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SCrWEIEK, promptly in advance. ..ho subscriptions die TBI COSaTlTDTlOB TBS DXIOS AH D TH MrOaCiaSIT Or TBS LAWS. EDITOR AX I) PROPRIETOR. continued until all arrearages are paid, unless VOLUME XXV, M. 13 at the option or the publisher. WFFLlATOWfl, JUNIATA COUNTY", PEN;V A., MARCH 29, 1371." WHOLE NUAUER 1251 Business Carbs. JOUIS E. ATKINSON. Attorney at Law, NIFFLINTOWX, pa. tSrColWcting and Conveyancing promptly attended to. . . , , - J Office, second etory of Court House, above i roiuouoiary s omce. ROBERT McMEEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MIFFLIXTOWK. PA. Office on Bridge street, ia the room formerly occupied by Eira V. Parter, Esq. ATTORNEY AT LAW, 144 SOUTU SIXTH STREET, PIIILADKLPHIA. 0CtI7 If g B. LUl'llEN, MIFFLINTOWN, PA., Offers bis terriers to the citizens of Juni ata county a Aucioneer and Vendue Crier. Charges, from two to tea dollars. Satisfac tion warranted (nov3-jm. J) It. r. C. RUXDIO, PATTEWSOX, PENN' A. August 18. Wlt-if. THOMAS A. ELDER. M. 0., M1FFLIXTOWX, TA. OlEce hours S A. M. to ? P. M. Office in Belford's building, two doors above ihe&en tin'L ollice. Bridge sireet. Uf( 18-tf s. sei-th, sh. Do, H0M0MiTIC PHYSICIAN SURGEON Having pernaiieu'.ly located in the brroiigh of Mifiiimown, offer bis professional services to .he citizen of this place and surrouudmg Xuunlry. Ofice on Main street, over Beidlcr's Drug ! fcior. aug 18 i?6-ir Dr. R A- Simpson Treats all forms of disease, and may be con- j tuned as follows: At bis ofike in Liverpool T.. every SATURDAY and MtlXUAY ap pointments can be cade for other da vs. At John O. Lipp's residence. Mi'Hintown, Jnuiata Co., Pa., April tit h, 1871, till even ing Be punctual fcjyCall on or address lilt. K. A. SIMPSON. doe 7 Liverpool, Perry Co., Pa. G. W. JHcPHERKAN, at &mf C01 SAXSOM STREET. PHILADELPHIA. aug 18 1869-ly QE.STKAL CLAIM AGENCY, JAMES M. SELLERS, 144 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, PIIILADKLPHIA. at. Bounties, Pensions, Back Pay. IIore Claims. State Claims, Sc., promptly collected. No charge for information, nor when money is not collected. oct J7-tf lew SEUg eltOEG IX rERHYSVILLE. DU. J. J. APPLEBAL'GII has established a Drug and Prescription tore in the aVve-nanied place, and keeps a general as sortment of DRUGS ASI) MED1CIXKS, Also all other articles usually kept in estab lishments of this kind. Pure Wines asm Liquors for medicinal pur poses, Cigari. Tobacco, Stationery, Confec tions (lirst-cUss), Notions, etc., etc. JKThe l'ctor gives advice free NEW DRUG STORE. BANKS & HAMLIN, Main Street, Mifflmtutrn, Pa. TjEAI.ERS IV DRICS lf OEDICHES, Chemicals, Dye Stuff, Oils, Paints, Varnishes, Glass, Putty, Coal Oil, Lamps, Burners, Chimneys. Brushes, Infants Brushes. Soaps, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Pcrfumerv, Combs. Hair Oil, " Tobacco, Cigsrs, Notions, and Stationary. LARGE VARIETY OF PATENT MEDICINES, elected with great care, and warranted from high authority. , Purest of WISES AND LIQUORS forMedi eal Purposes. s-PRESCRIPTIONS compounded with gre7c.ro. m.l70-lj The Guyper Market Car Buns to Philadelphia every Monday nd returns every Wednesday loaded with POTATOES. CABBAGE, FRESH FISH, Oyster in tho shell, or opened, to suit pur chasers. Orders from merchants solicited Good, carried at f.irrate..s April 13. 1870 WILLIAM WISH. V Mifflintown, Pa., Agent of ths CELEBRATED AMERICAN' ORGANS for Junista county. These r tb. best ORGANS now made. 8uitd lo an circumstances. Prices ranging from iw $A1.;, Agent for FIRST CLASS riAXOS. All instruments sold warranted for five years, aug 2 1870-tf. lOOAL. Lumber, Fish. Salt, and all kinds L of Merchandise for sale. Chestnut Osk Bark. RaUroad Ties, all kinds of Oram and 8eeds bought at the highest market price for cash or eschanged for merchandise. vai. lumber, c. to suit customers. I P pared to furnish M builders bills of lumber just as wanted and on short notice, of eitner oak or yellow pine lumber. .. NOAH HERTZLER, Js4 " Port Royal, Juniata Co., P- Pisrcllau'cus. The Great Medical Discorery! Dr. WALKER'S O'UTO&NXA " VINEGAR BITTERS, si Hundreds of Thousand. ?Ja u Bear t-stfnonv to tlftv Wonder. Sr o o ful CoraUve Effects. 2 Hi WHAT ARE THEY? HFANCY DRINK,?!! Hade of Poor Ram, Whisker, Proof gptrita ana Refuse Llqaora doctored, spiced and sweeteaed to please the taste, called "Ton ics,"" Appetite," "Bestoreri," c, that leal the tippler on to dmnkennesa and ruin, bnt ara a true Medicine. made from tbsXstlve Bootsand, Herbs of California, free from all A lrehll Htimolanta. Tnerare theCiKEAT BI.OOD Pl RIFIEKmad LIFB GIVINtl PRIX. CI PI.E perfect Renovator and Invlforator of the System, carrytaiK off all poisonotu matter and restoring ttie blood to a kealtliy condition. No yeraoa can take theae Bitters according to direc tion and remain loss an well. For InSamatutorr and Chroalo Rhea, naatlom and Uoot, Dyapeaola or Indl (ratioo, Billoaa, Remit teot and later wiltlrnt Fevers, Dlseaoes of the Blood, l.tver, Kldnev. and Bladder, these Bit. tera have been most snceessful. eark Die. ease are caused bj Vitiated Blood, which Is generallf produced t derancemant of the Dlsreotlve Orcana. DYSPEPSIA OR 15DIGESTIOV. Headache, Pain In the Shoulder. Concha, Tight ness of the Chest, Dizziness, Soar Eructations of : 'he Stomach, Bad taste In the Month, Bnooa At tacks, Palpitation of the Heart, InOarmrnitlnei of the I.unK.Patn in the regions or the Kldnejsranl a hundred other painful symptoms, sr the off sprines of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate the Stomach and sthsafste the torpid liver and bowels, which render them f nn eqnalled efficacy tn cleansing the blood of all. Impurities, and Imparting new Ufa an vigor to tlte whole system. FOR SKIN DISEASES, ErnptionaJeOer. Kalt Rheum, Blotches, Spota, Plmplea, Pustules Bolls, Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, Scald-Head.Sore Kyca, Erysipelas, Itch. Scnrfs, DIcoloratijrtt or the Skin, Humors and Dlseasea of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dag np and carried out of the system in a short Una by the rue. of these Bitters. One bottle In such, cases will convince the most lncredaloes of tfctir enrstlve effects. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever yon tad its Impurities bursting through the skat in Pint pies, Eruptions or Sores; clesnselt when yon And It obstructed and sluggish In the veins t elesnse It when It Is font, and yoar feelings will tell yon when. Keep the blood pure and the aeslth of the system will follow. I'IN. TA PE and other WORMS, lurking In tuc frst'-m of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. For full directions, read carefully the circular around each bottle. -J. WALKER, Proprietor. B. R. McDOSAI.D CO., Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Cal and S3 and 31 Commerce Street, New York. BOLD BT ALL DBUOGIST3 AND DEALERS. Grocery and Provision Store. Kaia Street, Mifflintown, Pa. THE undcrsiened, having removed bis store from Lat Poiut to the building recently occupied by Enos Bergy as flour and feed store, on .Main srreet, opposite the Post Office, would hereby announce to the citttens of Vifflintown and surrounding coun try'thst he has on band a full and s ell select ed assortment of Groceries and Xotions, As follows: Syrups, Teas, Coffees, Flour and Feed, Msckeral, Salt, Coal Oil, Buckets, brooms. Fancy and Common Soap:, Spices, Kice, Crackers Coffee Essence, Starch, Corn Starch, Viucgar, Washing Soda, Baking Soda, Lamp Flues, Lamp Wicks, Brushes, Indigo, Com hi. Hair Oil. Per fumery. Gloves and Hosiery, Sus penders, Thread, Buttons. Xotions and Stationery, and in fact a good assortment of everything usui'.ly kept in a eoun'ry Grocery and Xotion Store. Also, a large stock of BOOTS, and a Complete assort mtnt ef Ladles' and Chil dren's ghses and Brogans. The highest rales allowed in exchange for liutterand Eggs.-trt Prompt payers, thirty days. mr30 , CORNELIUS BARTLY.1 W A N TED! Will Exchange Greenbacks for Cl(f Cords of good Chestnut Oak Bark, OUL if delivered soon at Patter-on. Per rysville, or Thompsontown R. R. Station. Also, 6000 good sound hewed Locust Posts, 5000 Round Boared Fence Posts. Also, Will Pay Cash for Railroad Ties- I Will Buy all Kirvlt of Lumher. Go where you can sell your Lumber, Bark. Posts. &0-. for CASH, as you can buy more for $S in cash than you can for $10 in trade. I have also a full supply of ; POTY'S CLOTHES WASIIERS AND WRINGERS on hand, which I will sell cheap for cash. Also five Horse Hsy Forks, the best now in use, wutcn l oner si reunceu prices. B. M. TODD, may 31, 1870 Patterson. COAL AND LUMBER YARD. The under sifined begs leave lo inform the public that he keeps constantly on band a large Stock f Coal and Lumber. His stock embraces in part. Stove Coal, 8mith Coal and Lime-bur-oeis Coal, at the lowest ca.b rates.. Lumber of all kinds and quality, such as White Pine Plank, two inches, do 1 White Pino Boards, 1 inch, do one-half inob. White Pine worked Flooring. Hemlock Boards, Scantling. Joice. Roofing Lath. Plaetering Lath. Shingles, Striping, Sash and Doors. Coal and Lumber delivered at short notice. Persons on the East side cf the River can be furnished with Limehurners Coal, &o., from hecoal yard at Tysons lock. aug 15-ly. GfiORGB GOSHEN Eiecutor'i Hotice. Eitate of EUtabtth BtU, deceatti. NOTICE is hereby given thai Letters Testa mentary on the estate of Elisabeth Bell, late of Fayette township, deo'd., have been -ranted to the nnderiigned. residing in Walker township. All pewotrs indebted lo said estate are requested lo make immed.a.e payment, and those having chums will please present them properly authenticated forseU tlement. M00EB Exeentor. f-S THET ARE NOT A VILE 5 f pott's Comer.. THE MOTILEU'S YISI05. BT MART A. 8 UK! TO.' A mother cits in a darkened room, ( Weeping and mourning amid the gloom, For there at her feet in his cradle bed. Lies the shrouded form of her early dead. To and fro she rocks in her grief ; "0, woe is me ! is there no relief For my breaking heart ? 0, God in Heaven ! Why take away what Thou hast given?" A glorious light illumines the room. That a moment before was wrapt in gloom ; An angel stands by the cradle bed, ' Smiling down on the beautiful dead, Iiu;h ! the vision speaks: "Mortal, 'tis not far See ; the pearly gates are standing ajar ; With the eye of faith thou canst almost see The fadeless realms of Eternity." The river of life as it murmurs along. - Echoes in gladness this angel song : - "Free, free ftom earth. And its wild alarms ; Safe, safe in a Savior's ' Loving arms. ' ; " , Mother, dear mother. Bend to the rod ; Tour little dirling Is safe with God. Music so sweet, O, mother dear, Wn never heard By mortal ear. Willi a white-robed throng. Hand in hand, 1 He roams the fields Of this beautiful land. Prfrk clouds never sweep O'er its szure sky, Xcr wintry winds Ku?u angi-ily by ; ; Call him not back To earth's Meak shore. Where tempests rave And wild waves roer." With a fmile of love the angel fled. The mother gazed on her sleeping dead. Then raised her eyes to Heavrn above. Saying. Father, forgivo my selfi'h love. And guide my feet in the pith to Heaven, While I pray, each sin may be forgiven. Resignen, I bend to the chastening rod. For 1 know my treasure is safe with God." Ulisftllantoas Juabing. A iiEOKUIA riGEOX KOOST. The TVhole Sly Dark curd for SUIes TV It It A Pigeon Tornado. A letter from Clarksvilie, Georgia, to the fiermantown Teligraph. contains the fallowing graphic account of a Georgia pigeon roost, which it would, seemeclips e I the Kentucky roost : This roost occurred in the month of February ; the place selected by the pig eons was on the banks of the 1'hattooga river, near the confluence with the Tu galo, on the eastern line of this county. here the mountains rise abruptly on dllierside; a wilder and more inacces sible place could not have been found in tie United States. Our party consisted of four persons, all armed with gjod double-barreled guna acd mounted -on horseback. Wo started about three o'doc't p. m , for the roost. After ford ing T agalo we skirted along the break neck s.idcs of the mountain until we came within a half mile or so of the beginning of the roost,' which extended over an area of some five miles or more. Here we were obliged to leavo our horses and take the rest of the trip ou foot. The run was now about half an hour high. and the pigeons had just begun to come iu. As we were high up on the side of the mountain on the west side of the river, our position was an excellent one to tea the innumerable flocks as they poured over the mountain tops into the valley. As we did not wish to enter the roost until after suuset, we remained an hour or so viewing the immense host of birds which no man could number ; from east to west, north and south they came in flocks of all sizes, roaring and rushing through the air, whirling and sweeping in everv direction ' It beir.g our intention to go near the centre of the roost and spend the night there at a camp prepared by an old bun ter of the neighborhood, we started as it begun to grow a little dusk, leaving our horses securely tied to saplings. ' As our camp was on the east side of the Chat tooga we forded it on foot, and soon en tered the edge of the roost, where thety were my raids of pigeons and myraids still coming from every direction. As we were bound for the camp which was still a mile distant, the difficulty was how to get along, as the numbers on the trees were so great that there was a con stant crash of the limbs breaking from the trees, making it hazardous to skulls and . limbs to pass under them. To move the pigeons out of the path we had to resort to firing volleys among them which had the effect to move) them so that we could pass along with safety. An amusing incident or accident occur red to one of our party who was walk ing by the side of the writer ; bis name was George Gable ; be, tad a pretty large talkative mouth usually more or lesa open, and as it was now early dark and the pigeons flying in every direction from the breaking of the timber, one came like a bullet directly into George's mouth. and killed itself outright! . After reaching camp and resting awhile, a divided into two parties and began shooting, and all we had to do was to select trees which were filled with birds and fire into the midet of them as near as we could : it being dark no pre cise aim could be taken, bat looking np we could distinguish . the dark tree tops sufficiently well to . get an , aim . On firing at a mass of them they would fly a short distance and settle again, but : as there were plenty, of trees filled with them, we did not have to ran many steps to get another shot. ; After every shot we could hear the birds fall amongst the universal din, some on the ground and some iu the river. We kept firing at iatervald nutil midnight, when we gtve np and returned into camp to await for daylight to pick up the game. Shortly alter daylight, on going over the grouud. where they had, routed, it hud the appearance of having been v Li ked by . a tornado ; numbers oi trees wilh trunks a foot or more in diameter, which grew in a leaning position from the side.-' of the mouutaiu, were broken off near the ground, while thousands of limbs of all sizes were split from the trees. This great noise , and confusion continued until three o'clock in the morning when all became hushed and silent as death, save now and tlieu the howl of tiie wolf, the bark of the fox and the. scream of the wildcat, which hold high carnival on the occasion. Shortly after daylight iu the morning the flucks commenced reforming, and started off on their morning foraging ex pedition, which extend to a hundred miles or more in every direction, to re turn iu l.ke maimer as before. This roost was continued about two weeks, when they moved off to the north. Near its close it wa almost impossible to enter upon the ground they had occupied iu consequence of the minure which not only covered the grouud but every stick! and bu?h. . On going over the grouud iu the morning to collect the birds we had shot during the night, we found many that were killed and maimed ly the fail- mg nmner. now many we una K.iieu cmld not be ascrtaiued. as numbers fell into the river aud were carried dowu the. stream. We brought out. however, 5: birJs, which were as many as we could IT . . 111-1111 comfortably carry, Whili searching about iu a laurel thicket for the dead . birds, we came across a pile of a peck or more of gizzards, which had been left there by some "varmint,'' probably a wildcat, which did not appear to relish them as food. EAD OF A MURDERER. Execution at Williaiusport. Wi LLI a msfort, March 22. This be ing the day appointed for the hanging of Lloyd Britton, for the murder of Jacob Bay, quite an excitement was manifested among the citizens from an early hour in the forenoon. A large number of people, including many negroes who had been acquaintances of the condemned man, gathered around the county jail, within whose walls the hanging was to take place. The family of the doomed man took leave of hiai last evening, when his spir itual advisers appeared and remaiued several hours. He retired at 1 o'clock, and slept soundly until five o'clock this morning, when he arose aud partook of his breakfast, and set about preparing for his death , witU great coolness, lie even joked wilh visitors about the deputy eherilf going to put a rope around his neckl As , the. hour of execution ap proached, crowds of people assembled in trout of the jail, aud the sheriff was overwhelmed with applicatious to wit uess the sickening spectacle. About oue hundred aud titty were admitted into the jail yard, including members of the press. Britton partook of bis dinner aud then smoked bis pipe leisurely. At 12:35 o'clock the sheriff came to his cell and iutormed him that he was readv. , Britton annulled that he was also ready. His aims were then pinion ed aud he walked to the scaffold, assisted by two white ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who ascended with hi'ii. , The sun was shining brilliantly, and he cast a hurried and last look around him. Prayers were then ' offered, and the noose was adjusted. He was asked if he had anything to say, when he re plied that be did kill him. Within three minutes of one o'clock the drop fell, when the spirit of the criminal was with its God. ' His neck wa not broken, but in ten minutes he was dead. Thb Aroostock "PU'er' says : One evening last week, a couple of chaps, evidently from the rural districts, came into the teh-graph office f r the purpose of sending a dispatch. The message was taken by the opetator, and the pair pro ceeded down stairs- They had just reach ed the the sidewalk when tho gong at the "Snell House" was sounded for tea. Whereupon one of the pair went into the air, exclaiming : "By Jerusalem, there goes the message, Jim 1", A Vbrmont girl wants to know if the woman's rights movement includes the right to do the courting ; if it does she is in for it, as the men in that vicinity are. very bashful. A CLERICAL A.VECD0TE. ' Dr. Elliott, a noted clergyman of an old Connecticnt town, being "well-to-do," and keepiug neither locks nor bolts on hid possessions, was frequently visited by burglars in a small way. , , Coming home late one night from a visit to a poor parishioner, he' heard, on passing through his kitchen, a strange swashing noise in the cellar, soou followed 1 by the eouud of stealthy steps comiug up the stairs. ' Hiding behind the door, he saw emerge a tall ram, bending under a huge basket, filled with salt, pork, just taken dripping from the briue. " ' The doctor recognized a poor neigh bor, and, stepping forward, said kindly, "You have a heavy load there. Allow me to assist you." Wilh a cry of dismay, the culprit j they brought a high price in the market, dropped the basket, aud actually fell on and every one told, but he would get 'em his knees, entreating forgiveness on the j iu, spite of me. It was bis way, you plea that it was his first offence, and that ! know, and all possesed couldn't stop him. his family were suffering for want of ( Oue day I caught the young scapegrace food. ' '' ' up iu the tree, stuffing Lis sack with the " But, my friend," said the good doc- j fruit, and I dctermiued this time to pun tor'you certainly knew you could ask J.ish him for it. and get it, without damaging your soul j "Thomas, my son," says, 1, "your with sin and your coat with brine in this ; father is calliu' ye--come down. way. I forgive you, of course, bnt I do j I thought I d be sort of pursuasive, so think you have taken more than yonr it would fetch him ; but he smelt the rat, share of pork. I will divide this with ( aud didn't budge an inch. you, and when you want more, or any- "I can't dud," said he, "these pesky thing else, just come and tell me frankly." i apples are in the way." And against the remonstrances of tLej "Tom,"' I continued sternly, for my poor wretch, he compelled him to take I dander begun to rise, "come down this just half of the stolen meat, saying, "Car ry it to your wife with my compliments. I hope it will go down just as slick as though you had not' taken it without leave." Dr. Elliot never revealed the name of this mm. though he enjoyed telling the story, he did one somewhat simiiar, which is worth preserving. On dark nilit he went for his hoise iu the b ira, which was at some distance from the paisouag Just as he was about to enter, he heard some one coming i olU, alll mediately concealed cimselt j behind a l.rge bul. in the lane, hiding ( ,is lantern with his cloak. Presently j lLe wiJe door swung open, aud a man j anneared. bending beneath an immeuse . . - - . 11 a . load of hay bound together by a rope.) Through loops of this rope he thrust Lis anns, and carried the huge mess like a peddler's pack. . The doctor suffered this thieving atlas to pass bun ; then, taking the candle from his lantern, he crept sof t ly forward and set fire to the hay, then agai.i concealed himself. Ia a moment that moving haycock was oue great, crackling blaze, and the thief, with wild cries, was frantically flinging it from his head and lack. He succeeded iu extri- eating himself without help, aud then ran as though pursued by fieuds across the snowy helds. . Some months after this there came to ,. , the docior s stuuy, a paie, tiuu, melan choly looking man, who, after much pain ful bositatiou, expressed a desire to make ; a confession of "tin. With a serious and j sympathetic manner, yet with, I suspect, 1 .. ,. , . . . c .-. hla m l,u ttvn 1h miriiati.r spr. tumseit to listen. 'I've had a dreadful load on my con science for a considerable spell ; aud it does seem, doctor, as ef 'twould kill me. I'm a' most dead now." "All! is it possible ? What canyon, ' ., ' have done ? 1 ou are a respectable man, ... ,, , . and a church member ;" the old farmer,. , , i ' then sinking his voice to an awesome, , . , r confidential tone, continued: " But . i I'm a dreadful sinner for all that, doctor, . : and being a church member, my sin, you j see, was of too much account to be wink-1 ed at, aud judgment followed close j after it. O dear. O ! ' ! "To help yourself to a little of my surplus hay, eh ?" "Yis, doctor, jes so ! But I never got home with that ar hay. . The Lord would not let me do it. . I bad a load on my back an' was carrying it away, when all at once it burst iuto a blaze about my ears." ' i "Struck by lightning !". " No, doctor, it was a clear night. . I've just made up my mind that that fire dropped down from Heaven aud kindled the hay 'Twas a judgment and a warn in', aa' I'm afeared a sort of forerunner of the flames of hell. At last I thought I might feel a little better if I'd jest own np to you, an' ask your pardon au' your prayers." To the astonishment ot the poor pen itent, the minister laughed out merrily Then he said : "Be comforted neighbor, your little thieving operation was hardly of such consequence to Heaven as all that It was I who caught you at it, and set fire to the hay from my lantern ; aud I must say you yelled lustily aud ran briskly for a man ol your years. Why didn't you tell me you wanted hay T Now go home in peace, get well, and steal no more." ' ., , A RFPokTEK thus graphically describes the effects of a storm on the North River: " While the storm was at its height the vessel kneeled to the lai board, and the captain and another "cask of whisky rolled "over-board." i- Boston is tail ot young men seeding employment V A EES ARK ABLE BOY. Farmer Bogles was a veracious old codger. If there was anything he de i lighted In, it was to secure the attention of some one while lie spun a yarn about the wonderful cnteness of his boy, Tom. Tom was his idol his hero on every oc casion :and never would the old fallow let his hero suffer for want of a romance. Ah !" said Bogles one day, as he had i fairly fixed his auditor. "Tom is the most remarkable toy you ever set eyes on ; he's like his 0(!d dad you can't no more circumvent him than you can a woodebuck. You recollect that -choice apple tree that stood down under f he hill, bee ide the stump fence I . ..Well I .was mighty saving of them apples, I can tell you , I foibid Tom touching . 'em, as minnit, or I II cut down the tree and let yer fall." You see my poor limbs wouldn't per . mit my shiuuin after the boy, so I bad to take other means. ..0u 110 T0U won t da(J .. .iy8 Tom . , ..ouy think how you'd mourn if ye coulJu-t sell these apples to stuff the old j toad-ekin." j 'I'bat waa too mucu ta uave my own ( boy accuse nie of being such It miser ; wj,at does I do but git the ax and cut W11 at the bottom of the tree. . , "Tom, Thomas,'' I cried, as the tree j was Lalf cut offf wiU Je come downnow , au(j 8ave y()Ueij;' j Xever miaj( da(.. gay3 Le ..j ejiiilll it w no use, I couldn't brinz him ! that way . ga l topped away on the , tree jjij, asti it b(.gaa to 8way anij felI t0 t;ie grouj. I "What ! and crushed your boy ?" j ejaculated his horrified listener, j "Not by a long chalk," replied old j Bogles, winking knowingly. "You I couldn't come it over Tom in any such j way. What had he done but crawled out on a limb, and while I was choppiu' i at the bottom of the tree, he bad been i cuttjIlg 0ff tle limb wilh his jack-knife, alld w ne!1 tte tree ft.u ,1)tre be was still, up there on the limb." 7Ti. Heaviug the Lead. The steamer "Fanny'' was coming down the upper Mississippi, loaded with pig lead. As she was going over a shoal ,.1.1.. .1... , .It,,, A wn ! . Dii.nnl torn,. j r L " ! the lead, i he only man forward at the I ' I time was a green Iiishmin.' Why 'don't you heave the lead ?'' "Is it to heave the lead your honor? Where to ? ' "Overboard, you blockhead." Tlx. iM.limiin ri .1 1 ! !i i.fl nn Ano if tb . ' r pigs of lead and threw it overboard : the ' . . . , , mate, m endeavoring to prevent n.m, lott , ' ' . his balance and felt into the river, ' I he captain running to the edge of . , . , ..... , ,, , the deck, asked : by don t you heave . , . the lead and sing out how much water ? u WeJ your hm ,he niate.g gone doWfl t0 ece how rauch ,. . . , , ,,. w u L SI mcic if. i cr'j''.MaT-i a ni A Texas Ulsbai A 6barp-tongu-ed Texas woman aggravated her lord to such a degree that he deserted his home irt Houston and fled to Galveston, where he wrote the following interesting letter : Galveston, January the 7m, 1870 My Lovin Wyfe ' I me comin ome nex week an hav for giv you for jawin mi I lie come on the 7 oclock trane an shall stay home bere arter & tri to be a altered man. I want 'peace aud so do yew, why shoodn't we love each other as we used ter when we were first jiued together in the wholy bands of jnadlock. I've jined a temper ance society but if you ever jw me agin for coiuiti ome I 11 wallap yon like Oty for we must have peace as grant says. ! o, Ths worst, sold man in the country is said to live in this valley. For seven teen years he has been r-galarly wind ing his clock every night before retiring to bed, and, to his ntter astonishment, discovered last week that it was an eight day clock. Tbe great bell on Notre dame, Mon treal, is the largest bnt one in the world. It weighs over 10 500 pounds, and can be heard forty miles. Ancient Pbh'e or Labor. In , the year , 1352, wages paid to haymakers were one penny a day. It costs $2,000,000 to build and $375 000 a year to run a first class American naval vessel. .' Tuneful lyre The muoic teacher who broke his engagement. SHORT ITEXS.' On the 12'.h itist., at Racine, Wiscon sin, three small children of Mr. Bariman died within a few h6rirs,' and were all bnried the next day: Over five hundred people are employ ed in the flower trade in New York, and $250,000 expanded for flowers every year. Stephen Montgolfier saw a shirt wav ing when hung before the fire, from' which he conceived the first idea of a balloon. An impudent youngster came very near getting Lis ears boxed 'the other night at a wedding party for wishing the bride "many happy returns of tbe day." A home wtthon'. children ! TJ is like a lantern and no ca'adlc ; a garden' and no flowers ; a vine and no grapes ; a brook and no water gurgling through' the chan nels. ' The life of a Maine engineer was re cently saved by a testament i:i hi3 vest pocket. A stray bullet entrred his cab and but for the hook would have pene trated his lungs. The redwood oreats of California fur nish nearly all of the ties used for the construction oi railrond-t on the Pacific coast. A few pine am? c'ak ties ara n-ed, but these woods decay rapidly. A young German arrived at San Fran cisco lately in search of h's father, whom he has been bunting for three years, during which time he travelled 20,00d miles in the vain search. "Are the pictures which you brought home from Europe all landscapes V' said an artist to Mrs. Shoddy one day. "Lord bless you, no," replied the indig nant lady; "they're ile painting's !" A Norridgewock (Maine) deacon re cently coughed np a head of bevds grass, which had lain on his lungs for ov;r thir ty -six years. It still ret-tiued its origi nal shape, but had grown aa Lard as a sto ue An enterprising photographer in Brooklyn, taking advantage of the Mum ler trial, announces on a placard conspic uously displayed before his shop : "A full assortment of spirits constantly oa hand." A person at Pike's Peak, writing to Minnesota journal, says the miners are very much discouraged ia that region ; they have to dig through a solid vein of silver fonr feet thick before they reach the gold. An Indianapolis gentTemin's clalu. fo divorce is baed on the ground that when be married, four weeks ag., his wife's liair was black, but now it is red enoi:gh to entitle hnr to the front rshk Iu a torch light procession. It don't pay to have babies killed by the cars at Syracuse New York. When a four year o!d child was thin killed there the jury awarded $200 da'iiiigea, but a few days afier gave $150 each as tho value of two bear cubs similarly disposed of.. Little Frank was taught he wa marlo of dust. As he stocd by the window watching the dust as the wind was whul- ing it in eddies, he exclaimed, serionsly : "Ma, I thought the dust lookird as though there was going to be another little boy made.-' When an Indianapolis man want1: to commit suicide, h goes down into tho cellar and shoots seven balls at once into a pork barrel. Beeati-e his wif; does not scream, call in all the neighbor, and then swoon away, he goes ttp stairs an.l thraohes her. Social Circles in Syra'cooe sre. excited by the strange story nf the elopement cf a married woman, heretofore of good standing in that city, with & Bnlt'm jii: man. whose acquaintance fbe made by answering an a'lvert'seEen't for a" corre.i ponder, t. A lady who was suffering nnder a slight indisposition, t0' 'ler husband that it was witu the greatest difficulty she could breathe, and the effort distress ed her exceedingly. ' I wouldn't try, my dear,' soo:hingy responded tha husband But she did try : ad wns not distressed in that way agaiu. The Rothschilds are said to have lost from S50.000.000 to $75,000,000 fc the result of the Franco-German warv They all believed at ffrst tliat tire French would be victorious ; buf. two week n'ler the Germans had crossed tho Rhine, they saw their mistake, and made new invest ments which prevented them fiom losing thrice as much as tbej wotttd have done had they not corrected their bluader ia good season. A young man named Aaron Dako has been arrested in Fucuf Kirchen, Hun gary, who labors under the insamft tie lusion that it is bis mission on earth to kill all men that are over seventy years of age. He has killed two old men, and believes he fulfills a sacred duty ly doing so. as it has been stated in the Bible that old men would have to make room for young ones. Being told that his father was also an old man, he said : "As Boon as he gets to be seventy yeais old he must die, too.''
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