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VOL 13.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. FEBRUARY 4,1858.
NO. 7.
Published bv Theodore Schoel
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AT THE OFFICE OF
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Paper SSanger,
AND
HOL'SS AND SSGJ PASTER.
Shop in Auracher's building, ou Eliz
abeth t-trect, Stroudsburg, Pa., where
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Sash, Boors, Blinds & Shutters,
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Call aud
elsewhere.
examine before purchasing
From the Tnic Flug.
A DELICATE BUSINESS.
3iY JOHN RAAVL1N, TuhlCEMAN.
"Ah good morning, Mr. Adison,"said
tho Mar.-hal, as a gcutlcmauly looking
person of thirty or thereabouts, entered
the office. "You are out early."
"Ye.-j came on business," rejoined the
other.
Nothing happened, I hope?
4iVis: hoaw Ions. ATv wife has been
robbed of three thousaud dollars.'
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"Indeed!"
"Yes. You kuow fhe had charge of
the financial part of the coucern;" on
tinued the gentleman, with faint fimiie,
-which I dare ?ay the Mar-lml could in
terpret. "Yesterday the drew thfct sum
from the banker for the purpose of lend
ing it to her brother; but Sam did not
come lest night after it, aud this morning
it is missing. It is very .-ingulcr."
added the Marshal.
'Wo heard
nothing during tne nigbt,
and everything seems to be in place as
usual. '
'Where w&s the cioncy?"
"In the drawer of a bureau in r.y wifo's
dressing room."
"Taken by some one in the house."
"Very probable."
"What arc your servants?"
"We keep three girls and a man."
"Wilich of them would have most likely
to have done the deed?"
"Well, I don't know. I have hid my
suspicion in regard to Patrick the man
servant."
"llawlin, you may investigate this case.'
I bowed, and followed the gentleman
out of the office. As wa walked along,
be gave mc the particulars over again.
"31 r. Addisou, I think I will not go to
Your house just now."
"Why not!"
"You suspect Patrick?"
-Yes." j
"In half an hour I will be at your res- j
idence dressed for the occasion. You
can engage me as a Bervant, and I will '
make Patrick's acquaintance ou a level
with him." I
"Excellent!" said the gentleman. '
I hastened home, aud having dressed
inytelf for the part I was to perform, I
repaired to Mr. Addison's house. Of
course I was immediately cugaged. j
Patrick was a little jealous of me at
first, but I found a way to gain his confi
dence. A bottle of Irish whiskey opened
his heart, aud in half an hour 1 was his
best friend.
"What sort of a man is Mr. Addison?"
1 asked.
"Ho is not much accouut. The mis- J
tress is the bett man of the two."
"Is bhc cross!"
"Devil a bit a mighty fine woman,
will tratc ye like a giutleuian. She has
all the money, do ye mind? Her father
was the richest mau iu Boston, and when
Mr. Addison married her, do ye see, he
iidu't give him the mouey, but gavo it to ',
her; put it in the bauds of a what's this
yo call him? a soit of stake boulder." j
'A trustee," I suggested. j
"That's jest it a thrustee. Mr. Ad- '
disoh did uot like it very well, but bo
couldn't help himself. He ueedu't if he
could, for she gives him plenty of money.
X wouldn't mind being iu his thoca iny-
''Does he save much money?"
J,Och! a power of money. Why, do
ye mind, it was only lust night tihe had'
three thousand dollars stole from her."
"Stole?"
"You had bettor believe kuo did; bad
luck to the spalpeen that did that same!"
"Why who do you suppose did?"
"Devil a one of us knows. I'd like to
have him within reach of myshilleluh for
n couple of minutes."
"Take another drop of whiskey, Pat-
rick."
;t 'Hon ray soul, I will then. It's a
blesfced stuff, pnd raal good' comfort."
"How do Mr. Addisou and his wife get
along together?"
"Mrs. Addison and her husband, you
inane. Very easily. They don't quar
rel, but the blackguard don't care a straw
for her; barriu' the money: and that's
what he married her for'
"Whiskey, Patrick?" aud I poured the It was not necessary for mo to follow
flask again. tbem to New York, whither they weut tho
"It's mighty good stuff," replied Pat- following evening. I got the number of
rick, as he took another long pull at the their room, made tho clerk take particu
bottle. lar notice of "Mr. Graham," so that ho
"Married her for mouey, you think? could identify him, if required to do so.
"Don't 1 know it?" !But to make all sure, I procured tho ser-
"Vcry likely he did." 'vices of a Providence officer, and watched
"To bo sure he did; and if the mistress
only knew what I kuow, would't she turn of the samo room, which we immediately
him out of the house?" (explored. Thero was no further evidence
"Why so?" !of Mr. Addison's infidelity required,
"The dirty blackguard! Sure he bees! "I waited till 'Mr. Graham' paid his
running after other women. Doesn't ho
pend the money she gives him upon lit-
j ie milliners, and mautuniakers. and the; "That is au extraordinary request, Mr.
' ' . ,, , . . -r t j i.
Hike?" iBunt," that was the name I had enter-
"Why don t you give her a hint?
"Is it mo Sure I minds my own bus -
incss. My father, long life to him! he's
been dead these tweufy years used to'
tell me never to interfere between man
j I talked a long
j the panSry before
; stole the money, I
time with Patrick in
diuner, and whoever
was sure he did not.
Addison sent for tho
in the dressing room
After dinner, Mrs
new servant, and
gave me her torsion of the story. She
wan sure the robherv had been commit-
ted bvsome oue who was familiar with
, the location of everything in the house. j
She could not thiuk it was Patrick, fori
though he would take a little too much of '
the "blessed whiskey," once in a great,
; while, be was one of the most hon-'
e.-t aud faithful servants she had ever
known. j
Here was a differoncc of opinion be-
twoen man aud ife. I could not see '
why two persons, having the same oppor-
tunity to form & correct judirHjeiit, should ,
form opposite opinions on the same sim-i
pie subject. The ease lookeJ odd to me.
I cot acauainted with the cirls. sounded
them, and while they were tbout their u
sual daties, searched tkeir chambers,
trunks, and every hidiug-place about tho
premises.
About the middle of the afternoon, I
vets in the pantry prosecuting my search,
when I heard Mr. Addison enter, aud
announced his intention of going to New
York by the five o'clock train.
"1 have a friend there who is about to
sail for Europe, and I -desire very much
to see him before he goes."
"Who is he?"
"Charles Henshaw. lie was a class
mate of laiue, and I haven't seen him for
' msny years."
"Charles Henshaw? I never beard you
'' mention his naaao before."
"0 yes; I guess you have. He was a
very intimste frieud of mine."
"How long shall you be absent!"
"Only two or three days."
The lady, like a good-natured person
aa she was, raised no objections to the
excursion, and did uot further inquire in
to tho history of and antecedents of Mr.
Charles Henshaw.
Patrick soou after-joined mo in the
pantry, aud I mentioued the journey to
him.
4,0ch! tho blackguard! He'll take his
own frieud with him. I'll bet a poteen of
whiskey that tho little milliner forninst
the corner of the street yonder will go
wid him."
"Who is she?"
"Whisper; come wid mo and I'll show
her to you." j
We tialked to Washington street, and
Patrick came to a halt at the milliner's j
shop at tho corner of street. HeJ
indicated the gill he meant, and I amj
forced to confess that Mr. Addison was j
uot without some taste, for she was a very!
pretty fascinating little thing.
On our return, I requested Mrs. Addi
son to give me as particular a desciiption
of the bills she had lost, as she could, at
the same time assuring her I was con
vinced that none of the servants had rob
bed her. The notes were four five hun
dred, and ten one hundred dollars on the
State Baak.
Just before five o'elock, I was at the
station of the Providence Railroad. I
hud changed my dress again, and this
time, I doubt whether Mr. Addigon would
have recognized me. I wore a ruous-
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a wig of loug black hair, and a sporting her 6elf possession.
dr?rn -t ,i i.T .t t SLc loolied inquiringly at me, and I
"Two-Providence," thought I. "Two'raade most 0f the delicate business. In a
of vou and vou aud vou arc not coinc to : . ... r n
' ,7 , ,. " ,
ew York after all. '
n.. 13..:j t :i T. .1.,
vuv x ivw-ivuiic, auiu i tu iuo wufcet
master. "
i Patrick was an old head aftor all, tho'
it was clear he was the servant of his. mis-
tress, aud not of his- master He knew
wucra the money came irom, anu cue ,
fountain of domestic authority,
But Mr. Addisou got into the cars a-
ilone, sat alone, and when he reached
Providence, got out alone lie was cer- Thc poor dev, of a husband wassent out
tainly a very prudent, self-denying man, int0 the world ol vihout a doHar and
and if I had not seen him buy two tick- without a reputation. It was a poor spee
ds, I should have suspected that 1 bad uhtic-n for him, and he fled from this part
been humbugged. of the country. Mrs. Addison has biuce
I kept my eye on him, and soon saw married again, but her husband is as rich
him take a lady of small stature upon his a3 sj10 jSj aud wjj Uot play second fiddle
arm. He took a carriage, and indicated even for ber '
the hotel at which he wished to be left, j - 1
I followed him there. Several new ar-( CST Mr. Kidweli was preaching some
rivals had just been booked, but I did not few years years ago to a largo audience
sec the uamc of lMr. Addison. There in a wild part of IUmoisrand announced
".Tames for his text:
Graham and lady," and Thomas Walker
and lady,'', on tho list. It was one ot.
those.
Before nine o'clock. I had assured my.-
self that "James Graham and lady," wore
7, T wns in-
me parvj iu uu. uuuuu.
tcrested.
them for a time. We saw them come out
bill at the hotel, and thcu requested the
, clerk to show me tho bill.
;ed on the book observed the clerk.
1 "Good and sufficient reason," said I
' producing ray police badge.
a groat many
He proceeded to ask me
questions about 'Mr. Graham and lady,' i
which I did not choose to answer. He
showed me tho bill. It was on the Stato
Bank.
"Ho has plenty of mouey," oaid the
clerk.
"How much?"
"He gave mo a package of bills to put
inthesafc, containing twenty-five hundred
dollars for which I cave him a receipt."
"Do you know what tho billu were?"
"Five hundreds and one hundreds of
the State Bank, Boston."
"Just remember that."
Tho next day I returned to Boston, and
immediately repaired to the dwelling of
Mrs. Addison. I was actually admitted
before I thought of the delicate business I
was to perform in disclosing to her the
particulars of her husband's ingratitude
aud infidelity.
While I was sitting in the dininc-room
waiting the appearance of tho lady, my
friend Patrick entered from the pantry.
"Is it yourself?"aaid he astonished at
my altered appearance, though I had ta
ken off my Providence disguise.
"It is myself, Patrick."
"And don't you stop hero any longer?"
'To tell the truth, Patrick, I have been
humbugging you," I replied smiling.
"Is it me?"
"I aei not a servant, Patrick."
"What the diril are ye, then?"
"I au-a member of the police depart
ment." ' Bad luck to ye, theu!"
''I came into the houso to find that mo
ney that was lost. But I told them, that
whoever had the money, Patrick was tho
honestLSt boy alive."
"Long live to ycr honor for that."
"Whatever you said to mc, Patrick, is
between ourselves," I added, to relieve an
uneasiness I saw in his action and looks.
"Thank you sir! So you are a police
man?" "Yes Patrick; but it is all right."
'Whifper; did you find the money?'
'Yes.'
'Mr. Addison got it himself, didn't he?'
'Whisper Patrick,' said I laughing.
'I knew tho blackguard tuk it.'
Patrick's premises and conclusions were
certainly all correct; but the appearance
of Mrs. Addison interrupted our conver
sation. 'Any intelligence of the lost money?'
she asked, cheerfully, for it did not seem
to worry her at all.
'Yes, madam; I followed it to Provi-
'To Providence!' she exolaimed.
'And it has gone to Now York now.'
'To New York! And you gave it up?'
'I thought it was uot worth while to
follow it any further, and you would not
probably wish to prosecuto the person
who has it.'
She looked at mo with wonder.
Who has it? Not my brother?'
'No.'
'Speak out, sir.'
'I am afraid, madam, you have been
deceiving yourself.'
;My husband?'
'Yes, madam.'
She was thunderstruck.
In a word, Mr. Addison has your mo
ney.' 'I am afraid, madam, he is otherwise
unworthy of your confidence,' I added,
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- " ujviuvuio auu was jii possession oi an
t ,..!
,:i.-4tVr Auv,li"b' Fai ot AQQlSOn S IU
iidelltv. But sbo WOS a
womnn nf snirif
anA ,f n ,ii '
j had cxpccted sbc woul(1
In conclUsion, Mrs. Addison was out of
town whoQ ber lord returnetl but ehe ba(
immediately served upon him a libel for
a divorce, which contained all the facts I
had collected.
In due tinje lbc divbrce was wanted.
"Iu
my fathers house there are many
mansions.
" He had scarcely read the
words, when an old coon stood up and
fiu
I tell you folks, that s a he! I
Know uis rainer we,,. ue nves nueeu
miles from Lexington in au old cabin,
i f.i. ii iiir"i
ain't but one'room in thc house.'
From tho Parlor Casket.
A FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE :
OR,
TiAlMfl o flmi rifv-tr TVTo rrief vnt-a
BY HAZEL 0 KEEN. ESQ.
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A few weeks since, tho usually quiet
town of 11 , m Illinois, was thrown in -
1U0DCC of the arrest and commital to jail
of a fugitive-slave. It was not exactly
j the arrest and commital, oiihor, that caus -
ed the excitement, but rather a report
, luat utau B01 l circulation, representing
mail luuiu nciu nuvuiiu utuer ucgroes ui
' ding around in the woods, and that a re
ward or one nundrcd dollars a Head, was Cery keeper was very glad to see hirn and
already offered by a planter in the South, fussed about,' till he fixed him up an un
for their apprehension. Such a sura of usually flue drink. He swallowed it, and
I monev was not to bo winked at in tho -nD a i-
- -
J midst of hard tItllcfl and consequently
there were any number of fellows out on
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UUU BUUUb lUUlUUil 1UI lUCUl.
. ..... .
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nnmB ornninos nffor thn nrrpnt nf Hio
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negro, Mr. P., a young lawyer of tho
, r a ; I .
place plucked me to one side and said:
"Mr. Green, we have gotten up a little
batch of Tun for to-night, and we'd be
nlensod to have vou tro alonir and oninv
pleased to nave you go along ana enjoy
it with us."
After making several inquiries, and
learning that they wore going to the res
idence of Squire Brill, some three miles
in the country, for the purpose of trying
a new and very important slave case, I
consented to join them.
About nine o'clock, P. M., my friend '
the lawyer, called around and informed me
that all was In readiness. It was one of
Autumn's loveliest nights, and so we star
ted to foot it to the old Squre's. Just at
the outskirts of tho town wo found some
twenty or thirty persons in waiting for us;
with the negro in custody. Ho was a
large, strapling fellow as black as a dan
dy's boot, and about as ragged as ho well
could be. His hands were securely tied
behind bim, and a rope was passed sev
eral times around his body and legs. In
this disabled condition ho was made to
walk between two constables, each with a
Colt's revolver iu his hand.
At first I felt a little disgusted with the
proceedings, and was about half inclined
to give themabitof my mind; for Ithought
that they were making altogether more
display than was necessnry; but when I
saw the town Magistrate, and several of
tho best citizens in tho crowd, I reflected
that they could not be doing anything
more than was right, and so 1 concluded
to hold my peaae. Tho crowd moved on
at a lively pace, all talking laughing and
enjoying themselves, apparently to tho
fullest extent; and as might have been
expected. I was soon in the thickest of
them enjoying myself also. In the course
of our trip I happened to drift up along
side tho darkey, who turned to me as fa
miliarly as you please, aud said :
"Hello ! Haze, is that you ?"
"Yes," replied I, astonished almost be
yond description. How on earth could
a Louisiana negro know anything about
mo, who had never been farther Sough
; than Cairo, in my life. I was complete
' ly "dumbfounded." Felt like I could
' crawl into an auger hole, but didn't know
i why. To add to my discomfiture, sever
1 al members of the company beheld my
J astonishment, and burst out into a loud
laugh; which caused the thought to strike
mo that they were impressed with the i-
1 dea that I was an abolitionist, and had
been sneakiug arouud through the woods
with the negro and had there formed his
acquaintance. Even the negro could not
refrain from laughter, but let himself out
in a regular act ha, ha, ha ! That laugh
did the business. It sounded "as famil
liar as household words." I could not bo
mistaken it was none other than the
laugh of my very particular friend, Jacli
Anderson. A now light began to burst
unon mv vision. The whole thin? was a
hoar. A vey few words
A U V
made all plain :
to me. Squire Brill, to whoso house we
were going, hud ridiculed to a great ex-
tent, the decision made iu the former fu-
citive slave case, bv Squire ilaims.
Squire Ilaims was one of tho best men in
the world, so the boys about town tookit
upon themselves to play off this trick upou
Squire Brill, aud let him make a decision
to his own
UKing.
i
About oloven o'elock
we arrived at
our place of destination
Squire Brill
had retired, but we called him up, and
informed him that another negro had been
nniifrhr ;ind f Ji fit. n.s fhir hnrl linrm
-
some dissatisfaction expressed in relation
to tho late decision made by Squire
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ilaims, bquire uaims uau reiuseuto sit
on tins alone, and so it was tuougnt uost rose. As she did so, he said to his J?iu
to bring it before him. ! ropean guests, "My wife." "My wife"
AVithout furthor ceremony the old fel- uiadc a slight salutatiou around, and then
low hauled on bis dignity, complained retiring to her handkerchief again, was
about his eyes being very sore, unfolded covered up, and was borne from the room
his docket, turned over a few leaves of an ' ai she eutered.
old law book, and then annouueed that!
he was ready to hear thc case. The cose
was opened iu due form, luwyer P. pros- An Irishman, driven to desperation by
ecuting, and lawyer II., who also mado the stringency of the money market, arid
one of our company, defending. Long the high price of provisions, procured a
and fiery speeohes were made. 11. preach-'pistel and took thc road. Meeting a
ed up Abolitionism, and threw out some traveler, he stopped him with 'your uio
pretty strong hint which did not sit well uey or your life,'
with the Squire, who was a prominent Seeing that Pat was green, ho said:
democrat. Several times he called him 'I'll tell you what Pildo; I'll givo .you all
to order, and more than pnee ho threat- my money for that pistol.'
ened to inflct a fine if ho was airain wil-i 'Agreed,' said Pat,
fully aud kuotfingly guilty of casting in -
si mi itt inns nt frii Onm-l- '
sinuations at tne Court
After a trial of about
two . hours. . in
length, the case was rested, unl
squire
Brill decided agaiost the negro; and or -
dered thnt he be committed to the coun-
' ty jail to await a due course of law. A
mittimus must next be made out. His
honor being afflicted with sore eyes, could (
not do it well, so he called on lawyer P. '
:Of coune P. did not refuse, and so in a
isuori time me instrument was ma do out
IB:..,1 l.,l 1 r '
's,oUGt, handed over to one of the cousta-
bles, and wo were on our way to town,
) Next morning, bright and early, Squire
Tor
town, that ho might meet with his friends
and boast over his decision, as ho did in
!cvcry caSe ti,afc vras before him. When
ho arrived at the little log grocery immc-
diatcly iu the suburbs of town, he thought
he would stop as Usual and take a little
merclv tO Whet Ur his iflo.riS. Tlin rrrn.
j ii uo uuuul iu piuutwu uu uia way, wuen
. his kind friend behind the counter whis-
pered :
...... ... . -
" I lintr Itt O hi IS II1I nnHn nrj nnr
- j - v...w. -uu
cnii..n "
i5"j---"'i'
"Whose little bill ?" asked the Squire.
j "Why, those gentlemen you sent here
iast night, of coure."
j "Gentlemen? I sent no gentlemen to
ton '-'
you
"I guess you
good humoredly,
did,"
said the vender,
"It's a lie !" thundered his honor wax
ing wroth.
Without further words tho grocery
keeper handed him a slip of paper, upon
which he made out to read as fol
lows :
"P. A. SnAV,' Please let the bearers
have what they ish to any amount not
exceeding twenty dollars, and 1 will pay
it the first time I come to town.
A. Brill, J. P.
September 2, 155-."
In the midst of a volley of bitterest
i curses the money was paid over, and ere
another minute had passed, the old Squire
had mounted and was on his way home,
blessing in a left handed manner, every
body in general, and lawyer P., who had
made him bign the above order instead
of a mittimus, in particular. From that
date up to this he has uot been beard to
speak a word against decisions made by
other Justices; in fact he has not been
seen in town eince.
Curious Punishments.
It is discoverable, from the "old rec
ords of Massachusetts," that the following
singular punishments were iuflicted in
that colony, letween thc years 1650 and
1730.
Sir Richard Saltonstall, fined four bush
els of malt for his absence from the Court.
Josius Plastow shall, for stealing 4
baskets of corn from the Indians, return
them 8 baskets acain. be fined j5. and
hereafter to be called Jueias, no Mr. a6
he used to bo.
Joyce Dradwiok shall give unto Alex
andria Becks 20s., for promiaing him.
marriage without her friend's consent,
aud now refusing to perform the same.
Thomas Peter, for suspicions of slander
idleness and stubborness, is to be severe
ly whipped and kept in hold.
Richard Turner, for being notoriously
drunk, was fined 'J.
Edward Palmer, for his exhortation
taking 32s. 7d. for the plank and work of
Boston stocks, is fined 5, and sentenced
to be set one hour iu thc stocks.
John Withe, is bound in 10 to bo of
good behaviour, and not to come into the
eompauy of his neighbor Thomas Bell's
wife alone.
A wife in a Hankerehief.
It Bcems that some of the Chinese mer
chants have an odd way of bcrving up
' their wives to visitors. A correspondent
of thc Loudon Times, in an accouut of a
rich Chinese merchant at Singapore, re
lutes the following curious incident.
In thc middle of the visit, a silken
packago, with a sort of thatch over it was
brought in by two bearers and put down
on tho floor. It looked like an
cxacera-
ted handkerchief gathered up at the cor-
ncra, and covered by a wicker dish cover,
The guests thought it was probably a
dish of meat or a new course of preserves,
when the thatch was removed, and at the
bottom was seen a small figure, squatted
1 Up0n its haunches. The little thing grad-
ually picked itself up, came out of its
bundle, and fell upon its knees before the
' .,n.-t.. nC l, t,.. ..n:., im ik Uiulc
in uoi u 1 u 1 1 ii u uuu:u, iuitui
in the picture of a supplicant. Thc Chi-
1 nauian rose from his scat, and waved his
haud with diguily, and tho little lady a-
' Pat received tire money and handed. o-
ror tlin nistol.
ver tho pistol.
Now,' said thc traveler, .'hand back
the mouey, or I II blp.w.your brajus quti'
' 'Blizzard away; my hearty!' said Pat,
'divil thc trap- of powthcr there's iu it,
sure
iDevilT
Cheating thcr
Sjuirc II., living in the town of A.,
was a man in easy circumstances, with
e o -jibing enough, indoors and out. In
his )ard was a huge pile of wood, sawed
and split, and sufficient in bulk to keep n
dozen families through the winter, with
enough more where that come froo .
Across the street from Squire H. lived
Mrs. W., a poor widow woman in straigh
tened circutn-tances, with lour moutbs'to
feed and four little bodies to warm be
sides her own.
Sqairc H. doted on his big wao'd pile
and was iu the habit of taking a peep at
it through the closed blinds of his win
dow before retiring at night. One night
ho saw a female banging around the pile,
aud opening the door partially, to get a
better view, paw her ttoop, pick up a
large armful and start off. She had not
proceeded far, however, when she stopped
cl,,,- nA U l...-.J r.ti-.:
, uuuit auu iju u ituicaju iuu iunutiui' ;
I m
x cannot steal tne eve oi Uotl is upou
' me;" and down went the wood aud abe
walked off a few stcp-i and s
"I have not a stick of wood
the weather is bitter cold,
i.:i.i c mi .
stopped again;
in the bouse,
and my poor
children are freezing. The Squire has
enough, and ill uever miss it." So say
ing, she filled her arms again with tho
coveted fuel.
Again she started and again hesitated
"What steal ? I uever before did euch
a thin?.
and God forbid I fchould dd it
now !" and
down weut wood upou the
pile again. But the thought of her suf
fering brood brought her once moro to
the pile, and filled her arms the third
time with wood. Onc2 more she started
and again turned back tll icill not steal
I will trust in God, and if it is His will,
we'll perish together." So saying she
threw down the wood upon the pile and
the Squire saw her enter her dwelling
and close the door. He retired to bed,
but (dumber was t?low in visiting his eye
lids. And he thought of the poor widow
and her snffering chiidren, ind perhaps
when he slept Le dreamed of them.
Early thc next forenoon, widow W.
was surprised to eee the Squire's four ox
team, loaded with wood, hacl up in front
of her dwelling and the Scuire commence
pitching it off.
"What's this, Squire H.?" said the as
tonished and half frightened woman ; "I.
didn't order that wood, and God knows
I can't pay for it."
"It's yours, and all paid for Ma'am!"
sung out the equirc, tuggiog away at a
log, "You cheated the Devil last night."
The poor woman insisted that thcro
must be some mistake about it.
"I tell you it is yours, for cheating tho
devil last night," said the Squire, "and
there comes a man to saw it up, split it
and pack it away in your woodhouse." .
The widow began to "mboII a rat," and
stammering her thanks to the Squire and
retreated into the house. She wanted
for no more wood that winter.
Going in on Shares. "Boy, whera
do you come from, and how do you live??"
"Come from Peunsylvony, aud live . by
eating."
"Would you like something to do."
"Don't care if it 'taint hard work."
"Well, boy, if you like, I will set you
up in a busiucss that will piovc both,
pleasant and profitable."
"Drivo ahead, I'm listenin."
"Well, you go somewhere and steal a
j basket, and theu go arouud begging for
cold victuals, and you may have half you
get."
A few days since, a rough country
looking fellow entered oue of the New
York Bank?, and marching up to tHti
counter, exclaimed, "Here l am, T waut
you to take a fair look at me." Without
a word further he strode out. The nexl
day the same customer appeared, uttered'
thc same words, aud disappeared. Tho
third day, at about the same time; ho
walked iu, aud advancing to the tellcrs
desk, threw down a draft, payable, three
days after sight. "Now," taid he, "j-ou.'ve
Ecen me three times, and I want thc nio?
uey for it !"
Cueap Living. The last steamer
from Europe brought letters from the
Rev. Dr. Prettyman, a missionary of the.
Methodist Episcopal Church, rcsidiug at
I Shumea, in Bulgaria, iu which that gen-
' .1 . 1 . e 1 ? .1 .
(Ionian sneaks of tlif nrico of food in thnt
j piace :"Sbumea is the cheapest plaeb"
) t0 iivc jn wc bave CVCrbcen in. A ood'
. 5.jze loaf of bread
can be bought for oue
aud a half cent?, a chicken for five cents
and eggs for two cents a dozen, &c." t
I Sunflower seeds arc said to be thc best
'. remedy known for founder in horses. As
soon as ascertained ho is foundered,, mix
ono piut of tho seeds whole with tsejcd,1
and an entire cure may to expected .. w
Some landlords are in the habit of lay
inp np,. extra fork across the plates of
their delinquent boarders, as much: as to
say "Fori over!" ,
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Mr. OWron (a man about towu) was
lately invited to a sewing party. Tho
nrxt day a. friend aked bim how the en
tertainment wont off? "Oh it wa3 very a
tuusing," rernied Oberoh, "the ladies bim
' mod and ritawed."
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The following question. isnow befoja
Sandlake debating club: "Which dohjo
girls like best to be huggued in a polka,
or squeezed in a sleigh? '