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THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
l BMSHKD tTKKl IlillUl JItfMMAS
ft Ebensburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike.
Vclv?it isiiii Ilntes.
The larve and rapidly Inmilnt circulation
of Turn Khbf-.mak ctmni-nd It to the favorable
eonsbleratfoo of d-ertlen. Adrertircmeota
will be inserted at the following rates:
1 Inch, 8 time..
.a i an
8 month ZM
6 months, j.jn
trnntred Circulation - 1,128
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6 month.
1 year
months --
1 year
siii(Kiprio r.ti:n.
k coi'o 6 months......
one year. can in advance n.no
if not pM within 3 tnos. 1.T5
" " if not within fi mos. 2.(10
H " 6 months.
H " 1 year
1 " 6 months
1 1 year
Administrator' and Executor' Notice.
c.
- " " if not p il within year.. 2.25
prr-in residing outside the county
si a !.!iionl per year will be charged to
i tre.
;-j i no event will the above trrms be de
4 f:..m. and thoo who don't consult their
. r'rr'"'M by pavinir ir advance mu't not
jji to be flic-l on the Mm1 fontinir us those
t i.ft thH fact be distinctly understood
) time fnrwarl.
f iy for y.oir napT lief ire you atop it, if
. ... i must. None hut sot!iflf;!it rlo oth
. Hon t he H niMlawiz-lifi- too short.
: 60
Auditor's Notice t-0
Stray and similar Notice 1.80
Iltiainc items, first insertion 10c. per line;
each suDspquent insertion 5c. per line.
Bfltrmhitiim or TficrerliTigr nf artv eoryoeo
ti"1 or neirty. and corn mtin tea (ion tlrnprud to
cnUa'lentuni U anu matter t,f limited or ndiruital
interest. mut he Kifdor an adrrrtinrmenti.
Job PRisTi!to of all kind neatly and expedi
tiously executed at lowest price. Don't for
ret it.
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"HE 18 A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE.'
SI.50 and postage per year, In advance.
VOLUME XIII.
E BENS BURG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22. 1879.
NUMBER 30.
I cash di:ai.i:k in
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l;!r 'llKAW0rV. a
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
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AND MANIFACTIMIKU OF-
BI X am) SHEET-IROX WARE,
ll-lOi ELEVENTH AVE., altoona, pa.
CH EAPEST PLACE IX THE CITY.
ROOFING, SPOUTING and Repairing
f- PROMPTLY ANI KATIKFAf'TORI I. Y ATTF.N1KI TO.
THE SPRUNG pllMDE
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AT 'FJtK POPtnL.tVll PIOX1313R
C LOT 11:1! NO
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! OF GODFREY WOLF,
I Jli St., Kcxt Door to P. 0., Altoona, Pa.
Ii ;,.-rh . ,i f , ,).. the hi. rue fstnb1ishh(t htimj for the nost J"i't erotnh d
ft i n'fKI ii. it'll ni'ihl, so flint i,i nof (; fc- i nst'i nrm it bf route nfctssnry t'
i i.i'rrl .Out il 1,1 ,"r t'l irnt,ii itltMlttfi: fir jiHlilir; ." f. i"tlirllt-
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l't this il ' ' f 7' .f ; Kliiji'irhnn fms b'i II f-'liit'J rqiml to
h" ib. in" il. ,,,.'i:lr fi.-nt it fur wr iiinl ilisirnhlc
CLOTHING FOI1 MEN AND BOYS!
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GODFREY VOI.FS
p t k v a t it r t t- nn I nrn nl A T II I II rt II AIIAF
limi t u mm
Next Door lo Ihe Post
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IERB I AJS
-NOT AS AN ASPIKANT 1'OIi-
'UBLIC OFFICE
HI T AS A CANDIDA TK I'Oli
ir IT B LIC P A
(ltwn l.i iKtlitical vt st iiinl
an t'iisive
IVUGK STOIU: ItOOM
Recently occupied by McLaughlin Brothers,
juf ojx'iH'il ;hi1 i. now ofTr rinp; for sale an immense, varied and ele
pant STOCK OF (iOODS of every tlesci iption,
f
y i t t i 1 1 -tl to pull down in fact has jdilled down the iriees of all kind of
merchandise, and is fjivinj; bargains in
GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
Boots, Shoes, Groceries Hardware, Tinware,
ilKXWAltE. e., which caniiot fail to attract tlie attention and secure
!:!.:.-. ..f rash Idivers who want to tr-t tlseniost genHs 5ntl the In'st crxxls
' ir niMiL V. s ,n forget to call, and this fact lt fore you keep : A broom
" ' 1 v, is i,(.st of all, Ix cause it makes the cleanest sweep.
Kr.i !:.. March 21, l7!.-tf.
W W00LKN VAGTOIiY.
OH Mm WORK A M'l ( A I.T V.
.-rgned having recently .nrvhaed the
;- W:i n a- the 1.!ikiii ViHi.KX
'y !- :n tlie ,'nn "I A. Y. &. di;i. W.
... ,. , artpnttMn of tl, puSlio to
' o ' t ,-y prip,'e puttinir aol K-torv in
' ' .f1 t. i..r ,1 j,nrHsc ot d'tir.z" iM
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'I'iiuMrti,,,. lilankel. I launrlo,
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,,iu l Mum ti inanaife the loiin!-s. we
;:.rint.-e i.it,r.- ati.-t;i.-ti,,n to all who lavor
ir.just. m. 1. H. KAHKKU.
AI.Y1N IVANS.
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V; r. i. RICH A 0.. I'ortland.
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t:'! W ..,rM. L-Tj-ea-ive Outht I'lec.
3m.
ii :o: u is! e
-Jir(ijst limi.se in that ritij. y.t?,iitij but
in ni,,l ,;i,i.- i,"t. Ji'is rrfnti'l iiii,l hi'iiit-
"t (bis fin'iiile Ch'thiifj hrc, vhrrc
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- Office, Altoona, Pa.
JGJTNl
T R O jST A G-E !
in1:irkf l in tlie nsfrcantilo lmsiness on
scale r.t li is
OX HIGH STREET,
NOTIONS, H&TS, CAPS,
X. ,T. FRF.IDHOFK
I ?. O- Oesclij2"ei
r,',"?,!'.'.'.! KHuAUD ttillHt?.,
r.HKNSBUHO, 1A.
SHor In flurley Building, on High street, where
choice samplps of Cloths. CassinH-res. Vestings,
fcc, Irom which selections can be made, will at all
time be kept on hand, anil lull suits or single arti
cle of wearing apparel tor either gent or youths
will be made to order on the shortest notice, in the
latent and lest style, and at the lowest living price.
S.itt-lio:ti"n irtianintecil in ail cases and the best of
work t'irnished fully as cheap as inferior clothing
cm be bought ready-mad'j. A trial i earnest
ly solicited. H. O. OHSCHiEK.
KIm nsbuig. May 'J?,, l7:.-tl.
?1')iA profi"" on TO davs' investment of C' 1 1 W i
iIJw ttleial Reports, sent Iree. ClUW
l'n'H.rtionnl returns evi'rv week on Stuck I iptionsof
(. - H.O. - H . . R50). A.ldress
I. I'oMtr W iirht to-, U mkers U. Hall St.. N. Y.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE
OF TALfABU
REAL ESTATE I
1 Y virtue of an order Ispnf nsr ont of the t h-phsng'
1) 'ourt of 'ambria county nd to me directed,
1 will expose to public sale, at the Court House in
Klen8buri, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30th, 1879,
At 2 O'CLOC K, P. JI., the follow! ng described
real estate, to wit:
S. 1. The interest of William Klttell. dee'd,
formerly of Uriah Lloyd, of. in and to a tract ot
timber land situate in "Susquehanna township, in
said county, bounded bv lands of John W. Lamer,
Vriah Lloyd. Isaac Westovcr, .Jonas Baum, Thos.
Toiier, an. I John li. Haum,containini? ninety-three
acres, more or less.
no, 2. A piece or parcel of land situate In
Camhria township, about one-half mile from Eb
ensburt. bounded by the t'lav I'ike and lands ot
tdwanl Owensand John Kirsc'hner.contatninif ten
acres and sixty-three perches, all cleared and.under
fence.
Xo. 3. A piece or parcel of unimproved land
situate in Calabria township, bounded ny the Beu
lah road, lands of Joseph Wilman, heirs of James
and Oeonce Mills, and others, containing sixty-two
acres and eluhty-three perches.
4. A piece of ground situate in the West
ward of Khcnshurg lirou;rh, twundeii by the turn
pike, Lloyd street and West street, containing
about one acre.
Xo. li. A half lot ol around situate in the West
ward of Kbensburi? horoueh, bounded on the north
by lot of Mrs. Sarah avls, on the east by lot of J.
&. H. A. Shoemaker, on the south by Lloyd street,
and on the west by an alley.
No. . The undivided'onc-half interest of. in
and to a piece or parcel of land situate in Hlarklick
township, known as the "John tiillan" farm,
boundea on the north by lands of Peter Warner
and Kobert Fcre;nson, on'the east by land of Isaac
Wissinirer, on the south by land of A. W. Kowland,
and on the west by 'lands' of A. W. Kowland and
Knvld D. Iavis, containing one hundred and twenty-three
acres, more or less, about seventy acres ot
which are cleared and under lence, and having
thereon erected a good two-story stone dwelling
house, a frame barn, and otheroutbuildings. There
Is a good orchard on the premises and a coal bank
opened, the land being underlaid by a four-loot vein
ol excellent coal.
The other half interest in this farm, belonging
to H. L. Johnston. Esq., will be oflered for sale at
the same time and upon the same terms, so that the
pun haser can buy the whole farm If lie desires.
No. 7. A piece or parcel of improved land sit
uate in the west ward of Ebensbnrg borough,
bounded on the north by land of F. A. Shoemaker,
on the east by West street, on the south by Hisrh
street, lot of Hartman Herg and land of heirs ot
Stephen Lloyd, deceased, containing seven and
one-hall acres, more or less, antl having thereon
erected a larire two-story frame dwelling house.
There is a good orchard on the premises. This
piece will be sold in two portions, the house and
about three acres in one part and the remainder,
alniut lour and one-halt acres, in the other part, or
in one whole piece, to suit purenasers.
No. A square of ground situate in the West
ward of Ehenshurir borouirh, bounded on the north
by Lloyd street, on the east by Sprucealley, on the
south by itle street, ami on the west by West
street, containing two and one-half acres and hav
ing thereon erected a ifoo,l two story frame dwell
ing house, a frame stable, and all the necessary
outbuildings, and having a good orchard on the
premises.
Terms of Sale. One-third of the purchase
money to be pid on continuation of s:ile, and the
remafner in two equal annual payments, with in
terest, to be secured by the judgment bond and
mortgage ol the purchaser.
r.lAKUAFET KITTELL.
Administratrix of William Kittell, dee'd.
Ebensburg, Aug. 8, 17.'.-5t.
SHLKIFF'S SALES!.Iiy virtue of
unly writ ot Allan levari Facia. 1 enditioni
llxfjovax iiu A!ir Fieri Facias issnol out of the
'curt of Common Plo:ts of t'atnbria county and to
me direct iM. thon wiil bo exposed to public pale,
at the hut; 1 of I'onrad Ka:.b. in Johnstown, tin Sat
urday, Auuitft 1-,9, at 2 oVlock, i. m., the follow
ing foal estate to wit :
All the riaht, titls nnd intorest of H. 1. Wood
mrt, of. in and to all that certain lot of ground sit
uated in t'onemauarh borough. amtrta county.
befcinnintr on Singer street, on the corner of
It No. 14; thence by said street three nerches to
Iucas alley ; thenco by Paid alley to Ki'nirston al
ley; thence by Kington alley bC jierche? to lot
No. 14: thence by said lot 11 nerrhe? to the place
ol beinninir and known on plan ot lots of Johns
town continued as lot number thirteen (13) etc..
Reiner the same lot of irroiind which John S. Bo
ehanan and 'ife. bv deed datel April 4. 170, and
recorded at the Kcorder's office for t'.imbria coun
ty in Record Ho.k vol. 31, S41. 4tc. conveyed to the
said H. I. Woodruff, totrether with the heredita
ments ami appurtenances. Taken in execution
and to be sold at the suit of Johnstown Building
and Loan Association.
Also, nil the riirht, title and interest of John
Jones and Catherine Jones, ol, in and to a lot of
ground situated in the Fourth ward of Johnstown
borough. Ciimbria county. la., front inar on the
enst on Adams street, adfointn lot of Johnstown
School Iistrict on tlie sruth, bt of John J. Trefts
heirs on the west, and an alley on the north, har
1nif thereon erected a two story plank hone and
stable, now in the occupancy of John Jones.
Taken in execution and to be sold at the puit of
John F. Harne.
Also, all the rijrht. title and Interest of Patrick
Flinn. of. in and to a lot of ground situated in the
Second ward of 'onemaugh horouzh, 'ambria
cour.ty. la.. fronting on street, adjoininar
lot ot Patrick Murray on the eat. and an alley on
the west, extending back to street or land of
amhri:i Iron Co., having thereon erected a two
story i-l;ink house, now in the occupancy of Patrick
Fiinn. Taken in execution and to be sold at the
suit ot 'Francis Pevltn.
Tkums op Sale. One-third of the purchase
money to be paid when the property Is knocked
down, ami the remain l ng two t birds btfere the con
imitation ot the deed. JOHN K Y AN. Shcritf.
Mht:H,c Office, Kbensburg. Aug. 4, 1879.
IIi:iUFFs SALE. l?y virtue of a
writ of l end. Expon., issued outof the f )rphans'
t'ourt and t'onrt of t'ommon Pleas of Cambria
county and to me directed, there will he exposed to
puhiic sale, at the Court House in Kbensburg. on
.Von,iaf. September 1st, ls7fi. at 1 o'chx-k, r. M., the
following real estate, to wit:
All tho riaht, title and interest, of J-i.iae Lute ami
William Lute. of. in and to a piee or parcel of
land situ. tted in Susqtiehanna township. Cambria
county, ra., adjoining lands of John Oardner,
Adam Lulay, l'e;cr (iarman, and William (far
man, containing 153 acres, more or less, about 50
ncres ot whicti nre cleared, naving thereon erected
a one-and-a-half story plank house and frame sta
ble, now in theoccupancy of William Lute. Taken
in execution and to be" sold at the suit of J. T.
Hackhousc and Sarah Ann, his wile, in right ot
said Sarah Ann.
Tkums of Same. One-third of the purchase
money to be paid when the property is knocked
down, and the remaining two-thirds before the con
firmation ol the deed. JOHN KY AN. Sheriff.
Sherifl's Office. Kbensburg, Aug. 4, 1879.
SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a
writ of f'i. Fa.. Issued out of the Court of Com
mon Fleas nf Cambria coun'v and to me directed,
there will be exposed to public sale, at the Court
House in Kbensburg, on Monday, September Iff, 1S79,
at 1 o'clock, r. x.. tlie followiug real estate, to wit:
All the right, title and interest ol Joseph Stone
blsrhter, Jr., of. in and to a piece or parcel of land
situated in llarr township, Cambria, county, I'a.,
adjoining "lands of L. Mangold. M. Kersh Wm.
Shank, and others, containing 100 acres, more or
less, about 00 acres of which are cleared, having
thereon erected a one-and-a-hall etory plank houo
and log barn, now in the occupancy of Joseph
Stoneblghter, Jr., and a one story houe in the oe
cupanev of Joseph Stonebiitbter. Sr. Taken ta ex
ecution and to be Sold at the suit of Joseph Stone
biirhter. Tkkms of Sale. One-third of the purchase
mouev to be pai l when the property is knocked
down." and the remaining two-thirds before the con
firmation of the deed.
JOHN' RYAN". Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office, Ebensburg. Aug. , 1S79.
"V7"I1 H W'S A VVT ATSEM EXT.
T T Notice is hereby given that the following
named appraisement of property appraised and
set apart tor the widow of diccdent under the act
ot Assemhiv of the 4th April. A. I. lsftl, has been
tiled iiMhe "Keiristcr's Office at Klwnsburg. in nnd
for the V-ountv of Cambria, and will be presented to
the rphnns; Court of said county for confirmation
and allowance, on U edneiday, the 3d day of Septem
ber. A. I. 1 7'.. to wit :
Inventory an. I appraisement of certain personal
Vroperly u'ppraiseti antl set apart for Margaret
Vehn. widow of (Jeorge Webn. late of Jackson
to"n-!.!p. deceased. J. . LAKE. Keirister.
Hcist-r's orhce, Ebensburg. Aug. 4, 1STS.
A DMINISTRATOirS NOTICE.
Estate of Kl.t7AnKTH riioLKT, dee'd.
Let tea) of Administration on the estate of Eliza
beth Blirley. late ft Washington township, de
ceased, having been granted to the nndersisrned
bv the Keitisterof Cambria connty. all persons in
debted to satd estate are hereby notified to make
pavtr.cnt without delay, and those having claims
against the same wiil present them properly au
thenticated for settlement.
TH M AS MAXWELL, Adm'r.
Lilly's, August 1, 187i.-t.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Oeorok Wrhn. Sr.. deceased.
Letter of Administration on the etate of Oeo.
Wehn, Sr.. late ol Jackson township, Cambria coun
tv, dee'd. having been granted to the undersigned
bv the Register of satd county, all persons indebted
to said estate are hereby notified to make payment
without delay, and those having claims against
the same will present them properlv authenticated
for .ettlement. J AS. M. SIN JEH.
Ebensburg, Jnly 25, 1879.-ot. Administrator.
17XE( UTOR S NOTICE.
Jli Estate of M AKOAitrrr Atki"oi. dee'd.
letters test.-nnentary on the estate of Martraret
Atkinson, late or Lorelto borongn, nee .i. naving
been granted to the nndersigned. notice is hereby
given to all persons indebted to said estate that
pavmcnt must be made without delay, and thise
having claims against the same should present
Jiem dulv authenticated tor settlement.
EI.'ANCIS O KKIEL. Executor.
Lvruto. July li, l";:'.-t
"KEEP A STIFF IPPER UP."
There has something gone wrong,
My brave boy, it appears,
For I see your proud struggle
To keep back the tears.
That is right. Wiien you cannot
(iive trouble the slip,
Then bear it, still keeping
"A stiff upper lip !"
Though you cannot escape
Disappointment and care,
The next best thing to do
Is to learn bow to bear.
If when for life's prizes
You're running, you trip,
Get up start again,
"Keep a stiff upper lip !"
Let your hands and your conscience
Be honest anil clea'n ;
Scorn to touch or to think of
The thing that is mean,
But hold on to the pure
And the right with firm grip ;
And though hard be the task,
"Keep a stiff upper lip."
Through childhood, through manhood,
Through life to the end,
Struggle bravely, and stand
By your colors, my friend.
Only yield when you must ;
Never "give up the ship,"
But right to the last,
With a "stiff upper lip."
CHASED BY FIRE.
In the coal regions of Pennsylvania
there ar railroads called "gravity roads"
over which the long trains run without
the aid of locomotives.
The tracks are laid on a gentle incline
till they come to steep ascendinRplanes.
where stationary engines are placed,
either at the head or foot of the slope.
Here strong iron rojes are attached to
the cars, drawing Ihem to the top of the
hills, when they again run down on tlie
other side, controlled only by the brake
men, till other elevations are reached.
These roads have two tracks, not par
allel, but sometimes a mile or more
apart. The one on which the loaded
cars pass is called the "heavy," and the
other, where the cars turn, the "light
track." They are built along the sides
of the mountains, and at times climb to
the mountain summits, giving the eye a
gTand sweep over the broad ami beauti
ful landscaes. Then, gently descend
ing, they follow the mountain curves,
sometimes hanging over the deep ravines
and sometimes dashing through dense
forests, where the trees form an unbro
ken shade over the track.
In the spring of 175, John Ward, the
hero of this story, was head brakeman
on one of the coal trains. During that
spring, this part of the country was vis
ited by an unusual drought. Day after
day the sun rose clear, and ran its course
over a cloudless sky. Rut at length a
veil gathered over the landseaiie, thro'
which the sun shone only like a dull red
disk. The people said the forest fires
were raging in the lumber districts
north.
Near the close of a day in the month
of May, "Ward and two other brakemen
in charge of an empty train noticed a
cloud of smoke at the head of the plane
next above them. As they ran down to
the engine-house, which was here at the
foot of the slope, they inquired if the
woods along tlie track were on tire.
The engineer replied that they were,
but lie thought they could shoot by with
out danger.
Tlie men resolved to try. I5ut w lien
they readied the top of the plane, they
saw that they had no time to lose. The
fire was rushing toward them, and they
could feel its hot breath. Loosening
the brakes they sied down the track
with covered facesand susiended breath.
Rut a few moments surticed to carry
them out of danger, as they supposed.
The roatl then wound round a curve of
two miles through the dense pine forest.
Josh and Dan McChing, "Ward's two
companions, congratulated themselves
on their escape ; but Ward felt anxious
lest this was just the beginning of their
troubles. His home was m the midst of
the woods some miles further down ; and
for the first time he realized what a ter
rible foe fire might become.
Scarcely had these thoughts passed
through his mind when the train round
ed the curve, and there before them was
the tire crossing their path.
They had gone so far down the plane
that it was impossible to run the cars
Irack. They felt that they had better
abandon them and return, while there
was yet a chance, to the engine-house at
the foot of the slope.
Rut on rounding the curve again, they
saw, to their dismay, that the fire had
reached the track behind them and was
furiously burning on both sides. All
chance of retreat was cut off. Rut the
forest where they stood was cool and
green, and the undergrowth so luxuriant
and damp, that it did not seem possible
that it could burn. .
The next moment, however, a burning
twig lodged in one of the tall trees near
them, and igniting the pine needles,
darted out a tongue of llame.
The men now saw that thev must push
their way through the fire in front or
perish. With hearts trembling with
fear, they took oil the Drakes, and were
arout to rush down the burning track,
when a woman darted out from the trees
dragging a little toy by the hand, and
screaming to them in a tone of agony .
"Stop and take us in !"
Josh McChing shouted back : "We
can't possibly," at the same time point
ing to a tall tree left standing in the
clearing ahead, against which cord- wood
had leen piled, and which was already
in flames. Rut with a firm hand, Ward
pressed down the brake, and ordered the
others to do the same, saying : "Would
you leave a woman and her child to bum
like rats in a barn V"
"Don't you see we must get by that
tree, before it falls across the track V"
cried McChing in a rage.
"I know," replied Ward, sternly ;
"but they shall g with us or we'll all
perish together. Quick, quick, my wo
man ! we've no time to lose !"
lie dared not leave the front of the
train to help her, for he knew the other
men, in their fright, would raise the
brakes and desert them.
She struggled forward, but when al
most up to the cars she stumbled and
fell. With a bound, Ward sprang to
her side, lifted her, and handed to Josh
McChing, who stood in the rear car.
He then caught up the child, and turn
ed to spring in, but the train was already
moving. Josh, made utterly selfish by
his fear, had raised the brakes.
Ward ran with the energy of designa
tion, threw the child into Dan's out
stretched arms, and then caught the last
car, where he clung, unable at the sieed
they were moving, with nis utmost
strength, to do more than keephis hold.
In a few moments they left the green
woods, and parsing though the blazing
brush on either side, were almost blind
ed and suffocated with the smoke and
beat while burning twigs and bushes
fell like a rod -hut shower upon them.
Ward felt his hands blistering, yet he
held fast, and looked up to see if the
pine tree was still standing. As they
passed under it the flames had caught it
in the long branches, and it stood a py
ramid of fire. Onthecarssped. Anoth
er curve was passed, and they were again
in the midst of a dense green wood.
Dan McChing shouted to his brother
to put down the brakes, and succeeded
in making him stop the train. The two
men then got ont, and ran back to pick
up Ward, who had dropped exhausted
before the motion entirely ceased.
They placed him in the cars, and then
allowed the train to run some distance
further, till they felt sure that the dan
ger was past. Coming to a little stream
of water near the track, they again stop
ped the train, and gathered round the
spring, to wash their burns and rest a
little.
Here Ward recognized the poor woman
he had saved as Mrs. Stacey, the wife of
a wood-chopper, who was employed to
supply fuel for the engine house they
had just passed. Her little shanty was
right in the path of the fire. She saw
the fire coming, and had time only to
catch her boy and escape to the woods,
where these men had picked her up.
She had lost everything and feared that
her husband had perished in the flames.
He had gone off with his axe in the
morning, which way she could not tell.
Ward was filled with anxiety about,
the woman and her child. He knew
that his two companions would do noth
ing for her, and he must offer her shelter
in his own home. Rut he had six chil
dren and an aged mother to support,
and his wife was not one who bore her
burdens lightly.
Rut the kind-hearted man invited
Mrs. Stacey to accompany him home,
and lifting the loy in his arms when
they left the cars, he stode on ahead to
show her the narrow path.
They passed several houses, and ap
proached a pretty white cottage. With
a thrill of joy, Ward listened to the
merry voices of his children.
In a moment more he opened the door
on a bright family picture. The table
was spread and his children were gather
ed round it, except thelittle twins, who
were already in their cribs, while in the
midst of them sat the old grandmother,
smiling placidly at their lively clatter.
W'ard gave Mrs. Stacey a seat, and
placed the loy on her lap; then, after
introducing her to his mother, he asked
anxiously for his wife.
She was in the kitchen, looked tired
and worried. He saw this, as he began
ir. a low tone to explain to her who their
visitor was, and her claims upon their
hospitality.
Rut in a loud, angry voice she inter
rupted him, saying, "Now, John, that's
just like you taking the food and cloth
ing from your own family to give to
beggars. Here I am slavin' and worryin'
from mornin' to night to take care of
these children and your old mother, yet
you bring two more you've picked up,
and exvect me to feed and provide for
them."
"Rut, wife, I couldn't leave the poor
woman to crish in the flames, or re
main homeless and eupperless this chilly
night."
Mrs. Ward was not a heartless woman.
She was thrifty, and anxious to get
ahead, and had much to try her. It
distressed her to find that, manage as
economically as she could, she could
haidly keep John out of debt. Just then
she laid it all to her husband's charity
to others. Therefore, seeing only her
side of the argument, she said :
"Why must you always be saddled
with such eople 't They see you are
easily imposed upon, and so we have to
bear the consequence."
Mrs. Stacey could not help hearing
this conversation. Rutting down her
child, she walked to the kitchen door,
and oiiening it said, in a faltering tone :
"Mrs. Ward. I'm no beggar. This
morning I was in my own home. This
afternoon the fire came, and I had to flee
liefore it. My house and everything in
it was burned to ashes. Mr. Ward saved
my life and my boy's at a risk I don't
dare think of. May the Lord reward
him for his kindness ! He asked me to
his house to pass the night ; but I'll not
stay where I'm not wanted, nor be the
cause of strife. May the devouring
tiames never leave you as homeless and
friendless as they have left me."
These words touched Mrs. Ward. As
Mrs. Stacey turned away, she sprang
towards her, and said, earnestly :
"Oh, forgive me ! I did not think what
you had endured. You shall stay, and
I'll give you the lest the ho.ise affords.
Come, let's all sit down to tea. Then,
John, you must tell us everything about
the fire and your escape."
She turned pale and trembled as she
listened to his account of the fearful
risks they had run.
"John," asked his old mother, "will
the fire reach us "r"'
"I think not. It is not spreading in
this direction, and I trust we are per
fectly safe."
Yet, with fear in their hearts, that
night, before retiring, John Ward and
his wife went out and climbed a high
rock, near the house, where they could
see if danger threatened. Rut around
them was only the green, dewy woods,
and above, the clear, peaceful starlight.
Feeling relieved, they sought the rest
both so much needed.
The next morning, a messenger came
to the little village to say that the fire
was spreading with fearful rapidity, and
that help was needed to fight it back.
The men of the village responded to
the call, and all day and nearly all night,
in companv with a large force, they
fought the fearful conflagration.
Rut fanned by a strong west wind,
although battled and driven back at one
point, like an unrelenting foe the fire
pushed forward its columns in another,
and often, lefore the men were aware,
they saw the flanks of the battle turned,
and themselves almost surrounded by
the flames.
Ward at last liecame alarmed for the
safety of his family, and returned home.
He found the greatest excitement pre
vailing in the village. The fire had at
tacked the other side of the mountain,
and they feared it would sweep over and
come down ujxm them.
Ward saw that the wind was still
carrying the flames in an opposite direc
tion ; yet he told his wife to dress the
children in their thickest woolen gar
ments, so that they might be prepared
for any emergency. Then, completely
exhausted, he lay down to rest.
lie had slept but a few hours when
Mrs. stacey came running in, with a
report from the lower houses that the
fire was approaching from another iHint.
They were in danger of being hemmed
in, and must make their escape at once.
Old Mrs. Ward begged her son to
leave her, urging that lier life was near
ly ended, at lest, and that she would
July retard their Might.
But he positively refused, and catch
ing up the two children, while his wife
took the twins, they all started to fol
low the rest of the inhabitants. Mrs.
Stacey had taken the baby, and, with
her own little boy, was already in the
advance.
For over a mile the old mother walked,
aided as much as possible by her son ;
Imt of necessity their progress was slow.
The exertion proved too much for her.
She sank to the ground exhausted. Her
son assisted her to rise, and urged her
to make an effort to keep up a little
longer ; but she begged him to leave her
and save the rest of the family.
The flames were drawing nearer and
nearer. They could hear the crackling
and the crash of great trees as they fell.
He tried to ersuade the children to run
on by his side ; but terrified by the awful
scene, they clung screaming to him. and
refused to move. For a time, in his
desperation, he tried to carry them all.
Rut the fire was advancing so rapid
ly, he saw that he must abandon his
mother, or the whole family perish. She
now earnestly pleaded with him for the
sake of the little ones, to put her down
and flee for his life. She M as not afraid
to meet death. It would be but a mo
ment's pang, then heavenly joy forever.
With a groan of agony he acquiesced,
yet drew her as far as possible out of the
direct line of the fire. Then, clasping
her in his arms, he cried, "Oh, mother,
how can I leave you V"
"(Jo, go, my son! As you have been
faithful to me, may God deal faithfully
with you and yours. Don't grieve that
you left me."
I am describing an actual occurrence.
It seems almost impossible that a gener
ous, dutiful son could leave his aged
mother to die by the cruel torture of the
flames, but the safetyof his own children
and of his wife-appealed to his heart,
and at the moment it seemed to him
better that one should be left rather than
that the whole family should perish.
Ward started forward, but before pass
ing out of sight turned for one more look.
His mother was kneeling, with hands
clasped and eyes raised in silent prayer.
The approaching flames illumined her
pale face, but it was calm and peaceful.
He stood like one in a trance till his
wife, who had pushed ahead, besought
him to hasten on. She didn't know
which way to go, for the fire seemed to
be everywhere. His mother also saw
his hesitation and motioned him away.
Ward could hardly endure that last
sight. He turned desperately away,
came rapidly to his wife's side, and plac
ing the children at her feet, flung him-
self into a tree, to obtain a more extend-
ed view.
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of escape. That was to climb the top
of tlie mountain, where there was some
barren ledges on which there was noth
ing to burn.
It was a desperate struggle on the
steep rocks, over fallen trees and thro'
the brush. Rut the children had be
come more accustomed to the scene, and
as they got further from the fire, their
courage returned, and their own practice
in mountain climbing aided their par
ents. At last they reached the summit
in safety.
Rut it was a sad, exhausted group
that gathered there. The little ones
cried with hunger and thirst; and on
that barren rock the parents had no
means to satisfy either. All day long
they looked down from their high perch
into what apjeared like a gulf of fire.
Now it ran along the ground, now loap
from tree to tree, then, as if driven by
a tornado, it came on in one broad sheet
of flame, the roar increasing till in ter
ror the children covered their eyes and
stopped their ears.
The parents also felt as if the awful
grandeur of sight and sound was more
than they could lear; for they hardly
dared to hope that they were safe above it.
From this position they were aroused
by the oldest toy shouting,
"Oh, father, the sky is on fire too !"
Ward looked up and saw a broad flash
of lightning dart out of a dark cloud
that was rising rapidly in the west.
"Thank God '" he cried ; "the rain is
coming at last."
Soon the heavens were overcast
rpi
A lit.
lightning darted back and forth, heavy
thunder rolled overhead, and the increas
ing wind fanned the tiames lndow till
they raged with redoubled fury, as if
seeming to realize that their tower
would soon be gone. Then came the
blessed rain ; not in gentle showers, but
in heavy torrents, that poured incess
antly on the hissing, steaming forests,
till they lay drenched beneath it.
John Ward drew his family close un
der the rocks to keep them dry, but
caught in his hat the cool drops to
quench their thirst. As the night wore
on and the violence of the storm pass
ed by, they all got some rest save the
father who mourned for his mother as
he kept watch over his poor little home
less flock.
The next day dawned clear and beau
tiful, the air washed pure from the
blinding smoke, and as soon as they had
risen and thanked God for their escape,
they started to make their way back to
the settlements. j
It was a tedious, difficult journey.
When almost back to the site of their
old home they heard voices approaching.
Ward shouted and was answered by a
loud cheer. In a few moments a dozen
of his old companions gathered round
congratulating him on their escaie, and
anxious to hear their story. They li.nl
just started in search of them; but as
they saw the wide sweep the fire had
taken, their fears for their safety were
greater than their hoies.
John Ward and his wife now found
that the kind acts done for these neigh
bors in the past were returning, "after
man davs" "like bread cast upon the
waters." The men lifted the children
in their arms, and all proceeded to the
homes that escaed the fire. Here eat h
vied with the other making them wel
come. Money ana doming nan ix-en
sent from larger towns to those whom
the fire had made destitute. Mrs. Ward
found her baby ami Mrs. Stacey safe and
well ; the latter full of joy, as she had
just received the glad tidings of her
husband's safety.
The burned houses were soon rebuilt,
and but for the dear old mother, whom
he had been so cruellv forced to leave to
the flames, John Ward could, after all,
hardlv have been called a sufferer from
the loss that had befallen him.
This is not a fancy sketch. The act
ual facts of the terrible disaster I have
faintly pictured are more harrowing
than I could bear to desc-rilie. Lm-cTiino-e
eaiinnt ailefiii.it el v deliict the aw
ful scenes that were witnessed in that
.'.e f IJT-, in X"rtl, !..,.
sylvania, that destroyed whole villages,
and brought great losses and sufferings
to scores of families. C. -V. t'orn"-?' in
Youth's Co i "on .
A RF.jIARKARLE CASE.
It is said that history rejeats itself.
Certainly this is true, remarks the New
York stnr, in respect to remarkable
crimes. Nothing that happens in one
age but finds its parallel in another. An
old memler of the bar, when reading of
the Pocasset horror, recalled a similar
affair in Maine more than half a century
ago. Knowing that the venerable Judge
Spragne, now hi; years of age, but in full
possession of his remarkable faculties,
had seen the principal actor in that trag
edy, he requested the judge to dictate an
account of it, which he kindly consented
to, and the narrative, asgiveninthe -ld-rertifcr,
is as follows :
In 181.), at Augusta, Me., I became ac
quainted with James Mcl'a upland, who then
was, and had been for several years, a pris
oner in the conimi n jail at that place. He
was confined as an insane person, and was,
in fact, a monomaniac on the subject of re
ligion. I was informed that before bis im
prisonment he lived in Pittston, a town on
the Kennebec river, opposite to the town of
Gardiner; that he was a common laborer,
quite ignorant and unable to read or write.
There was in Gardiner an Kplncopal church
which lie soiiMdimes attended, but bis relig
ious excitement was occasioned by bearing
an itinerant preacher. He told nle himself
that it became impressed on his mind that
he must make a burnt offering sacrifice, but
he didn't know how to do it and was much
troubled. At length it occurred to him that
it would he K-st to burn the church at Gardi
ner, and kill a certain woman who was living
on the bank of the Cohoseconti, a few miles
above Gardiner village; but he was still
doubtful. That in this unsettled state of
mind he went alone nt midnight into the
church, and while there thinking on the sub
ject he heard a voice from Heaven saying,
"Young man, push on;" that this meant
that he should go forward and do what he
was then contemplating that is, burn the
church and kill the woman. This removed
all doubt ; .then he knew what he must do.
He thought he would save the "holv things"
as he called them that is the Bible, prayer
book and pulpit cushions. He accordingly
carried them a short distance and hid them
under the roots of a tree which had been
Mown down. He then went and got some
live coals, carried them in a shoe to the
church, set it on fire, and it was wholly con
sumed. He said the next dav there was a
great talk about it, and another man was
accused, but lie went forward and told the
people that the man had nothing to do with
it ; that he set tire to the church himself ;
and to convince them of it he carried some
of them to the place and showed them the
holy things which he had saved. The burnt
offering was then complete, and it onlv re-
I mained to make the sacrifice. For that pur-
pose he got into a canoe in the night time,
shoved it up the stream till he came opiwisite
where the woman lived, there landed, and
went into the house. On entering he found
two men asleep on the floor ; he stopped
n-oi- tlif.nl Olid ;1 w tbo ti-nmao tittintr w tlio
j sio oJ the bed on which there wasVsick
j person; and at the same time, by the light of
' . i . ' be nw il bntfdior Iriiif. t f i - L i i w ,
! n a beam overbed and he knew Te
I'ord ,',a.'1 I'i' pared that knife for his pur-
pose. He took it, went to the woman and
cut her throat ; that he then left the house
without being obstructed, got into his canoe
and went home. The next dav a great crowd
came after him. some of theiii armed, as if
they expected a violent resistance, but he
had" no such idea. He submitted quietly and
they carried him to jail.
I was told by others that when he was ar
raigned in court upon an indictment for
murder he said he killed the woman. Chief
Justice I 'arsons told him that he was under
i no obligation to confess his guilt, and had a
i right to require the commonwealth to prove
I it. He answered that lie killed the woman,
j and he shouldn't lie about it. The jury
upon ins inai iciurncu a eruicioi guilty,
! nut ne was never sentenceu. v;n ine caien- ;
; dar of prisoners was an entry, ".lames'
j McCausiand, convicted of murder," and ;
I under this record he was held in prison tin- !
I til death, more than thirty vears, Llielieve. I:
' co,,vors...l with l.im several tiir, . o.l bo
j always told the same story'. He answered
; all questions readily and without excite
j ment. I asked him if he was not sorry he
j had killed that woman. He said no; he
I was commanded to do it, and his sins were
i forgiven. 1 asked him if he would do the
same thing if lie were out of jail. He said I
no bo chonhl tiavo 110 (infu ci ,1, f..e it 1 !
said, "But suppose that von should receive
another sunn;
liiar command, would von obey
iswered. "Oh, 1 should not i.
ier command; my sins are for-
e was always grave and serious.
it ?" He an
ceive another
i until. 111 .1 1 . rt , liicivtr iiim r,v
j I never saw him smile, but he had no tinge
1 of melancholy or depression. He never in-
dicated a wish to be liberated, nor made a
complaint of his treatment lv the iailor.
He seemed perfectly satisfied with himself ,
and his condition. 1 was told that a woman
on seeing him burst into tears. He said to
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' ..fAnrsolf aiiil x-on r ehi lil eti, t no, lett.v i,ff
man you are. lie nau no anxiety tor tne
present or the future, lie once said to me,
"I am as happy here in the arms of my
Saviour as an "infant in the arms of it's
mother." I think he never had a doubt
that burning the church and killing the wo-
man were meritorious acts, in obedience to
an express command from Heaven, and
that his sins were thereby expiated and for-
given. "
He was so much an obiect of curiosity
I that he had many visitors, from each t,'f
whom he exacted two cents. We all stood I
outside the iron door of his cell ami saw and j
talked with him through a small, square'
hole near the top. It, while conversing
with one, another appeared he would dodsi- ;
outof sight and remain there until the tri- 1
bute was paid. 1 asked him whv he charged 1
that sum, and neither more nor less. He j
said it was Ix-cause that was the smallest.
sum mentioned in the scriptures the widow '
cast into the treasury her two mites and '
he thought that if he charged onlvthe small-
est sum mentioned, he wasdoing right. He
learned to read while in prison, but I never
saw a book in his cell except a Uinle and a
prayer book. He generally asked his visi
tors" if he should make a prayer : if the an
swer was in;the affirmative, he would repeat
one of the prayers of the Episcopal church.
He was a large man, above the average
height, with broad shoulders and other indi
cations of physical strenth. In his counte
nance there was nothing remarkable except
the eves, which were very piercing, lie
wore a gown or robe, covering his shoulder
and reaching to his ankles. He was cleanly
and neat in his person ; when he stood
erect with his long abundant leard resting
upon his breast, his appearance was digni
fied and patriarchal.
His cell was not large, and was situated on
the ground floor, near the entrance of the
building. After lieing in the cell many
years, I think twenty, he was on one occa
sion taken out. It was in order to measure
him for some new clothing. The jailor con
ducted him through a covered way to his
dwelling house, lie was there met by a
tailore.ss, who at once proceeded to take the
necessary measurements. While she was
doing this he stood perfectly still ; when she
turned away he waiked to the midilie of the
room, looked about and said: "This seems
to me like a palace;" then walking toward
a window he said, " hat large windows
you have I" It was a small dining room,
with a painted floor, an ordinary table and a
few common chairs. The windows were
small. There weie four or five men present
i beside mvself: thev made some few re
marks, but McCausiand was silent. He
seemed excited, walked to and fro three or
four times, and then said, "I'll go back."
Mr. Dillingham, the jailor, said to him,
You needn't be in a liurrv, McCausiand ;
sit down," and offered biui a chair. He
said. "No. I'll go back, I'll go back :" and
then of his own accord he returned to his cell.
Some years alter this, when 1 was attend
ing court nt Augusta. Mr. Dillingham came
to me and said, "McCausloiid wants to see
; you. l was muu
Mirprix'd, and went
As simn as be learned
I IOIUIV.1111 o. ill.- j III.
I was there, he put out his hand, with some
S bank bills in it, saving to me. "lake this.
! 1 declined, and asked him what be wanted.
! He replied, "Von are going to Washington,
1 and 1 want vim to g ,ui,i Gen. J' k-;.n,
and get him toorder them to pa v mv pension'
(he had been a soldier in the war of the
Revolution) ; fie added, ''The county now
takes my pension to pay for my board, but
I think if they keep me "here they ought to
pay mv board" 1 told him that Gen.' Jack
son could not help him ; that tlie law direct
ed how his pension should le disposed of.
He replied, "Gen. Jackson is above the law,
and if you go to him he will order them to
pav me" my pension."
This was the last interview I had with
him. I soon afterwards removed from the
state.
A MOPFRN E.0CH ARDF.5.
A Denver paper of recent date tells
the following story of real life, which
should Identified "The Romance of a
Misdirected letter":
With a married couple who came out to
Colorado to live some three years ago came
a young widow, who without lieing at all
beautiful, possessed that in her face and
manner which made her more than attract
ive. Intelligent, and a pleasing conversa
tionalist, she soon lieoamea favorite in I Den
ver society, which accepted her into its midst
without asking any questions. About a
year ago she became the wife of a well-to-do
merchant, named Harris, and after her mar
riage her popularity increased rather than
diminished. It now Incomes necessary to
go back five years to the time when "thin
same ladv became the wife of Captain Sar
gent. They were married at the young
lady's home in Boston, and soon after the
event her husband was obliged to take hi
vessel out to Calcutta. Not wi-hing to live
alone during Ids long absence, Mrs. Sargent
left Boston just before her husband's de
parture, and went out to Chicago to live
with a married sister. In due time she re
cieved a letter from the captain, dated at
Calcutta, saying that he was soon to sail for
Baltimore on the return voyage. Shortly
after the receipt of this letter Mrs. Sargent
removed with her sister to Colorado, not,
however, until she had written her husband,
telling him of her change of residence, di
recting the letter to Balt imore to await his
arrival. Months passed, and finally the
voung wife wrote to Baltimore, asking'if her
liuslmnd's vessel had ever nrrived, and to
this letter she received a reply that no such
vessel had Wen in that jMirt. "In the course
of another vear Mrs. Sargent came to accept
her widow"hood as a matter of course, and
after a time yielded to the importunities of
Mr. Harris, ami liecmnc Iiih wife. Captain
Sargent meantime had received orders from
his owners to take on a cargo for another
foreign port instead of returning to Balti
more ; so it was fully two vears before lie
returned to this country. Ife then heard to)
his dismay that his wife hail removed from
Chicago, leaving no trace behind her ; and
after brooding over his ill fortune for a few
weeks, the discouraged captain again went
to sea After another long abenc he re
turned to Boston, and then it was that lie
called upon an old friend of his wife, and
ascertained that she had removed to Colora
do. Sargent determined to ou:.'t the sea for
good, and immedi:tr',v started for Denver.
The meeting between the honest captain
ami the woman w hom he had once called
his wife was dramatic in the extreme. The
. terrible question which then presented Itse-f
was rtimci..; oi solution, jjotu men were
honest men of the world, and the only way
out of the dilemma seeme I to !e to leave the
i T'cstion wiiouy lo tlie lady, it was tacitly
! """rsiofKi h before another .lay eitiur
i :h? la,i' wo'ild return to the hast with Cap-
, tain Sargent, or that he would return alone
and forever. There were :io children to le
I taken into consideration, or to turn the
balance in cither's favor. The eonscient ions
lady is said to have shut herself up in her
chamber all night to decide the question
I which so deeply affected three lives. In the
morning she delivered her verdict, and then
broke down, an attack of brain fever being
the result. The following day Captain Sar
gent sadly departed for the hast, never to
return.
A W OXDEIIITL Nev.1 VALLEY.
The Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprise
savs :
. , .
! '" iiooes, oi r.smerai.ta county.
who is in this city, is owner of what is
known as Rhodes' Salt Marsh, but which is
a perfect laboratory of mineral wealth.
The valley contains 4.14o acres. It is
quite level, nnd is surrounded on nil sides
withhigh volcanic mountains. It is situated
about fifteen miles northwest of Columbus.
In this little valley is a sufficient amount
VI .?n , .J? "VV"
all the markets of the
J'"tl states, if not the whole world. A
f'.' or two below the surface is found
! ?"!ld or of pure rock salt, as firm and as
; transparent as ice. Indeed, when the sand
i inn covers trie stiriace is snipped on tlie
salt below bears a very close resemblance to
"J 1 " . ",a" I" aces little streams
OI. tOT. bubble up through the mass of
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on. ..mi i i-ij lieu 1 1 ii-i-i 'wiis me
found, which look jtLst like the air holes in
a frozen lake.
! The salt made at the marsh is perfectly
; pure. When a tract of ground has leen
! stripped of the surface soil the salt water
' rises over the bed of rock sa't to the depth
i of a foot or two. Then crystals of salt In-gin
; to form on the surface of "the water, and an
. they form they sink to the b -'torn. It salt
is to le fine for table use. workmen stir
i u" "f rsiais aioui wun : ve!s as tbey
i ?t"n''" to .tm! : bottom, thus brc kingthem up.
', tor "'T m working silver ..,- coarse salt is
"s gixxl as fine, and the solid ! n niation may
i le dug up with picks if necessary, but the
! locwe crj-stais are more readily liatidled. and
a7 mucii sanoi mat kina lsiormed as can be
disposed of.
-ot only are there inexhaustible stores of
saU ,n th" ,in,(" valley, but immense stores
of borax. 1 his borax is of the finest quality
known, and two or three cents per pound
,n',re can ,,? obtained for it in huropc than
f,r an "ther borax sent to that market,
Splendid specimens of tmoal, or natural
crystals of borax, are found in the marsh
imbedded in the clay near the surface. 1m-
j mouse quantities ol sulphate of magnesia
(epsomsalt) ami sulphate of soda (eianler
salt ) in a pure state are also found. N itrate
of ixitassa (saltjM'trc) is found, but the ex
tent of the deposits is not known.
Common potash is found in great abund
ance, and, among the curious sjecimeiis to
be obtained, are what a:e called "cotton
balls" (Imreate of lime) and fibrous crystal
line borax. Also there is found an abund
ance of an unknown mineral. It is some
thing descrilx-d in none of the books. It
e ' does not appear in the shape of crystals, yet
s : has a regular form of its own, presenting
the appearance of branches of coral. It is
thought that this may be some new salt. A
quantity of it will shortly lie sent East for
examination.
llEMAnK.MH.E ClIAXOK IX A M.'S
Haul The Ilanisburg 1'ntrint says:
Obadiah J. Farling is thirty-eight years
dd, and by trade a plasterer. "He served in
thft army, anil during his tenn of service suf
fcred from a severe attack of scarlet fever.
When the fever left him lie found that his
hair, which had formerly been a bright au
burn in color, w as changed to a decided gray.
Several weeks ago he employed John A.
Herman, esq., a young lawyer of this city, to
make application for a eiision which is due
him. The application, containing a descrip
tion of the applicant as a gray-haired man.
was duly forwarded, and .Mr. Herman saw
nothing more of hisclietit for some time. The
other day hailing walked into the lawyer's
office aiid as he took off his hat and remarked
that he had jut recovered from nil attack of
inflammatory rheumatism. Mr. Herman was
astounded to discover that the man whom 1m
had recently described in the pension appli
cation as giav-headed, now jxissesscd a crop
of bright auburn hair, w ith not a gray lock
on his head. The man is uiiHble to cive any
explanation of the change, and ?ir. ncnii.ni
is naturally sotnewbat concerned nluit the
discrepancy U tween his d.-vriptiou "d tli
actual apiarnnce of tlw man.
m-
""A" mini -teh "ma-le an interminable call
upon a ladv of bis e,,uaintiice. Her little
daughter, who was pn sent, crew weary or
Us eoiivers.,1 .on. a id wl-isp-red in an amble
tone. "li.Vt !: ' 1;'- mien With lm.
uiaioina