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MILLERSBURG, HOLMES COUNTY, OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, I860.:
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Business Dards.
JOHN W. VOfiHES,
aUttornqj at alv,
MILLERSBURG, O.
"OFFICE, one door East of the Book Store,
V up stairs.
April 22, 1858 v2n35yl. '
G. W. BAMAGE,
PHYSICIANS SURGEON
HOLBESYIU.E, OHIO.
T eapectfaUr iafonns the pnbtie that he has located
in
prof
himulfia the abora rUlage, Car the practice of bit
ty OFFICE too doeraweot of Rercor-
Auz,18S rSoiotf.
J. E. ATKINSON',
-: MillersbTorg, Ohio.
IS ROW PREPARED to farainh to ardor an
the diOrrrnt kind of Artificial Teeth, from aaa ta aa
aatireeet. tOaiea, a aaaal, aa Claj atreet
DH. T. G. V. JB0UNG,
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rpHANKFrjL for past favors, respectfully
-a. kuhi uu proiesaionai services to tne pu b
lic Office ia the room formerly occupied by
April 15.1858 t2b 34 ti
. DR. EBBIGHT,
I)nsiricm oni Surgeon,
MILLERSBURG, O.
Maea am Jackass Unci, amriy appaaito the
Kaapure Heaae.
tlf Residence on Clay Street, opposite the
Presbyterian Church.
BENJAMIN- C0HN,
BALES, OI
mm-mm clotmg
Of all Descriptions,
Cor. of JACKSON washiotonsts
MILXEKSBTJRG, O.
STORES & LASE,
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DB. It E. STORES,
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Hillersburg, O.
Office over J E. Koclts Store Boom.
, Dee. 1, 1859. .
CASKET & INGLES,
... pcaubs nr .
HnJaEBSBXTBG, O. .
PLAIN & FANCY
. ' Of all kinds, neatly executed
die
lege
die
wasn
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.A.T THIS OFFICE.
alias
BAKER & WHOLF,
Forwarding and Commission
JQJB IZ C ITaJ ,V T JS ,
A DIALEKS nr ' ,
SALT FISH, PLASTER, WHITE
- AND WATER LIME.,
. mBCBASBE Of
FLOUR, WHEATj RYE, CORN, OATS,
CLOVES AND TIMOTHY SEED,
RtUUr, Egg, Lard, Tallow and aU Undt
of Dried Fruit.
EAGLE ELACKSM1TH SHOP I
JfUslsJUKStiURQ, OHIO.
JOHIST JORDAN
HTrTliMiSiba'm "adAatha
BT Street, weet aide, a abort dirUaee Borthf Cher
rrholaMa Btsra, where ha la fallr prepared to do oil
i alalia of baaiaaai oa a abort aoUco, atraaaoa
teaaaadias .
"Workmanlike Manner.
AU who want their work wan done and at reeaoaAMe
rleea, aboaldaall at Jordoaa ehap. He ahoaa home
itr iiaa
pink
moss
never
once
bad,
how
Allen
or
mora
she
with
pin
miss
lace
l daUa auk. ud Anao other work BroBortion&tetv I
Uw. ' JOHH JORDON I ,
Win. . 1 .... - 1 rrnm
-OW, ABf. lLi INI OI I
Poetry.
ROBIN RED-BREAST.
ROBIN RED-BREAST. BY GOE. W. BUNGAY.
Welcome, blithe red-breast, to those boweral
Thy aonay boaom'aardeat glow
Seema to dkaolre the liagering anow.
And warm to life the aweet wild flowera.
Thoogh bowed to earth the winter long.
The giaaa lifts up ita iaded hair,
Like a aad widow gray with care.
Aad listens to thy simple aong: .
Shy, peeping from the Gothic door,
Timeearred withla the hollow tree.
The squirrel chattering ia glee.
Cracks his last ant and cries encore!
O'er brute aad bird thy song haa away.
From tha broad river's tangled brim,
la silence the brown bearers swim
To hear thy charming roondelay.
Nations of insects buzz thy praise.
To them thou art like hope returned,
A bird whose breast with lore has burned,
tJschilled through all the stormy days,
A man delights to hear thy strain
Oh, aome aad bnild thy house near mine,
Ia tree or bosh, or clinging Tine,
Where berries blush ia fields of grain.
Oh, come and aerer take thy flight
Thy yellow bill aad bosom red ,
Thy shady wings aad dusky head.
Are erer welcome to my sight.
Miscellaneous.
BACHELOR'S LOVE-MAKING.
lou would nave known it for a bache- I
lore den, the moment you bad put your I
head in the door! Blue, sdkt wreaths of I
cigars smoke circling up. to the ceiling I
newspapers unuer tne table Uastile soap I
in tbe tiny bronze card-receiver slippers
on the mantle piece, and general confusion
everywhere. And yet Mr. Thornbroke
poor deluded mortal solemnly believed
tbat his room was in the most perfect order!
For hadn't he poked the empty champagne
bottles under the bed, and sent the wood
box to bear them company, and bung bis
morning frown over the damp towels, and
dusted the ashed sprinkled hearth with
bis best silk handkerchief! Hid like to
see a room in better trim than that guess-
ed he would ! And now he was meodic?
himself up, preparatory to goiffg calling,
to call on the very prettiest girl in New
York. Not tbat he was particularly fond
of the needle, but when a fellow's whole
foot goes through a bole in 'the northeast
toe of his shirt, it's time to repair dam
ages.
Now. as Mr. Tfaornbrooke's whole stock of
industrial implements consisted of a lumn
wax, an enormous pair of scissors, and
one ntedle, .the mendincr didn't roores
rapidly. His war of. managing the but- Oh
. ' I i.i-
ion question, loo. necessarilv involved aome
j.i.I.l.l.j. . . .. ..' .......
uini , jvj llnVt w VIII Nil IUCW UBC1UI I1LL1Q I
appeudages from another shirt and sew
them on, and next when the second shirt
was-wasted why it was easy enough to
make a transfer again T'Sew what it is to
a bachelor of genius ! it never occurred
bim to buy a few buttons extra I
"Buttons are not much trouble." said
set
tbe
and
Mr. Thornbrooke to himself, as he wiped
- ....... .r I
uie perspiration irom nis brow, "but when
comes to coat-sleeves, what the mischief I tnat
a fellow to do f I havn't any black
thread either," and he looked dolorously at
small tear just in his elbow, where some
noons nail bad caught in the broadcloth.
black pin may do for to night, and to
morrow I'll send it to tbe tailor. The fact
I ought to be married; and so I would,
I only dared to ask Lilian. O, dear!
know she wouldn't have me and yet
not so certain either if I only could
muster tbe courage boldly to put the ques
tion 1 But just as sure as I approach the
dangerous ground, my heart fails me!
And en that puppy Jones, with biscurl-
djuusukus aua naur pariea in we mia-
always hanging round Lilian, and quo
ting poetry to her if I cos Id have the privi
ot kicking him across tbe street, I'd
happy 1 .. He isn't bashful, not be ! . If
somebody would only invent a new way of
popping the question something that
l quite so embarrassing I". -
Our hero gave his black, glossy curls an
brush, surveyed himself critically in
glass, and then, with a deep sigb, set
to call on the identical Lilian Ray
mond, resolving, aa he had done a thou
sand times before, that if perhaps may
-. : -
Oh! the bashfulness of bachelors.
When Mr. Thornbrooke arrived within
charmed precincts of Mr. Raymond's
handsome parlors, velvet carpeted, chande
liered with gold and ormulu, crowded to
very doors, with those charming knick-
old
time
Lilly
at
"Ita
and
to
little
de
bus."
fk.lbt niv a woman's taste provides,
4iy was -at noma" in a bewildering
merino dress, edged with white lace
around the pearly shoulders, and a crimson
rose twisted in among the ripling
of her own soft brown hair. She
looked half so pretty; and, thank
Providence, Jonas wasn't on hand, for
in his life. But what was almost as
Lily's cousin was there a tall, slen
der, black-eyed girl, with arch lips .and
cheeks as red aa a Spitzenberg apple. O
Thornbrooke wished that Mka Esther
was at the bottom of the Bed Sea,
anywhere else except in that particnler
parlor. And then her eyes were, so sharp
he badn(t been' doing the "agreeable"
than fonr minutes and a half before
exclaimed : " -
"Dear me, Mr. Thornbrooke -pray ex
cuse me but wbat on earth is the matter
your elbow P "
Mark turned scarlet the traitorous black
bad deserted its post.
full
little
nice
Mark,
won't
be
mined
forty
the
i
oow
glow
it..
"Only a compound fracture in my coat, away
Alien," said ne feeling as tnougn nis -no,
might do tbe duty of Mr. .Raymond s bave
cnandeliers put together, "you know we "
side,
hand.
to
with
short,
I
kok.,lAM. - l T ..J . l . . I r. r
' tuv expecioa iq oe exempt iusioo
.mk . v. . nj . 1 1
WVM Ulliin.
Hold your arm, sir, and 111 set it
right in one moment," said Esther, instant-
ly producing from aome secret recess in
folda of her dress, a thimble and needle,
threaded with black silk, and setting
pertly to work.
-xuere now, consraer yourseit wnoie.
"How skillful yon are," said Mark,
miringly, after he had thanked her
I sincerely. "Bat then yon hare so
nice little concerns to work with. , I
only a needle and some wax, besides
I scissors!
"Yon ought to have a house-wife,
Thornbrooke," said Miss Lily, timidly
ing np her long lashes in his direction.
Lily never could speak to Thornbrooke
without a soft, little rosy shadow on
la. -
cneek.
"A whatr demanded Mark, turning
I -
very red.
"A nouse-wife."
"Yes," said Mark, after a moment's awk
ward hesitation "my my friends
told me so very often and I really
and gold with two wings sprouting out
bis broadcloth, on eitner side. And
as he was opening his lips to assure
Idly tbat he was ready to take the pre
cious gut to nis arms tnen and there, with
out any unnecessary delay, the door open
ed and in walked Jones.
Mark was not at all canibalistic in
so myself, you know. But what sort
a one would you recommend, Miss Ray-
"Oh, any pretty little concern. Ill
you one in the morning, if yon'll accept
it, she added with a rosy light on
I cheeks again.
"If I'D accept itr said Mark, feeling
as if he were in an atmosphere of pearl
nmrtAnaitUM- fillf. illal tTiAn Via mnM Vt m
r ' J "
" Jones np with nnoommon pleasure.
auu luaro tue loiiuw sai, pulling nis Jong
moustacnes and talking the most insipid
iwaddle sat and sat, until Mark rose
despair to go. Even then he had no op-
portunity to exchange a private woid with
-iou you u no lorgei
"Ob, I'll be sure to remember," said she
smilingly, and half wondering at that un
usual pressure be gave ber band. '-La
dies often do provide their bachelor friends
so!'
Mark went home tbe happiest individu
tbat ever trod a JNew York pavement.
indeed, so great was bis felicity tbat he in
dulged in various gymnastic capers indica
tive of bliss, only pausing in them at tbe
gruff caution of a policeman, who probably
bad forgotten- bis own courting days
words!
1 if I
-I
u5Slul
"J
wouia line me to engage a residence bow
anrn f ibaiiM ka Vv,.t I M.mA k J.n
wu j. wvuiu w worn v UBIUO IU UBI J
"Come, young man, what "are you about f"
"Was there ever a more delicate way of
assuring me of ber favorable considera
tion f Was there ever a more feminine ad
mission of her sentiment Of course she
will come herself an angel, breathing airs
from Paradise and 1 shall tell ber of my
A bouse-wife oh! the delicious
Wonder what neighborhood she
should awake and find it all a
dream r
the next morning Mr. Thornbrooke
briskly to work, "righting up things."
how he swept and dusted and scoured-
room was aired to get rid of the to
bacco smoke, and sprinkled with colonge,
beautified generally. And at length
when the dust was all swept into one cor
ner, and covered by a carelessly ( I) dispo-
newspaper, he found the window glass
i j ii i ?.t ,
uiursy, sou puusueu it wunsucn vengeance
his fist, handkerchief and alL went
through, sorely damaging the hand, and
necessitating the ungraceful accessory of an
hat to keep out the wintry blast for
being. However, even this mishap
didn't long damp his spirits, for was not
coming.
Long and wearily he waited, yet no tinkle
tne bell gave warning of ber approach.
-all her . aweet feminine modesty,"
tnongnt ne, and-was content.
At length there was an appeal below.
Mark's heart jumped np into his mouth
beating like a reveille drum. He rushed
the door, but there was no one but a
grinning black boy, with a box.
"Miss Raymond's compliments, and here's
housewife, sir."
"The housewife, you Utile imp of Ere
"Yes, sir, in the box, all right!"
Mark slunk back into bis room and
opened the box, half expecting I o see a
dressed young lady issue from it, a-la
Arabian Nights: but no it was onlv a I
blue velvet book, and full of odd
comparlmens in azure silk, containing tape,
neeaies, scissorsn siik, immoies and all the
little work-table accessories !
"And sbe calls this a house WifoP groaned
in inefiable bitterness of spirit at the
downfall of his bright visions. "But I
be put off so."
Desperation gave him courage, and off
hied to the Raymond mansion, deter-
to settle the matter ii there were
Joneses and Esthers there.
But Lilian was alone, singing at ber em
broidery in the sunshiny window casement.
"Dear me, Mr. 1 bornbrooke, is anything
matter!"
Perhaps it was the shadow the from
splendid crimson cactus plumes in tbe win
.1. a . ....I
mat gave her cheek such a delicate
perhaps but we havo no right to
speculate.
"Yes." And Mark sat down by her
Lily turned while, and then red ; smiled, I
k... i.u i . - i , j I
irum. aw na, uu irreu araw I
her band, but Mark held it fast.
no, aear liiiy ; nrst ten me 1 can
the treasure i ask tor." I
les, sbe said with the prettiest con-
and look the trembling fluttering
"You sent me a housewife this
morning!".
"Wasn't it right r faltered Lilian.
"It wasn't the kind I wanted at all !"
"Not the kind you wanted t"
"No; I prefer a living one, and I come
see if 1 could change it, I want one
brown bair and eyes something in
Miss Lilian just your pattern. Can't
bave it t
. I l J . -.7? J . I : . , r I
in uie wuriu , auu uieu instead 01 1
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releasing the captive hand, the unreaioua-1
all ble fellow took txra&aion of the other,
But as Lily did not object, we suppose
the was all right. '
And that waa the odd path by
ex- Mark Thornbrooke divenred from the
of old bachelorhood, and stepped into
' respectable ranks of matrimony.
The Devil and Tom Walker.
A STORY OF THE LAST CENTURY.
BY WARINGTON IRVING.
Mr.
lift-
As Tom wsrsd eld howerer, he grew
thonffhlfuL H mvinrr sThastntwl th tTAVa
thing, 0f this world, he beean to feel anx-
her
a
hare
ions about the next He thought with re
gret on the bargain be had made with his
DiacK friend, and pnl his wits to work to
cheat him out of his condition. He became,
therefore, all of a sudden, a violent church
goer; as if Heaven were to be carried by
force of lungs. Indeed, one might tell
when be sinned most by the clamor of his
Sunday devotion. Tha auiet Christains.
of
just
his
ita
"
m
of who had been modestly and auietlv travel
fog Zion-ward, were struck with" self-re-
send outstriorjed in thflir Kr thi.
of made convert. Tom was as rid in ralirrion
her as in monev mattara. H w. a an.
pervisor and censnrer of his neighbors, and
seamed to tb
their amount hmtmn a nH;t nn V.;.
IT .1 1... .. -
ne taisea oi tne expediency of reviving
tbe persecution of tbe Quakers and Ana
babtists. In a. word, Tom's zeal became as
bis riches.
Still, in spile of his strenuous attentions
to forms, Tom had a lurking dread tbat
the Devil, after all, would have his due
V.l t....
xjest ne snouia oe taken unawares, it is
said that he always carried a small .Bible
in bis pocket. He alio had a great folio
Bible in his counting-house desk, and
would frequently be found reading when
people called on business; on such occa
sions, be would lay his green spectacles on
tne book to mark tbe place, while he turn
ed around to divine some usurious bust
ness.
Some say Tom grew a little crack-brained
in his older days, and that, fancying .his
end approaching, he had his horse newly
ghod, saddled and bridled, with his feet up-
permost, because that, at tbe last, the
world would be turned upside down, in
which case he would find the horse ready
for mounting and be was determined at tbe
worst to give bis friend a run for it. This.
however, is probably a mere old wife,s tale,
If he really did take tbat precaution, it was
totally snperflouous at least, so sava the
authentic old legend, which closes, his
story in the following manner:
une not afternoon in the dog-days, lust
as a terrible thunder-gust came up. Tom
sat in his counting house, in his white linen
cap and India silk morning gown. He was
on tbe point of foreclosing a mortgage by
which he would complete the ruin of an
nnh&nnv anacniatnr frr vknm ha hA
fessed tha rrntst friAndohm Tl, n.
til , . ...
I lann-innrwir hMinWl him ty nnl fa
months service. Tom had grown testy
,
the street door.
and irritated, and refused to give another
day.
"My family will be ruined and brought
upon ua parisn, saiu the land-jobber.
"Charity begings at home," replied Tom,
"I must take care of myself these hard
times.
"Yon have made so much money out of
me, said tbe speculator.
lorn lost bis patience and his piety.
The .uevil take me," said be, "if I have
made a farthing." -
Just then there were three loud raps at
lie stepped out to see
who was there. A black man with a black
horse which neighed with impatience.
"Tom, you are come for" said the black
tallow gruffly, lom shrunk back, but too
late. He had lefvhia Bible at tbe bottom
of his coat pocket, and his big Bible on
the desk, burned under tbe mortgage he
was about to foreclose never was a poor
sinner taken more unawares. The black
man wbisped him like a child astride of
the horse, and away he gallopped in the
midst or a thunder-storm. The clerks
stuck their pens behind their ears.and stared
after him from the windows. Away went
lorn walker dashing .down tbe street, bis
steed striking fire out of the pavements at
every bound. When the clerks turned to
look, the black man had disappeared.
lom Walker never returned to foreclose
the mortgage. A courtrymen who lived
it
to
it
on
and
so
that
.
body
down
tbat
near the swamp roported lhatih the height
of s'thunrlar-rrimtha hnarrl a rrraat r-laltan'nrr I
of hoofs and howlinir alornr tha mad. and
that when ha ran to the window he iust IeDt
caught sight of a fiirnra such an I hava da-
scribed, on a horse that ntllorjed like mad 'on
across the fields over tha hills, and dnwn or
in the black hemlock awamn toward tha
old Indian fort, and that short! v after a
thunder-bolt fell in that direction which
seemed to set the whole forest in a blaze.
The good people of Boston shook their
heads and shrugged their shoulders.
Tbey had been so accustomed to witches
and hobgoblins, and trdks of the Devil in
all kinds of shapes, from the first settle
ment ef tbe colony, that tbey were not so
1
nt
the
free
much horror-stricken as might have been "8
expected. Trustees wera annnintad to or
take charge of Tom's affarta. Thara waa ed
I
nothing, however, to administer noon. wno
On searching his coffers, all his bonds and on
mortgages were reduced to cinders. In
place of gold and ailvar. his iron cheat waa him
filled with cbipa and shavings; two skele
tons iay in nis siaoie instead oi nis nau-
starved horses, and the very next day his
great house took fire aud burnt to tbe
ground
ouch was tbe end of Tom Walker and
his ill-rrnttnn woahh. T .at all errinino mon
ey-brokers lay the store well to heart. The 'bat
very bole under tbe old oak tree, whence (Krs
bo dug Kid's money, ia to be seen to this ber
dav. and tha nairrhborini? swamp and tha nd
old Indian fort is often haunted on stormy the
t . i i i . . I ...Ar
nicnca dv a injure on nurse uaca. in a morn-
ing gown and a white cap, which ia doubt-1
less tbe troubled spirit of the usurer.
In fact, this story bas resolved itself into
a proverb, and is tbe chief oriorin of thai
the
maa
tha
it;
in
witn
1 i . . .1 . . I I
popular saying prevaieni tnrougaout XMaw I
w 1 unit h. .1
England, of "Tha Devil and Tom Walker. I orphan
Execution of a Woman at St.
Paul.
which
walk
the
Hanging a man is revolting enough, but
publicly strangling a woman seema to be
the very acme of barbarism. But few ca
ses have ever occurred in the United
States, and none should so long as society
can be protected by impiironmoDt for life
Minnesota has recently taken the life of a
white woman on a scaffold, Mrs. Mary Ann
BDansky, convicted of the murder of her
husband, a Polander of some wealth, re
moved from Illinois to St. Paul in 1857,
She was married to Bilanskj in 18 47, and
in their family resided a man namd John
W alter, with wbom it was proved Mrs. B.
was intimate before and after her marriage.
On the 12th of March 1859, Mr. Bilansky
died suddenly, and arsenic was found in
bis stomach. It was proved that Mrs. B
purchased arsenic, and she was convicted
of the murder. The alleged motive was
to gel possession of Bilanksy's property,
and enjoy it with her pamnrourJ The Min
nesota Legislature passed a resolution to
commute tbe sentence of death to life lm
prisonment, but tbe Governor vetoed it.
she was executed on the 23d of March,
and the scene on the scaffold the last
act of this terrible tragedy is thus de
scribed:
"When the prisoner arrived upon the
m a -... . i .l
platform she was led forward and kneeled
npon the drop; the clergy, jailor, aud the
oisiers and otner ladies, in tbe same pos
ture around ber. About five minutes were
thus spent in reading prayers by the clergy,
in which she seemed to take a deep inter
est. Upon rising sbe was asked if sbe bad
anything to say. She spoke for a minute
perhaps. There was some repetition, but
tbe following la very nearly wbat sbe said
"I die without having had any mercy
shown me, or justice. I die for the good of
my soul, and not for murder. May you
all profit by my death" ! Your courts
of justice are not courts of justice but 1
will yet get justice in Heaven. I am a
guilty woman, I know, but not of thi. mur
der, which was committed by another. I
forgive every body who did me wrong. I
die a sacrifice to tbe law. I hope all may
be judged better than I have been, and by a
more righteous judge, I die prepared to
meet my uod.
Mr. Hoffman then whispered a "good
bye to her, when she showed some agita
tion, and said : "O, Mr. Hoffman you prom
ised to stand bv me to the last." Ha as
sured her that he was not going to leave
ber.
Mr. Miller the deputy sheriff, then ap
proached her witb the rope, wben she ex
claimed : "Dr. Miller, bow can you stain
your hands by putting that rope around
my neck the instrument of my death,
He assured ber that duty compelled bim
to do it, 'and she made no resistance, and
only said: "Do, for God's sake, put on so
win not sunocate me. -
It became necessary in fixing the rope
lift the vail tbat was tied about her
neck, wben sbe said : "Mr. Hoffman do
leave that vail between- the rope and my
neck."
He explained in a word, the necessity of
being removed, when sbe said : "f ix
any way so as not to suffocate me."
After it bad been arranged. Dr. Miller
took tbe black cap from his pocket, and
proceeded to put it on her head, when she
said : "Be sure tbat my face ia well cov
ered." All this took place in less time than it
will take to read it, during which she said
several times: "God have mercy God
have mercy on my soul." Her last words
were ".Lord Jesus Uhrist receive my soul.
She was requested to take a step forward
the drop, and then, everything being
prepared, Dr. Miller made a motion to
Sheriff Tullis, who pulled tbe fatal rope,
in an instant sbe fell. The fall was
about four feet, and tbe machinery was
nicely adjusted tbat the noise was
scarcely heard outside of the inclosnre.
Ibere was scarcely any movement in the
body after it dropped : a slight convulsive
motion and a heaving of tbe chest was all
was observed.
The body was allowed to bang about
twenty minutes, during which time prayers
werereaa suaioiy oy tne Clergy, who re
mained kneeling.on the platform.
The physicians having examined the
several times, then slated to the sher
iff that life was extinct, and she was cut
ond placed in a plain black coffin
be bad been placed in front of tha
gallows during the whole period of the ex
ectltlon.
Her demeanor on the scaffold was excel-
She WM not defiant or stoical;
"" sueu a ier. xi is uie opiu
f mM7 tIiat Bh8 expe019 pwdon
reprieve to tbe last moment.
A Touching Askcdots. Hon. A. H.
Stephens, of Georgia, in a recent address
. . .1 I- TT- .
a iDeeung in Alexandria, v irginia, tor
benefit of tbe Orphan Asylum a;id
Schools of tbat city, related the, fol
lowing anecdote.
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"A uwi ii.ua uuv, in m com rjlCDt in
March, with no home or Toof to aheltar
head, no pareutal or rpalernal guardian
guide to pretect him on his way. reach-
at nightfall the balsa of a rich plantar.
;A1a . - .
100,1 Dlm 1D wa. lodged and sent him
bis way with a blessing. These) kind
euuons oneerea ijis heart and inspired
witn tresn courage to battle with tha
counsel proved to be the orphan boy
oeiore welcomed and entertained by
husband. The stimulus of a warm
tenacious gratitude waa now added to
ordinary motives connected with tbe
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vivitoiud. ne unaeriooa ner causa wiLn
will not easily to be resisted ; be gained
on
a
any
be
obstacles ot jite. Years rolled round
frovidence Ie4 him on; be had reached
legal profession ; bis host bad died i the
cormorants who prey on the substauce of
nau lorraed a conspiracy to get from
widow ber estates. She sent for the
nearest counsel to commit her case, and
the widow's estates were secured to ber
perpetuity ; and," Mr. Stephens added,
an emphasis of emotion tbat sent an
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that
boy stands before yon.
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well's
A Haunted Library.
The New York Pott gives the slorv
an aparition as" seen m tbe Astor Library,
by tbe Librarian, Dr. Cogswell, and as
lated and believed by tbe Doctor.
Post says:
To understand tbe circumstances of
remarkable apparition the more fully,
reader should remember tbat Dr. Cogswell,
tbe efficient librarian has been for
time engaged in the compilation of a com
plete catalogue of the library. Dr. Cogs
well is an unmarried man, and occupies
sleeping apartment in the upper part of
library, the janitor residing in the base
ment. It is the rule of the library to
visitors at sunset, and during the
and night no individual besides
Cogswell and the janitor and his family
main in tbe building, itr. Uogsweli
hours of night that should be given
to repose, to the pursuance of his work
the catalogue.
Some two weeks ago Doctor Cogswell
was at work as usual on the catalogue.
was about eleven o'clock at night, an hav
ing occasion to refer to some books in
distant part. of tbe library, be left bis desk,
took bis candlo, and, as he had often done
before, pursued his course among the wind
j? V8 towards the-desired spoL
Kill KArVfdK rafhl n rr if wehila in an aluaa
But before reaching it, while in an alcove
in the southwest part of the older portion
of the building, he was startled by seeing
a roan, respectably dressed in citizen's
clothes, surveying a shelf of books.
doctor supposed it to be a robber who
secreted himself for the purpose of
some of the valuable works
tbe library; after atepping back behind
partition for a moment, he again moved
cautiously forward, to catch a glimpse
tbe individual's face, wben to his surprise
he recognised in the supposed robber
leatures oi a pnysician l w Dose name
forbear giving) who had lived in the imme
diate vicinity of the library, and who had
died some 6ix weeks ago! It should
borne in mind that this decease person waa
a mere casual acquaintance of Vr Cogs
well, not an intimate friend, and since
death .Dr. Cogswell had not thought
bim.
But the apparition was in the presence
of a man not easily scared. The librarian,
so fai from famting or shrieking, as might
reasonably be expected, calmly addressed
the ghost :
Dr. , said be "you seldom,
ever, visited this .Library while living.
Why do you trouble us now when dead
Perhaps tbe ghost did not like the sound
of the human voice; any way, it gave no
answer, but disappeared.
Ibe next day Mr. Cogswell thought over
the matter, attributed it to some optical
delusion, and in the evening proceeded witb
his work as usual. Again be wished to re
fer to some books, nu again visited the
southwestern alcove. There again as large
as life, was tbe ghost, very calmly and
placidly surveying the shelves, Mr. Cogs
well again spoke to it:
"Dr. , said he, "again I ask you
why von who never visited the Library
while living, trouble it when dead P
Again the ghost vanished: and the un
daunted librarian pursued his task' without
interruption. The next day he examined
the shelves before which the aparition had
been standing, and by a singular coinci
dence found that they were filled with
books devoted to detnonology, witchcraft,
magic, spiritualism, dec. borne of these
books are rare tomes, several centuries old,
written in Latin, illustrated with quaint
diagrams, and redolent of misticism; while
the next shelves are their vouncnr broth.
ren, tbe neat spruce works of modern spir-
itualistS) of Briltan, Davis, Edmons and
others. The very titles on these books are
suggestive. These are the Prophecies or
Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus,
folio published in London in 1672; Al
bamasar de Conjeclionibna; Kerner'a Maji
kon ; Godwin's Lives of the Necromancers;
Glanvil on Witches and Aparitions; Cor
nelius Agripna; Bodin'a Dempnomania;
Lilly's Astrology and others, a perusal of
of which would effectually murder the
sleep of a person of ordinary nerve for at
least half a dozen nights. It was these
volumes that appeared to attract the appa
rition. The third night Mr. Cogswell, still de
termined that tbe shade, spirit delusion or
effect of indigestion whatever it soight be
should not interfere with bis duties,
again visited the various books te which
wished to refer to, and when occasion
demanded, did not fail to approach the
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mjrauu aiHjm. 4. ut; a again was me sppa-
rition, dressed precisely as before, in a gen-;
tleman's usual costume, as natural as life.
with a iand raised, as if about to take
. hook. Mr. Cogswell again spoke
"Dr. he said boldly. "Thisia
third lime I bave met you. Tell me
any of this class of books now disturb
f If tbey do I will bave them re
moved.
But the uriffrateful ghost, without ac
knowledging this accommodating apirit on
,.wroS,' Pp--
was it seen since, and the librarian haa
continued bis nightly researches since with
interruption.
few days ago, at a dinner party at the
nf a IU.A.e -o.lth. r.,I
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Cogswell related the circumstances as
above recorded, as nearly as we can learn,
above eighteen or twenty persons were
present, the remarkable story of course
soon spread about. A number of Jit
men, iucuaing an eminent historian and
others, heard ihe recital, and though they
attributed Mr. Cogswell's ghost-seeing to
strain and tension of his nerves during
too protracted labors at the catalogue,
yet confess that the story bas its re-
markable phases. Both Mr. Cogswell and
deceased physician were persons of a
practical lurn of mind, and always treated
marvelous ghost stories sometimes set
with deserved contempt. And, aa
were not at all intimate, it will be at
a curious question for the psveholo-
to determine, why the idea of this de-
gentleman should come to Mr. Cogs-
brain and resolved itself into an ap-
parition, wben engaged in dry, statistical
I labors, which should effectually banish all
of I thoughts of the marvellous.: T.T v.
Acting on tha advice of several friends,
re- Lr- Cogswell is Dow absent o m abort trip
The 10 nanesion, to recuperate nis energies.
Three Things a Women Can't de.
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Ltdger of this week, through Fan
ny Fern, ha3 some sharp hints for its lady
readers. According to Fanov "There
are three things women can't do. 1st
can't thrpen a lead pencil. '- Give ber one
and see..- Mark how jsggedly sbe backs
away every particle of wood from tbe lead,
leaving aa unsupported spike of tha latter,
which breaks immediately yon try - to ase
it, You can almost forgive tb mala crea
ture his compassionate contempt, as chuck
ling her under the chin be twitches it away
from ber awkward little paw, and rounds
and tapers it off in the most ravished man
ner, for durable use.'" I wish to hear no
argument on that point, ' because when I
once make np my mind, "all tbe king's
men" can't change it" Well, then. Second
ly : A women cau't do up a bundle." ' Sbe
takes" a whole newspaper to wrap up a pa
per of pins, and a coil of rope to tie it, and
it comes undone at that. When I go a shop
ping which it is sometimes my hard lot
to do I look on with the fascinated gaze
of a bird in the neighborhood of a mag
netic serpent, to watch clerk do np bund
les. How tbe paper fall iulo just the
right creases; how deftly they turn it over,
and luck it under, and tie it up, and then
throw it down on the counter, as if they
had done the most common-place thing in
the world, instead of a dead which might
and faith dot! task the ingenuity -of
"angles 1" It is perfectly astonishing ! '
Thirdly I might allude to the tact that
women cannot carry an umbrella ; or rather
to the very peculiar manner in which they
perform that duty ; but I wou't. I scorn
a turn traitor to a sex who, whatever may
be their faults are always loyal to each
other. So I shall not say as I might oth
erwise have said, thatwhen they unfurl
the parachute alluded to, they put it right
down over their noses, take the middle of
the sidewalk, raking off men's hats and
women's bonnets, as tbey go, and walking
right into the breakfast of some nnfortn -nate
weight, with that disregard of tha
consequent gasp, which to be understood
must be felt, as the offender cocks up one
corner of the parachute, and looks defiant
ly at the victim who bas bad the effrontery
to come into the world and hazard the
whalebone handle of her "umberil P No,
I won't speak of anything of the kind, be
side, bas not a celebrated writer remarked,
that when dear "woman is cross it is only
because she is ici. Let ns hope he is .
right. We all know that is not tbe cause
of a mas's "crossness. . Give him kit fa -
'f. ,j..t ..-J r r..- t
VVI MO W JV. IMOC lt,m VJ -
terwardsif yon wont to. -
The Cook Flying Machine Abandoned.
donees'.
their labors might not be interrupted by
Mr. D. M. Cook, of Mansfield, the ivent
or of a capital Sugar Evaporator for the
manufacte of a Sorghum syrup, . has for
soma time past been engaged indnsriously
in constructing a flying machine ta be ca ti
the "Queen of the Air." According to Mr.
C's theory bis wonderful "Qaeea" was to
throw all ballooning an rapid modes of
travel entirely into the shade, as for in
stance passengers were to breakfast in
Mansfield and sup in San Francisco ! The
Mansfield Herald, however, says tbat Mr. "
C. in connection with aa assistant, after
having been engaged is erase labor on his
machine for six months past, bas for pres
ent abandoned the project, and aids: --
He had a bouse built purposely tbat
the visits of tbe idle or the gaze of the'
curious. Where everything waa so jealously
guarded it may be imagined that tha op
portunities for getting information were
scant. We have, however heard enough
to make ns believe that Mr. C. has conclu-
ded to cease operations of his flying ma
chine, not because he doubts tha practica
bility on navigating the air at will, but on
account of some other matters requiring
his immediate attention. During his la
bors at the air ship, we are further inform
ed, that heaccidently struck npon a new
principle in attraction and one, which, if
really correct, will be of much use. . . . .
Sucxxbs nr Appu Orchards. The re
mark is often made, tbat tbe suckers of
apple trees made nse of as stacks to graft
in, are apt to make suckers.- This m true
only so far aa those particular trees which
sucker most abundantly are apt to be se
lected from wbieh to obtain tha supply,
nd coure the new stocks bave the same
P60"1'8"1- Suckers should never be used
for 8,ocks: but th97 , they should be
taten irom trees producing ine lewesi.
To clear suckers from orchard trees they
ahould not be cat off, for new shoots will
spring out from every stub left. The right
way ia to keep the ground smooth, mel
low and clean; and then about the middle
season of growth, or during the first half
of summer, put on thick cowhide boots
and stout buckskin mittens, seize a Back
ar at a time, placing the boot npon it close
, ,v , 5. . . .r -.v ,k-
to the tree, give a sudden jerk with tbe
handaj and it will be torn out root and
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cbard clear. Suckers always gtve a akx.
enly appearance to an orchard, and should
not be suits, ed to grow. ioey also tavor
the depredations of the borer, Country
Gentleman.
Twlv CatracBxa SrarciTAjniocBLT
Srarcx nr Liohthiivo. In a debate wbrch
recently occurred in the House of Com-
mons on the subject of protecting pnblio
buildings against lightning, Mr. Freelaod,
a member, read tha anbetaaca of a dis-
patch from the English Minister at Broe-
sals, stating that on tbe third Sunday in
February a violent thundeMtornv aecom-
panted by aa nnprecealratedly heavy fall
of snow, had overspread Belgian ; and that
twelve churches bad baaa atranltanavinatw
struck bv licbtnino- K ,M.M..t
quoted for tbe pntpoae of urging upon tbe
Board of Pudlio Works tbe necessity f
protecting tha public bailaings with Iight-
conductors.