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BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE BICH AND THE POOK.
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Tlin DEMOCRAT & SENTINEL, is publish
ed every Wednesday morning, in Ebensburg,
Cambria Co., Fa;, at $1 60 per annum, if pa ii
l!f dvace. if not $2 will be charged.
, A.DVEUTISEXENTS will be conspicuously in-
gerted at the following rates, viz :
j 1 square 3 insertions,
Every subsequent insertion,
1 iqnaro 3 months,
1 " 6
- " .1 year,
col'a 1 year,
it
$1 00
25
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15 00
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flOTwelve lines constitute a square.
Jin tlic owrt ol" Common Picas
Cambria County.
or
Edirard Burk
Win. H. Hamilton ad
ministrator f Wm
No. 23 Deo. Term 1S5S
2nd al. Scire Facias.
Barnctt, dee'd. J
Cambria County as.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
. To tiiaSheriif cf Cambria county,
. GREETING:
Wiuukas, Edward Burk, .heretofore in our
County Court of Common Fleas of the County of
Cambria, to wit : on the 2d of January, Anno
Domino, one thousand eight hundred and forty
nine, before the honorable the Judges then con
stituting the same Court at Ebensburg. by the
consideration of the same Gmrt. recovered against
..William 11. Hamilton, adm'r i.f William Harnett
dee'd, of the said county. Yeoman, as well a cer
tain debt of thirty three dollars ;in 1 sixty-eight
ents. lawful money of the United States, as also
ten dollars and seventy ami three-fUirth cents,
like money, which to the said Edward Burk, in
our same Court were adjudged fur his damages,
which he sustained by the U'teni.n of that dftt,
with interest on the debt from the 2d day of Jan-
'uary, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine,
whereof the said adm'r of Wui. Harnett was con-
"rict, as of record and.j r ce-di:igs in our s.- id Cr.tt
lieforeour Judges at J".tcnb'irg, remaining, man-
lifestly appears. Nevertheless execution of the
ame Judgment as yet remains to be made, as by
'the insinuation of Edward Burk wc have received
ud because we arc willing thai those things which.
Are right in our said Court should be done, we
command you that you make known to Alex, B.
Pringle, adm'r, de bonis mm of Win. Burnett,
dee'd.. with notice tR'bcrt Harnett, Mrs. Sarah
JR. Pringle and Alexander lb Piinlehcr husband
Theodore Harnett, Mary Jane Barnett. and Harry
lWir;itt children ami heir at law of William Bar
nett deceased that they ln and appear before our
Judgs at Ebensburg, ct our County Court of
Common l'hras. thero to lie held, on the first Mon
day in I)tvejnler next, to nhow if anything for
'tLomHcJrcH they know or have to eay, why the
f.irwui I Edw.-mFTrtrk might "not t have execu
tion of the debt and damage af-jretaid recording
tt tVi form nd effect of tho paid recovery, if to
him it ha'I expedient. And havo you then
- 1 thero thi. writ.
Witxsss, tho Honorable George Tajlor. IVsi
';nt of our an. e Court at EUipsbnrg. this thir-
ttnth day of Scptemler, in the year of our Lord
me thousand e:g';t hundred and liftv-six.
A true copy, II. J. ROBERTS, Prot'y.
Attest.
JOHN ROBERTS SheriiT
TUB subscriber take- pleasure in announcing
to his numerous customers, hnd the public
generally, that he ia now oj tuing one of the
largest and most de-irabb stocks tf
FALL AND WINTER GOOD. !
-ever presented to this community. L.r stock
-consist chiefly of the following viz :
LADIES DRESS (J GODS !
inuch as Talmas, Vi7tttcs, Shawls, Silks, Meri
no, Cashmeres, Woolen l'laids. Dc Lames, De
I .ges, Alapacas, Ginghams, Calico; HUNNETS
Uibbons, Collars, Trimmings,
GENTLEMEN'S CWriUNfi !
srich as Over Coats, Dress Cuts, l'aiit, Yeit5,
Shirt, Drawers, &c. Ao a large stock of
DOMESTIC GOODS!
such as Brown ami IJIcached Jf.tslinx, Drills,
Denims, Shirtings, Cherks, Kentucky Joins, ti'd'i
tl, Cassimcref, Flannels Lindscjs, Tickivj,
Blankets, -c. Also
Bxts, Shoes, Hats, Caps. Trunks, Hardware,
Queeusware, Glassware, Tinware, and a. large
etock of
cnocnrjEsr
lb would solicit Farmers who are in want of
GOOD CORN SIIKLLEKS & STRAW CUTTEKS
to call and examine his stock ; he would wish
also to inform them that he has made arrange
ments to supply them with all 'kinds of FElt
TIL1ZEI1S, such as Peruvian and Mexican Gu
anos, &c. He invites one and all to come and
examine his large and well selec'.ed Stock, before
purchasing elsewhere, as he is determined to sell
at smaller profits than ever bfoie known in this
vicinity. The ONE TRICE SYSTEM will be
continued as heretofore, so that parents may send
their children to make purchases with as much
-advantage as if thev went themselves.
DANIEL M'LAL'GIILIX.
Tunnel Hill, October 8, ISoG.
IJIl'OUTAST KOTIC'E.-
ALL per3ons indebted to tho estate of Milton
Roberts, dee'd, for costs as l'rothonotary and
Clerk of the Quarter Sessions are hereby notified
to mrke payment without delay, as it will be ve
ry unpleasant for me to have to resort to eompul--.jry
measures ami thereby add costs, which will
te imperative unless paid shortly.
Howard J. Roberts, of this borough is duly au- i
t horized by me to receive said fees and rece pt for
the same. He viil attend for that purjx s-e, a
the l'rothonotary 'soflice, in Ebensburg, at the en
suiug Court in l3ecember next.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Ex'r.
Ebensburg, Oct. 25. 185G. -tf..
Valuable Ileal Estate
FOR SALE.
I will sell at private sale that large and com-
;raothou3 BRICK JJOLisA, situate on llfgli street,
in the lkrough of Ebensburg, being the property
occupied by Milton Roberts, dee'd., at tho time
of hisdeath. Also,avaluableZ,07'77fO'A79
situate on the Clay Tike, about one half mile from
said Borough, containing 2 acris enclosed and
in a good state of cultivation.
Eur terms apply to the subscriber residing on
tho premises, or to John William.', in Eliensburg.
MRS. MALVIXA ROBERTS.
Sept. 17, 1856.-tf.
SOWS OK TEHPUASt'E.
Iit?ula1 Division, No. ft4, Sons of Tem
ttjAjperance meet t their Hall every SATUR
"DAY en'mg, in the upper atory of It.
Davi,' buildins. .
u ;; - - -j " - ' - ' -
Aval of tli c Xralns at IVilniore
Station. .
- The Tast Eine resumed its regular trip on
Monday May 19th. The following is the schedule
ol the trains passing Last anu wcm,
Express West,
m rWk 12min. A.M.
Mail "
Loral Freight
Mail. Train East
Fast Line
8 42 " T.M.
7 P.M.
11 13 " A. M.
6 62 " P. M.
B , S5 " A. M.
Local Freight
TLuMrn Ipavo this station Immedistclv after the
departure o the trains for Ebensburg.
Tll LOKQ uSHeLgd for ius come at
CLOT11IAG STOKU!!
Tlie largest, best, and cheapest assortment of
Clh.OT2IBXG !
S, Bernei would respectfully inform the citi
zens of Ebensburg and surrounding country, that
he has just opened out at his uew establishment,
near the Court, House, one of the largest, most va
r'.ed, elegant and cheapest assortment of Clothing
ever brought to this or any other place.
His stock is unquestionably the richest and ra
rest ever imported to the top of the Allc-ghenies.
and embraces everything that can be enumerated
or conceived in the Clothing line, consisting of
Overcoats of all sizes and qualities from $3,00 to
$20,00,
Coats " " " $1,00 to $20,00.
Pants " " $0,75 to $8,00.
Vests " ' " $0,75 to $8.00.
Also, a full assortment of silk Neckerchiefs,
Scarfs, Handkerchiefs, Shirts. Undershirts, Draw
ers, Socks, Comforts, Collars, Travtl'ing Bags,
&c..-S.'c.
It is useless to attempt to give anything likea
general enumeration, as the task would be a dif
ficult one. but in lieu this, the public are most
cordially invited to call and examine if they whh
the best of bargains.
EUnsburg, July SO, lSG.-40-ly.
GREAT KXCITimCST! !
!!!
T plIE subtriber would respectfully inform the
J. good citizens of Kbcnsburg and the adjoin
ing vicinity that he has returned from Philadel
phia, with the largest and most varied assort
ment of GIIOCEHIES ever offered. The stock
consists as follows :
Groceries: Molasses. Sugars. Teas, Rice,
Candles.Soaps, Fish, Salt, Bacon & Hams, Flour,
Oat Meal, Corn Meal, Tobacco, Peaches, Dried
Apples. Saleratus. Baking Soda, Dried Herrings,
Dnrkee's Baking Powder. Sardine. Mustard, Spi
ce, Holloways Worm Confection, Y?negar.
Confccf Icnarles :
Candie?,
liaisins.
Oranges,
Iit'inonp,
Citron,
l'ru:ir.-.
Sivav?,
Fruits,
Fig.;,
Nuts of all kincia,
S.Iqnoi S : Cherry Brandy, Blackberry Bran
dy. Ka.l..rry Brandy, French Brandv, Port
Wine. Old Rye Whiskey. ,
E!rlies, &.C : UnrscS weeping. Dus
ting, Si-rub and White VTa.-b Brushes, Bed Cords,
Twine, Corn brooms, Baskets of all kinds. Tubs
and Buckets of :.ll kinds, V'nsh Boards, Putter
Bowls, Xails, Lamp Globes, Curry Combs, Carj.et
Hammers and Tacks, Window Glass of all kind.,
Arnold's Ink, Hover's Ink, Steel Fens, Station
ary of all kinds.
Together with a large assortment of otr.ti arti
cles not enumerated, wind, will bt sola as cheap
if not cheaper than auv establishment ir the
cnnty. RICHARD TUDOR.
ELeiuburg, July SO, 1850 40.
IJEW ARRIVAL!
wm! mmm mimm
HART & BRO., would reixitfully inform
their old customers as well as mauy new ores
that they have rect i ved a large quantity of Gro
ceries, which for quality and cheapness cannot be
excelled by any similar establishment west of the
Allegheny mountains. We are determined to
sell lower than the lowest, We have also, on
nana
20,000 CIGARS
which we will dispose of wholesale or retail.
HART & BRO.
July 9, ISr.C.
LIST OF LETTERS,
REMAINING in the Post Office at Ebensburg
Pa., September SOjtb, I85G :
Mrs. Susan Miller, Dr. J. Cooper M'Kee, Teter
Mahan. P. J. Little. James Kano lml Kinncf
Sam I O Ilarrah, Isaac Giflbrd, Michael Glauber.
Y'ia-s. f arren, .John l ish, James Doherty.John El
der, Thomas J. Palmer, Jacob Ileeisseraann. Eliz
abeth Stermer.Tohn Callands,John Bradly.Thom
as Brown, B. Backstreshr.E. C Al'er. T. Al-;
Miss i Annie E. Wilnarth, (2) Wark A. Well, Ma-
j ' 'y, Garonne mem, George Sionaker, Wil
liam Roes, Michael Moon Jr., M.Hare. M. Met
caIfc M. C. M'CAGUE, P. M.
Executor's Xoticc.
TT ETTERS testamentary have been granted
J-i tot he subscriber, on the estate of Milton Rob
erts, dee'd, by the Register of Cambria countv.
He hereby gives notice to all persons know
ing themselves indebted to come forward and
make payment without delay, and those having
claims against the same to present them properly
authenticated for settlement.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Exec'r.
August 21. 185G.
"Tyjio Owes Cs.
THE Books of tho subscriWrs have been placed
in the hands of John Williams, Esq., for col
lection. 1
MURRAY & ZAI1M,
, MURRAY, ZAUM & Co.
Ebensburg, Dec. 2G. 1855.
IJATER Letter, note and foolscap geTat
paper, Steel Pens, Ink. Quills. J0lsl&.
envelopes, hooks, &c, at
J. M'Dermit's:
s
UMMER Coats and Pacts, and. Silk, Lawns
Gingham Handkerchiefs at - J. M'Dermita.
ADIES' Elastic Belts, Black and fancy col
rs 4 J. M Derritr
EBENSBURG; DECEMBER; 3, 1856.
They Say He is Another's Now.
BYS. P. WILLIS.
They Hay he is another's now, .
That I no more his smiles shall ece,
Oh! say not so lie would not break
The solemn vow he pledged to mo.
Tliey tell me like the diamond's ray,.
Her love-lit eyes upon him shine
Can he forget those sacred hours, "
A hea every prayer he breathed wa 8 mine
.
They say he is another's now.
Oh, no! his love is mine alone
If not, my lips, speak not my tears,
This breaking heart his own his own ?
They tell me that be stili is gay,
And that he never lisps my name
Can he forget the face that smiled
So dear a welcome when he came ?
They say' he is another' now,
"Whoso watching tones delight his oar
Hath he forgot the favorite airs, ' ".
I used to sing when he was near 7
They tell me he no more will come,
Nor at the door his steps be lieard
Can he forget our moonlit walks,
The sweet embrace, the parting word !
They say he is another's now
My heart is like a cherished flower.
Which not till crushed around the vase,
Its long iinprisflned sweets will shower.
Can he forget when first it bloomed,
In all love's primrose color's drest,
When plucking it from where it grew,
He nursed it gently in his breast ?
They say he is another's now
And I a poor forgotten thing;
Oh, no, oh no ! he bade mc wear
For his dear sake this treasured ring.
They do but jest who say his lips
Another's cheeks have prcss'd than mine
Can he forget the garden bower,
The kiss behind the trelliss'd vino ?
,
They say he is another's now
Who, for his love, her home forgot ;
That I must think of him no more
It cannot be, oh ! say it aot.
The heart will hoard its sacred love,
As hoards the miner's hand his gold
It couuts its treasures one by one.
And gra-pj them ia his dying hold.
They say he is another's now
That vain are all the tears I shed "
It may bs so can I forget
That to his heart my own was wed ?
Can he forget the early love,
That clung to him so pure and deep
The smile so gay when he was gay,
Tho eye that wept when he did weep ?
They say he is another's now
That I shall tee him not again
He cannot lave as I have loved,
She cannot be what I have been.
Oh, do not say that he forgets
He loves me yet he loves me yet !
The vow, the smile, the ki?s, the tear
Cim he forget can he forget!
Somebody in my Bed.
Yarn after yarn had been spun, and the
hour for retiring had arrived; the landlord
was dozing behind his bar, and tho spirit of
conversation was beginning to flag, when the
doctor whispered to me that if I would pay
attention he would "top off" with a good
one.
"I believe, captain," said tho doctor, "I
never told you about my adventure with a
woman at my boarding-house, when I was at
tending the lectures !
"No, let's have it," replied the individual
addressed, who was a short, flabby fat man,
of xbout fifty, with a highly nervous temper
ament and a verv red face.
" At the time I attended the lecture?, I
boarded at a house in which there was no fe
males but the landlady and an old colored
cook"
Here the doctor made a slight pause ; and
the captain by way of requesting him to go
on said
"Well."
" I often felt the want of female society to
soften the severe labor of deep study, and dis
pel tho ennui to which I was subject"
" Well," said the captain.
" But as I feared that forming an acquain
tance among tho ladies might interfere with
my studies, I avoided them all."
"Wrell,"
" One evening, after listening to a long
lecture on physical anatomy, and dissecting a
large negro, latigued in body and mind, I
went to my Jodgings."
"Well," said the captain.
"I went into tho hall, took a large lamp
and went directly to my room, it being after
one o'clock
'Well."
"' I placed the light upon tho table, and
commenced undressing. L had hardly got
my coat off when my attention was attracted
to a dress and a quantity of petticoats lying
on a chair near the bed "
" Well," said the captain, who began to
show signs that he was deeply interested.
" A pair ot beautiful small shoes and stock
ings: on tho floor. Of course- I thought it
strange, aud was about to retire, but then I
thought it was my room, aud -I bad at -least a
right to know who was in my bed."
"Exactly," nodded tho captain, . well."
' So I took the light went, softly to the bed
and with a trembling hand drew aside the eur:
tain Heavens ! . what a tight! A young
glirl I fhould say an angel of about eight
een, was in there asleep" - , r -
' "Well," Baid the captain, giving his vhair
a hitch. .
' As I gazed upon her, T thought that I
had never witnessed anything more beautiful.
From nndernoath a little night-cap, rivalling
the snow in whiteness,-, fell a .stray ringlet
over a neck and shoulder of alabaster"
' Yf ell, " aid the ' excited captain, giving
his chair another hitch. . '
Never did I loot upon a bust moro per
fectly formed.' I took hold of the coverlid and
and softly pulled it down
I 5 . . . A . . J ...
n( Aft AmttMilATir - ' .
"To her waist " '
"ITe7" said the captain, dropping the
paper, and renewing tho position of .his legs.
"She had on a night-dress, buttoned, up
before, but softly I opened the two first buttons-
"
"Well '" said the captain, wrought to the
highest pitch of excitement.
And then, ye gods ! what a sight to gaze
upon
! A Hebe pshaw ! words fail. Just
then
"WELL!" Paid the captaio, hitchiup; his
chair right and left, and squirting his tobacco
juice against the stove that it fairly fizzed
again.
"I thought that I was taking a mean ad
vantage of her, seized ray coat and boots, and
went and slept in another room !"
" Jt'salie!" shouted the excited captain,
jumping up aud kicking oyer his chair. " It's
a lie."
Western Annoyances.
Judge J , who recently returned from
a tour in the West, relates an anecdote illus
trating the horrors to which travellers in that
region are exposed. In his passage to one of
the rivers, he fell in company with a talkative
lady and gentleman, to whom he was relating
some of his sufferings from mosquitoes.
"Husband," said the lady to the gentle
man owning that title, " you had better tell
the gentleman about the man we met in
Iowa.
The hint was sufficient, and "husband"
proceeded to say that, in their travels farther
West, they made the acquaintance f a stal
wart, rollicking, western hoosier, cnfthe
genus who could "wlrp his weight in wild
cats," but who j-ossepsed a fund of quiet hu
mor. One one occasion they had stopped at
a hotel in the interior, not of the most invi
ting appearar.ee. They were shown to their
rooms) the hoosier at one end, and the lady
and gentleman at the other, of a long hall. .
About midnight the drowsy couple were star
tled by a report of firearms, proceeding from
the end of the hall occupied by their travel
ling companion.
Doth started up in bed and began to .'pec
ulate upon the probable cause of this untime
ly alarm, when they heard a rushing of feet,
and a confusion oFvoicc3 in the hall. On go
ing to the door, the gentleman found the
whole household, headed by the landlord,
rushing m the direction of the report. Ilia
curiosity led him to join this midnight pro
cession, and he arrived with the rest, in front
of the booster's door. The landlord tried the
latch but found it fast, whereupon, in a loud
voice, he demanded instant admission.
" What do you want?", roared the voice
within.
" Want to come in !" replied the landlord.
" Can't do it !"' was the response from with
in. "It's my room, and I'm in bed ; can't
come in."
" Let me in !" shouted the landlord in a
louder tone, at the same time shakiug the
door violently, ' or I'll break the door down.'
"Hold on!" rejoined the voice within;
" I'll open the door."
The door was soon opened, when in rushed
the whole party, expecting to find tho floor
covered with blood. W hatwas their surprise
to.nd everything in its proper place, and the
hoosier calm aud uncont;eined A revolver
was lvins: carelessly upon the bed.
"Who fired that pistol i acmanuea tno
landlord.
" I did !" was the reply
" Why ?" asked tho landlord
The boosier stepped to the bed, and throw
ing open tho covering said :
Look here ! Do you sec that ?"
The attention of the" party was at onco di
rected to the point indicated, and there, over
the whole surface of tho sheet, bedbugs wcro
scampering in every direction , like a flock of
eheep frightened by a dog.
The landlord was chagrined and puzzled,
and looked to his lodger for an explanation.
" These,'.' began the hoosier, straighteuing
himself up to his full heighth, and gesticula
ting with his right hand in grandiloquent
style, " these arc my friends ; 1 have settled
an armistice with them, and we are on friend
ly terms ; but on tho window-sill there, just
outside, you will find two infernal big fellers
that I couldn't do anything with, and no' I
just put a bullet through 'cm. But it's all
right now, it's all understood between me and
my friends here, and wo shall get along well
enough now."
It is needless to add that the landlord reti
red to his own bed visibly crest fallen, while
the spectators enjoyed a hearty laugh.
Mas. Paktington.- " Thero he goes a
gain," says Mrs. Partington in the Legisla
ture, as a member stood up for the fifth time
to speak on a question.
" There he goes, like a soda fountain, and
just as fluidly as water. Now Isaac, mind
him, and see if you can't become a speaker
of the House of Iteprehensibles some time.
" I declare," continued she, as a new burst
of eloquence Teacbed her ear, " It does seem
as if the manlle-pieco' of Daniel Webster had
fell on him he is so bright."
Jt57A well known wit says :
No Yankee is satisfied with tho truth un
less you can 8atify him that he is worth eight
or ten per cent.' .
CALIFORNIA LOVM LETTER.
A copy of a letter that was picked up in
the street in Marysville, California, not long
since :
Mariesville july fore 1SDG.
Dere Cate you know I luv you mor an any
utherGirle in the World, and wat's the llc
zon you allways want Me to tell you so. I
no 3-ou-ar almost gittin tired of waiting for
me ; I no you luv lue fit to brake your hart.
I no we ort to get marrid, but how kin we if
we kant so? Wat's the use of thinking
bout it. I thort wen I sold mi mule that; I
wud have nough to pay -the precher and by
you a nice goun. But I tried mi luk at poker
and got strapt the fust hitc Catc you never
pla'ed poker in korse not. Wei, its a con
founded mity nice game as long as you cin sit
behind a smorl par ; but when you kant get a
par, the pots gone; I luv you so much Cate
that I allmost have a notion to sol mc 1 hors
wagin aud buck a nite or 2 .it farow, butTLow
kin I sa? My. whol wagin wuJent fech
more an fore or 5 good stales, ile go back to
the mountings and work and dig and svet and
do everything I kin to git money to git mar
rid. I aint any was gjlus Cate, but plcze
don't hag and kiss and set on J a
P s lap any mcar. rou know be aint
shaks he kant drink morn 3 homes 'thout
gittin tlto; I kin stand up under fiftey. You
no I kin lick him 2, and have dun it and kin
do it agin But I aint a bit gelus, I no I ort
to marrid long ago. " leven years is rcther
long tokort a gal, but ile havyou y it Catc.
Good by til next we meat.
Your Affeckunate Lover.,
D G
Note a Bena, good by agin. Run that fel
ler off.
2th r. S I'm not a bit gelus Cate, don't
let biru cum bout the house.
THE RIGHT WAY TO BEGIH".
A little girl once said, "Q, mother how
very hard it is to do right! I don't believe I
shall ever bo able. ' "Have you really tried my
dear!" "O. yes; I try every day." When, I
awake, before I get up, I say to myself, "I will
be good &11 the day. I will be gcntlo and kind.
I will obey my parents and teachers-1 will not
quarrel. I will always tell the truth. But then,
mother, I don't know bow it is, I do so often
forget. Then when evening comes I have to
say, "there now! what is the use of trying I
have been in a passion J have been disobedient
and once or twice, mother you know I have
said what was not!" true. The dear child seem
cd very much ashamed while saying this so
her mother looked kindly at her, and only said
"My dear, I do not think you havo begun
right " The little girl looked up wonderingly;
and her parent went on: The first thing is to
have a new heart: have you asked this? "No
mother, I am afraid not." "Then, my child,
do so at once. Good fruit. you know, can only
come from a good tree. If your heart is wrong
your conduct will be wrong. You cannot make
it right yourself, with all your good resolutions
But ask God, for Christ's sake, to help you.
He will give you his Holy Spirit and you will
not find it any more impossible to do the right "
I am glad to say that the child took her moth
er's advice That very day she asked God, car
nestly, to change her heart, and help "her to
do right She prayed, she watehed, she strove,
hard against her sins, and was able, by God,s
grace, to lead the life of a lovely young Chris
tian. Woman's Latch A woman has no nat
ural grace more bewitching than a sweet
laugh It is like the sound of flutes on the
water. It leaps from her heart in a clear,
sparkling rill; and the heart that hears it
feels as if bathed in the oxhilirating spring.
Have you ever pursued an unseen fugitive
through trees, led on by her airy laugh
now here, now there, now lost, found ? We
have. And we are pursuing that wandering
voice to this day. Sometimes it comes to us
in the midst of care or sorrow, or irksome
business; and then v.e turn away and listen,
and hear it ringing through the room like a
silver bell, with power to scare away the ill
spirits of the mind. How much we owe to
that sweet laugh ! It turns the prose of our
life into poetry, it flings showers of sunshine
over the darksome Wood in which wc are trav
elling, it touches with light even our sleep,
which is no more the image of death, but is
consumed with dreams that are the shadows
of mortality.
An inn'cont j-oung Fportsman hereabout, in
order to shoot a squirrel on the top of a tall tree,
climbed another ore near by, and on being
asked his reason for so foolish a freak, said,
f ' That he didn't want to strain his gun by
a loiij stot.!''
A friend of ours says that he has been with
out money so long his head aches "ready to
split" when he tries to rccolect how a silver
dollar looks. He says the notion'that " we livo
in a world of change," is a great fallacy.
itiTA Justice of the Peace living not
quite a hundred miles from Oramel N. Y,
married a couple in this wise : You Dronus.i
to take te voman you holt by te bant to pc
your vife. and tat you will stick to her trcw
hell-fire and dundcr den I pronounce you
man and voman by Cott !' The happy coup
le then started for home.
" I did'pt like our minister's sermon last
Sunday, said a deacon who had slept all ser
mon time to a brother deacon . Did nt like
it brother A? Why, I saw you nmhlmj
assent to every proposition of the parson.
Happiness is a pig with a greasy tail, which
every one runs after, but nobody can hold.
Teacher. How many kinds of axes are
there ? ..
Boy. Broad axe, narrow axe, post axe,
axo of tho legislature, axing price, an! axo
of tho Apostles.
Teacher. Good ! go to the head of your
class.
VOL. A. NO. 6.
From the New York Daily News. '
.' ' Hiawatha:
"Republicans" have w got the sbk"
Got it badly got it sadly ; - ' " ::: ':;: -'- r
And it shakes theixt shakes mcst awful ."
Shakes their Ribks and their Tftles ; ' '
Shakes their heroes, parsons; liars; ' .
Shakes their traitors ; shakes their villains ; - ?
Shakes old Horrors Rennet ; Bcechor : -"
Seward; Sumner; shakes old Giddlngs;
Shakes them outward; shakes' them inward;"
Shakes their pions " paper sinners?
Out of brecclics,' shirts and diuners.?
Let ' em snake, bhakc aiid shiver : - V
.Shake sii jj shiver up Salt River,-' . ,
To the land of the bcreafter-r- ' "'"-"' '
To the bourn from wheiiee'no " shaky" -" 1
Dcmagouge and candidate - ? 1'.
Ever can return ! ' ' . ':
8k-Latcly at a distribution of prizes in a
German village, a little girl seven yeara old.
whoso parents had- jut- becu turned out of
their lodgings because they had failed to pay
their rent, was asked by the rector ; ?
" Have you studied sacred liitiqry. tar
child?" . - J
" Yes sir." ... '
"Do you kuow the ' history of the crea
tion?" "I know that God made all."
"Why were Adam and Kre turned out of
Paradise?"
Ihe child hesitated a moment, and then
fixing her eyes on tho examiner replied,
" Probably they were turned out because they
could not pay .t be rent." - - -
Matmmoxial Sociability." IIcnry,:niy
love, I wish you would drop that book and
talk with me I feel so dull." A long si
lence and no reply. " Oh ! Henry, jny foot's
asleep." " Is it V Well, don t talk, dc,ar.
you might wake it."
"An Onxiox as is ax Opinion:" Dr.
Kalorum. do3-ou think my darter will -get
well?' " Well, if she don'Pget no wuss,
and does get some better, she may probably
get over it. That is my opinion, Madame,
and I think I ort to know !" . ;
"I stand," said a Western stump orator.
on the broad platform p the principles of
'98. aud palsied be mine arm if I deserfjihi."
" You stand . on nothing of the kind," inter
rupted a little shoemaker in the crowd; r you
stand in my boots that you never paid. mc
for, and I want the money.'' -: .,
A western editor says that a child was tun
over by a-wagon three years old and cross
eyed and which, never spoko afterwards.
He also gives his readers fomc lines which he
says wcro written by a young man who lias
long since lain in his grave for his own amue
ir.cit. :
Au Irishman attempted to put a yoke on a
pig. He had cornered the grunter in a room
having a glazed window, when the-animal,
believing that his freedom was abont to be
infringed upon, went with a si nsle bound
through the window. "Drat it," said the
old man, looking after him for a moment.
" I've got your dimensions 7 by 9 exactly!"
The following is a copy of the sign npou
an academy for teaching youth, in one of the
Western States. Freeman teaches the
Boys and Huggs the G iris." The schoolmas
ter is evidently " at home" in that section of
the country.
An Irishman had been sick a long time,
and while in this state wou!d occasionally
cease breathing, and life be apparently ex
tinct for some time, when he would agaii
come to. On one of these occasions, when ho
had just awakened from his sleep,. Patrick
asked him. ' An' how'll we know Jemmy,
when j-ou're dead you're after wakin' up iv
cry time ?" Bring me a glass -o'grog, and
fay to me, 'Here's till yc Jimmy.' and if I
don't raise up and drink,- then bury mc."!
JtT few j-ears ago there was upon one
of our mercantile houses : ."I
A Build: Co., Itnjxirters. -
A wicked wag one night took paint and
brush, and in one minute, made it read thns:
A. Bull tC- Cow TmfiortctT.
Numbers of persons called ii the next
mo-ning for to see the Imjtortcd Ltftlc,
Cruelty to Children. " Jim docs your
mother ever whip 3-ou ?''
" No but fcbc docs a precious sight worse,
though."
"What's that?"
" Why ho washes my face every moru
ing." .. .
JiTPompy said he onco worked for a man
who raised his wrges so high that he could
only reach them onee in two years.
itsTMrs. Thorn, of Palo Alte, Michigan,
hung herself and child because her husband
refused to take her to a ball'. "
dT'What is the diSerence between filling
a pitcher with water and throwing a woman
overboard ? One is " water in the pitcher,"
and the other is " pitch her in the water."
A recent traveler in America records th -following
anecdote: "" Jack," said a man,
to a lad just enterning his teens. 11 your fath
er's dead." "Darn it," replied the young
hopeful, " and bo's got my kuifein his pock
et." " "
It is with ideas as with pieces of m-ney
those of the leaat value generally circulate tha
most.
"My eyes, Jack !" exclaimed a tar, seeing
a soldier chained to a cannon ball for punhdi "
iucut" if there aint a soldier at anchor "
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