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BY JAS. CLARK.
NEFF & MILLED,
SURGEON DENTISTS.
OFFICE honrs from 8 to 12 A. NT., and 2 to 6
P. M. S. W. Corner of 1110 and Montgotn
try streets. [May 7, 1850.
Proclamation.
lIEREAS by precept to me directed, dated
V at Huntingdon, the 20th day of April 1850,
tinder the hands and seals of the Hon. George
Taylor, President of the Court of Common Pleas,
Over and Terminer and general jail delivery of
the 20th judicial district of Pennsylvania, com
posed of the coanties of Huntingdon, Mifflin and
Union, and the Hons. James Gwin and John
Stewart, his associates, judges of the county of
Huntingdon, justices assigned, appointed to hear,
try, and determine all and every indictments arid
presentments, made or taken for or concerning
all crimes, which by the laws of the Common
wealth are made capital or felonies of death and
other offences, crimes and misdemeanors, which
have been, or shall be committed or perpetrated
within said county, or all persons who ore or
shall hereafter' be committed or perpetrated, for
crimes aforesaid, I am commanded to make proc
lamation throughout my whole bailiwick, that a
Court of Oyer and Terminer, Quarter Sessions
and Common Pleas, will be held at the Court
House, in the borough of Huntingdon, on the 2tl
Monday (and 12th day) of Arr4ust 1850, and
those who will prosecute the said prisoners, be
then and there to prosecute them as it shall be
just, and that all justices of the peace, coroner
arid constables within the said county, be then
and there in their proper persons, at 10 o'clock
A. M. of said day, \vah their records, inquisi
tions, examinations arid remembrauces, to do
those things which to their office respectively
appertain.
M. CROWNOVER, Sheriff.
SIIF.RIFF'S rFicE,
Huntingdon July 23, 1850.
Proclamation.
7 HEREAS, by precept to me directed by
V the Judges of the Common Pleas of the
county of Huntingdon, bearing test the 20th day
of April A. 1) . 1830, I am commanded to make
public proclamation throughout my whole baili
wick that a Court of Common Picas, will be
held at the Court House in the borough of Hunt
ingdon, in the country of Huntingdon, on the 3d
Monday (and 19th day) of August A. D. 1830,
for the trial of all issues in said court, which
remain undetermined before the said judges,
when and where all jurors, witnessts and suitors,
in the trial of said issues are required.
M. CROWNOVER, Sheriff.
Sumti FT'S Orricr,
Huntingdon, July 23, 1830. }
THOMAS READ, Mt
DEALER IN
Gold and Silver.Walehes,
cEtctoNvaPcloarvur e
No. 53 NORTII TR'. STREET, BELOW ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
Watches and Jewelry of every description neatly
repaired and warranted.
_
1/0" His friends and the public gen
.ol many, visiting Philadelphia, ate
invited to give him a call, as he
a " feels confident that he can furnish
articles in his line of such quality
and price as will give universal satisfaction.—
The trade will bo supplied with Watches, Jew
elry, &c., as cheap as they can be procurd else
where.
Philadelphia, April 23, 1850.
FOR THE BARGAINS!
a Ntw and Spleboid .I.9s;ron . en 7 of
SPRING Sp SUID/lIED GOODS,
Pies just been received at the Cheap
and popular Stand of
CZE).m. cE) Lx. c 5 C 'uu , a riZ a
.Market Square, Huntingdon Pa.
I IS stock has been selected with
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great care, with a view to cheap
nabs and good quality, and comprises, in part,
Cloths of all kinds, French, Belgian and Fancy
Cassimeres, Kentucky Jeans, Croton, Oregon,
and Tweed ( laths, Vestings, Flannels and
Drillings, and a variety of Cotton goods for sum
mer wear, Mouslin de Laines, French Lawns,
and Scarfs, Shawls and Handkerchiefs, A Ipac
eas, Merinos, a large assortment of Calicoes cf
the newest styles and at low prices, Earlaton,
French, Scotch and Domestic Gingham. and
Balzorines, French and Irish Linens, Checks,
Bed Tickings, Mualins and Sheetings,&c., &c.
Having heretofore been honored by a largo
patronage from the Ladies ho has procured the
most elegant assortment of
Ladies' Dress Foods,
ever brought to the interior of the State. Also:
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Grocertes,
Hardware, Queensware, &c.,
and a great variety of goods of all kinds. In
short he is prepared to offer
Great Bargains
to those who favor him with their custom. All
are invited to call and judge for themselves. It
affords him pleasure to exhibit his goods at all
tuna,
All krnda of Country Produce taken in ox
change for goods. GEO. OWIN.
April 2, 1850.
Administrator's Notice.
Zstrate of JNO. FLASHER, late of Cromwell
township, deceased.
Letters of Administration have been granted
to the subscribers upon the estate of Joss
Frames, of Cromwell townahp, dec'd. All per
eons having claims will present them duly
authenticated, and those indebted are requested
to make payment to
AARON STAINES,
JOHN SHOPE,
Administrators.
July 2, 1850.-6t.—51.76 pd.
VINEGAR, Homeny, Golden Syrup Molass
es, Luscious Luxury, &c., constantly for
3414 at Marks' Confectionary. [May 21.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Prom the Pennsylvania Inquirer,
TEMPER.
"The worst of slaves is he whom passion rules!"
"When anger rushes unrestrained to action,
Like a hot steed it stumbles in its way."
We had occasion some time since to
offer a few remarks on the control and
education of the temper. The subject
is a fruitful one, and we so frequently see
melancholy instances of unhappiness
and misery in domestic life, produced
by irritability, asperity and harshness of
disposition, that we will be excused,
perhaps, for venturing again to indulge
in a few rapid reflections. 1 , Homes,"
says an observing writer, "are more fre
quently darkened by the continual oc
currence of small faults, than by the ac
tual presence of any decided vice." And
this is true. Who has not realized it
Who has not felt pained and wounded
even when among comparative stran
gers, to discover some individual in the
circle, who, unable to control his temper,
was in the habit of uttering sharp lan
guage, making harsh allusions, and tram
pling upon acute sensibilities. A friend
of ours was some time since the invol
untary witness of a most painful scene
of this kind. He had stepped into the
house of a neighbor in a neighboring
city, with the object of passing a social
evening. While there, the head of the
household called one of his children, a
I boy of fifteen, into his presence, and
questioned him as to sonic trifling occur
rence of the day. The had was evident
ly frightened. He hesitated, stammer
ed, and gave some confused and incohe
rent reply. This infuriated the father,
and for a time he was in a paroxysm of
rage. His renewed efforts to obtain a
satisfactory answer from the lad, only
alarmed and perplexed the poor boy the
more, and thus, for some minutes, the
scene was truly annoying and deplora
ble. The example, too, was fearful.—
And all because of an excitable temper
on the part of a parent. Gentle means
would have readily accomplished all
that he sought. But the youth, aware
of the father's infirmity, and also aware
of the length to which his temper some
times carried him, trembled beneath his
frown, was overwhelmed with apprehen
sion by his voice and manner, lost all
self-reliance and self-control, and thus
was really unable to answer clearly and
directly the simple interrogatory that
was addressed to him. Fortunately, the
storm soon subsided, and the excited, in
his calmer moments, was at once morti
fied and ashamed. But alas ! the error
is quite a common one. Too many par
ents attempt to rule by fear. They re
buke with harshness and violence, and
not kindly and persuasively. They
threaten and denounce, and do not min
gle affection with their appeals and ad
vice. Their threats, too, are often un
meaning, because they are seldom car
ried out. Far better if they would pun
ish calmly and quietly but surely. The
proper control of temper is, indeed, a
matter of the utmost importance, and
one that is sadly neglected. Many a
home has been made the abode of misery
through this infirmity. Many a wife
has been rendered wretched, and many
a husband has been driven from his do
mestic hearth, because of a peevish fret
ful, wrangling and dissatisfied temper.
All have faults and infirmities, all nre
more or less aware of their imperfec
tions. And it is exactly because these
exist, and are known to exist, that the
individuals affected are so sensitive.—
: Some years since, a citizen who enjoy
ed the confidence and friendship of an
other to a very great extent, saw that he
Was intemperate, and that miles some
reform should take place, his ruin would
be certain. On more than one occasion
he ventured to speak of the vice as de
plorable, and calculated to lead to terri
ble consequences. The other joined
heartily in the general remark, but appa
rently unconscious that he was himself
guilty of the infirmity. Finding that
this indirect mode would not answer,
his friend ventured to charge him di
rectly with the weakness, and spoke
upon the subject frankly but harshly.—
The error was a fatal one. The harsh
temper, and from a friend, could not be
borne. Another policy, a gentler, kind
lier, and the effect would no doubt have
been salutary. But the air of superior
ity, or rather of dictation, that was un
fortunately assumed, cut deeply and
keenly, and the intimacy of many years
standing, was interrupted in an hour.—
Thereafter, the erring one avoided his
harsh friend, treated him coldly and for
mally when they met, and was evident
ly wounded to the quick. And this is
in most cases the result of a similar pol
icy. There are of course exceptions.—
So, too, in domestic life, and especially
with those who pledge themselves for
better and for worse, throughout their
career of human existence. Each will
HUNTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1850.
soon discover that the other has faults.
"None ore all perfect." But, let these
blemishes of character and disposition
be frequently, harshly and unkindly re
ferred to, and the effect will be fatal.—
Distrust will be provoked, irritation
will follow harsh language will be repli
ed to in equally harsh, and soon the
fond dream of harmony and happiness
will vanish, like the "baseless fabric of
a vision." The control of the manner
and the voice should also be regarded
as important. This may be seen in the
affairs of every day life. Even a rebuke
in mild language and a kindly spirit,
while it loses all its bitterness, is depri
ved of none of its proper effect. On
the other hand, mild language and a
harsh manner tell a very different sto
ry. And, when once friends, associates
or partners for life, appear to delight in
saying keen and unkind things—fare.
well to every thing like frankness, con
fidence, harmony of spirit or reciprocity
of feeling! Think of these things,
gentle reader, especially if about to be
gin life. And if you have been living
on for years, and indulging hourly and
daily in the infirmity upon which We
have here so hastily commented, resolva
that from this hour, your temper shall
be better, kindlier, gentler, and thus not
only calculated to secure your own hap
piness, but to promote that of the beings
who look up to, love and respect you 'I
Sarcastic Sentence.
Old Elias Keys, first Judge of Wind
sor county, Vt., was a strange compo
sition of folly and good sense, of natural
shrewdness and want of cultivation.—
The following sentence, it is said, was
pronounced upon a poor ragged fellow,
convicted of stealing a pair of hootsfrom
bieneral Curtis, a man of considerable
wealth, in the town of 11 indsor :
"Well," said the Judge very gravely,
before pronouncing sentence of court,
undertaking to read the fellow a lecture,
"you're a fine fellow to be arraigned be
fore a court for stealing. They say you
are poor—no one doubts it who looks at
you, and how dare you, being poor, have
the impudence to steal a pair of bootsl
Nobody but rich people have a right to
take such things without paying! Then
they Fay you are worthless ; that is evi
dent from the fact that no one has ever
asked justice for you ; all, by unanim
ous consent, pronounced you guilty be
fore you were tried. Now, you being
so worthless, was a fool to steal, because
you might know you would be condemn
ed. And you must know that it was a
great aggravation that you have stole
them in the large town of Windsor. In
that large town to commit such an act
is horrible. And not only go to Wind
sor to steal, but you must steal from
that g reat man General Curtis. This
caps the climax of your iniquity. Base
wretch! why did you not go and steal
the only pair of boots which some poor
man had, or could get, and then you
would have been let alone; nobody
would have troubled themselves about
the act. For your iniquity in stealing
in the great town of Windsor, and from ,
the great General Curtis, the court Ben-,
tences you to three months' imprison
ment in the county jail, and may God
give you something to eat."
A Slight Mistake.
We don't believe the following anec
dote has ever been printed, and it is too
good to be lost :
One day—no matter when—an hon
est hibernian strolled into one of our
churches—no matter where—on com
munion Sunday ; and at the invitation
for "all in regular standing," &c., he,
being somewhat verdant in matters of
this kind, thought he would stay too.—
Accordingly he remained in his obscure
pew, and waited to see how the waters
would move. Soon a venerable man ap
proached him and proffered him the
bread and cup. He took a generous slice
of the former, and the good man passed
along. Going back to the desk, a re
quest was tnade, if any had been omitted
in the distribution, they would rise.-
11 hat was the deacon's astonishment to
see the occupant of the stranger pew
rise, and with a peculiar beck of the
finger, motion hi:n that way. Obeying
the sign, he walked towards the beck
oner, who rose as he approached, and
shading his mouth with his hand, as he
leaned half over the aisle, said in a sub
dued tone—" Have you any chase 1"
The horror-stricken functionary started
back, without answering, and the stran
ger was left to his own reflections upon
the deficiency of the entertainment.
CHEAP DIET.-A son of the 'Emerald,'
but recently over, stated that the times
were so hard in certain districts where
he came from, that people did not eat at
all. 'How do they live, then l' inquired
a listener.
'On the remembrance of what they
ate last year r was the reply.
Husbands and Lovers.
A husband is as easily caught as mea
sles and mackerel. To make him stay
caught, however, is as difficult, as to
keep your hold of an eel with slippery
fingers. Hearts like secrets, are easier
gained than kept; for which reason it
requires more care, attention, and soli•
citude, from the wife to the husband,
than from the mistress to the adoring
lover. The lover being but seldom with
you, sees you only in part. It is natu
ral to suppose, you would neither appear
before him in a slatternly dress nor with
a peevish aspect. Your clothes will he
always put on with neatness, and your
face dressed in smites. On the contra
ry, the husband being always in your
company, has an opportunity of discov
ering every little defect or blemish in
your person, manners, or disposition; '
to see you not only when in full dress,
but when your hair is yet in 'the papers,'
and perhaps when you yourself arc la
boring under an attack of the tooth-ache.
For this reason, the chief study of a
wife should be to guard against every
thing that can possibly derange either
her mind or equanimity for whatever
brings on clouds or sulkiness is sure to
estrange the very best of husbands.
Among the virtues which the sex
should cherish with a most scrupulous
regard, are delicacy, neatness and deco
rum. Many young women imagine that
all that matrimony consists of is wed
ding-cake and a short address from a
white neckerchief. Nothing, however
could be more fabulous—marriage is a
state that needs as much watching as en
heiress, and should be cultivated with
as much care as you would bestow on a
daughter's purity.
As we observed above, always appear
neat and observe your equanimity, for
nothing degrades a gentlewoman more
than suffering her temper to be so rill . -
Het , as to use improper language to her
dependants; nor can any thing be more
disgusting to a man of sense than see
his wife give way to sudden starts of
passicn. _ _
To every friend and relative of your
'husband, show a polite attention, and
marked preference. Show him, that to
be related to, or esteemed by him, is a
sufficient claim upon your regard.—
Whatever be his errors, confine the
knowledge of them to your own bosom ;
and endeavor, by the mildest persua
sions, to lead him to the path of reci
tude. Discretion must direct you as to
the proper season to offer your advice
and opinions ; since men in general are
so tenacious of their prerogative that
they start from every thing that has the
least appearat ce of control or opposi
tion. If he should be fond of company,
dissipation, and expensive amusements,
be it your study to detach his mind from
those pursuits, by endeavoring to ren
der his home delightful. Let your face
be ever arrayed in smiles at his ap
proach ; form a society of those he loves
and esteems most ; exert your various
abilities to charm and entertain him ;
and believe lie who constantly meets
cheerfulness and smiles at home will
seldom wish toseelc abroad for pleasure.
Above all things, never suffer any
person to speak disrespectfully of him
in your presence ; and guard your heart
against the least approach of jealousy.
K Poor Jersey.''
The following incident took place not
long ago on board one of the Mississippi
steamers:
A party of gentlemen were conversing
upon the all-absorbing topic of the un
happy differences between the North
and South, and each one, of course, had
something to say in favor of his own
State. One of the gentlemen remarked
that he belonged to Jersey, and was pro
ceeding to show forth the merits of that
much abused portion of our Union, when
he was interrupted by a jolly looking
customer, with a merry eye, and some
what elongated proboscis, with the in
terrogatory—
'Do you belong to Jersey 1'
•I do, indeed ! was the answer,
, Well, then, give me your hand. Ah!
poor Jersey !' he continued with a deep
drawn sigh—'poor Jersey ! Come, sir,
what'll you take to drink I You are
welcome to the best that can be had on
board this boat.'
The gentleman, somewhat surprised,
inquired the reason of the joker's esteem
for Jerseymen.
'it is not exactly esteem—the feeling
I cherish towards those unfortunate peo
ple smacks more of compassion,' he re.
plied.
'Please explain yourself,' said the Jer
seytnan, do not understand you.'
'Well, then, the Me t is, I believe that
people from your State are about as apt
to be dry as any class of men out, and I
never met one in my life but was either
too mean or too poor to buy a drink.--
So I make it a point to treat a Jersey
man whenever I meet one.'
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4\irii•
The Late President Taylor.
Gen. Taylor's life has one striking
lesson. He ascended to the highest hon
or of his country, by the honest staircase
of unobtruszve duty, and not by the outside
ladder of brilliant and crafty ambition.—
W' here and what he was, till glory called
him, is the instructive portion of his his
tory. The great deeds he was found
ready for—when need came—take their
best lustre, it seems to us, from the pa
tient heroism with which, in a remoter,
and lesser sphere, he equally "endeav- 1
ored to do his duty."
From the great anthem of eulogy and
mourning, pealing forth, since his death,
in every shape of utterance, it seems to
us that this one note should be the dwelt
upon and eternal echo—GLORY SOUGHT
HIM, RE SOUGHT NOT GLORY. In this dis
tinction, could it be made necessary to
American greatness, there would be a
"divinity to hedge about" the Presi
dents of our country, which would lift
them far above kings, while in it, at the
same time, would live a principle of in
calculable security to our institutions.
There seems to have been a design of
Providence in the whole fitness of Gen.
Taylor's character to the times he fell
on. The passion for military glory,
with which the nostrils of our national
prosperity were inflated at the time of
the conquest of Mexico, called for a hero
—bat never before was there such need
that it should he a hero who could gov
ern himself. The moderation of Taylor
has been of more use to us than his vic
tories. His common sense has been
mightier than his sword.
The dying words of the great and
good man—"l HAVE ENDEAVORED TO DO
DUTY"—contain a biography of more
worth than Napoleon's; but they seem
to us of higher purport than to be weigh
ed against another man's glory. They
contain the law of conduct of which our
country has most need to be kept in
mind. Sound judgment and high prin
ciple are wanted at the helm of State,
and for these qualities, more than for
brilliant genius and practised policy,
we should look, in the men to govern
us.
Honor to the ashes of TAYLOR ! But
let the urn which preserves his memory
be the adoption of his dying words as a
standard; for, no measure is so fitting,
for those who are to take his place, as
that by which he measured his own life
in leaving it—TEE ENDEAVOR TO DO HIS
DUTY.--Home Journal.
Wonderful Log Rolling at the West.
An Englishman who was lately trav
elling on the Mississippi river, told some
rather tough stories about the London
thieves. A Cincinnati chap, named
Cnse, heard these narratives with silent
but expressive hump! And then re
marked that he thought the western
thieves beat the London operators all
hollow.
"Flow sot" inquired the Englishman
with surprise. "Pray, sir, have you
lived tnuch in the westl"
"Not a great deal. I undertook to set
up business at the Desmoines Rapids a
while ago, but the rascally people stole
every thing I had, and finally, a Welch
miner ran off with my wife. "
"Great God !" sail' the Englishman.
"And you never found her 1"
'•Never to this day. But that was not
the worst of it."
"Worst! shy what could be worec
than stealing a man's wife'!"
"Stealing his children, 1 should say,"
said the implacable Case."
"Children !"
"Yes, a nigger woman who had'nt
any of her own, abducted my youngest
daughter, and sloped, and jined the In
dians."
"Great heavens! and did you see her
do it!"
"See her 1 Yes, and she hadn't ten
rods the start of me—but she plunged
into the lake and swam off like a duck,
and there was no canoe to follow her
with."
The Englishman laid back in his
chair and called for another mug of af
fan-aff, while Case smoked his segar and
his credulous friend at the same time
replied most remorsely—
"l —shan't go—any further West—l
think," at length observed excited John
Bull.
"I should not advise any one to go,"
said Case quietly. "My brother once
lived there, but he had to leave, although
his business was the best in the coun
try."
"t% hat business was he in 1"
"Lumbering—had a saw mill."
"And they stole his lumber 1"
"Yes, and his saw logs too."
"Saw logs V'
"Yes, whole dozens of fine black wal
nut logs were carried off in one night,
True, upon honor sir. He tried every
way to prevent it—had hired men to
watch his logs—but it was all of no use.
They would whip 'em away as easily as
VOL, XV, NO. 31.
if there had been nobody there. They
steal them out of the river, out of the
cove, and even out of the mill ways."
"Good gracious l"
"Just to give you an idea how they
can steal out there," continued Case,
sending a sly wink at the listening com
pany, "just to give you an idea—did you
erer work in a saw mill 1"
"Never."
"Well, my brother, one day, bought
an all fired fine black walnut log—tour
feet three at the butt and not a knot in
it. He was determined to keep that log
' any how, and hired two Scotsmen to
watch it all night. Well, they took a
small demijohn of whiskey with them,
snaked the log up the aide of the hill a
bove the mill, built a fire, and then sot
down on the log to play cards, just to
keep awake you see. 'Twee a monstrous
big log—bark two inches thick. Well,
as I was saying, they played cards and
drank whiskey all night, and as it be
gan to grow light, went asleep astraddle
of the log. About a minute after day
light, George went over to the mill to
see how they were getting on, and the
log was gone !"
"And they setting on it i."
"Setting on the bark ! The thieves
had drove an iron wedge into the butt
end which pointed down hill, and hitch.
ed a yoke of oxen on, and pulled it right
out leaving the shell and the Scotchers
aettin straddle of it fast asleep."
The Englishman went on deck to as
certain the nearest landing place.
Punctuality.
Ah ! that's the word—punctuality:—
Did von ever see a man who was punc
tual, who did not prosper in the long runt
We don't care who or what he was,
high or low, black or white, ignorant or
learned, savage or civilized--we know
if lie did as he agreed, and was punc
tual in all his agreements, he prospered
and was more respected than his shift
less, lying neighbors. . .
Men who commence business should
be careful how they neglect their obliga
tions and break their word. A person
who is prompt can always be accommo
dated, and is therefore 'lord over anoth
er man's purse,' as Franklin would say.
Never make promises upon uncertain
ties. Although the best men would
sometimes fail to do as they would, the
case is exceedingly rare. He who is
prompt to fulfil his word, will never
make a promise where it is not next to
a moral certainty that he can do as he
agrees. If you would succeed, be punc
tual to the hour. Return borrowed mo
ney the moment you promised it. In all
things if you are thus prompt, we will
risk you through life--you will succeed
--you cennot help it. Those who are
prompt in *eir business affairs, are
generally so in every department of life.
You never know them to come late to
church, to the polls, or to bed. Prompt
ness in everything characterizes them.
May you be thus prompt. The first
symptoms of reform, if you have been
remiss in your duty, will be to send
to the printer forthwith for his paper,
and pay for it. We have been connect
ed with the press for some years, and
the result of our experience is—that the
man who pays punctually for his paper
is prompt in every transaction of life—
makes a good citizen—exerts a good in
fluence—prospers, and is in a fair way
to reach happiness.
A Tough Story of a Tough Stump.
Our uncle Ezra is in the habit some
times, of "stretching the truth" a little
—a vicious tort of propensity from
which the rest of the family are singu
larly free. We heard him tell Snooks a
severe tale one day last week, which we
have concluded to give to the world
"When I lived in Maine, (said he) I
helped tobreak up a new piece of ground;
we got the wood off in the winter, and
ear:y in the spring we begun ploughing
on't. It was so consarned rocky that
we had to get forty yoke of oxen to or •
plough—we did faith—and I held that
plough more'n a week ; I thought I
should die. It e'en a most killed me, I
vow why, one day I was hold's, and the
plough hit a stump that just measured
nine feet and a half through it, hard and
sound white oak. The plough split it,
and I was going straight through the
stump when I happened to think it might
snap together again, so I threw my feet
out, and had no sooner done this, than it
snapped together,
taking a smart hold of
my pantaloons. Of course I was tight,
but I held on to the plough handles, and
though the teamsters did all they could,
that team of eighty oxen couldn't tear
my pantaloons, nor cause roe to let go
my grip. At last though, after letting
the cattle breath, they gave another
strong pull altogether, and the old stump
came out about the quickest.; it had mon
strous long roots, too, let me tell you.—
My wife made the cloth for them panta
loons, and I haven't worn any other kind
since."