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NUMBER 24.
MANCHESTER, VERMONT, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 18TD.
VOLUME XIX.
mi
the Manchester JonrniLj
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IUHINCHH DIHKCTOIIY
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f HUtl 410 oocmellom AT U,
OIm rM ill E,a!ai AVora,
uikwM, (Mljr) T arm eat.
acaroB arvaeoB,
Vrotllli AID OuCAaBLLOM AT law
AA)ia Ik CwtlMM, aUata, Tk.
. l rowutaaaoB,
ATTOBBSII AT LAW,
Psttlaa a Boaaty A" I
UhI Uf la.artat. Aat,a4 Biid Btal
mm Mate atraMaaKk.atar.TaratMl.
a. K'JWAkl),
iTloaiCT AXDOOCVllLLOa AT LAW,
OIh at Brt4,
I. V. HULL,
IIII1AH AID tUHUIQI,
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a tfiHt ! ii.a.f of it Uoi 4
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t. U WtMAN, at. P.,
HOMJOriTBIO fUTIlCUI,
OS At tU.ld.a.,
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on. ato. a. awjrr,
DI1TIIT,
it rrki' Block, oi'po.!!. Mb.KH.I1,
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Art f pbytiaiaa.
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4 at all tiia. if 4Mir.t.
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THE ELM H0CK.
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Op. from Jun.U 0lel.r.
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I. E. I4TCUILDKK,
rrUANIT AND0OCN8FLLOI AT LAW,
Artist Ua, Tl.
W. B. SHELDOX,
ATTOBHET at law,
OA OpaoatU Tint Katloaal Bank,
ra laaaiaaruB, IWmi) Taaaoai,
W. a, . PHILLir A. M. D.
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i Uum rrroinmcuJ C'ATOUIA.
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AViml ( oik-, all)
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THE EQCIHOX HUGH,
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TH AHEH'H HOTEL,
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JAME8 A. T1IATEB. Proprietor.
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lia.Ato.
J'attorj I'oint, Vt Jan it. 1876. Illy
WOIi SALE. . . . 7777;
Ta aad A kalf alary .-Jt.
DWELMNO HOUHE OS MAIN BTBEET.
Btar lh F.inot Hoo., Pin loratioa, oa and
t qnartar to ft ra of land, Ulil,' gardaa
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SPRUCE LUMBER OF til KINDS,
Hemlock Lumber,
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FOR SALE CHEAP.
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HARNESS WORK
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call.
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JJOW IS TUE TIME
, . la tl tkoa
Old Clothes Colored:
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It 11 eat lira lock t V.d a v tad
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Am. tka tpnn, AH aolera arraatad taot
rttturrtMMl ta ma uiufubn. '
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aa otbr wl oa m djd attaort.
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I, Ik Aoiasna ot 14 I concluded 14
goon ahaaU.g trip W III WJ water
( tb fotcaitbasjaa-th Nona lru'b
-and I sr-rdlly f ! mfr-1 irv;itg
ta a nortbwl diiciko, AawJUd
wi.n IU alatpt MttHuiM A !x .
iwmibs bi. la that ifitou. I badj
providtd mjm.t with monstrous Ken -
lucky iie, which in lilf w.s a b.vy!
load, bat birk valued highly on c- j
ri it. iriiriM and L,t rritf. M f
InotDkioa la bU npfdliioo t ao clj
lrppr, Kb wbo I bid b-o)a foil-
tutu At a mdiug poi. 11 bJ ItLeaa
kney to At a buoiog mad, It Ureln
1 bad worn ll eoibie reuuiluo ol ib
frk lrfl. TbUMB wrao dimli.c-i
lion Ure t'Ut cut of lea lu'lei, miie
Alty pal in tb tal!-je, of abuttl out
tod a kalf loebe la diAmcter, At a di
taocA olaijjbty yarjt. TbU tlctlleDc
aa a rifleman atood mt in good Head aa
I be aeqoai will abw. My compaaloo
wti a tall, raw-booed, heavy abualdered
man, wboat rJAtiooAliiy would have put
lied a pbytiof DOinial, aa noibloi of bit
ftca eoold ba tee a butt very Itrc IUiidba
ooae, a pair of plerclttf grey cyri, And An
unlimited quartliiy of grliled beard, lie
said little of bltoaaU, except Ibai be bad
trapped And buoled off And oa fur be
ilida'l know bow long iu Ibem part, and
kalkerlatrd a bow tome uu 'ad find bit
old gritxeld karkix out Ibere tome day,
for be couldn't abide ibe etileineuti no
bow. AA loi variety, about twenty-five
year of age, and a Cauadiau by blrtb. I
bad tpeul tome yeario tbe llud.on Bay
territory and wat on my way aoutbwtrd
wbeu 1 loruied the Idea of joining Hill
Maraton in Lit winter' bnut.
Maratou'e teputailon a a keen And
arirr hunter tlood bigb among tbe band
of wbicb he bad been a quoii member,
aaid tl wat ad milled tbal be could draw a
quicker And truer bead than auy man
l.'iereabooit. He never banted iu com
pai'T wltb other of ble data, but came
and went no one kuew whence or
wbttbi'f; and tbe tnrprlte wat great when
I wai teen atepping iuto bl old dug onf
Auf laklu A hand In the insntgentent of
that rather ticklith craft. I even heard
eaottier grlr.rled, huck-klnued old trtp
per y that he proposed Itccouipanying
my cooipanion, but he been rrpulted in
pretty thort tertni; and now, auid the
iudiitDAiit trapper, 'pitting out A huge
flood of tobacco Juice, lie's luck tbal
young un luttcad to keep bin in perpetu
al hot water. Mimton mut have heard
UiU, a I did, but he look no notice of it
whatever ; And I, a little takea down, wtt
glad wben be gave the dugout a itroug
path off tliore, and i prang in wltb at
tonlthlng agility lor a uiau of h( age
whlch I atterwarda learned wi over
fifty.
We were about three weeka In reaching
Maraton' camp far, jar from auy bu
rn a u habitation, except tbe occational
wigwam of tome Indian hunter engaged
like ourtelvet. Part of the way we tailed
Along iu our dugout between the beiutl
lolly tinted en t ever varying tree clad
bankt Of th river, puthing Along by Uy
a rapidly a possible egaintt I bo strong
current, And carefully drawing up onr
eanoo under some overhanging tree, pac
ing tbe night enveloped in our warm
blankets.
At tbe end of two week we arrived at
a fork ol the river, wheie we left onr ca
noe -concealing it iu tbe hollow of a cot
ton wood log, which Mar'tou had lined
for thfv purpose nuny yearn. He told
me there was a coiulderable fall a short
distance above the forks, over which we
conM not get the canoe; o weabonldcred
our jacks and uitdc the rent of our jour
ney on foot.
On tbe fourth day of our march, Mart
loii'a keen eye delected Indian signs here
aod ibera along oar route, and while he
seesuftd to leal annoyed at Ix-ing tueuilled
with Abd perhaps hit traps Stolen, it (lid 1
not greatly affect me, at I knew that all
tbe tribeA of Uritiali Indiana were on
friendly term with the Company aud tbe
banters. ' . K
At length we reached tba lodge as Mar-
ston invariably called bis but, without
seeing Anything mora of the Indiaut, and
ray holt's temper was visibly improved
wben be fouuJ everything was exactly as
be left it sometime before, lie At once
eonmeneed initiating me into ibe ri of
making op and setting traps for mink,'
beaver and otter, with wbicb tbe river
aud Adjacent meadows seemed to bo alive
and in A short time I could do Ibis as well
as in y teacher, though perbape lets expe
t'tjl kaalf . , , ( ;
')oe morning, after we had beeu thus
occupied about ibrae weekt,aud had taken
and co red a large number of One skint,
Mart too got np and went out very early,
Saying tbAt be would visit tome distant
Otter trapa that bad been set a long time.
I remain! camp for metal boors, but
finally, alter ying a vitit to All the other
traps in oar - neighborhood re totting
tbal ba4 been t tiraog I look toy rill and
went in search if game to aupply our lar
der. This ututliy Icll to my lot, and it
waa by no bteans A Jaborious occupation,
as deer were plenty and lame, while
paitridge aud jc rouse flew op at almoa1
tvety sti.
1 had btati cut about an hour and bad
bsgged m Total fine birds, anj wat intent
ly looking up into a giant old pine for one
of a eorty 1 had juatbotbed, when lb
distant report ol a rifle broke the aiiitaeaa
Of lb and forest air. U seemed lo sue aa
it tberw rr two reparfe aiiuoat aiutalta
neoui; Jeiat ts I came lo tbe coacluttoo
that It ma At have been (be echo of Mart
ton's gas, lha ikoagkt suddenly atreck
me thai b bad tku morning kit bit rile
At ibe iod, re, at fca expecteti 10 be laden
;ih tht loaoa kit trtara, aaj Iba till
would saa k bis Joaruey ratber irktouie.
No aook r kad that Cubed ibrvugb my
bIdhI than 1 (V aara Ibu soma of the
wand rHng laxliaaa, wboperUpa knew of
Maratoa'a aaiiiaty Xi. bad atietnpted
i o msrder. Mm (or ta'sa ptitne ao4 IrAp.
j Uariag lb partrldta aediteovarad, I
; ha.tiiy reiuroesd la th direction tf Utai
I tamp. Among tb first thief thai canghi :
' y T o reaching II waa not!! Bitek j
skin banging from lb btxkeis wtet lay j
' (? naaallr hang, and on looking At the
, inside of this 1 reaJ Ibe following words ;
ir rwled thereon wltmM pomi.
of a ballet: ' - - - j
If jao. air ronnd. I've bean bit. Keep j
d" - Foikr rouod by Oiler Bluff, j
TbU toafirwed my worst ioapldons j
J I hastily turner! to obey the Injone- !
li"o of or wounded Irieod, tki, 1;
beibounbl ma lb. I 1 biJ belief cobc
m f ojy tffacli and ccrlt tb mot
taIoaWa oflha pdtrlrt, Imt, tny
urprlta wheo I found wt of iba lar.
rt". H aa tvery Arilclo u oioe, or
Imleed, ADytblng tbAt would betray tb
fact tktt two men lived in Iba aamp. I
did not quite comprehend this lusou-uvre
till some time afterwards. 1 then quietly
crawled tbrongb Ibe woods to tbe collec
tion of rocks that my friend, for soma
fanciful reason of bis own, bad chosen to
call Otter USuff. UwstlAteln tha dsy
when 1 Arrived At the Bloff, end mounted
wearily to tbe lop. 1 looked Around for
Msrttoo, but bo was uo wbert to be aeen.
Fearing thst be bed fainted from tb loss
of blood I made a careful though cantlons
search among the crags and rsvines
where A mao might possibly have dragged
biuiaolf. Out I could see do sign of bits,
and concluded that through weakoess be
had not beeu able to get there as soon as
I had; sol sat myself dowu In A tin to
thicket ot young cedars tbst crowued one
ol the peaks, where 1 could see without
being seeu myself, to swait hi eouiing.
Here 1 crouche I till dark, and still no
sigus of my comrade. Tormenting doubt
now beset my mind aud 1 began to fear
that Maraton bad beeu captured in bis
retreat to the Bluff, or tbal Ita bad been
uuabla lo use it through loss of blood; 1
even pictured him lying among tba maple
leaves stslned with a deeper boa than
their owo Ue, perishing from thirst and
faiutnets. ;
While debating what course to pursue,
I peroeived a (bright light a mile or mora
off 1 could scarcely sty bow far it might
be iu tbe gaiheriug darkuess; but A uo
aitempl at concealment was made, I con
cluded it proceeded either from Msrilou,
who bad outwitted his eueuiies, or from
those enemies tticraaelvi'S, who, Iu that
event, i thought mu.t have captured or
killed my poor friend in epito of bit keen
woodcraft, aa otherwise they would be
too wary lo draw on themselves tho von
genco of I he wounded trapper. 1 imme
diately tksceuded from tuy perch and
cautiously crept along the shaded edge
of the river, keeping well under the over
hanging branches of the bordering eedsrt.
In this way I must have crept forward
for full an boar, anil still the fire seemed
far away. As I stepped out in (he bend
of the river, on the side of which the lire
burned with increased fury, a large owl
flew from his perch iu an overhanging
tree, and silently betook himself to a ssfer
distance Irom bis natural enemy. As the
ill omened bird spread bis soft, noisely
wings to Ibe night air, I bethought me
that, if Maraton was near, I could comma,
nicato my presence lo him by Imitating
Its cry, whice I bad often repealed In tbn
hut when we ley listening to tbe Awaker.
ed chorus outside. Placing my band upon
tny mouth, 1 emitted three or four of
tiiose weired, dismal cries, wbicb were
re-echoed by the sombre woods until tbe
somirftf river bcud returned its ghostly
answer.
Hastily looking to my rifle, end Astur-j
ing myself thai Ibe priming was all right,
I hurried oa si tally and stealthily until
within en eighth ot a mile ofthe light.,
When I parted the brashes behind whose
shade I hal cautiously advanced, and
looked in the direction of tbeJblsze, I be
held a sight that sent the blood cold snd
chill back lo my heart. Befote me, on
the gratiy plot in front Of our but, were
seated three brawney savages, naked, and
pairted with black and Vermillion stripes
snd two others with similar eostome,
were dancing around a young birch tree
lo which was bouud band And foot, poor
Bill Maraton!
I waited to bear no more, harrying for
ward as rapidly as possible from the
I Ature ot (he ground Aud my desire lo
re nalu unseen, I soou eatae ta akUiuk,
gro wth of trees in (be midst of wbicb vur
but I ad been built. There was, of course
no hot now. Everything was destroyed
tbsl'wo aid have been useless to onr savage
toes ; tbi re mott likely lying in full
view of tbeir aoiaerable owner. On my
bands amf koeea t forced luy way silently
through tio thick underwood until within
forty yards of tba hostile circle. This
movement of conrta bad taken some lime
for to break a twig or stir a leaf would
bava insured inylettructiou aud wben I
parted the branches before me I found
the two Indisns busily piling around their
prisoner materials for a fire wherewith to
roast bitn. I plainly aaw that prompt
actiou would alone ssve Marston, who
was cursing tbe blasted, sueaklng, cew
ardly, red tkinued heathen, with every
variety of oath known to tbe fraternity
and there are tome strange ones.
The three asvsgea that looked on were
kittiuif upon a log half burled npon I lie
tnoy earth, and the idea struck ma that
aa any rifl e threw a bullet witb very great
force, if t could get them all in a line I
might kill litem all al one shot, or at ail
eveuu, kill one and severely wound the
other two. I therefore crept silently
back and considerably further to tbe right
Kl.ere, much (o ray gratification, 1 found
I could draw bead on tbelr three beads In
a line.
4 bad jatl got into my new potition And
m poabiusT my lift's before me over a log
wbicb 1 iuteodtd making A rest, when i
tsw a sew light spring ep At tba pile, aud
tooa lb fir formed a bright circle
Aroaad my doomed friend. At th ssm
rautaetit tt.e mo.l dititot of tbe aavsgee
arote. and in another moment would
doutKiea have joined lie yelling fiends
arooa J tha fit; bet witb a qo'.ck glance
Akttg tb barrel ot my trutty riflt 1 sent
lb boflrt fjanh ou Us erimd of death.
The two painted aerpents on the log fell
backward, and th p:her sprang Into the
air wi.h a bial cf ptia. WHk a maniacal !
yell atralegteily followed by Maraton !
1 rasbed forward and leveled one Of the j
two hideout imps dsuclng around tbe fire j
who were liken too much by surprise to :
know whether the attack was made by J
oi.e or a score. Tbe oiLcr with his
wounded comrade, fled affrighted Into
the wootlt, while ! scattered the burning
pile and eat tbe bond, of my Irieod. No
sooner was he free than b bounded to
the log behind wbicb tb two victim lay
silent In death, aad leitlng tbeir rifles
dashed iuto lb dsrk shadows of the lor
est, shouting to me to follow him. In a
few minutes we were far beyond tbe be
traying light of iba aoausred fire, wben,
suddenly stopping bis rspid though silent
advance, Maraton caught my arm and
told me lo reload my rifle, at the same
lime testing tbe captured wraKns,
which be found already charged. I wai
eager to get ss great a distance from our
enemies as possible and so told Marston',
but be soon convioccd me that il would
only bring on the destruction I would
encspe. For, ssid he, if tbstu ar red skin
dUkiver tbal they aren't chased, tbey
won't run fur; and the chancel are tbat
tbey raiee our bar afore we'd been asleep
An boor of our first bivousc.
In order to sscertsin if tbe Indians bad
really left o, and If not, to wipe them
out as soon as possible, il was finally de
termined thai 1 should return to Iba am
bush whence I bad fired on tlein, and
watch the opposite side of the vslley for
their return, whilst my companion would
crerp silently around lo Ibe Ulcket op
posite, wherein the savages had disappear
ed. At sunrise we were to meet At the
old Buiff snd compare notes. Al soon as
ibis arrangement bad beeu agreed npon
Marston disappeared noiselessly into tbe
darkness, and falling on my bands and
knees, I cautiously retrsced my stepi to
(be old CAmp And having securely biddeu
myself from any outside observation in
tbe thick cedars, peered tbrongb a (An
gled buah in my front for signs of life on
Ibe opposite bank.
Tee fire had not yet died out, and tbe
red light reflected from tbe stream In
front lighted np the opposite shore witb
a weird radionoe, which, with my excit
ed brain, kept me fully awake watching
the huge shadow that chased each other
along the margin of the sombre woods.
The minutes seemed hours to me, as 1
thus lay In wsit, and, as Ibe night air
curbed my bounding pulse, I found my
self wondering At the nonchalance with
which I regsrded my then present occu
pation and tbe still visible bodies of Ibe
slsln slain, too, by my own bandl
How long 1 lay (here t bave no means
of knowing. All I know was tbst no
welcome beams of the wished lor ana yet
tinted evcu tbe fleecy clouds high above
Iu the starry sky, and tbat till then 1
must keep my wearisome walcb. 1 was
trying to imagine where Marston then
was, And whether be was more successful
iu bis vigil than myself, when the sound
of a breaking twig startled the stilluos
of the night And the next instent the loud
whir of a tomahawk sounded close lo my
ear. 1 was on my feet in An instant; but
before I could bring my rifle to bear in
tho right direction, 1 was seized In tbo
arms of a powerful isvago and dashed to
the earth, tbe rifle going off si I fell. We
fell together, my Antagonist uppermost,
And I half stunned bencst!). I struggled
witb aIJ mv strength to throw him from
me, but 1 might as well hsve tried lo
move a mountain. My right hand was a
prisoner, caught by the sieve of my bunt
ing shirt, together with the bosom of tbst
loo unyielding garment. In onr fall we
had cleared the clump of faithless trees
which I believed bad so securely conceal
ed, and in bis strugglo to bold mo down
and to reach the weapon be had thrown
Al tny head, we had gradually approached
the alope leading lo the water; and jul
as his hand bad secured tbe handle of the
haichei, and 1 c'osiuv; my eyes, am ex
pecting the crahluK blow, the sharp
crsck of a rifle broke upon my oretslrain-
ed ears, and 1 fell my arm .deed Istm the
vice like grip of my .enemy. Opening,
my eyes, expecting my aajlaul lo far
dead al my tide, (for I knew it tuuat be
Marston who fired,) I saw to my horror
that he wat uninjured, but I baw also
that be was startled by the discharge.
Quick as thought I threw slimy strength
into one last desparing effort, And, All un
prepared, lbs ssvsge was soon struggling
beside me ou the dewy sward. As we
rolled swiftly down tbe slope, I siczed
my knife and boried It to the hilt in bis
side again and again. Almost witb bis
last expiring groan, however, be lifted ine
in bia arms and plunged into Iba rolling
Kresro. My bead must have struck
Against a projecting rock, for It seemed
to be cleft iu twain; the bright star
danced before my closed eyes; the yield
ing wsves closed over as, be above and 1
below, and I remember no more.
1 Wben I awoke to cootctouanets, the
morning tun wat shining brightly, and
Maritoo wat pouring cold water over my
bead and cbe.t from his cap. When 1
was able to sit up, he told me tbal be bad
sbot the wounded ludisn, who had placed
himself in a position similar to my own
on the opposite bank, and for a similar
purpose to shoot as down did we incau
tiously approach the old camp or tbe fire. :
Tbe other savage, wboae glgantio body
lay Jammed between Iwo rocks In the
stream, with woodcraft equal to my
friend's kad cautiously crept aroond to
eay position, witb lb retail I have de
tailed. Maraton fonod me In tbe water,
and supposed me dead; but on examina
tion he found Ibat lile haJ not qoit fled
and fanning Ibe feeble spark, again kind,
led the expiring flame.
Wkila M Artloa prepered breakfast, ba
related bia adventarea ia tba earlier part
of tka preceding day. He discovered tbe
Indian encampment about three miles
Irom cor own, And while endeAToriag to
spy on l tbeir tsabari, had Ueo fiit.l
upon sad wonnded by a prowler. Throw
ing bimaeif on tba savag ba tl tinned birn
with a blow frtru Ibe butt of bit tide, and
ca;d lo lb tamp, lltr be bad laki u
tbe precaution to tltciv lit Indian and
lo warn ut, with which tb iadr ba
already been mad Acquainted, lie wtt
however, tpetdiiy puitued by lb b ,
band of tarac. and, afier a bard strug
gle, captured. It was dining Ibis purtaii
of Marston thai I snived al the camp,
and my having takea the river roar., and
their entire ignorauca of ven my t list
en was the resson of my being enabled
to gain Ibe the Bluff uuperceived. Tbe
Indiaas proved to ba Uieckfect, and were
uodooblona plundering expedltlou, as
their pscks were filled with many articles
which belong to whites alone. We of
couise sppropriated their horses and traps
and having ancarthed our con oca led pel-tries-set
off tor Fort (jeorge, where we
arrived without further adventure.
I had seeu enough of a I nippers life,
and though the laurelt Mtrstou heaped
upon my brow caused a change of feeling
ou the part of bis rough lileads iu my
Isvor so much so that they declared that
I would, in tim, undoubtedly become a
terror to both beaver and Injun, I deter
mined that the last ludiau lo 111 by my
hands had fallen, and that in future 1
would confine mysell to my legitimate
weapon, the pcu, and I have, kept my
word.
From one ol Maratou's trips he never
returned, aud tbe rongb spirits atound
lha old Ion gave il as their opiuiou that
my friend's prophesy regsrding bis death
bad proved true, or, as tbey said iu their
peculiar vernacular, The blasted redsklus
bad suuffvd bim out at latl.
ui i n at tK KAN.
The following experience of Burdette
of tbe Burlingtou liawkeye, will be ap
preciated by not a few:
Tbe sea grew rougher, And, as the
pitching And rolling ol the good steamer
New York Increased, my spirits did not
rise. Your spirts are not
apt to rise, I find. They ere tbe ouly
things about yon tbst dou't rite, however.
My subject of reflection having eluded
my rather instructive mind, 1 became sen.
slble ot A kind of A sort of a languor that
suggested repose. I did not fuel like
standing up aud singing. 1 was't partic
ular what kind of rrpoie. Tbe repose of
the grave would have suited me perfect
ly well.
1 stood on my feet and took ell' soma of
my things. Then 1 leaned up against the
door aud took off a few more Then i
stood on my head and got off one or two.
Then 1 looked up at my berth. '.
It was six hundred feet from tbe floor,
aud was still going.
1 csat an anxious despairing glance nt
it, reached out and dragged a travelling
shawl over Xsxe, and" tried lo warble A
merry .stave of a rollicking ioa song.
Tbe sense of otter forlornness, the feeling
of dotolstion Andgoneness; the impress
ion, generelly correct, that every well
person in Ibe ship Is laughing at yon; the
saddening thoughts that there is no
cheuce of dying, the depressing know
ledge that there is no help for it anyhow ;
the confidence that nobody is going to do
antyhing for yon, and the philosophical
resolution that you don't care a constitu
tional red cent if tbey don't ; the hope
tbAt you will be over It by morning, tbe
forlorn hope, now end then, tbst the plloe
wilt get frightened end lie tbe ship np to
to a tree some place, if only for a little
while, the despairing sense of disappoint
ment that steals over yon as it becomes
evident that the pilot hasen't thought of
doing anything of the kind ; and at lint
tbo fervent, earnest, despairing wish thaf
tbe boiler will blow up, the rhip strike a
rock, aud catch ou fire, capsize, be run
down by lightning and sink iu 600 fath
oms ol water, and do it all moat power
lull quick, too.
This ia the filial spa.u. While the
illness lasts it does tske ibe nerve out ol
you. Nothing else in the world it or csn
beso destructive to manly telf roped
and dignity. I dou't believe Chart j
Francis Adams could look dignified
under such circumstances.
HOW Til K PAHaua SAVKU III MUUl
Good Dr. IChea, pastor of a cburcb in
Davenport, la., went to bed Saturday
night prepared to sleep the sleep of the
righteous. In bis psntaloous pockets
was a WAllet containing in the neigbor
hood of $.'00, money which be had reei ved
Irom varloua members of bia church as
contributions to tbe benevolent societies.
This wss a little mora money than a
minister is accustomed to get hold of At
one lime, and, conaetjuenlly, just as Ibe
doctor waa turning Iu, tbe thoegbt of
burglars struck him, and, acting on for
tunate impulse, be kicked bis psntaloous
in under tbe bed out of sight or reach'
Then be lay down and slept. loan Instant
be new that a burglar wai in lb room.
Heturud over toward the side at which
the man waa atanding, throwing the bed j
clothes off bim as he did so, raised him
self on his left elbow and shouted: (et :
out, you rascal. Immediately be lelt a
hand drop on bis shoulder, beard the
click -click ol a revolver, f ;ll tbe cold
tteel at kis temple, and heard a deter
mined but excited voice saying : lie still,
or I'll blow tour brains out. Ha aaw
that the man meant business, and con
cluded lo remain in jutt ibe position be
then was (111 St suited tb burglar to have
bim otherwise. Tbe latter kept repeating
bia warning, aud was plainly beard by
Mrs. Uhee, who look In tbe situation at
one, sad, trying lo strike a Hgbt with a
ustcb, started toward bar bu.bauu's
room. Tbe second robber beard her
coming aud at once palled the door to,
tunning her out. be was naturally In
an Agony of fright, thinking ber bu.Uaad
was being murdered. After tbe ala a
miug of the door, burglar No. 2 told L.a
pAl to keep tba doctor quiet while It gvt
tut with in spoil, and then aiheriig
up Iba band' pf ekubet oa iba loun ge be
isa tluna the siairs and gave a jutl b
iba man anb (be rrvolrer, wbj
down at a hoeu.l. Tb ptau.r'a wsl.k
wss taken, but hut th monry la Ibe pan.
Utooo antlernfath tb bed.
us itauk v rim att it.
Il wat hatulav afltrnoon, an I yoacg
Mr. ?tayiight had stopped ontilthey wer
forred lo aik bim to lake tamper. Tli
!el rhins and eilia sliver pioces crtrrd
th table, whil on ot Ibe boat iiaprlua
wat place by young Mr. May light' plata,
fui th family iU tne.l lo create all lb ho
preaaliin potaible upon hi suaorptlbln
mind. HI, young lady wa comtnt-tirig
hrrteif wllh great credit, and th young
man waa more than ever la love with ber,
wha tb mother aaid, psaslug tbe cake
for the tecoud time:
Won't you have another piece, Mr.
ISiayllghlf
No, lhauk you, aaid the young man In
hi politest tone, not auy more.
Oh, do have juat one more, mged th
mother smiling sweetly ; you hsveu't eat
eu hardly anything.
The younger brother who sat tpMllc,
and who bad been Instructed not lo ask
twice for that cake, much lo his illtgust,
saw bia oportuuity, and snorted out with
great malevolence:
Huh I I shouldn't think he had) he's
eaten (our bunks of tongue, three biscuits,
two plates ol sauce, two of Ihem tarts,
aud both kinds of cske aud mother, sis
keepkirklng rr.e under thetshle. Make
her atop.
Tbey brought Mr. Blayiighl Iu by dash
ing ice-water In bis face.
Tbey had a dime supper In the neigh
borhood of 1'awtuckct, conceived aud
carried out by the ladie , The comliilona
of this novel supper were Iht-tei For
every word spoken by the gentlemen at
the supper table a forfeit of leu cents
waalmpoaed; but, on the other hand (as
duties are always compensated with
l igkli aud restrictions wllh privileges), it
was sgreed that whoever could weather
the whole supper, submitting to all
queries, aurprlana end ingenious que,
lions without it-plying, should be entitled
to ll graluillotisly. Msuy aud frequent
were ihearliflcca aud subterfuges retorted
to by the ladie In attiMidauce to entrap
the unguarded, snd one after another
atom and discreet men went down before
I ho conttsut volley of artful interroga
tions. At latl all fell out and paid Iba
dime penally save one individual a
queer cusp whom nobody seemed lo
know. Ho attrudud strictly to business
aud passed unheeded these Jokes, Jibes
and challenge. They quizzed hint, but
all iu vaiu. He wrestled with the turkey
and grappled with the goose. Ilu balled
out the cranberry sauce with an unswerv
ing hand aud he ale celery at the scrip
tural vegetarian ale grass; and finally,
when he had fiulibed his filth piece of pie
he whipped out a pocket elate, wiped it
with his nspkin, aud wrote ou It, In a
largo aud legible hand: 1 am deaf and
dumb.
A gentleman connected witb tho
United Statei lake survey in this city wa
engaged one day on the aklrt of a wood
In Indiana. Near bim, sleeping lazily In
the sun, lay bia faithful dog, Tiger.
Thiuking lo bave tome fun with the dog,
be gave a shout aud a jump into tho
thicket ai if All tho game ever protected
by game lawa from marauding hunter
was dashing through the bushes. Al ho
expected, Tiger came bounding and hark
ing to the fray, and soon detected the
trick that wss played upon Mm, snesked
hack to his lair, and lay down again. The
surveyor resinned his duiii-a, and wat
hard at work for two or three hour,
when, all al once, the dog rose fiom hi
tlcep, tut his ear and eyes In the d'nec
I ion uf the wood, gavu a bark, and made
a ruth for the foiest depths. The sur
veyor followed the noble brute lo s tree,
up which be wsa tending canine congrat
ulation! to tbe prey; but wben the sur
veyor came and began anxiously lo letu
the bougha for the hiding game, Tiger
gave a satisfied Ab Wooht bestowed a
glance of contempt on the surveyor, and,
linking a dignified gait, stalked hack lo
his couch wllh the appearsuce of a dog
that had squared up All Accounts with
tbe sorveyor, end had lelt nothing due on
either side.
Old Tom l'udie, Sir Walter Scott's fav
orite aitendent once laid, "them are fine
novels, of yours, Sir Waller; tbey sre just
Invaluable lo ine'" "I auiglad lo hear it,
Tom, returned the novelist. Vet sir,
said Tom ; lor when I hsve been out all
day hard At work, and com home tired,
aud take up one of your novels, I'm asleep
directly.
A curious exhibition was made Iu the
grain department (f Cinclnii.il chamber
of commerce, being a quantity of earbou-
zed or charred corn ttkru from a pit Iu
one of the burial grounds ol the mound
builders, and contained flute or four
hush sit of com, tome shelled, tome on
cobs. Tbe entire msta wa apparently
thoroughly charred. 1 1 w as covered with
a layer of gray ashes Cviiieluiug bones of
animals, and still above this wai a layir
of clay and soil. It it supposed to have
been u.ed in some religious riles of the
mound builders, being locsttd la Iba
aiidtt of one of their large burial ground
whence many skeleton have been reeofv.
ed during Ibe past few months. From
tbe tree which have grown above thea
grates and whose roots lutcraect the skel
etons there ctu be no doubt (hat tba race
of which this Is the wot k must have ex
i.led her iu America fully five hundred
ysart ago.
A eilUe, in nolo log a discourse oa Ibe
taylcgt and doings of great men, re
mark.: Ilitta.ll tbsetv how much
Ihey said and bow Utile they did.