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HI FFQKD HOUSE:
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.
•
'Pins f.V BLISIIMENT HAS RECENTLY!
I •■ r hit alan 1 luri.Ohed in tiie latest style.
Eveiy i ...: ..n will be given to the comfort and |
• uvciii . ■ tic.se who patronize the II >u*.
11, 11UFEORD. Proprietor. ;
Tin tn ..-k, l'a., June 17, H'iß—v7nli
BOLTON HOUSE.
I lAIiiiIKHUIUx, PKNNA.
The undersigned having lately purchased the
iIi'EHLKR HOUSE " property, has already com- j
men. Ed such alterations and improvements as will'
re,, i -r this old and popular House equal, if not supe
ti r. t j any Hotel in the City of Harrisburg.
\ e mtinuai.ee of the public patronage is refpect-j
fullv so.icited.
GEO. J. BOLTON- j
WALL'S HOTEL,
LATH AMERICAN HOUSE,
TUNKII VNNOC'K, WYOMING ft). I* \ !
rHIS establishment has recently been refitted an j
furnished in the latest style Every attcnti- n
fiil he given to the comfort and > r.r.venin-e of those 1
ajo patronize tho House
T. R WALL, liiruer an I Proprietor. •
Tunkhannoek, September 11. I >oI.
MEANS' HOTEL. .
TOWAKTTD . PA
lb B. BARTLKT,
Late of i . "BRAINARII llorst:, ELMIKA. N Y
PItOPRIETDK.
The .MEANS HOTEL, i- one ot tne LARGEST
ni BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country—lt
tiiteil up in the most uio lern and Improved style j
i n • pains are spared to make i' n pleesantand
sgreeahle stopping ppice for ail,
i Ju'2l-lv.
•
A'TMAN giros bisjeustomers tho benefit of his j
-* au, ibacturing facilities, an J saves to them Ihe
I ,r " "s u-ually paid to Johliers, Miudleioen and ,
*■' e-ale deders
I? •• of everv liescrip" on can e l iuul at DE- j
ICK'S Store, Tunkh u i. ck, l'a
\ LLef BistUMa's YYetec pirenl Boots are made |
■' Leather tai.- i nth i-'i-ii i 1 w.v —in
■' '• i • >*, conseq i i.Oy wit! tn. i • ' -r no t will
i v cr.- ',
J." ' i .MA\ i .vile-, iheatten i-i of I pu die to
•at... ork n rnship, matt ri it -iiiniy in I
I "'■ ur koi r< ady ma 11 u rk
PW ,o> r tl'in wk bo -I n solo I
J K"p ' It •},-> I Ir-.-bdl, pegged Boott j
*' J t d ii. n h 0..-, Kur >' i 1 .-lie i. Box (
w 410. an t cter,-oihir a-ti It m iii' lina a'
low prig.*. j
TUNKHAMOCK. WYOMING CO., PA.-WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25. 1868.
LatestJVews.
Ltite arrival of New Goods.
Great Hargains ;it the New Store of
O* DetricK,
in S. Stark's Bri.-k Block,
AT TONKHAIOCK, PENN'A.
returned from the City. / tun now
opening n?i entire New >TI. k of
I I AL L GOODS,
an I.one of the I .rgest and richest assortments ever
uficreJ in this community. Consisting of
lilUll AND FANCY COL'IiD DltEisS
SILKS,
FRENCH AND ENGLISH MERINOS,
EMPRESS AND PRINCESS CLOIII* ,
POPLINS. PAKEMETTOS,
BLACK AND COLORED
ALPACCAS WOOL. ARMURE, PEKIN
AND MOUSELIKE DELAINS, IN PORTED
AND DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, PRINTS
(f lift Mai ufucturea and Lutein Styles,
Ladies (Jlotlis and Saoqueings, Cloths,
Cassimeres, Vesting?
Saienetts, T weeds,
Je.uie, Cottoua lea.
Drill.*, Denims,
Ticks. Checks,
Stripes,
SHEETINGS
Shirtings, Bleached
A Brown. _ Shawls,
Sontags, Hoods.
Furs, Ladies' Reticule*. Shopping l'.ags and Baskets.
TRUNKS. VALISES, and TRAVELING
IJAGS,
Latest .Styles,
Kid, Silk, Lisle Thread, Cotton
Gloves, Hosiery, Notions,
Toilet and Fancy
GOODS,
FANCY SOAPS, PEIIFUMFIiY,
Sr*., 4*., 4-.,
Black < nd Colored Velvets,
llibbons,
Ruffles, .
Frills,
Fringes,
Braids, \
Beads, Ball and Bugle Trimmings
A Large quantity ofß EST STYLE HOOP SKIRTS ]
ami COKSETTS, scleect fr.on Mauuficturers, at |
greatly re lu o l prices.
FLANNELS all Colors and QnnliHea
READY AJADE
Olo'tliing', |
AND GENTS'
Furnishing (auods.
HATS AND CAPS
of Latest Styles,
CALF. KiP and SEAW BO'D't A*T ST
Lad ; e*'. HmT, an I Children's Kit Pi nslla .M>-j
r' c •<> in I Call" tl aitcie. Shoes, an 1 Siipjierj, j
Wall and I K Papc Wind
Curtains, i Curtain rix
lure*. Carpets A
Oil-
Cloths. Chio;>.
Class, and Stone V-'are,
Tiuwtre, —made exprc -ly 1- r this v
Trade, warranted t" give satisfaiti m
'2O i*r cent. Chea|*;r than the u-tul rates in hti
tfcdiOD,
Nailt,
Sfi'Jcts,
Iron.
Steel.
Ilorse Shoea
Jlorso Shoe Nails,
Nail llods.
Paint*,
Pa\nl Oils,
Painter i
Material, Put ty, IVinduir (Ha .*. Kerosene (h
Jftil/, TParlor, Stand, and Hand
7,a>nps,
Lanterns, Lamp Ctumnies, St/adcs,
and Htimers.
COAL.
ASH TON, TURK ISLAND, & HDL. SALT
FLOUR,
FEED,
MEAL,
B UTTER,
CHEESE,
LARD.
PORK,
HAMS,
arid FISH.
SUGAR,
TEA,
COFFEE
SPICES.
SYRUP, A
MOLASSES,
WOOD it WILLOW WARE,
ROPI>.
tOKDABE,
HASkr.TS.
JtKOOMS,
PAILf*.
TUBS,
WASH BOARDS,
tfItPUT
t le WEEPERS',
lIIIUsHES ot all kind-.
PATENT MEDICINES. DRUGS, and DYES
FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Ae., Ac,
These goods have been selected
with great care ti> suit the wants oi
this community, and will be sold sis
heretofore, at the lowest living t.ites
lor cash or exchanged for country
produce at market prices. Thankful
for the past liberal patronage, I shall
endeavor by strict attention to my
business, to merit a continuance <;1
the same, and will try -to make the
future still more attractive and ben
eficial to customers.
C. DKTKIC'K
iJinini
FLAKCHETTE.
f I
The rival beauties laid their hands.
On "Planchettes" stubborn heart,
Querying silently thewhiie
Wit* faces held apart,
"Which does he love, tell me, l'lanchette 1 "
I Fair Idly softly said.
"Which does he lovci " said queenly Rose.
Bending her haughty head.
? The white hand trembled like a dove,
r The brown one flashed its ring,
And still the pencil wrote no word,
- Dragged, like a sullen thing.
While quiet Pansy, looking on.
Waited Its pranks to see ;
Folded her secret in her heart,
Softly and silently.
"Come hither Pansy." Like a dove
A small hand trembling fel I,
When like a weird, uncanny thing,
The board.obeyciTher spell.
Wrote "Y-o-u." Oh ! wise l'lanchette,
Worthy the Delphlo crown ;
Each blushing maiden saw herself
Thus promply written down.
The hero came, as heroes will,
Proving all romance true,
And glancing at their paper, said,
"What's written!" '• V-o-u."
"What was the question, ladies fair,
Can I not know I" Ah, inc ;
".May I one earnest question ask,
Through this diablerie!" *
It answers "Pansy." She has fled
Right through the open dor ;
She saw the question in his eye,
And needs to know no more.
Alike the Rose and Lily say
Planchctte tells nothing true;
Hut Pansy holds a different faith,
Site trusts it —wouldn't you I
HANS BRIETMANN'S PARTY.
Hans Breltmann gife a barty.
Dcy had blano-playin,
I felled in lofe uiit a Merican frau,
Her name was Madilda Vane.
I She hat hilar as prown ash a pretzel.
Her eyes vas hiuimcl-plue.
I'nd yen dey looket indo mine,
j Dey shplit mine heart in two.
Hans Hrietman gife u barty.
1 vent dere you'll po pound.
I valtzed mit Madilda Yane,
I I'nd vent shlpmon round an.l round,
De pootiest frauiein in de house,
She veyed 'pout dwo hoondred pound.
I'nd cfcry ilimc she giie a sin. unp
She make do vindoiv- sound.
|
Hans Hrietmann gife a barty,
1 tells you it cost him dear,
Dey rolled in more ash seten kecks
Of foost rate Lager lleer,
i "nd veucfer dey knocks de shpicket in
De Deut'diers gifes a cheer:
1 dinks so vine a barty
Never eooia to a hot dis year.
Hans Itrictmaan glfc a bnrty,
iK-re all vas Souse and lirouse,
Yen desoojper eouie<i in, de gouipany
Did make demseifis to house ;
Dey ate das Brot und (iensy broost,
De Bratwurst uml Braten hne.
I'nd vash der Abcndessen down
Alit four parrel- ol Xeearwein.
Hans Brietman gife a barty
We all eot troonk ash pigs,
1 jioiit my mout to a parrel of bier
And emptied it oop mit a sehwigs.
I'nd den I gissed Madilda Yane,
End she slilops me on de koop,
End de gompany fitted mit daple-lecks.
Dil do coonshtable made oos sthops.
Hans Brietmuun gife a barty—
Where ish dat barty now I
Where ish de lofely golden cloud
Dat float on de mountain's prow ?
Where Ish de liimmeis rahlendc stern—
De Shtar of de shpirts light t
AII goone afay mit de Lager Beer—
Away in de ewigkeit!
l'liere is a blithesome timiilen tl at
lives next door to me : her eye* are as
black as midnight, and as handsome as can
be. IJer cheeks are full of dimples, and
red as any nose ; and this love of mine,
too, has got a Roman nose ! I a.*ked her
if she would have me—this was the other
' night—and this wa Jim reply, friends :
\\ hy, Jimmy, yon are i " Says I,
''l know I have, love, aboard a little wine;
hut that is not tlie question —will you, or
not, be mine? " And then she put her
, face, friends, as near mine as she could,
and with the sweetest snide, fiien is, said
simply she would —escort ine to the door,
if I was ready to depart. And thus it was
the girl next door declined my hand and
| heart.
JC-fE The highest mountain in the
world is the Ivy Gamiu, 2<h4->R feet. The
! highest peak is Mount Kverset. '211,0(1(1. —
; Tlie highest permanently inhabited place
'! in the world is Ltdak. 1-5,117 feet. The
i ! greatest mountain height visited hy man is
; beyond Iva Gamin, 22.3-50 fe.et. The
highest point at which at a man can ascend
without having ins health seriouslv affect*
i ed, is 20,-500 feet. The highest balloon
ascent vet made is 40 GoO feet.
[j ' -""*7
i-tF ''What cat I giv ■ you for a keep
fake my deal *' - John ? " subbed nut a
sentimental git I to her scrapegraca lover
ahoirt to join hi* ship.
"Give my at.gel i " cried -lack, 111 some
confusion, "liem-why-whv, you have
not got such t thing as a five-dollar hill, I
snppos , about you l "
A lri'-ud ot i-ur* was congratula
ting hnnsalf tipx-tt having recently takeH a
vcr pleasant trip. Upon inquiry, we
too'd iliat he tripped into a young lady's
I*7
" To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
WHICH WAS IHE COWAHD ?
"Will you bear that Edward ? "
The young man to whom this was ad
dressed, stood facing another about his
own age, on whose Hushed countenance
was an expression of angry defiante
The name of this person was Logan. A
third party, also a young man, had asked
j the question just given, in a tone of sur
prise and regret. Before there was time
: for a response. Logan said sharply, and in
I a voice of stinging contempt:
"You are a poor, mean coward. Kd
j ward ilson ! 1 repeat the words ; and
if there is a paitide of manhood about
! you "
Logan paused for an instant, but add
!ed : "You will resent the insult."'
Why did he pause? Hi.-, word, had
' aroused a spirit in the breast of \V ilson
| that betrayed itselt in bis eyes, lhe
I word ' coward, 'in that instant of time,
i would have more fitingly applied to James
j Logan But as quickly faded the indig
' nant light from the eyes of Edward W il
! son W hat ;i fierce struggle aggitated
! him for a moment!
"We have been fast friends, James,"
said Wilson, calmly. "But even f that
were not so 1 would not strike you."
"You're afraid."
"I will not <len\ it. ! havt always been
alraid to do wrong.
"Bab! I ant and liypci y !' sail the
other contemptuously.
"You know me better than that, James j
Logan ; and I am sorrv in your resent- !
iiient ol an imagied wrong you should sol
far forget what i- just to my character as'
to charge upon nn- such nn an vices. I j
rej.ei tin.- implied allegation as false.'
"1 >o V"ii cad| nte a liar, ' exclaimed Lo- j
gan, in une<-littollable passion, drawing |
back bi- hand, and making a motion as it j
he wne ah. ut to ship tin- other i.i the :
face.
The eyes of Wilson quailed :>t, nor
was the smallest quiver of a muscle per
ceptible. Fr-iin s<>m • cause the purpose of
Logan was io>t executed. Instead of giv |
ing his companion a blow, he assail'd his
antagonist with words of deeper insult, j
seeking thu- to provoke an assault. Bu;
Wilson was not to be driven from tbe ed- 1
adel in which he had entrenched himself,!
"It lam a coward, well, lie said. "I
would rather he a ecwaid than lay my
hand in violence on whom 1 ore- -d!ed a
friend."
At this moment n light girli-h laughter .
and the ringing of nieriy voir - readied;
the I-■ rs of .-ur excited yo.mg men, and
their relative aiilagonismfui once changed.
Logan walked away in the direction :
from w! i b the voices came ; while the ;
other two remain? ' bud been :
' ■ 1 ■ j
' Why didn't vuu knock him down? "j
said the conipa i"'i of A ilson.
The latter, wiio>e face was now very so- j
her and pd . sln-ok ins he .d slowly, lie ,
made i q other remark. j
"I believe you are a coward ! ' exclaim- :
ed the other impatiently ; and turning off, 1
It- went in the direction taken by Logan, i
The moment Wilson as alone he seat- \
i i himself on the ground, concealed from 1
the party whose voices had interrupted i
hiin, by a large rock.•ini covering his
face with his hands, sat motionless fori
several minutes. How much he suffered !
in that iittle space we will not attempt to j
describe. The struggle with his indignant i
impuisi-s iiad been very severe. He was
ini coward in heait. W bat was rigiit and j
humane he wa ever ready to do. even at j
the risk to biniseif of both physical and
muita! suffering. Clearly conscious <d ;
this was he. Yet the consciousness did j
not protect his feelings lroin the unjust!
and stinging charge of cowardice, so an- j
griiy brought against him. In spite of his ;
better reason lie feit humiliated ; and there
were momenta when he half regretted lie
forbearance that saved the insolent Logan i
fiom punishment. They were but the mo
ments of weakness ; in the strength of!
ii.anlv character ho was quickly himself!
again.
'i'lits occasion of this niisundeistanding
is briefly told. Wilson made one of a j
little pleasure party for a neighboring
village, that was spending an afternoon in
a shady retreat on the banks of a mill
stream. There tlnee or four young men
and half a dozen maidens; and, as it hap
pens on such occasions, some rivalries j
were among the former. These should!
have only added piquancy to the merry
intercourse of all parties; and would have
done so had not the impatient tempera
ment ol Logan carried him beyond good
feeling and generous deportment towards
others. Without due reflection, yet in no j
saicastic spirit, Edward Wilson made an
remark on some act of Logan that irrita-;
ltd him considerably. An angry spot i
burned instantly on his cheek, and lie le
plicd with words ol cutting, so cutting that
all present expected nothing less than a
blow from Wilson as his answer to the re
mark. But he restrained the impulse, and
it required more courage to do this than to
hive stricken the young man to the
ground. A moment or two Wilson strug
gled with himself, and then turned off and
marched slowly away.
llis flushed and then paling face, his
quivering lips and unsteady eyes, left ou
the mind of those who witnessed it, an ex
pression somewhat unfavorable. Partak
ing of lite indignant excitement of the mo
merit, many ot those present looked for
llic instant punishment for ins unjustifia
ble insult. Wiieu. thcrctnre, tlitry saw
NYjJson turn away without it n tiant an
swer, arid hea;d ibe low, soCeringlv utter
ed word "coward.," from liie lips ot Logan,
, they felt that tbwre was a craven spirit
about the young man. A coward wo in- |
stinctiy devise; and how slow we are to ele
vate that higher moral courage which en
able- a man to brave unjust judgment,
rather than do what he thinks to be wrong
above the mere brute instinct which in a
moment of excitement, forgets all physical
consequences.
As Wilson walked away from his com
panions he felt he was regarded as a cow
ard This was for him a bitter trial; and
the more so because theie was one in that
little bant of startled maidens for whose
generous regard he would sacrifice all but
honor.
It was, perhaps half at- hour after this
unpleasant occurrence, that Logan, whose
heart still burned with an unforgiving spir
it, encountered * Wilson under circum
stances that left him free to repeat his in
sulting language without disturbing the
rest of the party, who were amusing them
selves at some distance, and beyond the
range of observation. He did not succeed
in obtaining a personal encounter as he
desin d.
Wilson had been some time sitting
alone with his unhappy thonghts, when he
was aroused by sudden cries of alarm,
t lre tone of which told his heart too plairi
|iv that some imminent danger impended
j Spri liting to his feet he tan in the direc
tion of the cries, and plainly saw the
j cause of the excitement. Recant heavy
rains had swollen the mountain stream,
j the turbid waters of which were sweep
i ing down with great velocity. Two young
! girls who had been amusing themselves
at some distance above, in a boat that was i
I attached to the shore by a long rope, had
through some accident, got the fastening j
J loose, and were now gliding down, far out ,
jin the current with a fearfully increasing
I speed toward tire mill-dam, some hundred
j yards h low, from which the water wa*
thundering down a height of o.vr twenty
i feet. Rule with terror the young creatures :
were stretching out their hands towards
tlcir companions on shore.
Instant action was necessary or all would
l>e h t. The position of the girls had
been discovered while they were some dis
tance above, and there happened to be an
; other boat on the dam, and that nigh at
: hand, Logan and two other young men j
; had loosed it tiom the shore But tile |
danger of being carried over the dam i
should any one venture out in this boat, f
seemed so inevitable tii it nine' of them i
dared to cskmiitiler tin- hiz trd Now •
screaming and wringing their hands and |
i now urgi* g those men to try and save |
tin r companions, stood the maid- I
I ens of the party on shore, when Wilson j
dashed t trough litem and springing into
' tin: boat cried out:
"Quick Logan, take an oar or all is j
j lost."
But. instead of this, Logan stepped back j
' a pace or two frou: the boat, while his face !
grew pale with fear. Not an instant more j 1
| was wasted. At a glance Wilson saw i
that if the girls were saved it must be by
' the strength of his own arm. Bravely lie I
pushed tiom the shore and with giant ;
strength born ot the moment an i for the i
occasion. Irorn hign unselfish purpose, he |
dashed the boat into the current, and •
bending to the oars, took a direction at an ]
angle with the other boat towards a {loirrt I
where the water was sweeping over the j
dam. At every stroko the light skitf
sprang lorwaid a dozen bet, and scarce a 1
half minute elapsed ere Wilson was be
side the other boat. Both were now with- i
in twenty yards of the fall; and the water I
was beanug them down with a velocity j
that a strong rower, with every advantage j
on his side, could scarcely have contended j
against successfully. To transfer the ,
("lightened girls from one boat to the other, j
lin a few moments of time, ere the down- i
'sweeping current would bear their trad j
vessel to the edge of the dam, and still to I
retain a> advantage, was to W'ilsorr ini— j
possible. To let his own boat go and i
manage theirs lie saw to be equally irupos- '
. aible.
A crv of despair reached the young
man's tars as the oars dropped from his
grasp into the water. It was evideut to
the spectators of the fearful scene that he
had lost his presence of mind, and that
now all was over. Not so, however. In
the luxt moment he had sprung into the !
water, which, near the break of the dam, j
was not more than two feet deep, As lie j
did so. he grasped the other boat, and i
bracing himself against the current, held it
poised a few vaids from where the foam- !
ciested water leaped into the whirlpool he- (
i low. At the same instant his own bout ,
; shot like an airow over the dam. He had
gained, however, but a small advantage.
It required his utmost strength to keep
I the boat lie had grasped from dragging
him over the fall.
} The quickly formed purpose of Wilson
| in thus springing into the water, had been
to drag the boat against the currant to the
shore. But this he prt-ceived to be impos
sible tliu moment he felt the real current.
If he were to let the boat go he could ,
! easily save himself. But not once did
! such a thought enter his heart.
"Lie down close to the bottom," he said 1
in a quick hoarse voice* The terror
stricken girls obeyed the injunction imme
diately.
And now, wun a cooiness that was won
derful under all circumstances, Wilson
moved the boat several yards away from
the nearest shore, until be reached a
point where lie knew the watei below the
dim to he more expanded and free from
locks. Then throwing himself suddenly
i gitinsi the boat, and running along until
lie was within a tew feet of the dam he
sprang into it and passed over with it, A
> moment or two the light vessel, as it shot
out into the air, stood poisod, and then
went plunging down.
'l'lie fearful plunge was made in safety.
The boat struck the seething waters below
and glanced out from the whirlpool bear
ing its living feight uninjured.
"Which was the coward ?" The word-,
reached the cars of Logan, as he gathered
with the rest of the company around Wil
son and the trembling girls he had so he
roically saved. Fair lips asked the
question. One maiden had spoken to
another, and in a louder voice than she
had intended.
"Not Edward Wilson," said Logan as
he stepped forward and gtasped the hand
of him lie had so wromged and insulted,
"Not Edward Wilson ! lie is the noblest
and bravest !" ,
Wilson made an effort to reply, but was j
for some moments too much excited and
exhausted to speak. At last lie said :
"1 only did what was right. May 1 ev
er have the courage 'to do that while I
live."
Afleivvards he remarked, when alone i
with Logan : "It required far greater ex- 1
ercise of courage to torbear wber. you pro
voked and insulted me in the presence of j
those who expected retaliation, than it did
to risk my life at the mill-dam,"
There is a moral heroism that few can j
appreciate. And it will be found thai the (
morally brave man is quickest to loose the
sense of personal danger when others rut
in peril.
SELLING A BRIO. A very good story
is told of old embargo times and the war
of 1812. Under the impulse of the retn<>- i
val of embargo there was a sudden rise in '
the value of properly and such a demand !
for it that merchandise was sometimes car
ried off from vessels before the owners ar-j
rived at their place of business; and the j
parties taking it. came in afterward to say
that they were at the owunm mercv mid
must pay what '.hey chose to ask.
A brig was lying at Boston harbor j
which had come up from Plymouth just j
before the embargo was laid, fit for sea.— i
The Plymouth owner thought it was a i
good time to sell the brig, and sent his son '
up for the purpose, telling liim to demand
eight thousand dollars for her, and not to |
take six thousand dollars. John went to j
Boston, found bow thing* stood, sold the j
brig in a moment, as it were, and hurried !
home, elated with his bargain. As she!
neared the house, he saw the old man J
marching up and down the piazza and pies i
enlly he hastened out to meet his son. and I
hear the result of the sale.
"Have you sold the brig, John - "
"Yes father."
"For how much? "
"Ten thou-ani dollars.'
"Ten thousand dollars! ' cried the old j
man, with stsriug eyes, at hearing a price j
more than double what the vessel cost ; j
"I'll bet you have sold her to some
dier who don't care w hat the price i*, and j
never means to pay his notes."
"Notes, did you say, father?" Why, j
there are no notes in the ease. I go* the ;
money and put it in the bank. Draw,
and you will get it "
The old gentleman's excitement Wi * s
suddenly cooled, and as the ruling passion I
rose in its place, he said :
"1 say, John, couldn't you have got a
little more " *
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DON'T You'MEMBER ME Now.—An j
individual possessing unmistakable evi- j
dence of African extraction, was arraigned, j
lor larceny. The judge, as of sight, was !
dignified, but said with severe presence |
Are you guilty or not ? " he inquired.
"Sar,"
"Did you steal these clothes ! " he re- J
peated."
"GoLy, boss, 'clare never done it."
"This man says you did."
"He ain't nothin' but white trash."
"And what are you ? "
"Mel Why, dou't you know me ? 1;
rid wid you in do percession, 1 helped to
take you home when you got tired dat ;
uight Dob't ycr 'member me now ? "
There was the "suddenest" ttol. pn n. in
that darkey s case tiiat judicial annals af
ford an example of. So much for tile ad- ;
vantages of good society.
man passing through the coun
try duriug an excited political canvass,
rode up to a farmhouse, and thus accosted
a tow headed urchin who was seated on a 1
gate post:
"Bub, where's your pa?"
I The youngster eyed the stranger curi
ously a moment, and theu replied —Pap's .
jist gone down I liar beyant the cow stied ;
to bury our old dog, Tousi-r.—The darned
:Old fool killed hisself barkin' at candidates
i for sheriff. Be you one i
The traveler rode on
fgfOnce on a time, a Dutchman and a
Frenchman were traveling in Pennsylva
nia, when their horse lost a shoe. They
drove up to a blacksmith's shop, and no
I one being in, they proceeded to the house
to inquire. The Frenchman rapped aiid
; called out; "Is dc smilty wittin !" "Sthand
Dek.' says Hans, "let me splieak. "Isht
der plHcksmit's shop in der house."
who was making himself ridiculously con
spicuous, at last broke out:
"Call these here prize cattle.' Why
they ain't nothin' to what our folks raised.
My father raised the biggest calf in our
parts." "I don't doubt it, sail a bystand
er, and the noisest.
ftJI~ Fortunes made in no time, aie
II like shirts made in no time—it's ten to one
j if they long hong together-
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance
A MUSCULAR MAS OK OLDEN TIME.—
Dr Alfred Boot, in his reminiscences of
.Springfield, Mass., gives the following ac
count of a rare man of moscle in the
last century —Deacon John Ilitchcoek,
grandfather of the living Mr, Levi Hitch
cock, of Springville:
"Born in 1722, in the North Main
streets region, he moved, while a yooug
man, into the eastern part of the town,
now known as South Wilbraham ; mar
ried in 1743, and was the first deacon of
, the church there, continued in office many
' years. He is well remembered by Hon.
Oliver l Morris, as occupying the dea
con's seat at meetings, his whitened locks
giving him quite n venerable appearance,
During a long life be was of wonderful
Strength, agility and enduranee, and, bad
he lived in the palmy days of Greec. he
would have bepn k worthy competitor in
the games of those days. It is related of
him that, on one occasion, a man riding by
the field where lie was at work, arui boast
j ing of the speed of his horse, was chal
' lenged by the deacon, who said he could
run to Springfield quicker on foot than the
horse with Jlis rider could. The test re
sulted in the triumph of the deacon ; dis -
tance ten rules; time not stated, lie
! would lift a cart-load of hay, by getting
hi* shoulder under the axie, in a stooping
posture, and throw an empty call over
with one hand, by taking hold of the end
of the axle tree. When loading grain in a
cart, he would take a bag by the teeth,
and, with a swing and the aid of a push
from the knee, throw it iulo the cart. Ho
i had double teeth in front, and would hold
! a tenpennv nail by ih -rn and break, it off
! with his fingers. He used to say be did
j not kr.ow a man he could not whip or run
j away Irorn! Tl day bo was seventy
j years old. lie remarked to his wife, that
when they were first married, lu- was wont
to amuse her Uy taking down his hat with
: his toes, and aided, "1 wonder if I could
;do it now ?" Thereupon he jninped from
the floor, to..k off the iiat with his toes.
; came down on his feet like a cat, hung up
i the hat on the nail, turned to the table
asked a blessing and ate of the repast
then ready."
—
A tsLioHT MISTAKE. —A most amusing
I story is told of Judge B , nftw occupy
! ing a high post iu Pennsylvania State gov
j eminent. Traveling some years since, by
rail, to ilarrisburg, on a blazing hot day,
, with some friends, the iron *hor*w had
I stopped to water, when suddenly he drev
his white handkerchief from his pocke
i and began to wave it vigorously in the aii
at the same time bobbing his head out ol
the windew in a very energetic manner.
-What are you about, Judge ?" asked Mr.
| Q., without rising from his seat. "Why
don't you see yonder ? There's a lady
waving a white handkerchief, and I'm re
turning the salute." "Who is she Judge ?'
; asked Mr Q , as be lounged in one corner.
! "Well, the fact is, I don't exactly know,
i I'm quite near-sigh:ed, and I can't recog
nize bet ; but she is dressed in gray silk.
: and stands winder under a big maple tree,
1 near my friend John B's bouse." Mr. Q.
i hobbled over to the Judge's si e, and gaz-
I ed in the direction indicated, but ssw only
; that the Judge had been exchanging sa
' lutes for ten minutes with an iron gray
' man*, whose long white tail, as it flapped
away the liies, bad been by him ftir a
| white handkerchief, waved by a lady in a
gray side dress. The buttons that wete
! subsequently picked up in that car are
j said to have been exceedingly numerous.
i lire Judge didn't swear, but be changed
j the subject to sawmills, tho only intelligi
j ble poitioq, of which being the frequent
, n petition of the word "dam."
, A PRECOCIOUS YOUTH.—A friend tells us
id a lady who was recently ri-nTng to her
j child a boy of seven years, a story,of a lit—
I lb: fellow whose father was taken id pud
| died, witereiijwm the youngster sc-l himself
j diligently to work'to assist in supporting
i hiiqself and his mother. When she had
finished the story the following dialogic
ensued :
Mother —"Now, my little man, if your
father was to die, wouldn't you work to
| help your mother ?'
Boy—(Not relishing the idea of work.)
j "Why, ma, what for? Ain't we got a
good house to live in f"
Mother— 4 Oh, yes, child ; but wo can't
cat the bouse, you know."
Bov— 4 -Well, ain't we got flour and su
< gar, aud other things in the aiore room ?"
Mother—"Certainly we have, my dear
boy ; hut they won't I is' long—and what
then ?"
J Boy—"Well, ms, ain't there enough 'o
j last until you get another husband ?"
A roar of laughter ended the colloquy .
A WORD FOR BOYS. —Truth IS <>nq "I
the rarest gems. Many a youtli has been
I lost in society to allow ing it to tarnish his
i character, ami fo dishly throw ii away.
If this gem still shines in your bosom,
suffer nothing to displace or diminish its
, I lustre. k | o '.'
i Profanity is a mark of low breeding. -
; sliow us the man that commands the Irest
, 1 respect; an oath never tremble upon In*
long e. Head the catalogue of ciime-- in
quire the diameter of those who deptfrt
> from virtue. Withoit a single exception
f! yon will find thorn to be profane. Think
of this, and h not lei a vile wird disgrace
' you.
' Honesty, frankness, generosity, virtue :
blessed traits'. Be those yours, my boys,
i" and I shall not u ar. .You an watclmd by
- your elder- Men who are looking for
clerks and apprentices have their f y*in.
you, If you are upright, steady and m~
e . dustrious, before kig you will find gooil
e ' places, kind masters, and the prospect of >4
l uioful life beffre you,
NO. 17.