l"H'f lllllll Itm Scuotcb to Jpolitics, literature, Agriculture, Sncuce, 'itloraliiij, an encral .Intelligence. VOL 20. 8TROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER 21, iSSi. IS 0-44. t I Published by Theodore Sehoch. TjSRMS. Two dollars per annumin advance Two Vlollirsand quarter, half yearly and if not paid be fore the end of the year, Two dollars and a half. N i iiapersdisooatinticd until allarrearagcsarcpaid, exceot at the option of the Editor. CAlrertisements of onesquare (ten line?) or less, bnc or three insertions, $ 1 00. Each additional inser ton, ij cents. Longer ones in proportion. JOC PRINTING. Having a general assortment of large, plain and or bamentalType, we are prepared to execute every de scription of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes. Blank Receipts, Justices. Legal and other Blanks, Pamphlets. &c.,prln ted with neatness and despatch, on reasonable tei ins at this office. THE SNOW ROBE. BY MINNIE MYRTLE. Last night ns we slept, And the vigils we kept By the spirit of a roguish star, In garments of white, Resplendent and bright Come the angels in cloud-wrapt car. But the star never spoke, Nor from sleep us awoke, To tell us that angels were near; So we slept right along, Nor heard we their song, Though sweetly they sang and clear. And they came for this From their homes of bliss, To present to our Mother Eurlh At which each of the band Had wrought with her hand A new robe as a token of worth. Both softer than silk, And whiter than milk, Wasthe stuff from which it was spun ; And the shuttle flew As the. thread it drew, Till the splendid robe was done. .. The warp was white And the woof was light, Through their mystic fingers run; And I'm sure it was made To wear in the shade For it soon would spoil in the sun.- Then fold after -fold 'Thev quickly unrolled Of the ample garment they'd wrought; And it sparkled bright In the stars clear light, Like the gleam ofa brilliant thought. Then away to the earth With a song of mirth Came the beauteous angel band, And the light of a smile Lit their faces the while Tor their joy at what they had pla n'd. And they spread it out, Without murmur or shout, O'er the wood, and the hill, and the plain ; Then hasted away Ere the break of day, To their glitering homes again. When we opened our eyes, What a glad surprise Was the view from our windows caught, Of the spotless while And the sparkling light Of the robe by the angles wrought. Green Valley, Nov. 15th. A Sturdy Patriot. The Rev. W. G Browulow. the fear less editor of the Knoxville (Teun ) Whig after a loDg conflict with the despot of Seceffia, and several narrow escapes from assassination, ha- finally been compelled to give up bis paper and go to jail. He says in bis farewell address : "I shall in do degree feel humbled by tieing cast into prison, whenever it is the lffill and pleasure of thin august govern ment to put me there; but, on the contra ry, I Bhall feel proud of mj confinement. I shall go to jail, aB John Rogers weut to the stake for my -principles. I shall go, beeause I have failed to recognize the band of God in the work of breaking up the American Government, and the in auguration of the most wicked, cruel, un natural and uncalled for war over recor ded in bitory. I go because I have re fused to Und to the skies the sets of ty ranny, usurpation and oppression, inflic ted upon the people of East Tennessee because of their devotion to the Constitu tion and Laws of that Government, ban 4ed down to them by their fathers, aud the liberties secured to them by a war of even long years of gloomt poverty, and trial! I repeat, I am proud of my posi tion, and of my principles, and shall leave them to my obiidren as a legacy, far more valuable than a princely fortune, had I the latter to bestow 1" A Secession Flag-. Lately the loy-1 people of Troy felt greatly outraged by tbti rumor that a gentleman, known to bo a loyal citizen, bad a iecesion flag flying from bis houe. Of course tboro was a tremendous hue and cry raised, and an excited party itarted for tbe premises. On reaching the house it wan fodnd to be a lady's bal Moral, tbat had been washed and hung fnm a back window to dry. The hus band avowed bis determination to stand by that flag ae long as be lived. j"File right!" taid an officer to his company. "Bedad," -aid an Irishman, who stood tear by, sharpening hie saw, "it's me own property, and I'll be doin' as I please with it." The Great ExDe&ition, THE FLEET IN A TERRIBLE GALE. THE ARRIVAL AT PORT ROYAL. S. C. The Terrible gale of Friday, Nor. 1, did tiot cost us ho dearly 8 at first we feared, though the probability that it had of fae8VJ Heos whioh ma!e 0TaHhDA work he did so. ho created do little merriment wrecked many of our ships and drowned with everjtbnj, on deck. Beyond -ear- in pite of tho storm, by quietly launch- hundreds of our men. wa, the sut.jeet of ryin awaj the dl,ck ,oadi and KD1Q,hin? iD(r bj, iife boat t; his trunJc imo u no moonsiderab e amount of humane self- up BOffie of the ylRhtcr wood work( no and QD board tfae MobicaQ with. gratulation on the part of the Southern daDl,orou. damage was done until 3 p. out wetting a hair. Tho Peerles9 went newspaper, or a part of them at leapt. m ?rjdajt wheu seven or eiht terrifio down within an hour. And we, of the earlier and faster ve-el, tc in quick UOwe8sioo -truck her, and as our fleet slowly straggled into tho bar broke ber h bracG8 In a feB mjnutsd 0UR VTrTnT?v m TTxr qnTTTTT tor of rendezvous after that most fcarul aDother ea gave ber SUeh a biow M t0 VICTORY Dff THE SOUTH, tempest, and as wc noieo the continued carry her Baioke.Btaok overboard, thus,1 A 8reat portion of pur space is this absence of one after another of our noble for lbe moment adding tbo terrible morning given up to the topio which en-vessel-, reluct.-w.lly made up our unwilling daDil-er ofre to the perils of the winds gages tbo attention of all. filling every minds to the sad belief that at leat six and wavert. At 8 p m. tbe toam pipe beart nitb exultatioo? aD(I lighting up ev of our sraiiher steamers had "one down; bur,t aDli at 2 a. m. of Saturday the rB nvp t. firo , . the ferry-boats Ethan Alien and Commo- ki' of tbe 'cjliod,r b,ew out, thus ' ' f noble enthuM dore Perry, the trnsj,orto Union Peer- oompeleiy diwablina the engine. At 4 asm' Nth,D tcan acd to tbe full le3, Governor, aod Bt-lvidere; there wasa m the rudder chain, broke, leaving r6Port aod gr -phio narrative of the glori also much anxiety about tho .hip Ocean her for lhe time totay unmanageable; 0US h aod, v,ctor at Port lloi'a wblob Express, tbou-h, as .she is a lare and lbo ticr wa8 pTe.eiity rbed but in a We ,urnl:ib from our sPec,al correspond etaneh sailing sbip. it wa, hoped that she few mimtCH tbe rudder bead broke Hborfc nt and other actors m the fry. We had merely been blown out ot her course off depriviUt, tbo vessels of all her steer- w."1 DOW um.erely lance at ,he BcId aid and would weather tho tra'c and yet make ; apparatus, aud ieavin- her a helpless G,vo thH br,cfot,t po-bIe summary of the her appearance. This latter vessel was wreck on th,. water in one of the bardoat events which thereon transpired to a great extent the rit'ht arm of the ex Taje8 that oVer bJew on tbis ooa9t After undergoing diro perils by the as pedition, for she carried all the heavy b After a few bours of aK0.izing PUS. 8a't of the winds and wave, our fleet cannon Wltn Wtlicn It wa- proposeq to make our Palmetto foothold good. Upon up thl'.ir nda that death was. for them, the same ship. also, by a rane over Mpel.d and certain, they poke the gun sieht of tUe Chief of Orduance fCpt i. cr,;.k -.i,,, iiaA nttP.nf McNutO.had b. en placed the entire ock ed h the GoernorV signals of di-.tre-8 J Lort ""T " , bow"',r to of pun ponder with whirh it had been in and ;be bnrk Youn- Rover. Both prom- d,8U3t tbo ?e,b.el coa,tuatde; "val tended to fill the ma.azin.s for the uo i.ed t0 sta b her.but in tbe tremend-1 WarfarC' a.nd b,S contemptible squadron of any siee-trains that might be organ 0U. sea then running, neither could ren- 8a"eredD hasty retreat. On 1 ues izd from Port Royal, for the benefit of dcr tbe syuhtt a!l.ist!ince. The Rover, da3 aD!,h '"P' Was 5ade., tb,s Savannah or OliHrle-ton. Should the ! bow pheered tbeir sinking hearts by 'alhatit fleet of Rebels to anmlulate the Ocean EXrre,sbe lo,t. the. army would tellin(T tlPBJ tbat 3 frigate wa- bear-, eat Expedition, and for two hour, there U en f-nnnUfl n in l. nlmn.t nnwnrl..n . - ,c . . x-e 1 wa- sharp firing. then three or four of "r t -- r for offence operation,, until new supplies couiu oe sum. ii tJuon a reai iohs moou - i i i . I r I i l i come to the knowledge of tbe enemy k vSJ . -uc iuc u.juiogc tu.gu,;t be taken of it. The act of loading ell the stores of sueb an iuespcnsable nature on a single fhip was one so strange as hardly to te credible of an old and expe rienced officer; and tbe condemnation of the mi-take was as unwreral a- wa- the feverish anxiety ragarding the fate of the ship. Perhap this i- the best place to men tion that the Chief of Orduauce. Capt. McNutt, on bein, spoken to in the ordi nary cour-e of busine-s, one morning, by Gen. Sherman. becane o violent in hi- 1-mguage and manner toward that very quiet and gentemauly offic r, that the by standers were obliged to -eize McNutt by force, temporarily but -umiuarily shut bis mouth, and drau him away. Fie was or dered unier arrett, and coofioed to hi. room. His friends caused a medical ex amination to be bad, and ho wa- pro nounced insane, and wa-, of course, at once su-peoded from hia responsible du ties. It is said that he baa previously bs-en aiHicted with .similar t-ymptoms. and it is not impes-ihie that hi- mind was not in a healthy ftate when he committed the strange error about the loading of the Ocean Ezpress. To return from this digression The anxiety was leu- conoernio: the other ves sels thau perhaps it miiibt otherwise have been from the fact that, with one excep tion, they carried no men beside thtir own crews. Ou board the Go ernor, however, wore Major John G Reyuolds battalion of oj!irine, 345 men, all told. The Pcerle.-s na- an Engli-b steamer, of -mall izc. anJ had on board 87 live beef cattle for the use o ttie army. ulthu- all were aved but seten, a corpora! Ethan Allen and Cooimo-Joro Port? L, S1V . pn were two ferry boat-, formerly employed lUa IVIIIIi rrt.tinr.Vi l?rriPk nml Wr mu iu- -" ww, of the same pattern an 1 size as tnosi mat now ply ou the East River Whoever cooccived the bright ides that uch floats couiu wcaiuiii """i-itfj i A' gaie ceriu.u.y u-D a u,.u fcu w. ..u-. - t I I I. - n ..k 1 11 il .xf 1 t In Art . I tl n ideas on marine suLjoets, and should by -au u au u,-uc wu, uC.v M.w..WJ tho. Navv However, there were the t .t . . noars. anu iney were io auuuipi iuu pu.i -- i - . u n i wage, auu weiu joieuueu vt uu "'"H'j"" i -ijpped overboard anu wore arowncu. in leading troops when we reached our j yhe niime;, 0f tbe drowned are as fol destinatioo. $ ! lows thev were all marines: raw li i t 1 If Tbe ijeiviuere nau on uoara nor-es auu i comm.-sory stores, and the Union h.d also a few cattle and some Quarterma ters' store Tbo Fleet be-;an to arrive in Port Roy al Harbor on Sunday niybt, but uo one of tbe abovo-mentioued mi.siur ves-els was seen until Thursday moruinjr when tbo Oecan Express came in. to tbe great relief of oil. Meauwhil i ,., f y ij runo, mosi uoie.u. account- au u- of the others. It was a,sert reached ed tbat the Governor had gone down. witb 200 mar.ne-th.. number, b , do grees, caiuu uuu iu . mst, nuiu point it steadily remained until some of tho rescued men arrived to et the mat ter right. The other mining vessels were all believed to bave one down. t7 . i. I,nffn,r i.1 UUH IJCwU oiUwD a-wui mi "wv , w)v..v-w., . . . .i i that the Uciou went a-nore, on toe hoore of Nor th Carolina, and all her crew were saved alive, though 73 were taken prison ors i.li:". .tor ...b a .U.g.. ...b .b. r i .. i: r i f Bel storm as few shins over livo to tell of. ri l,r Cfnr i lfnnwr. OUUJC DUICIV UUt. BUU Uw .w. , ... n . to the public; tho two ferryboats jitD.n r - n . Allen anu vjomuioaoro x erry, uuj.u ..ii . i -, i 1 1 K.wii.,.. tboj could not wca.ber lb alo. pul naoc for For.r.M Moor... biob place .b,, fin ii ... r i.... i n.,.,,,.r " .u ..;. h!r :louroi ; the I any roacueu, iu. Peerless and Governor both went down, under circumstance, which I will briefly sketch. Tho strainer Governor started from Fortress Monroe with tbe rest of the fleet, on Tuesday, Oct 29, and procedod pleas- nntly enough until we encountered tho gale, which began on Thursday night, and which soon increased to a tempe-t On Fridav she was .struck hv a nnmher pn.0 (lnrinf, wl,iP.h all nn hnnrrf mnHn irt'iliex i . , our gunooats, rjcing urea oi tnis roily, o- ; lpjjiiLs t pxtaeies of extravagant joy when the ; i t i -j . i, hnn!d i . t cm j l u pened broadsides in earnest upon 1 atnall. oouia riyate hove in sight. She proved tobeir, , , , f t. . ' mv it . o . - i i . -n- i j -j whose navy scratched away for the la.-t , m 11 ; the Sabine, and Capt. Ringgold promised ,J . , J . , ... miirl-t , .- e .u time, and disappeared in anyboles which "'g.todo everything in hi- power for their . tn n , loir aown 10 meir renei. ine men wciu .JQ pxtade, of extracarant io? wbon tbe " d ever-ithinff in hi- power aid a prouiiHe be most nobly redeemed. Sh arrived at 3 p. m Saturday, and at once oommencod operations for the rescue of the distressed sailors. By order of Capt Rinarold, the two -hips were fa-tened toother by two'pow erlul haw.-er-. The Sabine then veered out chain enouib to brinn her -tern within 30 feet of tbe low of tbe Governor. Two heavy spar were then rigged from the stern of th Sabine in tho direction of the sinking ship, and were thero made securely fast. The-o spars now projected nearly over the bows of the Governor, but they rose and fell with such tremen ou? swell, so tbat it would have been im possible for any person to cross. from one -hip to the other by crawling along tbe spar; this, however, had not been inten ded but a aafor plan was adopted, as fol lows: . From tbe ends of the spars were lower ed strong ropes, ringed to run oa-ily through pulley blocks at the end of the rone that dropped on board the Governor a runuing loop was made, and the crow ot the SaMne manned tbe other end; all things beinu ready, the loop wa made fast under tbe arms of a a; an. tbe crew of the Sahine ave a quiek run aft, and in far le?.H time than it takes to tell it, tbe re-cued man was rai-eo into the air and swung on board the frigate. Thin were about thirty men saved, when both hawsers t roke. and the shipH were adrift from each other; tbe Gover nor was hen brought close under the quarter of the SaMne, and about forty 1 I . I ,l..t. ....A otberrt W(.r,. finally a-sisted on more n.en irnpuu tu urCOO, uw . board and' Qf lnc,e four were l08t trying to cro-a 1 1 fPi 1 oniric naw-ers irom suip iu num. xuuy. bin woujd take bod Qf tho , , .. hno7Mfir nrhnn if wart rJiaokt aud attempt to pull tbem-elves j b!jj,tjy across, but a- the waves throw the .hi n- anart ana lliinieneu inu rouu- wu - I. t c - . . a uUQ KlraMli ,ne unuappy iueu wou.u would be jorked from their bold fllty fect into tue aIfj anu W0U1U ineu ia ...u uuu - ' n.. mm entilifli! to death i ft 3 . . . .. .1 i between ibe vessels, and tue oiner inreo . . i j SI . -r Cornoral Thomas McKeown; Privates , T,rootby Lacy. Edward II. Miller. R. Camphoi. Walker, Gorman, lUanus urown. The re-cued men express the most live - y gratitude to I apt. Ring-old and h. jamei. Wiley of tho Marines, was also WQSt ,.fB0,ut j as-i-ting to save the m'n - Thv sasd all their muskets tut 2i); rew, WIIU nil nru"" ua"i. uuiiijf v-f. 10 (,()) I0uljd8 ot cartr.(lges. aun a .man quautitJ 0f clothing Tbo marines are - . . . uow to go to Bay Point, to garrison, tho Uulj 0iiptured Fort Br auregard Tue uovernor was not uu oiu uoui, auu wa, built to run between Ban-or and Bos- . At .r a. m. ou Suuday, Nov. 3, she turned tottom up and sunk LOSS OF THE PEERLESS ni.:.. .. rfnrfiil to xu,a o. . bo used ,n the sUanow waters o. w rn r vbth and creeiCH. olieuua on uuaiu in, . .... .r.op, .be, r. d.d .. H7 with nhitili number be itnrteu lor th- destiliiilioo o tbe Ueet 15 W caug.ii " .i .1 . 1. . .. .in t:t. sit-nals of - ! , I t 1. -nndnn run fin .li'Mttl in iue '. r.. Fo . Lr.uTalK tne (iuie, iue cupiaiu .uu ui n, strops, when the Star of tbe So iwn for bi aid, but oame too eh n into tbe Peerless on tbe qua . c l,; ..nl Ki,. naixo tnn 1'ln.Mn i i.irn.. tx iu ri f, n niur u. iue kj vj l i for hi- aid. but oame too close, and uowu .u. .... - r i". V " " 'Pof flu.tiiif Kt'vere damage lhe oaptain oi Uiotmg -evero uama-e ' -7 "- tne r-n M .u - the PeTef.s then lightened uis u.p y throwiu" tue cattio overuouiuj uu miuow she would have ridden out the gale in safety bad he not been injured by the Star o the South. Howover. he found that bin ship wa winkine and bo wa o- bligd to leave hir His crew were all taken off by the Mohican. The captain ttm )nt tn lnaa KJ- d.;n ,u u 1 1 "J . jr muiuiug, Now. 4, and ery soon reoeived the com plioient of a noi-y attack from the "Mus kto" Bert under Commodore Tatnall. j , - , . , f .. f .. i ;our nboa 9'. bcJD t,red of th,rt lo11 f" j opened to them. On Wednesday thero was no fighting. The decisive battle and consequent victory took place on Thursday, Nov 7. At the mouth of Port Royal are two fort, Beauregard and Walker A many of our ves-els a it wa deemed advisable to employ, began at 9 o'clock tbeir bom tardment. Fort Walker, on Hilton H ad, mounted 23 gun-; Fort Beauregard on Bay Point, mounted 16 uns. Our vessels, making a majestic circuit, pour ed in their fire, broadside after broad -eide, upon the two forts. The sceuco is described as ruo-t tbriliingly mag nificent; tho tempe-t of shell was un equalled; every gun W8S aimed with pre cision, and served with rapidity. The nhore batteries returned our firr bravely, but-without effect; they had calculated ou an easy vi tory, and fell a prey to pmic when they discovered tbat the "Yankees" refused to be annihilated. The battle began at twenty-six minutes past nine in the morning, and athalfpa-t two in tho afternoon the National flag was planted on the soil of South Caroliua, greeted by tbe shouts of thousand of pa triots, and saluted by strains of jubilant music from the variou- bands of tbe fleet. Soon a regiment, the 7th Connecticut, was put on Bbore to take po-session of Fort Walker, over which the Stars and Stripes wore then flying. Thoy ru-hod to their work with the alacrity wbicb ba marked every movement forward of our troops; but. th re was little work for them to do; the Retielw, panic stricken, had fled in oio-t admired disorder leaving bebiud ' t tm fnnH ninth in. cnlunhles. everything , . ., j The road over wbi-'h they ran half a do zen miles acroxs the island was utrewn with mu-kets, knapsacks, and heaps of other imnlementB ot" warfare. It is said - . , 0 . i. c 4 IUUL lUCV IQOH UUHIB Ol ODIUIUUO IVI vja- vannah, but their movements cauuot be witb preoision at tbis moment reported. Tbe next morning tbe .National Ua,j was uvi"f? irom vuri uruui aaai u -iou, n . . r?. u j i , ., - - , R Beaufort wa, de,erted by all , fe was too d runk to move. He bad celebrated the anuihi . . ( , i Dilation o inc yankoo-'' too early, and witb too free a bowl. The negroes bad everything their own way. Their mas ters have informed tbo world that tbe blanks deire nothing this sidu of tbe grave Slavery ami the dear privilege of g . d,,frnse ot their .hackle,.- : Tb( tbeor. reducud to practice has failed . WH pila,i tbeir masters and oatstrutohod bauds t0 tho .jn nd 0 The Flag on 'tbo (.1)0r"(,8 wi,cra ft Wil ,', i.,i..a i, onco more waves on was fir-t in-ulted has been purphaued 11IUIK sairuuiu nuvw. - - " wi -" I - kl)led P0Vt:uAy ded aD(, n flli ht, woundd; total, We have an e-timate c ' which makes it 1 iO killed. timate of tho rebel loa, 100 wounden. t r... liatrni linj 'i 'ADD ulnirns aunual Qf cottQO aod oorn . ... . fi,, ,,() From this tlU UIII1IKIJ ILL J statement it is olear that it- posses-don by us must be a terriblo blow to tho rebels, and an incalpulablo adautuao to the jNa- t., Wp ,mlfl 8Dcndid harbor. u- " f . nu uo- - and we have a P-""",,; luny aiiat,Kiu "jr s not . , . l. Anr fln..f uill nrn - r vent au attnek from tht quarter, sve.n it ,.h rku had anv vessel-. There is no . c mI. i . !...... mhttli la rf1 Viil..llt a-peci oi lu. j " - ,i10 8url) pr(1(.ur0r ofo.eD b. r."". moro uiunaui " , ,. K . nj,.r nv D,a00 for oi iUar hntt. nr v-lBlotv.-.Tribime. uo,M -Utt" V, R rA..rM- puv. rf Kow Bomb-Shells are Made. The manufacture of boocb-abells is ve ry iutere-ting. Tbe shell is firt filled with old fashioned lead-n bullet-; ajclted ulphor is theu poured in to fill up the in terstices aud bind the bullets in one -olid mass; the -hell ix then put in a kiud of b lathe, and a cylinder hole of the exact mze of tho orifice of tho shell is bored through the bullets and -ulphur. Tho cavity is fiiled with powder even with the edge of the orifice, a fix inch shell of tbe kind here dc-cribed holding about half a pound. The fuse fitted into tbo orifice ia a recent Belgian invention, made of pew ter, and resembles the screw cap ased for tbe patent fruit can An examination of this pewter cap .show., however, that it is made of to hollow di-es of metal screwed together aud filled with meal pow der. A number of fine holes are drilled in tbe lower dine, while tho outer disc is entire and marked with figures in the cir ole, I, 2. 3 4 In thi.- ftate the -hell is water proof. When taken for use tho gunner by means of a teel scall instru meut, scoops out a portion of tbe outer soft metal burface and leaes bare the charge of composition powder below it. If the shell i- desired to explode in ono second after leaving the gun, the scooping is made on tbe figure one; if in two sec onds on the fuurc two, and so on; the idea e'Dt that tbe shells of this aescrip tion shall first -triko the object aimed at and do execution as a ball, and then ex plode, -ending the bullet- forward as if from another caunon located at tbe poist where the flight of the shell is arreted. Larjre shells of eight or ten inches are filled with powiler only and bursting, do execution by mean of their fragments. These larre shells are generally fired by means of or o fu3e of meal powder, exten ding fhrougb a trass plug screwed into the mouth of tbe shell. In both cases tbe tuse is fired by the ignition of the charged in the gun To Tree Swine from Vermin. A writer io the Southern Planter says: "If your hos are lou-y, go to their rub biug place, or what is better, take a rouh twelve foot io, to tbe feeding place, and keep ifjjpHtaotly smeared witb tar. No -paniol ever loved water better than a lou-y hoti loves tar, and he applies it him self to the mo-t infested spo'ts on bi body so effectually that the lice speedily disap peared. I have seen 95 out of 96 hos smear thomseWos with ter in less that 30 minutes after they had access to it, and not ons btd ever kuown its use before." Corn as Fuel. On a certain portion of tho Illinois prairie corn U being used as fuel instead of coul, aud is found an excellent substi tute In the district referred to corn is lAct-s per bushel, and coal 12 cts. to 17 cts Not only i? tbe difference in tho price in favor of the corn, but a bushel of it gives more beat than a bushel of coal. Jones heing a j;reat lover of dogs has a famous breeder, and tbe pups are in great demand among those who know and appreciate tbeir quality Jones has a irreat iiany friends and whenever any of them visit bim his enthusiasm for dogs leads bim to boast of the breed of his own Tbf resuls is bis frieud make bim prom ise to sae one of tbe pups for bim when the next litter is produced One day Mr- Joue inquired in a quiet way Jones bow nany pups will that won der'ul dog bave ?" "Three or four perhaps." "Do you know how many of tbe next litter you have promised to your lriends!" No " " You have already promised thirty five 1" " Well," replied Jones, reddening lightly and speaking witb con-idorable vehemence, "'a man tbat won't promise a frieud a pup is a mighty mean man.'' Mrs. Pepper and the Philosopher. Mr- Pepper uot tbo better of tbe phi losopher the other day, in arguing the question whether women or men talked the most. "You say women can talk a man almost to death, ' faid Mrs P., "but I -hould like to know if Smson didn't jaw a thousand Phili-tines to death!" Tbe pbilo-opher ave in. gSoma friends of ourn in Akron, Ohio, have a little girl about four years old, and a littio boy about six. They had beeu cautionod in their mornintr "trife aftrtr hens' eg-, not to take nway tbe nest epg tut, one morning, tho little j?irl reaching the ne-t first, -eized an e:g, and started for the hou-e Her disappointed brother followed, crying "Mother, moth er! Suzy, beM been and got tho egg the old hen measures JjjA eeging Irishman, who repre sented himself as a Ilunc arian esile, was asked whwt part of Hungary bd came from. "I haint larnt jograpby much," said Pat, ' for sure. I niwer wint to -ohool but one day, and that was io the evenin', and we hadn't no candlo. and the mater' didn't come; but it was bunury enough ydu'd find every mother's son a rouud there if you once went to tho placel" (7 Mr. Brown, I want to buy a shill-. inL'H worth of hay." "Very well, you can havo it; i it for your father!" ''No, 'taint; it' for the boss. Dad don't eat hay." From the Scranton Republican. Remarkable Escape of a Large Family From Death by Lightning. Mr. Macartney Dear sir. Knot' iuj that you are anxious to inform your" readers of all important matteri of local or private interests, as well as national and foreign; and having beeu a guest of tbe alluded family an eye witoeis and a participant in the extraordinary event I will endeavor to give you some of tbe particulars connected with it. On Monday. October 7th, I had occa sion to visit Hollisterville, Wayne county on bu-iness-, and wan iuvited to spend tbo night at the bou-e of Mr. Jas. Waite, a deacon of tbe Baptist Church, and a welf known oitizen ot tbat place. XJuring the day tbe atmosphere had been portentous of a gathering storm, and early in tbe e vcuing the rain began to fall heavy, ac companied with thunder and lightning. At 10 p m tho family retired, and after about half an hour, whioh I spent in my room. I also retired for the oiht. At a bout 1 1 o'clock I wa suddenly awaken ed from a very sound deep by an awful concussion, which -eemed like the final de-truction of all things The building: ceemed tottering to it fall, while tbe rin ging of tho falling window glasi and tbe rumbling of the earth beneath combined to make it altogether more than the hu man mind, just from the land of dreams, could fully comprehend. At the moment of waning the sensation was truly awful, affecting me so much that I could not find my clothing or tbe uotrance to my room, though I eagerly sought for both. Up to this time, which was but a few a& oonds, I had beard nothing from tbe fam ily, and reseating myself upon the bed in mingled confusion and consternation,. I beard Miss Waite call from her cham ber. I again sought aod found my room door, and called to know if any of the family were killed, and what tbe matter was; but as yet no answer came. But soon I heard Mr Waite's voice calling for a match. As soon as be had obtained a ligbt, repeated exclamations from seve ral voices expro-five of the greatest con sternation, followed. In the mean time I had found my clothing, (or a portion of it.) and was prepared to meet bim (Mrv W.) as he descended the stairs from his room on the second story.. He 03 pressed hi3 gratitude for the safety of his family, although bis house seemed seriously in jured. We then repaired to the kitchen, to find every thing in the room thrown into the greatost po-siblo confusion. Tbe door wan blown out of tbe frame; the htove (which was a very heavy one) was thrown from its position, and from marks in the coiling, as also from the foot prints of the stove in the floor, it would seem as though it had been thrown against tbe ceiling and landed very nearly in tbe cen tre of tbe room, some of the feet being broken while others had sunk into the solid flooring to the d. ptb of half an inch by its ifflcieoie weight. The window casings were blown off, the gla"s blown out, and in some oases the ea-hes also, while the flooring was torn up and splin tered into pieces. From this room we descended to tbe cellar to find everything there too a eimilarily confused mass, and several of the joist under the kitchen floor broken off as if tbey had been pipe stems. From here we went to the butte ry adjoining the kitohen to wituess a still moro dismal scene. Flour, bread, pies, broken dishes, broken glass, &o., all thrown in one promirououa mans. We then examined tbe petting, and the ad joining room in which I slept, and found the floors forced up from the joists, and tbo bed in which I lept had been re moved to very neirly the centre of the room. He then took me to his own room on tbo -econd floor above, and found win dow oasiugs, furniture, &c, iu a similar condition. In the garret we found tbe chimney strewn iu overy direction and the stoe pipe melted up or Mown open. Tbe ccili Djj through which the electric fluid pa-sed had the appearaneo of hay ing been pcrtorated by bullets. During all this time the house was fil led witb fumes almo-t to suffocate, as if it bad been a mixturs of sulphur, toot and gas, which led u to make a more thorough .examination in order to ascer tain if tho building was on fire, but none oould be d. Hoovered By this examination it appeared that tbe charge had entered tho roof near tbe chimney, and coming in contact with tho latter, and glanced off in two different directions ono portion passing down tbr-ng'i the buttery and out at the uortb-ea t side, while tbe prin cipal poriion pas-ed through the kitchen floor tuto tho collar, and out under the ball (south west side) and the tooob in which I slept, apparently raising that side from tho foundation and forcing the whole broad side some dUtauco from its original position, removing a atone of sev eral bundrod pounds from tho bedding aS tho ball door and tearing up tho ground as if it, had bcon a cannon ball. Thus Mr Editor, I have given you as nearly as I can xonie oi the particulars of one of the mot terrifio scenes that I ever witnessed, aud ft hat seems almost incred ible, none of tho family were seriously in jured nor the houe burned. Tbo next morning tho neighbors cams' from all direction to see the ruins, some of them remarking tbat after tbe events' of the precee-tiua ntiht.I might venture to ao to war without much feir of bul lets. M L'M,.
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