-lr Janata .frntinrl.
;irvBUSHKl IN IMC.
1 he (id J Fellow' HalL i
MfFLtSTOWX. PA.
Via. $1"'0,,"r' in
ti0 in BU cases if not paid
'N"P'fliiii!IUrrerpef are paid, unless
gnsinrss Carta
fST E. ATKINSON.
t torn oy Jit J
NII-FLISTOWX. PA.
J-iSlAV,
rCoii'tio "J Conveyancing promptly
(lS:. M Bri l.e '"'. rP8!' ,a Court
jiobHtIicMeex.
AT LAW,m
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
0Smo BriJfte street, in the room .'-raerlj
pti kj Era D. Psrl cr. Esq.
LOUDEN.
MlrTLIXTOWN, PA..
iffrtkie services to tk cit'uens of Juni
.......ii.it a Auctioneer aud YetiJue Oier.
rLnM. from I wo '. is dollars.
Satisfac-
ti0i vtrrsntea.
nuv3.
Q YES! O YES!
H. H. SNYDER, Perrysville, Pa.,
Wr" kis services t the ciliiens of Juni
itol lj iu;iig cjuu-ics. as Auctioneer.
tirf. n.-tTir For saiisftctiou g've tin
l(rW" ciioure P. O. address. Port
Fell 7, 72-ly
MI. 1'. C. RU.NDIO,
pattkusox. ii:xxa.
THOMAS A. EUER, M- 1).,
1'liMciuH and Surgeon,
MlrH.IXTO'AN, r..
CE- Lur A M to S P. M. Oco iu
li,:.m ' b'liidiag. ivn doors :bove the Srn
ctt'cr. Hri'lire street, atig 18-tf
j u G.vuvi:i!,
EsiMs nysiciaa an! SorEeon,
!! Inoaieii io ikf t.otoiiiih of Tboi.ipooii-
towa. 1er tit rofrp'ot i evTiiei to tb .
.;ncni o' chat place and TicioilT. 1
i,ik iu the iouiu recently occupied v t
ir. Sr. JJnae li J-if
9. s.ssars.sa.B..
HMLfriPATUIC PHYSICIAN t SURGEON
KMinn permanently Iftemed in Ike birougl. I
f MiClmioirii. ofler- i rufr.iionl oerTicfs
lo .lit cinietjj tf ibis plee aud aurrounding
euuTiirv
tiioe on Main street, over Uci iier'n
Irii" i
Fure. n.ijt IS lr.y-tf
Dr. R. A. Simpson
Treat" all for:n of ilieee. and muy be cn
I
tilled i fylloic.H: X li i M uflire in LiTcrpool
1.. ct-rv S 1 I HIMV and MttXIiAT p
jMin'mento esti be r. adc for otLerdaja.
ftrt'nll uti or addl s
iP.. .1. . PIMPPOS.
ire' Livi-rpool, Perry Co.. Pa.
c
USTKVI. MAIM AtiKNt V,
.1 A M P. S M. S K J. I. K R ? .
HI Ml U Til SIXTH STKEET, j
Pnti.MK I.I'MI 4. I
a Tlatintics. I'tnsioun, Uark Pay, Horse!
Clim. St-jtet'laims, sc.. prompt ly collected.
No cbee for information, nor when money
ia uot eollrcted oetiT-rf
attentionT
DKl WATTS most respectfully announ-
cm t the public that he is prepared to
fur,,i,h
SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIONERY
at uduc-d prices. llrre.Oer K:ve Lim a call
.:hi!.:.ST4VI I4lSt.. M'FFLIX.
n,.t :
-tf
IX PERRYSVILLE.
1)
U.J.J. APPLKIlAl'ti II lias established
a Drujr and Prescription Store in the j
a'loce-aanied place, and keeps a eeut rsl as
ortnunt of
'IIL'GS AS It V Fill CIS FS,
Ant all other articles usuaily kept io estab
iMktuetits of this kind.
Pure 'Vine? anu Liquors for medicinal pur
p t'ljrr-. Tu.'acco, Stationery. Confec
tion ;tir-cl). Xutioiis, tic., etc.
tairl'he Itoctor piica advice free
l !t Ci gT its 7nto w x
Xi AT
IIollobans:li'is Nnloon,
To for i ceuis. Also, the Fre-hesi Lager,
tke Lirp.'bt Oysters, the Sweetest Cider, the
f nri DmncMic Wines, and, in snort, any
tiiiotjyuu may wish in the
F.ATING OR UBISKIXG LIXE.
at the most reasonable prices. He has alio
reStted kid
BILLIARD HALL,
o that it will now compare favorkbly wilb
iny I! ill in the interior of the State.
Juue 1, 1870-ly
WALL PAPER
Bally to the Place where you can bny
your Wall Paper Cheap.
rPlIK undersigned takes this method of in
1 tormirg the public tbst he has just re
eeivsd i ,:s residence on Third Street, Mif
Dintown, a large asortment of
of various styles, which he offers for sale
CIIF.APF.lt than can be purchased elsewhere
in the county. AH persons in need of the
above article, and wishing .o save money, are
invuea to call and examine Lis stock and
hear his prices betore g',ing elsewhere.
SL Large supply constantly on hand.
SIMON BASOM.
Rl-OOMeBURG STATK NORMAL
JJ SCHOOL AX I)
Literary and Commercial Institute.
The Faculty of this lustitutirn aim to be
ery thorough ia their instruction, and tc
ook carefully after the manners, health ana
m or sis of the students.
Rj? Apply for catalogues to
HENRY CARVER. A. M..
Sept 28, 1871-Sm Principal.
A Large assortment of Queensware, China
ware. Glassware, Crockery ware. Cedar
4re, tc., for sale cheap by
T1LTEX t K8PENSCH ABE'S.
VOLUME XXVI.' Nth it "
D. P. PAISTE,
. , SUCCESSOR TO
JOHN S. OKAYBILL & CO.,
CRYSTAL PALACE BUILDING.
I Ilavinp purcliast-i the entire matnnioili utock and fixture of Jubn 8.
' Graybill k Co., I w.ulj reject full v iufo-m th jmblic that 1 Lare on
Land at all time a
FULL ASSORTMENT OF
Hard ware, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Leather,
And all Kinds of Goods kept in a First-Class Hardware Store.
liny Cutters, Cider Mills. Meat Cullers and Sniffers for Sale.
Having 1ih1 a full (xpVrieiice in
y tre in citjr or ommtry.
I .Merchants
rr eitpeciallv invited to
H at the am timn Imy at l'luUdcl.lia priced All persons are iuvited to
H : inrni-ct die et'ick tlirousliotit lite house.
COMK
Sent. 18. IT2-'j
JUMATA VALLEY BANK
M I FFLI X Tl) VX, PEXX' A .
JOKl'I! rOMKKOY, PreiUeat.
T. VAX lltVIX. Catihief.
HIEtCToei.
Jnfepli Potnerny.
Jobn J. Patterson,
Jerome N. Tuoiupsnn. George Jacobs,
John Hulsbncu.
Loan money, receive po-it pay interest
t on lime deposit, tuy iml ffeZl com ami Uni-
led Stales llonds, e.nsb coupon and checks,
Itemi: mone? to any part of the United Stale?
"d aUo to England, Scotland. Ireland and
n oit li ... ........
in futm of $i'M at 2 per cent, discount.
Iu Minis of $'0fl at - per cent, discount.
In aums of $HHMI ai 8 per cent, dincount.
HCW DRUG STORE.
BANKS & HAMLIN,
Main Strtcf. JtjJliutotcii, J'a.
UKALKitS IS
DRICS iU BEDIC ICS,
Chemicals, ljre Stuft".
Oils, Painta.
Varnishes, Glass",
Putty. Coal Oil,
Lamps, Uuruur.
Cuimneys Brushes,
Infants ltrii.-'lie", Sosps,
Hair ltruLea, Tooth ihui-lies,
rcrfumvrjr, Combs.
Hair Oil, Tobacco.
Cigars, .Notion;.,
and Stationary.
L.MKJK V AIM KIT OF
n i m l T rn li I' II I I' I V 17 S!
j 1 A 1 li il 1 M C V i j l L U O,
j eectcj groat care, and warranted from
j high authority.
j'-'-1-
Jrl'l! F.SCRI PTIOXS compounded with
Ur' cr'- malb y
zg& GREAT REDUCTION
IS THfc
IIIi:S OP TEETH!
I Full Upper or Lower Sets as Low as $5.00.
v, teeth allowed to leave the office unless
patient ia saiirfied.
Tee
th lemoUelea anil repairea.
Te-ib filled to last for life.
Toothache stopped in five minutes without
extracting ine tooth.
Dental work done for persons wiuiom iu
leaving their homes, if desired.
Electricity used. in:pe exitaciion 01 irem,
rendeiing it almost a painless operation, (no
extra charge) at the Dental Office of G. L.
Derr. established in MiSliniown in 18110.
G. L. DKRR,
Jen 24. I872-ly Practical Demist.
C. KOTIIHOCK,
V EX TIST,
lcVliioi-vilIc, l'euiaa.,
OFFERS bi professsonal services to the
public in general, in both branches of
his profession operative and mechanical.
First week -f every month at Richfield, Fre
mont and Turkey Valley.
Second week Liverpool and Wild Cat Val-
Third week Millerstown and Raccoon
Vo'ifrth week at his office in VI'Alisterville.
Will visit Mifflin when called on.
Teeth put up on any of the bases, and as
liberal as anywhere else.
Address by letter or otherwise.
The Place for Good Grape-vines
IS AT THE
Juniata Ualltn ITiPtprbs,
AND GRAPE-YIXE SCBSEBT.
IMIE undersigned would respectfully in
form the publie that ha has started a
Grape-vine Xursery about one mile northeast
r Miniiuinwn. where he has been testing a
large number of the different varieties of
Grapes ; and having been ia the business tor
seven years, be is now prepare- ....-
VIXES OF ALL THE LEADING
VARIETIES, AND OF THE
MOST PROMISING
KINDS, AT
LOW HATES,
k- !.. .;nU vine, doxen. hundrel or thou-
..-J All nereons wishing food and thriftv
vines will do well to call and see for them
selves. ,
fgr Good and responsible Agents wan.ed
Address, J0NAg OBErtHOLTZER.
' Jdifflintown, Juniata Co., Pa.
MIFFLINTOWN.
a
H
H
the Wholesale and Manufxctuiing
lniv, as they can ave freielit, and
MANY! COMEALIi!'
I). V. PAISTE.
Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace.
a & sta,0V
The First,
The Best,
The Cheapest,
The Largest
Stock of Goods
IX THE COUNTY,
To Offer to the Public
AT THE
v::i:v lounvr pkiccs.
Just lleceivetl from Eastern
Markets.
Speirij Them will (iiiarawtec You
Satisfaction.
SUELLEV & STAMBAUGH.
NEW CRYSTAL PEACE BUILDING,
MIFFLI5T0WH, PA.
Oct. 8, 1872.
New Store and New Goods.
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, &C.
Hain Street, ICfflintown. '
TAVIXG opened out a GROCERY AND
LL PROVISION' STORE in the old stand
on Main Street, Mifflintown, I would respect
fully ask the attention of the public to the
following articles, which I will keep on band
at all I i lues :
SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA,
MOLASSES, RICE,
FJSII, SALT,"
DRIED AND CANNED FRUIT.
HAM, SHOULDER, DRIED BEEF,
Confectioneries, Nuts, &c,
Tobncco, Oijfivi-w,
GLASSWARE,
Flour, Fee!, Scc.
All of which will be sold cheap for Cash or
Country Produce. Give me a call and hear
my price.
J. W. EIRE.
Mifflintown, May 2. 1872.
New Lumber Yard.
rattersou, Fa.
BEYER, GUYER & CO.
Have opened a Lumber Yard in the bor
ough of Patterson, and are prepared to fur
nish all kinds of Lumber, such as
Siding, Flooring, Studding, "
Paling, Shingles, Lath, Sash, &c.,
ia large or small quantities, to suit cus
tomers. tm Persons wanting Lumber by the car
load can be supplied at reduced rates.
BEYER, GUYER t CO.
George Goshen, Agent.
Pattarson, May 15 '72-tf
l I1ELLY a. STAMB.iUGH always keep up
O their stock of GROCERIES and wiil not
be excelled either in the quality or price of
their coo ls in this line. Giv them a call
before going alaawbere.
:i -
--rt . -
I yh .-.,, ,. $ i : : :.
T.TBB "COBWTITPTIoa VMS OBIOS A) S)B M00T Of
JUxMATA COUHTTPEXrA.'NOVEMBEB 20, l?72.
IF1 WJB'jwSKIBW.
If we knew the woe and heart ache
Waiting for us down the road,
I onr lips could taste the wormwood.
If our back could feel the load.
Would we waste the day in wishing
For the time that ne'er can be ?
Would we wait in such impatience
For oar shias to come from sea ?
Let ns gather up the sunbeams
Lying all along our path ;
Let us keep tha wheat and roses.
Casting out tii thorns and chaff.
Let us find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of to-day ;
With the patient band removing '
A'l the briers from our way.
Select Story.
Published by request.
The Master Thief! .
' COKCU'DKD.
So tlie Monday after came lite Master
Thief like un angel again, and the
Priest fell ou his knees and thanked hm
before be was put into the sack j but
when he had got him well in, the Mas
ter Thief drew and dragged him over
atocka anw-tanesv - " '
"Oow ow ' groaned the Priest in
side the sack, "where are we going t"
"1 hiit in the narrow way which lradeth
unto the kingdom of heaven," eaid the
Master Thief, who went on drugging him
along till he had nearly brnkeu every
bne in his boy. At last he tumbled
him into a goose' house that belonged to
the Squire, aud the geese began pecking
and pinching Li u with their bills, so that
he was more dead than alive.
"Now you are in the flames of purga
tory, to be cleansed and purified for life
evei lasting," said the Master Thief ; and
with that he went his way, and look all
the gold aud silver and all I lie fine things
which the Piiet had laid together iu his
dining room. The next morning when
the goose girl came to let the geeee' out,
she heard how the Priest lay in the sack
ai d bemoaned himself in the goose
house.
In heaven's name, who's there, and
what ail you ?" she cried. -'Oh ! said
the Priest, "if you are an angel from
heaven, do let me nut, and let me return
again to earth, lor it n -wirr l.er tiian
in hell The little fiends keep piucbing
me with tongs " v
"God help us, I am not ah angel at
all," said the gitl as she helped the Priest
ont of the sack : "I only look after the
Squire's geese, and like enough they are
the litd fiends that have been pinching
your reverence.
"Oh !" groaned the Priest, "this is all
that Master Thief 8 doings. Ah ! my
gold aud silver, and my fine clothes.''
Aud he crossed his breast, aud hobbled
home at such a rate that the girl thought
he had lost his wits all at once.
Now, when the Squire came to hear
how it had gone with the Priest, and how
be had been along ihe narrow way, and
into purgatory, he laughed till he well
nigh split his sides. Hut when the Mas
ter Thief came and asked for his daugh
ter, as he had promised, the Squire pnt
him off agaiu, and said :
Yon must do one master-piece better
still, that I may see plainly what you
are fit for. Now I have twelve horses in
my stable, and on them I will put twelve
grooms, oue on each. If you are so good
a thief as to steal the horses from under
them. I'll see what 1 can do tor you."
"Very well, 1 dare say I can do it,"
said the Master Thief ; but shall I really
have your daughter if I cau V
"Yes, if you can, I'll do my best for
you," said ihe Squire.
So the Master Thief set off to a shop.
and bought brandy enough to fill two
pocket flasks, and into one of them hi
put a sleepy dtiuk, bat into the other
only brandy. Alter that he hired eleven
meu to lay in wait that night, belnud tbe
Squire's stable yard ; aud last of all, for
fair words and a good bit of money, he
borrowed a ragged gown and cloak from
an old woman i and so, with a staff iu
his hand and a buudle on his hack, be
limped off. as evenjng drew on, towards
the Squire's stable. Just as he got there
they were watering the horses for the
night, and had their hands full of work.
What the deuce do you want?" said
one of tbe grooms to the old woman.
"Oh. oh ! it is so bitter cold,'' said she,
and shivered, and shook, and made wry
faces. "Hutetu! it is so cold, a poor
wretch may easily freeze to death ;'" and
with that she fell to shivering and shaking
aeain.
"Oh ! for the love of heaven, can I get
leave to stay here awhile, and sit inside
the stable door !"
"To the deuce with your leave,'" eaid
one. " Pack yourself off this minute,
for if the Squire seta his eyes on yon
he'll lead ns to a pretty dance "
"Oh ! the poor old bag of bones," said
another, who seemed to take pity on her.
"the old hag may sit inside and welcome
such a one as she can do no barm."
And tbe rest said, some she should stay
and some she shouldn't ; but while they
I were quarrelling and minding the horses.
TBI lAW.j
she crept further and further into the
stable, till at last she sat herself behind
tbe door ; and when h i had got so far,
no one gave any more heed to her. -
A s the night wore on tbe men found it
rather cold work to sit so still and quiet
on horseback.
"Huteti 1 it is so very cold," said oue,
and beat his arms crosswise.
"That it is," said another, "5 freeze so
that my teeth chatter."
"If we only bsfca quid to chew,' said
a third.
. Well there was one who had an onnce
or two ; so tbey shared, it between them,
though it wasn't mnch after all that each
got ; so tbey chewed and spat, and spat
and chewed. This helped them some
what ; hut iu a little while they were
just as bad as ever.
"llutetu 1" said one. and shivered and
shook.
' Hutetu !" said the old woman, and
shivered so that every tooth in her head
chattered , Then she palled out the flask
with brandy iu it. and her hand shiHik so
that the spirit sphished abut in tbe fl isk.
and then she took such a gulph, that it
went "bop" in her throat.'
"What is that you have got in your
flask old girl ? ' said one of the grooms,
'""0hTr it's only a drop of brandy,
old man." said she.
'Brandy ! Well, I never ! Do let j
me have a drop,' screamed the whole!
twelve, one after another j
!Oh 1 but it is such a little drop." J
mumbled the old woman, "it will not ;
.v,.n mtut ..,i,e m.inltid rnnl Hfir , llr I
j u i .i 'ti-r .i -i r . e
must and would have it: there was iiojlhtef. ' I only wtrb 1 was as suie ut
help for it; aud so she pulled out the
i
flask with the sleepiug driuk in it, aud So when night began to fall, the Mas
put it to the first man's lips ; theu she ter '1 hief went out aud cut down a thief
shook no more, but guided the flask so 1 w bo bung ou the gallows, and threw him
that each of them got what he wanted, j across his shoulders aud cairied him off.
aud the twelfth had not done driuking j Then he got a long ladder and set it up
before the first sat aud suored 1 heu the against the Squire's bed room window,
Ataster Thiet threw off his beggar's rugs, j aud fo climbed up and kept tbe dead
aud took one groom after the o.hi-r so man up and down, just for all the world
softly off tht ir horses, and sat them like one who was peeping in at the win
astride on the beams between tbe stalls ; .' dow
and so I c called his eleven men, and rode j "That's the Master Thief, old lass !"
off with the Squire (weive horses ! said the Squire, and gave his wife a
But when the Squire got up iu the !
moruiiig and went tul ok after his g-uoms, j
.!... i..i k.. ..... ... ... . :
. , , I
some of thim fell to spurring ihe beams
with their spurs, till the splinters flew,
autt Mime fell utt, and some still buns; on
and eat there looking like fools.
'Ho! ho !" said the Squire ; "I see
very well who has been here ; but as for
you, a pretty set of blockheads you must
be to sit here and let the Master Thief
steal the horses from betwt-en your legs." j
. So they all got a good leathering be- j
muse tlirv had not keut a sharner look- :
j t- t
out.
Further on iu the day came the Mas-
ter Thief niraiii. and tofil how lift bad!
i.i .. j l j r .l
managed the matter, and a-ked for the
I
Squire's daughter, as he bad promised : j
but the Squire gave him one hundred
dollars down and said he must do some-
thing better still
"Do you think now." said lie, "yon
can steal the horse from under me while
1 am out riding on his back V
"U, yes, I dare say I coulil, said tbe
Master Thief, if I were really sure of
getting your daughter. . -
"Well, well, the Squire would see
what he could do ; and he told the Mas
ter Thief a day wlieu hn would be taking
a ride on a great common where they
drilled the troops. So the Master Thief
soou got hold of an old woru out jatie of
a mare, and set to work and made traces
and collar of withes and bioom twigs,
and bought an old bcggaily cart aud a
great cask. After he had said to an old
beggar woman that be would give her
ten dollars if she would get iuto the cask,
aud keep her mouth agape over the tap
hole, iuto which he was going to stick
bis finger. No barm should happen to
tier ; she should only be driven about a
It tile; aud if too bis finger out more
than once she was to have ten dollars
more. 'J hen be threw a few rags aud
tatters over himself, and stuffed hitnsell
out and put on a wig aud a great beard
of goat's hair, so that no one could know
hiia agaiu, and set off for tbe common,
where the Squire had already been riding
about a good while. Wheu he reached
the place, be went along so softly and
slowly that he scarce made an iucb of
way. Gee up ! gee up ! aud so he went
on a little ; then he stood stock st.ll, aud
so on a little agaiu ; and altogether the
pace was so miserable that it never came
into the require s bead that this could he
the Master Thief
At last the Squire .lode right np to
him aud asked if he bad seen any one
luiking about in the wood thereabouts.
"No," said the mau, ' 1 haven t seen a
soul "
"Ilarkye, now." said (he Squire, " if
you have a mind to ride into the wood,
and hunt about and see if you can fall
upon any one lui king about there, you
shall have the loan of my horse and a '
shilling iuto the hargaiu, to driuk my!
',.1 :
nea.tn ,or your p-u. .
"1 don t see how I can go," Said the
, i l
man, fm I am going to a wedding with
this cask of mead, which I have been to
town to fetch, and here the tap has fallen
EDITOB ASD PROPRIETOR.
WHOU NUMBER 131.
out by tbe way, and so I must go along,
holding my finger iu the tap hole."
"Ride off," said the Squire ; "IU look
after your horse and cask."
Well on these terms the rain was will
ing to go ; but he begged tfte Squire to
be quick in putting bis finger iuto the
Up bole when he took hi own . out. and
to mind aud keep it there ti!t he came
back. Yes. the Squire would do the best
he could ; aud so the Master Thief
mounted the horse and ro le off. And
time went by, and hour after parsed, aud
still no oue came back. At last the
Squire grew weary of standing there
with his finger in the tap hole, so he took
it ont.
"Now I shall have ten dol'ars more 1"
the old woman inside the cask ;
d.i o . , .i
then tlie Squire saw at once how the
land lay, and took himself off home ;
but he had not sfriue faY before they met
him with a fresh horse, for the Master
j Thief had already been to his houee aud
; told them to send one.
Th day after he came to the Squire
j and would have hU daughter as he had
given his word ; but the Squire put him
jnff agaiu with fine words and gave bim
two hundred dollars, and said be must
onejnore masterpiece If .he could do
; that, he should have her. Well, well.
the Master Thief he could do it, if he j
luly kuew what it was to' be
"Do you think, now," raid the Squire,
"yon can steal the sheet off our bed aud
the shift off my wife's hack ? L)o you
think you cau do that '!"
"I, ubull h ilnnn ' fiflirl tlm Master
getting jour daughter.'
nudge on the side,
"Now see if 1 don't shoot him, that's
..li
..vivid j' i l- e !
"No! Xo! Pray dou t shoot htm af-
j ter lelling bim he might come and try,"
: 4id hi wife.
"Don't talk to me, for shoot I will." j
said he ; and he lay there aud aimed
and aimed ; but as soon as the bead
came up above the window, and he saw a
little of it, so soon was it down again
At last he thought he had a good aim ;
"bang" went the gun, down fell the dead
bodv to the ground with a heavv biimn.
, o r.
and down went the Master Thkf too as
fist as he could. ,, j
"Well." said ihe Sniiire. it is nnitp !
.l.i .i i . . '
true that lam the chief magistrate of,
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these p.irls ; but people are fond of talk- j
ii'g. and it would be a bore if they came j
to see this dead man's body 1 tLiuk j
the best thing to be d nie is that I should !
gf down and bury him."
"You roust do as you think best, dear,'- j
said bis wife. So the Sqtrre got out of
bed and went down Btatrs, and be had !
t-enrec pnt his foot out of the door before
the Master Thief Ftole in, and went
straight up stairs to his wife.
"Why, dear, hack already said she,
for she thought it was her li unbind.
''Oh yes, 1 only just put him into a
hole, and threw a littlo oort! ov bim
It is enough that he is out of sight, for
it is such a bad night out of doors ; by
and by I'll do it better. But just let
me have the sheet to wipe tdyeelf with !
he was so bloody and I have made my
self in such a mess with hiuj."
So he got the sheet.
After a while be said
"Do you know I am afraid you must
lot me have your night shift too, for tbe
sheet won't do by itself that 1 can see."
So she gave him the shift also. But
just then it came across bis mind that he
had forgotten to lock the houe door, so
he must step dowu and look to that be
fore he came back to bed, and away he
went with both shift and sheet.
A little while after came tbe right
Squire.
" hy. what a time you've taken to
lock the door t ' said his wife ; and what
have you done with the sheet and shift?"
"What do you say ? ' said tbe Squire.
'Why, I'm asking you what you have
done with the sheet and shift that you
had to wipe off tbe blood T" said she
"What, in tbe devil's namel" said
the Squire, "has he takes me in this
time too ?"
Nest day came the Master Thief and
asked for the Squire's daughter, as he
had promised ; and then the Squire dare
not do anything else than give her to
him. and a good lump of money into the
bargain ; for to tell the truth, he was
afiaid lest the Master thief should steal
the eyes out of his head, and that the
people would begin to say spiteful things
of him if be broke his word. So the
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, ,.a-ter xnie, ..veu we.. a unyV,t,
frm that time' forward. I don t know!
. . . x. . -e t.
whether he stole any more, but if be
did. I am quite S'ne it was only for tbe
1 take of a bit of fun.
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1 ' Can Such Things Be?
On a retired but pleasant avenue of
this city, says the Pittsburg Ditpatch, a
newly - married coo pie settled dowa to
I onse keeping a short' time ago; who.
for obvious reasons, shall be called
Brown, one of tha reasons being be
cause that isn't their name. Mr Brown'
is a very pretty wo main and Mr. Brown
a very jolly, good kind of a- fellow, and1
there appeared to be no reason wuy the
lives of this iutesesting, cou(le should
uot be one long summer day of liappv
ness. But oue day there a little dark
dark elKid' iu their wedded sky, which
grew and grew till it culminated in quite
a shower, as will be seen hereafter. The
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: ui aaiutr wa a uiie piH'ciiueu ui ucicriiuii
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beauty, who' may be designated as Jane,
for the same reason that her employers
are called Brown. Jarter had a lover,
who is the bigg'-st and blackest of his
race. His name miy he Thomas, he
drives a coal cart, and he had a habit of
calling on his lady hive in the kitchen by
slipping through tho area gate, which'
occasions were no doubt' highly enjoyed
by the parties concerned. Now lillie
Mrs. Brown had somehow got it into her
head that her liege lord was altogether
to partial ro the tropical beauty of tbe
olive cheeked aud starry eyed queen of
the kitchen, aud she made herself corres
pondingly miserable about it
For a long time she nursed h r secret
misery in silence, while the' world, inclu
ding her husband and Jane, went on in
the even tenor of their way. and tlie skr
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j uiuu IMI? i'r miy uiuri cAiiaiiiuiuaij
phenomenon come to pass. At last Mr.
I B determined to put an end to to her
sttspt-nse by confirming her worst suspi
cions, then to go aud sleep beneath tho
clods &c and she arranged it in this;
Eler husband was accustomed to return
to the conjugal nest at twilight io the
evenings, and slur was sure that he
would seek the partner of his guilt in
the kitchen at that lime ; eo she laid a
little plaiu to detect him iu hi incon
stancy, wither him wilaV her righteous
wrath, and then have him forever.
With this determination, near the above
mentioned time she descended to the
lower regions, sent the supposed wicker!
6 ' 3 ,
syren out on some domestic errand, and
took up a waiting position with ber head
'screened by a window cuttin, so that
the Jiil e one should not recognize hef
until too lite for excuse She had not
long to vi'-vij. Very soon she heard the
well knu'.vu footstep stealthily but hurri
edly co uiug up the alley, then the latch
raised aud the iutiudor entered. She
heard him across the room. he felt his
ar,n ,ou,,u ",,u ""P'"8
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waist; sue held her breaui, tor the cul
mination of her worst fears, the proof of
her strongest suspicions were within her
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fifrasty
Tue arm drew her yieMing anJ dm0Bi
fa;nling form to ,he manly, palpataling
boaom 0f itli owner, aud the- lips of the
OMneT of t,,e arm ilrprjutcd a resounding
kiss upou her own. Then for the first
UlDe B,ie fwced j,er embracer, and beheld
uerno, ll0t her husband, hut shades
of all ,.,e alm,da,ents! the staring eyes
perplexed and astonished countenance of
of that sooty son of II. un. Tons, the coal
cart driver Sud lover of the suspected
filcher of Mr W conjugal treasure The
scene that ensued muy l'6 imigined, but
cannot be described. There was a series
of screams aud a rapid disappearance of
No. 13 brogans ihrottgn the door. The
confusion biouglil Brown down from the
parlor, where he had impatiently waited
,or be a,,,,e:1Mtlce 0f his little wife. in-
stead of philandering with the maid.
There was a shower of tears and a con
fession, and a discharge of the handsome
octoroon, and a thorough understanding
that the affair waw never to be meution
aud that they arc to live happy in the.
future.
At the close of the Revolution, (Jeorgn
HI. desired his Chaplain toietnrn thanks
to God.
The Chaplain replied, " Sir, do yon
wish me to thank God that you have lost
so many troops ?"
"No !"
"Do you want me to thank God be
cause you have lost so many millions
sterl ngs ?"
"No."
"Do you want me to thank God he
cause you have lost thirteen of your
best colonies "
"No."
"Then what do you want to thank
God for !"
"I want to thank God became it u not
Kort !"
" Whbre are yon going" cried a
Scotch gentleman to a thief whom he
observed crawling through a bole in tbe
hedge into his garden. Bock again ! '
replied Sawney, as he hastily retreated
from his discovered access to the tempt
ing fruit-
Prayer Is a key that unlocks the bless-
c .
Igersoi me nign.i
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I fan Francisco has oue widow to every
300 inhabitant.
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