Democrat and sentinel. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, May 25, 1859, Image 1

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OF 4.
JOT TO THE AIMIIRERS
FINE 11EAD OU'
men glossy hair.
ulk of beauty, it cannot exist without a fine
i of hair, then read the following, and if you
, more, see circular around each bottle, and
one can doubt.
Professor wood's hair restora-
TlYfc. e can tue attention oi an, oiu and
:n, to this wonderful preparation, which
as"back to its original color, gray hair cov
the head of the bald with a luxuriant growth
,-emores tie dandruff, itching, and all cutane-
eruptiuns causes a continual flow of the
ural iiuids : and hence, if used as a regular
eia?for the hair will preserve its color, and
t p it from falling to extreme old age, in all its
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rural beauty. We call men upon me uaiu,
. grey, or diseased in scalp, to use it ; and
;!y the young will not, as they value the
ring locks, or the witching curl, ever be with
it. Its praise is upon the tongue of thous-
:hc Asent for Trof. Wood's Hair Restorative
N'w llavon received the following letter in
id to the Restorative a few weeks since :
Deep Rivkh, Conn., July 23, 1S5C.
Ir. Leavenworth Sir : 1 have been troubled
. jaudrutf or scurf on my Lead for more than
my hair began to come out, scurf and
together. I taw m a JNew Haven paper
"Wood's Hair Restorative" as a cure.
Al vour store on the 1st of April last, and
Lbcd one bottle to try it, and I found to my
ixi -fi it was the thing ; it removed the
iiiJnew hair began to grow ; it is now two
inches in length ichere it was all JT. I
erreit taith in it. I wish you to semi me
b tt'.es more by Mr. Post, tbe bearer of this.
jt't know as any of the kind is used in this
you may have a market lor many bottles
ritis known here.
Yjuh with respect, RUFUS TRATT.
PinLADELriiiA, Ser.l. 0, !85o.
?:nr. Wood Dear Sir : Your Hair Restora-
is proving itself beneficial to me. The front
sk the back part of head almost lost
c vtrmg m fact bald, a avc used out two
f pint bottles of your Restorative, and nov
t P of my bead is well stu dded with a prom-
crop of young hair, an d the front is also
vii;g its benefit. I ha ve tried other prepa-
'M without any benefit whatever. I think
amy own personal recommendation, I can
nt. -il 1. A '
u many ouiers to try it.
Vann, tcsp'y, D. R. THOMAS, M. D.
Jso. 4o4 V ine street.
VivrvvvT T .Tiinfi 22. 1853.
?"0F. 0. J. WOOT) . 'a a vou are about to
Ufactura .ud vend vn'nr rprntlv discovered
r Restorative. 1 will state, for whomsoever it
concern, that I have used it and known
'5 to use it that I have, for several years,
in the habit of using other Hair Restora
i ant. tiiat I find vours vastly superior to
other I know. It entirely cleanses the head
iazdruif, and with one month's proper use
- rwore any nerson's hair to the original
color and texture, giving it a neaiiny,
Ayer'sSarsaparilla
A compound remedy, in which we have la
bored to produce the most effectual alterative
that can be made. It is a concentrated extract
of Para Sarsaparilla, bo combined with othex
substances of still greater alterative power as
to afford an effective antidote for the diseases
Sarsaparilla is reputed to cure. It is believed
that such a remedy is wanted by those who
eutfer from Strumous complaints, and that one
which will accomplish their cure must prove
of immense service to this large class of our
afflicted fellow-citizens. How completely thU
compound will do it has been proven by exper
iment on many of the worst cases to be found
of the following complaints :
Scrofula and Scrofulous Complaints,
Eruptions and Eruptive Diseases, Ulcers,
Pimples, Blotches, Tumors, Salt Rheum,
Scald Head, Syphilis and Syphilitic Af
fections, Mercurial Disease, Dropst, Neu
ralgia or Tic Douloureux, Debility, Dys
pepsia and Indigestion, Erysipelas, Rosa
or St. Anthony's Fire, and indeed the whole
class of complaints arising from Impurity op
the Blood.
This compound will be found a great pro
moter of health, when taken in the spring, to
expel the foul humors which fester in the
blood at that season of the year: By the time
ly expulsion of them many rankling disorders .
are nipped in the bud. Multitudes can, oy
the aid of this remedy, spare themselves from
the endurance of foul eruptions and ulcerous
sores, through which the system will strive to
rid itself of corruptions, if not assisted to do
this through the natural channels of the body
by an alterative medicine. Cleanse out the
vitiated blood whenever you hnd its impurities
bursting through the skin in pimples, eruptions,
or sores ; cleanse it when you find it is ob
structed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it
whenever it is foul, and your feelings will tell
you when. Even where no particular disorder
is felt, people enjoy better health, and live
longer, for cleansing the blood. Keep the
blood healthy, and all is well ; but with this
pabulum of life disordered, there can be no
lasting health.- Sooner or later something
must go wrong, and the great machinery of
life is disordered or overthrown.
Sarsaparilla has, and deserves much, the
reputation, of accomphshing these ends. But
the world has been egrcgiously deceived by
preparations of it, partly because the drug
alone has not all the virtue that is claimed
for it, but more because many preparations,
pretending to be concentrated extracts of it,
contain but little of the virtue of Sarsaparilla,
or any thing else.
During late years the public have been mis
led by large bottles, pretending to give a quart
of Extract of Sarsaparilla for one dollar. Most
of these have been frauds upon the sick, for
they not only contain little, if any, Sarsapa
rilla, but often no curative properties whatev
er. Hence, bitter and painful disappointment
has followed the use of the various extracts of
Sarsaparilla which flood the market, until the
name itself is justly despised, and has become
synonymous with imposition and cheat. Still
we call this compound Sarsaparilla, and intend
to supply such a remedy as shall rescue the .
name from the load of obloquy which rests
upon it. And we think we have ground for
believing it has virtues which are irresistible
by the ordinary run of the diseases it is intend
ed to cure. In order to secure their complete
eradication from the system, the remedy should
be judiciously taken according to directions on
the bottle.
PREPARED BY
DR. JT. C. AYER A CO.
LOWELL, iMASS.
Price, $1 per Bottle j Six llottles for $5.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
has won for itself such a renown for the cure of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaint, that
it is entirely unnecessary for us to recount the
evidence of its virtues, wherever it has been em
ployed. As it has long been in constant use
throughout this section, we need not do more than
assure the people its quality is kept up to the best
it ever has been, and that it may be relied on to
do for their relief all it has ever been found to do.
Ayer's Cathartic Pills,
FOH THE CTTHE Or"
Cottiteness, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Dysentery, Foul Stomach, Erysipelas, Headache,
Piles, Rheumatism, Eruption and Skin Diseases,
Liver Complaint, Dropsy, Tetter, Tumors 5rf
Salt Rheum, Worms, Gout, Neuralgia, a 3
Dinner nil, and for Purifying the Blood.
They are sugar-coated, so that the most sensl
tive can take them pleasantly, and they are thO
best aperient in the world for all the purposes of a
family physic.
Price 25 cents per Box; 5 Soxes for $100.
ittistcllmtcons;
thful
Xk-1 glossy appearance ; and all this without
'-clonai the hands that apply it. or the dress
-oli it drops. I would, therefore, recom
its use to every one desirous of having
-iior and texture to the hair.
rwtfully, yours, WILSON KING.
& J. WOOD & Co., Proprietors, 312 Broad
, Aew York, (in the great N, Y. Wire Rail-
' "HAL'iisnment.j ana in iiarKct si., ot.
-js.Mo. T7 Sold by ail good druggists.
AP"1 6, 13G9:3m.
lill ROAD IS COIIS.
to
4u. subscriber has just received at hi3 New
ftammi situ
doOf Eftst" rif TrinrnricAnfl f aiiti t o 7 n TTMlQA
P 1 of ALL KINDS of
SAND SUMMER HATS.
ici le offers very low for CASH.
iBrn CLINTON R. JONES.
l3,-1859.-21-3m.
John HfKcnirA
SMc)?.r"an4Dealerl11 H Kinds ofCi r
O .vvnvvv. iUUU LKU 111-
TSt., Hollisdaysbargr, Pa.
untly on l.anA o j
i of Spanish, and half Spanish dears
lifc.iv' I0Ssible prices. All articles sold at
reprts?ritetl (Aimvu nj u wuiiv t,ucj
ABRAIIAM KOPEUJ,
AA 9
rVFFTr-T orney at Iw Johnstown
M 'on Clinton Street.
1823
41 "1 ujois aoru
AprU 0O mero1 Maui and Clinton.
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ai WMJSADE ROW.
Nor. li, 1867: l.tf
Great numbers of Clergymen, Physicians, States
men, and eminent personages, have lent their
names to certify the unparalleled usefulness of these
remedies, but our 6pace here will not permit the
insertion of them. The Agents below named fur
nish gratis our American Almanac in which they
are given ; with also full descriptions of the above
complaints, and the treatment that should be fol
lowed for their cure.
Do not be put off by unprincipled dealers with
other preparations they make more profit on.
Demand Ayer's, and take no others. The sick
want the best aid there is for them, and they should
have it.
All our Remedies are '
8r Sold by T. DEVINE, Ebensburg, and by
Merchants generally through the country.
Nov. 2t 1858:50:ly.
7Ar THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Of CAMBRIA COUNTY.
William Kittell Executor )
of the last Wrill and Testa- No. 28 Deccember
ment of Jacob Behe dee'd. Term 1859.
vs I Summons in Parti-
Susan M'Coy et al. J tion.
To Susan M'Coy et al. heirs and legal repre
sented ves of Catharine Belie, late Catharine M'
Coy deceased.
You are hereby notified to be and appear at
the next Court of Common Tleas of Cambria
County to be held at Ebensburg, on the 1st Mon
day of June next, then and there to accept or re
fuse the real estate of the said Jacob Behe, dee'd
at the valuation put upon it by the Inquett or
to show cause why the same should not be sold
to wit; a certain piece or parcel of land Fituate
in Alleghany township Cambria County, adjoin
ing lands of the heirs of John Phelan dee'd
lands of Mathias Behe and others, containing
99 acres and 21 perches, strict measure, val
ued and appraised at the sum of seven hundred
dollars. R. P. LINTON Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office,
Ebensburg, April l3,-lS59-21-6t. J
EI.IIASSOX,
Attornay at Law, Ebensburg, Pa
OFFICE adjoining the Post Onice.
Aug. 24, 1853. '
C. I. MURRAY,
Attorney, at Ebtnibnrg, Pa.
OFFICE OPPOSITE CRAWFORD'S HOTEL.
(raar!7,1858
BLANK SUMMONS AND EXECU
TIONS FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE
From the Knickerbocker Magazine.
THE: ARKANSAS TR.4TEL1ER.
In the early settlement of ArkaDsas, a
traveler, after riding some eight or ten miles
without meeting a human being, or seeing a
human habitation, came at length, by a sud
den turn of the wood road, to a miserable
"shanty," the center of a small clearing, in
what had originally been a "black jack thick
et, whence the only sound that proceeds is
the discordant music of a broken-winded fid
dle, from the troubled bowels of which the
occupant is laboriously extorting the monoto
nous tune known as the "Arkansas, or Radc
ensack Traveler " Our traveler rides up
within a few feet of the door, which was
once the bed frame of a cart body, now cov
ered with bear skins, and bung upon two big
wooden hinges. After much shouting, the
inmate appears, fiddle in band, and evidently
"wrathy" at being interrupted in the exercise
of bis art. The following colloquy ensues,
the indefatigable fiddler still playing the first
strain of "The Arkansas Traveler," which in
fact be continues, at sudden intervals, until
the dialogue, as will be seen, is brought to an
unexpected conclusion. If this be not "seek
ing lodgings under difficulties," we should
like to know what might be legitimately so
considered ;
Traveler 'Friend, can I obtain accommo
dations for the night with you V
Arkansas Artist' No sir nary commo-dation.'
Traveler '3Iy dear sir, I have already
travelled thirty miles to-day, and neither ray
self nor my horse has bad a mouthful to eat ;
can t you accommodate me for to-night :
Arkansas 'Artist' 'Just 'case it cant he
did. We're plum out of everything in the
house Aill s cone to mill with the last nub
Lin of corn on these premises, an '11 be nigh
onto the shank of to-morrow evenin' afore he
cuius home unless sunithin uncommon hap
pens
Traveler i'ou surely have something that
I can feed to my horse ; even a few potatoes
would be better than no food.
Arkansas 'Artist' 'Stranger, onr eatin'
roots gin out about a week ago : vour chance
is slim thar.'
Iraveler 'Hut my mend, 1 must remain
witn you, any way. 1 can t co any lurtner
whether I obtain anything to eat or not. You
certainly will allow me the shelter of your
roofi'
Ark. 'Artist" 'It can't be did, old boss,
You see we've got only one dried hide on the
premises, and me an the ole woman alius cc
cupics that, bo u:hars your chance Y
Iraveler 'Allow me to hitch my horse
that persimmon tree, and with my saddle and
blanket 1 11 make a bed in the fence corner
Ark. "Artiet' 'Hitch your horse to that
Simmon tree in a norn l ay you must
be a natural tool, stranger ! Uou t you fee
that's me and the old woman's only chance
for 'simmon beer, in the fall of the year. I
your horse is so tarnal hungry as you say h
is. he d girdle it as high up as he could reac
afore mormn . Hitch vour horse to that
tree? I spect not. ro, no, stranger,
can't come nary sich a dodge as that "
Our traveler, seeing that be had aa origi
nal to deal with, and being an amateur per
former upon the instrument on which the
settler was so ardently uttached, thought he
would change the tactics and draw his uetcr-tcrmined-not-to-be
'Lost' out a little before
informing him of the fact that he too could
play the 'Arkansas Traveler,' which once
being known, he rightly conjectured, would
be a passport to his better grace.
Traveler 'Well, friend, if I cant stay,
how far is it to the next house ?'
Ark. 'Artist' 'Ten miles f and you'll
think they're mighty long ones afore you get
thar. I came nigh into forgetting to tell you
the big creek is up, too bridge is carried off,
and there's nary earthly chance to ford it,
and, if jer bound to cross it, ycr'll have to
Co about seven miles up the stream, to old
Dave punchon bridge, through one of tho
bierest bamboo swamps ever you see. I
reckon tho bridge is staudin' yet 'twas yes
terday mornin', though one end had started
down stream about fifteen feet, or sich a mat
ter.'
Traveler 'Friend, you seem comaiunica
tive, and if it's no offence, I'd like to know
what vou do for a living.'
Ark. 'Artist' 'No offence on yearth,
stransrer : we list keep a grocery.
Traveler 'A grocery ! Where in the name
of all that is mercantile do your customers
.omfl from r Your nearest neichbor is ten
miles distant!'
Ark. 'Artist' 'The fact ia, me an the ole
woman is tho best customers yet ; but we
'spect these disrgens will improve, and m
course business will improve, too. Ilows'cvcr
we do suthin noic, even. Me and the ole
woman took the cart t'other day. and went to
town : we bort a bar'l of whiskey ; and after
we come home and 'gin to count the balance
on hand, we found thar war but just one
solitary picayune left, and as the ole woman
illers carries the tohss. in course she had it
L .
Well, I sot the bar'l agm one side of the
room, and shortly arter-the ole woman sc .
'Supposin you tap your end of tLc barl,' and
I did ; and she bort a drink and paid me a
picayune. Pretty toon I began to get dry,
and says I : 'Ole woman, spozen you tap
your end of the bar 1 ?' and 6he did ; and
then she sells me a drink ; and the way that
picayune has traveled back'ards and fb'ards
over the bung of that bar', is a caution to
them who loves 'red eye.' But. stranger,
losses is apt to come with every business ; and
me and the ole woman has lost some in the
procery lino , and I'll tell you bow 'twas.
The boy Kill, our oldest son, be saw how the
licker was coin', and didn't have nary red to
iino in the retail business : so one night be
crawled under the house, and taps the bar'l
atwlxt the cracks in the graooueon floor ; and
I r'ally believe he's got more than me and
the old woman ither; the good for nothin
vagadond, to come the 'giraff ' over his nat'-
ral born parents ; it's nuff to make a man
sour agin all creation ; that boy will be the
ruinaiinaiion oi us yet. Jle takes to trickery
is as nat ral as a hungry possum takes to a
len roost, ixow, stranger, what on vearth
am I to do ? He beats me and the old woman
entirely.'
Traveler 'It would bo difficult for me to
advise in regard to vour son. as I have no
family of my own. You say it's ten miles to
the next house ; the big creek is up ; the
bridge carried away , no possibility of fordice
it, and seven miles through a swamp to the
only bridge ih -vicinity ! .This is rather a
-.. -t " ii
gioomy pio&pi, particularly as me sun is
about down ; still uiy curiosity is excited. and
as you have been playing only one part of the
Arkansas Iraveucr ever since my arrival, I
would like to know, before I leave, why you
don t play tne tune throvgh V
Ark. 'Artist 'lor one of the best reasons
on yearth, old hoss I can't do it. I hain't
larn't the turn of that tchune, and drat me
if I believe I ever shall.
Traveler 'Give me your instrument, and
1 11 see if I can play the 'turn for you.'
Ark. 'Artist 'Look ahcre, my friend, do
you play the turn of that tchune Y
Traveler '1 believe I can.
Ark. 'Artist,' Lite, lite, old boss ! we'll
find a place for you in the cabin, sure. Ole
woman 1 (a 'hollo I' within the shanty was 1
the first indication the traveler bad of any
other human being on the 'premises,') the
ftranger plays the 'turn' of the 'Itackensack
Traveler.' My friend . hitch your boss to the
'simmon tree, or anywhere else you please.
Kill 11 be here Eoon, and he 11 take keer of
him. Olo woman, you call Sail and Nance
up from the spring ; tell Nance to go4nto the
spring house and cut off a good large piece of
boar steak to brile far the stranger's supper ;
tell Sal to knock over a chicken or two, and
get out some flour, and have some flour doin's
and chicken fixin's for tho stranger. (Bill
just haves in sight, twenty-four hours earlier
than he was expected a halt an hour before.)
Kill, O, Kill ! there's a stranger here, and
be plays the 'turu of the 'llackensack Trav
eler ;' go to the corn crib and get a big pun
kin and bring it to the house, so the stranger
can have Futhin to set on, and skin a 'tater'
'Ions with, me and tb.e ole woman, while the
you
The Hunters Last Shot.
A TALE OF AN OLD MAS's REVENGE.
gals is gettin supper ; and Kill, take the
boss and" give him plenty of corn ; no nub
bins, Kill; then rub him down well, and then
when you come to the house bring np a dried
hide and a bar-skin, for the stranger to sleep
on ; and then, Kill, I reckon he'll play the
turn of the Yilacbensack Traveler' for us.'
The 'punkiu' was brought; tho Maters'
were 'fctmnca ana eaten ; tne turn oi tue
'Rackensack Traveler' was repeatedly played
to abundant edification ; and the 'gals' finally
announced that supper was ready, and altho'
instead of 'store tea' they only had "sassafax
tea doins without milk, yet the repast was one
to be long and gratefully remembered. The
traveler remained all night, and was piloted
safdv over tha big creek early the next
morning, vjr a trutu, music lias cuarms to
soothe the savage breast !'
To see an old hunter or trapper in his
buckskin carb, armed with rifle, knife, and
tomahawk, is not a very unsual thing in the
city of St. Louis, for that town is the head
quarters of the Nortn Western Fur Compa
ny, and the names of the Choteau, Aubrey s
ike, are historically affixed thereto.
Some few years ago, I was sitting in the
reading room of the Virginia Hotel there,
conversing with a gentleman on business,
when an old man dressed and completely
armed as a hunter or trapper is when in his
accustomed ' wilds, entered and minutely
scanntd the feature' of every cne?present
He was evidently quite old, and very thin,
and feeble, loosing as if he had recently
risen from a couch of sickness. Yet his dark
eye beamed brightly, even "fiercely in its
sunken socket, and bis erect form seemed to
struggle against the mortal darkness which
prevade it.
The old man shook his head as be finished
his gaze around the room and muttering in
a low voice, "The cuss is not here !" be
turned away.
Having finished my business, I also left
and went up to the Planter's House where I
boarded. When I arrived, it lacked but a
few minutes of dinner time and tho guests
were gathering in the sitting-room waiting
for the gong to sound. I had just entered
when the old hunter, who had before attract
ed Tny attention also came in. and as before
commence! an inspection of every counte
nance.
Suddenly bis eye flashed with a fire more
fierce than I ever saw glow m human face
before, and be strode up to a young fellow
who bore the name of being the most daring
hunter of the North-West Company, of which
he was trading agent when on the hunt, and
the most reckless gambler and wildest bau-
chee of ihe crowd, when he was in the city
His name wa3 Auguste St. Vrain. Only
three days before 1 had seen him on the
KlooJy Island, in the river opposite to St
Louis, stand at ten paces against one of the
A
bcot shots in the city, and not a nerve trem
bled, uor did his face pale, but he "winged'
Lu man as cooly as if he had been shooting
at a bird, let now. when that old man
stepped up before him, and he caught
glance of his fiery eve, bis courage and pres
encc of mind seemed utterly to fail him, and
trembling, while the old man's voice, loud
and clear as a bugle, rang in his ear.
"I have sought you long, Auguste St.
Vrain and found you ? Ptemember Edele I"
As he spoke, the oninious click of the old
man's rifle was heard. Astonished into silence
the crowd drew to cither side, while St Vrain
tearing his shirt bosom open, said in a low,
opeless tone :
"Fire old man, I deserve it 1"
The old hunter had scarce waited for the
Core for Scratches. II. Payne, of
Loekport, communicates the following reme
dy for scratches in horse?, which we have
seen tried with good enect :
"When the horse comes in at night, bis
legs should be washed clean and rubbed as
dry as may be; then apply good vinegar,
rubbing it well to the skin, lwo applications
a day arc sufScient. I have always found it
a sure preventive and a certain cure. If tue
legs have become cracked and sore, apply the
vinegar freely, and add a piece of copperas
the size of a common hickory nut to a quart
of vinegar.
Paddy Africa. At a negro celebra
bration lately an Irishman stood listening to
a colored speaker expatiating upon govern
ment and freedom ; and as the ofator came
to a "period" from the highest and most po
etical heights, tho Irishman said
'Kedad, he spakes well for a nagur : didn't
he now t
Somebody said, 'He isn't a negro, be
only a half negro.'
Only a half a nasur. is it ? Well, if hal
a narur can talk in that manner, I'm think
ing a whole nagur might bate the prophet
Jeremiah.'
word ; for, St. Vraio's last word was spoken,
the bullet from the hunters nae had passed
through hi3 heart. He sunk a corpse on the
floor, murmuring only one word, "Ldele.
The olJm:.a stood and gazed on tho body
moment then he muttered, "It is right T
have fired my last shot I"
In a moment ho was seized he made no
resistance and hurried off to prison. As I
was tuea a practising attorney in ine courts
of that ci
man, I availed myself of my position to go
to him and freely offer my services. He re
ceived me camly and kindly, but his voice
was very feeble, as he replied :
"It's little use you can be to nie, sir, for I
have fired my last shot, and tramped my last
trahrp Kut as you seem to be about the
only friend I've got around here, I may as
well ease my mind and tell you why I shot
St. Vrain. Two years ago. I would have
sooner shot myself than raise a hand to Larro
a hair on his head. He was young, hand
f From the N. Y. Mercury.
An Irish-Tank.ee TricR.
Barney K is a resident of the 'Smoky
City,' and belonged to that sharp-witted class
who are generally 'up to snuff,' and not very
easily imposed upon. At one period be was
argely engaged in the wholesale and retail
grocery business, ana among nis numerous
customers was a contractor on the Pennsylva
nia canal, (then approaching completion,) -
who by some means managed to contract,
along with his original one, a pecular liking
for Barney During the course of his inter
esting acquaintance, be managed to get into
the affections of our hero to the tune of eleven
hundred dollars, which might be regarded as
a slight token of esteem.
t The honesty-of the contractor had never -
been questioned until near the close of hia
job, when it was whispered abroad that he
was preparing to take 'r reoch leave, of his
creditors, and for that purpose had collected
all his funds, and, perhaps, in a few days
would depart for a more congenial clime.
Karney heard the rumor, and gave it full
credit. He saw that he could only secure his
claim by 6tratagera, and accordingly he laid
his plans for coming the 1 ankee over his
customer. Passing along the street one day
he met Mr. Kuck. .
'Good morning, Mr. Kuck 'an bow are ye?
An' how are ye getting aloDg wid yer job V
was the ealution of our friend Karney.
Pretty well,' said Kuck. very confidently,
for he did not imagine that hi3 villainous
scheme was suspected. 'Pretty well, my old
friend, I expect the present contract to be
finished in a few days, when I will take a
new one.'
Is it farter away than this one '''asked
Karney.
No, it's rather nearer. and Mr. Kuck col
ored slightly.
An' don't you wish to buy a nice lot of
goods ? The owld stock must bo pretty nigh
sowld.'
Well, no,' said Kuck, hesitatingly. I
would rather not purchase until 1 enter on
niv new contract."
"'Och, man, it's a jokin' ye are ? Do ya
think ycr men can live on ihe wind and drink
cowld wather ? Coma along wid ye an' let
me sell ye about $3,000 worth .
Thus talking, Karney and Mr Kuck reached
the store. Afler some coaxing Karney sold
him a bill, consisticg of flour, bacon, coffee,
sugar and whiskey the latter an mdespensi
ble article in those days and the wholo
amounting to abont $3,000. The goods
were marked and rolled on the pavement.
After making out the bill, Karney presented
it to bis customer, remarking:
Mr. Kuck, dear, don't ye think ye could
be afthcr letting me have the amount of that
small bill that's due. This big purchase will
lave me rather bare, an' I muit have a little
to begin on again.'
Mr. Kuck feeling that 3,000 was better
than 1.100. with that philosophy so well
becoming the man, concluded to pay the old
bill, and still have $1,000 clear in the op
eration. The money was taid and a receipt
given, when Karney remarked :
I will have tho goods delivered lor ye
imagently. So ye need give yourself no far
ther about Ihirn.'
The place was designated where they were
to be taken, and Kuck went away. No sooner
turned than Karney called to
was his back
ty, feeling a sympntb'y for the old bis porter to lend a band; and 'quick, prestol
vailed myself of my position to go I the goods were rolled icto the store, and th
door locked. K?.rncy remained outside, tak
ing a scat on an empty bairel, to await the
return of Kuck, who. finding the goods- were
not fotthcoming, would como back to learn
the cfcuse.
After the lapse cf an hour, Karney observ-
ed his friend returning in great haste. In
stantly our hero placed Lis hands oter his
face, crvl trlua Buck came up Barney's eyes
were suffused with tears, and he looked the
verv picture of agony. Perceiving the mcl-
sorae. brave ; as good a trapper as ever drew I accholy appearance of Barney, Kuck sympa
: . . ... J., , Ii - it,---. cl: :
hpad on a oriziW s eve. 1 loved nun. tueticauv mquireu me nature ui ius sorruw.
is
"Oxe ofItiiesi Things." The Cincinnati
Commercial states that a hardware house in
that city recently received the following em
phatic order z
-, Sangamon Co., Ill , March 18.
& Co. :
Sirs Send us one of them d d things
that make such a h 11 of a noise abont a
hotel. We've opened a hotel hero last week,
and want to make as much noise as any body.
Send bill. J. K- P. & Kro.
J. S. A feller here says they call them
gongs-in Terre Haute.
r-"i A waggish chap, whose wixen wife.
bv drowning lost her precious life, called out
his neighbors, all around, ana 101a -em maw
his spouse was drowned; and in spite of search
could not be found. He knew, he said, the
very nook where she had tumbled in the
brook, and bad be dragged along the shore,
above the place a mile or more. ."Above the
place!" the people cried, "Why what d'ye
mean?',' The man replied: "Of course you
don't suppose I'd go and waste the time to I
look below! , I've known the women quite a
spell, and larn't her fashions tol'ble well;
alive or dead, she'd go, I swow, against tho
current anyhow !"
ST Brother Jonathan says the English
ladies who recently lost their lives by their
dresses taking fire, were burnt offerings to
the Moloch of Frshiou ' '
Ihe old mau s voice grew huy, his lip
quivered, he paused a aioraent, aa l then he
went on :
"I was not the only one that loved him.
My Edele then only sixlce:, the image of
her poor deal mother sue loved him, and
he pretended to love ner. lie promised to
marry her, and under that promise ruined
her. Age and shame mde . her keep the
secret until it could no longer be kept ; then
he fled from her, leit her to bring a babe
into the world, and then to die broken heart
ed, with it upon her bosom. Koth of them
sleep in one grave on the banks of the Yellow
stone. For a time I thought I should have
to lay down there, too, before I found him.
but I kept up till my work was done. I care
not for life now."
I tried to cheer up the old man, I told
him that the mere recital of his wrongs be
fore a western jury would acquit him, but he
only shook bis head and muttered : "My
laet shot is fired, I am at the end of my last
tramp "
One week afterwards, a few of us, who
had discovered in him a brother of the ''mys
tic tie," gave him honorable burial in a
neighboring cemetery ; for he passed away
as quietly as if he had laid him down by a
pleasant camp-fire to rest after a long and
wcarv hunt. Green were tho sprigs cast in
his crave, and true the hands which threw
them.
3T To take out pitch, rosin, tar, paint,
&c. pour a little alcohol on the place and let
it soak in about a half an hour. Then rub
it gently, and you will find the alcohol has
enaked out the glutinous quality eo that it
will easily crumble out
Karney looked up, while a tear trickelerl
down his face, and replied in a piteous tone :
H)ch, Mr. Kuck, haye yoa h ard what s
happened me Y
Not I, said JJuck. starting back. lias
any dreadful calamity occurred V
Calamity,' sighed Karney, 'worse nor
that.'
It must bo dreadful, Mr. Kurnl pray
explain.'
Wrhy, bless ycr dear sowl, the sheriff has ,
been - here since ye left, an' tuck every dol
lar's worth of goods I had ia the world, an
what's worse, an' spites me the most, it, that
he tuJc yer goods along wid the rest
Kuck asked no further explination. He
either believed Karney, or fancied the Phi
listines were upon him. And he left instan
ter. And as Karney had secured his money
he could 6nap his finger at the rascally con
tractor.
tST A young blood in Suckertown, wish
ing to get a chauee to tell one of the fair ones
what he thought of her, donned bis best
looks and addressed hor in this wise :
'Miss, can I have the exquisite pleasure
of rolling the wheel of conversauon around
the axletree of your understanding a few
minutes this evening ?''
The beautiful lady fainted. What a pitty,
37" A lady not far off gives her views of
woman's rights to the world. She is against
the interference of woman in politics. She
asks pointedly :
"If men can t da the voting, and take care
of the country, what is the use of them ?
That s a poser I e think she will pass.
j3T" Kody weary and worn, spirits all for-
lorn, chin and cheek unshorn, nose as sharp
a thorn from lack of meat and corn t this
; is the wight who, in despite of reason's light,
J goes forth to eek toe riky Peak.
Yankee Impudence. The greatest instance
of impudence on record, is" that of a Y'ankce,
who, in an Italian cty, stepped a religious
procession, in order to light his cigar from
cne of the holy candles. E.e the proces6joQ
recovered from its astonishmeut, the BHida
cious smoker had disappeared. '
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