( I PROFESSIOgALCARDS LAURIE J. BLAKELY ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. ioVT, or Benzingcr P. O. Elk Co, Ta., T. T. A 1) K A 31 S , Attokney at Law LOCK IIAVEX, PA. sTunrERwiLLTs: Attorney's at Law, Ridgway Elk cou "tyl'a., will attend to all profession busiuess promptly. cTiapin & wEbur Attorneys aDd Counselors at Law, Offic in ChapiVn Block, Ridgway Elk o. Pa Particular attention given to collections and ah monies promptly remitted. Will also practice in adjoining counties. J O HlTGirATL7 ATTORNEY1 AT T a rrr Ridgway Klk County Pecna RW.JAMESBLAKELY, St. Mary's Elk Cbunty Pa. dr. w.isW. sifAw: Fracticea Medicines & Surgery Centre ville Klk Co. Pa. DR. J. s. B 0 R D WE LL Eclectic Physician, (Lately of ITarrcn county Pa.) Will promptly answer all professional Us by night or day. Residence one, door Last of the late residence of Hon. J. L. Gillis. aR. . R. Eari.ey, Kersey Elk Will attend to all call July 21, 1861. 'Co.. Pa. night or day. HOTEL CARDS. FOUNTAIN HOUSeT" JOIM O. rORTERFlELD, Proprietor. Ridgway, Elk County Pcnn'a. fredTkorb Eagle Hotel Luthersburg, Clearfield County Pa. -Fredrick Korb Proprietor, bar. Ing built a large and commodious house, is now prepared to cater to the wants of the traveling public. Lnthersbnrg, July 16th 1864. ly. L VTJTEIt CRG If 0 TEL. M.u flieftbu CJcarflcld to- Pa. WILLIAM SCHWEM, Proprietor. Luthersburg, July 27th 1864. tf. nationaOiotelT-" Corner of Peach Street and the Buffalo Road, M R I K 1 A . ENOS B. HOYT, Proprietor JThis House is new and fitied up with c.pccial care for the convenience and comfort of guests, at moderate rates. tSfaOOO STADLIlfQ ATTACHED"a EXCHANGE HOTEL, Ridijicay, Elk county Pa., DAVID THAYER, Prop'r. B.Thia house is pleasantly situated on the bank of the Clarion, in the lower end of the town, is well provided wiih house room and stabling, and the proprietor will pare no pains to render the stay of his guests pleasant and agreeable. Ridgieay July 28, 1860. HYDE HOUSE, '.Mrs- E 0- Clements, 1 : Proprietress Ridgway, Elk County Penna CLEARFIELD HOUSE, cobneb op Market and Water St'j, " . Clearfield Pa GEO. N COLBURN, Pbopbietob -4- ST- MARY'S HOEL. St. Mary's Klk County Penna, M. WELLENDORF, Prop'r. LOCK HAVEN, Pa. E. W. BIGONT, Proprietor. j Omnibus ranuing to and from the Depot tree of charge. BUSINESS CARDS Lock Haveh, Clinton County Pa. I BALERS in Flour, Grain and JL Feed near the Passenger Depot. Ridgway Markets. Corrected weeekly: Apples, (dry) buskel 8 3 50 Buckwheat " ... 1 00 Beans, " ... 4 00 Butter lb . . - 20 Beef ... 57 Boards " M. ... 10 00 Corn bushel ... 1 50 Flour " bbl. ... 12 00 " Hides lb . . . 08 . Hay "ton ... 30 00 OaU bu. ... 1 00 Wheat ... 2 50 1 Rjo " ... 1 25 ; Bhinglei M. ... 4 50 Egjs dotM . 26 P. W. BARRETT Edit VOL. 5 1805 18G5 "nillLADELPHIA & ERIE RATL- I ROAD. ThlS Prfint linfl trnrorsna the Northern and Northwest counties nf Pennsylvania to the city of Erie, on Lake Erie. It has been leased by the Pennsylva nia Rail Road Vomjany, and is opera ed by them. Its entire length was opened for pas senger and freight business, October 17th, 18G4. TIME OF PASSENGER TRAINS AT RIDGWAY. Leave Eastward. Through Mail Train 1 53 p. m. Accommodation a.m. Leave. We.tmrd. Through Mail Train 12 33 p.m. Accommodation p. m Passenger c.nra run t.hrnifrvlt withtnf change both ways between Philadelphia ana rie. ElEGENT Sr.EEPI Vfl CARS on Exnrrsq Trains both ways between Williamsport anu jjanimore, ana Williamsport and i miiuieipina. For intormation rcsncotinff Passenger busiiessinr)lv at the S. E. corner 30th and Market Sts. And forFrsight business of the Com pany's Agents: 'S.B.Kingston, Jr. Cor. 13th and Mavket Sts. Philadelphia. J. W. Reynolds Erie. J. M. Drill, Agent N. C. R. R. Bal timore. II. II. Houston, Gen'l. Freight Ag'l. Phtfa. II. W. GWINNER, Gen'l. Ticket Agt. Pint a. Jos. D. Potts, General Manager, Wmsjt't. DICKINSON & Co. DEALERS in Merchandise Provisions Ac., on the Ready py system, at prices much to tne advantage ot purchasers. Dealer in Clothing, Hats, & Men's Furnishing Goods IVAI til BlUJilVl, Look Havkn, Custom Co., 7i. FRANK X. ENZ u1 a a ob si, Centreville, Elk county Pa A D O L P II T I M M Centreville, Clk. county Pa "General Manufacturer of Buggies &C.-ALSO Furniture, such as 1 itjirija, Bureaus, lables, b tanas JJcdsteads and Chairs. All kind of Repairia dono at reasonable rates. BOOK STORE, ST. MARY'S, ELK COUNTY PA. In the room formerly occupied by Doct.;Blakely. COUNTY DIRECTORY. President Judge. non. R. G White, Wellsborougli. Associate Judaes. Hon. V. S, Brockway, Jay tp. Hon. E. C. Schultze. St. Mary's- Sheriff. P. W. Hays, Ridgway Prolhenotary , Reg. and Rec. George Ed. Weis, Ridgway Dutrxct Attorney, L. J. Blnkely Ridgway Treasurer. Charles Luhr. St. Mary's Count u Surveuor. George Waluisley, St. Marys Commissioners, Charles Weis. St. Marv's Julius Jones, Benezett Joshua Xeefer, Jones Auditors, R. T. Kyler, Fox Henry Warner, Jones 11. D. Derr. Benezett Coal Lands For Sale riIIE subscriber ofTers for sale the Coal privilege, with the right of mining and other minerals under 495 aores of land Bituated in Fox tp., Clear field county Pennsylvania, within 2 miles of the Ridgway & Shawmut R. R., which connects with the Phila. & Erie R. K., at Ridgway. with a six foot vein ot Bituminous Coal upon it, which is now commanding such enormous prices, for manufacturing purposes. For sale cheap, terms cash, a good title given. For further particulars, address C. L. BARRETT, Clearfield P. O., Clrfield Co., Fix IKIli f INDEE N D E Ridgwat Elk Countt Penna., He Voted for the Draft. BY ONE WOO WAS TAKEN IN, "Good people vote for Abe, Tho Union to restore, To liberato the negro And end this cruel war. We'll have no moro conscription," Said tho Lincoln men and laughed ; "So volo for Abraham, If you'd avoid the draft." "As soon as rebcldom Shall hear the glorious news, Of Abraham's election, They'll tremble in their shoes, They'll throw away their arms," Said the Lincoln men and laughed ; "So voto for Father Abraham If you'd avoid the draft." "Jeff Davis and Bob Lee Will go to Mexico, And Besuregard and Hood will hido Themselves in Borneo. They'll give us'thoir plantations." Said the Lincoln men and laughed, "So vote for Father Abraham, If you'd avoid the draft." I took them at their word, I voted for their man, And sat up all election night, To hear how Shoddy ran, The telegraph, did tick, The Linsoln men all laughed, And said, "the Copperheads arc sick, There'll be another draft !" No copperhead am I, But still 1 feel quite sick, To think the draft should follow My vote for Abo so quick, I asked the Democrats, How is this ? and they laughed, And said, "How are you conscript. YOU VOTED FOR THE DRAFT!" A SIGHT TT1TII A TIGCIt. BY LIEUT. J. W. HENDERSON, Tho authenticity of tho following narrative win scarcely bo doubted by iuo reauer, wnen lie learns that 1 receiv. cd it from tho lips of my old friend, liaymonJ . a centlenian whom have known from boyhood, and whom I never Knew to indulge in notion a per nicious and unprofitable habit, to which certain authors are addicted, and from which, Heaven knows. I am free. I give tbe storv. as nearlv as nossible. in hid own words, which will account for tne irequent use ot the personal pro noun I another bad habit of storv. tellers, often worse than even tho un godly lies they lorgc. But this is no lie. I have heard Csaid Ravmond to me") that the human hair has sometimes been chansed to white or irrav. bv sud. den and excessive terror ; and this re minds me ot the night of fear which I once passed, in company with a mon. strous tisrer he at liberty And T tin armed and alone with h my blood thrills to think of it. and if i. .. . my worus ao justice to the subject and my feelings, I shall curdle vours verv shortly. At that time, mv "onerous, lamented uncle Was the chief owner nf & lnrrrn menagerie, which was then in its citv. quarters ; and adjoining stood his resi dence, from which a private Hide-danr opened into the temple of wild-mora' and bestlv-rcligious entertainments. One midnight, after all was quiet, bolh in my unclo's house and the me nagerie, I conceived the purposo which was the source of all mv dancer and affright. I took a lantern, rmr! an. cretly through the side-door, and stood alone the only human being iutido that dark menagerie. iHy purpose was double, or rather triple, and I may say it was manifold, in so doing. I wished to see how the wild animals would look and act at that lonely hour, with no other human eye .1 . T 1 1 1 . upon wicm jave inino. l aiso wisnea to find a bunch of kevs. in charge of the head.keepcr, Bill Ramsay, whom I kuew to be off for tbe night, "fighting the ticref" elsewhere : and to BWt from the bunoh the key to the cage where was kept a pet goat, which my uncle had promised me, and which was to go with me. at a vervearlv hour in the morninr ' - - v O ' in the stage, to my father's in the coun. try. I wished to take the goat now, and into the house royself, because I feared that Ramsay would not be back in time, or, if so, might be drank, fasten the side, door on its entertaining side, and not wake up and let me in and let out the goat, whea I should shout. I brought tne lantern to aid me in the hunt for the LV.. " .fen i7 l ZuA . X keys : also la be enabled to see the am. ' N T TERM $1 50 per Saturday February, 4th 1S65 mals as well as they could see mo ; and likewise to keep me from stumbling into awkward nroxitmt.v in snmn nf it,.- ., i., - , . , , , and thus be made mto hashed-meat, do priving my father of a dutiful son and) mo of a beautiful goat. I What other wishes I had nt tlm ; I don't tccollcct; but I do remember how I advanced between the rows of CBffeS. Cutting the d;irkimaa vin-Kf 1 R m 1 7 , ""n"" left with my lantern a sword of light ; and how the strong smell of ammonia, which pervaded the atmosphere, raised the question in mv mind, whether that. 1 .1 ., was a cause ot the wild luxuriance of tnojungle. yA Suddenly, I wasslartfed from my philosophical reverie ; for having neared tbe far-end of the menagerie, most re mote from tho street, I was appalled to behold a hugo cage, wide open in front oi mo. ana upon its noor, crouching, un chained, and glaring at me, a royal Bon. gal tiger 1 I am naturally light-hearted, which is one reason why I have been able to bound over numerous misfnrtn serve my health, and become rich nt last; ana lspcrnaps the reason why I look so much younger tbau I am, as so many of my unmarried female friends often assure me ; but I assure you that at that moment I did not feel like jo. king. No poet, with his liver out of or der, his mistress out of temper, and his publisher out of funds, could describe my horror, the cMll blight of mv braverv which then took me by surprise, as if me sensation or iear were embodied in electricity, and, darting through every vein in my system, had wilted me all over. Byron says of Azo, in the poem, that "In a moment, o'er his 6oul Winter's memory seemed .to roll j" and it is the fashion for people who have narrowlv cscaned death, to sav that in t ' j tli o momentary crisis of peril they re- mciuDcrca an the evil deeds they had ever committed : all of which is rnmnn. tie but unnatural and improbable ; for norror, it wortny ot the name, as mine was, is too much absorbed in the con. tcmplation of tho present to trouble itself about the future, and, least of nil, about the past. Memorv! Mvcvcs wore all before me, when I saw that ticrer : and stnrinor directly into his. I seemed to inelfc sud. , o n denly down to the floor beforo him, as if I had been an ice-cream, and ho a burning July sun. I fell, lantern in hand, upon my knees, and then more prostrate, as if the lower mv hpnd wont. the less notice his royal Ferocity would take of me. So indelibly was that pre. sent timo linnressed on mv ininrl tn llm i j - j - conclusion of'any humbug memory about the errors of the past, that I canj'now truly tell you how I felt. 1 le!t, in the first place, for my lan tern. If the lieht should tm out T should be ushered into eternity without seeing my way clear; and like Homer's Aiax. who had nrobablv been scared in the dark when he was young, I wanted alf the light possible : "If I must perish, I thy will obey ; But let mo perish by the lantern's ray. Such was one of my thoughts, nn ciutcnmg tne lantern, 1 looked the ti ger in the face, and formed a verv u n ... .. . . . p . ' -r lavoraow opinion ot his physiognomio denotements. He had languago large, but it was like the laneuace of thn hiroh easy to understand and hard to get used to. There Was unsneakahln nlormonnn lodged around the corners of that l'irirn mouth, even in repose : and how twr. suasive it might be, when open, it 'was not aimcuit to imagine. The cru elly receding character of the forehead, which I have often noticed in tho Brit ish head, implied a lack of benevolence shocking to contemplate : while the muscular development of the forenaws. and the epread of claws, sin-nifipd a grasping nature and ability, in grim harmony with the general asnent of thA beast; whoso hide, horribly beautiful. was me cnici roueeming leature or tho picture, and seemed to clow. liVn molton gold, under the light of my lantarn. uy aegrees, seeing that his Bengal Excellency made no undue ha.ota to Spring upon me. I recovered from mv partial paralysis, sufficiently to compose my iremuiing iimos with less discom fort upon tho hard floor, and to reor ganize my scattered powers of reason ing ; and I askod myself as to the policy of extinguishing the light. But the thought was discarded as soon as form, ed; for I remembered that this herculean cat could see as well in the dark as in the light, and that, singularly enough, a flame is often a terror to these fiery wild animals. Having, therefore, decided upon the one point, of allowing the lantern to burn till my light and it should be per haps extinguished together, I took a cursory view of the situation in other respects. As the tiger did not yet move toward k' j 'Z. -v . . j ' 'load a verv strone- mrlinnhnn n An me, suppose I should move Irotu him 0 c;'f Annum if paid in TdvaT NO 24 ; this, but countor-eonsiderations preven . ted. A bit ot poctiy entered J head : .u- .1. .J. . ,"",u; hi iiiu eiiflpe oi an old adage : "To fly the boar, when he doth not pursue, Will but inceoso the boar' to follow Jou" Were I to st'r. tlm tino 1 n i '.I , v'"rt '"u ncu euuugu wilUOUl Oimi might inflame his enterprise, and excite a rival activirv nn !.;. rf . kind of a chance should I.have, a poor 1 mnnu unrW ih -..w, uuv.. vi.u v-jc VI kllttb glUUIILIU feline T I felt that, in nil nil n unrnm bliog game of all-fouts. mv hands would be speedily played out. I was tho i otc convinced of t1iisUtt pl'nt probability, from the fact that "the side-door, through which T Wl and by which I might otherwiso havo hopod to cscapo, had shut to with a spnng,aud was ielf-fastenin. With, out a key it cou'd onlv be otvLi r-nm the other side a circumstJheial did not learn till I had entered ; and though had I found tho bunch of kev. T t..i& havo opened it, or otherwise could Jiavc summoned assistance by pounding ou the door, still this was no relief to me, distant as I was from it; and almost cer tain, that, before I could reach aud havo it opened, I should be within tho em brace of the puisuiug tiger. j Alas! this was a most dishenrtonlnT I reflection, and thoughts of a barbarous death thickened unon mv siukonirn soul. I had seen a cats stratoo-c. in playing with a mouse; mangling it, re tiring awhile, pretending sleep, waiting till its hope revived, and pouncing again upon it. Was this to bo my fate f No, thought I, I am no mouse. Lot mo be warned by what I have soon. I am a divine soul, imbued with the cs senco ofimmortality ; and, what is more to my present purposc,giftcd with a cer tain amount of prescience, by which I yet accomplish my deliverance, if I look sharp and lio still. So long as the tiger does the s ime, I shall be safo. When he moves, it will bo a good time for me also to be in a hurry. It is possible for mo to convev t.i von how, as thus I lay prostrate, surveying iuo savago duik oi tuat Asiatio despot, 1 longed, but dared not sigh, for fiill Ham. say. It seemed as if I had been in that place of awful jeopardy for as much as two hours ; if so, it was 2 o'clock in the morning ; and it might bo that Ramsay would abbieviato his sojourn at the gaming-table, lose nil ho had, or get in toxicated, and he compelled to return to his duty as nisht cruard over the welfare of that establishment. It miffht be ! But how frail the hone on which so much depended ! Ho was more likely to be too late to do mo any good. It seemed highly possible that on his arrival he would find the mutilated remains of his employer s youthful nephew, ignominiously distributed about the rirpmisea. Tlio hlonrlv snnntunln might effect a permanent reform in his hnllitfl TTa tllin-Vlf tnl-A hilftnna ft-ntil my clothes, as relics of the sad catas. 1 -i. i i .i . t 1 1 uum.nuuHuiw Liit:ni awHV. n hwtmi warnings of the effects of gambling. Ho might produoo a world-wido refor mation in that resneet. and rrn ilown in the grave cursing his gray hairs, while tno woria was blessing tnem but all this would do me no good. He might even shoot tho tiger but ho could not - - put my parts together again. I should be dead and gone ; and all tor a gcat. How I hated drink and o-anililinr then! for, bad it not been for those propensi ties in Bill Ramsay, ho would h&e been discharging his duty by sleeping faith fully at his post, and thus have been at hand to neutralise or prevent this fright ful emergenoy. The more I reflected unon the tiroli.i. bility of his speedy return, the more I felt convinced of its improbability ; and the. consciousness that' I was thus en dangered, in the heart of a large city, Within and yet beyond the reach of help, was so aggravating that at oao time I actually folt desnerato. and was on the point of making a sudden dash for tho nearest cajc, and climbing to the top or stowing myseit away in some possible corner which might easily have been done had not the tiger been there a serious drawback. I had no doubt that he was a more excellent climber than I: But, r&ruaining where I had fallen, though ever so quiet, I might tempt the tiger's appetite in time ; aud as I peered up at his rapacious face, through the chinks of my fingers, aud thought1 how naturally he might be hungry in tho night-time, when the tyrants of the wilderness are accustomed to prowl and prey, I wondered he was so tardy with such a luncheon spread before him. To be sure, there was no doubt bo had had his supper; but I very much feared that a tiger's voracity was not to be measured by the regulation-diet of a menagerie. And if bis hunger were appeased, who could sot bounds to his perpetual fond. ness lor killing and rending, for tbe mere ftivirt nf th. tl!nr I 1 he wholesale remorsclessness of that : . ..... I iu.un e visage ; me inienishcd crattiucis ' tLoso big sulphurous eyes ; l!V bulging wickedness of tho hairy checks; tbe slumbering malice harbored about tbe placid but deceitful jaws;' the bunchy sinuosity of the extendod legs ; and the venomous vigor lurking in that vast pair of velvet paws, were objects of a most objectionable criticism on my part. Having lingered in my recumbent position for, as I should judgo, about three hours, fatigued and lame with uiy unchanged attitude,audnc.rly exhausted with momentary apprehensions of soma sudden change in the tiger's for ha seemed only waiting for we to stir lv spring upon me I now became imbued with a fresh fear to disconcert mc. If Ramsay should come, what would l ) immediate conscquencos 7 I trembled for the result when La should be heard at the frontdoor, putt, ing in his key. onenino. nnd mi.Lm drunk and staggering. I should not dare- to snout, to tell him who and where I was. and that tho tin-or rBa of i;i.n.i. ? ' . . U . I t, J , and if Ramsay should be tbe worse for liquor, he might not understand ray exclamation, be himaalf helnlnsn n,l in any event might make so much noise as to startle the ticer at nnno ntn antitra operations, which might end only with the immolation of both of us. Then, too the sanguinary monster might escapo into the street, and. Duraum? his wnrlr of slaughter But my reflections were not carried far in that direction. 1 confess that my principal fear was about myself and the tiger. There is no accounting for the Irreg ularity of one's train of thonght ami mixed emotions whoa his mind is greatly excited. Appalled as I was, thero was j ct room cnongh in my soul for anger ; and I was angry. My anger was not with the tiger for being loose, but with ' Bill Ramsay for allowing dim to mt. an for JioW, except through the reprehensi- - uis renussnoss oi namsay, could the tiger hf.ve thus released himsalf from confinn. ment within his bars and acquired freo range of the premises ? Had the keeper left his door unlocked? Could tho tiger have burst the door himself, nnd afterward torn the front bars out ? for there wore none to this cage Or, might it be that this was not the tiger's cage, but one into which, leaving his own, ho had escaped ? This last conjecture I though must be the true one. This cage mnst be an nnflnishsd one ; and the tiger, likin a chango of quarters, had thus manifested his approval, both of tho change and the rango afforded. This made me ex asperated with Bill Ramsey ; and the possibility that he might be the first and only victim did not much grieve me though I had previously somo respeot for him, as he had always treated me well when I visited tho city. It was at this stage of my thoughts when the long anticipated time of the crisis arrived ; I heard the voico of Bill Ramsay, outside, in the street. He was singing asong. If not drunk, ho was partly sol I heard his key in the door; and, tremblingly alive to the occasion, I di vided my attention, threw my eyes ou the tiger and my ears toward Bill Ram say, determined to remaiu motionless, and let him, as he approached, tuke tho first spring ! I beard tho door shut and loeked. The tiger remained quiet. I heard Ramsay walking up to me. Still the tiger did not stir. "Craft," thought I. '-Or, is the ti ger deaf, or asleep with his eyes open V "Hullo, here !" now cried Rmmv standing over mo in astonishment, and touchiug me with his foot. "What are you doing hero, Raymond ?" I looked up and told him to bush, mark that tiger, and open that cage for us both to get into as soon as possi ble. "What ! are you afraid of a stuffed tiger ?" shouted he, laughing so heartily that I heard a lion-growl at him, somo moukeys chattering, and my pet goat begin to ba.a. "Stuffed !" said I ; and I got up at once and found it so : for, as Ramsay explained, this Royal Bengal Tiger had been dead three months; but, having been so large and beautiful, my uncle had had him stuffed by a Frenchman, and sent home ou tbe preceding even ing- This, theu, accounted foi my miracu lous escape, and no thanks to the tiger nor my prudence in keeping quiet so loug. I havo only to adu that I got my guai.auuweui nome with Lim the eaily morning stage. But, speaking of inteusa fright turning the hair gray in a short space of tiuio : I looked in the glass, and, to my surprise-I found ono perceptible change about it; it seemed as if it curled more tightly than beforo. But this I attributed to the new hair oil I was using. Lift Me Higher. A little girl, thir teen vears old. was dvinr. f.iflinir . . . c- - o eyes toward tho ccihug, she suid softly : i.iu mo nigner : nit me higher I Her pareuts lifted her im with nill,,u, but sbo faintly said i No. not that I but thei 'A. flurftin 1nnLin. earnestly toward Heaven, where herhap. jjy buui new a Jew momenti later. On nor gravestone these words were carved: Jane B , aged thirteen. Lifted Hid u EE. A beautiful idea of dying, was it not ! Lifted higher. A clergyman catechising the youth of his church put the first question from a catechism to a girl : "What is your consolation iu life and death?" The girl smiled, but did not answer. Tho clergyman insisted. "V ell, theu said she, sinco I must tell, it is a young printer named I' - A .".. in opruce street.
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