fn'iT. .i.L-..jrJ. M;'ir--.T-TT.l U 11 1 -. - WWwfW A'Willlf ;;..,.r, ErfHor and I'ubli&Iicr. HE IS AFUEEMAN AVHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. ci;;ir:, t;v j-cr year ia advance. VOLUMK 5. EBENSBURG, FA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1871 NUIuBKR 02 i;VH -.it.- - ' '' ' ','''''' '' - - ia'" -'!'.' "'i c'ait. "vv';:!,7.,; . . h.-oimi'cn.lelhv IV .W y-i. .1.:. J . - - f-'. 'i';" i CC. R ''''.' 1 1 y ail ef ncsLt 1 "; i,!!!(;fi, ion nos. : .ir ! c-.itis .c; I't. Cth. More ! ! :vc leon prepared for :; . I'or hoard. nsr. wah- .n i'i ;.!! t he branches ,: : ;:;, r'U.m, JfuKo: or . -". !''! '.i rw, location, . v .. -' 1 lira circular. .1 I T ; . '. ! i. I .. ' : . a. P rineinals. ' I0. - u s rr.r.jnrptal Tr:J- i. C. I'r' ;;;r itory to .:t.:.i- Schools, i". S. iili I - ion. thirfy- !. !'J. 1 li' CUtall jfliUis, etc.. i : ; i T n - i 1 1 1 1 f. A frool . ml 1 or nuiifr wen and iio f'.r:i cin-iihir. P.cv. ' !::!, i!ihttown, N.J. !:i fier!!o".vn. !V.J., I :'cii:io;iul h '. antatrcs, j W l.ctTi!-. I!o;;il and r c:M:iJoyr;ics, tiUOruKS , ii. l:.:.v, i n. i. SCHOOLEV'S iiNTStS SEMINARY ! r -'' . '!! Is r:iitl superior School ' - ,.! : ':: :';-. !M ii -I ioti opens' Sept. , ;. i. - : i i'..N Ir !i.( i; . Principal . p;-ii:.-4, New JertX''. Annville. V:. Fi.rrat IIammcmi, A.M., l'rcs't. (.,; s I LI r ; . vc I'.ne Piirniss, with Mi!N vv.il j ov.i.er, KICM i lUlil, :. i:ic!iiiioinl. Virifinia. i: 7 LSI-1.2: S OX 'S . ! FAMILY LIOUOU GASES! ! i'ii .Hi-! ' f t!:-- verv P..--1 'u.iiit v. in' t s 1 t 1 -v jtti.l.A us. 1 I - i 1 '.( .i.. op Post-C'l!'. ir'tr. !.;:;::.!::.. -N. rp.;o.ui st., i .v York. vr.y.T v . ;; rr.Tj for iiic A TRA'iSMiGSION OF LIFE. fvy!.- ..1!K ;, A-1( RR AND IlYOIENEOF r: M- i 1 iT.s( rtox. Hy Ifit. X.i piieys, " l.U'cuf Wtuntxn." It re- -' : ' " ' ' r; t i'! of new facts: lcli- '' I " " practical unl popular; - m " ranMly. Sold by ?ub ; 1 " 'i' t' territory. Terms -i I ' -- .'! !; : fM- co;it-nts. clc, " - " l'ublis'icrs, Philadelphia. AGISTS ! READ THIS! yK v.n ?, pv u.km s .1 s.ii,auv i (iiV..,i WHKK nnl Kipftists, :': .1 i '!:iiiii.--ioii to sell our now nl ' !. tm. U-lrcoS M. WAG-Si:it f;". 1: VITTJ rAY no. ' ' r :? to -ell our prcat and valu f 1 ' 1 ' ! - I T you v;-ant 'rinauc;:it, lion '1 v. o:-k. apply for particulars. .) i K ci 1., .ktcksou, Michi.s'an. AdvcVtisiiiff. ' Jl.-.v- , f 1 ,...,.ir prRt. -v paces, latr-ly l " !! - 1 i:-r i f il.i'i.fst AincricaiiAl . ' '.'.::. !.-ivi:ssr the names, ciifuhi V ; ' ;': ' i ..!! ; ii!ais conccrnitur tho lead ' . ' v: '!:! Political :nl I'amily '"'" '-'Hii-r with all those bavinir ' ' ' puldWicd in the interest of '-; lateral urc, &.;. Every ev-rv person who con torn pi ft tea "ill ii ml this book of prcat ." ', ' ! "' to iv adilreps on receipt of -. t.t-.tt. I. KDtVKLL Ci. CO., Pub- Pi- rk !tov. New York. . . . ' ''-! '' f,ri"l,r. in its 5ue of "The firm of O. P. Powell & " '- iiitereftinr and valuablu ' '"'st AdvertisStw Ajren ; -1 f.;t and wc can ehcerl ullj' . '. ' '. ' ' ! :t tent ion of t host.' who lo k. ' - ' business sie?litic;ili v s" 11' !c;ll y in such away: that in, ' ' I.i:-;fi-.t amount of publicity 1 ' ' m ; ii re of money." SCO i.Sr-OIiS TO W(IA V, Jh., & CO., " i ii r.t fij!! TJcalcn in r o,a well known stand, lCr-Liberty & Sixth date St. Clair) Sts. i re jsju ncsiB, sa., -.".' a full assortment of Hard- 'all and winter trade. Our recent ' 1 . v,r',-v,,d all our former stock, wc ' ' !ler an ; -;s'nin-; m-:v one of cooijs, l ,'7'-::r.T T'liif KS. nnd which we are . , ', -1 -il at tholoHcsi itnsslblpratrN. ., 1 Mti. 11 ulleil toour l.ai,'e Variety or ' " !. 1 s' ltitriUiitrc. -' Hie ' ; in. ,v ,, iV u l.Hir.ith' Tw)?j, -:;:;. (tiinl Im,, I, mnitA. II. l urnixlnnij f;,,U, lnhh nv.a '.,, ;., t CtUer'!, I , ' '"' t i'jli Hells, ic. r-iVr.rl ,.or"n-,1K'n,ts nd with Peddler, ''i..!. "'''VKue mailed to ail ..ll(.M Wholesale loots and shoes. if. mum & . AT VERY LOW PRICES, AT E. CHILBS & CO.'S, 133 YOOI STREET, IITTSDt7RGffI. ,'nm,M!Tof Xail.rt nVns, for Miners k" -i i Men, constantly on hand, which ll-tas'-J!- GfiT WESTERN GUN WORKS: ""s. Double and Single linrrrl. t ! Viotx, Itevolccrs, Ammunitum. 1,:','''co'rf,;':o'1?'.,i,le Harrels, Locks, Mount , 1 I rev" i l ' vV''- 'on1 for " ''rice List, '! 1 V v ' 1 VS'J' 'rHi m aun S i, ,nitl'' l'l .Street, Pittsbur-h, Pa. """-.'b. Juno IV, Wl.-em. ; " '.i i ',: i i I'.': " ; , -V -!..!' ' . .' . r , :"h :l I'I' :.' rjn II OMAS C A H L A N D, WHOLESALE DEALER IN GROCERIES g QUEENSWARE- WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, STATIONERY AND NOTIONS, fM. sail mw urn mm. BACOS, TLGUR, FEED AND PROVISIONS, Elevciilli Avenue. Between 13th and 14th Sts., Altoor.a. ah wen poena ti t-ri.cop, tirupiics. wood i ami iliow nre,Shoe Blacking omi ytation cry will be boM Ironi njacufacturcr' printed ptice lists, and all other frooi! in my line at riiilmielphia, Baltimore. Cincinnati and Pilta burjrh current prices. To dealers 1 present the peculiar ndvantage of savins them all freight und drayape, t! they nre not required to pay fifirlits 1'rom the princ:pil cities and no dray ace charges nre made. Dealers may rest as sured that tny poods are of the best qualitr and my prices as moderate as city rate?. By doing a fair, upright business, and by promptly and fa?itffrtctoriIy filling all order?, I hope to merit the patrtungcof retail dealers and others in Cambria county and elf e here. Orders. re spect fully solicited and satisfaction puaran'eed in all cases. THOMAS OAKLAND. Akoona, July 23. lC'J.-tf. Fj 0 11 G E W . Y E AGE 11 , Wliolecale unit Ketali Dealer In HEATING AND COOK STOVES OF EVERY DESCRIl'TIOX. TiS. CBPflS MB SMIT-183 WiSE OF HIS OWN MASUFACTURE, And GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING and all other work in his line. Virginia Street, near Caroline Street ALTGOXA, PA, The onlv dealer in the citv having th right to ecil the renowned ' BARLEY SHEAF" COOK S I'O YE. the most perfect complete and satisfactory Stove ever introduced to the public. Stock Immense. - TnicES Low. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. roOD, MOHRELL & CO., WASIIINOTON STREET, Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa., Wholesale and Ketcil Dealers in mm m mm m mil GOODS, UAnmvAiiE. . QUEENSWARE. BOOTS AND SHOES. HATS AND CAPS. IftON AND NAIL. CAItrETS AND OIL CLOTHS, 111; A I) Y-T.I A DE CLOTHING, GLASS WARE. YELLOW WARE. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS, Together with nil manner of Western Produce, euch as FLOUR. BACON, FJSII, SALT, CARBON OIL, &c, &c. 233r Wholesale and retail orders solicited and promptly filled on the shortest notice aod most reasonable terms. WOOD. SIORRELL & CO. GEO. C. K. ZAIIm! . . ., . . . J AS. B. ZAHM. ZAHM a SON, DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE. QUEENSWARE, Hats,Caps,Boots, Shoes, AND ALL OTHER ARTICLES L'stially Kcpl In a Country Store. WOOL AND COUNTRY PKODUCK TAKSS IN EXCHANGE FOB GOODS ! STORE ON STREET, Next Door to the Post Office, Jrcno 10. 1869. EBENSBURG, TA. SPKl'IAL .OTKi: ELLIPTIC SEWIE& MACHINE 1 Tf TT . 17 FIFTH A vrvrr PiTn . Dnr.nn Vln Jo imt.? l"!r'Brelnvited to make unpliea V'l ii.,,?, ,,,u t"-a agents for our mac hine The L-l..-t Huwaux, Eaton & Co., Gcn'l Ag'ts. TTARI ir.I.I"K PATENT COLB-VATEE S0AP WASHKS in C()L1 or WARM, harro7.0rt water, Paves time and labor, and makes c lot h... beautif ully white and clean.' It is out ' jrn a.se and stains, and isfriinrnntiwl not to in Juro the finest fabrics. AO 1M)ILIN(I Is rcZ VV'rd- 11 is pf eollent for tno skin, nnd is tho PKMSOAPIN USI3 for all household purposes Manufactured by Kcvd& Johnston. Pittsburgh' auu sold by yrocers irencrally. Laur.l7.-4t.J LEilMON & PLANK, " I'ractinins IMij slciaiiH. tST Office in rear or Lemmon Nft85r'r. Drug and Hook Store, HlhffSJt. UuUTi.J Written for tho Cambria Freeman. . OOXSTAXCY. respectfully Inscribed taXifsJJI.L., Ebentburg. I saw a flower whose gentle stem IJe'd the waving, odorous gem; 'Twas beautiful, and only grew When gentle winds in mi!dne33 blew. Soft were tho hues that blended there. Like rainbow colors, the tioted fair; Cut should there blow a sterner galo. The leaves would droop, its stem would fail. I saw a light which blas-d in air, : Something like the meteor's glare; U ild was its brightness to the eye, Like twilight in the clear blua 6ky. It shoDe the same both day and iiigbt, ; Although 'twaa not a constant light; Its look was like a weary flame, Sad'uing the heart o'er which k cams. Then who would trust the with'ring flower That only blooms and buds an hour? Or who would trust the gayest beam Expiring with Hs brightest gleam? Choose the flower that will not fade And loo its wealth in sua or shade; Tis not the brightness of the light. But cossTAScy th.it gives delight. FiTTSBCBGH, Sept 4.h, lb71. I was standing abuut thirty or forty yards in advance of tlie Clifton, that is, thirty or forty yards . nearer the horse shoe along the brink of the rocks, and opposite the American fall. The ground must have been about the samo bight aa the opposite fall, but, owing to the im meuse bill down which the tap ids rush, it was post-ible to distinguish any object of the size of a boat a considerable distance above the fall, eo that, now as it was pointed out to me, I saw in the middle of the rapids, a huge log of wood, the truuk of a tree, which had lodged there some years before, and upon it a black ppeck. Thip, after Rome observation, I perceived to move. It was a man. Yen, he and his two companions had, on the previous riiyht, been rowing about eome distance above the fall, liy some means or other they had ventured tco near the rapids, had lost all command of their boat, and had been hurried away to destruction. It was supposed that about half a mile above the fall the boat had. been upset, nnd, with two wretched men sliU cli-Tnti" to it, went over the fall at about nine or ten o'clock at night, while the third man was driven against this log of wood, climbed upon it through the darkness of the night, amid the rar, tho turmoil, and the dashing ppray of the rapids. I crossetl the river, ascended tho rock by the railway, and hurried to the spot, whera I found him eo near I could almost distinguish his countenance. Ho was then lying along the log, grasping it wilh both arms, and appeared exhausted to the last degree. He was cvidtnlly as wet, from the spray, as though he Jiad been standing under water. liy this time peo ple were assembled, and different plans for his rescue wero proposed and discussed on all sides ; already, indeed, one etlbrt had been made. A small bout had been firmly lashed to a strong cable, and dropped down to him from the bridge, which crossed the rapida between the m :in land ami Goat Island, about sixty yards above the log. This boat had proceeded a few yards in safety, was upset, span round like a piece of cork a: the end of a thread by the force of 1 he water, which finally snapped the cable in two, and tho boat disappeared over the fall. Hut now a dispatch had been eent to Buffalo, (a distance of little more than twenty miles) by electric telegraph, des siring that a life-boat should be sent by tbfi first tram, 9:30 A. M. and this in time arrived, borne on the shoulders of about twenty men, and a splendid boat she was, large, built entirely of sheet iron with air light chambers ; a boat thnt could not sink. She was girt round with strong ropes, and two new inch cables brought with her. All these arrangements natu rally look up much time, and the poor wretch's impatience seemed extreme, so that it was thought advisable to let him know what was going on. This was done by means of a sheet, upon which was written in large letters in Dutch (his na tive language,) "the life-boat is coining.-" He stood up, looked intently for a minute, nnd then nodded his head. When the boat was at last launched, the excitement was intense. Two cables, each held by many men, were let down from either end of the bridge, so that they might have some command in directing the course of the boat down tha river. She seemed literally to dance upon the surface of the water like a cork. The capid consists of a number of small falls distributed unevenly over nil parts of the river,' so that there are thou sands of cross currents, eddies, and whirl pools, which it would be utterly impossi ble to avoid, and in which lies the danger of transit for any boat between the bridge nnd log. The life-boat's course was steady at first ; she arrived at tho first fall, she tripped up nnd swung around with n r.ish, but continued her course safely, only half filled with water. Again she descended wilh safety, but at length approaching tho log she became unmanageable, swinging either way with immense force, spinning completely over, and finally dashed against tho log with such violence that I fully expected the whole thing, man and all, to have been dislodged and hurried down the rapid. But no, it stood firm thc boat had reached its destination. Yet, alas! how useless was its position It lay completely on its side above tho log, and with its hollow inside directed toward the bridge played upon by the whole force of the current, which fixed its keel firmly against the log. It seemed Immovable. The man himself climbed toward it, and in vain tried to pull, lift or shake the boat ; nor was it moved until both cables being brought to one side of the river, by tho united force of fifty or sixty men, she was dislodged and swung down the rapid upside down, finally pitch ing headlong beneath an eddy, entangling one of her cables on the rocks, and there lying beneath a heavy full of water, un til, in the course of the da', one of the cables being broken by the efforts of the men to dislodge her. and the other by tho sheer force of the current, she went over tlie falls the second sacrifico to the poor fellow, who still clung to the log swayed between hope and fear. The loss of this boat seemed a great blow to him, and he appeared, as far as we could judge nt a distance, at tioje to give way to despair. A third boat was now brought wooden, very long and flatbottomed. Its passage was most fortunate, and ns she floated down, even alongside the log without ac cident, hope beamed itievery countenance, and we all felt the man might be saved. Hope also had revived in him. He stood for some time npon the log making signals to those who directed the boat. lie now eagerly seized her, drew her towards him, jumped into her, and made signs to them to draw him up. This was commenced, but eome of the tackle had caught, and it was deemed necessary to leave it loose for an instant. This was done ; the boat floated a few feet down tha rapids, and swung round the lower end of the Jog, entangling the cable be neath if, and then remained immovably fixed. Once more the poor fellow's work bgan. He drew off one of his boots and bailed the boat, he pushed at the leg, climbed upon it, and used every possible exertion to niovo the boat, but in vain I An hour was spent in these fruitless ef forts an hour of terrible suspense to all who beheld him. He worked well, for he worked for his life. Three months after, this boat retained its position, nor will it move until the rocks grind its cable in two, or tho waters tear it piecemeal into shreds. Another plan must be devised, and this, with American promptitude, wa soon done. A raft of from twenty to thirty feet long and five feet broad was knocked together with amazing rapidity. It consisted of two stout poles, made fast, five feet assund-er, by nailing four or five pieces of two iuc.li board nt each extremi ty ; thus the machine consisted of a sort of skeleton raft wilh a email stage at either end. On one of these stages that to which the cables (of which there were two) were " lashed was lightly . fixe.d a large empty cask, for the sake of its buoy ancy, on the other a complete net-work of cords, lo which the man was to lash him self; also a tin can of refreshments, he having taken nothing since the evening before ; three or four similar cans, by the way, had been let down-to him already, attached to strong pieces of new line, but the cords had in every instanco been snapped and the food lo3t. Tlie raft was finished, launched, nnd safely let down to the log. The poor fellow committed himself to its care, he lashed himself firmly, and then signalled to draw him up ; thus for the second lime the ropes had begun to be drawn up, the raft advancing under the first pull, but its head, owing to the great light cask, dipped beneath it, and as the raft still ad vanced, the wafer broke over it to such a depth that the man was obliged to raise himself upon all fours, keeping his chin well elevated, to avoid bcinir drowned. We expected at every pull to see his head go under, but alas I they pulled in vain, for the front of the raft, pressed down by the weight of falling water, had come in contact with a rock, and would not ad-, vance. The ropes. were slackened, she fell back, but again hitched in her return. It was then determined to let her swing to another part of the rapid, where the stream did not appear so impassable. this was done, and a second attempt to draw it up was made, half way hctween lli3 log and the opposite shore a small island This also failed from tho same cause4 therefore it was proposed to cn deavor to let the raft float down and swing round upon tho Island. Thi9 was com menced but with the old result, the cable was caught in the rocks, and the raft re mained stationary. However, she was floating easily, and the poor fellow could rest. Early in the day, for tho afternoon was now far advanced, one of the large ferry boats built expressly for crossing beneath the falls had been brought up, but had lain idle. This was now put into requi sition, and nobly she rode down toward the raft, whilst in breathless silence wo all watched her as she dipped at the va rious falls, and each time recovered her self. I shuddered as she was launched, for I began to see that tho man could not be saved by a boat ; a boat never could return against a rapid, however well able to float down it. No sooner would her bow come in contact with a fall than it would dip, fi;l, and spin round, as did tho first skiff which was lost. The poor fellow himself was getting impatient visibly so. He united h'.s lashing, stood upright upon the raft, eagerly waiting to seize the; boat, and jump into her. Sho had but one more tall to pnss, and that fall was situated just above where h stood t she paused at the brink of if, swung down it like lightning, and as he leaned forward to seize her, she rose on the returnirg warp, struck him in the chest, and he struggled hopelessly in tho overwhelming to-rent. The exclamation of horror, fur it was not a cry, which burst from the thousands who by this time were asaembled, I shall never forget, nor the breathless silence with which wc watched him, fighting wilh the waters as they hurried him along upright, waving both arms above his bead. We lost sight ofhi-n r.t interval?, yet again and again he reappeared, and I thought hours must have passed in lieu of one brief half-minute. But the cn 1 came at last ; once more I saw his arms wildly waved above his head, and, in an instant, 4he crowd turned from the spot in dead silence. The man was lost. All the Year Round. AslouSslalng EpJ:enoti5enci. Tho pranks of a "ghost" in Montgom ery county, Ohio, are exciting mure inter est and attention in that State than the election. He performs at Ihe house of a farmer named Stivers, and though,' like Mrs. John Gilpin, on pleasure bent, is not of frugal mind, ns he destroys all the crockerj', and spills the milk and vinegar with ruinous recklessness. He was first discovered by Mrs. Stivers about a week ago. She went down cellar and found the skin or top surface of her custard pies taken off, The ghost had also had hi fingers in an apple pie. Then commenced a scene of wild confusion that lasted nearly a week. Pieces are bitten out of the bread. 1'ickle jnra'are pitched from the ehelf and broken upon the floor. Crocks of milk are overthrown and all tho con tents spilled. Jars of milk and crocks of butter are silently removed from the places where they are put, p.n l afterwards found in different parts of the house. Large fUt stones placed upon the bread-box to keep the cover down, are pitched off by unseen hands, even while the peopla are looking at it. Bricks, boards, tubs, and old pieces of iron are thrown into the basement, making a terrible confusion. The soap grease is found turned upside down. Uub bish and boxes are carried from the cellar and piled up in the milk-trough. Vinegar barrels arc set to leaking and turned up side down. The people in the housa can scarcely turn their backs without seme ting happens. The good wife sees the mouse trap go flying down the cellar st:irs. She moves to look after if, when the skil let comes tumbling after, and lies broker, on the cellar floor. Coming back info the kitchen, she finds a crock of milk in the sink. Another rumble in the cellar leads her down stairs again to find an empty barrel and a firkin of lard turned upside down. While in the barnyard the tea kettle is pitched from the top of the stove to the floor, and the hot water spilled, and up stairs loud noises are heard, and cans of preserves, boxes, boots and powder horns are found rolling and tumbling cn the fl or. While packing up what was left of tho crockery, preparatory to re moving it from the house in order to save it, a rocking chair bouncpd six ftet to ward the cunter of the room ; the family Bible fell from the burenu to the floor ; the other chairs turned summersaults ; the table was turned corrpletely upside down, and on being replaced, was tipped over again ; a feather bed moved in an angujar direction across the room, nml, as the wife turned to leave the room, it fell with the coverlid, on the middle of the floor, just at her heels ; by the wny of filling up the time, stools were turned up side down, a bag was thrown to the floor, flower-pots turned over on the porch, and a determination to "break-up" housekeep ing without the consent of the people who lived in the bouse seemed to be at the bottom of all these performances. .The "spirits" took the form of "smashes." This exhibition is ascribed to the in strumentality of a young boy, nine years of age, in the employ of the Stivers fam ily. The phenomena generallyoccurred when he was in the house, though his ab sence did not always prevent them. He seemed to enjoy it hugely. Like the boy who "wasn't afraid of work, he "would lie right down by the side of" tho rattling pans and dishes and go to sleep. Ho would occasionally predict the fate of the tumbling kettle and the. lively bag, and they would hop, skip and jump in ac cordance with his prophesy. "The baby got hit then," he would exclaim, and scarcely had he spoko when the baby would scream as if struck or pinched. Dttroit Post. A newi.y-fi.fugf.d Philadelphia iloc'.or recently settled in Havana, Illinois, and his first case was a boy, who, while shell ing pop-corn, got a kernel up his nose. The doctor examinetl tho case, looked at the patient's tongue, and then ordered a fire to be built. When that was done, the doctor lold them to hold the boy over the fire until the kernel got hot enough to 'pop out." The old man went up stairs and got the gun, but while he was loading it the doctor escaped. Permanent headquarters the shoulders. , There was a time when ilreais wero ' firmly believed in by nearly the ei.tire I world. M inarclis and warriors :u-h o draw auguries of success from their night ly visions ; suitesm; :i sue h as there were in those days shaped tl-.eir policy frunj the admonitory cu;osel which, ;iS ih"v firmly believed, whs wbi--per.fd into their ears during ihe dark hours of i iht bv good angels. In short, sepcrsti'.ious be lief in the truthfulness of dreams was well nigh universal and be who scouted s;t these midnight revelations of rry?;et h-jri spirits was looked upon as little short of an infidel. All this has been changed in this latter day. . Before the full orbed glotiea of civilization the darkness of s n-erstition has vanished as fiy the .-had jw of night before the pyteitt arrows of thft g-rl of day. Peop'e who ple.ee any fr.iih in dreams s.re now few. and are ar;t ta keen their b.-ivt ! ( --- nii irnm Ibe great ariny of sectiers. And yet it is perhaps too mueh to s ty thr.t dreams arc always bafc!es visions. We have often read of wonderful dream ; drenns which were afterwards fuTillcd in every particular; but we are frea to con fess lh?.t we never, believed them to be more than the cc:ntge of eoms romance writer's brtun. And because wc have hitherto been so incredulous, we h ve hes itated to test the faith of our renders bv the relation of" a story to which, sme three or fou? weeks ng'i, we liMppened to J be an accidental listener. V. e have finil ly concluded lo tell the &Ury, pi otr.isir." that the lady who tells it was formerly a resident of this count', that, bom fhe cir cumstance, we believe hr dory to be strictly true. In the State of Ohio resi jeJ, scrr.e six months ago, as they yet de, a family, formerly of t Lis eo-irify, corsisri: g of father, mother, and Severn! children. Wo are of course in possession f Ihtir names, but as the drentn was related in a mixed company, of which wc happrned to be one, and as the relator bad no idea that a "local reporter"' was about, nnd finally, as we have no authority to men lion names, to say nothing el publishing the facts, cur readers will pardon us for being a little indefinite. In the family mentioned above, were two b'vs, one about thirteen, years of age, and the other perhaps in his third yea-. One day the older boy approached his mother and asked her if dreams ever came true. She told I im they r?id no?, adding the familiar sr". :rg that "dreams always go by contraries," The singular question awakened her rnriosiry, :n J she asked what he meant by propounding piich a question. Ha told h:r tint be bad cryamed, the preceding nijh, a very u ly dream ; that it had ma !; him feel very un comfortable all da', and that it relieved him very much t heir her tell him th it dreams never came true. Upon being pressed to relate his dream, be did s, and this is abjut what be dreamed : Some little distance from the house stands a cistern conJainiog water, which the fiitr.ilv use for household purpc-ses He dreamed that his mother directed him to bting her some wafer; that in obedi ence to her rrqnest, hr- went to tbe cistern, removed the cover and carried into the house two V'.ekcts of water: that after do ing this, he went to the. woodpile, picked op two sticks of wood r nd look them to his mother; that all this tine his little brother was placing in ih? neighborhood of the cistern; that immediately aber bringing in the wood he left the house for the purpose of closing the cistern : that he thought he l.e-rd his mother c:;!i:r.r him. and returned, asking if she had called him. to which she replied in the negative ; that be said it must ho the next door nei !.!.sr : iind nn ir.-dr.il t r c . ,l,.j, il n ..:!.. ...... -. .. . ..v .v. . , ui... imc liriititMl said she had not called him, nnd then opened a short conversation with him : that in the meantime he had entire'' for gotten the uncovered cistern. He further dreamed that a few moments idrer, his mother told him to hunt up hb little broth er ; that they searched fur him some time without discovering hitn, when the moth er ran to the open cistern, and seeing the poor iittle fellow in the water, jumped without a moment's hesitation into the cistern to the rescue of her child ; lhat a passing gentleman, whose nam? was mentioned, rescued his mother, r.nl !int.l ly that his little brother was epiiie. dead. The poor boy was much nzitated by hi terrible dream, but his mother comforted him, and laughingly assured him that his dream came from an overloaded stomach. Xow, the wonderful part of this dream is that it teas afv rwjrds JolfJltd, even to the minutest detail. Some fcix weeks after fh3 boy related his dream to his mother, bis little brother fell into the cistern, which had been left open in the mar.ner above described ; the mother j-nnped in and wti3 taken out by the gentleman who was seen by the boy in his dream. The little one who hud been in the water but a a few moments was quilo do id. these nre nets, ar.el we leave the reader to make the best of them. The surviving boy was trrib'y affected by his little brother's tragic death. He became possessed with the idea that his carelessness had caused the death of his brother, nnd for a time it was feared be would become insane. His friends re moved him from the fateful place, and bv keeping his mind actively employed on other tilings, hoped, in lime, to restore Mm to his normal condition. The mother also was rlungetl into tha depths of ser- r..w, a:,.J in h Te tl::it cbar.ee ,f t,,no ,li,-:-t aH.ty her s-uff-i i;-s It b.-r 'es;.If.;e 1:."?:3 r"rul c"I!:e ' 1 Ivi-.tsia i.u n, l'J ;-r irur.c.. v. io rti.,.e in li.s county. We believe this !; be cro rf the mcft wonder ful events that it hr.s cvrr been cur province to rer.rd, .nd it seen; to prove (pile. CDfsc.'usivi !y tl,;it tf.:Sl. .:re Ff Ino tilings i dresr.i-life boyon:! wr :u-0 ror prehension. ()f course it w(.M bo follv to say tb-tt all drcnriis arc prr mrnirorv of l'..3 fi::t!.c, or I li-tt t-rrf.!-? shield en deavor to icad 1 1 jo future' iv tr.nrs f Ihe iantHsi.-s !' t!.c':r h:i,m 'out as a cu-in-us coineidep.ee, if imtii-n- rtu-ro, tl.U oy s dicntn i worthy :. of rrutrutiu:i. I'olLd iv lur.j S:.j:,d-jvu OVi Tlie Widow M tps f Oror??cP, X. Y. sued Ihe neighbor, Hart is, for brc'r.di f promise Ib.nis bad been a frequent vis iror f t about two years and a half nt tha l,,w i'f !ie J'1::-,r-:irn wicY-w rrr.ily thirty year? ot p-o, v.i!!i '!:r:c children. It f-eems lo have b-.-eii the? e-pbii-ui r.f fna fiiends of the pl.uititr and no u.bt Hii thought so hers-ell ihf!t Harris would marry h r ; but he Harris. sl f.--.v moi tl s figo, suddenly i.-Tox c rrjJ i!i;u l e loved another woman heifer, nnd verified this belief a sl.crt time, sircc by mnrrj ing I or. Hence ibis action to i trover damnes The following tender epistle, sent by tho loving swain, was re.d in coait : My Dkak Mks. M. : Kvcry ttrr.e I t!.;:-k of you rr.y heart 11 ps up ;.i:.I ! v.n ike ; churn-dasher. . S-vsa'i.-.r.s f v.! uvtrf.bh: toy Caper ever if like ye:jr.:' g-zts u a t fbi i roof, are! tbri'l ihr.ju-h j. like :?p:imth re- lies tl.ref-:i a pair cf tow linen tM-wser. As a os-!:n s-.vin.r.icth v. itl, delight t br tsgh a rnu l jn.!;.e. f-i swim I ir: a us f "lor v. Vi.-oni e:f ct-!i? r.iptme tb-.'Ker than til a hairs of a bl.-rkrt:i:)u l :;r.li a: d I r:gl t r th.iu t'.t- Lues of a iii;:Tii;.;iv LiMi's j h int s i.-:t me in my frliinibcrs. ami h ri e d tiit-ir invisible wings, y.-ur image ttrs befor? rne and 1 reach cut t- ?ra?i, ;t hke a j omUr snapping at a blue bottle-fly. When 1 fir.-t beheld vein augelic r erf'ctuns I was bewil- lereil. and my bram whuled an-und like a i , . I'uiiioie cee uo icr a j.'irs ir.ir.i stood open like ce'I.ir u-.-.t town, ct.d 1 1-fied up my est silvery accents of -x ur wiee . r. I.Ty t j s in .1 Ce'lljtrv t. tl.o m e refused in wag, ami iu fbetit ad.Aticn. 1 drv.k in the swt t tnfectmn ef I.tc as a thirsd.y m::n swalbv.tth a te.mlVr of Let vvbioky puu- h. t?ioce the ii-bt of yenr r,,c All up-n rr.r IiA', I sometimes feci nn if I c u:d lift xii's -e!f up by my b.v.t-st'aj.s to t!tt 0 p cf lie church jbcple nt.d pm! the Ltb-npe t r singing school. l)ty r.nd t. ?- y. u are in my tiusjits. When Aurora, bVshing bk? a bride, rl.-es from her saffron colored cctirh ; when the jy-bud 1-ks Lis tuneful lay hi tho apple tree by tee spring ii. mje ; when t'.ie chanticleer's shrill clai i n . hcra !.'s the coming morn ; !.-n th a r.Utii'r j ig ari ses f.-nm his bed arid qniM'.'th. j.nl ..(!!! for his n.omirs rifn shrrn t.ts : wl.cn (!. drowsy beetle whet's t-.drnnir,i tiipia r.t n.' try noon tide ; and v beu the l..ir.g l.crd.j eme heme at minting time, t ! i t . k of thee; and like a piece f cum elastic. m l.rt.ri t-eems stretched e'e-.r .ero.-s my U-om Votir hair is like t!,j in.ibe of mv s urcl hots-j powdered uith .!, ; ar.,j the 1 riM skewered thrc.M'.h vmir w.tt.fill f; ! r.: 1 ' v ; t ; uubctsndi-d awe. Your f rel. i ad is fmn.tUr thati the t-'.tow ef an old cat. Yet:r ryes are p,!ori u.- to bib -hi. I: ll-ir 1 j"r..l dept! S T see le'otj'i rf little i u.it.'s hiti.ii. like a cohort ef a r.t ii ; :n c'. !J'i7 erne hi r. Wiien their fbe hit ir.e upon my ncn! hre-ast it pr-m ti ated my wi:o!e auato-iT as a load of bird thndte'i a rotten syp'.e. Yettr n is fio'n a chunk of Pair art tmtihle rml vei;r mouth U puckered with sv e ti.css. NVe-.-.r liegi-ts en you- lip. l.r::"y on a be ;r; puv, ntul myii '-i tf to (.(. e l kisses aie. r ao y t to and lis;.'.- !.;- l ice i ;ne o;r is cut t tmir j rrer.t.s i,fs-ts. Your lau'i tin" i.i . inv tars Jiko the wi.rl j harp's triiu, or the bleat of a s-frny hmo on a ble.'.k hill ; !e. ounces on your cb.ee ks are like boa-era in bed t f toits b.rdiows in cakes in L' tTVTti.o.'c tr.T.r. I am dying to fly to tiiy preser.ee. ru d pour out the burnm;; eli quenre f my b.vo I as thriff.v he.sevivc3 h v.t out hot c.fT e Away from you I am a- Uiehirebo'y as a suk rat. S--sai.ti:fies I caa 1 ear the jane bugs of !-sj. ondf ncy hr;zzh.c ;n n y tars, and kd tire cold Kzirils cf dtspair era w !irn ihe.vn my back. Uncouth tears, I ke a thousand minnows, nibb'e at my s-pirits, and njy ft id is pierced with doubla iikt! au old cheese bo; ed with .-kippi r. iy love for you is :rerjprr than the fmtl of (J. fl y's pitir.t 1 utter, cr the h it k cf a yeuri eow. and mere uuK-lfi.-h than, a kit ten's first citterwaul. As soi g bhd han kers for tlie lhd t e.f tho day. the cautLus motise for the fresh bacon in tin trap, :t mean run bankers f.rntw iiik, to I loo f. r thee. Y.-ii arc f.iirrr tha a sjeeklcd pallet, sweeter than a Yaekie dou'inut fiiei in sorghum molasses, brighter than tr-e f"p-kcos phimag! on the head ef a MfThcewj durk. Y'-ti are candy, kisses, raisins, pound-cako and sweeterrrd toddy altogether. If these few remarks wi.'i enable vcu to fee the inside of my s( u', nnd me to viu your affccMor.s. I thall be as f.apjiy ss a wotxlpeckrr en a cherry tree. er a vta-e lier?o in a erctn p-istnre. If yru cannot recipro cate my lhrii,inj passions. 1 -vi'l pine away like a po-soued be.H uj;, ami fall away fr-Tii a fionrbhifig vine of li-e, an untimely brar.e ; and in the eommjr years, w!:e:i ih dn 1ms erow fiom the hills, and th jhiUsopbieal frc sines his e l.e:ful tven.ins h mos. ou. happy in anejther'i love, caa ta me r.nd drop a tear and c?tch a cold tii on ti e last test-. inp-p'.aee eif yours (Tectionately'. 11. Verdict f;ir plaintiif, am: J-jOO damagee. Chicago Times. Aunt 11 snv was dividing a minre pin aniong the boys, and when .h'm, b ha 1 wicked !v pnid tin cat's t:til, asked for hi f-hare, the dame replied: "X0. .Tim, y 11 are a wicked boy, and the l'ib'e says th-.u is co peace for the v.-icke.l." u
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