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NEW GOODS.
IIE LIJfcKalUAKl) has just received and
j is now opening, a full supply of Goods suit-
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able fur the season, consisting of
MADE UP CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, AHD CAPS,
IMRD1I.1KC, CITLERY, GROCE
RIES &c. &c.
Which will be sold Wholesale or Retail at
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e. hughes.
June 29, 1859. tf.
Ill SAIL ROAD IS EOMQHi: -
THE Subscriber has just received at his New
lkB Z-ttl hiM9
One door East of Thompsons Mountain House
A new lot of ALL KINDS of
LIST OF CAUSES,
O ET DOWN for trial at an ADJOURNED
lO COURT to be held for Cambria county, at
Ebeusburg, commencing on MONDAY, the 29th
day of August, A. D. 1859 :
Rex, Kemerer & Co. vs Raul,
Ebcnsburg & Susq.
Plank Road
Ovcrs'rs of Summer.
M'GuIre et al,
Cassiday
Lippincott & Co.
Weakland
Snyder
Rhey
Commonwealth
Stillsell & Porter
O'Niell
Shcehan
Pringle
Glass
ilenley
Glass' Executors
Litzinger
Hughes
Frouheiser
llollowcll & 3o.
Jones
M'Coulogue
vs Hill,
vs M'Gough,
VS Weakland ct al.,
vs Skelly,
vs Fenlon, sur. par.,
vs Luther,
vs Adams,
vs Johnstown troti Oo.,
vs Gillan,
vs Whites,
vs Eash,
vs. West Branch Ins Co.,
vs Murray, Zahm & Co.,
vs Shiels,
vs M'Coy,
vs Glass,
vs Dougherty,
vs Glass, v
vs Oram,
vs M'Caun,
vs Linton,
vs M'Gonigle.
JOSEni M 'DONALD, Trotli'v.
Protbonotary's Office,
Ebensburg, July 30, 1859. J
LIST OF CAUSES,
mm AND SUMMER HATS
lkh he offers very
SET down for trial at a Court of Common
Pleas to bo held at Ebeusburg, for Cambria
county, commencing on MONDAY, the 5th of
SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1859 :
Eckenrode
Cox
Whites
Little
Noels
Teeter
Whites for use
M'Murtrie et al.
Commonwealth
Kruiso
Roberts
Gray,
vs Ryan,
vs Munson,
vs Peach,
vs Oster.
vs Fultz,
vs Ilaynes,
vs Sharp's adm'rs.,
vs Fex,
vs Moreland et al.
vs Murray,
vs Murray,
vs M'Kibben ct i.
JOSEPH M'DONALD,Prot'y.
Pruth'ys office, Ebeusburg. July 27, 1850.
S1?
LiST of causes,
ET down for trial at a Court of Common
'les to held at Ebcnsburg, for the county of
Cambria, commencing on Monday, the l2th day
oi rMpieuHCT, isoy :
J
l..w f.r CASH.
CLINTON R. JONES.
XjmW, 13 ,-1 SZ0.-2 1-S.
NEW AERIVAL.
IfiEE UNDERSIGNED., has added to Lis
J. St K-k of V&fjs nd S.vcs Xc. A very
U'Z" wr !l seli-cti'il assortnu-iit f MKN
Ui a'pV r.vule S'lIRTS M KNS MARSEILLES
Linen 0llars,
UCILS 1VI1ITC AXD COL'D IIOSi:
Hvm do do do
GiiMn-ns do do do
I.nlies tiloves. and Ladies Mitts, and Gents, do.
Mils and Bovs Suspenders. Black Neck Tics,
Vilify Keck Ties, Ladies and Gent. Linen lland
iercii'fs. White and Colored Lir.cn Floss.
Stationary, Carpet Sacks. Trunks and every
other articlu necessarv kent in bis line.
(iife him a call and examine for yourselves.
TLKM-S CASH. CLINTON R. JONES.
O'.iiic' '2'J. 185'J. tf.
DB0G8 1)RU6S DM68! !
JPST OPENED AND FOR SALE BY R. S.
liUNN. M. I) a
fJBRJJGBf HEDICINES,
am. C ; r : 7 t x n civ r
Kimii.ell
Statkr
Cox
Fronlieiier
Pa. R. R. Co.,
Kiddle
Hoffman
New kirk ct U
O.ty !Vmj?;
Bk kford,
Giblot.s& B il.-ingtr
lVrslnng, assignee ot
Yickroj ,
A. M. & R. White
Shatter tt al.
nirk
Cohn & C.
Wn.. Is
Ellis
Sttitzm
NefT
Swii'cs et al.
Morris, Taskcr & (Jo.
Whitings' Iudoroces
Hughes,
Apt,
Fronhcir, endorsee
Same
Same
Roberts
Ilecby
Moyeis ct al. for use
M'Dermitt
Davis fnr use
Whites & Co.
Whites
Whites
Pryce
Movers ct d. for use
vs Bainett & Hamilton,
vs HoU'inan,
vs iSm-jr,
vs Meaiuir & Fend,
vs Durbiu,
Vis Rubertas
vs Swires c t al.,
vs King ct al.,
Vs Whites.
vs Gl.isgo,
vs Coper A Co.,
vs Stiiier,
vs Gates,
vs Wm. K. Pij'cr,
vs Emplk'lcl ct nl..
vs Puma. it. II. (J...,
vs RoWits,
i. W1BES. BIBS, IMIfl.
rxket Cutlery, Razors, Brushes. Cotnbs. Station
ry. W ink Books, Perfumery, Soaps, Tobacco,
Virs, bnutts and other arttclca usually kept in
vnz Stores.
11. S. DUNN, M.
EUnsburg, May, 4, 1859.-2 4-ly.
M M. RKF.D. T. L. H V.Y Eli
tWnsbiirg, Johnstown
KECD & EZElER,Atl4)iu 3Kat Law
Ciunsel given in the English and German
laiurunircB.I
ci on High StroctEbensburg, Tenn'a.
W'. 6,1856. ly
Piper for use vs White,
vs Swcgkr et al.,
vs Gates,
vs Stahl,
vs Ross,
vs Paul,
vs Given.
vs Keith's adai'r.,
vs Bailey,
vs White,
vs Same,
vj Sninc,
vs M-jore,
vs Murray & Warner,
vs Tiky, Sr.,
vs Litzinger.
vs Bracken,
vs Paul,
vs Kline,
vs Rainey,
vs Linton. Sliff.
vs Tilev, Sr.
JOS. M'DONALD, Proth'y.
Prothonotary's Ollice.
Ebeusburg, Aug. 3, 1859. J
J ACKSOX & CLARK.
"KGEOX Dl'TISTS, JOHNS 1 OWN, PA.
lEof the firm will be in Ebcu.-.burg during
''lie first ten days of each mouth,
Z .which time" all persons tlei
' ae his iiruf(ssiiitil Ki-rvifi a can
3'liim at thn ,f1ifo r.f Tlr' Tjiwia nfnrlv nnnrt-
s;tc BLiirV Hotel.
may25,1859tf.
John 31'Keage
7at"orand.Dealorln all Kinds ofCrJ
ua, Chewing and Loaf Tobacco. Montgom-
Cery St., HolUsdaysburg, Pa.
ostatitly on hand, a .fine and well'sclectec
utt,st"c of Spanish. anJ half Spanish cigars
thi ,w?st possible prices. All articles sold at
' 5 establishment arc warrantetl to be what "they
-gVlSoS.ly.
) M0VAL!-PAUL (iRAFF, MANUFAC
Wr,3"'1 Wholesale Dealer in Boots, Shoe.
1 'J OtlWf 1.1 l m -...-
between Arch and Clierry, Phila-
f March 6, 185G.
JOHX SI1ARIXAUGII. i
- e of iii.d. ... ...
Tr " summiiiTiiit,
41 L IrSS INTRUSTED TO HIS
-0ar T X 1 1)0 Promptly attended to. He will
l,0S.Auctncr.r at Public Sal es whenever
.FN hTsTbiinn, itiT
1 tffi?3 IIIS I'UOFESSIONAL Services to
'-!. ll!h ht"-'t, oppesite Tliompsoii's llo-t!"-1Ws,M.yf
4f-lS53.-2i-ly.
M'atclics, Jewelry antl Silver-ware
V? We would respectfully inform
7X'. our fiiends, patrons and the public
Tr - generally that we have just opened
idi-2us3 "nr AVw Match, Jeirelry, Silcerand
natal Sare Establishment., at No C22 MAR
KET street, w here we ofkr Wholesale S Retail,
at the lowest dish I'rire-f, a large and very
choice stock of every description of goods usually
kept in a first class Watch and Jewelry Store.
We hope by untirkg efforts to accommodate
ami please not ouly to retain all our former pat
rons, but ,m.rit and secure a large accessiou to
the same.
Every description of Diamond Work and other.
Jewelry made to order at short notice.
fjtj- All aoods trarra?ifed to be as represented.'
fjCf- Particular attention given to the repairing
of Watches, and Jewelry of every description.
STAUFFER & IIARLEY.
No, 622 MARKET street, South Side PHIL'A.
N. B. We will contimie our Old Store, No.
148 North Serond street, f r a short time ouly.
August, 81. L859.-3m.
FAR 91 FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offers at private sale his
FARM, situate in Susquehanna township, Cam
bria couuty, containing about TWO HUNDRED
ACRES, about forty of which are cleared, and
having thereon eree'ed a large BANK BARN, a
CABIN HOUSE and largo DWELLING HOUSE
in process of erection. The land is well timbered
with White Tiue, Oak of every kind, &c. It is
well supplied by never-failing springs of water,
and there are three Sawmills convenient to the
property. The land contains coal, iron ore and
limestone, pronounced to be good by competent
jurlgeg, and the tract is known by the name of
"Limestone place." Au .indisputable title will
be given. The property is within about two
miles of Joseph's (Catholic) Church, and about
four miles from Carrolltown. I will sell cheap.
For further particulars apply to the undersigned
on the premises, cr address him bv letter at Car
rolltown. LAURENCE DEE.
June 15. 1859:3m
GEO. E. LEWIS, BL DT
rTrtENDERS his professional services to the citi
X .ens of EWnsburg and vicinity, he mav lc
1 found in the Offico formerly occupied by Dr. D.
W. Lewis. Night calls may bo made at the
I "ft- July 6, lSSfMf.
Correspondence of the Democrat & Sentinel.
Letter Irtit Washington.
. Washington. August, 8, 1850. '
President Buchanan Ilia position and hab
its, The Candidates for the succession
"Old Acorns" The newspaper enterprise
of Washington The Democratic Review
&c. ' -
Your "article of last week in regard to Pres
ident Buchanan could not but receive the
hearty endorsement of every member of the
party, and struck me as being the frankest
editorial, I have yet seen in reference to his
declination as a candidate for a second term.
You take him at his word, and well you may,
for his whole history, publ'C and private, is
unsullied by aught of falsehood or duplicity.
He has endeavored, so far, to discharge the
duties of office with a patriotism as large and
extensive as the country itself, nnd even those
who differ with him on matters of public poli
cy are willing to accord to biui an honesty of
purpose and a strict devotion to the interests
of the. country. There i3 probably, no great
er worker in any capacity under the govern
ment than he is, and it is his regular habits,
which are the foundation of vigor, health and
consequent mental and bodily activity, that
admit of a searching examination, and scruti
ny of every position of the immense business
that must necessarily come under his super
Vision. Meanwhile, all the cliques and combination
of politicians in favor of the nomination of
their favorite for the succession are "laying
the ropes" for delegates to the next National
Convention, whilst the candidates themselves
are busily engaged in feeling the public pulse
through the medium of ink, quill and paper.
The only difficulty to them, is, in my opinion
that like Gen. W. Ecttt in 1852, they may
unfortunately put that down in black and
white may rise up, like the ghost of Banquo,
in judgement against them, and bo the means
of ftnpainng their strength. If the letter pur
porting to be written by Gov. Wise to a gen
tleman in New York, in which the Gov ad
vocates the idea of sending a double delega
tion from that State to the National Conven
tion be true, he may rely upon it the jig is
up with him. And although I consider it a
bogus affair, gotten up by Bennett, to answer
some purpose, still it is somewhat singular
.i . t i rr i. , i
iue .uicumouu inquirer, euueu Dy uis son,
docs not contradict it. They have time
enough yet, as the people in this latitude aro
not habitually inclined to do things up speed
ily. .
e have a number of candidates for the
nomination for President, prominent among
whom I may say are Gov. Wise and Senator
Hunter, of lrginia; Hon. D S Dickerson,
and Gov. Seymour, of New York; lion. S.
A-Douglas, of Illinois: Hon. Howell Cobb,
of Georgia; Hon. Jesse D. Brizbt, of Indi
ana; Hon. Simon Polk, of Missouri; Hon.
John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky: Ex-
President Pierce ofN. II.; Gen. Joe. Lane,
of Oregon, and others.
If prophets had any reputation for belief I
would venture the prediction that either Gen.
Pierce or Lane, ("Odd Acorns" as we call
him here,) would be the fortunate drawer of
the nomination, but should it not be so, and
either of the above named gentlemen, or any
other good democrat obtain it, and be placed
direct on the Cincinatti platform and no oth
er, and no new nomination of principles be
allowed in the resolutions, we can bid defiance
to the "Opposition" and knock Republican
ism higher than a kite.
You might as well try to sque eze cream
out of a rock as get any late intelligence here
concerning the southern election. There is no
entcrprize here in Newspaperdom, and the
ouly way we get news is to "waite for the
cars" that brings the Baltimore "Sun" and
New York and Philadelphia papers. The
Journals published here, excepting editorials
and locals, are a mere reprint of other papers
The Virs inia election returns ware longer
ches, green corn, ripe apples, &c, and if yoi
step over some morning before breakfast we
will hob-Lab together upon them.
Yours.
CARBOLL.
iHtsccUqucoits,
A ftusslan Wolf Hunt.
We translate ' the following story from a
"coming in, "than Potter and M'Kean used to
be in "rafting days," ee Railroads aid Tele
graphs were in vague.
A new Democratic Publication, to be stil
cd "The National Democratic Quarterly
Review," will be issued here on the 17th
September next. It will advocate the doc
trine of the party without regard to men and
I hope it may succeed, lhe Editor is non
Thomas B. Florence, who "will spare no ef
fort to render it successful, lhe articles-will
be eminations from the pens of the ablest
scholars in the Union.
Phelan of New York, the great Billiard
player, was here on Thursday last in compa
ny with .Bird of Philadelphia, who is also
some in knocking the balls. They played a
number of games which were well contested,
and by their skill in handling the cue elicited
the admiration of many lookerson.
Ujuite a disturbance occurred over on the
Island last night. I am informed that three
men of the 2d Ward, who were in that de
lightful locality called Pin-cuff alley, in a
house of bad repute, were severely cut and
slashed in a wicked manner, by some miscre
ants who entered the house blew out the light
and let slip the knives of war upon them.
One man was cut in the abdomen, thigh and
arm but none of them are considered mortal
wounds.
I notice a strong determination on the part
of your three couutry journals to give aharty
and cordial support to your county ticket.
This is as it should be, and if the peoplo do
the same you cau have no difficulty ia elect
ing them by a very large majority. Every
Democrat thould vote the ticket, as it is
worthy tho support, and as tho success of the
county ticket is alwavs an intyral portion of
the success of tho National ticket, it behooves
every man who desires the prosperity of tho
Democracy, and therefore the strengthening
of the great break water against sectionalism,
North and South, to stand firm and true to
your local nominees.
You will not Lo offended if I inform you
that wo are Iterating here on Melons, Pea-
late nuniDer oi ju. Alexander xmnmans s
news- papers. It is an extract from one of
his letters from t, Petersburg.
"Wolf ; hunting and bear hunting are the
favorite , pleasures of the Russian, Wolves
are hnntod in this way in the winter,' when
the woives being hungry are ferocious. Three
or four huntsmen each armed with a double
barrelled gun, which is any sort of a carriage
drawn by three horses its name being de
rived from its team and not its form. The
middle horse trots always : the left hand and
right hand mast always gallop. The middle
horse trots with hin head hanging down, and
he is called the Snow Eater. Tho two others
have only one rein, and they are fastened to
the poles in the middle of the body, and
gallop, theirj heads free j they are called the
Furious.
The troika is driven by a sure coachman,
if there is anything in the world as a sure
coachman. A pig is tied to the rear of the
vehicle by a rope or a chain, (for greater
security,) some twelve yards long. The pig
is kept in the vehicle until the horsemen
reach the forest where the hunt is to take
place, when he is taken out and the horses
started. The pij, not being accustomed to
this gate, squeals, and his squeals soon de
generate into lamentations His cries bring
out one wolf, who gives the pig chase ; then
two wolves, then three, then ten, then fifty
wolves all oostiug as hard as they can after
the poor pig, fighting among themselves for
the best places, snapping and striking at the
pig at every opportunity, who squeals with
dispair. These squeals of agony arouse all
the pigs in the forest, within a circut of three
miles, and the troika is followed by an im
mense flock of wolves.
It is now a good driver is indispensable.
The horses have au instinctive horror for
wolves, and go almost crazy ; they run as fast
as they can go. The huntsmen fire as fast
as they can load there is no necessity to
take aim. The pig squeals the horses nigh
the wolves howl the guns rattle ; it is a
concert to make Mepbistopheles jealous. As
long as tho driver commands his horses, fast
as they may be funning away, thero is no
danger. But if he ceases to be master of
them, if they balk, if the troika is upset,
there is no hope. The next day, or the day
after, or a week afterwards, nothing will re
main of the party but the wreck of the troika
the barrels of the guns, the bones of the
horses, huntsman and driver.
Last winter, Prince Ilepnine went on one
of these hunts, and it came very near being
his last hunt lie was on a visit with two
of his friends, to one of his estates near the
steppe, and they determined to go on a wolf
huut. lhey prepared a large sleigh in which
three persons could move with ease, three
vigorous horses were put into it, and they
selected a man born in the country and thor
oughly experienced in the sport. Every
huntsman had a pair of double barrelled guns
and a hundred and fifty ball catridges. It
was night when they reached the steppe ; that
- . - 1 Tl. "
is an immense prairie covereu wiui snow.
The moon "as full and shone brilliantly ; its
beams refracted by the snow gave a light
that was scarcely inferior to daylight.
The pig was put out of the sleigh, and the
horses whipped up. As soon as the pig felt
that he was dragged he began to squeal. A
wolf or two appeared, but they were timid,
and kept a long ways off. Their number in
creased aud as their number augmented they
became bolder. Thero were about twenty
wolves when they came within reach of the
troika One of the party fired ; a wolf fell.
Seven ot eight hungry wolves remained be
hind to devour their dead companion. The
gaps were soon filled. On every side, howls
answered howls, sharp noses and brilliant
eyes were seen peering. The guns rattled
volley after volley. But the flocks of wolves
increased instead of diminishing, and soon it
was not a flock but a vast herd of wolves in
the thick serried columns, which gave chase
o the sleigh.
The wolves bounded forward so rapidly
they seemed to fly over the snow, and so
lightly not a sound was heard ; their num
bers continued to increase and increase, and
the guns of the party, rapidly as they were
discharged had no effect upon them. The
wolves formed a vast crescent, whose horns
began to encompass the horses. Their num
ber increased so rapidly that they seemed to
soring out of the ground there was some
thing wierd in their appearance, far where
could three thousand wolves come from in
such a desert of snow. The party continued
to fire, but they had now used above half
their ammunition, and had but two hundred
catridgas left, while they were surronnded on
all sides by three thousand wolves.
The two horns of the crescent came nearer
and nearer, and threatened to dcvclopc the
party. If one of those horses had given out,
the fate of the whole party would have been
scaled. "What do you think of this, Ivan Y
said Prince llapnine, speaking to the driver
which intersected fone of the horn3 of the
crescent. The wolves opened their ranks
and let the horses pass. The Prince raised
his gun to his shoulder. "For God's sake
don't fire !" exclaimed the driver, "we are
dead men if you do I" He obeyed Ivan.
The wolves astonished at this unexpected
act, remained motionless for a minute.
During this minute the torika was averst
from them. W hen tho wolves again started
after it, it was too late they could not over
take it A quarter of an hour afterward,
they were in sight of home. Prince Rapnine
thinks his horses ran at least six miles in
those fifteen minutes. . no rode over the
steppe, the next day, and found the bones of
more than two hundred wolves. '
The "Try Company
A gentleman who was riding in the cars,
noticed a bright little fellow, between five
and six years of age, sitting with his father
and mother, and engaged in the attempt to
unloose the knot of the string that bound a
small parcel. The knot had become well
compacted and the child's tiny fingers seem
ed to make no Impression thereon. The pa
tient earnestness of tho little fellow was con
trasted with the apparent indifference of his
parents, who looked on, but made no attempt
ta assist hiui. At last the gentleman, whose
sympathies with child'u were warm could bear
the sight no longer; bo. to help the child, and
partly to rebuke the parents, he took out his
knife and handing it to tho boy said:
"Here my little fellow, try the virtue of a
sharp blade. You can not untie the knot."
Something to his surprise, the knife was
not taken; but instead, the child answered
with a smile
"Please, sir, father don't allow me to say
I can't; belong to the "Try Company."
"Indeed!" said the gentleman, as he drew
back his hand. "I never heard of that com
pany before."
"Oh, I've always belonged to it. Have I
not, frthcr?" and the chili turned, with an
expression of loving confidence in his face,
towards his father.
"lie's a worthy member of that excellent
association sir" remarked the father, now
speaking to the gentleman, and smiling in a
pleasant way.
" Ah , I understand you!" Light was break
ing in uoon his mind. "This is a part of
your dicipline. lou never permit your little
boy to say I can t
"But, instead, I'll try, sir." .
"Excellent," said the gentleman. "Ex
cellent! Here is the way that men are made.
It is the everlasting canH, that is dwarfing
the energies of thousands upon thousands all
nvcr thfl land. A feeble effort is made to
overcome some difficulty, and then the arms
fall wearily, and the task is abandoned
"And who is most to blame for this?" was
inquired.
"Parents," was the unhesitating reply.
"Parents who fail to cultivate patience and
nerseverance in their children. Parents who
carry them when they should let them walk,
even though their feet may be wearv. 1 see
it all as clear as light, and see my own fault
at the same time. I cut the knot of diihcul
ty for my children every day, instead of re
auirins them to loosen it themselves. But
sir, they shall join the "Try Company" after
this. I II have no more knot cutting in my
house.
liun u lb Till J vi.i v.
Are you a member of the "Try Company?'
If not. and vou have any ambition to be
something more than a drone" in the hive,
! join it at once; and from this time torth never
let the words "1 can t hnd a place on your
lips.
A negro discussion aboct eggs. Geneva
the lovely villiage on Seneca Lake, furnishes
the following ppecimen of Parliamentary rub
ing
In the fairest village of Western New York
the "culled pussons," in emulation of their
white brethern, formed a debating society
for the purpose of improving their minds by
the discussion of instructing and entertaining
topics. The deliberations of the society were
presided, over by a venerable darkey, who
parformed his duties with the u tmost dignity
pecular to his color. The subject for the
discussion on the occasion of which we write,
was
WThat . am de mudder oh de chickens de
hen what lay de eggs or de hen what hatch
de chicks :
The Question was warmelv debated ana
Russian Rabies.
It is said that Russian babies look like so
many idols with their heads carved out and
the rest of the body left in a Hock. The ap
pearanee is caused by their being rolled up
in tight bandages, (leaving only the bead
out,) so that they xmay be put away out of
mischief and danger. On going into a Rtis
siau house you may find one little fellow dn
shelf, another hung to the wall on a peg, a
third hung over one of the main beams of the
roof, and rocked by the mother, who has the
chord looped over her foot.
"Why, that is a child?" you exclaim, look,
ing close to be sure you are not mistaken.
"Of course, what should it be?" answers
tho mother. ' '
"Yes, Eure enough, it is a child, but s6
dirty that you cannot help asking "When
was it washed?"
"Washed!" shrieks the mother, "washed
what, wash a child? You would kill it.'
Xot Satisfied.
Last week a hard-working sailor returned
to Milwaukee, after a five years' absence in
California, with but little more cash than he
took away with him. He left a wife and two
children when he went away, and the first
thing on his arrival was to seek out his fami
ly. He found them in the Third Ward, and
after kissing his wife, saw with astonishment
that his children, like sheep in the wheat,
had doubled in the five years, as in place of
two, there were now four, and one quite
small. He looked at his wife. He then
looked at his babies Then at his wife, who
stood silently by. Back and forth, from one
to the other for full five minutes he gazed,
then broke out with: "Well, Mary, for
small woman, without help, you've raised
h 1 amazinglyl"
The Man Who Wocld Not Pat Tub
Printer. May he shed with lightning, and
compelled to wonder over deserts of gunpow
der.
May lie have sore eyes, and a chestnu.
burr for an eye stoue.
May his sorrow double daily, and nis days
lengthen in the same ratio that his sorrows
are multiplied.
May every day of his life be more uyspec5-
tic than the Dey of Algiers.
Mav he never again be permitted .to see
th face of fair women, and be bored to death
by hording school misses practising their first
lessons of music, without the privilege oi
seeing uis tormentors.
Ma r he on putting on a tight boot, find a
live hornet in the bottom.
May he be rode on a rail after getting his
boot on, with the sharp edge up, with a bush
el bag of eand tied to each leg by a torch
light procession, and hissed at by all the boys
in ten miles around.
May a troop of Printer's Devils, lean,
lank, and hungry, dog his heels day by day.
and may the famine stricken ghost of an
editor's baby haunt his evening lullaby, and
hiss murder in his dreaming ear.
JfT"At a recent exhibition of painting, a
lady and her son were regarding with much
interest a picture which the catalogue desig
nated as "Luther at the Diet of Woiins.
Having discanted at some length upon its
merits, tho boy rematked, 'Mother, 1 seo
Luther and the table, but where arc the
Worms.
A Good One -"The following Is reporSJ
as having happened at Bristol :
A witty clergyman accosted by an old
acquaintance by ine name ol boon, replied,
L don t know you, ir. - -
My name is Cobb, replied the man who
was about half seas over.
'Ah. sir.' replied the clergyman, "you
have so much of the corn on you I did not
see the cob.
XiTJoe Snipes was induced In a lucid
moment to sign the pledge. Joe was a wild,
rolicking dog, and his firmness in keeping
promise was a wonder to all his friends. At
a wedding, one day, Joe was found behind
the door taking a long pull, and a strong
pull.
"W hy " said Bob Pitts, "1 tuougut you
had signed the pledge, Joe?"
"So I have " said Joe; "but all signs you
know, fail in dry weather.'
'unforlunalo
having been
Lav of tiis Desersed. An
husband" residing out West,
deprived of the society of his charming wife.
mnnv roasnns r,m and con were urjred and 1 who had left for parts unknown, thus gives
combattcd by the excited disputants. Those vent to his feelings through the medium of a
in favor of the latter proposition were evident puouc advertisement :
'I had rather bo fit home. Prince." "Are
you afraid of any evil consequences?" "The
devils have tasted blood, and the more you
fire, the more wolves you'll have."
"What do you think i3 the best thing to
be done ?" "Make the horses go faster."
"Are you sure of the horses? "i.es.
Prince." "Are you suro of our 6afety ?"
The driver mada no reply. Ho quickened
tho horse, and turned towards home
The horses flew faster than ever. Tho
incited them to increased r peed by a fcharp
whistle, and made them describe a curve
lv in the maioritv. and the President made
no attempt to conceal that his sympathies
were with the dominant party. At length
an intelligent darkey rose from the minority
side, and begged leave to state a proposition
to this effect.
"Spose," said he, "dat you set one dozen
duck eggs under a hen, and dey hatch.
which am de mudder de duck or de hen ?
This was a poser, was well put, and non
plussed the other side, even 6tacgerng the
President, who plainly saw the force of this
argument, and had committed himself t o
far to yield without a struggle; so, after
cogitating and scratching his wool a few
minutes, a bright idea struck mm. iiu-ing
in his chair with all the conscious or superi
ority, he announced :
'Ducks am not before de house; chickens
am de question ; derfore, I rule do ducks
out ;" and do it he did, to the complete over
throw of his opponents.
SyMrsk Partington says that when she
was a gal, she used to go to parties, aud
always had a beau to extort her home ; but
now she savs, tho galls uudcrgo all sorts of
declivities' the task of extorting them home
revolve on their dear selves The old lady
drew down her per and thanked Lit f Ur
that she had lived in other day-, wbeu men
could doprcciata thi w:rth of the fomale sex.
'My wife has left my bed and board,
- lor a few days a few days;
She sloped from here of her own accord.
While I was away from home.
I warn the world that no amount,
Now-a-days now-a-days.
Will I pay on the jade's account.
For home 6hc'll never come.
New OarEa or Know Nothings.
The Philadelphia 1'cnnsyh-anian eays :
"It appears froui recent developments that
the friendj of a certain Pres'dcutial candidate
have commenced a secret political organiia
tion in New York, and are endeavoring to
extend it into other States. The OrJer Li
known by the name cf "Spartaina. Thy
avow themselves in favor of the Cincinnati
platform, "as expounded by the peoples
champion, Stephen A. Doajla and the
following is ona of their resolutions, mado
public in the .V.ntVi. at Buffalo, where
there a branch of the Order ;
Jimlctd tluit i onhr to iHiLe nmrttltr
efTrctire at the U K WILL ACT AS A
UNIT IN CASTING OUR BALLOTS
FOR MEN WHO SIIAL . HAVE BEEN
ENDORSED BY THIS ORDER I"
fA durkey'a instructions for putting on
I a coat vtre: "i ut do right arm, Ucn tie lei,
and d.n gib ona general conwubtoa."
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