. . , . , I . . . 1 2t-1fi r aw w j. . I I v a w -rmTiV ,,M?5PSfki. lisfr ffFX : : I ,11 Y.fftW b mm mmw. m n . m mmM - m 1 VW:A K I III I . I I IIS 1 4- I V illi I t 1 II II If 1 II I Ai?rSil..ijf iv -:o--.-tx. ww-.,'. i-w SkSLJI." 4S 111 11- III III . . m . I - : : ' " ' S 1 ! II. A. BPPIHE. Editor and l'ubllfcber VOLUME G. 1672. SPUING. 1872. I am now prepared to ofTer SITKRIOR INDUCEMENTS TO CASH FURC1IASF.RS Or . IS SHEET-IRON k COPPER WARE. 14 1 K1THKR AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. f- ft'ick con.-ii-ts in part of every variety of Tin, Slieet-Iron, corrr.it and hkass wares, hSAMI.I.I.Kn AND FT.AIN Sjt,ii'i Anti-Dust nrTiv; am. cooking stoves, X t:rKLsmi- cooking stoves. (M).;L.':, !n Ml'H and PAH LOU COOK- IXG STOVES. I an.v C king Stove iletin I will get !;-') ilt n l at manufacturer's prices. I (), ,.' St. .d I Kites and Grates. &c, for re- j i r. oil : .!. f-r the Stoves I pell ; other be T.!ere.l w hen wanted. Particular attention given to I Spoiifog, Valleys and Conductors, I i ' : h will be made out of best matu- i!- .m i put up by competent workmen. Lamp 3umers, Wick and Chimneva WIIOI-SAl.K OK IIRTAII.. J w ni l call particular attention to the Light li -p Uurner. with Glass Cne. for erivinp m ne liht than any other in use. Also, the Paragon Purner, for Crude Oil. SUGAR KETTLES AND CAULDRONS of all sizes constantly ou hand. Special attention given to Jobbing in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron, at lowest possible rates. Wholesale Merchants Lists i.j' ie.u!y, and will be sent on application by mail or in person t ee all my old customers and l i.inv iii-.v ,n this Spring. I return mv P bHt v,;r . r- tlianks for the very rlberal pa It 'i ; l ive already received, and will i j'leasn all who may call, wheth ' ; iiy or not. FRANCIS W. HAY. i-town. March 7. 1667. i flti;.T JtKDiicTiON in Prices TO CASH CUSTOMERS! I AT Tin: l UIASItl ltr. illfll'SE-FURiMSDISG STORE. 1 J ::f uudersined respectfully informs the .us oi r.oenstjurg and tue public gener . i .at he has made a great reduction in to CASH DUYEIIS. My stock will i n part, of Cooking, Parlor and feat- j , of the most popular kinds ; 2'in ' i every description, of my own man i ' r- ; Hardware of all kind, snch as I:-. Sciews, Putt Hinges, Table Hinges, f r Hinges, Polts, Iron and Nails, Win- V I t' i 1. . .4 f' 'A- (JI.iss, Putty, Table Knives and Forks, it'.trvii: Knives and Forks, Meat Cutters, Pi i'arers, Pen and Pocket Knives in 1 1 . T -,u variety, Scissors. Shears, Razors and s"' i'. Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, Boring Mi-!.i:ie, Augers, Chissels, rianes, Oom i i STiares, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Vises, Vr-nclies. Rip, Panel and Cross-Cut Saws, ' tins c f nil kinds. Shovels. Snaoes. Srvtl.ps j ' I Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Pells, I M.oe Lasts, Pegs, Wax Bristles, Clothes vv unorf.. Grind Stones. Patent Mol Gates and Meawr. l.umtier Sticks, Horse uur 0111, vnsv kucci, iuc,,siof i :ns, Revolvers, Pistols. Cartridges, Prw- y'tr. Caps, Ix?ad, &c, 0ld Stove Plates, !; rites and Fire Bricks, Well and Cistern 5 nps and Tubing; Harness and Saddlery ''re of all kind ; Wooden and Willow Ware n . r' ;t variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps, i -.. oil, Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating ' ft sin. Tar, Glassware, Paicts, Varnish Terpentine. Alcohol. &c. j FAMILY GROCERIES, t'i ii as Tea, Coffee, Sugars, Molasses, Syr V s, Spices, Dried Peaches, Dried Apple&l l'ish. Hominy, Crackers, Rice and Pear l'.arley; Soaps, Candles; TOBACCO and CIGARS ; Paint, Whitewash, Scrub, Horse, loe. Dusting, Varnish, Stove. Clothes and Tofth Brushes, all kinds and sizes ; Bed Cords and Manilla Ropes, and many other Articles at the lowest rates for CASH. ' QiJ-flouce Spouting made, painted and put 8i at low rates for cash. A liberal discount a le to country dealers buying Tinware ; !sale. GEO. HUNTLEY hbewsburg, Feb, 28. 1867.-tf. (JKORGE WV YEA GEE, I W holesale and Retail Dealer In IEATING AND COOK STOVES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. f 13. COPPER ASD SUIT-IBM WARE ' F HIS OWN MANUFACTURE, id GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING I ud all other work in his line. Virginia Street, near Caroline Street AlTOOXA, PA, h 7.ly dealer in the city having the rijht to '.. renown! "liARLEY SHEAF" ouk S TO VE. the most perfect tomplet and satisfactory fctovt ever 'ntroduced to the public. i CK 1jmknse.. - Trices Low. ;MTI?FACTI0N GUARANTEED. 7ndH K1TTELL, Attorn SAUCE-PAWS. BOILERS. Etc, c,,n; MioVKI.S. MINK LAM PS, OIL cvns uursr.rrRNisniNG uaud Vauv: of i.very kind. L)an.30.-tf.5 II O M A S CARLAND, WHOLESALE DEALEB IN GROCERIES 1 QUEENSWARE. WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, STATIONEKY AND NOTIONS, FISH, SALT. SUGAR CURED MEATS. OACO.V. FLOUR, FEED AND PROVISIONS, 1323 Eleventh Avenue, Between 13th and 14th Sts., Altoona. All such goods as Spices, Brushes. Wood and Willow Ware, Shoe Blacking and Station ery will be sold from manufacturer's printed price lists, and all oilier eoodt in my line at Philadelphia, Baltimore. Cincinnati and Pitta burgh current prices. To dealers 1 present tha peculiar advantage of saving them all freight ana araytge, s they are not required to pay ft eights from the principal cities and no dray- ge charges are made. Dealers may rest as sured that my goods are of the best quality and my prices as moderate as city rates. By doing a fair, upright business, and by promptly and satisfactorily filling all orders, I hope to'merit the patronage o( retail dealers and others in Cambr'a county and elsewhere. Orders re spectfully solicited and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. UU'JlAS CARLAND. Altoona, July 29. 18ti9.-tf. .EVFIR.ll iiL OLD STAND GOOD GOODS & GREAT BARGAINS FUR THE READY CASH I HA VINO become proprietors of the STORB KOOM and STOCK OF GOODS recently be longm? to 11. A. Shoemaker & o., and having purchased nu additional STOCK OF NEW GOODS IX GREAT TAXtlETT, we are now prepared to supply all the old cus tomers of the late lirm, and as many new ones as will patronize us, with Goods of all kinds at PRICES FULLY AS LOW as any other merchant In or out of Cambria county. It is our intention to keep our Store constantly stocked with a full and well selected assortment of DKY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, FANCY (iOODS, NOTIONS, ROOTS, SHOES, HATS. CAPS, CLOTHING, CARPETS. FURNI Tl'HE. OIL CLOTHS, QUEENSWARE, GRO CERIES, FLOUR, BACON, FISH, SALT, TO BACCO, CIGARS, and all other articles, larfre or small, that can be found in any store of lik character in the county ; and as we Intend to SELL EXCLI'SIVELY lor CASH on corsTRV produce, and make no bad debts, we feel sure that our stock and our prices will not only secure but retain for us a liberal share of patronage. EARLY VISITS FROM ONE AND ALL are respectfully solicited, and If we fall to ren der entire satisfaction, both as regards the qual ity of our goods and the prices asked for them, it will certainly be no fault of the new firm at the old 6tand of Shoemaker t Co., High street. Don't forjret to call and we'll not forget to give you full value for your monev. MYERS A IXOYD. Ebensburg, Jan. 28, 1871.-tf. GEO. C. K, ZABIf . JAS. B. ZASM- ZAHM c? SON, DEALERS IN- DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, RATS, MPS, BOOTS, SHOES, AND ALL OTHER ARTICLES GENER ALLY KEPT IN A COTNTRY STORE. WOOL AND COUls rxvY TM?orTJCE TAKEN IN EXCHANGE F0K GOODS. Store on South Side of Main Street, Ebensburg, Pa. JOHISTQWI fUBBITME MMM. WM. P. PATTON, Manufacturer and Dealer In A IX KINDS Or CABINET FURNITURE Soi. ISO and 132 Clinton Street, JOHA'STOTTX; PA. Bureaus, Bedsteads, Washstands, Sideboards, Chamber Sets, Parlor Sets, Wardrobes, Book Cases, Cane Chairs, Wood Seat hair s, Kitchen Furniture, Bed Lounges, Extension Tables, Dining Tables, jjounges. Cupboards. &C, ic, Sec, Sec, Sec, &c. See, Sec, Sec, Stc, See. XVERY DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL AND HALL FURNITURE made to order in excellent style and at low prices. Cabinet and hairmakers' materials of all kinds for sale. Furniture delivered at any point in Johnstown or at Railroad Station free of extra charge. WM. P. PATTON. Johnstown, Oct-113, 1870.-tf. Geis & Foster, Nos. 113 and 115 Clinton Street. Johnstown, Pa. invite the attention of buyers to their large and elegant stock of FALL AND 'WINTER GOODS. CONSISTING OF DRY GOODS. DRESS GOODS, MILLINERY GOODS. FANCY GOODS, CARPETS, OIL OIL CLOTHS, &c. ' AT EVERY PRICE t T ORETTO CIGAR MAXUFACTO BY. Having purchased the Interest of D. J.Kelly In the above establishment, the sub scriber will hereafter conduct the business on bis own account. Excellent brands of Cigars, as dry as a toper on the morning after a big spree, will ba constantly kept on hand, ready for delivery. A continuance and Increase of publio patrcnage is respectfully solicited. B. KELLY. Loretto, March 18, 187S.-3t. HB IS A FREEMAN "WHOM EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1872. THE WONDERFUL DREAM. "Oh, yes, 8arlln! Yes, yes I be lieve in dreams," said old Silas Tafton. He look another whiff at at his pipe, and then added : "One of the greatest spoo ulations I ever went into come of a dream a wonderful dream. I'll tell you about it." And we listened to the old man's story as follows : You remember, some of you, about the great land speculations here in Maine thirty years ago. Poor men a very few of them were made suddenly rich f and rich men were made suddenly poor ; 1 was living then in Grey. One day ld Sam Whitney, of Oxford, stopped at our place, and showed us a map of a new town which had been laid out in Sagadahoc On the map it loked beautiful. There were brooks, and lakes, and broad plains of pine and oak, with streets all laid out, and spots for churches and scbooUhouses marked in proper array. I had a cousin living down that way, and I concluded to go down and take a look. I found the town of Ellenrille, which old Whitney had shown me on his map, to be a wild, worthless tract, all rocks and swamp ; but on the edge of this tract, in another town ship, my cousin owned a piece of good land, and I bought a hundred and fifty acres of it, and made me an excellent farm ; and for that purchase I was never sorry. Meantime Ellenville was nearly all sold in hundred-acre lots. The excitement was at fever heat, and people bought without once thinking of coming to look at the land they were purchasing. But by and by the new owners began to look up to their property, and you can rent assured that they were a blue set when they were assembled on that territory. Within all the limits of the mapped out township there was ot an acre that could be cul tivated. On the side that bordered my farm it was a craggy ledge of rocks; and beyond that to the eastward the land set tled away under the mud and the water of a sunken slough. Some of these lots had been sold as high as one pound an acre, and a few of them even higher than that. One poor fellow, named John Twist, from Vermont, had paid one pound an acre for a lot that bordered en my farm. On tbe map it bad been set down as a magnificent pin forest, with a beau tiful river upon its border, on which was a superb watep-power. John Twist bought it and paid for it, and when he came to look at it he found it to be a mass of barren rock, with here and there a mass of clump or scrub oak and a few Norway pines, and for a river he found a water-bourse which tumbled melted enow over the crags in the spr'iDg, but which was dry most of the year. I did ot see the poor fallow when be came to survey his property, but I can imagine how he felL After a while, however, the excitement passed off, and the sufferers of Ellenville turned their backs upon the grave of their speculative hopes. On my farm I pros pered. My land was of the very best quality -r my wife was a true helpmate ; my crops were abundant ; my stock thrivsd, and I found myself at length with a goodly pile of money tied up in my stocking. One evening in early autumn, after our crops had all been garnered, a man, riding a sorry-looking nag, pulled up before our door, tie was a welNlooking man. with a sedate ..a ., jr,i ;n black. It was safe enough to conclude that he wns a minister, and so he an nounced himself. He said ho was tbe Ilev. Paul Meekmore ; he was a mission ary, on a home circuit, and asked shelter for himself and bis beast for the night. Of course we welcomed him cheerfully ; and we were pleased with htm. He had traveled extensively ami bis conversation was entertaining and instructive. Before ho went to bed he read a chapter in the Bible and made a prayer, and Betsy vaid to me. after he bad retired, that she never heard such a beautiful prayer in her life. Tbe next morning, at the breakfast table, Mr. Meekmoro was very sedate He asked a blessing, and then only an swered such questions as were asked him Finally Besty told him shs was afraid bo bad not slept well. He smiled, and said he had slept very well, saving the spell of a curious dream which had visited him three separate times during the night. Betsy asked him if he would tell what it was about. "It was the old dream of hidden wealth he said, with a solemn look. 'I haven't dreamed such a dream before," since by a wonderful dream in South Africa I led to the discovery of a diamond mine worth millions of dollars ; and it never profited me a penny. But such wealth is not for me. I need it net. My calling bath higher and kolier aims. And yet this poor flesh is sometimes weak enough to lust after the dross of gold and silver 1" By degrees we got from bim that he bad dreamed of a silver mine among the crags of our hills. Tbe mine seemed to his vision utterly exhaustloss io tha nre g Clous metal ; but he could not locate it. Betsy, whose curiosity was aroused, would O a . nave pusnea toe matter, but Mr. Meek more finally shook his head more solemn ly than ever, and said that he would rather forget tbe dream if be could. Wken the missionary's horse was at the door, and the owner was prepared to Btart on, be informed us that he was bound to THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ward the Canada line, and that he might return that way. Of course we told him that our door would always be open to him; and he promised that he would abide with us again if he had tbe opportunity. In two weeks Mr Meekmore came back. He had received a summons, he said, from the home board, to return to Boston and make immediate preparations for a win ter's corapaign in the West. The second evening in the society of the revcrand gentlman we enjoyed more than we had enjoyed the first. His fund of anecdote and adventure was literally ex haustloss, and yet an odor of sanctity and delicacy prevaded all his speech. We urged that he should spend a few days with tiff, but he could not. He said it would give him great pleasure so to do, but his call to tbe new field of labor in the West was pressing and imperative. On the next morning, at the breakfast table, our guest was even more sedate and thoughtful than on the previous occasion; and when questioned on tbe matter he told us that he had been visited by tbe same strange dream again. , "This time," he said "the vision came with wonderful distinctness. I not only beheld the vast chambers of virgin silver, but I saw an exact profile of the overlying territory. It was a wild, desolate spot, by a deep ravine, through which the snow of winter seemed to find release in spring, rushing down a craggy hillside to a dark and wide-stretching swamp below. This would not impress me so seriously were it not that once before a dream of the same import proved a startling reality." We conversed further on the subject, and after breakfast Mr. Meekmore took a pencil, and upon the blank leaf of an old atlas he drew a picture of the spot he had seen in his dream ; and he pointed out where, beneath the roots of an old, stumpy pine tree, he bad seen an out cropping of the precious metal. He had drawn the picture, be told us, to show us how vivid his dream had been; but he advised us to think no more of it, Even if it were possible that the dream had substance, tbe body of the mine was far below tbe surface, and, moreover, the Lord only knew where the spot was lo cated, even allowing that such a spot ex isted. For once in my life I had allowed my cupidity to get the better of my outspoken honesty. I allowed the reverend guest to depart, and did not tell bim that I knew where tl e.e was a spot exactly the origi nal of that which he had pictured, even to every rock, shrub, tree and raviae, And that spot was upon the wild lot which had been purchased by John Twist, and which John Twist owned still. That very afternoon, armed with an old axe and a pick, I sallied forth to the rough outside of the Twist lot. I knew exactly where the pictured lot was to be found, and when I had reached it I was more than ever struck by the faithfulness of Mr. Meek m ore's draft. The accuracy in detail was wonderful. And when I re itared that this draft bad been made by one who was an utter and absolute stran ger to the place, made from the simple iropreseionB of a dream, is it a marvel that I was strongly and strangely influ enced T I found the old tree which the reverend dreamer, had particularly desig nated, and went to work at its roots. And ere long my labors were rewarded. Beneath one of the main roots I found h lump of pure white metal as large as a hen's egg ; and upon further chopping and liin I found several more smaller pie ces. They had evidently been broken from a molten mass, and upon rubbing off the dirt I found them all pure and bri;rit. : ' That night I slept but little, I could only lie awake and think of the vast wealib that lay buried in that bleak hillside. But what could I do T The lot was not mine, and I should run great risk if I troubled another man's property. And moreover if I made further exploration while the land was not a.ine the secret might be di vulged and the vast wealth snatched from roe. I must purchase tbe Twist lot, and I bad no doubt that I could buy it for a mere song. On the next day I rode over to see my cousin, and when I bad spoken of tbe Twist lot be informed me that not only that lot but a number of others, were for sale. They bad. been advertised and would be sold at auction in two weeks. He called me a fool when I told bim I should bid on tbe Twist lot ; but I told him I had looked it over and made ap my mind that my sheep could find plenty of grazing there throughout the summer months. He asked me if I hadn't already got all tbe sheep pasture I needed ; but I told bim be need not trouble himself. During tbe next two weeks I kept quiet and held my tongue, giving no opportuni ty for my Becret to become known. On the appointed day I went over to the sets tlement where the land was to be sold. It was to be put up in buudred-acre lots, and sold by the original plans of Whitney purchase. Lot nnmber one was put up first, and sold for one quarter of a cent an acre. Tbe next lot waa tbe "Twist lot," so called, and I beard it whispered that iron and copper ore bad been discovered upon it. A stranger, in jockey clothes, started it at fifty cents an acre.' Another stranger wbo wore a blue frock and top-boots bid eveatysfive. Then there was more talk about iron and copper. Tbe man in tbe jockey suit ARE SLAVES BESIDE. said that he had njsltive Bsanruno. .,.. m s I . mhvvj V41 a L pure iron ore had been found in somo of the gulches, and he bid one dollar an acre. At this point I entered tbe contest, and bid one dollar and twenty-five cents. Up up up twenty-five cents at a time, until at length I had bid ten dollars an acre. People called me crazy. Ten dol lars an acre was more than the very best land in the whole country was worth. But I held my bid, aod kept my own counsel. And the Twist lot was knocked down to me for just one thousand dollars. The terms were cash. I told them to make out the deed while I went home after the money. And away I rode. I emptied my old stocking of gold and silver, and found nine hundred and fifty dollars. I borrowed the other fifty without trouble at the settlement, and straightway proceeded to tbe office of Squire Simpkins, where the deed bad been made. The instrument was duly signed and sealed, and when the Squire bad assured me that the payment of the money would make all fast and safe, I banded over the gold and silver.- I observed that tbe name of John Twist had been recently signed, and I asked Simpkins if Mr. Twist was present. "He was here a few minutes ago," said Simpkins, "and will be back again after his money. He's feeling pretty good, I should judge, since he has got rid of bis hundred-acre lot for twice as much as it cost bim, and for a thousand times more than nny sane nan would think it was worth." Half an bour afterward I called at the squire's again. Mr. Twist had just gone out with bis money. "There he is now," said Simpkins, "just bound off " I looked at the window, and caw. at the door of the inn, on the opposite side of the way, a tall roan, in a botile-green coat, with bright glaring buttons, just mount ing a horse. I recognized the horse; and I reci'cn zed the man, ' Who is that man V I asked "he with tbe green coat and bright buttons?'' 'That," said Simpkins, "is Mr. John Twist." In a moment more the roan in the bottle-green coat had ridden away, with his heavy saddle-bags behind him ; and but toned up within that coat I beheld my reverend guest! It flashed upon me that the Itev. Paul Meekmore and Mr. John Twist were one and tbe same person ! A few days afterward I took my lumps of white metal to a man who was versed in such matters, and asked him whtt they were. He took the largest lump and test ed it, and said : 'Pewter!" I asked him if pewter was ever dug out of the earth in that shape. 'Well,' said he, ''seeing that pewter is an alloy of tin and lead, it couldn't be very well dug up, unless somebody had gone and buried it beforehand " Touching further explanations on my "Twist lot" 1 will not speak. I will only add that I have at home an old stocking with half a dozen lumps of pewter in it ; and I never look upon it but I am forced to acknowledge that dreams are some times very strange and wonderful things ! UsF.rcL Proverbs. Waste nothing neither time, money nor talent. Always tell the truth ; you will find it easier than lying. He who gives a trifle meanly, is far meaner than the trifle. ' A heart full of grace is better than a heart lull or nviivn. Men, looking at the faults of women, should shut their eyes ' If we seize too hastily we may have to drop as hastily. Experience is a torch lighted in the ashes of our delusions. Prosperity is a blessing to tbe good and a curse to the evil. Let everything have its place and every business its place. Better be upright with poverty than be wicked with plenty. The tenderist heart loves best tbe'bold and courageous one. He who laughs at cruelty sets his heel on the neck of religion. Time never sets heavily upon us but whea it is badly employed. Whatever you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself. Resolve to perform what you ought and perform what you resolve. The stupid great man, like a clown, gets up only to tumble down. Ik crossing tbe plains in 1852 Tommy Dod was gobbled up by tbe Goshoot In dians, and for tome months remained a captive among them. He says among other plunder obtained by the Indians when they took bis train was a band organ which an adventurous Italian was bring ing out to California. . The organ was a big thing among the Indians after they bad reached their village. The chief had a roan to sit in front of bis bat and griod it every night. It was sol to play "Yankee Doodle," and "Yankee Doodle' it played every night, week in and week out, without "variation." One night, in fooling with the "machine," tbe Indian grinder shifted the stop, and when he resumed the crank out came "Pop Goes the Weasel. Tbe old chief listened a moment, and supposing the machine was spoiled, seized his toma hawk, leaped from the door of his hut, and with a-fierce yell, brained the discoverer of tbt new tone upon tbe spot. Tbe True Story or Enoch Ardeu. We have had so many versions of Enoch Arden, that the indentity of that individ ual baa become, like fried wool, consider ably mixed. George Harding, the re nowned author of the Bluebird story, comes to the rescue, and says that Enocli was a sailor of Mcrom, Sullivan county, Indiana, and ran a horse ferry boat over the Wrabash. He and Phi lip Ray courted the same gal, but Enoch, having the emoluments of the ferry, nd being rather better looking, got thetd of Philip, who turned misanthrope, retired to a cave in the bluff, and there lived on acorn'-, 'j mg' and fresh water clams, which lie took from the shores of the Wabash at low tide.' The day was set fr the marriage, and Enoch invested his savings in a suit of yaller jeans and a new coon-skin rap, while the bride went to Tarrabut for her trousseau. But the course of true love is tortuous. There came a long dry spell ; and the people, instead of patronising the ferry, waded the Wabash. Enoch's business was broken up, and to mend hit broken fortunes he shipped before tbe mast as coxswain en a broadhorn, and sfarted down the river. The noble vess?!, after weathering a terrific gale, was wrecked on a Paw-Paw island, and all the crew, with the exception of Enoch, perished in the briney deep. Enoch clung to a ban el of salt pork, and was swept ashore, where he was taken prisoner by a band of pirates, wbo apprenticed bim to the shoemaker of the band. For many years Enoch hammered leath er on tbe inland, occasionally looking out from under a plum tree to see how the land lay. In the meantime there came a long dry spell, and Enoch, who by i his time had so excelled in his profession that the pirates could not bo induced to give him up at any pi ice, waded ashore with his kit of tools around his neck, first bavins killed and skinned the pirate Captain. Once ashore, En ch struck a bee-line for Merem, where he arrived jiiBt in time to interrupt the wedding of Philip Ray Enoch's bride, thinking him dead, having yielded to Philip's strong solicitations. Enoch promptly put a head on Mr. Ray, and the latter pentleman again retired to his bole in the bluff and his diet of clams Having little muscle, he took to mussels. Enoch then carefully tanned the pirate's t-kin, and .made a pair of bouts of it, in which, after exhibiting it at the county fair, be stood up to be married. tb"n went to Indianapolis, wh. tj be distin guished himself as the greatest artist in leather of his day. How Tin Dkacon got Even The deacon was not very much behind, if the following story be true : In a small town on the Schuylkill river there in a church in which the singing had run down. It had been led many years by one of tbe deacons, whose voice and musical powers had been gradually failing. One evening the clergyman gave out the hymn which was an odd measure, and rather harder than usual, and the deacon led off. Upon its conclusion tbe minister rose and said : 'Brother B will please repeat ths hymn, as I cannot pray after 6uch sing ing.' The deacon very composedly pitched into another tune, and tbe clergyman proceeded with prayer. Having finished, he took up the book to give the second hymn, when he was interrupted by the econ grm-ely getting up and saying in a voice audible to the whole congregation : 'Will Mr make another prayer? It would b impossible for me to sing after such a prayer as that.' A young man in Sunbury was fishing in the canal one day last fall, when the cook of a passing canal-boat tumbted overboard. He plunjed in and rescued ber, and she thanked him, asked bis name, climbed upon the deck of her ves eel, and sailed away. Last month the youth was surprised by a visit from the maiden and her father. The old man rushed up, seized bis hand, and said: "You saved the girl, she's yourn. Take her, my son- take ber and be hapyy, with a father's blessing. No man shall say that I'm ungrateful." The m&iden moved forward as if to seek an embrace, but tbe gallent youth dashed through the window and fled, pursued by the parent and his child. He has since written home from the far West to say that, if he ever perceives another canal-boat cook in the canal, be will tie a cargo of anvils to ber neck to bold ber down. Mix Adler. Jisi Gcrruts was a very clever, nice, good dispositioned, thick beaded sort of a fellow,' and was the butt of all tbe git la in his neighborhood. Tbe most brilliant thing he ever said was when some of the fair teasers questioned him one day in re gard to his powers of memory. 'How far back in your life-time can you remember, Jim ?' 'Ok, I can remember the day I was born,' was his reply. . 'The day you were born I exclaimed one of tbe young ladies of the party. 'Wby Jim, what can you remember of that day ?' Oh, I remember very distinctly, (bat on the day I was born, I sat on a little stool in the corner of the fire-place Rnd cried for fear I was a girl 1 Terms, $2 per year la advance NUMBER 10. Fifteen O'clock. We remember a good story which we once heard Dr. Charles Jewitt tell in one of his temperance addresses. At all events, it was good as he told it. Lumpkins and Boozlo were on their way home one night from a convivial party, and as tbe toasts which they bad drank had been numerous, and as the bev erage on the -occasion had been eomwhat stronger than Dr. Johnson's tea, their heads were not in a very perpendicular condition. In fact their course was an extremely zigzag and uncertain one. As thy staggered onward, the bell of a neigh boring church staited to peal the bour of midnight. Lumpkins stopped and caught bold of a lamp post. "Hole on, ole feller," be said to his companion, let's see what (hie) time 'tis." Boozle also embraced the lamp-post, and they both counted the strokes of tbe deep-toned bell. One two three " At this point the clock of another church just down a diverging street, (lightly be hind the time rffii neighbor, commenced So strike, and so nearly id its note har monize and time in with tha other, that the obfuscated senses of our two advent turers did not catch the double strokes. They counted on, loudly and in unison "eleven twelve," and without break of time or rhythm tbe belated clock kept on to finish its work, and the convivial knights kept on counting "Thirteen 1 Fourteen! Fifteen !" "Fifteen o'clock " cried Lumpkins transferring his hold from the lamp-post to the shoulders of his companion. "I say, Booz'e, I ken remember, (hie,) man an boy, for (hie) nigh onto forty years, but (hie) bluss me if I ever before (hie) knew it to be so late as this." Takb Your Countt I'apvk "Wal, Squire, you say you don't take your county paper. ' "No, Majar, I get city papers on bolter terms, and so I lake a couole of them." "BtK Squire, these counrly papers are a great convenience to us ; the more we encourage them tbe better the editor can make them." "I don't know that they are of any con- venience to me." "The farm you sold last spring was advertised in one. and you thereby ob tained a customer." " V ery true Msjor, but I paid three dol lars for it." "Now if the neighbors had not main tained that press, jou would bave been without the means of publishing your daughter's marriage, and your brother'a death last summer." "Yes, yes, but ' "And when your nephew was a can didate for the legislature, you were highly gratified at bis newspaper defence, which elected him and cost nothing." "Yes ; but these little things are news to tbe readers, and make tbe people take the papers." "No, no, Squire, not if they are all like you, now. I tell you, Squire, the day will come when somebody will write a long eulogy on your life, character, etc., and the printer will put it in type, with a heavy black rule under and over it, and with all your riches, this will be done for you as a grave is furnished for a pauper. Your wealth, liberality, and all such, will be spoken of; but the pf inter, as be spells the words in arranging the type, will re mark : 'Poor, mean, devil, be never took the paper, and is now swindling the prin ter out of bis funeral notice Good morning. " HoW Coffee avas Discovered. Toward the middle of tbe fifteenth century, a poor Arab was travelling in Abyssinia, and finding himself weak and weary from fatigue, he stopped near a grove. Being in want of fuel to cook bis rice, he cut down a tree which happened to be covered with dried berries. His meal being cooked and eaten, the traveler discovered that these hi.lf burned berries were fragrant. He collected a number of these and, on crushing them with a stone, he found their aroma increased to a great extent. While wondering at this, be ac cidentally let fall the substance into a can which contained bis scanty supply of water. Lo, what a miracle 1 tbe almost putrid liquid was instantly purified ; bo brought it to 4"s I'P8 ; t was fresh and agreeable. In a moment after the traveller had so far recovered bis strength and en ergy as to le able to resame bis journey. The lucky Arab gathered as many ber ries as be could, and having arrived at Eden, ir Arabia, he informed the Mufti of bis discovery. That worthy dive waa an inveterate opium smoker, who had been suffering for years from tbe influence of tbe poifonous drug. lie tried an infusion of the roasted berries, and was so delighted at tbe recovery of bis former vigor that in gratitude to the tree be called it Canuah, which in Arab signifies force. And this is the manner in which coffee was discovered. A Diqer Indian bot. about fourteen' years of age, employed on a sheep ranch in Monterey county, Cau, nerds about 800 sheep, all by himself, and knows every one of Ihsm by sight. When be bringe ' tbem home at night, be is able to tell, . without countiog, whether any oue ii missing.
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