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A Song for the Stay-at-Home Patriots who
Voted 1;or Lincoln.
"Why don't I enlist?" Ali, you see,
I have reasons that answer me well;
But there is my neighbor, young C.,
Why he stays no person can tell!
So hearty and rugged and brave,
And little to do here, you know,
lie hasn't a house, nor a field,
And there isn't a reason to show.
'Tie true he's a pretfy young wife,
With a sweet tittle babe in her armA,
But shall man risk the Nation's dear life;
Because a frail woman bath charms?
Ah if he comprehended our need,
His wife and his babe would he kiss,
He would tear their white arms from his
neck,
And come promptly up and enlist.
J O. RITCHIZ
But I have a farm and a house;
And cattle and sheep on the hills;
How can I turn from profit and loss,
To think of a sick Nation's ills?
What money I'd lose if I went—
What chances for trafic and gain!
Then, think of the comforts of home—
And the camp, the carnage and slain
But there is young Truman Le Loss,
Whose mother is widowed and old,
And he has but little to do,
Since their farm by the Sheriff was sold
But if he, should enlist and get shot,
As many a one has before,
Ills mother could come on the town,
Or ask alms at the wealthy man door.
JOHN PHELAN
'Tis shameful such follows as ho
Should turn a deaf ear to the call;
That some should be slain by the tire,
Cannot be the fortune of all!
If I only stood in his shoes,
With no fortune or Izin to protect—
If I faltered to shoulder my gun,
I OVGHT TO BE snoT for neglect.
I'm ready to cheer the ice ldjlag,"
A.od toss op my hat in the air---
S' long as it costs not a cent,
By the "Union" I'm ready to swear!
Let the blood of the nation flow out
Like a river to vanquish the foe,
Let each father and brother turn out,
(But the pocTott says I cannot go!)
SENATOR WILLIAM HOPKINS ,
Qtrthn Amendment of the Senate to the Lill
annexing Washington cont.!, to Alleglieng
ris a Judicial di4rict.
[The following remarks were made by
senator Hopkins upon an amendment
to the bill, submitting it to a vote of
the people of the Judic,4l district:]
Mr. Speaker, Singe I bad the honor
of addressing the Senate on this bill as
it came from the House of Representa
tives, it has assumed, nominally at least,
a new phase. Why is this Has it
been dis-;overed by its friends that the
guards thrown :wound the Judiciary by
ti.e Constitution. :and decisions of the
supreme Court were too impregnable to be
overcame by dirsei assault, and, there
fore, this "flank movement" has been
made, under the hope of better success.
Sir, if this be the motive which
prompted this "change of base," I think,
when it rz,ernes to he carefully examined,
it will be found (as was pertinently re
marked by the Senator from Lancaster,
Judge Champileys,) that "it only com
plicates still more, the Constitutional
Alifficulty."
Now, Mr Speaker, how stands the
inc,stion before the Stnate to-day?—
't'he House passed a bill annexing
Washington county to Allegheny, as a
Judieiar district, which proposition, if
it possessed no other merit, it did that
of boldness, and on that account it
might, perhaps, be entitled to our ad
miration. It was a direct attempt to
ignore a plainly written provision of the
Constitution, a:A that its friends learned
this, in some way, seems to be appa
rent, from the amendment adopted by
the Senate.
But to, the question before u.s.
The bill, as it passed the House, was
either within the powers delegated to
the I.4,elp,Attire, or it was not. If the
former then they changed the bill; and
if the latter, how can our action, or
that of the people cure the defect?-
4ow cap the Legislature delegate to
the people a power which it cannot, it
self exercise?
But to come directly to the point.—
The House bill, as has been stated, pro
posed to annex Washington county to
Allegheny, as a Judicial district, and to
extend aver the 'former county, the ju
risdiction of a Judge for seven or eight
years, in AtOfr,p, election they had no
Voice.
This, the friends of the bill were
given to undeystaud, was forbidden by
the Constitution, the second section of
the fifth artic4 o,i which provides that
':the President judges of the s t everal
courts of common pleas," &c., shall be
elected by the qmallfied electors of the repecr
ties district over which they are to preside, op
act as Judges,.'"
J. w. V,wEto.
WHY NOT ENLIST.
REMARKS
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1865,
This, sir, was an insuperable barrier
in the way of the bill becoming a law,
as seems now to be conceded. " Well,
now, how is it proposed this barrier
shall be overcome?
Why simply by submitting to a vote
of the people the question of annexa
tion.
The amendment is in these words:
"Su.o. 4. The qualified electors of
Washington county shall at the time
and places of holding the next spring
election, determine by ballot whether
the said county shall be annexed to the
Fifth Judicial District. The ballots
shall have written or printed on the out
side "annexation." and on the inside,
"for annexation" or "against annexa
tion." The returns of the said election
shall be filed with the Prothonotary of
the said county, who shall lay the same
before the court of common pleas of the
said county at the ensuing term, and
the said election may be contested in
the same manner as is by law provided
in the case of justices of the peace.—
W hen the result of the said election is
ascertained by the said court, the judges
thereof shall certify the same, which
certificate shall be filed with the Pro
thonotary who shall transmit an exem
plification thereof to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, to be laid before the
Governor, and if the said exemplifica
tion shows the result to be for "annex
ation," the Governor shall, by his proc
lamation, declare that the said county of
Washington is annexed and constituted
part of the Fitth Judicial District. If
a majority of the votes cast at the said
election shall be "against annexation,"
the first three sections of this bill shall
not take effect."
Now let us look at this amendment
for a moment, not as mere partisans, but
as Senators of this great and glorious
old Commonw e alth.
That we may arrive at a correct con
clusion in regard to the amendment, we
must keep in view what is about assum
ed; that is, that the Constitution confers
upon the Legislature no power,perma
nently to extend the jurisdiction of a
judge over any county whose "qualified
electors" had no participation in his
election.
Sir, if this be good law, as I believe
it is now conceded to be, how is it possi
ble for the L4sidature to transfer a
power to the people which it does not
itself' possess. This is the question in
volved here.
In other words, it is pi oposed to re
move an aclonowkrlged Constitutional
bar, i
er which stands in the way of the Leg
islature doing what the bill invokes, by
submitting the bill to a vote of the peo
ple. Can this be done?
The Senators on the other side of the
chamber affirm and I deny. It will lie
observed that the amendment provides
that at the approaching March election
the qualified electors of Washington
county shall vote for or against annexa
tion, and this, it is contended by the
Senator from Allegheny, Mr. iligham,
and others, "will be a substantial com
pliance with the letter and spirit of the
constitutional injunction, in regard to
the election of Judges by the people. -
L et us see if this is so.
In giving a correct anslyer to this
question it will be proper to examine
what is meant by the term "election" or
"elected," as employed in the extract
quoted from the Constitution. Webster
defines the term "election" to be "the
' act of choosing; the act of choosing a
person to ffil an office; power of chaos
, ing; the public choice of officers," ~.te
The Legislature at its first session after
the adoption of the amendment in re
(Yard to the election of judges by the
people, seem to have adapted this defii
nition in passing a law carrving into af
fect the amendment. I find among oth
er provisionS the following:
"SEcriox 1. That the qualified elec
' tors of eac% of the several counties of
this Commonwealth shall, at the next
general election, at the time and places of
electing Representatives, and whenever
it shall thereafter become necessary tor
an election under this act and under the
Constitution of this Commonwealth,
vote for five persons at the first election,
and at every election thereafter as many
is shall be necessary under the provis
ions thereof, to serve as Judges of the
Supreme Court, one person to serve as
President Judge of the judicial district
in which such county shall lie."
And sestina 4 of said act reads r,s fel
lows
"The election of Judges shall be held
and conducted in all respecZs as elections
for Representatives are or shall be lnild
and conducted by the same judges and
inspectors, under the provisions of the
act of the General Assembly, entitled
'An Act relating to the elections in this
Commonwealth,' approved the second
day of July, 1839"
To ascertain what is meant by this
reference to the general election law of
1839, we must look at the law itself.
Perhaps all of it is that material ileve
is the 69th section, which is in these
words :
"Every voter may deliver printed or
written tickets, as he shall see cause,
but each ticket; Anil he on a separate
piece of paper, folded act as. to concealthe name of the Person or
persons voted
for, and containing on the outside fold
the designation at the offi,ce, and that
only thus there shall be contained in
one ticket the name of a person for
Govornor, in one other ticket the name
of a Senator or Senators, in one other
ticket the name or names, of a member
or members of the House of Represev
! tatives, and thus with respect to other
officers as the case may be."
This law, sir, It will be recollected,
was passed by the first Legislature that
met after the adoption of the amend
ments to the Constitution in 1838. It
was prepared with great care by one of
the most intelligent committees of the
House of Representatives, and it was,
I remember, for I had the honor of be
ing the presiding officer of the body at
the time, elaborately discussed for days.
mention these facts for the purpose
of showing that the Legislature intend
ed so to frame the law as to relieve it
from all ambiguity—that they intended
to define what was meant by "an elec
tiou by the qualified elector," in such
manner that it could not be evaded by
any indirect issue. Now, sir, suppose
that after a Congressional or Senatorial
District shall be formed in conformity
with the provisions of the Constitution,
tile Legislature should pass a law autho
rizing the qualified electors of a given
county to vote on the question of an
nexing it to another district than the
one to which it previously belonged,
would such a vote, or such law, be valid?
Surely not, because the Constitution
fixes the times when these districts shall
Made.
So with the case we are discussing.
The Constitution provides that "the
president judges of the several courts of
common pleas, "shall be elected by
the qualified electors of the respective
districts Aver which they are to preside,
or act as judges." The Legislature of
1831 passed a law in conformity with
this provision. They defined what they
believed to be the true intent and mean
in' of this provision ; that it meant an
election by the qualified electors of the
respective districts over which the sever
al judges were to preside—not by a vote
as to whether• this or that county should
be annexed to one or to another district,
but to vote directly for the judge who
was to preside over them.
This, Mr. Speaker, permit me to say,
is not only in perfect consonance with
the universal aeccptatiou r..s,f the term
election, wherever popular elections are
held, but it is in strie'; conformity with
the letter and 2pirit of the Constitution,
as interpreted by the Supreme Court, in
the case of the Commonwealth vs. Max
well," to winch I referred in my remarks
on this bill as it came from the House.
On the principal of the old adage,
that "a good stoi y is none the worse of
being twice told." I will here repeat so
much of that decision as bears immedi
ately upon this question. The court
say : "It the Legislature should pass a
law plainly intended to take away front
the people the right to choose their
judges, or even a law which unnecessa
rily postponed or embarrassed the right,
it would doubtless be set aside As un
constitutional."
But, sir, if there be still a lingering
doubt in regard to the total absence of
power in the Legislature to pass this bill
or to legalize it by submitting the law to
a vote of the people, that doubt must
vanish when another provision of the
Constitution shall be brought tu bear
upon the bill.
The sth section of the sth articale of
the Constitution of Pennsylvania con
tains this clause : "The judges of the
court of common pleas in each county
shall, by virtue of their officers, be justic
es of oyer and terminer and general jail
delivery, for the trial of capital and
other offenders therein, any two of the
said judges, the president being one,
shall be a quorum, but they shall not
hold a court of oyer and terminer, or
jail delivery, in any county where the
judges of the supreme court or any
of them, shall be sitting in the same
coitAty."
Now, sir, let us apply this provision
to the second section of the bill before
the Senate, which is in these words :
"The judges of the district court of
Allegheny county, and the assistant law
judges of said county, are hereby em
powered to hold the several courts of
Washington county, as they may sever
ally be assigned to said duty from time
to time, with their consent, by the presi
dent judge of the said Fifth judicial
district, and shall have the same powers
and jurisdiction which are now, or may
hereafter, be conferred npon them."
Jiw, sir, I submit to the candor of
Senators on the opposite side of the
chamber whether there is not an irre
concilable antagonism between this sec
tion of the bill and the clause of the
Constitution quoted above. Let us look
at this most vital question as statesmen:
not as politicians. Observe that the
bill provides that any one of the assistant
law judges of Allegheny county, who
the president judge may designate, shall
bold all the several courts in Washing
ton county, inelm*g the. "over and ter ,
miner," while the Constitution declares
explicitly that the latter named court
cannot be held eeept the "president
judge b,e one of the quorum," &c.
Sir, ii the Constitution has not be
come entirely obsolute—if it still 'pos
sesses vitality, tell me, if you can, how
it is possible for the Legislature, either
by positive enactment, or by a vote of
the people, to confer upon an assistant
law judge jurisdiction over 4court hold
ing in its hands the lives and liberty of
men, which the organic law declares
can only be ex.ercised - by the "president
judge."
Again, sir, the articis oj• the Consti
tution quoted above, provides that - the
court o c,ornrnox; piens "shall not hold
;court of oyer and terminer, or jail de
livery, in any county where the judges
of the Supreme Court, or any of them,
shall he sitting in the same county."
Now, suppose the Legislature should
pass a law, submitting to a vote of the
people the question, as to whether a
court of common pleas should hold a
court of oyer and terminer, in a county
\Olen the judges of the Supreme Court
were "sitting in the same county," what
would be said of such a law ?
Would it not be regarded by every
body as most absurd, and yet would, it
be any more so than this attempt to con
fer upon the three or four assistant law
judges of Allegheny county, a jurisdic
tion which the Constitution vest in the
President Judges alone To my mind,
the one can be done just as readily as
the other, and it would be an unneoessa,.
ry waste of the time of the Senate to
elaborate such a self-evident proposi
tion.
In view then, Mr. Speaker, of these
various Acts of Assembly, defining the
meaning of the term election,. of the
universal acceptation of the term, wher
ever popular elections are held, in view
of the constitutional provisions on the
subject of the election of judges by the
people, and their jurisdiction, and in
view of the decision of the Supreme
Court, touching the power of the Legis
lature to "postpone' the right of the
people to elect their judges," I say, in
view of all these considerations, I ap
peal to the Senate not to take this fatal
8 tep,
If this can be done, then I confess
that all my previously conceived opin
ions in i egard to the binding obligations
of the Supreme Court, must have been
wholly illusory.
Mr. Speaker, when I stood before
that chair and assumed the solemn affir
mation, that 1 would "support the. Co
nstitution, and discharge my duty as
Senator with fidelity," I trust that I feel
a deep sense of the responsibility impos
ed upon me; Anti, sir, with my present
Conviction, were I to vote for this bill, I
should, in the light of my conscience,
and as I believe, (and I desire to say it
reverently,) in the sight of God, be guilty
of moral perjury.
While .1 say this, however, I oi§pLaim
apy *Wien of imputing to others the
fence of this remark.
I freely concede to every Senator the
same right that I claim for myself.
There are those, doubtless. who view
this question in a different light, and
they have a perfect, right so to do, and
to act accordingly, without, regard tCI
the opinions of others.
Now, sir, after thanking the Senate
for their kind indulgence extended
me throughout this disnnasion, shall
leave the decision of the question to the
judgment of Senators, without further
remarks.
~~a .
Shooting a Monkey.
I was strolling through a wood "high
up in the country," in India, with my
wanton on my shoulder, when I heard
a curious noise in a tree almost immedi
ately above me. I looked up and found
that the sonnds proceeded from a white
monkey that skipped from branch to
branch, chattering away with delight
at beholding a "fellow creature of a
large growth," for so he seemed to con
: sider me. For a few moments I took
no- notice of his antics, and walked qui
etly alone, till snddenly a large branch
fell at my feet, narrowly escaping my
head. I again parised, and found that
the missile had been dropped by my
talkative friend. Without considera
tion, I instantly turned round and fired
at him. The report had scarcely sound
ed when I heard the most piercing, the
most distressing cry that ever reached
my ears. The agonized shriek of a
young infant burst from the little crea
ture whom I had wounded. It was
within thirty paces of me. J could see
the wretched' animal, already stained
with blood, point to the wound, and
again hear its dreadful moan. The last
agony of a hare is harrowing to a tyro,
and I have seen a young spartsma,n turn
pale on hearing it. The present coy
was, however more distressing. I turn,
ed round and endeavored to hurry away.
This, however, I forma no easy task; for
as I moved forward the unhappy drea
tare followed me, springing as well as
it could from bough to bough, uttering
a low wailing moan, and pointing at the
same time at the spot whence the blood
trickled. Then regarding me steadily
but mournfully in the face, he seemed
to reprqach rqe with my wanton cruelty.
Again I hastened on, but still it pur
sued me. When I stopped, it stopped,
and when I attempted to go forward,
it accompanied me. Never in the whole
course of my life did I feel so much for
a dumb animal; never did I so keenly
repent an act of uncalled for barbarity.
Determined not to allow the. poor
monkey thus to linger in torture, and to
at once end the annoying scene, I sud
denly came to a halt, and, leweging my
gun, which was only si,n4„looarreled,
was about to reload It fcif the purpose
of dispatching the maimed. creature,
when, springing worn th,e, tree, 4 ran
to within a hag a dozen toms, ot, me.
and began to, dry most pp y and
roll itself u agony, opeasioin t • •
up earth with which it 'to
ettanch the blood by stuffing it u*tb•
woAnfl it .thAt, in spite of my resolution,
when I fired I was so nervous I almost
missed my aim, inflicting another wound
which broke the animal's leg, but noth
ing more. H orrified beyon I endurance
I threw down my gun and actually fled.
In about halt an hour I returned for
the purpose of fetching my manton.
33r expecting that the poor animal had
left the spot. What, then, was my sur
prise to find a crowd of monkeys sur
rounding
,the sufferer. As I advanced
under the shade of some trees, I stole al
most close to them before they perceiv
em me. I cook advantage of this cir
cumstance to watch their movements.
The stricken monkey was crying out in
the most piteous manner; the others
were busily employed in tearing up the '
wound, endeavoring to ,destroy the al
ready maimed creature. A shout drove
them all away save the dying animal.
I advanced—the little .monkey was
rolling in agony. I took my gun which
lay beside him. I fancied he cast one
look of supplication on me, one prayer
to be relieved from his misery. I did
not hesitate--with one blow of the but
end I dashed out his brains. Then,
turning round, slowly returned to my
quarters, more profoundly dispirited
than I had felt for months.
Take my advice, sensible reader, if
you Twist bye in India, never s:mot 4
Monkey,
Tho Gentle Boy.
"Be wiry gentle with her, my son,"
said Mrs. 8., as she tied on her little
girl's bonnet and sent her out to play
with her elder brother.
They had not been out long before a
cry was heard, and presently J., came
in and threw down his hat, saying, "I
hate playing with girls:—there's no
fun with them; they cry in a minute."
"What have you been doing with
your sister? I see her lying there on
the gravel walk ; you hav6 torn her
frock, and pushed her down. I am
afraid you forgot my caution to be gen
tle."
"Gentle ? Boys can't be gentle,
mother. It is their nature to be rough
and hardy ; they are stuff soldiers and
sailors are made of. It is very well to
talk of 4 gentle girl ; but a gentle boy,
it sounds ridiculous."
"And yet, J., .a few years hence you
would be very angry if any one wutild
say you are not a gentleman."
"A gentleman'. I had never thought
of dividing the word that way before.
'Wing gentle always seem* to me like
tieing weak 411 d womanish."
"'his is so far from being the case,
Ply son, that, you will always find the
bravest men the most gentle. The
spirit of chivalry, that you so much ad
mire, was a spirit of the noblest courage
and the utmost gentleness combined.
Still I dare say you would rather be
called a manly than a gentle boy ?"
"Yes, indeed, mother."
Well, then, my son, it is my great
wish that you should endeavor to unite
the two. Show yourself manly when
you are exposed to danger, or see oth
ers, in peril ; be manly when called upon
to speak the truth, • though the speak
ing of it may bring reproach upon you;
be rwinly when you are in sickness and
pain. At the same time be gentle,
whether you are with females or men ;
be gentle toward all men. By putting
the two spirits together you will de
serve a name which, perhaps, you will
not so greatly object to." •
"I see what you mean; dear mother;
and I will endeavor to be what you wish
—a gentlemanly boy."
A Singular Tradition.
Among the Seminole Indians there is
a singular tradition regarding the white
man's origin and superiority. They
say that when the Great spirit made
the earth, he also made three men, all
of whom were fair complexioned , and
that after making them, he led them to
the margin of a small lake, and bade
them leap in and wash. One obeyed,
and came out of the water purer and
fairer than before ; the second hesitated
a moment, during which time the wa
ter, agitated by the first, had become
muddled, and when he bathed, he came
up capper-ealore4 ; the third did not
leap in until the water became black
with mud, and he came out with his
awn color. Then the Great Spirit laid
before them three packages, and out of
pity for his misfortune in color, he gave
the black man the first choice. He
took hold each of the packages, and
having felt the weight, chose the heavi
est; the copper-colored man then clipp,
the next heaviest, leaving the. white
man the lightest. When the packages
were opened the first was found to con
tain spades, hoes and ' all the imple
ments of labor ; the. second unwrapped
hunting, fishing,,and warlike apparatus ;
the third we, the white man peas and
paper, the, engines of the mind—the
mpansaknatittial, mental improvement,
the, speial link of humanity, the founda
tion, of the white mans superiority.
A Much Abused Bridegroom.
A stalwart young rustic, who was
known as a formidable operator in a
'free fight, had just married a blooming:
and beautiful country girl only sutpeo,'
years of age, and, the twain were, 8t a
party where a number of . both sexes
were enjoying, themselves in the. goodi
01 4 paw- :yin style. Bre.
ry th i s room asd been eso!!1,
wept Mm . a, the .
ful young albrassid ; aotolsbousb
there wap , apt a youngster peen wtl).
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was not dying to taste her lips, they
were restrained by the presence of her
Herculean husband who stood regard
ing the party with a look of dissatissfac
tion. They mistook the cause of his
anger, however, for, suddenly rolling
up his sleeves, he stepped into the mid
dle of the room, and, in a tone of voice
that at once secured marked attention,
said :
"Gentlemen, I have been noticing
how things have been working here for
some length of time, and I ain't halt
satisfied. I don't want to raise a fuse,
but—"
"What's the matter John r" inquired
half a dozen voices. "What do you
mean ?" Have we done anything to
hurt your feelings ?"
"Yes, you have, all; all of you have
hurt my feelings, and I have got just
this to say about it: here's every
in
in the room been kissed mighty u* a
dozen times apiece, and there's rstr
wife, who I consider just as likeir, JP
any of 'em, has not had a 'tingle am 'to
night ; and I just tell you now, it alb
don't get as many kisses the Wiley" of
the time as any gal in the room, the
man that slights her has got me to fight
—that's all. Now go ahead with your
plays !"
Mrs..B., was thereupon kissed near
y to death.
Lamartine, in his "Pilgrimage to the
Holy Land," writes as follows;
When I was about a league from
.sa, the last Turkish town almost on the
frontier of Servia, I saw a large tower
rising up in the midst of tke plain as
white as Parkin marble. I took the
path which led to it. I desired a Turk
ish lady who accompanied me to hold
my horse, and I sat down under the
shade of the tower to enjoy a few mo
ments repose. No sooner was I seated
than raising my eye to the monument,
I discovered that the walls, which I
supposed to be built of marble or of reg
ular rows of white stone, were compos
ed of regular rows of human skulls,
bleached by rain and sun, and cemented
by a little sand and lime, formed entire
ly the triumphal arch which now shelt
ered me from the burning sun!,
There must be from fifteen to twenty
thousand. In some places portions of
hair are still hanging, and waved like
lichen or moss with every breath of
wind. The mountain breeze was then
blowing fresh, penetrating the inn:awe,
rable cavities of the skulls, and sounded
like a mournful and plaintive sigh.,
These were skulls of fifteen tboasand
Servians who had been put to death by
the pacha in the last insurrection of like
via. Servia, however, is now free, asioi
this monument will teach their child
ren the value of independence by show
ing them the price at which their fore,
fathers purchased it."
A laughable mistake is shown in the
following mixing of two articles--chee
concerning a preacher, the other about
the freaks of a mad dog— which mow
ed in a hurried "make up" in printing
office:
"ltev. James Thompson, Rector of
St Andrew's church, preached to a large
concourse of people on sunday last.,
This was his last sermon. in a few
weeks he will bid farewell to his con
gregation, as his physician advises him
to cross the Atlantic. He exhorted his
brethren and sisters, and after the con
clusion of a short prayer, took a whim
to cut up some frantic feats. He rttyk
tip Trinity street to the college. At
this stage of the proceedings a couple of
boys seized him and tied a tin kettle to
his tail, and lie Again etArteli• A .greekle
crowd collected and for a time there
was a grand scene of running and con
fusion. After a long race he was final
ly shot by a policeman."
iA bashful youth was paying bis
addresses to a gay lass of the oonntr7,
who had long despaired of bringing
things to a crisis. He cant d one dad,
when she was at home alone. Alket.
settling the merits of the wea,ther,
said, looking slyly into 1,08
"I dreamed of you, ingt,
'Did you! Why, now !"
"Yes, I di eTued . that you kissed(
IMSi
"W4iy, now, ! What d•x:} you areal?,
your mother said I"
"QM. I dreamed she wasn't at
home."
A light dawned on the youth's intel
lect, and directly something was heard
to crack—perhaps his Whip, and .per
haps not—but in month they were
married.
tar•A droll story ia.,relsite(l, ofran hon e
est old farmer who in attempting to
drive homp a l l:gill got suddenly hoisted
over a fence. Recovering himself he
Z
saw the animal on the other side of -
rails, sawing the air with his
neck and pawing the gmtkili .
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good old man looked
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*anent, and exelainwirt •
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apologies, yon needn't *Una' 7 rink.
'tarnat critter, bpwin' and fr , • , '-z-viti
did it a miro, darn Boar wily l A.
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A Tower of Skulls.
A "Make-up" Blunder.