IDcDotci ta JJolitics, literature, Qlgrtatlture, Science, iitoralitg, aua encral Intelligent.
VOL. U.
STROUDSBUKG-, MONROE COUNTY, PA NOVEMBER 9, 1865.
NO. Z&
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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5Juverticncius m uc tqu-'icui iuisniuiiwui
taac:
JOB PRIXTIWC,
b,wted i ;fJScncsArl'!ind 0nU,ej
SCAK3DAL &N THE BRAIH".
Of all the many maladicB,
And many human ills,
That rack the frame and fire the blood,
In spite of drugs and pills:
The one that takes the deepost foot,
And gives the greatest pain,
And makes the patient venomous,
Is "Scandal on the brain."
Chorus Blighting, biling, trying, prying,
Seeking spot and stain,
Those arc sure and rahid signs,
Of'Scandal on the brain."
There's Miss Filz-Pry, the dear good soul !
She never thinks of self;
But keeps a record of her friends,
Quite handy on the shelf!
And when she's nothing else to do,
She takes the volume down,
And enters all the scrips and bits
Of gossip round the town,
Some people dress and go to church,
With faces long and prim ;
And meekly says the morning prayers,
And sing the Sunday Hymn !
But just as soon as church is out,
Some shady nook they gain,
To ease their minds, and ireat their friends
To "Scandal on the brain."
Says Beam to Mote, oh, have you heard
The strange and shocking news,
How Mr. Miff and Mrs. Miff
Have taken separate pews!
And how the artful Patience Gale
Was seen now don't you tell
Out walking with a married man:
I know him very well.
And then there's so much horrid talk
About that Nancy Boggs :
Thev say she really went to ride
With Ebenczer Nogi-s;
And when the young man started off
To leave the forward Miss,
The neighbors heard a faint report,
It muet have been a kiss!
Now, don't you think, last Monday night,
When I went out to walk,
I met Ned Huntley's wife and we
Had such a splendid talk!
She told me all about the Fair,
And I told her, you see,
The awful case about the Flints,
That live at No 3,
And ihus yoi'll find, where'er you go,
That some will talk and pry,
And seek to have a finger in
Some other body's pie !
But never mind, they're sure to feel
Themselves the sharpest pain,
When suffering with the dread disease,
Of ''Scandle on ihe brain."
The following touching poem was picked
up in a Rebel Camp in Georgia :
I laid four dollars on the board,
I bet them wun by wun,
The farrer dealer got my checks,
Till I at last had none.
Let every gay young gamboleer
Of cut throat games bewar
And only play with gentlemen
Who spread upon the squar.
A Vision.
A lady who had been quite sick, sends to
the Hartford Times an account of a vision
which she had upon her sick bed, from which j
the Times gives this extract:
Oh, how interesting. How happy I
was on that sick-bed ; as I lay halt asleep
and half awake, I fancied myselfin Paradise,
lying upon a bed of roses, listening to heav
ini. rvmcif Tt was a hue mornincr;
the
birds were singing in the trees around my,
uiiuD fa . ,r, ..j
humbledwell.ng. I awoke saying, 'I bear the '
birds singing m Paradise. 'No, you don t,
said the female friend who was sitting by
my bedside, 'it is that sling I gave you !' "
Itinguishable, so slight is the elevation.
A Strong Story. 'Each grave is eucircled by a trench, aud
his recorded that a soap peddler was recent-a group of some half a dozen had eviden
Ir caught at sea during ayolient.torm, when ' tly beeu surrounded by a gravel ditch
he saved his life by taken a cake of soap. The circumvallation was quite distinct,
he saved his J lie hyu Selecting an undisturbed spot, we put
and washing himself ashore. 1 1 e soap ,e 0fstout men to work, llcmov-'
the story, must have been made from strong convjBced human
tie. agency had been at work. Instead of
tic gravel which marks the diluvial, we
A New York merchant, living in Nine-' fcand a coarse yellow sand, intermingled
teenth Street, dicovered the other day. that w;tir fay. At the depth of about two
he had lived for two years in the same block aud a half feet, we found auulna, or some
with his brother, whom he had not seen lor
w
l..v ward
A singular echo is said to reverbate
round agreat many PelroleuTn wel,s
eays, Bityoumen !"
T.q rtTA niistnm ReceiDts.
.jv ,
mu ofn,na rpp.pintfi for October reach
X HIS wuawiu -
the unprecedented amount of ten millions in
gQ,d
rom
th
e iv. American and
1 T- I a m
U. S. Ga-
zcttc.
KlTTATTNNY HOUSE,
Del. Water Gap, Oct. 17, 1855. . j
This dllrlif.fn1 -rnfi
j beautiful ID the "sad melancholy days
of autumn than amid the
sweltering of
the summer solistice.
The changing fol-
5Se as bright and beautiful beyond the j
.power of descriptive language. In these
warm and
glorious October
A.. .:fl.
nlm.riine ....:..t ' i
inexpressibly great' the relief to flee the :
crowded city and climb these gloriously I
tinted mountains, or drive through these !
quiet and fertile valleys amid scenes in j
Vo v.;i,f :
the .highest degree picturesque.
ti, n., k k- rvi j,:k,
Ihe bap has been so olten described '
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iu your columns that most readers are :
r.:i:nM i c . rp
those, however, who have visited it for
nearly thirty years, (as one of your pro-
i minent citizens, now lierc with his family, 1
a 4t : i. ,i i
; has done,) new attractions constantly op-
kr-w.. k. Tr i-
, en beiorc them. If as a summer resort i
'it is considered equal to any, surely as an
autumnal retreat, where the invalid or
i pleasure-seeker may come to renew life
tfor the rigors of winter, uo place within
j the whole compass of my knowledge can
at all equal the Delaware Water Oap.
The atmosphere is peculiarly pure and
invigorating. As a physician, can re
commend a visit to this locality for deli
cate persons as one presenting almost cer
tain promises of relief
:V portion of the company now pleas-
'antry sojourning here treated themselves
Caldero Falls
mi . i l l
lhey visited and explor-
eu an inuian cemetery, wuere niose who
lived and loved", warred and hunted, iu
long anterior days, have lain in quiet aud
until recently, undisturbed repose.
The site of this early cemetery is on
the point of an elevated diluial plain a
bove the mouth of Brodhcad's creek.
The plateau is about ninety ftrct above
the river level, and embraces" perhaps
four acres. The view is very Cue, com
manding the Delaware, Shawnee Island,
Cherry Valley, and ihe superb scenery
along the outlying arms of the grand old
Kittatiuny. The nomadic tribes who oc
cupied these beautiful aud fertile valleys
exhibited faultless taste in selecting the
spot they did for the repose of their kind
red.
Of the wild tribes who once plied the
light canoe - on the .Maccariskittanir, and
hunted their name along the 3Ieeuesink.
we have positive information of the Sha
wanees and Lenoi Lecnapes, or Dela
wares. The tawny warriors titans of
a dark and mystic race have left here
the impress of their great and imperisha
able names. Mountain, valley, river and
purling brook bear the record of many a
stalworth brave.
Various localities of interest are poin
ted out as the sites of Indian villages and
burial grounds ; but of what particular
tribe or nation not cveu tradition or-le-
geudary song can tell. One of these early
cemeteries has long been regarded with
interest by visitors to the Gap and resi
dents of the neighborhood. In vain,
however, did those desirous of exploring
it apply for permission to the proprietor
ol the soil. 15ut the love o.i gam provcu
stronger than dread of superstitious awe,
and a few years since certain parties met,
not having
the fear of Mr. Zimmermau
or ghouls
or "oblins before their eyes,
under the cover of night and
a ueuse
young forest, perpetrated that which men
of science had ineffectually attempted.
The night despoilers had roughly but
surclv done the work of exhumation in
serveral of these interesting memorials of
the dead. The parties who had despoil
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Thcv honed lo sLurovaT-
uab e relics, which couia De soia to cur- i
isity gathers from the cities. Some of
these iil-got gains were offered to gentle
men of intelligence and prodity whom I
have seen, who decliued to purchase.
Others, however, iu quest of "curiosties"
did buy. It may not positively be kuowu
what articles have been taken from the
despoiled graves, I have been informed
that among the articles found was a finely
wrought stone pipe.
With this digression, I will give a
' ' ,f " ' . ,
a brief
I w found tlie cen,etery composed of
, nurnerous "graves" in close proximity to
1 Qne auothe'r. These were scarcely dis-
other parts oi a uuuuuu nam.
I ;, trtWih p. nreservation. ihe
ClUU aa " " . ... ..
cranium is iu gooa conuuiou, wuu mo
a ' exception of a portion of the right super
It ior maxillary, which appeared missiDg.
.The teeth are iu good preservation, but
! much worn by the use of maize. 1 he
'sections indicate a person of about raid-
1 lli! ...Ii!. iUri
die age. The frame was large, ana uouo
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tw that of a male. The mode ot burial
vww i 1 1 1
had been by inhumation,; placing the body
jn a recumbent posture, extending from
Fj
l V. j burial practised bv the wild
j rom ci.muing .uou.u umei, pe , roanc(f these peridd of settlement
j Rock, he Indian Ladder, or even revel- , Qaehl diseQVsrioa are v;xlu
i ., . , ' .... , . science, and the irentlemen who m
Wei , or that still more ueautnui spot, i , . ? . u.,iE3
east to west, the face looking eastward.
A slight cist had beeu excavated, which
received the body free from cement or
stone encasement, and having placed with
it the few personal articles Which orna
mented it in life, a careful covering of
sand was made to the height of the cist,
and terminating in a small tumulus.
The sand had evidently been carried from
the river's beach, as it is not fouud at a
nearer point. This is a peculiarity, and
.!-,-.,-( 1, !... I! 1 m. P.... J 1
' umuhuuu. j-xesiiuuu iui uiu ueau
vould not permit him to be buried in the
coarso Sra,vel f the Plain where the
S!?8"6 located
0f ll,.lrt,clti of Per.soual adornment
covered were parts of two metallic or-
naments, brooches or ear-drops, found in
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close proximity to the head. Ihey are
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an alloy, pewter perhaps, circular in lorui
, . Jr'.t , Fa u
anti two inches in diameter. - Also two
wire sprigs of brass one inch in
JDSh aD1 half. a ,mcl! m diameter and
gl.rco or fo"r shell beads, one quite large
inese are by far the most valuable and
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interesting relics recovered, as they arc
. ,. . , ... ., ' ,
ticles are of European fabrication. In
j addition to those discovered was the rude
form of a pocket kuifcj but so oxydized
as to be almost undistiniruishable. Of
course these articles, with the exception
of the bone beads, are of white man's
manufacture, and utterly valueless to the
arehaeoligist. The occupant of this hum
ble tomb lived after interviews had beeu
established between the whites aud Iu
dians. This discovery dispelled all illu-
1 sions of great antiquity. It was intcrest
! ing, however, as showing the mode of
tribes who
by the
able to
ade the
lUillUIIca UUUOlUUiCU lliviuioniw umpi
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The cranium is worthy the attention of
ethnologists. It is properly orthognath
ous, resembling the round headed Cal-
j muck, figured by Haxley. The forehead
j is tolerable full, the zygomanc processes
' prominent, but not the maxilliary and or
1 bital conformations which distinguish the
common Indian. These indicia, with a
fair facial angle, might raise a doubt with
some as to the true character of the per
son buried were it not for counterbalanc
ing proots. I'art ot the nrht
uPeri.or .
maxilliary being gone, it is somewhat dif
ficult to determine how much of a pro
nathous. from there may be, which in an
almost unfailing characteristic of all
Nomadic races. I write these hasty notes '
iiuu.u ..awu- uu uiu fcuuu u uu.uiui ;
examination. Perhaps further cxamina- '
tion may support some additional facts. j
It is in possession of my friend L. W. I
Iirodnead, Jksq, proprietor ot the Kitta- .
tinny House, and will constitute a fea
ture in his collection of antiquities for 1
this locality. To Mr. B. the public are j
mainly indebted for these explorations.
He is a gentlemau of taste, judgment and
refinement.
This is a region of much interest to the
student iu archaeology. It is a field rich
in minor remains of aboriginal art. I
desire to be explicit. The classes of re
mains are found in the Delaware and
subordinate valleys ; those representing
the stone age, and the more recent as de
veloped by to-day's researches. Not a
single article belonging to the stone age
bead-bone and
..,-' ti
stone uoing
together in the first era of
s toward civilization. The
man s progress
stone implements, ornaments,
ecc, rouua
alons the Delaware are exceedingly rude,
and show the people who used them but
little advanced. The terra cotta, as re
presented by the fragments which I have
seen, show a low state of the fictile art.
No specimens of the bronze age have been
discovered. A few luminated pieces of
copper, and a single axe of the same me
tal, have been found. A letter from an
. car,'' ,f E?5t".". ".
referrinir to an Indian srravc on the bor-
dcr of a lake on the summit nf Kittatm
ny mountain, mentious a "brass kettle"
as among the contents. This, like the
metallic articles taken from the grave ex
amined to-day, was undoubtedly of white
man's fabrication.
That the earlier occupants of the plain,
On which are the graves alluded to, pos
sessed stone implements and instruments,
there is scarcely a doubt. Some arrow
heads and an abundant supply of flint
spades have been found on the plain and
near the burial ground. Further re
search, which it is contemplated to make,
may develop valuable results. W. De II.
Appointed.
John II. Taggart was today appointed
Collector of the First Internal Revenue Dis
trict of Pennsylvania, vice J. B. Harding,
deceased. Col. Taggart, since his withdrawal
from the army, has been in charge of the
Washington office of the Philaelhpia Inqui
rer. How to Cure a Felon
As we often sec friends sufierin
witn
this very troublesome disease, we copy
the following from an exchauge, which is
highly recommended as a cure for it ;
"As soon as the part begins to swell, get
the tiucture of lobela, aud wrap the part
affected with cloth saturated thoroughly
with this tincture, and the -felon is dead.
An old physician says he has known it to
cure in Scores ofcases, and"it'never fails
if applied in season"
THE BORDER HEROINE.
Some years ago, before the State of
Arkansas was so densely populated as now,
and when the mails from Little Rock to
the eastern borders were carried on horse
back, there lived a few miles above Horse
head, a stout pioneer named Jacob Bur
nap. His wife, Polly, and one child,
nine years old, made up his family. His
chief business was hunting, and his un
erring rifle never failed to supply his
board and something over. His nearest
neighbor was fifteen miles off so he was
little troubled with prying visitors.
It was in the early spring that Jacob
started down the river with a boat load
of furs and skins. He left Polly in j
charge of the premises, and he left with
her, too, a light rifle and brace of pistols.
She new how to use the rifle, for never
was she happier than wben her husband
patted her on the shoulder and said :
"Nobly done, Polly, my dear; I could not
have made a better shot myself." And
he had occasion to say this with truth,
too.
Jacob Barnup had been gone four days,
when towards evening a horseman rode
up to the huuter's door. He was a small
( muscular man, some forty years of age
and seemed inured to all hardships. As
he sprang from his saddle, Polly made
her appearance,
j "Ah, Polly, once more here," the new
comer said, as he drew a well filled pair
, of saddle bags from the back of his fa
; ti;ucd beast.
' "Yes, and I am glad to see you. Ja
cob has been gone four days, and time is
I getting heavy."
"Jacob gone I V here V
"Down the river with a load of furs."
"Oh, yes. Well you shall have the
company of Lant Mortou for one night
at least; so for the next twelve hours
you'll be safe."
"Oh I feel safe enough," returned
the woman quickly only a little lonesome.
Thus speaking, Morton threw his sad
dle bags into the cabin and led his horse
around to a low shed where he made the
animal fast and fed him.
After this he returned to the dwelling
and entered, and was soon discussing the
events of the time over an ample supper.
His hostess had told him all that had
transpired in the neighborhood since his
j last. visit and the visitor gave her all the
news of the eastern valley. LantMor-
Hey.
ton had been mail
carrier
upon
that
route for several years.
and
not
once -,a(i ie passcti to an( fro without
8pen(iing a night in Jacob i5arnaps . in
faot iiC:Was aDOut the only regular visitor
at the ilunter's cabin, and although the
intervals between his visits were long,
et ne secmed almost a fixture to the
place. Polly Burnap, just in the
bloom of womanhood, knew his gentle,
generous, noble character, so she felt per
fectly free and at home in his presence.
"Is it known on the route that your
load is valuable ?" asked Polly.
"I think not though it may be. Still
I am well armed, aud I fancy it would be
a tough job for any one to tackle old
Morton."
"A man was robbed on the creek a few
days ago."
"And the robbers have fled," added
Morton carelessly, as he threw his mail
bags ofter him.
Morton went to bed at nine o'clock, as
he was tired from his louir ride. Polly
; iatj worj. t0 f0 having neglected it while
j talking to her guest, so when she had
her basket to a little table where the can
dle Was and went to work upon some
clothing for her child was soundly sleep
ing in the corner.
The old German clock upon the wall,
with its great weight and wind strings all
exposed, had struck ten ere Polly arose
from her work. She had just pushed the
basket beneath the table when the front
od opened uni two meo entered. They
were in their stocKings, tneir snoes nav
iug been left outside.
."Hush !" uttered the formost intruder.
"Speak but one word above a whisper
and you die in a moment'"
Polly recovered from her quick terror
and looked up. She saw two stout wick
ed ugly looking men, one of whom held
a cocked pistol towards her. With a
ouickness of perception natural to her,
she knew the pistol would not be fired if
gie j,eu her peace, as that would make
more noise than she could make, and fur
ther she recognized in the foremost a
notorious villain, who bore the name of
Dick Gallus.
She had never seen him before, but
the miuute description her husband had
given of the man, led her to know him
and positively too, for one big scar on the
left cheek was mark enough.
"What do you seek, gentlemen ?" ask
ed Polly, without betraying the least fear.'
"We have come to see the mail car
rier," one replied, in a hoarse wisper,
"where is he '( Don't speak too loud."
"He is long since asleep. Would it
not do as well to see him in the morning?
We can find you a room and lodging.
The fair hostess had said for tho pur
pose of gaining time. She knew very
well that these men' had come to rob tho
carrier, and was equally sure that they
would murder him if they could, and
would in all probability put her out of the
way as well. They had evidently learn
ed the valuable load he carried, and
meant to carry it in his stead.
"Never mind his being asleep. Show,
us where he is at once," roughly replied
Gallus in-answer to Polly'siast remark;
"But I can call him, good sirs," reas
oned the woman calmly, though there was
alarm in her soul.
"Call him
I call I" growled the villain
oath. You call him,andyou
with a fierce oa
will be called to another world. Quick,
shmT US m1 ? Way'
Ihe mild eye that could aim an uner
ring bullet at the forest beast, did not e-
ven betray the thoughts of the woman's
soul, nor did a look tell her meaning.
She was very pale but did not tremble, i
"jlius way, sirs," she whispered.
And as she spoke she turned towards
the door or the little bed room pantry.
She did not open it till both the men '
were close behind her.
"Don t you hear him breathe ?"
"les returned both villains." And daughter will ask, 'Where is the colico
they did hear breathing but it was of the your friends gave you V Brother, whafcj
child close at hand. shall I say about this when I return to-
As they thus answered her, she threw , my people."
the door open it opened inward. The' The answer to this appeal is said to
men saw a dark, void, but they pressed have been as satisfactory as the. most san
forward. In an instant Polly Burnap 'guino hopes of the chief could have ex-
leaped back tiallus upon his heels.
With all her power the noble woman
threw herself against the rear man and
the next momcut both the robbers lay
sprawling on the cellar bottom.
This had been the door opening to the
deep excavation, and the only means of
gress was by a perpendicular ladder.
Could this have been moved, Polly would
navepuiienit upimmeuiateiy, Ducuwasjbie for support hc commenced early to
spiked to its place, and she must let it re- help hidf- u;s first propertJ was a
mam To close the door would be useless, hen an(1 chickens, next a unt lamb, nnd
i Hi- T.i i ... i
for she had not ready means to fasten it
So she did what she had resolved upon
from the first ; she sprang to the fire place
and caught the trusty rifle, and having
cocked it she moved toward the open
door. She heard the curses of the vil-1
lains as they reached the ladder, and she
soon -knew that one of them imd found it.
"Back she cried, as she saw a head a
bove the threshold. The candle upon
the table threw but a dim light upon the
spot, but it was sufficient.
She saw the robber raise a pistol. She
had a husband a child and had set
herself to save the carrier. With these
thoughts dashing through her mind she
pulled the trigger. A sharp report went
ringing through the house, and its echo
was a deep groan from the cellar bottom.
Ere the second robber could show him
self Morton came rushing into the room
with a pistol in each hand.
"What is it ?" he cried.
"There ! There I" gasped Polly, point
ing to the door way, where a savage look
ing face had just presented itself.
Lant Morton had been too much used
to danger to waste time in conjecture, and
immediately shot the villain dead, who
fell with a heavy sound upon the cellar.
"Are there any more ?" he asked, cock
ing his pistol.
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"And so you meant to save me ?" re
marked the carrier, as Polly hesited.
"Yes, yes I did. Yes that was it."
And as soon as the noble woman had
sufficiently recovered, she told him the
whole story.
Morton expressed his thoughts as best
he could ; but after all, the moisture of
his light eye, the changing of his counte
nance, and very lack of language told her
more than words could have done.
After due deliberation it was decided
that the bodies should remain there un
til morning. So the cellar door was shut,
the front door bolted, and they prepared
to retire : but for the rest of the night
Morton made his bed udou the floor of
the large room.
In the morning just as the carrier was
dressed there was a rap on door accompa
nied by a voice he new fall weil. lie
hastened to open the door and gave en
trance to Jacob Burnap. - The hunter had
met a party of traders at Lewisburg, and
disposed of all his skins to them, thus
finishing his journey six days earlier than
he had anticipated.
Polly was soon upon her husband's bo
som, and when he had told her his own
etorv. Morton cave him the adventure.
j I j
Jacob was at first incredulous, but when
he had seen the bodies he was satisfied.
"Polly, my jewel," he said, placing hi:
arm around her neck, I am proud of you
I love you more and more, for every day
I find more to love. And then turning
to Morton he added :
"What do you tnink of such a wife ?"
"Ah," returned the guest, with deep
feeling, "if poor Lant Morton had such a
wife he wouldn't be mail carrier.
When Morton left he was directed to
stop at the first settlement and state to
the officers what had happened, and he
promised to do so. lie once more bless-
cd the brave woman
who saved his me,
- . .t0 mt th0 ftcrQOon,
two officers arrived at the cabin, and
wneu luujr .o0unu w.u u.,
proceeded to remove them. And ere a
week had passed whole settlements bless-
-.1 1 ? 1 nn;n Iai t It ft TOflft- nllrt
ed the. Border
liUIUIUU 1UL tills MV.n. uuj
had done
Internal Revenue.
The receipts at the Internal Revenue
Burean for the months, ending yesterday,
amounted to 830,475,982 05, .eing an aver
age per diem of $982 51558. Tbe receipts
to day amounted to 52,100,035.
At a church collection for missions, the
firenohar said : Mv christian brethren,
let me - caution those of you who put in
buttons, not to break off the eyes. It
spoils' theni for 'use, and they "win "not pass
t among tho neatnen ior umuo.
IndiarjIJEloQuenco.
The celebrated speech of Logan, givan
bv Mr. Jefferson, has nfton koon r.nntl
for its pathos ; and the speeches of &cd
Jacket. Ifarmnr's IWhor fw,i..
ter, are still esteemed models in their
iway - Those' however, who suppose ihat
pathetic appeals have ceased with tho
lives of these orators, will perhaps think
differently upon reading the followiag
touching appeal addressed to Colonel Soils,
by a Camanche chief, at the recent conn-
cil at ort Smith :
"Brother, my shirt, you see, is all ia
1TI -w ' W ' -.
rags
V hen l return to my tribe and
say to them.
'I have been amoor: mr
friends.' they will not believe sue, If I
return in this ragged.shirt.
My rrife audi
pected.
A Farmer WithoutSArmf,
W. M. Beauamp, of Onondaga county;.
New York, sends to the American Aa-
wiculturist an interesting account of a far
jmer he formerly knew, who was borri
without arms :
Instead of appealing to the charita-
afterwards a shatrsy colt. He took erood
care of these, and increased his stock a
little at a time until he became a pros
perous farmer,
he learned to
Haviug
no hauds, he
his
toes, which were
longer than common. His legs were ve
ry flexible, and by practice he was ena
bled to perform most operations with ease.
He put on and took off his own clothing,
shaved and fed himself, milked his own
cows, and took part in most labors of the
farm. He was a terror to evil doers,
whom hc could punish with severity. He
was powerfully built, and possessed o
great strength in the head and shoulders.
He would butt like a ram, or seize an of
fending urchin with his teeth and shake
him with bull-dog tenacity. He died at
the age of seventy, leaving a large fami
ly haying been married three time's. .
Sharp boys evidently grow in Wapello
County, Iowa. The Courier gives a spe
cimen brick. It says :
"A few days ago a young schoolmis
tress in this county was taking down the
names and ages of her scholars, at the;
commencement of the term. She asked
a little white-headed boy, "Bub, how "old
are you ?" "Ha ! My name ain't Bub
it's John." "Well," said the schoolmis
tress, "what is the rest of your name ? "
"Why, that's all the name I've got jist
John." "Well what is your father's
name ?" "You needn't put pap's name
down, he ain't comen to school any; he's
too big to go to school." "Well, how old
are you ? "I ain't old at all, I'm young."
Printer Wanted.
A Southern journal coutains the fol
lowing advertisement : "Wanted, at this
office, a journeyman priuter one who cari
do press and job work, is a good Union
man, believes in the existence of a God,
and don't drink wniskey. To such a man"
steady employment and good wages will
be paid."
Tom is a Michigander who is a decided
genius in his own way, and sees the fun
ny side of life as well as any other mari.
Being at dinner at a hotel once, he called
for a plate of mock turtle soap, which
was down on the bill of fare. Something
in the contents of his dish when it cam
caused him to investigate it closely for a
moment, and then call the waiter, when
the following conversation ensued :
"What kind of soup did you say this
was, waiter ?"
"Mock turtle, Sah."
"You arc mistaken entirely; it is real
turtle, I should say. Isn't that a turtle?"
poiutingashe spoke toa defunct cockroach
of creditable dimensiens which was float?.
ing on the top of the soup.
In these times of defalcations by bank
ers and bank-tellers, the following is to'
the poiut. :
Iu Chicago the gcueral agent of a well
known firm of Reaper manufacturers is
not noted for wearing clothes abore his
business, which amounts to some hundreds
of thousands; and having a draft of a
thousand dollars to collect of one of tho
banks, he was desired by the well dress-
: who was known to both parties to identi
; f w Said the general agent, "Do 3
ea ana pome teller to orinjr some one
, look-like a rogue?"
N' said ihe tcior. DB
d , fe .f ' .
I J
but yor.r clothes
the habit ot
handling so much money.
"Well," said the agent, "they are pai'o?
for are yours ?" k -
There is a man' two miles and half below
Newburgh, N. Y at a place called New
Windsor, who was born Aug. loth, I75U,
His name is McCormick. He came io lhist
country in 1846, from Ireland, and -W
jnow in his 115th year. He was a re-beljn
1 1799, and has two wounds in his leg. ..Ha,.
ivell and hearty with the exception.-f
poor eye sight. i
During September. 23,409 foreign immij
rants" arrived in Now York, an .increag
grants'
over the same month in 1S61 of 10,375