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Presbyterian Ret. D. Haebisos, Pastor
Preachin" every Sabbath morning at 10
i clock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab
bath School at 1 o.'clock, A.M. Prayer meet
in" every Thursday evening at 6 o clock.
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tos, Preacherin charge. Rev. W. II. M'Bbide,
Aisistant. Preaching e very alternate babbath
morning, at 10J o'clock. Sabbath School at 9
o'clock A. M. rrayer meeting every Thursday
tvening, at 7 o'clock.
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10 o'ciock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock.
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Calrinistic Slelhodist 'Rev. John Williams,
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:and 6 o'clock. Sabbath School aUf o clock,
A M. Prayer meeting every Friday evening,
it 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock. ,
Ditciples Rev. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preach
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COVXTT OFFICERS.
Judges of the Cpurls President, Hon. Geo.
Taylor, Huntingdon ; Associates, George W.
EIey, Henry C. Devine.
Prothonotary Joseph M'DonaM.
Register and Recorder James GTifiin.
Sheriff John Buck. .
District Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners Peter J. Little, Jno.
Campbell, Edward Glass.
Treasurer Isaac Wike.
Poor Rouse Directors George M'Cullough,
George Delany, Irwin Rutledge.
Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
"oor Douse Steward Jamea J. Kay lor.
Au-litors William J. Williams, George
Zahm, Francis Tierney.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
Coroner. -James Shannon.
Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donalioe.
Sup't. of Common Schools J. F. Condon
C.
tBEXSBURG BOR. OFFICERS.
. AT LARGE.
Justices of the Peace -David II. Roberts,
rrison Kinkead.
Burgess A. A. Bark.
School Directors Ael Lloyd, Phil S. Noon,
bua D. Parrish, Hugh Jones, E. J. Mills,
l'vid J. Jones. - .
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Constable Thomas J. Davis. .
ibtrn Cnti!; T Al.o.1. Mnnrn Daniel
Ernna I : nl. 3 r ir!Ul T7 1? Voana
"'lliam Clement. . . -
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JuJ3i of Election Richard Jones, Jr.
Auessor Thomas M.Joces. -
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WEST WAUD.
i,na6?William Mills, Jr.
Counct7--John Dougherty, George C.
hm, Isaac Crawford, Francis A. bhoe
"7", James S. Todd. "
'fPectorsG. W. Oatman, Roberts Evans,
'"e of Election Michael Hasson.
tuor James Murray."
i,in"'a,n Assessors William BarneS, Dan-'Zahm.
ADVENTURES OF A BASHFUL MSN.
Harry Gordon Singleton madehia debut
into the : world on Friday. We deem
this fact worth chronicling, since it was
an event of some importance to our hero,
and because we'hope to "show unbelievers
that the old say about the nnluckiness of
Friday is correct. From his very birth,
Harry "was stigmatized. " He was an ex
ceedingly pretty babe, fair complexion,
blue eyed, brown haired, plump and rosy ;
but he was endowed with a heritage far
worse than a hump !5ackf a club foot, or a
squint eye he was bashful I When the
ladies came to look at him in his cradle,
and to call him little beauty the express
image ofhis pa, the little "sweet" would
invariably put his fist into his mouth and
hide his interesting face in his pillow. .
Mrs. Singleton a fair faced, handsome
woman regretted very greatly this un
fortunate trait in the temperament of her
beloved first born, and used every endeav
or to break him of it, but without success;
and Harry grew up to youth the most
bashful and retiring of human being3.
He was also singularly unlucky. No
child ever received so many thumps and
bumps since the fall of Adam ; his fore
head was a populous archacpelago of blue,
yellow and black bruises, in various stages
of coloring.
When there was company at the house,
Harry generally retired to an unoccupied
room in the "attic, where having tnsconced
himself in the bed which stood there, he""
passed the day reading some old novel or
book of history, picked out of the. great
chest in the garret.used for the repository
of rubbish j by way of variation, he some
times took refuge in the barn, and snugly
hidden on the hay mow, spent the time in
silent meditation on his unfortunate desti
ny. He would walk a mLle around
through the fields to avoid meeting a
young lady; and when in the street if be
heard the sound of wheels, he would leap
over the wall or fence and lie. prone on
the ground until the vehicle had passed
by. . .
As he grew older, he. lost none of his
peculiarities, and before he was sixteen
years of age, bis mother'3 chief difficulty
was the fear that he would live an ojd
bachelor. ' Hundreds of silver . dollars
could not have induced him to speak to a
girl of hi3 age, and bis father was obliged
to forego his purpose -of sending him to
the Whitestone Academy, and have him
educated at the boys' school.
But notwithstanding Harry's excessive
bashfulness, he grew up to be a fine fellow,
brave, generous and handsome, and there
was not a girl in town but would have felt
herself, honored by his presence. Harry,
however, stood aloof from all the female
sex, and as a natural consequence, he was
the subject of numberless practical jokes
and the hapress occasion of continual. gig
gling among the gay girls at singing
school.
When Harry was nineteen, Rosalie
Waters came to Whitestown to pass
some time with her Aunt, Mrs. Judge
Flanders. Ilosalie was a pretty eyed,
mischievous fairy of seventeen," and it'the
truth must be confessed, she took quite a
liking to Harry Singleton j but of course
she was too. much of a coquette to allow
Harry to guebs it. He, on his part,
thought himself dead in . love, though he
dared not raise his eyes to the peerless
face of his guiding star. For whole days
he racked his brain, planning how he
should address her, but without deciding
upon anything -definite. One night at a
singing school a bold idea flashed across
his brain ; its every boldness made it seem
practicable. Ho would offer to escort
Ilosalie home!
It was an audacious act, and Harry,
trembled in every Jimb at the thought of
it; a cold perspiration Started out of every
pore ; his hair nearly stood erect, and his
face flushed hot as the bosom of Vesuvius,
lie attempted to sing, but his fine tenor
voice broke down ; he coughed, hemmed,
flourished his handkerchief, and was at last
obliged to sit down in despair.
The exercises of the evening closed.
Harry seized his hat and rushed to the
entry, where hp took his station in full
view of the door through which Rosalie
would , emerge. Her- crimson hood ap
peared in fho doorway, and his teeth
chattered in his head, but his resolution
was unshaken. lie made a sortie in her
direction, knocking over little James
Brown, the barber, and fearfully mutila
ting the new calash of Miss Winn, the
milliner, in the act ; but these were minor
affairs, and not worthy of his notice. ' He
touched the shoulder of Rosalie. :
"May I may go home with you to
nightthis evening ?" stammered he. ::
She put her little hand within ,his arm
and they went out together into the" star
light. Harry seemed to tread on air.
This world wa3 this world no longer, but
the charmed paradise of impossibility, and
EBENSBURG, PA THURSDAY, MAY
he darednot speak lest he Bhould break
the spell. "
The little lady too was strangely silent,
and the entire distance to the house of
Judge Flanders was passed without a
word. . . .; . :
At the door Harry would have bidden
his companion good night, but she retained
his hand and drew him into the parlor;
and there the light of the chandelier fell
full on the face of the laughing woman,
and with dread dismay Harry saw that
not: Rosalie, but Mrs. Judge Flanders
herself stood before him ! He had waited
on the aunt and cot the niece. Uttering
an exclamation, he was about to retire,
but Mrs."' Flanders good humoredly- de
tained him. ' "
"O, don't 'go," she said kindly, "you
really did bravely. I am proud of you ;
I knew from the first that you had made
a mistake, but was fearful you woirM never
try again if I denied you escort. Rosalie
,will be in soon ; wait for her."
"Indeed, ma'am I should be happy
to riot to in fact, ma'am, I belive I am
wanted to home." ' ' .
Starting for the door backwards, instead
of choosing-that by which he had entered,
he bolted out into the dark kitchen. and
seized the handle of the first door that
off?red.- Mrs. ' Flanders was following
close, but before she could utter a single
word, his "good night" was succeeded
immediately by a series, of thumps and
rumblings in the direction of the cellar.
The truth burst upon her at once, that
he had taken the' cellar door and fallen
down stairs ! She seized.a light and flew
down the steps. There he lay, with his
head in a troush of ashes and his feet
unromanticaily elevated over the shelf .of
a neighboring cupboard. He was con
siderably bruised and stunned,' but not
otherwise injared. Mrs. Flanders would
have raised him up, but he anticipated
her, and without stopping to shake him
self, bounded up stairs and made a dive
for the outer door, the ashes streaming
out behind him like a cloud of gray
smoke.
The door was opened trom without, and
Rosalie herself appeared.- At sight of
hatless, smoking Harry, she uttered a loud
shriek and fell fainting to the floor, while
our hero dashed over her prostrate . form
and took the track for home at a speed
unequalled in the annals of. foot races.
Breathless and used up generally, the
young man Teached home, crawlediin at
a back window and retired to his bed,
which he kept for three , days after
wards. In spite of all apologies ' and flattering
courtesies from 31 rs. Flanders in spite
of gentle, affectionate advances from Ro
salie herself, Harry Singleton could never
be tempted to step inside the mansion of
the Judge; and Rosalie, after waiting
two years for Harry to make himself
agreeable to her, gave up the vain hope
and became the wife of a substantial wid
ower with four children, which was quite
a good beginning.
Harry went on his way alone, as his
mother had feared and prophesied, and
the ..exemplary little "woman set about
learning him to repair stockings and
replace buttons with commendable pa
tience; he had studied for the law, had
been two years admitted to the bar, and
was talented and rising' young
Being also wealthy and handso
man.
some, bait
the ladies in the village were in love with
him ; but he gave them a wide berth and
parsed them by. . :
Mr. Singleton dabbled somewhat in
politics, and at the early age of thirty was
elected member of Congress. In celebra
tion of this event, a grand supper in his
honor was given at the Whitestown Hotel.
Of course, the successful candidate must
be present, and etiquette demanded that
he should bring a lady with him. The
committee of arrar.gcruents waited upon
him to inform him of tho fact, and it may
be well believed tho communication filled
him with-horror. He begged of the gentlemen-to
provide him "a partner, if he
must have one, stipulating only that the
lady should not be a young lady. In due
Course of time he was informed that he
was to attend Mrs. Grubbins, the wealthi
est as well as the tallest and fattest woman
in the whole county. -
The . eventful evening arrived. Mr.
Singleton took Mr. Grubbins to .the
hotel in a chaise. The lady was magnif
icently attired in a double skirted tarleton,
with ribbons, feathers, and fearfully ex
tended crinoline.
. Poor fellow ! The thought of. escorting
that giantess into a room filled with people
made him perspire like one under the
influence of a powerful doso of ipecacu
anha. But he was Lo for it, and must get
out the best way he could. Mrs. Grub-
bins, proud .and triumphant, preceded
him, breaking tho passage, and compelling
lesser people t" yield the ground. Just
as she arrived on the threshold of the
banqueting hall, she dropped her fan ;
and Just at' that moment the audience,
perceiving the gentleman in the back
ground, proposed "three cheers for Hon.
Mr. Singleton!". -
Stopping to reclaim the fan, when the
enthusiastic multitude looked for their
champion he was "nowhere visible. Cries
circulated around the room, loud and
vehement .
"Mr Singleton I Mr. Singleton ! where
is Mr. Singleton ?"
Directly Mr. Singleton, looking very
hot and very much confused, appeared
from under the upper skirt of Mrs. Grub
binp' dress that lady having completely
submerged the honorable gentleman in
the folds of her drapery! Gentlemen
smiled in their slee7esr and ladies giggled
behind their handkerchiefs. Mrs. Grub
bins looked more regal than -ever, and Mr.
Singleton leaned against a pillar for sup
port. ...
The announcement of dinner was a
great relief. Judge Flanders presided;
Mrs.' Grubbins occupied the seat atMr.
Singleton's right; Miss Flambeaux sat at
his left, and Lucy Beane, the village belle,
was- his vis-a-vis. . . .
Our. hero's position was exceedingly
embarrassing to one of his peculiar tem
perament. He dared not refuse anything
that was offered him, lest some one should
look at him, and the consequence was his
plate soon literally groaned beneath its
.weight of edibles. Tomato sauce, his
especial horror, passed around ; a preserve
plateful was allotted to him, from which
he attempted to swallow, but the substance
only stuck fast in his-' throat it choaked
and sickened him, and set him, coughiqg
violently.' -
"You have taken a' severe cold, I pre
sume," remarked Miss Flambeaux.
. -. "lres, madam, thank you, I have,"
returned Singleton, ' trembling on the
verge of another sneeze. -
"Why don't you eat your, tomatoes ?"
queried Mrs. Grubbins. ' "My poor dead
and gone Daniel used to say there was
nothing in the whole vegetable empire
equal to tho tomato."
"No dcubt, madam, they are very fine,"'
and Singleton essayed a second spoonful.
The second dose had well nigh been too
much for him, and with desperate resolve
he witched until the whole company were
engaged in drinking a toast, when he
tilted the preserve dish and allowed its
contents to run into his napkin, which
receptacle he whipped into his pocket,
and immediately felt easier. A moment
after, Judge Flanders proposed a senti
ment . :
"Mr. Singleton : may he always retain
the. title of 'honorable,' but may he soon
resign his seat to be called 'single.' It
is not good for man to be alone."
The sentiment was'drank' with applause.
Singleton, blushing red at the insinuation
conveyed by the -words of the Judge,
thrust, his hand in his pocket for his
handkerchief, but instead of that , useful
article he drewforth th.e napkin, tomato
and ajl. Mopping his forehead vigorously
with it; the lusciou3 vegetable formed an
unctuous, poultice thereon, completely
transfiguring his countenance. Blinded
with the juice, and half dead with morti
fication, he thrust the napkin back into
his pocket and secured the handkerchief,
while the astonished company beheld him"
in silent amazement.
"Does your nose bleed, sir ?" inquired
Mrs Grubbins, quite audib'y.
"What in . goodness is the matter?"
screamed Judge Flanders.
"Ahem! only a slight cold, thank-ou,
sir," stammered Mr. Singleton.
"A cold is it I" exclaimed Mr. O'Toole,
the Irish orator ; "faith, now, an' yer
honor's nose must be after turning itself
inside out, then !" "
Lucy Dean was laughing; Flambeaux
was horrified ; Mrs. Grubbins looked
shocked; our friend-Singleton was nearly
suffocating with shame. " Leaning back
in his chair to recover hi? breathy and as
soon as he could speak, he begged to be
excused a moment as he did not feel quite
well. And forthwith he arose and made
for the door ; but horror of horrors !
he had sat on the pocket containing the
napkin of tomatoes, and'his wtiito panta
loons were diipping red with the sanguin
ary vegetable !
A. simultaneous shriek burst from all
assembled.
i "Good gracious, Mr. Singleton is wound
ed ! Murder ! ' Murder !' Call a physi
cian ! Seize the murderer ! Send for
Dr. Spillpowder ! Quick he'll bleed to
death ! Murder ! Murder !" -
The infuriated audience rushed hither
and thither and some one encountering
John, the goiter, with a carving knife in"
his hand, took him for the perpetrator of
the crime and seized upon him without
rdelay. John
struggled and swore, and ;
kid about him with right good will, but
he was overpowered by numbers and at
19, 1864.
Tast obliged to yield. There was a regu
lar fight, and black eyes," and swelled
noses, added largely to the beauty of the
scone. The ladies fled to the ante-room ;
Judge Flanders ran for a surgeon, and
during, the melee Singleton made his
escape. No grass grew beneath his feet
as he sped for home, but the night being
dark, and he being slightly flustered, he
unfortunately, mistook the house, and
entered, not his own residence, but that
of a" correct old spinster named Mary
Willis. . The houses were somewhat sim
ilar, and Singleton, without pausing for
a light, rushed iip stairs and into his own
chamber, as he-thought, where breathless
and exhausted he flung himself, upon the
bed.
Mary had retired some time previous,
and the sudden advent of Mr. Singleton
aroused her from a sound slumber.
Springing from tne bed, regardless of the
fact that her teeth- were out arid her
"natural" curls reposing in the bureau
drawer, she fled to the house of her near
est neighbors, and securing assistance
returned to meet the horrified Singleton
just emerging from the door.
Poor
Singleton
tried to explain, but
Miss Willis would listen to nothinsr : her
reputation wa's mined she said, and Sin
gleton must either settle or marry her !
A fifty dollar bill was given freely;
mending tho broken character and learn
ing Singleton never to go to bed in the
dark.
The affair at the Whitestown IJotel was
a rather serious one. The orator O'Toole
had his nose broken Dr. Spillpowder
broke his horse's wind to get there before
Tie should bleed to death; John, the wait
er, broke tho heads of half a dozen gen
tlemen who assisted in his capture ; and
Judge Flanders broke all the buttons off
his waistbands running after the surgeon
and shouting murder.
Mr. Singleton is yet unmarried.
Gen. Grant.
. A correspondent with the Army of the
Potomac writes as follows of the Lieuten
ant General of our armies :
. "General Grant messes with his staff,
and at his table sits familiarly every
member of his military family. There is
not the slighest attempt at show or parade
in the furniture and equipage everything
isbr use and ecouomy of time and space.
The crockery is scanty and of the plain
est, and. the fare, though sufficient in
quantity, is just as homely and thrifty as
that of the common soldier. A chop with
a cup of coffee for breakfast; a bit of roast
beef with potatoes and 'hard tack con
fronting a dish of pork and 'greens serves
for the five o'clock dinner ; and a cup oT
tea with bread and butter at half-past
eight o'clock finishes up the day. The
beds arc simply camp cot3, some with and
others without mattrasses, and all the
toilet apparatu anywhere visible are a few
tin wasb-basins,' a moderate supply ' of
towels, a bit of looking-glass, and a horn
comb. At the table neither distilled li
quors nor wine is permitted.
' : "General Grant never swears. No man
in nis camp nas ever neard him eive ;
ntteranpo tn nrnfWtv in nnv nf if- frr,no
He rarelv hm?hs. either : but he has a
sort of grim humor which is not without
its effect. It is related as a part of the
gossip of 'the front that an officer at
tached to the Quartermaster's Department
of his army wanted one wet day to con
sult with tho General-in-Chief. He is a
believer' is the old regime, and. practised
what under M'CIellan, he w3a taught.
He had half-a-iozcn miles to go, more "or
less, so he ordered out his close carriage,
and as it was likely that nighc would come
before he could return, the lamps were
Irinrmed and hung out on each side of the
driver's seat. Then, with an escort of
twelve dragoons, ho started, happy, no
doubt, in tho belief that he was proof
against the descending rain. Approach
ing Culpeper, he met an ordinary-looking
man on horseback, attended only by an
.orderly.
"As he passed, he recognized the Lieu-tenant-Gcnerai;
who, in spite of : the" rain,
was making his usual round, in his usual
modest way. To descend from his car
riage and salute his chief was but the
work of a moment; but Grant, irritated
by the style and pretension of his officer,
was in no hurry to see him gain the shel
ter of his carriage roof ngain. 'Walk
along with me a little said tho General,
'I want to talk with you.' With polish
ed boots and unexceptional kids, Mr.
Quartermaster did as he was bidden ;.and
with a touch of that grimness to which I
have referred, the General led him
through the muddiest part of th.e road,
aud did not release him till he was wet to
the skin ai wet as the General himself.
He was then dismissed with an admonition
that will be. remembered, though it was
interlarded with no oaths."
NUMBER: 34
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Thirty-Seven."
-i BT.PB1TATE MILES o'EEItLT.
Three years ago to-day
We raised our hands to Heaven,
And oh the rolls of muster
Our names were thirty-seven ;
There were just a thousand bayonets,
Aud the swords were thirty-seven,
And we took the oath of service
With our right hands raised to Heaven.
Oh, 'twas a gallant day,
In memory still adored,
That day of our sun-bright nuptials
With the musket and the sword !
' Shrill rat?g the fifes, the bugles blared,
And beneath a cloudless Heaven '
Twinkled a thousand bayonets,
And the ewords were thirty-seven.
Of the thousand stalwart bayonets .
Two hundred march to-day ;
Hundreds lie in Virginia swamps,
And hundreds in Maryland clay ;
And other hundreds, less happyJ drag
Their shattered limbs around,- '
And. envy the deep, long, blessed sleep
Of the battle-field's holy ground.
, For the swords one night, a week ago, ,
The remnact, just eleven,
Gathered around a banqueting board
With seats ror thirty-seven ;
There were rwo limped in on crutches,
And two had each but a hand
To pour the wine and raise the cup,
- As we toasted "Our flag and landl''
And the room seemed filled with whispers
As we Iooked.at the vacant seats.
And, withclioking throats, we pushed aside
The rich but untasted meats ;.
Then in silence we brimmed our glasses,'
As we rose up just eleven,
And bowed as we drank to tho loved and
the dead
Who had made U3 thirty-seven t -
Remarkable Prediction by Doug
las. Mr. Arnold of Illinois made " a
speech in the House of Representatives
on Saturday last, from which we quote
the following: ...
"Here I will pause a moment to 6tate a
most remarkable prediction made by
Douglas in January, 1861. The statement
is furnished to me by Gen. C. B. Stewart, '
a gentleman of the highest respectability.
Douglas was asked by Geri. Stewart, (who
was making a New Year's call oa Mr.
Douglas,) "What will be the result of the
efforts of Jefferson Davis and hid associ
ates, to divide the Union?" 'Douglas re
plied, "The Cotton States are making an
effort to draw in the border States to
their schemes of secession, and I am, too -fearful
they will succeed. If they do
succeed, there will be tbe moat terrible
civil war the world has ever seenj lasting
for years.- Virginia will become a charnel
house ; but the end will bo the triumph -of
the Union cause. '
"One of their first efforts will be to tako
possession of the capital, to give them
prestige abroad, but they will never take
it. The North will rise en masse to defend
it ; but it will become a city of hospitals ;
tho churches will' be used for the sick
J and wounded; and even thi3 house and
the -Minnesota block (now the Douglas
Hospital) may be devoted to that purpose
before the end of tho war." Gen. Stewart
inquired : "What justification is there for
this ?" Douglas replied : "There is no
justification, nor any pretence of any.' I
t will go as far as the Constitution will
permit to maintain their just rights, and
L do not doubt but a majority or Congress
will do the same. . But," said he, rising
on his feet and extending his arm, "If
the Southern States secede from this Union
without further cause, I am iu favor of
their having just as much slave territory
a3 they can hold at tho point of the bay
onet, and no more."
Jt( Glancing at some of the amenities
of war, Mr. Sala, in his . correspondence
with the London Telegraphy says : "I was
told recently of a Northern cavalry officer,
who for month's was opposed to tho re
nowned Confederate sabruer the Murat,
of the South Fitzhugh Lee. The twor
gallant foemen fought each other like a
couple of wild cats ; but they were out of.
the fight, always on the friendliest of
terms. Both happened to be gentlemen,
school-fellows, classmates, West Point'
men, who had puzzled their heads over
the same mathematical problem and smok
ed tho same prohibited tobacco. They
could find time in the intervals of fighting
to keep up a jocose correspondence.
Thus the Confederate would write to -tho
Federal, "clear out ; you've no right in "
this part cf the country, anyhow. Send
me a bag of coffee." To which having
sent the coffee the Federal would reply,
a few days later, "I played the deuce with
you on Thursday, and mean to finish you
up next week: Old rye is scarce. Coald
you manage to let me have a few bottles ?" '.
And the old" rye, or in default thereof,
Bourbon, was punctually sent. .
E$& Mrs. Tom Thumb, it is' whispered
will boon be "as well as could be expected
under the circumstances."