Democrat and sentinel. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, January 25, 1860, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    JJJ
t ft A
j!
1
ifl !
V
1.v1TasijBtESsima op qovesshest, ijks.thk pews of hzaves, gnocxn eh distributed ; AtiKif rros tira Eras akd tek low, the kich ahi thw roox.
SEW SERIES.
EBEMBIRG, PA. WEDNESDAY, JMUM 2a, 1860.
VOL. 7 K0. 9.
3;
ii i -iii it i in iti i.t
T5
si
Kg,
Su
ain
alt
oM
friot
via
1 tLe
aroc
re.
iur
ck.d
Stbt
trh'tiX
XJ.C'
furu-,
toil!
f tLeir
Acv.u
JC TIM
ea. v
of lis
i, 'l
FREE
-ly.
if but
h 1
ided t
ictedc
ncaBK
STY
OG
urpi
ily m
fCil
$53
TERMS:
iSilOCUAT A SENTINEL' IS PDB-
J lishsl every Wednesday Mornine at
k Dollar and Fifty Cbjtts per annum,
ih!e m alvance; use Dallas and Seventy
.CafTsif nit paid within six months, and !
I n.rr D a If nt r .1 until 1. ."
he y?ar.
.a subscription will bo taken for a shorter
J th in six monUis. and no subscriber will be
birtv tn discontinue his paper until all ar-iZ-j
are paid, except at the option of the
r.
ur porm subscribing for six months will bt?
gel cs e noti-Aft. unless the money Is paid
Advertising- Rates.
Oiie insert'n. Two do. Tlirtc do
uarc,
12 lines I
24 lines 1
$ 50
1 00
. - i -so.
3 months,
fl 50
2 50
4 00
6 00
10 00
15 0
$ 75 $1 00
1 00 2 Oo
6 do. 12 do
Luares,
,r,?Mitei
,cj or less.
J3 CO
4 50
7 CO
9 00
12 CO
22 00
$5 00
9 00
12 00
14 00
20 00
35 00
ire.
12 lines J
24 IinesJ
35 lined
a ciiiPin,
t- AH s UTtiseroprt.s must be marked
with
nn'er of in.-crtir.r.s desired, or thev will be
sped nr.fil f rfcid. and charged acrrdinrly
HCSTETTER'S
1T0MAGH 01TTEBS
r U a fjt last, it pon:-? pirioJ. ererj mera-
of the Luraaa faiiiiij is auyjf-ct to disease
iiaturbance of the .o?ily functions; but,
. tae aii cf a rood U.nic and the exerci.'-o
j'.ain common st-us?, they may be s.ble bo to
tte syutem as to e.-citre permanent
:!i In rr-ler to accomplish this desired
t. t'iO tri'e cour2 to -pursue is ccrlainly
J: which vi!l produce a natural Etate cf
:g a; tee Icr. si harard of -vital Etrengtn ana
tor tuis purpos;. Dr. ilostetter nas m-
tjifi to this country a preparation bearing
.-..vr.e. which is not a new medicine, but one
Ms been tried for years, ciring eatisfac
to t'l -rho have used it. The Bitters
A-vfl powerfully upon tUe etoiuacli. bowels.
fcwr, restoring tJicrn to a nealthy and
r:ii a'tioii, and thu?, by the tiaple pro
i r strorgthenin nature, enablo the tys
io iriunijh cer diseuo.
-r the cure cf Ly epsia, InJigcf ticii, Na;t
I'latuloucy, Loss of Appetite, or any bilious
pluit, arisiiij from & morbid inacrira
Fiomach or Towels, pvoduciujj Cramp,
Etry, CoSL. Ciiolera Morbus, Sc., these
;r hare no Cvrnal.
.arrha?a, dysentery or .11, eo cencra;ly con-
i'?d by new settlers, and caued principally
-.cc!:-u-e cf vr:'4?r an t diet, will b speedily
lated by a brief use of this preparation,
rpsia, a disease which is probably more
.:nt, in all its various forms, than any
r, and the canse of which may always
i.tnbuted to derangements of the digestive
;iiii
f-t cf.n b cnrd withont CU by ugiag
rKTituS oTOMACII JtlTTERS, as per
t- iions on the bottle. For this disease every
ician trill recommend Bitters of tome kind ;
r wLy not use an article known to be mfal-
: Ad nations haTe their Fritters, as a pre
.' of disease and strengtbener of the sys
in general; and among them all there is
to be found a more healthy p.eoplo than
icrmans, from whori this preparation cma-
l-l,ba.-cd upon scientific experiments which. m
I tendcJ to prove the value of this great
rvion in the tenia of medical science,
i-ra and AGrr.. This trying and proTok
iisoase, which fixes its relentless grasp on
oJy of man, reducing him to a mere eha-'
iu a s'liort time, and rendciing him phy
'; ad mentally useless, can be driven
the body by the use of IIGSTETTER'S
cl'TT
10WNPD BITTERS. I urthcr, none of the
e-s:atcl diseases can be contracted, even
posed situations, if tke Bitters are used
f-T directions. And" as they neither create
' nor offend the palate, and render un
irr any chango of diet or interruption
.a.n.iry pursuits, iut p-romote eound sleep
ncaltliy digestion, the complaint is.re-
i as spceaay as is consistent witn I
oa of a thorough and p-ermnent t
r Ptrtont in Advanced Years, w
"ing frotn an enfeebled constituti
a b&lv, these Bitters are invalual
i f .. . u .1
1 as spceddy as is consistent with the pro-
a of a thorough and permanent cttre.
who are
constitution and
lie as a
raWe of strength and rigor, and need
m tried to be appreciated. And to a
w'uil nursing these Bitters are indi3--Me,
especially where the mother's nour--W
is inadequate to the demands of the
. eonxequently her strength must yield,
here it is where a good tonic, such as
ectfull;
OCil
etter s Stomach Bitters, is needed to impart
torary strength and vigor to the pystem.
y snouia oy all means try this remedy
u cs oi Uehihty, and, before po doing,
tacir niivsician. wiio. it lie is
i nted with the virtue of the Bitters, will
end their use in all cases of weakness.
'TI0if. Wo caution tho public against using
tk many imitations or counterfeits, bat ask
for ci
a that each botde baa the words "Dr. J.
's Stomach Biucrj" blown on the side
- Uttle, and e.araned on the mctallio can
1-"S tj cork, and observe that our autograph
-toe a rn the laL ,
Spared and -M 7-,- nnsTTTHP. .
PH Pittsburgh, Pa, and rold by aU
grocers, ana dea crj genorally
QKhcut the TJnitod Statin C;Trt Krtnth
rnci, and Germany.
wlcti
s "V5'lMv's & Joccs- Ebensburs; J. A.
hammltvir.e; Wm. Litz-er, Lcretto:
lin.-y, Murder.
r-nsi, lsco.iy.
tolJ
m mm dhugsi i
' - vv'E5ED AXD F0R SALE BY R- s-
- -N M. D., A general assortment of
HttUGS, MEDICINES,
ces, Oils, Paints. Dye-Stuff3,
WlliS. IIS. GIE FLUID
: Wlery. Rarora. RrntbvC rv..Vo 5f,;
' L.OOKS. Terflimfrv K,r.e Tnlnrcn
- S-..r , ' 1
. u" :mies uauaiiy aepv iu
R. S. BUNS, M. D.
1J
THIS WAY.
dSCEJ7ED AND F0R SALE A large
r.'1'1 Asrtnient cf American Tock-
j,r.v9ry krafe warranted.) bv
F10.18o9.St7
FOR SAW A T THIS OFFICE
Select ftoetrg
The Icicle and lite Snow Drop.
An icicle, so runs my tale.
Hung from a cottage wall;
. Below, there lived a snow-drop pale,
Sheltering her petals small.
The icicle all solid seemed,
And hour by hour he grew;
liightiy the passers by, he deemed.
Turned round his form to zv.
He chanced to look upon the ground,
And there the snow-drop spied,
Just peeping though a snowy mound.
And space he in ptsce: "
"Look up, small thing, a woaJrous sight
Is hanging o'er your head;
See me in growing splendor bright,
While thou ar t nearly dead.
Such talk he held, when lo! a breezo
From southern iuarters came;
And soon the air had ceased to freeze.
All moist he felt his frame.
Drops from him full upon the Cower,
While sunshine came in gleams;
Refreshed, as by a gentle shower,
Sho sprang to meet the beams.
But fears within his bosom woke.
He trembled to his fall,
Till with a suddeu bound he broke.
And daahed against the wall.
And rolled into the kennel soon.
All wet with muJ and mire;
No form was left to him by noon,
I saw him there expire.
But first he groaned out, "Lrv-.k ou me,
(I speak to or e and all;)
Great ws .ny pride; now learn from me
That p.ride will have a fall.
miscellaneous.
A RIITI.V.TIIG CLOrD.
BY T. 8. ARTHUR.
Andrew Lee came home at evening from
the shop where he had worked all day. tired,
and out of spitits; came home to his wife, who
was also tired, and cut of spirits.
"A smiling wife," and a "cheerful home
what a paradise it would be !" said An
drew to bitnstdf, as he turned his eyes
from .hj clouded face of Mrs. Le, and
sat uoa'o, with uitted brow, and moody as
p C-
t a word was spoken by cither,-Mrs. Lee
was getting snppor, and she moved about
with a weary step.
Come," she said at last, with a i-ide-glance
at her husband.
Ti.cre was invitation ia the worJ only, none
ia the voic of Mrs. Loo.
Andrew arose and went to the table, lie
was tempted to pcak an aury word, but
controlled hiiu-sclf, and kept silent. He
could Cud no fault with the chop, nor the
sweet houic-iuale bread, nor the fragrant tea
They would have cheered his inward man, if
thre had only been a glsam of sunshine on
the fice of his wife. He noticed that the did
cot cat " ' '
Are you not well, Mary ?" The words
wcra on his lips, but he did not utter them,
for the face of -bis wife looked so repellant,
that he feared au irritating reply. And so.
in moody silence, the twain sat together until
AaJrow uad bin shed his supper. As he
pushed his chair back, his wife arose,
and commenced clearing off the supper ta
ble. "This is "purgatory !' said Leo to him
self, as h. commenced walking the floor of
theii little breakfast room, with his bands
thrust dc.spoiattly away down in his trouser's
pockets, and his chin almost touching his
breast.
After removing the dishes, and taking them
m:o tue Kiicuen, Airs. Jjee spread a green I
cover oc me laoie, ana placing a iresu trim
med lamp thereon, went out, and shut the
djor after her, leaving her husbaud alone with
his uupleasent feelings. lie took a long,
deep breath as she did so, pausedfin his walk,
stood still a few moments, and then drawing
a paper froai his pocket, sat down by the ta
ble, opened the 6heet and commenced read
ing. iSiogularly enough, the words upon
which his eyes rested were, "Praise your
wife." ' They rather tended to' increase the
disturbance of mind from which be was suf
fering. "I should like to find some occasion for
prasing mine." How quickly his thoughts
expressed that ill-natured sentiment. But
his eyes were on the page and be read
on.
"Prabie your wife, man ; for pity's sake
give her a little encouragement ; it won't hurt
her."
- Andrew Lee raised bis eyes from the pa
per, and muttered. "Oh, yes. That's all
very well. Praise is cheap enough. Bat
praise her for what. For being sullen, and
making: your home the most disagreeable
in the world" Ilia jea fell again on the
paper.
"Sho has made your home comfortable,
jour hearth bright and chining, your food a
greeable ; for pity's sake, tell her you thank !
tier, if nothing more She don't expect it, it
might make her eyes open wider than they
have for ten years; but it will do her good
for all that, and you too ' j
It seemed to Andrew as if this -setiteLce
was written just for him, and just for the oc- '
casion. It was the complete answer to his J
question, ."Praise her for what?" and he felt j
it also a rebuke. He read no farther, for
thought came too busy, and in a new direc
tion. Memory was convicting him of injus
tice towards his wife. She had always made
his -Lime as comfortable for him as hands
could make, and had he offered the light of
praise or commendation? Had ue told her
of the satisfaction he had known or tho com
fort experienced? He was not able to recall
the time or the occsasion. As he thought
tnus, Mrs. Lee came from the kitchen, and
takice her work-basket from a closet, placed
it on the table, and sitting down, without
speaking began to sew. Mr. Lee glanced al
most stealthily at the work in her hands, and
saw it was the bosom of a shirt, which she was
stitching neatly. He knew that it was for
him that the was at work.
"Praise -.your wife-V Tho words were
before the eyes of his mind, and he could not
look away from them. But he was not ready
for this yet He still felt moody and unfor
giving. The expression of his wife.s face he
interpreted to mean ill-nature, and with ill
nature he had no patieuce. His eye fell upon-
the newspaper which lay spread out be
fore him, and he read the sentence.
"A kind cheerful word, spoken in a gloo
my home, is like the rift in a cloud that lets
the sun through."
Mr. Lee struggled with himself a while
lo.igcr. His own ill-nature bad to be con
quered first: bis moody, accusing spirit had
to be subdued. But he was coming right,
and at last got right, as to will. Next came
the question as to how he should begin. He
thought of many things to say, yet feared to
say them, lest his wife should met his advan
ces with a cold rebuff. At last, leaning tow
ards her and taking hold of the bosom upon
which she was at work, he said, with
a voice carelully modulated with Kind
ness "Yoa ara doing that work very beautiful
ly. Mary."
Mrs. Lee made no reply. But her hus
band did not fail to observe that she lost al
most instantly, that rigid erectness with
which she had been sitting, nor the motion of
her needle Land ceased.
My ebirts are better made, and whiter
tbaa those of any ether man in our shop,"
said Leo CECouraged to go on
"A are they t Mrs. Lee s voice was low.
aud in it a slight huskiness. She did not
turn her face, but her husband eaw sho lean
ed a little towards bim. He has broken
through the ice of preserve, and all was easy
now. His hand was among the clouds, and a
few feeble rays and already straggling through
the rift it had made.
"Yes, Mary," he answered softly, "and I
httvo heard it said-more -than onco-'what a-
gocd wife Andrew Lee must have."
Mrs. Lee turned her face towards her hus
band. There was light ia it, and light in
her eye. But there something ia the expres
sion of her eye that puzzled hiro.
"Do you think so r she asked quite.sober-
"Nvhata question T ejaculated Andrew
Lee, starting up, and going around to the
side of the table where his wifs was sitting.
"What a question, Mary!" he repeated as he
stood before her.
"Do you ?" It was all she said.
"Yes. darling," was the warmly spoken an-
sit .
swer, and ue stooped down and kissed her.
"How strange that yoa should ask me such a
question .
"If you would only ill me now and
then, Andrew, it would do me good." And
Mrs Lee arose, and leaning her face against
the manly breast of her husband," stood and
wept.
What a strong light broke in upon the
mind of Andrew Lee. Ho bad never given
to his faithful wife even the smallest reward
of praise for all her loving interest she had
P 1 T 1 w w
maniiestea aaiiy, until aouot oi a is love uad
entered her soul, and made the light around
her thick darkness. No wonder that her
face grew clouded, nor that what he consider
ed moodiness and ill-nature took possession of
ner fpirit.
"You are good and true, Mary. My own
dear wife. I am proud of you I love you
and my first desire is your happiness
Oh. if I could always see your face in sun
shine, my home would be the dearest place on
earth
'How "precious to me are your words of
love and praise, Andrew, said Mrs. Lee,
smiling up through her tears into his face.
"With them in my ears, my heart can never
lie in shadow."
How easy had been the work of An
drew Lee. He had swept his band around
the cloudy horizon of his home, and now
the bright sunshine was streaming down
and flooding that home with joy and beau
ty. Celestial Phenomena this year. There
will be four eclipses this year two of the sun
and two of tho moon. The first annular
eclipse of the sun, January 22 1; invissible to
all North America. The second a partial
eclipse of the moon February Gth, in the even
ing; visible here. The third a total eclipse
of the sun, July 18th, in the morning; this
eclipse is visible here, but total in Europe,
Asia. &c. The fourth, a partial eclipse of
moon, August 1st, in the afternoon; visible
on the opposite side of the earth. A rare
phenoraon, visible throughout the United
States without a telescope. Occultation
moon and Venus April 21th, in the even
ing, and the moon passes near Jupiter, April
2Gth, in the evening. Venus is evening 6tar
until July 18th; thence morning star to the
year's end.
St3T Its 13 a jc.st saying of an old writer,
that men, like books, r began and end with
blank leaves infancy and eecsibility.
JC3T A son of Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, of
Ohio, aged about 24 years, was run over at
Hamilton, Ohio "on Thursday last, by a
heavy freight train, and was instantly killed
An Aclrenture on the Cars.
There were five of us yea, five as happy
fellows as ever were ever let loose from col
lege. It was "vacation." and we concluded
to make a trip to 4he Falls We got aboard
the cars at N , and were soon travel
ling very rapidly toward our destination.
We had just seated ourselves and prepared
for a comfortable smoke, when in came the
conductor, and who should it be but our old
friend Fred B .. After the common
salutations "how are you, old . fellow," ect.
had passed, Fred said he had some business
for us to attend to. '
"Out with it, old chum," said we; "any
thing at all -will be acceptable, so let ua have
it " ' y
V Well, bej;" ftild Fred, in a very confi
dential tone, "ia that next car there is as
lovin' a pair as it was ever my lot to see,
They are going dawn to n to get mar
ried, and now if you can have any fun over
it, just pitch in. They must be cared for,
and I don't know who can do it better than
you."
In a moment Fred was gone, and we set
out heads together, to form a plan for taking
care of the lovers.
"I have it boys," said Bill Severs; "we
must make that girl think that her lover is a
married"
"That's it. Bill that's it," said we, not
giving him time to finish the sentence.
"That be is a married man and the father
of children," said Bill.
"Thais tho game, boys, now let us play it
out."
It devolved upon me to commence opera,
tions. Accordingly, I entered the car in
which we were informed the lovers were. The
girl thinking, I suppose, that she must give
her lover au toe-seat, bad taken a seat on his
knee; and he, for the purpose of protecting
her, of course had thrown his arm around her
waist: and so they sac, in real, soft lovers'
style.
Ail this I gathered at a glance. Stepping
up to them, I said:
"Why, Jones, what in the duce are you
doing with this girl?
The girl arose, hastily and seated htraelf
on the seat.
"See here, stranger," sajd the fellow,
you're a mite mistaken: my name ain't
Jones.'
"Why, Jones," said I, "you certainly hav
en't left your wife and children, and tried to
palm yourself off for a single man have you?
"I te-1 you my name am t Jones; it s Har
per, it never was Jones; "taint n gom to
be nuther
1-too rely sbovt- tay head, and passed on- to
another seat to 6ee the rest of the fun. The
girl looked "will" after I eat down; but Jones
alias Harper, soon convinced hc-r that I was
mistaken.
"Why, Jones, von here? now did you
leave your wife and babies?"
"2Sow sec here stranger, you ain t the fust
man that's called me Jones to-'day, an' I rec-
on I must look artfully like him; but I ain't
Jones, and mor'n that, you musen't call me
Jones. I hain't rot a wife' nor babies either
but this ere gal an' me is going to splice, an'
then you can talk about my wife, aod I
woldu't wonder but what in the course of time
you might talk about the babies, too; but you
musn t call me Jones!
This retort brought forth voicferous laugh
ter from the spectators, and also brought
blushes to the face of "the gal that was goin'
to be gpliced. .- u
"Ab, Jones'iraU Gregg, "you will re
gret this in the ' future. I pttty your wife
and children, and this poor girl?"
"So, Mr. Harper, your real name is Jones
is if; an' you've been foolin me, hava you?
Well, we ain't spliced yet an I don't think
we will be soon," said the girl,-and her eyes
fairly flashed fire.
"Jane, Jane," said Harper, "don't you
know I'm Bill Harper? Thar ain't a darn
drop of Jones blood in mc, an I'll prove it to
you."
At this moment, Jeff Jackson. Bill Jevers,
and Jim Beyers entered, and of course their
attention was called to Harper by his loud
talking. They stepped up to him and Baid:
"Why, Jones, what is all this fuss about."
This was more than Harper could stand.
He leaped upon a seat.
"Now." said he, "bit name ain't Jones,
an' lean lick the feller that says it is." .
By this time we had got to U and
our friecd Fred came into the car and made
Harper keep quiei. The girl that wouldn't
be "spliced" requested Fred to belp her on
the train that was going back to N ,
which he did, and the notorious Jones, alias
Harper, followed her. We learned after
wards, that he proved himself to be Bill liar
per, instead of Bill Jones, and he and his gal
Jane "got spliced."
Stereoscopic Sptctaclts. Prof. Wharton
Jones has made an important optical discov
ery, which, while advantageous to persons of
weak eyes will be prized by all who appre
ciate
eVeflont. Al 1 Mm tpviawo
classes wherebv paintings and engravings ap
pear as stereosopic pictures; that is, the fig
ures and objects are seen in full relief and
roundness. The glasses may be fitted and
worn as ordinary spectacles, or in an opera
glass, and with an effect as surprising as it ia
delightful. To frequenters of picture galle
riesto antiquaries fond of studying Gothio
architecture, and the features of old ruins
the new glass will be as a double vision. A
machine has keen made for gu ding the glass
es. and we hear that thev will shortly be on
sale. Cliamhcrt Journal.
"The indomitable Aaron Jones writes
to the New York Herald that Mr Jem Maa-
sev is no gentleman, and that he (Aaron)
would be delighted to fight To Paddock ic
England in the same ring ana on me Bam
day that Heecan and Sayers settle their aittle
diffiiculty Aaron i evidently spoiling for
alight.
Great Wedding at St. Louis.
The St. Louis Republican comes to us with
a tall and very able report of the great wed
ding"of Mr. Timothy McKillgubbin and Miss
Sophia Simlichgoot, of that city. One paper
alone r-mployed nineteen reporters to procure
the fullest particulars of the affair, stimulated
to this enterprise, no doubt by the uncounted
affluence of the -happy bridegroom, and his
rather novel choice of one of the fair daugh
ters of the Kh'.ne, together with other circum
stances too wearisome to enumerate, which
made this wedding an event of remarkable
hugeness, justifying the papers in giving all
the interesting particulars.
Timothy McKillgubbin, is a native, , as his
name would indicate, of one of the cautions of
Grcecs. His mother never had but one child
a boy and by a coincidence, Timothy wm
the ehild. He was exceedingly young at the
time of his birth, and is, consequently now in
his forty-third year.
The splendors unmatchable of the bride's
troutseau are thus faithfully given :
One green and red cotton dress, single skirt,
illustrated with a representation of the Har
per's Ferry invasion, and a correct likeness of
Ossawotomie Brown. '
One stripped ditto, with two flounces and a
tuck (antique). .
One plain barred gingham, trimmed with
black tape (new).
Four Alabama silk hemmed chemises,
plain.
Three nocturnal robes, same material.
Ont crimson flannel skirt, quilted.
Two crimson flannel skirts, unquilted.
One seamless cotton bathing ditto.
One heavy calico ditto (three ply).
One expansion skirt.
One expansion skirt (more so).
Another of the same kind.
TV) rn no Tr tsbitA nttsin
j- "
One pair calf brogans (No. 8).
One pair kip.
Indian rubber overshoes.
One pair woolen mits.
One bonnet, straw.
One ditto, gingham (euu).
Two cotton handkerchiefs, hemmed.
One red silk ditto.
One corset, fastened in front.
One corset, fastened behind.
Four pounds cotton.
Three pair worsted stockings.
Three pair white cotton ditto.
Nile best steel hair pins.
One pair gutla percha garters.
One hundred copies JUinouri Republican
(for bustles).
One fine-tooth comb.
Sixteen bottles Maocassar oil.
Two boxes scented charcoal dentifrice.
One pair braces.
Half-dozen leather shoe-strings.
The following anecdote, from Harper's
Magazine for July, illustrates the indefinable
position of certain wavering latter-daj politi
cians :
"During tho agitation in 1812, relative to
the declaration of war with Great Britain, it
is well known that the subject met with a
strong opposition in the New England repre
sentation in Congress, as well as in a great
portion of tie people in that section of the
country. Meetings expressive of hostility
to the bill were held throughout those States,
and it was proposed that the good people of
L., should manifest their pacific spirit and
define their position. A public demon
stration "was agreed nponandold Parson M ,
being considered the 'man for the times, was
called upon by .a committee appointed for
that purpose, with the request that he would
prepare an address appropriate to the occas
ion. "The yarson did not yield a rsady
compliance, but illustrated his reply in this
wise :
1 once knew,' said he, a widow lady in
Scotland who bad an only eon. Upon him
she had expended much to enable him to ac
quire an .education He was absent from
home for a long while attending school.
Having completed his course of studies, he
returned to his good old mother. 'Come
John, said she on the eight of his arrival
home, and when they were about making
preparations to retire, you've been a long
time away from me, my aon, and have stud
ied much. I know you are a good lad, but I
have never heard ye pray. Try it, John; for
ye surely must know how, with all the learn
ing ye have got
"Accordingly John complied mad a
long and. aa he supposed, satisfactory ac
knowledgement of hia sins and no worth
iness, and of his great indebtness to his Ma
ker. " 'Well, mother,' says John, 'how did it
suit ye ?'
'Pretty well pretty well, John, replied
the old lady, 'but xhy dina ye gie the aid
deil a slap or tico V '
" 'Oh, ays John, 'not I not I. for you
knaw, mither, there's none of us knows whose
hands me may sometime full into ' "
Weighing the Evidence. A correspondent
gives the following which it worth telling as
it will be new to moat of you, if not all. A
gentleman missed two pounds of very fine
butter which he had kept for a special occas
ion, and charged the cook with having stol
en it. Suedecalred the kitten had eaten it.
and that she bad just caught her finishing
the last morsel. The geatleman immediate
ly put the kitten in the scales, and found she
weighed only a pound and a half The cook
thus confounded, confessed the theft.
jn.. In Delaware, Ohio, last week, Rob
ert Lambert fled to parts unknown, with a
young girl, leaving a wife and three children
to rejoice at their great good luck in thus get
ting rid of bad rubbish.
0 When an Irishman first tried peaches,
he id he liked the flavor, but the aeeds lay
hard on hii stomach.;
Coaxing up an Expression. A. brace f
'lovers,' anxious to Feeure eaeb other's shad,
ow ere the substantial faded, stepped into tho
ambrotypc car of our friend Williams, one
day last week, to sit for their 'pictnres. "
The lady give precedence to her swain, who,
the said, "had got to be tuck fust, and real
natural." He brushed op his tow- head of
bair, gave a twist or two to his handkerchief,
asked his girl if his shirt collar looked about
X. and planted himself in the operator's
chair, where he assumed the physiognomical
characteristic of a poor mortal in a dentist's
hands, and aboutto part with one of his eye
teeth. "Now do look purty !" begged the
lady, casting at him one of her mrst languish
ing glances. The picture was taken, and
when produced it reminded the girl, as the'
expreiscd it,. "jit how Jofch lorked wh&o he
got over the measles !' and as tbis was act an
era in her suitor's history particularly wcrtby
of her commemoration, f he insisted that he
should stand again. He obeyed and she at
tended him to the chair.
La," the said, -you look' all puckered
UQ
One direction followed another, but with
as little success. At last, growing impatient
and becoming desperate, she resolved to try
an experiment" which she considered infal
ible and exclaimed :
I don't care if there is folks around !
She enjoined the operator to stand at his
camera; she then sat in her feller's lap, and
putting her arms on his neck, managed to
cast a shower of flaxen ringlets as a screen
between tho operator and ner proceedings,
which however, were betrayed by a succes
sion of amorous sounds, which revealed her
expedient. When this "billing and cooirg"
had lasted a few minutes, the cunning gal
jumped from Josh's lap, end clapped her
bands, cried to the astonished artist :
"Now you have got him ! put him through!'
"T7 Buckle, author of the "Histor of
Civilization." which has been nronounced
by critics the most remarkable book publieh-
1 1 1 J . .
eu iu x.Dgina uuring ten years past, nas
been sued for libel, in uttering blasphemous
sentiments.
C3- A voung man named Roberii was en.
gaged to be married in Germantowa, Ky.,
last week and while on his war to the lada
home, was murdered by a former lover.
The guests were all assembled, and their im
pression was that Robert had rdaved falsa
until information of the facts turned their in
dignation into mourning.
The introduction of camels into the
Southern States has been attended with great
success. At a recent plowing match in Mont
gomery, Ala., the strength of the camel,
compared with that of the aaule. was tested.
The result, in this particular case; was dec!-,
deily in favor of the camel.
The great popularity of Mr. Ir ring's
works may be inferred from the fact that,
during the past ten years. Mr. George P.
Putman, the publisher, Las disposed of some
thing over 000,000 volumes.
jCST" Bonner of the New York Ledger, now
has four horses that cost him 14,000, with
which he takes a daily drive.
At the village of Eauclaire," Wiscon
sin, N. B. Boyden. receiver of publie Money
was gagged and the Government safe robbed
of ' "
tG The Chicago Herald says that the
railroads centering in that city have deter
mined to issue no more passes or half-are
tickets to clergymen.
GO-The More telegraph patent expires ia
1861, and will then be free to the public.
It will cause considerable extension of U.U
grph lines, and will give ris to a great deal
of competition.
KCAcavalcade of Winnebago Indians,
gaily attired in fancy blaakets, vith lgi&a
and blue, patted through Winona,' Mimu .
hut week, to viait their old stamping gro ucd
east.of the Mistissippi
XSfThe great fight between Tom Sayart
of England, and He? nan of this country, for
the championship of the world, is finally ar
ranged to take place near London as Man day
the J Gth of April. Tbe stakes now up are
100 or $500 a aide, which will be doakled
before the battle !
5Mrs Smither says the only waj to pre
vent steamboat explosions is to mak tie en
gineers bile their water on ahore. Ik bar o
pinion all the "buetio' is done by cooking
the steam on board-"
O Three States have abolished tie iettlr
penalty, viz:
Michigan, ic 184G; Rhode Inland, ia llo2;
and Wiseoosin, ia 1853.
The speaker who got off at a remark,
subsequently got on af ain.
The man who over stepped the bounce
of decorum, has footed it back.
The young blood who went out on a
lark, returned on tbe shoulders of two watch
men. The fellow picked np a living, hed be
come round-shouldered.
The man who has lost In slumber, found
his way out on a night-mare.
The man who- walked against time,
bruised his shins.
Tbe fellow who lost his ballence, ha
employed several men to hunt It cp".-