U v VOL. 5.-N0. 41. BY S. B. ROW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1859. STAND AS AW ANVIL. 'Stand.lik a anvil !" when the strokes Of stalwart strength full fierce and fast; Storms but more deeply root the oaks, , Whose brawny arms embrace the blast. "Stand like an anvil 1" when the sparks Fly far and wide, a fiery shower: Virtue and truth must still be marks Where malice proves its want of power. 'Stand like an anvil !" when the bar - Lies red and glowing on its breast ; Duty shall be life's leading star, And conscious innocence its rest. " "Stand like an anvil !" when the sound Of ponderous hammers pain the ear ; Thine but the still and ?tern rebound Of the great heart that cannot fear. 'Stand like an anvil !" noise and beat Are born of earth and die with time; -The soul, like God, its source and scat, Is solemn, still, serene, sublime. copyright SEcrnKn. . CLEARFIELD COUNTY: OH, REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST. Shortly after the Revolutionary war, the wild lands ot Pennsylvania canscd speculation to rise to fever heat, and a number of surveying parties were sent out into different portions of the State. The anxiety of the Deputy Sur veyors to locate their warrants and return their surveys before any other rights attached to the soil, caused manv interferences. Caveats were filed, disputes adjusted, and orders of re-sur vey issued in some instances. In 1802, a sur veying party Cannan's came on to the wa ters of Cbest Creek, to run the division line between the McConnell and Fisher lands, and ascertain interferences. They started at the 'Scotch Cabins," in Cambria county, at the Kittanning crossed Chest Creek, and run the courses and distances of that stream for thirty one miles. Having finished surveying, they amc to the mouth of the Creek, and then pro ceeded down the West Branch of the Susquc- hanna. In this party was Samuel 1 ulton, a surveyor, a native of Ireland, who came to the 1 United States with his mother in the year 1704, at the age of twelve years. He was on his way to Alexandria, Huntingdon count y, Pa., at the time the Jersey Blues were being revicwed in the State of Delaware, prior to their departure to fight the "whiskey boys," during that memorable insurrection, which I caused more noise than bloodshed: I The first sign of a settlement which the sur- veying party discovered, was a few deadened 2ine trees where now stands the orchard of Hon. James Ferguson. They passed it and Arthur Bell's improvement, and crossed the River to James McCracken's, the.brother-in- law of -'Squire Bell,wbo was then surrounded by a numerous family, the children being Jo- MMh. James, Robert, Thomas, Daniel, John, - William, Greenwood, and two daughters, so f.tr as we have ascertained. McCracken's place ..ft ..-, -.to 1 ..-.. mo" Km nrfincrtv f.f S:imncd wnv. J - . -. , -r i. it....... ThU W9. fi, c;aiuweii anajosepu uucr. xmo a mc first night that Fulton slept m the county. Ontiositc McCracken's was the improvement Ti.ntnA Mvninre. Esnnire a kind friend, ... - r i .. i, . and one ot te most omigmg ueizwis, u would at -any time incommode nimseii to ac- ,nmmiw),t another, and when asked for a fa- vor, he stopped not to inquire, ".what will it ..... T.rofit me," bat only, "can I grant it." lie lived and died without an enemy. McClure two sons and five daughters. One of the sons 7ilsou-Iand one of the daughters are dead, Tbe other son the jovial and warm-hearted . . . ...1. 7.. I.f nlv JohnP.Hojt, ot tergusou i.i . an Associate Judge, who has been lor some - i n :1 nn nnlnnf oilro. , " X- . .w.-w . a nn ntlVP TIOIUICI JII. lo r .11 rm-wures ravin" a tendency 10 eic- vata our acricultural interests ; Knzabeth mar- f m Cumberlmd county in 1709, and removed to this county in 1W, and settled on tne iraveii- seiziug Lim oy tne mroai ana stand at one end like the Arfcwitn open moutn, !w n imnroveincnt but he did not remove the Ridges, in what is now known as the "I- shaking hawUh violence, "when shall I feel while every living creature of the air, the made an improemcnt, out ne uiu noi remove iut a , some emota j' earth, or tho sea, Would move slowly on in to Clearfield until in the year 1800. He was rishtown settlement. He was a man ol some Mr. Godarv reiates that at this moment he solemn procession, disappearing within my -.nor'or.1 commissioned as a Justice of the note, became an Associate Judge, and from feit i,imself 1 A sudden and dreadful rev- all-devouring jaws. The w . i , r 41 n. pAnnfr rnmmU. I liirn lias .lesronded a numerous familv. Jor- elation broke nnon him in regarding the vidti il nourishment in tons rcacc, anaou l??. .Tm. .".Mn .iPr hi. strangely dila, eyes of the compag awful, its value in sterling doners at me time uie wuuau -.. ----- hQ hatl d . ith a madmau ; 10,000. ; and in one horse ,f the first court house was made. Hchad Opposite to Benjamin Jordan s uvea ueorge - to reason ! might number perhaps fi t McClure occupies tne L.iggei AUegneny .uouniains. creorgo mm uccujiih --..v. - '."i "V M.. " clothing. Ivory dust has long . nfthnd-h- thnMnlaco. He is the father of thc lament- for PeoI"e lo an themselves " U"'"" aQ excellent article for jellies, rIace,aojoin,,g . T ""Z Z . 7W: L n wi, tt,,n.,. In ,or ,na D;loon, and ceriaiuiy unc cllppInKSand parchmcn ters, Sarah was marneu to jjci.j. i....., , c. . would not aream oi meeting wu a ""'.'Ann No wonder Professor Liebig tells rr-ia !! wifi! of Dr. I mission as Prothcjiotarv in the Tear 1850, and pnroiinter in the stsiM. The earth was oOOO Jane rcmamcu amjitv; , i - - - ried Abraham Reams, who resides about four Clearfield in 1801. During that year, he clear- , ;h , n mc, my fine miles below the county seat, on tho hill run- ed about three acres of ground, part of which fenow continued the madman, without loos lack from the hih clitt of rocks near the he sowed with turnips and the remainder with ening the grip. "Ah! you think to rob me ? s i nitons-dead water." grass. The soil was very productive, and the of my 1000 francs as well as my craoUon. head of "Fulton s ueaa water. b - j . Ycrv well, be quiet. It's my turn to laugh. As Fnltop re-crossed the River, he saw Sam- second year Ire raised on three acres nearly i1 , -I : nel and William Beatty engaged in cieaws m m t vf iirwi MMininmo- i t.a ilil g o a v - - . - i ' i - o fAF OUtinCp.ecCu4 u .P. David Liggett, an old oacneior, wu a laml where he lived and ter uiuicu niw. , Following tho blazed path, which the end of his house. This monster Uu u.. killed by William Bloom, a day or two before. ' . M n.l o half . . A 1..w1 VnAt1 ' half The tavern was a large cao.n, ouo tor;.K; vniton -and bis party remaineu ." ' ,bem. there that day . .x. . . i. The 01 Millie LSIUY11W6" " , . n,iAntvof meat ciimniuuiuiiigooa; incic .-r-' . provided, and Lc of them shrewdly guessed that tne sign, like the shell wnicu .. - . J,n . . . n ,., ;!! l,n known to the epicure that real turtle wH w h,..a,,,a,, .k i,;n,1 fif meat J luv, that was to be prepared for the table. m. i u 1?itr h rinriied laui I lire 11UU CI nau luiec oi nuwv, pax l i iuui a dwwj - r iuj i nrr all tne this pomt left the River he reached i & f ng i u . me Clover's tavern, leaving aioum o . - -r ' " " appeared to bcttiinK inmseu.j .r have my - - said h rflht Clover had, for a sign, some- raised, burned np-a loss which then was con- i wish to mo if I cannot find some J'er. ' nfttnral than a "Red Lion," or a sidered very serious, in Jir. noover emotion up tnere. i mu8l pu. w striae -d fc- i ti Rkin of a huge was elected a member of the Legislature, be- ol trie scmi-circie. j . the "lioluen ijagic. . - , . ... . .finr The madman maicaieu wim "lawer tne r . . tha nosp. at I inf the first sent from this county. He alter- . v,n tct I paniner. biuucu - - i . A 1..wl KnAtt I . . i Ann ii'ir'fiiiLr u j w j - i urtnAT nan in liih uaiiuuut w uow i-1 ti tr. surveys for Col, Miles, which commenced at the place where Matthew Caldwell now lives, extended over to the Clearfield Creek, and embraced the land from that line down to where the Creek and the Iliver come togeth er, at "the Point." As this brought him in sight of nearly all the settlements that were then in the county, along the river, we will here glance at those we have not already men tioned. About a mile and a half below Clover's, on the same side of the River, lived Robert As key, near the present mill of Isaac Bloom, Esq. Askey was very obliging, aiding people to cross the River at his place, where there was a ford, on the Milesburg and LeBoeuff road. He would relate to the pioneers his ad ventures with the Indians, whilst he was nn der Gen. Wagner, andfcive them such infor mation as he possessedof the country which they intended making tleir home. He lived more for others than forjiimself, died recent ly at an advanced age, ind has been succeed ed by a large family, wlfcse principal trait is their kind and neighborly disposition. A little faither down, on the opposite side of the River, lived Benjamin Jordan, who was a Revolutionary solJler, originally" from the State of Maryland, and who, in Centre coun ty, had become connected, by marriage, to the family of Gen. Potter. He was tall man all bine and sinew. He was eccentric, and though his place was one of general resort for a long time, he seemed to show little disposition for conviviality or society. He located a number of surveys in this county, several of which bear his own and the name of his wife Isabel la. It was at his house the early trainings took place, doling one of which, whilst the lite war was in progress, a recruiting party aid this couijy a visit. There were then in :be neighborhood, two young men from Indi- i ;na county, limea Porter and McAnulty. 1 he former h:d received the bounty money, enlisted and afirwasds deserted. The latter, Iwho was a nea-jneighbor of Porter, tempted joy the-reward tiered for the apprehension of I deserters, gave formation which led to Por- her's arrest. Tje prisoner was taken within tie lines, wherejhc watched bi opportunity, aid when McAnjlty came near him, he seized tl informer andLgave him a scund thrashing, foi doing w hich ic received the' approbation of the bystanders.' Towards eveving, Porter, escaping through the lines, reached 'lie River, ant divested himself of part of his clothing bef -re his captors were aware ol ins tscape. Pursuit was made, but though the K er was thcthigh, the water cold and numcrou suots fired at him, he succeeded in reaching th 0p- posits bank, where, with a graceiui wan Cf the lund, he bid good-bye to the soldiers, a.i was not heard of afterwards. Jordan was ot I loved bv his ne ishbors. and his sudden and " ' .I tr.Krir.al nnd startled the little community in i i'i'vi - - which he lived, ana niiea ii wun gioom auu sadness, lie had five children, one oi nis sons died in youth : another removed to Ccn- i i 1 . n.trk laitrrTitnr mar ire coumy a. t uiuu iuhw , ncu i:;os. iieeu, mo lamur u. --o..v.w siah R. Iiced ; another was tne nrsi wi.e oi Alexander Reed ; and the t jrd was marru I -w i i t r r Ta..S.-.h La1 1 1 to James iieeu. cnjaiuu. -mua,. ..a thcr Hugh, also a Revolutionary soldier, who and John elcntwo uromers, lue latter oi I 1 At f 1 whom was without, a family, aud was subse- quently frozen to death whilst crossing the I 1 . i n n t.T.-i nrMic itrf.lAnv r-j-j. j5elow W elc.U's, near tne centre meeting Iinncn Vint ttn hnmft nf Martin Hoover, a na I '""' " " i live oi iors coumj, uu icmuicu w vtuuo countv in nir-, ana irom mecce came 10 innn l,:U.l.r (nrmnc Tl. 1. xwx. i Mv - j o - I nmrp it. l i.li i ti i t: . iiiiii u ii i i n i i.i i v i in it inn Mft, Rbfiisted nrincinallv on tb twi., . - . - , - -,- - trees which were cut down for that purpose. i .. . ,.i at At the time the Ogden mill was destroyed by Yivui tho nosition of Trnasnrer. and also 1 1 111. V. u ..uuav.. v. .u.a.v. I " J - iqii ;n thft Tflfh r.nr of Ms nsc. lie -" '" ""r ,nhn Sumnol. twelve cuiiure... vi iuc Vu, David, Daniel and Georgo are aJ. Jacob . .. - T A 1 ia.li O T .ltl.O. daueiucr, was marneu i i " T r,..tiirinn tn Tunic Polly, to Roswe Li ther ; Catbar to Is ac 'ad I T Al-ai . AOllUlIl Ol LUC UUItuv m ' "v " .,, ,.r llv. so tha uu in Tohn x legal, r-stner rtiuaiua biu&iv. cy to Jonn x i fe rBrtr(TO TToo Polly and Catharine are dead. George Hoo- T-..:..o Mmn l,nr sonlO ver, a . brotner o , years twt- Next to Hoover's, on the Goodfellow place, f was Frederick Henhich now Haney whose next neighbor was Daniel Ogden. Haney e rected the grist mill, which supplanted Og den's, on the Montgomery creek, near its mouth. He was the builder of the coal ark that we have said was staved in "Rocky Bend," which reminds us of an occurrence at a chris tening at the house of Abraham Hess. The Rev. Stewart, of Penn's Valley, a Presbyte rian clergyman, occasionally came out here to preach for the people, and the opportunity was generally embraced to christen those children who had not already been baptised. The Rev erend gentleman had no regular form, but usu ally asked some Biblical questions before pcr- .v.,.,.,; fK 5fc; T,wnB : u,. . ,r. tt "Who built the first ark ?" and was promptly answered : "Fred Haney !" which was, no doubt, true, so far as this county was concern ed, but was neither the answer expected nor desired by the clergyman. Abraham lless was originally from York county, moved here I about 1803, lived on Clearfield creek, where he died recently. He was twice married, his first wife being a daughter of David Litz, the elder, and had a large family thirteen chil dren two of whom are dead. Haney had a numerous offspring, but few of whom are now to be found in the county. (TO BK COSTIXrED.) PEEILOUS BALLOON" ADVENTUBE. An affair of this nature took place on the oc casion of the last ascent but one of the cele brated and lucky srronant, Mons. Godard. Mr. Godard took with him that day as his compag non dn uoyase, a wealthy private gentleman, who had paid 1000 francs for the privilege of sharing in the perils of his expedition. The weather could not have been more propitious, and the balloon shot up rapidly to a consider able altitude. "What effect docs that produce on you ?" asked Mr. Uodard cf his companion. "Nothing," said the latter laconically. :My compliments to you," said Mr. God ard. "You are the first whom I have ever seen arrive at such an altitude without betray ing some emotion." "Keep on mounting,'' said the traveller, with gravity supreme. Mr. Godard threw out some ballast, and the balloon ascended some 500 feet higher. "And now " added Godard,"does your heart beat V "Nothing yet," replied his companion, with an air which approached closely to impatience. "The deuce exclaimed Mr.Godard ; "you have really, my dear sir, the most perfect qualifications to be an aeronaut. The balloon still ascended; when 1000 feet hisher, Mr. Godard interrogated his compan ion "And now ?" "Nothing, nothing, not the shadow of fear whatever!" answered the traveller discontented, and like a man who had experienced a profound deception. said the aeronaut, smiling; "I must renounce all hones of making you afraid. Ihc balloon is high enough ; we are going to descend." "To descend !" "enainiy ; tiii-ie iu u u..ftct. ... ...... .... .11 II 1. ! higher !" That don,t raake thc slightcst diflerencc to rat j jo not choose to descend." "1-iy that I wish to ascend higher; keep on B6- . j have civen you xooO francs ,n oratty experience some emotion; I must uo so, a win not descend before 1 Dave ieu o : bc lieyed at j a - kc MVill y t ascend ?" bnce more demanded To ask for ht-, amidst the clouds ! T, ., . ... ,,, y,n3 If even the unffunateteronaut had had any acl:nsie weapou, e would naie uwu I-, -- , , fi movement of tL, n fur ous madman feet bcncatn most, i rriue uepm, au - fc lho caf t -ze Mr. Godard, - I ... j Kv him 1 Willi Tlio IlieSUIlCU Ol lllllia aCIUlVV I S .... i in so many 01 1113 uarmg lurwi ir" uau n iumc icuv,vu.io, m m a secona. " J " " " " - . - AnXna , Xno roadman was possessea oi piuu.&"- m uov v w . i tv nccn in r inwn. r. i tuuu u u i uuu f tempt to defend himself. "What do you Wisn flsked he with a j tone ana ouuiuiijijiiv ... Simply to amuse myself in 8ecing yo , SUUlUICioauu) ..v.-. .ii ij an ) " riimh ninnfr the feci h.ld the car attached to the baa,m Mr. . . I , ... , u.,rm frtM7 . - I - '1 a 111. naa tjooara, wuo uttu muv, 'ea ior him.elf, was forced to do so now iota, mad. - ..j ( mlMrtMc ma, yon Wlfjl "No remarks," hissed the madman, zJn uiia again u. - nto the auyss." - I A f laicr ousuncu an. i . vjv-..-, 'me .1 .1 Mi. I ;n1 aril . Alli iq ivui ibis j - C ,V!oU mav remain attached to. the baloon." way wmam madman, . Mho uu " . T a,,-. ,aaa.,ti to comprehend . : uu.uy . '. t. omman commenced to climb the t: with the agility of a squirrel. He reached tbe balloon and placed himself astride the semicircle, as he said. Once there, he rent the air with a shout of triumph, and drew bis knife from his pocket. "What are you going to do-' asked Mr. Godard, who feared that he might have the idea of ripping the balloon. "To make my self comfortable forthwith." Uttering these words the madman'cut slowly the cord of safe ty which Mr.Godard had attached to his body. With a single pufi of wind to shake the bal loon the miserable creature must roll over the abyss. Mr. Godard shut his eyes in or der not to see him. The madman clasps his hands he cannot contain himself with delight. He spurs the balloon with his heel, as it on horseback, to guide its night. "And now," veiled forth the madman, bran dishing his knife ; "we are going to laugh, Ah, robber, you thought to make me descend. Very well. It is you who are going to turn- hie down in a moment, and quicker than that." Mr. Godard had no time to make a movement or put in a single word. Before he was able to divine the infernal intention of the mad man, the latter, still astride the semi-circle, had cut oh ! horror ! four of the cordages which suspended the car to the balloon. The car inclines horribly ! it only held by two. It i. i i -ii :.. nc ,1 1 zr T T V . a a 77 7k tm knUe of the madroan approaches the last cord yet a moment and all will be over. "I do not ask for pardon ; on the contrary." "What is it you wish then ?" said the mad man astonished. "At this moment, now," continued the aero naut hurriedly, "we arc at a height ot" 5,000 feet." ' "Stop," said the madman, "that will be charming to tumble down such a height." "Yet," said Mr. Godard, "my experience as an aeronaut has taught mo that death is not certain to ensue from a fall from that eleva tion. Tumble for tumble, I much prefer to fall from such a height and be killed outright, rather than risk being only lamed ; have the charity to precipitate me from a height of 0,000 only." "Ah, that will do," said the madman, whom the mention of a more dreadful fall charmed amazingly. Mons. Godard follows heroically his pur pose, and throws over an enormous quantity of ballast. The balloon made a powerful bound, and mounted five hundred feet ia a few seconds. Only then, and while the madman surveys this operation with a menacing air the aeronaut thinks to accomplish another quite contrary. The quick eye of Mr. God ard had remarked that among the cords spared bv the madman, figures the one leading to the valve'. .His plan is taken. He draws the cord, it opens the valve placed in the uppcrzart 01 ' balloon for tlio purpose ol allowing any excess for the hydrogen gas to escape, and the result which he hoped lor, was not long in making itself apparent. Little by little the madman became drowsy, asphyxiated and in sensible by the vapors of the gas which sur rounded him. The madman being sufficiently asphyxiated for his purpose, Mr. Godard allowed the bal loon to descend slowly to the earth. The dra ma is finished ! Arrived on terra firma. Mr. Godard, not bearing any hatred to the author of his peril ous voyage, hastened to restore him to anima tion, and had him conveyed, hands and leet bound, to the neighboring station. PLENTY TO EAT. I am worse than Noah's Ark of course I mean in niv canacitv for takinsr in animals. i will suppose that I have reached the allot ted term of man's existence three score and ten that I have been blessed with a good di gestion, and that I have devoured three meals a-dav Setting aside the forests of vegetables I have destroyed, the panorama of my animal consumption would take the regular exhibition period of two hours to unroll. There I should eight of my indi would be something money might reach wagon loads it iom80 to 100. Not content with the flesh of birds, beasts, fishes. i repines, auu insects, 1 iuusi ociit; uiuu iucii . . . , ' .. . nf. lhlaffPr hn-P I.opt. oonvprfed into articles of been sold as and so have t shavings. me gelatine i wuuiu not sustain buy iuuii iui a iuuuvu , -onrlr h tlla m tho onlv difference between this deceptive luxury and joiners' glue is its greater price ; no wonder we pity thc long army of helpless invalids who liave oeen ted with this glassy mockery ; no wonder it trcm bles when it appears upon a dish, it thinks what a shameless imposter it is ; for old km gloves, and older parchment deeds are often the only ingredients of its composition. Glue and scraps of gloves,boiled down with arsenic, are eaten by my Spanish neighbors, ana my South Sea Island brethren have made a good UillUCi lvw. . . w breeches stuffed with seaweed Dickers House hold Words. The customers of a certain cooper in a town out West, caused him a vast deal of vexation bv their saving habits and persistence in get .... . . i . i i ir oiu mosana chsks repaireu, auu little new work. "I stood it, how- e, "until one day old Sam Crab fn an old 'bung-hole,' to which wanted a new barrel made. Then business in disgust." Lawvers have grown so very genteel, they have altered their very name and nature. I - ... .... I -... nnon a time tnev used to do caiiea at- -i--- ...t. .,., . ,:;f . torneys-uuw, normeny '"V J u'.r" olbing Hot "j J4" gOUB The report that Senator Douglas and the President had "made up" is flatly contradict- . . v t T a y-f a j j m i r, A ed by the w asuingLuu uohsubiiub. iue xuuj ocratic larty musi remain aiviaeu. a nrettv girl and a wild horse are liable to do much mischief, for the one runs away with a fellows body, and the other wiin ms neari. l HOW I BECAME JEALOUS. BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. When wa first moved to the house in which we now reside.I noticed one very disagreeable peculiarity in relation to the adjoining block of Houses. They had no back-door yards, and consequently the windows closely overlooked our gardens, which were not very large mem selves. thousrh thev were pretty. When we first took possession of our new residence, the windows directly opposite ours were closed, and the apartments untenanted. I had scarce ly got to rights and fairly settled down, how ever, before I perceived great renovations and improvements were in progress in three empty rooms. Painting and papering, whitewashing and guilding, scrubbing and window-washing, . a I a aT at A Z a were tne order or tne aay ior a xoriuigui.. And then, after a short respite, white shades were visible at the windows, and I knew tho new tenants had moed in. I did hope they were not inquisitive, disagreeable people. For some time I saw no one out a quiet, common-place young man, with a very shiny head of hair and an immense collar and cra- vat.who appeared no and then at the window, and vanish instantaneously. And I began to flatter myself that we should not be annoyed at all. One morning it was a bright, still day, and the atmosphere was very oppressive ; 1 re member it well ; for I had arisen with such an unaccountable depression of spirits as I had never before experienced, and felt sure some thing distressing would happen before uight. Well, this morning, as 1 was running down stairs very early before any one else was np in the house I happened to glance out of the window at the stairhead, and there at that part of the house I have mentioned sat a . . . i 1 T young lady. ne was very pretty, iter com plexion was extraordinarily clear, and ner hair was magnificent. Uut 1 declare I never saw such a cold, saucy glance as that which she fixed directly on the window of our room. I did hope Psalter wasn't looking out. Alter breakfast, I'salter sat down ny tne door which opened into the garden, to read the paper. And all the time he sat there that impudent thing stared right straight at him without moving an inch. I thought it strange that Psalter didn't observe Her. Ail day tne shades were down, but (if you'll believe me) no soonerjiad the sun set, than there she sat again in the same position, trying, as I saw plainly, to make Psalter take notice of her. And the style in which she was dressed it was ridiculous. Eveiy day tho same thing was repeated ; but I purposely avoided saying anything to Psalter, as he has not seen her himself, lest he should look towards her out ot curiosity ; and then, ot course, she would thinlc he was overwhelmed with admiration. Sister-in-law was Quite a near neighbor of ours, and ran in every day ; and one alternoon I casually mentioned the cirenmstance to her as a good joke. Sister-in-law looked very se rious. "You say, Psalter has never noticed her ?" she said. "Never once," I replied. "Well, I must say, Emma," confined she, "that is in itself very suspicious very suspi cious indeed ?" "Why, Jane !" I exclaimed, "what can you mean ? Suspicious ?" "Reflect one moment, Emma. Would it not have been only natural for Psalter to re mark. "That's a pretty girl," or, W e have a new neighbor," or something of the sort Instead of wLich he has preserved total silence on the subject," said sister-in-law, emphasi sing her remarks with her torennger. "He has never seen her," I replied, indig nantly, "I told you so ' "Now, Emma, nothing could make me be lieve that," said Jane ; "and I warn you as a sister to watch that window well, or you'll re pent it. I knew it was foolish, but I declare I could not help thinking of what she had said for hours afterwards, and l caugut niyseu loos ing at tho window fifty limes a day. "Where are you going?" I inquired of Psalter, as he left the house one morning just j after breakfast was on the table. He gave me no defhnito answer, but merely replying that he would return in five minutes, closed the door and departed. As I awaited his return, I happened to turn my eyes towards that window. There sat the woman, but her bacK was towaras me, ana on the window-seat beside her lay a hat so like Psalter's. Thc longer I looked the more con vinced I was that I was not mistaken ; and yet thc idea was so ridiculous, that I felt 1 should never have husbanded it for one mo ment had it not been lor Jane's suggestions. 1 drove the thought away and went into the house ; but when Psalter returned, I couldn't help looking at the window and, oh ! dear me ! the hat had disappeared. I cried and scolded myself and scolded my self and cried- all day long. In thc afternoon I walked round the block for the purpose of inspecting the building which contained that window. It was large and full of stores and offices. On the ground floor was a confection ery. I stepped in and bought some oranges, and then inquired of thc proprietor, who was a German, who occupied the first floor ?" "Oh ! Mr. Schmit have all de floor," was the reply. "I know not vat you say in dis country makC3 many tings which is not true, and der mouth and der head." What could he mean? A bright thought struck me ; they were actors, they must be. "Many tings which is not true in der mouth, in der head." I had a clue at last : theatrical people are always running off with other peo pie's wives and husbands, and suing for divor ces and intriguing generally,all over the world. Can any one think of the reason ? Is the se cret hidden in the foot-lights, or rolled up in the curtain ? Or is there something fatal to fidelity in the air of the green-room ? Cer tain it is. that those who personate fictitious heroes constant to wives and lady-loves through difficulty, and danger, and death, and heroines who would sacrifice everything save virtue, draw few practical lessons from their nightly representation of those virtuous characters. This woman, then, I dreaded, was an actress, who had come to the determination of running away with Psalter. Oh, that bat ! why bad I seen it ? Three days passed away, and again Psalter went out before breakfast. I watched the window I couldn't help it. Oh, dear, dear ! in fifteen minutes there was the hat standing on tho sill again ! There wasa handkerchief in the hat. Tho wind was strong, and every now and then the edgo fluttered out, farther and farther, un till at last it fell quite out ot the hat and float- nnn thn rrii3-n.ot. I ran and pick ed it up it wasPsalter.s handkerchief, mark- ... 1 a T . 1. finl ed with bis name. 1 tnougni i siiuuiu ! at first ; and then my spirit rose I would put on my things and walk straight into that room", cliora T via not ur hn was. And had DCCn OR the previous morning. I could easily make a nretext of some sort ; no one snouia kuuw my motive except Psalter. 1 tied my veil over my face and mufiled myself in my duster, i-ooninir mv tiaars fur tho time to come. Tho stairs were public, so I easily ascended to tho second floor without oemg remarivcu. iu back room door stood ajar. Oh ! how i trcm hia.ri nB T r...i.Pl in. There sat Psalter, and there sat the lady, but Psalter was being shampooned, and the lady, aivineiy ueauiuui h pcir. wm diaJa of wax! I had been jeal ous of a block of a hair-dresser's sign ! I was far more foolish than poor sister-in-iavv the night we followed Tom to Brooklyn. Just as I was retreating, one of the estab lishment emerged rather hastily from thc door 1 was just leavmg,and to excuse my preseuce, T inniiii-farl tho nrir of n. nnir of ialse mOUS- taches, much to his amazement, and beat a hasty retreat. To this day I have never mentioned no word ot the occurrence to a living soul not even to Psalter. A CASE OF SLOW POISONING. We find in the English papers an account of the preliminary examination in a curious- caso of alleged slow poisoning, which, in some of its features, bears a close resemblance to a case of the same sort recently tried in New York city. The parties, however, in the Eng lish case occupied a higher social position, and their relation to each other was or recent origin and questionable character. The deceased, it appeared, who was a Idy ol 43, went last Autumn to live in a boarding- house at Bayswater, near London, where she became acquainted with one Smethurst, a sur geon, who was living in the same house with a lady much older than himself, who passed as his wife, and, for aught that appears, was so. After a time, the deceased, who was a maiden lady, Temoved to another boarding-house in the neighborhood, nere aho was joined by Smethurst, and subsequently they left togeth er, the deceased giving no notice of her inten tions, or where she was going, to a sister, bcr only relative with whom she was on good terms, and who frequently visited her at Bays wat6r,where the deceased had introduced ner to Dr. Smethurst. It appears, however, that the day after leaving Bayswater the deceased and Smethurst were, married at Battersea Churcb.whence they went to live at Richmond as Dr. and Mrs. Smethurst. Here the lady, who, beside a life interest in a considerable sum. had eight or nine thousand dollars which she was entitled to dispose of by will, was ta ken sick with diarrhea and vomiting. Smet hurst attended her with great assiduity and ap parent affection, insisting upon giving her food himself, and disinclined', apparently, that anybody else should do so. Her sister, with whom she had ro-opencd a correspondence, was informed of her sickness-, but also, that though her sister desired to see her, she did not wish her to stay. On this visit the deceas ed complained of the taste of the tapioca with which she was ed, and wished her sister to prepare some for her, but she wa3 prevented by Smethurst, under various pretences, and when she afterward prepared some soup, Smet hurst found pretences for taking it fnto an other room before the patient could be allow ed to cat it. Two medical gentlemen of Richmond were called into attend upon the patient, as tho disease baffled all their skill ; and as they wero totally at a loss to account for the extraordi nary symptoms that showed themselves, they proposed finally to send for Dr. Todd, who, it appears, is at the head ot the English medical profession. After, considering the case, Dr. Todd privately expressed the opinion that she was suffering under the effects of some poison, administered in small doses; and a chemical examination of the secretions betrayed tho presence of arsenic and antimony. While tho woman was still living, Smethurst was arrest ed ; but she was already far gone, and died shortly after. A chemical examination of thc stomach, kidneys, and heart, confirmed tho suspicion of poison, administered in repeated small doses. Shortly before his arrest, tho poisoner had procured the deceased to exe cute a will in her maiden name, giving him her property. When he was arrested, a letter was found upon him, ready for posting, direc ted to his other wife. "Alessandria." This place, the rendez vous of fhe Sardinian Army, whither tho King has gone to take command, is probably destined to play an important part in the com ing war. It is a fortified city near the eastern frontier of Piedmont, whoso guns bristle to wards the Austrian territory. It stands in thc midst of a sterile plain. It is thc great strong hold of Piedmont, and is to the Sardinians what Gibraltar is to the English, or Sebasto pol was to the Russians. Daring the reign of the French in Italy, its formidable fortifica tions made it one of the strongest places in Europe, but these were subsequently demol ished, leaving only the citadel. . Within the past few years workmen have " been busy in reconstructing them, in anticipation of tho events now at hand. In the surrounding plain, two miles distant, ' is Napofeon'a celebrated battle field of Marengo. Alessandria is gar risoued with several thousand troops, and be ing connected with Turin and Genoa by rail way, any number can be readily concentrated there. To capture it would be a crowning glory to the Austrian Generals,and to lose It, a deep humiliation to Sardinia. A Good Stoby. A capital story Is told ot Judge Tappan, who is unfortunately cross eyed. A number of years ago he was Jndgo of a newly organized County Court, in tho eastern part of Ohio. In those days of prim itive simplicity, or perhaps poverty; the bar room of a tavern was used as a courtroom, and the stable as a jail. One day, during tho session of tho court, tho Jndgo had occasion to severely reprimand two lawyers who wero wrangling. An odd-looking customer who sat in one corner, listening apparently with great satisfaction to the reproof, and presuming on old acquaintance, and the Judge's wrell-kuown good humor, sang out : . 'Give It to them, old gimblet eyes!? . "Who was that ?" inquired the Judge. ; "It was this ere old hoss," answered, the chap, raising himself up. .' . "Sheriff," said the Judge with great gravity, "take that old hoss and put him In thc stable. .-.M -i r . . ? a.nrvraaa-ir.'v nl..nA T 'l .nn rn. I f I T T"l 1 I . ' - '
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