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Ac., of every variety and style, printed at the shortest notice, and every thing in the Printing line will be execu ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. Professional Cards . AP. W. JOHNSTON, Surveyor and • Civil Engineer, Huntingdon, Pa. Orrice: No. 1.13 Third Street. aug21,1572. IQ F. GELIRETT, M. D., ECLEC -A—P• TIC PH YCICIAN AND SURGEON, hav ing returned from Clearfield county and perma nently located in Shirleysburg, offers his profes sional services to the people of that place and sur rounding country. apr.3-1872. DR. H. W. BUCHANAN DENTIST No. 22511 Stroot, HUNTINGDON, PA. July 3,'72 DR. F. 0. ALLEMAN can be con sulted at his office, at all hours, Mapleton, Pa. [marehB,72. CALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law, D•No. 111, 3d street. Office formerly occupied by Messrs. Woods k Williamson. [apl2,ll. DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his professional services to the community. Office, No. 523 Washington street, one door vast of the Catholic Parsonage. [jan.4,ll. J. GREENE, Dentist. Office re• E moved to Leister's new building, Hillstreel I*»•ttingdon. GL. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T. • Brown's new building, No. b2O, Rill St ., Huntingdon, Ps. - ET GLAZIER, Notary Public, corner • of Washington and Smith streets, Hun tingdon, Pa. [jan.l2'7l. T__T C. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law • °Moe, No. —, Hill erreet, Huntingdon, Pa. [.P.19,11. JFRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Prompt attention given to all legal business. Office 229 Hill street, corner of Court Reuse Square. [dee.4,'72 T SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at e." • Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office, Hill street, hree doors vrost of Smith. Dan.4'7l. T CHALMERS JACKSON, Attor V • ney at Law. Mee with Win. Dorris, H.q. No. 403, Hill etreet, Huntingdon, Pa. All leis' husinese promptly attended to. Dann' R. DURBORROW, Attorney-at- J• Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will practice in the several Courts of Huntingdon county. Particular attention given to the settlement of estates of dece dents. Offiee in he JOURNAL Building. [leb.ll7l, j W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law T./ • and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa., Soldiers' claims against the Government for back pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend ed to with great care and promptness. Office on Hill street. Dan.4,'7l. T . S. GEISSINGER , Attorney -at -A-d• S. Huntingdon, Pa. Office with Brown & Bailey. Ji HALL Muss En. K. ALLEN Loyal.. L OVELL & MUSSER, Attoi2.eyi-at-Lain, Ilticriannox, PA. Special attention given to COLLECTIONS of all kinds; to the settlement of ESTATES, to.; and all other legal business proseented with Sdelity and dispatch. inov6;72 1139 M. & M. S. LYTLE, Attorneys -A- • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. will attend to oil kinds of legal business entrusted to their care. Office on the south side of Hill street, fourth door west of Smith. Dan. 4,71. RA. ORBISON, Attmney-at-Law, • Office, :in Hill street, Huntingdon, P&. Em.y31,71. JOHN SCOTT. S. , 1110W1C. J. N. BAILEY lOOTT, BROWN & BAILEY, At torneys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Pensions, and all nisi.; of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against the Government will be promptly prosecuted. Otßce on Hill street. Lian.4,ll. A t ATILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney- V ta-Law, Ilentingden, Pa. Special attention von to %/Elections. and all other legal business attended td With care and promptnese. IMBee, No. 229, Hill WOOL [apl9,ll. Hotels. ApaßisoN HOUSE, OPPOSITE PENNSI - LVANIA K. It. DEPOT HUNTINGDON, PA J. A. CLOVER, Prop. April a, 1871-17. WASHINGTON HOTEL, S. S. Bownox, Prop'r. Corner of Pitt & Juliana Ste., Bedford, P. mayl. Miscellaneous. 0 YES! 0 YES! 0 YES! The subscriber holds himself in readiness to cry Sales as.' Anetions at the shortest notice. Having considerable esperienee in the business he feels assured that be can give satisfaction. Terms reasonable. Address li. J. HENRY, Marehs-limos. Saxton, Bedford county, Pa. HROBLEY, Merchant Tailor, near • Broad Top Ooroer, (mound Boor,) Hunting don, Pa., respeetfully eolieits a obare of public patronage from town and country. [0et16,72. RA. BECK, Fashionable Barber • and Ilairdremer, Hill street, opposite the Franklin House. An kinds of Tonics and Pomade. kept on handand for role. [apl9; 71-6 m GIHIRLEYSBURG ELECTRO-MED ICAL, Hydropathic and Orthopedic Insti tute, fur the treatment of all Chronic Disease. and Deformities. Send for Circulars. Address Drs. BAIRD A ORHRBTT. Shirleysburg, Pc. su~•~~: ; °tf; The Huntingdon Journal. 11111DROCLAMATION—Whereas, by a pre cept to me directed, dated at Huntingdon, the 22d day of Jan., A. D., 1873, under the hands and eeal of the Hon. John Dean, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Oyer and Terminer, and general jail deliv ery of the 24th Judicial District of Pennsylvania, compo sed of Huntingdon, Blair and Cambria counties; and the Hons. AnthonyJ. Beaver and David Clarkson, his amci ates, Judges of the county of Huntingdonjustices aseign— ed, appointed to hear, try and determine all and every indictment made or taken for or concerning all crime., which by the laws of the State are made capital, or felonies of depth and other offences, crimes and misdemeanors, which have been or chill hereafter be committed er perpetrated, for ' crime. aforesaid-1 am commanded to make public procla mation throughout my whole bailiwick, that a Court of Oyer and Terminer, of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions I will be held at the Court House, in the borough of Hunt- inplon, on the second Monday (end 13th day) of April, 1673, and those who will prosecute the said prieoneee, be then and there to prosecute them as it shall be just, and that all Justices of the Peace, Coroner and Conetables with in mid county, be then and there in their pmper persons, at 10 o'clock, a. m., of said day, with their records, inquisi tions, examinations and remembrances, to do those things which to their offices respectively appertain. Dated at Huntingdon, the 19th day of March, in the year of onr Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two and the 97th year of Anieritan Independence. J. A. NASH, TbßOCLAlVlATlON—Whereas,byapre cept.to me directed by the Judges of the Com mon Pleas of the county of Iluntingdon, bearing test the 22d day of Jan., A. D., 1673, 1 am commanded to make public procluniation throughout my whole bailiwick, that a Court of Common Pleas will be held at the Court House, in the borough of Ifuntingdon, on the 3d Monday, (and day„) of April, A. D., 1873, the the trial of all Mooed in said Court which remain undetermined before the said Judges, when and where all jurors, witnesses, and snit , in the trials of all issues are required. Dated at Iluntingdon, the 19th day of March, in the ye r of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and soyenty-two and the 97th year of American Independence. AMON 110IICK, Damn, T RIAL LIST FOR APRIL TERM 1873 FIRST WEEK. Fred Klept er, Executor. &e., of Wm. Euyeart vs. Jackson Enyeart. Eli Sankey fur use vs. Martha Walker. Lowell Shnmway sur viving partner of W. A. Shumway vs. James Dunn. J. Crawford Wallace TV. G. AJ. H. Shoenberg. Jacobs & Withington for use VS. John G. Stewart. Jacob Hoffman vs. John Bare. F. B. Reese & Co., vs. A. B. Frank. SECOND WEEK. Rose M. Herron vs. David Blair. Saint. R. Douglass' use vs. li. S. Wharton. Edward Williams vs. The Adams Express Co Margaret A. Crownover vs. Geoege P. Wakefield. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. John Minnick. et al. Same vs. Adam Speck. et al. J. M. Booker, et al ye. Wm. J. Booker Harrison Couch vs. Thomas Knode. Andrew Decker vs. Rebecca Gorsuch, et al David Newingham's Es- . . ecutors vs. A. P. Wilson's admr's John 13. Ritter Ts. John Houck, et al. Mordecai Henry vs. The township of West. Joseph Douglass so. Danl Mllahan & wife. R. Myton & Son ro. William M'Clure. Dr. Henry Orlady vs. Joseph Johnston. William Outshall vs. B. Stevens. Pairrnes OFFICE, T. W. MYTON, March 19, Ism j • Prothonotary. REGISTER'S NOTlCE .— Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested, that the following namedperson's have settled their ac- Icounts in the Register's Office. at Huntingdon, and that the said atecounts will be presented for con firmation and allowance, :it an Orphans' Court, to be held at Huntingdon, in and for the county of Huntingdon, on Wednesday, the 9th day of April next, (1873.) to wit: 1. Final account of J. E. Harper,administrator of the estate of Mary Waggoner, ate of Dublin township, deceased. 2. Account of William E. Corbin and Adam Rupert, administrators of the estate of David Corbin, late of the borough of Huntingdon, de ceased. 3. Partial account of George Jackson and M. B. Massey, Executors of Martha Masse, late of Ranee township, deceased. 4. Account of George Jackson and M.B. Massey, Executors of the last will and testament of Robert Massey, late of Barree township, deceased. 5. Administration account of Henry Leister, administrator of George Noltie, late of Walker township, deceased. 8. Final account of Henry Griffins, administra tor of Dr. Wm. Graffito, late of Porter township, deceased. 7. Account of James D. Seeds, Executor of the last will of Hugh Seeds, late of Morris township, deceased. 8. First and partial account of Abram Taylor and Jesse Coffman, Cur f- Executors of Conrad Cu _ _ ban. 4,11 fip12,71 man, late of Cass township, deceased. 9. The second and final account of George Jackson and James H. Lee, Executors of the last will and testament of Henry Lee, late of Jack son township, deceased. 10. Partial account of J. R. Simpson, Executor of the estate of Maria Steel, late of the borough of Huntingdon, deceased. 11. Atimistration account of Sterrett Cummins, Executor of the last will of Daniel Barr, late of Jackson township, deceased. 12. Final account of Mrs. Martha C. Weston, surviving Executrix of the last will and testament of John Hampson, deceased. 13. Account of David and Joseph Grove, ad ministrators of the estate of Catharine Grove. late of Shirley township, deceased. 14. Account of David and Joseph Grove, ad ministrators of Samuel Grove, late of, Shirley township, deceased. 15. Guardianship account of John H. Glazier, guardian of Lizzie Junes, minor child of John C. Dines, late of Hollidaysburg, deceased, who will .have attained her majority on the sth day of April, 1873. . - . . . 16. Final account of James E. and Robert Har per, Executors of Wm. G. Harper, late of Dublin township, deceased. . . . . 17. Account of 'David Johns, administrator of Joshua Johns, late of Union township, deeessed. 18. Administration account of Livingston Robb, administrator of Joseph K. Harnish, late of Por ter township, deceased. 19. Administration account of George Jackson, adminietrator of Alexander Thompson, deceased. 20. The first and partial account of Geo. W. Taylor and Andrew Crotzley, administrators of Abram Taylor, late of Cass township, deceased. 21. Final account of Wm. R. Baker, Executor of David B. Baker, late of the borough of Orbiso nia, deceased. 22. Account of Robert M'Neal. administrator of Alexander .WAnnich, late of Dublin township, deceased. 23. Final account of Maria Shaffner and David Detwiler, Executors of Jacob Shaffner, late of Brady township, leeeased: . . 24:Account of H. F. Campbell, administrator of the estate of Hannah Corbin, late of Union township, deceased. 25. Final account of Samuel B. Grove, guardi an of Kate Hampsoo, of Brady township, who hair now attained her majority. 24. Account of J. Simpson Africa, Executor of the last will and testament of Henry Sturtsman, late of the borough of Huntingdon, Pa. 27. Account of Samuel Bolinger. administrator of John Bolinger, late of CromWell township, de oessed. 2s. Final account of Dr. Wm. P. MrElie, guar aims of Stanley, Elwood and John Wicks, minor children of John Wicks, late of Shirlyburg, de ceased. 29. Guardianship account of William W. Stry. ker, guardian of the minor children of Mahlon Y Stryker. late of West township, deceased. , . • 30. Guardianship account . of George Garver, guardian of John IC., Mnry Ann and George Bow man. 31. Account of Mrs. Lucy W. Brown, adminis tratrix of Dr. H. L. Brown, of Cassville borough, deceased. 32. Second account of Thomas W. Montgomery, Trustee to sell the real estate of John Armen, late of Barree township, deceased. W. E. LIGHTNER, REONTER'S Orrlcs, j Register. Huntingdon, Molt. 19. j NOTICE is hereby given to all persons interested that the following Inventories of the goods and chattels set apart to widows, under the provisions of the Act of 14th of April, a. d., 1851, have been Sled in the office of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county, and will be presented for 'approval by the Court," on Wednesday. April 9th, 18'13 1. Inventory of the personal property of John Y. Moore, deceased, as taken by his widow, Elio. abotbl Moore. 2. Inventory of the goods and Chattels ' rights and credits which were of William S. Leffard, as taken by his widow, Catharine LeWard. 3. Inventory and appraisement of the real es tate of Robert King, deceased, as appriised fer the nre of Louisa C. King, widow of said deceased. 4. Inventory of the personal property of Allen S. Renck, deceased, as taken by his widow, Alley E. Houck. 5. Inventory of the property Oet apart to Ada line Campbell, widow of Peter H. Campbell, of Mount Union, deoeaved. 8. Inventory and appraisement of the personal property of Dixon Hall, late of Brady township, deceased, astaken by his widow, Margaret Hell. 7. Inventory of the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Jacob Baker, of the borough of Alexandria, deceased, as taken by his widow, Margaret Baker. 8. Inventory of the personal property of E. B. Blackwell, late of the borough of Petersburg, as taken by his widow, E. C. Blackwell. 9. Inventory of the personal property of Cyrus Gearhart, late of Barree township, deceased, as taken by his widow Mary A. Gearhart. W. E. LIGHTNER, Clerk of Orphans' Court. ();p4a..' Court Ober, M0reh,19,'77, Bite eg novo' ,gonttx. [For the Jon,NALJ BY THE BARD OF THE MOUNTAIN, On thy banks se soft and green, Often have I loiter'd, Gazing on the fairy scene, Mirror'd in thy waters. Rolling waves of liquid blue, 'Gainst thy margin dashing, Dazzling beams of golden hue, O'er thy surface flashing. Sad the weeping willow's boughs, Kiss thy silvery waters ; Beauty rare dost thou disclose, LovelyJuniata. Farewell, flower-embroiderd stream, Calmly flow thy waters, 'Heath a canopy. serene, Bounding Juniata. While life's mystic fountain pours, Its current from the Giver, Thy scenery shall I adore, Wild, romantic river ! AMON 1101JCK, SHERIFF. ZhE Otorg-aelltr. THE STORY OFA SPIKE THIRTY miles north of Salem stood, many years ago, the house anu barn of Asa Cat tle, farmer and cattle jobber. He was a rough specimen of his type, but as true as steel. The world in his boyhood had used him pretty badly; but the death of an unele somewhat enriched him in this world's goods. Cuttle, being naturally in dustrious and a-hard-working man, con trived in six years' tine to greatly im prove the property, and with the aid of his two boys had cleared a good portion of the land. He theretiare stood pretty high in the pecuniary and moral credit of his section. His eldest boy, Ned, was a strong, healthy lad of sixteen, and Charley, his brother, was but a few years younger.— The remainder of Cattle's "olive branches" went down on a descending scale from eleven to zero. One day Ned and his father were in the barn piling up wood for winter's use. Suddenly Asa Cuttle put his broad hand on Ned's shoulder and said : "Do you see that spike, Ned ?" "Yes, sir." "Your father can tell you a story about that spike." "What story ?" "Sit do,wn, boy, and I will tell you," continued the farmer, filling his pipe. Ned quietly obeyed, and wondered what his respectable dud had to say to him. "Your grandfather, Ned, was a hard drinker. He sold hit land, his house, his furniture, and lastly himself, for rum. It was your Uncle Morris that bought the place up again after his death. I was born here, as you were, and always clung to the old spot. When the Britiahers had their tea pitched over in Boston harbor to feed the fishes with, your grandfather went soldiering. The regiment he was in came this way, and the house he lived in, being then deserted, he entered it. Remorse seized him, and he picked up that rusty spike you see up there in that cross-beam. He was going to hang himself. Some comrades entered at that moment, and your grandfather did not hang. Reflec tion made him a better man. Returning to the house at night, he tied a piece of wood to the spike, on which he wrote these words 'This spike is not to be removed from its place until one hundred years have elapsed.' "Well, when Uncle Morris took the place, the barn wanted a 'new coat.'— What was to be done ? Why, Morris took that cross-beam out, rebuilt the barn, and nailed the timber, spike and all, as you see it now, over the new beam. It is fifty-six years ago to-day since your grandfather placed that spike up there and was going to hang himself. New, Ned, it is not likely that I will ever be at the takinc , ' of it out. You may be, or Charley maybe. Now, remember, don't you ever touch it until the one hundred years are passed. Do you hear?" "Yes, sir." "And tell Charley and Agnes all about it; do you hear ?" "Yes, sir." "Go ahead; split and pile;" and Asa Cattle filled the barn with awoke from his black clay pipe. In an evil hour Ned Cuttle stole a sheep. It was once a hanging matter. But civilization has somewhat . progressed since those days, so that young Cuttle es caped with as nice a beating as New Eng land's boyhood ever got. Shame drove him from his father's roof; and off went Ned to Boston with all he had in the world, a bundle and seventeen cents in good, lawful copper. Ned Cuttle had been about thirty hours without food, and felt preciously sheepish. lie was standing near the theatre door, wondering where all the gay-dressed, laugh ing crowd were going to, when a voice said : "Young man, take this note for me to Beacon street; run as hard as you can and bring the answer here." The man was gone before Ned could speak. He performed his errand, and was back, panting, in half an hour. He look ed around for his sender, but could not see him. He next looked at the super scription on the letter—Mr. Francis Car doy, St. Charles Theatre, it read. Boldly went Ned to the box office and inquired for Mr. Curdoy. "What do you want ?" said the ticket seller. "I have a letter for him," replied Ned "Who from ?" "I don't know; and then young Cattle told his story. At this moment Mr. Curdoy entered, and the letter was duly handed to him by Ned. Ile read it eagerly, smiled, and putting his hand into his velvet waistcoat pocket, threw Ned a silver dollar. Ned felt no longer sheepibs, for heregaled him self on mutton chops and ale. Next night Ned was at the theatre door again, hoping to earn another dollar.— Well, reader such things do happen. Mr. Curdoy did come out of the box office with a letter in his hand, and again sent Ned on his errand to Beacon street. The result was another silver dollar and more mutton chops and ale, Two weeks after Ned Cattle was a Ro man; a live Roman in armor behind the footlights, with a lance and armed cap-a pie. Ned had turned "super." Two years after, our farmer boy was billed as Marcellus. Five years more and lie was at the St. Charles under the baton of Mr. Manager Curdoy. enacting the role of La ertes. Good for Ned Cattle. It was the 14th of April, 1862. Ned Cnttle was playing that. night his farewell engagement. He had neverset foot in his father's house since the day of that awful beating. He had written to his friends and told them he was doing well, and that was all. The Juniata , Asa Cuttle and Martha his wife were now dead. Charley had gone to China. and Agnes was married and lived in the old house. The barn still stood, and the spike held good in the rotten beans. Ned had selected the part of Rob Roy as his "bowing exit" befbre the publie. He had just dressed himself when a letter was handed to him. It simply contained these words : "The hundred years expire to-mor row at midnight." Gray-headed Ned Cattle entered the horn% of his boyhood after an absence of forty-four years. It was but little chang ed. The actor proposed to obey the wish es of Ms dead ancestors. Watch in hand, and axe uplifted, he stood there ready to strike the blow, his sister Agnes and her husband standing by. It was twelve o'clock, one hundred years ago since grandfather Cuttle had placed that spike in that beam with the intention of committing suicide. The first blow was given. The iron did not move. A se ,nd and third we.-- Id and the cond au, Ard were repeate, a the rus ty spike snapped in two, leaving a part embedded in the old wood. The beamwas then removed frotu its position, chopped • .. in two, and the remaining portion removed. In giving the final blow, a pieee of leath er not bigger than a cent-piece fell out from a crevice in the wood. Ned picked it up. He examined it carefully. He saw that it had been sewn together, and was, in fact, two pieces of leather cut in circular shape. Opening them, he found a piece of tin, and on it these words: "Dig three feet beneath the spike." Somewhat puzzled to solve the meaning of these words, the three last understood that they signified that they were to dig three feet beneath the ground, a perpendic ular line from where the spike had origi nally been placed by Grandfather Cattle. A spade and pick being procured, the spot was hit upon, and the two men set to work. The ground was pretty hard, but at length their exertions were rewarded. The actor found a tin box, with a padlock and key attached; but the hinges were worn away by time. It was full of Eng lish geld. On a piece of parchment was written these lines : "I, Abraham Cattle, bequeath this sum o gold to my eldest grandchild to be livingwhen it is found. If set, to the next in age in suc cession male or female. It was placed here two weeks after I attempted to take my life. I found this money. I never could discover au owner for it. I request that it be expended in building a small school-house on the site BY MURAT. where this barnnow stands, and that it shall be known as the Cattle School-house. May God bless you all. ABRAHAM CcTTLE." The actor rigidly earried out his grand= father's wishes, and thus, reader, ends the curious story of a spike. Priding tor the intim It is a good thing for a young man to be "knocked about in the world," though his soft-hearted parents may not think so. All youths, or if not all, certainly nine teen-twentieths of the sum total, enter life with a surplusage of self-conceit. If in measuring themselves with wiser and older men than they are, they discover that it is unwarranted, and get rid of it gracefully of their own accord, well and good; if not it is desirable for their own sakes that it be knocked out of them. The boy who is sent to a large school soon finds his level. His will may have been paramount at home; but school-boys are democratic in their ideas, and if arro gant, are sure to be thrashed into a recog- nition of the golden rule. The world is a great public school, and it soon teaches a new pupil his proper place. If he has the attributes that belong to a leader, he will be installed in the position of a leader; if not, whatever his own opinion of his own abilities may be, he will be compelled to fall in with the rank and file. If not destined to greatness, the neat best thing to which he can aspire is respectability. But no man can either be truely great or respectable who is vain, pompous and overbearing. By the time the novice has found his legitimate social position, be the same high or low, the probability is that the disagree able traits of his character will be softened down or washed away. Moat likely the process of abrasion will be rough, perhaps very rough; but when it is all over and he begins to see himself' as others see him, and net reflected in the mirror of self-con ceit, he will be thankful that he has run the gauntlet, and arrived, though by a rough road. at self knowledge. Upon the whole, whatever loving mothers may think to the contrary, it is a good thing for youths to be knocked about in the world —it makes men of them.— Alexander Roberts, bort in Detroit seventy-years ago, died the other day in Leeds, England. His father took him to England when but a boy, and, soon after set him up in business, with the positive injunction never to spend more than eight shillings and sixpenee a week. Roberts adhered closely to his instructions from that time to his death. He constructed the rule to involve the rent of his store, he gave up any outside home and lived and slept there. As rents rose and his busi ness—second hand clothes selling—in ' creased. he had to cut down his food ex penses still lower, and to move into narrow er quarters. This ho did time and again, until the close of last summer he was near ly starved to death. His acquaintances finally one day found him prostrated entirely by the overwhel ming filth of -his narrow home and the lack of all nourishing food. They per suaded him to buy. 801:119 medicine, but when be got it it only gave him an appe tite. He could not afford to buy food of ter paying for the medicine, so he wander ed out to a horse chesnut tree and filled himself with its luscious fruit. He returned to his home and died there. This is the brief story. He was reputed to he' worth at least $900,000, but his early vow was kept to the end, and so long as he existed it was never at a greater expense than eight shillings and six peace a week. His instructions were to live for that, sum, and he thought he obeyed. Yet living for that sum caused his death, and it becomes a question for the logical wheth er the man did not by dying disobey or ders. But what will be of more interest to the unwise is the fact that Roberts has left no heirs, except such claims as can be advanced by a natural son, who is some where in America. Have we not a"elaim ant" among ns? HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1873. Knocked About in the World Living by Rule , Pennsylvania's Claims Against the Federal Government. Letter of L. W Hall, Eq., to Governor Hartranfi—Explanations of Hon. John Scott. The following letters will be found to be highly interesting, as they relate to matters in which every citizen of Penn sylvania is interested : HARRISBURG, Pa., March 24, 1873. To His Excellency John F. Harem?: 11, Governor of Pennsylvania. SIR.-00 the 19th day of December last, Governor Geary tendered me the ap pointment of "Agent for the State of Pennsylvania, to demand and receive from the Government of the United States, all moneys due, or to become due to the State of Pennsylvania, under and by virtue of sundry acts of the Legislature and of Con gress, in relation to damages incurred by the people of this State during the late rebellion." On consideration I find that my profes sional and other ecgagements will not jus tify me in undertaking the duties an ac ceptance would impose. I therefore, re spectfully decline the appointment, with the suggestion that yon bring the subject before the next Congress of the United States, as suggested by the Hon. John Scott, in a recent letter to me on the sub ject, of which I enclose a copy. Most re• spectfally, Your obedient servant, L. W. HALL. UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 1873. DEAR SIR :-I left here on Saturday to attend the Centennial meeting in Phila delphia, and returning this morning, I find your letter of the 21st inst. I am not aware of any act of Congress under which the claim of Pennsylvania, tb be reimbursed the money paid to the Chambersburg sufferers, could be present ed and allowed by any of the departments. It will require a special law for that pur pose, and the presentation of a bill, to be enacted into such a law, would bring up the general question as to how far the Government should recognize liability for the losses of loyal citizens, caused by the hostile acts of the rebel armies. I do not now recollect the terms of the aat of our State Legislature, but I suggest whether it would not authorize the Gov ernor to bring the subject before Congress by a formal communication in the name of the State, presented in accordance with the provisions of that act, and setting forth what the demands el' the State are; also asking fur the necessarry legislation to provide for the payment of the claim.— Upon sack action being taken, we could then introduce a bill for the consideration of Congress. To do so at this late day in the session would, of course, be impracti cable. Respectfully, JOHN SCOTT . L. W. Hem:, ESQ., Harrisburg, Pa Letter from Virginia BRAKE'S BRANCH, VA., March 18, 1873. Cllr. Durborrow :—As 1 have a little leisure time this evening, I thought I would write you a few lines to let you know how I got home. After leaving old mother Huntingdon I had the luck to miss the cminection at every point at which I had to change cars, owing to oar train be ing a little behind time on arriving at Harrisburg. I had to wait there for six hours, at Washington twelve hours, and at Richmond ten hours. The next run landed me at Drake's Branch safe and sound. I was very mueli surprised to learn, when I awoke in the morning, to find that the farmers were sowing their oats and planting potatoes, as last week, when I left you, you had just about quit sleighing. I bid good-bye to the snow before I arrived at Baltimore, as I saw a man plowing with an old mule. That is Virginia style. I would just say you don't see a Yankee do ing things in that way. We are having beautiful weather, balmy and pleasant.— The ground is getting quite dry and dusty. As I was sowing oats to-day you could see the dust flying as far as you could see the team. My friends up in Huntingdon county laughed at me, last week, when I told them I ought to be at home putting out my seed. I think we have the best climate in the world. . It is worth living here, if we have some poor, worn-out land and a great many other inconveniences to contend with, because this old slavery-cur sed State is about forty years bel.ind the age, but it is beginning to look up since the "Yanks" are taking hold of things.— We are far in the background in regard to churches and schools, as the school law is a new thing here, and we have not got suitable houses yet, but we will soon have Yankee Directors enough to make things move in the right direction. We have not come to local option yet, and I am afr-id it is far off, as these people think a great deal more about their drinking than anything else. I think Horace Gree ley made it a little strong when he said "there were ten gallons of whisky for one spelling book"; I don't think there are more than five. The staple articles raised here are tobacco, wheat, corn, oats, and the different grapes. Since the war the people are very hospitable towards farmers who come here, but are down on carpet baggers and office-seekers. YANK. Girl's Pity for a Lonely Young Man I know nothing in the world tenderer than the pity that a kind-hearted young girl has fur a young man that feels lonely. It is true that these dear creatures are all compassion for every form of human woe, and asious to alleviate all human misfor tunes. They will go to Sunday schools throuh storms their brothers areafraid of, to te ch themost unpleasant and untractable classed of little children the age of Methu selah and the dimensions of Og the king of Bashan's bedstead. They stand behind a table at a fair all day until they are ready to drop, dressed in their prettiest clothes and their sweetest smiles, and lay hands upon you like so many Lady Potiphars— perfectly correct ones of course—to make you buy what you do not want, at prices which you cannot afford ; all this as cheer fully as if it were not martrydom to them as well as to you. Such is their love for all good objects, such their eagerness to sym pathize with all their fellow creatures ! But there is nothing they pity as they pity a lonely young man.-0. IV:Brown. A OLD lady read about the strike of the wire drawers in Worcester, Massachusetts. She says of all the queer things she ever heard of, wire drawers are the queerest. DRESS, like writing, should never ap perr the effect of too much study and application. Tit-Bits Taken on the Fly, Watch, study and work. Hard fortune—Solid gold. A leyer—The soap maker. A kneady man—The baker. Wormwood—A rotten stump.• Logwood—The trunk of a tree. On the track—The locomotive. A great death scene—Kerosine. A very grave man—The sexton. Neither spend nor save foolishly. Prize fighters—Men of war's men. A question of time—What's o'clock. Innocent fun is good for the dyspepsia. A raw hide vigorously applied has rid many a place of its ghost. We should so live that none will believe those who speak ill of us. A man is said to be "discouraged" when he can't get home without help. • The test of a man's honesty is in the sacrifice he will make to preserve it. There is one piece of jewelry that every young lady should wear—the thimble. A Fort Wayne Justice goes to a saloon and marries people for a two•cent cigar. Byron improved—" Hell hath no fury like a woman" whose false hair don't match. This life's contradictions are many. Salt water gives us fresh fish, and hot words produco coolness. An Omaha bride was married barefoot, in order that her kinsfolk might not think she felt proud. There is a sweet little girl in town that wants to be adopted by some one who has no children—she is eighteen. True libsrty consists in the privilege of enjoying our own rights --not in the de struction of the rights of others. The habit of being always employed is a great safeguard through life, as well as essential to the culture of every virtue. I Philosophical happiness is to want little and enjoy much; vulgar happiness is to want much and enjoy little. Tommy corrected his mother for saying that he was all over dirt. The dirt was all over him. A wandering heir has turned up in Leavenworth, Kansas, and lays claim so ten acres, right in the heart of the city. A pretended Malay chief, who had tray elled eleven years with Dr. Livingstone, was lately lecturing in Michigan. Jenkins says his wife stepped upon a nail which piereed the sole of her foot but he has no fears that it will produce lock jaw. A man at Port Byron, New York, dis covered that flour barrels can be made of pasteboard, and strong enough to he kicked about. A meek lodger once told his landlady that if he could have his milk and water in separate jugs he would esteem it a great favor. The term "grass widow" is explained in Montana as a lady whose husband has run off and left her with a hay-ranch ou her hands. A Wisconsin schoolmaster, who does not use the rod, owing to a lee's] prejudice against the same, administers castor oil to his refractory pupils. Competition among New England un dertakers has so reduced the price of cof fins that thrifty residents save money by going without medical attendance. Denver is to have a new hotel, and the public are assured that the walls will be bullet-proof, so that guests won't run any risks on account of amaffair in the other room. A young lady of St. Louis has just sent to Europe an order for fifty yards of Brus• sels carpet, twenty-five feet wide. She is going to work a pair of slippers fir the editor of a local paper. One of the meanest features of the Con gressional back-pay bill is that the fami lies of members of the Forty-second Ce»- g ress deceased previous to the passage of the bill, derive no benefit from it. It was the policy of the good old gen tleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world ; and I value this delicious home feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. Many a rich man is without money.— Thousands of men with nothing in their pockets are rich. A man horn with a sound constitution, a good stomach. good heart, good limbs and a pretty good head piece, is rich. A gentle father in lowa, not being able to cultivate in his daughter an affection for his society evenings, gave her an opiate in her tea, and afterward shaved her like a nun. This soft persuasion will win her to his fireside for some time to come. The mischievous result of practical jo king is exemplified in the case of an un fortunate New Haven gentleman whose wife, having been placidly dumb for sev eral months, was instantly restored to lo quacity by his imprudent playfulness in suddenly startling her. A man 34 years of age lately arrived at St. Paul from Hudson's Bay, who had never seen a train of !ears, a hotel or any but the most primitive machinery. He had been in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company, and had just got leave of absence to see the world A cotton dyer and printer in Manches ter claims to have made the discovery that apple juico has the valuable property of perfectly fixing the colorsof printed cotton fabrics. This was suggested by the fact that the same material used as a beverage has for many years fixed the colors of the human proboscis is Massachusetts and other hard-cider districts. Some go to churoh to take a walk, Some go there to laugh and talk. Some go there for observation, Some go there for speculation, Some go there to meet a friend, Some go there their time to spend. Some the impulse ne'er discover. Some go there to meet a lover., Some go there to sleep and nod, And a few go there to worship God. Mysterious old uncles who have been in California and got rich, and turn up op portunely with big presents, are as nice as the crooked-backed old woman in the fairy tales. A young man got married lately in Taunton, Maas.,—a good enough thing to do, by the way—and was soon after aston ished by a good-natured stranger who in sisted upon giving him a house which had just been sold at auction. The stranger proved to be an uncle of the young man's bride, who had been lost for years on the Pacific coast. An abundance of fatted veal was obtained and they feasted and were merry over the return of the uncle which was lost and is found again. Mu &Imo' rAutlpt. An Impatient Benedick , A young Montana chap got on board a sleeping-car of the Central Pacific, and said : "See here, Mr Conductor, I want one of your best bunks for this young woman and one for myself individually. One will do for us when we get to the Bluff—hey, Marier !" (Here he gave a playful poke at Marier, to which she replied "Now, Paul, quit!!") "For :•ou see we're going to get married at Marier's uncle's. We might 'a been married at Montany, but we took a habit to wait till we got to the Bluffs, beM' Narier's uncle is a minister, and they charge a goshfired price for hitchin' falk at Montany." "3larier" was assigned one of the best "bunks." During the stoppage of the train at a station, the voice of Paul was heard in pleading accents, unconscious that the train had stopped, and that his tones could be heard throughout the ear: "Now. Marier, you might give a feller jest one." "Paul. you quit. or I'll git out right here and hoof it back to Montany in the snow storm." "Only one little kiss, Marier, and I hope to die if I don't go to sleep right off." "Paul—" Just at this time a gray-headed old par ty poked his head out cf a berth at the ether end of the car, and cried out : "Marier, for Heaven's sake give him a kiss, and then we can all go to sleep." Paul didn't ask for any more of that delicious little lip business during the rest ' of the evening. "Marier," it is to be hoped, slept peacefully. A Neat Retort, Adolphus Fitzmelon was a smart young man. He considered himself a stunner. I It was his firth conviction that with the opposite sex he was irresistible. One even ing Fitzmelon was at the opera, and in an adjoining box he espied a Leautiful young lady with a male attendant. He nodded to his companion, and remarked that he must make a conquest. So into the ad- joining box he made his wa- . 7. and uncere moniously seated himself by the young lady's side. She looked up in surprise.— Adolphus smiled sweetly, and begged par don. He must have been mistaken. He had thought he had recognized an acquain tanee. She informed him that he had been mistaken. "Still," ventured Adolphus, "I hope I don't intrude." The lady made no reply, but turned her attention to the stage, where a scene was transpiring in which shel was much inter ested. And turning quickly ; said: "You annoy me, sir." anel her bright eyes flashed. "Bless me !" cried Adolphus, drawing back with mock terror, don't cult me." The lady smiled a sweet, beaming smile, as she replied : "Be not alarmed, sir—l um a Jewess and my religion forbids me to eat pork !" Untortnnately for Adolphus, his friends heard the rejoinder, and he :s not likely soon to hear the last of his passage with the beautiful Jewess. Which is Which ? Ah, Pat, Pat," said a schoolmistress to a thick-headed urchin, into whose muddy brain she was attempting to beat the al phabet, "I'm afraid you'll never learn any thing. New, what's that letter, eh ?" "Sure, don't you know, ma'am ?" replied Pat. "I thought you would have recollected that." "Why, ma'am ?" "Because it has a dot over the top of it." "Och, ma'am ! I mind it well ; but sure I thought it was a fly-speak." "Well, now remember. Pat, its I." "You, ma'am ?" no ! not U, but I.' , "Not I; but you, ma'am. Haw's that ?" "Net U, but I, blockhead." "0, yes; faith, now I have it, ma'am; you mean to say that yon, not I, am a blockhead." "Fool ! fbol !" exclaimed the pedagogues almost burning with rage. "Jiat as you piaze," replied Pat; "fool or blockhead, it's no mutter to me which ye are so long as ye are free to own it." The Animal with the Buahy Tail. Once I visited a show in Georgia. It was a moral animal show. I he ird a fellow shouting : "Here's your celebrated tropical Amer. icon that feeds on ants." Says I, he ?" "eats nothing but ants. does Says he. "sir, he is the most interesting animal in the show. Observe his bushy tail and his long ficc, with a tongue in it ihrmed tbr nothing but catching ants." Says I, "he is interesting, so he is. But I can tell you an animal that would be just two times as interesting if yo-i could pro cure one." Says he, "sir, what animal would be more interesting than -the great tropical American ant eater ?" Says I , "a Juother-in-law eater would knock the spots out of your oil ant eater" I guess he had a mother-in-law, for he embraced me, and gave me two tickets to go in and see the moral was works, made of wax. An Irishman's Answer. On a dispute between two °leers aboard a vessel, whose crew were Irish and En glish sailors, one of them contended that the English could not answer a common question with half the adroitness which was natural to the Irish. A bet was proposed; it was agreed to try the point immediately, and an English man was asked what he would take to go aloft blindfolded in a hard gale. "I would take a month's pay," was the reply. And what would you take, Pat?" said one of the officers to an Irishman. "By jabers !" said he, "I would take nothing but fast hold." AN Irishman being asked what he came to America for said, "Is it what I oame here for, you mane ? Arrah by the pow ers! you may be sure that it wasn't for want, for I had plenty of tha; at home." ScnooLstismEss, to dull little boy— " Johnny, I'm ashamed of ym. When I was your age, I could read twice as well as you can." Johnny—"Ymem, but you had a different teacher from what I've got." Inland the ti to Complete in Jesus. Complete i■ Jesus I oh, how fall Of heavenly peace the thought: Our 83013 redeemed, oar pardons sealed, Since Jesus' blood bath bought. Complete in Jesus I are we weak ? His power gives strength to all. Sinful and helpless? he will spare, And raise us when we fall. Complete in Jesus I Have our souls In bitter anguish cried? 'Tis Jesus bears and gives relief; 'Twos for our souls be died. Complete is Jesus! Blissful thought, 'Tis ours, whate'er befall; Our Jesus is our Savior, Friend, Our life, our hope, and all. Oh, let us place our band in his, As on through life we go, Like little children, trusting all To him, come weal or woe I Thus shall our trembling hearts be filled With love which grows ■ot dim, If "Jesus only" be our peace, And this "complete in him." Capacity for Scandal, There is no better teat of purity and true goodness than reluetance to think evil of one's neighbor, and absolute incapacity to believe an evil report about good men except upon the most trust-worthy testi mony. Alas, that this large and lovely charity is so rare But it is only with those who possess this charity that men accused of sins against society have an equal chance with those accused, under the forms of law, of crime. Every man brought to trial for crime is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty; but with the world at large every man slandered is presumed to be guilty until he proves himself innocent, and even then it takes the liberty of doubting the testimo ny. Every man who rejoices in a scandal thereby advertises the fact of his own un trustworthiness; and every man who is pained by it, and refuses to be impressed by it. unconsciously reveals his own purity. lie cannot believe a bad thing done by one whom he regards as a good man, simply be cause he knows he would not do it himself. He gives credit to others for virtue that is consciously in his own possession, while the base men around him, whether Christian in name or not, withhold that credit because they cannot believe in the existence of a virtue of which theyare consciously empty. When the Master uttered these words: "Let him that is without sin among you first cast a stone at her," he knew that none but conscious delinquents would have the disposition to do se; and when, under this rebuke, every fierce accuser retired overwhelmed, he, the sinless, wrote the woman's crime in the sand for the heaven ly rains to efface. If he could do this in a case of guilt not disputed, it certainly be comes his followers to stand together around every one of their number whom malice or revenge assails with slanders to which his or her whole life gives the lie. In a world full of influences and ten dencies to evil, where every good force is needed, and needs to be jealously cherish ed and guarded, there is no choicer treas ure and no more benefieent power than a sound character. This is not only the highest result of all the best forces of our civilization, but it is the builder of those forces in society and the State. Society cannot afford to have it wasted or destroy ed; and ha instinct of self-preservation de mands that it shall not be suffered. There is nothing so sensitive and nothing so sacred as character; and every tender char - ity, and loyal friendship, and chivalrous affection, and manly sentiment and impulse, ought to intrench themselves around every true character in the community so thor oughly that a breath of calumny shall be as harmless as an idle wind. If they cannot do this then no man is safe who refuses to make terms with the devil, and he is at lib erty to pick his victims where he will. Christian Sincerity. The spirit which is of God is a spirit of truth, sincerity, and openness.. The citi zen of heaven esteems truth as sacred, and holds sincerity to be the first of the vir tues. He has no secret doctrines to com municate. He needs no chosen confidants to whom he may impart his favorite no tions—no private conventiclea where he may disseminate his opinions. What he avows to God he avows to man. He ex presseth with his tongue what he thinketh with his heart. He will not, indeed, im properly publish truths ; he will not, as the Scripture says, throw pearls before swine ; but neither will he on any occasion, par take with swine in:their husks. Arrayed in the simple majesty of truth, be seeks no lother covering. Supported by his con sciousness of rectitude, be holds fast his integrity as he would guard his life. Such is the difference between these characters. The man of the earth turns aside to crook ed paths and insidious maze of dissimula tion; the citizen of heaven moves along in the onward track of integrity and hon or. The spirit of the world seeks conceal. ment. and the darkness and the shade; the spirit which is of God loves the light, be comes the light, adorns the light. eo• Oh, the Happy Child! Elizabeth Christina, queen of Prussia, was speaking one day to the little daughter of her gardener, and was greatly pleased with the wisdom and gentleness of the child. Sometime after, as the queen was about to sit down with her ladies at the table, the child was brought in, and the queen ordered her to sit beside her. The queen was curious to see what impression the gold and silver and bright ornaments would make upon the little girl. She looked around in silence and astonishment. At last she folded her hands and said in a clear voice : “Jeins, thy blood and righteonsnes My beauty are and glorious dress ; 'Midst flaming worlds in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head.” The ladies were deeply moved. "Oh, the happy child," one of them exclaimed to the queen, "how high she is above us !" WE all see farther in a rainy day than we do on one clear and bright—that is far ther into the day before yesterday; just as we see more of heaven at night than we do in the day time. Bit particular in the choice of your com panions; they should be spiritual, holy, self-denying believers; if they are not, they will injure you by their spirit and ex ample. God promises you all you want, and in vites yen to coma and receive it as yea want. NO. 15.
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