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HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
Terms, s per year In advanct;
OLUME G.
EBENSBTJRG, PA, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1872.
NUMBER 17.
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thu map, p'l mi -Im- I in l'..i;'li -h. tienr.an, '
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Addr.-ss I . 1'. DAN IS,
l.atid Coiaiais.-iouer, I'. 1". li. It. Co..
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EXTRAORDINARY IMPROVEMENTS
C A Hlf'jET ORG A SVI S !
"t r 'i . - in 1 1 .1 ! ! N Oi:i; ;. ( ' ). respect f ii lly
tfi i !.e ;i.u .ni.:ci ! in ol i n. pro eiueii t-of
1Q ,e .h.iii i i l::iai ii:t rc.t. 'i'hese a;e
. a .i) i 1 1 !: ca in:; i;r o!:c ans.
In ,;.! .-m -i'ul ci 'lai iiii.i ion of i;;;ai.
Jti v -i e ,-r lll.nie ;
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It : .. s . a !e ! t i i : 1 1 i . 1 1 ;k '! ! I nary I acilit ies
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r:,ot'i IK .ai::.y cukapi-st.
t:'ol r. c 1 A v i i ::r; a vs ".( each; Ki vi: oi"TA VK K-.--
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WAITED.
int ay. nt to caa n-s and takecha sc.
.a t I'i mii'.i, of tia- -ale ot a rapidiy-
i., oy tta- 110-r eminent author in the
!"-. aii l i:i.;:spen-alile to the -orrect
t. ol ci i'ii kind of business. Agents
. i io !' pi r we-, k. L. ilx'riil Salary
a -i. 1. aial pel uiiineiu business.
. S- HAN ! i i.N CO., Hartford, Conn.
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l.a--t siit.j.-et ev er euf raven, ainisui-
( ii heh.ii.jer wit h its wondrous beauty.
in. I'riee iJ.Vt. Hiirhly endorsed by
li.vni. sof all ileiiomiiiations. Asrctits
i trot ...,. r Ii, !!," can make HO per
'ii tu.s splernii.l work of art. Mali- mid
N- atsv anted. W rite lor circulars to
. I on, DC-TIN" i CO., Hartford, Ct.
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.' " liis.intnee or A-.-ucies. address
v-' . I HI i:tUl 1 .Svc-y, Columbia, I'd.
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! ' ' n mm ,. i i : Invite tlie attention of buyers to their Fprinjr ; .doraiions , in o
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I. LnMriH.-.i-iciWU., mJ.0M, uu. ; of ,he villages a
MIND lor. ( 11A I I. Ail... . i iii,.,- nrc Agent for AniTieim Hlcl om- , v.,..x O
tt'i om?iV "iVTTiT lieitinar ami I'adiini". ""' iihwU Jacques, haing
'.41. I i 1 I (1 11, wnrlii. ! HIiBU i t .' MIS' "'1 a 1 . ! .
t.i Li;- ,H?i! tiVi.t J. I U .i 0.1. urn mi. I.nck. Mniv.ii.. .'.o.- ilie liotisj lo lake
he
i.M,., stone-i-ao.in.r.oui.saii.san.i of i!incis Closser. deeease.l. upon
N. s.a .a,: an.s,,, c. nii.ersv.pi.hti. s '-aa , jll, ll.l.lmt. hereby Rives no-
-.orp-nen mcd.i in s !.('r.,i ,, ;. 1) ; he will HMend for that purpose, at the
-nd Me tortl papers.. . ..ri t. -,,, .' '.l J?,, Seanlan. m Uoeie-hurif bor-
::r,,.i.o..Scopn sU: 1 1.. I Asrisos, : 'JVrn Vr dy. the !ay or ,inst
, -:'-.'. y.cedd M. ,;.(?.. a, .d.-.-.-i. 'I !: ... i.. . . wh.m t.ti.1 where those inter-
j TMMENS!-: SH i:sS.-Agenls Wanted.
I J. inuli.' or tenia lo, in every county in the CmOd
j sf,r,. s ml I'ii n:t ilas, to sol I our new h ml most usc
I fill l'atent : from iii.c to six used in i.vi i v r.i..."
, ilv. Snip. i -out. ijuaraiitced. Fur.Mmiiicsan,!
terms, criel. :Sf ten cents and M.l.li-css I
FliJtU ('SON A- CO.. ll-til Kivt-r .Street, Troy, X.Y.
! RARE CIIAKCE FC AGENTS !
j 8fiili. we will pay you S la j.er week in eitsh
u j mi iii riijruifi- witn us at oxi'E. Kvcrvt
' ,",.,,?''!' "!"' expenses oai.l. Address" I
on-raye with us atoxi'E. I-.vcrythiiiif
; li.i. .x CO., l.liuriotte, -Mich.
At.KXTS V;tiitOil. Aetit TiniUo more inon
ey at work for us 1 tian any t liinK' else. IJusi- 1
lijrlit and Ik lin iiMit. I'i'.rt iciihirs free. ,
nxsi).N i Co., .D I'rUUUcm, fort- I
land. .Manic
VJ" ' ".",' '10t!iil1? -'lie- '' by all U r u Si!. ms. 1
I nee, 41.Cn. j
Z:zzp3 -rt: in.su.to .t.m.HKHtlnr..
.J .New 1 el k. !.' ieretiet s ! l oin cIithi men ill
tliiseity. No par ut. til cured. Send for e'ireuiar. j
rKV-'r :r.J!U'AI. i:U of useful i
kuow-ledL'e toad. Set. i fiee for two stamps. ;
Address I;r. Ixa:ai;h: & Co., Cincinnati, O. I
-I IXO (.,.. V. 1'rico
$290 '
lit. C l re u ! a is free
Swiss Maurnetie iiinr-
Iter mid Indicator. Jndisneu-
CVCT Patde to every traveler, trailer, toy,
1 1 tanner, and for KVF.lt Y HoDV in
lieed of a m Unlit? time-keeper. I'siutl wnteli
si.e, steel works, yluss crystal, in neat OKIOOK
I:ii. W I If If 1 V ri titnlli'tlnli.fnri-iii-t tltlil.l'i.r lU'll
years. A . tiiru tihi: it. l,(HHl sold weekly. This
...', heSettZ.,-. A REWARD !
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AVfSli:.r . tl - U or,e':--,v1r.V;V-L'1,IT,li '"'We pleasure of saying that no one was
.-,ii,,-,,..i c ' vnliialiU; article, in neat ease, will l.e sent, pre
Kis rttuimn so j( here, foi 1 : X for Trv one. Cir-
eulars I tee. Order only t roin t he Sole Agents,
1 KlNii .V Co., Urattlelioro, 't.
.
men t wit Ii the Sn iiervisors of Chest town-
r-l i p. Canilii'ia county :
Ni ;!:... Iii i Ki'.icn, Road Super isor,
Inac ouni with ( 'In .t Tu l.sliip, Dit.
To amount of Taxes on Dnpliiale v.i'.o-l'.i j
rcc'il from t axaldes .j.44
" ofTovt.,l:i;.Oraei No.l .. t.M j
r tin. 10 j
I'v amount v.'ork done on lloads.JGTti.sO !
- pa'dVorwoon roads . h.4 !
- ;
Jam its I'. M'i'AXfF, Supervisor,
In m eoiint with I. est Towushij
To amoaiit of Duplicate
on.
li e d lioiii ( oiinty I rea'.iref
Tax on rnscatcd Lands.. 47 .5'
" Tov.iuhin Order No. 2
uS 1
CM.
I!y amount Tax worked on mads. $34 1.53
paid on Tw p. ( (rders. . 4l7.-,J
" personal services t'.IS
exoiii rations allowed. i!-'.Ci
" " eom:iiis.-ion on 47I-Vi,
at -Z per cent i)A-i !WA
lSaiatiOe due the Township..
a .0
We, the undersiyrned. Auditors or Chest Twp.,
report that we have examined the accounts
and vouchers of Nicholas llellrieh and James
I. MVaucc, Superv isoi s of said Township, and
lind tliein as al.ove stated.
JACOIJ KIllLKU. 1
.IACOII l)li:iHlCH. (-Auditors.
.1 ACOU KIRK 1-A 1 ItICK,
Attest I'acl. Yau.m.ie, Clerk. Mav 4. -lit.
Agents Wanted
FOIl THE
Sewing Mneldne.
Wherever the l'l.OlirNTF. faehine !in been
int ntdiieed. it h is m-t with tlie urea test sre
(( s. It is t he only machiiif niakinir four dif
fer. nT st itches and tin lnr the lieversi'de Feed.
The machinery i-; perl . i l . an ! t he mot iotts p. ,s
itive. it ri:iis liiiet. and i y fast, and sews
coarse or fine fat. lies. The Ilemir.er will tern
wide o i mi i row hems, n rid 1 el Is heau 1 ii ui iy . All
attachments iro with the machine.
For informatien apply lo .r address
HECKERT ii McKAIH,
o. Sixth Street,
March 2, lS72.-t5m. I'lTTSliVJWlI.
M. W II ITMOl; E,
II. Wlll.l l--,
TIID5. II. f.ANE,
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mm, mi m &
IMFORTEKS AND DFAFFUS IX '
9
sign of the Anvil, No. 50 Wood St.,
(Three doors al.ove St. Charles Hotel,)
PITTBU1:GH, PA.
Sold at manafneturers' prices.
p'-ilt.-tim.
DEIilHLSH LH0TKEES
Xo. V2ii SlliiZllflcJtl Mitel,
PITTSBURGH, PA.,
Ma mi fact 11 1 ers of
tn ntitP!Tl inn
VII VII Li
l.ii CUiili
AM) UF.AIAtltS IX
Cutlery and House Furnishing Goods,
Have constantly on hand a la rye stock of
Grocers.' Tea and Spice Caddies, Ice Cream Free
zers, lee Chests. Water Coolers, Clothes
NV riiijrers, llird Cajres, ire., &c.
s.w- rr0prietois of the celebrated I'ateiit
AlliMslablo Move SUelvc. I 'd
A imrroirS NOTICE. The under-
f ined, appointed Auditor bythet rMif
e- ted mav atteinl. . nwn-iv . " , '
Johnstown, May 4- 1ST2.-31. A.idUor
We (
We defy nil other ajrents to liA'rov
ii......:... ...I tn. mir new li I.-'l - 1
i.MI-IKi: ii:ti' I IXIH- tend lorbam
ldes ot work, circular!, .
CAKSO.N lSltO.-.., IKMiiii aiivi. -I
No. 4'. Sixth St., l'ittsbunrh , Ta.
wanud. Aprils, 2-Jiu:
Ag-ents
rAE I ION! All perPonn are hereby
eautioued against mterrerinr in an j j
...i.i. ...... ....... i... I., .ii.li.i inlii illHiUI
mu .iijm'R ..IIU lllllll u 111 "w i j
J- vears old the othcrjrrey and nbont 14 years
()UU W,ich I have bousrht lroni l raneis llyrtie.
I. ........ i.:.. .....1 I. .ft in liii, DOS-
in pusi-.ciiiiii.ia ii... ..iiii., ai.u .. - i -
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sesrioij uuii.u .i.i iji.-iii. i
CIIAKLES WEAKLAND.
Sasouchaona Twp., May 4, 1B72.-D.
"VnLLIAM KIT IE EL, Attoknky
' ' at-Law, Ebeiisburir, Fa. Office in Colo-
uadc ltow, Centre street.
Ljan-SO.-tf.1
lirtul t lllllinm eouiii, iw V V. I V.. I. tier
,n i.r ...on ev in the hands of 1'huI Yahmi,
.. W.IWIIT I1IS111L.11-
rr TT TCI 11
From Our Young Folks.
L 1 T T L E LKOCS.
JACOLTS lOnKESTIti:. JDStlMI BAKK1. 1XD
I'lLTltO 1A COKTON.V.
As you aro all old enough lo be school
children, you have probably read in yur
i,;, ....: ,,., i. Al... . !
who was, without doubt, the iruatest
''"- tnj uciu ui ciiieiciit iiiiirs. x I
!:'V if IV it r id il(.f-ii.l ..wm t.-.. f.. 1 . r I
J . ' J
a leasots or at least u ntetext for it : but
in ancient times men concj iered a country J
h.iinilv tor the sake of nrovirj" that thev i
to J
nble to itevtnt their doin all these grand
. a D
things.
xow alihwogli Alexander was very
i i 7
gfn - 1 ou.i and had a gieat iiittny very noble
U!aulw l,alls OJU' lil,u H,ul Hl-
thou-lh many cf his JtctS Would attract
, , - , , - e .
.iiit ii'Jii rj'i'inu uojr uii; lailliuj ui nm
',u,So li-Jtfphalus, for instance) and
fill him with a spirit akin to that which
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kind oi hetoittu lhat 1 tihou'd wish you lo
emulate. Accordingly I will tell you one
or two stories of" oilier kinds of heroism.
There is a fable lhat Ljsimachu Lav
ing offended the Emperor Alexander, was
i thrown into the arena to struggle with a
famished lion, which was a way they
had of punishing offenders in those times,
j When ihe infuriated animal rushed upon
j him, 1.A timuchub suddenly wrapped his
i ii in iii I i m-iritlf. t i ini 1 1 (r 1 1 iru' ii i'i I k..ts..ii
1 a . .
the hons tolieuo and tote it out, which
w01Jlaie(i ,,,e bea,t that lJC died. Be-
hue passing j jdgmcnt upon the irobnbili
ty of this h;oI'3', J wtah jou lo hear
huo! her which 1 believe, because dv.es
and localities ale Liven whicu rccui lo oe
in some moasuic a guaranty of its truth.
About the beginning of ihe last ecu
I1113, in a certain village in lMar.co near
Yitry, in Champagne, there lived a peas
ant, ihe f.iher of a boy veiy small lor
his ag', wliu was called Jacques Eorres
tier. In that couulry the very name of
wolf is a tenor to all childiinaud to must
rown people. In ihe winter when the
ground it" covered with suow, an eticoun
ler w ilh wolves is anything but pleasant,
lor, ui:ed by lamiiia, ihey do not hesitate
to attack eeu men. Now Jucquefr, who
had a horror of these cruel beasts, and
who, being gilted with a valiant heart,
desired to cx'oi lninale thein all, demanded
of Ins lather one day how lie could best
lil.t lhetn ; "for," addid he, ii I meet
one 1 mean to kill it."
Considering thin q-iestion as dictated
by Ihe simple curiosiiy of ihe htile- fel
low, or by his childish vainly, ihe father
answered by 1 epeating a pleasantry which
lie had probably heaid related by tome
j igu.Ier trying to amuse the simple villa
gel s. w ill led you the surest way to
kill a wolf, Jacques. As he always
comes upon you with bin tnoi.ili wide
upen, ihiustvour armdwwn his throat,
unlil you reai h the tail ; tin 11 pulin g at
his tail, you lutnyour wolf, like a stock-
inj, insiue out.
"liui," said Jacques, who look it all
seriously, "1 am small; ray arm would
not reach lo the tail ot the wolf 1"
In that case," unsweied ihe falher,
'I think lhat in thrusting the list well
down ihe throat you will succeed in chok
ing him "
Good ! Thank you !" said the child,
who went away Ihoughtlul on one side
while Oie l.tt..!i- went away smiling on
the other.
That year (17S9) live winter was very
severe. The country was covered with
snow ; and the wolves pushed their cx
pen day, into the middle
nd even into the very
ue morning the parents ol
gone out, had left him in
care of his little sisler,
)et in ihe cradle, Ihe door, which was
left unlatched, opened suddenly, UNd a
oung wolf appealed. It had doubtless
smelt ihe tender lhsh ; and without cere
mony it sprang directly towaids the sleep
ing child.
Hut the famished creature had count
ed without the lesson given to little
Jacques, who had taken it very seiiously
and had thought it over many times.
Without hesitating a moment, he ihrew
himself before the wolf, which turned
furiously against him ; and, closing his
fist, the brave boy thrust it into the
mouth of the animal. The wolf strug
gled, but Jacques, pressing his other hand
upon his neek, pushed it to the angle of
ihe wall, where he Ik IJ it lightly squeezed,
with his list crammed down iis throat,
until the beast rolled suffocated upon the
Han?. His excitement and the tlfort that
lie was obliged to make had exhausted
the little vanquisher, and he fell fainting
beside the vanquished. When the parents
relurned, imagine their surprise and terror
at seeing the wolf and the child crouched
side by side! Wlen Jacques came to
himself his first words were, "My little
sister ! The wolf has not eateu her V
Joseph liarra, at the age of twelve
years, was a drummer boy in the army
of the Hepublic. One day, by the for
tunes of war, he fell into the hands of
the enemy, who supported the cause of
the king The fierce soldiers surrounded
him, fcllouting, "Cry, Long live the King,
r die !"
Twenty guns were leveled at him.
llLonj live the Republic cried the
chiU, and fell pierced with twenty balls.
This Jtseph Harm joined the army when
he was ten jears old, in order nut lo be
an expense to his mother, a paor widow ;
to whom, after thftt tiin, he regularly
sent his sm-ill pay. llJ was a truly
brave buy, true to his conscience and true
to his alfjeiions ; and although in our
own time and couniiy it is easy to li.-i.l
many instances of el eat courage and de
voteJuess, it is rare to find so young a
boy doing his duty S'J courageously.
I will now tell you of a young artist,
h;, Laving felt his vocation instinct
ively, us birds know how lo bui'.d their
nesis, struggled on and upwards, through
privation of every kind, until he became
lhat which he could not hJp being, a
true artist.
1'ielro da Cortona was the son of a
poor shepherd of Tuscany, wlu did not
trouble himself to lind for him any other
condition in life but hi own. l'ietro,
whilst w atching his goats, passed his days
in chalking upon the rocks and tracing
images upon the sand. Ila ftlt himself
an artist without Lnoivinj, perhaps, the
meaning of ihe woid.
One hue morning, leaving his fEck.,
he directed himself toward Elorence,
where be expected to meet one of his
lilt la comrades of the fields, who had
left him some lime before lo take ihe
place of scullion in the kitchens of a car
dinal. In Florence, l'ietro, who was
not a dozen years old, must soon have
been reduced lo a state of starva'ion if
1'i ovidence, that works sometimes through
strange mediums, had not chosen the for
mer In 1 1c shepheid, now become cook's
aid, to save the future great artist. This
hoy, from the time when he guarded the
flocks in company with l'ietro, had had
faiih in the future of his fiend lie had
siil on leaving l.itn, lhat when he found
himself tible lo assist him, lie would let
him know, and he kept his word
When l'ietro arrived, a place was ready
for his reception, very mod.st and Nery
humble, it is tiu!. but it pr v--d how far
the resources of a iiood heart are able to
reach. The ntullion ilfere I the new
comer half of ihe poor b.-d w'aich he
occupied in a little chamber under the
roof of the palace, and enaed to no irish
him with Ihe desert from the cardinal's
table, a part of which belonged in him
according lo the custom in great h uses.
Eur two whole years l'ietro accepted from
his friend, not only this, but some pieces
of money beside, of which he had need to
buy paper and pencils. As long as the
daylight lasted he remained in ilia city
copying pictuies and statues; when he
returned in the evening, lie fastened upon
l lie walls of ihe little chamber the copies
which he had made.
One day the scullion manage, matters
so that several of l'ielro's drawings fell
under the notice of the cardinal, w ho ad-
mired I he in and wished to see their author
I leave you to imagine what a fine day
this was for the poor lit t le fellow, on
which he wat able lo avw the clandestine
hospitality which he had ghen to l'ielro ;
and w'uh what ptide he matched in, con
ducting his friend before the prelate, who
had promised to befriend Lira, and who
did not fail to keep his promise. l'ietro
da Cortona became illustrious and rich,
but honors and riches never caused him
to forget the noble heart which had served
him in his time of obscurity and misery.
JI.n i (Jjrlrton.
A l'ic. Story This is not the first pig
story that has been told, but it has what
ba h(en called "the element of unexpect
udosity" about it
Old Hen, the piggy, gut into a large
yard where he did not belorg, and, trying
to set out iijiain, he stuck fast under u
high board fence, and then, of course, be
an to kick and squeal in ihe good old
fashioned way, as only a pig can do.
His master, a big, lat Irishman, hear
ing the hub bub, ran out of his house near
by, and caught his pig by the ears, en
deavoring to pull him through the hole,
before the liespass vas detected.
Hut this tteatmeut had no eilect but to
make Hen yell ibe more.
The Ii ishtaan had a large -Newfoundland,
named Fanny, who was always
ready for a bark. Fan, seeing ihe "fix"
that piggy was in, commenced capering
about the bind-qirters, and biting at the
tail of the "unclean baste," fully bent on
having a hi;h old time of it, but hhe was
interrupted in her frolics thus :
An old ram in the yard, hearing the
noise, and pi?gys hind legs and tail nour
ishing away in a menacing manner, ac
cepted what lie thought was a challenge,
and, lowering his head, charged with all
his might. He struck his mark fairly
and sqnaiely, and Ihe pig shot through
the hole like lightning, and, striking his
master full in ihe breast, knocked htm flt
on his back. Th only peton who wit
nessed this closing scene was just entering
the yard, and, not being aware how many
actors were engaged iu it, was very much
surprised to hear what he tsuppused to be
the pig swearing in rish on the other side
of the fence.
Why is a cat on a high chimney like
an orange? Hecause it looks round.
Why is a cew like a locomotive t He
cause a locomotive has a boiler and a cow
has an udder. The author of the forego
ing lost his parents when quite younj.
When is a smile behind time? When
it'i a little laughter.
iiifuruiutluii About C'lajvlllc.
EY MOSE sKISXUn.
Mr. Kdttor : In reply to numerous
inquhics as to the bet locality for emi
gration, the establishing of soldiers' homes,
cheap farms for the laboring classes, etc.,
I am happy to inform you that Clayville
is the best place in the world. A com
pany liss been formed on strictly rcliejjus
and m-iral principles, called the "Puri
tanical Clayville Colony Association,"
with a solo view of helping Ihe poor, and i
providing them wuh homes, at immense
pecuniary loss to the company.
The company is composed of twenty
of Ihe highest loned and most liberal
minded philanthropists tn the continent
men who having by honesty and hard
labor 'accumulated a fortune, propose to
spend the remainder f their lives in he
slowing it freely upon (hose who have not
been so fortunate as themselves.
Wilh this noble object in view, they
have laid out seventy thousand acres ot
land in Clayville, Ihe oasis if Atneiica.
The ti.'st proposition was t' give this land
away in lots lo suit the recipients; but it
was decided to seil it at a nominal price
in older to promote frugality amongst the
laboring classes the probability being;
that sifter a man has paid for all his land
the money will be refunded to him, Nviih
the benediction of the twenty high toned
gentlemen alluded to above. They have
appointed me sile ugeut fur the sale of
those lands, which is a full guarantee of
the respectability of ihe company, and
which cannot fail to impart to the entire
community a feeling of ihe staunches! con
fidence in the enterprise.
The following hastily prepared circular
may serve to enlighten the public upon
what is destined to be an alt absorbing
topic :
CIUCL'LAIt.
Clayville is located on the outskirts cf
Oregon, the gaiden spot of America.
Orer two hundred and twenty-seven men
I-,.,.-.. ..!.....,!., K .....I.i I'.-... I ...... I
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f.nf! llMIn're:! Mint uh1-i'iIm f -.1 f ii 1 1 1...2 o . 1
packed up icady lo move out (here as
suinn a ihi lent of their present tenements
become due. Farty -live lecturers, a troupe
of negro uiinsli eli, and eleven boarding
houses will commence opeiations as soon
as Spring has fail ly opened. There are
thiee goud hotels, two churches, four
school houses, I wo post ollies, fire lager
beer saloons, two sewing circles and a dol
lar stoic, all doing a good business.
A house of seven rooms can be built
for eleven dollars and forty cents, includ
ing feather bed, four stulfed chairs in the
fr'wiit room, a scraper on ihe back door
step, and a spittoon lr the use of guests,
l'ieuty of Suit, unfailing well watei found
at a depth of six and three-tenth inches,
l'lenty of wood can be cut without going
out of the front yard. Coal mines are
q'ltte fnqnent. Earns and outhouses can
be built at a cost of one dollar and a half
to two dullars.
Climate delightful, air very bracing ;
no fever anil ague, no boils, no delirium
tremens. Moon lises pel iodicaily, sets
regulaily, and iuvaiiably hatches out
something Wilder short and warm ;
summers long and cool Game is abun
dant, intslly deer and poker, Hut'alo
grazing in back yard wailing to be killed.
Fruit abuodaut, turnips, bananas, sar
dines, etc., iu O. ieiitul profusion. IJads
beautiful just mud enough far comfort ;
boil seven loet deep, and tich s;nd mellow.
A small boy and a mule can put in ieuty
acres of coru in one day ; needs no hoeing
oi leniJiog. M't.o ls,y cu.i g,, olI'Miivivlieie
he has a mind to, and rob birds nests, or
chew gum, or eu li-,Ling every day, and
at ihe end of ihe Fall there will a ihirty
two bushels of nice corn ready ti be
knocked off the branches. A youth of
fourleen summers can break up Jive acres
of sward a day, without holding the plow
at all. The soil is so soft and yielding
lhat the plow will travel through it of its
own accord ; the boy can loaf round, or
slide down cellar, or do anything he wants
to.
The yield of wheat is enormous ; one
man raised one hundred and nineteen
bushels from a single acre, and two hun
dred and thirty-eight bushels from a mar
ried acre. The soil here is very produc
tive. Where the potatoes have grown
with weak eyes, eye-glasses have grown
beside them ; and squash vines that are
too weak to climb, always get boosted.
Hens lay twice a day, wilh the ex
ception ut holidays and Sundays, and
roosters are not as independent as in New
England ; they are willing to give the
old hen a rest by silting on the eg3 half
the time.
There is no sickness here of any kind.
Such a thing as a graveyard is unknown.
The only disease lhat has made its ap
pearauce is the potato rot ; but it is fast
bein exterminated bv vaccination. The
cool breezes of evening invite refreshing
sleep or a small game of 'high low-jack'
in the kitchen. Vegetation needs no
care. A fellow cau plant his farm, and
iheu go off and sit with bis girl for six
irunihs if he wants to.
Manhood develops early ; a boy of
sixteen has whiskers all over his face,
and can lick the schoolmaster. Fine
chances here for New England pchoul
marms. A single man can earn from five to
seven hundred dollars a year. It de
pends somewhat upon bis industry, fru
gality, nd skill at poker. A hearty
woman can sow ten acres of land in a
day wilh a common sewing machine ; and
darn stockings without any ktiv!eJc of
grammar
Hired ".iris get from two to five dollars
a week, wilh the privilege of courting
over the front gate. It is Ihe best pi tee
in the world for ruon of srn til m.ans. Lots
of small mean men are located here.
The community is very moral. The
evening meeting are very prosperous,
sons of temperance flourishing, and the
engine comp-iny full. Universal ettq ictte
prevails nobody eals onions and j:oes
out calling the same day. Engaged cou
ples ate not slandered by old uiaids.
1 Lawyers are nut expected to be honest,
j liar Jsctois to lake their own medicines ;
j neither tire school-masters expected to be
harsh with a good looking girls over fif
teen. A FLAV TESTIMONIALS
Chicago. 11!.. 1871.
Mu. Pkixneu, My Dear Sir : This is
to certify thai I have j'L-t been inspecting
Cay ville, and am lost in ad:nit;Mio!i at the
fairy-like beauty of the place. I never seen
anything like it io all my hum days. I ihii.k
five duSUrs is chap enough Lr this certifi
cate. Yours, etc.
John Jones, Alderman.
Me. Skinner. My Dear Sir : 1 have
heard of the Yosemite Valley, tlie Ltike of
(Joino, Venice, and other red h d places, but
I think Ci.iyviMe knocks all of thetu far
grandeur and l.md-c ip-s. and all tli 'tn so;t
of things. The molality cf Clayville i.
niotiotouous. Ichab r Slopee, M. C.
What "a Dream Did The Fort
Wayne Sciiiiuel soberly relates the follow
ing as a fact:
A gentleman of social position, living
in this county, has a son engaged as a clerk
in a large mercantile house in Omaha
A few weeks u;u the father received a Ll-
CP
ter from his son to the clfect lhat he had
been robbed of five thousand dollars be
longing to bis employer, while returning
fit ni a collecting trip into the country.
Ihe father was naturally troubled by the
J.J
i intelligence, and when he telurned lo his
j room for the night,- he lay awake somo
time, thinking of the unfortunate occur
rence. At last he fell asleep, and, as it
seemed to him, he was silitng at a table
in a bed chamber of Hotel, Omaha,
listening to & conversation of two young
men who were re- ct ling the particulars of
si robbeiy iu which they had jusl been
concerned, while they counted over the
proceeds of tha same with an exultant air.
Learning the number of their room, he
descended the stairs, Consulted the register,
fixed their names upon his memory, to-
gether with the date und-?r which they
were wiitien, and then awoke. He im
mediatily wrote a letter to his son, re
questing him to call at the II. del,
look at the register, and if he found the
name, of Johu H Wilson and James
Frank inscribed on its pages under the
date ot November , to hate the parties
fulid, arrested and charged with the
iheft of ihe 5,000. The son followed
ihe directions, and from a Utter roceived
by h'n father, we learn lhat the said Join?
; H. Wili-on and James Frank w ere arrested
i at ihe sail hotel, where they confessed lo
j ihe felony, lhat $1,812 of ihe lost money
has been recovered, and lhat the olFetideis
had been sent to the pi'tiitculiary.
A Fortune at Onb Did. The following
is lroni a New Vol k letter to the New Bed
ford Mercury: I heard tie other day of a
prt.fi lab ie ti.iactiou made by two youug
jews, who leceutly arrived here penniless
and alutohl iu tags, which, for sli r e w d ncss.
and mcci-Mi has seldom Leen tqa.illed. They
were talking about the town looking f r
employment, when they uoticed iu the Cus
tom llouse a quantity d' slightly damaged
c flee advertised to be sold at auction iu a
few days. At once forming their plan' of
operations, they immediately visited vaii .tij
wholesale dealers, and tfivrcd to t ecure theto
Celf;e at five per cent, discount.
This was accepted, and orders received
from reliable firms enough to cover the
whole cargo in the Custom House. Oa the
day of sale, these two poverty-stricken Jems
were among the crowd of dealers assembled
to inspect the various sacks cf coffee. When
the bidding commenced, tluse lw adven
turesome ones bid veiy low. The crod
looked at the poor devils once, thinking they
wauted a sack or two, left their bid remaiu
good, and it was kuocked down to tlieui at
no extremely low figure.
How much do you want, more than one
sack ?" ; inquired the auctioneer. "The
whole cargo, sir," they quickly replied.
There was a general laugh at their audacity,
which increased when the auctioneer mock
ingly asked Tor their security. But the
tables turned, when the poor Jews vety
quickly drew out orders from leadiug mer
chants. hr.se genuineness could not be
denied, and these hour before paupers found
themselves possessed of eighty thousand dol
lars, without expending one ceut to obtain
it. or seeing the cefive at all.
In Indianapolis they have a wonder. A
little orphan child, scut West by the Chil
dren's Aid Society, and adopted in that ho
sier capital, gets up in her sleep and plays
the piano most beautifully, though in her
waking moments she "knows no touch of it."
At these timesshe is believed to be possessed
bylthe spirit of her mother, who was a Freuch
music tacher. and who died of starvation in
New Y'ork city. The child is slowly but
surely fading under the influence of her mid
night music lessons, and will su be with
her mother.
A PATBIOTIC citizen boasts that "uo peo
pic on earth cau excel the Americans io the
manly art of sitting on a bench and watch
iDg eighteen meu play base ball."
tji r ;'o;jy (ir vsi;VlLj.
Past Ilr.mliont of l)n fturuluz Monu
luiu ot" -itile.
After a silence of e even years, Vesuvius iri
agaiu ic emption, an-.:, according t the tel
egraphic 3espatcl.es, with a vehemence and
fury such a thu Neapolitans have not wit
nessed since the great erujdiou of 1794. Iu
that terrible cataclysm described by the Aus
trian writer, I'reislack, the towu of Torre
dei Greco, which is now mentioned as threat-
er.ed, was utterly overwhelmed by a stream
of lava which contained upward of 4G.000
cubic feet. Tuttk su'phurotis smoke, white
as snow, and resembling clotely that of diss-;
charged gunpowder, at that time euveloped
the side of tlia burning mountain, and soroe-i
limes rose up in s-iiid masse to ao aUituda
of 14 .COO feet, presenting at night time,
when lighted up by ihe lurid columns of fir
from the crater, a spectacle of overpowering
magnificence Sir Wi'Ii.un Hamilton, who
was the English Amb.i.-adur at the Necpoli
tau C ui t, dt..-f ribo.l the scene in private let
ters as oue of unearthly splendor, cieattog
such an cf ct upon the minds of the ignorant
peasautry as to render them utterly incapable
of any eli'.rts to save their property from
the villages aVng the si-'es if Ve-uvuis.
S ni.e men. wire M-'.z.'d with epileptic fits at
spectacle, f.nd rol'e-1 on the ground foamiog
at the mouth, arid cal iug uu the Madonna
and lie holy uug-ls to save them. The
I ca'itiful Biy of Naples was the great red
(lizvt.us for vis.tois, aul the tftectsof color
tip. n tlo water weie -Je-.criLcd as being sin-,
guhirly fanlastic.
The leleg-aphic dispatches state thathuga
mas.-i-s of ri.ck ara j;cle-J from the crater,,
w ith e.iti.aptake sl.o.ks which are distinct
ly fslt wit'.ia the city of Xnpks. buch was
the ease iu theeruption of 1770, when a rtck
was j r j- cted from the i'utnadl I'alo which!,
measured 17 feet lu height and 108 leet iu
ci.'cuuiferance. Iu December, lbtil, aud
January, 1 802. th-.sa tretubhegs were very
strongly felt both at Tone del Greco, which
had btea rebuilt ov-.t its former lite, and at
ilssina.acd they were accompanied with ex
halations of an insufferable gas in the streets
mf tin, f.iower, which drove the people frou
thrt,- lu uses. S itte hours afterward the earth,
opened very neatly at the base of the moun
tain and directly above Torre del Greco.
f-'ioni these opeuit.gs caiue first j.ds of fierce
II itne, accomnaciud by tenibie expljeious
that souaded like the discharge of number
less pieces of heavy artillery. Then cam
streams if lava, which uuited aud poured
rjinvu cu Torre del Greco with a breadth of
of half a mile. The towa, which theu Con
tained at tlie lea-t 20.000 inhabitants, had
been abandoned in const queuce of ihe horri
ble gas, but the houses weie tilled wuh vaU'
uab'.e propeily. which the tei rot-strickeu in
habitants did not dare to attempt to re-cue.
for the lava was coming on with & slow, even
pace, but wilh a height of twenty-six f-.et,
which ergulfed in its ragiug depths every--thing
that it met. Just outside of the town
was the Convent of Nuestra Seuora del CAr
inen, which the mot.ks refused to leave, de
claring their faitn in ihe piottcting provi
dence of liitir patroness. Within a huudred
feet of the convent walls the hut ri hie rivsr
actually diverged and broke into two streams,
passing on eitiitr side of the convent, which
:t left untouched. Each stream diverged
moie aud tnoie as it wei i downward, so a
to render the safety t,f Torre del Greco a
certainly, and the inhabitants returned to
ll. eir homes, ascribing their salvation to the
prayers of the stout hearted monks of the
convent. A fine, black dust was continual
ly falling, w hich accumulated on the roof
tops and iu the strtets to the depth of a foot,
resembling, in a small way, the fatal show-
ers which overwhelmed I'omp'.ii. The city,
it will he remembered, was destroyed iu tha
year 79 by these ashes, and llercu'aueum
was buried in the lava, as Torre del Greco
was in 1794. The ashes that fell then far
t sect .Ed the bulk c-f Vesuvius itself, to say
noih'tig of the tuormi-us floods of lava that
desolated ihe westtrn side of tha m auatain.
The tremendous throes of that occasion
seem to have quitcd it for a long time, for
there was no ciUftiou suhriqueutly fr a
peiiod i f nearly a thousand years. Column!
of fl itne, indeed, were visible, and ijuinti
ties of smoke, but l here were no scocaj. nor
ashes, nor lava until lOc'5. ths year when
Harold the D.iiii.tless was slaiu at Hastings
aud William. Duke of Nertnandy, becamu
king of merrie England. Of that eruption
little is known, nr of those which occurred
in 13 '0 and 3o00. Iu 1631 great ti ods f
lava Lu't from the ciater. ove'lloAi.tg the
villages at the base. At the same time tor
rents of boiling water were sent to an iui-
rr.ense height, and then fell down as scalding
rain. It is a singular fact that preat quan
tities of fi.ih were discharged with the water
of kinds similar to those in the Bay of
Naples. Obseivers theu noticed for the
first tiir.fi the electric: characier of the lights
displayed at night time an-ur.d the cone of
the crater, and the foiked lightning that
darted ftom the c'otnls of smoke. There is
no refold atittng 11 mati w i iters of any
eruption prior to that which destroyed Pom
peii and llerculaneutn. I t; it is probable
that such a teirible cataclysm cs lhat which
occurred iu 73 will never happen again.
A Wife WortTti IIavinq The Boston
Tracdcr has fouci at) extraordinary woman,
as we learn from the folio ing story, lhat
paper says : There has it'sidud in the south
end of this city, for a number of years past,
a man and Aift the man a kind and indul
gent husband, the wile a most extraordinary
woman, which the sequel to the story will
show. They were in good circumstances,
though not rich ; h id the Comfoit of life,
but never saved up much money, apparent
ly. Tt.ey lived fjr many jears iu this way,
until ot.e day the wife said to her husband.
Husband, why don't you buy a house?
It is so niucii nicer than to rent?" "Ah."
said the husband. "I can't affoid it."
"But." said the wife, "wouldn't v u take
one if anybody would give you one'?"' "Cer
tainly," said he. little llimkiug that it ever
would come to pas-. The wife theu pre
teuted him a sheet of paper. Header, what
do you suppose that sheet of-paper was?
It wae notinng less than the deed of a
hmise in the city, costing nearly
which amount the wife HtiJ-vej ouT of the
money her husbaud 5 giveu her to spend
lor various things. You run judge of the
tnrptise to her husband. II jw many wive-f
would ever do that ?
t