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ESTABLISHED IS 1846.
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MIFFLIXTOWX, rA. . .
Trie JuifiATA Sestisil i published every
juf iJy morning at $1,50 a yer, in d.
Tinea: or 52,00 in all eases if not paid
promptly in alvance. No subscriptions die-
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V1FFLIXT0WS, PA.
rgtf-OolUctius snJ Conveyancing promptly
attended to-
Office, second story 01 loon iiouse. aoove
proiLonotary's office.
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ATTOliSEX AT LAW,
MIFFLIXTOWX, PA.
; or. !'i iize street, in the room formerly
. I l ; Lira 1. Tsrl er, Fsq.
JIIFfLIXTOWN. PA.,
1 :r,r li'' serticcs
the citiien of Juni-
C-Ji
rt-ir,'
n'v us Anc'ioncpr and endue Crier.
t, ; 1 :ii two to ten dollars. Sntjsfac-
nov30in.
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II. II. SNYDER, Perrysville, Pa,
i.i.lnrs ti sriee to ll-.e cit;iens of Jnni
... lioiur-: coun'ics. as Aurtioiiecr.
Chu-r-x rao trraie. For aitisfaction gire the
..ci-j,. ci!ce P. U. address. Port
i;c7h:. J '.fciata Co , Pa.
Feb 7, '72-ly
Ull. 1. C. RUNDJO,
i'.VTTKK-OX.rF.NN'A.
- 'i't 1H. WJ-tf.
THOMAS A. ELDEU, M. D.f
JWFF.l.TOn X, PA.
till.
....
i,urs S A M to P. M. Ollice ill
. ..i s liiii'. liti?. two doors abore tde Sen
Uri.lv'C street. augl8-f
3. S. 32I3Ti2. 20. B
HOM.f'THAI'lC PHYSICIAN i SURGEON
!iv,rr perru.-im-nMy looateJ in the lc rough
V;jB.ijIowu. ofiers liif profctionl services
i t i!.e rn1ins uf lUis jUce nul surrounding
..1.1.1 r .
:fiot on Via street, over rc!Il4r Prug
Mar. Our IS ISfSMr
It. R. A. Simpson
Tr.s 11 forms of disease, and may be con
suiirj as l'ol:os: t Ins ofiire in Liverpool
IV. every SATVIIHAV and MUNUA'f ap
pnnrnients can be r.:nJe for other days.
iaV.i on or .l ir. v.
in:. K. A. SIMPFOX.
Liverpool. Perry Co., Ta.
LRX. K Met' LI' i; K,
ATTOENFY AT LAW,
lit SOUTH SIXTH SII1EET,
pun. :ki phi a.
t '7 if
k. iTItAL U.A1M AGEX'CV,
JAMJIS 51. SELLERS,
14 1 Sol" T II SIXTH S T K E E T ,
rtiti.sDr.i.PHlA.
S(it- T'oiiiitica, i'vimious, Duck Pay, Horse
I !:.. St.;te t'l.iim., ie., promptly collected.
So e'-nrge fur information, nor when money
is 1, it eo'.Vcte 1. focf-7-tf
ni.oorjrr.ruG .state xokmal
l' SCHOOL AXU
Literary and Commercial Institute.
The Faculty of 'bis Iustituti?n aim lobe
very thf.rnuh in their ins'ruction, and to
I jok carefully after I lie maimers, health and
morals of the s'ulenis.
Aprly fr citalojnes te
I1EXKY CARVER. A. M..
fiept , lf-71-iim Principal.
ATTENTION!
DAVIK WATTS most respectfully announ-!
en to the public that he is prepared to
i in n:n
SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIONERY
at reduced prices. Hereafter give him a call
at tis i,UU STAND, MAIN St., M1FFLIX.
lrt 2o-tf
&ew Drug; tore
ix rEKHV.s villi:.
-o-
ln i
APPI.KIiAUUH has estahlisl.e 1 .
l' liriigand Prescription Store
tne
asoie-nat'icJ place, and keeps a geueral as-
"jrTment of
UU HS AS1) MEIUCISFS,
Aiss ail other articles usually kept in estab
lishments of this kind.
Pure Wines and Liquors for medicinal pnr-r,oev.Cir1i-5-
Tobacco, Stationery, Coufec
ioi (first-class), Xotions, etc., eic.
JejT The Doctor gives advice free
NEW DRUG STORE.
HANKS & HAMLIN,
Main Strrft. Mtflintvicu, J'a.
DEALERS IX
DRICS 11B flEDIf UES,
( hemicals. Dye Stuff,
''is, Paints,
Varnishes, Glass,
Putty. Coal Oil,
Lamps, Burner,
Otiiuneys, Brushes,
Infants Brushes, Soaps,
Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes.
Perfumery, Combs,
Tl a ir Oil. Tobacco,
c'gr'. Notions,
and StMionary.
LARGE VARIETY OF
PATENT MEDICINES,
selected with great care, and warranted from
aijh authority.
Purest of W1XES AND LIQUOKS forMedi
cal Purposes.
Higrl'ltESCIUPTIOXS compounded with
great care. mal6"70-ly
12KST CIGAllslN TOWN
' AT
tlollobnusrli's K.nloon.
Tvt.i for 5 cents. Also, the Freshest Lager,
he Largest Oysters, the Swee'test Cider, the
Finest Domestic Wines, and, in short, any
thing you may wish in the
EATIXG OR DRIXKIXG LIXE.
at the most reasonable prices. He has also
lefitted his
BILLIARD HALL,
so that it will now compare favorably with
any Hall in the interior of the State.
June 1, 1870-ly
j
B. F. SCHIYEIER,
VOLUME XXVI, NO. 13
rj.al 3lbufrtistmcnts.
JUNIATA VALLEY BANK
or
M I FFLl NTOWX, PEXN'A.
JUSKPII POMKIIOV, IVcident.
T. VAN IIIVIX, Cashier.
Mititrross.
Joseph Piitrffoy, Johu .1. Patterson,
Jerome X. Thompson, tieorge Jscobs,
Jdon l)aljtbch.
Limn mcner, reccire Jeposits, pay interest
on time ilepotin, bur miii c!l coiu aud Uni
ted States Uoudf. cniili, doupotis nud checks.
Itcmi: nionvy to utiy purl of the United Stater
,tiil ,'! tik P. ti tr a n A ntlnnd Irlanil And
G(.rmany. Hereiue Stamps.
Iu sumi of $T!)0 at "J per Cent, discount.
In sums uf $"(0 at 'J per cettt. disrouut.
In sums of $10!);) ui 2 fir cent, discount.
The riareforliood Grape-vines
IS AT THE
AXD ;KAPE.TIXE CRSE1T.
'TIIE undersijrned would respectfully in
A form the public that he has started a
Grape-vine Xur-ery about one mile northeast
of Mirtliiitown, where he bas fen te.ting s
Lirge number of tho ditTereat vanefivs of
Grapes; and having been in the business for
seven years, be is now prepared to furnish
VINES OF ALL THE LEAPING
VAUIETIE.S, AND OF THE
.MOST 1T.O.MISI.NG
KINDS, AT
LOW II ATI.S,
by the sinjle vine, dozen, liun.lreJ or thou
tin 1. AH persons wishing good and thriflv
vires will do well to call and see for them
selves.
5rj-Good and responsible Agenti wanted.
Address,
JOXA8 OBFUHOLTZER.
MilDinlown, Juniata Co., Pa.
The "liiiyper" 3Iarkct Car.
THE undersigned, having puri'hasrd et
S. II. lirown the renowned "Guvper''
Market Car( do-ircs to inform his fricu ls ot
Mifflin. Paticrson and vicinity, and the pub
lic generally, that he will run the car regu
larly, leaving Mifflin Station every Monday
noon for th Fastern markets, aud leturning!
on WEIXESI)Y. loaded With
FRESH FISH,
OYSTERS,
APPLES,
VEGSf AELES 0? ALL KINDS IN SEASON.
And Everything I'mally Curried in a
Market Car.
Also, Tidght Corrisd, &t Baisonabls
Eat33, Either "v7s7.
Orders from lticrcliants and others solicited
gsw" Prompt attention to business will be
given and faiiffactiou guarameed.
Orders left at Joseph Penueil store in
Patterson, will receive attention.
G. W. WILfOX.
April 23, 1S71.
Flour! Flour!
rpHE undersigned b-gs leave to inform the
J- public tha. he has purchased the GitliT
MILL, in Milford township, recently owned
Vy Jacob Lemon, and, bavi:ig remodeled and
otherwise improved the same, is now pre-
I pared to accommodate all who may favor him
! with flipir natmnftire.
Whrnt ttur and Sifted Corn Meal al
ways on hand and for sitle, whole-
! sale and ICetail.
j Also, Hhorlt, limn, Sh 'p stuff and Ch-'j
I uf Zrile.
Fl,nr a.l F
' ylfg jf J.ircd
Feed will be delivered to fami-
His wagon will visit Mifflin,
Patterson and Perrysville three times a reek.
Persons needing Hour or feed, can Uave
their orders at the Store of John Etk in
M lRir, or at Pcnnell's Store in Patterson,
or a.ldreing a note to Box 3-5, Patterson
lonl Ollice. .
CRMS OF M,T. KlXnS BO KG lit AT
XMlttET miCES.
P. II. IIAWN.
Jan. 8, l872-3iti
New Store and New Goods.
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, &C.
IMain Street, lifflintown.
TTAVIXG opened out
GROCERY AXU
AX
PROVISION' STORE in the old stand
1 on Main Street, MifHiiitown, I would rcspect
' fully ask the attention of the public to the
: following articles, which I will keep on hand
I at all tiues :
1 SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA,
MOLASSES, RICE,
j fish, ts.vr.rr,
;MHED AND CANNED FRUIT.
j HAM, SHOULDER, DRIED BEEF,
Confectioneries, Nuts. &c,
Tolmceo, Cisjar,
GLASSWARE,
lloui-, loetl, Sec
All of which will b sold cheap for Cash or
Country Produce.
Give me a call and hear
J. W. KIRK.
, my prices.
j Mifflintown, May 2, 1S71
WALL PAPER.
Rally to the Place where yon can hny
your Wall Paper Cheap.
THE undersigned takes ibis method of in
forming the public that he has just re
ceived at his residence on Third Street, Mif
flintown, a large assortment of
AVALL. PAPEU,
of Tsrtnus styles, which he offers for sale
CHEAPER than can be purchased elsewhere
in the county. All persons in need of the
above article, and wishing to save money, are
invited to call and examine his stock and
hear his prices before going elsewhere.
BJ4Larsre supply constantly on hand.
SIMON BASOM.
Mifflin town, April 6, I871-tf
j9-Jckiata SkxtimA f 1,50 oer year.
MIFFLINTOWN.
THE BUSTLE.
The Georgia People' t Preu has some lines
j on seeing a lady with a fashionable protuber
ance. They hae the true spirit of Swift.
following is the conclusion :
VYLcil nature first produced the fair,
'Mong other things, it was her care
(As the fair form in beauty grew)
To shape the back both straight and true ;
F.xerpt, inleed, when in a whim.
Some uncouth dwarf, or monster grim,
Stic favors with a swelled sack.
Perched high in honor on the back !
But in these days of wond'rous light
Taste rises in her power and might,
And disapproving nature's plan,
She forms a bag gf wool or bran.
And where she thinks a hump should be,
S11 night, in that place a hump you'll see;
The nnnir with which the humps abound
Are full of sense es well as sound
Nothing more dignified, I'm sure.
Than Bishop, Hustle, or Tourueur !
And if some sour, old-fashioned dame
Phould tartly ask. "what's in a name?"
We'd answer, ' Thut 1 cannot scan ;
Iiu', ma'am, the thing is full of bian !"
Xow, listen to me, lady dear,
A word I'd whisper in your ear ;
Why be so partial to one spot
Why hump one place and others not
If in the hump such beauty lies.
As a trne friend, I'd Jou advise
To raise the hump on every plaoe.
And then you'd be all over grade!
Then, if we beauties wish to find.
We teed not always look behind !
A Carei il Ousebveb.
Select SSloi'y.
A PEIULOCS ADTEATCRE.
or,
The Game Tof l ife.
BY J. M. BAKTtk.
It was a terrible, stormy night dark
as pitch and blowing a hurricane. My
evcrcoat was wet through, and my jack
bouts were full of water. The lightning
kept up one constant succession of tivid
flashes, aud the deep thunder rolled iu
every direction. Under the most favora
ble circum. tances the night would not be
couriered p!easant, but when you are
alone in a couutry you don't know, have
lott your way, and can't see a foot
before your horse's uo?c, I don't thiuk
any one can imagiue anything more tin'
pleasant. Iu vain I plunged my spurs
into his sides and used my whip, not i
another tep would he move, but stood,
wi:h trembling S inks and extended nos
trils, the picture of agonized fear; so I
was forced to (ii.-mount and bad Lim
Cut you may jade of my surprise when
I reached his head to find that he was
neail? toiic'iiner a wall. I stretched out
mv band. and. to mv ercat i.iv. found it
uas a lo" but.
Drawing the btiille over my arm. I
!ed my horse round the buildii-R. fetlirsr
carefully so as not to miss the doorway.
I passed down one fide and turned the
corner, when, to my delight, I preceived
alight shining through some clanks iu
the logs. Without pausing to consider
what guests might be assembled inside,
I hastened to the door, and beating
loudly upon it, demiudcd admittance.
I had tot long to wait. The door open
ed slowly, and a tall, thin man stood bc-
fote me.
With his left hand he held the door so
as to be reaoy to close it in an instant,
and in his right hand a Colt's revolver
"Wall, wlint's the matter now said
he, in a clear voice.
"Matter !" I said, ' matter enough, I
hould thiuk. I have lost my way, and
am wet to the skin."
"There's a barn at the end of the hut
for your 'oss," said he, jerking his head
in that direction. "You had better go
and put the 'osa up' stranger, and then
come here."
As I saw there was no help for it I
led my horse to the barn, made him as
comfortable as I could, and then, jerking
my saddle bags over my shoulder, enter
ed the hut.
"Wall, stranger," said nly host, "I do
think you might be more perlite, and
just hand over tlie news. 1 gueis it
isn't often we get any . down here, and,
therefore, we don't lose a chance of rais
ing any when wc can."
"I am estremely sorry that I hare no
news to give you, and Unfortunately I
have not tae imagination of some of the
New York papers, or I would invent
some for your amusement."
"Now, look here, stranger, none of
your imperticeuce ; I guess you are a
Britisher, which accounts for your slow
ness. What's the good of a paper if
there isn't something in it 1 Suppose
there's a murder or a robbery, and it's a
real one, wall, you read it and enjoy it.
But suppose it"s a false one, 'bout people
you know nothing about ; wall, you en
joys it, aud there isn't half the darned
sight injury done. You la ft or cry as
much over one as the other, and you
don't know the paople ; therefore, what
cau it mailer to you whether it's true or
false ! It does just the same."
Not feeling inclined to argue with my
friend over the matter especially as I
could see that he was a man who would
not take contradiction "quietly I readily
owned that I was wrong and be was en
tirely right.
''Spose yon don't want to sleep di
rectly, stranger V
"Indeed, I do, for I am very tired."
"I guess it isn't safe to sleep in these
carts unless yon can manage to keep one
eye open." .
thi cobstitctiob ram bbios an the isroBciaisr or
JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN'A.,
I "Why, sure!, we are perfectly safe
nere. . -
"I doii't know about t!iat.'v I kinder
calculate you are a stranger m these here
parts." " '" '
I am." ' '
"But I guess you've heard of Silas
Cass he dwells hereabouts.
Silas Cass ! I had heard- of him as
one of the most desperate aud depraved
characters that haunted the out settle
ments of America. It was suspected
nay, it vras morally certain that he had
committed more murders aud robberies
tbad any man in the world ; but ha con-'
trived to escape the law, for although j
suspicion was great there wa no posi
tive proof, and the wretch had alway
escaped the puuishracnt he so richly dc-
I served
As I looked at the diabolical face be
1 fore me, I was convinced that my host
! was no other than the notorious Silas
! Cass. I felt a cold sweat break ont on
my forehead, and a terrible dryness seize
my throat. A fiend like expression of
laKfrlif cnrrtflil nror tliA wrftf lk'il TurA 4
w
1 he noticed these symptoms of terror; his
eyes were fixed on me with the malicious
gaze of a cat wheu watching a caged
bitd.
Gathering all the resolution I could
mustef, I replied. " ."""" '
"I have heard of Silas Cass, bet really
can't believe all the stories they tell about
him. Some people are born unlucky,
and it has been the misfortune of Cass to
be placed iu Flispicious circumstances ;
but there has never been any proof of
his guilt and, therefore, I prefer giving
him the benefit of the doubt; in fact, I
think he is more sinned 'against than
sinning."
The monster threw himself back and
roared with laughter at what he thought
my credulity, aud pushing the whisky
Loitlu toward me, he asked me to have a
drink. ""
I put the bottle to my lips and pre
tended to take a hearty draft, but very
little of the fiery fluid entered my lip.
'Wall, yon are a queer cuss,' said the
ruffian. ''Now, I shouldn't be surprised
if those b.tgs hold a good amount of
dollars."
' A few," I replied, and there is a tale
belonging to them."
'Ju?t so,"' said Silas, pushing the
whiAy bottle toward me, "s'poaing you
take another pull
I I took hold of the bottle and kept it
i glued to my lips for such a length of
i tnc "'at bilas g eyes seeme! ready to
start from their sockets.
"Goes you've a talldiinker, stranger,"
be said.
''Yes," I replied in as drunken a voice
! as I could assume, "that's how I came
by those dollars."
"Bully for you," grinned Sila?, "I've
heard of many a boy drinking himself
out of a foi tune, but ne'er a one that
drunk himself rich "
But I managed to do it,'' I replied.
"O !" said he, opening wide his eyes
"Yes," I replied, "I held a place in
the Broadway Bank, as one of the chief
tellers, but I took lo diiukiug and gam
bling and lost all my money."
"Wall, that couldn't make you rich."
"No, but iu a fit of desperation I emp
tied the till and the dollars are right In
that bag."
"Whew 1" whistled Silas ; "I guess
you did it pretty spry."
"You haven't any cards about yon V I
asked.
"I guess I have though," he replied ;
"suppose we have a game of poker ?"
My heart beat with delight as he drew
a pack from hi pocket, and graspirg the
cards, I commenced dealing them with
the assumed eagerness ot a regular game
ster. I saw the wretch cheat me every time.
I lost and lost, still I continued playing,
only repeating my losses in a maudlin
drunken way that made my companion
roar with laughter. lie commenced to
thorongly enjoy himself directly he saw
my misery. He lighted his pipe and
began to smoke. lie did not puff out
the smoke as an ordinary man wonld
have done, but opened his mouth and
let the dense plonds roll round his horri
ble tusks and long thin tongue. Each
time he won be seized the bottle and
drank heavily of the whisky. When
the bottle was. finished he produced an
other from a small cupboard at the back
of the but This soon disappeared and
was replaced by another, but the more
he took the better he seemed. As be
swept my dollars he roared with delight,
flinging his huge legs about in the most
grotesque mauner. He began chanting
bits of songs certainly not fit for respect
able society. To make the scene more
horrible, the storm without had come so
violent that the but shook beneath the
heavy claps of thunder and the blue
lightning flashed through the cracks be
tween the logs that composed the walls,
perfectly paling the red light of our fire,
and nearly blinding me.
'Lost again !" shouted Silas, as he
swept np my still few remaining dollars.
" Hear how the boys are playing skittles
' above ; I guess that blowing saloon pays
Ts law, j
MAY 1,1572.
they play pretty constant
What
s your
next stake I"
"I haven't a cent," I groaned.
"111 play five dollars against yonr
saddle bagB." -. :
I knew they wonld be his anyway,
and therefore staked them
Need I say
I lost I
Asilas rose to procure some more
whisky, took the opportunity" of scrib
bling a few lines on the back of an en
velope, which I slipped in a slit iu my
coat lining.
lie made me stake my horse, my coat
and waistcoat ; in fact everything that I
possessed. 1 lost alt, and then threw
myself back in despair, bewailing my
bad fortunn and rashness in having trust
ed to cards. Silas fcrraed highly de
lighted with mr melancholy, consoling
me with tho assurance thnt there were
plenty more banks in the world, and I
might regain my fortuue. After bearing
bis taunts for some time, I pretended to
cry myself to sleep, but took care to
n . ...1.4
place my race m sucu a position mat 1
could tee all Silas did without appearing
to watch him.
No sooner had my first snora sounded
than bilas rose from the ground, and
nrawing nis revolver, auvanceu towa ru
ra0' . ' ,
I IF u tlii finrfnl n.irnr-n tnfil.4 I pver
did meet, this one beats thetn all. lie is
a chief ! B-ah ! he is a disgrace to the
profes-ion,
T :. 0 .;.
him ; he can't bring anything against !
1
me. He lost all his money 10 play.
Besides, he won't care abont kicking up
a noise in case of the bank finding b.m.
Aud yet ho would be safer.
As he spoke he held the pistol straight
at my head. I shall never forget that
terrible moment. I knew that the slight
est movement would be the signal for
my death, and so remained" perfectly
motionless; but the strange, horrid,
It'll L.tHl llidV L nnccu U.t UID l.tl. t, V V.
'
pass from my memory.
..i.i .. .i, ,1..., .Ja,i . .;n ,..
Bah 1 ' he said, putting up the pistol,
, .... - , ,
"luthimUvnt I ve got the other to at-
, 0 -
He turned away and left the bat, care-; rut our advance. With bis savage
fully closing the door behind him. Ilis-j6row1' reJ 'J" and efect brist,e9 ne
tenedto his retreating footsteps, and , il,,,eed Panted a formidable appearance
when they sounded distant I sprang to j Jud8e JL could not ,et tnch an PPertu
my feet. My first idea was flight, but a I nit7 for a PrMtld ioke P""- Said ,,e :
moment's consideration told me that! let the drinks for the day that I
would he a certain death. I crept to the can ron tLat dog off the road"
door and peeped through the chinks iu Done' ea,d n'e
the wall. The storm still raged, and by j Stopping our hack, he got out, and
,' a 1 r .1 1; .',,: 1 threw the skirts of his "swallow tailed
the constant Hushing or the ligutning 1 1
111. r . j:.,, .,,, : coat ' over his shoulders, stuck his old
was enabled to see lor some distance, i
c-t . 3 .1 1.,,, , i slouch hat on the back of his head, and
Silas was coming toward the hut carry- j .
, , , , . , , , : eoinir down on "all fours, he acamnered
ing a heavy burden on his shoulder. e 8 , , . , , .
. . , .- , , . . j toward tne dog with the most frightful
Ha Ktrtnn.il hv tha ai'A nr n nmirl nhnnt I 0
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ten yards from the building and threw
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man. fcilaa then took some cord from
liits nnr.L.1 Arwl Willi it hnlinrl a finrrta t
stone to the body. When this was done
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he picked up the ghastly object, and I
with more iban human strength hurled
it into the pond. The lightning gleamed
out brishtly, the pale, ghastly face seem
ed turning one appealing look to heaven
for revenge ; the cold, dull water closed
over it, and all was still again.
Strnck with horror, I cocld scarcely
move, and with difficulty regaiued my
position by the fire b. fore Silas returned.
Quickly taking off bis own coat and
waistcoat, which were a3 bad as they
could be, be threw thetn into one coiner
of the rorjiti, and then with all the cool
ness imaginable, dressed himself iu my
garments. He again left the hut with
my saddle-bagsj and a few minutes after
ward I heard the ring of my horse's feet
as he galloped away.
In a moment I bad seized bis coat and
putting it on, dashed from the hut in pur
suit.
I ran until I was almost ready to
drop Stid I pressed on ; the spirit of
revenge had entered my soul and bore
me np. At last I saw a horseman cross
ins; the hill. I knew the figure but to
well it was Silas Cass.
Till morning I dodged from bush to
bush, keeping as close to him as I durst.
Had I had a pistol with me I fear Silas
would have stood a very poor chance.
At last I preceived a party of horsemen
riding toward us, and iu a minute I burst
from my hiding place and commenced
shouting as loud as I couid :
"Stop him, stop him I he is a mur
derer "
Silas looked quietly behind him, and
seeing mo runniug, drew bis revolver,
presented and fired. The bullet whistled
close to my bead, but did not damage.
By this time the horsemen beard my
cries and were close npon Silas, who
hesitated for a moment whether to at
tack me or not, but seeing the party of
horsemen were armed, he turned his
horse's head as if to gallop across the
country ; but the leader of the horsemen
swung his riflle around and presented it
at Silas, called upon hint to stop.
"I guess this is a pretty shindy," said
Silas, cooly, "all about a fellow who has
lost his money at poker."
"Stop that man," I cried; he has
robbed me of my money, horse and
clothes."
. "Why, yon darned viper," said Silas,
"didn't you loose them-to me fairly at
poker, in the block hut."
EDITOR AXD PROPRIETOR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1312.
"No," I cried, "he robbed me there,
and I call npon yon to help me to arrest
him for having committed mnrder. I
saw him throw tho body into a pond by
the log hnt last night. Expecting the
samo fate I wrote on an envelope these
words : "I have been robbed and mur
dered by silas Cass J. M. Barter. You
will fiud it in the slit in the lining of my
coal which that man now wears, fjr he
is Silas Cass."
carcely had tlipse wotds escaped my
lips than Silas again presented his pistol
and this time with better effect, for the
bullet pierced my arm, but at the same
instant one of the horsemen dealt Silas a
heavy blow with his rifle that laid him
insensible on the ground.
Silas was handed over to the anthori
ties and ' searched ; my envelope wa
found upon h!ra. The body was in the
pond as I have described. 3Iy story
was told and proved true, and iu a few
days I had the satisfaction of knowing
that Silas Cass was no more.
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A PRACTICAL JOKE.
nd. j Buchanan, that the writer of the appen
lrd ded sketch, in company with three other
i (Jed sketch, in Company
j politician', rode from Paducah to Boston,
Kentucky. :u a hack. They were bound
I politician', rode from Paducah to Boston,
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for one of old-fashioned barbecies, and
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party, and the bottles that peeped out
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line a curve in the road, we saw, down I
; its hot, dusty stretch, a solitary ox cart
j with its owner perched npon what pro-
red to be b.ijjs ol corn. As a kind ot
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our noise, he threw himaelf iu
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yells, reminding one of the fable of
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This was too
much for the dog, and bowli
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he took to the brush. The oxen
) also saw the fearful monster coming down
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ing straight out behind. Away they
went, with wheels bouncing in the air,
bags of corn bursting open, and spilling
their contents in a continuous drill.
"Whoa, Blaze ! Whoa, Ball ! O, Lor
dy ! What shall I do ?" came from the
frightened man on the cirt, as be was
bounding from side to side, now grabbing
a cait pole, then catching a bag of corn
as it went over the side.
This kind of performance couldn't last
long without a change for better or worse
as the oxen went taring down the steep
bank of a little creek aud overturned ev
erything into the water about waist deep.
One ox, getting loose, went up the oppo
site bank and soon disappeared, while
the other cowered down piteously bel
lowing as we came np to the scene cf
disaster. There stood the poor man in
the water to his waist, his wagon over
turned, and half his corn soaking iu the
water, while the other half was scattered
in the woods. He looked scared and
pittiful, and said :
"O, Lordy, stranger don't never do that
any more I'm ruinsd."
It was a splendid success, that joke,
and there stood the judge holdeng on to
a sapling and laughing until the tears
ran down his cheeks.
We took np a subscription for the poor
fellow. The judge headed the list with
an amount nearly covering the damages,
aud we added to it until we left the man
in thankfulness that he bad sold bis corn
so well. At the barbecue, the judge bet
ell his money on a little horse race, and
lost, and from that, and the effects of his
drinks at our expense, we had to carry
him to our hack on a barn door. Oh his
way Imme he insisted upon his head.
Which was the ruined man I Toledo
Blade.
The various names for tho cat :
French, chat ; Italian, galto '; Latin, co
fa Arabic. Icite killa ; Welsh, cnth
Pereian, chat; are derived probably
from the sound made by the animal when
spitting. GVtbe, or Gib, applied to the
male cat, is a contraction fir Gilbert, as
that name was formerly applied to a cat,
as Tom is now. Chancer (Romanre of',
the Rote) translates Tbibert le Cas by
Gibbt our eat,
The Allentowu CltrouLU publishes j
the following invitation free of charge :
"If the middle aged party who spoke to
a young lady at Centre square, in a blue
bonnet! will call upon her brother. be
will find something to his advantage
meet his eye."
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Cards, not exceeding one square, and inclu
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SHORT ITEMS.
A paper barrel is one of the latest in
ventions. It is intended for non-liquid
articles
Erasttis Corning left but ono heir
Erastns Coming, Jr, who thns come iu
possession of S 10,000,009.
At Denver. Colorado, on the 20th of
July, 1878. at 3:30 r. M-, there will he" a
total eclipse of the tun, lasting nearly
three minutes. ,
A lady at Rochester, Minn , has ob
tained a patent for a fan, to be attached
to a swing machine, and operated by the
same power as the machine.
A San Francisco paper says straw
berries will soon be a ding in the mar
ket, as there never was such a crop as
the present season promises.
II r. James Gordon Eennett, Jr., of the
New York Herald, has bet 810,000,
ajainst August Belmont's $4,000, that
Graut will be the next President.
A drofet who sells his cattle by live
weight, always givea them as much wa
ter as they will drink before driving them
on the scales. 1 hat is his way of water
ing stock.
Thrbb is a rumor in Munich that the
King of Bavaria has fallen in love with
a young A merican lady, and that he may
soon astonish his subjects by a morgan
atic marriage with her.
Some one has taken the trouble to as
certain the number of battles fought since
1594 by the armies of Austria. Nearly
.even thousand battles, cf one to every
fifteen days, are the figures given.
A Montevideo letter states that Fio-
fcMor Affa8s5z aud eererai of Lia party
wcre arreste( w-uije filIi tbeir ket3
witu P'eces of rock, and taken to the
guard bouse, but were soon released.
Mrs. I'hoebe Schofield, of Richmond,
Ind., aged 105, has obtained the arrears
of pay and pension due to her late hus
band for service performed in the revo
lutionary war, amounting iu all to $10,
000. Over forty trees have been struck by
lightning ou Timber ridge, two miles
south of Fairfield, Va., in the last ten
years. It is said that lightning has
struck in this locality in every storta for
a century.
An extremely absent minded bride in
Pottsville, who had just been married,
woke up suddenly in the night and kick
ed her husband out cf bed, supposing
him to be a burglar. This is the worst
we ever heard I
"Gentlemen of the jury," s aid a blun
dering lawyer, in a suit about a lot of
bogs, there wcre just thirty-six hogs in
that drove. Please to remember that
fact thirty-six hogs just three times as
many as in that jury-box, gentlemen "
Til E value of the ascertained clip of
domestic wool for 1870 was, in round
numbers 875,000,000. The estimated
value of our entire agricultural product
for that year was twenty-four hundred
millions, or very nearly the same as th
national debt.
Strilh and Jones were at the menag
erie, and the convers.i'iurj turned npon
Darwin's theory. Look at that moirkey,'
said Smith j "think of its being an un
developed Luman." ''Human!' said
Jones, eoutemptuou.-dy, "its no moro hu
man than I am."
In one cf Lord Brougham's last speeches
his upper teeth fell out, and there was an
embarrasiug silence until they were re
stored, when he remarked that his teeth
had given him a good deal of trouble
ever since he cat them That restored
the equilibrium.
One of 3an Francisco's largest cara
vansaries is faid to be entirely under the
management of the fair sex. From tha
proprictrc-s to the hall girl, from the bar
tender to the boot-black, all connected
with the establishment are women. The
portresses are muscular Germans, while
the clerk U a handsome brunette.
The Gr?en Mountain Cheese Factory,
at Peru, Vt.. worked np 490,230 pounds
of milk in 34 working days last year,
making 57,141 pounde of green and 50,
124 pounds of cured cheese. This was
at the rate of 8.G3 pounds of milk to one
ponnd of green cheese, and 9 9 to one
ponnd of cured
A female Jo Smith, or rather a coun
terpart of that prophet, has arisen in the
West. She teaches the doctrine of a
plurality of husbands, and shows stones
carved with hieroglyphics which she
swears came direct from heaven, and
which entitle a woman to an indefinite
number of lords. As yet the number of
these Latest day Saints is small, and
their prophetess' only habitation is an
old army tent.
The official vote for Governor of Con
necticut is as follows : Jewell. (Rep.,)
46.563 : Hubbard. (Dem .1 44,562 : Gil
lette, (Temperance,) 1,519; Harrison,
(Labor Reform.) 399 ; scattering. 25.
Total vote, 93,093. Jewell over Hub-
bard, 2 001. Jewell over all, 23. All
otbtr9 over IIubbarr 3,974. All the
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Republican candidates for State officers
re eIected by majorities ranging from
410 to 531.
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