The Tioga County Agitator:
BT M. H. COBB.
■o .Wistioierery Wednesday morning and mailed to
pipjrianant postage free to county subscribers,
, w r mir receive their mail at post-offices 10-tei
-tei is counties immediately adjoining, for conven-
S 'xj£* A aITAT33 IS cil 6 ©moial paper of Tioga’Co.,
j circulates in every neijjhborbqod therein. Sub
fjtiplio'tu being on the jdr.mce.pay system", it cirou-
Isles among )' cIiSS a,it t 0 tha interest of advertisers
to reach. farms to advertisers as liberates those of
fered vy jjnr paper of equal circulation in Northern
Pennsylvania.
tst?~ A cross on the margin of a paper, denotes
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r t’.'por; ’.Till be stopped rrhen the subscription
jiJ,-spires, unless the agenturders their continu
trec. _ _
fiS, LOIVREY & St P. W.IXSOI9,
. 1 rORNEYS & COUNSELLORS*? LAW,
Ji. itUI attend the Courts of Tiogs,<Potter and
McKern Mantles. [Wellsborp; Jan". 1, 1863.]
DICKINSOS HOUSE,
corsiko.'n. T. , *
A. FIELD, ; !P^Oprietor,
, i uISTB taken to and from the Depot free
KJ of charge. ' [Jan. 86S.J
PfiSJTSITEVANIA. HOCSSC, '
CuKIiER or jI AIM STP.EET AND THE AUEKDE,
Wellshsm, Pa.
j vv. BIGONY, ;
ip-HIS popular Hotel, having been 'terfilted
i tci ro-farnished As now opOi- to the
rsf-i? c.s a irst-clas? heuj-e. ' ' " I, uS&S.j
D. BAST'S HOTEL;
nZLLSB-ORO. TIOGa CO. FEIT%'£.
rpilt subscriber takes this method to ibjorm
J_ bis cld friend* and customers that he bts re
used the conduct of the old “Crystal Fountain
hotel, v tad will hereafter give it his entire attention,
Ibsctful for past favor*, he jolicit* s renewal of the
DAVID’ HAET.
'"■Svilsfcaro, iicT. 4, ISEJ.-Iy.
ISAAK. WALTON HOUSE,!
Gsisss; Tiog-s Gssßt7 ; Fa: '' '
g C. TERiIILYEA, Proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located within easy ac
cess of the best fistiegand honting groriiSa io
3ortb«rn Pencsjl-aais. ITo pains will be spared for
te't -c-otr.modstionof pleasure seekers and tnd trav
.-.iirVretiie. ' [Jan. I, Ut?3.]
A/FOLEI, • ■ ’
V/itcheS; CiooKS; -J swain?, fee , »c-,
EEFAIEED AX OLD XEICES. '!
POST OFFICE BUILDKsG,
Ki). 5, UIUON BLOCK.
Wellikrrc, May 20 ; 1863. _ •- '•
E. R. BLACK,, ;
BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER,
EHCP CTES C. L. TTH.COX'S .STCfRi!, =
NO. 4=, UNION BLOCK.
TTellsboro, June 24, 1563, - :
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEJL.
KNOXVILLE, BOEODGH, PA. ‘
rfvSt undersigned having leased the ‘ aTjove Hotel
hr a term of years would respectfully' Inform
as traveling public that he has put the Hotel in first
c'sss order lor the reception of guests and go" pains
will be spared in tho accommodation of travelers and
li fet ts the situation will allow, he will keep a first
:x!s Hotel, in all things, encept piiees, which will
h model ate. Please try us and judge for yotirsclves.
Lccrvlile, Oct. 1&, ISC4—tf. J. H.
DRUGS & MEDICINES''.*
.i 0, f, AA 0 C'AT, ifA A L'S 13 (j li (A iPAI.
p 6 Me WftLlAl^
■QEiS leave to announce to tho citizens of jVells-
J) boro and vicinity, that he, keeps constantly on
Ucd all kinds of *
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,- ’ ~
Chemical*, Varnish, Paints. Soaps,
Bttabe;, Putty, Fancy Goods, Pare Wines,
6ms, ccd all other kink* of Liquors of the best
ceality. All kinds of ‘ :
PATENT MEDICINES
tush at Jayne's Expectorant, Alterative andpills;
Ajxr’i Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Pectoral;
■ told 1 * Extract Buehn, Sarsaparilla and Rose Yash;
iln. Winslow's Sothing Syrup; Wright’s/vfciHsj
Clark'* and Cbeesemans Pills; Hail's
•eger’s London Dock Gin ; Herrick's Fills anCiylas
ttrs; Brown's Bronchial Troches, Ac.,’ &c. j
Mer CS.ISC4-W. P- H* W^LLXAj
REVENUE STAMPS.
I OH;; M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector off Mens
ij £”H, has just received a large lot of 1' Venue
£.1,11, es ell dsnojnlnatiocs, from one cent u .Vo $6 ;
itr pcr:on wishing Stanps can get them at tt 'tffice
ilaaifislJ.or of M. EULLABD, Assistant A. ■ issor;
uMiborc.Pa. J, M. PHEX }S.
ilansfelJ, May 2,1884. ,
P. MER EIL, DENTIST, . ,
MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNTY, Bi.,
1; prepared to operate in all 1 the
the vfrious departments of filling, estractfag, in
uring artificial dentures, Ac. f
Mansfield, August 10, 1564-ly. •
COWAIfES(|VE HOUSBa^
i<HI3 House which has been open for
cf the traveling public for a number
Utelr been newly famished tbroaghc.ut anratted
H lO cs pci style as can be found in any coisjjy or
•«y Hotel The Proprietor docs not hesitate 1
there will I e no pains spared to adif y<he
wufer; cf Mi guests, and make it e tome for,
■‘Libert of stabling for teams: and a good : jttler
r -t! in attendance, all cf which can be. jund
die cast of Enoxvillo, Pa. ' « ,
M. V. PURPLE,
JtsrScH. .uVr 25, 1564.-ly. -
vvELLSBORO HOTEf^
(Csr/.c” Main Street nrtd tie Ayknvc,) • t
Wellsuop.o, Pa. t-'i
E. B. HOLIDAY. Proprietor. £ 1
.vceofthe most popular Houses In the cj hty.
t t: * Hotel is the principal Stage-house in WelL joro.
leave daily as*Tollow3: '
. * Ti-.ga, at oa.m. :■ For Troy, at 8 aftn., } For
i* rs? y Shore every Tuesday and Friday .at J* jm.;
f b’-.uierspnrt. every Tuesday and Friday atf K pa.
fitiots Aapavt—From Tioga, at 12 1-2
152 : From Troy, at 6 o’clock p. ta.: From bey
‘tore, Tuesday and Friday II 4. m«: From Col lets-
Tcesday end Friday II a. m. • “
2* £•—-Jimmy Cowden, the well-known hitler;
found on Laud. , L>
Oct. 5, 1864-rly. - _.j F[
HUGH YOUMG,; ; ,
Bookseller. & statiosl^b,
AND SEA LCD IK r^'{
fe 1 ?" 1 Clicks. American, EngUah, and. (wiaa
r‘, ■ 5! J.walry, Silver Plated Were, Spe* jfflc«,
Ffficiof. PliotogrcpMc Albamt*, Stereo* &pc?,
?*‘[? ,5 'P es ’ Perfumery, Yankee Notions, £ ting
-Mp and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Artif* I?
SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind jr the
constantly on Land and sent by joth
‘^ v£fi j to erdor. • i -/!<
■£°- y C'.N'/G.V BLOCK, TrELLSBGRO,':[ U.
REVENUE STAMPS, *hf-
A l ~ ASSCETMEXX of Revenue ;$ imps
sns minat\ons, jast received at tli» First
'• C°i &4 t °f Wellsboro, in the Store, bu'&ng
* t ,.’ * L> Robinson. Persons wanting Btats£ % are
r? 1° get a supply. y ?
May 25, 1864-tf. j
—""hereas, my, tvife, CAROLES/ > Iras
[ !t ted end board without just ca. |a cr
5 1 tereby forbid #ll peisons ngg*
c } 'J ter cn my account, for I shall pay ,Ob |?6ts
!! "otatUng after ttie date. %}
I-,,.. „ CHARLES V BWtM.
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WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1864.
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[From the New York Tribune.}
BBEEIDAN’S BIDE
BY T. B. READ,
Up from the South at break of day,
Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay.
The affrighted air with a shudder bore.
Like a herald of haste to the. chieftain's door,
The terrible grumble and, ramble and roar.
Telling the battle was on once more.
And Sheridan’twenty miles away.
And wilder still those billows of war
Thundered along tbe horizon's bar.
And loader yet in Winchester relied
The roar of that red sea uncontrolled.
Making the blood of the listner cold
As he thought of the stake in that fiery fray,
And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Ent tiers is a road from 'Winchester town, I
A good, broad highway leading down,
And there through the flash of the morning light,
A steed, as black as the steeds of night, .!
Was seen to pass os with, eagle flight— •"
As if he knew the terrible need
He stretched away with his utmost speed ;
Hill rose and fell—but his heart was gay.
With Sheridan fifteen miles away.
Still 'sprung from those owift hoofs, thundering
South,
The dust, like the smoke from the cannon's mouth,
Or the trail pf a comet sweeping foster and faster,
Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster;
The heart of the steed and the heart of the master
Ware beating like prisoners assaulting their walls.
Impatient tefbe where the battle-field calls,*
Every r.erre of the charger was strained to fall play,
With Sheridan only ten miles away.
‘Under his spurring feet, the roed.
Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed,
And landscape sped away behind
Like an ocean flying before the wind,
And the steed, like a barb fed with furnace ire,
Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire.
But lo 1 he is nearing his heart's desire—
He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray,
With Sheridan only five miles away.
The first that the General saw were the groups
Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops;
What was done—what to do—a glance told him
both.
Then striking his spurs with a terrible oath,
Ho dashed down the line 'mid a storm of huzzas.
And tho wave of retreat checked its course there
because
The riuht of the master compelled it to pause.
With foam and with dust the black charger was
gray > _
By the flash of his eye, and his resTnostrih play,
He Seemed to the whole great army to say :
u I bavo brought you Sheridan all tho way
From Winchester down to save tho day !”
Hurrah, hurrah for Sheridan !
Hurrah, hurrah, for horse and man I
And when their statues are placed on high
Under the dome of tho Union sky,
The American soldiers' Temple of Fame,
There with the glorious General's name
Be it said in letters both bold and bright:
“ Here is the steed that saved the day '
By carrying Sheridan into the fight.
From Winchester—twenty miles away !”
li&fgcelXsiig.
THE PERSE. OF HARTHA WARREN,
a stout or the amonoosuck biter.
“ Good bye, Martha. God help you! I shall
be back in three days, at the farthest.”
The hardy "White Mountain pioneer, Mark
"Warren, kissed bis young wife, held his two
year old boy to his breast for a moment, and
then shouldering the-sack of corn which was
to be converted into meal at the rude mill, for
ty miles away trudged off through the wilder
ness.
Martha Warren stood at the door of the log
cabin, gazing out after the retreating form of
her husband. An angle of the dense shrub
bery bid him from view, but still she did not
return to the solitary kitchen; It looked so
dark and lonesome there, she shrank from en
tering ; or perhaps the grand sublimity of the
view spread out before her, held her attention
and thrilled her soul with that unexplained
something that we-all feel when standing thus
face to face with the works of His fingers.
• The finest and most satisfactory view of the
White Mountains is that which presents itself
froijn what is now the town of Bethlehem, on
the rood to Littleton and Franconia. Mount
Washington, the king among princes, is there
seen in his proper .place—the centre of the
rock-ribbed range, towering, bald, blue and
unpaproaobable.
Far up in the wild clearing, close by lbs tur
bid waters of the Amonoosuck, was the cot
tage situated—a place wild and eyrie enough
for the nest of an eagle, but dear to the heart
of Martha Warren, as the home where she had
spent the happy days of her young wifehood.
When she had turned from jmany a patrician
suitor, in the fair old town of Portsmouth, to
join her fortunes with those of the young set
tler, it was with the full and perfect under
standing of the trials that lay before her. She
would walk in no paths of roses for years to
come; much of life must be spent in the
eternal solitudes, where silence was broken on
ly by the wild winds of the forest, the shriek
of the river over the sharp rocks, or the distant
howl of thered-montbed wolf afar in the wil
derness.
The necessary absence of her husband she
dreaded most. It was so very gloomy to close
up her doors at night and sit down by her
lonely fireside, with the consciousness that
there was no human being nearer to her than
the settlement at Lord’s Hill, ten miles away
through the pathless woods.
There was little to fear from Indians, al
though a number of scattered tribes yet
roamed over these primeval bunting grounds.
They were mostly disposed to be friendly,
and . Mrs. Warren’s kind heart naturally
prompted her to many acts of friendship to
wards them, and an Indian never forgets" a
benefit.
The purple mist cleared array from the
scarred forehead of the dominant old moun
tain, the yellow bud peered over the rocky
wall, and Martha turned away to the perfor
mance of her simple domestic duties. The
day was a long one, but it was toward eve
ning, and the gloaming comes much sooner
in these solitudes than in any other places.
The sunlight faded out of the nnglazed win
dows, though it would illumine the distant
mountains for some time yet, and Martha
went out in the scanty garden to inhale tho
odor of the sweet pinks on the one meagre
root she had brought)from her old home.
The spicy perfume carried her back in
nmroory to those days away in the past, spent
with kind friends and cheered by bright,
hopes. But though the thought of home
and kindred made her sad, not for a moment
did she regret.the fate she had chosen.
Absorbed in thought, she bad not observed
the. absence of Charlie, her little boy; now
she saw with vague uneasiness that he had
been and was hot to be seen. She
called his name, but only echo and the roar
of tbe swollen river replied.
; She flew back to the-houw,- the- faint hope
remaining that he might have returned thith
er for his pet kitten; bnt no, the kitten was
mewing at the window, but no signs of Char
lie.
With frantic haste she searched the clear
ing, but without success. Her next thought
was the river I black as night, save where it
fleckered with spots of snow-white foam—it
flowed on but a few rods below her. She hur
ried down the brink, calling out, “ Charlie!
Charlie!"
The child's small voice at some little dis
tance replied. She followed the sound, and
to her horror saw her boy—his golden hair and
rosy cheeks clearly defined against the purple
twilight sky—standing on the very edge of
the huge, drenched rock, some ten feet from the
shore, but in the sweeping current of the riv
er 1
This rock', called by the settlers “ The Pul
pit,” was a good situation for casting fishing
lines, and Mark Warren had bridged the nar
row chasm between it and the shore with a
conple of hewn logs.
Allured by some clusters of flaming firweed
growing on the side of tbe Pulpit, Charlie
had crossed over, and now stood there, regard
less of danger, laughingly holding out the flo
ral treasures to his mother.
Martha flew over the frail bridge, and the
next instant held her child in her arms.—
Joyful because she had found him uninjured,
and mentally resolving that the logs should
be removed to prevent further accident. She
turned to retrace bet steps, but the sight that
met her eyes froze hbr with horror to the spot.
Confronting her on the bridge, not six feet
distant was an enormous wolf, gaunt and bony
with hunger, his eyes blazing like live coals
through mirk and gloom, his hot, fetid breath
scorching the very air she breathed.
A low growl of intense satisfaction stirred
the air, answered by the growl of fifty more
of his kind, belonging to the pack ; in another
moment they would bo upon her 1
Without an instant’s thought of the conse
quence,, -Martha obeyed her first impulse, ami
Btrack the log, with her foot, exerting all her
mad strength in the blow. The frail fabrio
tottered, the soft earth gave way, there was a
breath of awful suspense, and then the bridge
went down with a dull plunge into the waters
beneath 1 The sharp claws of the wolf had al
ready’fixed on the scant vegetation of the rock,
and he held there a moment, struggling with
a ferocious strength to gain a foothold; the
next he slid -down into the chasm, uttering a
wild howl of disappointed rage.
Martha sank on her knees and offered up a
fervent prayer-of thanksgiving for her escape ;.
simultaneously with the heartfelt “amen”
came a dread reollection. The bridge
formed the only connecting link between the
Pulpit and the main land, and that was sever
ed 1 True, she was not more than twenty feet
distant from the shore of the river, but she
might as well have been thousands of miles
out in the ocean. The water was deep, and it
ran with almost inconceivable rapidity, forty
or fifty feet below her, over rocks so sharp and
jagged that it made her skiver to look over the
brink.
Her only, hope was in her husband. Should
he return at the expected time, they might still
be alive: but if by any accident he should be
detained beyond that time 1 She closed her
eyes, and besought God for protection and help.
Cold and hungiy, and drenched by the
mist of the river, Charles began to cry for
home. She could bear anything better than
that. She took off her own garments to fold
around him, and held him to her breast and
sang him the sweet cradle songs which had
so often soothed him.
But the fierce howls of the wolves, ?nd the
sullen thunders of the river, filled her little
heart with terror, and all the long dark night
through, he olung to her neck, sleeplessly cry
ing to go home to papa.
Day dawned at last, the pale snn swimming
through a sickly sky, the pallid forecast of a
storm. Weak and faint from hunger, and suffer
ing intensely from cold—for summer is no
bearer, of tropical smiles in that inhospitable
clime —Martha paced back and forth the nar
row limits of the rook. Noon came—the faict
gun declined—it was night again. A cold fog
sank down over the mountain, followed by a
drizzling rain, which befote morning changed
to a perfect deluge. The river rose fearfully,
foaming milk-white down the gorge, filling the
air with a thundering roar, like the peal of an
imprisoned earthquake.
The day that followed was no better—only
gray rain, and ashen white mist—not a ray of
sunshine.
A new fear rose in the heart of Martha War-,
ren. The turbulence of the stream must have
swept away the bridge over which her husband
would cross on his return, and he would be de
tained —for days, may be for weeks.
She gave up all for lost. Strongly and fear
fully was she tempted to fold her child in her
arms and plunge into, the cauldron beneath,
and thus end all her fear and doubt. It would
be better; she thought, than to suffer that slow,
painful death of starvation. But something
held her back—God’s curse was on those who,
do self-murder.
Towards night a lost robin, beaten about by
the storm, stopped to rest a moment on the
rock; Martha seized upon him and rent him
in twain, with almost savage glee, for her child
to devour raw—she, who three days before
would have wept at the sight of l ,a wounded
sparrow.
Another night ahd day—like the other, only
more intensely agonising. Martha Warron was
sullenly indifferent now ; suffering had
every noble feeling. Charlie had moaned for
'supper —too weak and spent to sit up, he was
lying on the kook his head in her lap, his great
eyes fixed on' her face.
She tors open a vein in her arm with her
scissors, and made him drink the blood ! Any
thing, she said to herself, to calm the wild,
wistful yearning of his eyes.
The boy. raised—he sat up, and peered
through the darkness.
" Mamma,” ha said, “ papa is coming! I
felt him touch met”
She wept at the mockery, and drew the child
‘frantioally-t-6fher4>c3oci. — '—.
The night was fair—lit up by a new moon.
Overcome by a deadly exhaustion, against
which she could make no resistance, Martha
fell into an aneasy slumber, which, toward
midnight, was broken by a startling cry. She
sprung to her feet and gazed around her.
Noi her eye* did not deceive her—there on
the shore stood the stalwart form of her hus
band, and he was calling her name with the
energy of despair. §he conld only cry out,
“ Oh, Mark i Mark!” and fell senseless to the
earth.
When she woke to consciousness, she was ly
ing on her own hed in the cottage, supported
by her husband’s arms.
It was no dream. She and her darling boy
were safe, and be had come back.
Many weeks passed before she grew stoat
again, but Mark tended her as a mother would
an infant, and by the time tbe autumn frosts
fell, she was the blithe Martha Warren of old.
At the time of the freshet, the bridge over
the Amonoosuck had indeed been swept away,
but Mark, impelled by an uncontrollable fear—
almost presentiment—bad crossed the river at
the risk of bis life, on a log raft, and reached
home only to find it vacant.
The descendants of Mark Warren and his
wife still dwell among tbe fertile valleys of
Amonoosuck, and the old menl still tell their
geandchildren the story of Martha Warren and
her child.
VODEOOX MYSTERIES AND CRIMES.
Among the ancient superstitions imported
with the black race from Africa, none hag re
tained snch a fixed impression upon the mind
of the negro as Vondouxism. Here, in Cuba,
in Jamaica, and in Bayti, it has always pre
sented more or less of its old characteristics ;
though cannibalism and the sacrifice of human
victims to the Fetisoh god have, in a great
measure, been superseded by less revolting rites
and ceremonies. On hundreds of occasions,
within the last quarter of a century, the police
or the city have interrupted Toudonx orgies,
and thousands of our inhabitants, both white
and colored, have believed themselves to be the
victims of Voudoux spoils. It is particularly
in affairs of tbe heart that the New 'Orleans
followers of Voudoux have woven their charms
and incantations, and but for the degradation
involved, their ceremonies might be looked up
on as interestingly ridiculous. A nude dance
around a central altar, in presence of the Fe
tisoh queen ; a caldron boiling and bubbling
in tbe decoction of virtues from more varied
ingredients than those used by the weird sis
ters of Macbeth’s blasted heath; the'excite
ment caused, by the wildly-intoxicating fumes
of the strange distillation : the distribution to
tbe faithful of charms and conjurations rife
with mighty magic—all these are features in
the rude ceremonial, which imposes the igno
rant and inspire awe in bosoms of believers in
Fetish orthodoxy. Almost every ancient Creole
family had its Voudoux worshiper in its list of
family servants, and sometimes my “ young
mistress” was half indoctrinated into the be
lief by her faithful nurse, and the spells were
woven to bring lovers to her feet.
Occasionally strange deaths were attributed
to Voudonxism, and whispers of foul play were
not wanting; but generally, the ceremonies
were looked upon as a comparatively harmless
vent for the gas of Congo superstition. Curi
ous things of various kinds confidently believ
ed to be of Fetisoh manufacture, are frequently
found in pillows or matresses, and how they
get there no one can tell. These ere held to
mean mischief, and on weak minds they often
produce imaginary ailments, till countercharms
are invoked to exorcise the first nnholy influ
ences. Recently, in Hayti, eight Voudoux de
votees were tried and executed for the murder
or sacrifice, as they called it, of a young De
press. By command of the President, and un
der an order of the council attaohed.to the civ
il tribunal of Port-au-Prince, it was . declared
that there was sufficient cause to proceed
against Juana Pells, Floreal Apollon, Guerrier
Francois, Congo Pellie, Jullien Nicolas, Nere
ina Francois, Roseida Sumera, and Beyard
Prosper, for murder committed on the person
of a young girl named Clarina. The trial
took place in due form, when it appeared that
the aunt and uncle of the deceased had a hand
in the butchery. Congo Pellie, the uncle, sta
teed that the god of his worship had ordered
him to offer up a human sacrifice. He commu
nicated tho fact to his sister Juana, and they
agreed together that their niece, Clarina, sho’d
be the victim. After making all the arrange
ments the girl was led to the slaughter by
Congo. She was first placed in a mysterious
sort of box called the “ Humfort,” with her
limbs closely bound to her body. There she
was kept for four days, a peculiar description
of sacrificial food being daily administered to
her, and as soon as she was sufficiently prepar
ed by .suffering, Juana strangled her by vio
lently compressing her throat;’ while Floreal
pressed in her sides and Guenifir held her by
the feet.
Thus,"in fearful convulsions, the poor child
died. Floreal then took a knife, and, after sep
arating the head from the body, skinned the
latter while it was yet warm. This done, they
quarreled over the carcase, each contending for
choice portions os the material for a hellish
feast; and after the first part of the diabolical
banquet was over, they cooked the girl’s head
with yams, of which each fiendishly partook.
Subsequently the skull was placed npon an al
tar, and Juana, taking a bell in hat hand. cir
cled round and round, followed by others, all
chanting a mysterious song. When this cere-
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mony was finished, the skin and entrails were
buried, and the bones, which had previously
been burnt, were, with the blood, placed ia
earthen vessels and carefully preserved.
Part of these facts came out by the confess
ion of some of the parties, and more were elic
ited from a girl named Losama, who had been
kidnapped and kept in confinement as the next
victim. This girl had been obliged to carry
food to Clarina during the four days of prepa
ration.
At the execution of the eight Voudonx mur
derers, the people cried out, “ Long live the
Emperor of Hayti 1 Long live civilization 1”
The mysterious-Quarter of Mutton,
The following' incident, said to have occur
red “ Out 'West” proves that it is not always
safe to judge from appearances. In a district
adjoining a large forest, wolves were so plenty
that it was impossible to keep sheep, and only
now and then a “ cosset” was raised as a pat,
A good Deacon had reared one with much troub
le, and as it had become rather troublesome,
ha killed it. Mutton . was a great treat in
those parts, so he reserved one quarter for
himself, one for the minister, and- divided the
remainder into small portions and distributed
it among his few neighbors. The minister's
portion was placed jn an out-building for safe
keeping until the next day, but in the morning
it was nowhere to be found ; some one bad sto
len it, and the pelt in which it was wrapped.
Greatly disappointed, the Deacon and hia
wife resolved tcjl make some amends for the
loss to the minister, and therefor* selected
their nicest chseie, placed it into a covered bas
ket, and sent it with a polite note by their two
boys. It was berrying time, and the boys
made frequent stops both going and coming.
When they returned, great was the surprise
of the deacon to find a note from the minister
cordially thanking him for the present of a
quarter of mutton, and asking him to accept
the gift contained in tho basket as an expres
sion of his regard. “ Mutton 1 Mutton 1” said
the Deacon, "he was probably thinking of the
sheep I killed yesterdy, when I wrote the note;
but let ns examine the basket.” He opened it
and there was a flat stone 1 The Deacon was
a good man, but this aroused his indignation,
and he oonld not refrain from speaking harsh
ly of such treatment from one he had always
oonsiderared his friend. By the advice of
his wife, in the afternoon he called on the
minister for an explanation, taking with him a
small out of mutton for a peace offering. The
minister and his wife had just gone oat, and
as the deacon was talking with their little girl,.
he happened to look into an open pantry, and
there spied the very quarter df mutton stolen
from him the night previous—be knew it by
the marks he had made in dressing it.—
Without another word he seized it. and went
home in great wratb, convinced that the minis
ter was a thief, and determined to have noth
ing more to do with him. The minister oa
his return was equally indignant at the con
duct of the Deacon, but prudently resolved to
say nothing of the matter. For three weeks
after, the deacon and his family were absent
from tbs church. Everybody wondered why,
but he would make ho explanations, neither
would the minister. Finally a meeting of tbs
church members was called, with the deter
mination of having the strange actions qf the
deacon explained, and he resolved to leit the
whole story out. He told the circumstances,
and expressed great grief at what he consid
ered the shameful conduct of the minister.—
The latter gentleman then made his state
ment. He said that the deacon’s boys had
brought him a quarter of mutton in a basket,
and that in return he had placed there a neat
Family Bible. Everybody now looked at hia
neighbor wondering what it could mean ; soma
thought them both crazy, others thought of
witchcraft. All was still as the grave-for
some minutes, when there arose a man former
ly known as Wicked Will, who had lately re
formed and joined the church. " Brethren,”
said ha in a trembling voice, “I stole the
quarter of mutton. On my way home in the
night, I was chased by wolves, and climbed a
tree for safety, where I had to stay until they
went away in the doming. Being afraid to
take the meat home |jy daylight, I hid it in
the woods, but to make cure of it, I stayed
near the place, intending to carry it away ear
ly in the evening. While there, the Deacon's
boys came along, and from my hiding place I
heard them speaking of what had happened.
I also found that it was too warm for the meat
to keep through the day, and so when they
were busy gathering berries, I slipped the
cheese out of the basket, and put in the meat.-
When they returned they stopped again, and
hearing them speak of a present for the Dea
con, I examined the basket, and finding a nice
package there, I thought it might be valuable,
so I took it out, and put in tho stone. But
that is not all. On reaching home safely, I
opened my package to examine tho prize.—
While carelessly turning over the leaves, my eye
fell on tho passage, “ Thou shaft not steal,”
and from that moment I found no peace until
I became a changed man.” Thus the whole
mystery was solved, and the Deacon and the
Minister were not only reconciled, hut they
both heartily rejoiced together that their tem
porary loss of peace had resulted in so great a
good as the reformation of Wicked Will.
Deplorable. —About three 'weeks since, a
child two years old, in Huron township, Canada,
strayed from its home and got lost in'the wood*.
Although upwards of two hundred nejghpors
turned out to search, it was not found until! a
week-ago, when it was discovered suspended by
its clothing to a snag, with its head downward*
and one foot and a portion of its leg gone. It
appears to have been climbing over the log,
when it fell_ off and caught by its clothing. It
was in a thicket not over a hundred yards from
the house, and was passed a number of times
by those in search.
—Hiqh blood, like the finest wine, nay be
kept so long that it shall entirely lose its flavor.
Hence tbs last man of an old family may be
like the last bottle of a famous vintage—a thing,
to talk of not to use.