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II. II. ILSO,
VOLUME XX NO 7.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
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H. H. WILSON. I
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'Jjusircss (Cnrbs.
MiSlintown, J;;iiiata County, P.v, Office
on Main street Souib of Bridge str et.
E. C. STEW RT,
ATTOBfiEY:AT:UW,
Mijf-HtuKH, Juattifa Co., '.(.,
Offers his professional services to the pub
lic. Collections and all other business will
receive prompt attention. Oilice first door
North of Uelford's Store, (upstairs.)
TTT1LLIAM M. ALLISON,
Attorney at Law,
AXU
Will attend to ail business entrusted to bia
care. Oliice on Main Street, Mitliiutowu, Pa.
JOHN T. LSAIIM.
M1FFLINTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTV, PA.
OFFERS his profesrinil services to the
public. Prompt attention given to t'te
prosecuiiou of claims against the tiovernnn'tit,
collections and all other business entrusted to
his care- Oiiioe lu the Odd Fellows' 11 all.
Bridge Street
Sept. Ho, 1800.
j. 4. 3I1MK! ,
ATTO 11 X E Y-A T-L A W,
MIEFLIXTOVTX, JUXIATA CO.,r.
Office in the Odd Fellows' Hall, Bridge street.
COLLECTIONS, AND ALL OTHER I5V3
' iuess connected with the yrofessioo
promptly attended to. Oct. If, "00.
DR. p. C. lirDIO, orPafteraos.,
la.. wishes to inform his friouds aud pa
trons that he has removed to the house on
Bridge Street opposite Todd & Jordan's Store.
AprilO-tf
V
VENDUE
CRIE
n
AUCTIONEER
The undersigned oilers his services to the
public as Vendue fryer and Auctioneer. He i
has had a very large experience, and fuels
confident that he can give satisfietion Ic all
Woo ma' employ nun. ne i.mv nc a'ior..s?eo
at Jlitliiniown, or found at biH home in Fer
managh township. Orden ay also be left
at .Mr. Will's HoteL
Jan. 25, 1801. WILLIAM GIVEN.
ALEX. SPEDDY,
A a 'S'J il a S B
li
ESPECTKL'LLi oners his services to the
public of Juniata count y. Having had a
lame cxcericucc ia the business of Vendue
Crvinii. he feels conti lent that he can retidcr
leneral satisfaction. He can at all times be
consulted at his resideucc iu Jllffliutuwn, Pa.
Aug. 10, 1805.
MILITARY CLAIMS.
THE undersigned will promptly attend to j
the collection of claims against cither the :
State or National Government, Pensions, Back I
I'ay, T-ounty, Extra Pay, and all other claims
arising out cf the present or any other war,
collected.
JEREMIAH LYONS,
Attorney-at-Law.
Mifflintown, Juniata Co., Pa. fcbl
Pensions ! Pensions !
LL PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN TMS--fi
ABLE DURING THE PRESENT WAR
A RE ENTITLE TO A PENSION. All per
sons who intend applying for a Pension must
call on the Examining Surgeon to know weth
er their Disability is sufficient to entitle them
to a I'cusion. All disabled Soldiers will call
on the undersigned who has been appointed
1'ensiou (Examining Surgeon for Juniata and
adjoia.ng Counties.
P. C. RUNDIO, JI. D..
Patterson, Pa.
Dec. 9, 13.-tf.
.tlUUlCtK t!4ltl.
TR- 8. O. K.t.MPFER. (late army sur-
AJ gcon) having located in Patterson tend
ers his prolcssional services to the cilucns of :
this place and surrounding country. i
Dr. K. having had eight years experience !
in hospital, general, and army practice, feels
prepared to request a trial froui those who !
may be so unfortunate as to need medical at - j
tendance. j
Ho wili be found at the brick building op- j
polite the "Sentinel OrrtcE," or at his resi-
lence in the borough of Patterson, at all '
Lours, except, when professionally engaged.
July 22, .-()'.
A LARGE stock of Quecnsware, Cedarware
imca as Tubs, Butter Bowls, Buckets
t'i'jm Basket?, Horse Buckets, Ice-, at
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. ON AND
after Sunday, Mar. 11th I860, Passenger
Trains will leave Mifflin Station as follows
EASTWARD.
Philadelphia Express.. 12.44, P. M.
Fast Line 6.81, A. M.
Day Express 11.20, A. M.
Cincinnati Express 6.50, 1. M.
Local Accoiumodat'n 6.50, A. M.
WESTWARD.
Loral Accommndat'n... 5.55, P. 51.
Baltimore Express 4.08, A. 51.
Philadelphia Express.. 5.28, A. M.
Fast Line 6.10, P. 51.
5Iail Train 3.5$, P. M.
Emigrant Train 0.57. A. 51.
JAMES NORTH, Ag't.
HEADING RAIL ROAD-
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Al'KIL 23rd, ISGG.
GREAT Tltl'Mi MX 12 FROM
the North and North-West for I'luladil-
! phia, AVir York, Heading, ttircitlf, Tamiqua,
' Athlund, Lrhlnvn. AtttntOH'n, Eauton, tVc
j Trains i-ave tlarrixhurg for Xtic York, as
follows: At .1.(1(1. 7,40 and 9,05 .-. M., and
j ?,' and 0.20 I. M., arriving at A'rir York at
ana A. M., and a, 40 end 10,3-5 r.
mnteting with similar Ttaias on tho
I'titHstilraniit liitilruutl; Sleeping Cars accom
panying the 8,0D and 9,20 P Jl trains without
change.
Leave Ilarruhurg for R-Wiy. V.Vn.'tr.
Tamaaua, MintrttHit, A:h'.anJ, I'int ttrove, Al
Ifuloun and Vliilaile'jikta. at 7,40 A. M. and
U.IKI and '.'.20 P M, stopping of Lcbawm and
all ll'.i.v SUtiom ; the IH"' I' M Trai.i making
no close conm ciious for Vuturill nor Vtiluilrl-
' fliia. For l'o'r.willc. 5 '!r.i;l;M II,irn and 4nl
I burn via SrhvyXkiW and Suyurhaiina Kai'lroaii
j leave Jlirriti'jrj at 4. 1 5 r ji.
lleturniii;; : Leave A'rw York at 0,00 A M,
22.00 Noon and 8,30 P M, X'kiludtll.in at S,00
I A !, nud 3.'10 P JI ; Pofhw;; at 8,10 A Jl As
j 2,40 P M ; Ashland 0,00 and 11,10 A M. and
j 1,':0 P JI ; Tamayua at 0,40 A. 31, and 1,00 P
! ji.
j LeaTe FutUville for Ilarritfmrj, via Sc'myl.
till ana Zusqurhanmi Knit hoad, al i W a. n.
R'adiiiy Acccmmvdtrfiun 7 rain: Leaves Iliad-
iny at 0 O i A. JI., returning from I'ulanel
j'i.ia at 0 0 P. j;.
Vvltimrna H iilruad Trains leave Rtading at
fi lo A JI a.id 0 10 P JI fjr Ethrtta, L itii
Laticastfr, Columbia. &c.
On Sundays: Leave Xrw-York at 8 !J0
P. JL, VlfUdclplua 3 15 P. JI., VotLivtlle
8 00 A. J!., Tamagua 7 o'J A. JI., llarrisliury
It 00 A. Jl., aud iUadiiij at 1 30 . Jl.. for
Hirr'tlmr?, and 10 52 A. JI., for A'tic-York.
Commutation, Miltage, Season, School aiid
fUcurtion Tirtr.i to and from all points, at re
duced Kates.
liti'jgaijf checked through : 80 pounds al
lowed each Passenger.
A. XICOLI.S,
Omtral Sujjerinhiidcnt.
Eeadixo, Pa. Not 27, '00-tf.
IS66. 1866
Philadelphia and Erie Rail Road
r'PHlS Great Line traverses the Northern and
JL Northwest eounlics of Pennsylvania, to
the city ol fcne. on Lake hne.
It has been leased and is operated by the
Pennsylvania Kail Koaq Co:'any.
TIME OF I'ASSLMIER TRAINS AT HAHKISUt'RG
LEAVE EASTWARD.
hne Mail 1 ram ?.-! a. m.
Lrie Lxi'iess Train S,i$ a. h
Eluiira tspress Train r. ji
LEAVE WESTWARD.
p,.;e y.x Xrain
v,. rInr(,,, Train
2.00 P. m
1.30 P. M
.i0 A.-M
r lniira Express Trala
Passenger cars rna throttsli on the Erie
Alail and hxpres Train9 without change both
ways uetwecu I'hiladclphia aud brie.
NEW YOP.K CONNECTION.
Leave New York at c.C3 P. M. arrive at Eric
at c,S7 a. m.
Leave Erie at 1.55 r. ., arrive at Jicw York
l,ld P. M.
NO CHANGE OF CAR3 T.ETWEEN ERIE &
NEW YORK.
Elejrint s'ecping cars on all night trains.
For information respecting passenger busi-
ness apply at the corner of oOth and Market
streets, Philadelphia.
And for freight business of the Company's
S. B. Kingston, Jr., corner of ldth and
.Marnei strerls, Philadelphia.
J. W. Reynolds, Erie.
Win. Biowu, Agent, N. C. R. R., Baltimore
II. II. HOUSTON,
General Freight Ageut, Philadelphia.
H. W. G WINNER,
General Ticket Agent, Philadelphia.
A. L. TYLER,
General Superintendent, Williaiusport.
Feb 14, '00-tf.
c. no op skirts, m,
h-OI'IiSX'S "own Make,"
JI A N I'FAt'Tt'RED ANI SoLO
WHOLESALE & RETAIL,
NO. 023 ARCH Street, PHILAD'A.
The most complete assortment of Ladies',
Jlisses' and Children's HOOP SKIRTS, in
tuisCity; gotten up expressly to meet the
wats of l iMT ruHTKJDi: embraoinz the
newest, and most desirable Styles and Sizes of
Gore trails, of every length from 2? to
4 yds. round 20 to 50 Springs, at 2 to $5 00.
Pla:n Skirts, alt lengths, from 2 to 3 yards
round toe bottom, at jil -10 to SO 10.
Our line of .Misses' and Children's SKIRTS
nr( proverbiallv beyond all compctitiou, for
v;lriety of styles an d sizes as well as for
finish and durability ; Tarying from 8 to 33
inches in length, H to 45 Springs at 30 cents
to $2 25. All Skirts of "OCR OWN JIAKE,"
are Warrsnteo to give Satisfaction; but
m:v nose as seen, utiles they have, "liopkin's
Hoop Skirt .Manufactory, No. 028 Arch St."
Stamped on each Tab ! '
Also, constantly on hand, coon Skirts,
JIanufactured in New York, and the Eastern
Mates, winch we sell at Tery low Prices. A
lot of cheap Skirts 10 springs, 85 cents ; 20
springs, i 0020 springs, $1 15 30 springs
$1 25 and 40 springs $1 50.
BSjr Skirts, made to Order nnd Repaired.
fXtif T'rMS Osc tnK.g 0.ly t
thi cosstitutios tH cmo
MIFFLINTOWN, JMlATA.COUSTl', PENJi'A. MAY 23, 1S66.
Select )octrn."
ECHOES-
Still the angel siars are 'bining,
Still the rippling waters flow,
But the angel voice is silent
That I heard here long ago.
Hark J the echoes muriner low
Long ago !
Still the wood is dim nnd lonely.
Still the plashing fountains play,
Rut the past and all its beauty,
Whither has it fled away?
Hark! Iho mournful echoes 6ay
Fled an ay !
Still the bird of night complaineth
Now, indeed, her song is paiu
Virions of my hippy hours,
l)o I call and call in vain?
Hark ! the echoes cry again
All in Tain !
Cease, 0 eohoes, mournful echoes !
Once I loved your voices well ;
Uow my heart is sick and weary,
Days of old. a long farewell!
Hark! the echoes sad and dreary
Cry farewell, farewell !
lllisftlhwrous
3.1 f n bin!?.
PARTIES AND PLATFORMS-
About the most remarkable proposition
connected with the present political crisis
is that we should go back to the Ualti
more platform of 1SG4, and base upon it
our reconstruction poliey. When we
sustain the action of Congress, we are
told that the Presideut is more in accord
with the Republican policy than we are,
becau; he 1'ouuds his actiun upon the
national platfosm of the Republican party.
We wonder why tho-e admit special plead
ers stop at IStit, instead of carryiug us
back to 1SG0. If they must ueed take
the southern side of every question, the
Chicago Republican national platturm of
100 would couserve their purposes a
rcat deal better, lor that respected State
rights so much as even to leave slavery
alutie.
How long did that platform last us '!
We strive manfully to get along upon it.
Hut it embarrassed the progress of the
war so much, that io less than two years
it was nullified, aud ia three jears we
had advanced so far as to proclaim liberty
to the slave. In 1801 we made our fight
on a platform of vt hith the and slavery
ameudmeut to the national Constitution
was the main feature, aud now Presid-it't
Joliusou's immediate irieuds urge that
adherence to that is all that we have a
right to ask. Niue tenths of t'te party
think, otherwise, and demand such action
of Congress as shall deprive the southern
oligarchy of the liicaus of stiniug up f u-1
ture rebellions, and we are gravely told
by a lew timia conservatives tliat we
have uo right to make this the policy of
the Republican party, because it was uot
iu the Baltimore platform of 1S04.
When that platform wua aiUe, tho
war was not yet ended, and the need of
a reconstruction policy was uot felt.
That the party should therefore abandon
all right to make my policy on the sub-
jocl is what we are coolly asked to believe. !
Iho men who say these things stem to xbe inveator opened a bottle of it, pcr
ignore the fact that the successful cloe Liitting the fluid to run out upon the
of the war has developed necessities turtone. He touched it with a lighted
uew platforms, that the Republicans are j ,uatch, which caused it to ignite and bum
the progressive men of the country ; that i j;te p;tca but not to explode. He threw
there is no positive prosperity that is not
identified with their policy or measures.
So tar as we can now make out, we un-1
derstand the President's friends, both
Democrats and conservatives, to disclaim
their inteution of basing their antagonism
to the Republican party on opposition to
the Civil Rights bill. They appear dis
posed to accept tacitly that every meas
ure, agaiust which they raised such a
clamor, as a finality. But whilst so as
senting to it, they deny to Congress the
credit due it for passing that measure,
and still go on askiug us to restore unan
imity in the Republican ranks by acknowl
edging the . Baltimore platform of 18(54
as the sole guide to our action.
Now we beg leave here to say distinctly
that the Civil Rights bill does constitute
our platform. The csseutial element of j
that great measure is equality before the j
law. We regard that principle as too.
dear to the hearts of all lovers of coosti-'
tutional liberty aud popular rights to be
evaded, or left open to jeopardy hereafter,
We, therefore, most heartily rejoice to
see that the Reconsttuetion Committee
inade it the initial step of all its final
j-iriE:?, ib-jt ihs prinlo of epali'y
sfoiciti or ih laws. J
I before the law shall be incorporated with
'the national Constitution. That is the
i 6rt section of the propossd amendment
that has just passed the House of Lep-
rcsentatives, and it is, so fuudaaiental IQ
lU character and so .inestimably valuable,
that we should be willing even to accept
other conditions respecting which we are
not quite so clear, in order to iusuri this
0De- ., " . . r Tb
liere, men, we p.aUl uur .u..
principle of equality before tho law is
the platform of the Republican party,
nud if the President and his friends can.
uot accept it, we must part. This is a
platform worthy of the country, of the
,sre,of the close of such a at, Wle
,al ,r.7 WBlL" W0- ;J Z,Z r n' I "d t-S? -e eaJ. It was no un- denomination to perform the Luptials, ap
l pon.t we can go into the electoral can- J CJ plied to Justice Hussell but that Jnl.
vass with the confidence that on such an
issue success is merely a question of
time. NenaveouiiubeuurcMc
nf this amendment, and the Pros;
i .
and his friends will le as ready to accept
t"ilasii3uas they have shown themsel
ves to be with the Civil Rights bill.
It the President wishes still to rcmaiu
wilh us we cannot understand. his excess
ive anxiety to conciliate the rebol States.
He must be aware that if his policy ob
tains we shall never have a chance of es
tablishing even the nucleus of a Repub
lican party in lhoe States, and were he
to be nominated for President by the Re
publican Convention of 1808, not ona of j
those Sta'es would vote for him. Iy
vetoing the Colorado bill he prevents the
admission of a Republican State which
in 18GS would cast three votes for ouritw;n;! One of them joined at the same
candidates. 5y forcing in eleven rebel
States without any precautions as to their
internal organization, he would make it
as much as n man's life would be worth
even to advocate iu these States the elec-
tioo of a Republicau candidate in 1SC3,
even were his name Andrew Johnson.
Let Congress mature our internal policy,
and we shall go into tho great canvass of
that year with such issues as will triumph
antly sweep every State not hereti f ie
hitched to the juggernaut car of slavery.
Put to a.-k us to stand still when the
whole country shows so much need for
our going on. to ask us to be governed upon the still quivering corp? of his broth
bj a platform cot now applicable, to ask I er. As they came into the world, so thcv
us to iguorc eve. y live issue and betake ; went out of it together. In removia;:
ourselves to a parcel of dead one, is
sheer nonsense. The President, if he
were disposed to hearken to reason, might
perceive that he oaunot possibly sweep
back with a broom the great flood that
is rushing past him. If he must stand
stiil and be swamped, we shall regret it
more for his sake than for that of the
psrty. Per the party is strong enough
to helo itself. It did so without the aid
0 , and Mn iom . whenev.
er it may be necessary. It is idle now to
talk of retrogression Let the Admiois-tr.-it:on
go where it chooses, we rronounce
for equality belore the law.
' KITRO-GLYCERIXE.
A series of experiments were made iu
New Yoik to test the explosivenesa of ui
tro glyeerine, of which the followincr ex-
pt.,iUients were made :
L can and a bottle of it from a high rock
up0a the grouud with impunity, showins
tuat mere concussion would not explode
it. In regard to its safe transportation,
he savs that proper packing insures pcr-
feet safety. It will not explode except
under a beat of 880 degrees a heat which
no ordinary circumstances can generate,
and his theory is that the explosions here
tofore occurring have been caused by the
heat generated from the sawdust in which
the cans were packed sawdust saturated
with oil from leaky cans, set on fire by an
accidental spark. In order to demon
strate this, he placed a small can of fluid
in a box filled with saturated sawdust.
To this he applied a lighted f uso, and in a
short time the dust took fire, and ulti
mately au explosion followed, which, with
a tremendous report, blew the box and
cau to flinders.
He says, also, that glycerine mixed
with spirits of wood cannot be exploded,
aud proved it by applying a lighted fuse
to the mixture. Subsequently, by with-
drawing the oil from the compound au
application of water ouly beiug necessary
to separate the elements he renewed its
explodablj cond:toa and dcnJ03E!r3tca jt.jfiai do atiTJOsprj.
THE nVIX BROTHERS-
Thnt fact is stranger than fiction is es-
Umnlified in the following true storv of:
j im brotheM twinS; which occurrad d-u-j
J ; the nieoiorable siege of Port Hudson.
I Pass5nst one day tnrough the streets of
that little town, we noticed two corpses
j3;ng upon ths gallery of the carpenter's
awaiting theIr turQ fcr tho boSM
di-nified with the title of coffins, to cou-
. . .
They were bodies cf tall stature, stout
aud well built, betokenio the hardy back-
woodsmen of the southwest. Over the
face of each man was thrown a cloth,
.1 z. v t . 11 i
( rcceivedlheirdcath
death in every furm, irow t'oebody picrc -
ed by the single bullet to the one shatter -
, .
en to arntus nv inn ennnnn i3 i or mnrr.ir .
shell. Vet there was somcthiug io. the ! 'i'lire uarson solemnized the sacred
appearance of those bodies which riveted j ordinance of matrimony between this ill
our atrcntion and induced the inquiry as n,atclleJ anJ unequal pair a farce upou
to who they were. A rough, grizzly eon- j roliSion aDl1 civii'usatioa, uaequaled ia
f,.,Vr-.v .,,!,lir aj sittin.. I.v tUir i,l,
whose arm, tied up, showed that ftr the
present he was unfit for active service.
The tears were trickling down his checks
as he gazed mournfully upon the dead be
fore him, while bis quivering lips told
better than words that they had been
more to him thaa simple comrades of the
j tent and field.
He related their storv in a few words.
"Thcv were rnv sons." said he, "and weie
time I did. We came here with Genersl
j j);, anj have done our duty to the best
0f our knowledge, and I believe to tho
! satisfaction of our officers.
:This morning, sir, while at the breast-
works, one of my boys, in order to get
good aim at the sharpshooters outside.
thoughtlessly raised hirasoll too high,
when a rifle ball pierced his brain, and he
fell dead at my feet. His brother, seeing
him fall, sprang forward to pick him up.
but in so doing exposed himself above
the line of defences, when he too received
a ball through the brain, and he fell dead
their bodies from the breastworks, I got
this wound which has shattered my arm.
Would that I had diea with them, sir. for
I have no one to love now upon this
earth "
"And their mother your wife '"
"Died, sir, in giving them birth."
One coffin received the ictnaius of tho
twins, and a few days after, while sitting
in front of his tect, au exploded shell
gave a death wound to their heart-brokcu
father. Diiton Ronje Sujnr Ptuntt'r.
what's the use'oTIke'moox ?
M. Geoffroy, of Paris, asks, in an arti
cle ia the Miiitlicur, what may be the
utility of the moon with regard to our
planet, and whether it is only there for
the purpose of raising the waters of the
ocean twice a day. To this he replies
that, besides the great planets that arc
carried along a regular path round the
sua, there extsts an unlimited number cf
bodies of different sues, moving through
space in every direction, as the almost
daily discovery of a vast number of as
teroids proves. In his opinion the moon
was once one of those erratic bodies, and,
happening one day to get within the sphere
of attraction of our planet, was forced to
become our satellite, instead of continuing
its ova course. Hence, the moon is but
au accident. The earth had done without
it before, and might do without, it again.
Venus was about the size of the earth,
and goes regularly round the sun, although
it has no satellite. Why should the earth
need one ? He continues to say that our
moon is of no use to us, because we might
perfectly well do without oceanic and at
mospheric tides, and the best eulogium he
can pass oa our satellite being that it is
utterly useless, fcc goes further aud do
dares that we owe it to the merest chance,
it having been picked up, as it were, on
the way ; and as such a thiug might hap
pen again, the author sees no impossibility
whatever iu our getting some day anothci,
and perhaps more moons still, added to
our stock. M. Geofftoy is ono of those
who deny that the moon is inhabited. ! .
First, because the excessive cold there
must prevent the possibility of any ani-
mal life ; and, second, becaose the moon
EDITOR. 1D
WHOLE NUMBER. 995
MARRIAGE 0? A C!ITU) ELEVEN YEWS
0? AtJE. . . ".'
1 ne """.U Lnion records the follow-:
1DS: A weddiag came off on the 7:h
, lnst at the Johnson Hou-e, Tthich was
the cause of much gossip and virtuous
! iudi-nation aSaiust all parties concerned,
A- M- Urown, his wife, and a daughter
of hia wife by a first husband a puny, .
delicate and emaciated girl of eleven
I vears-accomtianicJ hv a M,.
t,ie n3nie of man, named Wayne, brot- .
en down playactor of thirty-three years,
j but nioro like fifty wcarinS a wig and
. powdered whiskers make up the bridal
i TartV. The hriilnornnm nniMa
vai. on the minister, of any Christian
! )aan !Pne,1 the simpleton from hisprem-
1 aDa n,s otJect was contrary to the
1 nf ,.
! ,ne annals ol uariarism.
Tl?c disgust and indignation of the
whole community knew no bonnds. Some
were ior seizing the pigmy wife and
sending her to the House of Correction ;
others clamored for a coat of tar and
leathers for the Justice who set the laws
of God , man and decency at their dcGa&ce.
The bridegroom treated hh little wife
with candy; her relatives and himselt,
! fo!!oed by a yelling bevy of young-
I ster3' ,c,t towa. and when about mile
j out t5iC boJ"s thrust a rail between the
bridegroom s legs to assist his locomotion
If, II ,n ,,..
IIP LlMtrflfl ft ii t flml h,lrf.n o
knife in one hand and his purse, contain
ing forty five cents in the other, legged
for mercy. So with heavy heart and
I J'at parse tliey allowed him to rejoia
i the wedding party.
JtY COURTSIiiP.
When I was sixteen, I fell in lore.
There is nothing remarkable in that, for
most all ycung men at that age do tho
same thing, hat what I am going to tell
you is, how my courtship terminated.
It was at a party 1 saw Sallia B ,
who was one of the sweetest girls iu Tick
town ; and I tell you she looked sweet
in Ler white muslin balLdress, with bcr
hair falling loosely over her shoulders.
I got an introduction, danced with her
once, twice, Ihrice, and I was just the
happiest man iu all Ticktown.
Well, at last the party broke up; but
I bad an invitation to call on .ML B
That was all I wanted, and I didn't sleep
much leforo Sunday evening ior tint
was the time I'd fixed to call.
I called; saw Miss Sa'.lie to church
saw her home; and when I left I had a
pressing invitation to call again, aud I
did not forget it, I assure you.
At the end of a month I was com
pletely gone. At last I resolved to '-pop
the question,'" and fixed on uiy next visit
for the time, studied. "Courtship Made
Easy," thoroughly, aad concluded I was
ready for the task.
The time arrived. Here I was, sitt-
i -n? by ,he siJe of my le,0eJi w:tU my
arm around her waist ! I took her handi
in miue, and screwed up courage to say,
"pear Sallie, do you love me T'
She made no answer ; but her eyes
were cast down, and I hoped yes, I
was certain she loved roc. I put both
my arms around her neck, and pressed
one, two, three kisses oa her rosy lips.
She did not resist, but raised her head
and said :
'Vuii re as laI as Sum Simmons "
t-'-An old farmer, now dead, who bore
the cognomen of "Old Tom Fuiv'.ef," was
quite a fun-loving, jolly fellow io his day.
While working on a bridge, to bridge a
dsep slough, he was accosted by a gentle
man in a two hors.3 carriage with the
question :
"Is thf re good bottom to this slouch '!"
"Yes," replied Tom; and the" traveler
drove in, stuck, and had to be pulled out,
horses, carriage and self.
Aftur succeding in getting out, trar
eW wanted to know of Tom why he lied
! to him, telling biia there was '-good fcot
I torn ?"
Says Tom, "There is god bottom, but
went !"
JSrThe bill reviving the grade of
Occurs! wa" jassc! by the Hise.