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JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain
and Fancy colors, done with neatness 'and
dispatch. Handbills, Blanks, Cards, Pam
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ijENRY PEET, Attorney at Law;
1-11. Towan ia, Pa. jan27, 66.
tIDWARD OVERTON Jr., Attor
-
a.ney at Law, Towanda, Pa. Office ha the
2ocrt Bonn. July 13,1865.
42E0HGE D. MONTANYE, AT
+A TORNEY AT LA W—Oltice corner of
Slain and Pine streets, opposite Ponces Drug
Store.
WA. PECK, AIToRN EY AT LAW,
• Towanda, Pa. Office over the Bakery
South of the Ward Houie and opposite the
Court House. No•. 3, lOW
H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
Office in Patton's Block. oder Gore's Drug
And Chemical &ors. ljan6B
13. McKEAN, ATTORNEY &
• COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Towan
da, Pa.- Particalar attention paid to bualnesa
a the Orphans' Court. July 20. 1866.
T. DAVIES, Attorney at Law,
• Towanda, Pa, Office with Wm. Wat-
J.tns, Esq. • Particular attention paid to Or.
business and settlement of dece
dents estates.
D OCTOR H. A. BARTLETT,
BURLINGTON. BOUSUGH, PA
July 29,1868.
F.
•B. FORD—Licensed Auctioneer,
TOWANDA, PA.,
Wil ;attend promptly to all business entrusted
to him. Charges moderate. Peb. 13, 1668.
PARSONS & CARNOCHAN, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW, Troy, Bradford'Co
t'ractice in all the Courts of the county. Col
f-ctions made and promptly remitted.
K. n. PARSONS, dl2 W. a. CAHNOOMAK.
MISS E. H. BATES, M. D.
(Graduate of Woman's Medical College,
Philadelphia, Class 1854.] Office and residence
No. 11 Park street Owego Particular aka.
tion :given to Diseases of Women. Patients
visited at their homes if req uested.
May 28, 1,468.
, R..k NCIS E. POST,. Painter, Tow
-
ands, Pa, with 10 years experience. Is con .
L nt he can give the best satisfaction In Paint-
Graining, Staining, Gluing, Papering, dz.
,a3rParticalar attention paid to Jobbing in the
• 4ntry. April 9, 1868.
K. VAUGHAN—Architect 'and
• Ruilder.—All kinds of Architectural de
ltirnished. Ornamental work In Stone,
',an and , Wskid. Office on Main street, over
. Co.'s Bank.. Attention given to su
••.l A rchitectr re, such as laying out of grounds,
~&c. April 1,1867.—1 y.
1,4 ERCUR & MORROW, Attorneys
U. at Late, Towanda, Penn's, '
The undersigned having associated themselves
Cher in the practice of Law, offer their pro.
• -lonal services to the public.
ULYSSES MERCUR P. D. MORROW.
March 9,1985.
JOHN W. ALIT, ATTORNEY AT
LAW', Towanda, Bradford Co. Pa.
General insurance and 'Beal Estate Agent.—
tlounties and Pensions collected. N. B.—All
businets in the Orphan' , Uonrt attended to
promptly and with. care. Mace blercnr's new
north side Public Square. 0ct.24, '67.
TOWN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
4 AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Particular at
,ention given to Orphans' Court business, Con
,lancing and Collections.
sir °Bice at - the Register's and Recorder's
t.flice—so th or Court [louse. Dec. 1,1864.
LT P. KIMBALL, Licensed Anc
• tioneer, Pottsersville, Bradford Co.. Pa.
t enders his services to the public: Eiatlstactiob
guaranteed, or no pay required. All orders, toy
mail, addressed as above, will receive prompt
attention. Oct. 2, 1862.-6na
R. T. B. JOHNSON, Towesp4,
L PA. Having' permanenPy located, ()Sere
his proiessional seivices to the public. Calls
promptly attended to in or out of town. Mee
with I. DeWitt on Main etzeet. Residence at
Mrs. Humphrey's on Second Street. -
A 16, 16.1 a. •
RR. PRATT has removed to State
street, (first above B. 8. Rosse'!!!‘"Co's
Barak). Persons from a distance desirous al con
.alting him, will be Meat likely to and him on
Saturday If each week. Especial attention will
be given to surgical gases, and the extraction of
•eetb. las or Ether administered when desired.
July 18,1566. D. S. PRATT, M. D.
DRS. T. F. &. WM. A. MADILL,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Office and residence to Wysoz, Pa. Dr. T. F.
Madill can he consulted at Gore's Drag Stote
in, Towanda, every Saturday. Dr. Wm. A.
Ms - dlil will give especial attention to diseases
of the Eye. Ear, Throat and Lange, having
made a speciality of the above dizease4 for the
oast right years.
T. F. MADILL, D. D. W. A. MADILL.
==M
BENJ. M. PECK, ArroßNEyiy LAW,
Towanda, Pa. All business intrusted_lo
hie care will receive prompt attentiow. 0 lice
in the office lately occupied by Menu dc Mor-
DOW, !Wall of Ward Rouse, up stairs.
t July 16,1868.
FIRS. MASON & ELY, Physicians
Snrgeons.—Office on Pine street. To.
wands, at the residence of Dr. Mason.
Particular attention given to diseases of Wo
nen, and diseases of Eye, Ear and Throat.
v. D. SEASON, Y. D. HENRY OLIVER ELY, R. D.
' prit 9 14519.
J. NEWELL,
11l
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Orwell, Bradford Co. , Pa„ will promptly attend
to all business In his line. Part3calar attention
...wen to running and establishing old or Map°.
1 ;lines. Also to surveying of all unpattented
nds as soon as warrants are obtained. myl7
B. KELLY, Dentist. Office
v v 41. over Wickham .k Black's, Towanda.Pa.
Ali the various styles of work scientificapy
done sal warranted. Particular attention is
called to the Allarninum Base for Artificial
Teeth. which it equally as good sa Gold and
far superior to either Rubber or Silver. Please
call and examine specimens. •
Chloroform or Ether administered under di
- •ction of a Physician when desired.
. Aug. 6, 18G7.—t.f.
E LWELL HOUSE, TOR?.NDA, PA.,
JOHN C. WILSON
11 t:lttg Jewell this H 0213.14 now ready to ac
e,mmadate the Travelling , ablic. No pains
I.Jr expertise will be spared to give satisfaction
to those w o may give him a call.
v - r• North side of the pabilo square, east of
new block [now building).
iERICAN HOTEL
TOWANDA. PA
parvhased4his well known liotel oa
• , treet v l have refurnished and refitted
•.t, ever y convenience for the accommoda
, • all who may patronize me. No pains will
'pared to make all pleasant and agreeable.
gay 3, '66.—tf. J. S. PATVERSON, Prop.
PATCHEN.—The well•known Trot
ting Stallion PATCHEN, by the eelebr
-
t , dGsoralM.Patcbtn, oat of id merger mere
uin stand daring the tall reason at tongsbury
& Solomon's Livery Stahl , . Towanda. Terms—
t3o to mlnre. A ll Mates at the risk or owners
onntrs parting with mares, will be held re
sponsible for lawartnce.
KINUSBUSY ik SOLOMON.
Towanda, Nov. 2,1868-2 m.
JE: CO. GKNarirtICIEI, Pub
VOLUME XXIX.
garbs.
MYERS , MI L , L I
SPECIAL NOTICE
Myer, Foster a Co., will deliver Flour, Feed,
Meal, Oratuun Flour, or any thing else in their
line in any pat of the village: •
Customers will And an their Book at - the
store of Fox. Stevens, Mere= 1 Co. All or
ders left in said book will be promptly attend
ed to. •
Any inquiries in regard to Grinding. or other
business of the Mill, entered in said Book, will
be answered.
MYIMI, FOSTER 1 CO : - 1
Towanda, June 24,1888.- = tl.
‘aOLOMON COOPER—Has. remov-
IJ ed from the Ward Doan and Lae opened 'a
SHAPING AND N4lll DNESSING SALOON
Two doors south of.the National' Hotel, and
adjoining Patton'a Block, on Main Street, in
the basement. This shop I. open constantly
from 6 a. m., to 9 p. in., to accommodate all
that will favor him with a call. Two experi
enced workmen in Otis saloon, always ready to
wait on customers In a satisfactory manner.—
Gents and Ladies Hair Cdtting in the latest
fashionable style. Batson honed and set ready
for use and warm ted to suit. Ornamental
Hair Work, Switches, Waterfalls, - and Carla;
made to order. Wigs made and - repaired.
Towanda, Aug. 18, 1868.—tt.
THE UNDERSIGNED. - HAVE
opened a Banking None in Towanda, un
der the name c. G. P. MASON h CO.
They are prepared to draw Bills of Ex.
change, and make collection's in New York,
Philadelphia, and all portions of the United
States, as also England, Germany, and France.
To Loan money, receive deposits , and to do a
general Banking business.
G. F. Mason was one of the late firm if
Laporte, k son & Co., of Towanda, Pa., and
his knowk ge of the business men of Brfoid
and acljoinmg Counties,and having been in the
banking business for about fifteen year'. make
this house a desirable one, through which to
make collections ,
Towynda, Oct. 1, 1866.
BRADFORD . COUNTY
BEAL ESTATE AGENCY,
H. B. McKEAN, Bud. Esrirz Accra.
Valuable Perms, Mill Properties, City arid
Town Lots for sale. •
Parties having property for sale will find It
to their advantage by .eaving a description Of
the same, with terms of sale at this agency, as
parties are constantly enquiring for farms aca
- H. B. McKEAN.
Real Estate Agent.:
Office Montanye's Block, Towanda, Pa. '
Jan. 29, 1867: .
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
H. B. MoICEAN, BEAL :1- . 5 TB AGENT.
Offers the following Farms, A
w.al and Timber
Lands for sale :
Flue Timber lot, 3 relics from !Towanda,
tabling 59 acres. Price 11,325.
Farm in A_sylum, containing 135 acres. Goad
buildings. Under a fle e state of cultivattoit.
Mostly improved. Price $6,000.
Farm in West Burlington—on the Creek.,
New house and barn. Under a fine state of cut
t ivation. 95 acres. Price $5,450.
Farina In FranklLl. All ander good cultiva
tion. Good building'. For sale cheap.
Several very der` table Homes and Lots In
Towanda. •
A large tract of CI ILands In 1 toga county.
Towanda. July 18 57.
MYERSBURG MINS 1
The subscribers having purchased of Mr,
Barns his interest in the Mrsnastmo MILLS
will carry on the business of Milling, and
guarantee all work done by them to be of
the very best quality.
Wheat, Rye and Buckwheat Flour, and .
Feed constantly on hand, for sale at the
lowest cash price.
Also now on band a hive quantity of
best Ground Cayuga Plaster for sale,
MYER & FROST.
Myersburg, Sept 24, 1868. -
L...ERAYSVILLE PHOTOIIRAGH
LI GALLERY —Satisfaction ettaranteed.- r •
Life size, Large Photograph Cabinet Pictrweli.
Ambrotypes ant Card Photographs, in the la
test style and at reduced prices. Copying and
enlarging done.to order. We charge nothing
extra for Groups. Babies pictures or Copper.
heads with long faces.
Call and see our specimens. Our stock of
Albums, Frames, etc.
Leßayavillo, Oct. 22, 1868
LAKE'S 0011-,MIL.L
saws twenty-five cords of stove wood, shingle
bolts or stave timber, per day. Is driven by
one or two horses, are easily moved from place
to place, and can in an hours time be set op
anywhere. This machine is complete In Its
self, requiring the assistance of no other pow
er. (he horses draw' by a sweep, making It,
much more sate than a tread power. It saws
twice as fast, and is sold for one hal the price.
A number of these mills are now in use in Pike
Herrick and Orwell Townships, and sre.giving
universal satisfaction. Those wishing ma
chines will apply to B. W. BOLI.ES, Leftays
villa, or H. N. BRONSON, Orwell.
Bept. 22;1868.-3m'
_HARDING & ,ESIALLEY,
Having entered into a co-partnership for the
transaction of the PHOTOGRAPHIC business,
at the rooms formerly occupied by Wood and
Harding, would respectfully call the attention
of the public to several styles of Pictures which
wo make specialties, as: Solar Photographs,
Plain, Penciled and Colored, Opaltypes, Porce
lain Pictures, &c., which we claim for cletnness
and brilliancy of tone and Artistic finish, can
not be excelled. We invite all to examine them
as well as the more common kinds of Portraits
which we make, knowing full well that-they
will bear the closest inspection. This Gallery
claims the highest reputation for good work of
any in this section of country, and we are de
termined by a strict attention to busineseand
the superior quality of our work, to not only
retain but increase its very enviable repdtakm.
We keep constantly on hand the best variety
of Frames and at lower prices than at any other
establishment in town. Also Passepartotits
Card frames, Card Easels, Holmes' Stereo.
scopes, Stereoscopic Vies, and tverything else
of importance pertaining to the business. Give
us an early call,
N. B.—Solar Printing for the trade on tb6
moat reasonable terms. D. HARDING,
Aug. 29,'87. F. SMALLEY:
A CARD.—Dr. VANBUBBIIIIi has obi.
D 1 tattled a License, - as- required, of the
Goodyear Vulcinata Company, to Voicanize
Robber as a base for Artificial Teeth, and has
now a good selection of those beautiful carved
Block Teeth, and a superior article of Black
English Rubber, which will enable him to sap=
ply, all those in want of sets of teeth, with
those unsurpassed for beauty and natural a*
pearance. Filling, Cleaning, Correcting Irreg.
ularities, Extractiig, and all operations be
longing to the finr cal Department skilifoily
performed. Chola orm administered for the
extraction of Teeth when desired, an article
being used for the purpose in which Jim bat
perfect confidence, having administered it with
the most pleasing results during a practice of
fourteen year..
Being very grateful to the public, for
liberal patronage heretofore received, he wont d
say that by strict attention to the grants of hie
patients, he would continue to merit their con
fidence and approbation. Office in.Beidleman'a
Block, opposite the Means Housd, Towands,
Pa. Dec. 1887.-3 m.
TWENTY -EWE YEARS EXPERt-
ENCE IN DENTISTRY.
J. S. Burin, Id. D., would respectfally inform
the inhabitants of Bradford County that he le
permanent) y located in Towanda, Pa. Be
would say that . from his long an suc cessful
practice of TWENTY-PIVE YEARS duration
be is familiar with all the differentstyles of
work done in any and all Dental Establishmenti
in city or country, and Is better prepared than
any other Dental operator in the vicinity to do
work the best adapted to the many and different
cases that present themselves oftentimes to the,
Dentist, as he understands the art of making his
own artificial teeth, and has facilities for doing
the alum. To those requiring under sets of
teetb`he would call attention to his near kind of
work which consists of 'porcelain for both plats
and teeth, and forming a continuous gum. It is
mote durable, more natural in appearance, and
much better adapted to the gam than any other
kind of work. Those In need of the saute and
invited to call 'and examine specimens, Teeth
filled to last for 'years and oftentimes for
Chloroform, Ether, and "Nitrous Oxide" dd
ministered with perfect safety, as over four bu t O
dyed patients within the last lour years can tee ,
tify._
Office in Patton's Block.
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA
On Main Street, near the Court House.
C. T. SMITH, Proprietor
Oct.B, 1868.
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*Eliir TEARS ADDRESS!
HE bounds* tho hill tors; •
A Prinoe:', so, young andbold.
But weloominkthe.glad New Year •
We'll not forget the Old.
Let, the dead Peat bury its dead,"
Whore aught's to be forgiven-
Is well—butVeo where joyous memories
Semi transient gleams of Heaven. •
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OLD Ys►sl thOf II left us — many snob,
For which ws to time well ; • - -
And sigh tolettr th winter wind
Bing out thy Sole knell.
" The Hing;is +ad': Long live the King!"
Yomto leres!we tom to thee I
What hidesfiotou, Oh ! solemn Year!
'Neath Toilet mytitery
An honest roan 1 " noblett work,"
Shall stand the ham beside ;
He-brought pu i r• 1130(4 Ship safe in port,
What ill can't ebetide?
No traitors rioti beside the wheel,
'Though Politicians ranted ; •
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They 're up Salt Itir,r , s gentle stream I
While we take Perice for GnArrr-ed I
Yet always withithe ; vanquished
Oar sympathies should be ; ' •
Bat though they did their "level best,"
ThetgainediM3 Vicroa-E.
But polities :are on the shelf, - -
And them we'll kindly wait 'em ;
'Tie possible (ilea of F i the bqt,
To speak_ " ctdlnauiraium.
well that lgotheo Eve is dead,
Por it wouictsnreli end her,
To see her ftiiresi daughters thus
Put on the Grecian Bend-er.
If Cupid were s nice yonng.man,"
And sported 'golden tresses,'
He'd find 11() icioin - upon the Earth
Because of long-trained dresses.
G. F. MASON,
A. G. MASON.
Panieks are Vesfwell'for mules
No roan of sense would doubt it ;
But ladies need got piMone on,
They 're p'rettY 'nough without it.
The Circus kin wear tights of course,
Oar gentlemeni dress tighter ;
While " Shanglim " coats and Alpine hats
But make theist shine the brighter.
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Our town pertui* was getting dull
Andneededitibiication,
And so the tieg i Man kindly,came,
With lie enough for a nation.
Our Railroad, an'iinprovenient
We think it licky—very--
To have it ; though our neighbors should
Call it the ' , !‘iiiickleberry 1"
And many fair:poi:mg, maidens .
Rave le ft the tried dud true:,
The dear homti-lOye ; the„gentle care, _
Their youth end childhood knew, • .
GOD grant to: them that Hymen
A gentle capterlpro4e,
Who bindeth bUt with!golderichains
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And flowery wreath, of love .
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Azar-tx.! thy wing hatu_shadowed :-
Alas! hoWniany alrome.
shutting out th gloricius sunshine
With a dark pall of gloom.
Thy striettexOnei, Ohl -Father, keep -
In the holler! of Thy hand,
And shoW theM Orough the rifted cloud
,pleams of thirl.ftetter land.
Yourm Parry 7 - NuM! we bid thee bring
'Our Patrous ev'ryjoy,
And with it- Vri4g 0, memory
To fee the CLuOta ;
For surely this 140 g-winded thyme—
'Tie amply'„worth a van= ;
If you don't n " *that light"
'Tie your oWrif4ilt-tyou7d ought-er..
HARNDraI & CO
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of
CalTeras County.
In compliancd with the request of
a friend of initie who wrote me from
the East, I celled on good , natured,
garrulous old, ;Simon Wheeler, and
inquired atter: my friend, Leonidas
W. Smiley, las ie,quested to do, and I
hereunto stipend the result. I have
a lurking suspicion that Leonidas W.
Smiley is a myth ; that. my friend
never knew such a personage; and
that he only 'conjectured 'that, if I
asked old ;ffitheeler about him, it
would remind, him of his
go
Jim Smiley, andlhe would go to work
and bore me !nearly to death with
some infernal remiuiscence of him as
long and tediphe as it should be use
less to me. E - If that was the design,
it certainly nacCbeded.
_I found Simon Wheeler dozing com
fortably by the bar-room stove of the
old, dilapidated tavern in the ancient
mining camp of !Angel's,atid 'I noticed
that he was fat and baldheaded, and
had. an expression of winning gentle
ness and simplicity upon his tranquil
countenance. U roused up and gave
me good-day. L told him a friend of
mine had commissioned me to make
some inquiries about 'a cherished corn
'panion of his boyhood named \Leoni
dos W. Smiley-i-Re.v. Leonidas! W.
Smiley—a young minister of the 'Goo
pel, who he had heard ' was at one
time a resident di Angel's Camp. I
added that, if M. Wheeler &mid tell
me anything.:abbut this Rev. Leoni
das W. Smiley, I would fee! under
many obligitionti to him,
Simon Wheeler backed me into a
corner and blockaded me there with
his chair, and then sat me down and
reeled off the monotonous narrative
which folloWs this paragraph. He
never smiled, • he never frowned, he
never changed hi rake from.the gen
tle-flowing key to which he tuned the
initial sentence, are never ,betrayed
the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm ;
but all through the interminable nar
rative there: ran zt vein of impressive
earnestness and sincerity, , which
showed me - plai that, so far from
his imagining th at there was anything
ridiculous or funny about the story,
be, regarded it as .a really important
matter, and admired its.two heroes
as men of transcedent genial, in
finesse. To me,l the spectacle of a
man drifting serenely along through
such a queer yarn without ever smi
ling, was exquisitely absurd. 'As I
said before, .1 asked him to tell me
what he knew of Rev. Leonidan W.
Smiley, and 'he replied as follows. I
let him go on is his own way, and
never interrirpted! him once :
There was a feller here once by the
name'of Jim Smiley, in the 'winter.of
f4o— or it may Be i it was' the spring
of 'so—l don't recollect exactly,some
how, though what makes me think It
was one or the other is because I ro•
Jan. 23,1868 .1
pkiitilautouo:
insDirrnit TWAIN
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BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 6,1869.
-member the big flame wasn't - finished
when he first came to the camp ; but
any. way, he was the cnriosest man
about,.. always betting on any thing
that turned up you ever meg could
get anybody to bet on the other side ;
and if he couldn't, he'd charge sides.
Any way: that suited the-other man
would suit him—any lay just so's he
got a bet p he was satisfied. Bat still
he was lucky, uncommon lucky • be
most always come out winner. He
was always ready and laying rot is
chance ; there couldn't be no solitry
thing mentioned but-that feller'd Offer
to bet on it, and take any, side you
please,' as I' was jest telling, you.' ] If
there was a horse race, you'd find
him flush, Or you'd find him busted at
the end of it ; if there was a dog
fight, he'd bet on it ; if theie was a
cat fight, he'd bet on it ; if there was
a chicken fight,' he'd bet on it ; why
if there were two birds- setting on a
fence, he would bet you which one
would fly first.; or if -there was. a
catopmeeting, he would be there
reglar, to bet on Parson Walker,
which he judged to be the best wilier.
ter aboht here, and so he was, too,
and a good man. If he even seen a
stradd!e•bng start to go anywheres,
he would bet you how long it would.
take him to get wherever he was
going to, and if you took. him np, he
'would follow that straddle-bug to
Mexico but what he would find out
where he was -bound for and how
long he was on the road. Lots of the
boys here has seen that Smiley, and
can tell you about him. Why, it
never made no difference to him—he
would bet on anything—the dangdeat
feller. . Parson' Walker's wife laid
very sick once, for a good while, and
it seemed as if they wan't going to
save her • but one morning he come
in, and Smiley asked how she was,
and he said she was considerable
better - ---thank the Lord for his inruit
mercy—and coming on so smart that,
with the blessing of Providence,she'd
get well yet ; and Smiley, before he
thciught, says, "Well, I'll risk two
and-a•half that she don't, any way."
This-per Smiley bad a mare—the
boys called, her the fifteen minute
nag, but that was only in fun, you
know, because, of course, she was
faster than that--and he used to win
money on.that horse, for all she was
so slow and always had the asthma
or the distemper, or the consumption,
or something of that kind. They
used to give her two or three hundred
yards start, and
,then pass her under
way ; but always at the fag- e nd of
the race she'd get excited and despe
rate like, and come cavorting and
straddling up, and scattering her
legs around limber, sometimes in the
air, and sometimes out to one aide
amongst the fences, and, kicking up
more duet, -and raising [more racket
with her coughing and eneezieg and
blowing her nose—and always fetch
up at the stand just -about a neck
ahead, as near as you could cipher'. it
1 1 down.
And he - had-a little small ball pup,
that to look at him you'd think he
..wan't worth avett, but-to set around
and look-ornery, and lay for a chance
to steal somethin% But as soon as
.
money was up on im,he was a differ
ent dog ; his under jaw'd begin to
stick out, like the fo'castle of , it steam
boat, and his teeth would uncover,
and shine savage like thelurnaces.
And a dog might tackle him, and
bull-rag him, and bite him, and throw
him over his shoulder two or three
times, and Andrew Jackson—which
was the name of the pap—Andrew
Jackson would never let on but what
he was satisfied, and hadn't expected
nothing else—and the bets being
doubled and doubled on the other
side all the time, till the money was
all up ; and then all-of a sudden he'd
grab the other dog jest,by the j'int of
his hind leg and freeze to it—not
chaw, you understand, but onlyjest
grip and hang on till they throwed up
the sponge, if it was a year. Smiley
,always coma out winner on that pup,
till he harnessed a dog once that
didn't 'have no hind legs, because
'they'd been , sawed off by a circular
saw, and when the thing bad gone
along far enougb,and the money was
all np, and he come to make 'a snatch
for his pet holt, he saw in a minute
how he'd- been imposed on, and how
the other dOg had him in the door, so.
to speak, and he 'peered surprised,
and then be looked sorter discouraged
like,and didn't Ary no more to win the
fight, and so he got shucked out bad.
He give Smiley a look, as much as to
'say his heart was broke, and it was
his faplt, for putting up a dog that
hadn't no hind legs for him to- take
holt of, which was his main depen
dence in a fight, and then he limped
off a piece and laid down and died.
It was a good pup, was that Andrew
Jackson, and would have made a
name for hisself if he'd lived, for the
staff was in him, and he had genius
--I know it, because if he hadn't had
no opportunitieti to speak of, and it
don't stand to reason that a dog could
make such a fight as he did Under,
them circumstances, if he hadn't no,
talent. It always makes me feel .
sorry when I think of that last fight
of his'n and the way it turned out.
k Well, this yer ,emiley had rat tar
' viers, and chicken cocks, and tom
oats, and them kind Of things, till
you couldn't rest, and you couldn'ft,
fetch nothing for hint to bet on bet
he'd match you. He ketched ar frog
one day, and took him home, and said
he cal ' ktated to edercate him ; and no
he never .done nothing for three
months but set in his bacic . yard and
learn that frog to jump. And you
bet you he did learn him, too.. He'd
give him a little punch behind, and
the next minute you'd see that frog
whirling in the air like a doughnut—
see him turn one summerset, or may
be a couple if he got a good start,
and come down flat-footed and all
right, like a cat. He got him up so
in the matter of catching ,flies, and
kept him in prac ice so constant, that
he'd nail a fly every time as far as he
could see him. Smiley said all &frog
wanted was education, and he could
do most anything—and .1 believe him;
Why, I've seen him set Dan'l Web
ster down here on the floor—Dan't
Webster was the name of the frog—
and-.sing out, "Flies, Dan% ,flies I"
.and quicker% you — Onid wink, he'd
spring straight np,'and snake a fly
ofro the counter there, and flop down
on the floor again as solid as agob of
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mud, and fall to seratching the side
of his head with his hind foot - as in•
differept as if fie hadn't no ides he'd
been dein' any mores' any frog might
do. iron never see a frog so modest
and straightfor'ard as he was, for he
was so gifted And when it come to
fair and square jumping on a dead
level, he could get over more ground
at one straddle than any animal of
his breed you ever see. Jumping on
a dead level was his strong suit, you
understand ; and when it come to
that; Smiley would ants up money ob
him as long as he had a red. Smiley
was monstrous proud of his frog, and
well he might be, for fellers that had
.traveled and been everywheres, all
said he, laid over any frog that ever I
they see.
Well s Smiley kept tie beast iu..o
little lattice box,and be used to fetch
him down town'sometimes and lay
for a bet. One day a feller—a Stran
ger in the camp,he was—come saw!,
him -*kb his box, and says :
"What might it be that you've got
in the box ?"
And Smiley says, sorter indifferent
like, "It might be a.parrot,or it might
be a canary, may be, but it ain't—it's
only just a fills."
And the feller took it, and looked
at it careful, and turned it round this
way and that, and says,"Wm—so
'tie. Well, what's he goo d for ?"
"Well," Smiley gays,easy and care
less, "He's good enough for one thing,
shouldl judge--he can . outjump ary
frog in Oalveras county."
The feller took the box again, and
took .another long, particular look,
and gave it back to Smiley,and says,
very deliberate, "Well, I don't see no
.p'ints, abonythat frog that's any bet
teen ;ny other frog,"
"M►y be you don't," Smiley says.
"May be you uuderstand frogs, and
maybe you don't understand 'em ;
may be you've had experience, and
may bu you ain't only a amature, as
it weret Any ways, I've got my opin
ion, and I'll risk forty dollars that he
can outjump 'any frog in calverae
county."
And the feller studied a Minute,
and then says,kinder sad like, "Well,
I'm only a stranger here and I ain't
got no frog ; but if I hadi a frog, Pd
bet iou."
And then Smiley says, 'That's all
right—that's all right—if you'll hold
my box a minute, I'll_go and get you
a frog." And so the:feller took the
box, and put np, his forty 'dollars
along with Smiley's and set down to
wait.
So he set there a good while think
ing and thinking to hisself, and then
he got the frog' out and pried his
month open and took .a teaspoon and
filled, him fall of quail shot—filled
him pretty near up„ to his chin—and
set him on the floor. Smiley he went
to the swamp and plopped around in
the mud for a long time, and finally
he ketched a frog, and fetched him in,
and give him to this feller,and says :
i'ljow, if you're ready„ set him
alongside of Dan'l, with hisfore paws
just even with Dan% and I'll give the
word." Then he says, "One--two—
three jump l" Ad him and tbe feller
touched up the frogs from bebind,and
the new one bopped off, but Dan'l
give a heave, and hyst& up his
elioulders--so"—like a Frenchman,but
it 'wail% no use--be couldn't budge ;
he was planted as solid as an anvil,
and he couldn't uo more stir thait if
he was anchored out. Smiley was a
good deal surprised, and he was dis
gusted too, ,but he didn't have, no
idea what the matter was, of course.
• The feller took the money and star-
ted away ; and when he Was going
out at the dour, he Porter jerked his
thumb over hie shoulders—this way
—at Dan'l, and says again, very'de
liberate, "Well, I don't see no p'ints
about that frog that's any hetter'n
any, other , frog."
Smiley he \stood scrilltehing his
head and looking down at Dan'l.a
tong time, and at last he , says, "I do
wonder Alit i i the nation that frog
tbrow'd off for—l wonder if- there
ain't eomething,the matter with him
—he 'pears to kook mighty baggy,
vomehow." And he ketched Dan'! by
the nap , of the neck, and lifted him
up, and says, "Why, blame,my cats,
if he don't weigh five pounds I" and
turned him upsidedown and he belch
ed but a double handful of shot. - And
then he see how it was, and he was
the maddest man—he set the frog,
down and took out after that feller,
but he never ketched him. And—
[Here SIMon Wheeler heard his
name calledlfrom the front yard, and
got up to see whit was wanted.]--
And turning to me as he moved away,
he said : "Just set where you are,
stranger,and rest easy—l ain't going
to be gone a second.
Rut, by your leave, I did not think
that a continuation of the history of
the enterprising vagabond Jim -Smi
ley, would be likely to afford me much
information Concerning the Rev. Leo
nips W. Smiley, and so I started
away. I
At the door i met the sociable
Wheeler returning, and he button
holed me and recommenced.
"Well, this-3;er Smiley bad a yaller
ne eyed cow that didn't have no tail,
: poly jest a short stump like a banazi
ner, and--"
I "Oh 1 hang Smiley and his afflicted
cow I" I muttered, good-naturedly,
and bidding the old gentleman good
day, I departed:
A very unpopular officer for indo
lent ladies—General, Housewife.
Osa charge in a laviyeer“fbill
a client vac, "For waldng up in the
doSd- thinking of your flate-i-' five
.'
Mar Pruuntrzu says he rarely Buten,
for vent of sir at ids borate. A breeze le
raised in the reediest manner, and often
from the moat Wiling CMS.,
it bore meeting: Douglas Jerrold,
mid : "Well, what"' going on to-day?" "I
am," exclaimed Jerrold.
Os a child being told \that he must
be broken of *bad habit. hireplied, “Papa
hadn't I better be mended?" ,
• Sim an Irieb justice to an obstre
=prisoner on trial, "We want troth
silence, and but little ofttbst."
-
"Erserslorrr," says th e celebrated
D., "travels hater than light." "Yee,"
said the reflective IL, Hit, is easier to aback
than instruct."
AK irritable man having beeddia
appointed inhis boots, threatened to chew
up n shoemaker, but compromised by
drinking a cobbler. ' • -
SUITOR OAKEIMP-M110111;0.0P
_. 'MADDOX iftrita. • .
We furnish our readers .this after
noon, with the able and eloquent pan
egytic pronounced:ln the Senate by
the Hon. Simon Cameron -.on the la
mented Me. Stevens, together with
the resolution of respect 'introduced
and adopted.. Mr. Cameron's remarks
are clear,' eloquent and -comprehen
sive, and a 'fitting tributetathe mem
ory of the brave old Commoner who
now rests quietly in death's
aunt or now. innvins.
Mr. M'Pberson, Clerk of the House
of Representatives, appeared below
the bar and announced that he was
directed to communicate -to the Sen
ate the resolutions adopted by the
House of Representatives on the an
nouncement of the death of Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens, late a member_ of
the Home from the State of Penney!.
vania. •
The resolutions of the House' of
Representatives were read.
Mr. Cameron. Mr. President, it is
my sad duty to armouries to the Sen
ate the death of that eminent states
man' Thaddeus Stevens, a member of
the Houtie of Representatives froth'
Pennsylvania. This great man died
et midnight on the 11th day of Au
gust last, at his residence in this city,
_during the recess of Congress.
Thaddeus Stevens Was Ira on the`
4th of April, 1796, at Danville, in
Vermont, where he received his pri
mary education. He afterwardaWent
to Burlington and‘Dartmouth, where
he completed that portion,of his edu
cation which the schools can confer.
After leaving college he followed the
American instinct to move westward ;
and so came to Pennsylvania,residing
first at York, afterward removing to
Gettysburg, and finally settling t at
Lancaster. His adopted State receiv
ed him in a different spirit from that
with which many States now receive
men of talent, energy suds
and the veneration in which his pub
lic character is held in Pennsylvania
is a fitting rebuke to the stupid.bigo
try which represents such material.
Shortly after his arrival in York, .
Mr. Stevens, at the age of twenty
two, began the study of law;
- teach
ing a school in the meantime temain
taia himself 'while prosecuting his
studies. Born and reared in the free
mountains of Vermont, where slavery
was a tradition merely, and coming
to the Maryland border, where Ate
effects could be seen in the ience_cor
ners, it was natural for a man of
Thaddeus Stevens' sturdy and com
bative nature to detest that institu
tion. It was impossible that be could
uphold or quietly tolerate so unjust a
system. He became au anti slavery
man, of course ; and it is question
able if so uncompromising a foe to
slavery, or an abler one,ever lived in
America. He was a powerful defen
der and a terrible opponent ; and it
may be justly said of him that he was
more successful in sustaining than in
originating measures, more powerful
to overthrow than to build up instita
dons.
After his admission to the bar he
rose steadily until he reached a lead
ing place inhis profession ; and he
maintained this conspicuous position
until he ceased the active-practice of
the law. His intellectual grandeur.,
always commanded admiration. He
wa+ always thorough. His conduct
of a case in the petty, sessions was
not unlike his management of a great
debate on questions affecting the " 1
deepest interests of mankind. With
out wasting - his own force or wearing
Out the patience o? his auditory, he
went directly to the core of the sub
ject in hand. Never dissipating hie
thought over a great variety of points,
he fastened upon the most important
and essential i and pressed these home
with resistless vigor, logic, eloquence.
and wit ; and from the time of his
entry into public life no man assailed
him without danger or conquered him
without scars. He retained his men
tal vigor to the last, and with his eye?
- undimmed by, age he has passed from
the scenes of a buy arid useful life
full of years and of honors.
In 1833 Mr, Stevens was elected the to
Legislature of Pennsylvania, and
at once took a prominent part in the
deliberations of that body. His most
signal service was the defense of our
common ' schdol system from the at
tacks ,of its enem ies.. A system ofi
public education had-been , provided
for in Penn's frame of government for '
the province;by the provisional 'gov
ernment framid after the Declaration
of Independence, and by the Consti
tution of 1790. By virtue of this au
thority the provincial council organi
nized a school in Philadelphia on Oa
tober 26, 1862. Other schools were
instituted as they became necessary.
In 1762 an. effort was made to pia
vide for a comprehensive system of
public instruction ; but the colonial
was first and the Revolution after
wards frustrated this - wise design
But.public opinion was never wholly
diverted from this icheme. All the
Governors of our State under the
Constitution,l think, pressed
ce the im
portance of his great measure on the
Legislature, and none with greater
force and pertinocity than,Governors
Snyder; Shislts and Wolf, three re re.
sentatives of that good and but often
neglected German element in the pop
ulation of Pennsylvania.
Until the year 1834 our, public
schools suffered from a radical defeat.
They only provided for the education
of the poor gratis. The advancing
intelligence of the age demanded a
more enlightened policy. A commit
tee of the two, houses of our Legisla
ture, containing, among others, Dr.
Samuel Brick, James - Thompson and
Wilmer Worthingtoe, of West Ches
t
ter, framed the law of 1834, the fob -
'dation of our admirable school sy -.
tern The fi rst named of these ge -
tlemen has passed away, but-then h
youthful colleagues still live to enjoy
the lasting honors in which their fel
low
citizenshold their services" in the
cause of education. Hon. James
Thompson now adorns our supreme
bench, and Hon. Wilmer WorthingtOn
is the Speaker of the Senate of Penni
sylvania.
The change from the "pauper" Bye
tem—as it was called—to one of gen
eral education impressed many with
the belief that the additional burdens
of taxation consequent on - such a
change would , prove too onerous, and
-.,.~.
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• furious opposition to the' law" of
1884 arose tn some parts of the State.
In 1835_ tins' feeling had gained such
strength that there ,watt danger that
the law would be repeated, in. obedi
ence 'to the popular clamor. -But this
noble act.had a noble refuge.. Gov.
Wolf bad determined to'veto any.leg
islation -which attempted ite repeal.
When the' contest came:Thaddeus Ste
yens - defended. the school law with
great power, and the repealing sot
was defeated by a large majority.
To - the e honor of Mr. Stevens it , must
be remembered that this popular out
cry against the school law gave him
the opportunity to gain a signal , ad
vantage over his political, opponents,
bitt he 'scorned to use it for such a
purpose. The time gained for reflec
tion by the defeat of the repealing
act saved - our common school system
from annihilation. The generalsenti•
meat now ruining:opposition to this
institution, and the advanced and
steadily advancing intelligence of our
people stands as the monument to the
wise framers of the law of 1884 and
its able defender.
The Iniportance of our public im
pitivements was discuseed - andestab--
lished in the latter part of the last
and the systeM was insugiiiated ear
ly in the present century. Its active
and successful Advocate in the Legis
lature We& willitun Lehman, of Phila.
delphia, Who entered in the Legisla
ture in 1818. Active operations were
began in 1820; and continued under.
the able - direction of Goirenior-Shultz,
John Sargent, William. Darlington,.
David Scott, Joseph Mcllwaine, Dan
iel Montgomery, Abner Leacock,
James Clark, Jonathan Knight, Char.
Mowry and Francis R. Shank ; during
the twelve years of the administration
of Governors Shalt' and .Wolf. The
works were in full operation in 1885,
and in 1838 Thaddeus Stevens was
appointed canal commissioner by
,Governor Ritzier: His• success was
not equal to his abilities. During his
administration of this - office additional
works Were undertaken, but they
proved failures. Venous causes com
bined to prevent his success. Intense
opposition alwaye .confronted him,
and an impatience of detailii.operated
against, him in everything of a busi
ness character, except in his profes
sion, where he was ccinsumate in his
preparation and use of every meant
of victory.
In referring, to the life and public
services and character of such a man
asThaddeus Stevens; it is unbecom
ing to indulge in loose statement and
bombastic praise. There is enough
of the man to furnish• material for a
truthful and honorable encomium
without claiming for him exclusively
honors which mainly belong to his
contemporakies. This should
,be es
pecially avoided in the case of Mr.
Stevens, for no man more thoroughly
despised such injustice.' He always
resented being dressed in borrowed
robes. Au observance of these rules
would doubtless have prevented inju
dicious admirers from claiming for
Mr. Stevens the paternity of our com
mon school - system, and our system
of public. works. Eulogies 'of this
character, pronounced on the spur of
the moment, , ,though inexcusable are
innocent when compared with the
elaborate obituaries, for it is to these
last that historians are . most apt to
refer. /And thus the-migracions task
is thrown on some one of the correct
ing errors and_mis-statements which
should rr ver have been made.
In 1838-Mr. Stevens was chosen a
member of the convention to amend
the constitution of Pennsylvania, and
here, as everywhere else,he displayed
ids ability. Under our constitutionl
of 1790 negroes enjoyed the right of
suffrage. The aggressiozs of the
slave influence demanded that this
right shoild be stricken down. The
besotted majority in the North were
everywhere inclined - to yield the
point. In. our convention this feeling
actuated the majority of the members,
but Thaddeus_ Stevens battled - with
all ,his might• against the ontiage.—
Ele was overcome. The rights of a
portion of-our citizens were sacrificed
to the prevailing sentiment, and the
word "white" was inserted in our
Constitution as a condition to the
right of suffrage. With characteris
tic independence Mr. Stevens refused
to sign a document containing such
an unjust discrimination against
peaceable and law abiding men, and
he bravely determined to forego the
distinction of hiving his name go
down to posterity on that document.
Few young- men would have shown
the contempt for position which he
then eihibited, and fewer can under
stand that true fame can be foetid
more surely in • doing , right than in
being in conspicious company.
In 1850 Mr. Stevens was elected to
Congress: His ardent love of liberty
and his inexhaustible hatred of Ameri
:can slavery threw him headlong into,
an opposition to that institution ai
determined as it seemed hopeless.—
The sentiment and conscience. of the
nation was blunted and debauched i ,
and the forlorn hope which Thaddeus --
Steven" then led did not Gaffer them
selves ;to hope for O . 'view of the
bright' and swiftly coming day which
his old eyes were permitted to see in
"its fall glory. Failing t o secure a
renomination, he retired , from Con
gress in 1852, and resumed the prac
tice of the law. His public career
seemed to have closed in the very
prime of . his vigor. . But a mighty
change, was at hand.
1n,1854 the slaveholders,
,unaatis
fled with anything short- of absolute
&opinion t shocked the lulled con
science of the nation by attacking
and deitroying what demagogues
Goliath° "settlements" of the Blavery
queition, ,and what wise .men 'knew
to be but a postponement of an inevi
table trouble. TMs high handed put :
, rag! 9n lllet vast , mitjority y
1 mertcally ;contemptible ininority pro
duced. a revulsion in oar politics,com•
pared with which all others are in.
significant. Old parties melted away.
Oa thoughts gave way to new vigor.
The respectability claimed for "the
staveholders was laughed at. in the
light of their degrading latitude lie
fore thelintel:abed country. Their'
highly Atoned bduor became a jibe
when compared with. - their Panic_
faith. New organizations -- wrested
the Legislature• from- the` men. who
used it for orit disgrace.' Old leaders,
remembered for their - courage end
_OS per Annum, in Advnncel.
audacity, were recalled. In 185 8
.
Thaddeus Stevens returned to Oen:.
gross,' and the foremost men' of the
now
as
Opposition amspted
him as theirleader.
This crime of the elaveholdere cul
minated in ilerrible war that ended
in the destruction of the cane whirell
provoked the conflict. During Altai
period of our national trials the;his
tory of Mr. Stevens is inextricably
interwoven with the history oflis
country. Space and propriety alike
require that I should leave any (slab
orate reference to his services during
that - period to those . whom time and'
freedom from partiality shall enable
to do the enbje6t fall
,justice.
Since the death of Thaddeue - Ste
none I have been pained to notice the
vulgar fury with which his character
has hems assailed. I had indulged
the hope that vituperation had ex
hansted itself on him daring hie long
life,•but I have been mistakes. If
malignant and merciless abuse could
destroy the usetulneas of men, the
services which- Mr. Stevens has ren
dered to mankind would have been
prevented.: Men every way his infe
riors set. themselves np as critics and
censors. of. his private life. The
manner in Which they have performed
their self imposedrduty, shows they
never knew, or had' forgotten, .that
the strongest virtue , consists in ice
cessfully battling against ever press
ent. temptation, and that those who
overcome are more to be honorcdthan
those who lack the inclination to go
astray. We have'forgotten thelra
very of the Gaseon, and only use his
name now to describe a braggart,- A
mere reference-to the fact proves the
injustice.; and .the same_ injustice
will be perpetuated if we remember
only the caustic earcasmeof the dead
statesman, and forget his life-long
love and devotion to a down-trodden
race. -
We are constantly asked, if women
Foto, what will become of the bread
and babies ?
In view of the heavy bread, and
badly cooked fdod we find on most
tables,. and the shocking •mortality
- among infante, Niue contemplate with
Wonder and pith the blind faith of
Man in the'maternal and culinary in
telligence of "the weak-ininfiedn who
have no aspirations beyond Hecker's
flritr, Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup,
and Wheeler and. Wilson's sewing
machine. Seeing that womewhave
devoted themselves through the ages
of domestic economy and failed, as
miserably as men have in the art
,of
government, we have, after mature
thought, come to the conclusion that
justbas woman's enlightened interest
in political questions will improve .
the State, so man's skill , and science
are necessary to redeem •the home
from its present disorder, disease and
death. If there- are 'two things we
theroughly understand, they are ba
bies and bread, and for our knowl-
edge of both these divine arts we are
indebted to philosophical 'scientific
gelitlenasti.
The only valuable work we ever
- saw on infancy was Written by amen,
Andrew Combe, of Scotland, a close
observer„ a sound thinker, and ,a
learned physiologist. We - shall never
forget bow temptest-tossed , we were
when we found ourselves the pos
sessor of a male - child; without the
slightest knowledge of what to do
for its-comfort and 'protection. An
ignorant nurse figeted round the
room day and night, sang melancholy
ditties, rocked vehemently, , while the
child cried centinually with a loud
voice, and we wept, 'prayed and phil•
osophized by turns. Reasoning on
general principles, we at - last came
to the -conclusion that inasmuch as
the. child was large and irigorc as,
there must be some mistake on the
part of the tTinrse that he was riot
quiet and comfortable, we fortified
ourself in that .opinion by a faithful
reading of what. Mr. Combe had to
say on babies in general. The re
sult of this consideration of his 'opin
ion was prompt revolution in the
whole nursery department, and a
transfer of pain from the liaby to the
nurse, who stood humbler and cha
grined as she, saw her time-honored
system summarily set aside—the
pins, paregoric, catnip. and.cradl
driven out—while pure air, sunlight
and common sense walked in. Oh
what sighs, what groans, w hat
doubtful shaking of the mead, what
*suppressed laughter and whisperings
in the hall we-heard during the first
days after. the _inauguration of that
dynaster of health, happiness and
rest to that new-born soul. -
When the three-hours cry began
that day, which- ancient dames ass
eared us was a custom that had been
faithfully kept by all the sons of
Adam from time immemorial, we or
dered the little sufferer to be prompt
ly stripped to the skin and put in=a
warm-bath • that brought instant re
lief, and aft er he was d r essed in a
few light garmente hung - on- the
--boulders, with no swadling bands,
- no-pressure-on the - lungs or bowels,
and laid down to sleep. He- was fed
(according to Combs) *every two
hours by day, and but once during
the
_night.. After that we - had peace,
'though eternal' vigilance on our part
was its price. The custom of pin
ning babies up as tight as a - dram is
both cruel and absurd. We asked
the antiquarian who tortured our ' I
first born in that way, why she did
it ? .."The bones of young bablesare;
so - soft and their flesh- so tender,",
said she, " that they are in constant
danger of dissolution unless tightly
pinioned. together." We soothed her
fear* by pointing to the fact that
colts and calves, puppies and kittens
all lived and flourished Without band=
ages, and for the benefit of the race
we said we would
-make the experi•
ment.on one of the human family.
If babies are regularly fed, bathed,
and - comfortably dressed, and in a
pure atmosphere, they will be quiet
and healthy. The ignorance of wo
man on tse subjects is truly la
inentable.,We h4ve seen children a
year old who have never tasted wa
ter, when they should have it half a
doien times a day Mina the - hour of
their birth. - We have found fathers
who worked hard all day complain
bitterly of being disturbed at night
by- crying children, hence the corn.
ERE
NUMBER 33.
M M M
mon tmesofArs. Winslow's soothing
syrup, which only tends to increase
the irritablelsabdition of the'nervims
system, aka permanently weaken the
brain. •
Young mothers no -- doubt ims4 fug
that this llfts. Wiuslow is some ex-,
perieneed, husutne' old lady, who
loveslittle children, bows just how
to sootb them to sleep,: sad pilot
them through all .= the pitfalls of in
fancy, while, in (set, this abominable
syrup is oompobdedd. by some ignor
ant man, in, whiekekbrosdcioth, and
books, ythi,' lives ;mid - fattens on his
ilkrotteS fins, „ while babies are
sent by the h;mttreds to untimely
griies, or made idiots and lunatics
for' Mrs. E. Cady
TEE MOOSE IN MID
We find the following account of
the moose froth ati excellent sgrictd
tarsi and firming journal, the Maine
Penner, publisW of Agasta, which
we are sore will be read with inter-
This noble animal is an inhabitant
of thhi, Stite,/bat its native location
is much more extensive than is gen
erdlly supposed. North of 49 deg.
they are found across the entire con-.
Ainent, being very numerous in the
Northern. Rooky Mountains, Maine, 1:
New. Bremerhaven& Lower Canada
are amen -the '.favorite places of
abode.. They. axe the largest of the
deer iribe. ; Yew *anon*, in Maine
realircyhat a noble auimal. ranges _
our forests, iionteof which vie almost
with the horse in size- Like all the
deer.taaiily 4hey are ruminating ani
mals, and in. summer,-when their hair
is short and glossy, they appear very - .
handsome ; though their head has a -
heavy look yhich- is disfigured
by s clumsy,. ripper lip, approach
ing in appearance that of the
horse. They are exceedingly timid..
We saw one partially tamed_ several
years since, and though he ad been
kept for months in a stable with
horse, yet when taken into the street
he seemed terribly frightened as he
saw the horse walking through the
streets. Hence, the moese-hunter
finds it necessary to approach them'
against tbe wind.. The breaking, of
a twig will arouse them. In winVer
the hair is king and' coarse, within
which is a fine, thick coat of wool.
An old moose has a long, busby tuft
under the jaw. .
The most - remarkable object of at•
tendon in the mouse is his huge ant
lers, which seem to be a great incon
venience to-the - progress pf the ani
mal amopg trees, but he turns them
back .upon his shoulders and trots
along with a stately gait and with
great speed among the trees. They
never gallop nor leap, but practise a
'lollg. trot.
Hunters think much of moose
meat. The steak is usually coarse,
though when in good condition it is
quite juoy. The nose and tongue are
considered great delicacies. Theln
diens. who lived in the vicinity of the ,
whites considered it a most desirable
-present to their white neighbors
when they could bring in a nose and
tongue of a moose.
The age of the moose is generally
reckoned by the number of points on
his borne, some of which have as
many as twenty-tliree, which indicate
their age in years., Their antlers
weigh sometimes as high as seventy
pounds. They shed these_ every
year, usually commencing in Decem
ber. It is astonishing with 'what
rapidity these antlers will grow.
In the winter season they retire to
the more mountainous region, when
they are said - to "yard." An abund
ance of hard wood trees furnish them
with food, and they donotleave their
yard unless distinguished, so long as
food is , abundant.
"Moose-hunting when the snow is
deep and covered with crust is very
exciting. When started from their
yard,' the male goes first,\ and the,
others follow in his tracks - so exactly
that a stranger - would suppose there
was only_one moose. It is said that
they sometimes in their flight go
through other yards, when they all
fall in and travel in single file' Its
Speed is so great that an Indian has
pursued one three hundred miles be
fpre overtaking him.
~generally if
hotly pursued and not overtaken the
first day, they lay diiirn after run
ning a short distance--,and are so stiff
the next day that limy are easily
brought to bay by small dog
Variois attempts have been made
to domesticate them. They have
been harnessed into -• sleigh and
driven with great, speed, but there
are times when they are perfectly
unmanageable. Their timid - nature
forbids their general use.
The destruction. of moose and deer
in this- State has been most wanton
Within a few years. A law is needed
forbidding their slaughter for- tt n or
fifteen years, when they would again
rapidly increase. .
TO-DAY AND To-lionow.--Ta•day
we gather bright and beautiful flow
ers—to-morrow they are faded and
and dead.
To4lay awreath of leaves., allado
ne--to•morrow, aear and fallen, - they
crumble beneath our tread. .
Today the-earth is covered with a
carpet of green—to-morrow it is
brown with the withered grass. - • .4,
Today the vigorous stalk only
bends before the grain—to morrow
"the laud is - taking its Sabbath after
the toil."
Today we hear sweet sonstera'of
meadow and. forrest, the buzz and
hum of myriad insects ; to-morrow--
breath softly all nature is hushed and
silent. ' -
To-day a stately edifice, complete
in finish and surroundings, attracts
the passer by—tomorrow a heap of
rains mark-the 'site -
. Today there are 'cattle on a thou
sand, hills—to-morrow theZ .fall 'in
- slaughter.
The fashion-of the world passeth
away., Bat let . Christ dwell, within
us, and .though wOmay pass away
like the faded leaf and the sapless
stalk, we shall "arise to newness of
life."
Where nales spring *Wee
And necrerng &meas. -
,
GOOD plot for a play—A grass plot. kt•
A desirable domestic bird—A duck
of a wife. -
Tat moat appropriate wood for
wooden show--Sandlremwood. - -
" You- pen wants mending," as
the shepherd odd to the stray sheep.
Wean may we piesume that a man
TerS Magri? When he wit devour
books.
New York boiit-blaok . bas" $6,-
000 in thi book—the proceeds of the labor
of many • 1 2shintog Mar." • •
A cruel wag turned a baid-headed
Mend into an' enemy by advising him to
have his heed frommoll.
&I a° was backing, iwiy at a .
tough oek, when lightning star& a tree
neer him, and shivered it. Altres delead,"
aid he, "Ijes' like to see tun try die one ;
I reek= day And dem matohr-