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COLUMBIA. PA
Clocks, Watches, Jwely, Silve r
and Silver-Plated Ware.
SIIREINER Sr. SPOILING,
HAVING taken the old established •trund of John
/A Felts. PlOlll -treci, t.lolumlen. respectfully 111Ylit
the public to cull and examine their large ussofttnent
of
CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY,
SILVER and SILVER-PLATED WARE,
CUTLERY, COMBS, PISTOLS,
ACCORDEONS, and FANCY ArtricLas,
ttueli as are usually kept /II u fir-t-elu.s Jewelry Stare.
We will keep coastantly on hood a large stock of
ALisk.cyricistimi. "GliTamtc33a.c.l9,
In Gold and Silver Tracy & Co , P.
S Bartlett sliA Wm Ellery movemmas—which we
will oiler to 1110 igot, al price' to -air Pic liale4.
A 0001111ua ace of the former patronage is respect
fulls .olretted.
I.D 2 'ittPAILINO OP ALL KINDS PROMPTLY ATTENDED 70
July la. INC!.
NOW FOR BARGAINS.
ITrn have j ll4 I cevlv , rl anal her lot of all-wool De
'lane. , and plaid Alasaallnyite. which we offer a
reduvol :11 , ..ACY & BOWERS.
Cola Julie V. Ni! Cc?. 2d and I.oeiv.i Sts.
I'Olli CREAM OF GLYCERINE—For the cure
Mid preVe^lloll 1 . 0'011411.d Imit,l,:/ke. Vol s.,t
et the /LIJI:N 'MORTAR DRIJR STORK
Der.3,18:58 Front , trvet. Ce'etnltts
SALT! SALT!
jUST fereived the .tibgeriber, at ibeir Mate
Lot u-I ,-mood.
100 Bags Ground Alum Salt,
h v, , I t 'nut ket prices.
C July ( , 'GI. J RUA( VIM es SDI
aRAIIAM, or, Bond's Boston Crackers, fo
Dyspeptic... stud Arrow (toot Crtseker-s. for it,.
solids uvd plaids en—new articles ill Colansbia; ut
the rtunily :sl edit-sec Store,
April Ili. Ititl
Hrrison's ou mbian n k.
ic • a -uocrior muck., perm...lenity block,
and oeL co l rolling ilic Veil, eJil be hod in ow,
e of ity. nt the Va1...1y 'II c11....1ee Store, and blacken
4cl lo Mat Cogli-te nom I'ele'.h.
Cnbonbio..l....e O. 1,59
rxszict
r A CKF.II EL by the barrrl . . bull barrel and quarter
It" bane!, of the, t•-1 qoa :urea.
qpply to B. F. A PPOLD.,
Columbia, July Id. Canal Ba..in.
WALL r.s.rEnt
PAPER CHEAPER THAN WHITEWASH.
E have j u•t received a large int or Wall raper.
all t he dewe.t •ty and beg goods, which we
sell at prices to-ult Ilie owe,
$.111.01i & MC'DASALD.
Book ,!ore, From Si., above Locuvi.Coieumbia.
hl reit 2. Nil,
NOTICE. •
Idc•ire to =mae up the old hook nceounot, of Loth
dmres and reque=4 01l pert•ons know•wg them
selves todebltd to please call nod .ettle the come.
C. FONDERI.IIIIM.
Colt mbin, May 17, ISC.Z.
S', I ,PiiiDING'S PREPARED GIAJE.--The want o
1 1 / 4 .J -licit mI nriu•le feh in every faintly, 111111 110 W
11 con lie eupp lied; for mending fu.niture, chum•
tvn re. 01111 me-inal work, toy.. ate, there is I:o6ting
111111110 f. We have (MIMI it literal in repairing mans
article• which have been ueeless fur mond', 1",
Jun t2ena it Ut the
FNIII.Y VEDICINF. STORE
POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES.
A LA tot or row. and Conn:tots Poe Let Dookr
and Pursci,ut from 15 cent, to two dollars each
He tdquarters and News Depot.
Columbia, April 14. I din.
Lawns, Lawns, Lawns.
LA DIES vita mid are our beautiful 111. cent Lawns,
f. at STEAC lAA% Ere%
June Yd. 1E42. Orpo-iie (bid refire:v.' !fall.
HOOFED SKITS.
ANEW and eplendid oyle of Hooped Skirts, I'l4
iv...dived; Also. u full 'solo totem of olio r vi) its,
very cheap Al A LTIW & CASE,
Coluinlou, Apr.l 20. 1f63. Locust Y tree:.
ron SIMI%
5 0 (rp , :, k a . , C A. °ult, 100 Sack• Ashton
d,() .7...ta l Ap•
IWurclimpe, t:unol Satin.
Columbia. Dec. d 4. ISM
RAISINS
Amnpply of am l I.nynr ,6
Will be onunu ni the Cur. of I ecni non Ilninn
Nnv. 24. RY 81.ilca4n31.
JUST ILECE/VEID
A ND for pale. by tile borr , l or larger quaontie.., 100
11 barroliAlonongobeta l'Olto-lre, at
A PFULIPS rob ou.e,
Carol
Cola. May 1.2, VI.
For Sale at a Bargain.
mum choice of Two Fire and finrirliir Proof Safet—
I or —l.iltieet 14drnt, Alro, a Family
I torte. and a firm-rate Carriage and llarneir. Call
the diem of .
11. C. FON DERSNITTII.
adjoinseg the Back
Cola. May 17, If 62.
HO! FUR CHRISTMAS►
A Choke Baking alo: ~,,, ; the hem in the market at
STDACY it DOWERS'.
Cdla Dee 0. 4562. Cor.td nod Lorieo Stn.
CLOAKING CLOTH
B EAUTIFUL. Ulack.Cioth. suitable for lade... cloaks
STSA C h BOW Elle. -
Corner Second and Locust Street•;
Coln. Dec. 6 'ht. Opposite Odd Fellows • Halt.
LIQI7OII.S.
WE have received a Supply Of
rare Bra lifiF, Old Ilya Whisky,
Old Port Wine.
which wo:orer for sale Co. Aledicinni nurnerses.
A. GRAY...Y. CO.
Cola. July Golden Mortar Drug Store.
DRESS GOODS,
1") Mark ha. Flack Flannel.
Ticking., Check a. I tali's*, i...heetings. Blankets
ake .&c. “ t ' HEWN Ens ,
Cola Oct 27,1960. Cor. Third and Union.
D3JESTlCS,Notwithstanding the ndcaure
on the parent hood.. por...ne. will fired II to then
advantage 111 cal sod examine our mock of
Prints. glusloem. Gingham.. Check. Ticking.. Cra-h.
' l / 4 e -4 e. In feet eertyr e1...0f goods ttuitable for new
betrionera .utbmt.a.iteening. and old one. ion.
STEACT a tiOVVE.II.3 ttunewite Oda rela'W.' Ile".
MRS; WINSLOW'S . Soothtug Syrup eau be
ohtskined-at p.WILuAA.S., Locum 0/.
Vutrts.
-The Frontiersman
EMI
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Far in the di-tant West,
•
By the majestic stream and flowery plain,
Where endlesa prairies stretch their wide domain;
lie site him down to rest
Far from the utmo=t East,
Far from his childhood',.. roof—his early home—
The wanderer's foot hath hither come to roam,
Where natute spread., her feast.
E~•l
The wilderness around
Spreads its dense screen—its Mick primers! shades
Where the brown deer Mrs' ull the green arcades
In countles6 berth abound
The winds of Autumn shake
The ripen'd nuts from irees—a generous hoard ;
The w•dd plums yield their ofr,rings to his board
From every ho•ky brake.
The watt-fed, growling bear,
Palls to his line true—a welcome prey;
He 'lays the huge ollc in die foleAt. way,
And the snail timid hare.
Wild berries, rich and red.
Crimson the ground with their delicious Ahura,
Or from thick bushes their sweet treasures pour,
WIN le grapes hanz overhead
He buddy Ilk cabin rude
On some lair knoll that overlooks the stream,
And CialMi the soil a ler am eye may beam,
The valley, plain and wood,
An empire lie doll, hold,
Vast nn the old-world kings with sceptre sway,
A natural garden, stretching leagues away,
Enchanting to behold.
Ile loves this noble land,
is Wowing beasty, awl its vigorous life,
to genial skies, its elemental strife,
So lovely, yet so grand
lie loneliness he loves,
And he sole lord and monarch over all ;
lie tread,' ;s lest ;he settler's axe may fall
Oil his far-spreading groves!
He dread , to 'cc tho.e files
Of earnest mem with hungry look• -evere,
Come with their white-w,t 1,111j916 10 people here
His quiet forest aisles,
He dread' , the emigrant,
Coming with plow, and .pade, and toiling team—
reedy intruders of tn+ wood and stream—
Each well-beloved hatint.
Bat mill their armies come!
Then.ad heart the red mute* route he tykes,
Uver freeh plains untt -cil.istry hikes,
Still We.iti.varil he cloth roam!
In some urpeopled glen,
Far in the untrod woods or savage waste,
Ili, new-sound home, hi, hut of logs w
Remote limn Ituums of men!
Tfilkes' Spirit
Dirge fora Soldier
DT 0 IiCOR.D Jr. DOZElit.
Con M eye+ ; :yolk is done
What to him is friend or locinan,
Ri-c of moon. or mt of sun,
Mod Min •n. or 'mks of woman
Lay him low, lay him low,
In the clover or the -now !
What cares ?he cannot know;
Lay him low:
Ao man may. lie fought his fight,
Proved In= truth by his endeavor;
Let him deep in solemn right,
Steep forever and forever.
Loy him low. lay him low,
In the clover or the snow!
What cares he? he ca•tnut know ;
Lay him low!
Vold him in his country'; mum
801 l the drum and tire the volley ;
What to him are all our tv.ir-.
What but death-hcmocking folly?
Lay him low, ley him low,
Lt the clover or the .now:
What cares lie? he cannot know;
Lay him low
Leave him to God's watching eye.
Tru-t him to the Gad that made dim;
Mortal love pwrep. idly by
God alone bath power to aid him.
Loy Itim low, lay him low,
In the clove; or the snow !
What eares liet he eunnot know;
Lay bun low!
gd,Ertigits.
A Few Incidents in the Life of a Strol
ling Actor.
=AMER THE SECOND
We reach Harrisburg, and turn the Exchange
into a 7heatrc—ltake a nominal bent/ii
which is no benefit at all— We Lose two of
the cops— We go to Fork and transform a
Billiard S 'loon into a dramatic Temple—
We in to Columbia. where we hare an inci
dent— We go to Marietta, and there lake
the "Raging Canawl," stopping at Millers
town. Lewistown, Huntingdon, Alexandria,
Williamsburg. and finally reach Hollidays
burg. where we strike a breeze— We make
an addition to the company— We also make
money, but it taketh unto itself wings and
flies away—lncidents, &c. &c.
As I intimated in may last, we left Lan
caster in a hurry, after the manager had
very injudiciously ••run the thing into the
ground." We reached Harrisburg mainly
by sharp management—for the receipts net
t3l at Lancaster were by no means adequate
to the amount of fare seven persons would
be supposed to pay between the two points.
In those days. however, railroad conductors
were not tied down to the strict rules which
govern them now.
We did not remain idle very lens; in Har
risburg. We rented a large room in the Ex
change, and with a single scene, six wings.
a, green drop-curtain, and a number of
benches, we fitted it up as a theatre. We
were soon beset by some enthusiastic admir
ers of the drama—not many in number, but
still enough to revive our spirits.
We opened to slim bouse4, and continued
forfive nights at barely the expenses—whieli
by-the-by, were rather steep. A Dutch
orchestra, printing, and lights ate up the
money just about at fast as it came in.
As I had resided in Harrisburg on a for
mer occasion. and had numerous acquaint
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY .MORNING. MAY 1.6, 1863.
ances, Jack proposed putting my name up
on the sixth night fora benefit—a theatrical
fiction which I did not then understand. Of
course I readily assented, and two new pieces
(i. e. old farces not yet played by us) were
selected. To distinguish myself, and make
the entertainment interesting, as I thought,
I must needs agree to black my face and
sing a nigger song!
When the time for opening the door ar
rived, I took charge of the ticket office in
person, and, much to my surprise, actually
took in some twenty-odd dollars. I not on
ly considered myself "snug," but I flattered
myself almost into the belief that I really
possessed some dramatic abilities! Heavens!
what a delusion! We playe? our best, as a
matter of course; and, although our best
was nothing to brag of, we managed never
theless to give satisfaction. At the end came
the negro song—a most desperate undertak
ing—for so green was I in that line of bus
iness that I did not know what to black
myself with. Instead of using a burnt cork,
I absolutely laid on a thick coat of lamp"
black! I was very black—so black, in fact,
that traces or it remained noon me, especi
ally about the eyes, for a week, although I
scrubbed myself daily until my very arms
ached I Ido not remember how I got through
the sten, but I have a sort of vague recol
lection of getting the verses badly mixed up,
keeping Jive or six notes ahead of the fiddles.
and making a fool cf myself generally. The
railer will pardon mo—l was young then.
Next day Jack called upon me and asked
the amount of receipts. I told him. He
intimated that he would be pleased to have
me fork over I I was struck with astonish
ment, and told him that I thought the funds
were intended fur my benefit. He in turn
was not only surprised, but highly indig
nant at my presumption The money, lie
said, was for the benefit of the company,
and if I did not disburse for the hotel bill,
we were "stuck" to all intents and purposes,
and must dissolve. Oa the contrary, if I
disgorged, we should go to York, and there
in all probability do a good holiness, when
I should be honored with a real benefit.—
His arguments were specious, and he brought
me to terms ; I shelled out to the lost red
cent! Next morning we took the stage fur
York, leaving Miss M. and Stone behind.
They had become disgusted, and proposed
going back to Philadelphia. It was well,
fur I doubt if Humphreys had money enough
to pay th !er passage over.
Arrived in York, the renting, of a hall, or
some large room to perform in, demanded
our first attention. We should in all prob
ability never have succeeded, had not the
keeper of a billiard s tloon very generously
agreed to up-end his billiard table, and give
us the use of his room, in which we held
forth fur two nights to small, quiet audien
ces. On the second night of our perform
ance, Mrs. Maeder—once the gay and fasci
nating Clara Fisher--.had a lvertised a con
cert in the Court House, which did not come
off, solely for Lie want of an audience of
more than three persons. The people of
York were staid and steady folks in those
days.
I do not remember by what means of tran
sit we left York, but I know that our next
point was Columbia, where we put up at the
"Red Lion," an indifferently-kept German
house. After some chaffering, the landlord
agreed to let us have his large room, which
we immediately fitted up, and circulated the
handbills. Columbia was a etirring place,
and we anticipated a regular rush.
In the course of the afternoon, a little
tailor, whu had hie shop opposite the hotel,
bellowed to 11/ C. I went over, when ho po-
litely informed me that ho was the leader
of a brass band, and that the aforesaid band
would play for us gratuitously in the eve
ning if we wished it. Of course I jumped
at the proposition, and hastened to -inform
Jack. To my dismay be shrugvil his
shoulders, and de‘darcd that he did nut like
such disinterested offers. At least it would
cost us three or four dollars, for the band
folks were the very best patrons of theatres.
However, he interposed no special objection.
Stun after the door was opened, the baud
Came in, consisting of some fourteen per
suns, with nboot two wheelbarrow loads of
big br,u.s horns. They opened out on some
thing probably intended for a •' Grand
March," which was mast shockingly butch
ered. I have something of an ear fur music,
and I am altogether within bounds when I
say that their playing was infinitely worse
than our playing—and I'll be hanged if that
is not saying a great den) in a very few
words: Some thirty or fort 7 persons, most
ly raftsmen whom the spring freshet had
brought down the Susquehanna, composed
the audience.
Well, the playing commenced, and pro
gressed amid the most Profound silence fur
some ton minutes. JOE at a particular pe
riod, when the entire corps drawaivie was
facing the music, it struck up, as if by a pre
concerted arrangement, the soul inspiring
air of "Yankee Doodle," with more brilli
ant variations than ever Boscha produced
upon the liarp, or Vieuxtemps upon the vio
lin. The variations were extemperaneous,
and most brilliantly . executed! They play
ed, and played, old played I We stood a
reasonable time, looking and feeling rather
ridiculous, but they finally " tooted" us off.
This riled the watermen, and a muss would
have followed had not the band retired, pl.ty
ing "Setting on a Mil" a, they marched
down stairs. In order to satisfy the water
men we bad to resume and go through the
programme. "As cored' we bad quite
enough of Columbia, and were anxious to
leave it the nest morning; but the difficulty
with us was, that, after the payment of the
tavern bill, we had no money left to carry
us away! In the morning, after considera
ble scheming as to what course was best to
pursue, we concluded to give them a show
at Marietta, distant some three miles. Char
ley and Miss F. took passage, with baggage
and scenery, on a capal boat, while Jack,
Jackson and myself, undertook to foot it.—
On our way thither I lagged behind, and on
the outskirts of the town I picked up a roll
of "shinplasters," issued, if I mistake not,
by the "Tido Water Canal Company,"
amounting to five dollars. I submitted them
to the inspection of the grocery man at the
lock, who told me . they were not worth a
"red," except for toll; nevertheless, ho
would give me two dollars and fifty cents in
goods for thorn, or ono dollar and twenty-
Eve cents in cash. I refused to negotiate at
such a shave, and hastened to overtake my
partners. We made quite merry over my
streak of luck, and we sang the loudest kind
of staves until we reached Marietta, where
we put up at a most excellent hotel. A. lafge
room in the second story had been fitted up
by a company of Thespians, so that every
thing was so completely to hand that all we
had to do was to issue our bills. The town
was over-run with Waterman, and it was but
a few minutes after the opening of the doors
in the evening until the room was filled.—
They were a very rough audience to play to.
as their criticisms were both loud and point
ed. But what oared we? We had hit a
streak of luck when our monetary affairs
had reached a crisis, and that was all in all
to us. The Yankees would probably have
damned the play as n humbug, but a for
tunate incident helped us out. Jack sang
a comic song, and a fuddled waterman, who
was something of a singer, joined in the
chorus. When the second verse was finish
ed, the entire audience chimed in, and be-
fore the song was ended half the male pop
ulation of Marietta had congregated in front
of the hotel. Was it any wonder? The
noise was equal to that of a third-class camp
meeting. Jack was disposed to get "riled"
at first, but he soon saw the necessity of us
ing discretion with such a crowd, so he hu
mored the thing, and at the end of every
verse ho shouted, "Now, then, every ono of
you—cher-ass!" They made the welkin
ring, and the song and chorus proved a sav
ing clause
The night following we played to another
full house, and the performance by the audi
ence was almost a repetition of the previ
ous night. But the next day the watermen,
like the martins in the fall, all migrated at
once, and without any previous notice, so
that the whole thing was a dead failure on
the third night—no persons honoring the
show with their presence, save a couple of
enthusiastic young darkies who had distri
buted the bills. Nil' imporle! we were not
"stuck" any how, and that was something
in our favor. But, sad to relate, Charley
It— become unwell and deserted us, thus
reducing the company to four persons. Un
der these depressing circumstances, Hum
phrey bore up with remarkable fortitude.—
The fact is, such back-outs were not new to
him. "In his experience ho had often mot
with such reverses, and ho had learned to
bear up against them like a genuine philo
sopher. While seated in the parlor on the
morning of the fourth day, discussing mat
ters and things, ho was in a most inimitable
good humor, having probably imbibed sun
dry gin cocktails before the breakfast hour.
"Bassanio," said lie to me, "wilt thou do
rue the favor to go down to the Rialto, and
ascertain whether n felucca departeth soon .
fur the west, and if tho master thereof can
furnish state rooms for four?"
I went down to the canal, and found a
boat bound up to Juniata within an hour,
and I succeeded in contracting with the cap
tain for passage as far as Millerstuwn.
"My liege," said I, on my return, •' I
have seen the master of a felucca which
goeth hence within the hour. die hath no
state room accommodations, but agreeth to
take the party to Millerstown in midships
for the bills of escbange which I was Po for
tunate as to find upon the highway, seeing
that they will serve him for toll on his neat
eastern voyage; and for five louis more- he
also binds himself to board and lodge its to
the best of his abilities. On these ter:us I
closed with him, and he made instant pre
pat ations fur our accommodation. lle tied
one end of a string to the rod ler-past, and
at the other end he fastened three inacicarel
which he threw overbaard to snit•. At the
grocery.he bought a ham, three loaves of
bread, half n bushel of Ntatoes, and a dem
ijohn of the light wine of the Monongahela
vintage. ror out' aecommodati )n ho bath
spared no espense. We shall fare sumptu
ously :"
" Now, by the beard of 'brim Puglia, thou
art a daunund of the first water I What, ho!
servitors of this ancient and hospitable man
sion, let our bag,e,a4 , . on the instant be taken
on board of—what's the name of the craft,
Bassaniu?"
"The Sally Ann, of Franketown."
In another hour, sure enough, we were
ploughing the turbid waters of the Pennsyl•
vania canal, living upon salt provender,
Pinging songs, playing "seven-up" with a
pack of oil greasy cards, and putting in the
time the best way we could.
In dne time we arrived at Millerstown—a
,uiet, little village on the left bank of the
Janiata—a much smaller place than we had
anticipated. Nevertheless we pat out bills
for a show at the hotel. We played to a
small audience, but gave entire satisfaction,
owing to the fact, no doul,t, that but few
shows ever halted at the place. The land
lord was so highly pleased that he just made
his bill to balance the receipts.
Next day we took passage on another fe
lucca, as Jack called it, for Lewisrown, in
volving an expenditure of the last dollar in
the treasury. I will say nothing of the col
or of our shirt-collars, but I have a vivid
recollection of entering the place with my
coat buttoned close to toy throat, albeit the
weather was very warm. We stopped at a
lied Lion Hotel again, and found ti.e land
lord a jolly host, ready to render us all the
assistance in his power. We played three
nights—just as long as we could play with
change of entertainment—and then left the
place with a small surplus of cash.
Our next point was 'Huntingdon. The
town itself wore a very dull appearance, but
we soon found that it cant a host of
first-rate fellows, old and young. Without
any exertions on our part they procured the
Court House for our use free of charge, and
we played for three nights to very good
houses.
From thence we went to Alexandria, where
we played one night, hut with what success
I do not now remember —I should say, how
ever, indifferent. In the course of the eve
ning we made the acquaintance of a young
man named P—, who was running a boat
belonging to his father, who resided in Wil
iantsburg, to which point he proposed tak
ng us free of charge. Of course we availed
I,rselVOS of his generatti offor, and next day
again sat sail upon the ditch. After nume
rous delays, canoed by some defect in the
canal, we reached Williamsburg, where,
through the personal exertions of young,
P—, we played one night to a very excel
lent house, netting some twelve dollars over
all expenses.
Early the next morning Humphreys and
myself took the "French diligence" (as he
called footing it) for Hollidaysburg, leaving
Jackson and Miss P. to follow with the
"traps" on the canal packet. We found
nollidaysburg an exceedingly lively town.
Nev buildings were going up in every di
rection, five or six transportation companies
were doing a rushing business, the town
was filled with boatmen, and money was a
"drug in the market," as the financial quo
tations sometimes report it. The prospect
appeared to no very promising; but the
great misfortune was that we could procure
no room or hail of respectable dimensions.
Several young fellows interested themselves
in our behalf, and procured the parlors of
the American House, then just erecting and
not yet plastered inside, for the consilera
tion of a rental of three dollars per night.—
We took it for four nights, and had such a ,
revival of business as I never expected to
see. We certainly played to crowded houses,
taking in the first night $2.4, the second night
$2O, the third night $27, and the last night'
30. This enabled us to pay all our debts,
and haven surplus of $lOO in the treasury;
hut we wore absolutely played out. The
nightly increase of receipts put us in the
best passible spirits, and as Jack was not
the man to quit a paying business, he made
immediate arrangements to go to Philadel
phia for more force. After an absence of
two weeks he returned ; but the only addi
tion to the company be brought with him
MLA a young lady who could dance some and
play small parts. The addition, small as it
was, nevertheless, was valuable. Jack, by
the aid of a silver lever, had raised from the
sbelf of one of the three golden ball establish
ments his other suit of clothes, and made
quite a flashy appearance.
The rotaries of the drama declared the
parlors of the American Muse unquited, as
the plasterers had commenced work, so that
we had to "sight around" for another place.
After some days delay we succeed in secur
ing the upstairs of a warehouse, which had
been benched off and formerly used as a
boatman's Bethel by some pious individuals.
We issued bills, and Stte I up the scenery,
and when the evening of performance came
around, the excitement ArEsq terrible l—and
when the door was opened the rush was tro•
mendousl—neither did it stop until my
pockets were loaded down with $3l 50 in
silver coin!"
The company opened in the farce of the
"Young Widow," while I, like a faithful
sentinel, Mood at the door waiting for stray
quarters. There was still quite a number
of outsiders, who evidently had no money,
but were nevertheless anxious to see the
show. Ecerythicw, on their part indicated
that they would make a hostile demonstra
tion. A partygot upon the roofof the ware
house, and absolutely tore off, and cut holes
Curette] the shingles, in order that they
might enjoy a sight of the show I One of
them fell, a distance of perhaps thirty feet,
into the canal, between a bunt and the wharf.
Uis escape from death was almost maraca-
The perfermanee of the farce wee drawing
to a close, when I partially opened ono of the
folding doors, in order to 11.0 how events
were pragrao,ing outside. Tho twidge lead
ing over the R.it Read, and into the ware
house, was filled with as rough a 'looking set
customers as ever I saw. We had empoy
ed the town Constable, and I advised him
to charge on the enemy and clear the bridge;
hut ho knew his customers and declared
that such en undertaking would not be ad
visable: I looked out again, and found that
they had procured an immense beam,eod
were preparing to nee it u a battering rem
$1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANE; $2,00 IF NOIR ADV I lE.'
to force the door. I knew °trick worth tea
of that, so slipping the bolts, I told the con
stable to hold one door, whilst I held the
other, and at my command to open it quick
and wide. 1 heard the battering ram com
ing, with a momentum that must bare com
pletely wrecked the door, but just at the in
stant the head of the beam was expected • to
strike the door, I said "pull!" and eight or
ten stalwart fellows found themselves in a
pile, and the heavy beam on top of them!
All of them were more or less injured, but
none stepped to calculate the amount of
damage; pell-mell they wont up stairs, and
the remainder of the parormances were
given with open doors.
We went to the hotel in as_ good humor,
I probably, as any strolling company ever en
joyed. I turned the money over to Jack,
and before we went to bed we carved out
business for the next night. Alas! that our
hopes were destined to be so confoundedly
blasted! Early the next morning the pro
prietor of the warehouse called upon us,
and notified us that we could not bold forth
again on any conditions. Ile hal no insu
rance on his building, ho said; neither was
he disposed to have it torn to pieces by the
hands of a ruthless mob. It was in vain
that we °Tared him ten dollars per night,
and the employment of a police force; all
would not do, and we were wound up, so
far as Ilollidaysburg was concerned. The
worthy manager, finding that we were "dish
ed," set about making immediate arrange
ments to "sherry," implying thereby a direct
move to some other point. To this end he
started out to settle up, and returned in an
hour, when he threw the canvas bag. which
usually contained the money, on a table. I
examined the contents, and found they con
sisted of but five half dollars!
"That," said he, with a sigh, ''is all the
cash capital wherewith to leave this."
I looked a moment at the empty bag, and
exclaimed:
0 • Shrine of the mighty! eon it be
That this is all. Teresina or thee V
"And what has become of the last night's
receipts?" said I.
"All paid out, mine ancient. The people
of town all belong to the cavalry, and know
how to charge 1"
" And where are the hundred deals you
took to Philadelphia?"
'' Dishonored, in various ways. Passage
and attendant expenses told forty against
the beg. Eight went to "mine Uncle" to
repay advances, and the balance I divided
between mine aged mother and sister."
" I honor thee for thy filial affection. 'He
who provides not for his own household is
worse than an infidel.' But, nay liege, in
spite of all this, it strikes me that we, who
helped to earn the "dips," should at least
have had an equal share.with your venera
' hie mother and interesting sister ."
So saying I left, not in quite so good a
humor as the night previous. I called on
Jackson and Miss F., and we talked the
I matter over, coming to the conclusion that
we had received sb olohy treatment nt the
hands of the manager. While the discus
sion was going on, and symptoms of a revolt
apparent, Jack suddenly entered the room.
" Ono and all of you," said he. " I want
you to listen. I hold myself much to blame
for what I have done, but who could have
done less under the circumstances? I ex
pected to make at least two hundred dollars
here, out of which I purposed giving each of
you the same amount I parted with for other
purposes than the benefit of the company.
You all see how it is, and I appeal to you
all whether this amount could not be made,
if we had a hall, or largo room. I could not
see into the future, or I would have pursue!
a different course. The idea of stopping af
ter one night n ever entered my head. Bus
I will make you a proposition, and I hope
you will see the propriety of accepting it.—
We will go on, and the first rise we make
shall bo honorably divided. If not, we wind
up, and every one looks out for himself."
'This little speech had the desired eTect,
and made us all care! Hence, in a few hours
wo were seated in the cars, which soon snar
ed off, when we bode adieu to Il
burg with no any regrets, fur not one of us
but what had taken a fancy to the tows and
its fast inhabitants.
raIGnTENED CONTRABAND.—A letter 're
ceived from an army correspoadent on tho
Rappahannock relates tho fallowing camp
incident:
An amusing, incident °enured in camp a
night or two since. A pm!) , young contra
band, from Charleston, S. C., who escaped
from his relosl master at Autietam, rind Wag
fairi while quartered subsequently in Wash
ington, was engaged by one of our junior
statTuCicers, as his holy servant, and brought
dawn hero to his quarters to attend
It chanced that the °frier bud served his
country gallantly at Sharpsburg, where be
lost n leg, below the knee, the absence of
which had been made up by an artificial
limb, which the captl.la wore with so easy
a grace that few persons who inn bi.n 54 , 3.
pected his misfortune—his sable attendant
being among the blissfurignoract as to the
existence of the fact.
The captain had been "out to dine," and
returned in excited spirits to his tont.—
Upon retiring, he called his darkey servant
to assist him in pulling off his riding-boots.
"Now, Jimmy, look sharp," said the cap
tain. "I'tn a little—ic—flimsy, t'night.—
Look sharp, an,—ic—pull steady."
"Ise alley Yeerfui, ctsp'n," says Jimmy.
drawing off one long wet boat. with Putlq ll -1
erable'difficulty, and fyp*iipail
[WHOLE 'NUMBER 1,707.
"Now mind your eye—Jim! The other
—ic—is a little tight," and black Jimmy
! &tackled and showed hie shining ivory, as
he reflected, perhaps, that his master was
• quite as "tight" as he deemed his boots to
be.
"Easy, now—that's it. Pull away!"00II•
tinned the captain, good-naturedly and en
joying the prospective joke, while he loosen
ed the straps about his waist which held hie
cork leg up—"now you've got itl Yip—
there you are! Oh, lord, oh, lord! oh lord!"
- screamed the captain, as contraband, cork
leg, riding-boot, nod ligatures tumbled a
' cross the tent, in a heap and the one-legged
olTicer fell back on his pallet, convulsed
with spasmodic laughter. At this moment
the door opened and a lieutenant entered.
"G'way fum me—g'tvay fum me—lem
me be ! Lemme be ! I ain't done nutria,"
yelled the contraband, lustily, and rushing
to the door, really supposing that liehadpull
ed his master's leg clean cuT. "Lemmegol
I didn't do nuffm—eway!" And Jimmy
put for the woods in his desperation, since
which he hasn't been seen or heard from,
though his captain has diligently sought
for him far anal near. Jimmy was a good
servant, Lut we never before were treated
to a sight of a thoroughly frightened contra.
band. There is little doubt the darkey is
runing yet.—Bost Transcript.
TIIOUCIIT 151ENTLAL TO WEALTH if we
would have our bodies healthy, our brains
must be used, and used in orderly and Vig
orous ways, that the life-giving streams of
force may flow down from them into the
expectant organs, which can minister but
as they are ministered unto. We admire
the vigorous animal life of the Greeks, and
with justice we recognize, and partly seek
to imitate, the various gymnastic and other
means which they employed to secure it.—
But probably we should make a fatal error,
if we omitted from our calculation the
hearty and generous earnestness with which
the highest subjects of art, speculation and
politics were pursued by them. Surely, in
their case, the beautiful and energetic men
tal life was expressed in the athletic and
graceful frame. And were it a mere ex
travagance to ask whether some part of the
lassitude and weariness of life, of which we
hear so much in our day, might not be due
to lack of mental occupation on worthy sub
jects,'exoiting and repaying a generous en
thusiasm, as well as to au over•exercise on
lower ones? Whether an engrossment on
matters which have not substance enough to
justify or satisfy the mental grasp, be not at
the root of some part of the maladies which
affect our mental convalescence? Any one
who tries it, soou finds out how wearying,
bow disproportionately exhausting, is an
overdose of "light literature," compared
with an equal amount of time spent on real
work. Of this we may be sure that the duo
exorcise of brain—of thought—is one of the
essential elements of human life. Tho per
fect health of a man is not the same as that
of an ox or a horse. The preponderating
capacity of his nervous parts demands a
corresponding life.—Corahill Magazine.
Prams OF A PsAtm Divr.a.—A pearl diver
had plunged into eleven fathoms, in the ex
pectation of finding some peculiarly fine
pearls. Ile was pursuing his search, when
seeing the water suddonly darken, he looked
up, and to his horror beheld at some die
mace above him a huge shark, leisurely sur
veying all his movements, and evidently in
tended to make a prize of him. The diver
made a dart forward towards a rook, whore
he thought he might elude the eyes of the
monster, and then spring up to t h e Barran;
but the shark shook his tail, and followed
quietly, but with the same ovidentdetermirt
atinn to eat him the mmnent be rose.
As under water time is everything, and
the diver had only to choose between being
eaten alive, and being suffocated, the thought
suddenly came into hie mind to puzzle his
pursuer by a contrivance in which whether
he remembered it then or not, the cuttle
fish has the merit of originality. He threw
himself upon the ground, and with the stiok
which all divers carry, began to muddy the
water. A cloud of mire rose between him
and the shark ; ho instantly struck out un
der cover of the cloud, and when he thought
that bo had cleared his enemy, shot up to
the surface. By great luck he rose in the
midst of the B?hing•boate. The people, ac
customed to perils of this kind, saw that he
must bare been in danger, and commenced
splashing with their oars and shouting, to
drive the shark away ; they succeeded so far
as to save their companion, and the diver
was taken on board, almost dying from the
dreadful exertion of remaining so long 'cin
der water.
PACTS FOR VECETARIANS.—It is indeed •
fact worthy of remark, and ore that 'teems
never to have been noticed, that throughout
the whole animal creation, in every country
and Clime of the earth, the most useful ani
mals that est vegetable food work. The all
powerful elephant, and the patient, untiring
camel, in the torrid zone; the horse, the or.,
or the donkey, in the temperate; and the
reindeer in the frigid zone; obtain all tbeii
muscular power from nature's simplest pro
ductions—the vegetable kingdom. Bat all
the flesh-eating animals keep the rest of tbi ,
animated creation inconstant dread offline"
They seldom eat vegetable food•
other animal has eaten it first, sod made-di.,
into flesh, Their own flesh is twat for Wt..-
er animals to eat, having beet itself
out of flesh; and is most fonfaid'Offiludid:'
()rent vs trengtb. fleermiesOf foot, thesfulnatir„vw
cleanliness, gad stre,;tben;. alirstm-
Pharagitaristicief VtolOWollitlfrki 11.14.'%*
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