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
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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,
!'.
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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
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Rates of Advertising.
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OneSipiiiro " one month -One
H.imro " three months
One H.pinre " e xr -
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Q.l..rtei'l.V,l. V . .' ' j
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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