ADVERITSINGR ATEB
St 1 mo. 9 mos. 6 mos. lyr .
0.. 1.00 1.75 2.50 6.60 12.6
tire &mans . . 6.00 ' 3.50 0.00 P.M 20 pa
Mims Squiffee , . . 4.6 n 6.25 17.00 76. CO
Biz Squares.. . . 11.50 17.00 25.00 49.(0
quarter Column . 13.60 22.01 40.12 60.00
Half colaum . . . 20.(6) 40.00 00.00 110.01
One Column : . 30.03 60.00 110 CO 20e.03
Professional Cards $l.OO per line per year.
Administrator's anranaltor'slgollsot, 13.110
Oily Notices, 20 centji per line let iniertionl.s coats per
each subsequent insertion. .
Ten lines agate constitute a square. ,
ROBERT IRE - BELL, JR., PUBLISHER,
ALLENTOWN, PA
Coal anti Lumber.
WILBERT. B. orro. MX. OTTO. 0. W. MILLER
FILBERT, OTTO it MILLER,
. . .
MANOPACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER,
W LLIAMSPORT, PA.
PILL ON CANAL,
MICR A WES T
TUB T nr MAYNARD STREET
MILL
W V CRANE /Loma,
JAR M. RITTER, CHAS. W. ABBOTT. OWEN RITTER
JORDAN; STEAM
rrig*:
PLANING MILT ,
SASH, DOOR,
• AND
BLIND MANUFACTORY,
Union Street, near Jordan Bridge, Allentown,
RITTER, ABBOTT & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
lash, Duos., Outside Blinds, • Inside Blinds; Mould
intl., Bracket. Balusters, Picket*, Stair Rail
ings, Window Frames, Door Frames, Glazer(
IVindows. Black Wrilnnt Moulding., &e.
SCROLL SAWING.
TURNING.
PLANING,
AIATCHINO,
FLOORING and
RIPPING
I
ALSO, STAIR BUILDING do. awl !IAN!) RAILING
12 ndo to nrdor.
•• • • • .
Baring now bad almost three Years' possession of the
Will, refurnished It almost wholly with new and Unprov
ed machinery, .11 having none but experienced work
men, we are prepared to defy competition from at holm
MO abroad, both lo price and work III:10011p.
Do you contemplate building} Call at our Factory and
meaty yourself with a pentonal examination. '
Drawings for buildings, brsekets, patterns for orna
mental work, scrolls for porches, can be seen Mall times
by calling at our ofrce. Any information to the builder
furnished cheerfully and freely, by calling at the Manu
factory, nu Union treat,s at Ilan Jordan Bridge, Allen
town. Da., or by letter through the post oilier.
mug 3-Iy3 RITTER, ABBOTT & CO
REVIV4L !I
The subecribere having leased the " Old Berm Coal
Yard," would respectfnlly announce to the citizens of
Allentown and the public In general, that they hero just
got
•superior assortment of
COAL
Conelsting or Stove, Egg, Chestnut and Nat from tuo
LS
BUCK MOUNTAIN dIIN.
Orders left with A. A. [tuber, Sieger l Ilottensteln, 111
the Eagle Hotel, Rope Rolling Mill, or the Yerd will be
attended to in
BUSINESS
•
like manner.
rdnre for Coal by the ear filled et short no i l ! e
111,1ilypet pr 59,4.
415riqs on hand a !are stock of
BALI D RitY,
iblch will be sold at Maimed mryrlcet Mc.
L. W. KOONS & CO.,
at tho" Old Rope Coal Yard,"
(Winton Street, corner of Lehigh Valley Railroad
ALLBNTOWN, PA.
L W. Korn
oct Q
A NEW FIRM
NEW LUMBER YARD
BUIDLERS!
TREXLML & WEAVER
Would hereby announce to the public that they bare
Joel opened a new Lumber 1 srd on the spat:iimant eon-
TOll T Fl 4 l4 ° 1.11R.11,,,.1.. they
ott AlPari l d . wit ' t needrtment of everything
taln to the risfne e, compendia In part
nMITKIII. SPRUCE
nod
HEM
LOCK
IC, vEAtDS,
SCANTLIN CI and PLASH of all sites
nd well eekwuned.
FR Ammo Twill, Hyperior Ifiglll,oQK JOIST aud
tip pi. NO oflsartrd
CEDAR, CYP had AND WiIIiS,PINE SHINGLES of
HEMLOCK' and SPF.enz ra Wr.kl i tkEßlNCl and SHING
LING LATHS, nod large aneorttnent
WEATHERBOARDING, alai, WHITEOAK PLANK and
BOARDS of all thic know.,
WHITE PINE and SPRUCE PALINGS and PICKETS,
WHITE r doe t ilt:VOA TE!Pt'll' a i r t i rtrLS, WHITE
0 tE and CHESTNUT POSTS, ho., Ac.
AU dentroux of porchnalng Lumber to se good advantage
as b offered at any other Yard In the county. tire requext-
Wel and examine our stock before purchaalug else
auarqn4eo; Queglity coif, Price,
meoitiei of the Min would hereby expreaa nix
thanki ler pant favor. whiten member of the arm of Trex
ler pone., and reapectfUlly n continuance if the
4NlVf=nliptomarlg yo f hie e
, apoctfully
D. W. TREX
&claim 31
€arptt3 ant, Oil Clot!)
RICH AND ELEGANT
c:I4.II,PETS, OTL CLOTHS, &O.
8, C. FOULK.
NO, 10 8: SECOND ST., PHILA.,
(Flnit Carpet Store below Market, Ea. tilde.)
Invite., attention to hi. x loudid assertineut Of Imported
adtt American CARPETS. which will ..1,1 at a that
41 Omidto Warranted as represented NO that
all eau bay with coundencu and satisfaction.
1:10Y M•lf
4 %pectackg
srppirAcLEs SPECTACLES !
EVN I:3LASSES, &c.
up ilt a rr a :3w , litle e znat . m: to t of all kladn of
CHAS. S. MASSEY'S,
NO. 2 EAST HAMILTON STREET,
ALLENTOWN, PA
Hiving devoted a `rest deal of care and attention to the
Spectacle business for these last few years, I find that my
!melee. In that line has Inerewed no ...Itch that I have de
termined to mate it a SPECIALTY. There le no :allot°
manufactured to which there.le eo much deception prac
tised sta there to in Spectacle Illawns. Knowing that the
Fatilug,l::::,groVairliroPtztobl:47l7ll7:6 -
exorbllimt price. f them. thereby traflclng anon the tie
peseltles and infirmities One, I have taken pains to se
lect a large and complete assortment alb., finest and bent
(Hawn ever mannfactured. thus affording all persona
needing Spectacles no opportunity of purchaslog at rea
sonable prices. Yoram. having any difficulty to being
suited elsewhere will do well to give me a call, an I feel
co•adeat that moos will fall to be milted. Rem ember the
old stand, No. ZI East Hamilton nlret, oPpnelte the Her
man Reformed Church, Allentown, Pd. inn 23•'68 tf
. ••
ftlfcbanifo,
0
6"1110110ifIRVN
liOf 1.1i1.11 AND COTT, WORKS,
;JOHN WOOD, JR„
111•XOPACTVILIM OP
•
T
" 14 4675. D WIL I ZNAV I ENUNit i. " 11
All kinds of Wrought Iron Colle,_ Tuyers for 81.1 For
tunes. fl nauknetera. Smoke Stacks, Bleat Plromjnio Wheel
barrows, sod everything In the Buller 111111 Sheet Iron line.
Also, all kind. of Iron and Steel Forams.. and Blacksmith
work, Mineral Tooleof all kinds, suck so Whew Buckets,
Picks. Drilla. Mallet., Sledges, he.
Havi &Steam Hammer and set of tools of all kinds,
and skil l ed n workmen, I flatter myself that I can turn .111
work with promp tness nod dispatch, all of which will be
warranted to be grat.class.
Patching Boilers, sod rePalring generally. strictly at
ended to. • nor 17
rptsopirdmr 4 mififippE,'
THIRD AND PEAR STREETS,
PH IL AD ELPHIA,
PLAIN AND GALVANIZED
WROUGHT IRON TUI3ES,
Lai-welded Boiler Tubes,
Brass and Iron Valves and Corks; Fittings for Gas. Steam
and Waterg , Bones and Flartted Brass Work t
Oa. and Steam Fitter,' Toolt . c.ta iolo3
Trl; b ut,t," .uthkeip.r.tle!"4l.l.'t2,,itte. Wnnb
•
,ote.,
.x. r.r.. s
Pipe of all Arses fitted to Bkolph.
Mammoth to MORRIS, TIASRER & Co., as
CONTRACTORS
I " tbe i r i i :t a al,l4 fi enll:,: a t, l l.l 9 2::r.:7A l T" m
Estimates Furnished GrAFtia.
•
VOL. XXV.
THE
IMMIELI
Kramer
DRY GOODS!
To be piiind in the City embracing the Latest and Newest Novelties of the Senion,adapt
MEM
H. H. DONAVOURY
-IT
A HORSE! A HORSE!! MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE.--shakspeare
PREVENTS
Contraction, Corns,
Quarter Cracks,
10 Ilnet than given the horse strength? ha. 4 then 2.1 Tito qu'ver rattltili anakoit Mtn. the glittering spear
clothed him :tern with thunder I and the ehleld.
:I , enn . ni thou makn It cinch! Re a ile.""/IM"Per 1 the 24 lieorrallowell. the ground with flereeneme and rage ;
glory of Iti• tio4trll It terrille. . neither believeth he shut it is the mound of the trumpet.
21 Ile paweth in the valley, and reJoketh in the ,
atret•g•ll ; he ;teeth on to meet thoartned men. '
I pit ' , 1 1 1 1 . :el. l aTtre m aTti g r ' Ol, t t r il ' o rn fr, ` ,7;d i e l r ' t; Al; ' e
r ' Til d na h l e n7l " n e n i d
P. 2 He grit tn W) nt fear, mud le not affrighted ! neither a, - e - 0 6, , : , z.
turneth he b.ten to tau the en ord.
BOYER'S HOOF LINIMENT.
After:o year.. practical e...;perlance with lie rgr , a, in Moping, hatinlag, Sic. ; I hare learrnd that mare !tortes Kaye
Leon Illataltlllll to Ilia foot than ell at• anblnod. agar many exparttoonts I hue.. naiad thu
[rte Issatts ay to yr.-is-at Ilia alsastilas sit tips reitoro It atilt, to dllat uumrn 111[111111rd It hllOlllll bo—
ttle gr• ,';+ tart of the null.' 1r ;tad silkssansal. Ilia umlaut It ts staystratively warthlens.
Tine Lint nana %r id ...r.dy ',roan( 110... wor•1 ;of all .11...0new ,(COSTRACTIoN, COIiNS, CRACKS, CO S.
TRACI IoN 01 th.- liaCh H LW, generally ;Wiwi KNEKSVILVNO, tel losstarts• Otago that hero been crip
pled hy the want of ,uch lemony. Of ie. Tr y :tad it will seer fall if praporly at.PllO.l. vie
Hallo Lit • horse 'e toot aut.o a were, or °loner if nein...nary, at the hod oind (rug, and ;trotted iho hoof clone ht the
hair.
TUOti. WEAVER
. -tf
EutoroJ arcolding to Act of Con,...rons, to the )e.lr 1-71, 11, the ..111c , of tne Librarian of Congronx, Wa•lllnuton, D. C
Afor,fiburin, .llfty/9111. 11 , 71.
I cEn . nr., i tllr,ru rttl . 11,41 Liniment on thr 1,1 of .Lick•on, Long ',lona
l'utrlirn. I. rrir. Mront lin lonl tininorott• fou- ntni flout it to he the brnryronorotion :lir Hornell.
Iloofx I 1.1,.•• ovi:r 0 , :1. It kr: 11.. Own: v:: nini in 11, lat ronditlon, in fart it ao•f: tl:t11 lilt' maker clalme
fur it. t•TtlCli 11 TON It. CLARK.
We, flu , under...igno.l, have toroul 1100 F 1.1
foregoing Cr!i. flea, et Stoughton It.
JOIIN Ur. DEN.
N D 1,1,L1t.
JOS TIDPIIPsoN.
JOON BLACK. •
F F. ItT,
WAIIREN Walnut St.. 1'11;1.1,1..10,1n.
WILLIAM REED Continental (Nab -la
GED. W. 1111:t1. PhlludelvlDa.
L. BEER It .•
0. WAS II 1 AUTON FITZWATER,
0. R. VAN LF:EIt. A,lam ,
Ex..•rans, PlFllzdelphat.
J. W. VAN LEER. Phlladallthie.
W. 11. DoBLE, Jr.. 4.
BUDD DOBLE,
W. W. DO RIX. Sr., Suffolk Park.
3011 II E. TURNER, Polut Breeze.
It 11000. Pella.
W. WW. HUNT, Phlla.
C. P. DELI. Sends 11111.
Philadelphia. June 3d, 1,571.
We hive tested Buyer's Hoof Liniment on the feet of over ono hundred horses. Tho differcitc. in the condition, of
the feot Ix no great In Ito favor, that we would not be Wilmot It for ten times its cost It should bo pr meld applied
to every horse ' s hoof , nod especially In the summer when the hors.' foot are always In tontact with t h e heated
Wilt. which iris them up, and they heroine bard and feverlah, tvilleh produce, contraction tiorna, quarter cracks,
doutracilon of the back sinew, commonly roiled Knee Sprung, and often from the pains In the hoof It producee
,weeney in the shoulder. We recommend ft an the host preparation we ever used. It, mold he need °never). horse'•
hoof an commonly am all Is used on harness or Puree Imola to keep Moulin good condition .
E. K. CONKLIN,
CHARLES V. FULL,
JOON IMACK,
Proprietor, and- Superintendents of Corti inenta I hta'Jles, Sa niom St.. Phila.
I=l
MiiMiaMlo
NEW FIRM! NEW GOODS!
CLOTHING ! CLOTHING
a. 1 14 , VD 4PR#N4 AND s tr.VMER ()PAWING.
ORk'AT REDUCTION IN PRICES 1
T. OSMUN & CO.,
surcespre to getsgeir & Ormun•
BARGAINS
GREAT CLOTHING 'EMPORIUM
IN REIMER'S BUILDING,
NO. 005 FIAMILTON STREET,
ALLENTOWN, PA.
we would Inform the eltizena of Allentown and the sur
rounding country that We ere Preettrod with u luso stock
of goods for .
FALL 4ND ' IvlNTr,n
and offer Mein to the public at reasonable prices. To those
who buy their Cmol Mug ready•nrade, they are prepared to
offer DARCIAINS.
WHOLE SUITS Af.4DE TO ()IDES,
COATS, ' PANTS AND vtsTs
. Cut and model!) the latest style, and by the best workmen.
,Otilt STOCK OF
CLOTHING,(„,'LOTID3 AND CASSIMERES
la larger than It hagTheen before, anti WO Intend to cell at
very SMALL PROFITS, and give our castoznore the
bean.
at °roar law purchases. , t
Circutepanlltles gad vgrletles of
,P/{TIES, CPIPZ3, COLL/12$,
d ol•crl•lhiog to tklo line of •
01/NTS PURNiSH/NO 0 . 0
ODS,
MEN'S. YOUTIIB% . BOYS' .d CHILDREN 8
R EADYI\ I ADE CLOTHING,
CONSTANTLY ON RAND.
do l ,,, ),: . s a l . 7 3 sigr 3 t ,t l ,. .b: o rl o zce, No. OZ Hamilton siscet, third
T.Osuroc. /icon ScnOLL NAxnx LYNN.
Mu 21 a
CLEAR
IN
FOP,
FALL
AND IVINTER
OP' 1871 I
wrm ONE OF' THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST STOCKS OF
able for Ladles' and Meu's Sultings, guaranteed to be sold at
BOTTOM PRICES !
From the BOOK OF 3011, Chapter lix:xix
Frice, SI.OQ per bottle, or $B,OO. per dozen,
Ippod to I U I3 part of the United States.
(nothing,
ITEM
lit
Ifrbitib ilroioter.
TRACK
in the Field
T ff 1.4‘
Contraction of the
, Gk Sinew, porn,
Plenty called Knee
Sprung, &c•
Ml. C BOYER,
NORR ISTOWN, PA
NIMECT on nunu.ruur , lion cx, autl full) concur wilt 1113
A. WELSH, Cl.rAlont 11111, l'ltlladol
A SO. C. ALL Chortnot 11111, PhllAtlelplaht
ISAAC COOP, Soalon.
J. A. HOWELL,
C NIRKvATvicK,
JoS. (MIA 1.1.EE,
CHAS'. LLOYD, Darby.
A B. Dr:HART, flooding.
WILL I AM WOIID REIFF, Dutton.
ROYAL STETSON. Polol Broor,
AV NI. 11. lIITCHMAN. StrnAhurc Lau. Co.
Dr. II 11. RAYNOR, Vol Sorg Norostowa
'
Dr. CHAS. JONES, !
SAW L E. II ARTRANFT,
Dr. CHAS. D. PHILIPS.
Dr L. W. READ, Norrlatown.
Dr. 11. D. ANN. PAWLING Hisao( Prosaic
Dr. CHAS. W. OHMBES. Slionnotorllle.
ALLTENOWN
ROLLING MILL CO
Suet...ors to
THAYER, ERDMAN. WILSON & CO.,
Mnuatacturers of
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS,
BRIDGE CASTINGS,
.RAILROAD TURN TABLES,
MILL GEARING, SHAFTING,
Furnace, Rolling Mill and Mining
,Work,
&c., &c., &C.
N. 11.—All work gooranteca pl“1110IresY IwotaPt.
L. IL (;ROSS, Supt.
;011uat 9.3 m of •
EIITAIILISIitiD 11l 1610.
FANCY DYEING ESTABLISHMENT.
J. & W. JONES,
No. V: North Font Streot, Phtladelplota, Pa.
BRANCH OPPICN, BOR. DID AND VIM
Dye Silks Woolen and Fancy flood. °revery descrip
tion• Their snyerlority of Dyeing Ladles' and Celine
men's Oarmeals is widely known. Crape and Hering
Shawls dyed the molt brilliant end plain colors. Crape
and Merino Shawle cleansed to look like new. Also,
Oen tietnen's Apparel, and Certain,. cleansed or re.dyed.
Kid Gloves cleansed or dyed to look like new.
and look at our work before going elsewhere.
an; 244m0 w
ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1871.
A stack of stones, a dingy wall,
O'er which the brambles cling and creep,
A path on which no shadows fall,
A door-step whore long dock-leaves sleep,
A broken rafter In the grass,
A sunken hearth-stone, stained and cold,
Naught left but these, fair home alas I
And the dear memories of old.
Around this hearth, this sacred place,
All bumble household virtnes grew—
The grandelre's love, the maiden's grace,
The matron's instincts deep and true,
Hero first sweet words were lisped; here broke
Life's morning dream, and yet more dear,
The love that life's best Impulse woke,
Grew warmer, gentler, year by year.
How cheerful, while the storm wlthout
Muffled the earth and iced the night,
The ruddy glow gushed laughing out
On merry groups and faces bright ;
How chimed the crackling, freakish flame,
With rosy mirth or thoughtful ease,
Or, may be, syllabled the name
Of one rocked o'er the shivering seas.
What fairer scenes, what golden lands,
What pageants, of romantic pride,
In tlia weird ckep of glowing brands
Saw the fair boy, the dreamy-eyed,
Till, musing here, his spirit drew
Strong inspiration, and his years,
By Beauty's subtle nurture, knew
The paths of Nature's inner sphere.
Here as the swooning embers sent
A faint flush through the quiet gloom,
In the warm hush have the lovers blent
The fragrance of their Lima's fresh bloom ;
And, veiling In soft drooping eyes
Her tremulous joys, here blushed the bride;
Here, o'er the pale forms In funeral guise,
Farewells from broken hearts were sighed.
This spot the pilgrim, 'neath strange skies,
Saw In his wayside dream ; here stood
Old friends with gladness In their eyes ;
Here grew the beautiful and good—
Sweet friendships—frith serene and sure
Manhood's strong purposes, warns and bold—
Courage to labor and endure
And household feelings never cold.
Here, leaning in the twilight dim,
All around me seems a haunted air;
I hear the ob' familiar hymn,
My h eart goes upward in the prayer
That made the night so full of peace ;
Kind lips are on my brow—my ear
Hums with sweet sounds—they faint—they cease,
And night o'er all broods calm and clear.
Canada and the Cape Ann Fishermen
The Schermer Horton Case—British Cutter, Inc
rnrtiup Anterienn Waters in Chase 'lithe Fish
leg Vexed—Action of the 'thmitat Fittstes Au
thorities—Gunboats Denim:feint{ to Protect the
Yankee Tpttleteeif—l'ertleuters of the .11par.
General Butler's despatch froM the collector
of the port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, was
the first news at the schooner Horton affair,
The facts of the case,as revealed by later news,
NUT created considerable excitement all over
the country, from the fact that serious trouble
may perhaps result between Great Britain and
the United States. From our late Eastern cz
changes u e glean the particulars at which the
telegraphic reports have only hinted. The first
scene of the last'aet of the drama was enacted
on Monday last, when the inhabitants of the
ancient town of Gloucester, Massachusetts,
were thrown into a fever of excitement on
Monday upon a rumor, which hourly gained
credence,that an English man-of-war was hov
ering off Cape Ann for the purpose of inter
cepting the arrival of the fishing schooner E.
A. Horton, of Gloucester, for an al' i eged vio
lation of the f1,51ie7,7
The particulars of the case appear to be as
follows : About.the first of September the E.
A. Dorton, while on a fishing cruise, wag
sei7,ed by the British main - side, for an alleged
violation of the fishery law as ratified between
the United States and England. The vessel
was taken into the port of Guyaborough,NovS;
Scotia, and with her officers and crew detained
fbr several weeks awaiting the decision of the
Vice Admiralty Court. The investigation
of the case was delayed from day to day, and
front week to week, which was a great source
of aggravation to the captain and crew of the
Hoiton, and as there did not appear to be any
movement on the part of the Dominion. to
bring the case to trial, the Horton and her
officers were found to be missing one morning
front her berth in Guystforough, outwitting
the Britishers.
PREVENTS
The clicotery of tier sudden disappearance
created an intense excitement in that port and
the neighboring one of Halifax, N. S., and
therefore it was at once determined to send a
man-of-war in pursuit of the audacious little
Yankee schooner, and teach her that it was
dangerous to thus trifle with English laws.
But the little schroner did adroitly manage to
escape and by this time has !blind a safe har
bor in some of the nooks or crannies of either
Cape Cod or Cape Ann', and so bids defiance
to "milords" of the Halifax Admitalty.
1101 Y TIIE YANKEE SCHOONER EECAI'SD
The ctory concerning her er.cape, as It comes
from . the guysborough authorities, is that on a
dark and stormy night of last week, when the
elem'ents were raging, and at a time when it
was thought to be madness to attempt to put
to sea, particularly from the dangerous and
rockbound coast of Nova Scotia, Captain Ter
ry, master of the E. A. Horton, aided by some
daring American seamen from the Straits of
Canso, succeeded in getting the vessel out and
starting her on a homeward voyage. When
the morning dawned, and the Yankee fishing
schooner was discovered to he "gone," the
chagrin of the firitisherif was beyond Imagina
tion. Notice of the affair was telegraphed to
Halifax, and that old Hip Van Winkle town,
from the Medd down to the dock-yard, fair
ly trembled with rage and mortification to
think that a few Yankee sailors should or
could have the impudence to steal a little fish
ing smack of a few tons right out from under
the muzzles of her Majesty's guns.
No time was lost by the authorities of Hali
fax in arriving at o, conclusion In the premises,
and in less than twelve hours after the Norton
had departed from her moorings in Guyabo•
rough a British steam•cutter was ploughing
her way up the coast in the hopes of heading
off the runaway. Yesterday the report that
one of her Majesty's vessels was off Cape Aqu
was confirmed by the arrival of several fishing
vessels at Gloucester, the officers and crew all
stating that they were closely, watched by the
British ship, which was said •to be running
across the Bay, and between the Capes.
TDB HARBOR TO ME DEFENDED.
BOSTON, Oct. 17.—A special to the Travel
ler from Gloucester this 'lnornlng says Collec.
tor Pit; of Babson, has telegraphed for the
revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch, of Portland.
which will reach this port to-day. The Maim
ning has already come and gone outside.
These will make a fleet of four vessels in these
waters, and any attempt to seize the Horton
by English vessels will meet with successful
resistance. The Motioning is said to have
strict orders not te. let the Horton be taken.
Vessels that arrived this morning report being
spoken by the Horton last night, but did not
see anything of the Sweepstakes or the Do
minion gunboat.
A UNITED STATES GUNBOAT TO TUE RESCUE
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct 27.—About the
streets is posted the following notice:
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct. /6.
In reply to a dispatch sent this morning by
4. B. Eolith, surveyor of customs, to the com
mandant of the Charlestown navy yard asking
blot to sent a gunboat for the protection of the
schooner E. A. Horton in American waters,
the following was received at 9 P. M.:
CtrAULEBTOWN, Oct. 16.
B. H. Stnitil,Suroevor of Oustorno,Oloucestor:
A gunboat will be sent to your assistance.
A. R. Huons, for the Commandant.
LATER—A boat lies just left here. Look out
for her arrival. Give all necessary informa
tion that may be required. By order of the
commandant. Rounnr TAnn.
TUE DORTON NOT YET ARRIVED.
Gr.oucasTsn, Blass.; Oct. 17.—Thti gunboat
THE OLD CIVIDNEE-PLACE.
A SPECK OF WAR
V'AIiTI9I7LAREI OV TUE CASE
A BRITISH CUTTER Ifi PURSUIT
Fortune. tins Just returned here, and reports •
not having seen anything of the English gun•
The appalling calamity by which the fair
boats or the schooner Horton.
city of Chicago has been overwhelmed and
01.oucEstEit, Oct: 17.—The 'United States turned into desolation, can hardly fail to be
steamer Fortune cruised in the bay last night I wisely lot. ti' nelvantage of other
and spoke about twenty-five fishing vessels, el iCS 1111 Li ill, 1111. lot tl cling on the perfection
but heard nothing of the British cruisers or at length attained in the contrivance and con
the schooner Horton. The report of the pre- struction of machinery for extinguishing and
scene of a Canadian cutter in our waters is not I arresiing fire, tutu on the completeness of the
confirmed by any vessel arriving from the arrangements for its epplinte ion, people have
fishing grounds, and the only foundation for I sometime s hastily assumed that a con fl agration
the report Is the fact that a vessel answering la) extensive and ruinous, had been rendered
the description of a blockade runner was seen I simply impossible. Thee truth is that fire Is
from the shore.
still as it has always been the most dreadful
enemy of cities. It is remarkable that the
perils of its hostility are commonly so little
taken into practical account ; that as an ever
present element which may at any moment
get the upper hand and cause general desola
tion, it does not more steadily occupy the
thoughts and command the vigilance of men
whose persons and property are constantly
exposed to its possible ravages.
Dr. JOHNSON said that "the conflagration
of a city with all its tumult of concomitant
distress, is one of the most dreadful spectacles
which the world can offer to human eyes."
To any one who merely imagines the scene,
the remark seems strictly just, and It will,
doubtless, be fully verified by details of the
Chicago calamity yet to be received. ,No
conflagration of equal extent has ever occurred
upon the Western Continent, and In view of
the splendor of many of the edifices destroyed,
of the sail reverses of fortune and of the ag
gregate misery, which are among its conse
quences, the burning of Chicago will rank
with the most 'memorable events attic kind In
history. By the New Yorkfire of December 16,
1835, only six hundred end forty-eight houses,
and property worth only twenty millions of
dollars, were destroyed, while very few human
lives were lost. To find a historical parallel
of the Chicago tire we must go back to the 2tl
to the 6th of September, inclusive, 1666. Its
ruins covered 436 acres. Eighty-nine churches
(including St. Puglia) the city gates, the Royal
Exehange,the Custom House,Guildhall, Sion,
College, and about thirteen thousand two
hundred private houses were consumed. In
consequence of the destruction of their dwell
ings two hundred thousand persons were coin
pelhed to encamp in the fields near the city.
In Pepys's Metnotra tinder the year the reader
will find many interesting details concerning
the event. Ills first entry is—
September 2d, Lord's Day. Some of our
maids sitting up late last night to get things
ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us
up about three in the morning, to tell us of a
great fire they saw - in the city. So I arose and
slipped on my night gown and went ton win
dow ; anti thought it to be on the back side of
Marke•Lane, at the farthest ; but being unused
to such fires as followed, I thought it far
enough off ; and so went to bed again, and to
sleep. •
The fire originated in the Ring's baker's
house, iu Pudding lane. Pepys mentions on
that dny meeting the Lord Mayor, to whom
he gave an order from the King, Charles 11,
to arrest the fire by pulling down houses, To
this message his Lordship " cried like a faint
ing woman: Lord I what can Ido ? I am
spent ; people will not obey me. I have been
pulling down houses ; but the fire overtakes us
faster than we can do it.' " Pepys elsewhere
writes of the fire as " amost horrid, malicious,
bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an or.
Binary fire,"
The excitement here is subsiding, although
the arrival of the Horton is anxiously looked
for. 'I he general sentiment is that no British
armed vessel has been seen MT the Capes, al
through the revenue officers are confident
that the rumors were well founded. If such a
vessel was here, she has retired, ns no one
pretends to have seen her since Monday.
Many believe the reported cruiser to have
been a United States steamer with a supply of
oil for light stations, which would account
for her being in localities where such a craft
was reported to have been seen. Three or
fuurarmcd tugs are cruising to find the Horton.
SHE ARRIVED AT GLOUCESTER—ENTHUSIASTIC
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BOSTON, Oct. 18.—Schooner E. A. Horton
arrivid at Gloucester this evening, and a
grand reception was given to her crew by the
eilizms of the town.
A MELTING STORY
One winter evening a country storekeeper
in the Green Mountain State was about closing
up for the night, and while standing in the
snow outside, putting up the window shutters
saw through the glass a lounging, worthless
fellow within, grab a pound of butter front the
shelf, and conceal it in his hat.
The act was no sooner detected than the
revenge was hit upon, and w very few minutes
found the Green Mountain storekeeper at once
indulging his appetite for fun to the fullest ex
tent, and paying off the thief with a facetious
sort of torture, for which he would have :pin
ed a premium from the old
" I say, Seth," said the storekeeper, com
ing in and closing the door after him, slap
ping hie hand over hiS shoulders and stamp
lug the snow off his feet.
Seth had his hand on the door, his hat on
his head, and 'be roll of butter in his hat
anxious to make Ills exit as soon as possible,
I say, Seth, sit down ; I reckon now on such
a cold night as Ilia a little something warm
would not hurt 4 fellow."
Seth felt very uncertain ; he had the butter
and was exceedingly anxious to be off, but
temptation of something warm sadly interfer
ed with his resolution to go. This hesitation
however, was soon settled by the right owner
of the butter taking Seth by the shoulder and
planting him iu a scat close to the stove,
where be was in such a manner cornered in
by the boxes and barrels that, while the grocer
stood before him, there was no possibility of
getting out, end right In this very place sure
enough the storekeeper sat down.
• "Seth,we'll have a little warns Santa Cruz,"
said the Green Mountain grocer ; so he opened
the stove-door, and stuffed in aa nmny sticks
as the place would admit ; " without it you'd
fteeae going home such a night as this."
Seth already felt the butter settling down
closer to his
,halr,,and he jumped up declaring
lie must go.
" Not till you have something warm, Seth
Seth, come, I've got a story to tell you," and
Seth was again rushed into his seat by his
cunning tormentor.
" Oh ! it's so hot here," said the:petty thief,
attempting to rise. 4
"Sit down—don't he in such a hurry," re
torted the grocer, pushing him back Into his
chair.
" But I've got the cows to fodder, and the
wood to split, and I must he going,•' quid the
persecuted chap.
"But you mustin't tear yourselfaway, Seth,
in this manner. Sit down, let the cows take
care of themselves, 'and keep yourself cool,"
said the roguish grocer with a tricked leer.
The next thing was the production of two
smoking glasses of hot toddy, the very sight
of which, In Seth's present situation, would
have made the hair stand erect upon his
head had it not h:•en well oiled and kept down
by the butter.
" Seth, I will, give you a toast, , now, and
you can butter it yourself," said the groper,
with an air or much conuunate simplicity,
that poor Seth believed 111111601 f unsuspected.
" Seth„here's—here's a Christmas goose, well
roasted, eh 4 I tell you it's the greatest eating
in creation. And Seth, don't you never use
hog's fat, or common cooking butter, to baste
it with ; come take your butter, I mean Seth,
take your toddy.
Poor Sethi now began to smoke, as well as
melt, and his mouth was hermitically sealed
up, as though lie had been born dumb. Streak
after streak of the butter came pouring from
under his hat, and his handkerchief was alrea
dy soaked with the greasy overflow. Talking
away, as if nothing wi,.4 the matter, the fun
loving grocer kept Auditing wood Into the
stove, while poor Seth sat upright, with his
back against the counter, and his knees touch
ing the red-hot furnace-before.
"Cold night, this," said the grocer. "Why
Seth, you seen to perspire if you were warm?
Why don't yoh take your hat MT? Here, let
me put,your hat away."
"No," exclaimed poor Seth, at last. "No,
I must go, let me out, I ain't well ; let me
A greasy cataract was ;tow paurlng down
thc poor mauls face and neck, and soaking
into his clothes, and trickling down his body
into his boots, so that he was literally in a
perfect bath at oil.
" Well, good night, Seth," said the ha.
morons Vermonter, "If you will go ;" and
adding, no he darted out of the door, "I say
Beth, I reckon the fun I have had out of you
is worth nine 7 pence, so I shan't charge you
for that pound of butter hi your hat."
A New Rendering of an Old Text.
. Spending a winter as invalids at Aiken,
South Carolina, the Hon. Thurlow Weed and
Mr. Thomas C. Acton while away one Sab
bath afternoon attending a negro church,
and were accompanied by Mr. John A. Ken
nedy, who was on a visit of a few days to Ildr.
Acton. When they entered the primitive
temple the preacher who was a pure African,
was grappling with all the fervor of his race
with the old, old subject of the fail of man.
Sketching that day in the garden with its ter
rible results, lie excoriated Mr. Adam In this
fashion :
"Now, bredren, when do Lord calls Adam
to 'clunt did ho titan' up like a man, confess
his sin and oak
.forgiveness? Ho didn't do
notiln of do sort, bredoren, but he say
"'Lord, do woman dal' Dou gubest ino
gob me for to eat.' "
Then again :
"' He woman dot Dos gubest ins gub tee
for to eat.' "
" • De woman (Int Dou gubest mo gob me
for to eat,'" •
"Dar, brederen, you see dat mean, skulkin'
Adam was a tryln' to sneak out of It by frow
in' all do blame on do Lord Mesta I" .
This new idea of au old question was too
much for the distinguished "white trash,"
who had fortunately taken seats near the
door, and they retired into the fields to In
dulge in Irreverent laughter.—Galaxy.
CITIES BURNT.
To 'find another conflagration of equal
magnitude (not an incident of war) we must
go back to the year sixty six of the Christian
era, when a considerable portion of Rome
was laid in ashes, including the Imp. rial
palace and the gardens of :quenelles. The
population of the city at the tine somewhere
between 1,200,000 and 2,000,000. Of the
Iburteen regions into which the city was
divided, four only remained uninjured; three
were utterly destroyed, and of the seven others
all that wm; left were some half-consumed
houses. Taeltus, who, in the 10th book of
his Annals, gi4s a full account of the disaster,
says that it was uncertain whether the fire
originated in accident or in the malice of the
Emperor, Nero. When it began lie was at
Antium, and did not return to the city until
his palace began to be in peril. He showed
himself very kind in providing accommoda
tions for the vast multitudes rendered home
less throwing open for their use the Campus
Mat tins the palace of Agrippa, and • his own
gardens, caused great numbers of sheds to be
run up ag temporary shelters, and had house
hold furniture brought from Ostia and from
Me villas around Rome. He also reduced
the price of grain. These 'acts of kindness,
It' sever, did not help hint with the people,
who fully believed the current report that,
while the city was burping his majesty amus
ed himself in his domestic theater exhibiting
the destruction of Troy. In fact, it was well
known that he wanted the city destroyed that
he might rebuild it in his own way, and at
tach to it his own: dame. Among the details
of Mc scene mentioned by Tacilus were the
lamentations of women, children and helpless
old persons; the vain attempts of the people
to save their prperty, and a despair from fail.
ure or front the loss of friends, which prompt
ed many to abandon all efforts and to fall
voluntary victims to the flames. First on
the sixth day, says 'radius, the conflagration
was arrested, after the houses far and wide
around bad been torn down, so that the. sea
of flame encountered nothing but empty space.
After a short Interval, however, the condagra.
tion buret forth in another place. But this
place was less crowded with , human dwell
ings, few lives were destroyed and the chief
ruin fell upon certain temples of the gods and
upon houses devoted to amusement. As in
the instance of Chicago, so in Rome, incen
diaries were busy spreading the fire, even in
the presence of the people.
An incident of the disaster, an incident com
paratively insignificant at the time but mem
orable since and forever, was the fact, that
Nsitn, to divert suspicion and odium front
himself, caused the Christians of the city to be
charged with thecrime of having set it on tire.
The few sentences in•which the great histori
an records the fact now form the most intense
ly Interesting passage in all Roman literature.
Of course no evidence sustained the Empo
rer's charge, but abhorred by the Pagans and
ignorantly regarded as "enemies of the hu
man race," a great multitude of them, under
pretext of the efllinse alleged, were put to
death amidst •cries of derision and insult.
Some were enveloped in the skins of wild
beasts and devoured by the dogs, others wt r
crucified, while others covered with pitch,
were set up and burnt as candles to lighten the
streets.
It is interesting to know that Rome was re
built, not only In lunch finer style, but upon a
plan much more favorable to the health of the
inhabitants. This was the fact of the case of
London also the mean houses and the narrow
streets were got rid of, and"the city was so
reconstructed that the plague has never pre
vailed there since. Doubtless Chicago Aso,.
redirinus, will be not only a more beautiful
and imposing, but a more salubrious city than
ever before. And especially, It may be confi
dently expected that it will•he so rebuilt, in
the material and arrangement of the honses,as
to be exempt from the chances of such a dis
aster as the one by which it has perished.
Grace Darling and Ida Lewis have'a rivalin
an Irish lady, who, when men refused to face
the storm, rowed out to a wrecked brig near
the mouth.of the Boyne and rescued a man
left on the sinking hulk.
HOW A JOKE ENDED.
Some two NS cam ago a party of earrol town. ,
ship boys started home about midnight, going
up the pike on horseback. At the Valley Inn
! school-house they baited, to have a moment's
talk before separating. Whilst there a man
rode semewhat hastily down the pike. The
boys determined to find out who ho was and
where he had been. So they called out In
sport, " Stop thief I Halt l" The rider, in
stead of stopping, spurred on his horse, and,
arriving at Hamilton's store, started up the
Brownsville road. One of the boys followed,
crying out, "Halt I Stop I" The stranger,
finding himself in danger of being overtaken,
wheeled his horse into a fence corner, dis
mounted and took to the woods. Somewhat
dismayed at the serious turn the Joke was tak
ing, the unknown was told to come back. No
attention was paid to this, however, and the
mysterious stranger fled through the woods
out of sight. The horse was taken back to the
pike, and put in a stable at Valley Inn. Now
comes the queer part of the story. The next
morning a man came down the pike with word
that a horse had been stolen the night before.
lie was told about the strange horse, and on
going to the stable found the lost animal. •So
the intended joke turned out to be the pursuit
of an actual horse thief. No wonder the ras
cal was scared when the young men called
out, "Stop thief l"—Monongahela Republican
A CARNIVAL OF FIRE.
The Northwest in Flames—Dakota, Minnesota
Wisconsin and Michigan's _Fearful _Experience
—Thousands of Lines last.
The light of the great conflagration at Chi•
• cago has outshone the still greater and, if pos
sible, more appalling fires which for three
weeks have wrapped the vast forrests of Min
nesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan in one sheet
of flame, The telegraphic reports, too, of
these last have been confused and indefinite.
Now that our mails are resuming their wonted
regularity seine idea can be had of the extent
of the devastating flames that have swept the
shores of the upper lakes, enveloping in com
mon ruin wood, village, and hamlet, and hu
man beings alike. The loss of life has been
triple that of Chicago, the sufferings entaildd
more foignnnt, the effect upon the future of
the coutitty and the great Northwest 'incom
parably more important. There are a dozen
cities to take the place of Chicago. Milwau
kee, St. Louis, Detroit, St. Paul,and even Du
luth' can supply its place in commerce. But
what of the immense forests that have with
ered away before the devouring element, the
source whence the whole West was to draw
its wood for rallroal ties, fences, house•build
ing, fuel, elm it Such a conflagration as this,
extending over such an area, is enough to
permanently change tile climate and all the
physical aspects of the country through which
it ranges. Necessarily, the rainfall will here
after be greatly decreased until the forests
shall have grown again, and the West, already
&abject to terrible droughts—in one of which
'must be sought the source of the disaster which
has now overtaken it—will be 'completely
changed
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The accounts of the appalling calamity
which has fallen upon the east and westshores
of Green Bay, Wisconsin, have not been ex•
ngerated. The burned district comprises the
counties of Ocontd, Brown, Door, and Ke
waunee, and parts of Manitowoc and Outaga.
mie. The great loss of life and property has
resulted from the whirlwind of fire which
swept over the country, making the roads and
avenues of escape impassable with fallen tim
ber and burned bridges. The previous long
drought had prepared everything for the
flames. The 10$4 of life has neon very great.
The first estiirates were entirely inadequate,
and even now it is feared that it is much
greater titan present accounts place it. It is
known that at least one thousand persons have
been either , burned, smothered or drowned.
The scene at Peshtego is thus described :
Sunday evening, after church, for about half
an hour, a deathlike stillness hung over the
doomed town. The smoke from the fires in
the region around was so thick as to stifling,
and hung like a funeral pall over everything,
and all was enveloped in Egyptian darkness.
Soon light Purr; of air were felt ; the horizon
at the southeast, south, and southwest, began
to be faintly illuminated ; a perceptible trem
bling of the earth was felt, and a distant roar
broke the awful silence. People began to fear
that some awful calamity was Impending but
as yet no one even dreamed of the danger.
"The illumination soon became Intensified
into a fierce lurid glare; the roar deepened in
to a howl, as if all the demons from the infer
nal pit had been let loose, when the advance
gusts of wind from the main body of the tor
nado struck. Chimneys were blown down,
houses were unroofed, and, amid the confu
sion, terror, and terrible apprehension of the
moment, the fiery element, in tremendous in
rolling billows and masses of sheeted flame,
enveloped the devoted village. The frenzy
of despair seized on all hearts, strong men
bowed like reeds beforethe fiery blast; woman
and children, like frightened spectres flitting
throughlhe awful gloom, Were swept away
like autumn leaves. Crowds rushed for the
bridge, but the bridge, like all else, was re
ceiving its baptism office. Hundreds crowded
Into the river, cattle plunged in with them,
and being huddled together In the general
confusion of the moment, many who had
taken to the water to avoid the flames were
drowned. A great many were on the blaz
ing bridge when it fell. The debris from the
burning town was burled over and on the
heads of those who were In the water, killing
many and maiming others, so that they gave
up in despair and sank to a watery grave.
"In less than an hour from the time the
tornado struck the town, the village of Posh
tigo was annihilated. Full one hundred
perished either in the flames or In the water,
and all the property was wiped out of exie.
truce. In the, 'Sugar Bush' the loss of life
was even greater in proportion to the number
of Inhabitants than in the village. Whole
families are destroyed, and over a thickly
settled region in the heavy hard wood timber,
consisting of two or three townships, there is
scarcely a family but is now leßdestitute, and
mourns for the loss of some of its loved ones."
The GrecO Fires of Oefiehr, 1871.
M. J. Disturnell, who is thoroughly in
formed on the Northwest country, writes as
follows : During the past few weeks the
great and destructive fires that have been ra
ging in Illinois, Wisconsin, Illinmsota,Miciti
gen and Indiana—causing altogether, the de
struction of properly' to an estimated amount
of five hundred million dollars, and at leant
one thousand lisesL-dar exceed all other simi
lar calamities that have befallen this or any
other country from a like catastrophe.
The burning of the city of Chicago, which
commenced Saturday evening, October 6, and
raged for two days, stands out as the greatest
calamity, having destroyed property amoont
ting to about two hundred and fifty million
dollars, besides a great loss of life. The heart
rending details of this great contlagation are
well known to the public. About, the same
time, tile prairie south of Breckinridge, Minn.,
took fire. The flames ran faster than the fleet
est animals, and soon reached the Big Woods,
extending for more than one hundred miles
from north to south. There the fire seized
upon the underbrush, which was as dry as
tinder, and presently the forest was burning
in all directions, and a clean sweep of the
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heavy timber - was made for many miles. The
roar and crackling of the trees when tho con
flagration got under full headway could be
heard for a great distance. In its course this
fire destroyed an immense amount of proper
ty—the grain and hay of the settlers, their
live stock and farm-houses were burned in an
instant; and those were deemed fortunatowbo
escaped with their lives. This fire extended
through several large counties, reaching from
near the Red river of the north to the Min
nesota river, near Mankato, a distance of
about one hundred miles. Many small towns
are said to be completely swept out of exis
tence, and at last accounts the woods about
Glencoe, Fankato, and New Ulm were bla
zing still unchecked. It is feared that tile fire
will make rapid headway toward the 'Missis
sippi river below Bt Paul.
Next comes the disastrous fires raging In
Wisconsin, on both sides of Green Bay. This
Is a lumber region extending for upwards of e
hundred miles on the west aide of Green Bay.
Pishtego, sanding back from the bay about
ten miles, being surrounded by a pine forest,
is said to be swept out of existence,. with its
five or six hundred inhabitants who. perished
in the flames. The whole shore ofGreen Bay
south to near Fort Howard Is said to be on
fire.
On the east side of Green Bay the town of
Brussels is destroyed, with the surrounding
forest in Door county. Here, also, was • a
great destruction.of life nod property: Thirty
men are recorted to have been burned . at Pen
saukee, (ironic. county, Wisconsin, where
they were surrounded in a saw-mill, and,
bring unable to escape, were roasted alive.
In abandoned camps in the woods, boots and
charred bodies have been found, and great
numbers of wild animals have perished.
The great fires raging in Michigan on the
shores of Lake Huron are of the most fatal
character. To the north of the Saginaw river,
on both the eastern and western shores of Sag
inaw Bay, the woods arc on fire, threatening
the destruction of the surrounding villages
and towns. Terrible fires are reported in the
woods back of the shore, nth An Sable and
Tawas City—this whole section of country is
devastated by fire. . .
All that part of Michigan east of Saginaw
Bay and north of a point thirty miles above
Port Huron, extending to the lake shore, has
been completely swept by fire. Huron City,
Sandbench, Elm Creek, White Hock, and For
restville are utterly destroyed, and it is im
probable that Port Austin and Port Credit
hare escaped. Heart•sickening accounts of
women and children burned to death coma to
us from all sections of Huron and Sanilac
counties. Fires are also said to bo raging in
the woods near Saginaw City. Saw mills
hays been destroyed, and other property
amounting to $500,000.
A. destructive fire broke out in the village of
Manistee, Michigan, lying on the east shore
of Lake Michigan, October 8, and raged for
nearly a whole day, destroying upwards of
200 dwellings, six large saw mills, and a ves
sel at the dock. Estimated loss, $1,800,000.
Fires are also reported to be raging in every
direction around Lansing, the capital of the
State. The town of Grand Junction has been
entirely destroyed.
News has been received that the towhs of
Wayland, Mattewan, Vicksburg, and Holland
are almost wholly destroyed, lying In Ottawa,
Allogan, and Van Buren counties, bordering
on Luke Michigan. A late despatch says that
in Holland, a German settlement, 8,000 peo
ple ore bomote.i.r.
In Ohio n conflagration has been raging
west of Toledo, and the whole country is
wrapped in smoke.
A conflagration has also been raging for
several days Ip the vicinity of Fort Wayne,
Indiana.
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The papers of to-day (Oct. 10 say "the
whole West is on fire," from Green Bay to
Menomonee, some sixty or seventy miles.
Depere, Fort Howard, and Wrighttown are
threatened with destruction. Advices from
Fond du Lac, Wis., say that reports from the
northern districts grow hourly worse. The
accounts of suffering are unparalleled. Food,
clothes, and money are greatly wanted.
AN INQUIRING MlNl).—Professor Gunning
was interesting the primary scholars of oneof
our city schools by showing, with blackboard
and chalk, how the bee was made. lie had
just finished it by putting in the sting, when
a little fellow who had been watching the pro
cess most closely, spoke up—
Mr. Dunnen ?"
'What, my hey ?"
Didn't coed mnke the• bee?"
Yea, certainly. God made the bee.,"
The little fellow was silent a minute, when
he spoke up again—
' Mr. Dunnen'?"
' Well, what now, any on ?"
" I was linking," said the young philoso
pher, " how Dod could put the stings into the
bee without Bitting his fingers stung before he
let it do." That child ought to be encour
aged.
A NICE BREAKFAST DlBll,—Grate BOme
cold tongue or beef, put it into a stewpan,
with a little pepper and salt, and four table
spoonfuls of cream and milk; when hot put
in four well beaten eggs; stir all the time till
the mixture is quite think have ready some
nicely toasted bread, well buttered, and spread
the tongue or beef over it, send to the table
hot.
Sonnow comes soon enough without de.
spondency ; h does a man no good to carry
around a lightning-rod to attract trouble.
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP
One death every other day I a the rule among
Cornish miners.
Weddings at church in the evening are .
now the fashionable idea.
In seven years Nashville, Tenn:, had two
hundred nod thirty.six fires.
It takes Just one dozen Griffin (On.)
toes to fill a bushel measure.
The subscriptions for the Chicago Fund are
believed to now aggregate $4,500,000.
• Two girls, ten and twelve years old, got
Into a fight at Charleston, and one was killed.
The announcement comes from Germany
of the marriage of a couple after forty years'
courtship.
The Signal Office, atzl A. M. on Saturday
morning, reported a heavy snow 'storm pre
vailing west of Omaha.
The Episcopalian's have had Ole chaplaincy
of West Point for thirtyffive years, and the
Presbyterians for thirteen.
An Indiana groom kissed the bride so
loudly as to extort a round of applause from
the assembled audience at the wedding.
A Memphis paper announces that the young
ladies of that city are preparing for married
lite by practicing in gymnasiums.
It is asserted thrt more pecplo arp killed by
treading ou orange peel thrown on the pay's
menis'than by riding on the English railroads.
Dutch Ileinricli was not hanged at Chicago.
He Was walking in Broadway Friday after
noon. Barney Aaron, at last accounts, was
safely sojourning In Albany. So say the
sports.
"Oldest inhabitants" are so numerous In
Washington that there is an association of
them who meet once a month, willispectaeles
and ear trumpets, to talk about theyay things,
used to he.