II VOLUME XIV.- -NUMBER 38 THE I- ' POTTER JOt[JRNAL PUBLISHED BY 4. W. 40.1arney, !Proprietor. $1..00 VII YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. * * *Devoted to the cause of Republicanism, the interests of Agriculture; the advancement of Education, and, the best good of Potter county. Owning no guide except that of Principle, it will endeaver to aid in the work of more fully Freedomizing'our Country. 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Also Masonic gather ings on every Wednesdhy Evening. for Work and practice, nt their: hail in Coudersport. TIMOTHY IVES, W. M.. SAIMET, LIAM:, Scc'y. JOHN S. MANN, ATTORNEY AN!) COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa.., will attend the several Courts in Potter and M'Kean Counties. All business entrusted in his care will receive prompt attention. Office corner of West and Third streets, ARTHUR G. OLMSTED, ATTORNEY. & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., %rill attend to all busincis entrusted to. his care, with promptnes and fidt'ity. Office on Sotti r westmorner of .Itain and Fourth streets. - ISAAC BENSON. ATTORNEY AT LAW; Coudersport, Pa., Will attend to all business entrusted to him, with care and promptness. Office on Second: St., near the Allegheny iltidge. r. W. KNOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., *ill regularly attend the Courts in Potter and the adjoining Counties.. O. T. ELLIS PP.A . C . TIONG PIIYSICINN, Coudersport, Pa., respectfully informs the citizens of the vil ' lags and 'vicinity that he will ',comply re spond to all calls for professional services. Office on Main st„ in building formerly oc cupied by C. IV. Ellis, Esq. C. S. & E. A. JONES, 1 • DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES,,PATNTS Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, DF7 Good:, Groceries, St., Main st., Coudersport, Pa. D. E. 'OLMSTED, DEALER - IN DRY COOS, READY-MADE Clothhig, Crockerli.Groceries, Se., Main st., Coudersport, Pa. • . _ .. COLLINS SMITH; DEALER in Dry Goods,Groceries,lProvisions , Hardware, Queensware, Cutlery, and all Goods usually found in a country Store.— Coudere , ort, Nov. 27; 1861. ' • M. W. MANN, • . DEALER LEI BOOKS &ISTATIONEBY, MAG AZINES and Music, N. W. corner of Malt and Third sts., Coudersport, Pa. COLIDERSPURT HOTEL, O. F. GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner o- Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ' ter 'Co:, Pa. 1. A Livery Stable is also kept in connect Con with this Hotel. ._ _ MARK GILLON, T. TAlLOR—nearly opposite the Court House 4111 make all clothes intrusted to him in the latest and best) styles —Prices t 6 suit " the times.—Give hirn a call. ; 13.41 • ANDREW SAL BERG & BRO'S. TANNERS AND 'CURRIERS.—Hides tanned on the shares, ini the. -best manner. Tan nery. on the east side of. Allegany river. Coudersport, Potter county, 17,'61 4..OLIISTED - -• • • OLMSTED KELLY, DEALER IN STOVES, TIN & SHEET IRON WAREi Main et., nearly opposite:the Court House, Coudersport;, .Pa. Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made to 'order, in good style, on short notice. .• Ulysses Academy Still retains as Princip i aI,3Ir.E.R.CASIPBELL, •Preceptiess, Mrs. NETTLE JONES GRIMY . ; As. sistA.nt, Miss - A. E. CistelllSLU • The expenses per Term are : Tuitioh, from $5 to $6 ; Board, feotn $1.50 to $1.75, per week; Rooms for self . boarding from $2 to.s?,. Each term commences upon Wednesday and continues. Fourteen weeks., Fall term : A ug.27th,lB62;Winter term; Det.loth, 1862; and Spring tertiOlareh 25th, 1863. 0. R. BASSETT, President. W. W. GRIDLEY, Sect'y. Lewisville, July 9,:1862. UNION, HOTEL, '. C i OrIDEItS . PORT, PENN., A. S. ARMSTRONG ITAVING refitted and newly furnished the I'll house on Maid street, recently occupied isy R.'Rice, is prepared' to accommodate the fraieling public in as good - Style as can be bad in town. Nothing that Carr in any • waY'in- IPTSIMIO the comforts Of the guests will be ne atened. , , I krsei ',. • : . . . _, , -. • •. - ...• __ ' - 4 f.; --- ,';:,- • 1 - y :-' , r, '- ' r ' ' - - . I - , . , 1..... . - . '. . . r•-., . ". . '. ' 3 • ' - 1 . - 1---'' " ' - - ' ' ' 1 1 . * lr • , • i 1 1 :- ...---. - 1 - "iii.g_b_ , 4, • 6 ; f • .•• • • ~ :. :,• - '__ • •, , • - ~ -..„ 1 . .• -7" - -= , ---....... - - _ , ;. , , 1 .. , .- 6 „ • ..... ~. . , . 1 .- .- .. , :,.,, .-- :; i..: ~.„ t pg .. - : , :. 1 -•,.1 :. 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Wash'd the blood that trickled do '•n I must soon be going, mother, Goiog to the home of rest; hiss me as of old my mother, Press me nearer to your breast. Would I could repay you, mother, For your faithful lure and care : God uphold and bIeSS you, mother, In this bitter woe you . bear. Kiss for me my little ,brother, Kiss my sisters, loved so well When you sit together, mother, 'Telt them how their brother tell Tell to them the story, mother, When I sleep beneath the sod, That I died to save my country . All fiom love to her and God, Leaning on the merit, mother, Of the Use who died for all,: , ..Peace, is in my bosom, mother, • Hark I I hear the iingels call 1• [ Lon't you hear them singing, mother? Listen to the music's swell I Now I leave you, loving Mother--- God be with Ycu—fare von tvi•ll. —Typogrughic Adv4Mser.. AN YCE AllivrATuroF.. It is now several years since, that I was returning from the survey of, the north western district of Lake Superior, my portion of the duty being finished. Win ter, with its wild winds and deep snows, had already set iu, and instead ,of the usual lake•voyage, my journey to ,the land of civilization had to. be perforwed iu a sleigh. Each day I took, my way over . !roads whose ruts' the snow had filled, while my horses' bells rang gaily dut thro' the snow-clad feresi, whose. pendent icicles flashed in the aim-rays like a fruit age of gems ; and when night came, I never failed of a welcome beneath the bark-roof of the nearest settler, where my news—albeit five months old—was more prized than wy dollars, and my French; Canadian servant, with his broken Eng• Hall jests, and his sweet old Provencal songs, was Jthore• regarded than 'myself. We had passed Lake Superior, and were threading the forest bordering Lake Huron, when one evenino. we 'came to a better cultivated farm than usual, and stopped ai the 'hovel a large farmhouse, where the ,scraping 'of fiddles and echoing of feet announced one of those blithesome frolics With which the settlers at inter vals lighten the monotony of backwoods' life. On such occasions, every guest is! welcome,and we were rapterously received' though the house was crowded to suffo cation. But it seen apperired•this was an extraordinary festival, being for- the bri dal of our host's daughter, whom all these friendswho came from many miles round I —were to accompany to see the knot tied on . the morrow: What a joyous :scene it was ! How they jested and laughed till . the music was almost drowned, and , despite the crush, danced merrily until! the spruce and juniper wreaths 'trembled on the walls,. and the forest of . candles flickered above our.. heads; new , footing! old-forgotten dances with the rosy bride maids, in their yet redder ribbons, now clustering in triumph.round the Soft-eyed bride, the . fairest flower I ever saw in that wild regiOn. • • The sup rose on our unwearied revels, ushering in the wedding-day. A hearty breakfast was despatched, and then one and all—for I deferred my joUrney 'in honor of the occasion—:prepared tMescert the bride on her way. Through -many of the backWoods' set tlement clergymen have never • passed, and troths are lawfully plighted before the nearest magistrate. But on the present occasion it chanced that a clergyman was visiting his brother at a farm sonic twenty miles (distant, and the marriage was hur ried that the bride might havei . the ad vantage: of a "parson's wedding." my two-horse sleigh-being the best-appointed vehicle in' company, I placed it at the briks-disposal; and we were soon speed ing through the forest; followed by a bevy of sleighs and trains, filled with . a laugh ing-'crowd; and while the sleigh-bells rang•out the merries of bridal-peals, the young settlers played Wild Choru,SSes Upon their horns, until the 'old' woOds echoed with their minstrelsy.. • , 1 • About mid-day, we•reaelied desti 7 mation,.but we had to wait the Conclusion . - of another ceremony. It was'alivedding, and the strangest I Over the bride was portly, the bridegroom grizzled, MIMES e'boiea 10 'the i'l'ißeiPies of Ihto oli)oci:41, 410 tile @ioeh)i 4tioli of Votolitgl, ffebs. COUDERSPORT, POTTER -COUNTY, and they made the responses - With a de vision which showed they had quite made up their minds; while occupying the bridesmaids' station in the rear, was an open-mouthed cluster of juve-- niles, thp offspring of thebrideand bride-- groom, who had long been legaliy;'aslthey were boil' religiously married. The young people's turn Was next ;' and despite the struggles of the little ones,. and the boisterous laughter 'of their elders, they were all duly 'christened, and then led away'by their newly wedded parents, amid a hurricane uf 'congratulations ,and cheers, which lasted until they had driven off iu the two trains awaiting them; • Then came the wedding of (fur own -fair bride, and she seemed almost scared-'lo l find how solemn were the wards which bound - her to share the burdens as . 'ivell as joys of her bridegroom ;:but she had always meant to do so ; and taking heart of grace, she smiled happily asle handed her into my sleigh for the return journey. Again. we swept through the bush with laugh and jest, and in the intervals my servant Antoine sang jubilant btidal lamer's, and trotted old ballads of love-and marriage enough to have turned Hymen ward a *whole community. But after a tithe there - Was none but the newly wed ded and myself to listen, for my high-bred horses, fresh •as when we started, had far outsped the heavy :steeds of the other travelers, and were running them out of sight and hearing. I . • "Let us go by the lake-shore," cried i the bridegroom; then you'll see the .tutn !hie,' and we will be home !yet before they are." The idea was higl.ly approved by the new-teado' wife, and as I was somewhat Weary myself of the. monotony of the woods, I readily agreed: Between us and the shore was a winding gully filled with frozen snow, which soon brought us 'to the broad belt -of ice bordering the land. Beyond was. the lake, which, so far as we could see,, stretched a vast ex panse of blue,- refreshing to the eye wearied by •the universal whiteness, and troubled by a recent gale, it heaved and rolled in the heavy swells,' whose very action was cheering amid - the deadly still ness. Meanwhile' we bowled merrily on over the . wavy ice, which flashed: and sparkled in a thousand blinding and gor geous rays beneath our 'horses feet'; while on our left the land rose into lofty -prom ontories, crowned with battlements of snow; or swept back into deep ba2,e bor dered with pine forests, or with vast ex panses of dreary swamp, where the loon 'made her nest among the moss, and the water-snake lerkiti beneath the rushes. At •lergth a deep reverberation an nounced the tumble—a succession of foaming cascades, by which the waters of a lofty, river found their way into the lake, and whose picturesque beauty was en hanced by the long lines of glittering icicles which fringed the overhanging rocks, and the glacier-likeeone of ice the spray. had raised before it. This duly admired, we pressed on, for the short day was drawing to a close, and just fis the 'sun sank- behind the pine crest of a dis- tant headland. we eame to a wide estuary, whose further point ` it formed Beyond was the farm. and we urged the . horses to . a swifter pace, for with the sites 'depar t ture came a great access of cold. The estuary, some eight niiles wide,. stretched deep into the land, and tosave time, we drove straight across the vast sheet of ice which bridged it. Night.fell as we, proceeded; out though 'the moon had not yet risen, the misty reflection, of the stow lighted us on our way, and ahead was the promontory, showing darhiy againSt the starlit sky. We had Aunt reached the centre •of the bay, when a sodden report, like a discharge of artil lay, tilled the air, and rolling back over the ice, wr • as repeated by the thousand! [echoes of 'the wilds. It was the unmis takable Sound of cracking ice ;, ,and with out a word, I put the horses to their speed. The , nest moment, a yet louder and pharper CODOUSSISKI broke on the silence, quickly followed by a third,whichsounded as-if it, rent the ice asunder. . ! •• At once, the truth flashed 'ion us.— As Often' happens, the heavy swell,of that great inland sea was breaking up the solid ice; and so far from land, among the shattering fragments, we were in •a position of the utmost peril, in Which our only resource was flight; and again I urged on our bounding steeds. Mean while, my companions peered eagerly into the dimness. seeking to discoVer where the danger lay. but the silvery rhaze baf fled them, and we could only: speed on blindly. At length, our borses stopped, and 'looking before them, we perceived a dark belt of heaving Water. The qrack, Was across our path, and the chastfi was too broad for our horses to - leap; all left us, therefore, was to turn land-ward, and hurry on, ifihapPily we might outstrip the dan ger,. 'But with each step the gip beside us widened, until 'it alMost resembled a it turned again lakeward, and, to our consternation, we discovered that PA., NEDNEOWT; SEPTUM R the ice halt 'parted ,an either ;side o Cutting g usl Off &Ow iand, and leaving floating. mil a large, island of ice, whichithe swift 'Current of; the jiver was already` driving raph'ily out upuit the lake. What,afsudden 'dismay came overt ns as 'We razed at tbe'ineteasino Chas ni no 'effort of'ours could.l bridge ! The brtde• groi:okras eager ito swim th space, b.nd bear tidings to tile ,farn ; but it would only havnibeen a pseless sacrifice of life, for fong hchad gone half tie distance, he wo l uld'have"diedin his frcizen clot ies. There but one chance left—tha yetibit oti 'some projecting p,' of the lake-shore,' .13ueas our raft flu st.eadily.fdrther and further out from 1 thatllast hope vanished; and. before li we who hnd late y been so joyous,, s sadly 'wataing !the white outline o 6 hills fade ;into the night, as they wl last sight Id land it was, ;and with sorrowful Iknowlcidge that the only do remaining - on ou doom was, whether; should pqish miserably upon our frd resting-place, or be swept off into the 1 cold waters of the lake,': • It Was ; a terrible prospect ; and remethbriince that we had in .a man brought the evil upon our lowa het indeased ;its bitterness tenfold. Had butlapprised any one oi curl route vi we 'diverged from the usual track, 1 - I should undoubtedly 'have been sough in eanoe, and (most probably reset while, as lit was,lthMblind path by , W we turned off to the shore world put i all 'at fault. The 'briilenioom's 1 • c: reproacht. were' keenest of! any, f sr ; . felt! himself the destroyer of 1 the bridelso lately;committed. to' his card; whq the .poor :girl wept in • utter abandonment. of spirit, not only for the blighting of ber bright hopes, and for the young life she must o shortly render up, butd for the' .6a den' 'parting from the belo v ed one she sholald never see again. I -; ' - Meanwhile, the moon rosein -the deep blue 'sky,;making night beautiful, fleocling our fee-raft with its silvery light, qiiiver in,g in broken -rays on the! broad j lake, which BOW .rolled; in wave - . 4, arou d us, and; shining like a glory on; the distant hills ? giving us one'morc glthace•at!earth. , Bot the cold was intense. i The !wind, stil l ight from the frozen north, swept over the lake ,in fitful gusts, and . seemed to pierce us like icy. arrews ; and ti ough, i wrappe in the heaVy sleigh-fu s, we crouched within its narrow limi s, we coulld.searce endure the rigor. ef the i ight ; and; worse than all, our fair companion had Ito 6hare these hardships with do pro tectl ' ion l save the most sheltered corner of the sleigh, and the warin'est wrapper; yer.lSliel never murmured, but, .with the Igeritle heroism of- her sex, laid her head I sildritlY and now tearlessly ;on ,he bus barld's shoulder;;, and 1 thought she prayed:, 'Day at hist broke ;on thi'r long night of misery and desolation. , The imperceptible current of the lake had swept Us out of sight of lend,. aid the d r.. huge r ass of ice lay steady. as, an island' among 1 he surrounding waves. - WV told ours elves, we had 'no hope of rose e, yet long, and; anxiously we watched the cir cling hor t izon for some sign of Cowing aid, and, it was with a deeper despondeacy•we disdovered that, as, far as tthe eye could relief), there was nothing , lut lake and sky;* save on one, spot sonic five ,miles distant, where flOited a fragment of our iii \ raft; which; cracked from the coin ence ment, ht td parted during the night, bear inglaaY with it both, our horses: tcnd as the day wore oil,.another hardship was added, which redoubled all the rest-:--that of hunger. • Since:the preceding thorlilig., we had eaten nothing, and our long ex posure to the cold began to make the Iwant severely felt; while, though many birds flew over the lake; not one , came within reach of our rifles to soften .this !new calamity.' •- - t • ' 1 ' • 1. Two days passed, and no words can tell the intensity, of our sufferings' as we Boated *on that frozen priSon, which the 9 iuds audl waves appeared pOwerless to destroy; pea(' hour served but to au g ment ourimis ery; and . when the third day broke ppon us, Vold and exhaustion were fast doing their work, and we, lay helplessly in the corners of the sleigh, as it seemed iibout 'to die. But the young bride still 11:ore rip whether it' was the unbroken vigor of liar youth sustained her; or thatiular- Veldt's endurance of her sex, which ;la's so often carried them dire' wreck and tempest, I know not,. but she was still coo pare tively unsubdued,,and whilesslie-dre ?ir our coverings more closely: around us,' She earnestly entreated us still' to hope and truit., II began to . think with horror that a time Would shortly come when tlie un - - happy girl would be left alone upon the itie. Thus another night closed on eUr Bore extremity, and Ave' did net think to live it out! As the 'houis passed, a furious storm' arose Upon . the ..lakci, lashiiig' its waters intoioaming billOwi=, which dashed -. 1 against our raft,. as i, f they stight tp snot ter lit ,in pieces; clouds, .lack ns ink, rolled over the sky; and appeareetO fill thelair; and, to crown all,lthe faintness of o ur liun aer':.• was succeeded - 4)v gn , , —!raging, 1 ; 7, 1862 pains,.altneet beyond endurance, and yet which seemed hourly to increase. Never have I. suffered as. I did; that. night. It was well-nigh roaddeping,and many times, as we sat cowering -within the sleighlis teningltothe rushing of the. waies, we almost pray , that they it puld overt:l .whelm our raft at once, and end - pur mis ery. At length this desire seemed ;Tented. There was a'sudden cragh, and violent concussion, as though we had struck upon ' a rock, and the billows beat and roared more wildly than ever: But in the dark- ness'we ! could distinguish nothing,' and, pressing ,down our hunger, we sat with I clasped bands and bowed heads awaiting our doom. ;While! we still ,waited, the dawn crept over the sky. and our inciom• itable bride, !springing up, uttered a cry of joy, then threw herself weeping in her husband's arms. 'Before us, ,'rising in hills and;valleys, lay the snow-clad land. and * M ost tits icy border our ;aft was I tightly jam Med. Though we guessed it not, the gale had blown from the south, and, by the mercy of Providence, it had driven !us back to the northern, shore of the lake and thus; saved our lives. - Not far off, the ascending smoke an nounced' a idwelling, but we had no strength to reach ;so we fired our rifles, a signal which quickly brought the in habitantsto! the shore. They proved to hive been meMbers of the late wedding frolic; nd inothi,ng could exceed, their astonishment and joy at our discovery, which was ,utterly despaired of. Every possible care and! kindness was lavished upon us, and the bride's. parents and friends] were summoned 'to rejoice over their lost lamb that Was foond.l "All's well that ends"! well," we thnkfully agreedi; but never shall I forget the in tense triisetly and ' ,suffering ,sufferino! of that adven ture orilthe ice. ,' we jut ted tad, I . tote der aas, I We 4 hen I kve for It l ch lienl silf ,r Ihe “Eyieiapit by Reason of l'hysie-, al Disability.” A few days ago a great stalwart fellow was "bantered into an enlistment office not a thcusand mileS from Wisconsin street. He presented as complete a picture of health as nature [who has had'so much practiCe at the work] can get up. In an swer to,the erfquiries of the Surgeon, he proved. ;to be the identiCal fellow who had all the ills that flesh is heir to :=- "Have you ever had fits?" asked the Surgeon. "Yes' i sir." "What kind ?" "All kinds." "Have you ever had the itch ?" "Yes sir." "The piles ?" "Yes sir." - "A bad cough ?" "Yes, sir." "Horrors ?" "Ye , 3 sir." "Troubled with the asthma' a little, ain't you ?" "Yes sin." "And the liver complaint ?" "Yes, sir." "And you sometimes faint frcim weak ness ?" "Ye. 4, sometimes." "Well," 1 said the Surgeon, with his ear to the giant's breast, where the great heart and lungS could be heard like a mighty forge w eliding health and turning out blood and vitality. "Well' sir, you are just' the man we want, thenl" , "Here's your ceilificate !" The look of well mixed horror and as tonishnient that folloired would have baf , fled an artist to paint I—Milwaukee Sen ! ' tinet. ARTEMUS }YARD'S TOAST.—,Arternus Ward 'being present 'Ata celebration and exhibition, was called' upon'for a speech, whep be replied! in '.u. toast to •the phair sex .: ' Ix dies, es I, turnin to the beau ) tiful ferna es whose presents was perphu min this, are gownd ) I hope you're en joyen IYourselres on this occashun, and that the •leMinaid arid ice-writer Ov which, you aii drinkin,l may not go aghast you May %ou. allers be as, fare as the son, as bright as the moon and as butifull as any army with Union flags—also plenty of (rood elose 'to ware. Tu I!yure se—conanionlv kawled the phair Sex. we are indebtid fer our bornin, as well as many utiler blessins: in these to crowns of sorro. Sum poor :sperrited fool's blaim Ture sex ifor the diffikulty in the gaiden; . but I know men area descete full set, arid when the appel had bekuni plum .ripe I bare no dowt but Adam wouldibare rig*d a cyder press, and like as notivient into abig, bust and been driv orf anyway. Irrire 'lst mutherwas a lady and awl her dawters ditto; and nun but a latin buss will ever say a word agin yu. I-lopin that no waive of trouble may ever'ride akross your peaceful breasts. I knoklude these remarks with the foilerin l' centvment i • i NVoinan--L-Stie is a good egg. Mrs. Partington says one Is obliged to walk very eirenmsernimptiously these slip pery tinaes., TERMS.--$l.OO PER ANAPpI. ZITTLE-011-NOTtlilirGS; • The kiss with Which a to catch her beau is a fishing-smaokk. .Why is the circulation of thi% blood sometimes suspended? : 13ecitt* tempts to circulate in vein.. A man having been told that 01 wies, of bread had been lorrered, said :'..." 4 l 4 fiie is the 'drat time that I ever - rejoiced, et the fall of my best friend." Tailors are - always reinarka' ble for kepp ipg the peace. They way quarrertiivirt their cloth, but give them an artier for a coat, and they will make it up directbr.'. "The sun is nll • Tery well," Said an Irishman, abut it is my opinion - tliat , the mooners woith two of it, for the moon af fords us light'in the night-time, - Them e really want it." LOWER PRICES.—A merchant in Bur lington having sunk his shop floor a.few feet, announces that, consequence 'of recent improvements, goods will be sold much lhwer than formerly." REPAIITEE.--A person fond of the marvellous ,told, an improbable btory, ad.' din_ as vs.' his wont," "Did .you ever hear of that befoier—"No, said the other; "pray, did you.? , . , . . In one of the Brooklyn churches re cently; the clergyman concluded hia car mon as follows :—"But I bear the rostlieg of silks in the pews, as if some of th• la dies were impatient to leave; I will there fore say, God bless yoU !" Any one who has lain all night upon shelf, With an irresistible conviction that 'the house was dancin_a,polka, to the im- I ruinent danger of pitching him tiff; fan form an idea of a "first night's rest in the berth of au ocean steamer. Scotch paper tells the story of a dairy farmer, who, after the burial of. his wife, drove a hard baliain with the gravedig ger, who, bringing his hand down on his shovel exclaiMs :—"Down vir aniOler shillin', or up she cams 1" - •! Barry Corn wall save, "('•ome lit me dive into thine eves.l' If his love had ,"swltn= ming eyes," very gond ; but, at all events, our advice to the young woman ie ) fot divers reasons, Idon't let him do it, ne might go over a "cataract. A BULL.,--At a young ladies' settling , ry, a few days since, during an examina tion in history, one of the most promising pupils - was interrogated :—"MarY, did Martin Luther die a natural death.?"— "No," was the prompt reply; "he Wita ei4 - communicated . by a bull!" • , ORTEIOGRAPRY.—The following is s verigaim copy of the certificate attached to the return of the postmaster in Shaw nee county, Missouri, •°I hearby eirtify !hat the four goin A Counte is as neer Rite as i now how to make it if there is any mistake it is not Dun a purpers.'}--- One country editor sent to another %the bad refused to exchange with him, a pa per bearing the folloiring inscription i- , "Exebatre nr go tol kingdom come."=- The editor-.thus addressed, replied :—"I will do neither; for I don't want year paper in this world hor your company in the next." CATCTIANG TILE 1DF1.7—.1. rninisi4r:ro= peating. the' first line or so-of a chapter in the bi,ble, the clerk, by some mistake or otlier, read it after him, • The clergyman read it as follows :—"Moses was auituq- Jere man, and made,atonement for the sins of the people." The clerk who conid not exactly catch `the sentence, repeated thus :—'Moses was an oysterman, and made ointment for the aiming of his peo ple." . .• RAPIDITY OP THOUGHT IN DREAMING. —IL would appear as if a whole series of acts, that would really occupy a long lapse of time, pass ideally through the mind in one instant. ' We have in dreams no true perception of the lapse of time. The relations of space as well as of time are, also annihilated, so that while almost an eternity is compressed into a moment ' infinite space is traversed more .swiftly than by real thoughts. There are att. werous illustrations of this on record. A gentleman dreams that he has enlisted .finr a soldier, joined his regiment, deserted,- was apprehended, carried back,• condemned to be shot, and at lan / led out for execution. After all the usual prep.- arations, a gun was fired, he awoke whit , the report, , and found that the noise it the adjoining room had at the same, mar meat produced the dream and awa,kenel him. A friend of Dr; Ablreroadcrie dreamedl that he had crossed the A thin.. tic,, and spent a fortnight in Ea::1:mil In embarking on his return, be MI Into the see,• and awakening in the Lista, found that he had not been asleep tea minutes. RIM : ...)-1 111 =I MI MB
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