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4. McPIKE, Editor and Publlsttor.
Terms, S2 per year. In advance.
"BE 18 A FKEEMA3 WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND AAL ARB SLAVES BESIDE.
VOLUME VIII.
EBENSBUHG, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1S74.
NUMBER 3(5.
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Ayer's
rry Pectoral,
I 1f Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
I iu3h as Coughs, Colds, Whoopins
" Csuihf Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption.
Among the great
discoveries of modern
science, few are of
more real value to
mankind than this ef
fectual remedy for all
diseases of the Throat
and Lung. A vast
trial of its virtue,
throughout this an J
other countries, has
shown that it does
surely and effectually
The testimony "of onr best citi-
,f nil c'a.ises, establishes the fact, thr.t
. 3;Sj;r I'ectck At will and does relieve and
-- 'Jie altKcting disorders of the Throat and
' ifltrivo;i'l any other medicine. The most
lrtui iifil'ctious of the Pulraonnry "Orpins
'Itoit power; and cases of Consump
'ica, ''"- 1 this preparation, are pubho-'-'
r s remarkable n hardly to be be-
:', !" tii-- V" not proven beyond dispute.
jjjMeiv it is "adequate, on which the public
av fjiv for full protection. Bycuring C'ouchs,
"-'ivrrriiiiTs oi more serious disease, it saves
"".u"1 !r'.s, and an amount of suffering
iv If computed. It challenges trial, and con
; .-- il.o r, -t sceptical. Every family should
; !3 : ui it.iii 1 as protection against ti8 early
'iti ::.p T civo 1 attack of Pulmonary Affections,
' m a!I met at first, but which become
:nL, atid too often fatal, if neglected. Ten
1 fared tiiis defence; and it is unwise to
1 .it i'. A a safeguard to children, amid
diia. which beset the Throat
i'j. l .-.-- f childhood, Chekrt I'f.ctorai.
.5 '..-: .in'..?; for, by its timely use, mu'.i
v: re-cued from premature jj-rnves, and
:Bu:h- love and alleetion centred on them,
i : -p Jily and surely aain-t ordinary colds,
tr-"-l sound and heniUi-rrtstorinjr sleep. No
J nr.l saT troublesome Influenza and pairw
xBrotieUitis, when they know how easily
tr-ii bo cured.
fc-ri.l tiie product of Ion;-, laborious, and
.fS.fr.! v!,n;nic:d invostisration, no cost or toil
jitwl in iij-ikine every bottle in the utmost
lie p -rsVction. It may 1e confidently re-
J &tu -n as p5ci3inz ail tne virtues it nat ever
LL'i. and capable of producing cures as
ru.rit'e as the greatest it Las ever effected.
PREPARED BT
. J. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass.,
Fructlcal and Analytlcsd. Chew.!st.
CD is? ALL- Ul'XGOI3T3 SVEtt f WHIKE.
:5:iKIIin-"S SAM-IS. 15.V virtue
' ut stnidrv writs of Vim'. Kxi-on. issued
f tin- '..nrf ir CoinnioTi I'le.is I I aiiirrla
v nil I me dir'-T'-l. t here will he CTixed
:i .: , a: tlieCi'Urt Iluuse In tlKMislmrir,
i; . n v f Orloiipr ni'X.
; ' - !;. t m . ftp i'nlli.'winir real estate, tu wit:
r. r;'i;f. H!Ie anil inlvr'.-st of Tii'"l"r M.
'. n ; I t. a jiiivi! nr parcel of Kml situ-,'.,tx-'
...iilnp. t ':ii'.tria county, adjoining
- V: u. I "lm Ik-.tq, Thmuas Powell, Troxtdl
'. - . ii. . .il li-Ts. ooutainiiiK S7 ai-res, more
. - ivh I. Tn ken In fxi-eutton nnd to
i
f i
- A.I V.
i...i.
-lit of Jclin Uailj-, for usu ui Clina.
1
rfsht. title and Interest of Charlt-s
'. und to a piece or jcirecl of land
'n-.: .1 .r-;iitii"n township, i'auiiiria county,
's .lames Ilennison, M. M. Alains,
.."'-i.j'T: ra intiiinliiT 1ft npn . IllnrP or llSf.
i -. 3i ... r.-s nf which are cleared iiu in p)S
j J'.'i Ii:i.r!cs Johnston. Taken in execution
'A
J
-'I til uir 'in lit .iiii. i " ii nL.jn
-'1'-. Ann .Jackson and others
HKUM.VN H.VrMKH, Sherift
risOdlCf, tlicusl;ari, Scpi. 14, l74.-3t.
r.l'IIANS' COUKT SALK. 15y
:rti:o of an order of the ( rphan' Court
? r ' .t l 'ounf y, I will otl .T at puldic siile, on
.-. on Snlilril:iv. I tie 1 OI ti i.i vol
T. I 7 I. at 2 o'clotrk. P. M.. tiio following
r il cst.ito. to wit : TU HrMllVllll.ll
; I; -I.f' I A It T of a I'lKlMUlR I'A Ht'KL
5-1N ! :tn.itc in the Tiwphip of Sosijuclian
i fity I'amhria. and Stare of reiinsylva
1 1 ;i j ian.'.s of Ahraharn Hart iebauif h,
-. I i.o. J.i'ius S.mervlile, atnl oth-rs.
. . .. ! i '-. more or '. uni;nirovf:l.
i :, ., !,('' limit, ttl ft. id U.ft'lUltU with
v ,m- . i.e. Ton per cent, of th" pur-haso
', !: -id o:i 'lav jf sale, one-rhirl of the
i - , ir:aa;on" of .! and tin- resl.'u- in
J : - t;; itt' r, wish inttrcst. to lc secured
rv .
y
9 I-
-v
p i
i
i.r-i 1 1 :: I nnd i!i.rtifr.sr. r.r ;li; pur
.IKS!K M. HAHTKH,
A ''iiii. i strand of ij)'AUD Kiso, deo'd.
l 17..-.,:..
i: i 1 ; 1 1 ) T OWN V R 0 VE RT V
'!'. A very eleaaut ami t orn-
r- ' t In llhensl'iirvr horouarh will be
. -I.; terms. The Housj is iirick and
- s s !" et lulls ami haseiuent wash-
. i;, , r;.nnrtivi'ici intotwoapart
it i: VJBxM feet and Is well Rot
t ir-Jl'? and shrnhhery. Iarifo St:i
:ml three Ihiil'linKS used as Uw
I.
I . .r'...i-i-ty is desirable lor a I.tritv rami.
:v rv little improvemtnt would make a
- ii" .! r sn nnwr hoarlinir house.
J NO. K. SIJANhAH, Agsnt.
i I;M 1 N I S Vr ATI ON NOTICE.
1 K-tnto of Jaiks Fahkhv. doe'd
. hv
riven that Inciters of AdminlS-
:; - ':.nt;- of James Farren. late oi vno
' W..-!,ita!on, conn' y of Cambria, de-
! ft . . . . H n.lna iT Afl llV
I ' It Ur.lllltr'1 I" l" U Il-H. I .'J
'; r stiM.' r ty. Persons In'iebied to MiM
i ' 'r r' ."'-'.ed to make payment forthwith,
li.iv.r,- claims anainst the same will
i-'- '-i'n ihi.tr ituth'-nticated for setilcment.
i !Ai;V FAKKKN, Administratrix.
- y o'H VKii V, Administrator.
: :l Twp., Sept. 11, 1S74.-OU
" TAT lf oT7 Y)1Tnn is 0 O UO II-
44s"! 11. A l.t'NATiL'. Tn tho matter of
'. 'v " "!! it of Ki'iikaim Uoro h Jtou K, C'om
' : ( tin ;ii!oi'it, a lnnatie t
, r."" !! alias order of the Court ofCom
; " ! CitiilTia Comity, notice is hereby
S
i '1 al.ove account has been nlctl in ine
: "if '
l'r i ho notary, nnd that the same will
i , rcntiriiiaLion and allowaucc at the
, r ! .ii, ,,i i 'ourt.
5. - urt. J. K. H1TE, I'rothonotnry.
, "i- it;.r n omce, Kb(.nsburjr,.Sc pU 14, '74.-3t.
inn
INIST11ATION NOTICE.
i F.state of JdH 1 MlSKL, deceased.
'. 'f A.!'nin!.tratl(,n on the estate of John
t '' t Carroll township. Cambria county,
; ',' 'it kruri'i-d to the uuJerstgned, all per
i ' "..ii.i ton-id estate are reuuestcd to make
',? i 'wi:h- Kx,i thos having demands
f.nui. will preseat them properly pro-
T ('til !r nenf.
iit11,,j"'us MISETj, Administrator.
JCCorjNT NOTICE. Notice is
...r Srfven that, tho first and partial
3 'li 'fi'l';u B- Por.irKKR, F.sq A'Sistneeof
!,' !Jea''akt, or Johnstown tioroui. has
Si " '1 -n 'h iVotlionotary" Otflcw at Kbens-
'd he Jires. oted to the next Argument
"CS6"1 '"n onions eaaso is shown to the
, "J- Ii; the Cart.
. J. K. HITK. Prothonotary-
1 OlBoe, Ebeusburn. Sopi. , 18T4.3t.
NT NOTICE. Notice is
't-U piven that th second and final
; ' ii. Kinkkai), F.si., Assignee of Joh.v
p."f, VHlii-ny township, has heen filcl
.,.r"-h"t"'try"s Oltico t Kbensburg, nd
J't.'iitet :.t the next Argument Court for
h.c'n "nless cause le shown totn oontrary.
'."!tv J- K- HITK, ProUmotary.
.P'CK, Attounkt at-Law, Eb
ijiTur' p- Offlceiln front room of T.
v-i , ' " "uiioiiig. uemro sireci. .
"t'Jsinesji attenood n sti';
Che
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KEW ADVEHTISEMEXTS.
motmebTImce
FIFTH AND LAST CONCERT
IX AID OF TBI
PUBLIC LIBRARY of KENTUCKY.
POSTPONED TO
INoveiixlei- 3(), 1874.
DRAWING CERTAIN at THAT DATE.
LIST OF CIFTS.
pno Grand
Ono (J rand
fine Oram!
Ono Crainl
Ono Grand
Cash Gift. .,
Cash fHft...
Cash (iift.. .
C,ish Gift....
Cu-h Gift. ..
. . v).oor
. . HO.OOO
.. ".5,1X10
.. M.nnO
.. ari,ono
. . inn.OtMl
. 140,000
.. I.i0.(lli
.. lOO.IMO
.. ltXl.000
.. 9T,(KK)
.. KHMXlO
.. HMMtoO
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f. Caali
10 CuKh
15 f'ush
80 i :h
25 Cash
fto Cash
, Ml rash
1i4 Cash
f4o f 'usii
fifO Cash
lS.UoO Cash
Gifts, rfl,0n0'
each
each
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each .
each
each
each
each
oath.
each .
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GiTtH
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f;ift5,
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Gifts,
(iifts.
Gifts,
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4, ono
8.0i"J
lmo
100
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Halves.
TKNTn. oh each Curpos..
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OWN
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PATENT IMPROVED BUTTER.
Oneoftlie mont valaahle MscoTcries of the day.
1 ore bulter made from the fresh caul fat of Horn
ed Cattle, which does not become raiicid. and is in
every respect eijii'al to, and lor culinary purposes
siie"rior to. ordinary Matter. Process very simpl -,
cost of apparatus Iriflinir. and ' otl Isirip . '1 lie
un b rsiitiied art sole o-.vii rs of the Pa'ent-riuht
for I'eiiusylvania. and arc now rca ly to s II tJoun
ty Iieer.s"i s on a plication. A Factory beiiiif in
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oughly inspected. Address 1..W. LK.JiBACU &
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Costar Exterminators
And Insect Powder,
For KATS, JJH K, ATS, nKU-l VS, JIOTilS, ke.
J. F. HENRY, CIHRAN &C0..N Y SOLE AGfcHTS.
ONE MILLION ACRES
SPLEMD MlIffiAll LANDS
Tho fSrnml tf'ipltfn rrn.f fin'otna f.rfroa'I has
been finished. Is ftttn milt s lonff. and Its
entire land graut earned 1
In I'an:i?itt l.anus ( Arlnal Meltlerw,
lor luii I iilnnlH or olunlrs.
Special B ARC A IMS for If;74.
l(".t:.t) r.cres have benn sold already. The
lanils are rr,l' I imUeiri, tn.ikiii tliecW kiml nf
'iirm-. Stron-x soils of rrcat producing lower.
fasilv reached' by rail or water. ! ' . 'rr..r.--.
K.iilroal runs through u urant. lichian Is
one of t ho Vrf in, u 1,1, 1 1 and must prosperous St rites
In the West. Itsc''oos are mii- :,:,i!l, ..' its.'inmi
ci.il stnmlin No. 1. XodiiRculty in transportation.
Peace and prosperity tire in it imrders. Jjands from
$J to per t.ere. 'I'inie sulf.cieiit. Inttrrcst T
percent. A. A. HOtTAi. I.nnil fnmm'r,
P. It. I.. riKlil K, tirand Kapida, Mich.
Scc'j Land Department.
i-KC i;.-)rv per da vat home. TermstYee. Address
t- ?-U Oeo. Stissos it Co., Portland, Mo.
a mmtm A WF.F.K na rant ced to Male anitjrc
VII male Airents, In their own pM-ality. Costs
Ml NOTHIXO to trv it. Particulars Fcue-
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For circulars g Ivlng full Information as to course
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LUMBER of EVERY DESCRIPTION,
MI1.(.I.KS and POSTS-te.Ur and lcnst.
yScroll-Sawing and Kc-sawing done to order.
COKSKR ROBISSO.N AND AltOERBOS St.,
9-18.1 AbLEQHOY CITY, PA. 3ru.
U' iMrm.STERING.--naving loca
ted permanently in this place, (at the
Carriage Shop of I. M. Chute.) the undersigned
dTsTr to inform the people of Northern Oambrla.
and parts adlneent that he is prepared to do all
VhVd Sf t P1IOLS TF.K INtr. snch as trioimiugcar-
rarVlcnhir and perfect satisfaction guaranteed in
?vrteo-Instance. 1 Charges "WE''
XjlfVllOlUf lf
EH. PLANK, M. V., respcctiuny
offer liin professional services to the
olt.en.rr" bensCr har of
i;o,.. ....i.i..., ut.l Immediately in the rear ot
lion. It. J. Lloyd's dnig store. xXIght ealW caa
tie made at the residence of Mrs. Bunn.n Craw
ford street, Kbensburg.
MJ. BUCK, M. D.,
CABItOIJ.TOWN. PAj
Ofnoe In rear of John Buck's atoro. inJ
: oIU may be made the resilience- or
i Buck, Esq. I April isd.-tr.)
P "r ) rnfkp, wuh I'r cc Litt, " '.IvJ r. r Itf'.v rmtt. gjl
fi t at.iiwu vyfl.SnTtt tnvri. Tw BWljt
,7
J. GALLITZIN LAKE,
Attorney-a t-La w,
Ebcnsburff, Cumbria Co.t
HEHE AFTER.
From my seat 'neath the glowing.
Blooming, tall magnolia tree,
I watch the river gently flowing.
Onward ever, to the sea;
Far beyond, my feeble vision
Scarce discerns the other shore.
Which seems like some field elysian.
Or like heaven's half-opened door.
Blossoms, bright and fair, are pending
From the swinging bougns, close by;
Would their lustre were unending;
Would that they mhrht never dio.
Ah! 1 feel my faint soul tremble,
Yet with more of joy than fear.
For this beauty must resemblo
Something in a higher sphere.
It ninst be that which we cherish.
As by theso fair, white flow ers,
Shall not, with the future, perish.
But illumine heavenly bowers.
For, was not the promise given.
By the Saviour Prince of men
That within the future heaven.
All we love shall live again?
Let ns humbly live, and lowly.
That the unknown coming years
Find a spirit pure and holy.
Meet to dwell hi higher spheres!
And the words of praise, that ringing,
Greet us as we near the shore,
Be melodious ns the singing
Of eoine loved one we adore.
TIIE BOARD FENCE.
"Shoo. shK), get dome, you plaguy crit
ters !" cried Jlr. I'aV'ock, waving his arms
as lie c!iaed a dozen sheep and laniltt
throngli a gnj in t!ie fenee.
It was a wooden fence, aod when lie liad
Fuceeedi d in drivina; t!ie aniuials the other
fiilc of it, he lif'teJ it from its reclining posi
tion and propped it up w ith stakes. This
was an operation he had found himself
ohliged to repeat many times in the course
of the season, and not only of that season,
but of several previous seasons.
Yet Sir. Bahcock was neither slack nor
thriftless; in fact, he rather prided himself
on the ordinary nppearance of his farm, and
not without reason. IIw then shall we ac
count fur his neglit'cce in this particular
instance ?
The truth was that this fence f rmed the
boundary line between his estate ai.d that
of Mr. Small ; and three jrenei ations of men
who owned these estates had been unable to
doci.lc to whom it !h'!oiired to rebuild niid
keep it in repair. If t!:e owners hud ciianced
to be meti of peaceful disjior-itions, tliey had
compromised the matiei- and nv Med a
qtiiiriel; b.it if, on the cobtiaiy, tliey lt
iuiieil to that much ltirsjer class wiio would
Sianer sacrifice their own comfort and con
venience than their so-ctlled riiits, this
fence had lieeti a source of unending bickei
ings and tril'e.
And of this c!as were the present owners.
Again and arttia they had consulted their
respective lawyers on the sulyect and
drugged from tbeir hiding placos musty old
deeds arid records, but always w itli the same
result.
"I say it belongs to yon to keep it in re
pair; that's as piaiu as a pike-s.alT," lf
UiiVrx k would say.
"And I say it lic.oncv t" you any fool
uiiht see that," Mr. SniihII would rejily,
nnd then hih words wouid follow, and they
would part in anger, more determined and
olstinare than ever. The lawyers' fee and
the loss by damages from each other's cattle
had already amounted to a sum sufficient to
l ue built a fence around their entire es
tates, but what was that compared to tho
satisfaction ol having their own w:iy ?
Tliere were not wanting in the neighbor
hood peace-makers who would gladly have
settled the affair by arhiiration, but to this
neither of the belligerents would listen for a
moment.
At last, one dtiy, Miss Letitia Gill, a
w oman much respected in the village, and
of some weight as a land owner and tax
payer, seut for Mr. Ba'cock to come and
e her on business ; a summons which he
made haste to oley, as how could it be
otherwise wheie a lady was concerned?
Miss Letiiia sat at her window sewing a
seam, but she dropped her work and took
off her spectacles when Mr. Babcock made
his appearance.
'So you got my message ; thank you for
coining, I'm sure. Sit down, do. I sup
pose my man Isaac told you I wanted to
consult yon on a matter of business a mat
ter of equity, I may say. It can't be ex
pected that we women folks should be the
best judges about such things, you know;
there's Isaac, to be sure, but then he lives
on the place, and maybe 'he wouldn't lie
exactly impartial in his judgment about our
affairs."
" Jes' so,' said Mr. Babcock.
"Well, the state of the case is this:
When Isaac came up from the long meadow
to dinner they're mowing the meadow to-
da3', and an uncommonly good yield there
ig when he came up to dinner, he found
that stray cows had broken into the vegeta
ble garden."
"He did, hey r
"You can fancy the riot they made.
declare, Isaac was almost ready to use pro
Tane language. I'm not sure that he didn't
pay 'deuce,' and I'm certain he did say
darn ;' and, after all, I couldn't feel to re
proach him very severely, for the pains be
has taken with that garden is something
amazing ; working in it, Mr. Babcock,
early and lati, weeding and digging and
watering , and now to see it all torn and
trampled so that you wouldu't know which
was beets and which was cucumbers, it's
enough to rouse anybody temper."
"It Is, so," said Mr. Babcock.
Aod that isn't all, for by the looks of
things they must have bcon rampaging in
the orchard and clo er field before they got
into the garden. Just you come and see ;"
and putting on her sun-bonnet Miss Letitia
showed Mr. Babcock over the damaged pre
cincb. "You don't happen to know whose ani
mals did the mischief ?"' said Mr. Babcock.
"Well, I didn'tobsene them in particular
myself, but Isaac said there was one with a
peculiar white mark, something like across,
on its haunch."
"Why, that's Small's old brindle," cried
Mr. Babcock. "I know the maik as well
as I know the nose on my face. She Ld
balls on her horns, didn't she ?"
"Yes, so Isaac said."
"And a kind of hump on her back
"A perfect dromedary," said Miss Letitia.
"I noticed that myself." j
"They were Stall's cows, no doubt of it
at all," said Mr. Babcock, rubbing his
Lands. "N-.j sheep with them, hey 7" j
" Well, now I think of it, there trere sheep I
they ran away as soon as they saw Isaac, i
Ye, certainly they were sheep," said MLss (
Letitia.
"I knew it they always go with the
cows ; and what do you wish of me " -j
"It's to fix toe damages," said Miss
Letiiia. "As I said before, woaie.i folks ,
are no judges uliout such matters." I
Mr. Babcock meditated a moment, and
then saiil, j
"Well, I wouldn't take a cent less than i
seventy-live dollars, if I were you not a ,
cent." j
"Seventy-five dollars! Isn't that a good ,
deal, Mr. Babcock? Yoj know I don't
wish to be hard on the poor man; all I .
want is a lair compensation for the niLschief
done." j
"Seventy-Cte dollars is fair, ma'am in
fact, 1 might say it's low ; I wouldn't have
a herd of cattle and sheep tramping through
my premises in that way for a hundred."
"There's one thing I forgot to states
the orchard gate was open or they couldn't
have got in ; that may make a difl-jreuee."
"Not a bit not a bit. You'd a right to i
have your gate open, but S.ir.ill's cows had
no riht to run lo se. I hope I.-aac drove 1
them to the pound, did.i't he?" j
"1 heard him say he shut 'cm up some
where, and didn't mean to let 'cm out till
the owner calls (or 'em. Bat, Mr. Babcock,
what if heshoold refuse to pay the damages?
I should Lata to go to law about it."
"lie won't refuse; if he does, keep the
critters till he will pay. As to law, I guess
bo's had about enough of that."
'"I'm sure I to. ink you for your advice,"
said Miss letitia, "and I mean to act upon J
it to the very lettor."
And Mr. Iiabcock took his departure '
with a happy expression of countenance. t
Scarcely was he out of sight wiien Miss '
Letitia sent a summons lor Mr. Small,
which he obeyed as promptly as Lis neih-
bor had done. j
She made to him precisely the same state- .
lnt-nt she had made to Mr. Babcock, showed
him the injured property, and asked him to j
fix the damages. It was remarkable lofoio j
he did this that he should ask the sumo j
question JUr. liaiiooek had as tied, namely,
w hether she had any suspicion to whom the
animals belonged.
"Well, one of them I observed had a ter
ribly crooked horn."
"Precisely it's B.ilicock's heifer, I should :
know her among a thousand. She was
black and white, wasn't she?" j
"Well, now I think of it, she was; one
seldom sees so cletw a black and white on a 1
cow." - '
"To be sure: they're Bahcock's animals :
fast enough. Well, let me see what you.
want is just a fair esiiuiate, I suppose?"
"Certainly." .
"Well, I should say ninety dollars was j
as low as he ougut to be allowed to get oil
with." .
'"Oh, but I fear that will seem as if I
meant to take advantage. Suppose we call .
it sav seven tv-five?"
"Just as you . please, of course ; but
barged if Td let him off for a cent loss than
a hundred, if it were my case."
"And if he refuses to pay?"
"Why, keep the animals till he comes
round, that's all."
"But there's one thing I neglected, to
mention ur gate was standing open ; that
may alter the case."
"Not at all there's no law against keep
ing your gate open ; there is against stray
animals."
"Very well ; thank you for your advice,"
said Miss Letitia ; and Mr. Small departed
with as smiling a countenance as Mr. Bab
cock had worn.
But at milking time that night he made
a strange discovery ; old briudle was miss
ing! At about the same hour Mr. Bab
cock made a similar discovery; the black
and white heifer was now here to be found.
A horrible suspicion seized the in both a
suspicion which they would not have made
known to each other for the world.
They waited till it w as dark, and then Mr.
Babcock stole round to Miss Letitia's, and
meekly asked leave to look at the animals
which had committed the trespass. He
would have done it without asking leave
only that thrifty Miss Letitia always shut
ber barn doors at night.
While he stood looking over into the pen
where the cows were confined, and try ir. to
negotiate with Miss Letitia for the release
of the heifer, along came Mr. Small, in
quest of his brindle. The two men stared
at each other for an instant in blank dL-may,
then huDg their heads in confusion. .
It was useless to assert that the damages
were too high, for had they not fixed them J
themselves? It was useless to picaa tnas
Miss Letitia was in a manner responsible for
what had haipened, on account of the open
gate, for had they not assured her that cir
cumstance did not alter the case? It was
useless to say that she had no right to keep
the cows in custody, for had they not coun
seled her to do so? As to going to law
about it, would they uot thus become the
spoi t of the whole town ?
"He that diggeth a pit, he him-elf shall 1
fall into it," said Miss Letitia, who read what . when they can be secured for so little inon
was passing in their minds as well as if they I ey So I wcnt to one of their meetings. I
had spoken, for the light of Isaac's lantern i 1.0,1 illKt ono dollar in niv pocket, aiid that
fell full on their faces. 'However, on ono
Condition 1 will free the cows and forgive
you the debt."
"What is that?" Both thought the ques
tion, but did not ask it.
"The condition is, that you promise to
put a good new fence in place of the old
one that separates your estates, dividing the
coast between you, and that henceforth you
will lie together peaceably so far as in you
lies. Do you promise?"
"Yes," muttered both, in a voice scarcely
audible.
Shake hands upon it, then," said Mis J
Letitia.
They did so
"Now let the cows out, Isaac ; it's time 1
they were milked," said she. And the two
men wtt.t awny driving their cows Ufore
them, and a shame-faced nir greatly in con-
trast to the look of triumph with which !
they had quitted her presence.
The fence was built, and the strife ceased
when the cause was removed, but it was
long before Miss Letitia's part in the aflair
came to the public ear ; for she herself
maintained a strict silence concerning it,
and enjoined the same upon her man-servant,
L-atic.
Joke on the Undertakers.
A night or two since, while on his beat
through B street, Olficer S found
an inebriated indi idual reposing on a bench
in front of Wir-on &. Brown's undertaking
establishment. The officer shook the leliow
until he awoke him from his drunken slum
ber, then explained to him that he would
be obliged to escort him to the station
bouse unless lie hunted otl.er quarters.
The man told the officer that he was a
stranger in town, that l.e had but four bits,
and the nil.t being warm he had concluded
it wouid be good economy to sliNspwout of
doors and save his four bits to buy his
breakfast in the morning. Not being a
haid hearted man, the officer told the leilow
that he might finish Lis. snooze, provided he
would get up and move out of sight befura
the people were astir on the streets. Pa-sing
that way again in the Course of an hour
or two, Mr. S found that his snoozer
had rolled off the bench and was lying in
the empty e:ise of a ci.fSu which was sitting
at the edge of the sidewalk. Bousing his
man again, the ofScer told him he "nust
get out of there."
"Out of what?" grumbled the fellow.
"Out of that coffin,'" said S though it
was but one of those largo coffin-shaped
cases in which coffins are shiped. .
"Who's in a coffin," said the fellow,
rubbing his ey'es.
"Why you are," said S.
"If 1 am I don't know it."
"Well, I know it, and if you don't get
out of that it w iil be the end of you. Dou't
you know that if the undcrfnkeis get up in
the morning and find you snoozing in here
they'll clap a lid on the coffin, nail you up
and bury you, and then send in a bill and
make the county pay your funeral expen
ses." Crawling out of his narrow quarters, the
fellow stood and gazed upon the coffin case
for a time, then said :
"What sort of undertakers have you got
up here in this conntry, that go and set co.
fins "longside the sidewalks to ketch men ?"
and without waiting for an answer Le shuf
fled away to find safer quarters.
Chunks of Wisdom.
We don't know who is the philosopher
speaking, but deem his suggestions so sug
gestive that we say cut this out and read it
often :
Better to wear a calico dres without trim
ming, if it be paid for, than to owe tne
shop-keeper for the most elegant silk, cut
and trimmed in the most bewitching man
ner. Better to live in a log-cabin all your own,
than a brown-stone mansion belonging to
somebody else.
Better walk forever than run into debt
for a horse and carriage.
Better to sit by the pine table, for which
you paid three dollars ten years ago, than
send home a new extension, black walnut
top, and promise to pay for it next week.
Better to use the old cane-seated chairs,
and laded two-ply carpet, than tremble at
thef bills sent home l'rum the upholsterer's
for the most elegant parlor set ever made.
Better to meet your business acquaint
ances wi.h a free "don't owe you a cent"
smile, than to dodge aruuud the corner to
escape a dun.
Belter to pay the street organ-grinder two j
cents lor music, it you must cave it, taun
owe for a grand piano.
Better to gaze upon bare walls than pic
tures unpaid for.
Better to eat thin soup from earthenware,
it you owe your ouwtner nouang, ti.an w
dine off lamb and roast beef and kuow that
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it docs not belong to you.
t i . -r p r v-
Better to let your wife TTSve a fit of hys-
. - .u - , , r r
tencx, than run in debt for nice new furia-
tare, or clothes, or jewelry.
LOTS Or FUX ABOUT LOTS.
HOW THE FAT CONTRI lit'TOIt COT A HOME
FOR ONE DOLLAR A WEEK.
I joined a building association the other
night. I had been told that by the pay
ment of a dollar a week one could secure a
Lome, and I wanted some of it. One dollar
a week is very reasonable for a home. Sin-
cular so many people are without homes
I planked don n at once before the secretary
of tho association.
"What's that for?" he inquired, eyeing
the money.
"That's for a home," said I. "You may
give me one of the best homes you have on
hand, and I will try it for a week. If I liko
it, perhaps I'll kep it right along, haudiug
in a dollar each week."
The secretary smiled and said they hadn't
any homes in just then that would be likely
to suit me, but if I would sit down a little
w,,il iguana some would bo handed iu
Irom wmcu 1 couiu make a selection, i
told bim I wasn't as particular as some. I
only wanteuaiiomewitneignioi tcniooms,
cellar well stocked, gas and water on every
Hoor, front and back entrauoo aud w ithiu
five miuutcs' walk of the post-of5icc.
Wouldu't mind paying half a dollar or so
extra for the use of a piano, billiard table,
library and other little articles to make
homo comfortable and happy.
The secretary said that could all be fixed
easily enough. Asked if I wouldn't like to
have a pair of horses and a few servants
thrown iu.
Then he explained that the association
dealt in building lots. One dollar a week,
for two or three years, paid for a building
lot. That changed tho aspect of things
inateiially. I never could feel entirely at
Louie in a vacant lot, no mltr if it did
only cost a dollar a week. To lie sure a
man might be able to get his board so long
as the fence lasted, but his lodging wouldu't
bo entirely agreeable d ruing inclement
weather. Suppose I secured the lot, not
knowing when I would be able to build on
it I couldn't build much on half a dozen
htd obtained in that way. Imagiue a col
ony of lis, all settled out there ou lots we
couldn't build on, and every man complain
ing of hi lot. What lots of complaining
wouid be going on. Leave the gate open
at night, and all your childreu would be
down with a cold next meriting. No trou
ble about catching rain water, though.
Whenever it rained hard wouldn't we catch
it?
I sat down to observe the proceedings
for a little while. Ono of tho officers of the
association suspended a handsome map of
the property on the wall. It was laid oct
beautifully in streets running at right an
gles, and every lot was numbered. Y'ou
never saw anything so level as that projierty
was unless it was the sjculator's head who
put it in the market. There was a wide
avenue running along one side of it, with
a street ca,r and horses on full gallop. I
w as pained to soe those horses on a gallop,
ami thought of calling Bei gh's attention to
it, until I learned that the street railroad
isn't built yet only projected. I shan't
buy a package of tickets immediately. The
president expatiated on the advantages of
the location; shdwed how convenient it was
to some toll-gate, and made a neat allusion
to a graveyard in tho vicinity. I suppose
a man can swap his lot for a lot in the grave
yard, if he is likely to die.
I inquired of the president who paid for
grading the streets. He said that was
charged to the lots. Asked him if Lot's
wife would have to pay for it iu caseof death
and he asked me if I wasn't ashamed of
myself, turning into a pillar of Bait in that
manner.
A melancholy man came and sat beside
me. He had evidently dropped in casually
not knowing what was going on. Said he:
"What is the occasion ef this meeting ?"
I banded him a circular. He took out a
sorrowful pair of spectacles, and adjusting
them to his grief-stricken nose, read, "A
pleasant home for one dollar a week."
Then he crumpled the paper iu his fin
gers, and whispered hoarsely in my ear,
"Costs me a hundred dollars a week to live,
yet I haven't a pleasant home."
"Why uot?" I queried.
"My mother-in-law lives with me I" he
cried, in anguish, and buried his emotions
in the advertisement.
I suggested that he could buy a lot and
send Lis mother-in-law out there to improve
it, and this seemed to set him thinking.
But, good heavens 1 suppose other men
should follow his example, and I should
find my lot among a whole lot of mothers-in-law!
When I pay a dollar a week for a
home I don't want to surround uijdelf w ith
a menagerie.
Tho meeting was entirely haimoaious.
I paid my dollar, and intend to go up ia a
day or two and stake off the fraction of a
lot already paid for. 1 ie to "-ei mat i
possess real estato, and I want to see it grow
week by week. When I have enough
staked off to get a foothold I ..ball begin to
build.
Heset Johes, of Vermont, on bis dy-
i . . . . . . . , wo.d
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which he cared to erase. They thought
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it was a big thing until they found oot
lb y,tvs ' . . . v.
that he didn t know enough to write nis
ua
own name-
?ru i ti: iriTcniis,
AlCVRIOVS INCIDENT.
We have received from an eminent Amer
ican jurist tho following interesting narra
tive :
Near the cloe of the seventeenth centu
ry that renowned judge, Sir John Holt,
Lord Chief Justice of England, estecaitd
by his contemporaries, as well as by men
of after-ages, as an embodiment both of
tho law and of justice, was presiding at
the assize Lfeld iu Lis native county of Ox
foid. A decrepit old woman was put on
trial, charged with the crime of w itcLcraft.
The history of the case, the otlcnse of which
the prisoner was alleged to be guilty, weie
Lid before the jury by tho Attorney -General
prosecuting for the Crown. The Chief
Justice listened to the opening of the case
with uuusual earnestness, for there was
recalled to his memory a curious incident
connected with bis own early life. When
a student at the University of Oxford hie
habits were wild and irregular, and ho
gave no promise of Lis gieat future emi
nence. In company with several other
young students Le Lad beeu for several
days on a carouse through some of the
country places iu the iciuity of Oxford.
Young Holt had separated Liinself from
his companions, and riding up to a way
side inn, without any money iu Lis jockct,
he yet da t clod Lis horse to bo fed aud au
ample dinner prepared for himself, tt roll
ing iuto the kicchcri, he noticed the daugh
ter of the hostess w as sick, and was told by
her mother that fcho was a great sufferer
from fever aud ague, and that the doctors
had beeu unable to cure her. The young
collegian at once tleclaied his ability to ef
fect a cure. Taking a piece of parchment,
he wrote upou it a cablistio word iu tho
Greek characters, bound it tightly upon
the wribt of the girl, and then assured her
that while she retained it she would have
uo further return of her chills aud fever.
He remained at the iuu for seveial days,
and the girl had no return of her sickness.
When demanding his bill, tho grateful
mother said sho had no charge against
hitu, aud only regretted that Ler limited
nic:i"ii3 would uot permit her to make hiui
more ample payment for the heaheg of her
daughter. lie lode away iu triumph. Aud
uow, as he sat on the bench as the Lord
Chief Justice of England, he knew that
the decrepit old woman ou trial for her
life before him was the daughter of tha
woman who kept the way-side iun, and
upou whose wiibt he had bound the parch
ment charm forty years beJore.
the had followed in his owu footsteps,
and had been using the charm for the ben
efit of her neighbors aud friends. Tha
Chief Justice railed her up, aud as she un
folded some old greasy rags, she pi est u ted
to him the well-worn parchment with the
cabalistic word in his owu handwriting
written upou it. It is needless to ttdd that
the womau was at once discharged. If
the great Chief Justice had previously eu
tertained any doubts on the subject of
w itchcraft, they weie removed.
There is a curious sequel to the incident
above related. Some twenty-five years ag
the writer of this article w as sitting in tho
private office iu Wall street of the Lite Mr.
S , then a wealthy it,tii-ed merchant,
aud acting president of one of the pi iucipal
Wall street banks. He was a quaint, cu
rious man, fond of the marvelous, and dis
posed to believe in spiritualism, then first
coming into prominent notice. Our con
versation had been continued for some
time, discussing Scottish second-sight, su
pernatural appearances, and esjcially
Kidd's buried treasures, when he suddenly
changed the subject, saying, abruptly, "I
can cure the fever and ague," On asking
how, he produced a small piece of parch
ment with a cabalistic word written on it
in the Greek characters, saying it must be
bound on tha wrist, and the disease will
disappear or go away. He did not teli me
how or when he had obtained the wonder
ful charm. Nor was I at that time aware
of the trial before referred to, and 6ure I
am that he could have bad no knowledge
of it, A hundred and fifty years had come
and gone 6i;ice tho fallacy had been exjiosed
by Lord Chief Justice Holt. It is probable
that at some time during the foity years
preceding that trial the woman posessiug
the pretended charm had communicated
the secret, and given a copy to nonie friend
emigrating to America, and that it may
have been handed down through successive
generations, and irhaps in some canes ef
fecting cures by and through the imagina
tion. It has been said that sometimes vio
lent exercise and sometimes strong in.pres
fcic.ua oa the tniud will ward off altacks of
what are called fits of agun. Harper'
2agazine for October.
Forgot Her Baby. A curious incident
recently occurred on a western train. As
the cars weie moving away from the Tme
Haute depot a pretty young woman came
from the laoies' tar, aud, rushing iuto the
smokiugcar, frantically appealed to every
body to stop the train. Catching eight of
the conductor, she exclaimed, piteously,
-Mr. Conductor, do j Wase stop tbe traiii ;
I'vo left my baby." Tbe train was step
ped and the baby recovered, atuidkt the
hearty cheers ef aT who witnessed the oc
currence, aud while the young mother hug
ged ber little on, amidst tears and smilw
she tried to explain how the baby was snch
a new ono that she hadn't got used to it.
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