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In * tamps for a n&mpl*. coloring £>oo lbs. to BKAV, RABE A CO., N». »35 Market SI., PHILAUA. BUTLER, 1V.., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, IS,'3 The Thanksgiving Turkey. "My son," tau? ili»!ress Fox, "You're clumsy as an ox, Tis now Thanksgiving time, The merry bells will chiiiie; But we may starve, While Uoiil-s will o..rve A fine fat turkey on his tai>le; Go bring that bird, if you are able. You're so lazy, For j,lay so crazy; No game you ever brought, Ko chickens ever caught, For a time of true Thanksgiving, Or for our daily living." Young Foxy felt quite sad, When called a clumsy lad. And just at night, With all his might, He ran to Farmer Dobbs' yard, And foapd the turkey off his guard. Without a wpr,i, lie chocked the bird; Then proudly slung him on his back, And took for home the shortest track. "Good boy, tny son! You are no ox; I'm proud of you,'' said Mistress Fox. "Of name and fame ycu are the winner, And we have got Thanksgiving dinner; While Farmer Dubbs and his three men Must dine upon an ancient hen." A PARRICIDE IN INDIANA COUNTY, PA. Shoots His Apecl and Feeble Father in Cold Blood. INDIANA,Pa November 12 -"l've kill ed the old man and I'll kill you now," was the salutation with which Joseph Sarver greeted Belle Kelly, his father's housekeeper, as he entered the down stairs room of the two-story log bouse in which the two lived on the township road just on the outskirts of New Lebanon, this county, Saturday night. The Sarvers, sire and son, both of whom had been farm laborers for years, had been living at loggerheads for months past, and the news that the young one had murdered his father in cold blood was not a surprise to the neighbors. The son, who is in jail now at Indiana, occupying the same cell ar.d fastened with the same shackles that held Aliison, the murderer, hung in this county a year ago, denies his crime, but there is a mass of circum stantial evidence gathered by your correspondent that overwhelms this denial and will undoubtedly carry Joseph Sarver to the scaffold. The story ot Belle Kelly, the house- j keeper, one of the victims, who is now ! hovering between life and death within ; 10 rods of the scene of the terrible ] crime, is to the effect that on Saturday j afternoon Joseph Server came home j about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and I loitered, evidently awaiting the coming j of his father. He did not appear to be j nervous or excited, but on the contrary j was cool and quiet in his actions and j conversation. About 5 o'clock he saw j his father at the head of the kne lead- ! ing to the log cabin, aud started to meet him. The exact language that passed between the two is not known. Suffice to say that the son began abus ing the father, and continued it to such an extent that the grown up son of the Widow Foster, residing in the house adjoining, fearing that blows would be struck, came out and threatened the unnatural son with a clubbing uuless he ceased his tirade of abuse. A COLD-BLOODED PARRIC DE. "I am afraid Joe will kill me," said j tjie old man, as be entered the single i room that served as kitchen, dining, room and parlor of the cabin. But, M iss Ivelly persuaded him to sit down and wait until the supper—which she j was preparing--was ready. "There's j nothing here for me," responded Joe, grufllv to a similar invitation, and in- | stead of seating himself at the family ! table, he went up stairs and in a few , moments returned with r» revolver in jiis band. Fearing the violence of his . own son, the old gentleman bad gone | to the barn, and climbing iuto the hay ; mow, remained there until summoned j by the announcement that the meal , was jeady. Refusing to take a seal at the board, the son waited till tbe others i bad risen. Then, as the old gentleman j picked up a kitten lying in front of tbe i fire aud started for tbe door, tbe un natural wretch began bis fieri lish work, j He extinguished tbe lamp on the , mantel and pulling up the blind that j darkened tbe window on tbe east side j of tbe room, fired a shot in tbe semi- j darkness in tbe direction of the spot I where bis old father was standing near ( the balf-op?n door. The h,tter flung ; the door wide open and started toward j tbe home of tbe Widow Foster, the i son following. There was a brief j silence, then the sound of another shot j and iu a few momeuts Joseph Sarver | alone, drenched with rain, re-entered i his father's house with tbe revolver still smoking in his baud. "I've killed the old man jind uo\v I'il kill y u," be said to Miss Kelly, whom be saw crouching in the dim fire-light in a corner near the foot of tbe stairs. He fired at tbe defenseless ; woman, tbe ball striking her in the left ' arm. Then she started to run. He i followed her into the yard and fired : again. This time the bullet took effect in her left cheek, coming upward to ward tbe brain and sbp fell Insensible. When She Recovered consciousness some time after, she managed to alternately crawl and stagger to the house of Mrs. Foster, where she learned for the first time that old Mr. Sarver was dead. STUMBLED OYER A DEAD BODY. The widow Foster, the nearest neighbor to the Sarvers, speaking of the affair said that she beard a pistol sbtit Saturday eyeuing a short distance from bpr house. She went out ou her poreb and stumbled on a body lying near tbe threshold of tbe door. Thinking it was her son she hurried off to a neighbor's house and brought assistance, and not until the body was carried into her kitchen did she recognize the features of old man Sarver. $e bad been shot I ijown at Mrs. Foster's door, as from j the nature of the wound death must j have been instantaneous. After completing bis work, as be thought, Joseph Carver disappeared. I A party of farmers in the neighborhood ior a iiz.-d for pursuit, and on Sunday afternoon Le was arrested in Cone ma ugh township while attempting to escape to the woods. "I wouldu't have been taken so easily," he said, "if | [ hadn't left my cartridges at home." ! lie was taken back and viewed the re mains of his father with perfect com posure. Then he was brought to this place and placed in jail to await trial at court, the coroner's jury having found him guiitv. The murderer, as seen in his coop like quarters at the county jail this evening, is not an ill-conditioned look ing wretch, though there is a restless, sneaking look about his buttermilk blue eyes that does not add to his appear ance. He is about thirty years of age, medium height and build, and wears scrubby, sandy whiskers. TUB CHAMPION LIAR. "I know nothing about the killing of my father," he said in reply to a question. "I had no quarrel with him nor any of the neighbors. lamof a peaceable disposition and a member of the Presbyterian Church at West Lebanon." "What made you leave home Satur day night." "I was out threshing all day and iu the evening started to visit a young lady over in Westmoreland beyond Li verm ore I got part of the way and stopped over night and had started to continue the trip Sunday, when Con stable Dunlap came up and arrested me. I was not trying to escape, for I had been traveling in the road all the morning." Beyond this he had little to say, but since his arrest he has told so many conflicting stories that none of them are believed in the slightest degree. He 13 married and has a wife and five children living, but he confesses he does not know where they are at pres ent. His cruel failure to support them drove them from his home. His father, the murdered man, was about 70 years of age and bore a good reputation. Sheriff Jamison says that Sarver takes bis imprisonment very unconcernedly. "He is a fickle sort of a being, and I don't kuow what to make of him," was the official's closing remark as I left his door in the jail building to-night. There was a great deal of quiet indig nation to-night and threats of lynching are not a few, though it is not probable that such extreme measures will be re sorted to, yet there is a spirit abroad to-night that bodes no good to the murderer. The the only thing in the way is that ho is not getatable. Bruin Brevities. Eos. CITIZEN:—A very pleasant affair was had Thursday of last week, when the Presbyterians of this place met and fixed the fence around their church, planted trees and put up hitch ing posts, etc., and feel very proud of their new church walk. The people feel very thankful to the P. & W. U. Iy, for the new sign at the station with the name of the place on it and likewise indicating the distance to Foxburg and Allegheny city. The vote at the election here was light, Democrats and Republicans say iug they did not like their party plat forms and did uot indorse the action of the Legislature, therefore would not vote. But it was a comical thing to see three Prohibitionists on the election board—an uncommon sight we might say—can any other township beat that ? Come, answer up, or forever hold your peace—hereafter. We want to say (as there are so many inquirers) that the Jones family is well, and ask, how are the Smiths? Where is "Milo" of "Hoad-dust theory" snd tl»e something he promis ed us "after a while?" Has he gone and voted the Prohibition ticket? By the way, Mr. Editor, give us the vote of all parties, it is ne-vsfor us all- Mrs. Calviq Black, of Harrisville, and her father, Mr Painter, were visit ing Mrs. Findleji, of this place, last week. There was quite a reunion of the "Black people"—not colored—at Robt. Black's, bis descendants and friends gathered in ou tbe old couple in quite an unannounced ir,f,nnei' with manv kindly presents for them. Rev. A. B. 6. McFarlaud presented the tokens of respect, all on Thursday last. No misunderstanding iu tho coaling of tbe township school houses, tbat was perfectly understood. Quite a shooting match at Captain Beck's last Saturday for turkeys for Thanksgiving. It was certainly a mistake in the re porter of the "lecture on music" in the Presbyterian church, which was very (jood and generalfv enjoyed. >*ov. I*2, 1883. " JONES. A Healthy Race. ST. RAUL, MINN., NOV. 13—Morti mer Daneher, aged 121 years, died yesterday at the residence of his son in Derrynane, Lc Sueur county, Minn., Mr. Daneher was the last surviving brother of a remarkable family, which, for longevity, probably surpassed any thing iu tb'e records of modern times. Mr. Daneber's mother died in her 101 st vear 5 his eldest brother at tbe ago of 108 ; bis second at the age of 117 years, 7 months and 20 days, and himself at tbe age of 121 years. Tbe father was the shortest lived of the family, having died at the age of 80. The combined ages of tho three brothers reached 346 year's ; including the mother, 440 years, aud taking iu the fiUber, 590 years. Mr. Jlanelier hud been a remarkably healthy aud active man, never having been really ill in his life. Lately, how ever, old age kept him more or less to his bed, but ho was never ill, and even got up and dressed himself oni Wednes day last. pa mo MTOin Couuty Clare, Ireland, and could speak in the Celtic tongue only. —Now that the festive fly has (Jowu, the bald beaded man eau go to sleep in church without throwing a handker chief over bis bead. Fuit THE CITIZEN.] MILO ON TIME. Almost every farmer has what he calls a "noon mark '' This is general ly a mark on the porch or in the door, which is a North and South line, and they suppose when the sun is on this line it is twelve o'clock. This is a mis take—lt is not always noon wlien the sun is on our meridian The sun now (Nov. 5), is on the "noon mark" fifteen minutes before twelve. The middle of February it was fifteen minutes slow, that is, it did uot reach the line of the noon mark until a quarter after twelve, making a difference of half an hour be tween the two extremes. How often we hear people saying, "my clock never varies, I have a 'noon mark' aud tny clock runs with it the year 'round." This is proof that it does uot keep time. When the sun is on the "noon mark" fifteen minutes before twelve (as it is now), the clock should be set at a quarter of twelve, not at twelve. The clocks of nine-tenths of those who live in the country or in small towns where they have no standard regula tor are now fifteen minutes too fast because they set by the "noon mark" without taking the equation of time. It is astonishing that so many people in the town and country think that when the sun is directly South it is twelve o'clock. To get correct time, it is necessary to have a North and South. This may be done—near enough for all prac tical purposes—by taking the line of the North Star, just ten minutes after the first star in the handle of the Great Dipper has passed under the North Star, that is, the star where the handle joins the dipper. Having thus gotten a permanent North aud South line, and by taking the equation of time anyone can get time as correctly as can be taken from any dial, and without any expense, and very little trouble. If there was a little more attention paid to this there would not be such a variety of times in tha country and would obviate the necessity of some waiting an hour at the church for the minister, while others annoy the speak er and congregation by coming in after the services are half over. The great divisions of time we find in the natural laws, co-evil viith crea tion; in the revolution of planets in their orbits making the years and sea sons, aud of the satellites around their planets, designating the months, and of the planets around their axes, giv ing day and night, to mark the alterna tions of labor and repose. Yet the velocity of the earth in its diurnal rev olutions is constantly either increasing or diminishing, and there are only eight days in the year 5n which a revo lution of the earth on its 'axes is com pleted in precisely 24 hours, viz: Ist of Feb., 17th of April, 15th of May, 17th of June, 20th of July, Ist of Sep tember, 31st of Oct., and the 20th of December- therefore all other days of the yew as indicated by the earth's revolutions, in the alternations of day and night, are either more or less than 24 ho urs in length. Let us remember when we are set ting our watches at 12, because the sun is on the meridian then, that it is on the meridian at 12 o'clock only four days in the year. MILO. HAUKISYILL,E, NOV. 'B3. Mark Twain to Gen. Garfield WASHINGTON, NOV. 4.—A Sunday paper of this city says the following letter, written by Mark Twain, endors ing Fred Douglass, has never been pub lished. It is in the best veiu of tUli great humorist: IlAilTtOttK, Jan. J2 ; 1881. General Garfield: DEAR Slß:—Several times since your election people wanting office have asked me to "use my inflnence" with you iu their behalt'. That was suc'u a pleasant compli/uent to me 1 never complied. I could not without exposing the fact that I hadn't any influence with you, and that was a thing which I bad no mind to do. It seems to me that it is better to have a good man's flattering estimate of my influence uud keep it, than to fool it away by trying to get him an office. But when my brother on my wife's side, Mr. Charles J. Langdou, late of the Chicago Convention, de sires mo to speak a word for Mr. Fred Douglass, 1 am not asked to use my influence. Consequently I am not risking anything. So lam writing this as a simple citizen. lam not drawing ou my fund of influence at all. A simple citizen may express a desire with all propriety in tbe matter of a recommendation to office ; and so I beg permission to hope that you will retain Mr. Douglass in bis present office of Marshal of the District of Columbia, if such a course will not clash with your own preference, or with tbe expediency and interest of your administration. I offer this peti tion with peculiar pleasure and strong desire, because I so honor the man's high and blemishless character, am} sa admire bis brave lovig crusade for the liberties and elevation of bis race. Ho is a personal friend of mine, but that is nothing to the point, for bis history would move me to say these things without that, and I feel them, too. Withgreat respect, General, yours truly, S. C. CLEV.BNS. His Sixty-'Thlrcl Murder Case. lion. A. Ji. Richmond, the noted criminal lawyer of Meadville, has been retained as counsel (or George Gordon, the negro who killed one Ashton in Bradford last summer, lu accepting this case Mr. Richmond entera wuon the sixty-third homicide case upon which he hus hcou retained as counsel Mr. R. I>. Askew, lute Assistant Postmaster at Baltimore, said some time ago: "Having had occasion to try Dr. lull's Cough Syrup, 1 unhesi tatingly pronounce it the best remedy I have ever used. A small bottle re lieved me of a severe cold, —At a standstill--peantils. Wooed and Won by a Giant I*iTT.SU i RUII, Nov. 10.—The giants now on < xhibition at a museum here have had a battle. Tho warfare was not of physical powers, but of the heart. The contestants are Patrick O'Brien and Mrs. Annie Druse. Mr. O'Brien is a native of Ireland, 29 years of aire, and claims to be seven feet eleven inches in height and weighs 360 pounds. Annie is a fit companion to her giant adorer. She was born in Germany aud last May was placed on exhibition by Mr. G. O. Starr in the city of Boston. Two months ago the giants were on exhibition at Cin cinnati. This was their first meeting It was a case of lightning love at first sitrht on the part of Patrick. His overtures to his contemporary, however, met wiUi but little encour- agement. Perseverance was reward ed and Annie lent her ear to his powerful wooing. Patrick with the characteristic generosity ot his nation, presented his love with a diamond ring. From that time his star of hope was in the ascendant. The courtship was such a vigorous proceed ing that the business of the museum was interfered with. The manager could not regulate matters, and the couple were dispatched to this city. The following letter to the manager of the Pittsburgh Museum was mailed the previous day : CINCINNATI, Xov. 1, 1833 G. O. Starr:—l have tried in vain to keep the giant and giantess from making fools of themselves and have failed. Such loving glances, tender speeches and gigantic tomfoolery is more than my nerves will stand. 1 send the lov ing couple to you, hopiugyoti will have better success than the results of my efforts have proved. Yours truly, P. HARRIS. Wbea Mr. Starr received this epis tle and when the giants arrived he endeavored to culminate the loving episode, being convinced that there was true affection. He proposed mar riage to the giantess, not including himself, however as one of the con tracting parties, hut 0:1 behalf of the masculine giant. Annie wanted the proposal from first hands. Mr. O'Brien used his influence and the citadel of affection capitulated. Gen tle Annie was led to the altar by her lordly suitor on the 20th iust. Thanksgiving Proclamation WASHINGTON, October 27.—The President has is*ued following Thanks giving proclamation: By th. Presdent of the United States of America, a Proclamation. In furtherance of the custom of this people at the closing of each year to engage, upon a day set apart for that purpose, in a spec! .1 festival of praise to the Giver of a'! good, 1, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby desiguate Thursday, the2'Jth day of November next, as a day of nat ional thank-giving. The season which is drawing to an end has been replete with evidences of divine goodness, prevalence of health, a fulluess of har vests, stability, peace, order, growth of fraternal feeling, a spread of intelligence and learning, a continued enjoyment ofoivil and religious liberty; all these alid countless other blessiug-j are causes for reverent rejoich g. 1 do therefore recommend thut on the day above oppointed the people rest from thier accustomed labors, and meeting at their several places of worship ex press their devout gratitude to God that he hath dealt so bountifu ly with this Nation, and pray that His grace and favor abide with it forever. CHESTER A. ARTUI H, President. By F. T FREMNUIIL'YSEN, Secretary of State. . -Something for smokers—cigars. —The worse for ware—a careless servant. —Merely an outside matter —the handle of a jug. —U and 1 are the biggest swells in the alphabet. —With most people the book of life is a pocketbook. —The Teuton is the gay and festive sun-flower to-dav. —Numerous Yankee sharps are liv ing iu French flats. —Tongue and taffy are always found at picnic parties. —lt is anti-mony iu trade dollars that sends them below par. —Bartering is a business that re quires a great deal of head work. —A country paper advertises for '"board for man and wife with "-as." —The Southern darkens Thanks giving dinner will, os usual, consist of "boned" turkev. —Darwin says tint the monkey can blush. lie certainly ought to when he sees the way his descendants are cutting up. Mr. Thomas II Reynolds, Cham bersburg, I'a, says: "Brown's Iron Bitters did me good. I used it for dyspepsia and weakness." —We read in an exchange of a young lady having been made crazy by a Budden kiss. This should teach young ladies to be constantly expect ing something of that kind, and to be prepared for it when it conies. A baby was born in a cemetery at Marshalltown, lowa, a short time ago, everywhere can be seen babies borne to the cemetery because mothers cruel ly negleet to procure Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, a sure cure for croup, colds and coughs. —A breach of promise case has just been concluded at Easton, iu the eastern part of this State. The plaintiff, Miss Miller, a tall slender woman of 40 years, testified that Beck, the defend ant, somewhat older, and married, had kissed her "a little over 100,000 times," and the jury gave her a verdict of a u cent a kiss, or a total of SI,OOB 33. Tii? Music of His Chin. I 'in quite u music-loving man, And would go far to hear Some German, or an African, W host tones are sweet and clear. !!ut save iue from tlie person who Will evermore begin, Determined he will put one through The uiusie of his chin. I .'annot sing tlie old songs, Though I can set them cheap; Their memory to the past belongs, S > let them idly sleep, liut worse than old sonjs is the friend \\ ho seelis your time to win. And who, when started, will not end The inu-V of his chin. I've heard steam whistles, brazen gongs, And bells of every tone; I're heard the shouts of madcen*J throi: s. And heard a groan. I've heard a female lecturer sneer < >n wicked men and sin; Ti.es;: ar.> as naught, for now 1 hear The music of his chin. —Eugene y in Chiccuyo irs. —The Curler's club—The barber's pole. —A boose 'em friend—The friendly barkeeper. A great name without merit is like an epitaph on a coffin. —The Democrats can't go, because they haven't arrived yet. —Women distrust men too much in general and not enough in particular. —The whale that swallowed Jonah was the lirst great performer to throw up its engagement. —Big ablong or pear-shaped heads of jet or turtoise shell will be worn on bonuet. —No man has enough aud no tflit ter how much he has he always wants a little more. —The mania for pet dugs ha.s bio ken out again among ladies and is worse than it ever has been before. Clothes are becoming so cheap that a man can now save mouev i»y by having his old coat in hock and purchasing a new one. —A piece of cloth rolled around the feminine head seems to answer for a hat just about this time among girls of the period. —Barbed wire fencing has faileu ten per cent, in price within the last three months. Cows have got so they use it for a hair brush. —Mrs. Edwin Tarns, Chambersburg, Pa., says she took Brown's Iron Bit ters for malr.ria and found great relief. —The rations of a Chinese soldier consists of rice, pork-fat, vegetables and fish. They carry tea leaves in side of their socks. —No matter what may be the name, or how lon# standing the trouble, I)r. Benson's Skin Cure will always cure skin diseases. Grateful hundreds of cured patients attest this fact. sl., at druggists. —We promise largely in our youth, but in middle life we "drink the bitter beer of disappointment. We have it in us to be great, but somehow circum stances don't favor us. —Tunbridge, Vt., has a cat with forty toes. She will probably accom pany h r-.e f wheu she sings, although it is doubtful that the people iu me neighborhood will ever get over the garden waul. 1 b.y Dr. Benson's Celery and Chamomile Pills and introduce them ■wherever 1 go. Personal knowledge and experience of their effects on, others prompts this act. llev. J. I*. Fugett, Rector St. Lukes Ch., Myers burg, I'a. 60 cts. at druggists. —A great many reformers, self styled such, are merely men with a maggot in the brain. They have ;» sort of mental kink, and that is pretty nearly they do have. The world is all wrong they think, but one of thj most remarkable wrongs iu it is that they themselves are not sufficiently appre ciated, and are compelled to live on thistles wheu they aught to be living in clover. U. S. District Attorney Speaks, Col. H. Walters, U. S. District At torney, Kansas City, Mo., authorize* the following statement: "Samaritan Nervine cured my niece of spasms." (Jet at druggists. §1 50. —At a school examination a clergy man was descanting on the necessity of growing up loyal and useful citizens. In order to give emphasis to his re marks, he pointed to a large flag hang ing on one side of the school-room, and said: "Boys, what is that flag lor? ' An urchin that understood the condi tion of the room better than tue speak er's rhetoric, exclaimed: "To hide the dirt, sir!" The Hon. Billa Flint, Life Senator of the Dominion Parli ment, Belleville, Ontario Canada, writes: "I tried St. Jacobs Oil for ague. It acted like a charm. A few times rubbing with it took away all sareness and pain; far better than hav iu£ them drawn at the age of eevcuty seveu." —Cats and rabbits are being rapidly converted into Bealskin sacqn.}s, iu an ticipation of the demands of approach ing winter. Nothing is easier than the wearing of sealskin garments iu these days of subtle inventions. Consumption Cured. \it olil plr.siolau, retired troni prH'tfce, having had plaoed HI Ins h tin!-: liv an t.a . India mission ary the form i aof a simple .'»!«• rem.'ds i-«r t hi-speed . and l' rui inent enre oi Consumption. Kronen ill-. Catarrh, Asthma and all throat ami i.iniK Aireetlons, ;Uso a po.-a'lve and radical earn for N'TVUIHI! unit;, ami all Nervous<Vn|ii:tin°«» alter liaviu;' tested their woiiderl.il ear. tu'.- j>..-.v era to thousands of cams, has felt it kb duty to make il known to liH snlferinu fellows. A'-tnat 'd li\ tills 111 itu • and :■ desir ■to relie-, li'im :n - terin 1 u.ilsend free of eli.-irp-. to ai <..Jio de sire ii, tli 1 -r> eiix-. in Certmtii. I rench or 1..1. li, with lu i directions tor |iiop.-. ai. i u-, ,■». Sent li\ M l I'.v addressing wit'i -! im;>. 11 1 • >•.s till-' piper. W. A. Nrit K*. 11' Power's lEloek, i;.M»[c-ster, N. V. Septt2-K:-lyVo\\ NO. 2
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