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Terms, $2 per year In adra
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!VOLUME 6.
EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDA Y, APRIL 27, 1872.
NUMBER 14.
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i W. Erwiii & Co.,
172 and 174 Federal St.
j ALLEGHENY, PA.
$ llcspectfuily announce to their
numerous customers, and buyers of
0)n (joxls generally, that thoy are
'now receiving, and are daily open
jn.:, their usual large and elegant
Wrt incut of Spring Goods; and
that tluir eapacioiis salesrooms are
?j,Dv tilleil with all the choicest nov
V'.tiee ot the season, embracing many
Vcw ttvlea and tahrics never before
i.Vm-'l in this market. Special sit-ti-nti.
u i ri"tted to the stock ol
U'.ack .' lei'-S iSilhs, medium and
Ji .v j rfa J Dress Goods, llouse
itC : : jit nd Shawls.
Maun:: the handsomest and best
ji'Lrt'J .Store Room in thetwo cities,
i'l.J it'fj'iiig nothing but the best
t.Aes ol goods, and guaranteeing
fur ji ices to be as low as the lowest,
ve arc satisfied that we can make it
t' the interest of purchasers to look
jt:iroti::h our stock before makintr
j.'uir .-pring purchases. To close
) iiyers at wholesale, we can oiler
f njie special inducements; we carry
j in- of the largest stocks of goods in
ins market, comprising many things
i Shawls and medium priced Dress
Joods, not kept in regular wholesale
ouses. We guarantee our prices ns
J"v as any New York or Philadel
phia quotations, and only ask an
Examination to convince buyers that
Ve can do them jrood.
A. W. E It WIN & CO.
17'J 174 Federal St., Allesrbeny 41 ty.
Agents Wanted
FOIt THE
Sewing Machine.
V hfrevrr the FLORENCE Mac-bine has been
Introduced, it Uhs met with the irreatest nee
ss. It is the only uiui Itmr making four dif
ferent stitches and having the Heversitile Feed.
Tie machinery is perfect, anil the motions pos
itive. It runs liarht. and very fast, and Hewn
cjrie or fine fabrics. The Ilenimer will turn
Wide or narrow heuiH, and fells beautifully. All
atui timonts gn with the machine.
.I .jr information apply to or address
HECKERT &. McKAIN,
o. 8 Sixth Street,
tare-It 172. 3m. PITTS B UR G H.
WITH THE
HEW DRAW FEED,
's Just lieen received, and is now the Br.ST
t mar Machine in the market. It makes the
J Lock Stitch. I SimpU. oirl-i,
f Operated.
hd vers- effective. We want GOOD PEWIXU
lAt -MINE AGENTS in all unoccupied territo
ry, to wtoin will jrire the mdct i.ibkral.
Terms. Ihe Kf.MrTfc: U the EASIEST MA
CHIN E TO SELL in the market.
1 HOWARD EATON & CO.
I General Aurnts,
17 riFTII AYEXrE,
Trb. 2, 13T2.-ly.
PI TTSBURGII.
M WHITMORE, ,AH- CHA8.T. KEAI.E.
L".WOI.Fr, J.NO.D.CHEHRV.
. WOLFF mi &
I 1MPOHTEH3 AN1) DEALERS IN
I riAXlT3WARE,
Sign of the Anvil, No. 50 Wood St.,
1 (Three doors above St. Charles Hotel,)
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Invite the attention of buyers to their Spring
Stork, which, in selection and price, is uusur
paswd in the country.
Tley are Acml for American File Corn
pan v celebrated r'ilenand II., Itubber
lirlUnte and Fuelling;. UUnoii. IIhhUh
worth. Rlllson A. t'o.'i t-n(llali .otrrl,
Pittsburgh -tcel. Locks, Minrrl.. 4c
6old at manufacturers' prices. l3-2.-3ni.
tvIOW IS THE TIME I
I.
.ool I'.oliahlo Airents.
TO 6 ELL TBI
1V SEWING MACHINE I
JJTHJsrOFN-TY. 11.-st Machine in the World.
lliiijf Machine in Market. I'rice. cotn
4"""j. Written warrantee for five yeurs.
PI'ly iiiiiiiediatelv to
t SMITH & FORRESTER,
F-!.-3m. 14 Nixll St., tittkburCti, I a.
t n.CASET, late of Robert Woods A Co.
I ''UtiAUTy JAMES CASET.
(Us E V, FOGAR T Y & CO..
IU & OLD AYE WHISKY.
I A!I Al.t. KINDS OF
L AND 1MPORTEH8 OF
foreign "Wines, Gins, Brandies, 6lc,
So. 313 Liberty Street,
VJitJ1T.-:m. PITTSBURGH, PA.
' EBENSBURG
SgOLEH FACTORY!
lon.K;en ,n "change for goods or
1 ehare. Market r.ri nuit wi
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Vinegar Bitters arc not a Fancy Drink,
made of Poor Ram, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse
Liquors, doctored, spiced, and sweetened to please tha
taste, called "Tonics," " Appetirers," Restorers."
ftc, that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and rain,
but are a true Medicine, made from the native roots
and herbs of California, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants.
They are the Great Blood Punfier and a Life-giinf
Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the
System, carrying o(T all poisonous matter and restoring
the blood lo a healthy condition, enriching it, refreshing
and inviRoratine both mind and body. They are easy
of administration, prompt in their action, certain ia their
results, safe and reliable in all forms of disease
No Person cn tsk these Dlttera accord
ing to directions, and remain long unwell, provided
their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and tlie vital orgaus wasted beyond tha point
of repair.
Uyspeptta er Indirection Headache. Pafa
In the bhnulders. Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dis
siuess. Sour Eructations of the Stomach, llad Tasts
in the Mauth, Uiiious Attacks, Palpitation of tha
Heart, Inflammation of the Lun;s Pain in the regions f
the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms,
are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints
It has no equal, aud one bottle will prove a better (aar
antee of its merits than a lenrthy advertisement.
Vor Female Complaints, in young or old.
married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the
turn of life, these Tonic Hitters display so decided an
influence that a marked improvement is soou percep
tible. a-'or Inflammatory and Chrenls Rhta.
sii and Gout. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, liilious.
Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, diseases of the
Blood. Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have
been most successful. Such Diseases are caused by
Vitiated Blood, wh:ch is generally produced by derange
ment of the Digestive Organs.
They- are a (Scuttle Pnra;atlve as vrall as
a Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting
as a powerful a-ent in relieving Congestion r Inflam
mation of tha Liver aud Visceral Organs, and is Bilious
Diseases.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter. Salt-
Rheum, Blotches, Sjiots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, Ring-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Ery
sipelas. Itch, Scurfs, Decolorations of the Skin, Humors
and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature,
are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a
short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle in
such cases will convince the most iucredulous of their
curative effects.
Cleanse the Vitiated niood whenever yoa
find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples,
abruptions, or Sore : cleanse it when you find it ob
structed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it when it is
foul ; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood
pure, and the health of the system will follow.
Grateful thousands' proclaim Vinicak Bit
ts the most wonderful luvigorant that ever sustained
the sinking system.
Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking ia
the system of so many thousands, are effectually de
stroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiol
ogist: There is scarcely an individual upon the face of the
earth whose h.dy isexempt from the presence of worms.
It is not upon the healthy elements of the body that
worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy
deposits llut lr-e1 these living monsters of disease.
No system of Meilicine. no veriiiifne.es. no anlhelmin
itics, will fiee llie system fiora worms like these Bit
ters. Mechanical Diseases. IVrsons engaged ia
Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Tyje-setters,
Gold-beaters, and Mineis, as they advance in life, will
be subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against
this take a dose of Walker's Vinsgak Bittbks oucs
or twice a week, as a Preventive.
Itilious, Itemit tent, and Intermittent
Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our
great rivers throughout the United Slates, esiiecially
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Ten
nessee, Cumberland, Arkansas. Red, Colorado, lira jos,
Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile. Savannah, Roan
oke, James, and many others, with their vast tributa
ries, throughout our entire country during the Summer
and Autumn, and lemarkably so during seasons of
unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied
by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and
other abdominal viscera. There are always more or less
obstructions of the liver, a weakness and irritable state
of the stomacti, and great torpor of the bowels, being
clogged up with vitiated accumulations. In their treat
ment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon
these various organs, is essentially necessary. There is
no cathartic for the purpose equal to Da. J. Wauksk's
.Vinbcab Bittrss, as they will speedily remove the
dark-colored viscid mailer with which the bowels are
loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of
the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions
of the digestive organs.
Scrofula, or King's Ks-il, White Swellings,
Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goiter, Scrofulous
Inflammations, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Af
fections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eves,
etc., etc In these, as in ail other constitutional Dis
eases. Wai krr's Vinxcak ttiTTSMK have shown their
abie'eases" lM"er " mos' obstinate aud intrac:
Dr.Walkcr'iCaUrorni.,, ,...
act on all these cases in a similar manner. I'.v pm.
the Blood they remove the cause, and by resolving away
the ejects of the inflammation (the tubercular deposits!
the affected parts receive health, and a permanent cure
is effected.
The properties of Da. Waikm's Vinxrai
Bitters are Aperient. Diaphoretic aud Carminative,
Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic. Sedative, Couu'.er-Irri-tant.
Sudorific Alterative, aud Anti-Bilious.
The Aperient and mild Laxative properties of
Dr. Walker's Vinrgar Bitters art the best safe
guard in all cases of eruptions and malignant fevers,
their balsamic, healing, and soothing properties protect
the humors of the fauces. Their Sedative properties
allay pain in the nervous system, stomach, and boweis,
either from inflammation, wind, colic, cramps, etc
Their Counter-irritant influence extends throughout
the system. Their Diuretic properties act on the Kid
neys, correcting and regulating the flow of urine. Their
Anti-Bilious properties stimulate the liver, in the secre
tion of bile, and its discharges through the biliary ducts,
and arc superior to all remedial ageuts, fur the cure of
Bilious Fever, Fever and Ague, etc
Fortify the bodyagslust dlaease bv puri
fyin; all its fluids witli Vinegar Bitters. No epi.
demic can take hold of a system thus forearmed. The
liver, the stomach, the boweis, the kidneys, and the
nerves ars rendered disease-proof by this great invig
orant. Directions. Take of the Bitters on going to bed
at night from a half to ons and one-half wine-glassfulL
Eat good nourishing food, such as beefsteak, mutton
chop, venison, roast beef, and vegetables, and taks
out-door exercise. They are composed ol purely veget
able ingredients, and contain na spirit.
J WALKER, Prop'r. IUII. McDOJIALD fc COM
Druggists and Gen. Agis., San Francisco, Cal..
and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., New York.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
EXECUTOB'S S A L E.
There will be exposed to public sale, on
the premise, on TL'E&Dax. the UUth da of
APRIL, lire following- real estate, to wit:
Three hundred acres, more or less, late prop
erty of James Graham, dee'd., situate partly in
Green township, Indiana county, and partly
in Cambria county, with a framed w el ling" uouee
and lot; harn and other outbuildings thereon.
About one hundred acres are heavily timbered
with Pice and Oak Timber: the balance Is part
ly improved and partly timbered. The land
will be sold in a body or in lots to suit purcha
sers. The property is a most valuable one, and
should attract the attention of purchasers.
Terms made known on day of sale. Sale
to commence at S o'clock, p. m.
JOHN MARTIN,
THUS. PATTERSON,
April 30-2t. Executors.
SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a
writ of AX. Vend. Export, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Cambria county, to
me directed, fhere will be exposed to Publio
Sale, at the Court House in Ebensbury. on
yiixtiduy. the 20th day of April, at one o'clock
p. u., the following- Ileal Estate to wit : All the
rljrht, title, and interest of A. G. Fry. of, in
and to a lot of ground situate in West Ward,
J-.bensburff borough, Cambria county, fronting
op J ulian street 5o feet adjoining lot of Wm. II.
Secbler ou the north, lot of Witlianq Kittell on
the south, and extending- back GO feet to lot of
A. O. Fry not now occupied. Taken In execu
tion and to be sold at the suit of F. A. Shoema
ker. W, B. BON ACKErt, Sheriff,
gbtrilT Office, Ebensburg-, Aprils, 187S, .
A PATRIARCHAL COMMUNITY.
A Settlement ajssslatesl from the Rest of
II unisnily- Koran title Slary . Kalntest
by the CUiefof tne Lei tie ly Village.
One of Ihe most extraordinary and ro
tnan'ic narrations possible ia that told in
the current number of The Overland Month
ly, relating to a strange community that
had lived for more than a century in the
forests of New York without afiy commu
nication, direct or indirect, with the ou't
ptde world. The writer tells the story as
follows :
Anterior, and up to about the year 1825,
thj region of country bordering on New
York and I'enn. lvania, from the Hudson
river to LaVe Eiie, was little- better than
a solitude, d jited here ami there with villa
g 8. Its prosperity was greatly retarded
by the difiioully of communicating Willi
New Yoik and other cities, as marts of
produce, aud whence to draw supplies.
To develop the resources and lay open the
hidden wealth of this almost inaccessible
region, the Legislature of the State of New
York, at its annual session of 1825, on
the revoruruetidittiun of De Witt Clinton
then Governor of that Slate, and, next
to Henry Clay, the pioneer of American
"Internal Improvements'" passed an act
a ithoriz-ing the survey of a route for a great
State road along the southern border of
the State, from the Nurib river to Lake
Erie, Judge Jabez D. Hammond, of
Otsego county, Alfred S. Conkhng, after
ward United States District Judge, aud
Nathaniel Kitchie, of Saalem aubse
quenlly Lieutenant Governor were ap
pointed a Slate IJ mid of Commissioners
lor that purpose. To select and locate the
most eligible route and to ascertain the
most feasible eastern terminus for such
toal, three companies were organized un
der ihe supervision of these Commission
ers ; the principal one starting IVomNew
bttig. and pursuing a route now nearly
identical with that of the New York and
Erie Kuilroad the offspring of that pio
neer exploration. This party, of which
the writer was one, cousi&led ol sevenieer
persons engineers, surveyors, fl.tg and
cliaio-bearers, commissioners, e;c. under
the guidance of Joseph Henry, Esq , now,
and fjr many years past, ihe worthy Sec
retary of the Smi'hsuniaii Institution, in
the city of Washington. Most ot the
p irty weie from cities, and had joined the
company more from love of excitement
than motives of professional zeal or pe
cuniary b-nefit.
A tier a few days surveying through the
settled country, we struck into the path
less woods, and met almost daily there
after wiih adventures which gave a zest
to our labors aud dissipated all regret at
our undertaking Oar endeavors to se
lect the roost level route led us still deeper
into the dark and apparently untrodden
forest comprising that part of Sullivan
eounly, New York, bordering on l'enn
slvauia ; and, for days, no sign of civili
zation had been visible, but where the
immense size of the trees, the absence of
track or trail, the deep softness of the
ground Shewn with accumulations of
years, perhaps centuries of decayed leaves
aud muss-covered limbs, proclaimed a
primeval forest, and assursd us of our
entire isolation from all mankind. One
afternoon a shrill whistle from the guide
arrested our progress, and a sound ahead
unmistakably the accent of a human
voice broke the stillness of the solitude
and put us on the qui five of excitement
and anticipation. What could it mean?
For eight dtys we had been penetrating
tins wiiu a.iti...,. which we had been
assured was an uninhabited wilderness.
Listening a moment, we approached the
place whence the souud came, aud there
stood before us, erect and unabashed, a
human figure, apparently six feet iu
height, with clear, gray eyes, clean cut
laa lured of the Xoti type; skin dark,
approaching swarthiness ; long, straight
hair if dark hue ; aud a face, to all ap
pearances, an entire stranger to a razor ;
with a head covering of plaited straw aud
a shirt of deer skin belted to the waist,
exhibiting a well proportioned aud manly
lurm, auu, to our surprise, clearly nut au
lniiau the only indication about him of
savage or Indian lile being shoes of un
tanned deer skin bound to the feet with
strings of the same material Such was
the appaiilion, whose response, on being
accosted in the English language, seemed
a jargon of broken .English, German and
Indian, as he informed us that here was
his home, and that he lived only three
mile distant, wkere there was a settle
ment, lo which he invited us. Following
his guidance, we found, to our surprise,
a colony of some forty or fifty persons
men, women and children comprising a
society, or community, that had out been
included in any census, and who. for a
period of more than half a century had
been, and still were, wholly unkuown to
the surrounding settlements.
The panorama before us was in every
respect strange and peculiar ; au oasis of
sums sixty or seventy acres of cleared
land, on which were growing corn, beans,
potatoes and other vegetables, and near
the centra of which were eight or Ua rude
log huts. - A couple of tame buffaloes and
a few horses and cows, together with some
fowls aud pigs, imparted, to the place a
somewhat civilized appearance, and di-
: rested it of. any aspect of barbarism.
i From thesa rude huts there issued, with
surprised stare, a motley crowd, clad in
habiliments mostly of tanned skin, orna
mented with straw, feathers and slightly
stained batk, which, though unmistaka
bly original, were, by some of the younger
females, made with some pretentions to
comeliness and even coquetry ; yet, so
unlike anything modern, that it seemed
like a transition to the dark ages. We
were escorted by our conductor to the
most pretentions of these habitations,
situated in the centre of the group, and
there presented to the chief or patriarch of
the community. He received us with a
degree of quiet dignity, not free, however,
from a perceptible shade of uneasiness, as
his glance surveyed our number and ap
pointment, but which, as the interview
progressed, disappeared. He was seated
on a kind of camp stool, with a tanned
kin stretched across it, in a hut about
fourteen feet square ; the floor of haidened
earth was covered with mats and skins of
animalf, and the walls were decorated
with hunting implements and fishing ap
paratus. He was a robust, heavy-bearded, white
haired old man, apparently aevS'fffy-five
or eighty years of age, with a brown,
leathery complexion .. The long silence
was broken by our chief asking him how
long he had lived in this wilderness for
some of the huts seemed many y?ara old.
"Yes." he teplied, "they are so ; and I
have lived here many yeats since I was
a boy."
"Have you no intercourse with the out
side world I"
"No ; we take care of ourselves, and''
looking at our party suspiciously "we
don't waut any interference from outsi
ders." "Hut are you happy and contented !"
"Ye?, we always have been ; but the
young folks have lately got an idea fiom a
hunter who lost his way in the forest, and,
like yeu, happened upon us, that there is
a belter state of tliiugs outside here, and
it is hard work to control them aud keep
them quiet."
"lrdon me for saying that I am in
clined to think them more than half right;
and. although we d not come here to
disturb your quiet and happy commoniiy
for our business is that of surveying a
route for a great Stale road yel we think
we can interest, and perhaps benefit you,
by telling of the outside world, of which
you must necessarily now be ignorant ;
and we would like lo hear from you some
thing of t our history t tic place whence,
and the reason why, jou came here."
'You Fpeak so kindly," replied the old
man, "that, although the story is painful,
and only whoL-y known to two of us, a tier
you have resied, and have seen and con
versed with some of our people, and t-atis
lied your evident curiosity, 1 will tell it to
you."
We were not long in overcoming their
shyness, and soon found them obliging
and willing to show and explain their mode
of living, l heir bouses and households.
Among their culinary utensils were drink
ing cups of horn, bowls and plate, with a
variety of articles of baked clay ot con
siderable ingenuity aud beauty ; mats of
straw, grasses and pine bark, woven or
plaited, ornamented the floor, and swing
ing cradles of willow, artistically inter
woven with variegated .barks, were cosy
resting places for the tiny occupants, who
were robed in a single garment, m ide of
the finest skin of the fawn. An accurate
des-cription of the costume of the female
portion of this community would require
a more intimate knowledge of the femi
nine toilet than Ihe writer possesses ; but
certainly no one could fail to admire the
blooming cheek, the elastic step, the well
proportioned forms of these bright-eyed
rnauletl?, ll.cT tr m.s our admiring
gaze. One article of dress a reminis
cence of home and by-gone years at
tracted our attention, it was a little
cloak, with the hood thrown back, and
dotted with tufts of feathers the sacredly
cherished property of the chief's aged
companion. But strange and crude as
were their outward appearance and sur
roundings, we found that their ideas of
conventional life its privileges, duties
and obligations were much more so ;
and, to our questions as to their history,
genealogy, marital, parental and filial
relations, they seemed utterly at a loss,
and to regard it all as a very tangled
skein. They were all brothers and sisters;
some brothers first cousins to their own
sisters ; others, step-relations with very
short steps at that to their own wives,
and Home almost their own grandfathers.
. The patriarch, ia compliance with his
promise, proceeded to give us a sketch of
the origin and cause of the seclusien of
the community :
C?oon after the middle of the last cen
tury, and subsequent to the old French
war and Draddock's defeat, two little
children Karl liuehler, aged seven, son
of Philip Buehler, and Susan, aged seven,
only daughter of the widow Stearns, of
Girmantown. a., then the very border
of western frontier settlements -went,
one afternoon, with other children, to
gather berries. Having strayed some
distance from their companions into the
woods, they wandered - on, regardless of
their course or the flight of time, until, lo
their surprise, they were overtaken by the
shades of sight. Bewildered and fright
ened,' they endeavored to retrace their
steps, until the darkness and their utter
exhaustion left tbem no alternative but
to lie down and wait for morning. .
How long they slept they sever knew.
The boy was suddenly awakened by a
grip upon his arm,, and, opening his eyes,
he saw bending: over him- wilha fieudiab
scrowl, an Indian, decorated with paint
and feathers His cry of terror aroused
his little companion, whose wild shrieks
woke the echoes of the forest, as her g2e
encountered the savage. Their first im
pulse was to run ; but the savage instantly
had the boy pinioned, and then dragged
them,' regardless of their cries, deeper into
the forest, where he was joined by his
companions ; and for days, with worn and
weary feet, they were obliged to keep pace
with their captors, until they reached the
encampment.
For a period of five toilsome and bitter
years, the two incessantly sought every
means of escape from a captivity worse
than death, but without success the
slightest suspicion of even a desire on
their part to escape bringing upon them
unmerciful chastisement . With the in
creasing severity of their treatment, the
yearning for parents and home increased.
Their growing years, and the evident re
gard exhibited by the old chief toward
Susan, who, as ehe approached woman
hood, became in his eyes as she was, in
fact exceedingly comely ("as you may
judge for yourself,", said he ; "for there
he sits," pointing to an aged woman
silling near him), made them desperate,
and they determined to seize the first op
portuniiy to escape, or perish in the at
tempt. The opportunity soon presented
itself, on the occasion of a grasd feast
and war dance, (o celebrate a victory over
their enemies, the Wyandote, from whom
they had taken several prisoners, who
were to bo put to the customary tor'.ure
and the stake. ,
The powwow, with its feasting, carous
ing aud drinking, continued for three
days and nights, by which time the "fire
water" had so stupefied the Indians as to
render them unconscious of the silent
preparations and departure of the two
youthful but resolute fugitives, who,
mounted on two of their fleetest horses,
rode furiously through the darkness, and
before the setting of another sua had so
distanced their pursuers as to justify the
repose they so sorely needed." Fastening
tkeir horses to a tree, they son slept
soundly and contentedly on their couches
of dried leaves until, toward morning,
they weie aroused by the sharp bark and
whine of a dog. Springing up. their at
tention was attracted by his singular ac-
lions, as he kept running back and forth.
His piteous cries and continual bark sug
gested to Kill that it might be a good
omen, and lead to the discovery of their
lost homes S, following, he led them
lo a spot where lay the body of a man,
appaiently asleep, but who, to their hor
ror, they soon discovered was dead
Covering him with leaves and earth, they
took his rifle, ammunition and provisions
to them the means, through God's
mercy, ol saving their lives. .
They journeyed on, followed by the dog
who had so faithfully served his master,
and who looked into their faces with a
pathos that almost asked their protection,
until they reached the spot which was
now echoing back the principal actors in
the foregoing narative. For over twenty
miles their pursuers tracked them, but
entering the dominion of a hostile tribe,
with whom they were then at war, they
were suddenly arrested and driven back
with great loss.
The chief, thus foiled in his designs to
ward Susan, placed his affections on the
young aud budding beauty of an Indian
captive, who, having been the friend of
Susan, had giicvcd at her absence; but
now, dreading the designs of the chief, she
readily agreed to ihe plan proposed by a
young chief to whom she bad given her
affections to escape, under liia guiiicosw,
and find, if possible, the home of Karl and
Susan. S:arting on foot, I hey wandered
for two weary months, through dangers
and privations, until at last they discovered
and joined their lost friends. Making a
home together, they formed tLe nucleus
of the community.
Such was the old man's story, and such
was their love of that home and. mode of
life that they had no desire for change,
and even dreaded the restraints civilization
would impose upon them.
But the advent of our party was des
lined to exhume these fossilized recluses
The representations mas!e to I hern of the
world, its education, comforts and bless
"gs graphically depicted by our chief,
aroused them from their torpor; and we
left them, feeling sure we had awakened
ideas and. views of their situation and
future inleres's that would result in their
benefit. The next morning we resumed
our survey.
Although forty five years have passed
since then, the above incidents will be en
shrined in the memory of the actors in the
scenes described, as among not the least
interesting of the reminiscences connected
with the 6urvey of '.he route of the New
York and Erie liatlroad.
A VIVE year-old boy, after saying his
evening prayers, asked: "Mother, will
father go to heaven when be dies His
father was a large man, with a great huge
frame . "Ye, I hope he willj , why do
you ask ?" "Ob, I only wanted to know;
and for a time Ihe subject seemed to have
faded from Ihe child's mind. But it soon
cropped out again. "Are you sure moth
er, that father will qo to heaven when he
dies!" "Yea, my child, I do not doubt
it ; why do you ask !' , The little fellow
was silent for a moment, and then burst
out with, "Gollj, what a whopping angel
he'll make.'
THE FORTV TIUETES.
BY GR1S, THE FAT CONTRIBUTOR.
The, forty thieves lived a great tiiany
years ago when thieves were scarce, hence
they are embalmed in sUry. Had they
lived in our day, when thieves are so nu
merous, they would have been totaHy dis
regarded on account of tha insignificance
tf Iheir number. '
The story is simple Casern and Alt
Baba are brothers. Cassira is rich and
Ali i poor. While the former leads a life
of luxury and ease, the latter hauls wood
for a living, and often bemoans his fate,
forgetful of the fact that Grant once fol
lowed that honorable occupation. . Wood
haulers should not despair, for tbey may
become president for what they know, or
for what they don't know ; its hard fo tell
which now-a-dsys
One day when Ali Baba went to the
forest to get a jg of wood, he saw horse
men approaching. Fearing evil he climb
ed into a tree and concealed himself. The
troop halted under that identical tree, dis
mounted and took from their horses seve
ral heavily-loaded carpet bags, which led
him to infer that they were carpet-baggers
returned from the South, gorged with the
spoils of office. He f jund, however, they
were regular professional thieves, and then
he had more respect for them. .
The captain of the band there were
just forty of them approached a rock
hard by and uttered the words. ''Open
Sesame!' when, as Ali afterward ex
pressed it to his wife; "you'd orter ae
Sammy open." Instantly on the word,
a door concealed in the rock opened as if
by magic, and the captain entered, fol
lowed by his band, who marched in open
order by the left flank double rat-tail tile,
centeriag on the left wing, the extreme
right resting on the door sill, and a shoul
der-arm?, muskets reversed Military
readers may understand this, I dou't.
F. C '
When ' they were all in the captain
shouted, "Shut, Sesame !" when Sammy
immediately shut, that being apparently
what Sammy was for. Shortly after the
robbers, having stored away their plunder,
reappeared ; the door closed after llmm at
the word of command, and mounting their
horses rode away. When they were gone,
Ali Baba, getting down from the tree,
tried the magic word himself, when open
flew the door, and after a little hesitation
he entered Ihe robWrs' cave.'
Great was his astonnhment nt what he
beheld. He fount! sulent.il apartments,
suitable for married or single gtntltmen,
handsomely furnished, and lighted with
gas, with or without board, and within
five minutes' wait of the post-office. On
every hand were heaps of diamonds, brigs
of gold, and dead loads of greenbacks.
Here, then, was where Ihe rbbrs lived
when they were at borne, and stored I bier
plunder. He determined to have bis
whack at it So loading bis mule with
all the gold it could carry, he started for
home.
Imagine the delight of Mrs Baba when
her husband arrived, (She had been very
much concerned over his prolonged absence
because he was Ali Baba she had). She
helped him unload the gold and store it
away in the cellar with an alacrity she
seldom displayed induing her housework.
She was anxious to know just how
much there was of it, so as to make out
a correct income return to the government.
Accordingly, while Jier husband was gone
to put up the mule, she tried to count it.
Naturally wearying of this employment
after ehe had got up among the millions,
she concluded to measure it, and for that
purpose ran across Ihe street to her sisler
in law's, Mis. Cassim's, and borrowed
her half bushel measure, pretending that
she wanted to measure some potatoes.-
As' it was so unusual a thing for Ali
Bab i's family to have half a bushel of
potatoes at one time, Mrs. Cassim's curi
osity was excited, so she put Spaulding's
glue on the bottom of the measure to see
what kind of potatoes they were, w hich
was mighty email potatoes on the part of
Mrs. Cassim.
When the measure was returned Mrs
C. found a five cent nickie adheting to ihe
bottom. This was a very suspicious cir
cumstance, indeed. 'When," said she (e
Cassim, in relating the circumstance and
showing the nickie, "when did your broth
er ever have five cents in the house all at
once? Of a sudden he seems to have bush
els of money." Cassim walked over to
his brother's house and questioned him on
the subject," when Ali, being a generous
hearted fellow, told him all about the
cavern. Next day Cassim went up there
to get seme of it himself, but after! ading
ktmself duwo with wealth be forgot the
magic words which opened the door, end
so couldn't get out. He tried various
words:' cried, '"Open See Tommy ! ! Open
Wee Billy! am! Open See Tolly Ann!'
but all to no purpose, because his memo
ry couldn't come and see Sammy. The
result , was the robbers , came and. killed
him, and being always ready to make a
quarter when they eould, they quartered
him he was the onty gentleman who had
ever been quartered there before except
themselves and hung up inside of the
door as a waratng to any other rash in
truder who might seek to enter. Whhoxtt a
suitable recommendation from his last
place.
The result was as might have been an
ticipated. Mrs. Cassim, alarmed at her
husband's absence," sertt Alt to' look for
liviri. Hie went to' the cavern and,'. en
finding his murdered' brother, felt almost
as badly cut op as his brother was. He -
nacked tha last fmir .l : r s.:-
" XT II I M 1 U B Ol IIIS
brother In 6ne of the sacks which were on
the mule he brought along, nd then, to
balance it, make accounts square with his
brother, as it were, thoughtfully stuffed
the other sack with gold and thing, go
that, aa be afterward reckoned it, hie
brother's four quarters on one side of the
mule were equal fo thirteen hundred thou
sand six hundred and forty-three dollars
and fifty tents 6a the other. It is rarely
that a brother can be made so osefuf,
dead or alive, especially with ouTy four
quarters. '
The next business, after getting his
quadrilateral brother home, was to bury
him without creating suspicion among the'
neighbors. To account reasonably for his
death, a servant was Kot lor some drug
store whisky, under the Dretensa that ns.
sim wanted it ftr medical purposes, so
when it was given out the next day that
the whisky killed him, no one thought
strange oi me circumstance at all
There was an old cobbler, who lived off
a cernir near by, who opened his stall
very early in the morning to accomodate
any one who. having been drinking hard
the night before, wanted an early "cob.
bier." fie consented to sew Cassim to
gether for a consideration, and was ac
cordingly blind-folded and led to the bous.
He asked if they wanted a "yellow fair,
stitch and divided," or just a common
"black welt;" but Ali, who knew nolh-
ing oi shoemakers linrro. said h irinnrrKt
his brother had been welted ' enough "al
ready; "go ahead and sew him up." The
cobbler performed a very neat job, though
he left a stitch ia his side that Cassim
r - y t w.ws. mmxj 'rjtrrcu IU
half-sole bim, too, and set up his beels,
but further services were declined.
Caseira was buried the n?xt day with
becoming honors, and the various societies
to which he belonged attended I he funer
al, each of them holding meetings after
ward and pasing resolutions of respect,
which were published the next day in all
Ihe papers. Engrossed copies of these
resolutions were presented to the hfilicfed
widow, but after kicking around the house
for a few da j a they were sold for old rags,
the widow marrying again. It is impos
sible, with the space I hare, to minutely
follow the various stratcgeras employed
by the robbers to learn who it was that
possessed the secret of the cave. Suffice
it to say they at length did, and plans
were laid for his destruction One day
the captain of the Forty Thieves came to
Ali Baba's house (he had moved inlo
Cassim's brown-stone front) and pretended
he was a dealer in "petroleum. He hid a
large quan i y of ro - xplosirtf oil in
casks, which be desired to store with him
a few days.- "Certainly," said Ali, who
was ihe soul of hospitality, "roll it right
into my parlor," w hich was done. Now,
some of these casks contained non-explosive
oil, while the others were filled wiih
Simeihin almost as deadly, il.oigh not
quite murderous robbers. It wmi-hrewd-ly
conj-rclured by the robber thst if the oil
did not blow up Ihe whole family, which
was probable, his men would dispatch
them during the night.
The plot failed, however. A servant
gill who had been sitting up pretty late in
the kitchen with her young man Went to
one of the casks to replenish her lamp,
which was getting low. and discovered the
robbers She finished them all by boiling
some oil and pouiing it upofi them through
the bung-hole not the only instance by
any means where men have bepn ruined
in oil. This narrow escape t f ihe Baba
family from destruction should be a warn
ing to people not to allow strarcers lo roll
I. . ..r i "
vuo" linoleum into meir iront parlors.
The rubber-chief, being thus left alone,
advertised in the papers for forty more
thieves, determined to begin business anew,
and hoping by industry and close atlention
to business, to merit a fairhhare of public
patronage. But he was so overrun with
ex-cengressmen, absconding bank officers,
dishonest postmasters. Indian commission
ers, ex revenue efficers. managers of de
funct enterprises, New York city council-
men, anu outers, mat ne was driven
nearly distracted. Instead of forty, there
was at least forty thousand of them, and
being disgusted, he concluded to go oat of
the thieving businese altogether j it was
getting too IbfrV.
He perished in the house of Ali Htab
where be had penetrated in disguise for
Ihe purpose of settling thst old account
with Ali. ..The servant girl, who per
formed so neat a j.b , for his followers.
recognized him, and finished bim with a.
carting knife. The story is supposed to
be a lie, but it is no mere AU than Cas
sim.
The career of the Forty' Thieves, in-J
stead ef proving a salutary warning, seems
to have inspired ernalation, for the number
of thieves is certainly multiplying every
day. Y a tJihty ton CapUaL - i'-
-sssr " . .
Mr. G"REiJir wriles lo ft ! confectioner
in Boston that in matiag calves' foot jell
the Durham breed. should always b$ so-:
lecled. Take a Jive calf, place the bindf
feet in a corn mill, and then commence to
turn,; and the jdly will flow out in it's ci ads
state. Collect tfi?J In a' pan; and throw"
away the calf.- " ' ' - '
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Isn't it at her a disagreeable 'Aurrence
when ouhg raerW C'Jspeaders give way"
wfvle nd dances a scottische with a younj
lady who never wants to sit down?