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Whole No. 2753.
JLewlstown Post Office.
Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P.
O. as follows.
ARRIVE.
Eastern through, 5 33 a. m.
" through and way 4 21pm.
Western " " " 10 38 a. in.
Bellefonfe '* " 44 2 30p.m.
Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdaysand
Saturdays, 6 00 p. m.
CLOSE.
Eastern through 8 00 p. m.
* 4 44 and way 10 00 a. m.
Western 44 4 4 330 p. m.
Beliefonte 8 00 44
Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays
and Fridays) 8 00 p. m.
Office open from 7 30 a. m. to 8 p. m. On
Sundays from Bto9 am. S. CoiiroßT, P. M.
Lewistown Station.
Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows:
Westward. Eastward.
Baltimore Exoress, 4 40 a. m.
Philadelphia 44 5 33 44 12 20 a. m.
Fast Line, G26p. m. 350 " 4
Fast Mail, 10 38 44
Mail, 421 44
Through Accommodation, 2 35 p. m.
Emigrant. 9 12 a. m.
Through Freight, 10 20 p. in. 120a m.
Fast 44 3 40 a. m. 8 15 "
Express 44 1 1 00 44 2 35 p. m.
Stock Express, 5 00 44 9 05 44
Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 10 38 a. m.
Local Freight, 645a. m. 626 p. m.
Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from all the trains, taking up or setting them
down at ail points within the borough limits.
GEO. W. ELDER,
Attorney at Law,
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to business in Millliu, Centre and Hunting
don counties my 26
fiiis J. iusilL
OFFICE or. East Market street, Lewistown,
adjoining F. G. Franciscus' Hardware
Store. P. S. Dr. Locke will be at his office
the first Monday 3h month to spend the
week. my3l
DR. J". I. MARKS
OFFERS his Professional services to the
citizens of Lewistown and the surround
ing country. Office in the Public Square op
posite the Lewistown Hotel. janl3—6m*
Large Stock of Furniture on
Hand.
A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds
•of Furniture. Young married persons
and others that wish to purchase Furniture
will find a good assortment on hand, which
will he sold cheap for cash, or country pro
duce aken in exchange for same. Give me
a call or Valley street, near Black Bear Ho
tel. feb 21
Jaoob C. Blymyer & Co.,
Produce and Commission Mer
chants,
LEWISTOWN, PA.
KafFlour and Grain of all kinds pnr
chased at market rates, or received on storage
and shipped at usual freight rates, having
storehouses and boats of their own. with care
ful captains and hands. Plaster, Fish, and
Salt always on hand. sep2
TIIT 77 ARE & STOVES
OF all patterns, constantly kept, and for
sale at very low figures, as usual, at the
famous BIG COFFEE POT SIGN.
Lewistown, August 6, 1862.
AND
BRAID STAMPING
Done on the most fashionable patterns by
MRS. MARION W. SHAW-
Lewistown, Sept. 23, 1863-
Kishacoquiilas Seminary
AND
NORMAL INSTITUTE.
FYMIE Summer Session of this Institution
I will commence on
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1863,
and continue twenty<oue weeks.
Cost for Board, Furnished Rooms and Tu
itioo in the English Branches, per session,
S6O.
Day scholars, per session, sl2.
Music. Languages and Incidentals extra.
In order to secure rooms in the Institute
application should be made before the open -
ing of the school.
For further particulars, address,
S. Z. SHARP. Prin.
janl3 Kishacoquillas. Pa.
Mt. Rock Mills."
ORDERS
FOR FLOUR, FEED, Ac.,
CAN, until further notice, be left at the
Store of S J. Brisbin Co., or at the
Hat Store of W. G. Zollinger, at which pla
ces they will be called for every evening, fill
ed next morning, and delivered at any place
in the Borough.
nolß G. LEIIR.
English Lever Full Jeweled, Detached dit
I tu, cylinder Escapements, and all kinds.
War prices, at PATTON'S.
CIOAL MODS, Sheet Zinc. Pokers, Shovels
/ aud Mica at F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
THE MMUiL
THE THREE CALLS.
Oh slumberer. rouse thee, despise not the truth,
But gie thy Creator the days of thy youth;
Why standest there idle, the day breaketh, see,
The Lord ot the vineyard is waiting for thee.
Holy Spirit, by thy power
Grant me yet another hour,
Earthly pleasure I would prove,
Earthly joy and earthly love;
Scarcely yet hath dawned the day :
Holy Spirit, wait, I pray.
Oh. loiterer, apeed thee, the morn wears apace,
Then squander no longer the moments of grace.
But haste while there's time, with thy Master agree:
The Lord of the vineyard stand# waiting for thee.
Gentle Spirit, stay, oh stay.
Brightly beams the early day.
I would linger in these bowers,
God shall have my noontide hours;
Chide me not for my delay,
Gentle Spirit, wait. I pray.
Oh, sinner, arouse thee, thy morning is past.
Already the shadows are lengthening fast.
Escape for thy life, from the dark mountains flee,
The Lord of the vineyard yet waiteth for thee.
Spirit, cease thy mournful lay,
Leave me to myself, I pray,
Earth hath flung her spell around me.
Pleasure's silken chain hath hound me;
When the sun his path hath trod,
Spirit, then I'll turh to God.
10MMREMGI00I
Get a Home and Keep It.
A loading object with every young
man should be to secure for himself a
permanent home. And for its greater
ability, it should consist partly in land,
and up to a certain limit, the trore of
it the better, if paid for. The house
should be as comfortable and attrac
tive as one has the means of making
it. It should be one that the heart
can grow to, and will cling around
more and more firmly with very pass
ing year. Its owner should desire and
purpose keeping possession of it as
long as he lives, and his children
should grow up feeling that there is
one place fixed and stable for them
through all changes.
Americans are altogether too roving
in their habits. We build bouseH
cheaply, and pull them down without
regret. Or we sell out and move away
half a dozen times in a lifetime, in the
hope of bettering our condition. How
much better to choose a homestead
early in life, and then lay plans with
reference to abiding there. Even
though our gains be less than are
promised elsewhere, a certainty should
never be given up for an uncertainty.
'A bird in the hand is worth two in
the bash.'
Only those who have experienced it
know how firmly a family becomes at
tached to their long loved homestead.
No children love home so well as those
who have known only one. As the
young become of marriageable age, they
should go out, one by one, from the
old homestead, feeling it to be the mod
el after which their own should be es
tablished, and knowing that this shall
remain unchanged as long as the pa
rents live, a place to which they can
return, and where they will ever be
welcome. A pleasing writer confirms
our doctrine thus:
'There is great gain in being settled.
It is two-lold. Each year accumulates
about the farmer the material by
which labor is lessened. The rough
channels of nature become worn and
smooth. A change involves a great
loss, and rarely is there a correspond
ing gain. Time is lost, labor expend
ed, money paid, the wear and tear of
removal is a srull item ; and above all
the breaking up of old associations is
often disastrous in the extreme. Pa
rents and children become unsettled
in their habits, if not in their morals.
* Let the man who has a
homestead keep it; let him that has
none get one. and luhor to render it a
treasured remembrance to the absent,
and a constant joy to those who abide
in it.' To all which every intelligent,
thoughtful person must give a hearty
approval.
Worship God with Flowers.
Flowers are the memories of child
hood, which accompany us from the
cradle to the grave. I left my birth
place at the age of seventeen, yet the
peonies, tulips and roses of my moth
er's garden are pictured in iny mind
with a vernal freshness. Teach your
children to love flowers, and they will
love home and all its inmates. Beau
tify the grounds around your dwelling
with rich foliage, plants, and the bright
blossoms of sweet flowers, and the fa
ces of all who look upon the scene will
be lighted with smiles, while their
hearts will worship the great Giver of
all good and periect gifts to man. If
I could be the means of creating a gen
eral taste ibr gardening and love of
flowers, 1 should feel as though I had
been of more benefit to my country
than all the military heroes of the pres
ent age. Worship God with flowers.
As lie loves all that is beautiful and
good, so will lie love you as you make
your home lovely.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1864.
RUNNING THE BLOCKADE.
'ls Miss Bessie in ?'
'Yes, sir.'
Without further question the speaker
entered the house with the air of an ac
customed visitor. The room into which
he was ushered was furnished with a de
gree of elegance which betokened alike
wealth and good taste. The young man
threw himself on the sofa, aud taking from
his pocket a telegram just received, read
it with sparkling eyes. Certainly it must
have contained good news, to judge by the
expression of his face. He was interrupt
ed in his occupation by a soft hand upon
his shoulder.
'Mr. Murdaunt, I protest against your
converting my drawing room info an office.
Is your letter, then, of absorbing interest?'
'I beg your pardon, Bessie,' said the
young man, coloring 'you eutered
eo soltiy that I did not hear you.'
'ls that all you have to say to me?' in
quired the young lady, playfully. '1 begin
to think it was scarcely worth while to
come down.'
'No, Bessie,' said the young man, taking
her hand, 'it is not all I have to say to you.
I have come to ask you to reconsider your
decision postponing our mairiage for six
months. What good reason is there tor
it?'
' It is my guardian's wish, Federic,'
said Bessie, gravely. 'He thinks lam so
young that we cam well afford to wait.
After all this is but a short time. Six
months will pass away quickly.'
'To you, perhaps,' returned the lover,
half reproachfully.
'Aud why not?' she retorted, playfully.
'For think, Frederic, they are the last
six months of my independence From
that time I am to be subject to the whims
and caprices of a husband. lam afraid
they are ail sad tyrants. On secoud
thoughts, it would perhaps be better to
name a year.'
'Would you have me commit, suicide?'
'As if you were capable of it,'she re
torted, laughing merrily.
'You don't know what I am capable
of,' said young Mordaunt, shaking his
head.
'Perhaps if I don't know I should be
ur willing to marry you at all' said Bessie,
with a saucy smile.
Frederic Mordaunt's face flushed slight
!y, as if a sudden thought had crossed his
mind, but a moment afterward he respond
ed in the same vein.
Half : n hour afterward the young man
rose to go Bessie Graham loilowed him
to the door, and then with slow and medi
tative steps re entered the drawing room
As she passed the mirror a hasty glance
was perhaps natural. Rarely has mirror
reflected back a more pleasing face or more
graceful figure. Neither perhaps was fault
less, but the face bad a wonderful power
of expression. A smile fairly lighted it
up, leaving it absolutely radiant. Yet
there was something about the uiouth that
smiled so sweetly which would have assured
a careful observer that Miss Bessie had a
will of her own when she chose to exert it.
The eyes were clear and truthful. Purity
and sincerity were reflected in these mir
rors of the soul Frederic Mordaunt was
not the only one who had been won by the
charms of the young heiress. For Bessie
was an heiress, and a weathy one. Not
that she thought of it. The two hundred
thousand dollars which constituted her
fortune were a poor substitute in her eyes
for the tender love of her father who had
been snatched from her three years since
by a sudden distemper.
Bessie was about to leave the room when
her attention was suddenly dnwn to a loose
sheet of paper which lay on the carpet at
the foot of the sofa on which her late visi
tor had been sitting. Pieking it up, a
giance informed her that it was a telegram,
and dated at Halifax. Her eyes rested
upon it a moment, and almost ÜBcanscious
ly she took in its contents. The blood
rushed to her cheeks, and she exclaimed,
impetuously. 'Good heavens! can Frederic
have acted so base a part?'
The expression of her face was complete
ly changed. There was a deep earnestness
in her eyes, but lately sparkling with a
merry light. 'This uinst be inquired into
without delay,' she resolved. 'lf it be as
I suspect, all is over between us Yes,' she
repeated, in a slow and resolute tone, 'hence
forth and forever all is over between us.'
She wrote two lines upon a sheet of note
paper, and ringing the < ell hastily, said to
the servant who answered her summons,
'Do you know Mr Mordaunt's office?'
'Yes, Miss Bessie.'
'You will convey this note thither im
mediately, and place it in his hand. If he
i 3 absent wait for him.'
'Yes, Miss Bessie.'
Mr. Mordaunt bad walked quickly back
to his office, having important b isiness
awaiting his attention. He was a young
merchant who had the reputation of great
shrewdness in business matters Some
said that he had never done a better stroke
of business than in securing the affections
of the young heiress. Perhaps he thought
so hirj-clf. Me had not been returned
five minutes when Bessie's messenger
arrived.
'A note from Miss Bessie '
'lndeed, 1 said the young merchant, gra
ciously. 'Give it to me.'
His face assumed a perplexed expres
sion after he had read this brief missive :
AV ill Mr. Mordaunt favor me with a
call at his earliest convenience on a matter
of great moment? 'B. G.'
'What can this mean?' thought Mor
daunt. 'I left her but a moment ago as
cordial as usual. Yet nothing can be cold
er than this strange note. Your mistress
is well? he inquired of the servant.
'Yes, sir, quite well.'
Not a little disturbed at this summons,
which thoroughly mystified him, Frederic
Mordaunt, leaving business to take care of
itself, hastily returned to the house which
he had just quitted. He was shown with
out delay into the presence of Bessie.
A\ by, Bessie,' he commenced, 'you
have fairly frightened me with the sudden
ness of your summons What—'
A glance at the grave face of the young
lady arrested the words upon his lips. I
hope you are not ill,' he said, in a changed
voice.
Aou left something behind you,' said
Bessie, quietly, 'which I thought might be
of importance I have therefore judged it
best to send for you that I might return it
in person.'
She extended the telegram.
Frederic Mordaunt turned suddenly pale
lie mechanically reached out his hand and
took the paper.
'I have ari apology to make,' Bessie con
tinued in the same cold tone 'Not aware
that it was of importance, I aeeideutly let
my eye rest upon it.'
'I he young man's paleness was succeeded
by a crimson flush, but he still remaiued
silent
'Frederic!' Bessie burst, forth, in a chan
ged tone, 4 is this dreadful thing true?
Have y< u really been false fo your country
and deliberately engaged in furnishing aid
and comfort to the enemy? I gather from
this telegram that, through an agent iri
Halifax, you have fitted out cargoes to run
the blockade. Is this so?'
Ihe young man's eye quailed before
her searching glance 'Forgive me, Bes
sie,' he entreated, 'and I will faithfully en
gage never again so to forget myself.'
'Forgive you! It is not me you have
offended, hut your country.'
'I will give half the proceeds to the San
iturv Commission; nay, the whole,' said
Frederic, deprecatingly
' • hat cannot repair the evil.'
You are hard on me, Bessie,' said the
young man, a little resentfully. 'I am not
the only man engaged in the husiness It
is wrong, I admit, but it not the worst
thing a man can do.'
'Very nearly,' returned Bessie, gravely.
'Listen. Frederic Mordaunt.,' she continued,
rising, ahd looking down upon him like
an accusing angel. 'Three months ago
word came to me that a cousin, who was
my early play fellow and always fear to
me, fell upon the battle field fighting
bravely. Do you think, in my sorrow for
him, that I have not remembered with in
dignation those who caused and those
who have perpetuated this unhappy war?
\ r et I could almost envy him his fate. He
never proved recreant to houor and false to
his country. His memory will ever he
held sacred in my heart. Think, Frederic
Mordauut, how many thousands have fal
len like hin:—how many a heart has been
made desolate—how many a fireside is
wrapped in sadness.'
'That is true; hut am I responsible for
all this?'
'Their blood is upon your hands, Fred
eric Mordaunt/ said Bessie, sternly. 'You,
and such as you, who betray your country
for t little paltry gain—who furnish the
rebels with the means of prolonging their
unrighteous contest —are guilty of all the
extra blood shed and suffering which must
necessarily result. Shame on you, Fred
eric Mordaunt! And you call yourself
loyal! I have more respect for an open
enemy than for a secret traitor.'
'Bessie,'said the young roan, thoroughly
humiliated, 'I will not seek to defend my
self I will make any reparation that you
may require. Only do not be too hard on
me.'
'I hope you will make such reparation
as your conscience exacts. For me, I will
not venture to dictate. You are not re
sponsible to ine any farther than you are
to all who have the welfare of their coun
try at heart.'
'Surely yes/ said the young man, his
heart sinking with a new apprehension.
'The relation between us will justify you
in any demand. You have only to express
your wishes.'
'The relation to which you refer has
ceased,' said Bessie, coldly. 'I give you
back your promise.'
'You cannot fbean it/ said young Mor
daunt, in accents of earnest entreaty.
'Say that you do not mean it.'
'lt is best so,' said Bessie. 'I was mis
taken in you. I thought you a man of the
strictest honor. I did rot think—. But
what need to proceed? Providence has
willed that my eyes should be opened. Let
the past be forgotten.'
'Do not cast me off without a moment's
reflection ' urged Frederic, more and more
desperately. 'Give me lime, and 1 wili
satisfy you of my sincere repentance.'
IW'mSWmHB* SQEKHL2H' JKEfflfr
'1 heartily hope you will, Frederic. *i lie
intcrr t t lit i ; i ve it-it. in you will not
permit me to >av Ips Pnf if von h .ve t
thought that any change which time will
bring will shake my resolution, put it away
at once. Where 1 have once lost my re
spect 1 can no longer love Within the
lust hour the whole plan of my life seems
to have changed. My love for you has
gone, never to return It is best that you
should know it. I sincerely hope that you
may awaken to a full sense of the disgrace
in which you have involved yourself, and
may seek as far as possible to repair it.
Should such be the case, my good opinion
of you may in time be restored. Ho not
seek for more '
Frederic Mordaunt took his hat slowly,
and let' the room, fie felt that it would
be useless to urge his suit further. There
was that in the expression and tone of Bes
sie Graham which warned him that it would
be useles to urge his suit further. There
was that ,n the expression and tone of Bes
ie Graham which warned him that its
would he in vain. Kven in that hour, per
haps, the loss of the fortune which the
heiress would have brought him was not
the least bitter ingredient in his cup of
humiliation. Yes, even in the pecuniary
view, his speculation had failed miserably.
He had gained five thousand dollars and
lost two hundred thousand
As for Bessie, she did not grieve much
for the lover she had dism ssed It was as
she had said. All her love for hitn had
passed away when she awoke to a sense of
Lis ur worthiness, She has firmly resolved
that whenever her hand is given, it shall
be to one who has devoted himself heart
aud band to the service ot his country
JANES VALENTINE.
What a singular tableau ! Three beau
tiful girls convulsed with laughter, and one
plain faced rnaide,. bathed in tears. It
was St. Valentine's Kve. Missive after
missive had been brought into the back
parlor at Judge Mil ford's by the obse
quious waiter. Some of these offerings
were large and expensive ; some tiny and
delicate ; some replete with flattery ; some
redolent with perfumery: ail eminently
silly.
But none of these had occasioned the
mirth of the trio, or the grief of the one.
Some yuigar person had sent a vile carica
ture to the plain sister, accompanied by
an exaggerated description of her ugliness
in verse.
It was quite painful enough to Jane to
know that she possessed no claim to her
persona! beauty. Could she have lost sight
of this lact she would have appealed dif
ferently at times. Hut her sisters always
managed to bring their own prefctiness into
such forcible contrast with her plainness,
that she was rarely free trout a nervous
sort of consciousness of her personal de
fects.
But she had good sense and a patient
spirit, which they had not. Still, when
they grew so merry over her solitary Yal
eritine, she finally burst into tears, in spite
of her efforts to the contrary; for Jane
was in the habit of concealing her emo
tions, when wounded and heart sire, until
safely concealed in her own room.
'Look!' exclaiimd Isabella, opening
her black eyes to their utmost capacity,
'the child is really weeping. Why Jane !
you look more like the picture than ever.
Y'ou would never do for a heroine in a
novel, for they are always represented as
irresistible in tears.'
1 Mercy ! how red your eyes are/ ejacu
lated i-zure-orbed Clara. Y"ou do look
frightful.
' The poor child can't help being ugly !'
interpoi-d Fanny, gazing complacently in
to the n irror opposite, where her red lips
and auburn ringlets were advantageously
reflected.
'That is just what pains me/sobbed
Jane. ' Because God saw fit to create me
plain. I do not see why I should be made
j the but of every coarse jest. I suppose I
i have feelings like other people. Should
' my faults of temper or omissions of duty
i he chosen as the subject of ridicule, I
I should not complain; but to ridicule my
personal appearance, I think, savors of
; coarseness aud ignorance.'
Isabel's black eyes flashed. Jane the
youngest of them all, always so submissive,
always so humble, to hurst out so sudden
ly, with so pointed a declaration !
' Mr. Lee, in the drawing-room, wishes
i to see Miss Jane/ announced the servant
at this juncture.
! ' Are you certain he said Jane?' demand
j ed Clara.
' Yes mem/ replied the waiter.
I ' Lottie is ill again, no douht/ suggested
! Fanny. 'Jane is such an excellent nurse/
j and Isabel added, ' I wish cousin Charles
j had come to spend the evening in a socia
j ble way.' It would certainly be very agree
able, for Charley Lee was a rich, fine look
ing, and intelligent widower and remotely
related to the Mi Tarda. No wonder the
three graces at Milford Hall found cousin
Charles an interesting gentleman, his little
daughter Lottie a perfect angel, and his
country seat ate restrial Paradise
Jane loitered on the war to the drawing
room, striving to efface ail traces of her
recent grief. *I Lottie il' ?' interrogated
she. as Mr Lee approached her
'No Line, he ic-piied, 'Lottie is will,
i but iu want.'
New Series-Vol. XVIII. No. 18.
'ln want!' -lane repeated.
\ es. in want of a mother, and I of a
wife, and I have conte here to night to of
fer myself to little .Jane Milfotd as hervu!
tine for lite, if she will accept a mm old
enough to be her father '
4 Why, I atu very plain!' .she faltered
forth, ' I have just received the most hor
rid caricature you ever saw in considera
tion of my claims to extraordinary ugliness.
4 I recollect thinking you plain when I
first saw you,' be replied ; 4 but now in mv
eyes, you are the prettiest of the tour, lie
sides I do not base my preferences on per
sonal beauty. You are good, gentle, and
sweet toned; and 1 love you But übout
the valentine; do you consider me particu
larly ill looking ?
4 \ ou, Mr. Lee !' said Jane, innocently,
4 why you are handsome.'
4 Well, 1 received a valentine to-day
quite as grotesque as your own, I'll br
bound,' and unfolded a sheet, revealing r
lone widower shivering over a miserable
fire. 4 But this awakened me to a sense o
my lonely condition, and I determined t
appeal to you, notwithstanding uiy fear o
your reply, when 1 considered my thirty
six and your eighteen years, "is that a
barrier, dear Jane V
Dear Jane ! What a charm lingered a)'
around those two little words! Who hat
ever pronounced them so softly and ten
derly before? No one, she was positive
and she naively replied.
'Oh ! I should never think of that.'
' What can keep Jane so long?'s ! .
Clara, restlessly, ' I can't think for my .
what cousin Charles could want.'
Jane entered the room just as she $
spoken these words.
' Where is cousin Charles ?' que-
Fanny.
4 In the study with papa,' was the
swer, and, taking a light, Jane glided J
the room to bealone with her new happi> ?
The next morning, wonder, chagrin, s
disappointment could be discovered in
faces of the three sisters, on hearing t'
father congratulate Jane on the very el.
ble match she had made. 4 For,' said
4 I have always hoped to see Charles
my son in law, and, though you are.
beauty, I think he has managed good sq
in his selection.'
Jane keeps her caricature. She s
she looks at it occasionally, for fear 1
o'her Valentine (Charles} should succet
in making her believe herself very prefy
■tftSEKUA'J.SM-..
lloic Me Stanton Settled a Point. —A
Washington correspondent writes:
• flie town is laughing at an amusing
story of a recent interview between tho
Secretary ot Wai and the Presidentoi the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It is too
good to be lost I give it as I find it afloat.
'The dralt has fallen with great severi
ty upon the employees of our company.'
'lndeed V
' If something is not done to relieve us,
it is difficult to foresee the consequences.'
' Let them pay the commutation.'
'lmpossible! the men can't stand such
a tax.'
' They have a rich company at their back,
and that's more than other people have '
4 They ought to be exempted, because
they are necessity to the working of the
road for the Government.'
4 That can't be.'
'Then, I will stop the road.'
4 lf you do, I'll take it up and carry it
ou.'
'The discussion is said to have been
dropped at this point, and the very wor
thy President is still working the road as
successfully as ever.'
S&"A few days since a recruiting agent
carried a finely proportioned man to the
surgeon for exainiration, telling the man
to return to the ward room as soon as he
had been pa sed. In due time the man
arrived, bringing his own rejection. There
was indignation among the recruiting com
mittee, who immediately began to feel
the muscles of this splendid specimen of a
man, and point out the beauties of his
structure. Loud were their complaints
and bitter the denunciations of Dr H ,
and what overt act they might have com
mitted it would be impossible to tell, had
not a bystander asked the man what cause
j the doctor gave for rejecting him. 'Well,
I believe,' said the man, ' that he says I've
got the itch.' The ward room was clear
in a moment.
Oair- -Esop's fly, sitting on the axle
; of the chariot, has been much laughed
: at for exclaiming, 'What a dust I do
raise!' Yet which of us, in his own
I way, has not sometimes been guilty of
j the like.
B*%. A 'big Injun' having strayed
from the camp, found himself lost on
trying to return to it. After looking
about, he drew himself up and exclaim
ed, ' Ingun lost!' but recovering him
self, and feeling unwilling to a< ckf o,vl
edgesueh short-sighteuneiis eonti i ; !,
'No, Injun no lost—wigwam 1 st.
(striking his breast) I qtin here!'
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