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i& BY BRATTOIT& KENNEDY. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1870. VOL. 57.-NO. 15.
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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.
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tRYOG K Justice” o7the
Rce No 8, Irvin’s Row, Carlisle. '
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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.
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EXIRONB, ATTORNEY AND
V3BLOR AT hA W, -
RKET, BELOW CHESTNUT,
Cor f Library,
Philadelphia. • -
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tB ani ®apß
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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.
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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*