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ADVERTISING,
linos f minion, or their equivalent, con- !
a square. Three insertions sl, and 25
each subsequent insertion.
■ West Branch Insurance Co,
OF LOtk HAVEN, PA.,
D<" d Buildings, Stores. Mer- j
Farm Property, and other Build- '
intent-, at moderate rates.
DIRECTORS .
FhSlJßolin J. Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
[ohii 3. Hall, T. T. Abrnms,
3hirl4s A. Mayer, D. k. Jackman,
.'bar! - Crist. W. Wi.ite,
®etttif Dickinson, Ihos. Kitchen.
Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
Kitchen, rcc
REFERENCES.
Batajel 11, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, 1) D.
Win, Vanderbelt.
Mucker. VVm. Fearon,
Dr. J. S. Crawford,
lame Quisgle, A. Updegraff,
■Vi. Maynard, James Armstrong,
HotwSimon Cameron, Hon. Win. Bigler.
A cent for Milllin county, G. NV. STEVV
■ Esq.
lailiinity from Loss nnil Dnmoge by Fire,
Peril? of JWaruie an" Inland Transportation.
CONTINENTAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
2 'in.rated by the IjC<p.dahoe of Pi tins pica
i niit, xcitk a/' epit not Charter.
[Authorized Capital, $1,000,000.
No. 61 Walnut St. above Second, Phila.;
&ct, generally. Marine Insurance ,
OR. Mrgoes and Freights to all parts of the
war)' inland Insurance on Goods, &e., by i
I iMi. 1 livers, funai', and I,and Carriages, to ;
ail pi ts of the Union, on the ino-t favorable
terdft, consistent with security.
DIRECTORS.
GiMHe W. Colladay, William Bowers,
Colenun, Jo-eph Oat,
V. Wachcttc, Howard Hinchman,
VV. COLLADAY, President.
VV 11.-ON. Secretary.
lor Milllin county, Wm. P. F.L
imjH i febl9-ly
■iNDENIMTT AGAINST LOSS BV F RE.
Franklin L ire Insurance C-ompa
iiv of Philadelphia.
IG3. 1 , Chestnut street, near .Fifth.
Sta|cmciit of Assets, $1,827j1H- 80
January Ist, 1857.
tHjßshed agreeably to an act ol Assembly, be-
amply m i ured. 5i.519,932 73
I Estate, present value, $109,-
,) cost. 89,114 IS ;
s, (present value,sß3,Bßl 12,)
pflnal or L' nittd Insurances made on every
desfription of properly, in Town and Country.
3R(#S as low as are consistent with security.
e their
eigmyear-. they have paid over Three Millions
oCDjllar-' losse- by fire, thereby affording ev
of the advantages of Insurance, as well
fie ability and disposition to meet with
promptness all liabilities.
Losses by Fire. •
Loss is paid during the year IBSG, $301,633 84
DIRECTORS.
N. Bancker, | Mordecai 1). Lewis,
Wagner, I David S. Brown,
! Grant, | Isaac Lea,
■|> R. Htnith, 1 Edward C. Dale,
W. Richards, t George Fales.
CHARLES X. BANCKER, President.
IAS. G. BANCKER, Sec'y.
g"'Agent for Milllin county, H. J. WAL
-18, K-q., Lewistown. mar! 9
I'S. CAPS & STRAW GOODS
For the People,
> THE PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.
iiivriam,
r Market street, Lewistown, opposite the
st Office, has just returned from the city
large and elegant stock of Fashionable
LSJCAI'S, STRAW GOODS,
mitable for spring and summer wear,
notwithstanding the advance of almost
'ting else, he will dispose of at low pri
i.is store has been fitted up with large
with glass fronts, so that the stock can
mined at a glance.
le will manufacture to order any descrip
hats, (having the best of workmen in his
y and an abundant supply of material,)
his extensive stock fail to furnish a suit
rticle. Parents are especially invited to
id examine his varitty of Children's Hats
aps, comprising a first rate stock, from
they can make choice to please them-
Omish friends will find they are not for
■ ar.d I hey may rest assured of finding an
' l *' their iaste, or can have one made at
nkful for the patronage heretofore so lib
extended to him, he solicits his friends to
those indebted to square up and begin
—and any number of visitors friAm this or
ighboring counties, to take a look at him
'6 N. J. RUDISILL.
Ll \\ ititlow Shades, as low in price
* 'lie common muslin shades, and tar superior in
"1 beauty; huff and (rreeri Muslin Shades, SO, .'tfi &
'" w ide, Flowered Landscapes, and painted Mus
dscapes from 75 cents to #2 per pair, for sals hv
V. G. FRANCDsCLK*.
JXSJID iPEnßHsasisiaa)
Freeburg Academy and Normal
* School.
rpHIS INSTITUTION, located iit the beau
4. tiful and healthy little village of Freeburg,
Snyder county, Pa., will commence the second
(Spring) quarter of its Second Session on the
23d of March. In view of the great want of
proper instruction for Teachers in this and oth
er counties, a YORTIAL DEPARTMENT will
hereafter he connected with this school, in
which Teachers will be prepared for the ardu
ous duties of the school room. That justly ,
popular Teacher, Lecturer and Author, Prof. !
J. F. STODDARD, has been engaged to deliver a •
course of Lectures and assist in arranging and
conducting the Normal exercises and training, j
and it is hoped Teachers will avail themselves
of his services while in the county. An addi- i
tional Female Teacher has been engaged, and
other arrangements made to meet the wants of
all.
TERMS.
One-half payable invariably in advance.
For Board, Room, and Tuition,
per session of 22 weeks, $50.00 to $55 00
Tuition only, per qr. of 11 w'ks, 2.50 to 8.00 j
Instruction on Piano and use of
Instrument, 9 00 S
For Circulars, &c., address
GEO. F. McFARLAND, Principal.
Freeburg, March 12. 1857.
LCGhLIT FOUNDS,?.
THK public are hereby respectfully informed !
that we have leased the above well known i
Foundry, situate on Main street, in the borough j
of Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone
bridge, where we will keep constantly on hand
-rVt'' full assortment of all kinds of STOVES, ;
__*B viz : Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different ■
Egg Stoves, Nine Plate Stoves, &c. ;
and also
Ire ll Fence, Hollow Hare, Hater Pipes, 1
die., and will make to order all kinds of CAST- j
INGS. All orders sent to us will be tilled with j
care and despatch, and on as reasonable terms !
as at any other establishment in the State. We
hope, friends, you will caii and examine our
stock before buying any where else. You will
undoubtedly save monev by doing so.
DANIEL BE A It. LEY & SONS.
Lewistown, March 26, 1857.-y
New Arrangements.
\FTER returning our sincere thanks to our
numerous friends and customers for their
continued patronage, I would inform them that I
I am still to be found at
Q.
With a desire to hring mv business nearly to i
CASH, after the first of April our credit terms
will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed j
Fifty Dollars. We hope still to conduct our '
business so that we shall enjoy the good will j
of our numerous customers, and that the num- j
ber may be greatly increased.
marl 2 ' F- J- HOFFMAN.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
M. M. FAXON'S
Attachment of Vulcanized India Rubber
Spring to the Tubes <j drain Drills.
'JtilK undersigned, havin? perfreted an arrangement for
A the attachment of a Guru Spring to the Tubes and
Drug Il.irs of Grain Drills, is happy to itif*-ri,, Farmers
and at, others interested in the growing of W heat and
ollor grains, that he is piepared to furnish GItAI.N
DBII.I.st, with the above article, attached,at the shortest
notice, at tns Foundry,ill Jli Veylown, I'a. SetMlei 8 have
become an almost indispensable article to the Farmer,
mil h" w ill tin,l that the attachment of the Gum Spring
will enhance its value at least one half. All the deten i
tion and trouble caused by the breaking ol wooden pins j
is entirely done away will, by this, arrangement, and a J
man.or boy,can perform nearly double tile labor that lie j
could under tlie old plan, with much greater ease,both to
iinnsi !f anil horses. There need be no fear of ihe Spring i
bp aklug, f> rif there is an arm le that will neither break, j
rot. or wear out, the Gum Spring is that article,and I
Itrd nothing in saying that my Grain I* r ill is Ihe sim
plest in construction, most economical in jteiformance,
and therefore the most durable ever off*re,l to the agri
cultural public. The feed is so arranged that it will sow
I, U. H, 12, and 2 bushels per acre. Persons desiring
one for tile coming seeding are requested to send ill their
orders as early 8* possible. Direct to McVeyiotvn, Mif
flin county, I'a . or F G FRA.XCISCI S. I.etvislnwn ;
E, |, FAXON, Ilollidaysburg, Blair Co., Pa ; BOY Ell &.
BKO., Harris burg, Fa., who are authorized to act as
agents, and from w lioin any furl her information may beob
tained.
PRICE OF DRILLS, with the attachment, #75. Far
piers who already have drills, can have them altered,and
the India Rubber Spring attached, for from $lO to-Via
i. All branches of the FOUNDRY Bl SI.NIISS still
carried on, for which orders are respectfully solicited.
M M. FAXON.
YJi Veytnwn. June 19. lSsfi.
mi oil) Mwm
lias Just Opened a Splendid Assortment
OF
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS.
TF you want a cheap Dress, call at the Old Corner
L if you want a cheap Shawl, call at ,he Old Corner,
j If you want cheap Silks, call al the Old Corner.
I If you want cheap Muslins, call at the Old Corner.
If yon want Kentucky Jeans or Tweeds, call at the Old
Corner. Also, Flannels, all kinds and colors.
' If you w nit Hhallies or Bercges, call at the Old Corner.
! If you want Briltiantes or Lawns, call at the Old Corner,
j If you want La Villa Cloths, call at the Old Corner.
• If you want Silk Cravellas, call at the Old Corner.
| If you want Mourning Goods, call at the Old Corner.
If you want striped Skirting Muslin, go to the Old Corner.
If you want patent Crinoline Lining,go to the Old Corner.
; If you want Collars, I'ndersleeves, Edgings, Insertings,
Flouncinas, or any Embroideries, g>< to the Old Corner.
| If you want Corded Skirls, fsootag Skirts, or Hoops, call
1 at the Old Corner.
j II you want f I ths, call at the Old Corner.
If you Cassimeres, call at the Old Corner,
jlf you want stannous,call at the Old Corner.
| O VOV II'A.YT ANYTHING I.Y TIIE DH >'
GOODS J.I.YE, GO TO 'IIIE Ol,I) CORNER.
j If you want to loake choice from oyer 130 styles of Wall
Papers, go to the Old Corner,
i If you want a Carpet oi any kind, go to the Old Corner,
j If you want Groceries, Uueensware, or Cutlery, call at
the Old Corner.
I If you want Clothing, Boots orfchoes, Hats or Caps, call
j at the Old Corner.
• If you have Country Produce to exchange for Goods,call
at the Old I lorner.
I If you want Bargains in anything, call at the Old Corner.
tOCountry Dealers supplied with Goods by wholesale
' al u very .small advance above city wholesale prices.
ap23 GEORGE BLYMYER.
j / M) io Hoffman's fur Tubs
j VJf G<> to Hoffman's for Churns
Go to Hoffman's for Buckets
CSo to I!ofluiaf)*i for Brooms
Go to IloflmanV for flaskets decll
j I I AM) and horse power Corn Shelters,
j JL A Lancaster counly premium Grain Fane,constantly
on hand and for eale by F. G. FUANCISCUd.
ufius smßaaam.
NV HO STOLE THE IBRD'S NEST t
To whit! to whit! to whee!
NV ill you listen to nie?
NV ho stole four 1 laid,
And the nice nest 1 made?
Not I, said the cow, Moo-oo!
Such a thing I'd never do,
I gave you a wisp of hay,
But didn't take your nest away.
Not I, said the cow, Moo-oo!
Sueh a tiling I'd never do.
To whit! to whit! to whee!
Will you listen to me?
NV ho stole four eggs I laid,
And the nice nest I made?
liob-a link! Bob a-link!
Now .what "clo you think,
Who stole a nest away
From the plum tree to-day?
Not I, said the dog, Bow, wow!
1 would not be so mean, I vw;
I gave hairs the nest to make,
But the nest I did no.t take.
Not I, sail the dog. Bow, wow!
I would not be so mean, I vow.
To whit! to whit! to whee!
NVill you listen to me?
Who stole four eggs I laid,
And the nice nest I made?
Buh-a link! Bob-a-link!
Now what do you think?
Who stole a nest away
From the plum tree to-day?
Coo! coo! coo! coo! c.! coo!
Let me speak a word, too;
NV'ho stole that pretty nest,
From little yellow breast?
Not I, said the sheep; oh, no!
I wouldn't treat a poor bird so;
I gave wool the nest to line,
But the nest was Hone of mine.
Baa! baa! said the sheep; oh, no!
1 wouldn't treat a poor bird so.
To whit! to whit! to whee!
NVill you listen to me?
Who stole four eggs I laid,
And the nice nest I made?
Bob a link! Bob a-link!
New what do you think?
NV ho stole a nest away
From the plum tree to-day?
Caw! caw! cried the crow,
1 should like to know
NVhat thief took away
A bird's nest to-day?
Cluck! cluck! said the hen,
Don't ask me again;
Why, I haven't a chick
Would do such a trick.
We ali gave her a feather,
And she wove them together;
I'd scorn to intrude
On her and her brood.
Oiuck! cluck! said the hen,
Dou't ask me again.
Chir a whirr! Chir a whirr!
NVe will make a great stir!
Let me find out his name,
And all cry for shame!
I would not rob a bird,
Said little Mary Green;
I think I never beard
Of anything so mean.
'Tis very cruel, too,
Said little Alice Neal;
1 wonder if he knew
How sad the bird would feel?
A little boy hung down his head,
And went and hid behind the bed;
For he stole that pretty nest
From poor little yellow breast,
And he fvlt |0 full tf shame,
lie didn't like to tell his name.
Mii3iaailFiMa7
MORE FACTS FOR LOVERS OF
TIIE ARDENT.
Dr. Hiram Cox, Chemical Inspector of
liquors for Hamilton county, Ohio, it seems
Is still prosecuting interesting investigations,
and recently wrote a letter to one of the
; Cincinnati papers, the contemplation of
i which must be pleasant business to those
| fond of indulging occasionally in a little
j "pure liquor." He says that he was not
long since invited to take a driuk in one
of the most fashionable and popular drink
ing places in that city, and happening to
have some test paper in his pocket, before
tasting lie concluded to test its purity, and,
in presence of his friends, dipped it in a
small quantity which he had poured out
in a glass, and it had no sooner touched
the liquor than it turned from a beautiful
, blue to a scarlet red. This scarlet red, he
says, he has generally found, when he had
: an opportunity lor investigation, to be Sul
phuric Acid or Oil of Vitriol. Such, he
declares, is the charac'er of a great deal of
the liquor now on sale. He says, also,
that he recently inspected samples of the
entire distilled or light liquors of a consid
erable store in that city, and of ten differ
ent articles of liquors, he found but two
to be what their names purported. In
some, he found, by applying the various
! chemical tests, Prussic Acid, Sulphuric
Acid, A Uric JEtker, Acetic JEthcr, Sc.,
while in oilier* he found Chloroform, Pep
per, Sulphuric Acid, Copper in great abun
dance, and in one Strychnine; highly fla
vored and high per rentage Brandies, with
one or the other of the above poisonous
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1857.
drugs, and in some several of them, and not
one characteristic of Brandy; and Corn
Whiskey with abundance of Fusil Oil, as
a basis, with the above articles added.
"I WISH YOU SUCCESS/'
A very kind wish, if sincere, but when j
the wish is one that can give substantial
aid, yet substitutes wishes, he i 9 one mis- 1
taken in what he says. He does not
wish success; otherwise he would take, as
in other things, the only mode to secure
it, namely, his means and personal influ- j
ence. N\ ere every one to answer similar
ly, the collector would have on his book
some live hundred wishes, which accom
plish no other result than defeating the ob
ject; for should you not already know it, !
it is time that you be apprised of a se
cret, viz: if you wish to kill any benevo
lent enterprise for Christ and His Church,
do not oppose it directly, for that might
excite the energies of its friends, might
lead to the supposition that you were
close with your money, hut "wish it suc
cess" and do nothing; say to the object
he warmed and filled, and give it not
those things which are needful for it; de
cline any agency; keep from its meetings
and you will as far as you can, kill it eff
ectually. You will not he blamed, for
did you not "wish it success, and always
speak favorably of it?" A similar result
mayl be attained by "feeling for its wants,"
" thinking on it," " intending to do some
thing ;" but he sure you do nothing, or
if the collector should call frequently, give
him something, and for the remainder let
him take your feelings. He will not trou
ble you soon again. If all others do as
you do, he must abandon the work in de
spair.
You feel! Hut how do you feel? five
dollars worth? two? one? Dr. Johnson
once told Boswell to "beware of these feel
ing men, for" says he, "they are apt to
pay their debts in feeling." If, however,
debts are so bad, wli3t will sueh men do
with charities?— Legion of Feigned Ex
cuses.
[from tlic Lancaster (I'a.) Express, May 27.1
EXTRAORDINARY SUPERSTI
TION.
A Corpse Exhumed. —A case of super
stition in this county has come to our
knowledge, which for ignorance and mora!
turpitude exceeds the darkest pages of ihe
history of Robackism or even Salem
Witchcraft, and is a disgrace to the boast
ed intelligence of the "Harden of the Key
stone State," with her college, academies,
seminaries, common schools and churches.
On Sunday last, the good people of
Ephrata and vicinity were startled and
shocked by the intelligence that the re
mains of a certain Miss Sophia Bauman,
who died about nine years ago, bad been
exhumed 011 that day by two men hired
for the purpose by the friends of the de
ceased. Curiosity was naturally excited
and speculations started as to the cause of
such an open desecration of the ashes of
the dead on the quiet of the Sabbath; and
upon inquiry of some of the relatives, our
correspondent learned that the young lady
alluded to had died of consumption, and
that siuce her death, two of her sisters,
her mother and two brothers had died also
of the same disease.
1 In all these cases a hereditary taint was
' stroiwly marked, and no doubt was left
upon the minds of physicians and all sen
sible persons as to the cause ol their death,
but the opinions of physicians were set
aside by the incursions of ignorance and
superstition, under which the belief was
seriously entertained and acted upon, that
by some hocus pocus the winding sheet
of the corpse had got into her mouth, and
that by a continual suction (the modus op
erandi of which was only known to the
spirits) she had actually drawn the other
i five members of the family alter her; and
| unless this winding sheet was speedii> re
-1 moved from the mouth of the corpse she
| would in like manner cause the premature
| death of the whole connection!
Incredible as a belief in such a mon
strous superstition in this enlightened age
may appear, it is nevertheless true; for ac
cording to previous arrangements, the res
urrectionists commenced operations on
Sunday morning. The earth was removed,
the collin brought to the surface, and the
| lid removed under the direction of a com
mittee of inspections; but to their astonish
: ment no winding sheet was found there
! the poor deluded creatures having forgotten,
in the zeal of their superstition, that the
last shred of a piece of bleached muslin
would rot away long before the expiration
of nine years. With disappointment de
picted in their countenances, the commit
tee caused the remains to be quickly and
quietly re-interred, and then sought their
respective homes again to meditate upon
the doctrine of spooks, and goblins, and
sucking corpses!
FOUNTAIN OF BLOOD IN A CAV
ERN.
E. G. Squier's notes on Central Ameri
ca describe a wonderful effusion of a fluid
resembling blood near the town of Vitud,
in the State of Honduras. It appears that j
there is continually oozing and dropping
from the roof of a cavern there a red li
quid, which upon falling coagulates so as j
to precisely resemble blood. Like blood,
it corrupts, insects deposit their larvae in it, ;
and dogs and buzzards resort to the cavern
to eat it. Attempts have several times
been made lo obtain some of this liquid for
analysis, but in all cases without success,
in consequence of its rapid decomposition,
whereby the bottles containing it were
broken.
The small cavern or grotto during the j
day is visited by buzzards and hawks,
and at night by a multitude of vampire I
bats, for the purpose of feeding on the
unnatural blood. It is situated 011 the
border of a rivulet, which keeps reddened
with a small (low of the liquid, which has
the color, taste, and smell of blood. In
approaching the grotto, a disagreeable odor j
is observed, and when it is reached there j
may be some pools of the apparent blood
in a state of coagulation.
The peculiarities of this liquid are con- [
sidered due to the rapid generation in this j
grotto of some very prolific species of in- !
fusoria. The California Stale Journal, :
remarking on the above, observes that the j
estcro of the town of Monterey contains a
species of bl<od red infusoria, (the larvae !
of water insects,) which at certain seasons i
. !
of ihe year, smeil precisely like fresh fish, j
or on exposure in a vessel, like putrid fish. \
lu some seasons it has been found dried
in flakes, and of the intense color of Ver
million.— Scientific American.
ANOTHER BOKER AND DEAN
AFFAIR.
Augusta, Me., was recently the theatre
of a second edition of the Bokerand Dean
matrimonial farc<T~in New York. The
history begins thus:
"The daughter of a Mr. Doran—a j
Catholic—was engaged in marriage to a ;
Mr. McCormick, a Protestant. The young
lady's parents were opposed to the match,
because the bridegroom was not a Catho- j
lie, and the Priest was notified and forbid- !
den lo unite the parties. Not to be foiled
in this way, Mr. MvCormick and Miss
Doran repaired to Ex-Mayor Patterson,
with the certificate of their intentions, and
were legally joined by him in marriage on
Saturday last. The fact coming to the
cars of the offended parents, before night
the bride was seized, carried violently to
her former home, and imprisoned in a
chamber, so uer husband could have no
1 intercourse with her. Not to be defeated
in this way, the husband on Wednesday
last, sued out a writ of replevin, which
was served by Sheriff Gilbreth in due
form, who entered the prison room of the
affrighted wife and gave her to her lawful,
though Protestant husband."
LADIES DON'T READ THIS.
A "disbanded volintair," stopping a few
days at "Sent Nicholas Hotel," New
I York; writes to the editor of the Sunday
Times concerning the present fashions of
the "winimen" as follows.
N\ hen 1 foot throo Broadway, or take a
buss up that interesting bullward 1 alius
I thank Providence that when 1 writ to you
: from California, for a help-meet, you did
ent fulfill the Older, lde sooner marry a
dry goods winder, a jewelry *tore, and
coopering establishment, thau one of
thein mixtures of figured satin, dimond
rings, and whalebone, you call a fashiona
ble. Somewhars in every circumferei e
cf silk velvet and celery, that riggles along
Broadway, tliars alius a vvuinan, I spose,
but how much of thetliollers is filled with
j meat, and how much is gammon, the near
spectatur ken never no. A poor feller
j marries a site, and finds, when it conies to
; the pint, thst he lias nu'.hcn in his arm
j but a reglar 'natomy. Ef men is "gay
New Series—Vol. 11, No. 31.
deseivers,'' wat's to be said of the feemail
that dresses tor a hundred and forty weight
but hain't as much fat on her as would
grease a griddle—all the apparent plump
ness is only cotton and whalebone.
Ime told that hoops is beginning to be
maid with jints, so that at the theaturs and
koncerts, a fashionable lady ken shet up
her skerts like a perresol, and give the
crowd a chance. This will be a pertikler
blessin to the mail race, speshly in stages.
Ef ull the world was actilly a stage as has
been fablusly asserted, it wouln't more'n
occomydate all the fashionable wimmen in
thur present habillyments. The ruffer
sect would hev to take a deck passage on
the ruff of the vehikel.
"HANS BRIETMAN'S BARTY."
"Ilans Brietman gife a barty—dey had
biano blayin—l felled in lofe mit a Meri
can frau. Her name was Matilda Yane.
She hat haar as proun as a pretzel bun,
de eyes were himmel blue and ven she
looked into mine, dey sphlit mine heart in
two.
Hans Brietman gife a barty—l vent dar
you'll pe pound. I valzet mit tier Madil
da Yane—and vent shpinnen round and
round. De pooliest freilen in de house—
she veyed pout dree hundret pound.
Ilans Brietman gil'e a barty—l dells
you it cost him dear. Dey roll in more
as seven keeks of foost rate lager bier, and
venefer dey knocks de shpicket in, de
Deutshere gifes a cheer; I dinks dat so vine
a barty nefer coom to a het dis year.
Hans Brietman gife a barty. Dar all
was souse and brouse. Ven the sooper
corne in, de gompany d>J make demselves
to house. Dey ate das Brot and Gensy
broost, die Bralworst und 13raten fine, und
wash das Abendessen down mit four bar
rels of Neckarwein.
Hans Breilman gife a barty, ve all cot
troonk as bigs, I poot mine mout to parrel
ol bier and sehwailowed it oop mit a
swigs—un den I kissed Madilda Yane,
and she schlap me on de kop, and de gom
pany fought mit table leeks dill de coon
staple made oos schtop.
Hans Brietinan gife a barty—vere is
dat barty now? Vere is de Jofely golten
cloudt dat float on der moundtains prow?
\ ere is de himmelstrahlendsstean—de
sclitar of de spirits light?—all gone afay
mit de Lager Bier afray in der Evigkeit."
Hard Case in Law. —Mr. G. a veteran
lawyer of Syracuse, used to tell a story of
a client, an impetuous old farmer by the
name of Merrick, who, in olden times had
a difficulty with a cabinet maker. As was
usual in such cases, the matter excited a
great deal of interest among the neighbors,
who severally allied themselves with one
or the other of the contending parties. At
length, however, to the mutual disappoint
ment of the allies, the principals effected
a compromise, by which Merrick was to
take, in full of all demands, the cabinet
maker's note for forty dollars, at six months,
I "payable in cabinet ware."
i Lawyer G. was called upon to draft the
necessary pipers to consummate the settle
ment, which having been duly executed
' and delivered, the matter was supposed to
i be fully and amicably arranged,
G• saw no more of the parties until
, about six months after, when one morning,
just as he was opening his office, old Mr.
Merrick came riding furiously up, dis
mounted, and rushed in, defiantly exclaim
ing: "I say 'Squire, ain I bound to take
; coffins?"
It seems 011 the note falling due, the
obstinate cabinet maker had refused to pay
1 him in any other way!
Cornered Him. —'What has brought
you here?' said a lone woman who was
quite "flustrated," the other morning, by
an early call from a bacht.or neighbor who
lived opposite, and whom she regarded
with peculiar favor.
'1 came to borrow matches!'
'Matches! that's a likely story! Why
don't you make a match j aurself? I
know what you came for,' cried the exas
perated old virgin, as she backed the old
bachelor in a corner—'you came here to
kiss, me! But you shan't without you are
* the strongest, and the Lord knows you are!'
BMA-A grauddaughter of lleury Clay was
married in Pawnee Valley, b y., 011 Thursday
evening, tiic '_. st ult., to lleury C. McDowell.
She is the daughter of Col. Henry Clay, who
was killed 111 Mexico.