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frlei than three months.
Correspondence solicited from all part
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anonymous communication.
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TIOOTSTA LODGE
No. SGO,
I. O. of O. TP.
1 TttKTS everr Frldav evenlna-. at 1
ill o'clock, In the Hall nnerly occupied
the wood Templar.
C. A. RANDALL, X.O.
. H. HASLET, SWy. 27-tf.
TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342 1
O. TJ. .A.. 2s.
MEETS at Odd Fallows' Lode Room,
every Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock.
1
M. CLARK, C.
B. A. VARNER, IX,
8.
31
J. H. m.AIR, M. I. It. A. KORKRT, M. D.
fYTlVV. and residence In hotiao former-
J ly occupied lr. Winana. Office day,
T Miicwdaya and Nat unlay. ZJXl
E. L. Davis,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Tloneata,
Pa.
-TV. Collection mado In
Ing eountlna.
thia and adjoin-
40-ly
TIiU,P. Sri, Pa,
AGNEW t LATHY,
Attorneys at Law, - . Tloneata, Pa.
Office on Rim Btreot,
ll.y 18, l75.-tf , I'
IVIIIliH "W .TAT'K,
"ATTORNEY AT LAW,
L gfft, TfOXKSTA, PA.
F. W. Hays,
A TTOUJfKY AT I.AW. and Notaut
nt.m. Keviioldn Hukill A I'-o.'a
M'ok. onea Ht.. Oil t'lty. I'a. 9-ly
V. ktHXIAK.
f. k. hmilkt.
KIlTNUJltA) SMILKY,
itonieys t Law, - - Franklin, Ps.
1 IRACTICU ill the several Conrta of Ve-
1
sau
ra, I
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Crawford, Foreat, and
lloln-
Imf oo a
3-ly.
BtTCKLIH A MOIte, Phopristor.
rrlat-Claat Mconncd llnuae. flood aU-
WU auuneoted. IJ-ly
Lawrence House,'
moXE?ITA. TKNN'A. '. K. Mc
1 I CHAT. PRorRtrTOii. ' TMs liouae
la ji.trmll v lMated. Kvervtljliitf new and
well rurnlvhed Huperlor acommotla-
Uanm ami atrict attention riven to mieata.
Yi.-Uhla and Fruita of all klndu aervel
In llioir aeaaon. Sample room fur Com-
man al Agentn.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
D'lXNER A ACSNKW RT,OCTC. I
: I J Afttiir. Pronrit'tor. Thia la a new
mum. and ha tnt been fitted up for the
r-iMtnoUUVi of tho public. A portion
vf the patronage of tho pubuo is solicited.
FOREST HOUSE,
SA. VAUNEU Piioi'iuktor. Opposite
I'onrt Ilonw, Tioneata. Pa. Juit
BMiiel. Evervtliins new and clean and
freu. The bcit of liqtiora kept coiiKtanlly
u hand. A uortion of tho intblic patron-
are ia reanoctrullvaolicited. 4-17-lY
- w - - -
W. C. COBUUN, M. D.,
rrtYHfCIAX A RUROEOX ofTera hla
1 arvlrea to the itoonle of Foreat t'o.
Warlnfr had an experience of Twelve
Yaia In eoiiHtant nrartlc. Dr. Oobiirn
vtiaiantetm to stive eatlaftiirtlon. Dr. (o-
tiiirn makea a aMH-lalty of the treatment
. Naal, Throat, I.un ami all other
t'lironio or lintrerinir diaeasea. Havhix
lateiititratoil all Hoiontino mothoda of enr-
diaae and cIcUhI tho irood Irom all
votMiiiM. h will cuaranteo relief or aenre
im all aaeH whero a cure la ixmKihle. No
i 'hare for OoiiaiiUation. All fee will !
rtaaonahle. l'rol'itacional vlwiti mado at
all hour. Partha at a diatonco can oon-
ult him hv lMttnr.
i Ofil and UoHldonco aocond bulldlnjr
l.elow the Court IIouae.Tlnnentn, Pa. or-
r ea dava Wetlneaduva and Baturdaya. 3.rtf
Dr. J. L. Acorrtb,
Oil Y.SiriAX AND SUROEOX, who baa
I had fifteen veara' experience in a lare
and aucccMKrul prm-tico,, will nttoiul all
'rofwional Call. Oin.-e in hi Dmi; and
iirocarv Storo. located in Ihlionte, nvar
Hidioute Hoiiho. r
- IX HIS STORK 'YITj1j TtH FOUXD
A full aaaortniont of ileilicinoa, Llqnora
M. , U LI...! ... , ! 1 ..U 1 1 II i 1 1 f B
OHa, Cutlery, all of tho lai quality, and
will he aold at reasonable rat.
DR. C'HAS. O. DAY, ri exporlenewl ,
VhvaU'lnn and Drmnlat from New York,
M cliaro of the Mlore. All preacrlptlons
put up accurately.
m. a. Hit. Jio. r. a. a. bi.lt.
MA T, l'ARK .e CO.,
Corner of Elm t Walnut Sta.TloneaU.
iJank of Diacnunr mid Deiosit.
fuutf)i allowod on Time DejHiwito.
CelleeUotxs made on all the Principal poinU
pf the U. U.
Collections sollciUKl. l-ly.
NEBRASKAJjRIST MILL.
THE GRIST MILL at Nebraska (Iji"y
towu.) Foreat eount v, Iihh been thor
oughly overhauiou ana re:mu in m
,Imi ordor.und U now ruiiiiiMK aud doing
all kinda of
FIX1UR.
FEED, AN P OAT.
ConHtButly oit hand, and sold at t, very
VOL. IX NO. 33.
WIIL.TIiV3tH &z CO.,
MEADVILLE, - - rKXN'A.,
TAXIDCn MISTS.
(IRDS and Animala atufled and mount
od to order. Artificial Eyes kepi li
atock. 2-ly
mia. c. n. iikatii,
DRESSMAKER, Tionosta, Pa.
MRS. IIKATII ban recently moved to
tills plane for the purpoao of meeting
a want which the lartioa or the town aim
county have for a long time known, that
of having a dreasmaker of experionco
' amonjr them. I am prepared to make all
kinda or dreaaea In tli? latest atvlea, anil
f;uarante aatialaetion. Ktamplng for brald
ng and einbroidnry done In the beat man
ner, with the neweMt patterns. All i aK
la a talr trial. Residence on Water Ntroot,
In the houae formerly occupied by Jacob
Sh river. Utf
TIME TRIED AND FIRE TESTED !
Tltk ORIornAL
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, t'OX.
ASSETS Pe. II, KT73,
MILF.H W. TATB. Rub Apcent,
45 T'oneat. Pa.
Frank llobbliu,
PHOTOGRAPHER .
(UCCKttHOR TO PKMIXO.)
Plcturea In evorv atyloof the art. Views
of the oil region for aalo or taken to or
der.
CENTRK STREET, near It, R. creasing.
riYCAMORKBTRKKT, noar
Union Ie
pat, m i-'iiy, i'a.
20-tf
pnOTOQRAPU GALLERY.
KTKKKT,
HOUTPI
OF
ROrtlNMON
STOKE.
A ROXXKRS
Tionesta,
Pa.,
- Proprietor.
M. CARPENTER, - -
Plcturea tokon In
all the lateat atvloa
26-tf
the art.
FINE GOLD WATCHES,
KII.YF.It WATCIIKS AND
JBWELBY !
Watches, Clocks, Solid ftrul Vlalcil
Jewelry, ltlack Jewelry.
Kye Glasses, Spec
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JU L KLEIN'S JEWELRY STORE,
TIDIOUTE, lV.
WATCIIIiS AND CLOCKS
ltlnli-ol nnd Warrnntttl,
LEAVE YOUR WATCHES
at i. YV. Vovard'a More, TionoHla, I'a.
ii. tlks:i. & co.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
Dealers In
Hardware, Iron nnl 3Tail,
Stovea and Tinware.
BELTING 6F ALL SIZES
Constantly on hand, at low prlcos.
Also Mainufacturr of
SIIKKT IltOT WORK,
Smoke Staoks.Hroecli"
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"Well Casing,
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EMPLOYMENT, Male and female, sala
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Lu Mumitiu-tiiriiiir Co.. iiarimni, vonu
H..-n jWai-i, V
T10NKSTA, PA.,
HOW A qtTBF.M RAM AWA Y.
Along time more than seven hun
dred years ago, and threo centuries at
least before Columbos discovered
America there was born in England
a little girl to whom they gave the
name of Matilda. Her father was the
King, Henry I , surnamed Doauclerc,
because he was so good a scholar,
though I rather fancy our high-school
boys could beat his learning without
trouble.
When little Matilda was five years
old she married to the Emperor of
Uerraany.
The little impress Matilda was the
only child left the King, and his heart
was set on bequeathing to her the
crown of England. Before his death
in 1125, he called the nobles of his
Kingdom together, and made them
swear allegiance to her as queen. The
ftroperor. Matilda s husband, had
died before this, and Matilda was roar-
nei- again to the rrench Earl of
Anjou. After her father's death she
came to England, and was crowned at
WincheUer.
All her life long whether as prin
cess, empross, or queen Matilda
was vain, passionate, vindicative,
hasty, arrogant, and inconsiderato of
other people.
She exasperated the common people
by imposing heavy taxes and making
oppressive laws, just wheu elie should
have conciliated and soothed them.
i'nglanu had never been ruled by a
wo mail before. Both the nobles and
the people disliked the idea of a queen
and Matilda did nothing to make her
sex popular. She was ungenerous also
Her cousin, and rival, Stephen, who
afterward became king in her stead,
once surprised and captured her ia
Arundel Custle, and, instead of detain
l a
ing, courteously let her go, and even
furuished her with an escort to her
friends. Later she in turn captured
Stephen; but far from returning his
kiad treatment and reciprocating it,
she loaded him ailh chains, threw him
into the dungeon of Bristol Castle
A little longer, and it was again
Stephen s turn, lie made his escape
from Bristol, rnincd one bat'.le after
another, and pursued Matilda so hotly,
that mere than once she slipiied
through ins fingers almost by a" mira
cle. These escapes of Queen Matilda
are celebrated in history, . Whole vol
umes of romances .might be written
about them, so picturesque and as Lou
is hi iig are they. . - r ,
Uuce, wiim the citizens ot Liondon
rose suddenly ngainst her, she got off
by jumping on her horseund gallopiug
out of fie city only hve minutes before
the gates of her nnhvco were battered
dowu. Another lime site fled from
Gloucester in the same way, the Ear
of Gloucaslcr and a few gallant knights
remaining behiud to keep the pursuers
at bay. Again, it is smd she feigned
death, and was carried iu a hearse,
with a long train of mourners,, all the
war to Gloucester to Devizes. But
most romantic of all, and most adven
turous, was her escupe from Oxford.
Uxford boasted a strong rasno in
those days. Into this the Empress
queen had thrown herseir, and tor
threo months had defended it bravely.
Then provisions gave out, and no hope
was lea but flight. But how to fly T
Stephen's army lay ou every side like
cats around a mouse hole.
It was in the extremity that an un
expected ally came to the rescue o
tueen Matilda. I his ally was no
other than that doer of good turns,
Jack frost. One December night he
went silently dowu, laid a cold hard
floor across the Uiver Thames wrapped
all the world in fleecy snow, and then
flying to the castle windows, tapped
with his crackling icy knuckles, whis
tled, rang, and made many sorts of old
noises, as much as to say, "All is
ready, come out and tako a walk."
Matilda heard, aud a bright plan pop
ped into her darling head, blie called
four trusty knights, bade them wrap
themselves in white, put on herself a
white dress aud cloak, covered her
black hair with a white hood, and,
like spirits, all set forth on foot. Their
steps made no sound as they crept
along, and their white figures cast
hardly a shadow on the whiter snow.
Through the besieging camp they
crept and across the river. Nosentinal
spied them ; not even a dog barked.
If any lonely peasant waked up and
caught a glimpse of the dim shapes
gliding by, he probably took them for
ghosts, aud hid his head under the
bed clothes again as quick as possible.
So. sometimes on foot, and sometimes
on horseback, but always tinpursued
and in safety, the fugitives sped ou,
and reached WalliDgford where Ma
tilda's army lay and were aeeure.
Susan Cool id ge in Nicholat for No-
vember.
Jencie June thinks a knowledge of
cooking is what the poor need most,
We don't like to dispute with a lady,
but it seems to us something to cook
might be fully as necessary, though we
cm
NOVEMBER 22, 187G.
A COJlXt?BtAI. COWTHOVRltHY.
The bolt on the back door needed
repairs for a long time but it was only
the other night that Mr. Throcton had
the presence of mind to buy a new one
and take it home. After supper he
hunted up his tools, removed the old
bolt and measured the location for the
new one. lie must bore some new
holes and Mrs. Throcton heard him
rambling about the kitchen, slam
ming, pulling out drawers and kicking
the furniture. She went to the bead
of the stairs and called out:
"Richard, do you want anything?'
"Yes I do 1" he veiled back"I want
to know where in Texas is that cork
screw." "Corkscrew." (
"Yes corkscrew ?"
"Why, we've never had one, Rijh-
ard."
"Didnteh? We've had at least a
dozen of 'em in the last two years, and
1 bought one not four weeks ago. It
is always the way when I want any
thing." "
"Well, Richard. I know that I have
never seen a corkscrew in thts house.
"Then you are as blind as an owl in
daylight; for I've five or six or seven.
The houso is always down side up,
anyhow, and I never can find any
thing." "The hotise is as well kept as any of
your tolas can keep one, she retorted.
growing real red i;i tha face.
"1 d like my mother here to show
you a tew tlungi, he said, as he
stretched his nck to look on the high
shelf in the pa u try.
"Perhaps she'd boil her spectacles
withjhe potatoes again," answered the
wife."
"Do you know who you are talking
to 7'
" "Yes, I do."
"Well, you'll be going for
State if you don't mind."
"I'd like to see myself."
"Look out, Nancy."
"I'm afraid of uo mau that
Richard."
"I ll leave you."
"fancy Throcton, I'll apply
York
lives,
for
divorcelto-morrow. I'll tell the judge
that I kindly asked you where the
a aa
gimlet was, and you said wed never
bad one, which is a bold face falsehood,
as I can prove.
"Gimlet."
"Yes. gimlet,"
"Why, I know where there are three
or four. You said corkscrew."
"Did I ? Well, now I believe I did
"And you abused me like a dog be
cnu.s I wouldn't say a gimlet was a
corkscrew," she sobbed, fulling on the
lounge.
"Nancy," ha said, tenderly lifting
her up.
"Oh, Richard!"
"Nancy, I'll go right out and kill
mvself."
"No you needn't I love yon still 1
ouly you kuow a gimlet l net
corkscrew."
"It ain't it ain't, Nancy ; forgive
me and let us be hnppy.
And that household is so qnietly
happy that a canary bird would
its head off if hung in the hall.
sing
The following curious facts ate not
generally known :
If a tallow candle be placed in
a. -
gun and shot at a door it will go
through without sustaining injury;
and if a musket ball be shot into the
water, it will not only rebound but be
flattened. If fired through a pane of
glass itwill make a hole the size of
the ball without cracking the glais ; if
the glass be suspended by a thread it
will make no ui fie ranee, aud the thread
will not even vibrate. Cork, if sunk
two hundred feet under water, will not
raise on account of the pressure of the
water, lu the Artie regiond, when
the thermometer is below zero, persons
can converse more J.uuu a muo distant
from each other
A substitute for gunpowder has been
invented in England, in the shape of
: .-j ...:.i. ,.i s l
paper impreirnaieu wiwi a cucunvn
combination of chlorate of potash, ni
trata of notusli. nrussiate of notash
j - w a a '
and chromate of potash, coupled with
a little charcoal and tinder. The
paper is rollod around theso latter in
the desired sizes for cartridge!. The
advantages offered are that no danger
of explosion exists except from actua
contact with fire; the interior of the
arm is not soiled, less smoke and less
rebound are made than with gunpow
der, and less damage takes placo from
humidity. Very satisfactory trials
have been made of the new material
A Sunday-School teacher was giving
a lesson in Ruth. She wanted to bring
out the kindness of lioai ia command
ing the reapers to drop large handful
of wheat. "Now, children," she said
"Boas did auother nice thing fo
Ruth : can you tell me what it was T
"Married her!" said one of the boys.
It is calculated that with the same
expenditure of effort a horse can go
132 miles on granite, 191 miles on
asphalt, and 41u mile on wool.
$2 PEK ANNUM.
Mtt.riIirQUATTY.
Wm. M. Baker describes in Seribner
or December, a character well-known
n many an American congregation
the brother who cannot ba kept from
peaking out in meeting. The point
f the story is "Mr. Unatty's Great
Speech" but this must be read to be
ppreciated. Meanwhile here is a de
scription of the good brother :
'A more sincere and every way ex
cellent man than Mr. Phip Quatty
never lived, nor a more throughly un
educated one; and a more sensible
man you never knew. In tho dialect of
the South-western city in which be
ived, 'If over a roan had what you
may call good strong hard horse-sense,
Quatty's your man,' As all admitted,
however, there was one fatal exception
which was always stated in the making
out of this verdict the individual in
question 'would speak.' Mr. Vcnable
his young pastor, begged him in pn
vate, and almost with tears in his eyes
ior it was a very serious matter in
deed uot to make remarks in prayer
meeting, yet entreated him in vain,
Mr. Ezra Micajah Parsons, who after
ward secured an income of sixty-two
thousand dollars a roar by one of his
many inventions, had patented a vast
variety of railway brakes ampng other
things, dui ne laueu lgnominouaiy in
devising any mode of stopping Mr.
Quatty, and never had Mr. Parsons
given his mina more vigorously to
anything. Mrs. Chafhngsby, who im
agined herself an artist, aud painted
atrocious prophets, apostles, martyrs
and seraphim?, became herself a pic
ture of disgust in the framing of her
tew 'al meeting' whenever Mr. Quatty
arose to speak. Mr. Parsons aud her
self were members of the same church
with the offender, and had a strong
aversion to his peculiarity, ofallpeo
le living, queer and notionate people
eing the most impatient of the oddi
tics, lu ere was Commodore Grand
heur, superintendent of the Sabbath
School and high official in geneial of
the church, a man of imposing pres
ence, who had an alarming way of
growing purple as to his face when
angry, and bristling as to his heavy
wuite mustacue, ana aemonBiraiivo as
to his still heavier gold-headed cane.
It was not every one who dared face
the Commodore when the veins about
his bald head became blue and swol
en. After every attempt of Mr. Phip
Quatty to 'make a tew remarks at
any church meeting, the Commodore
would roll, so to sneak, down upon the
culprit in a thun Jer-storm even more
terrible than the one before; and yet
what good or evil did his almost apo-
hlectio expostulations do? Not a bit
To Mr. Quatty, at least when the next
opportunity to speak was come, the
vehement denunciations were no more
tnan tho puffs of smoke from the cigar
of the l8t passer by. Mr. Quatty
would speak. It was very remarkable.
Every Wednesday night he went from
the livery-stable of which be was the
energetic owner the city in which he
lived being famous for the superb sea-
beach drives near by to prayer-meet
ing as fully resolved as any man could
T .
be, that he would not say a word
Alas, the lights, the singing, the for
vent prayers, the reading by the pastor
of some specially striking benpture,
most of all, the exhortations of some
brother present, would be sure to stir
him up and altogether beyond biiown
control; and in spite of himself as well
as of all the world beside, speak he
must, and would, and did."
James Beard the artist, once spent
a summer at a country inn, and paid
his board in portraits at five. dollars
apiece. A. year or two auerwara uie
. . tK J.I.
landlord found the rising artist in the
city painting portraits on a rising
markot. James, said tho old man
"what do you get for pictures now?'
"Thirty dollars," was the reply. "Ah
ami how manv can vou naint in
week?" "Two," said truthful James
- j j a
The old man, after a slight menta
wrestle, exclaimed : "Sixty dollars a
week $240 a month. Now, James
if you can be very careful and save
up your money, you'll soon be able to
leavo panning nun go mio somu ic
spectaola business." Beard says that
in a business point of view, he has of
ten been sorry he didn't take the ad
vice.
A touching story is told by the
Lvnchburg New: "Not a thousand
miles from Richmond a wife lay in
dying condition. Having brought up
a clever orphan g;rl, who was grown
the dying woman called the young
woman to her and said : "1 will soon
leave you my little children mother
less. . Thev kuow vou and love you
and after I am gone I want you and
my huBband to marry. lhe young
woman, bursting into tears, said
"We werejubt talking about that.1
A New York barkeeper has con
oocted a drink made of whisky, lemon
sugar, and nutmeg, which ho calls Sit
ting Bull.
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THE MORAL EFFECTS Or Ill'RRT.
To the thoughtful, the moral conse
quences of tension and hurry are very
saddening ; to the physician their re
sults are a matter of profound concern;
their grave evils come under his daily
observation. No evolution of force
can take place with undue rapidity
: i . .1 . . .i. - i' t
milium uiiinage 10 me macniua u
which the transformation is effected.
Express railway stock has a much
shorter term of use than that reserved
for slower traffic. The law ia univer
sal that intensity and duration of ac
tion are inversely proportioned. It ia
therefore no matter of surprise to find
that the human nervous system is no
exception to the law. . Tho higher Bal-
ubriety of rural over urban life Is not
entirely a matter of fresh air and ex
ercise. Rural life involves leisure and
pause in work, which are very essen
tial to the maintenance of the nervous
system in a state of due nutrition.
Unremitting spasm soon ceases alto
gether. The tension of life produces-
weakness at the very place where
strength is most needed. The dam
age dona to the health of the roost val
uable part 6f the community, the best
trained thinkers, most useful workers,
is Incalculable. Work and worry.
though not proportional, are closely
connected, and an excess of the former
soon entails an increase in the latter
beyond the limits which the nervous
system can bear with impunity, es
pecially under the conditions under
which the work has to be done. The
machinery aud organizing the work of
a community had to be rigid and in
flexible, and in the strain involved in
bringing a c.ianging organism into
harmony with a machine, the former
must invariably suffer. London Lan
cet.
HE WANTED) Ft'LI. WEHJI1T.
A sham-nosed darknv entered an
office in the James Block and inquir
ed :
"Is dis heah one ob de magistral ion
courts?" i
"Yes," replied tha occupant ,
"Den I like fer ter git me oat a
posscssment warrint, if yer pleezo
sah I" ' vl
"What do you want to possess on.
old man?" . , " , ,.M j .
"Do off-hino leer ob dis heah white
t
man mule up hyer at the coleyahd."
"Mow is that j"
"Well. sah. you kno' I boue-ht a
load ob cole up dar dis mornin ?"
"Yes." r. ...
"Well, dev loads un ue cole and
up At nrlta i t rn rlaeA l vm t ArifldPrrrAitti '
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steelyards ?"
"Yes, of course."
"Well, a pusson buys de full weight.
den'the?"
"Certainly."
"Den. dat 'side de case. When ho
weiirh dat cole fnr me da ofT-hine. leer
ob dat mule was on de steelyards' flo'
an' I loss 'bout forty poun's ob cole.
ceptin 1 kin take dat bine leg on do
po6essment warrint.
" I ou ran t do that."
"I can't : den what I e-wine to do ?
'Kase, lookee heah, boss, dis heah ting
rn us stop somewhar, else dat dar sibu
rites bill is gotter be fotch up in Kon-
griss again 1" and be went off chock
full of indignation and cussin. ,
)l.l HI AM) THE YOt'NU DARKIEM.
As old Si was imssinc alonr? bv the
, 9 a J
car hed, one of the colored gamin
there attached a paper tail to the old
mans coat, hi ascertained why he
bad suddenly become so conspicuous,
to the crowd, and shaking his finger at
the boy, said :
"Lookee heah, chile, I'm ole'nuff to
be your gran'daddy 1"
The boy gyrated his fingers from tha
tip end of his nose in response.
"Dat's right ; you jes wobble dero
fintrers tell vou learns de motion. Dat's
D j - - -
de gallus grab dat you's goin' on wid,.
ef yer only kno d hit I
The boy laughed and danced all
around the old roan.
"Go on wid yer foolishness, for de
time's comin' when all sich young colts
ez you is gwine ter be harnessed up an'
broke, an yer'll be moughty glad fer
ter bress de Lawd ef yer necks aia't
broke in de fust trial !"
"Hey whar'a de pig what eat de
co'n offen dat ole cob-pipe, say?" yell
ed the boy.
"Nfthher mine : dat warn't de ni?
dat you'll bo tuk up fur etealin'. I tell'
yer dis yung gin ration ob darkles ia
too free wid dero tuogs and too sabin-
in' roun piokin' dem ofT de trees like
blackberries 'fore dis winter's done
come an' gone."
Twenty-five Chicago drunkards ac
cepted Moody's invitation to be talked
to in a room by themselves, and
twenty-four of them subsequently an
nounced that they had been converted.
ob dere liaus ter do enny good. Der
police is draggin ob 'era round hyar
like puppies wid ropes ter dere necks,
an I'm lookin fer de kuriuer ter be Gro
Un'' II. W. LED I. HUH;
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