THE TIMES, .NEW BLOOMFIELI), PA. JULY, 1, 1879.
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. My stable is still in care ol the celebrated
J Mareh 18. 1879 fJ. A. NEWCOMER.
piE MANSION HOUSE,
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April 9, 1878. tf
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A LITERARY CURIOSITY.
The following Is a most remarkable composi
tion. It evidences an Ingenuity of arrangement
peculiarly Its own. Explanation! The Initial cap
itals spell "My boast Is In the glorious Cross of
Christ." The words In (u(c, when read from
top to bottom and bottom to top, form the Lord'a
Prayer complete:
Make known thd gospel truths, our Father king,
V'leld us thy grace, dear Mtther, from above,
pless us with hearts which feellngcan slug,
"Our life thou ctrt for erer, God ol Love I"
Assuage our grief in love for Christ we pray,
Since the bright prince of Heaven and iilory died.
Took all our sins and halloxeed tho display,
Infant Im iug.flrst a man and then wascrucllled.
81 upendousUod: tiygraceandpoiwr make known
In Jesus' nnme lei all the world rejoice.
Now labor In thy heavenly kingdom own
That blessed kingdom tor thy saints the choice.
How vile to come to thee it all our cry,
Enemies to thy self and all that's thine.
Graceless our trill, we willor vanity.
Loatlilngthe very tie lug, eril In design,
O God, thy will be donejruni earth to heaven :
Reclining on the gospel let live,
In earth from sin de(it!r.f d and forgiven.
Oh I at thyself but teach us to forgive.
Useless it's power temptation doth destroy,
Sure is our tall into the depths of woe.
Carnal, in mind, we've not a glimpse of Joy
Raised against heaven; in us hope we can How,
O gtre us grace and lead us on the way.
Shine on us with thy love and give us peaoe,
Self and this sin that rise against us slay,
( Hi ! grant each day our tre.;is es may cease,
Forgive our evil deeds that oit we do,
Couvlnce us daily of them to our shame,
Help us with heavenly bread, .forgive us, too,
Recurrent lusts, and tee II adore thy name,
111 thy forgive uess we as saints can die,
Since for us and our trespasnet so high,
Thy Sou, our Saviour, bled on Calvary.
A Recent Indian Adventure.
THE hardships and perils of life upon
the borders were riot all endured by
our forefathers. Even now upon the re
mote frontier there are people living
through hours of privation and terror,
which we, in our safe and convenient
homes, know nothing of.
The adventure related in this simple
sketch occurred only a few months since,
upon the Kansas frontier, during the
late troubles with the Cheyenne In
dians. Mr. Hobson, a former resident of In
diana, had met with business reverses,
in consequence he determined to begin
life anew in the far West. He gathered
what little household property was left
to him, and in a wagon drawn by two
horses journeyed to his new home.
He selected land far from any railroad
or settlement, because such land was
cheaper, and having built himself a log
cabin, he managed in much privation to
live through the first year.
The Indian troubles began during the
second year, and caused the family a
good deal of anxiety. They . were not
molested, however, and had begun to
feel almost hungry again.
One day Mr. Hobson had gone to his
nearest neighbor's, a distance of several
miles, with his horses and wagon. Mrs.
Hobson was in the house boiling hom
iny in a kettle in a great fire-place. She
needed a bucket of water, and started to
get it, when, as she reached the door of
the cabin, she saw a dozen Indians com
ing directly to the house.
They did not see her. Without wait
ing to fasten the door, she caught her
baby, an infant of eight months, from
its low box-cradle,and in her fright rush
ed up a ladder which stood in one cor
ner of the house to a low loft above.
Laying the baby ou a pile of quilts,
wTth desperate strength she pulled the
ladder up after her, and shut down the
trap-door. Then she crouched with her
babe in her arms.
The savages entered the lower room,
a,nd commenced searching and plunder
ing in great glee.
They snatched the clean blue woolen
coverlets and blankets from the beds
and wrapped themselves in them, threw
the pillows on the floor and sat upon
them, and appeared particularly de
lighted with the feather-bed, which was
the pride of Mrs. Hobson's heart.
Through a crack in the floor, which
wag also the celling in the lower room,
Mrs. Hobson watched them. Every Jn-
stalH she feared their noisy shouts would
wake the baby; but fortunately the
child was undisturbed by the revel go
ing on below.
In a lew minutes the savages discov
ered the kettle of hominy, and in great
glee it was set upon the hearth, dipped
out into pans, pots, crocks, gourds, any
thing they could lay their hands on, and
devoured. Even in her terror, Mrs.
Hobson wondered what their throats
were made of that they could swallow it
so scalding hot.
It appeared to sharpen their appetites,
for they began to search for more food.
Presently one of them found a sack of
potatoes under a cupboard.
" Paddys 1 paddys 1" he shouted, glee
fully ; "Injun roast paddys ; make big
fire, get big roast. Big heap paddys!"
Mrs. Hobson knew that many of the
Indians called Irish potatoes "paddys,"
so, though she could not see the sack,she
knew what they had found.
They returned to the fire-place, and
poured the potatoes down in a heap on
the floor. Then they drew the coals and
abbes upon one side, and soon had near
ly a half bubhel of the potatoes roasting
in the ashes.
They eat down for their expected feast
and as Mrs. Hobson peeped through the
crack in the floor at them, so dirty, ug
ly aud repulsive, a way of escape occur
red to her. AVhat could she do ?"
As bhe glanced despairingly round the
low, dark loft, die saw In a corner a lit
tle red chest. Now came an answer to
her question.
" Henry's powder Is in that chest. If
I could only throw some of it dowrt
Into the fire and frighten them, or burn
them a little!"
" I can ! I ran !" she thought the
next instant. "If I can get my hand
into the hole in the chimney, I can."
Creeping softly to the chltnuey, she
put up her hand and felt for the hole.
The chimney was built of mud and
sticks, and up in the loft the mud had
dried, cracked and broken away in one
place. Mr. Hobson had often declared
1 must mend that hole, but he was al
ways so busy it was not yet done, and
how glad Mrs. Hobson was that it was
there still.
Bhe found that the hole was large
enough to admit her hand, and then she
was sure her plan would work, for she
knew these Cheyennes were the veriest
cowards, easily scared at what they did
not understand.
Very slowly she crept to the closet,
opened it with the greatest care, and
took out the can of powder. In doing so
she saw a small tin mustard-box, which
contained some sulphur.
" The very thing !" she thought. "I
don't know what they'll do together,but
the sulphur will nearly choke them to
death, I'm sure, and I'll try it."
She poured part of the sulphur from
the box; then she poured in the box
some powder, and shook the contents
till they were well mixed. With a si
lent prayer she slipped softly back to
the chimney, thrust the little box as far'
as she could into the hole, and turned it.
In a second there was a q uick, smother
ed report, a hissing noise, and the next
Instant, yelling, coughing, choking,
screaming and tumbling over one an
other, theBavages were all rushing out
of doors.
Mrs. Hobson was almost stifled her
self by the horrible smell aud smoke,
which came up through the cracks of
the floor, but she dared not venture
down until stillness below had convinc
ed her that her visitors were not likely
to return.
She lifted the trap, pushed down the
ladder, and went down. What a scene
of confusion met her eyes ! Bed-clothes,
pillows, pans, dishes, and household be
longings were scattered over the floor,
and the explosion had thrown ashes,
blackened coals and half-roasted potatoes
all over the room.
But the Indians had fled. Mr. Hob
son came home half an hour later, and
found his wife restoring order among
the household goods. The superstitious
Indians did not venture to return.
An Astonished Editor.
An exchange says : " We find upon
our table one of the newest pictures. It
is beautiful in design, small, but show
ing great artistic skill in its make-up.
The ' prevailing colors are green and
black, the two blending so harmonious
ly that the effect is pleasing in the high
est degree. We shall not, of course, pre
sume to give an exact description of tbU
picture, but some of the characters look
so noble, so striking, that we cannot re
frain from describing, them. The head
centre, or rather the hero of this plo
ture, holds in his left hand a banner, in
his right a sword; his hat is thrown on
the ground ; his head is thrown back,
his left foot extended, and taken alto
gether, his appearance is that of one
challenging another to mortal combat,
waiting for the other fellow to knock off
the chip. His eyes are cast upward,
resting on the word fl . Hello, what's
this? Great snakes I if it isn't a five
dollar bill! We took it for some new
kind of a Christmas chromo that had
come in the mail. But we see how it is
either our devil has been robbing a
bank, or some delinquent subscriber has
been conscience stricken." .
A Scotchman's St rate gem.
THE Abbe Renyal was the first to
give' publlolty to the following re
markable instance of Highland ingenu
ity and courage. The hero of it was a
sergeant of Montgomery's highland
regiment, and his name Allen Macpher
son. Being taken prisoner by the In
dians, he was doomed to witnees the
miserable spectacle of several of his
comrades tortured to death. Seeing
them preparing to commence the same
operations upon himself, he made signs
that he had some thing to communicate.
An interpreter was brought. Macpher
son told them that provided his life was
spared for a few minutes, he would
communicate the secret of an extraordi
nary medicine, which, if applied to the
skin, would cause it to resist the strong
est blow of a tomahawk or sword, and
if they would allow him to go to the
woods with a guard to collect the plants
proper for his medicine, he would
prepare it and allowathe experiment to
be tried on his own neck by the strongest
and most expert warrior among them.
This story easily gained upon the super-
stitious credulity of the Indians, and
the request of the Highlander was
immediately complied with. Being sent
into the woods he soon returned with
such herbs as he chose to pick up.
Having boiled these herbs he rubbed his
neck with their Juice, and, laying his
head on a log of wood, desired the
strongest man among them to strike at
his neckiwith his tomahawk, when he
would And that he could not make the
smallest Impression. An Indian level
ing a blow with all his might, but
with such force that the head flew off to
the distance of several yards. The
Indians were fixed with amazement at
their own credulity, and the address
with which the prisoner had escaped
the lingering death prepared for him ;
but instead of being enraged at this
escRpe of their victim they were so
pleased with his ingenuity that they
refrained from inflicting further cruel
ties on the remainder of the prisoners.
A Laughable Mistake.
DURING his first visit to Paris M'.Las
salle, a distinguished German, pre
sented himself at the house of a well
known lady, to whom he had sent let
ters of introduction in advance. When
the servant opened the door and receiv
ed his card she conducted him to the
boudoir and told him to be seated, say
ing :
" Madame will come in immediately.,"
Presently the lady entered. Bhe was
in dishabille and her feet were bare, cov
ered only only with loose slippers. Bhe
bowed to him carelessly and said :
" Ah, there you are; good morn
ing." Bhe threw herself on a sofa, let fall a
slipper aud reached out to Lassalle her
very pretty foot.
Lassalle was naturally completely as
tounded, but he remembered that at
home in Germany it was the custom
sometimes to kiss a lady's hand and he
supposed it was the Paris mode to kiss
her foot. Therefore he did not hesitate
to imprint a kiss upon the fascinating
foot so near him, but he could not avoid
saying: ,
" I thank you, madame, for this new
method of making a lady's acquaint
ance. It is much better and certainly
more generous than kissing the hand."
The lady jumped up highly indignant.
" Who are you, sir, and what do you
mean?"
He gave his name.
"You are not, then, a corn doc
tor?" " I am charmed to say, madame, that
I am not."
" But you sent me the corn doctor's
card."
It was true. Lassalle in going out that
morning had picked up the card of a
corn doctor from his bureau and put it in
his pocket. This, without glancing at,
he had given to the servant, who had
taken it to her mistress. There was
nothing to do but laugh at the joke.
Too Much for the Conductor.
RECENTLY a man with red mud on
his boots, and weariness all over
him, entered a car of an incoming train
a dozen miles from New York. When
the conductor came along the weary
man drew from his pocket the last half
of an excursion ticket between New
York and a station some half dozen
miles beyond where be entered the train,
and on another branch of the road over
which the train had not passed. The
conductor quietly returned the ticket
and remarked, " not good," at the same
time pointing to a stipulation on the
ticket for " one continuous Journey."
The weary man looked inquiringly
Into the glare of the conductor's lantern
and said : .
Waal ?"
" You stopped over at the last station,"
exclaimed the conductor, "and so you
are not making one continuous jour
ney." " How do you know I ain't ?" wearily
asked the passenger.
" Because the other train hasn't been
on the other branch at all," said the
conductor, showing signs of impatience.
" What has this train to do with my
continuous journey?" questioned the
man, also getting impatient.
As though propounding a question
that would put a stop to further talk,
the conductor asked :
" Well, how would you make a con
tinuous journey on this train from a
place this train doesn't go at all ?"
Adding that the rules of the company
were peremptory.
"I ain't said nothing about this train,"
replied the weary man, evidently much
disgusted. " I footed it all the way to
this junction, after I found the last train
had gone, and had got here Justin time
to hang on to this train as it was start
ing, and if that ain't a continuous
journey I'd like to know what Is."
The hilarity of the other persons in
the car seemed to annoy their weary
fellow-traveler, and he explained as the
conductor passed on, that he would like
to know " if the rules of the company
prevented a man from walking over
their road on an excursion ticket."
OJJlclrd llnilwnj HuUcUn.
Eccentricities of a Shopkeeper.
WE have recently heard, says the
Boston Herald, of a character ir
a New Hampshire town whose person
allty smacks of Individuality and inde
pendence so strongly that we wonder of
what original spring lie has had a
monopoly to the exclusion of his more
ordinary neighbors. The man keeps a
"general store." He has kept this
same store for twenty years, and one
would almost say the same stock, judg
ing from its thoroughly mixed-up con
dition and the literal accumulation of
dust. He hires no attendant, but doe
all the work of buying and selling him
self. Of course he cannot always be in the
store ; he must sometimes eat, like other
people. When he has occasion to go
away, he goes and locks up the store.
He locks up the store when he is ill ; he
locks it up when he comes to Boston to
buy goods. In spite of this irregular
proceeding he has acquired money, and
not a little of it, too. But the really
queer thing about the man and his store
remains to be told. In one corner, more
dusty than anything else in the place,,
stand two demijohns. There they have-
stood since the first year this man began,
buslnes. They were brought by an. oldi
countryman to be filled with molasses .
and vinegar, Ashe took one in each.,
hand to carry them to his cart at the
door, he said he would settle for them .,
the next week when he came down. ,
But the storekeeper had a better plan,
and suggested mildly that the jugs .
better be left, too, till the next week,
when their contents could be paid for.
"All right," responded the countryman, .
and he set the jugs down and went .
away. And there these vessels have
stood ever since, and have never been,
emptied.
Remarkable Escape.-.
The escape from death of M. de Chat
eaubrun, during the Beign of Terror,
was truly remarkable. He was not only
condemned but actually waited his turn
at the guillotine, standing sixteenth in
a line of twenty. The fifteenth head had
fallen, when the machine got out of
order and the five had to wait until it
was repaired. The crowd pressed for
ward to see what was going on ; and as it)
grew dark, M. de Chateaubrun found
himself gradually thrust into the rear of
the spectators; so he wisely slipped
away, and meeting a man simple enough
or charitable enough to take his word
that a wag had tied his hands and run
off with his hat, his bands were set free,
and he managed to reach a safe hiding
place. A few days later he put himself
beyond the reach of the executioner.
Another remarkable escape was that
of two women, mother and daughter,
who traveling over a lonely road In ' a
hired conveyance, were attacked by their
driver who, pulling up fn a lonely spot,
demanded their jewelry ; and upon their
demurring, tied the pair to the vehicle
and seized their trinkets. Then bethink
ing himself that dead women tell no
tales, the ruffian drew out his knife 'r
but slipping from his grasp, it fell into
a ditch. He plunged his hand in the
water to recover the knife, and as he
clutched it a black snake fixed its fangs
in the would-be murderer's hand. He
succumbed to the poison, and in ten
minutes was past hurting anybody. The
women were discovered by some villagers
and released, but the corpse of the driver
was -left alone until the police arrived on,
the scene and did official duty.
A Joker's Joke.
When Governor Gerry managed Mas
sachusetts, a country deacon happened'
to catch a fine salmon, and knowing
that the Governor had a peculiar liking
for that sort of fish, he determined to
present it to him. So the salmon was
carefully packed, and the deacon, in the
absence of railroads, started in bis- wag
on for Boston.
On the journey he stopped to dine,
and, telling at the table his errand in re
gard to the fish, a practical joker pres
ent could not resist the temptation of
slipping out to the wagon and changing,
the salmon for a poor codfish.
The unconscious deacon went on .o
the Governor's house,and after announc
ing his gift, the two worthies opened
the box and discovered the flavorous
codfish. Mortified the poor deacon- started for'
home with his codfish, and stopping for"
lunch at his dining place, the wag se
cretly removed the codfish and replaoedf
the salmon. v When he reached hoowy
the deacon mournfully told the Btory to
an incredulous wife, who had herself
packed the salmon; they opened tbe
box together. The deacon started.
" Well, you are a pretty good salmon
when you are in the country, but when
you arein Boston you are a miserable
codfish." ' v