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Ot'XTY OFFICERS.
of the Courts President Hon. Geo.
iiylor, HuntiniT'lon ; Associates, George W.
jsley, Henry C. Devine.
I'Totfionotan (ieo. C. K. Zahm.
Register and Recorder James GrifSn.
Sherif James MyCrs.
Vatrict Attorney. John F. Barnes.
Cmty Commissioners Jobn Campbell, F.d-
Glass, E. 11. Dunnegan.
Citric to Commissioners William II. Scch-
tr.
I'taturer Barnabas M'Dermit.
C.'rk Treasurer John Lloyd.
House Directors George M'Cullough,
'Ore'e Orris, Joseph Dailey.
Poot House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
AuUtors Fran. P. Tierney, Jco. A. Ken-
R'iv, Urallier.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
Coroner. AVUliam Flattery.
M'tcant-.lt Afpraiser John Cox.
i. oj t'ommon Schools J. F. Condon.
jt'BEXSliLUG nOR. OFFICERS.
AT LUGK.
Auryess Janies A. Moore
Justices of the iW-Hwrison Kinkead,
tdmun.I J. Waters.
School DireclotsD. W. Erans, J. A. Moore,
Dau.eIJ.paviflf David J. Jones, 'Yilliam M.
'Ones, R.Jon eg, jr. '
nrryh Jrf""- Geo. W. Oatman.
'"k CoWnr7-Saml. Singleton.
Commi3.iontr) iA Davis.
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r,"rn, Council . V. Jones, John O
fTUt! Charles Owens, R. Jor
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"foMDavid E. Evans, Danl. J. Davis
4w Thomas J. Davis.
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Cuiva lnkead Job,: E- Scanlan, George
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yfye f Election. John D. Thomas.
Rector. William 11. Sechler, George W.
hteitor Joshua D. Parrish.
societTes, &C.
it'- J; Summt Lodge No. 312 A. Y. M.
W t M,asonic Ha". Ebensburg, on the
p ju Tuesday of each month, at 7 J o'clock,
o'p0' ' Highland Lodge No. 428 I. 0.
eve ;ei8 m 0dd Fellows' Hall. Ebensburg,
7 Wednegday evening.
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OF SUBSCRIPTION
' THE ALLEGHAXLAN
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A NOR.
Life's Lot.
I know not If the dark or bright
Shall be my lot ;
If that wherein my hopes delight
Be best or not.
It may be mine to drag for years
Toil's heavy chain ;
Or day and night my meat be tears
On bed of pain. ,
Dear faces may surround my hearth
With smiles and glee ;
Or I may dwell alone, and mirth
Be strange to me.
My bark is wafted to the strand
By breath divine,
And on the helm there rests a hand
Other than mine.
One who has known in storms to sail
I have on board ;
Ai)ove the raging of the gale
I hear my Lord.
He hold3 me with the billow's smile,
I shall not fall ;
If Bharp, 'tis short ; if long, 'tis light,
He tempers all.
Safe to the land safe to the land
The end is this ;
And then with Him go hand ;n hand,
Far into bli33.
XTnclor tlxo Soa.
I am a diver a diver from choice
and I am proud of my profession. Where
is such courage required as is needed here ?
It is nothing to Lea soldier: a diver,
however but I forbear. I will tell my
fetory,and leave others to judge concerning
it.
An appalling shipwreck occurred, not
long ago, upon the wildest part of the
coast of Newfoundland. The tiding3 of
this calamity reached the ears of thou
sands; but among the crowd of accidents
which followed in quick succession, it was
soon forgotten. JSot by us, however.
We found that the vessel had sunk upon
a spot where the water's depth was by no
means great, and that a daring man might
easily reach her.
She was a steamer called the Marmion,
and had been seen going suddenly down,
without an instant's warning, by some
fishermen near by. She had, undoubtedly,
struck a hidden rock, and had thus been,
in one moment, destroyed.
I Bpoke to my associates of the plan,
and they approved it. No time wa3 lost
in making the necessary preparations,
and a short time beheld us embarked in
our email schooner for the sunken ship.
There were tix. of us, and we anticipated
extraordinary success.
So deep was the water that no vestige
of a ship's mast remained above the sur
face, to point out the resting place of the
Marmion. We were compelled, therefore,
to select the scene of operations according
to the best of our abilities. Down went
the sails of our schooner, and Kimmer
and I put on our diving armor. Wetixed
on our helmets tightly, and screwed on
the hose. Ooe by one each clumsy arti
cle was adjusted. 1 he weights were hung
and we wete ready.
Down we went, I first, and Riramer
close behind me. It did not take a long
time for us to reach the bottom. We
found ourselves upon what seemed abroad
plain, sloping downward, toward the
south, and rising slightly, toward the
north. Looking forward then, a dim,
black object arose, which our experienced
eyes knew to be a lofty rock.
I tnotioned to Ilimmer that we should
proceed there.
Walking onward, along the bottom of
tire sea, above us like a black cloud in the
sea we could see our boat slowly moving
onward upon the surface of the water.
And now, not more than a hundred yards
before us, we could see the towering form
of that eboDy rock which bad at first
greeted our eyes from afar. As yet, we
could net be certain that this was the
place where the Marmion had struck.
JJut 60on a round, black object became
discernible, a3 we glanced at tho rocky
base.
Ilimmer struck my arm, and pointed.
I signed assent, and we moved onward
more quickly.
A lew moments elapsed: we had come
nearer to the rock. The black object
now looked like the stern of a vessel
whose hull lay there.
Suddenly Ilimmer struck me again, and
pointed upward. Following the direction
of his hand, I looked up, and saw the
upper surface of the water all foamy and
in motion. There was a momentary thrill
through my heart, but it passed over.
We were in a dangerous condition. A
storm was coming on !
Now the rockosc up before us, black,
rugged, dismal. Its rough sides were
worn by the action of the water, and, in.
some places, were covered by marine
plants, and nameless ocean vegetation.
We passed onward, and clambered over a
spur, whnh jutted from the cliff, and
there lay the steamer.
The Marmion there she lay upright,
with evervthitrg still standing. She had
gone righ"t down, and had settled in such
a position among the fCcke, that ehe stood
uoright here, just as though she lay at
her Wharf. Wc rushed eagerly along and
ulabhewl up her side. There wa a iow
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY
moan in tho water, which sounded warn
ingly in our ears, and told us of a swiftly
approaching danger. What was to be
done, must be done speedily. We hurried
forward. Rinimcr rushed to the cabin.
I went forward, to descend into the hold.
I descended the ladder. I walked into
the engineer's room. All was empty
here, all , was water. ; The waves of the
ocean had entered, and were sporting with
works of man. I went into the. freight
room. , Suddenly, I was startled by an
appalling noise upon the deck. ...;.The
heavy footsteps of some one, running,' as
though in mortal fear, or most dreadful
haste, sounded In my ears. Then my
heart throbbed wildly j for it was a fear
ful thing to hear, far down in the silent
depths of the ocean.
Pshaw ! it's only Rimraer.
I hurriedly acended the deck by the
first outlet that appeared. When I speak
of hurry, I speak of the quickest move
ment possible, when cumbered with so
much armor. But this movement of
mine was quick ; I rushed upwards ; I
sprang out on the deck.
It was Ilimmer !
Ue stepped forward and clutched my
arm. He pressed it with a convulsive
grasp, and pointed to the cabin.
I attempted to go there.
He stamped his toot and tried to hold
me back. He pointed to the boat and
implored me, with frantic gestures, to go
up. "
It is appalling to witness the horror
struck soul trying to express itself by
signs. It is awful to see these signs when
no face is plainly visible, and uo. voice is
heard. I could not see his face plainly,
but his eyes, through bis heavy mask,
glowed like coals of fire.
"I will go !" I exclaimed. I sprang
from him. He clasped his hands together,
but dared not follow.
Good heavens ! I thought, what fear
ful thing is here ? What scene can be so
dreadful as to paralyze the soul of a prac
tised diver ? I will see for myself.
I walked forward. I came to the cabin
door. . I entered the forward-saloon, but
saw nothing. A feeling of contempt
came to me. Ilimmer shall not come
with me again, I thought. Yet I was
awe struck. Down in the depths of the
sea there is only silence oh, how solemn !
I paced the long saloon, which had echo
ed with the shrieks of the drowning pas
sengers. Ah ! there are thoughts which
sometimes fill the soul, which are
only felt by those to whom scenes of sub
limity are familiar. Thus thinking, I
walked to the after-cabin and entered
Oh, God of heaven !
Had not my hand clenched the door
with a grasp which mortal terror had
made convulsive, I should have fallen to
the floor. I stood nailed to the spot.
For there before me stood a crowd of peo
ple men and women caught in the last
death struggle by the overwhelming wa
ters, and fastened to the spot, each in the
position in which death had found him.
Each one had sprung from his chair at
the shock of the sinking ship, and with
one common emotion, all had started for
the door. But the waters of the sea had
bceu too swift for them. Lol ihen
some wildly grasping the table, others the
beams, others the sides of the cabin
there they all stood. Near the door was
a crowd of people, heaped upon one an
other some on the floor, others rushing
over them all seeking, madly, to gain the
outlet. There was one who sought to
clamber over the table, and still was there,
holding on to an iron post. So strong
was each convulsive grasp, so fierce the
struggle of each wild death, that their
hold had not yet been telaxed; but each
one stood and looked frantically at the
door.
To the door good God ! To me, to
me . they were looking I They were
glancing at me, all those dreadful, those
terrible eyes ! Eyes in which the fire of
life had been displaced by the chilling
gleam of death. Eyes which still glared,
like the eyes of the maniac, with no ex
pression. They froze me with their cold
and icy stare. They had no meaning;
for the soul had gone. ' And this made it
still more horrible than it conld have been
in life; for the appalling contortion of
their faces, expressing fear, horror, des
pair, and whatever else the human soul
may feel, contrasting with the cold and
glassy eyes, made their vacancy yet more
fearful. He upon the table seemed more
fiendish than the others ; for his long,
black hair was dishevelled, and floated
horribly down and his beard and mus
tache, all loosened by the water, gave him
the grimness of a demon. Oh, what woe
and torture ! what unutterable agonies ap
peared in the despairing g'ance of thoae
faces faces twisted into spasmdic contor
tions, while the souls that lighted them
were writhing and struggling for life.
I heeded not the dangerous eea which,
even when we touched the steamer, had
plightly rolled. Down in tbeso awful
depths the swell would not be very strong,
unless it should increase with tenfuri fury
above. But it had been increasing,
though I had not noticed it, and the mo
tion of the water began to be felt in these
abysses. Suddenly the steamer was shak
en and rocked by the swell. .
At this the hideous forms were shaken
andifelL Tho heaps of people rolled
asunder. That demon on the table seora-
ed to make a spring directly towards me.
I fled, shrieking all were after: me, I
thought. I rushed out with no purpose
but to escape, I sought to throw off my
weights acd rise.
.,' ;My weights could not be loosed I pul
Wd at them with frantic exertions, but
could not loosen them. The iron fasten
ings had grown stiff. One of them I
wrested)ff in my convulsive efforts, but
the other still kept me down. The tube,
also, was lying down still in my passage-way
through the machine rooms. I did
not know this until. I had exhausted my
strength, and almost my hope, in vain ef
forts to loosen the weight, and still the
horror of that scene in the cabin rested
upon me.
Where was ; Ilimmer ! The thought
flashed across me. He was not here. He
had: returned. Two : weights lay near,
which seemed thrown off in terrible haste.
Yes, Rimmer had gone. I -looked up;
there lay the boat, tossing and rolling
among the waves. ;
I rushed down in the machine-room, to
go back, so as to loosen my tube. I had
gone through passages carelessly, and this
lay there, for it was unrolled from above as
I went on. I went back in haste to ex
tricate myself ; I could stay here no long
er; for it all the gold of Golconda was in
the vessel, I would not stay in company
with the dreadful dead !
Back fear lent wings to my feet. I
hurried down the stairs, into the lower
hold once more, and retraced my steps
through the passages below. I walked
back to the place iuto which I had first
descended. It was dark ; a new feeling
of horror shot through me ; I looked up.
The aperture was closed I
Heavens ! was it closed by mortal hand ?
Had Rimmer in his panic-flight, blindly
thrown down the trap-door, which I now
remembered to have seen open when I de
scended ? or had some fearful being from
the cabin that demon who
wards me ?
Bprang
to
I started back in terror.
But I could not wait here; I must go;
I must escape from this den of horrors.--I
sprang up the ladder, and tried to raise
the door. It resisted my efforts ; I put
my helmeted head against it, and tried to
raise it ; the rung of the ladder broke be
neath me, but the door was not raised;
my tube came down through it and kept
it partly open, for it was a stroug -tube,
and kept strongly expanded by close
wound wire.
I seized a bar of iron, and tried to pry
it up ; I raised it plightly, but there was no
way to get it p further. . I looked around,
and found pome blocks ; with these I raised
the heavy door, little by little, placing a
block iu, to keep what I had gained. But
tho work was slow, and laborious, and 1
had worked a long while before I had
raised it four inches.
The sea rolled more and more. The
submerged vessel felt its power, and rocked.
Suddenly it wheeled over, and lay upon its
side. .
I ran around to get on the deck above,
to try and lift up the door. But when I
came to the other outlet, I knew it was
impossible ; for the tube would not permit
me to go so far, and then I would rather
have died a thousand deaths than have
veutured again so near the cabin.
I returned to the fallen door; I sat
down in despair and waited for death. I
saw no hopa of escape. This, thee, was
to be my end.
But the steamer gave a sudden lurch,
again acted upon by the power of the
waves. She had been balanced upon a
rock, in such a way that slight action of
the water was sufficient to tip her over.
She creaked, and groaned, and labored,
and then turned upon her side.
I rose; I clung to the ladder; I pressed
the" trap-door open, while the steamer lay
with her deck perpendicular to the ground.
I sprang out, and touched the bottom of
the sea. It was in good time ; for a mo
ment after, the mass went over back again.
Then, with a last effort, I twisted the
iron fastening of the weight which kept
me down ; I jerked it. It was loosed, it
broke, it fell. In a moment I began to
ascend, and in a few minutes I was float
ing on the water for the air which is
pressed down'for the diver's consumption
constitutes a buoyant mass, which raises
him up from the sea.
Thanks to heaven ! There was the
strong boat, with my bold, brave men !
They felt me rising; they saw me, and
came and saved me.
Rimmer had fled from the horrid scene
when I entered the cabin, but remained
in the boat to lend, his aid. He never
went down agaitfirat became a sea-captain.
As for nfe, I still go down, but only to
vessels whose crews have been saved.
It is needless to say that tho Marmion
was never again visited.
gy A clark down east having one
morning in church proclaimed the banns
of matrimony between a "gal" and her
"feller," was followed by the clergyman
reading a hymn of Watt's beginning thus :
"Mistaken souls, who dream of Heaven."
A man passing through a gateway
in the dark, hit lys nose against the post.
"I wish that post was in hell," said he.
"Better wish it somewhere else," coolly
remarked a bystander; "you might run
against it again.
2, 18 C 6.
Lesson
John
Come Down -From
Tyler's Times.
The Trenton, N". J.,
Union Sctitinel,
whereof Charles W. Jav is fidirn. rivc
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the following lively reminiscence of John
LTyler's times. The lesson contained
could be profitably learned by Andrew
Johnson :
"The present peculiar position of the
President of the United States recalls to
our mind some incidents of personal
experience many years now gone by, when
that political rinderpest, the 'Tyler grip'
proved so fatal to many of the politicians
of that day. For the benefit of'the rising
generation, and as a; warning to men in
office, we propose a hasty resume of our
recollections of that interesting period.
"Four weeks after the inauguration of
General Harrison, the Southern secession
ists compassed his deaih by poison, (as
they afterward did that of General Taylor
by tire same means, and that of Abraham
Lincoln by assassination,) and John Tyler
became President by virtue of a constitu
tional provision. His first official act of
national import was the voto of an ant of
Congress for the establishment of a Uni
ted States bank. This deed placed him
in general opposition to the party that
had elected him, and whose principles
and objects were well understood when he
accepted the nomination of Vice Presi
dent at their hands. Hereupon the shrewd
Democratic managers commenced their
game of 'divide and conquer Th?y
called meetings all over the country to
endorset he course of 'honest John Tyler,'
just as they now do that of 'honest Andy
Johnson and with pecisely the same
object.
"Through the efforts of Commodore
Stockton and James S. Green, the old
Trenton Emporium (now the True Amer
ican) was purchased and run by Jim
Zabriskie acd Captain Jo. Yard as tho
Tyler machine of New Jersey. A Tyler
State convention was then called, letters
of special invitation were sent out . to a
few Democratic office-hungry individuals
in the different counties to report as dele
gates I We at that time were a young
man not entitled to a vote, and had just
returned home from a three years', wan
dering in the West. The letter appoin
ting us a delegate simply informed us that
the'eofivention was-rntended to 'inaugu
rate measures of vital importance to the
welfare of the Democratic party.' This
august convocation assembled at iiiyJit, at
the court-house in this city. Dr. John
M'Keiway, then postmaster o Trentoa,
presided, and James S. Gree, of Prince
ton, was the principal speaker. Jim Uar
denburg, a young lawyer of New Bruns
wick, and afterward mayor of San Fran
cisco, and ourself were among the
secretaries. As pooo as we saw the Dem
ocratic cat under the Tyler meal we
protested to Uardenburg, in a whisper,
against the movement. . Jim whispered
back : 'Don't say a d d word ! There
i.n't one of us here would vote for Tyler
for dog-whinper, but we might as well
have tho offices away, from the bloody
Whigs.'
("Let Andy Johnson make a note of
this little reminiscence. All the Johnson
Democrats now want is the offices away
from the 'bloody radicals.')
"Well, a few days after this, a meeting
was called at the Cross Keys, about four
miles from this city, to which everybody
who was 'in favor of sustaining the policy
of John Tyler' were invited. We were
announced as the only speaker I Proud
pre-eminence ! But we were only a boy
then, and believed that auything that
would advance the success of the Dooio
cratio party must be morally and politically
right.
' "When the night for the meeting ar
rived and the' hour with it, the 'sturdy
yeomanry of the township' were on hand
to the number of five, all told. The ag
ricultural Democracy of that day were
honest, and would lend themselves to no
swindle. In a short time two wagon loads
of office-holders in expectancy arrived from
Trenton. Desperate efforts were made to
get one of the Democrats oPthe township
to preside, but all thus approached spurn
ed the proposal with scorn. They even
strongly protested against the meeting Ce
ing held at all, and threatened to expose
the whole affair in the Trenton papers if
the experiment was not abandobsd. Aiid
abandoned it was. No meeting was or
ganized. But the subscriber and the two
wagon loads of 'Tyler Democrats' from
Trenton sneaked into a back room, and
we addressed them in our 'usual happy
manner.'
"We started for home, about four miles
off, on foot, feeling very much like a
young thief with his first stolen chicken
under his arm, while the two wagon loads
of 'sustainers of the President's policy' of
financial reconstruction turned their faces
toward Trenton, sadder andmadder men.
On their way back one of the members of
the forlorn hope happened to remember
that the resolutions had been forgotten.
A halt was called. A tallow candle was
borrowed from the alarmed inmates of a
wayside cottage, the resolutions read in
the road,
," 'By the lantern, dimly burning,'
and passed 'without a dissenting voice
amid loud and prolonged cheering.'
NUMBER 29.
"The next week a large package of tho
Madisonian, the Washington orgao of
John Tyler, (as Tom Florence's. Union rtvw
is of Andy Johnson,) arrived in Trentoo,
On opening one oi the copies the follow
ing blinding announcement astounded our
vision :
" 'TREMENDOUS OltPOCRINa OF TH.E FKOPLH f
"TWENTT fnOC9A5D JERSKTMKN IS COUNCIL t
"'THE POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT SUSTAINED I
" 'GREAT SPEECH OP GEN. C. W. JAY, OF OHIO I
" 'UNBOUNDED ENTHUSIASM I'
"Then followed an account of the meet
ing, resolutions, &c.
"Dear reader, this is no burlesque of
ours, but a sober recital of the facts as
they actually occurred. All that we hav
here related we were a boyish actor in.
This is the way the Democrats Tylerized
honest John Tyler ! Let honest Andy
Johnson be warned in time. Tyler turned
all his real friends out of office, and gavo
their , places to his enemies. ; These 'ene
mies made the President believe that the
Democratic party would nominate him for
re-election at the national "convention of
1844. (Pause again, Andy Johnson, and
see how history rep3ats itself.) 'Honest
John' was kicked out of that convention
a la posterior, and has been the scorn and
derision of all men of all parties ever since.
(Another point for sober reflection, 'Hon
est Andy.')
"We forgot to mention one of the most
important results of the meeting at the
Cross Keys. A short time after the
flaming account of that glorious affair ap
peared in the colum3 of the Madisonian,
Colonel Sam. Kay, now of the old United
States Hotel, Major Jo. Cunningham, of
the Tremont House, Jim. Glover, Henry
Bos well, and one or. two others, whose
names do not now occur to us, were snug
ly anchored in the New York custom
house on three dollars a day and roast
beef. William Grant, Sr., was appointed
purser on the ill-fated frigate Somera.
All these lucky individuals belonged to
the two wagons that went from Treuton to
the meeting. We believe that Major
Cunningham held the candle by the road
side cottage while the resolutions were be
ing read. The subscriber, as usual, got
nothiug for his valuable services.
"We intend to send a copy of this on to
Andy Johnson, in hope that ho .will
become a permanent subscriber to the
Sentinel. Terms, two dollars in advance
We say in advance, for after the veto of
the civil rights bill we don't feel like
trusting eveu the President of the Unitod
States."
The Old Guard of Napoleon.-
After the treaty of peace of Tilsit the.
most friendly intercourse existed between
Napoleon and the Emperor of Russia, and
they were often seen riding or walking
together without an escort. On one
occasion as the two Emperors were leaving"
the palace, arm in arm, Alexander's
attention was arrested by the appearance
of a grenadier of the Old Guard, who
stood sentry at the gate. This war worn
veteran had his face literally divided by
a scar of a sabre cut, extending from abovo
the left eye brow to the right side -of tha
chin. Noticing Alexander's look of sur
prise. Napoleon remarked : "What do you
think, brother, of soldiers who efctvivu
such wounds ?"
"And, you, brother,'' replied the Rus
sian Emperor, "what do you think of tho
soldiers who inflicted those woHnds?"
Before Napoleon coal J find a suitable
answer to this home thrust, the old sol
dier, who stood at "present arms" as stiff
as a statue, growled audibly from under
his grizzly mustache, and wrtlioat raaving
a muscle :
"They aro dead, those !"
"Ah ! brother," said Alexander, laugh
ing, "here again the victory is yours 1"
"It is," replied Napoleon, "because
here again my Old Guard stod by me."
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A man lately received twenty
lashes, well laid on, at a whipping-post,
in an English town. The culprit, instead
of bellowing when the constable applied
the lash, laughedimmoderatety, which
made the officer fay on with h&r !er force.
On giving him the twentieth blow the
angry officer ooujd stand it no longer.
"WeHherem'ster," said the offended
officer; .Ivevdooe, my, duty, and I can.
lick' j e no' more, bat I'd just like to know
what it is that's so funny V
"Funny!" roared the other, "why, it'i
excellent. You've got the wrong Smith I
I ain't the man that was to be whipped !
It's the other one ! Now you'll have to do
it all over again. Really, it's too good 1
You must. lick the other man 1 Ha! ha!"
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1ST M ay is considered an unfortunate
marr) ing month. A girl, on being asked
to unite herself in the silken tie, tenderly
hinted that May was an unlucky month
for. marrying.
"Well, make it June, then," honestly
replied the swain, anxious to accommodate.
The damsel blushed a moment, hesi
tatsd, cast down her eyes, and with a
modest blush said :
"Wouldn't April do as well ?"
The English "Society for Promo
ting Christian Knowledge" are advertis
ing "Hymns for use during tho cattlo
plague, with music" They are probably
to be Eung to the tuae the old cow died
on
Grass
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six inched high along
. .Aantas river on the 1st.