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GENERAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY
It. M. WITT,
T A I L O 1! ,
BKAOFUIIU, VEBMOST.
Koora in Hurilj's Huildiiij!, in renr of 8. T.
George Store. I
T. JIIKIMIV,
DK.U'KK AND TAILOR,
Mt.UlKOI'.ll, VERMONT.
Miopover llulletfii Store, mid ucxt door o
Ir. Seott'n olliee.
1
ko w i: I . I . I ' t K 1 1 M ,
ATTOifNKV AND OlWsKLLUU AT LAW,
Hotter and Suliiilnr in Clmiirrri. unil J'tittiun
and t'liiim Aijrnt.
WiA 1IM1I, VKKSWST.
ki:v. .1. IIIII'IT,
AUKN'T Kolt MKSSHS. .1. KSTKV &- CO.'S
Cittiii' OrSiiii uwl cY'l'"''' M. h-deoim.
mitllKOIlD, VfcHMIIXT,
OrJiT Milieiied. IniiuiiiMitn wai-riiiiteil
ami w ilt to aii.v iart of tin- eniintrv. '
ii."vPwktiii:.
ATiUUXLY AND l Ol .sKL!."l( AT L
JiltAU. IHII, M.ICUIlM. I
AW.
National
Opinion.
TRVI5U PRr.tniEiBK nnim
NOIUI.
VOLUME 1.
BRADFORD, VERMONT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, ISWj.
NUMBER 15.
Till: CI.OSI'Mi M"'KE.
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HilVhLiM'A'lllI.ST,
II It V I) F It II . V K It MONT.
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HI.I.LV UIVLlt, VKHMONT.
4 9COtVi:i.l- II A M II,
T A 1 LOU,
lilHIiI.IIII.. Vl.lIU.lNT.
Shop in H:ifl' ltnildiii;;. Iii !-nji
Tlii' fiilloivinj; in irnnoiuieod li.v tlic Weit
)niiiler ltetirw to In- iiiiiiietioii:ihlj tin- titieat
Ainerieuii MM iiicvi r written.
Within the Mil it realm of loaflesi trees.
The ruse- year inhaled tlie dreamy air;
Like Home ta .nieil reaper in hi hour of ease.
When ,il tlii' tielilxare lying limwn anil hare.
The (.' ay hnrnn looking from t'neir liuy liills,
0' l' tiie dun water? wideliin;; in the vales,
Sep, i'owii the air a reetin to the mi'.U.
i '.i the dull thtnidi r of eternal ll.iil.-i.
All tdjilit-were mellowed, and all sound nuli
dued, The hilN Kei'ineil further, and the streams
fan low.
As in a dream tlie distant woodman hewed
His winter log. with many u mallled hlow.
The ctnhatthd forests, erewhile armed w ith
uohl.
Tie ir haulier lirijiht with every martial Inn-.
Now stood like some sail lieaten host of old.
Withdrawn afar in t inn's remotest blue.
From the Ignition Star.
Tin: s roiiv or . iii:ko
BY GKOROK MAX.NVILLE FENN.
i
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(With Win. I). Manly.)
I" It A C TIC A 1. W A 1 I 11 M A K V. U .
Stole in No. 1 Hardy's UiuMiiiK.
7 lir.iTKI'HI. !,
IKON riU VKKK AND MACHINIST,
And M.itiufnetnrer of Amii-nltiiral 1 1 1 1 ) lenient
i (Annum, v MtMnNT.
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i'iiiii uii;riii( i i;ni ri:ii urn si:,
ii ii a n k n ii ii . v t: it ' - r .
tin soniln-e wms tlie vulture tried his llilit :
The dove seareo heard his eiliin;: mate's
I'ouiplainl,
.And like a star slow dnmoin;: in the liht,
'1'lie vi!la,'e church vane seenied to pale and
faint.
Tlii- sentinel cock upon the hill-iilr crew
Crew t Ii l'iei a ml all was ill. n hull la fore;
Silent, till some replviK warlih-r Mew
His alien horn, and then w as heard no more.
ii. ti: i. .
I'liDl'UU: K HI SCRIM! III IT'LL,
r. w n i h v . vi i; t n n r ,
N. 11. V (i ! Livery iittaeln .1.
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llMl'SK. sii!N. AND I UN AMKN I' I
J'lttntir. llxtinrr, ihi;ni A I'nffr llati'jir,
III- VlODllli. I liM.iN r.
dealer in r..m:s. Oil-. iirnilie. am
. U el ev. r ih -. iptum
Where erst the jay within the elm's tall erest
Made aiTulous troulile round her utitledued
young ;
And win-re the oriole hung her swaying nest.
Hy every light wind like a ei user swung ;
Witt re sang t-e- imiy martin of the eaves,
! Tin liusy s a allows ei'-i-iing ever near
; Forelsiding. as tin iniii niind heiieves,
( An t.niy hiuvest and a jilenti-inis aar.
l.ked the vernal feast.
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It lli
t
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Mlls at
a in i- ot' the mo mist ;
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nt'tfti nil
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And
m eni tl.i
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lli.i.itor.l ; II.. u. W.o. T - l-"t
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I 'ill .. M l . Ite tnll. M I--. 1
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i!y. iiud I'm lorn.
pijii d the ijii. n! ;
rough !1 tin- dit ,
: in t he vale
age loom.
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T lie Hjiid. u.-i-, . ;
l.y hi-ht.
T in- ttii-tl'- dow n. th
Sailed slowly Insight.
t'.ll llnl
ir -hin
i the how,
shrimds ni
;ht
on!;.- ghost of'
p i I Hois, !
out of
i . i:. iko . u. iM
rilVsh I AN AND 1 KliKoN.
1 1 . i 1 1 m. i.ii'i.'Nr.
I
Amid all tl-i
A lid iv iiei (
Its i rin. -on
1 ii i-ig tin
Ill t Mis
the w 1
t uri ,.ry air
st'i-d upon the pureh
i . as it" thi yi-ar stood t le re
d witli its inverted torch.
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1'ilVMi IAN AND SI UCLuN.
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u -i.. ii ti:t.
(A-i ted liv ,1. A. H.irdv.l
W A T I 1 1 M A K l'.'li A N D .1 L W K I. V. 1!
iimtii .iiii'. v i iiMnNT.
Dealer III Willi Ins. Clock" I ml .1 e w elrv.l 1 1 lid.
Silver. Ti lted a III Ill lt.llllia ales. I lie I'm I. i t
uud Tahle u'!er. i. l.e h lii voIm is and
Yankee Notion,.' ( lo.k-. W .itch. and .lew-
fdrv ell i ll . r, .lie. 1 .in.! .il i.i I. l'ioiii.t
ait'eiit to im.. : s l. Lvpro . or Mad. No. 1,
Hardy's luiildiiig.
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11U A I l'LI'.lln;i). VLUM'INT.
vi t i vi ti lit lis nr
M'iicl.on. C'i!la:', U irmoTiir. ami Pmi!.iiir 4rir.nis.
.
thi Il
lute 1.
tl-f.i.l.
1 111 lit
liiciu
Sal like a fate.
Aniii
T h
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ml
cure
mat ri
f ti
And I ildii't tliink I 'tk1ih11 gt't
tt) taki' it as a niatttT of course, sir
taking it coollv's out of tlx qiifs- j
tioii. llcic wc arc living almut as
excited a life as man can lead al
ways on duty, ami ready at a mo
ment to liave a set-to with the worst
lire that ever broke out. No; I
shali never i-r to take it as a matter
of course ; for it is all dark, rush and
excitement; ami 1 love it, sir. Flash
ei.mes the news to us by telegraph,
most likely ; out come tin.' horses;
there's a Iijhtut to the ready trim
med lire; and then with a train of
siiarks living out behind us, as the
lire roars, and the steam's
iij), away gallop the hfirses. Ay.
it's" Hi ! hoi ! hollo!" ami they clear
the road for us; and away we co
full ;allo down the streets, with the
horse's hoof's strikiii"; lire, the crowd
shout in?, and the runiiiiifr mob in-
creasinjf at eveiy step,
somcthiiii; in it as warms out
and astothc dantrer well, of course,
its dangerous; but when we feel
that we'ec doiner our duty, and know
what's before us. wl y, somehow we
don't remember tin danger, but p
at it earnest.
i Now, tliere was only last week,
sittni'-t as 1 was waiting for a call
there u was at last, late on in the
niulit, when tlie streets were clear ;
and away we tore at sonictliiiiy like
a pace. Oxford street, llolborn,
down the Hill up Skinner street,
and Newoate street whoop, and
away full ynilnp. w ith the horses en
juviiio' it. bli ss you, ami lashing out
till it's h.inl to say whether they
didn't make more sparks than the
1 tire under the boiler. Wi' want no
mure instructions, for there was the
ted ".low on ahead ; ami as we out
nearer we could almost see thej
sparks ; and ill l:lt we did see tliein '
' come pourin: and roliin a Ion;; witli
the smoke, and beiti;; a heavy hot
niuht. han,oiii!; like a thick star- ;
spaimled cloud ju.-.t over our heads. :
Two engines were tliere. and as it
I happened so late there were not so j
ni.rA people as ntifltt have been ev- i
peetei: ; hilt lis soon as 1 o'ot there.! ;
saw as soinethinor particular was the
matter and this is wlrst it was. The
lire was m (initc a narrow court, ;
I joii. Under tlie circumstance, the j
iirst tiling was to nave life, and
! v hilst them as had tins braneheB did j
! their best to keep the fire back from j
I them at third floor window, I ;ot
hojd of a roM", ami in at the house
opposite, and made my way upstairs '
to the third floor, which like tlie rest '
of the place, was used as a ware-1
house anil crammed full of pucka-'
tics.
I lieinga strange house it wasn't!
jcasy to tind your way, but I got up
j at last, and ojtjMtsite to the room
j where the jwior things are all hud
I died together at one window, for the
j lire was gaining on them, so that un
; less ihev were soon hebied thev
wouldn't want jt.
"Crash ! crash T Didn't I let my
little axe play round the sashes of
"etting ! wiinhiw, anil soon have a clear
ance, tor it was nailed up. ami tlieu
when the poor things heard me and
saw the light shining on my helmet,
how they did shriek for help.
lust then I looked down at the
depth, and 1 caught sight of one fel-
1'here's i l,nv staniiing neiow with a snort lati-hlood-
der in his hand, which might have
V he. 1.
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vith monotonous
,d with her jovou-
Sh.
hitd known
her,
Oil supped, a
eriist.
u 1 in tin- ,1, ad
I 'f hi . t ;-.i -k :
an t a ;lti hed ilte ily ing thl-e;ol.
.rr-iw. Me had walked with
d liroke with her the a-heii
While
I,
Il.-i .
lld tw
K
, t h.-r
ek V.
rl she hf.ard the
lillilg ill the d l-t.
l.i ight w ith sum
where they couldn't get tlie escapes,
and there was people burning to
death: while above t he shouting of
the mob ami clanking of the engine
hard at work you could hear their
' awful cries for help.
I Now' don't suppose that I'm proud :
i of all this I'm going to tell you. be- j
cause I'm not. Now, if van were to
i dash in and save
been of use if the. poor things had ,
j been in the Iirst fioor ; and then I i
j made ready to throw my rope across, ;
, when just as I was ready to let go,
and then going to try to catch it, a
- thought struck me, and I let the coil
of rope fall down into the court, all
; but one end as I kept hold of, and
j then w hen the poor things saw it let j
down they shrieked again, and one j
of them fell back from the window.
j "Tie on the ladder." I shouted.:
" and some of you come up;" and,
j one of in v mates tied the rope to j
I one of tlie rounds, and then with
two or three more run into the house,
j while I hauled away till I got hold
of the bottom of the ladder for they
sent the heaviest end up Iirst, and
; dragged it in tit the window, and
balancing the other end up continu
j cd to push it across and into the w in-
(low of the other house across the
! court, and so made a sort of a bridge,
only it was all askew for the houses
were not ptitcopo,sitetooiie anuth
: er.
,Insf as I'd dour this in comes my
mate with two more men, and I sets
them to work to hold the ladder
while I took hold of the rope, and
then made ready to crawl across on
the thin bridge I'd rigged up. It
was fur life and de;ith, or 1 wouldn't
have ventured on the slight. In nding
wood: lor though a ladder set . .':
ly upright .may be .strong enough, it
makes it a ileal weakcrto lay it dow n
level and then "o and crawl along it.
I knew how it would lie, though, so
I tied the rope around my body,
and made my mate hitch the other
end round a big hook in the wall.
spoke iitwnit, made a rush to get the I
ladder, and he was in such a horrid
fright that I don't Inlieve he'd got
over safe, and besides 1 knew there
was time for us all to get away if
things were done quietly; so, con
sideringas it wasn't his turn. I held
him back for the married man to go
Iirst to his wife, when the other one
almost shrieking out with rage mid
fear.
" Let him go first, says the niar
ri' d man. " I'll wait."
"Taiu'this turn." I says, rather
obstinate like. "Over xou go!"
and at such time we can't be in
terfered with, and haviiigmndc my
. 'ans so far I didn't want them al-
i .cred. So, " Over vou go !"' I s;s.
I think I can crawl," he Kays,
and he got out on tlie ladder ; but
instead of crawling he sat astride of
it mid worked himself along, with
the crowd hurrahing and cheering
a tremendous.
And up cauicthe flame ami smoke,
and the roar and crackle and falling
in of titnlters was getting terrible.
Kvcry place was as light as day,
while as to the heat. 1 declare it
seemed to scorch you ft
" The sooner yoll'rt
me with you the better
it," I savs, ami then I
round tosee how matters were, when
there came a crash and a puff, and
in a moment the llamescame w reath
ing and t wil ling up from underneath
at home, nnd the little golden curls
that. I should play with no myre ;
and how I could now understand
the dread my wife always had of
what she called ray frightful bnsi
heis. Yes, I hail saved seven that
night ; but it w as hard to die hard
to give up life at eight and twenty,
and suffer the death from which I
had saved so many.
1 coiililii t help H.pist then, lor a
grim smile came over my face as 1 .
thought it was my old enemy the
lire In ing revenged upon me; but
directly after I tried to pray once
more, ami then in the midst of the
t-niekc I gave a wild cry, dashed off
my h Iinet, drugged my belt undone,
and kifkfd off my heavy boots, half
! suffocated, and had oil' mv thick
nid th ti w ith mv heart
lie. 1 thank trod for
tli' thought, mid th next moment I
was over the great bars ami in the
bigchiiiiiiey of the old house.
It was full of amoke, and I could
hardly breathe; bat it was a Mire
way f escape to th" r-Mif ; and
though I eouid feel thar I waj tear
ing the skin from mv elbows ant!
Tlie ChrixtUtn Index is responsible
for the following :
It is nell known that some of the
judgcH in Missouri are very reluctant
to enforce the bur against ministers
j of the gosjK'l for exercising their
profession w ithout having taken the
test oath, and avail themselves of
every pretence to discharge those
I who are accused. AYe tell the fol
j low ing tale as it ia told to n, voueh
; ing for nothing:
I Three ministers, charged with the
j crime of preaching " the glorious
' gostcl of the Hon of Clod,'' were ar-
raigried before a certain judge.
I They were regularly indicted, and
i it was understood that th proof
l against them was very clear.
I " Are you a preacher V said the
! judge to one of them.
Yes, sir," replied the culprit.
tieiiomi nation an you
(YYith
Fir.
coat, tco
beating w ith hi
aiftilly.
across
1 shad
took a
To what
ls'lollg!'1
" 1 am a christian,
dignity.)
"A christian! What do you mean
by that f Are not all preachers
christians ?"
" I belong to the sect usually call
ed, but wrongly called, ( 'amplVell
itcs." (Not so much dignity.)
" Ah ! Then you Iwlicve in baptiz
ing s-ople, in order that they may
be born sigain, do vou f
"I do sir." (Defiantly.)
''Mr. Sheriff, discharge that man!
He is an innocent man ! He in in
dicted for preaching the gospel, and
t'.ie.e isn't a word of go:;pel iu the
stuff th::t hc preaches! It is only
and
like
look
an one's life, w hv. ' used fur a pulley, so that in the event
IV, tl
v s .iniinoned. and -he gave Iter ii 11.
ill- t.o-wi d to her hi- sahle plume
e sword to rust upon the wall.
with thi
ol the L-!i i ii in
i);-t.ir.!. S. II.
Humana Tremolo, t'.e.nd i
11. II ( UN AM .
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lVll tiei. I'll l id -hed V ith
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lM'.ASONAr.I.i: IMIMT.S.
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t 'i lit',
i' i:' ll ihlinvs MHM1
t!i :tt '.i ;i:.tl inn r 1 1"-'
d he
Cil.Ti.iges in leaduie. at the
arrival of the trains.
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4'otttlll It.teklll
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K. A tl. T. KH l & HI'S.
k II. T Kl KS .V I II . Will I.I-.
intlllhle eolortt, lor .tOe.. -ihhI l'l llit-i ti om la lo
'JUe.. and other llresn UtMitU e.iuullv us i ht-iip.
I I'as, liay I'liutrs, Stuiled KoeUinu I'linii-s,
I 'line Seat nnd Hack I hairs. Whul Not, T.i
lilei. Mirror, Window shiidi"t. A e.. nt
t. II. T. Kh I s & ( u s.
i ' K". i nit ii Min,
AiiT. Wtit LI) IN ,
vile attention to h U stoeli of eoiul. nssiir
Inn Ills patrons that leivlnu he, n nrehnse, nt j
file must tnvotalili' leliiis. lie will u i t- mt .it
iniiiii'i iii. iii in i usii, ami K. udv I'uv Iium i..
Wanted, In i'ii-liiiii8i., ami tor eush,
llvlttr, Chcmr, A,y, nun, .Vitjir Ntiynr. i'o-ttttn-t.
Vi lli, nnd ll'iio.
Hie lii;liepl iiiatKi't prii'r will lie
Knr wliieli
pHlil.
A. vi. iioui:,
DENTIHT,
Oirn r. ti II ihiu'h Nmiii IIi ii.iiimi,
itruHrl, Vrrmonl,
l-IM'.LTII KII.LLIi WITH (inLD AND SIL
I ver. A I -mi. Inserted mi Hold. Silver, mid
Villi niiieil lluld'er Imsr. Ill the liilest iliipfov.
nl tiui.li rn Kly leu,
IVIc'i'i er ,.( i.r Teeth nil Vnleiinireil Huli
tr litif riiiiue nil the k ii v hum five to Thirl v
f'lvr Piilliit-t, aceonling t' misv mid lliu-h,
VOItK
.vn asylum for colored lunitics is
about to be erected ill Tennessee.
It will cost .j".':.!.!!!!
Three persons have died since
Sal unlay, on board a vessel at Holms'
Hole of -Southern lexer.''
The house of William Davis, of
I'ittslicld. N. II., was burned Mon
day night. Loss, i'l 10; no insur
ance. The house of I'rnncis H. I.igclow,
in West r.oxlston, was entered by
hurglcn last Wednesday night, who
niter helping themselves lo good
i things to cat in the cellar, succeeded
in taking away Irom tiie house con
siderab'i' clothing and blankets of
value.
On Tuesday last, as .Mr. Abner
Hill, of Saco, Me., with his wife
and two friends were sailing on the
river, their boat capsized, and Mr.
Hill was drowned, lie was sixty
seven ycats of age.
tin doubt it would be brave ami gal
lant, because you would have done
, it out of true compassion tor a suf
; fcriiig fellow creature ; but then
I with me its tpiite different. I'm paid
so much a week to save life and pro
' petty from lire: consequently I only
do w hat's mv dut v to do.
1 runs up the court axe iu hand, ,
and soon sees the state of atl'airs. ;
. One house was in a blaze from top:
to bottom, and the flames had work
ed through into the next, and were
attacking the one opposite, while,
with their escape regularly cut oil'.1
there were about half a doen peo
ple at the upper windows of the
same house and no way of getting!
to litem. There was no back door
to the place, being in one of those,
crowded cily places; while the door j
in fiout and stair case were now
fas! getting into a slate of glow, oil',
which the water sputtered and j
i steamed w ithout making any im-1
pression.
I here was no time lor ladders or
anything else but the sheets, and
them were got si retched out for the
people to jump into, but, poor things!
they dared hot, and what to do I
could not tell. There was the lire
bhi -:ng up higher and higher, light
ing up two of them old cily church
es that von see lost down those old
courts, and looking as if they'd been
, put then' out the. way because
' people didn't have any use for them
(now. There they were lit up glow
ing, and the pigeons that lived up
there scared and thing round and
round the lire; there was the rush
and roil r of the wind alongthe court
as il set lowardsthe lire ; and there
, were the llamcs leaping lip, the
clouds of sparks lisiug, the clouds
of smoke rolling away, and the
crackling sputter of the slates as
thcytlew with the heat, and then
' slid rattling oil' into the court be-
neath, siuas1! upon the pavement,
i l'vcry now and then ciiine a louder
I roar iind a crush tts a rafter or beam
i fell in, and sent the sparks up iu
i wiiiriwHiii. Aim lucre mi inai
A fur trader lately went hp Oat
eiiait I'iver. Canada, with a small I.i , ...
I I Ol il III ,..!,, ,,. tl,., H-iljl.iut iiiircittii' i-lil'iiiLu
I' i"lh I"'' " c , i "p, ....
for help vou ever heard. Now, I ve
tlriiilrnril. .lime
li'.lr..I.V77.7.
HI. I nn'..
I
A nil n-nt Mnl.ru ran .
rittiti ' it In flt fniiiiitr. woli
i terr IiiiIa iMin, tr yli' Ink
I.Hiit, I.. Ip .fieMl I'l-t.ilti hotvrnt Hrnt l.T
msillnlls, rati nl llif I mini !"!' Ius-M r.-rH.l
4 fliif I'.ni'f W,-.,,.if,l AiHf-.l HI MHI lino,
slock ot w hiskev. He sin
making considerable protil on his
capital, but was cautioned by the
sipiawsuot to return. Not heeding
the winning, he brought again two
barrels of higliwines, which were
promptly rolled off the cart down
the bank ol the river.
The Port land Trtnwript tells a
story illustrating the thieving car
ried ivi at (he lire. It sii.vh innun
and his wife who were binned out
mid went out to the Cape to Irourd,
on being hIiowti to thcirrooin, found
it furnished with their own furni
ture !
henrl so much of I hat sort of I hing
that you'd expect that I shouldn't
mind it ; but I do though ; and as I
said about the tires, 1 don't think I
shall ever get to take it as a matter
of course ; for there in something
very awful in seeing fellow ercatini-n
strong nnd hearty, mid yet, dying
before your eyes, mid you notable
to save them.' '
I'.i it I wasn't idle nil this time
not n bit of it, for every minute'H
worth something nt a lire and If yon
give it too much titn it w ill rloat
f a fall, if the rone held good, 1
shouldn't have gone all the way.
: They tietl one end to the ladder, too,
for to keep it steady, and then tliere i
j I was scrambling across w ith the
ladder bending and quivering, and 1
I the crowd underneath hurrying and !
i clapping their hands just as if 1 was'
.d ,ng a bit of I'dondin to please'
them. j
How that ladder did bend; so
that I thought it must give way. and !
, me go crash into the court ; but it
d'du't ; and the next moment I was
i i.i the window of the burning house
with tiie trembling women clinging
to me.
i ' Now, then," 1 said to one man.
: -'you can creep across." audi point
I eil to the ladder.
I can't leave my wife," he says, ;
holding a half fainting woman'
against a window w here the smoke
wasn't quite so dense.
" You're a trump, you are,"' 1
thinks; and then I hauls more of
the lope over, and makes if fast
round the poor woman's waist ; and
then we laid her on the ladder, and
the three on the other side hauled,
nnd we held on to the rope this end,
and so w e got her half across, w hen
she slipped off the ladder, and hung
right over the court, while there
arose a regular shriek of horror.
Hut there was people, you see, at
each end of the rope, so they soon
had her in at the other window,
though the rope was so tight (Ii.it it
must h:i'p hurt the poor thing ter
rible.
Then we loosened the rope again
and we sent anoilicr woman over,
and she was insensible with fear,
and we got her over all right, though
site, too, slipped oil the ladder. Then
tliere were too little girlx. one alter
the other; and It wassad to see how
they trembled and shook too much
frightened to cry, as well as they
inieht be, for the heat was nwful ;
and I knew that another quarter of
an hour would Iind the room we
w ere iu ten not
e got
dragged over, too,
try to craw I across, audi suppose
to ii mini as ain't nsedte such llnni's
to creep over n place ike that, all
those feet over I lie pavement, nnd
when you've bi-cii frightened to death
nearly by waking out of your sleep
lo Iind t iie next place on lire, is rat h
ertryiu; and now there was only
that chap whose wife was Hent over
Iirst, and who had worked nil he
could to help me nnd anothi r terri
ble cowardly chap, whom 1 ! had
qui!.1 u set to w illi to keep hack so
as to save tin' women uud children
Iirst.
And now this chap hk I've jiff
where 1 stood, and just as the last
chap had his leg on the window-sill
and I was going to tip the rope
round him, he gave a yell and fell
back, or rather I pulled him back
into the smoky room, and he fainted
dead awav.
He must have gone down crash,
into the court if I hadn't have drag- 1
ged at him but there was no t me to,
lose. 1 made the rope fast and got
him on the ladder with the flames
darting up through the rounds ami ,
burning his hair ; anil then I shout-,
i-il In t licin to haul and haul ihey
did. with me trying to steady him
w ith my end of the rope, but before
he was quite across something went
snap, and 1 staggard back into the!
room, holding on to the piece of
burnt through rope, and with my j
heart sinking as I felt that my own j
j salvation was partly gone. i
dust then the Humes was V.'.lfled i
on one side and I saw that tacy ,
were dragging in the last of thesev
, en. and felt now as if I'd done a good ,
night's work and it w as time to save.,
myself. Tin ipt ashamed to own it, ,
I did feel frightened as 1 threw down :
that piece of rope and it must have i
been something like a cry of horror;
1 gave when 1 got hold of the lad- 1
der and felt it burn my hands audi
then as I tried to l-car upon it, ti-lt j
1 it crumbling away, and that I was
without a way of escape.
l'ar above the noise of the fire. mil
water cam.' the shriek of ihe crowd
i as the Inn. lit ladder fell away and
hung bla.ing by one end against
1 the opposite house, while t here came
! such o rush of llame past the win
iluw that 1 could not look out ; but
' directly after 1 heard the fierce rush
! ol water, and could see that four
branches were deluging the window,
! and all beneath; for my mates knew
what a danger 1 was in.
I ran to the window, and was
beaten back by the water, while the
'smoke that came out win quite
blinding. Then I tried through the
hot vapor in the room to see if 1
could get out of the door and reach
Ihe roof, but just at that moment
i there came a dull Hash through the
smoke, and I could see that the back
' of die house was on lire, while from
the way the llun.es rushed up egain
in front and filled the court, I knew
that there win no help to be had
from the opposite for they must
have been beaten from the window.
I'd been iu some dangers iu my
time; but till now there had alwas
seemed a road out, and as I tore fu
riously around the place with the
sweat dripping on me and the hor
rible fear of death so close at hand.
I seemed to be regularly unnerved,
and fell to shrieking and crying out
that lil.V mutes had deserted Hie ;
when they were on the roof and had
let dow n a rope to mo, but I could
not see it ; and then nt last one ol
them was let down, and tried lo get
knees, I managed to climb highe- souu' of Alexander Camplieirs non
sense. I ischnrgc tlie man
llx.it t 'an i pi K'l 1 i te,giea t ly rejoicing.
"Are you a preacher'' said the
judge, addressing tho second crim
inal. " I am, sir," said the miscreant.
"Of what denonination are you f'
and higher, slowlv and painfully.
but soon 1 could feel a current of
sweet, refreshing air si tting down
to me, and every breath gave me
fresh strength till I had reached the
top, when my heart sank, as I found
it would be impossible to get any
farther on account of the chimney
pot. To shout was useless, and for a
while I was in despair; but at last I
got my hands well above me, ami
tried to move the pot. I fried again
! and again, and then to foice myself
, through., till I was wedged in that I
I am a Methodist, sir.'' fllis
looks showed it.)
" Do you believe ia foiling from
grace J"
" I do, sir." (Wrtbrut hesitation.)
Do you believe in sprinkling, peo
ple, instead of baptizing them f
I believe that people can be bap-
conld not get back, hut I found tint ; tizeii ny sprinkling.'' (.uucii otleuu-
l had loosened the pot, ami at last j ed.)
completely forced it off. and raised j
mvsclf panting to a sitting position !
on the chimney stack, but afraid to
mo e, for my head was wedged in
the pot. which was fixed down on
my shoulders.
1 knew that I could not stay where
1 was for long, and tried once more
to get rid of my awkward helmet ;
and now having both hands at lib
erty, I loosened it, and it fell w ith a
crash into the court beneath.
Just then there rose a cheer, for
sunn
low ;
" Do you believe in baotizing ba
bies ?"
It is my opinion, sir, that infants
ought to be baptized." (Indignantly-)
Not a word of scripture in any
thing of the kind, sir!" shouted hi
honor. " Mr. Sheriff, turn that man
loose! He is no preacher of tho
gospel. The gospel is the trutli,anil
there fsn't a word of truth in what
tlie man teaches! Turn him loose!
It's ridiculous to indict men on snch
i i ... i 1 : . . l . - i t T'
one had made me out irom he- uivoiousprcicnces; nini uimioose.
mil sick and faint as I was I Methodist disappears, not at all
managed to wave my hand uud try hurt m his lei-lings by the judicial
to cheer; but it stuck in my throat ! abuse he has received.
and I could not get down 'without ! "What are yon, sir,'' said tho
help. A ml I suppose English pen- judge to the third felon
pie must be fond ot cheering tor
liow they did shout w hen I got down
t hrough another house and was there
amongst them ; and after ;.ll it was
only one's dut v.
A SruDNti SMr.i.t. or Cloves. ;
A few nights sine; Tom Jones went 1
home fo his wife in rather a disguis-!
ed condition, lie had drank so often
for the success of our
that 'ic was compelled total a hand
full cloves to reinov e the smell ot'
whiskey. While undressing, his
wife delected the perfume of the
spice, and said.
" (loot! gracious, Tom, how dread
fully yon smell of cloves!"
Hh ."' said Tom, starting;
" c 1 o v o-s ,'"
' Yes, cloves; any one would
think you had been embalmed like a
mummy."
This made his wits go wool-gathering.
"Phew! vou are regularly scent
ed with them. Where havi
been to hlghl . continued the w ilt
Tom was thrown entirely off his
guard his brain rambled, and with
out the remotest idea of what he
was saying, replied.
" W-h-v hie (.'lain, the fact is.
1 have just been on a little
the l'.ast Indies, and while
there, fell over a spice box !"
Then she knew w hat w as Ihe inn t
ter.
" home people call me a preacher.
sir." (Meekly.)
" What is your denomination f
" I am a IS.iptist." (Head up.)
His honor's countenance fell, and
he looked Holier anil sad. After a
pause he said :
" Do you believe iu salvation by
grace !"
" I do." (Firmly.)
"Do you teach that immersion
volunteers only is baptism .'"
" I hat is mv doctrine (Karucst-
iy.)
"And you baptize none but those
w ho believe in Jesus Christ f
"That isiny faith ami practice."
(With emphasis.)
" My friend. I fear it w ill go hard
with you; I. c you are indicted for
preaching the gospel, audit appears
lo me that by your own confession
yon are guilty."
l'.aptist looks pretty blue.
"May it please your honor," said
the Haptist council, springing to his
feel, "that man never preached the
yon ! gospel. 1 have heard him say a
hundred times that he only inert. I
have heard him try myself."
" Mr. Sheriff, discharge that man!
He's not indicted for triimt. There's
nothing said about the mere effort.
Let him go. sir! Turn him loose I
1 was
in at the window, but the Haines
lieat him back ; and it groan caine
from the people lis they saw all that
had been done.
As I told ou, I seemed quite fo
loose my neive. and ran about
shrieking for a few minutes, and
then I fell down on my face upon
the hot Honrs but directly after my
mind seemed to come again, audi
fell that if I must die I should have
done my duly, and I had saved sev
en pi m ir creatures ; and as I thought
nt her over-and he was : tlmt, 1 rose fo my Miccs. and some
for he dare not i worns came to my nps worosiuai
came To my iieari ns i innugui oi
those who were mice saved from the
heat of the bin niug, fiery furnace;
nini I prayed that 1 ton might be
saved.
And ah! it was hard to pray there
In keep oiir thoughts in the
midst of that tierce, siilfociitingheat
of smoke and steam from Ihe water
pouring into the room. And Imw
evcrx thing else but the words of
pnixer ciiine into one's mind; mid
it win as if the devils despairing,
blaspheming devils were hissing in
my ear to curse nnd Hhriek oailm.
Then too. cmne the thought of those
A chap once wont info the sanc
tum of an editor, ami indulged iu a
tirade against a citizen witli whom
he was on bad terms.
" I w ish, said he, hut you would
write a very severe article against
H , and put it in your paper,"
" Very well," was the reply, nnd
alter some conversation the visitor
w ent aw ay.
The next morning he cai ie rush
ing into the ollice in a violent state
of excitement.
" What did von put info the pa
per ! I have had my nose pulled i
and been kicked twice." j
" Wrote a severe article, as you
desired," calmly returned the editor, ;
" and signed our name In it." j
Fifty-four head of line cattle were j
suffocated on thcTciihessee Kailrnad j
the other day. by being shut up in a i
close car. I
t'd' t Send him about his business! 1 am
, astonished that the State's attorney
should annoy the court with such
j frivolous indictments!"
F.xit Haptist, determined to "try
! again."
! Court adjourned.
"(lod save the State,and thishon
i orable court !" exclaimed the sheriff.
" Amen !" said the three preach-
CIS.
An Kxiii.isii Dw's Work. At
a meeting of men employed on rail
roads, and held recently in Loudon,
it was stated that many of the acci
dent ; w hich happen are to he attrib
uted to the exhaustion consequent
on overwork. One of the olliceis
of the Kail way Amalgamated Bene
fit, Society staled that it was no un
common thing for the men to beat
work on S onla.vs, and have no rest
for six weck.s together, uud he men
tioned a man at. (lloiiccstcr station
w ho had not had a day off for more
than twenty years. Many of tho
engine drivers had worked from
twenty-two to twenty three hours,
The .IAmiImi"'!"'"' f M tell exhausted in iilcthurgio
that the cholera is prevailing iu sleep lit the foot plate of the engine,
Yicksburg to a . alarming extent, t there to Ik- exposed to Ihe snow una
The disease has assumed n vers ma-, ram hi un unconscious state, r.igu
lignant t.vpe, mid some of the old
est mid best citizens have been
stricken down
Tennessee
cii'ii of that
papers say the corn
Slate is greater than
during any prev ions eur w ithin (he
memory ol (lie oldest Hiliaiutants.
Large n umbers of coal miners
mid iron workers of South Wales
tire einigrnting to (he I'nitetl States.
teen hours was the ii-yular ieriodof
work on Saturday, nnd it oltcu hap
pened that the signal man would
tall uslceii iu his box. Cases of ac
cidental death caused by over labor
often happened. .
Ailminislrnlion of Lynch law in
the First Maine District is thought
to have given Hie Democrats cold
N.rrW, "',