liOLt* XVIII.-
THE
POTTER JOURNAL,
I PUBLISHED BT
N. W. YIcA.L.S.ItNEY, Proprietor
Gar Devoted to the cause of Republitanien4, the an
terestA of _-‘grieel t&re, the advancement of Education,
and the be4t 1:0C(1 of Potter county. Owning no :made
ekeept that of-Principle, it will endeavor to aid in the
work of more fully - Freedomizing our Country'.
rAdvertleenlents ineerted at the following rate.,
except where spe,falbanoim, are made. A ",quare"
to 10 lines of [tree er or 8 of Ls:map:l:ell tYpee :
.1 mquare, 11116.•rtion ,11 50
• I..sql.iarii, 2 or 3 neertiong-____—_—_.. "tlO
Each eub••equent ineertioia lees than 13.-- 40
1 eqtlare,l yea[ —. —.lO 00
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IN u-ineas Gar:l , J 1 year
5 00
Adanloistrators or Execatore Notice.: 3 09
Special and Editorial Noticee per line-- -- 20
ta — All traneiOat advertieemente annet he paid in
advarice,and no notice will be taken of adverti-ement. ,
from a dietance, inlees they are accompanied by the
money or satisfactory reference.
ra"Job Work, .:f all kind., executed with ncatnees
and de.spatch. •
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BUSTY 4 SS NOT ICES.
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',Free and Acc pietlAncienl Torii Darns
EITLALIA. lAFDGE \0.:14'2, F. A. M. Stated
Meetings oft, the .2.:1 and 4th ' l 'ednert t alysofeach
month. Hall, iu . ithe ::02. Story of the I >Misted Meek:.
D.C.L.LARSBEE,T. WU. SIIEA IL, IV.II.
4.1. T ELLISON, al. D.,
PRACTICIIND PHYSICIAN, Couth,srort, P:t..
respectfully 1 forms the Mt izens taltheeilla:ze and
vicinity that fe he V. ill promptly resotei to ail eall- fur
t
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prossionvi set vi es, °thee on First street, first door
west of his reside tee. 1740
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ATTORI , TEY ‘li COUNSEI. I , O It AT LAW.
Couder,polt : I'4, Wlll :At oi,d the ?..everai Courts
to! Potter :Ind C invron counties. ..:1:1 I.ii,ini,i , en
trusted to ids /re twill receive prompt ettviteion.
Office m1'5.1:1.111 Ft eet. In reinit nee.
OLMS'I ED And LAIIBABEE.
k TTOR.N.EYS AT LAW, Cuuder-port, Pitta a• t
il_ Will atteau to all lutt , iiiiii , ittilrii- , eti to their'
core with prdinpti.e , r, and fidelity. Will t aku attend
the several court in the ildjuinittz con sties. wilt, ,
in the 6eeohd it-tutley of the Waisted Block. I
4iii.Vl.4.' ItENiiON.
A TTORNEY - \ T-LAW, Coudersport, Pa. will;
... attend to al tat-inei , ., ell .1 trust- to hint witt: Care I
and• promptness. At' end , Cowl , of iudlouiltiti . cuun-
ties. oak, On tilond,treet,nuar the Shiz
eat y oridt t a-
F. IN. NOX. I
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ATORNEY I..ND COI:NSF:LT.OR AT LAW.
Con teriiii, Pa., Nl.`,ll:,ttend the Oval Is in Put-
'er and the adjo; mg counties.
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TTOR tf El - S- AT ft
LAW. liastserr.C., Penn .
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- i_ ...kqents for the C)ti,C11 0 : 1 tit C1.0111,;1-7: 1 i 1 . 1.2 the
United stateoand -ism t•ol. e rnin-nl.-,-U.OI :.s 1 . e.-low-, i
BOunly,Arrenro f. f r:iy,fim-Address Box Pb. a rr,linrizt
wl 11. MILLER, - , i. C. 5e.t1.111..S EY
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:11.. AV. BeALARNEY.
- 0 UAL EST.A l'E and I NSI:It CS C;E: AGENT.— !
lA t Land Bon. lit :fad Sold, Taxes paid and T.tly- I
investigated. Insures property agninst ate in t iO. n A
companies in thiCotritry. and Persians 3;4;0)1.4 Avei
dents In the Tr.:d i eters Insur :n
inse Company of Bart- I
ford. Busin fr
ess anoactif'd promytly , 17-29
P. A 1
STEBBINS .A: Co.. i
NTERCIIANTS—Dvakrs in Dry Gooch, Fancy !
I_ll_
Goods, G r oceries.Provision-,Flour.Feed. Pork,
and everythilaz I oually kept in a good you::;ry st , :e.
Produce bought old sold' e 1: "In i
I . 11. SIMMONS.
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A,iEltellAVll —WELLS VII.LE 4 1. r.. wi,N,.
sale and Illetail Denier in Dr) Golo i-, Par. -, , ;d I
giapleGoodo.C: thing.La•lies lire-d'-3 deD firof::.riesN
Flour, Feed, Sic, htetailers'supplied in Illferal tent- ;
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' CHALES S. JONES,
rERCHANT — Dealers in Drimo \I-edit:llms, Paillt, I
11 Oils Fan 'y Art.eles'. S ationory, Dry Goads,
Groceries, Oils ,
Lain Stri.et, Coudersport, l'a
1 . E. OEMS'ILIED, . 1
- "NIERS ri .t
h ..kz: z j r,, ), ,: ) ,.. , , v: s )g . (3 ,i,
r , i , , ,.- . .i . .. R.,.: , , , , , i . y .p . r . no
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.Pork, Provision ,-fash,.lll:iiii : , :r , et, C4u-lersport.l_ , l a
COLLINS SMITH. I
' - 1 r EI:CHANT —Dt..11,1. in Dry Geo Is, Groceries,
101_ Provisions. Hardie:ire, Queensware. C utiety,
A nd all (1,11, l, n a'.OlV f“1:!1 : 1 inn a (2 , '“lf ry -tore. n'til
IL J. .OL3ISTED,
liApiValT..ll,-a::,11, g,e.,,T\n\treenliy,...:ll.;:,..r.,,ita
CondorSlc - . s ,-
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sp. rt, Penn's. ' 'in and Sires: Iro:I . Ware in-de Lo
or , ler,• in vood ~ - le. on Short notice.
4, corci Euspowr lIOTEL.
C.VBIINI LI-EA,lhmeno-ren, Corner of \ I aid/
. and Seca id streets, Coedersport ),lotter Co Pa.
.A. Il...aery Stank is :Life> kept in c o on :scuba w th this
1Io ; tel. Daily St um: if, a n d front tfle Rai:rondo.
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1 Porte Journal Job-Oflice.
HAI.T r i )I
13 1 :44 , 1 Il Y to " o 4 l l r ed al v i. t : l a ' . ' i ' v 1 1 e al v - e a" ;:fo t r . 7::. t ” O t f
wel are now prel inn! to do till kinds of work. cheaply
and with t::-tea 1,1 neat tie-s. or.nes ,- f lise,,,i,
LYMAN HOUSE.
Lewisville, P tter county, Pennsylvania.
Briti, ,, ,i .F.WIS. Proprietor. Baking
taken this e x cellent Ilmol, the proprietor wishes
o make the acgOintance of the miss -ling public and
`--ryeels c onfident fl givOttx ~.atitraetiOn to all who may
till On hint.— Fel , . 12...16 tf . •
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. I‘l_,A. PLB TAE WORK
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~ 1 M.numents and Tomb-Stones
- pfl. n of all kinds, will he furnished on reasons
ble If tots and short notice by
C. Breathe.
- 11111 -* Re•idence: Evian:is 1:1: mile:, South of
. '"'" ..'7 ' — ''' '' Com ersport, l's., On the Sin:min:doming
Road, or leave if or orders at the Post (idle, . f 01..;
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DAN BAIIEII.
- - DENSION. 13 1 IINTV told \VAR i'LATIf AG NCI
i Pensions p °cured for Snifflers it the present 1
. i.car who are of nbled by reason of wounds if eeived ,
or disease contra ned while in the service et . the U' tied
States: and pen. ;one, bounty, and ire :are Of pay 010 I
tained for seldom,- or beiro of those whofhave died or I
I been killed whi e in service. All 'etters :if inquiry
promptly ans - sve ed, and on receipt by mail of a.otate
merit of the Ca , . of CI:1:11d., I will forward the nef
ecsoary papers for :heir ,h.rtiature. Fe-e, in l'ell-ion
eases 0s fixed le . . law. Refers to Hons. Isaac Benson,
.A. G. Olmsted, John S. Mann, and F. W. Knox, Eiffi
. DAN BAKER. '
JuneS 134 Calm Agent, Coudersport. l'a: .
sl'.•s 0 0 everywhere to
..... 1% ,. .;e 1
0,,r wan t
~t,: i n , , , t . , ;
$2O Setei,:g . .ll , c 1ine , ..,. Thee new kinds. Under and
upper feed. l arrant id Live year, ; Stove ~,,,,,,
or large cdpra l e ion, paid. The 4, x LI - machine- soli
is the United St lteS for less than 54'), yidlieh are fullY
li cens ed hy Ho, e, Wheeler S. Wilson. Grover AL.Ba
, iter,Singeri S. Co ..le. I3achelder. ALL other cheap ma
chines arelinfringements and tile seller or user are
table to Arrest, rine, and imprisonment.: Circulars
rea, Address, it' call' upon Shaw J., Clark, 8i0d,..
• ford , Matrie, or Inicago, Dl.Den. 2 , 3,1:385. lowly.
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lied 1 . Itch ! Itch !
. SCRATCH! SCRATCH ! SCRATC ' H!
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WEISE.4. -- ON'S OINTMENT
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Rill Cu T the Itch in 48 Hours!
__Also ... cf4es ..s iLT RHEUM, ULCERS. CHIT,
bhAINSIend t 11 ERUPTIONS OF THE ' SKIS.
Priceso cifir.s. For vale In, all drr e fl f l o to By sendmd
~,. .t., ..i \N E - - .K.S ft., reirrEß.. - SOle 'Afrco ' fts 1";
,a lV a .- i 0 1, ., ,
f t
r n e 4 e tt i l
p .t o r b , c t, t , , e l3 t o o s tot, it will he for::% - ar.it ' al b y
„F..n•-otie,„ A w n l: Y y p i t;t . of th e United Slat es.
Jutie 1, 1.5f53, . .
H E APIPANy '
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)LOVE'S LABOR 1.0.11,
It is now some two or three years since
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a young gentleman entered the office of a
] Special Agent of the Post 2ffice Depart
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tient: in, on of our larger c i ities, and an
nouriCed that he had a serious case of mail
depredation to report, which he would like
to have investigated immediately.. Being
re . quested to give particulars Of the mat er,
he produced] froal his pocket - a 'letter ad
dressed to hims lf, and poslmarked with
the name of b sn all town in, t the State of
Penrisylvanift. The envelope bore unmis
takable evidence of 'having I been opened
and reSe: - hd„ and the address was in a lady's
liiind writing.
"Therb sir,' Said he, caref Ily removing
the letter, and handing the envelope to the
Agerit for inspection, ithat 'ere letter has
been robbed iby ;Some post I ?ffice thief of
twenty-six dollars. Now I want you, to
catch him alid put screws to him—give
him ten year's at least I' don't care !for
the loSs of the money," (it 's singular, by ,
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the way, hol.v .sublimely ind'fferent to pe
cuniary considerations most p(.-ople are who
prefer : these ; coMplaints,) "b; ti I'd like to
see the rascal caught."l
Nov. the Agent ha , jing• had considerable ,
previous experience inl the investigation of
ca:;eg „: ( 1f "rifling,' was quite sposible that a
very ; necessary preliminary td such investi
gations was•ra thorough knolwledge of all
the (circumstance connected with the affitir,
and after attenti -ely exaMinlnc , the envel
op, whi4h was liberally b• daubed with
mucilage he, observed : .
I‘Vt:r4;ll,lsir, I Will take a memorandum of t
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your stat 'meat, and if it proses to be a post
A ke: thi;, f, as you Say—" I ,
"If iujoe.s i sir? Why, w io'blse can it
be? Isutt there the en;jelopa to speak for
1 I t.,el r— h,i;:ic i it evidently . baen 'torn open
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and gumnied up again ? 0' course its a
post affice thief---any one ea I see that"
i -BHbably s sir; but I don't see it, just yet.,
;Be good enough to give me the name of
the writer et this letter."
The youn: man hesitate , ind• at once
; his manners became confuse aid nervous.
I "I'd rather not, if its all the same, sir.
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it'salyodpg lady, and . 1 1 ther , lire peculiar
i circuths*ces; about the Case—and—in I
port, I Litj witut 114 name mired up I
in it. I
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"But it w it be absolutely necessary, in
order to mall, a a proper investigation, that
,I should knhw her name. .Nyithout it I;
canr.ot lundeimke to ,do anything in the 1
ina4r.7il I
I . The ,' gent l leman still soucylit for some
a•,
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Lime.to aptd giving the nanie of his fair
friend, but at `last aunounc'edl it as Miss
:;E: m itt Melville:'
1 \O s leer questions .fellowed r 4 to the cir
cuttitances which led to tl e 'enclosure of
l t ) -Sc. , ltit. ri3 ne3, S:•c. _ t
o which the Complainant
I ansWleril in 'an evasive shitunr . l 4 way—evi
dently siving to conceal something of
;which he , ll; Secretly ashan ed. 1 .
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Perceiviiih the investigation was
likely . Ito mace hit slow progress conducted
in ;thiA wav,ithe fgent finally ' observed:
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"My fliend, my , me s too precious to
1 '' waste ' 1
in drawino• id mnaqon from yo i '
i` z'l
-, with a cork-screw :land od May as we I
.
I make' up ybur mind eit 1 to give me a
1 clear,l unreserved account sr this transac
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i tit* Or to go else Where with. bur griev
ance. Now please tell me .s by • Miss Mel
ville sent yon (or tried to send `•u) this
money,, . .
1 "To pay for some broadcloth for a closk.',
i "Which you were to purchase for her:'
"Yes. that, is, which I Lad purchase(
for her." 1 1
I"Oh, I see—the young lady was proba
blv here visiiing, and Lein , temporarily out.
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, 1 - H. t 1 - gallantly forced -
of fun..s.yo her to accept
a loan—eh 7" 1 ' 1
‘ , l,'ell i no, not exactly. iTue fact is, I
;sent the 'gSeds to, her, by eJxpress, at her
request."i
"And of 'Ourse;she being a 101 l friend—"
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"Not a fr,Liza ciselv."
" k. rehitiii-e then f . '
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" 1), 'see—something "nearer and
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dearer.' •
ye,s," sail the youth, Ni - ith a sheep
ish simper, and nervously slinging his hat
by the rim, las lie gazed modestly ou the
floor—we're lot—engaged, I mean."
'Perhaps, she forgot, tO enclose the
mot.ev 1
"No,ll've_ had a letter from her
since and slile swears—l mean she's certain
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she put the .!money in."
I"Perhat L i - lthen," said the affent, striving
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to express his suggestion in the feast offett
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sire language, "perhaps she omitted to en
close it."
e. - claimed the fond lo;'er, roused
thisdnsinuation, "what do you mean ?
fhere is noldouht, whatever, sir, that the
,young lady sent the money...l, I would
stake my lite, sir, on her honol"f•
"Oh, derv . well, sir --excuse', me—no of
, fense intmcled, I'm sure. But, You know I
' haven't thei pleasure of the yon',ng lady's
' acquain La ntp. By the way, how! long have
you known fihor—a Jong time, I p esume?"
The votuig gentleman's rnbarras.sme.nt
was visiblY increased as he r Tiled, "about
six' months
"3.,Eet heriin Pennsylvania, I suppose."
ebbiet) JO, flee iriviples of IPtio pq3 'the DsFe,Niqqiiort 0f3.1.j0i.414, g.ifeilitol 4:9 if elms. ' I
DERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY,
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"Yei—that is, no-..--I can't 'say I did."
"Where did you meet her ?"
"Why,. I can't say where exactly---don't
knowl as I have met her at all, to tell the
truth
"Telling the truth seems to be a work of
time with - you," remarked the agent. drily.
"NdW if you'll be good enough to give me
a little light about what you do kndw of
this young lady, whom you have! never
met, ,but whom you propose to marry and
on whose honor you are willing to take
yourllife, perhaps there may be some ros-i
i t
pect Of getting at the facts .of this tri;ste-1
riousirobtery—otherwise, you need waste
no more time in this neighborhood."
"Well, if you must have it, here it is: I
You "see, about six months ago, I (just fbrj
,fun, You know)—[ advertised for a wife,l
and this young lady happened to advertise!.
!for a'husband about the same time, and we
answered each other's advertisements. But I
then she was in earnest—all on the square. i
011 1 yes," continued be, observing, perhaps,
an itiCreduloui smile on the countenance ofj
the agent, she , was all right—wanted a bus- I
band iin earnest—wanted one bad. She
was situated in this way; she hadn't got
no father nor mother, and was under the
charge of a guardeen—an old fellow about'
tifty-and she's , worth about $30,0001
(herehis eyes glistened Covetously) in her;
own right, this guardf2en, he takes and puts
her into a boarding school, and, intends to 1
force4ier into marrying him. She'd rather
have some yoNager fellow, of, course—nat-
ural, isn't it ?—so she takes and advertises
for ti husband.. So, as I was saying I an
swered her advertisement, and she replied
to my letter, and so we got up a correspon
dence.. Now, there ain't no humbug about
her--. 4 can tell when a gall's in earnest—
and I know.she's all right by way the was
writes. So about i two weeks ago she save
in a postscript to one of her letters—"l wish
you would 'go to Stewart's and get me five
yards of black br, - 41cloth and send it to me!
by epress. I want It for a cloak, and I'll
send you the money just as soon as it
comes, and don't fad to let me know just'
how much it is, for I don't want you to be
iat any expense for ins." So I went to
Stewart's and got the cloth, and sent it by
express, and wrote to her and told hei. it
was twenty-six dollars, and then she nut
the money in this letter,' and s i lmie, darned
thief in a postoffice has gone hnd stole it
out ;that is mill there is about t."
"0; that's all; is it," said the agent, with
1 diffiealty 'restraining the laugh which this
pitiful tale of true love was calculated to
j provoke, "Well, sir, there is no doubt but
' yoU are a very much abused ind'vidual,
and if you will call again in about a fort
ninht4 think I will th6n be able .o dive
{you some deffinite information in regar7l to
i the !natter."
"Thank You, sir, only put thr l t post office
fell* in the State prison, and I'll be satis
fied.!- I don't care much about sate money;
that is I donit care so much about it; but
ifvOu could get it back—"
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"I shall do el'erything possible, sir; good
morning," •
"(xood Morning, sir.", • I
Vpnetually at the expiration of the fart
nigh't the victim of this heartless postofficel
robbery presented himself to hear the result l
of the investigation. The agent by writ
ing one or two letters, and availing him-1
self of certain other means at his command,
had `in the meantime entirely satisfied
himsel!f ss to the author of the outrage, and
was qtlite prepared• for the visit:
"GOod morning, sir. Have you found;
out yet who stole my money ?" I
"Yes, sir, I think I have."
''m glad to bear it. Did you get any:
of it )ack
"No a cent "
"Well, su p pose
• he'Sln the State prison;
by this
that know of, but it is not impos
sible that her ay reach that institution
one cif these da - s. Here's a letter that;
will 'tamps explai the matter betterlthan
I can.l I received it few days since from
Pe 4 pSylvania." The a r)
xious you , o.en-1
tleman at once recogni his Emily'sl
hand-writing, and hastened o read the fob
lowing:
"—, Pa., Jan. 1 186—
Mr. P 0. Agent.
DEAR SIR-I find that you have eel);
making some inquiries abotit that twen
six dellars i tl sent (in a horn) to :George X 1
you ma: tell him tbr me that the
broadcloth is invested in a first class "shaag, 1
hai" Overcoat. You may also tell him that I
I don',t go to boarding school so much a.s
did; also that I don't belong to the soft
sex, though I think he does. You might'
mention, while von ale about it. that when I
I get 'that $30,000 I will send him half of
it—it the same way I sent him the other.'
Also, ltell him "Ever of thee."
YOurs truly, EMILY MELVILLE. • I
(or any other man)." .
There was a deep silence during the!
reading Of the epistkj in the office of the
Agerit, whd had considerately turned 'his
back !while the unhappy victim was learn
inc, of his wasted affection and cash. The
silenCe continued so'• long that the agent
turned to offer what; little •Consolation was
iii his poWer. But be was spared the task.
A., TUESDAY DECEMBER 4, 1866.
The *less young man had noiselessly de
partedi—possibly to take the first train for
Perinsilvania, possibly to meditate in soli
,
tude aver the comparative advantages of
"love at first sight' and love before sight.
Wh6r4ver he went, he has not returned.
SEiLLING A GRINDSTONE.
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Arn i ong Fred's numerous friends was
JudgeiNewton, who resided in Mahoning
coUnty, Stafe of Ohio. Fred always made
the Judge's house his home when he tray- i
Bled tlie part of the country. The Judge
was a - ne, jovial old fellow, fond of a joke
and wits always trying to get a joke upon '
Fred, ivhen he stayed with him.
One day, some time in the year 1839,
Fred 4•as passing through, and put up with
him oter night. In the, morning he was •
deternred to drive a trade with him of
some Mind, offering in his usual way. to
,
take anything for payment: , • '
"I'll tell von what I'll do,'' said ',the
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Judge 4 laughing, "I've got a first rate grind
stone out in the yard, if you'd take that
r
I'll trade it out."
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"Vjry well;" said Fred, "I'll take it, it's
just ad good pay as I want." • .
Thy went out to the wagon, and the
Judgel turned out, his grindstone, which
Fred 'paled in his wagon and started. lie
had not gdne far befo i re he saw a customer
and' stlipped his team.
"Gc l od morning, Squire—want anything
in my line .liis Morning?"
"Well, I don't, know, Fred," replied lie
in a bludering tole, "got any gyrindston s '
?
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"Yes, sir; rot a first-rate one; just come
lout mid look at-it."
Nolv it happened the man really did not
want l a grindstone; he, was acquainted with
!Fred and sp4ke in alp manner he. did be-
I cause .ie had no idea Fred had one.
I "I ;'ike the Jocks of that stone," said he,
lafter qxamining it, "and as I want one very
I inuel4 and you take anything fer'payment,
I'll gi - e you six cents a pound for it (four
'cents lwas the regular price) provided you
1 will take - such property as I turn out to
1•you fOr payment."
1 , "Certainly," said Fred, " I alway. do."
1 ' "Vi2ry well, How much dues the grind
-1 stone 1 wei2-,11 1"
I"Jtst forty-eight ponds," said Fred, and
pr l ocei-ded to unload it.
• "Npw come with me, Fred," said the Old
Squirt, grinning, when this was finished,
and et your pay."
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I Fred followed him to the stable.
"T 'ere," said lie, pointing to a bull calf.
just s x weeks old, which was standing in
!the stable, "there's a first-rate calf, worth
1
about three dollars, :which I SDI - TO:Se, %VIII
!• pay :don for the stone," ,
"lThry good, Oust as good pay as I want, -
said Fred, as he unfastened his calf and led
him to his wagon. "But stop a minute,"
said le, "I.' shall be baet this, way in about
i three weeks, and if foll will 'keep him till
then,ll will pay vote what's right for it"
I "(Ai, yes, I'll keep him for you," sail
the il q uire, laughing, as Fred drove off
i with ;the idea of Laving beat him.
I He supposed that Fred would neven call
i for tl e calf, but lie did not know his man,
i
land I•hen lie called, the Squire had noth-
l ino• better than to give tipl his property. : 1
. .'l3.c. then traveled, - and as it was now near
,
ought Fred concluded to put up with the '
!Judge. . . •
Au he alighted at;tfie gate he was met
by a iearty shake of the hand; and "how
!are 3lou Fred'.' What did you do With
your bid grindstone ?' -
"1 sold it a day or two ago, at .a good
profit i I can tell you; . I received six cell a
pours it fur it.'
'Ali!" said the Judo-e' in surprise; but
what have you got there ?" now for the
first time noticing the calf.
"Or said Fred; indifferently, I'4.l:at's a
calf Ilin taking to Col. Davis up our way ; I :
the dalonel Made the promise to fetch him
one,and be seems to set great value on him:
Ifor in l y part I consider him nothing but a'
common calf, not worth more than three
dollam 1
l It nigh t i be a- well to mention that this
1 , ,e,
was about the; of die Teat excitement
1 abouti imported stock, and that Colonel D..
I of wl4oin Fred spoke, was a man known of
iJudg?, , Newton to be a heavy importer of
!force* stock, particularly of the Durham
1 Judge Newton had- often endeavored to
procure some of the stock, but as it was
then •ery scarce, and bore a high price,, he
i
le - am nod it a little morn closely thinking
to - urchase it. I
"1 I's one of the regular Durhams, sure,"
said lie musing, "and a fine one at that; if
you \' ill.l art with him,Fllgivelyou twenty
] five dollars or; him." 1
d "Cbuldn't hart with him for no such
money . Colon.] Davis is to give me,• l
I sever4y-five as so,. u.as I get h l oine." /
"well you can't ake him clear home
1 with ;you, and if you . let me hay Lim;'
1 I'll gjre you fifty dollar.. for him " / 1
•¢ "Nlo. I can't do it; I've 'isappointed the:
l Col two or three times a. ready and lied
l
W 0111 4: tit like it at all if I shou 4 disappoint!,
him this way again."
"Bjit," said . the Judge, now' bccimuing
, anxious, "you can tell hini you has t not
- [beenb bt'er tie mountainl."
"I I don't know about it, Judge," said
,
i
Fred, after a pause. "As you say it's some
ways' home, and Will costsomething to get
him there; and if ypu will give me seventy
five dollars - I don't know but you may
take him."
The Judge Was delighted his pur7,
, I
chase and paid the money on) the spot. ! I
As they were taking the calf to the barn,
Fred remarked : '
"I say, Judrre, I don't see what there is
about that, calf that Makes him worth!
more money than any other. I believe 11
can get as many such calves as I want for
three dollars." , .
"Perhaps you can," answered the Judge,
"in a few years when they become plenty."'
In the morning when Fred ,was startinrr,
he remarked :
"I hope When you have any more grind
stones to sell you'll remember nier
"Thank you; I will," said the Judge riot
exactly understanding wbat Fred was driv
ing at. 1 . i,! •
A few days afterjred was . rgone, the
Squire of whom Fred bad bought the calf`
,vas' passing, when Judge Newton called to!
him to telt him that be had at last suc
ceeded in obtaining. 'sonic of the fanied
stock. The Squire, expressed- a. desire to !
see it, and they proeeeded to the barn.
"Is that the one t" 'said be.,
“y es :,
1 Tito did 'you rfet, it of ?"
"Of Fred Grishgold ; I paid'him seventy
live dollars for it."
The Squire burst out into a loud laugh.
"Why Judge," said he as soon as he could
spclak, "I sold him !that calf a short time
3g(l, for a grindstone!"
The Judge was perfectly astonished.-
He thought. - of 4 a 'moment and thq
said : I • .
"Yes—l sold him that grindstone.
has beaten me at my own game! • lie told
me that calf was not worth more than
thee dollars! ! Don't say anything abbotthis, and you may hate 'the calf and wel
> • 1
eome.'
The Judge went Lack to the house mut
tering' "13E 2 A-.1.1"
Fred often called there after this, but
Judge Newton never reverted, to the sub
ject, neither did he ever wish to dispose of
any more gindltones.
•
KILLEDi ABEL-")1y little bQy,"
asked a Sunday School teacher of a new
scholar, the other,,Sauday,,"cau yoa tell
we who killed Abel?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Well, my, little dear, don't be
afraid. Who killed Abel : .
"The rebels." I
"Oh, uol Johnny," reinowitrated the 'good
Lea4:7llel.
. "We are not taking about that. Don7t
you know, wIM kille t l Abel ?"
"Yes ma'am, th 6 insisted the
scholar.
"No, my child, C.iia killed Abel. Now
remember; think of SulTar cane. lam go
ing to ask you about it. next Sunday.
.Think of sugar cane.".
The next Sunday came, and the boy wes
catechized. . • •
"Weil •Ma'am'. Must tell ?"
"Certainly,my dear. Who killed Abel ?"
"Sorghum." i
The teacher curflumicued. •
Many amusing apecdo4es are related of
the Rev Joshua : Brooks. of Manchester,
England, a clerirvman of irritable temper.
Perhaps the foTiowinf , is the best: The
church6rd was surrounded by a low para
pet wall, to walk l along which requir ed
nice hal:zincing of the body, zind was one of
the favorite feats of the neii:rhborinr , bovN.
The practice greatly armoycrd Joshua, and:
one davl while reading the burial service ft
• a ~
the graveside, his eve l caughtchimney 7
sweep Nislking on the wail. , This caused',
the eccentric chaplain, by abruptly. giving,
an ordei to the beadle, to make the follow 7 i
fnir, interpolation in the solemn/wor :s of
funeral service: "And I:heard-a voice
fron Heaven savino•— • --knocle that black
racal off the wall!" . 1
Little Marnie's father .is generally too
busy to•attend the weekly prayer meeting.
One clay she Was chsenssinff the great here
after with her inaudna,f whet the folloWing
dialorrue ensued:
Ma mice—" Marna - will you. go to Heaven
when you die,"
Mama— ")Tes, I hope so child,
11.1amie." Well, mama, I hope I'll go too,
or you'll / be lonesome."
Mainti-011, I hope ,your papa will ao
too." / •
no, papa ert (rot he can't
leave 17w store." . _ •
The President, in his late St. Louis
speech, under the inspiration of an audito
ry composed. of rebels and semi-rebels, re
leased his pugnacity from all the restraints
of common decency and common sense,.
and ex i elaimed, will veto every one
of its Measures." Since then, - if he is not
deafer 'than an adder he hats, heard the voice
.
of thel ' people in respOnse to. his.coarse
threats, against their. representatives. It is
not probable he . wl.ll now attempt to mains
(rood his deliberations, and if he does be
good.
can bring nobody to harm but hip self.
TER U S.--SLSO FEWANNUS.
Ariiunter Shot` all Peer.
,
Devoted as all the English - . race is to
field sports; and general as ithe Purina of
them has grown ' ~ the Shooting season eau
never without accidents. Most of
these, however distreming, are ordinary
enough in character. , But lin• Scotland a
calamity has befallen a : first 7 rate and well'
tried forester, which -is really one of the
,most extraordinary ever - told in the annals
of the rifle. , There are curious stories by
doens in the records of "food and dale
Every book of hunting and shooting ecru
tains some wonderful tale, land every old
shot can spin yarn after yar,n of "wild Ids
ventures that befell." • Surd() that are net
believed are none the lees true; for travel=
ers i and hunters do " - strangeltbings" as Well
as "see" them, and are °fled, shy of relating
alllthey know, because truth is so often less
probable than fiction. Wlip would credit,
for example, that a wild Anstralian bull, in
full charge, had been felled to the ground
and slain by a pebble the.own from the
hand. Yet that is on record. And in the
long lists of the accidents that have befall
en the disciples of St. Hubert we find the
oddest of tales. It is Hstlis, we believe,
who narrates in his "Highlands of Ethio.
pia" that a dying antelope pushed into the
pursuer the hunting-knife which was drawn
to slay it, well nigh "gralloehing" the man
instead of suffering that process itself
Something of the same character, but more
extraordinary still, is the Unfortunate awl=
dent which occurred in Mar Forest. It is
not very uncommon for deer to kill their
banters. The brow antlers of a "stag of .
ten" are like bayonets, and the old song
..says, "If thou be hurt with horn of hart it
brings thee to thy grave." I But who ever
heard of a stag shooting the man who shot
it? Nobody would Sare4 invent such aft
incident in a Volume of ,Sport. Yet the
thing has really happened {this year in the
l'Grainpians, and a right gOod forester was
buried among the mountains last
day, who was shot through the heart by it
bullet fired by a stag of which he had made
, sure, and which was itself. at the point of
l death. •;
_ .
The unlucky sportstriant was named Geo.
Urquhart; and was a first-rate and suceegrit
ful 'deerstalker, one of the hest of Mr. Pow
ell's foresters at Brtemar. i When out with
his master and some others o 1 the face of
Cairntoul, a fine stag was 's tal ed and sur
rounded by the party, I_Trqu rt was sent
to keep the animal from esca ink by the
head of the,glen, and firing at i he wound
ed it again. Another forester then joined
him, and the two followed the stag out or
the Main pass into a very deep glen, with
broken ground and precipitous sides, and a
foaming burn below: The deer 'was so bad
ly hurt that the men came up with him;
and 'Urquhart tried to drive him down with
the bett-bnd of the rifle.before dealing the
finishing blow. In, despair and pain, the
stag lashed out.; and striking the hammers
of the piece knocked one i off and brought
the 'other down on the Cap, so that the
charge exploded, and drove the bullet
straight through the foreSter's bOdy. He
stood for a moment, and then Said, quietly,
"I AM shot," and fell into the arms of his
companion Grant, who laid hitn. down and
triad to. stop the i bleedirt ! Seeing the poOr
fellw was so moth hurt, Grant hastened
up the glen, and' foUnd his master, with the
others wondering mita-hid become of the
two men.! On hearing :the melancholy
news. Mr. Powell and the others itumeli
alelY went down to Urquhart; while his
coarade ran over the hills to a shieling,
seven or eight miles off, for further.assist
:nice, and thence to Braemar, sixteen miles
further, for doctors. But the forester
,wa.4
as 'fatally hit as the stag, Which had drop
pod !dead a little way beIoW; and although
he could tell how the accident happened
when his master first came up, by-atitl-by
he grew weaker and weaker, and died tut
the , twilight began to fall. At about 1
o'clock the men came babk, and, placing
the body on a hid pony,: they carried it out
of the pass. But by this time the darknem
was! so dense that in the wilderness and
desolation the mournful party utterly lost
their way. At midnight they were oblig
ed t i p lay the corpse on the heather, and alt
down to wait for the morning, but just en
sttl,pping they saw the fire in the shieling
to which Urquhart's companion had first
gone, and then the lanthorns: of the men
sent out to look for them. -So at laSr they
got ;shelter. The fdoctors had aisd, Tome s
but thedeer-stalker was long pas,t their
help-dead and Cold like his slaykir, the
antlered king of the hills which lay 1 in the
wild, mountain burn, The stag' had posi
tively shot the forester with his oWn rifle,
in its dying agony, avenging the ff,eatit of
many a "heart of Brea' e," and its own fate
beside.—London Trcinscript 7 Oct 17, '66.
An Irishman was directed by a' I -dy of
large size to secure and pay for two seats
In a 'stage, as she NV anted comfortable room
in riding. The felitmt returned and said,.
"rye . paid for those two seats you told me
to; but as I could noqet but o'e seat for
the inside, I took the other far the outside."
"Truo philosophy - has depth without.
darku4s, but much that pates for it hag
darkness without depth."