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OLUME 4,
EBENSBURG, FA., THURSDAY, JUNE 9S 1870.
NUMBER 20.
S
F.NTISTKV. The , undersigned, a
graduate
the l""1
Coifge
jenul Stir-
n4t.
v offers m
Ul)Ft3'0'AL
?J and' vicinity, which place he will VisH
FOfRT" Mosdat of each month, to re-
RELFORD, D. D. S.
.
H.H.B. MILLER
Mtoona, Pa.,
reratlve and Mechanical DENTIST.
iWt removed to V irginia street, opposite
L Lutnenm church. Persons from Cambria
v or elttwnere wno gei worn uone uy me
'it amount of Ten Dollars and upwards, will
rf the railroad fare deducted from their bills.
ffoKK warrants. Jan. 21, l69.-tf.
TIl V. Airiaui, urgeon uen-
H list. will visit Ehensburg pro-
ionnllv on the SLCOIN V MOS
, of each month, and remain"
vbe found at the Mountain House.
TeeMi extracted without rriin by the use
Sitrite uxiue, or j-iaujiiiiiif; u.
r V. JAMISON, M. D.,
Loretlo, Cambria Co., Pa.,
'-'ers hi? professional service to such of the
of the above place and vicinity as may
t-;rr; mfrlical aid. ta,pr;i ai.-iy.j
Tajiks j. oatman, m. d.,
f tenders his profession! eervices as Phy-
im and rcrfwo. to the citizens of Ivarroll
sa and vicinity. .Office in rear of build-
occupied by J. Buck & Co. as a store,
jht calls cau be made at Ma residence, one
-r south of A. Uaug'a tin and hardware
re. fMfty 9, 18G7.
BJ. LLO l D, successor to II. .
P.rvv fWialpr in Dnuia. Medicine
--- - y -
ilnii, ifc. Store on Main street, opposite
e "Mansion llcuse," Ebensburg, Pa.
Octu'uer 17. lS67.-6m.
LOYD & CO., Rankers,
J Ebensburg, Pa.
Guld, SiWer, Government Loans, and
her Securities, bought and sold. Interest
uwd on Time Leptwtts. Collections made
aU accessible points in the United States,
d a general Banking business transacted.
l7 M. LLOYD & CO.,
r" Ban-kerb. Altoova. Pa.
Drafts m tie principal cities and Silver
I. 'ni.il IiT Sale. Collections: mgiU
Iters received on deposit, payable on de-
i -m, tmrimu interest, or upon time, with
tsi ai ta.r rates. an31.
D. M'LAUGIILIN,
AT LAW. John.- Tn
tSce in the Exchange building, on the
Mr oi t.itton and Locust streets up
n. Will attend tn u 1
- " ji. vuauv-t
w-.tb lis profession.
1867.-tf.
, JOHN 1 LINTON,
"acein building on corner of Main and
ti-m street, opposite Mansion House,
'iwfloif. Entrance on Franklin street.
Jastown. Jan. SI. 18C7.-tf.
1 . T V 1 U' ATTORSET-AT-
!aw;wfc-, Pa. Office on Frank-F-
street, rnvo.t... . .
-,.rtl,IS UYer jonn uenton'
P. il: E;VSLV, Attouxet at Law.
fx, p. . , purci, uuiiiiM-
ilL: l Prmptly to all manner of
JW,' - - T.W.DICK.
M & DICK ATTORNfitS-A
t rAW.ttensburcr npr, :.u tt
ColonaJe Ilow. oct.22.-tf.
JOnssTOV
A'w! t SCANLAN,
d"0rneyS at Law
EbeLbburg, Cambria co., Pa.
ECT118 the Curt Housb.
1 ?HCVjrr.
ttjAr,, CEO. W. OATVAM.
C "i ,KEK & OA.TMAN, Attor
IA .r J L.AW Foensourg, Pa. Offices on
t:lL 'wmtely cast of Huntley's
lVSf." SF-CHLER, Attorneyat.
ovw b?"8barS. P- Office in rooms
S'i Ge0- M' Ilead- Ew in
n-", Centre street. r..i 97
.. , t-H
,! errtUil' X 0ffice in new building
, b! "ed on Contra j. .
ulgn street "v, vu u'mia
-rr - l"g-27-
.1 Vs;r- t-TTi : :
Q u centre street, opposite Linton's
P r :
.
"ttT7
1807 tf vcuire oireeu
-UHN FENLON,
Ula reet. adioinin
t- -
EASLY, Attorney-
to. d a11 legl bu.iness promptly
f - - a
j ' .''AD, Justice rtf th Pr.
Jau 31. 18G7i
Rrrsh St.. Ebensbnre. il8.
nu.uir. "
,4 8OHM Pkactical Scb-
IREl FIRE!! FIREI1
DO YOU HEAR THAT, FIREMEN ?
AND ABE YOW PBKPARED TO
OBEY THE SUMMONS!
TbSa you are not. unless i'OU baVe been to
Wolff's Clothing fStore,
and have bought one of those superb
FltlEtaAK'S COATS,
to keep you warm and dry. Wolff makes
them at from J818 to $2t), and any other gar
ment you want you can have made to order at
short notice.
FIT, NO CHARQE!J2
Mr. WOLFF has iust returned from the East,
and his READY MADE
in n r
la' 1 ' II n
now contains the largest assortment, the most
varied assortment, and altogether the most
pleasing assortment of
SUMMER GARMENTS
rOK A BOYS,
EVER DISPLAYED IN ALTOONA.
tOVERCOATS. from the lowest-priced
Casimere to the finest Beaver all pizea.
CSFull Suits of Clothinsr at from to $30.
Pants from $1,50 to f9. Vests from 73 cents
to $5. Also, a geneial variety of
NOTIONS & FURNISHING GOODS,
Hats, Caps, Hoots, Shoes,
UMBRELLAS, SATCHELS. TRUNKS, &c.
t-In the LADIES' DEPARTMENT will
be tound a full stock of FURS, from the low
est priced Coney to the finest Mink and Sable.
GODFREY WOLFF,
Kext door to the Poet OClce, Altoona, Pa.
rjUIOMAS OAKLAND,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
GROCERIES QUEENSWAREj
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
STATIOKEUY AND NOTIONS,
FISE SALT. SIM CURED MEATS.
DICOY, FLOUR,
FEED AND PROVISIONS,
1323 eleventh Avenue,
Between 13th and 14th Sts., Altoona.
All such poods aa Spices, Brushes. Wood
and Willow Ware, Shoe Blacking and Station
ery will be sold from manufacturer's printed
price lits. and all other pood a in my line at
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Pitts
burgh current prices. To dealers 1 present tite
peculiar advantage of saving them all freight
and drayape, a they are not required to pay
freights from the principal cities and no dray
age charges are made. Dealers may rest as
sured that my goods are of the best qualitr 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 of retail dealers and others in
Cambria county and elsewhere. Orders re
spectfully solicited nd satisfaction guaranteed
in all cases. THOMAS CAULAND.
Altoona, Jiiy 29, 1 fcbf
OOD, MOHRELL & CO.,
WASHINGTON STREET,
Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
FOREIGN AND BOMESTIC DRY BOQDS,
MILlM-XCItX GOODS,
IlARDWATtE,
QUEERS WARE.
BOO'l"S AND SHOES.
HATS AND CAPS. -
IRON AND NAILS.,
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
GLASS WARE. YELLOW WARE.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS,
Together with all manner of Western Produre,
such as FLOUR. BACON, FISH, SALT,
CARBON OIL. &c, Ac.
Wholesale and retail erders solicited
and promptly filled on the shortest notice and
most reasonable terms
WOOD, MORRELL & CO.
John-town, April 28, lbb'J. ly.
A
N D R E W HOSES,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
F
Suppis's BtJitmsa, Cliktojj St., Johnstown,
HAS jnst received bis fall and winter stock
of fine French, London and American
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES and VEST1NGS,
and a full assortment of Gent's FcamsHisa
Goons.
Mr. Moses has been for eight years cutter at
Wood, Morrell & Co.'s establishment, and how
desires to inform his friends and the public gen
erally that he has commenced business in Sup
oes's building, on Clinton street, with a stock
nf goods adapted to the fall and winter, which
be is prepared to make up in the latest styles
and at moderate prices for cash, hoping by at
teution to business to merit & share ot public
Eitronage, and maintain that success which
as heretofore attended his efforts in producing
good fitting garment. Give him a call.
Johnstown, Sept. 2. 18K8.-tf.
r GREAT CHANCE
ALL PERSONS buying Goods from me
after this date. nd paying CASH for the
same, will be allowed TEN PER CENT, off
regular prices. No discount will be allowed
unless cash is paid down at time of purchase.
B?"K CASg TomHVSTLEY.
Ebensburg, Feb. 24, 1870. -tf. .
t Jocf s gtjarfmtnti
OVER TI1U tZARSi
'Twas milking time, atld the cows came tip
From the meadows sweet with clover,
And stood in the lane, while pretty .lane
Had a quiet chat with the drover
Such a quiet chat that it scarcely seemed
That a single word was spoken ;
While a magic spell with the night dews fell,
And the rhymth of song was unbroken.
The cattle stood at the lovers' side,
Without any show of vekation,
As though impressed that a five-bar rest
Was a part of their rest-oration.
And as Jane listened to notes that came
Right unde'r the bars and oVer,
Her heart took wing, like a silly thing,
And nestled up close to the drover.
She heard him say that his home was poor,
That he had nothing but" love to give her t
And she smiled content, as though Love had
spent
Every arrow be had In his quiver ;
She smiled content, while the evening air
Wiih Voices of birds was ringing.
And her lips confessed that a lowly nest
Should never prevent her singing.
So over the br9 the lovers le.in,
In the Joy of their sweet communion,
And their looks declar that poverty never
Shall be a bar to their union
O, sweetest music, go thread your rhymes
Now under the bars and overl
Where pretty Jane, in the fragrant lane,
Bewitched the heart of the drover.
ales, Sliclcljrs, nfcbof es, c
THE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY
M JIO DID AOT JPIlOSPfiM.
BY MARK TWAIN.
Once there was a good little boy by the
name of Jacob Blivens. He always
obeyed his parents, no matter how absurd
and unreasonable Ibeir demands were ;
and he always learned his book, and never
was late at Sabbath school. He would
not play hookey, even when his sober
judgment tutu htm it was the most profit
able thing he could Uo isone of the
other boys couldser make that boy out,
he acted so strangely. He wouldn't lie,
no matter bow convenient it was. lie
just said it was wrong to lie, and that
was sufficient for him. And be was so
honest that be was simply ridiculous
The curious wbjs that Jacob had sur
passed everything. He wouldn't play
marbles on Sunday, he wouldn't rcb birds'
nests, he wouldn't give hot pennies to or
gan grinders' monkeys ; he didn't seem to
take any interest in any kind of rational
amusement. iSo the other boys used to
try to reason it out and come to an under
standing of him, but they couldn't arrive
at any satisfactory conclusion ; as I said
before, they could only figure out a sort
of vague idea that he was "afflicted" and
so they took him under th?ir protection,
and never allowed any harm to come to
him.
This good little boy read all the Sun
day school books; they were his greatest
delight. This was the whole secret of it.
He believed in the good little boys they
put in the Sunday school books he had
every confidence in them. lie longed to
come across one of them alive, once ; but
be never did. They all died before his
time, may be. Whenever he read about
a particularly good one, be turned over
quickly to the end to see what became of
him, because he wanted to travel thou
sands of miles and gase on him ; but it
wasn't any use ; that good little boy al
ways died in the last chapter, and there
was a picture of the funeral, with ull his
relations and the Sunday school children
standing around the grave in pantaloons
that were too thort, and bonnets that
were too large, and everybody crying into
handkerchiefs that had as much as a yard
and a half of stuff in them. He was aU
ways headed off in this way. lie never
could see one of those good little boys, on
account of his always dying in the last
chapter.
Jacob bad a noble ambition to be put
in a Sunday school book. He wanted to
be put in, with pictures representing him
gloriously declining to lie to hie mother,
and she weeping for joy about it ; and
p'.ctnrep representing bim standing on the
door step giving a penny to a poor beggar
woman with six children, and telling her
to spend it freely, but not to be extrava
gant, because extravagance is a sin, and
pictures of him magnanimously refusing
to tell on the bad boy who always lay in
wait for him around the corner, as be
came from school, and welted htm over
the bead with a lath, end chaed him
home, saying, "Hi ! hi !" as he proceed
ed. That was the ambition of young
Jacob Blivens. He wished to be put in
a Sunday school book. It made bim feel
a little uncomfortable sometimes when he
reflected that the good little boys always
died. He loved to live, you know, and
this was the most unpleasant feature about
being a Sunday school book boy. He
knew it was not healthy to be good. He
knew it was more fatal than consumption
to be eo supernaturally good as the boys
in the books were ; he knew that uone of
them had ever been able to stand it long,
and it pained bim to think that if they
put him in a book he wouldn't ever see it
or even if they did get the book out before
be died it wouldn't be popular without any
picture of his funeral in the back part of
it, It couldn't be much of a Sunday
school book that couldn't tell about the
advice be gave to the community when he
was dying. So, at last, of course, he had
to make up his mind to do the beet be
could under the circumstances to live
right, and hang on as long as he could,
and have his dying fpeech all ready when
his time came.
But, somehow nothing ever went right
with this good little boy ; nothing ever
turned out with him the Way it turned out
with the good little boys in the books.
They always had a good time, and the
bad boys bad the broken legs ; but in tins
case there was a screw loose somewhere,
and it all happened just the other way.
When he found Jim Blake stealing ap
ples, and went under the .tree to' read to
him about the bad little boy who fell out
of a neighbor's apple tree, and broke bis
arm, Jim fell out of the tree too, but he
fell on him and broke his arm, and Jim
Wasn't hurt at all. Jacob couldn't under
stand that. There wasn't anything in the
books like it.
And once, when soma bad boys pushed
a blind tnan over in the mudj and Jacob
ran to help him up and receive his bless
ing, the blind man did not give bim any
blessing at all, but whacked him over the
head with his stick and said he would
like to catch him shoving him again and
then pretending to help him up. This
was not in accordance with any of the
books. Jacob "looked them all over to
see.
One thing that Jacob wanted to do was
to find a lame dog that hadn't any place
to stay, and was hungry and persecuted,
and bring him home, and pet him and
have the dog's imperishable gratitude
And at last he found one, and Was happy;
and he brought him home and fed him,
but when he was going to pet him, the
dog flew at him and tore all tli3 clothes
off him except those that were in front,
and made a spectacle of birn that was as,
tonishing. He examined authorities, but
he could not understand the matter. It
was of the same breed of dogs that was
in the books, but it acted very differently.
Whatever this boy did, he got into trou
ble. The very things the boys in the
books got rewarded for turned out to bo
about the most unprofitable things he
could invest in.
Once when he was on his way to.Sun
day school he saw some bad boys starling
off pleasuring in a sail boat. He was
filled with consternation, because he knew
from his reading that boys who went sail
ing on Sunday invariably got droned.
So he rati oufon a raft to warn them,
but a log turned with him and slid him
into the river. A man got him out pretty
Foon, and the doctor pumped the water
out of him and gave him a fresh start
with his bellows, but he caught cold and
lay sick abed nine weeks. But the most
unaccountable thing about it was that the
bad boys in the boat had a good time all
day, and then reached home alive and
well, in the most surprising manner.
Jacob Blivens said there was nothing like
thes things in the books. He was per
fectly dumbfounded.
When he got well he was a little dis
couraged, but he resolved to keep on try
ing, anyhow. He knew that so far his
experiences would not do to go in a book,
but he hadn't yet reached the allotted
term of life for good little boys, and he
hoped to be able to make a record yet, if
he could hold on until the time was fully
up. If everything else failed, he had his
dying speech to fall back on.
He examined his authorities, and now
found that it was time to go to see as a
cabin boy. He called on a ship captain
and made his application, and when the
captain asked for bis recommendation he
proudly drew out a tract and pointed to
the words ; "To Jacob Blivens, from his
affectionate teacher." But the captain
was a coarse, vulgar man, and he said,
"Oh, that be blowed ; that wasn't any
proof that be knew how to wash diihes
or handle a slush bucket, and he guessed
he didn't want hiin.' This was alto
gather the most extraordinary thing that
had ever happened to Jacob in all his life.
A compliment from a teacher, on a tract,
had never failed to move the ter.derest
emotions of ship captains and open the
way to all o3tees of honor and profit in
their giftit never had in any book that
ever he had read. He could hardly be
lieve his senses.
This boy always bad a hard time oFfcv
Nothing ever came out according to the
authorities with him. At last, one day,
when he was around hunting up bad little
boys to admonish, he found a lot of them
in an old iron foundry fixing up a little
joke on fourteen or fifteen dogs, which
they had tied together in long procession,
and were going to ornament them with
empty nitro-glycerine cans made fast to
their tails. Jacob's heart was touched.
He sat down on one of those cans- -for
he never minded grea.e when duty was
before him -and he took hold of tha fore
most dog by the collar, and turned his
reproving eyes upon wicked Tom. Jones.
But just at that moment Alderman Mc
Weller, full of wrath, stepped in. All
the bad boys ran away but Jacob Bliv
ens rose in conscious innocence, and began
one of those stately little Sunday school
speeches, which always commence with
"Oh, sir 1" in dead opposition to the fact
that no boy, good or bad, ever starts a
remark with "Oh, sirl" But the Alder
man never waited to hear the rest. He
took Jacob Blivens by the ear, and turned
him around, and hit him a whack in the
rear with the flat of his hand ; and In an
instant that good little boy shot out thro
the roof and soared away toward the sun,
wi;b the Iraments of those fifteen dogs
Btringios after4k4ik.. tka LailoL a. kite.
And there wasn't a sign of that Alderman
or that old Iron foundry left on the face
of the earth ; and as for young Jacob
Blivens, be never got a chance to make
his last dying speech after all his trouble
fixing it up, unless he made it to the
birds ( because, although the bulk of him
came down all right In a tree-top in an
adjoining county, the rest of him was ap
portioned around four townships, and so
they had to hold five inquests on him to
(ind out whether he was dead or not, and
how it occurred. You never saw a boy
scattered so.
Thus perished the little boy who did
the best he could, but didn't come out
according to the books. Every boy who
did as he did prospered except him. His
case ia truly remarkable. It will proba
bly never be accounted for. -Tbe Galaxyt
A KIG11T WITH A HILAR
BT AN ARTIST.
I have met with many perilous adven
tures in my career, but the one which
perhaps dwells most forcibly on my mind,
occurred to me on an occasion when I
Was benighted in one of the vast forests
near Mount Washington and the Com
monusac Biver. Looking about me in
the dark for a place of shelter, where I
could lie down, I espied close beside me
what appeared to be a small log cabin.
Glad of a shelter made by hands, I has
tened towards it. and nusbin" it open. I
entered, and found myself in a gloom as
black as the blackest night.
Glad of a shelter for my weary bead, I
threw myself upon the earth, and in a
little time was unconscious of all that was
passing around me ; the last thing I re
membercd being the sighing of the wind
through the branches of the trees, and the
rush of the swollen riverk How long I
slept, I know not ; but I awoke with a
start, and a vivid sense of danger impend
ing over me. I did not rise to my feet,
but lay motionless as though some great
weight was upon me which chained mo
down. The wind bad risen, and the
branches of the trees swayed and creaked
abovo my bead, and mingled with the
music of the falling water. Through the
door, which I had left partially ajar, I
could see a glimmer of light, and knew
thereby that the moon had risen above
the mountains.
Suddenly I gave a start. My heart
seemed to stand still, and my hair crept
with terror on my head, while I Kit a
chill like ice pervading my entire being.
My head was lying close to the wall on
one side of the cabin ; and just outside the
logs I heard the deep, hoarse growl of
some wild animal. I lay as still as death.
The sound was again repeated, this time
coopled with another. The beast was
digging n the ground close to my head ;
and trom the sound of the busy claws in
the earth, I kuew that it had nearly worked
its -way beneath the bottom log of the
cabin. Wilh sfshudder in which I seem
ed almost to feel sue claws upon my skull,
I sprang to my feet, and bounded to the
opposite side of the cabin. A ceasing of
the ininiNg operations on the part of the
brute, and a deep growl, told me that my
motions were known, and that they were
disliked by my unwelcome companion.
My situation was a most unwelcome
one. Besieged in that narrow place by
either a bear or a panther, with no weap
ons of defence'and the brute at any time
liable to force an enfrance, I hardly knew
which way to turn, or what to do to en
sure my safety. The brute left tfce place
where it had been at work, and followed
round, outside, to the spot where I stood,
giving utterance to another of its furious
growls which seemed to me ominous of
the fate it meant for me. I glanced to
wards the door, .and saw to my dismay,
that it stoojLsligbtly ajar, and that there
was nothing to prevent the brute from en
tering the moment it should discover the
aperture.
Forgetting that the brute had followed
without my motion inside, I sprang to
wards the door with the intention of clos
ing it. I threw myself against it, but to
my dismay, found that it would close no
further. Kithur the door or logs, or both,
had warped out of place, or else it had
never shut tightly as it should have done.
I heard the hurried tread of the brute out
side, and knew that in a moment it would
be at the door, and I completely at its
mercy. Hurriedly I looked about for a
place of refuge, and by the faint rays of
the moon which streamed in through the
crevices of the upper logs, I saw a pole
stretched across upon which the former
occupants of the cabin had hung such
things as they desired to have out of their
way.
I desired to be out of the way now. and
springing with all my strength, I caught
upon the pole and drew myself up into
the roof of the cabin ; but hardly had I
done so, when the door was dashed wide
open, letting in a flood of moonlight and
a huge bear at the same moment !
The Dear saw me in an instant, and
rearing upon its haunches, regarded me
with much solemnity for a few moments,
while I was engaged in drawing up my
legs as far as possible out of its reach, in
case Bruin meditated an attack upon them.
For the sp-ice of about two minutes the
brute sat there motionless, with its little
eyes glowing like coals of fire t and then
it gave a mighty spring towards the roost
upon which I was perched, but missed its
aim, and dashed it-soif against ths opposite
side of the cabin. A cry of horror burst
from my lips, and echoed wildly In
the forest without. My heart stood still
with fear, for I doubted not that the hext
time the brute leaped it Would be success
ful, and I should be completely at its
mercy.
It turned again with a fierce growl of
disappointment, and prepared for another
spring. I crowded myself up into the low
roof as far as possible, and waited tor its
coming. With a mighty spring the brute
came on, and this time It was more sue
cessful than before. It caught one of its
huge paws upon the pole upon which t
rested, and in a moment It frtapped in
twain, letting both of ns down together.
I gave myself up for lost, a? well I mijht
without the slightest Weapon ofjdefenca
against the monster. Already I seemed
to fel its teeth and Claws in my flesh,
and 1 closed my eyes as I thought forever
on the scenes of this world. The huge
monster stood over me, and I could feel Its
hot breath upon toy face. One paw was
laid upon my breast, and each moment I
expected to feel its teeth in my throat.
Suddenly there was a tramp of hurried
feet outside, end the sound of human
voices. With a wild hope that I mi-iht
yet be saved,. I shouted for help at the top
of my voice-. An answer Came back close
at hand. The brute heard it, and sprang
over me out through the doof way. The
next moment there was the report of a rifle
followed by a howl of pain, and then the
form of a man sprang into the cabin.
"Who is here?" he Cried, as he felt
about in the darkness.
I staggered to ray feet, hot yet recovered
from the effect of my sudden descent from
the loft, and answered him. Then We
went into the moonlight, and saw the bear
lying there, struggling in the agonies of
death, with another man standing over
him.
They proved to bo fishermen spending
the night in the forest; and as daylight
broke, they readily conducted me through
the woods to the hotel, under whose hospi
table shelter I was glad to find myself at
last.
ARRAIGXED FOR. FORGCUY.
There lived in the city of I ,
in
the State cf Pennsylvania, a gentleman
on the shady side of sixty, who had by
industry and economy, amassed a large
Competence, sustaining in all the work of
life a character above suspicion. He
was the head of a fine family, and noted
for his eccentricities and bis peculiar styhj
of dress. He was stoop shouldered, limp
ed a little, and for about ten years pre,
vious to the scene about to be narrated,
Wote a Coat that had turned red with age.
It was the middle of the afternoon of
a cloudy, dismal day in March, when an
old man entered one of the banks in the
city named, and presented a check for
payment. The cashier took It and paid
over to the man 30,000, and be descend
ed the steps to the street.
In les than five minutes after he had
left, the check was discovered to be a for
gery. The proper authorities were im
mediately notified by the cashier, who
gave them a description of the person, and
rigid search was immediately commenced.
In about half an hour afterward, an ollieer
entered the bank with a man answering
the descrip ion, and presenting him to the
cashier, asked dim if that was the man.
"That is the man ; I cannot be mis.
taken," he replied He eyed him a little
closer, being near sighted and throwing
up his hand, he exclaimed.
"Mr. Bawling (the gentleman alluded
to in the opening of the narrative,) can it
be possible that you have commuted this
forgery V
The old man protested his innocence,
but of no evfil ; for be was led away to
prison to await the sitting of the court.
His friends .wished to go his bail, but
be obstinately refused to accept release,
and he lay in jail three months.
The day of trial came on, and, although
defended by the best legal talent, the evi
dence against bim was conclusive, and
be was convicted.
It was sentence day. The court room
was filled with spectators, and the friends
and relatives of the prisoner. It was a
sorrowful scene, and among the particU
pants waB the wife and two lovely daugh
ters of Mr..liawlins, their beautiful faces
swollen with weeping over the sad fate of
their father. One by one the prisoners
descended from the box and received their
sentences.
Kawlins was next in turn. There is
an awful silence for some moments when
the Judge, in a choking, trembling voice,
for be was an intimate friend of the con
demned man, said:
"Mr. Rawlins l" .
He arose and took a. stand before the
Jude.
The Judge proceeded t
"Have you or any one in the room a
reason why the sentence of the law should
not be passed against you !"
Here a terrible silence ensued, almost
paralyzing the hearts of many anxious
friends j when, all at once a prisoner in
the box--a young manarose and said,
"I have."
"Your reason," said the Judge.
"Because he is not guilty. 1 will ex
plain." What a mountain's weight of sorrow
was lifted from the hearts of some by the
pronunciation of these word not guilty
"Proceed 1 I'roceei 1" cried a uuudred
voUes.
"I will. If you will send some reliable
man an offlcer or tWo-wlth me to a
certain point on the main highway lead
ing out of the City, under a flat stone of
peculiar shape, you will find 10,000 of
the money; the balance I have lost at
faro."
They starred, followed by a crowd.
In an hour an hour of anxiety and ex
citementthey returned, and produced
the money in court.
"Now," said the prisoner, "send to
room No. 15, at the Linden House, on
A street, and you will find a hair
trunk, which you will bring to me."
In due time the trunk was brought
into court, and at the previous secret re
quest of the Judge, through the Sheriff,
he and the trunk were placed in one ante
room and Mr. Rawlins in another.
In a few minutes he or Bawling, no one
knew which it wan, took his place in the
box, and the Judge ordered the Sheriff
to summon the Cashier, which h did.
He now came in.
"Are you the Cashier of the bank to
which that check was forged for $30,
000." "I am, sir.'
man I would have you look at him and
tell the court if he is the man,' said the
Judge,
"He is the man. I cannot be mistaken,
although I am sorry to pay it."
Here the prisoner suddenly twitched
the whiskers from his face, threw off his
hat and coat, and stood in his shirt Bleevos
a tnere buy. The Cashier swooned, fell
on the floor, and was Carried out of the
court room.
. "I am the man," said the prisoner,
"who did the forging of that check. I
came from England a few months ago,
determined to make a raise. I knew the
man would be looked at and not the check.
i How well I did it you all know; but I
could not see an innocent man sufferirz
for a crime that I had committed."
Kawlins was discharged and borne otf
triumphamly on the shoulders of his
f iends, and in consideration of the hon
esty of heart of the young man, the Gov
ernor commuted his sentence from twenty
to two years he having been convicted
on another charge.
A KtCB little boy in Pittsburgh went
to the circus the other day, and amused
himself by throwing stones at the elephant
while he was drinking. When he got
through the boy tried to propitiate hint
by offering him a piece of gingerbread.
Before accepting the Cake the elephant
emptied over the boy about 6ixty-fo'ir
gallons of water, beer measure, and then
plum; him into the third tier to dry off
This boy is very inditFerent abaut circuses
now. tie says he believes he doesn't
Care for them as much as be used to.
A trader who has been annoyed by
the congregation of loafers in front of his
store in the evening, has adopted an ef
fectual ren edy for the nuisance. Ha
sprinkles red pepper oo the walk near the
Windows, and" when the "audience" as
sembles and begins to "shufila around,'
the fine dust of the pepper arises, and the
Crowd soon sneeze themselves Around the
corner.
lloW to wnmc right is thus exempli
fied : Write we know is right, when we
see it written write ; but when we see it
Written Wright, we know 'tis not then
written right for write, to have it writ
ten right, must not be written right nof
wright, nor yet should it be written rite,
but write for so 'tis written right.
A DanBurt (Connecticut) fisherman,
Who had last week baited his book with
a small fro?, and aftr conversing with a
companion a few minutes, found that his
lively bait had swam ashore, and was
sitting quietly on a rock by his side,
wound up his line and went noma.
Valuable Mas. The editor of the
Tioga Agitator says : "Mr. C. L Bennet
laid a large hen's gg on our table meas
uring in circumference eicht inches one
way, and six the other." Gay chicken,
that Bennct. What a handy man be
would be to have about a house I
An intelligent youth, recently engaged
in one of the commercial efflces in Oswe
go, made out a shipping bill for "fourty"
barrels of ftur. Ilis employer called his
attention to an error in the spelling of forty,
"Sure enotiwh,' replied the promising
Clerk, "I left out the gV
1 m -
E IJGiBi.K young bachelor - making call
"Well, Master Fred, you don't know
who I am "
Too candid young hopeful "Oh, but t
do, though ! You're the chap that taift
says would make such a good catch fof
Mary."
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A Vagabond, seeing the motto, "Op-
portunlty makes the thief,' said : "Not
always ; 1 found a big anchor and chaitr
Cable on the pavement the other night, and
didn't touch it, and there was fiobody
about, neltheri"
AH exchange says : Trytn fa do bus
loess without advertising is like winking
through a pair of green poggles. Yotl
may kuow that you are doing it, but po
bod else doei."
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