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Prompted by a d-sire to benefit theafllicted and unfortunate.l will send the recipe for preparing and usiiiK this medicine, in a sealed envelope, to r.ny one who needs it, fivr uf rimrni:. Address .loss. T. Inman, Station D, liible House, X. York City. UAKDIAX'S SALE OF HEAL ESTATE. By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Cambria county, to me di rected, there will be exposed to public sale, on SAT CP DAY, the I ftli dav of J AX FA MY, 1K71. at 2 o'clock, p. m ., the following- described Iteal Estate, of which Thomas Cowa.n. late of Clear field county, died seized, situate in White town ship, Cambria county. Pa., hounded and des cribed as follows : lle'irinmnir at a dotrwood cor ner, thence south 48 decrees, west ll." 5-10 per ches, to a post; thence north ;2 degrees, cast 115 perches, to a post; thence south ;s decrees, east 141 perches, to place of bojriniiin;? con taining lOH 1 -'i Acre?, nel, beinjr part of a tract of land warranted iu the name of Jacob Deekert. Teums of Sai.k. One-half of the purchase money to be paid on confirmation of sale and the balance in one year, with interest, to be se cured by tuo boud uud mortratfe of the pur chaser. JOS. M. SMITH. Guardian of minor children of Thomas Cowan, deceased. (Jan. 5. lS71.-'t.j A D M I N I STI ATO K S? NaFlCE. Vstate of James M'Gornn, dee'd. Letters of Administration on the Estate of James MctJonjh, late of Allegheny township, dee'd. havintr been granted to the undersigned by the Itctfister of Cambria county, all persons indebted to fiid estate are hereby notified that immediate payment must be made, and those having claims ayainst the came will firesent them properly authenticate.! for settlement. DF.METKII'S M tioUGlI, I . FltAXCIS O'FIUEL, .-Admrs. Dec. 16, lS70.-Ct. IXECUTOirs NOTICKI - Estate of Mich'l n-NMXfiiuM, dee'd. letters Testamentary on the F.slate of lich"l Cunningham, late of Carroll township, t'utnbria county, dee'd. having been (rranted to the un dersigned, residing in f arrolltown borouirh and Susquehanna township, they request all jwr sons indebted to said estate to make immediate payment, and 1 htun havintf claims will present tho same duly authenticated for settlement. H KN It Y SCA X LAX,lp JtniX MAXXIOX, ' f Exwcutors. Dec. 22. 1S70.- bt. A UDITOli'S NOTICIC Ilavinsr been appointed Auditor to report distribution of the surplus money in the hands of the Sheriff arising from the sale of personal property of James H. Howard, the undersigned hereby Rives notice that he will attend to the duties of his appointment at the Prothonotarv's Office, Johnstown, cm Monday, Feii. , 1871, at 2 o'ol'k, p. m.. at which time and place all persona inter ested can attend if they see proper. . ' W EASL.Y, Auditor. Johnstown, Jan. 5, lH71.-3t. (T EE1 UP THE FIRES ! The subl " wrlber Is prepared to furnish BLAIRS VILLE aud MOUXTA1X COAL of the very b.-nt qualities, in larpre or small quantities, on the shortest not ice and at the most reasonable rates Also, will attend toall kindsof H AL'LIXG with promptness and dispatch, and at as moderate prices as any man in tho business. U. il. THOMAS. Ebensburff, Xov. 24, lS70.-Cm. TAY UP! PAY UP ! All persoTs bavins' ac-ounts standing- with the subscri ber for a period of three months or more, are .... respccttully requested to call without lurttier delay and make settlement of the same, ?iwT.." i Tl,aJ u ,tue "eand must ha vo it, even tuou(cti 1 be JoreeU to collect it according to laEbenSburS, Jan. 6, 1 HK IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDA Y, JANUARY 9, 1871. Se poet's ftprlmtnt. A SXOW PIECE. BT MRS . E- SHEBMAN SK1TU. Lightly and merrily. Swiftly and steadily, Down comes the snow shower all tha day long; Bright eyes have looked for it. Yourp hearts have sighed for it; Now it ia welcomed with laughter and song. Earnestly watching it, . Eagerly catching it. Fair little faces and hands reached forth; Childhood and youth can see In the white mvstery Radiant visions of frolic and mirth. Traversing fields of space, Running n joyous race, Beautiful flake after flake flutters down; Each one a perfect flower, Nurtured in starry bower, crown. Each like a- gem from tome angel's bright From their cloud palaces, Faster and faster, these Delicate children of Winter ai.d Rain Come upon airy wines. Come, till all earthly things Gleam in pure robes, without blemish or stain. Whiter and whiter slill Grows every roof and sill; Whiter the domes late so grim and so brown. f range is the spectacle Changed, as bv a miracle. Into a fairy land seems all the town. . Lo ! upon the leafless trees. Waved bv the wintrv breeze, Phanto ms of summer's deid garlands appear. Twinirgand clinsring there, Palli'ily smiling there, Waking soft dreams of a season more dear. Now, at the twilight hour, Ceases the snowy shower. Listen ! already the tuneful bells chime I Poon will the rich and gay Speed on their merry way. Thankful and glad for the carnival time. But as the nisht comes down Cold over all the town. Many a heart sinks with terror and woe; Many a heavv sigh, Many a tearful eye. Snow Greets the chill prospect of Darkness and Ye who in happy homes SmHe when the snow shower comes, Think of the sad ones who weep at its fall; Think, think how. pitiful Objects so beautiful Should, like a tpectre, the needy appal. Prav for the.e hapless ones; Give to these suffering ore-; Dry the sad teardrops that freeze as they flow. Mercy and Charity Smoothe Life's disparity ; Snow. Warm the poor hearts chilled by Winter and Sales, Slut ejjts, gnctbofcs, c. a ii ace: fok life. A Itemluincenee or Fort Knelling. In a paper lately issued by tho Mir.ne sota State Historical society there is an inteusfiri account of the execution at Fort Snel.ing, in 182C, of four Dakota, who had killed some Chippewas, bv the lelalives ot the latter. Mrs. Van Cleve, the author of the narrative, was a little irl, and probably she and her raoiLer are the only living witnesses of the ercnt. Mrs. Van Cleve writes : "I dose my eyes and recall an evening some forty-two years ago, when, in one of the elotie houses near Fort Snellirig, which was our house at the lime, a pleasant company of officer and their families were spending the evening with my parents. The doors were open, for the weather was warm, and one of the officers was walking on I he pitizza, when we were all star lied by the sound of rapid firing very near us. The company rushed into the house, much agitated, exclaiming : 'That bullet almost giazed my enr !' What could it mean; were the Indians surrounding us ? "Scon the loud yells and shrieks from ihe Indian camp near our house made it evident that the treaty of peace, made that aflernoon between the Sioux and Chippewas had ended, as all their treaties did, in treachery and bloodshed. The principal men of the two nations had met at the Indian Agency, and in ihe pres ence of Major Taliaferro, their 'White Father,' Lad inade a solemn treaty of peace. In the evening, at Ihe wigwam of the Chip pewa chief, they Lad ratified this tteaiy, by smoking the pipe of peace togethtr, and then before the fruoke of the emblematic pipe had cleared away, the treacherous Sioux hud gone out and deliberately tired into the wigwam, killed and wounding several of the unsuspecting inmates. The Chippewas, of course re turned the lire, aud this was what startled and broke up the pleasant little gathering at my father's house. The Chippewas sought refuge and protection with their wounded within the walls of the fort, commanded at that time by Col. Josiah Snelling, from whom it was named. They were kindly cared for. One, a little daughter of the chief, excited much sympathy, and I cannot forget the interest I felt in her, for sbe waa but a year or two older than myself, and it seemed to me so cruel to ruthlessly put out her young life. She lingered but a few days iu great agony, and then God took her out of her pain. "Meanwhile our colonel, a prompt and efficient officer, demanded of the Sioux the murderers, and in a very few days, a body of Sioux were seen advancing to ward the fort, as was supposed, to deliver up the criminals. Two companies were sent to meet them and receive the mur derers at their hands. Strange to say, although they had tho men. they refused to give them up. Our interpreter, I can not recall his name, stepped out from among our soldiers aud said : " 'If you do not yield up those men peaceably, then as many leaves as are on these trees, and as many blades of grass as you see beneath your feet, 6o many white men will come upon you, burn your villages and destroy your nation.' "A few muments' consideration, a few hurried words of consultalion, and the guilty men were handed over to our troops. The tribe followed as they were taken into the fort, and, making a small fire within the walls, the condemned marched round and round it, singing their death songs, and then were given up to be put in irons and held in custody until time should determine how tnany lives should pay the forfeit ; for it is well known that Indian revenge is liierally a life for a life, and the Colonel had decided to give them into the hands of the injured tribe, to do with them aa they would. 'Some weeks passed, and it was found that five lives were to be paid for in kind. A council of Chippewas decided that the five selected from the prisoners should run the gauntlet, and tho deci&ion was ap proved. "Back over the lappe of these many years I pass, and seem to be a child again, standing by the side of my only brother, at the back door of my father's house. "The day is beautiful and the suu is so bright, the grass is so green, all nature is so smiling, it is hard lo realize what is going on, over yonder by the graveyard, in that crowd of men and women. For there are gathered together Ihe Chippe was old men, women and children, who have come out to witness or take patt in this act of retributive justice. There are the bluecoats, too, and various badges of the United States uniform, for it is nec essary lo throw some restraint around these red men or there may be wholesale murder ; and borne on the shoulders of his young men, we can see the form of the wounded dying chief, regarding all with calm satisfaction, and no doubt hap py in the thought that his death, so near, will not go unavenged. And there stands the young braves who have been selected a3 the executioners ; their rifles are loaded, their locks c-trefully examined, and all is ready when the word shall be given. "There, too, under the guard, are the five men, who are to pay the forfeit for the lives taken so wantonly and treacher ously. "Away off, I cannot tell how many tods, but it seemed to U3 young children a long run, are stationed the Sioux tribe, and that is the goal for which the wretch ed men must run for their lives. "And now all eeeuia ready and we stand on tip-toe, while the balls and chains are knocked olf and the captives are set free. At a word one of the men Mails, the rifles with unerring aim are lired, and under cover of the smoke a man falls dead. They reload, the word is given, another starts with a bound for home ; but ah ! the aim of these cleat sighted, blood-ihirsly red .men is too dead ly ; and so, one after another until four ate down. "And then the last, 'Little Six,' whom at that distance we children readily rec ognize, from his commanding height and graceful form ; he is our friend, and we hope he will get home. He starts ; I hey fire, the smoke clears away ; and still he is running ; we clap our hands and say 'he will get home ;' but another volley, and our favorite, almost at the goal, springs into the air and comes down dead ! I cover my face and shed tears of realsorrow for our friend. And now follows a scene that beggars description. Men who, at the sight of blood, became fiends, tear of the reeking scalps and hand them to the chief, who hangs them around his neck. Women and children, with tomahawks and knives, cut deep slashes into the poor bodies, and scooping up the warm blood with I heir hands, eagerly drank ; then growing frantic they dance and sing their horrid scalp songs, recount ing deed of valor on the part of their brave men, and telling of Sioux Hcalps taken at their la?t horrid feast, they leave the mu tilated bodies festering in the sun. "At nightfall they are thrown over the bluff into the river, and my brother and myself, .awestruc k and quiet, trace their hideous voyage down the Mississippi lo the Gulf of Mexivo. We lie awake that night, talking of the dreadful sight we have seen ; and we try to think what the people of New Orleans will think, when they pee these ghastly upturned faces ; and we talk with quivering lips aud tear ful eyes of j'Little Six,' and the many kind things he has done ior us, the bows and arrows, the mocauks of sugar, the pretiy beaded mocasins he has given us; and we wish, oh wish be could have run faster, or that the Chippewa rifles had missed fire. And we sleep and dream of scalps and rifles, war whoops and fright ful yells, and awake wishing it bad been a dream. "Next day the dying chief sat up in bed, painted himself for death, sang his death song, and with those five fresh bloody scalps about his neckv laid down and died, calmly and peacefully, in Ihe comfortable hope, no doubt, of a welcome borne in those 'happy hunting grounds,' prepared by the 'Good Spirit, for all those Indians who are faithful to their friends, and avenge themselves upon their foes. "A few years ago I told this story to unother 'Little Six,' 'Old Shakopee,' as he lay, with the gyves upon his legs, in our guard house at Fort Snelling, await ARE SLATES BESIDE ing execution, for almost numberless cold blooded murders, perpetrated during the dreadful massacre of 18G2. lie remem bered it all, and his wicked old face light ed up with joy as he was Ihe son of That 'Little Six' who made so brave a run for his life ; and he showed as much pleasure in listening to the recilal of bis father's treacherous conduct as the children of our great gonerals will do some day as they read or hear of deeds of bravery or darin" that their fathers have done." Mrs. Van Clevs and her venerable nmther are not the only living witnesses of the "Race for Life.' Our aged and honored townsmau. Maj. L. Taliaferro, was. in 1826, the princi.l actor in the scene transpiring at his a"ncy on tha memorable 26th, 27th and 28th of" May of that year. The whole weight of rssnonsi bility rested on shoulders of the soldier of 1826. He prevented an open rupture with tha troops. The influence of Maj. Taliaferro with the Da cotah nation was a marked one for a period of twenty-two years. IJedford Gazette. Agkicultural Culmijs. He prudent in planting ; one corn is often enough for an acher; and if you must leave anything out, why, drop your potatoes. Keep your rake in good order Re formed rakes make good husband-men. Farmers are not expected to be men of letters, but it is generally understood that you vill make A while the sun shines. Your field may be "furrowed with care," but it cannot be "harrowed by the recollection.'' Even your grief may be of a moving character, for when there are no horses the farmer's (s)teers will move the plow. No matter how much work you have on foot, keep your tow out of the flax. You must remember which are the most noisy vegetables the potato balls, and you can make Ihe pumpkin holler. Keep in mind the active ones, beans will run, you can see the cornstalk in the field, and one viue that you plant you may find hop when it comes up. Don't let your cattle stray ; they often wander to the most mysterious places ; we once saw a cowhide in a shoemaker's shop. Best locks for your barn in winter Bullocks. Flower for the hayfield winerowa The sentiment of cheese is astronomi cal, for when;forced to expression it gives the milky whey. When you get your stock in for the Winter, remember you cannot wear the hoes you dug the potato with. Your wife may basle Ihe chicken, but you will have to sow the crop youiself. When you find the larks-pur iu the country it may be safe the cat tle go to the fields. If you are dazy about the head in the Spring, it may be from over stuffing ; some are savory in the river in Summer. The flowers are no exception in follow ing the fashions ; go to pond aud you find the lilly pads there. If you design to sweep the country at election lime you will find an under-brush in the woods. If you are profane and like a dam-ask Uose iu the farm kitchen for tulips, you may get it. Boston Commercial Bulletin. "Hogs, I've Got You Now!" Some years ago an ecceulrie genius, Rev. Thus. P. Hunt, used to give temperance lectures. One night he announced that he would lecture in Easton. Now, temperance was not in favor among Ihe male portion of that burg. The women, however, were all in for the "pledge," and conse quently on Hunt's first night uot a man showed himself in the hall. The benches were pretty well filled with women, though, and Hunt commenced ; but in stead of temperance, he put them through on the vanities of dress, etc. They wore great stuffed feather sleeves then. They (the sleeves) caught it, then their light lacing, and eo on through the whole cata logue of female follies ; not a word about temperance. And the ladies went home hopping mad, told their husbands about it, and voted old Hunt down to the lowest notch. He had announced that he would lecture at the same place next night. Long be fore the time appointed they commenced to come, and when Hunt hobbled down the aisle, the building was comfortably filled with men. The old fellow looked about, chuckled and muttered, "Hogs, I've got you now !" The audience stated "Aha, hogs, I've got you now !" After the crowd had got quiet a littlo the lecturer arose and said : "Friends, you wanted to know what I meant by saying, 'Hogs I've got you now,' and I'll tell you. Out West, the hogs run wild ; and when folks get out of meat they catch a young, pig put a strap under his body and hitch him to a young sapling that will just swing him from the ground nicely. Of course he squeals and raises a rumpus, when all the old hogs gather around to see what's the matter, and then they shoot them at leisure. Last night I hung a pig up ; I hurt it a little, and it squealed. The old hogs have turned out to night to see the fun, and I'll roast you ;" and so ho did, pitching into their iavorilo vice with a relish and gusto. Premium Hams. The hams which took the first premium at the late fair at Oxford were cured by the following recipe : Take 2J pounds of sugar, 7 pounds of coarse salt. 2 ounces of saltpetre and four gallons of water, boil together and put in cool to 100 pounds of meats. Let the meat lie in the pick la eight weeks. SOMETHING MORE ABOUT BELLS. In England large bells were first intro duced into churches about the seventh century and it is supposed that they gave rise to that feature of ecclesiastical archi tecture known as the Bell Tower. Bells are often baptised and christened with great pomp and ceremony, and in the middle ages were (and still are, the writer might have added,) much used as a part of the ceremonial of th church. The Sanctus bell, which is a small bell Mill used by one of the attendants of the priest of the Catholic churches just before tho elevation of the Host, was formerly a larger bell hung in the outer turret of the church, at the sound of which all who heard it bowed in adoration. The Ave Marie bell announces the hour for offering supplication to the Virgin, and for begin ning and ceasing labor. The Vesper bell, the calling to evening prajer. The Pass ing bell was so named by being tolled when any ono was passing from life, and it was ordered that all withiu hearing shoulj pray for the soul of the dying one. From this custom is doubtless derived that of tolling the church belli at funerals, and also that which is practised in some local ities of tolling the bell immediately after a death, and indicating tho age of the de ceased by the number of strokes. The ringing of the Curfew bell was intioduced into England from France, by illiam, the Conqueror. It was called the couvre f'tu (cover fire) bell, and when rung at eight or nine o'clock iu the even ing it was expected that all fire and light would bo extinguished. It is to be re membered that at ihe early period houses were mostly built of inflamable materials, and the law of the Conqueror, though arbitrary, was intended to prevent confla grations. The custom was enforced for less than fifty years, but there are many localities in England where, even now, the curfew tolls the knell of parting day.' In olden times it was superstiliousiy believed lhat the tinging of bells would disperse evil spirits, check tempests, drive away infections and avert the lightnings. The most common of the old inscriptions upon the Latin bells were to this effect. The use of bells to sound alarm iu the event of danger from fire, flood, and the enemy dates from an early period. It is related that in the year 010, when Sens was beseiged, the Bishop of Orleans or dered the bells of St. Stephens to be rung, and the sound so frightened tho assailants that they abandoned the siege. When Macbeth shut himself in the for est of Duasinane, and it was announced to hiiri that Birnam Wood was moving on the castle, he cried out in his despera tion : King the alarm bell! Blow wind! Come wrack! At leust we'll dia with harness on our backs. In later years, the use of bells has be come so systematized as not otdy to sound the alarm of fire, but to indicate the local ity of the danger, and there are cities iu the United Stales in which by means of electricity, every fire bell may at once an nounce th"i3 fact. Perhaps Ihe most pers ! feet operation of the system is to be seen ' in New York. The largest bell in the world is in Mos cow the City of Bells. It was cast by order of the Empress Anne, in 1C53 ; is twenty-one feet five and one half inches in height, twenty-two feet five and a half inches in diameter where tho chipper strikes, and is believed to weigh from 360,000 to 440,000 pouuds. Historians are in doubt whether this giant among bells was ever hung. Dr. Clark, who saw it about the year 1801, sayp, in his "Travels" : "The Russians might as well have attempted to suspend a line-of-batlle ship with all its stores and guns.1" Bayard Taylor, on the other hand, main tains that it was both hung and. "it being struck by the clapper," as Korb says in his diary, "fifty men pulled upon it, one half upon each side." 11837, the Czar Nicholas caused it to be disinterred from its bed of sand, where it is supposed it was lodged during the conflagration ot 1737, and placed on the granite pedestal where it now rests. It was then conse crated as a chapel, the entrance to the in terior being through a large fracture near the mouth, the cause of which is a subject of controversy. It is recorded that at the casting of this bell, nobles were present from all parts of Europe, who vied with eachother in tha value of the gold and silver plate, jewelry and other votive offerings which they cast into the furnace. It is doubtless owing to this practice, which prevailed in olden times, that the existing notion is derived that ancient bells are of better material than the modern ones, on account of the silver composition. It may bo added, however that the idea is incorrect, since recent .experiments have shown lhat its introduction causes a positive deterioration of the resonant quality of bell-metal. Whoever has been in Russia recalls as chief among his memories, tho sound of the great bells which form a part of reli gious worship, and are regarded by Ihe Russians with superstitious veneration. In Moscow also there are five thousand, and when they unite on festive occasions in one mighty chime, the effect, especially at a distance, is said to be majestically grand. There is now suspended in the lower of St. Ivan, at Moscow, a beli which weighs 144,000 pounds, and the diame ter of which is thirteen feet. It is said that when it eoundf, which is but once a Terms, $2 per jear lit advauo. NUMBER 50. year, a deep murmer vibrates all over Moscow, like the fullest notes of a vast organ or tho rolling of distant thunder. The bell of Noire Dame Cathedral at Paris, cast in 1680, weighs 30,000 pounds; that of St. Peter's, at Rome, weighs 17,000 pounds; that of Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal tho largest in America 29,000 pounds ; and That of the Parliament House, in London, 30,000 pounds. When it is remembered that the largest bells' heard in our Ameri can cities rarely weighs more than three or lour thousand pounds, some idea may be had of the volume of lone which be longs to tha monster bells above described the Chinese have likewise produced bells of coilossal size, ono of which at Pekin weighs 120,000 pounds, but the tone of their bells is said to be discordant and "panny" like that of their gongs. Probably the most colebrated bell in this country is that known as the "Lib erty Bell," which, on the 4th of July, 1770 announced the signiug of the Decla ration of Independence. It was cracked while being rung in honor of the visit of Henry Clay to tho city of Philadelphia, and sinca then has beeu on exhibition in that city, together with other Revolution ary relics. Tho following inscription, taken from Leviticus xxvth chap. lOtb ver. surrounds it near the top: "Proclaim liberty throughout the land, unto all tha inhabitants thereof." Nor are our own well known St. Mi chael's chimes unworthy of notice in this connection. These bells eight in num ber were imported from England iu 1704, at a cost of 581. On the evao ualion of Charleston, in 1782, Major Traille, of the Royal Artillery, took them down under the pretence that they were military prerequisite belonging to the commanding officer. The Vestry applied to Lieutenant General Leslie to have them restored, on the ground that they were paid for by subscription. No answer waa returned. Sir Gay Carleton, at New York, however anticipated the wish of the Vestry, and ordered the bells to ba restored. Meanwhile they had been ship ped to England. Tho Vestry then applied to the Secretary of War of Great Britain, but without success. They were sold ; and being purchased by a Mr. Rhineu, were generously re-shipped by him to Charleston in 1783. They chimed their hallowed music thenceforward until 1863 or 1SG4, when, for prudential reasons, they were removed to Columbia, S C.t and deposited in the State I loose grounds. Here they were partially destroyed in tho great Sherman conflagration of February, 1865. After the war they were sent again to England, and, strange as it may appear, re-cast by tho duscendants of tho original founders and returned to this country. The Century. Singula k Fulfillment ok a Dukam. An old negro woman, ono of tho an cieut regime, living in a family on upper Church street, and who lives in a very old kitchen adjoining the residence,dream ed, for several nights in succession, a few weeks ago, of finding concealed treasure about the house. She paid no especial attention to the dreams, but did not speak of them to any one. During the present week the dream was repeated, and more vividly than before. On Thursday afler noon she was silting by her fire smoking, when the dream occurred to her mind, and she determined to search for the treasure. Taking up several loose bricks in tha hearth, he commenced digging in the earth beneath, and in a few minutes she was rewarded by finding a very much de cayed wooden box. On taking it up she found lhat it con tained a quantity of paper money, sup posed to be some of the old continental currency and a gold watch, the works of which had been totally destroyed by rust, and a number of gold and silver coins of English aud Spanish money. The paper was almost destroyed, the writing and printing being almost illegible, but tho coins were in an excellent state of "preser vation. This is given to us aa a fact, and, if true, is one of the most singular events of which we have ever written'.- We leave to Ihe spiritualist and believers in supernatural agencies to solve the con-, nection between the dreams and the find ing of the treasure. As then can bo no living claimant for the watch and money, the latter of which is said to be worth several hundred dollars, the old woman will remain the legatee of the one who earthed his treasure. Norfolk Virginian. The following anecdote of Beecher has been made public : It seems be had observed the injustice of obliging men lo work Sundays, and one day preached a sermon on it. Next day he entered into conversation with a car driver while riding down to Fulton Ferry and asked if be did not think some, plan might be adopted to dispense with the need of running the cars on Sunday. The driver being in entire ignniauee of the n;.UiO and nature of the interrogative friend, made a frank teply. "Ye3, sir, I think they might ; bra theie'a do hope of it so long us that d 1 B-echer's theater is open iu Brookbfi. The cars have to run to acomodr.io that." It is hardly necessary to add thai tha : driver's remark was u home thrar, and i was considered so good, that Beecher tu'.d it in rase it. Tna hand always carries off ihe oafm. F ir
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