rlKE editor anil Publttber.
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Terms, $2 pw year In ndvnnco
VOLUME 5
IE GREAT, .
OAK HAUL
flIPORIUM!
l Main Street, Johnstown.
i J. HESS & BROTHER
HAVE NOW OX HAXI)
rhe Largest, Best Made
1XD .HOST Ul'IUHLE
Slock if Cloiliii
EVLR KEPT IX JOH.STOWS,
consisting chiefly of
0'S COATS.
HKN'S VESTS:
'CUIUS' CO ATS.
YOU liib' PA .MB.
YOUTHS' VESTS;
n? COATS.
COYS' PAS IS.
BOYS' VESTS.
171
Ti'uve also constantly id stock a complete
assortment of
BT'SFlUXISniXO GOODS,
2!
Hats, Caps, Irunks, Valises, &c.
rfKe nro nrennred to make to order Cloth-
CO
sn
sic
4i'.icry description on the shortest notice.
try
tall at o. 211 Jlalnli t,
ot
TBI
LnDjEE HOW IT IS YOURSELVES !
to
,' iran. April il, lS71.-0m.
UFIRM IS iX OLD STAND
P GOODS & GREAT BARGAINS
foil THE READY CASH I
h'.ViNf, b,.o:ne proprietors of the STORE
''ji8iia sum k UK (iiHti)! recently be
ahi H. A. Shoemaker i: Co., and having
:.:.:a-ni an additional
STOCK OF NEW GOODS
I.V V It EAT VAllIHTY,
fitr.r.w prepared to supply all the old cus--""f
the late firm. and an manv new ones
utriiiiiie us, with Coods of all kinds at
PRICES FULLY AS LOW
ot.iL-r merchant in or out of ambria
- . It is our intention to keep our Store
-:-ct;yto- k.l with a fnllmid well selected
-jtn.r.r of 1KV (;mi.1S DRESS (i(K)DS,
M'A J'S. a. TH INff. CARPETS. FL'KXI
.:r. 0!J (LOTUS, o I KEN S V A It K. C.lUi-
11.(11'!. ItAfTlV I NK I T- T"
thdt Clin hi fminH in nm- i: !-
j , 14- ill I t IU1 I J
'O-LEXCLVSIVELT lor CASH
OR COl.VTRY PRODUCE,
Jf no bad. debts, we feel sure that our
;- i Mlour prico will not only secure but
-' for us. a liberal Rh.ir ,.r ..ot,,
-'.er m the ( onntv MnH rt
pLY VISITS FROM ONE AND ALL
'm,::.'.'"f' 'j'fitfd. and if we fail to ren-
'if ur' - - ; " as "ra!' thequal
.V.V,"L "? ?nd th I'rices asked for them.
"Id Man W"f i.T I,U"1 ' ,MO neW tirln at
I Jcn-if:, , , : k't v Co., nig Btreet.
O"'i".J,0.!g,iS7iItf?IlS & LIX)TD'
ill ,7$. 0l'ilAXS' COURT OF
J"'.Wr,,r '"',V","f " F- A. SHOEMAKER,
i Am, v,r ."""'lOHN KlTZPATKICK. (Irc'it:
F.i , '. '"""'t: Mureh 1 1TI. on motion
I-A.; ; . . r.0!"' ieorjre, Esq., ni.point-
(ir li ' ulstnbutlon ot lhfc money
ira. t f," ', r Sl"1 account,
""t fr.,ra the lteeor.l n..
--j: ;,,?i,'!.T,,'H,,.v.thelth day of .May
; 'aui.M. ; M-to at,nd to the luties
""T.Ut. i . '"'n n' where all per-k'-Jt
Ulty attend if thersee proper.
L. (iEJltUK. Auditor.
Wrroirs notice.
Ti . ? c '' J '''i'"'i yfcOonUiU, Aee'd.
,:; M-(;0'n-; ',,,t.nt.i,ry to ,h" Estate of Jere
''sM.i.ri., , L' "f WHshinyton town
''rni??Vi' '"'vinif l,een Kranted to
n.i: h" J - V"' leister of siiidcountr.
;" nt.,.' i "gainst the estate or
:t ' ur.'.ht irV,,y ""''"cd to present the
"'-'tiii-nt r "ttieinent, una those
i:nn1!i"1r1?vr(Yluirc'd to la-ke payment
tutors.
lTOU'S NOTICF.-Tk nrl.r.
n iK'rit,'?,,;'" ,,cn appointed Auditor to
v.Hpl; "t'0!1f the money in the hands
of m'11? from the "ale of the real
"'lil .,..., Nasfe, hereby arives notice
"attonrt tV-.. ""J":'
'Up " e m Khenshuro-.
iini - v. '-""nesor bhki nppoint
" "nice in Vk.....w '"
v"t thlw'all persons in
''arm s;., V'l"ns or fee debarr
at z o clock, p.
iitfrostf.rl must
or te debarred from com-
-"iiund
Jturs- V; CEOUGE, Auditor.
r rt
I' W, tUAi f, NOTICE.
I.I IT r .
itHr fm:nt"ry havini? been (rranted by
townshi. i """'iiaj wietriecn, late
V f"m"' i, p' llec d- notice is hereby given
ri,ithn,,Vi . od tffaid estate to mak
Qt lUem ! ay' an1 tllfe havinir claims
... proper torm for settlement.
Ati; i "LEK. Executor.
ISJa tp
'i;;, J0S A- URBAN, Dec'd.
;d'''m Vm , wn A"'. Letters of Ad-
i'it.ti t.Ti" boroujfh, dec'd, having
sllK;rsfm i, fiubcriber, he hereby re-
.L '-UI;,,. .,,,,,. -
"''Inif ,.i. "inuieaiuie payment, an
uU-u f'i, 8 wi" l,rcnt the same dul
!ly
SDHn.C'1 LHltAS, Administrator
"W)
ir'itE ot? TMt.-
The
I'T Sain, "since that date the busi
v;WUlrh i continue to be conduct
,falatefin;n .A Jttleincnt of the busi
ie nrm is desired,
fc-ot .c. Men or n n.
,?vL.LiND FOR SALE. The
r nneTi, ' ttl 18 covered with Poplar
;S'W M i'indU within one-fourtl
'l on f or terms and other infor
, " rue to
tit T J. WARNER,
l' L&wreiioo, Cambria Co., Va.
is
.M'ffn.S n?"'tfore existing between
i'-1 MisL at Augustine, Cambria
'lv,cd. by mutual consent on
i. Su or ror snlo on aeeommoda-
sai'l S Jne.B?ven ,nlu'8 north of t-'ar-'
'ineTli I covered -with Poplar,
THE SCHOOL. !
More largely patronized by Younjr Men than
any other for a Business or Academic Educa
tion is Eastman College, Pousrhheepsle, K.Y. It
Is the uhlcst, beft, mimt reavmahlr Prartiml School
In the L nited States, and theonjy one providing
situations for Graduates. Kefer to patrons in
every State. Address
11. G. KASTMAX, L.L.D., Tresident.
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Dr. CrooS's
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ter. S:i!d Eeii, Ulcers, and eld Ccrcj, o7ny
1i.eii?e depending on a depraved con
dition of the blood, take Sr. Crc:i'i Csa
jctsd Eyrsp ef Pete Saet. It is combined
with the best tonic preparations of iron
known, and is the best Alterative and
Klood Purifier made. Clcaase year Used.
Try one Bottle. Sold by Drmrzmts
Prepared only hy ' "ruggisw.
CLT7Z3 C2SCZ i CO., tiytcs. tt.
USK THE RED HORSE POWDER (20
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curni nf (ilawti-tn.An ron Snyder's. U. E. Assist
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John and James Finney, Milton, Pa. Hundreds
moreeoui't ic cited w hose stock, was saved l.v
usiiurthe ltod Horse Powder iireiared bv CY
HL'S BROWN. DruurEi.st. Chemist and Horse
man, at his Wholesale and Retail Drug' and
Chemical Emporium, Broadwav. Mi!ton,Ta., to
whom all orders should be addressed.
FOR $7 PER LINE!
e will insert an advertisement
In One Hundred and Fifty-five First-class
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whom our responsibility is set free.
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ST. CLOUD HOTEL,
A.ro li Street, nlo vo" Heventh,
PIIir.AnEI.PIHA, PA,
ENTIRELY NEW, with ample capacity for 250
guests. Terms, fcl per day. The St. Ctxicd
Is newly and elegantly furnished throughout,
and is open for the reception of guests, by the
undersigned, who have so successfully conduct
ei;for the past ten years the well-known Moun
tain House, at Cresson Springs.
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March 4, lS71.-2Xm.
QILK AND VELVET KIBHONS,
bou ndless in variety and exquisite in style,
just received by E. PAUL & CO.,
Apnl lj.--'t. Wilmore, Pa.
EBENSBURG,
jjt left's gtgartiiunt. .
THE RAIDS OF DEATH.
This magnificent piece of poetry is from tho
Rev, W. H. Tlatt. the Rector of Calvary
Church, in Louisville :
Ob his phantom steed, with passion's speed.
Death sweeps on his circuits wide ;
Through every zone he ride3 alone,
With death as his weird bride.
Pause and think,
On the brink
Of the tide
Dim and wido
In the gloom
Of thy doom
Passing theo.
With a mocking glee o'er every sea,
He gathers his tracking storm,
And lie hunts down life in its gasping strife,
In every breathing ferm ;
With his muffled feet, his courser fleet,
O'erlakes each flying man.
And summons him brick in every crowd, -To
tramp in his caravan.
Ponder ! sigh I
Each must die ;
Vengeful death.
In each breath,
Conquers life.
To the laughing child and the savage wild.
To the maiden in mystic light
To the rayless mind, in mission kind
To hope with its beamings bright
To the proud arid great in pomp and state
To all of a vagrant's birth
To the heirt of grief, like a smitten leaf
To a;l of this moaning earth.
Hastens death,
Por.dcr death !
Inky waves,
Silent graves.
All around
Thee abound,
Man 1 O man I
A RlDDLE-50 REWARD.
The celebrated Annie Stewart left in her
will a bequest of fifty pounds to be given to
the person who should solve this ri'idle. We
believe the reward has never been claimed;
The neblest action in the world of art,
The brightest gem that nature can impart,
1 he point essential in a lawyer's case.
The well known signal in the time of peace,
The farmer's prompier when he drives the plow,
The soldier's duty and the lover's vow,
The planet soen between the earth and sun,
The rize that merit never y t has won.
The miser's treasure and the badge of Jews,
The wife's ambition and the parson's dues,
Now, if your r.oole spirit cm divine
A corresponding word of every line.
By the first letters quickly will be shown
An ancient city of no small renown.
ales, SSIiffejjts, nwbotfs,c.
THE MILK-CAW OF STRASEURG.
At tbe time when the Prussians had
begun to surround the city of Stras
bourg, before the town people were forbid,
den to pass to and from tbe city, a French
gentleman of the name of Despard bad
been shut up in the city with his little girl
Marie. Their own home was on the
coast of Brittany ; but his business for
he was a large exporter of leather and
carpets had brought him to Strasburg. .
Like most French folks, be bad thought
the great army had only to make a mili
tary holiday of its march to Berlin ; but
be found bis mistake. lie had two diffi
culties to encounter; first to escape the
French garrison, who were exceedingly
jealous of any able-bodied man leaving
the city, and, secondly, to pass through
the Prussian sentries.
Erery day made their position worse.
The Prussian batteries had opened fire on
the forts, and though thus far they tried
to spare the town, yet a shell every now
and then would scream through the air,
ahd falling into the open streets, scatter
desolation around. So M. Despard, hav
ing found a deserted cellar, carried the
little Marie there one dark night, and, by
degrees, stored away a small stock of pro
visions, candles, and so on. Day by day
they said their prayers earnestly day by
day they talked of the dear wife and
mother far away in the little fishing vil
lage on the coast, from whom no letters
now came.
M. Despard thought over every plan,
and at last determined on a bold project.
One dark evening be returned with a
stranger. Marie almost cried out in ter
ror, till, when the candle was lighted, she
saw a stout peasant woman, with a
strange sort of linen bow tied on the op
of her bead. Marie opened her eyes as
the country woman put down an enor
mous milk-can a perfect giant in its
way polished like silver, with a brass
tap and jaunty looking lid, and two pi i sh
ed handles, and standing about four feet
hi"h, and a foot and a half in diameter.
Then, hurriedly, the father explained that
he bad bought this milk-can, and to what
use be was to put it. lie bad bought it
of the good Ursule, and Marie was to get
into it some day, and be carried out past
tbe French and Prussian lines, and see
ber dear mother and home once more,
and pick up shells from the beach, and
see the goats and the old brindled cow.
So, with great care, M. Despard took
off the lid of the monster milk-can, and
slowly drew forth a suit of peasant wo
man's clothes cap and gown, and wood
en shoes and flour to make his hair gray.
And Ursule laughed, in a quiet way, and
told Marie to be a brave little girl, and
not to mind the milk-can for an. hour.
So she bade father and child good-bye,
with many tears on Marie's part, and
promised that in a week's time she would
come, ant), bringing her donkey-cart, take
Marie, and her father safe through the
sentries. There was no time to be lost,
for after that date no country people could
pais in and out of the city.
PA . SATURDAY,
When they were left alone, M. . Despard
talked to hia little girl, but could not com
fort her. O, that terrible milk-can I : It
was so cold and slippery ,r and she should
be suffocated ! ' Her father must not ask
her I .'"Very well, Marie," he said, ."we
will die. together. But.. I thought "my
little girl loved her dear mother and the
old home." And Marie wept much and
said little ; and after saying their prayers,
father and child fell fast sleep.
Next morning the gray dawn stole
through the cellar window, and again
came the roar of the heavy guns, the
growl of the cannon, and shrieks of the
enormous shells. So, after breakfast,
they looked at the milk can, and Marie
thought she would try it ; and ber father
took out bis watch and challenged her,
playfully, to stay three quarters of an
hour ; for Ursule had declared that an
hour would be long enough to escape in
the milk-can. And so the little girl,
looking at her father's pale face, and
thinking of the village on the coast and
her dear mother, grew braver day by day
till she was able to 6tay the whole hour
in the milk-can. Her kind father had
bored holes here and there, and got her
some thread to knit, so that her finders
might be employed. There was also a
little soft seat at the bottom. And so
they awaited Ursule's arrival.
When she came, Marie, who was just
six years old, was in great delight, for
M. Despard had dressed himself, while
the child slept, in the peasant woman's
costume. There he was pale and gray
haired and thin, with thick wooden shoes
on; be had shaved off his whiskers and
moustache. Ursule leaned against the
wall and laughed so heartily, her black
eyes dancing with fun, and ber white
teeth gleaming, that Marie skipped into the
milk can. In a moment the father and
Ursu'.e, having blown out the light, crept
up the dark stairs, while high above them
burst h shell.
No time was to be lost. The milk-can
was placed in the cart, and Uisule urged
on her donkey, M. Despard walking by
her side. They reached the gate ; a mere
boy, a conscript is on guard, who challen
ges sleepily, and gave the can a tap with
his hand. "Pass empty milk-can !'' be
6aid iu French.
Marie nearly screamed out, but by a
strong effort, restrained herself. And so,
down the causeway, over the draw-bridge,
and out on the road that led from the fort,
the donkey struggled along against the
wind and rain. Poor Maria felt almost
seasick with the jolting ; and Mr. Des
pard steadied the milk-can as much as he
could, whispering- that- they were nearly
safe. They were closa uuon the Prussian
line.
The glare of the bivouac firo shone on
the spiked helmets of the Prussian Land
wehr. An uhlan sat, lance in hand upon
his poor horse, shrivelled up by the wind
and rain. Guttefa! sounds of jolly laugh
ter came from the group of officers and
men puffing huge cloads of smoke iYoih
their long pipes ; and, as tho two peasant
women and the milk-can approached, the
laughter grew louder and longer. An offi
cer said something, and one of the soldiers
stepped forward and gave the milk 6au a
ringing blow with the but-end of his
musket. This was too much for Marie,
aud she gave a scream of terror.
The group was astonished. One of the
great bearded soldiers advanced, took off
the cover, and then calling an officer,
pointed out the poor girl fainting at the
bottom of the can. M. Despard was in
an agon', yet he restrained himself, lie
was ready to fight a thousand soldiers for
his child. But, to his surprise, the great
giant took up the little Marie as tenderly
as a mother might.
"What a milk-can !' shouted the sol
diers. The officers smiled ; Ursule show
ed her white teeth; so merry were they
all, that Marie could not realize what
bad happened,. She sprang to her father.
"Oh, father, take me away I"
"II a, ha!" laughed the deep bass
voices. "Her papa in petticoats !''
However, when M. Despard had told
his story, after communicating with the
general, father and child were passed
through tbe lines by the Prussians, and
reached home after some days.
The wind and waves roared. No
mother sat at home, and they entered the
village ; all was still, no light in ths case
ment. The clock struck ten. They
went to the good clergyman's home, who,
with upturned eyes and hands welcomed
them. Marie should stay by the fire, if
M, Despard would go up to the little
church on the hill. There, if anywhere,
his wife would be. So he went up the
mountain roads.
Through the mist shone the little
church.
- Within be saw kneeling worshippers.
Yes, there in the corner, with a tear
stained face, was his own loved wife.
How grandly came the storm psalm from
tbe sea ! "Lord have mercy on us I"
rang from tbe choir.
He bad heard that sudden joy may
kill. He stood behind a buttress and
plucked a" neighbor's sleeve a cross old
man. "Let me alone !" he snarled. He
touched another, who recognized him, and
went in and prepared the wife and mother.
He could see the sudden gleam, the hur
ried upward glance. In a moment they
were in each other's arms.
In another half hour "all three were
kneeling in the good pastor's study in de
vout thankfulness j and tho day was
MAY; 6, 1871.
kept 'by the whole family as a Thanks
giving day,' in.. the little church over the
sea, on the Breton coast. .' . . '
The milk-can is the pride of their draw-
, The Dog and the Indian. '
The full-blooded bull-dog is the most
brutal and the least intelligent of his spe
ciea: its depressed forehead, its under
hanging jaws and bloodshot eyes, unite
in forming the personification of the sav
age. Although capable of some attach
ment, it cannot be relied upon as a friend.
So utterly without intellect is the courage
of the bull-dog,that it will attack anything
that gives offence. Many years ago an
English ship was at one of our docks, on
board of which was a bull dog. The
animal was so ferocious that he gained an
extensive reputation. Chained at the
gangway of the ship, he spent all the
livelong day in the hopeless task of spring
ing at every person who came along, eith
er on pleasure or business. The owner,
first mate of the vessel, would sit for
hours and detail the wonderful feats of
this mighty dog. Crowds of idlers daily
collected, and there stood the hero, or
rather there raved the insane creature at
the multitude, each indulging the vague
hope that he would presently break loose
and pitch into somebody, and thus show
bis prowess. Among the idlers was an
Indian, who occasionally visited the city,
and made a few pence by shooting an
arrow at pennies stuck in the end of a
stick. Upon the very appearance of the
Indian the bull-dog was particularly vio
lent, greatly to the amusement of the
fellow, who took a malicious pleasure in
irritating the animal. The mate finally
interfered, and told the Indian to go away,
lest the dog might break loose and eat
him up. The Indian, not the least alarm
ed, in broken English announced to the
crowd that if the dog was brought down
to the ground, and chained to a post, he
would, for five dollars, fight him with
nothing but his hands and teeth. The
money was raised, and the mate, after
expressing much reluctance at the idea of
having the Indian killed, brought the dog
down from the ship, and fastened him to
a post. The Indian, putting away hi3
bow and arrow and his knife, laid bis
neck bare, and rolled up his shirt sleeves.
A ring was formed, and the battle com
menced. The Indian approached the
dog, crawling on all fours, barking and
growling as if he was one himself. The
bull-dog, meanwhile jumped and foamed
ut the mouth, while his eyes beamed livid
fire with irritation. The Indian, howev
er, kept up his pantomime, and gradual
ly brought his lace in fearful proximity to
the dog's teeth'.' .The mate now interfered,
for he felt confident the Indian would get
killed; but the crowd had become excited,
and insisted upon seeing the thing out.
A mutual silence .ensued between the
combatants. . Tha dog strained his chain
in his anxiety to reach the Indian, ' until
it was straight as a solid 'bar of ''iron.
Suddenly the Indian seized the bull-dog's
under hp between his teeth, and in an in
stant whirled himself with the dog over
his back. So unexpected was the attack,
and mo perfectly helpless was the dog,
with his feet in the air, and his jaw im
prisoned, that he recovered his astonish
ment only - to give forth yells "of pain;
whereupon the Indian shook him as a cat
does a mouse, and then let go his hold.
The dog once so savage, putting his tail
between his legs, retreated from his ene
my and screamed with terror to get beyond
the reach of the chain. Ar. i'. Journal.
Tip Top, a "local" in St. Louis has
been getting married, and his brother lo
cal of the Democrat gave him tho follow
ing "good notice :"
"Some people get married and some
don't. Some prefer maids and some pre
fer widows that is a matter of taste.
Each horn of the dilemma has its advan
tages. One advantage possessed by a
widow is, that she has graduated has her
eye teeth cut, and knows what's what.
A virgin has everything to learn, and it
requires patience and per?everence to in
struct her. Our golden haired friend
George Center Brown, the sensational
writer, preferred a widow. He picked
out the best one in the -city Jenny S.
Jenkins and on Saturday the twain
were made one. The affections of the
lovely widow have for some time centered
in Center, and she was bis'n from center
to circumference. Three exquisite chil
dren, ready made, assist materially in
cementing the union. 'Tis sweet to be
called "papa" by cherub lips, on one's
wedding day. Tbe evening went off
smoothly skies serene friends in good
spirits, and nobody hurt. We congratu
late our sensational friend upon securing
tbe monopoly of so handsomo an 'item.'
Long may he wave."
Tub Mischief Carrier. There is
no more odious character in the world
than the person who carries to the ears of
one friend every injurious observation that
happens to drop from another. Such a
one is the slanderer's herald, and is alto
gether more odious than tho slanderer
himself? By his vile oQiciousness he
makes that effective which else were inert
for three-fourths of the slanders in tbe
world never injure their object, except by
the malice of carriers, who,' under the
mask of double friendship, act the part of
double traitors,
ODS AD CAS,
BY JOSH ItlUJXGS: M
Natur never makes enny blunders
When she makes a phool she means it.
I hav finally cum tew the konklusion
that the majority of m'nnkind kan be ed
ukatcd on the back' better than in the
brain, for good clothes will often make a
phool respectable, while edukashun only
serves tew show hia weak pints.
I never knu a man yet whose name
waz Giorge "Washington Lafuyitte Good
rich, Esq., and who alwuz signed his
name for tho full amount, but what was
a bigger man on paper than he was by
natur.
As a gineral thing, an individual who
iz neat in his person iz neat in his mor
als. Man iz my brother, and I konsiderthat
I am nearer related to him through his
vices than I am thru his virtews.
Thare is nothing about which the world
makes so few blunders, and the individu
al 6 menny, as a man's aktual impor
tance among his fellow critters.
A man with a very small head iz like
a pin without enny, very apt to get into
things beyond his depth.
The pashune of an old man are often
like his teeth, they cease to trouble him,
simply bekause the nerve is ded.
The only pedigree worth transmitting iz
virtew, and this is the very thing that
kant be transmitted.
Affectation has made more phools than
the Lord haz.
About the nearest tew absolute insol
vency thai a man kan git in this world,
and think he iz dieing rich, iz leaving a
pedigree to his family.
I don't pretend tew have enny less vile
pashuns than my nabors, but I do despise
the person, most heartily, who caters to
those I hav got.
Thare iz no pashun of the human hart
that promises so much and pays so little
as revenge.
Thare haint no roan yet lived long
enuff in this world to doubt the infa nihil
ity or his judgment.
Thare is this odds between a humerous
leckter and a scientiflic one, you have got
to understand the humorous lecktur tew
enjoy it, but you kan enjoy the scientific
one without understanding it.
It is but a step from zeal to bigotry,
but it iz a step that is most generally
taken.
Don't lay enny certain plans for the
futur, it is like planting tuds, and expect
ing tew raze tudstools.
No man yet who had strength ov mind
enough ever resorted tew cunning. Cun
ning is half brother tew fear, and they
are both of them weakness.
A man who is good company for him
self is alwus good company for others.
Genuine praize consists in naming a
man's faults to his face, and his good
qualities tew his back.
One ov the best temporary cures for
pride and a Heel ash un that i have ever
seed tried iz sea-sickness ; a man who
wants tew vomit never puts on airs.
A fault concealed is but little better
than one indulged in. .
Witty speeches are like throwing stones
at a target, the more time spent in taking
aim, the less danger there iz in hitting the
mark.
I have alwus noticed one thing, when
a person bekums disgusted with this
world, and konkludes to withdraw from
it, the world very kindly lets the person
went.
Woman haz no friendships. She either
loves, despises, or bates.
A day in the life of an old man iz like
one ov the last days in the fall ov the
year, every hour brings a change in the
weather.
I love tew see an old person joyful, but
not kickuptheheelsfull.
Human happiness is like tho Hottentot
language, ennybody kan talk it well enuff
but thare ain't but phew can understand
it.
Gravity is no more evidence of wisdom
than a paper collar iz of a shirt.
Whatever Providence haz given us the
faculty tew do he has given us the power
to do.
Thare iz a grate menny folks in this
world who are like little flies ; grate bore3
without meaning or knowing it.
All the good injuns die young.
A Farmer's Blunder. An old farm
er recently drove his old mare into Lex
ington, Ky., leaving her colt at home.
On his return, which was after dark, be
turned her out in the lot where the colt
was, and thought all was right. In the
course of an hour or two a servant came
in and told him the mare was fighting ber
colt and would not allow it to partake of
the maternal font. This irritated him so
that he said he would fix ber, and out he
went to carry his threat into execution.
He caught her and tied her bead up to a
tree as high as he could reach, and brought
the colt up. But with all that he could
do the obstinate nag would kick the colt
away. At last, after worrying for some
time to no effect, and almost despairing
of success, he happened to take another
look at the beast, ard found, to his aston
ishment, that he had inadvertently brought
a horse belonging to some other man, and
it was no wonder that he did not succeed
in his undertaking. He had to make the
trip back to town that night to make the
exchange, and ho did not get to bed until
after midnight.
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NUMBER 15.
COI.ACJ 1IOJ1E WITH S A LILY.
One bright moonlieht winter's night, in
the' days of "lang syne," when school
houses, cheap schoolmasters, and blue
beach rods were the only instrumentali
ties used for teaching the "young idea
how to, shoot," we chanced to attend a
"spelling school" in a certain rural dis
trict, the geographical location of which
it is not now necessary to mention
'Twas there, however, where our eyes
first fell on a "fairy form" that immedi
ately set our susceptible heait in a blaze.
She was sixteen, or thereabout, with
bright eyes, red choeks, and cherry Iips,
while the auburn ringlets clustered in pro
fusion around her beautiful head, and her
person, to our ravished imagination, was
more perfect in form and outline than the
most faultless statue ever chiseled by the
sculptor's art. An we gazed, our feel-,
ings, which never before had aspired "in
ward, (we were scarcely eighteen,) were
fully aroused, and we determined to go
home with her that night or perish in the
attempt. As soon, therefore, as school
was dismissed, and our "lady love" suit
ably bonneted and cloaked, we approach
ed to offer our service? as contemplated,
and we then learned an important lesson,
viz : the difference between resolving and
doing. As we neared her to put our res
olution into execution, we seemed to be
stricken with a sudden blindness ; then
red, green and yellow lights flashed upon
our vision, and appeared and disappeared
like witches in a phantasmagoria. Our
knees smote together like BeUhazzer'a
and our heart thumped with as much
force as if it were driving tenpenny nails
into our ribs. We, in the meantime,
having reached Sally's side, managed to
mumble over something which is, perhars,
known to the Kecording Angel, but surely
not to us, at the same time poking out our
elbow as nearly at right angles as our
physical conformation would admit.
The night wind blew keenlv, which
served in some sort to revive us, and aa
our senses returned, what were our emo
tions on finding the cherished object of
our primal love clinging to our arm with
all the tenacity a drowning man is said to
clutch a straw ! Talk of elysium, or
sliding down greased rainbows, or feed
ing on Garman flute?, what are sich
"pheelings" in comparison with those
mighty ones which swelled our bosom
nigh unto bursting off our waistcoat but
tons ? Our happiness was simply ecstat
ic, and every young gentleman or lady
who has ever felt the mighty throbbing
of a newly fledged love will completely
understand the world of bliss bidden un
der that common word.
Well, we walked on pleasantly toward
Sally's home, conversing very cosily and
sweetly as we passed along, until so cour
ageous did we become that we actually
proposed to "go in and sit awhile," to
which our dulcinea graciously assented.
Alas for us! how soon were we to bo
reminded that the "course of true love
never did run smooth."
Sally had a brother of some ten sum
mers, who accompaied us along the way,
and who was in wonderful high spirits at
the idea of his sister having a beau, and
he would circle around us, every now and
then giggling in the highest glee, and ex
amining us as closely as if Sally and our-,
self were the world-renowned Siamese
twins, and he was taking his first look.
Bill, by the way, was a stubborn, chuckle
heade'd ' boy, whose habiliments would
have made the fortune of an ordinary
dealer in moprags.
.-lt length we arrived at the bars, and
while we were letting them down, Bill
shot past us and tore for the hou.e, as if
pursued by a thousand bulls Bushan. He
flung open the door with a bang, and
shouted at the top of his voice :
"Mother! mother! Jim Clark is cum
in' hum with Sal."
"Is he ?" screamed the woman in re
ply ; "wal, I declar! I didn't think tho
sap-head knew enough !"
Header, we didn't "co in."
Mr. Lincoln was exceedingly aston
ished one day, as he was inspecting the
prison in Washington, by a prisoner who
familiarly said to him : "How are you,
Mr. President, I'm clad to see you. I
believe that you and I have been in every
jail in the Union." "This and tho jail
in Springfield are the only ones I was
ever in in my life," said Mr. Lincoln.
"Very likely," responded the rough, "but
I've been in all the rest."
A rapturous roET thus describes the
manner of obtaining a kiss. ls the Hot
tentot says at the Aquarial Garden, "it is
hot." First, grasp with baste around the
waste, and hug her tight to thee ; and
then she'll say, 'do go away- do, won't
you let me be?' Then oh, what bliss!
but never miss so good a chance as that ;
then make a dash, as quick as flash, and
-Harriet, hold my hat !
A California lawmaker, more accus
tomed to the arts and phrases of poker
than to the preliminary upases of legisla
tive halls, once seconded a motion by
saying, Mr. Speaker, I straddle it."
And when a member got up and said, 1
rise before he could get any further
our genius cried out, excitedly, "I call
vou."
To Mks. Stanton's lecture, "Why
Not ?" a lady replies, "O, because"