iM .
'aja,,,aaaiaassssawajMalsssW
f CAMBRIA FREEMAN
Advertixmp 1 i tit.
The kuri w4 reliaWe efrralBtin of the p41.
I RraxinTn-m,, it t0 t r ravoraie own.
llirr' a' -t"ertKr. -hoe InTorl wifft.t i
srta at tare M)oln iow TtM .
Mlsho.I Wee My at
I Cumbria Co., ..
jjY H- A. Mol'IKK.
.,?vf Circulation - l,OfiS.
.,s R1PTIO RATES.
i boo, i thnna
1 " S nniiihi
I " B months
1 " 1 year ...".""'
" 6 month "'
1 " 1 year
8 " 6 mont be
1 " 1 year
W eol'D 6 months
S " moot hs
S " 1 year
I " ( months
1 " 1 year
:::: tt
w
Kl")
.
a-UO
f.'-u
."'
... rrr. oub in tJTjnce II .SO
f- ' If not p'd within 3 mod. 1.75
" if not p '1 witnm o mos. .ti
if not p'd wlthiu year.. 2.25
ns residing outside the county
Administrator's and Executor's Notices ev
v,,r.10". "- "
A nui'or s N ottces tm
Stray and similar Notiaes is
Huj:nfpi items, first insertion loe. par ltd : Mat
subsequent insertion frc. per line.
f lPr"T wi;l ,b? t)OTe terms be rle
1 Vi i those who d.n't consult their
" i'T myitis- advance must not
. on tne sam-i footinif as thoflo
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"HE is a freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves beside."
SI.50 and postage per year, In advance,
IV Hfoiutxont or proertiinm ot am i
or jprtvrv. arid r-nmtiT.anen dftcmd S t
. , 'vt ne distinctly understood
' 6.. f.TM. !
. v i r paper brf ore you stop it, if i
'. T j. .Nine but geslawairs do ol h ,
' t -. a li'-Hlawa life's too short, i
tion f nv mutter o f l.nxtrt or n3rtfc4l i
mint ' paid Jor at adv ltnrnt& .
.Inn I'r:-toh of all kind neatly se2 easi lu
ous!y executed at lowest prices. Don't ra rt
It.
VOLUME XYI.
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1SS2.
NUMBER 2.
3 DULL TIMES HERE!
ALWAYS BOOMING
1 MANY GOODS and NOT ENOUGH MONEY
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
t wWMvaa Sj141 44 at iuaiaiWM8 kjMMtwimjf
F CAHIIKI.l COrSTT,
For Iho lo;ir fmlin? January !, 1SS2.
Ain't of provertv Insured
.1 ; n. io. issi..". $i.439.oe4.fa
Atn'tof pruperty injured
ilnricu ye;r VJ'.H.HfT.OO f l.TS.1,991.82
Iedm't ainoHnt exiiired
during year 211,l,T.OO
lH"luct ann'iint ?nrrcn-
dered nu I oancc'.led 2l.y'.-3.(3 2S3.1?2.00
Am't jT.jiOrty Insured Jan. 9, 1'8'J. .. .$l.tOJ.i'p.8-J
t I.: O'ti :vith ns now ! Thut is to ?:iy. wf liave liouIit Filch a laree
. : r of ".imIs tliij liill t hut we cannot fin-l room on our shelves and
vrs to jlace thorn; so we shall be Rlail to exchange tlirru
.v.:b the t'ublic for the i-ublic's inoiiey, as we can liud
i -1 vit y of places to put nil the cash any of our
old or ne iv customers have to spare. In
DOTS AND SHOES
'.a c !;! most varied a.ssovtmeiit we have ever carried. We have
.u ! .(ins ili'm fall in selecting our stock of Ladies' Fixe Shoes,
! pride iti s;'.yin"; that we hae much the finest assoitment
i . !. -!. :iiir. while in JJoots roi: Men ani I'ovs evei vbodv
ovs we ket-; twice as inaiiy as any other merchant "in
t.'wn ; so it is useless fir us to say aiiythinsi fur
ther abiv.it Iiots or shoes, except that we
have all kinds and tjualitie, as well as
c-rshces in Gum and Cloth,
: i .il.'cd or plain, for both sexes and of all finalities and sizes.
)R STOCK OF CLOTHING
r t!.u:i v.e have ever befonj Vet. We have found it difficult hereto-
; cju: : of our uuMure assort mnt to fit children from 4 to 10 years of
i...: I; -.v v.e have all the sizes re-prsite for children of any asre, while
r 1 .. :. h '.ve suits at any price desired, and wiil guarantee to sell
t m a i it'.tph te outfit ps ehr-ap as the same kind of a suit can be
b.'ut at imv o'.ht r establishment in the State. Our special
il.vim, however, and it is a great bargain indeed, is a
T WE ARE SELLING FOR TEN DOLLARS.
i :i Cat it is tli cheapest suit of cloth, s in the country, aud the very best
tor t!.t monev. V e also have the
SGliST STOCK OF 0T:RC0ATS
ever displayed in ELensburtf. If you want to see the
bapest HATS and Winter CAPS
4r il.-J ?(. call at our store and we will show them to vou. We challenge i
nvv'r.,' ly to sliow you as good Hats at Toe. and cl.OO as we are i
offering at tlioso price. We have also a J
ENDID LINE OF WATERPROOFS
I in Dii'ri;i:i:NT coi.oiis:
ELEGANT LINE OF FLANNELS IN ALL COLORS,
M IT1BLF. FOR PRISMS OR SHIKTS;
: Mil LINE OF f LOTOS AM) (ASSIMEKES FOR MEN'S AM) BOYS' WEIR;
U Fashionable Line of Dress Goods for the Ladies;
Am't of premium notes In
(.r.e J:in 1. 1"M $ 135.00T.5?
Am't rremium note? tak
en during ye:ir 27.1 37. 0C' S 163, 144. fS
Ie lin t :i mount e;ired
ilisririi; year ia,5Uu.CK.)
Deduct amount surren
dered during year 2.'-U7.00 21. 777. "0
Am't premium note? in fore Jan. 9, 'S2.i 141.?7.5S
NuraV: of polli ies issued durinB the year..
Number ol i.olieles in force Jan. V, li-i
CASH ACCOCST r.ErKITTS.
Am't on hand at l ist settlement .$1.5y5.0
'a?h for new insurance l.il.W
Amount A?.-"e-mi'nt No. 6 yn.itf
lnttro.-'. received 23.03,7
ExrKxniTrnEs losses taid.
P. V. t'n -'ter t 14.00
I'eter I'ollmer 1.2.00
iTCorire iionih;iuyh 6.00
J.ie.,li Kruj 33. 0)
Aimn-'lint' Vos; l.f-o.l'0
Iavid H 'cc Jixt 73.30
OTHER EXrENSKS.
t'ommls'n on A.-se.-sment No. 6.. 4.83
, . 2-"S
,.i:.u4
Q.Si
s-eeret.iry p fei
Treasurer's -;ilarv
li'ent ".
Airents' commission ..
1R4.10
ho.lto
4o.tnl
ilUl.t")
l'rcmi inis relun.ed lor !licic
ear.ceiu-d 3o.s2
Printing, posT.me. -tatitnerv, cx-
pr.sc.iio. etc ." 171. i9
tiompens.it'n txecu've I'om'tee. 2,'.o" fS.14i.74
H.il.mce on I.mih!
$ 0..1.S2
Prcraiuni rote? ;n f.jrce Jan. 9, 12 !fl41."7.58
January T". 12, t!ie foregoing account audited,
found cor-ect aiol af'Tirovrd.
J OIN .V'evVns I cutlve fommlttee,
Ebcn-sl'tira, Jan. w, lSi2.-St.
J JL - JL A 1 1X1 ' W J U .LU Jl t. J j, 1 XJ A- 4.
' Y virtue an order fs-uini out of the 1 rirhans'
L 'ourl of 'am:Tta eoiinty, to me dir'-MLnl. I
ill nxtiosc to sale ly public Vendue or outcry, on
o premi-cs. on
ORPIIAXS' COURT SALE.
I
YV
he ireini
Monfiay, tte 13th flay cf Fetrnary, 1882.
At a o'clock, r. M., the tollowimf de.-r:!icd real
estate, of which IAVir Yovnukix
died seized, to wit :
A PIECE Oil PARCEL OF LAND
situate in Kc.ide totvrisliip. Cambria county. Pa.,
adiomii.tf land of .lames Uill and tther land be
lonLit;' t" t lie estate of said decedent. eonta:nfnK
SO Acre. The ! :d vtill he diviile.l into lots to
suit l urch isers.
TI1KMS OF SALi:.
F-(ino-t!,ird of the purchase money to be paid
on confirmation of salu and the balance in tnreo
months, with fntere.-t, to be secured by the judg
ment note of the I'tirehtser.
JOHN H. F1SKE,
A.lm'r of David Yocnokin, deccasod.
Jan. Jo. 1 S-J.-:it.
f
pRGEST AND EEST LINE GF UNDERWEAR FOR LADIES AND GENTS;
I A MAGNIFICENT LINE OF 0FEENSWARE.
;:i't romi enough to enumerate Juilf the Roods we have for sale ;
I s ri.', !y s.ty that we keep Axs. I Jackets. 'looks. Druz. Eleuhant Ovtr-
F ;. i-.'siMiiif-n Hardware. Ink. st. Jacob's Oil. Kendall's Spavin Cure,
1 Mm.:. Ib.se, Napkins. Oil l loth. Taints. Ouilts. hope. Shirts, Tinware,
i V :irn i.-hes. Whips. XX I'l 'iir, "i am. Zero Overs'uies. and evervthinp;
1 i t- 'p'e i. t ed in housL'keepir.p:. farming, and all other pursuits of life.
i
I ell kind of r,liAIS nti.T rJlOlL'CT: in cxrhntuje for Good,
Au.l sell tli 4il at Jntt tli nme prices t we lo Tor crth.
Tbadikimj all our frier ds fir pa-t favors, we asain cordially invite,
i-' t'.t ni t: ca'l at our stuff and examine our good.3 and prices, believing
:'rll tl.e-.a ? 'Mi's as t heap as any ne else can d , and knowiti that
t ' ...! with us be 1arst ass'-rtnient of gon.js to select from.
A Fine Farm for Sale.
VYAI.I'AlILE FAKM (l'i.r. isnvc), situated
in A llrir.eny towiisliip. -ambria coun'y. Pa.,
l'.j mil"- lp ,i I.orett. containing over 100 Acre
ol uoo I Ian. I, more than f0 Acres id which are
cleared, wel fenced and in a troo.l state of cultiva
t on, f oil. red ior sale on accommodating terms.
The. improv 'ments eonUst of a laric IiwKLLia
lioT'-r:. oomaininir eleven rooms and a .kibdien, a
Cotn!""rt:ible Farm HorsK. a l.nire Bars, and cotn-modioii-
on buildim;. Tliere are also on the land
an abiindi 'ce ot 1iiiilrr and real, plenty of
choice trai. uoh as ajades, peaches, pears, cher
ries, irrapes. ere, a u"o-..d weil of suit water, and a
niur.l-'T oi i, -vcr-iaiiinif springs of pure water.
a I'iie ..ivner wi.-hi s to retire Irom bus ines and
will sell vcrj cheap. Payments easy, to suit pur
chaser, and i pcrlectly koo. title leiven. The pro
perty i in a ery healtliy location, with a jjrand
view from the houe. an.l lor more titan twenty-hvo
years ha-' u-ed a a d.eli-litful resfrt Icrsum-
m-r t'o ird-'rs
J-'or i i:i :)o-r : n form at ion apply to
Jan. 6, lSl.-r.
i;. a. liusn.
l.ov:mo. Fa.
i MiiKR 11, l-l.
V. S. 1URKER & B,RO.,
FARM. W MILL, &c. at Priiate Sale.
ri'llK un.
1 iiiir te
ders-irned offer firsa!eon aecommo.Iat-
tus his FAKM and the improvements
thereon in AlWuhenv townshlti. on the road lead
ing fr 'it -( spring tu ra!lU7in. Said Farm
c r.t.il- 175 Atv. about SO Acre of which are
cleared, aod'the improvements comprise two nn,.l
I e km in it II. .is ore of wh i-h i I'.1 Ftorieo and
US, FOSTER&QUm
lii & CLINTON STREET, JOHNSTOWN", PA.
-ALWAYS HAVE TIIF.-
tse or
liAEV.
cia -s c
l;:m'.ei
bui!
on O
I T'r . . i
oan'a
w "i ;ot
ol
inmost siiitl Clitnposit fSt.oclt ol
Ovy and Dress Q-oocls,
NOTIONS, MILLINERY, CARPETS, ETC.,
i i". ' 'an.bria or adjoining counties. IT?" Forget not the street and numliers
rt A f.l not to eail, tni" and be happy.
her 2'- ' ric biah. an excellent Hash
To by 5i f"-t, a Watkk Saw Mill in hrst
..r i'ii' ii arc ci able of a.lWira. a.oOo feet of
r in tji.i :or.r--. and all oil!er necesjary
l"i:ere;trc rwo'orc'iar.ls of choice fruit
i rfii'p, Sdetal ifod spnnss convenient.
hem l-enisr m tne bari:y.r.l and havine a
In .r.mp nvc. constant f". w. bef id"S a stood
' w.;ter at M.cloor. ami fuKy one m illion lct
i saw tmc't-r beii'IocK. bickory, c!;er"V. rna-
1. osk. etc.. (n tic porii.-n n t yet cleared,
i-.oct i .n with th.e saw nni'i is a H- od picket
r. latbe saw, tut-oif saw. etc. The j ro.t'rty
sold, and s.ld at a l.srt'atn. beca-ise the
is no l..j,irer a .ie to run the mill or wrk tl:
For further particulars call on or address
FKAM'is Mohan.
2. lsi.-.?m. Chest Springs. Pa.
1
1
I (ASl 1 1 ) 1-1 A I .F.I t IN AI.I, KIM) OF
VIIXG AND COOKING STOATiS,
IT.':
ed it n
,T't ive
in 11 II
voro-'-
boii-e i .
-'re's,
three si
L'Urlf ei
thr.ii:''V
and o- i:
pro; ,-rt.
m.!a ' i :
by t),o 1
the rial
Ebet
ri:i. ri : rr.iiTV for pat.e
'K Kl'.NT. 1 r. -reasi m; nife having render
..'f csary t.-r th" underianed b retire fr--tn
n;nes.;i e ""-r l---faie hi'Jlartre HKlt'K
. I'Ki irl-.K'1'Y in Ifnhur". l-'ha un l fa
known n the "Lntternsr House." Said
- lora'ed on the c-iruer of H!k1i and t'entre
in the -t pr m.ir.c nt part of the town, is
! ri. s hisrl., w-t , ina::ard roof, coirains
iarye n- Tijs. ar..l is in excellent condition
ut. 'I here is a sood stab'.e. mrie-house
rnee,i:'::l lu I I rcr? on tl.ei renne. The
w: U be Sob! at a nor price a n 1 on aeeom-
i terms, but if io t droi (fin that way
t i t Aur 1 next, it will then be for rent on
.t tvrn.s to the r:uh' :..i-tv.
MH 1UKI, I.1TF.ENEK.
ur. Jan. 1:5, li"-J.--u.
AND MANt I AC l l ltl .li OI-
X AN D SHEET-1 RON WARE,
M Kl;venth Aw., Altoonn, I'n.
nrn-rvr ii.a F. IS Til F. CITY, nnnfinsr, Spontlntc and Ker.nl rlnir of
j""1 l'r"'i'tly ami nt lafarlori I y altemleil to. 10-24. ':.. tf,
A I'DITOirs XOTli:i:.rhe umr-
jLV. s.aned Audtor. ai: o, ,, bv ttie (ir.'-,.n?'
'ouri oi 'lai'iri c mn: y toL'.-.raij d.-.-id - tit-on
the ,..-:-ption nid to the i 'cunt nf M. I Kit
tell. K- ,.. A.imli.i-'rator of -ae eta:e of .l!in (
!-! decea'.-i. a ad rep. rt ai-tri'.urion of the l and
in 1 l:e ban N iho aecur.r,, i. ho-e.y r.ot.fli. nil
part-It-" interest l that he vri l utt.-ad to the duties
ot .i i 1 appointment at bis ice in Moensburir. on
ym.T. '( brvnrn t th, i-j. at i oc!o. k, r. m.. when
and where all persons n.tre-ted must present
ttieir "lain.s. or lie dtbi.To 1 from comiiii in uikjd
fai 1 fun.!. .1X11. E. SCAN LAN
tbenst.nra. Jan. 17. 12.- t. Auditor.
lie Timtli Tritely Told.
this ivrrw store of
TI'ITI-LBAUAI, CARROLLTOWN,
" THE PIACF. TO IHY AT LOWEST PRICES THE i U Y I.I M
INTER GOODS OF ALL KIND I
: ' R ''-w x ten, 1.1 by the proprietor to every reader of the FrekMak to call and
.-'. . ,' et.on.t,.- the various pnhtics. and learn the unsurpassable price, who-h are
', " ' ?", I ovcly be aved by those who buy their ...., from me. Tne reason I
" -. ,' ' at i, "UKl't n.v ent.re -bW tor cash and in'end to sell for cash or its equivalent,
b . '"d t- n.ake .lUtck s-ile t mall.-r i.robts than anv ,.th ........i, i :.,t.r...
rn: Wor 1 tort!.:.-. lio ever, but Pom e H n.l frn for v.,o r-..l
V"T- -b l".-t. S. TEITELBAl'M.
VlER'iS ACADEMY
I.Y v UlRBr, PA.
so.''. ? ''"'"'ry old. frotn which soue
',,. 1 ' and eultirated 1 idles
o .. . ;-d e .ftlfr. haw x -sr!ti.oed,
. V"''' '!"' l':"'-il sols and hiithe.t
. ,',' -' 'fl'ieriees.
-' ;a "el t ny time. Yerlv ei
-S i EES or MF.KCY.
' '.U, .,r Bkattt's V. ().,
- -o 'esimoreUnd Co., Pa.
' V ' v n i. r ."-7
tZ., s"f. 10 s-t P.ee.'s r nlv
l U..i '""Psir.p Rare llolldsy
a "r.iaoramil on UtlTil
S20 SAVED! S20
rtin S A V E ! by purehasinif
V2 ) SKWIMl MAUI11NF.. !"?
from the undersigned. wh.-e offt -e
Isat IOOI Eleventh Avenue, he- 4'" - 9
tween Hth and 17th Streets, AL- L'i'r-
tivija. Pa., and who otters the ed
itor of the Cambria Frkemas as
reo renee, pnmii .-nomiir- . ,
pa. red in a workmanlike manner 1
and at lowest prices. j MoGRATJI.
Altoona, April 18, IS1.
TW. DICK, Attoknet-at-I.aw
Ebensbnrsr, F. Office In buildinir of T
J. IloyH. dee d, (first 11. or.) Centre street. All
manner of Incral business attended t atifciio
riijr sWU OaHaotSOtss a specialty. lO-W.-tf.
2r
T7 x i:c rx( rrs no-; k e.
Fsfate of .1 ame- ai:nett. decease.'..
I.etter testamentary on tl e esiai e of James 15ar
ncu. late of AUeuheny t- wn-tiip. Cambria ceur.tv,
deceased, h.ivinic been crned io the undersigned
by the K.-zitcr of WiiKolsaid cunt v, not ice is
hereby given to all persons indebted to'nid estate
to ni ike imn.e.t iate pay men . and tliose who have
claims aaa.nst the sa'Le w:l present them forsct
tieincnt. pr.'perlv an;hert:Cjted.
.!'( iHN C p, knot, Executor.
Alleuheny Twp., Jan. 6, l;2.-t.
ADMIX ITUATOI "S NOTICE.
Estate of Mat hkw IncsAS, dee'd.
l-ettrrsofadministriion.n tiie estate ol lat
thew Piamin, late "d Ual izin township, dee'd.
having i ei n issued to the unlersinned bv the Kesri
Nter of Cambria county, al persons indebted to
sai 1 estate are ri .juesre.l to nake Immediate pay-a-.eut,
ar.d thoe having clams against the same
will pre-ent them pr..pt-r!y j.r i.ated iorsetticment
lo.iHr.KT E. IUU.NjN. Administrator.
(rsHiUiri 1 ... Iee. IS, lS ,-et.J
Al )M I X ISTtt ATM ICS NOTICE.
Estate of Ciikis-m a- I.kat. de-ea.ed
Lett ts of a.imlnistra'ion oi the estate of Chris
tian Leap, lateof W jslentrtoi township, Cairbrfa
tcfinty. Pa., deceased, havmj, been irranted io the
unders:i(neJ, n oice is liere) iven t ail persons
indebted to saol estate to n;lke immediate nar
inent. and those havinir ela . s to present theut
properly autheLti.-ated ...r setlemer.t.
MAKY U Ar. Administratrix
Washiniiton Twp. Jan. -J), .vi-eu
TT'HENSDUlifr UKAl ESTATE ion
J Is SALE. The Hoi.-K aud L,,T j
in the W est Ward, Et-en.-burs Hor-
ouirh. known as the -Clark 1'r.per- fcif i I A
ty,'' now in the occupancy ot .Mr. Fi'
F. "Srief. is otb red tor sale at i rea-Cw4ix
sonable pro a ana on cay terms. tto- ..c .-a
e-fofsesiioa ii,vcn Apr.l 1 t. l'VJ. Call on or
addre-s i v. i:i'CK,
Jan. 2o. lS.2.-St. Ebensbur, Pa.
EO. M. READE. Atorney-oi-Laic,
-.'""' .'" riinoat'i.nt stiwet
I '4-27.''.
G
turce .fox- froiu ll.ch tii-tet.
THE ENDLESS PROCESSION.
Down the vista of the aes,
saints and sinners, fools and sajes,
Marching onward, slow and solemn,
(io in never-endiiifr column
Here the honest, here the knave
With a rhyintlnc step sublime,
To the grave.
Like the rolling of the river,
(ioing on and on forever.
Never rest in ji, never staying,
Xrever for an instant straying.
Peer ans peasant, lord and slave,
F.quals soon to mix and mingle
In the grave.
Duty cannot, nor can pleasure,
For a moment break the measure ;
They are marching on to doom,
Thpy are movino to the tomb,
Ail the coward, all the brave,
Soon to level all distinction
In the grave.
Since the morning of crontion,
Without break or termination,
Ever on the line is moving.
All the loved and all the loving,
All that mothers ever gave
On to silence and to slumber
In the grave.
ITere no bribe the bond can weaken,
Mere no substitute is taken ;
Each one for himself no other.
Son nor father ; no, nor brother ;
Love the purest cannot save ;
Each alone the roll must answer
In the grave.
Who commands the dreai! procession
That shall know no retrogression,
Who ean be the great diteetor ?
Ila ! that grim and grizzly spectre,
Him that Sin to Satan gave ;
Death, the mighty King ot Teirors,
In the grave.
"our ner(;ea't."
A STORY OF TAKKEE TROOPS ASD SOUTHKITM
AMAZONS.
"Only a Yankee Sergeant "' but beneath
the coarse blue jacket, whose tarnished chev
eron bespoke such humble rank, there beat
a very true and noble heart, and I hope if
"Our Sergeant" (as he was always called
after the occurrence I a;u about to chronicle)
survived the perlis aud hardships of the war.
that these lines may by some good chance
fall nnder his eye, to prove to him that the
rebel girls he once defended "away down
South in Dixie' are not at all lacking iu that
gratitude which some one has happily called
the memory of the heart. If, on the othtr
hand, his name was answered "Adsum" to
the great final roll call, we know that the
recording angel has written him witli -"those
who know his fellow-man."
It happened in this wise : Toward the
close of the second year of the war our little
town might have been mistaken for a colo
ny of Amazons not on account of any spe
cial show of mettle or bravery made bj us ;
simply on accouni of the overwhelming pre
ponderance of our sex. Within the corpo
rate limits of our town there were but three
representatives of the heroic sex left. A su
perannuated druggist, crafty, crotchety and
cross-grained, toward whom we conducted
ourselves with the greatest circumspection,
as he was the possessor of the only stock of
drugs within eighty miles of ns. A blonde
whiskered, mild-mannered Englishman,
whose ostensible business was speculation
in cotton, but whose real occupation consist
ed in visiting from house to house to assure
us all, with clasped bauds and pallid cheeks,
that he thought it "was awful, perfectly
awful, you know, anil he felt dreadful about
it, perfectly dreadful, you know" ( "it"
having reference to a raid which the enemy
had made upon our town, capturing all our
males and carrying them into captivity at
Alton.) The third was our minister, whose
blind belief in the efficacy of prayer ren
dered him totaily unavaiiable for any prac
tical suggestion or assistance,
The exceeding helplessness of our situa
tion, the fact that we women bad really no
protection among us, and the unquenchable
conviction that women were not rca'.ly
brought into this world simpiy to be petted
and caied for like so many sweetly-dressed
dolis, set us to pondering over the necessity
of cultivating our independent faculties.
When we would all gather together (as we
were certain to da) every evening in some
one's gallery, we would recall the spirit of
'7o. What the ;women of the Revolution
did, why might n..t we do? We even went
further back, to the days of Miles standish,
when it was presumably a matter of self!
congratulation to a woman every morning
when she found her scalp-lock entire. We
were liable at any moment to visitations
from the "Marine P.rigade," the pest of
Southern waters and Southern homes.
Without b ing quite clear as to what prac
tical use we should ever put the accomplish
ment to, we resolved to perfect ourselves in
the use of the pistol. We were all as well
supplied with pistols ia those das as we
were with pocket-handkerchiefs (maybe bet
ter). So we selected a very- pretty grove,
about half a mile west of the town toward
which every evening a dozen or more of us
would wend our way, carrying our pocket
pistols resolutely poir.ted toward our feet,
for a universal conviction prevailed among
us that pistols bad the ability to load, cock
and fire themselves, without the aid of any
human agency. Arrived at the grove, we
would erect a target, and by dint of stand
ing pretty close to it, we could manage to
put a great many balls into it. (Our "Eng
lishman would load our pistols for us before
we started.) With such diligence did we
practice that by the end of two weeks we
felt confident that we eou!d hit a man if we
followed General TutDam's advice, to wait
until "we saw the whites of his eves," pro
vided they would kindly stand still.
We had gone out for one of those target
practices on a lovely October afternoon.
The pyracantha hedging on either side of
the lane through which our way lay was
aflame with re-colored berries; the love
vine lay like masses of tangled yellow rloss
on every bush ; the very ditch sides were
glorified with the purple tufts of the iron
wood and the swinging crimson censors of
the trumpet vines. Cut we had l-o eyes nor
heart for the beauties or nature, and looked
with rather sour condemnation upon one of
our number who frivolously persisted upon
loading herself down with great branches of
the golden roil and delicate little pink pea of
ovr wild growth.
The sun was setting when we came in
sifiht of the town on our return, but it was
not the sleeping hamlet we had left two
hours before In dread array - the bleak
smoke-stacks of the "Marine Brigade" loom
ed up on our river front. The few streets
were alive with the amphibious soldiery that
belonged to it. The sound of crashing glass
and splintering wood soon told us that the
work of destruction had begun iu the closed
and deserted stores, whose owners were then
prisoners and far away. For ourselves we
bad no !ersoual fears, for we did not believe
during the whole course of the war, that any
woman who conducted herself with proper
womanly dignity and reserve would receive
othei treatment than was due a lady. P.nt
for our property, our homes, we did tremble,
and not without cause. In the cottage in the
j garden at home, we had left a dear invalid,
a mother m the last stages of consumption.
Her hold upon life was so slight that for her
I we reared every excitement, dreaded the
I least possibility of a surprise. We r.ever
i left her alone ; we had left her with her col-
ored nurse, as true as gold. But what if the
marauders had already gained entrance into
her room ! The possibility of such a catas
trophy made us quicken our pace almost
into a run.
"1 do believe," panted a young sister with
eyes flashing and nostrils quivering, pausing
for breath, "that if they have found ther way
into mother's room, God will give me nerve
to use these foolish pistols in cruel earnest."
"Devilish spunky ! Boys, we must look for
mother's room to-night. Bet your sweet life
on it, thar's where they've stowed away
guns or rebel soldiers."
Those mocking words came to us through
the thick pyracantha hedging. Involuntari
ly we turned our frightened eyes in that di
rection. It seemed to us as if a dozen pairs
of wicked, cruel eyes leered back at us thro'
the interstices of the bushes.
"Gentlemen, our mother is an invalid," I
ventured to say huskily.
"All right!" a harsh voice lauhed back
at us : '"we're on our way now to get some
j turkeys we've been told are out this way;
j we'll call on your mother when we have had
our supper. "
I We heard one voice raised in deprecation
j as we sped onward with but one thought be
I tween us that thought to guard against the
threatened invasion of our dear one's room ;
; but that one voice was diowned In shouts of
I scoffing laughter.
! X"ight, It seemed to us, had never fallen
j before with such unwished for suddenness-
We greatly dreaded the coming of darkness.
' But it did not find us unprepared. Every
door and window had leeu so muffled that
; none but the most violent sounds could pen
i etrite to the ears of our invalid. Aunty
! Judy Ann was stationed in the room, while
I one of us took a stand on each side of the
two galleries, that flanked the cottage. Con
i cealed by the vines that clambered all over
them we watched and waited. We had but
! one defined object in view that was to pre
J vent the entrance into that room. How we
i were to do it we never clearly specified even
j to ourselves.
I With the clouded sunset bad come one of
I those sudden changes of weather common in
i our Climate and to that season. So we were
not surprised to hear the soft, slow patter of
! the rain drops upon the heaps of fallen
j leaves in the thick shrubbery that surround
i ed the cottage. But it made us nervous. It
I lessened our char.cesfor detecting approach
i ing footsteps. So we watched and waited,
j while the gloom thickened without, and the
I rain-drops pattered dismally on the dead
leaves, and a faint cough from the sick room
i would make us almost faint with terror of
i what that night might bring forth. Present-
ly we heard footsteps. No; yes! unmistak
i able footsteps ; nearer and still nearer. We
heard the familiar click of our own garden
gate, evidently raised and dropped byacare-
I ful, steady hand. Then the footsteps again,
I nearer until above the cropped shrubbery a
I man's head appeared. We crouched in the
; dark shadows of the vines and waited. lie
j seemed to stop and examine the premises ;
i glanced at the windows through which the
feeble lays of the lighted lamp struggled :
emerged into full view, then began slowly
and steadily making the rounds of our little
cottage. He is looking for the best entrance,
! I thought in tenor, but I gave no sound of
! n;y whereabouts. Once more he paced siow
: ly by my hiding dace, and I could see, as he
' neared me, the bayonet gleaming in the
musket, which ho carried at "support."
! When the circuit of the house had been
) made at least half a dozen times I began to
wonder at the non-aggressive character of
: this invasion. He is only waiting for the
others, I thought, but perhaps I can turn
j him from his evil designs. He may have a
I heart. Acting on this possibility, I ventured
! to putt the thick clustering vines, as he
neared my ambush again, and to ask, with a
voice choked with fright, "Who is that ?"
"Only a Yankee sergeant, miss, hut one
who means well by you. 1 was with the
boys this evening when they gave you such
a fright up the re-ad about your mother's
room. I do hear say she is uot long for this
world, and I have took upon myself to guard
duty here until day breaks. I've give the
boys fair warning not tu fool around here
while Sergeant Cross is ou duty. So you can
just turn in and sleep like a top."
"Do you mean," I asked, leaning over the
banisters toward the dusky form in the
1 shrubbery, "that you have voluntarily put
j yourself upon guard duty to-night, and in
j the rain to protect our mother's room from
invasion ?" My voice was huskier than ever,
but not from fright.
I "I've got a mother myself, young lady,"
j was the manly, simple answer, "and God do
j by her in the hour of her need as I mean to
; do by yours to-night ; so, now, you turn in
for the night."
I did "turn in," but it was only to tell that
other trembling girl in the back gallery what
a wonderful thing had to come to pass ; after
which we stole out to the dining-room, prer
pared the best our Confederate larder could
afford of luncheon, and wnt out and begged
our friendly enemy to come in and refresh
himself. He came, but I am afraid lie lost
prestige in my sister's romantic eyes by rea
son of his plainness.
It was a plain-looking, rather undersized
young man, who stepped into the light at
our invitation, but when lie took off his wet
cap to us in military courtesy, there beamed
upon us a pair of gentle, kindly grey eyes
that inspired ns with the fullest confidence
in "Our Sergeant."
And all that long night there mingled with
the patter of the rain upon the dead leaves
the slow steady tramp of "Only a Yankee
Sergeant."
DEAD-ALIVE MAN.
A SINGULAR rSYCHOLOCICAL THENOMKNON
IN HAGERSTOWN.
An incident is related in the experience of
a clergyman which suggests some of the
weird sketches of Toe. The only difference
is that this is true, a plain recital of what
actually occurred. Amongst the flock of
the minister referred to was a family of for
eigners, and the father of the famiiy was
stricken with a fatal illness. One night the
pastor received a message summoning him
immediately to the bedside of the sick man,
the messenger stating that "he was dying."
Some time elapsed before the arrival at the
scene, when the attending phjsician was
found surrounded by the sobbing and shriek
ing family. To his great regret the doctor
informed the minister that he was too late ;
that the sufferer had died 15 or 20 minutes
previously. And, in fact, there oh the bed
lay the stark and rigid form of the departed,
the lower jaw fallen, the ashy pallor of death
on the face, and the body stiffened with the
ri'jor mortis. With tbe demonstrativeness of
their nation the family gave sway to their
feelings, making no efforts at self-control.
A son in particular, was more demonstrative
and inconsolable than any of the rest. He
called on his father, begged him to come
back, and with difficulty could be kept away
from the body. Hoping to comfort the grief
stricken family by spiritual consolation and
sympathetic conversation the clergyman re
mained on tho scene until near 2 o'clock in
the morning. At this time, when the pastor
was thinking of leaving, the son, who seem
ed to take the death so much at heart, was
seized with another paroxysm of grief more
violent than any preceding P.. lie tore him
self from those who sought to restrain him,
threw himself on the body of his father, em
braced him, called him, bathed the cold face
with tears, shrieking that be could not let
him so ; that he must say one word, look at
him just once more ; and he must not leave
him without jnst one more word and one
more look. As if the agonized voice had
penetrated the silence of the other world and
had reached the "dull, cold ear of death,"
the lips of f he father moved, the eyes opened
and cast a sad, reproachful look on the weep
ing son, and in the well known voice came
distinctly these words : "Oh! why did you
bring me back ?" As soon as the awe strick
en group could regain their presence of
mind, after this appalling scene, they imme
diately administered restoratives to the pa- j
tient, when the minister left him, very weak ,
but stili alive. He was sent for by the faiher !
the next day. who gave him an account of j
Ids death (as he evidently believed it had '
been) and his experience to the time when
he was apparently recalled to life. He said :
"When I riled I first felt a sinking, goiu.r
sensation, knew everything going on in the
room, but I could not speak or move my lips
then all was blank. The next thing I re
member was being in a dense darkness,
seemingly in a tunnel, through which I was
being pushed; there seemed to be two forms
one on each side, pushing me along through
the tunnel and I appeared to move as if I
was floating, touching nothing above or be
low. At last it appeared to get lighter, as
though we were nearing the end of the pas
aee. It grew brighter every moment, and
then I seemed to observe two shining, beau
tiful forms on each side of me. At last we
seemed to float out into a lovely space of j
rosy brightness, like the sky of summer suu-
rise. I had a feeling of perfect peace and
well-being, and heard as though it were a part
of the space I floated in the most soothing
and delightful music I remembor it after
ward took the sound of an old familiar hymn
I used to hear in my native land. I have
been a great sufferer, and the feeling of rest
and freedom from pain was the thing I no
ticed most in my new state, when it seemed
to be disturbed by a voice in pain calling me.
I felt a thrill of regret and thrn all became
black, and I seemed to be back in the o'd
pain-racked body again, and opened my eyes
to find my son and family crying, and calling
on me to come back. If they had known
how much better I was they would never
have wanted n:e back in this weak and suf
fering body."
The man lived several days and then died,
as his family sincerely believe, a second time,
and, lemembering his solemn words as to
Ids first experience, did not call him back.
Whether the man was in a syncope from
which the piercing lamentations of the fami
ly aroused him, or whether he had indeed
been permitted to return after a glance at
the glories of the great unknown none can
answer. But one thing is certain, that for
the space of several hours, to all intents and
purposes, so far as the doctor, the pastor aud
the family were concerned, and so far as all
outward indications are a guide, the niau
was dead. Baltimore Gaze'tc.
I had rather believe all the fables of the
Talmud and the Alcoran, tban that this uni
versal frame is without a mind. God never
wrought miracles to convince Atheism, be
cause his ordinary works convince it. It is
true that a little philosophy icelineth man's
mind to Atheism ; but depth in philosophy
brinceth men's mindi about to religion, for
while the rutnd of man Iooketh upon second
caues scattered, it may sometimes rest in
them, and go no farther, but when it behold
eth the chain of them confederate, and linked
together, it must needs fly to Providence.
Lord Bacon.
I Advice to Husbands. Always complain
of being tired and remember that nobody
else gt;ts tired.
Your wife should always have everything
in readiness for you, but you should not do
anything for her.
When your wife asks for money give her
a nickle, and ask her what she intends to do
with it.
Then go down town and spend ten times
the amount for cigars, for they are a necessi
ty.
Go down town of an evening, stand around
on the coiner and talk politics ; it's more in
teresting than to stay at home with your
family.
Charge your wife not to gossip, but you
can spin all the yarns you like.
Have your wife get up and make fires,
but don't you get up until the rest of the
family are eating breakfast, as you might
take cold.
Wear old clothes and make yourself as un
til! y as possible until your wife's health
fails, then it would be best to fix up some,
for in ail probability you wiil want another
when she is gone.
Ilaye a smile for everybody you meet, but
try and get a frown on before reaching your
home-
Yards in a Mile. Mile in England or
America. 1,760 yards.
Mile ih Russia, 1,100 yards.
Mile in Italy, 2,495 yards.
Mile in Scotland ot Ireland, 2,200 yards.
Mile in Poland. 2,100 yards.
Mile in Spain, 5,023 yards.
Miie in Germany. fl,8'W yards.
Mile in Sweden and Denmark, 7,233 yards.
Miie in Hungary, 8.R0O yards.
A league in England and America, 5,2so
yards. . m m
Whenever vou are sick, and the doctor
tries this and that, stop fooling and take Pe
iuha. told at new dreg store. Eben-buig.
AS EPISODE OF THE BATTLE OF
GETTYSHl'RO
Midway between the contending lines was
a solitary tree that in peaceful times had
given shade to the harvest hands at their
nooning. Early in the morning some Con
federate sharpshooters had crawled out to
this tree, and were able to reckon their game
at every shot. So" destructive, in fact, did
their fire become that the wildest impreca
tions were shouted at them by the Federals,
and threats were made that if taken they
would get no quaiter. All at once there
came a lull in the filing from that part of the
line. A Col. federate was seen to rise up
from the base of the tree und to advanee to
ward the Federals with his hand raised.
Shots were fired at him, but there was curi
osity at his approach, ar.d the word was:
"Wait till we see what he wants to do."
Some thought he had a mind to desert, and
encouraged him with shouts of "Come over.
Johnny ! we won't fire." But, if the Con
federate spoke, what he said could not be
heard in the din of the cannonading and
musketry, then growing heavy and continu
ous as the day wore on. Forward still he
eamts, and all eyes were strained to see what
it could be that he meant to do. There can
be no truce on the battle field till the battle
is lost or won. The man -ho raises the white
flag there, or gives any signal of that kind,
has no right to look for its recognition on the
other side. IU may only trust to their shrewd
ness to understand an emergency. It might
be merely a trick to deceive. Suddenly the
Confederate dropped upon the grass, and for
an instant was lost to sight. It was thought
be had been hit. Bat only for an insUnt,
foi a thrill of enthusiasm passed through the
Fed'raIs,murmfrs;of admiration were heard,
and then a cheer as hearty as if given in a
charge, butst from their throats, and their
cheers repeated, increased in volume, proved
; that unselfish actions are possible, and there
j are nobie hearts to appreciate and respond.
j The Confederate sharpshooter, who had
j been doing bis best to destroy his antagonist,
! had observed in front of him a wounded
j Federal, lying helplessly on the ground be-
' tween the two lines, and begging in his ago-
i niziug thirst for a drink, and at the almost
certain risk of losing his own life, had gone
forward to give comfort to the distressed en.
emy. This is whatjeaused the Federal cheer,
! and for a few minutes stopped the work of
! death in that neighborhood. When the sharp-
j shooter badpeiformed his act of mercy lie
, hastened back to the tree, and with the warn-
; ing civ, "Down Yanks, we're going to fire!''
j the little unpremeditated truce was ended,
; and was soon forgotten in the grand event
that foliowed almost immediately after.
The next day, the Fourth of July, a heap
r' Confederates was found under that tree.
Wh.i ther the hero of the day before was one
of the ghastly dead will probably never be
known. X. Y. .Vim.
i m tm
Young Men, Read This. In the pocket
I book of Hon. Stephen Allen, who was
j drowned on the rienry Clay, was found a
! printed slip, apparently cut from a news-
paper, of which the following is a copy. It
! is worthy to be placed in every newspaper
j and engraved on the heart of every young
j man :
' Keep good company or none,
j Never be idle; if your hands cannot be
I usefully employed, attend to the cultivation
of your mind.
I Always speak the truth.
! Make few promises.
' Live up to your enuageTuer.t-.
Keep your own secrets, i; you have any.
j When you speak to a person look him in
j the face. Good company and goof conver
. sa'ion are the very sinews of virtue,
Good character is t.l .' ve all thintr e!-e.
Your el.araeter cannot be essentially injured
except by your own acS.
If any one speaks evil of yon, let your life
j be such that none will believe him.
Drink e.o kind of intoxicating drinks,
j Ever live, misfortune excepted, within
, your income.
When you retire to bed think over what
; you have done during the day.
j Make no haste to be rich." If you would
prosper, small and steady gains give compe
; tency wltb a tranquil mind,
j Never play at any game of chance
Avoid temptation through fear vou may
: not withstand it.
j Earn money before vou spend it.
: Never run in debt unless'you see a way to
1 get out again.
j Never borrow; if you can possibly avoid it,
i Do not many until you are able to support
! a w ife.
j Do not put otl till to-morrow that which
j should be done to-day.
j Never peak evil of any one.
Be just before you are generous.
; Keep yourseif innocent if you would be
j happy.
I Save when you are young to spend when
i yon are old.
Bead over the above maxims at least once
a week.
How the Apostles Died. Peter was
crucified at Rome, and at his own request,
with his bead downward.
Andrew was crucified bv being bound to a
i cross with cords on which lie hung two days,
i exhorting the people untii he expired.
j James, the Great, was beheaded by order
of Herod, of Jerusalem.
Philip was bound and hanged against a
pillar.
Bartholomew was flayed to death by com
mand of a barbarous king,
Matthew was killed by a halbert,
Thomas, while at prayer, was shot with a
shower of lances, and afterward run through
the body with a lance.
Thaddeus was cruelly put to death.
The manner of Matthias' death is uncer
tain. One says be was stoned, then behead
ed ; another says be was crucified.
Judas Iscariot fed and his bowels gushed
out.
Joi n died a natural death.
Taul was beheaded by order of Nero.
How to Sat It. Say "for ou and me,"
and uot "for vou and I."
Say "wlietier I be presenter not," and net
"present or no."
Say "not that I know," and not "that I
know of."
say ' return it to me," and cot "return it
back to me."
Say "I seldom see him,"anenot ' I seldom
or ever see him."
Say "fewer friends," and not "less
friends."
"Say "if I mistake not," and not "if I am
not mistaken."
Say "game is plentiful," and not "game is
plenty."
Say "I am weak ia comparison with you,"
and not "to you."
Say "it rains very fast," and n "very
hard."
Say "1 lifted it," and not "I lifted itu p.'
And last but not least, say "1 take my pa
per and pay for it in advance," and be sure
not to lie about it.
1II5TS 10R JIOTUERS.
j Never peimit your children to contradict.
, Let them know that is your peculiar pre-
rotative.
Talk slightingly of your husband to your
boys and uii ts. This will make tLem re
1 spect their father.
i Your jirls should never be permitted to
romp. Let them grow iuto interesrin in
va i ls, l y all means.
Tell your children they are the Worst you
ever saw, and they will no doubt endeavor
to merit your appreciation.
! Never permit your son to have any amuse
ment at hutue. This wi.l iuduce bint f
seek it in places where you wiil not be an
lioveri by his iioie.
There is no pla.-e like home. Impress
this truth upon your d ildien by dakit.g
! home a dierefsb!e and unlike any other
, piuce as possible.
t Tel. your child he bhall t.ot do a thing
: and let him tease you into giving your cou
: sent. Th'i wiil teach him what to do on
I subsequent occasions.
Don't let your son indulge in any kind of
I outdoor games. Keep him to his books. It
wiil make a fcreat man of hini some day if he
I should happen to live.
i Never neglect the lo k on the pantry.
Some beys have probably turned out first-cla-s
housebreakers all ou account of thi
judicion s treatment.
In chiding your children's faults, r.ever
forget to mention how much better the
Jones children behave. This will cause
your litt;e ones everlastingly and forever to
love the Jones children.
Be gentle aed courteous before company,
b'U if yvj have a temper, let your children
have a taste of it as olten as convenient.
A mother should never practice deception on
her brood.
Make promises to your children and then
neglect to keep theui. Thi s will lead your
children not to place too much reliance upon
your word, and shield them from many dits
appoibtntetits. lak frequent occasions to tell vour chil
dren how much more favoied their lot Is
yours was when you were a girl. It is al
ways pieasant to "children to be constantly
reminded of their obligations.
When jour daughter peiforms a task in an
ill-fashioned manner, alwavs say. "There, 1
might have done it mvelf in the' first place,"
and then take the wo'ik out of her band and
do it yourself. This will encourage the girl
not to do the thing the next time the is set
about it.
Facts for the Curiols. The fl. wer of
the dandelion lives two and a half davs.
The pattern of the Dutch crying dofi came
originally from Japan.
The city of Leipsic, of 140,000 inhabitants
contains only seven churches.
The Lycians considered mourning effemi
nate and so put on women's clothes.
A pig was once burned at Fontenav, rear
Talis, for havimr devoured a child.
Waspsoften attack a bee-hive, and. driving
out al! the bees, devour the li.mev.
Trees, during rain storms, retain vast
quantities of water. The soil covered with
forests receives six-tenths of the who'e rain
fall, the trees having intercepted four-tenths.
The lipid wtiieh fal.s upon the earth from
the sati-otes of Mars is about muiva.ent to
what a man's haa 1 on which the sun shone
at Washington would reflect to Boston.
The first successful attempt at preserving
meat by packing in air-tight iars was mado
bv M. Appart in France, in iMl. For this
dis'-overy the Emperor rewarded him with a
gift of 12.tM.afrai.cs.
Tr.e Hebrews wore sandals made cf linen
and wood, though thos of the soldiery were
made of iron or brass. The Spartans went
barefoot, and Homer describes them as going
into battle unshod.
Sal imanders, timing the first part of their
lives, breathe by gills alone and are thus re
lated to fistfs : in the latter part thev breathe
by lungs and are in other ways related to the
higher animals.
One of the first modem kings who possess
ed the accomplishment of writing w Pedro
I., of Castile, styled Pedro the Cruel. He
died in 13W. His signature is preserved on
a treaty "Yo. el Hey," I, the king.
When Richard, the lion-hearted, went to
the Holy Land, one of the laws he made for
his troops was that if anyone should be con
victed of theft, boiling pitch should be pour
ed over his head and a pillow full of feather
shaken over it.
When the drama first app.-ared ir Athens
in the time of PisKtratus, fifteenth c-rdnry!
B. C, it formed a portion of the religion of
the Mate. The theatre was a temple where
th people were taught how the wiils of
trods and men must bov to the force of des
tiny. What Shall We Do with Our Dauoh
tef? ? Apropos ot Mrs. Livet more's late
lecture on the above important q lest i-.n.tlit
Davenport Dmorat thus geurdlily makes
answer :
Bring them up in ti e way they should go
Give them a good substantial common edu
cation. Teach them how to cook a good meal of
victuals.
Teach theni now to wa-h and iron clothes.
Teach them how to darn stoccing and
scw on buttons.
Teach them how to make their own dresses.
Teach, them how to make ahirts.
Teacli them how to make bread.
Teach them all tbn mysteries of kitchen,
dining-room and purl or.
Teach them that a dollar is only one hun
dred cents.
Teach them that the m..rf one lives beyond
their income the nearer they get to the poor
hou-e.
Teach them to wear calico dresses and do
it like a queen.
Teach tliem to wear thick, warm shoes.
Teach them to do the marketing for the
family.
Teacli them to foot up store bills.
Teach them that God aiade them in His
own image, and that no amount of tight la
cing will improve the model.
Teach thein self-reliance.
Teach them that a irood, steady, greasy
mechanic without a cent, is worth a dozen
oily pated loafers in broadcloth.
Teach them to have nothing to do with in
tempciate and dissolute young men.
An Iowa Samtson. Jonas Johnson, or
Big Jonas, is the Goliath of this region, and
some of the stories of his strength and endu
rance sound fabulous.
About twenty years ago he found a cow in
no uncommon predicament in those days
mired in a siounh A team ot horses plant
ed on firm ground had proved unable to
draw her from the mire, whereupon Jonas
laying down some boards V give a good foot
ing, lifted her bodily out of the swamp, and.
seizing her by the horns, dragged her to firm
cround. At anothei time his wagon, loaded
with hay, became m'.red down, and the
horses failed to extricate it. Jonas got im
patient, and, going to the rear, be raised the
load and pushed it forward to better ground,
making a iift which is moderately estimated
nt 1 , :. pounds, and performed under un
favorable conditions. He is now a hale,
ruddy-faced man cf years. He was born
in Sweden, was 22 years oil when he came
to America, and has tieen a resident of this
county for twentv-three years. He stands 6
feet 2 inches in Ins stockings, and tips the
beam at 245 pounds. A No. 12 boot covers
his fiot and hi hand is that f a giant.
Boone tand-irI.
The Smallest Dwarfs in thk World.
A g'-nfleman stopped at the blacksmith
shop of Peter B. Si.earer, Exeter township,
Berks county, recently, to get his horse shoiL
After the work was done. Mr. Shearer ini
ted him into his house, saying that he would
show fcim a sight he was not likely to see
the equal of again in a lifetime. To the ut
ter astonishment of the visitor he showed
Lira his two little blind girls, one aged eleven
year. October 3 1st, 11. and weigl.ingeleyen
pounds, the other nine years old, January
Gtb, 12, weighing ten pounds. The chil
dren are twitu dumb and blind, nut their
hearing is good. Thousands of people froi.i
ail pans oi the United .Mates, and some even
from foreign countries, have visited the
children, presenting as they io, a most re
markable freak of nature-.
Thk key tint win 's up a man's bi sinee ;
is w! I. Jy.