,.i .
. V v
TIIE POHT.
IV'ulwhcd every Thursday Evening by
JEHKMIAH. CROTJ3E, PropV.
- Terns of Subscription,
TWO COLLA RS TER ANM'M. r.y
'bMo 'v'tirim i months, or f.'.50ifnut
paid within th 3 year. No hint tlis-
. continued ur.lil all nrrenrnge! are
.paid unices at the option of tho pub
lisher. ttubecriptioni outaldo of tho county
(-ATM LB Il ADVANCE.
' aartVrnon lifting nml tt1n$ paper
ft ldrcssod to oth?r licrornf.stiWribop..
iiv1 nre liable fortbo price nfthcriniiep.
W. rOTTEP,
Selintgrov Pa,
OITor hi prnfets ional aervioet to the
public All legal buelneea iitrutrt t hie
ear will retail trompt mention. OfTioi
ou door abort the New Lutheran Cbureh.
July, 4ih '72.
T T. CRONMILLER.
Je ATTORNEY AT L AW,
Middlebnrir, Tn.,
Ofere hit protection! services to tb pub.
lie. Colleotlona and all other prof n ional
buainen eniruafed to bit car wilt receive
prompt attention. fJan 8, 'U7lf
,
A C. SIMPSON,
1, .ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sollnsgrovo Pu.,
01 em bit professional terjlot lo the puh
lio All bitalneet enlrasted to hit oare
will b prompt It attended to.
( Jan. 17, 'o7ll
I W. KNIGHT,.'.
O,' , ATTORNEY AT LAW, .
Freoburg Pn.,
Oflert bit Profeaalonal tervlc to the pub
lio. All buslnee entrusted to bit car
wilt b promptly attended lo.
Jan IT.'CTU
WAI.VAN (JKZER,
AITORN AT LAW,
Lovibufg Ph.,
Offer bit profettlonaltervioe to io pub
lio. Colleoliont nd all other Piocstiun
l business entrusted to bit Cr will r
oeiv prompt attentions
KO F. MILLKR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Lowisbttrg fa
Oiler, lilt Professional tervlc to tbpub
lin. Collection tad H olber profession
all btnlnesi eulrusled lo bit enre will re
nroniDt attention. Jan. 8, '07l
Us tSueecMnrs'toJ. F. fc J.-M. Ltoo.)
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Lewiaburg, Pn.
OO'er tbeir professional servicei lo tb
oulilio. Colleoliont end nil olber pro
fessional btitmett cnlrutlid to their cure
ill recelYcproDiptatteniion. f Jan. 8, 67tf
CHARLES IIOWER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sclinsgrove Pa.
O.Tort hit prnfofalona aerrieet 10 lb Pb
ltd CxIUeliona and all other profeasiona
buaiueM entrusted to hla eare will re
stive prompt attention. Office two door
north of tb Keyalone Hotel. fJan 6, '07
a A Ml' at ALltMAJt. HoaACB ALLKMAW .
S. ALLEMAN & SON.
'ATTORNEYS AT LA W.
rSolitiHffrovo Iu.
AH professional butinoat and oolleoling
rntriiaied lo their cure will be promptly
aliened lo. Can b eonatilted In Eugliah
- or Uerinan. OI&o,Uitrke 8tiare.
N. MYERS,
ATTORNEY i COL'NSELOB AT LAV
MMdlebnrg Snj-dcr County Pvnn'a
Offloe few door Ktet "of the P. O. on
Main alrett. Consultation in Engliah
and Uerinan langtiagtt. Sop.'UTt
II. II. iHtlIM,
Attorney & Councellor
A T-LA W,
Office N. E. Cor Maa-ket & Water Sfe
Freeburr, Pcnn'a,
Conaultallon In both English and German
Languagtt. Deo, 19, '72if.
GUOVEP. & RAKER
8 U WING MACHINE
Peraont In need of a good and durable
Rowing Machine) oan be accommodated al
reasonable prioet by ealliug on 8am
cat f At'tr, Agent, 8lingro?e.
--f-Jam 34,'OS
DR. J. Y. SHIN DEL,
8UB0E0N AND PHYSICIAN.
MiddlAiirjr Pa.,
Oflora hit profeatlonal tereieei to lb elt
lien of Middlodurg and vicinity.
fMaroh2l. 'C7
JOHN K. HUGHES, Ettq.,
. JUSTICE OF TnE PEACE,
Penn Twp., Snyder Co. Ta
F. VAN BUSKIRK, .
aURQICAL 4 MECHANICAL DENTIST
Solinegrove Pcnn.
II. WAGNER, Ero,.,
. a JUSTICE OF TUB PEACE.
JaeVaoa Township. Snyder Co. Pn..
Will attend to all buainea catruttea tu
bit ear anal on tb moat reasonable
term. Mtroh J3, '08if
Jt I? KANAWEL,
Tentreilllet Snyder Co., Pa.
Offert hla profeaaional atrvlaea ta the
ptihlio. . 8-88tf
G'
I RAYB1LL A Co.,
I' ' WHOLItAll DlALIII IB
WOOD AND. WILLOW WARE
Oil Cloth, Window Shadat, Broomt, Malt,
Urushet Cotton Lap, Orain Btgt, F'.y
Mela, Buekete, Twinet, Wiokt, Ac
No. 420 Afarktt Street, Philadelphia.
Feb. 7, '67
r T. PARKS,
'-l'a - 1 ATTOKNET AT LAW
DISTRICT ATTORNYi
MiDDLRCURO, SNYDER COUNTY, Pa
0:Bc ta Court Uauat, dept.15, '07tf
J D. 8ELHEIMER, ' 7".
- 1 -A SEALED IN. ' .
HARDWARE,
;Irdn, Hails, .
Ctesl leather, "
v v Painta, Oils,
; Stoves V: TTIvaro,
ntr-tr,.! 4
VOte-' .-'It.
cu."rif ort'xcKJi.
Pit OOlct) Addraa.
. . i . . . ... i
PitKtoi RT JtiDoi Uoa. Jot. C. Ikieher,
Ltwltbnrg, Union oounty.
AtraoiATi JuDntt Hon. Geo. C. Woyee,
Preeburj.llon. Jaeob Q. U. Sbindel, 8-
HnroT.
POTItO0TAT AHA Ol.ltK Of THlCoUITt
Jeremlab Croute, JIidJIborg
RtoitTtn aho RiuotDiB Jiamnel D,
Schttek, Middleburr. .
Hittmrr Dunlel Ontender, MidJIohurg.
CocxTf Comio Fillip Kinney,
nrtTprlown, Adam J, Finher, BeliniigroT,
John T. HulTongle, Tenn't Creek.
Ji'tr CoHMiMioNtit Henry Brown,
Preeburg, 0org Q. Harnberger, Mt.
I'leaxaiit Mills
Cot'UTt Hi'tttrot Aaron K. Giil,' Mid
'lWlTurg. Di.Tticr Anott it Benjamin T, Ttrkl,
Mid.llrhnrg.
Tttn taa Jacob Orott, DeTr9prisgt.
AnptToan Jobo 8. Ilingr, Middle
bnrt. Samuel A. Wtlttl, Utatertowd, U.
Dieffenbaob. Salem,
Coimioibi'Clik, Andrew TeUrt,
Mldllcburg.
MtnoAVTit,! ArrBAitia. W 11 0.
Ilolmet, Belinpurote.
Coaoxta. Peter Harlman, Penn't Creek
PovtTT Sui'iaitTtiiDtiiT. Wm.Noetling
8clinagroT. .
TtRMt or Corar Fourth Monday! In
February, May and September and Seoond
Monday of December of eaob year.
TiUMMOUNT IIOUSK.
JJ If EAR THE PEPOT,
IMl(l(llctiti' Xn.
GEOUQK GUVER, I'nopiiiitToR
Tblt bona It In elott proilmltyto lb
depot and bat lately been rebuilt and r
nileil.Koimt oommoiiiom ilbe table well
aiippliml with tbe bvtl tb market affordt
a d termt mcderal.
Brown norsE
P AXTON VILIjK, (n.ntbr Station.
HENRY REN Ft II, Proprietor.
ab-iTe named ulaee. an tha .'i.;'firnriT
liurx to lumnnsn, anil that he la prepared to
WMWi .1U .11, IUUAIV WIIU IITFl PISH arCuniDIMla
April t, 1871.
yALKER IIOygE,
IcC1upo City In..
NICHOLAS SIMON, Proprietor
Thit a new houae, newly furnished and
la now open to the traveling puhlio. It la
located near the depot. No effort will be
spared by the proprietor lo make tb et7
of hi gneiii pleatant and agreeable '
J) A VIS HOUSE,
At the MIlTlln, Centre. Surbury fc T.ewl.tnwn
K. K. Uaput, corner of Water and llorcea elta.,
I jn vvmtnwn 1 :
'U.,
Qeorgo Flory St Son, Proprietor!.
t9Open Dt and Niiht for tbe aocom.
modallon of travileri. A drat clasa Res
(intrant it attached to lb bold, whrr
Mea't at all hour oan be bad. Temea
reasonable. 9.43-tf
Bn.MfiAnnNER nousE,
(Oppoalte Headlntj Railroad Depot)
A. n. ZiAMDZS, Proprietor.
3ErerT effort naeessarv tn tnsnre tha nrnn
fnrt of icnosU will be made. The house has been
nawiy renuea. ootia.lH7Uf
rjNIOX HOUSE,
MliMlufcnr. P
SAVZ9 KBS.8THT.i3A, Frop'r.
Aeoommodafion good and oharge mod
erate. Special accommodation! for ilrov
era. A share of tb puhlio patronage ia
lolieited. 1). KERSTETElt-
Aprilfl. 1871
LLEOHENY HOUSE.
Voi. 819 A 811 Market Street,
t.aoot' r.iinin,)
PHILADELPHIA.
.V. Tleolc, lrojriotor.
Term 9 00 Per Day. jibCM
JOHN n. ARNOLD,
Vttoi'ney at Iix-vv,
MIDDLEDUBO, PA.
Prefeaaional boslneae entrnated to hi eare
w."..' be promptly attended to, f Peb 0,71
J THOMPSON BAKER,
Vttoriiey-a,t-In,w,
Ltwitburg, Union Co., Pa.
EtSfOan be consulted la tb Eoglitb and
Qerman lnguag.'a.l -
OFFICE Market Street, oppoalte Walla
Smith ft Co ator o 'Jy
gAMUEL n. OUWIO,
Vttoi'noy-n.ts.ln,w ,
OFFICE, TIT WALNUT STREET,
ratLADBLTBIA. ,
JC. KUEITZKR,
a JUSTIOBOPTHKPRACR.
iibapiaan inwnshtp Hnvilar oo. t.
Oonveyanelna, t'olleotlag and all other bu,l-
leaded to.
ess entruaieu to ait ear win ee promptly ai
DR.
O. A. SMITH,
PIITSIOIAM KVTt 8DBOEON
Offer, hla proreutoaal servlcee tb tbe eltlsena of
Mbiiiieiiura: ana vietniiy. I'ug ti'ij
jACOirr. iiouar. ,
1 WITH
rj-DERROTn, BEUQaTRESSEB CO.
. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
nsn,PH0 visions. &c.
No. 'iUtJ North Wharves, (abov Rao tit.,)
l-7lf . PU1LADELPAIA.
g J.AVTLLIAM3, Ja.
MAMttMoroa a or. .
VEirETIAlT BIHtDS,
.AND
Window Hhadoti,
For Store Churches, Private Dwell-
. .i jugs, Offjooa, o.
JVb.: 16 y. Sixth Street, ,
' -' . PH1LDELPU1A. -N.
B. Repairing promptly atttodtd to,
TJ, SMITH.
ATTORKir ATtiAW,
lprTiijF', ev vrot OO., PA
i. s aia av- wt trtym M t a 1
J5ij ta i; -haitc,.j,
,
!5J
. MTDDLE3URX
Poetry.
TI1CTRVC LOVER,
at tat lata aaao'a . loaiaa.
I.
So yon aak ait, ttarry eye,
To deeorlb tb loeer true f
Wonder not at my turprlae,
V'koabould know at well a yon.
Think ot all that eon bat aeeo.
All tb lover that have been
II it true whose let l thown.
For her take, and not hit
II.
What be doee, bt doe atooa
Yet he hope it wint ber thought.
All '.bat in bit toul hat growni
To her torereign feet It brought,
To4iit toul bar imag elingt.
She aeema woven in all thine.
Aad each thought that in him atirt,
It not far bit take, bat her.
HI."
For her eah he will endur ; .
For ber k be will (acrinc
Bravely bearing, her love lure,
Censure, tlaqder, eoarn, Jice.
If another wine ber heart,
Sadly be will from her part,
Badly, bravely, true lov la,
For ber take, and not for bit,
IV.
Tblt It Ih true lover tweet
Trae a ever I am true t
Fur mr lov it all complete.
Perfect ainoe it eometfrom yon.
Darling, yet 'lit not true no I
For I oould not let you go.
.For I must keep yon where you'vt grown
for my take, aud far your own,
V.
for, your own, becvise I lov
More l ban any nthor oan ,
More than ever Inve e mM move
Heart of any former man.
Look at m and then agree,
.A're fiere ever loved like m
I beoAuao I live in you.
VI.
Hi as, and to thut tpeeoh away,
When old age our life baa apent,
'Twill be in time enough to say,
What it lov in argument.
For Ibe present all atara ibint ;
You are here, and vou are mine.
Lot makea light, and iqne; and (lowers.
ror wnose eat I uear love, for nun
MlRoellan wouh
The sharper) and
the Land
lortl.
Some years ago, thore came to this
country a family from England,
which Bottled in the upper pru t of
tms auiio, ttna openod a publto Iiouho.
Among their chatties was an old
family oloek, which thoy prized for
its age and not for its actual value,
although it had told the hours years
'11. 41 - .
uu yearn, wuu uie moat commenda
ble fidelity. This clock is now situ
ated in one of tho private parlors of
tho house, and luttny a tiruo it has
been the tbemo of remark, in coiiro
qucuce of it solemnly antiquo exto-
rior.
A few (lays since, about dusk, a
couplo of mad wags drove up to the
door of the hotel, seated in a light
anti Doauuiui wagon, iirawn by a su
perb bay horse, Thoy sprang out,
lt i l a
ordered the hostler to pay every at
tention to the animal and to stable
him for tho night Entering the
hotel, they toRsed off a glims or
two of wino apiuco, Demounted a
cigar, and directed tho landlord to
provide the best game supper ia his
power. J. here was a winsome look
in tho countenance of tho elder
a bright sparkling in his eves, whiah
occasionally he closed in a style that
gave him the air of "a knowing one,"
and a slight curving of bis month,
that showed his ability to enjoy i
while his whole demeanor made
every cute obsorver sure of hurt
ability to perpetrate a joke. Now
and then his lips ported, and he ran
his fingers , through his hair with a
languid expression. It was evident
he was eager to be at work in his vo
cationthat of a practical joker,
The othor was a dapper young man
although different in apnearence, yet
with features which indicated that
his mind was well fitted to bo a suc
cessful oo-portaor with his mate, and
a dry pun or . gravely delivered wit
ticism was frequently worked off with
an air of nhiWopby or unconcern
that gave him at once the credit t f
Doing a first-class wit Supper on
the table these two Yankees were not
as dull aa a couple generally will be
at a table, but made mirth and laugh
ter and wit their companions, and as
wind in his paru-eolored flowing
robes presided, thore was a "set out
fit for a Drinoe and his associates.
The Yankees ate aud drank and were
merry. The old family ' clock whir-
rod and whizzed aa the hiunmer on
the bell struck one, two. throe, four,
five, six. aeven, eight, nine, ten, elev
en, twelve. . The elder looked up at
tho old monitor before him, struck
his elbow on the table and looked
again steadily for a minute, and then
laughed out heartily, awakening the
waiter, who sat just dozing at the
window-si L
"What in the name of Momns are
you laughing at f " asked the dapper
Yankee, as he east his eyes now over
the table, and over and around him
self, to asoertuin where - the tout of
the joke was ooneealed. The ejder
winked slyly, and yawning lazily,
slowly . raised the forefinger of bis
right hand, applied it gracefully to
his nose. The dapper man under
stood the hint "Oh I ( underetand
no you don't com it over this child I
t altar, another botue oi cnani
Vh servant left th room, and oar
kroM inoliniiig themiwlfea over the
ItaVWa VVJaw Mies swes taTeey. aaMrtwertM v tn Vffl ?ftW I ,
' .',: locj cavtjroktica ia
1 l-vtanv B R.
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COTOTr. PA.70CT0BER 30. 1373.
low tmo, when the elder of tho two
raised his voice, and with an air of
satisfaction oselrvimed "Clock al
ways go it I Then both cautiously
rose from their chairs, and advanc
ing to the clock, turned the key of
the door, and looked within, the el
der in a half inquiring, Jialf derided
manner, saying "Won't it 7"
Having heard the clock alike onq,
they were ahown to their room,
where they talked in asubdnod tone,
finally sunk to sWp. Ia the morn
ing they were early tip, and ordered
their horse to be harnessed and
brought to the door. Descending
to the bar room, they asked, for their
bills, - and with becoming prompti
tude paid th mount oyer to the bar
keeper. The elder perceiving the
landlord trough the window, placed
his arms upon the bar, and in a se
rious tone inquirod of tho keeper if
ho would dispose of the old Ciuuk.
The young man hesitated he knew
not what to answer. While ho was
attempting to reply, the good natur
ed landlord entered, and the ques
tion was referred to him for an an
swer.
"I wwh tf riurchose the old clock
up stairs, Will you sell it t" akod
the elder lioikee, while tho younger
lighted a cigar, and cast his eye over
the columns of the Sitavay Morning
Kew, which lay upon the table.
The landlord, who hod set no
great vsluo upon the clock, except
as an heirloom, began to suspect that
it mik'ht possess the virtue of Martin
Haywood a chair, and be filled with
dollars, and, almost involuntarily.
they then ascouded to tho room
which contained it
"Tho fact is," said , tho Yankee,
' ' , "i 'i i"7, "-o'l dollars with
a clock like that.
"A hundred dollars 1" piaculated
tho landlord.
"Yes 1 you see there was ono like
it in a room over in tho Jerseys, and a
fellow bet me he could keep his for
finger swinging with the pendulum
for an hour, only saying, "Hero sho
goes, there she goes!'' Ho could not
do it I walked the money out of
him in no timo.
"loudidtvon couldn't walk it
out of ma I'll bet yon fifty dollars
I can do it on the spot"
"Done I" cried tho Yankeo.
Th clock struck einht and with
his book to a table and tho door, the
landlord popped into a choir. "Hero
she goes, there sho crocRi and his
finger waved in a curve, his eyc fully
fixed on tho pondulnm. I
lhe lankees behind him inter
rupted "Where's the money t Plank
the money." The ' landlord was not
to be made to lose in that way. His
forefinger slowly aud surely went
with the pendulum, and his left dis
engaged his pniHo from his jibukut,
whifli ho threw behind him on tho
table. All was silent. Tho dapper
man at length exclaimed. "Shull 1
deposit the money in the hand of the
bar keeper 1" "Here sho goes, thore
she goes I was tho only answer.
Ono of lankees went down into
the room. The landlord hoard him
go down but he was not to be dis
turbed by that trick.
Presently tho bar-keenor entered,
and touched him upon his shoulder,
asked, "Mr, B , are you crazy f What
are you doing T"
ilure she goes, there she goes I no
responded, his bond waving his fore
finger as before.
The bar-tender rushed downstairs;
he called one of the neighbors aud
asked him to go up.
Ihoy ascended, and the neighbors
seizing him gently by the colUir, and
in an imposing voice said, "Mr. 11.,
do not sit here Come, oorao down
stairs t what can possess you to sit
here V
"Here she goes, there she goes 1
was tho sole reply, and the solemn
face and the slowly moving finger
settled the matter.
"He is mad,'' whispered the man
in a low yoioo. "We must go for
the doctor."
The landlord was not to be duped;
he was not to be domed, although
the whole town cam to interrupt
mm.
"You hod better call up his wife,"
added the friend. ' - ..
"Here she goes, there she goes I"
repeated tho landlord,' and bis hand
moved on. In a minute hi wife
entered, full of agony of souL
"Aiyuoar, she kindly said "look
on me, it is your wifo who speak !"
'Uero she goes, there she goes 1''
and lus band continued to go, but
bis wife wouldn t go i she would stay
and he thought ah was determined
to conspire against . him and make
him lose the wager. . She wept and
she continued, " What cause have you
for this T Why do you do so T Has
your wife" c . ; . V .
'ilere hue goes, there she goes,
And his finger seemed to bo tracing
ber iry progress, for anything she
oould ascertain to the contrary. .
"My dear, she' still continnod,
thinking that the thought of his child,
whom he fondly loved, would tend
to restore him, "shall 1 call up your
daughter t" : '
"Here she goes, there she goes I
the landlord again repeated, hts eyes
becoming uor and more fixed and
glazed, from th steadiness of the
gaze, A alight smile played upon
his face, aa th thought of th many
unsuocssnu resorts to win him from
Usjmrpoae, and of hi: auooess in
bariing them. , , ,
Th physician nUrX H stood
tit side of . 4b busy- mjt. iH
J aaiM , vjaw bvjbu wmmm t
ci Lbj ia ihwo, iltggk hj
0
head and to the anxious inquiry of
the wifo," answored4t "No, ntrvbtm,
tho fowcr persons her the tatter.
Tfie maid had bettor stay away.
; "Hero she goes, thore sho goes,"
yet again and again in harmony with
the waving finger issued fron the
lips of the landlord.
. "A consultation, I think will bo
necessary, said the physician. "Will
you run for Dr. W rtus f"
The kind neighlwr buttoned np
his coat and hurried from the room.
In a few minutes Dr. W m with
another medical gentleman, entered.
"This is a sorry sight," "aid he to
the doctor present
"Indeed it is, sir,' was tho reply.
"It is a sudden atttutk, one oi the"
"Here she goes, there she goes 1"
was the sole reply.
The physicians stepped into a cor
ner and consulted together.
"Will yon bo good enough to run
for a barber t We must havo his
head shaved and blistered," said Dr.
W ins.
"Ah 1 poor, dear hnuband," mV
the lady i "I fear he will never agaiu
know his miserable wife."
"Here she goes, there sho goes 1"
said the landlord, with a bttle moro
emphasis, and with a more nervous,
Kot determined waving of tho finger,
!. it.. ei..t r
in concert wtui tuu puuinuiu, 101
minute hand was noar tho twelvo
that point which was to put fifty dol
lars, into his pockets, if the hand ar
rived at it without his suffering him
self to bu interrupted.
Tho wifo in a low, bewailing tone
coutinued her utterance, "Nol nev
er i nor his daughter- '
"Here shetroes. thero Rho goes!
almost shout o 1 the landlord, as the
niinuto bund advanced to tho desirpd
The harbor arrived i ho was natur
ally a talkative mun, and when tho
Doctor made somo casual remark,
rtlloctiug upon tho quality of tho in
strument bo was about to use, ho re
plied t
"Ah, ah J Mopsiour you say yery
bad razor, lis beautiful, eh! look,
look, very fine, isn't she ? "
"Hon. sho goes, thore sho goes I"
screamed the landlord, his hand
waving on, and his face gathering a
smilo, and bis whole frame in oadi
ness to bo convulsed with joy. The
barber was amazed.
"Horo hIio goes, there she goes !'
he responded, in tho host KniHish ho
could use, "VareT vare shall 1 begin!
Vat is uut ho says T
"Shave his head at once! inter
raptod tho Doctor, while tho lady
sank into a chair.
"Hero sho goes, there Bho goes.
for the last tune I cried the laud
lord, as tho clock struck tho hour of
nine, and he sprang from his seat in
an ecHlacy of delight screaming at the
top of his voice, as ho kipped about
mo room, i ve won it, ivo won
it"
"What T" said the bar keeper.
"What t" echoed tho doctors.
"What t" re-echoed his wifo.
"Why, the wager, fifty dollars!
But casting his eyes around tho
room, and missing tho young men
who had iuduoed him to watch tho
clock, ho asked the bor-koepcr :
"Whore are thoso young men who
supped hero last night eh t quick,
where are they 7
"I hey went away in their wagon
nearly au hour ago, sir, was tuu re
ply.
The truth flushed like a thunder
bolt through his mind. Thoy had
taken his pocket book, with one
hundred and seven dollars therein
and decamped, a couple of swindhug
sharpers, with wit to bock thorn I
The story is rife on oilmen's tongues
in the neighborhood where this affair
occured, and the facts are not other
wise than here set down t but we re
gret that the worthy landlord, ia
endeavoring to overtake the rascals,
was throwu from his wagon, and so
severely injured ae'to be oonfiued to
his room at the present moment
where ho oan watch the pendulum of
bis clock at bu leisure.
now to Bet. A Yankee arriving
In towo without money or frieod,
was revolving in bis mind sonic
plan whereby lie oould riUe the
chiiilk. as he expressed it. Jonathan
had never visited Lewletown befor.
Us strolled io to a shoemaker's where
an srfverttaoment, "Wanted a first
class Boot Maker," appeared on the
window, and aooated lb proprietor:
' "Do you want a first a las boot mak
er hr f '
Yes.?
. "What do yon pay V
That depend ou your capacity.
Have yoa workod ut outtlom work T"
" I reekon. You jut try me cap
tain, I haiut skexred a bit al tryio.' '
The proprietor gave hi new hand
a be noli to J material, and bads him
nako a pair of ladies gaiter. Soon
ftr he left th store on butioess'
Jonathan mad a tboe, but taoti
horrible affair, that, athamrd to show
it. be bid it lit Hit leather shaving ;
jual as be completed lb seoood shoe
in proprietor returned. II dew la
in a passion on brholding tb botched
noe. .'.,.
Voa confound! rasoaL so . bad a
-ho aa that has never beo ad is
this eevtbliahmast I" b tuhimed.
"Would yoa lik to bl that
stranger?" i , , .
Bet. Ye. . I bat U dollar bo
each work aa that was aver do ib
lla tor." : i A; . . ..
sloaa'.haa walked to th shavmira.
drsggrd t forth Us io, tad . oooIIt
fMkUaj hit ta ffltri Tl4 ?1
NO. LJ-
An Old Jaakor. .
Away bick in the state of New
York lives n Patch firmer, well t'fl
la th world, who alwtys keep
around him a tbouaand dollar bill.
With thit In his pocket end a shabby
coat on his baok, he prides himself on
playing tricks who strangers par
ticularly toch country incrcbauti a
htv recently eomoienccd buaincts
la tbe neighborhood, and sro not ac
quainted with bit poouoiory circum
staaees. At an tostano of thit kind ha went
lately to a new merchant, with bis
clothe all in rng, his tot ttickiog
oat through hit gbooi, hit hat with
out a erown, and hit beard a fort
oigbt old, and ordered a fw dollar'
woith of Roodt. Th merchant ttnrod
it him ; but Pjt there wit no prctt
baiard io 1tug out articlci for him.
none of which wer lo be out, bo ex
ecuted tho dotuand. When tbe
goodi wer ready, tbe mcrebanl star
ed still moro to hrar hit scurvy. look
ing customer ak him .to cliargo ihom
"Charge .' the in !" exclaimed the
man of ntctchandUc, "wo're not io
the habit of charging our good to
everybody. We keep a lookout for
hrAnteva '
"Won't you chnrgo 'ora den ?"
"Nol to you, 1 thank yu iou
must have a better coat pn your
back, to expect to get oredil from us.'
"Dan you won t oharge em, eon'
tinued the Dutchman, with great mo
deration. "I must try and pay ror em
down, if so be snppoain' I can mutter
money enough '' Thou taking
thousand dollar bill from his pocket
bs extendod it to tbe merchant,
with a ily loor on bis faco, nod said,
"Will vou chanuo dat T
"That What I a thousand dollar
bill 1 It it possible that that a man
of your uppcarance "
"What, tiiisiliur, bo's yoa tcart, ha?
Did you ujver see a tuousuud dol
lar bill aforo 7 ' '
"A mno of your appcarnuoe," con
tinned the tnorohant, "with a tbou
sand dollar bill !I eoult) havttworn-'
"Nooo o your iwesring here, if you
pleaso, mtsihur, but give me mine
cbeoqe dat I any be off to rain farm
gain. '
'Off to your farm I A thousand
dollar bill I Who are you, if I may
bo to bold 7"
"Who be's I. Why don't you
know your own noigblinrs man T My
name is Frits Van Yojger, a poor
farmer, mit no more as a thouaaod
teres of laot, sod dit small bill in
mine pocket, so, if you II chanue i;
aud le: uiu be ron", 1'" '" )""
"C'haiige it 1 Li i a, eir, whet shall
I get money ot a morning to cbtug
tbotisuud dollar bid V
"Will you trii-.t me, den V
"Trent you I Mt Van Volgor, that
1 will, to the amount of a thousand
dollars, il you wish. V'uu didn't sup-
poe I was at'ruid to tni.t you ?" eaid
the merchant growing very coinplaia-
atit.
Ha t ha !" roared tho Dutchman.
at loud as be eould lauh Vou be
gins to haul in your horns a little,
docs you t Strango what wondors a
small ihoiisund dollar bill will work
in a man's good opinion! So you'll
trusl me oow, will youT
"Certainly, certainly, sir."
"No, i ll be vip'l ii'yuti f hall if
to bo suppnain I cau hod nlver
cnouizh in mine pookut to pay you."
At be snid this, he Jiatilca cut an
old stocking full of dollar, paid lor
tho gouda, and giving another hearty
luuch ut the attoniched and audden
change of opinion ol lb merchant, he
drpurtod.
Birds at 1'rayko. Uv. WT. C.
Prime, in his "I go a Fishing," re-
latea the following curious custom of
birds i -
"A 's birds yondor have, be
yond question, means of exchanging
ideas." "You would think so if you
saw them at prayers." "Wluvat t"
"Yes i at prayers. It isn't anything
less. There are birds of every coun
try under tho wholo heavens, and
w ith voices as various as tho langua
ges of men, ana you here what a
wild concert of delight they keep tip
oil tho day long. Hut every day this
enure group of birds assemble in
silence, and if it isn't a prayenneet-
ing, I don t kuow what it is. 1 here
is no forewarning tliat we can detuct
While thoy are all chattering, sing
uig playing iuto, moro, ana every
where, suddenly ono of tiioin, some
times one, and stim times anotlier, ut
ters a peculiar call, totally tluttiuct
front his ordinary note. whatever
bird it is, the call is CQMch the same,
and instantly every bird atopa his
play and his noiso. . They gather ia
rows on the porches, shorten their
necks bo as almost to sink their heads
into their fcatliws, aud make no mo
tion of wing, head, or foot for a
space of thirty minutes, and often
longer. It is aluvoet a, daily occur
ence. Ordinarily, you oannot ap
proach Ute aviary without ' frighten
ing aoute of th bird and producing
a sharp commotion but while this
exercise, ia going on nothing dis
tort! thaw. Thoy ar birds ojt every
land and climate, as you see but
tins ia their custom, and no one foils
to. atteud, or Uhave ill in mwetiug.
You may think it sometime hit
meomeriam, for the leader keep up
lus curious ooll not throuKhout the
aervioa, Tha. instant it w emjod,
thoy break up with a about of delLrht
and rush around singing and banug
ajvdly hinve oi ih, ag vf Uioronghly ra-
' Cbnroh txjUona wo nfTected by
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One-half, column. me ypr, ':.k
Onc-P)irth o.oltnioi.oon yenr, '
Vii aqtiftre rtv ""r' "iwtion,
Bv,ry aaii.UvwrtMiri. "
ProfiMNinunJ fit. ""Haraitia I I
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not more than "1t . Vr year,' C a)
Auditor, Kxecutor. AdmUiUtrstor
nnd Aawirrnce Koticev, l.iO
Editorial iiotK-c or linn, 19
All sdverttseuicnU for a aliortct pe
riod than ono year are pavnhle at the
time Uiny nre ordered, and if not id
the peraon ordering them will buvd
reaMivtibl4 for the moi y.
' "Funny Cottrtahlp.
Mr. O. Gerard, now of I'hilrntel.
phia, but formerly American Consul
at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope,
oonuuunicates to tho J'rt of th
formor city the following amusing
rominiscenoe of his African consular.
experience i "Jhero is a singular
custom among the farmers to get a
wifo. If yon uesiro to get married
you should first make inquiry whoth
er the lady you love has a horse for,
sole. If sho anvs "No." thou vou
hod better quit the house ' at one.
She does not like you. But if on
tho contrary she says "Yes," it is a
good sign, but she will ask tou a
very high pneo. If the mlouut
named is paid ' on tho spot the en
gagement is concluded, as if niarriuga
was consummated by the person.
"Un my arrival at tho Capo, I did
not know of this custom. I wanted
to purchase a horse, and I was in
formed Lv an old Dutch resident
that widow had ono to soil.
I fjllowod tlivs uildrcHs , given, and
soon arrived at the door 'of the wid
w (who, ly tlt w v.
en not bad
locking). I tvked hot
or tvbulhcr she
had o. horse to bU Si 8 look'id at
mo very sharp i then tthe asked mo
whether 1 had a uno lettcis of intro
duction. I said that 1 wai tho
American Consul al would par cash
for tho horse. "In this esse," said
she, "letters aro not nen sur." I
paid down tho sum Ceronn hv.'i thou
ivftor tuking a cup bfoofi', slio sont
her horse by her gvom, and both
accompaniod me honu. Oti the road, ,
the groom asked 'ne a thrie"
questions. "Mas '.'' siu.l I f, -'
my miRtress g0 H-" -vith y;ii"JCoCu,
or will you comn live wi'tit ust You
will love my mistress, for sho was
very kind to my old masUir. (laugh
ing), " Whero will tho wedding bo T
(looking at mo and laughing). "Tru
ly, I thought "tho poor fellow had
drauk too much, or ho is imliecilo."
I folt sorry for him. When I arrfiy
od hQnie I fmnl many pooplo at my
door congratulating, mo, not for tha
horse, but for the acquaintance of
tho widow- "Trulv," said one, "yon
have been very suocossftd." "Sh6 ia
very rich, said another. I really
did not kuow wliut it all meant, and
I began to bo very uneasy, when, to
my very great surprise a lady alight
ed on my steps, and at once I recog
nized tho widow ! She very coolly
asked me wheu I desired to have the
ceremony of the wedding pcrfoi nied.
Then, indeed, I fully perceived ;u
at tuim in wmc, i wog Ma toy ber
frankly it was n I
not a wife. "Wh it, .vt ulto, a
you mean to n-t thus t a lady like
rue 7 If bq, I shall send back for my
hoi s-, and will repay you tho money."
In a few hours her groom was at ti e
door with tho money. 1 gladly gavu
back tho horse, thankful tohavo tuiir
escaped. A few weeks after, bow
ever, tho widow was mornnd : a
moro ambitious ruau had bought her
horse,"
Nnt lags for Old Age
No one deuies tliat it is wise- t
make prorisions for old Ok'e, Uit w
nre nut at all agreed as the kind t f
provision it is lest to lay in. Cer
tainly we shall want a little ;r;ne.Vi
for a destitute old man is, 7 'Hi.
sorry sight ; yes, . ve uuuiey by all
means i'ut on old man needs inst
that jmrtieulnr strongtli which yoi ng
men are most apt ta waste. Many
a foolish young fellow will throw
away on a holitlny a certain amount
of energy which ho will never feel
the want of until be is seventy, and,
thtn how much he will want it 1 It
is curious, but true, that a bottle of
chumiiasno at twenty will intensify
the rheumatism at threts-oro. It is
a fact that overta-k'.ng tha tyi at
fourteen may necessita'e t io aid f
spectacles at forty, instead of sixty.
We adviso our yoiuig readers to,
be saving of health for thuir ol.t-agc,
for tho maxi.n holds goxl in regard
to health as to tntiiti'y "Waste not
want not" It is the great, st mii.
toko to BiipHe tliat violation of tit
laws of lieturh, can escape iw ut uaity.
Nature forgives no sin, no error t she
lets off tho offender for t'fty years
sometimes, b it she ra'ches bun at
lost and inflict tho pnnii-hmcnt just
when, just where uiid just how he
feels it most ISave up for old age,
.but save knowledge t save Uto rctxil
lectiou of good and Uobh) deedr, in
nooent pleasures, anil purest thought
save friends, save love. Save rich
stores of that kind of wealth w Inch
time cannot diiuiuish, nor death tike
away.
A Qertitn, atteaking of a severe
heevlache he hod had the previous,
evening-, sukl to hi& eonuwiioi;
"Mine got! ivyxf hood itaohctV wu)
I oouhlu't raise) it off mine pillow un
til I got up and Tvolks around a Ut-
ur
A little boy in (Joorgolown ran
into the house the other thtv, ennug
at the top of bia. v'
onotlier
put
aom
ents i
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Hod
dn
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faith
thing.
yon
mens .
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