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ll't i: if i'-tM'. ii. .1. pii'p"H til 1-0
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M..t ex pi'ivi'S of House and Farm, l.75.$l,xU bl)
TiMIMTlT OF T. r.H.T.V. Stiitaw.
Vmf it; l-'iit . 4 Iiorsoe. 8 reira, :i h'fp, 2
s'.'.vo. i I. ..mi . 7 i..n'. 8 turkeys. :; .liie!-:.f.e.
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1 1 id lie; it:,', i. ;rit. 1 fell r-iierso wn'ron.
1 Fpi-iiiir ivttiinn. 1 eni i inc-e. 1 tniyiry. 1 o:irt, 1
li: i:il-o:i rl. I s! elrli, 2 s ; j. 1 I h t iliiiiir m :i eh he.
1 lo.iwiti'- iiiiicliie.e, 1 sr'Hiii drill. 1 eider tniil. 2
r'l'tilljr-l.e.TcM. 'i;t v-r;ko. 1 eii 1 r i vn 1 1 . r. I! I.li.IVS,
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l.-irne-.s. 3 a l.il. s. hi i.ji.'S. ii ilfer. forks, rakes,
fe-ei. Xf"-". c;i'VK. Ixie, e't.iiMS. i-t..
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2o iipu.ti. 31 o!iemwr. 7 lir.u!s, tipiiiiiir-siip,
'ii sheet '. --'i pillows. ! !UtCrs, 1'" towels, 11
I'.-d-i iek. 15 pi s. mil teti". 12 wee.en's caps. PI
! t !eea i 15 .rj.sni'ki. prs. st ' .ek i n. 5 imi-
uri.-'s. l.Vi p.o. c.n,. ft l.l.U. sefc s. ap, 1 keltic
:?i.p:o toil i or. 1 ' , I Oil-. ;nr krnut.
. 1 rff. .-. : Umiil.-P ! prs. shoes. 3 prs. lof t,
r.l iie-n's ni l l.nj 's eo.ns. r.s vnts, 2t it. punis,
2lpis. i'i wcrs iind i:n Icr.-hii t j. p l.ats. L". prs.
'.rl:. 1 V) ll.s. eotto'i Inps. ..Hyil. tv-u- ir :t lnir, j
2-15 U. i.,:!i..i. "s vU sliirtin r, i.'.l yds. In'.filiit".
j"l j. it. ti -tin. .l'." !'. simp, 2o ii. s. crr i- s,.ap.
I .Ids, n ! ? n p, isl I I'S. i.i r.l, . oj i lis. la; tow. : u i
II. o. eati'ie's. d I Ihs. t - i. "5 IP-. coiT'-O. :tp) tlii.
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d.-v i in! fi.v', tm. ;Ke. 3 h' I. I'l Ur. loo !k-:'!s
eit.l,.,e.l Id. I v.fiic.u-. V. IddS. elder. H x'..
np;'le-!.ii t rer. ,' Mil. (fliir kraut. 1 (lZ. corn
Itoouis. s -:. ir- l!.in'"t m.'wi, 1.) tons h"v. 50 1
tots. e;it-. 3 4i lois corn. 80. i I ns. po'iiloes, t:0 I n.
tur tips, 2'J t.iis. I.nckwluat, 15) bus. coal,.") lbs.
wool.
inuatf.s. ic, in norsn.
Xiimhcr of inn. 'ten .1 ino'.ry 1. H.5 4
a.l.nitti' l durioir year I'O
e t e-n. .tone ('.. p:75. a
rna'e oh:! !, A:v s ti. (jie.-n t.clnrf- ttic
eiellii-T- I -l"'.)
I;:- o'T'.r il i -..I tihseontb:! "lurlrjc th"
e i t"!
Died uiirinir tli'-ye.ir 7- 4! j When his pocsets were examined they
11 o iTrnr in ID. --'. J inimry M -7r. Ti'were fontul to be. entirely empty. But
;,,,.,. i ;,! ,7i.f f'oiei .-:. dose to tito body was found m (ld-fashioned
F..A-li'onlV mh".;!m;-I nallet. It was slid open, as if its contents
I i .ii-is iir'ni. M.iv '-1st: r..'!v S'.ni'T .lely , , , , n-en from it. r.nd as if he who
:v ! ii"ir tr-'! n. . r . l'.oii: ' ...'. r. o.a
r. ..v. l 'th. .! ', tiuri1 :it Pot r !i"tr",
an oo'.'i 'v:i iiifiti, found de.nd oil clay p:ke,
Ant :i i.t'h."
of il-e titi itea r ; M .1 "n rrr .Tint:rry I d, 1T.0.
'!'- a.r'-: s-pe nia:e. 'Z" ' stipe f. males, H ;
in:- it.e mall -. S; ii'aiiiie . tr.lr. It: hl'.o.l :iti s,
I!; l.!;M'! fern-.lis. 1. American. ii",; foreigners,
2"'. Iti oi 1 Tits id trie relief di-triet. ."2; e.on
ri si.li.nu. s. AutiI'Ti' monger of Inmates per
month 5.1: iiViTWd root of each inmate week
ly. 1 1..".... v.-hicl! IneluJis l.' -io meals to tramin
curi.'i' tin' ytar. I. LILLY, Steward.
v:.pv:t W7 rof.n uo. st: as vv.n ArniTon s
Am t doe r,-r.m Pou-ity .T.in'y 1. 1.-75. .. I 4,8!o ?.
Aoi'i nrii I A. P. 4-risK-. I-.1.
A ill t in per fellow ii'ST Statcmout.. .
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R'piisit ion for lo75. .
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Amount Or l. rs pidd, Y" -
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Iialanre in favor of poor House $ 3,7k7 00
amoi-nt ih e roon norsE
Fr"'ii ,Ir!i-i .1. Kimik for hide;'
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Wf. the imdersl.rned T:-Ttor of the Poor off
r-irnhToi eo-tntc. certify that tho foret-omt'
a correct staieiifnt of t lie ex pense-. etc.. nt
ti c I'i.O'- pTi l pe;-e of l-Iinplorfnent for the.
car A. I. IjT.'i. All which Is respectfully sub
' inirted. .
Witness our li.ni.ls this 21st day of January,
I A. D. l-74
AVorl.M WKKt.r.S,l
t II Mil F.S H-t'IK. VDirectorS.
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Attest-I. l.ir.i.v, Stewnnl mii-I Clerk."
irpAVKHN' STAND VOW HKXT.
, J- The well located Tar- VVT-X
' em Stand and Dwelling H on e 4 i tp
txrlunmne to the nnderslnne.1. to ,
' br,.,' n the "llirtin Hi. use. l.:riij-JC13
i ..ituat.,n Innmi Hill, In (Jailit- ",,,.. rf
. i.n ti.wr.-h'p tiirnhria ynunty, nhoilt ft quarter or
a mil.-fn.iM Oaiittrin staii.ih. is ottered for rent
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nooi rj rromm!rt.",.n,!r,3uJ''
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1 u..ii ..r ti. o i..ir..T n.iirr on the premises, writ
ten application ill be promptly nnswered, and
tornii eueeitiod. which will bo m.HWHte
F jviHHAJiLMcMORRIS.
TaonM Hill, Jn. 7, 18T3.-if.
PAY Till: PKIXTKU.
I had a dream the other night,
A scene of awe and glory;
It was not caused by fear or fright.,
It was not caused by fancies light,
Nor i.s't a made-up Htery.
I dreamt I was in spirit land,
And saw the sons of men
Walk in procession, great and grand,
In numbers like the ocean, and
Ten thousand multiplied by ten.
They came from cities far and wide,
And went to view their rest:
They came as comes the rolling tide,
The liaint and sinner, side by side,
Expecting to ho blest.
lint Peter stopped them at the gate,
As summer's stopped by winter,
Ami liere he held to each his fate,
lie inu.le him this in clearness state :
If he had paid the printer.
And those who h.vl h i let pass in,
lint thrust, the others hack.
And gryye tliein each a warning grin,
And smiled at tlmse who thus could sin,
And shook his le ad, alas! alack !
And whfTi 1 f-nw tnem doleful stand.
As shut in freezing winter,
I said to them, with outstretched hand,
In tones I I bought FupeiMy gram,
"Why didn't you pay the printer?
"Yon thought to srap' your deeds,
As thus yon d ,lg d yeiir dues.
Hut novv you s:te Mich iiiis.r creeds
A re had ns any Ihist le seeds.
And give'you but the blues!
"For shame to tins prevent the march
Of intellect and fame !
Descend to Hades' darkened arch.
Ami! then; l,e sulphered as w j t li starch,
l-'or doing of the same !"
And that is all, for there they wait,
A.4 in their sides a splinter,
A nd I awoke from that dread state,
To warn you folks hefore too late,
To shun their sad and evil fate,
And up ami pay your printer !
a iiAii:-iii:i:AiiTJ izscavh.
Tm the year 1S11 the now floun.-dnng city
"f Steubcnville, Ohio, was a very small
place. Its poptilation was noted for its
qtiiet and orderly character, and there was
ii.t a sipijlo l:tjii ; saloon in the place.
dime was very rare, and the. circuit
judges often hail occasion to congratulate
toe peoj.h; upon not having a .single crimi
nal case upon their calender.
In consequence there was intense excite
ment i:i totcubenville, when, at an early
hour in the morning of the 1 7t h of Novem
ber, in the abore mentioned year, the re
port reached the. place that the corpse of a
man had been found in the woods within a
hundred yards of the last bouse of the
town, and cl.so to the Pittsburgh turnpike,
with cveiy indication that an atrocious
muider hnd been committed. The sheriff,
accompanied by some Ufty citizens, imme
diately hastened to the spot indicated to
him by the person who had discovered the
remains of the mu dered man. That per
son was a decrepit old woman, who bad gone
out to gather brushwood. Xo one would
have suspected her utider an3' circumstan
ces of having had any thing to do with the
j bloo.ly di'ed, and beside, sIlO mnnirostpd
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such unfeigned hotror in describing what
she had seen at the' dismal spot in the
woods, tli.it she was unhesitatingly allowed
to go about her business.
Upon arriving at the scene of the supposed
murder, the sheriff and his companions saw
, at a 'lrincfi t'i3t a toriihli? crimes had been
committed. The dead man was covered all
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apparently indicted with a sharp knife,
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were found upon the body. His head was
fttill covered willi a nice felt hat. His face
presented a most ghastly aspect.
A teniblo gash extended from the left,
temple to the right jaw. Another gash
vi as iti the fou h:ul. The victim was
dress"!' in a substantial fur coat. He wa
apparently forty-two years old.
had cm. tied il had iificrw.ud thrown it
away.
At a distance of about ten yards from
the corpse, near an old log, lay a peculiarly
shaped fur cap. Ii could not have belong
ed to the murdered man, for, as we have
said before, be bad bis hat on his head.
The ground was covered with snow, and
UCre wc).c ft numlcr of liht fjotprints
vj!i;hje in it. These were Ihe only iiidica-
tions of the perpetrator of the horrible
' crime.
The coroner was sent for, and until his
arrival the sheriff and his companion? went
tothe Ohio tavern, which was situated at no
great distance from the scene of the mur
der. YY hen the s ientt told tne lauuioru oi
. .m. ,, , - r
the mu.dcr, and described to him the Rp-
' peavance of the corpse, the landlord ex
claimed at once :
"(ireat God ! that poor fellow cannot be
anybody else than Mr. Sammis, the Pitts
burgh cattle dealer. Ho was here last
night, and took supper with another man
from Pittsburgh, w hose name I believe was
Bclsoti or Wilson, and who rode on toward
Pittsburgh immediately after he left the ta
ble. Mr. Sammi.s sat in the front mom
with me and Jack Capon for an hour, when
tho two went out together."
Jack Capon was a dissolute, but very
1 good -natured fetlow, about thirty years
H ... . 1
1 nA xvho had a decided aversion o work,
a still more decided predilection for
: strong drink
Ha could not get any whiskey at Sten-
benville, and hence he often walked for
tnilea and miles in order to obtain a "wee
drop" of whiskey. When he was success
ful ha retained with his hat full of bricks
to Steubenville, where he had frequently
been punished by the "squire" for intoxi
cation, with Stic and imprisonment. Still,
everybody liked him because he had an
excellent, unselfish heart, and never forgot
a favor done him.
"What sort of hat did Capon wear last
night?" asked the sheriff.
"Why, uo hat, but a fur cap made of
beaver skin with two ear-covers."
"Was this the cap?" said the sheriff,
producing the fur cap which he had found
near the corpse of the murdered man, and
which he had thus far been holding under
his cloak.
"Yes," exclaimed the landlord, "that is
Capon's cap, and no mistake. Yhere did
you find it?"
The sheriff told him. Everybody seemed
horror-struck at the idea that poor Jack
C'apou should have committed so atrocious
a crime.
Men v.cro immediately dispatched to
hunt up Jack Capon. They did not find
him at his wonted haunts in Steubenville ;
but a man who was well acquainted with
his habits, said if he could be found any
where it would be at the cabin of old Sim
Brooks.
Brooks lived in the woods on the Pitts
burg side of Steubenville, about one mile
from the spot where tho corpse of Mr. Sam
mis had been found. Like Jack Capon,
old Brooks was fond of whi.-.key, and the
two would frequently diink together until
they were utterly oblivious of the carts and
sorrows of this world, which, as they
thought, had not treated cither of them too
well.
Soto Brooks' cabin went the men. They
knocked at the fi out door, r. ! x'.i was lock
ed. For several minutes t!i-i: was no re
sponse. At last old Brooks l.i'iisclf opened
the door. They saw at a gi...:ee that he.
xas in an alarming state of int ixication.
"Is Jack Capon here'?"' they noked.
"Ye-ye-yes," hickupped Crooks ; "he is
lying asleep yonder, behind the stove."
Then Ihe drunken id fellow went back
to his lounge, and a minute later ho was
sound asleep again. The men stepped up
to Capon. lie was drunk also. His coat
ami shirt were covered with blood. They
exchanged significant t:l-l"res and aroused
him not without consieV-ruble difficulty.
"What do you want?"' he a-ked, yawn
ing. "The fheriff wants you, Jack."
"The sheriff! What, for? I hain't done
nothing."
"You are stropect cd of Laving murdered
a Mr. Sammi of Pittslo r.f h."
"Go away ! I murdered a Mr. Sammis?
You must be loony."
"Look at yourself."
Capon looked at his clothes. The sight
of the bloody stains on them caused him to
sober up at once.
"IIotv did I get these stains on my coat
and shirt?" he sta'iitneied out at last.
"Don't you know any thing about tLcm ?"
they asked.
"Xo no! You say murder was commit
ted ?"
"Come come, Jack Capon," they re
plied, "yon cnu't fool anybody by pleading
ignorance. What did you do willi your
cap?"
He looked about the room.
"Some one must have taken it, away," he
said at last.
"Von left it near the corpse of the mur
dered man."
"Was it found thcro? Great GihI great
God !"
lie buried his face in his hand?, And bc
g:u: to crv.
Then he followed the men, who also took
old Sim Brooks along, willingly, to the
Ohio Tavern, where the coroner had mean
while arrived. The sheriff' appeared soon
pftcrward with some men who were carry
ing the gry, frozen corpse of Ihe victim.
Jack Capon was conducted to the corpse.
As he caught sight of it. he recoiled in hor- j
ror.
"It's Mr. Sammis," he gasped ont
"Poor Sammis. who has murdered him ?"
"You were the last seen in his company,"
js.aid the sheriff, "your cap was found near
the corpse; your clothes are blood-stainedi
who but yon can be the murderer ?"
"I am innocent I" cried Capon, desper
ately. "I got fight at Brooks'. I don't j
know how I got this blood on my clothes, I
nor bow my cap got neir the corpse. I j
have even forgotten that I was with this!
poor gentleman." .
Tiio coroner impaneled a jury, nnd in ;
the first place, t-ok them to the spot in tho j
woods where the murder bad been commit 1
ted. Jack Capon, who bad been mean-
while, heavily ironed, was also conveyed J
thi! her. The foot ptints near tho point ;
where the corpse of the murdered man had j
lain,were not very dtstinct.butjthey seemed I
to correspond exactly with the soles of j
Capon's sh res. j
Returning tothe Ohio Tavern, the core '
ner swore Sim Brooks, who by this time ;
bail become potfcctly sober, and who
stated that last night, about half-past ten j
o'clock. Jack Capon came to his cabin and :
asked him if ho had any whiskey, lift Lad .
given him half-a-dozen drinks, whereupon
Capon bad wanted si ill more, but be had
j no more. Capon Lad then shown him a ten :
' dollar gold piecp, and had asked him if he
kucw wLeie auy wLiskey could be bought.
He had answered if he would go to Mike Some Curious Way ft of Observing Slippery Place to Vop the Ques'iojx.
Perry's he might get some. There Capon St. Valentine's Day. ' "
had gone, and returned with whisker, but ! Sha can,e H'TP"" from the church
without his cap, and with his shirt and the ! ancestry in Englaud and Scot- j door, her face flushed by emotions awaken
front part of his coat all bloody." i lanl kave observed some ery funny cus- ed J" t,,e j" uttered discourse, and eyes
Brooks added that he had asked Capon wHin the last three centuries. At j blight with lovingexi eetation. Hcthhw.
how he got the blood on him. Capon was oc time valentines were fashionable among 1 d "n tbe curbstone, where for an hour ho
so drunk that he could not give a very in- nubility, and, while still selected by ! waited impatiently with a L-nninr;
tcliigible account of what bad happened to ! t became the duty of a gentleman to fai' Iy palpitating in his throat, and
him, but he had said something about hav- Gc to the lady who fell to bis lot a band- j frozen fingers in bis pockets. They linked
ing had a fall and hurt himself. st'me present. Pieces of jewelery costing rmn and stalled for the residence tf ner
Upon hearing this evidence the prisoner ! thousands of dollars were not unusual, rents. After a few moments hesitMing
exclaimed:
"Yes yes, that's true I do remember
it. nonr T made a i.lmit. rot. through the
woods to Mike Perry's house, where I got
the whiskey, and returned by pretty much
the same route, when I stumbled over some-
thing, and fell."
The jury rendered a verdict against him,
and he was committed for trial. II is pock
ets were then examined, aiid the ten dollar
gold piece, which Sim Brooks had mention
ed, was found.
Capon said that Sammis, who had taken
an interest in him, had given it to him
This wa considered a very tiitnsy falsehood,
ai;d everybody was convinced that Jack
Capon wr.s guilty. j
A messenger, with the news of S; ca uis'
muider was dispatched to Pittsburgh,
where it created, profound sensation. It
turned out that the murdered man had
hail nearly twenty thousand dollars in
large bank bills on his person. Sammis' j
brother Mark, a wholesaTe grocer, and a
very energetic man, accompanied the meso ;
senger back to Steubenville, and engaged
special counsel to assist in the prosecution
of C apon. The latter was tried and con
victed, but the jury having to fix his pun
ishment, ho was not sentenced to death, '
but to imprisonment at bard labor for life. I
The prisoner was overwhelmed with I
grief because of his conviction. Ho nccr j
tired of protesting his innocence, anil bis ',
eyes were constantly red and swollen from
weeping. lie was taken to the penitt'n
tiary at Columbus, where be waj at first
very harshly treated ; but bis amiable dis
position was not long in making so agreea
ble an impression upon the keepers that j
many privileges were granted to him. !
These be never abused ; on the contrary, I
he proved an efficient assistant to the prison j
authorities on more than one occasion, so 1
that they wondered how this good-natured '
man could have been capable of committing
so heinous a crime. I
Five years passed by, when an event oc
cured which proved beyond doubt that
Capou was after all au entirely innocent
man. j
A cotton broker, named Wilson, at
Savannah, Ga., had long been on bad
terms with his wife. Finally he charged
her with adultery, atid sued fnr a divorce.
The wife thereupon accused him of having
murdered a, man on the ICih of November,
IS41, on tlie day after leaving Pittsburgh,
I.. and of bavin"- robbed his victim of
twenty thousand dollars in five hundred
and one thousand dollar bank bills.
She said that she had to wash on the
next day, when be had unexpectedly
returned to Pittsburgh, her husband's
shiit, which had becu blood-stained, and
she charged him with having killed some
body. He had confessed to her what be
had done, and they had left Pittsburgh a
few days later, and gone south.
Wilson was arrested, sir.d the authorities
at Steubenville at onc.'!coininiinioaled with.
The sheriff' who had arrested Capon, nnd
who was still in office, came peisonal'y to
Savannah with a requisition from the
Governor of Ohio. When be had his first
interview with Wilson, the Litter, who
was terrified beyond measure by the pros
pect of the scaffold, asked him whether a
full confession would save him.
"If you are guilty, it will be, maybe, the
only thing that will save yo-jrlife," relied
the r-hciiff.
Thereupon Wilson made a clean brea t of
it. He .said he had waylaid Saininis. who
had left Lis horse at a house three miles
from Stoubenviilo. and had attacked Lim
with a knife. Sammis had offered the most ' 'alk:t:S in lhc dcl!lh of "'1 thiough the
desperate resistance, and had c unpolled s:mw' 11,1,1 -vot llC luls liCV r b't" k,! "v" tl'
him to slab him often before he had enc havc received a frost bite. When he re
Climbed. ! quires a di ink be walks dclibcra.cly into
When the sheriff arrived with hisnrison- ! tbe river il matters not to him wh:.t sea-
er at Sieubenviile., the exasperated people ,
there could be barely prevented from lynch- '.
ing Wilson.
The governor of the State, upon reccir- ;
ing a certified copy "of Wilson's confession, "i
immediately granted fail pardon to Capon,
to whom the legislature, which happened
to be in session at Columbus at the time,
voted the sum of one thousand dollars to
indemnify him for the sufferings he Lad
innocently undergone.
If is needless to try to describe Capon's
joy at this unexpected change in Lis for- ;
tunes. He returned to Steubenville, where j
the people received him amid manifesta
tions of unfeigned joy.
At the next term of the Circuit Court,
Wilson was sentenced to be hanged, the
court saying that, the enormity of bis crime
had been augmented by his suffering an
innocent man to be punished for it.
Capon gave a proof of genuine magna
nimity by going to Columbus and ir kit:g
the governor to spare Wilson's life ; but
tho governor refused to interfere. So Wil
son was hanged at Steubenville on the 4th
of January, 1S47.
Wask" r Eve made for Adam's Express Co.?
inougu smaller inmgs, as gloves, werc
j niore common.
! A- gossippy old gentleman named Pepys,
llose private diary has come to afford
: Rreat interest and amusement toourtimes,
1 tells how he sent bis wife silk stockings and
garters for her valentine. And one year,
ho pays, his own wife chanced to be bis
valentine, and grumbles that it will cost
him five pounds.
There was a tradition among tho coun
try people that every bird chose its mate
! on v aienune s aay ; ana at one time it
I , . a
was the custom ror young folks to go out
before daylight on that morning and try
to catch an owl and two sparrows in a net.
If they succeeded, it was good omen, and
entitled them to gifts from the villangers.
Another fashion among them was to write
the valentine, tie it to an apple or orange,
and steal up to the house of the chosen
otic in the evening, open the door quietly,
and thiow it in.
The drollest valentine I ever beard of
belongs to these old times in England,
ami consisted of the rib of a small animal
wrapped in white satin rihbon. which was
tied in true lover's knots in several places.
This elegant and suggestive gift was sent
to a bachelor, and accompanied with verses.
"Go contemplate this lovely s:gn !
H.isto the,, away to Ilea.-ou's shrine,
A nil listen to her voice;
No mere i'.in.sive shades pursue,
To happiness this gives the clue,
Make but a prudent choice."
So far, it is uncartaiu whether or not tho
lines refer to the pleasures of eating, sng-
gcsled (to modern minds) by a lib
But
they go on to explain :
"Till Adam hail a partner given,
Much as fr.ir Kuen iil.ionn d .ike heaven,
l!is Hiss was incomplete ;
Xo so. ial friend these joys to share,
Gave the gay scone a vacant air ;
She came 'twas all replete !"
which leaves nothing to be desired, I'm
sui c.
Those were the days of charms, r.nd of
course the maidens had a sure and infal
lible charm foretelling the future husband.
On the eve of St. Valcntiue's day, the
anxious damsel prepared for sleep by piu
ning to her pillow five bay leaves, one at
e .-.oh corner and one in the middle (which
niut have been delightful to sleep on, by
llio way). If she dreamed of her sweet
heart, she was sure to marry him before
the end of tho year.
But to make it a "dead sure" thing, the
candidate for matrimony must, boil an egg
lwi!f1' takc out t,,e ovolk' and fiU ils l'lace
with salt. Just before going to bed. she
must eat egg, salt, shell and all, and neith
er speak or drink after it. If that wouldn't
insure her a vivid dream, there surrly
could be no virtue in charms. Oliver
Thorn-c, St. 2fic7tolasi for February.
Xakkd ron Nf.atu.y Half a ComtY.
The Toronto Globe desciibcs a remark
able character in that vicinity who about
forty yeas ago conceived the idea of lead
ing a hermit's life. The youth bad from
his early nge showed symptoms of deiattge
mcnt, and the proceeding on bis part was
not considered t range by his friends. The
chosen place of bis hermitage was about
three-quartets of a nii!; from Lis parental
homestead, in the recess of a dense biusl.,
where ho elected a small hovel and fur
nished it with tin old log canoe, which he
used as a conch to sleep in. Divesting
himself of all his cl 'thing, Le L;;s ever
c i 11 o cnm'. iii'i P. .ji' It- 1 . 1 i-1 .1 n iti. r . v
...: r 1 ' . r
li ..iiv:i ml fi wi.-ien -.i iii.i.i.iiiL 1 .1 rl... :. ,
. l,5cU 1,is fanr3' liaiU li5m io lUa:!I
In
this undo state, for f.uty years bo hrts
son of the year it may be, and wades out
until tho water reaches Lis waist, and then
be stoops and quenches Lis thiist. His ,
10011 is liucn to 1:11:1 by Lis Jucnd-S and
when given to him is eaten with the vo
raciousness of an animal, which Le now re-
senuiies nu-i c man a man, his Ow.y l.eing
as ner.viiy coau.ii wnu nair as that 01 a
tir as that ot a
dangerous riis-
tnouosviUb.es.
cow. Ho never shows a
position, and chatters in
W hen people cross his path he invariably
begs for tobacco, for which be has an
evident partiality, nnd in chattering tones
j will Utter "bacco" until bis request is
j granted. His hair is long, gray and nn-
j kempt, falling far over Lis shoulders, and
his beard, which i.i similar, reaches down
below his waist. lie is now bet v. ecu s:xiy
, and seventy years of age, and is possibly
the only living being ever known to have
lived vear
fUr year peific-ly linked and
expired to ail the inclemencies of weather
which niaik the Canadian winter.
Max "Do yon think it would be sife
fir me to cross this pasture?" Maid
"Well, the old bull don't like red yery
much, but if you will chalk your uose I
guess he won't attack you."
;r"""lc 110 Mlu- ""-i " uave kuuiu
each other long. You must know just how
I feel. You must have 6cen that clear
j do" bottom Oh, Moses!"
j "0 had slipped down nu the ice with so
j cb force that his spine was driven up
: mio uis nar, ana 111s nat was tippeu over
i his nose, but she was a tender-lieaitcd girl,
j gIlc did u,it "g1'. but she carefully hell ed
him to his feet, and said :
"You were saying, John, when you
slipped that the foundation Ob, good
ness !"
She slipped herself that time, and saw
little stats come down to dance before her
eyes, but Le pulled Ler up in haste and
' wcnt ou-
Yes ; just ns I Eaid, clean down at tho
bottom of rr.y heart is a fervent love, on
which I build my hopes. That love Las
helped me stand and face Thunder !"'
lie was down again, but sci ambled up
before she could stoop to help him, and she
j said breathlessly :
I "Yes, yes, John. You remember, you
'just said a love which helped you stand
and face thunder. And that yen founded
your hopes on This pesky ice 1"
There she sat. John grasped tho looro
part of her sacqne, between the shoulders,
w ith one band, and raised her to her feet,
as one would lift a kitten from a pail cT
water by the back of the neck. Tho:i La
said with increased earnestness:
"Of course, darling, aud I Lave lotted
for an opportunity to tell iny love and to
i bear those sweet lips whisper Whoop !"
i Somehow .John s leet had slipped i.om
under him, and he bud cine down liko a
capital V with bis head and feet j ointi;'
skj ward. She twined her taper finjjcic iu
his curling locks and raised Lim 1 1 tha
stature of a man, set his hat firtidy over
his eyes with both Lands, and Cie-d iti
breathless haste.
"I understand, and let rr.e assure you,
John, that if il is" in my power to lighten
your cares and make brighter your journey
through life to Jerusalem !"
John Mood alone, and said with breath
less vehemence :
"Oh, my precious! and thus shall it be
my lifelong pleasure to lift you from tbe
rude assaults of earth and suiround you
with the loving atmosphere of Texas !:
And there they both sat together. They
had nearly reached the gate, and, hand to
hand, and with hearts overllowing w ith tho
bliss of young love's first confession th.y
crept along on their knees up the f.:nt
steps, and were soon forgetful of tt.eir
bumps on tho softest cushion of the j.a.lor
sofa. JJcsion Time.
A Li:ap Year Trasi:it They sr"d
together in the entry beneath the La'l
lamp, says the Chicago Trih'tnt, "Th?i'
Henry," she said in a low voicr, w h-.rein
were blended detei minal ton, melar. tholy
and love, "you refuse my suit?" "Yfs,
Ella," bo replied in accents that wereLivn.
though tLo spcakci's Voice trembled. "?
admire you ; I will be a brother to c,
and watch with pride your course through
life, and if ever trouble should bcfail y-n.
there will at least be otic friend to bor.-(
you can come for succor, but I can neve:,
never be your Lrl ai;d." "It is not b
cause I an: poor, Henry. Tor, O, if th:.
were all, I could toil gladly from tr.rn li:
night f'-rvmi. and strive and win a hi-nv
fa- yon, humlle it night be, Lut om iwth."
"It is useless to Rttrrr.pt to induce r. t
! y Ictormh
r.i.lioii. Though I -
I but a poor, wit.k man, I can never, nev .
I " '" 1"t"' r,u,,.;-
ei-af..-f r,i,.1 ' I.T"? ,
j 1 ... 1 . 1 , mi 1,1:1- ;u.ii jet to laise, Ijur.
j To-moir.MV y.ia v. ii) see my mangled
i lnaiits on the lecture p!:ufo:m. ami Vi.
j that it has been your work. But it w ii
too hue." and, clasping him to her bc
j iti a wild cmbra.e, she fled i.ito the o-..
I d.nkucs-s.
A Masto? on Mx. They have cLxC"
. , d. 0 z-KUl olit in T inree in th , .
.1 iu. io 1. .1.1. 1. 1 ...wins in'iiicr. i;
citizen of Pony cr nitty, one ofa fair;'"
C r. M., .. ... n .1 T .. ... 11 . ,
t child: e::, n,M , f whom had exM'
,,nsil; 1 t.aits. At eighteen yep . v.,
j was a well-giowu niiin, m'x feet high - '
w5pl..M , po,,,,,!.,. M twent3-.,
was six inches taller, nd wiifLee 2' '
pounds. He ceased to notice any cj ,
after that u-Ud he was tR-Fnir.r.
j old, and then only by the F.nalh.es
rl. tl.es and Le then mraaned i,,' hit ,
( i,, six f0l.t -, fnr,e, SincPi
1 s n,,,v thirty ne years of rrhf i
j tai.ied the height of seven foctpirc o
j and is still growi ig, th!s Icing n ;:!C
o Iw-o inches Pi'Liialiy. Smre v..,
j gro.vs more and s .:ne les.-,, but thU :.
average. He w.is recently r. :eas;i ' 1
I restid beinw n f. 'lows
.10
of shotiMcs w as S it'.chcs ; f
I to the Lip joints 2 fvet 3 in, L-s t'.,
I centre of knees. 2 fret r 4 Miches, v
j Uo enormous aeicif i'--e ..V ? ;Y t ? r
From the sbou'dc, n ti,e t'ipt,f
j was fvur feet sit h.chy.'.
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