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NIVIVALIB 4.Ualllece,—RHO 43,4
A. Valuable Farin it .
t IPIJB LIU .
SAL
The subsi3ribers will offer for sale on •Friday the
's& tiny of December next, at I o'clock,.P. M., the
'following described real estate, to wit: • -
• • A VALUABLE .FARM.,
''situated about two miles from Carlisle, on the Wal-'
nut Bottom Toad, containing about . • .
three Hundred Acres,. •
_ _ !about 200 acres_ of_. Which are cleared and in a good
' state of cultivation; 'the balance is covered with thri
',Ain' timber. The improvements are a large and
- ' substantial •
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. S T4r).1.4; imetisr, •" 1
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• • Large Stone Statile,
Log Barn, Corn Crib and Wagon Shed, with other
'necessary buildings, mid two wells of Water; there is
"also.igood,drehard °lithe Premises:. Anyinfortnn
,- tion respebting the property can be had of either of
the subscriliers.,„The tdrins'3oll - be made icnoWn on
the day •of sale
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iS.A.MUEL GIVIN,
'ROBERT GIVIN,
.JACQB RITNER,
Ex 'rs. ofJ. Gii in; (lOW.
..)11R S. URRa
ESPECTFUTINITforms — the 1a les
of Carlisle and its - vicinity, dud she has corn
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meuced the •
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ih all their' vat-ions branches, at •her residence , in
Chureh_Alli , y,..opposite Education 111111." All
work entrusted to her care wilThe done in.the latest
fashion and on the most rettsottable terms. -
Carlis!e, November 3, 1841. • •
S~lendi~l
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Sch ewe's, for Noilimbet.
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chigs r,for-1841.---To•im draw.ii at Mexatoltia,
. Va. nil SaturdaV Nrovendier 27th1M-1.1.•
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- . • $ . 16,000..41.0,00 41-- 4 6 , 737
... 2 -priz'espt..`,ss,ooo-.5 ocs2,oou---to or 5t,560—.,
• • 20 of $1,000.-30 of A:500-40 of ..,000,&c.
- :- Tickets only $lO !hives $5- clionaers
.V 2,50 -
• - Cokificatekof Packages 0f26 Whole Tickotsia 30.
Do. - r.. di) • - •26 Half do' •- frs - -
D 0... • ' . 'do t2O Quarter do 5'2 ...0
POKTickeQang S4aret or Certificateß of Pack
ager; in the above Splendid Lotteriessidaregs
J. G GREGORY S.: CO: ManligOrs
• Wasl a!!l4trin.c.ity, I). C.
Drawings vent immediately prier they are over to
all who order•as abovv:
NoTic E.
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Estate l .dlexander .Indcrson, deed.
LETTERS of Administration on the .
estate of Alexander Anderson, late of Allen
township, dec'd., have been issued in due form of
la* to the subscriber residing in—said township..
•Nbtiep is herebrgiven to alt persons Laving claims
a . gaitist said estate,Ap present them nroperly authen
tacated for settlement, and alt persons indebted are
requested to make payment to the subscriber.
J A $1.1'...S AN DERSON, Adm'r.
. October 4 20, 1841.-6t.' , • .
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Estate.of Dapid Palni, dcc'd.
LETTERS Testamentary on the Estate of David
Palm, late of Dickinson township, dee'd., have
:been issued in due form of law to the ssubsel•iber re
siding in ,Nest pennsborol _township.. NOTICE. 18
hereby given to all persons ha% ing claims against
said estate, to present them properly authenticated
for settlement, and all persons indebted are request
ed to make payment to the siitiscribil.; •
sNV LLI NM PALM.
October 20, 1841.—fit.
ALMON just t ceived and foe sale by J. & E
Cot•nmau. •
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-114A,CKEREI , and Codfislidb;• lnle 'by J. Sz.
Commun. ^
rriHr, best of bleached Sperm and What Oil for
sale by J. & E.. Coltman.
10DICKLOW , Vinegar for side by J. & E. Corn
man.'.ll., , .
UG AR House and New (Means Molasses of the
0 best quality for sale by J. & E. Common.
OAF.and sabs::::ib.eya have
large supply of Loaf and Lump
.ey offer for sal wholesole oryetuil,
ees E: Cornman.
:Candles for Bale by .1. & E. Colman
20,.1841.
• SPECIAL COURT.
. irtire of a writ from the Hon. A MON V.
Ausorzs, President Judge of the 12th Judicial
A of Pennsylvania; hearing date at Harrisburg,
'tit day of July A. D. 1841 a
.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
— 77" --- Itttthieiiiittourt will beheld by the saidlion.-
. , Lneon V. Parsons and the Assoittate Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas. of Cumberland county, at
;t.he'Court House in the borough of Carlisle, com
rmencinvon Monday the 29th day of.ntember, A.
'D.1841, to condone one week, for the trial of certain
.'causes depending in the Court of Common Pleas of
'Cumberland county, in which the Hon. Samuel Hep
burn was concerned us counsel for one or the parties
.'prior to his appointment as President Judge of the
9th Judicial Distrist—said causes being embraced
within the provisions of the 39th section of an Act of
"the General Assembly; passed the 14th April 1834,
`relative to the organization of Courts of Justice.
'Of said Special Court, Jurors and all persons con
cerned will fake notice.
PAUL MARTIN, Sheriff.
S . lieriff's Office, Carlisle,
- October 6, 101. 5 •
MORE NEW GOODS.
The '3W:l'v:wit= has-just opened a new and hand
'sinful assortment of, . . •
Fall attd Winter Goods; • r
consisting of super black,blue black and other Cloths.
Cassimeres, Sattinetts, new style Ygatings, a vari e ty
of Mouse de Loines, second mourning and black
ditto, Thibe.t cloth, Welsh Plannels. Rogers ditto
for shirting, GloVes, Hosiery'. Edging's, Laces, cam
' 'trios, Oil Cloths, Artlficials; Ribbons, Merino Shirts
- " , and Drawers. .
• Also Mena, Womens' and Childrens' '
---- Leather& Morocco Shoes &.• Boots._
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• ALSO,. . ,•
Queensware and Groceries
SPICES, fee ; with-a great variety . of other good(
`all of which he will sell at a small profit to sitittlie
rtirnes.'' Don't forget to call on ..-‘
• S.: Al. iIARRIS.
CarUde,Sept: 29,1841.-1 y
-1100irs.ei A. very large lot of
all,tlesertitt anti Jost reeetvell, and for sale very
llow at•the ittereof • • ell AS. OGILBY.
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A FAMILY NEWSPAPER:' — DEVOTED TO NEWS,'POLITICS; LITERATURE, THE AiaTS_ANS - SCIENCES, .4 GRICULTURE, , A . .IIUS I .EMENT, szt.
LOOK HERE.
The oubsorihers continue to sell. their steuk of
• Cloths,Cassimeres, Cassinettri
• Merinoes, Calico:and • •
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Clitntzes at
FIRST cosT,
Bargains may yet be had in these articles of merchan
dize by calling soon. ' • . ^.
4 HITNER & MULVANEY.
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N.. B. An excellent Cannon Stove with a large
cast iron dish, for sale nt. the Store.
Carlisle, Oct. 6, 1841.
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• • N , GOODS:
Just received - at the store' of ANDREW RICH
ARDS, a general assortment of
Fall & Winter Goodi,
consisting in part of Wdol and Cloth dyed Black,
Blue, Invisible Green, Adalaide Olive and Green
• - o ry - 1 s • • .
Black, Brown, Invisible 'Green, Olive, Diamond,
'Beaver and Pilot Cloths ;• Black, Blde, BroWn mixed
plain and figured CasSimeres, new style.
I Sattinetts of assorted colors,from 50 cents to $2,00,,
heaverteens,jeno•oords, :canton flannels, - reil, white,
- yelhlly 'and green flanneld r—ticks, and musfins.,-
64 ';34 kneiinoes, moslain-de-laine and Saxony cloth,
-figured-and_plaith_Figureil„plain, striped, barred
jackinett and swiss muslins. Fawn, mouse, bluelc, -
blue black; slate, figured and plain silks. Bonet
silksS and ribbons, new style. Shawls, gloves,
hosiery and shoes. Cloth and fur caps . Carpeting,
hearth rugs, floor cloChshzes, and blankets. Color
ed and white, carpetyarn. Fresh Mackerel, togeth
er with a general assortment of Queenrware and
Grace - ries; which will be sold at Moderatelirices• at
his store. -
Carlisle, October 20, 1841.--tf. . .
FRESII ! 'GROCERIF.S.
.The s'uliseribera have just veeelveCat the store'
rouna.:Jutely.:oceupietl.by..Mr, CIkV - ester; in North
Lleilivrt4ot34 l sle,
/j 74 11 0.1 8 , 1) . 43 4 m - 0 -
Gpiss *old '
I W111111,1.;1 qUEENS - WART::
-whiclithey-will-soli on.the.mosiliberattertris.: They
!prim: the public to eall.nud examine.
• J. & C. CORKMAN.---•
October 13; - 184.1,. • • ,
S. D.O NLA P, ADAI R.,
- .iniceney:. - iir Law,
IJts removed his office to No. 3. - Beetem's Row
the public squnro. • • .
Carlisle, Oct. 15, 1841% - • .
Piles rtfred Dr. Ilarlides Compount
Strengthening 6),',G6.nzon ,Nperient
— Ea. Ilnitmeu,-12ear Sir!--Shortlyafter I receiv
ed the Agency from fro you for:the soli! of yoUr medr
eine, I formed an acquaintance with a lady of this
ho was. severely afflicted with the
For eight or ten years this lady was 'subject to 'fre
quent poinfulptiacki, and her physician eMisidcred
her case so comPlicateil, thatMt: very seldom pre
scribed medicine for her. Through my persuasion;
she commenced using your Pills, and was pertly
cured.. Yours, :cc.
JAAIES R. KIRBY, Chambersburg, Pa.
October., 1810.
o'3 - -PRINCIPAC OFFICE, No. 19 North Eighth
Street, Philadelphia, where testimonials may be
seen. •
For sale by John J. Myers & Ch.,Carlisle; and
Wm. Peal,Shippensburg,Pa.
O® 4T gr. 00;JZDZy
.TILE CAUSE OF-CONSUMPTION.—SimpIe
as these complaints are Usually considered, no one
can deny'thear being the most common COMe of this
fatal and distressing disease. It is indeed a melan
choly truth, that thousands fall victims to Cpusumv
tion evdry year from no other cause than neglected
colds.' Yet we find hundreds, nay thousanas who.
treat such complaints with the greatest indifference,
and lett hem run ou for weeks and even months with
out thinking or The danger; At first you have what
you may consider a slight cough or cold ;.you allow
business, pleasure or carelessness to prevent yen from
giving it any. attention; it then sctilen upon . your
breast, you beCome hotirse, have pains in the finlc or
chest, expectorate large quantities of matter, per
haps mixed with blood, a difficulty of breathing en
sues; and then, you find your own foolish neglect:has
brought on this illAtressing complaint. If then you
value Ire or health, be welled in time, and don't
trifle with your COLD, or trust to, any quack nostrum
to cati‘e you, but immediately. procure a bottle ortwei
of that firmons remedy, the “13/08Altt."Or WILT)
CHERRY," which is well knoxyn to be the most speedy
cure ever known, as thousands
.0111 testify whose
lives have becn,saved by it. '
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n - the very particular alien you purchase to ask
rm. 6 Dr. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD , CHEIIRY," as
there Is also a SYRUP of this name in tine.
Prepared, trholesale and retail, by Ward. Am's St
Co., Chetnists, No. S - South Fburth street, 'Philo
delphin. - , - • :..
Sold in.,Carlisle by.• , • -- - --
SAMUKI: ELLIOTT.
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. Price •One Dollar a Bottle. •
October 20,1841.-Iy, ' '
-CROUP. IN 'CHILDREN..
MOTHERS, BE ON YOUR GUARD. This
is the season When this destructive complaint attacks
your interesting little . c,hildren, often 'robs 'you of
those-you fondly'doat c.n,and carrieshundreils to the
grave. Every mother hhould therefore, know its
symptoms; watch them closely., affd-always be lire
pared with a remeily'to cure it, ns many are daily
sacrifleed'hysucli neglect. At first the little patient
is seized with a shivering, .it grows restless, has
flushes of heat, the, eyes become red and swollen, it
breaths with difficulty, and then comes that fearful'
Conan that will surely terminate in convulsions or
death unless something, is immediately given to
check - it. Itt this complaint the'" Balsam of if lid
Cherry," is well-known to be the most speedy cure
ever discovered. It is indeed a precious remedy , —
mild, safe and innocent, and is sure to give the little
sußiver immediate relief, and quickly restore it to
patcq and health. Families residing in the country
and indeed every mother _Who loves her children,
should always keep this Medicine in the house and
give-it to Mein early ,-by-doing: so you may often
save the'life of one you fondly Remember
this is the Whom remedy of this dittiguished phy
sician; Dr.' \Vista'', which has etired thousands of
CROUP. WHOOPING COUGH; ASTHMA,
Ct MB UM P l lON, Ste., after everrother medicine
has
( . .1-16 particular when iirs purchaselo' ask for
"Dr. WISTAR'S 'BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY," as there
is a SYRUP of this ramie advertised that is entirely a
different medicine. • ' -
prepared only by Wititssis St Co., Chemists, No.
33 South Fourth street, Philadelphia, •
Sold in-Carlisle by , • .
SAMUEL ELIAOTT.
,Pric4 One Dollar a Bottle.
New .! New Goottsl !
• The largeAt and 'cheapest stock of ,D R Y
,G000s• ever brOuglit to Carlisle, tist received
and now opening at did tor of .the subscriber, in
Main. street;.opposite Simon Wonderlicit's Hotel.
71"nrchatters - will do well - to' caII, ne they 'may de
pend on finding the largestatock,the,beit assortment.
and the ehespest gootivto the'claunty.
• - • • ' • , OHARL;FA 00-11,11 Y.
Edited and .PablisOd Por. the propifietefi, at Cairligle ; eicialierland (*minty; Pa.
wmvalsenDia.)± wittmow.z.umm aaatt.
-.-- :-. From Me .11 Thum" World.
THE• POOR FIDDLER'S win TO HIS `OLD
.. - . _ FIDDLE. • - • •. '
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• Oppreoed I mourn . . ... -..
• • . .• - 'Bad ••• .
.. . Sad •
. . Three-quarters mad .
• • . Money gone
- Credit nope - • ..
. : • ., - Duns at door •. . •
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• 'Halt a score
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-- _ --- Wife inlain .... • _
, Twins again • .
".. Others_ ailing_
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- „Nurse a-railing, ' , ,- .
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. • Billy
.- , !looping - .4 , ••
• - ''' • Betsey trouping •'. ••
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, • . Besides poor Joe ,
' . "'. .• • With fester'd toe. -.. •
' • . ' Come, then, my fiddle, • •
. CoMe, my time-worn frienk
. ' • With gay and brilliant sounds • ' • •
• Some sweet tho' transient,solace lend.• .
' Thy polished neck 'in- close 'embrace. .
• I clasp, while joy . illumes my ace .
.. • My drooping
. spirits pant to. se, .
...A lively strain I touch, and lo! . •
. • I seem to mount above the skies, •
• There on Fancy's wing I soar,
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Heedless of theeluniiit door:
. Obliviods ail !_l feel my'woea no more ;.
But skip o'er the,stringa, • -
As my old Fjddle•sings, .......
~.. ' "Cherrily oh ! merrily go ! —
"Presto: good master, .
• • "You my well know -
" I will • find music,••
"If you will .find bow. • .
• "From Eon; in alto; to G,doWn below."
- Fatigued, I pause . 0 change the 'time '•
For some Udulio, - solemn and, sublime,
With graceful action-mores the sinuous arm
M.y heart responsive to the soothing churn. -
-Throbs equally; whilst every health corrodins care
Lies prostrate, vanquished'by thy soft =Bilious air.
Anon, nmrOplaMtire , grown, spy eyes with tearatt'er
.Resitilutiein Mild, soon Smoothearof NVlMkteil
Hanthay • ina - y r sgnctik, wsilinn Flauto•may
'The Serpent nyaygrtutt,and ilieTrombone may hawh.
But by Poll,*.my old Fiddlt3the pritrecif the Mall.
Could e'en, Dryden' return, thipraise to rehearse,
wouhLseem rugged verse.
Now to thy case, in flannel warm to lie,
Till call'd nOtt to pipe thy master's
4: -, • • • .—*,Apolle.•_
'ffrioceltancotto.
THE VOITGIIAIII‘,
OR THE CAUSE OF JACK 110131 N-;
SOWS LAMENESS.
Bit SEDA SIIIITII.
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Major Grant, 'of iNizissaChusettS, Was re ,
turning home from Moosehead-Lake, where
he had been to•lonk after one of his newly
purchased townships, and to sell the stolo
yage.to the 'loggers for the
.ensuing'winter,
when he , stopped,at a snuoavern.in'one of
the.back towns in Maine, and . having been
to the stable, and seen 'with his own eyes
that his horse was well provided with hay
and grain, he returiledf . to the bar-room, laid
aside his cloak, a'nd took a scat-by the box
stove, which was waging a hot war 'with
the cold and raw atmosphere of November.
The Major Was a large, portly man, well,
to do in the world, and loved his comfort.
Having called for .a mug of hot flip, he
loaded his long pipe,. and prepared for a
long. and comfortable:smoke. lie was alsO
a very social man, and . there being but doe
person in. the room with him, he 'invited
him to join with him in a tumbler of flip.
This gentleman was DoetOrr-Snow, an ac
tive.member:of a temperance society, En'
therefore he politely begged to be excused;
but having a good share of -the'volubility
.natural to his profession, he readily enter
ed into conversation with the Major, an
swered many- of bis inquiries about the
townships in that section of .the'State, de
scribed minutely the proceSs of lumbering,
explained hoW it Might be made profitable,
and showed 'why it was 'often attended
with great loss. A half an hour thus-passed
imperceptibly away, and the doctor rose,
drew his - wrapper .clase. - ahout him, and
placed his cap on his head. The Mrjor
looked,round the room with an nir of un
easiness.
'• What, going to soon, DootOi ?. 'No
morn eompimy here to-night, think? Dull
businesi, Doctor, to. ‘ sit
. alone rme of these
evening's. Always:Want somebody 'to talk
with; man was'Ot‘mMle to be alone, you
know."
. "True," said The Doctor, '"and I.should
be happy to spend the evening With you,
but I have to. go three miles to see a pa
tient to-night, and it'e•high time I was off.
But,. luckily, Major, you wont be' left a
lode' *after all, for there comes Jack Robin
son, driving his horse and wagon into the
yard now ; and I presume he'll not only
spend the evening With you, but stop all
.night."
"Well, that's good.news," said' the -Ma
jor, "if he'll only talk... Will 'he talk,
Doctor ?"
.'!Talk ? yes! till all is blue. Ile's 'the.
greatest talker you ever trim, I'll tell you
.what it is, 11ajor, I'll bet you the price' of
your reckoning here to-night, that you tna . V
ask him the
.utost direct..simple question .
you - please, and you. can't get an answer
from him under half an hour, and he' shall
I keep talking a steady stream the whole
time too."' .
,Tone," said the Major; ”.'tis a bet.—
Let us understand it fairly now., _ You say
Lrnay aslchim any plain, simple question
tplease, and lie shall be half au hourAti
eweritig _ timeAtoo, athl
you Will bet my night's' reckoning of it."_
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4.‘Thaes the betexactly,"saidite - iFito
Here 'the parties shook 'hands upottit,
knit, as the door opened, end..Mr; jack Ro
binson cameiimpitig into 'the room, sup
ported'hy a crutch , and witlA:something of
a;bustling, care=for-nothing
airs hoohlod.,a
long tiiwards. the fire. The; intro
tluced Me. Jack Robinson - to Major Grant,
and; after :the usual .salntaiiona and ithaking
of hands, Mr. IV:A - du:son breliiiis - seat•-upet
the other side of 'stove, oppeitte the
Major.
Mr. Jack Robinson was a small, brisk
.inan, with•gray twinkling eyes, and a know'-
in - g- otpression of 'countenance. As he
carefully settled himself,. into 'the'. chair,
resting his lame limb egains.t edge of
the stove'hearth, he threw his hat, care
lessly.on the floor, laid his crutch Herein
his knee, and looked around him with
Satisfietrair, that . seemed to say; ."Now,
gentlemen, if you want to know the time
of days here's the boy that -64011 ye:"
• "Allow: me, Mr. Robinson, to help you
to a -.tem bler of hot flip," said 'the Major,
raising the mug from the„stovO:
'"With all niy'heaft and thank ye too,"
saitlitebinSon, taking a sip from the,tuttb- -
ler. "I believe there . ' s nothing bett er ina
cold day than a hot flip. I've knewn it to
cute'rnany a One who w as thohglit'to be in.
a . consumption.' There's nothing
"And I have kitown it," said the
Doc
tor, shrugging his shoulders, "to kill 'pally
p one that was. thought to', have an excel
lent constitution and sound health."
s=omething-so—Warming,n4on
tinned Mr. Robinson, folloVing - up his own
-thoughts so, earnestly that he seemed not
to• - have heard the remark of 'the Doctor,
"there's something so warming and so
nOtrriShing in 'a hot flip, it seems to give
new life to the blood, acid ptft3 the insides
all in good trim. And as for cold weather,
it - ivilltkeep that out better than any. double
Milled lterseyor fear naught greatcoat that'
•
could drjve,twenty miles a: cold':
day with atiind inutoVirot than,
I could ten miles withoupit: • And 'this 'is
a 'cold :day, there's no
,nostake about
This' norwcster cuts like -•a• razor. But
taint nothing near so Vold as it Was a year
-ago, the. twenty-second day. of thismonth.
That day, it seemed Its - if your breatlWould.
'freeze-stiff before it.,:geta m ineli•from your
mouth. I drove my little Canada gray it
a sleigh that day twelve Miles ittforty
min
-uses;-and-froza-two- risy toes'on my lame
leg as still' as maggots. . Them toes chill j u
- great deal quicker than they tlo 'on-'tether
-foot. In welFdays I never froze the
coldest day that ever..bletv, . But that cold
'snap, -the twenty-second day- of last StO
'vember, if my little gray had not gone like
a bird, would- done . Alie job fur my lame
'foot. .• .
horite 'found tiro 'of My
sheep dead, and they - were undera - gi•eat
shed, too.: And one of my' neighbors, poor
fellow, went into the woods after a load-of
wm,il,.and we found Jilin
,next . day 'froze to
death, leaning up against. a 'beach tree as
still as a stake. But Isis oxen alive and.
well. It's-very wonderful how much l'on
ger.a brute critter will stand the cold than .
a man will. Them oxen did'nt_ even
'shiver." •
" Perhaps," said, the ihictor, standing
with his back towards Mr. Robinson, "per
bps the oxen had taken
. a •mug - fit ' hot flip
A went they: OA intothe Woods." • .
- 13 y this tinie, Majoe'Grant began
a little suspicious that he might. lose his
bet, and was setting all his wits to work.-
fix on a . question so direct and limited in
its nature, that it could - not fail to draw
- rom . Mr. Robinson a pretty direct answer.
He had thought a't flret of making some
simple inquiry about the weather; but he
now felt convinced that, with Mr: Robin
son, the *Weather was a very copious sub
ject. He had also thoupktiiTasking•some
question in relation to. dui beverage they
V
were 'drinking; sue
as, whether Mr. Ro
binson preferred-flip to hot sling. And at
first hC could-hardly perceive, if the ques
tion were'Put direct; how to
bring out a direct yes or ii--Itift;thrtilis
cureive nature of Mr.- itobitisotN
On flip bad already induced hinito turn: is
thotiglits in another direction for a safeVid
snitptile question.
- At last'' he thought he wouldmake .his
inquiry in reference Mr. Robinson's
lowness. , He would have asked the cause,
of his lameness, but the thought occurred
to him that the cause might not be clearly
known, or his lameness might have been
produced . by a complication 'of causes, that
would allow too much latitude for a reply.
'He :resolved, tberefove, - tb Simply ask him
whether his 'lameness was-in his leg or in
his foot. That was a question which it
appeared to him required a short answer.
For if it were in his leg, 11.1 r- Robinson'
Wiiifld say it was -in 'his li•g; and if it were
in bis foot, he would at once reply, in his
fool; and if it were in both? what could be
tate natural than that he should say in
both? and that would seem to be the end
of the story. •
- Having - atiength Tully made up hie mind
_as to the point 'of aitackOte_prcpared
the charge, and' taking' a careless 'broltat
his Watch, he, gave the doctor a sly wink‘
Doctor Sndw, without turning, or'scarce •
appearing to move, lrew his watch from
beneath his wrapper, so : fatoe,to see• thin
hour, anil returned it Holll l 4oo,lopoc ••.-
et
.V s aid•hi.,M "
•
tor if I
may presnme to'make the 4
lameneseln tbe. leg,:oi ttlferY' is your
"Well, that reminds trirty„ f"- t?" -
binson, taking .a sip. said 11Ir.• Ro
„hom the tumbler,
minds
n h i e e tt f ill w iLei t d m
hand - , - "that re
once wlie. riv--a-i-.X,rold-father-saiil,to-me
-I.you blockhead, de f . bo . y. Ntys he; 'Jae ...
any t hi n o, n j,i ? int i , trou new tell' where
it came there eeie • you can first tell how
flier and I was coining tn, the
steamboldfror
Was this. ' 'Fat' 'the reason , of tei.Ylog
and they' Wes Ne*-Y9i.ltjo Proyidence;
i idn'tkttow all itrangers.cln•bearilwe
( h i ,ne of 140 from Aflant.' And
• . ne of the passengers.misied-
. . .
1 -..„ - : ;citeeli'ook, and began to make a great
'outcry about it.tred - the'rantaid-and__
said there- must be .4 search, The boat er, so I - T — etek - eda E - priftg-witli-411-na_ _y iglu
must be searched and all the passengers, and 'grabbeilthe hat and.-put it on. my head,
and all on board ihastlbef`searched. : _ . arid ternefkback-and-pidled frir'iify life. At
• "Well, the captain -he agreed to it; and first I thatightTgained a little, and I made
atrit they went, and overhauled every thing my hatids.and feet fly as tight as I could
from one end of the boattothe other; but
: sprieg, In about a' minute I found I did'nt,
they coilld'at find hide nor hair Of it. And 'gain a - hitote 'WOYtioe - tother, and thee' I
they searched all the paSsengers and all sprung as if .I would a 'torn my arms, and :
the hands, but they 'eotild'nt 'get no track it seemed as if I could• feeithe sweat start
lif it. And the man - that - lost -.theiiiiiiitec 'all-over me right there in the . w.ater. I he
book made a great fuss. lie said it was'in fon to feel all at once - as if death had taken
So .much -mi. - aceetint of the money, for me,by the heels, and llscreatned for help.
there was'nta great deal - in it, but the pa- Steven was on the-shore.watching me:. but
pers.in it iviiS of greet cmiaeotiencefto him, ho could.oot get near enough to help me.
and he offered a reward of ten dollars to 'When- he see I could'nt gain.any, and heard
,any body that Would find it. .-' , me screatn, 1M -was 'about as' scared as- I
"Pretty soon-after that,. J. , was liitiu.", Up_ Wae„.and turned and run towards the mill,
father's berth a little, where - be, was going, and screamed for uncle, as loud as:he could
to sleep, and.l found the pocket-book - ith- - bawl. ‹---
der the' clothes at the head of the beith,-1 . i n a mi n ute u ne le- -- E att --- TrFiTil7irripm• the
where the_thier had tucked it away, while , mill pond, and tot there just in time tosee
the search was going on. ' So I took it,the gate, feet .oreirmst.,
I M R goingthrough
tickled enough, and - run to flue inan,:atill Uncle said, if" hit - should live to be as old
told him I had found his pocket-book:--='-as Methuselah, he should never ferge • t what'
He catched it out of - my hand,and'saysln;,' abeseechingloos: my eyes bad as I
• * - lifted
--"Where p'jyoufind - it?". up, my_hands:_towards him and then <link
Says I. "under the clothes in the head gaggling in theilomite.• He knew I . should
of my father's berth l " -• • . be-smashed all to pieces iteditc the great
-. "In your father'S berth, dal your" says water-wheel; but he run round-as first as lie
he, and lie gave me a look, and. he spoke ' could to, the tail of the mill to be ready ' to•
so sharp, 1 jumped as ill was u
out going pick• '
~p: my pranglcd , body when it' got
of my skin - . : -.:-.- - -.--- • - through, sii_l m ig ht be 'carried hoMe and
' Says he, '"show me, the place." - buried. -Presently he see me.drifting,-along
• . ,
So Urun apff•showed_him the plied:. - ,
- in the alhiter : foam that eame out from under ,
, • , Tall Your father herei,''lsays he. ,: - , :
.. ,.sol
ruei
anti
cull,
father,:
:.,;_
I,:_.
~,
... the'enill,.and he got' a'pele with. it Itook
_to
~.
Now;
:._ ,
.:_.,, „,,
~
~,,.:.
..,,- - - --7 i„ n . q 4 we d moo: , he shore:.:..', - -,.
' 54 “ er ' . ea, - )•,s ' 4e I.9 ' fathe '' ":l- ' ' ' . Ile: fetftd4;\V•ii''S. lio6: Mllipd . ail i ' ;`,:ill? IV
Sh6d like 'to :k t-I r' . 1
I)'' •- ' 4 L ' •
nc.v , ton
: nty poc tet- 004 -.., - 1 -, . „ i , I -I I
(: soi., expee. ec ,itteug.e e,Coahritt'Sed al t y
came into your berth." ' • ' . .' '
' "I don't knout nothih': - al= it " • gigns i ? i f ] "ire' But havi4.eu r ib'rable (I.`-c- t
„ say s tor shill, no - went to wets - - lewd me, a:li,
father. . •-• ' - rolled me, (pier and rubbed ine„,and- worked
Then he : ttien-tothe,- and says he, upon me, till bima by I began to groan grid
"'kertargiinatri-how:•eante-this-'pentte-book__h rent h„ ; _ . _And_atiaet_Leome_m_so__lstiald
its your father's berth?” - •• • '
:,.,.._ , , , spealt:', • They , eurried me liiii - oe. 'unit "solid
Says I, :'\
_can't tell:±-1- i tenu it there. fur a„doctor to.examine me. My kft fOot
anillfrat'S--all, know. ahoet it." • - I leg Ny
. 3 S terribly bruised, acid-one of the
- Then he called thelleiteipet::iptit-,3inonirddaksiltieltfil Bones 14-61,,,„ and that was_all the hart
Rini if he knew .us. . • there. was on me. Imust have guile length
ditl'nt,:. The man looked at us - mighty
,way right between two buckets pf the wat
sharp, first -to-my fattier: -
then at me„..
er wheel,"and that saved mylifle-- But - this
and eyed us from top to toe.' We was'nt- poor lg - and' foot got suck abruising, that
neither (if :us dressed • very slick, and We I was'nt able.tcteo a step for ihree.months,
could tell by his,,looks pretty:well what • ''
entirely' . .
and never got pvertt to this day..
was. thinking. : At last he said he weitild
Then
. 3 our lameness is 'edit! leg
..and.
-leave it - to' the passengers whether, tinder
' .foot both, is-it not ?", said Nl:pr.:Grant; ho
all .circeinstances.lie. should jay the' boy ping at' this point •• to get-all answer. to this
'The ten dollars-or-n o t. I liMkell at father, ' question._ • : •
and his face wasrsd as a blaze, and I see '
his dander begun to rise: Ile didn't-wait "Oh, it waS'irt that bruisin under the
for any of the passengers to "give their opi-will - wheel:" said Jack Robinson,- that elms-
Men about it, but says he to the inane- - red this lameness, though - I've no doubt it
"Dod rot your money! if you have gotl caused a part of it and helps to make it
any more than you want, you may 'throty I ivorse, but it was'in the principal cause'.-
it into the seafor 'what I care ; but if you . l'yta had tougher serapes than that in my
offer any of it- to mYboV, I'll send you Lday , "ndl was gliing ou to tell you What -1
where a streak of lightning-tmottldn't reach : spose hurt my leg, more than anything .
you j,n six 'Months." • ~ I else ever happenedto-it. When I was a
"That seemed to settle the business, and ' bout eighteen years old I was the greatest
~
most of the passengers begun to look as if hunter there was within twenty nines round
they did'nt believe father was guilty: But , --I had a first rate fowling'peice,she would
h number ortilima after that, on the pas _ i carry as true as a hare. I could hit a squir
sage, I see the man that lost the pocket- : rel fifty yards, twenty times running. And
book whisper to some of the passengers, , at all the thanksgiving shooting matches I u
sett to pop off the geese and turkeys so fast
and then turn and - look 'at father. And
then father would lonk gritty enough to , it - Spoilt - all - their - fun; and they gut so . al
bite a-board nail off. When v'e got ashore, ' last they would'ut let me firetill all the rest
as scion -as we got a . little out of e i g h - t - „f, bad,„fired round three times apiece. - And
when all of 'dm .had fired at - a turkey three
foiled, fattier cetehed liciltraf my tire) . and
gave it a most jerk, and - says he, times and cOuld'ut hit it, "well that turkey
"
`Jack, you blockhead, don't You never tell-
belongs to Jack Robinson. So I would
where any thing is again, unless you catf up and fire and pop it over. 11 . 7 e114 user
first tell how it came there.' . • ,to be almost everlastingly a gunaitig; and
" Now, it ivtiuld be about as difficult," , father. Would fret and scold, because w hen
continued Mr, Robinson, after a - might " ever there teas any work to do, Jack was
I alway i the woods. One started
pause which lie employed in taking a sip
of go to n ß Mountain, ahem,rile Miles
front his tumbler, "for-me to tell to a cer
from home, to see if 'I could'nt kill- some
tainty how I .cane by this lameness, as it
was. to tell hOW-ili t ii*Cket-book 'came in raccoons; tied Itook my brother Nell, who
was three years ye - niter than Myself; "ivitle
father's bertk.':''Thertr„Was - a handred folks
aboard, void .
.<,' miet knewlieenet a g Nate- must, me to help to bring:home the game.,. We
have put "it in' ; but whielt,,liolte,"tyeas,'itl,l2ek some bread '.arid 'Cliddie and dough
'would have puzzled a:PlfdttilefOlyer.:,;"!.Sin our " pockets , for we calculated .to
to`tell. Well , it's'PrOyfiiti - ju-e t t,;ii.:o!).: „,e all day, and ,I shouldered up- my
lameness i Thie-poorWilei,oo#o.oa74o--, ``tat: piece, and took plenty' of, powder
throughlSOMe,miriet 14,;(00"Ond tr. 7 : 0 4., ~...ehot ;V small bullets, and .their off
wonder
:t hew s a il --1 ' i 145410 oil . B U ONO: '4,:- 'Started throug h the woods. .
y-i-, '''.
a 'Pretty good leg yet; I den ahnotti,fa , : s 7'F., 'When we got round the other side of
my weight upon it, and with the hedroPi• 'Beer Mountain, where. 1 had always the
crutch. you'd be surprised to see hove fait , bestlucle in hunting, it was abodt mein.—
I dab get over the ground.". On th --- v
, :. 1 vl,-ey•l had killed a .et of gray
"Then your lamen ess is in the leg4alh6olsloMl4lllo, ~ ,A tiiW,: r aeotilleinelkliedge hog.
than in the foot ?" said - Major Grant, tak , ;.. " r lrelf4Otterielgige'litte'eli'triet'Aifd it was
ing advantage of a short pause ia Mr:•Ro - , - . very full' of beech oats. '.; . 'cl'heY were about
..
binson's speech. ; rjpe,, but there had been frost enough
"Well, I was.goitte to tell you all the l 'AO. - make - them drop mach from the tree.--
-particulars," said.Mr. " Rohiuson. "You've i So says Ito Nod, let us take some sticks
'no idea what 'terrible narrow chances I've ' and climb the tree and beat off some nuts
gone through with this leg." : •, to - carry home; •So we got -some sticks
."Then ; the ,difficulty is in theist is 'it and up we went. NVe leant - just but girt
notr: .4 Saill Major'Grant.. . . .cleverly up-into the body of the, tree, be=
• .
''! , Well, after I tell you the particulars," fore tie heard something crackling among
said Mr.' 'Robinson,' "you can jtidge.or
_yourself—Thu. way it first - got hurt 'ivis 401019 and heard it' again, hiuder and
In a ethane We see 'The - hushes
'going in a swimming, when I Was about, Alpfg,p,r,
teretVeyears old. I could swim lik e.,'a -dnekV V, !ol i Alrl ' it
Ityfftites a few rods .oll: We looked and
not three rods elf fruit the tree;
and used to be.in Uncle John's atilEtioja; -A( 101401.1ind_blaelt,stit4pt,+„akout among
~::.,,,: „. 1 .,,.,,, :v. ., ::; -;1 .
alogg.Witt. 44 "---,-,---• .-. ' itr I .l t: c 'Thett - out aunt an aWfi'l U . u - Cillii -- -c,
... •-: , ,•.-er ins Rtephern, half 'the4tMe.-- .4. , . - .:' ;,, :'-'' ~,
that.' 1 .
Uncle John hi' ' itittyklised to keett'aci;l4- ' the '
ing at Ile, ap*,." Itiftgl: We should get
t. : glietrtAiOltigldl ever 1: laid l
my eyes °3.l**::',.ltiaho7bp towards the
sacked into tfiiaititii4 - ife-bi, Mid _brat tree 'we was liti,,U4ittrtied up , ltiseoltees
oi • •la ,:: :6 ;1, ft : Alm water
-u4 •.;7though he wes slio,,
.t oom:q4 y3";, , VNot,
But tve „kiiiiiir) , ;tietter.'. - We'd triedill764 , ; toifeel. pretty siren ted t . 119 - •",•*'„i'',st
,*',
atuelt, wii:'ettiiiittiall lioty•neUr we ceitildin' endterrible..cliinberS,:d,l7d g1it4, , ,,, - ,,'
~If: \
if i'd only had mun in triY.i i lfaiiif 'Well
to the ;gate :I.Y ftliffut`t beilkdraQU'Allickigh..
But: one- day, ' Stee . ve jusi_to plague .rne, lellikt r: :- Bui.tbeTP,wai no tiMetti;ko- after
,is - now; :and 1 -1,6001 Pike only way- was Jo
-threw-tny•-etraw-hatAnto_the..pnutlibetw.mt, aa-still-aa-peStiltlei-aUdperittws--he:
-
tie Em4,o*:owi, I was swinenting'abittit:: k i! e l?
tWo iiitlk, frottithe „gate, and 'the :hat44o.', :*Pu. : 1 4..g0 off i.v..00-4)i,91%*.05;0ci5.,. Po.
almoif4ioloViiii 7 tve - dared to go, a l ** ; #P: OW t stir : neflolt4-7!freathe:;,,, ylieth-.
'stream 4ifis.,..si#lot)f,r I t doWn.'Pret.ol fait,' iiii' : ;' e r '. .° 1e .' 14 „ M e i 'A in : e4 t rI S, -, .l it o:' eit i ; --O iet,
catbh.
the was Iciekitfg:for 'tted.dli;itifKl'..tlon'fitlin.w l.
I sprung- With'all my might to
'but he reared I.,iglit, 4:;oit'liite hind legs sou
Ina before it, :should:go: through and get .
smashed Under thtiWater-wheel. W hen I walked as ~straiglA "(ripe ).res: as a Man,
got:Within, half triyiength of it,'lleurtd
• tp" d .01.464
1, cotild. He walited:arotfnd*.treo tice,
was
near the - gate as _we 4Ati:daii , il to Itisnose: Up arftliVok6d more
'
. ,
go. .But: t - hated to lose the
-ht I might venture to go n little ;war-.
M
let Tar, omatamy u vltu2. as-al . TO Zetc)
, •
iike,'Ofd Nick than any thing T. ever see
before.
.." Thenlie stoat : his sharp nails into the
sides' of the tree, and begun to hitch him
.self up. I felt - as - if weTlia - d get intoa bad
scrape and wished We was.out of it. .!Ned..
begin . ' to cry.: But says Ito N - ed, ' it's po
'use to take on about it, if he's coming . up
. .
we must fight him the best way We
. can,
We climbed up higher into, the tree, .and
the old , bear . came Iritciiing up alnag after,
us. Ithade Ned ,go . up - above me and Sa?t
had a pretty. -good club
„in my hand, 1
thought I. might he. able to. keep the •01d..-
• feller dokstn, : Ile. dhl'nt seem to stop for •
the beech nuts, butAtept climlting right up
towards us.. When he.rgot pretiy.•neer 1
I poked niy club at him, and he showed his
teeth and growled, .Says I, ' Ned seraor
'bleep a little' higher.' We -clim up twog
or threelimbs higher and the old bear fol
lowed cloy: after. When he got-up. so
high lie' cotthl almost touch -:my feet; 1/
thonght it was time to begin to fight, Sol - -
hp With my clib and. tried to - fetch' him a
pelt over the ' nese, ' And : the 'very first .
blow he knockCO:the club right out of my
h an d, w ith 4is great nigger . paw, , as easy
1 as I . eriuld lONA' it out of a baby d, year , .
old. - 'I beglin to think it was a gone geOse
with us. , IlOWever ; ltook Ned's . : club;:and
'thought I'd try'onee more, but he knocked
It out cif My - hand like a feather, and pada
anotherhiteh and grabbed at my feet. ' We -
scrabbled tip the tree, antl i he after us, till
we•got to.the . ttip of the tree,. „
1.." At' lasi - I:had to. .stop a little.; for'Nee
'end the , pdti bearyliucheil,my feet: -, Firt . .*.
hi".stee ft. .I t . i
..Ciftw ititO. tenveml\ begnittO'
nil it. , .',:.:,'•, : t tapes if "twait 'a
g - oneease; lintl• '
1 kil.e : ll': andzkt,-and. (Old: : Ned tit, get tip a
little higher, and he did get up ilittle high . -:
er, and the, old bear maile tinother hit:A:and
crime up higher and icgun to new my heels
again. 'And then the top of the tree began,
- to'bend - ;Jor - we - lrad—gotiup'so -high—weT
.was_all on a sleek:limb...as - 4m are,-and-lit
bent a little more,..find it - bent a-liitle more, .
and tied broke, and thrwo_we went_
hear and all,,abotit'thirtyfe . et to the grinirrif.
At first I did'ot know
lay
de . atl
or alive.. I guess f lay still - aS„::Ortrelv„,as a...
minute hcfnre - we could makeentiu breathe.
When I catiteio toy feelinga little, ffound
the.bear had fell on 'my lame leg', and give •
it_ another most - awful cruslififg.. : Ned .
was'n-hurt 'much. ,Ile' fell on the top of
the bear - and the 1)64 fell partly on me.—
Ned sofeng and got out of the way of-the
bear, and in about a minute mere the bear
crawled up slowly on' his feet, and begun
to walk off, without taking any' notice of
us. Aed I was glad enough to see that it .
went rath - er lante".'. ..W When I came "to try
'my legs I found one 'of 'ern was terribly '
smashed and 'I could'et walk on it. Sol'
told Ned to hand me my gun, and -to go
home as' fast as lie could go and get the
horse and come and carry me home."." . -
" - Neal went oil upon a trot, as .he was
afterthe doctor. , But the Wandering crit
ter—Ned alWays was a great blunderer- 7
lest - his way and wandered aboutln the
woods all . night, and, did'nt get lrOine till
Sun rise. next morning'. .The way I spent
the night Was'nt very comfortable, I can -
tell ye. ,hit befOre dark it began to rain .
and I looked round to try to find some kind
of shelter. At last I see a great tree, lying'
on thevound a little way off, that-seeneed
to be holler. I era w led along to it,'n'tul
fOund there was a huller in one endlarge
enough for me to creep inti. So in I went, .
and in order to get entirely out of the way.
of thesplattering of the rainuridlteep my
self dry Lcrept in as Much as ten feet. I
laid - there and rested
.myself as %veil - a0 I
could, though my 'leg pained me .loo'much
to sleep. Some time. in the 'night, all .at
once I heard a sort of rustling noise at the,
end of thelog where I came in: - My hair -
stood right on end. :It Was.thirlt is'Egypf,
I could'ut seethe' least thing, but I could
hear the ..rustling noise again;' and it sound:.
ed as if it was coming into the leg. ' I hejd
my breath,: but" t could hear something
breathe heavily, and there seemed to he a
sort of seratehing.egainst the sides of the
logs, and it kept working along in towardS
me. I clinched My fowling piece and held -
on to it: "Picas well loaded with a -brace
of hills aaillsome shotlit 7 Sitle. IrtiOvbeth*
er to fire or what to do, I Could'ntAsill." 'l . .
was sure there was some,terrible critter in
the log, and the rustling noise kept coming
nearer and nearer to me."
''At last Iheerd a low ,kind
I thought if I was only dead • rid decently
buried somewhere, I 'should e 'for to
be eat up alive there by bears, or Wolves
or Catamounts, I (=Witt bear the idea of
it. In a intuit. something 'made a horrible
grab at My Net. eintVbegan 'to tiaiv'eM.--
At , first I crawled A: little further into We.
tree:—But the critter-had Vold of my:feet
again aild I 'found it .was•do
use for- rye. to:0) ,any :further.' I. Clitrn't
hardly,. dare , to. tire; for if I, did'nt•kill the
critieri• it would only be,, likely to
harde . r, And then again •I . thought if''
should kill him, and if he should be :fora*
as I:fancied him lo lie, 1 ShbUld never ,be
:Ont-liy 'him.' While I was iniving theft,
Adagio's the old feller wait- griaWing , and
tearing my feet so bad, I found he would
.sonn kill: me if I laid•still. So I' took my
4U n d-dow m y,:fe
let dri ie.The'report . Airiest, sin:ll4 , l
But when I come to '
laid still•and listened: Every :thing irt;,anil
We was still as death,Lemild.Tot hear•AV
Jeto4 , '
:.1 crawled had: a le - tv liteheis
ta•wa - rds:the,'lMttith of`the and'' , l'We6i
stoilped by sonietbiag. 4404 - mii",feet,..
ailed ."rwpi;:l 3 l give a ; 1
r