The Montrose Democrat., April 25, 1861, Image 1

THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT; I
IS TII nspAys, BY
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OFFICE ON. ruI3LIC AVENVE,
T,I E• 00 :VUOVE SEARLE ' S ROTEL. 1
TERM —? per atlmint Ut)VANCE ;
°them - lee si ill be charged—and 4nycptirper annum ;
added to arrearartor, at the optlnn ut the rublitater f to pay
expense ut collection, rte. AnvAzion payr4ent preferred.
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ADVEIZTISV:3IV,:siTS Will ct inserte at the;
rate et slper mhare, efteu tine', or I.•ip, fid the tlrrt three
trcekt, awl Si vents for eactratddltiOnal iveetr—pay dam,. j
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111(Wenants, and °fliers, who tol i vertise oy
the year, m he charged at the following ra viz.;
:For one eq., re, or kW. one year,- with chahges, - ;
41,, , ,,tedattionat pelaryt, at the rate Qt -
even Vseepi tO those Of Lmown4r ptipsibility.
BUSINESS. C,UMS.
WINE: IL c()01 , Elt CO
I.lA.Nual.:;.- ontro,e, Pa. Soccesni,re:to Port. ettopei
Z.: Co. 011111%. Lattarors'new builtling,!Turnplke-el.
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TIONN met r0t:11,01,w, , at Law,Lltentto,e.
,01.1 ill Intbeeps' new bolltling, uveethe Bank." 1'
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TT(II:NEY and Coalimellor at Law.— ; ,row.iDA, -Pa,
11,.. Mike in th•• Cu hal Ithiek. 1 -je3so.t.f
1)11. F.:W1L31017,
oribo rllSt pSthic and iloviwopathic-Col.
or Grew Bold, Pa. !()Mce, corner
of :gain ae d Ellrabctlreta, _nearly oppotlte Ibe licttiodist
tiOtrch. • •
1,. \V. BINGliA)1& - , D. C. ANEY,
SIIR(RONS ANT) DENTISTI• I ,—New
1 Milford Ilusuitch, Pa. • •
1)11. 6.. Z. DIAI(ICK,
s iNtlysteiAN ANI) titilltlEON,-31putrc.el Mee
over W11,01):,' Store; Lt!dgings ut Se.arle,t
. DR. WILLIAM - . W.. WIIE.V . EON, .
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN A. SIIR(EON IDEETIST:
{17711 DR. 3/ 31/ON ICHE.4T L ot •
Meths and Sur,ziniti Duni irt. iceenily tit inglaniton.
N. Y. lender their protr-Monal All hu
Mut e "ltrormed Practice id, Physic 1-rut o'lll en
riperation- Teeth with the most aqientifie nu
approved of pbtowork.. TeetTl extratled without
putli and all \tuck arntuted. '
Jackson. juin! Ilth, 1244. rt
1)1?. H. SMITII SON,I -
QUIN:EON DE'NTISTS, 7 -Montrose, Pa.
irlOftlee hi Lathrop,' 'new Intildittg, over
the Bank. All Dental operations will.htt
verforined In qtiod Tie and warranted.
J. C. 01.)1:s1'.E.V1)
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. DRS. OLMSTEAD& READ,
AVPUTI) ANNOUNCE to !hi. Public
T that 019' have entered. into it partner:4l4i for the
Practice of MEDICINE& Surgery,
- And are prepared to attend In'all atlM in the tine of their
Profeion. (Allen the one furtnerly occupied lti Dr. J. C.
Olin•Jead, ie DUNDAFF. Inv
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iy.„l;f:E.T gh4.4 parriCiihr‘ atletition to no- treattnynt
of di*e:v.r. of tho Eon and EVE: and i, conGdonci.tot
lilt knowlothro nf. and oxporlonco in that branch of finic,
tlce.will enable libn lo ottook.avo, in time molt dittioult
1 - ases. For treating fikl . ll,•• ohm tlO ,, orzaio4 no felt will
be eliorged unle- , ate patient lo bonenttod by kb,. Irv/A
nton!. ~ t.1114,tn0 3Oth, INYI.
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SOl7 1111V - 01tTli VADAKIN,
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31 A r‘i‘i. ( 1 7. 1 4 1 .1. in li i i!Vd th t"nrs 6
l'onits-TaNi..s. Mantle., sinks and Centre-Tables. Also
sliailor- irliieiyaal Slat,. for Maptiii`s. Vent ri,iTti bles.-&-e%
4 ,F Shop a ft,, i•iist of soarle's Ilii t el on Tunipiku
st Wet, Montrose. Pa. ioN y
IY - M. A. sNOIV; ‘ .
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rusTter uE THE I'EMI:.-- Grraf Bowl, P. nitre
.101 oil Main ,trvet. rppo,ite the, Wvl4 urn llottrie.; ni.4
• s..kl - 1"1T.14.
:Lou. -
o ver 1. N: 1411.hird'", Groc,ry, on 31ain•strept.
ThanLati f ,orlicit, , a contitluallet•
plunholar IlimscirOuile, Al n ork eats-r,scssurily. Cut
thz dolly ~n shots - slotice, and wan-allied
tf.
• I'.-LINES,,
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1 - 4 1.‘sin(INABLE TAt IR._ 1-3. ship • .
in pho. n ;„ mtwk, ”riteati, NvAtri,w,
All Wort vtlrl4llltea. a= to fit 3111 i 011141.
tiono.A.” jnn '9l
3( gUN c;I:oN' Es;
1;1AS/11t)N.1111.1.11 . .‘11..i1:. -Nloutro.pf - r:q.
near iln IV‘pti,l Ihm,, on Turnpike.
'greet. All glrticr, pro!nialy. ht tlr,t-rate.tyle.
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. 14nit, i n -Curt 1/16L - 1 . . 411 d IA aiT•lntra
, T.. 11. 1f 4, 11-ELL, :
REPA I I lti i'lne),, \Vali:he , . and Jewelry at the
Aleirtest mitice.and en reasnnatils terms. All
s‘ erg; warrii ut ed. Shop in Chandler and j(4,1 , 1111'1.
t tort. Miisrlieisr.. Pa. pi.-11 if
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WM. W. SMYFU (10.,
AND CHAIR ItIANUFAcTURERS.—Foot
V.) of llontro9v t T.:, • nug tf
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A ANC FA Cr I: 1:. It. f lioriTS .CHOES, Montrd.e,
'VI Pa. Shop met AB kind. ef work
ivailc t01,r41, r, Und , ropairiagi.dOly• neatly. y
. ABEL
TT EALER in Dniz. , . 31m - 14 11e Cliomicali. 1)3 - e •
~11/ Warr.. Paintr, Varnimh. .
clew Grocorio,,Paney I. :Dods. Jewolry Prrrn
inerv. A!1 • 111 tVr thi•nanq popular .PATENT —
M.EbIi'INES.--31oniro.o. Pa.
PROF : -CII ARLEti 31011 MS,
l i.v .t zrz n a t i:g4l ,:7, i r ro o rz, ,t er .i. Mont roae, Pa.' Shop in
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DEALEILS
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FANCY' GOODS.
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VW . alliqid to Ile iltiqcs•67 : ll6 . prufe,qlop picauptly.
Ottlee at D. Lathroea Hotel. •
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J. A. smuril;
The INVENTOR, and DENTIST,
Practicing . Mental Sargon , In New Milford, having
I R o m a , In the Xv‘t• Milford lintel. in n pleas:nit tou - tt,
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NEW MILFORD,
.IS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR
HARNESSES,
CHEAP FOR CASH, -
AND GET THE WORTH OF YQUR MONEY.
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INSY►IIANCI COIIPANYI'
Or mix olacrnriric.r.lx:.
CASII CAPITAL; ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
ASSETTB Ist July' 1680, : $1,481,819.27.
LIABILITIES, " " " . 43,068.68
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T. Milton t;tuith, - ttee"y. Clum J. Martin, Prornitint
John A. F..Wilmarth, ViCe "
hulued and rrnewect Lv the'antierstanetl. at firth
•chl um: door above Icarle'oliutel, , lolciatrolge, Pa.
LINGS
,7111,f)13D,
. 33 yr rt. z er
I 11 - As lu,.t received a — large stock ?if new Stoves,-for
1 (",,,k,a4. l'arier. ()Mar aud Shop ptuvoses, tor Ws)ad.
o r ich stare Pipe. Zlne; &c. •
atid desirable, and will., fr. sold
,e) lb, most favorable term* forrCr.wh,Or to Pivmpe tiLr
5 'New 31.1Ifurd, Oct. aZillt. Is6o.
Dandelion. Coffee,
AiIEALTIIT berentrx. Oat , ploand 'of Ibiseuropiriii
.:_inAcas inctc4 tiNu pouuds of other Coffee:. Ftir
.31, by ABEL TURREIit.`.
• Turret 's Pure
T 1 AIOTHY SEED!
Wal rallied fret, from Dairy and all Ofill'f übnoiloub
ALSO. . , -
Large "Clover Seed,
”..tdy nrily, by *-31:30.,.TURAELL.
Mf,:ll.rtp - c. N.art..o
We Join. Ours()lves to no Party that Does not C
A REVOLUTIONARY !SKETCH.
liar and ;hypocrite were his . answer. A
fierce yell ' aroSe from behind the ha
stack and the buildings, as twenty dark
forthmi rushed ferward; brandishing their
It was midnight of tilt. thirteenth I weapon and firing at random,. while as
Of August, commenced my grandffither, I many More hovered at the out skirts of
but -though the river was In limit of - ns, the wood.- . - .
and the forest stretched for miles behind.. Within the house was perfect silence,
us, 'and, liway to -the right and late,' II broken Only bythe" now 'brim" of ‘Mr,
could not - catch even the sight of a leaf Or I Oakley at the roar of six of the best
the ripple ofthe water, so suitily.andleavy i .rifles in the country.
brooded the darkness around }is. ' - "Six down!"- A - nfan for.each Indict!
I had .not -been in the kest t of spirits ,—" goed!" said the exulting voice of
that day torit Was the time; when we; Oakley, "The powder, girls, and „we'll
dreaded- every hour to hear of the lorig 1 gite 'in another." -• .• •
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anticipated boinbardinent of N:' r ew York; I •'A shower.of bullets rattled like hail
and though in the house of; Thomas Oak- stones about the windows and cut 'short
ley, first cousin.. to my father, I had moth- I-the words. Mr. Oakley picked up. smile
'ing to - tear, there had' hang ov!er
not.
sue!' , that fell harmlessly to -the _floor,'
' and
a terror and dread that I could help ! laughed. • . -
fearing least some evil had. happened to I. " The serpents arikinder than I-thought.
my parents, who were still in pie city.! 1, They arc firing to keep us in balls-as exert
- -As Motel with the sleepless, . t ill sflrts of cis(.. So much the better, for: we. - have
fancies teased my - brain. Myiremodi •like.' none too many. Now boys. •
all the others, -was large, and turnislled - in I Another flash-and roar„.. and again the
a style that now seems so quaint. to - yolum 1 voice of Mr. Oakley. '
young eyes. - 1 . I "Fire, steady, boys, and take good aim.
The chimney-piece was tiled with per- , -Don't waste powder." .
celain curiously wrought into illustrations 1 A dead silence ensued. - . '
'of . Scripture. The bed "midi furniture, 1 ' "They're eOW-Ctli father-they're steal
th:it had all been brought froth England, ; ing 'or I o cower," exclaimisd . Sitireon. --
was tall, dark, stiff and earyteq while the i "Notthey ! they're only contriving some
walls were-drug„ with sombre 'lenity per-, new deviltry. John and Mathew,. round
traits. And ama lay wishing for day, the with you to the-back of the hause. Grace,
tiled figures'seeteed to move and glower i —my God, where did that. shot come
at me m the uniertain light that mite ,I from!" as with a sharp cry, Reuben the
I through a loophole in the winifpw ; while eldest, leaped three feet into the air and
I thought the eyes of the portrait's were' fell forward -on his face, stone dead. •
me
I olieil all, fixed on me with a solenia - Mrs. Oakley sprang orward and threw
I.stare-; and s, it Itipp.. - mmil that I heard. the herself on his body. The fair haired M-
I old ' (stock strike one, two :ltd. three, jest was her darling. Another shot came
I and was jest falling into a doze, -wheneimshingthrough the window', and bed
'. there tram( ,
ame a light step along; the hall; ! ded„itself deep in the opposite wall.,
and .cousie Grace called in a 'sfraage sal-1 , "Aim •at yonder tree," shouted Mr.
ereil voice, outside of the door l— -. , Oakley. I saw the gleam of a rifle stock
1 • " Helen, I lelen !" . i - • ' among the leaves. • •-: . . .
ll was up in ainoment, and Mil to where • A third ball whistled so 'close :past: us
she stood, looking like a :gait, with her as to make us start back ; and. then our
I.OShy face, and thir hair all abimet her, anal rifles answered; and . a dark body went
il remember the thrill of asthnishment ' down, and struck with a thud " thud "
I with which in spite of my . flight, I sal'againSt the ground. _ •
' that she - was already dressed,wid held iii 1 , .. " lie's silenced," exelaimed Mr Oakley
I her hand :small powder flask. I - 1 with a gleam ofstern sat isthetion shooting
"Put on your clothes as quick as you -cart ; acrost lihi face. " But I see none of the
_
' Nelie" she said, iii a voice thatitrembled 'rest. Where are . they-hiding?"
little,' '
, a though site was doing hie• best to I "Father, father !" called_Grece, in an .
I look 'calm. . " Brant's men are.edniingend - : agonized tone. -
-,
1 father wants you all dtmwe stairsr • , I Mr. Oakley ran hastily into the back
I hunt's men ! It is difficult ito make 1 ,1 - oom where she Was. A stalwart man in
I son mulerstand the horror with which 'IA bunting frock, and se bronked as to
I. that name - was pronounced and ;heard, oi• I make it almost, doubtful if he were red or,
to express the. terror with ;which as I her, I white, swung himself front _an adjoining
Lried on my cloths, I thoeght of dlnice and ; 'tree on to the balcony, and was trying/to
I myself in the power of these ;merciless i three himself through, the • little window.
' savages. No -wonder that I treadded in . i As Mr. Oakley rushed forward,,he drew
I - every limb, or that Thomas Oaklyand his , the hunting knife he wore in his"belt ; but
istalworth'sons—meu not easily duimited-H- S seki.ing the sharp edge in - his,bare hand,
i looked pule as they moved about, in _the t the infuriated fitther wrested it from his
' dim mornit.:_r light. ; . 1 , ! grasp by main strefigth y and , -plunged .it
I don't kiiou: as I have .spoke 6 to yea.; tip to the hilt in his brast. H -
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before.of Thomas Oakley, a nraefover siX I A fleece _yell Mid harmless volley from
I feet in bight, and of :i noble m presence, I those in ambush, r,4eived this new defeat,
! with :i grand thee chat looked astir - it had + - and then catne•another of those ominous
I beet; chiseled out of 111:10)1C, :1114 liir aspauses. / .
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white as snow though he wasp sda I reely " What t i .,--in they be about?" muttered
past his prime. We have -no sneb men 1 Simeon, who was again at the lookout.--
I now-a-days. I have his portrait Id my little I.‘ They,S ( urefy, Caiiit dream of 'tiring the
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i cabinet yonder': and you may s're. there I house.
I thathe looks as by was.-akiiid addnoble "The door ! the door?" gasped Grace.
! ,
1 gen . teman. i ! • " Right!" exclaiined 'her father. The
1- As for his sons, they were likeiiim, tall, girl had more. wit than us all. We must
I strong-limbed, fearless. and devotedly at- 1 'barricade the hall: •
II tached to them stately ;nether; 4-lio waS 1 " Never mind the slifitters,-" said Mrs.
p'reparing breakfast, while they TaSteued i Oakley, who had gained her . marble like.
the, iron sluitters of the lower I'vindowa , Cemposure. "We Will bar them," and
andbarred - the heavy doors. ' I -- . `she brgen to draw the boltS., 7
- / .
- "It's a- shame to rouse vs so early- Nei] -Mr. Oakley hesitated, for the task was '
I' ie," said: Mr: Oakley, as he notice ' d* my l'one of danger, but there was no time 'to
pale trighteeed thee ;-" but if we don't eat, lose and chairs, sofas and tables Were pil
our breakfast now, the• rascals ;may net ed ii L li aria short. distance from the door,
, give us a chance to.get it all, and to my ',in what was really. a formidable . barriende,
mini,-after a good cause, there is'itothinirguarded as it was, by those unerring rifles.
like a-good breakfast behire goiner into 'a ; i The smell of, burning wood, and • the
fight." :- - • .
; - - .1 smoke that filled the hell, now grew" al
.'. I. wish, Mark was here," said Grace most intolerable. Mr. Oakley placed us
'timidly. j - i
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" No'dOebt, pie,••3. ; but I've .3etit 'f ,r . close and take good aim. A portion of
him. ' Young
. 1 - ost, the half wit) ed rad 1 1
o ti l l i e. t . h il e or.; s r th f i :l7i7l. : . ll lr t . ol ih i l i k is le s y en :ai t sed sta h n li d s
' that !frolip . „lll,ll:j,jhe news, was to- start i rifleshuil Walter Van Cuyler,. who -was
i
for the camp to-day, but if we cram keep the first:to spring in, staggered back With
time rageals at hay till:they come, ;<v:e may ~.li groan. The others swarmed in.like
• I give them :;5 good a peppering as }hey- ile- . , tees, tUt a second and a third of tese
I se r ve." , j deadly volleys brought them. to a stand.—
;
1 ." Ay, if! : But, oh l: that dreadfid lancer- , N omian cared to expose himself to. such
tamtv - The house w:ez of stone land so certain
_death. .
• • ;and so . .
-___-n strongly built that it.; was &Ail A they- Mr. Oakley turned impeteonsly. to his
could ooze or fire it. BM who kne v what, 1 Son ;" Give 'em another, boys, we'll beat.
else might-' biippen ? how many of that' , 'em of, Yet," bet, a mute shake of . the
fair tinnily would gather around•the board' bead wa;;•their only answer. 'The power
to-Morrow morning? ,Ali ! -children, it i waS exhausted. For a Moment -a deadly
was dreadful, but Ifthink.thehourl before paler overspread his_ countenance ; the
the attack was the worst - of all. 1 ; next hi,-voice rang out as clear and lirtn
. It was not. to heoxpeeted-that We contd., as ever.
eat much breakthst ; lint . . hurried !as the.] • "Close up. prim your 'knives. We
meal was,it. WaAardly over wbeitone of : will sell our lives asdeatly as possible." ..
the -boys, Whom Mr. Oakley had-posted, at ? , " Conic on, their powder is out," shout
tlielook out, called out they are. (joining, 1 ed a man whim, With half a dozen others,
Ond stealing alongthe woods.at thi.; right, had suceeeded in Scrambling over the
as if they hoped to surprise us.. I barricade and was- making his way to-.
At once the men litirried liitll their ri- wards the little group. - • - s
.
fles to- the windows at . the_ .:ecoiel I ,
story, 1 ") ou'd better be eareful. Our women
while Mr::: Oakley, pale-but - still et4waril- I have their knitting needles yet," retorted
ly calm, motioned us to folfow, and; band 1 Mr. Oekley derisively.
Out the powder. Then came a dimad Si' "Well take care of•you and the UMtn.
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kn ..
ee. . en Beth,", returned the ruffian,- aiming a
.a' Look out, Simeon,r said-the fafaer, in I blow at Simeon, that brought him : prone
a• low voice, "-and tell us nimt.,the knaves ,r to the gromid. .
are about." '• - . l .l .- l, A spasm contorted Mr. Oakley's stern
- "Posting themselves around the ihOuse, r features for It moment and - then, • with a
but under cover. They4hink of tett cluing strangled sob, he threw himself headlong
, .
its napping. , - There's a man conong in upon his assailants. • . -
this - way now-- . -he—why, father, it"?' Wal- " Kill him !" : •
ter Vaa Cuyler," - - . -!. {:. "Stab him !" • .
We all started. The 'meaning 4f this .• - "Cut himsdoWn!"hes. the devil him
sudden attack was clear enough nolv. self!" shouted- a4ozen yokes. - ,
Van .Cnyter bad :been' .a prothsst,d it- r ,' At this moment rose. another and far
.trios and. a n-arm admirer of Grace, and different mry : •.
on his rejection by her, -had gone! away "The rebels-- . -they are nil us! " ' :is
voWing.rengende on the :iirlwle flintily. ! thundering on, trampling the cowardly
1 . "The traitor," muttered Mr, Oakley, I rtitlians down under the horses' -hoofs,
..‘.‘ it is lie, then„that,lias brought Mown I Came: Mark Walker with his light horse
this swarm of hornet.S. What's the; COW- I troop. Nis -one-thought.of anything but
and doing now, Simeon ?" • - '- I - I flight; and the enraged Americans mowed
"He has been trying the windolht, 'to 1 the flying.tories down like, grain. . •
see if they are fastener}.. Now he is in, the ' Then burst forth all the emotions so
door," 1 - • • • • . -.- 1 : long, pent tip.,. Father :and 'sons threw
The words WeredrOwned in a series Id' 'themselves into one another'ii arms,- Grace
thinidering knocks - • , 4.• fainted, and Mra. Oildefs stern nninpos,
Mr.. Oakley went to Sinieon's svihdow. are melted inti:L . llood of hysterical tears.
~- "Who knocks there?" ' • ). 4 • - Ours was a joyfal and yet a sad house
"Waiter Van Cuyier." :., .' i • that might-- - ---for though We had beer(s..de
".Whet do You Want' ?" ' . ' livered, as it were, from thejaws of death
, „
"Food, rest end shelter: Brantiat men yet the bodies of the dead were with us,
lire clOse upon my track.. Let tic come in ; Oh! children, chibiran, those were very
quickly." .. . . . - " L . -- 1 sad tunes-4rying• times. - There yas a
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The slnirp erae4 ela rifle, and the I words..Areddttig afterwards between 'Nark- :it id
HE4UT inuxKtrt.
ii. fir: e6AiU E
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MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL' $,1861.
-Grace unl. I danced. Merily as any of them;
but poc'y Mrs. Oakley - wore•mourning to
the en dd, daysond the last words
Of her lips were the names ofher murder-,
cd.sons, and, greatly.siffected,' my grand-.
father took off, his spectacles and' wiped
his eye
BY TH _
E LAST 3IAN THAT tE;TOOD Oti ft:
George Wilkes writes:
" I said I had something to do with the
fall of Table rock; that broad shell on the
Canadaiside—Which in. 1850 looked over
the very cauldron of the seething waters,
but whe4l tumbled into it on a - Certain day
in the inonth ofJune of that, by me, well
remembered year.' About- noon on that
day, I aecompa.nied a lady from the Clifton
House Ito, the Fallit,t- ;Arriving_ .at - the,
Table Rock, we ter carriage, ( and as
we approached the prOjecting plaftorm, I
pointed but to my companion A vast crack
or fissure which, traversed the entire base
of the reek, remarking that it .had never
appeared to me before: The lady. almost
shuddered as she looked at it, and shrink
ing backi, 'declared that she did not care
about going near the edge. sth,". 'said I; i
taking her hand,-Voe,. might :mss well come I
ou, now 'pat you are here. I hardly think
the rock will take a notion to fall merely
becaule ice are on it'
The - platform jutted from the main land'
some sexy feet, but to give . the visitor a
still Ivor fearful projection over 'the ra
ging waters, a wooden bridge had been
thrust beyond the extreme edge for sonic
ten feet. I This terminated in a „small box I
for visitors to stand in , . and was - kept in I
its position and enabled-to bear its weighty
by a poHerous load of stone. heard . 1
upon its miler ends: The day was very I
bright and hot, and, it being almost 1
time at die hotels,Ane very few • visitors
were ont,lso we occupied the dizzy perch
alone. We gazed fearfully z oift tilion - the
awful waters, we:-'stfetelied our hands
tiniidly over' the . frightful depth' below,
and we felt our na tures quail in every fibre
by the deafening ear that seemed to sat
mate us, as it, were, with an indefinable
dread. .- -/ --
i
'Thisa
is terrible place, said I. Look
under thqe and see on what a mere shell
we stand. I For years. au - d, years the teeth
of the-Torrent; in that jetting, angry - stream
11 . ave beep; gnawing . at that hollow, and
some day i, !. his plane, must fall.' .
My co ipanibn - shuddered and . drew
herself together inelarm. Our eyes swept
the roarin circle of the waters once again,
we gazedi about - .in fearful
,fascination,
when suddenly, turning;
.our looks upon
each other, each recognized a correspond
ing fear. 'I ,do not like this place!'
exelaimedl, quickly. .‘ The' whele basis
of this rock is probahly -disintegrated, an-d
-perhapti sits pined in a succession of steps
or - niches, ready to fallout and topple
'down at any en_usual perturbatiorr. That
fissure there seems to be unusually large
to-day ! I think we had better leave, for
Ido not tangy such a finish; and, besides
tnv paper must be published next week.'
•
\% it h these very werds,the latter tittered
'jocosely, though note without alarM, I
-seized my companion's, band, and in abso
lute panic, we fled as fast as our feet coald
carry us towards what might be
. called
the shore. We first burst into a laugh_
when we reached the land, and jumping
into 'our carriage, felt actually as if we had
made a fortunate escape. We rolled
back toward . the Clifton,: but• before we
had. proceeded two minutes on our way, a
thundering report, like the explosion ofan
earthquake, burst'ution us, and with a loud
roar the ground trembled beneath our
wheels. We turned to find that .Table
Rock had fallen. 'We were the last upon.
it, and it 'was doubtless the unusual per
turbation mused by our flying . footstepg ,
that disturbed the exactitude 'fifes, equilib-
rium and threw it from its , final poise. Id.;
4( -
rry the„Flag -and keep - 13t . ,€tp:-.'to. the'ltilngid of the Whole Union.
TH:qFAIL OFTABLE ROCK.
a minute more the road -was filled with
- hurrying people,and during the following
half hour, and In advance of thenext morn
ing's journals we were told a hundred
times that a lady and gentleman were on
the Table Rock, and had. 'gone down the
1 ally. We are told-that. the trot of a hog
would shake old Loudon bridgefrom end
to end,when it would not be.disturbed
_by
the rolling wheels of heavily loaded
trains - . Table Rock hied not been run
upon tbr years—perhaps never, had there
fore, whenever. Ihear it spoken of, I al
ways shudder and feel as WI had some
thing to do with its fall."
The : following scene, says! the Cin
cinnati "Enquirer, actually occurred, and
and we think.should he set down. A gen
tleman, min of the suite, we believe, while
'passing through the rear car, was thus ad
dr-essed by the future mistress of the
White House: : • ,
_Mrs. L.—HoWilo you "flourish" •
Gentleman.--Well, I thank you.
Mrs. 1,.. 7 :,-Ig that a Cincinnati paper
you have in yotir hand? . .
Gentletnan.—Yes,.(passing the journal
. .
to her) .
Mrs L.—Does it say - anything about us!
Thee manner in which these questions.
were prOpomrded, continues the Enquirer,
was more suggestive than the interrogato
ries themselves.. Imagine the successor
of the accomplished Mr, Madison, Mrs.
Polk,: and Harriet- Lane - , addressing a
foreign minister with "How do you flour
ish ?"The reminds us of an anecdote
of the wire of an honest, Dutchman, who
had unexpectedly een elevat 1 fo.the
positiOn of Major .of the militia. - Mien
the %suit of the election was known, the
chidi•en wanted to know if they would not
all. be majors. "No,you • fools," indig
nantly replied the mother, "none but your
daddie avrme.",*
—A great - excitement has recently
sprung up 'among land owners and others
in the counties of Western New . York ;
especially in Erie,CNutaare,and Niagara
on the discovery of deposits of oil in some
localities, like those ; in Pen riSyWania, Vin-
ginia, Ana- Ohio, and - the indications are
that theseinuleyground ole.a ginonsdeposits
exist all through that region of country,
Extensivepreparations are making to bore
for secure it if linui4, and the price
of land- is,going ' -
E r iy out
gi„ m an. before the . meeting of Oingress, and Mr.
A Sh bb T
:. •. . -- : , - - Small was not only most forward iin the
,- . - an . FIKANcks DowNE. . , . ; crowd Which assem b le d to meet thri phil :
, • ' 1 —.... :07 ,.. !•
.. . ; osopher,- but, •by dint of influential lintrii':
'' Brooklalid, , which now ' fOrms. , an ele- deletion and hospitable importunity ;. cone
gant and r'etired • Suburb or ., !NeW. York, trived to make him accept an invitation
about the .end of the List:century - consist-, to Spend that evening at his, house.', / and
/and
ed of 3.lini country honses,; Scattered like proceed to New. York-early on the,4llow
. . /•1 1 .
a.sort of hamlet . along the banks 'of the 1 Mli. day • -. • '
Hudson, and built by the'se ',wealthy, chi- I . • The entire elite of Mr. -Striall'S ',Cirelo
setts . n•hiittt• fortune enabled 'and . t as t e were gathered to dinner in/the • . evening.
prompted so-retire from the' crowd • and !The master of mansion sat in' A tri
hustle of the - town. The fanatics residentlumpli resembling that of the Romn.CQII•
there were ; all-of the same grade in ' soc k, 'titterer, With spoils turd it
captives following
ty-; their habits and *pursuits Were similar. hitiehariot... The,ifyiet,SenSible old! -gen
., • The greAter. part wereniore or less ileman who harsigned the Peace of Par
connected i, and, as
,snort distances pro , •is, and won hint a name - throughout:. the
ducedxrea;ter separations 4"those asyi world, was'at times half amused an d-h a lf
than long ones db in ours, the little. corn; provok4 at/the boundless - fast; Made
munity stolid in . gentle isointion from the. about him;
. but` Benjamin Franklin; was'.
neighboring city; lived on i its. bait moit , accutitonied to-Such 'doings ;he let things
;
et; and importance ; maintahH - colonial' take' theiecottrie.„-linif thedinner 'went oft`
etiquette :IS established 2 in; the • tulle of asother show • dinners have before and
governor ILeith, and • helieVed itself / o One 6, till the gentlemen joined the. ludieS
great consi d eration in the world. 'Anteing i in the di-AWing room, and Mr.* Smallitook
the - old gentlemen who looked atler/their 1 the opportunity to display. his library,
gardens. thbre, -ry
got their letteonce a ' which opened -conveniently front that
iveek from town, -and sPent their abundant; apartment. ' The best of his books' had
,
. .
leisure in di'Senssing the War/Of Independ- been brought with him when he hired
• duce (then betia. few years i'e • r;jthere was from business and but few collections in
I none Whoistood hi t he •in his own tiS. , *United States could equal ;his tit) the
:teem, than i'4edle,y• Small:J:4. ''' time. ~ .. . 1 't.
Ills fainifY had beetiAinong those early Franklin admired the boots and their
:
1 settlers A . vh6 fornied / the-Em,dish town of 1 hbindingapplauded Mr:Small's. taste till
i New York put/ofthe Dutch colony o f i that gentleman, being in.a flush of entlib-
I New-AieSterdam; little more than . a cen- 1 sia';lTl, which the claret had prObsbly
[ tury liefti velthe period of our Story. In a heightuied, brought down from, its hioli
thther I)4s_otie of the. first I,tOoksellers -in place in theixt - ok-case, the long treasured
the eit / y. ,/lie made a busin'esS for himself, pamphlet, named, in the -ffishion to its
j whi6 his son inherited, aint-Sedley Small, - publishing time;"A Dissertation ou 11.11)
- 14:Sq. had gone through an cast, - prosPbr- erty and NecesSity, Pleasure And Pain ;"
sous life, with no struggle, - no' ''' difficulties and introduced it. to the doctor's liqtice
I
lin its course; and- very little 'distinction, with ,a considerable flourish abniiti the
; except in hiS own opinions. • M! had Mar- more than a halt eentuty it had beep in
I -nod well, and perhaps wisely- - . his possession, and how 'much he pr's-. it
- I lis Wife was the daughterOf a flourish- , above his entire library.
.. i
ing inerehaq4, had ddowery equal to his 1 "It is a Londmi edition," said Fr:Milli], I
ex peetationsi; understood' . aji manner ofi turning the rough pages with an AbSent 1
colonial housekeeping, from - the making- - ; look. rcriciPs he 1 ?Its • thinking of the I
of buckwheat t'cidies to the lSeoni ire; c if, , time . when'Sir. William Keith sent hint to ;
old-silk gowns, which, howeVer incretlible 1 gangland, with every manner of prOnSe, 1
to the ladies? of modern ilrOnklar, was l . not-one of which was kept; and lie, lan
then th e niode„on the bankS Of t h e IN& i Xmerican breif youth; poor and frielidll-ss, 1
son. Mr..S4all had brought, ii - p sons and iin and busy. London,
worked' 4 . a
daughters wipi- as • little trouble as' any 1 journeyman printer in Bartholomew close,
family man quill cipect. lh.thad Proper- saving mbney to pay .his passage , home,
tioned and settled them :nil=-some' in the and writing the " Dissertion" after busi
city, some in the neighboring townships-1 mess hours. "There were but few Print
ana gathered' tkeniaround Inni• in Thanks- 1 ed," he continued i "not above two! lite,-
giving week, the Ann i v e rsar y of Atherican 'tired: I was not aware that any bad bier
i sold in New. York," - •' 1
Independent-1, his own '• birth day, and
such like Seasons (tiring!' celebratio n. Mr. ' "It was never sold, doctor," . said , Mr.
Small had li;-M in troubled and c h ange f u l Small, catching at the glbripus oppiwoini-
Aimes, but got. °dough thent !,with little ty to tell - his Story, for which he put' him
•'-risk or loss. ilk was not a mini' to peril -self in the accustomed attitude, by thrnst-•
much, for . the P old ie weal. Whatever was ling his hands deep into the-pockets Of his
uppermost had his support for' the. time, 1 buckskins, -and • sitting' exceedingly tip
although he never went further '
on one i right. "It is almost sixty' years since
side•thannfriendly neutralitV: I that Work cattle into the possession, I, nlay
- - -•
We'livcd :--
. . • ,
When tho ken. from sandy 'Hook was '
thrown into the river,. he tinnight it a
dangerous,prc,ceeding. Wheit'Sears' As-
sociation dcelared.f . or - ;lido enqence, - and
Gen. Lee, with his Connecticut Militia
marched into ?New York, .111.4 SIMIII con
sidered the l'iniOn was -decindedly right.
When the Brills!' troops took I,ossession - ,
and the Americans were defeated at Long
Island, it was his opinion that rebellion
never prosperild: But when thIP peace of
Paris was signed, when' the Pat riot' Sol
diers were•relitrning to their homes and
farms, and WAshington 1 - Vas taking leave
orhis oflicer in front , of Fraiu4s' ,Hotel,Mr, Small occupied a very 'prominent
place in the erbn-dof spectatorS, and said
it was the prondest moment of his life: . ••
With the qiiict imitation of the Vicar of
Bray, Sedley Small, Esq. had come to re
pose, not under his laurels, Ph. he was
never the manlto win 'them;- but in his
handsome country house ; with eVerything
that dollars c)uld purchase, about _him,
and in a highly' satisfactory state - of mind'
regarding hinntelf, his doings o artd-his con
sequenee. In common with 'most men
who never trieft the strife, Mr. Small had
a mighty admiration of success: With
him it was the '}proof of talent and_ the evi- .
deuce of de,sertt Men wholutetichieved
power,. place, for ' popularity;
were . the
saints , ipf his ea(ender,.and at, t. 14 head- of
them .all- stoodilienjamin Fr:11110M. .
Whether bemuse the printing:business,
which the lionius doctor had followed in
his unknown days, Was in some degree re
lated tolnikselling,.or that the!lightning,
conductor, whiilh kept his house safe in
thunderoormsi made
,Mr. Small sensible
of the st , Prviees dime to the world by the.
Philadelphia 'philosopher, certain it was
that, nicv.t to himself, Frankliniecciipied - , 1
the highest pla4in Mr, Smallq„ estcetiLl
He quoted his tinixirits on" every ~possible
occasion; th,•ir - sound; worldly,wisdom
cast a reflected glory on the }prudence of l
the ex-hookselkir. :He kept Ilk :Complete
works hound iptinoroceo with gdt edges,
in his best booki ease, and showed with
special pride, a ‘ leopy of his,first lessay on
" Liberty and Necessity," printed in Lon
don,
I Z - 26.. All Mr.• Small's friends were
acqtainted- with the curious- chance by
whirl) the.'now highly prized pamphlet
had come into•lits hands. He wins in the
habitiof rehearsi'ig it regularly , to every
visitor at his. hotse, and also the fact that
1 p
the essay bad. ret ;tined on . 011 C OfibiS lum
-ber shelves fully twenty years :before he
knew it wits trailklin s. That sas the
first editiph eVerliorinted,. - ThereqWas . not
a copy so early tO be foundin . all the Un
ion. .
Together - withall the treasures of the
house, it zivaii 'pr'llareil foe high display
one ear wintry lay iw,the beg -- itniing of
1789, IVhen an mi t einally -keen, Mist 'had .
made the I liaison. tit for sledge- tirdling,
and down that crystal highway 0 e whole.
North and West I%lere pouring; O New
Yerh to see the it . ecting ‘if the fir t Amer
ican •Corigresi:, and Gen. Was 'ington
sworn into the office of President . : -
Among thtlgathering: members
I lin WaS eXpeeted.L;Philaciellbiah I
i
' ted him once . more 4 Lthough full- o
1
as well as honors; I the man. of Is
i p
• .
P-work,and lame had I begun to feel I
Isoil! flag under the l burden of a
e! , •
1
talked of refiring from - public life:
known 'that Franklin -was to. cons
from Alhany, where he had beea 1
I an'old friend. ' Thei sledges:were t
lat Brookland for,the aecommoda
I past.eligeri. There Was Yet a day.t
say, of my :family; Welived. in . the 0111.1
Slip then—it was reckoned a highly•ie
speetable place of bositiess". I was :v4ty
young, but had learned ett assist my lath
er in the store ; he was a prudent man,
doctor, and never allowed much play.
Our store maWhad gone off in a, .pet
be
cause my 14ther _would not increase
salaty •' and•it was not easy to his plin'e,
Tor he had been seven years .with us; Mid
o-ood store men were not pletitier at ;that
time than tho are now. We talked to
our friends 'oh the subject, without isfic
;
Cess.
"At last my father advertised in. the
.American News Letter, the only paper
Spew York had; it came Out every Satiir-- .
day,-and on the following - Monday—a wet,
cold evening it was—just When we were
Igoing to shut up, and my - mother
,NV . 4.9
laying supper for us in the back parleir-H
let me see, I think it was pumpkin-piel.*C.
had, doctor.; my mother went ahead le
housekeeping-in walked :a- very. shabby
Icloking young man, quite below anything
we could think of employing. Ills. bat'
`had no, cock, his hair looked as if -iv had
never been, cued he had not a morsel. of
ruffle; in one hand'he carried 'a penny
roll, and under the other arm two books.,
I-All these he Laid down on the counter in:a
decidedly vulgar manner—told my father
he had seen his advertisement in the News
Letter, and came to apply for -the situa
tion. 4•
01 course my father could -not
gage a 'person' who' carried a penny toll
and showed no ruffles; but he asked th'e
young man if he had ever been in a Wok
storconid if he could show - a, testimonial
of character from any man of station !in
New York. ; These. questions' seemed
rather to wake him up to the knowledge -
of his own presumption—he said
,with -a
good deal of stammering, that ho ttid nev,
et...served in a store of any kind; hot, he
knew something of books, Told would en
deavor to learn-the business; that he was
a stranger in New York and knew oobodyi
but there were respectable people in. This
ton who would recommend hint. -•
"My father could not help smiling at
- his ignorance of tht3 world. lie advised
hint to , go home to Bostlin and get
a situation there, for he would receive no
man - into his store who could not produces
testimonials and did not understand. the
book business. • I supposed the young
man was- ashamed of Ins adventure; lie
picked up the-penny roll and the hirgeSt
of the book's he had lain down,-and, in his
confuSion, foigot the smaller one, • which
we, 'did not notice till he was out of sight
•itia. it proved to be this inestimable pant
phlet.' . , •
"- )id you :see the young man again 4
asked Franklin, who had listened to the
narration with his usual grave and . placid
look. '
. • " Never, doctor, he probably went home
to his respectable friends in toston; and
had no use for the book he forgot. Indeed,
the wonder ks . how it, ever came into such
a person's hands:" ,• . ; • -
WWould you
.know him if you, saw hiui
now?" said Prantlin, half smiling. ;.
"I can't say I soould, doctor; it •is alb
Most, sixty years ago; I was a boy' not
-above-fifteen." • 7- . -
," It is sixty years' age, but. _I remember,
my friend ;',for I am the yety man
that came to Your father's store; that cold,'
tWetevening," said Franklin. "I had re
turned from England poor and disappoint:
ed, but unwilling to 'go back to • heith's •
printing office in Philadelphia; .which
had leftin such high 4 hopes ; I lingered)
yrank
d dee-
is ever-
e, and
It was
direct
risking
o stop
•
;lion of
.. j~.
.. ~I i.
'I
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„MB PEINTINti of ALI,a EINDqr
. DONE AT TUE OFFICE OF 'WE
i X) 1111 M. CO .X!
ICEATLY AND PItOMPTiT,-
AND AT "LIVE . AND LET LIVE"
• _ . . ,
I Tick office ce of the Moas( Democrat
baa neetutly bees supplied erltti a new and dada:rivulet,
or type, etc.. and ere are now prepared to print,pempralets
ei - rcpuri, etc.. etc., In the ban style, on snort' euake.
i. / 7.
I, Handbilla, Poste rn , PrOgrannaes, a n d
1
other kindlier work is this linoydonepcording to order.
1 ~.. .
ISUSIIIO34I, ; Wedding, and .Ball CaltDIS
' Tleketik ete., - printed With erotica's and despatch:
.
ii Justices ' and Constables' Blanks, Notea
1 Davie, and all Other Blank*, On hand, or printed to order.
li rar" Job work and Ltlanka, to kepald tor on den eery.
No. I ° 4
,•;
- -
, • . ..
about New YOrk, and,searched street and .
store in vain for employment , when your
~
fatter's advertisement caught m eye- in
-liii la u mble - coLfee-li muse. It mrs likely my
last chance and -I want to apply before
the store shwild be shat. -The penny roll --
was bought on the way for. my- supper.
The larger book was a volume ,of Defoe,-
contnirung his " P.ssay on Projects," whii
first turned my. attention -to science and ' *
lihilosoplii; it was then the only book T.•
possessed, and - with hi. carried this pam- -
phlet,-in ,the vague hope that your father .
might be indueed to purchase a few cop.'
ies and give it a chance of circulation in
New ]cork. - The repulSe I met with-on
my application - fur the- office of storeman,
made me not only abandon' the attempt •
-to - sell, but also to forget my book: • -The ,
mind is easily confused in youtl4":
had"'Rut, doctor, ilwe ha d known, if we -.
d dreamed that- it *Was really you," -
gasped Mr, Small, ready to drop from - b's
chair with shaMe and embarrassment.
"No apologies, my deur sir; .they
, are
quite unnecessary. I xas,nobody 10 yen
I to knoWor,dream of,. just then.' And
Ithe.old philoSopher looked -both merry
and ;wise. . "It was my" own fault; to
come looking for a genteel situation in a
hat With rid cock, ii)iat could any mart .
i expect ; sixty-two yehrs!make great shah
; g es in this world of ours. - _ Tbey have
made ailourisliirig Republic out. of what •
;George 111 and, his ministers called a se
,clitiotis vile& ; and you see that holm -
' same space orf time a . tOlerably respectablee.
member of Congress lis. been made of a -
man who carried a penny roll. and wore .
no ritffie.s.". -.. .
. _ .
Mr, Small's friends never could under
stand how he recovered his composure on -
that trying occaSion,,but he did; his die,
titignislied guest having, contrived to turn
the conversation once, more to'his books
:ind bindings; anittlic re.,i of the evening
went uir relparkiibly ii•ell„ „Nest morning
he accompanied Franklin in What proved
to be "the doctor's last visit to New York;
saw him take his scatjin Congcess • saw.
Washington sworn into the PreSideney,
and returned to his country- house in the
accustoined glow of taithiisiaSin for the
succesi;ful and establiAcd. . • - .. s;
Mow fuf he profits}- by the lesson .of
that.evening 'could -never . be 'guessed by'
his Most intimate actpiitintance. Besides
the long, treasured painphlet, he- was ac
customed to exhibit. the chair ; on which
Franklin sat inhis library many a, year at:.
ter the 'famous doctor, had ~o ne to the
house: appointed. But noliedv again
heard him rehearse 'the story of "The
Shabby.Youw , 31an.",
=lE=Mllll=
WONT I BEOEN. TO BETLIEVE-L-‘
of the California Golden Era, furnishe
that parer,,under the head of" Notes and
C4;gitations," with the, follwing:
Ibegin to believe that -now-a-days oum-'
ey makes the man,; and ilres:the gentle:
man.
.
'I begin to
,believe that the purse is
'quell more. potent - than the'strord and
the pen put together. '• ..
I begin tebelime.tliat those. whd in
the most during the week, , are. the most
devout upon Sundays.
I begin to
—to
that honesty is the best
of polic —to speettlate with until you gain
everybody's confidence, then line, your
pocket s. • ' •
I begin to believe
humbugging - tIM
the people out of their dollars. It. is nei:
thur stealing or hi. , gging.; and those who
are burnbtigged have theniselveSlo
.• 1 begin to believe that man Aras, not
made to enjoy life, :but to keep himself
Miserable in the•pursuit and possessions of
riches,. .
I begin to believe that the sures.t rem
edy.tbr hard times and a, tight money
market is nn• extravagant expenditure . on
the part ofindividuars, to keep the- whey
moving. i f
•I begin' to- believe that none.but knave.a
are qualified to hold offices under thQuov
erninent—with. the exCeption' of a -few
natural boru fools and lunatics.
I begin to believe that piano retry& are.
more necessary in a tinnily than meat and
potatoes..
• I begili to believe th:it a boy who does .
net swear: stnoke and chew 'tobacco is a
very good: bo y , but naturally stupid.-
I begin to elieve that the devil
-should die, one half of the world would be
thrown out. of emi)loyryent. •
I begin to believe that he has most milt--
it who Makes the, most noise in his own•
hehatf; and thst when (3 abriel . come , s—he •
too, will blow his own !thin prety loud. .
FEED volt Cons.:--his customary with .
Many farmers, says, the '..Country Gentle
man, • to feed cows immediately after calv
ing,
with warm slops-Hi pail of -bran or
meal arid warin Water, :Well salted-- - -aed
a better dieC is 'commenced, at once - in
order to get,as much milk as poisible.
A writer in tbe Homestead objects to tbii
perrcediat , as contrary tip nature, and very
likely to-induce eaked bag.and milkfever.
!lir contends that the enWshould havr) rest
and quiet, rather than "kt dose of Physic
and warm. mashes," as it often given, awl
tads ' - •
"Iti
s an error to suppOse. that tasking
the stomach after the fittigue of parturition
can be otherwise - than hurtful. - A drink
of water and a lit tle'drY. hay, is enough
for - the first day, And should - have
nothing better thals' the best hay for three
or font days—undl all inflammatory'
sythptoms are pasSed " '
—A Lawyer; on eimuii, 'dropped ten
-44 pounds note. under" the tabloovhile play
-I.card- at the inn, , lie did not discover
his loss mail' going to ltd, but then re..
turned. immediately. On reaching the
room he W4ll met by the Waiter, who
Said, know,wlnit von. want, sir: you
have lost something." "Yes, I have lost ,
a tenpotind note!" "Well; sir, I have.
found is, and here it in "Thanks, my
.good lad, here 'is a sovereign forlou.'
"No, sir, I want - no reward for ;being
Ihonest ; hut," looking: at• hith with a
knowing grin, "wasn't it lucky that, non*
of the gentlemen found - 2•
z_47-it Western paper announcing the
1 death of a gentleman - an lowa, says : sthie
Was :1 great admirer of Horace Greeley,
j but otherwise a-lery respectable akin." 7