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NG I'IIYSICIA:C. Coudersport, Pa.,.
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1* AND COUNSELLOR. AT LAW.
iport, P:,.., mill attend the several 1.',..0 rts
Cameron' counties. Al! business en
care kill receive prompt ottention.
street, in rerLidence..
TTOTtli..
Condor
Al'otter an
trusted to hi
Office on Mai y
STED and LARRAMEE,
YS AT L.A.W, Coudersport, Penner;
cud to 111 business entrusted to their
uptuess andKlelity. Wit ul , o attend
urts in the ttrlj littittz counties. Office
'storey or the Olmsted Block. - . '
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ATTORN
Will at
care with pr ,
the several c
In the s,ecid
ISAAC BENSON,
T-.IT-L &NV, Cougler-poit, ra., will
I all titt-iIICAS entratited to him tvitt
las, Ar.ends Com ts of adjoining: coon
g Second at rect,near the Allegany Midst,.
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and prnruptni
tics. (Mice o
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Y AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Pa., w' L ll attend the ~ o urts in Pot
ijoiniee corm!
A TTORN
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•er and the
.D. RITTER, I. D.,
71.1; d Suraeon would respect fully In
eltizeos of 'Couderkport and vicirdl)
.paned an fillet , . in the Co odelsport
Il be ready at all tapes to make• pro•
.. He 1.: a regular
_graduate of Buffalo
ge of ISt. I Jan 1 .17.
ilfursict:
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that he lie 4
Hotel, an d. w
feesi mal
Medical Col.
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pa ataco I nroc Bonk- of
on I and Starit.nerv,l..ke,
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-AT LAW, Penn'a.—
for die Collection [of Claimsugait.st the
nd 74tnte tiovernini•nt,sw-h Vensioti,=,
• re Uf,Payek.C-A1.1•124083 8..% 95,, ilm.b.l rg
J. O. II'AL69.WET
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Agent,
United :Suttee ;
Bounti,Arr •
w . 0. mita. en I
1 1. W. 31cAL.IIINEY ,
CATE aad I ,'.CCF. 2.OE:CT.
° fight and Sold, Tax paid and Titlet.
I.agnres property against the in thr best
the ConMry, and l'ereon.amtinst Ace'
r tvelers litruranoe Company of Ilan
.a t rat - IR:let e4l promytly li--"d.
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Land
inveatigated. I
companies In
dead In tlin
ford. Bn.in
It. ARMSTRONG,
9.ltE, Merchant, and' Dealer in S - oves,
d Sheet Iron.Ware.MMn street, Cond , r,
Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made tO
styl , ., on si,rt notice.
TIMM \S"
Tin at
is port, Penh'
'or•ler, in co,
I A. ISTEBBI , TS 'dt, CO.,
1 .75 —Dealurs , in Dry Goods, Fanc y
Greceries.Provinion , ,Flonr , Fee d,Pork.
lg usu , lly kept in a good coo ~t ry Ror ti
. ht a•tt seld • 17 29
and everythi
Prodnce tiro ;
G U. sinAoNs,
VTIWE'LLSVILLE Y. Whole
id Retail Dealer in Dry Goode, Fancy and
Clothing,Ladies Dressth.ods.Groceries,
tr.c, R -tailors supplied .n lib& A 7 terrns
AI"„:SRa - ;
1131 utplo Goods
Flour, Feed,
ILAULES S. 'JONES,
T—Dealers in Urines
:may Articles, S iatiouery, Dry Good'.
~ Main Str.et. rottd,•r+Wort.. Pa
F.RcriA•
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Oils,
Gr4ceriea, 4.
D. E. OLMSTED,
IT—De: ler in Dry GoQde, Ready-made
"g; Crockery, Giocerirer, Fcrii,
0116. &C., I,lain arra, t, Da;
rEriCri I
1. Cll th
org,
FOLLINS s)UTII,
NT—Dealer in Dry Goods, Groeprie.,
ions, Elard ware,- Queettaware, Guiders..
n-unlly found In country store. :n'6l-
rEIiCTI
1.11 Prowl
and :all (I.“n 1,1
• : UDICILSPOUT IPOTEL.
C.VP...* LYEA,Pitoestrrbit, Corner of 'Maio
H.,. rind --co:Astro:As Coodoi sport ,Potter Co. Pit.
A Livery St Otto ait , o kept i n con eet ion with tit
Hotel. y Staires to soil from the Ittlirosils.
ter Journal Job-Office.
lately added a fine new ase?rtmen,t of
YPE; to our alr,rniv lame a,e.ortml.nt
reparnd to do all Mlida of work, cheaply.
e and nefone , s. 11rde e enlic,ted.
. Po I
AVI IC 1 1
we aro now I
And with tnii,
MAN HOUSE.
Potter county, Pennsylvania.
LEWLS: Proprietor.
is excellent Hotel, the proprietor wishe
ego:Out:lnce of the tr.tvelintt public :out
t of !riving satisfaction to all who ma ,
Feb 12.66 ,If
Lewisville!
BIIRTO.:
taken 11'
o make the I
eels contidr.l
' all on him. '
4 - ‘l' MARBLE WORK
'
kii , Monuments and Tomb-6tones
r r -, f all kinds, will ho furnished on rearnsua
St ~4 „ „ Ic terms and short nodes by , I ,
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• ~.,!••••—'', Residence :. Extallo, '13,1 mike, south of
"'"'"'" ofidersport, Pa., on the Stenemehcoling
e your orters at. the P 0.4 On',: rove ,
Rood, or lea:
L DAN il.f.liElt.
ENS! , BOT_IsZT Y . and WAR CLAIM ASE'SC •
.t . Feast es procurd for Soldiers of th 2 present
i
• at-who a e disabled by reason of wounds receivdd
or disease c ntracted while in the service of the Unit d
States •, and pensions, bounty, and arrears of pay o ~
~.
Weed for idows or heirs of those who have died
bop m
killed while in soas). All letters of inquiry
promptly . a ewer°. , and on receipt by mail stmt-of a stmt
meat
pap re for heir si
meat of th case o claimant, I will forward the ne
ttnature. F••es in Pension
oases as fix dby la . Refers to news. Isaac Benson,
A. o.'olm ted, John S. Mann, an
DAN d FBAKER,x.m, Eeq
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Claim Agent, Coudereport, Pa.
I Itch ! Itch I .
SCRATCH! SCRATCH !
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rovs OINTMENT,
s, the Itch in 43 Mourn!
L.LT MEM: 'ISLtIERS. CFITL
II ERUPTION'S OF. THE BK.IN".
Or sale by TTER, Sole Aze all drugeists. Fly S
n endine
;KS & POte, 170
It, Boston, it will be forwarded by
ege, to any part of the,tigited &Mts.
up, notidd , I wkor 137.
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SCUAIf
Also our'
BLAINS,
pace 50 ce
60 Cents to I
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Dacia to tip Tiirleiplcs cf Imp ;1 - floct-qc2 , , 419 tile Dissetriiintioß of iljorqlity, I.itchqtyhe qqa fietta.
Vjgr We copy the following
Folks, for 3 , larch, thinking it
to be relished by everybody :
Darius Green ,and his Fl ;no-Machine.
f ewer there lived a Yankee lad,
Wi'se or otherwise, good or bad,
Who, seeing the birds fly ; clidl n't jump
With flapping arms from stake or stump,
Or spreading the fait,
i Of his coat for a sail,
Take a soaring leap from po or rail,
And wonder why •.
Ile could - n't fly,
And flap and flutter and wish and tiy,—
I f ever you knew a country dunce
1V:ho did n't try that as often as once,
Ail I can :Ay is, that's a sign
He never would do for a hero of mine.
•
•
A aspiring genius was D. Green
Tie son of a lariner.—age fourteen ;
Ills body was tong and lank and lean,—
Jilst rightfor flying, as Will be seen ;
•
He had tWo l eyes as bright as a bean,
And a frekled nose that grew between,
aWry,—for I must mention
That lie had rivited his atten•.ion
Upon his Wonderful invention.
Twisting his tongue as be twisted his strings,
And working his face as lie worksd his wings,
And with every turn of Firnlet and screw
Turning and screwing his mouth round too,
Till his nose seemed bent
To catch the scent,
Around sonic corner, of new-baked pies.
Arid his wrinkled cheeks and his squinting eyes
Gi4w puckered into a queer grimace,
That made him look very droll in the face,
1. Aud eLso very wise.
, .
And: wise he mnsfhave been, to do more
Than ec,•r a tr.. , .in , .. ,I id before„ 1
Excepting Dadalus of yore
And his son Icarus, who wore
Upon their, backs ! .
- - Those wings of ;vex I
lle had read of in the old almanackii:
Darius was clearly of the opinion;
That the air is alit man's dominion,
And that, with paddle, or fin or'pilliOn,
We soon or late
Shall navigate „ .
The azure as now we sail the sea.
The thing looks simple enough to Me ;
And if you doubt it, •
Hear how ratios reasoned about it; •
The birds can fly;
: An' why can't I ?
Must we give in."
1 1 • Says he with a grin,
That ihe bluebird and phmbe
Are smarter 'n we be 2
Jest fold our hands an' see the
An" blackbird 'an' catbird beat
Dons the little : chatterin', sassy
bigger inY thumb. kliow
Jest show me : that
'Cr prove `t the bat.
Hex got more brains than 's in my hat;
Au' back dolwii, an' not till then I"
Ire argued further': "Nur.l can't see
What's th' use fi t wings to a,humble-bee,
Fur to git lirim with, more 'u to me
;
Ain't my business
I important 's his'n is 1
; That Icarus
Made a pretty muse,—
Him ati his dadil , y I? edalus
Tiles: might 'a k lowed wings made 'o wax
Wouldn't stat4sun-heat an' hard whacks.
I 'II make mine o' hither, ' •
Ltr suthin' ur other."
And be said to himself,as he tinkered and p]an'd:
" But I ain't gain' to show my hand
:TO Rummies that never can understand •
The fun idee that's big an' grand."
Sn' he kept his secret from all the rest,
Safely buttoned within his vest ;
And in the loft above the sited
H self he locks, with thimble and thread
wax and hammer and buckles and screws,
Atid all such things as geniuses use ; •
TWo bats for patterns, curious fellows : •
A iatMoal-pot anda, pair of bellows ;
SMne Wire, and several old umbrellas ;
learriage-cover for tail and wings ;
Apiece ~ f,harness ; and straps and strings ;
ij And a big strong box,
,r In which lie locks
T gse and.a hundred other things.
5 - 1
lit's grinning brothers, Reuben and Burke
'AO Nathan and .16tham and Solomon, lurk I
Afound the corner to see him work,— 1
Siflog cries-legged, like a Turk,
r i 4
D wing the waxed-end through with a jerk,
And boring the holes With a comical quirk
OPhis wise old head. aOd a knowing smirk.
Stint vainly they mountiql each other's backs,
And poked Ulm' knot-holes and pried through
1 craCks ; , (stack
, With wnoil from the pile and straw from the
Oe plugg'd the knot-hole , and calk'd the cracks;
!And a dipper of water. which one would think
lie had hrmight up into the; loft to drink
When hechanced to be dry,
Stood always:tag'',
, !For Darius was sli , I ! • :
And whenever 1 . ! work liii happened to!spy
A; chink or crevice a blinking eye. , •
Hi let the di Pper'Of water fly. , . .
“ Fake that ! an' efj ever ye git a peep
Gtiess e 11 ketch a weasel asleep I"
!,
And he sings as he locks
I ills big strong box ; •
. .
. Tlid tveasel's bead is small an' trim,
An' be is little an' long an' slim,
An' quick .if coition 411' nimble of limb,
An' of you 'll be
" Advised by me,
Keep wide awake when ye 're ketcbini him!"
So day after day ;
.
II- stitched and tinkered and banlinered away,
Till at last 't was done, , — .
The greatest invention under thetsun
“ in' now," says Darius," hooray for some fun!"
, 'Twas the Fourth of July,
. And .the weather was dry,
And not a cloud was on all the sky,
SaVe a few light, fleeces which here and there,
.
Half mist. half air,
Like foain on the ocean went floating by,--;
Just as lovely a morning as ever was seen
For a nice little trip in a flying-machine.
Thought cunning Darius : "Now I Elm' n't go
Along 'ith the fellers to see the show.
I 'll say I 'ci t e got sich a terrible cough!
An' then. when the folks 'ave all gone off,
I 'll liev full swing
FurGl try the thing,..
An' practise a little on the wing."
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., TUESDAY. MARGE 26, 1867.
fibm Our Young
ufficiently spicy
swaller
us holier ?
wren,
more than men?
MEM
" Ain't goin' to see the celebration 4"
Says brother Nate. "No ; botheration
I 'ye got sich a cold—a toothache—l -
my gracious i—feel 's though I shoidd fly I"
•
SRid
Jotham, "Sho I
Giiess ye better go."
But Darius said, "No I
Should n't wonder 'f you might see me. though,
•Lotigt 'boot noon, of I (4, , it red .
0' this jumpin', thumpin' pain 'n my head."
For all the while to himself he said ;--
" I 'll tell ye what •
I 'll fly afew times around the lot,
To!see how 't seems, then soon 's I 'ca got
The Lang o' the thing, ez likely 's not,
I 'll astonish the nation,
An' all creation,
By Ilyin' over the celebration !
Over' their heads I 'll sail like an eagle
I'll balance myself on my wings like a seargull;
I ',II dance on the chitnblys; 1.011 stand ou the
steeple ;
I'll flop up to winders an' scare the people
1111 light on the liberty-pole, an' crow ;
Ail' 1 'll say to the gawpin' fools below,
'What world's this 'ere
That 1 've come near V (moon ;
Fur I 'lllmake 'em b'lieve I 'm a chap Pin the
An' I 'lll try a race 'ith their ol' balloon 1"
Ile crept from his bed ;
And, seeing the others were gore, he said,
gittin' over the cold 'n my head."
And away he sped,
TO open the go nde rfu I box in the
•
LW, brothers bad walked but a little way,
When Jotham to Nathan chanced to say,
What's the feller up to; hey 9"
Don'o%—the's suthire ur other to pay,
Ur he would n't stayed tb hum to -day.
Says Burke, “Ilis toothache 's all 'n his eye I
He never 'd miss a Folh-o-July,
Ef he had n't got some machine to try."
Then Sul, the little one, spoke : "By darn
4's hurry back and hide in the barn,
An' pay him fur tellin' us that yarn !" [back,
" Agived I" Through the orchard they:creep
Along by the fences, behind the stack,
And one by one; through a hole in the Wall,
under the dusty barn they crawl,
Dressed in their Sunday garments all ;
And a very astonishing sight was that, j
When ma in his cobwebbed coat and hat
Came up through the floor like an ancient rat.
And there' they hid ;
And Reuben slid •
The fastenings back, and the door undid
Keep dark l" said he,
"Fhile rsquint an' see what the' is to see."
As knights of old put on their 'nail,—
From head to foot
Au iron, suit, •
Iron jacket and iron boot,
Iron breeches,and on the head
No hat, but ant iron pot instead,.
And under the cnin the bail,
(I believe they called the thing a helm,)
Then sallied forth to overwhelm
The dragons and pagans that plagued the realm,
S. this 'modern knight,
Prepared for flight, j • 7
fig on his wings and wrapped them tight,—
.lointed and jaunty, strong and light,—
Buckled them fast to shoulder and hip,—
Ten feet they measured from tip to tip I
And a helm had he, but that lie wore,
Not oa his head, like those of yore,
But more like the helth of a ship.
• ‘ l i
Hush l" Reuben said,
• i "He 's Up r in the shed
He's opened the see his head
IHe stretches it out,
- An' pokes it about,
Lookin' hi see 'f the coast is clear,
An'-nobody. near ;
Guess he doii'o who's hid in here I
He 's riggin' a spring-hoard over the sill ! .
Stop Solomon !Burke, keep still I
He 's a climbing out now—'. Of all the things !
What 's he got on 4 I van, it's 'wings I
An' that 't other thing! I rum, it 's a tail
Au, there - be sets like a hawk on a rail !
Steppin` careful, are travels the length [strength.
Of his sprinr , board, •and teeters to try its
Now he stretalis his wings like monstrous . l:rat ;
Peeks over his shoulder, this way an' that,
• Fur to see 'f the' any one by •
But the' on'y a ca'f an' a goslin'
They turn up at him a wonderin'
To see— 'the dragon !he 's goin' to fly
Away - e got:s I Jimminy I what a jump I
Flop4flop—an' plump
To thri ground with a thump!
Flutt'rin' floundrin', all 'n a lump !"
As a demon is hurled by an angel's spear.
Heels over Wad. to his proper Npliere.
Heels over .Iniad, and head over heels,
Dizzily dowir the abyss he wheel..L—
L n the midstjof the barn-yard. he came down,
Ina woaderful whirl of tangled string*, .
litoken braces and broken springs,
Broken tail aim.' broken wings,
Shooting-stars., and various things,—
Barn-yard litter of straw and chaff,
And much tliat was n't so sweet by half.
Away with a bellow fled the calf,
And what was that ? Did the gosling laugh ?
'Tis a merry roar
i
From the old barn-door,
And be liear.d the voice of Jotham crying,!
'Say, D'rius I how do you hkeollyin
Slowly, ruefully, where he; lay,
Darius just turned and looked that way,
As he stanched his sorrowful nose with his cuff.
"Wal, I like flyin' well entmgh,"
Ele said; "but the' ain't skh a thunderin' eight
0' fun in 't when ye come to light."
ll=
. ,
I just have room for the moral here
Aud`this is the moral,—Stick to your sphere
Or if you insist, as you have the right,
On spreading your wings for a:loftier flight,.
The moral is; care how sou light.
A Wnrrz Mutt.—Al friend told us yes
terday of an amusing sckne which he wit
nessed lately at the Ol river ford, near
Nachitsches, in Louisiaa. negro had
a wagon and a team of ix l mules, which:he
wished to drive acrosit. The two, lead
mules took kindly to the water, hut One of
the hind ones, a whiter mule, obstinately
refused to enter ( the stream. Jumping
from his seat in a -furious passion, the team
ster began beating the perverse animal with
might and main, exclaiming between the
blows, "you thinks you'se white does you!'
But I'll show you—,----tpuck. dat. colored
mules is as pail as you is. Gee, up 1."
•'M - HAT WiS IT I
V
I -
A TALE Or TEE NORTE PACIFIC.
In the year 185—I Was in command of
the Dolphin, a.fine bark of 600 tons. We
had been on a whaling voyage, and had
obtained an unusually good cargo of oil,
both in quality and. quantity.
With our course laid for home, the crew
in good health, and a fair prospect of per
centage money on the cargo, what more
would we want to keep the song and the
jest on the fins of the crew 'I Time passed
quickly aloe "Homeward bound" has
intensified meaning to the whaler's crew,
and as :we bowled along with a good breez.e
each day getting nearer to our homes and
firesides, there were fO. 4, the vessel who
did not feel their spirits vitu ea .•
day's progress.
One night about eleven o'clock I was
sitting at the upper end of my cabin table'
consulting.a chart on which the venel's
course was laid . down. I had been reading
Dante's Iqferno, and the horrible nature
of the work had aroused my sensitive feel
ings to such an extent that, I had deter
mined to try how far a 'igar a , pl a walk
on deck would steady my nerves. Just, as
I was about rising from my chair, to go 'on
deck I noticed a figure descending the com
panion way before me. A single glance
told me that it was not one of the crow.
Not one of my well-fed, sleek Men could
possibly look as miserable as this figure
looked, even at the distance at which I saw
him. Slowly, he descended the steps,'
grasping the hand-rail to support himself'
as if he were too feeble to descend without
support. His back was bent, and his head
lay forward on his breast as if' he was care
fully watching his footsteps: his' fe=e were
bare, while Ins-head was enveloped in a
piece of oid soil-cloth in - place of a cap.
His left ann,huno• down by his side care
fully rolled up in his coat, which had evi•
dently been taken off for this purpose; and
the arm itself appeared to be br-ken. Qui
letly and without uttvriug a word he ap
proached me, and at list he Sat down at
the opposite side of the table.to that which
was my accustomed place. He then slow
ly raised his head, and a sight was presen
ted to my astonished gaze, the like of
which J. hope I may never see again. A
fine, noble face it was; but attenuated by
disease and suffering, or perhaps both. 'l.'he
features had been good and regular, lint
now the kke checks were sunken and hol
low; the teeth, white and even, Were firm
ly set together, while the thin, parched lip ,
were drawn back trom them. The
,eye:
were as black as coat, but sunk far baa it]
the head, and I saw that they were at otict
fixed onine with a dull, unmeaning stare:
The! figure now stood , up just opposite to
me,land I felt myself• spell-bound to rri)
seat), without the power Ito address it.
Hewitt , * looked at me fixedly for sonic time,
the figure then walked up i to my Side till
it touched my shoulder. Reaching out
his arm, he laid a bony finger on the chart
which was on the table, and before I could
muster courage to articulate, to! he had
disappeared.
Recovering my composure somewhat,
sprang with a bound up the companion
way and shouted for the mate. He speed
ily replied to my call and came dragging
something behind him
As
kept up a.
continued howling. As he came nearer to•
me I saw that, it was my Labrador dog
Ca par, and I inquired the meaning of
what he was doing. "Why sir." he replied
"the dog lay on the Companion-hatch unti:
a few moments ago, apparently sound asleep
when all of a sudden he sprang up with a
herrible howl; and tan to his kennel for
ward with his tail between his legs. 1
went forward after him, and. found him in
his kennel shaking with fright, and when
I put my hand in to pat ; him he 'attempt
ed to bite me. Hearing-you call, "I drag
ged him aft with me by his collar, to see it
lie had not been hurt in some manner, for
I never saw him act so before."
Idid not examine the terrified drig,
felt that he had seen my visitor as well as
myself. With some difficulty I soothed
him, and then went down below. 'Walk
Mg up to my table, I cast a glance down
at the chart. At the exact spot where my
visitor had placed his attenuate finger
saw a dull red mark, and on a closer ex
amination I perceived that it was a drop of
blood. The mark indicated a position in
the chart which was about a day's sail from
and at right angle to our course. Por two
hours I paced the deck wondering at What
had happened. The victor was surely no
creation of my own imagination, for the'
dog had seen the figure as well as Myself,-
and the spot on the chart was plain eNidence.
What could it' mean? -I half determined to
ask the Man's advice. He was a firm be
Bever in spiritual manifestations, and would
endeaver to solve the enigma in some way
or other. But then I had alwayi ridiculed
the notion, and it was too Oiling to my .
pride to ask his advice now on that of
which I had always denied the existence
[save in a heated imagination so I deter-,
mined to keep my own counsel. Turning
.in soon after I slept well arM aWoke re
freshed--determined in my own mind to
`say nothing and think no-more about
When: I got on deck I found that we
were becitlined I, Not a ripple was on the
water.. ; The day , passed away monotonous
ly enough. The crew slept. I read and
smoked, and eleven o'clock that night found\
me in my chair at the bead of th; ; table in
the cabin. Caspar, who had quite', got over
his fears.,jay on the hatch at the, head of
the cabin stairs. I could hear the pat, of
his tail as a sort of greeting to thvnate as
he kept passing him in his walk up
. and
down the deck. This evening my lthniaghts
wevagranquii, for I was reading* vol.:me
Of iongtellow's poems and was in the
midst of Evangeline, when I heard a howl
from Casper and the .scurry of his feet as
he scampered forward. Looking: up I saw
my visitor of the preVious night again de
scending the companion-way. 7He seemed
much weaker, and came slowty down,
clutching, the handrail with his one sound
arm and hand. He Walked across the cab
in more feebly than het; we, and his. respi
ratiOn was heavy and labored When be
reached? the table.
.1 . -
He glanced at the table with an anx
ious look as if to-see whether the chart
was still there. It was'not. He then gazed
at me with a disappointed and sorrowful'
stare an , l. disappeared. I remained quiet
ly in my chair for some ten minutes after
tle tre hal departed. When I wen:
on-deck I found 7 tlie mate again endeavor
', to soothe the 'dog, who snap
snarled in hiS kennel until it wasunsafe to
approach him.`. Leaving . him there I went
below, and throwing •mvself, dreSsial as I
was. - bn my cot, - I tried to sleep. Utire•
freshing and feverish was the sleep •which
visited me that night, and I arose in the
morning totally unfit for work of any kind
a with my nerves entirely
. Unstrung.
What was expected of Mei; tor what
purpose had I been warned ?- 7 .-What must.
I do? Thus I mused during the entire day.
Caspar tept'close . to his kennel all the time
and steadily refused to eat or driuk. W hen
ever any one of us approached bun lie at
tempted to snap at us. and appeared as if
entirely under the influence of some great
fear. The calm had continued during the
entire day, and we made no prog,rkss what
ever. Again evening approached and the
Same hour found me as err the twO previous
nights. sitting at my table. This time :I
eagerly awaited my visitor. Would the
figure again appear? I found Myself hop
ing that it would. This time not at
tempt to read, for my "th ,tightsi were too
troubled to permit. of any concentratine
in) , mind on any book. The eame chart
with the blood-stain on it, lay on the table
before Me: Would my visitor, if he Caine
again, touch that spot, or Would he give
me some other sign which might, indicate
to me the course I ought torpurtuiel, This
time there was no Caspar to Warn the,;
but, I felt that the figure was coining even;
err it appeared. PresentlV I saiv It again
coming down the stairs. ThiS time it was;
o%'idently far-weaker than before,'l for with!
difficulty coal it stand, and it.toded down
the steps in manifest sutferinms and agony.'
A.tda.stit reached the cabin . ' floor and at
tempted to it . dviince toward me; but no
sooner had it let go the Vaud-rad . than it
-ank down exhausted. I sprang .4.11). and'
rushed toward it; but the moin e nt,l. moved
the spectre vanished, and when I 'attelopt.
ed to raise the fallen figure my hands touch
ed the cabin floor. -
And now a light.'seemed to break upon
me. I rushed• upon deck, when I found
the mate and crew setting all Sad to catch
the breeze. which had just sprung . up.
immediately give . order that the )(:/pkin,..s.
course should be altered to • -that which
would bring us to the spot marked se-plain
ly on the cnart b l y, the drop of b! i.l. Al
that night I paced' the deck ~ No sleep
seemed, possible to me until ,his hidden
invstpry should be revealed.. W. mad e a
beautiful run, and with daylight] I hoped:
to find— Irtat i= I knew net..
The dawn brought a disappointment, 'A
dense fog lay on the face of the ocean
We could discern nothing at Len yardS dis
Lance from the vessel's side. Aceording to
iny.calculations and by the log we should'
Dave been nOt far from that spot on the
wide sea where I hoped to find a solution
of the mystery. Toward noon the 'Wind
died away, and at length deserted us alto
gether. Then theo fo slowly roue, and I
at once, glass in hand, ' ascended the rig.;
ging. With eager rraza I scanned the hor
izon; ahead and on boih bows, but no wed
comb object met my eyes. Disheartened
at Ilknew not what, I was about coining
down when I chanced to look directly Ai.
tern. Almost directly in our wake, but fart
astern of us lay an object, which oy thad '
of glass, I made out to be an opert boat.' I
could not discern anything in it, and it ap
peared to lie like a lbg upon the Water.
The gig was soon lowered according to My
orders. and a mate and a boat's crew were
dispatched, to inspect the boat aslit lay far
astern. I felt quite Unequal to going
myself, so agitated . was I, but Ilhad pres
euce of mind enough to order some brandy
and nourishment suitable-to the; sick and'
famished to be brought upondeCk.: I felt
as assured that. my visitor was there as if I
'had seen .din in the boat; kit whether
leave or dead dar44.l uat-to
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Twice I had been summoned, and twice 'I
had neglected the attmtnnbs. On the third
occasion my.spectre Yisitor,had sunk to all
appe,arance, lifeless on the floor of thy cab.
in. Was lie dead, or was he on)y
death-like swoon? I thought over the
wondert.l incid• l ents which bad caused me
to find the boat. The wind had OW away
when had neglected to obey the' first stint..
inons, nor did de return until after had re•
ceived this third call. Had it not attain
died away when it did, I should beim pas:4 ,,
ed the boat so far in the fog as not to be
able to see it when the fog lifted.' As II
was, we
,wdle very nearly out of sight whett
the horiion became clear. Halran bode
more wind and the mystery: would !lON'
have been revealed.; Scarce could I restrain
my impatience. Ildwever, , there wag no.
help for it. I must unit until the gig re.
turn -d After hours of suspense lat JatAt
beheld the gig approaching ,slowly with
the other boat in tow. LitiAle to endure
tie. terrible sitspPiise I went down into . the
cabin Soon I,heard the gig touch the
ship,s side and the mate giving orders to
lower away . the chair from the yard-ftrin•
Then, I thought, they had found him; but
he must be too feeble to climb up the
ship's side. A few moments, and I heard
approaching footsteps, and down the stairs
•
waS brought, with the assistance of some of
the crew, my vi itor for the fourth time;
but now really and truly in the flesh. He
WaS suppurted in the arms .of the mate,
but he held on to the hand-mil just, as I
had seen him in the three visits. HIS left,
hand hung loOsely at his side, and WAS
bandaged up just as I had observed on the
three occasio la of the spectre's visits.
We gave him .proper efreshment and ptit
him to bed. He gradually revived, and in
a few days was able to -tell us his story.
He had been captain of a large vessel trad
ing in the Pacific The crew had mutin
..
ied, - and had cast him. adrift in the open
boat, with nothing to eat but a few biscuit,
which were thrown into the boat in deris•
ion by one of the mutineers. When these
were eaten he - had tiled to eke out life by
eating his shoes, and 0 ith water wrung
from his clothes after rain and heavy dews.
he hadlnenched• in a manner 'his thirst.
' When found by the mate he lay extended
in the bottom of the boat in a death-like
swoon and owed hisiecovery, perhaps, chief .
ly to the brandy which I hal sent in the
gig.. In a few days more we assisted him
or! deck, - Ca.par no sooner saw him than
lit flew at him, and but for my interference
%Veuld have torn him to pieces. During
the, rest of the voyage we were obliged to
keep the dog chained up. As soon as we
percieved the boat the Dolphin had been
put upon her former course, and now, with
a fair wind, we again sped merrily on.
I now felt. satisfied that omens and sign*
were sometimes vouchsafed mortal men for
certain grave reasons, and, though not
perstitions, I still believe that they are more
frequent than is usually supposed. As we
neared- the prat for which we were bouta
Captain Williams (for such was the name
of my visitor) was one day sitting with me
in the cabin, when he asked to see the
chart, as ,he wished to pick out the 8pot !
where I had found him. I gave him au
entirely new chart, and he busied himself'
sharpening a pencil with which to murk
the place, where he ! had so nearly lost his
life. Suddenly I heard an exclamation
from him, which 11;1 followed up by saying`.
dear— , --., I an very sorry; but I
have cut iry finger;and have dropped some
blood on your new Chart, and see that, I.
have soiled the very spot_Which I was go=
ing to point out as that whereabouts yo•A
found me. But, he!added, in a light laugh,
"that wid do instead to *mark place:"
I have t.,e two charts, now, both of
_then%
exactly alike; one (lode by Captain Wil=
hams in the• flesh accidentally; the other
by—Reader. can vo; r.. 11 whn•ry ?
A corPLE of old bachel.am ont esb -
who lived a sort of a cat and don' 'life! t)=
gether fur a gOod many years; don'
hav
ing been to camp meeting were slightlt
converted, and Both of them concluded id
reform.
"Brother. Toth," says ono. when the
had arrived at home, "let us zit down now,
and I'll tell your what we'll do.--You tell
me of all my faUlts, and I'll' reh yeti - of all
yourn ; and so we'll know how to get abuub
mem I in of 'em.','
"Goud," says brother Tomb . j
"Well,, you begin." ,
"No, you begin, brother Joe:"
"Well, in the firSt place,you know, brOtitft
Tcon. you will '
Crack goes brother Ton . ri's double ilgt,
between brotliniloe's blinker- and a strifite
mage ensued, until in the course of about
ten minutes, neither being able to ddlliu to
time, reformation was postponed:
—A teacher of v
lady if her grandson g'
"Wa'al," said the
don't know•, won't y l
die and seer
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other day ; and asked
kind of pep.; he sol
the reply. "‘Vell,..
cOuts worth of pig -
I!
i
I music asked hn old
J any ear for frusic,,
I nld woman, "I nay
j ust take Lhd um'
stationery store the
the proprietor what
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ien, ni three