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DS IS i FKEEMAS WnOM THE TltUTa MAKE3 FKKE, AKD tl. ARB SLAVES DE3:iB."
Terms, S2 per year, n advance.
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EI3ENSBUHG, PA., lTJDAY, MAY 30, 1S73.
NUMBER 19
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ilu'v'rHlll !' exposed to ). 111. lie
,', .,ii--in KliL'tislnirtf. on Hon
,,t .iunr mt, nt 1 o'clock, r. M.,
, , -i iic. to wit :
'!,;. hihI interest Of Illlen Me
' ,.'( i., n pi.-cc or iirccl of lain!
n,t .u twp.. Cutiiliriil county,
I'w in. lOissell. estate of Mrs.
, nil ethers, cotitittniiijr 7 ticres,
. i,-ire'I. lii'.vinir tliereoii ercet
, .'.,., ,,.u-e ami ft frame stiihlo
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i;!ICV Ol 1-1 nil . I'l II 'Hi'
id to be-sold at the i t of
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. i t i."i anf :t '.Ttaiti lot of
: i-.t t !islniir, -'an:tiria county,
in ir' i anil fxtfiiilinif back
ii f. atljoiiiin lot of J. Moire
i I Kcan K.i-ani on tlie smiiHii.
. i I-. i ii il a two-story frame
. , 1 now in tlie oec.ipan-
i. T.iUor l"n I'Xecution h'.'aI to
: ol 'am hria 'otinty.
. f. . t it ii - and 'nterett of I'cter
. :i anil to a pict'? or parcel of
( ieal l.elil townllif. Cltllltiritl
lamis oT Joint .:u'ie, r.,
ntlicr:-. contair.intr 7'J ju r(-s.
i:t ucrcs of which uivclcar-
:. crcc'eil a two story fiiliuo
I arn imiw in t lie oct upancy
.. ;;. .Ii'". a I'll ce or parcel of
i irar'ieiil township, Caiiilniii
s: lai 'i" if John i':im, n
,i . ! '! ln'i'-. I'oiitaiiiiiiir 'J1 af-re.
. i;: i iictcil tin-1' i.ii a watfr
the mrii p:nev of I'eter J. t
, i i mci it ion a i !! to he solil a I
: .: :i M. M.lilcn.
- ii . . t it !e ami I uteri ;f of Jam o
' . r. l lamuom, of, ill ami to
. .: !.i ml situate in Carrol I t wp.,
' . a-ljoinitiM" la lul j of l'eler Id-r-ami
1.'. Ilite, containing 0
al'Oiit :( acres oT which art!
: !:. ii'on crccteil a, oin--aii!l-a-
anl a lojf t'arn now in t he
. -. i'arii-h tim! Catharine Klali-
cutioii aiul to ln.'solilat the
OS.
u'ht, title un.l interest of Zeph
o f. ill ami to a piece or pan el
in Siisipii hanna t w p., t 'amtirhi
njf lands 1. 1 i 1 i I'D i ii Frilz, l.a:ic
i hci s, i-iii ( . in in; ii acre, more
acres of which are cleared,
. i i 'ed a t wo st ory plunk houi-,
i . ! a small stable now in th;
, .aria Weakland. 'J'nU'en in
solJ at the suit of Jolms-
r.'- '. 'itlr nni interest of AVil-
. !. : . nil to n piece or pareet
.:.. 'ehanna t w p.. a m brin
. Js of Simon V'oi k lam!
- K i 1 1- pa t rick, c n tn i n i inr
-.about "Ii acres of which
. ' 'i'-rooii erected a two-story
l .'.rn-now in the oecupaii
i .Imi uml h one-iind-a-half-partly
tinished, not occu-
I hi parcel id 1 i ml si t nat e in
; I'. aiiibria eoiiin v, nd.joir, inif
: Miiler, Alnaliam I.ant.y, ami
.ii acres, more or li s, iinim
iii execution ami to be s:old at
l-'i-lier et. a I.
W. 1".. Hi N ACKKlr. Shoriff.
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Y i:(JISTEU'S NOTICE Notice is
heieby jriven that the fidlowinif Accounts
huve been jiased and Hied in the Heister's ( f
tiee tit Kbensburw, and will be pri-sented to the
up ha ns' Court of Cambria count v, lor coiitlrm
ation tin t allowance, on Wednesday, tlio Hh day
orjunl next, to wit:
The first and partial aoootint of John H. Ken
nedy. Administrator of John Kennedy, late of
Washington township, deceased.
The first ami tlnal account of Tobias L. Toiler,
guardian of Jonas Voder mid Tobias Toder, hii
nor children of Jacob T. Voder, late of Voder
township, ileeeasi'd.
The second partial account of Mieh'l H. Itrt-R-er,
adininistratorof the estate of I'eter Haycr,
late of ,la( kstm township, ileeeascd.
The account of Christian 'Weaver, trnrtrdian
of Sarah Hochstct lor. a minor child of Peter
llochstctler. late of Kiehland township, dee'd.
Tlaeaeeount ofJacoh Sincr, guardian of Win.
H. Horner, iiavid J. Horner, lieni. F. Horner,
Klmira Horner mid Mary M. Horner, minor
children of Jonas 15. Horner, lateof ConemaiisW'
township, ilei-cascd.
The aeeou n tof h rist inn Weaver, guardian of
1.3 dia 11 .u hstet ler.a in inor I'liihl of I'cter Hoch
stetler, lateof Itichland township, dee'd.
The accotmt of John Cox. administrator of
Charh s Heltrick, late ol Wooiivaic borough,
deceased.
The account of Paul McKcniia, administratot
of .Mark McLaughlin, late of nshiiif ton town
ship, deceased.
The first and final account of Jacob Trefts,
administrator of J. Adam Tit Its, lateof -Johnstown
boroug h, deceased.
The tu sl ;iml 'ii.al account, of Cathai me (lal-liiL-her.
ad.minisirrttrix of l'ranli Ciallashcr, late
! Millx ille borough, deceased.
Thelir.-t and limtl aceount of Fliabeth Kam
mer. a :t?n in ist i-at ri x of Freih'riek 1, uii.tni-r, hi te
of J ,.hn -to . n In iroui! h. deeea
Tlii- tir.-t and t!:i.;f aei oni.t o? J. T. Petersrii;.
exi eiitor f.f Hiram l'rit., lute of Susfj'iLhaniia
township, deecaseit.
The final account of Mary shoemaker :md
Ellen S. M u rrny. executors of Ivlward Shoema
ker, lateof l.b' iibuix borough, dee'd.
The- si -eoinl and tinal account of ( has. Anna,
irniirdinn of Altn-it (ilasi 'r, a minor child of
I'rancis Classer. Inteef C'us' iriwnship, ilcf'i!.
The sei oml and part ial U'riiuut of Chas. A n
v.t. t ua i d ian of A tubri ise, A ujrust ine and J u i i t
Ann iasRcr, miiiorchildreii of Kraucis Ciiasser,
late ol Chest township, deceased.
The tinal ac ouiit ol Henry lleinlcr And I). A.
T.u I her. ex ecu tors of A merit: us I lender, late of
Carroll township, deceased..
The accou n t of James J. Will, administrator
of .1 ii I ia A. V ill, late of Cambria cou nty . dee d.
The third and partial account of William 11.
Scchlor. administ rator ol James M. liiOci, late
of Su in in i t vi I le lunniili. ceceased.
The fir.-t account of Thomas Cavhtnd, admin
istrator of Patrick Carlaud, laty ot WiTshir.'fJii
township, deeeas' il.
The tir-t and partial account of 12. .T. MiPf and
Uees S. I Jnyd. administ rators of Stephen Lloyd,
lute of I'liensliu r-- borough, deceased.
The lirst and final account of Peter 'ampbell,
ijiiardian of Margaret Switzler, A minor child
ut Jacob Hcr.der, late of Carroll township, de
ceased. J AS. M. M.N'lil'K. Hcjrister.
Jtcister's Office, Kbensburs. May a, l',',i. -It.
'I
"K I A Ii LIST. Causes put down fr
lo be
COtll-
trial nt a Court of Common Pleas,
held at Khviihurir. for Cambria county,
mencin on Jlombiv, .Juno 2d. A. 1. IsT:j:
j-'l i;sT w Kl.iC.
Al'l'ltAlSKMKNTS.
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.i-e i., herel;-- !rive;i t h.ll tin: I'oi I
liientsof 1'cKoual Property of
ctci! a:cl set apart tor the U'i.liiw,
j n uder t he Ae I' At iv.l ly (if tlir
April. A. !. I "l. timing been tih-d
itei 's i .!:.. si i !".', i-lii:ra-. will be
' ; l o t in- ! rpii:ius' 'mil I for apnro nl
Mhiy, t !.t- Itli i:f J'.iV.o m !, , u ! :
: lin y and a ; iprr. is. -men t f pel .-. nal pr. -nppi:o.-e,l
i-.nd set apart for Maiyaret
. ui.iow of .uirn'i Slnl y. lateof Carroll
nip, dei -ca-ei '., ? kM il.
itory and ai ;ir.i;euient f personal pro
: ;iprai-i-l mi l -et apart lor Cathai i;:i
. r, widow of I'raiik Cnlhiirh.er, iHte of
Soroush, .iecea.-ed,--:.'i;7..Vl.
rv ami appi aisenii'ii t of personal pro
: prai-ied and set afiart for Mariraret
i . : low of William Kay lor, late of A lle-
n-!iip, deceased. V.t.!H.
y and appraisement of p'-rsonal pro
, :.:-el and sot apart f or A I ice W ha r
.;' .-lanislaus Wharton, late of Clear
' .: -:., deceased, i-J'ui. 1.0.
mii of certain rut I estate elected
i '. i i d l.y hlj.ahcth Jones, widow of
i s, late ot r.bensbnr borough,
.11!!.
JAS. M. SlXfJKK, Keirister.
. Kbeusiiur, May .", lsVi.-tt.
v.
EiTISTRY!
T UE!)I' r.l KATKS!
'. M A N, k i ad ii ate of Hcntal Sur
iluilv informs the public that
-1 . t 1 located in KIlK.NSlU'Kt ;,
H- found every day of the week.
. aflur.havintr had ample prac-
of seven years, does not hesi
r ih::t he can tfivc perfect satis
ease rc-lm inir to the jirofession.
"!eeh;uiical and Surgical l)en
aml scientilically I'erformed.
:t ioll Kiveil to tilling deca ved
e.x t racted wit hou t pain, l'or
oioii eoncerniiiK- prices, etc.,
on Hijrh street, opposite t ho
. where may be examined sam
nlticli need unit) he seen fo h
may 25.-tf.
Mnruitn vs. Holland.
Krise vs. Hipp-vS. Lloyd.
A. Llod.V Co vs. Leau.john's Adm'r.
l.'othroelt - KrutiUel vs. Callan.
I isii et. al vs. A l'er.bau'-'h.
Pih et.al vs. A lien ha in-vli.
Com ne mi wca.lt h vs. I llo lo.
Malt.ie s. I rinuh-.
t'owan.. tiate.
Haven v Co., for use vs. McLaughlin.
Apple vs. Williams & IJrc.wn
St.t uNO WI.KK.
C.ates s. Woil WelbholiS.
II u ii phre v s . v-. Kl inn .
Tiel t . ." vs. Pitts 1 1. nl.
L'io .1 - s. Somerville & Ilipf
; iii. lt'.- .'.flai l-. . ,. C..ii::.s.
:PCl o--i i s. 1 ! i;v f es.
Cambria lron!.'.i vs. Christy.
Pat te! Mn x C'j vs. K rise i I . ul.
Mfrphy v. Nutter.
Mctiouiu'lc's Iix'rs vs. Wilkens (. ii?,
Nuifer vs. Weakland.
I "in i icy A 8 it i nnons. . . . vs. Stephenson A Co.
Mviis. Co Vs. Kes!t r.
Mefi lade vs. Hammer.
Krin- vs. Neason.
Konuel! tt. al vs. Arble.
Mci uire vs. Wharton.
lllack vs, Howell.
Mcminn vs. Trexler.
I!ipps& Lloyd vs. Hartcr.
O'r'riel vs. Sweeny.
Urol herline vs. Vounii kin.
I loin iek vs. Hipp.v'.
Jones v-. Pov i ll.
A ke . . v.-. I.io d.
Tiley v. Allison,
C:-c . ..vs. LomKr ,v Afiller.
.1. K. HI ! K. i'rot iionotary.
I'rotliontnry's Ollice. Kben.sbui Lr, -May 5. lpiil.
STATEMENT ov SETTLEMENT
with the Supervisors and t he Treasurer anil
Collector of an oil Township for the year 172:
11. H' lPPLL, Siiicrrixi , Hit.
i to amount oi implicate rs: no
To Order on Treasurer 11
To Cash 17 tS
kvw ford house,
i r.! si5t k;, IA.
F-n fiiiharris, - Proprietor.
I . md rt furnished the above
l"- K!i .ni.i popular hotel, the prop ri
f 1 n v piepared to necommod tti?
f : : r. . hiiu with their patronaire.
i'".'1 .;t p i :;ii kit alfords will be served
I o -.-a.-ons. the Mar will be kept
I .; . a i it h the choicest liquois,
i :.' : !: stal l;' will be mi ier trie
t I..,. 1..., r.r V.
' - o .1 to reinlrr iruests comf oi t-
' i i i-i ,i in every particular, and
, i I -i .a to business and a moderat e
- proprietor hopes to win his
c ; ii. .r. (May a, is:a.-tr
n sr rrs:Lisin:Jt:
-II 1: i;r. liKMFTillFS GALL1TZIX,
c.
nv Work done by Taxable? .
My Cash
My Services as Supervisor. . .
A. LKOll, SHpo n".-"! ,..
Ta amount of Duplicate
To Orders
To Ca.su
ta70 5i
. 17 4S
. US 50-170 all
Ch!"
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7o4 41
. . M.'J 7.1
. . . . r,n
... IDS n0-f7'4 41
Clt.
Mv Work done by Taxables
P.y Cash
My Services us Supervisor. .
JOS G A I'N'I'.N' Kit, Tvrnuri.r awlOUcvtnr, Kit.
To amount ol Duplicate fo'.i) -4
Ch.
Mv Exonerations c2
Hv Orders paid U)5
Mv Orders and per centao on
collections SO S9-t7 W
ltalancc due Treasurer, &c , :iL'i5
We, the Auditors of Carroll Township, do
certify that the above is a correct statement of
the accounts of said Town!ii,.t.
J. J. i l!i.M AS. )
S. A . SI I i KM A K EU, Auditors.
THOMAS LlLlo, )
J. J. Thom as, Clerk. .51i.-3t.
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... i.nii by i hi;sti:s A. Mitows
" ' '"ft rait. Sent by mail on re-
1 i .re. rJ.;Vi.
.IAS. M. TKlDCK.
" ' 1 f:h Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
"IHNs. :ulLST0"& iu,
1 onslii,.,, lsv.
a, .'' '' 11 "lay on ilcposit, discount
! " :, s and utteitd to all the
... ... bvManker-.
' ''i.'i. C. K.ZAI1M Cashier.
't.Cir,
,,. J AM Es Sfl.1,
4NI ' 'I. LECTION OFFICE
l5:;iY' null.,
, .; a!!,""""i paid to collections In
'--' ' ''' 1 ;cs. l3-lrt-'71.-tf.l
'i! S;I; A l MAnTm. 1).,
'' :,i:. t . u I'ijetias.
,, . lil-.KVai i((;, Pi.
r. t. iiravl;, opposite Mluir's
-. . '"' i..v. lor.iit.. West Ward.
" u:.: , ..,! l4-4.-rf.l
.J 1;! k. v, 1 1
'"'osii b,,, ,, Sllt.KMMlf
'' r. ,, , ,- , ' i i'iii i.tiiw.v, Pa.
'v iV 'I - '"' Ii'-' !w- store. Niu-ht
'1-i. " l"-' ' -'.deuce of J,1I.N
I a i ni i. is7a.-ti.
nnbrUi Co., I'a.
LICENSE NOTICE. I'etitioiis for
Lu knsk to bo luvse-utcil at Juno Ses
sions, l?7-i :
TA VVKN.
Clearfield Twp.-ll. Marlett, O. A. Mronenmn.
Croyle Townshir Mieh'l Oates, Frank Kurtz.
Carrilltown Poroiii h Paul KIwaiiKer, An
drew 11. Hausr. Lawrence Schroth.
Chest Township- Thomas Ott, Geo. Crook,
Chest Springs Moroni?!) Silas A. McGousrh.
Klx nsl nr;; Moron-li Job n Ftiharris. West
Watd: It. P. Linton A Son. East Ward.
Gallit.in Townshio Michael Fit.liarris. W. H.
?!acomber, Mieh'l McMorns, Malhew Dix-nam,
M. F. Kelly.
Lorctto Moro' Florian Hen-role, r. A- linn..
Summitt ille MoroiiR-h-Johu C. lloland. Win.
Linton, Christian Ueich. ....
Waliiii"ton Township Christopher ltohine,
GcoiKo W. Mullin, Mrs. Annie Murphy, Jacob
S. Kiel. , , .
Wilmore P.orounh -George W en' roth, Joseph
Horner, Valentine Malt.ie.
White Towi-ship John Vonnkin.
EATINti IIDt'SK.
Cariolltown i;oiotifli Julius stelch, Henry
Ilium.
Fben-buru- liorona-li Michael I.ntternor.
Munstcr Township Christina, ltd.
Washington Township M. Ii. McLiuisrhlin.
Wilmore Moro' John Schroth. I'cter Liiuire,
I'a trick F. Ku by.
J. K. H1TF-, Prothonotarr.
Prothonotary's OlHi-e, l-beiisburj-', My ti 18,3.
IXECLTOllS' NOTICE.
1 J Estate of OTH ) Stvnkk, dee'd.
Letters Testamentary on the estiituof Onto
Stvnkk, late of Washington township, deed,
having been granted to the u ndersiKlied by the
He-ister of Cambria county, notice is hereby
tri veil lo all persons indebted t o said estate t hat
jiaymcot miiM be ma-le wit limit delay , and t hose,
liavini! eiaiuis ajfamsl the same will present
Jt.e-in properly probated for set tlci:ic:;t.
.li'SKPH CIIIM'HI J- -'lols-ITenibe
k. May If., l-.:J.-fit.
lt-KV II. J :C I .11 l N SKiNALK,
Sent on receipt o! -.") i ts. I'niijuo I'rint.inar
uiid l'aljiisliiua House, ot Vest-y Street, N. V.
OHIGINAI-
"FOK Tim XJGJIT COMETH."
TO
-, BY LINNET.
Do you weep that the sun from your Heav'n
is gone,
For a brief and starry uiglit,
When you know tbat to-uioi'row the beau
tiful clawn
Will bring it agrrlTj mors brignt ?
Then moron no more for the light of your
home,
Gone down in the tshades of even ;
Still the star of hope, thro' the !ieurs to
come,
Will shine in j'Ottr daiken'd Heaven.
And, Oh ! from the night of 7.er sojourn
here
From the lonely, sorrowful way
What joy to arise to a life more dear,
In the dawn uf a perfect day !
More bright, more tender than ever on
earth,
Her .smile and her glance will be :
More clear than ever the hidden worth
Of her ti ne life's mr:ii.-try.
Ami as often at night, in her tireless love,
bhe bent o'er your sleeping brow,
Thus still does she watch from her home
above
O'er the place of your exile now.
A MO I S 10 STOILY.
LOVE AND SUFI SOAP.
Once "UoLbio 1 urns'' wrote a poem
about a nauules.s, nast- little beast
which lie saw creeping over a lady's
bonnet in churcW. I always thought
it was the foolishest thing to write a
poem about. I don't think so ncv.
1 think Uurns was very moderate to
stop at one poem on the nameless little
beast. I keaM.se; 1 knew a certain little
brute equally sil!y and senseless, equal
ly diabolically pernicious, which a poet
coul'. I write a whole Homer's Iliad
about, twentyfour books complete. At
least I'm positive one could make a
Tennysonian King Arthur idyl ol it.
The nasty lit tie brute I refer to was
a mouse. I can endure anything in
this world better than mice. I can
put up with a sneaking, yowling cat.
1 can even, yea, I do, akc a sarcastic
Mowing up about being woman's riglit
ish, regularly once a month from the
editor of the And I don't stay
awake ' night over it much. 1'ut a
wretched, pusillanimous mouse with
its petty thievery and its eternal, in
fernal nibble-nabblo, sets me wild.
We had a most "ridiculous muss"'
at our house last week. We moved, a
little while ago, and we hadn't put up
our kitchen curtains yet. We had
rolled them up in a roll, and tucked
them behind the llour barrel. It was
n't neat to do that, but it was handy.
Likewise a week ago we bought a nice
uew umbrella. It makes a family look
respectable to have n nice umbrella.
Well, we were demoralized yet, from
moving; and by some means, I'll
never pretend to say how it was ac
cidents will happin in the best regu
lated families by some means that
nice new respectable famih" umbrella
got tucked behind the Hour-barrel too.
Again it wasn't neat, but it was handy.
In the course of time, last week, I
came around to my kitchen curtains.
Alter dinner one day, I started to put
them up. 'e!ly lishedthem out fiom
behind the Hour-barrel for me. Nelly
is a nice, pretty girl who is kin to us.
Nelly fished the curtains out, and wc
unrolled "cm. And those two curtains
were riddled and ruined from one end
to the other. We hail made up our
minds that there weren't any mice in
our nice new house, and so had relaxed
that eternal vigilance which is the price
of libel t'. You should have seen those
curtains. At the outside part where
they had been rolled up, there was a
big round hole. The hole iu the next
layer wasn't quite so big, the next hole
was a little smaller still, and so on,
each one smaller than the last, until
these beautiful, fringy -edged holes
reached the wooden roller, at the top.
There the pesky mice hail stopped. I
suppose the roller made their teeth
ache. There were fourteen holes in
each curtain, from bottom to top, twenty-eight
holes in the two curtains. I
never in my life saw anything taper olf
as beautifully as those holes did. How
I wish some man had been around to
swear for me !
. Wrathfully I dashed those open
work cm tains upon t lie floor, and with
a fateful sinking of the heart, drew
from behind the Hour-barrel my res
pectable new family umbrella. By the
shield of J upiter, that new umbrella
was gone to Hinders too ! It was a
ruined family umbrella. At that my
feelings gave way wholly. I don't
know what I mightn't have been tempt
ed to say on my own hook, if at that
moment George hadn't come in. (I
always make it a point to "meet my
husband with a smile," and if 1 can't
smile I grin. One has about as mitch
effect on him as the other.) I poked
that respectable family umbrella at
him and laughed wildly. I shook it
distractedly to show him that it was;
not what it bad been, and as I shook j
it thus insanely, behold ! out popped
the diabolical author of all our woes;
a rnoudc.
Then wc had cl mouse-hunt.
George toolr the poker, Nelly took
the broom, and I took an old boot.
The hunt was more exciting than an
Indian fox-hunt. We stamped upon
the floor and whistled for the enemy to
come orrt. lie didn't do it. We tore
the wash-bench lrom its fastenings,
and the tubs, wash-board and clothes
basket skipped insanely about the floor.
George poked with his pok&r. The
mouse darted across the kitchen like
lightning and ran into the cupboard.
Nelly darted after him, and in mad
haste snatched out tea-kettle, dinner
pots, sauce-pan, skillets, buckwheat
cake griddles and bakepans ; and pots
and kettles executed a witches' dance
alongside the tubs nnd wash-board.
.She even tore up from the bottom the
brown paper winch she puts there to
keep the shelf nice.
Tiie mouse run down the tea-kettle
spout.
The fight waxed hotter than the bat
tle of Waterloo. I struck the tea-kettle
a miidity blow with the oi l boot.
It made a noise worse than the rattlini
of a car over the stony st ret t. ( ieorge
poked valiantly into the tea-kettle with
his poker. The mouse grunted. He
poked vet again. The mouse skipped
out and hopped into the potato-basket.
I threw away the old boot, and made a
dive for that mouse with my hands.
.My hands went into the potato;oasket,
and got the skin knocked off their
knuckles. The mouse wasn't there,
lie was out o' that before you could
disappear through a door when your
beau comes and you havnf't your hair
combed. He jumped behind the Hour
barrel. Then came an "Iliad of woes."
Thcii happ'-ned the catastrophe of this
tale. It might be called "A Tale of
a Mouse." W'e saw the mouse's tail
sticking out from behind the Hour-barrel.
It was a small tail. We sought
to grasp it, but we couldn't. It was
both a small and slipjKiy tail. We
held a council of -var. We arranged a
profound st rategic movement. Geofg?
was to slide the Hour-barrel out from
the wall, and Nellv was to catch the
GUILD'S SIGXAL.
lived, who bus been moving heaven i
and earth for six months to rut o-r.iil
Stile Nellv out. Poor Nelly didn't A touching incident is told in connection
sleep a wink that night. ' with lIlC B'clnnoiul Switch disaster on the
To-dav Kate A ten's mother told us Stonington rond. The engineer of the
that John Harris and her daughter ivixUi "William I). Guild, who was burned
were engaged. Nelly has lost her to at his post of duty, had his homo
husband." George has lost his best ,M?r to t,,e railroad track, in a suburb of
trowsei'S. Our little household lias Providence, Ilhodc Island. It was hiseus-
lost its family ham, flour and soft soap, toni, winter or summer, in daylight or at
rikewise its kitchen curtains audits "ighb whenever he ranc neat his home, to
respectable family umbrella.
And the mouse got away.
Saturday I-Jiwiuxj Post.
Zic.
&HOKIXG A MUL11.
A Winchester, Tenn., correspondent
of the New York Herald, thus describes
a recent attempt lo shoe a mule in
that villaire :
mouse. 1, being a slow ok
of no tP,e in a plan requiring both speed
1 poke, was
.mx negroes on the common road
opposite a blacksmith's shop for over
ai hour, were Irving to persuade a
young, tall, robust, country mule to cident referred to
allow himself to be shod. ihev put a '
rope collar round his neck, and to that
attached a line which, thrown out be-
tween his hind legs, was intended to
trip up each in turn and hold it in ;
position while the blacksmith- Sam !
by name operated on the hoof. For '
over sin hour this extraordinary mule '
fouoht the six men, kicking .iw.iv the
trap laid for his enslavement as easily !
as he might a cobweb, and describing, 1
high up in the air, forked lightnivg
diagrams with his heels a sight fear- j
ful to behold.- Banting, yet patient, ;
their hats kicked oil' their heads, their i
shins bruised and their pants torn, the I
six gallant darkies stuck to that su- j
pernatural mule until finally they se
cured his right hind leg and had las
hoof laid on Sam the blacksmith's I
sound- a short, peculiar whistle of greeting
to his family at home, which -eventually
became well known to all the regular pas
Re ngers on the road as Guild's signal to
his wife. On the morning of 'h5 disaster,
for tko first time in years, the signal was
unheard by the waiting wife, and at the
time when it was usual for it to be sounded
the husband and father was a charred
corpse among the remains of his engine in
the ruins of the iil-fated train. Ihet Hartc,
in the Now Yoik TriUtnu-, has published
the following beautiful stanzas on the m-
ancl brilliant daring. 1 was a mere
army-bummer. 1 was a chaplain of
the regiment,.
George ii a tall man. lie stands
six hit when he has got the better of
ii:e in an argument. A nice h.-'.p.i hung
moderatelv hiirii no, siisiien.leit lrom
the kitchen-shelf over the Hour-barrel.
A little distance below the ham, there
sat upon another kitchen-shelf a pail
of soft soap. Soft soap is one of the
most useful articles in this world. But
mark what befel our unhappy house
hold, oil friend ! and weep. George
moved tiie Hour-barrel slightly and
and lifted up his head suddenly. His
head struck the ham, and loosened it
from its frail fastenings. The ham fell
against the pail of soft soap, and up
set it. The Hour-barrel happened to
be wide open. The ham by this time
was teetotally plastered with soft soap.
The ham and the soft soap went into
the open Hour-barrel. The rest of the
soft soap went over Nelly's back and
shoulders. George gave an insane
plunge backward to avoid the soft soap
and things, and caught his best trow
sers upon a sharp nail, und tore nn
awful rent iu 'em, so that it took part
of the money we had saved up to pay
our rent to buy him a new pair of un
mentionables. Ham, soap, Hour and
trowsers all gone to pot.
And the mou.e got away.
But all that wasn't the worst. Poor
Nelly was deluged with soft soap from
head to heels. It was a mercy and a
blessing that it didn't get into her
eyes. It got about every where else
over her. There never was anybody
so thoroughly soft-soaped upon earth,
At this critical moment there came a
knock at the door. The chaplain of
the regiment opened it. John Harris
was there. .John Harris is a good-
looking young man of an affectionate
disposition and good moral character.
Besides that he's well to do, and up
to that disastrous mouse-day had a
tender side for our Nelly. Nelly liked
him too, and we thought it would be
a match, and a beautiful one. He
was going to the city on the train,
had just" ten minutes to staj-, and
wanted to see Miss Nelly particularly.
John is a business-like young man,
and has a way of coming to the point
with marvelous rapidity. I'm sure he
was going to propose, orsomething like
that. Because he k'oked so spooney.
Could he wait fifteen minutes? said
I. Nellv would be glad to see him,
but she "was so particularly engaged
just at that moment. (I should think
she was !) No ; he cofddn't wait five
minutes, said John Harris, eyeing rne
suspiciously. I lielieve in my soul
John Harris thought we were fighting.
And no wonder! There was racket
enough going on to rouse the nuilered
ijan who is buried under the house.
John Harris walked away in a huff.
Nellv clawed the soap oil' her a little
and ran' to the front window just in
time to see him turn the coiner. Sun
dav evening he didn't cotne to see our
Nellv, but went to church with Kate
t... K'.it.. Men is Nillv's rival, a
spiteful, deceiving, creature as ever uls "
lap, reaily for sacrifice. By this timf
all the surrounding points of vantage
were occupied by spectators, wrought
up to the most intense pitch of excite
ment Johnson men cheering on the
mule, Maynard men cheering on the
darkies. Sam the blacksmith was a
Xi'M, well-built fellow. lie had his
back to the rtifle's bead and was in a
stooping position over the hoof. In
front of him, about six feet from the
mule's tail, (a porilou.i distance,) was
a circle of about twenty darkies await
ing the operation of putting the shoe
on, with the moVt i'-mVumi interest.
Never ilid mnie tlra iV Mich pious rev
erence from a like audience.
"I'd ha'. let him be," said one ; "dnr's
no use a fussin' with such a good for
millin meule as dat."
"Fo' God," exelainrrd another, in
a low caution tone, " b'KoVe in
my so' de ole dt?;blc hissclf is in dat
liar meuie."
"Wot you speak alike clot fo' !'"
said a third, turning on tii? previous
speaker. "Bat meule heirs every tin
you say, and fink? it insu'ting. , Bon't
know weddcr the debbel is In him;.
but 1 do consequentially believe dar's
Two low whistles, quaint and clear,
T hat was the signal of the engineer
That was the signal that (oti'd, 'tis said,
Cave to his wife at Providence,
As through the- sleepy town, and thence,
Out in the night,
On to the light,
Down past the fauns, lying white, lie sped'.
As a husband's greeting, scant, no rtoiibt,
Yet to the woman looking out.
Watching ai:d v aiting, no seiet ade,
Love song or midnight roundelay
tsa?d what that whistle seemed to say :
"To my trust true
So love to yon !
Working or waiting, (Joinl-night !' it said.
Ihisk young bagmen, tourists fine,
OH Commuters along the line,
llrakenien and porters glanced ahead
Smiled at th- nbinrL' eT-rrp-, intend,'
l'ieieed through tiie shadows of Provi
dence 'NotVir, amiss
Nothing ! it is
Only OuilJ calling Inr, wife' they said.
Summer and Winter, the old refiain
Ifatig o'er the billows f riprtiiiijjt grain,
Pieired through the budding bowghs
o'eihcnri,
Flew down toe tratk when the red leaves
burned
Like living coals form" t!ie engine." Rpcmtu;
Sang as it flew :
"To our trust true.
First of all Duty Glood-night," it said.
And then, one tiij.ht, it was lu-aul nomme,
From si.inii:gtoii. overBhode Island s:ho:c.
Ami the folks in 1'ioviik nee .smiled and
said,
As they tinned in their bed-', "Toe engi
neer Has once forgotten his midnight cheer."
(iiC only knew
To his trust ti ue
(juild lay under his engine dead.
A Lcffcud of J'ao-C'foif-Foo.
IiY S. BOOTH.
: In the maritime (ii of Foo-Chow-Foo
lived thrifty Man Lee and his wife,
Win Loo, with life and each other con
tented. , ve fair, little pud, who v-'its
christcTicd Wire Fung by .her wealth v
old spo!,..tr;r, the merchant V oo Suntr,
a heap of kick in hi hind legs still, thj marital bond had cemented.
Guess whoever gets him w iiltink so j On her they bestow cd all the good of
too. I wants my head insured w hen the day that books could impartor pro
Ise axed to nurse him." j fessors convey ; they taught her to ving
In the meantime, Sam had his im- ! and they taught h?r to plav ; Ihev
plements ready, and an assistant far- taught her to '"danea and they taught
rier approached and laid the shoe ten- her to croquet ; to her slightest desires
derly upon the virgin hoof. A nail ihev co'ohl never "nav."
was inserted, while Sam elevated his j In s-hort, she had everything in the
hammer to deliver the pregnant blow way of a liberal cdue.-.f ion. Her Act
that was to drive it safelv home. It were compressed in the sin.tliest of
was a moment of bro.thcIoss and ago
nizing suspense with w hites and blacks
alike4. The latter anticipated a triumph
for their race ; the former prepared to
keep their sides from splitting asunder.
Sam's legs shook, but he brought down
the hammer with all his might, and at
the same moment an explosion occur
red that fairlv ballled description. A
shoes ; her face was a marvil of deli
cate lines ; her name was a toast which
no one could re 1 use, and she became
with the local muse the regular inspi
ration. And thus in learning and wit she
grew, the belle and the K-anty of Foo-Chow-Foo,
until in her thirteenth year,,
when nana Man Lee thought it prudent
herself si ?U, crying all the day long
j and. bewailing her innocent passion
! And when the young man would have
pleaded his suit with her pa he received .
a most shocking salute from the vigor
ous toe of the Man Lee Voot in a most
unmanly fashion..
But in spite of the mot vigilant
watchfulness, the lovers had many a.
stolen caress, and this was the promise,
he gave her ; He would hasten a way
to some far-disl.mt land, get rich, and
conic back, and demand her hand, and
prove hiui.- cif worthy to have krr
i
i A thousand leagues o'er the great
blue sea Bong heard of the land of Hie
great Yan Kee a country of marvel
ous riches and thither, in one of the
great steamships her form in his heart
and her name on his lipsj : aded the
poor despised pab-ltv- of breecl.es.
In the grea; Yank-e land Bong tried
a new trade, and such was his skill and
j (Tie progress he made in ti:.'. new Wav"
of life he had chosen, he soon became
J head of the "firm,'' Bong Lings, who
i washed the communitv's linen and
things at so ni'H'h. per piece or dozen.
Th-5 ?:'A..oeT came into the till verv
slow, and Bong tv Lings Go. had to
wa?h very low, on account of the great
competition ; but surely, though slow-,
ly, the Butte "pile" grew ; his hope was
I J?!! f....,,., 1.:' . :u ,
-uir isiiwui;, it tji i jii. ceMiinc- .--till iinu
to the one great absorbing ambition.
Thus acting obscurely his own little
part, 'mid scorn and contumely, that
cut to his heart; enduring, likewise,
not a few licks at the hands tf the
cruel anil barbarous honks who in
habit the larrd, wit1 )o end of ho-rd
i words, for the sake of the precious
spondulicks.
A nd chee rfully toiling from morning
till night, he heeded not time, except.
; as in its ilightit bore hi ni still n-arerhis
I desires. At last he "sold out" of the
j laundry concern,, and nuale prepara
tions once a ore to return to the land
! of his love- anl his sires,
j His passage secure and his plans all
complete, Tng elbowed !.: wav thro'
the crovdo on the street, toward the
; steamer, equipped for the ocean
, who, hark ! a sweet voice from the
ivgio:";s a--ivc. fell soft on his ear, like
the accents of love, and thrilled him
wi'h tmder emotion.
! t -'nt glantv at tin- w indow, on-bound
on ihe chair, and ahaort before the fat i
Fung was aware, she was looked iuthe
arms of her lover. What rapturous
gladness beamed out of their eyes, nsi
they wept with each other in joyful
surpri.-c their troubles all happily
over !
Avd sr.d was (he tale, and the pic
imc she drew of the life they had led
her at I-'oo-Chow-Foo full of infinite
peril and danger; and how she was
kidnapped and dragged lo the slip,
aiAl thrur-t in the hold of a great Yai
m i' ship, and borne to the land of the
! stranger.
But little she dreanipt, as site fret
ted and pined in the horrible dungeon
' where she was confined, with the great
billows thundering o'er her, as she
thought c-f the hived ones they left
far behind, and the infamous life to
to which she was consigned, of the
l iov that was waitinrr before her.
"Iji I'.-;in.f f.iT r-ity of i'.jo t 'how
Foo, wht-ro nVwcrs perennial of every
hue, their odors eternal are bh ndino
live the beautiful Fung and 'he f
ful Ali Bong - a'-'d a swi -t Mil... el,, ivo,
chirps a!J (i.e. da y long, giving proof
that their love is unending.
How Noah Bp.ap the: Bihi.i. ix
the Auk.- William Cullcii Bryant,
of the New York h'voning IVst. is
triphammer falling on a ton weight that he should get her a husband when-
ot nitro-glvceiine immured in a tin
box could hardly have produced any
more sudden and bewildering results.
Quicker than thought the mule drew
his leg with incredible force, struck the
still stooping Sam square in the bulbous
centre of his hind section, projecting
him forward in the air, like a cannon
ball from a catapault. As Sam disap
peared in space, he knocked all the
darkies in frout of him like nine-pins,
scattering them over the road in all
directions, and landing himself on top
of a stake fence twenty feet away.
ever he could see the right kind of
lover appear.
Of course she had suitors both young
and old ; some for herself and some
for the gold which they supposed they
would inherit, and some brought rich
presents, to forward their suit, of
jewels and satins, confections and fruit,
and splendid conveyances bcaringtheir
loot, while others came mi h lest ly trudg
ing afoot, with nothing to urge but
their merit. J
Along with the rest of the love-smitten
throng was an amorous young fel
low w hose name was AKBong, a poor
little tailor's apprentice. What hope
he could possibly entertain against the
Am honest old Pennsylvania farmer j
had a tree on his premises he wanted :
to cut down, but being weak in the , rich gallants site had in her tram would
back, and having a dull axe, he hit seem a most difficult task to explain '
upon the following plan: Knowing unless, like some others who fall deep
the passion among" his neighbors for t in love, his very audacity tended , to
coon-huntin"-, he made a coon's foot prove he was not quite com juts nieufix.
out of a potato, and proceeded to im- ! But love is not easily turned aside,
print numerous tracks to and up the whe n the prize to bo gained is an opu
tree. When all was ready he informed lent bride, w ith a figure of faultless
his neighbors that the tree must be perfection ; and, in: spite of the barriers
full of coons, pointing to the external that well might appvil a heart thit
evidence made with his potato foot, i loed less or loved not at all, he gaineel
The bait took, and in a short time
half a dozen fellows, with sharp axes,
were clapping at the base of the tree,
each taking their regular tftrn. The
j arty also brought dogs and guns,
and were in ecstacies over the antici
pated haul of fat coons.- The tree
finally fell, but nary coon was seen to
traveling in Florida, and in one of his
letters he gives the "following extract
from the "sermon of a colored minister
in that state. The preacher had dwelt
awhile on the fail of man and the act
of disobedience by w hich sin came into
the world, and bad got ns far as the
time of Noah. He then said: "Do
world got to be berry wicked, de peo
ple all bad, and do Lord made up his
mind to drown dem. But Noah was
a gooil man who lead his Bible, and
did jus as tie Lord tole him. And ho
tole Noah to build a bio- ark, big enough
to hole part of ebery ting alive on de
earth. And Noah built it. And de
Lord call upon every living ting to
come into de ark and be aved. And
de birds come fly in' to de ark, and dc
big lion and de cow and de possum
come in, and de bors .come trotting
to de ark, and dc lectio worms come
crccpin' in ; but only d" wicked sinner
wou'dn t come in,
'd rap.
A v. STF.:tN editor speaKS of a duel J
i. m iiritlir.r wroiliT 111 ii
j x
the VOohg lady's affection. i
Of course it will readily be inferred
what a terrible scene it was that oc
cur! ed as soon as tlw girl's pro'id pa
rents heard that she v?as m love with
a tailor. The mother did Weep, and
the father he swore that if ever she
spoke to the wretch any more he would
have her confined to her room, and the
doorconsiiiii.-d to thecharge of a jailor.
And ooor liltle Fiu.ir, who could see
. - 1.1 .4
g ui-r neat' to
I the o-ailant young Pong, almost made
iod ;ey laugh at
Noah and his big :u... Ami tlcn He
rain come down, but Noa hr set com
fort a Mv and dry in dc ark and read
his Bi! le. ..And de rain cciv.e down
iu big six. uts, and come up to de door
step of de hou es and gin to coter de
f!o a; and den de sinner be scared aid
knock at de iloor obcleark berry hai.i.;
And dc big lion hear de racket and
roar, and de dog bark and de ox lel
?ow, but Noah keep on readin' de Bi
ble. And de sinner say, 'Nosh! Noah!
let us come in.' And Noah say, 'I
Ix-ny sorry, but I can't let yi ti in, for
de Lord hah lock de door and frow
away de key.' "
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