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BUSINESS directory.
, VS. I.OWKBV & s. f. wasos,
S finRNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will
\ .uiotvl the Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKean
-•un'cs. [Wellsboro', Feb. 1, 1853.]
S. B- BROOKS,
iTIDRXET AW COUNSELLOR AT LAW
A tLKLASB, TIOGA C?.A
- t l . • multitude of Counselors there is fcafoty.*’—JJiMe.
c.N LM'i'-'Niy.
OR. W. W
0 rn n; , vcr Cone’s Law Office, first door below
Fi-r’s Hotel. Nighty he will be found at his
, c. first door above the bridge on Main Street,
ariarJ- Sjn'rel
r, .V. D IBIT, BEIVWST,
Ai'FICE at bis residence nearithe
;.c\ t / Academy. All work pertaining to
1:1 ; Uoe of business done promptlv and
.. [April 22, 1858.]
HOUSE
CuKX X X G ,
I). C. XuE Proprietor.
(j ;M,d from the Depot free of charge.
pe s i ivjss ji a it' ci!> e
WIILLSBORO’, PA
1.. D. TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR.
•j- 2lk ,5,.., j popular house it cent* ally locat'-d. and
i the patronage &.* the travelling public.
Americas hotel.
C.'UtXIXCx, x.y..
B FKEEiVIAN, - - - - Proprietor.
’.v 7 - i-:«. Lodging*. 2.*» ots. Board, 75 cts. per day.
,’ Man h M7 i?sy._(lyO
.5. C. WHITTAREB,
U.rlro' -ithic and Surgcori.
v i ]\ LAX L\ TIO G A C 0., p3SX X A.
v; 1 ! iMt patients in all parts of the County, or rc
them for treatment at his house. [Juno 14,]
a o. ens,
BAR/tER AND JI AIR'D/! ESSE 11.
S!I0P *n the rear of the Post Office. Everything in
Ids line «ill ho done-as well land promptly as.it
uu In done in the city saloons. Preparations for re
r ivies u’amlrd/T, and beautifying the hair, for
( -««p II ur ami whL-hers Jvod any color. Call and
.TSwi-Wo, Sept. 22, 1559. i
GAISES HOTEL.
11. c Vi:P.MIT t YCA . PROPRIETOR
Gaines, County, Pa.
Tut.' « ■ 11 kn.tv. u hotel is located within easy access
„f tuckc-t fishing and hunting grounds in Xorth’rn
Pi N‘o n:un« will be spared for the accommodation
! ikM'-.iro sci'kerc- and the traveling public.
\j.ril 11, 1 212:
THE COBXtSO JOVRKAt.
George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor.
IS {i.'.Mivicd at Corning, Sicuben Co., X. Y., at One
Dyllar and Fifty Cents per year, i» advance. The
j.jr Ell l is Republican in politics, and has a eircula
> u reaching into every part of Steuben County.—
7”, s e desirous of extending their business into that
.. I tie adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad-,
Tin,.im: medium. Address as above.
DRESS ITIARIi^G.
I FI?? M. A. JOHNSON. respectfully announces *o
ihc citizens of Wclhboro and vicinity, that she
h- in'acn room- over Niles A - EitiottV Store, where
s'.c |. prepared to execute all orders in the line of
"RE'.' MAKING. Having bad experience in the
, : 1,..-;, she feels confident that she can give salisfac
-- all who mav favor her with their patronage.
2C. 1 Soil.
JOHN B. SHAKESPEiB,
tailor.
HAVING opened bis shop in the room -over
VTu’.. Roberts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the
e.:iicn- ofWcllsboro’ and vicinity, that he is prepared
t rvjiMite orders in his lino of business with prompt
ly and dc'-patch
Cutting done on *hort notice.
Oct. 21, ISAS.—Cm
\YA TCHES I WATCHES I
THE .'uhscriher has got a fine ofheavy
j:\olish lever huxter-case
Gold and Silver Watches,
K:c‘.i v„* wdl sell'chcapcr than “dirt” on ‘Time,* i. c.
-* *: ’.i ;• i\ - Time Pieces’ on a abort fapproved) credit.
; \ \ knt<i. *.f REPAIRING done promptly. If a
of work is not'done to the satisfaction of the party
'•’i.riTi£ it, no charge will be made.
P.i*t fa\or? appreciated and a conHunnce of pntron-
Kindly solicited. ANDLE FOLEY.
KcINWo. .Tunc 24, I?4S.
HOME INDUSTRY.
T'li: .'l i,x KJHKU having established a MAR
bUI M \XVFACCORY at the village of Tioga,
‘-cro lit- prepare Ito furnish
ponuments,'Tomb-Stones, &c.,
’; *' v j
ftIMIOST & ITALIAN MARBLE
* i rv.-j.er ifu]3r solicit the patronage of litis and ad-
.1 j.'u-i ptock on hand be is now ready to cs
> i Ki' w ith neatness, accuracy and dispatch.
.V.* work iKhvored if desired.
JOHN BLAMPIED.
2_J*- T oga Co., Pa., Sept. 28, 1859.
W HI. TCRBELL,
CtfUXIXG, X. Y.
Wholesale and Retail Deilei, in
: /'£ I 0 \ .Lid -Hu'ncf, Lend, Zinc, and Colored
Vrir.uth. Brushes Camphene and Burning
J >'hi if, S'\ih ami Glues, Atr« Liquors for
• ! !l . Pot- ut .Ifclicinee, Artiste Paints and Brushes,
■U- f.u-y. Articles, Elhvnrimg Extracts, <£*c.,
ALSO, '
—A general assortment of School Books—
Blank Books, Staple nud Yancy
, . Stationary.
•■-J'.ciarjt. Country Merchants dealing
i’.* :ib ,\c articles can bo supplied at a small
un New York prices. [Sept. 22, 1857.]
, SEll STOVE iDTIFsTfIP!
ROY’S DRUG STORE,
■-ym r,m buy Stoces, Tin, and Japanned
, fur one-half the usual prices.
;-o. s K!.-;vatcd Oven Couk Stove and Trim
: - 515.00.
Tin and Hardware *
\ t^ r ' '-i f-T Hearty Pay„
'.‘.T ' r-' l .' any one who wants anything in this line
s( ' ol >r prices before purchasing elsewhere.
, 1 ihc place— two doors south of Farr’s Ho
i.. ‘Tj ;tc Huy’s Drug Store. ‘CALL AND SEE
•.jrD.I)EMI N G,
~V J s - ■ ■ *f’;!K announce to the people of Tioga County
v : r - l,v - iTcpired to fill all orders for Apple. Pear
" rr. .V ct.irmv. Apricot. Evergreen and Deciduous
v -’• Al-» Cut rants fia-pberipes, Gooseberries,
: -=.'trdv. b-oriics of all n.-W and approved Tori-
,^LS—' r ' "‘osi-tinc of Hybrid, Perpetual and Sum-
Hs.r,.#., ’ :if r Mow, Bourbon, Noisette, Tea,
UU ' aDd ‘•'Hmbing Boses
• Y-, Inclodin Bn» t b® finestncwT»*
J ' U ' I*? "x x rieties of Althea, Calycautbus,
tr p, ,ir ' Syringias. Viburnums, WigUlas &c.
P iconics, Dahlias, Phloxes, Tulips,
Hyacinths, Narcissis; Jonquils, Lit
'arietios.
Strawberry. 4 doz,plants, $5.
solicited.
j r frrj fUnp. Budding or Pruning "will be
■* ; : r ’• Art^r^a
II I‘. riMl.Nfr.TrelUtorc*, ra.
r I 1 TT H "1 a A I «!«!;
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B' B——B B A j B H » a * / -«a f gS 1 • '■«■ - 'S' JSr I subsequent .Ai
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VOL. VI.
Last eve the sunset winds upheaved \
A mountain'in the west.
All seamed with gloomy gulfs, from base
Up to its golden crest;
Cloud piled on cloud that mountain rose—
A storm whose wrath was spent—
Its routed legions gathered up,
Iq common ruin blent;
And all about its dark base rolled
A sea of gorgeous dyes,
And on its summit blazed a fire |
Too bright for mortal eyes ; \
And grandly down its southern slope
A purpling river flowed [
Into the sea of gorgeous dyes 1
IThicb at its foot abode.
WEBB.
And we, who marked the scene sublime.
Beheld a shining band
Press upward to the mountain top,
As to a Promised Land:
Their faces kindling with the light
That played about its crest—
And two, more glorious, led iho way,
In spotless garments dressed;
Some tjparied on the way, and these
The stronger lifted up,
And held unto their parching lips
Love’s overflowing cup—
And thus refreshed, they buoyantly
Pressed forward in the van,
And leaped and danced for gladness, where
The purpling river ran.
X. Y,
Thup, joyously, tho band pressed on
Until the least had won
And stood transfigured on the mount—
- The children ol the sun;
But soon their brightness waxed too great
For mortal eyes to bear,
And Xight, in mercy, dropped her veil
To bide tho vision fair:
But we, who saw that sight sublime.
Hallowing yestereven,
Joyed in the thought that wo had sped
A little nearer Heaven
March 4, ISGO,
One autumn day, about three and thirty years
ago, a traveling carriage was slowly ascending
i a steep and sandy hill on the high road, about
ten miles from Antwerp. It was one of those
days of alternate cloud and sunshine, when the
j landscape shows to the greatest advantage;
j great shadows of clouds driven by the fresh,
, pleasant west wind, rested here and there upon
i woods and valleys, making their shades deeper,
while capricious gleams of light gilded upland
fields, from whence the corn was not yet car
ried, or played oi\ the foam of the water-wheel,
and brought out in full relief the peaked red
gables of the miller's house, backed by fruit-
J trees heavily laden.
The owner of the carriage seemed to enjoy
this beautiful scene and weather, fur he alighted
from his carriage at the foot of the hill; and
slowly as the horses climbed up its sandy
. ascent, his progress still slower, for he
- turned round every three yards to note the dif
: ferent changes in the scene as the driving clouds
:i cast fresh shadows, or the objects of the land
r scape assumed fresh combinations as he ad
-1 vanced; so that the carriage was almost out of
1 sight by the time he came up to a hoy, who,
' leaning against a rail, was drawing figures in
, the sand with so much attention and interest,
1 that he did not perceive the stranger's approach,
j “What are you doing, my'little man V 7 said 1
j the gentleman.
J The hoy looked up, and without answering,
; ran to him and tried to pull him backward by j
the tails of his coat. “Ob, you are walking,
: over St. Peter," he cried, in such atone of tragic
! that the gentleman laughed and retreat
! ed a few steps,
j “What do you mean ?"
“Why my beautiful head that I have been
I all the morning drawing," said the boy, endeav- 1
; oring to efface the footmarks in the loose sand
i which covered the spot where they stood; “it
| was so exactly like I" I
| “Like wlut ?" !
‘■The image of St. Peter in the church. I
have done it a great many times, but .never got
it so like before,.ami I meant to have drawn the
whole figure, with the keys and all, but the sand
is to trampled now, I shall not be able to do it.
I had just left it for a moment, to draw tbnlt
carriage that passed just now; the postilion
had such a comical face, and the valet, perched
up behind, looked so hungry and cross, and
never onced turned round to look at the view,
though there is nothing half so pretty between
this and Antwerp.”
While he spoke the stranger Was examining
a drawing traced on the sand with the point of
a stick. Of his own carriage and servants, and
although from the nature of the implements
used, roughly done, yet a spirited likeness of
the somewhat remarkable features of the men
had been produced, while the attitude of the
horses laboring to draw tho heavy vehicle up
the hill was very well done. He made no ob
servation, however, but simply asked the child
if he had over been at Antwerp.
“Yes, once.” Then folding his hands with
an expression of reverential admiration, ho
added: “And in the great church there I saw
Ruben’s pictures!”
“Ah, indeed; end what did you think of
them ?”
“Oh, sir, if I could only see them always. I
should be happy. I dream of them almost
every night, and X try to draw bits of them on
the sand ; but I can do so little,” he went on
with a sigh.
“Would you not like to have pencil and pa
per to draw with ?” said the gentleman.
“Oh, yes,” said the child. “I have them on
Sunday. The good curb gave me some, and
after mass I draw all day long. lam so happy
then, without any pigs to look after.”
“It seems to me that you have that pleasure
now,” said the other, “for I see hone any
where.”
“Those stapid, tiresome leasts, they are a’.-
w.ays running away/ 7 and, brandishing his
stick, he rushed into the little grove near, and
was soon heard shooting, gesticulating, scream
ing' to bis pigs ; bnt it was some time before he
could bring them all back; and in the mean
while the stranger stood examining the scratch
es in the sand.
We may as well mention here who this gen
tleman was who took so much interest in the
little swineherd’s sketches, and inform cur res
WHILE . THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAX'S INHUMANITY,TO MAX’’ SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
{From the Evening Post.]
THE MOUNTAIN IN THE WEST.
ffrom Once a Week.]
TH3 SWINEHERD PAINTER.
WE.LLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH %% 18(JO.
ders that he was a prince of one of the noblest j
families in Poland. More fortunate than the
greater part of his countrymen, the father of \
Prince Ponaaky had sold his great estates in ;
Poland before its dismemberment by its power- |
fill neighbors, and had settled in France, inil\
whose rich and luxurious capital he could freely j ,
indulge his taste fur the refined and beautiful. 1
His son had grown up a perfect enthusiast of
Art—one of those men one finds often in the |
higher circles, who, without any positive genius j
for the Art they devote themselves to, have yet j
the greatest passion for everything connected 1
with it. There are some patrons of Art who |
take a kindly interest in those who minister to j
their pleasures ; and one of the noblest of these
was Prince Pogasky; his purse, bis time, his 1
sympathy, welgover at the service of the strug
gling artist: to have genius was a sure pass
port to his favor; and many, now famous, bless
the kind hand that helped, and the wise head j
that connected, their inexperienced youth.
When the boy returned hot and-breathless
from his chase, the Prince was still contempla
ting the sand drawings.
“My frioml,” he said, ttthcre is a great fault
here. You have made the off-wheel about three
times larger than the near one/'
“Yes,” said the boy, that puzzles me. All
my drawings of carts and carriages look wrong,
and I cannot tell why. Both the wheels are
really the same size and yet if I make both the
same length, one looks larger than the other.”
“I will tell you,” said the Prince. J And ta
king the stick, from the child's hand, he ex
plained to him some of the first principles of
perspective. The quick, intelligent eyes of his
auditor followed eagerly every word and move
ment, and. at the conclusion he clapped his
hands with joy, and exclaiming, “1 see now how
to draw the wheels,” he moved to an untrodden
hit of sand, and drew the damage with the
most perfect correctness. , (
The Prince was delighted with his quick com- 1
prehension, and asked the boy to show him
some of his Sunday,sketches on paper.
“Well,** he replied, ‘T have not got any here,
hut if you will come to-morrow I shall be here.
This is the best hit of ground for drawing on
for three miles round, and the view is so beau
tiful down„thcre.”
M. 11. Cone.
“But ray little friend, to-raorrow X shall bo
many leagues from here on my road to Paris.”
“Then if you will stay here and take care of
the pigs, I will go and fetch them for you.”
“Thank you,” replied the other, drily; ‘T
think the best plan would be fur you to tell me
where your mother lives; and then I could go
and look at your drawings there. I don’t ex
actly see where the pigs are at this moment.”
“Oh I” said the little swineherd, with a ges
ture of de>pair, “I never can draw for two min
utes together In peace. I must go after them
again.”
“Tell me vour mother's name first.”
“Kaysar, sir—la Mere Kaysar. She lives in
the first cottage after the church. You see the
tower there above the trees."
“And your name is—
“ Heinrich ; I am the youngest but two, and
there are ten of us altogether.”
“Well, adieu my little friend, perhaps we may
meet again soon—don’t forget, what I have
taught you.”
“0! there is no danger of that, sir, I shall
practice it as soon as ever those horrible pigs
give me a moment’s rest.”
‘‘Prince Ponasky pursued hia way to the top
of the hill, where his carriage was waiting for
him. He got in, and told the postilion to leave
the proceed to the little .village on
the left, and atop at the cottage nest the church.
The valet had been duly explaining to the
postilion while thej- waited, that his master was
an eccentric foreigner, crazed on the subjects of
artist and paintings. So the Prince was obeyed
without more astonishment than was conveyed
by an expressive shrug of the postilion’s shoul
ders to the valet, and replied to by him with a
significant shake of the head.
At the door of la Mbrc Kaysar the carriage
stopped and the Prince entered. The good
woman, who was washing, was filled with
astonishment and terror at seeing so grand an
equipage stop at the door. She thought some
misfortune must have happened, and immedi
ately began to think of her sons. Her relief
was great when she found that Ibis fine gentle
man only come to look at Heinrich’s usless
scraps of paper.
“You shall see them, and welcome, sir," she
said ; “I wish you could persuade Heinrich to
to turn his hand to something useful—no one
will employ him for anything but pig-keeping,
and even for that his master begins to say he is
too lazy.”'
The Prince smiled to himself as lie thought
of the uncontrolled liberty thd pigs seemed to
enjoy under Heinrich’s care—but said nothing,
and began to examine tne drawings. They
were sketches of every imaginable object that
came under his notice; his mother, brothers,
and sisters were represented in all kinds of at
titudes ; the old water-mill; the picturesque
church porch, with groups passing in to hear
mass ; his companions; his dog ; even his spe
oial tormentors, the pigs, had their place in this
gallery of art, where the hacks of the drawings
had other sketches upon them—paper bcingfar
too valuable a commodity to serve only once.—
There were, of course, innumerable faults;
but with, them all a breadth and freedom, a
quickness in catching likenesses, and power of
giving its distinctive character to everything he
attempted, that to the Prince’s experienced eye
evinced a very high degree of talent. Even
genius—-who knew?—might be lurking there I
What should he do ? Should he leave this em
bryo artist to sink down into the sordid life of
the boors around him, or should he take him
with him and give him the training his powers
seemed to demand ? He pondered long and
profoundly; at length he said :
“I think your son has a decided talent, my
good woman. Should you like him to be brought
up as an artist?” 1
. “Ah, air, that is what a painting gentleman
who came out from Antwerp in the spring said ;
but we are too poor to think of that. Hein
rich must get his living as ho can. Here are
some of the drawings the gentleman showed
him how to I , all in cnlcr*, m.*ch prettier
than those black scratches, but he lias no paints
now.”
[ The Prince turned over the water-color draw
i ings the good mother reached down from the
| shelf where they lay between a jar of onions
unnd a round cheese, and decided at once'what
j ,he .would do. Heinm;h should accompany him
I'immediately to Paris, and ho, would take the
cere of his future destiny upon himself. In a
| tew words he explained his jdan to H M6ro
j Kaysar, who wept, half with joy that her son
j should have such advantages offered to him,
1 half with grief at the idea of parting with him.
j B.uf sbd refused to decide either way, till Hein
{ riah himself had been spoken to on the sub
ject-— for he had good sense enough, when he
t could be got to think about anything besides
his scribbling.
A neighbor’s son was induced by the bribe
of a few sous to take Heinrich's place as swine
herd for'an hour, white be came to hear the re
sult of the consultation upon his destiny. His
Bright blue eyes sparkled, and he showed all
Ins white teeth in a grin of enthusiastic delight
when the Prince offered to take him to Paris—
clothe, feed, watch over him, and, above all,
have him educated as a painter.
“0, sir," ho said, “will you bo really so
good? Shall I indeed learn to draw? 0, I
am so happy, so happy ! Get me my Sunday
clothes, mother, —let me get ready at once 1”
“You are very glad to go then, Heinrich,
and leave your poor, old mother?” said le M£ve
K.iysar, putting her apijbn to her eyes.
“I forgot I must leave you,” said the boy,
his honest heart swelling at the prospect of*
abandoning his home, which had not before
entered into his calculations. “I couldn't stand
never seeing you or SuseUe,” he wenton, burst
ing into tears ns he spoke. “Thank you, kind
ly. eir, for your offer, but I must not leave my
'
The Prince explained that he bad no wish to
S&pnrate them wholly, gave the mother his card,
and recommended her to confer with her friends,
while he himself put up at an inn iu the neigh
borhood.
The result of the deliberation between la
Mdra Kaysar and the good curt*, whom she
consulted in the matter, was that Heinrich’s
not very extensive wardrobe was packed up iu
a cotton jiandkorchief, and he and his niothej*
came at the time appointed to the-Throc Crowns,
where the Prince was reposing, after such a
dinner as a way-side inn could furnish. They
gratefully accepted his noble offer, and he re
newed hte promises uf a pension to the mother,
and of watchful care for the sun; and they set
oa that evening on the journey to Paris.
Arrived there, the little rustic was suitably
dressed, and then, through the Prince’s inilu
enqe, permission was gained fur him to study
at the Academy. As he was so young ho only
spent a part of the day there; the rest was
passed at a school, that his general aducation
might be advanced. He slept at the Prince’s
house, whose heart he completely won by hi*
amiable disposition, good sense, and the quick
ness with which he gained the address and
manners of those about him. In the
he returned to his village for a few weeks ; his
mother was delighted to see him so strong and
tail, and exactly like a great gentleman, as she
said; but she could not see any improvements
in his drawing; his studies from die-antique,
heads with every kind of expression,’ ami legs
and arms in all imaginable attitudes, only re
minded her of an hospital—they were not half
so pretty as the drawings he used to make of
Susette and the baby, or the groups round the
village well.
He visited her every rear* till he went to
Italy and other countries for the purpose of
stydying his art. Long ere he returned, he
could earn money enough to make her an al
lowance, which caused her to pass for a rich
woman in her village.
VfJieu he revisited Paris and his generous
protector, a very place was offered him in
the Academy ; but ho would not accept it with
out first consulting the Prince, and to him he
expressed a wish to return to Belgium.
“Do nut think me ungrateful,” he said; “I
will agree to any plan you propose; you have
been as a father to me, and I will render you
always the willing obedience of a child. But
I must tell you frankly, I should like to dedi
cate what talent God has given me to my coun
try, to be ranked among the Flemish painters.
But I put myself in your bands*"
The Prince admired the patriotic feelings of
the young man and gave a willing assent to
his return. He settled in Antwerp, and be
came the head of the Academy there. His dis
tinguished manners, handsome figure, and cour
teous address, soon gained him the cntr6e into
the beat circles. JVo one could ever have im
agined that the graceful, polished gentleman,
who took his place so easily and naturally
among the highest in the land, had ever been
a poor peasant,boy. Not that he sought to con
ceal his origin; far from it, he was very fund
of relating tho story of his early poverty and
his patron’s munificence; but his was one of
those natures to whom refinement is natural;
his artbfrmnd assimilated to itself, as its proper
aliment, all that was graceful and beautiful.—
He married a lad}* of good_ family, who brought
her husband, not only a considerable fortune,
hut the more valuable gifts of a noble mind and
amiable temper.
Henrieh Kaysar lives happy and respected :
and with our hearty wishes that so he may long
remain, we \yill close this true story of the
Swineherd Painter of Antwerp. E. Acton*.
Decidedly Complimentary. —“ What a lovely
woman !” was the exclamation of Lord Chan
cellor Eldon, upon passing a first class beauty,
when passing up and down Westminister Hall,
with his friend, the Master of the Rolls, previ
ous to the opening of their respective Courts.
“What an excellent Judge”’ said the lady,
when her sensitive ear caught the flattering de
cree of the Lord High Chancellor of England.
Making a Quick Trip.— At a trial before a
Squire the following queer colloquy occurred;
Counsel—“ Didn’t you tell P to go to tho
devil ?” Witness—“l rather think I did.” Coun
sel—“ Well, did he go?” Witness—“l guess
not; hut if he did, ha made a quick trio of it,
f.-r I met him the next dav.”
Tho Hunter’s Revenge.
Among the many hardy Frenchmen in the
employ of the old Northwest German Company,
was one Francoise, German voyageur, who had
established a notoriety for courage and physical
strength : and like many others of his class, he
was sometimes vain ofliis extraordinary powers,
and fond of exhibiting them to his associates.
He would ioad his brawny shonidres witii packs
which his comrades could scracely life frbm the
ground, and without evincing the smallest de-
gree of fatigue, would march with them, day
after day, through the wilderness, often leaving
his lightly loaded companions far in the rear.
It was no uncommon thing for Francoisc to lin
ger in the camp an hour or two after his com
rades had started, take the trail they were fol
lowing. and, after a few hours, pass them qui
etly ; and after traveling till the middle of the
afternoon, stop at some»convcnient spot for en
camping. He usually selected some water
course, whiyh he judged his friends would reach
about nightfall, and striking camp, would sur
prise them with a well prepared supper of veni
son and other game, which ,he had prepared
against their arrival.
On a certain occasion, when ascending tho
Bois des Sioux river alone, in his canoe, he was
attacked by a largo party of Sioux Indians, who
after sinking his canoe by perforating its bottom
with their rifles, and making a desperate fight
of it, succeeded in making him a prisoner.—
His reputation for courage and strength hart
reached them, and before putting him to torture
they determined to test his powers. According
ly, they took him to the edge of the cliff, some
hundred or two feet high, -beneath which ran
the river, and fastening one end of a rope to a
large stone at the base of the cliff, they direc
ted him to raise it to where they were collected
in a group to witness the feat. Germaine,
whose judgment and self-reliance never for a
moment deserted him, readily consented to hu
mor the Indians, but, declared the thing was
impossible with so short a rope. The Indians,
who had brought the free end of it to.the top
of the bank, insisted that it wa? all-sufficient,
beside being strung enough to raise a weight
twice that the stone. Still Germaine persis
ted in declamng that the rope was not Iniig
enough : by many feet, and refused to gratify
their curiosity unless his demand was complied
with, and the rope lengthened lo suit him.—
Seeing that unless they indulged
they would be deprived of that portion of their
anticipat'd sport, the Indians yielded, and col
lecting more bark, added the requisite number
of foet to the rope. All being now right, the
‘Frenchman was ordered to life the stone. But
Francoise deliberately proceeded to .knot the
end Lisso-wise, and gathered It in a coil at the
end of the cliff, afteu clearing the ground of
brush and broken limbs, which might intcreferc
with its free run.
The stone, which was of several hundred
weight, whs a heavy lift for Geramlne, and he
exerted nil his powers to start it from its bed.
But vMien once started, the labor of raising it
was comparatively lighter. After he had drawn
it up for e. few feet, he was ordered to lower it
again,Kvheu four of the most stalwart warriors
tried their united strength upon ic but thev
could not make it budge on inch.
Again Germaine was ordered to hoist it to
the top of the bank. With the outlay of all
his muscular force ho obeyed, and as it moved
slowly along the face of the cliff, the Indians,
in their excitement, gathered in knots upon the
very verge, and looking downward* watched its
ascent. Hand over hand, the Frenchman
toiled at his task, but with hia keen grey eves
taking in all about him. He had raised the
huge weight one-third of the distance, when
the stone catching against a jutting ledge of
superincumbent shale, defied all his herculean
strength to raise it higher. As he struggled to
overcome this,rcsistance, the Indians gathered
closer and closer upon the vergeof the cliff, and
watched the effort of the prisoner.
At this moment, stopping the rope partially
over the top of a stunted cedar besh, and hold
ing the strain upon his left hand, he reached
and gathered up the coiled portion in his right,
he gave it one wide swing over his head, which
operied its wide running noose, and with a
skillful cost, let it drop over the largest knot of
excited Indians as they were looking below.—
The fatal circle, true to the design of the brave
Francoisn, encompassed no less than six of his
enemies, and letting go his hold of the rock,
with a noise of thunder rushed headlong into
the-abyss, dragging, with lightening speed, the
six howling Indians after it.
So sudden and awful was this frightful de
nouement, that the surviving Indians' some'
thirty in number, were for m »ny minutes hor
rhr struck and regardless of all else about them.
Inuring the excitement and confusion the voya
geur, seeing the way clear, made go id his es
cape, living with the speed of a wild deer. The
saiftesfrunaers were sent in pursuit, but thev
soon gave up the chase as useless and the for
tunate Francoiso returned in safety to his com
rades at Lake Travers. The spot where this
incident occurred is. well known to the hunters
and Indians of that region, and still retains
the name of Francoiso Cliff. Upon the smooth
surface of the limestone, near tlm water’s edge,
Iho Sioux have commemorated the event by
rude carvings representing six warrior* in the
act r»f tumbling headlong from the edge of the
precipice to the river b^low.
A worthy Scotch couple, when asked how
their son had broken down so early in life, gave
the following explanation : “"When we began
life together we worked hard and lived upon
porridge, and such like, gradually adding to our
comforts as our means improved, yntil we were
able at length to dine off n bit of roast meat,
and sometimes a boiled chuckle (chicken but
as for Jack, ouf son, he worked backward, and
began with the chnckie first.”
The Springfield Mepublican says that there
was once a man in that town who-was so polite
as to sny, as ha paBSSd r a.h6a on her nest, “don’t
rise ma’am.”
At an agricultural dinner the following toast
was given: “The game of fortune—shuffU the
Card.- a* \cu will— Spz&s •'•III always win.”
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Advertisements not bavin;* the number of insertion
desired umrked upon them. will bo published until or.
dcred out and charged accordingly.
Poster#, Handbill#, BilMlcad*; Letter-Heads snd» : l
kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, ex
ecuted neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable#’
and other BLANKS constantly on hand.
VO. 34
CfEiors Facts.—Tlio following curious facts
with regard to our Presidents, appear from his
tory :
Geprge Washington, Tst President, died with
out children. Ho "was re-elected.
John Adams, 2d President, had children.—
Ue was not re-elected.
Thomas Jefferson, 3d President, died without:
children. lie was re-elected.
James Madison -Irh President, died without
children. He was re-elected.
James Monroe, otb President, died without
children. He vras re-elected.
John Quincy Adams, Cth President, had
children. He was not re-elected.
Andrew Jackson, 7th President, had no chil
dren. lie was re-elected.
Martin Van Buren, S'h President had chil
dren. He was not rc-clected.
William Henry Harrison, 9th President, had
children. He died about sis months after ho
was sworn into office.
John Tyler, 10th President, bird j children,
and was not re-elected.
James K. Polk, 11th President, hdd no chil
dren, and declined a nomination for a second
term.
Z. Taylor, 12th President, had children.
Died before the expiration of his term.
Millard Fillmore, 13th President, had chif
drou, and was-not re-elected.
Franklin Pierce, 14th President, had ehil
dron, and was nut re-elected.
James Buchanan, 15th President, has no
children, and nous rerons.
Fr,om the shore facts, it appears that no
President ever haring had children has boon
re-elected to the Chief Magistracy of the Na
tion, jwhile with the exception of. Mr. Foik,
who declined a re-riominatioo, ail those haring
no children hare been re-elected.—C/.traco
Journal.
The fallowing exhibition of discretion nr.d
ralor is equal to anything In Congress or out of
it that has lately turned up ; it was in Michi
gan •-
Mr. Robins kept a grocery store. His cus
tomers often disputed his accounts, and one of
them, Mr. Jones, was very fierce in denying
the justice of, one of his charges. Robins vra»
a email men, but often boasted that he was
enough for any one, especially for Jones. One
day Jones denied the correctness of his account
while B.ubins insisted it was all right. In the
heat of the discussion, -Jones accused Robins
of- not telling the truth’, and Robins .dared him
to repeat the accusation.
j“I said that you lied, sir.” coolly responded
Jones.
_ .•‘Do yon say that I lie?” demanded Robins,
jumping from his seat, and unbuttoning bis
coat.
“Tcs, s:r, M answered Jones.
“Are you in earnest?” continued -Robins,
jerking,off his coat and approaching Jones.
“Tesf sEr, I am in earnest,” answered, Jones,
still keeping his seat!
“Well, if you are in earnest,” said Robin",
replacing liia coat upon his' back and himself
in his scat, “it is all right; but mind you, I
don’t take such things in joke.”
A Pep.pect “Bpjcs” of a 'VVojf.i.v. At a
recent meeting of the Fourth Methodist Episco
pal Church, of Providence lsland, the
pastor requested that all interested in the erec
tion of a new church, would contribute, at
least, suficient for the purchase of one brick in
the building. The Sunday following, he stated
to the congregation that he had received a do
nation for tne purpose named. .The attention
of the people as the matter of course, wns not
a little excited as the pastor unfolded a package
"containing a— brick! But here the best of.it
“conics in” that brick was accompanied with a
bank bin of a good sized amount, and a deli
cate httle gilted edged note, expressing the
kind wishes of the donor, a lady of another
communion. Now want she a perfect brick of
a woman ?
A man who bad recently been elected a m i
jor of militia, and who was not overburdened
with brains, took it into his bead, on the inoro
ing of paiade, to exercise a little by himself.
The field selected was his own apartment.
Placing himself in a military attitude, with h s
sword drawn, he exclaimed :
“Attention, company 1 Bear rank, tinea pa
ce", march 1” and tumbled down into the cellar.
Uis wife bearing the racket, eatoa running in
and said—
“My dear, have you killed yourself ?”
“Go about your business, woman,” said the
hero ; “what do you know about war ?”
Girls, Do Torn On*- SireEPi.va.—lt i- the
poorest economy in the world for n mother to
hire a servant to sweep nnd clean her daugh
ter's chamber. Sweeping i 9 a healthy Merer-...
and the dust in a well-kept room is never so
bad as yon often encounter in the street. ~r on
the railroad. In sweeping a carpet, some dmm
substance should always he used—not sand,
some recommend. Tea-leaves, or bran,
kind of leaves wot and scattered over the S.* :•
will keep down the dust. Never mo a l.m.ini
for any other purpose, that you use ur,, ; . , v
carpet.—Hot? to Lire. ” * ‘
| A tall, slab-sided Yankee?, who was making
his appearance at Cape May, last sun-m»rT
sm-lling down to the beach during bathing tin
on seeing the bevy of beauties ‘disporting 1.,
the waves, burst into a fit of enthusiasm. ** !
“Je-ru-sa lem, of that don’t just remind r.o
of suth in’ good tew hum.”
‘‘What is'that ?” asked a friend who homi
him.
“What is it?” said Jonathan, smacking j,; s *
“lapses in water.”
lips ;
“IVhy am I like the letter V 7” ihqnired
gentleman, who had called to take a. ladv' io
the theatre.
“I give it up, sir.”
“Because I come after C.” ’ '
An exchange advises husbands to Jove their
wives. The suggestion is- good but ire amc d
by a.-Hins tu adiEonhior. r.i.t to e . ,j t
tb.
if Advertising.
be charged $1 per square or 10
jrtions, and 23 centr for every
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