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. VOLUME 2.
EBENSBURG-, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 7, J.8C1
NUMBER 29.
DIRECTORY
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR "TUE ALLKGIIAXIAX."
i f O U'cs. Post Masters. Districts
5cll3 a eTliciv,
bethel station,
Orruiitown.
Chess Spring i,
Cresses,
Ebjniurg.
Fa!ba Timber,
Jill;uia,
jleailock,
J-ih-astown,
v'.neral Point,
pUttiville,
Rji-Iaud,
,S:. Augustine,
S,a!p Level,
S juuian.
Samnicrhill,
Summit,
VViliuore,
: 1-
JOSenil jriauaui, iuat-i.
Joseph S Mardis, Blaeklick.
Benjamin Wirtner, Cftrroll.
Danl. Litzinger, Chest.
John J. Troxell, Washint'n.
Mrs. II. MCajrueEbensburg.
Isaac Thompson, White.
J. M. Christy, Gallitzin.
Wai. M'Gough, Washt'n.
II. A. Bogss, Johnst'wn.
Wm. Gwinn, Loretto.
i:. Wissinger, Conem'gh.
A. Durbin, Minister.
Francis Clement, Conem'gh.
Andrew J. Ferrul Susq'han.
CI. W. Bowman, White.
Wm. Ryan, Sr., Clearfield.
fieor?0. Conrad, Richland.
B. .M'Colgan, Washt'n.
Wm. Murray, Croyle.
Miss M. Giliospie Washt'n.
Andrew Beck, S'mmerhill.
.CSIUSICEIES, 3II525TEIIS,
Pres.1, terian Hkv. D. IIaubisos, raster.
Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10
c'dock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab
iutli School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer rneet
!' everv Thursday eveniug at G o'clock.
"iltlhoJixt Episcopal Church Uet. J. Shane,
Preacher in charge. Rev E. II. Baiud. As
fUtint. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
t 10.V o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the
treniu. Sabbath School at y o'clock, A. M.
r.-.tver meeting every Thursday evening at i
c'doek.
Wdch LtJspcnJent Rev. Ll. R. Powell,
Fast ur. I'reachiHg every Sabbath morning at
" J o'clock, and in the evening at C o'clock.
S;ibb Tth School at I o'clock, P. M. Prayer
me-jtiiig on the first Monday evening of each
m-iathf and on every Tuesday, Thursday
nad Friday evening, excepting the first week
it each month.
Clriitic .VW W.'.' Rev. John Williams;
' Pastor.--Breaching every Sabbath evening at
: and 0 o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock,
A. M. Praver meeting every Friday evening
at 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
al 7 o'clock.
Disrip'es Rsv, Wm. Lloyd, Pastor Preach
4p.?everv Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
I'jriic'ulKr Uxpiixts Rkv. David Jexkixs,
Past'jr. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Cdiholie Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor
?;rvice3 every Sabbath morning at 10S o'clock
i-ad Vespers at 4 o'clock iu the evening.
M All S ARRIVE.
Extern, daily, at 1- o'clock,
'Vtstern, at 12 i:
MAILS CLOSE.
E.utern. daily, at 7 o'clock
'i'l'esturii. i; at 7 li
A. M.
A. M.
A. M.
A. M.
TheMails from RutU-r.Indiana, Strongs
town, i:c. arrive on Thursday of each week,
at 5 o'clock, 1. M.
Laava Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
at 3 P. M.
fc3RThc Xail3 from Newman's Mil!3, C.ir
rolltowu. ire arrive on Monday. Wedncsday
Friday cf each week, at ." o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebcr.sburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
Saturlars, at 7 o clock, A. M.
t3L- Post -Office open on Sundays from 9
to lo o'clock, A. M.
WILMORE STATION.
est Expires Train leaves at
Fast Line
Mail Train, "
9.37 A. M
10.or P. M
3.1 G P. M.
8.10 P. M.
C.olJ A. M.
10.04 A. M.
East Express Train,
'' Fast Line,
Mail Train,
Juiyc of the Courfs. President, Hon. Geo--avlor,
Huntingdon ; Associates, GeorgeW.
- tsley, Richard Jones, Jr.
J'ro 'honotarif. Joseph M ' D o n a I d .
R'jisitr ami Recorder. Edward F. Lytic
SU'rijf. Robert P. Linton.
I)?piUy SherijT. William Linton.
di strict Attora-. Philip S. Noon.
Count! Commissioners. Abel Lloyd, D. T.
Storm, James Cooper.
Cirri: to Cammistioners. Robert A. M'Coy
Trrar.Krer. John A. .Blair.
T'jor Jlonst Director-. David O'Harro,
Michael M'Guire, Jacob Homer.
1'uor Unite Trec.surfr. George C. K. Zahm.
Poor House Steward. James J. Kaylor.
Mercantile Appraiser. II. C. Devine.
Auditors. Henry Hawk, John F. Stull.
John S. Rhey.
Courtty Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy.
. Coroner. James S. Todd.
Superintendent of Common Schools. T. A.
aguire.
EBKXSnHJRG ISOR. OFriCKRS.
Jntticex r.f the Peace. David II. Roberts,
Harrison Kinkead.
Iiurgetx David J. Evans.
Town Council Evan G rifiith, John J. E vans,
'illiain D. Davis, Thomas B. Moore, Daniel
0. Evans.
Clerk to Council T. D. Litzinger.
Borouyh Treasurer George Gurlcy.
Wei'sri Master William Davis.
School Director William Davis, Reese S.
Lloyd, Morris J. Evans, Thomaa J. Davis,
Hugh Jones, David J. Jones.
Treasurer of School Board Evan Morgan.
Constable George W. Brown.
711 Collector George Gurley.
Judje of Election Meshac Thomas.
Iiitptciort Robert Evans, Wm. Williams.
Attestor ltiehard T. Davis.
Tb Allechanias $1.50 in adranf.
POSTHY.
CosasasiC5.
'Tis sweet to know we have a friend,
Unwavering as a sea-girt rock;
Where storms in vain their fury spend,
And naught but waves roll from the shock
Unmoved, unflinching, there it stands,
Though ocean's waves around it roar ;
Unlike the gay, coquettish sands
That sparkle on the distant shore.
And such a friend, methinks, is mine,
As pure as is the morning dew ;
Unchanging with the change of time,
As constant as the rock is true.
WHAT GF CALLING-A GENUINE
Bl LL COUNTERFEIT.
"What is the price of thisdressin-prown,
sir ?" asked a sweet laced young girl, en
terine; the clcunut store of Hunter & War
nor in a city and the street of a city which
shall be nameless.
It was a cloudy day. The clerks lounged
over the counters, read papers and 3-awhed.
The man to whom Alice Lceke addressed
herself, was jaunty and middle aged. 11c
was head clerk of the extensive establish
ment of Hunter & Warner, and extremely
consequential in his manner.
"This dressing gown we value it at six
dollars you shall have it for five, as trade
is dull to-day."
Five dollars? Alice looked at tlie
dressing gown longingly, and the clerk
locked at her. lie saw that her clothes,
though made and worzi genteely, were
commfin enough in texture, and that her
face was very much of the common line.
How it changed! now shaded, now lighted
by the varied play of her emotions. The
clerk could almost have sworn that she
hud no more than that sum, five dollars, in
her purs.o or pocket.
The gown was a very good one for the
price. It was of common shade, a tolera
ble merino, and lined with the same ma
terial. 'I think'' she hesitated a moment "I
think I'll take it," she said ; then seeinjr
in the face before her an expression which
she did not like, she blushed as she hand
ed out the bill the clerk had made up his
mind to take.
"Jennis," t ried Torrent, the head clerk,
in a quick, pompous tone, "pass up the
bank detect ji ."
Up ran a uav headed boy with the de
tector, and up and down ran the clerk's
eyes from column to column. Thou he
looked over with a sharp glance, and ex
claimed "That's a counterfeit bill, Miss."
Oh. how pale the sweet face grew !
"Counterfeit! Oh, no it cannot be!
The man who sent it could not have been
so careless; you must be mistaken, sir."
"I'm not mistaken; I'm never mistaken,
31iss. The bill is counterfeit. I must
presume, of course, that you did not know
it, although so much bad money has been
offered us of late, that we intend to secure
such persons as pass it. Who did you
say sent it ?" -
""Mr. C , sir, of New York. ' He
could not send me bail money," said the
trembling, frightened girl.
"Humph," said the clerk, "well there's
no doubt about this; you can look for
younelf. "Now don't let me see you here
again until you ?an bring good money, for
we. alwa suspect such persons as you,
that come on dark days with a well made
stbrv."
"But sir,"
"You need makj no explanations, Miss,"
said the man insultingly. "Take your
bill, and the next, time you want to buy a
dressing gown, don't intend to pass coun
terfeit money," and, as he handed it, the
bill fell from his hands.
Alice caught it from the Hoor and hur
ried into the street.
Such a shock the girl had never receiv
ed in all her life beiore. It was the first
insult she had rver known, and it burned
her cheek and pained her heart.
Straightway, indignant and grieved, she
hurried to a banking establishment, found
her way in and presented the note to a
noble looking pran with gray hair, falter
ing out, "is this bill a bad one, sir?"
The cashier and his sou happened to be
the only persons present, lioth noticed
her extreme j-outh, beauty and agitation.
The cashier looked at it closely and hand
ed it back, as with a polite bow and some
what prolonged look he said :
"It's a good bill, young lady."
"I knew it was," cried Alice with quiv
ering lip, "and he dared "
She could go no further, but, entirely
overcome, she bent her head, and the hot
tears had their way.
"I beg pardon, have you had trouble
with it?" asked the cashier.
"Oh, sir, you will please excuse me for
giving way to my feelings but you spoke
so kindty, and I felt so sure it was good-!
And I think, sir. such men as one of those
clerks in Hunter & Warner's should be
removed. He told me that it was coun
terfeit, and added something that I am
glad my father did not hear. I knew thc
publisher would not send me bad money."
"Who is your father, young lady?"
asked the cashier becoming interested.
"Mr. Uenjamir. Locke, sir."
"Benjamin Ben Locke was lie ever
a clerk in the Navy Department, at Wash-
m-rton 1
Yes, sir; we removed from there," re
plied Alice. "Since then the hesitated
he has not been well and we are some
what reduced. Oh, why do t tell you
these things, sir ?"
"Ben Locke reduced!'' murmured the
cashier; "the man who was the making of
me ! Give me his number and street, my
child. Your father was one of the best,
perhaps the only friend I had. I have
not forgotten him. No. -1, Liberty street.
I will call this evening. Meantime lot
me have the bill let mo see I'll give
you another. Come to look, I haven't
got a five hero is a ten ; we'll make it
all right."
That evening the inm '.tes of a shabby
genteel house received the cashier of the
M
Bank
Mr. jiCC-ivc. a man ot trvav
hair, though numbering but fifty years,
rose from his arm chair, and, much affect
ed, greeted the familiar face. The sou of
the cashier accompanied him, and while
the elder couple talked together. Alice
and the young man grew epaite chatty.
"Yes, sir, I have been unfortunate,"
suid Mr. Locke, in a low tone. "I have
but just recovered, as you see, from a
rheumatic fever, caused by undue exertion
and had it not been for that sweet girl
of mine, I know not what I should have
done. She, by giving lessons in music
and- French, and writing for periodicals,
has kept me, so far, above want."
"You shall never know want, my old
friend," said the cashier. "It was a kind
Providence that sent your daughter to me.
There is a place iu the Bank just made
vacant by the death of a valuable clork,
and it is at your disposal. It is in my
gift, and valued at twelve hundred dollars
a year."
Pen cannot describe the joy wilh which
this kind offtr was accepted. Tito day of
deliverance had come.
3: sK
On the following morning the cashier
entered the handsjme. store of Hunter !c
Warner, and ask e l lor the head clerk.
"Sir," said the cashier, sternly, "is that
a bad note '"'
"I I think not, sir," said the clerk
stammering.
The cashier went to the door. From
his carriage stepped a young girl in com
pany with his daughter.
"Did you not tell this young lady, my
ward, that this note was counterfeit? And
furthermore, did you not so far forget
3'our self-respect and the interest of your
employers, as to offer her an insult?"
The man stood confounded he dared
not deny he could say nothing for him
self. "If your employers keep you, sir, they
will no longer have my custom," said the
cashier, sternly. "You deserve to be
horse-whipped, s;r."
The firm parted with the'r unworthy
clerk that very day, and he left the store
disgraced, but rightly punished.
Alice Locke became the daughter of
the good cashier. All of which grew cut
of calling a genuine bill counterfeit.
. Vanity Fairings. It is stated in
some quarters that Abe Lincoln will turn
out the worst President the United States
ever had. Too true. Ho will turn out
Tames Buchanan ! Ceremony takes place
March dth.
It has long been said that -"Britannia
rules the waves," but since the fort and
arsenal capturing business has flourished
so, down South, we must surely agree that
South Carolina is First on the Seize.
Hide a Cock-Horse
Sail down a 'liner' to South Carolina,
And let Uncle Sam with a blockade conSac
her:
Sam in her bay, and S-.rnbo at her heels.
She'll Foon have to knuckle, however she
squeals.
The song of the new State of Things
Hail Columbiads !
The aim of the South to keep all the
Kernels, and throw usthe Shells.
The real motto for Seceders "Let
U. S. alone."
The onby tiling to "sweep the eeos"
with a brush with the enemy.
The Devil the First SrcEnr.R'.
"Can you tell me who was the first secdeer?"
Asks Tom of Dick with the quizzical mouth :
"Why, 'tis known' answered Dick, "to each
Bible reader,
The Devil, alwaya a mischief-breeder,
At the public crib no longer a feeder.
Seceded from FleaTn, and wenldownSouth.'''
"Counting Cost."
Common sense dictates that in whatever
men undertake, they ought first to care
fully count the cost. The strand of life
is strewn thick with the wreck of thous
ands, who, if they had but counted the
cot, might have reached a prosperous ha
ven in safety.
Is a young man about to choose a pro
fession ? Let him examine his capabili
ties thoroughly, so as to ascertain exactly
what he can do and what lie cannot, be
iore he commits himself irrevocably to
any particular pursuit. Many a person
has been kept KtruTmix his whole life
through, simply because he chose a trade,
business ov profession unsuitcd to him.
Everybody has a natural qualification for
some one thing. This man is a born me
chanic, that a born orator, this a mer
chant, that a farmer, this an cngineei,
that a sailor, this a physician, that an
author. Besides all this, there are some
pursuits which require capital, as manu
facturing, shipping and importing, and to
embark in these, without adequate means,
is to invite insolvency. Or to enter on an
intellectual career without sufficient brains
or study is to ensure failure. In a W75rd,
in all conditions and places of life, wise
men, before they make ventures, rigidly
"count the post."
So in the various social relations of life,
let us, before we act, count the cost.
Have we
:nds? Before we alienate
them by our disregard of their feelings,
it would be prudent to calculate the cost.
It is easy to be unjust to a father, a moth
er, a brother, a sister, a wife, or even a
child, but it is less cas3T to recover the
love we have outraged, or still the voice
of remorse, especially if the grave has
since closed over them. Even the con
ventionalisms of life, trilling as they are
in one point of view, canuot be set at de
fiance with iiupunit-, so that a wise man,
who has counted the cost, -never violates
them unless duty imperatively requires it.
To win the esteem of our iciiows is the
surest way .to self-respect, to happiness,
and, in the long run, even to honor; while
to practice rudeness, meanness, hard
heartedncss, and other selfish advices, is
to create disgust toward us first, and final
ly hatred or contempt.
Before beginning a career of extrava
gance, sensual indulgence, vice or crime,
it would be well to count the cost. To
buy line furniture, sport fast horses, or
uive elegant entertainments, is all very
pieasaut ; but when it leads to ruin,-as it
so often does, the victim bitterly regrets
that he had not counted the cost. To give
ourselves up to the sway of the appetites
is to brutalize our natures, and not only
this, but to sow a harvest of pain and
sickness for old ag-e, 51' not cut short our
lives ; and when it comes prematurely, or
v,"o writhe on a be I of agony, be sure we
will lament that we bad not counted the
cost. Vice oltc'.i comes in an alluring
garb, but the adder is coiled under her
Paphian garments, and if we yield to her
seductions the day will come when we will
wish that wc had counted the co?t. If,
by unbridled passion, or, worse still, of
deliberate calculation, wcrush into crime,
there will a time of retribution come when
we will ci"3T aloud, but no one will hear,
and when our burden will be, "Oh ! had
I but counted the cost !" Count the cost,
count the cost, now while it is time!"
Beauty. Lord Bacon observed, just
ly, that the best part of beauty is that
which a picture cannot express. Lord
Shaftesbury asserts that all beauty is
truth. True features make the beauty of
the face, and true proportions the beauty
of architecture, as true measures the har
mony of music. In poetry, which is all
fable, truth still is perfection. Fonten
elle thus daintily compliments the sex
when he compares women to clocks: the
latter serve to point out the hours, the
former to make us forget them. There
is a magic power in beauty, that all con
fess a strange witchery that- enchants
us with a potency as irrcsistable as that
o'f the magnet. It is to the moral world
what gravitation is to the physical. It
is easier to write about in women, and its
all pervading influences, than to define
what it is. Women are the poetry of the
world, in the same sense as the stars arc
the poetry of heaven. Clear, light-giving
harmonious, they aro the tcrrestial
planets that rule the destinies of man
kind. EfgP arson A. belonged to a temper
ance society, all the members of which
were tjtal abstinence men. One of his
friends had a slranirc misgiving of the
minister's cold water propensities. '
"Pray, Mr. A.," said he, "what is the
meaning of total abstinence ?"
"Why," answered the shrewd clergy
man with a ply leer, "it means not to
drink bo fast as to ehok yourself."
'IVetvsyaper Articles.
A schoolmaster who had been engaged
a long time in his profession, and witness
ed tho influence of a newspaper ou a fam
ily of children, writes as follows:
I have found it to be a universal fact,
without cxccDtlon, that those scholars of
both sexes, and of,all ages, who have had
access to newspapers at home, are
1. Better readers, excelling in pronun
ciation, and eom-equeutly read more uu
dcrstaudingly. They are better spellers, and define
words with caso and accuracy.
3. Tlicy obtain a practical knowledge
of creogranhy in almost half the time it
requires others, as the newspapers have
made them familiar with the location of
the most important places, nation?, their
government and doings on the globe.
4. Thev are hotter jirammarians, fur,
having become familiar with every variety
of writiug in the newspaper, from the common-place
advertisement, to-the finished
and classical oration of the Statesman,
they more readily comprehend the mean
ing of the text and. consequently analyze
its construction with accuracy.
This is a good and competent witness.
The scholar teacher. Who more compe
tent than he to determine the real value
of the newspaper as an aid to education
and. the development of. the struggling
mind? We prize his testimony as ever'
one else should, and would add in this
connection that the primary and absolute
advantage of the newspaper in families
consists in the familiar subjects it presents
to the minds of its youthiul members
subjects of common life and everyday in
cidents, in which the rising generation
feel sufficient interest, if not to enable
them to comprehend their purport anil
meanincr, certainly to enquire and desire
explanation from thelrscniors. The habit
of reading undcrstandingly once acquired,
leads onward by rapid progressive steps,
until the whole field of newspaper intelli
gence becomes susceptible of interest and
cultivation. The amount of information
which can be accumulated by an arly
course. of newspaper reading, extending
through the years of minority, canuot be
easily estimated.
Whisky Drinkers, Oh ! It was on
one of the liver steamers at dinner, that
an amiable, matronly lady remarked, in
the mid.-t of conversation with a very
grave-looking gentleman, on the subject of
temperance, "Oh ! I despise, of all things
in this world, a whisky drinker !" The
gentleman dropped his knife and fork, iu
the ardor of his feelings extended Ins
hands and took hers within his own, and
with emotion that threatened tears over
the loss of ruined sons, he replied with
faltering words, "Madam, I respect your
sentiments, and the heart that dictated
them. I permit no person to go beyoud
me in despising the whisky drinker. 1
have been di.-gustcd on this very boat,
and I say it now before our worthy cup
tain's face. What, I ask you, can be more
disgusting than to see well-dressed, re
spectable and virtuous-looking young meu,
whose mothers are probably praj ing that
the teuder instruction by which their
youth was illuminated may bring forth
precious fruit in their maturity I say, to
see j'oung men step up to the bar of this
boat, and without fear of observing eyes,
boldly ask for whisky, when they know
there is in that very bar the best of old
Cognac brandy!"
ScairTURAE Ignorance. A corre
spondent at Washington says there are
many men in that city considered intelli
gent, who believe the present troubles in
this country and in Europe ana-Asia, fore
shadow the coming of Christ. One of
these approached av politician the other
day and told him our national disasters
would soon be quieted. "By whom ?" in
fpiired the politician. "By no ler :i per
sonage than Jehovah." "Ah! indeed. But
who is G. Hover ? Ts he a Northern or a
Sorthern man?" This is au actual fact.
The politician really did not know that the
Deity is sometimes called Jcdsovah.
SnirriNG "5as to London. A Phila
delphia gentleman having made a con
tract to fit gas apparatus in a lot of cars
to be used on street railways in London,
a number of wrought iron cylinders have
been filled with compressed gas-, prepara
tory to their shipment to London. ,They
are filled at Altoona, and the 2orth Amer
ican remarks that before long we may ex
pect to hear of American street railway
cars iu Londou, lighted with gas made
at the foot of the Allegheny moun
tains: Subject for debate by any literary or
other society in the kedentry : "Which is
the most delightful operation to kiss a
fair woman on a dark night? or to kiss a
dark wnmsn on fair uiiit V
ZPnti and Fancy
"A little nonsense, now and then,
Is relished iy the best of men."
A Bright Boy. We never read the
scene in Henry IV., where Falstaff and
Prince Henry exchanged characters, with
out thinking of a similar one, said to have
occurred in an ancient parsonage a great
while ago.
The llev. Mr. Kegulus was an excellent
man, rather eccentric and somewhat eco
nomical. Jonas, a farmer's boy, used
sometimes to go with presents to the par
sonage. He was a. sharp-eyed little fel
low, but rather uncouth in his manners.
One day he brought iu a leg of mutton,
laid it down without ceremony, and was
making off.
"I'll teach that boy a' lesson in good
manners," said 31r. Kegulus to his wife,
"lie needs to have the clown rubbed of!
him a little."
"Jonas, come 'back here a moment.
Don't you know, mr fine fellow, that you
shouldn't come iuto a house in this way
without knocking, and with your hat on.
Sit down in my arm-chair. Imagine
yourself the minister, and I'll come in
with the mutton and show you how a boy
ought to behave."
Jonas sits up gravely in the arm-chair,
and Mr Kegulus goe3 out with the leg ot
mutton.
Enter Mr. Kegulus, m the character of
Jonas. He takes off his hat with a low
bow.
"My father sends his complements to
Mr. Ucgulus, and asks his pastor to accept
a token of his regard."
Jonas, from the arm-chair:
"I thank you. Mrs. Kegulus, just gire
boy a uinepence."
The lesson was mutual.
One More Concession. The follow
ing conversation is reported to have taken
place between two gentlemen in an eastern
city, jut after the receipt of a fresh batch
of "csisis" news :
"I have been studying hard,", said one,
"to think what concessions we can make
to the South more than wc have already
made. Wo have conceded everything de
manded and everything imaginable. We
have granted all the have asked of us,
politically; and as to social compromises,
wc have' scut them preachers to tar and
feather ; we have given them 'school
marms' to insult and even imprison ; we
have given them peddlers to hang; we
have in fact, I do not know what wa
could do for them that we have not done
and overdone."
"But I have thought of one more con
cession we might make," says the other.
"And what is that?" anxiously demands
number one.
"You observe the item in this morning's
paper, that they barreled up au "abolition
ist and rolled him into the Mississippi
Kiver down there the other day ?"
"Yes well ?"
"Well, if that thing is to be continued,
it will cost them considerable for cooper
age. Don't, you think we ought to make
one more concession, just for the sake of
fraternal pca.ee, aud -furnish llienx the
barrels "
An Awful Joke. A loafer, while
stoppiug at a tavern up the country, used
to lounge about the bar and drink ether
people's liquor. Not a glass could be lefc:
alone for a moment but he Avould slip up
and drink its contents. One day a s!xvg'
driver came in and called for a still Ikom
of brandy toddy. Jehu immediatclv lavd,
possum by leaving his brandy while" ho
stepped to the door. The buit took. Oi.
returning he saw his glass viupij-, find ex
claimed, with all the diabolie-.al horror ho
could affect :
"Brandy and opium cuougb to kill for
ty men ! Who drank that pizen ?"
"'" stammered the loafer, ready to .
yield up the ghost with affright.
"You're a dead mau !" said the driver
"Wh'at shall I do?" besccched the ,
other, w ho thought himself a goue sucker.
"Do wn with a pint of lamp oil, or you're
a dead mau in throe minutes !" answered .
the wicked driver. And down went the
lamp oil, ami up came the brandy' and
opium, together with his breakfast. Tho
joke was told, and the loafer has never
diank other people's liquor since.
Deacon Brown has always been re
markable for his meekness and uniform
piety of his conduct. On the occasion of
a "military muster," the spirit of tho day
produced such an influence on the worthy
deacon that it attracted the atteution or
tho pastor and some of his brethren. Tho
pastor expressed his astonishment, and
asked the cause. ."Why, pastor," repli-
the deacon, "you see I've been const?'
in aud out of season, serving the T
the last twenty years, and i tf
ut for one T d take A n'
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