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HOLCOMB & TRACIV-rublishers.
Bradford Republitarf,
s psl,l.,Cle.S• every Thurs4sy st Towstit
y-':5 ' , IA: 311 D .V TRACY. Proprietors. •
Tvrrus:—lf paid in Advance. $1.0) per annain
not pao in advance $1.25. To subecribers out
of tbi7c7inty. $1,25, invariably in advance,' 'he
—cddition- being made to cover prepayment of
pcatage.
Advertising Bates:-Si: cents a line for first
t nrertion, and five cents per line forall sub,.
qiient ineertions. Heeding notice adverti , lug
ieu centa per line. Eight lines constitute a
.qaare, and .twelve lines an inch, Audi4or's
notices *2.50,„ Administrator's and Executor's
notices ffi!Kl, Ti."arly advertising Fl'o. 4 •n per
cc;ua~a
TALE 1:F.1.c - slaws' is published in the 'Juicy.
Ki..eri• and Nobles :Block, at, the comer - 1' VTalu
cn nue streets, over J. F. Coiser's
She store. Its - cireulation is over 2:41 ,- .1. AM an
i.ivertisit,irniediuna It is unexcelled in ito.im
:Le 'late .field..
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Our Clubbing Perin, ,
PuYitt*-1 attitar , :kit" ,, ta Cor
,IILiCAN ...ain't.) with xny
t•,, • .I:.tti Curtin.%
.t the rates gren
I:i_runLicaN $l.OO in ad&ltlu•.
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Wtti.l-1.4 Times
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North American Review.
New Tors Medical Jou.rn.:Ll,
American grlcu j .
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England Journal of LtlueatlOU.. 2 00
E•-niaint Treatise on the Hnrsc 25
rrival and Departure of Mails.
arrive and depart at the T iwatida Posf
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L. V. way mail from the North . 140.90
Sheshequin . 11:00
New lira. sc.. Tuesday, Thureday and
.Isylurn. kc., Monday, VedneedAy add
Tr,•y, Burlington, 1:1 4 0 r. at
•Le haysvilie. Lome, kc... 1:6.4
.•e io.ed pouch from Erie and NC It Its . 2:50
L. V. way mail from the ScutL.. ..... .4:35
c•,aton, Se '5v).3
Berclay . • 6;30
Closed pouch froni Elmira and E 11 It 10:40
ft,LIOWS
Canton, monroeton, ts.c
Lehigh Valley way mail South
vlosed pouch Elmira, Erie and North:
ern Central Railroads
Troy, Burlington, a:c
Sc
Barclay
New Era . , Inesda.y Thursday and Sat-
urday
Asylum, 'Monday, Wednesday and
Friday 1:00
Let aysv:ile, Rome, iht 1:(Y3,
Dula. Ore. •• . 2:45
Valley mac nail N0rth.........'3: 45
"Phila. and Eastern States. 1:45
open from 7:00 A. X. to 7:0,P. X. Money
t rider c,fmtdfopeu from S:00 A. 3!. to 7:00 P. X.
rtiv, opeti•on Sunday from ',4:00 to 10:00 A. M.
P. Powr.m.., P. M.
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E.I4IGH VAL'LEY & PENNA. AND
" NEW YORK RAILROADS. •
AI:R.EIIEN'y OF PASSENGER TRAINS
TO TAKE EFFECT MAY ill, IsSU.
, TATIONS
Z. _scars Falls
Buffalo
Itochenter
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TLIEY ALSO KEEP ON HAND FOP. SALE - 1
• READY FINItiIiED WAGONS OF ALL
Tilt ABOVE .CI A
No. 3'2 leaves Wyaltising it 6:60, A. IL, French- !lade of the beat material and in the best style
•M - ii 6.14, ltrunmerfield 6.23.StandingStoneV. sl All work warranted to give perfect satisfaction.
..rwanting 6.o—Towanda 623, Ulster 7.06,,...... „. .. . ,
Sl , lan 7:16, Athena 7:25, Sayre ::40. • 'Waver-
1 - :. 7 : 'Xi . arriving at Elmira 8;50.
\O. 31 leaves Elmira 5:45 P. /f.. Waverly 5:35. pm
TOO I SPIGIAIart -
Sayre ti :4S, Athens 6:50. Milan 6:59,1:1iter 7:08,
, s-ar.da P.' -.21. ysanklng.7:3 s . Standing Stone 1 _et Carriage Painters in
:.11, HummerEeld 7:52. Frenc.htown 8:61, arriv- w have one of the beet
i the Country;and do all work in this line at - the
IL' ;-?, it Wyatt:Laing at'S;ls.
Tnins IS and 15 run MAY.- sl ee pin g are on 1 lowest rates: All kinds
_of Repairing neatly and
promptly done at reduced prices. ng new
trains , i and 15 between Niagara Falls and Phila. Pr° ll3 . - • .
ti 6:p Lis and between Lyons and New Yorkwith- springs and r__„ . _ensiring .s. old ones_ a_s_ ty: Al)
~a t• changes. - Parlor cars du Trains 2 and 9 work guararil' ee° ' rat's" giv e u s a tali,
Le tween Niagara Fells and Philadelphia with. I . 1 ' ,- . - retvrrius
.. a sivArmi,
~ at ctoinge , end through coach to and from , wands , Jan 4. 188 o—pf
Locbditer via Lyons. STEVENSON,WII. T Supt.
`as LE. PA.. May 15, 1881. Pa. k'-4. X. U.ll.
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ToWAND.4. AGENCY. representing the counties
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Tvilanda Business Dirsto :ri
A rroR.A.ErS-AT-1.--4W
KIMBERLEY. Geo. W. 0.91 co: 2.d door south
First National Bank, up stairs. ssugSo
ILLIS, E. L. Mites over Kirby's Drug tit' e,
Mereur Block. • uov -13.70
SUII7I. ELIMICAN. (Mee over 1J by Drug
Store, Ilero tir Block. tasty26'7B.
JIFF. J. S.; Office , in Wood's Block, south
First IsTational Bank, up stairs. June 12,113
ELSBBEE k SOS (.V.O Elsbree and L Alsbree.)
Wilco in Marc= Block. Park St. snayl4.7B
DIMES. & OVERTON (Beni if Peet and D d 05+7.
.1. ton). Office over Rill's Market • 49:79
OVERTON k SA! DE/ISM Orertoo and Jokn
Sandersele..) Office in Mamas Block. j ulyslB
AX ELL. WM. Office over Dayton's Store
11,76
VcillT, 3..L.NDREVit. Mice in Itean's Block.
atirl4.:s
aVIES., CLItNOCHA7. 4 .Z BALL. TDaViel,
D
W R CarnocAati. L M-Hall.) °thee in rear
of Ward House. Entrance on Poplar St. Ue12,15
7t r, RODNEY A. Solicitor of - Psteiats.
Lrl Particular attention paid to baldness in
Orphans' Court And to the settlement of estates.
Office in lifontan7e's Block 4.441).
Mc PUEILSON TOUNti, (/. McPherson and
MU. Younoo 01:11ce south side of Mercur's
Mock. fob 1,78
AbILL & KINNEY, Mice corner Main and
4.*- 1 - Pine et. Noble's block . . second door front.
Codectielli promptly attended to. febl:7B
- 4 -1-
WILLIVS, ANGLE BKETINGTON. N
Willi E J Angle and E E Buffington).
vice west:kid', of Main street, two doors north
of. Argus office. All tusineas entrusted to their
care will receive prompt attention. - oct 28,77
Air — AEON. a. •F:Attorness-at.Lacs. Special at-
Fa. ten Lion to conveyancing, ezaminationottitle
and all matter relating to real estate. Collec
tions promptly remitted. Office over Patch &
Tracy's store. raarlo-81.
Effil
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TAMES 11,, AND JOHN CODDING , Attcir•
It/ 'asps and Cotuasellors-st-Law. Office in the
*Mercer Block, over C. T. Kirby's Drug Store.
.i I . ;July 3, "b 0 tf. .
.W.! H. and E. A., Attorneys-at
Lsw, , Towanda.. l'a. Office in Mercur Block,
over C.'T. Kirby's Drug Store, entrance on Main
street, first stairway north of .Post-office. All
business promptly attended to. Special atten
tiOn given to claims against the United States
for l'ensioLs. Bounties, Patents, etc., and to
collections and settlement of decedent's es :ate'.
April 21. lyi
FEE
a 10 4
4 00
2 50
4 00
4 00
PHYSICANS AND SCIRGEO.N'S
3 25
1 In
TOIMSON. T. B.; M.D. • Office over. Dr. H. C
Porters'e Drag Store. feb 12.78 •
NEWTON,,Drs. D. N. bF. G. Oft:least Dwelling
on River Street, corner Weston St. feb 12,77
T _ADD, C. 5.., 31. D. Office let 'door 'above old
bent building, on. Main street. Special at
tention given to diseases of the throat and
lungs. ju1y19,78
WOODBURN, 8.35., Office and rest
deuce. Main street, north of M.E.Chnr:h
Medical Examiner for Pension Drinrtment.
Cab 22,11 i
1 G 5
2 75
1 GO;
1 2'o
PYNE. L. D.. -M.D. Office over lillntanye's
Store. Office hours from 10 to 12 a.m. and'
from 2 to s r. M. Special attention given to
Diseases of the Eye, and Diseases of the Dir.
oct 20.77 •
rrE Y HOUSE. Main it., next corner south
4-. 1 . of Bridge street. New house and new
furniture throughout. The proprietor has
spared neither pains or expense in making his
tote' hrst-class and respectfully solicits a share
Dublie patronage. Meals at all hours. Terms
reasonable. Large Stable attached.
mars 77
SECRET SOCIETIES
WTHIN A
S 68, G. A: R. Meets
every Saturday evening. at Military Hall.
• '%GE0.1".-MYER, Commander.
J. R. Eirrawar, Adjutant. , • feb 7;79
CRYSTAL LODGE. 57. Meets at K. of P.
every 'Monday evening at 7:30. In
surance $2,000. Benefits $3.00 per week. Aver
age annual cost,.;, years experience, 111.
J FS,E. 1.-. 3 1,Sar tunil l - 7 - C: 1 2. 0 110.
BRADFORD WOG N . c., LO. O.Y. sleet
in Odd Fellow's Nall, every Monday evening
-st 7 o'clock. WAIW.Z fin.i.:.,Votge Grand. _
June 12,75
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING
DOST. F. E. No. S 2. Second street. All orders
will receive prompt attention. June 12,75
1:00
TOBACCO A.‘"D CIGARS
THE LITTLE STORE /WEND THE CORNER.
W. B. Smalley, Dealer-in Tobacco, Cigars.
Pipes. and Smoking Goode. Choice Confection
try always ow hand. No. 2, Park at. may 17,78
IOpT. I I.N. G. W., County) Superintendent. Office
AAP days last Saturday of each month, over
Turner k Gordon's Drit: Store,.Towands Pa.
- July 19.78
SUSQUEHANNA CO LLEGIATE INf3TITETE.
The Spring Tenn commences on Monday
April 4th„ leBl. For talogue or other Ihidr
'nation, address or CI ion the Principal. "
EI4FIN'E. QUINLAN, A. M.
Towanda, Pa.
my 19.7 R
PLUMBER AND GAS FITTER
WLLLIAIIS. EDWARD; Practical Plumber
and Gas Fitter. Flaceuf business in 11er
;lir Block next door to Journal office opposite
Public Square. Gas Pitting, itepair
ng Pumps oral] kinds. And &Ulan& of Gearing
protly attended to. All wanting work in Ms
ne m
s p hOuld give him a call. July 27,77
7.15
9.20
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RUSSELL, 0. B. General Inwarance Agency,
.I. l + Towanda, Pa. Office in rear of Wtitcomb's
BOOk Store.- j ly 12.76
DELEVAN HOUSE, ELM 111.2., ti. Y. C. T. Smith.
formerly of the Ward House. Towanda, Pro.:
priotor. This Hotel is located iramedistly
opposite the railroad depot, eY.Tery pains taken
for the comfort of guests. ju1y5,77
TOWNER, H.
Ilomcnorarnrc PirrsICLAS Srrosos•
Residence and office just north or Dr. Corbon'a
Main Street. Athens. Pa.
ICE - NDALL'S SPAVIN CURE
Is sure in its effects, mild in its action as it does.
not blister, yet is penetrating and powerful to
reach every deep seated pain or to remove any
bony growth or other enlargements, such as
spavius, splints curbs. callous, sprains, swell
ings and any lameness and all enlargements of
the joints or limbs, or for rheumatism in misn.l
and for any purpose for which a liniment is used
for man or beast. It is now known to be the
best liniment for man ever Used,acting mild and
yet certain in its effects..
Scud address for Illustrated Circular which
we think gives positive proof of Its virtues. 'No
remedy Las ever met with such unqualified /lac
'ceps to our knowledge. for beast as well a man.
I'rico El per bottle. or six bottles tor ES. All
Druggists have it or can get it for you, or it will
t i be sent to any address on reaefpt cf price by the
Proprietors:Dß. 13. J. KENDALL iv Co.; ; Enos
; burgh Fah!, Vt.
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Sold by all Druggis4.
CARRIAGE FACTORY
PINE STREET,
Between Blain and,fle:ond, Opposite
- the Jail.
Mclntyre. & Spencer,
Respectfully announce to the public that they
are prepared to build all kinds Of - .
Top & Open Buggies,
ins.mx ara n.,:nrca.x Emma winos&
VAN DIKE'S. SULPHUR SOAP,
Is -sithont a rival in the elite of skin diseases of
ill descriptions. It has been thoroughly tested
by the medical faculty and the public, and is re
-commended and extensively used hYPll.Paellas
This soap is combined with pars sulphas, 'which
enters the pores of the skin,
and being abstorbedt
into the blood removes therefrom all impart.
ties by exciting the skin to bealthy action. B.
slue to ask for VANDYKE'S SULPHUR SOAP,
insist upon it, and take no imitation. Sold y
d druggists. 1.1-Gni.
HOTELS
W)l.. WRY
EDUCATIONAL
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW
FAMILY CARRIAGES
ME
S rpepak4 Liver
leases Fever te
ste Ma , *
!Tent,LireTgli, Heart Visease,
tousness - Nervous debilittb etc.
rho Best iimatin ZITO= to X
11,000,000 Bottles
CU
SOLD SUMS 1870.
This Syrup possesses Varied Properties.
it Warelmam - the Ptyalin* ha the
Saliva, "which converts the Starch and
sugar ofthe teed tats glucose. A deft.
dearer in Ptyattare camas Wired and
Soaring of the food to the stomach. L the us irtae is takes Isrup after
=W
ire fermentation of that Is pre
,
It sets apron the Linn. "
It acts upon the Kidneys.
It Beindotel the Bomb.
It Purifies the Mood.
It Glavin tho Sermon Smokes.
Dtgastiens.
It Nourishes. Strengthener:rid
It carries of the Oht /Stood sual=a? we
it the pores of the skin and inderew
liealthr, Perspiration.
it neutralizes the hereditary taintor poison
In the blood. which generates Scrofula. Erp
sipelsa, and al manner of skin diseases and
Internal humors.
. . . _
There are no spirits employed in ite mann ,
facture. and it can be taken by the most deli.
sate babe. or by the aged and feeble, comma',
being regain in attention to direction&
MIXOGISTS sum. IT.
Laboratory, 77 • Weat.3d. St,
:JEW YORK CITY.
Never fails to. Cure.
_Ashland. Schnykilreco..
Dear Sir:—This is to certifythat you INDI
BLOOD syßrp has benefited me more, after a
short trial, than all the medicine I hare r nsed
for 15 years
Disease of the Stomach
Ashland, Sc.huyldll co., Pa
Dear Bir:—l haveused your excellent E. 4 iDIA3I
BLOOD SYRUP for Disease of the Stomach, and
it has proved to be a valuable , _anedicine.
Xll3. J. Kiwis.
Nervous Debility.
Turtle Point. Metall eo., Pa
Dear Sir;—l .was troubled with Nervous De
bility and partial' Paralysis, for a number of
years, and obtained no relief until I used your
INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP, a abort Dial of *tail
restored me to health.
For Scrofula.
Turtle Point, 'Meßean Co.. Pa
Dear Sir:—.lly little girl was cored of Inwatn•
tostinn of the Face and Eyes. by the use of your
reliable INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP. A physician
had previously failed .to afford •relief and it was
thought.that the child could not live. Its neck
and breast was entirely covered with Scrofulous
Sores, which are no* entirely gone.
Sure Cure for Liver Complaint.
Turtle Point, McKean co., pa
Dear Sir:—This-is to certify that your INDIAN
BLOOD SYRUP Las effectually relieved me of
Liver Complaint .and Dyspepsia, after the doe.
tore failed.
F. F. BISHOP.
lor uie tineumuusto.
Turtle Point, 31cRessi co., Di.
Dear Str:—l have used your excellent INDIAN
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plaint, and have derived greatDanrcs firsirs relief theref x rom.
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An Agent's Testimony.
Turtle Point, McKean co., Pa.
Dear Sir:—l was a life-longsniferer from Liver
Complaint until I used your great
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permanent relief. I also find the Syrup to be a
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• A Valuable Medicine.
Berm', Somerset Co.. Pa.
Dear Sir:—This is to certify that your reliable
INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP is the best medicine•
ever used in my iamily. Hoping the public will
be benefited by this great remedy, I take great
pleasure in giving my testimony of its value.
Jostrel P. Butrnangu.
Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
• Berlin, Somerset CO., Fs.
•
Deis Sir:—l take pleasure in recommending
your ;SDI/I.N L'LOOD SYRUP as the best medi
cine made. People who are Dyspeptic should
not 9dl to give it a trial. For tne Stomach it
has n 9 equaL I have need it and know it to be
A valtiable medicine
Liver Complaint.
• Berlin, Somerset CO., Pa.
Dear Sir:—l was troubled with Liver Com
plaint for a long time. and by the persuasion of
your [Myatt. 2 ~na055ay.........4 tralsbee. 50.ay..41.4•16'
BLOOD SYBUP,whicb his, greatly bene
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- Enwszto Zotm.
Pain to the Breast.
Berlin, Somerset Co., Pa.
Dear Sir:—l was &Meted. with a Pain in my
Breast and Side. add when I would lie down, I
could scarcely, breathe for Pain, I was also very
weak in my Breast and Lungs. I used some of
your INDILN . BLOOD SYRUP and am no* near
ly well. My Lungs are strong once more and 1
am very grateful to you for such a valuable
remedy -
Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
Philadelphia. Pa.
Dear Slr:-L-This is to certify that your valua
ble INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP has enrol l me of
Dyspepa , s. and Indigestion. which Iha been
afflicted with for years
For Kidney Diseases.
Philadelphia,• pa
Dear Sir walsselbject to severe Pains in my
Kidneys. Weakness and Patriot Sick Headache,
for, Years, and failed btain relief. until I was
induced to try your - reliable INDIAN BLOOD
SYRUP. s short teal of which r estored me to
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No • 152 f; Rsttram St.
For Cestivipess.
~ Philadelphia. l'a.
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lies4ache. avid the use of your INDIAN BLOOD
$V111.:I. proved most beneficial to me: 1t is the
beat medicine I evervised. -
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TOVANDA BRADFORD 'COTTNTY,' PA., - THURSDAY,
In the fann•lionse porch the fanner eat
With hie daughter, having a coay. chat;
She was the only child, and he
Thought her u fair as a girl could
& wee bit jealous the old maxi grew
Übe fancied any might come to woo;
His one pet lamb and her loving cue
He wished with nobody else to share.
"There ehonld bt two of you, child": Bald he
"There ehonle tie two to welcome me
When I come hoine from the field at night;
Two - wadi make the old homestead bright.
There's neighbor Gray with children fonr, -
To be glad together. Had I orie more
A proud old father I'd be, my dear,-
With two good children to greet me here.'
Down by the gate •neath the old elm tree •
Donald waited alone; sod she
For whom be waited his love call heard, -
And on either cheek the blushes stirred.
"Fsithere'sbe said, andlitelt her down,
dud kissed the band that was old and brown-
"Father, there may he two if you will,
And /—your only daughter still.
"Two to welcome you home at night;
Two to make the old homestead bright;
I—and somebody else:" •'•I Sec,"
Said the farmer; and who may 'somebody' be?"
Oh, the dimples in Bessie's eheek,
That played with the blushes at bide and seek!
Away from his gaze she turned her head.
'One of neighbor (ray's children," she said.
"Win!" taio the (arguer, "make it plain;
Is itliusan, Alice or Mary Jane!"
Another. kiss on the aged hand, •
To help father _to understand (11
"11101" said the father, "yes, I see—
It is tatifor yourself and one for me." 411"
Bat Bessie said, "There can be but one
For the sad my heart till life is done:-". _
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
A pretty dear is dear to me,
A hare with downy hair;
I love a hart with 'all ray heart;
Bat barely bear a bear. _
'Tin plain that no one - takes a plane
To haie a pair of pears;
A rate, though, Often takes a rake
To tear away the tares,
All rays raise thyme, time razes all;
And, through the whole, hole wears.
A writing writing "right," may write
It "wright," and still be wrong—
For "rite" and "write" are neither "right'
And don't to write belong, , •
Beer often brings a bier to man, . .
Coughing a coffin brings,
And too much ale will mate n.iail,
As hell as other things._
The person lies who says he-lies -
When ho is but reclining;'
And when consumptive fetes decline,
They all decline declining.
A quail don't quail before astorna—
A bough will bow before it;
Wo can not rein the rain at all— .
No earthly powers reign o'er it,
The dyer dyes a white then Jiee,
To dye he's always trying.
Until upon his dying bed •
He thinks no more of dyeing.
A son of Hare mare many a sun;
All deys must have their days..
And every knight shonld.pray each night
To Him who weighs his ways.
'Tin meet that man should mete out meat
To feed misfortune's son;
The fair should fare on love alone,
Elfatumitto.nhf,,lfr;
Her waist is but a barren waste
Though stayed she is not staid.
The springs spring forth-}n spring, and shoots
Shoo4l forward one and all;
Though summer kills the flowers, it leaves ,
The leaves to fall in fall.
I would a story here commence,
But you might find it stale; • -
So let's Suppose that you have reached,
The -tail end of our tale;
R. B. BILLUSN
D.C. wissair
WAnntx Sarni{
Hasur C. Szursois
if life were never bitter
And love were always sweet,
Then who would care to borrow
A moral from to-mOrrow?:
If Thames would always glitter -
And joy would never retreat,
If life were never bitter
And love were always sweet;
If care were not t 4 waiter
Behind a fellow's chair;
When easy-going sinners
Sit down to Richmond dinners,
'And life's_swift stream flows straighter—
By Jove, it would be rare
if care were not the waiter
Behind a fellow's chair.
LiArm KumMIEB
John B. Goa h, who had faced over
eight thoniand audiences, acknOWledges
that on one occasion, and only one, he
encountcrelan emba.rrassment• he could
. not overcome: It was his own fault, he
says, and proved' a sharp lesson he
never forgot. In his own words:
I was engaged t) address a large
number oi children in the afternoon,
the meeting to be held on the lawn of
the Baptist Church in Providence, - R.
L In the forenoon , ;ti friend met me
and said:" "I have some first-rate
cigars, will you have a few
"No, thank yon." -
"Do take half a dozen."
"I have nnwhere to put them."
"Yon can put half a dozen in your
pocket."
I wore a cap in thOse days, and I put
the cigata into it, and at the appointed
time I went-to the meeting. t ascend
ed the platform — and 'faced an audience
of More than two thousand children.
As it was out donis, I kept my cap
on for fear of taking cold, and Iforgot
all about the cigars. Toward the close
of my speech I became more in earneot,
and after warning the boys against bid
icompany,bad habits and the saloons, I
lsaid: ' „_
D. M. BELL
GEOTCGS SI.D.IIOT
.t),irs RILEY
FRAws T. GorwLrir
FIJANI f VAN/I-VELEN
TIIONAs CoezaivaT
Maw Vea.mtivis7
r
~-,
..43ovEmAzifr OF THE PEOPLE BY VaIIIIEOPLE AND FOB Tag-PEOPLE."
rwoer TEEM.
rra
It wit worn
And wine were always iced,
And bores were kicked ont straightway
Through a convenient gateway;
Then down the year's long gradient
'Twere sweet to be enticed—
If wit were always radiant • •
And wine were always iced. -
—Mortimer Conins
Story of John B. Gough.
"Now, boys, let's give three rousing
cheers-for temperance and cold water.
Now, then, three cheers, hurrah !:"
And taking off my cap, I waved it
most'vigerously, when away went the
Cigars right into the midst of the audi
ence.
The remaining cheers were very faint, I
and nearly drowned in the laughter of
the crowd. I was moitified and asham
ed, and should. have been relieved
could I have sank through the platform
out of sight.. .My feelings were atill
more aggravated by va boy coming up
to the steps of the platform with one of
those dreadful cigars, saying: .
“Here's one of your cigars, Mr.
Clough." - -
Though I never afterward put cigars
in my cap or hat ongoing to a meeting,
lam ashamed to say, it was sometime
sftei that before I gave np 'cigars alto
gether.
BE
THAT GRAND MARCH:
A N'EVER-11141k4AORGOTTIEN SCENE
PniNSTLTANIA AMUR STOKES TEARS)
AGO—THE ORRAT...BECK' OF THS
GRAND Anitir—SONEo Taz INCIDENTS,
OF THAT 00CASION-446" W ECU OP
THE VICTORS.
Sixteen years age today Washington
Was made the theatre of the &eat mil
iblry display' ever witnessed in this
country; and considered in connection
with the lessons to be drawn from it,
the grandesst pageant of Modern times.
The rbellion bad been unshed. The
vanquished foe had laid down their
arms, and the victors, before departing
for:their homes; were to be reviewed in
the Capital of the Nation whole) integ-,
pity they had so *aliantly and success
fully defended. Having forced the
enemy to surrender the weapons of
treason, they, the concluders, had come
to lay down their own arms at the feet
of Columbia, whose sworn defenders
they had
-been through the years when
sorrow rested most heavily upon her
heart. • I
TUE Dee OPENED AUSPIqOIISTAr.
and long before dawn the—troops coin- .
menced assembling east of the Capitol,
and when daylight began to creep over
the city the reveille sounded-from biv
ouac, and the bugle calls froniMeridian
Heights and the Captoline Hill came
back in faint echoes from the Virginia
sliore in the vicinity of Arlington, where
the remainder of the Potomac army
yet lay. It would be too great a task
and require too much space to enter
into anything like a detailed narrative
of events; and it is deemed unnecessary
to specify the organizations which '
formed a part of 'the pageant. It may
be Of interest, however. estmeially do
those who :rere not present on the oc
• casion, to know` auit
ON THE MST DAY,
between the hours of nine A M. and , ]
seven P. M., one hundred and eightyl
regiments of infantry, thirty regiments
of cavalry, and thirty-two batteries,
aggregating nearly two hundred guns,
all belonging to the Army of the Poto
mac, yet constituting lei-ii tie - in" half of
that organization, t all thal could be
spared from othe titles. pateed in IV
vi '4..w. On ehe 24th: came §herman"s
command, cemposed,of the Armies of
Georgia and the Tennessee, aggrega
ting more than 75,000.4nen of all arms,l
With each array,Were u vast number of
ambulances,. hospitaagons, and the
like, adding quite roateri:lly to the
geuerul interest es tro as the length of
_the procession. The eity was filled to
.overflowing with visitors.-- An hundred
thousand strangers would not be dio
high an eatisnate Ilf sia nnn:,h‘ t r 41 this©
scenes of the war. •
' -. IT WAS A HAPPY OCCASION, '
and yet ii careful observer might per
ceive a saddened eipression upon the
face, detect a vein of sadness in the
voice of even the most joyous. The
evidences of mourning still adorned the
buildings; public and private; officers
and men yet wore the _badge of sorrow
for the lamented Lincoln, and, in con
sequence of these insignia of bereave
ments and the memories they resur
rected from the recent past, the general
spirit of gladness, though frequently
breaking - fortli in cheers and shones, Of
welcome,' was' nevertheless considerably
subdued, As already intimated, the
troops were set in motion at daylight,
and - began their triumplial march 1
- through the city , at about eight o'clock.
Long before that hour every foot of
standing!room •;upon . the pavements
- along the route,' every window, 'every
balcony, and roof was a living mass of
,
sager spectators. The iIIOrAPP-ting.
Streets and public reservations were also
• utilized, end there was " .
SCARCELY SEITICEENTSPACE
4eft unoccupied for another bunion be.
ing to stand, much less to sit in. When
the advance reached Fifteenth street
the prospect, to one stationed near the
south front of the Treasury and looking
- eastward, was magnificent beyond com
parison.. Winding down the hill to the
northwaid of'tbe Gapitol, and extend
ing along the avenue to the' point of
,observation, marched tie "Boys in
Blue," company front, 4d at close dis
tance, preceded by the ;cavalry. The
alignment was perfect. 1 Above there',
heads was built a path w y of-bristling
steel, pierced: here an& there lioy flags
and banners christened' in the smoke
and flame, and blood, some.of them, of
scores of battles, and along this pathway
or bridge of sabres and sloped ba3oneta
the God of Day drove his chariot evok•
jug, above the marching
,men below,
gleams'and flashes of golden and silvery
light as the wheels of his triumphal car
•I bore him onward toward the waiting
I west.
STRAINS - Or STEllanio lIIUSIC
rose upon the balmy six and hung trem.
bling above the heroes who inspired it
with - a soul. • Upoireliirer aide of the
way, far as the eye could reach, was
built up from curbstone to roof tree a
wall of faces. Flags and banners waved
on every hand. . Cheer after cheer and
shout after' shout of joy made silence
quake and flee without the city.l l
Wreaths and garlands of flowers were
scattered everywhere. They hung from
honse4cip to basement, -were cast upon
the moving, panoriuna, upon the up
lifted sabres,_the shining bayonets, and
thrown in the way to be trampled under
the feet:which, having plodded through
years of suffering and Borrow over toil
smite roads, were now marching hoine
ward, treading upon a soft, velvety car
pet, woven by loving bands from na
ture's sweetest treasures.
WHIM DEATH BARBED THE WAT
to many a steed and ;rider. In front ok
us; upon the lowest seat, sit an elderly
couple, who since early morning have
been watching for a particular regiment.
Their boy is in it, and they have travel
ed from the far North to see the grand
review and him. Innocent sonis, they
little realized the changes wrought in
the appearance of a man by a single
campaign, and they lied not seen their
SOH since he volunteered inlB6l. Over
and over again they described hint to
those of us who sat near by---'a laugh
ing, blue-eyed, fair-haired, rosy-cheek
ed boy, seventeen when he enlisted."
The regiment came. The aged people
vat:Ex DREW nrerszrear, and many another one beside looked
and stalwart men felt a choking peniition for the fair-haired boy, but looked in
in the throat that -would not let them vain. Tears came into the eyes of more
81) 4 w i t h ou t team followed th el i fler .. than one looker - on upon witnessing the
grievous disappointment a their chief
paces of the heart as the steady tramp, •
watchers. Their boy was not' there,
tramp, tramp of the legions of liberty
passed before them in review, each step the y said ; andlet be bad lamed
cadenced to the music of the Union.
Wrnfill THE L EIGTH OP A " BRET ,
Hark ! Yonder come the guns. Hear of them, and they saw him not. Next
how they rumble_ and grumble, and day it was our great good fortune' to
gnarl 119 if they, -WO, realized l ibel the meet the same old couple again. Their
;aim was ended, their occupation gone, eon was with them, but hi was no
'
and were angry , at the fact. How diff-
1
erent from their master's ! and yet,
what a sympathy between Mein !. The
black-throated cannon and the bronied
and bearded cannoneer; are kin. Look
at them as they -pass I Are they not
fitted for each - other ? And the homes,
even I See how proudly and gallantly
they step, keeping time , to the war-life
music resounding from every aide
And here come the cavalry.! Thong
ands upon thousands, pawns flying,
carbines clinking, and sabres.clanging.
Heie they come with a galaxy °ill°.
140W3 chieftains tn the van.
THAT YO at Lug-LOOK:MG;
slender, fair-haired, dashing cavalier ,
with blonde complexion and long silken
mustache, is Caster himself, whose
brilliant spirit stied its laist flickering
light on the banks. of the Rosebild, in
the midst of savages. He 'WOWS abro=4-
brimmed, gray donch *and a jaunty,
flowing scarlet scarf at his throat. That
is his division following.. You may
know them by tbeir long crimson neck
ties; floating in the wind. They are
not indolatrous, and yet they worship
him. Can any loyal heart blame them
for so doing ? Now s'irip through the
Treasury building and. take a seat di
rectly opposite the reviewing stand, up
on which are to be distinguished those
among living men whom the Nation
moat loves, to honor. . -
THE BILEIHDENT AND /Tlt3 CABINET.
Generals Grant, -- Shertnan, Howard,
Slocum, Logan, an .3 otheis whosel
names have became household wOrds
throughout the Lind. Then turn your
eyes eastward. The tedium' is wheel
ing to the left and coming - into view
from behind the
. Sld State Departinent,
torn down years leg° to make meta for
the north wing of the Treasury: See
how the ranks close up as they approach
the grand pavilion. . Watch the swing
of 'their shoulders; see how careless and
yet with what precision every move
ment is made. They are no holiday
soldiers; . they are
.veterans—the "Old
Guard" of the Republic. Their eyes
have Noked again and again into the
powder-blackened muzzles of thi. ease;
iny:s cannon; have seen •the thin tubes
of death leveled at their breasts by the
foe• ' have beheld all the sights .and
beard all the sounds of fiercest , battle.
There i 4 a firmness in the set of their
jaws, a resoluteness in their demeanor,
whi - ch distinguishes them from all those .
who only wear the military garbs_ in
peaceful times. And their uniforms !
•no inposing bearskins, no waving
plutaes, no gaudy' dress. • The plain
frock of simple blouse and army blue
pantaloons, ragged,
STAMM AND szonrsren,
by the elements of Heaven, earth, and
war, and the fatigue cap or regulation
felt hat—these are their garmelns,lecee
-- " W ULM DEVOID° lumai , 2 -4
form. • Beside us sits a man in a faded
blue blouse. He has put one leg. The
other lies buried somewhere in the
Wdderness. His head is craned for
ward and he eagerly watches for the
coming of "There she is ! There she
comes; look at her;: - nothing but a rag;
hurrah !" he shouts, and half slides, half
tumbles from the bench and: is at the
curbstone by the time that which had
once been a flag, but is now a mere
fragment of tattered' and smoke-be
grimed silk, comes. opposite. "Hallo,
Bill ! How• are you, Dan ? Where's
Charlie ?" The regiment, a mere hand
ful,, has .passei, but the mini though
they • tamed not a head or eye, bad
many of .them recognized' a comrade,
and he knew it. 1
AS BE HOBBLED BACK
to his place he put. up a band, from
which two fingers were missing, and
wiped away the tears that, , upon one
side of his face followed in the track of
a deep sabre cut ruumbus alas/3mM,,
across it. ,"Them's tinily boys," said
he as he climbed intohi4seat. "I used
to carry that flag. I had it when a
Johnny give me' this lick on the mug
at Gettysburg." "Fingers. Yas, they
sort o' got away from me somehow
down on the Peninsula. Lost 'em at
Gaines' Mill in Glad 'twant the
right hand." Here comes Caster once
More. See that gigantic wreath thrown
- at him from ' the corner of Fifteenth
and-a-half street 1 lie catches it and
slips it over his head, making a -baldric
_of it. In doing so his bat fills_off,
leaving his long yellow hair to float un
restrainedly upon the gentle breeze.
His horse, a , powerful 1 stalhon, unused
to such gentle . arts. of peace, takes
fright and - dashes by with the speed of
a whirlwind. Women shriek, and the
men—some of- them—cheer, while,yet
others look on in breathless excitement.
The rider sits on his steed like a cm:t
eam. There is no dismounting Caste!,
and so in a few moments he rides back
to his command, flushed and smiling,
amid the vociferous cheering of the vast
concourse of spectators, resumes his
bead covering, and presently disap l
pears, follosMd by the bold horsemen
he had so often led to the charge
JUNE 16, 1881.
smooth-faced. hinghink. boy. as they ' •Exactily.'
had pictured ihim. lie was a man; in 'Then you khow why, I had 'a vim
stature tidlei than his father, broad. psrtinenkespeeially for liquors. I had
shouldered, bronzed, and bearded him one for ice, too, and one for cigars.
a.patil. The liiighter had long since Generally I bail' to start out itery early
died out of his blue eyes, and givesi in the morning e ilio I'd get the hotel pro.
place to the stern. determined look of prietor or. clerk , to take me down to the
one who bad faked diath often, and was kit -ben and giye me something to make
ready, it need be, t - :ilo so again and a breakfast of 'when I got under way.
again. Thefwere piond of that son- There was - a. ,sameness, _about. hotel
one could see It from the, almost rever- kitchen pantries' in': those daysi there
ential manner in which they looked up wallet much in their bat bread, butter
to and addressed him. ar:rwas only a and Pork. -But such bread I ,Home
cominon soldier; but, judged from his made, sweet, no alum in it. Such but.
appearance, he was well worthy o their ter .l Why, oleomargarine hadn't been
love—a wan of whom even the ation heaxd of then. As for the pork, 'people
might well be proud. Mea time, who, eat the distillery - fed stuff that
whlie we have digressed .to relate this sonic New York butchers sell don't know
-incident, , what pork-{S. - I'd make a lot of sand-
TEX COLUMN HAS MOVED ON,,wiches out of coin:dry - bread, butter and
and so it keeps moving on from morn-fat pork and stow them away In the
tug until night And the next daf it is wagon, with some grain for the horse.
the same, only that the Western army Before daylight rd . be out and away at
of broad-shouldered, stalwatt men who a ten-mile gait, awl ' ten minutes after
fought under Sheristan are substituted starting I'd be fast asleep in my seat,
in place oT those who did so nobly un- with the reins around Say wrist. My
der Grant. They march:over the same horse knew his business; he had twice
route, greeted by the same enthusias- as much sense a • fil ha. He'd go-like
tic demonatrationsi odajoy, an d s am e the—, like the wind wherever the road
their chiefs as did their brothers who was level, lint if he came to boles, stones
.preceded them; and then they, too, or a piece of 'corduroy' he'd go as softly
melt awarin the distance, and soot: the sa il he had corns. He'd cross all the
bridges and ford streams that weren't
army of the Urtion is disbanded. The
victors lay down the crown of might, bridged as long asipt was. dark, but at
but retain •the laurel wreath, bearing it the first brook he struck after daylight
with them to their quiet homes .to wear hed stop short. ,yhat meant business
forever more. ' - , and I'd wakaiip.'' 1
'Business ?' ..
' 'Yes; breakfast. I'd take hini out of
the shafts, take off his bridle, give him
a mild drink and something to eat.
Then :I'd get out my own breakfast and
make up for the 'absence of coffee by
mixing some.brook 'water and ice with
something out of a bottle. Jerusalem !
I'dgive a hundred dollars to-day for a
' weal that *bold mite as good as those
I -
breakfastensel to do. No close room,
yon knew,' smelling of the ghosts of
thousands of bad meals; no ditty waiter
longing ;bout; no played-out fellows
- stragglingin for I black coffee to clear
their heids after last night's .spree.-.' . I
tell you 'tialejustihe poetry of, living,
Area if it was fat pork with _a stump
for a table and a handful of leaves for
a napkin.'; . 5
•
- -
GRAND OLD 4.101 Y OP TUE•POTOMAC
Glorious army of the West ! ' Tried /
soldiers and brave men -MU Men who
in the East-saw the first as well as the
last battle of the war, who were chris
tened at Manassas . in 1861; lay in the
trenches under the dropping fire of the
enemy's guns at Yorktown; passed
throtigh- the featful ordeal of the "Bev-
Daye,"-who eliatbed the deadly, fire
swept slope on that chill December day
at Frederic burg; who stood; at Get
tysbnig and hurled Lee'S legion back,
a broken - and. Aishearteie43 mass;_who
plowed a furrow flag:ll4h the Wilder
ness from the Rappahannock to the
James witli 7 the
. bayonet;. who delt an
der the canopy of snot and shell at
Petersburg, and, who were at Five
Forks and Appomattox. Men who in
the WeSt stood at - Shiloh, Vicksburg
and Stone river; who fought below the
clouds, in the clouds, and above the
clouds. wherever the enemy were to be
found; who
CARVED A PATH TO GLORY
and the h'earts of their countrymen
when they cut their way from Atlanta
to the sea :stopping only long enough
on the route to win the glorious victories
of LoOkont;Mission Ridge, Chattanoo
ga, and nuiiierons other hot-Cantested
fields; and men who, after the firing of
girt txlmirak& We - rotoinac urihraua
assist in paying homage to the genius
of Ainerican liberty in the Nation's
Capital. They were separated once by
the necessities of war. Now they no
longer belong to either the East or the
West, bat to the whole country—to the
Union and, as soldiers of the Union,.
we would thus call the memory of their
deeds to life, so that a gratef9"people
may not-cease to do them equal honor.
They are entitled to it, for they preserv
ed the unity of the States. Long live
, the grand old army of the Republic in
the hearts of loyal men everyweerel
Washington. Republican, May 23,11881.
RUNNY(( A CIRCUS
A JULNAGILFeS
DAYS WHYS RAILROADS WERE STILL
NEW Yons, May 28.
A very jolly and successful New York
manager was sound at' leisure a few
days ago by allntes reporter. His seal ,
son was over and he bid come ow,
ahead, as usual; so had some of his
friends, and mention of one of _these,
who had once been prominent in the
circus ling, led to the discovery that
the manager himself had been in the
Circus business.
'I sometimes wish myself, in it now,
too,' said the hearty old fellow. 'I bad
to work like the—well, like - Garfield
before Conkling resigned, but I never
felt as well and had as much fun as in
those old , days.' , -- .
( Old days?' • I
'Yes; they weren't so many years ago,
when you come to look up the date, but
there weren't many railroads then, and
the business was managed so differently
to what it is now that it seems a bun
,
dred years ago.' .
'Which part of the business did you
manage r •
'Whichever there was ilost money in.
..it lint! went ahead to 'place' the show;
that is,-I went to the towns where we
were billed to appear and , made hotel
arrangeinents for the company and se
cured stabling for 'the horses. It was
:no small job then-113n% now, either—
to find good accommodations in a little
town for fifty or sixty men and women
and twice as many horses; a good many
of them ready to be ugly if they weren't
treated just so.' -
'Yon bad plenty of spare time on 1
your bands, though, I suppose ?' -
'Did I ? Well, perhaps .I did, but I
don't remember it. Why, there were
weeks at a time when I didn't sleep in
a bed four hours out of twenty-four.,
Nowadays,.4hen ()Very country town is 1
sliced np by two or three' railroads, a
circusman can move about lively, but
even now be-don't get much time to
talk politics ur play poker. .In say
time I traveled by wagon, what a
wagon i I wish I was in it this - minute.'
A Cliterg lames ROUSE ON WHEELS.
'What were the points of !this wi l t/.
(leen! conveyance 2"
!Well, there was room in it for 01l
my personal baggage; there were also
places for lunch and for By the way,
did you ever have to take a drink at a
country hotel twenty years ago ?'
-The reporter virtuously • replied:
'Yes, medicinally.'
'That's what I mean,' said the old
gentleman. 'Didn't you always feel
pretty soon after as if you'd been pois
oned?'
• A COI'N'TET TAVEBN MEAL.
'But - you must have found some.
thing beside perk at country taverns'?'
'Yes, once in awhile. In court week
4 during the cennty fair they'd per
suade somebody to kill a steer and two
or three sheep,_ but at other tunes pork
was the rule, varied by ham, and eggs.,
Chickens were tearcer than they are in
New York. In the spring, though, the
landlord would sometimes strike me just
before dinner, explain how- he'd tried
to buy meat but couldn't , get any, and
Ciesir i f --
•Yotera right, my boy_ T always ac
cepted his apology, went into thedining
room and found in front of my plate a
dish with a pile of trout looking like
about two bundles of kindling wood.
When I'd got through with 'that dish
yon couldn't, have fed a cat on what
was lett.'
'How long did this bliss last?
'Not half long enongh,' - • sighed the
manager, gathering in a reef of his
waistband that he had unconsciously
let out in memory of old times. 'A
rival concern'offered me double pay and
I went with them to break' up the
system-of taking money at the door.
You see, there were two or three part
ners and each one thought the others
were cheating him by collusion with the
doorkeeper. You've been to the cir
cus?' i _
'CMS Or THE
I .
'Somewhat; that is, I've been a boy.'
'Then you know that a man in a
Wagon sells tickets and these are pre
sented at .the entrance to ' - th - e - tent.
Wall. there'd be a jam at the wagon;
a man with a wire =a t.e.av
kids would get tired of roasting in the
sun, so they'd make a break - for the
door and insist on paying the- ticket
taker, who could bide away iota of mon
ey taken this way and nobody be any
the wiser. The proprietors of the show
asked me , if I could manage the door
without taking any money, so that they
wouldn't have anybody but the treas
urer to watch. I said, 'Certainly, if
you can stand the row.' "
"How did it work ?" •
"Work ? Well I wish ' you *could
have seen the racket. I weighed about
a hundred an ek eighty then and hadn't
an, ounce of foil on me, either; indeed,
the polar bear and I were the only fero
cious animals in the menagerie. I put
myself into a velvet jacket, too smooth
and tight for anybody•to get hold or; I
had my hair cut abort so that no felloc
could get a -grip on that, then I got a
double line ,of thirty or forty of our
drivers,' beginning just outside the
ropes and ending a good many rods
away. The people bad lair warning.
'No money taken at the door,'was tiost
ed wherever we had shill. But in spite
of that some people came to the door
with money. A farmer with a big fam
ily wouldn't count noses and he'd_ reach
the-door without enough tickets." • -
A NOVEL PLAN.
•
"What did you do for him'?"
I'd let in as many as his tickets paid
for, but the man himself I'd take by
the collar and the slack of his breeches,
lift him over thn . rope—Politely; you
know, no swearing—and in half a min
ute that double line of men would have
him about a quarter of a mile away, and
mad enough to kill somebody. It
raised a tremendous —separated
families, you know, and set winnen and_
children crying., Pretty soon the fellow,
would buy a ticket, come back and free
his mind."
"Wouldn't he, show tight ?"
The manager winked profoundly.
"Not after the tastehe'd justhad - of my
musole—oh, no. He'd pronounce it an
infernal shame. though, and I'd tell
him I thought so, too, as I did, but I'd
explain that I was only following or
ders and he mustn't blame me for it,
and as a rule be didn't, for I hid al
ready been known through the circus
routes for years as
, pretty decent sort
of a fellow. I don't think 'the row
$l.OO yi Tiar, ia
,hdwaaa►
helped the show any, thnngb. Deside4,
the owners got tip a new wriukle; no
body could go out, even if in sight all
the while, without paying 'again to go
in—no return cheeks." ,
"How did that work ?"
"It- made no end of trouble. The
fellow whti - had the sandy-Privilege.tulecl '
to go round and draw the canvass walls
up taut so as to make it as hot is To
phet- inside; as it wenld increase the
demand for the vile tartaric acid mix
tufe that he called lemonade. Just let- '
me tell you 'that - when -. you get five
thousand people- and-- hundrea wild
animals in a tight canvass tent with the- '
sun blazing down on it, the place is as
hot as a blast furnace and smells like a _
New- York gutter on ,a summer day..
Why, once in a while a' puff of . that air
used. to come out the door - where I was
standing and almost knock me flat; even
a strong cigar -under ray nose wouldn't
help me ranch. Of coarse people.would
want to come out for breath; I'd let
them go, but remind- them that they'd
have to buy' fresh tickets to get back
with. 'Twas a regular outrage all
around; some of the women would
faint and the children would gel sick,
though men knocked under quickest in. -
the bad air. Nine out of ten of the ,
people who wanted to go out were
men." -
"What did you do about it ?"
"I numbered them." •
"Numbered ?"
"Yes. I got a big piece - of chalk and
cut it dawn to a good' broad point.
When a fellow wanted to go out I'd tell
him it. was against • the rules to come
back without a fresh ticket, bat that I'd
make an exception in his case if he'd
let me number him, So' he'd turn
around and I'd chalk across his back in
big figures any number thit. bappenel
to come into my head.:'
"And you kept duplicates .
"Not much. I knew nobody else
would counterfeit niy signatnre—my
figures, r mean—for the sake of getting
in free; besides I could remember their
faces anyhow. When the fellow came
back rd turn him around, look at the
'number, say,'All right' and shove himy - -
in." It always make a big excitement
in town. 1. know
_one of
. the managers
we
came to one day and whispered that
he thought a lunatic . asylUm had been
let loose to come to the show. 'What
inakei you think so ? I asked. 'Be-
-cause there's . a lot of fellows around
here with big numbers chalked on tneir
backs,' said he. When I explained to
him he laid, right down on the grass and
rolled. I really thought he'd laird
himself laughing."
1 "But didn't the ebaik heir
clotes ?"
jos.. _
'along that could afford the fifty cents
as lien 12:1 not, but woo too tow:ill to
it, he was well marked, and don't you
forget it. A decent fellow who Wasn't _
very well dressed I'd let off with a sin
gle figure and-not a very big one either _
—just big enough to warn him against
going oultoo often; but the tonier the
man was the more chalk he got. Sime
of them would have a whole sum in ad
dition on their backs and the figures
were' big enough to read hell a mile
away. ion ought to. have seen me
fresco the backs of. a lot of British offi
cers, in (all uniform, up in Canada-one
day. A*grennine gentleman I'd sotne-
times let up on by going through the
motion of chalking. I'd do it with my
knuckle:"
"Did you chalk women, too ?"
. ,
"No; a woman who went out of that _
sweat-box -never wanted io go back -
again—not that day, at any rate. Be
sides, although the numbering was
- fun.'
to me, I couldn't stand it to be poisoned
at the - door by -foul air jnst because a
brntoi wanted to bifil the
onade market, so I made such a nun
hub that the managers forbid any more
drawing up of the canvass except in
very rainy weather.'"
"Did people always fill circus tents
in those days ? -
"Every time, if the , saw had any -
sort of reputation. We've set our tent
at a cross roads without &house in might,
and six hours later we'd have the whole
counti-there; there'd be more wagons
than anybody ever saw following-an
army, besides saddle tones enough to
mount two or three regiments of caVal-'
ry. Ah, thcnie were good old -times i" .
- Just then -the box agent came up
144 with a drawer fall of currency and
tO reporter _departed to advertise fot a
country hotel where they serve trout
with au apology. —Phila.
'w
•
_ Old pun in new guise: •"Mirrors
should never be hung where the sun
shines upon them, - sips ins ex ohmaiva.
The writer didn't say they shouldn't be
hung where the daughter shines upon
til!em. That would be an impossible
thing to do. .
Liter life's long watch and ward
Sleep, great sailor, while the bard
`Chants your dating; When of late,
Tempest shook the Bark of State,
Fierce and deadly, throe on throe,
Horrid with a phosphor glow, •
Ind the mountains rearing gray
Smote her reeligg on her tray—
Only sleeps nion his strotki;
Slumber eixned by watch and Tiara -
For if timbers crack and helm
Fill her, and a sea o'er wheim, •
Then his spirit shall inform
'Some new queller of the storm, _
Who shall bring, though stirs aro Vile.
' 7 The Bark in safety through the gale. -
—CHARLES Oz Lir, Scribnerfor June.
NO. 3.
FARRAOrr.
Day and night who steed a guard,
Steadfast aye for watch and—ward
You, great Pilot, who were made
Quick and cautious, bold and Arid:
Like Decatur, Perry, Jones,
Mastering men with trumpet tones,
Bow you met your land's appeal
Snows New Orleans, knows Mobile.
Slumber, free from watch or ward.
Dweller deep in grassy yard
Of still billows I Keep your berth-
Narrow in the quiet earth! •
As of old the North star shinea,_
Heaven displays the ancient signs,
On the ship drives, sure and slow,
Though the sleeps below.
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