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VOL. 24.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA APRIL 6, 18C5.
NO. SV
Published by Theodore Sclioch. Hasby and the Draft. Indignation Superinduced by Petroleum.
, TERM3-T wo dollars nyrar in advance-anil if no ' Petroleum V. Nasby gives the follow- Tim nfl,,. ,1 T rtr
id before the end of the you, two dollars and f.tfy in CO(TCrit reasong whL n oilnnM "if L n other day I came across a Western
t. will be cimrgcU. , , V V r reaS0DS wnJ he sllould not be Congressman who apoeared to be in hiirh
. No piper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, drafted: Lf-f.?P: J ujji.aii.u io db in mgn
except at the option of the Editor. i T ton In flm i i ,t . n tacc oi indignation at something or other
, lO-.v-lvcrtimentsofonc square of (eight lines) or' 1 SG0 m tno papers last nitc, that thc'and in response to an inmiirv fnwlmf
),onor three inscrtions$i so. Each additional Government has institooted a draft an(l!wn Iv. lLiPuse to an inquiry as to what
fn.crtion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion. th. . - i , , , flra"' and,was the matter With him, he unbosomed
., that in a few weeks hundreds uv thous- himself as follows
JOB PRIKTIS G, lands uv peaceable citizens will be dragged "If, PnnnTfi w.fl, a j - i
of all riots, to the tented fceld. I know not wat oth-1 iusfc to tS I il .M7M mad
Executed in the h.ghesl tyle of the Art.and onthe ' crs may do, but CZ fer me I can't 1 i t JUSt D0Wmeta el"
niit iKiir.xhlotonnc I J u u u Jlr me X CaU C gO. , (1W fllfl.. T noll l.n- -..J. TIT 1.
ITnon a rirri. no,;...: . " w ivuww u.i it uai, as a
kleman 1 findlf! T y poor journeyman carpenter, and a botcb
niL foim l,lat' o couldn't earn his salt, ex-
ucss foi me 2 undertake a campanc, to cept at the meanest kind of mending and
1 T'm lml.l w,, i , j i t , , ! Patching. I thought as I saw him com
i. l m bald heded, and hev ben obliged' inn- nn j i -n
9 fi ' V 1 J , . I a great
... "uv .uulluru In wat scanty. nair(his vest and
ami a luuuu my venerable tcmnlea. i
must rcasurrible terms.
From the St. Joseph (Mo.) JTcralil.
A Sad History.
Wc .lately met a 3'oung aud interesting
girl at the house of an acquaintance who
told us a tale of wroug and suffering that j
would furnish material for a good sized '
novel.
living
The Oldest Man In the World.
We will not assert that the oldest of
men is a resident of Wisconsin.'
but we challenge any other State or coun
try to produce a man or woman who has
attained the age reached by Joseph Orele,
now residing in the town of Caledonia,
Columbia county, in this State.
T : .1. n 1 -r 1 .
-Lunug me x'rencn itevomtion one
The Victims of Eebel Cruelty.
The Wilmington IS". C. correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press writes of rebel
cruelty to Union prisoners as follows :
"Everywhere iu the lower part of the
city tne eve is afflicted with the siirht of
j skeletons arrayed in every sort of uncouth
guru, jlou iook at tlieir strange, unnat-
urai laces, and wonder whether these are
One year ago this young lady left her
home in Pennsylvania a borne where all
o
o.
I hev a chronic katarr.
watch-chain hanging out of
a diamond nucr on nearlv
every finger I really thought the fellow
T t 1 t nr - 1 .1 ...
tiean waua jacoo, a member ot the JS'a- tne visages ot Jiving men, or not rather
11 iuucu tne jjuuu Ul mi 11 111 j 11 u oivlUfj LI 1 1 v nripn npnr n
i.lv " " --a .J ' v.w m
tne human species, the eldest of men." j neshless skull. Their eyes are sunken
I In 1 1' l : 1 1 . " - '
uia aujuau-u worn iace were piougned , uu you scarcely see that they have vis
tho furrowings of one hundred and twen- J ion. They are often hatless, and you will
Irr !!. ft T A .1 1 I it. t 1 . n '
vwma. xuc our '-ueau oi tne Human sec cne nead ot a vouncr man or bov
j
An individual who owned a small tav
ern near the field of Waterloo; the sce'rio
of the last great action of "Napoleon, was'
frequently questioned as to whether he
did not possess some relics of the hnttl
and as in invariably and honestly answered'
in the negative.
1..
jjul ue was very poor, an
whilo lamenting to a neighbor
1 hev lost, since Stanton's order tosaw him before
the luxuries of life were at her command. wVi i, f- J- T're?' s
tt , , , , . i have chronic lnflamntinn in flm nfhnr
had been robbing somcbodv. for when I
he looked as if he really
Her parents were indulgent, and she, an! k r T fV-,,faiua"on m tne 0Ulcr
only child, was loved with all the fondn, J . ? M? te,etll.ls a11 ? nJ "7. Pallfc
A-.fi. tim i- i ucwiu iiu iuokuu as u ne reain
l '3. fK.3f. "5 f!?"!. ; obody. cast ofi clothes to J.
er his nakedness.
only child, was loved with all the fondness ' - inT et J u." a" ?7 i i7 1 P" ! toId hlm 1 was Slad to see him and
oi true and parental allection. jo wishoi , T ' mvu congratulated him on his healthy apnear-
i-1 -i n . . tx Uilia liiaL .1 (Kin . rtr nrocont I lnv n mi . . -
oi ncrs remained uuirratided. lor s in rn? i ,r .. - ----- A .;mco.
species is nearly twenty years older than bald as an old man's nate. A few weak-
Claud Jacob, who did not complete his straggling hairs are all that suffering has
one hundred and twentyhrst year.
Joseph Crele was born in Detroit, of
French parents. The record of his bap-
the idol of those parents, and the light of uSiu Parcsisms uv wblch lsf"ful 2
the home made desolate by au act which 7 T- at j n 1 -..
vrlM fnrorr Msr if si,nrlmM n ! ( 1 am amictcd with chronic diarrear
"-iii. .,,i i-i: nM. t i -1
"uu ".uanvciiusa. j.ne money i nev paid
ted with a
hor in glowing terms tlte glories of Utah
T t i ,0i i , . and KOS
III in ll'llirr 1X1,1 c lin hnn.im - .. T..
.i .:.i. ' i . . . , !cr Janeses karramnativ b'alsnm and nills
iiiuruioii prcacuer, wno painted , ,t , , , - r
.:.-J. ... F- r- , wood astonish almost envbodv.
Ihen said I to him. 'Jim. what
i have you been doing since I saw you' last,
a goou while agor lie lingered his
watch-chain a while, and looking at me,
said coolly, 'I've been in business in Wes
tern Pennsylvania 'What kind V said
I. 'In the oil business said riv. Ali
1 J
and the Mormon religion, lie told her' t P'es, ana am indeed said I. 'I suppose, then, you've
on an sides by giant mountains, whoso
uvuuuiui .nnyo ui ui.ui. iuiitiii-.il r 1 I , - . .
t y. i nev varrytose vauos, hev a white
o r. .-. 1 K . 1 i p
peaks, burnished by eternal snows looked 'JC "if 1 ?u . V i U
.,ir nn .!, ...iu,.. r ' tlie other also one leg is shorter than
Z :X ;mT:r''"u i i:u s!tot!1er1 though I handle it so exnert that
huu uv uuus uwu cnosen Kiniirnn. . i i " .. , .
uodou- never noticed it.
.iS.u.u.u,i ".auwio una ny con- watwitha draftin 0Sifer but the nbovo
cave fnends, family, and all the no mcd rCMOna w, j . ' . ; .fc
ts of home, ando with him to no doubt bc sufScfent. '
peopled by Uod s own chosen kindred,
who were free as the mountain torrent,
that leap the rocks of the lofty Timpana
gos range. lie told her of the content
and peace reigning among the saints, and
assured her that the Mormons were God's
own peculiar people, and so worked up
on her imagination that she iinally con
scntcd to leav
endearmeu
the Valley of the Saints
Arriving at Chicago he forced her to
marry him, the ceremony being perform
ed by a mock priest, without record or li
cense. On the last ef April she left Wy
oming. Nebraska, with a Mormon train,
lor tiie laud ot promise, and u
nreu in the city of the Saints. Here
hc found that her husband had four oth
er wives, who regarded her with no ten
der emotions, but heaped abuse and con
tumely upon her head.
After a few months her liege lord told
"her he had concluded to seal her to an
other, who had taken a great fancy to her;
that his other wives were jealous, and
were determined his last wife should live
with him no longer.
She declared that she would die before;
hc would bc thus put away and forced to
live as the wife of a mau with whom she
had no arquaintance, and ' had seen but
oucc iu her life. Her husband told her
it was lirigham Young's order and she
must do so or lose her .life. Determined
not to bc thus sacrificed, she started to
run away with the intention of making
her way to Camp Breckinridge, in Cedar
Valley, then garrisoned by United States
troops, and claim protection there. She
started on foot. and, after traveling about!
ten miles, was caught and brought back,
placed iu a dungeon, or rather a cellar.
aud kept there a month, with just enou
10. I hev korus and bunyans on both
feet, which would prevent me from mar
chin. I don't suppose that mv nolitical nnin.
i r
done pretty well I expected to hear
him say yes, that he had done very well
had made forty or something that way ;
but instead of that, he says to me. 'Well,
no, I haven't done very well ; I've only
made 50,000, but I think I will do bet
ter next spring "
This was the culminating point of the
Congressman's indignation the inmu-
dencc of the carpenter, thinking he had'nt
ion which arc iormcst the prosecution of done well at 850,000, when a few months
i.i.o uuuuuaLiiuuailllUl war, WOOU 11CV anVlarrn in wnc Innl-I Ton ;nUa o
llbOVC JnV. and nnilMn'f, rrnt Minm Anil oil nn
accountof 'ile Cincinnati Commercial-
Petuolkum V. Nasby.
Saixt's IlEST,(which iz the state of
noo gersy,) Jan. 15, 1865.
'1 he wagis uv sin is doth Sich is the
nally ar- Sllbst;ms uv a passage uv Skripter, which
uL ! slnce mi esilc 2 this loanly shoar hcz bin
how
my solis. How troo the remark :
r;i i i .i i '
lurmy ncs ic oiu reilized.
The ashen t Dimokrisy owned this Guv
ment, and mite hev lied it to-day. But
then tha wuz a eyechus set. Tha didn't
run after harlots. Jaxon and Benton,
and Silas Write, and sich men, boo wuz
men and kept us strafe. But when tha
went to there respective rewards, anuther
fcJass uv men okkepied us. Jim Bookan
non and Jeff. Davis tukhold uv theDimy
kratic kite, tore off its time-honored tale
Hkal llite3, and substi tooted.. Slavery.
The result iz b-i the wurld. Dimokrisy
iz in the mud, and the Apilishinists hev
the Post orfices, Alars !
In the olden times we used to hcerthis
song
"How the car uv emansipashin
Iz rolin grandly thru the nashun'
I've seen that car, and its on tew wheels
and caricz balls frum G 2 5 hundred
pounds in wate. Sherman rode in 2 Sa
vauncr t'other da.
The harder the wurk yoo dew fer the
devil the more dcth you git fer
wagis.-
l.
!..!. l :.l. I.. li. ii. ; i
fnr.,1 tnsiukun liiV Tim man with wl.n.n ' u u"Jf iu me btyvis uv out-
i . .r. 3 i- t:.. r .1 : i. i Very.
iie rciubuu iu utu ircqucuuy visiicu ucr.
:cry. e disini.'ys our conshenscs, went
back on our recurd, swore black wus white
and vie-, eveu going so fur ez 2 go in 2
wars 2 perpctooatc it. What iz the re
..n ?
i . n..i i i . i ; i.ii. i ? i iauibi
jasi yiciucu, ami was uuiy insiaiieu in uis T. . . , . ,. , , .. , . ,.
c .i .1 t tt i r -i Jjiukin has abohsht it bi proklamation.
family, as tne sixth wife. Ucrc she found ; , , . , , , . .. . . ,. , , .
, f. - , i i- : i Hs blookotcd hirelms hev abolisht it,
as before, the jealousies aud quarrels an- i n i ii i
i , ii i i - i niggers and all, wherever tha hev gone,
cmg were intolerable, aud she again dc- c, , ' ., f
C ' ' n li fi t M 1 TMn 1 1 1 ail m i.i Hi ArtnnmiTA ,nnif
OUU1 lUUlUl UA.tUUillU lUUlO.
and besought her to change her resolu
tion in order to save her life.
Through force of circumstances she at
tcrnnncd to escape or die in the attempt.
This time she succeeded iu reaching the
headquarters of Gen. Conner, to whom
the told her tale of suffering. The Gen
cral scut her through to
the States with
a government train bound for Port Kear
ney, which place she reached early last i
week.
t?he leaves this city to-night, a repent
ant sorrowful child, for her home in
Pennsylvania that home which she was
persuaded to desert through the misrep
resentation and wiles of a crafty scoun
drel. What jny and gladness will swell
up from the hearts of those parentswhen
they again behold the one they believed
lost to them forever. Wo drop the veil.
aud tha maid
A.nd finally the Koufedrisy, which wuz
! institooted 2 presarv it, is perposin to
throw it ovecooard cz the prise uv recog
uishun, and this tha dew without stoppin
2 enquire wat iz tew becum uv us north
ern dimokrats who hev tied ourselves 2
everyday occurreuccin this busy sinful;
world.
it.
So rccklis sailers fling overboard a prise
lis cargo 2 saiv a wurthlcss hulk. So Jo
ncr wuz histcd in2 the billin waves 2 saiv
a set uv mariners who wuz not profits.
Wood o-wood that I, like him cood be
goobbled up by sum frendly wale, who
wud, in doo time, vomit me out on dry
laud.
Ez fer me i'm dun. I'm a anti-slavc-
Mi conshense
me
1, j 1 . Ai .j i ..a ' 1 J UltlU UUU1 tUIS 1.1 111 U UUU Xi
' . irnn r n I Inur V. enrrff- i r nn Atirrnr 1
II VII W U11V II U1U OU VI A U IX J AWUteWl I
and besides it don't pay. Ez the sole ser
vivin leader uv the Dimokrisy, I shell
immejiately ishoo a scrklcr instructin uv
'em 2 inaik this change of frout.
P:tiioleu.m V. Nasby.
An Ingenious Scoundrel.
We yesterday learned from a gentle
man in this city, of the following outrage
perpetrated in Mechanicsburg last week :
A well dressed and honest seeming fellow,
whose name has not been obtained, called
at the residence of Mr. Elkin. a merchant
in that city, about 11 o'clock on the night
mentioned, and, with tear moistened eve
and damp handkerchief, whicb was fre
quently used in the direction of his ocu
lar organs, pitifully requested Mr. E. to
go with him to his (Mr. E.V) store, in
auother part of the town, and sell him a
shroud for the burial of his deceased and
only brother.
Mr. E., touched by the fellow's grief.
and ever willing to perform any act of hu
manity, put on his overcoat, felt in his
pocket for the key of his store, and dis-
venng it to be there, started off with
the stranger to sell him a shroud. Tears
were shed by one, and words of consola
tion were breathed in a sympatctic voice
by the other as they passed down the
street arm inarm. The store at leneth
was reached, the key was inserted in the
lock, the door yielded, and the two men
entered.
Mr. Elkin found a match, lit a candle.
and proceeded to measure off the pattern
ior a snrouu. .
the midst of h
i: - i i r
iism to tne uatnolic church of that city
shows that he is now 159 years of age.
He has been a resident of Wisconsin for
about a century. Whenever mention is
made of the earliest inhabitant, there
need be no question as to the person.
Joseph Crele is undoubtedly the man.
He was first married in New Orleans, 109
yean ago. Some years after he settled
at Prairie du Chien, while Wisconsin was
yet a province of France. Before the
llcvolutionary war he was employed to
carry letters between Traine du Chien
and Green Bay. It is but a few years
since that he was called as a witness in
the Circuit Court, in a case involving the
title to a certain real estate at Prairie du
Chien, to give testimony in relation to
events that transpired eighty years before
He now resides witb a daughter, by his
third wife, who is over seventy years of
left.
to
age.
The residence of the family is only four
or five males out of Portage City. From
citizens of that place we learn that the
old man is still active, is able to chop
wood, and to walk several miles. He
speaks English quite imperfectly, but
converses fluently ia the French lan
guage, ne stoops a little under the bur
den of years, but not more than many
men of seventy. In person he is rather
above the medium height, spare in flesh,
but showing evidences- of having been iu
his prime a man of sincwey strength.
Concerning his habits, a subject of much
interest in connection with an instance of
such longevity, we have been able to
learn but little, except that he is an in
veterate smoker.
A very good dagucrrotrpc picture of
him taken in IbOb, may be seen at the
rooms of the State Historical society.
T17scoji5m Journal.
How to Prevent a Divorce.
When the senior Jonathan Trumbull
was Governor of Connecticut, a gentle
man called at his house, requesting to see
his excellency in private. Accordingly
he Was shown intn bis JsnnnfriTri cnnnfnrnm
and the Governor came forward to meet
I Squire W , saying :
"Good morning,
you.
W. returned the salutatation, saying
as he did so
"I have called to sec you on a very un-
His bereaved customer, in ' P!casa"fcr crr?H r and want your ad
ds lamentations, suddenly , c- M wjfc. and Ty ?, ?ot h!c haPPlJy
sir ; I am glad to see
"am a mnsf. sffirfHno- wfcietM flm Anrw n 1
pencd again, as at the vcrv utterance of a divJ?.rce" What do.you advise sir ?"
- W ' ml t
magic sound, and in bolted two ruffians.
who, together witb the third, who had
played his part so well, drew pistols on
the obliging Mr. E., and kept him silent
and secure until they helped themselves
to his goods and safely made their escape
with the plunder. This ungenerous out-
aw and his two associates, have not been
icard of since the perpetration of the a-
bove outrage, notwithstanding the efforts
of the officers of this city. Springfield
(111.") Register.
"Axe grinding" is a term borrowed
roni one of the most charming stories
told by Benjamin Franklin. A little boy
going to school was accosted by a man
carrying an axe. The man calls the boy
all kiuds of pretty and endearing names.,
and induced him to enter a 'yard where
here is a grind-stone.
"Now, my pretty little fellow," says
he man with the axe, "only turn that
handle and you'll sec something pretty
The boy turns and the man pours water
overituntill the axe is ground.
Straight-
The Story of a Tree.
A correspondent with the army before
iWrshtirn' tells a curious storv of a larjre
prac tree, which has long stood midway jlaifc Paster uv the Chuch uv the Noo
between the Union and Kbel pickets, at; .uispcnsasnen
a point where the lines are only twenty
five yards apart. The trees neutral posi-
yards
tion Ion
way he turns with strident voice and
fierce gesture on the boy : "You abandon
ed little miscreant," he cries, "what do
you mean by playing truant from school ?
You deserve a good thrashing. Get ye
gone, sirrah, this instant !' Adds Frank
lin, "when any body flattered me I always
thought he had au axe to grind.
A released comrade of Seneca Marble
protected it from destruction, ;0f Bucks county, whodicd in a Georgiapri-
I . n t' l i,.J n -,11..-. r- , , , i i , i-
Dut scarcity oi iuci &ugguaiuu a tuiupiu- ,gon pen oi sneer starvation, says mat wncn
mise, and it was agreed that it should be1 weak ad wan with life waning away from
cut down, and that both claimants should ; hunger unsatisfied, he pitcously exclaimed
divide its wood. A delegate from m words of poignant grief "Oh if I only
each picket line accordingly went forth to ; could get to my father's swill barrel !"
the task, and by the vigorous axes of both and died. That scnterwio holds a volume
the trunk was soon leveled to the earth. 1 of misery.
Then arose an animated debate as to! 9
which of the soldiers should have the butt 1T ,r .,
... j i i. i itt- j General' Lee calls upon Providence to
ana wuiuu uj mauKuva. nurus were1 ,. ,t. -,, . vv. -i .. i .
i..; nnninri, tn n 4i. i come to his aid. But Providence is busy . Tnr8flV.
tion, and were soon changed to blows? A n the other side just now. Aud Prow to suppress tiro Sepoy rebellion, about as
brisk and bloodless combat ensued, in dcDCC doesn thinkT lfc a good rule to'work greaf an undertaking as to put down a
Park Goodwin, at a meeting held iu
New York, recently, said :
"Europe says wc arc too slow. I re
member that the. great Wellington took
six 3'cars to drive Napoleon out of Spain,
a country as great as Virginia, and then
he retired, becansc of reverses elsewhere.
Four nations took two years to occupy
the Crimea, a country as large as New
England
took eighteen months
which the Union man proved the most
skillful pugilist, aud the victor triumph
antly carried to his camp-fire the largest
end of the lo
J6'
A Richmand paper mildly remonstrates
both ways. Loy Jour.
rebellion among the negroes of a South
Carolina county. Franco has in more
than a' year succeeded in getting only
about one hundred and eighty miles into
In the countries around Buenos Ayres,
four million cattle are killed every year
for their hides. Each animal yields about Mexico, where she holds a very insecure
a hundred and fifty pounds of dried beef; position. We think that England had
against ten dollars a quart for skimmed , hence the enormous quantity wasted may better look at home before criticising the
pailk. , be easily calculated. movements of armies."
mi -I - . n
xne uovernor sat a iew moments in
deep thought, and then turning to Squire
W., said :
"How did you treat Mrs. W. when you
were courting hcr,and how did you feel tow
ard her at the time of your marriage ?"
Squire W. replied
"I treated her as kindly as I could, for
I loved her dearly at the time."
"Well," said the Governor, "go home
and court her now just as you did then,
and love her as when you married her.
Do this, in the fear of God, for one year,
and tell me the result."
The Governor then said
"Let us pray."
They bowed in prayer and separated.
When a year had passed away, Squire
W. called again to sec the Governor, and,
grasping his handsaid
"I have called to thank you for the
good advice you gave me, and to tell you
that my -wife and I arc as happy as when
we were first married. I cannot be grate
ful enough for your counsel !"
" I am glad to hear it, Mr. W., and
hope you will continue to treat your wife
thus long as you live."
The result was that Squire W. and wife
lived happily together till the end of life.
It is useless to ask thoso who arc think
ing of separtion in these days to go aud
do likewise.
Mf 1 ll.. afn-nnrT A 1 1. I 1
, v. tuuv oiuivvu uuium iius ueen aDie
sustain. These poor beinirs. when-
they are strong enough to creep abou t,
wander a little way from their hospitals
and sun themselves upon cellar doors, and
lie upon brick pavements. In the hospi
tals are men with wounds on which worms
breed and feed upon the living flesh. You
see men whose toes have been eaten into
by maggots till the joints have dropped
pff. These men have their feet bound up
in rags, and hobble slowly alorg support
ing their faltering footsteps by rudesticks.
You would suppose that these men had
reached the very pit of human misery,
out it you converse with them they will
tell you that they are happy. They have
been in the hands of inhuman creatures,
men without hearts, almost without souls;
now they are with their friends they are
happy. They have been most foully mal
treated and starved ; now they are tender
ly cared for and fed. Home is beckon
iug to them. The liberated prisoner on
ly waits for health and strength, which
hope will soon breathe iuto his veins, and
then he will be in an earthly paradise
home.
Short as Fie Crust.
A gentleman who had a good stock of
goods with which he wanted to open trade
in a Southern city, wrote to Gen. Sher
man soon after the occupation of Savan
nah, for permission to open a store there.
He received the following answer : "No.
W. T. Sherman, Major-General." The
enterprising merehaut did not opertf Ms
store, but he preserves the letter as a val
uable memento.
o
Caution to the Public.
There was, "once upon a time," an old
pilferer Down East, on whom all thefts.
far and near, were at ori'ce charged, when
any loss was discovered. The old felfow
bore the universal "onus" patiently for a
time , but hnding that in some instances
he was suffering for the sins of others, he
issued a Caution to the Public in the u-
sual form :
"I hereby forbid all persons, from this
date, to steal on my account and risk. I
am no longer accountable for their tres
passes, as I have more than I can account
for of mg own."
one day
nnf. nnlv
l.: i i V "rv,
ma puvurty, Dut tne annoyance to which
travelers subjected him KU fr1inV?
him short with.
'Well, make one help the other, Make
some relics !'
man
'But what can I do ?' inquired the poor
'Tell them that Napoleon or Welling
ton entered your shop during the battle
and sat down on that chair
Not long after ah English tourist en
tered the tavern, and enquiring' fbr-roV
lies, was told the chair story. The chair
was bought at an incredible price. The
next comer was informed that "Wellina."
ton had taken a drink, and the "Welling-''
tou tumbler" was accordingly sold. Thd
third "arrival gazed with breathless Win
der at the nail on which' Bbhanartp:' fiVrV.
ling up his hat. The fourth' irnr
the door posts between which he had'en'-'
tcred;and the fifth became the nanmr
purchaser of the floor on which he had1
trodden.
At the last advices the fortunate
em keeper had hot a roof to cjiver his'
head, and was sitting on a bag of gold in
the centre of a deep pit, formed by Bell
ing the earth on wMnli Tio- Tir..'
. w.w uuuoc uau
stood
Mr. Fox, the celebrated orator
was
told by a lady whom he visited
ullfl rl 111 nnf ll 1 - n i
once
"that she did not car thmn d-;, r l
louse for him." He immedintolv tsV
pencil and wrote the following;
out his
lines :
"A lady has told' me, in hefofrtf Botfle,5
that she cares not for me three s&ps of
a louse ! I forgive the dear creature for
what she said, since a woman will talkr
of what rtuis in her head."
A Boy's Prayer.
A Presbyterian clergyman in Northern
New York had too smart boys, just old c
nough to have inquiring minds, but not
to discern the reason of things. They
were taught to pray, and the efficiency
and need of prayer were daily impressed
upon them. lioth boys had a patch of
The Normons have commenced cutting;
a canal of a magnitude far exceediiif'an
j thing of the kind ever undertaken in thV
i Icrritorv before, for thn fTO vi,i
. j xii u-iuiu purpusu
ot irrigation and navigation. Starting
near the boundaries of Utah and Salt
Lake counties, it will wind its way along
the eastern side of the valley, watering
the land on its course, iucludin a' verV
considerable fract yet unbroken, and:
reaching a terminus in that city, a short''
distance south and west of where the af-
tesian well is being sunk; entire length1
being over thirty-two miles.'
Upon the occasion of Gen. Sherman's
approach to Charleston, the Charleston
Mercury raved, and raged, and swaggered, "
and blustered and bullied, and defied
and.cursed, and swore, and- skedaddled'
Loirisville Journal.
A vounp-
corn in
the
i
garden
blades were watched
A Curious Centre Table.
A Milwaukee mechanic has presented
to President Lincoln a handsome centro
table, of octagonal form, which is com
posed of about twenty thousand different
pieces of wood. The top has a beautiful
and graceful border, made of black wal
nut and white holly, about three and a half
iuches wide. Within this are perfect
representations of our mtrafc beautiful
birds, faithful likenesses of Lincolu, John
son, Grant, and Butler, baskets of the
t rarest flowers and fruits, and other designs
wlnpi'. V 1 1 - L 1'.. 1 .. w- .s.ll -I 1..
iu muau uauuuuui Liiaiu. oii uiuutua la
bor was required' tb complete it, and it is
valued at 1,000. The same person pre
sented Mrs. Lincoln with a work-stand
'whioh he got up with similar elaborate
ness. It-contains ono thousand pieces,
is finished with every conceivable conve
nience, and cost two months of patient
labor.
t t , w . t t
"tucset or "pop
and the growing
with intense interest, a small reward be
ing held out to stimulate their industry.
One day the father walking near the path,
heard the voice of the youngest solemnly
igaged in prayer, and drawing near lis
tened to the following petition': "O Lord,
make my corn grow great big c'prn, but'
make brother Sana's grow all little nub
bins I"
First Oil Discovery.
It is related of Jonah when he toolc tip
quarters in the whale's belly, lie wrote
to his father to come down immediately,
as he had discovered a spendid opening
for the oil business. The next day he
telegraphed the old gentleman as follows:
"Father, don't come I'm badly sucked
in. Plenty of oil, but no market 1"
This is the first of fish-al account that
profane historians give us of the oil bus
iness.
Jadv was tnlr? hv nt:nj
lady that she had better precipitate. her
self off the Niagara Falls, onlo tlie oasirT
beneath than marry. The young lady
replied, "I would, if I thought I could'
find a husband at the bottom.
Peace makes plenty plenty makes' pride
pride breeds quarrel; and quafe'l brings
war ; war brings spoil,; and spoil poverty'
patience, and patience peace.'
A paragraph is going the rounds, to5
the effect that "since the 1st of February
all receipts of whatever amount must' haW
on a two-cent stamp," &c. This is'incor
rcct. No change has been made in the
lawand only receipts for 20 or over1
need the stiamp.
TKo Plattvillc (Wis:)' TKtness; noUs
the return home of Miss Gcorgiana Pe
terman, who has been two years a drum
mer in the Seventh Wisconsin Regiment
She lives in Ellenboro, is about twenty
years old, wears soldier clothes, and- is'
quiet and reserved.
Hew Way of Faying old Debts.
In the Norwegian mines a singular
custom is observed in payiug the weekly
wages of the men. They all present
themselves on Saturday evening ,to the
Inspector, who, having settled accounts
with each, bids him turn roind, and
writes in white chalk upon his bla'c
back the sum due to him. Thus num
bered, the man goes to the, cashier, who
also turns himtround to look at tho tT
gurcs, and pays him without having a
word to say.
Tho Lowell (Mass.) Courier states, as
a strange fact, that a few month's ago an
old gcntlemati fell5 dead in the highway
of a town or city of this State, on whose
person was found twenty or' thirty thous
and dollars hi bills on one bank many
of them much worn and mutilated. They
were offered at the bank, and the officers
wore obliged to call a nleoting of tho di
rectors', hi order to ascertain (so old'wero
some of them) if the bank had ever ihade
any such issues.
Negroes are coming into Nowbern in
droves frightened by tho prospect of be
ing drawn into the., rebel armies. They
say if they must fight they will-fight for
ther'Northr
That was a smart youngster who, hear";
mg his mother remark that she was fond'
of music,( exclaimed, . "Th'cn why dori'tf
you buy me a drum ?"
A male rfotivp of Michigan is now del
nominated a Michigander, while Bis fe
male mate is called a Michiopse.
i he Indians in. Wisconsin, -who have
just received" their anuities, call' the.
fractional1 currency "papoose money." '
1 1 1 m "
. The Empress" Eugenie figured at a late1
reception with diamonds worth three rriili
lions aud a half in her hair.
The popuiatimrof Paris this year .ia I-'
667,841, exclusive of a garrison' 6?28p
SOOinch.
i
The Delaw'arc canal is so damaged that;
it will take from' four to six weeks to' re
pair it.
Tho Persians, as ancient, writers inform
us; used to teach their, sons to ride -riav'
. their debts, and tell tho truth. THis was'
time ago.
i i
long
TVoman can keep a secret, but it golf,
erally takes a good" many of tlie'oT to do7
itV