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31'I'IEiE, Fdltor and 1'ubIUlier.
UK IS A FBEEMAS THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL AUK SLAVES BESIDE,
Terms, per eur iu advance,
OLUME 4.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1870.
NUMBER 13.
T
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P'I'KIS
A M P B E L L ' S
BEE. HIVE.
i 'i l! HO Mil!" revureu lenem jj:iirn
e,-"-.Vi Mies. dated December 1 I, ISC),
'l '" ... '.n t Krt t-nn if rnrt inn nf Hiia
r.,r.ritveuiviii " -
"'jt.;ainis f r bis invention advantages
!,'.Jj fcv no other heretofore patented,
'jti-.ia! feature of this Bee Hive is the
'''",'iut bj means of which it is thorough-v'-ed,
thu precluding the possibility of
"".'siutheiinj;. 'he corr.b moulding or the
! : . This de-tit able end is aecom-
jta vertical pet for.teUtuoe, running
J'ihroUf:ti the hive and open at the top
''-n. All persons interested iu npicul
,';i"at"oitce see the great advantages
i t..li 'ttiT'rovment. The veutilator is
-.iJcreof , . :
t
t'ue arrangement oi me inner com
brtbv it can be cleaned at anv
nt disturbing the bees, is another
. in-. i rorement ninth will be obvious
i ier-oa uo examines this Hive. An
,;' the woi kings of the bees or the
did', the interior can be mude at any
sjtUei-iei "re cased with glass. .Bees
' irisferreil from a different hive to the
' . -.i .ric,.i, .,,.
J require too mucri space to enumerate
.l i,..nr itrnj i -i i iii.l in rhia inrpn.
j,, ,:.t: aui'k".tJ ---
Ui fu.l U.furm.ttton win be promptly iur-
0 ov app'- i"S 111 person or ny letter to t.ie
N. 1 uu now repareu ui npun: ui
:t I t tie ale of the Improved Bee Hive
-.Vr. Of' the I'nitl Stites.
I'KTER CAM Pit ELL,
Currulitoiwi, Ciimbiia Co , Pa.
fn;ii'.'ff of the above has iilo invented
',..! au AUTOMATIC RAILWAY
'I'. tuLii,li he invites the attention of
i! in:. Full ii'.funiiation will be fur
.tj on ;ipo'i:cut:on. hiiJ Company Rights
fea'.?30st-i of Lj the inventor. Adilress
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PA.,
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V
DEALKKt 1
Hiyifflssiciiii
CNK'.illNO CF A GENERAL TARHTV
Y GOODS. NOTIONS.
HATS, CM'S. BOOTS. SHOES
RDWARE, QEEENSW ARE.
CROCK Ell Y, TINWARE,
trcs. y.iDicisL.
I OILS. Flhin. io . Jc.
.J "p r.ircuu.r i.uei non to their inrce
H'Ji-1 as.-ur nieiit of GOOHSof every
?:iun, a.i ..Ji:ecmUv to the r sunerb itotk
I S mid 5?iJ0 ES. everv article of w hich
a f i
.al'fe
l' Ci!
for i
Kr FOE CA3U ca PiiODCCt,
.11 kit'd of Lumber.
":iT PHICESpald fcr PRODUCE.
....iu i!e:.l in Hcm'uck and ail other de
- l .'.'illJER, a long experience iu
..;r tiidc en iblirg t:s to ieal prumpt
i'-. ::.c:oriIv with aii our cua;.onier3.
f" I:. fh)rt, no wiH Sl,i fcr tfAI)v P.T.
; ' teap if cut cheaper than any other
r i.. 'ne county. Our motto gliall be
Small Profi: ar.d Ready Pt."
C i'.Ct :;ei:tiou to hllin.4 atwl linn 'of
gaeeisec. to merit ar.d Lope to receive
. t :i:e of f ubiic pntronage
lirGHES L JONE9.
-more. Feb. 24, l?7U.-3m.
EBFASlsrilG
" Tiii"; ft v r til tt : tr r
J a -vj lecontly enlarged our stock
J e STttlBW P;r.a.ft t. sail At a .ai
L fi., ,, ... r ' r "v
t F T "' !ner Klc-'9 Upr Stock con
VI L'i
Let.
vi ITUS, Jieiiicinei. TVrfnmprv Fnnv
'U 3, Hill Id tin. I Aln'a il... P...
Knien' Plasters, Liniments.
A.:I:ffB r
'"-.ip. Soothing Svrup, Spiced Syrup,
'". lureSpicea. c. .
WJW JXD TOBACCOS,
; IVtds, Note find Bond"; Cup,
;, '-"-ndand all kind? of Note Baper;
lei. FVr- ' U'a Writing
" i.d Re Ink, Pock t and Bass
- -'pine.4, ?; wspapers. .Vovels, Hm
."W.fl l.4.liir.rA.. m T I
fir
.? Tru-. . "u"-u our blocs a lui oi
t flBVP Hilling 4 . 1- - 1-4 r
.' t'l. io which we would inTite
.'onoftheLndieii.
-UlOiJl! A Htl . It,...
Ai-oLiis at lower prices
v "wwej in this place.
"r'er,nJ c'Prs jr.ld either wholesale or re
t3,t ie( JLEiIM0N L MURRAY,
JMiS. Alum Street, Ebensburg.
N i R E W
MOSES
WRCHANT TAILOR,
iii)isc, Clinton St., JonssTo-w.H,
l.i: received
hii fall nriil 5ntor utnrk
tine
1 leriCll T.,,rlrn o n ,1 An-onn
-f-CASSIMERES and TESTINGS,
u'4 "kortaieiit of Gent's Fcrnisuing
ilk!? 'JS ben fcr e5?ht ycar8 cutter at
rreii S; Co. '8 establishment, and bow
, ti"", r.m bls I'rieuds aud the public pea-
ae has commenced business in Sup
. ':t:it. t.i. CWr.,. . ...:.t. - ..Ji.
;pteJ to the fall and winter, which
v 2 eJ t0 p in the latest stvles
,Q !'ric:e3 for cash, hoping by' at
Ur Usl'ies3 to merit a share ot public
. ,-e and maim..;., !, . u:u
i:uri- AUt:vi efforts in producing
-5 ('-' "1131.18. Ii
ive Mm a call.
'"U. Sot-., O
lfcfiS.-tf.
h ' SOK & HAKER.
i i..
fRaxklin street, -
a,
,0,a Por OFFICE BUILDING,
Johustou-n, Pa,
HLESALE GROCERS
D DEALERS I!f
E U X 1 H O I IT C C !
keep constantly on
liiii
in
hand a laree supply
f'i.Fs ci ii. MO'.ASSF.S. TEAS.
an.i BACON, POTATOES.
R.4e C1TS, TOBACCO
a n frm retail dealers, and sat
April 2, 18C97
I
M. L. OAT MAN,
DEALER IN
consisting cir
GRAIV, FEED,
BACON, SALT, FISH,
FRESH. VEGETABLES,
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS,
SUGARS, TEAS, COFFLS,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c.
- - -
Alio, a large stock of the
Best Brands of Cigars and Tobacco,
STOKE ON HIGH STREET,
Four Dcors Ea&t of Crawford's Hotel,
Ebeusburg, Ia.
FARMERS. Look to Your Interests,
i.vo boy ojjk or
SPROUT'S COMIIIXED
HI
bis
ine best a.vd o.ty perfectly coMBixru
Hay Fork and Knifs Manufactured.
EVERY FORK WARRANTED.
As only a limited number can be supplied for
thii countv, orders for tl ia celebrated
Hay Fork and Knife should
be bCut iu early to
nifflSYjffiii,PA,
Sole Jgent for Cambria County,
Who oan also supply WOODEN" PULLEYS,
whirh are far surerior to Iron Pullevs. Also,
STEEL GRAPPLES for fastf niniiig Pulleys
to Beams or Rifter t'no most convenient fas
tenizigs jet introduced, as the can t put up
or taken down wiihout the use of ladderi.
Ehensbuig, Dec. 9. lbCU. Cm.
HORRKLL &
CO., I
WASHINGTON STREET,
Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown,
3
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Wholesale and Lttcil Dealers in
FQREIBN AMD DOMESTIC DRY GOOES.
MILLI.VERY GOODS,
HARDWARE, '
QUEENS WARE.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
HATS AND CAPS.
IRO.T AND NAIL.
CARTETS AND OIL CLOTHS,
HEADY-MADE CLOTHING,
GLASS WARE. YELLOW WARE.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS,
Together with all manner of Western Produce,
such as FLOUR. BACON, FISH, SALT,
CARBOlt OIL. &.C., 4c.
Wholesale and retail orders solicited
and promptly filled on the shortest notice and
most reasonable terms
WOOD, MORRELL L CO.
Johatown, April 28, 1KG9. ly.
OOK WELL TO YOUH
UADEIISTAXDIXGS !
BOOTS AND SHOES
For Men's and Boys' Wtar,
The undersigned respectfully informs his nu
merous customers and the public generally that
be is prepared to manufacture BOO I S and
SHOES of anv desired size or quality, from
the finest French calfskin boots to the courses
brogan. in the vert best manner, on the short
est notice, and at as moderate prices as like
work can be obtained anywhere.
Those who have worn Boots 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 the? will only
give me a trial. J ry ana oe convinced.
"Rer airing of Boots and Shoes attended
to promptly and in a workmanlike manner.
Thankful lor past tavors 1 ieei connuent mat
my work and prices will commend me to a con
tinuance and increase of the same.
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Eben9burg, April 28, 18CJ.
-p AliME "it S AND OTHERS
BIIOUUJ NOT FAIL TO GET
ONE OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED
Lima lloublc-Gcared
WQ0D-SAV1NG MACHINES.
FOR WDICH
GEORGE HUHTLEY,
EDCSBURG, PA.,
Is Sole Agent for Cambria County.
El
G R E A T CHANCE
To fiavo Money I
ALL PERSONS buying Good? from me
after this date, and pvine CASH tor the
same, will be allowed TEN" PER CENT off
repular prices. No d'scount will be allowed
ui:les cash is paid down at time of purchase.
t2Come on ! come all! and convince vnnr
mHm that JinxET CAN. BE SAVED BY
BUYING FOR CASH from
GEO. HUNTLEY.
Ebensbmg, Feb. 24, 1870. tf.
Ebc foci's gfp'drlnunf.
We Slnli
Vr Swlui Togeluer,
A LAY OF ESaCSACEMEST.
Now row. my gallant brothers, row.
Give away with will and sinew ;
These seas that rit-e before our prow
Will try the music in you!
Cut what' the fear if hearts be true ?
We've but to pull together
Tiue hearts and hands, all bent to do,
Will Lear us bravely, bear us through,
And save the hip, and save the crew,
In spite of wind and weather!
Iluw, brothers, row ! row, brothers, row !
One long, strong pull together!
And cheer with courage, as ye row ;
What though the tempest brewing,
W Its fate for many a brother now,
That drives, head on, to ruin 1
Tis not for us to shirk or fchriuk.
Though out in fearful weather;
We know some comrade's doomed to sink,
And we, too, hang on Danger's brink ;
But fear ye uot ! don't stop to think !
Pull bravely all together !
Row, brothers, row ! row, brothers, row !
One long, stroDg pull together!
Bnd to j-our oars, good brothers, row !
Give way with heart' courage!
Denth's just as nigh on hind as now.
When seas are wolves at forage ;
And Heaven's as near on sea as shore,
Howtver wild the weather;
We've but to ply the niauly oar.
And shut ur tars to ocean's roar,
Nur heed the fate, behind, befure.
And bravely pull together!
R.iw, brothers, row ! row, brothers, row !
Oae long, strong pull together !
Bend to jour oars, dear brothers, bend !
We may not 'scape this datiger ,
But times of peril prove the friend,
And we've escaped even stranger.
'Tis something of God's law, I thiuk.
When out iu angry weather,
And rren are dashed on Dangers brink.
And all seemed doom'd, and many sLk.
That one and all their hands should liuk,
And bravely pull together.
Row, brotheis, row ! row, brothers, row !
We sink or swim together !
VM. GILMOEF. SIMMS.
Enlcs. .Sluic&cs. 2Lnctbotrs. tSfc.
31 ARM. TWA IX.
lift FACTS IX llili CHEAT LANDSLIDE CASE.
From the Buffalo Express.
It was in the eatly days of Nevada
Territory. Tho mountains are very high
and steep about Carsen, Lagle and Wa
shoe valleys very high and very steep,
and so when the t-now gets to melting oil'
fust in the Spring aud the warm surface
earth begins to moisten and soften, the
disastrous landslides commence. You do
not know what a landslide is unless you
have lived in that country and seen the
whole side of a mountain taken off some
fine morning and deposited down in the
valley, leaving a vast treeless, unsightly
scar upon the mountain's front to keep the
circumstance fresh in your memory all the
years that you may go on living within
seventy miles of that place.
General Buncombe was shipped out to
Nevada in the invoice of the Territorial
officers, to be United States Attorney.
He considered himself a lawyer of parts,
and he very much wanted an opportunity
to manifest it partly for the pure grati
fication of it and partly because his salary
was Territorially meagre (which is a
strong expression ) Now tho older citi
zens of a new territory look ubon the rest
of the world with a calm, unmalignant
contempt as long as it keeps out of the
way when it gets in the way they snub
it. Sometimes this latter takes the shape
of a practical joke.
One morning Dick Sides rode furious
ly up to General Buncombe's door, in
Carson City, and rushed into his presence
without stopping to tie his horse. He
seemed much excited. He told the Gen
eral that he wanted him to defend a suit
for him and would pay him five hundred
dollars if be achieved a victory. And
then, with violent gestures and a word of
profanity, he poured out his griefs. He
said it was pretty well known that for
some years he jiad been farming (or ranch
ing as the more customary term is) in
Washoe District, and making a success
ful thing of it, and furthermore it was
known that his ranche was situated just
in the edge of the valley, and that Tom
Morgan owned a ranche immediately
above it on the mountain side And now
the trouble was that one of those hated
and dread landslides had come and slid
Morgan's ranche, fences, cabins, cattle,
barns, and everything down on top of his
ranche, and exactly covered up every sin
gle vestige of his property, to a depth of
about six feet. Morgan was in posses
sion and refused to vacate the premises
said he was occupying his own cabin and
not interfering with anybody else's and
said cabin was standing on the same dirt
and same ranche it had always stood on,
and would like to see anybody make hira
vacate.
"And when I reminded him," said
Sides, weeping, "that it was on top of my
ranche and that he was trespassing, he
had the infernal meanness to ask me why
didn't I stay on my ranche and hold pos
session when I see him coming I Why
didn't I st iy on it, the blathering lunatic
and by George, when 1 heard that
racket and looked up that hill it w as just
like tho whole world was ripping and
tearing down that mountain side trees
going end over end in the air, jocks as
big as a LouSe jumping about a tltousaml
feet Iiigli and bursting into ten million
pieces, cattle HtteraMy turned inside out,
and acouiing Lead on with , their tails
hanging out between their teeth Oh,
spliiHet?, and cord-w ood, and thunder and
lightning, and hail and snow,; odds and
ends of hay stacks and things, and dust !
- Oh, dust ain't no name for it it was.
just clouds, solid clouds of dust ! and in
the midst of all that wreck and destruc
tion sot that cussed Morgan on his gate
post, a-wondering why 1 didn't stay and
hold possession ; likely ! I took just one
glimpse of that spectacle, General, and 1
lit out'n the country in, three jumps ex
actly. . "But what grinds me is that that Mor
gan hangs on there iind won't move- otf'n
that ranche says it's his'n and he's go
ing to keep it likes it better'n he did
when it was higher up the hill. Mad !
Well, I've been so mad for two days that
I couldn't find my way to town beon
wandering around in the brush in a starv
ing condition got anything here to drink,
General? But I'm here noiv, "and I'm
a-going to law. You hear nre "
Never in all the world, perhaps, were a
man's feelings so outraged as were the
General's. He paid he had never heard
of such high-handed conduct in all his life
a3 this Morgan's. And he said there was
no use in goit'g to "law Morgan had no
shadow of right to remain where he was
nobody in the wide world would up
hold him in it, and no lawyer would take
his case and no judge listen to it. Sides
said that right there was where he was
mistaken everybody in the town sus
taincd Morgan ; Hal Brayton, a very
smart lawyer, had taken his case ; the
courts beiri" in vacation, it was to be tried
before a referee, and ex-Governor Itoop
had already been appointed to that olfice,
and would open his court in the largest
parlor of the Ormsby House at two that
afternoon.
The innocent General was amazed.
He said he had suspected before that the
people of that Territory were fools, and
now ha knew it. lint ho s:iid rpst p.tv
!rtea9y nd cu,!t ihe witnesses, f,jr
the victory was just as certain as if the
conflict as already over. Sides wined
away his tear and left.
At two in the afternoon Ileferee Koop's
Court opened, and 4hat rerrrorseless old
joker appeared throned amoug his sheriffs,
his witnesses and a "packed" jury, and
wearing upon his face a fraudulent sol
emnity so awe-inspiring that some of his
fellow-conspirators had misgivings that
maybe he had not ccmprehended, after
all, that this was merely a joke. 'An
unearthly stilhiet-s prevailed, for at the
slightest noise the Judge uttered sternly
the command :
"Order in the court !"
And the Sheriffs promptly echoed it.
Presently the General elbowed his way
through the crowd of spectators, with his
arms full of law-books, and on his ears
fell an order from the Judge which, was
the first respectful recognition of his high
official dignity that had ever saluted them,
and it saturated his whole system with
pleasure.
"Way for the United States Attorney!"
The witnesses were called legislators,
high Government officers, ranchmen, mi
ners, Indians, Chinamen, negroes. Three
fourths of them were called by the defend
ant Morgan, but no matter, their testimony
invariably went in favor of the plaintiff
Sides. Kach new witness only added new
testimony to the absurdity of a man's
claiming to own another man's property
because his farm had slid down on top of
it. Then the Morgan lawyers made their
speeches, and seemed to make singularly
weak ones they did really nothing to
help the Morgan cause. And now the
General, with a great glow of triumph on
his face, got up and make a mighty effort;
he pounded the table, he banged the law
books, he shouted, and roared and howled;
he quoted from everything and everybody,
poetry, sarcasm, statistics, history, pathos
and blasphemy, and wound up with a
grand war-whoop for fiee speech, free
dom of the press, free schools, the Glori
ous Bird of America and the principles of
eternal justice 1 Applause.
When Ihe General sat down, he did it
with the comfortable conviction that if
there were anything in good strong testi
mony, a big speech ana believing ana
admiring countenances all around, Mr.
Morgan's cake was dough. Ex-Governor
Hoop leant bis head upon his hand for
some minutes, thinking profoundly, and
the still audience waited breathlessly for a
decision. Then he got up and stood erect,
with bended head, and thought again.
Then he walked the floor with long, delib
erate strides, and his chin in his hand,
and still the audience waited. At last he
returned to his throne and 6eated himself.
The Sheriffs commanded the attention
of the Court. Judge Roop cleared his
throat and said :
"Gentlemen, I feel the great responsi
bility that rests upon me this day. This
is no ordinary case. On the contrary it is
plain that it is the most solemn and awful
that ever nan was called upon to decide.
Gentlemen, I have listened attentively to
tha evidence, and the weight of it, the
overwhelming weight of it, is in favor of
the plaintiff Sides. I have also listened
to the remarks of counsel, with high inter
est and especially will I commend the
masterly and irrefutable logic of the dis.
linguished gentleman who represents the
plaintiff. Bat, gentlemen, let ua beware
how we allow human testimony, human
ingenuity in argument and human ideas
of equity to influence us to our undoing at
a moment so solemn as this ? Gentle
men, it ill becomes us, worms as we are,
to meddle with the decrees of Heaven.
It is plain to me that Heaven, in its in
scrutable wisdom, has seen lit to move this
defendant's ranche for a purpose. We are
but creatures, and we must submit. If
Heaven has chosen to favor the defendant
Morgau in this marked and wonderful
manner ; and if Heaven, unsatisfied with
the position of the Morgan ranche upon
the mountain side, has chosen a posi
tion more eligible and more advantageous
for its owner, it ill becomes us, insects as
we are, to question the legality of the act.
No Heaven created the ranches and it
Js Heaven's prerogative to rearrange
them, to experiment with them, to shift '
them around at its pleasure. It is for us
to submit, without repining. I warn you
that this thing which has happened is a
thing with which the sacrilegious hands
nut brains and tongues must not meddle.
Gentlemen, the verdict of tl.is court is that
the plaintiff, Richard Sides, has been de
piived of his ranche by the visitation of
God ! And from this decision ttere is no
appeal." ' ' - - - -
Buncombe- seized his cargo, of law
books and plunged out of the court room
a raving madman, almost. lie pronoun
ced Roup to be a miraculous ass, a fool,
an inspired idiot. In all good faith he
returned at night and remonstrated with
Roop upon his extravagant decision, and
implored him to walk the tluor and think
lor an hour, and 6ee if he cuuld not figure
out some sort of modification of the ver
dict. Roop yielded at last and got up to
walk. He walked two hours and a-Lalt"
and at last his face lit up happily and lie
told Buncombe it had occurred to him
that the ranche underneath th new Mor
gan raticho still belonged to Sides, that
his title to the: ground itself was just as
good as it had ever been, and therefore
he was of the opinion that Sides had a
right to dig it out from under there and-
The General never waited to hear the
end of it. He was always an iuipaii-nt
and irascible man. that way. At the end
of two "weeks he got it through his under
standing that he had bec
n played upon
AliK Twain.
with a ioke. Mai
The Chesuikk Jkii i rson Cheese
A late number of Littell's Living Age
contains an interesting article by Elihti'
Burrilt, on the great cheese- which the
people of the Cheshire made for Thomas
J-etierson. Elder John Leland was a
great pulpit politician in those days, and
preached to the people of Cheshire such
stirring Jelfetsonian Democracy that for
generations they never voted anything but
a sttaight democratic ticket. When Jef
ferson was chosen President. after a contest
of tremendous excitement, Elder John Be
land pruposed that his flock should cele
brate the victory "by making for the new
chief magistrate the biggest cheese tho
world had ever seen. Every -man and
woman who owned a cow was to give for
his cheese all the milk yielded on a ceitain
day only no Federal cow must contri
bute a drop. A huge cider press was
fitted up to make it in, arid on the ap
pointed day the "whole country turned out
with pails and tubs of curd, the girls and
women in their best gowns ar.d ribbons,
and the men in their Sunday coats ar.d
clean shirt-collara. The cheese was put
to press with prayer, and hymn-singing,
and great solemnity.
Wrhen it was well dried it weighed six
teen hundred pounds, aud as .it could not
be trusted on wheels, they waited till mid.
winter, when it was placed on a sleigh,
and Elder John Leland drove all the way
to Washington with it. (There was more
6iiow, you sec, in those times than there
is now). It was a journey of three weeks.
All the country had heard of the big
cheese, and came out tb look at it as the
Elder drove along. When he got to
Washington Mr. Jetferson received him
in state, made a speech, and in the pres
ence of the heads of departments, foreign
ministers, and other distinguished person?,
cut the cheese and served it around with
bread. Then he sent a wedge of it home
to the makers, and when it arrived they
also ate it in state. We are further in
formed that the cheese was very good.
Riciiks The man with good, firm
health, i rich.
Sj is the man with a clear conscience.
So is the parent of vigorous, happy
children.
So is the editor of a good paper, with a
big subscription list.
So is the clergyman whose coat the lit
tle children of his parish pluck, as he
passes them in their play.
So is the wife who -has the whole heart
of a good husband.
So is the maiden whoso horizon is not
bounded by the "coming man," but who
has a purpose in life, whether she ever
met him or not. ;
So is the young man who, laying his
hand on his heart can say "I have treated
every woman I ever saw as I should wish
my sister treated by other men."
So is the little child who goes to sleep
with a kiss on its lips, for whose waking
a blessing waits.
An Illinois gal shelled
bushels of corn in fifteen
is that for bigb?
one hundred
hours. How
-A W IRTISH VIGIL..
In the winter of 18G- it fell to my lot
to investigate one of the most , touching
stories ot u whito man's endurance and an
Indian's vengeance I ever came across in
the whole history of the Northwest. As f
some of the more curious portions of the j
othcial note-book of an Indian agent I
transcribe the memorandii relating to it.'
Albert Black was an honest gentleman
whose adventures in search of fortune led
him away from Regent street to wander
in western wilds, and this is the way he
"put through" a portion of the winter of
that year. .
He was residing, with a single compan
ion, in a little lug cabin at the Indian
village of Bella Cooda, on the coast of
British Columbia. There was no white
man nearer than one hundred mile?, but
the villages of many Indian tribes were
situated in the immediate vicinity. The
winter was omy nan inrougti ; tew na- i
lives came trading about the post, and as
time lay heavily on their hands, Black
and his companion resolved to go hunting
for a few days. A canoenas according
ly fitted out with a stock of provisions
and ammunition, and with an Indiau as
steersman and . pilot I hey proceeded to
cruise about amou the islands, now and
then landing and stalking deer, or shoot
ing the ducks and wild geese which assem
ble in countless flocks by the mouths of
the northwestern rivers ia winter. The
season wus mild, with but a thin coating
of snow on the ground, so that each night
the' encamped in the open air, and slept,
well wrapped up in their blankets, round
a blazing log tire. Few old exnlorers in
j these countries ever think of carrying a
tent with them, and our hunters were not
possessed oi one, even u uiey nail careo
.1 .Tl .l l I 1
to possess themselves of its shelter. They
had been cruising about in this manner
for several days, when, as usual, they en
camped one night on an inland, with the
canoe drawn up on tho L-'ach Their
j provisions they built up around them, to
I guard them frcm the attacks of any prowl-
T ing Indian, or other mishaps. Their In-
dian pilot had informed them he was just
out of powder and bullets, at the same
time
ueugini
to be
u'.ied with some.
j exhibiting his pouch, which contained but
two chat res. The hunters were too tired
to coin
their
packages, and,
not with-
standing hi
solicitations, thev out hun t
ff
until morning. They thin, as
usual,
loaded their rillos, the Indian d
oing so
also ; and all three men lay down to sleep,
and all slept save one.
How long they slept Black could not
say, but all that he remembered was be
ing awoke by the report of a rifle. A
low scream, and then a moan by his side,
told him that all was over with his com
panion. The Indian's place was vacant ;
and before Black could become fully cun
scious of his situation, he vh Iked at
from the dark, and a bullet struck his
thigh. He attempted to rise, but was
unable ; his leg was fractured. Instantly
he grasped his revolver, and he had scarce
ly done so before ho was conscious of a
figure crouching towards him iti the dark
ness. He immediate' fired, but the shot did
not take effect, and his would-be murder
er retreated behind some rocks. He now
staunched the blood flowing from his
wound as well as circumstances would
permit, tying a handkerchief around it.
All doubt was now at an end that the In
dian guide, tempted by the property, had
murdered his companion, and was only
prevented by the want of ammunition
from despatching him too. All night
long it seemed a year he kept awake,
too excited to sleep, though he was faint
from loss of blood. Sometimes he would
relapse into an uneasy sleep, from which
he would be startled by the barking of his
little dog, when he would grasp his revol
ver, oniy to see a figure again sknlking
into the darkness. Da light as last came,
and he had now lime to contemplate his
situation. Helpless, bad'.y wounded, far
from white or even friendly Indian, he
was alone, with an enemy watching every
moment to destroy him, as he had done
his com pardon, w hose glassy eyes glared
up at him- Provisions enough were ly
ing scattered around ; but none were ac
cessible as food, save the bag of sugar,
and on this his chief chance of subsistence
lay. He knew enough of science to know
mat aiagenuie s uogs wnen lea on sugar
soon grew emaciated, but he also knew
that it supported life for a long time.
Before night snow fell, and covered the
dead body out of sight. Sometimes he
would relapse into a half-waking sleep,
when again the ever faithful dvg, who
seemed almost conscious how matters
stood, would warn him of the approach
I of his enemv. It was in vain that Black
attempted to get a shot at him ; and had
it not been for the watchfulness of his
dog-friend, the wretch must soon have
been able to despatch with his knife the
guardian whose revolver intervened be
tween him and the coveted property.
And so they kept their dreary vigil?,
and the snow fell heavily ; and though hi-i
legs pained hira exceedingly, he managed
to keep warm in his blanket-lined burrow.
The Indian would sometimes disappear
for hours and even a day, apparently look
ing for food. The poor hunter would
then imagine that he had got clear of hi
blood thirsty enemy, ' when again the
barking of Flora would wain her master.
On one or two cea-ufi8 the Indian man-
aged to approach withia a few feet of
intended victim before big presence was -detected
; and as both niuderer and hun
ter were equally intent cn a: other's de
struction, escapes were sometimes rather
'.arrow. Several days elapsed in this
manner, until af last the Indian seemed
have grown tired and left the island in
the canoo ; for they were no longer alarm-
ed. Tha suiiar bag was getting nearly
done, and the poor dog was now so weak
with hunger, that, even when it did i.ot
absent itself searching for food ou the
shore, it was scarcely able to give t?
alarm. If Black survived hunger and
his wound, which was now 'getting very
painful, the Indian, he knew, would soon
return and accomplish his purpose. . With
such thoughts his prospects were gloomy
enough, and so he dozed away the hours,
half frozen and faint. It was the tenth
nibt (he h;id long lust Count of time, but
fouud to afterward) since the murderous
attack, when he was awoke by a loud
talking on the beach.
The mucu sailing over the leaden,
snowy sky, enabled him to recognize tho -figures
of several Indians hauling a canoo
on to the Leach. lie grasped his revolver,
determined to sell his life dearly, for ho '
was now fully pereuaued that it must ba
his murderer returned Uh assistance.
It was strange, however, it struck him,
that they had landed in sui'h an exposed
Mtuation. "Who are you ?" he inquired
in the Chinock jargon the trading lan
guage of the cos st. A Ijw, surprised cry
came from them. They wurj apparently
unaware of the presence of. any. one but
themselves. Again he shouted more
cheerily, and they approached him, when
he was delighted to recognise tha familiar
faces of several Bella Coola Indians old
acquaintances of his. He told them his
etury ; and. sis they listened, he uncovered
the body of Lis murdered Vo'mwuniot.,
they, every now and then, bursting into a
cry of horror. Food was prap ired, and
every attention paid to him. The dead
body was buried, and Black conveyed to
the Indian village, where ho was careful
ly nursed until news reached the nearest
white man'fa abde- The solitary colo
nist hurried dwn, and hpitiiiiig to have
been iu earlier days an utlicer in the army,
hd knew a little about surger'y. Hd
j dressed Black's wounds, and conveyed
j bin. back to the settlement, where, under
proper medical treatment, he tljw ly re
covned. But it n as many months before
he couid walk w ithout crutches, and to
the end c f his life he will bear the marks
of that feat tut experience of '-putting
through the winter" in the dark days of
18G . As we have a good deal (in novels)
of the generous savage, I may as well say
that my poor friend had to pay well for
all the hospitality he received. The water
he drank, the ground he laid on, the wood
that warmed him, the food h ate, every
thing was charged lor, but moat cheerful
ly paid.
It is, however, a great pleasure to re
late that, after the bill was paid, the In
dians threw in the execution of the mur
derer into the baigain Tho avengers of
blood found him in his lodge, comfortably
awaiting the death of Black by starvation
or cold, either ct wh'.ch he, no doubt
thought, would save nil trouble. He
seemed rather to exult when charged with
shooting the while men ; but the Bell
Coola warriors took a different view of
matters, and with a summary justice,
which would have done credit to a Cali
fornia vigilance committee, they shot him
where he sat.
As for poor Black, I saw him djnciii
at a Christmas patty not very hng ago ;
but a terrible limp, which caused his part
ner to afterwards style him an "awkward
sort of colonial fellow,'' told ma another
tale.
A Seveui: WiNiF.R. The winter of
1740 is described in an old book quoted
by a German paper as very terrible.
This work, ''Brookes' Contentment iu
God," thus speaks of it : "An unheard
of frost seized with extraordinary seventy
on the world and the elements, so that it
is scarcely possible to number or relate tho
many strange occurrences that took place
through its violence. Men felt so op
pressed that days passed by unheeded.
One would, and could hardly speak ; one
sat and thought, yet could not think ; if
any one spoke a word it wps with a hard
set facr. Many hens and ducks, even the
cattle in the stalls, died of cold ; the trees
split asunder. Not only beer but wine iu
cellai8 froze. Deeply sunken wells were
covered with impenetrable- ice. Crows
and other birds, (ell to the ground frozen
in their flight. No bread was eatable,
for it was as cold and hard as a stone.!
Brockes further relates that this extra
ordinary winter was fallowed by an equal
ly uncommon spring. In May no fcign of
verdure was yet to be seen ; it was still
cold in July, and vegetation was then still
further hindered by drought. The harvest
was not over till late in the autumn, and
by the midJIe of October the frost return
ed before the fruit in the gardens had
time to ripen."
A WESTEits minister told his congre
gation that the first step to ruin was a
yard of gay colored ribben The next
day a young woman -ut shopping told the
cletk that she wanted "three mjre steps
to ruin"' to match a piece.
Thr ppiing style of bonnet Is described
tf 'something like a
"something like a Kin i!aipr i n i K.
UU ' ptak. of a Laystack."