ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA :
Thursday Morning, May 8, 1862.
©rigiual lloctrj.
REVISED EDITION OF DIXIE.
BY r. H UAHDISO.
ilo! io'.diers, bo! tbe bugle blow,
To Dixie go, to Dixie '
Our cause is just, iQ GOD we trust,
While fight WE must— in Dixie,
Away! away I wer off to-day, tor Dixie.
The traitor band dark deeds have planned,
A nd carsed the land of Dixie;
A paltry rag, raised for a flag,
Which vemust drag from Dixie.
Away ! away! without delay, to Dixie.
Old BtAt'KEBXRD is trying hard,
The forts to juard in Dixie ;
U JLE Stir with fear," ABB'S" cannon hears,
8o very near to Dixie.
AWAY ! away ! to joiu tbe tray in Lixie.
Though " Rebs" can tell 'bout fighting well,
Aud cut a swell in Dixie—
The Yankee boys don't fear their noise,
But rifles poise— for Dixie.
Away ! away ! we're off to'day for Dixie.
Each traitor quails, whene'er " Bucktails,"
Are on the trails to Dixie ;
And minus gun, the rascals ran.
Crying " we're undone"'— in Dixie.
Away! away! without delay to Dixie."
Secession feet though very fleet
On a retreat to Dixie —
All dread the KOOTE with stogy hoot,
The r< HCLS shoo: in Dixie.
Away I aw ay! one flag shall play in Dixie.
FLOYD cut and run from Donelsow,
Singing " here goes one to Dixit !"
And once agaid we'll " FOOTK" their men
From No. 10 to Dixie.
Away ! away I hip. hip, hurrah, for Dix E.
At Roanoke our " bull J 'gs'' spoke,
By way ot joke— to Dixie —
Which caused old WISH in " sick" suprisc,
QUICK to AI ise— from Dixie.
Away! away! we've work to (1) N Dixie.
The Merrimack got up her hack
Our boats to whack from Dixie ;
Bat Uncle SAM sent out a " ram"
They could not jam,from Dixie.
Away! away! we'll spend a day in Dixie.
Then soldiers ho ! the bugle blow,
To Dixie go—to Dixie—
The order's out, we'll raise a shaut,
Hurrah! hurrah! for Dixie!
Away ! away ! we're off to-day for Dixie.
CANTOS, PA.
jßistcllaittous.
A Fugitive's Vengeance.
BY LIEUT. WAI.DKUKRE.
" Look at me V'
The speaker ihrew up his brawny arms in
the broad sunlight of tlie day, an 1 a grim
smile passed over Ins features, fie stood
amid a few scores o! tlie United Sates sol
diers, on the north Imnk of tlie Potomac,
where he hud just landed, after swimming a
rivtr at rite close of a running fight with a
dozen or more Virginia dragoons. One of \
his eyes had been closed hy a heavy blow I
across his forehead with the butt of a pistol, j
and his massive chest was blending wiereu
'bt.llet ha J ploughed along the skin, glancing
(rum his ribs.
" l'es," he repeated to the brave men who
had been watching ids escape, " look at mo !
Do I appear to you a traitor, a coward or a
vidian ? All these names have been bestow
ed tipou me because I would not enlist among
traitors. Look there I"
He pointed to the shores of a little creek
■extending from the Potomac a mile or two
in the " sacred soil," to a range of low build-,
■iugs, from which a dull smoke was issuing.
" There was my home," lie continued, beat
ing his breast, in a wild burst ot grief.—
■"There my wife was stretched dead on the
threshold by a bullet intended for me ; there
:ny only boy has been shot by the minions of
Letchtr. For mere than a hundred years my
ancestors and family have dwelt in peace upon
that spot, and there does not live the man,
and never has been seen the man, who can
fliy that the Boyds have wronged or d fraud
cd hi min any way or manner. Aud now see
what these devils have done ?"
The strong man's head sank forward upon
tis breast, uud he sobbed aloud with a grief
terrible to witness.
j' IL not mourn so, Mr. Boyd," raid Captain
in a kindly tone, while many an eye
tu Wetted a ..ong the observers and listeners.
fe an liar with the country in your vicinity
-"•o* who your oppressors are, and can com
fliiiij a suflicient number of brave meu here
10 ample vengeance.
Ihe fugitive grasped the Captain's hand j
■Cooking down his sobs
' Ins, vengeance is the word!" he exclaim
• ri USKily— ' I will live for revenge."
He remained motionless.watching the move
®fcttts of the \ lrginia troops across the river '
as they retreated in the direction of the fugi- !
patriot's burning homestead. With the '
ai't ola field telescope, handed him by Capt. !
Hart, he watched them till they had disap
peared behind some trees shading the road
which wound along the shores of the creek. '
Do you wisli to return instantly," asked
Capt. Hart, " at the 'head of some of our 5
brave fellows
Xot now, thank yon. I would not care
°r a plan of vengeance which should sacri
t,Cf! , a y your men. I must have time to
think
And to have your wound attended to,"
*V'i'ied the Captain. " You narrowly escap
_ ihe wretches. I was uever more agonized
ln ui" life then in watching your ruiiuiug tight,
a d your swim, amid their bullets, and would
given ten years of my life for a good
piece. I übappily all of our troops ou
the Potomac have been short of batteries,
und that is why I could not cover your flight
uny better "
Thus saying, Capt. Ilart conducted the fu
gitive to his tent, and called in the surgeon
to attend to his injuries, and provide refresh
ments. Mr. Boyd was now able to master
his emotion, but no one but the Judge of all
heurts knew what bitter sorrow raged in his
' breast. To lose his beloved wife and only son
at one blow, was indeed a terrible bereave
! merit.
During all the remainder of the day the fu
gitive remained it. the Captain's tent, waiting
for the night to come to lend her mantle to
aid the plan of vengeance he had formed.—
When all wns still in the Union camp, save
the watchful sentinels, a platoon of picket j
men, with Capt. Ilart. and Mr. Boyd at their '
i head, silently descended to the hank, and |
; crossed the river in a boat which was in wait- I
ing, not a sound louder than the rippling of (
the current being heard until a landing was '
effected on tlie Virginia shore. Here a brief
; halt was ordered.
" It s lucky that the moon is obscured at
this moment," whispered Mr. Boyd. "I do
net believe our movements has been seen, al- i
I though a sentry or two are probably on the '
watch hereabout. There is a little dell up
I here, a hundred rods or so distant, where you
can remain concealed in safety, while I recon
■ noitre a little, seeking where they are eucrmp
! Ed or quartered."
He led the way to the spot mentioned, the
1 entire bodv moved as noiselessly as possible
' and then Mr. Boyd arranged a signal with
Captain Hart, and set out on his scout lie
was gone longer than lie expected—nearly two
hour>, which seemed an age to the impaiierit
soldiers; but he finally returned, with sup
pressed gratification iu his toues, una an eager
| ste P- . I
" I have found them," he exclaimed aloud.
They are quaitcred at tlie Widow Crosby's
farm, not a quarter of a mile from my late
: home "
The particular of the assault was arranged,
; the main point being that the soldiers should
' leave Mr. Boyd to deal wait tlie enemy until
| he should demand assistance, he having ex
pressed tlie opinion that he could cut them off
one by one, in their sleep.
" I do not want them to waken this side of
hell," he said, with sternness, as the form of
| his murdered wife seemed to appear before his
excited vision. ' Death to every oue of litem!
i ijlm shall be terribly avenged."
lie led the way down to tlie bank of the
creek, and along the road which led to the
I l.ttle village, of which he had >o long been one
i of the principal citizens. a word was
spoken, except an occasional whispered com
munication between Captain lieart and the
i avenger, or a brief intimation bom the com
mane'er to his men respecting the route. The
j darkness of tne night was favut. de to the ex
| pedaion. Thus moving with the profouudest
j secrecy, the party was LO-.-LI in the immediate
vicinity of the farm house where the murder
ous troopers had quartered themselves lor the
night.
" Are we most there ?" finally asked Capt.
Ilart, in a whisper.
"Within twenty rods* remain where you
are for a moment, until I give the signal."
And at the same instant the rattle of a nuts
I ket was heard, and a sharp voice shouted :
" Who goes there 1"
" The sentry," muttered Capt. Hart.
The fugitive patriot bounded away like an
arrow in the direction of the challenger, draw
ing a heavy knife fioiu his bosom. A moment
of anxious suspense followed ; next, a single
groan was heard, and then ail was still.
Mr Boyd soon came back.
" A soldier coming to rel.eve the other sen
tinel. I've fixed him."
i " And the other one."
" I fixed him when I was reconnoitering an
liocr ago. Wait still another moment, until
you heur my signals." And again lie was gone.
Captain Hart and his men remained perfect
ly motionless afe moments, listening for any
sound which might indicate the movement of
the avenger. A light was soon seen flicker ng
in the direction where tlie house occupied by
the troopers was supposed to be situated, and
the next instant a huge flame shot suddenly
into the sky, while the signal of Mr. Boyd was
j heatd.
" Take them, boys, on the wing as they
come out of tlie house," commanded Captain
Ilart, as the building was brought in bold re
lief to their view by the flames from the huge
pile of brushwood gathered in the neighbor
ing swamp for summer fuel, and which the
avenger had set on tire. " There, now is your
l time ! Fire I"
A half a dozen troopers fell dead at the dis
charge iollowing the command, as they rushed
out from the piazza in the full glare of the
flames. Mr. Boyd re appeared from the house,
falling upon the two survivors, and stretching
them both dead on the grovnd with a few ra
! pui blows.
" Tlie work is accomplished," he exclaimed,
'as the soldiers advanced towards luin " The
last of them is here—the very fellow," he ad
-1 ded, glancing at tlie dead man, who shot uty
wife. We are terribly avenged."
A window in the cottage was raised at this
; juncture, and an elderly lady, the Widow Cros
! by looked forth tipon tlie scene.
" You have shocked me sufficiently, you
wicked men," she said in a inild tone of satis
faction, "and I trust no disagreeable sight
will meet my eyes in the morning."
Captain Hart and Mr. Boyd understood her,
a d at once proceeded to remove the bodies of
the troopers to the shore of the creek, where
they were immediately buried. All traces of
bloodshed overe removed from the premises, as
far as possible, and the widow was left to re
pose
" I have now squared accounts with them,"
observed Mr. Boyd, " and will commence a
regular servi.e for the war, Captain, in your
ranks to-morrow. The remainder of the night
I will pass at the ruins of my late home, iook
iog after my dead."
He shook tha hand of tbe Captain, and re-
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TO WANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
tired, amid the murmurs of admiration from j
the inen, soon being lost to their view as they j
retreated to the pot where they had crossed ;
the river. He was not long in reaching the
still smouldering ruins of his house and out
buildings, where he instituted a search for the
remains of his wife and son, but in vain. He
was quite iu despair, and was mourning them
as only a father can mourn bis loved ones,when
a form was seen approaching cautiously
thruugh tlie glootn. "Who is there?" the
unknown soon demanded.
" William Boyd."
The man uttered a cry of surprise and de
light, and drew near, making himself known
He was au old friend and neighbor, and had
taken cure of Mr. Boyd's dead, bearing their
j bodies to his o.vu house, where they now
I were. The avenger listeued to these an
: liouiiceiuents, aud soon became calm.
" 1 can uever boa man again," lie said, " but
, it is some satisfaction to know that they are
avenged." And he recounted the tragedy of
the night to his listener's great joy.
i "Come," said the neighbor, at last, "we
I had belter bury our dead to-night, for you j
j must be away from here before daylight."
| Mr. Boyd accompanied the kind hearted
and sympathizing neighbor to his bouse. We
need not dwell upon the lonely burial that fol- '
lowed. The mother and son, each the pride of
the other, and of their bereaved relative, were 1
1 buried in one grave, rudely made by those two
; stern faced men, beneath the dim light of the
I waning moon. At last the sad offices were
finished, end the two men turned away.
" 1 have now nothing to do but to devote j
my life to tlie service of my country," said !
Boyd. " Henc lorth I shall do what 1 can to
prevent the descendants of more fortunate
families than mine from suffering these mis
eries."
" And I will j tin you," said his companion, 1
quickly. " There is no safety here. I will re
move my family to tVniisvlvania, forthwith,
and we will fight together !"
The next day these resolves were carried
our, the Virginia pat.iot joining Mr. Boyd at
Captain Hart's camp ; and the two brave men
are now rendering important service iu the col
umn of General McClellan.
A SHARPSHOOTER'S STORY. —We find in the
Albany Evening Journal a long and very in
teresting letter from William L. Sankey, a
; member of Company B of Berdati's First regi ,
ment of Sharpshooters, now on duty before
Yorktown. The reports of the efficiency of
our riflemen are fully confirmed by this mod
est narrative. We copy a few passages :
SHARP PRACTICE ON THE MARCH.
When we arrived a Big Bethel our regi
ment was sent ahead to reconnoitre, aud we
had to march through a horrible Virginia
swamp for about live miles, when we dis-
I coveted eight rebel batteries commanding the
road. We waited till the whole force came
up, and reported nrogrtss. We were till pret
ty tired as we hud marched about] fifteen rniies
' with our heavy knapsacks, and the day being j
I very warm the perspiration rolled off us in
streams. Gen Porter ordered a company of
, sharpshooters to go und take the principal of
the batteries. Col. 15 rdun called for Com- '
, pany B, made a short speech, saying that he
had more confidence in us than any other com- .
| pany, and gave us the honor of the first brush.
Well, we started, tired as we were, and pro
ceeded to within about a quarter of a mile
of the battery. The rebels preceiving u,sent
a few nfiells, which passed harmless over our
i beads and exploded a short distance from us.
i The shells made a very loud noise, and when
: we heard them whizzing toward us, we all
j dropped flat on the ground mid thus escaped,
j We immediately deployed as skirmishers and
j closed in te.waids the fort. There were only
j two pieces of artillery there, and as fast as
i a head would appear over the earthwork our '
j buys would pick him off. As we all tookcov
! er behind stumps aud other friendly projections,
I the rebels could not see anything to shoot ut,
i arid seemed to think it high time to he off.—
They hitched up tlie horses to tlie cannon and
left, we could not tell how.
There was about a hundred cavalry just be- !
hind the embankment, and they took to tlie
road at UII alarming speed. Most of them j
threw one leg over the saddle and laid the j
other side of their horses, but when we com- i
meaced to fire upon them, we left many an
empty saddle 1 fired five shots, and am well
satisfied that 1 finished the career of two reb- j
els. It got so smoky that, we could not tell j
: whether our shots took effect or not. The en >
I emu must have Ihought there w is a large, body of j
us, as we each had a five shooter. The rifles \
did good execution that day.
SUNNY SKlES. —There are but few of God's
human creatures who know how to live. When
i the skies are bright, and prosperity smiles
! around them, they get along very well with
i the world, and who couldu't ? but once let tlie
clouds darken their pathway, and the waves
of adversity dash over their souls, and they
then lose their mental poise, become misan
thropes, aud prove themselves entirely incom
petent to buffet with the vicisitudes of time.
We admire a uiuu who can stand up in the
face of all obstacles,and with a co.irageous step
can " tread the way of lite unfalteringly." lie
never grumbles at the weather—never finds
fault with what he cannot amend—wear a
cheerful brow, " though the heavens fail."—
Are the times bard, and business dull, lie meets
either like a. man. Does be fail iu business,
he suffers no " green and sickly mealancboly"
to overshadow his soul, but laughs at fate, and
defies care to do its worts. Do friends prove
false lie rejoices it is no worse. Does bodily
affliction weigh him down, with spirit light aud
buoyant lie still looks upwards, aud dashes the
clouds aside that obscure Hope's beacon star.
Does the world with all its eudearmeuts recede
trout his view, the ripples of light from Eter
nity's sun break iu upon his soul, and flash out
through all of his earthly nature. He catches
a glimpse of deautifu l country beyond aud ex
claims iu his heart, "it is well." Such is the
sunny side of life. Would that the world
would act wisely aod live more in tbesuushinc.
" REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
Letter frcm Beaufort.
i
BEAUFORT, S. C , April 8,1862.
FHIEND G OODRICH Sir :—Knowing that
; you and some of your readers to be deeply in
terested, and delight in the researches of the
misty labyrinths of natural science, 1 take the
; liberty of thrusting upon your attention a few
of the results of my explorations iu the wild
and unsettled regions of iraitordom. Ido not
profess to have the descriptive powers of a
j Livingstone or a Russell, as I have never hud j
i the experience of the former, and am not Bat- j
! urally endowed with the extraordinary powers |
I of observation professed by the latter—who
' can take in at one full sweep the whole of a
Bull Run battle field, although fifteen or
twenty wiles 'distant. But 1 can tell what 1
; see and occasionally fill np the words with
| what 1 have heard. I will try to enlighten
you a little in regard to the manners and cus
toms of the inhabitants of this country.
According to all written and printed ac
counts of South Carolina, the inhabitants were
formerly divided into castes, similar to the
Hindoos. The first, or higher caste were com
; posed of landholders, who possessed large
; tracts of land called plantations. These land
holders are described as a haughty, overbear
' ing race, possessed with lofty ideas of their
, own powers and bravery. They were in the
daily habit of imbibing large quantities of a
. beverage called, for short, old rye whiskey,
which was formerly supposed to be extracted
from a grain called rye, but is now known to
be a concoction of strychnine and other pow
! erful poisonous substances. 1 cannot inform
you whether this beverage was common in this
country, or was imported from other climes
I urn confident 1 have at some time seen the
article, and if u.y memory is not too treacher
ous, 1 have seen those who have tasted it ; at
' least I am of the opinion that it can be obtain
ed at the various hostteries, drug nod variety
stores iu Pennsylvania, and if you have never
drank any of it, five cents will buy yon a suffi
cient quantity to te-t its qualities. While un
der the influence ol this beverage these laud
holders, who style themselves chivalry, become
very valorous, and would frequently (after the
manner of the American aborigines) laud
themselves to the skies—boast of their deeds
of valor if they should ever get into the field,
and after cursing everybody that did not be
long to their caste svould frequently rush out
and bravely beat oae of the lower class (called
slaves) iu a most scientific and chivalrous mau
uer. Their religiou was a mixture of Chris
tianity und idolatry. They worshiped several
Gods, the principal being a both visible and
tangible object, called cotton, which they
placed at the head of their deities, and chris
tern d " the king." Among the invisible ob
jects of worship, two received the greatest
i share of their homage. They were styled re
spectively, *' Sides Rights" and " Peculiar In
' slit ut ions," but as there are several of their j
devotees in Bradford county, 1 will not try to
: give any account of them. That they had some
faint or obstruse ideas of a future state of ex
istence, aud perhaps some knowledge of the
irue religion, is evident from the fact that they
would very frequently call on God to d a
the d -nd abolitionists, and very often curs- 1
ed aud swore equal to any of the inhabitants {
of any Christian country. It is unfortunate'
that they all removed from this locality short
ly before onr exploring expedition landed, as I
should have liked to procured a few specimens
for exhibition at the North.
The present inhabitants are, as far as I have '
seeu, industrious, hospitable, and very relig
! ious. They have always been the only im
provers ol the land, and real citizens of the
country, and were i>y all odds the most honor
aide aud respectable members of society. The
extreme heat of the summer iu this country
has had the effect of coloring their complex
ions to almost every shade ot black and brown.
Some are of a yellow hue, something l.ke
pumpkin and uiiik, while some are of a beauti
iul ebony. Some scientific meu connected with I
the party, express the opiniou that the gov- i
crnmental plan ot sending young unemployed |
j men to take charge of the plantations and to
I educate aud instruct the inhabitants, will have
the effect of changing their color, and under
their care the luture progeny will grow up
; whiter than the present generation.
I have been iu several houses deserted by
the retreating chivalry, and have in some cases '
found books left by them. As a specimen of
j the literature cultivated by them, I send you
] titles of some ol those that bore the marks of
( most frequent use, viz: "Jack, the Giant
Killer," " Dick Turpin," " Beautiful Cigar
Girl," " Paul, the Profligate,"," Mysteries and
, Miseries of New York," " Guliver's Travels,"
j and kindred works, are the most frequent.—
I They had some idea of business and the neees
sity of knowing how their expenditures kept
pace with their income, as their account books
show. 1 was tr-Jay looking over one of their
day books, and the following household expend
! ifures was recorded on one page :
May 4th Bought 5 gallons brandy.
•• Sth bought n pounds flour.
" 9th B night 2 oottles wine.
" 10th Bought 2 hogs.
" 10th Bought ten gallons brandy.
The t urn, brandy, wine and other liquids being
far ahead of the solids.
You have probably read in the bible an ac
count of certuiu serpents that appeared in vast
quantities aud bit large numbers of the people.
1 think there is little doubt about the locality
of that catastrophe ; it was probably here ;
snakes of every size and description abound in
vast quantities, rattlesuakes, black snakes,
mocasius, racers, hoop snakes, adders, vipers,
and the like are to be found everywhere, and
to make the matter worse, not a stone can be
found to kill theni with. Ifyou chance to meet
a snake in the road, and he chooses to dispute
your passage, you have no chance left but to
retreat. There is one other snake of which I
will speak more particularly, that is the blow
snake. In appearance it resembles the rattle
snake, though larger, which, like the chivulric
sous of the South, hloic their venom while yet
iu the distance, and studiously avoid a close
combat.
You have also read of a plague seut upo. .
certain people, on account of their wickeduess
| —of flies. The natural conclusion drawn from
actual observation is, that this is the section
of country referred to, and that it has never
recovered from the curse. There are innu
meruble myriads of insects floating through the
air, by being magnified one hundred times, are
perceptible, but their sharp touch is noticed in
stantly,pert ciliary when yen are in a reclining
position, and wrapped in the arms of morpheus,
when they, iu swarms, come under the cover of
darkness, and commit their deeds of violence,
j You rise, aroused from sweet slumbers, aud in
| a rage seize the only weapon of defense, (a
blanket) and hurl it with vehemence around
jou at your supposed vanquished enemy ; the
I foe retreats only to return and renew the at
tack as soon as you are again at rest. It ap
pears to be a detachment of General Gnat's
Brigade of the Musqoito Infantry. I sincere
ly hope soon to be at homo in old Bradford,
enjoying the peace of a quiet life, delivered
from this rebellious land filied with snakes aud
guats. E. B. POWELL, Serg't.
Valter and Us Continue Our Valk.
WE CONVERSE ON THE WAY SOilF. FOLKS TAKE
STYLE. -j
Valter, my boy, there two mean things in
this variegated flower garden on which we live.
One of these mean things is chestnut bnrs, the
other is the habit many people have of taking
style. Some folks, tnv boy, can't stand pros
perity. It b&rdeus them, as boiling water does
an egg. It spoils them. They succeed ever
so little, and at once take more style than a
man could rise over with a balloon. Not one
iu tun score, my boy, were ever intended to
prosper, and it looks bad to see success, even
by ucoideut, crowning their efforts. How it
looks, my boy, lor a man who is poor to take
style, put on airs, saw his wood down cellar
for fear people will see him laboring : go with
out stockings for the sake of wearing gloves
just to m.iKe a show ol gentility, when there is
not a pinch of salt or halt a potatoe iu his
whole cellar, kitcheu and pantry. Yes, my boy,
it shows a very thin stock of bruins, wheu tf
man is poor and ashamed of labor. When a
persou is above his business, he is useless, ex
cept to try a new hearfie with. Every day,
my boy, we see such men. They wear pinch
beck jewelry to make a show in the night.—
They use cotton handkerchiefs because they
hold starch better. Tney take style all sorts
of ways, by putting on airs aud talking big
to honest men.
Aud my boy, when you see a young man
from the country, who has learned the fast gait
of a city, going back on his mother because
uhe wears colored stockings, and ties her shoes
with calf-skin stiiugs, and is ashamed to visit
her, or have her visit him ; believe us, my boy,
he has taken style too deep. Aud when he
becomes ashamed of his father, who comes in
i town be-ide an ox team, with cabbage, butter,
wheat, wool or other produce to sell, believe
us, my boy, that he has been taking style cl
the most contemptible kind. And there are
lots of such boys.
And there are girls who take style till they
had sooner take their chances with the itch,
' saltrheum, canker, rush, measles, whooping
! coogh or lung fever than be seen in the kitch
en over a washtub, or wearing a smile except
in the parlor, when the teller who does their
kissing comes around. Shun all such people,
I my boy, as you would a hot horse-shoe iu a
bluck.Mnitb shop. And there are men, my boy,
; who take style soon as elected to some petty
office—appointed to some insignificant clerk
i sbip—smiled upon by some handsome woman
I —surprised by u legacy, or who have swindled
I some tailor out of a suit of store clothes, till
| you can't rest where they are.
And there are meu who have worked their
way to riches, prominence and position, who
i ail of a sudden take style and forget their
early filends—forget who stood by them
. through thick and thin—forget who made
them, arid who will deign to speak to nothing
| in the shape of humanity unless done up in silk
or broadcloth. Such toiks, my boy, are hum
hugs. They take style too th.ck, aud so far
as good opinion goes, tlicy play out. Twenty
, pounds of prosperity to the square foot will
| squeeze the lacteal of kindness out of too many
men. Style and sense are different, my boy.
; Sense wears well, but too many people take
i style iu preference. Let us not do it, my boy,
as style will change every time. Brief author
! ity is a "hard testing machine, and the man who
can stand its pressure and not get stiff in the
: back and forget to look low enough to see his
friuiids, is worth hitching to, We are made of
, flesh, bones and blood, my boy. Wc ail must
die, und then, unless we have minded our own
business and stuck to our stand even if we did
not sell a cent's worth, people will say we were
a good fellow till style made a levy
If you are a mau, be a man. If you are a
butcher, roll up your sleeves, my boy, and stick
to your business. If you are poor, don't be
ashamed of it—even the Son of God was bank
nipt, but he never went back on his frieuds,
took style or spoke a harsh word to the poor.
Ifyou have a business, st'ck to it like u man.
If you have uo business-find one. If you sue
ceed in it, don't get proud and go back ou
early friends.
This is a queer world, my hoy. People get
dieadfnlly mixed up. People do not inherit
office in this country. Election day comes quite
often, and rotation in office is the word. Be
just what you are. There are different kinds
of timber—all useful If poor, don't fake style
to deceive folks—if rich, don't take style to
disgu-t them. If iu authority, don't be a hog,
because it is e.sier to grunt than talk ; uuu
uever get above your business We are all ol
us, my bov, more alike than we are willing to
acknowledge. This habit of taking style and
putting on airs is like slicking pine limbs in the
ground on gala days, to make country folks
think they are trees —without the root, a sum
mer sun soon dispels the illusion.
In this country, my boy, where one man is
just as good as another—where the priest aud
murderer walk to the gallows side by side,
tuktng style over summer clothes, small feet,
curly hair, rich relatives, petty offices, or posi-
VOIL- XXII. —is:o. 4V.
s tion others helped you to, is very silly. Rath*
i or, my boy, be a man, and let fools take style,
i There are packages marked,honest, so we will
not have to open them to find out the contents.
And they are the kind Valter, my boy.—liu>
• Crosse { Wis ) Democrat.
A Sympathizing Woman.
If wc were called upon to describe Mrs.
[' Dobbs, we should, without hesitatioo call her
. j a sympathizing woman. Nobody was troubled
i with any malady she hadn't suffered.
. " She knew all about it by cxprience, aud
1 could sympathize with them from the bottom
! of her heart.
Bob Turner was a wag, and when one day
- ' he saw Mrs. Dobbs coming along the road to
; wards his house, he knew, that iu the absence
- of Lis wife, he should be called upon to euter
, tain her ;so he resolved to play a little on the
I good woman's abuudant store of sympathy.—
[ Hastily procuring a large blanket, he wrap
ped himself up in it, and threw himself on a
j sofa.
" Why, good gracious ! Mr. Turner, are
you sick i( usked Mrs. Dobbs us she taw his
; position.
0 " Ob, dreadfully," groaued the imaginary
i invalid.
1 *' What's the matter ?"
; j " On, a great uiany things. In the first
place I've got the congestion of the brain."
" That's dreadful," sighed Mrs. Dobbs. " I
came pretty near dying of it ten years ago
come next iSpring. What else ?"
i " Dropsy," again groaned Bob.
" There I can sympathize with you, I was
' ! troubled with it, but liually got over it."
' i " Neuralgia," continued Bob.
' 1 " Nobody can tell, Mr. Turner, what 1 have
suffered from Neuralgia. It's an awful com
i plaint."
" Then, again, I'm much distressed by iufla
mation of the bowels."
"If you've got that, I pity you," comment
ed Mrs Dobbs ; " for three years, steady 1
was afflicted with it, aud I vou't think 1 am
fully recovered yet."
" Rheumatism," added Bob.
" Yes, that's pretty likely to go along with
neuralgia. It did with me."
' " Toothache," suggested Bob.
" There huve been times, Mr. Turner, when
r I thought I should have goue distracted with
the toothache," said the sympathizing woman.
' " Then," said Bob, who having temporarily
1 run out of medical terms : " I am very much
afraid that I've got the lel/i^/saurul!. , '
; " 1 shouldn't be at ull suprised," said tho
ever ready Mrs. Dobbs; " I bad it when 1
was young."
Though it was with great difficulty that he
could resist laughing, but Bob continued :
| "I am suffering a good deal from a sprain
ed ankle."
" Then yon can sympathize with me, M>.
Turner. 1 sprained mine when I was coining
along."
" But that isn't the worst ot it."
" What is it t" asked Mrs. Dobbs, with cu
riosity.
" 1 wouldn't tell any one bat you, Mrs.
Dobbs, but ihe fact is"—here Bob groaned—
" I am alraid, and my doctor agrees with me,
that my reason is affected—that, in short, I'm
a little crazy."
Bob took breath and wondered what Mrs.
' Dobbs would say to that.
" Oh, Mr. Turner, is it possible ?" exelaim-
J ed the lady. " It's horrible, I know it is. I
frequently have spelß of b.-ing out of my head
' : myself."
I : Bob could stand it no longer, he burst out
I into a roar of laughter, which Mrs. Dobbs,
' taking for a precursor of a violent paroxysm
; ol insanity, she was led to take a hurried leave.
3 _
R I VOTED IT UJ'SIDE DOWN. —We have heard of
] a good story, tuid by a sou of Eriu's Isle,
> which is worth repeating :
r S'me two years ago there was quite a strog
£ Me bftween two certain prominent Democrats
.| ot eavtrville, as to which should go delegate
r | to the State Convention. The evening prior
j ■ to holding the County Convention, which was
j to nominate State delegates to attend said
- County Convention, Judge M . and Squire
S , each had ballots printed with the names
; of their friend* upon thru). The Judge's dele
gati s were bea ten, and before retiring consoled
. himself by loading his hut with bricks. Next
) morning, in good season, acting upon the priu
j ciple that " a hair of the dog is good for the
s ! bite," he went in pursuit of a " hair." Just as
j he was calling for the decoction, Billy Mcßlar
-1 I uey stepped into the saloon and saluted thu
! Judge, when the following dialogue ensued :
] " The top o' the mornin' to ye, Judge. And
2 ' the mnrtberin tbaves bate ns last night entire
ty, —the enrse o' the world light on 'cm ?"
i "Hood morning, Billy. Yes, the Squire was
: j rather heavy But I say, Billy, I understand
, | you voted against me. llow is it ?"
. j " Billy Mcßlarney vote against ye 1 The
lyin' spalpeens ! By me sowl, Judge, I'd
rather have rne whiskey stopped for a year,
i than do that same thing."
I " What ticket did yon vote, Hilly ?"
i "And sure, I voted tiie ticket wid yer bow
! or's name on the top av it,"
1 " But Billy, my name was the last cm the
t j list, —at the bottom."
2 This was rather a pnzzler fo Billy ;ho
i scratched his head for an instant, when sud
s dvnly lookiug np, he exclaimed :
; " Bad luck and what a fool J. am ! I voted
) that ticket upside down P
( The Judge immediately ordered an. eye
, opeuer for Hilly ; he fairly bert him on that
I examination. — Trinity (Cal.) Jburnal..
) v
1 A Store was broken open one ntght 4
: but strange to say nothing was cerried off.
i The proprietor was making his brag cf it^afe
- the same time expressing his surprise at loa..
ing nothing. 41 Not at all surprising,', sa ci
? his neighbor ; " the robbers lighted a lamp,
I didn't they ?" "Yes," was the reply. "Wgll/*
, 'continued the neighbor, " they found yooe
, goods marked so high they couldu't afford, to.
- take tbem