XEW SERIES, 2. 4.
ffet Otmotnt anb j?rniiiul,
in the borough i f Ebensburg,
''..!. .i.i county, e very Wednesday
by t'i..R. YVmox, at the fbllow-
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-. iiiv;ni.ili;y in advance
: v. three months,
v, .-ix months,
iiv. I'lic year.
f.O
$1 00
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-'who f.iU to pay tlirir subscriptions
: r t! e ex pi rati. 'ii of six months will
. -at the rate of $2.50 per your,
...... fail to pay until after the ex-
,.f twelve months will he charged at
v - I .t'j.O.) i'tr year.
) ::!'!('.! awl ScuUnd when paid for
v.i!.,-. osts (l-ur cents per number ;
paui in advance xi.: ceiu jei
: 1 ..I .
'.A he charged.
iMniibors rir-titutc a quarter;
:, l.i'.ntns; and lifry numbers,
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.v i .-';. ue.-, one insertion,
;: i: .Hih.-.r.j'.K-i.t i ii.- ri iii ,
!.; .r.rth column, three nw.llis,
f-urtli c-.Itunn, .--ix months,
h- i nrth c. hi'i.n, one year,
:.'!'( !i:i.:::. three months,
,':"r.r!:ir:i:., :. months,
-in. :.e jer.r,
: i' tl.p.'f months,
' c hi:: :;, six months,
! ov.e year,
i"- N.'tio.'.
:: vtra'.. X tie-?,
and l)enh Notice?,
;'i .:': .-.luud cards with pajicr.
.tuary KtAV., i.v.;t six lines, ten cents
.' i'Lcial and l.r.--ituvs X.-tices i-iglit cents
lii.e f r :ir.-t fnscr.i..,,. .mj four Ctuts for
ii Mili:-c.-pie:.t insci tiut:.
Ues 'uti.'iij . f S icietius, or crromrtnic!
s . f a ; :-. '.-.;il r.i.turc must he paid for
!vertiscni'":ts.
Lis i:ericd in advertisements,
e ai:i.s.
r $1 50 I 200 for JS 00
' 2 00 500 lor G 00
additional hmvired, 50
I'UNK-.
V "' . $-2 TO naehad. q'r..$l 50
t;.j: . ,elit witV numi -o I ,r
: : CF.AKK WILSON.
I' : -' t " LT , JtiS.O 1 1,
Jo! phia Business Cards.
-i'.! L A WOODIM'FF,
I K JiKALKR.S ii. TOUACCOS,
l ll'i.S, Ao., &-c. No. 13
' i-.'.-..,', :.Uve Market, JMiiladeh
June 21, 18Ci;.-lv.
a.Vl
s rxiox hotel.
PHILADELPHIA.
is plea. antly situated on'the
f Market street, a few d.c.rs
'. ott. Its central locality
rt ly desirable to .erson"s
;es i:
in oiiMness or pleasure.
R. SANDERS. Proprietor.
.-iy.
3 v.n Business Cards.
L. PERSUING,
A 1' LAW, fiJinsfnirn, Pa.
dn strut, second door over
May 4, 18G5.-tf.
J:!-
:::..:v
a
d'MIX P. LINTON,
'v'l'Y AT LAW, .!hsf,.i
mi. i a.
ri b'fM.iig on comer of Main and
;treet. opptitc Mansion House,
r. En ranee on Franklin street,
wn. Ne.v. 1G, 1805..
I). .M LAFGIILIX,
:N'EY AT LAW, Jobnsfotrn, Pa.
iu the Exchanc'buiMing, on the
'f Olintou and Locust streets up
V. ill Httou.l to all business conncct-
hfs profession.
r lS03.-tf.
FRANK Y. HAY,
r.SALE and RETA I L Manufacturer.
,;;nx, (OITER and SIIEET-IROX
1 (t,mJ .sired, below Clinton, Jvhns
': A large stock constantly on
M.iy 4, 18GG.-ly..
".AT A"NirCAi;ST01IE. "
..." ' 11 .'XI.R. Main sreel Johiisloirn,
i f in HATS and CAPS, ROOTS
! . -'V' .:,d GKXTLEMENS' FURN
(.t.ODs, ;oj(lt a3 Drawers. Shirts,
. '.i i..er.ji.u.-ts .Neckties, Stockings,
; c inl'ieuas, c., keeps constantly on
''-'--ra! assortment, and prices
v a.. 11 t. 1,
::at-r., June 21, 18CG.-Iy.
M(TIT HOUSE,
' Cambria Co., Pa.,
; c0.f Proprietors,
l hai ;;r hecu rcfittd and
-N 1 !; "-'.died, is now open for the
'V1 c;a-rt.ftiinentofgucts. Tlic
''g xp?rieuee in bote keep-
t!,
y can uatisly a Uis-
,: :, 'SI:1'J ''ii-d with the choicest
ll: rs and wine;;.
flv)
f 1
-!
uiiiii b t y n-ml- 0,-;.. . -.
27i; BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE
Ebensburg Business Cards.
JOHN E. SCANLAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebcmburg, Cam
bria county, Pa. May 5, lbOo.tf.
W. II. KKCIILEIj"
ITTORNEY AT LAW, and PRACTICAL
H .SUKYEYOR, Ebenaburj, To., office in
the Commissioners ofiice. Dec. 7, 1865.-tf.
William icrrrELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebenslimj, Pa.
Ofliee in Colonade Row, Centre street.
Dec. 1, lSGl.-tf.
F. P. TTLRXEY',
ft TTtM'NEY AT LAW, Ebcnshur.j, P,i.
j Oiiii-e in Culuiia'de Itovv.
A.ril 5, lSC5-tf
JOSEPH M'DOXALD,
ITTORVEY AT LAW, JUtiibmy, Pa.
11 Ofliee on Centre street, opposite Moore's
Hotel. Apr. 26, lSuG-tf
II. L. JOHNSTON
S TTORXEY AT LAW, Ebcunbury, Pa.
ii Office in the S.utli end of his re.-idence,
immediately opposite the Court House.
Xovembcr 2;'., 1805. tf. f1.37)
joii.v rr.NLON,
TTORXEY AT LAW, Ehcnsbttr, Pa.
(M:ice on Hih street, adjoining his resi-
ueiue. May 4, 1S05. (1.42.)
r.EopfjE :l reed,
TTORXEY AT LAW. Elen.sbury, Va.
ii Oflioe on Main street, three dors East
ol Julian. May 4, 1805.
G l ib KG E YY. OATAIAN
I TTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg, Pa.
ii Ofliee in O Knade Row, Centre street.
November 23, lSC5.-tf. (1.37.)
F. A. SHOEMAKER,
ITTORNEY AT LAW. Ebensburg, Pa.
ft Ofiice on High street, one dcor East of the
1 San king If use of Lloyd & Co.
"wuLcr". 1SC5. (tf.)
R. J. LLOYD,
rUCCESF-OR to R. S. Blss, Dealer in
0 DRUGS, MEDICIXES AXI) PAINT.S.
Store on Main street, oi posite the "Moore
IIon.se, ElH-usburg, Hi. May 17, '66. tf. '
DR. D. YY. EVANsj
RENDERS his profess-i. nal services to the
1 citizens of E'oer:.-buig ar.d vicinity.
OiY. .-. (l,or east of R. Davis' store.
Night calls made at vw residence three doors
west of It. Evans' cabinet ware room.
May 31, leGo Cm
J. c. avilsox, :r. d.,
FFERS his services as PHYSICIAN and
U SURGEON, to the ciiizer.s of Ebmsburg
an.', surr.uiiidiiig country. Ofiice three doors
East of the Presbyterian Church, ii the
room formerly occupied 1 v Dr. Jones.
EUn.-bu.-g, April 12. 1800. 3m..
FN ION HOUSE,
FDENSRURG, Pa., .lOiJX A. RLAIR,
ij Propiot'.r, spares no pains to render this
hotel worthy of a contii.uation of the liberal
patronage it has heretofore received. Hi.s
tsbio will always be furnished with the
best the market nfionls; his Imr with the
best t liquors His stable is large, and will
be attended by an attentive and obliging
hostler. Juue 4, ISOO.-tf.
V. S. PARKER
TJETAIL DEALER, in Dry Goods, Boots,
i Shoes, Hats. Caps, Groceries, &c keeps
constantly on Land a jrenrral assortment.
Store on IIi'lcIi street, Ebensburg, Pa.
Sept 28, 18(15.
S. r.KLFOIiD, DENTIST,
CONTINUES to visit Ebenshurg personally
on the 4th Monday of each month.
During his absem-e Lewis X. Snyder, who
studied with the Doctor, will remain in the
office and attend to all business entrusted to
him.
dune 7, 18GG.
DR. J. M. M'CLURE,
SEN1IST, Johnstown, has opened an office
on the cor. of Centre and Main streets in
this place, (building formerly occupied by
Mr. Callan as a hotel, up ttairs, front room.)
where he may be found on the Jsnt Muivlnj
of every month, and remain' one or two
"pcks. .May 10, 18CG.
LLOYD & Ca7
BANKERS. Ebenshurg, Pa. Gold, Silver,
Government Ronds, and ether securities,
bought and sold. Interest allowed on time
deposits. Collections made on all accessible
points in the United States, and a General
Banking business transacted.
March 1. lSGC.tf.
LOGAN HOUSE,
f BENS BURG. Pa., ISAAC CRAWFORD,
Jj Proprietor, solicits a continuation of the
liberal patronage heretofore extended. Uis
table and bar will always be supplied with
the Lest. His house and stable being large
and convenient, and having competent as
sistants at all times employed, he feels con
fident that he will bo able to render general
satisfaclion. June 4. 18G5.-tf.
SHIELDS HOUSE,
LORETTO, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA
THOMAS CALLEX. Proprietor.
THIS house is now open for the accommo
dation of the public. Accommodations
as Good as the country will afford, nnd
charges moderate.
M.iy 31, ISCG.-tf,
THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JULY
HASTE NOT! REST NOT!
Without haste! without rest!
Bind the motto to thy breast ;
Bear it with thee as a spell ;
Storm and sunshine guide it well !
Heed not flowers that round thee bloom,
Bear it onward to the tomb!
Haste not ! let no thoughtless deed,
Mar for aye the spirit's speed ;
Ponder 'well and know the right,
Onward then with all thy might ;
Haste not ! years can ne'er atone,
, For one reckless action done.
Rest not! life is sweeping!)',
Go and dare before you die ;
Something mighty aud sublime
Leave behind to conquer time !
Gloiious 'tis to live tor aye
AYl.cn these forms have pass'd away.
Haste not ! rest not ! calmly wait!
Meekly bear the storm of fate .'
Duty be thy polar guide
Do the ri;ht what e'er betide !
Haste not ! rest not conflicts past,
God shall crown thy work at last.
A Page from Life's History.
Ir was a wild, wild night. Rain and
snow fell incessantly, and Nature's ele
ments seemed at war with each other ; a
vivid lightning flashed the sky, the thun
der rolled solemnly in its rear, and the
earth groaned under the fierce March
campaign.
All, save a solitary guardian of the
night, posted here and there, over the
great city, had returned to rest. All, did
I say ? All, but one one poor, shirer
ing outcast, bereft of home, friends, soci
ety, and everything man holds dear on
earth.
He stood at the corner of two great
streets, up to his knees in snow. Ragged,
starving, and miserable numb with cold,
UifricTjca ritu wet, lar anj.beard en
crusted with snow and ice, he was surely
an object to be pitied.
His name was Charles IJrcnt. His
history can ba told iu a few words. Horn
of rich parents, Charles Urent lived a life
of case, until large enough to enter his
father's counting-room. He became a
partner, and at the time of his fathers
death had acquired an ample fortune. He
married a fair, gentle girl, with tender
blue eyes, a loving heart, and just the one
for our young friend. Soon after the
birth of a little girl, Charles' mother died.
For a while he was inconsolable. Rut
the feeling soon wore off, and ho gave
himself up to the follies, cares, and per
plexities of fashionable life.
He gave magnificent parties, at which
the elite of the city attended. Of course,
wines, cards, etc., were introduced, an I
he got into the habit of drinking. It grew
upon him until ho had his glass three
times a day ; (lien four, five, and so on,
till he became a noted tippler.
His wife remonstrated with him. He
laughed at her, and bade her not trouble
herself. He was all right. Thus he con
tinued, day after day, till he was brought
from his counting-house, drunk. This al-
most broke his wife's heart.
Again
she
pieaiei. All in vam.
The death of their eldest child, howev
er, brought him for awhile, to his senses :
but he soon fell into his old ways, and j
was as bad as ever. His noor wife, tired
out, gave up her life, and passed from
this cold, cruel world to the realms above.
Even this did not shake the career of
llrent. Two months after his wife's de
cease, his last and remaining child died,
and then he was indeed alone.
He gave up his business, and frequent
ed low drinking and gambling houses.
His friends tried to induce him to reform,
and do better ; but with little avail. Dee
per and deeper he plunged into the mire,
ana at last was deserted by all his friends
and acquaintances. He then becanc a
confirmed sot, and could be seen, at all
hours, in some den, wasting life, and
what little of his large and splendid for
tune he possessed, and seemed irretrieva
bly lost.
When he had spent all, he was ordered
from the rum shop which he patronized,
by the hard-hearted landlord, and thus we
find him, on the tenth of March, in the
street, deserted, forsaken, and miserable.
"I am weary very weary," he mur
mured, as he struggled up the street, "and
know not where to lay my head ! Oh,
that I had lived another man ! Here i
am, penniless, wretched alone ! An out
cast from all that s pure, and good, and
holy ! Oh, Heaven have mercy on me I"
lie paused, and shuddered, as a gust of
wind and sleet enveloped him him in its
icy embrace.
"Liquor, accursed liquor! lhou hast
brought mo to (his! Had I controlled
my appetite, I might have been a respect
ed man, a virtuous man, a good man.
What am I now ? A miserable wreck
DISTRIBUTED ALIKE, UPON THE
of my former self. Oh Lilly ! my wife
my wife ! 'twas I who killed thee !
Oh, my darling ! I were a brute to thee !
If thou couldst come back, I'd be anoth
er man ! And my pets ! thoy, too,
were murdered by their unhuman father.
Oh, God, forgive me !"
' lie staggered, threw his arms over his
3iend, sighed wearily, and tottered on.
Not far, for he ran plump into a lamp-post,
and fell, with "Lilly" on his pallid lips.
The rain continued, the thunder and
lightening played unceasingly, and every
thing seemed a chaotic mass and the
watchmen were obliged to 6cek thelter
from the driving storm.
Morning broke a bright, clear March
morning and the milkmen's carts rattled
over the icy pavements, the newsboys hur
ried to their respective offices for the "mor
nin' dishuns," the mechanics to their ar
dous work all in blissful ignorance of
the great Fullering of one of their fellow
men the previous night.
Crandall, one of the night watchmen,
was hastening bonif, tired and cross, for
the night's work had worn heavily on him,
when he observed a group of boys near a
lamp-post just ahead of him, who seemed
to be much excited, anil were busy in ta
king some object from the snow.
Hastening to the spot, he found the
stiffened corpse of a man, meanly dressed,
and whose face betrayed the sot, and a
long course of dissipation.
Calling a brother watchman, he had
the corpse conveyed to the nearest station-house,
where he left it in the hands
of Lis superiors.
A. jiopt mortcuni examination was held
by the coroner, and then the remains were
buried in the 1 'otter's Field.
Thus Charles llrent lived and died, and
in this sketch I would convey a lesson :
"Strong drink is raging ; wine is a mock
er ; and whosoever is deceived thereby, is
not wise." s
Negro Loyalty.
Green Clay Smith, a distinguished sol
dier in the Federal army during the war,
and now a member of the House of Rep
resentatives, wearied out with the perpet
ual clamor of the Republican leaders
about negro loyalty, gave his views on
that subject in a recent speech in these
words :
"I happened to have seen, myself, in
the field, colored men who were volunteers
in the rebel service; who were canturcrf
with arms in their hand; and who con
fessed that thev had jrone into the rebel
service of. their own accord. I have seen
in the city of Washington, since I have
had the honor of being a member of Con
gress, black men whose whole sympathies
were with the South, and I must say in
opposition to the gentleman from Pennsyl
vania (Mr. Kelly) that I do not feel like
hanging these men of dark complexion
who have voluntarily cone into the rebel
army as privates. 1 wish to forgive them.
Y'et these men, as black as the ace of
Fpad.es, went in the army of their own ac
cord to light against the government and
against you, ami 3'et you would not hang
one of them, whilo you would hang the
white men who volunteered, as they did
to go into the rebel army."
The Richmond Whig comes out in a
long editorial in opposition to emigration
from the Northern States and the intro
duction of Northern capital. It says :
"Alabama, within one year of peace, be
gins with live thousand Northern cotton
planters. It is frightful to think where
she will end. There is not a. single South
ern State in which this process, this fatal
process of New England colonization, is
not going on. We must stop it, and, from
this hour, we must resolve to stop it, be
fore it enwraps and crushes us in its ana
conda folds. We do not mean that it
must be stopped by a resort to violence or
any unwarrantable means, but by refu
sing, as we have tho right to do, to sell
our lands or any part of them, or lease or
tenant them to radical enemies of the
South."
E5- Geary has been asked by the Phil
adelphia Daily Xcus to repudiate the plat
form adopted by the Disunion State Con
vention w hich nominated him. That plat
form endorses Congress, and, in so doing,
sustains the efforts of (hat body to force
Negro Suffrage on the District of Colum
bia. Rut the hero of Harper's Ferry is
mute, and continues to stand upon the
Congress-Negro-Suffrage platform. There
fore, the News and a number of other Re
publican papers in the State, refuse to sup
port him. Geary must repudiate Negro
Suffrage or he will be bcalen at least
50,000.
HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH
12, 1866.
A Maniac in Cumberland Mountains.
The Carlisle Journal describes the va
garies of a man who has turned recluse
and taken up his abode in a cave on Skid
daw, in the Cumberland Lake district. It
appears that about three years ago an eccentric-looking
man, of slender build, and
pale complexion, and speaking with a
Scotch accent, paid a visit to Keswick,
where he occupied lodgings for a week.
During that jeriod he made frequent ex
cursions up Skiddaw, always returning
with bis clothes covered with mud ; and
his mysterious wanderings excited con
siderable attention at the time, various
stories being set afloat of his searching
for precious metals or a hidden treasure.
Leaving his lodgings at Keswick, the stran
ger took up his abode on the breast of
Skiddaw, sleeping at night in a small cave,
or pit, sheltered by a portable roof of
reeds, and lined with mess, lie has now,
I except a short interval, remained about
three years upon the mountains, some
times passing his time upon Skiddaw, at
others moving on the Saddleback and
Helvellyn, one of bis fancies - being to
preach sermons to the mountain sheep.
His appearance is described by those who
have seen him as ludicrous in the extreme.
His hair is thrown over his shoulders and
hangs far down his back, and forms tho
only protection for the head ; his clothes
seem to have been in the bight of fashion
twenty years ago, and are quite thread
bare ; he wears no shoes, and goes on his
pegrinations in his stockings only. He
gives the name of Smith, and judging by
his language, belongs to Scotland, but
when questioned on the subject gives an
evasive answer. He make
almost daily
visits to Keswick, where he purchases tea
and snuff, mixing and eating them dry.
I lis only cooking aparratus is a small pan,
iu w hich he cooks messes of very ques
tionable ingredients, boiling them by the
aid of lighted tallow. Through the limit
ed accommodation of his habitation he is
obliged to lie in a circular position, much
resembling that of a dog in a kennel. In
some of his descents into the vales, his
appearance frightened some of the peace
ful inhabitants, and the police having had
their attention directed to him, he recent
ly underwent incarceration in the county
jail, for disorderly conduct at Keswick.
While in prison he painted a good portrait
of the governor of the iail, but it had
been a grief to him to have his hair cut,
according to prison rule, on his entrance
Having finished his terra of imprisonment,
he has now jrono back to bis old haunts,
a cleaner, if not a wiser man.
m
Will Geary be Withdrawn ?
There is considerable talk, just now, in
political circles, of a withdrawl of the
present candidate of the Abolition Disun
ionists for Governor. We hope that there
may be no serious intention on tho part of
the Disunion managers to change their
nomination, for Gkaky is the man, above
all others, whom we can defeat with the
greatest ease. P.ut there is so much dis.
satisfaction in the "life-long democracy"'
of Geary, with his equivocal position on
the railroad question and with his endorse
ment of the extreme radicalism of Thad.
Stevens, that we apprehend they arc se
riously considering the propriety of with
drawing him from the canvass. There
are qnite a number of leading "Republi
can" papers that refuse to support him,
and the rebellion in Bradford county, one
of the , Republican" strongholds, is also
getting to be a serious alFair, so that for
the sake of saving their party from utter
rout, they may compel Geary to decline
in favor of a new candidate. The John
son "Republicans" in the State who will
not vote for Geary under any circumstan
ces, are estimated at some 30,000. This
fact too, will be a strong inducement to
the Disunion leaders to change their base.
Hut we shall see what we shall see. Hert
ford Gazette.
Tiiehe is a vast deal of nonsense talk
ed and written about reorganizing the gov
ernment "in accordance with the princi
ples of the Declaration of Independence."
It is to be presumed that Mr. Jeilerson,
who wrote that paper, understood its mean-
ing, ana it it was aesigneu, as is now
claimed, not only to give freedom to the
blacks but to make political and social
equals of them, it is passing strange that
he neglected to communicate that fact to
his own negroes, but continued to hold
them as slaves to his dying day. Will
the Radical editors who arc in the habit
of printing windy and rieliculous interpre
tations of the Declaration be kind en
ough to explain this queer fact, or hence
forth and forever hold their peace ?
Harlan is to go out of the
Department, it is said, (o make
O. II. Drowning of Illinois.
Interior
way for j
AND THE POOR.
VOL. 13 NO. 20.
A Bull on a Rampage.
An exciting scene, says (he New Yolk
Krjiress, was witnessed in the vicinity of
Fourth Avenue and Union Siuare this
morning, which to one or two of the par
lies unwillingly interested therein was far
from amusing. A bull, on the way to
the slaughter, while passing through
Twelfth street, cscared from the control
of the driver and dashed down the street
at a great rate, rejoicing in the new found
liberty.
Arrived at the corner of Fourth avenue
and pursued by a constantly increasing
crowd, the animal dashed around the cor
ner, encountering an unfortunate bill post
er, who was at work on a fence close by.
In the twinkling of an eye the hapless
wight was describing a semi-circle over
the bull's back, the contents of his paste
pot, in las rapid flight,
being distributed
over bis bead and t-houlders
Regardless of his victim, the now infu
riated animal dashed up the avenue.
Men, women and children lied in dismay
before the approach of the "animated bat
tering ram." On the corner of Fifteenth
street a lady narrowly escaped impale
ment, the horns of the bull rushing past
her skirt, tearing the bkirt off her hoop.
A gentleman little later was less fortu
nate. The animal in his flight made a
sudden detour and caught the individual
by the seat of his pantaloons, and in a jiffy
he was imitating the revolutions of a circus
rider in mid air. Singular to say, he was
but slightly injured.
1V this time his bullshin. apparently A
tired of his freak, came to a halt near V
Nineteenth street, and was soon surround-
t ed by people, who, however, kept atA V
respectful distance from his terrible horns,
Two or three Metroitolitans were on the
ground, and though they had revolvers in
their hands seemed unwilling or afraid to
use them. At this juncture a Mr. J. Ii.
Gibbs happened to be passing, stepped in
to a butcher shop near by and procured a
rope, and returning lassoed the bull, bring
ing him to his knees; when a knife was
procured and his throat cut. The excite
ment in the vicinity during the "rai 1"' was
very great a general skedaddle taking
place along Fourth avenue.
Adventure with a Snake.
A correspondent of the KitcnJ.aje Times.
writing from the Winterhock, says : An
extraordinary snake affair occured in this
neighborhood a few Sundays ago. A
large snake of the cobra tribe, about four
feet six inches long, got unseen into a far
mer's house, it is supposed on tho Satur
day afternoon, and concealed himself un
der a harmonium. On the Sunday after
noon, tho children being at school, the
farmer and his wife were quietly reading,
the wife sitting in front of the window.
The snake quietly crawled out, got unper
ceived under the good woman's crinoline,
and twisted itself around her leg from the
ancle to the knee, which position it kept
for upwards of an hour. The farmer's
wife, all the while thinking it her favorite
kitten took no notice of it, until at length,
wishing to eject the intruder she slightly
ra'sed her dress for that purpose. Judge
of her surprise on finding such a deadly
creature twisted around her leg. She sat
perfectly still, not even looking at her hus
band, lest he should disturb the reptile.
At last it uncoiled itself, and then twisted
itself about her foot. The shoe fitted
loosely, and she softly withdrew her foot,
made one bound across the room, and call
ed her husband's attention to the cause of
tho disturbance. The savage creature
now charged the wife, and was only kept
off by the husband with his Sunday coat.
It soon retreated, and got under a foot
stool, putting out its head as if to threat
en death tc any one who should approach
it. A stick was brought to the fanner,
who struck a terrible blow at its head,
but hit the stool, shivering tho stick to
pieces. J Ins exasperated the creature,
which darted out at the farmer, and wa3
again kept at bay by the coat. It at
length retreated to the bedroom, where it
was killed.
C3"A man and wife recently rented a
new house in Titusville, who have a sin
gular superstition that whoever first occu
pies a new dwelling for the period of two
hours will meet with a shocking and un
timely death. Anxious to relieve them
selves of this fatality, they decov-cd two
little girls, residing near, into the house,
and locked them up for several hours. A
few days after, one of the girls was drown
ed in a mill race, and her parents (who al
so believe in the same fatality) charged
the parlies with her murder.
Ini; erinont Uemocratic Convention
has nominated Charles N. Davenport for
l Governor.
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