li II IP I LM 1 1 III THE MESSINQS OF GOVEKNMEHT, LIKE THE DEWS OP HEAVEN, BHOUXD BE DISTMBTJTEDJLrjXl! UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE I0OSL VEW" SERIES. EBENSBURG, APRIL. 21, 1858. VOL. 5. NO 23. r I III I "Sktiffs A'r. L - T ,: " . -I J' !l , Vi if 'r ECOSSIDCKATIOS OF THE tacompton uonsutuuon j InHB UM)KUSIGNKn HAS LATELY RE 1 1 from the East, after making a pur- t mil selected stock of GOODS, in his 11 "i bu-'icss ' xvwcU lC as since received, and JtbUMly tugged iu opening and marking, '"" l.c t'fft'r ilt 811,0 at verv sna11 prof " Vlkiu'l i f country produce will be taken V.mefir ?''. a"d CASH will never be Vw'd tUhard times. ,. cCistliiv-kW tlie pationage lie lias re WnhU business, ami hopes for a continu e! ft'-esaiae, ami he. pledges his word that '1 not Vave anvthmg undone that may lie IjS'po, pneral satisfaction. LVI1M1 111 paii m iuc iiuiun nig na- Also, Spices . of all kinds. Also, Pro- visions, such .at". po ,,1 artidvs : crocenes. --. ni Juca as jcaa, Coffee, Sugars, Molasses and Syrups r T"fc . 1 I A 1 1 dT t T (ru 3leai. uucuwueai r lour, uac xueai ISuttcr. CiiccsJ ami 1' ish of all kinds. it SO A S'od assortment o Mara ware. Iron, : I and Nails. Also Di ngs, Paints and Oils. new Fk k of Wall paper, contesting of ( patterns anil styles, which arc very desirable jijifon of the ye;ir. Also Foreign and Do .lic Fruit and Confectionarics, well assorted jjLt tlio various other kinds of goods he keeps - ... i ." HI . .11 1 1 , ( k) numerous to luciiuuii. i lent.- L-iiti iu uuu ;3iii:i! liis sttcK lor yourtci ves, txiore purcna- eUnvherc. yf&n la a lHion to tVe above, be wishes to ntify the public that he has a new iiml I r.i proved LAMP for sale, for bur j.a'.irbi)ii Oil. (sometimes called Hock Oil.) iMtainiy tlu bet improvement now known, :I 'r coomnny and safety f it can not explode .in lie regulatutl so as to gi-e much or little :!. hanijis made on this plan to suit all pur y. Anv person wishing to try one, before t I" ' , VV U9 :llnl if II ll ,1 i t l WW Is publjfihed every Wednesday Morning at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum payable In Advance, ONE DOLLAR AND SEVENTl'-FIVECTS. If not paid within six months, and TWO DOLLARS If not paid until the termination of the year. No subscription will be taken for a shorter period than siXiinonths. and no subscriber will bo at liberty to discontinue his paper until all ar rearages are paid, except at the option oi the editor. Any person subscribing for fix months will be charged one dollar, unless the money is paid -Advertising Rates. One insert'n;- Tteo do.Thrce do Just then the fog cleared off a little, and exhibited to both fare and driver the curious fact that they bad been going back, ' the horse's head being turned towards ITolbom. The true state of affairs, however, being thus ascertained, cabby wheeled about, and was going along at a spanking pace to make up for lost time, when another dense mass of fog loomed over, and all was again in total obscurity. This was most provoking, for both together wei holding it tightly down t the ground like a bedside carpet. With this luxurious assistance, which gave the fore-feet a secure bearing, a plunge and a struggle brought the poor beast on his legs again ; but ho was so irritated by his . previ ous failures, aid so startled by. his sudden success, that bofore cabby could seize the reins he was off, sliding and scrambling over the slippery road like an awkward lad con- the time ras getting on ; yet to advance be- tending with his first pair of skates, but yet 1 square z squares, 3 squares, 12 lines! 24 lines 36 lines' 3 lines or less. 2 lines I 4 lines! 30 linest Half a column, One column. as l square, 112 il, 2 squares, 24 3 squares, ("30 50 1 00 1 50 months. $1 50 2 50 4 00 C 00 10 00 15 00 $ i a 1 00 2 00 C do. $3 00 4 50 7 00 9 00 12 00 20 00 22 00 35 00 " CCf- All advertisements must be marked' with the number of insertions desired, or they will be continued until forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 2 3 12 $5 9 12 14 00 00 00 do 00 00 00 00 yond a walk was impossible. Pi ay, push on, cabby," said Thompson, again popping out his head, "or wo 6hall be too late for the train, after all; push on, and I'll see if I can't find an extra half-crown for you." at a 6pced that soon left both driver and fare far behind. Cabby darted after his horse ; and in an instant nothing could be heard or seen of cab or driver but a dull runiblo of wheels and a voice, as if wrapt up in a blan ket, shouting, "Wo-ho, wo-ho !" which grew Thompson had a strong conviction that half j fainter and fainter rcry moment. SclccroTalr. From Sharpens Magazine. THF PARTY OF A BUSINESS MAN. THE STl'RY OK A LONuON KOO. w-nv' c;m set one re;iiv trnnmea ana nue;i ;b Oil. t.iku it home and u it for forty-eight r free of charge, provided it is returned in :sl order as when taken awn v. Call and see k KOKKUT DAVIS. E'rlnrg. April 14, l858:22.tf MltltlFF-.S NAI.12. YVIRTl'l OF SUXDIIY WHITS OF YEN J ii ; 1 1 : . t hxpoiiiis. issueU out ol the Ivoiirt ol m l'leas of Cambria County, and to me di "cu.il, there will lie exposed to sale by public i!Tv. ;ii th Mansion Huii.m?. in the Iiorough of liiist.iii, Cambria county, on FlilDAi, the Mi'n hiy A .iil. 1858, at one o'clock,- V. M. , ' t''iV, tillf" ami interest of William Howard ami tinr'i- W. II nlges, of, in and to 1 t "( vrmim! s.tn.tUi in the lioroitgh of Johns town, Cuhhru cnuntv, adjoining te Canal Ba in, lot c' John iWmes. 1). B. Wakefield's heirs nJ oifnTs, hxvin-' thereon erected a two storv iri.e warehouse, not now occupied; . ALSO 1 tfie ri,ht, title and interest of said defend is, of. in and t a lot i-f ground lying iu the r.'iigii nl Johnstown aforesaid, aiijoining tne vf mentioned lot and the old Allegheny Por y. Jiai! Hoad, unimpiovl. AIS() All the :', title and interest t William Howard, one the defendants, o I, i and to a piece or parcel Ian 1, situate iu Coucmaugh township, Cambria uiity. adjoining lands of Henry Gotighuour, .lol.nstown Iron Company and others, con- -liiiiiir nltv acres more or less, aixiitt twenty Ttsof which Are cleared, having thereon crcc la liewed lo,4 hou-io Taken iu execution and !"C11 at the suit tt Fiticld and Smith, for the f Chester Granger. ALSO All the right, 'k ;ind interest of licrze W. Hodcres. one of 'lefeiid.uits, of, in and to a lot tif ground situ ?;n the borough of Johnstown, Cambria eouu adjoiiiing the Canal Basin, lots of John rues, I). 15, Wakel'i-ld's heirs and others, hav z tlieicon erected it two-story frame ware house t now occupied. AIjSO All the right, title i-l iuterct of said defendant, of. iu and to a lot "kve of ground lying iu the Borough of John wwi afirsaid adjoining the above mentioned lot wiUU.lJ Allegheny Portage Uail Hoad, unim- dLS()AU the linht. title and iutercfct of As the evenings became long and the coun try dull, my friend Thompson yielded to the entreaties of his wifo and daughter that they should give an evening party ; and once en listed in the undertaking, he determined that it should be done well, for, in pleasure, as in business, ho liked to do the right thiog. He therefore willingly undertook the execution of a number of commissions iu town from a co pious list furnished by Mrs T. Thompson U a London merchant, head of the great in digo house of Thompson, Son & Co., of lilue Lane, and too sensible a man to live in the smoke and dirt of the great city ; bis neat and well appointed villa,, about twele miles down the North Western line, and within a short drive of a convenient etaticn, is the very Icau ideal of what the residence of a well-to-do city gentleman ought to be. On leaving home in the morning of the day of the party, Thompson, of course, recei ved strict injunctions from his wife, backed by the rest of the fenialo portion of his family to be sure to come home early, which he read ily promised to do, if possible ; and after ma king some remarks about the claims of bust ness, laughingly bade them not to forget the standing direction to despatch the vehicle (he would not allow cither himselt. or his wife or daughters, to call bis handsome equipage 'the carriage) by the turnpike road to meet him, if by any chance he should not return by the last train, lie fully intended, however, to be home an hour or two earlier than usual, 60 as to take down with him the ices, game, ex tra wines, and other requisites for a first-rate "sit-dowu" feuppcr, Dd to be able to decant the wiue himself, and generally assist Mrs T. in Oic final arrangemvnts before his guests should arrive. But it so happened that, on crowns, in number suited to the occasion, could do anything; and cabby, by his increas cd efforts, proved the influcece of the stimu lus. But it would uot do ; the old difficul ties recurred, and finally, while Thompson getting desperate, was alternately pursuadicg, threatening, and hinting at even additional half-crowns, St. Pancras' clock struck sine. It was all over;- the last train was starting. What icoit?2Mrs. Thompson say? what wo'd his visitors think ? and what was to be done? But Thompson was never long in a dilemma; he was a man of business ; he was not an in dividual to be beaten by a fog ; and so rely ing that bis "vehicle" would come to meet him, when it was found that he did not ar rive by the nine o'clock train, he agreed with cabby to drive him toward Harrow-ou-the- Ilill as fast as he could. Between the cab and the "vehicle," the distance might bo managed, he reckoned, In about an hour and a quarter, or say an hour and twenty min utes, (busincsa men, especially those who travel' by railways, always calculate to a ni- ci ty.) so that he would, still get home before supper; and the bargain for two shillings a mile, and a glass of brandy-and-water by way of an extra fillip, was at once concluded- The Harrow Road w'as- reached in less Thompson's first impulse was to follow at once, as last as the tog and his thirteen stone of soild flesh would allow ; but he could not. in the darkness, lay his hand upon his great coat. He had started back to some little dis tance when the horse struggled up and plun ged forward, and he could not, for the life of him, find the place again ; nothing but the frozen snow met and benumbed bis fingers. Quick decision of purpose was becoming nec sary ; if he pursued his seemingly hopeless hunt after the coat, it was clear that he could never overtake tho cab. His, decision was instantly made; it would not pay to continue tho search, and buttoning up his body-coat, he started in pursuit at a good round pace, but puffing and blowing as though he had not "trained" sufficiently for a pedestrian feat of that nature. He could still hear faintly the rumbling of the wheels, and oabby's useless "Wo-ho I" and if he had not walked into the hedge so often, and not found such difficulty in extri cating himself from the tho thorns and bram bles, he must soon have overtaken the object of his pursuit. But one provoking impedi ment or other always prevented his consum mating his hopes just as ho deemed himself upon the point of doing so. Yet on and on time than could have been hoped ; and Thomp I he went ; and on and an again, after conquer- son now susreested to cabby the probability of I ioz each fresh obstacle. It seemed to him W " 1 even a second glass of brandy-and-water, that pace were kept up. But as they came upon the open eountry road, it was so extre mely 6lippcry that such a pace was dangerous and at the foot of the hill at Kensal Green they were once more reduced to a walk. Up that he had thus strugg'ed along for miles in the thick darkness, with the Will-o'-the-wisp "Wo-ho" only just ahead of him. In vain he shouted; he could hear no ans wer but the distant, "Wo-ho.. wo-ho I" He got irritated, and,- as a natural consequence, that steep bit of roau, glazed with a layer of was (exactly, in the ratio of his increasing frozen sbow, there was no hold for the horse's irritation) just so much the oftener in 'the r . .r.i )t,a frr driven bv a keen east hedcre or the ditch, and each time just so . aINA kUW Vfl.l - w -w j I C3 ' wind, was rapidly enveloping the north-wes- I much the longergetting out again. Ho ac- tern suburbs, and even the country beyond. where, mingliDg with a thick white mist, caused by the sudden frost in a moist atmos phere, it became even more dense than it was in London. . This greatly increased the dit- ficulty of getting up the hill ; and the horse at last, after slipping, straining , and plung ing, lost his footing, and fell. Whip him up," cried Thompson, who though not a cruel man, looked upon the mat- tually began to disbelieve in many of his most strongly rooted convictions connected with half-crowns and other matters, and his good solid common-sense was beginning to waver and wonder. Could it bo really himself Thompson, the eminent indigo merchant of Blue Lane who was thus allowing himself to be lured after'a strange, dull sound of "Wo- ho," wo-ho !" in a thick, fog, for miles and miles alone a dark slippery road, till he was w w v l!i.ua Howard, que of the defendants, of, in reaching the city, Mr. Thompson found an "I to a piece or parcel of . land situate ih Cone- unusua mas3 Gf things demanding his attcn- iiii 'otgh township. Cambria county, aujoinaig " Is of Henry Goughnour, the. Johnstown Iron 'mpanv and others, containing f.fty acres more r less, about twenty acres of vhich arc cleared, .ivmcr thereon erected a hewed log house. taken in execution and to be sold, at tne suit f Arnold. Martin & Potter, fer the use cf Ches- r Granger. ALSO All the right, title and interest of liarlos Merriman and Susannah his wife of, in Q'l to a lot of ground containing about one fourth fun acre more or less, situate in Concmaugh uwiiship. Cambria county, adjoining lands of Imw .latoby, Samuel J. Horner, Peter Jacoby and other, having thereon erected a oi.e and a he Charles and Susanna Merriman Taker. a execution and to to sold at th suit of Peter JacoLj nnd Margaret Jacoby hu wife.J JOHN' ROBERTS, tion. lie soon gave up an iuea oi away early, but managed to execute his com missions, which he sent off by the train he had hoped to go by lint even the hour of what he called his t-wtiihurr-. Sheriff" OA April nice. 1 7, '58. Sheriff. OIirilAXS' COURT .SALE. BY VIRTUE CF A TLURIL'S ORDER OF the Orphans" Court of Cambria county, will be exposed to public sale at the housj JWiii G. Given, in the village of .Jefferson, on the 1st day of June next, at one o'clock P l-, ail the risht. title and iutcrcst of William nim, iu tho following described tracts of laud, AH that piece r,r parcel of lai;d, with its ap- ienances, commencing at a spruce, corner ou - of Araut Soninan. thence ncrth 75 west 81 frdes to a post, thence South 5 west 20 pcr- tea post, thencu South 75 east C2i perches jMtSar on lino of John M'Coy, thence north jt-tt 32 perches to a line, thence uorth 5 east J'8 Perches to the place of beginning contain ;lS W acres and 128 perches, the same being al 'td to William and Jienson Crur, and situate mStimmcrhill township, Cambria county. "EIIMS : One third of the purchase mon- tobe paid on confirmation of sale, and the rc "?uin two equal annual payments thereafter interest, to be secured by the judgmeui 'toh and mortgages of the purchaser. EPJIRAlM CRUM, Adm'r. March 24,1 858: 19 . ter from a purely business point of view, iu ready to drop with fatigue ? He was begin which the fall appeared a kind of breach of ning to doubt his own identity, and might have decided against it, but that just then he thought he perceived the glimmer of a light. He was not mistaken, andT immediately scram bled toward it, but evidently not by the pro per road, aa he passed through a deep ditch and up a steep bank, breaking bis way throu gh some rotten garden palings. At last he arrived at a lighted candle, apparently held close to a woman's face, in which he rccog nised indistinctly tho features of tho Kenton carrier's wife, who lived at the road-side, not more than five miles from bis own residence That was encouraging ; and whatever became , , I . - j A;-ar whom bo omilrl of the cab. he should at all events soon meot This was nnoyiog, and the waiting wouiu n.s w-y w , ... . v... i. 1.?m not see in the foe. put the searching quesuon. an owu veUiv. Wu, uvr liaVC tenjruscme, Lunua. vw-.v . . " Un T.rld . f.r Mr. P.nrefila informed self in fetching up some arrears i coriefpon- nu .c dence and in other business matters ; and hnal "i ncre s on,yu uS . - sendie-fora Hansom cab, be started in boss up again tms uicssca n.gnr, o- by. own train passed before he could get through sloping sheet of ice ; after each effert tho uuexpected pressure of business, and there was nothing for it but to wait for the last the last, that is, that stopped at his sta- itnnichieh left London at nine o'clock. rnnlrnrt that, ntlfht to be dealt With W a summary manner. Without deigning a re ply, cabby jumped down, and proceeded tg loosen, by a hole or two, some of the harness, to lift the shafts a little', so as to take the weight from the shoulder, and in other ways to assist the fallen horse. But nownng would avail ; there was no hold for bis feet on .taat the animal fell again, and at last gave up the attempt, and Jay perfectly still. Thompson, who was not a man to stand by and do nothing, let himself out ; and groping struggling SOKS OF TEHPaAKCK, Highland Division-, No. 84, Sons olTem perancemcet At their Hall "Cvary capital time for Kuston Square, not so much .i .i t.;. ilrtontinn .as those who are not 'business men" mir.bt imagine. Tt- -to., l.orl lrn dark and snowy, and Ailu viujr - with the night came a sharp frost and fog, which latter got thicker and thicker as they drove up Holburn. At length, just as they entered one of the squares, tho "London pe- liar" became so dense that it was difficult for j: 4 ol-o ldi barinfs even by the iu ei x 1 1 c i i.v v o - - aid of the lamps, which had dwindled into mere specks of light, vsible occasionally here and there. The Jehu of tho high-wheeled cab was reduced to a walk, and even at-that cautious pafie, made some very unfortunate speculations as to his course, now grating against the railiugs of the enclosure in" the centro of tho square, and now getting on the foot pavement. "Push 03, cabby," said Thompson, coax ingly, during one of the numerous stoppages that occurred "Easy said, sir," replied cabby; "but while uiy wheel is locked iu these here rail- ipg?, I W t sec where I can puih to, unless "And what's that ?" "Why, something as we haven't got." "Well, what is it?" repeated Thompson. "Wby, a boss-cloth," replied cabby, "or a blanket ; or any ways, if it wasen't a blan ket, just a great-coat ; you haven't a great coat to spare, have you sir ?" 'Well, it's not exactly the night to lend a horse a great-coat," said Thompson. "But what is it for?" ' . "Wby, you see, if I could put summtt of that sort down under his fore-feet, he'd get a hold, don't you see ho'd get a hold, and be up in a twinkling." Now, Thompson's great-coat was a good one ; but the affair with him was merely a matter of business. Was the result worth the damage likely to be done ? was the pithy question put to himself. By a rapid -process of mental arithmetic he assessed tho probable injury, estimated the dvantag to bo derived - .... 1M per contra, and with his usual Dusmcss iie celerity, decided that it toes, in anotucr mirxute cabby was spreading Thompson's great wilder tha feet oi his ppcatrato steed, and his own "vehicle dily dispelled ; for him that his coachman had been there about two hours before, and as the fog was so thick, he thought it dangerous to goon, and so, feeling sure that hia master would not attempt to come through it, he had turned back again.: And tho cab? - Mrs. Parcels had heard something rumble by about ten minutes before, and heard some body crying, "Wo-ho ? but had seen noth ing- Tbis was rathtr depressing, but Thompson had identifie himself again ; the conversa tion with Mrs, Parcels had brought his wau- dcring imagination back from the dreams of that sea of fog which had seemed peopled with hoarsevoiced sirens singing "Wo-ho, bn !" tr lure him on to destruction. He felt again that he was Thompson the Thompson of Blue Court; and, being guided by Mrs. Tarcels into the road, by way of tho garden gato instead of through the fearful gap he had just made in the old palings, he resumed the ehase. He had got his second wind, and was getting up to his work ; so away he went at a paco worthy of the "Barclay-match" for ho had no end of pluck and, after a long run, he' was evidently gaining upon cabby. He heard "Wo-ho, wo-ho I" more distinctly, and oould even catch the rumbling of wskeels once more. At that moment, however, a dull, grating sound seemed suddenly to extinguish the rum bling, and then all was perfectly Btill, and he experienced the oppressive suffocating sensa tion produced by total darkness undisturbed by the slightest sound. He stepped more slowly and cautiously, and, in spite of him self and his strong common sense, felt vaguo and ridiculous fears creeping over him. A sound as of breathing seemed close to him, though unseen, and in another- instant some thing like an arm flung itself across Thomp son's throat. "Garrote, garrote !" cried the strong min ded man of business, for a moment taken off his guard. , "What, sir?" "What, cabman I" "Well, I'm glad you'vo come up, sir ; was beginning to get frightened like." 'And where's your cab ?" "O, it's all right now it's in the ditch ; one wheel locked in the ice and mud ; I heard it grind iu." "Which ditch T "Ah, that's what I want to come at. I've been groping about on t'other side ; and now I'm going to try this. "Which side i this side?" asked Thomp son, and, as he spoke, ho heard, by tie brea thing, that cabby was moving on. lie en deavored to catch hold of him, but he was gone, and there was a silence and stillness "or some seconds, when the voice of cabby was again calling out triumphantly. All right, all right, sir! here you are all right I" "Not quite," cried Thompson, struggling to get out of the ditch into which he had wal ked in his hasty endeavors to follow up the track of cabby "not quite," he eaid. "But where are you ?" . : "Heie, sir." -"Where's that?" "Here." "I can't tell where 'here' ia." "Well, sir, I'll drive, towards you, and you follow the sound' of the wheels " But as Thompson advanced accordingly, he thought the 60und of the wheels; and cab by's voice too, grew fainter and fainter. He must have walked the wrong way after h got out of the ditch ; so, like a skilful tacti cian.' he turned in the opposite direction im mediately ; and feeling that he was on the crisp frozen turf by the side of tho road, where it was less slippery, he began to run again, rejoicing that he was not encumbered with his great-coat, and quite proud in the midst of all drawbacks, of the powers of nat ural locomotion which the stimulus of passing events had shown him to be so uneapectedly mastet of. He was making4was famously in recovery of lost ground, when suddenly what seemed a hillock, rose into the air beneath his feet, carrying him with it, and projecting him through the fog to a considerable distance. As he again reached the earth giddy, be wildcred and stunned he had an indistinct idea of hearing a dull, rushing sound, as he afterwards said, in his forcible way, like charge of cavalry ; and then hia senses and consciousness abandoned him altogether, and the great Thompson lay senseless and spraw ling on the snow-covered turf, .where he re niained for a term of which, though not" very long, he never knew the exact duration. The explanation of the mystery is very simDle. He had trodden ou an old cart- horse that had been turned out to pick a lit tie of the long winter grass at the road-side during tho day, and to find abed under shel- not the" cab but the cottage of the Kenton carrier, from the window of which winkled the light he had seen . A - This was a terrible blow;. but, as I have said, Thompson was pluck to the backbone there was no shirking in him. Tho fog was evidently beginuingto clear, the hedges on each side had become sufficiently visibly te enable him to steer his course safely along the middle of the road, and he at once, still un daunted, proccedod to retrace his 6teps. A epanking walk of an hour'and.a half brought him to his own. gates, thro which ha could clearly distinguish the exit of two carriage carriages that ho well knew the beaded pha eton of the Jenkinses and the char-a-banc of the Tallmeg3. They were the last of the de parting guests z it was two o'clock in the mor ning. He met Mrs. Thompson in the hall, who neither screamed with joy, nor threw herself upon his neck, nor did any of those things which a weaker-minded woman would have done. She merely said : ."My dearest Thompson, how excessively late you are ! And there is your man with his cab and horse in the stable-yard, who wants twenty-four shillings, as his charge for twelve miles, at two shillings per mile, and two half-crowns extra ; and he has had three glasses of brandy-and wine, which he says you promised him in addition." At that moment the Misses Jemima and Janette Thompson came running out of the now empty ball-room, and begged their dear papa not to be vexed at his delay ; they had had a delightful evening, and a beautiful sup per, as the ices, and pheasants, and game pies, and trifles and champagne- came down all safely. The contretemps had not been o the slightest consequence. And Thompson, though for a moment rath er taken aback by this extremely cool view of the case, perceived the next moment that it was the true "business" view, after all. jCZTOne of our cotemporaries disposes of the virtue of early rising as follows : "We have watched those fellows wbo are the early risers, and as a general thing they are the first chaps who go to theTgroceries of a mor ning. It is all moonshine about tho smart est and greatest men being the early risers. It might have been so in old times, but now- a-days when you see a chap moving about very early you may be certain that he is af ter a drink." ter-of the hedge at nighty Ihe poor crea ture, in its fright at being jumped upon du ring its peaceful slumbers, had suddenly sprung to its feet, and so projected Thompson into the air as described. When he recovered from the shock, he found himself sound in wind and limb, but somewhat bewildered and confused ; and was much annoyed to feel such sensations for he had the greatest antiphathy to anything like confusion. He spent some time in trying to decide which way he should go ; for though it seemed to him that the fog was less dense, it was still too thick for him to discover any landmarks for guidance. Everything was perfectly still; no sound of any kind broke the intense silence. At last, shivering with cold, he started off rather from tho necessity of exercise to clear his brain and circulate his blood, than from any definite choice of dircc- tion. After walking some time, no gradu ally recovered his self-possession, as warmth eTept over his numbed limbs ; and his persis tent efforts were rewarded by the appearance of a light dimly glimmering through tho fog, which he hailed at once aa that of his harbor of refuge the lamp of his cab. Pushing on with a proud sense of eventual conquest over !inhr:ird-of d i Hi c id t.i os . he soou reached t 'John,' quoth the gentle Julia to her sleepy load one warm morning at a lite hour, I wish you'd take pattern by tho thermome ter As hew?' murmured her woreer half, blecpily opening his optics, Why by rising.' Il'm, I wish you'd imitate the other fixa magig that hangs up by it the barometer.' Wby so !' Cause, then, you'd let me know when the storm's coming.' SrHall'a Journal of Health mentions what it calls an "instructive and alarming fact" in reference to the Wall St. forger, -Huntingdon, recently sent to the Penitenti ary. ' It was proven on the trial that he was never seen down town without a cigar in his mouth, and that he was never well. On en tering the prison, smoking was absolutely and at once forbidden by an inflexible rufc. In three months he gained fifteen pounds in flesh, and his general health was improved in proportion. Nohsesse Sense that happens to differ from your own Sense A sensible wife loeks for her employment at home silly ones abroad. Bap What extraordinary animal pro duction may be procured in tho Isle of Wight ? Mutton from Cutces. Worse What is worse than raining cats and dogs ? Hailing cabs and omnibusscs. Worst What is the difference between a cat and a document ? One has claicM at the end of its paves, and the other has pauses at the end of its clautes ill "What was the uso of the eclipse V asked a young lady. "Oh. it gave the sun time for reflection," replied a wag. Why is it easy to break into an old man's house ? Bw cause his gait is broken and his lockt aro few. . 3f A down east editor advises readers if they wish to get teeth inserted gratis, to go and steal fruit where his watch-dog is on guard. Somebody says there is a decided differ ence between perseverance and obstinacy. One is a strong will and the other a &Uong won't. A new mode of dispersing a mob has been discovered said to superscdo the ne cessity of military force. It is to pass round a contributor box. S i bollding. ! it fa djwu the airy, i tUU V - A
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