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Early Reminiscences
BY DENNIS O'RAFFERTY,
What blissful recollections
Crowd me thought,
Of parental corrections,
Chapely bought,
Of thumps and kicks,
And strokes wid sticks
Fairce and hot.
Me father, heaven rest him,
For he's dead,
Wid strength the Lord had blest him,
Troth he had,—
Was wont to test,
His ten-pound fist,
Ou me head.
Me mother was a tacker
Less severe,
Although a finished stretcher
Of the car ;
How softly ran,
Iler gintle hand,
Through rue hair.
Me face was marked wid scratches
Like a map,
And covered o'er wid patc:les
Of black nap ;
Me eyelids blue,
I hid from view,
Wid me cap.
Me presence was a tnasuro
To the town,
I roamed the strates, at leisure
Up and down,
And set me dog
On ivery hog
That I found.
Those early recollections
Cheer me heart,
And bid undue reflections
Quick depart,
Whilst intervenes
The bitter scenes
Of life's mart.
Zhrc,4torp-Zelltr.
COEHAJO'S REVENGE.
It was just on the threshold of the
Florida War—hard upon forty years ago
—that I found myself, at the close of a
sultry summer day, alone and weary on
the banks of the St. John river, and many
miles, as I supposed, from any human
habitation. This river, as is known to
the general reader, runs through a portion
of East Florida, and is, although varying
very much in width, a fine body of water,
expanding, at intervals, into what might
be termed a chain of magnificent lakes,
and then, again, narrowing into straits,
some of which are not over a few hundred
yards ' , cross.
There are, perhaps, but few streams in
the world that present a more tropical as
pect along their whole course. First we
find groves of orange trees, bitter and
sweet, dipping their gold dappled boughs
into its tepid waters; then, further back
from its brink, rises the stately live oak,
weeping gray mosses that almost wholly
conceal its trunk and foliage ; while fur
ther back still towers the lofty magnolia,
in all its pride, flowering to the skies, and
steeping the atmosphere in rich perfume.
It is impassible, front mere description,
to form any adequate idea of the glowing
splendors of this region ; although, in the
midst of all its luxuriance, we are struck
unfavorably with the total absence of the
velvety green sward which occasionally
carpets our more northern woods.
It was evening, as just observed, and
being much fatigued, as I had been on
foot for many hours, I seated myself be
neath some palmettos, not only for the
purpose of resting my weary limbs, but
with a view of enjoying the vast expanse
of placid water that. stretched out before
INC. .
As I could not, by any possibility,
reach my quarters before morning, it made
but little difference to me at what point I
spent the night, so after remaining for
some time in a recumbent position, I
opened my haversack and indulged in a
biscuit, a glass of wine, and a cigar.
These disposed of, I found that night was
beginning to close around me; and feeling
that there was nothing to be gained by
moving on another foot until daylight, I
looked to my pistols, rifle, and hunting.
knife, and unrolled my mosquito tent—a
device of my own—and spreading it., like
the cover of an umbrella, over a few rods
I had just cut, I coiled myself within it,
laid my head on my haversack, and, with
my weapons within my reach, regarded
myself as stowed pretty cotufortably away
until the dawn of the ensuing day.
There was in all this more coolness, or
ant of deliberation, than I doubtless
►ould have exhibited, had I been per
;ctly conversant with the locality in
hich I had established my temporary
uarters. I had been in the region but a
nv weeks and had taken up my abode at
ae sub-Indian Agency, Palatkia—a soli
try place with but one dwelling, that in
uestion, and distant sixty miles from any
ettlentent or house, save one hut, within
ve miles of it.
This spot I left in the morning, and
aking the r iver for my guide, I uncon
-2iously traveled along it for miles and
sketching and collecting, until the
an, low in the western sky, warned me of
. hat I had already anticipated and pre
ared for, the possibility of my spending a
ight in the forest, with no human being
ear.
Now, it will be granted, without much
esitation, that whatever defense may be
:t up against mosquitoes, through the
;envy of a few yards of cotton net, the
.me barrier would be wholly inefficacious
I the case of a serpent, a wolf, an alliga
.l., or a tiger, desirous of scraping ac
jaintance with you, and of this fact,
_ _ _
_ •
hich I always comprehend in a sort of
)straec manner, I became suddenly aware
e I had closed my eyes in slumber; for
arcely had I made a comfortable dispo
tion of my limbs upon the bare, sandy
il, when a concert commenced that
ould have done credit to the best stocked
ological garden in the world.
Whatever animal led the performance I
i unable to say, but this much I know—
s first note, which made the earth tren-t
-beneath me, brought me to my feet
th all the agility at my command, and
Ind me a few moments afterward in the
k of a tree considerable distance from
ground ! This note appeared to be the
nal for the whole orchestra, marine and
--w.rasioe, for no sooner had it rung out
upon the air, deep mouthed and weird,
than the foxes began to bark, the wolves
to howl, the snakes to hiss, the wildcats
to cry, and the alligators to blow in that
hideous, hollow, rumbling way, so familiar
to the Southern traveler.
It may therefore, with every degree of
fairness, be considered that., although an
elevated one, my position was far from
enviable; and that matters were not
mended when I distinctly heard, from
where I was perched, some animal or ani
mals knocking my haversack and gun
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1875.
about, and otherwise desecrating my im
promptuctuarters.
Grateful for any place of even partial
security under such circumstances, I be
gan to congratulate myself on escaping a
fate which might have befallen me had I
gone asleep in my frail tent, when I per
ceived a feeble ray of light struggling up
out of a little ravine a short distance from
where I was seated, and which I had ob
served without entering during the day,
or, rather, late in the afternoon. This
surprised me, as I had not met an Indian
or any human being since I had left the
Agency, and had been informed that there
was not a solitary Seminole to be encoun
tered along the route I had selected, as
the few who had been about the Agency
and down the i iver had pro . cur, d white
men's tickets and crossed to the other
side. Now, however, it was evident that
some human being was iq the ravine, or
had been in it quite recently ; else, whence
the fire ?
I was correct in -my surmise regarding
the presence of some human being in the
ravine, for no sooner had I reached its
verge than I perceived an Indian standing
in front of a wigwam, or tent, of a very
picturesque character, from the fact that
it seemed to be composed of glowing strips
of calico and shawls of various colors.
He was evidently a chief of distinction,
for his dress and ornaments flashed and
scintillated in the fagots that blazed at
his feet, while the gorgeous feathers that
crowned his swarthy brow seemed plumes
of golden flame in the light that surroun
ded him. He was a man of herculean
strength and great agility, foe his whole
figure, which was above the ordinary
height, was finely moulded, and exhibited
that brawn and expression which not only
bespoke iron powers, but all that was res
olute and daring.
He stood a little apart from three other
Indians, who were seated conversing on
the ground, and was gazing with f)lded
arms upon the closed entrance of the wig
wam. when one of the parti-colored shawls
was drawn aside, and an Indian woman of
ineffable loveliness, clad also in a style of
barbaric splendor the most fascinating,
stepped through the opening, and stood
before him with flashing and indignant
eyes. •
I had read of such creatures, but never
conceived of so perfect a realization of one
of them as that upon which I now gated,
both interested and astonished. Her form
and features were so exquisitely cast, and
her presence so queenly,. that I could
scarcely suppress an exclamation of sur
prise when she burst upon my vision ; and
DOW that I saw her hands were bound to
gether with some thongs of deer skin, my
pulse rose in sympathy with her, as I felt
she was a captive, and iu the hands of an
enemy.
I had acquired a sufficient knowledge
of the Seminole tongue to comprehend
much that was uttered in it, and there
fore listened with great earnestness to her
as she addressed the chief in a voice filled
at once with anger, pride, and emotion, in
the following strain.
"The fox hasoutwitted the tiger, and
has stolen his mate ; but can he cover up
his skulking trail from the keen eye of
Coehajo ? There is no obstruction to the
vision of the eagle as he mounts above the
clouds, nor can the haunts of Alligator be
hidden from Coehajo !"
At the mention of the name of Alliga
tor, my blood almost ran cold, as I had
been apprised that a more incarnate fiend
had never appeared iu human shape, and
now, as by chance, he shifted his position
in such a manner as to reveal his face to
me, I never remembered having been so
shocked with the sinister expression of any
countenance, and I wondered how a face so
demonical could be associated with a form
and figure of such extraordinary perfec•
tion.
Not a single chief of the Seuiinoles was
to be compared to young Coeliajo for man
ly beauty, bravery and absolute goodness.
Both physically and mentally lie was a
model of excellence beyond his condition
and race. His chivalry and generosity
were on every one's tongue and his
word with the Agency had more weight
than that of the rest of his tribe put to
gether.
When, therefore, it was found that in
his absence from camp,his young wife had
been carried off by Alligator and some of
his murderous crew, who acknowledged the
authority of that demon, the resident Agent
was not only terribly moved by the circum
stance, but placed all his resources at the
disposal of the young chief, with a view to
recovery. _ _ _
Now thatl had recovered my equa•
nimity, and perceived that after Summer-
Leaf had ceased speaking sho re-entered
the wigwam, without any reply from her
captor, I determined to retrace my steps,
even at the risk of my life, along the river
to the Agency, which was not more than
eight or teu miles distant, and in the ab
sence of Coehajo, endeavor to raise a force
sufficient to rescue his wife.
I bad scarcely proceeded a mile on my
way when my attention was arrested by
a slight noise close by, and the next mo
ment I was in the iron grip of a powerful
Indian, who held me as though I were in
a vise. Alarmed in no small degree, I
addressed him in Seminole, when, to my
unspeakable pleasure and relief, I found I
was in the clutch of Coehajo. lie was
surprised and pleased to find who I was ;
but when I hurriedly related all that I
had witnessed in the ravine, I had but
just left, I thought wy boLes should have
given way beneath his trembling embrace,
while I felt his warm tears on my hand,
that he would kiss over and over again.—
As may be supposed, he and his half doz
en companions, who had been stealing
along the banks of the river in their ea.
noes when they beard my approach, were
soon creeping with me to the edge of the
ravine, where we found Alligator still in
the position in which I had left him, with
his beautiful prisoner once more before
him, upbraiding him with his perfidy and
cowardice, and beseeching him to restore
her to the arms of ber husband, or send a
bullet through her heart from the gun on
which he was now leaning.
This touching appeal was met by a de
moniacal chuckle only, although so irri
tated was the cruel savage by the justice
and vehemence of he.r remarks, that, as if
to test her serve, without intending her
any absolute mischief, he raised his weap
on, and took deliberate aim at her. She
never flinchad an iota, but stood as motion
less as a statue, her beautiful lips apart
and her large dark eyes steadily fixed up
on him. He perceived her courage, but
before he had time to touch the trigger,
were he so inclined, a ball from the un
erring rifle of Coeha j . o shattered the
stock of the weapon, and sent him reel
ing to the earth, insensible, with a
splinter of the wood, imbedded in his
neck.
In an instant the other Indians leaped
from their repast, which they had been en
joying, but were immediately overpowered
and made prisoners ; while Coehajo reach
ed his wife at a bound, and caught her in
his arms as she sprang toward him. Alli
gator soon recovered his consciousness, to
find that he had not only lost his captive,
but both his ears.
Coehajo, because of that vow of brother
hood, had spared his life, and revenged
himself no further than setting a seal of
disgrace upon him for all time to come.—
From that hour Alligator disappecreo from
the banks of the St. John, until the open
ing of the war, when he became noted,
not only for his terrific daring, but for his
repulsive disfigurement. Coehajo and he
never met subsequently ; for had they, I
am firmly convinced the vow of brother
hood would have been violated by one of
them at least—a circumstance which could
not have failed to have reached me.
trir th pun.
The Art of Cooking.
It seems to suddenly have occurred to
some journals in England and this coun
try that, among other accomplishments of
female education, it might not be amiss to
include the knowledge of cookery. In the
number of' female schools and in the vari
ety of the branches taught in them the
p.esent generation is far in advance of all
that preceded it. But the suspicion is
beginning to be entertained that female
education is not as practical in all respects
as it might be. That the education of
either man or woman should have some
reference to the duties of their future
lives would seem to be a self-evident pro
position. While in regard to men a col
legiate education where they are capable
of making use of it., is deemed desirable,
yet when they have any special vocation
in view it is thought best that, in addi
tion to the general curriculum, there should
be a school in which that specialty which
they -propose to make their business can
be taught, as taw, medicine, engineering,
agriculture, and the like. Our female
schools might also, without derogation to
the regular routine of school studies, give
their pupils an opportunity to learn any
branch of useful knowledge which they
are most likely to he called upon ill after
life to practice. We are sure that few
men will dissent from the proposition that
tire art of cooking is one which they would
like their wives and daughters to under
stand. In the old days, when reliable
household servants were easily obtained,
it was not deemed so positively necessary
that the ladies of a household should have
a practical acquaintance with culinary
mysteries, though it is none the less true
that there were no better and more thor
ough housekeepers than the matrons of
the old colonial regime. It was a familiar
maxim that there was no greater slave on
the plantation than the mistress, and if'
she did not do everything with her own
hands any more than other superintend
s, FS, male and female, in all other depart
ments of enterprise now do, she at least
knew how it ought to be done, and with
such watchfulness and energy had it done
that there was rarely any cause of com
plaint of housekeeping in her jurisdiction.
The times have changed, however, and it
has become necessary, by reason of the
difficulty of obtaining reliable domestic
service, that housekeepers should not only
be able to know how cooking ought to be
done, but how, in an emergency, to cook
themselves. In England the female aris
tocracy have taken under their patronage
cooking schools which have been opened
in different parts of London. Some of
these are for the instruction of young la
dies of the higher and wealthier ranks,
and others for the wives and daughters of
workingmen All are in charge of pro
fessional cooks, perfect in practice as in
theory. In the poorer districts of London
cheapness is the great thing sought, (next
to nutritiveness,) and from the schools
established there we have accounts that as
the cheap dishes were simmering before
the fire the cook (who was no less a man
than a professor in the science and art
branch ot' the South Kensington museum)
discoursed of' the chemical and nutritive
value of the ingredients used in the messes.
At the same time that cookery is Corn
ing up under good auspices in England,
it has not been entirely ignored in this
country. The New York Journal of com
merce states that the free training school
for women in that city has taken hold of
it. At the last weekly meeting of' the
managers it was resolved to organize a
cooking class at once, with a superior
French cook at the head and a number of
sub-teachers. There will be two practical
lessons a week. Fees of admission will be
nominal. Besides being taught to cook,
the pupils will be initiated in the myste
ries of buying provisions fit to cat—a
branch so' knowledge fully as rare as good
cookery. When the managers have train
ed a sufficient number of young women in
these abstruse arts, they propose to start a
large restaurant in the school building,
and make it self-supporting. It should
be explained that the main object of the
free-training school is to furnish first-class
"help" for families, and in this it is re
ported highly successful. The demand
for "graduates" is far ahead of the supply;
and after they have been taught to work,
the rush to engage them will be still fier
cer. The experience of the free training
school proves that there is plenty of' room
at excellent wages for American girls who
will condescend to work in that depart
ment of industry. The New York Sun
also calls for a school of' cookery, and ex
plains that what is needed is not a training
school fur servants, but an establishment
where young ladies may be taught the
science of housekeeping. Says the Sun
"Let all our high schools and colleges for
young women establish a professorship of
cookery, and let no student receive her
degree from the faculty unless she has
passed her examination in that branch as
creditably as in the others. Then it will
be considered disgraceful not to be a good
cook. It will be fashionable to cook well ;
but never until we thus popularize this
much-ignored accomplishment can we ex
pect to have intelligent direction to cooks
or healthy modes of living in families."
The Baltimore Sun adds to the above
that the best school for cookery and for
everything else that is good is Lome. The
most valuable practical lessons of life must
be learned there, and the teaching of them
never can be so safely delegated to others
as to the parents. Whether it be domes
tic virtues or the domestic comforts, the
best training for them is under the paren
tal roof'. When parents teach their chil
dren to be self-denying they have helped
them far on the road to moral excellence
and happiness, and when, no matter what
their social position, they seek to make
them useful and practical, and be able to
take care of themselves in whatever state
they may be called upon to fill, they have
bequeathal a fortune t 3 them whieh cif)
never be taken away by the crrlinxl vi
eiisitudes of liqusan life.
Hearty Suppers.
Eating a hearty meal at the close of the
day is like giving a laboring, man a full
day's work to do just as night sets in, al
though he has been toiling :11 day. The
whole body is fatigued when night sets in,
the stomach takes its due share, and to eat
heartily at supper and then go to bed, is
giving all the other portions and functions
of the body repose, while the stomach has
thrown upon it four nr five hours to dis
pose of breakfast, and a stall longer time
for dinner.
This ten or twelve hours of almost cun•
stant work Las nearly exhausted its power;
it cannot properly digest another fall meal,
but labors at. it for long hours together,
like an exhausted galley-slave on a newly
imposed task. The result is that, by the
unnatural length of time the fold is kept
in the stomach, and the imperfect manner
in which the exhausted organs manage it.
it become. 4 more or less acid ; this gener
ates wind ; this distends the st•imach ; this
presses itself up against tho more yielding
lungs, confining them to a largely dimin
ished space ; hence every breath taken is
insufficient for the wants of the system,
the blood becomes foul, black and thick.
refuses to flow, and the man dies; or in
delirium or fright Jews from a window to
commit suicide.
Let any reader who leads an inactive
life for the most part, try the experiment
for a week of eating absolutely rothing
afar a one or two o'ckek dinner, and see
if a sounder sleep and a vigorous appet:te
for breakfast and a hearty dinner are not
the pleasureable results, to say nothing of
a happy deliverance from that disagreea
ble fullness. weight. oppression or acidity
which attends over•e..ting.
The great renovating and vivacity which
a long, delicious, soothing steep imparts
both to mind and body. will of themselves
more than compensate for the certainly
short and rather dubious pleasure of eat
ing a supper with r.o special rebel for it.
Changing the Color of Flowers.
An essayist writes : Flowers of a violet
color when exposed to the fumes of a cigar
assume a green tint, all the more decided
in proportion to their original brightness.
The alteration is due to the ammonia of
tobacco. Starting from this point, the
Italian professor, L. Gabbs. has—as we
learn from the Journal of the French
Central Society of Ilorticulture—made a
series of experiments in order to determine
the effect of ammonia on the colors of Va•
rious plants. Pouring a little ammonia
into a plate, and placing a funnel over it,
the professor inserts the flower in the tube
of the latter. In this way blue, violet an , '
purple flowers become of a fine green col
or ; deep carmine colored flowers, such as
pinks, become black ; white blossoms. yel
low and 59 on; but the most curious effeets
are produced on parti-colored flowers such
as red and white, when the former color
is changed to green and the latter become.
yellow. Another remarkable esimple wag
that of the fuchsias with white and red
flowers, which became yellow, blue and
green. When the colors have been thus
changed, Jr the blossoms be dipped in pure
water it will retain the artificial color for
several hours, and will afterwardi retnru
gradually to its natural tint. Another
curious obturvation of Professor Gabbs, is
that asters, which are naturally without
scent, acquire an aromatic odor under the
influence of' ammonia. The same flowers
of a violet color become red when sprinkled
with water containing nitric acid ; and if
enclosed in a wooden box and exposed to
the action of hydro.ehlnric gas, will in six
hours become of a fine carmine color.
which they will preserve if first dried 4n
a dark place and kept dry in the shade.
Miscellaneous News Items.
The British Arctic expedition is to sal ear
ly in June.
The New England States eloose their State
officers every year.
Fifteen steamers leave the ports of the Uni
ted States weekly for Europe.
Next year will be held a Milan the fifth Con
gress of the breeders of the silk worm.
Arrangements for the international rise
march next June, in Ireland, at:. progressing
satisfactorily.
Jesse 11. Pomeroy, the boy murderer under
sentence of death at Boston, is said to have
become a diligent student of 01.2 Greek and
Latin languages.
When a merchant in an Eastern city gets
in a stock of goods for the spring trade, he
wisely hastens to tell everybody of the fact
th:ough t:ie newspapers.
The St. Louis iron furnaces that have been
out of blast are now making extensive prepa
rations to light up, and will be in active ope
rations again in a few days.
It is feared that the ensuing season will
prove a dangerous ono for ocean navigation,
on account of the unwonted quantity of ice
coming down from the Polar regions.
The American Tract Society has just cele
brated its semi-centennial anniversary. Du
ring the half century of its existence it has
issued ten millions of its publications.
By the first of July some five thousand men
will be engaged alone on the Memorial Hall of
the Centennial building, all of whom will be
rz.quired to work fourteen hours a day.
The people of Wyoming are tired of sepa
rate existence, and want to annex the two
southern degrres of that Territory to Colorado,
and the two northern degrees to Montana.
And now those indefatigable Californians
are going into the cultivation of the sumac
tree, the product of which is used for tanninx,
and, when prepared. brings from .lITO to $l3O
a ton.
Mrs. Mary Koch, of Rending, Pa.. is seventy
years old, but is nevertheless a splendid quitt
er, sometimes working till nearly midnight
with her needle. She is also as fond of danc
ing as a young girl.
It is said that President Grant has ruently
purchased forty thousand dollars wurth of
real estate in Prince George's county. Md.. a
few miles from Washington, which it is his
intention to use as a stock fame.
The importance of the South as a customer
to St. Louis is shown by the fact that nearly
twenty-nice per cent. of its shipments last
year were to that section, and nearly thirty
three per cent. of its receipts from it.
Men in Buckram. General Eppa Bunton, a
Democratic Virginia member of Congress. is
circulating a printed speech, which he never
delivered, against the "school clause" of the
civil rights bill, there being no such clause.
The Louisiana sugar planters are now more
prosperous than at any time since the war.
The yield was 140,000 hogsheads against 108,-
000 the preceding year, while the crop was
made very economically, and commanded fair
prices.
This is the realistic way in which a Cali
fornia miner describes a hotel elevator:
“Through the center of the house a shaft is
sunk, and it contains a cage, in which the
guest ascend to and descends from the differ
ent levels."
iThe ;lottr's
Detroit iiistist.
The Fr-, m--in se r‘Ps op the re
eeedingn nt' the I% , nrt in the
lob •tyle :
b.,:** this bny lierr for ingnireo '• is
Honor. ;.s 1 teeeni 131 11 . ten Anlked net
and st..l before him.
•'Fighting," amiwereA With.
'•11~ kicked mi! sr+t wiikfil the L.I.
big teir4 .•allin„ down.
•-.1n.1 then you --- 244 tb•
Court.
-The a I w.illoped him serw , red the
boy.
••I 1 boy once nipieTf.” slid the
Court ; • . p.A. sir. strang- as it ;el st-t-no.
I I 3 hey. I hid 'Pity lights anal MP/
trouble... an.' I don't Willi ti be hard ne
you. Yon I,.nk likes Rand boy. sad Ea
mine rt. ict ynta Re e i refal A fter thin
I don't .3y that pin nits., me when, s holt
kick.% ynti. an I I don't advise ye to Isieh
back—n ,, t these i 9 an Arer svnespd.
(iii house. hub. be r3ir.,l to your eserher. re
spectra to yonr fitbar. and see ifjnorie's
be Preq:. , lent r i the Visited glares i.e..
d.iy. '
DMIX or T.)!!IC
Ile Ira. soft 3nel Ttiet, in look aril oteip,
and he an.wered to the name n! June,
Marble. If WWI fqlKly trttrete‘l,
anti a. .0.04 before the cl-mk hie fees
esrrie i a'.! the dignity of s born debt.
thi.. Jame.' .. inrinirel
Ilonor.
'•Dr u ; ,bate tenna t i eiremnotassees."
rep lic,l tars prisoner in irbisprr, awl
bawl in 3 gine:Sal curve.
3n,1 elitninst.e your extennaties
•Tarite family—out of work—depressed
spirits:* whispered the Do's*. insis t ; his
hand s;rtis
•ITh.: orgasms! is Tansy, - iretwered
the 'nit. "Did yes believe that jet ri
drunk wou'.4 serer, you work r
_ _ _
Ito you remember whet Mhaisionsve
says in -Hamlet' '" fineries, the Doke in
reply.
••What WSI it
-He •ayi Jame. Mirhle room op Fir
ninety (bye. - infrwrred the rnort.
“You hare nn river to .01.11 rte-b 3 !
none :" whispered the Pete, froloinex his
2111"01.
"I haven't. eh ? Well. Tao zit up uua
dust into the eerrid•r there. arailll'llerzie
with you by and by."
"1 more not." answered the Dube.
i•I ;ors you d.)'."' eai.. Lie Vionor.
nalinT to Rijah.
Stand hack—ah :'" warae4 the D., i ; •
2S Bijah •aiie•i down IT:wle 1111111.
Ile Ir.). like an erg-.bell 31 . 1.1.. y the
wheel• of a street cu. Tot 44 janitor
reached over. fratene4 V. r a ng 64 9 i fe en
the Dnke's collar sn•i said ••l' . nwe andi
the pr'orstier -coulee on a ;Any
Ten thomoind rallone of bleed will ens
satisfy my revenge be hissed as be wan
being drawn away. but the Court sot 31,
other slice off his Seek no•fsrther stsd
smiled like a loot! posture.
A roll .
Ti,. (der SKIMP to have etnye4 (man
home." +ai4 R jab. as be brrourht mit 3 tali.
dark coca pies iomed non.
"Can yon .4peak Englieb r• tbrairpti
the 4 'ors rt
• ropio she per 1121 ani triaslas el
or,ndersks de eu .I.luizr Cosa. - an.wered th.
pi isoner.
• TisaC4 Dutch,' said Dijah
-French." said the clerk
•-G,) aw3T—that"9 Spasiek. - vided hie
Honor then. hear me rattle of hie
own limn h;r11. Nowair. wriso yen
drunk° ?"
Son biers armadas y Inn said.
con urn tieferminaeinn." was the rrply.
accorapnnied bj a or th.!. bra+
••C.inen• fun anderstaniam a.ie,l
his Honor.
••El dishy► &be halve: side aquite-t ,
fecund() y do talent()," sAitl thA man
illo you ever get o &man any morn !-
shouted the Court.
The prisoner pot on hi• hat. looked sp
at the clock. and deliberately walked ant
of doors, while Bijah Aktdesed into the cor
ridor, !tat down on the wtwid-hot sal
laughed until the Court ordered the mu
pant to go in and see what prisoner that
was choking to death.
"T 1101: AIT TITIt qiN
"Henry Brown, what Ur-might yIU
here'" asked his Floent Or 3 etifored win
••I doesn't adroit dlt ! is lt,re." answered
Henry.
14 your name Henry Brows: '"
'•I doesn't admit it." replied the
prisoner.
'-Weil, were you drunk'''
••I pleads not guilty. sod *ream,. ,le
proofs."
"Come np here and teltify. — slid hi.
Honor to the officer. and the ogeer swore
that he had picked Henry Brown out of
snow-drift.
"Now, den," commenced the pr:.s.ner.
"am I de man."
••Tun are. - an4wered the nfieer
••Wasn't Sam Johnvon .le man
••No, sir."
Why—why wasn't he'" interrolrite , i
Henry, bendin' almost double.
•- Because he wasn't."
"Dat isn't proofs, Air ! I want Tis f'.►mt
to mike you tell why Sas Johanna wasn't
de man."
"I f...and you. brought pm here. 30.1
here you are," replied the irc:.tated
•'-\nd I sm tie man 7"
'• You are."
•• And you knows it 7"
••I do "
"Yew• den," !mid the man. a Mass
smile covering his countenance, -hew este
you know I am de man'"
-Oh. that's all right," remarked the
Court. "The fact that you were drink ill
plain, and I •end yen up for thirty dark"
-For what"' asked the primmer
••For being drank."
"But I calk for de pr.ors esel-tinted
Henry.
Ilijah gathered hint in, and he being
the last man, the Court arose, teederly
teased his frost-bitten ear. and the crowd
vacated.
,IT ask,. - what see the
A Co!
street lamps for r Tu. men who iinewe't
know what a street Imp is fee "the=
to sit in an editorial Asir lad .I 1
opinion. Street lamps are for soury yeses
men to recline against at midsight. •Me
they forget their way home.
AN aged colored iadividemd Mopped late
a store. the other day, mad Raba bow the
thermometer stood : bandred wed
foty-aiott degrees below sever replied
oae of the defile. ..1. dim a fait 7 es
elaiime.l the old ma,; "does I'veloweedirl
I fist made a bet it war a headrod 311 .
6fty."
*mil ft *Wilt.
Aravearis of Dr. Ilaifte.
flu nee semoise, elms dip brow ewe
residsee is rbibthiplhie, be moo is s
fro Asp 4 yr,. a• • awes assesse Ss hod
bawd 4is the illtenllll *IP seem. At
rivier. is .petirt terseirr, se s Seem bop
by 3 sae who hel bete astmemeill le ow
tones !hew .b Pam Aviv is Mb. he
ems 0.1.11, reetiveal. The sot tell his
fosith:y he hud steenitil • peseessied
imams *wise she trieeer. dbl.'s Sr brrell
the Loma boa Starve Si ewe, mod it
L. had jnesttl the *ohmage Classeh, ise
sesee t• give op wet; et* tie
met wipe 'War op this, at Sok The Dims
see's below estroeme ha on*, se Ihr
se to pen ailiteasemer fire dor sib me
the sou spertists sesseahei rsia Illosbar.
prey-sines Ire the err >A gp eel elk
his itti thee beat lir bolt plum sf tls
mom,. Tb.y ten was 4 tits 15 r►
gether. mei se reeemitssi se she bow is
she sitsreess. ere shyps4 his se db.
sheehlw sea arid
1 Wow :"
Illy le rsee iibe so. -1 4404
-•11r9f1, Pte. . 11 WI jos Wl,* Won
11•4146 111 dlwy. imp berso" esmibe
1' 441 le awl apes look sod I lawenis
bowl yne mow awe " _
.10or .w pr. IND doe 11:44‘...r earo
lag lie is As foss 4die boa% his
brat mow est. sot with one boisstry,
: -*Dow. vies, I boos jigs, dbralliss•
I Woo bad ionopss emir sighs: so IPP
ring is boos show sow. j. 4 inorilso
wswine's eijoet so rem ss.
-reotaisiy sec sy Most - aid be snot
Mto hasps so tierssilog ef row is
a booboo way. awl so joie hisollir is •
pod! 444 lheobodist bros. %Oft Oar
siesisse oho swe owns, bias Auk ash
Is die sof mit alairsdiy: .111110ir pe
woubroa mks. Sosaisi psyso. - lbe
Doctor bask sal 411.1.116 oft* 4 ism 110
apt beers/, yes
see in wen sonselhowe idm who
bass biter. Seem sobse is haw
she bone vas Whoa she um sow
passed. oving
Doe . IVssasrstspioios pos.-llr boa oho yos suorws se 4'
biol. I hove .
-Ns. ssobist be sal amps Igo
ewer_ but I Sind 4 tibia& ipso sops sow
bear -
'WIN* seilit.. re alai Ire a maim
terr.
-11411. 11l aril re I bump's beam
pra maw sissy pis raw dos the ."
re jissill sr iv d. bras ; de vary
re prays... s 4. sip dish rem ewe
amisineer
Tb Derre. :aecami se be se
oneirloised thee fa* oat imam. • sumerr.
While .-rer wa' se be booms oboe be
woo. b• env, pondbui big 'arms, b
swirl limply vas big Apitv amid ow*
as a rlorleis• po louss. maim arpiiree•
it biamolf but am" ae b• sopesdoll ow
ereamiy y.idiom Its solostmot
I-, tel 'as sessetibieg of lie art us
graemr. W. Sinuilt. 4. .Viinient
liwyw;ar
Dewdrop of Wisdom
too 4 ~lie • ir. ppea4 window
A wig man =so st wain mg or ime
nese b.
renew funprity wv *4 le k per
id at
&Os sediv omit yes hare amorlier
ea bow it 4 to lie 111•111•11
Whirs tree limibimk AP"
bawdy, frioriPlip mai mg be
Is :ID for ariw Ow =trim s tames
Tiles s Sam , . din so 'spoil is Illibr s sow
dm=
lime jowl* geoid soessoil in anal
elbiari. if they wow mot aviellivillyiellt pew
anibitipive
Nev.*. &yin brnoxibio ieroiso--elhoo
brze. •ibipe yen omega. *ids baler Noy
roll awes .4
In governing oprovio• ov die emoernol
elunni Sc drnim wear ens rim b• tbser
granny, and Wows one by Aar holey
If pro an a asPerd,, Mei OAF
sold pse fir your amovegr. iwis Sc
yes they vprilt . thy, tab, yen ihr
aw
otM
By art. sail *4. *bare salltonspow i.
boner d. 61, dm sow Wt. dia NO* wing
'lf &t ow is meal awl imrsopal
Plans wane Aka basionor saw
wawa paws. and pile ismout
reaps man wire protreer. ; psi waitior
'bit* all madam Amid at war. wad it
reader, this* witty 'Prisms /renal 4
hoary
If ris iv to sobers. diary wail hoe yea
If rrs spook hied/4 to ism, they .ill
sposh limey a yes. Low in wow.
with 3.41 betryill liasesl—
yos boor a NNW and /fig
Anr•orey , sari pilinswity in r
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--....b -411 W— ....
Tbe • 'Uhl Event. ' '
Itt total refips tbst sus is me of the
A resist amid mot woo impisitay giipie is
is poasibla for me as iiir om. mil ass of
thous tn.b pears April 3W b sus
sot visible is ibis port J the serbil
-- It is MO solid @vow a Mr. Lootpr_
•-4 )so spar is 3 asar isarbi—s
with sigkosaanii .tosser fatialhedissok
soli is wbwb gtinsiso mad isemos tsar
sweet ; tb. raise of awe sad As mass
of
swim& ore busibsi ; the elms& are tat
of eb.s■ss igsssips sss.owlYj boo;
dsoby fond or pittgissir ysliteisib arismai
eases Awe sosit sober Arar it siby. grow
spostias of tie airs rb. awry us is
raspossieir led tame lurid isif. All at
woo tie smosit's abeam came ossuyisir
over air and sari sad 'by Alb ibistsilsll
boll at slab slim and bis•
be•
ad. as is Isom asisrat. mil As asors
fight is loss_ 114. soser wit torts tie
mot Liglis River at Mr bistons ow oar
slipped by the Pamir ibiliamosa if loos
our, smiler the spiel if ilos, awe is as
sera apish birgilso of tbe Priasiasi
Issas sisaisisi &vise aimusioo.
siert As past wrist n. "illostasir
• Ikea Orrisets Ow vire • ~drip ow
The srpostay d *7 was smosilid
sin is, sell iiiiissii are war bs, sip&
led ; sell roe tie rig biriell eisrdia
Mews_ WIMIPIIIIPSIP ebb 110171111111 endless.
Dredifil as tile sproisat it is wow r
M buss a bias ealailia sips 4 sr yes
rise ere relipse—berabl by eigissill
sows ere the birth 4 ameraimpary Ono
sirbbested worearrovi is ergircimi
wig :
• Dior .rtir. Mr pits
A•lv.t ssetion cs firr.:la.
Melt iM s• woo epee lbw wink elms
is birtery is, imp assiai esswer
smerd. mod OF 'awn lei w dwilessi
semi slot sees AO *Maw bur dliniss:'
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