Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, March 26, 1864, Image 1
democrat: COLUMBIA AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. DEVI L. TATE, EDITOR "TO HOLD AND TRIM TUB TORCH 01? TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH." TEKMSs $2 00 PER ANNUM- VOL. 18. NO, 4. BLOOMSBURG, COUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1SG4. VOLUME 28' Select flJoctrg. Written for ttie Philadelphia IS'Jnday Mercury. Alaa ! And Did My Soldier3 Bleed. ,lTa bt Sung by all U, S. Chaplains. '- ti or nova i. ! Aim t and did my aoldlera blea J. And ill J my conicrlpti die Woulil darklea riakthair woolly buda mm, Vt Uch 3 1 ' Wii itforerlm:) thai tha dona j To att the "nig-sr." free I Anmlng pity, crlinci unknown, Uli, whither shall 1 Ilea I Well may the aun In datkneaa hide, And shut his glnrlea In I 01 Pdrthousanda of my brarca ha-n died. And t mutt bear the aln. Jt Wnara ahall t hide my bluihing fue. While phliitom forim nppear I I'd forfeit all uiy kindred racn To keep my oncl;nco claar. Hut tiara of grief can no'er fpay Tha drsbt nf death I mvo ; Her.1. "Dirki," 1 give you all owiy. Tia all that I can do. Select Sinrn. Advcnturca of a Bashful Man. Harry Oord'in Singleton made his debut 'into the world on Friday. We deemed tbit jisct worth chroniciiig,siuce it nat an even' of some importation to our hero, end be came wo hops to show unbelievers that the old irnw about the un'uckinesa of Friday is correct. From hit very birth, Harry was tigmatii'sd. Ho wiu au exceedingly prct y babo,, fair cotnplcxiou,bluo eyed, brown 'haired, plump and roy ; but bo wai en ,dowo with o hctitago far worse than a , humpback, a club foot, or a squint eyo ? Lh was bashful 1 When the ladies came to look t him in his cradle, and to call . P him "little bi'iiuty tlio express imago of his pa," tho hitle 'v. ecl' wculd invaribly put hit fit fiasi into hi 4 mouth and hide jhis interesting face in his pillow. Mrs. Singleton h fuir faced, handsome j woman regretted very greatly thia unfor. tunate trail in tbo temperament of her be ; loved firai borne, and used every eudeav ior to break him of it but without succjes, r.nd Harry grw up to youth the most bash Jful and retiring of human beings. Ho was uliio, singularly unlucky. No child over ncmcd so many thumps and bump siucc the f.tll of Acb in ; hit forehead vras a pop. 'ulous arcliaepelago of blue, yellow and black bruise, in various ttages of color tnc When tbero was company at the house, T Harry generally retired to mi unocupied room in tho nttio, whrre,having ensconced him.-elf in tho bed which stood there, he passsd the'day reading some old novel or book of history , picked out of tho great rchost in tho garret used fur the repository of rubbish ; or, by way variation, ho some times took refugo iu the barn, and snugly .bidden on the hay mow, r.pcut tho time in filciit meditation on bin uuforttinato (lest iuy. He would walk a milo around through the Gelds to avoid meeting a young lady i , and when in the street if he licard the ajurui of wheels h would leap over the wall or I'fiicfi and lie prone on the ground until the vehicle has passed by. As he grew oldor, bo lot none of hia peculiarities, and before ho was sixteen years of go, bis mother's chief difficulty was tbo fear that ho would livo an old ( bachelor. Hundreds of t-ilvcr dollars could not have induced him to speak to a girl of his age, and bis father was .obliged to forego hia purpose of teuding him to tho ' Whitestone Academy, and have him ed ucated at tbo boy's school. ; Hut notwithstanding Harry's excessive basbfulncss, lie grew up to be a fino fellow, brave, generous and handsome, and there was not a girl In town but would have felt herself honored by h'n presence. Harry however, stood aloof from all tho fetnule ( ees, and as a naturul eunsoquoneo, ho was the snl ject of unmberldss practical jokes, and the hapless accasiou of continual gig ling among the gay girls at tho singing fchool. if Wh n Harry was ninotean, Rosalia Wators oamo to Whitestown to past tome 7timo with her aunt, Mrs. Judgo Flanders ;Ilosalio was a pretty, brigbteyod, mischie voui fairy of seventeen, and if tho truth siust bo confessed, sho took quito a liking . .!'.to Harry Singleton ; but of courso sho was too much of & coquetto to allow Harry to .guess it. Ho, on his part, thought himself dead in love, though ho dared not raiso ;liis oyes to tbo peerless faeo of hia guiding elar.. For wholo days ho racked his braint planning how he should addroas her, but without deciding upon anything doDuito. Ono night at a singing school a bold idea flnlied scron hit brain ; its rry bold ncas tnado it seem pructicablu. Ho would 1 offer to escort Kosalio homo 1 It was an audacious act, and Harry trembled in every limb ut tho thought ot it ; a cold perspiration started out of every pore j his hair nearly stood erect, and his faco flushed hot as the bosom of Vesuvius. Ho attempted to sing, but his Cue tenor voico broke down ; ho coughed, hemmed, flourished his haukcrohiof, aud was at last oblighcd (o sit down in dispair. Tho exercises of the eveuiug closed. Harry seized his hat aud rushed to tho en try, where ho took his station in full view ol tbo door through which Rosalie would emerge. Her crimson hood appeared in tho doorway, and his teeth chattered inh's head, but his resolution waa uushakeu. Ho made a sortie in her direction, knock ing over little James Drown tho barbel' and tearfully mutilating the new calash of Miia Winn, the miliner, in the act; but theso were minor affairs, and not worthy of hit notice. lie touched tho eboldor of Rosalie. "May I may go home with you to night this oveniuj; I" stammered he. She nut her little hand within his arm antl tbisy went out together iuto the star light, ilnrry seemed to tread on air. Thi world was this world no longer, but the charmed paradise ol impossibility, and bo uareil not speak lest he should break the spell. The little lady too Wis straugcly silent and t ho entiro distance to the houso of Judgo Flaudcrs was passed without a word. At tho door Harry would have bidden his companion irood nicht. but she retained hit hand aud drew him into tho parlor ; aud ihere tho light of the oliandclier fell full on the face of the laughing woman, and with drcd dismay Harry siy that not Hosalic, but Mrs. .Tndirn Khmilirs lini-sclf slnml tn. fore him. lie had waited ou tho aunt and uot the nuce. Uttering an exclamation, . . he was about to retire, but Mrs. Fluudori ' good butnoredly detained him. "0 don't go," she said kind'y, you. re ally did bravely. I am proud of you ; I knew from the first that you had mado a mistake, but wasfeati'ull jou would never try again if I deniad your escort. Kosalio will be in soon j wait for her." ) 'Indecn, ma'am I should bo happy ! to not to in fact ma'am, I bolievc I am wanted to homo." Starting for tho door backwards, instead of ohoosiuir that by which ho had entered, he bolted out iuto the dark kitchen aud seiz the handle of the first door that off- ered. Mrs. Panders was following olose, 1 but before she could utter a single word hit "goad uight"was succeeded immediately by a ssriss of thumps aud rumblings in tho direction of the cellar. Tho truth burst upon her at oneo, that '' ho had taken the cellar door and fallen ' down stairs She seized a Mailt and flew wi... hvit .1 .1 nil ,. , . ... ,. head in a trough of ashes and his feet un romantically elevated over tho shelf of a ncighboringing cubbuard. Ho was con siderably bruised and stuunod but nut oih erwiso injury. Mrs. Flandura would havo raised him up but he anticipated her, aud without.stoppiug to shake hiin.tclf, bound ed up stairs and made a divo for the outer door, tho ashc3 streaming out behiud him like a cluwd of gray suioko. Tho door was opened from without, and Kosalio herjelf appoared. At tight of tho hatlesj, 8uiokiug Harry, she uttered aloud shriek and fell fainting to tho floor, while our hero dashed over hor poatrate form und took tho track for home at a speed une qualled in the anuuals of foot races. Breathless and used up generally, the i . young man reaciicu iiome, crawled in at a black window and retired to his bed, which ho kept for three days afterwards. In spite of all apologies and flattering courtesies from Mrs. Flanders in spite of gentle, affectionate advances from Rosalie herself, Harry Singleton could never bo tempted to step inside tho mansion of the judge ; and Rosalio, after waiting two years for Harry to niako himsolf agreeable to hor, gavo up tho vain hops and became the ifts of a substantial widow with four chil dren, whick was quite u good begiuniuf . Harry went on hU way alono, as his mother had feared and prophesied, ami exemplary little woman set about learning him to repair ptoekiugs and roplaco bot toms with commendable patience, ho hud studied for tho law, had been two years admitted to tho bar, uud was a talauted aud rising young man. Heing also wealthy and handsome, half tho ladies in the vil lago were iu lovo with him, but ho gavo them a wido berth and passed them by, Mr. Singleton dabbled somewhat in poli tics, and at tho early ago of thirty, he wai elected Mcmbor of Congress. In eclobra-1 tion oi this ovent a grand stippsr in his honor was givun at tho Whitestown Hotel. Of course, the successful candidate must bo prosontcd,and cutiquctto demanded that ho should bring a lady with him. Tho com mitco of arrangements waitod upon him to inform him of this fact, and it may well believed the communication filled him with horror. Ho begged of tho gentlemen to provide bim u partner if ho must have one stipulating ouly that tho lady should not bo a young lady. Iu duo courso of time be was informed that ho was to attend Mrs. Grubbina, tho widow of the late Dr. Timothy Grubbins, tbo wealthiest as well as the tallest aud fatcst woman in the whole county. Tho eventful cvcuiiiir arrived. Mr. Singleton took Mrs. Grubbins to tbo hotel in a chaise. Tho lady was magnificently attired iu a double-skit tin! tarlcton, with ribbons, feathers and fearfully extended crinoline Poor fellow I The thought of csoorting that giantess into a room .lied with people mado him sweat like one under the infl.it- enco of a powerful dose of ipecachuaua. But ho was iu for it aud must get out tho best way he could. Mrs. Grubbins, proud anil triumphant, preceded him, bjcaking .the passage, and compelling lesser people to yield the ground. Just as sho arrived on th llirciihold of tho banqueting hall, she dropped her fail ; aud ju.-.t at that mo ment tbo audience precciviug him in tho background, proposed ''three cheers fur Hon. Mr. Singleton." Stooping to reclaim the fan, when the , lee Singleton made hit cseajie. No gras enthusiastic multitude looked for their grew beneath his loot ss he fpud for homo champion he wits nowhere visible. Cries but tho night being dark, and hu bciii rati round tho room loud und vehement: dark, cud he being i-lightly fluttered, he ''Mr. Singleton ! Mr. Singleton I whuru is unfortunately mistook tho house, and en Mr. Singleton?" and directly Mr. Single- tcred, not his owu residence, but that of a tou lookmS vcr hot aml ver muu!l co" - fused, appeared from under the upper skirt of Mr.t. Grulibint' dress that lady having Singleton, without pausing for a light, completely submerged the honorable gen- rushed up stairs and into his owu chamber tlemen in tho fold.i of liar drapery. Gen-! a.t he thought, whero breathless and er tlcmcn smiled in their sleeves, and ladies hauatcd he flung himself upon the bed. giggled behiud thair handkerchief. Mrs. I Mary had retired some time prevout Grubbins looked moro regal than evor,and tid tho sudden advent of Mr. Singleton Mr. Siiu'leton leaned turainst a pillar for support The announcement of dinner was a great relief. Judge Flauders presided ; Mr. Grubbins occupied the seat at Single - ton's riirht : Miss Flambeaus sat at his left, and Lucy Deane,tho village belle was his vis-a-vis. Our hero's position was exceedingly embarrassing to one of his peculiar tern-1 perameut, durinu not to rofuso anything I n'Pllfalion was ruined sho said.nnd Singlo ihat wjs offered him, lot sotno one should 1 ,on muit eithc'r 6etll or lnay "cr! A look at him, and tho eonscoueuce was his j <? olJarill was given freely ; mending plate literally groaued beneath itt weight i tllB brokcm character aud learned Sitigle cifcdibkN. Tomato sauce-his especial toa nevcr to 8 t0 1)8(1 1,1 tha dark. horror, passed around ) a preservo plate- full tcna iitlntml tn dim. fi-mn wiiinll lin nt . . i n , . . i . i r . tpmntpil tn Qienlln hut it nnli- fltitnl.- fn.t ill 1 f , -...j his throat ; it choaked and sickened him, and set him to coughing violently. 'You havo taken a savere cold I pre sume" remarked Mist Flambeaux. ''Yes madam, thank you, I have," re turned Singlotou, trembling on the verge another sneeze, " Why don't you cat your tomatoos?" querricd Mrs. Grubbins. '-My poor dwad and e.one Daniel used to say there wa3 nothing in the whole vegetable umpire equal to tomatoos." "No donbt, madam,thoy aro very fine;" and Singleton essayed a second spoonl'ull. The second doso had well nigh been too much for him. uud with dosperato resolvo ha watched until tho whole company wero eugaged iu drinking a tost, wheu bo tilted the prencrvu dish and let its contents run into tho napkin, which receptacle he whiffed into his pocket without delay, aud imme diately felt easier, A moment after Judgo Flander proposed a sentiment : May ho always retain tho title ol "lion oracle," but may ho soon retign his sent to be called single. It is not good for man to bo alouo." The sentiment was drank with applau"0 Singleton, bluihiug red at tho iusiuuatiou convoyed by tho words of Judjjo, tbrut his haudiu hit pocket for his handker chief, wheu instead out cuuiu napkin,toiua to uud all. Mopping hit forehead vigor ously with it, aud tho luscious vegetable formed an unctuous poultico thereon com pletely traiicfigoring his countenance. Blinded with the juice, and half dead with mortification, ho thrust the napkin back into bis pookee and secured tho handker chief, whilo tbo astonished company be hold him in silent amazement. "Docs your noso bleed, air I" inquired Mrs, Grabbles, quite audibly. "What tho Goodness i tha matter?" riatatd Jtida KUudtri, "Ahem I only a slight oold, thank-you sir, stammered Air. Singleton. "A cowld u itl iaitb iiow,an' yer hon or's uoso must be after turning itsolf in out thin !'' exclaimed Mr. O'Toole, the Irish orator. J.ucy Dean was laughing ; Flambeaux was horrified : Mrs. Grubbins looked shocked ; our friend Singleton was uoarly suffocatimr with shame. Lamine back in i.io i.s. i i. -.i as he could ppoak begged to bo excused a moment as ho did nut Icel quito well. Aud forthwith he nrojo and mado for the door ; , Uurc? wrot0 constantly to ma who, ami but horrorofborroral.-hobadsetonthocncloscd frcflGU' im of "ot9J pocket containing the nankin of tomato doll,y tho correspondence coated, and Mrs. and his white naniiilooRs were drinninc red with tho sanguinary vogotablo I A simultaneous shriek burst from all .is Bcmblcd. "Good Gracious,Mr. Singleton is woun ded ! Murder 1 Murder ! Call a physician ! Scizo the murderer I Send for Dr. Spill power ! Quick he'll bleed to death ! Mur der ! Murder I The infuriated audience rushed hither and thither, and some ono encountering John, tho waiter, with a carving knifo iu his baud, tool: him for tho perpetrator of the crime and seized upon him without de lay. John struggled and nworo, aud laid iibuuthiin with right good will, but he was overpowered by numbers and at last obliged lo yield, There was a regular fight, and black eyct, and swelled noses, added largely to the beauty of scene. Tho ladies fi'jd to tho ante-toom, Judge FIjii- ders rau for a surgeon,and during tbo nic- ' i"eCt l,i,lfcter u:"no'1 Mar Villis- , Hie nouses were somewhat similar, and "roused her from r. sound slumber Spriuging from tho bed, regardless of the fact that her teeth were out aud her "nat- l!t-1 .1 . . unu curl" "PM"g " oureau-urawer ! suu uuu 10 11,0 ".ousl- Jr nearo ueigu- uo anu i . i securing assistance returned to nioet the horrified Singleton just emerging from the door. Poor Singleton tried to explain, but Miss Willis would listen to nothing : her lhc !,lrj,r at tbo Whitestown Hotel was a raiuer serious one. i no orator U Toolo hod his noso broken; Dr Spillpowder broko his horse's wind to get there before ho should bleed to death ; John,the waitor broke tho heads of half a dozen gentleman who assisted in his capture ; and Judgo Flanders broko all the buttons off his waistbauds running after tho surgeon and and shouting murder. Mr. Singletou is yet unmarried, as Cue a fellow as you could wish; and if you want to see blushing, just mention torn: to sauce to Liui, A Whole Family in Heaven. The following boautiful passage is from the pen of llov. Albert Barnes-: "A whole family iu Heaven who can describe their ovcrhsting joy I No ono is absent. No father, nor son, nor daughter is a away. In tho world below asceud togothor. Be foro the throne they bow together in uni ted adoration. On tho bank of tho river of lifo they walk hand in baud ; and 93 a family they have commenced a career of glory which shall bo everlasting. Thoro j ot aud and thequestion was at onoo is hcrcaftor to be no separation of that 1 raised, ' What further proceedings could family. No ono is to lio down on a bed of to had in that Court I" Tho wifo, who pain. No one is to wander away into teni-1 liko Niobe, nil iu tears, was called up and ptatiou. No oue to sink iuto the arms of a5ke(l tllQ Court if either of theso men death. Never iu Iloaren ia that family to was her husband ? Sho replied that che move along iu a Mow procession, clad in had becn married to both, but having tho habiliments of woo, to consign ono ol learned that hor first husband was doad, its members to tho tomb. God grant that 8'"' formed an attachment for Reibo three in His infinite mercy every family my bo J'09" afterwards and married him. After thus united." i asuriiijj iho Court of her deeply acatd , , ' attaehment alwiiyu for Carey, and now icaTAweo littlo girl in this city besought her warm affection for Reibo, who had hor mother, as sho was going out shopping heen to her an affectionate and devted hus tbe other day, to bring her homo a baby. ( band, the Court inquired of her, viz : Tho indulgent parent selected a pretty ' "What do you now propose to do j live doll, and on her return made the prcseuta- ! with your first husband, who is legally tioa, expecting to seo her daughter great fl,,ch' or J'our lttit buiband, who by mis ly pleased with it. But tbo precious child "Pprenltenslon, and unintentionally, you oould hardly keep tho tears from her oyca ba,v" mIad8 jour huiband ?" win t that I wnt a mot bsby ?" I jp,dwrd Caray." i)Htscellaneons3tcm liomance in Hear Life. On Tuesday, in tho I'olico Court, singular occurrcnca in real lifo took placs, which, in this city, at least has seldom transpired. The facts aro these : About '. 0 'car3 3(5 a mi,n Damcd ward Gary t lcft an nffcotionnto nod bountiful wife and threo interestiiiL' childrcu, to seek o for tuuo iu tho uiiuos of California. For ono year after his arrival in the gold country, ! Carey received u money, was oonipelled to adopt other means to obtain a livelihood for herself and littla ones. Iu a few weeks thereafter Mr.Caruy received information that her husband had been killed in the mines, which was corroborted by a sub scquet lettor received from California For three years she lived, as she suppos ed she was, a widow, and rcaeivin; the attentions of an Italian named Josopb Reibo, who suocikd in gaining her affect ions, she consented lo marriage and u year ago tho two wero legally united in tho bunds of wedlock, aud have ever since lived quito happily together. On Sunday last, as the church bells wero summoning to the bouso of God tho worshippers of the truo Being, Edward Carey who bad ur rived direct from California by the morn ing train, was making inquiries iu the neighbourhood (in whioh his family resid ed wheu he loft Cincinnati,) for bis wife arid children. His neighbors and friends -tood :imaz',d and trembled upon behold ing tho man whom they had long since beliovod to be bead. Upon being as'ured that it was Carey, who was not dead but living', bo was astounded with tho iuteligetioo Jihat his wife, who had also believed that he had "gone lo that bourno whence ho traveller returns," was again married to another man, with whom sho was now living in dotnestio felicity. Ascertaining the resideneo of Mr", and Mrs. Reibe, tho afflicted husband haatoned to ascertain whether what he had heard was truo of false. Knocking at the door, a tall Italian, measuring six feet ono and one-half inches, camo to the door. Caroy inquired : "Does Mrs. Keibe live here J" ltaliau "Sho does will you walk in?'' Carey "Yes sir; will you pleas tell her that a gentleniau desires to see her?" The Italian consented, and on going to tho door leading into the dining room, culled bis wife by her first name. She auswered, and, all full of smiles came run ning down iuto the parlor. Upon seeing her husband, who rose from bis seat to meet her, she screamed out "My God. Gary 1" aul fell fainting to the floor, when Carey informed Reibo that ho was Edward Caroy, the lady's lawful husband, licibc also claimed her as his wife, aud added, "1 shall never give her up." Be fore the wife had full recovered from her hiDting attack two husbands had becomo engaged iu angry, violent words, resulting ii Carry drawing a pistol on Reibe, and by tho latter being forcibly ejected frctn his house. Reibe, on Mouday morning, had a warrcttt sworn out in the Police Court, charging Carey with disorderly conduot and provoking him to commit a breach of peaoe. Carey wat arrested, and orraigncd before Judge Warren, in the presence of Reibe and the wife ho as ked the Court to hear an explanation be fore ho euterud hia plea. Judgo Warren cousonted, and Carey dated that ho and Rcibeboth claimed the lady (pciuting to Mrs. Carey Rfibe) as wifo, and he believ ed himself to bo the legal claimant, had beconio disordely in demanding of Rcide that he ehould givo her up. Reibo. through tho Prosecuting Attorney, Mr. Staub, ex hibited to tbo Court tho rnarriago ccrtifi- The scene which followed oaa never b doscribed. Carey and his wifo approach ed caoh other and wept aloud, whilo tho disappointed Italian, seated in his chair n statue, presented a picture of dnjpair and disappointment. Presently his feci ngs were overcome, and ha grievously wept, clisiting tho sympathy ol all. Carey and hia wife, arm in arm, loft tha Court house, and Reibe, after receiving kindly admonition from tho Court that ho must bo resigned, mid pursue tbo matter no further, left tho presence of tho Court deeply chagrined and terribly mortiGod at tho ft to whioh had befallen him. Carey and his family aro preparing to leave tho city, and Reibe, all alons in a deserted house, refuses to bo comforted. Legal Intellig'-jucc. A coutryuriu walked iuto the ofijoo of Lawyer Barns, ono day and began his ap plication : 'Barns, I have come to get ycur advice in n case I hut is giving me some trouble.' 'Well what is it V 'Suppose now,' said the client, 'that a man had ono spring of water on his laud, and his neighbor belo'V should build a dam across its creek through bcth of their farms, and it was to back the water up into the other man's ring ; what ought to he done ?' ''Sue him, tue him by all means,' said the lawyer, who always became excited in proportion to tho aggravation'of his clients 'You can recover heavy damages, sir, and the law will make him pay well for it Just givo me the easq, aud I'll bring tbo money from him, und if he hasn't a groat deal of property, it will break him up, sir.' 'But stop, Barns,' cried the terrified ap plicant for legal advice, 'its I that built the dam and its neighbor Junes that owni tho spring, and ho threatens to sue me.' The keen lawyer hesitated a moment before he tacked hit ship and kept on. 'Ah ! well, sir, you say you built a dam across that creek. What Bort of a dam was it, sir ?' 'It was ajuill dam, sir.' 'A mill dam for grindinggrain, was it ? 'Yes it was just that ' And it is a good neighborhood mill is it ? 'So it is, sir, and you may well say so' 'And all jour neighbor bring their grain to be ground do they I' 'Yet, sir. all but Joucs ' 'Then it is a public convenience, is it not !' 'To be sure it is. I would not have built it but for that. It is so far superior to any other mill, sir.' 'And now,' said the old lawyer, 'you tell me that man Jones is complaining just be cause the water from your dam happens to put back into his little spriug. and he is threatening toaue you. Well, all I havo to say is to lot him sue you, and he will rue the day as sure as my name is Darns.' --.- - On a very rainy day, a man entering his house, was aecostcd by bis wife in tho following manner : "Now my dear, wbiloyou aro wet, go and fetch me a bucket of water." He obeyed, brought the-water and threw it all over her, Baying at tho same time : "Now, my dear, while you are wet, go und fetob another." The Deacon and the Wa3p. A worthy Deacon in a good town in Maine,was remarkable foi tbo facility with which ho quoted Scripture on all occasions Tho divine word was ever at his tongtio's end, and all the trivial, as well as impor tant occurranccs of life furnished occasion of quoting tho languago of the Bible. Wbai was better, however, the exemplary man always mado his quotations the standard of action. Ono hot day, ho was engaged in mowing, with his hired men, who were leading off, tho deicon followed with his dwath coining in apt quotations, when the man suddently sprang from bis place, leaving hia swath just in tima to escape a wasp's nest. "What it tbo matter V hurriedly asked the deacon. 'Pooh 1" said tha deacon, ''the wicked flee when no man pursucth, but the right eous aro as bold as a lion 1" and taking tho workman's swath ho mowed but a Btep when a swarm of brisk inscots settled about his cars, and ho wat foroed to re treat with many a painful sting, and in great discomfciturc. "Ah 1" shouted tho other with a chuck le, "tho prudent man foreseeth tho evil and hideth himself, but tho simple pasg on and aro punished " The good doacou had found his equal in making applications o( the ssared wTit'tngt and thereafter was not kuown to qaott Scripturo in a mowing field. Letter from Hon. C. L. Valland- igham. Wr.NDson, 0. W., March 7, 1604. Mows. Hubbarn and Bros.,Daytcn,Ohio: Gl'hti.euen I read, several days ago, tho telegraphic announcement of tha "rid- dling" of tho Jiinpiic office by "furloughod soldiers." I offer you no tmypathy, for that'will avail nothing now or here after. I do express to you my profound regret that you were not prepared to inflict on tha spot, and in the midst of tbo assault, tha complete puuislnncnt which the assailants deserved ; but I am gratified to learn that some of them did soon after rcccivo their deserts, Rut thoso cowardly acts cannot always be guarded against. And they, do not primatity come from tho '"soldiers." There is, thcrcforo, but one remedy for past and preventive of futuro injuries ; and that is, instant, 'summary, aud ample re prisals upon tho persons and property of iho men at home, who, by languago and conduct, arc always inciting to thoso out rads. No legal nor military punishment u ever inflicted upon the immediate in strumous. Retaliation, llictcforo, in tho or,ly and rightful remedy in theso timca l.ke thoso, I speak advisedly, and re commend it in all cases hereafter. It is of no avail lo announce the falsehood that "both parties condemn it," after the de struction lias been consumatcd. The timo h s gono by fur obedienco without protec tion. I speak decided language ; but the continual recurrence of thcs.o outrages frequently attonded with murder, and al ways without redress demands it. Thoy must be stopped, let the consequence' bo what they may, Reprisals in mob csbqs aro now the only way loft for a return to law and order. Very truly, C. L. Vallandiquam. Butter at the Old Price. Some where iu Connecticut there is a family by the name of Barstow, who wero never noted for cleanliness. On the con trary, the name was proverbial for filth incas. They were farmers, and Mrs Bar stowo, was engaged in tho dairy business. Each week she posted to a village near by and disposed of her butter to Squire Wal ker who dealt in country produce and groceries. Ere long sho learned that sho did not get half as much for her butter as her neighbor! wero receiving, and this aroused her usual quiet temper, and sbo determined to demand an explanation of Squire Walker the next timo fsho wont to market. So tho following week, with her regular amount of butter, sho presented herself at the grocer's counter and said. "Squire Walker, what aro you paying for butter to day ?" Ho opened her boxes, and after a care ful survey of tho contents replied.. "Twelve and a half cents" "Twelve and a half cents," ehe ropcat ed. "How is it that you pay Mrs. Per kins twenty cents a pound, and only allow uie nenepenee and this you have done all along I" "Well," said the squire, coloring up and hesitating on each word, "the faet is, Mrs. Barstow, your butter is not so clean as hors, and I find it hard work to get rid of it at that prico even, when people know who mado it." ''If that is all that is required," she re plied with a confident air, "I vvilTsbow them that I em make as good butter and as clean butter as any body." Mrs. Barstow all czcitod hurried home, notwithstanding the oppressive heat of tho afternoon, and seizing the milk strainor, aud wiping tho prespiration from her face, exclaimed to her daughter : "Btitscy Ann, Squire Walker had tha impudence to tell mo that my butter was not 03 clean as Nancy Pcrkin's, and now I mcau to show him that I can mako as clean buttor as Bhe." "Du tell ! I think I ehould try mother replied Betsy Ann, emphatically. Mrs. Barstow commencod skimming her milk and cream into her old fashioned churn. It was all i:i but tbo. last pan, when mounted upon a stool, was reaching after that ; but unfortunately, Bhe slipped and ono of her dirty feet went down into tho churn until it brought up at the bottom, scattering it in every direction. Extriaot ing herself as soon as possible, sho com mencod scraping tho croain from her limb and throwing it back into tho churn, and in a slow deliberate tono to her daugh'or, who was laughing in a very unbecoming manner at her parent's mishap, "Well Betsey Ann, I guess my buttor will havo o rjo at tha oRpriw onoe mor,"