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For the Raftsman's Journal.
TO ERIE.
BT XVRRHA MAT.
Ecantiful child, God has made thee
Lovely beyond compare.
Sparkling eyes of heaven's own bine,
And silken, dark brown hair ;
Grace reigning in every motion ;
Finished moulding of form ;
f6ck of imperial whiteness;
' A young heart, pure and warm.
Oh, child ! may the Father give thee
A mind with talents rare ;
May thine own lov'd mother guide thee
To the. palace of virtue fair.
May sorrow and care be absent
Ever, from that white brow.'
What shall preserve thee. beautiful child,
And keep thee as thou art now ?
Lumbir City, July 27.
GUSTUS K A It L..
THfi WABASH BOBBER.
In the Summer of 1832, 1 was engaged with
a young man named Lyman Kemp in locating
land lots along. the Wabash, in Indiana. I
had gone out partly for my health, and partly
to accomodate one who had ever been a noble
friend to me and who had purchased a great
deal ol government land. At Logansport he
was taken sick, and after etching him a week
in hopes that he would soon recover, I found
that he had a settled fever, and as the physi
cian said that he would not probably be able
to move under a month. I determined to push
on alone. So I obtained a good nurse, and
hiving seen that my friend would have every
thing necessary to his comfort, which money
conld procure, I left him.
As good fortune would have it, I found a
party of six men bound on the very route I
was going, and I waited one day for the sake
of their company. At length we sat out., with
three pack horses to carry our baggage, and I
soon fonnd that I had lost nothing by waiting,
for my companions were agreeable and enter
taining. They were going on to St. Joseph's,
where they had land already located, and
where they had mills upon the river, intend
ing to get out lumber during the remainder of
the season.
On the third day from Loganspoit, we
reached Walton's settlement on the Little
River, having Jeft the Wabash ou the morning
of that day.' It was well on into the evening
when we reached the little fog-built inn of the
settlement, and we were glad enough of the
shelter for ere we had fairly got under shelter,
the rain commenced to fall in great drops, and
thickly too. And more still I had to be thank
ful for ! My horse began to show a lameness
in one of his legs, and when I leaped from the
saddle I fonnd that his foot pained him much,
as I could tell from the manner in which he
lifted it from the ground. I ordered the host
ler to bathe it with cold water, and went into
the house, where we found a good substantial
supper, and comfortable quarters for the night
that $, comfortable for that section and that
time.
About ten o'clock, just after I had retired,
and just as I was falling into a grateful doze,
I was startled by the shouts of men, and the
barking of dogs, directly under my window.
As the noise continued I arose and threw on
my clothes, and went down.
"What is it ?" I asked of the landlord, who
stood in the entry way.
"Ah don't you know, stranger ?" the host
returned, "You've beard oi GustusKarl, per
haps?" Who in the West at that time had Dot beard
of him the most revless, daring, and murd
erous robber that ever cursed a country. I
told the host that I had heard of him often.
"Well," he resumed, "the infernal villain
was here this afternoon, and murdered and rob
bed a man just up the river. We've been out
after him but he's given us the slip. We
tractcd him as far as the upper creek, and
there he came out on the bank, fired at us and
killed one of our horses ; and then drove into
the woods. We set the dogs on, but they lost
him."
"And you've come back bootless," 1 re
plied. "res," the landlord growled. "Bat," he
added with a knowing shake of the head, "he
can't run clear much longer. The country is
in arms, and he'll either leave these huntings,
or be dropped. "
"What sort of a man is he ?"
. "The very last man in the world you would
take for Gus Karl. lie's small not a bit over
five feet six ; with light curly hair, a smooth
white face, and not very stout. But, Lord love
ye, he's quick as lightning, and his eye's got
fire in it. lie dresses in all sorts of shapes,
but generally like a common hunter Oho!
he's the very devil, I do believe."
After tho tub fall of whiskey and water
which the host bad provided was drank, the
rowd began to disperse, and shortly after
wards I went up again to bed ; and this time
I slept on uninterrupted till morning.
I had just eaten breakfast and he bad gone
out to the front door, when a horseman came
dashing up to the place, himself and animal
All covered with mud. It had been raining
nearly all night. The first thing the new comer
did was to inquire for me. I answered at
once to the name ; and he then informed me
that Lyman Kemp could not live, and that he
wished to tee me as soon as possible !
"Poor Lyman!" I murmured to myself.
"So young so helpless with so many friends
and food relatives In his far off home and
taken down to die in a strange land!" I told
the man I would set out on my return as soon
as possible. lie ate some breakfast and then
resumed his journey, being bound as far up as
the Pottawatomie border.
I settled np my bill, and then went for my
horse; but a bitter disappointment awaited me.
I found the animal's foot swollen very badly,
and it pained him so that he could hardly step
on it Had the road been good, I should have
been tempted to try him ; but I knew that in
some plaees the mud would be deep. I went
to the host and asked him if he could lend or
sell me a horse, lie could do neither. His
only spare horse had been shot the night be
fore by the Wabash robber. There was not a
horse in the place to bo obtained for any a
mount of money. I returned to the stable
and led my horse out, but be could not even
walk without great pain. I could not use him,
I was in despair.
"Look'c," said mine host, as I began to des
pond, "can't ye manage a canoe ?"
"Yes, very well," I told him.
"Then that's your best way. The current is
strong this morning, ami with a stroke of the
paddle 'twould take ye along as fast as a horse
could wade through the mud. You shall have
one of my canoes for just what it is worth, and
yc can sell it at Logansport for as much.
I caught the proposition instantly, for I saw
that it was a good one.
"If ye daren't shoot the Rapids," added the
landlord, ye can easily shoulder the canoe and
pack it round. "Tisn't far."
I found the boat to be a well fashioned "dug
out," large enough to bear four men with ease,
and I at once paid the owner bis price ten
dollars and then had my luggage brought
down. I gave directions about the treatment
of my horse, and then put off. The current
was quite rapid say four or five miles an
hour, but not at all turbulent and I soon made
up my mind that this was far better than rid
ing on horse-back. The banks of the river
were thickly covered with large trees, and I
saw game plenty, and more than once I was
tempted to fire the contents of my pistols at
some of the boldest of the "varmints ;" but I
had no time to waste, so I kept on. Only one
thing was wanting, and that was a companion ;
but 1 was destined to find one soon enough.
It was shortly after noon, and I had just eaten
my dinner of bread and cold meat, when I
came to a place where the river made an abrupt
bend to the right, and a little further on I
came toa broad basin where the current formed
a perfect whirlpool. I did not notice it until
my canoe got into it, and I found myself going
round instead of going ahead. I plied my
wood paddle with all my power, and soon suc
ceeded in shooting out from the rotary current;
but in so doing I ran myself upon the low
sandy shore. The effort had fatigued me not
a little, and as I found my bark thus surely
moored I resolved to rest a few minutes.
I had been in this position sonie-Jfrn min
utes when I was startled by hearing a foot-fall
close; by me, and on looking up I saw a man
at the side of my boat. He was a young look
ing person, not over two and thirty, and
seemed to be a hunter. He wore a wolf-skin
shirt, leggins of red leather, and a bearskin
cap.
"Which way ye bound, stranger 1" he asked,
in a pleasant tone.
"Down the river to Logansport," I replied
as pleasantly.
"That's fortunate, I wish to go there my
self," the stranger rcsnmcd. "What sny you
to my taking your second paddle, and keep
ing you company."
"I should like it," I told him frankly. "I
have, been wanting company."
"So have I," added the hunter. "And I've
been wanting some better mode of conveyance
than these worn out legs through the deep for
est." "Come on," I said, and as I spoke he leaped
into the canoe, and baving deposited his rifle
in the bow, he took one of the paddles, and
told me that he was ready when I was. So we
pushed off and soon cleared the whirlpool.
For an hour we conversed freely. The
stranger told me that his name was Adams,
and that his father lived in Columbus. lie was
out now on a mere hunting and prospecting
expedition with some companions, who had
gone on to Logansport by horse, and having
got separated from them in the night, had lost
his horse into the bargain, lie said that he
had a great sum of money about his person,
and that was one reason why he disliked to
travel in the forest alone.
Thus he opened his affairs to me, and I was
fool enough to be equally frank. I admitted
that I had some money, and told him my bu
siness ; and by a most quiet and nnpresuming
courso of remark he drew from mo the fact
that I had money enough to purchase forty
full lots.
Finally the eonversation lagged, and I began
to give my companion a closer scrutiny. I sat
in the stern of the canoe and he was about
midships, and facing tae. ne was not a large
man nor was he tail. " His hair was of light
flaxen hue, and hung In large curls about his
neck ; his features were regular asd fcandsorue.
and his complexion very light. But the color
of his face was not what one would call fair.
It was a eold, bloodless color, like pale mar
ble. And for the first time too, I now looked
particularly at bis eyes. They wero grey in
color and had the brilliancy of glaring ice.
Their light was intense, but cold and glitter
ing like a snake's. When I thought of his
age, I set him down for not much over thirty.
Suddenly a sharp, cold shudder ran through
my frame, and my heart leaped with a wild
thrill. As sure as fate I knew it there could
be no doubt I had taken into my canoe, and
into my confidence, Gus Karl the Wabash Rob
ber ! For a few moments, I feared my emo
tions would betray mo. I looked carefully o-
ver his person again, and I knew that I was not
mistaken. I could look back now and see how
cunningly he had led me on to a confession of
my circumstances how he made me tell my
affairs, and reveal the state of my finances.
What a fool I had been ! But it was too late
to think of the past. I had enough to do to
look out for what was evidently to come.
I at length managed to overcome all my out
ward emotions, and I began to watch my com
panion more sharply and closly. My pistols
were both handy, and I knew they were in good
order for I had examined them both in the
forenoon when I thought of firing at some
game. They were in the breast pocket of my
coat,which pockets had been made on purpose
for them, and I could reach them in an instant.
Another hour passed away, and by that time I
had become assured that the robber would
make no attempt upon me until after night
fall. He said that it would be convenient that
we were both together, for we could run all
night, for one could steer the canoe, while the
other slept.
"Aye," I added with a smile, "that is good
for me, for every hour is valuable. I would
not miss ol meeting my friend for worlds."
"Oh you'll meet him never fear," said my
companion.
Ah he spoke that with too much meaning.
1 understood it well. I knew what thy sly
tone and that strange gleaming of the eye
meant. He meant that he would put me on
the road to meet poor Kemp in the other world !
I wondered only now that I had not detected
the robber when I first saw him, for the ex
pression of his face was so heartless, so icy
and then his eye had such a wicked look that
the most unpracticcd physiognomist could not
have failed to detect the villain at once.
During the rest.of the afternoon we convers
ed some, but not so freely as before. I could
see that the villain's eyes wero not so frankly
bent upon mc as he spoke, and then seemed to
avoid my direct glances. These movements
on his part were not studied, not even inten
tional ; but theyjvere instinctive, as though
his very nature led him thus. At length,night
came on. We ate our supper, and then smok
ed our pipes, and finally my companion pro
posed that I should sleep before he did. At
first I thought of objecting, but a few moments
reflection told me that I had better behave as
though I were an honest man ; so I agreed to
his proposition. He took my seat at the stern,
and I moved further forward, and having re
moved the thwart upon which my companion
had been sitting, I spread my cloak in the ca
noe, and then having placed my valise for a
pillow, I laid down. As soon as possible 1
drew out one of my pistols, and beneath the
cover of a cough I cocked it. Then I moved
my body so that my right arm would
be at liberty, and grasping my weapon firmly
with my finger upon the guard, I drew up my
mantlo, slouched my hat and then settled down
for my watch.
Fortunately forme, the moon was up. and
though the forest trees threw a shadow upon
me, yet the beams fell full upon Karl, and I
could see his every movement. We were well
into the Wabash, havingentered it about three
o'clock.
"You will call me at midnight," I said
drowsify.
"Yes," he returned.
"Good night."
"Good night and pleasant dreams. I'll
have you farther on your way than you think
ere you wake again."
"Perhaps so," 'thought I to myself as I low
ered my head and pretended to lower myself
to sleep.
For half ad hour my companion steered the
canoe very well, and seemed to take but little
notice of me ; but at the end or that time, I
could see he became more uneasy. I com
menced to snore with a long regularly drawn
breath, and on the instant the villain started
as starts the hunter when he hears the tread of
game in the woods.
But hark ! Aha there was before one lin
gering fear in my mind that I might shoot the
wrong man ; but it was now gone. As the fel
low stopped the motion of the paddle, I dis
tinctly heard his mutter :
"Oho, my dear sheep yon little dreamed
that Gus Karl was your companion; But he'll
do you a good turn. If your friend Is dead,
you shall follow him, and I'll take your traps
to pay for your passage to Heaven."
I think these words were the very words.
At any rate they were their drift. As he thus
spoke he noiselessly drew in the paddle and
then rose to his feet. I saw him reach up over
his left shoulder, and when ho brought his
band back he had a huge bowio knife. In it I
could see the blade gleam in the pale moon
light, and I saw Karl run his thumb along the
edge! and then feel the point My heart beat
fearfully, and my breathing was hard. It was
with the utmost exertion that I could continue
my snoring, but I managed to do it without
interruption. Slowly and noiselessly the foul
wretch approached me Oh 1 his step would
not have awakened a hound and bis long
gleaming knife was half raised. I conld hear
his breathing plainly, and I could hear fhe
grating of his teeth as he nerved himself for
the stroke.
The villain was at my side, and he measur
ed the distance from his hand to my heart with
his eye. In his left hand he held a thick
handkerchief wadded up. That was to stop
my mouth with ! Every nerve in my body was
now strung, and my heart stood still as death.
Of course, my snoring ceased ; and at that in
stant the huge knife was raised above my bo
som ! Quick as thought I brought my pistol
np! the muzzle was within a foot of the rob
ber's heart he uttered a quick cry I saw the
bright blade in the moonlight, but it came not
upon me. I pulled the trigger, and the last
fear was past. I had thought that the weapon
miqfit miss fire, but it did not. There was a
shap report, and as I sprang np and back I
heard a fierce yell, and at the same moment
the robber fell forward, his head striking my
knee as it came down.
Weak and faint I sunk back, but a sudden
tipping of the cance brought me to my senses,
and I went aft and took the paddle. As soon
as the boat's head was once more right I turn
ed my eyes upon the form in the bottom of the
canoe, and I saw it quiver only a spasmodic
moment and then all was still.
All that night I sat there at my watch and
steered my little bark. I had my second pis
tol ready, for I knew not surely that the wretch
was dead. lie might be waiting to catch me
off my guard, and then shoot me. But the
night passed stowly and drearily away and
when the morning broke the 'form had not
moved. Then I stepped forward and found
that Gustus Karl was dead. He had fallen with
his knife true to his aim, for it bad struck very
near the spot where my heart must have been,
and the point was driven so far into the solid
wood that I had to work hard to pull it out,
harder still to unclasp the marble fingers that
were closed with the dying madness about the
handle.
Swiftly flowed the tide, and ere the sun a
gain sank to rest I had reached Logansport.
The authorities knew the face of GustusKarl
at once, and when I told them my story, they
poured out a. thousand thanks upon my head.
A purse was raised, and the offered reward put
with it, and tendered to me. I took the sim
pic reward from the generous citizpns, wlTile
the remainder I directed should be distributed
among those who hnd suffered most from the
Wsbash robber's depredations.
I found poor Kemp sick and miserable. He
was - burning with fever, and the doctors had
shut him up in a room, where a well man must
soon have suffocated.
" Water! Water 1 In God's name give mc
water ! he gasped.
"Haven't you had any ?" I asked.
nc told me no. I threw open the windows
sent for a pail of ice-water, and was on the
point of administering it, when tho old doctor
came in. He held up his hands in hbrror,and
told me 'twould kill the sick man. But I forc
ed him I ack, and Kemp drank the grateful
beverage. . He drank deeply and then slept.
The perspiration poured from him like rain,
and when he awoke again his skin was moist,
and his fever was turned. In eight days from
that time he sat in his saddle by my side, and
together wo started for Little River. AtWal
ton's settlement I found my horse wholly re
covered, and when I offered to pay for his
keeping, the host would take nothing. The
story of my adventure oa the river had reach
ed there ahead of me, and this was the land
load's gratitude.
K7"Mr. James Thompsom, one of the loco
foco candidates for the Supreme Bench, was a
member of CongresB in 1847, and voted for
the Wilmot Proviso all through. He was so
ultra, that he voted against extending the Mis
souri Compromise line to the Pacific, because
that measure would give slavery additional
territory. When a candidate for reelection
in 1848, he published a letter, claiming that
he was the real author of the Wilmot Proviso,
and that his honors had been unfairly filched
from him. When the democratic party of
this State went over to Slavery, he was one
ot the foremost in the treason to freedom, and
has ever since been violent abd unrelenting in
his opposition to every public man who would
not exhibit a baseness equal to his own. Bel
UJonte IVhig.
Niagara Suspension Brieoe. A tubular
bridge is talked of, to connect the United
States with the Canadas, and to take the place
of the suspension bridge, the dimensions to
bo as follows : Length of bridge, 840 feet ;
hight of piers above water, 225 feet, with a
double railway track, carriage ways, etc. The
reason given for this project is the lamiliar
one, that suspension bridges are liable to fail
ure. It is averred that the suspension bridge
at Niagara Falls is not to be a permanent struc
ture, that chain bridges cannot be depended
upon for a longer period than seven years, the
action of the weather and the ware and tear
to which they are exposed rendering them
dangerous after that time. We find the para
graph in our exchanges, and give jt without
endorsing its accuracy.
SUT LOVENGOOD'S DADDY ACTIJTO H0S3.
AH AMUSING SKETCH.
"Hold that ere boss down to tl.e yearth.
He's a spreadin' his tail to fly now. Keep him
whar he is. Woa, woa, Shavetail. lie's dan
cing a jig."
These and like expressions were addressed
to a queer-looking, long-legged, short-bodied,
small-headed, white-haired, hog-eyed, funny
sort of a genius, fresh from some second-hand
clothing-store, and mounted on "Tarpole," a
nick-tailed, long, poor horse, half-brandy, half
imp, and enveloped all over in a perfect net
work of bridle-reins, cruppers, martingales,
straps, circingles, and red feretin, who had
reined up in front of Pat Nack's grocery, a
mong a crowd of mountaineers, full of fight
and bad whiskey.
"I say, you darned ash cats, jist keep your
shirts on, will you ? You never seed a raal
boss till I rid up. Tarpole is jist next to the
best hoss that ever shelled corn nubbins, and
he's dead as a still-worm poor old Ticky
tail." "What killed him, Sut t" asked an anxious
Inquirer.
"Why, nuthin, you tamel fool ; he jist died,
standin' up, at that. Warn't that good pluck 1
Froze stiff; no, not that adzackly, but starved
fust, and then froze afterwards, so stiff that
when dad and me pushed him over, he jist
stuck out so, (spreading his arms and legs)
like a carpenter's bench, and 'we waited seven
teen days for him to thaw afore we could skin
him. Well, thar we was dad an' mc (coun
ting his fingers) dad an' me, Sal an' Jake,
(fool Jake we used to call him for short,) and
Phineas, and Simeon, and Charlottcan, and
Calline Jane, and Cash us Henry Clay, and No
ah Dan Webster, and me, and the twin gals,
and Catharine Second, and Cleopatra Antony,
and Jane Lind, and Tom Bullion, and the ba
by, and the prospect, and marm herself, left
without any hoss to crap with. That was a
nice mess fur a 'spec table family to be slash in'
about in, warn't it T I declare if I didn't feel
like stealin' a hoss sometimes. Well, we wait
ed and waited until well into strawberry time,
hopin' some stray hoss mout come along, but
dog my cats ef eny sich luck as that ever
comes whar dad is, he is so dratted mean, an'
lazy, and stinkin', and ugly, and savage, and
triflin'.
"Well, one nite, dad he lay awake all nife,
a snortin' and a rollin' and a whisperin' at
marm, and next mornin sez he. Sut, I'll tell
you what we'll do ; I'll be hoss myself, and
pull the plow, while you drive me, and we'll
break up corn ground, and then the old quilt
(that's marm) and the brats kin plant it or let
it alone, jist as they please. So out we goes
to the pawpaw thicket, and pealed a right
smart chance of bark, and marm and me made
gears for dad, and they became him mightily ;
then he would have a bridle ; so I gits out of
an old umbrella what I found it's a little
forked piece of iron, sorter like unto a pitch
fork, ye know and we bent and twisted it sor
ter uutu a bridle bit, snail shape, dad wanted
it kurb, as he said he hadn't worked for some
time and might sorter feel his oats and go to
cavortin'. Well, when we got the bridle all
fixed on dad, he chomped thc"bit like a rale
hoss, he ahvays was a complicated old fool,
eny how, and marm allers said so when he
warn't abont, then I put on the geers, and ont
dad and me goes to the field, I a leadin' dad
by the bridle, and totin' the gopher plow on
my back. When we come to tho fence, I let
down a gap and made dad mad, he wanted to
jump the fence on all fours, hoss ways. I
hitched him on to the gopher, and away wc
went, dad leanin' forward to hispullin, right
peart, and we made sharp plowin' right over
the bushes and sprouts, same as a rale hoss,
the only difference is, he went on two legs.
"Presently we cum toasassafrac patch, and
dad, to keep up his karacter as a hoss, bulged
square into it, and tore down a hornets nest
nigh on to as big as a hoss head, and all the
tribe kivered him right strate. He rared and
kicked once or twice, and fetched a squeal wus
nor any hoss in the district, and sot into run
nin' away, jist as natural as ever you seed. I
let go the lines and hollered, woa, dad, woa!
but you mout as well have said woa to a loco
motive. Gcwhillikins, how he run ! When
he cum to a bush, he'd clear the top of it, go
pher and all ; p'raps he thort there mout be
another nest of bald hornets in it, and that it
war safer to go over than thrue, and quicker
dun; every now and then he'd paw one side
of his head with fust one fore leg and then
tothcr, and then he'd gin himself an open
handed slap, that sounded like a wagon whip,
and rnnuin all the time, and karryin' that go
pher just about as fast'aM high from the yearth
as ever a gopher was carried, I swar. When
he cum to the fence he busted right thrue- it,
tarin' down nigh on to seven pannels, scatter
in' and .breakin' the rails mightily, asd hero
he left the gopher, geers, singletree and klev
is, all mixed up, noth wuth a dura. Most of
his shirt stuck to the splintered end of a bro
ken rale, and nigh onto a pint of hornet staid
with the shirt, a stingin' it all over, the balance
on 'em, about a gallon and a half, kept on with
dad. He teemed to ran Jist adzactly as fast as
a hornet could fly, for itvar the tightest race
I ever did see. Down throe the grass they aH
went, the hornets making H look sorter like
smoke all around dad's bald head, and he with
nothing on but the bridle and nigh onto a yard,
of plow line a eailin' behind hjm,
"I seed now that be was aiming fur the swlm
min' hole in the kreek, whar the bluff is over
20 feet perpendicular to the water and it's
nigh onto ten feet deep. To keep np his ka
racter as a boss, when he got to the bluff ho
jist leaped off, or rather, jist kept on runnln',
Kcrsplunge into the creek he went ; I seed
the- water fly plum above the bluff he jist leapt
off, from whar I was. Now right thar, boys,
he overdid the thing, if that war what be was
arter, for thcr's nary hoss ever lived durned
fool enough to leap over sich a place ; a mulo
might have dun it, but dad warn't acting mule.
I krept up to the edge and looked over; there
was old dad's bald head, for all the. world like
a peeled onion, a bobbin' np and down, and
the hornets a sailin' and circlin' round, turkey
buzzard fashion, and every once in a while ono
and sometimes ten, 'ud make a dip at dad's
head. He kept up a right peart dodging un
der ; sumtimes they'd hit him, and sumtimes
they'd hit the water, and tho water wa kiver
ed with drowned hornets.
"What on yearth are ye doln' thar, dad ?
sez I.
"Don't dip you see these infernal varmint
arter me J'
"What?" sez I, "them ar hoss flies thar;
you are not really afeard of them, are you t "
"Hoss-flies !" sez dad; "they're rale dipj
genuine bald hornets, you didj infernal cuss.
"Well, dad, you'll have to stay thar till
nite, and arter they go to roost, yon com
home and I'll feed yon. And knowing dad's
unmollificd natur, I broke frorothem parts and
sorter cum to the copper mines. I staid hid
out until the next arternoon, when I seed
feller travlin', and sez I, What waa goin' oa
at the cabin this side of the creek, when yon
passed it ?"
"Why, nuthin' much, only a man was sit
ting in the door, with nary shirt on, and a wo
man was greasing his back and arms, and his
head was about as big as a ten-gallon keg, and
he hadn't the first sign of an eye all smooth,"
"That man is my dad," sez J,
"Been much fitin' in this neighborhood late
ly ?" sez the traveler rather drily.
"JCun wuth speaking of personally or par
ticulcrly," sez I.
"Xow, boys, I haint seen dad since, and
would be afraid to meet him in the next ten,
years. Let's drink."
And the last we saw of Sut, he was stoop
ing to get into the doggery door, with a migh
ty crowd at bis heels.
A Yankee Bov at Niagara. Coming home
from the West, in the Spring, I went a bun,
dred miles ont of my way to see Xiagara Falls,
I found a snow-bank, '-founded on a rock "
just in front of the American Fall, and having
made the acquaintance of an urchin of eight
or ten jears, from Vermont, who seemed to
be roaming on his own account, we, by the aid
of sharp sticks, clambered up to the ton of
this bank, and were within fifty feet of the fall,
aud were midway between the top and bottom.
I was awfully struck by the terrible rrandeur
of the scene, the immense volume of water fai
ling, roaring and rushing past ns, like a ekatllw
railway train bthind time, boiling, surging wai
ters and vapor below. Judge of my surprise)
when on looking around, I saw my youthful
Yankee companion pelting the fallinz waters
with snow-balls, and when tired of that, gazing
thoughtfully on the Canadian shore opposite.
and exclaiming: "Ain't it a darned shame
them British should have all that land 'over
there ! besides, what risht have thev to that
side of the Falls, t'other side of goaf Island ;
why n thunder don't our Government put forU
here, and blow 'em to smash, and take it from,
them V Olive Branch.
Yixegar. The juice of one bushel of sugar
beets, worth twenty -five cents, and uhkh any
farmer can raise with little C0t,will make from
five to six gallons of vinegar, equal to the best
elder wine. First wash and grate the beets,
and express the juice in a cheese press, or in.
any other way hich a ljttje ingenuity can
suggest, and put the liquor into a barrel, cover
the bung with gauze and set it in the nn, and
in fifteen or twenty daya it will be fit for use. .
By this method the rery best of vinegar may
be obtained without any great trouble, and
I hope all who like good vinegar will try jt.
Ohio Valley Farmer. .
The Use or Like. The experience of agri,
cultarists, for centuries, has proved that the
use of lime has been of advantage on every
variety of soil. Lime being an essential con
stituent of the pabulum of plants, is constantly,
being drawn from the soil ; hence the necessity
of applying it in some form, to prevent ihej
exhaustion. All know this, but how few prac-,
tice upon their knowledge. Judicious jpU--cation
of lime, or other alkalies, Ii niiin wj
to the Farmers success. OWo Joraurv '
The Indians, in the mountain,, says sCrir'
fornia paper, have a nnjgjng device, krtlV
tbey can get within tfrowitooS'ot der T
accomplish this- object, tbf . rtrA -1"
string tor long datance, mlon ti trtf rj s.
tull, sJsiost as hh-?ra the prr-:i u C:
cheat, .The deer,.-' iBgarisCie! v
and BUfeeii'tdTjis?otHi---r UrC
follow tfe Jin, In lMrye. for as c; j ta Cea,
by, While ptrtotaiZZ C .li
very likely feroagbt lover 1m xamm vzrr
Jrom whence be feUsc:v IsfcUrifc,
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