HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM TITE T RUT IT MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARS SLAVES BESIDE
Terms, $2 per year In advance
liE SCHOOL!
' . patronized by Young Men than
V nn-dness or Academic Educa
:;' i-i'ili' -ire. Pmitfhkcepsie, N.Y. Jt
:'''', j iijusf 'nitiu'tiithle I'rartiral School
."r'i state, and the only one providing
' In: (Jra.luates. liefer to patrons in
i .ij.KA.-TMAX, L.L.D., President.
AYSBURG SEBlntfARY.
: liBUIBAySBVIMJ, PA.
"GOMiNGTON (ILL.) NURSERY.
'v - i'.utc. l-'5 Greenhouses. Larg--:t-:ill
ltest stock! Lw
w,.iiM you know hat, Vhn, How
'.( Fruir. h:iU-. Evergreen Trees, Koot
r 'i.,.ijiiiiri. 'ii!-'e Plants, -Apple Seed,
7 '.-' ...:::.'. Shriibs.KtS(.s. Cncuhouso
'"...i i'i.iu:. Ac. Klowrrand Vrgo
,icdi! 1 iiii--t, I lest Collection .Sorts
v. vii'l lucoiit-tor New. Illustrated,
. '"jVe i ;ii;iioL'in J" pages.' Send stamp,
rut..!.'ifii-" f ( Seed-, with plain direc
, .,,,.-.-; iii il.'ii;-' and Garden Plants U2
"'iV,!i.':.'!:c I'rice List-21 pages. Ad
':' i- : KMX. HI. ni i tiirfon. Illinois.
A remedy which has been testea
! ' r ilJ year!, and proved in thous .
"II ieol oases. i'nti:d'lo of curing jl
2.2 So rtriit ai Larji; per
, ; i. .nir.Ni; ni:ny romarkut.lu cures
iskt.i u nil irom ml t:o r.r suf.
.Vrii L,' from sii.nlar affection ana
zJS , i.i !:iv M ik:n; relief. VTill 733 In
-' ; JTi -5i curd ahsl
: ii-The Prr.pa'sts say it cures them nil
--. - R..i f :',:i.l rare-of it are marvelous.
i-t-ry s irft'ier will find relief and cure
. : .".' only a few doses.
js:s.-:i..-' Jo.ies pronounced incurable
--si rwtea find invigorates the system.
iis3.-!-i effective ropuLitor ot this organ
.-!Ua;:hy-.t.(.u 01: '.r.e stomach cures it.
, !.p..it:i-j v:r,2 mil Appetite restoring.
' ifiji th-m is marked and prompt
.IZITZZ C? CiS is rich in the medicinal
v if omim.-.l with vegetable ingre '
v:tl'ie, whi.-h make it unsur
;"r ,,:e conif.Iaintu enumerated
E-3-r.ci r.:::jti, cleanses the
i.wtn l.irerwi'1 puts them to work
.1 to iiirt, and makes pure blood.
4 t.7:.c ty;ij.j,.-e"!Mted by both sound and
. ' ; -.r-rof; i in nny wav, we know if vou
Srr.i;-'.; pr:;:r::s of i r. Crook's Wine
,; .!! s-j.t y..i;r ttsti rnonv to its great
- ::-:x.ri nr.y ' i!N 'hit "tlsh in he;r
,: , t v tTS2 CCS i CO. Sold by
..: .c::ra. :r::-;-3 rai-j, 2ir:f;::sj
5 ; ;i '- 5 or sv-rntula m ny
I '.!:'-r-"?:- S-:':c5 cf tie li?er, 21
"-"-rj.":.:'i;?:::::!'.? J-s. Ei, lev
. c::j. C.:c, ;ia Cid C:res, or any
y i..r(r,.f .ifj.t-n.t.ne on a depraved con
'"nr' ti: Mood, take I- C v. r--,.
Ti r-'r-? Kia -" It is combined
1.1 ibe 1- -t tonic nrennrationa r.r .
and is the bc.'t Alterative and il V-' i'Ztvr 101,0 U lM-Culloi
,T r.,ol I'n:-.f..r made. r;4 rv 1"- Horue 7 00 14 W V Pike. .
Trrrret, :t;P. '0& . -las J Murphy.. 7 H M P Kelly..
I.-eiaredcri'T! v ' fcsl- , 14 M L bronhera. 7 50 14 J K ltobert.x
iiHrnvn house iMivrr.n.-,-o
-. l.o.l Hur-c Tradr. Mark.) ll'ovm
'.-Aarrm Snvdc-r's. I". S. Asist
Mi iinr .Ft-.ia. 1'a. : C. l!a con's Liv-:tR-'e-?a!.1...Siinburv.
Pa. Hrs,-s
r.-V- .:ri Wiihclm's. Danville,
hant. V."aiiin!rto'iville. Pa. :
s- ';-rey Shore, Pa. J
,' ' '. 7 'Ie- - lhv.s, I.ewiVnirsr,
" ' " ;';.-Tho. ClimranV. r nio"n
::f eh,.!, ivi. IL Parr's, II. &
' J.H.
. ami. f ,rxt-nrril. l)r. Mc
V ..muck's, Milton. I'a. i hirk-
'' ''"'"''-1 r-1 T. K rob s
1 a : In-. I . ). Ha vN. ('. w. Sti.-k r
-Hnnoy Milt,,,,. Pa. Il.indrfds
ft, '1 hostoc;: was aved bv
V.'V.
iir, ; ' .':" i
; W holesa o and l;( t (il Dn!if and
, thorium. I roadway. MUton, Pa., to
- -r .-i s should be addrcs-c-d
Am.
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and Pifty-fiv-c I'irt-elass
sjiyima Newspapers !
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v.. p.,;, , , 01 ctotlisnnd
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injury to the finest
--'7 an' Fancy Goods
, 1
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- ai''- t., Chicatro.
1 A S Vy A ' l' w iTh Stencil Toole.
CorerandSlicer. Price .'.00.
TH Horse and a rrinjrr f urnish
,,vr paiil. 11 siiw iii'..i
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v . . "'I i ion
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... -'urn
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Ticket and
" ,. 1 ,Jt nln('i Plane, or pome
'"-KVP i, ;.'llk!i- for One Dollar.
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viu , V"u' tho "aines, eirc-ula-.V
''"i We li "i,'""'"r,lil1!-' thelead
t..,.thriy ,."1,tif"' 'd Family
r,iM,,s ,,v.,,h 1 those having
.'iiTi,.,.i r""1 n,,,l in the interest of
"r "'! t-v,.,V.''' 1-'--tiiru, Ate. Kverv
! THIS OUT I
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' ont Tity
;u"spaner
W7f;i!' n l , V' S of havinVe
1 r".i.,.' V" ibiw. v v..b- I Cambr
us- ..-i-. "i 11s issue or
Pa 1 .. . - .
.p'arif., . ."oeresimj? ana valuable
'. Iriit,.,. , J beKt Advert isinj; Ajren
niterestinj? and valuable
r'l it 1,. "'""s. and wo can eheerf ullv
U. ,lHf.li. . ' """iiui unr wiifinr
iHn,. . " 'r t.iisinouu 1 v
!...: '.H'llllr.nii,, . r .v ...i. .1 "
-;llr: the 1 ? "lfil"li a way: that is.
. Olr77 ::
u,u hotel,
'.L?r-niii,i,,th a'"Meeaiucity for 250
,1,pH'untK ,7 da,'-, Tfie St! Ci.ol i
cif,'rtler'y fl,r"isl'Pd throughout,
'wboLv '"',,tmn "r .V the
u ,. eso,fit--fsfullycoiHtucU
at I V H t,ic' w ell-known Mouo-
'r'-'lto. It A N A ttorne-at-Liw,
in" Pa- All man-
tolltiona9t!al't.r0mptly:ani
T 1ST OF RETAILERS OK FORFIGN
and Domestic Mekchandizf. in Cambria
""J , ct lor inu year icil :
;ADAM3 TOWXHHlr.
14 Jhin-l Pimmire. 7 5014 Charles IIel3er'7 50
14 Lewis Miank 7 5()!
AM.ECIHENY Towssnip.
14 A llliam J llitek
11 r r, , KLACKLIK TOWSSHlpi
14 Cr B V. yke
. i-ARRdLLTowx nonoroVi!
. 'J"on Schroth. 7 tK) 14 J Ilutk
i; . . 'rbaujh. 1 1!0 14 AA Harker&Son
14 A M alters 7 IH 14 J Wertner
' CAMBRIA miROfGH.
V. VlV1 ,Il-va" 7li0 14 .John Kurtz
14 I) McDonald ... 7 bo 14 .1 Stibieh .
COOrEBSDALE BOHOUUH.
H JD Adams
,J foxEMACisii Bunort.it.'
H Jacob Widman. 7 00.14 M Toohor
14 L Aaron TliOjH John Bradley...
14 John tMormor.. 7 U01
, . , I-UA:tKIELD TOWMSniP.
14 E It Duncyan
, . ' CHOVI.E TOWNSHIP.
il V... '"uuuer... 7 UXI4 P M & J Brown..
14 W 1) W ontrotli. 7 00 H SIS Paul
n-n., I'llEST SPKINfJS WMtoLT.H.
14 K & II N titter:.. 7 1X14 W W Saupp
, . TO KAST CO.NEMAl'lJH IWROllill.
if . .Po'-'uinan... 7 0(i!l4 lirackeu Kiran '
14 A Ooelinour. 7 1I
T EHKXsnt lir llORorr.iK
? LOatmamVCo 7 00 14 J P I honiDsou. . '
r 00
rtxi
r 50
roo
; 00
'50
00
50
'00
y, f. 'Vt-'rt8 A: Soti.10 00 l:i A A 1 la rk e r A- So n .10 0t
it , V;,,Ktr hmhi it Jacob Thomas..
10 .eo Huntley 10 00,14 UK Ihivi
14 l emoniMiirray 7uo!14 It J Llovd "
11 It It aiiornas .. 7K) 14 Zahin 'Son
14 Myers Ac Lloyd... 7 0" 14 HJ Mills .. . .
if !l !l Vwtn 7"" 11 John Dougherty
i-J'Ivis 7 iHi 14 CTltobcrts. ...
14 mroe. 7
If ,9.P",es,- 7 ui 14 P Itubritz
14 1) Coulter ... 7 TiOi
, . , AIJJIIX township.
f -7fJ Troxoll 7 00 14 Patrick Smith..
14 Mar-ret Wlmleu 7 "o 14 Mrs It Kane
If V";1,;'1'118 V n:i4 Thos llradley...
14 Jas P Murray.. . 7 ooj
, , , Johnstow.v nonocGrr.
1 ,ood, Morrell 14 John Muller...
7 00
7 m
7 On
7 uo
7 00
7 50
7 00
50
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
700
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 11O
7 no
7 00
7 00
7 50
7 no
7 (.0
7 00
7 00
14 L F Leitenber
;o 200 00 14 T W YfuliT
H A Pfeiler
7 0o U Jacob Fend ...
7 ii:14 A Krauss
7( 14 W Levera-orKl..
7 00 14 Win Caldwell..
7 OoiU Jacob Wild
7 0O 14 Andrew Moses.
jrer
14 Kout Saifersoe.
14 May Urothers. .
14 John Jordan.. .
14 lavid Creed
14 W J Kennedy..
14 Geo Ileiser
1 4 Chas J Voht
13 W Hav
14 J Itankih
14 J AV Stevenson.
14 WmMePherson
14 Unit A' Kriefrer
24 MClintoek ACo
14 BriiKlie, Kuu-
kt 1 A- Co ....
1 4 WM CpdeKrave
14 tl llentlv
14 Adaiti Pt'arr
14 (i J Tl.ntnas. . . .
7(H) 14 Kmil Xour.g....
7 5i) 1 4 A Uuifrratl
10 on 14 tieis A: lteuth..
7 50 14 J M Stewart. . ..
7. "iii 14 Gcorjrt' King
7(sjJ4 A J Swart.
7 00 14 J Swank A: Co..
7 00 1 J H M-Culloug-h
iI4 KC Luks.......
7 00 14 John lianntui. .
7 (i0 11 J Cunningham
7 t0 A; Co
7 50 14 A I Hrinker.. .
7 00 14 W J Itose A: Co.
00
00
00
00
(Ml
00
00
00
00
M Gels A- F
10 uo 14 IKiM-Culloutfh
14 M L (ironberg-.
. ".-w . - i 1 4 I- l. K i.r.wa " ibl 1 I li....: 1. :-
j i- . tress
14 V Leu titer
14 C I il versafrt. . .
14 L I.iickhardt.. .
It FA; (i ;al!arttt?r
14 S J M.sA- Itro.
14 L C.dien A- llro.
14 I P inert A- Son
It J A McKinney.
14 A Montirouiery
14 C T Fra.i-r
14 John J Murphv
14 .) t) A Ilen.'hoof
14 DentoniWavne
14 I. Maver.
14 M II Mayor
14 John Dibert....
14 John Dibert
14 Wrn licrliu
1 4 J Thomas
14 F liorder
14 Mary Fromald.
14 J T Kinney.. . .
14 John Schnalde.
. 00 11 .1 Jialiphant.... 7 00
7 on It Mrs C Mr.rris... 7 im
7 no 10 TG StewnrtACo 20 l
7 0O Vi C II Suppes 12 50
7 ( 14 V Lou flier 7 ui
7 50 14 G W Stutzinun
7( A" Co 70,1
7(;14 James Pitts ... 7 m
7 0OT4 Win Itiiwcrs.... 7 00
7 00 14 J Thomas A- Co. 7 00
7o-i 14 Foekler A- I.ev-
7b erood 7 00
7 M 14 Fo-kler & Co... 7 ()
7 00 14 F Krebs 7 tKl
7 00 It Clms Hoehstein 7(1
7 00 14 A liiaueh A: Co. 7 no
7 00. 14 Geo chafer Too
7 14 John liloeh 7 00
7 00 It Chas Oswald... 7 50
7 50 14 A S WasTstaff . .. 7 50
7 O) 14 W Sumner & Co 7 50
00.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
14 SatnT AJlbaugh 7 50il4 (it'orjfftWehn..
I.iHBTTt HOKOIICII
14 Wm Wtzinser. 7 00 14 John Hradlcy..
14 H T O ITiel.... 7 00 14 PHShiehlsjiSon
14 A J Christy 7 01 14 FX Haid
-M1I.I.VII.I.K nouin i.H.
14 John II Thielej- 7 00 14 W II Given.. ..
14 G W Stutzman il4 PMeDermott..
& Co 7 (10:
niciu.AM Tow.vsnip.
14 IV-rnard Xess.. 7 0) 14 treorg-i; Herkey
14 John Mattern.. 7IHJ It Isaac li Horner
14 Ueurgu Conrad. 7 00 14 JohutJ Meyer..
SUM MJT VI I.I, E IKMIOICII.
13 Win M-Connell. 7 00 It Jns.M flillan...
14 James A Mahcr 7 00 14 John Kjjer
14 Christ Keich... 7 00'
SrsyrEITANNA TOWNSHIP.
14 Teter Helfrick. 7 50.14 I'eter Garinan.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
14 MrtM-LauHdilin (H) 14 J II Dvsart A- Co
14 Mrs F, Min tosh 700 14 James Conrad.
14 Jane Sweeny... 7 on 14 (Mho Stvncr
14 r I Davis TOO' 14 Win Prfnjrle, jr
14 Jane L;ihey Tlwllt Martin A: Co.. ..
wn.MOitH lionornn.
14 John Sehroth.. 7 00 14 K Paul & Co....
14 PM Woleslag-lo 14 ED Lvuns
&S011 7 00'
TAYI.OII TOWNSHIP.
11 Wood, Morrell A- Co
WH ITK TO WNn I P.
It A II Fiske 7 00 14 (ico Walters &
14 Gates A' Son 7 00 Son
WOOHVAI.E HOROCCH.
14 Charles Helfrick
VOI'KK TOWNSHIP.
14 Jeremiah Heiple
7 50
TtO
7 00
7 00
TOO
7 00
700
7 00
7 50
7 00
700
00
'00
'00
: 50
50
: 50
no
uo
7 00
750
7 50
TOO
RltEWKUIES.
Florien Tlcngde, I.oretto ilorouq:h $15 00
Ger.rye Gu. ssrncii, Cambria itorous-h 15 50
( sear (i rair Co., Johnstown lioroujfh.. .. 15 00
J Steinmer, " " .... ", 50
H. Hansman, " " .... 15 W)
Lambert A: Kress. Conemnnarh Ilorough... 15 50
.1 Sticdi, Carrolltown Uorough 15 CO
H Illume, " " 15 00
G J Sehawderer, Washington Township... 15 50
An Appeal will beheld at the oflice of the
Treasurer, ut Ebensburg-, on Moiiilav. June
5 th, 1ST I. A. D. CKLSTE,
May 1.J, lS7l,-4t. JJarantilc AiusraUei.
T7XECUTdIi S NOTICE.
J 1 Kttitte of Jrremiah ircdoniytr, flr.c'd.
Letters Testamentary to the Estate of Jr.itE
MIAH Mc.SiGl.E, late of Washing-ton towu-f-hip,
Camlii iu (tiiinty, havinjr been granted 10
the undersiirned by the ltejrist it of said county,
all persons havinjr claims aainst the estate of
t-aid decedent are lu'i eby notilied to present the
same duly probated for settlement, and those
indebted thereto are required to make payment
without unnecessurv delav.
, . ANNA It. MctiONIGLE, ) Frr.tnn
JNO. E. SCAN LAN, f Jarerufot.
April 15, 171 .-ot.
IXECUTOR S NOTICE.
Estate of ItiCiiAnn IIennrtt, dee'd.
Letters Testamentarj- to the estate of Itieh'd
riennett, late of Cambria township, dee'd, hav
ing been jrranted to the undersijrned by the
lt-trist-r of Cambria county, notice is hereby
jriven to all persons indebted to said estate that
.roinpt payment must lie mane, nnl to thoso
lavimr chums asrainst the same that they must
their accounts in proper shape for set
EV AN ItENNETT. Executor.
bria Twp., April U!t, l71.-4t.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Micitaei. Dchbin, dee'd.
Whereas T.etters of Administration on the
etato of Michi Durbin, late of Clearfield towu
fchip, Cambria county, dee'd, have been errant
ed to the undersigned, notice in hereby triven
to all persons ba iinr claims against, said estate
to present them legally authenticated for set
tlement, ami those indebted to the same are re
quested to make payment without delav.
JOHN II. DOFGLASiS, Adm'r.
St. Augustine, April 29. l71.-4t.
ryO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
- . .Notice is hereby fr'ven that I have pur
chased 2 Gray Horss. 1 Wairon, 1 Windmill,
Horse tlears, 2 Cows, 4 Hoije, liow, Harrow and
Lopr Chains at private sale, and have left the
same in the possession of Charles H. Stitzel at
my pleasure. All jicrsons are therefore warned
airainst interferinr witn said property in any
manner whatsoever. 1IENKY HOPPLE.
Carroll Twp., May 6, 1871.-at.
GE. A
V keyr
PiL The e.
W. O ATM AN & CO., Attok-
kkys-at-Law, Ebensburpr, Cambria, Co.,
"tt. 'Xne eolle;tion ot notes und bills, wlicthei
due or past due, will receive prompt attention.
EBENSBURG,
I.LES
Inscribed, with deepest nwr.vathy, to Mrs. E. L
The summer day, that rest and radiance gave
To earth and eky and sea,
Had shed it3 glory o'er an open grave.
That soon the rest should be
Of one who wearied in the early morn
Of life's short, troubled day.
And, e'er its noon, was still and silent borne,
From all its cares, away.
The sun was hijrh, upon the coffin lid
We saw his splendor fall :
And 'neath it lay a vanish'd treasure hid,
Beyond our lius recall.
Above, the mourners bent In silent grief,
A child among- them, one,
A child in years, but in sublime belief
lo more thau manhood grown.
The rites were over, earth to earth consig-n'd,
The tearful prayers were said;
The grave was left, another link to bind
1 he living- and the dead.
And, Oh! what mem'riea dimmed again their
eyes
As nearer home thev drew.
The child among them, nearer paradise
Than only ungels, knew.
The days went by and oft beside her grave
ins sister s rest ho prayed.
While summer's mornings rest and radiance
ga e.
And autumn's rest and shade:
And, through the winter, when the shorten'd
uays.
Their wings of storm outspread.
He sought how oft, with long and loving gaze,
iier snow enshrouded bed.
Aud now 'tis spring, but here he prays no more,
Tl.n ! .
.- uiuuiuLiB (jiicv again
Have gather'd here all silent as before,
Hut fewer now than then.
His soul, that looked to Heav'n with humble
faith
When sorrow's hand oppressed,
The saints have carried through the gates of
death,
To Heaven's unending rest. Linnet.
THE SWITCH-TENDER.'3 STORY.
It ran tl;ti3: "It's nigh onto eleven
yoars. sir, since l came on this road. For
I he first ihree years I was brakesman, and
if I had' Ftuck to it I mi"lit have become a
conductor by this time who knows.
My character was good and I've always
been a steady man, but you see it wasn't
to be. My old womau always objected
to mo running on the train, it kept me
so much away from home, not to neak
of the danger, and Ht the end of the third
year, when our little b'jy was born, she
begged so hard to give it up that I con
sented, and the company put me in this
place, where I've been erer since. It's
not hard, I've only got to tend one switch
and do odd jobs about the depot, the pay
is just the same as what I got before,
only there's no chance for promotion, but
thon I'm always at home, which makes
it up. I live only a little way across the
bridge, in the outskirts of the town, yon
der, on the other bide of the river a
small white house with an elm treo in iho
yard. You can see it from the other end
of the switch. ....
"So you think the river is very beau
tiful at this season of the year ? Well,
sir, 1 dare say it is. I thought so once
myself; but I don't take my pleasure in
looking at it now, nor have 1 done so
for many a day. Its green banks and its
clear water, with the sunshine sparkling
on it, only makes it seem the crueler to
me, as if it laugned over the misery it
has caused to human beii.gs ; but my
opinions haven't got anything to do with
what you come to ask me about so I'll try
and get to the point at once.
"I l will be three years come Monday,
the 13ih of next month, which is. May,
that after eatin' my breakfast and smokin
my pipe, which latter operation I gener
ally gits through with about seven o'clock,
I started across the bridge, takin' with
me my litllo boy, Willie, who was at
this time just risin' o' five j'ears. He
was awfully tickled at tho idea of bein'
allowed to go out with me, as his mother
kept him mostly around the house, havin'
like nearly all women, great fear of the
trains. I don't think, sir, I ever seen a
finer mornin' the sun well nigh up, but
not too warm, with a white cloud here
aud there in the blue sky, the trees and
grass green and fresh, and glistenin' with
the dew, and underneath us the river
flowin' bright and clear, just as you see it
now, sir. My heart felt light, and havin'
nothin' on my minJ I bad juft finished
payin' for ray house the week before I
began to think on comparin my troubles
with my blessings that after all it would
be hard to find a better place than this
Eanue muchabused world we live in.
"The time-table was a little dilForent
then from what it is now. . The freight
train came down at 7:30 a. m., switched
otT, and wailed for the express to go by,
which followed in fifteen minuted later.
I reached the. switch about ten minutes
ahead ot time I always. do and sittin'
down-on the tie, I filled a fresh pipe and
smoked away, while little Willie gathered
pebbles, and throwing 'eda, in tho water,
laughed and shouted at the splashes they
made. -;
"Finally growin' bolder, be ventured to
the river's edge, and pluckin' one of the
lilies that grew there in abundance, he
came in great glee and laid it at my feet.
I put the flower carefully in ray packet so
as not to bruise it, intending to fhow it
to bin mother. lie lisped out that pretty
blue ones grew further down, and begged
to go and get one of them ; but as it was
PA., SATURDAY,
almost time for the train, I refused my
permission, and taking him some ten or
fifteen yards from the track, sat him down
at the foot of a tree the maple yonder
and bade him remain, there till I called.
"Tho time for tho train came and
passed, and still no signs of it. I grew
nervous and did not notice my boy. Min
ute after minute passed away, and at last
when I began to be certain that some ac
cident had occurred it hove in sight just
five minutes before the express train was
due, which I knew could not be more than
two miles behind. I saw at once the
cause of the delay ; the train was urtusu
ally long and heavy, and the engine No.
Ij,, which the fireman had christened
"Uhl luckctty," was the worst on the
road. The switch was all ready, but the
tram moved so slowly that the last car
had hardly 1 ft the main track, when I
heard the wListle of the express, and the
next moment she rounded the bend at full
speed. I knew that I didn't have any
too much tirae to get the switch in posi
tion, and went at my work with a will
when Puddenly I heard a child's scream,
and turning round I saw little Willie
struggling in the water. For an instant
the sight of my child's danger overpower
ed every other consideration and I sprang
lor the river, but before I got half the dis
tance the hoarse whistle of the approach
ing train rang in my ear like a trumpet,
and the thought of my duty, and the hun
dreds of lives that would be sacrificed if I
deserted my post, went through my brain
like a flash of lightning, while all the time
there was a feeling about my heart I can't
tell in so many words I only knew it
was worse than death beseeching me to
save my boy.
"The whole thing couldn't have lasted
more than two seconds, and how the one
feeling got the better of the other I never
knew. I have no recollection of turning
back, but the next thing I remember 1
was at the switch working away like mad.
I never had such strength. 1 felt that I
could have wrenched up the sohd iron
rails in my agony, and bent them like
straw ; and I did not seem to see tipything
about me distinctly, neither rails nor ties
-but dimly and vaguely, as if in a
dream, or at a great distance. What I
did see as plainly as I do now, although
it was behind me, was the clear and
beautiful river flowiiiL; on in t tie morning
sun, and in the midst of it little Willie
weakly struggling for help, while tho
bright, cruel waves smote him in the face
and laughed. I had no ear for the near-
ing train, but all I heard or seemed to,
for I can't rightly say were his cries to
his father for help, growing fainter and
fainter; and then the horiible bubbling
sound, as he sank finally, and his last
breath found its way to the surface.
"At length the switch was in position,
and although it's a short job at best, and
I must linve accomplished it at that tirae
with a quickness I can never again equal,
yet it f-eenjed longer than the longest sum
mer's day ; but it was done, and 1 rushed
to the river and gazed eageily around for
some sign that might tell me where to
plunge in to rescue my child ; but there
was nothing, nothing but the sunlight
that glistened brightly on the little wave
lets that smiled mockingly in my face as
they hurried onward. I don't remember
anything further. There was a great
choking in my throat, a huge weight of
lead seemed to fall on my brain, and all
was black. When I came to my senses
it was three weeks , afterward, with my
old woman God bless her sitting along
side cf me holdin' my hand in hers. The
doctor said I had made a close mus of it,
and at first I left sorry that I had lived at
all ; but that didn't last long, for I knew
there was another one she who sat be
eide me who had suffered more than I
had and stood it nobly, so I tried to get
better in order to console her. It was
two weeks more before I got out of bed,
and quite two months before I was able
to go around. I will never be tho same
man again.
"The company pensioned me, and
didn't want me to do any more work at
all. I5ut I couldn't bear to be idle you
see, sir, I wasn't brought up to it, nnd
strange as it may appear, I didn't feel like
working anywhere save in the old place ;
I seemed lo be closer to my boy there, I
found the lily ho had gathered, just as I
had placed it in my jacket pocket, and
gave it to his mother. She has it yet all
withered and colorless, in a little glass on
the mantle piece, and there, sir, it shall
remain in sight of us both until our time
comes to join him."
Mr. Greeley says the reason' there is
a scarcity of maple sugar, this spring is,
that the farmers didn't more than half
manure their sugar seeds when they plant
ed them last fall. lie says for every
seed you plant you want a whole pilo of
manure, when the vines will be fairly
weighed down with little scolloped cakes.
Farmers never will learn anything if they
keep on fooling away their time as they
have the past year.
An exchange says if you fasten a nail
or key to a string and suppend it to your
thumb and finger, the nail will oscillate
like a pendulum. Let some one place bis
open hand under tho . nail, ' and it will
change lo circular motion. Then let a
third person place his hand upon your
shoulder, and the nail becomes in a mo
ment stationary.
MAY 20, 1871.
A Festive Account of a JIule
IMtle in Florida. .
We have had a hearty laugh, says the
Pine Dluff Pnss, over the following ar
ticle of an epistolary nature, written by a
New Yorker sojourning in Fernandina,
Florida. It is decidedly rich :
Well, I'm down here in Florida perco
lating through the sand all sand much
of it as white as snow. A very quiet
C A Til 1 Tl -r . a
otate is r ionua. rno ousiie. ro con
fusion. Nobody in a hurry. To morrow
is as good as to-day to do anything, and
better. Time is of no account. The
climate is glorious. Just one beautiful
day after another till you fail to appreci
ate them.
The boys insisted that I needed relaxa
tion. My health required it. I had a
pretty fair article of health, I thought ;
enough to last me as long as I lived.
But I must aceumulute a stock for future
use. The South was the place to get it.
And riding was healthy. The sand is
too deep to ride, except on horse-back, so
I thought I would take a ride. I applied
to the livery man for a horse. He had
one. He looked sorrowfully at me, as
though he pitied me. Did I ever ride a
mule ? I never had. He had as good
riding horses as were ever saddled, but if
I wanted a "Uock me to Sleep, Mother"
style of a ride, I should take a mulo. I
don't consider myself a first-class judge of
mules. I had some vague notions in re
gard to them ; supposed they would do a
large amount of work with very little
feed, and were immortal. I had read of
one being driven over the same route by
the same boy for eightv-seven years, and
he was a young mule yet.
Bring forth the mule. He was brought.
He was a meek-looking cuss a perfect
"Uriah Heap" of a mule so far as hum
bleness was concerned. At least that
was the view I took of him. He was
saddled and mounted. For a mile or two
he paced beautifully. I thought those old
monks I had read tkbout knew what they
were doing when they traveled on mules.
I had a high respect for their judgment.
Just then my mule began to show symp
toms symptoms of what I did not know.
I found out. Dropping his head between
hi3 legs, his bee's described a parabolic
curve, or a diabolic curve, or some other
infernal curve, in the air, and I got off
and sat down upon the ground. I got off
over his head, and I did it quick. I'm
not so old -out I can get oil an animal
of that kind as quick as a boy. Then I
looked at the mule to see if he was hurt.
He didn't appear to be. Then I in
quired around to see how I was. I
reported an abrasion on the left hip, and
a contusion on the lower end of my back.
Then I thought I would pronounce a left
handel blessing on that mule, and on his
fore-fathers and fore-mother3 before him,
and on his children after him. But I
didn't. I wondered if he would stand
fire. If I had had a pistol I would have
put the muzzle to hi ear and tried him
Not that I was afraid of him, but I was
afraid somebody might take a ride on him
some day and get hurt. But I had no
pistol, so that benevolent and sanguinary
idea was frustrated. Then I cot ut and i
shook the dust off my feet, and brushed
the sand off my trousers, as a testimony
against that place. Then I led the mule
carefully home, and stated my case to the
livery man. But when I told him that
he should send for a doctor, or a Samari
tan, to do me up in rags, and pour olive
oil and champagne on my multitudinous
bruises, . he only laughed. And his man
that he had to help him laid down on a
bench and laughed then he rolled off the
bench and laughed and I stood holding
tho mule then I laughed. It was redic
ulous. But I've learned a little wisdom.
Next time I ride on horse-back it will bo
a different kind of beast from a bogus
jackass.
A Foi.ite Horse. We must certain-
ly judge that politeness is increasing in
the world, when we find that even horses
are setting a good example. A corres
pondent writes :
"Going one day to a worthy deacon's
for dinner, I went with him to the stable
to provide for the wants of ray horse,
which, as I consider, is a3 much entitled
to his dinners as I. am myself. Bofore
installing niy teed, the deacon . turned
out a pair of sprightly ponies, and told me
to watch their performance,
"In the yard was a well, the bucket of
which :hung. cn an old fashioned sweep.
One of the ponies led the way to this well,
and . reaching up to the pole, brought it
down with his teeth. ., Dipping up a pail
of water, he set it: on a shelf inside the
well-curb, and then watted till his mate
had drank before helping himself. Some
times he would even draw two buckets
for her in this wonderfully gallant man
ner. What man can be rude when horses
are so polite?" . - .. .. -
Thkek little girls who had very cares
fully -buried in a garden in Portsmouth,
N. II., the dead body of a pet bird, after
consultation, sent one of their number
into the house to inquire "if people didn't
sin at funerals.' On being told that
they often did, the messenger ran back,
and in a few minutes the threo were seen
standing" Land in hand around the little
mound, gravely singing "Shoo fly, don't
bodder me."
; A ISachelor's Giiost A Warnliisr
Iroin the dead.
The recent startling, rcvelaiions made
by a supernatural agency in a neighbor
ing city, says the New Orleans Ptcuyune,
has caused many of our spiritual believers
to rake up their reminiscences of ghostly
visitants. Tho most remarkable of'lhese
is furnished by a bachelor friend of the
reporter, to whom he-has unburdened the
one secret that he has between the livin
and the dead.
"You know," said our friend, "how I
evaded the widow whom 1 followed into
the clover patch many a long year ago.
I never confessed to you, however, that it
was like tearing my heart out to revive
those bright memories, now almost faded
by the lapse of tirae. My love for that
beautiful widow had become a locollec
tion, its poignancy was gone,and my mind
regarded it with the quiet interest with
which we sometimes look upon a beauli
ful picture. Perhaps these impressions
were enhanced from the circumstance of
her death, which occurred a few years
after our sad parting. Hut up to that
event I do not believe she ever forgave
my desertion. She spoke of it in heMast
illuess,and said that she should die content
if assured that I would never love another.
It affected me greatly, and I almost resolv
ed to obey her wishes. But as time went
by I began to forget this wish of my dead
sweetheart.
"Three years went by from the time we
buried her. under the willows, and the vio
lets had tin ice bloomed on her breaswhen
one evening I concluded to call on a lady
friend. I didn't exactly love her, but
there is no telling what might have hap
pened but for the spectre that I saw that
night.
"W e were seated playing the then
fashionable game of euchre. I felt that
the air was a littfle chilly and closed the
doors. Scarcely had I returned the game
when my attention was attracted to the
opening of the door. Locking up 1 saw a
lady enter. She was dressed just as I
had last seen my widow. 1 half rose to
offer her a seat, thinking it was some ore
of the family, whin I caught the express
ion of her face. It was livid arid death
like ; but the features were those of my
widow. I was spell bound with astonish
ment. She walked to the mantel, and
resting one arm on it, regarded me fixed
ly. I was breathless with tiffright fur a
moment, but recovering myself 1 stepped
forward as if to address her, when she
shook her head and moved away. The
expression of her eyes was fire and burn
ing. They eaid as plain as words could
have, 'Keep to your faith.'
"What could I do ? Would you have
me keep to my courtship when even the
dead warned me against it ?
"As my shadowj' visitant movpd away
I glanced down at her feet. Even in
death she had preserved her identity.
There was a hole in her stocking;."
ECCF.NTRICITIKS OF A TENNESSEE Plfi.
Two sons of II. G. Scovel, Esq , of
this city, tiding leisu-ely along the Galla
tin turnpike, four miles from the city, the
other evening, passed a small pig walking
in the same direction. One of the lads
touched the pig gently on the back with
the whip-lash, and the animal acknowl
ledged the salute with a grunt, and quiet
ly took his position in the rear of the
buggy and followed it. He would not be
driven back but stubbornly persisted in
following the buggy walking when the
horse walked, and running when the
horse's speed increased. The lads turned
in at Mr. G. W. Payne's gate and closed
it, shutting the pig out ; but the pig was
not to be shut out. He nosed about until
he found an opening in the fence, and
came through and took his position under
the buggy, and slept 'utvder it all that
night. The next'morning the young gen
tlemen hitched up aul proceeded to town,
the pig following as before.. Tie followed
them the entire four miles crossed the
suspension bridge after the buggy fol
lowed it through the city to the residence
of Mr. Scovel ; and is now in his lot, per
fectly gentle, and apparently contented
with the situation. This is tho most ec
centric conduct of a country pig of intelli
gence we have yet heard of, and the ac
count is literally true. 2asltrille Lkinner.
A Wonderful Production A few
years since there was exhibited in New
York a most marvallous specimen of hand
write, it being no less than a complete
copy of the Holy Bible on a surface about
the size of an ordinary mantle or pier glass,
the words of the same being so "ingenious
ly arranged and grouped as to form the
representation of a beautiful temple, while
at the same time not one word is omi'ted,
no sentence transposed, and the several
chapters lollow each other in proper order.
At first viow the spectator perceives only
a well arranged architectural drawing,
delicate, and exact ; but on close exam
ination (some parts requiring the uJ of
a magnifying glass) every part of the ele
vation, each window and doorway, each
apparent line and column, cornice and en
toblature everything in short," except
perhaps, a slight shading, is resolred into
distinct and regular hand-writing. This
wonderful production was executed by a
Polish gentleman by the name of David
Davidson, who finished his task after two
years and seven months of constant labor
and application.
The Gardener's Motto Eotluec plant
NUMBER j.G
1112 WOULD ISC A SOLDIER.
The following story is tcld t-f a boy
who became infatuated with a regiment
of soldiers, and followed them from his
southern home. When the little fellow
was first missed by the family it was sup
posed that he had oi'ly joined in the
niotly civilian crowd following' the drum,
and would be sent or brought back in a
few hours; but after a nigLf had come
and passed without his return, alarm
took the place of supposition, and Dr.
Pinkston, the lad's father, and a party
set out on swift horee9 to overtake the
departed regiment and reclaim tha lad.
This measure, to the horror of these en
gaged in.it, proved fruitless, for, the
soldier, when found, declared that they
had not stcn Master Pinkston since their
departure, and exhibited the livliest sym
pathy in the emotion of the confounded
and half distracted father. - No lar guage,
says the Nashville' Union, could express
the sorrow of the boy's parents. Every
means that agonized solicitude could Bug
get was adopted to obtain some tidings
of the wandering child; but all in vain.
No news came ; and the bereaved family
finally yielded to the piteous belief that
the boy was lost forever. Five years
passed away without a word of hope until
last week, when a letter bearing an Irish
post mark reached the doctor and solved
the mystery. The letter-writer was
young Pinkston, now a member of the
Ninety-eighth Bri'ish regulars, stationed
in Ireland, and contained a longer and
more minute confession of the truant's
adventures than need be repeated here,.
Enough to say that, following the Indiana
regiment until it was disbanded, and even
witnessing the unsuccessful pursuit of his
father and friends, he had finally induced
a soldier going eastward to take him to
New York, and from there had gone to
sea on an English vessel as a cabin boy.
lieaching England, with the spirit of ad
venture still unchecked in him, he had
enlisted in tbo English navy, made a
cruise in the. Mediterranean, nud then
sick of the ocean entered the army.
Now, however, ho was heartily tired of
vagabond life, and entreated forgiveness
for his desertion from home, and the pa
rental influence with the British Minister
at Washington to secure bis diechargo
from Her Majesty's service. Great was
the joy prod-iced in the family at Peyton
villa by this news, almost incredible as it
was, from one whom for five years they
had mourned as dead. Dr. P. at once
started for Washington, where he now is,
and it is scarcely doubtful that his repre
sentation of his son's age to Mr. Thornton
will insure immediate release of tho youth
ful soldier from his membership in the
Ninety-eighth English infantry. The
Nashville paper giving the story, declares
that "its every incident is true to the. let
ter." A Singular "Tail "- Pecently a love
sick swain was paying court to his dulcina.
She had smuggled him into the parlor,
and the darkness only served to conceal
her blushes,--while John told the story of
his love. The muttered words reached
the parental ear, and coming suddenly
into the room he demanded to know of
Mary who it was she had with her. "It's
the cat, sir," was the mumbling reply. ,
'Drive it out of here," thundered jxitcr
j'amilias ''Seat !' screamed Mary, and
then, 'sct .o roce : ("John meaow a Utile !")
John set up a woful yowl. "That cat's
got a cold," remarked the parent. John
yowled louder than ever. "Confound it,
bring a light, and scare tho thing out."
This was too much, and John made a leap
for the window, carrying glass, frame and
all with bim. "Thunder! irhat a cat T
Sfid the parent, contemplating the ruin
after the light was brought ; "I never saw
anything like it, and confound it, its tail
is vt'itle out of Iro idcloth," as he viewed
a fluttering remnant hanging from tho
window.
A fond, father, blessed with eleven
children, recently, business being dull,
took the eaily train out to hi happy
home and went up stairs to put the child
ren to bed. Beini missud from the smok
ing reom, hia wife went up stairs to see
what was going on ; upon opening Jths
door she exclaimed : "Why, dear, what
for mercy's sake are you doing V "Why,"
says he, ,wifey, I am putting the child-
ren to bed, and having them say their
little pray erj." "Yes," says wifey, lbut
this is not one of ours." Sure enough,
he had got one of the neighbors children
all undressed, and had to redress it and
send it home. After that he called th
roil every morning and night.
A Louisville woman was walking'
along tho streets on a windy day last
week, the dust filling her eyes to such an
extent that she could not see a switch
engine that was bearing down on her.
Just as it was about to crush her, a man
snatched her by the, dress, pulled her off
the track, Jand saved her life. In remov
ing the female obtrnetion from the track
he tore her dress, and when she saw the?
rent that was there she opened her taouth
and swore at him tm'il he fell on tha.
other Ifack and came r.err heing killed by
the brother of the engine t'tiat was after
the woman. He is not pulling womea
around by their dresses nny more.
Friunds of civilization will be pleased
to learn that th "Cesko Krejcooskypod
poinjtci Spolck of Chicago," has riled ai
certificate of organization.
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