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PUBLISSKD BVJBB f, THURSDAY MOENINa
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JOSH id. BRATTON. .
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BRIRRRR tODt RIB RTL :
• ar oorrr- ooorrr.
If apody dreatsa poty,
'MitsomogootoUlrye,
Un If » body lakes hit toddy, .
Sometimes on dorsly ; ■
Or if some volloW. Vndcr mellow
Trlnkii dll 1 he get high ;
’Gnlnit der llqnor shall he bellow 7
■No sooch /00l am i. . ’ . .
Chobdb —Every popty loveable toddy,
lh*aiidy, chlQ or’vino;
Efery bn* has got bis happy,
,'; Goot pld iy olsh nflnc. : f
Down der.ohdreet I often meet
; , Zoihp Dutchmens on per shpree ;,,,.
Uml if ono of dem. should sfilaml dreat.
Itsgoot oldrye forme, ,
Of all der drinks dere's none, i .dlnks,
. Bo god t von vpne Ish dry;
Hero’s nodlng. von your shplrlta sink.
Gbn liaise dpm like old rye,
Cnontra—Efery poody I oves his toddy
Prandj l , chin or vine ‘
Uud oferyvon has go t his hoppy,
r Ooot old rye Ish mine.
Yen vuna lah vlaah den off I tosh , »
tfoMyadbrfoMiqaqr abtorei;..
pat dereTiiever trlnkftoo maob,,
a quart shaft, oat; ijo more, , y»\i i I
VeaonderahtreetT happy bo, ' i \ 1;
‘ i xkmgb In der ehtroeia ‘ i / ; ,' v
tin alt tb'e lah nix to 1 aid I '' ,! '**
You (risking gool old rye. '■ ;■
CnoßUfl.—Ef«ry poddy loves bis toddy,
Frandy, ohln or wine; ;: s■; > >
Va eteryVori has got bis hdppy,
Mine Un'cootoldPje; _
Il&ellmicms.
THE MAN WITHjMOSE LIKE AN OWL, j
For'klxVtnbriths Mr. Jared Abrams,
ready-made clothing merchant in Chat-1
bam street, hud done as he advertised W
great business, in suph a very small shop'
that- the- front: of It might hare been
covered by one of bis b\yri posters. 1
Then, for six months ' more, Mr, Jared
Abrsms.no longer of Chatham atreet(tbe
sheriff having stepped in as head sales
man and cleared of his stock for him),
bad fallen as completely lost, mislaid,
sod undlsooverable as if he were a new
edition of the ten tribes of Israel.
. The common opinion. was—so far as
anybody cared to form an opinion on the
subject—that be bad Joined an emigrant
train,' or perhaps It might have been a
training expedition, going from Fort
Laramie,’ or some other fort, to the set
tlements on the Columbia River, oreome
other settlements; and that somewhere
or other, nobody specially cared; where,
he bad dropped out of this train, or.this
expedition, and been gobbled, as bis best
friends cheerfully expressed it, by the
Indians’—lf dldil’t much matter with In-|
dlans. The only lamentation uttered In-
Chatham-street .over the afja(if;Wfß; ‘§o
little’ Abrams bash gone up! Well, I
sphose ho would,’ j
Unluckily for little this be
lief Was about square with the facts,—:
After the unprofitable closing tip of bis
great, business in th'o ! olof h|rig , Hno,V he
had associated blmselfwitb threeor four
mercantile gentlemen ofauomadloand
filibustering turn, and bad pushed' into
tbs Bosky Mountains with the intention
of making a good thlbg out of tbo noblc
savage. .These 1 huckstering freebooters,
meeting, certain! Shoshoules, who were
not members,of the. temperance society,
inveigled themselves Into taking too
much tire water, ariditben decamped with
their peltries, T,he Shoshonles, recover
ing their sober senses, pursued vlndlot
, Ivoly after the ’ freebooters, overoame
them in battle, arid deoariiped with tMer
peltries. The only exception made was
, In favor qf little Abrams, who, having
surrendered at tho.flrst war-whoop, was
ailowedto keep hla scalp and what life
had not been soared’ont of him.'''
bo far w«a bad.enough, Here waaan*
other failure in bnslnesZ; here were
sheriffs of a new and moat alarming ape*
oles. Butithls was not the worst it; .‘for
tbe.noble red men carried little Abrams
away Idtd!'oa'pllvltjr!-’ tied him to
a post In the midst of a village which
amelled worao thaii the Bowery, danced
around, bltnln a howling' and, threaten!
ing and otherwise disagreeable manner!
piled logs olfn wood,and; other combustl!
bias against big lower .limbs, and proceed*
ed to set Are Co Che same. It was obvl-;
ously a time to' tlitnk of Bbadraobj
Monhech, and Abednego. Little Abrams
did think of tfaeip,, and was, all the more
frlghtonedthereat! and let .out bis, fright
very audibly. There Was a vast deal of
hallooing at the time ;" but he bullnoed
dander, than - all the Shoshoniesputtoi
gethei, eo that the very deafest old squaw
iq the village beard him plainly, and,
belug exceedingly delighted thereat, re
solved to save him,The result was, that
she adapted him as her eon ; at least so
little Abrams blmeelf understood, It and
probably with reason ; for It 1s hardly,
likely that even, the moat benighted sav
age :would. adopt blm : as a daughter.—
Little .Abrams ,was, nof,qf the martyr
sort, nor'of the Indian-brave sort. Ha
was ‘exceedingly glad when they took
the, logs away, from hie lower limbs, and
led him out of the emoae, 41th only bis
coat-taila bprnte“nd quit shaking tomar
haqrkß lh his' face anti yelling at him.—
He smiled to right and . left as sweetly as
the trembling of. his Jaws.would permit;
He bowed toWarrioraand ohlßfamore
obsequiously than hbhad over bowed td
cußtdi^ejs.lWWathim’etVeot. . When tbd
deaf ol«| sqUqW ;$we htni a maternaVl>l>B
he returned It with a regular old-fashion,
ed stage embrace, 1 sitoklpg hU bead ovef
her Bboqidar ah.q edafa|lciai(y,.T-{
What with hla grinning and the bending
ofhlg knees with .fright and fatigue, be
looked l like a monkey doing middling
well at standing on two legs. He would
hardly havesCßmb'd biit of character dan*|
olng on s bartel brgan and bolding out a!
cooked-hat lor peonies. Probably ‘therd
was not a brave In the tribe
the deaf squaw's choice of a son. Ev|n|
theyopog Jadles -of* bought
.'that sUe have dohe mucll.better to
let" hlm sing' hlo war' Bong, hold ‘fllre
brande ln hls;flst r ppd goon 41th hla dy
ing.- ' 'However, the deaf due was;obsti
nate, and her right to adopt any captive
'ahe pleiiaed was unquestionable,, and. so
little Abramafoundhlmsolf launched In
life aaaShoihonle. . i
He was nowiwell fedand.well treated,
There weld donation’visits fdr the bene
fit of the hew mepjber of tlie tribe. Sur-
P rlß « ; . panics -of hunters and of squaWs
’d'roppsd'lntd bis mother’s wigwam with
PWOTtf! ..df,j bpjted, skunks and toasted
roots. ,Little Abrams ■ recovered his
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lit JUumran Boluntccr
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
'Strength and spirits. Ho used to grin at
the deafold squaw, and out plgeon-wlngs
to amuse her, and scream In her ear,
‘How Is that for high V He fabricated
whistles out, of. willow- bark, and gave
them to all the principal warriors. He
made a cross bow, which so astonished
the bead chief that he resigned his posi
tion, turned pow-wow, and did nothing
for the .rest, of bis life but worship the
Great Spirit who could Inspire man to
InVe^l’ fl'uih Wonderi. In',hhdrt, ! lltllb
Useful oltiien,'hu 'or
imtiieni'tb Eooky : 4ittuntaln' society, had
a general .fayoritp.,,. The,, Bhosbonlea
Would not have parted with him for a!
million of greenbacks, not hardjy for a
gallon of whisky.’ Meantlmohe learned
something of the Bboahonle language.—;
Be discovered that bis mother’s name
was 'The woman with ears Ufa. a slump,’
and that his own name was • Iheman
with a nose like an owl Of course bis
linguistic acquisition was of no use to
him .in discoursing with his maternal:
relative, who could no more understahdj
what was said tp her, in Indian, than;
what was said to hor ln'English. But It'
.was.very eon venient to blm ln speaklng:
soft thlngs fo a pretty young aquaW call
ed Yellow Cloud,- Indeed, It was so en-j
snarlngly convenient.‘ for: this purpose'
that before long an old chief named:
White Crow Informed' him that he was
engaged tie Yellow Cloud hod must mar-.
,ry bar,:.":' , : , , , 1
Now'JAe man with a nose like an owl
did riot want,to anlar into a iriatrlirionial
connoOtlonlritho Rocky Mountains nor
anywhere near them, . What be -wanted
and all that he wanted was to run away!
from those eleyptloris, and get to some'
country In which ho, :c6ut<l.open a shop
and pile up money; so her madeaspeCob
to White Crow, thanking him for bis
matoh-makiDK Zeal. but telllng bipi that;
bis religion forbade hlmto marry. There
upon White,Oirow made a speeob. back at
him, to,the effect.that his,religion, was a
bad one and be had better change It.—
Next, as Abram seemed to be stubborn,
ail the eiders of the village called on-him
in succession, abused, bis religion, and
ordered , him to . embrace flome other.—
Furthermore, The woman with ears like
a stump fell npon him in a rage, scratch
ed the nose that was like that of an owl,
culled out a handful of his hair, arid
drove him from her cabin. Furthermore;
Yellow Cloud made faces at him, and all
her young lady friendfr. pinched bln}.—
The result of this energetic courting wad
that, Thoman wiiha nose tike an owl ah
Jured his religion ami allowed himself to
be . married.’ - Seven medicine—men lb
vermlllirin apd'yellow ,caber performed
the ceremony, and ail the warriors blew
their. willow whistles in honor of the
happy event, and there waeduch a dfuror
mlng and whooping that- even tbs deaf
squaw beard a little of it.
- Abrams was now once more a popular
favorite,, Doriatlon and surprise parties
succeded each other, bringing. loads of
baked beasts arid toaatedrootf, together
wlth ;olher ptesealsof greater value.—
’ White Crow, tor instance, gavehlm a pair
of, ipqstanga, gfeyh.oun.diBi os
tough as W)oivris; and a? vicious ' as ,'oata
mounts.,These creatures suggested to
Abtatriß a plau for gettingawcy from the
Shoahonles. and 1 by.way l of carrying It
out be' proposed to his:bride to takea
-wedding Journey, Alleging that It wad
the custom of bis country. Bhe thought
it a toyely.ldea, pud told all bar friends
of it, who also thought it a lovely idea;
-arid agreed to see her out ip it. The re
apt was that when little Abrams started
on his bridal trip the whole tribe, puliet|
up stakes, packed lodges, and - aocampa
nled liim. so that instead of getting' off
to New. York as.he purposed, be only
‘went a hundred miles orso through the
.mounta|ng,..and...tben J)dck.Jto. the old
oamplrig glMUlfp. t ~ r i
Of oonrae he wa!a awfully disappointed
and crestfallen over the failure' of his lit
tle game. In his desperation be nearly
; made up bis mind to turn Indian ipaari
nest, live happllyall hie life with Yellow
Cloud, love her when ehowas good, pnd
whip - her when l she- was naughty. At
. one time he entertained an Idea of turn
-1 lag medicine man, and practiced theolog
ical bowling arid grlmmanoes in lonely
places. Then :be fall, .to trading and
gambling with 'bis brothers, swapping
earns ot them out of bear-skins and buf
falo robes,..arid eUohering others cut of
their bows and aVrowp, In, this way ho
became possessed of heaps of things
whioh.be didn’t want, because he could:
n't make money out of them; There
never wits a more discontented rich man
than little Abreins, the wealthiest Slio
sbonte In that part of she Rocky Moun
tains.
At last be got thoroughly tired of this
unprofitable life, and resolved that be
would 1 tub away, If it cost him bis scalp.
But bow 7 To get up and pun when the
Bhoiihonles were all looking, at him
would' only end in their panning after
him and bringing him back'; and to run
when they were not looking Would be
eqlially useless,' because they, pould .fol
low him as easily by his trail ah by plght.
Bunnfne away from the Indiana being
thus difficult, he bethought himself of
making them run away from him. But
to do. this’ U would !be necessary to frigh
ten them, and to frighten them it would
be necessary to become Very terrible,
and bow to be terrible little Abrams;
couldn't see.
' His next Idea was. that If be could
pot run away .he could perhaps sail
away, anil that Itwould answer, thosame
purpose. Of course to sail he must bave
water, but luckily he bad not far .to laokj
for lb thtpugh- ids valley, "in'.which
the village was situated, |aod not k
hundred yards from the door of hie wig,
warn, flowed a large river. . Abrams did
not kridW'the geographical name of it,
and knew baldly anything about It,.ex
cept that It was not the Hudson, and
probably not the Jordan. But be had
an Idea that all rivers eventually empty
themselves. Into oceans, and ..that If be
followed this one tar enough be should
re sob either the, Atlantic or. the IWalc,
or the Gulf of Mexico or the Artto Sea.
Accordingly, selecting a sly nook for
bis shipbuilding, he constructed a raft
out of some trunks of flood-wood, provi
sioned and furnished It aa well as he
.;waa able, and then waited for Sohanoo
to embark unobserved. ;; , ,
Ko chance cams, and be bad to make
'one. i During one of the darkest nights
(bat oiler .skulked around the 'earth be
out all bis. mustangs loess and stamped
ed, them through the village*' The She-'
shdnlss, supposing that the Blaskfsst
were-upoq them, turned out in - the-ob
eourl so muchas.putting on
their ..WAr-palnt, and proceed'en, to ambue
cade'v; knock' down, and fall over each
other. "Yellow Cloud joined the, bihel
young pcjtiawa In sorting out the papoo
aeathst were beat Worth - saying, and
malting oft with them for thictUts sihd
other hiding . plapea. , Ihe. woman with
ears like 'a slump never beard a partible
of the uproar,' and snored peacefully
through thd whole of it. Little'Abrams,
thus' left ip himself, did hot troubleany
body to say-good-by o, but scuttled down
trxtljijjbanis fif the!riyer, jutnpcd aboard
.hja v rfft,VuMboae,'and drifted ”
''■Cofitlfcry toall probability,, be Bailed
several Hundred miles without accident,
and to crown bis goud fortUDe, lighted'
a'tjait upon a'sign of civilization. This
was a large flat-boat, moored to the Shore
at the 'foot ■of a considerable bluff.—
Abrams paddled up to it, lashed hIS raft
alongside, lapded,with due oircuraspec
tion. pnd looked about for- white med.—
.Tfaokahedld find, and they'led him
td thC summit of the bins,' slid
there be beheld a sight wbloh made bis.
stomach JumpVwlth Joy, It was a mound
ofgryparips—a, regular outlie of cheeses,;
hams, boxes of sardines, barrels of crack-!
VrsV'Hnlogna sausages,' dried beef," 4o“,
enough, as Abrams, said to himself, to
set up a business man in Chatham street
,or>anywhere,, and all piled compactly
in a circle, with a hollow in the center, 1 ,
after themanner of a fort ification. There,;
,6$ a/lbjttely . blUft of Oregon,' yflth no
spectator, - and apparently no claimant
but our bankrupt and half-starved shop
keeper, towered „ this nutritious , and
sweet-smelling monument., . ,
' ’The man'jvlth a nose like an owl near-!
ly wept with gladness, and. gratitude.—
Perhaps he remeriibered bow - bis fore
fathers bad bfeen fed in the wilderness
with quails - and manna. At the same
time hla emotions and reminiscences did
net occupy him so entirely as to keep
'him from eating, all together, cheese,-
herring, crackers, sardines and canned
peaches. His hunger satisfied,'ho pour
ed out a glass of fairish whisky, lighted
a fairish cigar, and began to query whose
restaurant this might be.. An hour or
more passed, and no one came; he hal
looed repeatedly and got no answer. At
last he concluded that some adventur
ous traders bad got thus far up the
river or down the river, on their way to
some market unknown to him, and
that their means of transportation break
ing down here, they bad stored their
goods to the best of their ability, arid
then pushed' on to obtain, assistance. 1 -:
What puzsled.hiai was that the flat-bciai
should have been left'bbblnd, and that
no one should have remained to guart|
the provisions. |
‘There must be two thousand dollars
worth here,’.remarked to ,himself, ‘l’ll
shtay a day of two and look-after it.-’lt
might be a sbance. to !get into partner:
ships and make a fresh shtart In busl:
ness.’ ■'’ ’ ’■ ■ ■ • ' '■i
So, when night came, be curled him
self up In. the little!,hollow in the center
of the mound, and . fell asleep amid, a
fragrance of eatables more spothlng than
opiates. He dreamed that lie was .in
Chathapi street, and bad a corner gro
eery, and so many .customers that he
couldn’t welt on them, and they made
such an uproar about It that be. threat
teuod to send for the police. Awakening
with a start be. became immediately
aware that the iigllest klnd of a bustopner
had called upon blm. and' that tfils cus
tomer waa In a! most Inhumanly! .raven|
ous and impatient humor. By the light
of a full moon -he beheld the ebaggy
bead and shoulders of the disgustingly,
long-nailed pawa of a monstrous grizzly
bear, The bear stood on his .bind legs
Just outside of the rampart of edlbleft.and
be seemed to little Abrams to be any
where from six to sixteen feet hlgh. One
of hit claws clutched a Goshen bheesel
and the other a Kentucky bani,' as thof
be made up bis mind to 1 have those two
articles vat any price. He had very
much the air of a burglar, leaning over
the counter and Inspecting a frightened
clerk on the floor behind It. Hie big
mouth was open, and be' waa snapping
and snarling loudly and.be was as dread!
(ul to see as any bruin ever was si neb
the grst bruin took to being dreadful.
Little Abrams was paralyzed with ter
ror. He was degradlogly Ignorant of
the tastes of grizzly bears, and he sup
posed that they ate men In. preference to
groceries. He expected every moment
that the animal would slide forward q
claw, drag him out of hie refuge, and de
vour him whole, as If he were a raw
oyster. In the imbecility of his fright
he thought of Little Jack Horner, who
'put in his thumb and pulled out a plum
and said, what a big boy amTl' He
wished, as far as be understood himself,
that be was on the top of Mt. Plvgah, or
In the Wilderness of Sin, without any
munna and,,without any quails. Mean
time the bear went on snapping and
enarliQg.ae if he were depreciating the
provisions and trying to cheapen them.
If little Abrams bad owned the Whole
twotbousand dollars worth, he would
have let, the creature have the lot of
nothing, and called It a good riddance!—
But be bad no choice In the transaction,
and so be Just lay speechless, and trem
bled like a hUmcplng-bird, only wishing
that he could fly away like one.
At last the bear seemed to ootno' to the
conclusion that be bad cheapened the
groceries enough, and got them reason
able. He left off snarling at Abrams,
commenced snuffling among the packa
ges and boxes, selected. a couple of, the
biggest hatua, took one In bis month and
one In hla rlght paw. and went off In' d
dignified, slow waddle, tike apnray bid
gentleman doing bis own marketing!
His heavy, cushiony tread died nwaji
gradually in the quiet night, apd then
all was sileat. Little Abrams listened—
sympathetic souls can imagine bow.he
listened-It seemed to blm'ai lf hla eatV
stretched In the effort , as If they grew to
be a foot long: Finally, bearing, noth!
lug, be slowly got on bis ib'skalng leg/sj
and looked around him. What was his
horror when be saw the grlszley only a
few rods oil, deliberately flnlshlriga,cou
ple of ham bones 7 Be silently carted
blmself.up again In bis cuddy, and pr'er'
pared bis soul to be masticated out of his
body. ' , • :■''
Nevertheless, the danger was ovbrl
The bear ate up the bam bones aa If they
were sugar sticks, licked his chops med
itatively.for a minute, conolcded t|iat be
had supper enough for one night, and
, CARLISLE. PA., THDRSPAY, MARCH U,; 1872,
went oil abont'bis giltzly employments.
Although little Abrams lost bis sleep foj
the rest of the night, be preserved all
bis members andl inwards nneatpn, and
had - breath ■ enough .'to, animate them;
You 'miy" Imagine, however, that loot
before the .eon rose upon him, be bad
decided to evacuate .that, locality, even
though hlaokoduß Involved a. forty years
wandering. -;
A circumstance which came tojils
knowledge Itr the!morning fixed him in
bla i'iabluflhhi .so far as be needed fixing.
As He cautiously about the
bluff, to see if bis, iigly-ouatomer of the
night before wete anywhere; near, he
stumbled upon a gun, then upon a body.
The butt of the gun was bitten to splln
teraVihd the b'afrel wia tw'letedllke a
ram’s horu, while the body was nearly
stripped- of itsdothlng, and-showed the
marks of enormous teeth and claws.
Little Abrams at oncognoaaed that this
man had been left to guard the groceries,,
and tb.at he liad perished In 'the Course,
of an altercation about the grizzly. But !
what was bis emotion (a mixttlreof na
tural grief, and shall we say natural Joy!);
.yfrhelj^ wb-]
ognlsed the face of lilsown father, Jared;
AbramWaV., alao latebf Cbatham street I;
■.‘Sotlfatah the end of Aim /' moralized |
Jared, jr. ‘Veil, I guessh I’ll bury him,
and take the shtook along. Of courshe
Itsh mine I’ i
So -said, so done. After performing
such funeral ceremonies as wero neeilod,;
he spent the rest of the day In getting
the groceries down the bank,, and'ship-’
ping them on. the. flat-boat'and. 'raft,
eventually dropplng.down the riVerjust;
as the grizzly balled him from the bluff.
Reaching Col umbla' City, dr Some, oth
er city of which I am equally Ignorant,
be opened a respectable retail shanty,
made what be cheerfully called bis lit-;
tie, pile, pushed on to San Francisco; add
set bp in the wholesale tallow line.
; Such were the romantic adventures of
The man wiihanoselikean owl.—Hearth
and Home.
Tbb Red River Raft.— Having heard
of the “great raft" in the Red River, since
our geography days; we are all' apt-to
suppose we know all about it. We are
all well aware that It is a mass of drift
wood, completely obstructing naviga
tion at the point where it covers the wa
ter with its countless trunks; of forest
trees. We know, that the river passes
under this mass as If It were a bridge j
and we may remember that la 1833, when
the raft was one hundred and twenty?
. four miles long, the general government
. began the work of removing It, but after
working at it for twenty.-two yeara, aban
doned' the attempt as inbpraotlaable,
and confined,its efforts to the opening
up, of some of. the laterar channels or
bayous. We may know ail this, but
still be Ignorant of one of the most cu
rious characteristics of the . great fhfc,
which is that if, unlike rats in general,.
moves up the river 4 against the current
Insteafihf down. The knoyement is very
tlqnt, betug but a nslle or two In a year.
Tbe'explanatlon of this retrogade move
ment of an apparently stationary, mass
jlii slmpieienobgh> *fhe logsof the, lotfar
end of the; ji»ft are continually broke?
away and. carried off by the floods and
~ fteaHete. 1 Thus the raft, 'aWkjs falling
away : at 'one' end’ and‘growing at the
other; gradually moves up the river,
, and:U',;.is daipulateci that ’it ;,Jjas“ moved
sines, its forming abput four hundred
miles! ‘Scientific writers have suggested
the Idea that this vast muss of
aftbr, lying In'.the did , bed 4 of ; the river:
■for-quite a number of > ages,, will beddipe
edaj bed. But when ttie’ Bed .R| w
becomes.thickly settled/ this enormous
collection of driftwood may he< utilized
in .some way, -or other, and. thus incalcu -
lably distant-generations may becheateii,
out of many a good coal flie.
A JT UNSYMPATHETIC! RAILROAD OF
FICIAL,—‘Your fare, If you please, mad-',
aitae,’ said the'conductor to an'elderly
lady who bad got aboard at a way sta-.
tlori; ' The' elderly lady, looked upland
drawing fanh aletter,' spoke with a voice
that was .shrill: Two of - Mr. ———-’s
children are dead, jahd /they’ve writ in'e
to come to the bulgin'- to-day. Isn't It
tdrrible?’ 1 The conductor looked as
shocked as possible, and expressed sym
pathy. ‘ I can't let you. ride free unless 1
you have a pass,’ replied the conductor,;
mfldly. Notto go to a fuoeaal V said
the old lady.' ‘No, madamo, 1 replied
/the conductor ; ‘l’m sorry to say that,
of iheroad are very strict, and'
I todi-eerjminale. 'Well,'
I think yoif Oughtn't 1 to charge folks for
going to a Inn end,' persisted the old lady.
‘lf we let every body going to funerals
ride free’—again sp.nko.the conductor—
•lt wouldn’t pay. Besides, It would 1-6
encouraging' the funeral‘business lu s'
way (hat would c.sist" gloom over the en
tire country, . Yo>ar fare is i a dollar and
a halt, .mailairie..’ ‘Well,’ retorted the
! $d dpjwlnjj out’a well-filled purse, l
T thjpk you naif, -bit let mo go free' ’spe
cially a» Ilia going to a douhle funeral.
Mr. H’e ohlldro n ara both 'dead, and
they’ll be burleU la the satne grave, !
reckon. Oh I It’s a turrlble blow I,’ Au(l
the old lady, -wiping her eyes, paid her
fare. -As the conductor moved, qn,she
turned to a passenger and remarked,with
some - indignation,; .‘These railroaders Is
the most upfoelid’ folks I ever, seed.’
‘ A Pectoliak LaT>y.— London hnsre-
bereayopient rip the;
periibo if'alady of the not unfamiliar
name of Brown, Some time back aboi
offered the Board of \yofps 1
$250,0.00 If It would make a contemplated
alteration In. a street In the manner she
wished, but lhe;? wero unable to accede
tc, her wishes,' She then offered them
$30,000 for the erection of a drinking
fountain to be placed at the end of the
street In which shie lived, and this was
about to be qrectcd. The Board was also
in communt(}f>t|oh .with her about ppblic
baths, which'the Intended to erect.at a
cost hf $2£&((00 when suddenly pattkla
•mart, had taken some Umeobmllig, for
Mrs. Brown was ninety, death stepped'
in and dissipated her benevolent in tefh
t|on. She died Intestiite, leaving sp' es
tate of $60,000 a year, und without aim
main relative, Ills the irefore'stated that
the' property will go' to- the Crown,' but;
as there ere several Bro wns about, It will
,be hard If. one of that: 0 blqultoue family
•can't substantiate aolahtii; Perhaps some
of the American branch • of the clan will
think It worth While to hook up their ped-
Igrsss.
' BEOamStLIATiSNI
As through the land at) eve WB went.
And plnqked the ripened ears,
Wo fell out, my wife and I,
: Oh I. we fell out. I know not why, ;
And kissed again with .tears. .
For when we came where lies the child
We lost In other yeare, ■'
There-rabove the little grave.
We kissed again, with tears.- '
* WAMDERER'S BCTQRR.
IB Carry Blade relate*' that Us edl-,
net n man on Saturday, juiit. arrived :
l the West, who was returning to
(place of‘his -nativity, In Venango
ipty, from wbloh .be has been absent
jteen years In China, India, Austra-J
god California,, moat of this time,how-,
i| ,In India aodChloa. He mined fort
il,|h Australia, and mdt with some;
I log adventures among- the bush-1
nl- Be prospected a few months in!
CaUjbrnla.dlscOveiingaallveriode whiohj
be qplil out at an advance. He then]
thought be would dome home, and see If
any ofi hls. friends were alive. Ho wan;
'tnbw-bobnd on the Pacific railroad, and
i wga' tvfenty-'elgbt days coming from San
■Francisco. Wheu bo left home .be went
with a determination to make, his, for
tune, meaning never to return Until be
was ablo to count ,dollars with the rich
iest of bis friends. Wo suggested to him
that some of hie friends lived In the
heart of the oil "region, and we knew
that some of them bad acquired conside
rable money. Ho said he would have to
'count with them before he would’ud sail
foiled that bo .could not. buy the 'hest of
them. Ho named a nice little sum wblplj
he,sent to a banking-house In a- large
city la this State, represented tfy bonds
bearing the sign-mahual’of “tTnote Samf
neb”. Five years ago,, while In, Hong
Kong, China, be got nearly ready to rej
tufn, but being unable to settle all hiji
business la time to take the steamef u.
Bj Grant, be concluded to stay a while
longer.” He thinks there was something
providential in . bis detention,, as the
steamer,waslpet.and alien board were.,
drowned. We withhold bis name, ni
present, as he wishes to see earns of hi
friends before .they hear of his arrival.-i-:
Thera are several substantial men in
this laity that have known hjtn from
boyhood. One of whom he - pointed oU'
on the platfoi’m, giving his’ name anil
former reside.nee., Mr! has chang
ed. so . much in his appearance that hV .
thinks hie fi-lends will hhrdly recngnlzt
hlm. He did,not pear of ! the rebellion
until, nearly, two years after it.broke oui.
He Was very“ muoh. surprised when he
arrived at Oorry, for, when he left home,
Corry of thje railroads passing through |l
had not .been ,tboughf of, . .He felt some
as Rip Van Winkle, did, and his heard
was about half a yard In length. He Is
now 1 forty-nine years of age, half and
hearty- Ho went to Titusville op tin
‘evening, ‘train.. If bis. parents are stiii
■living’tlley must.' have considered him
dead, years : ago. .In speaking of the
probability of. finding them ai(ve and
again meeting them, - his lips quivered
and his whole frame ahoak wltb emnlloq.
Ho has kept a diary of his life during the
entire time. . It would no doubt he an in-,
tefeeting book to read. .
' /About a Shake.— The Richmond cor
respondent of the Petersburg Index telle
the following:
- " A gentleman, a physician, resident
near the Warm Springs, but - now on a
visit to this city,- tolls a remarkable
story. The doctor was recently sent Mi
to see a lady of bis .neighborhood, who
had been bitten on the ankle hy a raltlg
’ shake. When ho reached the pat(eht hf'
found that her friends, adopting an old
’ Indian remedy, 1 which had bdmb ‘down
todhlß generation with all the legendary
Ibre of the neighborhood, had bound the
wound—already much' swollen—with
’several folds of the Inner lihlng -(fibre)
of the bark of the Sycamore tree. Wil
ling to await iho result of. this experl j
meet, and seeing really no chance for
the application of betfMßemedy, our
doctor ’allowed the' lady to -keep the
bandage on, and Ip a few hours she wa
relieved from the pain and the effects ol
the poison, too, as she declared. Then
It was removed. ’ The wound presented
a most favorable appearance, and the
dure was soon pronounced complete.
Now the most astonishing part remains
to be told. On unfolding the bandages
I have referred to, the exact outlines,
the very photograph, yea, the perfect
picture of the snake, coiled; ready for. a
spring, was found Impressed upon It:
So perfect waa the llkeneass, that If any
one had seen the bark bandage lying
open on the ■ roadside,, he would have
.thought thb ‘ratller’ had colled upon H
for one of his deadly springs. The doc
tor saw this with his own eyes. And the
remedy,has been applied to similar cases
lu (bat sect leu of the country with as,
liappy effects. ’’
'.The Bangor Commercial tells the fol
loading good story: ‘Everybody recol
lects .Uncle Van Meter, the colored
philosopher of Barkersville, who died
some months since. Van was a char
acter, He waa summoned on pue oc
casion as a witness In the,Supreme.
Court on a cow case at the time the be
nevolo nt Judge Hathway presided.—
ThV counsel on either' side, who are
still ijy'log in thlB city, out of sheer fun
racked their brains to obfusticato the
veteran African boy by plying all man-,
ner-of questions pertaining to every
other topic but the cow. The ei-i
. pertinent was successful, and < poor
befoggled Van answered as wildly
,'B3; ( a blind pugilist strikes out at hip
antagonist, Judge Hatljawayi willing
to enjoy a little sport, but with a view
(0 getting the bewildered philosopher
back to a rational standpoint, turned
bonlgnnntly toward him and put a
simple question. This , waa more than
the Illustrious voudoo could stand j a
nmgapio^;,never , exploded .quicker;—
Lifting both' hands above his head, and
with a conntenanee beaming with da
apiilr, *I tiow, yott old' gray-harted
gem trian np dar on do bench, don’t you
Interfere wld dfs matter. I’ve Just'as
much oa l ean do to take cate of dese
i\yo c|iaps down here I’ ” .
Jf yon do nob give mo a dime,' said
a young hopeful.to his mamma, Iknow
a' boy who’s' got ‘the meusela, and I’U
go and catch them.’
: iM -FV-idHtn ftqWfiWl
'«EVOII»'riBII*BrHIBTOHL n: , ;
,! VALLEY FORGE.*
. ,- This is a small, village on : the, Beading
railroad,mast,of Plioouixvilfe, yfticse sole
distinction consists In , Its having been
the' plaoo where VVashlngton made If Is
winter quarters in 1777-78. The Forgo
baa long since disappeared, as well os all
the buildings occupied by the employees
of the irpn. works, and the'only bonnes
now standing that were built before the
Revolution it 1 the building occupied by
Washington as bis head-quarters. This';
Louse was built by a 'gentleman named
‘Potts, who established Iron’works here,
thaUy of "whose descendants' have -been]
extensively engaged ib tbO iron business i
In this and neighboring counties, and for,
Whom Pottstown and Pottsgrovo ware:
named. ‘ The’, house Is of stone about
thirty feet square; and is substantially!
constructed. The lower story Is divided;
into two rooms, both of which were oo ;
copied by Washington. In one of theaej
rooms Is an old fashioned Franklin stove,;
around wbiob Washington and hie Qon-i
orals aat ■ during, that gloomy wjntor to
discuss the position and prospects of our
struggling, Republic. Everything about'
the houso remalnpjps It yvas at that.lime,’
and its, present owners and occupants!
will treat yon politely if you stop off be |
tween trains to view the.premises.’ The 1
old entrenchments are still plainly vial-:
ble, the main line extending southward
from the Bcbuytklll river for mot's than
a mild. Cannon balls'and old swords
and spades are still ploughed up In the
neighborhood by ]the, farmers;
Washington, after his disastrous defeat
at Brandywine, 1 arrivod'at Valley'
December'l7th. 1777, when hewventldtj
winter quarters. ' It was proposed that
be should retreat to Lancaster, and even
as far Westward as Carlisle, but It was 11-
'nally deolded'by a council of war to keep
near the British ai'my, keep an eye on
Philadelphia, and thus protect a’largp
extent of territory, that would be exposed
to tbe Brltiab, and foraEod on by tbbml
if the American army should go fartbei'
west.- ■ • . ~,i ,
Irving, in his Life of Washington,
says: ‘Bad and dreary was the march to
Valley Forge, unohesred ,by the reoolleo-,
tlon of any recent triumph, as was the
march to winter quarters in the pteoeed;
lag year. Hungry, and cold were 4 the
poor fellows who had so long been keep
ing the field/ for the provisions 4 were
.-•cant, clothing worn out, and so badly
wijfe they off .for shoes that the footsteps
of many might be tracked In hided. Ar
rived at Valley Forge, the troops bail
atili.tp btave the wintry weather In tents
until they could construct huts for their
accommodation. Those who weroon the
tick list bad to seek temporary shelter
among the’ farmers of the neighborhood.
The huts of the soldiers fronted on'Btrebie.i
those of the officers formed a line'ln the
-ear, Und the : enOampmetit assumed 1 the;
look of a military village. This was pej--.
(laps the most eloomy period of the Rev
olution. Washington’s military opera-.
Hons were severely criticised by many <jf,
the people, and a change of commanders,
was demanded by many, This in bis
forlorn, situation, surrounded by an un
housed; ecautly clad, half; starved, army,
shivering In the ml'dstof December enow
and cold, almost put an, end to ,hls for/
hearaace and drew; frqm him the most,
urgent appeals tq Congress fqr rqllef. In
one of these letters, alter stating the in '
efficiency of the commlsaoralt, he soya :
‘lt adds not a little to my, other dlffloul- 4
ties and distress, find that .much more is
expected from me. than (s possible to 4 be
perforaied, and that upon, the ground 6f
aafetyand policy, lam obliged toobncegl
the true state of the army fn m view, aqrt
.thereby expose myself to detraction and.,
calumny.’ Washington was painfully
aware of the machinations of his enemies
fur the purpose of snperdeedlnghlm,yet|n
ho part of the war'dld he more thoroughly
evince that .magnanimity which was his
grand 'characteristic, than in the - last
scenes of this campaign, when he rote
above tbe;taudtlnga and the murmurs bf
the public.' While censure and detrac
tion had dogged '. him throughout ‘bis
harrasslDg- campaign, and followed him
‘a ble cheerless 1 encampment at .Valley
Forge, Gates was the theme, of popular
ealnglum- and was held up by the.cabal,
as the only one who could retrieve the
desperate fortunes of the South,’ 1
In February, .1778, Mrs. Washington
vlalted Valley Forge, and resided with
her husband at headquarters. Her de :
soriptlon of the place shows the simplic
ity of style in 4 which ho lived In this en
oampment. In Writing to d friend she
said: ‘The General’s apartment Is very
-mall, and he has had a log cabin built
to dine In, which has made our quarters
mUob more tolerable than they were at
first.’ ,
Baron Steuben, the Gorman General,
joined washlunton at Valley Forge.He
came over to assist; Us lu our struggle,
uud Washington finding in him a thur
oughly disciplined soldier appointed him
Inspector general ,of the army,, ft, post
which be filled with great ability, and
assisted greatly In bringing order out of
the confusion that reigned in the army
A.s the baron could not speak English,
he bud great difficulty, at first in dis
charging his duties, blit with the aid of
an Interpreter, be.managed to get along
until he acquired some knowledge of
our language.
Washington occupied the encampment
at Valley Forge until the ensuing spring,,
when he pursued the retreating British
army through Now Jersey. .Chester. ,
What .They. Said.—We asked a
girl What she wfthted'most, and she re
plied ‘a lover.’ '
We asked a:wife what she.wanted
moat, and she paid, ‘kind words from
ray husband and children to bear hls
name.’
We asked a boy what he wanted; and
he said ‘a sweetheart and a happy
home.’ ... ,
We asked a miser what 1 he wanted,
and he replied ‘gold; more gold.’ 1
We daked a gadding woman what she
waritCd most, and she replied, ‘to dress,
and more hew* to tell my neighbors.’
1 Wo naked an old man what he want
ed most, and he replied, ‘rest dnd a de
cent burial.’ ■ ■ ‘ ■
Wh asked a laboring man'what he
wanted most, and ha replied, Might tax
ation aqd.a chance to make a comforts,
ble homo for my loved ones.'
■We oskedi a man why he was'a Re
pnbllcan. and he replied, !for office and
stealing!'; i.
We,asked,a pulpit preacher what he
Wanted most to make him happy, and
be replied,‘political Influence' M ;
i Wo asked Ood what he wanted.' 1 He
said, ‘peace on earth and good will to
ward ail men)'
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VGLi <sB:'"'NO. 40,
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FRAUD IN PENNSYLVANIA.
1,. “il ' ' > 1 1 ; /• to ■ • .M. ;■
itiitE
ELEMENT care.
in,o War In Africa—Dr. Pdlno
■ Fighting Ihr EwniwHtrtnmft and j
: Mackey aceu«edr-*Evan» the Vic* I
tlm of a Consplraojr***l*et ail Dl»* |
..clym thj) Whole Truth. I
■ ' Philadelphia!' March' I.—The Qeo. i
0. Evans embenlement: fight In this
State.ls IFiicts'am dal-i
ly coralugto light which lend to ebow I
that Evans la not bo great a rascal after {
all, but that be Is made to appear. #o to)
shield others’ In the State Government. 1
The Investigating committee of the!
Senate came here on Tuesday to examine!
Evans, but found that ho hsd gono to ;
New York,* ahd, as ho himself alleged, i
Was to ill to'Upper. This looked bad for]
the ex-Stalo Agent, and probably nqt|
one In ten believed 1 his story 1 ; but his
counsel, J. H. Blrahan of New York, ap-,
peared next day In person, and assured,
the committee that Evans Wnsaotuslly|
ito ill to leave bis 'bed. Hp. also brought
a oertlßoate from, a prominent New York
; physician corroborating his statement.—
.Notwithstanding this, the committee
wont back to Harrisburg determined tor
sue out an attachment and secure Evans
on a requisition upon Gov. Hoffman,—
But the parties who are so vigorously
pursuing, Evans with the strong arm of
the law have'mec with a sudden and un
expected obstacle.
THE POOL,
The history of Evans’s alleged embez
zlement. la wall known, and neetjs no
repetition now. Suffice it to' say that
the, whole thing grows out ,of the collec
tion of Pennsylvania's, war claim against
,tho national Government. , There is. nrii
Upubt that, a pppi was made up in the
Executive Department of the State Qovj-.
ernment .tp.make money put of this
claim. undeniable, and ft. is
to escape discovery of their crimes in th is
respect that several of the State officers '
are now hounding prior Evans to death).
The officers who are 'Strongly, suspected
of complicity In this are John E. Hkrt-
J ranft' the Audllrir Generali and ! R. : W.
Mackey, State Treasurer. Both are be ■
llevera In the White House dogma that
tho very best President we river ‘had. or
everoan have Is Ulysses S; Grant. ' j
Hartranft da a strong candidate for
Governor, and will receive the support of
the Grant faction-In tho State. Another
member of the war claim ring was Wtn.
:H. Kemble, Iprmotly State; Treasurer,,
and the..incumbent of, iho offlee wlion,
the large claims were being collected.
“ ' A SNAO. •:
1 As I have'said, those Who are how.
persecuting Evans to shield . thrimsolves,
have suddenly fun 1 against a snag. : Tills
snagia Dr., William Paine ol thoPhilS
delphla University.
Paine is a warm friend of Evans—ln
fact; the only one of prominence who be
lieves,in, bis,entire, innocence. He is,
,moreoveri veryrloh and very energetic.
He got Into a row with the Pennsylvania
State officers because of his warm friend
ship for Evans, and they in turn went
for, him on the charge of selling bogus
diplomas from his university.
When Evans was arrested In New
York last fall and. lodged In the Harris
burg jail, it was to Paine’s indefatigable
efforts that he was Indebted for hls' re
teose. Indeed, after signing bis bail
bond and providing other additional se
curity, Paine ’ had to actually threaten
Hartranft and Maokey with afreet for
conspiracy before they would consent to
Evans’s, release. 11 This embittered them ,
still more, and soon afterward thppom
mlttei,,waS. appointed; from the Legisln
tureto lovesllgate Paino’,a college. fEtiisi
was all,the. work of Hartranft,and Mack
ey. The committee, have got , through
their, work,-and so fai; aa Dr. Paine and
hie college are concerned, hot a particle
of evidence has been brought out to show
that a,diploma ,was,ever sold.
A DOCrIOR ON TUB WAR PATH.
And now comes Dr. Paine's, turn., He
Is shrewd, energetic,vindictive, and has
the means to carry out bis ends. He.has
put on-the .war paint, slesed'bis toma
hawk;, and declares that tie will have the
scalps of Hartrauft, Maokey and Kemble
before thirty; days. He is already well
armed. He first proposes to . show (hat
the -appointment of Evans as. State
Agent was a conspiracy to make money
out of the. war claims. The other day,
when Kemble was before the committee,,-'
he testified that, although he was State '
Treasurer at the limp, he did riot know
that Evans was agent for. the collection
of the claims. This is a rap at Governor
Geary, and Dr. Paine says, la falsehood
number one in Kemble’s testimony.
- Again, Kemble says that Evans came
to him and naked for aletter of Intro
duction to some one in Washington who
could help him get a claim through. ) Ha
said be gave him one to Titan J- Coffey,
a lawyer, there, but that .Evans never,
used It, 'for the reason,’, said Kemble,
*tba,t he did not want a letter to a respeo
tabfe,Jawyer, but one to some one who
could take him into Grant’s departments,
by the kitchen way.’ Now Paine knocks
spots out of this statement by'exhibiting
the original letter given by Kemble to.
Evans to present to 'the respectable
lawyer.’ Here it Is:
State op Pennsylvania, )
Execotivr Dep., Trbas.’B Ofeicb, [■
. Habeisbdbo, Joly 7, 1886. J
My Dear Coffey : Allow rao to la
trmluoo to you iuy particular friend,Mr.
George O. Evans. He has a claim of
some magnitude whioh he wishes'you to
help him In. Pot him through as you
would me. He understands addition,
division and alienee. Yours, &0..
Wm. H. Kemble.
To Titian J. Coffey, Esq., Washing
ton, D. (J.
SWINGING A, HEAVY TOMAHAWK.
Palno'eaya (bat Evans' never need this
letter because' he Was ashamed to present >
It. But Paine' has another' tomahawk
which he says will go clean through the
political skull of Hartranlt. ' That Is a
sworn transcript of Harttauft's private
account with his brokers In Philadelphia!
This shows thhtat the time these claims
werecbllooted tbat i worthy had specula-.
tlv6 transactions amounting to. .$681,000..
He i also bos letters, checks, and .other,
documents (all oHglnala) proving con- :
piuslvely‘that not only Haitranlt, but.
Mackey tiiO wks ualng the,funds of the,
coU,imonvy ! ealtb (money derived \lrom
these war claims) to speculate upon and
to pay their private obligations.
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,f n Palpß 1 alao b'ak']tlid 1 dehd-'wiod'bil • ! tlfb
following ‘transactions': -IMu&itotf WMI
Mackey not long ago used the 1 fends
of* -tliy ’’* oomWohweilth' l to' 'pur-
Cliaae’slB§]soodf the 5 percent. bonds Of
the State! add tbe $31,050 of the 6 per ct.
bonds.: These. bonds they sold bank to
the Sinking Fund under authority:of
legislative enactment lat a i profit of SO,--
048.42, the: whole transnotion occupying
but & few days. Pulnobaa in: his p'qasep-
Sion a ocpyofthelr account, with the bro
ker who made Mie transfers: ; ~
The Indefatigable dootbralso bos docu
mentary proof that Mackey, the Treas
urer, loaned lbe mbney of the Stpte to
private parties, receiving for tfaesame In
terest as follows':;Aug- 26,1860, $577 60 ;
Feb: 9, 1870, $3,900 60,- ; May 18, 1870,
$314 60; and Oot. 14,. 1871, $5,000.
Tbe doctor is going to Harrisburg to
lay bis proofs before tbe Legislature and
demand an investigation. Meanwhile
there la .quaking. In. Harrisburg least
Evans should tel)'tbe whole troth. If
they fear him so much the effects of the
arrival of Dr- Paine may be likened to
,t£at in. a neat of pats by the
sudden,appearanoo’of a terrier.
OR THE EVE OF BATTLE.
General Custer, 'in his life on the
Plains, thus describes the prelude to
what might have beeh a' battle between
the United States itnd the jfndiabs:
For a few moments appearance seem
ed to foreshadow anything but a peace
ful issue. The Infantry was' .in tfie ad
vance, followed'closely by tbe artillefy,
while my command, the' cavalry was
marchingi OU the flank.l .General Han
cock, who was riding with his staff at
the head of ,tho column,; coming sud
denly In view of the wild fantastic bat
tle array, which extended far to our
right and left, dud not more',than half a
mile In oUr‘ffout| hastily sent orders to
the infantry, artillery, and cavalry to
form line of battle, evidently determined
that if war was intended' wo shotild be
joreiiared.' Tbe cavalry;‘being the last
tri form on the right,'.came Into line on,
a gallop, and, without’ waiting 1 to' align
the ranks carefully, the command was
given to ‘‘draw'sabre." As the bright
blades flashed from their'scabbards into
the morning sunlight, and tiie Infantry
brought their,'muskets to a parry, a moat
iieautiffil pud > wonderfully, interesting
sight was;spread;out before anil around
us, presenting a contrast; which, to a
.military- eye, must be striking. Here,
in battle array, facing each >other;, were
the representatives of civilized .and, bar
barous: warfare.,!/The one, with but: few
modifications, stood clothed ‘ln the same
rude dress, bearing the same patterned
shield and weapon; that -his ancestors
had borne ceniuries before; ‘the other
confronted him dresss and Sup
plied with the implements of war which
the most advanced stage of civilization
had pronounced the mriat perfect. 1 Was
the oothparallve superiority Of those two
classes to be subjected to be mere test of
wsr here? Such sebmedutiie'prevailing
impression on, botji aides,All was eager
anxiety and expectation, side
seemed to comprehend the object or In
tentions of the other ; eaoh was waltlng
for the other to deliver the first blow. A
more .beautiful battle-ground could not
have been chosen. Not.a bush or even
the slightest irregularity of ground In
tervened between the two lines which
..now stood frowning and facing each
other. " Chiefs could be seen riding along
the lino, ns If directing and' exhorting
their braves to deeds of heroism. Fortu-.
nately before coming tooonlllot matters
were explained, and the two bodies were
soon at .work maklriga treaty of peace,
Instead of flghtlbg. 1 ’•
SHORT CAREER OF A BART HiPPOPOTAMDS,.
’On Thursday morning last Mr 1 . Bart
lett was kind'enough to inform me
that a little Hippopotamus had been
born. On looking through the window
we could easily fees’'the. mothef 1 and
baby. The mother lay in the corner
farthest away from the' window, the
young one b y close to her, the nose of
the mother was close to tKp'nbse of the
infant.' . Everything wife, pairi'fully
quiet, and the ofaly sound was the
chirping of the sparrows. The sparrows
seemed to chirp louder in the hippopo
tamus house than anywhere else,The
little animal, Mi. -Bartlett informed me,
had pot been seen tp auck, although the
mother had plenty of milk- -An at
tempt bad been made togot tbe little
thing away directly it was born, but
the ndotherowas. So savage that it was
thought best -to leave matters alone.—
The little one is as'near ks pooible the
same size os its brother, which was
born February. ■ 51,"1871; and died in
three days.
' ft'seems surprisingly strarigo that the
instinct' of the mother was pot suffi
'cipnt' to induce the young one'to suck,
and it seems' almjost e'emtrary to the
‘‘rule of nature the young one did
not know where to' seek for its food.—.
Both mother and child had been in the
water, and the young ono,,could,swim
as well aa its mother, Two milk goats
had been provided .in case , they could
. have got the youpg,.one away irom its
mother.; ~On Thursday morning! went
again, and found, alas! that the little
umzlmvaobooj ns the Africans call the
hippopotamus, had died at six o’clock
on Wednesday night, at the age of 14
hours.. It was in the disseoting-r oom.
ltd total length from tip of nose to
end of tall was threo feet nine, inches,
head ten inches long, tail live inches. -
The skin is very muon sorrugated, and
seems covered with’a gloss-llke Var
nish. ’lt is very pink about the mouth
and lower ’Jaws. : The'hoofs are dark
chocolate, the legs and lower portion of
the body’the color of the section of a
piece of india-rubber. Mr. Bartlett
managed to' get the young one away
from its mother, and it sucked down a
'pint and a|taif oCgoat’s piilk before it
diedi, ’Tbey[ to drive' the
molhec lrito her tank of water by squirt
ing.water - into her nice with iyWriterfu I
engine; The moment/sho en
tered Her bath , they slammed the'gate,
and then stole the yriubg'one; 'T iindor
stand that thla'tkre'^'eciffleri’of a suck
ing, ißeheiurith is to'b'e 1 sent to Oxford
Yor diaseplibri;—ilidnif and Water.'
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