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a McP5'2 Editor and Publisher.
'HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLATES BE9IDS."
Torms, pr year, in advance.
j)LOIE X.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1876.
NUMBER 10.
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m.iv. the -7th day "f
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iiitii-psr c.f John
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kv.ii iiip. Cimhriii
is or' K. Hewitt,
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SHERIFF'S SALES.
I iYLT'L'tL,e r sundry writs of Ifmri Fnrli. I
I i. ' ' nnf1 " l-- ion., issued out of tlio '
, Court of Common I'len". of Cumbria, county ,
i and to r;o directed, there will he c.vposH to I
public sale, at the Vansion House in the Third
I arii, John-town l!.ir., on Fai t;iilA v, M akch
2.", A. I. lSTr!. at 1 o'clock, p. in., the follow
ing real estate, to wit :
; Art the right, title and Interest of John TTcrd
: li'an. nr. in an. I to a lot of ground situate in Coop.
' errdnlc horiuah. Cf mhria county, Fcnn'a. front
I in-r on Main Ptre-t. having eileV on the one side
nnd adj vning lot of J. Marsh on" the other Pide,
en ) ruiiuinir b:c! to an nllcv. liaviny th..re.-n
ricvicd :i twostory plank pon.? rnl plank nta.hls.
row 1.1 the oc iii..mi v of . HnrJmL Tni,oi
mil intcrt of .T.ia. ' cvrcniiou ami to be sold at the suit of Samuel
,.r p rcoi of 1 M;iMcr.
1 ; n ' i-u. ' 1 inn r.r.ni. mic ana irircrc.i; ot iva-
.a&l,
f'l'iin'a. Irontiiir? on llaynos Ptroct, liavinc nn ni-
,-:,! inoB.oi.v ; icy 011 u;e cue sutt; nnd lot ot alontine Frv on
i'l-Iirillll-V Of I I ,lnll,.r ci.lo on.) . tn...l;.... -!l..
iriiii: i'.iiU to ! having t!irreon a f.vo storv lrick hoii.o nnd a.
fr 'nn; stnMe. now in the occupancy of David Clos
Fia and John Hherly. Taken in execution and to
l.e rr. nt the suit of I'etcr UlioaJa, now for ueol
hip ro.id, I Also, all tlm riclit, title and lntere?t of John
ti tli" f;ti(i 1 II. Kimtuet. of. in and to a lot of srrouml citunfo
l-r -!'!', niv.i 1 in fimcnii'iU borough. Camhriu count v. I'cnn'n.
mI. Irivior t hero- ' Ironiii: on lnyne- S'fet, having an ailey 011 the
"i-id i I ioVi stu- j one iMn and io !.f Valentine Krv on the other
t; n i . T.jkou , fide, and running hack to an alley, having t'"re.
r i'.i riiil of '!ar- on ere. tt a two slow brick hi.iie. nini tramo
sMtde, tiuv in 'he iy;"ni'.fT of lav!d Clo??in.
; '. in! r -t of F.. Taken in cxeentfon and to he sold at the suit of
or ; irc.-l of hm.l lc:cr .'hoades. now for u-e oft". J".. Klli?.
l 1 . it'!. 1 imp 1011- Ai.i, all the r:lit . t 'i In and interest of Peter
1 V rc;in s'ujil J.itxelt and Wnsiiinaton Stonehreaker, of. in and
!;. eori'.i:!iii:ir .".( t. n lot or piejf of iriound hi; uite 111 t he oth t. ard,
" .cewliou ut.d .I.ii.ns'o-vn horough, Catiihria eonntv. 1 lin n.
'-' Ir.i'itintf on Somerset street and ttdiuininsr lot of
; : i-'-: f .' imc-q i'rnr lli'rt7.icr::'r on t!:o o'-.e ride nnd lot of
! A. !!'i:k. w!pi Coin.dan'l".-' I'.e.rs on the other sidj. n:nl cxlendinur
s. ';--! itii j t-.ii'k to twi-('r''i'k, h ivinir then on erected a
r: j . i.o, to j l rire wa-jroii-makin shop, including hl.n-h.-'in i! li
.-i '(-. I pi i o r f sh ip. paint shop, trimming h'(. ele.. now in the
' iv -l l-i i.ig in 1 i .cijiaiir y .f a!liiri.:tcn Ntni.lncakcr. Taken
.1 ( (i in'.v, rind !n r-xei u: i.m and ' he sold a t t he suit of S". li.
, o . : i- of UI Is &. Son nnd J. K RoitM fc5.j.
! : "v-.m wit: Also, a'l the right, ti'.'.e and intere.il of John
1 r :i 1 : icr. ot, in and to n pi.-eo or ."mire of ground
:! :( - i.d r.i l, ui'ivi;- ia the Br. I Ward of .Iohi::;own horou ih.
. ... ; .i iv. 1 1 nil; ('jril.ri i unly. lVun' i. houodod by Washington
i' i"' ."-. to a stntet. C!inton Frreet and I'onttK street, and
' ' 1 - i" f- runr.;ng t a.-rf to an alley, having 1 hereon erected
IV L-i'M-. c..-t a one urory plank store iiou.ie, not now oct U'ied.
'j '.'.1 .01 T.. U 'n in exeeutioii aii l to be sold at tUo suit of
- ' ' '-.). l J.:.--, J.h U-ttlki.l.
: i -. e 1 o-1 .1 4i A so all it riirht. tit'c nnd Interest of ficorge
! i.' of ti 'ur:n- W. Kcod in th1 tollowoig h'frili.d re-il esiaie,
1 ! ; it. - ;:. at t wit : All I hit c.-it.iSi lot of i:.o:nd ?i uite in
ilii ?,ore,i;r!i f .lolrnt'iwn. county of Camliri i.
and State or Innylv:ini.i. fron; in g t l.ree perches
on t!'" soul ''-ti e.-t Fide of Xnpolccn street :,:id
exferid'ng nuck nn hundred an I titty feet to nn
alley; .iid lot licirj marked ami kn w on the
jdau of lo."" la: I out hy t lie lieirs of John 1 nbert,
dee ,-:-.oii. by the number (!!), bounded on the op.'j
sm'c by lot iiu-.ieer (:) ood on the other ride by
a :i n'.i'f.y. being I lie s.icie lot of ground which Jol.ii
Kreilcrie'.i and wii'e. by ile:;d dated September
H.i. and rc rd"i! 01 the i.'i .-oritinn iilMce of t'nm-
bria r'un'r. in Record H.Mk. voluic.o S4. p:ige4't,
e...,veve l i'n te? to th said Oeorio W. iieed as liv
s;vd rl;fit:.'d de-!.l. reforenec being thereunto had
1 wi'l more fui'.y and nt l-.rge appear, together
wii'i the a;.t iirtenanees. Taken in execution rin I
tn be sold a' the suit of the Johnstown liuiMii: j
and I.,o.i;i A.''C: ition.
At :. ail the ria-'it . t it le and interest of J'obert 1
P. f.'obinsoii and Mary Jane Kobinson. his wife, j
i 1 the iol lowing dese'rioed real estate, to wit: 1
A I that 'cr;atn lot of ground situate, lying vml
being in that pur! ion 1 if t he Hon wgh of Johnstown 1
kni'.tva n Kcriivilic. beginning at It. iyp -s street '
and I i viyi jsi r I'.vy corner : thence along Hayn'.s I
s'recf M fe--t to 1 .rar of lot number one; thence j
along F.1.1 loi :;ot t'-ct to -.vatnp niiey ; iiicir-s
a long s iid nliey j ;:: j feet to Iiivi-mn alley : I hence
a'otig Division al!?- 2 test to the place nf be
uimiing he ng the sanio lot vhich Ueuben
II :i viics and w ife, by deed date i April 21. 1-eT.
a'i'f recor ie-l iti Recorder's oit:ec in record of
Cambria county, in vo'T.r.e ij. piiyre 1 UJ, etc. con
veyed to Mary Jane Robin.-'.. 1. together with the
liri.!i'iineiifs and appurtenances Taken in ex-t'c-.ition
an I to tie sold at the suit oT the Johnstown
lliiil.'iiiK i'ti-1 Loan Association.
Also nil th" riuht. tide and interest of Wil-
lis:n J. lie n'rick ;n Hie following described real ;
ts'e'e. to Hit : A 1! the nn iivi led nine-tenths ol a j
eerlani trae-of land si'uale in the lownt!;poi
Ti.v'or. in the county or Cambria, and S:aLe of
IVi.usx Ivania, hounded end described as follows :
Jlegtniiirg at a hickory; thenea smith fl'-J tie.
!-ei s, e;Jt I2T p rehes, to a wiiite oak at line of
ia n'el f ;ng!m..ar ; lli.-tite north i;9 dcitreea, cast
70 perches, to a n"t : thence nerth 3 .ligre-s.
r-cst l.".s perches, to a jxt at line nf S.ueucl
Oiuglmour : 1 hence n nh Md gr es. west er
ct.es. lo .1 pc t : tlicnce s .uh '. degrfces. west
pTehes. to a t t : then-e south "ft iloarrrs west
;io perches an I 18 links, to a pst : t litnco south i.2
t 'Crei s, vtut '! perches, to a hickory at pl.'.eer.f
lie:,:.:i.iiig containing :34 acres and SJ relics.
Wit il t ill! a ppl-r?!"!;:lile. 3.
Ai.s,i, ail t :iat i iT'nin lot of gronnJ situate at
or r ' .r t !te bcr'nn: ii of Kasf Conemaugh. in what
vai t ille, tv-e town of Sylvcnia, in Cambria
count v et'-r -?a;d. and r.tark'e.l and known on the
pi. in id said Iowa as Lot No. 7. front ing en Rail
Ko.i ! street. Suing four ro Is wide and twelve rods
hep. vri'iilhe a i.iurt ena n;e.s ar.d here lii-.ments.
1 ik"ti in ex-eutie'.i and to bo sold at tho suit ol
tlie .1 oi.itowii mi villus ilan'c.
T:nMr nr Sa i.i:. in v-t'j'r.l of th." pureliaso
in-. ! to Ii.- paid ulifii t':n-proiMTty 1 knocked
ilov.-n. and the ru'aainii I wo-thirds u:.Jti ;ou
tii liiatl ul ol t he I'eod.
II KIl.M AS RAKMEH. SheriT.
b!-criT's OTicf, ioi'iis'nifii', Alaich ti, 1-.!1.
'Vr,'l'lrK ,lt lieretiv given that tho following
lN ti:!t:-d Acctoiiiit? huve liri'ii piis-H d tind
tiled in tin- ltristei'"i tfl-- at Liu n-iiii ir. in
and for I ho Co.int V tif CamhiiH, and will be pre
sented to the Orphans' Court of said county,
for con'.irrtvitioii in.- n!lo-.vi;n o. on Wf.ii;s
ii a v, the :;! day or M AttCH, is7i, to wit:
I The second nn I final account of Jesse II. Pl
m i' 1. executor of Charity Jliuioi;.!, late of .Mun
ster township, deceased.
' I he lirsi snd linal account of .To'in C?c s and
AiY'.r w Foster, executors ot 'g.lalena Jvrcdel,
lat.j ol ( oneuiHiigh borough, tie-eased.
3 The first and final account of Kmil 1 onn,
irnnrdian of ! lorr. a minor child of A'JKU-t
itorr late of .lobn.-itown bormigli. I'.cceasc I.
4 Th" first account or KmilvS. Jamison, admfn
istratnxof lr. W. W. Jamison, lute of Loretto
Li rouvrh. dee'd.
5 l ne Mecount of feo. CrumWinir. adtnlnis ra
ter iM Charles Shircy, late of Adiiins township,
d"ee:tsed. . ...
S The first and partial a?eont nt .Tucob Tlorner
nnd Christian tood. exectnors of John J. liorner,
late of On; emu' urh townsmp. neces'"i.
7. The 8r-t, an I ftiml it' cunnt of Oeo.
elh II.. Annie !
Me
, and
Marv K. Seas, minorchiiiin-n of John Scase, late
or Johnsfiwa b iro'.tih. ttec.-ased.
S The second s.c.iint of Margaret Sne. den.
executrix of James MieJdcn. late of V-oodvalo
b lli-'s'eciTnd if'tmnt of Jaeob Trefts. adminis
trator of J. Adam Trefts, lateol Johustown Ixir
jiii. tcec.tsed. - . ,
P) The first and f.ral account of Mary TTogan
sr.d'l'-tt'ick H-iiran. executor.' of Daniel Jiog..n,
late o! Millville through tleees.sed.
11 'llio Srst and final account of alcntlne
Qua'rri execn'orof Mary Ila-sey, late o asn
ington township, '"ceased.
1" Tee lir.-t and linal account of T. f Fugli.
administrator or John M. Ueeeher, late ot Wo.il
vale bormgh.. teceusc-.I ,
o -t l;t first and tins l aceonni .it we-.. .... j .
C
. . t r n f I'.Iof
. . . XfMn.ni.t.tlBntll ti 4lnt:lli-
I lira X.H.nan. act mir admin
Isiratrixof Jeremiah .oonan, laio oi .uv ,
towuBhi-,. Jeeease.l.nn t ft,wnnt , P. y I
(. ;,! W. II. Sechlcr. executors or Samuel
1. 1 ll'l IIIUIUH.". ."-'-, .'.. - f
Sides late or Jackson township, tleceasea
19. The ftrst and final aecoun or 1?,-
line. administrator ol jncnii.-M umiui'jt..,
fwt.HcU,r.;f'MlK. Styner. Uteot Washing
ton town.hip.rter.y.s.
Register' OMeo, Kbenidmrg. Feb. -8, Ibid.
"TOTICK. The annual election
,fn,i,.i.ratorol AngnslusMciary, lateol jotuis- I L.-vinty Arabia, villi littiO
'''n Thllnur'Vlitirle, T-nverraeht and j moi0rca), niy hostess' only d.mslitver,
Ktttaheth Hen ding, .v.lmiui-tralors of ;lin isc-nu- 8a, t-,. nesllitlfr at my SlJa I
iiisf hue of .liiliii?i'in norouzu. .ice-..:!. mj s-'l ' i ' ' " . ,.
15. The lirstaud partial aiinunt nf John .1. R-- .. defllv rollil!? lip ana ll2
brrts. a.tmini-tratorof Kot.ert j. K'iwn,iai . , - f.dlo .
i-w P.oard of Truee or tlie Mn-tisv.nrg
Academy will be Ik-M at llieomee of Johnston c
Scania..; i" Kb-nsburg. Pa., on the "IJ "ay of
Aurll next, between the hours ol H ni w A. m.
April next, ( SCANI-AN, Secretary.
March 17, lS78.-8t.
IJAI.F-WAY DOI-S.
T5V IRWfX RUSSELL.
Uelubbeil frlloTV-tmbelers : Tn Lol Jiu fortL
t-ili r,
I doesn't quote no ppecial verso for wLat I
l-a.i iO ray,
Dft rei iuon wiil lc bevi.r slioit and tlis bero
a ui il tex',
Dp.t bai;-way tloiii'.i ain't r.o 'count for lis
wovl or do uex'.
D;s wnr!' dat we3 a li'oiu'in 13 like a cotton
1 i -ti,i . iw, , .. .
1 Wlie. o eut-fy cu 1 .ud geniieman baa jjot biS
row,
. 1,,)0 x J loe
An-.l cboi-y time a lazv niffEier sLona to take a
I De S'-a- keeps cn a-gvowio' for to emudJer
! ' a c-:lP'
TVTl.cr. rnn . , t i. ,i
" vcnM tttlUHl tic WftlCIS
cb do sea.
Dcy bad !o keep ajioin', jes' as fas' as fas'
could 1 ;
Do you 3'potio dat dcy could cber hab biic-
ccedetl hi deir wish,
And reac'bed do Premised L.nml at last if
dey bal 8to)jx;d to Pob ?
My fien's dar was a parden ouco, wbar
Adatn libbed wid Kve,
VTM no 'iue 'round lo boddcr dem, no neigli-
Imii-s for to Thieve,
And ebery day was Cbristinas, ami dey got
deir rations free,
AuJ tbirytliing belonged to dem except an
apple tree.
Yon all know 'bout d Ptory bow de snake
come snot-pin rottii,
A stanip-t;iil rusty moccasin, a-crawliu' on
tie jjronii
How live and Adttni ato de fruit, aud went
and bid tlt-ir face, '
Till do .itioi l oia rsocr bo come and drove
'cm oil' do p'.a.'e.
Now, s'poso dat ltian and 'ooman bail n't
'tempted for to sbiik,
Tint bid pii-o a'.xoit tleir gardenia' and
'tciided to tbeir wtirk.
Dcy wouldn't bab len loailu wbardcy bad
no business to,
And do debbil nobberM got a chanceto tell
'em what to do.
Xo ltalf-way doiu's, brcdrcu ! It'll nebber
do, I nay !
Go at your task and finitdi it, and dan's de
time to play
For ebon if the crap is good, de rain '11 Fpile
lo boils,
Utiless you keeps a-pickiu in de garJen ob
jour souls.
) Keep a-p'o
j e
. . ,
Ami wjif'ii 1
lowio', and a-bocin' and a-scrapin'
rows.
de ciutiin's obcr you can pay up
what you orves ;
But if you quits a-workir.g obery titna do
Mm is hot.
Do sheriffs tjwiuc to lobby upon cberjthing
you's got.
Wbateher 'tis yon's driViin ar, be f.bore a'i'
ilribe it t!iro'i;;li.
And don't, let nnlViu' stop yon, but do wb;.t
yon ffwiuo to do ;
For when you sees a ti;g:;er fool in, devi, as
shore's you're born,
You's gwiue to .so him comin' citt do small
end objle born.
I tbanki you for do 'tontion yon has gib dis
afternoon
Sister Wii'iar.is will oblige us by a-risin ob
a t Rim
I see dat Uru.hler Johnson's 'ltout to pass
'rmiii' tie hat,
And don't, let's hb no ba'T-way doiri'swbcn
it comes to dat !
A JA a VA n S TO Ii I".
ET AN OLD ITU-STLR.
"A'u ! Senor I igief, I see you're tisler
minctl to defy our dim ale ! Af-.er ibc
ma rcli that my husband led yoti throu-b
the woods tbis moi tiiti?;, one wcu'd hae
tJung' t you'd hao been glad ofatlcLa;
and liete I fiad yon wi iviog away l.ko a.y
lawyer."
So speak?, gl'tlin out wkh tba Mipj!c
ncs.iof Spanish blood into the vcmandab
in w hich I am eeated, my chtti tnii.r; hostess,
t'cuo.a DieZ; one of the most T.iqdttnt little
li -iptcal beau.ies that lilm iiloevei'dicunifcd
of.
"Vi'ell, really, Kenora, af.er a;! the wou
dcrs I've Mtcn in t Ii its fairyland of yours, I
bad need write them dosvn as fast as I sea
tlieiti, lest, a your pioveib sr.y.tj oiio nail
fchotild drive out another."
"You Halter oar poor country, sero.-,
with llio courtesy of your nation. Hut as
I see Unit you aie pti.iiug by your writing,
I will task yo:n- gallantry so far as to beg
yourlielp in watering my flowers, for it is
noi, easy for me, with my lame hand, to
maiiitoo that K-cat waicirg p k!"
'lie pleasetl to use my hands as those of
yourslave, senora, heu and wheiever you
tmiy need them. IJy-ihe-by, am I wrong
in imagining that you pmmiscd me a t-toiy
connccicd with tho lameiug of the hatnl
of which you speak ? I would uot willingly
be troublesome, but wbcu you have leis
ure" "With pleasure, sonor ; it is very kind
of you to interest yourself in such a trifle.
As soon as the plants are watered, I shall
have Ibc honor of serving you a cup of cof
fee on tho balcony ; and, then, if you are
good enough to care to hear it, the sloiy is
quite at your service."
And accordingly, ten minnles later, I
lind myself siiiiog i i l!io vera'tdah over a
con of such coffee as I have not tasted
ixd.ta
ami
while
hting
n.iner ci-aiette, begins as follows
When we fust came here, senor, a good
ago, tho placo was very diriei ent
- many yeai s aS
I .
from what you see ic. .y liusoami
T I . T . . J I. ... I M
. 1 t l,a irnt'Uftallpnt. WlllCtl
crant oi ianu nv" .-"-
fflad to givo away ground about here
was
to any one who would take tho trouble to
dear it ; and well it might : l or in tnose
days the jungle reached right down to the
water's edge ; and such a black, horrid
tangle it looked of briars, bamboos, Span
ish bayonet, wild fig, Hana. ph'ijao, locust
wo.d, and what not, that I" frit as if T flare
not even go a step into itlfor fear of bcirig
lost altogether.
However, bit by bit, "we began to get
of j
the ground iuto sore sort of order ; but
even when he had cleaved it, and begun to
plant it, wo had still plenty of enemies to
Aght against. The auis were the worst ;
for, apart ftom tho havoc which they al
ways make ia a planmllon, they have a
way of. running their galleries uuder ibe
wiiolo sj f.tce, aud it breaks ia just like
tho ciust of a pie. Theie's a p'ace a '"title
to the lior. li cf i.lsis, whcic j o;i see a hiTge
rAcia the ground, fiill c? bushes and wild
g,ar.s, with here and there a few sacou'de.-
ing timbers, w'oero a whole village smk at
once, the foucda; ton? havi.sgbeen .fairly
hoiicycorobed by tho a.ils ! And tliet-.ce
comes our snyig thr.fc r.rag.iDy hr.s iwo
ene:ne.- "the wild ladiaus a.id the ant
India-is."
1'owcver, Ti'cki'y for n, thete we.e no
laciians aoout there, crrcept the t;tne
Ii'dians, who behaved well eooph, and
used to b.i.ig rs food and dtied meat i.i
cvc'ir.'ige for L likt-s r.nd nq.wrdx t-e.
And as for ie at is, what wwh K'soti"iig
ti?em, aid crr,g".ig up i'eic r,ci;s i'd
Hoadi ig i'te;r g;'.ct"es wikh uoili.tg wale.,
wo mrnr.ged io get the best of them jt
lr.t.t, though even cot they fo'vtlin.es
ni.. :.o a 1'i.ny i
ii-t a.pl. liat r I
pon us f.o ii .lie wiKKis
cr .heir! came a io.hcr
pesi, hai. as f.t wo.se .lie 6iir.o3. I '
iiird l.'.i.oly ,cM yod, who hfsva bec-i '
throiih the :. y .n.sel", how they !
fw2r.;i there ; rui for a t'.ie I re.'ly gave i
myr.clf vM for l.v.jt. 31 hu band used to '
c.iU i he ui '-.he ij: guthci ers," and, leally
.hey worij qa e as regt"ar; not a day that j
wc d' ! fi id one or . .vo of them nbonfc
U-.c hoifo. A.iJ o co whit a fright I go.! '
T.Vhou To'i a tT,1s on!y a few rvtcn.bs old,
my l ii.-bii tI a ul h:s men hrtd gr:te not to ;
their woik one moi'.i" g .13 usu d, ai.d T
ws busy ':i ihohooc.e, w' !t ihe child l.iug .
ar.leep oo a mat at the oiher c id of tho
room, when, all at o ice, I caught tight of
a mouse's skin on the fr-i with the body ;
suckel c;ean ottt of il, l".-- an orango. I
l
knew at c.tce ihat there jrt'i:;t bo a snake (
somewhere aojut, for they're r.iig!i!y fond
of mice, a id that's jn-t t 10 way they real
with them ; ba', look 0 ; I might I could
see no snake anywhere, t;Il s;uldet;'y tlie
thought Elv.ick me, conld il be ut'der tho
chihi's mat? As genii? as I could, I lifted
up one corner, and there it wan, the long,
slimy, t:e?n and yeFotv Least, curled
stuigly up, and f.isi a let p. I k tew thntl
coui.l do no, hi ig v.ivii it my-eh', Ai it na
asott that, you c;;n c:i!y kill by thootiog
them ; t-o I r;n uot in (he cou.ttaid, r.nci,
l.ickily, the fivtrt thing I saw wa? otir hun
ter Jose, with his gun on his thotildcr. I
called him iti at ooce, and he settled the
beast with a charge of small shot.
However, a-? the work went on, and wo
got moro and mote ground cleaned, our
visitors began to f.n&ake us; for sualtes
must have a '.hick cover to burrow in, and
when tint's taken away from them they
soon slink otT. So then I began to hope
that we were fairly at the end of our
troubles; but wo weren't wo were only
at the begiaaitig of them.
I dou'tknow how it was pcrhnps it may
have been .hat (as the provcib say) eve. y
t iiiug mast have its turn but, somehow,
ali through our troubles with the au(s,and
scrptvits, lha bigger beasts j hadjnevcr elis
tuihed us at .all ; but now, just as we wete
beginning to have a little peace f.om our
other plagues, the four-footed gentlemen
began to come 0:1 the stago at laM. One
moiniug jo.st a a we were at breakfast, in
came one of our vaqneros wi.h the news
that our ertttle, while feeding among the
long grass 011 the oilier shlo of the liver,
had been ataic';ed by a jaguar, a id oao of
Jhem killed. Tlie fellow who had brought
the news had to nm for bis life, and would
hatdly have escaped bad there not been a
f.it ox ready at band instead. As it was,
he looked so thoroughly fitghtencd that it
made us all rather serious. However, a
week passed without any fresh Alarm, and
wo were beginning to get over it when sud
denly in came three or four Indians in a
great Harry to tell us that a bngo jaguar
bad broken into their encampment, and
killed a woman ami one fif their clog.
When my husband hcatd the siory he
made sure that it was the same beast that
had fallen upon our cattle ; for they ele
sc.ibed it as being of a very strange color,
far lighter than any that had ever been
seen in those parts before, and from that
they nicknamed itathc"Pale Death." So
then we all thought it full time to do some
thing; and my husband called his men to
gether to go out and hunt it down.
I remember that morning well, though
it be a year ago the day after to-morrow.
Away they went merrily enough, every
man with his gun and hunting knife, end
.Moro, me blood Hound, along witn mem.
My hubaud Ini ned and kissed his hand to ! e:vc -ip t!ie gj,ost ss goon as possible,
me just as they entered tho wooei, and j fcvlAy answered : "I intend to leave you
then they were gone ! j i.ar 0f my estate, and I think thc poor old
When I found myself all alone in tho j sb.emker, who lives opposite, is deserving
house with Lolita, and thought of what . of tll0 oti,er half, for he has always been a
might happen if they met this hon iblo g0K neighbor." The widow was thun
beast, I was so frightened that (although I ! ,iftrsti-uck at receiving a rely so diiTercnt
bad no thought of any chance of dangerto ! f,.wni ,)at which she expected, but dare
myself) I wasn't satisfied till I had .shut
and barred every door in tho hou e ; and
then I came and sat down in the drawing !
room, and tok Lolita in ny lap, and tried !
to fell hor a story. j
Suddenly I beard a scraping alon tho j
root, mni then a dud ti.iio.;' I1K.0 the l-iil ..J
something heavy ! Anxious and nervous as
T wa. i o-ave me a terrihlo start, though
X little dreamt what it was. But the next
irobjrMl came a pound just overhead that I
conhl not rills i-ke a loud, hcarsa rear,
that I had hea.d ma.ty a time In the fo;-est
atiihl, and never he.'.rd wiihout fceliag
roy he.nt slr.vd still. Then the thought
strrelc top Oh, LTcaven ; ike jamjar."
I f.hall nevor forget ihat monent I For
o 19 ni; inle I was qr.Ue sick and helpless,
as if a'l t't3 life hod been si-uck out. of ma
rcone l.'ov ; a.d then a tboi'ght flashed
npo'i mr: Tie.e wa no l:eeping the
; ji'gtur out, for rao".t oT t he doorw.iy. were
only hu ig w Mi curiaius ; bui; in tho sioie
rco.n close oy thero was a huge wooden
c-Di .1 c'icbi, uer.rly empiy, and big enough
io hold six or ceven people at once. If
L ili. i rind I could only get in there we
iD'jht y?t he saved I
I snatched up the child, ran with her
into the slorerootn, and crouched down in
the chest. Uniuckily it closed wiiti a
spring lock, foth.it I had to keep the lid
M'ghtly open with wy left hand, to avoid
beitig f.hut f'own a nl s. ided outiigh!; : but
' it hnd a'l OveiLtPDino crioo Reve.al iiiehos
long wh'ch quite covefeJ my fingers.
I .'sjoU r.ior.ie it too tio.t. Hardly
had I got fairly se.-Iod in my hiding place,
wl.ea 1 lieatd the gic.it claws iiciapiug the
. fitor, ard the hunsrv sniff na the iarrimr
quebled about in fca'ch of food, lie came
straight lo the chest; and thero slopped
short a mo Dent, as if suspecting a trap.
Tli-u ho pat bis head close- to the uano'.v
opening, so Ihat I conld feel his hot breath
on my face, snuQVtd once or twioe to satisfy
himself, and then tried to foice the lid up
with hi.ip.w ; but, thank God, tho great
p.nv wouM not go into that liitle chink !
All he could do was lo get his tongue in
and lick my It igcis, making them bleed as
if they h.nl been iaped with :v saw. And
then, what with the tasto ol blood, aud
what with henriug Lo'ttr. crying inside, his
fury was roused, and he began to roar, uot
an bouost, deep mouthed Hon ro.-.r, but a
sharp, snarling yell, Ihat made n:y blood
run cold. Ugh ! I can't think how I
didn't die outright, hut the touch of Lohla's
, little arm, clinging round my neck, seemed
to gtva me courage.
IJut the wotst was still to come. Find
ing thnthccould not reach me from below,
he sprang on ;he top of the chest, crushing
my h. id ucween tho lid ar.d the upper
edge. Then I thought all was over, and
giveji scream that made tho whole house
n'tig.
My scream was answered by a sound
i that made my heait leap the distant cry
of a blondh'ii;nd! The jaguarhcard it, too,
for ho leaped down and stood listening for
a moment, and then ran io the door, as if
to escape. Thero it was again much
nearer and with it tho voices of men
calling to each other. They were coming
back! Meanwhile the j.iguarscemed toget
bewildered, and ran wildly up and down
( do inner ga'.Ie.y.
Suddenly there cnrr.e a loud shout at one
of tho windows, nnd then two shots and a
flight ful yell; and then my husband's
voice, strained to its loudest : "Cacbite !
T'here are you ?" I just managed to crawl
to the door and let him in, and then I
fainted outi ight.
Tbpy told mo afterwards that our blood
hound had st: uck the trail eif the jaguar
leading straight toward the house ; and
then they all set off to run like madmen,
fearing some harm to me. My husband
nnd Jose distanced the lest, and came up
just in time to shoot the beast through the
window.
As for my hand, it was so crushed that
T couldn't stir a joint of it for weeks after.
Tho Indians doctored it for me and they
tell me I thall have the use of it again by-and-by
; but Ido i't need that to remind
mo of that day. If I live a Ihousaud years
I shall never forget it.
How a CoTtrrLSTi Mape a Wil.t Many
years ago the husband ot an eld lady living
in Buckinghamsire died without making a
will, for the want of which necessary pre-
! caution his estate would have passed away
from n;8 widow, had she not resorted to
tho following expedient to avert the loss of
the property. She concealed the death of
her husband, and prevailed on an old cob
bler, her neighbor, who was, in person,
somewhat like tho deceased, to go to bed
at her house and personate him, ia which
character it was agreed that he should dic
tate a will, leaving the widow the estate in
question. An attorney was sent for to
draw up tho writings. The widow, who,
on bis arrival, appeared in great ailliction
at her good man's elanger, began to ask
i questions of her pretended husband, cal
1 culated to elicit the answers she expected
and desired. The cobbler, groaning aloud,
j and i00!K;n5 n,uch liko a person going to
j not negative t he cobbler's wiil for fear of
0,u, u,e whole of the property, white tho
old roruo in bed w ho was the poor old
shoemaker living opposite laughed in his
sleeve, nnd divided with her tho fruits of a
project which the widow had intended for
her solo benefit.
Joun Piaster Alabaster is a resident
of Keokuk, I.
DAxn l 1: r rA tiho tisz.
a. rnoposzo M.KHT vr skiscxoit tea tarty
They were going (rays tho Danbury
J;r) lo get np a Lady Washington tea
p,lyfor the benef.t of ibeir society. It
was to cot?e o.T u the night of the
A"d of aa r.re:nooa a few days befojo,
seveial Indies met nt the houso of oue of
he number to perfect ibe arrangements.
It Wi deles--ii Inert to give a grand affair -comeiiiing
especially designed to transcend
the tea-pa; ly by a rival organisation lat
year. To t 'lispurpose it became necessary
totTevo.e the most careful 'thought to all
the details, and this wr.s done. Ia fact it
wonhl bo dhUcult to fi.id a morp conscieo
tior.s commiiiee in a hamlet the si.se of
Danbu.y. AYben all 1 ha pa.itieulars were
arianged, and the various tiands and rjiior
oTices a'i-.'g-oed lo the ordinary memheis of
the society, who were not present, '.he
ii.ipo.innl. question as to who should take
the leading chntacler was brought up.
Wi h a view to do without the del.iy ;d
feeling of bal'ottrg, the President kindly
offered to do Lady Washington Icsrir.
She Knid ihat tshe ftl. ir was not a favorable
sch c.io i, but she w.tj wilhog to take b, so
thai, the.c need be no discusion or ill-feeling.
If the 1 bought she ha.l not j laced a
si'.Iticiet'ily modest estimate upon herquah
f c.iiions for the post, she was presently set
at i-est on that head. Her offer was receiv
ed w tih silence.
"What do yon think?" she asked. "I'm
willing to do it."
"Lr.dy Washington never weighed 250
pounds," omidou -ly hinted the thia lady,
with veiy light eyes.
"She had fat enough on her to gtease a
g. Id. lie, wLic'i is inoie'n somo folks can
cl-.im," rcto.ied tlie President, with any
thing but a d'TRcy expression to her face.
The tall lady's eyes grew a shade darkc,
and her lips shaded themselves as if they
we;e saying "hussy," but it is probable
iltey were not.
"As onr two frierds are so little likely
to agree," observed a lady whose face
showed that sho was about to metamor
phose herself inlo a baiel of prime oil, and
prccipi'ate herselfonto the troubled watets,
"I would suggest that 1 take the charac
ter." ' iTamph !' ejaculated the president.
"Is there any objection to my being
Lady Wash ing ion said the new party,
fjci.igabi nptly t he President, aud empty
ing out the oil and filling up the barrel im
mediately wilh a sn)ierior grade of vinegar.
"I don't know of any, if some one will
demonstrate that Lady Washington had a
wart on her nose," replied the President,
with unblemished serenity.
"Am I to be insulted?" hotly elemacded
the proprietor of the wart.
"The truth ought not to bo insulting,"
replied, tho P.esiucnt.
"I s'poe our Picsidont thinks she would
be a perfect Lady Washington," iiunically
suggested a weak-faced woman who saw
her chances for taking the character de
jectedly cmcigo from the sma'l end of the
horn.
"I don't know as I would be perfect in
that role," replied the President, "but, as
there wiil bo strangers present at the party,
I shouldn't want Ihctn to think that the
nearest approach Danbury could make to
the dignity of '7G was a toothless woman
do AU with the jaundice." And the head I
officer smiled serenely at the ceiling.
"What do vou mean, yon insiuusLing
thing?" hoarsely demanded tho victim of i
the jaundice.
"Keep your mouth shut until yon arc
co,, Ion tf. then." scrcnelv advised the 1
. k v - . . - .
President,
"I'm uot tolc dictated to by a mountain
of tallow," hissed Ibe chromatic delegate,
flouncing out of the room.
"I think we'd better get another Presi
dent before we go any farther," said a
f harp-faced woman very much depressed
by the outlook for herself.
"It isn't hardly thus for you yet," ob
served the President, wHh a signitica.il
look at the sharn-faced woman : "we will
have to anange for Lady Washington and
George Washington before we will need
tho h.ilcl et." j
"The sharp faced lady snatched r.p her
my fif wiihout the faintest hesitation and
ruslied out doors to get her breath. She
was immediately followed by the proprie- J
tor of the wart, the thia lady disastrously
connected with the griddle, and the tooth
less case cf jaundice. This left but the
President and a liitle woman who bad yet
said nothing. , '-" one does not say
"Had it occurred to you that you would 140 in ''dS bt her actions show plainly
like to be Lady Washington ?" asked the f noHS" t,,at he is ver.v n"JC afraid of bo
President, cot.cfciitiating both of her eyes an olJ xrKx-
on a wen just under the small woman's k i t I She ,s Land to tell Iter dreams,
ear J r-nd every roovait.g at the breakfast table
"Ob, 110," pasped the small woman, im- : sho continues to relate what she had
pulsively coverie.g up thc cxcrcsccuce with dreamed through the night.
- I S . T t 1 . 1 . .... -a
her hand.
"Then I guess we'll cdjourn tint die,"
said the President, and pulling oa her
gloves, she composedly took her departure.
And the tea-parly became the fragment
of a gloomy rcomory.
AN Indiana paper has the following
item : "A man over towards the Ohio lino
bet ten dollars tb;ft be could ride the fly-
wheel in a saw-mill, and as his widow
cheeifnlly paid the lot, she remarked,
'William wan a kind husband, bat he
didn't know much about fly-wheehj."
DIED OF A LiA WSVIT.
THTI TMATtY OF AN'eXIJAUSTED tITIGAXT.
A tattered memorandum book was re
cently found on the t?ps of a very bumble
dwelling "out West." Some of the entries
are a follows :
"My father had a slight misunderstand
ma with a neighbor about a division fence,
which he had inherited from my grand
father. After several disputes he con
sulfed a lawyer, who had a rock! many
children, but little practice. This was
fatal. A suit was commenced.
"Seve.til years ago my lawyer said I must
get reaay for the I rial. I did so, aud went
to court at every term. TJut it was post
poned on ever pretence which human in
genuity could invent.
"IS.'. March Term Counsel for de
rendant moved for a continuance, be
c.ir.fie lie -was eiif-ni-ed in the Court of
Common Fleas. Com tgi-inied the motion,
but intimated with great dignity, that such
an excu-e would never avail with him
agiin.
4 rk-p! ember Te ira Con n scl t ry ing a cafe
in an adjoining rouuty. Judge hesitated,
tnf yielded.
"December Term Defendant ill. Prov
ed by ibe certificate of a resectable physi
cian. "IS72. March Term Counsel l,d mann
en engagement to meet a client from New
York, who could not conveniently leave
his business again. Continued, the Jude
suggest incr H:at Xew York clients uii"bt
fu.d counsel nearer home. 0
"1ST3. Septemlier Term Carried the
title deeds to my lawyer, Purveyor exam
ined the premises, said the defendant bad
encroached on me. lhit anoth-r snrveyor
(partner and pupil of the first one), said
that my deed spoke of a hackmatack stump
in the line of the fence, a f jot in diameter
whereas, the only tree anywhere near the
fence was a pcpj-crridjfe tree, not more
than seven inches nnd a half across - case
postponed, to employ ol her surveyors.
"December Term Counsel agreed that
Court iui";iit visit the premi-es in dispute
Jndse refused to go. but said the jury
might do so, provided that nolxly went
with them to explain and confuse. Next
morning a heavy snow fell, and boundaries
were covered. Case Continued.
"1874. September Term Motion to post
pone, on the ground that the defendant's
attorney wished to 1 absent, hunting for a
few days. Motion prevailed. I remon
strated, but my counsel said the lawyers
were very accommodating gentlemen, and
the courtesies f the bar required it.
"187.-1. Ma reh Term One of the jurors
taken sick. Motion to go on with the trial
with eleven jurors. Defcitdan't counsel
objected with yieat erreitgih of voice, and
demanded a fod jury trial, pme and simple.
I think he called it the -palladium of our
lilHMties.' Case postponed.
"September Term Received a bill for
retainers, term fees, clci ks' fees, and ex
penses. One ilem was for the amount of
a retainer w hich my lawyer had declined
from the defendant. Offered him the farm,
provided I gained the case. He said this
would not 1m don-,ed honorable practice
but he would take it and give 1110 credit as
far as it w ent.
"Took the rats for the West, cominir
mostly on fieight trains, and after night-
"Mem. D.rt forot inscription for my
tombstoue "Hrro lies one who died of a
lawsuit bequeathed by his father.' " Hart
ford Courani.
How a'Cbickf.t Saved a Smp. In
Southey'a Ilitory of Brazil, he tells bow
Cahcza de Vaca was in a great ship going
to South America with four hundred men
and thirty lioics ; and after they had cross
ed the equator, the commander discovered
that thcie were only three casks of water
left. He pave orders to make the nearest
land, and for three days they sailed for th
cnast Pr soldier, who bad left
Cadiz with tbem, brought a grillo, or ground
cricket, with Lim, thinking its cheerful
v:,ce amuse him on the long, dreary
v...-e. x,mi 10 ins great iisaP1oiiitment,
thc lltlle insect leiftctly silent the
"u- e way.
Tho fourth mornieg nfter they bad
changed the ship's com so, the cricket, who
knew what she was about, set up her shrill
est note. The soldier at once gave warn
ing to the officers in charge of the! vessel,
and tbey soon saw high, jagged rock just
ahead of them. The watch had been care
less, and the great ship in a few moments
would have besu dashed to pieces on the
letlges if this puny creature had not scented
,he ,aad aild ,old them of their danger.
Thon lbcJ cimcd along for some days, and
IIie cricket sang for thcru every night, just
RS chcei'i,y as if he !d hecu in far-off
Spaiu, till they got to their destined port,
the Island of Catalina.
What Her Fkiexds Lacghed At.
One of the most laughable iucideiits that I
can remember, haj pectd at my boat ding
house on Tenth street, the other morning.
One of the landlady's daughters is very
m. imu uca asiartr.ng ureara lastnigiit,'
she said to a lady tilting opposite.
"Indeed ! Wbst was it ?'
'Well I dreamed that a handsome man
was preying his whiskers against my
cheek. Ofcoursc, it woke me un instanMr.
I "j
j and I found it was our cat w ho was nest-
'. ling up tome. Put wasn't I mad, though ?"
I Che, of course, did not intend to raise a
( laugh, but sh did, and as none of us could
restrain ourselves, she began tosee how
, ridiculous the had made herself appear,
aud got up and left the room,
I She hasn't told a dream t-iuce.