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CLEAEFIELD, PA-. WEDNESDAY, JANUARi 20 4858.
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' i WRITTEN OS THE DEATH OP HA.KBY BAIED.
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t Dear, bright-eyed boy, I've witnessed oft,
' -Tty gambols in the eren-tide, -
I've heard thy silver tones so soft, J
i " .Whilst playful by thy mother s side. .'
ii ! chang'd how sad thy fate !
- - : I Those sparkling eyes are lifeless now; :
-7 That lisping tongue has ceased to prate
-'. "; .The hand of death is n thy brow.
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y. dearest boy Mil ne'er forget "
,? - thy smiling face tby childish glee;
- I think of thee with keen regret,
; And bitter tears I've shed for thee. ' ,'
-' But may I not indulge the thought,
- That we will meet again, dear boy,
i '.Midst brighter scenes, where death can not
. ' O'erthrow our hopo, and blight our joy.
Mysterious Power! may we invoke !
TO, grant us Faith more firm and fast; '
Teach us to profit by this stroke,'
And bring iu all to liter at last.
Clearfield, Jan. 14, 1S53.
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IIOOPS VS. LOW-NECKED DKESSES.
Brisbin dices at Sirs. Sprinklehelly's 'What he
sees there, and what LappeDS. or rather what
didn't happen Erisbin goes to the Fair; what
lie sees there, and what actually docs happen.
The following private letter was handed us a
few daya ago tor publication. It is too good
to keep private, and so we lay it before the read
ers of the Journal. We hope Mr. Erisbin wont
blame the Major for giving it to us to publish.
Pittsbubo, Sept. , 18o7. r
ToMaj. J..F. Dear John: Your letter of
the lGth inst., came duly to band on Monday,
and I hasten to answer. I scarcely know what
I shall write you in reply, unless it is, indeed,
to give you some account of my trials and
troubles caused by the ridiculous fashions of
the day, with which our American ladies ap- J
pear to have run road. Indeed, sir, the mania
of fashion is becoming perfectly alarming, and
that too upon the shores of America and un
der the shadow of the cross of Christ. 2s ow,
John, you know when I am in my "sanctum"
and iiave a quire of foolscap belore me, I am
as bold as a Numidian lion, and can say almost
anything upon paper; but, alas, unhappy me,
it is not so when taken out of my "forte." I
am then like some poor creature out of its na
tive clement, and no sooner do I see a hooped
skirt 'and a pair of bold black eyes bearing
down upon me, than my courage fails, aad
"Richard" becomes the child of circumstance.
But, to begin at the beginning last evening I
dined with the aristocratic Mrs. let us call
her Sprinklebelly. As directed by my card,
In company with my distinguished friend Gen
eral , at precisely 6 o'clock I rang the door
bell of Mrs. S., and a gentleman from Africa
forthwith ushered us into thq parlor. We were
warmly greeted by the Misses Sprinklebelly,
three in number, who introduced us to several
other ladies. As soon as the usual prelimina
ries of introduction had been gone thro' with,
I stared about for several moments in perfect
amazement ; could it be possible was I reali
zing the truth of that pert little poem, "Noth
ing to wear?" yet my eyes were not at fault,
for on every side before, behind, on either
baud, I beheld a phalanx of bear arms and
beautiful b-b excuse me, Maj. and as the
poet says, "still where'er my eyes I turned,
liesh only met my view." Making a drive, I
escaped from the ring ol hoops that surround
ed us, at:d dived into a dark corner, leaving
the brave old General to staud the brunt of
battle. I next proceeded to call up all my
knowledge ot civil and military engineering,
and from my retreat commenced to reconnoi
tre the field of the enemy and note his move
ments. Not long, however, was I permitted
to pursue my quiet observations, for Miss
Sprinklebelly, Junior, a pretty little brunette,
with long curls and black eye., soon spied out
rny hiding place and bore down rapidly upon
me. She was the pride of the enemy, and I
soon found I must surrender, retreat, or go to
the bottom. Sailing up in front of where I
eat, she dropped a low curtesy, and with one
of the swectett smiles in the world remarked,
as she proceeded to deposi' herself in the di
van by(my side, "Monsieur Brisbin is very re
tired." I muttered something, I scarcely
know what, in reply ; but without in the least
noticing my confusion, she immediately asked.
"Oas Monsieur Brisbin seen the List issue of
Bums' poems ?" Now, I had seen several late
editions of Burns, but I ventured at a risk to
reply in the negative. Upon that, away she
sailed and in a moment returned with an elab
orately gilt volume in her hand. I reached
out my arm to take the book, not of course ex
pecting her, with a bell as big as that of St.
Peter's dome swinging about her 1-le-gs, to
sit close enough for us both to examine the
work, but disdaining such a modus operandi,'
ahc w ith a heroism really remarkable, smashed
in her ample dimensions and succeeded in de
positing herself in alarming proximity to my
corporal. 1 need not tell you that Miss S.'s
neck and ehonlders were white and that both
were bare, (of coarse were-; hay 1 might
ro further; and sf ,,!llt her but I will forb-jar, j
Zal unare my pea the blush. vt el.', 'M room, j
wasioo tark lor mc to see anything particu
lar, or fur us 'to ejeamiue the beauties of the
immortal b:ird of Ayr. Nelly,,however, (1 be
lieve that was her name) directed her sister,
Miss Sprinklebelly, Senior, to call John, arid
the gentleman from Africa having come, the
eas-burner urectly over our heads was quickly
lighted. 1 no had a lair opportunity of ex
amining the beautiful creature by my side,
r The floods of ligbt'rom the burner swept down
in soft Waves over W .neck and of clearest
whiteness, revealing ceT the smallest mole
upon the fair skin. A-Kcn as the light was
lit, MissS. turned to me 4 inquired "which
one of Burns' productions -jOSt particularly
. admired." I replied, "his -m To Mary iu
Kb turned over th leaves of the
Uoofc rapidly for a ?" "en x:
Aaainid, -ai, here it is." I lcat forward
Heaven.
Vread once more that pure suou rwii-aur-1
nr rhvine, and casting ray eyes d0?wards
' IvSheld "fcU, no matter what, but u.asn't
the poem, at ni y rate. Her dress was lo., a.
- ' .. . 1 ,i vrpil. there 1 -
. Join, for ha"" aionr in an agony f tormeA
taomsntarny Fcung a 'vrlti.in
-otucthing drea4irwoulJ happen. Netlnng
aerious, however, vangpired -nd at length, to
ny treat relpEff er was announced. At
ZlZ. Mk &tt, Jr., 't upon ou
side of me and Hiss Pigwiggle upon the other.
Alas, unhappy mc ! here 1 was in a worse di
limma than ever. ' The dresses were so low
and then when they stooped over their plates,
if one happened to look they could not help
seeing well well John, such things are
dreadful, aint they ? I crouched down as lew
as possible in my chair, and wished "I were a
boy again," so that I could look up and not
down upon them.. Supper at last was over,
and we started for the parlor. In the hall Miss
S. dropped her handkerchief, (vulgarly called
wipe.) I sprang forward to raise the fallen
article, but she anticipated me and stooped
yes, actually stooped! I tho't things had now
reached a crisis and something dreadful must
happen,' but the craft righted and got off in
fiue style. Once more in the parlor and Miss
Sprinklebelly in alarming proximity to my cor
poral, we laughed and chatted away, and I be
gun to feel my situation a more pleasant one
than I had anticipated. There was a ring at
the hall door, and the gentleman from Africa
ushered into the room a beautiful girl of some
sixteen or eighteen years of age. ''Miss Fitz
noodle, I do declare," cried my fair compan
ion, springing into the arms of the young lady.
After a salute that sounded like a horse draw
ing his foot out of a bog, she turned to mc and
said, "Miss Fitznoodlo, this is Mr." "Mr.
this is Miss Fitznoodlo." I bowed till my
nose almost touched the carpet and sank back
frail and quivering upon my seat. My wholo
attention was now drawn from Miss Sprinkle
belly's condition to that of Miss Fitznoodle.
Her dress was even yet lower than Miss S's.
Vajrue alarms filled my breast for the safety of
all things, and I lelt confident something must
happen before the evening was gone through
with. "What a charming creature Miss Fitz
ndodic 19," said my fair companion to me a
few moments afterwards, when that lady had
withdrawn to another part of the room.
"Ye-yes," I faintly replied and then ventured
timidly to inquire, "Is she an actress 7" "An
actress!" cried MissS. in astonishment; "oh,
that is so funny; why no, she is Fitznoodle,
the rich banker's daughter but what on earth
made you think she was an actress V "Oh,
nothing !" I replied, "only I saw a lady at the
theater last night dressed very much like her,
and I thought maybe she had her stage-dress
on to-night." Miss S. saw the joke and was
silent. Presently she inquired, "do you not
approve of the fashions of these latter days V
"I cin't say that I do, madam." and my voice
sank almost to a whisper. "Well, well," con
tinued she, "one must keep up with the fash
ions ; you know we have nothing to do with
the making of them; they are manufactured
at Paris and sent over to us ready-made just
as politics are manufactured at Washington,
and sent on to you politicians. So, I suppose,
if the Empress would cut her dresses ofl'at the
kDc, Mens. Godart , must needs cut ours off
too. But did you know there is a probability
of a change in the fashions ; I see looped
dresses have lately made their appearance at
the court of Napoleon." My head was run
ning round like a mill-wheel I could hear
beautiful women singing in the distance, arid
a dreamy sort of languor stole over me, while
a faint idea ol dresses pinned up to the waist
floated through my confused mind.. "What
objections have you to the present style of
dress V inquired Miss S. The question star
th;.i and aroused me. "I don't know I think
there there there " as I spoke Miss Fitz
noodle passed between me and the gas-burner,
and I thought 1 could see light shining thro'
under her arms, between her shoulder and the
neck ol her dress. A few moments afterwards
the General happening to come near where I
was sitting, I watched my opportunity when all
eyes were turned in another direction and
whispered in his ear, "For God's sake,
General, lit us go home." The old states
man's fine eyes brightened with mirth as he
nodcled a silent approval to my proposition.
Ten minutes afterwards I found myself on
the street outside Mrs. Sprinklebelly's and
on my way home. I nervously grasped the
old General's arm and drew a deep breath
of relief. A shoi t walk brought us to our Ho
tel, and we immediately retired for the uight,
wishing to get as much rest as possible to
.strengthen us for the morrow when we expect
ed to address our fellow citizens of Westmore
land county, at Latrobc ami Derry. After we
had lain in bed several minutes 1 turned to the'
General and inquired : "Look iiere General, I
want you to tell me what looped dresses are V
"Well," replied he after another pause, "some
fool, the Countess de the devil knows who
appeared, not long since, at a ball given by
the Empress Eugenic with her dress looped up
to the knee and 1 believe it is talked of as the
fashion for the season." "Well, General,"
said I, "if looped dresses are introduced and
Wilmot is elected Governor, I hope for the
honor of onrState.he will introduce another fa
mous proviso which shall read, 'provided that
they shall not be worn higher than the knee,'
but ain't such things awful General, if not, to
say the lest of it, indecent." "Awful, sir,
awful perfectly ridiculous," and the old man
rolled over, as much as to say don't let us talk
any more about such dirty things. So ended
my visit to the fashionable Mrs. Sprinklebel
ly's, and I hope I may never be called urr.; J
pass through such trying ordeal again.
' .1 mnsl now i"vc you some account of my
visit to the Fair at in the County of
Thinks I to myself, I'll go down to that fair,
50 I will, and down I went sure enough. We
1i:ul a nice little company ; the ride on the
"rail" was a pleasant one, and I beg'n to flat
ter mvself we (I) was going to have a real
pleasure trip for once in my life ; but alas, tn
pleasure we are iu the midst of sorrow. The
Hotels were crowded (of course they were)
but wo fortunately obtained a private room at
the house. I "need not tell you how I fell
over the cuib-stone into the street iu trying to
let a hoop pass unobstructed down the pave
ment, or how in trying to be polite to the la
dies I fell out of a coach, tore my good sum
mer pants in a dangerous place, and cut my
leg so that it lamed me for a week ! Oh no,
yon know these things arc as matters of course
with me. It was the alternoon of the second
day after onr arrival, I was quietly sitting in
our room, reading the ''Messenger," when a
youn" lady of mv acquaintance of very ample
dimensions entered, and lor a moment forget
tin" she had hoop3 on, proceeded to throw
herself at full length on a lounge, directly
opposite where I sat. Her feet were towards
me I looked up great God I thought of
the Johnstown tunnel I sprang to my feet
nd rushed to tne opposite iuU me
90m the sweat was pouring Trom my brow
H as I tremblingly wiped it off with my hand
kVief the innocent cause of all my alarm
lft Vf quietly staring at me with her great,
large, good natured eyes, doubtless wondering
what was the matter, or if there were hornets
in the room. Suddenly however, she appear
ed aware of her equivocal position her soul
rushed to her face, and springing to her feet
with a cheek like acarlct, she tied, in confusion
from the room. ; , 1 ; ;
; Thus am I the victim of woman's . canrice
almost every dav. I am startled, nernlexed.
or horrified at "The fantastic tricks she plays tor-v incursion of savages, was taken and car
belore high heavan." Why only the other 1 r'eil 'n captivity. Several iucorrect publi-
uay one. 01 my iveices came into the room
where I was writing a letter and asked aef I
had een anything of; her bones? ;"Iour
what," said I in astonishment. "My bones,"
said she pettishly. I afterwards learned that
bones are not bones proper, but " bones a part
of a dress." One day last week a lady asked
another in my presence "if she had seen any
thing of her skeleton V I was astonished and
perplexed and in vain tried to divine her
meaning. . I ran over the English, the Greek,
aud the Latin vocabularies, but could not find
a word that would throw any light upon the
subject. 1 afterwards learned however that in
this case too, as in the other, skeleton was not
skeleton proper but "skeleton a part of a
dress." llow poor old Noah Webster would
blush with shame if he was alive now to see
the . imperfections of Ms vocabulary of our
language. I hope our next Congress will take
measures to havo him resurrected to revise o
ver again his dictionary. Last evening a-week
I was sitting in company with a very amiable
young lady, she rose to cross the room when
something dropped upon the floor. It waa a
queer looking concern. It looked like a very
little umbrella without any handle. Fshouldn't
wonder if that was a skeleton, for the poor
thing looked so hungry- 1 don't know what I
shall do ; things are getting worse in this coun
try than they used to be. Perhaps it would be
as well to migrate somewhere else ; but where
the d-1 is a fellow to g too to better it any.
Toll me ye winged winds isthcre not some lone spot
Where half-dressed women and hoops are not.
If you have an plan of reformation to sug
gest, John, lay it before me at length in your
next letter, and I shall be pleased to give your
theory my long and earnest consideration.
For the present allow me to close and believe
me, Major, as ever. Tours truly,,
J. S. Brisdis, of Cenfre co.
P. S. There is some consolation,' John, in
the thought that our mothers didn't used to do
so When they were girls. ,
Ob lots or Taper Money.; The Count del
Tendilla, while beseiged' by the Moors in the
fortress of Alhambia, was destitute of gold
and silver wherewith to pay his soldiers, who
began to murmur, as they bad not the means
ol purchasing the necessaries of life Jrom the
people of the town. "In this dilemma, (says
the historian) what does this most sagacious
commander He takes a number of little
morsels of paper, on which he inscribes vari
ous sums, large and small, and signs them with
his own hand and name. These did he give to
his soldiery, in earnest of their pay. "How,"
j-ou will say "are soldiers to be paid with
scraps of paper ?" Even so, and well paid too,
as I will presently make manifest, for the ood
Count issued a proclamation, ordering the in
habitants to take these morsels of paper for
the full amount thereon inscribed, promising
to redeem tliem at a future time with gold
and silver. Thus, by subtle and most mira
culous alchemy, did this cavalier turn worth
less paper into precious gold and silver, and
make his late impoverished army abound in
money." The historian adds: "The Count
de Tendilla redeemed his promises, like a
loyal knight ;" and this miracle as it appeared
in the eyes of the worthy Agapida, is the
first instance on record of paper money, which
has since spread throughout the civilized
weld. This happened in I4S1 ; and thus wo
see that paper money was the adjunct of the
invention of printing, the discovery of the
western world, the Protestant Reformation,
and the increased impulse given to civilization,
industry and learning.
A Good O.vk. In the state of Ohio, there
resided a family consisting of an old man by
the name of Beaver, and his four sons, all of
whom were "pets" who had often laughed to
scorn tho advice and entreaties of a pious,
through very ccentric minister, who resided
in the same town. It happened that one of
the boys was bitten by a rattlesnako and was
expected to die, wheu the minister was sent
for in great haste. On his arrival he found
the young man very penitent and anxious to
be prayed with. The minister, calling on the
family, kneeled down and prayed in this wise :
"Oh, Lord ! we thank thee for rattlesnakes.
We thank thee because a rattlsnake bit Jim.
We pray thee, send a rattlesnake to bite John ;
and one to bite Bill ; send one to bite Sam ;
and O Lord, send the biggest kind of a rattle
snake to bite the old man for liOthing bnt
rattlesnakes will ever brng tho Beaver family
to repentance !"
"Great Original Stout." A dark frown
overspread the handsome and courtly features
of Fernando, the liover. "Why, why," he
?.:Ktd, urandishing liis silver-handled sword
furiously around, "will you not believe mc,
my beauteous Maria de Argylc ! By this good
sword I do swear I love thee truly, wildly,
passionately love thee ! . Then w hy stand so
coldly aloof from this bosom which is burst
ing for thee ?" The beautiful girl essayed to
speak but could Hot. "Ha!" exclaimed Fer
nuudo the Rover, and a sardonic smile lit up
his face, "thou lov'st. another T" "No," she
tremblingly yet with dignity replied. "Then
why not come to this bosom ?" wildly repeat
ed the liover. "Because, sir," she replied,
drawing herself up to her full height, "fm o
fraid yer a Motrin'!" ' . -
The new Cential Park, of New York, now
being laid out, has an area of over 700 acres.
It is two and a half miles long, and . nearly
two-thirds of a mile wide,' and when com
pleted, which will not be for some years, will
equal the parks of any European city. The
cost of the land was $5,111,426, but there has
been assessed on property benefitted by it,
$1,600,000.
"Dawkter, dawkter," said an exquisite, the
other dav, "I want you to tell me what I can
put into my head to make it right?" . It
wants nothing but brains," said the physician,.
"An Even exchange is no robbery," as tho.
widow said when she swapped herself ofl for
a widower. . . "r ...'."- ''
The Trustees of the Indiana Institute for the
Blind have hired a woman to teach a, brass band.
We copy the following incidents, whk l
transpired in the early settlement of Union
county, from a History of the West Branch
Valley, recently published : - : '
Captain James Thompson was an early sct-
tier in BuHUIoe Valley, and, during
a prcda-
cations of Ins sufferings have been made, but
the following is believed to be cortect. as it
was taken down from his own lips, iu 1832, by
Jaatca F. Linn, Esq., of Lewisburg, and en
tered in his journal. -
Some time previous to his capture he had
removed his wife and children to Penr.s Creek,
for greater security against the Indians. In
March, 1781, he was going from Lowisburg
(then Derrstown) to his farm,Jpreparatory to
moving down the country. On the Toad be
tween the farms of John Linn and Col. John
Kelly, he was suddenly. surmised by: four In
dians, and compelled to go along with them.
When the came to a hollow, half a miie from
Kelly's house, they discovered a fresh track
in the soft clay. One of the Indians exclaim
ed, "Squaw." Two of them immediately set
ofl'on a run, and two remained to guard him,
one behind and one before. They soon heard
a female scream, when the one behind struck
him on the back with his gun and cried,
"Waugh," (run.) They started of! on a run,
and on coming to the top of a hill, saw the
other two with a woman, when they pushed 08
immediately for an Indian town on Towanda
creek. They crossed the' White Deer and
other mountains, north of Buflaloe Valley,
and came to the river near the month of Ly
coming creek, which they crossed in canoes.
During the night they tied bis arms behind him
and fastened the cord to grubs in the ground.
One night, while encamped on Lycoming
creek, not being tied very securely, he suc
ceeded in releasing bis arms. Two of the In
dians lay on one(side of the fire with the girl
(Mary Young, the daughter of Matthew Young,
who lived on a farm adjoining Captain Thomp
son's) and two on the other side with him.
lie first endeavored to get one of their toma
hawks, but discovered that they were all lying
on their arms. He then got a stone, which
they had used for crushing corn, raised on his
knees, preparatory to giving one ot them a
mortal stroke on the temple, and securing a
tomahawk. But on account of his head being
wrapped in a blanket, he struck too high to
effect his object. The Indian gave a yell,
which awoke the other. lie now attempted
to run, but the cord, with which he was tied,
and stretched . between tho twogiubs, inter
cepted him, and as ho stepped back to geta
round it, one of the savages caught him by
the collar of the coat, and in the struggle tore
it to the bottom. He drew his tomahawk to
strike bim on the head, but desisted, and spoke
to tho one he had wounded in his own lan
guage, and then drew it again, desisted, and
spoke to the wounded Indian, and then drew
it the third time, nc expected to receive it
this time, and was resolved to try and catch it
and wrest it from his hand. But they finally
concluded not to kill him, reserving him for a
more formal execution. They then tied a hol
low gourd, containing shot, to his waist, tell
ing him that was his death warranl.
After this tl.ey tied him so tight that he lost
all feeling in his hands and arms. They con
tinued on towards their place of destination.
One day they shot a wild turkey, and taking
out the entrails, rolled them round astick with
out any cleaning, roasted them, in the Ere, and
gave them to tho prisoners to eat. Before
this they had only a lew grains of corn per day,
and this change of diet, said Mr. Thompson,
was quite a delicacy !
When they got to Towanda the Indians be
came less careful, thinking he would not at
tempt to run away again. In the evening they
made him gather wood : ho managed to go
f urtiier away for each load, till he got as far as
he thought it was piudcnt to try, and match
ing an opportunit3' when they were not observ
ing him, darted off into the woods as fast as he
could run, with twenty-two grains of corn in
his pocket, for provision, to travel a journey
ol many miles through tho wilderness.
He said he could have made his escape on
several occasions before, but ho could not
think of leaving Mary Young a prisoner with
them. She frequently told him to escape, and
not try to rescue her, as it would defeat both.
She was resigned to her fate.
- He took a different route at first from that
toward home, to. deceive the Indians in pur
suit. In running he stepped on a rotten stick,
which broke and made a noise ; at the same
time he heard two trees rubbing together
which he took to be the Indians in pursuit.
Being terribly frightened he ran into a pond,
and hid himself in the brush, with nothing out
but bis head, where he lay till ho was satisfied
they were not coming that way. He then pro
ceeded on his journey, keeping along tho
monntains, lest he might meet Indians in the
valleys. One night he ran almost into an In
dian encampment before seeing it. He went
a littlchigher up the hill, where he could
plainly see the Indians pass between him and
the fire. At another time he came very near
an encampment, when an Indian gave a yell.
He supposed he was discovered, but squatted
down immediately and remained quiet in the
bushes; in a short time one of the Indians
commenced chopping wood, when he knew
they had not scon him, and carefully passed
around them.
Ho strnck the West Branch a few rods above
where they had crossed it going out, and found
one of the canoes on the bank, tho river hav
ing fallen. Being so weak, he was unable to
push it in, but getting two round sticks under
it for rollers, with the aid of a handspike, suc
ceeded in launching it. On getting in, he
discovered tho other canoe sunk, when he
worked aud bailed it out, and lashing the two
together, started with two paddles on his voy
age. Ho rowed to the middle of the river,
so that it the Indians 2id pcrsuc him and
shoot, they would not be so lihc-ly to hit hint.
Ono of his paddles accidentally dropped out
and floated off, .which he regretted very much,
but, on getting into an eddy, it came floating
up to his canoe, and was recovered. ,
..When his craft got opposite to where Wat
sontown now stands, he was discovered, and
relieved by some friends. He was so weak
that he lay in the canoe, and waved his hand
to them on shore, which attracted their atten
tion.. When taken out, he was so weak that
he could not relate his adventures, for several
days, having to be nourished with sweet milk
till he gained strength sufficient to talk- Af
ter getting able ta walk, he wont to his family;
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and removed to Chester county,
whore they
remained till the close of the war.
The Indians took Mary to their towns, and
let her to hoeing corn. Anum
i-l.l IUT IO UIK WW '
,i.,.it.wi with the corn, aud
.would think her too dumb to learn agri-
cult. hn, tn the Enclish- She
l?ok, V advice, and was eventually sold to an
E"8"sr".aptain, with whom she remained sev
eral j eat. whcn she wa, liberated and return
ed home. aving been so much exposed du
ring her c;;vj,-. j.i.r constitution was so
shattered thaiLjie survived her return but a
short time. - C jjjeir war out, she was obli
ged to wade thru j, jeep creeks, and, as the
weather was very her dothes were often
frozen into a solid U'ssof ice.
She ioforpied Capt Thompson that two
of the Indians pursued yira part of two days,
but returned without snc3. They regretted
his escape rry much, as uy intended to tor
ture him. The wounded udiaa left them
soon after his escape, and s., never heard of
him after, but supposed he tftd, as he was
badly injured. . '
At that time she saw a woman, cousin to
James Cornelius, who resided in Btiflaloe Tp.
that had been taken prisoner by the Indians
during the French war. When they hjl taken
her a great distance from home she mimaged
to effect her escape, and made her way through
the woods alone. The first day she came up
with a mare and colt, and getting on her rode
all dav. When night came she turned her
out to pasture, laid herself down by a log for
the night, and never expected to see her again
t hen she awoke in the morning the snare and
colt stood by her side I She rode her all that
dav, and turned her out to graze whilst she
sleiit. but the next morning the faithful ani
mal was there, as before, to receive her rider.
She rode her each day till she arrived at the
fort. By some, this paiticular circumstance
would be termed an interposition of Divine
Providence, to preserve the life of the woman
It is also stated that when she came to tho
fort the mare would allow no other persou to
approach, and when she was turned out to
craze that nieht. made her escape, and was
never heard of again.
About this time there lived near where the
town of New Berlin now stauds, a family nam
ed Klinesmith. A small party of Indians
coming upon their dwelling, whilst the males
of the family were bnsv in the harvest ueii
of a neighbor, plundered the house and car
ried away two of Ivhnesmith's daughters, one
sixteen, the other fourteen years old. The
party retreated to a spring notth of New
Berlin now called the Still House Spring
where they halted, and, not satisfiicd with the
trifling mischief they had done, left . the
prisoners and booty in the care of the oldest
man of the party, whilst the ma n body pro
ceeded to the harvest field, in the hope of gel
ting some scalps to carry hoiae as trophies of
their success.
The old man lighted his pipe and sat down
at the foot of a tree, keeping an eye upon his
prisoners. After some tima the nun began to
fall, when Betsey, the eldest girl, intimated to
the sentinel that she meant to cut diwn some
branches from the trees, and cover a small bag
of flour which the Indians had brought from
her father's house. The Indian, little suspect
ing her real intention, assented, and permitted
her to take one of the axes or tomahawks.
She pretended to lc very busily occupied with
ber task, bnt contrived to get behind the old
man, and buried the axe in his head !
By this time the scalping paity, finding the
harvesters too numerous and well armed tor
their purposes, were on their return, and al
ready approached near enough to hear the
groan or cry of the old Indian as he fell. The
girls flvd the savages pursued and fired The
younger girl, just as she was in the act of
springing over a fallen tree, was pierced with
a bullet, which entered below tho shoulder
blade, and camo cut at the breast. She fell
and immediately rolled herself under the log,
which at that point was raised a little from the
ground. The savages sprang over the log in
chase of her sister, without observing that any
one lay under it.
Betsey being a strong and active las, gave
them a hard run, so that the harvesters, alarm
ed by the firing, came to the rescue in time to
save her, and change the pursuers into fugi
tives. They found the little girl under the fal
len tree, much terrified and weakened by loss
of blood, but fortunately not dangerously
w Minded, the ball having passed through her
body without touching any vital organ. She
recovered ,and afterwards married a man named
Campbell. Becoming a widow she married
again. Her last husband's name was Cham
bers. Betsy also married, and, with her hus
band, removed to one of the Western States.
The Area or Utah. It may bo a matter of
some interest to our readers to know some
thing of the comparative extent of that Ter
ritory of the United Stales, whose chief oflicer
is bidding defiance to onr government. : Ac
cording to Colton, the area of LTtah is two
-hundred and sixty-nine thousand one hundred
and seventy square nines. To engineers and
a few others, this will give a just idea of its
vast extent. People will form a bolter es
timate ly being told that it is as l uge as the
whole of the New England States, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
land, Kentucky and Tennessee. Or to com
pare it with European countries, it is equal in
extent to Great Eritain andj Ireland, Switzer
land, Prussia and Denmark, with the Islands
of Guernsey, Man and thelonian Islandsadded.
Horbirle Tragedy is Canada. A most a
trocious murder was committed at Poolville,
Hamilton, G. W., on Sunday night, January
10th. J arcd Conitock and his wife, aged over
seventy years, were the victims. Their son
was the murderer ; he has been for some time
insane. At about 8 o'clock in tho evening.be
killed his father by knocking him down with
an axe ;' and his mother was killed with a skil
let. He then cat their hearts out, and cut
one of the bodies in pieces, and roasted the
other on the stove, eating a portiou of it. Ho
intended to have killed his sister but fortu
nately she escaped;' The murderer is in cus
tody," and has confessed the act.
have all heard of the smiles of Provi
dence. We were much pleased with Uncle
Jim's idea on tho subject. "Good morning
iTnc.le Jim -Good morning, sir." Wcll
you have got your daughter married off, havo
vou?" "res." "Really, rrovidencfl trail
ed on you." "Smiled ! u?, .Vlet you, be
snickfreirizhtcutt" '
I 'vcK IS FARMING.
Thr r few words ofiener upon the lips of
a certain class of farmers than luck Smith la
a "lucky dog," because his corn never rots,
bis wheat never winier-kills, his sheep never
cet into his rye, and his cows never invade hn
meadows and orcnaras. ms ti"
than his neighbors, his butter brings more in
the market, and even nis who ami v-.i...-
have a more contented look man oiocr pct. c.
Every thing he touches thrives. Wh U a lucky
man Smith is! . .
Now , the fact is. luck has notning 10 u"
Smith's success in life, it jou
man, you will find that every result ue ru.D
is anticipated and piannea ior,
his own wit and wcrk. It is the legitimate ro-
ward of his labors; it would hare been bad
luck, if it had turned out otherwise, u.a corn
alwavs comes up, because he alwaya aelecta
the seed himself, and hangs it up by tho buska
iu the garret, where it is thorough"? uritu.
Tin Ata Twit rtliirtt. lin til tho sun ha3V warmed
the soil enough to give the germ an iii!We.di
ate start, lie drams ms wncai neias wiunuc?
and the water that used to freeze and lhaw up
on the surface, and throw the .roots of tho
wheat out and kill thcro,iow passes down into
the drains, and runs off. His fields ore green
and beautiful in the Spring, when his neigh
bors' are russet, brown and desolate. His fen
ces are in good repair, and his animals are not"
made breachy by the continual temptation of
dilapidated walls. His wife and children are
comfortably clothed and fed, and are not kept
in a continual fret and worry by a husband and
father, who has no system or energy in his v
business. A time and place for every thing
is his motto, carefully carried ont. The shoe
maker is always called in when his services
are needed, and none of his household get wel
feet, catch cold, have the lung fever, and run
up a doctor's bill of twenty dollars for want of
a cent's worth of leather at the right jtime In
the right place.
Smith does not believe in luck. He knowt
that health in the family, and thrift upon the
farm depend upon a thousand little things that
many of his neighbors are too lazy or careless
to look after. So while they are in the tavern,
or loafing in the village, cr running a muck in
politics, he is looking after these little things,
and laying his plans for next year. He ha
good corn, even in the poorest year, because
the soil has the extra manure it needed to
bring out good, long, plump, well capped ears,
lie meant to have 80 bushels to the acre, and
he has it, good measure, and running over.
Talk with Lim about luck, and he will say to
you: "It's all nonsense. Bad luck is simply
a man with his hands in his breeches pockets,
and a pipe in his mouth, looking on to see how
it will come out. Good luck is a roan of pluck
to meet difficulties, his sleeve rolled up, and
working to make it come ont right. He rare
ly fails. At least I never did." -
Smith is right. ..' nd to your business,
and you will have good luck.
I Ligler receives the following gentle tap
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"When Mr. Bigler was in Kansas last sum
mer, he was known as an open and enthusias
tic advocate of what some hereabouts called
Red Republicanism. We heard him ypeak in
Faoli, alter Governor Walker had made a Red
Republican speech, and he endorsed every
word uttered by Walker. Wc can produce a
bundant evidence of his frequent declarations
that Kansas couldjiot get into the Union with
out a submission of the Constitution to tho
people, and now he tries to sand the eyes of
the South by stepping forward as the cham
pion of the present position of the Adminis
tration. He becomes the peculiar Tclamon of
the Lccompton usurpation. Men of such con
venient principles may suit small offices, but
w ill n. t do to trust in the important station
now filled bv Mr. Bigler."
' On tho arrival of an emigrant ship, soma
years ago, w hen the North Carolina lay off tha
Battery, an Irishman, hearing the gun fired at
sunset, inquired of one of the sailors what
that was ? "What's that ? Why, that's Fun
set ?" was the contemptuous reply. Sun
set !" exclaimed Paddy, with distended eyesj
"sunset! Holy Moses! and does the sun go
down in this country with such a bang as
that?"
Gekxan Newspapers. It is stated thai
there are ten times as many newspapers print
ed in the German language in the United
States as there are in Germany. This is cer
tainly creditable to the German population of
our country, and they are usually a thrifty,
peaceful class of citizens, especially outside
of our large cities.
'Don't you think," said a brother lawyer
to Judge Greenwood, of Georgia, "that Jim
Picrsonistho greatest liar of a lawyer that
you ever saw V "I should be sorry to say
that of brother Pierson," replied the Judge,
"but he is certainly the mo&t economical of
truth of any lawyer on the circuit." ' '
A lunatic once infoimed bis physician, who
was classifying ctses of insanity, that he had
lost his wits by watching a politician, whose
course was so crooked that it turned his brain.
A SIiiitia officer in Texas boasts, through
the papers, that his men "would rally at the
tap ot the drum." Perhaps they would rally
still more promptly at the tapping of a keg.
WiicttE will the r get Hcsbands 1 It ap
pears by the last census that the excess of
females over males in the State of Massachu
setts is 83,050. ; ; . :
. A cotemporary speaking of the report oa
gentlemen's fashions, says, "there is not much
change in gentlemen' pants this nonth."
Very" likely. ; - : ' '
' The value of buildings constructed in Chi
cago, during the present year, is 4,000,000 j
a slight increase on the previous year.;' ;
"Is that clock right over there V asked a
visitor, the other day. "Right over there V
said tho boy ; "tain't nowhere else."
As editor ont la Iowa, says they dont brag
of tho size of their babies, but they are tmot
uncommon snrecrop . ' ; - ,
The following contains the alphabet ': John
P. Brady gave me a black walnut box of quit
a small size. . :
An English newspaper ia about to be estab
lished at .Constantinople,, with the title of
,MQ..L,eTa.:;t iieraia,"
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