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Ill Oil. In courtesy to her e'
11 * (111 144 ;p accupial a seat on the hers
) 4 , placed for them a chair
24 THE FUNERAL liras Eberton first if*
direction to cc'
. ant. unknown, frith solemn mi-n. wish for ear
A stranger stood among the crowd;
mg doer
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lie mourning badge was there unites...
llis thoughts were on the coffin d shroud:— the l•
▪ • b e! , 'turas the form, within its fold. •
~ On which itie pensive , thoughts were turned—.
1 0: bidden griefs she ne'er bad told.
And snourfrate'lr, to be inane/
The sable !wane precedee the throng
Of weeping friends to her misted;
The silent stranger emotes along.
'Mere. all alike. to him appear*/
ge thought nbt of the living ear.
Bat on 'du spirit lately tled.L.
Fir far from friends—from (needs mostdear,
at broke his whispers to the dead.
.Thy warm affections. Ann did twine.
' When drawn by wedlock's Silken chain,
4 i;wand a heak; less pure than thine.
~-" Till wedlock's tore was spent in rain.
No kindred heart then beat to thine,
3 No kindred dam del tarn to these—
A h e art, dear warners, fund as thine.
Degrees/a bless'd eternity."
The stranyr paned. and ceased his strain;
A pane had torn his feeling- breast. .
Aid racer) , dare not touch. again.
it The eb bed that hastened her to rest.
The fiat of her fate, was sealed.
Whbeh chained her to the fatal spell!
One only knew the fact revealed—
Stu- loved ' but whom—the grave won't tell.
Towisni, Oct 1853. P.
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*rt•g i u a 1 gait.
ant. unknown, kith solemn mi^n.
A stranger stood among the crowd;
gist mourning badge was there unseen--
Big tbouthis were on the coffin d shroud:—
14j, 'twig ME form. within its fold.
On which kit peocive,thooghts were turned—. -
p t bidden griefs she ne'er bad told,
And soctai-fremour; to be Waned.
RIRIE &T.&linialf.
Teas on a mild January evenin,z, the moon
ire dear, the sky wax cloudless and bespangled
oh in millions of bright luminaries and there was
'calmness in the air still as the grave. Maria
Subary and two or her acquaintances, Miss Up•`
x anJ Miss Ebermn, were sitting at the Iront par.
window of her mo•her's boarding house, in
I—, viewing and expatiating upon the beautiful
W ding-a pp ea ranee of the evening, when two
tthe Inmates, Mr. King and Mr Camp, stepped
a the room, and after passing theicommoncivili-'
a, Mr. K. asked the, lint tes it they had heard of
u concert To be given at • the Church that
'org for the relief of the poor? Responding in
airgative, a polite invitation was tendered them
qa gentlemen to accompany them in a walk to
apirce of performance, which after a beconiihg
WiJion, (the true characteristic of modesty) was
mpied, and the little party were anon under way.
k 'ming at the place they ascertained that the
=en room was crowded to such excese as not
adorn of any further augmentionnt ul the number
eidy within. While the little group were. deba
r; eipon what :altetnative should supply the disap.
rirttnent, Eberton. who always delighted in
*meow adventures, cut lhon the tleb.tte by pro
ro,ng to visit to 4. old Nelly " the fonone
lobe dealer in matters " m fultirci." though fan,-
din her avocatirui, lived in an obscure alley in
ntobarbs of the place, Maria suggested the in!f=
;1? ietyof repairing thither at so late an boar in the
R'iti The proposition, however; being second-
e by Mies Upton, tote gentlemen in a - spint of ma
im assented Mr. King, upon whose arm . Ma
•lrbted, expressed to her in an under tone, his
Indelible of the propriety of the adventure, but
nobody would know anythirig about it but them
lens he thought they might perhaps venture:—
Ca Eberton performed the part of guide, and thin
Ivy after a promenade along by-onsets andalleFs
gth arrived at " old Nally's" habitation It
teal old dilapidated log budding, with what eas
vtolkm call a " sloop'? in "front, and seemed a
3C "fit remidence for supernatural than human be•
Maria thundered air she approached it and
:No dafily shrunk back, poles' ing that she would
But Mr. K. laughingly remarked that
ma la would make the matter no worse, and, as
4 3 had gone so far, they might as well =Wm-
tee ihe object they had eel ow for,•-she reluctant.
'yielded and they went in. bits* E ettquiteil it
old Sa lly" was , in, and was answered by aswar.
looking girl, to appearance in the middle of her
tent, that her aunt WPS op maim, but would soon
thllogaged—very correctls presuming their er.
%NI to he in the line of her aunt's calling Mean.
th
- 118 the compa n y ,smosed themselves dilating up.
.rt the novelly of the exceursion. While in the full
rittnn of their mirth they were wattled by she sp
umes of two female figures in dinner*, passing
t rc'ielv hastily betote.them through the narrow
oppooiv the ran in- which they were seated,
%were joined at the liontdoor by terngendemen
op in their cloaks, and the whole eetorted
lett a cautious celerity that defied discovery dr
sision. Their apectraf pearanres
the obscurity of Wet place, excited in the ladies
e degree of alarm. Their fears however were
d impale! by the jests of the gentlenten. who
ilgrd in a latitude which elsewhere would have
l less - warrantable, but there seemed only corn
srate with the aware of the adventure, par
'Y Mr Camp, who dealt copiously in them
be expense of " old Nelly'e" mese. At theism
, 144 al old Nally, the niece escorted the company
40 1% a narrow entry op's winding flight of tot!
kit emirs and estbsted them into I kind of dick
it 'lihe, they were introduced la a tawny, broad
t
Itti %Dab looking tamale, who appeared to be
th 'Avowed aid, ot arty life. Anton pipe
: 41 waived int met bow theaters below, ems
7"-d to the apartment *boat an sepal portion
*oath and awoke-sea old Ado, opoo which
paek ot etude, frearwhicit emblem
%to rand, with spropriailsrmseybsibie
440 hind:** with allthoteteitlee and salami.
,puxasultiorpar SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD .COUNTY, PA., BY B. WIRALI.GOODRICH._
ties with which litilickeguered-sseto straw beds
with tattered covering, and -the number of
chairs, ancient in appearance se t • owneticam-
Edema the schedule of fern ' th at graced the
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mockloti. In courtesy to het eustorners t old Neily
occupied a seat on the bed aids at one nod, and
placed for them a chair tu the side of the table.- -
'Miss Eberton first took theshair•ssefter obeying her
direction" to cut the carder . ind while doing it to
wish for something, old - Itieldi took op the ',Main
int/division of them, and glincinit ber lOW eye at
the L-onom one, then taming to Miss &tenon with
-*significant smile.. facetiously told her she would
have her wish.. She then commenced dealing and
reading them off. and all the vicissitudes of Miss
gbetton'a tutors lik.even to a minute dsscription
of the ..usband to whom she was to be allied, and'
the number and stee„ of the fruits of their happy on
ion, were commooicalcd with a confidence that ex
cited astonishment. and a volubility that would
have.distanced the mod adept stenographer. Nest
in torn came Miss Upton, to whom thi -pages of
futurity were onfuleed in like manner, but varying
in the description of the husband and incidents of
marriage. Last of the three came Maria=-he ap.
proachsd the table on which' fay the prescient re
cords of fate, with some degme of hasitation.— ,
There was a orange tremor in her delicate hand,
as she gently divided the cards, and het counte
nance indicated a &Weider conflict of feeling; at
one moment tier cheeks were auflased with a vivid
hoe, and in the nes, it receded and wu followed
_by a death-dike paleness. She endeavored to con
ceal it by a coerced,Blllits, but 'twas visibly not na
tural—it seemed like a single sunbeam forcing its
way through an aperture in a thick cloud. These
indications were, however, by her companions, st
-triboted io the influence of her lofty nature, in be
ink submitted, in their presence, to the onieeleof
old Nelly's scrutiny into her private relations in of
ter We
After disposing of the anal preliminaries,draw
ing a card and turnirg it face upwards, said Nelly,
" My dear, you will be a young bride, and your
husband will'be kind and loving. She then drew
another'', anti half uttered its divination, when she
stopped short and gave it an equivocal look u it
an willing to give credence to it. ominous disclosure.
cud then as it the re-examination wasconfirmaiory
of her first impression, she said in an emphatic but
half suppressed tone, ctdressed to herself, " well,
it is so!" you will also be a young widow l"
Bin on diawing a third and looking at it , she drop
ped the card and raised her hands as If. horror
smock. After partially regaining her composure of
countenance), she said in a degree of solemnity that
really seemed impressive. " my desr, shall I tell
you the truth ? It is awful bad. but the card reads
so—you will die a widow by the hand of one who
will love you!" " I had hoped rot had better for
tune in store for me, Nelly," said Magi*, in a tone
that betrayed evident pertubmion of mind, notwith
standing her endeavor to correct it. "Oh. never
mind," said Mr. C in a spirit of railery, t Nelly
prices her for wines according to qualiy, and yours,
(Aiming to Maria) being a bsd one, won't be over
hall price Fearful of injoring ner own (online by
detatilig not bAtt ones to others, Nelly replied that
if the gentlemen 11'4 ; ladies would call again she
would perhaps find Anmeihing better for them
Vier all Linsto:cessful etlort by M 0.., Eberton to as•
certain nom Nelly who those two ladies m disguise
were, ink getitlemen compensated her liberally,
and this party I t ook their leave. On their way home
a council was held in which theprofouudest secre
sy was enjoined in regard to the events of the even
"tig.',However incredulous we may be in regard
to human beings possessing the power of toretel•
lidg emu. there are few upon whom an impres
sion may not be made by developements of an ex
traordinary character, especially if they appertain
immediately to ourselves.. Who is there that does
not, in after life, experience in a less or giemerde 7
gree the effect of ghost and hobgoblin stories told
by some tziwitip in the eager hearing of our child
hood! But palpable as is the - fact we are too
proud to own it—and who lions fancy's vision hu
not witnessed the effect s malty palpable, in trans.
loaning thizers inanimate into living and moving
vac ua,' I a m howeve digressing. That night
alter Maria had mitred. rtly's prophesy was (FM-
tinually flowing in her mind, nor could she drive it
away until the ',rem...cent twilight 01 reason was
Armirned in " nstoie'm .weet restorer balmy steep;"
but her slumbers were no protection against its ob.
trusty, haunts, and thrice did she awake ere mom-
ing's dawn from dreams of murder, with the Jag.
ger of her assassin reek•ng with blood lingering up
on het frightened imagination, and for several
nights of herdreams were re-visited in like
maims/. But as time ogled on, these impressions
giedually were sway, and gaiety roperceded the
gloom they had imperceptibly engendered.
Among her riamises admirers there was nue
upon whorl she besieged her fair hand, and was
led tattle Hymenial iltar the happy bride of Ran
dolph- Donley. No two ever seemed better suited
to each other, than was Maria and Randolph ,
seemed as if it had been heaven's pleasureto exert
more than its wonted skill in making them para
gons of connubial affeciiiin, and enviableexamples
of matrimonial teliciy. -- But the ways of Pfeil;
deice are inscrutable. Objects seem to be render
ed doobly.dear to us so that we may the more
pctignanily fete their loss when deprived of them...
fact of - which 'dig following lines sifted a *saw
" I sever luid a dote Gaulle
To glad me. with its soft black eye.
But when ft came to know me well,
and low am it was ewe to diar
Thom months from the 'aide, day„ the sinned
rower of old Nsly woo foUlliel•soi mains firm
had used bar fond Wend the bow mealsl
aid awl the :Worm awing amid me anima *
perm Mu wombed ems him day mod eight
with the am ammo eelisitade, mad the ham,
spark ems arises. Q.:.4 4 is alwayaympoelesed
the as of dm foe %luck hos awe% ado*
esquentlyMariestraihmeesonabti. 'She fettle
Rohe we/timed to drink from tilliotionos sap its
blouse drop. Amidst ter Iroublemt she had still
one seahly tio of affection that owed the hat bean.
string hem breaking. 'Two het little Joint upon
whom she could look es a menteatoof the =Wing
constant 7 of her benne& 'Randolph. At the vet
petit* of her molter, she relinquished house
keeping", and returned to the maternal - mansion am
fleautial, me in grief, tint had. no been long at
her mother% until she iturseted the admiration end
became 'the univerad favorite of the boarders.
One day as she was acting at her piano, playing
a favorite tune other hue hatband, who was ever
present to bet, the was familiarly emoted by a
gentleman who had appointed her unpeteeivei-
Sbe recognized in his ;moon her old ermtaintance,
Mr. Meg, Whole she bad not seen SW several years.
In the come of the different topics of conversant";
be happened to allude to the visit to-t , old Reny ;"
the sisociation of that event with bet Joe afflictive
bereavement presented Reggio strongly to her ten
der sensibility, that in the overflow of feeling she
burst into tears, which she could not for The mo.
mint restrain, although she was consciottithat to.
slicing the prediction wee nothing more than a ens
nal Coincidence of profit:deo and ft:Hilt:4ot. Re
covering 'her self pomade°, eke !apologised to Mr
K. for giving way to berlaelinp, and the balance
of the silerneoe became more interesting es bet
melancholy subsided; sad during his stay in than
M o e she had several agneatio inuoniew s with
Wm.
That. was one of the boarder. who oeseted to
bestow more marked attention ro Maria than the
rest, and Myer appeared to he at esse, *slept in
her company ; Moshe *initiated his attentions to a
disposition to dihipale the melancholy that was
prelim, upon her, and treated him with a reapers.
due to one actuated by such a - laudable motive.—
It was not long, however, until she was undeceised
in her opinion—he whispered in her astonished ear
his tale of love. Embarrassed as she was by the
communication, she scarcely knew what to,do.
Hisliitherto kind attention claimed her respect, so
far as to prohibit her saying - anything that would be
calculated to wound his feelings—candor forbade
Ler saying-anything upon which he could rege a
hope to effect an alliance so repugnant to her in
cl.nation. She eventually however; bit upon he
expedient of feigning to view it as a matter of jest,
and ere he could enforce the fact of his sincerity,
left the room. But his incessant attentions tubes
queotly became so annoying to her that she was
compelled in self defence to intimate to him , her
aversion, mitt° treat him with undisgui-ed reserve
As obstacles thrown in the way, instead of emin
goish.rtg, Is fuel to the flame of love, so it was with
Jared Harper; his passion increased—his jealousy
became excited against others who appeared to en
joy more of her smiles than be—he threatened to
commit mien), if She rejected his suit: everything
in Phan, that unrequited passion could - provoke, in
wally to invent, was resorted to in order to rib
, min her affection'', or at least her consent to be
come his wife. His phrengied mind could not en
dure the idea of her charms being enjoyed by an
other, surveil expedients having failed, his'yesered
to the to t Illness was feigned by him Maria,
acting iS conjunction with her mother as superin
tendent of the household affairs, Harper called to
her—supposing he Wanted her to order some nom
ishment, ste repaired to his chamber and desired
to know what he would have; he asked her if eh.
had irrevocably determined nos to have him 1 Sbe
remained silent, and was about retiring when be
rudely seized her h onn bolding against her side the
,Point of a poinard wormed I the alarm was
raised—but too late to pretreat the twaltwasamphe
so truly foretold by "Old Nifty." ' P.
I/Mee TRIROVOR szcanive Pa.—A Trivet de
.cribing the the Lunatic Asyloin at Blackwell's
land, says: 4 ' Here is a woman whom joy bas de
prived of bet owes. Hei husband and child were
on board a vessel which was wrecked.< Going
down to the shore every day, as if with the wish al
being nearer the beloved objects that 141Pbcried be.
neath the pea, suddenly she beheld thew' landing
from a vessel which had pirked them up and us.
ed them. An overwhelming float of joy pervaded
her bosom, and then reason was gone forever. She
never has known them since, but pits on what she
thinks the same rock, where she peed to beirail
their fate, wringing her bands and moaning most
piteously, while evert week the husband and son
come and gave on her lace, in hope to rouse one
gleam of memory, but in vain.
FATC or its A rosnce—St. Mathew is soppos.
to have suffered martyrdom or was slain with the
sword at the City al gallops.
S.. Mark wa• dragged through the streets of Al•
exandna, in Egypt, till he expired.
St. Luke was banged -upon an Witt tam in
Greece.
St. John was put in , a cauldron of boding oil, ai
Rome, and escaped death ! Re afterwards died a
natural death at Ephesus, in Asia.
St. James the gmas was beheaded at Jerusalem
St. James the Lass was thrown trim a pinnacle,
or wing of the mewls and then beaten to death
with a fuller's 'club.
St. Philip's, hanged sko against a pillar at
erapolia, a city or Phrygia. .
St. Bartholomew was Rayed alive, by ibe cesa.
wand of a Outworn king. . ,
St. Andre. was Wend tea erns, whence he
preached to the people till be mined.
& Therms was me *mush the bedy with •
lance, at Commundel„pt dmgam Oidie4.
041" teatia, lit* gun' • 'ea sa d books threl
the was haw via 6-140 kaki thslasawilleb
«ma boo let maw Jae *Oda 141044. will
man oak is Taco.
I_ag wbe l =ball iMe,% l Vblighi*
tar hilliVe
lEEE
sir inttreramoir.
The world has pleasures rich and rare.
Beneath God'. lolly dame;
Bat there ate atm which ea° compare,
With childhood's happy base.
We my not the rich wpm,
Nor at oar lot mire . •
ittys whkb Cbilcboad bdasa to ea.
Ate lambs and akin,.
Though we may from *scup aflame, ;
D risk ao Inspiring dram& ;
Though we may foam ambitiotes.statums,
Its tidy pkasurrs cost.
Tat will the memory of oar youth.
'Wheterer we may roam,
Still Wog to as, and waft us tack
To happy childhood's hams.
Theo velem fly oo thoe'a mitt wimp,
O. let not be fotoot.
Thebliaa see m. winch we etiliried
is cbildhood'i bumble lot.
And whether 'de oar tate to tae.
Or onward still,to roam.
May.memory often briar to us.
Our ntildhoors happy home.
COL. BEI4TONS HISTORY.
WINO 1830- 6 anoitrelikatonle, Piero=lrr
Zombilabium* *Sabo Gliebe News Peri?.
At a Presidential leveer the winter of 1830—'U,
Mr. Doff Omen, editor of the Idegrapil newspa
per, eddressed , a person then !nd now e residentof
Weelbulfiloo Coy, Ql r. J. M t'pricansan.) and in
cited hltb to call at is house, as he had something
to say to him which would. require a confidential
interview The call was made, the object of the
interview divelneed. which was nothing tinut than
Io engage his (Mr Onneensan's) ausistance in the
execution of a scheme in relation to the next Pres
idential election, in which Gen Jackson should be
prevented from becoming a-candidate for- re elec
tion, and Mt Calhoun should be Omen lament
in his place. He informed Ms. Dfincesnoun that a
rupture vat impsnding between) Gene-;i1 Jackson
and Mr Calhoun . ; that a correspondence had taken
place between them, brought about (es hvilieged)
by the antigun ol Mr. Van Boren; that Inc comes.
pondence was limn in print, but its pubication de
layed until certain arrangements could be made;
that the democratic papers of the inr:t prominent
points in the states were to be first secured, and
men well known to the People as dem.)crats, bat
in thettisclusive interest's of Mr. Calhoun, plowed in,
charge of them as editors; that as felon as the as
rangementawere complete, the Ideripls would
sterile the country with the announcement at Itte
datcnity. (hetween General Jack•on. and Mr. OW
horn,) and the motive for it. and that all the germ
ed peeves, taking their cue from the lelegiaph,
would take sides with Mr. Calhoun, and cry out al
the same lime, and the storm would seem to be so
universal, and the indignation against Mr Van Bo
ren wool l appear to be so 'peat, that even Gen
end Jackson's popularity would be citable to save
thaw.
Mr. Dancansan was then invited in take p ar t i n
ihe execution of 'la - scheme, and to take charge of
the Frankton (Sr) Argvs, and nattering induce
ment• held out to 'ammo Nei to do so. Mr
Duncansan expressed surprise and regret at all that
he heard—declared himself the friend of General
Jackson, and of Isis re-election—opposed to all
schemes to present hire from being • candidate
again—a disbeliever in their success, if attempted
-and made known his determination to reveal the
scheme, if it was not abandoned. Mr. Green beg
ged him not to do so—said that the plan was not
mlly agreed upon, and might not be carries one
was the end of the first interview. 4 fa few
dayiefterwarda, Mr Green . ealled upon Mr. Dun.
cancan, and informed him that a rupture was now
determined upon, and renewed his proposition that
he should take charge of some paper either aijum
prettier or as editor. on a liberal salary' .. - -ione that
would-tell . on the farmers and mechanics of the
country, and made so cheap as in go into every
workshop and cabin. Mr. Guncansan was a pram
ticsl printer—owned a good job office—wag doing
a large business, especially for the departments—
and only wiehedlo remain where hs was. Mr
Green offered, in both interviews, to relieve him
tmm that concern by purchasing it from him, and
assured him that kis would otherwise ln.e the prim
tin* of the departmepte, and be sacrificed Mr
Dancansan again vefused in have . anything to do
with the scheme, consulted with some friends, and
canted the wt ale to be commanicated'in.G-n. Jack.
son. The information did nil take he General by
surprise; it was only i confirmation of what, he
well suspected, and had been wisely providing
against' The history of a Movement in Mr Mon
roe's cabinet, to bring him before a conr..martial,
for his invasion. of Spanish territory doting the Se
monde war, had jos/ count to his knowledge; the
doctrine of nffilifiration had just been broached in
Congress; his own patriotic toast—tt The F e d era l
Union: it mars 'be pereserved"—bad been deliver.
ell ; his own Wittiest sagacity told him all the rpm;
the breach with Mr. Calhnon, the detection of the
rd ei r , cv di, and the n ity for a new paper at
Washington, faith( , Gramme and incorruptible.
The tekropi h d been the central metropolitan
organ of ht. blend and of the democratic party.
daring the tang and bitter canvass which ended in
the election of Giin. Jeekson, in .1828 Its ednor
had been gratified with meths' rich ttqa of 'King
-the public printing of the Gooses of CungreittOitt_ l
executive patronage, end , ihe orgsnsbtp or she .4:- ,
ministration. The paper was cull . (in 10130).4r.i
its isolommi, and . to Itie pElPito 6)4, !h1 adsocate
and opposer of Geri J4asoun ;_ but he tosw what
wiwto Wpm, sail trimly took hut miasma to
Ow* ao ittostalik ouspitigeniy. In I. iiionor of
/0 10, a roalleal!n 1 44 1 4 0 "r i tH i rMio •i * .6 , 41 ii ii,
ad. Melia port. . lha Visalguil 044 -
IbriikocFAs
sps: . tat•d Iry iew at a aul t ia.
twits sar* is Cooing. Ito toquiterlar thip so
tor, sidle tbed !Ilia to to *ix% if ildr-43at
editor, bat en ocesakmil contributor tithe •
aod had him written .to on the subject of taking
chew of a paper in Wisthitwort. Vbriepplkee
tion took let Blair try serrial. HO MOO not think
ing of changing hie residence - and pursuits He 1
wee - well occupied where he we. clerk tithe to
armies ofikw of the-Sate Cheoil Conn at the espi.
tel of the state, Waded ;Resident of the Common
wealth Bank, by the elective oldie legielatare ‘ and
proprietor of a farm and slaves ht rich mate. 'But
he wan devoted to - Oen. imettsintad his measures,
end did not hesitate to relinquith his secure' Wien
taus at home, to enpge in the untried bvineesef
editor at Washington. Be came, established the
Sabo newepaper,soon after senciated with John
C. Rives, a gentleman worthy of the earociation and
of the
. confidence of Oen. Jackson end of the, de.
macratitrparty, and under their maturgemencihe
paper became the efficient del ['Atalanta') of the
administnuion during the whole period of his set
vice, and that of his ettocessor. Mr. Van Buren. ft
was established in time, and joat in time, to meet
the advancing events at Washinmon City. All
that Geo laritson . had femme') in relation to the
dinduct of the. liirgraph end all that had been
communicated through Mr. Duncasintn. came tti
pose; and he found himself, early in thelbst term
of his administration, engaged mit triple war—with
nollifkolioft, the Bank of the United States, and the
whiz party, and moat have been without .deterece
or support from the newspaper press at Washing
ton, had.it not been for bikforesight in establithing
the-Otobe.
A Hone se's Diecaurnas tee a them aT Ma
Anon Horn Ain epee a traittanelderly How
iee, who had been no the Phew come eihtbitimr at
New York en 4 who bed oho seen the Brim me
et he ealled it
.-"bid you remain kin in Nw York," T 'skied
him.
" Well, siii" aroarerod be thoughtfully, a only
Iwo days, for I saw there was vight smart chance
of ginning to - death, and I'm opposed to that
of going down. I pot op at one ou their taverns, and
I allowed I was going to be treated to the whole."
Where did you stop," aid I. interrupting him
" At thedsksfore Hance. I allow you don't ketch
me to no men place twin. Tney rung a 110/1,
'hey called it, font timesafote Ineaktilt, asa ,then
when I went in to eat, therireran't perry tittles on
, he table!"
" What was there," I wenn:nee to inquire.
•• Well," paid the OWL Witty enumerating the
items cautiously, I , there as sultan plate...wrong
PO. uP,•-•i knife, a detsgutosi. a split vim and a
handbill/ and what was frame," added *my owe.
Panics; •' the institute nigger up end asked me
what I wanted : violets" says.l, a Wog, your
vitt/nand Itl kelp my air
As TiteaN Joss—ln the time of an Indian trop.
his, a (irintly Indian visited the bine- o'f Govern
or 01 anode Wand, when the Governor took
nernesion to request him if any strange Indiana bad
come to his wigwam, to let him know it.:
the Indies) promised to do, sod the venni told
him that when he should dose, he would ginrbim
a mug of flip. Some time after the Indian came
again, and on meeting . the Governor, said,
" Well, Mr. Gubemor, strange Indian came to
my house last night."
" Ah," said the Governor, :g what did he say s°
I' He did not speak," replied the Indian. •
" Re did not speak at all r inquired the Govern.
or.
" He did not speak at all."
-" That looks suspicious," said his ezeellimey,
and inquired if he was there still. Being told he
was the governor theagave him flirt promised man
'flip. When about to depart, he mildly It,—
Mr..Gubernoc, my aquae bad a papooselaat
night," and the giivernor finding that the emerge
Indian was a new burn papoose, was glad to Bud
there was anomie of alarm.
Paccrerns wit —There was some unconscious
wit, and a deil of cirdsltsh-phdorophy in the reply
which a little girl—pretty, height child, not quite
lour( years old—made to her lather. She was an
noyed at some itiAshoes,which she was anxious%
*humid he replaced by-new ones', and was vetoing"
her indignation a,ijbrr a more boisterous WNW.,
than her father thotight proper.
:• What's the matter there, Corm haws yoe got
afill"
•' No, papa, they don ' t tme at all said she.—
And then she !piney!t all the fault's of the
shoes in-set terms, andleached the climax thus.
- thy, they don't even squeak when 1 walk out."
• (Kr A. New Hampshire editor-while recently
traveling, had his wallet abstracted from hie pock
et by an admit pickpocket, while indulging in a
"bon nap. The thief was so disgusted worritte is
suit of his esploi Mat he returned the'plunder by
express, to the address written insidelbe wallet,
web thibtliiiiring note: ,
'• You riiiiiinebd skunk, bears youitockit book.
I don't keep no slab. Fur a man deemed as wen
at. you was to go round with a wallit with notbin
in it but a lot of newspaper sareits, >v iaury tooth
comb, two noospaper stamply an' a pan from a
rale-rode director, is a oontentyletrtd• imputsition
on the public. As I bear yortlieditor, I" 's'um
yourizub. 1 never robs any bstgentlemen.",*
. .
06•,. An ap4eicary's boy was lardy net to
!rave at oae boasea beet of pins. wad at weber
iytc live aerie. Conhtved oa theway, he left the
pdte' *hilt theltierk'lthoold have it sad"' the
ktelket ihe pill place The Mks' who readied
sh e jowls were letouiebett at teadms, the amo.
pars Oit dirndl:Numb &rano*. Ow oswq low
0414 genie seri befelliiik Wel eidifait•
rind blue over a year, wbea 01 ! Iro*lb
debeent" tfaert girt, due hate
.S.MEICIII
- 1 1). Murk* Wient
A consiprerient of the New York Ulan web.
-
in; tram pouts
The feat tiiituriping from a balloon, the jeeps:
sustained by so WM.:Libber rope, was doll per
formed, ow Intraday. ft was the stepsodom
eshibnion otifiring trod address that the Plllllllll/44
Wave yet been permitted to witness., From no.
side of the ear °fate balloon hungthe tidbit : dubber
cord, demmoding 100 beet, sod then . hemming ul
being favored to the other, side of the and
car. it thus
fanned a slang loop. The at.Jd. Weedrewlid *,`„-
Munn ; his body, from the neck to the Mail of
the bleb, war enclosed in a frame-work which en.
dosed in a tramis-irork enabled hiot!gr endure the
suspension without wrenching or dislocation. The
ropejwss passed through an eyelet, in the middle.
of the tack placed so Mar it was .: held in perfect
equilibrium. When the balloon had reached an al..'
titude doable that of the supposed eltuOitiltiril the
cord, the troltigusr appearedu die. edire of Maar,
louketi over, shin his eyes, and Jawed' into space.
Theoyelet slipped along the rope, so that -the tilt
150 feet were a positive fall through the sir, with
out any resistance or breali. Toe real of • the way -
was an elongation of the rope lie stretched (oar
limes its length, making in all a descent of 000
Mt, accomplished in two seconds. After basing
emitted its lowest point the rope contracted ours,
perhaps 200 feet, and then descended again. There
was no lurthetwebound, and no oscillation; the vol. -
tissue lay calmly cradledin mid sir, and probably
spent the feints it was now permitted to enjoy in
recovering his breath and, contemplating the pros.
pea The- amonsur above now commenced : at the
windlass, and greiduand his daneiing \ hiend
up stain. in fame minutes Welimbed 'over the
side of the car, baying mad* die tetteenspeed
that any human beina has etre schie.g .. carept
such as have beau shot toom cannon. as ilare4 Mon.
chausen said he was, I think. Six hundred feet hi
two seconds is at dig i tated three miles 'and a
a minute, We are waiting now to know what will
done next. •
A 'Mat ix TancaLe—st P.sy tell me, sirdeir,
what is the;eacrse of 111010 tears?"
" On such a disgrace!"
r• %Vhat—whet is it my deer? me
in suspense?"
" Why, I have opened one of your letters sup
posilg it addressed to myself. Certainly...it looks
mon like Mrs. than Mr"
I. Is that MI What harm can thine be In a
"rifles opening her husbands' letter,"
No harm in'the thing itself. But the contents !
Such n disgrace i"
"'What I has any one dared to write ate S blue,
unfit to be reed•by n. 7 wife,"
CM no it's coached in the mats chaste end
isentlemstkly, ,/aniMige. But the cements.
contents !*--'
Here the IFiX hurried her face in her handker
chief and comefetAf aloud while her hns
band mod, caught up the letter, *MI commenced
reading the spade that had been the means of near
ly breaking his wife's heart. it wu a bill from the
printer for aloe years subscription
Mr. We remember an old lady who Ifits io re.
matkatiffeccmomical, that she bas! • pair iifitries
made fcirlher little girl " without soles," for tear
she wUbid wear them out. The lady, however,
wu no march for Mr. Watson, uncle "to the fate
Marquis Eit Rockingham, a man of immure for
tune, of whom at is related that, finding himself,
dying, be desired a friend to open for him a dart:
or, in whieb wp an old shirt, that be aright put it
on. Being asked why he wished to change his lin
en.kettd he so ill, he replied: •' Brunie I sot told
that the shirt that I die in mirk be the nurse's per
quilt., and that is good enough for her!" This is
is bad as the woman wno, with her last breath,
blew out an inch of candle,lbecause," uid she
" I can auto die in the clark.ik
TP2 DRZAM OF L 172..-11011 few OOP ai the close
of Isle can say, 4, v1 have filled and :It:copied the
posi ion to which I looked forward whin a boy I"
In the onward progress of life Sow of ep, in some
m ll
may moment of thought anctrii i ettion, do we not
ford Danielsen inquiring, "..118 his aril hoped I have
enacted my dream V' Ant the answer is invariably
-No f We WA I inward in elfifahocsl u and only tout
forward Without reflection. We
_build gorgeous
palaces, we liketch.a career 4 hiiall frOld and sun
shine—what an they 4 Anirahere ;agate, when
yearn sober us.
0*" When Pat Hogan finif arrived in thia., coact.
tiy, de wagtold by come Yankee, that many things
in this country
_were larger than in I relandeeKhe riv
ers, lake. Soon aka-, Pet came to a field
where a jsckaas was feeding, and easing the am.
malacek op a pair of long ears, Pat eVaimed to
big companion, " Och, teddy, my boy, look, 1001 f.
Oh, jabbers, what a rabbit !"
1)*" The Count de Grams being wounded in the
knee by a mnoket ball, the surgeons n.ade many,
incisions. Loosing patience, at last, he ar:lted them
wh'y they cut and carved so cruelly. ft We seek
In, the ball." scud they. ‘. Why the devil did you
not speak before'''. said the Count s " t‘ base it In
my podia.*
° Cl*-* A boy °scabs a hungry deg the other day, :4
and tied dint by hia tad, apd onatted bins ocu of
his skin wish a piece of liver. The deg ii ttoin;
welt is could be expetged under shah cinninSite*.
El
,
idit A pony woman is a brilliant poses; foil d
chime, o*. osatipentiind sit manner of ilk*
nations. Whoa bOanakitil rods sims, oho tit.
caw' loair rat. splsops.
we Tao olingolo who , 4 cor to.kbosill i
his &wpm% W mach diooppoiniat
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