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W 00.1), ATTOUNEI, AND
T....vnr. , 1a, Pa.
F.:l - 11 - PET: r, 4 ."iTT ORNEY AT
Juno •Gc..!
1 TIi.FOYEF., ATTORNEY AT
L\* Towall.la• " 0P;c,..• «ith Elhnintt
• - - - -
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1" - AITTEil .c.:. IxIONTANYE, ATTO '-
.7. , 1-'l'S AT I. tw. Oftleefe--:rururr- of 711 , 04 and
I in- ;:trr.c.t.. opporit , l'. , rtor'F Drui Storr.
iv B. KELLY, DENTIST: OF
* • 8,•0 r & Mack's,. Towanda, ra.
TAR.. H. 'WESTON, 'DENTIST.-
Onire In Pr..tton'a , Mock. vvcr Gorr's Drrigk, and. al tit , r,. ja.n 1. 'C.S.
P. VaLLISTON.
AI"fORNIA,AT LAW, TOWANDA.
0. .lo of 'll, - ,reni;d lies 'hock, np-stalrs
r:i 21,
i c B. - XI 6KEA N, ATTORNEY
T
.....• AND (:OLIMMLOP. AT LAT:, Tnwanda, Pa- Par
ti. nlar paid to betainias lit t)m,; Orphans'
Luc July 24;1113.
•
W IL CARNOCHAN, ATTOR,
• AT LAW (District Attorney for Drell.
co,lntyi. Troy, P, , Concetioas wade foul prompt
ly reurlttfd. • [chip, °A9—tt.
T &D. C. DENViTr, Attorneys-at
t..- • Law, Towsnds, Pa., beving formed a co-part
nPrßhip, tender their prefesitiottal servkr► to :the
pubile. Npeeial attention given to EVERY'DEPArtV
MF.NT of the business, et the 'county scat or rlso-
laa.e. JACOB DEWITT,
D. CLINTON DEWITT
TOWANI , .t. Pa., Dec. 12, 1870. •
TORN N. CALIFE, ATTORNEY
AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Particular attention giv
ka to Orphans' Court business,- Conveyancing and
I .'rsnerti'mrs• • 'IIV - Oillre in Wood's new block. Oath
of the 111-Ft Natioxral Dank, up stairs.
. .
Ti. WARNER, Physician and
'• Prmitord Co., Ps. An
ntt, , ,,,icd to. Of',leo fir't door.sonth
t.i yr
( \ ELSI3I.ZER, ATTOR
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i pane: nor enpr nPe will
; to g.lO satiNfaction to nowt , wie.n ! ay give
gplo of the public moan., cut of Mer
74 FEANS TOAVANDA,
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11JME TABLE OF THE
VAN k. ERIE RAILROAD.—T-'
111Titl.-.y, Jan. 23, 1871.
sta. - ma'am). •
P ,II - :3b I 8:001 TOWANDA
'2:40,1 8:10 1 BARCLAY JUNCTION
3:00 I 8:30 1 11.07cROE -
3.13 1 0:051 ‘94,1430X19:1..1,
3":13 1 3:551 ' NEW ALBANY.
:•13 I 9:25 1 .... _MILLERS..
4:30I
9:501
DUS/.1011E:
al. A. M.
3 -.?./ '25.'71
NEW ROUTE, TO PHILADEL
\
NORTH PENNSYLVANIA lUJLEOAD
Shortert and most dlroct halo to rhaatelptda,
timore, Waslitrit,ton, and the Konth.
Passengers by this route. take Pennsylvania it
New York Railroad train. passing Tewanda at 7:15
make dose oowiiection at Lethlebeni
press train of North Penteallarlroad, and arrive in
Philiuleffhis at 5:05 P. Li.,. in time to take night
trains either for the South or West.
City pasnenger cars aro at tho Depot on arriral of
a 1 tral Convey passen gem to the various Depots
t an p rte of the rItS:
Leave North Penn's ilailroad Depot, coiner Berk"
and American stra-t.' Plffladclphia, at 7:55 L. M..
arriving at Towanda ' CD P. M., same evening.
Mann's Baggage E:rpr 'collects and delivers bag
gage, oface' No. 105 Soot 111th street, Phlladclphin
,
ITSICTIrt scoolOtonarrons.
Freight received at Front and Noble streets, Phil&
delphla, and forwarded br Daily Fast Freight train
to Towanda, and all giants to Susquehanna Tilley
with quick dispatch. IELLIS MABEE, ,
Gen. Agt. N. P. R. 8., Front and Willow 13bi.
Nov. 21, 1870. • Philadelphia.
pA. & N.Y. CANAL &- R.R. CO.-
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TEAMS,
To take effect Monthly; May 1 5 ,1871. •
7 BOLTEMAII.D. I NOILITIAAMD.
rILISCWAL .
No.I No. No. No. No.INo.
35. 0. STATIONS . 34. 2. 36..
21 AY •It • rY ragirst
.....
5 35.9 45
5 00,9 00
4 31,8 60
420815,
335 , 720
37j7 00
3 00;11 gs
so
2 43'1F ss, ....
3'30 . 1'2 40 1 8 30 Waverly 'll 45
3 40 12 48 ,1 8 40'
__Athens, .. 1 11 35
4 20: 1 20! 9 251... ...Towanda :10 48
1C 2 00;10 .., rA)
5 051
3 '27'10 35i 9 31
C 02.: 2 57'11 00' I , lleshoppen.... 9OR
1; 00 11 07.... Mehoopany.... 900
40• 3 .11 35 ...Tuttlaisfluock...: 8 1:.5
7 n 0:" 4 27, 12 r 7 85
17, 4 45' 1 151....Wi1kes ;- 710
. 17.• 4 10 ...14.:ouvli
s 15 : kllentOwn • 11
,4 2r, r•
770 i 6 2!", •
A It
avt s Touttn,la st 7 10; Athens, 7 54; Wa•
arr;ve at Eanini at V 10 A. 11,
31 1...1w0-Elmira at 5'30; Waverly. 6 30; 'AUL
,. 1 , ,; :1.1.1s at Tt•wantla -at 725 I%
,att Tralra &lc at 'W.ll:to haven. L'p Traits
1.11 - ::1 , at Pittatun.
.. a .. ,~.._.
SIM
TICOni to urn] from New Tort aud
, vitl,,,zt change of earl.
train connertn at Allentown with Through
Ilarri.tburg; ritteburg and the West.
It. A. PACKER,
Superintendent.
•
Miscalrancotts.
C R S BAN K,
of WT
n r, at A. J
L. , ceivcs DEporit.R. Loans Motu, Makes Collec
tams, wad does a
-
GENERAL BANKLNG BUSINESS;
El
To
„persons desiring to fend money to ANT Nair
of • Collo,' 'States, Canada or Europe. this Dank
Ulu lest facilitiet, and the lowest termt,.
,
raid ff,;:n Neva Stella, England, Ireland, Sett
gr any 'part nt Euroisj and the Orient, by the
1 i • ' Ilt r
CELEBRATED INMAN LINE
1?.•
/.
nita F..‘ll,l(ical, Sitter. ruited Etatcn Ronde
I:10A rat•:..
1, boll en
EEO
WM. S. VINCENT, Cashier
p i ffEU MAT I ELTtALGLI
to any person prodneing,any Medicine showing, half
as many living, permanent cures as Dr. FITEML . I3
Vs.,ErAnin ltur.l:m.vne I:r.ur_Dv. Cscd itivraral
oni:;. A Pleasant 3ledlcina, free from injorlo:
arng.J. Warranted. under oath, to have Lerman. t
ly earet.l!77, in every 100 patients treated in the iist
1-n yearis. .(Soo Vatimor.yl. It is the scienti9 pre
scription of Prot. Jos. I'. flitler, M. 11., a era , late of
the thliviqrsity of PeunsylVania, - *.A. D., 1 4,,-now
one of Philadelphia's oldest regular physi vs. and
Professor'of Chemistry, and Toxicology woo has
made Neurizla, Chronic and Inflamato Rheuma
tism the specialty of his entire profe ional life—a
fact voncheil for by the signatures cenaparrying
each bottle, - and other testimonials many promi
nent renowned physiciansl and cle en. To pro
tect sufferers from poisonfins q it nostrinr.s and
n•: Mess expenditure of money. ,legal signed guar•
antes, stating exact nom Atr o ottles warranted to
core, will be forwarded . to any sufferer send
ing by letter slat deseepti.n of affiction. _ln caste
of failure to cure, alai:runt d positively refunded.
MN licirie sent anywhere y eqireas, collect on de
livery. ~ A ffilicted in write for advice; all_ in-
Sormatinn and medic advice sent by letter gratis,
Address Dr. J. P. Fl LER, 29 South Fourth street.
Plilladelphia. Pa. 1 , •o Remedy Is sold or obtained
by Druaaists. •
EIE!MISIIMICH
I_3 AT HE N.'
•
TblFl rtock horse will eery° the
prr.ont rzla on, from April 1, th Aug. 1. at tit'
stablo .f KlWC:FillttrtY S SotoatoN, Towanda, 3'a.,
?In :lay noon to Saturday morrdmr and at
.tin, l'a.. at the farm of 1,, S. KlNGs7..truy,
. F-itnr.tay and Monday forenoon..
Ifoney due at Vane
-i:it• to inbur: rtir
,re, and .51,70 for two
o , k‘Ttl.ti b:Ant," r , r ,, n. Money due aa ~, o n as
I'.. t - .till, foal._ Any pert.on
. 1 . 1,.! 1 , ,rt1n7 with It , : `-,fire
•:,• • :•1 ti'•. Vi I;.' ACt . .111:i::11!?•1 , r the
• I
't-r•lat•tltst Vitt r-C1114,.. at
.ttt•lt , ll A :lot Cita, a'..l
tl , t./. M. rttl Ai ; •:1. by CA . ,
~ry Clay. I. Attar , tr lit ,
.1 t‘b ,law
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MIME
7
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yT.o7,l's cELEERATED OIL
!•,. ,• rhonl,l kont cr.,,
t!..tt r tattle
T r 1 1.1v..ry Siald”
ar'.• r It it will
• ,• r. ; lot 0.::•1 y1 . 17.1•n all oth.r L'l, 01-
, 1 . ,• 110, 3. 'dud:,le'
• •:•.: rtf.a. it. is unpuryat.recl for
. • :.: I qua r. nvi,t,=rnttlis F:11 , 11111 p it
: it n 119.• an I f•. - .:* the!r customer:4
f as qualA :t for t.i.r.d..r
1'.••• •.ry t,ody rtuferit...g . from pain anti htmeness of any
ento, wounda or any ernf,tion, ot the
ii any thaease requiring an
outward application should certainly keep this cele
-1,,ate.1 medicine. Every bottle warranted to give
eit.stact.., , n. For sal: , I,y Dr. If. C. Porter Son k Co.
l' , •rter A:l , .lrl•y and F.
l'a. And by every .Drriggiat and dealer in Brad.
1 . • , r 1 atid adjoining counties.
Ifolloway and Cowderi, wholesale Patent
Nledwir..• Itelr d. Fn. 602 Arch street Pliiladepllita,Pa.,
N',1,•1?Fal•• A t;entr - . If. DIt()WNI(1
julsl9 . 7o.er Prol , rietor, Lellayaville, Pa.,
ERE
=EIS
• t • t t.,.• wat. , r I•nwer.
•-:).:;1 VC art•
I to •n
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NOTICE TO CARPENTERS !
•
miler fined have mach arrangements to in
t-are Carpcitter's CHESTS Or TOOLS, covering
wi•Enurrx TIIET, YAIT m. All desiring pith
inn-Irance ar• rcspectlially invited to give ns a coll.
C4311' k VINCENT,
l7vn. Insurance Agts., Towanda, Pa.
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TOWANDA, PA
Successor to B. 6. Russell & Co.. 'tinkers.)
F.lnie as an Incorporated: Bank
P.ISSAGE TICKETS
Of SLamors on hand
f.: the 1 - 11 , . 'ti , rthern Pac:3c i 3-10
M. - C. MED.CUR.Pr,,itleat.
$3OO WILT. BE PAID;
=ERE
MIMI
- 7
C 0 K Ei
The reort DESIRABLE. and meat
eIdICAL FUEL for culinal7 purposes duritig rum
r. .For &tie Ly the
• - TOWANDA . OAS COMPANY.
Tnlve coots per In:shel at Ma Gait Renee. vr CS
livered. 1:n.730,1870.
fiIIYSTALINE, DE FRXXCE.
1.._) 'new and beautiful Pert 11131 0 i= ten tones
than any othor perfume ever bronebt
lore. the public. It is made fr,•;11 French Crystals.
Al , o Pow(' celebrated Cocoanut Oil. an elegant
p:ep.,ratien for the hair. For sale by C. 11. lILS.
!MEE, dealer is general -„merles and provisions,
Ulster. Pi.; fioltli A fiIIEGOTtY, sherh,Lnin; FLA-
Athf ns; WE:FE lillO'l3, Frlnklin•
dale.
LAKI•
TROUT, some very fine
n 1 a Vt+Fr low pries, 1,7
Jnne 15, 1.41. fOX & mr:nct-r.
AATOOL !-50,000 lbs. wauted by
\ S
NV. A. - 11ocawr.L.L., tho I.4zhert
price will in 2..
Qti
((AR OF ALL KINDS RF,ITAIL
tug at who:onto prim. at
F117: 4, 1: 311:FICUIV9,
VAMIERS, bring yoiir producd
4: and sell to FOX k 111=1;Tt.
Jaz 19, 471.
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111
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TILE SMALL 10RDS• APPEAL
1140
12:10 7
11:50 6
11:15 6
.11:06
10:55 6
1040. 6
All dip we flit actrfte your view,
Brown, black, 'or criurson-Lreasto4l,
Yellow or blue, or sixellecl htie,
Pralile Cr goldeA-crestecl.
We do our, best to plCsso your eye,
With colors brightly blending,
With fairy motion gliding by,
'Or nngol-lilic ascending.
Eas
ME
.All day we girlie to charm your oar
With' concert of sweet singing ;
Anil oven when the stare appear
¶o keep the copies ringing.
At times we waken in your host
A thrill of soft emotion,
And into world-worn spiritedart
.An impulse of devotion.
Faithful ire stay the winter'through,
Although the , snow btorms bluster,
And trusting you, since we are true,
AAround your bc;mes w ! ) cluster.
Or Uwe ily the north wind's tray,
Soon as the Spring is blooming,
Back o'er tLo sea wp wing our way -
Wa know our time of coming,
We warblo forth our music sweet,
Wo twitter, chirp and chatter,
- T Or ono poor nolo sit day repeat
' It is our best, no matter!
Or if wo cease onr,p4s, to do
The duties life imposes,
Insects from flowers we clear for, you,
;The canker from the rodeo.
We guard the growth of tree and wood,
Or Soon their grace would wither;
Seeking our-food ou leaf and bud,.
Still flitting hither, thither.
(rare our useful, happy life—
c voice and form which charm yon ;
And wage not an unnatural strife
With birds tint cannot harm you.
00
I 4 45
I 1 420
10 4r.
Zinn
Mil
I have ;1 great 'notion, Mr. .I.tlcto.l - ,
to -tell you and your readers, a fIA
story, or rather a st , !ry ul,out f. l is
and I beticve I
So,'l.lren, tniviy - yeas ago,
and nlc,ite, I was living ju the county
of Chenaugo, ei State of New lurk.
In the neighborhood where I was
then living, thei-ci was : - L• bc--utiftil lit
tle.lahe or sheet of watcr, covering
•out. a Luz dreg! act c.-=.
Iu this lake or pr . .. , .1 wcix. sorts,
of fish, 'except pickerel. nag/
cats, shiners, dace and sunfish c9r .
be caught by thousand-!.
It was rare-sport, for boys E
self, at that fjme, to go wits
and line or a bunch of worr
a bob, and haul cut in the
two Or three hours, near
half a bushel Of the kiml
which I lihre been sj
backs and arms wol ..
with the loads we '
said it made us p 7
pOrpoisn, or a mv
has uheavylor
-
d
my
hook
:A•:
called
of
..i or quite a
`of fish .of
.caking. Our
o a fairly ache
h d to carry honie,
•A and blow like a
~t :o horse when ho
A to-draw up hill.
the fun, • and many
time since when I have
upon those fleeting, hap
gone,
alas I to return no
would I not give of all I
;ince' acqn:red, of wisdom, hon
, - ealth - or love, fur one more sail
tp An .the summer sea of my child
ood days.
Bnt I am wandering from the sto
ry I began to tell.
I said there - were no pickerel in
this pond, where we 'used to have .
such rare' sport at fishing.. Pickerel
were plenty in all the other tionds or
lakes about us, and why not in ,this
one?
But we tikc;,
has been the
looked bac7
py houra.
more.
mar.ls'7l
Wli
hare
or,
The reason given by. some was,
that the water had' a blackish tinge,
and was of such a nature that picker
d could not live there. But this ex
planation did not satisfy everybody,
for some one caught 100 pickerel in
another pond and put them in this ;
turned then loose to take care of
themselves, and as the sequel will
show, they did thus übly.
Well, though everybody knew that
pickerel hod been put. in the pond,.
nobody thought of fishing for them—
the black -water had killed thein—and
so three years and more had passed
away, when all:at once, it was found
out that somethinir b unusual had been
going on.
Small fish near the shore had all
disappeared ; not r , iie wag to he seen
where hundreds and thousands had
been seen but three years or so be
fore ; and fish wit in deep water, too,
w;, , re getting scare, and .what we did
net, had all at o'.ec wonderfully.
..1 ; f.olovtitnes, too,
\,. hztal y
t ti,;.; ,
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I ':;1111
,;; ; ;lit the v• - c):1: of
the.w.:Htrzrtles, which -theye v. - ere
poi ;1 ; spmci .s-.lld it '.l' o;
-t.
the tuiltctl
anti 11;,..1 (Airing
othfT •
And 5,,, a. fact. thy had, and the
pickett.l were tin. cannibals. Instead
of dying. a , all ,•f us supposed they
bad, they had fol,inA the binclr, Sty
gian Water a cuitgenial habitation,
and had been tin iving ;Ind fattening
on the dace and shinors ; even at
eight inch mud-cat, horns and all,
did not alarm .theta in thejeast; they
took him, as Nasby does his liquor--
straight. ,
It was really a pleasing sight any
day to. go along the margin of the
pond and see the great, fat fellows
jump up out of the water, turn a
summersault in the air, shake their
tails, and almost ask one to put theta
in his basket and take them‘ home
for supper.
And we took them at their word ;
poor fellows ! how little did they im
agine, while kicking up their heels
and shaking their tails for very wan
tonne:-,.s how soon so_ many of their
kindred ' would be roasting on 'the
- griddle ; but so indeed it was.
•
-Those were halcyon Jays for every
one who could bait a hook and han
dle a fishing rod.
At- eile time I counted, mores_ _titan
sixty different person-nll in sight
at once,- fishing iu that pond.
• And this sport continued every day
for ninny weeks.
Among those who thus made war
j .n. 71..tf
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TO-WANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA . SEPTEMBER "4 1871 i
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iiliscritaneons.
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THAT BIG PICKEREL:
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ISM
UEGABOUIiOW D=I7CIiTION MOM ANT quarm=
upon the pickerel at that time, 14k1
little bantam sort of a fellow by the
nano of Smith. He was as queer a
specimen of the genus home, as one
often comes' across. Small in mind
and small in body, yet as vain- and
conceited as a turkey gobbler. Every
thing he did was done a • little better
than anybody else could do the same
thing. Ho always stopped along with
a slow and measured tread, ,and
seemed•to be'efigaged in meditation
too profound for common mortals.
I often used to wonder how he
could condescend to breathe our air,
but finally
,came to the conclusion,
that it was because he could not help
himself —he had no other air to
breathe. It, often seemed to pinch ,
him sorely to do so ; .4 made him
writhe and scowl tremendously, but
ho had to go it. ,
Well, this man, one day, Canghl .a
monstrous pickerel larger by far,
than any which had been caught in
the,pond before, one of the old set
tlers, perhaps, the first put in the
pond, three years bet , re.. Oh, how
grand, how good i wade Smith feel.
' I don't suppose, to speak compar
atively, that he took more than two
steps in the course of - a mile. Small
as ho was in stature, his shallow pup
py head went knocking About among
the stars. How he managed to get•
home among us, mortals with his
monster fish, I cannot tell.
But home, at any rate, he came,
and what:a splurge he made. You
would have thought to see him drive
about that Surely the mountains were
in labor, and he was bossing thifjob ;
or that an earthquake 'Willi on its
march, and that j;Le had a the manage
ment of the whole con7ern on his
hands. Down he came to the place
where I was living told Of his great
success, and wantea me to go tip and
see the fish. He had indeed caught
, ble fell. - z was nearly
broad, wide
with »mouth
have swallow
' old.
gad been fiev
stretchel to
I all , ev.,llitt-
of rt",,lxtving iL
I was so disgmiteci with the Icd-
ow's trleannt , . - z? . ,;IT.t I told him to
kwe l , his hock, I , e sure and:take good
care of it, and that I.would go alone
and catch a bigger tish than he did,
and would make him so muchasham
-4.4 before night, that he would not
v where to hide himself. Off I
w'ent to the pond, thinking all the
way of the, mighty 'fish, and hoping
that I might 'be enabled in some way
to shame the fellow, Smith, into com
mon decency—rob him of his pea
eock.plumes and make him acknowl
edge that for once in his life h . a ~tins
fairly.m , cd up. How well I succeed
ed you will sae in the end.
When I reached the pond, I went
directly t? the same place, where
Smith caught lii' fish, stood on the
Fame log and as near as possible
Where he stood 'and threw out my
hook. I kept it moving gently on
the surface of the water, imitating as
well as possible the motions of a liv-
ME
I had not trolled or . skated long,
before I saw a monster pickerel mak
ing for the bait.
Ho moved slowly and leisurly
along as if ho did not care whether
ho took hold or not. Ho did not
come as pickerel often do, with a
rush and a bound, fairly jumping opt
of the water in their eagerness to get
the bait ; this fellow took it easy—he
.ware too dignified. to burry to his
breakfast.
How fine, how noble he looked ; I
was so anxious to get hold of • so
krand a prize that to make sure of
it, I was almost ready to jump into
the water, or to do wmiclhing . that
would - make the fellow hurry up_
But if the chap was slow, lie was-also
- sure. • What he lacked in veloCity ho
made up in power.
On he came, and opening his enor
mous jaws, he closed them on the.
bait with a loud snap. As he turn
ed to inn, I pulled. upon him and
hooked him fast. As I - was too far
from shore to throw• him out, I . kept
him taut, as the sailors say, and drag
ged him to the land. '
'What a noble prize ! I sat down
and. looked at him. Did shiner steaks
or mudeat baeoneyer plea:qi him as
he 1,1 e: ,e 4.1 ? Never !
I cheered and liollow.c•:1 till I made
the eel': aLswev.
Smith 6;Lv IIUSC
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ME
thong:lt then and Y tilink to still af
kr !non• than thirty :i-c:pts havi:C• pass
el aw - ny., k I fisht,.l afoltril awhile,
and caught ser:?ral others of good
size, but : small in comparison with
the* first. On ;.he way home Came
acru..:s two boy 2 ~f my uequaintaucc.,
who. Lad also been fishing at the
same.pond. •
I showed ,them my big fish, of
clurs.c.s, told theni of Smith's p'erform,
ante, and that I was bound to heat
hitil and make him hide his head for
shame. I 'was confident
,mitte was
the larger fish, but to Make assuranco
doubly - sure, I scraped up a handful
of gravelsbz . tnes and maize the big fel
low swallow them till he' could hold
no more.
Thus, prepared, I hung him-on the
top of the string, the boys promising
meanwhile not to peach upon me,
and went ( forward to encounter
Smith, calculatingto have some rare
fun when we came r.cress . him, and
so we did. We saw him out, with .
arms folded, -and head up as usual
a m ong the stars, long before we g,; - ;t,
to his house.
Ho waa'thinking; no doubt, of his
moniter pickerel, but little did ho
iffia,gine how soon all his rising glo
ries would fade away, and his won-
Ster fish! dwindle down and be 'for
gotten. As we drew near,
.he eyed
us sharply; but before he , had a
chance to nialte tiny inquiries in re
gard to 'mit success, I hailed him
" Ha 1 Smith, I have beaten you, and
told you I . would. Ho brought
Out his 'steelyards, and my fish, gray-
O.
r!,
1
elstones and all, outweighed his just
three ounces. But, he. was beaten;
and you never 'ship a poor/ fellow
more crest-fallen in your life. 'He
hung his head, and came down again
at once to the "specio„standard,': or
in other words descended to common
life, and bragged no more about his
nionstet; fish. . • ;
The enact weight of the fish I
caught I do not now remember, but
his length was 27 inches by the
square, and ho was large in -prOpcir
tion.
Now, boys, was not that a fish
worth catching?
`"l~'e~uux, I'n
IntempCrance, yes,, my friends, in
temperance -is raging throughout this
land, and sweeping thousands doWn
to,tho grave in drunkenness and in-
Tamp, leaving fatherlesS children to
next find their homes in the county
house, and to be taken down by the
demon's drink, and to there end their
days with, the delirium . tremens.
Look at the great railroad disasters
that have happened throughout' the
country for the past few years. liobk
at the great Hamburg disasieri for
instance ; twenty lives - being cruished
into instant death, —together with
thousands of dollar's being :lost'
Look at the great railroad diaastcr
th4t happened at Carlton two years
ago; three men being killed,, two
trains of cars burnt, also
,the depot ;
all on account of ono man being a
little tipsy. And there are other ac
cident& throughout the country too
numerous to mention. Look at our
saloons and grog shops, constantly
overwhelmed with victims whom
miseducafion Las doomed to idleness
and want
let
to crime.
'llen let us unitedly resolve. that
upon the elo:zo of thil contary, if not
sooner, I,very Anleliettu ithall be so
trainect and that he cannot be
driven into infatay t hy. tii fact that
he was newt. (irtall;lA to earn an
honest living. Is thi.; not an exatn
pie tb the sonsicf Anitrica who have
respect for thcru: , :elvc; and honor for
their fellow men, turn theircourse
MEE
the
s trc.ther
Ln.l as we hart
fr,lnr infamy, 'into • which they are
fast plunging. •
A number \ of f% - eari3 ago, a body' of
outlaws rebelled wlcn the Goyeni-
Ltween us;
hut ho
might tye
•,vas no v.tsn.v
laid tt license on whisky, ant
ncitht - r Iva.; the rehellion put , iloWn
until the Cloveruniont called out the
iuiiitia ; and now they .had ought to
call oat the militia, ac.l drive -it from
the aco7niitions of America—drit•e it
r..s.the white man has driven the Ear
.cga Nrce,t, west, to the pnaifie, and
hero plunge it into the billowy-deep,
never .to return, We eau trace 'it
through all fbrmer ages. We can
lol)k back to the day 3. of .Nortb, and
here we behold him under the
birtnchea 'of a fig tree, drunken p with
wine, and his ions, , Sheen and Ham,
laughed at-him in!mockery aria
thee - Lord cursed them. He
sent Sheen to Asia,` and from him de
,,cetal.l the chinese and the Arabs,
that, to-adv roam over those vast des-
erts and rugged mountains, -where
nothing -hut the lion and the . elephant
abound ; and where now on the coast
{if the Medcterancau lie the smoul
derinernins of. Tyre, and there to
day, the fishermen are' spreading
their nets, and bright waves rollover'
its marble columns. In the empty
halls i of Edom the fox makes his den;
and the dust of the desert ie; sifted
over the forsaken ruins of Palmyra,
.and the wind heaps ,the dust "above
the seven churches of Asia. There,
too, we. behold 1 / 4 thc Dead Sea, and
under its unfathomable
. depths lies
the wicked cities of Sodom and Go
morrah—a mark of God on the Mt
inan race. And there, to-day, stand
the remains of Lot'sk wife, tho pillar
of salt, to show man that there is an
eternity beyond the grave.
My' friends, to-day, I believe, if we
should be taken down by the demon's'
drink in wickedness and infamy, as
the cities of. SOdom. turd Gomorrah
were; the Lord would scourge us
from the land. — Shall nothing be doge
to diminish this mountain of misery
and save the , millions of dollars that
are annually spent for the demon's
drink. .
Awake, my -friends, awake, the
devil is lurking near.
•
And - the Loid sent Ham to Africa ;
and froin him descended the negroes',
that now roam over that fruitless
continent ; living on mules' carcasses,
and reptiles —there to Tannin in the .
depths of ignorance and superstition,
neves! to : rise up and have their
names remembered in the annals of
history, so long
uncivilized race.
In. 161.1., twenty sold
fo the United-SL:tc:; by the
great East ,India tca c.,inpo!iy;
from thence commenced .:;11.-..4ry, and.
oarri ,, d on q - ntil I !:11.
the effects of ski-tryr.:-freat rebellion
iroke out, and 'which lenikti• iu th
final overthrow of the Sent:nem
States., and the glorious victory - of
the North. The South, of course,
gaintd nothing by Lilo 'rob Alio/4; her
causo was lost.. The North
gained dr,minion t,vcr the , South, a
namo-and•ft place among the nations
of the globe. The victory was indeed
a great - boon ; but the war brought
on. with i,t, °Teat train of evils. La-
Fayette' C. B t aker, of Va., who wrote
the history of the'rebellion soon after
it's occurrence, says as follows: • " On
the )vhole, the literary and political
talents of the United States have
Leer; improved by the rebellion, ,but
the moral character of the people is
irllrior to what it was before the,
war. So great Was the change for
the worse, that the friends of goodi,
order were hardly called upon to ex
ert their utmost ability to extirpate
those - various prindiples which_ had
taken. deep,- root during the rebel.:
_
• Voltair had Said long before this
time : " Put together all the vices of
the ages, and they will not come up '
to the rais4hiel and enormities of a
single campaign?! If this is true of
a single campaign (and, who will
'doubt it), how much more truly
must it be of a series of campaigns,
like thal of the great rebellion.
Thomas raine's- "Common Sense",
BA been read, and paved the
_way
for his subsequent work, the: .! Age
of Reason,' which contained a bitter-
, I \ a‘ .., •
h •
• -
OLD FISUE3I3I4ti.
' For the It k eroarp.]
INTEMPERANCE.
zolilain 'an
I
said ingenious attack upon Christian
ity. than Allen, whosq name is
henorlably connected with our Revo
lutioiary history, also publisbed a
book `n. which he formally attacked
the Christian
,religion, and did his
best to destroy it; But thank GOd,
those poor infidels have been dead
nearly century, and the ' Christian
reli”iOn has gone on its way rejoicing:.
To ta truly philosophic mind, it
pmvep that life is prolonged and
health is promoted for such Virposes
asidevoid') all our powers, instea4 of
'reinaining in the depths Of ignorance
-and pursuing a career of selfishhiess
and listnessness.
My friends, aro, there not men
amon us that are willing to lend a
belpii g hand to drive this demon's
drink{ froth off the land. Have 'wa
not gotmen like Sohn Hancock aid
John Adams, who' .saerificed their
lives in defense of their liberty against
Great Britain , . and who spilt their
bloodlandbrams on the ftelils of bat
tle tolshake off oppression and Lave
free rights among nations of the
universe. Such were the founders of
this great republic, andlong are tha
to be .emembered in the . annals / of
history.
I say the longer intemperance con,
tieuee, the deeper root' it gets.. So it
was with slavery, ,which cansed the
rebellion. It had been carried on
ever since the first settlement of
Atnerfca, and the longerlit remained
the at.er power it Aitioli to over
thr
et, and the rebellion it engen
dered: . But we at last •found a man
that Was made to z ertish it, and he did ,
honl to the UniVid States.
In so doing*; right `will prevail
throughout the land: Cannot • we
, relect President of the United States
that will drive this intoxicating liquor
from I the4and. ' People • would look
back bnithe former ages and behold,
'when' the demon's drink was, saying,
that 'thousands went down to the
in dinnhenne'ss and debauch:
lo end their days on the gallows.
nothing he .done to satin - the
ry from that awflit epidenfie?
friends because, Of the
er'F: :rf:fail snare and to-day
;;_e ro_;:ii that would take this in
I and - put it down, "would lfing
•,Lseniherect as one of the greatest
actors of the . hninan r ~ace
~ The
)f the empire, 'glorions as the
Cr , g,7
MIS
d
)0 ,•t,
sicar ,pf'tethlehem',' illnmes our own
fair. 'land.. Glorions - was the day
when George Wa.Shington: formed
this great Republic; and which to- .
day its the centre of attraction of 'all
the nations of • the earth; and the
great West is the Eden. of America.
The ipeople have - been gOing west
since the - first • settlement 6f .James
town; in 1 (30/,. going .west from -.:Eu
ropeito, America, :',from Maine, New
York, Ohio, and: Tennessee,and these:
are ii gain sending on pioneers to ,
N:ebraska, Nc , cad.a, and Oregon, drift
,inn towards the •':setting sun West i
west, to the 'Pacific, and there •to
meet the return of, emig?ation. . Coin
(.ling ast, and corning from the over
peop ed empires of China - and-Japan,:
to th.? golden shotes - of :the Eureka
State, and spreading all over the land
like itn army 'of locusts.. What will
be the result? i How shall we direst
thcs^ eleMents of greatness and, do-:
ininiOn; how, f unless-, we 'scatter
books 44, their pathway;and open an
avenne through which daylight . may
reach their brain. Anierica
,holds ,
the leadership of the nations, - andif:
.we iiialle.properclase - of the means !
within reach 3 .we. shall control the:
destiny, of . mankind for centuries yet
to come. - ._tiOITN. E. CArirss. - 1
,
COAT, .t7IT ON FIRE Wig 100 Yurt. 4.—!
The ILondon •- News says:' One of
the most- curious phenomena in Conj,.
riecgon with coal mining is exXbited
at the Bank Colliery, near Bother
ham, the property of Earl Fitzwilliam;
ice
This; pit caught_ fi re 100 y aril ago ;
and all the - efforts of wor en at the
time, and `subsequently , •. ave. been
quite ineffectual to extiti • hit. A,
short time ago it was stained
that ithe flames were app aching the
bottom of the shaft, and it Was - then
resoliredi-if possible,: to stay ' their
progress, so that they might not ex,
tend to other parts of the. workings:
At length the ,Superintendent of the
collerie s ,s Mr. T. CoPdr, conceived the
idea - of building a wall to shut in the'
fire, and 'in order to ascertain the
best side for this, wall several of the
ffi
ocmls crept on their hands and
knees, through . the dense stifling
smoke as far as possible into the
workings. "Their efforts were snc
cessful, and a wall is now completed
neail i ly. 1,000 yards in length and vaF '
rying from 9 inches to 5-feet.iiithick r
nee:. At distances varyin , 4 from - 30
t...) .7p yards, inel .1 pipes have- been
inserted In this wall which are se
cardly pingged at the end,. so-that at
any • time, by re.rao , ,ino• the- plugs,
the !state of the air on the side of the
tiro,ilind even the position 'of tim:fire
itatlf, can be ascertained. So intense
is t le heat arising from this,fire - that
tyco ile possbssing gardens above , tli!e•
collidy d eclare 'that the growth of
plants-is mateltially-affected and, that
they arc enabled to obtain .two . and
,three crops - eveq. year. „ 1
T .I
-salllllE isTEatuntor Tull E.011'11.--.-INio
pose that Prof.-David Forbe*--bf
E4,land, knows as-much. , about the
in4rior of the earth as any man liV
ingl In a late lecture ho insisted
that all the objections brought by
geology, mathematics, or astronomy,
-
against the old theory that theearth
is a molten ' mass surrounded by a
crest about fifty miles thick;are quite
untenable. He whould - have us be,-
hove, while the outer layer of melled
matter, just below the earth's emit,
y .,a\ii
maybe a kind of glass slag', that,
ilpt far below this layer, salaman
der bent on diScovery woul find the
pure molten .metals, of which the
heaviest —gold, platinum,ete..—.would.
beat the earth's centre. Very likely
th mass of the earth is molten iron;
an,kl this view is quite corroborated'
by the fact that the broken fragments
of some disrupted world, which, inl
the
form of rerolites, are continually
lallin% from the sky, arc often metal
ic iron. • But what -a - tantalizing
thought it is, that just under our feet
are countless ,thus of the' precious
metals only waiting for John Whop
per to let.us know the route by which
lie passed through to CiOlit...---SC6b-.
nr's for. May.
$2 per A.nntarn. in Advan'ce.
A GUESS FOR LIFE.
A volume could,be filled the
strange _delusions . entertilined'hy
madmen—the remarkable - pertinacity
and cunning they display in carrying
~ nt the whinis of their disordered
mind& In their wild freaks, ,
acs frequently evince a method in
their planning, fan adroitness - and
Coolnes& that Would - do credit, to the
shrewdest sane person. We 6 ive be
low a thrilling, incident which actual
ly occurred as - .related, one of the
'parties to it having been a prominent
inerin,army surgeon:
When niy regiment wasdi..:tband - cd,
I bade adied, to my old co - tut - tides and
to/the army,, and commenced
. buSi-,
pegs in the
.flourishing — town of.
.
•', Asi was starting for the
the
table, on the evening of the third
day, After toy ' arrival, the door-bell
rang violently, and soon the. boy
came in tintisaidlhat a man wanted
to: see the • doctor. The visitor ' Was_
standing by the fire when I entered.
He was a tall, powerful man—a per.
feet giant compared' to my "five le_
six" and •his great and bushy ' bla ':
lair andivhaern were well fitted to
the menstrouLforro. ' ,
t e le
"If fon . at liberty, doctor,"
said he, "0o come With me. 'nit
is but a ' few s , ps;: and you will not
need a'ciirriage, .' - • -.. • . '
Iptit On•m-y hat and coat Aiid. fel
lowed him. It was my first . call` in
L- -.,.nnd I fondly hoped it was the
forerunner, of many others. ! _ •
. The man strode on ahead of me all
the , •-fivne, notwithstanding my en
deavor b 'to keep at his side, and
.spoke . not.a, word, not even. ansvier
int niy questions:
Stopping before a substantial-I/0k:-
linc , - residencein one of the - principal
!°
'streets, he applied the latch-kezi'.nrid
!and let me into a pleasant little.room
!on the second floor (a study I thought
pit), hung'abent with ‘goOd Taintings ,
and. elegant •eliromos; and lined With
books'of every Aescription. : :
Take a • seat,- doetbr,"• said- the
man; ",I Will step Ont. a ,moment.
:Take this chair by the fire; it's a bit
ter cold night:" . ' .
! . The chair was a, great: trawiekly
thing, but': exceedingly comfortable.
I threw my feet upon, the fender,•and
'leaned back-'upon
,the cushion, well
satisfied to, warm myself a little befOre
seeing the '-patient. z - • ~
I. heard . the- man appioacii - - the
door, which. was directly back of
where I sat, and heard the door open
and close again. I supposed he had
gone'ent, but did not look around to !
see. Indeed, I had no time, for: : a
stout cord`was thrown over -inT
wrists and across my Vreast-, and a
handkerchiedbound over my mouth
.o quickly that I could not preventit.
When I' vas p.Mectly secure, • mv
condUctor stepped in.front of me anal
looked - withrauch interest at my
vain atteMpf4 to free myself. ',• . ,
" Good stouoCord,, isn't it?" he
asked. "It has neter been' broken,
and many a stouter' man than
! you!
has,triedit.„ There now, be quiet -a
while,' and - Iwill ..tell vciu what I
v. vnt."
-He went to a cabinet . that stood in•
the. corner of the room, and taking a
long knife from one of the drawer,-,
ran his thninb over the.edge, and felt
the point, all the white talking in the
most Com oriplace manner imagina
ble. - •
"I have for years' studied the art
of guessing," said holt "I can guess
anything; that is my guessing chair
th;# you are sitting in now; and I
take great pleasure in imparting 'my
knowledge to others. This is what
I want of-you to-night. I did not
intend Co make you guess that—but
I have thought of something better."
He hard become satisfied with the
edge and point of his knife, and
was pacing up and down the room,
•,giving me a full history of the world,
interspersed• with facts relative talhe
art of guessing, at which times heul,
ways stopped fn front-of me. - •''
Did you ever study it, - Doctor?'
.ho asked. "I blow yon haven't.
I am the only one that ever reduced
it to a science. Since I left my veter
anal have devoted my whole time to
it, and now I am about to, initiate
yen into its mysteries, if you are
worthy."
was standing before me, so
very .enlm - that I did not think he in
tended to harm me; but when I look
ed intdrhis eyes, burning with the
fire of insanity,..l felt that my situa
tion was desperate, indeed. •
"I must: test yin," he said. I must
see whether you are' naturally gifted
or not-before I waste much time with
you' I remove the handkerchief,
will 'ylkitx answer my qnestionsr •
I. nodded an a.ffirmative, and he re
moved it.
"Now, my dear doctor, •you are an
entire' stranger 'to me. Without
doubt. you have often heard of me,
but it *ill boa hard task to distal
gnish'ray name from all other great
men of the time. You may guess it,-
doctor. What is-it?" - •
Ho, had brciught his face so' near
to mine that I could feel his hot
breath, and 'I fancied I could feel
the heat in those terrible 'eyes. The
long, keen blade 'he Was holding over
me—fo; what?, To take my' life if-I
failed. , - ;, . •
"Guess! Guess!" he screamed.
" If you fail, it will be your last guess
in this world."
I dared not to cry out—the knife,
was too - near. I could not escape,'
for the strong cords bound me to
that chair. I could not lift; , and .I
could not lie there and Jose my life.
'What could I do?
"It is a hard guess," he said, "and
I will give you three minutes to Fns.-``
wer it.
I summoned all my courage, which
had sever yet failed me, even in the
awful- hour of battler and looking.
him steadily in the :eye saiL • "I
know• you,' sir; so whek is the use of
guessing?, I have seen yon on the
battlefield; marshalling your men to
victory; ll3ave seen you cut down a.
score of men with "your, 4 own 'single
arm. I' have seen you put -to flight
a whole battalion. I .know . you;
your name is in my mouth."!
I remembered what.ho- had said
about leading his veterans, , and had
tried this harangue to 4ivert at
tention,. 'I paused to mark the ef
fect. • . 2 ,
"Yes, yes, 'doctor. But 7rytt i s
it?" he exclaimed again.
seixinds!"
Great heavens! - What. would I
not have given for aclue' to -that
madman's, fancy! Thirty' seconds,
and, how short a second is! The
knife was iaised higher that it might
fain momentum by :the distal - ed.:
His body Was bziiced for the stroke,
aryllais eye upotr the mark.
Ton' seconds; More!" ha. cried.
" What is it ?" ,
There was only one hope ifor me,
and that warrto guess. 1 fejt that
ho considered himself..some great
'man—as he had spoken of veterans
some great, military chieftain. I
thought of our own heroes, a l nd the
names of many of the - in were -- on
lips, bat I dared not utter Ahem. It
waii - the greatest chance game that I
had, ever played--,iny life depended
on the guessing of ii.na,me. I thought
of all the 'European generals; but
cast them Aside again, and came back
to our own side of the watei-,
".Two seconds!" screachcd the.
lunatic. •
NUMBER 1,5
- Without a
.thonght, almost with
out Volition, I spoke a name,..lireath.;
inn a prayer that it Arnight....be• the
right one. "Napoleon Bonaparte!"
."11,ight 1" said the madman, throw
ing"aside his knife, and undoing the
cords-hat held me.' "I was , maistalr-_
en ircyou; doctor. Yon :nail) true
genius; this is your first lesson; Come
at this hot= every themng, and I:Wll
i
teach you the beautiful art—the way
to immortal fame." • •
AB I arose from the chair, weak
and trembling, the door opened soft,
ly, and four strong men entered. and
secured the -maniac. I started for
home, well pleased that I had got
through with my first guessing lesson,
and fervently hoping that I should
neyea be called upon to take another.-
. fiHE. BEST WOMAN.
I think old women—l don't quite
like the .word "lady" ..
— because it doesn't
mean anything, pow-a-daysare_ the - ,
most beautiful andloCeable - things in
hdivorld. :They are so near Heaven
that they catch the glol and bright
ness'whiCh ritcliate from the pearly
gates - and illuminate - their faces.
When the hair begins to—silver, and
the embers in the fire grow - cold,.
and.the sun has - got so far aronnd
life's horizon that the present makes
no shadbw, While the past. stretches
down the hillside-to a little mound of
earth Where we will rest for a season
—a little Mound not big eneugh tO'
hold our - corner lots, 'and 'marble
- fiontii, and safes which we' shall have
to leave' on the other side of the hill;
but: big enough,- I gist, to hold . our -
memories mid . fancieS, oar air castlea
and secretsAind when the . journusy
is nearly.. done'l and the night is:set
ting in, and the... darkness beg-ins to •
gather around us without any_sta*—
and - thepirds, sing low in the- trots,
,•
and die; and .
the music we L ar comes- froM afar
strangely sweet; like sounds cora.ibg
over the water andlike little children
lite 'live within enrselv'ecs, and the •
world gradnallyeedcs from us-then ,
I should *like to be an - old wo-: -
Man, full of blessed meniollies and,
peaceatkanticii,ation,S.- -
I think I know the - best ivoian in
the world, iind I think the Sone I know
has the kindest heart, and tWilear: r
e i st face, and the most - caressing,
liand,and the inost undying defotion
among all women, Her eyes were
once to fiver the boundaries of . the
world.: and' were the; first thing;
ever looked into. Xiid I think the
best woman every other- man knows
has ^li these qindities in the same
degree., And I think there is not
one of ps who has strayed so, far from,
that wOnaan—the best of allT, women
—not
—not one of us so calloused 'with the
,; 7; i l l t.: , 11 . df life; not one of train
tile midst of. difficulty and .idanger,
who 'does not feel the'invisible arms
arourA him to . shield him ; and who
doernot long to,go back
.to the arms
and
_loye - of that, woman, and
. to rest s
as We .rested before our feet'got. into
tho,ffinty roads,. upon 'the breast of
ouK, mother. - • , :
In a time •of famine a rich man
sent for the poorest children in • the
town, and said to them:
"There is a basket 'fullo k of . bread;-
you may each come cvery day and
take a loaf , until it pleases God to
send 'better. times?:
, THE LITTLE LOAF. -
The Children attacked the basket,
and Aisputed as to which 'should have
the largest loaf, and then, went away
without once thanking their bene
faCtOr • . •
Only Fraros, a very poOr brit
cleanly girl; modestly remained be
hind, and had the smallest loaf which
was left in the basket.; She gratefully -
returned thanks and went home qui
etly..
‘,
One day tho children behaved
very badly indeed, and poor Frances
received a loaf very much tivnallee •
than the rest; but, when she took it ".!..
home, and her mother• spLi i t open,
a number of pieces of . silveiell on
the floor.
•
The poor :woman .was. astonisheir...-
and said: . .
•
"Go andiet urn this money intnedt- ,
ately; it must. have • beeil put - in the
bread by mistake.",
!Frances went directly 'with' it to
the gentleman, who.said:: • -
...."Midear child, it nets no- Mistake.
had the money put into-the loaf to
reirard you.. - Remain 'alw,ays:_as '
'peaceable- and contented: 'Tliose'Who •
are satisfied with a little always bring -
blessings upon' themselves and fami
ly, and paSs happily throu;:li the
world. Do not thank me, but thank
God, who 'put into your heart the
treasure of,t‘ contented and -, greatfal
spirit,-and who has given rue the will
and opportunity to be Useful to those
who are in need of assistance." , •
SAvisGs Or Josu Busasos.--I don't
think that Fortune got enny. -fa
iOrites: She was born - blind; and I
notis them who win the oftenest go it
-blind, too. -
ThG heart iz wife of the head,. and
we (who have-tried it) all knoviloW
purswnsiv the wife iz,espeshilly when
she *ants siunthing. • . T. •
I konsider a Weak Man more_ clan=
gerotis than-a malishus.one;rinalish
ns.ineu have stun karaeter, but weak
ones don't have any. •
I have .notised one thing, that the
inost .iirtewous and diskreet folks we °'
havo among US are I those who laiNe
either no - pashnns 'at all, or very
tame ones; it iz a great deal .easier
tew.be. a . good dove than a decent
.
serpent: •
Hunting after heulth l is like hunt-
mg fillet-fleas, the more Sou hunt
them the more they
Tdke. the selfishness;, oat of this
world, and there, would bo mere hap
pito:is than we should know *bat to
do with.
A D.IIIi.EY 'who prefeiied being till
-4;tl in a railroad smash-up- than in a steamboat
explosion, gave his reasons is follows: "If you
is run ober by . do cars and ltilledoey--dare you
is ; bat if you is blowod up in 49
'whaf ar your
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