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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SCITIVENER. Sc
I%lountville, Lancaster County, Pa.
may °Lilco Flours from 6 to S o'cl,,cl;:, A. M.
and 7 toU o'clock, P. M.
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°ince llottrs—F'ainG to 7A. M. 1 to .1 P. M.
And Irmo G to 9 P. M. [bevl-139-Ilw
`SAMUEL EVAN'S.
ISTIUE 01; TILE I . I , ',ACE.
Utile,. Or. Sego - d adjoining Odd Fellows
Colunnna,
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J. S. SMITH, Dt:NTINr,
Graduate of Penny leanla Colletta• of Den tal
Surgery. Ulnae St reel
2n door above Gad Hall,
Coninlbta, Pelt a
Dr. J. S t with thank, his. a itds and the pub
lic in gei.e.r.il ter then' !Wee,. ,ettionage in tile,
past, and as dui i, 111e111 i flu, I.tey rely upon
Laving every at teutitia ';iced to them in the
rutur•. In every .it II proier,loll he
lies alw given I.lllllu lie call:,
attE•111.1011 to the (naa pits-stst style and finish
or artificial teeth Inserted by hint. lie trellis
C01111110:1 wt lac nil /11f Ii uml teeth of
ellitilien and adult:.. Teeth tilled %vita the great
est care find in the :nest approved zwunier.
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Ins ptolessionati services to the citizens of
Oiltuti..nti and vicinity. He may he ' , Ald the
o. Lice connected With his residence, on second
..ect, between Oum•ry and union, every tI.Q ,
trona 7t09 .1 M., and trom ti to . 3 P. 7.1. Persons
wistitlig his services in special eases, between
these hours, will lele•.e Word by note at his °nice,
oi• throuzli Eli.° .11,4 °dice. sepl-7c
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The ha e opened A:I 0111,. fill tile
put el,abe,al.• ol real c,t ste. collection ol
rind 1100 relallll4 of grope: Iy. 1;t1 , 111,,
to then ear. will Wert with
careful attci.lion. F. X. ZI LEK.
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To I31:11.! EitS ASU OTHERS
rth IWing, pa% tn•_ and other hriek alway, on
Tifey liand nutd, and ,uperzor to •Ins
bru•l: to tit: • part el rile vountry. They aro of
let edit!, the ver prlee.
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Anti... annum:nod:a ions for Strangers and Tray
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CROWE LIQUORS,
A :id the Tables furnished with the best tar;.
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LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA.
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4..lapted to meet, the wishes and desires ot t he
traveling public. MARTIN EItWIN,
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NOTICE to TOBACCO R
0 ROWES
Whereas the ineler.ie.,. l buyers of Leal
Tobacco have ascertained Dolt some of the
growers have resold their 'rob:leen. we heresy
give notice to all parties enneerned, that they
will be required fully to commy with their con
tracts made with us, sad that they will ho held
strictly accountable for any failure therein, in
Imp respect whatsoever.
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TELLER BROTHERT,
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By their Attorney, EM LEN FitANKLIN.
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Al.l ER I ENGLISH OR, SWISS
BENUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, HAND
SOME II RItIAST PINS, EAR RINGS,
and almost everything in the jewelry line
ed fur all matters
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I'ITC.RERS, BUTTER DISIIES tte.
NIERICAN CLOCK,
warrant e 4 or the quality. at a low llgure
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PIANOS, 0116 AN'S, ,lELODEO'...\;S,
AND Nit.T.`SICAL INSTRUMENTS
A large as,cirt in en t of Violin-, Fl ni e , „ Gu itais,
Banjo-, T., ile.ori ue. , Aevorileon-, 1 - 1:11 . -
111.0111.eah, (Mid toucleal maven:mill:Ai a WityS on
SI-ITEEI" MUSIC.
A largr--lock on holnd, tv.l erm,tantty re"eivin-:
111 the iutt..."l. p0:1111.: I ion.,; :IS si:011.:1.4
:k; lisle and Mu:de:ll !MMts mill be sent by mail
free of clic market price Is relitil
ttl.
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Or the .it•t or tran,rerHog C
tt'nu'rcrrocl 011 atty ohteet
I would c•:II ot tent ton or ibt. Coach
timlcers to Icy ,lovit of
AGENI' 1111:
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OitGANs AND 3i EI.ODEON S.
Sots• Agont tor ~roll', Uorivt.le.l NAN;
FORTE AND FL'lt%lll;;tE )1.1.-411.
Call and exmninc stoe:
NO. a NOin Pk INCE STREI.I
1 ASP E R E EN,
• Desiguer a7i Eiat.trizvc.r ora Wood
T' prep:ll,o to View:, of Banding's, INla
ciiiiitay, P.psti.s, Labels, kt,., ut :be
tleazt-d ,Xpittiltilltlt: Mantle..., at rea-
Nonabb,
BOOK ANT) NEWSPAPER I F,LUSTRATION:i
Ex..eut,l 111 the ii.lOlCSi , lyle of At t.
mart:: 70- t
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WATERPROOF IP RA P
We have Water Proot Cl Ills from Sic. to $2.50
bought by the Cabe 11 . 0111 111'Nt, hands. Selling
mace tv.stotl on ooe small profit ouly.
WATER-PrtUaKCIA.K.S..
SI.I.IN.VL . SUI I S.
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SUITS A1.1.1)1.1 . 1't - ) ORDER..
1111Ve OrgalliZeli a most ellicient Fine Suit
111 . VSS Makill4 Lc pat ul elll. From our
nl eatly enlarged GO LS stock, ladle,
can make thell selections and have them made
up promptly, econninieally, and in a sir's , to
please the must 1.1504110E15. Jast op.net. iiew,
Nsw nye., by tar the largest. :au! most elegant
stock at awls UM: at the inost inoderate pri
ces we lay ,• ever hail. It comprises In p art,
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rat-.11:1-E VEI.OITE.
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WoOLEN,
LON la ..k.N U st,),LiAli.E, tke.
Famous lines In C.1,i111,1',1,10W to ii let make.
Cloakings ery at...arable k II Id I math..
The Woulea Stoa Is nut excel led tn town.
COOPERx CONARII,
it, E. Corner Nalth anti Market Streets,
PELLA DEL 1,411.1..
STEAM COA WORKS
CIIRIM'LAN N. VERS,
COACH WORKS!
tt T.:mi.,. TO Nos. 9, II AND
The C:u•rtaAe', ,t e., made at these
Works, are equal in :Jeanty and :iarabllity to
any other make m the county.
COAOII smrriTlNG, nEPAIRING, Cc
'ruts brum•:t 01 t.. 1: i111,111t ., 4 will be:UW.2l,l.d it
with punctuality :int! pis judtrh.
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Call nt tht• Works No It, 11 H North
VI I (11 .trt,t stud e stuck and
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NND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS
BREN EAT A. N',S
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For 11\1,1, .7 oul'i ;old .110,1r.01. ever ben.' c• onor
ed tutu ilt•ovic rd Colt:Iota 1,4.'0111],i a.ing
ttii ST% I,E .I:td llt• A rY •
tit radt :ud stilt
stt,•ll ii;t• NVorwlc... Ida Si 111.1 d,
Nmetivall t.al, K toe, Peorle,...
lady Tu uu , Itawnyz, a, 0i.,a1, Wavelly,
r-Hilti,.te, It'd) Gut awl tint styli• or sin;
Hats, lu.,t out, w‘til a lull eU•td: of
GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS,
Cons`sling . of While and Colored Sin rt,, Flannel
an .S In-Aver... English, German and Do
rnestle Hosio y, Gloves, :ius
penders, Ties, Linen and Pal c,r Cull's and Col
lars, &e. Also,
UMBRELLAS AND CANES
Parties Who f.tvor uv With their patronage arc
as,tiroi that it WI I be oar constant atm to
uteri the,: eonthiviiee ;tad support.
Call and .•aain:ne our tvell selected stock at
at low
No, Itls Immist t vet, Columbia, Pa
L OCAL FREIG lIT NOTICE
Pennsylvabia Road Company are
won - prepared to reams e or forward Frelglii, be
t Wl.oll Colf Izabal and Lancaster, and an Ctat!OC
• n the Pennsylvania Rail Road and Its branches
it.vrEs 131,71' \VEEN PIIIL'A.,t COLUMBIA,
For,t (bar. iia.l Coo.. lint CM,. 411, (Nate
2i emit, tit et , . 18 els. riots,
lieu r In Car 8i cents per Barrel.
BETWEEN Pllll,ll /E1.1'.111-1. t .I..\NCASTEIi
F t? „ t ..d ~:;• d Can, 4th C 14.,
20 el, 17 t6t IS
BETWEEN COIA rrrrsßußcar.
Fir•f (I
71 cents
Freight eensigned to statimiN where the CO7l
- has no Agin 1. must he prepaid.
All Freights ie)sible on hehvery.
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Genetal Ft e gitl Agent, Phila.
0.11 - For further int..t tuation apply to
W. W. Frt
FL N. 13014.71.., Frt., Agt., Columbia.
Oei.ll,'7ott
Oil FA_WY JOB ITINTLNu
CALL AT TILIS OFFICE.
MISCELLANEU US
SHREINER'S
io TBE PLAC,I
WATCH
SLEEVE BurroNs,
AT TILE LOWEST PRICE
Or you can purchase
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Then if you are in
WANT OF TENIE
you can buy any kind 01
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COLUMBIA, PA., SATURDAY MOR,NIN - G-, 13.13CEMBER 10, 1870.
NO. 13
OS, C 3 AFT IS SMALL
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When the hardy Norwegian puts out to sea,
With Ins sails well trimmed,and the rocksa-lee,
El*re upon his sight the land grows dint.
Lie chants for protection this well worn hymn:
" (it'd help us all, whatever befall,
For thy ocean Is vast, and our craft but small."
So ever as dashes the ocean's wave,
With a tried, true soul, sad a heart as brave,
Ile looks aloft, through the rack of the storm.
And pierces the void Air a It.irinless form ;
For he knows and feels, whatever befall,
That. God i, large, though his craft is small.
Take courage, toiler, whoe'er thou art,
From till:, hunildesouland this dauntless heart!
When thy isle grows dre.ie, and thy hope_grows
dim,
Lift thine eyes above—put thy trust in Him
..I.nd leel and know, whatever may be,
'Tis a Father's arm that encircles thee.
And thou, too oh Christian—a heavy cross
May hear thee down, and the worthless dross
Ut this world encumber thy upward way;
*llll, h t this thought be thy hope and stay:
Through each earthly snare a Father'., care
t ru.stiug child shall in surety bear.
Ifftf=a!!!
G. , d help us all in this voyage of life!
flux he p us pure from its strain and strife,
And whenever may dash the angry wave,
"leach u.s to say, a WI a spirit breve,
Go.l help us all, whatever befall,
For thou art so vast, and we so small.
eta Fo,k ilechty
TAiscellatirolio grading
A NEW STORY OF GEN. PUTNAM
The eventful career of the sturdy, lion
hearted Putnam has ever been the espe
cial theme of historical interest to the
American school boy; and the romantic
and unusual incidents that color it are
not likely to pass from his memory after
attaining the years and sentiments of
manhood. It is doubtful, indeed, wheth
er the whole record of American history,
colonial, revolutionary and federal, can
Produce a character, who, in the equality
of rugged, indomitable courage, is enti
tled to be named with "Old Put." With
him this quality appears to have been an
instinct,even to the point of recklessness;
and the audacious affairs of the wolf's
den, the powder magazine and tbe ride at
Ilorseneck seems to have occurred merely
from - the ordinary exercise of this amus
ing quality by the man, who, as his tomb
stone truly declares, "dared to lead where
others dared to follow." In other words,
his lofty heroism was no exceptionable to
erratic display; it pervaded his whole na
ture, and stood forth at once upon any
adequate call of duty.
He was born, as is well known, in Mas
sachusetts, but removed to Connecticut
early in life, in which latter state much
of his military service and several of his
most conspicuous acts of daring were:per
.
Western New York was settled, during
the early part of the present century, in
great part of emigration from Connecti
cut. Many of the pioneers of the Genes
see and Niagara are still to be seen among
us," white-haired 'and feeble in body, but
enjoying with solid satisfaction the sub
stantial fruits of their early industry and
hardships. Going back only one genera
tion from them, we find ourselves in the
goodly company of the continentals and
revolutionary patriots, with Putnam,
Stark. Warren and the. rest, and very
many are the reminiscences of this initial
period in our national history, which
might be gathered from the lips of these
aged men as they received them from
their fathers, of which written history
has no knowledge.
lately met one of these pioneers, a
venerable and intelligentfarmer of nearly
four-score years, who was brought by his
father from Connecticut to his new home
in the ••11olland Purchase," so called in
his childhood. The father was a soldier
of the Revolution, and had served under
Gen. Putnam, in his own state. The in
cidents and general recollections of his
campaigns, as he had related them to his
son. in the spirit of the veteran who de
lights to
-,hnunler his emtch and 5110 W how flelds
crew u•nn%
were deeply interesting; and none more
so than those relating to Putnam and his
exploits.
—2ly father knew him well," said my
informant, "and always spoke of hin as
the bravest man in the war. lie never
could mention his name without his eves
kindling mid his cheeks flashing with ex
citement; and he loved to talk about Put
nam and his exploits about everything
else."
I purpose to submit to the reader, in
brief, the most interesting of the anec
dotes of Putnam that I received from the
source referred to. It is so perfectly
characteristic of the man, as history
paints hinmind the way in which it comes
to me is so perfectly satisfactory, that I
have no hesitation in expressing my en
tire confidence in its truth. it will be
observed that the indian adventure which
forms the ground-work of the story bears
considerable resemblance to one of Put
nams adventures which is minutely de
tailed in the histories, and which in one
place I find succinctly stated as follows:
The same year, (1755,) when returning
to Fort Edward from an expedition to
watch the enemy in the neighborhood of
Ticonderoga, his corps was surprised by a
party of French and Indians, and he him
self captured and bound to a tree. While
in this situation a battle between his own
party and the enemy raged around him
for an hour. The tree against which he
was placed was part of the time in the
hottest fire. A French officer passing by
struck him in the'jaw with the butt of his
gun. An indian amused himself for some
time hurling his tomahawk into the trunk
of the tree to satisfy himself how near lie
could come to the prisoner's body, and
yet miss it. At length the party of French
and Indians were forced to retreat, but
carried with them their captive, whom
the savages determined to roast alive.
lie was tied to a tree, and the fire was
already blazing furiously, when his life
was saved by the intervention of the
French commander, Molang.
My informant was positive, however,
that the adventure with the indians which
his father related to him was an entirely
different one; and as its termination ap
pears to have been so unlike this, and the
early experience of Putnam in command
of a company of rangers in the old French
war was unquestionably tilled with haz
ards and escapes not noticed by history,
4th (At.
36 et,.
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READINtI, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
aistri;.
it appears to me that he is correct, and
that the whole story may be taken as a
new one. For greater convenience I will
allow the father to speak in the first per
son.
There was in my company, in the regi
ment that I served in during the Revolu
tion, a soldier by the name of Patterson.
He was a young man, and his father and
grandfather had before him served in
Putnam's Rangers against the French and
Indians. His grandfather was of course
too old to take the field in the Revolution
and his father was laid up with rheuma
tism, or something of that kind; so Rufus
my comrade, had to sustain the honor of
the family in this war—and well he did it.
Three or four times during our cam
paigns, when we happened to see General
Putnam riding by the camp, or on the
march, Rufus would sty to me.
"Steven, the first good chancel get. I'm
going to speak to the General, and ask
him if he remembers my father and grand
father in the old war twenty years ago."
I knew what he particularly had in his
mind; it was an adventure that the Gen
eral, then Captain Putnam, had with the
Indians, in company with these men,
father and son. I had often heard Rufus
tell it, as they told it to him. It seems
that Putnam was out scouting in the
woods with only a half a dozen men, these
two with the others, when they were am
bushed by a much larger party of Indians.
The first volley disabled three of the men;
the Pattersons escaped by the fight; but
Putnam, for some reason, was taken pris
oner with the wounded men, The sav
ages immediately proceeded to their hor
rible work of torture. Lying on the
ground, unwarmed, bound and helpless,
Putnam saw his unfortunate comrades
taken one by one from his side, stripped,
bound to a tree, and slowly tortured with
a devilish ingenuity, the details of which
are too shocking to repeat. When death
had mercifully relieved the last of them
from his torments, Putnam was himself
tied to the tree, and the Indians began
their caperings about him, brandishing
their knives and tomahawks in his face,
and shouting their exultation. The cap
tive was fortifying his soul for the horrors
of the fate that seemed to have overtaken
him, and had abandoned all hope of earth
ly salvation, NV lien it reached hini in a most
unexpected manner. The report of two
rifles were heard close to the ring of danc
ing Indians, and two of them fell dead.
Two others were wounded by the same
balls; and the savages, panic-struck at the
suddenness of the attack, and probably
thinking that a large resenting party was
at hand, took to flight and disappeared.
The rescuers, however, were only the
two Pattersons, who finding that they had
effected their own e-cape by their fleetness
concluded that they could not leave their
captain and comrades in the hands of the
Indians without some attempt to deliver
_them;' With la daring:,ebaracteristli . ... of
the scout, tbil,y made their' way the
darkness to a shelter within a few feet of
the tree selected for the sacrifice, reaching
the place just as Putnam was dragged up.
The boldness and desperation of their at
tack insured its success. A few strokes
of the knife released the captive, and the
three hastened with all speed from the
scene of their peril. After proceeding a
few miles through the forest, Putnam
halted and told his companions that he
had been without sleep for thirty hours,
and that, as a long and difficult flight lay
before them to the nearest place of safety,
he proposed to take just five minutes' rest.
"Only five minutes, mind!" he said, giv
ing to the elder Patterson his silver-cased
watch. "We can spare that much time,
and the sleep will do me wonderful good."
He lay down on the ground, and instant
ly fell into a sound slumber, while his
humble companions watebed over him.
So sound and refreshing was his sleep that
they hesitated to wake him as he had en
joined; and full fifteen minutes had pass
ed before they aroused him. He sprang
up and looked at the timepiece, and dis
covering what time had passed, he flew
into a rage, and reprimanded the men,
who had just saved his life, in the severest
terms, and not without a few round oaths,
for venturing to disobey his orders. They
received it, on their part, without anger,
as they perfectly knew the man, and un
derstood that he was a generous friend, as
well as a zealous disciplinarian. From
this point the escape of the trio to the
nearest settlement was prosecuted without
further remarkable peril.
Rufus Patterson frequently told me that
since the disbandment of the colonial forces
at the close of the French war, his father
and grandfather had never met Putnam—
I infer ed, indeed, from all that he said—
and lie naturally liked to talk of the sub
ject—that after this adventure they were
detailed upon such service that neither of
them was brought particularly to the no
tice of the captain again. They heard, in
common with their neighbors, that Con
gress had made him a major-general, and
they learned with eager interest, as the
war went on, of the valiant service which
their former Captain was giving his coun
try in his high position; but being very
poor as well as very humble, and. since
the infirmities of one and the lameness of
the other, never traveling beyond their
little garden, no opportunity had offered
since the beginning of the war for a meet
ing with the General. My comrade, in
telling me this, always concluded by de
claring that befo e a great while he should
seek out General Putnam and ask him if
he remembered the Pattersons.
"Of course, I wouldn't ask nor take
any reward," lie would add; " but the
General is a great man now, and I should
be proud to tell him that I am the son of
one of the men that saved him from tor
ture and death by the Indians, and the
grandson of the other.
His opportunity came in the spring of
1775,1 think; certainly, just before the
British under Tyron invaded the State,
It so happened that a brigade of Conti
nentals was stationed within half a mile
of the Pattersons' house; and a change
in the divisions brought our regiment in
to that brigade, much to the delight of
comrades. The morning we reached this
place; and before Rufus had obtained
leave to visit his home, we received an
order to be ready for muster mid inspec
tion at two °clock, when GenerafPutnam
would review the brigade.
" IN.;ow is your time, Rufus," I remark- ,
ed, as we were burnishing our accouter- I
Inents. But Rufus, was a shy, bashful
fellow, although a good soldier; and I an
ticipated that he would never summon.
t.te courage Lo addees. toe General of
this or any other subject. As it happen
ed, he was saved the effort.
The General rode on the ground veil
ttarly, the orderly's call had been sounded
and the companies were forming for roll
call. It was twenty minutes, at least,l.a
t'ore the time for forming brigade-line,ani
the General spent the interval in riding
about through the camps, looking at the
men and the quarters. Ire passed aroura
among our tents accompanied by the N
mel and turn or three other officers, al
mounted. I perfectly remember how lit
lopeared as lie rode along in front of nu:
company and looked sharply at us.
was middle-sized, neither tall nor short,
strongly built, with a full minim fact ,
florid complexion, and eyes as keen as a
hawk's. Ire wore his full uniford of :,
major-general, and altogether made at:
imposing figure. I noticed also the hors ,
that he rode. IL was the same that after
ward carried him safely in his wonderful
ride down the declivity at Tlorseneck;
powerful, strong-limbed anima I, black a: d
handsome,and with a mettlesome eve and
action.
Just as this horse and his rider reached
the front of our company the orderly ser
geant came to the name of Patterson on
Isis roll, and celled it aloud. The atten
tion of the General was instantly attract
ed. Ire reined in his horse.
"Patterson—Patterson!" he exclaimed.
" Is there a man of that name in this com
pany?"
"Yes, sir," answered the sergeant.
"Let him step out here.''
Rufus took three paces to the front.and
the General's eager, animated face
changed its expression to something like
disappointment.
"llumpli—a young man," said he. Did
you have any relatives in the French
war?"
"Yes, General,'' answered lthfus,speak-
ing fast, between excitement and anxiety.
"My fattier and grandfather were both in
your company of rangers in Col. Lyman's
regiment; they have tolcl me often about
saving you from the Indians when—"
"Are they alive? Where do they live?
Ilow can I and them?" Putnam asked in
a breath, interrupting the story which
none knew better than himself.
"They are both alive, General, and live
in that little house which you see yonder,
with the roof rising above the top of the
hill.
Both spurs went together into the sides
of the black horse, and with a snott and
a bound the animal was at a mad gal
lop. The distance from the camp to the
home of the Pattersons was, as I have
said, about half ;Linde. The land ascend
ed gradually towards the house.terminat
ing hi a hill, on the further side of winch
the dwelling stood. It was mostly fresh
ploughed soil, ,ind three or more high
stone fences crossed it at right angles with
aprieorae stra4bt f role the camp
the house. 'The distance by the road was
but stride further; the General never stop
,
lied to inquire about that. lie reached the
first fence with Iris aids ten rods Lehi d
him. We heard him shout -to the noble
animal that carried him, and over he went
at a flying leap, which drew a cheer from
every man that saw it. The aids pulled
up and went around by the road. We
watched tile fearless horse and rider, and
saw, then[ rapidly clear the heavy ground
taking the intervening fences in the same
style, and presently disappear from sight
over the brow of the hill.
The interview of General Putnam with
the Pattersons was afterward related to
me by their house keeper. who wit nessed
it. She heard a quick rap at the door.
and opening it, saw Putnam who was un
known to her sitting on his horse.
"Are the Pattersons here?" he asked
-Tell them both to come here. -
-.Here's an officer at the door wants to
see you," the woman called to . the elders
of the two who was sitting in the back
room. •
-Let him come in here, then, "gruffly
replied the old man, who rightly regarded
his years, his infinities, and his good ser
vice to his country, as entitled to consid
eration. "If he wants to see me worse
than I do him, he can come where I am."
The General plainly heard the reply.
"The devil take your impudence!" he
roared.
"Do yon know who I am?" the Gen
eral asked, emphasizing the inquily with
an oath
— No, I don't care," responded old Pat
terson, with an expletive equally profane.
"Did you ever hear of Israel Putnam,
yon old rascal?" the General thundered,
fast getting into a rage. The old man
had been sitting where he could not see
the other; but at the mention of the name
he ruse from his chair and hobbled. on
his crutches out to the door.
"Putman—Captain Putman—General
Putman!" lie eagerly exclaimed. "Good
Lord, is he the man I've been treating in
this shalthy way, at my own door?"
While he was coining sltiwly forward,
trying to See the face of his visitor ww•ith
his imperfect vision Putnam recognized
him; and dismounting with a jump, he
threw his reins to one of his aids who
just then rode up, and running into the
house, caught the old soldier in his arms,
crutches and all, and embraced him, while
the old man wept teats of pride and pleas
ure. The younger Patterson soon came
limping in, and he "I\ as the recipient of a
like hearty recognition by the bluff Gen
eral.
The nemt hour was passed by these
three in pleasant, familiar intercourse,
during, which the rescue of Putnam from
the savages was thoroughly discussed,
the Patterscns readily forgetting, for a
while. that their visitor had any other ti
tle or dignity than that of their old Cap
tain. He spoke in terms of the warmest
gratitude of the inestimable service they
had done him, and of his repealed and
fruitless efforts to find them sinee that
memorable escape, and as Rufus after
wards told me. they both felt when lie
had gone, :that his visit was worth ten
years of good, whole-imie life to them.
"I suppose you haven't forgotten Gen
eral," said old Patterson, rather grum
blingly. "what a savage scolding you
gave me for letting you sleep ten tontines
too long while we were escaping ?"
Putnam roared with laughter. - Did I
do that ?" lie asked. "Well. that was
pretty hard ; but you know my ways. of
course. Obey orders first, last. and al
ways ; that is my motto, you know. But
did you feel as though you would be like
ly to let the redskins do their worst with
me the next time?"
"No, sir, replied the old soldier ; "I
never had a commander like Captain
Putnam ; I liked his anger better than
other men's praise."
General Putnam probably made due
allowance for the old man's extravagance
oF speech, and gave him credit for all he
felt. •
"You are poor, I should judge,'• he
said looking at the scanty furniture and
bare doors.
-res. General," replied the son, "we
have pretty hard work to lire. It was
hard before the war,
_when my boy was
at home to help ; but he's in the array. of
Course, as Ids father :nal grandfather did
before him, and as I would be doing now.
but for this rheamatiz."
"I iun far from rich myself," remark «1
Putnam ; but I've enough for myself and
family, something to spare ; and nobody
has so good a claim on the surplus as you
two. Get me a piece of paper." A scrap
torn from the fly-leaf of a book wls
brought to Um, on which he wrote some
words. "I will renew it every ear while
you and I live," lie said as he handed it to
the son.
One of the aids of the brig,adier general
now came to report that the troops were
in line ready for review ; and with a
Ilearty shake of the hand and a "God
Mess cool" General Putnam returned to
he camp.
The paper that was left was an order
on the commissary of the brigade for a
barrel of flour, a barrel of meal, a barrel
each of pork, beef and sugar, at the ex
pense of General Putnam : commodities
which, if not exactly worth their weight
in gold, were, in these quantities. pre
cious to the Pattersons beyond almost
anything they could have received. The
promise to make the gift an annuity was
faithfully kept, and the two soldiers went
to their graves blessing their old com
mander, and esteeming the balance of the
debt of gratitude to be against them.
BRID,II:Ca EAST nivEr:
Last weeßs number of 11(trptrs 11 - irkiy
as for a supplement a bird s eye vie Of
the southern end of _Nev: York and
Brooklyn, showing the projected suspen
sion bridge over the East River, from the
western terminus in Printing-House
Square, New York. The project is bold
but practicable. An estuary (for it is an
extended sea strait and not a r.ver), with
a breadth of 1.600 feet navigable water, is
to be bridged y a single span, twice as
long as the Niagara Suspension Bridge,
mid fora• t tits the length of the longest
non-suspension span ever attempted.
The entire structure will be ;bout a nine
and one-seventh long. From the en
trance in Chatham street, exactly oppo
site the City Hall, New York, to the
great tower on Riverside, " is nearly half
a mile, or, accurately, 2,277 feet. Of this
part of the structure, 940 feet, from the
tower ,- - to • thq f ,anehor-lwall
Square, is to be susnended. The remain
der, 1,337 feet, is to be built up from the
ground in fire-proof warehouses and
stores, supporting the roadway on their
roofs. The streets will be crossed by iron
truss and girder-bridges. The grade of
th s approach from Chatham street to the
level of the bridge proper, is 314,100 feet in
100, and the total ascen or height of the
bridge door of the grand depot is 100 feet.
The spin from tower to tower is 1,600 feet
long and SO teet wide, at an elevation of
136 feet ab ve high water. The base of
each tower measures .56 by 134 feet, and
the height of each is 365 feet above high
water•. The Brooklyn approach has a
span of 910 feet, suspended over the roofs
of the city, precisely like that on the New
York side, and a solid roadway on the
buildi gs to be erected for the purpose of
637 feet from the anchorage in James
street, near (iarrison, obliquely to the ter
minus in the block hounded by Fulton,
Sands,and Washington streets.li The
great suspension span, 1,600 feet long
from tower to tower of the structure, will
be 126 feet above high water. A draw
bridge can be dispensed with when the
tallest masted vessel that ever was built
can pass undei such an elevation. .Ifftipe r
truly says, "Although other bridges have
been built at as great or greater heights
from the surface of the water, no other
bridge has ever been projected to such an
elevation, above the shores. A proposal,
by Telford, to re-place Old London Bridge
with an iron arch rising to a height of
sixty-live feet. or about one-third the
height of the proposed East River• Bridge.
was rejected on account of the entirely
impracticable extent of the necessary ap
proaches! Times change.and so do places,
and men of Anglo-Saxon blood seem to
change with both."
A PATENT licui—tit Pnoor.—A man
in New York has at last discovered a
method of making iron safes that are safe.
It is a valuable discovery ; for the profes
sion of burglary has come to that degree
of perfeetio . that gentlemen who adolt
it, sigh that their business is getting tune
and that they have no cases now-a-days
worthy of their metal. lint this New
York merchant has foiled the most astute
of them. Ile is a lumber dealer in the
lower part of the city, and keeps his safe
in a retired office, far back in the rear of
the lumber yard, far from policemen and
lamp-posts—just in the handiest possible
place for a burglar to operate. For about
three months past he has found the
safe broken open once a week regularly
as washing day. His ingenuity thus
awakened into flaming activity, he con
ceived the following device, which has
worked like a charm since its adoption.
Going to a painter's shop, he ordered a
sign to be painted on a small tin box,
which he had fastened conspicuously on
the top of the safe : " This tin box
contains the key to this safe. If any gen
tleman desires to examine the contents
of the safe I request that he lock it up
after satisfying his curiosity, as I wish to
secure my books against fire.'' This de
vice has kept the safe perfectly burglar
proof, and has saved its owner a large bill
for repairs. Merchants desiring to adopt
his invent on will do well to anticipate
his taking out a patent right.
MAsSACII t:: , irrrs rejoices in a baby
that is a representative of six living gen
erations. The baby is live %eeks old; its
mother is seventeen, its grandmother is
thirty-five, its great-grandmother fifty
one, its great-great-grandmother sixty
nine, and its great-great-great-grand
mother ninety years old; all of whom are
widows in robust health.
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2.50 if not Paid in Adranc
HOW TO TREAT. SVATCBT,S
It is not so much parsimonious as care
lessness. that causes the ruin of thou
sands of watches, many of them of eon
iiderable value and often true paragons
in their works.
If a man is careless with his watch.
which cost him .S3O, $5O, 5106 or $2OO, is
he likely to be careful with himself and
of others?
Ms pills. Ids powders and his drops,
though microscopically small, have often
a great effect; we praise him,as our friend
tuft is he not our better friend who teach
es its how to remain round, well and free
from pain without medicine?
1. It is better to have the ‘vatelt eon
t inually running than only at times.
The frequent turtling of the hands oc
casions wear on most watches, and the
change in the fluidity of the lubricator by
having the movement sometimes going
and sometimes at rest, produces great ir
regularity in the going rate.
2. Wind it daily as nearly as possible at
he seine time.
3. Wind slowly but steadily and feel if
t is enough. for many watches have no
top work
Do not use an ill fitting key or you may
break the latchet, or the click, or the
click spring, or the watch might slip out
of your lingers. In winding mind noth
ing else but your watch.
Be particularly careful to have the tube
of the key clean. More watches require
cleaning from this than all other causes
combined.
4 . Open the watch as seldom as possi
ble. The air induces the evaporation of
the lubricator, (no evaporation in vacu
um) mid it attacks. corrodes and rusts
the watch parts; the more delicate parts
! are actually destroyed by it and the most
perfectly hardened and polished parts
cannot withstand destruction.
.3. Never expose your watch to any
magnetical or electro—magnetical influ
ence: for it is now at present ofteti a mat
ter of wonder how some parts could have
become magnetical.
t. Keep yol:r watch aliv:*s in a situa
tion where it cannot become very cold,
do not wind it while cola, for the main
spring is apt to break then.
7 .131 subtile machinery must be kept
clean from dust: first of all watches and
docks, but how often, mid at what inter
vals cannot, well lie defined, as this point
depends greatly on the treatment and the
character of the work. Fully nine-tenths
of the watches are ruined in disregard of
this. "We dislike having our watches
disturbed as long as they run well." We
reply: good watches by careful treatment
cannot help going well till their move
men tis irrecoverably destroyed. Regular
treatment, cleaning and lubricating by a
first-class workman will extend the life
time to a wonder ful extent. After much
reflection we consider that the watch can
,beralnedln less than twenty years, which
properly treated would reach.tlie age of:a
century in tolerably fine order. Not all
parts of the work need lubricating and
cleaning with equal frequency on account
of the vast difference in the rapidity of
their motion. It may be set down that
the escapement requires fully four atte. d
ances while the rest of the worn; does one.
And this cal: be clone for a trifle in about
ten minutes.
S Damp a d moist air is also very de
structive, and on no account open a watch
under such circumstances. for it Will rust
the steel parts (cud effect other metal. as
stated above.
9 Should your watch stop, the very first
thing is to look after the hands, whether
they don't interfere: if tluy are a I right,
do not s ow it to everybody but k..ep it
shut Aul apply to a re iable watchmaker.
This will be the best course.
10 If a watch stops, the first thing, and
and that ought to he done immediately. is
to let the mainsprings down. The power
of thousands of nminsprings is destroyed
1.1015. Mainsprngs are different in this
respect. some will beta• a constant strain
better. But even the best springs will
suffer; for there is no such thing in this
world as perfect elasticity.
11 If you expose your watch to a
warmth of over 90 , Fahrenheit, the oil if
it is the best will evaporate, it being vola
tile then; in consequence the luhricatcd
pacts become dry, and the fiiction Dill
act on the metal and thus soon de,tro!.
the delicate pivots 1111(1 pinions.
I'. The ruin of any w.lteli is astonish
ingly zieeelerated by using . it ill the clothes
ul lahorers while Nvorlsing.
13. If your watch stops shake it rapidly.
if you are. perhaps. a little
and have two or three dollar bills, for )ou
will thus either break or 1)(114 I the Hal.incv
staff pivots and perhaps—if the ‘vach is
a Lever—the Holler pia.
7' nip( ro•r.—Cold ‘vatclAs to
time. Thin reniumbertql a.;
it \yin obviate much tuniece•sary reizala-
(Airoiwineter tw a.; s,,111(
tt•l in them Compensatiom It:damps, coua
teraet this effect, but watches supplied
with them and adjusted to heat anol cold.
are expensive if not thus adjusteol they
are humbugs.
Po,:itimo.—This is also a fruitful source
of difference in the going rate of watches.
The amount of difference is ;4eneiaily in
an inverted ratio) with the mechanical
quality of the movenwnt. I:sually, but
by nu mean, in all cases. when a v:atelt
changes it ruins slower than when placed
horizontally.
In view of durability it is better to have
the watch alternatedy fare up and face
down, lying horizontally. The most per
fect way for expensive INatches would
to wear them daily Mout fifteen hours
vertically, and the rest of the time half
the period face up and half lave th.% n.
The change could be made monthly.
Now these rules although true and can
did cannot all he itemized so a:, to lie
open to eve:y one's understanding. in a
newspaper paragraph. They are the
fruit of a long per scrving exp:•tience.
however and ;t. t.-.sund luid deep knowledg(
in the sienee of horology.
HENRI' ZUITINOEI:
ruscif rNELLo gives an intei it view
of a western lawyer's sanctum. into
which steps a charming young lady, and
breathlessly exclaims: "Oh sir, I want to
get a divorce." The spit it of the law
looks up from the ocean of papers in
which it is immersed, and glancing at a
shock-headed bantling perched high upon
a three-legged stool, shouts. in a tone of
professional acerbity, "Divorce? certain
ly! Boy. give the lady a divorce."
[WHOLE NUMBER, 20.81
CURIOUS ADTEI:777.7E2', OF .9 MiC 1 -' A sz-7,
Ii Cenfirx: Hinlcelf in a Sank 7.2,1:t.
The Lousiana Savings Bank is built
a large vault. Admission to it is gains
through large wrought iron doors, 1
which are affixed patent locks. The
locks were put in order yesterday by
locksmith pained Tympe. After arras,
ing the fastenings (91 the door he lit
candle and proceeded inside the vault 1
see how they fitted. Closing the door a
ter him. the eeeentric catch of the loc
fell, locking hill] in. Those upon the on
side could render him no assistance, sin(
it was a combination lock, and no on
knew the numbers at which it was sel
In this narrow cell, shut in by the fon
walls of the vault and the huge iron door
the man felt as if lie was buried alivt ,
The only means by which be could obtai
air or drink was through a small hole b
the door, not the twentieth of an Melt
diatneter. Tie atmosphere of the cell
like place was fetid and noisome, and th
man felt as if Ile woubl sulTocate. Forte
nately be had Carrie 1 with hint i.do th
vault a hammer and chisel, and witl
them, the only instruments he had. It
proceeded to cut his way out. The woll
was slow and tedious, :aid renuired tot
hours and a-half of incessant labor. I h
succeeded at last, however, and was take!
more dead than alive from the vault
The wonder is that lie did not suffocate
iIOW SHE CUnEI ilym.-21 story is
old of a citizen of Danbur2, - who was l*ro
ken of the wretched habit of swearing h
a novel manner. lie was an inveterate
cursor and grumbler. At every meal he
egleeted a blessing and swc le at every
thing from the gravy to the teapot.
oaths discolored the napkins. soured the
bread and curdled the milk. His wife. a
woman who evidently believed the hair of
the dog would cure the bite. stood this un
seemly conduct — until forbearance ceased
to be a virtue.'' One morn!ng he was un
usually cross and profane, and was about
to take a fresh start at something eke.
when his wife suddenly broke oat with a
series of damns that made thc old gentle
man get up and leave the chair as thougli
sonic one had introduced a pin between
the canes. As soon as she ceased, be
breathlessly remarked: "Well, I swcar. ii
it has got so you can swear. it is time I
quit." Xud he did.
i3EAI:TIF Cr, AsyswEn..s.—A. pupil .;t:
.I.llbe Siuurd gave the following extraor -
dinary answers:
— What is gratitude?" "Gratitude is the
memory of the heart."
"What is hope?
som of happiness.•
"What is the difference between de
sire, hope and enjoyment?" "Desire is
a tree in leaf, hope is a tree in flower.
and enjoyment is a tree in fruit."
What is eternity?" ' "A day without.
yBtci•day Wt. to-morrow: a nay, without:
end."
"What is time?" line that has
two ends—a path that begins in the ero
dle and ends in the grave.''
REUONCILLATION BY Funk:E.—ln At
lanta, the other afternoon, tWO old gen
tlemen, between Nehoin a petulant fend
hall cah•tetl fir sonic years. were turning'
a comer at the same luoinent, hut goitu4"
at opposite directions. The umbrellas
mashed, their heads and shoulders value
ill contact. and loth parties, with a v,,w
ful grunt. sat down facing each other on
the wet pavement.
-Auger. for a inown , nt, du-tiled the fac.•
of each, but linally ene of them said: ••
log your pal don, iny dear sir. it was lily
own fault. — And then the other oil fel
low. getting still redder in the face. said:
— No, I'll be hiowed if you do. It was 1.1%
fault. — So they loth reached out their
hands, :111(1 the shaking that followed wa ,
the prelude to ,1 voinplete reconciliati.•l!.
P.lss , ng , sr : Thai i, .Nfountain
: -,ir. highe-;t niounta;n
Lake George. I'.l,:enger : .kny ,tore
legend conne,•ted with that mountain ?
Pilot : Lot, of ',n). Two lover; went up
that mountain once and never lleVer
hack again. Pas , :enger : Indeed : why,
xsinit lweanie of thk9n ? Pilot : IV , nl
down 00 (other aide.
S(r.itE feiv weeks:•go. a young mall front
the interior of Kentucky, died of the pre
vailing eMdemie at New °Hain , . Hi ,
brother N‘ent on to convey the remain•
home for hut ial. wa.; there taken sick with
the same di ease. and died al.o: and then
the father of the tee went to brim:. :Mill
hodie-: home. and he. too. •triei:rn
with tit'- fever and died.
“Pnorn,sun.",,tid a student ill plu
m:it of 1, - .114,1..11.dg0 concerning the hal
of 1111i111,:1,. \VIly doe , -; a eat.
iu .turn In•r head first Out! ',ray. and then
the Other? .. th.• reaq4)ll.” reldie'd
ihr plufeSSOl'. "01:11 she C:1111:0t inns it
Ixt:h 011(.0...
A 1;!:IEF Ht.:rot:T.—Pea.,
ink and paper ale statii.nary: new milk
is unchanged: br , gans are heavy. but
dealei-; generally are firm: wheat is a
grain better than cut , : \mines and lirpt , )rs
generally have a downward tendene% :
yeast rake. are rising.
A man and his a ifs• stopped at Term
Haute hotel. where eodti-h halls were le
gal tender. Ile brake up one. tasted it.
andthus:oldre , sed ins partner:
don't eat them dough-nuts. s unethin
It eia med int. thiN one and died...
1u atllirhel uilitor. who IF. troidiled
with Imml-opzam: under hi, winilow.loni:',
for the '•e\ ii (lac.•' mentioned in li ee l e :,..
%%hen — the grimier, shall cea:.• F.i.-
eitit,e they are fe\c,•' and the Sinai i , i
tlit Lrrintlinl.r. — shall "1.11'.••
A colored preaulwr. commenting* on [-lc
-I,ll,sage, •• Ile ye ther,:tore wise t serpents
and harnd , -;-; a, doves. — :,aid that th ,
mink ure >houl,l be made iii the rroport loit
of a pound tit' dove to an onnee
of :cr
pent.
-V white boy met a colored boy, the
other day. anti a. , •ked him what he hail
such a slimt no,e for. "1 spec' i.zo it
woli•C poke it,elf into other iwople's husi-
A. Yankee doctor has contrived tt ex
tract front s.tusages a powerful tonic,
which he ,a 3 i• contains the whole strength
of the .- hark. — J I calls it "Sulp( u fte or
Canine."'
hope is the 1)10,-