BY S. B. ROW,
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY G, 1857.
VOL. 3.-1TO. 37.
For the ' Raftsman's Journal."
PLEASANT BEMUTISCEITCES OF THE DE
PARTED. . I'm thinking of the time, Sarah,
When first I called 70a wife ;
That dear and trysting time, Sarah,
In young and joyous life.
Ah. little thought we then, Sarah,
That ever we should part;
'Twas sunshine then above oar head,
And sunshine in our hearts.
I'm thinking of the time, Sarah,
When you sat on my knee,
Your loving arm around my neck,
Mine lovingly round thee.
O, those were happy times, Sarah ;
We loved each other then,
And conscious of your love, Sarah,
I was happiest of men.
I'm thinking of the time, Sarah,
When artless, pure and true.
You told your ardent love" to me,
I uttered mine to yon.
My heart will still turn back, Sarah,
To memories so sweet :
Again you're sitting on my kneo,
Our lips all loving meet.
I'm thinking of the time, Sarah,
When smiles met smiles from thee,
And loving words met loving words,
And greetings warm and free.
I'm thinking of those words, Sarah,
They drew my heart above ;
Thy tone was more than music sweet,
Thy motives purest lovo.
I'm thinking of thy smile, Sarah ;
What memories o er me roll ;
Thy loving smile was still to me
The sunlight of the soul.
But now the times are changed, Sarah,
Those happy times of yore :
I hear no more thy loving words,
I seo thy smile no more.
I'm thinking of the time, Sarah,
When side by side wo grew ;
We shared the sun, we shared the rain,
The pain and pleasure too.
But now I'm left alonn, Sarah,
Alone in the sun and rain,
And I have in my weary journey of life,
No pleasure, but all of tho pain.
I'm very lonely pow, Sarah,
And my heart is sad to-night,
Eut I'm thinking of the time. Sarah,
When thy prcsonce made all things bright.
With thee, all's bright, e'en now, arah,
In thy home above the eky ;
And I long to be with thee, Sarah,
t O, Saruh, I long to die.
The Earth is all cheorless now, Sarah,
yij heart is away with thee,
And I bear the sun. and I bear the rain,
J?till longisg to be free.
Etill longiug to be with thee, Sarah,
Still struggling to be free ;
And the sun and rain, are rusting the chain,
That holds me away from thee.
Thou art sleeping in the grave. Sarah,
A cold and dreamless sleep ;
But tby soul is an angel with angels above,
And thy Saviour tby dust shall keep.
But my heart is as cold as thine, Sarah,
Yet I dream, still dream of thee.
And I'll never awake from that long,
l'ng dream,
Till I'm taken to Heaven with thee.
J. J. II.
2UOONL1GHT.
O, glorious Moon ! my very soul gmhes forth
in floods of feeling. Whose would not? O,
the beams ! so softly pale, falling so gently on
the distant slope, on the white church, on the
steeple, on the river. O, the waves ! so tiny,
yet the more grand, so sparklingly beautiful,
so like pearls dropping in clear water, on the
lawn. O, the dewdrops ! so diamond-like, on
the trees, on the flowers sleeping in the moon
light; the beautiful flowers, whore the bright
cherubs have their homes, since Eden was
beautiful and man fell. When other spirits in
sorrow left the Earth, they lingered. But spi
rits come again ; yes, Angels do walk our
earth ; when the mild spirit of sleep hovers
o'er the world, on his downy pinions, then do
the angels descend.
I love tho sunshiue, the bright sunshine, and
the clear blue sky, and the summer clouds in
their, snowy fleecincss. O, how I have gazed,
and longed to throw myself in their downy
folds, and with my face buried therein, rest, if
it were only for one short hour. In them I
have seen splendid arbors of Tines and myr
tles, beautiful gardens with white flowers,
placid lakes bound with rocky shores, rolling
prairies bordered with trees, magnificent wa
terfalls hung with moss, and I have seen the
angels, yes, and I hare seen God and Heaven !
No "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neith
er hath it entered into the heart of man to
conceive the things w hich God hath prepared
for them that love him !" But in my child
hood I have fancied I saw in the clouds, God,
bright and glorious, with the Lamb, seated on
the throne, the holy angels and the pure se
raphs "round about the throne," and when the
wind passed softly through the rose trees near
me., I have thought I heard them singing the
new song." But this, the moonlight, makes
rno feel as though the angels were near them.
Hark 1 I hear sweet music, low and faint ; 'tis
coming nearer. No, 'twas again my ever busy
fancy it was only the evening zephyr creep
ing 'mongst the li'ly stalks, sighing to linger
In their cups. But thou must pass on, Zephyr,
as everything passeth, even Man.
Lo ! as I raise my eyes heavenward, glory,
what brightness meets them : thve sky is not all
clear, but white clouds are sailing here and
there through the blue vault.- O.moon 1 thou
wert never so beautiful as now thou sceinest
to be. Had I power, how quickly would I
stay thee, that I might look and look forever,
as thou standest 'tween those two clouds, tho
blue so iutensc around theo, the white clouds
abova, below. But they are coming onward;
uow they shadow thee. So sorrow cometh
over the brow of youth. But now thou comest
forth in unclouded splendor ; even so trouble
pass&tb away from them that love God, for he
lighTeneta the burdens of bis children.
' JfrEKnA.iTAT.
From Graham's Magazine.
THE HUNTER'S REWARD.
BT J. BOW.
In the spring of 1790, two young men,George
Dill and Peter Brown, both carpenters, launch-
cd a small boat on tho Monongahela, and hav
ing supplied themselves with an ample stock
of provisions and ammunition, dropped down
the river on an exploring and hunting excur
sion. They proceeded unmolested down tho
Ohio several hundred miles below Wheeling,
where they landed, on the Kentucky side, and
erected a cabin of poles, which they covered
with small branches and moss. It was situated
& short distance from the river's bank, near a
good spring, among tall and heavy timber.
After storing their effects, consisting of cook
ing utensils, a few mechanical implements,
several blankets, and some wearing apparel,
into the cabin, they shouldered their rifles,
and, accompanied by two trusty dogs, betook
themselves to the woods.
Being aware that this section of tho country
was sometimes visited by bands of hostile In
dians, either to kill game or attack boats des
cending the river, the young hunters kept a
sharp lookout, lest they should be surprised
by a superior force. Game was abundant, and
they had the good fortune to kill several deer
during their first excursion. After three or
four days' absence they returned, laden with
skins and meat, to their hut, and found the
premises undisturbed. By ascending a small
knoll in the vicinity of the moss covered cab
in, they had a clear view of the river, and
could seo any boats that might be passing,
whilst the high grass and under-brush afforded
them a hiding-place, where they could conceal
themselves completely from observation.
A month had passed, and neither friend nor
foe had appeared, and the hunters had contin
ued their excursions and penetrated farther in
to tho interior, where they found a beautiful
country, with a rich soil and fine streams. On
one occasion, they had been absent ten days,
and on returning to their cabin, again found
every thing in the condition in which they had
left it. They now began to congratulate them
selves upon their peaceful and undisturbed oc
cupancy of the country. Their dogs, howev
er, appeared much excited, and kept moving
abont for some time, as if they were scenting
something unusual, but at length entered the
cabin and composed themselves. Dill suppos
ed that some wild animal bad recently passed
along, but Brown was strongly impressed with
the belief that their habitation was discovered.
Before starting on their next trip. Brown so
arranged some of the articles in the cabin,
without mentioning it tc Dill, that the slight
est touch would change their position suffi
ciently to enable him to detect it. The wea
thej had now become warm, and after being
out several days, Brown proposed they would
return to the cabin ; Dill remonstrated for
some time, but eventually 'assented, and they
agreed to start on their return-trip early the
next morning, so as to avoid the heat of the
day, having some eight or ten miles to travel.
About a quarter of a mile inland from the
cabin, in a small open space, our adventurers
had planted a few hills of corn and squashes,
which soon came up but received no further
attention. In returning that morning, they
digressed a little from the direct course for the
purpose of looking at their truck-patch."
Immediately after they arrived there, their
dogs exhibited unmistakable signs of alarm.
Brown observed it, and immediately commu
nicated his suspicions that all was not right to
bis comrade. After some consultation, it was
agreed that Dill should conceal himself in the
underbrush, and keep one of the dogs w ith
him, whilst Brown would take the other and
advance toward the cabin. When wtthin a
bout thirty rods of the cabin, and after rccon
noitcring the vicinity, he motioned lor Dill to
come on, and the two, with their rifles at a
trail, and the dogs at their heels, approached
the cabin together. In glancing over tho ef
fects in the cabin, Brown discovered that some
body bad been there during their absence,
which vindicated their suspicions, and in his
opinion, accounted for tho strange conduct of
the dogs, on the former as well as on the pres
ent occasion. The ground around the hut was
examined for footsteps, but nono could be dis
covered ; Dill then went to examine their boat,
which they had run into the mouth of a creek
a short distance below, and secured there it
was safe, and had not been disturbed.
In the evening, measures were taken for de
fense, should an attack be made in the course
of the night but the hunters were not moles
ted. At the dawn of day they seized their ri
fles and repaired to the knoll in the rear of the
cabin, and there concealed themselves, intend
ing to remain there during the day, unless cir
cumstances should arise making it necessary
for them to alter their resolution. They lay
quietly until in tho afternoon, and began to
think they had boon unnecessarily alarmed,
when they espied a female, with no other clo
thing than a calico skirt, reaching from her
middle to a littlo below the knees, approach
ing the cabin with cautious steps. A single
glance sufficed to convince them that, whoev
er or whatever she might be, she was not an
Indian squaw ; and as soon as she had entered
the cabin.Brown approached alone and unarm
ed, so as uot to alaim or lrighten her away.
He walked leisurely forward, with bis hands
crossed on his back-and when the female saw
him. she threw up both arms and uttered a
wild scream, but. did not attempt to run.
Brown addressed her kindly, and she awaited
his approach without speaking a word, until
he was within several yards of her, when she
told him, in few words, that she had been a
captive among tho Indians, from whom she
had just escaped, and with tears in her eyes,
asked his aid and protection.
Dill then left his place of concealment, and
took both the rifles on his shoulder, and went
to the cabin. The threo then sat down ton a
log together, and the female related her story,
which was listened to with great interest by
both the hunters.
She was the daughter of a wealthy planter
in Virginia, and had been taken captive the
proceeding fall, and carried, first to Chilicothe,
and afterward to Sandusky, where she was a
dopted into the family of an Indian, who bad
two sons and wo daughters, who generally
treated her kindly. Several weeks prior to
her escape, this family had como to the Ohio
river in search of game and plunder, and had
encamped sevoral miles above, where the men
constructed a light canoe, and crossed to the
Kentucky side, leaving the women alone at
their camp.
After their return In the evening, she gath
ered from their conversation that there were
white men not far off. They crossed over the
river a second time, and on coming into camp
in the next evening, held a council about some
matter apparently of great importance to them.
The next morning the men started early in the
direction of Chilicothe, charging the women
to remain about the camp until" their return ;
and it was her opinion they had gone for rein
forcements to attack tho white mei whom they
had discovered. During their absence she
formed the resolution of attempting an escape,
and managed to seperato herself from "her
companions, and jumped into the canoe the
men had constructed, and rowing for life,
reached the Kentucky shore. After wander
ing about for three days, she discovered the
hunters' hut, and then withdrew, resolved to
watch lor its owners, and if they were friends,
as she doubted not they would prove to be, to
cast herself upon their kind protection. Her
name she gave as Sallie Grecn,the only daugh
ter of Richard Green, of Virginia.
The hunters had a pretty good supply of
wearing apparel left, from which Sallie was
directed to select such articles as were most
suitable, and make them into a dress for her
self, which she promptly did, and the next day
had herself decently clad. Being barefoot,
Dill presntcd her with a pair of shoes and
socks, which, though much too large for her
feet became of great service to her afterward.
What was now to be done 1 It was quite
manifest that the party's situation was unsafe.
The Indians had discovered them, and would
undoubtedly attack them before many days.
The warnTsun had opened the seams of their
boat, and it was leaky and unfit for use. The
river was at a low ebb, and it was not likely
that any boats would soon descend the river
on which they might secure a passage to some
of the settlements below. After full delibe
ration, it was resolved to attempt escape from
their perilous situation byJand, and endeavor
to reach the border settlements of Virginia.
Jhey would be obliged to leave their few im
plements and stock of skins behind but what
were these compared to their own lives, which
would be jeopardized by remaining much
longer ?
A little of their stock and meal still remain
ed, and they had a sufficient supply of jerked
venison to la$.t them during their journey ,and
a pocket-compass by which to direct their
course. The remainder of the day was spent
in arranging their packs, and on the following
morning they were to take up the line of march
for Virginia, through an undroken wilderness.
Who can tell what to-morrow may bring
forth 1 Whilst these preparations were geing
on at the cabin, the old Indian and his sons,
with two others whom they had met in the
path to Chilicothe, returned to camp, and on
learning the escape of the 'pale-faced squaw,'
immediately went to work and constructed a
small raft, on which they crossed the river in
the night and proceeded toward the cabin.
Just as it became clear enough to discern ob
jects, the hunters' dogs grew very restless and
set up a low growl. Sallie expressed her be
lief of Indians lurking about. Brown and Dill
seized their rifles, and placed themselves im
mediately outside of the entrance of the cab
in, ready for emergencies. Presently, two In
dians, wero seen approaching with stealthy
steps. They were suffered to come within
range of rifle-shot, and then both hunters fired
and both Indians fell. Three others, who bad
stood concealed behind some large trees, now
rushed forward over the dead bodies of their
comrades, and before the hunters had time to
reload, they were within a few rods of the cab
in, brandishing their tomahawks and yelling,
as they are wont to do when making an attack.
Brown and Dill prepared to meet them, the
former with a hatchet, and the latter with tho
but of his rifle, whilst Sallie was cooly reload
ing the other rifle. The Indians paused for a
moment in the face ot such a foe, and ia ano
ther moment a ball from the rifle in the hands
of the maiden laid one of them sprawling en
the ground.
The hunters now tallied out, and averting
the blows aimed by the Indians with their
tomahawk, cacb, grappled, hij man. For
time the contest was doubtful, but at last the
hunters got tin better ef tbefr adversaries,
and held them firmly to the ground, where,
with Sallie'a aid, - they were securely bound
with deer-skin straps. Dill kept watch over
the prisoners, while Brown went forth to re
connoiter. Seeing the coast clear, he quickly
returned, and at the girl's suggestion, the pris
oners, with their arms pinioned were led to
the river and placed on their own raft, which
was then pushed into the current, and with its
livo freight set adrift.
Before the hunters had got fairly out of the
water, they were greeted with a volley from
the rifles of four Indians, who, it was supposed,
had been lying somewhere in the vicinity,
watching for passing boats, and were attracted
to the spot by the late firing of the combat
ants. Dill was shot dead, but Brown escaped
unharmed, and ran in the direction of the ca
bin. Three of the savages followed the raft
to save their brethren, and the other, a tall,
athletic fellow, gave chase to Brown. The fi
ring at the river alarmed Sallie, who was in
possession of the hunters' rifles, and she there
fore held herself in readiness to repel any at
tack that might be made on her, or to give
auy assistance she could to the hunters. She
soon saw Brown approaching, followed by his
savage foe but so swift was their speed, that
she did not venture .to fire, preferring to wait
for a better opportunity. An Indian seldom
stumbles; but this one happened to strike his
foot against some impediment when within
sixty yards of the cabin, and close to the heels
of Brown, and almost fell. Before he had ful
ly recovered himself, the girl sent a ball
through his body, which arrested his progress.
Brown's trusty rifle always proved fatal wheu
held in the bands of Sallie Green.
Brown ana the girl knowing that the sava
ges at the river would soon come up in search
of their comrade, hastily left the spot, armed
with the two rifles, and carryings-some dried
venison and a blanket, and were-'wlowcd by
the hunter's faithful dogs. The day was now
far spent but the moon rising in the evening
gave sufficient light to enable them to proceed
through the woods. They traveled all night
without halting. A little after daylight they
stopped a few moments at a spring and refresh
ed themselves with a little venison and a few
draughts of fresh water, and then again pressed
forward, and continued with but little abate
ment during that day and the following night.
Finding they wero not pursued, they now tra
veled more leisurely. After enduring hunger
and fatigue, on the tenth day they reached one
of the border settlements of Virginia, where
they procured horses and a guide, and in three
days more arrived at Mr. Green's. The meet
ing between Sallie and her parents can be bet
ter imagined than described. Tears of joy
were shed in profusion.
Tho hunter remained with Mr. Green for a
season, and Wen engaged in the erection of a
handsome dwelling for Limself on a neighbor
ing plantation, which he had purchased. A
bout the time of its completion, they had a
merry time one day at the bouse of Mr. Green
it was the day on which Peter Brown and Sal
lie Green were married.
Tue Dark Ages. For a thousand years
tho Romish priesthood ruled the civilized
world ; and this long period is justly termed
tho dark ages of modern history. ' The gloom
of superstition clouded the minds of men, and
priestcraft ground them to the dust. During
the historic period of the world's existence
there is no record of a time of such unmitiga
ted gloom. .But even in this dread night of
history the genius of man was busy with inven
tions not to promote and increase the com
forts, conveniences and happiness of mankind ;
but instruments of torture, inventions to cause
the most exquisite pain, to rack with agony
the limbs of all who dared to think in opposi
tion to tho decrees of Rome. At last came
the printing press and Martin Luther, and then
the dawn appeared.
C7""Ma, docs pa kiss you becausehe loves
you so 1" inquired a littlo anxious plug, of
his mother.
"To be sure, my son ; but wby did you ask
that question ?"
"Well, guess ho loves the kitchen girl, too,
for I seen him kiss her mor'n forty times last
Sunday when you was to church."
There was a fuss in that family.
Elf noodledom are bound to follow the
leaders of Fashion a sweeter pill than all will
soon be presented for them to swallow. Par
isian ladies now wear their dresses clewed up
at the sides in such manner as to exhibit the
gold clasps about the limbs, and the limbs
too, to a certain extent. We may next ex
pect the original fashion on the fig-leaf plan.
tjyThero is a story of a Portuguese shoe
maker who used to give a severe flogging to
his wife every month, just before he went to
confession. On being asked the reason of this
proceeding,he replied, that having a bad mem
ory, be took this method of refreshing it, as
his good wife, while under the castigation,was
always sure to remind him of all bis sins.
tX7"A Young lady, scolding her beau for
not sending the pair ot new shoes he promis
ed her, writes in a postcript as follows "P.
S. Them ahuz ort to b on hand (1) and the
rccklection sticks oat about a loet."
AFFAIRS IS KANSAS.
From the Correspondence of the Boston Traveller.
Lawrence, Kansas, April 15, 1857.
As I rode into town on Saturday last, on my
return from Exporia, I was forcibly struck by
the vivid contrast of the scene to that which
met my eyes when I entered Lawrenco last
September for the first tjmc.
Stores are filled to overflowing ; our merch
ants wear smiling countenances ; every room
in town is occupied at exorbitant rates ; the
advertisements and signs of the land sharks,
in the shape of agents and speculators,' arc
seen on every building ; holders of real estate
are growing rich fast, and old settlers look with
delight upon an influx unparalleled except in
California, which is not only filling their pock
ets, but shows to them how deep a hold the
principles for which they have fought have up
on the heart-strings of the Free States. Pros
perity is smiling on every face and smiling in
every eye. Massachusetts street is filled eve-'
ry day with ono confused mass of men and an
imals horses, mules, oxen and wagons emi
grants from all parti of the Union.
Amid all this prosperity, speculation and
enterprise, the critical position of Kansas is
not lost sight of at all. The policy of Bucha
nan, as shown in his late appointments, has at
least answered a good purpose, by uniting the
Free State men more firmly, and showing some
of our good, easy friends how little depend
ence is to be placed upon the forbearance of
the slave power. Let them come Governor,
Marshalls, Judges, and all the official array we
have had so long to contend with, backed by
all the Federal authority and Kansas cannot,
and will not be enslaved. We are better pre
pared, understand our position better, and are
more determined to defend it, than wo have
ever been before.
Our people generally are not disappointed
in th& late appointments made by Buchanan.
The appointment of Dr. James Garvin to the
post office at Lawrence is certainly the gross
est insult to which we have yet been subjected.
This Dr. Garvin is peculiarly obnoxious to our
citizens by a variety of mean acts. He is a
thorough-going Border Ruffian, and, to crown
all, is not even a resident of Lawrence.
I saw Mr. Babcock, our late worthy Post
master, and asked him the result of his visit
to Washington. He replied that he could
have held the office if he had only proved that
he had killed two Abolitionists ! He describes
the capital as being completely oven un with
the representative mm of the Pro-Slavery
stamp, and the worst border ruffians are the
pets of the Administration. As you are aware
by this time, Col. Woodson, Gen. Whitfield,
and Capt. Emory have each been appointed to
berths in the Land offices. Murderers arc at a
premium in Washington, and Tillainy, rob
bery and ruffianism of the darkest dye, seem
to be necessary to eecuro office in Kansas.
Murphy, the late Mayor of Leavenworth, one
of the vilest men unhung, has received the
Potawatamie Indian Agency, in reward, I sup
pose, for aiding and abetting in the dastardly
murder of the martyr Phillips, last fall. As
Slavery rules the national councils, it is but
fitting that its tools and agents should receive
their reward; "Verily, the laborer is worthy
of his hire." How loug w ill these, things be
suffered ;n our free (T) land t How long are
we to be under the taskmaster's rod 1 .Not for
many days longer, rest assured, if we have t j
cut the bonds asunder ourselves."
The Lancaster Whig contains letters from a
Mr. Bentz, recently of Columbia, who is now
in Kansas, in which he states that emigrants
are arriving at the rate of 300 to 500 a day at
Leavenworth ; land adjoining the town is sell
ing at from $50 to $600 per acre, and town lots
at from $100 to $500, the advance since last
December being about 200 per centum. Lea
venworth has a population of over 5,000.
Lawrence contains about 1500 inhabitants, and
town lots have advanced within six weeks 100
to 200 per cent. Mr. Bentz thinks Kansas will
be a Free State. Living is very expensive.
Coal Oil. An -ingenious chemist (Prof.
Squibb) suggests a novel plan for utilizing
cannel coal, and realizing its rich oil by a pro
cess of animal distilation, which will pay its
own cost. The great difficulty in making coal
oil is in keeping tho retorts at a sufficiently
low temperature. If they be heated even to
a bright cherry redness, the product is gas, as
may be seen at any gas works. The plan pro
posed is to grind the "cannel coal fine, mix it
with half its weight of Indian meal and feed it
to the hogs. The well known appetite of this
animal and his great powers of digestion are
calculated to extract oil out of any substance
that contatns it, however chemically combin
ed. Every farmer knows that pigs and chick
ens fatten upon charcoal mixed with their food.
There is no essential chemical difference in
carbon, whether animal, vegetable or fossil.
Kreosote is largely contained in cannel coals.
Its smoky odor is the leading objection to coal
oils. Kreosote may be termed the oil of
smoke. Nothing is more penetrating. If ta
ken up by the animal absorbents, it would so
pervade the flesh that the meat would be, when
fresh, half cured ; and this natural process of
smoking would be greatly superior to the ar
tificial mode, which has its direct application
only to the surface. The natural temperature
of the pig's stomach, under any circumstances,
will not exceed the requirement for oil, nor
will it ever attain an elevation that would con
vert the oil into gas. The oil of coal will bo
thus utilized by conversion into pork by ani
mal distillation ; and it is not improbable that
the lard oil would be beneficially affected in
its illuminating power. The tail of the pig,
now of little value.would, if super-saturated, as
it were, with the richest of all combustible oils,
as coal oil certainly is, become highly inflam
mable. At the same time, the substitution of
a mineral for an animal bas's would take the
curl out, and make it as stiff as an ord cary
candle. It would then form an interesting
torch for night processions and fetes champe
tres, greatly enhanced by the extraordinary
brilliance of its flames. It is to be observed
that nature usually places its productions con
venient to places where they may find tho
mo&t profitable uses. This law is strongly ex
emplified In the position which the rich oil
bcaring cannel coals of Western Virginia and
Uetitucky bears to tho great porkopolitan cen
tre at Cincinnati, and to the water channels ,
which penetrate the great hog-cropping coun- ,
ties of the Western States.
OPPOSED TO MATRI.HOXV.
"Is your family opposed to matrimony ?"
" Wal, no, I'd rather guess not, seen' as bow
my mother had four husbands and stands a
smart chance of bavin' another.
'Four husbands ? is it possible 1"
"Oh, yes, ycr see my mothers christened
name was Mehetable Sheet, and dad's name
was Jacob Press, and when they got runrrfs J
the printers said that it was putting the sheet
in the press. They said I was the first edition.
An' mother was the Jtarnalest critter to go
out to eveuin' meetin's. She used to go out
pretty late every night, an dad was afraid I
would get in the same habit, so he put me to
bed at early candle light, coveted me up with "
the pillar and put me to sleep with the boot
jack. Wal, dad had to get up every night and
let mother in ; -if he didn't get down pretty
darn'd quick, w hen she cum, he'd ketch par
ticular thunder, so dad used to sleep with his
head out of the winder, so's he'd wake up quick
an' one night he got a leetle too far out, and
down dad cum curfiumux right down ou tho
pavement, an' smashed into ten thousand
pieces.
"What ! was be killed by the fall T"
"Wal, no, not exactly by the fall. I rather
kinder sorter guess as how it Was the sudJea
fetch up of the pavement that killed him.
But marui cum hum and found him lying thar
and she had him swept up together, an' had a
hole dug in the buryin yard, an' had dad put
in aud buried up an' had a white oak plank put
to his head, and w hite washed all over for a
tombstone.
So your mother was left a poor lone wid
ow ?"
"Wal, yes, but she didn't mind that much;
twasn't long, fore she married Sam Ride.
You see she married Hide bekase be was just
about dad's size and she wanted him to wear
out dad's clDthes. Wal the way old. Hide
used to hide me was a caution to my hide. -Hide
had a little the toughest hide, except a
bull's bide, and the way Hide used to bide a
way liquor in his bide was a caution to a bull's
hide.
Wal, one day old Hide got his hide so full,
of whiskey that he pitched headlong into a
snowbank, and thar he stuck and friz to death.
So inarm had him pulled out, and laid out, and
had auother hole dug in tho same buryin yard,
and had him buried and had another white
oak plank put up at bis head and white-vi ashed
all over aud "
"So your mother was again a widow I"
"O, yes, but I guess she didn't lay awake
long to think about that, for in about three
weeks, she married John Strong and he was
the strongest headed cuss that you ever sees.
He went fishing the other day and got drown
ed, and he was so tarnal strong beaded, that he
floated right up agin the current, and they
found him three miles up the river and it took
threo yoke of cattle to pull him out. "Wal,
marm bad him buried along side "tether two"
had a white oak plank put up at his head and
white-washed all over nice, and there's three
on 'em all in a row. -
"And your mother was a widow for tho
third time T"
"Yes but marm didn't seem to mind it a
tarnal sight. The next fellow she married was
Jacob Hayes, an' the way marm does . make
him haze is a caution now I tell you. If be
does a.leetla out of the way, marm makes him
take a bucket and- a whitewash brush and go
right sp to the burjin yard and white-wash
the three oak .plar ks, just to let him know
what he may come to when she placed him ia
the same row and got married to the fifth hus
band. So you see my family ain't a tarnal
sight opposed to a dose of matrimony.
TJ. S. Scprkme Court. Tho Free States,,
with a whito population of twelve and a half
million ! and with 137 Representatives in Con
gress, have four Judges ; the Slave StatesJVith
a white population of ix millions, and 84 Rep
resentativesy have Jive Judges. Tho twelve
millions ef the North have lesa power in the
Court, than the six millions of tho South.
No wonder that the people should scout tho
late "sectioaal decision." t
CAn infamous bachelor being asked, if he
ever witnessed a public execution, replied
o, oui once saw a marriage.".