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S. HOLIES, JR.,
ATTORNE Y-AT-LA W, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office with S. S. Drchcr, Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
05" An additional bounty of $100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
FSEE OF EXTRA CHARGE. Q
August 2, 18G6.
DR A. REEVES JACKSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Begs leave to announce that, in order to
prevent disappointment, he will hereafter de
vote THURSDAY and SATURDAY ot
each week exclusively to Consultations
and Surgical Operations at his office.
Parties from a distance who desire to con
sult him, can do so, therefore, on those days.
Stroudsburg, May 31, lSGG.-tf.
Furniture ! Furniture !
Marty's New Furniture Store,
DREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, two
doors below the Post-office, Strouds
burg, Pa. He is selling his Furniture 10
per cent, less than Easton or Washington
prices, to say nothing about freight or break
age. May 17, 1866.-tf.
INING-ROOM FURNITURE in Wal
nut, Oak and While Ash, Extension
Tables, any size you wish, at McCARTY'S
new Ware-Rooms. May 17, lSGG.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD PARLOR
Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut,
McCARTY has it. May 17, 16G6.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
from one of the best makers in the Uni
ted States, solid Rosewood Case, warranted
5 years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es
pecially invite all who are good judges ot
Music to come and test them. He will sell
you from any maker you wish, $10 less than
those who sell on commission. The reason
is he buys for cash and sells for the same,
with less thin one-half the usual per centage
that agents want. J. H. McCARTY!
May 17, I6G6.-tf.
TTNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN
KJ ches.
Particular attention will be given to this
branch of the subscriber's business. He will
always study to please and consult the
wants and wishes of those who employ him.
From the number of years experience he has
had in this branch of business he cannot and
will not not be excelled either in city or
country. Prices one-third less than is usual
ly charged, from 50 to 75 finished Coffins al
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
Hearse in the country. Funerals attended
at one hour's notice. J. H. McCARTY.
May 17, lSGG.-tf.
Saddle and Harness
Manufactory.
The undersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of Stroudsburg, and surroun
ding country, that be bas commenced the
above business in Fowler's building, on
Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to
furnish any article in his line of business,
at short notice. On hand at all time3, a
large stock of
Harness, Whips, Trunks, Valiccs, Car-
j)tt Bags, Horse-Blankets, IStlls,
Skates, Oil Cloths, dc
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to. JOHN O. SAYLOIt.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 14, 1805.
otkic Hall Drug Store.
William IZoI!iiilicncl,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
Constantly on hand and for
sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup-
ply ot urugs, .Medicines, rainis,
Oil, Glass, Putty, V aruish, Ker
osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
also
Sash, hlimls and Doors.
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 1804.
TIN SHOP !
The undersigned begs leave to inform his
friends an4 the public generally, that he has
,now opened a TJJV SHOP, on Main street,
,rear the Stroudsburg Mills, opposite Troch
& Walton's, formerly It. 6. Staples' Store,
where he is prepared to manufacture and
sell at wholesale and retail, all kinds of
Tin, Copper and Sheet Irou-Ware.
ALSO,
Stoves, Stove pjp and Elbows.
Old and second hand Stoves bought and
sold, at cash rates,
CASH paid for QJd Lead, Copper and
Brass.
CO" Roofing, Spouting and Repairing
promptly attended to and warranted to give
satisfaction. Call and see fur yourselves.
WILLIAM KEISKR,
ptroudsburg, Dec. 8, lb'65.
RECEIVED this day a eplendid assort,
mentof HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
August 2, lfeGG.
CAN YOU tell why everybody goes to
McCarty s to buy FURNITURE 5
August 2, IfcUO. '
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THE GREAT WORSHIP.
by John o. whittier.
The harp at Nature's advent strung
Has never ceased to play;
The song the stars of morning sung
Has never died away.
And prayer is made and praise is given,
By all things near and far;
The ocean Iooketh up to heaven,
And mirrors every star.
Its waves are kneeling on the strand
As kneels the human knee,
Their white locks bowing to the sand,
The priesthood of the sea !
They pour their glittering treasures forth;
Their gifts of pearl they bring,
And all the listening hills of earth
Take up the song they sing.
The green earth sends her incense up
From many a mountain shrine;
" From folded leaf and dewy cup
She pours her sacred wine.
The mists above the morning rills
Rise white as wings of prayer;
The altar-curtains of the hills
Are sunset's purple air.
The winds with hymns of praise are loud,
Or low with sobs of pain ;
The thunder-organ of the cloud,
The dropping tears of rain.
With drooping head and branches crossed,
The twilight forest grieves,
Or speaks with tongues of Pentecost
From all its sunlit leaves.
The blue sky is the temple's arch,
Its transept earth and air;
The music of its starry march
The chorus of the prayer.
So nature keeps the reverent frame
With which her years began,
And all her signs and voices sham's
The prayerless heart of man.
From the Jersey City Times.
LET IT ALONE.
Let it alone! 'tis a dangerous thing.
An adder is there with poisonous sting!
Oh! touch not ! Oh! taste not the drunk
ard's bowl !
It kills the body and ruins the soul!
As the bird enchanted by serpent's eye,
From its flight descends in its fangs to die,
So the bowl at first hath charms to impart,
Ere it fastens its coils around the heart.
But encircling its hapless victims fast,
Strikes its fatal dart to the core at last:
Oh! then touch not, taste not the drunkard's
bowl !
It kills the body and ruins the soul !
Full many a noble, promising youth
It has lur'd away from the path of truth,
And quickly the bloom and the vigor have
fled,
And an early grave received its dead.
As the beating pulse by the bowl is. still'd
And the burial grottnd by it is filled,
As the soul by the drunkard's bowl is lost,
Then purchase it not at so great a cost.
Never put to your lips the deadly sup:
Dash down to earth the poisonous cup:
Aye, let it alone, for death lurks within;
To shun it, is wisdom to drink it, is sin.
THE REJECTED BANK-NOTE.
"What is the price of this dressing
grown, sir 7" asked a sweet-faced girl, en -tering
the elegant store of Huntley &
Warner, in a city, and a street of a city,
which shall be nameless.
It was a cloudy day. The clerks loung
ed over the counter and yawned, the man
to whom Alice Locke addressed herself
was jaunty and middle aged. He was
head clerk of the extensive establishment
of Huntley fc Warner, and extremely
consequential in manner.
This dressing-grown we value at sir
dollars you shall have it for five, as
trade is dull to-day."
"Five dollars 1" Alice looked at the
dressing-gown longingly, and the clerk
looked at her. He saw that her clothes,
though made and worn genteelly, were
common enough in texture, and that her
face was very much out of the common
line. How it changed ! now shaded, now
lighted, by the varied play of her emo
tions. The clerk could almost have sworn
that she had no more than that sum, five
dollars, in her possession.
The gown was a very good one for the
price. It was of common shade, a toler
able merino, and lined with the same ma
terial. "I think" she hesitated a moment
"I think I'll take it," she said ; then see
ing in the face before her an expression
she did not like, she blushed as she hand
ed out the bill tho elerk had made up his
mind to take.
"Jen n is," cried Torrent, the head clerk
in a quick, pompous tone, "pass up tho
bank uote detector."
Up ran the tow-headed boy ( with the
detector, and down ran the clerk's eye
from column to column. Then he look
ed over with a sharp glauce, and exclaim
ed :
"That's a counterfeit bill, Miss."
"Counterfeit ! Oh, no it cannot be!
The man who sent it could not have been
so careless ; you must be mistaken, sir."
"I am not mistaken ; I'm never mis
taken, 3Iiss. This bill is a counterfeit.
I must presume, of course, that yon did
pot know it, although so much bad money
has been offered us of late that we intend
to eecarp such persons as pas it. Who
did you 6ay spnt it ?"
"Sir. C. , sir, of New York.--
He could not send mp bad money," eaid
tho trembling, frightened girl,
"Humph !" said the clerk. "Well
there's no dout aboubt this; you cap look
STROUDSBURG, MONROE
for yourself. Now don't let me see you
here again until can bring good money,
for we always suspect such persons as you
that come on dark days with a well made
story."
"But, sir "
"You need make no exclamations, Miss"
said the man insultingly. "Take your
bill, and the next time you want to buy a
dressing gown, don't try to pass your
counterfeit money," and he handed it,
the bill fell from his hands.
Alice caught it from the floor and hur
ried into the street.
Such a shock the girl had never receiv
ed. She hurried to a banking establish
ment, found her way in, and presented
the note to a noble looking man with gray
hair, faltering out. "is this bill a bad one,
sir?"
The cashier and his son happened to
be the only persons present. Both no
ticed her extreme youth, beauty, and agi
tation. The cashier looked closely and handed
it back, as with a polite bow and some
what prolonged look he said :
"It's a good bill, young lady."
''I knew it was," cried Alice with a
quivering lip and he dared "
She could go no farther, but entirely
overcome, she bent her head, and the hot
tears had their way.
"I beg pardon, have you had any truo
ble with it?" asked the cashier.
"Oh, sir, you will excuse me forgiving
way to my feelings but you spoke so
kindly, and I felt so sure that it was good.
And I think, sir, such men as one of the
clerks in Huntly & Warner's should be
removed. He told me it was counterfeit,
and added something that I am glad fath
er did not hear. I know the publisher
would not send me bad maney."
"Who is your father, young lady ?" ask
ed the cashier, becoming interested.
"Mr. Benjamin Locke, sir."
"Benjamin Ben. Locke was he ever
a clerk in the Navy Department at Wash
ington. "Yes sir ; we removed from there," re
plied Alice. "Since then" she hesitat
ed "he has not been well and we are
somewhat reduced. Oh why do I tell
these things sir ?"
"Ben. Locke! reduced !" murmured the
cashier; "the man who was the making of
me! Give me his number and street, my
child. Your father was one of the best, per
haps the only friend I had. I have not for
gotten him. No. 4 Liberty street. I will
call this evening. Meantime let me have
the bill let see I'll give you another.
Since I come to look, I havn't got a five
here's a ten ; we'll make it all right."
That ereniDg the inmates of a shabby
genteel Louse received the cashier of the
M Bank. Mr. Locke, a man of
gray hair, though numbering but fifty
years, rose from his chair, and much af
fected, greeted the familiar face. The
son of the cashier accompanied him, and
while the elders talked together, Alice
and the young man grew quite chatty.
"Yes, sir, I have been unfortunate,"
said Mr. Locke in a low tone. "I have
just recovered, as you see, from rheumatic
fever, caused by undue exertion and had
it not been for that sweet girl of mine, I
know not what I should have done. She,
by giving lessons in music and French,
and by writing for periodicals ; has kept
me, so far, above want."
"You shall not want, my old friend,"
said the cashier. "It was a kind provi
dence that sent your daughter to me.
There's a place in the bank just made va
cant by death of a valuable clerk, and it
is at your disposal. It is my gift and
valued at twelve hundred a year.
Pen cannot describe the joy with which
this kind offer was accepted. The day of
deliverance had come.
On the following morning the cashier
entered the handsome store of Huntly &
Warner, and inquired for the head clerk.
He came obsequiously.
"Sir," said the cashier sternly, "is that
a bad note ?"
"I I think not, sir," stammeringly re
plied the clerk.
The cashier went to the door. From
his carriage stepped Mr. Locko in com
pany with his daughter.
"Did you not tell tins young lady, ray
ward, that this note was counterfeit?
And did you not so far forget self respect,
and the interest of your employers, as to
offer an insult ?"
The man stood confounded he dared
not deny he could say nothing for him
self. "If your employers keep you, sir, they
will no longer have my custom," said the
cashier, sternly. "You deserve to bo
horse-whipped, sir."
Tho firm parted with their unworthy
clerk that very day, and ho left tho store
disgraced, but punished justly.
Alice Locke became the daughter of the
good cashier. All of which grew out of
calling a genuine bill counterfeit.
Dirty Work.
The following is an interrogatory put
by a Copperhead to Gen. Logan, during
one of his speeches in Indiana, and the
answer:
Copperhead " A few years ago, when
you was a Democrat, the Republicans
called you " Dirty Work Logan ;" are
you doing the dirty work for the Repub
lican party now?"
Gen. Logan " Yes, sir; I am skinning
Copperheads, and it is the dirtiest work I
ever did; but it has got to be done."
Persevere in what you undertake.
COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 15, ISGG.
Meteoric Showers or "Shooting Stars."
It seems to have been the general irn
pression of scientific men that a meteoric
shower was to come off on the morning of
November 13th, and as such a sight is only
witnessed once in an ordinary generation,
we have concluded to give our readers
such information on the subject as we
chance to possecs. The foundation for
the belief that this phenomenon might be
expected on the 13th, is the fact that
similar phenomena occurred on the 13th
of November 1800, and on the 13th of
November, 1833 at an interval of thirty
three years which, if there be any fixed
rules governing their recurrence, will
bring it upon the 13th of November, 18GG.
On the morning of the 13th of Novem
ber, 1833, we learn from Olmsted's As
tronomy, from two o'clock until broad day
light, the sky being prcfectly serene and
cloudless; the whole heavens were light
ed with a magnificent display of celestial
fire works., At times the air was filled j
with streaks of light, occasioned by firey :
particles darting down so swiftly as to
leave the impression of their light upon
the eye (like a match ignited and whirl
ed before the face,) and difting to the
northwest like flakes of snow driven by
the wind; while, at short intervals, balls
of fire, varying in size from minute points
to bodies larger than Jupiter and Venus,
and in a few instances as large as the full
moon, descended -more slowly along the
arch of the sky, often leaving after them
long trains of light, which were in some
instances variegated with prismatic colors.
On tracing back the lines of direction
in which the meteors moved, is was found
that they all appeared to radiate from the
same point, which was situated near one
of the stars of the sickle, in the Constella
tion "Leo;" and in every repetition of the
meteoric shower, the radiant point has
occupied nearly the same situation.
This shower pervaded nearly the wJiole
of North America, having appeared in al
most equal splendor from the British pos
sessions of the North to the West India
Isiands, and Mexico on the South, and
from sixty-one degrees of longitude east
of the American coast, quite to the Pa
cific ocean on the Wesj. Throughout
this immense region the duration was
nearly the same. The meteors began to
attract attention by their unusual frcquen-
irom nine to twelve o clock in the
evening
g; were most striking in. their ap
pearance from two to four ; arrived at
their maximum, in many places, about
four o'clock, and continued until render
ed invisible by the light of the day.
. Some authorities fix the date of the first
recorded meteoric shower on November
12th, 1799, instead of 1800, and conse
quently fixed the time of its recurrence on
November 12th, 1807 being an inter
val of thirty-four, instead of thirty-threo
years. We leave time and the astrono
mers to determine which calcalation is the
most correct.
- Astronomoers seem to agree that these
periodical meteors have their origin be
yond the atmosphere, descending to us
from some nebulous body with which the
earth falls in, and near or through the
borders of which it passes ; and that this
nebulous body has an indpendent exis
tence as a member of the solar system,
with regular periods of revolution. It is !
furtherestablishcd that these meteors are of
light combustible matter ; that they move
with great velocity, amounting in some
instances to nineteen miles in a second ;
that some of them are bodies of a large
ftizc, sometimes several thousand feet in
diameter ; that when they enter the at
mosphere, they rapidly and powerfully
condense tho air before them, and then
elicit the heat that sets them on fire; and
they are burned up at a considerable
height above the earth, sometimes not less
than thirty miles.
On the occasion alluded to, November
1833, many thought the end of the world
had come, while tho more superstitious
were stricken dumb with fear.
A Young Desperado.
The Louisville Courier gives the fol
lowing catalogue of crimes committod by
a young man named Drake, in Mount
Sterling, only 23 or 24 years of age, whose
escape from imprisonment or the gallows
is a sad commentary on the enforcement
of the laws in Kentucky:
His last exploit was, a few days ago,
the shooting of a black man, two shots
taking effect, one in the shoulder and the
other in the thigh. He was promptly ar
rested, but managed to escape at night,
and is now at large. This young man's
Lrccord, though brief, has been peculiarly
bloody. Un tho baturd iy before the Au
gust election of 1S05 he killed his first
victim, Lieut. E. Sanders, of Sharpsburg,
Bath county, at a picnic near Mount Ster
ling. Young Sanders had been a gallant
officer in the Confederate service. Both
young men where somewhat under the
iufluence of liquor, and tho altercation;
between them was cot of the nature that
would involve, necessarily, a resort to the
use of weapons. Duke killed him with a
bowie knife. For this deed ho was tried,
and, we believe, acquitted. His next ex
ploit was the cutting and stabbing Lieut.
Wash. Mclntyre, a gallant officer of the
of tho '24th Kentucky Federal Regiment,
last Christmas. His next essay in blood
shedding was with a pistol. He shot and
killed a negro man who had attempted to
outrage a little girl. Ho next had a
second altcroation with Lieut. Mclntyre,
tins time shooting ana killing him. His
last venture in criuio "we have mentioned
Jn the beginning of thia notice.
A SAD STORY.
SEDUCTION, ABANDONMENT, AND PROBA
BLE SUICIDE.
The Detroit Free Press of the 24th of
October, contains the following sketch
of the melancholy career of a school girl:
At Painesville, Ohio, is a very popular
lemaie seminary, where the young ladies
are kept under the most careful surveil
ance, and where one would naturally
suppose a tempter could not gain admis-
sion. ivxcept on Wednesday afternoon
male visitors were not admitted, and
then no opportunity is afforded for ob
taining private interviews. ;
Attracted by the reputation of this'
school, Mr. John Colwcll, a farmer, liv
ing near Erie, Pa., sent his daughter,
Delia, a very pretty girl, some sixteen
years of age.
During one of the Wednesday recep
tions a young man named Henry Brand,
plausible and well dressed, yet having no
regular occupation, became acquainted
with Miss Colwell, and from the sequel it
is apparent succeeded in making a favor
able impression. Evading the rules of
the school, stolen interviews were manag
ed between the pair, and a clandestine
correspondence kept up some weeks with
out detection. They at last became care
less, and the matron of the seminary dis
covering the affair, forbid Miss Colwell
leaving the house after dark and put a
stop to the visits of young Brand, upon
reception days. The precaution was ta
ken too late for the happiness of the poor
girl, who, loving the young man, had
placed her honor and her life in hi3 keep
ing. She determined not to be debarred
the pleasure of his society, and a rope
ladder having been procured, he was en
abled, under the cover of darkness, to
ascend to her room,, which was in the
second story, and there pass hours in her
company, sometimes the entire night.
Excitement, loss of sleep, and the pre
occupation of mind consequent upon this
course of life, gradually told upon the
sprits and habits of study of the young
girl, and she surely and rapidly retro
graded in her studies until her position
became one of the worst and most unen
viable in the school. Such a course
could not be carried on without exciting
suspicion and remark, and a watch being
set upon her Mr. Brand wa3 detected
while in tho very act of entering her
window. After such a discovery it was
of course a matter of impossibility that
she could longer be retaiued in the insti
tution, and she was the next day, after
being formally expelled in the presence
of the school, confined to her room until
her parents could be sent for to take her
home.
In compliance with a request, Brand
found means to communicate with her.
Miss Cc'well met him at one of the hotels
in the town, and arrangements for an
elopement and marriage were perfected
between the two, they having settled
upon Cleveland as their future home.
Before this plan could be carried out Mr.
Colwcll arrived and found his daughter
at the depot waiting for the train upon
which she contemplated leaving Paines
ville. He at once took charge of her, and
after delivering a well-dresaed chastise
ment to Brand, started with her for home.
The punishment he had received aroused
all the worst passions in the breast of the
young man, and ho determined to suc
ceed in attaining the object of his de
sires at any cost or trouble, lie there
fore, unknown to Mr. Colwcll, look the
same train with them, finding some means
to communicate the fact to Delia, who,
in obedience to a request from him,
mannged to evade tho viglancc of her
father, where a train moving in the op
posite direction met them, to change cars
and return with her lover to Painesville,
while her father was rapidly being whirl
ed along in the opposite direction. At
the first station at which th6 train stop
ped they left it, and on foot, proceeded
to a place whence they procurred a con
veyance to Conneaut, Ohio, and thcr3
took a passage for this city on the scow
Sea Bird, which was bouudfor Saginaw
for a load of lumber. Arriving in Detroit
about the 1st of Jnly they procured board
at a German's on Hastings street, and
there lived together for a short time as
man and wife, although they had never
been married, and Brand refused to legal
ize their connection. The natural results
having ensued Miss Colwell found her
self about to become a
i
mother, and the
fact becomiu
apparent to her seducer,
he, either being afraid of tho conscqven
ccs, or becoming tired ot his victim,
abandoned her iu a strange city, without
money and without friends.
The peoplo with whom she was board
ing could not keep her without that com-!
pensation which it was not iu her power
to jrive. Her situation precluded the
possibility of working for a living, and
overcome by her misfortunes, sho lost her ; girl offers him the shelter of her umbrella.,
seuscs and became a wretched wanderer, 'He answers to the namo of " Jeems."
without shelter and without food. Injllo was last seen in company of Julia
this condition she remained uutil about Harr"i3 walking with his arm around her
two weeks sinco, when sho was discover-1 waist; looking more like a fool, if possi
ed in an alley near Hastings street, in the blc than ever. Auybody who will catch
very pangs of labor. Some charitablo the poor fellow and bring him back, so.
persons living in the vicinity took her to 'that I can chastise Lint for running away
their own home, teudcrcd 'her through will bo invited toteaby Mary E.Smitu.
her great trial, and cared for her and her
bon
thev missed her and babe. A search for
nr. the foot of
Hastings street, sho shoos which sho had
worn aud llio clolinng oi lue runu.
all human probability she has sought, iu
a watery grave, that peace which she
could nut fiud ou caith. Tlw liver has becu
aud tho clothing of the child. In
NO. 35.
dragged, but without finding tho bodies
of either mother or ch 'd.
Interesting Correspondence.
Mr. M. C. Culver, Postmaster at Cul
ver's Station, Illinois, has been removed.
The following interesting correspondence
took place on the occasion :
Washington, Oct. 1, ISGG:
M. C. Culver, Postmaster at Pnlrpr'i
Station: Sir: It has been rennrfpd trv
this Department that you are not in hari-
mony with the Administration, and - that
recently you had occasion to speak it'
isparaging terms of the President and
his Cabinet. Allow me to say that such.
expressions as "Johnson is played'."'
"Drunk again!" "His Accidency,"
" My Policy be d d," &c., are certainly;
is very bad taste from the lips of any man
who tickles his palate three times a day
with the President's bread and butter.
Your resignation will be acceptable at
any time, and the Department has al
ready notified Mr. , a National
Union man of Lauramie, of his appoint
ment to the place. You will make imme
diate report of the receipts and expendi
tures of your office for the quarter end
ing October 1st, and you may hand over
the balance on hand to your successor
A. W. Randale,
Postmaster-Generall
MR. CULVER'S REPLY..
To the Postmaster-General : Your sweet
scented epistle is at hand contents no
ted. I did say " the. President's policy
be d d," or words to that effect, and
the people have said the same thin- at
the polls by 180,000 majority as far as
heard from. The following exhibit of
the receipts and expenses of my office i3.
respectfully submitted:
Stamps on hand - - - - lg:
Receipts for last quarter - - 2 G8-
Total $2
EXPENSES.
Twine 10c, coal oil 40c, wafers
Gc, rent of office $6 25 - 6
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Balance due me - - - 3 94
As the new appointee is short just that
amount, I trust you will be able to " see
it," for the good taste and propriety ot
remitting the same at your earliest conve.
nience. M. C. Culver,
Postmaster Culver's Station.-
-Desperate Encounter with a Deer.
One of the most daring encounters in
cident of hunting life though fortunate
resulting in nothing serious that we -have
heard of for a long time, says that.
Enau Claire (Wis.) Free Press, occurred'
in the vicinity of Mad creek one day last
week. Mr. Ed. Nicholls started out one
morning with his dog through a piece of
woods near his farm. Scarcely had ho
entered the forest, over a mile from hrs
habitation, when suddenly up spracg o,'
large buck from his concealment, an,
confronting him face to face for an in
stant made a fearful dash at him. Mr.
Nicholls, though having no weapon of
defence, never once thought of retreat
ing, but firmly grasped one of the ani
mal's gigantic horns, while the dog took,
hold of his throat. For a while the strug
gle between the three was mo3t fearful.
One moment the man had the deer down,
but the deer, posssessed of that dexterity
and nimbleness peculiar to them, sprang
to his feet again and again, using all Lia
endeavors in twirling his antagonists a
round. Mr. N. dare not lose his hold,
and the only hope to save his life was by
encouraging the dog, which meanwhile
hung on to the buck's throat with canine
tenacity. To worry the buck to exhaus
tion, with the assistance of the dog, war
the only means of conqueriug his adver
sary, and, after a long and tiresome strug
gle was finally successful, when he went
and got a club and knocked the animal,
in the head. At the end of the combat.
Mr. N.'s clothing was entirely torn from
him, and he had nothing to cover tho
costume which nature furnished him.
lie returned home through byways and
called hastily to his wife to furnish him
with clothing, and then returning ho
brought his vension home, which, after'
being dressed, weighed over two hundred
rounds. When we take-into
considera
tion the fact that Mr. N. is a very small
man. weifhin onlv nn hnnr?ril nnnnds.
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this was a courageous undertaking, and
courageously did he meet it.
The following spicy advertisement ir
taken from a Western paper: Lost, Sto
len or Siroted, An individual whom I,
iu an
urgent moment of
loneliness, was-
thoughtless enoujih to adopt as a husband.
He is jrood-lookinjr and feeble iudvidual,
knowimr enouirh. however, to come in
1 when it rains, unless some good-lookin
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It was said in the hearing
Jersey Quacker lady that
Mr. Johnson
had threatened to kick out all office hold-
ers who do not also hold to " my policy."
" Jut, John, she inquired, with de ngni-
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lul naivete, " but, John, can he do itf
Docs thee think he can stand on oac lo
long enou-h to kick anybody? '
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