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tr. the subscriber is prepared
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ics.I"!l Points, Moves. 35(11
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PHILADELPHIA.
irn-:i'. f r tut '.'" r,f the Sick and Dit-!r"-!.
-ii.'f'i. .f ,';' Virulent -Jiid Epidemic
I'j'wi.cvl txtj'xi'iH'i tor (he Cure cfUu-
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I r Diseases of the Sexual Organs, an 1 on
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:;nj Sc.r.i. Ii -.trl AsS'X-iation, -So. -
:th Nint!. S:rx-t, VliA: klphia, Pa By order
j
EZRA D. IIKARTWELL, President.
ODiK TAI-'.-CniLD, Secretary.
Feb. 8, 1-JC lv.
BARGAINS ! BARGAINS ! !
HEW GS0CEEY STORE.
m". unL r-igncd wouM ru.-pectfu'dy bt g leave
to i .forru the citizens of Lbenburfc and vi-
'-'y. that he has just received, at his store
. "1 or West of Davis & Lloyd's Store,
frosh lot of Grocaries, which he of
' r - :: o'.eap f r Cash or couutry Produce,
''ck :-.:s.-i?ts in part of the following arti-
"SA.R. COFrEE, TEA. MOLASSES,
T03ACCO. SEGARS. CHEESE,
, FI3K. BACON. AND THE
-ST 0? FLOUR AND CORN MEAL
"i-'-k'-eps on Land a large and we'l selected
ri;f ScIkx1 Books and Stationary, Notions
V,' v-ry ehcap.
Efh.-ips" by strict attention to business to
'ar.i ri r. ive a full share of public patron
i ).c f. .. -it;sflj-l his stock is rood and he
rU ttaeap at any other hiue iu town
"-io i see.
EVAN L EVANS.
urg. Aaz. 17, lS55.tf.
WAR IN MEXICO.
5. J. EVANS & SON,
-iVE t".s Iar received from the East, and
v- '?. -r'-j ' to ti e citiz us .f Ebeusburg and
w?-;i l-vtvl rtm.-vt -f
sCv and nni V CI.OTIII.C2,
ti-.o i.,t f GOODS, onsiti ug in
Pr.
1 - V ELY ETS. CI)Tll, CASSIMER ES ,
'i- s KIN'S. S ATI X E rrs, T W EE DS,
JEANS. FLANNELS. MUSLINS,
DP.L-vS GOODS of every atyle,
NOTION'S.
'U.f BOOTS & SHOES. HATS AND
mNNETS. TRUNKS, CARPET
S.VK.S. STATIONARY. HARDWARE,
J,!:ik;kkIES. FISH, SALT, Arc, fire,
r ':th ich other articles as are usually
c cmtrv store, whieh thev will dispose
r1.w r . ' t ' - ' .....
T 'jritoa or country prtKiucc.
fit".1'' Tailoring business will be carried on
o? 1 rarifhrs. nil work will L rlonA in short
i, mi on the most reasonable terms.
-wburg, Feb . 1, 18C0.-10-tf.
ABRAHAM
0
HCE on Clinton Street, a few doors nortl
A CUPEFLATlVt
TONIC, DIURETIC,
. V5
LHY'GQRAriKa CORDIAL
rO CITIZENS OF XEW JERSEY AXD
1'EXXSITL YAXH,
AroTHECABiEs, DnrcfusTs. Grocers asD'Tbi
vate Families.
M"olf't Pure roBU Brandjr.
Wolfr'i Pure M adrrla, Sherry Ol. Port TVIue.
AVolfe't Pure Jamaica anrtsi.C'rotx limu.
W'olfc'n Pure eoteh and Irlmh WhUker.
ALL IK UOTTLKS.
1 Ifjr leave i call tbe attention of the citizens
f the United States to ihe above Wines and Li
quors, imported by IMolpho Wolfe, of New York,
whose name is fansiiiaj in every part of tliis coun
try for tbe purity of his celebrated Schiedam
Srhuajtj.g. Mr. W,itV. jn his letter me, ppeakinr
of the purity of his Wines and Liquors, says: "I
will take my reputation as a man, my standing
as a meichant of thirty years' residence in the
City of New YurK. that all the Urandy and
Yv'ines which I l,tt!e are pure as imported, and
of the best quality, and can be relied upon by
every purchaser." Every lcttlc has the pro
prietor's name on the wax, and a fac pimile of
his binatnr on the certificate. The public are
respectfully inviteil to call and examine for them
M.les. For sale at Retail by all the Apotheca
ries and Grocers in Philadelphia.
GloLe II. Asinox. No. 832 Market st., Plnla.
Svie Ayent for rhilwldphia.
Head the following from the New York Courier.
Enarhtois Uusinexs for one Xew York Mer
chant We are happy to inform our fellow-citi-
j zens that there is one place in our city where the
pnysiciua, apothecary, and country merchant,
can go and purchase pure Wines and Liquors, as
pure as imported, and of the best quality. We
do nut intend to give an elaborate description of
this merchant's extensive business, although it
will repay any trauser or citizen to visit Udol
pho Wolfe's extensive warehouse. Nos. 18, 20
and 22, Beaver street, and Nos. 17, 19 and 21,
Market field street. His stoc k of Schnapps on
hand ready for shipment could not have been less
than thir-y thousand cates; the Brandy, som?ten
thousand cases Vintages of 1S3 to"l85G; and
ien moiis.auu cases oi laueira, MierrvanU rort
Wine, Scotch and Irish Whisky. Jamaica and
St. Croix Purn, some very old and equal to any
iq iiws country, ue also Lail three large cellars,
fiiled with Brandy, Wine, &c, ia casks, under
Cistom-llou.-j key. ready fur bottling. Mr.
Wolfe's sales of Schnapps last year amounted to
one hundred and eighty thousand dozen, and we
hoficinless than two years he may be equally
,-::c-f ssud ith his Brandies and 'Wiues. .
His bu.-iness merits the patronage of every
lover of his species. Private families who wish
pure Wines and Liquors f.r medical use should
send their orders direct to Mr. Wolfe, until every
Apothecary iu the land make up their minds to
discard the poisonous pfutT from their shelves,
and repbice it with Wolfe's pure Wines and
Liquors.
We understand Mr. Wolfe, for the accommo
dation of small dealers in the country, puts up
assorted cases of Wines and Liquors. Such a
man, and suh a merchant, should be sustained
agair Ft his tens of thousands cf opponents in the
United States, who sell nothing but imitations,
ruinous alike to human health and happiness.
September 12, l8G0.-6m.
MANHOOD,
How Lost, now Restored.
Just Pu!lihcd, iii a Sealed Envelope,
A Lecture on On Xtlvre, Treatment and Radical
Cure of Spermatorrhoea, or Seminal Weakness,
Sexual Debility, Nervousness and Involuntary
Emissions producing Impotency, Ojnsumption
and Mental and Physical Debi-ity.
BY ROB. J. Cl'LVERWBLL. M. P.,
The important fact that the awful conseque-nces
of self-abuse may be effectually removed without
internal Medicines or the dangerous apiwications
of caustics, instruments, medicated bougies, and
other empirical devises, is here clearly demonstra
ted. and the entirely new and highly successful
treatment, as adopted by the celebrated author
fully explained, by means of which every one is
enabled to cure himself perfectly, and at the least
possible cost, thereby avoiding all the adyertised
nostrums of the day. This Lecture will prove a
boon to thousands and thousands
Sent under seal to any address, jost paid, on
the receipt of two postage stamps, by addressing
Dr. CH.J. C. KLINE, M. D., 480 First Avenue.
New York, Post Box 458G.
July 25, 1S00. April 1 1, 18C0.-ly.
JOHN U. ALLEN & CO., NOS. 2 4
Chestnut Street, (south side, below Water,)
PHILADELPHIA. (The Olpkst Wood-waee
House, in the Cit.) Manufacturers and
Wholesale dealers in Patent Machine made
BROOMS, Fattnt Grooved CEDAR-WARE.
warranted not to shrink. WOOD Jb WILLOW
WARK. CORDS. BRUSHES, c, of all descrip
tions. Please call and examine our stock.
March 4,1857. ly.
IIILA DELPHI A Wooi. MOULDING MILL
Widow stre-et, above Twelfth, north side
Mouldings suitable for Carpenters, Builders, Cab.
iuet and Frame Makers, always on hand. Any
Pattern worked from a drawing. Agents wanted
in the various Towns ichis pottion of the State,
to whom opportunities will be offered for large
fits to themselves. SILAS t. WfcJK.
February 17, l858:tf
J iCKSOX & CLARK,
SURGEON DENTISTS, JOHNSTOWN, TX.
NK of the firm will bo in Ebensburg during
Jf the first ten lays of each month,
during which time all persons dei
rins h:3 professional services can
find him at the office of Lewis, nearly oppo
site BlairV IIuteL may25,1859tl
The Pamphlet Laws of tbe last Session of the
Lesislature of this Commonwealth, have been re
ceived and are ready for distribution to persons
entitled to set them.
JOSEPH M'DONALD, rrothonotary.
EVvmsburg, July 25, 1860--35-tt
CO. MURRAY,
Attorney it Itiri Ebenibnrs, Pa,
O
F7ICE OPPOSITE CRAWFORD'S HOTEL.
(mar 17, 18 58
ALMANAC FOR 1860.
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A Remarkable Year.
Regarding the year now closing with an
eye to its celestial and atmospheric, aa well as
its planetory phenomenon, it has been a re
markable one, and might well create in tho
mind of a Milerite an irrefragiblo conviction
that he had at last the date for a final proph
ecy. Thunder and lightening storms have
been more violent and disastrous than usual.
Tornadoes, unprecedented in fury, have rav
aged every part of the country. Our Wes
tern frontiers have been parched and blighted
by burning Simoons. While one section is
reaping a bouotiful harvest another views its
crops cut off by the lack of vivifying showers.
Terrible storms of gales have swept our in
land waters and sea-board. Freshets and in
undations have ravaged tbe country in vari
ous quarters. Meteors of unusual splendor
and size have burst in upper air. Comets
have brandished their fiery tresses. The Au
rora has flaunted its banners of crimson and
pearl in the Northern heavens with unusual
brilliancy. We have had raio storms and
lightening, hail storms, a gale of wind, sun
shine, and a variation of twenty degrees by
the thermometer in a single day. The pre
dictions of the weatherwise have been falsified
tho astro lomtT has been dumb founded, and
the almanac is at fault. Is there not here a
magnificent field for tho man of science?
Which shall explain these things, trace out
the secret agencies at work, and show tbe
e".use of phenomena of 1S60. Chicago Jour
nal. t3T "Father" Magaire, of Pittsburg, was
many years ago. popular, both in his private
and ministerial life, with all classes and de
nominations. He was a ccnial and warm
hearted old Irishman, fond of a joke, and the
following was one of several good ones on
himself, wheh he relished very much in tel-
licg:
He was riding out on tbe liutler road one
hot summer's day, when be stopped at a house
by the wayside to get a drink of water and
rest awhile. While in conversation with the
woman of the house, he picked up a Bible and
asked her if she read it often.
res," she replied, have read it trough
ofteo."
And do you understand all you read in it,
my good woman?" said his reverence.
"Yes, I do," said she.
'Well," paid be, I have been reading
and studying it all my life, and I fiod a great
deal in it which I cannot understand."
Well," said she, "if you are a foo', is
that any reasou that I should be?"
Sure enough what could Father Maguire
say to that?
A young lady was discharged from
one of tbe largest vinegar bouses in Boston
last week, because she was so 6weet that she
kept tbe vinegar from fermenting A Eour
old ma jd ij wanted to fill her place.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Stab In tbe Dark.
Some years aeo, ia the city of New Or
leans, Gaston Holt, a money broker of repu
ted wealth, pat in his private office, awaitiDg
the presence of the young cashier, Charles
Lewis.
Mr Holt had told Charles that he wished
to see him at 8 o'clock in the evenine. and
the clock was striking that hour when Charles
entered the office.
"lou wished to see me, Mr. Holt?"
re-
marked Charles a manly and hand
handsome
youth of twenty-three and speaking with a
eeddness that would hav startled tbe proud
broker at any oher time
"Take a seat, 6ir. said Gaston Holt, "I
have something of importance to say to you."
'It cannot be of more importance than
what I have to say to him." thought Charles,
as he sat down facing his employer, who was
evidently puzzled how to begin his conversa
tion. At length he said :
"Mr. Lewis, you have been in my employ
nearly three tuoiiths. I think?"
"You are sight sir," replied Charles.
"If you were discharged, Mr. Lewis, you
would find it very difficult to be engaged else
where." "Very true, Mr. Holt; Xew Orleans is
crowded with applicants for all kinds of em
ployments." You are also largely indebted to me, Mr.
Lewis, for money advanced-"
"I am indebted to you, Mr. Holt. I was
much indebted to others when I entered your
office ; but at your earnest solicitation, I al
lowed you to assume those debts debts I in
curred by becoming wcurity for those whom
I thought, not only honest, but personal
friends. I am 7ery grateful?" said Charles
Lewis, quickly.
"Certaiu'.y."
"Prove that gratitude, Mr. Lewis. To
give you a chance to prove it, I have desired
this interview," continued Holt.
I trust my industry and ability.' began
Charles, much astonished at the sudden pale
ness that swept over Mr. Holt's dark counte
nance. 'I know I know, of course," cried Mr.
Holt, springing up. and pacing the floor.
But I demand a stronger proof ; I demand a
sacrifice. Young man, I am informed that
you are about to marry.'
Charles flushed crimson, but remained si
lent ; while Mr. Holt, having worked him
self into a passion, resumed :
At least I know that ycu and Olivia San
cini, the Italian's daughter, have plighted
your vows" - -
That ia true, Mr. Holt. The matter is
wholly her's and mine.' said Charles rising
in his turn, and drawmg himself very erect j
I see no reason for its introduction here sir j
I will give you a reason, Charles Lewis, j
said Mr. Holt, in a slow, deep tone. I love
Olivia Sancini.. j
You ! What ! cried Charles, starting back j
I was not aware that you had ever seen her.'
You know it now, Charles Lewis ! And now
I demand that yoi shall immediately relin
guish and forever, all pursuit of her hand.
Come, she is only a fruitman's daughter, and
a youDg man of good appearance and fine
prospects can surely mase a higher match,
than to wed the daughter of Jerome Sancini.'
I might make the same remark to Mr.
Gaston Holt,' retorted Charles, with stinging
contempt, and speaking harshly, 'for Olivia
Sancini is worthy cf the noblest. You de
mand too much, Mr. Holt. You insult me
by making such a proposal V
'I tell you, young man, my heart is set
upon making her my wife, exclaimed Mr.
Holt. 'Beware how you stand in my way !
I am a bitter enemy, Mr. Lewis. I saved
your reputation in assuming your debts, re
member that !'
I have not forgotten it, Mr. Holt my
reputation as a business man, but not as an
honest man. Were I to live a thousand years,
I should never place my honesty iu jeopardy'
"You refuse ! You assume a high crest to
me, Mr. Lewis!' cried Gaston Holt, bitterly,
and elenchiog his band. I will discharge
you: I will strip you and your mother of ev
ery dollar you have. I will crush you to the
dust with a load of debt. Young man, the
debtor is a elave a soul-slave to his credi
tors. -
'I owe you, Mr. Holt, this amount,' said
Charles, drawiog forth a" pocket book, and
counting upou the table a roll of bank bills.
There U what I owe you ! Give me a re
ceipt in full and ta&o it.'
How came you with this money V exclaim
ed Mr. Hlt, as he summed up the amount,
and gave the desiitd receipt
A small legacy left aie by my mother's
brother,' he remarked, as he secured the re-
. . ... v e
ceipt. And now, Mr. lion, i am out oi your
power, and voluntarily out of your service
Gratitude is not due to a man who pretends
generosity to gain selfish ends.
I will blast your name, Charles Lewis V
cried Mr. Holt. I ao a dangerous enemy ;
and for my life, henceforth and forever I am
yours I
I am warned in time,' replied Charle3,
buttoning bis coat over his broad breast
Had you not desired an interview with me
this evening. I would have demanded one of
you, Gastou Holt. I meant to place certain
papers, accidentally in my possession, in your
hands; but since you are to bo my enemy," I
would be a simpleton to throw away the wea
pons chance baa given me.
What do you tnraa. young man T
I mean, Gaston Uolt.' replied Charles,
'that I have discovered that I have been toi
i;nT for a former- This dav I discovered it.
I intended to give you the proofs of your
guilt, that you might destroy them ; and so
have proved my gratitude for supposed kind-
Trace fffiitlld have ceased to be your debtor
and 'eashier at tbe same moment, I shall re
tain, these proofs J I hav them ia my pocket
now. I will not use them against you unless
I shall have cause to suspect yon arc deter
mined to continue the dishonorable practice,
or unless
Unless what T eaid Mr. Holt, livid and
ui.a-w
TTnloa r. tn think of Olicia
Sancini,' said Chark
VU.III , v.-
lid Charles as be turned to leave
the office.
Take this with you ! cried Gaston Hoit.
! fpringiog at him. and striving to plunge a
dirk into bis boetxa.
But Charles was strong and vigilant! He
caught the descending band of the infuriated
man. and with a powerful wrench hurled him
upon the floor
Assassin and forger; you shall hear from
me to-morrow, said Charles, as the disarmed
villain glared at him fiom tbe floor
Then turniog be slowly departed.
If he Uvea ti'l daylight, I shall be ruined,'
exclaimed Gaston Holt, springing up in dis
may and rapidly following Charles. He soon
overtook him in the street, and facing him,
whispered :
Be merciful, young man ! Give me two
days to close up my affairs, and then I will
leave New Orleans forever.
He begged so pitifully, and seemed so
heart crushed, that Charles consented, stipu
lating that the rascal should leave the coun
try. I will ! I swear I will !' said Holt
They parted Charles going towards his
home in the upper part of the city while Mr.
Holt hurried elsewhere in search of Jerome
Sancini. the father of Olivia. He found him
in his favorite driuking saloon, and taking
him aide, said :
'You have work to do, Jerome.'
Yes ! What is it, senor V asked Jerome,
a swarty, evil browed fellow, whom no one
would suspect to be th? father of so lovely
and amiable a girl as the fair Olivia.
'You are about to lose a large sura of mon
ey, my friend Jerome. I promised you a cer
tain amount in case I became the husband of
Olivia. You know Olivia is not your child?'
You and I only know it' scnor.' replied
Jerome.
Not us alone.
Who else suspects? She cannot. She
was young when I stole her from her parents
in Italy, that Ehe knows nothing of her ori
gin. Her father is in Xew Orleans.'
Ah ! can be suspect ?
Xot yet Jerome. But I wish her to be
my wife before the rich Dalian leaves for Cu
ba You sold me the secret of her birth for
a good round sum, acd you shall have thrice
as much when I am hr husband. Suppose
ou would go to her father and tell him Y
Tell him r 'cried Jerome7 The oH man
would dirk mc on the spot. He is a maga
zine of gunpowder, that old man He wrong
ed me yonder in Italy, and I've bad a good
long revenge on him. Tell him ! my wife
might if she met him, for she hai grown very
pious of late.'
Vell there is work to be done in haste.
You know Charles l-ewis ?'
Of course Olivia's love.
Unless you put him out of tbe way, I will
never have a chance to give you any more
money, Jerome '
So so ! I understand. sard Jerome, set
ting his teeth hard. So you know senor
Holt. Last night I bad occasion to stop
Olivia, she was very impertinent, you .ee,
and Charles Lewis saw it saw me slap her
ears, not hard, oh, oh ! and he threatened
to pound me if I ever dared to touch ber
again. You see be suspects Olivia is not my
child. My wife has a tongue entirely too
long, and she esteems that young fellow.'
"I have said enough, Jerome, continued
Holt, placing a roll of bills in the despera
do's band. 'If be lives three days, I must
leave America, and you.
'You shall not leave. Senor. I will attend
io this little business '
After much more villainous discourse, the
pair seperated. and Gaston Holt returned to
his office
It was after midnight when he stole forth
ino tbe street, muttering:
I must secure those papers ; he said that
he bad them with him He never lies. I
know tha room in which he sleeps ; it is easy
of access lie will keep those papers cn his
person, or conceal thetn in bis room. In ei
ther case, if Jerome !ws for him, tbe papers
may be found and so ruin roe; and I tbink I
farad better trust my own hand rather than
Jerome'. At all events. I will try for those
papers at least look about for I am in ago
nies of dread.
He hurried on until be paucd before the
modest residence of Charles Lewis.
The darkness and stillness of the hour, and
tho open window of tee young man's room,
tempted him. He easily scaled the little
fence before the bouso, aad gained a noiseless
entrance into tbe room. It was by no means
the first time Gaston Holt had found himself
in so dangerous a situation ; and having ta
ken off bis shoes before be scaled the fence,
be began to advance step by step into the
apartment, with which be waa quite familiar
from former visits of feigned friendship.
He paused and listened intently, but beard
no breathing, and knowing the position of the
desk in which Charles kept his private papers,
slowly groped bis way thither He reached
it. when a slight noise attracted his attention
towards the window, and as ha glanced that
way he saw that some dark body bad dropped
into the roam as noiselessly as a cat.
Filled with terror, he .sank behind tho bed
so that he stood between it and the walF.
"The next five minutes was of horror to him,
for be could neither see nor bear anything.
He wondered that he could not bear tbe
breathing of the sleeping Charles ; and sud
denly conceiving that the bed was vacant, be
swept his hand softly over it. The bed was
vacant.
No doubt he or some one saw me nter
aoJ is after me thought he, aa an icy aweat
bi.'r. to p-"ur troin bis ;.- and Imvsoiu- .
He wai'ei ftii lis'fced. The supene
wii a horror. Af-in he heard a flight noise J
and by its i.eariMf-, he ke,ew the intruder was
not far fiotn him.
Gaston Holt unthcalher abey knife. And
. . . a - .
callously rctreatea, nepmg io pasa arena
, . V . a 1.1 . t
Deal oi in vei. sum vneuce io toe wn
dow. whence U escape.
When he reached the bead of the bed, he
found it close to lbs trail. 1 e could retreat
no further 1 Listening intently, he d.ctii
a soft, gliding noise, as if a mass of clothing
was being pushed toward him hj najrrreadtbs.
Pausing no longer, be sprate for the win
dow. His Land and foot were upon the sill
when the intruder sprang upon him, and
plunged a blade at Lis throat, but merely
wounding biui in tbe shoulder.
GasU u Holt turned upon Lis unknown en
emy with a savage curse, and struck back,
swift and fierce. . . J
There was a deep groanj and Gaston Holt
bounded into the yard, leaped over the fence
not forgetting to secure bis shoes, ere he
! fled like the wind. At the next corner he
paused and listened. He heard no distur
bance. He is finished V he muttered, after a few
minutes of conversation ; and then, congratu
lating himself that Le bad escaped so well,
buiried to hi home, and entered unperceived
by Lis servants, and went to sleep, mutter
ing ; 'If I had the papers now, I should be
perfectly happy. But I shall be summoned
there early in the morning, and will have ex
cellent opportunities for search. On the
whole, I think I will go there early uosum
raoned. aud be the first to see it.
He had been asleep less than an hour when
bis room was broken into Ly a squad of police,
and an officer slapped him on the shoulder,
saying: I arrest you for tbe murder of Je
rome Sancini, iu the h-use cf Charles Lewis I
Ah '. then it was Jerome V cried Holt, in
dismay, and swooned with terror.
It appeared that Charles hai been detain
ed down town until almost morning; and
when he entered tbe room, he found Jerome
lying on the floor, nearly dead from a tern
ble gash on bis breast.
Knowing he was dying, Jerome confessed
all, and that be had stolen there to assassi
nate Charles, although he had agreed with
Holt to defer the deed till next night.
His confession restored Olivia to tbe boiora
of her happy father, whence sb was after
wards taken for life by Cfcarles Lewis.
Jerome Sanciui died where he fell, and
Gaston Holt is still serving under & inexor
able decree of the law, Laving been condemn
cd to hard labor.
- -XlaezM-JCre ls.
A son of the Granite State went
down to
the city of Memphis to seek his fortune. He
found instead of diarrwi. which gradually
saps life in a chronic form.
It was with this that poor Jim Bagley was
picked op. A month after it tugged until at
Icn-t'a he was but the outirn- of hb former
a perfect skeleton.
A worthy minister saw tbe poor fellow, and
seeing that the king of terror had spotted him
determined to call on him and offer spiritual
consolation. He broached the important sub
ject somewhat thus:
My dear Mr Bagley, in view of your re
lations with this life, how do you feel?
-n sick," was the prompt reply.
"Don't swear, my poor friend," said the
parsou; "and let me ask you if you ever think
of your latter end."
"Lord!" said Bagley, "I haia't thonglt on
anything els formor'n three months."
"Not, I am afraii, in the right way, Mr.
Bagley. I b?g yoa to psuse-and reflect. It
is tiaie you began to wrestle with tLe Lord."
The sick man looked down at his miserable
poker legs, extended before him, and, with aa
ex pi ess ion of wild auiarement in Lis counte
nance exclaimed:
"Bestle with tbe Lord! what, with tbca
ere I?" pointing to Lb own. "Why. par
son, he'd flip ue toh 1 tbe very firn pasa
The prou gave Lim cp aj a hardened tia-ne-r.
II 4 Bt Gxtt. A goed deacon recently,
ad Jresing a Sabbath School, made a point
by the following anecdote:
"Chil Jreu," continued the deacon, "yoa
all knew that I went L the Legislature last
year. Well. th first day I got to Augusta I
took dinner at the tarern; right beside me, at
the table sat a member from one of the Lack
towns that bad never taken dinner at a tavern
before in Lis life. Before his plate was a
dish of papers; ,nd he kept looking and look
ing at them, and finally, as the waiters were
mighty slow bringior on things, be op with
his fork and in less than no time soused down
on it, the tears came into his eyes, and he
seemed hardly to know what to do. At last
spitting the pepper into his hands, he laid it
down beside his plate and with a voice that
set the whole table in a roar, exclaimed.
"Jtst lie thar and cool "
Xd? "See here my friend, you are crack."
"Drunk! to be sure I am, and have been for
the last three years. You see my brother ami
I are on tbe temperance mission. He lec
tures, and I set a frightful example."
A wag seeing a lady at a party with
a very iow nec&ej areas and tare army, ex
pressed his admiration, by faying that aha
outstripped the whole party.
A man very much intoxicated was ta
ken to tbe station house. "Why did you not
bail him out? "inquired a bystander of a
friend. Bail him out!" exclaimed the other
why you eould not pump him cut."
It is said that an icfant fnnr.A .V
sl-P of gentleman's residence in Xew York,
a few evecings inee, has bcea named Stepb
en A. DocgUj, for the reasca that the LrrU
t sucker was is search of bis mother.
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