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Lesson 10.
THE CRUCIFIXION.
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Ventral Truth.—' The sinless .lesus died
on the cross that guilty sinners might
be pardoned and live.
dust one week intervened between
the time of our last lesson and the great
event we are specially to contemplate
in this; a week crowded with scenes
and lessons of intense and momentous
interest.
heaving .lericho, our Saviour reach
ed bethauy, Fiiday, toward evening.
There, in the house of Lazarus and
Martha und Mary, he spent the next
day, which was the Jewish Sabbath.
Being now ready openly to announce
himself as the Messiah, the day after,
amidst the shouts and hosunnas of the
people, he made his triumphal entry
into Jerusalem. The same evening he
returned to Bethany. Monday he was
again at Jerusalem, cleansing the Tem
ple aud healing Hie sick, the blind and
the lame. The children renewed the
cries of the previous day, and made the
Temple resound with "Hosanna to the
Son of David." After another night in
Bethany, Tuesday found him at the
Temple once more, and for the last
time. This w'as nlso his last day of
public teaching. He predicted theap-,
proacbing destruction of Jerusalem, j
and his own second coming; and, be
side others, he spoke the parables of >
the Ten Virgins, the Talents, and the '
Last Judgment.
His public ministry was now ended: j
and Wednesday was spent in retirement
and rest in tbe quiet home at Bethany. !
Thursday he set out for the cross. To- !
ward evening, in a little upper chamf>er
in Jerusalem, he washed the disciples'
feet, and taught them the greatness of
humility; and, being now about to offer
himself as the one all sufficient sacrifice
for sins, he ate with them the Passover,
and instituted the Memorial Supper;
then, having poured lorth his soul in
the tender words of a farewell discourse
and prayer, he joined the disciples in
the great Hallelujah Song, and made
his way to Gethsemane. Here, in the
darkness of the night, transpired the
dreadful agony and the cruel betrayal.
Though he might have called legions
of angels to his aid, he made no resist
ance. Did he not come to the very end
that he might give his life a ransom
He is taken first to tbe house of An
nas, the oldest, though not the acting,
high priest. Thence, with insults and 1
mockery, he is hurried to the palace of
t'aiaphas, where, having been question- '
ed, accused, smiften and reviled, be is
condemned to death by the Council, and
denied by his own foremost disciple,
Peter. The sentence of death must
needs be ratified by the civil authority.
Accordingly the next step is to bring
liini to the official residence of Pilate.
By him he is questioned and sent to
Herod, and to him he is again returned.
"Unrig.iteoas, cruel and arbitrary" as
Pilate wan, he testified to his innocence;
and only after delays and protestations
and expostulations, did he yield to the
furious demands of the priests and rul
era and people, and deliver him to be
crucified. This punishment was of all
that could be devised the most dreader]
and shameful, reserved even by heath-*
enism for the worst of criminals.
Just where the cross was set up we do
not know. It was not far outside the
city walls. The two thieves crucified
with him may have been ordered to the
cross to spite the Jews; nnd the iu*cri|>-
tion placed above the Saviour's head,
"This is the King of the Jews," may
have bad the same motive.
•Some of the disciples drew near to the
croas, among them the Marys, John nnd
the Mother of the Lord. The soldiers
carelessly parted and gambled for Ins
garments; the people stood beholding ; j
the rulers derided. Vet, in the midst of
all, and in mortal agonies, the insjestic 1
surt'erer, burdened wilh the sorrows and
sini of a world, uttered no accusation,
no reproach, no complaint. He had
saved others. He might have saved
himself. How well it i* for us that he i
would not and did not! It was for us
that he endured the eeoss, despising
the shame.
Pitiful and loving to the end, for the
soldiers whose hsnds had driven the
nails he prayed: "Father, forgive them,
for they know not what they do." To
the penitent thief he spoke words of
great promise. Other words of tender
ness and power are recorded in the
other Gospels. What mingled pity and
agony filled his soul we know not. A
supernatural darkness now enshrouded
the earth in sympathetic gloom. Doubt
lees, by direct divine interposition, the
veil or tbe temple was rent in twain,
signifying that, through the blood of
Atonement, access to God wss no longpr
imperfect but free. The purpose of his
sufferings was now accomplished, and,
with a loud cry and commending his
spirit to the Father, as a self-sacrifice
completed, the Incarnate .Son bowed
his head in death.
PRACTICAL SL'OORATIONS.
1. That any man who looked upon
the Saviour crucified could deride his
agonies, seem* too horrible for belief.
We do well therefore to guard lest we
contemplate the same scene with idle
indifference or heartless curiosity. No
thoughts are so fitted to humble, melt,
subdue, quicken and sanctify as those
which cluster about the cross. And
yet the heart needs to be opened to
them by deliberation, effort and prayer.
2. It is especially important that the
lessons of the narrative be applied to
ourselves. It was for our sins that God
gave his Hon; to save us from shame
and everlasting contempt that Jesus
came and was obedient unto death. It
was that we might be justified and saved
that he consented to fie numbered with
the transgressors. To the impenitent
there could bo no moro tonder and
powerful persuasive to repentance. To
the believer nothing could bo better
lilted to renew faith anil quicken obedi
ence and love.
3. How great in the love of Hod ! It
was bocauso he so loved the world that
he gave his only begotten Son.
1. What a revelation there is in the
cross of the holiness of Hod! It was
because his moral nature would not
suffer him to pardon without an expia
tion that in Christ his Son he himself
made an offering for our sins.
5. How wide open the door of life
and salvation now stands, since he who
died upon the cross thus became "the
propitiation for our sins, and not for
ours only, but ulso for the sins of the
whole world." The ransom has been
paid. It is Hod's desire that all should
believe anil live.
C. betwixt the believer's death and
paradise there is no longer sleep of un
consciousness. He passes at once to
the companionship of the blest.
7. Heath bed repentances may be
real. That of the penitent thief was
such a case. Nevertheless it stands
alone in thnHospel records. In it there
is no encouragement to delay repent
ance.
8. Salvation is of grace ; not of merit.
The thief had nothing with which to
pay. He could only humbly ask and
receive. So asking, he did receive.
This is the one, the sure way for all.
■J. To learn the worth of the soul, the
greatness of its ruin by sin, the depth
of the abyss from which it is to be re
covered, the immortality of our being,
and the blessedness of the saved, one
has but to look to the cross. Can it be
wise, then, to defer a personal inteiest
in Christ as an atoniug Saviour? Is
there any better work for the believer
than that of bringing men to him?
I'IC KKTT'S ( lIAHHK.
A PARTICIPANT'S INSCRIPTIONS or WHAT
win. LIVE IN HISTOBT AS A
OR P. AT EVENT.
Caj't 11. T Owtfi in HVekly Tim**.
The command now came along the
line, "Front, foiward !" and the column
resumed its direction straight down
upon the centre of the enemy's posi
tion. The destruction of life in the
ranks of that advancing host was fear
ful beyond precedent, officers going
down by dozens and the men by scores
and fifties. Kemper has gone down
terribly mangled, but Harnett still tow
ered unhurt, and rod up and down the
front line, saying in a strong, calm
voice: "Faster, men ! faster! Clone up
and step out faster, but don't double
quick !"
The stone fence was carried without
a struggle, the infuntry and theskirin
i-h line -wept away before the division
like trash fiefore the brooin. Two
third* of the distance iru behind and
the one hundred cannon in the rear
were dumb and did not reply to the
hotly worked gun* in our front. We
were now four hundred yards from the
foot of Cemetery Hill, when away otr
to the right, nearly half a mile, there
appeared in the open field a line of men
at right angles, with our own, a long
dark mass, dressed in blue, and coming
down at a "double quick" upon the un
protected right flank of Pickett's men,
with their musket* "ii|>on the right
shoulder shift,'' their battle flags danc
ing and fluttering in the hreete created
by their own rapid motion, and their
burnished bayonets glistening above
their heads like forest twigs covered
with sheets of sparkling ice when shak
en by a blast. Ca>net! galloped along
the line saying: "Faster, men I faster!" j
and the front line broke forward into a
double quick, when • iirnetl called'out:
' Steady, men ! steady ! Don't double
quick. Save your wind and your am
munition for the fioal charge;" and
then went down among the dead, and
his ciarion voice was no more heard
above the roar of battle. The enemy
were now seen strengthening their lines
where the blow was expected to strike
by hurrying up reserve* from the right
and left, the columns from opposite
directions passing each other double
along our front like the fingers of a
man's two hand* locking together. The
distance had agsin shortened and offi
cers in the enemy's line could be dis
tinguished by their uniforms from the !
privates. Then was heard ladiind that
heavy thud of a muffled tread of armed
men that roar and rush of trampling
fe-t as Armistead's column from the
rear closed up behind the front line ami
he (the last brigadier) took command,
stepped out in front with his hat ufi
lifted on the |oint of his sword and led
the division, now four ranks deep, rap
idly and grandly across that valley of
death, covered with clover as soft as a
Turkish carpet.
There it was again I and again ! A
sound filling the air above, below,
around us, like the blast through the
top of a dry cedar or the whirring
sound made by the sudden flight of a
flock of quail. It wa* grape, canister,
and the column biwe forward into a
double quick and rushed toward the
stone wa'l where forty cannon were
belching forth grape and canister twice
and thrice a minute. A hundred yards
from the stone wall the flanking party
on the right, coming down on a heavy
run, halted suddenly within fifty yards
and |>oured a deadly storm of musket
balls into Pickett's men, double quick
ing across their front, and under this
terrible cross fire the men reeled and
staggered between falling comrades and
the right tame pressing upon the centre
crowding the companies into confusion.
Hut all knew the purpose to carry the
heights in front, and the mingled mass,
from fifteen to thirty deep, rushed to
ward the stone wall while a few hun
dred men, without orders, faced to the
right and feught the flanking party
there, although fifty to one, and for a
time held them at bay. Muskets were
seen crossed as some fired to the right
end othert to the front and the fighting
was terrific—far beyond all other ex
perience even of Pickett's men, who
for once raised no cheer, while the wel
kin rang around them with the "Union
triple hurra." The old veterans saw the
fearful odds against them and other
hosts gathered darker and deeper still.
The time was too precious, too serious
for a cheer ; they buckled down to the
heavy task in silence, and fought with
a feeling like despair. The enemy were
failing back in front, while officers were
seen among their breaking lines striv
ing to maintain their ground. Pickett's
men wore within a few feet of thestono
wall when the artillery delivered their
last fire from guns shotted to the muz
zle—a blaze fifty leet long went through
the charging, surging host with a gap
ing rent to the roar, but the survivor*
mounted the wall, then over und on
ward, rushed up the hill elose alter the
gunners, who waved their rammers in
the face of Pickett's men and sent up
cheer after cheer a* they felt admiration
tor the gallant charge. On swept the
column over ground covered with dead
ami dying men, where the curth seemed
to he on fire, the smoke deno and suf
focating, the sun shut out, flames bins
ing on every side, friend could hardly
he distinguished Irom foe, but the divi
sion, in the shape of an inverted Y,
with the jwiint flattened, pushed for
ward, fighting, fulling, and melting
away, till half way up the hill they
were met by a powerful body of fresh
troops charging down upon them, and
this remnant, of about a thousand men
was hurled back out into the clover
field. Bravo Armistead was down
among the enemy's guns, mortally
wounded, but was last seen leaning
upon one elbow, slashing at the gun
ners to prevent them from firing at fiis
retreating men. Out in front of the
breastworks the men showed a disposi
tion to reform for another charge, and
an officer looking at the frowning
heights, with blood trickling down the
side of his face, inquired of another,
"What shall we do?" The answer was ;
"If we get reinforcements soon we can
take that hill yet." But no reinforce
ments came, none were in sight, and
about a thousand men fled to the rear
over dead and wounded, mangled,
groaning, dying men, scattered thick,
far and wide, while shot and shell tore
up the (-Arth and minnie ball* (lew
around them for more than a thousand
yards.
I'OMMODOKL STOCKTON'S IH LI..
A I>E.*I'EKXTE ACT tIV WHICH HE SAVED
UIMsEI-r no* C A I'll HE.
From reminiscences by .lo*iah C'uincy,
in the Independent, we take the follow
ing striking incident :
I now come to the roost marvelous
dueling adventure in which Stockton
was engaged, and this 1 shall give as I
heard the story told by it* hero one
day after dinner and in the presence of
several gentlemen who were lingering
about the table. Since writing out the
narrative given below 1 have found in
the Boston City library an anonymous
life of Stockton, apparently written for
some political purpose, and published
in 18-56. The writer give* an account of
this duel from hcarsny and "according
to hi* remembrance." The narrative
differs from jnine in several respect*,
and omit* some striking particulars,
which I am certain that 1 heard from
the principal actor. There inut exist
material* for an authentic life of the
brilliant Commodore, and a most inter
esting book it would be. Neither roy
memory nor my journals are infallible,
and if any particulars are misstated
(which 1 do not believe to fie the ca*ei
they are offered a* subject to correction
by a responsible biographer.
The scene wa* at Gibraltar, and there
had been a previous duel between Stock
ton and a British officer attached to the
station, who, however, wa* not the offi
cer from whom the affront to he are tig
ed had reslly come. There had been
charge* and counter charge*, negotia
tion* and crimination*, till finally the
American officer in command put a stop
to proceeding* by an order that none of
hi* subordinate* should go ashore while
the ship remained in that r>ort. The
lull wa* only temporary. After a short
cruise the Krie returned to Gibaraller,
and this time the real offender WAS
forced by the pubtio opinion of his fel
low* to give the Yankee lieutenant the
meeting he had demanded, A guaran
ty was required by Stockton that the
British authorities of the town should
not be informed of the duel, witb a
view to ordering his arrest, and a pledge
was given that there should be no in
lerjrrence. "Under these circumstsn
ces," aaid Stockton. "I went ashore
without distrust. The flag had been
grossly insulted by a British officer,
who was now hacked up by bis com
rades. I wa* the only unmarried offi
cer on board the Lrie, and my duty
was, of course, clear. The governor of
the fortress, during our previous visit,
had announced thst he would hang any
Yankee who came ashore for the pur
pose of fighting, and, although it was
not probable that he would have dared
to carry out the threat, he would have
been ugly enough had hn caught me.
It was arranged between our seconds
that, u|>on landing, we should be con
ducted to a retired place where the
duel might come off" without interfer
ence. British honor was pledged lo
this, and, believing it still to he worth
something, I was rowed ashore, accom
panied by my second and the ship's
doctor." The graphic description of
what followed must be given in a feeble
outline. The Americans were conduct
ed to a *pot near the top of the rock,
where they met the opposing party.
It then appeared that no immediate
fighting was contemplated, for theJlng
lishmen began to enter upon a discus
sion, and to raise frivolous objection* to
the recognised code of dueling. Stock
ton, seeing that all this tended to de
lay, and suspecting treachery, suddenly
declared that he would waive all rights
and fight at once upon whatever terms
his opponent chose to exact. After
such a declaration no retreat was possi
ble. The ground was measured, shots
were exchanged, and the British officer
fell wounded. Stockton advanced to
inquire into the nature of the injury,
and then the wretched man was shamed
into a confession that treachery had
been praetioed, and that instant flight
was necessary if hi* opponent would
avoid arrest. Upon this the Lieutenant
started for hia tioat, running at full
speed. His way lav through a passage
cut out of the rock, which gave access
to the beach below. Upon turning a
corner, when about half way down, be
was confronted by a file of soldiers,
drawn up to oppose his passage. The
officer in command was a pursy little
fellow, who seemed to enjoy hugely the
iiicotnfiture of his supposed captive.
There stood this merry gentleman upon
a parapet which gulped the road, and
which was raised a few feet above it.
Hia squad waa ranged In a Una with
him, completely cutting off the pas
sage. There was not a moment for de
lay ; the situation was desperate; it
could be met only by u resolve a* des
perate. The officer was off his guard
and was chuckling with delight. Now
was the instant for a dash. Now stiffen
the sinews, summon up the blood, and
there was yet a chance for liberty. In
stead ol making the surrender which
was expected, Stockton sprang at this
cheerful officer. He grappled with him ;
lie got his head under his arm, lie
jumped with hiin from the parapet, and
in a moment the two men clasped to
gether were rolling over and clown the
side of the rock. Presently the parties
separated, the Englishman rolling one
way and the American another. At
length Stockton managed to stop his
perilous descent and dropped a number
of feet to the bench below. Covered
with blood and dirt, with his clothe*
nearly stripped from him, he accosted
a gentleman who was taking his morn
ing ride upon the beach, and begged
the instant loan of hi* horse. This re
quest the rider not unnaturally declin
ed, Whereupon he wa* seized by the
leg and pulled from the saddle. His
assailant mounted the horse and put
ting him (o hi* speed made for the
boat. He looked up for a moment and
saw the Moldieis running about m a dis
tracted manner, most of them tearing
down the road to cut him off. Stock
ton, however, reached the boat, gave
the order to pull for the frigate, and
then fainted. He did not recover con
sciousness until he found himself in his
berth on l>oard the Erie.
These events were related at the per
sistent request of other*. They were
given modestly, but with great spirit.
There were at that time living witnesses
to the escape, and the fact* connected
with it were well known. I have al
ready said we must regard Stockton's
duels from the |>oint of view of the
profession to which he was devoted.
The highest officers in the Navy sanc
tioned this barbarism a* a duty to which
a brave and honorable man might be
called. Ooly a few years before my
visit to Washington four American com
modore* left the city on this miserable
business. I'ecatur ami Barron were the
principal*; Bainbridge and Elliot act
ing a* seconds. The brave and gallant
1 'ecatur, the pride of the American
Navy, there met his death. It is not
necesary to reort to Christian ethics
to condemn a practice which has cost
such valuable live* ; but let u dojustice
to the high-minded men who were vic
tims of infatuation which we have left
behind us.
V ltOl.lt M'Li I I.ATOIt.
I Hiring the first oil excitement a
young man came to (hi "ty with but
i-'t ; but he wore good clothe*, had an
education and plenty of "check." After
surveying the situation for a day or two
lie concluded to 'peculate, and finding
a farmer who had not yet !eaed or sold
hi* land, he represented himself as an
agent for a wealthy companv. with in
structions to buy up land. The farmer
wa* rather reluctant about selling, but
finally terms were agreed upon, and the
paper* were drawn up arid signed.
Twenty dollar* were paid down to bind
the bargain ; s'>,(*lo more were to be
paid in thirty day*, ami ST.OOQ more in
six month*, lie bad hut |i to meet an
obligation of SIOOOO. but, not despair
ing, fie quietly awaite i the completion
of a well that wa* being drilled near
hi* ne v puich*e. The well was finish
ed in five day* after the *le, and proved
to be a good one. He wa* offered SJO,-
I**l for the farm, but f 10,00' I clear gain
in five 'lay* did not tempt him to sell,
for another well wa* being drilled on
the adjoining farm, and should it prove
to be a big producer, hi* land would f>e
very valuaole. <'n the other hand,
should it be a "duster," he could not
even get a* much a* he agreed to pay
for it. Still lie did not sell, and the
time pjued rapidly away. Only a few
day* remained before be would hare to
pay s'|,ooo, or the *le would be can
celled. Twenty eight days had passed
and the well was rot down yet, although
they expected to reach the oil rock
every hour. On the night of the twen
ty-ninth day he sat up in the derrick
with the driller*, for they knew they
were within a few feet of the and.
Midnight came and the hand* were re
lieved by another force. Hi* lat day
had come and was wearing away, and he
knew that the farmer would not wait
one minule longer th*n the law requir
ed him, for he had several time* l>ecn
offered a larger amount for the land.
At two o'clock the *and was reached,
and the well proved to be the largest
producer yet struck in the new field.
The new* of the new well rapidly
spread, and by noon the hext day a
number of wealthy oil men were on the
ground, anxious to secure the adjacent
territory. That (lay the young man
sold hi* farm of 110 acres for SI,OOO per
acre, clearing in thirty days SIOO,OOO.
with a capital of only twenty five dol
lars to start on.
tVashlaglnn In Sntnmer.
X MTV WITHOI'T HBBEZBS.
A Washington correspondent of the
Buffalo tirvner say* : "There is nd place
in the Union with such a combination
of cause* for the production of heat in
Summer at Washington. The result is
there are day* every Summer when it is
hotter here than at any other point
covered by the observation* of the sig
nal service. The causes are numerous.
First the altitude is low, it could not
well be lower, without danger of inun
dation from the ocean. The ocean tides
come* up, and if met by high water
from shore, as in February, the low
ground is covered with water. Pennsyl
vania avenue, between the White
House and the capitol at its lowest
places, is only eight or ten feet above
tide.
The capitol itseH, which occupies the
highsst ground within the corporate
limits of Washington, is only one hun
dred feet above the sea level. Yet with
alt the disadvantages of a dead sea
level, there are none of the advantages.
The distance to the ocean is so great
that sea breexe* are sn unknown luxury
unless one goes to them. Tbs surround
ing country is low and sandy, and there
are no mountain* or large extent of
forests near enough to have the least ef
fect upon the heat burdened atmos
phere. In the City the black asphaltun
pavements "draw" the heat and hold
it. lakrn altogether the combination
mirl' pn ,t torrid Summer climate, from
which those who rim try to escape.
Another disadvantage of Hummer re
lot nee here i* the remote rienn of relief.
10 reach any of the seaside resort* or
the mountain* of Pennsylvania or West
Virginia require. , |H jte a long journey.
F.very Summer there i. .„ ÜBU HI com
I " ll 'l the Tapitol hould not have
been erected hero, and Heorgs Wash
ington IH blamed (or making the aelec
lion, although be had little to do with
it except to throw hi. influence for a
aite on the Potomac instead of the Sua
quehanna, in Pennsylvania. At a mat
ter of fact, the aite selected by a vote of
Hongre** then tutting at Philadelphia
waa on the Susquehanna, a little at>ove
liarrishurg. That was about the first
sectional question introduced into our
|oiiti(-s, the Southern members all vot
ing for a location on the Potomac, and
the Northern members for a location on
the Susquehanna. The vote locating it
on the Susquehanna was reconsidered
by a compromise in which a proposition
that the National Oovernment should
not assume the debts of the several
Slate* was involved.
A Pim itKStJK I'IO.NEKIt.
cot., AI.IIEHT it. T-iKirrea'S KEVIKGE FOB
THE NI'KOEK OF HIS WIFE.
Fe<iu lbs I*l S„rO- I'rusjx-tnr
For the past six months Uol. Pfeiff.-r
lias been bedfast, and at no time have
hopes been entertained of bis recovery.
On Wednesday, April f., 1881, at about
11 o clock, he died. liia last request
was that he be buried quietly and un
ostentatiously. He was interred among
the foothills overlooking his beautiful
ranch, with no crowd or ceremony, only
five being present.
Col. Albert ii. I'feiffi-r was born in
Friesland, on the coast of Holland, in
* ictober, 1 *"!!. His father is, or was, a
Lutheran minister, and hia mother was
of Scotch descent, from a Scotch noble
family. He left bis native country
when twenty-two year* of age, and oome
directly to the \\ est as a soldier in tiie
rank*. He married a Spanish girl, of
Abequin, New M'-xico, when about
thirty four year* old, by whom he had
two or three children, only one ol whom
is alive.
It was at this point in his life when
be gained national celebrity. He was
in command of Fort Macro- and was
taken ill. J here are some hot spring*
located some six miles from the foil
and neat the Itio (irande river. Hun
self, wife and another lady, with an e*
corl of ten soldiers, went there to bathe,
and, while he was still in the bath, the
Apache Indian* rushed down on them,
whooping and yelling like the demons
that they were, and frightened the sol
dier* so thst they took to their heel*
and escajx-d ; but not so with the ladies
—both were shot dead. 01. PfeifTer
ieap--l to th- bank, grasped Ins ntle
and fired, killing one of the fiends, but
the odd* were too great and hi* only
escape wa* in running and plunging in
to the river, which he did. but not be
fore two arrow*, one of which was poi
oned, had been lodged in hi* left side
and leg. He managed to swim the
river, found medical aid. and soon re
covered from the wounds. Then it was
that the Indian* found a terror in our
hero. Many were the red fiend* that
fell victims to hi* unerring rifle. He
would *t one time be at the head of a
band of Indian* who were at war with
the Apaches ; then again he would mus
ter up a body of Mexican* or white*
and go on the war path, thirsting for
vengeance. The principal part of hi*
fighting was done under Kit OutOß,
and he w an associate of Bill Bent,
St. Vrain. Maxwell and other* of a like
-tamp'. From the time of the death of
hi* wife he let! a roving life, was off to
every new discovery, and wherever he
could be of use to white men.
He came to this valley shout thirty
year* ago, snd described it as being the
i finest country he ever saw. All along
the It to (irande and on the smaller
stream* game of all kind* abounded,
and the Indian roamed at will and was
monarch of all he surveyed.
A member of the New York legisla
ture *• continuously talking, and once,
when the pre*idmg officer would not
recognise bim, lie roue to a privileged
question and demanded the right to
•end for a glass of water. The presid
ing officer remarked that it wo* the
fir*l attempt he had ever *eeo to ruo a
windmill with water.
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