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rieshytorian, ' Fayette ville no resalar
cervices; Sunday school at a m.
MotliOlist services every Sabbath" at
30:30 and at niiiht; Ue? G V Jackscn, pastor;
Huudny iichool t8 o'clgck,
Cutub!rl.and IVesbvterian services ev
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Temploton.rastor; Sunday school 8 o'clock.
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ans, U'-v .1 H Muse, pastor. Methodist Sun
day school at --
A HFrebTrinn, New Hope services 1st
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4lh Sabbatic at 11 Her A S Sloan, pastor.
Methodist, Muibcrry services 3rd Sun
day in raili month at 11 o'clock and every
Unnday nirfit; KevWJ Collier, pastor; Sun
day School at 9. - .
, r.-.ptist, Wulberry services 1st Sabbath
in each month at 11- Hev Win Huff, rastor.
Cumberlind Fresbytenan, Mulberry
ecrviccs 1st SaVbalh in each month at 11
and night; Itcv Jas Campbell, pastor.
United Fretbyterlan, Lincoln services
every frihUth at 11:15 a m; Ilov David
Htran pasior; Sunday school at 10.
Methodist, Shady Grove, (Shclton's
crr(.k) services Is.t Snbbnth in each month
at 11 o'clock; llev J. Farks,' preacher inch
-Li).oitv Grove services 2ud Sabbath at
11 a m; l'lcv W A Gill, preacher in charge.
CumbcrlM-.d Presbyterian, Oak Grove,
near Flynt ville) services 4th Sabbath in
cah month at 11 o'clock; IUv A V Suth
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Methodist, Oak Hill sorvicei 4th Sab
lath each Month' at 10 o'clock.
Methodist services 2nd Sabbath et 10 A
at; Kcv W P. Lowcry, PC.
rundnrland Presl.ytcrian, Oak IlilL Uov
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Piospect, Wells' hill, Saturday before 2d
Bunday, each mouth, Kcv 15 T King, pastor.
Hestera Crw k, Saturday before 4th Sun
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Netnodist, Klyntill servicos 4;h Sab
tath at 10:30 a. w; Mt. Hcrmon, Flintvillc
circuit, sol vices 1st Sabbath at 10:30 a m ;
Macedonia, Fliutvillo circuit, services 3rd
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Union, 1st Sundav; 1 i-oviUence, .mt; Mi
rrtr Gove, 3rd; Oak Hill, 4th; lie? V T
Ciilt preacher in charge.
tthiloh.Methodjst, near Millvillo prcach
ingon nd Sunday in each month atS" r.
W., and jn. -Saturday at 11 a. w., before the
2nd and 1th Sunday, Kcv S M Cherry, pastor
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Jllctll Dlrootory.
rajcttcvlllo . l'ost-Offlcc.
Railroad loaves every day except Sun
day nt 8:4 5 a.m.; arri ven at 5:10 r.M. Supplies
th following oltices: Kelso, Lincoln, k'lynt
ville, Orogon, George's Store, Llora, Hunt's
Htation, Sah'm, Winchester and Hechcrd.
Shelby ville stage arrives Monday, Wed
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days at 2 r. m. Supplies Mulberry. Lynch
burg, l.oonevillc, County Line, Shelby villo.
Hunlsvillc Stag's lcav os Monday and
Tlnirsday at 8 a. m.; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at 5 r. m. Supplies Goshen, ila!e
Green, Mcridianvillo and ITunUville.
Shelbyvitle I ack leaves Moudays and
Thursdays at 8 A. m.; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at 6 r. u. Supplies Nonis Cri4t,
Chestnut Kidgc.llawthorno and Shelbyyille.
Pu'aski hcrse arrives every Saturday at
11 :30a a-; loaves same day at 12:30. Supplies
tJyruston, Millville, Fisjjah, Bradshaw and
FuUski.
lUanche horse h;avea every Tuesday and
Friday at 8 a. m.; arrives Wednesday and
tfaturday nt 3 r. m. Sumdies Camarjo, Mo
Fiiio, thld Wt;r, r.lanche.
Boons 11 ill hors! arrives every Satur
day f t 12 w; leaves samo day r.t lm.
Petersburg horse leaves Saturday at 8 a
V, arrives at 5 r u same day. Supplies
JJenfiOW Siation and Petersburg. . .
Money Orders can bo obtained at this of
ficu upon post offices in all parts ef .the U
nitcd States. A list of Money Order offices
may be seen on application. Kates cf com
mission for Money Orders art as follows:
Not excoeding f 15 10 cents
Over 15 aud not exceeding f 30. ... 15 do
do oC do do 40 20 do
do 40 4o do 50.... 25 do
W. B. DOCTHAT, P. M.
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County OUlo or"e .
N. P. Carter, County Jud;e. '
A.'S. frulton, Cleik Chancery Court
W.C Morgan, do Circuit do
P. D. Boy eo, do Otuoty do
11. T. Holland, Sheriff.
O.W. Counts, W. A. Millard, W. A. Gun
jiu'Shoin. lf puty-Sliirit!'s. : " . - ,
Jtei.iy llcndtraon. Trustee
li. B. Thoiiipsuii, Piisler.
.. II. C. Duli; County-Surveyor. '
7". .1. Kivc Sup't of PuMic c'ui-ii.
J', t!. r .-an, Coi-vur.
y V. WcilavJ, i.....,M ' '
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Established December I5ih,
WAS IT MAGNETISM?
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A Thrilling Story of the Rebellion.
Detroit Free Press. 1 :
It has been asserted that Dan
Vernon was the boldest and nio8t
cruel bush-whacker, hi Virginia
during the war. When Sherman
entered the Shenandoah; Valley
some of our foragera ransacked
the house occupied by Mrs. Ver
non, others stole all the poultry
and live stock, and wheir thq
third set came along there was a
tragedy.-, ; ..:.)' j K'iW)
Dan was in the Confederate
ranks up the valley, and his wife
and four children were left lii a
bad situation. They had no food
in the house whcnlliuhgry -foragers
demanded -a -meal, and not
a live thing had been left on the
farm. .The woman, . despairing
anu acsoiate, made a liercc x;r
sonal attack on the men who had
entered her . houses and in the
struggle a. gun wast discharged
and the heavy ounce1 ball killed
two of her children as they clung
to her skirt?. .'.The foragers were
no - better than thieves in this
instance and had the official at
tempt, to discover, them., proved
successful they ,w;ould rhayc re
ceived just punishment. " Acts
that should forever curse tlc
perpetrators were often commit
ted by lorngers unknown to of
ficials in authority, 'and this'was
one of them. - V' W Vl x
. The woman left the murdered
children on the floor and "fled
up the. valley, and, her .'footsteps
had' scarcely grown cold 'when
the avenger.' of her wrongs'. ajv
j)cared and demanded blood lor
blood and more. ; Dan Version
was permitted to leave the ranks
to become a destroying angel.
Hie children wero buried beneath
a cherry tree in tha y artLby. our
men, but no hand" wiped 'up the
dark and terrible blood stains on
the fann-liouse floor.. The. hus
band and father, panting for ven
geance, crept into the deserted
house three nights after the bu
rial, and dipping his fingers, into
the undricd blood, he swore to
rest not, but to kill and' destroy
as long as life was left hlm.r.
I do not know what Da it Ver
non was when he . le ft home..' to
become a Confederate soldier,
but I do know that when He '. re
turned to it aa an avenger ho had
no more mercy in his heart than
a tiger. "We heard from hini at
once: A scouting party riding
up the Valley lost its. captain
and two men by successive shots
from a Henry ri tic, and the man
iwho fired them escaped through
the woods.
That night a vidette
was struck" down from his horse
and his throat cut. Kcxt day. a
teamster iwas killed. Inohc
week's time Dan . Vernon had
killed thirteen men.'-"4. ". ';.T',"".
1 He left no wounded ; bclniid.
When he fired it was with a dead
aim, and the victim went '.'down
with scarcely a "cry fr6ra lnslips.
! A rcfugee who. came .hC gave
us such details. of . Di 33 we ..did
not know, ; andv when iU was
learned that he .was' bush-whacking"
our advance scouts were de
tailed to hunt him down. ;;, "
Thev mirsucd in vain. Know
ing every acre of ground in the
Valley, he not only elnded.ptir
suit, but many of theinen Ttur
suing him kcvcr Acamc! bcfcHtO
us. "if their bodies were found,,
a bullet hole was roof lhat Dan"
Vernon had added another- i ic
tim to his list. -. :
In four weeks timeDan Ver
non had scored thirty fomr4'Vic-i
tsrasj and loraging antt pcouung
parties dreaded that i,one; manfotir eyes met sinilcJiCjMdf".
more uian a wnoie regiment, in
Earl v's arm v. lie wmh murder
a 'picket at one point during the
nirht, and next day- inisliw hack
a troop "ten miles awavy ami lie.
moved vitlr 1 he " steallhTbf jx " ti-t
JS o man ever rrAvcv an- a-
larm after knowing' of hid 'prcs-
eiice. 1 .
: AVcll, rwhat'X set'-out 1ft. tClj
was how- wo captured --Dan one
fine day,"ah"d liow singularly, )Q
escaped. ,';. Parlies . wcic continu
ally after him without' success,
while' our party found. Jiiiri with
out scarchinir. t ' .KM ..M i J
About fifty of is'Trcthrowii;
furwArd oii'e day fiom tlie picket)
powt to a new position just tie-
1 4. f .
scrted by the enemy. '' Included
in this new territory was a log
house, supposed to be deserted,
but when we camo to investigate
we discovered a
and when ho awoke the blue-
coats were about and beyond
him. " '
Who the prisoner was no one
seemed to care, but it "was the
accepted opinion that he was no
more than a private soldier, and
I was detailed to guard hira tin
til lie. c-.M e sent back 'to head
i'l??aru
's. The mail betraved no
v, i:t ii roused : fi6m fclecp.
(.umu uij iiuu udiu. ji vv u , 1 uuu iin(n uCr iTmiuie ; ne : was
bed in the comer. He had gone sight. I was silting there,
to sieep in mc uonicucraio i"jeH,!oTcn ana eves lixed on v
ft.. '4B?
Ji.
i ?
1 "Let all
1850
1 tl .1 j: 1 JL1JJJ V d.:iLJ U v.
1 FAYETTEVILLB,
is iar as wo coum see ne was
unarmed, and ' when4,; the 'boys
joked him " oii- hia" captu.ro he
cOt)lly j-cplicd: "
'W ell, it ain't huthin' to weep
over, I was gitting purty tired
of this thing, anyhow'.". r ' '
. J had A fair look at the man's
facc,and I found something there
to, puzzle and "startle me. One
day I had picked up the dacrucr-
reotype ora 'mhn dressed in cit
izen a cIqUics ;3ft sepmed to be
tliat of a farmer, but the face
was otfoia bo' ivmcbcred;3 As
I sat itf thc open door of the old
house) 'carbine Across my knees,
and looked-into :the face of our
prisoner, 1trcamx? ;to-inie'"'air at
oucQ that' jt ' was'?iiis .'.face .1; Iiad
scien in lh pictui-e.j i There Was
a great change in sfemo particu-larehtctII6hfideutly'an-
nuireu:
turc
bur:
"Yes," he replied.
"Was the case made of red
m6roecbrV;.4
IV-was. rj
Then the picture I had found
in camp must havcrbcen stolen
frpm iis houscT hy oragers .and
thrown away.i The. man looked
at me if ready to answer fur
ther questions butUiad none to
put just then. I was wondering
at the curqus icoineidencevvhen
he sat "up i bh ins' bed', looked me
sqtiard in tlitfleyc, And said :
"I am Uan.VciTion, the bush
whackcrj "aridP killed one cf
your men last "night before
ininhcTc!:;t';l"'f:;';
"Dan'VcnionH'Ij repeated af
ter , hllTLj. j ,, nf.. f'C' '
, 'Yci i Dt is' a good jolco bri
your comrades, who took me for
a scrub soldier V'i ly.'.-A
I was so taken by surprise
that 1 1 could not utter a word;
He was as cool as 'ice, however,
and he" continued:. ,.''" '
;It would giyc Sheridan great
joy to string xraC tip "or see me
shot, but my time hasn't come
ycU 1 shall bo . going pretty
Xow, that was pretty cool talk,
considering that I .was there to
guard hint and had my carbine
ready for a shot, with lit ty com
rades w;itlnn hailf but ho w ent on :
"1 have ray rilte under the
straw, and could have ' shot y on
long Ago. -1 didn't wran't to, how-
cTciv l ; teci gooa-naturca tms
morning, and youiiccd fear no
harm."., . v, ; ,7". ,
"One cry from 'mc ; will alarm
lite- whole -post," '-T- managed to
remark.
"Pooh I Tet'e hear you yell
but once!" .-
! Our eyes met. " Tlierc was
nothing malicious' m his, but
thev- put a strange spell on me.
T . I J 1 4 .J
ins voice, ioo,Miau a strange
tender influence, aiidj when he
asked me to toss him my canteen
of water and haversack of food
I obeyed without the least hesi
tation. He drank from the can
teen andyirTlic ij wed ..away jii
the food noTciiiatJt'cd:'
i "This ia pretty good fare for a
hungry man. As I can't stay
heru to cat ft all up I - shall beg
the 'favor' I of carrying; the '. vest
v. -.4 lm wrk "
"DidyoU'cVcTTTaTc-y'Oiir pier
taken by -rr--f oi 'Lynch-
, i '
Jill lliU.
and
offer a word of objection.
! "I heard thatShcridan has of
fered a reward ' for me, but no
one will ever cam it," he said, as
he drank again. r. v . ... .77 1
I lie warf' not fifteen feet from
my carbine, and I was thinking
how surely I could hit him, when
"If you want to shoot me blaze
away, but I tell you can't hit me."
! .We looked at each mother for
iialf a mintitc,'ahd I felt ttjr car
ti
tl
bine Klinwinflr from mv crasp to
ip fn)und outside. Jiv hnirers!
y A CD - O X i
lie was looldng inlor iny" eyes ' naB 5liraDcr5 :v. asKCC -tnc
id'rtould'ribtTorcc mr lips to;01' ' ' 'V '- , ' '.',
Knd no strcngtli.to hold it: Dan:un lUi i,Knu"t fcI u ,u
laughed
in a lry way and 6aid:
but 1 haixlly recognized my own
voice.
':"loohr' he carelessly implied,
'I ani ready to leave now 1 1 will
tro out -this i door Jicre- and you
shall sit'ri-rht 'where-vbu ttrel''
s ! I aS looking full at him, and
(0 save my life I couldn't move
either hand or foot. Each limb
felt as numb as if asleep.
; "Well, old boy, good bye to
you," said Dan as he picked up
,j "Why don't you shoot r;
: I tni'Tsli'airnevcrAlcave HKis
place ahvel I said m answer,
"JJuttcrauf'llns rifle fmm,1hn straw, and in
A'.ji t a t - . 1.
out VI
month
acancv
when a comrade came, down from
the - piekot-rost.- shook ' me and
cried out: :,ytz '
"A nice man, you arc, fast a
slecp and your prisoner gone l"
yfH I asleepr-Ko! Wasjt a
dream r ',J 01 : lut the, prisoner
w3 gone; There Sra talk of a
com t-martial in hiya-e, but it
never occurred, as the prisoner
was eupposcd tb -bc only 'some
the ends thou aim'st at be
common "Johnny Ileb." Had
it been known that my man was
the famous bush-whacker 1 would
have been taken out and shot for
pennitlinghimto escape. ' I per
mitted him, and yet I didn't. I
was as helpless as' if "without
power - or muscle. . That night
when he crept in on a picket and
stabbed him to the heart I won
dered if the poor Victim first saw
those strange,; wild,-magnetic
eyes glaring into his to deprive
him even of the power to ask for
mercy. ; . :y ;'r .
The Counterfeit Bill '"'l
- - . . ... i . i
A 1 1 1
ux snarp man, who news so
close to the line which separates
honesty from dishonesty as not
infrequently: to cross it, is like
ly to have his own - chips hit
hira in the face. Sueh a; one
met his mat ch. when he encoun
tered' a shrewd; man;'. It was
during the Yar- of . 1812, En
gland wa's made up of . bills of
suspended banks; of bank notes
authorized' by the Connecticut
Legislature, and redeemable
three - years - afterr the w ar.
These were called "facilities."
There, were also specie bank
bills, which, were the notes oi
the jNew England .banks that
continued to pay specie, said
notes being rare. -Besides these
there were counterfeits in cir
culation.: The specie bills were
at a-prcminm, and the- "facili
ties" at,20 j)er cent, discount.' '
. A traveler offered a $5 note
at a turnpike gate, and received
in change a roll of' greasy' bills.
Glancing at it, ho remarked:
"Why, half of these are coun
tcrfeitrt ' .I'-?-. ' " -' ' '-"'-
."I know it," replied the keep
er, "but they'll pass just as well
as any other money.
It was under these circum
stances that, in the1 city of
Hartford, a shrewd man called
one day on a greedy neighbor,
with whom ho had some - deal
ings. The following dialogue
took place: - 1
Shrewd man Do you recol
lect, giving me a 10 , bill in
change yesterday?
Greedy Man "No, I don't.
Why do you ask? . .
S. M. 'Well,' I found a specie
bill of 10 in my pocket-book,
and I thought I might have re
ceived lit from you. You re
member I was only entitled to
a "facility, and .not a specie
bill? ; . -
G. M. "Well, 'I dare 6ay you
had it of me. Let me see it.
, S. M.Therc it is.
'. G. M. Oh, yes; I recollect
it perfectly. I'll tako it, and
give you a "facility."; ...
.S.M. Are you sure you gave
me that bill?
G. M.--Certajnly, certainly;
I recollect it distinctly. m
S. M, Well, I'm glad you
arc sure, for they tell mo the
specie hill is counterfeit. " V
Splitting tha Difference.
i A young man "with the blush
of "country life! oh hia cheeks
sold but , his. : pro'dttce on tho
market yesterday and entered a
shoe-store and' 6aid he wanted a
pair of shoes for his wife. ;' '
i xae young nusnana scraicnca
hi3 head, looked very, much em
barrassed, and finally said,"'-
! "WelI,.Vl-ve been married
eight months, bat this shoo bus
iness stumps me. I don't hard
ly believe she wears Sevens, and
I don't think she - kin git Into
fives. ' ,1 guess if we split the
difference- we'll ; bit ; her pretty
close.", H v . -':'"-'
He wasrgiyen a; pair of eights,
and, after squinting along tho
spies, he observed:,
i "I guess.; them'll do.
She's
worth;"
D
f It will not do hi this fast ago
to be " continually halting be
tween two '.opinion," or trying
to sit on two tstooW; ThisptaiH
ding on the rbtipk ;of danger
or poverty and shivering about
chances andrisks, will not . do.
Methusalah might have done so
without "much risk of' "letting
opportunities slip, but just now,
while many ' are standing idle,
don't wait lor the waters to be
troubled, but stir them yourself,
and if yoq, stop, even then, to
doubt eome one may step in a
had of you. Perhaps the open
ing just now may not fill yonr
ideas of importanco or remuner
ation, bnt ten to one," a! few
moniha fi-om now ybu may sigh
in vain for theso samo opportu
nities, how- refused. :vj j, , : - ' -:
A telephone between Peters
burg, Va., and AVilmington; IN".
C.j a distance of 225 miles, , is a
success;-' ' " ' .". .'; '-',:' . ' -
thy Country's, thy God's, and
THURSDAi, AUGUST
' For tlio Faycltcvillo Obserrer.
THE UNJUSTLY ACCUSED.
Away t yoar friendship I disdain,
Who eeek to give dishonor's stain; '
Your false regard from me remove, 't
Withdraw from me yonr worthless Ioto;
Who dare with calumny and shame -To
mark my fair uablenuibhed Dame.
Of more iutrinsic worth to me,
A name of spotles purity . .'
More valued far the prize I hold, ,1 . ,
Than Iaural wreath or crown of gold, - -i
Not that I feel the slishtesl fear, ;
To meet the'world'a maKcioua sneer,
'Tia'met with more than equal scorn, ;
And hy i;ts victim proudly borne;
Unhanived I stand nor deign to car?,
Of all accused my conscience's clears
Caa falsehood mark its base design .
To injure mo whild virtue's mine ?
Or sacred truth be cast aside; ' .- .
To let the dark erfidioua tide t ; ,r
Of slander from the perjured tonguo, '
Pursue its course of baneful wrong ? . '
Shall truth be naught ? ahall justice fail ?
And shall a sernt tonguo prevail;
And shall tli' unjust accuser's stair,
On me fore verraors remain
While I in virtue" firmly .stand, '
Against that false accuser's brand, r .j
Nay, great Avenger of my wrongs,
To whom the gift'of life belongs; , V
Who views my wild, impulsive? soul,
Where passion's fiery billows roll; .
Before thina 'ail surveying eye'r t." "
Her secret thoughts expanded lie, ' -0,
Thout who can'st he will rcstrain7 -Bid
holy truth triumxhant reign; .",'
They who 6scut the false surmise, t -
O'er them let me victorious rise. J j '
gi . :"3old Again.-
A coloreu . woman. - accompa
nied by a bright. three-year" old
"pick" were passengers ; on-
Wood ward 'avenue -car yester
day, and after alternately observ
ing the youngster for a few min
utca an old man leaned forward
and asked: ' - '.'' -;
"Madam,ia that child for sale ?"
"AYall, dat'8 'cordin to the
price sot on him, I 'epose," bhe
replied. - :
"I'll give you a ten dollar bill
for him, continued tho man.
"Dat's my figger, an de nig
ger am yourn i she answered,
and wTith a twist of her arm she
placed the "pick" on the buy
er's knee, and held out her hand
for the money.
"Yfellbu W the dazed man
stammered, as the little elf clung
tirrhtlv to his vest and seemed
greatly pleased.
"Come right down wid - de
scrip 1" Baid the woman. "You
made de offer an' I 'ceptcd it,
an' if -1 can sell dc odder seven
at the same price, I'll begin all
obcr again? "VVhar's de ten
spot?"
1 'Madam, I will givo you two
dollars of the money, and you
keep him till I call," responded
the man as he fished for his wal
let. . " " ' s " "
1 "Wall, but you want to bo a
roun' purty smart, old man,
for two dollars dean' go , fur
feedin' such a 'posstim as him.
I git off right hcah, an' I libs in
dat ole house wid dc black chim
bly, way up dar. You'll find
me dar all de time."
j ."Why the old man should have
preferred to stand on tho plat
form for the rest of his ride , is
his,o wn affair. -1 - -
i ,
A Female Question
A lady who had had much
experience in , teacnnig potn
boys and girls, speaking of tho
extraordinary obtusehess of a
certain pupil, said: ,
"In a. physiology class, this
young lady. of 15 inquired with
languid surprise, 13 there not a
straight passage-' through the
head from oho car to the oth
er?' " "A somewhat natural
conclusion," tho teacher dryly
commcnfedj'.f-if eho "had ever
watched the processes of her
own mina c ; :; : . .
"Which would - you prefer
teaching" - asked a visitor
"boys or girls?", . . .,
"Boys, pnfiiiitclr, was the
prompt reply. "N o boy, for
instance, would cYCChavnasKcct
such a question as that, lie
would long before have investi-
cratcd tho subject with. a lead-
pencil. ' Not, probably, ' in hia
own cars,", sho added medita
tively, "but in his younger
brother's." : :
! Nashville Banner: Allow the
Banner to make a " protliction.
If this compromise is not settled
at the August election, it will
be tho last ;hanco tho people
will over havo to settle it on
such favorable terms. , Tho next
offer will be to pay tho whole
debt, and the owners of such a
vaa.t 6um will find some way to
get it. Mark our words. -
The grave of Abraham Iin
coln's mother, at Lincoln Oty,
Ind., is unmarked by tombstone
or tuxblet of any kind and lies
almost entirely hidden beneath a
wild growth of grass and weeds.
ri rl l-i fll t i i II M
Truth's."'
7, lS7a
i
, Avaeric Outfitted. .
Tho case of John Eyre, Esq.,
who, though worth upwards of
20,000, was convicted at the
Old Baily, and sentenced to
transportation, for stealing e
levcfi quires of common writing
paper was rendered more me
morable by the opportunity
which it gavc Junius to impeach
the integrity of Lord Mansfield,
who was supposed to have er-
ruu in aumiiiiiig . mm . xo uaii.
An anecdote is related of Mr.
Eyre, which shows in ;a strik
ing manner the natural depravr
lty of the human heart, and may
help to'account for .' the mean
ness of the crime of which he
stood convicted. An uncle of
his, agentleman of considerable
property, made hi will in favor
of a clergymau, Who was an in
timate' friend, and committed it,
unknown to the rest of his fam
ily,' to the custody of the divine.
However, Inot , long before his
death having altered his mind
with regard to the disposal of
his. wealth, ho made another will
in" which he left the clergyman
only 500, leaving tho bulk of
his large fortune to go to his
phew and heir-in-law, Mr.
Eyre. . Soon after the old gen
tleman's death, Mr. Eyre, min
ing over Ins.. drawers, found
this last . will, and perceiving
the legacy of 500 in it for the
clcrsryman. 'without any hesita
tion or scruple of conscience, put
itin the fire, and took posses
sion of the yhole effects, in con
sequence ot Ins uncle 8 being
supposed to have died intestate.
Tho clergyman coming to town
soon alter,, and inquiring into
tho circumstances . of his . old
friend's death asked if ho had
made any , will before ha died.
On being answered by Mr. Eyre
in the .negative, tho clergyman
very coolly put his hand in his
pocket and pulled out the former
will, which had been committed
to his care, in which Mr. Eyre
had bequeathed him the whole
of his fortune, amounting to
several thousand pounds, ex
cepting a legacy of 500 to his
uepuew. '....
A Singular Ssct.
Rockingham county, Va., is
just now 'fair as the garden of
tho Lord with fruit orchards
and country lanes white and ro
sy with dogwood and sweetbri
cr. The Dankards, German
Baptists, have settled on farms
or built their quiet villages all
hrough this fertilo valley,
stretching up and down, choos
ing.shrcwdly the rich bottom-
ands which he between tho Al
oghanies of Pennsylvania, Ma
ryland aud East Tennessee.
Wherever they go they carry
hnft, peace and plenty with
hem. They are usually skill
ul farmers and dairymen, are
as close and honest in dealing
as uuakers, refuse lite them
o fight cr take an oath, 'and
wear, also, a dress given up uy
ho rest of the world a century
v . a .
ajro. mo men. with their pa-
riarckat beards,, buttonless
Coats and -f wide-rimmed hats,
and tho women-in their prim
chocolate-colored gowns ; with
diiinty whito lawn caps and
crossed neck-handkerchiefs, are
picturesqno feature of the
mountains m West . Virginia
and Maryland.
This quaint, ancient sect has
increased slowly hilt steadily in
numbers and wealth during tho
ast few years. In' one marked
respect theso German Baptists
differ from ' other ' sects. Their
clergymcnj-eceivq no salaries,
supporting themselves" like St.
Paul,1 by th6 labor of their own
hands. The gospel .' ia .with
them a free gift. . . . .. .
j r An Ancient Nation.
( At tho departuro of the chil
dren of Israel from Egypt, Chi
na was seven hundred years
old; and when Isaiah prophesied
of her 'she had existed fifteen
centuries. She has seen tho
rise and decline of all tho great
nations of antiquity. Assyria,
Babylon, Persia,'. Greece and
Rome havo long since followed
each other to tho dust; but Chi
na still remains a solitary - and
wonderful monument of patri
archal times. Then look at tho
population of the country,
roughly estimated at four hun
dred millions ten times the
population of Great Britain and
Ireland. , Every third person
that' lives" and breathes upon
this earth and beneath . these
heavens is a Chinese; every
third gravo that is dug is for a
Chinese.
The girls arc making a great
racket about the correct, thing
in neckties. In fact, says the
Boston Tvst, it is a raging tie-j
fuss. !
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JPrcprlcZor
VOL, XXVi-KO. M.
He Hung Himself. .
Jerry Mooncy and his wife
could never agree- Whatever
ho did sho condemnfid, to all she
did she would not permit him to
utter a disparaging word.
"Mollie," said he oue day, "I
cannot please you whilo I live,
so I will see whether my death
will increase your happiness.
I'll hang myself."
"Do please, was tho cool re
sponse.
Half an hour later she hap
pened to go up stairs, and sure
enough, there was Jerry hang
ing by tho neck. It was not a
slip knot, however, but a sham
a circus man taught him. She
gave a scream and mshed down
stairs, w hilo he caught tho rope
with hands, and took a rest and
laughed quietly to think how he
had fooled his wife. Ho heard
her rushing up : atrain, followed
by a neighbor. Then they cut
him down and took the rope
from, his neck, his wife, the
meanwhile, indulging luxurious
ly in grief. Suddenly he felt his
hands tied behind hira and a te
nacious plaster slapped over his
mouth, .his wife crying and
moaning all tho time.
,"jnow nejp mc with an your
might,' said she, to Mrs. Barber,
"these are the first thinirs to be
done when a man is halt hung
the plaster compels : him to
breathe through his noso wThcn
he comes too. ; Kow run for the
hot flat-iron hurry.",
And then began a system of
torture for poor 'Mooncy tha
would have put the Inquisition
to blush. The held . hot irons
to the soles of his feet until he
squirmed with pain; they appli
ed a mustard plaster to his chest
that drew like a locomotive:
. 11 i i i .
tney Dainco, ms ncaci vvitn ice-
water till ho thought of Iceland.
The more he kicked tho more
vigorous their exertions; they
slapped his hands, rolled him
over the floor, and stood him on
his head v ice., versa.: This was
kept up for half an hour, when
he was released, ' and then his
wife quietly informed him when
he wanted to humbug her arain
to heave ahead.
A Joke Returned.
Tho Palmyra Enterprise
published in Jefferson county
Wisconsin, relates this new dog
story and a pretty good one.
A gentleman connected with
tho United States lake snrvey
in this city, was cnrasrea one
day on the skirt of a wood ia
Indiana. Near him, sleeninjr
lazily in the sun, lay his faith
ful dog, Tiger. Thinking to
have some fun with tho dog, he
gave a shout and a jump into
tho thicket as If all the game
ever protected by cramo laws
from marauding hunters was
thrashing through the bushes.
; . As ho expected, Tiger came
bounding' and barking to the
fray, and soon detecting the
trick that was piayodupou him,
sneaked bacx to his lair and lay
down
' The surveyor resumed his du
ties, and was hard at work for
two or three hours, when, all at
once, tho dog rose from hi.
sieep, set hia-ears ana eyes in
direction of: tho wood, gave a
bark and made a riih to the
forest depths.
; Tho surveyor followed the
noblo brnte to a treoiup which
he was sending canine congrat
ulations to the prey; but when
the surveyor ' camo and began
anxiously to scan 'tho' boughs
fcr tho hiding game Tiger ' gave
a satisfied -."Ah Whooh!" .bo-
stowed a glanoe of contempt-at
tho surveyor, and striking a
dignincd gait stalked back to
his couch with tho appearance
of a dog that had : squared all
accounts with tho Jarce survey,
and had left nothing duo on ei
ther side. .' . ;
! A jeweler in South Royals-
ton, ;Vt., spied on tho finger of
a highly esteemed young lady
who was shopping iu his store,
a ring that had been stolen
from his stock. She told him,
in response to his inquiries, that
it had been given to her by a
buy ih suitor. This led to the
discovery, of a eociety of
thieves, sons of respectable pa
rents. Tho boy a had: secret
eigiiR, passwords and- oaths, af
ter the manucr of a body they
had read about in a dime novel,
and had committod several bur
glaries. : ' ' ; .
"Breakfast shirts" arc enu
merated in - gentlemen n fashion
reports. Must , be the "boiled
shirt" one's heard of; but : it
would seem that euch victuals
would "go against one's stom
ach." . : ' '; -
- Hack hire at Long Branch is)
'$1.50 per hour. I
fijip of Fun,
Swear not at all. The fa!! of
A-dam cursed ihc Whole '-r,ce.
It is reported that Mount E:
na has given up smoking. This
is Livable.
.Tho fclIoTT. macla a bad lull
when he went to 6tcal a squash
aud got gourd.
"There is no place like Chica
go," says a C'hicarro paper.
"That is so, and a lucky thinir
it is, too."
Rev. Collyar wa3 n black
smith. This is the reason that
ho can so readily rivet the atten
tion of his audience
A railroad eating houso 13
kept on the. you-ropc-in plan,
where they beat a gong twenty
minutes for refreshments.
The littlo girl look3 forward
to the time when she caa "do up"
her hair like a lady as a period
ox iruc.nair-pmness. ,
Atmospheric air is so heavy
that its weight upon the body is
fifteen pounds to the square inch.
People can understand now why
it is so hard to raise the wind.
A young lady was heard to re
mark a day or two ago: "Why,
I haven't had a woolen hoe on
my limb this winter.": That's
culchah. .
We never saw a workingmnn
who - hated
Kinirs
and
Queens
bad
cnousrh not to take a couple
from the bottom of the pack if
an opportunity olxcrcd. '
A poet in the Whitehall Timet
exclaims: "I am haunted, weird
ly haunted, by the dripping of
the rain." We should ' advise
new shingles as a remedy.
lo matter how bad and de
structive a boy may be, ho nev
er becomes so degraded or. losc3
his self-respect sufficiently to
throw mud on a circus poster.
- Somo men arc captivated ' by
a woman's laugh, just as some;
men predict a pleasant day be
cause the sun shines out' clear
for a. moment. They forget tho
chance foi squalls. '
Dutch girls make tho best
wives. King William has been
married fifty ycara and ho is not
as baldhcadcd as some Ameri
cans who have been wedded on
ly that many months.- ,; ",
Judging from tho large num
ber of young physicians being
ground out by our medical col
leges, wc . can no longer sing,
"This world is but aa M; 1,
void." . j : r
When yon hear "a country
choir singing, "There ' will bo
no more sorrow then?," yon con
clude at once that cither tho a
foresaid choir will not bo there,
or they will not be permitted to
sing.
A correspondent asks if tho
first game of base-ball was not.
when the dove "went out on a
Hy from the ark?" . It may have
been, although We havo heard
Cain struck a foul blow,' and
was the first base man.
"How did you come to get
married?" asked a man of a very
homely friend. "Well, you sec,
he replied, "after I had vainly
tried to win several girls that I
wanted, I finally turned my at
tention to one that wanted mc,
and then it didn't tako long to
arrancre matters." 1 .
When yon see a man wildly
boring his fingers down in tho
front of his shirt bosom or try-
in": to reach down the back of.
his neck, on a warm Sunday eve
ning in church, yon may know
that a crazy bug has got down.
past his collar ' and is
tracing a
railroad map on his bare skin.
"In pnrsuing my theme, I'
should like to cover morcr
ground, but" "Buy shoes big '
euough for your feet, ami yon it
do. it,";. was. the impudent sug-
gcstion from the crowd, and I ho
orator adjourned . his remarks
until a moro rcfiticd audience :
could be present. :.';
When Jones opened the front '
door yesterday morninr and '
found a strange baby in a bas- -ket
on tho door step, he picked
up tho bundle, and as he carried ,
it to hU wife ho was heard to ,
remark: "Some men , arot bora
babic-?, some cicn achievd ba- '
biea, and eorao men have babies
thrust upon them." ; ;
"What are yon worth?'.' ask-
ed a rich old miser of a young
man who was courting his only ;
child. "Not much now, but I'm
corninsr into a largo fortune in
few yearn," waa tho reply.
Tho marriago took place, and
then the old mier learned that
tho larjro fortuno which tho
youncr man was
coming into
was his fathcr-in-iaw a.
A party met at a public table,
and tho convenatiou turned on
ho subject of transmigration.
Mr. K. waa a firm believer in'thc
Ioctrineand was expiating large
ly upon lU pointd. lie was in
terrupted by a gentleman with:
"H., what do you supposo your
self to have been before, you
were K?" "I do not know," re
plied K.; "I might have' lcen a
)ir for aught I Know. " wen,
rejoined his friend, ."you have
nut alteml mnch only got uihjii
your hind lers."