Jul
V . - . -
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Advcrf isiititr I ? ntn.
The lartr and ritttMc circuIAtion f the ri
PEi A l irii Ci'irmi-arfs ! to tt. tav.-wiole ei ft.
elderation of advert Ners. hoe favors wtil be-la-erted
at the following low rates :
1 Inch, tiroes !J
1 ' months .iV tfVi
1 " emeclri.. , 7! S o
1 " lyear .J P0
2 " S moots? 9"
I ' 1 year.. J ' .f
t " e months .r9
8 ' 1 year It 00
W eol'n 6 Boni 19 fl
H ' 6 month 30 DO
V, 1 year an
I " month o
1 " lyear 75 AO
Administrator's and Executor's Notice a M
Auditor's Notices 2 Of
Stray and similar Notices 10
HumneH Items, first insertion lec.per line ; each
uhsequcot Insertion be. er line.
W RrtoMiont or tn-ocredma et any eoytrrtum
Or tociety. end commnmcvt rant deticnea to rai atten
tion any matter of limited or mdiridutl tnfrresf,
mull be paid Jot at advrrtitcmrntt.
Job Priktitio of all kind neatly and expediti
ously executed at lowest price. in't you forget
It.
THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN;
! PnMltiert Wee-WIy at I
UK S SB Vnmbrin Co., To..
DY II. A. McPIliE. ;
,jiecI'CcJafim - 1,0GS.
-a)
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4 4- !
,.nvver.r. C2?n '.n aivacce t
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If not p il wuo'.n .
If not p'J within 8 rao. 2.00
f not V d wuoiti year..
I'-T-. nci'i resid'.-- outidJi- the coiuity
,;ai, i.lt Uual per year Will be charged to
'"'irIatnov(.nt will the ahore teiml be. do
umT. Iron. -he who don't consult their
!?.n in by payine in advance tn.Lt not
''.'" t o ho placed on the same footing as those
wh'i d U-t thi, tact be distinctly understood
(r,,,n itiis time tnrimr), .,,! if
fr;-!-v for your Paper before you stop it.it
I, , tou must. None hut eonla'saifS do otn
"wi.e. Don't he a 9.-al.iwH-Hfe' loo ahort.
H. A. McP IKE,' Editor and Publisher.
"HK IS A FRISM1N WHOM TH1 TBUTH MAKES TREK, AHD ALL ARK BLATK8 BKSIDB.
SI.50 and postage per year, In advance.
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VOLUME XV.
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUAllY 18, 1881.
NUMBER 5,
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GEO. HUNTLEY
HAH NOW ON H AND THE
LARGEST, BEST; MOST VARIED
STOCK OF
!i Hardware!
K!ut HOl'SEFUKMSIII.XU ssssss
(t iiooo iiiiimi iriJi ssssss
t u no o 1) ii s
llOUii lilKHi OfiOO 1IDTjD ssssss
an.. Ac, th.it can le foiinj !n ar.y one establish
mci;t In I'cnn-ylvaala. Hi stuck comprise
AND
no
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nf lirluui ntyles and patterns;
1 nililei-fs f Ini-lAvniti
of every dscriiitlna and of bcst'qnality ;
CARPENTERS' TOOLS!
kir.il and
t Ii a l).'- t
lare tn
ia the market.
i k of
AIjj, a
TABLK AND I'OCKET CUTLERY,
(li)Nwnrr. Qiiefniwarf, Ni I s er-I'lafetl
Vir", V..-tl :n. i lllw Vir. Wall
prr. I' rn :iUh n.l ai lte vol cr. An
i 1. h?h, II o roe Mics. star I ron. Kali
Hoil. iir "nilk. arriase Holt. Klv
et. Mill ftjili. :riiiltoiipn. "lccl Sbot-
el Flow M9iildt, Kiiail Scoop;
Mowing; Machines, Horse Hay Rakes, j
Mnrxr I'ny Fork. Rops anil Pnlleyn, i
4 ir si 4 Tiltis-atorn. and a. lull iineol liars- 1
Mtlnx I noli. A.; j, a lare aoriment ot j
Table, 7tr timl .Stair Oil Cloths, 1
(.':ir:-i:iae s. i 1 Cloth,
1 K' H '.N!. I i. T.' T.'l WIN fW'W SHADING '
AN-iiAi)i: H X T I H : l.irisfimt ASHTliN
SALT. T.'O l i m ii? wuriii t'jr lnry and labie ,
uj. npij Ten IJiK Iv SALT. t!ic cheanest and
- -.t Kr i.-.-Jir.ir l.ir Sto- ii : I.A.VH FI.A1 tB:
i-i t iv. ii-iiui 11 '.MI'S, of the hest quality ; i
I'l-KKINS' !'A I K.NT SAHrrT LAMPS, which:
i.a.-...; h ctil. i : Chilmixs's VA.NS ai
i",Hi: tlie 1 iri?.-t s 'k ( M1I.K 'I' u KS of j
s i nu ?f a tid v( u enor ware eer of-
t..-., i i '.- in i:hensluri( : full line of PAINT
li';i SHIS of the most iK-'raMe uHality : WIN- i
iMiWrlf.'.ss. I'lUS, 'AIM'S, If KHKNT1NK, j
V A UN 1'iMFS. tuy.tUer with a large and com
p'.e .I ....I; of rh'Mi'e
iil'JH KUIF.S, T015AITO AM) SF.(JAKS,
well n thousands of ether nsefiil and needful
srti'-I'M. In ii'i-i. :tnthinz 1 haven't ijot or can't :
t nt ..liiiit n-iTice Is not worth huyinif. and wlmt I !
ii i i-rti.-r lor aie ui.iy :ilw;ys be relied on ks first
iLass ii iI litv. whtle they will Invariably be
SOI.!) AT BOTTOM IMUC.'KS ! !
Sir" Ha.-, intr had near'y thi rty tiars' Exrem- !
a.MK In the siir. of n nnl in my line. 1 am enabled i
t- ::.plv inv cii-t.Mi.eri w::h the very but in the I
market. " 1 1 ive mo liberal shure of your patron- 1
ate, then, and nc cnuvsnced that this best is always
tlie cheapen, and that it never pay i to buy an in
fiirtor artie .-'rnpty he-Hne the price id low, as it
! an Indisputable i'-n-t that suh goods are always
Ibo dearel In thi; end.
(,F.O. HUNTLEY.
I.bensburi.', April 11. 1S79.
J. VV. SHERBiUGHirBRO.,
-llKAT.I.llS IN-
Dry Groocl?
i
Ianc v Goods, i
CLOTHING-,!
NOTIONS,
GROCERIES, &c.,
CAIUIOELTOWN, PA.
A N I
ALWAYS SOI.U AT Till:
LOWEST PRICES.
VERY
,- VH PAID I'OK COl'.TRT PRO
DI! E w lie ii (isoilt rtro uol desired.
j. w. simiKAi an & nuo.
Carrolitown, Man-h 19 l'SO.-tt.
It. 1,. Johnston, "M.J- liuoK,
1'. A. Sliof7ii:lcrr. A. V. lJitolc.
I OLTiSrSTOir,
1 SHOEII AKER & BUCK,
i i,vrs ivi :ijtjs,
EbensloTii?. 3ra.
MSEi wmm ON DEPOSIT.
H.t TARI.E OX I1E1HSD,
i lYTTPfCT IT I fi turn AV TMfF TirDAClTP
l.'lIiULM ALL'JVl LI! !J. ll.MC ULUbMlO.
COLLECTIONS MADE
AT At . ACt KSdlBLK 1015T3.
DRAFTS on the PRINCIPAL CITIES
Coulit atnd Sold, and a
GKNEKAL BANKING BUSINESS
THANSACTF.O.
-tVoooiintis f?$olicitotl.
A. W. BUCK, Cashier.
Ebcr..ru-
M.tr-h 19. l0.-tf.
FreidhofFs Block,
iiliill STREET.
CARL RIVINIUS.
Practical atctata M Jeweler,
EBENSBURG, PA.,
S 1 VLVW!I-" on nJ"' htTB, varied and ele-
lEWH uV'"""""" ' BATCHES. CLtHIKS,
Sic. w ;v -''M .'TAft.ES. EVtULASSKS,
anr r,o . r ... , '"r sale at lower prices than
ar.v tl ',' t ' ?:'1r 10 'be county. I'ersons needina;
b;, t- ,.,...i,,'. ;'n will do well to jrire him acal
-Pr.
Watches Jewe'ri p'' frepairlnn C'locki. V
'l in both wrVif '-.' iatUlactlon guarani
1 "-w
Fire InsnrancR Km
- 6"i-J,
Gener' Insurance Agent,
?o4ABLE "ETNA'
e5ir;nr, ' C-, twpaBls.
! RECEIPTS AHD EXPENDITURES
! OF PJXliTrm PftTTXTY PA
t viimuiiia '"-."
i koh thk som pai or jam art. a. d. isso,
' .............. . . . w- . ii . a.
iv i ii r ii mi tic . ism.
A. TEAULET, Treasurer, Dr.
To amount In Treasurer's hands M. last
settlement 1S.S51 84
To amount of Duplicate for year lSo... 46.743.68
Keicistry " ... l.ifJd.SO
' - ree'd irotn L'nseated Lands.. 9.981.(50
" " " Seated " .. 2.:j.Ti
" K'dempt'n ' .. 1.36&.49
" J" " ' Miscel'n's sonrccs 4.3?7.SQ
Horrowetl moncv. 6l.boo.00
" " Constables lor 1S78
and previous years 1,251.23
I143.7U.S8
Cr.
l!v amount paid
Auditors (County)
Auditor (State)
Asessori
AdvertisluK lands
Brld jfc-s and Bridge and Koad
Views
Boarding frlsonetj
2S. 00
67. 40
TIT. 46
6.60
1.12T.M
1.227.8J
14 tO
&3.0K
1,220.00
418.00
2OU.00
240 OO
1.SSV.68
2,D44
84 00
6.00
72.93
739.00
204 39
1.27.50
SoS.O
207.11
1,6(0.00
6'i3.99
200.no
I.eSi.TS
200.OJ
112 OS
7.40
iT.Sixi.io
47.88
2.60
167.97
797.69
j Borouich tax
Boarding Jurors
Commissioners
I Coainji-aioners' Clerk
' t'ouusel
Court Crier anu Tlpstatl
( ConstaMes
; Criminal Prosecutions...... .
. Court House ..
, Costs
Clothing for Prisoners
i District Attorney
Dcedn to County
i Kleetlons
j Kox snd Wildcat Scalps
I miuisitioni
Interest on new Court House
Bonds
; Juror 'ilrtnd i
, " (Traverse)
Janitor
Jail anil Jailor
I fail bonds
.1 nry Commission's and Clerk
Miscellaneous accounts
I New Court House
! Old Orders
i Probates ft
Po-taao and station. ry.......
. Protbonotary
Printing
844 tro
' Pocr.md lloil-eof Kmploy tn't 13,&.;iA.o6
Poor Housa Directors..
326.0O
469 83
Kotcistiy
Ifeeords
Keforin School
Ketundtnic
Hoail 1'unil..
Iicdemptlon of Lands
Sienocrapher
State Tax
Schools
Sheriff
1 rachers' Institute
Talismen
Western Penitentiary
Exonerations to Constables..
Abatement to Taxpayers
Treasurer's commis'n on $393,-
391.36. at 6 ver cent
Treamirer'a comuils'n on 835.-
3S4 62, at lt percent
By ain't In Constable's haudi
260.7
63 '-T I
1J3 67 I
rial. 97
781.51
374.90
-27
2.16.88
8JS.78
131.30
19.78
425.62
1.671 .21
1,661.74
1.UC8.0T
530.7T
I.U19.68 82.891.80
Balance of Ueneral Fund In
Treasurer's hands 30,292 38
Halauce of New Court House
F und in Treasurer's bands. SO 740.40
Total balance.
.... ei.n52.T8
VMOl'NTS DUE FROM CONSTABLES FOR
the year 1810 and previous years :
1ST5. A. J. Stoltr, t'arrnlltown florouich .. .$
Himli .Mc.Mouiirle. l'ropect Boro'...
1TT. J. . W herley, Kbensburg. W. Ward
' James F. Skellv. Suminerhill Twp.. .
1ST?. J. O. Wherley,'FJ.enlnri;, W. Ward
John MeNulty, Susquehanna Twp..
18T9. James Mellon, Carroll Township
J. 11 W herley. Ebenbnrif, W. Ward
" John T. Harris, Johnstown, 1st
Adam Heubner, 4th "
" James F. Skellv, Summerhlll Twp..
1880. Cbas. W. McOeary. Adams Twp
Charles Dunlap. Carroll Township..
" Anthony tilll. Cheft Township
" E. D. Fry. Chest Sprlnus Borough. . .
" Thomas Arthur, Coaeinanich Two....
" David Strauss, t.'ooem'h Bor..lst W'd
l H.J. Rorabaurh, Croyle 1'ownshlp. .
" James Myers. Ebensburir. W. Ward
" Anselm WeaklanJ. Elder Township,
' Jonathan Custer. Jackson
" S. R. Varner. Johnstown, 6th Ward..
" Joseph Earych, 6ih "
. B. W estSrixik. Porta kc Township.
" B. t'. 3lyers, Kenle Townnhip.
' Hi ram Orris, Richland Township....
Ditid E. Marti, Stonycreek Twp....
" John MeNulty, Susquehanna Twp..
" W. F. Morvland. W,l,initon Twp..
" M.J. Noel, WTi-.te Township
" A. H. Cnllen, Wiluiore Borough
I .i8
T.stJ
111.10
I I .V2
210.18
8 S5
20.09
5l.:i9
8 54
15T.51
fto 65
2 83
180.22
15.85
34.39
5.25
55.1)9
ltei.24
28.60
63.13
;i8
0 (12
8 08
15.62 (
84'J.isl j
4 49 j
29 28
285.23 I
An 8) I
200 39
8.92 i
2.6T1.7S
! MOUNTS DUE DISTRICTS FROM MON- !
eys received from redemption of lands bouxht 1
I by county : t
Road. School
I Adams Township.
! Bbiekllck
I White -I
Chest
. Jackson "
Barr
....J11.3T $ 1T.58
.... 3.60
14.15
.... 63.00
15
64.91
9.65
38
$92.48 $102.13
MOUNTS RECEIVED FROM SEATED AUD
J UNSEATED LAN DS, 1ST
-i-9:
Road.
. 234.85
l."9
4O.04
194. Hi
2--'.U4
27 .OH
. 4I.-.U9
69 65
71 Ofl
48.75
62.33
. 318.46
24 59
70.75
42
. 146 14
2 75
. 250.44
2.15
1 64
5.6)
1 43
. 253 72
5.50
. 159 I 8
e2.4
. 153. 69
.. 107 82
. 1,146.04
75
. 19T.95
School.
( 193.01
3.29 !
29.79
Sol.52
33. 06 ,
61.98 t
3.18.73 '
178.13 :
65.iri
4.50
Adams Town-ihip
Alleiheny "
Ihirr "
Hlaoklkk "
Carroll '
Cumbria "
Che-t '
Clearfield '
Conem'ifh "
Cnnemaiifth Borough....
t 'royle Township
Dean "
Ebensborr Horonfjh
Elder Township
Franklin Kuroairh
(allllx;n Township
Osllitun Korotirh
Jackson Township
Johnstown Borough
116.68
329. TS
13.04
62.98
66
134 80
5
405.64
; Ixirctto "
: Mlilville "
Munster Town'hlp
I'ropcct Rnrouirh ...... .
! rnrtaa-e Townsliip
! !Stonyrerk "
: Smnilierhlll "
! S j.iiiielianna Township.
1 Tavfor
' Washington "
! White " .
, Wilmore Borough
j Yoder Township
2.40
e.oo
IT. 34
5.08
278.05
T.4T
185 6T
T9.T8
17361
182 98
499.78
6 25
132.30
M.038.1T S3.T63.53
4 MOUNTS
DUE CAMBRIA
COUNTY ON
Judgments :
j Charles Johnston et al
I J. L. M.irtln et al
.161 48
. 18.60
. 90.79
. 298.lv!
. 274.98
. 136.29
. 47.18 t,024.32
Samuel Kelley et al
John T. I'ooney
Zs-n. L. Bowser et al
John t 'rouse
Samuel I lenner et al
ASSETS.
An't due from Judgments $ 1,024.32
' " Constables for
Upland previous years 2,671 T8
Ain't ilm from Thos. tirlflHn,
Sherlll 11260
Balance in Treasurer's bands. 61,052.TS $64,851.38
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding Orders $ 19 15
Bonds 60.000.00
Amount due Districts on Road
and School Fund 3.059.88
Amount due Toor House 1,242.56 64,488.57
Falanee la favor of county
f 372.81 !
irvi under our hands, at the Core 'nlssloncrs'
ofhee In Ebensbur;?, this 29th day of Janaary, A.
D. 1881.
I
1
I
W i,;t)ie undersigned Auditirs of Cambria conn-
do respectfully rciiort that we have ea re
examined the vouchers and accounts of the
receipt and expenditures of said county trom the
3oth day of January. A. D. 10, to the 2Tth day of
January. A. D. 11, and do hnd them to be as sta
ted, ns alo the foreiroing statement of assets and
liabilities of said county.
Oive.t nmterour hands, at the Commissioners'
office In Ebeusbunr, this 29th day of January, A.
I'll 1 LI P D. sK F.LLY.
4
I'ATKICK E. DILLON, Auditors.
V7T
W. H. CONNELf.
it m ii.
UOSEXsTEEL & SON
wili, fat
THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE
OAK AtiD HEMLOCK BARK,
Dlle?, Sheep Pelt?, tali Skins, Ac.
Tec. S, l'S.-Sm. JOHNfjTO'WN'. PA.
ECEIPTSand EXPENDITURES
C'isnRiA CotSTT, Pa., fmm the 28th dav of Janu
ary. A. D. 1S80, to the 2Sth day of January, A. D.
ltill :
A. VEAOLEY, Treasurer, Dr.
To amount of Requisition for ISSO $ a.OfO.Oo
' bnl due Poor llouse at last settlement ,419.c8
cash paid by I. Lilly. Steward 3W.4U
Directors of l'oor of Bed
ford eountr 33.44
To cash paid by Directors of Pooref Arm-
strong county .
32.00
14,T97.61
Cr.
By amount iiatd
Blai;k?mlthing
Check Bonk
Collins for House
Constables' aud Justices' fees..
Clearneld County, Pa
Coal &nd wood
Clover and timothy seed.......
Clothing; and shoes
Cider (one barrel;
Chop
Iiniiis and medicines
Dixtnout
Expense" and allow'ce, O. D. P.
Kreiht
Kunnerand House servants. .. .
I 18.
2.00
T2.00
23.22
37.34
171.2
16.00
;l.90
2 JO
14.36
30.99
3,019 24
4.H03
1&9.&4
3W1.00
11
Flax seed 1 -2S
Insurance 2;4.o
Indiana County, Pa loo 48
i I-incaster Courity, Pa 2.68
I Manure and straw 23. 60
Merchandise 1,3b 1.34
Oats for seed 8.00
Postave and P. O. box 10.60
Penn'a r'arininu School 12 92
Pittsburg (iuarOlans of Poor... 18. ii
Printing ami stamps 27 30
Kepairs J37 68
Pork and beef. 476. 83
Physician for House 178.06
" O. D. 1 636.10
Steward's salary 6s.u0
State convention 12.00
Sewing machine and repairs. . . 6:1. do
Soap and arhes 18 30
Salary nf Attorneys 66.00
Veuetable 44.30
j Vinegar (one barrel) 6.00
1 Whtatmul flour Soa.ys
I Whiskev fur House 64.23
i James Koucke, boring well 182.60 $13,656.06
Balance In favor of Poor House..
.. 1.242.68
I
T LII.LT. Stiwiiio, in account with the Treas-
urer of Cambria County. 1'a.
Dr.
To amount received trom Paul Krstier. ..
.$
0 00
50.00
63 64
37 es
45.27
6' '.00
48.90
Ben. Wirtner
Eberly ease
Kiincmyer case...
Kondoher case....
lilair county
F. A. Shoemaker.
I
;tS12.49
Cr.
Jan. 21. .81 By cash to A. Yealey, Treas'r. 312.49
A
MOl'NTS HCEPOOK AND HOUSE o EM
PLOY. M K.NT:
J. S. Straycr, In Charltton ease. ..$537.15
Frank 1'rbnn's estate 41. M
N.J. Kreblhoff Wineberirer s sale) 4o.0o
David Shinkle 1.75
Philip Warner 260.00
John Evans 11.67 $.'82.08
LIVE STOCK ON FARM.
I 2 steers for beof, j 52 chickens,
T shoats, I 4 turkeys.
FARM I'RODVCTS.
3 horses,
lo cows,
o'3 tons hay,
87J bus. oats,
C.V.J bus. corn,
45 "b'wh't.
lTOibus. poiatoes. I 125 bus. apples
I'll si h'ds cabbage. 28 "J lbs. pork.
Beans ami variety 78 " veal,
Ifardcn vejj'bles. j 900 " beef.
A RTH 'EES MANUFACTURED IN HOUSE.
21 bids, soft soap. I 6o pillow slips.
40 Mi sets,
42 dresses,
2S skirts.
30 bed-ticks,
21 rol'r towels,
2T haps.
2T0n lbs. haul " I 37 aprons.
3 htils. saur kraut. 16 saqucs.
2-iOir'lsap. butter,
13oo lbs. butter.
58 men's shirts,
23 cbeniUes,
18 pillows,
18 shrouds.
INMATES.
Number of Inmates In House Jan,
Admitted d innir year
Died t'.urlnjr year
Discharged during year
. 1,
1880.. 78
59134
10
57 8T
In House Jan. 1st, 1581 fT
Of tho lam.'ites remaining in the House there
are 30 sane males, 18 sane females, 10 insane males,
11 I nsiine female, 4 blind men and 1 blind woman.
Averaifo number of inmates during the year, T2.
Number of insane at Dixmont, Is".
NAMKS OP ISMATIi WHO DlED Dl RISO YKAR.
Kiern Cash. I Margrct Back- I Hannah Choat,
Henry Byrne,". lev. Eliza'tb. Felsrht,
Thos. Lewis, I Wtlhelmlnal Eliza'th Kinney.
Mary Lana;, Mangle,
JiVK?f under our hands, at the Commissioners'
Olrtee in Ebensbnrif. this 2yth Ihv of January, A.
D. llbl. PATRICK K. DILLON. )
1'HIIUP D. KKKLLY, ".Auditors.
W. H. CON NELL,
Feb. 4, lK8l.-4t.
i3lEAHS "E MILLION!
Too Choo's Balsam of Stark s Oil
1 Potitivelji Hrttoree the Hearing, end it the Only Ab- '
tolute lure for Deanctt Knoirn. I
This Oil Is extracted from a peculiar species of i
j small W liite Shnrk, cnuiclit in the Yellow Sea,
i known as L'ariharoHon Rondefetii. Every Chintse
; fisherman knows it. It virtues as a re-toratlve of i
; hearing were discovered by a Hudithlst Driest :
j about the year 1410. Its cures wore so numerous I
I and many ho seemingly inirarnleus, ;
th tt tho remedy wis olflcially iiroclaimed over the ;
entire Empire. Its usu became so universal that i
brerer :tO years no nrafnsss hits ex- !
Isted amsnt the Chinese people. Sent, 1
charges prepaid, to anv adilress nt $1 per bottle. 1
only Imported by IIAYI.OI K A- '0.. i
Sole Agentt jor America. 7 Hey St., ew lorka '
! Its virtues are unqueitionable and Its rurafire
i character absolute, at the writer ran pertonally tettify,
I both rorn experience and observation.
Anionic the many readers ol the Review In one
1 part and another of theeounlry, it Is probable that
numbers are alflfrted with deafness, and tosueb ft
I may be said : "Writo at ouce to Haylock A Co.,
T Key Street. New York, enclosing l, nnd you
j will receive by return a rejiedy that will en.thle
j you to heir like anybody ele, and whose curative
eflects will be permanent. You will ntver rcuret
, doinir so." V.ditor of .Vrir York Mercantile Hevierc,
1 Sept. 25. 18S0. 12-10.'80.-9ln . )
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
1Y virtue or an order or the Orrhms' Court of
tx virtue 01 an oroer 01 ine orphans t ourt or
ambna count v. to me directed, I will oiler a.
public aale on tlie premises, on
SATURDAY, FKB'ARY 2G, 181,
At 1 o' loTt. r. m., the followinir described BkaL
Estate, of which Michael Easer
died seized, to wit:
A PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND
situate one-half mile south of the village of St.
Lawrence. In Chest township, Cambria county.
Pa., adjoining lands of Christopher Warner, O-co.
l"eitrich, and others, containing
ONll lIl"NI)IU".Ii ACTIKS,
moro or less, about AO Acre cleared, having
thereon erected a two Btory
llFI.I.I(lllOISKanl HANK IIARN.
Terms ok Sale. One third of the purchase mon
ey to be paid on confirmation ot the sale, and the
balance in two equal annual payments, with inter
est, to be secured by the judgment bonds and mort
gage of the purchaser.
JOHN tl. OILL.
Administrator of Michaf.l tirn, dee'd.
Chest Twp., Feb. 4, 18Sl.-3t.
rXKCUTori'S NOTICE.
Estate of Hrnr? Mr 'oTiisKLt.. dee'd.
letters testamentary on the estate ol Hugh Mo-
Con nel I, late of A lletrheny township, dee'd, having:
been Issued to the unilersinned. notice is hereby
Klven to all persons knowing themselves Indebted
to said estate to make immediate payment, and
those hnvlnir claims against tho same will prent
them, properly authenticated, for settlement. 1
r.. r.aics i . r.i.i.. I
D. W. McCi N1S ELI,
Allegheny Twp., Jan. 21, l81.-6t.
Executors.
17 X ECUTOIUS X )TICE.
Estate of Iamm I'ouiss, dee'd.
Letters testamentary to the estatuof James C I
Iins. late of Tunnelhill borouirh, deceasetl, having
been issueil to the undersivned by the Register of
Cambria county, notice Is hereby "riven to all per
sons Indebted to said estate that payment must be
made without delay, and thoo havinir claims or
demands asralnst the same will present them pro
perly probated for sett lement.
EDWAKD KOONEY, Executor.
Tunnelhill, Jan. 2, ll8l.-U
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Joss Wiss. deceased.
Ivetters testamentary to the estate of John Wiss,
late of OYoyle township. Cambria county, dee'd,
havinir been Issued le the undersigned by the Keir
Isterof said county, all liersons indebted to the es
tate In question are hereby notified to make sp3edy
payment, and those having claims airalnst the
same will present them In lefrnl shape for settle
ment. JOSEPH A. WISS, Executor.
Croyle Twp., Feb. 11. lS51.-;it.
toseph Mcdonald,
J ATTOKNEY-AT-LA W,
EBsBnlo, Pa.
BW Office In Colonnade Row, on Centre street.
Nee. 13. lsiJ.-tf.
Ct'B.WW.FTM OAMBFIA.FREEMAJ.
k? W W yea, ia adTane.
LO! THE P00U 1XDIAX.
A BLOODY PAtiE IN PENNSYLVANIA'S EARLY
RISTOItY THK "TAXTON BOYS " AND
THEIR HEINOUS CRIME T.RAPH
1C SKETCH OF A TERRIBLY
WANTON MURDER.
When the English first entered Pennsyl
vania, messages from the Concstoga Indians
met thein, bidding them welcome and bring
ing them pifts of com and venison and skins.
The whole tribe entered into a treaty of
friendship with William Penn, which ww to
last "as li.'iiK as the sun should shine, or tlie
waters run into the rivers." I
The records of Pennsylvania history in the
becinnintr of the 1-Sth century contain fre- !
1705 the '
nuent mention of the tribe. In
governor sept the secretary of his council,
with a delegation of ten men, to hold an in
terview with them at Conestoga, for purpos
es of mutual understanding and confidence.
And in that same year, Thomas Chalkier, a
famous Quaker preacher, while sojourning
among the Maryland Quakers, was suddenly
seized with so ereat a "concern"' to visit these
Indians that li laid the matter before the
elders at the Nottingham meeting ; andthe
Idea being "promoted" by the elders, he set
off with an interpreter and a party of four
teen to make the journey. He says :
"We traveled thronch the woods about fi f
tv miles.carryine onr provisions with us ; and
on the journey sat down by a rirer and spread
our food on the ti -ass, and refreshed'ourselves
and horses, and then went on cheerfully
and with good will and with much love for
the poor Indians, and when we came, they
received us kindly, treating us ci'-iily in their
way. We treated about having a meeting
with them in a religious way ; upon which
thev called a council, in which they were very
grave, and spoke, one after another, without
great heat or jarrin. Some of the most es
teemed of the women speak in their coun
cils." When asked why thev suffered the women
to sneak, thev replied that "some women
were wiser than some men."
It is said that they had not for many years
j done anything without the advice of a cer
j tain aged and grave woman, who was al
j ways present at their councils. The inter
: prefer said that she was an empress, and
I that they gave much heed to what sl e said.
This wise queen of Cunestoga looked with
'.great favor on the Quakers, the inteipreter
j said, liecause they "did not come to buy or
j sell or get gain ;" but came "in love ami re
i sped" to them, "and desired their well-do-!
ing, both here and hereafter." Two nations
i at this time were represented in this Cones
, toga band the Senacas and the Shawane-e.
The next year the Governor himself, anx
'. ious to preserve their inalienable good .will
i and prevent them from being seduced by
emissaries from the French, went himself to
visit them. On this occasion one of the chiefs
made a speech, still preserved in the old re
cords, which contains this passage :
"Father, we love quiet ; we suffer the
mouse to play ; when the woods are rustled
bv the wind we fear not; when the leaves
are distnrbed in ambush we are not uneasy ;
when a cloud obscures the brilliant sun our
eves feel dim ; but when the rays appear
they give great heat to the body and joy to
the heart. Treachery darkens the chain of
friendship ; nut the truth makes it brighter
than ever. This is the peace we desire."
A few vears later, a Swedish missionary
visited them and preachi-d them a sermon
! on original sin and the necessity of a mcdia
j tor. When he had finished, an Indian chief
arose and replied to him ; both discourses
being given through an interpreter. The
: Swede is said to have been so impressed with
the Indian's reasoning that after returning
i to Sweden, he wrote out his own sermon and
the Indian's reply in the best Latin at his
command, and dedicated the documents to
i the University of Upsal, respectfully re
J ques'.ing them to furnish him with some ar
I gumcnts strong enough to confute the strong
J reasoning of the savage. Said the chief :
i "Our forefathers were under strong per
. suasion (as we are) that those who act well
In this life will be rewarded in the next ac
I cording to the degrees of their virtues. And
' on the other haiid, that those who behave
; wickedly here will undergo such punishment
i hereafter as is proportionate to the crimes
they were guiltyof. 1 Ins has been constant
ly and invariably received and acknowledged
for a truth throur-h every s-uccessive gener
ation of our ancestors. It could not, then,
have take its lise from fable : for human fic
tion, however artfully and plausibly contriv
ed, can never gain credit long among people
where free inquiry is allowed, which was
never denied by our ancestors
Now we desire to propose some questions.
Does he believe that our forefathers, men
eminent for their piety, constant and warm
in their pursuit of virtue, hoping thereby to
merit eternal happiness, were all damned?
L'rr 7y iir- ilium , mi ti i .iuu.i iiiiivn.ui.i
in good works, and influenced by the same
motives as we are, endeavoring with the
greatest circumspection to read the path of
intei arity, are in a state of damnation ? If
that i.e bis sentiment, it is surelv as impious
1 -
Ooes lie think we who are zealous imitators
as it is bold and daring.
Let us suppose that some
heinous
crimes
1 were committed by some of our ancestors,
, ... . ,, f
1 K. c to that we are tola or another rat e 01
people. In such a case, (iod would surely
liunish the criminal
hniuf.nU nvi.riiivnlro
j ns that are innocent m the vfuiit. l nose who
! think otherwise must make the Almiuhty a
very whimsical evil-natured being
j Once more. Are the Christians more vir
tuous, or, rather, are they not more vicious
than we ire '. If so, how came it to pass that
j they are the objects of (iod's beneficence,
i wlnle we are neglected ? Does he daily con
fer his favors without reason and with so
much partiality? In a woid, we tind the
Christians much more depraved in their mor
als than we are ; and we judge from their
doctrine by tht badness of the lives.'"
It is quite plain that the Indian chief's
speech has been very much Latinized in the
good Swede's hands : but if the words even
approached being a true presentation of what
he said, it is wonderful, indeed.
In 1721 his excellency, Sir William Keith,
barb, governor of the province of Pennsyl
vania, went with an escort of cis-hty horse
men to Conestoga, and spent several days in
making a treaty with the five nations, "the
Indians of Conestoga and their friends." Tie
was entertained at "Captain Civility's cab
in." When he left them, be desired them
to give his "very kind love and the love of
his people to your kings and to all their peo
ple, lie invited them to visit him in Phila
delphia, saying "we can provide better for
you and make you more welcome. People
always receive their friends best at their
own homes." lie thei. took out a coronation
medal of the king, and presented it to the
Indian, in these words :
"That our children when we are dead may
not forget these things, but keep this treaty
between us in perpetual remembrance, I
here deliver to you a picture .in gold, bear
ing the imaae of my great master, the king
of all the Enelish. And when yon return
home, I charge you to deliver this peace of
fering inihe hands of the first man or great
est chief of all the Five Nations, whom we
call Kannygoonh, to be laid up and kept as
a token to our children's children that an en
tire and lasting friendship is now establish
ed forever between the English in this coun
try and the great Five Nations."
At this time the village of Conestoga was
described as lying -'about seventy miles west
"'l-""-- " ""'-
exceedingly rich, it is now siUT0u,rdd with
of riiiladeipbia. The land thereabout being
divers fine plantations and farms, where
they raise quantities of wheal., barley, flax
and hemp, without the help of any dung."
The next year, also, was marked by a coun
cil of great significance at Conestoga. In the
spring of this vear an Indian called Saan
teenee had been killed by two white men.
brothers, named Cartledize. At this time it
was not only politic, but necessary, for the
English to keep on as good terms with as
many Indians as possible. Therefore, tho j
old record says "policy and justice required
a rigid inquiry" into this affair and the in
fliction of "exemplary punishment."
Accordingly, the Cartledges were arrested
and confined in Philadelphia, ami the high
sner'u' t Chester county went, with two in
fluential ron or the province, to uonestoga,
to confer with the Indians as to what should
be dona with them. The Indians were un
willing to decide tho matter without advice
from the Five Nations, to whom they owed
allegiance.
A swift runner (Satcheecho) was there
fore sent northward with the news of the oc
curence ; and the governor, with two of his
cour.cil, went to Albany to hear what tho
Five Nations had to say about it. What an
inconceivable spectacle to us to-day ! The
governments of Pennsylvania and New York
so fully recognizing an Indian to be a "per
son," and his murder a thing to be anxiously
and swiftly atoned foe, if possible !
Only a little moie than one hundred and
fifty years lie between this murder of Saan
teenee in Conestosa and the murder of Hig
Snake at Fort Heno, Indian Territory, in ISftO.
Verily, policy has kept a large assortment ot )
spectacles for justice to look through in a
surprising short space of time.
On the decision of the king and chiefs of
the Five Nations hung the fate of the mur
derers. Doubtless, the brothers Cartledge
made up their minds to die. The known
principles of the Indians in the matter of
avengine injuries certainly left them little
room for hope. But, do ! The Five Nations
took a different view. They "desired that the
Cartledges should not sutfer death ; and the j
affair was amicably settled," says the old re- j
cord. ;
"One life," said the k!ng, "on this occa- j
fcion, is enough to lx? lot. There should not
two die." j
This was in 1722. In 17t.1 there were only ;
twenty of these Conestoga Indians left j
seven men, five women and eight children, j
They were still living on the Shawnee Creek, j
their lands being assured to them by manor
ial gift ; but they were miserably poor ; earn
ed by making brooms, baskets, and wooden
bowls, a part of their living and begged the
rest. They were wholly peaceable aud mi- j
offending, friendly to their white neighbors !
and pitifully clinging and affectionate, nam- j
ine their children after wdiites who were kind ;
to them, and striving in every way to show j
their gratitude and good will. j
Upon this little community a band of white ;
men, said by some of the old records to be I
"Presbyterians," from Paxton, made an at- i
tack at daybreak on the 14th of December, j
They found only six of the Indians at home j
j three men two women and a lioy. The
, rest were away, either at work for the white
1 farmers or selling their little wares.
j "The poor, defenseless creatures were im
mediately fired upon, stabbed and hatcheted
1 to death. The good Shehaes, among the
rest, cut to pieces in his bed. All of them
were scalped and 'otherwise horribly nian-
! gled. Then their huts were set on tire ami j
most of them burnt to the ground."
! "Shehaes was a very old man, having as- ,
sistcd at the second treaty held with Mr. !
: Penn, in 1701, and ever since continued a !
I faith: ill friend to the English. He is said to J
have been an exceeding good man, consider- :
i ing his education ; being naturally of a most j
1 kind, benevolent temper." 1
j " From a manuscript journal kept at the
i time, and belonging to the great grand- j
J daughter of Robert Iiarber, t'.e first settler
; in Lancaster county, are gathered the few I
j details known of this massacre. Some of the J
j murderers went directly from the scene of ;
; this crime to Mr. Parber's house. They ;
I were strangers to him ; but with the hospi- i
1 tality of those days, he made a fire for them ;
; and sat refreshments before them. .
i "While they warmed themselves they in- :
: quired why the Indians were suffered to live !
peaceably here. Mr. Iiarber said they were
! entirely 'inoffensive, living on their own j
; lands "and Injuring 110 one. Tbey asked 1
what would be the consequence if they were i
I all destroyed. Mr. Barber said he tliouglit !
i they would be as liable to punishment as if j
j they had destroyed so many white men. .
I They.said they were of a different opinion, 1
1 and in a few minutes went out. In the j
. - , , i
! meantime two sons of Mr. ISarlier s, aoout
ten or twelve years old, went out to look at;
, the s rangers horses, w hich were hitched at j
1 bttle. distance from the house. j
-Altor the men went the boys came in.
I n,..l ...,. I tiint Him. li.nl t.,tlt'i 111 ivl'i; I mil ill I
null iHiiii iiiab lurj iinu muiun n n.i 1 , i
their saddles, which were all bloody, and 1
, J""1 ' "'f Cliristj s un
little Indian boy about their
j ,i, ,, i, ,1 , 1,;,,,
1 w,prt mticn mi acnci 1 to 111111,
that they had Christy s gun. Christy was a
own age. 1 ney ;
as he was their
pinviiiaie aim mace dows ami arrows 101
them."
While
the family were talking over this,
and what it could mean, a messenger came ;
running breathless to inform them of what '
had happened. ,
Mr. Barber went at once to the spot, and j
there he found the muidered Indians lying
in the smouldering ruins of their homes, i
j "like half consumed logs." He "with some j
i trouble, procured their bodies, to administer i
j to them the rights of sepulchre.'- j
1 "It was said that at the beginning of the
! slaughter an Indian mother placed her little
! child under a barrel, charging it to make no
noise ; and that a shot was fired througn the i
l.nrul .l.t..l. Kw.L-o tt,a liilt'c arm Ctiil 1
UAI 10, 1, mill .'.I'm, mi. ciiii u v. . . i
I it kept silent." '
i . . . . ....... i
ine magistrates 01 Lancaster, siiocKeu, as
well they might be, at this frightful iiarbari- !
ty, sent messengers out immediately, and j
totik tlie remaining Indians, wherever they i
were found, brought them into the town for i
protection and lodged them in the newly ,
erected workhouse or jail, which was the t
strongest building in the place. The govtr-
or of Pennsylvania issued a proclamation, or. :
derlng all judges, sheriffs, etc., and "all his j
majesty's liege subjects in the province," to i
make every effoit to apprehend the authors j
and perpetrators of this crime, also their
abettors and accomplices. But the "Paxton
Boys" held magistrate and governor alike in
derision. Two weeks later they assembled
again, fifty strong, rode to Lancaster, dis
mounted, broke open the doors of the jail
and killed every Indian there.
"When the poor wretches saw they had no
protection nigh, nor could possibly" escape,
and being without the least weapon of de
fense, they divided their little families, the
children clinging to their imrents. They
fell on their laces, protested their innocence,
declared their love to the English, and that
in their whole lives they had never done
them injury. And in this posture they all
received the hatchet. Men, women and
children were every one inhumanly murder
ed in cold blood
The barbarous men who committed the
atrocious act, in defiance of government', of
alt laws, human and Divine, and to tho
eternal disgrace of their country and color,
then mounted their horses, huzzaed in tri
umph, as if they had gained a victory, and
rode off unmolested.
The bodies of the murdered were then
brought out and exposed in the street, till a
hole could be made in the earth to receive
and cover them. Ilut the wickedness cannot
be covered, and the guilt will lie on the
whole land until justice is done on the mur
derers. The blood of the innocent will cry
to heaven for vengeance."
Theie last extracts are from a pamphlet
published in Philadelphia at the time of the
massacre ; published anonymously, because
"so much hud fear seized the minds of the
people" that neither tlie.writer nor the print
er dared to give "name or place of abode."
There are also two private letters still pie
served which give accounts of the affair. A
part of one from William Henry, of Lancas
ter, to a friend In Philadelphia, is given in
"Rupp's IIiator of Lancaster County." lie
says :
"A regiment of Highlanders were at that
time quartered at the barracks in the town ;
and yet these murderers were permitted to
break orn the doors or the city jail and
commit the horrid deed. The first notice 1
had of the affair was that, while at my fath
er's store near the court house, 1 saw a num
ber of people running down street, toward
the jail, which enticed me aud other lads to
follow them. At about oix or eicht yards
from the jail we met from twenty-five to
thirty men, well mounted on horses, and
with rifles, tomahawks, and seal ping knives,
equipped for murder. I ran into tiie prison
yard, and there, oh ! what a honid sight
presented itself to my view. Near the b iclt.
door of the prison lay an old Indian and his
squaw, particularly well known and esteem
ed tiy the pnople ot the town, on account of
his placid and friendly conduct. lljs name
I was Will Soc. Around him and his squaw
lay two children, three years of age, whose
heads were split with the tomahawk and
j their sealps taken otr. Toward the mubLe
of the jail yard, alone the west side of the
I wall, lay a stout Indian, whom I particnlarly
; noticed to have been shot in the breast. His
I legs were cliopued with a tomahawk, his
hands cut off, and finally a rifle ball dis
I charged In his mouth, so that his head was
! blown to atoms, and the brains were splash
i ed acainst and yet banging to the wall for
tUree or four feet around. This man's
hands and leet had been chopped off with a
i tomahawk. In this manner lay the whole of
j them men. women and children spread
! alxiut the prison yard, shot, scalped, hacked
and cut to pieces. "
j After this the governor of Pennsylvania
! issued a second proclamation, still
proclamation, still more
stringent than the first, and offering a re
ward of $ono for the apprehension of any
three of the ring-leaders.
But tlie "Paxton Boys" were now like
wild leasts that had tasted biood. They
threatened to attack the Quakers and all
persons who sympathized with or protected
Indi'ms. They openly mocked and derided
the governor and his proclamations, and set
ofT at once for Philadelphia, announcing
their intention of killing all the Moravian
Indians who had been placed under the pro
tection of the military there.
Their march through the country was like
that of a band of maniacs In a private let
ter written by David Kittenhouse at this
time, he says : "About fifty of these scoun
drels marched by my workshop. I have
seen hundreds of Indians travelingthe coun
try, and can with truth affirm that the be
havior of these fellows was ten times more
savage and brutal than theirs. Frightening
women by running the muzzles of guns
through windows, hallooing and swearing;
attacking men w ithout the least provocation,
dragging them by the hair to the grouud
and pretending to scalp them ; shooting
dogs and fowls these are some of their ex
ploits." It is almost past belief that at this time
many people justified these acts. An Epis
copalian clergyman in Lancaster wrote vin
dicating them, "bringing scripture to prove
that it was right to destroy the heathen,"
and the "Presbyterians think they have a
better justification nothing less than the
Word of (iod," says one of the writers on
the massacre.
With the scriptures in their hands and
mouths, they can set at naught that express
command, "Thou shalt dojno murder," and
justify their wickedness by the command J
given to Joshua to destroy the heathen. j
Horrid perversion of scripture and religion, i
to father the worst of crimes on the Coil of ;
Love and Peace ! It is a trite saying that
history repeats itself; but it is impossible to !
read now these accounts of the massacre of ;
defenseless and peaceable Indians in the
middle of the 18th century without tiie re- .
flection that we omflves are leaving the !
recotd of the ltUh blackened by the same
stains. What Pennsylvania pioneers did in I
17&' to helpless and peaceable Indians of ,
Conestoga, Colorado X'ioneers did in 1W4 to i
helpless and peaceable Cheyeimes at Sand
creek, and are apparently ready to do agaia j
to helpless and peaceable Utes in issi. The I
word "extermination" is as ready on the '
frontiersman's ton sue to-day as it was a i
hundred years ago ; and the threat is more
portentous now, seeing that we are, by a !
whole century of prosperity, stronger and '
j more numerous, and the Indians are, by a
whole century of suffering and oppression,
fewer and weaker. But our crime is baser
and our infamy deeper m the same propor
tions. . . in (he A". Y. Independent.
A Conscientious Gikl's Sacrifice.
The following story, says the Boston Trarel-e-r,
is told of a two-story brick house, in the
suburbs of that city, whose doors and win
dows are nailed up, and which has never been
; occupied :
"Nearly tbirtv years ago a young man built
it for bis bride, intending to mortgage it and
pay for it Gradually, as bis worldly goods in
creased, to all of which she agreed. When
the wedding day was appointed, the trous
seau ready, and the house finished, he took
the lady out from lioston to inspect it. Af
ter going over the house be presented her
with a deed of it for a weildin: gift. Know
ing his circumstance she was astonished that
he had actually paid for it. He explained
that buying a ticket in a lottery, he had
drawn tiie firt prize, which just covered the
cost of the house. The Puritan maiden pro
tested she would not take a home obtained
by gambling, and refused the deed. His ar
guments were of no avail ; sh remained ob
durate. When they left the house he locked
the door and threw the key into the brook
near by. The next day he boarded up the
windows, and only the spiders and mice have
occupied it. The man never married : he
became rich, but is a wanderer on the face
of the earth. The woman never married
she is still living, poor and an invalid."
A Great Statesman's Fame. The Gal
veston darkies read the papers a great deal
more than one would suppose. Yesterday
Tom Buckner, who keeps a colored saloon,
applied to the county clerk for a marriage li
cense. That official, thinking to joke the
applicant, said be could not issue the license
unless Tom gave him a Sv0 bond not to ap
ply for a divorce for a whole year. Tom
laughed and said : "I kin gib de bond, but
den you must gib a bond to keep dat ar Bes
cne Conkling off Galveston island, or dar
will b trouble, suali.'" Gnhvdon .Vetc,.
THE TROUBLES OF A POET.
While Col. Danes, editor of the Argvt, was
sitting in his office one day, a man whose
brow was clothed with thunder entered.
Fiercely seizing a chair, he slammed his hat
on the table, hurled his umbrella on the
floor and sat down.
"Are you the editor?" ho asked.
"Yes."
"Can you read writing?"
"Of course."
"Read that then," thrusting at the colonel
an envelope with an inscription upon it.
'15 ," said the colonel, trying to spell it.
"That's not a li. It's an S," said the man.
"fs ; Oh, yes ; I see. Well, the words look
a little like 'Salt for dinner,' or "Souls of
sinners," " said the colonel.
"No, sir," replied the man, "nothing of
the kind ! that's my name Sam'l H. Brun
ner. I knew you couldn't read. I called to
see you about that poem of mine yon printed
the other day on the 'Surcease of Sorrow.' "
"I don't reaiembcr it," said the colontl.
"Of course you don't, because it went
into the paper under the infamous title of
'Siiiearcase to-morrow.' "
'A stupid blunder of the compositor's, I
suppose."
'Yes, sir, and that's what I want to see
you about. The way in which that poem
was mutilated was simply scandalous. I
haven't slept a night since. It exposed me
to derision. People think I am an ass. Let
uio show you."
"Go ahead," said the colonel.
"The first line, when I wrote it, read in
this way :
Lying by a wtepinir willow, noderncath a slope."
That is beautiful, poetic, affecting. Now
how did your vile sheet present it to the
public ? There it is : Look at that ! Made
it read this way :
'Lvlcs; to a weeping widow to Irduce her to elope.'
Weeping widow, mind you ! A widow ! O,
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thunder and lightning ! This is too much!
It's enough t drive a man crazy !" i
enough la drive a man crazy
"I'm sorry," said the colonel ; "but "
"But look a here, in the fourth verse,"
said tlie poet. That's worse yet. What I
said was :
'ast thy pearl before the swine, and lose them In
the dirt.
I wrote that one clearly and distinctly in a
plain, round hand. Now, what docs your
compositor do? Does lie catch the sense of
the beautiful sentiment ? Does it sink into
his soul? No, sir ! He sets them.up in this
fashion. Listen
Cart thy pills before the sunrise, and love them'lf
they hurt.'
Now isn't that a cold blooded outrage on a
man's feelings? I'll leave to you if it isn't."
"It's hard, that's a fact," said the colonel.
"And then take the '.fifth verse. In the
original manuscript it said, plain as daylight
Take awiy the jinslinf money ; it Is only glitter
ing dro?s.'
A man with only one eye, and a cataract
over that, could have read the words correct
ly. But your pirate up-stairs there, do you
know what be did ? He made it read :
'Take away the jeering monkevi on a soroly glan
dered horse.'
By (ieorge ! I felt like braining him with
the fire shovel ! I was never so cut up in
my life :"
"It was natural, too," said the colonel.
"There, for instance, was the sixth verse.
I wrote
1 am weary of the tossing; of the ocean as It
heaves.'
It is a lovely line too ; bat imagine my hor
ror and the anguish of my family when I
opened your paper and saw the lines trans
formed into
'1 am wcarinit out my trowsers till they are-open
at my knees."
That is a little too much! That seems like
carrying the thing an inch or two too far. I
think I have a constitutional right to murder
that compositor, don't you '."'
"1 think you have."
"Iet me read you one more verse. I
I wiote
' I swell the flvlng; echoes as they roam anions tho
j hills.
; And 1 teel my soul awakening to the ecstacv that
thrills.
' Now, what do you s'pose your miserable out
cast turned that into'.' Why this
"I smell the frving shoes as they roast along the
I bulls.
1 And 1 peel my soul mistaken In the erctary that
', whirls."
, Gibberish, sir ! awful gibberish ! 1 must sly
that man. Where is he?"
"He is just o'lt now," said the colonel,
i "Come in to-morrow."
j "I wili," said the roet, "and I will come
i armed."
Then he put on Lis hat, shouldered hi um
brella, and drifted down stairs. Max Adc'.er.
The Wkong Ci'stomeu. A farmer out in
Sac county saw bis neighbor's dog skulkir.g
stealthily into a hole under the hill and wise
ly surmising thai the brute bad been after
his sheep, took a club and went fir liir.-.
He poked at him in the gloomy obscuiity .f
the hole for seme time, a: . swore a whole
chapter of Dutch at him before he could in
duce him to come out and get his pounding,
but presently a big gTay wolf, cauntas a her
ring, and a mouth like a shark's, came out
and said lie couldn't
una ersianu or soeas
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himself intelligible in a square collar and
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elbow Lniied States pantomime. And then
he slapped the German farmer's jaw, pulled
bis hair down over bis eyes, scratched Ids
back, bit him clear through in four places,
tore all bis clothes into carpet. Tags, and fin
ally took one of bis ears away for the cubs to
cut their teeth on. And now that rusticus
will run across a ten acre lot to avoid meet
ing a black and tan dog no bigger than a
spool. flurlinyftn ntrfreye.
A Stone Kiihie farmer lost a goose. Two
weeks afterwards he happened to visit a
7i.Vi1.rs m tar-mill Wliilj thr. Vir tionril a
goose and staited in pursuit. After a long
starch, still guided by the noi-e, be came to
a hole in the ground and looking down be
saw the head and part of the neck of his bird.
It appeared that the goose bad fallen in the
hole, which leing too small to allow a spread
of it wings the poor bird could not fly out.
While kept a prisoner thus the snow had
melted and run into the hole. As fast as it
readied the bottom of the hole away from
the sun it bad frozen, and running it bad
continued to freeze until the entire bird,
with the exception of its head and about two
inches of its neck, was incased in in an armor
of ice. The owner prrcurcd an ax and cut
out a chunk of ice, goose and all, which he
deposited on the ground and picked away
until the goose was released from its con
finement and marched borne in search of its
first meal in two weeks.
Solomon had seven hundred w ives. That
is the way the wiet man rf bis time Utah
lied women.
A (OLD MEATHER RLMI.MSCECE.
A party recently eurirjegated in a tavern
up in Pike county, this State, were relegated
with the following reniinisceuce by one of
their number. It wiil be found Lard to ex
cel as a slory :
"1 cues none o' you fe!!cr ever heerd o"
the WintT o" 177oT cr you'd keep a lectle
mum on the cold weather question, ' said the
Old Settler, who had come down from
Wayne county trr a little viit. 'Tv
knuw'd some snortin' old Winters in my
time, but my gran father's evin ricrji-e in tti.
Winter of '' rather teats anythinc o' in'.iic
"My grandfather weie a great hunter r.r
Injun killer, lie fit in the revyltition,
'lo'uK the Del' war valley. The Winter o' '
was ter'tile cold. Kv'iylhing in these pui -was
friz up tisl'.ter 'n snare drum. On one
o' the coldest days my gran'fathertri.ck the
track ' svine lnjins on the luilsje.-t atxt:
here. He lollered "c-m an' kii!d a couple
on "em, an' then started back over the luite
fur his cabin. Mv gran'fathtr lived to be a
hundred vear old, an' to bis cviu' day be
stuck to it that what I'm jroin" to tell you
were ez true n preachin', an' i b'lieve ii.
He staited back for hi cabin over the i ;!:--.
lis hadn't cone fur when he shot a wolf.
He hadn't much more 'n liicd ..is ole u.nt
lock, when be heerd a yell oil to the ii ft, .n'
lookih' that way see a big rainier coniin' fur
him. Painters w as a picnic for the old man,
an' he rammed down a bigcliarce o' powder
iV reached fur hi ballet po-n h. when, lo an
behold ve ! it were g ine. He'd !ot it sorce-
wbar in the woods. Fu'.lin' painters wit!'.
out bullets wasn't so much of n picnic Ke-
I sides, the ole man hr.'i j.i,t cold while stand
j in" thar, an' he didn't care to tackle an able
, bodied painter whi.e his hands was ail Miff.
! The painter corr.e a creepin' up with his
' fanes a sliowin' an' Ids jaws redder'n a
i round o' beef an' Lis tail a swiu l.ui' like a
j cow's in fly-time. Cold tz it were, my grau'
' father said t!if swet ttarted out on Lis for-
rid an' rolled dow n his cheeks burcer'n boss
; clies'niitsa Tiny dropped on the i'io;inl ia
1 ti2 balls, fur they lr:r. t-z last 7. tbey fell.
J They piled up at his fr-et. an' the painter
i ken" a crcepm up. Suddei iy P.n i'b-e bit
I my gran'fatlier plumb in ihe top krol. 119
I grab'ieu up a lian'ful ' the sweat ez were
1 1 1 17 111 bails an' ponied 'eta in hi muskit.
If 1 kin tit these in 011 that painter
I "fore tbe melt," he thinks to hi-e!f, 'mebbe
thev'l settle his hash.'
, "After crammin" the sweat o' bis brow ia
1 me nuisKii, my cran uituer niazeu away.
' Put the heat o' tlie enn bar'l bad melted the
, ice balls, an' they went out'n the gun l:ke a
stream o' water out'n a boe. But the cold
weather wau't fooiin' round there for noth
! in", an' 'fore the stream o' water bad cc ;.e
three foot it was friz inter a solid chunk, an'
j went kerplii'.kity inter the painter's skull.
But my gran'father .;1i,i ie owed his i.fe to
' natur aner all, fur the charge o' ieo never
! would a made the painter give up the gb"st,
; an' it never would had no effect on hitu at
, all only there wnn't force 'notigli to 'iive it
' clean throuiiii his head. Th it saved my
i cran'father from a cbawin". Tlie chunk o"
j ice stepped in the skull The animal l.at
. melted it. an' 'fore the pointer could leccp
I erate an" git work in on t'.ie old man he died
o' water on the brain. I was a'lus s.-iitv rev
j gran'father didn't have that vainter stufTed
j an' banded down in the family," coi tinut d
i the old settler, as be adjourned with the boys
for refreshments.
A THRILLlXi NAI'.KATIYK.
"Do you see that lock of hair?" said an
j old man to me.
j "Yes: but what is it ? It is, I Fuppose,
the curl from the bead of a d'-ar child long
! sincfi gone to God."
! "It is not. It is a lock of my own hair;
' and it is nearly seveniy years since it was
! cut from this head."
"But why do your prize a lock of your own
j hair so much ?"
I "It has a story belonging to it a strar.ee
one. I keep it because it speaks to me more
ot God, and cf His special care, than any
thing else I possess."
"I was a little child, four years old, with
! long, curly locks whi. h, in sun. wind or rain
j bung down n:y cheek uncovered. One dy
my father went iutc the wo.V.s d cut up a
' log, and I went with biui. 1 w..s stai.uiiig
a little behind l im, or rather al bis side,
wat.-hing with interest the stroke of the ae.
' as it went up anu came down on the wood
, sending splinters in all directi ins at ever,
j stroke. Some of the splinters fell at my foe .
j and I eagerly stooped to pick them up. Ii
I doinj; so I stub ."o'.od forward, and in a mo-
ment r. y curly h'-ad lay upon the lor. I bat
i fallen iust as the moriout the axe was com
ing do.. n with all force. It r.s too !?. to
: stoD the blow. Down came the ae. I
screami.1, and my father fell to ;he eroand
iu terror. I.e could not s'.i" tin. s -I.e, and
in the blin ' iess w hi. b the sudden r
caused be thought he had kiW V's ". y.
soon recovered I from my fright and be
from his terror. II" or-'ght me in bis arms
and looked at :ne from hra.l to toed, to fi' l
the de. V.y wound which iiC vras sure 1 i
had inflicted. Not - 1:op of V--id nor a
scar was to tve seen. Ii knelt down upon
the grass and gave tha ' to a. ...icio,is God.
Having done so, he took up trie axe, and
fc. ::d a f:w hairs upon its ed'. 1I" tr.rn
vd to the log he bad been splitt :ng. aiid there
was a single curl of hi.- l--.y"s hair cut V. to'
and laid upon the w;0d. How grent the es
cape 1 It was ?. "if an angel bad turned
aside the ed-1 the moment it was d--cend-ir.g
upon my head.
"Thatbick be kept all lis o.-.ys. ai a mem
orial of God's care and love 1 liat b ,'t ho
I left !! on his deathbed. I keep it w ith care.
I 11 ..1!j tvi i.t tv.,- f-.ll.ur'e I1.-.A
and mine. It
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reuuKfj my ii noc nc ana ;i;wni.
It bids me
trust Him forever. 1 hv.e had many tokens
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of fatbeiiv love m vw tnrcr score vears and
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I tnn V f ti. . iksiT I na c r..i i L- c mn.t t mr
I I tl, UU. f.V',.,1. , Ul .7 I . W U V . ,1 V J
i heart
It is the oldest and perhaps the most
striking. It used to speak to my facer's
heart ; it now speaks to mine."
County NEwsPAruns. The following is
what the Cincinnati "Trade List" ttiink .
those characters who complain of their county
papers and thus help to injure them:
"A gentleman writes ns that bis county
paper is so poor ttr.t be has stopped it :
therefore sends us three dollars for ti c Trnc't
Lf.f. We repent that we don't wart snS
seribers on these terms. A man's county pa-
per IS
! jf jj ;5
worth as much a anv in Lie world, or
is not it is hi lau't. II it;" con my pa
per is propci'v encouraced, it mar te reiie 1
upon for info'rma'ion cf mme value to th
people in whose inter-'st it Is is-u-d than
can be found in all the city papers in the
United States. N"r man can niTord to oe
without the paper that furnishes the adver
tisements of his county, rml the public sales,
markets, court news and oilier local intelli
gence. If the paper is poor the people are
more at fault than the publisher for not giv
ing it a liiieral rarronacc. novmei pooi
the county paper may ic.
, it is always wort a
more than It cost to tnosc
interest ed in the
affairs of the county.'
"What a tiresome thing that Mrs. Smith
is !" exclaimed Mrs. Brown. "1 called the rs
to-day, and she ran on so, Mlinc about her
new carpet and her new hous-; g it and ber
baby's two teeth and ber new bonnet ttiat I
did'nt get a chance to say a word a'oi t my
new sac.ne or our parlor furniture or Fred-
! dv" coming down w ith the measles cr Sarah
Jane's dyspepsia or Unclc bar es s il en
matism or bow Bridget bun t tb.it batch of
biscuits. Oh, she's such a tiresome th:t.c. '."
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