ffifi iiii'if fTut rttsftt SHiffiiiS
THE ELESSINGS OF GOVESNMEHT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE EICH AND THE POOH.
EBENSBUIiG,
31, 1858.
VOL. 4. NO. 10.
NEW SERIES.
THE DEMOCRAT & SENTINEL, is pubiish
. ed every Wednesday morning, in Ebensburpr,
. Cambria Co., Ta;, at $1 50 per annum, if i-aid
'. is advance, if not $2 will be charged.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously in-
. sertcit at tne luiiowmg raics, 1. .
" 1 square C insertions,
Every subsequent insertion,
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TIIE'subs-riber takes pleasure in announcing
to his numerous customers, ami tlie public
generally, that he is now opening one of the
largest and most desirable stocks of
FALL AND WNTEU GOODS !
ever presented to this eon. muni! y. Lis stock
cousLts chiefly of the f,.l!owir.g viz:
LADIES DltESS GOODS!
etich'as T.dmas, Vizcttes, Si awls. Silks, Meri
nos, Cashmeres, Woolen Plaids Do Lames 1
lUgea, AUpacas, Ginghams, Calico j LONNLlb
tt;bbons. Collars, Trimmings, &c.
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING !
imch'as Over Coats, Dress C .ats, Vax.ls, N ests,
Shirts, Drawers, &c. Also Iirce stock of
DOMESTIC GOODS!
jneh as Drown and l'.leached .LW, Drills,
Denims, Shirtings, CA.cA.s-. Kentucky Jean. Sau
titts, Csi'nerc Flannels LuuUseys, licnng,
Jilankds, S-c. Also
li.ots, Shoes, Hats, Ops. Trunks, Hardware,
Quecnswarc, Glassware, Tin ware, and a large
t0Ckor GROCERIES!
Tie -would solicit Farmrrs who are in want of
GOOD cSks SIIELLERS & STRAW CUTTERS
to call and examii c hi stock ; he would wish
also to inform them that le has ma. e arrange-,
ments to supply them with all kinds -of 1 L
TIL1ZERS, such as lVruvian and Mexican Uu-an-Jti
&c Ho invit-s one and nil to come and
examine his larXc and well selected Stock before
purchasing elsewhere, as he w determined to sell
it smaller profits than ever before known in this
Sty V The ONE PRICE SYSTEM v. ill be
continued as heretofore, so that parents ma) tmu
their children to make purchases villi as much
advan. if XSri SWACCHLIN.
' Tunnel Hill , "October 81850. w
TReXtKXC 1TK3I E X T ! !
B BOLUM KEWARD ! ! !
rfu'lE suberiber would respectfully inform the
J. good citizens t Ebensburg and the a.ym
ing vicinity that he has returucd from TLnadel
phia. with th.e lar-est and most varied assort
ment of UUOL'E1523 ever ohered. I ho stock
Consists as follows :
Groceries: M ioses. Sugars. Teas. h,ce,
Candies.Swps, Fish, Salt, Iiaeo& Hams, Hour
OU Mal, Corn Meal, T..l;o.eo, Teaches, Dned
pples. Saleratus. Raking Soda, Dried Hcrni.-s,
Durkee's Baking Powder. Sardines, Mustard, fcp'.
pes llulloways Worm Confection. Vinegar.
tonl'ccllcisarics :
KaiM-.iS.
Orangef,
Lemons,
Citrous,
Prunes.
Segai-s,
Eruits,
FiK.,
Nuts (.fall kinds,
liquors : Cherry Brandy, Blackberry Bran
dy, liaspberry Brandy, French Brandy, lit
Wine. Old Hye Whiskey.
finishes, &C, &C : Ilorse.Sweeping, Dus
tin", Scrub and White Wash Brushes, D .1 Cords,
r..io n. .m brooms. Baskets of U kinds. Tubs !
And Buckets of all kiuds, Wash Boards, Butter
liowls, Nails, Lamp Globes, Curry C inbs, Carpet
Jlarnmers and Tacks, Window G lass of all kind.),
Arnold's Ink, Hover's Ink, Stcd Beus, Station
ary of all kinds.
Together with a large assort n.e;.t of otrci arti
cles not enumerated, w hich will be solo at cheap
if not chci'pex than any e.-.tal.li:-l.iiier.t ir. tne
coimty RICHARD TL'DOR.
EUiisburg, July CO, 1S5G -iO.
1311 'Ott'fAXT A'O'2'I.CK.
ALL perjon3 indebted to the estate of Milton
Roberts. decM, for costs as IVothonotary nod
Clerk of the Q.iarter Sessions are hereby notified
to mako payment without delay, as it -will I eve
ry unpleasant for me to have to resort to compul
sory measures and thereby add costs, which will
be imperative unless paid shortly.
Howard J. Bobcrts, of this borough is duly au
thorized by mc to receive said fees and rece pt fcr
the same, lie wi. I attend for that purple, a
the Frothonotary'a office, iu Elcnsburg,at tliecn
suiug Court in December next.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Ex'r.
Ebcasburg, Oct. 25. 18-3G. -tf.
" Valuable Heal Iistiito
F 0 11. S A L E.
I will sell at private sala that large and ccm
tuoJioiw BIIJCK HOUSE, situate vn High stre et,
ia the Borough of Ebensbuig, Icing the property
wcupied by M.lU'n Iiol'Crts, ;ec'd., at the tin e
of his death. Also, a valuable J. 0 Trf Gil 0 UND
kituate on the Clay Tike, about no half mile from
naid Borough, containing 2 J acres enclosed and
in ft good state of cultivation.
For terms appty to the subscriber residing en
the premises, or to John WiRiaim, in Lhensl urg.
MRS. MALVINA ROBERTS.
Sept. 17.lS5G.-tf.
4 MEW" ARRIVAL !
hqcibbs! vmm mm:
HART & BR0., would respectfully inform
their old customers as well as mauy new ores
that they have received a large quantity of Gro
ceries, which for quality and cheapness cannot he
excelled by any'similar establishment west of the
Allegheny mountains. We are determined to
cll lower than the lowest, Wc have also, cn
hand .
20,000 CIGARS
hich we will dispose of wholesale or retail.
HAliT&BRO.
July 9, 185C.
SONS OK TEMPBASC33.
' K$2 Highland Division, No. 84, Sons of Tem
i&t&S ncrance meet At their Hall cverv SATUR-
Kpcrance meet At their Hall every SATUR
JMUttr l)AY eMtnia??. in tbe miner torv of 1L
DivU' building.
(Cjjoire otirij.
tile's Sunny Spots.
Though Life's a dark and thorny path,
Its goal the silent tomb,
It yet some spots of sunshine hath,
Th t smile amid the gioom. .
The fiiend who weal and woe partakes,
Uncharged whate'er hislot,
Who kindly soothes the heart that aches,
Is, sure, a simny spot,
Tl e wife vl o half cur burden shares,
And utters not a moan ;
Whose ready hand w ipes off our tears
Unheeded all her own ;
Who tieasures every kindly word,
Each harsher one forgot,
And carols blythtly as a bird.
She's too a sunny spot.
The child who lift's at morn and eve,
Iu prayer its tiny voice;
Who grieves whene'er its parents grieve,
And joys when they rejoice ;
Iu whose bright eye yorng genius glows :
Whose heart, without a blot.
Is fresh and pure as summer's rose j
That child's a sunny spot.
There's yet, upon Life's weary road,
One spot of brighter glow ;
Where sorrow half forgets its load,
And tears no longer flow
Friendship nviy wither, love decline,
Our child his honor blot,
But still undimmed that spot will shine
Religion lights that spot !
GroTCinsr CI1 Tgretlier.
You have promised that through life
We shall journey heart united,
Husband fond, and faithful wife,
And I trust the vow thus plighted.
Hand in hand, and side by side,
Through life's storms and sunny weather,
We will our own fortune bide,
And at last grow old together.
What if time's unsparing w ing
Of some pleasures has bereft us?
Let us not by murmuring
Lose the many that are left us.
What though youth and bloom depart,
Swift as birds of lightest feather?
Why rej.ino with feeble heart,
hr.il we not grw eld together ?
Few, in dee I, have been cur years,
Yet enough our hearts tobiud, love,
And to show how many tears
In Life's br'ghtist cup we find, love !
Since i.i our united Youth,
We two sjiorted on t!.e heather,
Dearest ! it is mec-t in truth,
That we should grow old together.
n f i i
itMnrr nrtrnnc;
I.
Playing Old Sledge for tte Presidency.
13icasj of .Sat S-Uveaigood.
liY S-
-L, OF Ti:3:SKE.
" Well, Sut, what was jour dream ? Tell
us ; if you even dreamed anything smart your
fiiends ought to know it for the Lcuetit of
your car ae tor, for cuss rue if you ever
thcvqlii anything smart awake."
Thus bantered, ut loaned agaiuit the
rough board counter of the doggery, with a
tuinLIt r of whickcy in cue hand, while the
other sounded for the bottom of a hole iu Lis
breeches, by courtesy called a pocket took
a small sip, and began to tell his dream
Hear him, reader, speak for himself: -
Gchtk-uicn. 1 dreainpt an unpossilility
last nito I wur ia Washington city, an' 1
knew I never will le thar, onlccs, they take
me thar ta hang ur crucify fur drinkin'
more nur my sheer ov the people's drink,"
old rot gut. But in my dream I was thar,
and no mistake sat tin sure at a thunderitr
big tavern, whar they rung lecile bells tu
keep from hollerin' artcr tho uiggers an' ma
king a noise ; an' whar they called yu tu
your mush by rattlin' on a big still bottom
just for the sake ov the noise ; an' whar they
took thirty dimes a day fur doia' nothin' fur
yu : an' whar they gin you sa.-s enuf tu mako
lite (at home) fur nuthiu' at all. Darn the
scat of govurnment ! Darn the legs an' body
ovgovurment! au' darn everybody, I say!"
' Tell your dream before you get drunk,
ycu long-legged cuss you, or let some body
tell it for you."
Thus reproved, Sut sheered iuto tl c chan
nel a 2.- in :
" Well crtcr supper awhile. I nosed round
until I got inter a room whar I seed a lite,
an' thar sot three fellers play i a' ov "old
slcdgo."
" Old what r
" Seven-up, you drotted weazel skinned,
frog-legged son of a kangaroo."
This was addressed to a young specimen
of the order intensimus American us, anti
jHrpealilus mi'dlcushmis, who shone resplen
dent from K in tights, small caue, and
watch-ribbon, and had- a laudable desire to
Icarn somcthiug of the hidden mysteries of
old sledge." lie only ou an asth
matic tiouibona and " schess," when in tho
"seity."
"They wur a play in' scven-up with bran
new kerds, spank span new, ami no maiks,
every feller fur hisself seem in rjly. Now.
gentle-men, I believe I kin smell kerds, ef
they ar in motiorr, as fur as frum here tu the
spring, ur bow the devil did I happen tu hit
onto that room whar gambolling wur agwine
ou ? liut thar I did go by icstiuk, I reckin
an' the three fellers wur nobody on ycarth
but Buck-cannon, Fillmore, and Fremont, an'
they wur a plai in' a single game of seven-up
for the President's cheer ov these free an' aw
ful United E Pluribus States, thirty-one in
number, an' kiveriu' the whole ycarth. Thar
wur another chap inter that room, with one
hand under his coat tail, an' tother a strokin'
ov bis chin, a walkin' about sorter keerless
like, but fust a lookin' inter Fillmore's hand
an' then inter Fremont's and then a winkiu'
au a frowniu' fust at one ov them and then
tother.. Then he'd, tiptoe an' try to peep into
'DucVfl hand. But the old feller hilt under
the shadder ov the table, and sorter looked at
sideways Lisself, an' was a watchiu' the peep
in' feller, too,. all the rite clost. His name
was Sea-ward, or Hell-ward, or sumthin ov
that sort, no matter which. Now gcntlo-men,
I kin play old sledge myself rite peart, and
when I seed that it wur a gameov two pluck
one. and that Buck-cannon was bound tu be
skinned cf his hide didn't "row fast onto bis
bones. I got mad as a bee in swarnan' time,
an' jist thought (mind I srd nuthin') that I'd
like tu nock cnuif off ov that chap's skull tu
make a bullit ladle, ef I dard tu. - He is a
daru'd snake in the grass, sure -
Well, arter they had played out their
hands 3Ir. Buck-cannon sez, a bow-in' mity
purlite, I believe, gentlemen, I had high,
jack, and that has sot me six, ef I ain't mista
ken.' Then both ou 'em, Fillmore and Fre
mont, spread all o' Buck's tricks out on the
table, till they saw his ace ov trumps, an' the
jack ov trumps which he had kotch from Fill
more with the king, and then they agreed
that he vcas six. Sea-ward said, 'Yes he rec
oued that was the state of the game.' Fill
more then, as modest as a fifteen year old gal,
sod, 'I made low ; you ketch my juice with
your old ace; Mister Buck-cannon ; and that
sits me three.' All agreed on that count, Jand
Fremont, Jleaning ou his cheer back, whis
pered behind his back tu me, ''Andd d
low it was, too, don't yu think so ?" an his
black mus-tuch-ui twisted up like into two
corkscrews ; but all agreed that Fillmore was
three an' no mistake. Freaiont then sed, "I
made game, aud that sot me six with j ou
Mr. Buck-cannon. Buck bowed again tu
that; but Fillmore said, " Si-r-r, Fll count
game with you ; this is not adzactly accordin"
to our understanding, si-r-r ;" and for the
fust time be looked like hemust be made to
fite. Sea-ward frowned, shook bis bead,
winked, and sweated mightly. Fremont did
so too, t' cdl at old Fillmore, but it warn'r
no use, count game he would ; and Fremont
beat him one. So that Eot the game Buck
six, Fremont six, au' Fillmore three an'
Buck's deal and Fremont's boir or stand.
Buck licked his thumb and delt 'em migh
ty' slow and keerful. I looked at Fillmore's
kerds as he got cm from the deal, and it liked
to knock mo dow n. There was the ace, the
king, the jueen, the jack, the ten, an' lite
juice ov trumps . imnks I, oh, Lordy ! and
then I looked at mm, au thar tne old feller
sot, his early kiverin' the cheer all over, an'
aeaily cut tu his knees, as feolemn, as big,
an' about as wise as an old Dutch squire a
tryin' of a bastardy case with good proof agin
tho daddy. I tell ye boys, he looked jist
like he had takeu hii fust big horn of whisky
fur the nite, an' fell it ia Lis boots. I tho't
oh, Lordy ! agin.
Buck never turned up his hand, bat axed
Fremont what he meant tu do. He looked
at his kerds, sorted 'cm. then looked at 'em
agin,, then up at tho lamp, then at Buck,
scratched his year, shot up his eyes, an' very
slowly said 1 b e-g. By the jumpin' Jcho
scphat ! Buck run 'cm rpjick, and I tho't it
no harm tu take another look at old Fill.
lie fetched a low collicky sort ov grunt, and
then he blowed. I swar, the wind come out
en his nose, inouuth, eyes, au' years, an' like
to put the lamp out."
"I dodged, an' tuk a peep inter Free
mont's hand, and now I swar, that when a
man's six oa a big game of seven up, I sever
seed jist sick kerds. lie hilt to thcr three
aces, bound to be high, let what would curn
an out au' out President at that. Thinks I,
O Lordy, Bach ! O Lordy, Fillmore ! an'
watched what suit was to make the President
outcu that dam' mule catin' Fremont, when
there's no nara No Nothin' in hell ef he didn't
turu jack jist as easy as if thai'd been fifty
two of 'em in the deck aud then only leaned
back aud smiled loud fur a President ! Fill
more rared back'ard outen his cheer, an' fain
ted as comfortable on the fioor as an ale maid
at a quiltin' when the kissiu begins. Fre
mont's eyes turned green the bar oa the
back ov his head ris up like the teeth of a
comb ; his must-tuch-us turned up towards
his eyes, he brayed like a mule, an' at one
jump kivered aid Fill as Us lay, and then sot
into bitiu' an' chokiu' an' a uiaulm' ov him
like the devil beatin' hominy. This sort of
excitemeut latched the old feller tu ; an' as
soon as he felt all the hurtin' that was gwiuc
on all over him, susidc au' out, ha sot rite iu
tu fightiu' tu, like an old stud boss, au' thar
they bed it I looked at Buck, (who still
hilt the kerds in his band, with the jack turn
ed up ou lop.) as much as tu say, -4 Shall I
part 'em V" He shook his bed, an' I put my
hands in my pockets au' kcept outer thar way.
They lit some by this time, I tell yer bar,
wool, fur, an' feathers flew, sorter like gin
ning cotton. Sca-ward cut dirt as soon as
that arful jack was turned, locked the door
on the out side, an' went strait tu a pra'r
uwctiu' in Ninth street, whar I reckon ho is
yet. Well, thar they fit. au' grunted, an'
every now an' then Fremont would bray like
onto a mule, an' Fillmore would grunt cut
somthin' about sumbody's box an' fusion."
Now ef fusion means mixta they viar fused
about as well as two pints of bald face in a
quart fla.sk on a hard trottin boss, xiu'of all
the daru'd noises I ever did hear,, they shook
that big tavern to the ground. Au' 1 waked
all ov a lather ov swet, and then jist turned
over iu the bed, an' cried like a baby."
" What for, Sat?" .
" 'Case I waked up before either ballored,
an' I never will know which whipped. Old
Buck knows, an' ef ever I set eyes on him,
Fll ax him. Give us another horn, old hass!"
A frontier Scene.
. About seven miles north of Hopkinsville
Kentucky, is a very rem arkiible spot. A sol
itary post oak stands in the barrens, in the
forks of the roads and has obtained, univer
sally, the name of the ;t Lonesome Post Oak."
In the early settlement of the country more
then half a century ago, this was the Only
tree to be seen for many railes round, and
rwhtji its name. It was then tall, green and
flourishing ; it is now, however, if it yet
stands, a leafless, branchless, thunderriven,
shattered truuk, sending up its shaft3 as
straight as the mainmast of a ship of war
Superstition has long guarded the spot. The
tree is looked upon with something like the
same veneration with which the Egyptian
regards his pyramids, those grim sentinels of
antiquity, luo place is remarkable for a very
severe battle, fought by Big Ilarpe and Da
vis. The Big Harpe and Little Ilarpe, his
brother, were the terror of the surrounding
country, in those early times. Two more
execrable monsters never disgraced humanity.
They lived with two women as bad as them
selves, in a cave about twenty miles from this
tree Blood and massacre were their delight.
It was their custom to sally forth, and with
out any reason, to murder, without distinc
tion, all the men, wonicu and children thev
could find- As the country filled up, the
people could no longer submit to their horrid
depredations. Men ar.d dogs collected, and
took tho pursuit They came on the two
Ilarpes ia a narrow valley, at about two miles
from this tree. They immediately mounted
their horses, and dashed off iu the dircctioa
of their cave. In going about five miles,
Davis whose horse was very fleet, had left his
companions, and caught up with Big Harpe,
he having previously separated from his broth
er, the Little Ilarpe. Here were two power
ful men, armed with rii3os, butcher knives
and tomahawks, by themselves, far from help,
and bent on death. Davis well knew, that if
overpowered he would certainly be killed ;
and Harpe had determined todie, rather then
be taken alive They passed and repassed
each other, frequently making blows without
effect, each dreading to fire for fear of mis
sing, of his antagonist. Finally, the horse of
Big Ilarpe fell, and threw Lis rider, then rose
and galloped off. Ilarpe sprang to his feet,
and fired at Davis' horse, which re.ired and
fell. They were now not more then ten yards
apart. Harpe, whose sagacity was equal to hi
courage aud villainy, kept dodging and
springing from side to side, approaching Da
vis however, by imperptible degrees. Davis,
discovering he would soon lose the benefit of
his gun, now fired in his turn, but without
effect Each man cow drew his knife, aud
they" closed in mortal struggle. Very soon
they fell, side by nde ; but, at this juncture,
a large wolf dog of Davis' came to his mas
ter's assistance, and seized Harpe by the
throat. This produced a diversion in favor
of Davis, who immediately recovered himself
and j-tabbed Harpe to the heart The hid
eous yell which the wretch sent up, is said
stiil to be heard on dark nights, ringing wild
ly along the heath Some of Davis' fiiends
soou joined him ; they dug a hole and buried
Ilarpe at the foot of the Lonesome Pest Oak.
Little Ilarpe escaped, went down the Mis
sissippi, aud joined the celebrated Mason and
his gang", at Stack Island. Soon after Harpe
joined him, Mason attacked a flat boat from
Cincinnati and killed all the hands. For this
a large reward was offered for Mascn ; to ob
tain which little Ilarpe was decoyed to Nat
chez, and there infoimed against Litu and be
trayed hi3 friend. On Mason's trial, Harpe
himself was recognized, was tried and found
guilty; and, on the same day that Masoa was
hung, he also expiated his crimes on the gal
lows. Mason was a very remarkable and
extraordinary man. He was distinguished
by a strong double row of under and upper
teeth, that clenched together with the energy
and tenacity of a steel trap.
Is :ik Rich." Many a sigh is heard
many a heart is broken many a life is ren
dered miserable, by the terrible infatuation
which parents often manifest iu choosing a
life companion for their daughters How is
it possible for happiness to result from the
uniou of two principles so diametrically op
posed to each other in point, as much as vir
tue is to vice? How often is the first ques
tion which is asked respecting the suitor of
the. daughter, this " is he rich?"
" Is he rich ? yes, ho abounds in wealth ;
but he does not afford an evideuce that he will
make a kind and affectionate husband?
"Is ho rich ?" yes, bis clothes are pur
ple, and fine linen, aud he fares sumptuously
every day ; but can ycu infer from this that
he is virtuous?
"Is ho rich ?" -yes, , he ha thousands
floating on every ocean ; but do not itches
take to theii':Sclvos wings and fly away? Will
you consent that your daughter should marry
a man that has "nothing to recommeud him
but his wealth? Ah, beware; the gilded
bait sometimes covers the barbed hook. Ask
not, then, Is he rich?" but " Is ho vir
tuous?" Ask not if he has wealth, but if he
has honor and do not sacrifice your daugh
ter's happiness for money.
jtiT ' Miss, will you take my arm
v...- i
i ?
l t'B, Ell, UU UU, linj.
' T Mnnnf chipa mnrn tlmn the arm
rc-
plied the bachelor.
if Tl, T 1...11 ;f oa tut Tnn'fo IS.
go the ichole hoj or nothing !" said the lady.
A cotempory, describing adance at a vil
lage iu tie neighborhood, said: "The gor
geous strings of glass beads glistened on tho
heaving bosom of the village belles like pol
ished rubies on the delicate surface of warm
aprl-3-duinplins," -
A Court Scene in Kansas.
Some two years ago, says our informant,
quite an amusing and novel scene transpired
in the presence of bis Honor, approbate Judge
of Kansas, whilst he was holding court
We shall not give the real names of the
parties, and Lope no one will take offence.
The date of this scene was some time in
February, 1854 the locale in some county.
The court room was. a little log hut, ten by
twelve, with a dirt chimney and floor. Chairs
were very scarce, and bia Honor Lad several
chunks of wood rolled in for seats. Upon one
of the 6aid chunks his Honor sat, with all Lis
judicial dignity. - Before him wa3 arraigned
some poor fellow for borrowing Lis neighbor's
chickens, without permission, confronted by
his accuser. Upon the opposite side of the
fire place sat the Sheriff, and one of his friends
engaged in a pleasant game of eld sledge"
we will call them Brown and Smith.
The Judge, after adjusting Lis quill, and
roaching back several times his hair that Lis
legal bumps might be thoroughly exhibited,
and looking the prisoner full in the face, pro
pounded an interrogatory like this :
J udgc Sir, what have you to sav for vour
sclf? Brown Smith, I beg.
Smith I'll see you d d first.
Judge Sheriff, keep silence in the Court.
Well, sir, what Lave you to say about these
chickens ?
Brown (aside) Run tho kurds. Smith.
Prisoner I intend to pay Mr. Wiggins foi
them chickens.
Judge Why didn't
Brown Smith, you don't come that new
kick over me follow suit, d n you. none of
your re-ni jilting .
Judge The Court finds it impossible to
proceed, unless yoa Lave order iu the Court
House.
Smith In a moment, Judge Count your
game, Brown.
Judge Did ycu eat or sell those chickens?
Prisoner I sold them.
Judge How much did you mako on
Smith Iligh-Iow-jack-gift-and-gaiue.
Brown Who give you one?
Smith I beg your pardon. 'Twas you that
begged. ,
Judge Silence in the court!
Everything was quiet again for a few mo
ments ; the kurds weie shunled and dealt.
and, in the meantime, Lis Honor preceded
with tho examination.
In the height of some other question being
propounded by the Judge, Smith begged,
and Brown gave one, hallooing cat:
" Now, lip ahead old ho?s five and fire."
The Judge, indignant and angry, ar-os-i
from the court bench, and crossed to the play
ers. Before he could ypeak, he spied Suntli't
hand, holding the jack and ten of trump.3, at
the same time glancing at a lig stone lay ing
between the two, be saw two half dollars.
" Brown," says the Judge, "I'll bctycu
five dollars. Smith beats the game "
" Dun," says Brown, and up went the ore.
Smith led off. and won the trick ; led again,
and won ; led the third time and won, but no
garni yet commenced whistling and scratch
ing his head.
Judge (loaning on Smith, and with one
eye shut) Smith, played 'uni ju-dieiously.
Smith led a little heart, and lost the trick.
Brown played the quceu at him and won the
ten.
Hold !" said the Judge, " let mc see."
Brown "What's the matter. Judge ?
Smith (impatient) Lead on, Brown.
Prown Play to the ace.
Judge (raving) This was a made up
thing you have defrauded me I fine you
both twenty-five dvl'ors, for contempt of
Court.
Brown pocketed the money, the prisoner
sloped, and so the court adjourned without
any formal process.
Truly a Hard Case.
Obe Stevens, formerly the cceentric rep
resentative in the assembly from Steuben,
who now keeps a hotel iu Ilcrnesville, tel!3 a
very good story at the expense of our Fre
mont friends
Not long since, a very good looking young
woman stopped at Obes house and called for
a room, saying chat her husband would call
shortly, when she wished him to be shown
up.
Soon after a burly dandified " colored pus
sum" called, and inquired for his wife. Obe
told him she could not have stopped there, as
there was only oue female guest in the house
and she was a fine looking white lady.
" Pat's her dat's her," said the sable
dandy.
Obe thought there must be some mistake,
so he went to the lady's room and informed
Lor that a " cussed nigger" was diwn below
who claimed to be her husband Sh quietly
informed him that the colored "geium'u was
in reality her husband and she wished to see
him sent up to her room.
"The d I!" exclaimed Oho, with aston
ishment; " is it possible that as good a look
ing woman as you would marry a nigger?"
'She assured him that it was a fact, and
added:'
I married much better than my sister did
after all."
" You did !" responded Oba ; who in thun
der did she marry ?''
"Why," replied the lady with great Us
sfc. " she's married to a Fremont man !"
gust, " she's married
Tho ex-representative
acknowledged the
" mixed pair" the
corn, and extended to the
best the Louse could afford.
A Contrast Jim says that when Le was
5n love he felt as if he was being hung and
had a cat iu his hat, and a pack of bumble
bees under Lis waist coat. Jim know? the
symptoms.
Mary says that she felt oh my as if she
were in a bower of moonbeams, sinking in a
bath of effulgent Louey beneath a blazo of
balmy stars to the tune of slow music.
The Dentist A New Story Fonnded on
Facts.
Dr. Tushmaker was never regularly bred
a3 a physicin or surgeon, but Le possessed
naturally a strong mechanical genious and a
fine appetite ; and finding his teeth of great
service in gratifying the latter propensity,
he concluded that he could do more good in
the world, and create more real happiness
therein by putting the teeth of the inhabi
tant's in good order, than any other way ; so
Tushmaker became a dentist- Has the man
that first invented the method of placing small
cogwheels in the back teeth for the more per
fect mastication of food, and ho claimed to be
the original discoverer of that method of filling
cavities with a kind cf putty, which becom
ing Lard directly, causes the tooth to ache so
greviously that it Las to be pulled, thereby
giving the dentist two successive fees for tho
same job. Tushmaker was one day seated in
his office, in toe city of Boston, Massachu
setts, when a stout fellow named Byles pre
sented himself to have a back tooth drawn.
The dentist seated his patient in the chair of
torture opening Lis mouth discovered there
an enormous tooth, on tLe right Land side,
about as large, as he afterwards expressed it
as a small Pollygot Bible." I shall Lave
trouble with this tooth, thought Tushmaker,
but Le clapped cn his heaviest forceps and
pulled.
It didn't come Then be tried the turn
screw, exerting Lis utmost strength but the
tooth wouldn't stir, " Go away from here,"
said Tushmaker to Byles, " and return in a
week, and I'll draw that tooth for you, or
know the reason why."
Byles got up, clapped handkerchief to Lis
jaw, and put lorth. hen tne dentist went
to work, and in three days he invented an in
strument which be was confident would pull
anything. It was a combination of the lever,
pully-wheel, and axle, inclined plane, wedge
and screw The castings were made, aud
the machine put into tne office, over an iron
cuaia, rendered perfectly stationary by iron
rods going down the foundations of the gran
ite buildings. In a week, old Byles return
ed ; Le was clamped iuto the iron chair, the
forceps connected with and attached firmly to
the tooth, and Tushmaker stationing himself
in the rear, took hold of tho lever four feet ia
length
He turned it slightly. Old Byles gave a
turn ;. another groan, and np went the lej;
again. " What do you raise your leg for ?"
asked the doctor. " I can't help it," said tho
patient. " Well," rejoined Tushmaker,
' that tooth is bound to come out now." He
turned the lever clean round, with a sudden
jerk, and snapped old Byles' Leal clean and
clear from Lis shoulders, leaving a space of
four inches between the severed paits I They
had a post mortem examination the roots cf
the tooth were found extending down the right
side, through the right leg, and turning up
in two prongs under the sole of the right footl
' No wonder," said Tushmaker, " he raised
his right leg." The jury thought so too, but
found the r iots much decayed, aud five sur
geons swearing that mortlGeatiou would ensuo
in a few months, Tushmaker was cleared on
a verdict of justifiable homicide."
Ctr.iofs Facts ix the History of France.
1704 was the darkest period in the French
1 Revolution Now, if th:-se figures bo
7 added together with tha last figure of
9 the year of g:ade. the result will bo
4 1815. .
1815 the year cf the downfall of Napoleon
1 the First. These added again iu the
8 same manner to the first figure of
1-1815, gives up the year 1830.
1830
1
8
0
the vear that saw the downfall of Chas.
the Tenth,
line in the
lv. when
lSi-2
Add together 1830 in a
same manner as previous-
the combination
produces
1S12 the vcar when the Duke d'Orleans was
1
8
o
O
O
killed by being thrown from his car
riage Lastly, these figures being put
to the same test, give us the year 1S07.
1S57 when Napoleon III had better look out
for breakers. AT. O Picayune.
A Doubtfil Story. A man up iu New
Hampshire went out gunning one day this
spring he saw a flock of pigeons sitting on
a limb of an old pine, so he dropped a ball
into his gun aud fired The ball split tho
limb, which closed up and caught the toes of
all the birds in it He saw that he had got
them all. So he fastened two balls together
and fired ; cut the limb off, which fell into tbo
liver ; be then waded in and brought it ashore.
On counting them, there were three hundred
pigeons, aad ia his boots were two barrels of
ad.
A Wise Answer. "You
with that little girl, my dear,"
cious parent.
must not play
' said an itijudi-
"But ma, I like her, she is a good littla
girl, and I'm sure she dresses as neat as ever I
do, and has lots of toys." - .
I cannot help that rny dear," responded
the foolish mother, " her father ycu know, is
a shoemaker. "
" But I don't play with her father, I play
with her; she ain't a vhcemaker."
23T I met her in the suusct bright. Ler
gingham gown was Hue; Ler eyes tha
danced witu pure delight, were of
the samo
dear hue. And always when the
down, I think of tho girl in the
jrowu.
sun goes
gingham
37" The question might form n knottv.
subject for debate, wbeath?r ladies of fashion
change their drceses
or their minds the
en est ?
in i