M
1 irf'
E5, A- BrriEiE, r:::cr and S'abllslicr.
E2 13 A FREEMAN T7II0SI THE TRUTH 3IAKE3 FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES EZ3IDE.
Terms, 02 per year In ndrnme.
V0LU3IE 5.
E1BKNSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1872.
NUMBER 50
-3
-1
1S72. TESAG-E. 1072.
Prepare for tho Presidential Campaign
finer latj: szjc coc:csts.
Xo H 'Jip Timr- tij) C I:sjs nf Once
- - i'jri!,J;t'f it t:srirv in t5io L'i-os-jit
i-i" E;:iI:! .tsuiranfi' of"
S;iccris in ttio Fuliirn
i !l
; AUK is tho fn ul nn.i tarnot ndvofnlc of
i ll i.. iiK-ijilt s its ilcchire 1 1 tiio tonn
; i !; If ; -1 1 1 ! ; i ; e im-J r-i:i l.d.lio-l i 11 iis i nyi i
:. '!'( il.-iVi'.t ;uiii liuiiiititin them i y its
;:t n'l'l it is the pci'sistt'-n t inul virfil-
i ft -
.,1 :MV
,v . ot if'wirin,i.ri-iiii:l aii'l ltiuniciiml.
n';z'.!t no :tl!i;ilii c ii h nn.v i liquo or hiss
I. l '"
l-i: il has hcon mLjcc-t M nn nirnipl m
. but I::".- !a!.nrca, wilhout fear or lavcr.
, r III.'
; t i : ' r.i I pu..
u.- ex jMaiiit ure H f;ih ro.l in pny of t !:e
',,;,!:. '- !i".vs5i:ipor -;:ti't ;i'-i , tin- A(,K is
':. .i .. i i-'"ic:;il 'U!nitj.i-f. l.'.it rclif on ;'ic
:. : :'tl! Sllj'fort of iii.ls ilial I1 tuo-
i-'.'i!, Mr 'v;iitl:l liiKintain tho iiriir-iplcs of
' .ki.v. aii'l t' i:iH'!litro:ir o n .m nt s wlio
. . ; w i.ii' n a:i 1 1 iik a.i: r.'S f i 1 y cam
..'.s'.i ,.-ar loth i ks of puhlif (!i.-siioii. fVw
,t r a:.y '.'arty deny that i'ifi.-ami ft arlos
, , vy il. f J is now tin lu-st Ii-t"i'ii-,
th.'iiti-i.rt of cry c-iti.i u, against fruud,
.. : ;tia!i. ..; f.r.ti iiijiuiice.
Till: I) A I FA" AGE
,. .;a;a ' ' i;frVi-.!-hc from a'l o
vj i ii ari it-!i ; !!: o i-v;ir.ic!it. i'oiit :;,
I'inaiicc. tfi.i a!! tilt" current tsiicsUons
r f i ; : : i.'-ca! i ntoli i j-i n,-.. Market lieiiurts,
... ( liri' iit. Slock (quotations, Marine nnl
i . i-.-ia! i i:tc;iim'ii(e ; lu jw.rls f ruMio
!;.;'!.; !rciirn ur.'t i Soincst ic C'orrcsptfid-
.'. i.-u:.i !:", -".it---. I look Ntlc . I-;; al
ii: ;, .' i. : of Literal u rr. An an.l Mii-
.-. A-r'-;';iiiri! Ma'.tcir, :,i;d iiiscnsions of
i !! -i ' i ic t i " of ji- ;iral iiitt rcst ami
i c-i - !i.--ii;a ; .'pccial tfloirttllilS, it il.'.S
- uf i iii. iU:-i i'ti 1'tviii
, i ; ii'..
fiir A i k i- i only Ocir.orra t ii"" m orpin jf pa-
r u liii!.!.!el.iiia in t lie? ll."-!i.h !:;iicii:i;o,
-. hi ilici-.-lDrc one of th t.5t mcJiuius for
Till: WEEK I A' AGE
r. ::;: ii:r I.it'.tv.t itrf with Xf'.vs of the day. Tn
ii.lui n; lire Storii'S, 1'oetry, i tcpart m.'r.is
l.a.:is and -'li:i lii-n, AtrricuUnral IlCiiis,
1:1 liiv KH'ii !:yr. &c.
'i : 'w i-;i-;K I.V AJR nr knnwlo.ro.-l to ho
t rami!' Journr.l priuled iu l'Ui!ad-a.
NOW IS THE TIME.
lob
trir.tiitiUf of the Xc.v Year is a pood time
ril f..r a iiev'sj.a.pi'r, and to c-ii.l".-ci i!ie
: A.-K is a (iiiinl l;ci;ir.in;r o! tii Xotv
ii.'r tcriiis t sijlisj .-riin-rs ai:d cliil sarc
..1 b. low. We iisi our t rici'-ds, a nd v(
evti'V reader as i.no of thorn, to assist
;r constant ( (T u ts t' i inerca -o t m r i;s.-
c.ii.i! .re our cii cn'alion, an.' niair.iain
r-T.dim-str;:'-!o for the rights of the
..a: nt th.' encroai !:mer;ts of powi-r,
i-aiway.; i c;.;ii) Iroia U:e Uiuny to the
i
Ti.i;-r .-.r the daily ak:
l T. bv !i;jii . J5 f,1
:. at!.- 4.
ia :,t !. Z.;.:,
:'': v.uy pijri.id. Jess t!mn three month', at the
r.ti ..J :.!: o-.M.i.A!: -.-r month.
:t j'l f..i : 11 d in ai ..ii it f in ndva tief.
,, 01: the "Hi I !,i AfJIi" is thirty
. - 1 u 11.ii t. r. or on..' di , ihi r and t went y cts.
; M 1:1111;. if pie-;. aid al liie oliief? of de!i vl v.
TKiLVS Oi' T1U2 WELKI.Y ACE:
! ':. iiejcar fl.rw)
! I:.. I
". o . ,...pies
1 ,:.y i '.pii's .m.imi
T: f..i;.witiif roilueed rates trill le fharjrcd
-. !,..., h,, r,i,)f) t (" li.'i i '! a 1 (- M.-l!t to oi:f Ar
.. ;.ad in.' addie.-seij scirul!y to the iuui-
l"'i ,1.1" lac cinh:
"Vi lit ' Ci .pll'j,. .
j aty c-'iii-s
tW.iO
i'r... i py will be f nrnishe-il (rrnt is for (renins'
ii!' a club ot tw.'ti'r or more for one vcar.
A ri.py r,t thf. ' i)AII.Y AfiK" will !.o fur-J-r.dis
lor g-fttiiiif tip a club of 1'iftv.
i - i;l ... ierin will l i- l i-ii'.iv ad.hered to,
N! N"Tl'i: Wll.l. HE TAKEN OK A SCii
s bi' ; I N J 11, PAID !N AltVA.NTE.
l- V' lisiici'.o 'J rut Ajteats an-
tl ori,'J ( i imtIvi f'tie tih.
- l"'ta"on "TilHU KKKLYACE" Mfive
' : f !'.-r iiirartfr, r I wenty cents per annum,
t I'lvj.uiii in nil ci;$-s.'it t heomeeof delivery.
.' ii..' 11 i'i ij it's srnt flie oil (p;iU iltlt.
a '-i-ript ii can com mence with r n v No. of
a A ldi'i- KMlili ,: HUDDLE,
-. l! and hi South KVtNTH St., l'hilad'a.
lEH'FIMlINjXOLDSTAXD
v-, .,aj l JasJ.VJJfi ?
CCOD GOODS & GREAT BARGAINS
1 J iii: UKAiiV CASI5 I
M '" eotnr. proprietor of the PTOTtE
1 ia.:i :,- , ., - ( tl ' (it i(l)S p-ceiitly iie-
' - , '! ei il. A. Shoemaker it Co., and having
' .-' 1 an additional
STOCK OF NEW GOODS
.V 11 111: AT
rAJUlTY,
;-n''w prepared to pup ly
II the old ous
- "i mi' iaie nrm, and
,M bia'uni.
ts manv new ones
PRiCES FULLY AS LOW
ns Willi (iooi'.s of all kinds at
(':;"T itfrclauit in or out of Cambria
,' ' our intention to keep our Store
sb i-Ued with n full find well selected
.1 Hunt of 1 h v coons, oitEss coons,
1 KillS '"( Tlt iVS Mikity SIIIH'
' r , ' -11 I
I ''!'! I INC. 'A lU'ETS. EI liN I-
, i.wi:i, ) !-....N i !t tilCII-
1 d I.
i'iii, , ' l:' l5A('tN, ITSII, SALT. 'J ( I
, ; ' M.A anrlnll other articles. Irtre
fain can be found in any store of like
- r in t!. dainty ; ami as we intend to
!lr-Ui KXCLl'SiVKLYfor CASE3
OJt COl'.1iTKV PKODICK,
i'i!. I
no bad debts, wc feci Fnrofliat our
loiip 1. rices will not onlv fci'iirc but
ai f-
r 'is a liberal share of patronage.
! fnLY VISITS FROM ON'E AND ALL
I ', '',"'U,l.ll v solicited, and if we fail to ron-
1 i.-iaot ion, t.otli as re"! an is lln.'iii!ii
' "ds and the prices in ked for 1 hem,
only be 11,, fault of the new linn at
I 1
: ' V-:"" of Shoemaker .t Co.. Hirh street.
. ( ' i.-.-t to ( all and we'll not foryct to tivo
' " " .duo 1 ur your money.
, VERS & LLOYD.
" Jon. 23, lS'.l.-tf.
(' -n va iTaT eT; l arg em ent.
ROOKING STOVES,
HEATIhJG STOVES.
I COFFER & SBEMHOI WARE.
't '.rl'' rf,'""ntly taken possersion of tlienew
'n',., . :,"d ( onimodious building on llijfh
' ', doors east of tho Hank and nearly
'- a, J ." "'" Mountain Ho::se, the stibscriber is
i.ii, ..' I:r,'l'iiied thun'er to mamifaeture all
V I-' ' ' '' TIN", .'( ll'l'r.H ami S1I EET-l H )X
t::,. :t!lof whi h will bo furnished t
ri ,!' 'he v-ry lowest living prices.
,:"lv-,t'. ber ulso propobes to keep a full
mi ted assortment of
CcokinS"j Pallor andlllsating Stove3
'f tlie most arprovcfl desljfns,?
'vi w: ! 'I'TrNO nnd HOOnXf! mndetoorder
l"ri ;,'''' d perl e t in rnanufact ore and rua-
Ail V,,', L V N' I",,,,!!'t,V ttCtUle.l tO.
!n:iri. 1,0 ,,v " wiil In: ilmic rijrht. and
y "" in'rS I1'"1 u11 STV'E.S and WA HE sold
van,
m i. ,!,., :
-t
I 1 ..''-; upon as to jwainy ario
I...
.IW-l-f
i. Una " 1 'ti 1 1 111;
'"ui ,. '?"-"''rt will 1
Ml'action to all.
ls' of patronae-4- is ri'cnn.l full v ii,liei.
111 price. A continuance
'd d i,.,' ; "v n aiaiiig to I'tilliliT I'll-
i-t v.-m ... ' - :.
i2 V-E LUTItIXGEIt'
WLJjAMKlTTKLL, Attoiinky,
Vt''- Sw" ,'T: r'-beasburs-, l'a. Office in Colo-
FREE TO BOCK AGENTS
V.'o will -fii a lian(?s.!iie I'fcsjif ct us o our Xrw
lilitfitwh ' ' 'mi' .';.'(', cent ;ii ii insr rcr20O (hi;
t-:i!t me liluM i ai ion. ) iiny Hok A wn t, fn.-o
of 4'htir.vre. JSttl:inil 1 Liixhiuu Co., I'liila., l'a.
EOOTS ii mi m WITH
ftr-oa j-a
ABLE f IRE PEW
TTII! nzt Kip or JLcaSi.
r.ytakii;- n:i nirc-iu'v for TSSK OMi: CJF'
i ' I'i:oss.:. Yhe most sucrf-ssful new
; 1vioii(.:it. noarly r.'airniiicont KinrraviUfis.
One r.ynt took 111 cn'.-rs in ton da vs ; oihers
; are dwiu' t'suaMy st". veil. 3.3 'J liol!ar jif-r
annum (an in; by any tiin!o or female
! l tukiny: oniers for this popular work. '1 !io
best ciiaiicfc to make liioiiev oii'orod. end fiir
; t ii-f ulaiu with tcrtu-.!. etc. Kxtra largo induec-
i.icnls cillcrol. Address
. uiti iiiMixox, DiTi.' Co., Hartford, Conn
IE1ST4HIV ii
A.
a. e.y, c, jo.
3
in nnrino ind t ho wrT ,- j:ev. k..t. r.oow-
sin.i, i.H.. of ( a -ro. mly oomipvie li is tor v.
700 fvc. jia."s; ( 0 Vn-nr, in. 7(i,li'Hi alrcaoy
:-oid. 1-rico -..Vi. Ltj adonis madu i n L'd:ivs.
I'l o!il s ;;n to o!lre:s. AJJKS'fS W.t NTS
1!. S. O O' 1 1 S i Mlil ) : CO.,r.T i'ariw Uo-.v. .V. Voi k.
BFliGGS h BROTHER'S
Xow ready, ("onsisrinr of over !"') parrel, on
rose-i nitcd paper, with opwards r.fi-i ,;
cuts, and l.?: t: i 2-: CoIoks! i'biinl
t over, a btantifiil di-ini. in color?. The t iclitst
( ataloue ever piil.:ihed. Send T ents for
copy, not one-half the a!i;o or tho colored
plau s. jn the fust order, anifjimtir.jj to not U-n
than tl, the price of catalogue, '.-,;.. will be re
fiinde.i H, seeds. .w tistoiuers placed on 5.H110
footm-wit hold, liff to oil! customers. (Juality
ol seeds, size ot packets, prizes and premium's
onefei!. make it to the advantage f ,ui (0 ,,nr
seeilsof us. SeeCaiu!oj. uetoreAtraorUi
Ij.t rv md iieetiK !: a.
Von will miss it if you do rot gee our Cata
logue before orderinsr Seeds.
Either of our two Chromos for 1STJ. Eit lf.x't
one a lUiver plate of ii:i:l..oos Plants, oi.nsist
lmrof laher-. .Ve.-ii;eol!ierof Annual, Uicnidal
-. vim. i ' lams, iruarai'.tee 1 the
ever i.,ied in this country. A enperb tiarl ir
oi ii oucnt : laaiie-l, .,,l-paid, on rt r'fuai of 7;e.
abo 1 rce, on conditions speede d in Catalogue'.
Addi'cs.7
ttalli-htd rm. iioc'ientor. Sow YorU.
ACTIVE AJiKKXM to sell the rinkle Jt T.ron
Mauiiraeturin Co."a Improve 1 New Eaiiiily
Sewing- Ma; hine,
6 vxoTors.
General OHice fi- l'onnsyivania, New Jersey
nud Deis war;,
?o. t ?o-liiut Hi., Pl-iia.
J. E. Eeh;iijx, Manager.
PRO
"TABLE
1.1 no divert one or two person, of cither sex.
in Liii -r.sbtirir and adjoini;!- tovna, liv wi.H'h
they may real: 'a- from i-ii") :o i;i a year, witii
but little interference wilh ordinary occupa
tions, in ceiling J J O JHOlJO A.K
I IZr or real merit and universal ue.
K the whole time isdovoted a much larger mini
may be realized. Circulars free, jrivlnx com
plete li.st of Krtielesand cotiim issions allowed.
T. S. COOK i CO., lioboken, N. .1.
l IXCOIU OIIA Tlilt IS HO.
Columbia Fire Insnranco Co.
O I r 1 1. K K S J A X I) DIIiEtjTOUS.
S. Ortwim::;. Hi es'l.
II. W" 1 l.so.v, V iee-l'rcs't
J iERit'r Thomas, Treas
J. 1'. Ki'.UKAt it, Sce'y.
I. 1. I'.ai 11 m
TioUT. Chask.
Vm. I'atton.
I A. Sciiuor.tiCR.
J. s. Stiii.m:.
M. STKIf KLKR.
Oi:o. r.M;i.H.
I . j
II. 1 . K von.
.... iinuiiui- i- iii .m-iii. irs, uiiii less
T- J'. J-'JCL' ri- AcCi, Columbia. J'n
Ti or
rasl as losigr K?rn5n asany ollscr
Aii K TV 1' :-i Wn ?i f e3 . A iron t s t n ake mote t:i on
cy at work for us than anj thinp- else. Eusi
ness lirht and permanent. I'artieulars free,
C. stin.sd.v fc Co., l ine A.H I'uhtislnin, J'ort
land, Jlaitie.
i0 A M4S'3"ll! Horse fnrniKhed. Evpen
J'iZnJ srjspuid. H. E. fllAW. Alfred, Me.
$r)f A DAY AND EXPENSES. Send Mamp
CaJ to Xvvclt u Manurai Ir.riitu Co., AU rot, 21 f.
CANCERS,:TUMORS,'ULCERS,
Astonishing cures by Drs. Kline and T.indlev,
at the I'hiladelphia Cancer Institute, Arch
r., riii.'adelidiia. l'a. At Itranch OHieos, by Dr.
McMicnael, x-t NiatraraSt.. Intlfalo, X.Y.tand by
lr. Eynrts. ovcrlU (icnessee St., Auburn. N.Y.
osii:jii- vi, i:a.ci:jz axti dotj.s.
AV T'lilr. JYo f'mirt iV ITrtJiritir.x. Ko 1Vmh1. TAt
Vc I'n in. Fur iiirtit uliiin,c(Ut mi ortnldrcs either
of t he iihure.
XJIPOTKA'C'Y. Victims of early indiscre
tion, pelf-abuse, cansiny' nerroiis debility,
premature decay, etc., will lind a most elfcct mil,
safe and permanent cure liv nddrussin-, confi
dentially, Dii. Wt'NIJElJ, 'o.st-OI!ice, Miilad'u.
Newspaper
Aclvcriisiog.
A T5ook of V?" closely printed pn-r-p, lntely is
pued, containsa t-t ot the best American Ad
Tertisinjr Medium, ffivinir the names, cir iila
tions, and ful! jiarticulars cniiccniiiiir the lead
injr Ihiily and Weekly I'oiitical and J'atnily
Newspapers, together with all those liavinjr
la rxn cirnilations. ju:!)!ished in the interest of
lieliyion, Asrricnlt ore, Eiteratiire, Ac. Every
Advertiser, and every person w ho contemplates
becominir such, will lind this book of trreat
value. Mnileii free to an v aildress oi r'ceiit of
y.r, cents. (iKO. I. !lOWKI,l, &, CO., i'ub
lishers. No. 40 l'ark l!ow, New York.
The l'i! tsbiirRh (l'a.) larmier, in its issue of
May :."., IsT'i, says : "The linn of . 1'. Kowell-&
Co., wlii h issues this interestinjr mid valdahlo
book, is the larfrest and best Advcrtisinj- Afren
ey iti t he I." nitol States, and we can cheerfully
recoiniiif nd it to theattention of those who de
sire to advertise their business ttciocir ilicatly
and NjNtPtiiai Ically in such away: that is,
po a to se-iire the l: rarest amount, of imblieity
or the least cxpe-nditure f money."
A DMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Estate of Eninoi:T 1'ahhkli, rleo'd.
T,etters of Administration on the estate of
I?hi1);kt Fa ni'.Ki.t,, late f Carroll township,
been issued to t lie undersijrned, all parties in
any way indebted to said estate are hereby 1:0
tiiicd to make immediate payment, and those
lia vintr claims to present them duly authenti
cated for settlement.
Jl. C. Kill EPA THICK, Adsn'r.
Carroll Ttvp., Dee. It, loTl.-Ot.
WM. II. SECtrT.KIt. T. B. HCANCAN,
Eljcnsbttrr. - ;Ctirrolltown.
QECIILEIi & SCANLAN,
O ATTOilNEVS AT LAAV.
Etsr.Nr'Ufin;, Pa.
;X"Advicc given in English and Ccrman.
Sfjc Xjott s Jltparinunt.
THE BIAf IIS5HT21-S STOKT.
Well, no! My wife ain't dead, sir, but I've lost
her all the same ;
She left me voluntarily, and neither was to
Manx.
It's rather a queer story, and I think you will
aji-ree
When you hear the circumstances 'twas rather
rouyh on 1110.
flio was a soldier's widow. He was killed af
Malvern ilill ;
And when I married her, she seemed to sorrow
for him still ;
But 1 brought her here to Kansas, and I never
want to see
A bolter wife than Mary was, for live bright
ears, to me 1
Tho chanc-c of scene brought checrf ulncss, and
soon a rosy fcdovr
Of happiness warmed Mary's cheeks and melt
ed all t heir snow.
I think she loved me some I'm bound to think
t hilt ot her, sir ;
And as for me, I eaa't beyin to tell bow dearly
1 loved her ;
Three years airo the baby came, our humble
home to biess ;
And then I reckon 1 was nijrh to perfect happi
ness. 'Twas hrs 'twas mine - But I have 110 lan-
jruaire to explain to you
How that little n irl' weak buyers our heart's
together drew I
Once, we watched it tlirouah a fever, and with
each breath.
Dumb with awful wordless woe, we waited for
its death ;
And, though I'm not a pious man, our souls ton-ether
there.
For Heaven to spare our darlinj, wont up in
voiaUeS;? prayer.
And when the. doctor raid 'twould live, our joy,
what, words oonld tcli?
Clasped in each other's arms, ouryratcful tears
t( aether fell.
Sometimes, you see, tho shadow fell acrosa our
little nest,
I5ut it only made the sunshine seem a doubly
welcome' u est.
Work came to me a plentj-, and I kept the an
vil rinirinu-:
Early and late you'd find me there a hammer-
ii:,r and sinu-in.
Love nerved my arm to labor and moved my
tongue to son if.
And though my muffins wasn't sweet, it was
almighty strong: 1
One day a one-armed soldier stopped to have
me nail a shoe.
And, while I was at work, we passed a compli
ment or two.
I asked him how he lost hid arm. He said 'twas
shot a v.-a v
At Malvern 11:11. "At Malvern Hill ! Did you
know Robert May V
"That's me !'' slid lie. "You ! ynu j gasped,
c!tfliiny with horrid iloubr ;
"If j ou're a man, just follow me ; we'll try this
mystery on t !"
With diiivy Ktcps I led LI in to Mary. God ! 'twas
t rue ! ;
Then tin; bitterpst pain? of misery, tia.-pc".k-al-ie,
I kne w !
Frc.-?n with deadly herror, she stared with eyes
of stone.;
And from her quivering lips there broke one
wiM, despaii inif moan
'Thus he! Th Imsband of her youth how risen
from the dead.
Hut all too bile and with the bitter cry her
reuses lied.
What could lie done? He was reported dead.
On id- return
He strove, ia vain, some tidings of his absent
wife to learn
'IVauwon that he was innocent Else IM have
killed him. too.
So dea !. lie never would have riz till Gabriel's
trumpet blew !
It was ap-reed that Mary, between us should
decide,
A nd each by her decision would saoredlvabido.
No sinner at the judgment seat, wailing eter
nal doom.
Could snlVer what I did, v.hlle waiting: Ecnlonee
in this room,
Hiyid and breathless, there we stood, with
nr-ryes as tense as steel.
While Mary's eyes sought each white face, in
piteous appeal.
God! Could not wumr.irs duty be loss hardlv
rcconcilo'l
Between her lawful husband and the father of
her child?
Ah, how my heart was chilled to iee when ehe
knelt down and said :
"Forjfive me, John 1 lie is my hutband here!
A live 1 not dead '."
I raised her tenderly, and tried to tell her she
was rijrht,
Iiutsoniehoiv, in my achinjr breast, theprisoned
. words stuck titf at 1
"But, John, I can't leave bal- " "What!
v. ife and child !" cried I ;
"Must 1 yield all? Ah, cruel! Better that I
should die.
Think of the lori;r, sad, lonely hours, waiting
in (rliuim for me
No wife to cheer me with her love no babe to
climb my knee !
"And yet you are her mother, and the sacred
mother love
Is still tho purest, tendcrest tie that Heaven
ever wove.
Take her but promise, Mary, for that will
brinir no shame
My little ifiri shall bear, and learn to lisp, her
lather's name !"
It may be, in the life to come, I'll meet raj-
child and wife.
But yonder, by my cottage g-atc, we parted for
this life:
One louir hand-clasp from Mary, and my dream
of love was done I
One lontf embrace for baby, and my happiness
wiisjsonc! Fiia.nk Cuve.
I3ujali Courier 1
A Snake " Photcoraph. The Rich
mond correspondent of the Petersburg lttlcx
tells tho following: A gentleman, a physi
cian, resident cear the Warm Springs, but
tow on a visit to this city, telis a remark
able snake etory. All snake stories are re
markable, I know, but this is conspicuously
eo, because it is told by a truthful person,
who is in the habit of gathering information
fr m observation rather than the exaggerated
rehearsal of others. The doctor was recent
ly sent for to see a lady of his neighborhood
who had been bitten on tho ankle by a rat
tlesnake. When he reached the patient hs
found that her friends, adopting an old In
dian romedy which had come down to this
generation with the legendary lore of tho
neighborhood, had bound the wound, already
much swollen and inflamed, with several
folds of the innor liBing (liber j of the bark
of the sycamore tree. Willing to await the
result cf this experiment, and soeing, really,
no chance for the application of a better and
more orthodox remody, oar doctor allowed
the lady to keep the bandage on, and in a
few hours she was relieved from the pain
and effects of tho poison too, as she declared.
Then it was removed. Tho wound present
ed a most favorable appearance, and tho cure
was pronounced complete. How the most
astonishing part remains to be told. On un
folding the bandage I have referred to, the
exact cut lines, the very photograph, aye, the
perfect picture of the snake coiled ready for
the spring, was impressed upon it. So per
fect was the likeness, that if one had teen
the bark bandage lying open on the road
side lie would have thought that a rattler"
had coiled upon it for one of his dreadful
firings. The doctor saw this with his own
eyej, and tho ternedy has been applied in
birnilar cases in tho country, with as happy
effects. Now, wonderful as this story may
nppsar, as I siid before, there is every rea
son iu the world for regarding it as true.
.TiiSDorcL;: daegei:.
ITeroic "nIuet 1 a EMeciccr's Wife.
Among tho earliest settlers of Wood
cock, a beautiful town in the Green
Mountain fctate, was a man by the name
of Sloey, who had left hia catly home
near tho sea. and fullowirig the windings
of tho new Connecticut, h id at last pitch
ed on a place in the wilderness, where he
erected hia cabin, and then commenced
an onslaught upon the giants of the forest
that rear their heads in stately grandeur
about him, but gave way beneath his re
lentless stroke, and is a coup'e of jcara
he had qtiite an open ppuce encircling his
cabin. Durirg this lime he had lived
alone, hut when tho second autumn came
another journey was taken to the old home
by the sea, and when he returned a young
wife bore bins company, to share with
him tho joys and privations incidtat lo a
pioneer. 1
Three years enme and vvcrt, and the
clearing had greatly enlarged its borders,
alihouih no arms but his labored within
its bounds. Tho trees that at first came
up to the cabin had now retreated to a re
spectable distance, and the ground they
had once occupied was now usurped by
flourishing crops that cheered the heart of
the settler, and encouraged him to Ktili
greater exertion.
The three years spent in tha forest by
the young coup's had been those of peace
and contentment. A son was born lo
ihern at the commencement ot tho second
year of their married life, and who was,
at the time the adventure we are about to
relate transpired, nearly two years old,
and as bright alittle follow as ever cheered
the hearts of parents, whose vary life
seemed bound up in that of their chiid.
The nearest neighbors of Sloey wers
more than three miles away through tha
forest, so that it was seldom they taw
oihers than themselves. Tho settler was
too much occupied with hia work to pay
much attention to making viit?, and the
distance wae so great that it was not saf'o
for his wife lo go alone, as the forest
swarmed with wild bes?!?, which render
ed the night hideous with their cries?.
5ears ppd panthers abounded, but the
wolves were the most lo ba dreaded and
proved the greatest annoyance ; for often
1 hey would gad hex around th'j cabin n t
early dusk and keep up their horrid cries
until the eaily gnty of tha dawn pent thora
howling into the dim aisles of the forest
and up the dark ravines among tho
mountains, where shadow? almost like
those of night lurked ail throu-h the day.
One day late in October business called
the settler to tho nearest settlement of im
portance in that section, which chanced
to l.e some eipht miles distant ; and he
set out early in the morniwr, telling hia
wife aha need not look for him till night
fall, as it was very uncertain what time
ha would be able to accomplish his busi
ness and it niijiht be that he would not
be at homo until late in the right, but
como ha would before ho tlept, unless
soma unforeseen event intarposed to pre
vent it. liending over his child that was
sleeping in the bed, he kissed it, and then
having bestowed the same mark of flec
tion upon hia wife, he bade her be careful
not to ttir from the cabin or to allow the
chill to wander from her sight, for fear
that some harm might come t ihem from
tha wild beasts. With this caution, which
she promised readily to observe, ha threw
his rifle over his shoulder and took hia
way across the clearing, and his wifo
watched him from ihe doorway until the
forest thicket hid her from! his Bight.
The morning had given promise of a
beautiful day, which assurance was well
kept until a little past meridian, when the
wind changed to the eastward, and dark
clouds began to obzeure tho s-ky to the
south and east, giving strong indications
that a storm was right at hand, liusy
with her work and the care of her boy,
Mrs. Sloey did not notice the approach
ins storm until nightfall, when the sudden
darkness that scorned all at once to throw
a deep gloom about tho cabin reminded
her that the night and storm were close at
hand, and goiug to the doorway the gazed
anxiously towards that point in the forest
w hence she expected lo get the fiifct sight
of her husband.
Although her gaze was long and ear-,
nest, it was not rewarded by a glimppo of
her husband ; then wilh a look at the
dark clouda that seemed to hem the little
clearing n as if with a huge pall, she tried
to calculate how long it would be before
tho rain would begin to fall, and to guesa
the distanco her husbtind might be away,
and the chanee lie had of reaching homo
before the etorm.
Standing hi the doorway tho gloom
seemed to her to deepen every moment,
wLile the wind that had been sighing dis
mally in Ihe forcet died away, leaving
everything almost as still as death.
The kettle singing on the hearth recall
ed her to the fact that she had commenced
preparing supper, and turning away from
the door, the approached tho rudo stone
fire place, aud paying due attention to
what was cooking tLrc fcho approached
the bed upon which" the boy was sleeping,
and found the air of lha fast deepening
night appeared to strike him where
ky. . Not caring to close lha oorjCC' jjj'3.
wished to. catch the first eo- .
. c . . .. return, she be-
Icfr, which she could spread upon the
bed without disturbing her little Fon.
Listening for a moment to make sure
no footsteps were approaching, the aseend
ed the rude ladder, r.nd felt her way along
in the darkness the loft was unprovided
with windows to the spot where she
supposed Ihe object of her search to be
lying, but it was not there Either she
or her huFband had moved it, and groping
her way about in the gluurn, fhe, after a
fow momenta' delay, succeeded in find
ing it, and taking it on her arra, the ap
proached the ladder and was about to de
scend when she caught sight A an object
in the room that seemed to turn her blood
to ice, and for a moment rendered her in
capable of thought or action.
Standing in the centre of the room, with
i:s head upturned, its fierce eyes glaring
nround in every direction, its long red
tongue partly protruding frcm its half
open mouth, in which the white fangs
were visible, was a Ii-.jge, lank wolf, that
despite the timidity of its race, had ven
tured in through the open door in search
of food, attracted by the odor of the meat
that was cooking on the fire, as it had
b?en prowling ubout the cabin, as was
frequently the case at tLi3 season of Ihe
year.
For a minute, Mrs. Sloey was so para
lyzed with horror that for her life or her
chil l's she ccuhl net have moved or ut
tered a word, and the wolf also remained
stationary, snuffing tha air, and then
moved cautiously towards the fire, to the
momentary relief of tha mother, as she saw
that he was farther from the bed upon
which her boy was sleeping, yet whom it
seemed as if no power on earth could save.
Slowly and shyly the wolf approached
the fire, snifiling the air as it did so, but
not fancying the strong light thrown out
by the embers, or the heat that it ap
proached became rather uncomfortable ;
sr'A as the monster would dart back a
new pang cf hon or would assail the heart
of the mother, who, wilh feelings that can
not be described, was watching any mo
tion on which depended the life cf her
child.
Suddenly one cf those wild fnful gusts
of wind that sometimes precede a storm,
came whirling into tho cabin, fending tbe
liht spuiks iij) iLe chimney, r.nd scatter
ing them about the room, to the visible
terror and disgust of the wolf, who slided
toward the door, and just a3 Mrs. S'o?y
was experiescing a delightful hope that
the monster would go away, the fierce
gust slammed the door to wilh a loud
bang, and the heart of the mother sank
within her as she saw that the wolf was
a prisoner within the cabin.
Horror stricken at the situation cf af
faiis, Mrs. Sloey watched, with a sinking
heart, the movements of the wolf, who,
finding himself thus cagsd, began to move
auxiouily about the room, no longer seek
ing so much for food as for a chance to
escape 5 but st this moment, what was
the horror of the mother to see her boy,
awakened, no doubt by the noise made
by the slamming of the door, riie up in
bed and call her to come to him.
At the sound of the child's voice, the
wolf paused near the centre of the room,
and tixed its eyes upon the little follow,
who, all unconscious of danger, was call
ing for his mother. The red tongue still
protruded, and the white teeth glistened
in the fire-light, as the monster, half fear
ing to spring, crept nearer the bed to take
a better look at his prey.
Half frenzied with tho terrible danger
of her child, the mother determined to
sacrifice her own life, if need be, for that
of her boy. A plan had suggested itself
lo her, a mere hope as it were, and she
grasped it with all the eagerness that only
those so situated can know.
Unfolding the quilt and laying it across
her arm she prepared to descend the lad
der. The wolf was almost at its foot,
and tho bed but a short distance away.
The monster saw her coming, and with
drew his gaza from the child, and fixed
Lt upon his new victim.
When half way down the ladder, the
wolf made a spring at her; this was the
moment for her to execute her hasliiy
formcd plan, and throwing the quilt, she
enveloped tho wolf in its 'lo'ds, who, not
fancyiug this covering, commenced back
ing towards her striving to get rid of if,
but in vain. Now was her moment for
action and springing to the bed, she clasp
ed her child in hor arms, and sprang up
the ladder, unharmed by tho wolf, who
wa struggling in vain endeavors to tid
itself from the quilt. With one hand she
threw tho ladder back into the room, and
then a cry of thankfulness full from her
lips at the success that had attended her
cli'orts to save her child.
The boy, not knowing'the meaning of
this behavior en the part of his mother,
and somewhat frightened withal, began
to cry ; and while she tried to hush him
iu silence again she did not take her eyes
from off the wolf, who, completely blind
folded, was spinuing about the room in
Ihe most eccentric manner.
It was more by its subsequent action
than the fortunate throwing of the quilt
by Mrs. Sloey that the wolf became eo
hopelessly entangled in it. At first ehe
watched i 's actions with eatifehneater to
as each circle broeghj-possession of her
the lire a,,nJ,jfu' jt blunder therein, as he
seemed fated to do, would not the cabin
be set on fire thereby t.nd a death as hor
riblo as the one from which she had just
rescued her child be their ftc t Trem
bling with fear she wakhed every motion,
and at last that which ihe hud feared oc
curred. Each circle, as th wolf had frantically
endeavored to free itself fiom the cover
ing, had brought it nearer to ti e fireplace,
under the mass of "lowing embers. A
howl of rage and pain followed as it sprang
out again upon tho floor, its covering a
fhcet of lire. Another bound and it land
ed upon the Led, where by a frantic effort
it threw off its fiery cover, and uttering
yelps of pVm it sprang again to the floor
and rushed around the room tbr a chance
to eeenpe.
Thff bed was all afire in a moment, and
Mrs. Sloey uttered a cry of dpriir ns lbs
flames caught in every direction and a
den.se volume of smoke rolled up through
the aperture in the loft.
"Father in heaven, m'.:t we perish!''
exclaimed tho mother, as she pressed her
child to her breast, "Husband! husband!
why do you not come and suve yokt wife
a.id child from this hcrribla fate? '
No answer to this frr.ntic rj ictdation
came to the ear tf the distracted wtraan
save the crackling of the Amies an they
caught upon the dry wood of the cabin,
and sent their forked tongues up to the
spot where el;e ttood, while her crib were
filled with the sharp cry of tho wolf as it
rarged round and round in its vain en
deavors to eisespe, while cer and ancn
the flsraea would catch upon the fur,
where it was already scorched in its first
contact wilh the fire, causing it to utter a
howl of agony.
Although death stared her in the face,
Mrs. Sloey was not a woman to give up
so long as there was a chance of life left
to her. As we have already said, there
was no windows in the loft, eo that every
avenue of escape was denied her. Tho
roof was covered with hewn plank, fasten
ed lo the ridf e polo tnd the fop log of the
sides by means of stout wooden pina. To
remove one or more of these was her only
chance of escape, but to do this with her
own unaided hands soemed to fee impos
sible. Half choked Y.ith smoke and her
child clinging to her and crying wilh all
its power, she frit about her to find some
instrument, to r.id her in the accomplish
ment of her purpose , but all she could
find was a stout stick of wood that her
husband had placed there to season for an
axe helve. Inserting this with all her
strength between Ihe log and one of the
planks, she essayed with all her strength
to raise it from its place, but without suc
cess. Finding this immovable, she tried
another with like success.
Hotter and more sfiflinz grew the tir
about her, louder crackled the flames be
low, atid fiercer became the cries of the
wolf, vtLile the cries of her child rang
above all, and rendered her well nigh des
perate. Hope wt.B fast leaving her. lut
one more plank remained untried, and she
Lad gone the length of tha frcnt side of
the cabin. With the energy born of de
spair, she inserted the stick, and pried
upward with all her fctrength, and to her
great joy it moved slowly, and the wel
come fresh air of heaven came pouring in
upon her.
Inspired by hope, ehe attempted to
start nnother on by its side, but, with all
her strength, che fonnd it impossible, and
yet the aperture was not large enough to
admit her passing through and again the
pangs of despair seized hold tipon her.
Tha heat was becoming terrible, and
the opening she had made in the roof
seemed only an outlet for the smoke,
which, as it poured out, well nigh stifled
her. Clasping her child, she thrust him
through the opening and holding him on
the roof for a moment, she was about to
let him slide to the ground, at the lisk of
dashing the life from his body, when the
sound cf rapid footsteps were heard and
the next moment the well-known voice of
her husband sounded like music in her
ears, as he came across tho clearing, and
by the light of Ihe flames that had begun
to break tut in several places, saw the
child and the head cf his wife on the roof.
"Quick, husbnnd, for Ihe love cf God!"
shouted the mother, as she still retained a
hold upon her child. And in hardly more
time than it takes to tell it, ho was upon
tho roof, and wilh his strong arms had
torn up another plank, and fprang to the
ground with his child, and in a moment
more'Iiis wife was by Lis sid.2, with a heart
overflowing with joy at their escape.
The cabin was burned to the ground
wilh all its contents, including the wolf,
the author of all the mischief. A new
one was erected, and therein, in after
years, the story we havo narrated was
rehearsed to those that claimed their hos
pitality. IJcrxT Eon Hannah ! "I was told to
afk you, Hannah, whether it was really
true that you are engaged to ba married
lo the deacon's son, young Timothy Up
ham ? I said I'd ask you the very next
time I see jou. I told Jerusha that I
didn't know whether it was true or not.
What shall I say to her when I see. h''1
''You tell .lerusha," waxOTii Yankf e
the handsome. blrtfid ask Hannah, and
dajranb told you it was nono of your bu
iucsa whether it was true or not."
Horace Greeley wrote : "Women
now manage ruot of the public libraries
in Massachusetts," and lha compositor
road it : "Women now worry most of
their public babies by mastication."
l.iii:siiat:c Rcwypap&T islanders
Tha amusement afforded by ludicrous
typographical errors will be inexhaustible
w hile pi inter? are fallible and editors writs
with abominable indifference ta legibility.
One of ihe most astonishing blunders of
this kind was committed seme years ago
in an editorial in the Bulletin. The wrN
ter, who had cautioned his readers against
"casting their pearls before swine," wag
amazed and grieved to perce'iTe that the
compositor had warned the public against
"carting their pills before sunrise. " This
was corrected in the proof; but there
porter who declared of a new etore that
it had ' sixty fancy windows," was even
mote indignant than the storekeeper when
he saw in his paper the statement that the
establishment contained "iixty faded wid
ows." And then there was ths poef,
in Muncy, who sought to soothe the
wounded feelings t,f a bereaved family rj
publishing in the local paper a poetical
tribute to the deceased daughter, Emily,
in which he declared thut "we will hal
low her grave w'uh our tearp." I la was
pursued next morning by Emily's exas
peratcd brother, because the prititers in
sisted that "we will harrow her grave
wilh our steers."
The poets suffer most deeply. Noth
ing could be worse, for instance, than the
misery ct the batd who aseerted, in his
copy, that ha "kissed her under the silent
6tars," only to find that the compositor
compelled him to "kick her under the
cellar stairs. " A certain Jenkins, also,
was the victim of an aggravated assault,
because when, in his report of a weddings
be declared that "the bride was accom
panied to the altar by tight bridesmaids,''
ihe types made it that "the bride was ac
companied to the altar by tight brides-
maids." These things are peculiarly un
pleasant when they occur in remarks upon
death; as in iho case of the editor, whoy
while writing a sympathetic paragraph,
observed that "Mr. Smith could hardly
bear the loss of his wife," only lo find
that the printer had made rt "Mr. Smith
could liard'y bear such a boss fur a wife "
Even more deplorable is the injury done
to the journalist who complimented a cer
tain candidate with the observation that
he was "a noble old biirgher,- proudly
loving his nntiva State." Imagine tha
indignation of the candidate and tho hor
ror of the editor, when Iho paper the next
day contained the assertion that the said
burgher was "a nobby old burglar prowl
ing around in a naked state."
Cut the printers do not make all th
mistakes. We remember the laughter
and comm;rts provoked by the statament
of a reporter, who cal'ed the attention
of Ihe constable to tho fact that "on Sun
day last eome twenty or thirty mn col'
I- ctrd in the hollow bnck of Thomas Men
Giniiis, and engaged in fighting during tho
whole morning." Itlr. McGinnis' back
must have lcen uncommonly large.
During the Franco-Prussian war a
great daal of fun wrs poked at the New
Jersey editor who read in the eabla dis
patches that "liazaine has moved twenty
kilometres cut cf Mctz." He thereupon
sat down and wrote an editorial, in which
he said lie was delighted to hear that all
the kilometres had been remOTed, and that
the innocent people of Melz were no longer
endangered by the presence of those dev
ilish engines of war sleeping upon a vol
cano, as it were. And then he went on
to describe some experiments made with
kilometres in tha Crimea, in which one of
them exploded and blew a frigate out of
the water.
Another editor clipped froffl fin ex
change an obituary poem,- which he sent
to the composing room with some intros
ductory remarks. lie said i "We pub
lish below a very touching production from
the pen of Miss M . It was wiitten
by her at ihe death-bed of her sainted!
mother, and it overflows with those ex
prefsiens of filial atTeciion which are the
natural outgrowth of a pure, untutored
genius thxt has doveloped beneath the shel
tering influences of a mother's love. Th
reader will observe how each line glows
with ardent affection and tenderest re
gret."
Somehow, in attaching the introduction
to the poem, the editor turned up the
wrong side cf the clipping, and the con
sequence was that the editor's lines led tho
reader gently into an article upon "Hog
Cholera in Tennessee' It was rumored
that the relatives of Miss M were
seen prowling around the office the next
day, armed with shot-guns, but this has
not been traced lo any reliable authority.
PhU i. Built tin.
Fii-iAi. Affection Two cases of fil
ial affection have recently been communi
cated to us, so touching, so true to nature,
that we record them :
A youth of seventeen, meeting an ac
quaintance in the s-treet, says:
"Guess who's dead." -
"Mr. Jones, I supno
very sick." - - w J ma 1 SIie rrreJ
,i-tliu morning!"
The other :
A countryman called" ftf a hardware
store and" asked for a new kind of reaping
machine, recently introduced1. Ilo was
requested to walk back into another part
of the 6tore and it would be shown lc
him. As ha was going along ho saw
hujtft circular saw, and tapping it with hi
hand, he remarked :
"I had an old daddy rippeJ in twu with
one of them things the other day." I
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