1
11 iin nwra Maiiis
it. ni
PlttE. Cdifor ami PuMIr.
OLUBIE 5.
HB IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE.
Terms, fyi Per year In advance.
i r7oMAS OAKLAND
:i hCEBESS QUEENSWAR
r
! LqODAND WILLOW WARE,
AND NOTIONS,
i ill liuuu" v'
EJ4CO.V, FLOUR,
:ED AND PROVISIONS,
1323 Eleventh Avenue.
-.sen 13th and 14th Sts., Altcona.
ron.h Spires, Brashes, "U'ood
V' vi'sre. Shoe Marking and Station-
: ' c lM Ii om Riauuiuviuici a puuivu
'.j ,,4 aij other poods in mj line at
. I.'.i!t::::or Cincinnati and I'itts
.I j -r-t -ri.es- To dealers 1 proseuttba
'VutiWc if saving them all freight
'..jv"ve, aShty are not required to pay
!!r :; the r-r;:iei;v.l cities and no dray
"."."', are nude. ' Dealers may rest as
v p-ni? itrc of the Lest quality and
nioi'.enue as city rates. Dy doing
".--hi bu.-isis.s find by promptly and
ori'T all orders, I hope to merit
i .u x"..!ity and elsewhere. Orders re-
liriuiiti'teJ ami satisfaction puaranteed
J,: THOMAS CARLAKD.
: , Jy 2'J, lr,j.-tf.
nvTli fi E W . YEAGEE.
I
ff!i!tjale ruiI Iietall Dealer In
NS AND GOOK STOVES
G-EVERY DESCRIl'TIOX,
niSffllEI-MIfJlM
KIS OWX MANUFACTURE,
.GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING
ill ill other vrorh in Lis line.
T''a Street, near Caroline Street
ALTOO.Wi, 1M,
'.'s '.i'J.e: in the citv liavir-jr the ripht to
" 'wnci " 3ARLEY SHEAF"
l '.'OK SrOVE. the most perfect
Complete and satisfactory
tiove ever uitroduccd
to the public .
,Tv Immln.se. - Trices Low.
AT!rACTIOX GUARANTEED.
jH'UUl), JIORIiELL & CO.,
Washington street,
arFa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa.,
HVic'csfl.' and Ldcil Dealers in
IliliSSIEMYfflS
M1LUXEKY GOODS,
AND SHOES.
HATS AN I) CAPS.
1,!t-is A.D riji, CLOTHS,
.ADV-MADH CLOTHING,
M-AIIi.. Vl.LI.OW WAKE.
" -'' ui::; and willow ware,
:5Sand FESD, ALL KINDS,
.'."rT, :,!!.'1,! manner of Western I'rodiice,
v! ,';:ty.:,e f-'xl retail orders solicited
('-.,'.. fi.'.o-i on the shortest notice and
-'i.-UIlatjiD tHfrilS.
VOoiJ, MORRELL & CO.
hifr 7 . t,7.
- .a ......... j AS. B. ZAIIM.
ZAHM 2l SON,
PEALER8 IS
COODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE. QUEENSWARE,
PCapsjEootshoes,
ALL OTHER ARTICLES
ay Kept in a Country Store.
JL AKD COUNTRY PKODUCE
' JN EACHASGn FOR goods!
tfouE on main street,
Door to the Post Office,
IScj. rr.FVSP.TTPn t
KrLM) YOUR
30OTS AND SHOES
Meu'i and Bt IV. -
J" ULilrrstfr..l ,.i r. n :r i . .
i crjict, iriuuj imui ma ma nu
, "fiumers and t.tn nuh ir it enmn v t .
-OFs manulacture liOUTS and
-V J any liesire(i eize or qusjity, from
-J, 'rench calfskin boots to the coarsest
t,r,,. , . e-
. ( ... i.iu Tsar best MAxm, on the staort
rf "J..'ee. an(i at aa moderate prices as like
iv'!-. ,'?-hilve worn loots and Shoes made
v a 1 a'"J Ul my worit. miners enn
Fv 1 TJ n-na ue convinced.
:rom .a!nn" of Boot3 aa1 Shoes attended
'iiii' f i r " a.uiaiiime manner.
for Pa8t favors I feel confident that
5iL, 'u.l'ri(;es will commend ino to a con
lucreaae of the same.
K, r . JOHN D. THOMAS
S. April 23, 18CQ.
it!r nrni
THE GREAT
OAK HALL
ORIUM!
241 Main Street Johnstown.
S. J. IB k BROTHER
HAVE NOW ON HAND
The Largest, Best Made
AK!) MOST Dl'RAOiLE
Stock fl? CMMsit
EVEU KEPT IX JOUXSTOWrt,
consisting chictly of
MEN'S COATS.
MEN'S PANTS.
MEN'S VFST.q
YOUTHS' COATS.
YOUTHS PANTS.
YOUTHS' TESTS:
OYS' COATS,
BOYS' PANTS.
BOYS' VESTS.
We have also constantly, in stock a complete
assortment of
IBM'S FMNISniXO GOODS,
Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, &c.
ln- of every description on the shortest notice.
Call at Xo. 241 2Xaiu Street,
AND SEE HOW IT IS YOURSELVES !
Johnstown, April 22, lS71.-flm.
AE W FIRM IN M OLfi STAiXD
GOOD GOODS & GREAT BARGAINS
Foil THE ItEAlY CASH I
J A VINO bocomo proprietors of the STORE
s ItOUM ami STOCK OK GOOD.-- recently litv
Ijnjfinf to II. A. Slio-muktTii Co., and iiuving
ptirt'hMsed un additional
STOCK OF NEW GOODS
IX U Ml AT VARIETY,
Me are nnw prfparfd to supnly all 1ho old ons
toiucrs of the late tirin, anil'as insny new ones
as will patronize us, with (Joods of nil kinds at
PRICES FULLY AS LOW
n? any other rarrchant in or out of ('itmlri:i
county. It is our intention to keep our Store
Constantly stocked with a full and w-l I selected
isoitment or jky hoods, j)Ff;ss (;ids,
FANCY GOODS, IXOTIOXS. HOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, CATS, CLOTHING. CAKPKTS. FI HNI-
TCKK, OIL CLOTHS, Ol'KKXSWAHK, GHO-
JiACCO, C IGAHS. und all other articles, laru-o
r sumll, that can bo found in any store of like
chariicter in the county ; and as we intend to
SUluI, EXCLUSIVELY for CASH
OK COUJVTnY PKODUCE,
ami make no had debt, we feel sure that our
stoek and our prices will not only seeura but
retaiu !r us a liberal share of putronnire.
EARLY VISITS FROM ONE AND. ALL
nrc respectfully solicited, and if we fail to ren
der entire satisfaction, both as regards the fluid
ity of our tfoorls and the prices asked for them.
It. will certainly be no fault of the new linn at
trie old tand fit Shoemaker v t o.. Hitch reot.
I)jn't foryet to call and we'll not for-et to jrlvc
you full value for your nmiifv.
Ebonsbur?, Jan. lo71.-tf.
JEMOYAL and ENLAKGE3IENT.
COOKING STOVES,
KEATING STOVES.
Til COPPER & SHEIT-fflBI WARE.
Havinir reeentlv taken noFsesinn of the new
ly lifted up and eominodious buihlinsr on Hlirh
street, two doors oust of tho Hank and nearly
opposite the Mountain House, t he subsenbtT ii
better prepared than ever to manufacture all
articles in the TJN.C'Ol'I'KK and SH KHT-IItON
WAKE line, all of which will be furnished to
buyers at the very lowest living? prices. .
The subscriber nJso proposes to keep a full
and varied assortment of
Cocking, Parlor and Heating Stoves
of the most approved designs.
rSrOL'TING nnd ROOFING made to order
and warranted perfect in limmifac ture and ma
terial. KI.l'AIKING promptly cttendel to.
All work donu by mo will bo ilone ria-ht and
on fair terms, and all STOVES and YV'AUEsold
by :ui' win be depended upon as to quality and
cannot bo undersold in price. A continuance
and increase of patronnne is respectfully solici
ted, and no effort will be wanting to render en
tire sutialaction to uil.
VALLTE LUTltlNGEIl.
Et.easburr, Oct. 13, lS70.-tf.
Mild! ID Will.
WM. P. PATTON,
3Ianufacturer1 and Dealer iii
-AU KINDS OF
CABINET FUENITUBE
oh. 13 O m (I loi Iintoti Street,
JUITXSTOWJS', PA.
Cank CnATita,
AVoon Seat Chair?,
Kitchen Fcknituke,
Hku Locnoes,
PIatthesses,
Tkte-a-Tetes,
Extension Tables,
JMsixo Tajiles,
Cl'PBOAHlJS,
&C., &C, ice, StC, &C., &0,
ltF.ISTBAI)S,
Washstam,'
SuKiAnti,'
Cham bkk Skts,'
I'Aiium Sets,
WAitniioinss,
Hook. C'askb,
&c., ic., Jcc, &e., &c,
EVEUY 1T..
SCHIPTION OV
SCHOOL AND HALL FURNITURE
made to order in excellent stylo nnd at low
r.Vc;PS- , C,llllm't au1 t 'hairmakeiV malerials or
nit kinds tor sale. Furniture delivered at anv
point in ,Tohnstf)wn or ut Railroad Station free
of extra charge. WM. 1' 1'ATTii':
Johnstown, Oct.U3, 1870.-tf.
ftlUSIU! MUSIUII The "Sisters
--'-- OP ST. Joseph"
will be prepared tf) jrive
I . L-. . I? K't
1 A SSf Hlfi'll I IIU I J .vii ' ' Jf 1
M KUIKKI l.-N or UAHl-ffSSV.
r.KT ougan at any vv
nnie Tter i?aster.
t?"or terms apply
io i lie EMiperloress, MS-
ter M. IIoktkssi:, or to ltev
Charges modemte.
I Ebensburx, April 1, lS71.-tf.
C. CnmsTr,
00 F A MONTH II, fL an1 fi rr hi mi fit init.h
00 UsJ ed. Ejtpcns.es paid. 11. Shuw, AlIrtd.Mc,
BMP
. n.
EBENSBURG,
(Driginitl odrg.
KITTY Li i; E .
BY J. GIL. I.ONDEN.
I llng-er by thc, little etreain; thy melodies I
hear; mine ear:
I.iko the voice of distant loved 9nes!t falls upon
The bosom of thy tilvery waves rcllect the stars
aboTe, love.
And all thy songs of gladness are messengers of
Uut thy murmur holds a sadness, around which
memories play, hood's day :
And It tenches me to love theo as I did in child
For you seem to ask nic fondly, in a lang-uatre
of thine own, land alone.
VThy I wauder near thy shady banks so weary
You have often seen a maiden by the name of
Kitty Lee, hood's hour with me.
VTho sat upon thy soft green banks In child
Who east tho tiny jiebbles, and watched them
Or g-athered Cowers that sweetly grew upon thy
as thsy sank, mossy bank.
It was here I learned to love her, as we listened
to thy sonj;
could e'er be wrong-.
And no impulse ever taujrht us that to love
It was here we strayed toother, and when we
older grew would be true.
We promised to oath other that vth always
Kitty's parents they were wealthy, while mine
werelseeniinjr poor, could endure ;
Vet tho encoring blows at poverty 1 always
For Kitty fondly loved me, despite my clouded
Rky, or by and by.
And bid me to have patience, 'twould be brljrht
But we parted from each other upon this self
same spot, be forgot;
And vowed our ties of friendship should never
Then with trembling- voice she whispered:
"Wherq'cr in life you be.
Remember that you have the prayers of little
Kitty Lee."
I met tho world as others do, all f riendlesa and
alone, mine own ;
Yet 'uiid it all I often found a heart befriend
And Kitty often wrote to me to battle with the
111, incmborod still."
For though wo lingered far apart, I was re-
1 strove the harder then to win the ba.ublcd
boast of fame, honored name.
That I might bring-to Kilty Lee a proud and
Thus years went by, succoss was mine; within
a distant land favoring hund.
I had been blessed by many smiles and fortune's
And thus I wrote to Kitty Lee, of wealth and
proud success, turo happiness.
And breathed the old love o'er again, with fu-
She answered me and simply Mid, "I lovo you
aa a brot her, . other.
Eut ere you get this little note I must obey an-
Think not my love shall perish though, for with
angel hosts above ... sinless love.
Lies the record of our childhood a bright aud
They, may wed my hand to fortune, but my
heart sbali still be freo you be."
To hold thy cherished image, where'er in life
Thus is a life of happiness so often cast away,
Like the withered llowers of autumn that grew
upon our way ;
For oft bright hopes do perish by a simple turn
of heart, depart.
And leavo a lingering sadness that never will
So your beauty holds a sadness around which
memories play,' hood's day ;
That teaches tne to love theo as I did in cbiltf-
And the bosom of thy silvery waves reflect the
stars above, love.
Th4t I may see reflected my childhood's holy
Lotnlen's Wil'licood Sonys.
Salts, Sluices, 5pttSolts,it.
TUC GIFTED FHOG.
nn'innr cf TlTtt i a t r. 1 rl a cstvl
more suited perhaps for children than l'or
thoso who aro older grown ; but there is a
lesson in the Btory which none will fail
to admire and accept, notwithstanding
the simple language in which it is taOght :
It was such a pretty pool. Every eort
of water-plant grow there, from the tall
purple loosestrife and crimson willow
weed to the creeping money-wort, with
it a golden blossom?. Tho great white
water-lillies liked to lay their eleepy heads
on its calm, clear surface, and forget-me-nots
ne6tled along its banks. In the
evening th6 May flies could not resist the
pleasure of dancing there, though they
knew it might bo a danco of death ; for
were there not numerous pink spotted
trout watching for them below, and ready
to dart on them at a moment's notice ?
One evening at sunset a lively little
trout was employing himpelf in this way
with great success, when he observed an
intelligent looking frog sitting on the
bank, half in the water and half out, arid
croaking.
"Why don't you come right in V called
the trout. "You can't think how lovely
it ia. And tho May Hies are just in per
fection. Come aloiig !"
"No, I thank you," said the frog ; "I'd
rather not."
"rcrhap3 you can't swim V suggested
tho trout, apologetically.
"Can't I, though !" answered the frog.
"Let me tell you that when human be
ings try to' swim, it's me they imitate, not
you!"
"I should think not," said the trout ;
"why, the poor things havent got any
final Well, come along,' froggie, and
let's Bee how you perform."
"No, thank you," said tho frog again ;
"I had enough of the pond when I was a
young thing, with a largo head. I am
too old to make such exertions now."
'Too old ? too lazy, you mean."
"That's rude," said the frog.
The trout darted upward and caught a
fine May fly, then dived, and presently
appeared again, saying in a conciliatory
tone :
"Aren't you hungry, old fellow ?"
"Very," answered the frog.
"Don't you like May flies V
"llather ! Don't you tsee I keep open
ing my mouth in hopes one will fly iu by
mistake ?''
"You might wait long- enough, " said
PA. THURSDAY,
the trout, "though. your mouth is pretty
wide and with that hb disappeared.
Early the next morning, before the dew
was oil' the ground, a sparrow in search
of worms observed the frog sitting in the
same spot.
"Why don't you come right out and
look for your breakfast, froggiet" said
she.
"Much too early to be-stir one's self,"
answered the frog.
"Perhaps you cau'i hop ?" said the
eparrow.
"Can t I, though V said the frog. "If
I chose I could hop a good deal farther
than youl''
"If you could hop, I should think you'd
have a try for that bluebottle sitting on
tho thistle near you."
I'll open my mouth wide," said the
frog, "and perhaps he may come in.
hy, there he goes right away. What an
unlucfcy fellow I am, to be sure !"
"Dear roc," said the sparrow. "Do
you call that being unlucky ? I'm sure
my nestlings at home open their mouths
wide enough, but nothing drops into them
but what 1 put there. But I must bo oil'."
That evening when the trout came up
for his supper, there sat the frog in the
same place.
"Good -evening, froggie," ho paid.
"How many flies have popped down your
throat since 1 saw you last ? Not many,
I'm afraid. Why, you are getting thin ;
your yellow skin hangs quite loose, and
your eyes look positively goggle!"
"Personal remarks are never in good
taste," answered the frog ; and as he
showed no inclination to continue the
conversation, the trout went about his
own affairs.
Next morning tho sparrow appeared
again, and there sat tho frog as before.
Ualloo ! froggie!" said she ; "you there
still ? What are you waiting for ?"
"I am waiting for Providence to send
me a fly," replied the frog ; but this time
he spoke rather hesitatingly, for he was
beginning to feci weak and hungry.'
"Providence only helps these who help
themselves," said the eparrow. "I don't
believe the fly will be sent."
"I certainly am a most unlucky beg
gar," said the frog, "considering the
number of flies that passed this way, and
not one of them comes in, though I open
my mouth so wide that my jaws ache."
The sparrow hopped up to him, and
looked at him for a moment with her head
on one fide.
"Well, you are a queer fish !" she said.
"I am not a fish at all," replied the frog,
with a calm dignity; and the sparrow
picked up a tine worm, and flew off to her
nestlings,
Afser she was gone the frog observed a
little blue b utter fly sitting on a blade of
grass near. The pangs of hunger induced
him to stretch his yellow neck for it, but
so blowlj that the blue butterfly had time
to escape, "Just like my luck !" solilo
quized the frog. What's the use of oxert
ing one's eclf ? Nothing ever comes of it."
"How weak I feel, to be sure ! I think
it'3 the effort of holding my mouth open
so long that makes tne ill. I'll go to
sleep." But he scarcely closed his eycB
when a rustling sound close to him made
him open them. There between him and
the funlight looked a dark figure with
cruel eyes. It was a great shrike, cr
butcher bird. Poor froggie ! While lie
was thinking what an unlucky fellow he
was, the butcher bird pounced upon him,
and put an end to his existence, after
which he deposited him on a thorn till he
should feel inclined to eat him.
"Well, froggie, you there still ?" cried
the trout, when ha came up in the even
ing. "W'hy, he's gone! fairly Btarved
out?"
"Killed and spitted ?" 6aid the spar
row, who had watched the whole pro
ceeding, concealed in a bush. t
"Poor fellow !" said the trout ; "I was
afraid it would end so." Oswego Press.
Cutting Off the Wf.ono Heap.
An old farmer was out one fine day look
ing over his broad acre?, with an ax on
his shoulder, and a small dog at his heels.
They espied a woodchuck. The dog gave
chase and drove him into a" etcne-wall,
where action immediately commenced.
The dog would draw the woodchuck part
ly out from tha wall, and the. woodchuck
would take the dog back. The old gen
tleman's sympathy getting high on the
side of the dog, thought he would help
him. So potting himself in position with
the axe above the dog,' he waited for the
extraction of the woodchuck, when he
would cut him' down. So an opportunity
offered, and the old man struck, but the
woodchuck gathered up at tho same time,
took the dog in far enough to receive the
blow, and the dog was killed on the ppbt.
For years after, tho old gentleman, in re
lating the stdry,; would always add, "And
that dog don't know to this day but what
the woodchuck killed him."
The Wythcville Va. Dispatch relates
tho following: "Not far from us a young
lady attempted to leave the parental man
sion at dead of night, by lowering herself
from her chamber by means of, a' pulley
and a rope fastened to the window. She
had just reached the ground, where her
lover awaitod her, when her enraged sire
appeared, seized tho young man, fastened
the hook to his pants, and raised him
skywards, leaving him dangliug in the air
until morning. The elopement is post
poned indefinitely."
JULY 20, 187i.
4Tlei Star-Simngted llunner."
T10y IT WAS COMPOSED ASD SET TO MUSIC,
AS UtLATl!-.D BT iK OCTOGENAT.IAN.
"And you knew Francis Key ?"
"Know him ! Why he lived but a
few doors above my father'3 houso.
There were two brothers, John IIoss and
Philip Barton Key. Philip was an olli
cer iu the British army during the Revo
lutionary war, while John was in that of
the United States. John lived on Pipe's
Creek, uear Taneytown, Frederick county,
Maryland, where Francis and his 6ister
Anna,5'John's only children were born.
There was an exiled Scotchman, Mr.
Bruce said to have been heir to the
throne of Scotland who had built a mill
on Pipe'6 Creek, and there, in tho com
pany of lhi3 noble old aristocrat, Frank
spent his very early boyhood. The
brothers, Philip and John, were large,
manly looking follows, but Frank and
Anna were of much smaller mould. An
na Key was a beautiful little, girl, with the
checrfulest ways and most pleasant face
I ever saw. When they moved into
town, near my father's Frank was half
grown, and ready to enter as a law stu
dent with lioger B. Taney, then at the
head of the Frederick bar. Roger was a
tall, gaunt fellow, as lean, they used to
say, as a Potomac herring, and as shrewd
as the shrewdest, lie married bright
little Anna. It was like the union of a
hawk with a sky lark; but she lived to
be the wife of a Chief Justice of tho
United States, and I never heard that
either repented of their marriage, Mr.
Taney was a strict Catholic, and Frank
an Episcopalian, not considered very
zealous and sharp in his profession, End
much given to dreaming. He went to
Virginia, aud brought home a wife much
larger and tallsr than himself, went to
housekeeping on Market street, and had
a couple of little children when I left
homo in 1809 to seek my fortune ia Lan
caster, Pa. .
"You have heard of Admiral Cock-.
burn, who commanded the British fleet ?
The atrocious scoundrel ! Words can
never paint the miserable coward and
boaster in his true colors. After his dep
redations along tho Eastern Shore of
Maryland, there followed the sacking of
Washington, the battle of North Point,
and the attempt of the enemy to take the
city of Baltimore by water, as they had
failed to do it by land. You know all
about the bombardment of Foil M'llenry,
September 13th, 1814. I have gone
over it again, in fancy, hundreds of times,
and I'll tell you Frank Key, patriotic as
he was to his heart's core, could not help
composing that poem. It was forced out
of him. Just think. He was a prisoner
on the fleet, which was anchored two
miles from Fort M'llenry the city's main
defense. He could watch all the enemy's
preparations and he knew the danger they
foreboded. Through the terrific cannon
ading of that midnight fight, whilo the
sky was lit up with the fiery courses of
the flying bomb?, do you think ho could
sleep ? As tha struggle ceased upon the
coming morning and he looked through
the dim twilight for the flag of his coun
try, his heart sick with fear and doubt,
could he help the outburst of the first
verse? And then, as through 'the mists
of the deep' tho banner loomed dimly ia
the morning sun's first rays, aud ho ex
claimed, " "Tia the star spangled banacr ! oh, long my
it wave
O'er the land of the free nnd the home of tha
brave!
it was prayer and praise all in one ; and
there has never been anything like it
cince."
Mr. Hcndon stopped to wipe his sweat
ing faco with his red bandana handker
chief, and take a rapid stride across the
floor, lie had forgotten his cane and tho
weight of his eighty years in this remin
iscence cf his Ftroug young manhood ; and
if Admiral Cockburn had that moment
stood before him, in the flcsh-cnd-blood
of his real self, I would have been the
chronicler of his fate.
-
"'Have you beard Francis Key's
poem V said one of our mess, coming in
one evening, as we lay scattered over the
preen hills near the captain's marquee.
It was a rude copy, written in a scrawl
which Horace Greeley might have mis
taken for his own. Ho read it rIouJ
once, twice, three limes, until the entire
division seemed electrified by its pathetic
eloquence. An idea siezed Ferd. Durang.
Hunting up a volume of old flute music,
which was in somebody's tent, ho impa
tiently whistled snatches of tune after
tune, just as they caught his quick eye.
One called Anacreon in Heaven' (I have
played it often, for it wa3 in my book
that he found it,) etruck his, fancy apd
riveted his attention. Note after nolo fell
from his puckered lips until, with a leap
and a ,chout, he exclaimed, Boys I've
hit it I' and fitting tho tune to the words,
there rang out for the first time the song of
the 'Star-Spangled Banner.' How tho
qien shouted and clapped, for never was
there a wedding of poetry to music under
such inspiring influences ! Getting a
furlough, thebrothers sang it on the stage
of tho Holiday Stroct Theatre coon after.
It was caught up in the camp?, and sang
around our bivouac fires, and whistled iu
the streets, aud, when peace was declared.
and we scattered , to our hornet", curried
to thousand of firesides as the most pre
cious relic of the war of 1812. FetuN
nand Durang died I do not know where
and Frank Key's bones lie in the cem
etery at Fredericktown ; but I guess that
song will live a? long as there isaii Amer
ican boy to sing it. Mrs. Nellie Eystcr,
in Harper's Magazine fi,r July.
NOT BT 11. G.
Tho basest fraud of earth is agricul
ture. The deadliest i'jnisj'uti-.s that ever
glittered to beguile, aud dazzled to betray
is agriculture. I speak with feeling on
this subject, for I've been glittered and be
guiled, and dazzled and destroyed by this
same arch deceiver.
She has made me a thousand promises,
and broken every one of them.
She iiaa promised me early potatoes,
and the rain has drowned them. Late
potatoes and the drought has withered
them.
5li3 Las promised me summer Fq-jaih-C3,
and the worms have eaten them ; win
ter squashes, and the bugs have devoured
them.
She has promised cherries and the cur
culio has stung them, end contain living
things uncomely to the eye and unsavory
to the taste.
She has promised strawberries, and the
young chickens have enveloped them, and
the eye cannot see them.
SLe has promised tomatoes, and the c'd
hens have encompassed them, and the
hand cauuot reach them.
I arose before dawn to set out sweet
potatoes ; tha ague seized me ; I had
thirty chills and three pscks cf potatoes.
I toiled in the heat of the day to culiivate
cabbages ; I raised twenty-two blisters,
but nothing more. I labored with the
latest twilight to hoe my melons, but
found tho rheumatism.
No wonder Cain killed his brother. He
wus a tiller of the ground. The wondur
is that he didn't kill his father, and then
weep because he had no grandfather .to
kill. No doubt his Early Pose potatoes,
for which he paid Adam seven dollars a
barrel, had been cut down by bugs, from
the head waters of the Euphrates. His
Pennsylvania wheat had been winter
killed, and wasn't worth cutting. His
Norway oats had gone to straw, and
would not yield five pecks per acre, and
his black Spanish watermelons had been
stolen by boys, who had pulled od the
vines, broken down hi3 patent fence, and
written scurrilous doggerel all over his
back gate. No wonder he felt mad when
he saw Abel whistling along with lus fine
French mcrinces, worth eight dollars a
head and wool going up every day. No
wonder he wanted to kill somebody, and
thought he'd practice on Abel.
And Noah's getting drunk wa3 not at all
surprising. He had thrown away mag
nificent opportunities. He might have
had a monopoly of any profession or busi
ness. Had he studied medicine there
would not have been another doctor with
in a thousand miles to call him "Quack ;"
and every family would have bought a
bottle of "Noah's Compound Extract of
Gopher Wood and Anti-Deluge Syrup."
As a politician, there is no doubt he
might have carried his own waid solid,
and ccntrclled two-thirds of tho delegates
in every convention. As a lawyer he
would have been retained in every case
tried at t'.o Ararat Oiarter Sessions, or
the old Ark High Court of Admiralty.
But he threw away all theso advantages
and took to agriculture. For a long time
the fjrcuud was so wet he could raise
nothing but sweet flag and bullrushes, and
these at last became a drudge in the mar
ket. What wonder that at last he did get
half a peck of grapes that were not flung
to death by Japhet's honey bees, he thould
have made wine arid drowned his sorrows
in a "flowing bowl."
The fact is agriculture would demoral
ize a saint. I was almost ft saint when I
went into it. I'm a demon now. I'm
at war with everything. I fight myself
out of bed at four o'clock, when all my
better naturo tells me to lie still till seven.
I fight myself into the pardon to vo:k like
a brute, when reaeca and instinct tell me
to stay in the house and enjoy myself like
a man. I fight tho pigs, the chickens,
the moles, the birds, the bugs, the worms
everything in which is the breath of
life. I fight the docs, the burdocks, the
rnullens, the thistles the grapes, the weed?,
the roots the whole vegetable kingdom.
I fight tho heat, the frost, the rain the
hail in short, I fight tho universe, and
get whipped in every battle. I have no
more admiration to waste on the father of
George Washington for forgiving the do
struction of his cherry tree. A cherry
tree is only a curculio nursery, and the
grandfather of his country knew it. I
have half a dozen cherry, trees,' and the
day my young George Washington is six
years old I'll give him a hatchet and tell
him to down with every cherry trea on the
olace. Cincinnati Times.
A dVxnkkn fellow with, a box of match
es in hiu pocket lay down on the sidewalk
in Muscatine, thck other day, to enjoy a
quiet snooze. " While rolling over in his
sleep the matches took fire. . Awakening,
he snulFed the air conspicuously, smolt the
burning brimstone, and ejaculated, "Just
as. I expected, in h 11 (hie), by hokey.',
Lrrri.E Kisii have a proper idea of bu
siness. Sot being able to do better they
start on a small scale-..
NUMBER 24;
SilCACXliVW A 3IIXC.
Among the many dangers the Cornish
miners have to battle against, one of the
greatest arises from accidentally carrying
tho excavations too closo to some disused
pit, that perhaps many years since has
been boarded and earthed over, and iu
course cf time forgotten.
V hen miners have reason to suspect
that such is the cr.se a s:i?p:;:ion gener
ally caused by a greater exudation of wa
ter than is usual S'.iey r.t once proceed to
what is technically termed "hole it ;" und
the following description of it mav best
be given in the word of r.rs old Cornish
miner, ono cf the principal actors in tho
undertaking :
"Well, you see, sir, we were woi king
two hundred fathoms down runnin;: a
level due north and to our surprise the
further we went the mere moist the earth
got, till on going to work one m:inirg,
we found the whole er,d of the wall cov
eres with .drops of dew. Sctifig thi.5 it
struck all of us at once thnt there must
be a pit at no grent distance, and (as
they a'most alius are) full of water.
Fancy thif, sir; a body o' water reachir.
many fathoms abovs ; yn-j are working
only separated from it by a thin crust of
clay, putting you in lhe momentary fear
of this giving way, and tha water ru;-hiug
in upon you !
"However, there it was, and must bo
got rid of, and this, tou, by 'driving' oc
'hiding' right into it ; fjr if'ift we fhouhl
never be safe, or tell when v.e micht
come unawares across one of the many
levels or shafts which run such numerous
ways and depths.
"When the captain of the mine learned
cf its existence an offer was soon made on
tolerable generous term3 to any who
choose to empty it : which offer six of us
accepting, we at once proceeded w ith our
dangerous task.
"The first thing v.e tiid wa3 to put up
strong frame work with doors attached,
opening inward toward the old pit, to
that tho instant the mino was holed, by
running and closing the doors in passing,
the mas3 of water would bo kept Lack for
a time long enough, r.t all events, as wo
hoped, fur us to roach the ladders.
After placing three of the?o safety
valves, as we called them, ulopg the level
at short distances ap:trt, we proceeded
slowly and cautiously with the more
dangerous part of the work. Bit by bit
we got nearer and nearer to the old mine,
at every blow of the sledge on the borer
expecting tho rush of water to follow,
often fearing to stiik3 more than ono
blow before running fur our lives, til! the
j constant dread which wo were alius in so
worked on the nerves of the bravest that
even a falling stone would be sufiieient to
put every ono of us to flight.
"Never shall I forget the morning when
at last we did get through : and I can
fancy seeing one o my mates as ho then
stood with the borer held up for another
to strike, the rest of us watching for tho
blow to fall, and prepared to run if nec
essary. "At last, while every eye was fixed on
'cm, the steel hammer rang on the borer,
which in another second was sent whizt
zing far away down the level, as with a
horrible roar the water came tearing and
crushing through the earth.
"It was a run then for Ife, sir ; and
in a f ir shorter time lh::n I enn tell it, wo
were throogh the first floor wa-, and in
the e.ct of swinging to the next, when the
first wn3 dachod against it ; but, thank
God, th"i3 for a time resided the pressure
of jthe water, or I should not be here tell
ing of it.
"On we rpod, our o::ly hope of safety
lying in gaining the ladders before tho
last door gave way ; and what a distance
they seemed, when even a few moments
gained might rescue us from death!
Breathless, at last wc reached them, and
had ac-cendd but a few round v.-hen,,
with a bang -whirl crash the water
was upon us, and, fast as wc chmbed,
like some horrid monster reeking our de
struction, it glided up r-tcp for step with
113.
"Even now a shuddering feeling creeps
over roc ns I call to mind the fierce strug
gle it was to climb faster than the water
rose. Faint and weary, wc still tore up
ward, for to rest only. far a few moments
would, to a certainty, have been 'dtuti.'
Un. un. with our droid c-nemv gaining
011 our flagging footsteps; now with cold
water gliding to our knees, yet still with,
renewed desperation struggling on.
Thank Heaven the adit was at last reach
ed, and we were saved. Dragging our
exhausted limbs a few feet higher, we
watched the dread torrent rushing through
tl,i3 outlet. Then it was that, Riving a
glance toward my comrades, I find titer o
are but tvo left. Yes, sir, six of us went
down; thrcz only camo up. .Whether
thev were overtook in tha level or washed
from the ladders none could tell, for death
was too closely following us at the time
to allow of us bestowing a thought on our
noor mates. However, wo thought a
deal more about them on reaching the
mouth of tho pit, where stood their pale-
ing to grans, and asking,, with a frightened
cry, 'Where are our husbands V
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roaring gulf, for our hearts were too full
to ultcr even the simple word dead."
Custom is the plague of wise mv.n, and
the idol of fools.