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7 i".,l4 Thos. (irillilh..
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j 1 1 Jacob Fend.. .
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a -hi ny Twp., 35 75
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STATEMENT of SETTLEMENT
with the Supervisors of Washington Town
ship for the year 1ST".?:
MICHAEL liltADV. Supervisor,
In account with Washing-ton Township. Br.
To amount of Duplicate $1,:I 60
" " " Tajcson I'uscateil UiiUs i2 75
" " " Cush returned 3 (10
Total amount.
..l,.r2i 35
v tv.
By work on roads as neu't filed. tl
" Time, ii days (4;. 1-1.50 per day
" Order to K. L. Ueore, Ain il
" Or.ier 'u J. i''u Neill, jiino
24. 1872
" Order to W in. M'liougli.Juiie
r 1 w-1
Cr.
,088 25
141 00
160
1 50
i no
3 00
12 2
3'J2
4 00
4 :f8
4 00
1 50
11 37
9
4 75
4 0
3 50
250
" Order to J no.Kelly.Nov.2t,
" " TiiliiK l-.ri.iv Mmv u
70,
" Wii.M-t;outf!i,J'r24,-72
" " E. M G lade, Apr. 22, '71
" F. Warner, Apr. 11. "7l
" Win.Mriuskv," 22,'71
" " Ja. t.VnrMfh Mav2!i.'fi,
" " Win. Hrowii, Sept. 5,'7(,
" ' l'liil.Warner.Apr.ll. 70.
" Jno. Keily, April -':f.-7'.
.ino. tvfii, 1,
Dan'l Kearnv, " li,'7d,
" J. liuioon. May 14, '70,
" Order to J. M'i 011 ifle. judir
ment lor lumber and in
terest in !7
" Order to U.I. Da vis, Ap. 10. '71,
" U.K. MO lade. April 10,
1871. (interest S.44....
" Exonerations, April 14, 1S7,.
Balance due Supervisor...
f,l 54
70 0
114 00
7 81-1,560 37
;n 02
rE'i r.it MV1-US, Sl phivisok.
In account illi Washington Township. I)n.
To amouut ot Duplicate 7i)7 66
('it.
By
Time, 54V daysat 1.50 V dny..i 7s
Exonerations '4 00
1'nseated Lands rel u rued lo tii
Bond and Oath 1 25
l'as Book 25
Team 2 of
Heeeipt lor l'urrish jiidum't,!, 14 :i0
Workj'lone on roads as 'f aco't.lil:i 71
I'ai rish judgment 4 GT-745 8
Balance duo Township
$21 S3
From thebest information in our possession
h:i inn posted notices to claimants to lorward
to us. prior to this date, information in regard
to the character and amount ot their claims
there are claims to the amount of four hundred
and nine dollars ami titty two cents t4ly.52
against the Township.
We, tin- Auditors of Washington Township,
do certify that the above is a correct statement
of the accounts of said Township.
WM. M CoruH. I .,,:.,,,
J. P. ON FILE, A",i'u,ra
Cn ntsTornF.it Ror.iNF., Clerk. April 1!, IS73-
STATEMENT of SETTLEMENT
with the Superxisors of lilacklick Town
ship lor the year Is;:':
JOHN FKIUil'SON, ?rPKKVis)H,
Tn account with Hiacklick Township. .. Ih.
Apr. II. '7.1 To bnlii net ot last year's tax :"2 87
" 14, '7:?- To Duplicateof roa-.J tax, 1872, 411 10
To Fiiseateil Land taxes l4O0)
To amount from Hcubeu Uorin 8 !'S
To order on Supervisord lor 1873. W 87
82
Cl!.
June, ls?2 -Rv work, old duplicate. ia 5
Bv one plough J'i ki
l!y Altmius ott 6 10
i)r.H,"73 - H ain't ret'd tof'om'rs. 2!l 2S
liv lost tux. Ceo. Fore... l)i
Uv " " Jiio.Fattt isoll 1(f)
Bv ord.-rs paid J. E. I'd wards 4 12
" John !!. ltoss 5 10
" J. W. Duncan 8 :!2
" ,rjf H imt ! 1;! Ml
" F.d. .James, priutinif. ... 1 oO
' " 11. A. Mel'ike, printing 8 (ft
' work on roads 12V 45
" cash paid for pick 1 75
" shovel 1 40
" " 3 scoop handles. . . 1 So
Time 84 28,
" two duplicates 1 (K-(W3 S2
IfEI'HEN noitlNO, St TKKVtsoit, "
In account with lilat klick Township. . Dr.
April 8, '72 -To balance of last year's tax.J.Vi 40
To duplnnte of tax for Iti"2. .4ti7 31
Apr. 14, '73-To Unseated Land tax loo 00
J22 71
I C'R.
June 1, "72 By work 011 roads.
I 74 OP,
I :;o
A pr.14. '72 By exonerations
By ain't returned to t ominissiotl'rs
Hv work by Boss
By work by Boring-
Rv time. etc.
Rv six plonrh point. 7'"e. each
By putt mt' t mi ber out of roads
Bv repairing tools
By cash to Ferguson to bal'ceacc t
Ol TSHMlISC DEBTS.
Order to John Ferirnoii
John Cameron, Auditor
F.lias Rowland, "
John E. Edwards.
John E. Edwards, smith work
John R. Koss, Township Clerk.
John B. Hi to, lor room
10K3
03 31
404 73
45 50
4 20
5 HO
5 00
8 i8-(
t
22 71
90 87
3 00
1 .50
3 25
4 74
12 (
1 00
tilt; 3
We, th underlLrned Auditors of Rlaeklick
Township, do certify that we have examined
the above aecon nt s and find them correct.
JOHN CAM KUON,
EM S ROWLAND, sAuditors.
JtHX L. EDWAKltS, )
Attest-JOHN B. Ross, Clerk.
lilacklick Twp., April 14, 18,8. 25-31.1
V OTICE TO TAX-PAYERS. Iu
i-1 accordance with an Act of the Cioneral
sscmhlvot tnisConimonwealth,approvod the
Pth dav of April. A. i. 1872, "relating (he col
lection of taxes in the ( ounty of ( ambria, no
tice is h. robv jriven to t'no tax-payers restdtnu
in the districts named below, that the County
Treasurer, in accordance with the second sec
tion of said Act. will attend at the places of
hoi. lin" the Borough and Township elections,
on tho"followinjr named days, for the piirose
or leeeivins the County, Poor. Statff aud ilill
tury Taxes assessed for the year 1873:
For Crovle Township, Monday, June Kith
" Summerhill Twp.. Tuesday, June l.th.
" Wilmore Roroujrh, Wednesday. June 18th.
" Washington Township, Thursday and n-
dv, June 10th and 20th.
" Summit vilie Itorouch. Satnrday,.lune21st.
" Fast Ward. Ebenstiuig. momnj, 7"
" Wrf Ward. " Tuesday, .! line -lib.
" Cuinl'ria Tom nshin. -Wedn-day and Thurs
day. June 25th and 26th.
" Murst.r l'ownsliip. rida . J une 7tn.
" Jackson Township, Monday, July -1st.
; Rlaeklick Township. Tuesday, J u '
" Gailitin Township, Wednesday audi buts-
dav July SM and 24th.
Loretto Rorouirh. Friday. Jn y 25th.
" Alleghenv Township. Saturday and Mon-
dav. Julv 2t th and 2VHi.
" ChenSprini." Rorouu h. Tuesday, July Zi'ot
" Clearf'eld Township. Wednesday and Thurs-
dnv. Julv Willi ami 31st.
" CarroJ;town P.oroup h. Friday. A Uffust 1st
" Carroll Township. Saturday and Mondaj,
Ausrust 2d and 4th.
Rarr Township, Tuesday, A "ir"8 -"
Susuuehann i Twp.. We.lnesday and T hnrs-
dav. Auaust tith and .th.
' Chest Township. Friday and baturday, AU-
"gii't 8th and i't h.
" White Township. Tuesday and Wednesday,
August 12lh and loth.
And Jn aeeordo nee with the second ectioe
or Z Id AC "upon all taxes pai.l to theTreasur.r
berre iho 1st' day or p.ember there w.H be a
zwz M in"
the hands of County Treasurer
Treasurer's onice, Ehensburg, April 11.18.3.
lixcoutor'H Notice.
I F.Tl'EKS TK l'AM ENTAUV on the Eituteof
1 j Jkkemiau Noon an, .ate 01 ""a" ' "V" "'
ship. Cambria county, deceased, having been
granted by the Register of said count to t Ihe
undersigned. all perstms indebted tosaid estate
are reiu.-sted to inako immediate pay men t, and
thost-riniving claims against the same will pre
sent them prperlr authenticated tor settle
ment. EI lA NOON AN. t Executrices.
AO N ES NO( N AN,
iluuster Twp., April H, 1873.-5t. '
'Kstii1''NticM.' -
nAVINC obtained Let teist of Adniiivist ration
on the Estate of I'ktkk J. Dl'MM, lute of
Jtarr township, Cambria county, dee'd, the im
dcisiirilcd hereby tiolifies nil persons indebted
to said estate rhat payment must be made with
out delay, and I hose having claims against the
same will presenttheiu proneriy authenticated
tor settlement. HENRY S. DV.MM.
Uarr Twp., April 13, lS73.-tit. Atlut'r.
A.N OA.JJ TV SriilXG.
Well, Spring, youv cum at last, Lev you ?
The poet sez youv Liu a sittin iu Old Win
ter's I-ar now aint yon ashamed of yourself?
I spose the old feller's bin a bnssin you ;
I should think he hetl from your hreth
A hcin so cold but that's the way them
Old feller's hev a doing.
"Well as I was saying,
Your cum at last with your "bamy
Ureth" a blowing from the Xorthwes
AVestconstaut or Nebrasky, I spose,
Great countries for bam I rei kin.
Now youv cum wen
Everybodi's feed and korn and things
Ilev all been fed out ! Now hick at
Our kritters, will ye? See our katl ;
On tlie lift, a heving to be steaded by
Thtir talcs when they gits up a mornings !
Look at our hossis wats all reduced
To skeletons a weepin over a troft ;
A hull troft full of kobs !
A hull troft full of bitter reckeleckshun !
I.,ook at them shepe a lienin in
The fence corners a waiting for grass !
Yis, and they've bin a waiting some uv
Them weex '. And if they wasn't
l'uld they'd a bin "shakin their lox
At yu" and pod "U dun it (That thur
Is from Hamlet, won of Shakspur's plais.)
As another poit sez "Grass rin'used makes
The stumak .ike." So these shepe will
Never open thur i onto grass agin no.
Now luk at them hogs as has biu
A follerin them katel wat. hev bin
Stuffed with ha! Sectm, will ye, a creepin
I'ound as if theyse tetched with corns.
Look at ther eres, will ye bigger nor
Ktiiiy calibidgo lel'e !
See the shotes
A leiiin 011 the fens to sipielc !
Luk at them niity eres "a hanging petiditit"
Onto seth little hogs ! See a hnndrid
tiud shotes rejuced down to a even
Korn baskit full !
Ves, that, thnrs ol yer doins, U
Tardy, lolteriu Siring ! a hanging bak
As youv bin a doin.
But now youv cum !
We feel yure c'neeiin presenz wen wo
("lit round onto the south side ov the barn !
We bore the hens a kai'klin when the've
Laid a eg I We .-re the horse radish
A starting up along side the garding
1'eiiH : The wimmen is a hikin into
Tin old tea-pot after garding seeds,
And all these things make me think youv
cum .'
Kf so be I've riled
Ye, Spring, a showiu up ov yer short cum
mins, Jest set it down to havin poit's lisens.
(Tho I haint taken wun out yet, I 'low to.)
an FaI, lmciiY millkh.
BY "OLD UNCLE SCHNEIDER."
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vaj !
I don't Iofe. you now von schmall teetle bit ;
My dream vas played oud, so jileaso got up
und git
Mit your false-hearted vows I cau'tgit along
mit.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go ray !
Vas all der young voomans so false-hearted
like you,
Mit a face nice und bright und a heart pluck
und pi tie.,
L'tid all der vile schwenrin you lofe me so
drne.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay !
Vy vouce I dought you vas a sthar vay up
high,
I liked you so petter as gogonut bio.,
But, oh! Becky Miller, you'se uow apig lie.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay !
You dook all der brcseitts vat I did bresent;
Yes, gobbled upofcry blamed von vot 1 sent
All der vile mit anoder young rooster you
vent.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay !
Yhen lirslit I found oud you'se such a pig lie
I don't know vedder to shtnudder or die,
But now, py der Cliingo ! I don't often gry.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay !
Don't try to make peleef you w as sorry apout.
I toii't peleef a dings vot comes oud of your
IllOllll,
Und pesides I ton't care, for you'se blayed
out.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay !
T S. (Booty short.) Yell, he has tolt
Becky to "'go vay" iioiigh times, ennyhow.
I dink he asa ugly feller. Yell, ei-linps
dot serf Becky Miller schoost right, lor took
ing bresents from one feller, vile at der same
ilimeshe lsvinkin her nose py anoder feller.
lot's not a goii vay, don't iu
A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT living ill
Crawford county, Kan., recently mail
ed the following answer to an appli
cant for a teacher-ship : "Mi tleer
,iiss Yoors of impueery is gest re
ceaved t at hand it contents noted &
I will say this much that we air grate
ley in kneed of some good teachers &
if 300 air prepared to unnt'rgow a
sewear examination in spellin, gramer,
latin, & fractions, such as 1 alwais
conduct miself come on to once. 1'.
S. how would yoo like to enter the kon
n tibial state thnr air a grate many
young men of high tone, Nc sujieerior
mciitil acquirements here who air red
hot; for a wife, & if yoo pla' yoor
kards sharp yoo wunt Wach long.
Vorws in respect, 11. II. S.
Advertising don't pay. A Hamp
shire county farmer who advertised his
farm for safe claims to have fed out one
hundred barrels of oats to the horses of
persons who have been to see the place.
tiik rxn o cio i s ait izzl, r.
In the summer of 1859, wishing to
go across the plains, I started from St.
Louis with an emigrant train, consist
ing of about fifty teams and one hun
dred and seventy-live men, women and
children. AVe reached Denver, Col.,
without an accident, where 1 left them
to pursue their journey straight thro'
to California, while I, with several com
panions, struck across the mountains,
through the south-western part of Da
kota, now Yyoming, intending to go
to A'iigiitia City, Montana, where a
great gold excitement was then raging.
One of my companions, Shell Murray
by name, was formerly my chum while
we hunted and scouted through that
same region of country, about five or
six years before. 1 met him at Denver
and easily persuaded him to accompa
ny me to the mines. lie was the most
expert shot that I ever saw in all my
frontier travels, and was universally
acknowledged as .such. I have seen
hiin before now get some one to th.'ow
up a potato or an apple, at a distance of
twenty or twenty-live yards -from the
muzzle of his rille, and he would plug
it to the centre every time a feat rare
ly if ever equaled.
My other companion was a regular
down-east Yankee, hailing from Ver
mont. I never saw any one that could
beat him talking, and Shell declared
that his tongue was hung on a swivel
and wagged at both cutis. He had a
large pack on his back, filled with all
manner of worthless trinkets, (so we
then thought,) which he asserted would
yet prve to make his fortune. Nearly
lieut double under his heavy load, lift
would drag along behind us, and every
once in a while holler out, "I say, liver,
you IV liars ; yer in a hurry, aint yer?"
No persuasion or entreaty would in
duce him to leave part or all of the fa
tal pack (which, as you will see pres
ently, proved his ruin) behind him, as
we wanted to make faster time. The
amount of swearing that Shell did at
that "ornery cuss," as he called him,
would make a street gamin stare, but
we dare not leave him behind us, for
fear that the Indians or grizzlies, which
were pretty thick around there, would
make short w ork of him. So we trudg
ed patiently on, with the determination
to "slide out" and leave him at the next
settlement we came to.
One night, niter a hard day's tramp,
we were sitting around the cheerful
camp-fire; the Yankee was loquacious
ly discoursing on the superiority of his
own native State, and the East general
ly, over the West. Shell had leaned
back against a fallen tree, and was half
asleep,and I was stretched at full length
on the ground, thinking of home, for
by that time we had become so used to
the Yankee's twaddle, that it disturbed
us no more than the sighing of the
night breeze through the forest trees,
and the only way to silence him was to
let him talk till he fell asleep on his
pack, which he never let out of his
keeping for a moment.
How long I had lain there I do not
know, but suddenly starting from a
deep dream, I rose up on my elbow,
rubled my eyes and looked around.
A few remaining embers of our last
night's fire were still glowing. Shell
was quietly sleeping in the same posi
tion 1 had last seen him when 1 went
to sleep ; the Yankee also was sound
asleep on his pack. Wondering what
had awakened me, I looked around cau
tiously to discover the cause, but see
ing nothing, I was begrnnir.g to sink
to the ground again to resume my
similiter, when a slight crackling noise
attracted my attention in the direction
where the Yankee was sleeping; and
in another moment I saw a large whit
ish mass emerge from the thicket and
approach the unconscious sleeper. A
cold chill crept over me, for in the
whitish mass 1 recognized a grizzly
bear. The animal began snuffing
around the Yankee, and in a few mo
ments more I expected to see him torn
to pieces. My mind and body had be
come paralyzed, for I was unable to
move or think coolly ; but finally sum
moning all m energies, 1 jumped to
my feet with a loud yell, at the same
time firing olf one barrel of my revol
ver. Shell jumped to his feet, the
Yankee rose with a bound, almost
frightened to death, and the bear scoot
ed" through the bushes as fust as he
could go, so that I did not know which
was the most frightened, the bear or
the Yankee.
There was no more sleep for us that
Di'dtt. and in the morning Shell and I
determined to pay the grizzly back for
the fright he had given us during the
night, and although the Yankee was
opposed to tliis move, he would not
stay behind, but shouldered his pack
and followed us. We trailed the bear
for about two hours and finally reached
the banks of a wide and swift running
stream. The bear had evident- come
to the river for a drink, for we traced
his tracks to the very edge of the water;
and the trail from there struck across
the country in a diagonal direction, from
the wav he had come. Shell's blood
was up" and he was determined to have
that bear's skin if he hunted a week for
him, and no words of the poor pedlar
could dissuade him from his purpose.
We had not proceeded twenty rods
upon the trail, when I, w ho was in ad
vance, heard a sharp crunching noise
in the bushes directly in front of nie.
I advanced a few more steps, and dis-
cerned the faint outline of the lear
through the thick brush, crunching in j
his huge jaws the remains of some ani-
mal. I raised up 1113-hand to Shell and
the Yankee, as a sign for them to stop, 1
as I had discovered something. Then !
I raised my rille, in which I put an ex- j
tra bullet, to my shoulder, took careful
aim at his heart and fired. A fearful
roar followed the shot, and the lear
rnsheil from the bushes into the clear
ing where we were standing, and on
catching sight of us he tossed his un
gainly head and made straight for us.
The old maxim that I had oten heard
in the settlements, "Eveiy pedlar for
himself," was never more completely
followed out than now. "Drop voiir
pack and run !" shouted Shell to the
pedlar, who stood in the middle of the j How long they had been enjoying this
clearing, undecided, with his revolver healthful recreation, or how much long
in his hand, while Shell himself was j cr they might have remained, is not
going for the nearest sapling at a rate j necessary to the story. One of them
rarely equaled; and I was making for happeningtoglancc toward their horses
one of the steep bluffs on the bank of! observed the latter in a great slate of
the river. The Yankee, instead of
throwing off his pack, started for a
small tree about three rods from where
he stood, with the pack still on his
shoulders, and the consequence was 1
that before he had got half-way, the
bearhad nearly reached him. The Yan
kee hiinsefl, looking over his shoulder
as well as he could with that huge pack
bundled on to him, saw that he could
not reach the tree before the bear. So
he resolutely turned around, facing
the now furious beast, revolver in hand,
and before the bear could reach him,
he had emptied his seven-shooter in
the carcass, and throwing away his re
volver, drew his hunting knife.
On seeing the pedlar thus hard be
set, both Shell and I turned to the
rescue, but too late, for ere we could
reach the spot the bear had raised upon
his hind legs and delivered a fearful
blow at the poor man, which struck
him on the shoulder, knocking him
flat on the ground, and then pouncing
upon him, began literally to tear him
to pieces. We soon reached the fear
ful scene, and Shell called out to me
saying : "Stay where you are, Joe, and
let me fix him." He then advanced
within ten yards of the roaring beast,
which was so busily engaged in its
bloody work that it did not notice him;
then raising his rille to his shoulder,
he uttered a low cry to attract the at
tention of the bear; the beast heard
the noise, ceased clawing at its victim
and raised its head ; then a sharp whip
like report rang through the forest, and
the liear dropped on its side, dead.
We rushed up to the pedlar, expect
ing to see life extinct; but no, he was
still alive and breathing.
"What can we do for you ?" I
asked him. He shook his head and
said, "Nothing." My time has come,
boys, and I must die ; I feel it. Oh,
why didn't I go to the States when I
wasinDenver. The "almighty dollar,"
that spirit of gain which has impelled
me since I was a boy, has at length
proved my ruin. I was not satisfied
with mv fortune; I wanted more, more.
"In this pack is the wealth of years'
hard toil and labor. Every trip I made
through these mountains in search of
more gold I determined should be my
last, and that on reaching my starting
point I would go East and enjoy my
wealth ; but I was never satisfied, and
now I have reached this miserable end
I have no need for the gold now ; it is
yours; tuvuie 11 uetween you wnen 1
am dead; I have no other friends."
He closed his eyes for a few moments,
and then raising his hand and placing
it on his brow, he cried : "Is this death?
Must I die now? Oh (lod. save, save!"
His arm fell on his breast, a gurgling
sound was heard in his throat, a few
gasps, and our Yankee companion was
dead.
"That's too bad," said Shell, draw
ing his coat sleeve across his eyes.
"I believe the man was made out of
the real stuff; he died 'game' anyhow."
It is no use to describe to you the
wounds that caused his death. 1 hope
you w ill never see the like as long as
you live. Suffice it to say that we
buried him beneath the spreading
branches of a juniper tree, within the
precincts of a tract of land that would
remind one of the (Harden of Eden.
The pack contained about ten thous
and dollars' worth of gold dust and
nuggets. No wonder the poor fellow
groaned beneath his heavy load. We
divided the sum between us and went
back to Denver, w here I left Shell and
returned home.
Trifling with a Noble Red Man.
A Kansas district school was re
cently visited and addressed by Messrs.
Big Mouth, Powder Face, and Spot
ted Wolf all the noblest kind of no
ble red men. A mischievous school
bov' placed a pin trap where Big Mouth
sat down, and that chieftain was ob
served to rise hastily and remark :
"Ugh! too much flea bite. Me no
stay to hear class in analytical geol
ogy. -
-.S7. Louis Democrat.
A RLACKSMJTli can not only shoe a
horse him lf, but he can make a horse
shoe.
a j:jji: ran Liru.
Theie was a beautiful clear stream
of water named Dlulf Creek, runnino-
through camp, which supplied bathing
facilities to the officers and men, a
privilege which few allowed to pass
unimproved. Whether to avoid the
publicity attendingloe.ilitiesnearcanip,
or to seek a point in the bed ol the
stream where the water was fresh and
undisturbed, or from a motivedilferent
from either of these, two of our voting
, officers mounted their horses one day
wiuiotiL saouies ami nxie Mown me
valley of the stream perhaps a mile
or more in search of a bathing place.
Discovering one to their taste, they
dismounted, scoured their horses, and
' after disposing of their apparel on the
I green sward covering the hniiks, were
soon floating and floundering in the
; water like a pair of young porpoises.
trepidation. Hastening from the wa
ter to the bank, he discovered the cause
of the strange conduct on the part of
the horses, which was nothing more
nor less than a party of about thirty
Indian warriors mounted, and stealth
ily making their way toward the bath
ing party, evidently having their eyes
upon the latter and intent upon their
capture. Here was a condition of af
fairs that was at least as unexpected
as it was unwelcome. Quickly calling
out to his companion, who was still
in the water unconscious of approach
ing danger, the one on shore made haste
to unfas'eu their horses and prepare
for flight. Fortunately the Indians,
who were now within a few hundred
yards of the two officers, were coming
from the direction opposite camp, leav
ing the line of retreat of the ollieers
open. No sooner did the warriors
find that their approach was discovered
than they put their ponies to their best
speed, hoping to capture the ollieers
before the hitter could have time to
mount and get their horse under head
way. The two olfieers in the mean
while were far from idle ; no flesh
brushes or bathing towels were re
quired to restore a healthy circulation,
nor was time wasted in an idle attempt
to make a toilet. If they had sought
their bathing ground from motives of
retirement or delicacy, no such senti
ments were exhibited now, for catching
up their wardrolie from the ground in
one hand and seizing the bridle rein
with the other, one leap ami they were
on their horse's backs and riding to
ward camp for dear life. They were
not exactly in the condition of Flora
McFlimsy with nothing to wear, but to
all intents and purposes they might
as well have been so. Then followed
a race which, but for the risk incurred
by two of the riders, might well le
compared to that of John (Jilpin.
lioth of the officers were experienced
horsemen ; but what experienced horse
man would willingly care to be thrust
upon the bare back of a flying steed,
minus all apparel, neither boots,
breeches, nor saddle, not even the
6purs and shirt collar which are said
to constitute the full uniform of a
(Jeorgiau Colonel, and when so dis
posed of, to have three or four score
of hideously painted savages, well
mounted, near at hand, straining every
nerve and urging their fleet-footed war
ponies to their highest speed in order
that thesealpsof the experienced hoisi
men might be added to the other hu
man tr iphies which graced their lodges?
Truly this was one of the occasions
when personal appearance is nothing,
and "a man's a man for a' that;" so
at least thought our amateur Mazcppas
as they came dashing towards camp,
ever and anon casting anxious glances
over their shoulders at their pursuers,
who, despite every exertion of the
former, wire surely overhauling their
pale-faced brothers. To the pursued,
camp seemed a long way in the dis
tance, while the shouts of the warriors
each time seeming nearer than before
warned them to urge thfir steeds to
their fastest pace. In a few moments
the occupants of camp discovered the
approach of this strangely appearing
party, it was an easy matter to recog
nize the warriors, but who could name
the two who rode at the front?
The pursuing warriors, seeing that
the' were not likely to overtake and
capture the two knights of the baths,
slackened t heir pace and sent a volley
of arrows after them. A few moments
later and the two ollieers were safe in
side the lines, where they lost no time
in making their wav to their tents to
attend to certain matters relating to
their toilet which the sudden appear
ance of their dusky visitors had pre
vented. It was a long time before
they ceased to hear allusions made by
their comrades to the cut and style of
their riding suit. "Life on Ihe Plain.,"
by Gen. G. A. Culler, in May Galaa-y.
A Troy dentist Ik-came emotionally
insane while repairing a front tooth for
.. i .n.Hr woman, and kissed her. She
j told her husband, and he went round
next day and borrowed t-.OO from tho
i de ntist for a great length of perioj.
j ok k ri: om nt t x a delei:.
The following joke, from the pen
of our "old" friend Max, we takefiom
the Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch:
Kipp always hail an idea that he
could invent a self-acting sewing ma
chine; and he did. He procured a
steel ribbon spring about twenty feet
long, and of sufficient power to run ;t
horse car. This he rigged on Ids wife's
sewing machine with a lot of clock
work, and it appeared to him when he
finished the job that evening, that ho
had realized his hopes, If any sewing
machine ever would go, that would ;
so he wound it up ready for use in
the morning and went to bed. At 1
o'clock Mrs. Kipp aroused him and
told him to listen to the burglars in
the house. He listened and heard a
most ttrrilic racket over in the sitting
room. It appeared to him that there
must be a million or more burglars re
freshing themselves with a prize light.
So he loaded his gun, crept soltly
over, and peeped through a crack in
the door. It was not burglars; it wrs
Mrs. Kipp's sewing machine. The peg
had slipped, and that spring was hav
ing full play. It would rear the ma
chine up on one end. and charge it
three or four times, like a hatUring
ram, against the glass front of the book
case. Then it would wheel aioi'.i.d
and suddenly tear across the ivpi
and butt ferociously agauist the man
telpiece; ami it would lie down rnd
roll over the floor, and hammer tho
sofa, and boost the centre table, and
try to jam a hole through the wall,
and endoavevr to leap upon the chan
delier. And as Kipp entered the room
it flew at him, and tore in and out be
tween his legs, the wheel revolving
like fury all the time, and the spring
gradually unwinding. And then Kipp
retreated aial then waked the family,
and got the mattress off the beet.
Then they covert-el the mnchine and
sat on it for a while, ami finally pushed
it out of the window into the van!,
where Kipp piled boxes and ash bar
rels and shp buckets and fence pay
ings on it to hoid it still. Hut ail
night, urnler the heap, it kept up a
continual buzz and snort and hum, so
that the next door neighbor fired at it
sixteen times with the impression that
it was eras. Kipp has since bought a
new sewing machine, and his w ife runs
it with her feet. He has abandena I
the study of mechanics for the present.
A WEST Ell X li OJIA A IE.
A Chicago reader sends the an
bury -Yetr.s' the following account of
an incident which occurred in a village
near that city :
Jonathan, the hero, was a country
store keeper. Amelia, the heroine,
was the young lady who kept the vil
lage school, and "boarded around."
She frequently had occasion to visit
the store, and there Jonathan received
those impressions w hich ultimately de
vehped into a strong passion for her.
He resolved to pay her a visit, and se
lected a Sunday evening for that pur
pose. He dressed himself very nicely
all but the pants. These were of de
licious nankeens, but frequent clean
sing had qualified their length to such
a degree that it was only through the
agency of straps t.'nt he could keep
them down to where they belonged.
Thus adorned, he waited until people;
had gone to church, and then started
for the house. She met him at the
door, as the rest of the folks were at
church, and looked the pleasure she
had felt at bis coming. He was in
vited, to step into the parlor while pho
went for a lamp. Cenifused, delighted
ar.d embarrassed, Jonathan opened a
eloor and stepped briskly in.
There were twe doors leading from
the entry. One of them led into the
parlor, and the either didn't. Jona
than stepped through the one that
didn't, aial went careening into a very
dark e-elhtr. In the descent he strut ic
against a pole w here the farmer had
hung a ht of ox-bows to dry, and, the
pole losing its hole!, elroppcd its con
tents upon the mi-eiable wretch, and
in his efforts to dodge fhem he stepped
off the stairs with one leg. and souseel
into a barrel of some' pulpy substance
and the nankeens parted in a very dis
agreeable lace, and the unhappy wear
er crawled out and started on a mad
gallop for a window way, which he
regained w ithout further trouble, and
removing f he sash, worked himself into
the open air. Then he clutched that
part of t he nankeens which were wound
ed, and danced towards home. The
young lady preparing the lamp in a
back "room was permitted to catch a
glimpse of a flying figure in the moon
light The next instant it was gone
and never returned. Jonathan is still
tin wedded.
Josh Dii.i.ingsisms. When you eort
a wiilder, you ought to do it with spurs
on.
Akordin to skriptur thnr will be
about as menny cammils in heaven as
rich men.
The meanest man iever knu was the
one who sfob- a sucar whis'( 1 from a
m'o-rrer baby to sweet iu a kup ov kotlie
with.