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VOLUME XVI.
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1882.
NUMBER 25.
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f;is NOW ON JIAMl THE
aGEST, BEST I MOST VARIED
STOCK fF
(SKtvoH, Timvnrc,
T. rV s? r.in f'nn1 fn any nn tnhlfih.
;:, fISIB AND H2ATINS STOVES,
' v irl' style? sti.l patterns:
!uil,, Hardware
,5,.'v .1 -ori i t ii .n anl of hpst'qnUtT :
RENTERS' TOOLS!
.r ,J Jin-J t ifmf fn th mnrket. AMo, a
IK WD POCKET CUTLKRY.
,r.. Wood -in I WIMnw Wsrf. Witll p.
fc Ilnrs. ShoM. Rsr Irnn, Rll
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-! fonl'U. It O VAAm;
W.VWES,PBSEH4V RAKES,
, lfr I'nrks, Bnps snil PnllTt,
. ( nltl ntor. anl a full line of Harw
ns Fnil. AI?o. a B.ortment of
"i, Floor and Stair Oil Cloth,
Cfirrinire Oil Cloth.
CTT. T."TT1 WIN'PTW SHPT"Nf
FIXTT'RKS: T.T vkhpool ASHTIIN
r i,..t !n the worM for Tnlrv and Table
, ',. tm Rof'K SAT,T. the rhenpeof n,l
.! 'r.t Live Sf.wk : r,ATT PLASTKR ;
it-. Ci-rv rt'Mf". of the boat minl'tv-
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iII.S. PAINTS. TT'KPEVTTXE.
v :. together with a lance and com-
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'.. sr. 1 he I'.nvfnco.l that the bet is alwa vs
and that it never pavs to )uy an In
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(iEO. HUNTLEY,
iHMD FOR THIRTV-FIiI YEARS'
AY BROTHERS
Manufacturers,
OLESALEAND RETAIL
OF
AND-
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AND DEALERS I.N
ill, PARLOR aai COOKING
STOVES,
IEET METALS,
-AND
SBING GOODS GENERALLY
Jol i ng in
mppERtsnEET-mos
fiOMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
280 and 282 fastiDJiton St.
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
NEVIN &l YEACER,
"ArrAr-rrmtRs of
:"-f?ER am SHEET-IRON WARE,
" AND tlJAtSHS I!T
& HEATING STOVES,
;rs, fi-ksackn.
fTptith ATenne, . Altoona, Pa.
" Dofl' "est of Opera House.
AND SPOUTING
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Frnrteenth street, near
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OhJyBack!
That's a common expres
sion and has a world of
meaning. How much suf
fering is summed up in it.
The singular thing about
it is, that pain in the back
is occasioned by so many
things. May be caused by
kidney disease, liver com
plaint, consumption, cold,
nervous debility, &c.
Whatever the cause, don't
neglect it. Something is
wrong and needs prompt
attention. No medicine has
yet been discovered that
will so quickly and surely
cure such diseases as
Brown's Iron Bitters, and
it does this by commencing
at the foundation, and mak
ing the blood pure and rich.
Loganiport. Tad. Dec. s, 88o.
For a long time I hare Wn m
sufferer from stomach and kidney
disease. M y appetite was very poor
and the very small amount I aia eat
disagreed with me. I was annoyed
very much from non-retention of
urine. I tried many remedies with,
no success, until I used Brown's
Iron Bitters. Since I used that my
stomach does not bother me any.
My appetite is simply immense. My
kidney trouble is no more, and my
general health is such, that I feet
Lice a new man. After the use of
Brown's 1 ron Bitters for one month,
I have gamed, twenty pounds ia
weight. O. B. Sacsjct.
Leading physicians and
clergymen use and recom
mend Brown's Iron Bit
ters. It has cured others
suffering as you axe, and it
will cure you.
Notice to Taxpayers.
IN a.-cordance with an Act of the (reneral As.
semblv of this 'ommonwealth, approved the
Sth day of April. 117J. relating to the collection
of taxe" In f'amhria county, notice ts hereby irlTen
to taxpayers residing in the aistrlcts oelow natne.l
that the "ounty Treasurer. In compliance with the I
2d Section ot said Act. will attend itt the nlaces of I
holdlnif the Township and Borouich election on
the following named days, for the purpose of re
ceiving the
County, Poor and State Taxes
Assessed for ttie Tear 1412:
t'royleTwp. and East Conemaunh Bor. Monday,
July 24th.
Saminerhill Tup. and Franklin Bor. Tuesday
July iMb.
Wllmore and AVoodrale Borouirhs Wednesday,
July 'i6th.
Pottaire Twp. ami "on.m3uth Boro., 2d Ward
Thnrnlny. .Inly vTth.
Washington Twp. and 'oneraaniih Bor., 1st Ward
Friday. July 2th. "
Smnmerhlll fwn. and Johnstown Bor., 1st Ward
Monday. July 31st.
(Jallitzin Bof. and Johnstown, 2.1 Ward Tuesday,
AtlttMSt 1st.
Tunnelhiil Bor. and Johnstown. 3d Ward Wed
nesday. AutfusfAl.
tlallltiin Twi.. and .lohnttown. 4th Ward Thurs
day. August 3d.
Iiretto Bor. and Johnstown, Sth Ward Friday,
Anifust 4th.
Iiean Twp. anl Johnstown, eth W ard Monday,
August 7th.
Clearfield Twp. and Johnstown, 7th Ward Tues
day. Atiifuct Ht h.
Chest Sprinirs Bor. and Coopersdale Wednesday,
A uff ust yth.
Allesrheny Twp. and Cambria Boro, 1st Ward
Thursday, Aitiruttt loth.
Munster Twi.'and "atnbrla Boro', 2d Ward Frl
dav, Aiiuust llfh.
KeadeTwp. and Mlllville Boro', 1st Ward Mon
dav, Auirust 14th.
White Twp. and 1 illvllle Boro", 2.1 Ward Tues
day. AuKust lth.
Chest Twp. and Prospect Wednesday. Ans:. 18th.
Elder and Taylor T ps.Thurs.lay, Anst. 17th.
Susquehanna and Coneinaugh Twps. Friday, An
trust lih.
Carroll and Stnnycreek Twps. Monrtav. Auk. 'Snt.
Carrolltown Bor. ami Lower Yowcr Twp. --rues-day.
Aurnt
Ban-and I'pper i"oder Twps. Wednesday. Aug
nst letd.
Blackllck and AdamTwps. Thursday, Aim. 24th.
Jackson and Richland Twps. Friday. An. 2ith,
Cambr'a Twp. Monday. Auirust 2Stli.
F:bcnfbiirir. f;st Ward Tuesday, August 20th.
Ebenabur., West Wanl Wednesday, Aug. 3Uth.
And, In accordance with the 2d Soction of said
Act. upon all taxes paid to the Treasurer on or be
fore the 1st day of September there will l a de
duction of fivk pn ckxt., whlle.Ajt'e per cent, will
be sd.led to all unpaid taxes and placed In the
hands of a constable for collection.
J. A. KENNEDY, Co. Treasurer.
Treasurer's Office. June 23. l82.-t.
AUDITOirS NOTICE The under
signed Auditor, appointed by the Orphans'
Court of Cambria county to pass upon the excep
tions riled to the first and final account of Mm
tij Sasdbbs, Executor of E iiaketth Stuby, de
ceased, and to rejiort distribution of the funds in
the hands of the accountant, as shown by his sec
ond and partial account, will sit for the purposes
of his oppolntment. at the Court House in Ebens
bnrg, on Mondni. st.th Jut,. J., at 1 o'clock, r. is.,
when and where parties interested may attend If
they think proper.
JOSEPH MCDONALD, Auditor.
Ebensburg. June 30, lH82.-at.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE Orphans'
Cot RT In the matter of the account of J.
H. EisHttH. Eq., Trustra to sell the real estate of
Joseph IjA hi m icr. late or Johnstown, deceased.
June 12, 12. on motion of J. Ztmtneiman. Esq.,
W. Horace Hose was appointed Auditor to ascer
tain Hers and reiort distribution. Pursuant to
said appointment, I will sit at my office on Frank,
lin street, Johnstown, at 10 a. ju. on Monday. July
iv.. wnen anu wnere mi persons Interested
may appear, or be forever debarred from coming in
on said fund. W. HORACE ROSE.
Johnstown, June 3(1, issi.-3t. Auditor.
ADMINISTRATION" NOTICE.
F.tate of Wsf. Mdljfontv, dee'd.
Letters of administration on the estate of Wil
liam Me aunhey. late of Mnnster township. Cam
bria county, havlnit been lsue1 to the undersign
ed, all persons Indebted to said estate are hereby
notified that payment must be mnda on or before
the 1st day of June. 1SS3. and those having cUlins
airalnst the same will present thern properly au
thenticated for settlement.
J AMES J. SPKOAL. . , . .
MAKY A.SPKOAL. Administrators.
174 Spring Alley. Pittsbnrgh, June 9. 18S2.-lt.
THE BURM5G OF HANXASTOWX.
The followiriK account of the feumlnfc of
Ilanrjastown. then the seat of justice of
Westmoreland cour.ty, by a band of Indians,
under the command of a famous Seneca
chief, Guyasutha, Is taken from a detailed
account of the affair published fn the
Greensbure Argvt in 1836. The burning of
Hannastown and the massacre that followed
took place July 13, 1782 one hundred years
aeo last Thursday. The centenary was ob
served with appropriate ceremonies at the
scene of the traeic occurrence, and this ac
count of that terrible day will be read with
interest : About three miles from Greens
burg, on the road to New Alexandria, there
stands two modern built log tenements, to
one of which is a sign post and a sign ap
pended, giving due notice that at the "Seven
Yellow Stars" the wayfarer may partake of
the good things of this world. Between the
tavern and the Indian gallows hill on the
west once stood Hannastown, the first place
west of the Allegheny mountains where jus
tice was dispensed according to the legal
forms by the white man. The county of
Westmoreland was established by the pro
vincial legislature on the 2fth of February,
73, and the courts directed to be held at
Hannastown. It consisted of about thirty
habitations, some of them cabins, but most
of them aspiring to the name of houses, hav
ing two stories of hewed logs. There were
a wooden court house and a jail of the like
construction. A fort, stockaded with log9.
completed the civil and military arrangement
of the town. The first prothonotary and
clerk of the courts was Arthur St. Clair.
Esq., afterwards general In the revolutiona
ry army. Kobert Ilanna, Esq., was the first
presiding Justice in the courts ; and the first
Court of Common Pleas was held In 1773
Thomas Smith, Esq.. afterwards one of the
judges on the Supreme bench, brought from
the east the most abstruse learning of the
profession, to puzzle the backwoods lawyers;
and it was here that FJugh Henry Breckin
ridge, afterwards also a judge of the Su
preme bench, made bis debut in the profes
sion which he afterwards illustrated and
adorned by his genius and his learning.
The road first opened to Fort Pitt by Gen.
Forbes and his army passed through the
town. The periodical return of the court
brought together a hardy, adventurous, frank
and open-hearted set of men from the Red
stone, the Georges creek, the Yougliiogheny,
the Monongahela, and the Catfish settle
ments, as well as from the region, now in its
circumscribed limits, still called ''Old West
moreland." It may as well be supposed
that on such occasions there was many an
uproarious merry-making. Such men when
they occasionally met at courts, met joyous
ly. But the plough has since gone over the
place of merry-making ; and no log or mound
of earth remains to tell where justice had
her scales.
On the 13th of July, 1782, a party of the
townsfolk went to O'Connor's fields, about
a mile and a half north of the village, to cut
the harvest of Michael Huffnagle.
The summer of '82 was a sorrowful one to
the frontier inhabitants. The blood of
many a family had sprinkled their own
fields. The frontier northwest of the town
was almost deserted ; the inhabitants had
fled for safety and repose toward the Se
wickly settlement. At this very time there
were a number of familiesat Miller's station,
about two miles sooth of the town. There
was, therefore, little Impediment to the In
dians, either by way of resistance, or even in
giving warning of their approach. When
the reapers bad cut one field, one of the
number who had crossed to the side next
the wood9, returned In great alarm, and re
ported that be had seen a number of Indians
approaching. The whole party ran for the
town, each intent on his own safety. Tbe
scene which then presented itself may be
more readily conceived than described.
Fathers seeking for their wives and children,
and children calling upon their parents and
friends, and all hutrying In a state of con
sternation to the fort. Some criminals were
confined in jail, the doors of which were
thrown open. After some time it was pro
posed that some person should reconnoiter.
and relieve them from uncertainty. Four
young men, David Shaw, James Brisbon,
and two others with their rifles, started on
foot through the highlands, between that
and Crabtree creek, pursuing a direct course
towards O'Connor's field : whilst Capt.
J , who happened to be in the town,
Euraued a more circuitous route on horse
ack. The captain was the first to arrive at the
fields, and his eye was not long In doubt, for
the whole force of the savages was there
mustered, ne turned his horse to fly, but
was observed and pursued. When he had
proceeded a short distance, he met the four
on foot told them to fly for their lives
that the savages were coming In great force
that he would take a circuitous route and
alarm the settlements. He went to Love's,
where Frederick Beaver now lives, about a
mile and a quarter east of the town, and as
sisted tbe family to fly, taking Mrs. Love on
the horse behind him. The four made all
speed for the town, but the foiemoet Indians
obtained sight of them, and gave them hot
pursuit. By the time they had reached tbe
Crabtree creek, they could hear the distinct
footfalls of their pursuers, and see the sun
beams rlistea through the foliage of the
trees upon their naked skins. When, how
ever, they got into the mouth of the ravine
that led up from the creek to the town, ,hey
felt almost secure. The Indians, who knew
nothing of the previous alarm given to the
town, and supposing they would take it bv
surprise, did not fire, lest that might give
notice of their approach ; this saved the
lives of David Shaw and his companions.
When they got to the top of the hill, the
strong instinct of nature compelled Shaw to
go first into the town and see whether his
kindred had gone Into the fort before he en
tered it himself. As he reached his father's
threshold and saw all within desola', he
turned and saw the savages, with their tufts
of hair flying in the wind, aud their bran-
AUDITOR'S NOTlCE.--Uavine Wn
appointed Auditor to report distribution of
the funds in tne hands of W . A. B. I.ittls:. Ad
ministrator ot Hunt J. Mvkhs. late ot Iiretfo
Nironifh. deceased. 1 hereby give notice that 1 will
sit at my oftic fn F.l.nhnnr nn Tue.dnu .Tu.lv
J", at 2 o'cio-k in the aiternovn, for the purpose ! dished tomahawks, for they had emerged
i., e i c... iiik to inv uuuesoi id y apoiuineni, at
which time and plc!a persons having claims on
eaid fund must present them, or h debarred from
somlnir in on tli same. A. V. BARKEK.
Ebensburg, June So, 1882,-St. Auditor.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
There will b a letting at St. Augustine on
Saturday. July ft. H', at 1 o'clock, p. ., of the
contract for building a new school house in Clear
field township. Catutirfa county, about a mile and
balf below St. Augustine, on the Phlliptburg
road. Sealed proposals will be received till the
hour of the day namtal ahove. For Information as
to plans, etc. apply to either of the undareianed
at St. Auaostlna. H. B. NOKU
J una 30. lgS2.-St. J- C. Mc MULLEN.
STATIONARY ENGINE for Sale,
with Boiler and other appnrtensnoes. in nd
r-nnir. Can be seen at tha So o man Shaft Colliery,
tteuscreek fetation. k. k.
i N. B, WESTBBM)K.
' Sonman, Jaae 9, im-tf. F. R. K. Ageak
Into the open space around the town, and
commenced the war-whoop, ne resolved to
make one of them give the death halloo, and
raising his rifle to his eye. his bullet whizzed
true, for the stout savage at whom he aimed
bouudd Into the air and fell upon his race.
Then with the speed of an arrow be fled for
for the fort which he entered in safety. The
Indians were exasperated when they found
the town dt set ted, and after pillaging the
bouses, they set them on fire. Although a
considerable part of the town was within rl
fi range of the fort, the whites did but little
execution, being more intent on their own
Mfety than soijsitous about destroying tbe
enemy. One Mvage, wfco put tm a military
coat of one of the Inhabitants, paraded him
self so ostentatiously that he was shot down.
Except this ne, and the one laid low by
Shaw, there was no evidence of any other
execution, but some human bones found
among the ashes of one of the houses, where
they, It was supposed burnt those that were
killed. There were not more than 14 or 15
rifles in the fort ; and a company having
marched from the town some time before, in
Lochry's ill fated campaign, many of the
most efficient men were absent ; not more
than 20 or 25 remaining. A maiden. Jennet
Shaw, was killed In the fort ; a child having
run opposite the gate, In which there were
some apertures through which a bultet. from
ihe Indians occasionally whistled, she follow
ed It, and as she stooped to pick it up, a bul
let entered her bosom she thus fell a victim
to her k!ndness of heart. The savages with
their wild yells and hideous gesticulations,
ejcnlted as the flames spread, and looked like
demoniacs rejoicing over the lost hopes of
mortals.
Soon after the arrival of the marauders, a
large party of them was observed to break
off, by what seemed concerted signals, and
march towards Miller's station. At that
place there had been a wedding the day bo-
fore. Love Is a delicate plant, but will take
root In the midst of tbe perils of gentle bosoms.
A young couple, fugitives from the fron
tier, fell In love and were married. Among
those who visited the bridal festivity, were
Mrs. n , and her two beautiful daugh
ters from be town. John Brown lee. who
then owned what is now the fine farm of
Frederick J. Cope, and his family were also
there. This Individual was well known In
frontier forage and seonting parties, nis
courage, activltv and generosity, and manly
form, won for him among his associates, as
they win evervwbere confidence and attach
ment. Many Indians were acquainted with
his character, some of them probahly had
seen his person. There were in addition to
his mansion a number of cabins, mdely son
structed, In which those families who bad
been driven from their homes resided. The
station was generally called Miller's town.
The bridal party there enjoying themselves
In the principal mansion, were without the
shadow of approaching danger. Some men
were mowing in the meadow people In the
cabins were variously occupied when sud
denly the war-whoop, like a clap of thunder
from a cloudless sky, broke upon their as
tonished ears. The people In the cabins
and those in the meadow, mostly made their
escape. One Incident always excites emo
tion in my bosom when I beard it related.
Many who fled took an east course ov-r the
long steep hills whih ascend toward Peter
George's farm. One man was carrying his
child, and assisting his mother In the flight.
When they got toward the top of the hill,
the mother exclaimed they would be murder
ed, that the savages were gainingspace upon
them. The son and father put down and
abandoned his child that he might effectual
ly assist bis mother. Let those disposed to
condemn keep silence until the same strug
pleof nature taites place in their own bosoms.
Perhaps he thought the savages would be
more apt to spare the innocence of infancy j
than the weakness of age. But most likely ;
it was the instinct of feeling, and even a !
brave man had hardly time to think under
such circumstances. At all events, Provi
dence seemed to smile on the act, for at the
dawn of the next morning, when the father
returned to the cahin, he founo his little in
nocent curled up on his bed, sound asleep,
tbe only human thing left amidst the desola
tion. Let fathers appreciate his feelinga :
whether the Indians had found the child
and took compassion on It, and carried It
back, or whether the little creature bad been
unobserved, ana when it became tired of its
solitude, had wandered home through brnsh
and over briars, will never be known. The
latter supposition would seem most probable
from being found in its own cabin and on
Its own bed. At the principal mansion, the
party were so agitated by the cries of women
and children, mingled with the yell of the
savage that all were for a moment irresolute
and that moment sealed their fate. One
young man of powerful frame grasped a
child near him, which happened to be
Brownlee's, and effected his eFcape. ne
was pursued by three or four savages. But
his strength enabled him to gain slightly
upon the followers, when lie came to a rye
field, and taking advantage of a thick copse,
which by a sudken turn intervened betwoen
him and them, he got on the fence and leap
ed far Into the rye, where he lay down with
the child. He heard the quick tread of the
savages as they passed, and their slower
steps as they returned, muttering their gut
tural disappointment. That man Ilvtid to an
honored old age, but is now no more.
Brownlee made his way to the door, having
seized a rifle ; he saw, however, that It was
a desperate game, but made a rush at some
Indians who were entering the gate. The
shrill, clear voice of his wife exclaiming,
"Jack, will you leave me?" and he aat
down beside her at the door, yielding him
self a willing victim. The party were made
prisoners, Including the bridegroom and
bride, and several of the family of Miller.
At this point of time, Capt J was seen
coming up the lane In full gallop. The In
dians were certain of their prey, and the
prisoners were dismayed at bis rashness.
Fortunately be noticed the peril in which he
was placed in time to save himself. Eagerly
bent upon giving warning to the people, his
mind was so Ingrossed with that idea, that
he did not see the enemy until he was with
in full gun shot Wnen he die see them and
turned to fly, several bullets whistled by
blm, one of which cut his bridle rein, but he
escaped. When those of the marauders who
bad pursued the fugitives relumed, and
when they had safely secured their prisoners
and loaded them with plunder, they com
menced their retreat,
neavy were the hearts of the women and
maidens as they were led Into captivity.
Who can tell the bitterness of their sorrows?
They looked, a they thought, for the last
time upon the dear fields of the country, and
of civilized life. They thought of their fath
ers, their husbands, their brothers, and as
their eyes streamed with tears, the cruelty
aud uncertainty which hung over their fate
as prisoners of savages overwhelmed them
in despair. They had proceeded about half
a mile, and four or five Indians near the
group of prisoners, in which was Brownlee.
were observed to exchange rapid sentences
among each other and look earnestly at him.
Some of the prisoners had named him ; and
whether it was from that circumstance, or
because some of tne Indians had recognized
his person, it was evident be was a doomed
man. He atooped slightly to adjust bis
efaild oa hi back, uv addlttoc to tbe logstge
which they had put on him ; and, as he did
so, one of the Indians who had looked so
earnestly at him stepped to him hastily and
buried a tomahawk In his head. When he
fell, the child was quickly dispatched by tbe
same individual.
One of tbe women captives screamed at
this butchery, and the same bloody instru
ment and ferocious hand immediately ended
her agony of spirit God tempers the wind
to the shorn lamb, and be enabled Mrs.
Brownlee to bear that scene In speechless
agony of woe. Tbelr bodies were found the
next day by the settlers and Interred where
they fell. The spot is marked to this day In
Mechling's field. As tbe shades of evening
began to fall, the marauders met again on
the plains of Hannastown. They retired
Into the low grounds of the Crabtree creek,
and there regaled themselves on what they
had stolen. It was their intention to attack
the fort next morning before the dawn of
day.
At nightfall thirty yeomen, good and true,
had assembled at George's farm, not far from
Miller's determined to give, that night, what
succor they could to the people In the fort
They set off for the town, each with his trusty
rifle, some on horseback and some on foot.
As soon as they came c ear the fort the great
est'eaution andcirepmspectinn was observed.
Experienced woodmen soon ascertained that
the enemy was in the Crabtree bottom, and
that they might enter the fort.. Accordingly,
they all marched to the gate, and were most
joyfully welcomed by those within. After
some consultation, it was the general opinion
that the Indians intended to make an attack
the next morning; and, as there were bjt
about 45 rifles In the fort, and about 55 or 60
men, tbe contest was considered extremely
doubtful, considering the great superiority of
numbers on the part of the savages. It be
came, therefore, a matter of the first Impor
tance to impress the enemy with a belief th at
large reinforcements were arriving. For that
reason the horses were mounted by active
men and brought at full trot over the bridge
of plank that was across the ditch which sur
rounded the stockading. This was frequent
ly repeated. Two old lirnms were found In
the fort, which were new braced, and music
on tbe fife and drum was kept occasionally
going during the nteht While marching and
counter-marching, tbe bridge was freqnently
crossed on foot by the whole garrison. These
measures had the desired effect. The mili
tary music from the fort, the tramping of the
horses, and the marching over the bridge,
were borne on the silence of night over the
low lands of the Crabtree. and the sounds
Carried terror into the bosoms of the coward
lv savages. They feared the retribution
which they deserved, and fled shortly after
midnight in their stealthy anfl wolf-like habit
Three hundred Indians and about sixty white
savages In the shape of refugees, (as they
were then called,) crossed tbe Crabtree that
day with the intention of destroying Han"
nastown and Miller's station.
The next day a number of the whites pur
sued the trail as far as the Kiskiminetas
without being able to overtake them.
The little community, which had now no
homes but what the fort snpplied, looked out
on the ruins of the town with the deeDest
soriow. It had been to them the scene of
heart.'eit joys embracing the Intensity and
tenderness of all which renders the domestic
hearth and family altar sacred. By degrees
they all sought themselves places where they
might, like Noah's dove, find rest for the
soles of their feet The lots of the town,
either by sale or abandonment, became
merged in the adjoining farm ; and the labors
of the husbandmen soon effaced what time
might have spared. Many a tail harvest have
I seen growing upon the ground ; but never
did I look upon its waving luxuriance with
out thinking of the severe trials, the patient
fortitude, the high courage, which character
ized the early settlers.
The prisoners were surrendered by the
Indians to the British in Canada. The beau
ty and misfortune of tbe Misses II at
tracted attention; and an English officer
perhaps moved by beauty in distress to love
her for the dangers she had passed wooed
and won the fair and gentle Marian, after
tbe peace of83, the rest of the captives were
delivered up, and returned to their own
country
STAN DIN W TREAT.
No American custom causes more general
surprise and amusement among traveling
foreigners than that which is known in our
saloons as "treating" consisting in the en
tertainment of two or more with refreshment
for which one volunteers to pay. It Is pure
Americanism ; all over the republic it Is as
common as in Europe It is unknown.
There is probably no minute of a day in the
year when two or three hundred citizens of
any large city are not guzzling something
stronger than water at somebody else's ex
pense. The casual meeting of two men who have
never exchanged a word together is a signal
for both to instantly exclaim : "Come, let's
have something !" and for both to dive down
into the nearest subterranean cavity below
the sidewalk. The one who spoke first usu
ally insists upon "paying the shot" the
word "shot" being a metaphorical reference
to the deadly character of the contents usu
ally taken into the stomach. If two friends
meet, the regular thing to ray first is, "Let's
drink to old times," and the resident must
Invariably treat the stranger.
If there is anything more absurd than the
habit, we are unable to pnt our finger apon
it Men do not always treat each other to
car tickets because they happen to meet on
the same seat We never saw a man take
out his pocketbook on encountering a rjew
acquaintance and say: "Ah, George, de
lighted to see you ! Do take a few stamps !
it's mv treat I" Do men have -a mania for
paying each other's bills? And is drinking
together more "social' than eating together,
or sleeping togetlier?
A traveler may go all over the continent of
Europe, of Asia, and of Africa, without see
ing any man except a Yankee offer to 'treat,
and the Frenchmen are quite social enough,
but when they turn into a cafe to sip their
wine or brandied coffee together, each man
pays for his own. When two Germans long
separated meet, thej will be very likely to
emhranee and then turn Into an adjacent
beer cellar, sit down and drink and eat pret
zels and chat, but when they part again each
man settles his own score independently
So in Italy. Tne Italians are probably mer
ry and generous, but each man pays for his
own wine, maccaroni and cigars. They
would as soon think of transferring each
other their washerwoman's bills.
The preposterous fashion of "treating" Is
responsible for the terrible drunkeunesis In
America. There would be little need of
temperance societies and little work for tbe
Good Templars it this pernicious and iDsld
ooua habit was abolished. It is, taken all In
all, the inost ridiculous, the most unreasona
ble and tbe most pestilent custom that ever
laid its tyrannical hand on civilization.
Ptta&ws. (r.) IMor Trftvne.
SUDDEN WHITE HAIR.
With so many professors of the art of re
juvenation proclaiming their readiness to
turn old faces into new ones, smooth out
wrinkles, obliterate crow's-feet, and restore
the hair to its original abundance and color,
tbe putting of young heads on old shoulders
should be easy enough ; but the proverbial
impossibility of putting old beads upon young
shoulders still seems to hold, although the
feat has sometimes been accomplished by
Nature herself. Sorrow, not Time, frosted
the bright tresses of Mary Stuart and Marie
Antoinette ; and theirs were not the only
queenly heads that have been prf maturely
whitened by care and anxiety. While nan
over was waging an unequal contest with
Prussia, a lady in attendance upon the con
sort of the brave blind king, wrote thus of
her royal mistress : "in the last two months
her hair has grown quite gray, I may say
white. Four months since one could scarce
ly discern a gray hair; now I can hardly see
a dark one."
A similar change has often taken place In
the course of a single night One of the wit
nesses in the Ticbborne case deposed that
the night after hearing of his father's death,
he dreamed he saw him killed before bis eyes,
and found on awaking that bis hair had
turned quite white. An old man with snow
white hair said to Dr. Moreau : "My hair
was as white as you see it now long before I
had grown old. Grief and despair at the losg
of a tenderly loved wife whitened. my locks
In a single night when I was not thirty years
of age. Judce, then, of the force of my suf
ferings." nis white hairs brought no such 1
nnaA . T , 1. . W n . I I 1 . V. A '
iniiiiiriio mini iiirui. 113 imp ytr-1 iu in aiic
instance of the gay gallant who had the har
dihood to hold a love-tryst In the palace
grounds of the king of Spain. Betrayed by
the barking of an unsympathetic hound, the
telling of tbe old, old story was Interrupted
by the mysterious appearance of the king's j
guard The scared damsel was allowed j
to depart unchallenged ; but her lover
was held captive, to answer his offence.
lve making under the shadow of the rova!
palace was a capital crime; and so over- '
whelmed with horror at the idea of losing bis
bead for following tbe promptings of his j
heart, was the rash woer, that before the sun j
rose his hair had turned quite gray. This
being told King Ferdinand, he pardoned the
offender, thinkiDg he was sufficiently pun
ished. When the Emperor Leopold was about to
make his grand entry Into Vienna, the old
heaven on his knees for his escape ; and then
the awe-stricken people saw that the black
haired deity had become transformed Into a
white haired mortal, whose youthful features
formed a strange contrast to their venerable
looking crown.
Staff surgeon Parry, while serving In India
during tbe Mutiny, saw a strange sight
Among the prisoners taken in a skirmish at
Chamda was a Sepoy of the Bengal army.
Ue was brought before the authorities, and
put to the question. Fully alive to bis posi
tion, th? Bencaiee stood almost stupefied
with fear, trembling greatly, with horror and
despair plainly depicted on his countenance.
While the examination was proceeding, the
bvstanders were startled by the sergeant In
charge of the prisoner exclaiming : "ne is
turning gray I" All eyes were turned on the
unfortunate man. watching with wondering
intereht the chanee coming urton bis splendid
glossv jet nlack locks. In balf an hour they
were of uniform grayish hue.
Some years ago, a young 7ady who was
anxiony awaiting the coming of her h-i- 1 devil in tbe saddle, nnd no one cnn',1
Dand-elect received a letter conveying the
sad tidings of his shipwreck and death. She
Instantly fell to the ground insensible, and
so remained for five hours. On the follow
ing morning her sister saw that her hair,
which had previously been of a rich brown
color, had Income as white as a cambric
handkerchief, her eyehrows and eyelashes
retaining their natnral color. After a while
the whitened hair fell off, and was micePred
by a new growth of grav. This ease coming
under tbe observation of Dr. Krnsmns Wil
snn. shattered hk unbelief in the poslbiiity
of the sudden conversion of the hair from a
dark color to rninw-white No man knows
more, about the hair than Dr. Wilson ; but he
is at a loss to explain the phenomenon anite
to bis own satisfaction. "If." sars he "it !
be established that the bair is snseeptihle of
permeation bv fluirts derived from the blood
a transmission of fluids frotn the blood
vessels of the skin Into the substance of the
nair reniiv ooenrs. the ounnMrv and nature 1 an uneventful life, bad mnrrio.1
being mrwlifiVr! bvthe neen'inrifv of rontitn-
non or state or health of the Individual it k dren. One day Mrs. Geoi p-e rtr. of this
follows that'aneh fluids, being altered In their ! city, who was a relative r,f Mr. Bon. died
cbeml"al qualities, may p'wsp,, the power of i and wss taken to Frederick to be bur.d.
impressing new conditions on the structure j Among the mourners was the fstlier. and In
Into which they enter. Thus, if thv contain tbe company at tbe church was tbe son.
an excess of salts of time, they may deposit Neither was awrenf the ntbi-r's riir-i or
salts nf lime in the tissne of the hair, and so ! identity. An old patriarch of tbe nr iiil..c-
prodnee a change In Its appearance from
dark to gray." Then be tells us : The phe
nomena mav be tbe result of electrical action-
INTRODUCED TO Ills SOX.
A FATHER MEETS HIS FIFTT-TRATt-Ol Ti CHILD
FOR THE FIRST TIME AT FOEB A.I..
A strange thing happened a: Frederick
Station, In Montgomery countv, Ta.. a few
days ago. Aaron Bout a well to-do trucker
of the neighborhood, a hale old man of fifty
was introduced to his father. Aaron Bout, a
rich old merchant of seventy, who nn
neas street, in this city. Neither kn.w tVat
the other was alive. Although tber hc.ve
been residing within two hours' rble i ea- h
other fur a quarter of a eentnrv. tl ss
first time they bad ever seen ea-;h other, er.t'
thereby banRS a tale. Fifty yars t!;o
father was a well known ho.rae jiicV. v !n
Montgomery county, and live-! ncir Freder
ick. He was a crack rider across nnntitn-,
and the most noptiHr Jockey to b found In
tbe radius of fifty miles. At a'l countv fairs
young Bout was authority on '! mntN-rs
pertaining to horse flesh, and no-e Airo,
dispute his opinion, ne was a perfect dare-
rnannce
the ribbons of a four-in-hand as c'fiecf u'V as
he. At twenty be went off v'?'i a circus,
and in a few months hi fir;t son " born.
He did not return to FrederioVrtot'l tbediv.
fifty years after, when father and son frvf
met face to face. The mcther ha.1 died md
he father supposed tVnt t'"P son ta-1 aKo
died. But while the one was roairrpc ', ,.
earth, leading an adventurer's life, th boy
grew to manhood and to middle ace.
After many years of wanderinc. and 'w-h.-n
he bad been lost to familv and fr'crd in
Montgomery. Bout, the elder, married nrd
settled in this city, and became a tiomestie
man of business, accumulated property, and
became the head of a numerous family. Ilis
last child is now but two jeajs oM, and was
born when the father bad reached t e ripe
old age of sixty-eieht There are t"-e--tv-four
other ehildteu, not including t' e ".in-posed-to-be-dead
first born, all of (hm s'-ve.
In the meantime, Aaron Ron, ir.. hd lived
bo'ir-M a
little farm, and also reared a family of chil-
hood met Boot. sr. ne bad known V;::n
when both were boys, and was eniri.zd to
find him alive. Falling back 'n the f':ncal
sexton of St. Joseph's Cathedral was much j It may be the result of a chemical alteration ! procession be took th son asjd
troubled in his mind. Upon such occasions j
it had been his custom to take his stand on j
tbe pinnacle of the tower and wave a flat as j
the Imperial pageant passed hy; b;it be felt ;
that age: had so weakened his nerve that he
dared not again attempt tbe perilous per- i
formance. After thinking the matter over,
be came to tbe conclusion that he must find
a substitute ; and knowing his pretty daugh
ter had plenty of stalwart suitors, the old
fellow publicly announced that the man who
could take his place snccessfully should be
his son-in law. To his intense disgust, the
offer was at once accepted by Gabriel Feter- J
sheim, bis special aversion, and the special j
favorite ot the girl, who saw not with her I
father's eyes. On the appointed dav Vienna
opened its gates to the new made Emperor j
but it was evening, or near upon evening, j
when the vo'mg flag bearer welcomed the j
procession from St. Joseph's Tower, nis j
task performed Gabriel would have descend
ed from the airy hefgM. but found his way
barred. Two wretches bad done the treach
erous sexton's bidding, and closed the trap
door of the upper stairway, leavinir the brave
youth to choose between precipitating him
self on the pavement helow. or elinrlng the
cold night through to the slender spire, with
but ten Inches nf foothold, ne chose possi
ble life to certain death ; but when rescue
came with the morning his eyes were sunken
and dim, his cheeks ye'low and wrinkled, bis
curly locks as white as snow. Gabriel Peter
sheim had won his bride at a fearful cost
Believing a fortune might be easily won In
the oil country, a young Boston Ian went
there to enrich hixseif. One stormy night a
glare In the sky told him that an oil-tank was
on fire a few miles off; and knowing that
after a time the oil would boil up and flow
over the side of the tank, he made for a bill
to witness the spectacle. "She's coming!"
a man shouted. There was a rumhling
sound, and then the burning oil shot tip from
the tank, boiled over Its sides, and floated
down the creek, e'estroying everything In its
way, and setting fire to a second tank. Cu
riosity getting the Itetter of discretion, be ran
to the ground in the rear of the tanks to get
a bptter view, and in trying to avoid a pool
of burning oil, fell into a mndhole, and stuck
fast therein. Struggling until be could strug
gle! no lonzer, he lay back exhausted, watch
ing the billows of smoke surging upwards
and floating away into space. Suddenly his
ears were atartled by the sound of cannon
firing ; a column of flam and smoke shot up
from one of the tanks, and he waa stricken
almost senseless with the knowledge thai the
"pipe-line men" were cannonading the first
tank to draw off the oil. and so prevent
another overflow. He tried to shout but the
words would not come. A little stream of 1
burning oil ran slowly but surely towards
him. He watched it creeping on until it was
almost upon him ; then in a moment all was
dark. When he came back to consciousness
he foand himself in his own room, surround
ed by "the boys," who had seen him jut In
time to save him. It was a weary while be
fore be was himself again, and then he was
Inclined to doubt If lie was hlmseir, for bis
once dark hair was perfectly white.
Instances have not been wanting of the
hair being deprived of Its color in a few min
utes. The home-coming of the king of Na
ples after the Congress of Lavhach was cel
ebrated with much public rejoicing. To do
the occasion hor.or, the manager of the San
Carlo Theatre produced a grand mythologi
cal pageant, in which an afterwards well
known opera singer made his debut In the
character of Jupiter. The stage-thunder
rolled, the stage lightning flashed, as the
Olympian monarch descended on his cloud
supported throne. Suddenly, screams of
horror ran through the house ; the queen
fainted, and all was uproar and consterna
tion, until the voice of the kir.g was heard
above the din. crying : Tf any one shoots)
or screams again, I'll have that person shot! "
Something had gone wrong with the machin
ery before the clouds had descend ed ten feet,
and Jupiter bad fallen through. Fortunate
ly a strong Iron wire or rope caught hia cloak,
and uncoiling with his weight, let him down
by degrees. But a workman falling with
him, was Impaled upon a strong Iron spike
supporting tbeaceaj-ry. In ten minutes or
so they reached the ground, the workman
AmA1, tat -laiw in4, but tbaak
wrought in tbe very Mood itself, or it mav be
a conversion for which the tissue of the bair
is chiefly responsibly " Somanv "mnv-hes"
from such an authority proye flint the mvs
terv of tbe endden whitening of the bair is !
yet unsolved. It is likely to remain nnsoK-ed. I
since the docror more modest than some of i
1
Come," said be, "I will introduce you t"
your father."
"Mv father." cried out the astonished man.
"Imr ossible! I hnve nofather. He is (!.' V
"No, no," replied his friend, "he U here.
Come with me."
In a few moments the father of seventy
bis brethren owns that "the mysteries of and the son of fifty years, each somewhat
vital chemistry are unknown to man."
The whitening of the hair wrought by
mental disturbance is sometimes only of a
partial nature. Vexation of spirit gave
Henry of Navarre a parti-colored moustache.
An old writer tells of an Irish captain going
to deliver himself tip to Lord Broghill. tbe
then commander of the English forces, who,
bine- met on his way by a party of Encllsh
soldiers, wns made prisoner, and was so ap
prehensive of heing put to death before Lord
bewildered, were in a long and v-arn em
brace. For hours the two sat close ton-other
nnder the friendly shade of a neighbor's
vine-clad porch, all nncfinr'nii' of tbe cu
rious paze of tbe country folks who had at
tended the funeral.
The son, who has been In PMladelnhia but
once in bis life, was pressed to pat, a visit to
his father's house on neas street, aliove
Twelfth, and when the crop' have been lnr
vested on the Frederick hills thera wi'l be
I
RUSSIAN NIHILISM.
Broehill could interfere in bis behalf, that ! another meeting in this city. rt.ihx. Rer.-irrl
the anxiety of his mind turned some of bis
locks quite white. wbj:e the others remained
of their ori.jinal reddish hue. Perhaps the'
curious change was lees annoying to its vie- !
titn than that which befell nn American girl, !
whose first Intimation of her lover's falsity !
was the reading mn account of bis marriage
in a newspaper. After a nisrht's brooding
over the traitor's perfidy, her looking glass
showed her that one side of her head was
Still adorned with tresses of gulden brown ;
bnt the other, alas ! was decked with locVs
more befitting a grandma than a maiden still
In her teens : thonch even this was pot so
bad as was the rase of a French girl, who.
frightened by the floor of her rtiom giving
way bereath her, shed her hair so quickly
that in three days' time she was to use the
expressive comparison of a chronicler of the
event "as bald as a bell-handle." C7am
6ers' Journal.
The PrtET7.ET This delicious fruit grows
best in the shade, the shade of a befr garden
being preferred. It is ripe at birth, and Is
ready to eat as soon as picked. In north
Germany, where the benighted people do not
know any better, the pretzel is caltfed a
"kringle." This is enough to spoil the pret
zel, only that is impossible.
The pretzel is always planted on tree
lunch counters. There is more nutrition In
a barrel of sawdust than there Is in a rlothes-
baskefful of pretzels. But then tbe pretzel ! re lne 'h'1
Is much the dryer of the two. The genuine
pretzel has a heart like a marble yard, and
tbe bide is varnished to keep it dry. It is
varnished with hot. tve. and sprinkled with
apr.Iseed to give It tone.
Before ft assumes the expression so famil
iar to the lovers of this perennial fruit, the
pretzel Is about the size of a irarter snake.
After it is tied up in that intricate knot which
makes the eater wonder where to take the
first bite no man can gwewt at its length 1 h' fact that the Nihi'i.st ranks ere tr.V
In a notice of Victor Tissot's ' T.uss'nns
and Germans," the London Sertatnr says :
"The author confirms what has always b-en
our own opinion namely, that the Ni!;i!i-.ts
In Russia are numerically unimportant
Wherein, then, does their strengMi lie? How
are they able to paiVvze a va-d mili'ary em
pire, and make the absolute mse'erof eigVty
millions of subject a prisoner in bis own
palace? The author answers t!;t- qne-ti.-r
in a sentence. 'Their strength,' be savs.
1 'lies not in their number, for they are but a
i handful, but in their fanaticism, :n tbrl.
mystic exaltation, in their sombre energy, lr
; their steadfast resolution to perih ': the
j lat man, whether ny torture or the gV'ov-s,
; with t'ie heroic f.rmne-s displayed by the
eirly Christians struccling atrsim-t tbe e-rj-i
pcrors, and against the pride of sfrenc?'. n
j the rotting paean society.' F.,iit---i! ns h-s'i-.
nations are rare, and attempts tit them i en
! erally unsuccessful, because the a-sp.;-io
j take too many precautions lo insure thr
own escape. The Bns-iait X l;'!i t. I -vi-
ful as they are, are formidable hrcn"-' tl.ey
gladly sacrifice their lives ip t:ie r t vseen'ii'i
of their designs. Their se?f sfici if ojr.r, zal
is, after all, only a perverted form of he
splendid heroism which conquered Nipo'eu
by the eopflacration of Moscow, p.ol i .1(-
The mai'ot'ty cf tl ftp,'
! says M. Tissot, 'consist of stude. ts y "-o
' have failed in their oxatrtiiinl ions, or v ... itn
j poverty has driven from the un'vf si, ;e..
i embittered schoolmasters, nniierpai-l p il.";
officials who are dying of I.iniio-r, l: ne ,
' ants and subalterns who bare he -n d p-
pointed in their amlflMons. F ssimMs
Ideas have Invaded all these bra Irs, an-
from pessimism to Niliilisp, th re i- but or
step.' M. Tissot calls a'ten'i n to the .jot-
Enouch is known, however, to warrant sci.
entific authorities In saying that if a man
should swallow a pretzel whole, and it should
snddenly stratgbren ont. In him, it would kill
him in a minute. It Is not possible, howev
er, for a mn to eat a pretzel whole. You
can eat all the rest of it, but while there is
more hole than pretzel to heeln with, yet the
more you eat the pretzel the more hole there
recrui.ed bv Jews. 'Tl ere a""e te:i ti-'ies
many Jews as there are Bossiars. Tole or
Germans.' And. what is f-till nut "e.i. tri
able, the Jewish women are more j-rni"."it
than the men in the Nihilist move-,c -nt.-Thev
appear to be Impressed w!ib ;iie iii
and resolution of Judith, r-rey.r -rl ' r'
everything in avenging theii,ee!- c
oppressors. Even young unn.arr; 1 T
ses, 'of remarkable beauty,' d'-r.''- u
is left.
The pretzel is eaten. Why. rtohody seems ordinary restraints of their faith r--'
to understand. When first Introduced in ! found In the forefrentof th:s crusade p.t-
this country, the backmen ued them for ir existing order of tilings. For mn . '
snaffle rings, hut. by and by the people got to ' borne in mind that the Nihilist' . not ai
eating them : and It lias been a popular cus
tom ever since. Tne soberer a man is, the
fewer pierzels be eats, and conversely.
The market value of the pretzel Is 150 for
a dollar. They got started at this, and have
never varied from it very much. As an ar
ticle of food it isn't worth quite bo much as
that ; probahly not by 150.
After a man has lost all his teeth, it Is a
hollow mockery, a withering sarcasm, and
an Ineffaceable stair, upon the rame of hos
pitality to offer him a pretzel. Burlintrton
Thet Wouldn't Grow.-A lot of farm
ers who had been listening to a railroad land
agent's praise of Arkansas valley soil, at la-t
asked him, sarcastically, if there waj any
thing that wouldn't'grow there. "Yes." said
the agent promptly, "pumpkins won't"
"Why not?" "The soil is so rich and the
vines grow so fast that they wear ont the
pujopkbas dragging tham ovar the groand."
at reform, but at universal anar'i.y. T'
have persuaded themselves that soci.-ty,
rial, religious and political, is st irr. e -. i
bly rotten, that reform is imp Kpihlf. T'
whole system roust be dissolved into its p
roents that Is the mission of th ?rihi."
and it Is useless, from this point of - ew.
think of reforms till that mission ba r
completely fulfilled. In the prog-arcm
the Nihilists, therefore, there is no p'ace
God, or marriage, or the Institution of -petty.
These lie at the root of the y e
order of things ; it Is therefore neces - r .
sweep tbem all away." A". T. Frmv r -
Sow Yorn Wti.t Oats. No, ynvt r.
It doesn't hnrt you a particle to T
wild oats. Go ahead and sow a rnanv
you wish. Bnt it's the gathering In o'
crop that will make von bowl. Ar
have to gather It too. If von don't it r
yon, and one is a great deal wenv t'
other. Go on and sow your wild o- - -
yon keep away from this oflJce dnrli.. . -Test
tlrat.