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M. B. B-UTXiKR , .
ATTORNEY AT LAW, *
mlilln HOUS»rSoutlrHtinoYer street"
Qborlnnd coanty, Penn a.
as by Tamil, will receive immediate
attention given to the selling or rent*.
state, in town or country. In all let
ry, please enclose postage stamp.
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EI.TZIIOOVEn,
OBWEY-AT-LA W,
CARLISLE,* PA.
)U South’Hanover Street, opposite
goods store. ■ ,
CH & BARKER, / ‘
TTORNEYS AT LA W.
[alu Street, in Marlon Hall, Oar-
ATTORNEY- AT-IIAWI
Office with S. Hepburn, Jr.
East Street,
CARLISLE;. PA.
J,71-ly, 1 . - ; . ' ,
KENNEDY, Attorney At Law
Carlisle, Fenno, Office same oa that of
i'nerican volunteer.”
it 1870. . ,
I GEORGE S. SE ARIGHT, Den
fisr. From the Baltimore ColXeqe of* Denial
m Office at the residence of nls mother
Author Street, three doors below Bedford
ile.Penua.
■ 11805. '
©ata anti fflans
RUSH abeival
OF ALL THE
NEW STYLES
OF
hatband; o a p s.
mbMorlber has Just opened at No. 16 North
f tr Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle
iKEanU, one of the largest and best Stocks
11301111 CAPS ever ofibred In Carlisle.
Ilols, Cosslmere of all styles and qualities,
jrlms. different colors, and every descrlp
ifSoft Hats now made.
a ilunkard and Old Fashioned Brush, con
ilyon hand and made to order, all warrant
elvo satisfaction.
A full asaoitment of
GENTS; • • »
• BOY’S, AND
CHILDREN’S,
HATS. •
islso added to my Stock, notions of dlfler
lads, consisting of
iISS' AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS
iiM, Suspenaera,. .
Collars, Gloves,
Pencils, Jhread,
Sewing &llk, Umbrellas, dec
UME SEGARS AND TOBACCO
ALWAYS ON HAND,
tme a call, and examine my stock as I feel
lent of pleaslng all, besides saving yon mo-
JOHN A. KELLER, Agent,
No. 16 North Hanover Street.
LT3 AND CAPS I
( YOU WANT A NiOB AT OR OAF ?
If 80, DON’T FAIL TO OALL ON
J. G CALLIO,
SO. 29, WESI MAIN STREET,
ican be seen the finest assortment of
HATS AND CAPS
iroaght to Carlisle. He takes great pleas-'
a Inviting his old friends and customers,
IlneVr ones,to hls’splendld s»ock lust re
i from New York and Phllodelphla, con-
I la part of fine
SILK AND. OASSIMERE HATS,
u an endless variety of Hats and Caps of
itest style, all of which, he will sell at tho
iQuh Prices. Also, Uls own. manufacture
lUalways oa han.d, and
lAT3 ALANUFAOTURED TO ORDER,
ha* tii© best arrangement for coloring Hats
lUklnusof Woolen Goods, Overcoats,So.,at
iortest notice (as lie colors every week) and
a most reasonable terms. Also, a line lot of
»brands of - '
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
pon band. He desires to call the attention
rams who have
COUNTR Y FITR S
,u he pays the highest cash prices for ilie
ihira a call, at the above number, his ild
;u he feels confident of giving entire satis*
Ulumiwg. sfc.
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E 3 CAMPBELL. |. W, P. HENWOOD
XPBJELLTF JELJEmrOOJD,
PLUMBERS,
S AND STEAM FITTERS,
to. IS North JhmwevSt,
CARLISLE, PI A
3 TUBS,—-
'ATEE CLOSETS,
•WASH BASINS,
HYDRANTS,
LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS,
CISTERN AND DEEP WELL PUMPS,
GAS FIXTURES,
SHADES AND GLOBES &0., &c.
Ii Iron and Terra Cotta Pipe.
HIMNEY TOPS and FLUES,
Ail kinds ol
RASS WORK
and Water constantly on band.
»RK IN TC?WN OR COUNTRY
. promptly attended to.
immediate attention given to orders for
fiai or work from a distance.-®*
special advantages wo are prepared to
COPPER WORK
for Still Houses (ond£other
"•s at home or at a distance.
COPPER PIPE
tohed to order either drawn or brazed,
L-i '4 4.4 4 4i 4.
OTIONS wholesale at
IT T PRICES,
3V£g con Btantly on hand such as
suspenders.
• NECK TIES and
ROWS,
RT FRONTS, Cambric and Linen Handker
mm.L2aen and Paper Collars and Cuflb,
?b?fe. Spool Cotton. Wolletta
s.aiationarj. Wrapping Paper and' Paper
»; Soaps and Perfumery, Shoe Slack,
re p °Ußb. Indigo, Sekars, <Cc..<to.
COYLE BROTHERS,
luoh 5A No, 21 South Hanover street,
30. IS7I-om. Carlisle. Pa;
STERNER & BRO., ; '
'niiY and sale s ABLE,
IWEen HANOVER AND BEDFOItF'S?.,
the rear op bentz house,
CARLISLE, PA.
fitted up, the Stable .with new Carri
er;** . atu Prepared to fhrntsa .first-class
reosonxCble rates. Parties,taken to
“ WORK, of every description, ex-
Muted at this office.
- BY BRATTOF& KENNEDY.
JWcifcal.
JJOO F L AND > S
GERMAN
Hoofland's German: Bitters,
Hooflanfs German Tonic
Hoofland’s Podophyllln.
Hand's Greek Oil.
Mooflmul’s German Bitters,
A Bitters without Alcohol or* Spirits of any kind ,
Is different from all others. It is composed of
tho pure Juices or vital prlnolpleof Roots, Herbs,
and Barks (or as medicinally termed, extracts),
tho worthless or-Inert portions of the ingredl
en 38 not being used. Therefore, in one bottle of
this Bitters there Is contained as much medici
nal virtue as will be found in several gallons of
ordinary mixtures. The Roo ts, «Sc., used in this
Bitters are grown In Germany, their vital prln%
k clples extracted In that country by -a scientific
Chemist and forwarded to the manufactory In
this city,'where they are componnded and bot
tled. Containing no spirituous ingredients, this
Bitters is free from the objections urged against
all others; no desire for stimulants can be In
duced from their use, they cannot make drunk
ards. and cannot, under any circumstances, have
any but a beneficial effect,
Hbofland’s German Tonic
Was compounded for those not Inclined to ex
treme bitters, and Is Intended tor use in cases
when some alcoholic stimulant Is required In
connection with the Tonic properties of the Bit
ters. Each bottle of tho Tonic contains one bot
tle of the Bitters, combined with pure Santa
Crus Rum, and flavored In such a manner that
the extreme bitterness of the Bitters is over*
come, forming a preparation highly agreeable
and pleasant to the palate, and containing the
medicinal virtues of the Bitters. The price of
the Tonic iS'SI 60 per bottle, which .many per
sons think too high. They must take into con
sideration that the stimulant used is guaranteed
to be ot a pure quality. A poor article could be
furnished at a cheaper price, but Is it not better
topay allttlemoreancfhavo a good article 7 A
medicinal preparation should contain npne but
tho befit ingredients, and they- who expect to
obtain a cheap compound will most certainly be
cheated
They are the greatest known Remedies
Fop LIVER COMPLAINT. DYSPEPSIA, NER
VOUS DEBILITY. JAUNDICE. DLSBASE
OF THE KIDNEYS, ERUPTIONS OF
THE SKIN, and all diseases aris
* ing' from a Disordered Liver,
Stomach, or IMPURITY OF
THE BLOOD.
Readhe following symptoms
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Full
ness of Blood to the Head. Acidity of the Stom
ach, Nausea, Heartburn. Disgust for Food; Ful
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructa
tions, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the
Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or
Difficult Breathing. Fluttering at the Heart,
Choking or-Suffocating Sensations when In a
Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs
before the Sight, Dull Pain In the Head, Deficien
cy of Perspiration, Yellowness Of the Skin and
Eyes, Pain lu the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, &o„
Sadden Flushes of Heat. Burning In the Flesh,
Constnntlmaglnlngs of Evil, ana Great Depres
sion of Spirits. All these indicate Disease of the
Liver or Digestive Organs combined with Im
pure blood.
The use of the Bitters or Tonic will soon cause
the above symptoms to disappear, and the-pa
tient will ecome well and healthy. **
Dr, Hoof land’s Qreele Oil,
JLdghlning Care for all kinds of JPainsand Acne*.
Applied Externally.— lt will cure all kind
of Fains and Aches, such as Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Toothache; Chilblains, Sprains. Bruises
Frostßltes, Headaches. Pains in the Back and
Loins, Fains in the Joints or Limbs, Stings of
Insects, Ringworm, etc.
Taken Internally.— lt will cure Kidney
Complaints .Backaches, Sick Headache, Cholic,,
Dysentery, Dlarrhcea, Cholera Infantum, Chole
ra Morbus, Cramps and Fains in .the Stomach,
Fever and Ague, Coughs, Colds, Asthma, etc.
Dr. Moofland’a Fodophyllin,
OR SUBSTITUTE FOR MERCURY PILLS,
Two Fills a Pose,
The moat Powerful, get innocent Vegetable Caihartie
' known.
It Is not necessary to take a handful of these
Pills to produce the desired effect; two of them
act quickly ami powerfully, cleansing tho Liver,
Stomach, and Bowels of ail
principal Ingredient is PodopbylUn. or the Al
Soholic Extract of Mandrake, which Ishy many
times more Powerful, Acting, and Searching,
than the Mandrake itself. Its peculiar action fa
upou lUe Liver, cleaning It speedily from all ob
structions. with all the power of Mercury, yet
free from Ine injurious results attached to the
U *For*antiserums, lu which the use of a enthar
lo la indicated, these Pills will give entire satlfl
aotlon in every cose. Th oy never fail.
In cases of Liver Complaints, Dyspepsia, and
xtreme Coatlveness, Dr. Hooflano’s Germtm
Ritters or Tonic should bo used In connection
with the Pills. The tonic effect of the Bitters or
Tonic builds up thesyatem. The Bitters or Ton
lo purifies the fiiooa, strengthens the nerves,
regulates the Liver, and gives strength, energy,
“jCeep'yonr Bowels active wIU» the Pills, and
2 (ho system with Bitters or Tonlo. and
rrndffise can retain Its hold, or ever assail you
wise medicines are sold by all Druggists and
d ttl l e n et m
MiUI REMEDIES, that are so universally used
and highly recommended; and do not allow the
DraeaSt to induce you to toko anything else
that may say is just as good, because he
makes a larger profit on U. These Remedies
wUI be sent by Express lo any locality, upon pp
nlVcaMon to tho PRINCIPAL OFFICE, at the
Lehman medicine store, 03i ar&h bt,
PHILADELPHIA v
Okas. M. Evans,
Formerly O. M.'JACKSON & CO.
These remedys are for salb bydrugglflts, store
keepers and 'medicine dealers throughout the
Unlled Ssata;, Canadas. South : Amor!ca and tto
Westlndlea.
P6C,1,1870*1y
DDH't FDRDET THE DID FOLIB.
Dont forgei tho.old folks,
Love .them more rmd more,
As they, with unshrinking feet, ’ ,
Lot year words bo tender, 1
Thoving, soft and slow;
Let their last days be the best
- They have known below I
Don’t forget poor father, *
With his falling Bight,
With his locks once thick and brown
•Scanty now, and white;
Though he may be childish,
Still do you bo kind—
Think of him as years ago,
With his master mind .
Don't forget dear mother,
With her furrowed brow, •
Once ns fair, add smooth, and white
As the driven snow;
Are her steps uncertain ?.. ‘
Is her.hearlng poor ?
Guido her gently till she'stands
Safe at Hcavan’s door. . ,
Ipmfcm
BY BICnAKD FENWICK,
Two young people, as young people
sometimes will even under the most dis
advantageous circumstances,:managed to
separate their sweet selves from'tne oold
and unsympathetic throng, and strolled
forth languidly arm-in-arm, and,calling
for water ices, disposed themselves ufider
some trees, and by the dim light of Chi
nese lanterns, followed the prime impulse
of their respective ages—2o' and 25—and
began to flirt.
Glances, sighs, soft tones on the part of
the Maiden.
, Byron, satire, and stuff and nonsense
on the part of the Captain.
, The Malden found the Captain hard to
manage.
■ Xu 1 fact she totally failed to manage
him as she had been accustomed to man
age the others of his sex who dwelt in
her universe, and she therefore became
piqued.
‘Captain, pray let us return.’
But why, please ?’ returned the immo
vable man of Mars ; ‘they are playing a
waltz. You never dance that, you know.
The thermometer is eighty degrees, if it
is ten, in the hail, and there’s your shad
ow,, the monstrous Major lying in wait
for you. I can see him from where I sit.
It is either the glow of his epaulette or
the morning sun, I am not sure which.
The fair Maiden sat down again and
pouted; She did it without a thought,
and for a moment of two was oblivions
of the meaning of her own act. But sud
denly It bioke upon her astonished sen
ses that she bad surrendered to the wish:
es of the captain for the fifth or sixth
time! within twenty-four hours; a thing
she had never been guilty of since the
stern age of school mistress. She ques
tioned herself. Was it love ? No. He
was ’nice, had money, a grandfather, a
position in, life, and a mustache—but no;
it could not be love! If it was she must
endure it. She was not to be snapped out
of the glorious atmosphere of bclledom—
at twenty years—no, no, not she. Bui
she must subdue the Captain for the sake
of her reputation. He must be taken
down. Her rrc :iess thoughts reverted
to a former conversation with the self
same Captain,, in which he arraigned a
comrade for dueling. That comrade was
the self same Major of whom he had just
spoked disrespectfully.
Here would be a rare novelty. A duel
about her. They needn’t hurt each other
very much, of course; , if they only
‘pinked’ their individual opponents, it
wouldn’t suit'very well. A sword thrust
through tlie forearm, which no true man
would mind ,very much, would be so de
lightful. It would add so much foiher
already wide-spread fame, and Iheu she
would go farther still and marry the
victor; that would soothe him a hun
dred times over. She delicately and
cheerfully laid her first parallel. .
‘Captain, please tell me, arn’t you.a
fencer ?'
‘A little, a very little of a fencer.’
.‘Dear me, you always say ‘a t little,’
you play chess ‘a little,’,'you ridej'a little,’
you sing; *a little,’ you dance 'a little,’
you make negus 'a little/ and all the
wide world knows that you do every
thing in the moat splendid way; and now
you fence ‘a little.’ No doubt you could
.bring your man down at twelve paces
easily-’
TTon confuse swords and pistols, as
you will be likely to confuse your hu
manities, If you allow yourself to speak
of ‘bringing men down/ It doesn’t
come well from Ups like yours.’
This was severe, and the Captain was
not surprised to be instantly commanded
to give his arm to lead the rufflled Prin
ces back to her congenial waltzers. He
did so and retired to the garden again—
In love.
It was no new state for him. . The val
orous Captain had fallen weeks before—
though no one knew it, and he was just
beginning to discover it himself. For
her part, she was the moat entrancing
creature of the season; or any season.—
Money he did not care for, though be bad
a vague idea that she wanted for none ;
but it was the never dying sparkle of her
nluok and spirit that consumed him.—
bhe was nearly always brilliant, active,
keen'and alive to the present world, and
she always dressed like a queen. The
Captain loved taste and brilliancy, there
fore be dreamed-of the divine Maiden,
the diamond dust of whose, hair still
powdered the sleeve of his coat.
She, for her part, rested her languid
eyes upon the tall Major, who instantly
flew to her- He bowed and used his val
iant heels to bring her flowers* her fan,
her partners, for which he got smiles.—
His military form-swelledwith pleasure,
and he regarded no one else but the di
vine Maiden, and the divine Maiden re
garded no one else but him.
She took bis arm and walked to and
fro,
‘Ha!’ whispered the Captain to him
self, ‘this is meant for me, as an offset to
the confusion of humanities.’ He laugh
ed, and began to have a scorn and con
tempt for the Major, who smiled and
chatted and was 1 happy. The Captain
foresaw that tbe morrow would bring his
turn, antfSt surely did. He. basked In
the sunshine all the day. She was cool
to the Major, who began to have a scorn
and contempt for the favored man.
The lovely maiden had a bosom friend,
a minor star in her galaxy, In whose ear
she privately whispered her intentions.
TheMlnor Star screamed with delight—
but added with a serious look i
‘But, my love, the Major Is a fire
eater.’ ' ... . T
•Indeed, he la a brave fellow. But 1
am sure the Captain would also eat'Are
if he only had the chance. I'm infajjia
ted with him, and—my darling—l do
think that mountainous Major is a real
booby!’
Hero; she dandled her fan. fingered
her rings, looked complacently upon the
folds of her dress, and calculated the ad
ditional importance which would accrue
to her for producing passions In the
minds of men which would rise to tjie
.fighting point.
The Captain had domineered over her,
ami the Captain, must pay. She loved
the Captain, and w'mld marry the Cap
tain, but the Captain must understand
who be Is getting. He must understand
her power; he should not bo allowed to
ignore it. She would give this ope grand
exhibition of her skill and mastery over
the sterner sex, and then surrender to the
Captain, covered with giory and ro
mance.
‘But how?’ demanded the Minor
Star, all aglow with the prospeot of a
plot.
Proprietor.
IJaetital.
A'FAMOUS DUEL.
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1871.
‘Easily, my love. You are not so ex
port as your best Mend. Come and sit
down.’ .
'She did; and between the lovely in
genious two there was fomented a plot—
the explosion of which shook society to
its foundations, and laid the marrying
.-pluck of many a hardy man in ashes. ;
. In pursuance of it, the Major was again
Installed in'the position: of first waitlng.-
mnid-and was-regularly-sucoeoded on the
following day, by the Captain, and. as a
natural consequenoe/'the two resolved
that unyielding hate must ever live be-
tween them; <' 1
Now,, the Captain had two ways of
looking at the affair—first, with the cal
culating eye of a man of business, and
second, with the eye of a society-man—
tormented and angry at the insolence and
airs of the sublime Major, who, when
his star was in the ascendant, was an un
endurable ass.
Matters grew black. Eyes, whispers
and music did it. ’ The face of Ibe fair
Maiden slipped out of . the minds of the
two men as a first consideration, and
autagoi ism and rivalry crept in. It got
to the pitch of high words, angry looks
and polite slurs, and courteous insults,
and the Maiden, with her single Minor
Star, increased to half a dozen Minor
Stars, looked on with high delight for the
catastrophe.
It came, precipitated by a pair of hor
ses. Neither the Captain nor the Major
had his own and they were obliged to.
hire. The best at theirdisposal were (hose
iOf a stabje-keeper.
The Captain engaged them for the af
ternoon, but the Major took them in ear
ly morning, and drove with the fair
Maiden, and kept her and the horses un
til the beasts Were too tired for further
use. The Captain grew irate. The Major
laughed. Then the Captain grew satiri
cal—his strong point—and then laughed,
and the Major became furious in his
turn. *
Beauty was in raptures. Such a high
sense of honor ! Such courage 1 • bat
a splendid Captain I What an adorable
Major I
The Major received a delicate note that
evening, which threw him into afeverof
anger and excitement
‘My dear Major A : Pray be care:
fui, .Captain.Z is terribly enraged.
You' may receive a challenge if he is
not merciful. Yours in anxiety. Blank.’
‘Merciful I’ thundered the Major; ‘mer
ciful I By heavens!’ And he sat down
and dispatched a challenge within an
hour.
The Captain, smoking in his chamber,
also received a note from the same mes
senger, and rend It coolly. He then seiz
ed the boy by the collar, shut ihe door,
and took down'a cane, and by the furth
er persuasion of money, the fact was de
veloped that ho came from the Malden.
‘Hum 1’ said the Captain ; and fell Into
a deep reverie.
He accepted the challenge of the Major
.and named swords, and stepped over per
sonally to have an- ln conse
quence of which they nameo rather a.
singular plage of meeting.
•We shall be alone, sir,’ said the Cap-
tain.' ‘You may provide‘the surgeon,
and \ve will go at four P. M., to-raoruW.’
The Major acceeded.andstraightwpy be
gan to brush up his rapier exercise, with
the help of two brave dragoons. The
Captain had some little arrangements to
perfect, which he did quietly. He pur
suaded an intimate friend to invite the
Malden ami two of her particular friends,
whom be had noticed ae, being active in
making ‘-the breech between the Major
and him Self, to a picnic on the'following
day, on the grounds of an old estate some
miles out of town. He told his friend tho
-reason, gave his strict directions,*and
then .went to the house himself-and
pitched open a long, darkened, unused,
and unoccupied dining-room, with long,
shuttered windows, as the place for his
meeting with the Major on the morrow.
He locked and bolted alt the doors—
nailed up all the windows, and left but
one'mode of egress or ingess to'the apart
ment.
He then returned,.flirted desperately
with the Maiden, prostrated himself more
deeply than before. Then he retired to
smoke and to laugh, while the Malden
and her companions grew a little more
anxious at the curious stories floating
about, and while the Major lunged and
parried the livelong night before the
mirror. :
The next day the gallant (our started on
their picnic.
< And at three by the clock, three more
Went secretly out by the rock way and ‘
reached the house. ®
The faithful friend whispered to the
Captain that all was arranged, and the
men wentstraight to the dining room.—
They passed in and the Captain looked
the door’behind them, softly. It was
somewhat dark, and the Captain threw
open the shutters. The three ladleswere
present in a corner. They all wondered
and demanded explanations. Said the
Captain, promptly.
‘The Major and myself have been in;
duced to quarrel by a person now pres-'-
ent. I wish this person now to see-the
effects of her planning. No one dan
leave. I have the only key in my pock
et. Draw, Major!’
Bewilderment seized upon them, but
the Major knew his opponent.and obey
ed. A hundred thousand piercingsoreams
arose to no effect.
The Captain was resolute.
They crossed and went at it. Both
were angry, and both were good swords
men. One of the Minor Stars fainted,
but they kept on fiercely. The Major
was unlucky and caughton the shoulder.
They rested, and then went on. Another
pink for the Major, and the blood flew
pretty freely.
They were besought to stop on all
sides ; both refused. Only the, Malden,
of the three ladles, was cognizant of the
combat. She was pale, rigid and calm.
. The Major fared worse; the other shoul
der suffered, and.-then his:side. < .This
ended him. He dropped his sword, and
whispered, ‘quarter I’
The Captain then approached the
Maiden, without his sword.
‘Maiden, you have,done a foolish thing,
I have seen through it all. You were
vain; I was weak. One of the instru
ments with which you tried to gratify
your desire for mischief is badly hurt, the >
other, leaved you, trusting you will make.-
better use in the future of your beauty,
wit and heart-’
' All this was gallant enough, and gal
lantly was it taken by the bright girl
who heard. The Captain went away i
but in a year back he came, and did the
sensible thing, and by no means an un
lucky one, by the'lovely Maiden.
"00 IT, BOBTAIL I”
• The following is an old story, familiar
with the steamboatmen on the Ohio and
the Mississippi, but good euough to be
retold occasionally, if It is old:
A specimen of the genus ‘Hossler,’ was
found by Captain , of the steamer
. In the engine room of . his boat,
while lying in Louisville, one flne morn
ing. The captain inquired what he was
doing therel
. ‘Have you seen Captain Perry ?’ was
the Interrogative response.
‘JDonit Know him, and can't tell what
that has to do with your being in my
engine room,’ replied the captain, an
grily. ■
‘Hold on, that’s what I was Just get
ting at; You see Captain Perry asked
me to take a drink, and so 1 did. I
knew- that I wanted a drink or.l should
not have been so dry—so captain and I
went to the ball—Captain Perry was
buttling, on some extra on one toe. X
sung out, -‘Go in, Captain Perry, if you
bust your bller. 1 . With that a mau l stops
up to mBj ; Stranger, you
must leave.’ Bays I,'What must I leave
fur?) Says he,’You’re makln’ too.much
noise.’ Says! li'lil've' beep , in , bigger
crowds than this,and didn’t leavo nother. 1
With that he took me by the nap of the
neck and the'seat o' my breeches—and I
€ ‘Ab I was shoved down the street I met
a lady—X knew she was a lady by toe
remark she made. Says she, ‘Young
man, I reckon you’ll go home with me.’
Politeness would not lot me refuse; and
0.1 went.’ 1 had 1 hot'been in the house
a minute, when I beard considerable
knocking at- the , door. I knowed the
chap wanted to get in, whoever he was,
or. .he wouldn’t have kept up such a
tremendous racket. By and by.saya a
voloei .‘Ef you don’t open, I’ll bust In the
.door.?-.And so. be did..l puL on a.bold
face, and says I, ‘stranger, does this wo
man belong to you ¥’ Says he, ‘she does, - '
‘Then,’ said I, ‘she’s a lady I think, from
what! have seen of her.
‘With that, he came" right at me .with
a Bowie knife, in.one hand, and a pistol
in the other, ahd, being a little pressed
for room, I Jumped through the window,
leaving the greater part of my, coat tail.
As I was streaking it down town, with
the fragments fluttering in the breeze, I
m-1 a friend—l know he was a friend by
the remark he made. He said, ‘Go it,
bobtail, he’s gaining on you.’ And that’s
the way I happened to be In your engine
room. I’m a good swimmer, Captain;
but do excuse me, if you please, from
taking to the water again.’
MARK TWAIN ON JUVENILE PUGILISTS.
•Yes, I’ve bad a good many lights in
my time,’ said old John Parky, tenderly
manipulating bis dismantled noseband
It’s kind of queer too, for when I was a
boy, the old man was always telling me
better. He was a good man and bated
lighting. When I would come hoihe
with my nose bleeding, or with my face
scratched up, be used to call me out in
the Woodshed, and in a sorrowful and.
discouraged way, say, ‘Bo Jhonny, you’ve
had another light, hey ? How many
times have I got to tell ye how disgrace
ful and wicked It Is for boys to light? It
was only yesterday that I talked to you
on hour about the sin of lighting, and
here you you’ve been at It again. Who
was It with this time? Wilh Tommy
Kelly, hey? ‘Don’t you know any bet
ter than to fight a boy that weighs twen
ty pounds more than you do, besides be
ing two years older? Ain’t you got a
spark of sense about ye? I can see
plainly that you are determined to break
your, poor father’s heart by your reckless
conduct, Whatails your-finger? Tom
my bit it! Drat the little foolf Didn’t
ye know enough to keep your Unger-out
of his mouth 7 . Was trying to yerk his
cheek off, hey? Won’t you never learn
to quit foolin ’round a boy’s mouth with
yer fingers? Your bound to disgrace os
all by such wretched behavior. You’re
determined never to be nobody. Did you
ever hear offsaao Watts—that wrote ‘Let
dogs delight to bark and bite!’—sticking
his fingers in a boy’s mouth tp get ’em
bit, like a fool? I’m clean discouraged
with ye,, Why didn’t ye .go for his nose
the way Jonathan Edwards, and George
Washington, and, Daniel Webster used
to do, when they was boys? Couldn’t
’cause he had ye down I .{That's a purty
story to tell me. It does beat all that you
can’t learn how Socrates and Wm. Penn
used to gouge when they was under, af
ter the hours and hours I’ve spent in tel
ling you.about those great men I It seems
to me sometimes as If I should have to
give you up In despair. It’s an awful
trial to me to have a boy that don’t pay
any attention to‘good,example nor to
what I say. What! You pulled out
three or four handfuls cf his hair ! H’mi
Did he squirm any? Now, if you’d a
give him one or two in the eye—but as
I’ve told ye, many a time, lighting is a
poor business. Won’t , you—for your
father’s sake—won.t you promise to try
arid remember tbot?-H’ml Johnny,
how did it—ahem—which licked'7 '
" ‘You licked him I Bhoi Eeally? Weil,
now, I-hadn't any Idea that you could
lick that Tommy Kelley ! I don’t believe
John Banyan, at ten years old. could
have done it. Johnny, my boy, you can’t
think How I bate to have,•you -.lighting
every day or two. I wouldn’t have had
hlno lick you for five, no, not for ten dol
lars I Now, sonny,go right in and wash
up, and tell your mother to put a tag on
your Unger. And, Johnny, don't let me
hear of your fighting again I’
‘I never see anybody so down on fight
ing ns the old man was, but somehow he
never could break me from It.’ ,
CRUSHED IB DEATH IN A CATHEDRAL CLOCK.
The bell-ringer in the old cathedral of
Wurtzburg lias perished under very sin
gular dlrcumstauces. The church has a
splendid clock, with ponderous and com
plicated works, and a pendulum of pro
portionate length vibrates to and fro with
a dull ‘thud.’ Recently, the clock needed
cleaning, and the ringer was deputed to
superintend the work, though he ruefully
endeavored to be, excused from the task.
It seems that-ho never willingly went to
the' belfry, from certain unpleasant as
sociations. About'twenty years ago he
bad killed bis predecessor in office, ac
cusing him of carrying on a criminal
intrigue with his wife. "When brought’
tp trial, he escaped the gallows, owing to
5 deficiency of legal proof. ,
The patronage of one of the canons bad
then procured him the appointment va
cant through the death of his victim ;
hence,' it is said, rose bis superstitious
dread In connection with the belfry, and
which was supposed to be haunted by the
ghost of the murdered ringer. On the
morning when the clock was to be clean
ed, it suddenly stopped, and the bell
ringer was nowhere to be found. A
workman from the town was sent for,
and, on ascending the tower, he was hor
rified to find the pendulum and lower
works dripping with blood j and upon
searching further, the body of the ringer
was found entangled in the works, most
frightfully mangled and crushed. One
supposition Is, that be committed suicide
by.climbing up the pendulum, and then
pitching himself, into the middle of the
machinery of the clock.
But the wonder-loving gossips of the
place, with a thorough German propen
sity for the horrible, declare that the
guilty man, upon reaching the gloomy
chamber wherein the works revolve, was
horror struck by the apparition of his
murdered predecessor sitting astride of
the great balance-wheel of the clock, and
bad then been drawn into the works by
a species of horrible and irresistible fasci
nation, similar to that which the rattle
snake is said to exercise over its prey.—
There sat the spectre, rubbing his goary
hands with hideous glee ns the victim
was slowly drown in among the cogged
wheels and ratchets of the machinery.
An agonized yell, a crushing of bones,
and all was still.
A BHOST STORY.
Lord Brougham told the’ following
ghost story on his father :
On ail such subjects my father was very
skeptical. He was fond of telling a story
in which he bad been an actor, and, as
ho usod-to say, in which his,unbelieving
obstinacy had been the means ofdemol
ishing what would have been o very
pretty ghost story. He had been dining
in Dean’s Yard, ■Westminster,- with a
party of young.men, one of whom was
his most Intimate friend, Mr. Calmel.
There was some talk about the death of a
Mrs. Nightingale, who.bad recently died
under 1 some melancholy oircumstrnces,
and had been burled in the abbey. Some
one offered to bet that no one of those
present would go down in the grave and
drive a nail Into the coffin. Mr. Calmel
accepted tho wager, only stipulating that
he might have a lantern. Ho was ac
cordingly let into the cathedral by a'.door
outofitbo cloisters, and there he was left
to himself. 1
The party, after waiting an hour or
more for Calmel, began to think some
thing must have happened to him, and
that he ought to be looked after; so my
father and two or three more got a light
and went down to the grave, at the bot
tom of which lay tho apparently dead
body of Mr, Calmel. He was transported
to the prebend’s dining room, and recov
ered out' of bis faintingfit.' As soon as
be recovered bis tongue, be said; ' Well,
I have won ray wager, and you'll And
tho nail iu tho coffin; but, by Jove! the
lady rose up, laid bold of mo, and pulled
me, down before I could scramble .out. of
the grave,’ Cal mol stuck to hie story in
spite of all the scoffing of his friends; and
.the ghost story would have been all over,
the town but fo'r my father’s obstinate
incredulity. Nothing would satisfy him
but an occular inspection:of the grave
.and cofllnpand.so,.getting ajiglvt, he and
some of tho parly returned to the grave,.
There, sure enough, was the noli, “well
driven into the coffin; hut hard flxed by
it was a bit of Air. Caimel’s coat tail! So
there was an end Qf Mrs. Nightingale’s
ghost! This grave afterwards became re
markable for a very beautiful ,pipes of
sculolure, by some celebrated artist, rep
resenting ,Mr. Nighliugale yaiutly at
tempting to ward from his dying wife
the dart of death'.
■ MATRIMUNV UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
There la a part of the world (in Central
Asia) whore marriages are made on horse
baoki A day is set when the young men
who are in want of wives assemble, and
the jtoung lady who is to be disposed of Is
there with a good horse. She has her
preferences, ns young ladles do in other
parts,of the World, and gives a signal to
the youth she wishes to capture, so that
ho may know how to ride In order to
distance his competitors. She is better
mounted than any of her pursuers, and
can generally manage things so that she
can he picked up by the youth she has
selected. But if a fellow that she con
siders a flat Is likely to overtake her, she
digs the spurs into her horse and leaves
the entire crowd. The race is then de
clared “ off,” and another day is sot for
the trial of speed. Sometimes, when her
papa wants to get rid of the girl at ail
hazards, he puts her on a horse that could
not outrun a turtle, and thus makes it
certain that soprebody will capture her.
There is yet another part of the world
where ayonng man‘must take bis bride
froEm a houseful of old women, who are
armed with whips, and have their finger
nails specially sharpened for the occasion.
They surround the bride, and fight the
individual who wants to take her away.
Ho may.puah them aside, but he must
not Introduce the practice of the prize
ring, and allow their faces to come in
contact, with, his fists. Frequently he
emerges from the fray with his clothes
pretty well torn from his body, while his
face and his whole skin have so many
marks of whips and finger-nails as to re
semble a piece of calico of a fancy pattern ■
For the sake of the timid youth of the.
United States; It is to be hoped that this
marriajge.oeremonywlll not become faahr
ionable here.' ■
A friend of mine, who once lived in
lowa, used to tell a story of a wedding
that he witnessed, where the ceremony
was performed on the bame couple three
times in one night. He was wandering
through Northern lowa and Southern
Minnesota, on a search for timber lands,
and was accompanied by a backwoods
adventurer named Preston. Near the line
between lowa and Minnesota they stop
ped a few weeks at the house of a settler
named Jenkins. The latter bad a buxom
daughter, and was well off for,a back
woodsman, and the situation appeared
decidedly favorable to Preston. So he
courted the daughter, and. was polite to
the parents; the result was, that a wed
ding was arranged, and all the neighbors
for tep miles around were invited.
-- Jenkins was a liberal provider, and
weddings were not very frequent in his
family. He laid In hall a barrel of whis
key, and his wife and daughter cooked
enough for a small army, so that nobody
should go away hungry. There was a
preacher in the neighborhood, who had
arrived there recently, and ho waainvlted
to unite tire pair. He tied the knot, and ,
was rewarded by Preston, who made a
mess of the aflairby dropping a couple
of silver dollars into the punch howl
while trying to hand them to the parson.
The bride’s arm was called into requisi
tion to lift out the cash, which she did
with all the skill of a native of Long
Island fishing for “Blue Points” with a
pair of oyster tongs.
For the invited guests the serious busi
ness of the evening began with tho slipper
that followed the wedding ceremony.—
Preston took his full share of punch and
straight whiskey before retiring to the
bridal chamber, which was reached by a
ladder through the floor of the garret!.
Mrs. Preston had been taken there by the
bridesmaids half, an hour earlier, and as
soon as the couple had disappeared there
was a fresh assault upon the Whiskey.
It leaked out in the course of the eveu
ing that the parson was not an ordained
preacher, but only one of those ministe
rial Hedgings who have been “licensed
to exhort.” When old Jenkins heard
the rumor, he went for the exhorter and
extracted from him the horrible fast that
he was not really, authorized to unite
couples in holy matrimony, but he had
officiated on this occasion because he had
thought it wrs all right, and that nobody
would know the difference. Jenkins flew
around like a boy with a bumble bee in
the leg of bis trousers; he kicked the un
happy exhorter out of doors, and went
up the ladder like a monkey climbing a
window-blind.
‘Here you, git up ! git UP I’ he shout
ed ; ‘ you ain’t married at all. Git up
this minute. Git rightup and come down
quick I’
The voice of Preston was now heard to
drawi out that he wouldn’t get up, and
that if his respected father-in-law did not
clear out and mind bis business he would
get bis nose busted. ...
Jenkins explained the situation, and
the couple arose. In a few minutes they
came down the ladder, both, looking very
sheepish, and the bride blushing like a
red wagon, There,.yas a justice of the
peace in the party, and he performed the
ceremony; Which, unfortunately for Mr.
Preston, tank his only remaining silver
dollar. There were more drinks, and
then the couple again ascended the ladder
to their bridal apartments. Preston mut
tered, as he climbed theHadder. that if be
ever found that parson be would hurt his
face, so that bis friends could not identfy
him without a magnifying glass.
Of course the party down stairs,‘Who
were making a night of it, talked over
the peculiarities of the. wedding, and their
talk developed tbefact that* the justice of
the peace lived in Iowa; while the house
of Jenkins was in Minnesota. Jenkins,
was informed of the situation, and away
be went’ once more for the ladder. He
was louder in bis tones than before, and
his first words met a prompt answer from
Preston,. ..
‘Now, look here, old man,’ said Preston,
as he bounded out of bed; ‘ there’s’bAen
fooling enough around this yere ladder
to-night, and if you don’t git I’ll bust
yor head.’
He picked up a cow-hide boot as he
spoke, and advanced menacingly. A
shrill voice from the bed urged him not.
to hurt ‘pa.’
‘Don’t shoot, drntl’ said Jenkins, as hs
retreated down the ladder, till, his head
was level with the garret floor. • There
ho paused and explained the new state
of affairs to the enraged bridegroom, who
stood over him with the boot uplifted,
and ready for a blow. ’ . *
Preston accepted the explanation, and
the resujt was that the couple rose and
dressed and descended the ladder. Then,
with Mr. and Mrs, Jenkins, add all of
the guests who were sober enough to
stand, they walked halfa mile down the
road to the lowa line, and entered the
Badger State. There the Justice again
united them. ‘And this, time,’ says he,
as he concluded the ceremony, ‘you.aro
marriedsarlln, sure !’•
During the entire war but one act of
sacrilege was committed on the tomb of
Washington. ’ One soldier, wishing to
connect his name with that of the illus
trious dead, etched bis Ignoble initials on
the sareopeagus of Washington by means
of some sharp instrument which-he iu
troduced through the grating. With
this single exception, every one who.
has visited the spot has treated it with
fit rupeet,
VOL. 57.—N0. 48,
MAN MILLINERS.
The man who is aufait In the nomen
clature of'women’s wear, In these days,
Is to be envied—by dry goods.* clerks.—
Jenkins Is our especial-wonder. Etberial
creature, whoso habitation ,Is a cloud of
commingled white tulle and pink tarle
tan, (lined with pearl and edged with
valenclnncs! From his glib tongue drip
Be'nlenceB.T<lrooped with-7piuk..roses.and.
spangled with gold and diamonds. Ho
moves in, and respires, an atmosphere of
lavender trimm'nga, heavy with odors of
blue, pink', yellow, white, and scarlet
flowers, When we reflect upon the mul
titude of articles which go to make up a
lady’s wardrobe, theglibness with which
Jenkins speaks of tunics, overskirts and
overdresses, capes, etc, etc., flits us with
awe, and inspires us with admiration.
His familiarity with ornaments of pearl;
of gold and diamonds ; of aigrette pink
feathers ; Maltese.lace ; goiden leaves ;
wreaths ; crimson flowers; ror.es and po
sies. and tulips, and cherries, and birds
a-picking the same; togetherwith all and
singular—the contents of the amplest
fancy stores—such ns pink silk, and blue;
lavender silk, and light figured ; short
white silk, and red ; black silk, white
satin and,black ; French muslin, white,
tarletnn and pink; crimson velvet, black
antique, brocade, black'velvet, and light
cheue —let’s see—where were we? Ah I
the familiarity of Jenkins with all these
things overcomes us like a summer cloud
of tulle and tarletan, bonilon and vulen
cienues, tinged with the rising sun, but
which in the dawn have floated on and
melted into one. ‘Of course we don’t un
derstand a word of what Jenkins says.
No more do wo understand a word of the
Italian opera; but we shall not earn the
contempt of Jenkins by refusing to ap
plaud, all the same.
However, we are not so snreihat this
Jenkins is a man of taste ; that he com
prehends the proprieties of life, In other
words; Fancy the astonishment of Miss
De Vere, who awakes at noon of the day
I after the party, and takes up the morning
! paper tdnnd all her outward charms in
ventoried therein I. How horrified must
she be to find .that she went to the party
dressedin an overskirtof tulle and arose
in her hair ! And what can save the.
blusheaof Miss who finds
herself reported as appearing in publioin
a honiton Incecapnnd diamonds! And
then, what impuuence is this which ad
vertises Mrs. General Fusee and the six
Misses Fusee!—as much as to write Mrs.
General Fusee down fifty, when every
body knows that sheis every where taken
for the younger sister of her eldest daugh
ter ! Were Jenkins not so well booked in
dry goods and jewelry, we should likely
be tempted to ask him what be means by
Mrs. General, Mrs. Colonel, Mrs. Judge,
Mrs, Commodore, and Mrs. Captain ?
He nowhere speaks of Mrs. John Smith,
Esq., Mrs. Assessor Jones, or Mrs. Col
lector Levies. Yet the wives of those
officials were present on the same
occasion. Here is Invidiousneas; here is
favoritism for you. Much as we revere
Jenkins* learning, we don’t think much
of him as an impartial historian. He is
too general. Ho' omits all mention of
paniers and French heels : of chignons
and switches; Is this public to go down
ignorant of the existence of these neces
saries of life ? This is an age in which .
one woman’s halt is another woman’s
glorj, and Jenkins beatifies through a
column without so much as alluding to
It!
ANECDOTE OF WEBSTER.
, A correspondent; of Harper's Afonthlv
Sfl.vel
- In looking over an old notebook of my
father's, written many years ago, I came
across an anecdote which, if It has never
appeared ln.;print.hefofn, is too good to ho
lost. While John Branch, of North Car
olina, was Gen. Jackson's Secretary of
the Navy, he, Tazwell and Daniel Web
ster were walking on the north hank of
the Potomac, at Washington. Tazwell,
willing 1 to amuse himself, with' Branch’s
simplicity, said i ‘Branch, I'll bet you a
ten dollar bill that I can prove that you
are on the other side of the river.-'
‘Done,’ said Branch.
‘Well/ said Tazwell, pointing to the
opposite shore, .‘lsn’t that one side of the
river?'
‘Yes.’
• ■Well. Iso/tthis the other side ?*
.‘Yes.’
‘Then, as you are here, are you not on
the other side ?’
‘Why. lilecliiro,’ said poor Branch, .’so
it is! But here comes Webster. I’ll
win back the hat from him;’
Webster had lagged behind, but now
came up, and Branch accosted him :
‘Wehster, I'll bet you a ten dollar hat
that I can prove that you are on the
other side of the river,*
‘Done.*
‘Well, Isn’t this one side ?’
‘Yes.’
‘Well, Isn’t that the other side V
‘Yes, but I am. not on that side !’
Branch hung his head and submitted
to the loss of, the two hats as quietly as he
could. -.-Ml-
The Bribe. —She quits her home, her
parents, her companions, her occupa
tions, her amusements—everything on
which she has hitherto depended for
comfort, for affection, for kindness, for
pleasure. The parents by whose advice
she has been guided, the sister to whom
she dared impart every embryo tho’t
and feeling; the brother who has played
with her, oy turns the counsellor and
the counselled, and the younger chil
dren, to whom she has hitherto been
the mother and the playmate—all are
to be forsaken at ono fell stroke; every
former, t*e is loosened, the spring of
every hope and action is to be changed,
and yet she flies with joy into the un
trodden path before her. Buoyed up
by the confidence of reunited love she
bids a fond aud grateful adieu to the
life that is past, and turns with.excited
hopes and joyons anticipations of the
happiness to come. Then woe to the
man who can bllght«Bucb fair hopes,
who can, cowardlike, break-the illu
sions that have won- her, and destroy
the confidence which love had inspired.
Hints to Housekeepers.— lf the
covers of sofas and chairs are dirty they
may be cleaned without being removed,
by first washing them over with a flan
nel, then, before they are dry, sponge
them over with a strong solution of salt
and water, In which a small quantity of
gall has been mixed. The windows of
the room should be opened so as to se*
cure a perfect drying, and the colors and
the freshness of the articles will in this
way be restored. . . '
Floor cloths may be cleaned with a
mixture of magnesia, only milk warm,
followed by warm water, in the same
manner that carpets are cleansed. They
should be rubbed with dry flannel until
nearly dried, then wet over with a
sponge dipped In milk, and immediately
dried and rubbed with a flannel till the
polish is restored. This is the process
much to be preferred to that of rubbing
the cloth with was, which leaves it
sticky and liable to retain dust and dirt
for a long time. Very hot water should
never bo used in cleaning floor cloths,
as it brings of! the paint.
They tell a good story of an old fash
ioned miser. Ho was never known to
imveany thing In the Hue of now apparel
but once; then ho was going on a distant
journey, and had to purchase a now pair
of boots. The stage lefc before day, and
so he got ready and wont to the,hotel to
atop for the night, Atnong a whole, row
of boots, in the morning, he could not
find.the old familiar pair. He bud for
gotten the new ones ; bo hunted and
hunted iin vain. The stage was ready,
and so he looked carefully round to see
that he was not observed, put op a nice
pair that fitted him* called tue waiter and
told him the circumstance©, giving him
ten shillings for the owner. The owner
never'called! The miser bought his own
boots !
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MI. HOLLY AND PAPERTOWN THIRTY YEARS AflO.
A BEIIINXSCENCE.—NO. S.
t now return.(o a brief history and to
a description of Mt. Holly, aaUtvaa, —
Here, George Eire,, for many years a
resident of Carlisle, was elected and ser
ved as a Justice of the Peace, and long.'/
since.. dead, onto: ..flourished here ,•
earrleil'bn tlTe lfdn^XtfBTneißs"i^^e^lf^an , ’’"*
half a century ago, contemporaneously “
with his brother Michael at Spring Eorge
and his brother Peter at Pine Grove.—
Forges and furnaces, with many thous
ands of acres of land, wore, It is said, the
Inherited estate of these entuprrislng
brothers Hqre was erected a furnace
and forge; iron ore abounded inexlinusti*'
biy of it superior* quality and very con
veniently, with valuable water power;
cavo the business superior, advantages.—
The large tracts of cleared of! timber, and;
the‘ , numerous old coal.beds In the moun
tains attested, that onco Mt Holly was
a scene of-active, business Mfe ; and pros
perity. But, a sad change .carno- The
furtiAcoand forgo were.now crumbling
Into decay, and most of the many houses,
log and stone, erected ’when the ‘works’
were in full blast, were falling peacemeal.
This highly valuable property tfas
ftowjowned hy tiie Farmers’ and Me
chanics* Bank ofPhlla.,hnd their Agent,
L. G. Brnnderberry, Attorney at Law, a
resident of Carlisle, could exerhise no
control over the lawlessness that prevail
ed. Forcible possession was taken of
the remaining bouses; the field and gar
den fences and the Umber were burned
for firewood, and. frequently* the timber
was cut down and hauled oft* and none
knew, the transgressors. Agrarianism
was tarried out on a small scale, though
somewhat modified. Mt. Holly was
held In 'common'. When one moved
out ofa hotiso another moved in; blacks
and whites mutually and sociably ex
changed, paid no rent, for seldom any
was demanded, and‘were, for the time?
being, to all intents, tho lords of tho soil.
‘Mooving day’lasted all the year—com
ing and going all the time, atall seasons.
Destruction of bouses, of fences and. of ,
improvements was mournfully apparent.'
business, no work, all. was tnen as
quiet as the grave. A gloom rested as a
pall on Mt. Holly.
Independently of the roving papulation,
which, judging from its appearance and
habits, of drunkenness, indicated, that,
the benign influence of civilization had
wholly departed, yet some few respecta
ble families still resided here. Aunt Pol
ly Smith, the noted pioneer of Methodism
lived here In her humble logd welling, and
here reared a large, respectable family.—
Some of her descendants still reside at
Papertown and ono of her sons, with hie
largo family, resides somo five miles from
this city, on his own form, secured by
hard, labor. McKinney Smithy none
more popular in Lycoming Co. ana none
more generally known here is that son.
Thomas Haycock then and still a resi
dent; Joh,n McElwee and This
completes the list of respectable families.
I will now give a history of Panerlawn,
as ii waa, reserving full particulars for
future reminiscences. There were only
three houses on the right or west side of
the, turnpike to Matthew; Moore's resi
dence, now occupied byMr. David Guyer,
as a hotel; two of them one-story log and
all very small. Jacob Hatz’s'shoe shop
was kept In one of late years, and last •
summer was still standing, a memento
of Papertown cabin residences. These
houses were occupied, respectively, by
Rebecca Dougherty; John Sibbet and his
estimable,-pious old lady, grand parents
oflj. T. Greenfield,, merchant of Carlisle;
Mr. Sibbet was a very industrious old
man, by'’trade a shoemaker, and both lie
and in's lady were my cherishedacqualn
lances. George Lynch ami his good old
lady occupied tho two-story log house,
nearly opposite Rupley'a tavern. In my
nexlthey will be favorably noticed.—
These then residents are all dead. .
On the opposite or east side of the turn
pike, ttiero were hut nine houses to the
tavern, a small stone house, then kept
y that noted personage, Peter McLaugh
lin; whether living or dead I know not
and few care to know. .The occupants,
Mr. W. B. Mulliu, of precious memory,
bin beloved wife and their children. —
Then Charles H. was a lad of soino
"eleven years, and one of my brightest
pupils, while Win. and . Foster were
younger, and, Marietta, the eslimrblo
wife of Rev. W. H. Keith, Ltpas then a
little girl of brilliant talents!■ , Wm. Bur-'
hour and his pious, .old lady -lived in a
small log house, nearly in front of the
Paper Mill and thelr son Robert, a class
mate of C. H. Muliin 7 -w-ho—died.-young.
Wm. Barbour’s wife was an exclleut
Methodist, and, the class of only ten
members, the maximum number in
Papertown and vicinity; met for a time
in this humble one-story log building.—
The next was Wm. A. Llnthurst and
family. Linth'urst wa? for a time part
ner of Mr. R. Given In the distillery •
business, then a youog, active, business
man,.a splendid clerk and accountant.—
Next was Mrs. Filey, the esteemed
luothcrlnlaw of Mr. Edward Weakley of
Dickinson Twp.: ‘tall Wm. Barbour’, as
he was called, and his also esteemed wile
and Stephen Cook ami family (strangers)
occupied the double brick; W. L. Laird
the frame house, next door to Mr. S.
Rupley. Here Wm, lost bis. esteemed
wife and excellent neighbor; Andrew
Comry and family now of Frankford Tp.
occupied the house in which Rupley now
resides, audi the writer two rooms up
stairs. Hero, with sadness, record the
losaof our firstborn Oct* 4,1841, by being
scalded, which added to the Intensity of
my affliction—a sweet child of*nearly
two years; and, lastly, Wm. Windema
ker llyed in the small pne-story, old log
house now owned by Samuel Bchrlver *
It still stands to keep in remembrance
Papertowu, as it wan on that side of the
road. Some four or five of the above
heads of families still survive.
The Paper mill,. routed . by. Wm. B.
Mullin of HoOiurea’ heirs was burned
down.. The Papermaking business had v
previously been curried on by his highly
esteemed father, Samson Mullin. After
the fire* the site and property adjoining
was purchased.by Wm. and a,now. mill, ,
erected. Given’s Woolen Factory, at the
entrance to the Gap (afterwardsconvert
ed into a papermlll aud burnt) was leased
by Messrs. E. F. Haskel, W- R. Moore
and Peter Matson aud the business was
profitably carried on by them. Mr.
Haskel is a brother of Mrs. Simon Fiske t
a gentleman and was an honor to Paper
towu society and a Christian; W. R.
Moore removed and Peter Ma:son for a.
long time, was afterwords lu the employ
of F. Gardner of Carlisle, an excellent
man and greatly respected for his many
virtues, and all resided in Mr. Oivlu’a
houses, erected forAho employees/
W. Miles.
Williamsport AprV. % 27 ’7l, -
The Lasso, this is a mvorito weapon
with the rangers of the prairies in South
America, who handle It with singular
dexterity. In the early days of the war
in Paraguay, a company of Southern
Brazilians captured one of thu enemy’s
steamboats with lassos ! They concealed
themselves in themattoor thick brushes,
on the bank of the river, where they
know the* vessel must come close to - the
shore, and when it was within their
roach, a party of them threw ropes around
the figure-head and every available pro
jection: while the others with their fire
arms, drove the Paraguayans from mak
ing any resistance, till iho lasso party
hauled the prize to the land, and the
Brazilians took possession of it. Another
singular, weapon.-of these rangers is a
lasso of a different kind from those gen
erally known- by the name—one having:
three leaden bulls or other heavy mate
rial attached to the mala cord by three
lesser throngs. One of ihe bails' they
grasp In thq-hand, and sNyifig the other
two a fetf times over the. head to give*
them velocity anti airq, and .then sling
them with such force uud<preclaU)n that
they >vrap round the legs of any animal
they are pursuing, in such a manner aa
to hamper It, till they ctzbe alongside.
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