In • ... ~ ' ' 5 hf. , 3['m ifn "it ■Mu I ill! if it ■■' zse w J|JI / %% IJI' W J|- wIJI'JI'JVJv ♦, ssr lOVTB JfABSET SQUABE. V ’ CASH. Wo , —— Vw cpeolfled fo , Dollars por year if paid strictly until order - = :r-=.-r=--x.. .. :." :-■: r.-’:~7. ~~ ' .. ::... J = , - ~ .r= = i& BY BRATTOIT& KENNEDY. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1870. VOL. 57.-NO. 15. '<■ R,llu,r - i ' ■ ••.■■■ - - ■ _ . . ' ■i ,_ .._ —— "—■ ■■ ■ - 11 1 —■' ■ 1 1 1 ; -•— , ; ■ ■ _ '■; * Frrttifnonl 0Tnv11« , of boo re, my slater dune running out to beyond my depth. Great God I was t>’ rtSSllnlnl Vlttilfa. * __ call me. Father was growlnir worse fast, valley flooded with water, and he" ; oPnoT' : “ and,had given hie consent that I should cabin and its loved inmates H- J.nvvD \T E W OOODBI ~ go for the doctor, I was not long I n mak- away? H & FABKHtt, ,_L\ , lug ready. The horse wae in the pasture Sick at heart, and f " TOItNEYS AT LAW, ’ close at hand, and It took hut a few ino- terrible fear, I as*'' . . i U „ MH p, ments to catch it. and throw ou tb© sad- as X stood tr**’ In Street. In Marlon Hall, Car- (]le nud brid)ei j )oßt llule time in the whlob fl) . . • 1 bouse, and then set out on aswift gallop, com’*' 1 had ten miles to go over a rough road, A STATES CLAIM , before reaching the doctor’s,.and X kne* (hat unless I made good time, I *=•’ Al^D not get back till after nightfall V STATE AGENCY! I should have to cross th'“ B.BUTLEB. For this purpose a carefully prepared 1™ e ?ioine“ b t"l!ad l °*' . _ , ami a large space of ground hue been en- „ .Trontrur AT LAW. closed, abundantly supplied with water; " n 8 1" r “ urn roftntiotrs Bonding, No. 3 South easy of access to any part of the city of I,®“ 8 Corllale, Cumberland county Scranton and surrounding towns; and 8 . ) ’ 0 mtlea, Back Pay, *c„ promptly upon which lias heeu erected two hulls, cmefolly protected from the weather, hy mall, will receive Immediate 250x30 feet each ; one hall 175x45; several .ntlon given to ttioaolllng or rent- ' spacious tents; 125 horse stuhles; 150 re, In-town or country. In all let- cattle sheds—-au arnphilheatie witli 1,000 • plense enclose postage stamp. seats, and every other arrangement lor itoron r - the comfort of visitors or exhibitors in _ . . . ... LTZHOOVEU, every department usually represented at w .#h„«o. ® such shows. Woadvlsettll—butespeciully . , T , RIVET-AT-L AW, I those who have never seen t leoporaUonn Carlisle. Pa. in a great coal and iron district to visit ■ Scranton and the State Fair, wi ,; Ronth Hanover Street, opposite commences on Tuesday, the 27t>’ I,tore - , - • September, 1870. XBARER, ATTORNEY' AND - JUDGEMENTS AND A 1 lor at LuAW, Im* removed his Hio l*irmlfir.iro « herb* unoccupied room lu the tiH. legisiauire. ier of the Coart House. i which wn* ■ - money ROY, Attorney at Law w|,t . Penna. Office same as that ol We have the advantage of a resident bdyer Ip rolvmteer.” the city, who Is able at all times to furn*-’ ; - 1 ■■ - ■ with bargains and watch the marke* GRAHAM, Jrt., We wish everybody to call INEY AT LAW, I stock before purchasing 30TUH HANOVER ST., be collvlncod ‘ho* CARLISLE,' PA. '* lining Judge Graham’s. -tf tRYOG K Justice” o7the Rce No 8, Irvin’s Row, Carlisle. ' - GE S. SEA RIGHT, Ben » the Haiti more (Tnllepe of Dental it the residence of his mother •oot, three doors below Bedford ■BYNOLDS, ,M. D~' [AHNEMANN MEDICAL COli- Dhla. * LoatherSt.,at residence of his . • ,BED, Homeopathic Phv toca,terl In Carlisle, diflea next iUh Rvanahlcal Church, West Patients from a distance please ion. •fim* . : EXIRONB, ATTORNEY AND V3BLOR AT hA W, - RKET, BELOW CHESTNUT, Cor f Library, Philadelphia. • - . tB ani ®apß -1 . -i- - - -- -- - r i-UMMBR ABBX VU OF AtiL THE jflT STYLES ov T 8 A N B 0 A PS. «crlbpr has .lust opened at No, 15 Worth Ire ft, A few doors North of the Carlisle ank, one of the largest and best Stocks <ml HAPS over offered In Carlisle. tfl,Cnsslin«re of all styles and qualities, m. different colors, and ©very descrlp '(l Hats now .node. mknrd and Old Fashioned Brush; con i hand and made to order, all warraut isatlsfaellnn. A full assoi traent of HEN’S, ' ’ BOY’S, AND CHILDREN’S, HATS. added to my Stock, notions of dlfTor i,consoling of AND GENTLEMEN'S STOCKINGS. Suapend*r* % o’*, Glove*. Pencils, Thread. Sewing Silk,. ' Umbrella*, <i 3 SEGARS'AND TOBACCO always on hand.. scan, and examlrte my stock as I feel of pleasing all, besides saving you mo- JOHN A. KRFJiRB, Anmt, No. 15 North Hanover Street, AND CA.PB !■ WANT A NtOE HAT OB OAF 7 no. don't Pat:l to oai/l ov J.S.CA LIjI O, ft 29. WEH7 MATH STRhKT, Ql)e span the finest assortment of ATS AN D HA PS ’ to Carlisle. He takes great pleas ')« his old frlends' aml customers. •ups, to his splendid stock lust re- Now. Vorlc and Philadelphia, con- Hofflne AND CARSTMERE HATS, Vlless variety of Hats and Caps of • ( all ol which he will sell a( the 'm, Also, his own manufacture icm hand, and aVUFACTURED TO, ORDER, mat arrangement for coloring Hats mf Woolen Goods, Overcoats, «&c., at iMlco (us he colors every week) and tunable terras. Also, a hue lot ol i of kCCO AND CIGARS m. Re desires to call the attention 'ohftvo ' ■ • „ ! OUNTRYP UR S tys the highest cash prices for ho 'all, at tho above number, bts >ld :ela confident of giving entire sauta- ufJJ 8 alw '*y« opou to bdiiu. fa* ir shLV.'t ( ? b Jootlou wh . cover to be ‘ I,B Domocvatlo friends S ln the meantime, as It ,h homo and attend to his rlemi-. ba hoposwlhle tor him to JctK M ll Varl,) ua parwoi the coun uZ l L‘ flm lll ‘ W call at Ma bhop, hi ».v *l trußt . Carlisle, wuere lie is « nf»y ur, »sh the neatest fits in now , ei4 *'* blishiuent in the l ork a * U P th'» very best of "UiiV heavy soles aup* who do “’ t want 10 ADAM DYSBBT. w ° in one. &TICK BROTHERS, 10 No rth Uauover street ' ' V ' l) ' M North Hauovor streets UHOTHJGUB, ' UU «U3, PENN'A, , Her (ffiooDS. E W G p O D HI NEW GOODS D. A. SAWYER, lrvine’s Corner, Opposite Market Mouse. Hm Just returned from Ibo city with an on tiro new slock of PALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS, All of which hare been purchased for cash and will be sold ou short profits. TVe have everything kept m a FIRST CLASS DRY GOOD STORE, We have the advantage of a resident bdyer In the oily, who Is able at all times to furnish us with bargains and watch the markets. 'We wish everybody to call and examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere, aa you will be convinced that wo have the CHEAP STORE, and raonty eau be saved In buying from us. D. A. SAWYER. Bop. 1, 1870. J~)RY GOODSI DRY GOODS! I ATTRACTIVE SPECIALTIES HARPER’S POPULiR DRY GOODS STORE. Pure iftsod' during tne greatest depression In the market, aud to be sold at correspondingly loiy prices. - DRESS GOODS, comprising all the novelties of the season. MOURNING AND SECOND MOURNING GOODS,: BLACK BILKH, BLACK BATIN TAMX ( In extraquality. Pure Mohairs, Bmck Alpa (Specialty.) - WHITE GOODS, Piques in great variety and latest styles.— French Muslins, Nansooks, Cambrics, Ibabop and Victoria Lawns, TarletonS, Ac., «fec. HOSIERY AND GLOVES in great variety. Guipure Laces—best and cheapest 'stock In town. Beni Valenciennes, Thread Laces, In sortlngs, Hamburg Embroideries and Lace Collars, , / LTNEtf GOODS, Linen for suits. _ Linen Ducks and Drills, Pillow Case Linens, ' Linen Sheetings, Whltb Holland for Blinds, ' Table Linens and Napkins, Doyile Towels White Spreads, &c., <&c. BOYS’ CASSIMEHES AND MEN’S WEAR newest styles, less than regular rates. SPECIALNOTIOEI Opening of LLAMA LACE POINTS, LLAMA LACR SOCKS, BEDOUIN MANTLES, SHETLAND SHAWLS Tlioa A. HARPER. Cor. of Hanover and PomlretSta. June 23,187*. Q.RBAT COMMOTION D£ Y GOODS, * On account-of the reduction ‘ln Gold, the Dry Goods Merchants who understand their business and the certain signs of the times, have reduced the p* iceoi thoJrgoods correspondingly. Thesab serlbers have just received from the cities a large and fall assortment of all Kinds of FOREIGN & STAPLE GOODS, which they will sell lower than they have done since 13(11. SILKS, Wool De Lftlnes, Alpacas, Poplins, Serges, Bom bazlues, Tumise Cloth, Grenadines. FLANNELS OF ALL KINDS, Plain and Fancy, Linen Table Diapers. Cotton do.,Checks, Tickings, Ginghams, Counterpanes EMBROIDERIES, a fall line; White Goods In great variety, HOSIERY, GLOV.ES, TRIMMINGS and a full stock “DOMESTIC GOODS, calicoes, Muslins, by the piece or yard; Groin bUfiB ‘ CLOTHS, CABBIMERS, &o„ CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, Drugged, Window Shades. Matting* MILINERY GOODS of all kinds, including Ladles and Childrens Hals and Sundowns, and tbo best assortment and host quality of fine Ribbons lathe county.— Kid Gloves, (best make,) Jewelry, Fancy Goods and Notions In great variety. Tins •MAMMOTH-SIOCK OP GOODS tne largest In this section or country. Is offered a.prices that defy competition, and all wo ask Isa fair examination by pood Judges of goochi to satisfy tbe public that tills la the place to buy and save money. LADIES’ UNDER WEAR, A. nice assortment of Ladles* Under Clnthlng very handsomely stitched and trimmed at reasonable prices. WOOL taken In exchange for goods. BENTZ * CO. At the old Dr s deeds Bland established Feb ruary Ist, IW . March 80 —-7 U J. L. fri TE R N E.R ’ E LIVERY AND SALE SABLE BETWEEN HANOVER AND BEDFOHF - IN THE REAR OF BENTZ HOUSE CARLISLE, PA, Having luted up the Stable with new Carri ages, &o„ 1 am prepared to furnlsn nist-class turn-outs at reasouabls rates. Parties takejj of and from the springs. rll 25..18fff—2y iisxkssseswtssss^sA to life else. IVOBYTYPBS, AMBBOTYPES. AND ► MBDANIOTYPEHI also Pictures on Poroelnlli, (“omothlng newlbot Plain and Colored, and wlijoli are beantl/lmiro dnotions of the Ph.tograpblo art. Call ani see Ul partlonl«r attoutlou given to copying from ffi'nvlVes Ui» patronage of tbepubllc. Feb. I). 18b». DEFERRED ARTICLES. The State PAra-It appears to be the policy of tlie State Agricultural So oolety that every portion of the State shall have a chance to show the progress of a given geographical district inAgri culturnl, Horticultural and Mechanical pursuits, and in pursuance of tins well defined plan the society this year has fixed on the thriving city ofScrautai. Luzerne county, in the midst of mineral and agricultural wealth, ns its place of exhibition. For thiH purpose a carefully preparer! and & large space of ground bus been en closed. abundantly supplied with water; easy of access to any part of the city of Scranton and surrounding towns; and upon which has been erected two balls,, carefully protected from the weather. 250x30 feet each ; one hull 175x45; several spacious tents; 12-3 horse sruhles; 150 cuttle sheds—au arnphilheatie with 1,000 seats, and every other arrangement /or the comfort of visitors or exhibitors in every department usually represented at such shows. Woadviseall—-butespeciully those who have never seen the operations in a great coal and iron district to visit Scranton and the State Fair, ‘which commence? on Tuesday, the 27th day of September, 1870. JUDGIirRNTS AND AIOKTO AGRS. —In ISOS the legislature, in view of the dllllcuity which wns encountered in harrowing money, at six per cent, In competition with tlie United States bonds—which were free of tax and .producing a much larger Interest—passed a law exempting mortgages and Judgments not. giv n by corporation** from all taxation except that hy the State. The county .of Lancaster accordingly, in obedience to the law; lev ied no tax last year on judgments and mortgages. The city of Lancaster, how ever, construed the law as applying only to mortgages and judgments for purchase money, and therefore insisted on taxing all otherjudgments and mortgages. The question haabeen brought to a legaV test before the court of that c »unty, and It has been decided that judgments and mort gages of TiD kind ace liable to taxation, whether held as security for purchase money or by parties at second hand as a safe investment of their spare capita). Tills decision will be read with great in terest in all purtS of the Btute, and will have a tenden y to induce men of means to invest more largely in tills class of se curities. Tlf.oxstered Letters.— The Post Of fice Department has issued & circular re lative to registered letters, which will produce a much-needed reform in the registering system. Heretofore, when a registered letter was not called for oy the person to whorii.il was add-essed. it was sent to the Dead Letter Office, to bo from there returned to the writer, provided his name or address could be discovered- This plan resulted in considerable delay, at least-arid to obviate the same, and to provide for the direct return,of “uncalled for” le'tera to the writer thereof, the de partment directs that the postmaster re ceiving a registered letter shall require the sender to write hie name ami address, plainly upon the end of the envelope, in the same way us business men print their mimeaaud addresses upon thei* busi ness envelopes. After a letter remains in an office tor thirty days .without being called for, it is. then returned to the office from which it was .sent, the postmas ter of which will endeavor to return it to the writer. If he cannot be found, the letter is'then to be sent to the Dead Let ter Office, where U will be reopened »»>»! perused for some clue to the changed lo cation of the writer, as in case of all let ters sent to that office. An Infernal Outrage.— On Mon day morning of last week, a little' girl, awed’ about 10 years, residing with a. family named Campbell, lib >ut a mile West of thin borough, was brutally out raged by a fiend who met her while.she was taking the cows out to pasture. She Is a daughter of Mr. Michael Miller, who realties In,Centre township, about three miles from the, place where the'outrage wus committed. The brute told her tlm» her mother was sick and wanted to see her, but'That she wished s n me herb tea, and that she should come with him. into the patch of woods near the. road and he would show her the klrld of herb wanted. She followed him and he then and there violated her nerson. From her descrip tion it is thought the perpetrator.of tide monstrous crime is known and will be captured. —Perry County Democrat. WtrAT IS A LkOAL TENDRIL ? A great many people are not aware how far coin of the lowerdenominatlons are level* tender for debts. The nickel cent o’ 1R57 |m not a legal lender for any amount, hut may he exchanged at the United States mint, for three and five cent nickel The one.and two cent, pieces, w Idch form the ho kof the coppercoin. In circulation, may he offered In payment .not exceeding four cents iii amount. The nickel three cent piece* are legal tender for sixty, cents, and five cent pieces for one dollar. There is no provision for the redemption of the one and two cent pieces. The five cent pieces can be exchanged at the Treasury in sums of $lOO. Thr application to the land office at Harrisburg for Patents for • unpatented Land in this State have been quite nu merous and as the time in which tlie.se patents were to for drew to a close the application of course increased, so that the. force was unable to keep up with the command. The Patents are is sued In the order of application, and per sona in this county who have mad** ap plication for Patents should watt patient ly until their cases are reached—the cause of the delay Is not with the County Surveyor,, nor at the office itself but Is owing ns already stated to the unexpect edly large numbers of applications for Patents. Every effort is being made hy the Surveyor General to meet the emor- " Fatal Accident.—The Perry county Democrat of lust week, says; Just as our inside forms were about being closed ..wo received some local items from our Liverpool correspondent, among them the following : On Monday. slh inst., a pnrtyofyoung men went out hunting, opposite this place, (Liverpool) and one or them, a son of Mr. John Meek, of Mlllersburg, stepped upon a log, which rolling, he fell. In the fall the gun was discharged and the whole contents entered bis forehead, causing instant death. Tax ON Tobacco.— Acting Oomrois aloner Douglass has written a letter In forraing dealers in manufactured tolmceo whose annual sales exeeod SlhO, that they are litihlo to pay a special tax there 'fnr in addition to a special tax as dealers in general merchandise, if they do deal In other goods. The special lax year commences with Hie Ist of May, and ends with tile 30th of April of the succeeding vear The special lux becomes due May 1 and any person liable to pay a special tax becomes liable to a flue and imprison ment If lie trauaaeta business without paying the same. Counterfeit Uukkency.— lt was late- ■ ly MlateK; hat Treasurer Hplnner had do- 1 olared lliat u» counterfeits of the new Issue of lifty cent Doles hud made their appearance. We now learn that a dun geroue counterfeit lifty cent fractional currency note of the new ia-ue has been out in circulation. It closely resembles,, the genuine. The paper used in. tire genuine fs pink tliiicd. The counterfeit |HHllybtl|pc:rt*enifllr In color, and lh© face slightly blurred, Tho words fractional currency and stamps are darkly shaded, which fa not the cane in the genuine.— There la also a difference in the back of the note.—-fib. PiOEONfl.—Heverul liockHof wild pigeons hi>v© pHHaed over town recently, and in n uf'©‘l ~tl, i CB thereof the hunters are ap proaching a poiu t bordering on inoanlty. tsivtial BI.A>DEK. ’Twas but a breath— Ami yet a woman’s fair name wilted. . And friends onco more cjrew cold and stilted. And life was worse than death. One vonomed word That struck Its coward .poisoned blow, In oraven whispers, hushed nnd'low, And yet the wide World heard. ’Twns hut one whisper—one— That mattered low for very shame, That thtiiß the slanderer dare not name, And yet its work was done. A hint so slight. Ami yet so mighty In Its power, A human soul in one short honr Lies crushed beneath Its blight. Boron r %*o soi.n, I stood to-night in mv foam-white laco, With oearls In my shining hair ; And I hid my heart with a smiling face. And the gamers said. “ How fair—" Flow blithe and bright Is the mold to-night, That stands at the altar thoro I** ..... And T heard them pralso Hie costly rings That purchased mv nuptial vow : PraNo th« jewels that clings and stings , j And burdens my fingers n<»w— . ' ; Tho'mllk-llke pearls that twine in my curls/ And heavily burden my brow. Praise os wo praise the frozen tree That the hoar-while frost hegems. And the cold cuts keen; but we only see . The glittering dladoms j And the leaves beneath in the cruel wreath, Wo*vo never a thought for them. Bought with a heap of shining gold.l Bring hither a red-hot rod, Anji brand my forehead, and wrist there,.‘Sold!’ And lo: t to Heaven and Clod.” Yot weak heart, wait l you choose your fate,' And Jewelled and gnlded shod. IPmUawiows. a»u> Tin: WAtßsis, ‘ You must remember well Hie Willey flood ns plain ns though It was but yester day,, straneer ?’ . ‘Did von live In the same place that you do now?’ ‘My cabin stood out yonder, hear the bank of the river. You can see the spot from the doorway here. There, near where that large elm stands.’ ‘I should have thought that the water would have swept It away, standing as it did on the low ground,' Tt did sweep It away, stranger, and my wife and child with it. If you have time to hear" it, I don’t mind telling you the story.' ‘Plenty of time, and nothing would suit me better. I am anxious to bear any thing of that 'night-which has invested the Notch of the mountains with such mournful Interest.’ The foregoing conversation took place 1 one day last summer between myself ami an old settler among the mountains, at whose cottage I hail stopped for a glass of milk, ami to rest awhile from my walk. From one thing concerning the moun tains to. another we passed, and I found that there were many incidents which he remembered of much interest to the tour ists, that had not found their way Into any of the guides or histories of the mountains wM°b ,havo been P>rtn.~ At last w© came to speak of the great freshet known in all the hill country as the Willey flood, and which rnou r nful Interest for all the dwellers in that region; and then ensued the conver sation which I have recorded as a preface to the story which I have reproduced for the entertainment of my readers. It waa in 182(5, and I Was a young man then, and had just set up in the world for mvself. I had been married two years, and my wife had a haby boy of some ate months. For the flrst year X had lived with my father over the mountains yon der, and then thought this piece.of inttyr vale, and built a c{ibiu on it. and then commenced a life for myself. Wejhad no , neighbors very near then, the highest being some nine miles down the river, while across the mountains to lather’s it was u mite further Still they seemed nearest to us, for we saw them much of* toiler than any one else —there never be ing but a tew days at a time of us passed back and forth. T worked hard theyear I built my cabin, and by the opeiliiigof my next season I had quite a clearing made about it, and I and Mary, as we sat in the doorway in me early evening, and gazed about over our possessions, used Co think that we were bn the high road Co prosperity, and looked forward to the time when ive should have one of the best farms lying about us that there was In all the moun tainous region. Of m»fe thing we were sure, and that was, that the soil could not be beat, and labor only was wanted to make It bring' forth abundantly. Tlip firel part of that mitnmer, our crops lookefi finely, uiiil nave promise of an Mhumlant harvest; but as the season went on, a drouth set In, which hade fair to scorch everything green'anil tender from the face of the earth; .Every dav the sun came up and went Its fiery round without a cloud to keep Its fierce rays from the earth, and when at lust August came in, even thelittledew that had fallen at night was withheld, and the crops, deprived of this, no longer strove to live, but turned yellow, s ink upon the earth, and wither ed uwav. A large part that I had planted went in this manner, and our clearing 'presented little the appearance it hud In the spring time. Still, if ruin would come soon, there would he enough saved to carry us through the winter, and that was wln/t more than many would have. As the month went on, there came signs.of rain, hut all of them, failed. In the morning, and through the early; cover tlie siniiioOh" 1 ) 1 /'rtl'ft'ni'ountains, and we would think that it must tain, but by noon they would all clear away, without as much as sending down a few drops upon the parched earth. And so the mouth wore.away until the morning of the twenty-fifth, the one be fore that on which the’flood came. That dayl lm'l been oyer the mountains to father’s, doing Homo work for him, as he was unwell, and I promised to come back the next morning and complete the (oh. The aky, us usual, had given signs of rain, but we put no confidence in it, thinking that we should he disappointed, as we had been oil along; though an old [ndian woman, who dwelt in a lodge on the side of the mountains, far up tile val ley, who chanced along, and paused at the doorway for rest, declared that we should have the greatest storm within two days that we had ever known. But we put but little confidence in this, for we considered her half Cl Lizcd, uud had she not been, we thought it was Jii tie that she could know of what was to come. The next morning when we arose, we lound that it had rained a very little some time during the night; hut the aky ami clouds did not look threatening'ns they had done for days previous. Wo had nil early breakfast, uud when it over I set out over the mountain lo do my day’s work, telling my wife that I should not lie hack hoinre dark, but should surely return homo some lime in the evening. . I found, when I readied father's, that he was not us well as he had been the day before, und that mother was much wot lied about him. He ddflared that it was nothing, only one of Ids attacks to which he was subject, uud that ho would soon be over it. Mother siiook tier bead, und hoped that lie wae right, and I went nut into the field to work, and did uot come again In the cabin till nunn. - Instead of being better, he was much worse, and mother declared that I must saddle tlie horse, and go down to •Conway for Doctor Ungly ; hut fattier would not hear of lids; so, after dinner, I weutbuok to my work, uud in the course of a coupiff of boors, my sister came running out to call me. Father was growing: worse fast, ami.had given his consent that I should go for the doctor. I was not lonfctu mak ing ready. The horse was in the pasture close at hand, and it took hut a few mo ments to catch it. and throw on the sad dle aud bridle. I lost little time in the bouse, and then set out on a swift gallop. 1 had ten miles to go over a rough road, before reaching the d* ctor’s.aud X knew (hat unless I made good time, I should not get back til) after nightfall, ai d then I should have to cross the mountain to my own cabin, which would make me late home. I had promised Mary that J would return, and I knew thateho would pass a sleepless night, if I did not do so, as she hud never yet remained alone through the night. - . Long before I loft Conway, my eyes were fixed upon -the clouds, which now seemed to be gathering from all direc tions, and piling themselves upon the mountains behind me, until the sky in that direction had the appearance of the deepest midnight. They had gathered there every day for a month past, but 'nothing like the way they were doing bow. Great black masses that seemed to covei the sky, would roll swiftly along and pile themselves upon those already resting there, and ns I often turned my hem) und watched them, T con d not help thinking of what the old Indian woman hud e»id the day before,of the great storo.i which w’ur coming I hurried on, and reached the.doctor’s, who I found was sick himself, aud noi able to* ride the distance lie would havt. to go that night. I described as near as T could thesymptomsof father’scomplalnt. and he fixed some medicine, which he gave me, with directions for using, and then I went out and mounted my horse to return. The'doctor followed me to the door, and we tallied for a minute or two of he strange appearance of the sky to the northward. He was of the opinion that we were going t have a heavy storm* and that - 'according to the looks of thf. sky, I should get a good wetting-before I got hack to father’s. I replied that I would ho willing to take that, if .we could .only have the rain w© so much needed, and then I sot out, l iving him standinu in the doorway, with hia eyes fixed on tlie sky, • . My face is now towards the mountains, ami the great mass of clouds piled 'above thern -and it almost made me tremble os I .gazed upon them in their blackness, atul watched the lightning that every little while darted out from their folds I bad lived among the mountains since F was a 'little child, but had never.seen anything like it before, and T could not help thinking that some fearful thing was about to happen. ■) 1 was not more than half-way back to father’s when the rain came down, in. torrents. It hardly seemed as though It could be night, yet the darkness came with, it, and in a little time I could'not see a rod ahead, along the way I was goiug. In less than five minutes, I wa>- wet to the skin, and the water was drip ping from me in streams. I made use of th* stick I carried, and ns the old mure’s head was towards our home. I made good time, and in about an hour from the time it commenced to ruin. I'reached father’s, as wet as though I<had swam the distance in the river. I found him easier than when I set out, and giv ing mother the medicine I liad bought, and hastily eating some supper she had prepared for me, I set out over the moun tains for home, against; the advice of both —they declared that I could not keep the path in the storm ana qmknoes. I knew that it would be hard work ,to do so, for the ralu came down ns though we were going to have another flood ; but I had nromised Mary that I would com* back that night, and I meant to makt iny word pood to her, if I could do so,— And then I waa afraid of the water. II it continued to rain us it was doing now, I was afraid that the water would rise and comoso near to the.cabin, as to-give her alarm, and to put, them in danger. I knew every step across the moun tain well, as T had been over it many times, both night and day ; but I found as i begun to attend, that I had neve* undertaken the Job.when it was so dark before. TV* keep in the, I had to g< slowly; sometimes feeling for the track with my hands, when my feet were'a' fault, ami aU the time the rain was fill iugdn such torrents as I had never known before. I came to a small brook about half way up, which I had crossed that moruinp upon its dry bial. Now it was a foaming torrent, .ready to overflow Its banks, cun' I crossed with difficulty; but I got oyer by holding fast- to the hushes that grew upon either side, and kept on toward ih* summit, where f knew my greatest dlili cully lay, as it was destitute of‘trees, 01 even bushes size, the path leading over the bare rocks, with nothing togulde me in the darkness, and prevent me losing ray way. When I at last came out of the woods Upon the melts, I was completely at a stand-still. In vain it was that I tried to see through the darkness, the like ol which I had never seen belore I was half a mind to turn hack to father's, bu' the thought of Mary alone wllh the ha by. wailing for me, urged me on, and 1 'advanced blindly in the darkness, trust ing In my good luck to guide me aright. My luck failed mo this time, for by the time I had got down to the woods upon the oilier side, I found that I had lost the path, and had got into a tangled mass of fallen trees and bushes, through which I could hardly force ray way. Still I did not feel lost, for I knew that I had only to work my way down the mountain to come out soraewheie in the valley near my caliiu, which I could soon find, when once on level ground. But it would take me longer to pick my way along, and there would be greater datiger of stum# ling and getting a fall, than though I bad managed to keep the path. But there was no help for it now, as you might as mlk I : mi, jift&'i J. n n w - I had got wlmt I thought was about half way down the mountain, wheel wu9 startled by a terrible sound that came .from the mountains to the north ward, and which drowned the rush of the tempest above me. It was a rush and roar—a mingled crash of earth and rocks, winch made even the ground beneath my feet tremble. I knew not then what it could be, but I found out afterword that it was the first Bllde which came down ueur the Notch. I knew by tile brooks which filled every hollow which I had to cross, that the river must he swollen lo many times lls usual size, and that each moment was adding uew streams to it, to caues It to overflow its baufes; and this, with the terrible sound that had come from the mountains above, filled me with alarm for the safety of my wife and child, and X hurried oil, catching more'than one fail in my haste, which tore my clothes and covered me witli bruises. At last I knew that T mus* be pretty well down towards the valley, and eager ly I gazed through the trees for the light I knew Mary would set in the window to guide roe to the cabin. I knew not ex-, uclly where X was, hut I must be some where near luy own clearing, X thought, uud the light could he seeu from any part of it. on the side I was approaching. X could hew the rush-of the river, and a great fear look possession of me that the cuhiii laid been already swept away, and that my loved ones hud been eugulfed lu the merciless waters. At lust the foot of the mountain was readied, and against the dull sky I could see the outlines of the great struggling neea which had been southed by the lire, and which stood leaflets about roy clear ing. Their dead brunches creaked be neath the fury of. the tempest, making a dismal, moaning sound, which seemed like an omen ol some terrible disaster impending over the valley. 1 moved down among them, and In a moment found myself to my middle lu the water, and I sprang hack again, fear- IBg lhat the next step would carry mo beyond my depth. Great God I was the valley flooded with water, and had my cabin and its loved inmates been swept away ? . Sick at heart, and oppressed with this terrible fear, I asked myself the question, ast stood trying to pierce the dark dess which flUed the valley before me, and to comprehend the exact spot where I stood. A.t 'ast I decided the latter question by a study of the dead trees before me, and then moved slowly down ihe valley to bring myself opposite the spot where 1 had left my cabin standing in the morn* lug. , Just then, to my great joy, a light beamed out. through the darkness. For u moment it wavered, and then burned brightly, and I knew that as yet ray cab in had not been moved Irom the spot where I had placed it; but the rays of the light glimmered upon a sea.of dark water which lay between it and the spot where I stood, aud any moment it might float away. I wondered why it was that the water was so still, and not the rushing torrent T shouldjhuve thought it would have been; hut this was soon made plain as I reflect* ed upon the subject. A short distance down the valley the hills came close dowu to the banks of the stream, and. here, owing to the amount of drift-wood a jam had been formed with the force of the water had not been able to break, and so had flowed il buck, covering the entire valley. How much longer the drift-wnnd would bear the strain it was impossible to tell; hut it did not seem as rhough it would for many minutes, as 1 could.hear the rush and roar of the wat ers, as it battled with It from the spot where I stood. Suddenly a shriek full of mortal agony rang over the water. My heart stood **tUl in my breast, for I recognized, the voice as that of my,wife, and 1 knew that some fearful danger menaced'her and the child. Again it was repeated, and I sent back an answering cry. A moment more, aud I stood mute with horror and dwmav. The light was moving slowly down to the bottom of the clearing, tel ling as plainly as words could have dope, (hat the cabin was afloat. For a few’mlnutes it seemed as though T were chained to'thespot wherelstdod. The light as it floated downward, posses ned a terrible f»s ination, and I could not take my eyes from it.if I would. I could seem to see Its timbers falling asunder, aud the pale faces of ray wife and child sinking Into the black, turbulent waters. The horror of that moment I shall never forget so long as 1 live. Another horrible crash among the mountains, to the northward—a sound as if a huge cliff had beeu hurled down ward, broke the terrible spell that bound me to the spot, and roused mo toan eflpn to try and effect the escape of ray loved .ones* Another cry of dlsnair which reach, ed me from the cabin, I answered back, though I doubted If I was heard, thecab fu was so near to, the rushing current ol the river; and then I hurried along the ♦Migeoftheclearing, which wasthebound ary of the Juke, toward the spot where the river broke through the hills, and where tbejam had been formed which flowed the waters back. Steadily and light gilded down the waters of the little lake, and from its mo tion I judged that It had not as yet flout ed into the current of the river, and T breathed a silent prayer in ray heart that it would not be so, for then all hope would be igone. If the cabin would but., bold together and keep out of the current of the river, it would lodge among the treoß at the foot of the clearing, where I would be ready to bear them from it to a place of safety. The way round tothe bank of the river was difficult to get. over in the darkness nut I accomplished it much sonuer than I had expected, and by the time the cabin had floated half the distance from its site to the spot where I now stood. But the tight was moving faster now, and In a very few minutes the fate of the belpl&ss ones would be decided. Upon the jam piled high in'the river, with the foaming waters breakinc through and over it. their lives depend •*d. Could it resist the force of the water hut a few minutes longer they would bn saved—but <|id it break, the fierce flow o' ‘.he waters would bring It into the stream where it would at once fall to piece?. Tills much I saw and comprehended in rhe darkness, and you can imagine, stranger, with what fearful interest I watchcH the jam and the fast appioach *ng light upon the water. Nearer and nearer cam© the cabin, nntj shorter grew the rays of light which streaked out between it and the spot where I stood. I called to Mary at the top of my voice, but if any answer came hack it was drowned by the roar of the jam. Two mlnuha more, and if it kept >n Its course it would glide In among the trees where I could reach It and bear them off in safety. At this moment, when my heart beat high.with .the hope that they would be spared to me, with a mighty roar and crash thb jam pave,way, and the surging waters madly followed. In a moment the cabin obeyed the new impulse given it, and moved towards the centre of the stream; It wns a moment of fearful sus pense to me, but it was soon over. To my great Joy it lodged lor a minute against the trees, upon the bank, and in that time I had my wife and child In my arms, and had borne them to the solid earth. Then their frail bark surged into the stream, and in a moment after was torn apart, and its timbers floated singly down the stream. We found a shelter beneath some over hanging rocks, where we staid until morning, when we made bur way over the mountain to father’s, thauk/ul for the escape we had had from the tempest, which would not be forgotteb to our dying day. On .the morrow came the sad news from the Notch, and as Mary and I list ened to the fitory, we shuddered os we thomgiC. of -our:.own . fieri! ..amid..the. A Beautiful Extract.—More than thirty years ago, Rev. John W, MafTet, then in his prime, delivered a lecture, which closed with the following passage: ••The Phoenix, a fabled bird of antiqui ty, when It felt the advancing chills of age, built Its own pyre by means which nature’s instinct taught. Ail its plumage and Its form of beauty became ashes; but then would rise the young—beautiful from the urn of death and chamber of decay would the fledgeling come, with Its eyes turned to the sun, and essayed Us dark velvet wing,sprinkled with gold and fringed with sliver,on the balmy air, rising a little higher, until at length, in the full confidence of flight, It gives a ory of joy, and soon becomes a glittering speck on the bosom of the aerial ocean. Lovely voyager on earth, bound on Its heavenward journey to thesub! 8b rises the spirit-bird from the ruins of the body, the funeral urn which its Maker built; the death fires. So towers away to its home in the pure elements of spirituality, intellect, Phcenix-llke, to dip Its pr->»d wings Into the fountain of eternal bliss. Bo shall precious humanity survive from Its ashes of the burning world. So beau tifully shall the unchanged soul soar within the disc of eternity's luminary with umlazzted eyes and unscorohed wings; Hie Phconlx immortality—taken to its rainbow home, and cradled on the heating bosom of eternal love.” ‘Stranger, will you try a hand with us at poker. 7’ ‘Thank you, gentlemen, hut tdore arc seventeen reasons Why I cannot accom modate you Just now.’ 'Seventeen reasons for not playing cards I Pray what are they ?’ ‘Why, the first la, I haven't any mo ney—' •Slop!’ That’s enough. Never mind the other sixteen.’ AN Irish girl having been sent to the Post Office lor the mail, came hack to In quire whether it waa Indian or corn mail that was wontsd. Snl and Jabo. ‘Git eout, yow nasty puppy I Let me alone, or I’ll tell your ma I’ cried out Sal ly to her lover, Jake, who sat about ten feet from her pulling dirt from the chim ney jam. ,1 ain’t touchln' on you Sal/ responded Jake. ‘Well, perhaps you don't moan to, uuther—do yer ?' ‘No, I don't.' 'Cause you're toroal scary I you long legged, lantern-Jawyed, Blabsided pigeon eyed, gangleowl, you I you havn't got a bit o* sonse! git along home with you.' ‘Now, Sal, I love you. and can’t help It, and if you don’t let me stay and court you ray pap will sue your’n for that cow; he sold him 'toxher day. By jingo, he said he’d do it.' ‘Well, look here Jake, If you want to court mo you’d better do It as a white man does that tiling, and tint set orf there us if you thought I was pizen.' ‘How on airth. is that, Sal ?’ ‘Why ride right up here, and hug and kiss mo, as if you had some of the bone and sinner of a man about you. Do you suppose a woman's duly made to look at, you fool you ?' ‘We!!,’ said Jake, drawing a long breath; if I must, I ’spose I must, for i hveyou , Sal!’ and so Juke commenced sliding up to her. Laying his arm gracefully upon Sal's shoulder, and piaciug himself iu a theatrical attitude, wo thougt we heard Sal exclaim in silvery notes like those of a dying swan: "That’s the way ..to do it, old hoes! that’s it. ‘Oh ! Terusttlam a-n-d pancakes,l' said Jake, drawing the back of his hand across his month, ‘Buckwheat cakes, slap-jacks and lasses ain’t no whar, laugsvde o’ you, Sal!’ Hero their lips came together and the repoic that followed was like pulling a horse’s hoof out of the mire. A Good Story. Some of tho students of the Indiana State University, were suspected to be in the habit of drinking brandy, and where they oh'alned it was a mystery. Doctor Daily determined to ferret out the secret. Culhmr into a small drugstore, the.pro prietor asked him —"how that student. Afr. Carter, came on?”* Sme.liug a rat, the doctor answered in an evasive manner, and soon drew out of the apothecary that the students under suspicion had been In the habit of puroh a-ing brandy for a sick student by the name of Carter; that they said he was quite low, and was kept alive by stimu tents; that the young gentlemen seemed very devoted to him. Now the secret was out. This Carter was. a fictitious character,’ ami the doctor bad the secret. However, he kept his own counsel. The next time the students assembled in the chapel for prayers, he cast his eyes over the crowd and satisfied himself that Carter’s nurses were all present. The devotions were duly conducted, and then he called the attention of the students, remarking that he bad a mourn ful task to perform. As the President ot the University it became his duty to an-' uounce the death of their fellow student, Mr. Carter. After a lingering illness of several weeks, a portion of which time lie was kepi alive by stimulants, he had breathed his last. *Ho hud no doubt that this announcement would fall sadly on the ears of those who hud so faithfully attended to his wants, hut be hoped they would bear it with resignation—he hoped they would reflect on the oft repeated words, 1 Momenta mori ,*. that he would now no longer detain, hut leave-tbem to thei>*own reflections! The result of this announcement was startling* None of the Professors, and but few of the students, had ever heard of this man Carter. . I “ Who is he 7” was whispered ; none knew but the kind friends that attended .him, and they wouldn't tell ; and the President seemed so deeply affected they didn't like to ask him I A Mysterious Woman.— The New Albany Ledger says; Some excitement has been created in a certain locality in this city hy the strange conduct of a woman who hasin her pos session a female child, about ten years of age. At times the woman acts strangely, walking the floor for hours together, in a *tate of apparent deep thought os though, some act or thing weighed heavily upon her mind. At times she treats the child very roughly, but at no lime will she permit it to go out and play with other, children with her knowledge; nor will she allow it to go iuto the sunshine un protected, for fear, she alleges, that its •skin will become sun-burnt or tanued. Bbe never leaves the child with another person, but when she goes from home al ways takes it with her, never permitting it to walk out unless she has it by the baud. The woman is unmarried, and boards. She says the child is not her otyn, but that it is the daughter of an ex-Gov ernor of the Stale of Ohio., She has sev eral times stated that thelittie one was btolen from its mother when It was but a .month old ; and that she has sworn nev er to let it pass out of her sight while she lives. She dresses the little girl in the richest and most costly raiment, and the child is represented as very pretty and quite intelligent, the woman teaching It such lessons as it is competent to study with great ease. The woman herself is apparently quite poor, of good deport ment, hut not very communicative to those with whom she boards. Barring her occasional fits'of ill-humor and bad treatment of the child, she conducts her* seifin au unoxceptlonable manner. The Scandinavians who bavesettled in the Far West have become noted for their industrious habits, their peaceable charac ter, and the readiness with which they adapt themselves to the Institutions of our country. Their, value jus citizens and the estimation in which they are held is evidenced by the.brisk competition be- U'foffirdad’hi fthohlsa^o r fee(/erof the Pennsylvania Central, offers to trans port« colony of Scandinavians from New York to a point on their railroad In Michi gan on credit,, to be paid in work on the railroad next winter, to provide them with horses during the winter, and to sell them agricultural land at moderate prl ces, with ample time in which to make payment, and also to furnish them em ployment aa soon as they arrive. Maine offers, through an agent In Sweden a do nation.of one hundred acres to each head of a family who will settle in the Stale and help to redeem its barren and neglec ted soil. Other States are circulating in Sweden and Norway essays showing the advantages they possess at home for the emigrant. Thus do we benefit ourselves and other people at one and the same time. Artemus and Betsey Jane.— ln an affecting account of his courting with Betsey Jane, Artemus Ward says : ‘There were a great many affectin’ ties which made mo hanker alter Betsey Jane. Her father’s farm Jlned ourn— their cows and ourn squenohed their thirst at the same spring—both- our old mares had stars on their forred—the measeis broke out in both families near • ly the came time—-our parents (Betsey Jane's and mine) slept regular every Sunday in the same roeetin’ house and the nahors used to observe, “How thlcs the Wards and Peosles air !/* It was a sublime sight in tho spring of the year to see our several mothers (Betsey’s and mine) with their gowns pin’d up so that they couldn’t sile ’em, eflecsnuntcdiy billin’ soap together the nabors.’ 'Wealth is not among the number of good things, extravagance Is among the number of evils ; sober-mindedness of good things. Now, sober-mindedness in vites uh to frugality and the acquisition -of real advantages; but wealth to extrav agance and it drags us away from sober mindedness. It is a bald matter, there fore, being rich, to be sober-minded, or being sober-minded to be rich. 3 for iEMXNTa wui do inserted at Ten Cent jr the prat insertion, and flve oen >r each sabseqnent insertion. Qtxaf yearly, and yearly advertisements la* , liberal redaction on the above rates iments should be accompanied by th# 'lensent without any length of tins* )r publication, they will be continue# red out and cnerged accordingly. JOB PRINTING. . AirDnrLLa.OmcukAM, and •very otU* tlonof Job and Card Printing. ©cms of JUtcrafiite. PBISTFB’N fiOVE. Wo love to see the blooming rose, In nil its beauty drest; We love to honr our friends disclose > The emotions of the breast. Wo lovo to see tho ship arrive, Well laden to our shore; Wo lovo to see our neighbors thrive, . And lovo to bless tno poor. Wo lovo to soo domestic life, With uninterrupted Joys^ We lovo to see a happy wife, With cheerful girls and boys. Wo lovo all these—yet for above All that wo over said. Wo lovo—whal every printer loves— To Havic subscription .paid. These aresplendid nights for sleeping. This is regarded as the most pleasant part of the year. Evening drl vesjust now into the conn* try are very popular. Tin-: days are getting shorter and gas bills longer. The trees have begun to cost off their clothing While njaokiud are putting on mor6. The man out \yest who has an appe tite jiko a cross-cut saw, with difficulty obtains board. Why do bald-headed men tak6 a Joke quickor’than others? Because they are not troubled to get it through their hair. . Mentally, as well as physically; food can be tod concentrated. The bread Is always best for health that contains bran enough to digest it. ‘Sambo, why am dat nigger down dar u de bole of do- boat like a chicken in deegg?’ ‘I gibs um up’ ‘Because he couldu’tgetout, ific wasn't for de hatch.’ ‘Lenny,* said bis maiden aunt, 'you should eat the barley that is in yoursonp, • r you will never get to be a man. 1 Len ny, looking up, innocently inquired ‘is that whut you eat it for, aunty ?’ A Michigan boarding-house keeper rails up his servants of a morning with ‘Get up, lazy jades, breakfast has got to be got, aud somebody has got to get up and:get it.’ A gentleman asked a little girl what it was that made a person look so when another tickled him. ‘tfuppogo it is the laugh .creeping over him,’ was the in stant reply. Bridget, in reply to a remark of her mistress, who said that she had put too h mucii garlic in the omelet, replied that she did it so that it would not taste so strongly of tho eggs, which were bad, A would-be suicide at Cincinnati was pulled off the track before a coming train by a railroad man, who warned him against trying to ‘muss upthoeogineany such a way as that.’ A Lawyer at Terre Haute lately went to an editor’s office to cane him. The doctors have dug three bullets but of his frame and say there is another one that they can’t find, which will probably kill him. A.gentleman,who had a very deaf servant was advised by a friend to die-, charge her. ‘No no,’ replied the gentle man,.with much good feeling, ‘that poor creature could never hear of another sit uation. 1 Upon the marriage of one of her com panions, a littleglrlaboutll yearsofage, of the same school, said to her parents, ‘Why, don’tyou think Amelia is married, und she hasn’t gone through fractions yeti' .. An elderly lady, who had Insisted on her pastor praying for rain, had her cab bages cut by a hail-storm, and on view ing the wreck, remarked that she 'never knew him to undertake anything with out overdoing the matter.' ‘Mb Jones, 1 said Mrs, Jones with aa air of triumph, ‘dan’tyou think marriage ia a means of grace ?’ 'Welhyco' growled Jones, *1 suppose anything is a means of grace that break* down pride and leads to repentance.' Two -Irishmen were traveling when they stopped to examine a guide-board. ‘Twelve miles to Portland,' said one, ‘Juat six miles apiece, said the other. And they truged on apparently satisfied at the small distance. Every man has, in bis own life, follies emmgn—iu his own mlud, troubles enough—in the performance of his own duties, deficiencies enough—in his own /••rmne, evils enough -without being cu rious after the affairs of others. A Person was. complimenting Mrs.- on her acting a certain female character so well. *Tq do justice to that character,' replied the lady, modestly, 'one ahonld heyoungand handsome.’ ‘Nay, madam,' replied the gentleman, ‘you are a com plete proof to the contrary.' An old farmer said to his sons: ‘Boys, don’t you ever apeckorlate, or wait for HUthin to turn up. You might just as well go and sit down on a stone in the middle of a tnedder, with a pail atwixt your lege, an' wait fora cow to back up to you to be milked.' ‘Here, Alfred, ia an apple; divide it politely with your little sister.' ‘How shall I divide it politely, mamma?’ Give the larger part to the other person, my child.' Alfred handed the apple to his little sifter saying: 'Here sis, you divide it yourself.’ The New Haven Police Court, recent ly tried to settle the novel question, how much a mau ought to be fined for chok- I'Mutfffualfy'gave up*the cou uuudruui, and discharged the offender on payment of costs. .The Louisville Courier Journal says s Some of the newspapers are blaming the negro cadet Smith for breaking a tin dip per Over a white boy's bead. But what are boys sent to military schools for If it isn't to learn how to light, and what is breaking tin dippers over a boy's head if it Isn't learning how to fight? 7 Fall.—We are nearing the season of the sere and y*ilow leaf. We have passed, from Summer iuto Fall. What a Bum mer It was 1 The record shows that thero was more heat than during any corres ponding period for the past eighty y*ars. It is said Nature always asserts the law of equilibrium. If this proves true, a cold Winter will be the result. A Louisville paper has some answers to correspondents. Here is one to a lady : ‘iennie. —Ministers are not moro ad dicted to dissipation than other profess ional men, A few of the Kalluch stripe take gin toddies and liberties with fe males, but the great majority of thorn are as good as lawyers and doctors. If you . want to marry a true Christian, choose a printer. A Man In New Hampshire, who had bought a pair of pups of a rare breed, and bad given them in charge ofa dog fonder in a neighboring State, was astonished recently, upon returning home, after an absence of u few days, to And his wife in hysterics, occasioned by the receipt of a telegram worded as follows: ‘The little darlings are doing well, and are ‘looking quite pretty. Please send their‘board money.* An lowa John lately courted and en gaged to marry a young girl who In a miff at some neglect on John’s part, revenged herself by marrying Isaac, John’s father. John countered by marrying the mother of bis recent betrothed, becoming the step father of his own step-mother, while Isaac’s wife was compelled to become the daughter In-Jaw of her step son. And thus John became hla own -grandfather by brevet*
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