; but to make
sure of this being the case, one of them
came to the bedside wilh the candle in
his hand, and ihe other with a knife.
She kept her eyes closed as if in sleep,
and hal such complete command over
herself as not lo betray in her countenance
any &ign that she. was conscious of what
was going on The candle was placed
close to her ees, the knife drawn across
close to her throat ; she never winced, or
showed by any movement of feature or
of limb, that she apprehended danger.
S ihe men whispered that she was s.iund
asleep that nothing was to be feared
from her, and they went out of the room,
removing ihe s-ick which contained the
murdered man.
How long that night must have seemed
to the poor lone woman how frightful
was its stillness and darkness I The pres
ence of mind which had so astonishingly
enabled her to act a part fo which she
owed her life, sustained hnr through all
the trjing j-cenes which she had yet to
pass. "he did not hurry from her room
at an unreasonable nour, but waited until
she heard all the family astir for some
time, then went down and sail that she
believed that she had overslept herself in
consequence of being greatly tired. Shu
askd w hero the pjdl. r wks, and was to!d
he was in too great a hurry to wait for
her, but that he had lefi six-pence to pay
for her breakfast. She sat comro'ed!y
to ihat meal, and forced herself to partake
with apparent appetite of the. food tet be
fore her. When the meal was over, she
took leave of the family, and wnl on her
way without the least appearance of dis
composure or mistrust.
She had proceeded but a short way
when she was ji taed by two strapping
looking women. One look was snificient
to convince her that they were the two
young men, and one thought to assure her
that she was yet in their power, and on
the very verge of destruction. They'
walked side by side, entered ino conver
sation, asked her where s.be vyas, going,
and told her that their road lay the same
way ; they quest iojted her as In where she
lodged the night tsJbre, nnd made most
minute inquiries about the family "inhab
iting the bouse of entertainment. Her an
swers were quite unembarrassed, and she
said the house had appeared to be decent
and civil, and. had treated her very well.'
Fr two. hour Uie young men contin
ued by hersi.de watjchmg WlM1 tho roojt
scrutinizing piancea any change in her
countenance, arid asking questions which
had sho not been fully self possessed,
might hal e put her ot? her guard l wh
not till her dreaded companions had left
her, and till she saw her hudhand corning
alunj tha read to meet bep, that the KBt
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Terms, $-2 per year in advance.
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her self-command which she bad so suc
cessfully exercised, and throwing herself
into hia arms fainted away. -
Badgering an Irltih Voter,
You're a Roman Catholic ?"
"Am I f" said the fellow.
"Are you not?" demtmded the agent.
"You say 1 am," was the answer.
"Come, sir, answer what's your re
ligion ?"
"The true religion."
"What religion U ihat T"
My religion."
"Ami w dial's your religion 7"
'My mother's religion."
"And whalV your mother's religion?"
."She tuk whisky in her taj'."
'Come, now, 1 11 find you out, cunning
a you are," Miid the agent, piqued
into j;n inconnter of wit with this fellow,
w hose baffling of every question pleaded
the crowd; "juu bless yourself, don't
you ?"
"When I'm done with you, I think I
ouoht "
What pl iee of worship do you so to?"
"The most convainyant. "
"But of what persuasion are you T"
"My persuasion is that you won't find
it out."
W hat is your belief?"
"My belief is ihat you are puzzled."
"Do you conft-ss f
'Not to yo.i."
"lYine, noiv I have you Who woul
you send for if you were likely to die
' Doctor Growlin."
"Not for the priest ?"
"I must first get a messengpr."
"Confound your quibbling! Tell me,
then, what your opinions are your con
scientious opinions, I mean."
"They are the same as my landlord's."
'And what are your landlord's opin
ions?'' "Faix ! his opinion is that I wont pay
him the last half year's riid, and I am of
the same opinion myself."
A roar of laughter followed this an
swer, nnd dumbfounded the agent for a
time; but, angered at the successful quib
bling of the sturdy and wily fellow before
him, he at last declared, with much se
verity of manner, that he must have a
direct reply.
"I insi-t. sir on your answering at once;
are ymj a Roman Catholic I"
"I am," said the fellow.
And could you not have said so at
once ? demanded the officer.
"You never axed me," returned the
other.
I did !" sai 1 the officer.
"Indade you didn't. You Bade I war
a great many things, but you never axed
nie 3'oti wos drivin' cri g) words andi
cruked questions at ice, and I gave an
swers to match them ; for sure I thowt it
was manneis to cut out lay behavior on
j our own pattern."
IVoverbs by Hillings
It is human to err, but uevilisTi. ibr.if
on it. ,
Blessed are the single, for thej ean
double at leisure.
Blessed z he who haz a gtil wife, and
knows how to sail her.
Biessd be he that haZr.a.goJ pile, and
knows how to spread it.
Blessed iz them who have no eye for a
key-hole, no ear fur a knot-hole.
Blessed iz he that alwuz- carries a bij
Stufi in his hand, but sever heaves her.
He that will; follow good advice iz a
greater man lhai be that gives it.
Blessed is he that can pocket abus
and feel it no disgraee to be bit by a do,'.
The minus of ihe young are easily trai -ed
; it is hard to-get an oid vine to trav I
a new 'pole. "
Happiness, consists in being perfectly
satisfied with what we have got and what
we haiot got.
Ifyotkwant a child fo loam fo steal
oats i;i lb bundle, make him beg eut of
yu. every thing yu giv him.
.lost in proportion that a man is thank
ful to Heaven and his neighbor, just in,
tliat proportion iz he happy.
1 never knefv anybody to get stung by
hornets who kept away from wb,ere they
wuz it iz j ist so with bad, lut;k.
It iz a dreadful fine thing to whip a
young one jus' enutf, and. not. enny mora.
1 lake it that ihe Sh,u is.lokated just where
their pride ends and their mad begins.
I think every tnan and woman on earth
ought to wear' on their hat-band theFO
worda in large letters, "Lead, us not ia
tcpcptashun."
Lhave seen those who were as full of
a' sorts of learning as the heavens are of
wind ; they are jist the things lo cut up
i"to weathercocks. .
If we take all I lie hard sledding of this
life, and make four limes as much, it
won't amount lew the offliktiotis that men
pIn on to each uther.
You kin judjre of 'a man's nl'jun very
well by hearing him talk, but you can't
jinige cf his piety by what he srz, enny
rn re than yu can judge ov his amount v
linnen by the stick out ov ins collar and
wristban.ds'.
t iz alwua n good purchase few pay
out our last surviving dollar fur wisdom,
and vvizdum iz like the mysterious hen
egg, it ain't laid in 3'ure hand, but iz lavl
away under the barn, and yu huv got to
parch for it.
FtUALE GATUtf'IKGS 1nIitV ruCa.