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VOLUME 5.
EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1871.
NUMB Kit -15.
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B. VAIXABLS GIS-T.'!
Tv-o Grand Capital Frizes!
V.O.flW IN AM Kl? I CAN GOLD!
St.OO) IN AIKKU'AX SILVER!
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Jimnr(s,'iii.i.f,:)Oti!i:'i.
I :-,-. Fine-TcneJ Boxwood l-iar.cs, SE00i::ii
r.i::.:iy Sev.-inMsrhinC!', worth if in) ra-Si.
i !.. si''c J.tt't Himinn Watch in
i' ', ', r,;7 cuii f:.'0 ?:H) rf( ,!i .'
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,' -..U.I nii'l l.iil l..-1'hitfd sihf-r Till.!.-
.1 T, u-i'."'!:s. rhoU'ijTiU'Si Aibuuis, .liwulry,
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(;i.MS n-.tT::i) lSf)l l ielioH. (n
"limn E.ilx-ral lr-!li!ii!s avjII Itr ivcn.
i'i'i'i. ki: is'J-: Six Tk'kkt $!h; Twelve
i ii utk $.':! :T km v-ri k Vh kli:; tH).
'ir-!ii;ir -ont:!:iinj a full iit cf prics, ;i .lr
; : r th ii'i'iUK-r of !raT'i:iur. atl .th-r
it ti hi ):';( m !- 1 i iM rilmi ion,
.! p.- .-t:t to kii.v ii" ' .r'k'riiijj them. All lct
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"";.! i- an original, interest in jr : ml .inst ruct
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.. : T of the A I "TllOlf.S I'll FliSSI . A L
iilK. his v:-.r,d(-r!'ul tricks and feats, v, i: h
i !k)! .i' im iii. n ts and : en t '. ires us a M
i-;'.-,K:inc(.-r and Ventrilojuj.t. iiu
t ;;! v.-it ii
in i i" x.i. pvtir r.(iiA'. ix('.s,
; s the Author's Portrait on steel, and nu-.-
v h- sinall ent.
i'!i- i. luine is free frotn any objectionable
i . ! ( lay hith-toned nnil mot al in it - har
i . !ir.d i j;l he f( d v. ith d( p interest by old
! oiiiikr. 1 1 K' v' s t he nio-t t: i'aph;e ai-.l t hrill
. .it n.'ail.; of the rlTect of hi-: wonderful
:uid tta' hi ti icks. eauinir the most u:i-
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1 r. . Tern;-, i e.. -with l'nil information,
! :.; ! ! en p op! i--.it ion to
!I i TT1XI) .VSllMF.Al), FubM-her.
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LADIES' 'FANCY FURS I
JOHN FARE1RA
7IH ArI tit.,
ili.ld'.e of the l:'.-ek,
b'-'l ween 7th A- M ii
S:-:.. Sout I: Side,
rii ii.Ai)i:i.riii.,
Importer. M.n;nf;i?
t urer a r.t'. i ca lei
in ail k i r..'i- and
'- ijoalityof
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I'n a's V.Vur.
Iln in-p imported ft
r --- ,-'".-"" 'ery lartreand splrii-
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;.-nf 1,-inils r.f Furs from i,it Imtms in
. and have had thni made uj by the
;'-:d!ul w,-.r!-iier:, wr.nl.l re.-'j C-; t fully i:i-
ie re;;.ir.rs of i liis paper t o ea ii and f x.im
- cry l.u-fc-c ;,nl beautifuFa: sort it: tt of
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.. which issues this interest im? and t-alualdo
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'"'"'iKiid it to theattention of those who d
"i '.' to advertise their bm .ne- se lent ifienlly
d ajatfiuiilieall.v insucli a way: that is,
J' to feeure th.e Inrest amount of publicity
I"r lie least expenditure of money."
Geis & Foster
Nos. 113 and 115 Clinton Street.
Jolmstovin, Ia.
FILL iiD WINTER GOODS I
CONSISTING OS'
MIY GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
MILLIXEKY GOODS. FANCY GOODS,
CAItPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &C &c,
AT EVERY PRKXt
PHILADELPHIA 1871.
HOVELL 8L BOURKE,
MAXCFACTLKEKS OF
aper Hangings'and Window Shades.
Wholesale aiid'Hetail KnJsronnii,
COIlNElFOULiTII asd MARKET STS..
rillLADELPJIIA.
' ry Corner Twenty-third and Sansom Sts
J. W ATE RS, Juttke-of-tli?-1 'eace,
has removed to the office fecentlr orcu
r 1 hy Dr. E. H. Plank, on the east ile of
-ntr Ht-t, tnVMit Cvlouad Kow.
-rffsTrtSiCa -rrt
Wf ' -i-'-.A
TMm TOOT
FOR
Thf.vnr 172 will !.(iio frniil;t with nnu
piml political iHterests t tlir I'coplc of the f-n-tirc
count ry, tic ip heiiir u I'reidcnt ami a
Congress to elect, besides several important.
Stilt elections.
I" poll th '.'cm'H of that election doppncls the
future welfare uuu perpetuitj- of uurpolitiiul
institutions.
They can best be srtved by circulating; ainoiiff
I ho votcras sucii newspa pel s s advocate a free,
liberal, t'onstit ut ional (iovcriiinent.
r'i t!ie future a in the pat wehall conti.iuc
to labor uneeiiitil y lor a Kovermuent of
FREE rPJXClPLES
and at all times and under all circumstances
defend and sustain siii li a jroverument Ryaiiit
ail sit tacks, it matters not what pretext may be
set up to accom piish its overthrow.
WE WILL ADVOCATE
the following propositions as essential to the
preservation of our political int't'itlons
against the maciiitiatioi'.s of the un6cruiai0U3
leaders of the lladical party:
1. The administration of the Government in
consonance with. the pureund patriotic princi
ples laid down by the founder of the Republic.
It. OppoPitioft to tnilitary rule ami dictation
under any pretext or allege''' necessity.
Kipial rights to all citi.etis, i'lt hePnsr the
rifht of ("very citizen to be tried for an aliened
olTenee,in the civil courts, in strict accordances
with the bt ter aid spirit of the Const i tut ion.
4. Free ami fair elections everywhere, with
out interference by the l'rc&ideut or intimida
tion by Federal bayonets.
5. Kcdiieed ta.vat ion. honest, economical gov
ernment, uml ( i vil Service Keform.
6. A financial policy ihat will not oppress the
productive J n dust ries of the count ry.
7. An end to lobby scheme?, monopolies anil
land Krabt'inir,
f. A change f th public administration ami
tl'P overt hruw of the eoiinoran s who are now
tlepletiluf t he public treasury.
'J. The overthrow of the r.rrii)d State gov
ernments in the South which, imtmso heavier
bu rdeus of tax at ion u mm the N'orl h hy kci-pint
l.alf the country iu a state of Bankruptcy ami
l'overty.
THE WEEKLY POST
Will not only retleet the .-ont itner.ts of the
Democratic parly fearlessly, boldly and with a
decent firmness, but will also be a vehicle of
'OT;" 77; LATEST MARKETS.
do'.vn to the hour of ti-oiiijr to .res?, ineludi.i'
not only the Live Sfot !c Markets of Pittsburgh
and Alh'ji-lieny, but of every principal point in
the world.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
will b" made a specialty, whHe th' Arts. Atrri
rii it ure. Science, I. If nrn'arr. &e.. Will each re
cei e ;i proper f hare of itttention. Tin". Wekk
i.y Fi'Si" is a 'Hi t - ii.ihl ritlmmi newspaper,
printed e;i the he-t mat'ria!. with clear new
tvpe, arc! will be publLsiicdat the foil, .wini; low
n . tes of sense n u tion .-
One copy I year Jri:!
1 n t i'v.s of o or t;i ore , . . l.r.ti
An e.;t;a copy sent free where theciub ex
ceeds tel.-.
Tim: Iiaii.y Fust by mail, per annum. tS.cfi.
We ak all who ic.ire to see the1 principles
above ei forth ie.it into pncti-al operation to
nid in the work by iil seribiec atid proeurinsf
feu bs. ri hers for The Wbbki.v I'i.st. Speciiaeu
Co.'s sent fire on uppiieHiiou. AJ.lr.-ss
Jas. I'. Ha mi & Co.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. .
7
IMIAH!
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When you visit the city, do r.ot fail to call arrd
.see the
ITew Dry Goods Bazaar
-OF
A. . EEWM & 0.,
172 &. 174
FEDERAL STREET!
ALLEGHENY CiTY.
Tiie IIr.ti!oi:est Ury fiools 7tniioriui!i
in (lioSfnte.
OUR MOTTO:
GOOD GOODS AT LOW PRICES.
Through lho Season we are in receipt of
SEW GOODS EVERY DAY!
Our Stock is alwaj-s full, fresh and complete.
VTe respectfully ask the attention of
WHOLESALE BUYERS
To our Stock, as our Wholesale Dc parfment ii
at all times fully supplied with floods w hich we
otter, either by the piece or package, at the
lowest
New Youk on Piiifademtiia Pgices.
II EM EM i: EI l Tim TLACE,
Eimffs Diy Goods M
Kos. 172 t 174 Federal St.,
iDec.-iy.T ALLEGHENY CITY, PA.
A DMINISTUATOU'S NOTICE.
r" F.-tate or John Kennedy, dee'd.
Letters of Ailiin'iiii...iti..n ,-.. r.,.r. ..r
- -- - - hi inn v.lj nil; nilllv ,1K
John Kf.nskdy, late of Washitmton townshtn,
deceased, having been jrranted to th subscriber
by the Itjfister of Can.hi-i.-i county, al! persons
lmlcbu-.l ti said estate tire hereby notified that
payment must l,o made without delay, mid to
those holding claims aurainst the Pame notice is
jriven to present their respective accounts duly
authenticated for K.-ttlement
iriJ!iI v " wE.i:,n'' Administrator.
Hemlock, Nov. 11, 1371. -St.
A DMINlSTKATOirS SOTICE.
Estate of Maroahet M'UoroH, dee'd.
Whereas Letters of Administration have been
granted by the ItCK'sler of Cambria county to
the 6iibscriber on the estate of Margaret Me
Gouh,; late of Allesheny towr.Rhip,2deeeased,
notice is hereby Riven to all persons indebted
to said estate that pa3'nient must be made im
mediately, and those holding claims afrainst the
same are tlesired topres nt them dulv proba
ted for settlement. V. O FKIEL Adm'r.
Loretto, Nov. 11, lS:i.-t.
T EM310X. & PLANK,
Praetlbiiitf IIi.vsielans.
EBENnt:nu, Pa.
t-? Office in rear of T,r-mmon & Murray's
Di u? and Book Store, Iliah street. Uul-"'-tfut-J
mm
S M.S
CKAT.TS i'AJIIIA- Sll'Ci.
Forty-one of 'cm,
(Keep the run of 'em.)
Puckers all the State needs none of 'em ;
A voirdupois t here's more than three ton of 'em,
llumbuus every on-of-a-sun of 'em,
ld Daddy Grant,
Tin; I loss Cormorant.
Feathers his nest in the Covinaton Post-office,
r ille L. G.,
(Hunky boy on a Fpree,)
Draws on his pal in an Illinois coast office:
Half the connexions of 'Eyases can boast office :
Corbins and Dents.
Cramers ami iifuts,
Suarpes and Hoot. Casey? and rat tons;
Put the Dents take t'u lead
Of the whole blessed breed.
For when places weregoiusj they went for the
fat 'una.
Prothcrs-in-lnw, nephews and cousins -Groups
of "em, troops of 'em, tccru2
dozens,
Pilleted all on a tax-pronnd community.
Plundering whenever they tin ! opportunity.
Play itijf their t rah-Kcime with bi-otnorly unity,
Mucking the people -.villi perfect impunity.
0 I what a set I
Lucifer's net
111 a hundred prime casts couldn't tret.
Ministers, judires, appraiser?, collectors.
Postmaster?, mail agents, uniformed -ITe-tors,
God. what a corps r.f 'em !
Wait there'll be more of 'em :
Forty and otic there wilt toon be three score
of 'em.
Outside are hungry fines list to the roar of.'e.n!
Chiefs and head man,
C. S. U. leads the van,
liob-hoyin;:" the public to fatten his elan.
1 f your Kob-Uoy's relation
Walk up take your ration ;
If not. and you sitjh for a government station,
Put your hand in your pocket i.'id try a dona
tion !
Motives in these days a re not to be sdjirhted
W hen knaves to oTice are suddenly lifted.
We Fay, when we hear
Of the act, it is clear
That Grant, though not great, ii uncommonly
gifted.
From the Tit usville Courier, Dee. fit h.
THE TRUE MESSAGE OF ULYSSES.
Our Washington correspondent informs
us in a gpecial telegram that the message
published yesterday ia the morning papers
was a forgery. The following is tho true
message sent to congress at the hah-ds of
Grant's cot.fidantial secretary :
To tht JUgJi Old Senate and House rf Rq
rtbnlatt::e's :
In addressing my third annual mesaago to
you, it i perhaps not r.ecesssrj to state teat
I am uo more of a writer than I am (fa
fptaker, but I know that ou occasions of this
kind it : absolutely necessary to write some
thing abc iit myself, the health of my family,
tho condition of. ray horse?, the result cf the
late priz', the New York frauds, the remo
val of my dear friend Tom Murphy, the ne
ceisity for au entirely new oinfit fur my
Lon r.tench establishment, the llucUiali.-ns
in the gold market, tho appoitment of my
relatives to ( nice, the condition of the south
ern states, li e trip of my son Fred to Ku
rope Mrs. Catacazy's outrageous conduct,
and various other things too iiurcercus to
mention.
AH OFT 5IYSET.F.
I have had a bul y time during ths past
summer. The must of it was spent iu the
neat little "cottage by the sea," presented
ii. o by the rcat hearted Tom Murphy. Mr
fchr.ro cf the seizures of contraband cigars aud
1 quors at the New Yoik custom house kept
me very well supplied with those Eeccsiriiti.
During the summer I took a trip through
the oil region, tliinkin if any peraon should
have the foresight to present me wllh a pay
ing well I should remove Col. Cogswell from
the Titusvillo pestofTice and appoint tho do
nor to fill the vacaucy. Ko one tool! th
hint, however, and the colonel remains in
peaceful possession of that valuable tftloe.
While he remains in it I am tuie of the ear
nest support of the Herald, the first dailj- in
the oil region. I breakfasted or.o morning
at tho Part hail house ia Titusvi.le. No one
was allowed to cat with me unless he paid
two dollars to the committee. This was a
very good dodge, as it kept ous a large
crowd. Negroes were allowed to pay two
dollaru, but were not admitted to the dining
room. In a southern city thi wotild have
warranted the interference of the federal gov
ernment, but occurring as It did ia a city
loyal to the cors, I thought it was a pretty
good joke on tha presumptuous colored in
dividual who thought himself good enough
to cat with the president of tha tTukod
.States. I herewith .transmit to you the
documents having reference to this subject,
consisting of copies of the Titusville Coukikr
and Herald, containing the letters of A. L-.e,
G. Ii. Williams. II. F. Cooke, II. L. IIerh
berg, the editorial rtmaiLi of t!i3 two pa
pers, and the proceedings of the colored .in
dignation meetirg. I would recommend
that they be placed in the department of
stalo fur future reference. At Petroleum
Centre I received a kiss from a patriotic lady.
I since learn that her husband has commit-
ted suicide. There are other things concern
ing myself of which I shall not speak at this
time.
THE nEALTU OF MY FAMILY.
This is a subject of great interest to me,
however little tho public may be interested.
There is very little, however, to say upon it,
as we are all vory well. I would recom
mend, however, that congress pass a bill ap
propriating ten thousand dollars yearly to
the prtsidential family to be known as the
health fund. I find that all the royal fami
lies of Europe have regular salaried physi
cians, paid by the government. . We aro ba
hind European countries in many things,
the condition of my houses.
Hy horse fancier reports that m' horsc3
are all in cod condition. I have several
very fino trotters. Last summer one t f my
favorites was taken suddenly sick, while I
was at Long Branch. I Lurried home as
fast as steam could fetch m6, tmd secured
the services of the most celebrated veterinary
surgeon in the country. 11a saved tho lurse,
but his bill has never been paid, and I would
recommend that congress appropriate a small
sum for this purpose. The horso is a noble
animal, and should" roceivo the fostering care
of tho government. I herewith transmit to
you Robuit Eonner's correspondence in rela
tion to Dexter, and recommend that you ap
propriate a sum sufficient to ha70 two mil
lions copies printed and circulated through
out tha country, and also that you mako a
further appropriation to enable ma to keep
up my stables in a proper manner.
T'riK I.ATIt I'RIZB FIGHT.
It is a source cf regret that the late prize
fight wag not more decisive in its character.
I am of the opinion that Coburn is a better
man than Mace. I would recommend that
if they conclude to fight ega:.D, they le al
lowed to do so iu the hall of the house cf re
presentatives, and that an admission fse of
five dollars be charged. The manly art of
self-defence should be fostered and cherished,
and I recommend that an appropriation be
made to establish a natiotial pugilistic school,
at the l ead of which I should appoint my
esteemed friend John Morriofcj.
THE SEW YORK FHALP3.
These frauds have attracted a gr-atT deal
of the public attention. I don't know what
they are, but I know that notwithstanding
our party carried the election iu that state by
making usa ef these frauds, many of my per
sonal friends have suffered by the exposure
of them. I would recommend to congress at
an early day to establish a government for
New Yoik city, vesting iu me the power to
appoint a mayor, aldermen, councilmen, and
chiff of police. In this wr.y alone can tho
frauds be managed.
TO?I BICr.PIlY.
I have been obliged to displace this dear
ft iend of mine from the New York custom
house. This I should not have done had the
2ew York S:in r.oi kept up a continual
broadrido upon him and me. The Sun id a
dangerously disloyal paper, and tic wonder
to me is that a loyal people will permit its
continued publication. I would recommend
that congress pass an set permitting me to
suppress if. It worries me continually. I
tha'.!, after the firm establishment f the new
ordr of things, to which we all look hope
fully forward, have all such newspapers
promptly suppressed. In Murphy's succes
sor, however, we have a good man. He :s
right under Tom's thumb, and there has
really been no change at all.
TU F. LONG Bl'.ANfJII EST A DLTSIIMKST.
My cottage at Long Ihanch will, next
summer, r.ccd refurnishing, and unlese con
gress shall make an app.opiiation for that
purpose, I shall be obliged to make impor
tant charges among federal ofiice-holders, in
order to enable me to do it properly. Uur
it g the summer I had several calls from
Genera! Butler and General Ne.il Dow. the
great temperance lecturer, riince that time
silver-ware at the cottage has been scarce.
I make no insinuations against those estima
ble mrn. I merely state the facts as they
are, leaving you to draw your own inlcr
ences. THE FLUCTUATIONS IX THE GOLD MARKET.
The fiuctuat ions in the gold market have
not been so profitable to my family as they
W913 a year or two a?;o. Mrs. Giant real
ized a handsome profit on the "black Fri
day panic." I have urged the secretary of
the treasury to so shape his finsiicial policy
as to gfct -Jrp another panic. Tlies:- panics
always iesu!t in good io those who aro in
the ring, and those who ar6 outside ought to
su.Ter.
KEPOTTSJI.
I never knew what this word raeant until
I looked over the dictionary. I had noticed
that it was frequently Ufed by copperhead
and disloyal papers when speaking of me.
I must say that I am proud f the fact that
I have appointed my relatives to tfiice.
What, I ask, would be the use cf being pres
ident if I could not take caie of my own and
my wife's relations ? I com-ider it nobody's
biu-iness what I do iu this matter. I consider
it impertinent ia such disloyal sheets as the
New York Sun to mako so nir.ch ado about
this. I envred the editor of that paper a
good cfiice to keep him still, but he wouldn't
have it. This is another tcason why papers
cf that stiipe should be suppressed. What
it says about the head cf the government is
di -graceful.
COSPITION OF THE SOUTHERN STATED.
I have no doubt that the judicious enforce
ment cf the ku klux law will enable me to
secure all the delegates from the southern
states to the next republican national con
vention. The mantitr iu winch my brother-in-law
treated the discontented element of
the republican party ia Louisiana, last sum
mer, is to be highly commended. I would
recommend that congress pass a vote of
thanks to him. He already has my personal
thank.s. I would recommend that tho souih
eru states be kept under miiitary rule fur
an ind5:iUe period. Perhaps it would be
well enough, just for a show, to removo the
disabilities imposed upon the intelligent class
es of the south by the fourteenth amendment.
If they are removed, wo can, under the op
erations of the ku klux bill, arrest and im
prison every one cf them and hold them un
til after the presidential election, when they
can bo released on parole. I think thi3 sug
gestion will meet with the heaity approval
of the loyal north.
MT SOU FEED.
When I wa3 a boy, the impecunior.'s con
dition of my venerable father prtcludcd the
possibility of my traveling abroad ."'strange
countries for to see." Now that f nm well
off, I am determined that my sou Frederick
shall labor under no such embarrassing dis
advantages. So I have sent hirn to Europe
in charge of General Sherman. I desire that
he should become acquainted thoroughly
with the workings of tho governments tf
the old world, as you well know that we are
trying to remodel ours on the European plan
aud of course under those circumstances
Frederick would be my successor. Conse
quently he should have that expetience and
education which would enable him to fill the
position with that dignity which I know
nothing of. I would recommend that con-,
gress appropriate the sum of fifty thousand
dollars to ba forwarded at once to my eon.
in order to enable him to travel as becomes
the son of the head of a great nation.
MBS. CATACAZY.
This lady's outrageous conduct In presum
ing to force herself into the pine atmosphere
of Washington society when it is a well
known fact that she was divorced from a
former husbaud in Europe, has resulted in
the recall of her husband, who didn't amount
to much. He is not a nobleman. My friend,
the emperor of Russia, promptly recalled
him at my request. Had his wife never
been divorced from her foimer husband, but
had taken up with Catacazy on the Wood
hull plan, her conduct would not have out
raged the sensibilities of our first society
here. They are both gone aud 1 aca glad of
it.,
OTHER THINGS.
It is highly essential that you should so
shape your legislation this winter as to help
mo out in the next presidential campaign.
I am determined to be re-elected, if it takes
the last man and tha last dollar. If the
conservative republicans give me too much
trouble. I shall at an early day next summer,
uuder tho authority iuveslcd in mo by tho
j ku klux bill, arrest and imprison Horace
oree:y, uarl bcbniz. Lyman Trumbull,
Governor Palmer, ex Secretary Cox, the ed
itor of the N ew ork Sun, and a host of
! other malcontents.
CONCLUSION.
I havo shown this message to Fish, but
the old sardine says it will never do, and I
rather think he has been writing up another
one to substitute in place of this. I send
this to you by my confidential secretary,
who plays a better game of draw poker than
any man east of the Mississippi. If he don't
get too many invitation3 to drink on the way.
this will reach you in safety ; if he does, nil
desjerandu;,i.
HrrtAM Useless Grant,
President of the Uuited States.
AXSGEJT A tTIDOW.
A writer contributes to the Chester,
la , Jlrpul.lican an article on, "Tony
Welter's Widow."," from which we ex
tract the folio wins :
Another very courtable widow was a
young ludy of Washington, Pa. She be
came onaed to a youn; man mimed
Robert , In I ler father, Low-
ever,"objected to this nialch. with one of
his clerks, find when the young girl re
ceived a tempting proposal from a weaMiy
suitor, the paternal inilaeiice soon effected
tx marriage, despite tho previous engage
ment. In less than three months her
husband was killed by a kick from a horse,
liobert was a second time a suitor, but
delayed the important question until fif
teen months had elapsed, when, to his
horror, she informed that she was en
gaged. In short lime thereafter the
was married. Two years elapsed, when
tho married couple moved to Syracuse,
N. Y.j where, Emonjj the victims of tho
j cholera, when the pestilence swept that
city, was the second, Kobert again sought
ber hand, and when a year had elapsed,
was en the eve of a declaration, when lo!
he received an invitation to her vveddin" '
Her late bu.shani!9 business was found
in such a state that to avoid immense
losses she married her husbar.I's partner.
Shortly after, she removed with her third
husband to Detroit, Michigan. A few
years elapsed when herself ar.d husband
were cn a steamer that was w recked near
liulFalo. The husband perishod, and the
wife escaped solely through the exertion
of a friend who was on board. His gal
lantry inspired such sentiments in her
Lreasf, that she married her brave pre
server a fw months after her third wid
owhood. The happy pair removed to
Pittsburgh, where her husband whs en
gaged in morchaniile business. Thither
liobcrf, si ill cherishing Lis first love, fol
lowed. One day a? he was passing the
door of the husband's store, he saw a ter
rible commotion. Hushing in, he beheld
the mangled corpss of that gentleman cn
the lloor. A tierce of rice, being hoijfed
to an upper story had fallen through the
traps, killing him instantly. Anxiously
Hubert inrjuired if any one had been sent
to inform his wife, and was told that the
bookkeeper had just gone. Uobert started
for Alleghen' city, where tha deceased
had resided at the top of his speed. Tho
bookkeeper was just ahead of him, and
from past experience knowing the value
cf prompt action, and apprehending that
the clerk had designs on the widow, he
ran for dear life, side by sid.-?. The race
continued until they reached Hand street
bridge, when the clerk was obliged t6 stop
to pay the tolls, while Uobert, a commu
ter, paased over without stopping. Reach
ing the house of the widow first, Uobert
told the heartrending news, and almost in
the same breath made a proposition of
marriage. He was accepted. True to
her proniiae after a year of mourning she
became his wife. As all her husbands
had died wealthy, Kobert was comforta
bly fixed, after all. This caso is a re
markable example of what "pluck and
persevr ranee," will do for a man, while at
the same time it teaches a lessoa on the
danger of delay.
A New Jersey clergyman was the
happy husband of n wifa very lady-like
and very lovely, but very deaf. There
was a dinner party at the house. The
ladies had risen and gone to the drawing
room. A Mr. Hare, one of tha gentle
men, followed them before his compan
ion?, and chancing to enter the room verj
quietly as a haro may be supposed lo
step a lady, bohind whom Lo stood, and
whom he had entertained at dinner, ob
served to the rector's deaf and lady-like
wife (not knowing, of course, who was
behind ber) "What a very agreeable
man Mr. Hare is." The liostesa thought
it washer room and not her company that
9he had beared praised, and so the an
swered : "Yes, and so warm and com
fortable of a winter's night."
Liberality. Tha Hloomsburg Colum
bian is responsible for the following: We
hear a good thing told at the expense of a
merchant in a neighboring town. One of
the ministers of the place was having a
donation parFy, when Mr. , ambi
tious to appear liberal, marked a four
dollar castor up to twelve dollars, and
took it in aa a donation, getting much
credit for his liberality. The next day
the nilcister called at the More with his
twelvo dollar castor, stating that as they
could not afford so expensive an article,
he would ba pleased to exchange it for its
marked value in other needed good?, and
tho minister wa3 soon wending his way
homeward loaded down with a dozen dol
lars' worth of selected groceries.
xir: I'lUEsr it.aki..
THAXSLATEI) FROM THE GtltM AN.
IHo the ohrrch, diior. a-wearv anil lone,
A l.luui woman s,,L ti;(. t.j(1 ((,.. un .
I he wiml whs hitter, tl.e snow fell fa-t,
-Ami a iiiockinjr voice in the litful Liai-t
S-femctl ever to echo I: r moaning -rv,
-A she Ij.-irifc.i her alms of the oa.-seis lv .
'Have iity on me, have nit v. I j.rav;
ily liavk is bent anl my hair is pray."
The Lelis were rinln- the hour of ji raver.
And many j,-oo.I people wort: ir.-.t ln-if .! t ti'-re,
JSut eovert u with furs ami miiinlis warm,
ihey linrried a-t through the w intry storm.
Pome were hoping their Fouls to t-avr.
And M.im were t ainUm of df at hand tlif grave,
-ii'. t. alas . tm-y ;.;,,1 no time to h.-u- l
1 ho poor soul asking for elm n't '- niff.l ;
And some were o looming with i a.y's t rn-'C.
Mut elosf-ly i:;:i!T!ed in veils of lao.-;
J Ley saw not the sorrow, nor heard r.ot the
iin.r.n
Of her who sat on the er.ld door stone.
At last came one of noUe name,
l!y tho city counted the weulil.i. -t dame.
And tin,- p :u Is that o'er in r neck were strunff,
the proudly there to the L tfv-ar tin n'.
Th'-.n fdl towe-l a toafdon vour.-j ami f.rr,
Adorned with clusters of golden hair;
lut her dn ss w as thin, and seant v, ami worn,
-t even the lie-ar's seemed more forlorn,
w nh a tearful iook aid a pitvimr sih,
f-'he w hisper, ,i sort, , tew els ,:ivt- I -
Itut I riu ou my prayers, food friend," said
"And sure I know God listens to me."
'"(a the jmcr white hand, so shrunken and small,
i'ne Idmd woman felt a tear drop fall,
'1 hen LisM il it and si,i t;, t;,(. v. ev girl.
"It is you w ho have given the pu-.vst'pvat 1."
n:03I UL.tTEl IO els ru.
A STORY AS HE TOLD IT HIMSELF.
Ilf! was a tail, one-eyed man. wearing
a broad brimmed hat and a red ll irnel
shirt. He at on the railing of the budge,
whittling and talking to three cr lour
others, standing rear by. Yes, sir, said
he, I was dead once. It was the stran'T
est Ihmg that you ever eaw in your life.
You don't believe it, ha !
Well, I don't wonder much. I don't
suppose any pjar: ever wtnt through such
an awful siege, and I cant expect any
body to look at it as I do. You sae it
happened like this : It v.-a 3 that winter
we lumbered on Wbiicomb Creek, six cr
eight years ago. It was war times then,
and wfip.es were good. I was getting
forty do!lar3 & r.io:it!i and worked like a
beaver till this little ui'tYir came off. We
went at work about a mite from the shun
ty Jim Uobinson and mo and had
slashed into the pine like all possessed.
The boys were hauling pretty lively, lor
it was in January and sleighing wag good.
Ji:n was at work on a big tree about
twenty rods from where I was. Pretty
soon, after he yelled to me, his tree top
pled ever and itli. It was as handsome
a piece cf timber as you ever saw. Crash
it went, tight into the branches cf an old
grub oak and hung fast there. I r.fver
saw a fellow madder than Jim was. lie
tried every possible way to loosen the
pine, but couldn't get it olr. ffnal'y we
made up cur minds to go for the oak tree,
and iu about ten minutes we had it cut
through so it trembled like a leaf with
every stroke of the axe. he rutting on one
side and I cn the other. When it was
almost through, as I was the biggest and
best chopper, says I to Jim :
"Let me finish Ler, Jim. Get out of
the way and I will have it through in
half A minute."
I had been chopping a minute or two,
when Jim let loose a scream that would
have made an Injun's Lload run cold. I
j jst had time to look up and see that pine
tree tumbling down, when I dropped my
axe and run. I couldn't have got far
when something seemed to hit my eyes,
and everything was datk.
I suppose I wa3 dead.
Maybe -ou don't believe me, boy?, but
that's all I can make out of it. All r.t
or.ee, the light, the looks cf the snow on
Ihe ground, everything wa3 shutout from
my sight. There was a kind of an un
certain dreamy like fa ding, just as a fel
low iias when he's asleep. I knew some
thing awful had happened, but I couldn't
stir myself hand cr foot. It seemed as
though it was night, and that I was co7
ered up by something lhat preied heavi
ly upon me. Still, there wasn't any par
ticular pain and for a long time I couldn't
think where I was How long I staid
thcro I can't tell. I suppose it wasn't
long, when I felt somebody pull at niy
arm, and I heanl Jim Robinson say,
"O, Lord ! Poor fellow !"
I knew ho was there and I could feel
him touch me, and yet I couldn't speak
nor open my eyes. He thought I was
dead. Then I wondered if all dead folks
could know and think things as I di J. I
tried to move my hands, I tiied to breathe,
I tiied to scream. Iul I couldn't do any
thing. Jim left me, nr.d the next I re
membered cf I was pulled out frorri under
the tree and hauled to tha shanty on one
of the fcleds. You bet there was consid
erable excitement among the boys! when
I was taken into camp. I could feel that
I was dead. I couldn't move. Hut I
could hear and had a kind of misty notion
about everything lhat vras goinj cn about
me.
Some of Ih? boy?, after fueling of my
forrid, wanted to send for a doctor.
"It's no use, boys, said the bos?, "the
peer fellow's gone. His neck was broke.
The moat wo can do for him is to take
Lim home tc his folks."
Well, they laid me out on one of ihe
sleighs, and after fixing me up in as de
cent a way as a corpso could be in a lum
ber camp, one cf the teamslers started
with me for Oshkosh.
At first I didn't realiza just bow bad
tho fituaiion was. When it begun to
leak into my head that I was really dead,
and was going to be buried in the ground,
and shut out forever from the light cf the
sun. It ft i'-diiencd me. The L-m r'nla
to Oshkonh passed like these ,!1;,,3 ll)lt
happen in a dream. We got there and I
was taken to my brother's house. U
felt terrible bad when I was brou-ht
home. I hadn't any idea that he thought
as much of me as he did, poor fellow ' I
could hear him cry and talk and still I
hadn't the power to move a muscle I
was put in a c. Urn and it finally came" out
that I was to be taken to Watcrtown ta
be buried. My old mother lived there
30.. know C Loys, Il,Vonune ofyou
w,d ever be made to fed tha horrors that
I fe.t when I knew thai I wa? boxeJ
m cofTin and would soon be buried 1
Siren years have gone by since then, but
I never think tf it without a chill.
I cotdd feel them putting on t!,3 hj c,f
the coffin and then I knew I was fastened
up
Frcm that time until the cover of lho
ccffm was raise, again I haven't any re
Collection cf what happened, only that f
was continually in motion. Thou-di I
cou!dnt open my eyes, I sorter felt that it
was dark, and I was going somewhere.
All of a sudden I felt that soma one wtij
turning the screws of the coflia lid, and
after a while the cover was taken ttK
My poor mother screamed as though
her heart was broke. I couldn't stir, and
yet I could feel the warm drops from her
eyes upon my face:
I would rathor die a thousand times"
over than go through the horrible suffer
ing of that affair again. There I was
dead and going to be buried, and yet so
near alive that I knew what was going
on. Hoys, you may talk, but there ii
nobody in this world that thinks as much
of you as your mother. You can imag
ine my feelings uo, you can't have the
least notion of how I Hit when the was
taking cn so over me.
Af:er a while 1 could feel that my
mother had stopped crying. Then f
thought she muEt havo fainted, I never
was much in the praying line, but if any
one made a strong try to call on God for
assistance, I did then. I could feel my
mother's soft hand laid on my head.
. "George," said hs to my brother, "hi??
forrid don't feel very cold. How strange
it is!''
"Then George's hand was put on my
forrid. and I could fee! him placo his hand
upon my bread.
They seemed to think that I miht not
be dead.
Pretty soon a neighbor ranis in nn,:
there was a good deal of talking that I
couldn't understand. Then
I wa.-
ifted
cut ,f Ihe cofi'm ar.d 'placed in a bed. I
was rubbed ad over with a coarse towel.
iStill I couldn't stir or open my eyes.
They gave up all hopes and left me.
Then my mother CRir.e te give me cna
last look. I could feel her near me j m
ss she used to he when I was a boy, and
her hand smoothed my bair in the old
way that eeemed to take me back to tkj
time whpn I wasn't so bad as I am now.
I tiied with all the force I could to
speak. I made cne strong effort to rous-3
myself, and finally broke the spell and
looked up.
My mother fainted, but help soon wmf,
and after taking some medicine and doc
tor's stuff, I was able to think freely and
breaihc sgatn.
In a little white I was well again, ex
cept an ugly scar on the back of my neck.
The doctors said I had a narrow es
cape. My spinal cord, they said, had
been s'ruck by a branch cf the tree, and
I was as good as dead. It was more
than a miracle that I was ever brought to.
They had a good dial to say about para
lyzing my nervous system and stopping
my circulation and all that, but at any
rate I got we'd.
I didn't chop any more that winter.
Toi.n Tuts Truth. Somo cno was'
telling me. the other day, a new story
about the late Dean Uiehmcnd, who was
known far and wide for his profanity and
giddiness of manner. Uichmond was hero
at the time, and my informant, who was
j. then a boy working in a printing tfiiee,'
wished to get a pass over the Cenln.l
Railroad. With this purpose in view he
entered the office where the magnate was,
fearing that he would be rudely rebuffed
when he made his mission known. After
a moment's hesitation, ha said faltenn-i-ly:
"Mr. Uichmond, I bcd.cre ?"
"Yes ; what do you want cf me I"
"I should like, sir, to get a pass froni
Albany to Ih tfiio, as I Can go up on the
boat for nothing."
"On what grounds you ask for -x
pass!" (Thia with a rising and a very
rough voice):
"On the ground, sir, that I don't want
to pay my fare."
Richmond, without ariotwer word,wro(a
ouX a pass and handed it to ti e applicant,
The boy took it, sajing : "Thank you.
thank you, Mr. Iiichmond."
"You needn't thank me, youngster.
I'm d d glad to accommodate you.
Ynti are the first person lVo ever known,
by G d, lo ask for a pass on the light
grounds."
Says tho New York Mail : "The defi
nition of 'wedding' in the fashionable vo
cabulary means a grand crisis of clothes;
'bride, a peg on which finery cf all kinds
is hung 'r 'bridegroom, a sober black ob
ject following the bride, of no account in
particular, and yet without whom there
would bo no fuss, and t! fun ccu!d rvof
Ti cn.'