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nn sirTt;iisii sailor.
OV.vrrrillTVflnir. Publisher.
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iLUME 8.
TILUAM KITTELL, Attorney at
( Lit Ebensburg, Pa.
J5"FEL0N, Attorney at Law,
I Ebensburg, Pa.
. Qfficf opposite the Bank. jan24
;9fiGE M. READE, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pfc.
0ce in Colonnade Row. jan24
pTtIERNEY : Attorney at Law,
Ebensburg. Cambria county, Ta.
Offce in Colonnade Kow. jan24
--r"rVT i CP1VT 4VT kttnrnari
at Law, Ebensburg, 1'a.
Cfice opposite the Court House.
A. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at
i nn. Ehnshurc Ps..
IticaUt attention paid to collections.
y'u&ce one door east of Lloyd A Co.'s
k i O J
in; Uouse. Lju-.-
MUL SINGLETON, Attorney at
Lair, Ebensburg, Pa. Office on High
; west of Foster's Hotel.
; practice in the Courts of Cambria and
:irsr counties.
Attends also to the collection of claims
r .. s l. r ? a
J:tr5 agaicst.iae uovernmeQi. jan-;
MKGE W. OATMAN, Attorney at
Law and Claim Agent, tbensburg.
county. Pa.
y Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty, and
it and sold, and payment of Taxes at
i to. Book Accounts, Notes, Due Bil!s,
aents, ic, collected. Deeds, Mortga-
'Tttnients, Letters of Attorney, lionds,
't.vAj vritten,-and all-legal business
i'llj attended to. Pensions increased,
fqualiied Bounty collected. jan24
J. WATERS, Justice of the Peace
and Scrivener.
J- Office adjoining dwelling, on High St.,
fsburg, Pa. Jeb7-6m
KINKEAD, Justice of the Peace
and Claim Agent.
f? Office removed to the office formerly
fd by M. liasson, hsq., on High street,
burg, Pa. jan3l-6m
1 l-NTISTltY.
'qf ) Dr. D. R. Zeiglzr, having opened an
i ;n me rooms over is., xv. x nomas siore,
his professional services to the citizens
tasburg and vicinity. ap!8-4ru
EXTISTRY
The undersigned, Graduate of the Bal
5 College of Dental Surgery, respectfully
V'jen&'ovirg. He has spared no means to
-Mgblj acquaint himself with every im
riment in his art. To many years of per
i experience, he has sought to add the
)ned experience of the highest authorities
ratal Science. He simply asks that an
:'.unity may bet given for his work to
a its own praise.'
r i '
SAMUEL. BELFGRD, D. D. S.
ertneet: Prof. C. A. Harris ; T. E. 3ond,
VT. R. Handy; A. A. Blandy.P. H. Aus
jfthe Baltimore College.
BrVrill be at Ebensburg on the fourth
lay of each month, to stay one wjek.
uary 24, 1867.
10 YD L CO., Bankers
, Eesksbcro, Pa.
S CoIJ, Silver, Government Lonns and
ft Securities bought and sold. Interest
fed on Time Deposits. Collections made
fl accessiUe points in the United States,
Ja Genera IWing -Business transacted.
tuury24, 1S67.
7 H. LLOYD & Co., Hankers
Aitoosx, Pa.
if' cs the principal cities, and Silver
jold for sale. Collections made. Man.
hctived on deposit, payable on demand,
lai interest, or upon time, witn interest
r rates. jan24
Z.I.OYD, Frest. D. T. CA ldtvell. CaaL'r.
fRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ALTOONA.
GOVERNMENT AGENCY,
iiiD
:r,NATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI-
TVW STiTV.S
Corner Virginia and Annie sts., North
j Ai;oona, ra.
":riD Capital SOO.OOO 00
-apitai, Paid in 15000 00
h kasicess pertaining to Banking done on
uic terms.
rernal Eevenue Stamns of all denomina-
3 alwars on hand -
" purchasers of Stamp?, percentage, in
Ps, will be allowed, as fnll
2 per cent.-, S'.OC to $200, 3 per cent.
"i""raa, pec Cent. fjanS
EES J. LLOYD,
Successor of R. S. Bunn,
a. i-eaier in
l rv' i ZVTr, r.1.'0 1? - I'JSUFDM E-
vpc AKTIULES, PURE
o ju xiUAuiKS FOR MEDI
PURPOSES, PATENT MEDICINES, Ac.
4 Li n
ltT.Cap, and Note Papers,
Pens, Pencils, Superior Ink,
And other articles kept
hv Drncrrrinta frna1t
ace on Maia Street, opposite the Moun
aouse, Ebensbifrg,-pa. jan24
S DYSERT, ibwr,
n "'Sn, and Ornamental Patntina, Grain-
ork done on short notice, and satis-
, nf,?a?1Illeed- ShP basement of
l, Ebensburg, Pa. my9-6m
GRAHAM BLAINE, Barter
'savin cv " Ebensbcko, Pa. '
tin tK1 BbaP?i and Hair-dressing
the moat artistic style. -
rHooii a ,re.ct-1y opposite the "Moun-
ATEL BINGLETQN, IVotarj Pab-
tf . w,ll".Elintn'K,: Pa. ' : -"""-Pa
H'?h ftrt, vest of Foster' no-
PRIVATE SALE!
The subscriber Mill sell the following
property at private sale :
One House at Portage Station, on the P.
R. R., with 2 acres land. Suitable- for a
store room or a dwelling.
One House and 90 acres land, on P. R. R.,
one-half mile west of Portage, opposite the
siding of the Union Mills 'of .the subscriber,
and at the terminus of the railroad of. Whito
One House . and 2 acres landT at Portage,
now occupied by Louisa Keepers. A good
site for a store. -
One Water Power Saw mill, within 1 0 rods
of the P. It. R., one-half, mile west of Por
tage, together with timber land, 100, 200, or
30C acres, to suit purchasers. The barns
and houses on the same cost $1,500 when
lumber was cheap.
Or, I will sell the whole tract of.480 acres,
with timber enough on the same to run the
water mill for seven years. Tho property
has 1,500 to 2,00 feet of side tracks connect
ing with the P. R. R.
A general Warrantee Deed will be given
on ten days notice for all the foregoing prop
erty, and possession of all houses, &c, given
on the 1st April next.
The improvements cost the subscriber
$6,00C'.
150 acres of the land is timbered with good
Sugar, and the land itself is warranted to be
as good as any in Cambria county.
Three creeks pass through the land, viz
Trout Run, M'Intosh Run, and Wright's Run.
There is Coal on the land, and any amount
of Cord Wood.
The location is the only outlet to the coal
lands of Burke and the Wm. M. Lloyd & Co.
laads.
Two pieces of the land adjoin the land
formerly owned, by Hon. Thomas A. Scott,
known as the M'Coy Farm.
One-third the purchase money will be re
quired down ; the balance in 3ix and twelve
months.
Ten per cent, will be deducted for cash
payments.
The property will be sold in preference to
rented) as the subscriber has not time to col
lect rents.
The house and lot, say 1 acre of land, at
Portage, .now occupied by Louisa Keepers,
will be sold low if sold soon. Also, the store
room at the same place, with 2 acres land,
formerly occupied by Victor Voeghtly sold
to him at one time for $725 will now be
sold for $600. The former will be sold for
$350, cash, or its equivalent.
Calx. Soon I
WM. R. HUGHES.
. Wilmore, January 31, 1807.
S
HOB STORE! SHOE STORE!!
The subscriber begs leave to inform the
people of Ebensburg that he has just receired
from the East and has now opened out, at
his store-room, the
LARGEST and BEST ASSORTMENT
OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S
BOOTS and SHOES Or ALL KINDS!
ever brought to town. The stock was made
expressly to order by the
BEST SHOE MANUFACTORY IN PHIL A.,
the subscriber having gone to th irouble
and expense of visiting that city especially
to -order it. The work is warranted not to
rip if it rip?, it will be
REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE!
A visit to his establishment will satisfy any
one that he can not only sell a better abti
cie ihan all competitors, but that he can
also sell
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST 1
lie also continues to manufacture Boots
and Shoes to order, on short notice and in
the most workmanlike style.
A VERY SUPERIOR LOT or REAL
FRENCH CALF SKINS ON HAND!
Stand one door east of Crawford's
Hotel, High street, and immediately oppo
site Y. S. Barker's store.
feb21 . JOHN D. THOMAS.
SADDLERY AND HARNESS !
The undersigned keeps constantly on
hand and is still mauufa:turing all articles
in his line, such as
..SADDLES,
FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS,
DRAFT HARNESS,
BLIND BRIDLES, RIDING BRIDLES,
CHECK LINES,
nALTERS, WHIPS, BRICHBANDS, 4c, &c.
All which he will dispose of at low prices
for cash.
His work is all warranted, and being expe
rienced in the business, he uses only the best
of leather. Tbankful far past favors, he
hopes 'by attention to Dusiness to merit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore so
liberally extended to him. '" - '" jan24
Shop above the store of E. Hughes M Co.
Persons wishing good aod substantial Harness
can be accommodated. HUGH A. M'COY. "
Y ALU ABLE REAL-ESTATE FOR
SALE! .
The subscriber oSers at private sale the
Farm on. which be now resides, situate in
Cambria Township, Cambria county, con
taining about 50 acres, nearly all ot which
are cleared, and having thereon erected a
Two-story Frame Dwelling House, a new
Frame Barn, and all the necessary Outbuild
ings. , There is a good Orchard on the Farm,
and an excellent Well of Water at the kitch
en doorl Only five minutes' walk' from the
Railroad -Depot. Terms moderate, -and title
indisputable. Apply to the undersigned on
the premises, or address
r SAMUEL TIBBOTT,
aplL3m " . Ebensburg, Pa.
"pBENSBURG LITERARY DEPOT.
James Mcrray, dealer in
BOOKS, STATIONERY, CIGARS, TOBAC
CO, PERFUMERY, FANCY SOAPS, Ac. '
In the room formerlj occupied by Dr.
3 , Lemon as a Drug Store,
High st., Ebeksbcro. r
Keeps - . ; "..'."
Blank Books. Magazines, -
Envelopes, Paper,' Newppapers,
Pens, Ink, - , Novels, Histories, -Pocket
Books, "Prayer Books,
Pass Beeki ' tTov-- Bocks, tc -'
' ' figy Stationery ' and - (ftare sold ' either !
wboUfsla or retail, mar7.3nj 1
I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hhby ClIt
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY
3T.
Our Louse is under martial law, -and
Tommy is our ruler. It has always been
so, eioco his birth ; I remember when he
was a wee bit of a baby, the dinner hour
was changed, that the clatter of our
dishes might not disturb his afternoon
nap, and everything was regulated to suit
his royal pleasure.
None ot us older children were allowed
to appear at the family table until we had
learned to handle a knife and fork prop
erly; but Tommy. was brought down iu
triumph, as soon as be 'could sit up in his
high chair. .
And then such behavior ! "Why, Tom
my may do the most ill-bred things, and
wc all laugh it off, as a capital joke. '
Father is what grown people call "fas
tidious," what children style "very per
tickelar.' Many a time, I've seen him
leave his breakfast untasted, only because
a simple little fly, wishing a warm bath,
chose father's coffee cup as, a suitable
place for that performance.
But when Tommy, from the farther
end of the table, sent his inseparable
companion, a rubber doll, with great vio
lence, from , his own mouth plumb into
father's cup, splashing hia linen and hands
with hot coffee, father only laughed, and
cried "Bravo!" as he tossed it back to
baby, and declared his coffee to be "all
the sweeter' when mother passed another
cup.
1 remember, that breakfast time so well;
because father was telling us a pitiful
story about a college friend of his. He
had just reached the very saddest part,
tad was evidently much affected, when
there came a crash, a clatter, loud peals of
laughter, and far above the din, such
jubilant crows of delight from Tommy.
This time he had only upset the spoon
stand, which brought down the cream pot,
and then as Ella stooped to restore the
scattered silver, he fastened both hands
into her curls, and balancing himself upon
bis little toes, was tugging away most
unmercifully. Father forgot his story,
aod joined in the general laugh, and dear
little Nell, when rescued from Tom's
clutches, smiled bravely through her tears.
I aj-ked .father wby . Tommy was so
indulged ; but he only laughed, and Baid :
"Oh, ha is the autocrat of our breakfast
table ;" though I could not see that that
explained the matter.
Before lominy was 6ix months old he
had shattered a pier glas3, broken off a
solitary blos?om from .mother's century
plant, and scalded a petpoodle",besides
giving us on an average one good fright
daily by his own recklessness.
As he grew older, he did but grow
worse. Mother pays that good Dr. Watt
taught that children should be inquisitive ;
that youthful curiosity ought to be encour
aged. She talks of Sir Isaac Newton,
Columbuj, and other great discoverers,
asd hopes Tom may be of use in the world.
This is when Tom is safe abed, or, as
she thinks, well occupied. But when she
finds that he has been employed in ma
king inky eeas on the back of some rare
engraving when she behold? her bust
Clytoe hanging from the bell-rope, and
Tommy at work on her grand piano with
his littlo hammer, Sir Isaac Newton,
Columbus, and the comfort they afford,
seem distant and unsatisfactory, while
Tom aod his mischief are near and provo
king. Tbeo his excuse that Clytcc is Jane,
who is "awful bad," huug "in effigy, and
that he is only hammering "to sec where
the music comes from," docs not amuse
mother or me as it does Grandma "Wilson,
who delights in all Tom's antics, saying,
they "show hb is of a practical turn, and
a thorough Wilson." (Mother's father
was an artist, and art holds a low place in
Grandma Wilsou's estimation.)
Tommy will have a reason for every
thing, and is by no meaus content with
an explanation merely verbal. Why must
the great hall clock-be wound, and what
does the pendulum do ?
Then comes a morning when no alarm
is sounded by bur faithful time-piece, to
waken the servants, and we all sleep on
until the sun is so high that we wake and
dresi in haste, and caonot catch tho lost
hours all through the day. Of course, a
search reveals the pendulum under Tom
my's bed.
We should give our number as seven
to the census collector, but so much mis
chief is done in the house, to which no
one will confess, that we have to lay it at
the door of an imaginary foe, whom we
style "Number Eight." I begin tolearu,
however, that "Number Eight" is usually
another name for Master Tommy. He ia
a riddle, and we've few rules by which to
read him ; only sure that ho will appear
whenever he is least expected, discover all
that we would keep from him, and speak
whenever he had best be silent. He
despises sham, and has no concealments.
"Don't my muvver look putty, wif her
hair curled that way?" he asks, at a din
ner party. "Wa Jought -fibo'd be" the
beautifuliest. woman here, 'n po she is."
Then later "I knowed ther wor cum'ny
cummin', coz Jane brang out all the silver,
'n the pantry door was lock, so's I couldn't
git in. Some silver ain't silvers-it's
plated ; I've sawn 'em do it ;, it's as easy;
'n you can't tell 'em apart, 'n I don't know
as any of: cmrBi real. ' tWhat inafces yer
look at'me to for, Hejun ?" be asks .when
t try to "check him. "I ain't er sayiu'
nuJfio.v I' didn't tell .'em' you tared yer
gown runnin' down stairs, 'n didn't hev
time ter change it."
Mother eays she would never allow the
child to see guests, but that ho must learn
good manners. .
"Ask the little girl to come asain to
see you, my son ; she is a dear little play
mate, isn't she?" said mother, before we1
had learned how like lining upon a bro
ken reeoTis trusting to Tom's politeness.
".No tnum," answered he, stoutly Jhe'd
berhave hereefBe poorly; I'm real disgus
ting at her.; 'n 'I druther go and see her,
coz she's 'got ripe peacher 't her 'house."
"Tommy, dear,' this is Mr." Good hue ;
he has two little boys at home.".
"Yes,'' Tom answers, gravely; "I've
sawn em ; they sit befront us at church,
'n tumble off crickets, prayer time. You
said once they needed a wuippW." .
t. In the country, at Grandma Wilson'a,
Tom1 is even worse thau at home. Wo
find him on high, solitary , beams - in the
baru,, with no visible means of "getting
down ; he is caught in the boughs of trees :
ho is rolling off the wood-shed roof; he
is tumbling into tho river; he is pulled
about the pig-sty, firmly grasping some
stout squealer's tail; ho is poking sticks
at the, fierce watch-dog; continually in
danger, yet never really hurt.
I wonder if Tom's guardian angel ever
feels tried or perplexed ?
There stood by grandma's door, when
Tommy was there last, a large molasses
cask, just drained of its contents, with
the exception of an inch or two of what
we children call molasses sugar. The
ground at the rear "of ' the house slopes
gently for several feet down to the river.
One- day," Maxwell and Sydney were
wrestling, leaping, and racing about, when
they suddenly knocked the cask over, and
sent it rolling down the hill. "Catch it,
Sydl" shouted Max, "'twill be floating
down stream in a minute;" but of course
Sydney could not catch it, after it wa3
fairly set in motion.
It rolled faster and faster, but just as it
reached the river, it struck a willow
bough, and was suddenly brought upright
once more, just on the water's brink.
"We all ran down to the. rescue, and
what, should we find peepiog out of the
cask but two well known tiny boots,
"Why, Tommy 1" we said, not knowing
whether to laugh or cry. "Are you hurt,
darling?" . . . . ,
'Oh," said a smothered voice," "T then
ain't drowned, nor eailin our ter sea. I'll
be took out, all 'cept my curls, 'n they
won't come. I've tried 'em, 'n they stick
fast."
Tommy came out, curls and all, safe
and sound, as 'usual ; but he did look
funny, with a crown of damp sugar on bis
head and great streaks of molasses on his
face. ' '
"Weren't you frightened, Tom Thumb?'
I asked, as I led him to the house.
"Pher ! No. I thought I's goin' out
ter sea, 'n I wisht I weren't on my head,
coz. I couldn't see the whales, 'n Ingy, 'n
Uncle John ; but I was so shook, 'n my
curls' pulled the tears inter my eyes when
I tried ter turn over."
We have an uncle at Calcutta, and
Tommy thinks going to sea is going to
him.
- One night, at grandma's, when Tommy
was very tired, he refused at bedtime to
say hi3 prayers, declaring he had been so
good he had "nuffin to pray for."
I told him that at the clo?e of the best
day, all need to ak fur pardon ; that his
goodness .might be only lack of tempta
tion; and that he certainly should not
forget to pray for mother, in her loneli
ness at home, with no little son to pet.
After some persuasion, Tommy knelc
and said "Our Father, I've been real
good ter day; but Ilelunsays I ought ter
be forgiven ; so please forgive the miffidh
I might hev done, but couldn't. Forgivo
us all, 'specially Hclun, for hein' so cros
to her little bruvver, 'n not lettin' him
play with her paints this moroin'. (Here
the great sleepy eyes rolled open and fixed
a reproachful look upon. me.). Forgive
all our naughty yesterdays, and make us
good for every to-morrow. Bless my dear
muvver, with no boy to kiss her. That's
all to-night." .
If Tommy's prayers sound irreverent or
self-righteous, he does not mean to be so,
and they are at least sincere. If he prays
more earnestly for the recovery of a lost
toy than for pardon for sin ; if he confes
ses virtues as freely as faults, perhaps
such petitions are as acceptable to Him
who made the childish heart as those
penitential formulas which aro so often
lip service. Some day, we hope, Tom
will understand these things better.
He has a great desire to "trade," but
now is obliged to close each bargain with
the proviso, "If my muvver is willin' ;"
for Tom went out one day, radiant in the
glory of a lovely new cap, aod taking with
him a fairy balloon - and a rocking horse
of his own bight. Soon he was home
again, with all these treasures gone for
ever, and happy in possessing in their
stead a much battered old beaver hat,
which covered his head and neck Jike an
extinguisher- .'
. What may be Tommy's future, .we can
not guess, If the child j3 father of the
man, H seem? probable: that he will be
eome ant acti je- member ,,of . society."
I Whether or po his name shall ercr ring
16, 1867.
through the land with honor, we ,hope he
may be the "noblest work of God" an
honest, a good man.
The Iluutiiigdon Iost Office.
The following is from the Huntingdon
Monitor of late date :
. "Daniel J. Morrell, the individual who
misrepresents this district in Congress by
virtue of money lavishly expended in col
onizing and corrupting voters, as well as
sundry other Yankee tricks which we can
and will at the proper time expose, can
not, it seems, rise above the propensity cf
his race to turn an honest (?) penny when
the opportunity occurs. He having failed
to secure the appointment of a Kadical
postmaster at Huntingdon, endeavored to
sell his influence witlrthe Radical Senate
to the Democratic aspirant wiliing to pay
the highest price for that position, sndon
his return from .WahiGgton, last Thurs
day, left a letter for die cf 'his j'riendt in
town, which read as follows : " ; -.
0x Tbain, April 21st, 1867.
"Make the best arrangement you can -with
Miller, Wallace or Africa ; any one you nauie
will be confirmed. Daniel J. Morhell.
"The aforcpaii friend fixed the price cf
a confirmation at $500, and set tj work
diligently to do his master's bidding and
earn Jiis reward, but the thing wouldn't
work. Democrats didn't bite, and Con
gressman Morrell's attempt at blackmail
ing entirely failed.
"Our readers will be gratified to leara
that G. Ashman Miller, who flatly refused
to come down with tho coveted 8500, r.as
confirmed as postmaster oa the very day
the above note was written, notwithstand
ing his refusal to 'give the corner of a
three cent postage stamp' for the said
Hon. D. J. M.'s influence.
"It is certainly very humiliafing to be
represented in Congress by a man who is
always on the make ; so much so, thit a
little post-office cannot pass through his
mill without paying toll. But when we
inform our readers that the lion. Daniel
is held in leading strings by one Billy
Shaw wh'o i3 well if not favorably known
in this county his character will be at
once understood and fully appreciated."
The Lewistown Gazette comments oa
the foregoing a3 follows :
"We copy the above tirade cf copperhead
malice and lying from the Huntingdon
Monitor, a joint stock concern established
during, the war to decry the administra
tion of Abraham Lincoln, and so-far a3 it
dared, uphold and justify the rebellion cf
Jeff. Davis and his cut-throat associates a
character it sustained throughout that
terrible period of our history, as every
Union soldier from this region well knows.
"The article bears unmistakable evi
dence on its face that the cote is a FOit
OEay, the probablo production cf a
disappointed office-hunter who, having
found Mr. Morrell a stumbling block in
his expectations of political preferment,
now vents his spleen against him by an
impotent attempt at defamation. Ia the
first place we have good reasons for know
ing that at the very time the Monitor al
leges this note was written and left off at
Huntingdon, Mr. Morrell Wiis oa his
return home from Washington, previous
to leaving which, he had tacitly acquiesced
iu the confirmation of G. Ashman Miller
a3 P. M. at Huntingdon, because Mr.
Rose was at the same time confirmed as
Collector of this Congressional District.
This tact i3 sufficient to show he could
have written no such note, aod stamps the
author of the above as an unblushing
falsifier of everything pertaining to truth.
"There is also another phase of this
matter which h worthy of attention. Sup
pose a note of this kind had been written by
Mr. Morrell or any other person, addressed
to a private individual, it must either have
been stolen or otherwise dishonestly or
dishonorabty obtained for -wo think all
wj.U admit that no honest person would fur
a moment use or retain a private note,
even if found, and pervert it to defamation
and scurrility.
"To talk of Mr. Morrell being ia the
leading strings of any person, may do
among the admirers of tho "stern states
man" who is painting copperhead Democ
racy in Fortress Monroe, yet comes with
a bad grace from those who endeavored to
use Mr. Morrell and found him to be
metal that could not ba fashioned to suit
the band of aspirants for Assessor and
Collector in and about Huntingdon.
"The truth is tho only note Mr. Morrell
wrote was simply stating the fact that Mr.
3Iiller had Lecn appointed, and if Mr.
Corn man will make the inquiry he will
find this to have been the case, and also
that he has been made tho victim of a
shameful forgery and published an unpro
voked assault on Mr. Morrell."
A chap who was told by the colpor
teur to "Remember Lot's wife," replied
that he had trouble enough with his own
wife, without remembering other men's
wives. '
. There is a whole sermon in the say
ing ot the Persians: f'ln all thyquarrel5,
leav6 open the door, of reconciliation."
-A man who bumps his head against
another's isn't apt to think two heads
better than one.
Early grass is like a pen-knife. The
spriug brings out tho blades. '
-UZT What word , is always pronounced
wrong ? Wrong.
The cholera is in Louisiana 1
ISS.OO IX ADVAXCE.
NUMBER 17.
Siaiiclcr.
"Nny, spak no ill a kindly Word
Can never leave a sting behind;
And oh J to breathe each tale wc hear,
Ia far beneath a noble tninrlr"
Slander makes its appearance la variouj
forms. It is indulged in by both sexes,
and no class is exempt from the perniciom
habit. Its coamouest form is that of tat
tlin, which is certainly the meanest, low
est, and most detestable practice of which
any cynical libel on humanity could "ba x
guilty. If there u cne person more des-
pmauie man another in the eyes of man,
ic most emphatically i3 this tfebased and
uvnvaraiy scao ot society. In England,"
Charles Dickens says, this habit is confi
n?tt to a few old women who arc the f ab
ends and refuse of deceut Fociety; bur,
ala-y it has become frightfully common
with ths Amcricaa people. Go whera
you will, you will find these fiends in hu
man form. At the tea-table is a common
place for them to enjoy an exchange of
information. Hero they wilt unburden
themselves of the load they may have
gathered, and will receive a new cargo,
which they will carry home, give proper
shape, and then scatter broadcast. In
the hands cf these people, a story will
undergo about as much charge as a snow
ball will by beir g rolled down a hill.
They pass it up, and roll it down, and
when they get through with it, it is a
perfect mountain !
If these busybodics were to think for a
moment cf the injury they do many ianc
cent members of society, they might ba
more careful. But they never think that
far ahead. It is amusement for them to
enlarge and misrepresent triHe3. and the v
always find somebody ready to laugh aaS
encourage them.
This is wrong. Wo ail thoald dis
countenance everything cf tha kind, and
encourage jnore charitable conversations
If you see'a fault in a neighbor, it is not
your place to give publicity to it, thereby
lowering him ia the estimation cf tho
public; but, rather, by example and kind
words, show him his error, aod thereby
possibly reform him. r
"Hiidly judge ye cf each other, - ,"
Ba to condemnation slow ;
The very best have cot their failicgs, "
Something good the worst can show.
, Acoa.-
Moral Courage:' General Sherman'
says that the greatest demand ever made
on his moral courage was under the fol
lowing circumstances:
The citizens of San Francisco were cel
cbraticg the Fourth of July in the lare
American theater, which was packed 'to
its utmost capacity. Gen. Sherman was
Chief Marshal, end occupied a scat uear
tho front of the stage, 'i'ha orator had
completed his oration, and the poet beua
his song, when one of the aids, white with
fear, made bis way down the aisle to tho
foot-light., and beckoning the General's
ear, whispered to him that tha theater
had settled a foot snd a hnif in one of tho
side walls under the weight of the crowd,
sad might be expected at any moracht to
tumble oa their heads in ruins. The
General commanded him to sit dorm where
he was, without turning his panic-stricken
face to the audience, and to say not ona
word. He then quietly sent an aid out
to report the condition of the wall, thtn
gave his apparent attention to the poem,
though expecting every moment to see tha
pillars reeling and the roof falling in, but
nevertheless, certain that any general and
sudden movement and fright of the people
would hasten the castastrophe and aggra
vate the ruin, while by the ordinary slow
method of dispersion, the danger miht
possibly be escaped. Tho-exercises con
tinued calmly to the close. The audience
left thetheatrc quietly, without suspect
ing their peril, and the terrible destruc
tion was averted by the presence of mind,
tho self control of one man, who, contem
plating at one glance all the possibilities
of the case, decided upon the policy c?
duty, and awaited without one betraying
glance the tremendous conseausnces.
Monument to Mexican Soldiers..
If the wishes of a few of the gallant sur
vivors of tha. Mexican war are carried
out, wiite3 a correspondent, the Capitol
grounds at Harrisburg will ere long havo
added to their many attractions a costly,
historical monument. As far back as
April, 1S5S, a law was enacted by the
Legislature providing "for the erection of
a monument to the memory of citizens of j
Pennsylvania who were slain or lost their
lives in the late war with Mexico." Tho
Governor, Adjutant General, Edward C.,
Williams, Peter Fritz, Jamc9 Page, John'
W. Geary, B.M'Dermitt, Thos. J. Power,
John K. Shryock, John Brady, Isaac S
Waterbury, Kichard Coulter, E. L. Dana,
Robert Anderson, O. II. Rippey, George
Nelson Smith, and William A. Todd were
named as commissioners to eontract for
and superintend the erection of the mon
ument on sonio spot on tho public grounds
to be selected by them, and six thousand;
dollars were appropriated for the purpose.
The long and bloody civil war forced upoa
the country by the Southern traitors cau
sed a delay in carrying out the objects of
the bill, but now that peace has been re
stored, the commissioners intend holding
a meeting to take , into consideration the
erection of the monument. The site. wiU
probably be near the arsenal. - .' !