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NOOPLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
-11130FLANDI-GERM-AN-TONIC-,
Prepared by Dr. O. M. Jackson, Phl6mielphla.
Their introduction into this countrylkom - lierniany
occurred in
1925.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATRIEREI AND M0T1121313, -- -- --
And will cure you and your children. They are
jla
entirely different Iron _ fro the—many ___
- - preparationeliew — - in the country
called Bitten or Tonics. They are
no tavern preps ration, or anything
_llikeonevtatgood r honest, reliablowedicines. They
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The greatest knows remedies far
Liver Complaint.
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
•
4TA.U.NDICI3,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases &Aida; from a Moor*
dered - Liveri - Stonutebior,
IMPURITY OP 2IIR BLOOD.
Constipation, Flatulence. Inward- Pilo%
Fullness of Blood to the Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, Nause Heart
h
Disgust for Food. Fulness
or eight in the Sten:Lac:b.
Sour Eructations, Sink
ing or Fluttering at the . ,
Pit of the Stomach. Swim
-- ming of the Head,—flurried - or
or
--Difficult Breathing. Fluttering
at the Heart. Choking or
Suffocating Sensations
(3
when in a 1.. - in r
Dimness of Vision, Dots
or Webs before the Sight, Dull
---Pain—in—the—Headi----Eleficie • •
-- - of Perspiration, Yellowness
OBAII he—Skin
the S and— de, Eyes.
P • in i
Back, Chest, Limbs, eto.
Sudden Flushes of Heat,
.Burn
ing in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings
of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits.
IS these indicate disease of the Liver or Digs:tiros
Organs, combined with impure blood. —'
Hoofland's German Bitters
Is entirely vegetable, and contains no
—lllittor._lt_is_a_componnd_oltitluid_Ex
tracts. The Roots, Herbs, and Barks
from which these extracts are made
0
are
_gathered I n Germany.
All the sued' axial—virtues- -
are extracted from them by
a scien ti ti c chemist. These
extracts are then forwarded to this
country to be used expressly for the
manufacture of these Hitters. There is -
no alcoholic substance ofany kind used
— ln - compounding the Hitters, -- hencelt Is
— the -__Bitters=nurt=ceres-be-nae
eases w sere
not advisable.
Hoofland's German Tonic
s combination of aR the ingredients of the Bitters,
with Penn Santa Cross Buns, Orange, etc. It is used
Tor the same diseases at the ,Batters, o cases where wow
pure alcohol& stimulus is required You will bear is
seined that Meat remedies are entirely different from
any others advertised for the cure of the diseases named,
these being scientific preparations of medicinal extracts,
white the others are mere decoctions of rues in AGM
form. The TO rl3 is decidedly one of the most plea-
sant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the public.
Its taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while its
We -giving, exhilarating, and medicinal qualities have
*awed it to be known as the greatest Vali tonic.
DEBILITY.
There is no medicine . equal to ffoolfand's oerntem
Fll
Bitters or Tonic in .ases of Debility,
They impart a tone andeistor to the whole
system, strengthen the appetite, cause
an enjoyment of the food, enable the step
Mach to digest it, purl/ y the blood, give 'a good, toued,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge from the
eye, impart a bloom to the cheeks, and change the patient
from a short-breathed, emaciated, weak, and nervosa
invalid, to a fultfaced, stout, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using the 'Bitters or
Tonic. In tact, they are Family Medi...,
eines. They can be administered with
perfect safety to a child three months
old, the most delicate female, or a man
of ninety.
Thum Remedies are the but
Blood Purifiers
ever knolme, and will cure aU diseases resulting from
r a
bad blood. Keepyour blood pore; keep your
Veer in order; keep your digestive organs
in a sound, healthy condition, by the use
of these remedies, and no disease will
over assail you. The best men in the country recommend
them. .1f years of honed reputation go for anything
you must try these preparations.
FEDI! DOR. GEO. W: WOODWARD.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of PenneS , lventa
I'IIII.ADSLPHIA, March 16, 1887.
/find Hooftand's German Bitters" is not an ;Mom
treating beverage, but is a good tonic, ußful in disorders
/if the digestsvoorgant, and of great benefit in eases of
debility and want of nervous action, in the system.
Yours truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
PROM HON. JAMES THOMPSON,
Judge of the Supreme Court of Peonorvanis.
I consider 1110 an
li n k
PHILIDELPUIA"ArriI O 2B O . 181 .
German Hit tem 52 a oatuaba
etfdscine in case of attacks of
Indigestion or Dyspepsia.
I can certify this from my experience of
it. Wotan. JAM E Spct
S "IlidalllPSON.
PROM REV. JOSEPH, a EIMEARD, D. D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
Da. ITAOCEION^DIAZ Eita:--1 have been frequently
'requested Co cennutt my name with recommendations of
diiferent kinds of medicines, but regarding the practice
stout of my appropriate sphere, I have its all cases de
alined; but with a clear proof in various insbanoet, and
particularly in say monfamsly, of the usefulness of De.
Iloqlland's . Gferotan Bitters, I depart /aroma from my
usual course, to express sty full conviction Mat for gen
eral debility of the system and especially for Liver
el lt i all
Complaint, it is a safe and valuable
p separ attest. In some cases it ashy
fail; but usually, • I doubt not, it will
be very beneficial to those who suffer
Anna the above muses. Yours, very respectfully,
- - .1. , Er. KBAVNAItD,
CA:I7TION.
Hosirand'S German Remedies are counterfeited. The
/ermine haw Use.sifsnadureAr O. 111. Jackton on
theirs's:vs/ thsrossinde wrapper of each bogie, and- Use
name at the article arson in each bottle. dii others are
counterteit.
• •
Price of the Bitters, $1 00 per bottle ;
Oriel., half dozen for 05 00.
Vries of the Tonle, $1 SO per bottle;
Or, a half Omit for $7 50.
The tenth lump up in quart iota*.
Readied that t is Dr. Hooflana's German Etenedlee
Mat are so universaUy used and so highly recent
wended ; and de sot a n the D
to induce you to take anything else=
way say just es good, kola* be
noise a kurrPritili on it. 'note Baer
dies toill.be seen by exPenee to any *Wit/ upon applies.
'Wolof& '
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CRAB.. M. 'MANS
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*formerly 9. 41.PissONdc 00.
These ..YAentedie• are fermis by' Drug
gists, Storekeepers, and Aredloine Moab! .
,:ye everywhere..
Do fiot forget op , 42 , arsies mil as erg:byre ii AO
order to ge,Obsgessim
Sept "-:.
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Eighth; below Coates sts94.
X*CO3BaZICS.ELT—..
OUR CHILDHOOD.
BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE
—To the soft-wind's gentle-swell,
And to think we hear the music
•
Our childhood kcew so well;
To g Ise out on the even -
• And the boundless fields of -
_ _ And _feel again _on r _boy boors Avlsh-
To roam, hie angels more !
There are many dreams of gladness
That cling around the past, -- -
And from the tomb of feeling
Old thoughts come thronging fast.
The forms we loved so dearly
In the happy days now gone,
The beautiful and lovely,
So fair to look-upon-;
Those bright and gentle maidens
ho seeme.l4l - fonned .
Too glorious and too heavenly
For such a world as this ;
Whose dark soft eyes seemed swimming
In a sea of liquid light,
And whose locks of gold were streaming
O'er brows so sunny bright;
Whose_ sm iles_were like the sunshine
Like the changeful gleams of April,
They followed every tear !
They have passed— like hopes—away,
And their loveliness has lied;
Oh, many a heart is mourning,
That they are with the dead.
htest buds of summer,
Like the bri
They have fallen with the stem ;
Yet oh ! it is a lovely death
To fade from earth like them !
And yet the thought is saddening
To muse on ouch 118 they,
And
fe - passing - fast - awayl
That-t he_fair_onesi_who m_we_lov
Grow to each loving breast
Lii;e the tendril el the clinging vine,
Then perish where they rest.
And we can but think of these
In the soft and gentle spring.
When the trees are waving o'er up
And the flowers are blossoming ;
And we know that winter's coining,
With his cold and stormy sky,
And the glorious beauty round us
Is budding but to die!
TECUMSEH'S HONOR.
A correspondent of the Detroit Free Press
gives some interesting anecdotes of the great
Padian warrior and prophet, Tecumseh.
While the enemy was in possession of the
country' around Monroe and Detroit, Tecum
seh, with a large band of warriors, visited
the river Raisin.
The inhabitants had been stripped of near
ly every means of subsistence. Old Mr.
Rivers, a Frenchman, who was 'lame and un
able to earn a living for himself and family,
bad contrived to keep out of sight of the
wandering bands of savages a pair of oxen,
and his son was able to procure a scanty sup
port 13r himself and his family. It so hap
pened that while at labor with the oxen,
Tecumseh, who had come over from Malden,
met him on the road, and walked up to him
and said :
'Aly friend, I must bave those oxen. My
young men are very hungry, and they have
nothing to eat. We must have the oxen.
Young Rivers remonstrated. fie told the
chief thatif be took the oxen his father
would starve to death.
'Well,' said Tecumseh, 'we aro conquerors,
and everything we want is ours. I must
have the oxen; my people must not starve;
but I will not be so mean as •to rob you of
them. I will pay yon a hundred dollars for
them, nod that is far more than they are
worth, but have them we must.
Tecumseh got a white man to write an or
der on the British Whin Agent, Col. Elliott,
who was on the river some diStanee below,
for the money. The oxen were killed, large
fires built, and the forest warriors were soon
'feasting.
Yonne , Rivera took the order to Col. El
liott wh o promptly refused to pay it saying :
'We're entitled to support from the coun
try we conquered. 'We will not pay it.'
The young man with a sorrowful heart re
turned with the answer to Tecumseh, who
said :
'To-morrow we will go end see'
In the m3rning he took young Rivers and
went to see the Colonel. On meeting him,
he said : • . .
•
'Do you refuse to Tay for the Oxen I
Ought ?'
'Yes, said the , Colonel; apd . he reiterated
the reason _for reftieal.
bought them,. said the Chief, •for my
iming meo,:whii were hungry. I promised
to pay Ur Ahem, and they !ball 'be paid•for.
I always hear that 'White 'natiens go to war
with each other.and , not with penman! indi
sidasitt and that they will not sob and plug•
der poor people 'I will not.
IWell,':ssid the Colonel, .'I will' not pay
for theta.'
4 :rouvran do-as yen please 'itsid the Chief,
'but . herere Tecumseh and his warriors tame
to-fight the battles of the great king, they
had enough to`eat, for which they had only .
Arai Xxicleipeaa cle•ist IVemv-Isroes,rocaft.
; I rgro-r' - rr t, r ,
• I 1 I 1 i t 1
6 18I ' 16
$ •
to thank the good Master of life •and their
good rifles. Their hunting grounds sup
plied them with food; to them we can re•
turn.' •
- This threat produced s change on the
-Colonel's-taind,---The-defection-of-the-great
' Chief, he well knew, would immediately with.
draw all the nations of the red men from the
British service, and without them they were
nearly powerless on the frontier. -
'Well,' said the Colonel, 'lf Imust pay it
• . _ •
'not rag money.'
The Colonel then counted ont a hundred
dollars in coin, and gave them to him. The
Chief handed the money to young Rivers,
and said to the Colonel:- -
'Give me one dollar more:"
It was given ; and handing it also to Riv
ers, he said :
'Take that; it will 'pay you for the time
you have lost in - getting your money.'
The Philadelphia Ledger, under the cap
tion of 'Teaching or Cramming,' has a good
article on the subject of education. It op
poses_theidea-ofcriunm ingand-goe i-in-f or
teaching. .We have long thought that the
system of education adopted in most if not
all our public schools, was the worst possible
system that could be followed. We have-too
much of book_and_not_enough of_oral—in—
struction. Young children are frequently
sent home with a task that their minds are
not capable — of — mastering. — Diet - may, fief - - -
haps, by devoting three hours of the evening
and two of the morning to ir, be able to re
cite it when school is called or enough_ofit_,
_
tapproba-tio
but in two hours after, the subject, whatever
it may be, has passed hum the mind of the
pupil, never to return to it.
Every thing is too rapid in this Country ;
and education, which to be thorough must
be slow in its process, is, perhaps, more hur
ried than anything else, Hence we find the
graduates of our schools, colleges and sem
-inaries-only-superficirk-not-grounded as-they
should be in the rudiments of this different
branches pretended to be taught them.
• Where the fault lies we know not, wheth
er in the law, the superintendent, the direct
ors or teachers; but there is a fault some
w h ere,x.ad_thafault_sh ould-be-corrected
-hiehoweverTwe do uow, that otildret
o uld not be sent home at five o'clock in
the-evening-rwith-from-ten_to_fifteen pages
of history and geography to commit to mem
ory, in adciition,to from twenty to thirty '
sums in arithmetic .to work out. That is the
'cramming system,' and, by act of legislature,
or some other way, the 'cramming system'
should be abolished. An hour's conversa
tion with pupils, explaining to them, on ra•
tional principles, the rudimants of whatever
is professed to e taught, is of more benefit
to children than fifteen pages hurriedly com
mitted to memory.
• The duty of the tutor and tutoress is to
teach the abildren all they know themselves
in the first place, and then such books as
contain more knowledge may be used to ad.
vantage ; that is, if the teacher, in advance,
bas made himself or herself acquainted with
their contents, and understands them suffi
ciently to make them clear to the pupils;
and until this or some similar rule is intro
duced into schools of the commonwealth no
great advantage can be derived from them.
WHY ARE THERE 80 MANY BALD-HEAD
ED MEN ?-Why so many bald-headed men,
and so few bald women 7 Why is it that
they shine like billiard balls? , Why this
spectacle of bald headed barbers rubbing
the diy tops of bald-headed men, recom
mending invigorators warranted to produce
bushy locks in less than a fortnight, while
bald-headed spectators and middle-aged mea
with wigs look on with derisive smiles,
though their wives and daughters throng
our streets covered with crowns, of beauty,
an d charming actresses toss their blood
tresses in luxurious profusion on the stages
of our theatres? Our male population will
no doubt take a serene satisfaction in saying
that it is because men have more to worry
them than women, and the trouble of con
triving bow t o support these wives and
daughters. Probably, however that is not
the reason. Women, of course,, have finer
and loner hair than men, but men destroy
their hair by making ovens of their heads
under their hats, and thus beat the tops of
their craniums until the hair dies out for
want of air. Mee should either take off
their hats oftener or ventilate 'them better.
THE EiONESTEST MAN.—The Montrose
Republican says : The wickedest m a n,'
lives in New York and his name is John Al.
ten. We aro inclined to think that 'the hon.
estest ton' lives in Lathrope, Susquehanna
county, Pa., his name is John Johnson.—
Here is a notice he sends to the Independent
Republican :
Notice —I was 'burned out' about twelve
years ago, end my neighbors sod friends raised
a subscription for my benefit for which I am
very thankful Having since been prospered,
I have repaid all those whom I could readily
find ; but there some on the list not yet
paid, and this notice is to request all snob to
let me' know their present address, by letter
or otherwise. -JOHN JOHNSON.
LATHROP!, January, 80, 1869.
We think the above should be noticed, as
such honesty is a rare article at the present
time.
Little, things are of wonderous imTortance.
They are the last along chain of ef
fects,
or the fi rst in a long chain of causes,
or they are both. They make the sum of
human things. They test a manes character
every hourm the' day, and, as the jutting and
curving.of the , bank regulate a river's flow,
so do they, directly or 'indirectly determine
the entire course of our existence for good or
evil, brilliant or obscure.
Education..
Religion for Use.
Hugh Miller said of a brother workman )
'the man put his conscience into every stone
be laid.'
The same sentiment .was expressed ie a
Aeon - ItconversatWlTheiween a mere ant ant,
his customer. They were discussing the
cause of the marked inferiority of certain
goods, the manufactuiPe o f which was a
monopoly, when the remark was made 4 We
never shall correct such things until we dis.
tribute-our-religion-moreevenlyrtake-0-
1 , rof it out of the churr-
ti •ches and establish it in
factories and stores.' Years ar
oar homes
a firm did business in the city of Philadel
phia, one member of which, although, a
devout adherent of the church and stoutly,
opposed to transacting any seettlar dutiei on
the Sabbath, was yet grasping and
heartless i n his intercourse and_ dealings
with the j ourneymettawiTapprt
partner was rough in manners, profane in
speech, yet kind, considerate and generous
in his treatment of the employees. He hid
no scruples against laboring o n Sunday,
when stress of circumstances made it neces
sary. Yet he was universally more respect
ed; his example, as a whole, was better than
-that-of—his-sarretituun
workmenious—ote
had a saying to this purport :
'One prayed much, t he other swore much,
but neither meant anything by it.' They
-believed - that - the - man who made no preten
_sions-to godliness-was sounder-at-heart—than
the other.
. The nonchalan
- the relattorii4 religion to daily—life—is well
set forth is the story of the over zealous ex•
horter. He . irproached an aged man who
_had_spent_many_years in unwearied-service
• • 1r : ve—you
begun the task of saving your soul ?' And
the reply was made: 'Really, I have .been
-so much occupied in doing what I could to
lesson the poverty and misery of the unfor-
tunates who block up the way to the churches
that Thad quite forgotten l had a soul. Bat
since you remind me of it, I will take this
matter into consideration.' It seems that
h' but in deed
pie religion was 'not in tongue,
and in truth,'
A Sunday Sunset Scene.
One lovely summer evening, as the King
of day sank into his fiery bed of crimson
li - Aittea_think, - _to the taps-of-the-far-dis
taut mountains a splendid inheritance of
go •en sunshine,the silence of nature he
tokened the departure of the great luminary;
and, as the stars peeped forth from their
home above, twilight's sombre robe verged
into the sable mantle of night. Beneath a
monarch oak, the chief of those in the lawn
before me, stood a young, yet lovely damsel;
her form the Paragon of beauty, her brow
pure as Parkin marble, and eyes large, lus
trions and expressive, gazing with intent ad
miration upon the far lit prospect painted in
silvery beauty upon the broad panorama of
Heaven's high dome. Emotion, deep-seated
in her sensitive soul, and stamped upon ev
ery lineament of her classic face, wafted her
spirit on the downy pinions of thought, away
into the boundless realms of her vivid imagi
nation. The zephyrs of reverie, moved by
angel's wings, bore her high soaring aspire
tiJns still farther and farther into the infinite
chambers of immensity—her sparkling eye
raised abo v.e, and beaming in exhalted
thought, and flashing with the lights of gen
ius, now filled with shining tears, glanced
toward the earth,
She started Lack . in honor wild!
And stooping down in action mild,
She—bloomed her little nose.
QUITE A M A. Washington cor
respondent tells a story of an ox. Confederate
stran g er in that city, who happened to pass
by th e stables of the President elect, and,
having a curiosity to look in, faced toward
the place and entered. A: plain looking
little man, in his shirt sleeves, was sitting on
an inverted water bucket, quietly smoking a
cigar. To this plain little man went the
inquisitive gentleman, and requested per
mission to look at General Ulysses's horse
flesh.' This granted, he was emboldened to
proceed further, and attacked the supposed
hostler with a battery of questions regarding
Gen. Grant's family, private habits, political
opinions, &0., until the plain little man was
completely exhausted.
iDid'you ever see Gen. Grant's likeness 7'
gasped the General.
- 4 0; yea, of course, Thep say he's uglier
than the prints make him. I suppose you
know him well, now. 'He talks to you, of
course, a great deal about his horses, and I
wouldn't wonder if he told you a good deal
more than most people about him. '
The little mu responded that be did know
General Grant in fact he was p l ate well tic
. . ,
(painted with him. •'
`You have seen Gen. Grant's likeness,'
said he 'now what do you think ? 'Do I look
asything like him ?
A flood of light overwbelMed the cipions
gentleman In an instant. 'The little man in
his shirt sleeves and smoking, was' Grant
himself. 4 number of apologies escaped
from the gentleman, lie was sorry to have
made such a mistake—very sorry—and bow
ed himself.out.
0
A worthy Quaker says : expect to pass
through this world but once. If, therefore,
there be any kindness I can oho*, - or any
good thing I can do to any fellow human be
ing, let me do it now. Let me not defer or
neglect it, for wand, palladia way again?
If everybody would:let upon-this , sensible
conclusion, two thirds Of the misery, and
degradation of the human family would be
abolished. Smiles. instead of tears, would
bp seen in every direction.
Rich. women, liowever ugly, can have., no
difficulty in getting married if they will paint
themselves and look as if they would not live
long.
The tongue is more. powerful than the
sceptre and rates where the sword would fail.
We are told in sacred language that it is a
little member and - boasteth great things.'
r-ne tda
th which some iffnore
The Tongue
Amp has proven the wisdom of the adage.
The ear was made to listen to the music
of piattlitlgbabee,•the antheths of the forests,
the eloquence of man and the voice of God.
The eye to behold ,tlfe beauties of the uni
verse, the pathway of life, and finally, with
-uudimed-vision—to-look- • ion—theefawn-7-•'
immortality resting on the b
Tlie — tnn ne was made to nit:
and sympathy, to unite the brotherhood of
man, and to supplicate the throne of the
Eternal One.
It was the tongue which broke the silence
of age - and opened to man the gates of Para-
dise. It was the tongue which made the
• n-fess—
ed the way of the iree of life. It was the
tongue ofthe eloquent Greek that clamed
the stormy 'passion of t h e multitude at
Athena and opened the temple of liberty to
the son of Greece. It was the tongue of our
great Example that hushed the wild waves
and said : 'Peace, be still;' that rebuked
'seases—a, nd-v ieeconed - tire - lifelessr - form7o f
the dead.
Who can recount its wonders ? It is the
ever ready messenger, standing at the portals
- of - thonghtto - bear the rtrorde - o - f — griff or joy
_to_ansious-hearts. —By-it-the—dreet y- walks
of life are cheered into gladness,
,and the
wilderness is made to blossom as the rose.
alas r iften sends the -h-
Asut alas rit often sends the shafts of pain
where life was full of joy.
.Ita sting is like
the touch of the death-angel; it reproaches
the infinite and blasts the hope of man.
.•.,- it Zoiggio II
:iii.1011, 11=1 a i eath.o:
right, it seals the destiny of the unfortunate
and crushes the poor. Out of the same
month proceedeth blessing arid cursing, good
and evil; It becomes a fire, burning to the
lowest hell, and blackens the lace of truth,
The tongue is the wild man of the earth, '
and cannot be tamed by man alone, It is
described as the 'pen of a ready writer,' and
- from - its hiding place it sends forth'the bitter
words of wrong.
Who can - write its history and recount its
deeds of crime? • Unnanctified by the prin
ciples of justice and truth, it becotries the
worst enemy of man; but when restrained ,by
the-iinfulsee-of-a—coble—h-eart, it becomes - 'I
be goodtwel)f our estiny. e cart
fountains must be cleaned before it will only
speak the words of - friith - rtird goodness. He
who would utter the voice of light and prove
a blessin. , to man, must develop his morn
nature and ennoble his mind by thoughts
_of purity; then will the tongue bow in
hu
mility at the shrine of virtue and its words
will be as 'apples of gold in pictures of sil
ver.'
An Old Horse.
In Licking county, Ohio, there is an old
horse, at present owned by John Gurney,
foaled in Lower Canada in the year 1818,
making him 51 years old next spring.
His first owner is unknown to Mr. G.
He is a Norman French Horse
He was bought by his present owner of
George J. Smith, of Mansfield,'Ohio, in the
year 1852 In the fall of the same year he
made his mile in 2.41, which is the best time
he is known to have made. Ho was then 37
years old.
Mr. Gurney has owned him 17 years next
July.
He has been in Ohio about 25 years;
was brought to this state by one Eber Adams,
of Adrian Michigan, now of Chicago.
He is fifteen hands high, and weighs 1,000
pounds.
He was originally a dark bay, or brown,
but he is now as gray as a rat about the head.
They used to keep hie bead colored, but as
old age is honorable, they have dispensed
with that now.
For the last six years he has lived entirely
upon ground food, principally flour. He. is
remarkably intelligent and was, until within
a couple of years, very fond of . children.—
Any lady or child could handle him. Any
child can ride him without saddle or bridle.
He will bold his head' down for them to get.
on, and then ho will hold it up and let them
crawl back upon his neck.
He is all bone and muscle. His head,
shoulders and legs are as hard as bone and'
muscle can make them.
This is certainly the oldest horse in Amer
ica.
Distressing Matrimonial Mistake.
The special correspondent of the kit Louis
Republican, dispstohing from .Nashville un
der date of December 29, communicates the'
following :
Au extraordinary matrimonial contrelempte
transpired in Williamson county„on
.Christ
rues night. • A double wedding occurred in
the same' house, and' the wedding festivities
were celebrated in the oldfashoned style, and
in that joyous way naturally prompted by
Christmas and the blissful event which made
the t*o couple happy; Abotit midniihrboth
bridie retired to rest, and id'. half •an •hour
thereafter the newly madelasbanda followed
suit.. By some•stracge mistake each gentle
naanlound his way to the wrong room, and
actually occupied the bridal couch to which•
he had no claim. •
Strange as tt-may appear, the mistake was
not discevetcd.until daylight, whoa one of
the ladies shrieked her eltprise after a yig-,,
owns fashion. A general hubbub was the
result, and at latest accounts the-brides wore
disconsolate, partlyen accounts of the me
dal created,
,and partly from visions of possi-,
bilitios in' the dim prospective. All sorts of
schemes of reparation were preposed; but it
appears.that no tangablo plan for undoing
this double. mistake, was arrived at. The ,
above episode actually transpired as Liar- .
rated.
Most of people are BILL-ions about the
first of April.
aa.oO Per Year.
A Story of a Stage—Driver-
I once know a man who, though now in
wealth, was once a stage•driver, of whom I -
Will hero relate`an incident. He was striving
to make a
. connection for the sake of a_large_
load of passengers which he was carrying,
and he broke down not far from the dweiliog
of an old curmudgeon The driver went to
borrow his !umber wagon to take his passen
gers on with. The man was absent fit=
. home, and his wife refused to lend the wac.-
T on. 6% no era FOT:fently right, iodate; paid
must bave it. I shall to
when he rettuns.' Ile took it, used it, and
brought-it back in good order. When he--
came to settle for it, the man met him fall
of anger and thunderous with rage: After
some expostulations, be said : 'l,have come
to settle with you for the wagon "Well,
you for the use of it, an hour or two r
shall pay me fifty dollars.' • He made no ob
jection to the charge, handed the man fifty
dollars, shook hands with him in the heat
good nature, and then mounted his coach a nd
rode off, his passengers protesting against
his yielding to, such an exorbitant demand.
Two or three weetterward - h - Clunui this
man bangillirdiog-place
said to him, , Good 11101oing, sir.' Said the
man came to see uu about that w_agn_.7
thought I had paid you fur it. How touch
-d o-y ou-wa-nt-'IL---.llrat - nrun ey'lras'b - urn ed-nre
ever since 1 took it twin you. fibre's your
fifty dollars—l cannot keep it.' I t was with
difficulty that he could he made to accept a ;
bout three dollars— a fair price fur the use
of his wagon. When. the
the
this story, and looked at the affair from he•'
s • t : • es-rae-mx
best way, way, after all ?—was it pot beautiful ?'
Ivitto pis Turn iivo —The SJlt Lake
Reporter is responbible for the following :
While in conversation a few days ago with
an old 'apostate,' wbo - was -- disfellowshiped - a
few years ago for not paying tithes, we asked
hiin what ha - thought of that system, to
which elevating the eyebrow and leaning his
head thoughtfully to eine_ eide, _t hus re
plied in brief :
'You see, I was always - very particular
about Ltvia' up for a long time' after I 'got
here. Finally it came a Fall When I bad
- 'en-very-five hogs: - W-eIIT-tcrdirtlro-eterrre -
Tl' the he titl,
tf toy .rove one of them up to t..
yard and butchered the rest and set in to
- euttirr"em-up--Well T sir-ahaut-t
got tt done, here came one o' Brigham's
clerks and took one-tenth of the hams, one.
tenth of the shoulders, one tenth, of the lard,
and so on clear through. Soon after, here
come the Bishop and insisted on a dodation
for such a purpose, and not long after some•
body for something else, and, sir, when:l got
through, I lowed I had the meat o' just one
hog left. Well, I went up to see the Presi
dent about it, and what do you think lie said,
Just go home and ask the .Lurl ablest it,
and see if ho don't tell you brother Brighatii's
mathematics are right, and that you've °tar
given the Lord his share ! -Well I went
home and didn't say much, but I thought
the Mormon Lord was rather too fond of
pork.
How HE SATE GRACE —A man being late•
ly on a tramp to Canada says that at a cer
tain farm-house in the back woods ; wherele
had occasion to stop, the following rich scene
took place:
The family were about to partake of their
breakfast, and sat down for that purpose.—
The old man being a lover of squirrels, and .
that being the principal dish of the morn
ing's repast, had his particular piece laid on
the side of the dish nest to him. The old
man commenced saying grace, as follows :
'O6, Lord, we thank thee for the Wafting
thou has set before us; do thou guide 'and
direct us through life'—here, raising his
eyrqs,•he perceived his son •Gideon•laying. his
hands on his choice piece of squirrel, and
then in a hurried manner ended his grace—,
'deliver i ng from evil, for the Lord's sake,
amen,—by golly, (did, that's my piece I hand
it here.'
. .
EARLY RISING.- A uti-earli.risers will do
well to note that
,one hcur lost in morning
naps will put back all the business of the
day; that one hour gained by early rising
will make fifteen days io a year, or three full
years in a long lifetime. .
Fight hard against a hasty . temper.' Anger
will come, but resist it strongly. A' spark may
set a houS6 on fire. A fit of passion may give
you cause to mourn all your life. Never re
venge an injury.
A very sharp Chap thinks that Colnmbus
is not entitled tVniuck credit for discovering
America, as the country is so large he could
not well have missed it.
'How long did Adam remain in Paradise ?'
asked a 'vixen of her loving husband. 'Till
'he got a wife' s ' answered the husband.,
A man sooldiog wife* being- - ask- '
ed what ho did for a living, replied that ho
kept a hot-house.
•
The most'diffteolt surgical operation—to
toy° the cheek from a young wan and:the
jaw Isom
• an old woman,
A widow of the tender age .of 102 - waa re
cently married in Alleghany county, Mars.
land. . - .
The difforanoo between a hill and a pill—
boo you get up and the ether you get down.
Grace before meat—as the young lady said
when she laced herself too tight to swal/oW..
IRISH ToAsT,--.‘And may be lit% to eat
' the hen that acrateises over his grave'
Never slander en amp/40mo.
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