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EULALIA LODGE, No. 342, F. A. M.
STATED Meetings on the 2nd and 4th Wedne
sdays of each month. Also Masonic gather
ings on every Wednesday Evening, for work
And practice, at their Hall in Coudersport.
B. S. COLWELL, W. M.
SLutmt . ITANEN, Soc'y.
JOHN S. MANN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
. Coudersport, Pe..; will attend the several
Courts in PhVeer and 3l'Kean COunties. All
business entrusted in his care will receive
prontpt attention. Office corner of West
and Third streets.
ARTHUR G. OWL ED,
I ATTORNEY-,4: . COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business
entrusted to his care, with prciuptnes and
fidelity. Office on Soth-west comer of Main
and Fourth. streets.
ISAAC BENSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Condersport, - Pa., will
attend to all business entrusted to him; with
care and promptness - . Office on Second st.,
sear the Allegheny Bridge.
F. W. KNOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW Coudersport, wil
regularly attend the Courts in Pottei an(
the adjoining Counties..
0. T. ELLISON,
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• PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa.,
respectfully informs the citizens of the vil
lage and vicinity that he will promply
ie
rpond to all calls for professional services.
Office on Main st., in building formerly oc
cupied by C. W. Ellis, Esq.
C. S. &E. A. JONES, •
DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS'
Oils, Fancy Article's, Stationery, Dry Good:,
Groceries, &c., Main st., Colidersport, Pa.
D. D. OLMSTED,
DEALER IN .DRY GOODS, READY-MADE
Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, &c., Main st.,
Coudersport, Pa.
COLLINS SMITH,
'BALER in Dry Goods,Groceries, Provisions,
Hardware,• Queensware, Cutlery, and all
Goods usually found in a country Store.—
COndersport, Nov. 27, 18C1,
COUDERSPORT HOTEL, a
111. F. GLASSNIERE, Proprietor, Corner o-
Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot
ter Co. '
Pa.
A. Livery Stable is alsolkept in eonneof
thin with this Hotel.
MARK. GILLQN,
TAlLOR—nearly opposite the Court House—
will make all clothes intrusted to him in
the latest and best styles —Prices to suit
the times.—Giro - him a call. , • _13.41
dLMSTED B. D. KELLY,
OLMSTED & KELLY, •
DEALER LN STOVES, TIN & SHEET rrLON
IVARE,:Main st., nearly opposite the Court
House, =Coudersport, Pa. Tin and Sheet
/ton Tire made to order, in good style; on
short notice.
Ulysses Academy
•
F till retains as Principal, Mr.E.R.CAMPBELL,
Preceptress, Mrs. NETTIE JONES GRIDLEY ; As.
sistant, "Miss ADA WALSER The expenses
per Term aro : Tuition, from ss'to $6 ; Board,
from $1.50 to $11.75, per week; Rooms for self
boarding fromS2 to $4: Each term commences
upon "Wednesday and continues Fourteen
weeks:l Fall term,Aug.27th,lB62;Winter term,
Dec.loth;lB62 ; and Spring term, March 25th,
1863. I 0. R. BASSETT, President.
W. W. GRIDLEY, Sect'y.
Lewisville, July 9; 1362;
MIL9IO3ATTAIT HOTEL.
NEW YORK.
T.
Popular Hotel is situated near the
JI-'• corner of Murray Street and Broad
way opposite the Park within one block
of the Hudson , River Rail Road and near the
-Erie Bail Road Depot.l It is one of the most
pleasant and convenient locations in the city.
Board & Rooms $1.50 per day.
" N.:HUGGINS, Proprietor.
• Feb. 16th, 1863.
The acioheater Straw-Cutter.
OLMSTED .St KELLY, Coudersport, have
the exclusive agency for, this celebrated
uraeldne, in this county. It is covenicnt, du
able,. and C4EAP.' , Dec. 1, 1860.-12
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A MOTHER'S PRATER.
Father :1 in the Battle's fray, -
Shelter his dear head, I pray 1
Nerte his young arm with the might
Of Justice, Liberty and Right ;
Where the red hail de - .Lest falls:
Where stern duty loudly calls,
Where:the strife is fierce and wild,
Father, guard ! 0 guard my child I
Where the foe rush swift and strong,.
Madly - striving for the wrong;
Where - the clashing arms men wield
Ring above - the battle-field;
Where, the stifling air is hot
With the burst:ng shell and shot—
Father,to my brave boy's' breast
Let no treacherous blade be pressed
Father! if my woman's heart—
Frail e.nd weak in every part—
Wanders from the mercy seat
After those dear, roving feet, ,
Let Thy tender, pitying grace,
Every'selfish thought erase ;
If this mother's love be wrong,
Pardon, bless, and make me strong!
For when silent shades of night
Shut the bright world frOm my sight—
When around the cheerful fire
Gather brothers, sisters, sire—
There 'I miss my boy's bright faco
From his old familiar place,
And Inv sad heart wanders back
To tented field and bivouac.
Often m my troubled sleep— •
Waking, wearily to weep—
Often dreaming he is near,
Calming every anxious fear—
I am startled by the flash
Of hostile swords that meet and clash,
Till the cannon's smoke and roar
Hide him from my eyes <mice more. •
Thus I dream, and hope and pray,
All the weary hours away:
But I know his cause is just:
And I centre all my trust
In Thy promise:—"As thy day,
So shall be thy strength"—alway 1
Yet I need Thy guidance still I
Father, let me do Thy will 1
If new sorron'should befal—
If my noble boy should fall—
If the bright head "have blest,
On the cold earth sliould find its'rest ;
with all a mother's heart,
Torn and quivering'lvith the smart,
I yield him, 'neath Thy chast'ning rod
To Ibis Country aridlis God.
- NICK DUDLEY.
The pleasant village of Springdale was
all agog when Nick Dudley returned
from lalifornia—Nick the ne'er-do-well,
who had run away from his drunken old
father's horse-whip ten years ago, and
now came back, rich I
All the gossips of the little neighbor
hood 'were in a perfect flutter. The
young misses donned their brightest
stnTres' - 'aid most captivating•calicoes. The
young fellows were furious with envy.
The minister intraddced a period, into
his long prayer with special reference to
"the wanderer's return ;" and, in fact,
neier in New England was seen such a
flutter as pervaded in this pretty rustic
hamlet when it, was rumored and con
firmed that Nick had really got home.
The poor Widow Dudley had made
her feW preparations for the event in fear
and trembling, for she scarcely expected
from her runaway son anything save a
repetition of her 'reprobate husband's
negledt, yet she. spread her little table
with the best h&`r scanty store afforded,
and smoothed her faded gown with trem
bling fingers, when she heard the rum
bling of the stage wheels. To Widow
Dudley and to Nick himself, all this hub
bub and commotion was lost; neither of
them minded it a whit.
Nick bought back the old farm which
his patereal ancestor bad succeeded in
mortgaging twice over before he luckily
broke his neck ; built an addition to the
farm house ; flung out a bay window here
and a piazza there; planted shrubbery;
drove his mother' to meeting in a new
wagon 'of rather a rakish and sporting
appearance, behind the fastest pair of
chestnut mares ever seen in that country.
But he civilly declined all invitations to
tee4arties, sewing -circles, and quilting
bees ; was invincible at town meetings
and fancy fairs ; asked no one to visit
him, returned no calls, and in fact, as
pretty Miss Langford remarked confiden
tially to - Lizzie Hopkins, and the Dea
con's daughter, "behaved more like a
savage Injun, or a horrid old miser, than
a decent Christian, and the handsomest
fellow in Springdale, to boot."
One 'ar two of Nick's 'old schoolmates,
who ventured to introduce themselves to
his, presence, told strange stories of the
interview, and of, the wonders to be seen
in - the apartment where the returned
Californian raceived them, politely, to be
sure, but coldly as an animated icicle.—
, They spoke of walls hung with rifles, In
dian ; bows and rich furs; of cabinets filled
withoutlandish bits of rocks,whickspark
led in the sunlight like diamonds; of sil
ver Mounted pistols, barbaric spurs and
bits ; diabolical Mexican idols, carved of
solid gold; of gorgeous cloaks flung over
great elk antlers ; of Indian scalps, tri
umphantly stretched over hoops and
daubed with vermillion ; of Niok himself,
strangest of all-s--tall and swarte, with his
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1863
great beard and dreamy , eyes, and ugly
red soar athwart his forehead; • never
flushed nor disconcerted ; his voice sweet
as a woman's, and full of tenderness when
ever he spoke of or to his old mother.
Folks wondered that he should 'come
home if he couldn't conduct himself a lit
tle more socially and neighborly ; and in
deed, many sarmised that he would net
have returned at all had - it not been for
his mother.
But at any rate, there he wao,and they
must make the best of him. • "Rich, too;
no doubt of that, for didn't he lend Squire
Fordham three thousand dollars, all in
double eagles; after the latter's mill wee,
burned F. Bnt then he took an uneon-
Solonable rate of interest—seven per cent.,
not a mill less; what a regular old Shy
lock he must be I And as a set-off to hie
riches don't he drink wine every day at
dinner with his father's awful fate before
him ? and ain't he forever with a pipe
between his teeth; and didn't he play
cards, and carouse, and sing'. songs all
night, and drive about the country all
day, with those friends of his who came
from Boston ? Old mates in the mines,
were they Humph ! Guest; they were
gamblers, by their superfine broadcloth,
and their gold chains and things !"
So went the gossip, and Nick cared for
it all not a red cent, but went on his way,
turning neither to the right nor to the
left ; dabbling a iittle in faney cattle, but
oftener going off for a day's shooting or
fishing; more oftener going down to Bos
ton for nobody knows what; evidently
enjoying, life in his own way, despite all
that was said of him and his goings on.
At last the war broke out. The young
men volunteered by scores—by hundreds
—by thousands. Weeping mothers pack
ed their kits and said, "God bless yam"
Sad, broken circles met around homely
boards in the brown farm-houses. Poor
old fathers, with stern faces and sad
hearts, strained every nerve to make both
ends meet. while the "boys" were away
fighting, and sweethearts and wives sat
themselves down to weep over husbands
and lovers marching away for the cruel
swamps of Virginia. ,
-In the midst of it all, a report began
to spread that Nick Dudley was a seces
sionist. And indeed, his conduct was
somewhat suspicions.
, Before the storming of Sumpter, he was
heard to say a dozen times that he "sym
pthized with his misguided Southern
brethren." Sinee that momentous era,
lie bad held his tongue, never joining.in
the excited harangues of his neighbors in
thii village sohool-house ; attended no war
meetings ; offered no money for the cause,
and did nothing to encourage enlistments.
It looked bad, certainly. Al length the
public feeling ran's° high that Nick - heard
of it, but ho only laughed, calling them
a pack of fools for their pains, and said
he would give his opinions when called
upon for them, not before. But no one
cared to ask him point blank what he
thought, for a wholesome fear of his prow
ess was prevalent in Springdale. But
Nick got caught at last.
"Come,father, tea's ready," said Lizzie.
"Yes, child, in a minute. What's this ?
Three hundred thousand more men called
for by President Lincoln I" ii
"The Lord- pity their poor *others,"
said old Mrs. Hopkins, wiping her eyes,
as she thought of Ben, her first-born,
away in the army.
The Deacon, cast his eyes down the
column. "Humph I what's this ! -New
regiment—under the President's procla
mation, Colonel Dudley has been com
missioned by the Governor to raise a reg
iment for immediate service."
"I wonder if that's Nick," said Lizzie.
"No. He's a secessionist," grumbled
the Deacon.
"He isn't," spoke up Cioily—then
blushing like a rose.
"Why, Cicily, child," said Mrs. Hop . -
kips,"how do you know what he is l'''
"hy, he told me (a white lie)—that
is (conscience-stricken)—ho didn't exact
ly say so, but I—l know—that is, I
think—"
"Better be quite sure of what you are
saying, Cieily."
Cicily Hopkins—sweet Cicily Hopkins,
from Now Hampshire—down for a visit
to her cousin Lizzie, came blooming into
Springdale one June morning, and Nick
stared at her whenever and wherever he
could, like a real heathen as he was 5 and
before many days he had made some pre.
tense to call over at the Deacon's where
he straightway received an introduction
to pr'etty Cicily, who wondered much at
his great moustache, and rather liked his
looks, but denominated him a perfect bear
afterwards, when she and , Lizzie were
talking him over. Then he invited ,Miss
Lizzie (and Cieily, of course,) to ride over
to Ancomac ponds with nun,• to fish for
perch and gather water.lillies,and,indeed,
carried them both there in grand style.
and made himself so agreeable that ,they
fell fairly in love with him, and vowed
that they would never listen to a word in
his disparagement again. Yes, Nick was
caught T. and Cieily, though half afraid of
the great fish she had hooked, felt proud
of her conquest; and got to looking for
the dreamy eyes and black moustache with
a little flutter at the heart and a gush of
crimson blushes over downy cheeks and
milk-white neck.• But, then, he was a
secessionist, they said; and she .a staunch
Union demi& —she would never marry
secessionist—never! She said as much
one day in Nick's hearing, but he only
smiled and remarked that "he wouldn't
either—if I could."
- - -
-And so the summer was slipping by,
and Cic►ly's visit drawing to a close—only
one day of it remained.
Nick had gone .to Boston with a iirom
ise to return in, time to say iood•bye—
and something else which he I wished to
tell her before they should part. Ah l
she . well knew what it wall
Tea on the table, Cicily sat looking out
of the open window at the honey-suckles
and sweet-briars. Linie as usual, was
bustling around 'in a perfect whirlpool of
business and stiff muslin. Old Mrs. Hop
kins was slowly rolling up her knitting,
white the Deacon who had just received
his newspaper from the post 'office, was
dimly spelling out the headings to the
columns.
• What a pretty little stream fiom fright
ened, blushing Cicily, while liazzie burst
into laughter, and old Mrs. 13. dropped
her knitting in astonishment; for there
stood Nick Dudley himself, an observed
spectator of the scone looking' handsomer
than ever in his Colonel's uniform. •
What passed bet Ween Nick and Ciciiy
that night, in the long walk they took
together under the maples, I know not;
only when the Colonel returned home
towards midnight, he went strolling along
the lonely road, trolling out snatches of
Spanish ballads and old love ditties,while
bicily went softly up to her chamber,
richer, bra happy heart and a ring upon
her finger Which had never glittered there
before.
A battle-field=black masses of smoke
drifting overhead; below, black masses of
men here and there—here motionless,
there hurrying--1--charging—retreating—
i.ed flashes of fire dashing angrily out at
sudden intervals—stragglers lying stark
and dead, clothing
,the fields; the wood
lapds, and the roads—batteries with their
powder-itained pieces, and the haggard
artillery-men flitting wildly around them,
an oocaeional cheer coming hoarsely up in
the distance,as some regimenegoes swing
ing on at a double quick, the men bare
headed, with their tongues lolling from
their mouths, eager-eyed, dnst,benimined
and breathless. SkirmiOiers'oalying in
every thicket, creeping 4 hills and thro'
woods, in long, snaky lines=baro armed
surgeons, sweaty with hacking and man
gling, towards the rear—palii, officers in
groups, discussing, giving hurried orders,
and peering anxiously through field glas
ses; aids darting off
,into the smoke and
Never returning—blood-stained orderlies
darting up out of the smoke with myste
rious dispatches, and instantly disappear
ing again like phantom messengers—the
roar of the great guns heard miles and
miles away, rattling the glass, in the win
dows of peaceful homesteads,, where, they
think it is some distant thUnder storm
over the mountains.
Look at the reginient charging the
rebel battery on the hill, yOndel' o , —that
formidable battery, which, hidden by fal
len trees, and stone walls, and . hrushl bar
ricades,has been playing all day-witli such
deadly effect upon our poor fellows.
Dosin they, go into the little valley at
a half run, canteens jingling, muskets at
slope, tight-waisted officers already begin
ning to pant a little; men loosing their
knapsack straps, ready to throw them a
when they begin the real work. Now
they cross the little brooklet, in the hol
low—dozens of them stooping to catch a
draught of muddy water—and now and
th&l they check their speed for an in
stant.to dress before 'they face the un•
seen battery, whose position is indicated
only by the thunder of the discharges
which at every instant shake the ground.
Nick Dudley is at their head, as where
else should their Colonel be ? And, see,
see what a filmy fire gleams in these
dreamy eyes as he turns his flushed face
up towards the threatening heights!
"Now, boys 1'
A hearse cheer from their thousand
parched throats, and on they go, sweep
ing up the hill like a sea wave. A deeper
roar from the. rebel guns, depressed 80
low that the cruel grape goes tearing right
in the face of the advancing ranks. Au
instant's pause,and out of the' 6 woke come
pourin g hundreds of rebel horsemen, bar
baric fellows, the gleaners who fellow the
harvest of the grape shot, riding down
the, reeling 'ocilumns—yelling—slashing
like devils.
Where is the Colonel now? Why
does not his voice rise above, the death
shriek and musket, like a trumpet call to
hie bravo boys
See I Flash, flash, from his revolver,
and down goes a rebel dragoon. Todlate!
for, with the rush and roar oflthe conflict
they swept over him, and Nick is loft
lying on his back, with another and a
fresher soar across his forehead; his right
arm ;twisted hopelessly, under him ;'a
stinging, numbing pain in, every nerve ;,a
thousand Pieces of artillery on his brain!
Oh ! the sweet i sweet light--Cilily—all
fade ' together from his,bewildered soul.
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A crippled invalid, an exchanged pris
one?, is sitting in an easy chair, propped
up with pillows in the cosiest, warmest
nook-of the old farm house. - Poor Mrs.
Dud ey, her- wrinkled face, so sad and
anxious, is watching him with tender
eyes. e doesn't soim to care for_ the
fresh flowers on the table, for the jellies,.
the fragrant lemons, the iced drinks, the
little comforts and luxuries so plentifully
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strewn around him.
Al cripple ! white, scarred. face; lips
contracted by sharp pain; one arm gone
at the sheulder, emaciated frame, shaken
by frequent fits of coughing; laok-lOstre
eye 4 vacantly straying around the room,
as though seeing something forever unat
tainable. ! Not even a mother's love, all
perOding as it is, seemed to satisfy his
queruleul longing. So changed! So
broken down I Poor Nick Dudley ! l' •
,tllother, did you write to
. l er ?"
Hear his feeble voice, thin and cracked
by illness. '
"Xes, my son ; but---" and here she
wipes away a furtive tear or two. 1
, But—yes, of course, she's .forgotten
me.t Why shouldn't
,she?
,I'm nothing
now—only a miserable, wreck. Still: I
wish—l could see her before, I die—just
to a l l ay to i her that I—release her from the.
enß:tgement, but rin.=-I'm willing, she
should go—and bear her no unkin - dness
for (deserting—for not wishing to marry
a— l i cripple.' 7 . .
1 " l Oh ' 1
my doar son, do.not speak so.—
It may he all a mistake. If- she really
loves yon—"
'Say no more, mother—you wrote." 1
Yes, my son, nearly a month ago."'
'And .no reply. Humph lit is clear,"
the Poor fellow turned wearily toward
'ivall Y while a few tears trickled down
thin cheek.
A knock at the outer door, and Mrs.
IL lley slips out of the room: . In five
utes she returned.
'!Are you asleep, my son ?"
~ k- N o, .mother, but give me the lauda
in drops. I think I. could doze a few
utes with their help." --
"My son."
'Well." • .
'Can you bear good news ?"
Ide turns quickly, and sees the dear
wrinkled face all smiles.
'WhiA is it?" And the wistful eyes
med beseechingly toward the door.
1, rustle of muslin—a flutter cf lace—
Odor of violets, and harling Cicily
;pkins, with eyes red with weeping, and
tuth all pouting = half-way between
.• -, ,hing, and crying,of "Oh, Nick, they
ver told me"—ha. her 'arms around
neck, and her dear head upon his
lore, before the poor, unfortunate, hap
`devil knew whether he was dreaming
awake._
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ktDid she get well ?" ~
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Of course tie did! Wouldn't he have
be.m a perfect ass to die at this juncture ?
of well, (that is, he's getting well
Il i g
fa, nowt,
nowt, as you read this): They were
worried, last month.. Nick affirms he's
the happiest man in New England to-day.
bo•
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Or
N OUTBREAK ANa ITS CAUSE.—One
ev ningilately the quiet of S— street
wa broken about midnight by the cries
f ToH i ne ! Police !" One of these faith
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lady's head projeotod,
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r g y u o guardians
windowdthi a e n s b i l m oa r k e , d a ia n t d e 1 y f
r r: ta p o r
the e d in the thi
rd
n whom the alarm had . .proceeded,
a policeman inquired into the tronbla;
l was informed that she could see on
shed fronting on the nest street, a
n.whiit was apparently asleep.. Other
o•hbotis who bad been attracted by the,
e ais l e said they could • see him coiled
on the shed, and some thought he had
en frOm the window in a fit. • 1
he Policeman, thinking that it might
ome shrewd burglar who was feigning
xication, scaled the fence, reached
shed, and there found a man roiled
in a iravelling shawl . sleeping soundly.
1
er a shako or two the,ruan came to his
ses, and in answer to• the policeman's
luiries as to who ho was and what he
i doing. there,.replied :
l'Why, this is my house and this is my
d, and as I have just , returned from
"war,lwhere I have roughed it on the
d ground for eighteen months, I found
possible to sleep in a bed, and so I
took a shake down here. So set.-
ct, "dOn't trouble yourself, but just get
• ide My•lines."
ghat shallcwe do, when this war is
, if 'our boys intend,to conduct them . -
rea iiil this way ?,
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sto'
fro !
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jug
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out
ov•1
sell
, 'Speaking of rhubarb, cooks, who
ow its extreme aoidity, will appreciate
rule of the good woman in Pittsfield
row in sugar as iong as your con
'via let you; then shut your eyes
• in a handful more."
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TERNS.--$1.50 PER ANNUM. ,
An Old-Fashioned Woman:
In 1777, when the British General
Burgoyne, with his army, was marchifg
from Canada along the western boundary
of Vermont, a woman whoseehusband was.
in the American army, set out for the
grist-miil, accompanied with her horse,
which carried the grist on his bask. The
road which she travelled was lonely, being
nearly all the way through thick woods.
It was about 3 o'clock in the 'afternoon
when she lett home, and aa'she had been
there many times before in the afternoon,
she thought she had sufficient time to
carry out 119,-Nplane successfully. She
was well aware that if any obstacle should
arise to impede her progress, and detain
her till dark, she might meet with trouble.
Unfortunately, when she arrived at the
mill, a distance of about four miles from
home, she found that she would be obliged
'to wait an hour and a half for her grist..
At first she thought she would return
without it; but a second thought told her
that if she did this, he children would
have to go without their supper. Finally
she made up her mind to run the risk ot
being overhauled by, wild beasts. Leav
ing le mill as soon as her grist was ready,
she proceeded on: her homeward voyage
as rapidly as possible, lest night should
overtake her before she got - half way to
her destination. Distant howlings in the
wilderness told her _ that she had not
passed unobserved- They continued to
grow nearer. She used every means to
urge her horse alOne with speed. The
drove of wolves at the head of her horse
were every few minutes reociving addi
tional reinforcement along the path.
Things wore coming to a crisis ;
she pew
plainly that in all' probability she could
not reach her heine before she and her
horse would be Overwhelmed, and fall}
sacrifice to the wolves. But just tilled
she thought of a means which might save
her own life, but ; would leave the bongs
and grist of corn to its own fate. But
she found this was her last chance. She
accordingly steered her horse under some
goes whose branches came 80 near the
ground, that by rising from the horse she
cculd reach theni, and at a full gallop the
horse turned under them, and she, by a
dexterous leap, succeeded in catching
hold of a branch, and climbed up iato
the tree, while 'the horse, with the re
mainder of the load, was off, closely pur
sued by the wolves.. The poor horse,
relieved of a part of his load, reached
home.
,Tbe gallant woman remained in
the tree until ell was quiet; and the
wolves not seeing her when she came
down, she gained her home in safety
about an hour after the horse.
Efew TO RAISE SOLDIERS.-MT. AT ,
temus Ward, tae American showman,
has organized a tiompany upon an entirely
new plan, which] he exprains in the fol
lowing :—"lnte captitk of the Balding
ville Company. j I riz gradooaly but ma
jesticly from drpmmer's secretary to -my
present position. I determined to have a
company composed exclusively of officers,
everybody to rank as brig `flier-general ;
As all air commanding tigers there Mal
no jenlsy ; and as we are all exoeedie
smart, it ain't worth while to try to eut.
strip each other. The idea of a company
composed excloosively of eummanders-in.
chief orrigernated,- I spore I skursely
need say, in this brane. Considered as
an ides, I flatter myself pretty hefty.
We've got the taok-tioks at our tongue's
end, but what we particularly excel is is
restin' muskits. We can rest muskits
with anybody. Our corpse will de its
duty: We'll be ohopt into sassidge meat
before we'll exhibit our coat-tails to the
foe. We'll fight till there's nethin left
to us but our little toes, and eras they
tall defiantly wriggle."
A Goon CAMP STOfir.-4
liondent of a Philadelphia paper studied
to the Army of the Potomac, writes th.
following :—"To show you how rumors
will spread in the army, I will' illustrate
by an incident. The lady friends of our
fifth corporal sent - him a has ; amevz the
many good things in the said box was a
life-sized doll, dressed in full Zo m avc
uniform, which they won at a seldier'e
fair in your city. The corporal, after pt=
ting the box, was taken sick; the boys
Started the story that the corporal was a
woman and had given birth to a key.
The rumor spread like wildfire ; hawing's
&eked to oar quarters to see the wonder.'
ful phenomenent---a new-born babe— hut
we guarded the ,tent with zealous cOre,
only allowing pryers to catclk a pagsiog
glimpse of the supposed mother lei babe. ;
We could find a , number of Uma to sweat',
they had seen both. But the ammo at'
the jeke was yet to some; tha caporal
received a ton day's furlough; all thcaght
it was,4he mother going home with her
babe; some had it that she vas a rich'
heiress escaping from a tyract faiLerl
but hundreds believed in the motLer•eer
poral and young recruit of Conwor I, of
the Zotfaver d'Afrique."
The man who . will quarrel with his
Rife is Drell fitted for the peniteiitiar;i.
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