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man, while-residing 'in South America
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pie resredy for the cure of Nfervons Wek
J ness, Early Decay, diseases of the Urinary
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, . . BT ARTHUR MOBRELL.
One, evening Johnoy .went to woo
One evening in October;. , ,
Soch business was to him quite new, ;
And he felt rather sober.
So when he reached his charmer's house,
' He sat him in the corner j ' t
Hi" Dolly was a boxora blouse
, By no means did he scorn her..
This maiden with her father dwelt .
She was her mother's daughter ;
And as John Razed, he "kind o felt
All over kind o' tori o"
AlUn her best she was arrayed,
For John was her first suitor
He swore she wa as i:cao as ile
Perhaps a little cuter !"
That is, unto himself he swore,
For ne'er a word was spoken ; , ' ,
They sal for three good hours or more, , -And
silence was unbroken.
Her li::le heart went pitta-pat. .
And he felt dreadful queery ;
He scratched his head and brushed his hat,
Xpi spoke not to bis deary.
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The ribbons which adorned her bair,
He looked at and admired ;
The crimson on her cheek so fair,
With love hia heart inspire. v
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He hem'd and haw'd, and tried to speak,
For he was growing bolder ;
But still his courage was too weak
"His love he never told her."
Impatien'ly did Dolly wait
. For him to speak unto her.
Until 'twas growing rather late -And
thus did Johnny woo her.
At length his Dolly fell asleep,
And John though! he'd be goinsr
WI "ues Fll go and feed them sheep,"
So ended John's first wooiug. 1
Slate ofEeaTcr mtreil toifie Calon.
Editor Star: I undertake to communi
cate you the very pleasing intelligence of
the reparation to the Union of the State of
Beaver, and how it was accomplished. I
think it one of the m ost brilliant achieve-
mems ot the glorious war
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The Federal
forces not nomberiug over one hundred,
4 horse, loot, and dragoon,"' marcheti into
the State so suddenly that the enemy were
fairly taken, by surprise, and : before they
could recover the Union troops had taken a
sirong position behind an extensive em-
banknieot, o i th VlcCauiey rail road, with
the Mountain io their re-ir It was a most
excellent selection for military operation,
(our Artist is abroad or I woulJ have him
engrave a fine steel plate showing the po-
sition ith its surroundings,) to give yoor
readers a belter idea than I can y pen,
particularly the Whitk Hocse. Some
thre or foor hundred yardi in Iront of (he
embankment where the enemy was con
senirated behind a barricade erected in the
house ; a counsel of war wa held by the
enemy; they concluded it would h rash
ness to attack our forces, and determined to
remain behind the barric ade and - await an
attack, they did not have to wait long.
The Union forces made a brilliant charge
and betore the enemy could recover from
the dreadful onslaught, it wis sxojllowed I
The detest was so complete thai the enemy
that escaped co-opperaied at once with the
Union forces, and soon produced a Union
feeling throughout the entire State ; a treaty
o peace an(1 amily wa8 a, once conc0.
afjd ,h; reTolted citizens hive pledged
- ,hemgel,e8 fo .ot? fof the candidate for
. PresWijnt, tfiVA to "maintain the Union !
Jh9 ,roop8 aftef accomplishing thee great
ends heafd ,heu Genera, B,y . i Sirika yonr
tenta and march awayf whch wa, dona
. to ,ha tun9 0f 4Be9 (ha conqne:ing hero
come r they can virtually sav, "We
came, we saw, we conquere J."
SacisT.
Beaver Valley Nov. 3, 1864.
Dcstcctivb Storm in Schuvlkili, County.
On I an 1 Friday, rooming a heavy storm of
wind and rain passed over Mahanoy City.
Schuylkill conuty,' causing-' considerable
damage. Two new churches were in pro
gress of erection; on a stone structure
for a Catholic1 congregation, and the other . a
neat brick - building for the Methodist con
gregation under the pastoral care of Rev.
Henry H Davis. The last described edi
fice was uoder roofy - and the workmen
were laying the floors at the time of the
mishap ; the building was completely
wrecked by the violence of the wind, noth
ing but the front wall remaining. The ga
ble end of the Catholic charch was blown
down. Fortunately no persoo was serious
ly hurt. Age of 2d, inst. ; ' t ,
: A Sad Sicht. A spectacle whtch shock
ed all beholders was seen orr Broadway
yesterday. It was a' squad of soldiers in
the xiajional uniform chained hand and loot,
limping down'tne'sjireet. ' It reminded one
of the chain-gang so vividly described in
Victor Hugo's Lea Misetables, excepting
that these unlortunate men were obliged to
foot ir, while "the French convicts had Jhe
privilege of, a conveyance. Toese m,en
were .deserters, perhaps worse criminals,
but whatever they had done, -their treat
ment was scandalous, and inhuman exhi
bitions of this character discourage volun
leering, and, are demoralizing in their effect
opoo the community. Journal of Commerce.
A CALIFORNIA IICROINE.
BY ROBKRT F. GRECLC7.
A clumsy vehicle, which for want of a
belter, plied in the year 1850 between the
city of Sacramento and the mining camps
oin the route to Placerville, (then known by
the elegant name ol Hangtown,) was toil
ing with difficulty' up a narrow and stony
defile of the hills. - The agent bad taken
no more than his usual allowance of pass
engers. These were an oddly assorted set.
There was the successful miner, just re
turning trom a trip to the Bay with his huge
guard shains and massive gold ring, his
bran new suit, and his endless stock of- re
gal iaa, which he offered to everybody.
There were several youthful adventurers,
who were on their first travels, and were
boisterously astonished or amused at every
thing they saw, while they generously
shared the .contents of their hamper , ot
provision.) with all who would accept.
t Several were sailors, two were trading Jews
I wanrlnrinrr al! ntar ihn rnnnlrv with nacks
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on their backs, and equally ready to sell
you a suit of clothes, or.purchase your gold
dust. A young lady, clad in, a neat-fitting
traveling dress, with dark veil drooping
gracefully over her sweet face Irom a jaun
ty little gipsy bonnet, occupied .with her
protectress a tall stout lady of the strong"
minded sort, spectacles, a portion of the
rear seat. The remaining traveler, who
got on by the way, and carried a portman
teau, was a youih of scarcely twenty, with
ilong rolling hair, brond collar turned down
over his coal, which wa buttoned up to
the chin, and a natty cane, vvhjch he han
dled a gracefully as a lady handle her
fan. He carried a sketch book under his
arm, and had, withal, such an ingratiating
way with him, that from the interchange of
cold civilties, he had soon cultivated the
acquaintance of both the ladies even the
sternness of the elder disappearing as she
gazed on the boyish beauty of these .fea
tures, on which not the sign of a moustache
was yet visible.
On the top of the vehicle, in he midst
of (he Io2ge, a game of card was in pro-
! gress between acouple of ragged gentle
men in slouch hats and bloe blankets, while
by the side of the driver, silent, armed and
watchful, sal the express passenger, under
whose care a late sum ol coin, for the pnr-
! rhiw it'. onlJ dint ora nmrepAma In the
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The vehicle had prosressed one half the
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i distance toward its ultimate destination, and
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rap hi prfte, wnea inc on wiitrci pituck
heavily against a projecting rock, causing
the stage to rebound, aud sway with its
head toward tue precipice. The hor-es, in
sudden fright, started down. the. abrupt
descent at a dangerous corve. The stage
was iusi oveTtnrned and rolled heavily to
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Ihe bottom, just as a loud clap of thunder
broke the stiilnpss, end the rain descended
in torrents. Amid ihe general wreck, the
pa$enger crawled, one -after another, to
the shelter ol a clump of cedars adjoining,
The elder lady had sustained some severe
bruises, and her daughter miht have fared
worse had it not been lor the younger trav
eler, who, seeingthe way the s:age inclined,
had thrown h iffirel I before her, aod so bro
ken the fall. Several others had sustained
severe contusions, and the driver was ly
ing senseless near the top of the hill, with
the cause of the mischief by bis side a
broken bot:le, which, had lately been full
of whisky.
The emergency was pressing, and it was
evident something must be done, as not one
of those present possessed sufficient knowl
edge to bind a ligature or dress a wound. .
In this dilemma the youih came forward.
"How far is it," be asked, "to the near
est mining camp V
'-Ten miles al least," replied the express
messenger, who knew all the road.
"Some of yon cut the traces; I'll ride
there myself," said the youth, seeing that
no ooe else volunteered the service..
"You !" rejoined the messenger: "over
such a road as this "
"Assuredly; why 'not V was the almost
defiant rejoinder. . ",
"You'd break down the first half dozen
miles that's why."
. . But the traces were cut, and the lad was
mounted, and flying over the hills like Tarn
O'Shanter, before the messenger's word
bad escaped his lips, in spite ot the storm.
A dreary hour succeeded ; the rain had
ceased, but the thunder still kept on mut
tering' The passengers had somewhat re
covered from their first shock; but strange
ly enough, the two lellows who had ridden
00 the roof had disappeared, neither having
sustained the least damage as is usual in
such cases. .
Another boor passed, more weary than
that which bad preceded it. All at once,
the look-put, posted on the : ridge . announ
ced an approaching vehicle. - .
It was like the cry, ."A sail ! a sail V to
mariners floundering on a raft at sea.
In a few moments more, a commodious
tage coach rolled up at a gallop, the young
mart who had rendered the company this
signal service riding, beside it 00 afresh
horse, ,-tbat .the .conveyance might, not be
overcrowded. The stage was also accom-
paniedjby a surgeon similarly' mounted,
and duly equipped with all the necessaries
for the preservation of life and limb.
The youth's first attention was devoted 10
the ladies, both of whom were at once pro
nouoced out of danger r by. the. anrgeon in
attendance.-" A comfortable cottier was ar
ranged for them in the stage, and accom
modation was found for the rest , but the
driver of the broken vehicle would never
more flourish the whip-lash about the ears
of the gallant greys he bad driven. He had
died on the spot where he had fallen, and
was buried there, underneath the spreading
shade of the gloomy cedars, with a pile of
stones hastily gathered for hia only monu
ment, and Ihe pealing tones of thunder,
now dying away in the distance, for a re
quiem. ;
Itso jroved that there was but one
really habitable hooee in the district, where
anything like comfort was attainable, and
this was the abode of the doctor, who, with
alacrity, gave it op to the ladies in their
need, with a glance at Alicia, especially, in
which was conveyed a sentiment wnrmer
than mere consideration, for a sick patient.
The yooth casting aside all personal con
sideration, generously resolved, at the par
ticular request of both, to share, the tempo
rary delay, and was assiduous in his atten
tions, varvins his amusements br an
occasional walk in ;the suburbs, where he
won every heart by the unassuming manner
in which he conversed with all whom he
encountered, no matter how rudely clad
More than once be was seen in converse
with some ugly looking characters, against
whom he was cautioned to be on his guard.
- Ot an evening he would station himself
by the vine-bordered window, out of which
the pretty Alicia leant, singing toft airs
with' her,, while the surgeon, who believed
himself to be gelling along famously, paid
attention to the ladies within.
"That's a smart little fellow," said the
doctor one evening, the youthful cavalier
absenting himself unaccountably. l have
taken quite a fancy to him. Is he your
son, madam V
The lady, who was the wife of Judge
Tvrrel, going to join him withher daughter,
whom she t)3d brought out from - the
"States," replied in the negative to the
doctor's inquiry.'
"A mere chance acquaintance," she
said, "we met him by one of the accidents
of travel on the route ; but he has been
very polite io us, and as ray husband has
wealth, and influence,' 1 had designed, if
possible, to procure him a situation."
" A smart boy like that should soon
care his way to fortune," said Dr John
stone. .
"Boy I" rejoined Alicia, with warmth,
and then with a sudden blush falling bark
f inlfi mnrp than hpr nanal rpprrp "I'm
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; sure he s more manly than many of his se
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! mors whom 1 have tret with on the jour-
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ney."
The dialogue was terminated by an unu
sual occurrence. A crowd of miners and
laborers were approaching the house, bear
ing upon their shoulders the youth who
had just been the subject of cenvereaton.
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i his leu arm was carried in a sling, while in
; h faand fae A a Jhe
treasure in the hands of the express-man
j had been attacked, it appeared, on its way
to the hands of the highwaymen, had it not
been lor the yoaih in question, who, having
overheard the project discussed among
some ol the rough characters loitering in
the neighborhood, had quietly organized a
parly, and rescued the treasure, after a
desperate fight, in which he had received
his wound.
"My brave little fellow!" said the Doc
tor, who was a magistrate also, "you shall
be well rewarded for this good service "
"Tell your citizens," replied the young
fellow proudly, that Mark .Meredith des
sires no belter reward than their approba
tion." '
Alicia gave him her hand; and as she
did so, Dr. Johns'one observed, with a sigh,
that her whole frame heaved, and her
cheeks were flushed till they vied with the
roses in bis garden.
The service rendered by Mark was of
little avail however, for the room of tfee
unlucky expressman was entered that night
and the chesi of treasure taken from under
bis head, where it had served for a pillow,
without awakening him. - An empty vial
of chloroform, found on the floor by his
bedside, demonstrated the means by which
the robbery was accomplished. It bore
Dr. Johnstone's label ; but he was positive
that lor a month none bad left his surgery.
In fact, he would allow no one to adminis
ter it but himself ;' and how the bottle iti
question had left his shelves, was a rays-.
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A year elapsed, during which the inti
mate relations existing between the Tyrrels
andyoong Meredith continued. The party
had reached Grass, Valley, in which beau
tiful village, the centre of a. great mining
and agricultural industry, the family was
domiciled. Judge Tyrrel possessed un
bounded influence, and readily procured for
the handsome lad a position as clerk in his
own office, allowing him, in addition, a
room al his own mansion, and treating him
more as a sob than as au underling. The
youcg fellow prospered, attended to busi
ness, and was very assiduous in ail his du
ties. His fondness for open air exercises
frequently carried him off on horseback
excursions across the bills ; but beyond
this passtime the hoars. not devoted to bu
siness were passed io the society of Alicia,
who appeared enraptured by his attentions,
They' sang doeis'and danced minutes, while
the old lady slept ; and Mark dutilutly at
tended them both, to church, thus taking a
weighty responsibility off the Jodge's
shoulders, The latter was 'not on? a mag
istrate, but count ; treasurer,- and - being a
politician, was exclusively occupied with.
- affairs of public moment,
j Mailers were converging to an interesting
: crisis, as far as Mark and Alicia were con
i cerned a crisis, which promised lo be has
tened by a point-blank proposal from Doc
tor Johnstone, who was a frequent visitor
at the house of Jude Tyrrel. Alicia has
tened to tell her young lover what had hap
pened'. Mark's, countenance assumed a
look of unfeigned dismay.
"We are ruined," he exclaimed in de
spair ; "The Doctor's position and pros
pects will give him weight with your father,
it not with Mrs. Tyrrel also. There is oue
hope only, and that is flight !"
"Don't speak so sadly, Mark," said the
beauty, clinging to him as the ivy clings lo
its supporting oak; "my mother is already
on my side ; and as for papa, money is no
recommendation in his eyes as you well
know."
'I will see him, and thai, too, before the
Doctor has an opportunity. Should he re
fuse me, a carriage will be in whiting this
evening at the end of the lane, into which
you will enter, and to-morrow we may
again present ourselves as man and wile."
He waited only 10 obtain her assent, and
left her to put his plans into execution
An unprejudiced percon might have tbo't
his subsequent action somewhat singular;
for, instead of going in search of the judge
direct, he repaired to the lavero, where he
"foniid Mr. Johnstone philosophically smo
king a cigar, as he wailed for the stage
coach that was to convey him home.
A few words whispered in ihe Doctor's
ear sufficed to enwreath that person's coun
tenance in smiles. He pressed Mark's
hand warmly, and said, ' From the bottom
of my heart I thank yon ! I shall be punc
tual. At the end of the lane you say ?''
"Yes, hush ! enough, and be cautious."
About an hour afterwards, a messenger
left a noe for the judge requesting his
presence at a neighboring mining camp on
political business of importance; and, in
another like interval, another like messen
ger came rushing alter him just as he had
discovered thb first message 10 be a hoax
announcing that his daughter Alicia had
disappeared, and that the public strong box,
which was secured In a vauli beneath his
office had been rifled of all its contents.'
Jukge Tyrrel was a passionate man , arid
as decided as passionate. He flew like
wildfire back to the village, where the troth
of the latter announcement became too
painfolly apparent. Worse than all, ihe
lad whom he had regarded end 'fostered as
a son had vanished also; and as Mark held
his keys, there could be ln'Ie doubt as to
who was the culprit. Instant pursuit was
ordered, and a posa of men, under charge
of the sheriff's officer, set out to recover
the missing treasure. They came upon the
retreating band ol marauders a little after
nightfall; lor they had rightly guessed
toward what quarter the robbers would con
vey their booty. A desperate conflict en
sued in which several were wounded and
one or two killed. Among the former was
Mark Merediih, who on his clothes being
turn open to give relief exhibited the sym
metrical developments of a woman !
The mystery of man- of the adroit rob
berries which had been perpetrated of late
in thai and adjoining districts were now ap
parent. The employment of a fnnale con
lederate, able and bold enough to disguise
herself at will, or to assume on occasion
the customs and peculiarities of a man,
had given them advantages which ihey
were not slow lo improve. The pretended
Mark (as the records of the California
criminal calender informs cs) was but an
abandoned actress, who, yielding to the
downward impulse, had by degress become
associated with the gang of marauders
whose achievements were thus abrubtly
and ingloriously terminated.
As for the doctor, he doubtless enjoyed
Am ride with the fair Alicia for his compan
ion., but the discovery of the deception that
had been practised upon her frustrated his
hopes, and he is still a bachelor, while Ali
cia still pines in blooming maidenhood,
beneath the bowers in which her young
heart's dearest affections were betrayed.
There is a fellow in Norristown so dirty
.that the assessors have put him down as
"real estate."
A Pennsylvania editor, in an appeal to
his patrons says : " The editor wants
grain, pork, tallow, candles, whiskey, lin
en, beeswax, wool, and aything else he
can eat."
Somebody says that our pasions are
older than our reason, because passions are
born with us, but reason don't follow till a
long lime after. This is a slander upon all
babies. When a baby is spanked do&'t he
holler ? Yes. And hasn't he got a reason?
Yes and a mighty good reasoo, too.
A Lady correspondent, who assumes to
know how boys ought to be trained, writes
to an exchsng as follows : "O, mothers ! j
hunt out the soft, tender, genial side ct ;
your boy's nature." Mothers often do J
with an old shoe to the boy's benefit.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that a bare-footed boy need not
put a government stamp on bis big ice be
fore be "stumps" it. Considering the high
price of shoe leather this is a very impor
tant decision. '
Plato being told that some enemies had
spoken ill of him, said, "it matters not ; I
will endeavor so to live that do one shall
believe them."
r The Stomach'. Appeal.
j Who, bat an idiot or some unprincipled
. servant, or recklessly wasteful spendthrift,
j would thiuk of building as large fires ia
their houses in the April spring time as in
; bleak December? And yet, ladies and
'gentlemen, statesmen, philosophers, and
! scholars of, every grade; the Judge, ihe
senator, the lawyer and the clergyman, all
commit the more unpardonable lolly un
pardonable, because it is against light and
in favor of the lower instincts and propen
sities of not only eating as much as the
appetite demands, but of "taking some
thing" to stimulate that appetite to call for
more than nature really needs, as the warm
weather approaches. The two objects of
eating as to men and women are to give
vigor to the body and to keep it warm j
hence all food contains two principles in
greater or lees proportions, according to the
quality, to wit : nutrition and warmth. We
need nourishment all lite year round ; hence
we must all the year round, eat food which
contains nourishment ; that is the fl con
forming principles. But in the warm
weather, the food which contains the most
mere fuel should be 10 a certain extent cur
tailed, or we will create too much heal with
in us, and that is lever, wnose victim are
counted by millions every year this ex
cess of heat, this fever, being generated by
eating food which contains more warmth,
more fuel, (called carbon by chemists )
than the season of the year requires. To a
certain extent nature regulates the demand
and supply by diminishing the appetite as
warm weather approaches: but many mis
interpret her endeavore and because they
find that as the spring comes on their apn
petites are not as vigorous as they were a
tew weeks earlier, begin to take alarm,
think they are going to get sick, and con
clude they certainly will get sick unless
they can get op the appetite of kind win
ter; hence, they begin to take Dutch gin,
under the name of Schiedam schnapps,
plantation bitters, or cheap whiskey, with
just enough of Colombo roost or other bit
ter to &iie it "a trace" of bitter and rob
it of the name of "rot gut," or dirty beer,
or ale, or porter all these things tending
to cheat nature into a call for mor food than
she requires, .to impote on the stomach
more labor than it can perform, hence lay
ing the ground for summer fevers and dys
pepsias, which brings death lo thousands
every year who might have lived lo a good
eld age had they simply let themselves
and like any other dogs, or donkeys, or
wild beasts, had simply given the stom
ach ret, and waited for an appetite.
The gsneral lessons lor spring are, eat
only when you are hungry, and 10 the ex
tent of satisfying an unstimulated appetite;
eat less of carbonaceous fond, such as fats,
meats, oils, syrups, etc , and more cooling
articles, snch as green salads, vegetables,
berries, fruits, and whatever has a natural
tartness or acidity, there deing little or no
carbon or heat in them but ihey contain
as much nutriment as the system requires.
Hilts Journal cf Ile ilih.
A Bio Bco Stort. A few evenings since
in our "private club," there was a learned
dissertation Subject "Bedbugs and their
remarkable tenacity of life."
One aserted of his own knowledge that
they could te boiled and then come to life.
Some had soaked "hem four hours in tur
pentine without any fatal consequence
Old Banks, who had been listening to
an outsider, here gave his experience in
coroboratlng the facts. Says he:
"Some years ago, I ook a hed-bng to an
iron foundry, and dropped it into the ladle
where the melted iron was, had it ran into
a skillet. Well, my old woman had used
that skillet pretty constantly fr the last six
years, and here the other day it got broke
all to smash, and what do you thiuk gentle
men, that 'ere insect just walked out of his
hole, where he'd been laying like a frog in
a rock, and made tracks for his old roost
up stairs !"
"Bui," added he by way of parenthesis,
'.'he looked mighty pa'e !"
A profound dealer in statistic" says :
''Only 65 persons otit of 100 marry ; of
this 65, three are divorced, eisbt run away,
fourteen live like cats and dog, thirty are
indifferent, and ten are happy. Miserable
world."
A Chance A young lady advertises in
the Cleveland Plaindealer for a yonng gen
tleman to act as an amanuensis. He most
be able to write in ciphers, and when not
thus engaged, he will be expected to read
poetry with feeling, converse with ease, and
be able to play cribbase and backgammon.
He must expect to be kissed when she is
pleased, and cuffed when she i not ; but
as hertemper is acknowledged to be good,
there will be more kising than cuffing.
Ben. Butler is said to be furious against
Gen. McClellao. It is natural the "Beast"
should be so. Were it otherwise, General
McClellan would have just cause for mor
tification. A few days since sity white men, con
scrirted into ' the widow-maker's" army,
were mardhed along the streets of Cincin
nati!, guarded by ten swarthy niggers t Says
the paper chronicling the fact : "The down
cast look of the white men, and the leer
and swagger of the negro soldiers, brought
tears to the eyes of many a witness" of this
culmination of the Lincoln dynasty."
The best capital to begin life on is a
capital wife.
j Thunder in Fkrrdarv. Meeting an etd
i friend from West Newberry, the other day,
he reminded us of an affair that happened
there some years since, over which we
have enjoyed many a hearty laugh together.
A gentleman residing in West Newberry,
having missed a good many sticks from bis i
woodpile, his suspicions fell' upon swell,
to do but miserly neighbor of his, whom he ,
thought capable of the act. He resolved
accordingly, to resort to the old expedient,
not only in the centre, but in several minor
crevicer. Sure enough, they disappeared,
and one looking very much like it ''might
have been seen," as James says, on the
suspected gentleman's hearth on the , ensu
ing Sunday.. Before it, in a huge tin kitch
en, a turkey was browning itseli into a cli
max. All ot a oddavff avibandring explf
sion was heard, the tin kitchen was blown
into a ihousaud ; atoms, the dismembered
turkey flew through the atmosphere, and
the old 10m cat disappeared up the chim- ,
ney. v The old gentleman and bis maiden
sister were horribly "skert," but not ma
terially injured, and the former was the first
to win his voice. "Sister," said he, "that
ere was the loudest thunder T ever heard in
February." The next day, the plotter of
Ihe mischief sent a tin pedler to the dep
redator's house. "Want any tin ware!"
said the Yankee "No, no !" said the old
gentleman, testily. "Why yes you do,"
I rejoined the pedler; "your memory mast
j be dreadful short. Most all your neighbors
say that you want a tin kittheu " A pair of
1 tongs flew through the air, and the tin ped
ler dodged and made ."tracks." Looking
in the window, he exclaimed, "better fcev
it now, it's a fiusl rate article warrant it to
Btaud most any climate, and all sorts of
weather, from airthqoakes down to thnder.""
Bcll Frog Old Dr. Levi Bullsn Epis
copalian, of Chester, who died six or eight
years ago, used to; tell of a manand his
wife plain people bearing the uneupho
nious surname of Frog, and who came to
him one Sunday morning, just at church
time, to have their child baptised. With- -out
any preliminary observation, they were
called up to the font at the end of the sec
ond lesson.
"Name this child," said the doctor. '
"We name it after you sir," whispered
ihe woman, as she banded him the baby.
"Oh, but," whispered the doctor back,
"you named the last one Levi, as I now re-
memcer."
"Well"' said she in a hniry, "call this
one after your t'other nave."
And so the doctor did, and christened the
baby by the name ot Bull. .
After the parties got home, and (he ex
citement ot the day bad somewhat passed
off, they began to reckon it all op; aod
they saw for the first time that it had struck
their attention, that their youngest darling
was bound to go through life with the cog
nomen of "Bull Frog."
PotiTrcAi. Prcaciko Effsctuallt Rebdt
ed A Bapiiet Clergymen in Plainfield,
New Jersey, (says a recent letter from that
State to the Times,) recently delivered a po
litical harangue to his congregation on the'
Sabbath, which so displeased and disgusted
a portion of his audience that they offered
the church for sale the cext day to a pastor
of a different denomination who is accus
tomed to preach the Gospel. The contract
was subsequently effected, and the church
sold, and pos-ession given to the purchas
er on tie first of this month. -
How Indiana was Carried. We arein
formed by a reliable gentleman from Lou
isville that a whole regimeut of Massachus
etts soldiers vo'ed; in Jefferson ville, Indi
ana, just opposite that city, at the late
election. In Greensburg many soldiers
voted several times around, without any
disguise, as -we understand. In Indianapo
lis the total vote is nearly equal to the
whole male population of the city, children
and boys under twenty-one years of age
included. Not less than 40.000 illegal and
fraudulent votes were put in for Morton and
his ticket in the State. Take them out, and
Indiana is overwhelmingly Democratic
Cincinnati i Enq-iirer. ' ',
Yesterday the new Constitution went in
to effect in Maryland, under a "proclama
malion" Irrm Governor . Bradford. It was
conceived in fraud and born in infamy.
Such an offspring can never be prosperous,
but will 'torment its parent in all the years
it has to live. Frankenstein created a mon
ster and gave il vitality. It is needless to
draw the parallel any farther. Ag e, Nov. 2
The Qtjestioh Settled For the benefit
of the Pittson Gazette and its confreers in
this district, as well as certain sanguine
modern Republicans, we here state that
Mr.JCetcham i not elected to represent the
12th district in the next Congress. The
people are so well satisfied with their faith
ful representative in the las Congress, that
the plaudit of ''well done, good and faith
ful servant" has been given to Hon. Chas.
Denison a statesman, a patriot, a gentle- '
man, and of course, a Democrat. It is said
Mr. K'a. majority 00 the army vote in Sus
quehanna county is 167 leaving Mr Den-,
ison's official majority 557. Will that do!
Luzerne Union. -,-;"
Cowper says that "the tear thar is wiped
with address may be followed, perhao,
with a smile." An exchange says, if ii i
woman's tear, ihe perbsps is unnerar'y ;
you can generally dry it with a &.
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