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HS. COOPER. PHYSICIAN A SI'KGEON
• Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa.
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" BUBHLER HOUSE " property, has already eom
■ rnced sut-fc alterations and improvements as will
render this old and popular 11 ;use equal, if not supe
rior, to any Hotel in the City of Harrishurg.
A continuance of the public patronage is refpect
fnlly solicited.
GEO. J. BOLTON
WALLS HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE,
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.
rIHS establishment has recently been refitted an
furnished in the latest style Everv attention
will he given to th comfort and convenience of those
ho patronize the IIoue.
T. R WALL, Owner and Proprietor".
Tnakhanneck, September 11, 1861.
NOBTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESIIOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA
XV in. 11. CORTRIGHT, I'rop'r
HAVING resumed the propria tori-hip of the abov
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort
•eador the house an agreeable place of sojourn -
all who may favor it with their custom
Win. II CORTRIGirr.
dene, 3rd, 1563
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TOWA.3XTBA, PA .
D. B. BART LET,
(Late ©ft. "BHAINARO Hocsr, ELHIIIA, NY.
PROPRIETOR.
The MEANS HOTEL, i one of the LARGEST
aad BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country—lt
ta Itted up in the most modern and improved style,
aad no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and
agreeable stopping-place for all,
v 3, n2I, (y
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professional services to the citizens of this placcand
airrounding country.
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Meal experience in cutting and making clothing
pow offers his services in this line to the citizens o
*1C0L8* and vicinity.
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e© to fet t|jetp,
JOSL,R, SMITH
vf-a|(|.|pi M
THE KEBT FUN.
" Now, hoys, I'll tell you how we can
have some fun," said Fred lie B—, to his
Companions, who had assembled on a beau
tiful inooiiiight evening, for sliding, si.ow
balling, and fan generally.
44 How ?" "where ? ' " What is it ?"
a>ked several eager voices all at once.
" I heard widow M—tell a tnan a little"
while ago," replied Freddie, "that she
would go over and sit up wiili a sick child
to-night. She said she would be over about
eight o'clock. Now, as soon as she is gone,
let's go and make a big snow man on her
door step, so that when she comes back in
the morning, sin-cannot get into hei house,
without fir-t knocking him over.
" Capital," "First-rate," 4- Hoora," shout
ed some of the boys.',
"See here," said C'iiailie N— 44 I'll tell
you the best fun."
"What is it?' again inquired several
oices at once.
44 Wait awhile." said Charlie, '• If'bo's
got a wood saw ?"
44 1 have," "So have I," "and I," an
swered three of the boys. 4 ' But what in
the world do you want a wood-aw for?"
44 You shall see," replied Charlie, 44 It is
almost eight o'clock now, so go and get
your saws. You, Freddie and Nathan, get
each an axe and I will get a shovel. Let
us all be back here in titteen minutes, and
then I'll show you the fun."
The boys scparaied to go on their sev
eral errands, each wondering what the fun
could be, and what possible use could be
made of wood-saws and axes in their play.
But Chailie was not only a great favorite
with them al, but also an acknowledged
leader, and they fullv believed in bun and
his promise. Their curiosity gave elastic
ity to their steps, and they were soon as
semhled.
"Now,'* said Charlie, 44 Mrs, M. —is gone
for 1 met her whe.t I was coining back, so
let's be tiff at once."
44 But what are you going to do?" inquir
ed several impatient members of the party
• You shall see directly," replied the I a
der, as they approached the humble resi
dence of Mis. M—.
* Now, boys," said Charlie, you see that
pile of wood ; a man hauled it here this af
ternoon, and 1 heard Mrs. M—tell him un
less she got some one to >aw it to night, she
should have hardly anything to make a fire
of m the morning. Now we can saw and
split that pile of wood just as easy as we
could bui'd a great snow mail, and when
Mrs. M —comes home from her watching,
she will be full as uiu3h surprised to find
her wood sawed, as she would to tiud a
snow man on her doorsteps, and a great
deal more pleasantly surprised, too. What
sa\ you? Will von do it?"
One or two of the boys rather demurred
at first. Tliey didn't like to saw wood, liny
said. But the majority were in favor of
Charley's project, so they finally joined in,
and went to work with a will.
41 I'll go around to the back of the shed,"
said Charlie, "aud crawl through the win
dow and unfasten the door. Then we'll tak
turns in sawing, splitting and carrying i >
wood ; and I want to pits it up real nice,
and to shovel all the snow away from the
dour; and a good wide path, too from the
dooi to the street —won't it be tun, when
she Comes home and sees it ?"
The bovs began to appreciate the fun,for
t hey tell that they were doing a good deed,
and individually experienced that self sat
isfaclion and joy wuioh always results from
well doing.
It was not a long or wearisome job f<r
seven robn>t and healthy boys, to saw, split
and p'le up the poor widow's halt' cord "t
wood, and to shovel a good path. And when
it was done, so great was ibetr pleasure and
satisfaction, that one of the boys who object
ed to work at first proposed that they sho'd
go to a neighboring carpenter's shop,where
a plenty ot shavings could be had for the
carrying away —and each bring an armful
of kindling wood. The piopositiou was
re idilv acceded to, and this done, tliey re
paired to their several homes, all of them
more than satisfied with the "fun" of the
evening. And next morning, when the
weary widow returned from watching by
the sick bed, and saw what was, done, she
was pleasantly surprised; and afterwards,
when a neighbor, who had, unobserved,
witnessed the labors of the boys, tool how
it was done, her fervent in vocation—"God
bless the boys,' ofiisclf, if they could but
have heard it, wa an abundant reward fur
their labors.
All. bo} 6 and girls, the best fti" is always
found in dmug something that is kind and
useful. This is the deliberate opinion •fa
gray-beaded old man: but if you doubt it
in the leas', just try it tor yourselve-, and
be cotivinced.
An extensive business is carr ed on in
Englati J hunting up portraits for Ani'-ri
cans in order to make galleries of ances
tors.
(gp A father may transmit a Round and
healthy constitution to his -on, and the lat
ter destroy it bv vicious excesses. Our
revolutionary fathers bequeathed*to us the
best constitution in the world, and we are
shattering it as reck ess as a miserable pro
fligate shatters his own.
IW An excited father called in great
hasts on Dr Abernaiby. and exclaimed in
an excite 1 manimr, 4 i3octor! doctor! Mr
boy has swallow; d a mouse !" 44 I hen go
home," quietly replied the doctor, "and tell
bim to swallow cat!"
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERT PREENAIY'S RIGHT* ''—Thomas Jeffersow.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5. 1866
ANSWER TO A -'CAUL,."
The following answer substantiantally
with names omitted, -was returned to a
"call" extended as a Home Missionary
Agent to a young minister to "settle" in
the interior of one of the Western States :
" DEAR BROTHER ; —Allow me to group
a few objections against going to .
I speak bv the card.
"1, You know that state is considered
the worst in the"Union, that country the
worst in the state, that town the worst in
country, and that neighberhood lias the
worst set of mer. in town. One man there
is "such a son of Belial that a man can
not s pea At o him." (I Sam. 25: 17.) —
He is considered, however, the best man
in town. The prophet Samuel bad aiso
the advantage in his day in that Nabal
had a good wife; but this man's wife i*
worse than himself. "The Lord also
mote Nabal that lie died," but this mm
and his wife are still alive. You are
when you call it "ralher a tough country,
but the grandest kind of a mission fi Id."
4 "2. The mud is from three to five feet
deep, an alluvial deposit of that depth ly
ing upon a substratum of clay impervious
to water. This under stream of clav, how
ever, is the only salvation of the country,
preventing from sinking and sinking below
it. All travelling done on horseback ; but
my horse is not long-legged enough to
touch the under stratum. The tradition is,
that when the Creator finished cementing
the world, He threw an extra hodful of
naor ar down in this country.
"3. Mosquitoes are of the mammoth
kind, generally termed gallinipper-. Many
of them Will weigh a pound, and they
climb up on the trees and bark.
4. Fever and ague indigenous. Conn
try flat, and streams run both ways. Ague
shakes even the bark ofl' from all exc- pt
gum-trees. Few have ever crawled out
of that sixteen rades swamp alive, and
tuny were shaken out by the chills.
"5. The inhabitants are not as loving as
cooing doves. The last commandment,
"that ye love another." probably has not
reached them, as they hve so lar in land.
Inde. dit is the Kilkennv cats over
again. Yon know the cats fought all
night, when nothing could he found but a
cloud of fur at the tip of Nerval's tail. So
Norval beat. Well a cloud of fur lias
rested over this district a score of years.
Bobtails of no account.
44 6. That salary of S3OO (maximum)
must be a mistake, as that is a larger sum
of money than was ever heard ot in the
country.
4 There is one advantage, however, to
be mentioned in this connection. Pastors
in this district have generally been "s. ttled
for life. The r longevity, lioweve-, hsa not
been remarkable.
"All things considered, I think I'd better
decline the call, hoping that the successful
candidate may make his "will" before lie
"settles " He might get his life insured
had not all the life insurance companies
ibindui-(] thai part of the country
"It in foiiunaie that "the church has no
m in in view"—I mean for the inau ! '
THE HI MIH G ABOUT THE "CONFRDKR
ATE DEBT.'—The Jacobins are trying ve
ry hard to make capital out of the "Con
federate Debt." There is no such thing
in existence as a Confederate Debt! The
I'Onds issued by the so-called Confederacy
were made payable after the independence
of the Government was acknowledged.—
As the Confederacy never was acknowl
edged. there is no debt. Besides, the
Southern States have expressly repudiated
all d hts eonllacted in aid of the rebellion.
The talk about the 4> Rebel Debt" is, there
fore, a bugbear,.intended to deceive the peo
ple.
The people of Northern Georgia are stlil
unable to talk of anything but the gold de
posits. The Atlanta Intelligencer says it
saw a pan of dirt so rich that it is calculated
it would yield five hundred dollars to the
ton. The Kentucky Silver and Load Com
pany is also doing finely. The mine near
Russel's cave produces lead and silver in
considerable quantities Some of the lead
are available for the manufacture of white
lead.
JANE SWISSELM, who was formerly a
Government clei k, wags an ugly tongue.
Blic calls tin- President "the madman.w ho,
by the wrath of God and folly of the Re
publican party, now holds the capital of
this nation." Jane must be first cousin to
Forney and Bergner.
HINDOO LOOM —Nothing can be more
rude, or in appearance, less calculated lor
delicate maufacture, than the loom of the
Hindoo weaver, which he sets up in the
morning under at ree, before bis door, and
takes down at sunset. It consists merely
of two rollers, resting on four stakes driven
into the ground, and sticks which cross the
warp. These are supported at eac'i end,
the one cross tiers to the tree, under the
shade of which the loom is erected ; and
the other by two cords fastened to the foot
of the weaver ; thus enable him to sepa
rate the threads of the warp, for the pur
pose of crossing it wMi the wool.
For the greater convenience, he digs a
hole in the ground to put his legs in. He
uses a piece of wood or stick, or almost
anything that comes to hand, for a shuttle ;
and yet with such rude instruments as
these, the Hindoo weaver produces stuff so
fine, that when spread <>u the grass, they
jptercept none of its colofp.
SAYINGS OF JOSH BILLINGS'
I like them kind of boys who are always
trieing to lift a half a tun.
The author haz evrv thing tu gain, the
critick haz nothing tu looze ; hence the
timidity of the one, and the brass kittleness
or the other.
Let the world understand that yu kan be
spit upon, and you are a spit-box for life.
It ain't the bump on a man's back that iz
the subjick ov rid kule, it iz the wreath of
flowers which he undertakes tew hide it
with.
If fools would be kontent tew ackt nat
ral, they would'nt be noticed.
Honesty makes reputashun, and honour
preserves it.
Mi idee ova delightful woman iz, one
who seems tew love evrybudy, but in fak
only luvs her hustband,
Adam probably was nev. r more tickled
than win nhe fu.-t discovered Eve, which
shows bow unnatral solitude iz.
It costs more now daze taw feed and
clothe "et ceteia" than enny other fellow
in the family.
Conscience iz nothing but reason, more
or less edikated ; conscience is not so strong
a natral'gift az an ear for musick.
Thare iz now and then a lion puts on a
skin, and for whi he duz it, who
knows ?
Looking glasses won't lie, but they tell
sum awful plain troths, now and then.
A dog iz the only dependent that i kno
ov upon whom yu kan always rely az a
friend.
Thar iz no one who iz so certain ov al
ways teelin good az he whose own vanity
always supplies biz hopper with a g'ist.
If yu are agoing tew help a man,be live
ly about it, promised assistance, after awhile
iz konsidered, a debt.
Friendship iz like pickled meats ; tew
keep it sweet, the brine wants changing
once in awhile
The only way tew make mankindjhappy
iz tew make them better.
Don't never pndict much, for if yn git
it right, noboddy will remember it; and
if you git it wiong. noboddy will disremem
ber it.
Sum people are verry apt tew think that
their opinyuii, backed up bv a pair ov bos
ses and a coachman, iz onmipoletise. but i
have, thus far, put m >re lieft ot eonfidense
in brains, than i hav in boss feed.
Don't forgit that evrv man iz a beggar,in
tlie opinytin ov the Loid— 44 Giv us this day
our daily bread."
This tricing to liv on the rrputaslinn ov
a dead giand'ather, iz just about az euter
prizing az trieing tew hateli out rotton eggs
under a tin weather cock.
Mankind wont mutch excuse for pitch
ing into the unfortunate.
No man iz nt tew lire in solitude, unless
lie iz az puie az the things thai surround
him.
Curiosity iz the basis ofawl improvement
but there tz a deal ov curiosity that
iz sati-fied in reading the signs over the
stones.
How tnenny people there iz in this
world whose charakters are anonymus.
Two Dutchmen, who had built
and used in common a small bridge over a
stream which crossed iheir farms, had a
dispute concerning some repairs which it
required, and one of them positively re
fused to bear rny portion of the -expense
necessary to the purchase of a few planks.
Finallv the aggrieved paitv went to a
neighboring lawyer, anil, placing ten dol
lars in his hand, said :
"I'll give yon all dish moneys, if you'd
make Hans do justice mit de pr dge."
"How much will it cost to repair it?"
ask d the lawyer
"Not more as five tollar," replied the
Dutchman.
"Very well," said the lawver, pocketing
one of the notes and giving him the other;
"take this and go get the hridg • repaired ;
'tis the best course you can take."
"Y-a-a-s," replied the Eutchman slowlv,
"y a-a s, dat i-h more better as to quarrel
mit Hans;" but a> he wt nt along home he
shook bis head frequently, as if unable, aft
er all, to see quite cleaily how lie had
gained anything by going to law.
REWARD OF FIDELITY.—Never forsake
a friend. Wlien enemies gather around,
when sicknnssfalls on the heart, when the
world is dark and cheerless —is the time to
try true fr endship. They who turn from
the scene of distress betray their hypocrisy,
and prove that interest only moves them.
If you have a friend who loves, who has
studied your interests and happiness, be
sure to sustain him in adversity. Let him
feel that his former kindness is appreciated,
and that his love was not thrown away.—
Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists in
heart. They only deny its worth and pow
er who never loved a friend, or labored to
make a friend happy, especially in his time
of adversity.
jgj* "Allow me," said a host, in his
; most persuasive tones, to a friend dining
; with him, "alDw me to help you to a piece
! of Washington pie."
( "Sir," replied the gentleman oiatorical
ly, waving his napkin ."George Washing
ton was first in war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of his countrymen. I
admire liirn for his purity, his piety,and his
{patriotism, but I detest his pies."
WHAT WORKMEN MAT BECOME. —It is
not given to all to be masters of song, like
Burns, of art like Palissy or Gibson ; of
engineering skill, like Stephenson; of
crlic-1 acumen, like Fergusen or the elder
Ho rsehel; yet these at first were all poor
or working men, who gained their educa
tion by their own efi'ort—who did battle
with pinching poverty, lack of educational
means, prejudice of class, and all those li
ons which stand in the way of men of
weaker mold.
All cannot be field marshals in the army
of life, but somewle re lower, vet very hon
orable grades have been attained by men
once in the ra- ks, who while never for a
moment despising the labor tor which they
gained honest oread, were disposed to con
sider that woiking, eating and sleeping
are all that is north living for. Their daily
labor, honestly and intelligently performed
they felt themselves to be free citizens of
the empire of thought in which true men
take rank according to what th y essen
tially are. quite independently of the con
diti.ms of tiieir life.
When the sun shines it shines for all,
lord and laborer; and the precious instincts
which make men believe in good and
tifnl tilings treasure up and nourish the
suggestions of universal nature, and
cultivate the tah nts intrusted to their care,
are bestow- das impartially as the sun
shine. Look into my biographical dic
tionary, and you will see how little the
cin nrnstances of early life have been able
to impede the careers of really great men.
Real mental energy soon masters him, and
makes them each svbservient to its will.
fJW Our iittle four-year old Carrie
went with Iter aunt to a revival meeting.—
The preacher was very earnest in his de
livery, and she was very much interested.
"Mother," said she, when she came home,
44 1 have heard such a smart minister—lie
stamped and pounded and made &urh a
noise! and by-and-by lie got so mml he
came out the pulpit and shook his fi-ts at
the folks, and there wasn't anybody do rid
to go up unit fight him!"
A FIT PAIR.—A dandy is a thing in
pantaloons—with a body and two arms,
head without brains, tight boots, a cane
white handki rchief, two brooches, and n
ring on his little finger. A coquette is a
yo mg lady with more beauty than sense,
more accomplishments than learning, with
more chaims of person than grace of
mind, more admirers than fiiends, and
more fools than wise men for her attend
ants.
It is stated that Commodore Yanderbilt
intends to retiie from active business as
soon as lie obtains a competence. His es
tate is now estimated at only
A woman w ill tolerate tobacco smoke in
a m*n she likes, and even say she likes it ;
and ye:, curiously enough, how she dislikes
it in a man she dislikes.
Sir, lam a doctor—l have cured pain
in the head of navigations and have drawn
teeth from the mouth of the Mississippi ;
I have anatomised the side of a mountain,
blistered the foot of a bill, felt the pulse of
an aim of the sea, plastered a cut on the
hand of nature and cured a felon on the
finger of scorn.
TEMPERANCE MAN.—"Mister, you rsi'/n
has fallen down ! ' cried a temperance nv*n
so a g'og-shop keeper, before w hose floor a
drunken man was prostrate. We do not
know whether tins temperance man vs
the same into who-e store a customer reel
ed. exclaiming, 44 Mr. ,do you—keep
a-nv—thing—good to take here ?" 44 Yes,
wr have excellent cold water —the bo-t
thing in the world to take." "Well, 1
know it," was the reply : 44 t' ere's no one
—thing—that's done so much for —navi-
gation—as that."
SALT YOUR CHIMVETS.—In building a
chiinnfy, put a quantity of salt into the
mortar with which the intercourses of brick
are to be laid. The i fleet will be that there
will never be any accumulation of sootii:
that chimney. The philosophy is thus sta
ted : The salt in the portion of mortar
which is exposed, absorbs moisture every
damp day. The soot thus becoming damp
Dlls down the fire place. Our readers
should remember or preserve this little
piece of valuable information.
Remove every stone from the track in
the highway. A single projection, wlrch
might have been removed in one minute,
bash tter d and injured a thousand wag
ons, at a d image equal to a hundred days'
labor:
A young ladv told a tvpo friend lie mi't
print, a kiss on her cheek but he musn't
publish it.
"I bequeath," said an Irishman, in his
will, "to my beloved wife, all my prop
erty, without reserve, andtomv eldest son
Patrick, one-half the remainder, and to
ifennis, my youngest, the rest. If anything
is left it may go to Terrace Mcfarty."
At Colnmbu6, Ohio, recently a man was
murdered by a rival who way-laid him on
his return from a visit to Lis intended.
TERMS, tfi.OO PER ANKDIff
Time wears slippers of list, and his treart
is nois. less. The days come softly dawn
ing ; one after ...other they creep in at the
windows; their fresh morning air is grate
ful to the lips as they pant for it; their
music is sweet to the ears that listen for it;
till, before we know it, a whole life of days
has possession of the citadel, and time has
taken s for his own.
Dr Johnson, being once in company
with some scandal-mongers, one of them
having accused an absent friend of resort
ing to rouffe, he observed, ''lt is, perhaps,
after all, much better for a lady to redden
her her own cheeks than to blacken other
people's characters." Both styles of paint
ing are raneh in vogue now-a-da\3.
He that contemns a shrew to the de
gree of not descending to word it with ber,
does worse than beat her.
Accorso, a great lawyer, being asked
wliy h I>egan the study of law so late r
answered liat indeed he began it late, but
lie could therefore master it ihe sooner.
Cleanliness is next to godliness ! Dirty
people who pretend to be Christians will
please make a note of this.
It is not enough that you arejpraised by
the good ; you have failed somewhere in
your duty if you are not cursed bv the
bad.
The grounds comprising the Artietam
Cemetary. Sharpsburg, Maryland,pwas the
spot occupied by General Lee an t his staff
during the balt eof Antietam, and a nek
p.otrud ng b <ut three feel a -ove the*ur
:ace lias been pointed out to all visitors as
the one on which Gen. Lee stood and
viewed the piogre-s of the battle. It was
fioui thisr >ck tli.u lie is.si .d his orders. —
Those who took pait in t.ie battle usually
take their position upon this rok to point
to tie ir friends the farmhouse to the left
in which Gtn. McCl.llan had his head
quarters, the Burnside Bridge to the right,
and Reno's Mountain in the distance on
the apex of which the gallant general of
rhst name fell mortally wounded eaily in
the buttle. In short, ull the points of in
terest are specially visible from "Lee's
Rock."
At the meeting of the Board of Com
missioners representing a few of the States
h. ld at Sh irpsburg last spring, a vote was
taken on the question of having Lee's
Rock stand, when it was by a close vote,
decided to have it blown up and removed.
At a meeting on Thursday evening last,
held in this city, on mo 1 ion of the Com
missioners from West Virginia, seconded
by New York, the order to destroy the
rock was rescinded that it should remain.
The majority, in thus deciding, considered
Leu's Hock a historical mark ot the battle
field, that roust always prove of interest,
• specially to the visitor from a die anc<%
mho, for the first time, views the field of
this most sanguinary battle.— Baltimore
Americ <.
Alt* r Dinner Apeerh_
Freezer's Mtqazine tells the follow ing of
Hon. Daniel Webster, while speaking un
der the influence of convivial potations:
"At a public dinner, where W<bster
was to speak, he had to be prompted bv a
friend, arid, on his making a pause, the
friend behind insinuated ' National Debt."
\\ ebster at once fired up : " And. gentle
men, there's the National Debt—it should
be p id ; and if it shan't b , I'll pay it my
self! Mow much is it ?" And as lie made
this query, wth drunken seriousness, of a
gentleman near him taking out his pocket
I ook. which was a! vnys notoriously empty,,
the absurdity was too much for the audi
ence."
Another of his speeches is reported in full,
as follows:
"Men of Rochester, I am glad to sec you,
and I am glad to see your noble citv. Gen
tlemen, 1 saw your fails, which lam told
are one hundred and fifty feet high. That
is a very interesting act. Gentlemen,
Borne had her Crnsar, her Scipio, her Bru
ms; but Rome, in h£r proudest dav,
never a waterfall a hundred and fifty fee'
high! Gentlemen, Greece had her Peri*
cles, her Demosthenes and her Socrates
bii* Greece, in her palmiest days, never
had a waterfall a bundled and fifty fi et
high! Men o< Rochester, go on. No
people ever lost their liberties who bad a
waterfall a hundred and fifty feet high !"
girThe following anecdote we find cred
ittd to a Western paper, yet t bears marks
of an English origin :
A farmer came to town to pay his rent,
drawing a long face to correspond to the
times. On entering his landlord's house,
he told bin) that money was so scarce, he
must have som-* redoc i< n,j?n i dtshir.g a
bundle of bills on the table, said—
"There that is all I can pav."
The money was taken up a-d counted by
Mr. —, the landlord, who said:
" Why this is twice as much as you owe!
" Dang'ee. give it to me again." said the
farmer. "I'm dabed if I hain't took it out
ot the wtong pocket!"
Cincinnati is doing b : g business
shipping guns and ammunitiqa Sktuth tcf
the darkey*. So is Boa ton.
VOL. 6 NO. 18,
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.
No person should give advice that he is
not willing to follow himself; practice
what you preach.
Every man or woman has just as much
vanity as he or she wants understanding,
LEES ROCK