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MIDDLETOWN DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1875.
NO. 34.
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CORPORATION OFFICERS.
Towa Commissioners. — E. W. Lockwood,
President; J. R. Hall, Secretary: L. P. Mc
Dowell, J. H. Walker, L. G. Vandegrift.
Asssssoa —C. E. Anderson.
Treasurer.— Joseph Hanson.
Justice or thi Piaci. —DcW. C. Walker.
Constable and Poucbman.— R. H. Poster.
Lamplighter. — P. C. Schreite.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
John A. Reynolds.
TRUSTEES OF THE ACADEMY.
Hon John P. Cochran, Pros. ; Henry Davis,
Treas. ; Samuel Penington, Secretary ; James
Kanety, B. Gibbs, R. T. Cochran, N.Williams.
Pbinoipal or Academy. — L. B. Jones.
OFFICERS OF CITIZENS' NAT'L
BANK.
DiaidroiB.—tienfy Clayton, B. Gibbs, B.
T. Biggs, John A. Reynolds, James Culbert
son, 1 C. Feoimore, M. E. Walker, J. B.
Cazisr, Joseph Biggs.
.—Henry Ctayton,
-J. R. Hall.
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Gash in.—J
Tku.ee.—J ohn S. Crouch.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN HALL CO.
J. M. Cor, Pres.; Samuel Penington, Sec.;
J. R. Hall, Treas.; R. A. Cochran, Jas. Cul
bertson, Jas. H. Scowdrick, Wm. H. Barr.
CHURCHES.
FoassT Presbytbeian. —Rev. John Patton,
D. D., Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
at 10.30 a. m. and T.30 p. m. Sunday School
at 9 a. m. Lecture on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.
m. Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
strong's every Sunday at 2.30 p.
St. Anri's Protsstaht Episcopal.—R ev.
Wm. C. Butler, Rector. Service on Sundays
at 10.00 a. m. and 0.30 p. m. Sunday School
at 9.00 a. m. Lecture on Fridays at 5 p. m.
Mrthodist Episcopal, —Rev. L. C. Matlack,
D. D., Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.30
a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday School at 9.30
a. m. and 2.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting on
Thursdays at 7.30 p. m.
Colored Methodist. —Rev. J. W. Brown,
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 10.30
3 and 8 p. m. Sunday School every
Sunday at 1 p. m.
m.
DIAMOND 8TATE BRASS BAND,
a. ai.,
MASONIC.
Adoniram CHAFTSt No. 5, R. A. M. Heels
in Masenie Hall on the seoond and fourth Fri
days of every month at 8 o'clock, p. m.
Union Lodge No. 5, A. F. A. M. Meets on
the first and third Tnesdays of every month
at 8 o'clock, p. m. Masonic Hall.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Davos Loben, No.;i4 Meets every Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
Peach Blosboh G barge, No. 3. Meets every
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Grange Room'
with Knights of Pythias.
L 0. 0. F.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No 9. Meets every
Thursday evening at8 o'clock. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
BUILDING AND LOAN.
Middlitowm B. A L. Associatioe. —Samuel
Penington, Pres.; A. G. Cox, Secretory. Meets
•n the first Thursday of every month at 8
o'clock, p.m.
Mutual Loa« Association or Middletown.
—Jos. H. Scowdrick, Pres.; A. G. Cox, Sec
retory. Meets on the third Tuesday of every
month at 8 o'clock, p. m.
MIDDLETOWN LIBRARY AND
READING-ROOM.
E W. Lockwood, Pres.; J. T. Budd, Sec'y ;
Rooms in Transcript Building. Reading
Room open every day untit 10 o'clock, p tn.
• Library open on Wednesdays and Saturdays
from 3 o'clock to 5 p m.
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
Pc« ins. Agricultural and Pomological As
sociation.— Charles Beasten, President; J. T.
Budd, Secretory ; Wm. R. Cochran, Chairman
of Board of Managers. Annual Meeting third
Saturday in January. Fair of 1875, October
6, 6, 7 and 8.
Meets for practice every Monday evening nt
8 o'clock.
POST OFFICE.
Omen Hours. —Opens at 6 30 a m and
closes at 9 p m every day except Sunday
Mails for tha North close at 6.45 a m, and
3.00 p in.
Mail for the Sooth doses at 10 a m.
Mails for Odessa close at 10.15 am and 7.30
pm.
Malls for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
close at 10.15 am.
DELAWARE RAILROAD.
Passenger trains going North leave at 7.04
a ni and 3.14 p m. ; going South at 10.33 a m
and 7.55 p m. Freight trains with passenger
ear attached; going North, leave at 7.45 p m ;
going South, at 6.28 a m.
STAGE LINES.
with U. S. Mail, leaves
of tbe 10.23 am and 7.55
Stage for Odessa,
shortly after arrival
p m mail trains.
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival of the 10.23 a m
train.
FURNITURE.
UNDERTAKING.
UPHOLSTERING.
undersigned respectfully announces
the cRisèns of Middletown and vicinity that
he baa on hand a large and well selected
stock of handsome and durable
Walnut and Other Furniture
which be will sell very cheap for cash. Bay
ing at wholesale cash rates be fed« assured
that be can sell as low at tbe same goods can
be bought elsewhere. By buying of him pur
chaser* will be saved the freight on their
goods from the city.
He is also prepared to attend to
Undertaking Work
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at short notice, nnd in a manner excelled
by none. Persons wishing Metallic or Wood
en Gaskets or Cate* will find it to their ad
vantage to call on him. He has, also,
TAYLOR A SOWS
Celebrated Corpse Preserver,
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The Corpæ may be dressed in the finest fab
ric* nnd not be foiled, (and can be seen nt nil
lime*) ns nothing bnt dry cold air enters the
Casket.
GEORGE W. WILSON,
Practical Cabinet Maker and Undertaker,
Middletown Del.
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PEACH BASKETS!
100,000 Werden Btov* Peach Baskets, M,
000 Hand-made Whit* Oak Splint Pcaeh Ban
kets, for ante aheap, ifyaMj tejmi yty
may 16—3m 8myra*,bel.
Stltrt firçfrg.
LEONE.
If 1 bad known, oh, friend so loved !
That ere another autnmn came,
Painting the hills with glories rare,
Setting the maples all aflame.
That when the dreamy, purple light
Lay calm and still o'er all the land,
That in'the autumn peace and hush
Alone and lonely I should stand—
I should have come to yon, O love t
In the fair summer's vanished calm,
Nor waited, dreaming that to yon
The weeks wonld bring a healing balm.
I had not .blindly failed to know
The Master's tender, loving voice
Was calling yon—we eould not hear
The tones that made your heart rejoice.
How could I dream that when I came
Yonr loving words and smiles to crave,
I should bo led in silent tears
To stand beside a new made grave ?
Oh, friend so loved ! whose name is linked
With all life's holiest memories,*
Be near me still, and let me feel
The blessed angel ministries.
Still let communion sweet bo ours,
Sweeter than life could ever bring ;
Still let me feel thy presence near,
An angel ronnd me hovering.
And when, at last, our Father's voice
Shall call us to a fairer home,
His messenger—our guide—shall be
An angel whom we call Leone.
at Stora.
MARRYING A FOBTUNE.
'Yes, I'll do it, Ralph, even if she is
a scraggy, worthless, hairless, dried up,
yellow, vinegar-faced old maid I'll
marry her, or, rather her fortune !' and,
so saying, he leaned himself baok in his
ohair, and commenced pulling away as
coolly at his cigar as though marrying
was the most commonplace, uninterest
ing affair ever dreamed of.
'You speak quite confidentially,young
man,' returned bis companion, 'perhaps
the lady in question won't have you—
don't be too conceited, if you have been
called irresistible.'
'Fiddlesticks ! I guess my uncle's
fortune was the most irresistible part to
the New York belles, and I am certain
now that my greatest expectations have
passed away, there isn't two of them
even remembered associating with me.
I tell you, Ralph, love is all moon
shine—a mere creature of the fanoy—
for I have never seen a pretty girl yet
that could Bet my heart a palpitating.
Money is what a poor, briefless lawyer
wants, not love, it is a great deal more
substantial, too.'
'Don't doubt it ; but I wouldn't be tied
to an old vixen for any consideration,'
responded Ralph, and, in my opinion,
Bart, you are a fool if you heave your
self away. There, now, that advice is
free gratis—no fee asked—only do tell
me the whole story.
'I can do it in a few words. About
a week ago I saved a fine looking, but
gouty, old gentleman from being upset
out of his carriage on Broadway. He
was prefhanin his thanks, learned aky
name, and said he knew me by reputa
tion ; told me he was wealthy, with but
one obild, a daughter, and if I would"
come down to Sea View, where he in
tended to pass a few weeks, he would
make a match between me and her. I
modestly suggested that the lady in
question might objeot, but he insisted
that she could not ; she was devoted to
him and heart-whole. There is the
verbatum. I then made inquiries of a
friend what kind of a girl Mr. Lafourn's
daughter was, and they told me she
was a scraggy old maid, t have her
in my mind's eye, but its no drawback
m marry fbr money, and let her after
wards take to her cats just the same as
she does now. That's all, I'm too
lazy to work.'
And he relapsed into a profound
silence, wondering seoretly what time
on the morrow Mr. Lafourn and daugh
ter would arrive,
'There, pa ! do you, dear old gooee,
listen to the description of your Nell ?'
exclaimed pretty little Nellie Lafourn,
arranging the enrtaina so that the old
gentleman oould overhear the conversa
tion on the piazza between the two
young gentlesMn just mentioned.
'Confound his impndeneel' growled
the old man in a rage, bringing his cane
down lustily. 'I'd like to see him get
my darling, the heartless wretch, and
my money, even if he has got yon mixed
up with yonr aunt Lucille.'
'Slightly mixed up, ain't it pa? But
after all, how mush the picture is like
her,' and she burst into a merry laugh,
that caused a dozen dimples to play
bide and seek around her cheeks and
lips.
'Ha, may I be blest ! I'll send for him
this moment, and I'll—Ffl—I'll cane
him,* ahnest shouted the irate old gen
'No, indeed yon won't pa; yon let
me manage him, won't yon pa? Let
him oame—let him imagine Lnmlle is
yonr daughter and heiress, and I yonr
ni ee e , with no expectations. Wall aee
how he will carry himself.'
On the next day Mr. Albert»« Gower
waited open Mr. Lafourn, and wm for
mally introduced te Mies Lneiile La
fourn. Ha inquired after the old geqt'a
health very affectionately, and soon be
came engrossed, apparently in the con
versation that was started, but secretly
eyeing his intended bride, and he con
fessed to himself that the enthusiastio
description he had given his friend
Ralph, did not belio her, or scarcely do
her justice. Just then the door opened,
and a graceful young lady, with a great
abundance of golden curls and very
large eyes, walked in.
*My—my niece, Mr. Gower; Mr.
Gower, Miss Lee," observed Mr. La
fourn ; and Miss Lee acknowleged it
with a slight, but nevertheless, grace
ful bow.
Mr. Gower was enraptured, and the
contrast only made his bride-ozpectant
more ridiculous ; however, he deter
mined to act his part, and, as a chance
presented itself, ho whispered in modu
lated tones to Miss Lucille that he hoped
to become better acquainted with her,
though he hated himself for it two min
utes after, when he saw Miss Lee's mis
chief-loving eyes resting upon him, and
realised that she had heard him too.
Day after day he called, and propor
tionally he fell in love with laughing
Nell, and fell out with Miss Lucille ;
while she became, apparently, despe
rately enamored of him, and wrote him
poetry by the sheet, expressing her
everlastiifg affection, which he assured
his friend Ralph she meant to mean
oldness of her love, for he was sure she
was invented in Noah's Ark.
In vain he tried to make love to
Nell. She accepted no attentions from
her cousin's lover, so she assured him,
and left him more despairing than
before.
At last he could not endure it any
longer, and accordingly sought an in
terview with Mr. Lafourn.
'So you have come to propose for
my daughter, Mr. Gower ?' querried
the gentleman, when he was ushered
in.
'No, sir, I have not,' he emphati
cally replied. 'I havo come to make
a confession—to ask yonr forgiveness,
and crave a boon You know how yen
camo to make me the offer whieh you
did. Well, having been brought up to
believe myself independent of the world,
and to study a profession more for plea
sure than aught else, after finding my
self bereft of all hopes, and poor, I
gladly accepted of yonr proposal. I
scorned the idea of love ; I vowed I
loved my case better than any woman
on earth, and though I was informed
yonr daughter was—was—
'A scraggy old maid,' slyly inter
posed Mr. Lafourn. Bart blushed at
his own remark, bat prooeeded :
'I determined, provided she would
accept me, to marry her for her money.
There, air, is the truth, and 1 know I
cannot but be lowered in yonr estima
tion.' Sinoe I have met your niece,
and I've-'
'Fallen in love with her,' observed
the father, aiding him along.
'Yes, sir, exactly so ; and I am wil
ling, if she will have me, to give up all
ideas of wealth obtained by snob mean
practice, and go «way and work for
her. Do you think there is any hope?
Will you forgive me ?'
'Certainly,' he responded. 'I should
not want my daughter wedded to any
man from such mercenary motivee. I'll
oall Nell and see what she says.' And
suiting the action to the word be sum
moned Nellie.
'This gentleman baa withdrawn his
claim to your cousin's hand,' he ob
served, taking Nellie by the hand, 'and
actually has the audacity to ask for
yours.
'And I am poor, Nellie,' ejaculated
Bart ; 'but you shall aee that I am no
conceited jaekanape. I will go away
and commence the practice of my pro
fession if you will give me hope.'
Nellie looked at her father through
blushes.
'But I would be a penniless bride—'
'And all the dearer. If you are not
worth working for, you are not worth
having.'
'If, then,' sho returned slyly, 'you
wait s year and do not change your
mind, and if uncle it willing—'
'Which he will be,' interrupted the
gentleman.
The rase was still kept up. Mr. La
fourn gave him letters of introduction
to several influential friends, and he
went away, and set up work in earnest.
For a while he was successful ; at last
his talents began to be appreciated, and
hs was on a fair way to prosperity. At
the end of the year he wrote and told
Mr. Lafourn how he had succeeded,
and asked if he wonld have any objec
tion to his wedding taking place then.
He returned, and when he arrived he
found his Neil prettier than ever. Mr.
Lafourn said nothing, and Bart won
dered at his giving auch a oostly wed
ding to hia nieee ; bat when he, the
bride's father, gave her away he was
dumbfounded. As soon as the cere
mony was over he rushed to his father
in-law.
'What does it mean ?'
What shall I tell him ?'
rv
'It means that you have married my
daughter, sir,' responded the happy
parent, 'and we have been deceiving
yon all the while. Lneiile ia asy mai
den sister.'
Bart was paralyzed.
'Your daughter ?'
'And my money, as I promised!—
Nellie and I heard yonr conversation
and determined to test you. We did
so, and Nellie insisted on yonr being
tried-'
'You have taken the deceit ont of
me.'
But, though rich, be did not leave
his profession and enter into his care
less idle life again ; he steadily pushed
his way up, and is now one of the most
influential men of the times—which he
always avers is more due to Nellie's
stratagem than 'Marrying a Fortune.'
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Drunk."
The word I have placed at the head
of this article is now very frequently
seen in our newspapers.and police re
ports. It has but five letters, and yet
to what varied and painful reflections
does it give rise. It is a short word,
and yet what awful eonsequenoes have
followed in its train. In the papers we
read : "John Jones. Drunk and dis
orderly. Fined ten dollars, or sent
Disorderly, sure enough. The whole
man, when drunk, becomes disordered
from head to foot, and he walks, thinks
and acts disorderly if be does at all.
Now what is the cause of this disorder
and disarrangement of things which
takes a man from his home, his busi
ne9s, and his family, and shuts him up
in the lock-up all night and the next
morning oarts him off to prison? What
has come over this man that he should
permit the police to lay violent hands
npon his person and be compelled to
submit to the most degrading punish
ment ? What was it that took away his
liberty, his self-respect and his money
needed by his family, and earned por
haps by the most severe physical labor?
We answer, it was ardent spirits that
brought him so low and humbled him ;
in the dust. He had drank too much,
sixty days to the work-house.
No, I will not use this term, because it
implies that a man may drink with mod
eration. I will then say be bad been
drinking, was drank, and therefore dis
orderly as a matter of course. He could
net be orderly in each a state any more
than water could be made to run up
hill. •
A large number of words are coined
from the nse of ardent spirits, drunk—
drunkenness, degradation, dissipation,
disorder, delirium ; to say nothing of
deviltry, damnation, and death. And
just look at the words beginning with
P. If you drink yon have poverty,
privation, palsy and pain, as well as the
prison and the poor-house staring yon
in the face. So, young man, if you
wish to save your credit and character,
don't drink. If yon do, you' permit
others to have power over either your
person or your purse, two things over
whieh a man should have the most ab
solute control.
In passing through life you will be
many times invited to take a sooial
glass, and perhaps in case of refusal at
tempts will be made to dreg you to the
bar ; but I aay resist if it breaks friend
ship, and tears the coat from your back.
Let no man or woman tempt you to
drink. The .moment a man drinks,
treats or is treated he ceases to be inde
pendent and responsible, and by these
acts places himself in the power of
others, and is on the road to rain and
death.
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A Sharp Lawyer.
The Melbourne (Austrailia) Argus
tells the following story ;
"A gentleman of the legal profession,
at one of the great mining centres hav
ing spent a gandy evening at a leading
hotel, found tbe evening air too much
for him. Instead of reaching the bosom
of his family he gravitated to the look
up, with the mnoh needed assistance of
a servant of the Queen in fall uniform.
The lock-np keeper didn't know him,
and consequently couldn't send for his
friends to bail him oat, as is frequently
done by those tender-hearted officers of
justioe. So he was allowed to sleep
until 7 in the morning, when he was
aroused and asked his name, whioh he
promptly said was 'Johnson.' He ob
tained soap, water and a clothes-brush.
He was refreshed by a cup of tela. He
then proposed to the lock-np keeper
that the officials should walk beside
him to tbe Police Court. When the
time eame this was done, and, by keep
ing the officer in earnest converse, it
appeared as though tbe lawyer was en
gaged upon some business before the
Court, and when the name of Johnson
was called, he calmly rose, and said,
'I appear for the prisoner, yonr Wor
ship.' 'What !' said the Police Magis
trate, 'do yon deny that he waa drank?'
'Oh, no,* he replied, 'he was very
drank, bnt he is very sorry for it.'
'Five shillings or six hoars' imprison
ment, said the Police Magistrate. 'I
will pay hia fine myself,' said the ready
witted gentleman, who in this instance
showed that the man who is his own
lawyer hasn't alwnys t fool for e dient."
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Then are from 60 to 100 per eent.
profit on sewing machines.
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Owe No Man Anything.
"I do not owe a dollar in the
world," was the remark of a subscriber
last week, as he handed us his sub
scription for the present year. He was
a man a little past the meridian of life,
hale, hearty and strong. Ho is the pos
sessor of a landed estate and owns
goodly share of worldly possessions.
He is one ef the best farmers in our
county and his homestead and surround
ings is a picture of neatness and a model
for less thrifty farmers.
This gentleman has a history and
being acquainted with his early strug
gles, as given to ns by those who know
him more intimately than we, we pro
pose to revert to the true seoret of his
success ; believing it may tend to en
courage the sons of toil who are strug
gling with poverty and striving to climb
the steeps of independence and lay up
for themselves a competency for old age.
Like the most men of the present day,
who have become the solid men of this
age, this gentleman began life poor and
without the aid of those possessing the
means to assist him, battled with the
world and by dint of energy, incessant
labor, frugality, abstemious habits, step
by step, fought his way through ad
verse circumstances, surmounting ob
stades and overcoming difficulties, until
he reached the solid ground of indc
must have been great self-denial. The
great secret of his success has been in
the true theory "nover spend the dollar
before it is earned." "A dollar saved
is a dollar made," is a trite old adage,
and is as truthful now as in years gone
by, and those who thus carry out liter
ally this axiom, cannot fail to succeed
in life.
But the reversing of this role has
bankrupt thousands. There is an army
of young men in the land who despise
labor and are oontinually at their wits
end to know how to provide for their
physical wants. They depend upon
their parents or friends to furnish them
with food and raiment. They are drones
in the great busy hive of life. They
are living upon the labor of others and
eating ent the very substance of the
land. They are paupers upon the char
ity of their friends and are as useless as
the potato beetle.
Instead of not owing any man,they
owe everybody and are not the least
concerned about the pay. By such a
course of conduct they cripple the
energies of our business men ; destroy
confidence, become dishonest, careless,
worthless and finally suffer want and
misery.
To all snch thriftless prodigals,wast
ing their time in inert idleness, we
would say imitate the example of the
gentlemen alluded to. Work,labor to
be useful to yourself and the community.
Avoid the extravagances of the times.
Limit yourself to yonr real wants and
let the imaginary and foolish ideas con
oeived and nntnred from the false no
tions of others be abandoned. Be
frugal, honest, industrious and sober.
Avoid debt. "Owe no man anything."
—Denton Union.
Tub Old Clock.— An aged man
stood before tbe famous old clock in the
cathedral at Strasbnrg. Three master
artists had made it a life-work ; and
there it was, wonderfully complete, able
even to give the movement of tbe stars
and planets. On each day of tbe week
a different figure appeared, and "at the
end of every hoar an angel raised his
sceptre, as if to give the signal for
striking, while another turned an hour
glass, then a lion began to roar, a cook
to crow, flapping his wings at the same
time. Four figures, representing tbe
four ages of man, strnok upon four
bells, indicating the quarters of tbe
hour and after them appear the figure
of Death, to strike tbe funeral knell to
the hoar gone by, ne vor to return," the
old man sighed. "It is indeed an alle
gory, designed as a warning picture of
the fleeting hours of man," cried he.
"By and by a mighty angel will come
down from heaven and with his right
foot on the sea, and his left foot on the
earth, declare that time shall be no
longer." The old man was thinking
of what St. John saw in the Revelation.
He sighed again, and even wept to
think how the years of his life had
slipped away unimproved.
Common-sense is an element in whioh
many persons are sadly wanting. Com
mon-sense implies sound perception,
correct reason, mental capacity and
good understanding. It is not to be
acquired entirely by education ; it is a
sort of instinot. It may be polished
and made more aonte by experience.
There is a great deal of so and philoso
phy in a little common-sense sometimes,
and the exercise of it npon certain occa
sions wonld save many men from mneh
subsequent humiliation.
The oolored Hooriers talk of taking
the queation of their eivil right to marry
white women up to the United States
Supreme Court. This isn't the right
kind of a "oourt" to settle suoh ques
tions.
Fishing for Mermaids.
The rude sarcastic frontiersman of
the Houston (Texas) Age takes occa
sion to satirize the eastern young man
who travels for his health and can't lick
nothin' by telling the following story
A delicate, but self-satisfied youth of
great Gotham, recently found himself
in one of our New Mexican ooaches
In leaving the towns of Los Croces, the
shoddy exquisite placed himself care
fully upon the back seat by the side of
a miniature rifile and fishing tackle,
which be carried as a part of his bag
gage. As the coaoh drove over the
Acequi bridge the youth saw a picture
which caused his heart to dance with
delight. In the shade of the tall cot
tonwood trees whioh lined the banks,
gamboled a group of Mexican girls by
the limped waves of the Aeequia.
'For God's sake, Mr. Driver, what
are those beautiful animals ?'
'Them are mermaids,' answered the
stageman, suppressing a twinkle in both
eyes.
'Oh, hold on just one minute !' and
out went the exquisite with line and
rod, while he threw the hook toward
the laughing group with a gesture of
beseeching agony!
The gay throng gradually closed on
the fascinated fisherman, as he sat upon
the bank drinking in the rapturous
scene before him, but paying but little
attention to his line or bait k Suddenly
a bltck-eyed Peri of about fifteen caught
the end of his pole, and, with a dexter
ous movement, landed the fisherman
into the middle of the Aeequia. Every
mermaid of the batoh immediately took
lively interest in irrigating their cap
tive, who only succeeded in crawling
up the Aeequia bank after a desperate
struggle, and very muoh iq tfie condi
tion of a Norway rat.
A washerwoman at the next station
declared she never saw so much Rio
Grande mud on one suit of olothes in
her life, and the young man was beard
to mutter often to himself, 'D—d hard
fish to catch, those Mexioan mermaids.'
Pluoky Children,
There are some plneky little girla on
the north aide. ' A oironmstanoe that
happened on Wednesday morning shows
that two of them at least have more
than ordinary courage for their years.
They are the children of e well-known
business man who resides on Pierson
street, and their ages are seven and ten
respectively. Their father had left the
house on the morning in qnestion for
his place of business about 8 e'olook,
leaving the children together, the old
est being in her teens. This latter was
in the rear part of the house somewhere,
when the two young ones went into the
parlor, and oame npon a man who was
stealthily walking aoross the floor to
wardi the mantel, evidently searching
for somthing. The older of the two at
once, nothing daunted, went np to h im
and, taking him by the arm, asked him
what he wanted. The man gruffly mat
tered that he wanted "gold," where
upon the ohild said they bed none for
him and told him te leave. He said
then that if he couldn't get gold that he
wanted a girl, and, without showing an
inclination to leave, sat down on the
aofa. The smaller child ran into the
rear part of the house, seised a broom,
and came iu with it pell mell, while the
other child ran to the hallway and
•ailed to her father, pretending he was
in the house. The intruder, fearing he
weuld be ejected rather forcibly, if not
arrested, at onoe made his way out of
the house, the children running after
him, and the little one in particnlar
giving him a parting tap with her
broomstick. The man had found the
front door open, and had gone in to help
himself without any ceremony probably
also knowing that tha head of the fam
ily was absent.— Chicago Timet. *
Nbably Strangled by a Snakb.—
The Utioa Observer of a few days since
relates this story : 'A girl, 14 years
old, in tbe emyloy of Jerome Brock
way, has been spending a few days in
the wilds of Pike county, Pa., and had
narrow escape from being strangled
death by a black snake. She was
sent by her mistreü out into the woods
piok whortleberries. She crosaed
the lake in a small row boat, and, ac
companied by a small Newfoundland
dog, walked about three-fonrths of e
mile into tbe woode, where the berries
were plenty. After filling her basket
she sat down on a log and ate bet
lnneh. As she waa abont to start for
home a Urge blaok snake sprang about
her neck and began ohoking her. The
affrighted girl screamed at the top of
her' voice for aisistanoe, but there was
one near enough to hear her eries.
length, when ahe waa ao exhausted
that she was nnable to cry out, the
snake twisted its head aronnd so that
the girl eould reaeb it. At first aba
waa afraid to tonoh the monster. Then
realising that she must do something
perish, she eaught the snake about
neek and choked it nntil it relaxed
hold and fell to tha ground. The
girl then threw it against a rook and
sooeeedad in killing it. 8he tied a
email hiokory withe around the snake's
neek and dragged
foot and slave
it hams, It measured
n inohes.'
Becollections of Boyhood.
When I was a boy, my father on one
occasion sent me to the mill for grist.
On arriving there, I saw some young
sters in an adjoining field playing ball.
After tying .my horse to a tree, I went
over and joined in the game of ball.
When it was over, I returned to the
mill, which, to my astonishment, was
closed for the night. My horse, to add
to my annoyance, had broken loose and
wandered homeward. I was two miles
from home, and had to foot it. On
nearing our house, I saw my father
step from behind a tree ; but unaware
of his motive, I boldly marched toward
him, full of excuses. As I reached the
tree, he stepped from behind it, and,
swinging a stout hiekory switch, he laid
it on me vigorously, yelling at every
stroke :
'Are you going home, sir ?'
'Yes, sir,' I replied, jumping around
'quite lively, and he striking me at every
jump. Of course we made quick time
home.
A few days after, while the old man
was feeding the sheep, and in the act of
stooping, a oross ram in the flock Btruck
him head-foremost in the rear, and sent
him sprawling on the ground. As he
got up on all-fours, the ram charged
again, striking him in the same place.
They repeated this performance half a
dozen times, while I lay behind the
fence, yelling : 'Are you getting home,
sir?' The old man, although a pions
elder of the church, after alighting on
all-fours on the other side of the fence,
began robbing the injured part of his
body, and said : 'D— that ram !'
in
Shepherd Dogs.
In Southern California you may see
on the plains and hills thousands of
sheep, bat not a man to watoh them.
Aronnd each flock or band of, say a
thousand aheep, are half a dozen dogs,
whose progenitors were imported from
the pastures of the old world. These
dogs take the entire care of the sheep ;
drive them tz pasture in the morning,
and bring them home at night. These
dogs have inherited a talent for keeping
sheep ; but the shepherds do not depend
wholly on that. They cultivate it in
this way : When a lamb is born it is
ore she
has seen it, and a puppy put in its
plaoe. When the puppy grows old
enough to eat meat, it is fed in the
morning aud sent out with the sheep.
It stays with them because if is accus
tomed to be with its mother, but it can
not feed with them. As they get full
the dog gets hungry. At length, im
patient to return where it hopes to get
another piece of meat, it begins to tease
and worry its mother, and finally starts
her home ; the other sheep follow, and
thus the whole flock is brought in. If
the dog brings the Bhecp home too soon,
or comes home without them he gets no
supper, or is punished in some way.
Hence he soon learns when to come,
and sees to it that none of his charge
are left behind. These animals are
trained by taking advantage of their
instincts and appetite.
taken from its mother
A Wild Boy Caught.—A gentle
man arrived, from Marcos yesterday,
and brought the news of the capture of
wild boy a few miles from that plaoe.
The boy was first discovered wallowing
in a pond of shallow water, and when
approached he broke like a quarter
horse, rnnning about a mile before he
could be overtaken by men on ponies.
Riding up near, the boy was lassooed,
when a fierce contest ensned, tbe strange
being striking, kicking, and lunging
about in the most fearful manner, and
apparently being frightened almost to
death. Finally he was overpowered,
tied, and taken to the house of the man
who first discovered him. His body
was discovered with hair about 4 inches
long, and from sise and appearance he
supposed to be about 12 years old.
He is unable to talk, but possesses rea
soning power, and now follows hia cap
tor aboni like a dog .—Austin ( Texas )
Statesman.
An Impressive 8ioht. —There were
nineteen of them—exactly nineteen,
and they marohed down the school
house lane in double file—all but one.
He marohed alone at the head ef the
eolumn. They were noble young men.
They had high foreheads and intelli
gent foces, and there wee a stern, de
termined look on eaeh face—a look
whieh «aid that they would die at their
eonntry*a call. Were they going to
resene of some kind sentiment
whieh the wieked world waa trying to
blot from the heart« of men ? Were
they going to the suooor of the unfor
tunate and distressed ? No, not a cent's
worth—they were going out lo play
base ball. It waa an imposing sight to'
them maroh, eaeh form ereet, eaeh
in time, each face bearing that look
whieh warriors wear when the roar of
battle ia loudest. If every one of the
nineteen had been on their way to thé
woodpile or the cornfield, the right
oonld not have been more grand and
thrilling. *
Tan 8tales eleot Governors this foil.
"We have no more money now than
we had in September, 1873.'
know one fellow who hasn't as mach.
Connecticut fanners make more by
raising onions than they do raising
tobacco. Thero are more scents in
'em.
We
In India and China the people
to take to the use of opinion as if by
instinct, and it does not permanently
injure them.
seem
Future hard winters in Buffalo are
not to be as profitable to plnmbcrs as
last year. The pipes havo been relaid
six feet deep.
The corner stone of a Protestant
church in Pittsburg was laid last woek
on a Sunday ; there was a procession,
brass bands, etc.
Never waste a fly in huckleberry sea
son. One fly in a plate of huckleber
ries is said to contain more nutriment
than three berries.
Documents have just been discovered
whioh show that Nero didn't even know
how to fiddle, and that he was an up
right, conscientious man.
It now turns out that the buzzard is
a noble-hearted, liberal minded, con
scientious bird, and Audubon clubs
owe him an apology written on parch
ment.
Swimming is an adopted branch of
public school education in England,
and in London there are some 5000
children of both sexes taught to swim.
Clara Morris owns pets, loves and
weeps over thirteen little dogs, any one
of which wouldn't sell for two shillings
at an Alabama auction.
During a thunder storm in* Maine
the lightfling killed a horsejwprth $300
and never touched an old cow which
had just kicked a woman senseless.
Prussia miut be a paradise in one
respect. It has only one lawyer to
each 12,000 inhabitants. In this un
fortunate country we have one lawyer
to every 879 inhabitants.
A frog as big as a cow's head, and
with a voioe like a dog, has been seen
m Montreal. The gourmand of the
New Bedford Mercury speak# for one
of bis hind legs for supper.
A Tribune correspondent oomplains
of the "Tolls at Niagara." Wo can't
see how they can be avoided, though,
so long as the place continues such a
favorite resort for the belles. -
Mix cyanhydric, sulphuretted hy
drogen, formic, acetic, propionic, but
srio, valerianic and carbolio acids, and
half a dozen kinds of alkaloids and
creosote and you have tobacco smoke.
Florence Marryatt (Mrs. Ross
Church) is said to be not far from forty
years old, and the mother of a married
daughter, but she is generally spoken
of as a young lady.
A Kansas woman has, like the wo
man of Samaria, had seven husbands ;
but they are all living, and there is no
danger of any one of them claiming her
in the next world.
Ladies at New London bathe in
patent bathing dresses whioh contain
corsets, gloves and shoes. Some ladies
look better in them than they do in
their ordinary costumes.
The Sultan of Turkey says that ho
will chop the head off of any man who
complains about high taxes, and all
Turks consequently remark their taxes
were never so low as now.
The Chronicle, of Norwalk, Ohio,
says : "They must have been engaged,
for in the ice cream room the Either
evening he blew her oream for thirty
minutes so it wouldn't scald her mouth.
The army worms are so thick at
Rockland, Me., that they can scaroely
be kept out of the houses, and covor the
fields so completely that a person can't
walk without orushing them by the
quart.
After all, there's no place like
hoe'm," as Spilkins remarked yester
day, when, on his return from Long
Branch, Mrs. S. promptly ordered him
out to his regular duties in the potato
patch.
Bouoicault is playing the "Shangh
raun" in San Franoisco. Hie first week
was the greatest ever known in the an
nals of the stage on that coast, the re
ceipts being $12,496 gold, equal to
$15,200, currency.
The Indiana Courts hold that the
fact of a girl's being engaged to several
gentlemen at once does not bar her
from the privilege of sueing eaeh one
succession for breach of promise.
This opens up a new industry.
The dancing procession in the Ger
man festival of Echternaeh, must be an
imposing affair. Contemplate 13,137
priests and pilgrims and musicians, in a
recent parade, taking two steps back
ward for every three steps forward, ad
libitum.
*
Up in northern Maine, the other day,
two jonrnalietie anglers eanght 233
nice trout in abont three hours. They
fished off the shore of the pond, "and
threw the trout into a two-foot enow
Does not that wund
drift to oool.
refreshing ?
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