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From the N. Y. Mercury.
"OR; THE RANGER'S VENGEANCE;
Our camp-fire was built on the verge
of a small strip of timber, uot far from Jn aealm but ;d t0QCj proceecjcd
one of the upper banks of the ISeuces. as follows:
There were five of us in all, Jack Trav- M ag you surraisej ;3 Juics
ers, Juan Mohno, two others, and myself. Montrai born of FreI)Cb parentage, in
It had been reported that a band of the thc suorv.c!ad mountains of Canada East.
Camanehcs were about to hold a council Jn ear, Hfc j was wedded to a beautiful
with the Mexicans, on the right fork of ir, who uossc?sed cvery accomplishment
the Ncuce, and Gen. Sam Houston had and q woma0 and whom J ovcd
despatched us to thc quarter, to spy out a1 the .ad 5nteDi5;tj of luy Dature.
thc proceedings. i YearS 0 happiness followed, but I soon
Our pipes had gone out, as well as our discovcred that my wife-8 beaitD which
spirits; the last story bad bceu told, and j wa3 a delcate bogan t0 rapidly de
ono of the un-named Rangers had stretch- J cine It becamo aparCnt that the affini
cd himself upon a log to sleep, when sud- j of QUr natures were antajronistic. I
denly the breaking ot a Uig near us i
caused us to itart up, our weapons ready .
for an enemy.
A moment, however, sufficed to show
us that no danger threatened us; for by
the light of the flickering camy-fire wc
could see, at the distance of twenty paces,
the tall, gaunt figure of a pale face approaching-with
a bold step, and a long
3-ifie in bis hand. As he came nearer, wc
could see that he wore the Ranger's uni
form, with the cxceplion of the regular e
quipments thet made him one of us his
rifle and knife hcloi his only weapons,
and hid shot-pouch and powder-horn be
ing those of the ordinary back-woodman.
Ilfs head, too, was covered with a wolf
skin cap, instead of that of the army, and
his long beard, aud .-hogy, uncombed
tiair did uot savor much of the camp
little as that partook of civilized appear
ances, lie had a keen black enc, which
ccenied too small for his other features,
which were prominent and bony; and his
Mature was coniderably over MX feet,
though hU lank frame gave evidence of
great ftrongtb. lie teemed to have
cros;cd-tire equatorial line of life; and a
deep saduess, or sudden grief, seemed to
have corrugated hie brow into great veins
of curdled blood.
We had reseated ourselves around the
fire on discovering his race, and quietly
took in his appearance as he approached.
He paused when about three paces from
us; and, setting down his rifle, he leaned
his elbow upon the end of the barrel, aud
for a 'moment quietly surveyed u.
'Wail, stranger, I hope your uotoffend
ed.at our "pearauce,' said Jack Travcrs,
after bearing bis scrutiny as long as his
phlegmatic temperament could allow.
Perhaps,' was thecool rejoinder of the
f-trangtr. uttered in a deep voice. 'I
have traveled far to-day, on the trail of
the Camanclie, and have Dot ta.-ted food
t-in'ce last nights supper. Can you give
me some?
'Wal, that's not very difficult in these
parts, where game's plenty,' returned
Travers, eyeing him closely.
'I know; but I had the trail of the In
dian watch, and had not time to pause
and build a fire,' replied the stranger, in
the same deep, sad voice.
'Then you are welcome to all we have
left,' said Travers, tuiing to his knapsack.
Ycni-on,with .-ou-c of our army biscuit,
was soon set before him; and, taking a
seat upon a log beside us, the stranger
drew his hunting-knife, and went into the
meal with that peculiar ze.-t only experi
enced by the Western hunter, after a
long day's trail. We watched him with !
ouiet but caccr satisfaction. But thecu-
riosity of Travers noon overcome his pa
tience, and be asked:
'Why do you follow the trail of the
Gamanches? I rayther think it 'd be a
little more the f-tripe, as a Texan, to be
moulding bullets for the other yaller dov
ils on t'other side tbe Rio Grande.'
The stranger lifted his small, dark
eyes to those of Travers, and said:
'Perhaps I do, sometimes. Maybe
Jack Travers harn't forgot tho Golden
Pass and the night of thc 15th of Octo
ber,' Jack started back in surprise.
'Forget it!' he exclaimed, with anima
tion. 'Forget that night of terrible mas
sacre, when scarcely a Texan was left to
tell the tale! I will never forget it. But
were you there? Your face seems famil
iar, and yet I cannot tell where I have
seen it.'
I icas there,' said the other, in atbril- pausing for a moment to examine tho
ling tone. ''Twas at the Golden Pass on J conditions of his weapons, started after
the loth of October, that one Jules Mon- . the stranger with celerity. The direc
tral fought by your side; and amid the , tion in which Jules Montral led us was
carnage of the conflict, gave you a small precisely that which wc should have ta
lockct and a lock of hair, saying that, if ken on tbe following morning; as it was
he fell and you survived, you would give at once apparent that tho Indians belong
that to a young girl who lived at a small ed to a touthem section of the tribe, and
ranche on the left fork of the Bravo, a- 1 ver,e pursuing their way to tho council
bout twenty miles from its junction. Did ' fire tuat was to be held with the Moxi
you keep the promise you made? cans.
'I have not yet bad an opportunity,' j It was near midnight when Montral,
said Travers, in confusion; 'for we have who was in front some yards, gave an
been kept fo busy thit I have not been ominous: 'Hist!'
able to get in that quarter. Here is the j 'What scent?' asked Travers, as we all
locket.' And he drew from bis bosom a suddenly came to a halt.
small gold locket, containing the likeness i 'Our victims!' uttered tho stranger; in
of a beautiful girl, and a small lock of
auburn hair,
The stranger Seized it, as if it had been
. . a., , . . ,.
a prize 01 gold, awl, pressing lb tO 1)18
i Hd9. exclaimed, as a tear stole into his
"Pai lit""u"'ui
eye:
i 'Poor Adelel my child! You died,
then, without hearing from!'
j 'Aud jou, then, are Jules Montral?'
' said Travers, dashing away a tear from
. his rough cheek. 'Explain what this all
means.'
'On one condition!' exclaimed the
, strauger,with sudden energy,
j 'Name it.'
I 'That you and your men will join me
! at once, to follow on the trail of a party
j of. Camnnches.'
It is agreed ha! comrades?'
, Wn c;.,n;fi.,fl nnr Pnt nd the sfcrnn
stror) , robu?t, and hardy, and her
sensitive onruuization. and eradu-
own a sensitive organization, and gradu
ally wearing away. '
'Perceiving this, and having heard
rare descriptions of the genial climate
and flowery landscapes of Texas, I rer ,
solved to transfer her from our Northern
home to one which would probably tend
to rejuvenate her failing ucalth. The
Great Master had blest us with an only
child a young girl, who inherited her
mother's constitutional frailty. We three
bade adieu to homo and kindred, and
took up our quiet quarters in tbe humble :
ranche on the Bravo.
'Two years passed away, and with tho
last prairie bloom of November, my wife
joined bauds with the flowers, and passed
away with them. I said that I loved her,
comrades, aud I did, as men seldom
loves woman. I hurried her upon a little
knoll by the side of the stream, aud
through the long summer, myself and
'daughter then twelve years old scat
tered flowers over her resting place. In
my lonely ranche I dwelt with my child,
caring nothing for the world, nursing my
desolate folitude.
'But no, I was not desolate; and I am
wrong to say so. My child my little
Adelc became all in all to me. I taught
her lessons of life, each day, and watched
her mind develop, with all the interest of
thc alchemist over his gold. But I must
be brief. The war came on, and then,
once more, I awoke from the lethargy in
to which I had fallen. I sympathized
with the Texan cause, but on account of
my child, I could not join the army for
regular duty, and leave her alone in her
defenceless home. But on every occasion ,
in my power, I struck a blow for inde
pendence on my own hook.
'At last, when in the fall, matters be
came so desperate with thc cause, I re
solved to leave home for a short period
and become a Ranger. Adele was now ,
fourteen. On tbe night of the l-Oth of
October, we were betrayed into thc Gold- '
en Pas of the Sierra, by a false guide, '
and our littlo band was massacred. It .
was then that I gave you this looket,
comrade Travers. In the struggle of the !
conflict, surrounded by Mexicans and In- j
dians, I became separated from tho rest, ;
and was taken prisoner by the former. j
For thirty-six days I was held in chains 1
in the prison of San Angclo, Matauioras, !
from whence I escaped four days ago.
Last night, at midnight, I returned to
my ranche; but, comrades pardon my
emotion thc ranche was a heap of
smouldering embers, thc red fire still
flickering on the charred logs; and on the
aoor-btepa lay uic uuw, uvuy uj iny jurta
Adclc the sore from thc lialehct-icound
still soft upon her white forehead' j
'Death and furies!' cried Travers, '
i i.:. ri it. . I
i i i ii. . 7 j .,?-. -r r i '
.cealed his face in his bony hands.
Who did it?' cried Molina, savagely.
'The Gamanches!' thundered thc stran- ,
ger, rising suddenly. 'I tracked them '
through the blackness of the night, aud j
the scorching sun of day; there are elev
en of them, on foot, and traveling toward
the north section of the Neuces. I have
sworn that they should never reach their
destination to tell their tale of crime; and, i
by thc Great Master, I will keep my
oath! Adeh
shall be avenged!
AVbo
joins me"
'Alll' was shouted by erery Hp.
'Then up and on the track!'
A moment after our knap.cks wero
swung over our shoulders, and each man,
that same deep, terrible tone, which I
had heard him first use.
I had never yet seen a night attack on
an Indian camp, as performed by the
Western Ranger; and curiosity, with ex
citement, was raised to the keenest sus-
ceptibility. Our leader got down upon.
his hands and knees, and crept tnus up a riea to mm at ms worn every morning,
small knoll that rose before us, whore he "He said that he hoped that all the
remained for tho space of several mo- scaffolding would be down to-night," an
ments his great wolf-skin cap in boldswered the mother, "and that'll be a fine
relief against the sky. Then be came
back to us, and as we huddled about him
he gave his orders.
'Their fire is nearly out!' he said, 'and
that indicates that their sentinel is prob
ably asleep. Travers, you direct the
men; I will go lirst; follow on your knees
at a distance of twenty paces. I will
take care of the sentinel, whether asleep
or awake, and then fall on them. Be
sure of your aims not one must esoape
remember!'
We allowed him to get thc required
- . .
distance ahead of us, when we slung our
rifles over our backs, and following the
examnle. descended to our hands
and
- j
knees and crawled after him.
'Take core of the leaves and twigs!'
whispered Travers, 'Be as silent
as
death!'
The eaution was scarcely necessary,
for, like ourselves, the Indians had built
their camp only a few miles from the pra
irie, in the wood, which was done to pro-
tect them from the night dew, which, at
that season of the year, was very severe.
But the Gamanches had taken the precau
tion to erect a sort of barricade with logs
on thc side of the prairie, so as to almost
e'ntirely screen their fire from the obser
vation of any one who might pass during
their sleep. The barricade was about
five feet high; and as we got opposite,
the head of the sentinel could be seen just
above it moving sufficiently to indicate
that he was awake.
I could not now help wondering at the
silent celerity with which Montral ap
proached the barricade. Lying flat u
pou bis breast, with only his head slight
ly raised, that bo might watch the Indi
an, he crawled stealthily along, like a
serpent, turning hither and thither to a
void some brush or clump of leaves his
great long arms resembling the huge
claws of an alligator, as he crawls up on
the sand.fcE7ery breath was hushed as ho
approached the logs. It was a moment
of-fcarful suspense of terrible anxiety.
Slowly be raised himself up we could
sec him stand his rifle against the logs,
while yet on his knees at last he stood
erect, like tho shadow of death, behind
the uncouscious Indian. And such he
was, for in an instant, ho dexterously
threw his left arm arouud the Indian's
mouth, aud jerking his head quickly back
over the log, he sheathed his long knife
in his heart! There was no cry, no
groan, not even the gutteral sound of
death, to give an alarm. Ho leaned over
the logs, and let him drop silently on the
ground.
As he was performing tho last action,
we crept silently toward thc spot; but my
heart sickened within me at tho thought
of thc deed which we were about to com
mit. There was something terrible in
thus shooting men in their sleep; foes they
were, I knew foes to the cause which I
had espoused inhuman butchers of all
of my race who fell iu their war-path, or
came within their power. But they wero
savages, and I claimed to be civilized.
As these thoughts were passing through
my mind, wo gradually drew near the
barricade, when suddenly there was a
crash, and looking up, I found that Mon
tral, in lowering thc Indian silently to
prevent alarm, had pushed too heavily a
gainst the logs, and upset them. Tho
Indians sprang to their feet with a yell!'
'Your armsl' shouted Montral. 'Eire!'
In an instant we obeyed. And tbeu I
thanked Heaven for the accident which
had saved me from committing deliber
ate murder. The outlines of ten dusky
bodies wero deliberately drawn in tho
light of the smouldering fire there was a
loud report, and five of them went down
to rise no more! I saw Montral leap
the logs, aud seize another by the hair,
as be hurried bis lone; knife in bis side.
Travers and Mcliuo sprang upon tho
barrioadc, followed by the rest of us.
There was a rapid commingling of shots
as our revolvers spoke their fate and
tbe four other braves fell, riddled with
twenty bullets! Tbe fight was over.
The vengeance was complete!
Jules Montral fell upon his kness, sur
rounded by tho slain, and raising his
bloody knife toward heaven, exclaimed:
'Adele, thou art fearfully avenged!
Thy blood is washed out in bloodl Thy
father has kept his oath!'
Then, springing to his feet, and glanc- thy stocking, lad, and unravel it and let
ing around upon us with his fiery eyes, ho down the thread with a bit of mortar.
cried: 'Dost thou hear me Jim ?'
Now, my friends, you have assisted J The man made signs of assent; for it
me; it is but just that 1 should return the seemed as f ne could not speak and ta
favro. Jules Montral has no longer a king off his fctocking,4inravelled the wors
bome or family, and henceforth I devote (ed yarn, row after row. Tho people
ray soul, body and energy to tho Lone 8t00d around in breathless silence aud
SUcr of Texas, and tho lifo of a F
'ec Buspouso, wondering what Tom's mother
Ranger!' - 'could bo thinking of; and why she sent
We shook his hand thero amid that him in such haste for the carpenter's ball
scene of blood and it seemed a solemn of twine.
binding. We spent tho night in the- In- down one end of tbe thread with
dian's camp, surrounded by our victimSj a bt 0f 6tone, and keep fast hold of tho
but none slept. (other,' cried she to her hushautl. Tho
Two days sufficed to give us all the in- little thread came waving down the tall
formation wo desired, when wo returned chimney, blown hither and thither by the
to headquarters, takiug Jules Montral wind, hut it reached the outstretched
with us as a recruit. He did great ser- hands that wero waiting it. Tom held
vice in thc after struggle. ,tho ball of twine, while his mother tied
THRILLING ADVENTURE.
The following thrilling sketch is from
an English Magazine :
"Father will have done the great chim
ney to night, won't he mother?" said lit
tle Tommy Howard, as he stood waiting
for hie father's breakfast which he car-
t . .
sigbt; ior J never liked the ending ot
those great chimneys; it is oo riskey for
father to be last up."
" Oh', then, but, I'll go and eeek him;
and help hiin to give a shout afor he
comes down," said Tom.
"And then, continued the mother, "if
all goes on right, we are to have a frolio
to-morrow, and into the country, and
take our dinners and spend all tho day
long in the woods."
"Hurrah !" cried Tom, as he ran off to
his father's place of work, with a can of
milk in one hand and some bread in thc
other. His mother stood at the door
watchimr him as he went merrily whist-
ling down the street, and thought of the
dear father he was going to, and tbe dan-
gerous work ho was engaged in; and then
her heart sought its sure refuge, and she
prayed to God to protect and bless her
treasures.
Tom with a light heart pursued his way
to his father, and leaving him his break
fast, went to his own work, which was at
some distance. In tbe evening, on his
way home, he went round to see how bis
father was getting on.
James Howard, the father, and a num
ber of other workmen, had been building
one of those lofty chimneys, which in our
manufacturing towns almost supply the
place of other architectural beauty. The
chimney was one of the highest and most
tapering that had ever been erected, and
as Tom shaded his eyes from the slanting
rays of the setting sun, looked up in
search of his father, his heart almostsunk
within him at the appalling sight. The
scaffold was almost down, the men at thc
bottom were removing the beams and
poles. Tom's father stood alone at tho
top.
He then looked around to see that ev
erything was right, and then waving bis
bat in tbe air, tbe men below, answering
him with a long loud cheer, little Tom
shouting as loud as any of them. As their
voices died away however, tbey heard a
different sound, a cry of alarm and hor
ror from above. The men looked around
and coiled upon tho ground, lay the rope,
which before the scaffolding was removed,
should have been fastened to tho chimney,
for Tom's father to come down by I The
scaffolding had been taken down without
remembering .to take the rope up. There
was a dead silence. They all knew it
was impossible to throw the rope up high
enough, or skillful enough to reach tbe
top of thc chimney, or if it could, it would
hardly be safe. They stood in silent dis
may, unable to give any help or think of
any means of safety.
And Tom's father. He walked round
and round thc little circle, the dizzy height
seemed more and more fearful, and the
solid earth further and further from him.
In the sudden panic he lost bis presence
of mind, and bis senses failed him. Ho
shut his eyes; he felt as if the next mo
ment he must be dashed to pieces on tbo
ground below.
The day passed as industriously as u
sual with Tom's mother at homo. She
was always busily employed for her hus
band and children in some way or other,
and to-day, she had been harder at work
than usual getting ready for the holliday
to-morrow. She had just finished her
arrangements, and her thoughts were si
lently thanking God for the happy home,
and for all the blessing of life, when Tom
ran in.
His face was as white as ashes, and he
could hardly get his words out : 'Moth
er 1 mother ' he oannot got down.'
'Who lad? thy father?' asked the
mother.
'Thoy have forgotten to leave him tho
rope,' answered Tom scarcely able to
speak. The mother started up horror
struck, and stood for a moment as if par
alized, then pressing her hands over her
face, as if to shut out tho terrible picture,
and breathiug a prayer to God for help
she ru?bed out of thc house.
When she reached tbe place where-
her husband was at work, a crowd gath
ered around the foot of tho chimney,
stood quite helpless, gazing up with faces
full of sorrow.
'Ho says he'll throw himself down.'
'Thee munna do that, lad,' cried the
wife with a clear hopeful voice : 'thee
munna do that Wait a bit. Take off
one end of it to the worsted thread. f fatuer." The father immediately took
'Now, pull it s.lowly,' cried she to her his child into the sleigh and started at a
husband, and she gradually unwound tbe rapid pace towards home, before any one
string until it reached her husband. had time to interfere vitb bis progress.
Now hold the string fast and pull it up,7 The probabilities are that hadnot tho
oried she, and tho string grew heavy and father thus' fortuitously discovered his
hard to pull, for Tom and his mother had child while in the yard before this institu
fastened a thick rope to it. They watch- tion, ho never would bsvo seen her more,
ed it gradually and slowly uncoiling from She most likely would have been secreted,
tho ground, as the string was drawn and removed from thence to some distant
higher. den of papal iniquity.
There was but one coil left. It had This casp of abduction isomewhat aim
reached the top. 'Thank God!' exclaimed ilar to the Mortara case, which has crea
the wife. She hid her face in her hands ted so much excitcmont in this and other
in silent prayer, and trembling rejoiced. 'countries, and calls loudly for redress.
The iron to which it should be fastened Let every father take it'horoe to himself.
was mere an ngnt oui-wouia ner; nus- and; say it Jjejv.ouuiiiwrt toller the par
band be able to make use of it ? Would ties eogaceu in such a crime to the bitter
not the terror of the past hour have
so
unnerved him as to prevent him from ta
king tho necessary measures for safety?
She did not know thc magical influence
which her few words had exercised over
him She did not know the strength ' Sunday School procession banner painted
that the sound of her voice, so calm and and f.ajd r
steadfast had filled bim-as if the little .-We're gofn' to have a great tearin'
thread that earned him the hope ofhfo tine with our Fotmh q July Sunday
once more had conveyed to him some por-ic-i.-.i poloLn,-n J
. x. , f . , . v, , ,. i .l- acnool Celebration, and our folks wants
tion of that faith m God which nothing 1 a banner r
ever destroyed or shook in her pure heart. I uyfall, naenran h rcspoaded
bhe did not know tbat as site waited tbere,'tb Da;nte, vou on,lfc
the words came over him 'Why art thou
cast down, u my soui, wny arc iuou ais
quieted within me ? hope thou in God.1
She lifted her heart to God, for hope and
strength, but could do nothing more for
her husband, and her heart turned to God
and rested on Mm as on a rock.
a great shout.
mother 1 he's safe V cried Tom. 'Thou
hast saved my lifo, my Mary,' said her
husband, folding her in his arms.
'But what ails thee ?' thou sccmest
more sorry than glad about it. But Ma
ry could not speak, and if the strong arm
of her husband had not held her up she
would have fallen to the ground the sud
den joy after such groat fear had over
come her. 'Tom, let thy mother lean on
thy shoulder,' said bis father, and we will
take her home.' And in their happy
home they poured forth thanks to God
for his great goodness, and their happy
life together felt dearer and holier for the
peril it had been in, and the nearness of
the danger had brought them unto God.
And the holliday next day was it not
indeed a thanksgiving day.
Abduction of a lonng- Girl A Mortara
Case in Pennsylvania.
The following details of a most remar
kable case of abduction, are given by the
Tunkhannock (Pa.) Dcinocrat, of a recent
date :
Our village has been the scene of con
siderable excitement for some days past,
in consequence of the sudden and myste
rious disappearance, aomo two or three
weeks since, of a young girl, aged about
thirteen years, by the name of Catharine
Langdon, residing in the family of Nel
son Lee, proprietor of the American Ho
tel in this place, to whom she had been
entrusted by her father, John Langdon,
to rear up to womanhood. She has since
by extraordinary efforts, been found and
restored to her father and friends. The
reported particulars of her absence, as
given by herself, as near as we have been
able to gather them, aro as follows : It
seems that Catharine was attendingschool
and on Monday, the 26th of December
last, she was enticed away in company
with a young Irish girl by the name of
Sarah Shaughnessey, to the house of the
Hon. R. R. Little, where another Irish
girl by the name of Mary McGuire, was
in waiting to receive her. Catharine was
taken from thence to tbo house of Mrs.
Coad, a widow lady where thc Irish fre
quently hold "mass." The young girl
being rather thinly clad, without cloth
ing sufficient for a journey into the ooun
try, Mrs. Coad, she said, furnished her
with a shawl, and she was taken from
thence about a mile from the village, on
the road leading from Tunkhannock to
Laceyville, where she loitered in compa
ny with the two girls above mentioned,
until one Wm. Collins, an Irishman, soon
camo along, as if by arrangement, and
took her into his wagon and conveyed
her to his homo in tho backwoods of
Washington township, where no human
being would over have thought of looking,
and thero she was kept for nearly a week,
under
the instruction if she saw anybody
chins to secrete herself. From
appronchin
this place she was taken to Meshoppen
village whore tho Catholic priest was hoi-
ding mass, who took charge of her aud
conveved her from thence to a place call
ed a Convent in the township. of Choconut,
'mere was a areat snout. -jlic a saie,FnQ nnft , nn,. .-r
Susquehanna county, 1 a. distant about, tjJC ex-member of tho Legislature, char
thirty miles where she remained until jged with committing an assault and bat- ,
accidentally recovered by her father a fewj t'ery, with intent to kill Joseph M.Churcli. '
days since.
Mr. Langdon, who resides sorao dis
tance from town, hearing of the strange
disappearance of bis daughter, immedi
ately made dilligent search and inquiry
for her. He proceeded to this Mary Mc
Guire, who had been suspected of com-
plicity in thc atta.r, anu cx.orruu ' i wllt.n drC8Sed, G51 pounds. That'- what
her a confession of the whereabouts of Ins, be tenned . he wbolc b
daughter, add immediately started in pur-ju bav(J of nofh tQ j .
suit of her. Arriving within about two,
miles of the institution abovo mentionedj
he secured the services of two athletic, AsTONieniNG Longevity. A negTo
i 1.J l.;. n llin rvlinn K,l Ir, t. Pnnr I7fll50 nf. T?.Pl1fnli1 . (If
men anu wenueu uia u
n ntofl nnt to him bv the said Mary Mc-
Guire. On arriving at the institution,
ho discovered his daughter in the yard,
eithor playing or oarrying wood, and tho
finnirhfer immediately recognizing her
father ran to him, saying, "there is my
ro
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ends ot the law.
AGocd Text.
That was a strikinly intelligent person
who callfd nnnn n sirrn minim. (n
Wbat wi baye inted Qn ifc?
pami
"Wall, I d'n know; we ort to have a
text o' skripter painted onto it for a mot-
t hadn't ir ?"
.,ycs . thu,g a , idea
i sbaj jt bc 7?
j WoIlf Thought this would be
what
about
right
as good
sure you re
and then go ahead !' "
Law Ainong- the Hindoos,
A recent traveler gives U9 an account
of a very curious mode of trying titles to
land, as practiced in Hindoostan. It
seems that tbe contesting parties, in cer
tain case3 of appeal dig two ho!e3 in the
disputed piece of ground, in odo of which
the lawyer on either side puts one of. his
feet. Their positions being thu3 arranged,
they arc ezpoctcd to remain there until
one cf them becomes tired, or is obliged
to give out, from being stung by ihe insect-;
in which case the client cf the ex
hausted advocate is defeated. A contcm-
porary remarks, that the case is somewhat
different in this country as, here, the
lawyers dig the pit, and it is thc clients
who put their feet into it. That's so.
Affecting Incident.
At the funeral of a little babe in New
Sharon, Ct., a few days oince, a touching
incident occurred. The little one all
beautifully robed for tho grave, was laid
invito con on the morning of the burial.
The friends placed in iia 'littlo hand a
small boquet of flowers, among which
was an unopened rosebud of tho "rone of
Sharon." The lid was then placed upon
the cofna, and tho funeral services per
formed. When after the lapse of not
more than two or three hoars, tho cofno
was opened again, and thc friends gather
ed around to look upon it for the last
time, that bud had bocome a full blown.
Tflso while grasped in the cold hend of
deatbl
y
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Addition to the Duties of a Teacher.
The N. Y. Legislature got into the hab
it one session of passing bills by tbeir ti
tles, and a wag, taking advantage of the
carelessness, assisted at the enactment of
the following clause in a bill incorpora
ting an educational institution :
"It shall bo tho duty of the faculty of
said institution, on every Saturday eve
ning, for tho moral improvement of the
pupils, to give them ksso?is in catechista
and moral j)hilosop7iy, to kiss all the girls,
and spanlc all thc boys"
According to tbe Medical Magazine,
the blood of a horse is poison in the veins
of a dog; the blood of a sheep is poison
in the veins of a cat; but the blood of a
horse will revive tbe fainting as3. From
this it follows, that when transfusion is
practiced on human being, human blood
must be employed; and so employed, tho
practice is in some urgent oasea not only '
safe, but forms the sole remedy.
The Salem (Mass) Register says that
during tbe late mold spell the earth and
tne jce cracked frequently with a loud'
I report, and in one instance, a large lind
en tree on Olive street was split from tho"
root to tho top of the trunk, with an ex-
plosion like a pieoo of ordnance.
The iury in tbe case of C. M. Donavan.'
a memoer irom rnuaaeipuia, reiurneu aa
vordict, January 21st, of guilty of asa;
sault and battery only.
t r -r M i I r . j .
The Largest Yet. Mr. John Mcr
Gowad, of Uuion township, Berks county,. ;
slaughtered a hog this fall which weighed. .
ucu u iu mw - v., .,
a few days ago, who was stolen from the
coast of Africa, and was for many years
a slave of Col. Dibble, of Danbury. Oni
referring to the oldest inhabitants, it iai
believed that Jack, at tho time of his de
cease, must ha?& been 135 years old;.