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.I.IAItNEY, Proprietor.
the cause of Republicanism, the in
are, the advancement of Education,
01 Potter countv. Owning no guilt•
nciple, it will endeavor to aid in the
'iy Preedomizing our Country.
ente in-ertod at the following rate 4,
cialbaratains are made, A ",qttare i-
Her or 3 of Nonpareil types
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in,ertion4 2 00
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terests of Azriono
soil the best glaC'
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stork of more fu
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square, 2 or
Each subsequ
square, 1 yea
nosiness Card
or Exert,tor'e Not!ce , "----- 3 GO
Notin,s per ilne.-_--- 20
nt aiwortisementts must be paid in
nice will be taken o 1 ndverth.Pments
tlie-C:bey are 11,7 companied by the
tor: reii•rence
41rnin'itrator',
?Sprcral aLd Et]
pirAN tr:tasi€
ad t i...auce.a:.d ,
fr al a d'o,tance.
1116ney or ea..l,fa,'
of all kinds, executed :t:th neatnest,
l'lrt'Job Work
8.1:0 tlesp:iteh.
ESS NOTICES
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SURGE , Y.S..offenim , services to
t1.i,•1, - and vic::11 and ties,lre ,
h.tt he will prwilptly resrpoi:Jl to ail
i~ral;service,. ,tree;.
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to inform them t
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over C. P.Matini
cippogite the otri.
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the :Sri aad 4:11 , red tier,:ay: ,, of each
the 2,1 Story of he ('m=tod Block.
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of w!ii'e ft.'', s;•rl.';co of l'el:::itei
, oa, beint, - . — and ' arrrart. of ray iii
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in r=erviee. .All Itt:,: - ., r !nquiry
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of el:Lima:it. I iviil f,rward the he
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(irporric-s,
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Dea:er=im 11,31enes.Paints,
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11 Pruvie:,l2,;ll.lart!wart-, Qu're , .:e.Y7'are, Cutierv,
G. , ods 11 , c, Hy fc..:nd in a country stare.
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"I'm and Street Iron Warr made to
tr:lir, in good F . • yl, on Eh . .: notice.
71 .1 It lILE 'YARD. '
T nE Ent , scriber :6,FL: r t. , . n form the fit Pot
] ler tbs.; he enn ;hcni with all kinds of
M;rble , s. , rk. as - r? - q-nri ajd as emd ae it can be 'had
r.r..,! dace in :he c , untry. .1+1( )..NUILE2SI'S and Tvll3-
ETON kinds furnisi.led on short nolise.
CPU der.porl, Fe }' C. 13iIELTNI:E.
COUDERSPOIiT 'HOTEL.
TV, F. GLASS.MrRE., PR° r F.: r7on. Cori.or of Main
Vand :3 , , - ..00d.,.r.r.. , ,,Crud.rrEp , rt.1'0t.:...r. C.. Fa.
A fo . rery Stab:e k,pt conLec:i ret.li thi.i
bany and from the, RadroadF.
Potter Jotirnal Job-Office.
_ .
AN - IN& lat , -.13' r;.!,led 3 tine new ass . ortrasmt of
sJOB-TYPE to our already ir.r.re a , sortraent,
re now' prerared to do ::ii Rinds of work, cheaply
Lt.: with taste atd peatriess. Orders 6oliciVed.
IS 6.5 1565
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l iladelphia & Erie Railroad.
THIS :rent line r.: - aver - os the Northern and North
*est counties I - of ,l'enn,yirania to the city of Erie
en lake Erie. It 4 .a. been leases sad is operated by
R.i.111 , 41) C. , NIPAST.
Time of pa!sen er trains a: EMPORIUM.
I.
Erie Mail Trair
:Erie ExpreEs
AYE EASTWAR
AVE WESTWARD,
F.rie Ifni' Train
Fide Express T
losenzer cars •
Lpre's Irains tr
el - .4adelphis and
'nn through on the Erie Mail and
!thout change both ways between
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YORK CONNECTION. , A lawyer who was sometimes forgetful
at 600 , x., arrive at Erie 3.;; having been engaged to plead the ease of
?,31., arrive at New York 1.16,P. Y..< an °Bender; began by Saytng—"l know
IRS BETWEEN ERIE& NEW YORK the prisoner at the bar, and he bears the
EPING• CARS or. all Night trains . character of being a most !consumate and
respetlng Pwseezer buEhaess,ap. . i p
adept ie l onndrel." Here somebody',
th and Market earea.,Pipladelphia
business of the CFnpauy's...Acenta whispered to nun that the Prisoner was his
'r., Car. loth ano Market a..reeks,
lieu; when he immediately eoritinued: 7 -
1 "But 'what I ,great and good man ever lived
who was not nalumniated by many of his
cotemporartes.Pt
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Ltare New York
.1.4.. re Erie at 1.55
NO; CHANGE Of C:
ELiEGAINT
For information,at Corner of 3
for Fre'ght
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THE F I RICE OF EXAMPLE.
L. A TEV STORY' PA LITTLE BOYS.
Mark 31.edly was a. bad wee boy
Sdme tlltee-geoie years ago ;
At times he'd swear, and rip and tear,
And all things' yon know,
. And somq you ddn't know
But this /know, liffirk did not learn
,Such les i zons at his home-- ,
whM:t out dOors, among the boors ;
lle'd better been alone—
Bi'eaking 'pp hard stone.
• ' ' • '
Mark had a dear grandma., who wore
IA white cap on her head ;
Ba l ch night she'd pray, and thenAlie'd say
4- Come dark, let's go.to bed—
Tp grandma's own bed."
Grandma Icas mistress of a school
A. school for little folks
Some werel quite small, and one and all
Ate breald made out of oats
- Good sweet cake from oats.
Anziong -the' ; urchins in that school,
Was onel named Robin Hood;
Some call'd him Rob, and others, Bob,
And thuS the matter stood—
BUb, Rob; ;Robin Hood
This Robi
TITO 14ro:.
Thpfd .s!ha
!And join
:•
Nov
And in
With Fcinc
And soni!
MIS strap
Good on
She'd fling
And. this
-pot:. Pa.,
That he to
Must qui,
And then.
As on the
One luckless day—as some woul
Mark thcught he'd play the fo(
And feeliti.,o thus—he made a m
Ath'erse Ito all good rule
home or in school
ar.
J. C. Y...1.1..A'..N5T
But , randi l
And .s gull
Close 1);;Ihi.k
And gar,
11%.
'Sow, I Epp
Said
"Don't mlin
Strike b.
Ope F.carice'
j Ere Mir
Witb nu iii!
ose just then "Old N
ly,in Mark's ,ear,
11 that rule,it's grandmE
et and never fear."
my ! 0 dear', dear!
could say Robi
k had thrown the stral
i s might and boyish sp
.Back to biS grandma's lap.
OJ that wretched strap.
,
'Twould fall me to explain bow :I
And 7,rad:llll axed the thing;
put.*his I .Inocr,!twas cause of v
That made! One Robin sing
D6lifulli• next day.
I
IMMEI
I think it
BOb. Ro
Thoilght- h
and
so bl
OM
And when h'e strap fell at his fedt,
-
His looks said i•O be aisy !
sin' ,Mark 4y.friend Ain't I Marks friend?
istress tonst be.crazy!"
TiluS crciw'd Cock Robin.
H ;
Thd sane bad sprite that urged poor Mark
TO do so great h wrong,
Now whispeer'd Rob, "I say, you Bob !
Send back thaticursed thong:;
' Go it, m boy, strong!"
And sure enough; poor Robin Hoo'd*,
1 Tbus Hoodwink d
,by the devil,
Threw back the strap, when rap, rap-rap--
W:hich Bob thUnght quite uncivil- -
Came frnua his friend Mark.
rap succeeded rap, till Mark
Had satisfied hi_ ire,
And hen poor Ro b b (no mere dear Rob)
Was told he might retire.
Good-bye, Robin Hood!"
I' ;
My tale is told, my tale is true,—
; Mark lives, grandma's' long dead ; ;.
But who can tell the weal or woe
Of those i .vho shared our bread '
° Three-score years ago ?
I
MOLAL I WITH ADTIICE.
I I
First7y—lf tort wish to retain you; friend
don't insult his grandmother.
Second:y—lf you ; wish your grandmother
to be respected by others, be careful to pay
her the propei respect yourself.
Thirdly, Laslll, Finally, and
In in Conclusion—
Commit to ehfory, along with other portions
of the Good Bobk, the Fifth and the Eleventh
Commandment.i. See Exodus 20, 12, and
John 13,—and his j.
While in rhildhood's tender age,
You perue the liacred page,
Ifay you see in every line,
Kindlinertiys or light divine."
NortistOwn L
Oct 1865.
• These buckskin
house of Itark's ;tither
alluded to. The "Ponchi
A. At,
31i
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.. - ... S:5O r.
iizbotea to '11)6 ?ii4ipie,s of r4a Drilior4eg, 40 lip bisseh)i44tio4 of 4ffoiliiiy, itelliOe aka iSeb)s.
like
Hood and Mark were
hers in their way:
e alike and fare alike
in fight
ainst odds hry day.
(quite old
grandma had grown
. 1 chair she .sat, ,
h of hide* at either ..s*
lething in her lap--
I.led leather strap.
he mistress used, to
er in her school ;
it here, she'd fling it
was tpea the rifle—
that dear old school
ME
brown,
whom the strap was
Ickly bring it back ;
p y ! you'dhear the
, e poor culprit's back
he strap went whack
1181
whack!
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MZI
ER
la's strap Was on his
k and strait it fell•
`s feet, beside his seat,
k knew very well
hat that strap would t;
MOE
s school
ES
EMI
as neat day, Mark's fI
I, br Robin Hood,
N-131.rid try the - same
,eramelquite rude—
Lig game Robin Hood.
lend
i9 1,- .1.Y1
S. O'S
kets Avers to bo seen in the
loaany ye:u-s after the period
Ilide't is nonetioa--Masa.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., TUESDAY . DECEMBER 5, 1865;
THRILLING SKETCH.
I "Come down , " the Governor said- to
Alexander Dumas ts furnishing sensationithe old man. The order was useless, for
items from Russia. Here is one of the ,he had already done so. Kneeling on the
best il ice 1
he was praying fervently. i
We left the room with a turnkey be-I The Governor gave an order in a low
hind us, and walked on till we found our- 1
tone to the soldiers, then lie came back
selves opposite the prison. The jailor; to my side; for I had not left the i'led.ge.
a
opened,, went in, and lighted a lantern. ;In !In a minute the prisoner rose. 1 .
We went down ten steps, passed a row of I The four soldiers rushed upon Incn.
dungeons, then down ten more, but did i I turned my eyes away, but though I
not stop s We went down five more and I did not sTe, I heard the noise of n body
then stopped at one marked No. 11.
, . He .. hurled into the abyss. In spite of my
gave a stint signal; it seemed in this ! self, I i
I turned around. The old man had
:abode of the ,dead as if he had lost the disappeared. I forgot that I had no
'power Of speech. There. was at this time, right to give orders, and shouted! to the
la frost of at least twenty degrees outside. ' driver, "Away ! away r
;At the AepthiViere we found ourself, it.
,"Stop I" cried' the Governor. '
was 'ming a nera
led with damp which pet
- . sledge which had already moved fcrw
ted to tihe bone • my marrow was frozen, 'stopped dgin. I
and yet T wiped' the perspiration from myl
"All is a not finished," the GoVe
brow. The door opened, we went down said to me in French.
liamp rtAd slippry steps, and found our-1 "Wha have we to do ?"I asked.
1 p elves iki a dungeon of six square feet. I "Wait !" he replied.
,--.
fanciedlby the light of the - lantern that 11 We waited half an hour. 'l
I saw a human form moving in it : i
I "The ice has set," said one of the)
it "Rise and dress pursed."
I I lad a curiosity to know to whom diets."
, r. krt, thou sure ?" this ord r was addressed. 1
l He struck the snot wreresthe hole
"Turn on the light," said I to the jail-!
so lately fawned, the water had be l _ _
1
or with me. '
I then saw a thin and pallid old man ! solid again. '
. "We - can"
go. said the Governor.
rise Up. j He had evidently been immur- I ,The horses started at a .ull gallop, and
ed in this dungeon in the same clothes
1 in less
he had On when arrested, but they had ' fortress than ten minutes we reached the .
.
fallen off, by peace-meal,and he wore only
a ragged pelisse. Through the rags his
naked, bony shiveringbody could be seen
Perhaps this body had been covered
,with splendid gr.rments; perhaps the rib
bons of the most no:able orders had once
crossed his pant - ng chest. At present he
was only' a living Skeleton, that had lost
rank, dignity, even name, and was called
No. 11. I He rose, and wrapped himself
in the ftagments of his ragged pelisse.
without juttering a complaint; his body
was bowed down, conquered by prison
damp, time, and it might be hunger. His
eye was hauehty, almost menacing.
"It is good," said thd - Governor, "Come."
He wits the first to go out. -
The Prisoner threw a parting glance on
Ibis cell,lhis stone bench,. his water jug,
and straw. He uttered a sigh, yet it was ,
Hof
that he could regret anything:
of this. Ha followed the Governor and'
I passed before me.
I
I shall never forget the glance he
turned Upon me in passing, and the re- :
f ['roach that was concentrated in it.
1
. "So young," it seemed to say, "and al
(
1
iiready oheying tyranny."
I tarried away : the glance had pierced
my hea4 like a dagger. He passed the
door of the dungeon. How long was it
since hejentered it ? Perhaps he did not
I know hiPself. lie must have ceased for
`a lone time counting days and nights.
On reaching the Governor's door we found
two sledges waiting. The prisoner was
j ordered. into the One that brought us, and
we follOWed him, the Governorl by his
side, I le front. 'The other sledge was
occupied by four soldiers. I 1
Where were we going ? I knew not.
What were we going to do ? I was equal
ly ignot4nt. I had only to see-i.the ac
ticin itself did - not concern me.
1
We started.
Through my positian the old man's
.knees' wre between mine. .1 - felt them
/
tremble. The Governor was wrapped in
Ilia furs. I was buttoned up in ray mil
itary fro Is:, and yet the cold reached us.
The Pri - loner was almost naked but the
Goveinn had offered him no coverings.
il
For a' merit I' thought, of taking off
my coat ,
rid offering-it to him. The Gov
ernor 'guessed my intention.
"It is pot worth while," he said.
Soon ise reached the Neva again, and
our sledge took the direction of eornistadt.
The wind came off the Baltic and blew
furiously ; the sleet cut our faces. 1 Tho'
our eyes had become aceustomedll to the
darkness : yet we could not see ten yards
before u.'t.
At last we stopped in, the mids
furious norm.. We must have been,
a league : and a half from St. Peter
The Governor got off the sledge and
up to thelother. The soldiers hada
got off hbldiug the Louis they had
ordered tlo bring. ,
"Cut a hole in the ice," the Go ,
said to them
I could not restrain a cry of terry
began to apprehend.
"Ah the old man uttered, wi
accent resembling the laugh of a she
"then the Empress does still rem
me, does] she ?"
Of what 'Empress was he talk
Three ha r d passed away in successi
Anne, Elizabeth and`'Catharine.
evident he still believed he was I
under one of them, and he did not
know the name of the man who or:
his death.
Whatlwas . the obscarity of the
compared, with that of the tomb ?
The f'our soldiers then set to
They breJke the ice with their barn
cut it •With their axes, and raise.
.bloeks with, the lever. All at once
started back ; the ice igas broken
i •
water w 2.5 ruing.
Homely Girls.
A Cleveland editor, having been tol
erably profuse in his compliments to the
pretty girls, has been requested to say a
good word in behalf of the homely ones,
and he does it thus
lst—The homely girls are in a hopeless
minority, but they mean well.
2d—Tbey go to church every Sunday,
and are fond of their meals. They had
rather have their, meals regnlary than a
new bonnet.
3d—They understand their business
and wear No. 16 aaiters.
-4th—They 'are bright, intelbgent, de
void of lows jealously, fond of music, dance
at Garrett's iiall as though it was the
chief aim of life, and always go in When
it rains. L •
-
sth—They, lways thank the gentlemen
for giving them seats in the street cars;
never flirt with the boys—because it'd out
of their line and keep out of the fire.
6th—They (never have a half a dozen
young sprigs keeping company with them.
7th—They wash their own handker
chiefs; iron their own collars, and darn
their awn stockings.
Bth—They Dever wear waterfalls that
weigh over 'one hundred and fifty pounds,
and - have neither "rats . ' nor other animals
in their hair.
9th—They ''don't call the young bloods
and other trash, " perfectly splendid."
10th—They never eat between meals.
11th—They are all going to get mar
ried.
12th—They will all marry well.
13th—Their children will be ail bright
and shining lights in the world.
14th—They wont keep hired girls till
their husbands can afford them.
15th—They sleep under mosquito bars
when convenient.
10—They can make coffee and nut.
cakes and can do chamberork. •
17th—They are 0. K.
18th—They are homely,lbut oh, Jerry
!
19th—They know they are homely.
,20th-They perspire whe l p the thermo
meter is at 91 deg.in the shade, and wear
gored waists.
21th—Young gentlemen don't squeeze
them by the band, and tbaY like peanuts.
,
i CHICKENS I` HIS HAT.ff-A. country
friend sends us the following
:
: t
about; of a
"Nat a friend of ours, is very poor, ra
burg. ''-
it is said, not so
tier light fingered, and; .
l ent bright as his parents could Wish.
ready . 'The other day, while passing a neigh
bores, Nat saw a brood of chickens, and
I been
immediately, caught a.fine one to carry
ernor
home. Ile had not gone far, however,
`before he saw the owner coming up the
road and not knowing what to do with
the chicken to conceal it, at last succeed
h an ed in crowding it into his hat, which lie
eton,again placed upon his head. But the
tuber ' chicken having a longing for liberty, and
also pressed for air, managed to thrust
jag his head through an opening in Nat's old
on — :straw hat. Nat was presently accosted
t was i h
wit --
. .
Ivlug "'What hare you got In your hat ?'
v "'Nothing but my head,' said Nat.
i
even,
r e e nd
I 1 "'Bet Isee a chicken's head sticking
through the top of it, Nad'
•"Nat, taking •off his h i nt,. and looking
at it in feigned astonishment. exclaimed ;
Fork. I "'Wal, how d'ye s'pdse that critter
ner k s, , come in there ? I swear li he must have
the crawled up my trowser's leg l' "
they i I
the! Sound policy is never a
t
1 i substantial justice
rtiglit 9
A MAGNANI3IOUS DANE.—:--During
the wars that raged from 1622 to 1660,
between Frederick 111 of Denmark and
Charles Gustavus of . Sweden, after a bat
tle, in which• the victory had remained
with the Danes, a stout burgher of Flens
borg was about to refresh himself, ere
retireing to have his' wounds dressed,
sst h a draught of beer from a wooded
bottle, when an imploring cry from a
Swede, lying on the field, made him turn
with thc'very words of Sidney—" Thy need
is greater than mine." He knelt down
by the fallen enemy, to pour the liquor
in 'his month. Ms requital was a pistol
shot in the shoulder from the treacherous
Swede.
Tlic
.ard,
"Rascal !" he cried, "I would have be
friended you, and you would murder me
in return. Now I will punish you. I
would have given you the whole bottle,
but now you shall have only half." And
drinking off half l himself, he gave the rest
to the Swedd.
.~
Th 6 king, hearing the story. sent for
the burgher, and asked him how he came
to spare the life of such a rascal.
"Sire," said the honest burgher, "I
never could kill a wounded enemy."
sol-
bad
ome
'Thou meriteat to be a noble," the
kind said, and created him one immedi
atery, giving him as armorial bearings a
wooden bottle pierced with an arrow
The family only lately became ex.tinet in
the person of an old maiden lady.
ABOUT RIGHT.-A lad from the "Green
Isle," whose occupation is that of black
ing stoves, fire places and stove pipes,
bearing upon .his arm a pot of blacking,
tvith brushes — and other implements of his
trade, 'addressed a denizen of the city,who
was standing at the door :--
Has your honor any stoves to polish
this tribrning ? rm the boy for 'that
business."
The person addressed not being of a
courteous Manner gruffly. answered :
•
"Go about yoar business."
Pat moveil a few steps off, to be out of
the reach of a kick,and replied :
"Your bbnor would not be the worse
for a little polishing yourself, I'm think
ing!"
A fellow; of atrocious ugliness chanced
to find a lokiliiog glass on his road. But
when be lOoked at himself he flung it
away in a Inge, saying, 'nurse von, if you
were good !for anything you would not
live been (brown away by your owner.'
A few years since, the noted. Tom Mar
shall was -delivering an .address before a
large audience in Buffalo, when some one
in the hall every few minutes, shouted
"louder louder Torn stood this for a
while ; but at last, turning to the presid
ing officer, said :—"Mr. Chairman, at the
last day, when the angel shall, with - his
golden trumpet.proclainiThat "Time shall
be no longer," I doubt not sir, but there
will be in that vast crowd, as now, some
drunken fool from Buffelu,shouting "loud
er ! louder The house roared ; Tom
went on wit his speech; but there was
no more cries of "louder 1"
1 , 1 man with a large family was cotn-;
plaining of the difficulty of mamtainingl
them all. "But you have sons big enough
to earn something, and help yii,u now,"
said a friend.' "The difficulty is, they'
are to ig to work, — was the ans er.
Foutenelle lived to be nearly a hundred,
years old. A lady, of nearly tSe same
age, said to him one day in a large compa
"Monsieur. you and I stay Ile.r , so long
that I have a notion death has forgotten
us."
"Speak as lon. as you can," saiiiFonte
nelle, "lest you remind him of uS.I"
A few days ago in Buchanan county,
lowa a deputy sheriff and two baliffs were
1 taking a bank robber named Rorubacher ;
to Butler Center, to give evidence against
Pollard for the same offence. Here is
what happened to the discomfiture of the
officers : At a certain point of their jour
ney- the partylsa* some wild ducks on a
pond, and it was remarked to be a fine
shot. The deputy hauled out his revolver
cocked, and vias about to shoot, when he
said. By the by, Rorubaeher, you are a
good shot with a pistol ain't your" Of
1
course said. Rorubacher. Take this pistol,
then, and try 'yeur hand at those ducks.
Rarubacher took the weapon jumped out
of the little wagon, apd advanced towards
the ducks for about ten or twelve steps,
then suddenly wheeling around and cov
ering them with the ;pistol, told the dep
uty and his aids to get out of the wagon,
and very quickly,,as he intended to take
a ride by himself. Imagine the feelings
of that little crowd as they began to crawl
down out of the wagon, for the prisoner
witness had their only pistol in his pos
session. Having gotl them safely into the
road and mounting the buggy bimself,the
facetious prisoner ruade the party a speech
and then srrendered his advantage, de
clatingthat he had no wish to use it ' which
ended the air.
variance wiih
TERNS.--$1.50 PER ANNUM.
Mr. Nasby Suggests to a "Psalm d
Sadness" For his Friends South.
SAINT'S REST, (which is in the Stair
nv Non Gersy,) Sept. 12;65. j
The utter and abgect state qv enssi.
tood into which theiDimocricy find their
selves North and South, makes a day uV
fastin' approprit. f the Lord is a goin
2 help us, now's his time.
Ef my clerikle brethrin tbe ehireh
South deside to appint a day of futile
and prayer, I submit the follerin az auto
tw agony, appropnt for the occasion
A SAM Or AGONY.
On the street I see a nigt,ger I
On his hack a coat uv bloo, and ha
carryeth a muskit.
He is a Provo Gdard, and he halteth
me ez RIM havin authority.
Ac my tender dinighter, spit on him
!and lo 1 he arrested her, and she lan.
Iguisheth in the gua4-house.
My eyes dwell on him, and my soul it
a artesian well uv Woe • it gusheth with
grief.
For that nigger Wuz my nigger! I bot'
him with a price.
Alas ! that uigger Lz out of his normal
I condish, he's a, star out nv its apeer,
which sweepeth thro the politikle hevens;
I emashin things. !
Normally he W nz, wnth gold and silver
—now he is a niteMare.
Wunst I wui rich, and that nigger
wuz the basis there'd.
IWo is me ! I !owned him, sole, body,
sinoos, muscels, bIoIA, boots and ritchis.
His intellek witZ mine, hie body - was
; mine, like Wise his ilabor and the frpotl
thereof.
I His wife tvuz mine, and she win my .
conkebine.
The Dormer results of the conkebinage
II sold, combining Pleasure and profit in
a - eniinent degree. I
I And on the pri: l ce thereof I played
'poker ' and drink mint gooleps and rude
i•
Ito gorgns chariots, and wore purple and
fine linen every nai l .
Wnz this miscegenashnn or nigger
i equality ? Not any. For she was mine„
leven as my ox, or my home, or my sheep,
and her increase wr mine, even as was
theirs.
! Ablishun 3liseegenashnn elewates the
!nigger wench to MS level—l did it for
gain-which degrade her muddy.
And when the wife uv my bumps lifted
up her voice in complaint, saying, "Lo
lam abused—this little nigger resembleth
thee !" half tihe price of the infant chat
! tel would buy a diamond pin with] which
to stop her yawp. t r
And my boys folierd in my footsteps,
and grat wuz the nil; but profitable,-
But my dream is busted.
The nigger is free, and demands Waged
; fur the work uv his[
His wife is free, !and she kin decide
whether she will cleave to her husband,
; or be my conkehine:
Yisterday I . bade her come to me, and
lo she remarkt : "Go 'way, white AMU,
i or I bust yer hed."
Anti I uode.
Her children are free—they are mind,
likewise, but I can't sell 'em on the block
to ithe highest bidder.
' Therein Lipkin sinned—he violated
the holiest and highest instinks nv out
.1
nataite ; he, interposed a proolamashun
I atween father and child.
We took the hethen from Afreka, and
wuz a makin Christians nv 'cm. Wo to
him who stopt us in our mishnary work.
It 'is writun—"Kin the Ethiope change
his?" I wuz changin it for him—l
"
;and my fathers had
,mellered it down to is
I kite yeller.
Dark is my facher.
I obeyed the grate Law of ..uaDer, es I
served it: the army, l by substitoot-- , eovr
she' I'have to stave my hands with labor,
or starve. • !
In What am Ibetter than a Northern
mudsil ?
I kin git no moro dimnn pins for the
rife ulv my buz,zum, and she yawpeth
continyeoaly.
Arrayed in hum3pun ' she wrestled
with pots and kitties in the kitchen.
Weighed down with we, she dips snuff
in silence.
She asks uv me comfurt--wat kin
,
say, w hose pookits *soutane confedrit
scrip 7;
Save us from Maschewsyts, which id
onery and cussid.
Perfect us,from Nigger tiers, which
is erinnin feends.
Shelter us from the gat of John Awn,
which ;is marebin on.
1 PETROLEUM V. 14ASISY.
Late Pashr nv the Chirch ttv the Nod
Dispensashun.
A wide- - awake minister, who, found his
congregation going to sleep one morning_
before he fairly commenced, after preach.
ing a few minutes, suddenly stopped and
exclaimed : \ "Brethren, this isn't fair; i 6
isn't giving a man half a chance. Wait
till I get along a piece, and then if it asin't
worth listening to, go to sleep; but .don'S;
do it before I get ootnmeacted ; give et
man a chance."
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