7 IS rUDl.l1IIKI F.tKHY WfcPNKSDAY, 11 V W. li. Di JXX. ;' OrriCE IS KOBtNBOM & BOS NUB'S BUILDIBO, ELK STREET, TIOKESTA, PA. TERMS, (J.IK) A YEAR. No Subscriptions received fur a shorter period tluin tliroo months. Correspondence solicited from all nnrts of the country. No nntli-a will lo Uikfn of itnnoiiyinoiis comtnuulcnlion. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TIOHESTA LODGE A, 369, i.o. of o.ir. MEETS every Friday evening, at, o'clock, In tint Mull tormerlv occupied by the Good Templars. R. H. HASLET, N. O. J. T. DALIT, Roo'y. 27-tf. . Samuel D. Irwin, ATTORNEY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW and KKAti ESTATE AGENT. lxtal I mslness promptly attended to. Tlonesta, Pa. 40-ly. P. KEWTOlt rKTTm. MILKS IT. TATB. .PKTT1S 4TATK,4 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Attn XrtH, .... TIOXKSTA, rA. Vt.yfl&v, Owrn A. -Iraki, Mason Jertka, A TT0RNKY8 AT LAW. Office on Elm X Street, abova Walnut. Tloniwtn. l'n. . ,W. Hay, A TTf)nxir J AT LAW. and Notary Jtcviif.hU Uukill A (..' Hloek, Soneee. St., till City, l'n. 3tl-ly V. KIJHKA. r. D. MMII.KY. K tXNKJ K f S3f ILK Y, Attorney at Law, . - Franklin, pB. IRACTICI In Hut several Courts of Ve nanao. Crawftird, Forost, .and adjoin' Ins counties. 3U-lv. II. HAHUl!i, i. D. f ASHKTT, It A It U IS FA SSK TV, - . tornyt at Law, THustrula Penn'a. i a -. - PRACTICE In all tho Courts of Warron, -i i aaTrroru, Mirvnt and enango rniu S ' i I . . . ,4U-tl Vll I HICIA y.H .P SVHOKOXS. I. Win AIS, H, D., aa J. B. BLAISE, K. D, Hinir ntrrd Into ro-nartnernhip. all ralUi. nisl or day. will riccive lmnicdinle SMMitinH.. Oliii-o at reaidenro of Dr. AV'I wuu, Klisi St., Tioueatu, l'u. 301 V m it. a i- , f, .. . 'v4il Charles B. Araart, , , , ; . TAENTI8T. Centre Strset, Oil Cltv, Ta. Jin Simons' nloek. ' 1 ' 1 Lawranc House, ; "WM. LAWRENCE, Propriktor. This hmiN Ims jutt lioen opened t (lie , publU- and the Turiiltiiro niul littinirt tire all new.. Onest will Ixt well cnU.rlnlncd wt raaannnble rate. Is Hltuatcd on Km Nt, opposite Superior LnHilerCo. Htore. XMy Tlonesta' House. Tf ITT EL. Proprietor, Elm St. Tio- i'Ar nosla. Pa., at th mouth of t ho crock. Mr.' 1 1 tin lias thoroughly renovated the Tlone.ta House, and re-furnished it win lately. All wlr pntronUn him will le jjpll entertained at reasonable ratex. 20 ly FOIEST HOUSE, 1). It LACK PROPRIETOR. OnitoMite tmin uiiuse. lioneaui. u.l. just t'pcnjfj, Everythinii now i(4 luhii and frellT Tlio liest of lienors ka eonntantly on hand. A (xirtlqn ,f l,e jiubliu pittron ae U respe.ttfiiilji xiliijiUKl. 4-17-1 v National Hotel, TMHOirfE, PA., ItenJ. Elliott, proprie tur: This house has been newly furn ished mid i kepfe in irood atyle. (luesU will Imi inailu eomfurlahlo here at readout. Ido rate. t nT. , Scott House. IAOL'NDl'S, PA., E. A. Robert. Pro-I- print. ir. This ho'el hat Itoen recently re-f uruithed and now oilers HUcrior no eiinmoilatlona to (rues's. J5-lv. - - ' '- - -' ;.- Dr.' J. L. Acom,b, pHYSTCIAN AND SUROEON, who lias ' had linceu years' ex)erienceiu a larite HiifjticecHfiil praelii-c, will attend all jTul'eaalnnal Calls. Olllco in his Drannd r.vo.H-ry Storo, loeutod 4i Tidioute, neor Tiditiute iliuise. ,,.. , IN HIS STORE I WILL IIE FoY'n'd A full assortment of Modieines, I,lpioi- "Tohm o, Clears, Stntiouery, tiloMS, I'niuts, - Otis. Cutlery, all of the lie! ipiality, and will he ald at roasonnble rates. DR. CIIAS. O. 11AV, an experienced Pbyaiuian and DrtlKtlst from New York, haa ehariro of tin Kioro. All proaoriptioiis putupaecuraUily. .. . jk. r. rtss. A. , KSLLC ; ma r, pa k k .e co. 'BiJL-HT. IB IR S , .Corner of Elm .1 Waluut Sts. Tionesta. ' Rank of Discount and J)eposit. ' Interest allowed on Time Deposits. lilloeUons m ado on all the Principal points ' of tho U.S. - Gollecttnna soileltod. 18-ly. ,io a. mi s. n. .T.Ata.CHkM. J RAVINGS BANK. Tio.ieata, Forest Co., Pa. TWa UwV tftnsacln a General Banking, iollectiiiK si) j V-jtcIuko iuiness. " Drafts ou Litf C'iiia of the I MiUl States sitd KurM" bouhtand sold. Gold and Silver Coiu aud Goveriimunt Sseuritiea bons:ht and sold. J-.U) Donds converted on the miait lavoriltlw VW Interest allowed on time dciosiu. Mar. 4, tf. J. B. LONG, ' yJANCFACTl'RER of and Dealur Iu HAIVH, SADDLES, WHIPS, ROBES, vV'cURettY COMBS, 1JRUSHE8, HORSE CLOTHING, nd every thinKR the line. In Honner A. . -tii-i DriiK Store, 7 I : -i- : t VOL. VI. D. W. CLARK, (lOVMISSIOMK.n's CI.CI1K, ronnsTfo., r..) It HAL ESTATE AGENT. TTOUSES ami T,ota for Halo and ItEN T. Wild Lands for Halo. 1 have superior facilities for ascertaining the condition of Uses and tux doods, o., and am therefore quaUUcd to act Intel II-Rnntly-a nucnt of those living at a dis tance, owning lands in the County. Ofnoo In Commissioners Hooin, Court House, Tloncsta, Pa. 4-4l-ly. D. W. CLARK. : Nev9 Hoard Inp; House. MRS. R. H. HITLINGS hiu. huilt a laro addition to licr houafl.and In now pro pared to accommodate a number of pcrma nont tKtnrdcru, and all tritnnlcnt onoii wlio may favor her with tlioir patronn(ft. A (rood atnhle haa reocntly liocn built to nc orumiHlatfi the homo of kucmIh. Chnrpna rcnnonnhlo. ltiwidonce on Elin St., oppo site 8. Haslet's atoro. 1:3-1 y misTo & iiosi:v, CENTRE STREET, OIL CITY, 1A. STATIONERY, !'. -1 FANCY GOODS, n t . TWINES, T0Y8, IK ICS, IVIIOI.KM tl.K AMI KliTAll.. Books, Newspapers and Magazines MAILED TO AN Y ADDRESS At publishers rates. .19-1 v 1TBW ' GROCERY AND 'PROVISION STORE IX T ION TA . GE0.W.B0VARD&C0: HAVE lust brounht on a complete and earclully scltH'ted stock of I FLOUR. " GKOCKKII-G ! - ,i PROVISIONS, and everythliiR necessary to the complete stock ofa ui-Ht-cliiHsOroo'erv House, which they have opened out at their establish ment on Elm tit., (irst door north of M. L. Clftireh. "'-- TEAS, COFFEKX SUOARS. j HYRUPS, FRUITS, '. i : KIMCES, DAMS, 1 : 1.ARD, U AV ritOVIXIOXS OFA LL KINDS, at tho lowest enMh prices. Coods warrnnt 1 to be of the Itont i utility. Call and ex nuiliiu, and we lxlieve we can suit von. Or:o. W. UO YARD fc CO. Jan. n, '72. CONFECTION ARIEO - -i- ' t T AfiNEW. at tho Post omoc. has 4 opened out a choico lot of GROCERIES, VONtECTIONARlES, j CAXNED Fit VITS, 7GH4VUQ8, CIGARS, AND NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS. ' A portion of the patronage of the public n i --v- nil u; i ' y Boiiuiseu. 44-tf 1. AONEW. NEBRASKAGRIST MILL, ''PIIE (iRIST MILL at Nebraska (Lacy A. town,) Forest countv, lias Iteen thor oughly overhauled aiuf refitted in iirst eluss order, and Is now running and doing ul.l kinds of UN TO 51 (J IU1H . (;. FLOUR, FEED, ; AND OATS. Constantly on hand, ail sold at the very lowust figures. ,a-oni II. V LEDEBUR. LOTS FOR SALE! IN THE BOROUGH OF TIONESTA. Apply tj GEO. G. SICKLES, 79, Nassau St., New York City. Tle Republican Office KEEPS constantly on Iiandalanre as surtiiionlot' Itlaiik Deeds, Mortgages Kiibpu-nas. Warrants, Suuiniens, Ac. to be sulti ljsiip for eau. tf. NO. 11-. ! T10NESTA, PA., JULY 2. 183." THE IIAttK AM TUB IIEIXiE-IIOO. This story is a tough one to tell, youngsters, but true it is for all that! for my grandfather, from whom I hava it. used aKnvs to say when he told it: "True must it be, my son, otherwise one oould not tell it so ut all 1" And this is the way the story ran ; 'Twss on a pleasant Kuuduy morn ing towards harvest time, just as the buckwheat blossomed. f lie sun had goue brightly up into heaven ; the mourning wind swept warm o?er the stubble ; the larks sang in the air the bees hummed in the buckwheat; the good folic went in bunrlay gear to church, and all creatures were happy ana mo ueage-nog also. The hedge-hog stood before the door with his nrmi folded, peeped out into the morning air, arid chirruped a lit tie song to himself, just as good and just as bad as a hedge-hog is wont to sing on a pleasant Sunday mornintr And as he was singing to himself, in a cneery little voice, all at once it came unto his head ho might just as well, while his wife was washing and dross ing the children, take a little walk in to the field to see how his turnips were standing. Now the turnips were close to ins house., and he used to ent them with his family, so that he looked ud on them as his own. No sooner said tluin done. The hedge hog shut the house door to after him, and took his way to the field. He had not gone very far from the house, and was about tit turn, just by the thorn bush which stands there before the fluid, near tne turnip patch, when lie met the hare, who had gone out on a simi lar business, namely, to look after his cabbages. When the hedge hog caught sigiiioi tne nare, lie bid him it Iriendly I'good morning!" But the hare, who in his own way was a mighty fine gen tleinan,' and held his head very high, answered nothing to tho hedgo-hog, putting on thereby a most scornful niein, "how happens it, then, that thou art strolling about here in the field so earlv in the moruina:?" "I'm taking a walk,"' said the hedge-hog. ! "Taking a walk," laughed the hare. "methinks thou mitrlitest use those legs of thine for better things." The ansuer yped the hedire-ho!r hugely, tor ho pould stand almost anything but )js legs he did not like to have Spoken about, because :hey were crooked by nature '. "lhoti thiukcst, pethans" said the hedge hog to tho hare, "thou could'st do more with thine own legs?" "ihat s What 1 do think ' eaiJ the hare. ' "That depends upon the trial." quote the hedge-hog, "I bet that if we run a race together, I Lcat th.e hol low." i "That's quite laughable, thou with thy crooked legs," said the hore, "hut Iv e nothing agaiast it it" thou art so bent upon it. What's the bet ?" I "A goldtn louis d'or and a hottle of brandy !" said the hedge-hog. 1 "Done," said the hare, "fall in and then it may come off at once." "Nay, there's no such hurry," said the hedge-hog, "I'm atil 1 qui te hungry ; I'll go home and get a bit of break fast first ; within a half an hour I'll be here again on the spot." I With this the hedge-hog went his way, for the hare was also conteut. 1 On tho way the hedge-hog thought to himself; "''La hare trusts his long legs, but I'll fetch him fur all that; he's a fine guutlemau to bo sure, "but still he's on ly a stupid follow, and pay he hall!" i Now when the hedgo hog camo to his house, be said to his wife. "Wife. dress thyself in my gear, quickly; thou must go with to the field." i "What's all this about?" said the wife. ; ..... j 'Iv'e bet the hare u golden louis d'or and a bottle of brandy that I beat him iu a race, and thou must be by." , , "0 my Qod, husband !' began the hedge-hog's wife La ry, "art thou fool ifch? How canst thou wish to fi)a a race with the hare ?" "Hold thy mouth, wife." said the hedge hog, "that's my business; dyn't meddle with mtu'i n fairs, larch! dress thyself in my clothes, and then come along." What could the hedge. hog's wife do? She had t' follow whether she would or no. When ihey were on the way together, the hodge-hog aid to his wife: "Now listen to what I have to say. Seo'st thou, 011 tho Jong acre vouder will be run our race. The nare runs in ono furrow aud I in mother, and we begin t,o run from up n.vt .ww noining cisu to do than to tle thy j,aco iu the furrow, and when the hare comes un on the other side thou must call out to him, I'm ))ere already !" With this they had reached the field ; the hedtre. hog tdipwed his wife her placp and went ud the furrow. When he fot to thp upper end tho haio was already lucre. "Can .c ilai t 1" 4.aiJ ic hnio . 1 ''Yes, indeed !" said' the hedge-hog! "To it then !" and with ' that each placed himself in the furrow, and the hare counted one, two, three 1 and away he went like a storm-wind down the field. I3ut the hedgo-hog ran about three stops, and then ducked down In the furrow and eat still. When the hare, on the full bound, came to the lower end of the field, the hedge-hog's wife called out to him, I'm hero already!" The harestarted, and wondered not a little ; ho thought no otherwise - than that it was tho hedge hog- himself that ran out to meet him, for, us every one knows, the hedgo-hog 's wife looks just like her husband. ' " Bat the hare thought : There's something wrong about all this! Another . race ! At it again ! Aud away he went like a storm wiod, so that his earsjlay flat on his head. But the hedge-hog's wife stayed quiet ly in her place: When the hare came to the ripper end tho hedgo-hog called out to him, I'm here already." But the hare, beside himself with rage, cried, "Another race! At it !" -- - - . - "I m quite willing," answered the hedge hog "just as often as thou likest." So the hare ran three and seventy times, and the hedge-hog held out to the very end with him. Every time the hare came either below or above, the hedge-hog or his wife said, "I'm. here already." j. But the four aud seventieth time the hare came no more to the end. In the middle of the field ho fell to the earth nnd lay dead upon the spot. So the hedge hog took the louis d'or and the boitle of brandy he had won, called his wife out of tlio furrow and both went home together; and if they have not died they are , living still. So happened it that on the Buxtehude heath the hedge hog ran the hnro to death, and siifce that time 110 hare has ever dreamed of running a" race with a Buxtehude hedge-hog. ! But the moral of this story is.first, that no one, however high nnd mighty he may think himself, shall let it hap- lki 11 uu 10 innKe merry over an humble man. even if he he a liodm hog; nnd secondly, that it is ndvita blc, when one marries, that he take . -l' t .... miu out ox nig own condition, apfj who looks just like himself.- He therefore that is a hcdiro-hne. .must 100K 10 it that his wife is also a Wing and so forth. j 1 . 1 ... . . . - 0 1 ' 3. . The Alia Callfornian tells alxml man who is burying his vices t "lie 1. ..1.. 1:1 . 1.1 . . uuas nae an undertaker ; but its se easy to stop these foolish practices. Jin, utMYf . iuo uuiy trouoie ne. lias suffered in abstaining has been First. restlessness ana a desire to cluwsome thing; second, a sSVUot mental thirst that sesms unquenchable ; third, an insane idea of two things at once, and never teelintr satisfied or nt rpstj fourth, sleepless nights saking every fifteen mitiiites and thinkiuir tjucu iime tnnt ne naj pyerslept him I. . ? .L I I . . . 9 self; fifth, n desire to tell evcrv ona he sees that he has quit smoking and smiting mis is uone to brace up L r .1? . . . uis tailing courage ami commit him self and his pride to the work to self conquest; sixth, he imagines he tised l -- l 1 M. 10 smoKf a wnoie oox 01 cigars a day anu orags 01 11 is iormer power; while insinuating his present fortitude: sev enth, he is now su Hi ring from a tempt ing voice, which says: "If you tak up smoking again, you could retrain yourself to the moderate tia of the weed ; why should you persecute your self, and thereby ockuowledue that you ' can t smoke in moderation ? 1 our will is certainly strong enough to re3it and excess in future!" He is in aliad stato of colic now. If he gives iu, ho will be smoking ten ci gan a day within a week. But -it's so easy for hi 31 to quit smokiug, if he only maes up his mind to do so!" A few days since a farmer in Madi son township quarrelled with his wife and left home. He returned in a short time and the quarrgl was ro sinned and continued to such an ex tent that he expressed a desire to be out of the world. His wife intimated that nothing would please her better and offered to do her part if the rifle was only leaded. He went into the bouse, got the r.fle aud ammunation and loaded it in the presence of his wife, but was very careful when she was not looking to slip the hall down his sleeve. After the guji had been capped he handed it to her and went into the yard, she followed as fur as the door, when she took deliberate aim and fired. The husband dropped iu the grass, to all appeara;i,ce dead, and laid there a short time lye Cure his Wife camo t" hiu). It did not take her long to discover tnathewas"j!ay. ing possum," aud grasping an ax hnn die, the attacked him so fiercely that but for the iutcrfeience of some of the children, nhe would have crushed his skull. It is needless to add that lliclr will be a divorce, .Vvft Jlend VWtwiie 1 $2 PER ANNUM. A UOOD IOU HTOUT. It does not make any difference whether your name is Keyser or not ; if you want to buy a dog there is one for Sale cheap on a canal-boat now braving the billows somewhere east of I rankfort. i he captain of the boat is an Oswego man, and it is but oneshrt week since he spliced his main-brate and let out the reefs in his driver, and got three sheets in the wind, and made all necessary preparations for a pros perous voyage. His wife sung "Write me a Letter, Love," in the cabin ; his children played on deck ; his steeds aired their frames on the tew path, his hand was on the tudder, and his mate was recovering from his farewell attack of delerium tremens in the forward cabin. The captain gazed proudly around him, and could think of noth ing necessary to complete his happi ness ; but his wife, wiser tliau he, thought they needed a dog a nice Newfoundland to play with the chil dren, fish them out when they fell in the canal, and watch the deck-hands when the captain was off after grocer ies. . Coming through Utica yestorday, the captain bought a nice Newfound land dog. He got him at a bargain ; in fact, he got him for nothing, so to speak, because the man who owned the dog was not around at : the time the bargain was made.' The captain had the dog, but still he was not happy. The dog had a way of barking at pass ing craits, una so drew upon his cap tain's boat frequent showers of coal and wood, and )B KQuhJ divo down the steep steps into the cabin, suddenly, and upset the captain's wife. Once he lit on the table and spoiled a pound of muter, aud he was altogether too play ful. . Yesterday the captain, who is a pi ous man, .tied up, aud put out his plank just east of this city, and started with his children to go to the park and to observe the day after the manner of this vicinity. The dog started, and as soon as he got ou shore he began to caper and wag his taij, aud so wagged one of the children f)at 011 his blessed back. The baby veiled aud the catitain made come tender remarks as he set it on it feet, and some other remarks as l)P shopk Jiis fist at the dog. The dog misunderstood the man, and came run ning back, full of fun, and made a jump to lick his face. , He missed t)d man, but he knocked th.e other child jpto tjie canal, and the father, without Writing to make any remarks, jumped, in after it. The doer, beinsr to the wa ter born, knew just what to do, and he went cavorting on to net a cood head way, barking to himself at every jump aud just as Hie man got to tho top of tho water with his darling child, the dog took a flying leap of about twenty feet aud struck on top of the man. The Water that man spurted around was boiling hot with the oaths hesput- icreu wuu 11, ana ins wue pranced around on tho deck of the boat, and flung a pole to the ojd man, which the Uog promptly dragged nd pulled n&uore, anu that captain was nearly drowned before he trod the sod 'again fhe dog is an intelligent animal very intelligent, indeed: and iust as soon as he saw that mariner's face he knew that something was wrong ; so he sluuk up the plank on board. The captain gathered what loose trranite auu lumocr ne could in a hurried and earnest search, and marched up the Illallk. tha crrimmest firrtirA tf Vnuii... aver done iu Mohawk Valley mud. As soon as he got on board he opened a hot tire on the dog, and that sagacious brute went yelping through the for ward hatch and struck the bunk, where the mate lay musing alwut tha deyjl. Whon the mate saw the doe he thoupLt tne evil one had come tor him him .1 .1 . . o- sure enough, and he braced himself tor the last fight, so that when the cap taiu iunined down in nonsuit, nf th dog there was a mutual misunderstand ing all around. The captain's wifb looked down and tried to explain, but there was a confused whirlpool of bunk boards, and h.iir, and bedding, aud legs aud arms, with an occasional iu- n of dog, that it seemed idle to waste her kf"yath iu talking to such a circus. To-day the bow of that fated craft cuts tha'waters solemnly, aud at tho helm stands the wreck of that captain, fastened together with strips of plas ter, and smelling of liniment, and ever aud anon he surrenders the rudder to us wife, while he coes forward to ham mer a dejected do' which is for sale. or to listen to the raviugsof the mani ao confined under the forward hatch. Utica flerald. .' A WOM0P used to buy reaches when they were sixty cents a quarter of a peck ; when her husband remoustrat ed with her for her extravagance, she would hurtt iuto tears aud tav that she was not extravneatit. because when she bought thosn peaches she iutendi'd to put thrm iu the refrigera tor and kcui them until ther col - ' Rates of Advertising. One S'liinro (1 inch,) no lncrtiou '.. OneSipiiiro " one month -One H.imro " three months One H.pinre " e xr - Two Situ area, oun v,' - - . . . Q.l..rtei'l.V,l. V . .' ' j Half . . . . fl - .1 1st II IK) 10 On , 1"' 0i HO (HI M (HI 100 t if One " , ". . . . . I.oiri'.l notices at established Jl i.l'l ll.lTt' III III. I I. Ill 11 llllt ...u a ..... I . . ... All IhIIm u,(. vearlv advertisements col lptod tpntrterly. Tcniporarv r-flvcrtNe-ments must be p(ijd f,r fi, ivtViuu-c, ' , Job work, Cash on, Deli vjj-y. ' " " 1 ' 'JLJJ 1. 1 iawwa... .m - - ...... , A fWi,JOKE. Old Gov. L , of Vermont, was of the most inveterate jokers, of lin early times, in which he figured. An anecdote is told of him, which has' never been related iu print, and n... er can be perhaps with much effect;. hut we will trv it ... One fall, as he was returning from the Legislature, on horseback, as us ual at that day, he was hailed from house by a garrulous olf maid, who had often annoyed him with questions respecting public affairs. "Well, Governor," said she, comini; oui lowarus me road, ''what new laws have you passed at Moutpelier, this ' time V . .,'Vell, one rather singular one uniting .up i-coi., uo reoiieu. "Dew tell ! Now what is it, gcver-'' nor?" asked the excited querist, nmn 41. .. ' I.. 1 . J . . ... - tt iij, su, mo woman in escu town who has the smallest mouth, ' shall be warranted a husband." 1 - "Whoy, whot?" said she, drawing -her mouth to the smallest compass, "Whot a queer, curious lor that is." "Yes, but we hava passed another ' that beats that ; the woman that has tho largest mouth is to have two bus-, bands." i , , ;"Why. whart!" exclaimed the old maid, instantly relaxing her mouth,, and stretching it wider at every gylla ble, "what a remarkable law that is ; , when does it come in force, governor?" At this, the govprnof put spurs td his horse, anij vanished.. j ' A Frenchman, ap. Eneliiihman and an American were conversing on tha industries of their several countries,, and were rather inclined to color their descriptions. When the conversation ' turned to the manufacture of ship haw-' sers, tho Frenchman said he would can tha climax hv riscril.inn nn. which he had seen in his country. A ' piece twenty feet long was raised on enci, wnere it stood straight as a Pole, To which the Englishman remarked : "If von poll thnf tha nry r.f k l.-. I will put a plumo on that cap. In ' 111 fill I nrrlia m 1 1 . . n .1 a . . -.-a . .........m..., ...vj itiui-9 u iiFj-o "u Bllll t I raised a piece on t-nd .twenty feet. 1 lonir ami men eiimneri i: " i im a mm.. ican, too, had seeu something of ropes. 1 'R(rnirnp" Q.i.l ho 'ntl...., ..,.., I.. M.I.II,VI, HIU IIC, Ulllll the tip of that plume of yt Connecticut, where I was t b.., mv, mi in i iiiv hi niiur ours. In old born aud had ... my brougbten up, I took twenty feet ; of rope made there, and set it up end- wise ; I then climbed the rone and -. ppilpd )t from the bottom as I wtutup; ; I then let go one end, which flew straight up another twenty feci, and 1 climbed that ; I climbed forty feet on that twenty foot ropes." . , There arc persons now living in Benton who remember old Billy B., ' of whom it might be said he furnished an example of the "ruling passion strong unto death. ' When, .very-ill, -and friends were expecting an early demise, his nephew and a man hired , for the occasion had butchered a steer which had been fatted; and when the job was completed the nephew entered l thp sick room, wj)ere a few friends were assemWIed, when to the. astonish- ' mcnt of all the old man opened his. eyes, and turning slightly, said, lu a, full voice, drawiug out the words : '.' "What have you been doipg?" ' I "Killing the steer," was tho reply,' , "What did you do with thq hide?" '; "Left it it the barn ; going to sell it bv-nnd-by," ' "Iet the bovs ilrnrr it around the yard a ctnple of limes; it will make it' weigh heavier.", . And tha good old inau was gathered uuto his fathers. Science and nature combined have, wrought a curious result in the mouth ofa Brpoklyp gentleman. While en. gaged in the pastime of frieudly box ing, he received a pat in the fapc ifll broke off one of his teeth. Of coufo he was sorry for the accident, hut con cluded it was irreparable. But friends urged him to consult the dentist, and after a day or tiyo he followed their advice. The braken piece, a lartrab.il was bound tt its proper place, auc though tha tutieut was forced to eat cautiously aud talk little for some ' time, the two parts finally united so perfectly that no flaw in the tooth cou.ld, be delected. , The oilier dav, on a train from Laienpe tf) Jiostou, ou reaching . Weakfield, tho conductor shouted. '.'change cars," it-. A ladv who was sitting in oue of the cars got up and - went out. Shortly before rcachinc Boston the lady asked the conductor. . if the train had not yet reached Weak- field. The conductor said . it had, aud n.skcd her if she did not hear him ' shout "changp pars." She said, ".Yes. . 1 was in that car, pointing to the : next car attached, "aud came into thU ope." Sho went back ou thq next train. A little boy being asked who Good ' Friday was, informed the qucrift thqj ho had better go home and lead hir
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