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Sl)eCruclortl)crncr,
WEEKLY JOl'ltXAI.
I'VKI.ISUKD KYl'UY Till DAY MOUSING,
Hy T. It. IIAKIUSOX,
One Dollar per year liiAilvnncr.
One I-oUr und fifty edits, if not paid u six month
JOII WORK.
riaio. Fit.:;.-, Ornamental, (in coh-rr i.oi,)
.ocutcd wUh'iicatncs and despatch, a, thif othvt .
1
r :tr r? rtv. rnq c-3 o? c
VAN l'UKKN COUNTY OFFKT.i'.S.
5. 7. I1LJCKMAN,
Register, cf Deed, Attorney at Law, and No'ary
iubliv will atVnd to the business ol Convey
Rtjcinp, drawiug agreement, applications for
county lauds, wills, Ac tho purchase and sale
I rani estate, payn.ent f taxes, cxniumation of
titles aud tho coinpromisinj of couliicting titles.
Ac Office in the Court House. 6 ly
A. W. NASH,
Iudff8 of Probate, and Xotary Public, Van Huron
Co. Convoyaneing and other bnVmrfs pcrinin
ing to said oiliccB promptly attended to. W ill
ftlo attend to tho imrchttHO and hale of Ke ul
t'.&tato, Hittmininc Titles, paying Taxes, pro
curing Heunty Land Warrants, &c. Olhce in
lh Court House, 2d door on the right. V I.
c'1i.m)m:ii men amis,
Attorney, Solicitor and Counselor at Law. Prose
cuting Attorney, and Circuit Court Ovininis.-iom-r
lor t'-.e County "of Van lluren, l'ounty Laud and
Pension Agent. Contracts drawn, and collect
ing promptly attended to.
Officuin tb Court lloie. 1 ';-lf.
Paw Vxr, Michigan
" J.M.IiWLON,
County Treasurer, Van Euren County, Notary Pub
Jic, Ac, will attend to tlio purchase and sale ol
lal Estate, examining titles, p. yii fi: Taxes, pro
curing bounty Land W arratW, A. Uilice in
the Court llou?e. --ly.
T. It. 11AUIHSOX,
Plain, FitTjcj. .t'j, Now? and Ornamental lrintT
Hajidbill., ltLr, Cards Uall TicKcts Ac. w
lily and quickly oeeuted with m atiu. and dis
patch. All ord-rs lcrpcctfuHy stdii itt d. Price?
iuodirate Noim im.kmiu Oktu i: m rtli .idc ol
main .ecct, J'aw Paw.
IJKNTISTKY.
Ir. W. Urown can he fdiind at all times at hi
rooms over Ifmon, Warren and Co Sime. and
is prepared to execute ihranlly and well, all
kinds of work in the line uf his pmles.-ioii.
Teeth extracted, filled with gold or silver f"il
nnd new one insericd, singly or in .setts, urioii
the mot improved priicii-les of die art. H 17.
Waaler in Groceries and Provisions, Fih. Frmt.
Nuts, Paints, Oils, Yankee Notions, Woo Ion,
Willow and Stone Ware, Conlettionery, Citri'rs
Dru and Medicine, Bnoks nt Stationery,
puro Lhjuore lor Medicinal and Mechanical pur
poso ate, eto. "lyl
. o. srimks Paw raw
v. w. s;v:lli:( k,
Laaler in Dry (iood., ("roccries, ll. ady Made Clo
thing, ItootJ aud Shoes. J I a t nod Cups, tioml
dl at th lowest liures, all himls of produce
t.ikeH in exchange. St rc ono do,.r wot of I'.
Smith A CoV. I'Ji-iise jrive iih a call.
Paw Pair, 1. ly. MMi.
3u:lodiaxs.
The cheapest Mush'. Ma.-'un A llainlin.and Prince
A Co's hav cxi luivo itcnted ironTcmcnVs.
P.enj. llanclull, Lawrence. A'ent can fundsli and
Warrant for durability, at Factory prices, voice
liud or soti snd tune in Ihv ciual temperament.
-Lawrence, !s"ov. 1, IS07. l."!.0-tf.
" ni:NriYLrcrs,
Manufactnrf.r of and dealer in Winner Cottapronnd
can! host t hair. TurniiiR, repairing, Ac., c .v
etd oh -IiOr t notice. Mono lime for pa'e and
futistaiitlv on hand. Shot) opnos'tothe Metho-
i.r,.-it li'ircn, in tho new
eh, in tho new cabinet shop.
.July 3'J, 1M7. PJO'.y
Pi.Mf P.W
AT THE 1TY hTOJti;
Opodte tli Court House, in Paw Paw. may be
lotind a o.d a-ortment of Lo.rrs A Suor.s, man
ufactured to nit th trade and warranted to nit.
Also, n ehoict! .-'t let t it n uf 1'amii.v (Ji:o i:i:iks for
salt chp by T. A. (ill.M;i:r,,
152-iv. a. J. sokti:i:.
l)U. V3IAX.
Lib LNVLO;, hain. cstablirhed himself in
Paw T'.iw villain for th" purj'oso of follow iu
tl above buikc.-s will atfcinl to all jobs" in hi.
lin with dilligeneo and lipnteh.
1!" Cauli'iit riuulicd to Ordrr.W.
P.iw Paw, Mich., March 2 llh, ls;,S. 1.', .y.
IL (.C inJTLTFKA7 O.,
Whohaleanl P.ctail dialers in American, Kng
lish and Ocrmau Hardware; hLo, Iron, Nail
nnd (Jlass; Cooking, Parlor and llox Stoves,
Tio, Copper nnd Sheet Iron Ware. Those wish
ing to trndo will pleaso give u a call before pur
chasing Oscwhere. 100. Pjw paw, Mich.
" o. r. ciouTOxT
Pealer ii Crockery, (ilass and China. ware. Paper
Hangings, Window Shade. and Curtains, Cut
lery, Jewelry. Yankeo Xothns, Stone and Last
cm, Ware. Ae.. North nide of Main M. first
4lor wet of K. (i. Liithr A Cos., Harihvaro
Store. 117-tf.
C. M. ODELL, M 1).
lomocvpathic Physician, Surgeon cntist, and
ObsWtrktnn. Also, dealer in Hooks A Station
ry. lie may at all tin e bo f uinl ut Ids
'Hcsid mko on tho corner of Nib's A Paw Paw st.
directly south t.f Chas. Sclhck's.
IL K3HTII A CO.,
"iVhole.salo and Pctail Healers in Foreign and Do
mestic Dry tioo,l, Lea ly Made Clothing, P.ootfi
A Shoos, t'roetries, Ac, Ac. Long Lr-ek Store,
Comer of Main ami Kalamazoo st., Paw Paw,
Miehigan. L'L y.
Hanuf.icturer nf and dealer in all k;nl.s of Cabinet
Wart; ontsting in part of L'ureaus, Ta'los,
UcJ-fttOfkds, Loung-s, Toilt, Washing nnn Ught
Htaads, etc., ete.. Coffins made to rdr. Waro
rooma opposite tho . K. Church, Main -t. i7
A. B.1NOS if- CO,
PropUctr I'aw Paw Livery Stxblo. IIrres and
Carfiages at all times to let. Passengers con
veyed to any part of tho country with Vrvpatch.
Kiable in rear of Exchange Hotel, Terms mod
erate. ii3yl
in J A 31 IX HIMMOXH,
Clock and Wat' h maker, and Jeweler. Mattawan,
Mi' higan. llepairiug done in the best manner
and on reasonable terms. loft-ly.
W. U. II A H'AVAV,
i) alr in Dry (oo !, ("roc-erics, Hardware, Ro.idy
Made Clothing, Hoots as 1 Slmes, llatsand Caps,
Ac. Store, south side Main itroet. 4-ly
AinbrotypcN,
Taken in tlien't fupcjh and life like manner, and
jUt up in Miperior
styij: axi fixisu.
Ladic's and retulcman are invited lo call at hi
office and (Jallcry and examhic for thcniFclTc..
rf'Unrj.' in ne -ordance with the timen.
Paw Pnw, Mich. 117 tf. W. JJn'inv.
VOL. 4. NO. 7.
LAWTON BUSINESS CARDS.
i). I-:, swi'irr,
Manufacturer and dealer ih all kind of Cabinet
Ware, eoni,ting in part of Uureaus, Tables,
I'.e.d-'teails, Lounges, Toilet, Washing and Light
Stands, Ac., Ac., Collins made to order. All
kinds of produce and lumber takeu in payment
for which will be paid the highest mnikcl price.
Warcroonis, one door north of the lied Ulack
Hnith'.s shop. 1 17-tf.
Law ton, Michigan.
ii. 1. S3I1TH A JUU).,
Jca'ers in tiroeeric and Provisions. Fih Fruits,
Coiil'eetionary, Cigars, Paint. Oils, tilass, Dye
StiitV. Yankee Not'nuis, Perfumery, Drug aud
Medi ine. Wooden and Willow ware. Pure Liq
uors for Mcdicinial und Mechanical purposes,
Looks and Stationery, etc., etc.,
Lawton, Michigan.
(i. P. Smith
L. 1'. Smith
::
i;:-iv.
31 OX I 31 ILN'PA L 31 A U 11 1 . 1
Of the hot iftiality, latest styles, and of siierior
finish, inanufaeturcd to order at the shortest no
tice, and the lowest possible price at mv shop.
107-om. W. J. Mi KINW'KY.
Law ton, .... Mich.
J. Ii. CI I AS U,
Cotnmis.-ion Merchant, and l)caler in all kir.ds of
Drug. Patent Medicine, Paints, Oils, (iroce-rk-s,
Ac. Ac. Allot Much will be sob I to suit
customer. l.'O-ly.
Laufon, "Michigan.
SIM3IOXS A DAULIXR,
Dealer in Sash. IMinds and Doors, and all kinds of
Cabinet Ware, at the Steam Saw Mill.
Lawton. 1 1 7-tf. Mich.
-
iiAMiirox Koo.xsn,
Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of Cabinet
Ware, consisting of lluirutis, IleilxteatN Tit
MiS, Lounges, Ntitnds, rtc Collius
made to order. !ie liiut n call. 102-1 y.
Mattaw Michica'u.
mis. svxtox a di:wi:y,
Have formed a cn-pattncrsMip for the practice of
Medicine and Surgery in all it departments.
All calls promptly attended to, day or lliht.
A good assortment of choice medicines aro kept
constantly for sale. 1 .". ly.
Jjreedsville, .... Mich.
HecchrrN Tli oughts.
Mon in extensive ami prosperous lusl
nesj are ottvn at a target for envy to .slioot
at; ami when they fail and po down,
there ar thousaml.s w ho wickedly rejoiev
in their fall. Jut in our days some men
nre institutions. They do not stand like
lYmipey'H I'illar or Cleopatra's Needle,
towering to tho flcy, dotntchod nnd alouoj
they are like mountains which carry for
ests far up their sides, and shelter and
nourish ten thousand living things in
their shadow. Sonic one says : ' Why
do you eare that their watcr-wheel is bro
ken ? A black, lumbering thing, half of
the time in the water and half of the time
out. Why do you not earj for the nicer
wheels and ppindles within the build-
I do eare, and therefore 1 am sorry for
the breaking of the great wheel. Its axis
passes within, and by drum and bands
its power is eommunic.ttcd to tho various
rooms, and every spindle is dependent
upon its revolutions. When an earth
quake comes, by as much as a houso is
elevated above the others, by so much is
its ruin greater than theirs the third
story crashing into the second, and the
second into the first. Now, men in exten
sive business arc mountains of shelter;
ponderous wheels that turn the mill;
lofty houses which cannot fall without
causing wide-spread disaster; and when
we hear of their failure, we must not
think of them alone, but also of the ten
thousand dependants who have allilated
with them. In a not irreverent sense it
may be said, they arc "set for tho fall
and rising of many in Israel."
A man living at a hotel is like a grape
vine in a llower-pot moveable, carried
around from place to place, docked at the
root and short at the top. Nowhere can a
man get ical root-room, and spread out his
branches till they toucli the morning and
the evening, but in his own house.
I am suspicious of that church whose
mcmber.4 arc ono in their beliefs and opin
ions. When a tree is dead, it will lie any
way; alive it will have its own growth.
When men's deadness is in the church,
and their life elsewhere, all will be alike.
They catr be cut and polished any way.
When they arc alive, they arc like a trop
ical forest some shooting up like the
mahogany tree, somo spreading, like the
vine; sonic darkling, like the shrub a
some lying, herblike, on the ground ; but
all obeying their own laws of growth-
common law of growth variously express
ed in each and so contributing to the
to the richness and beauty of tho wood.
It is a solemn thing to be married; to
have to preach to a congregation from
your own loins; to hare (Jod put tho
hand of ordination on you in the birth of
your children, and ay to you, "Now art
thou a priest unto those whom 1 have
given thee."
If ever the stream of life should flow
like crystal water over shinin? stones, it
should be the stream of daily life in the
family. If (Jod has taught us all truth
in teaching u.-t to love, then He has given
u3 an interpretation of our whole duty in
our own households. We thank ilim
that wc are not born a.i the pat ridge of
the wood, or the ostrich of tho desert, to
be scattered everywhither; but that wc
arc grouped together and brooded by love,
and reared day by day in that fjpt of
churches, the family.
J-?" Call around and pay the printer.
PAW PAW, MICH., FltlDAY, MAY 28, 1858.
POETBT-
ILu ht lor.
Of all useless things in this working-world known
An, Old P.achelor' heart mut bo ranked numi.cn
If you doubt the position then find if you can,
A social reserve for thi iminlseript man ;
If you fail, then with others you'll vote him at
best,
A social fscre.icenee, (y-u reed tvt add pest.)
He is n et in the street with ennc and cigar,
And the n'.nchah'iit air of n Sultan or Czar.
His darling mustache, he caressingly curl',
And he ogle? and touches his hat to the girls;
Fut bis smiles could they be by a simile shown.
Would be moonlight's cold ray on a moss eov
cred stone.
And yet it most dearly delight him to flirt
With ancient Miss Prim, aud with niodcrn Miss
Pert.
He can talk sentimental perchance play a tune,
And discourse sublimely in rhymes to the moon.
Can play "games of forfeit, for many you kimw
And versatile powers, has the pleasant Old Lean.
Again in his Attic, (his castle in air.)
You may find him tipped back in a broken lcged
chair
(lazing vacantly up to the pendubm? web,
Festooning what probably serves fr a bed.
He whistles and blinks turns his ipiid says
ahem !
Lxpcctoratcs freely then whistles again.
Could a P.achelor'. trappings be ranged into
rhyme
It would well pay tho reader, and me for m
time ;
Lut a grouping so motley at once comes to view.
That 1 scarce dare uttempt it I fear 'twill not
do ;
Yet a few things 111 mention that first meet the
eye,
Aud the reader's own fancy the rest will supply.
An old leafless table whereon may be seen
A cracked cup, broken mirror, one battered can
teen. Three well seasoned pipes, a crust, and some
pork,
A short handled sjum.ii. the remains of a fork;
A cane, wig and teeth, and a well burnt cigar
Tidal Comfort of life and munitions of war.
0:i the wwll, fk-uhol in chnrvl,--urprl:dily
plain.
Arc tho figures that hauut an old Lachclor'i
brain
They're hyeroglyhieal, serving to prove
The oblique propensities of P.aelu bu' love.
We ja them and notice the rest that belongs.
One limb of the snuffers, one half jnir of tongs.
Hut I'll not venture further, the lb tor of the room
From time without date hu been made a sjit
toon, A creature less f.ml could not live in that lair;
liven fancy recoil with disgust past compare:
Lut in animal life you may note if you scan,
That each has its element even to man.
Of his heart (if he has one) I have nought to tell.
As I never dared to look o'er the brink of that
well.
From the mist that exhale, and the night-shade
around
I deem that vitality there is not found ;
The affection and virtues (hut light up a home,
Near so dark an abyss would not venture to come.
(.'us KIM., X. V., lb.'it.
("3 According to tho French mission
ary, the Uudhists have a remarkable mode
of facilitating devotional exercises. A
thick board is made, composed of innume
rable sheets of paper together, and upon
which are written in Thibctian characters
the most reputed prayers. This board is
placed in a barrel and turned on an axle.
Those devotees who have not the zeal or
taste to j) ray vocally, " have recourse: to
the simple and expeditious medium of the
prayer barrel," says the worthy Monsieur
Hue. "All they have to do is to set the
barrel in motion ; it then turns of itself:
for a long time, the devotees drinking,
eating or sleeping while the complacent
mechanism is turning prayers for them."
This praying by steam is certainly a novel
idea.
'3" The time for the end of the world
is again announced by the Adventists of
New York and New Jersey lSf)S being
set down as the year.- K.i t h :n;;r.
These Adventists must be in the em
ploy of the Admini. -tration. Tliy nre
employed by the 1'rcsideiit and Lis Cab
inet to get up an excitement :bout. the
end of the world in ordt r to draw oil
men's minds from Locomptonism and the
wretched distraction of the Democracy.
At first it was supposed that tho seizure
of Cuba or a regular war with Spain or
the absorption of Mexico would answer
the purpose, but the case turns out to be
so muh worse than was expected that it
is now thought nothing will do short of a
general consternation about the general
conflagration of the universe.
A llr.vivAL Incident. At the meet
ing at J'urton's theater, Henry Ward
lleechcr made tho sweeping assertion that
all present were sinners. " No so," said
a Methodist brother who Middenly jump
ing from his rent in a very excited manner-
" Not so, for I have been sanctified."
" Glory to Cod in the highe.-t," shouted
lleechcr at the top of his voice, "you
ought to have been i:i Heaven long ago,
you ain't jit to live in this world."
1tr 4Mr AW
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ii i r iii
.Till SECOND MAHllIACr:.
(Voiittniu (7 from fits! rrct.)
It was late in the afternoon, and twi-
! 1! ..1. i l ll i i . , i .
"gui was gradually stealing over mo Ulllgy
court, when the case was called. The
special jury answered to their names, were
duly sworn, and then nearly the same pre
liminary speeches, and admissions were
made and put in as on the previous occas
ion. Thomas Headier, the first witness
I called in support of the pretended will,
underwent a vigorous cross examination;
but I was unable to extract anything impor
tant from him.
" And now," said the defendant's lead
ing counsel, " let me ask my learned
friend if he has sueovded in obtaining
the attendance of Klizabeth Wafl'ing''w'
1 was of course obliged to confess that
we had been unable to find her ; and the
judge remarked in that case he could re
ceive secondary evidences in proof
of her attestation of the will.
A whispered but manifestly eager con
ference here took place between the de-
fen dan t and his counsel, occasionally join
ed in by Edward Warciutr. There ap-
1 A . 1 ' 1 '"1 ... I
peareu to ue in uchmoii or Hesitation m
their deliberation, but at last Air. 1
rose, and with some ostentation of manner
addressed the court as follows :
" In discharge of 1113' duty to the de
fendant in this action, my lord, upon
their fair fame much undscrved oblujuy
has been cast by the speeches of the
plaintiff's counsel speeches unsupported
by the shadows of evidence-1 have to state
that, anxious above ail things to vtand per
fectly justified before his neighbors and
society, he has, at great trouble and ex
sense, obtained the presence hero to-day
of the witness KlezabeJi Wnroing. She
she had gone to residein France with a re
spectable English family in the situation
of housekeeper. We shall now place her
in the witness-box, and having done so, I
trust we shall hear no more of the slander
ous imputations so freely lavished upon
my client. Call Elizabeth Waiving into
court."
A movement of surprise and curiosity
agitated the entire auditory at this an
noueemcnt. Air. Silas Thorndyke's nat
urally cadaverous countonunco assumed
nnits,hy hue, in ?pitc of his efforts to appear
easy and jubilant; and for the first time
since the commencement of the proceed
ings I entertained tho hope of a success
ful issue.
Mrs. Wareing appeared in answer to
tin call, and was duly sworn to " tell the
truth, the wholo truth, and nothing but
tie truth." She was a good-looking wo
man, of perhaps forty years of age, and
bore a striking resemblance to her son.
She rapid'y, smoothly, and unhesitatingly
confirmed the evidence of Headley to a
title. She trembled, I observed, exces
sively ; and on the examining counsel in
timating that he had no nioro pu:s
tious to asked, turned hastily to leave the
box.
" Stay stay, my good woman," I said
you nnd I must have some talk together
before we part."
She started and looked at me with
frightful earnestness; and then her nerv
ous glances stole toward 31 r. Silas Thorn
dyke. There was no comfort there ; in
his countenance she only saw the reflex
of his agitation and anxiety which mark
ed her own. Sleek Silas, 1 could see, repent
ed of the rash move lie had made and
would have given a great deal to get his
witness safely and quickly out of the
Court.
It was now nearly dark, and observing
that it was necessary that the court and
jury, should see as well as hear the witness
whilst under examination. I requested
that light should be brought in. This
was done. Two candles were placed in
front of the witness box, one on each side
of Mrs. Wareing : a few others were dis
posed about the bench and jury desks.
J'he effect of this partial lighting of the
of the gloomy old court was that the wit
ness stood out in strong and bright relief
from the surronding shadows rendering
the minutest change or plav of her features
distinctly visible. Mr. Silas Thorndyke
was fruin his position, thrown entirely
into the fchade, and any telegraphing be
tween him and the witness was thus ren
dering impossible. This preparation ns if
for some extraordinary and solemn pur
posrs, together with profound silence
which reigned in the court, told fearfully,
a I expected on the nerves of Elizabeth
Wareing. She already seemed as if about
to swoon with agitation and ill-defined
alarm.
" Fray, madam," said T, " is your name
arcing or Tucker?"
She did not answer, and I repeated the
question.
"Tucker," she at last replied in a
tremulous whisper.
" l thought so. And pray, Mrs. Tuck
:r were you ever in trouble in hondun,
for robbing your lodiriics ?"
I thought she attempted to answer, but
no sound passed her lips. One of the
ushers of the court handed her a glass of
water at my suggestion, ami she seemed
to recover .somewhat. I pressed my qucs-
tion, and at last she replied in the same
low. n'Mt.'itr.J v.dr.,. v.. 1 1 1 I
" I know j oil have,
dyke, I believe, was
Mr
Silas Thorn
bail on tint
your
occasion, and tho matter was, I uudcr-'
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WHOLE NO. 163.
stand, compromised arranged at all
events the prosecution was not present.
Is that not so ?"
" Yes no yes."
Very well ; either inswer will do. You
lived also, 1 believe, with Mr. Thorndyke
as his housekeeper, of course, when he
was in business as a concoeter and vender
of infallible drills and pills?"
" Yes."
"He was held to be skillful in the
preparation of drugs, was he not well
vcrsedjjiu thrir properties?"
"Yes I believe so I do Hot klloW.
Why I am asked such questions?"
You will know presently. And now
woman, answer the question I am about to
put to you, as you will be compelled to
answer it to Cod at tho last great day
What was the nature of the drug which
you or he mixed with the medicine pre
scribed for the late Mrs. Thorndyke?"
A spasmodic, shriek, cheeked by a des
perate eflort partially escaped her, and sho
tood fixed gazing, with starting ryes, into
my face.
The profondest silence reigned in the
Court as 1 iterated the question.
" You must anwer, woman, said the
judiro, sternly, " unless you know your
1....- ...:n .. ic
UIIS1WII, HU ClllUlIiaii' VIHUMJI.
The witness looked wildly round the
court, as If in search of counsel or sympa
thy, but encountering none but frowning
and eager faces Thorndyke she could
not diseearn in the darkness she became
giddy and panic-stricken, and seem to lose
all presence ot mind.
"He he he," she last gasped "he
mixed it I do not know Jut
how," she added, pushing back her hair
and pressing her hands against her hot
temples, " can this this be? What can
it mean "
A movement amonirst the bvstanders
just at this moment attracted the notice of
the judge, and he immediately exclaimed.
" The defendent must not leave Court."
An officer placed himself beside the
wretched murderer, as well as forger, and
I resumed the cross-examination of the
witness.
" Now, Mrs. Tucker, please to look at
this lettr "fit was that which had been
address to Mary Wwodloy bv her son.
' That, f believe, is your son's handwrit
ing?" " Vos."
" Tho body of this waw written by the
same hand.
Now, woman, answer. Was it your
son this young man who, you perceive
if guilty cannot escapee from justice was
it he who forged the names of tho deceased
Mrs. J horndvkc and of John Cuinuinsl
attached to it ?"
N0t he not he:" shrieked the
wretched woman. " It was Thorndyke
Thorndyke himself. And then with a
sudden revulsion of feeling, as the conse
quences of what she had uttered flashed
upon her, she exclaimed. " Oh Silas,
what have I said what have I done?"
"Hanged m that's all you accursed
devil!" replied Thorndyke with gloomy
ferocity. " lut I deserve it for trusting
in such an idiot, dolt and fool that I was
for doing it."
The woman sank down in strong con
vulsions and was by direction of the
judge, carried out of,the hall.
The anxiou silence which pervaded the
court during this scene in which the read
er will have observed I played a bold,
tenative and happily successful game, was
broken as the witness was borne off, by
a loud murmur of indignation, followed
by congratulatory exclamations on the
fortunate termination of the suit. The
defendant's counsel threw up their briefs
and a verdict was at once returned for the
plaintiff.
All the inculpated parties were speedily
in custody; and the body of Mrs. Thorn
dyke having been disinterested, it was
discovered that she had been destroyed by
bi-chloridc of mercury, of which a consid
erable quanity was detected in the body.
I was not present at the trial of Thorndyke
and his accomplices he for murder ami
Headley for perjury but I saw by the
public prints that he was found guilty, and
executed; the woman was, if I remember
rightly, admitted evidence for tho crown.
Mary Woodloy was of course put into
immediate possession of her parental in
heritance ; and is now at least she was
about four months ago, when I dinned with
her and husband at Dale Farm a comely
prosperous matron; nnd ns happy as a
woman with a numerous progeny and an
,casy tempered partner can in this, accord
ing to romance writers, vale of grief and
tears, expect to be.
JGr"y " 1 come for the saw, sir."
What saucer?"
" Why the saw, sir, that you borrowed."
" I burrowed no saucer."
" Sure you did sir, you borrowed a saw,
sir.
" I never saw your saucer."
" Hut you did, there's the saw, sir, now
sir.
O, you want the rw
Why didn't
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In cr has taken his seat, and now Iwols
quite comfortable.
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up.
j incurity fT the future -pay down.
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of all kinds, ineliidiog
Warrantee Tcods.. ......
tjuit Claim Peed
Chattel Mortgages
hand Contracts
lUnds, (all kinds)
I'xccut'ons
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Llalik Nrtvs
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S'ehod Import,
Marriage lrlIlieaU, .
Always to b. f .und for sal as above.
What Treutlcc Kay.
JfxiT A hondon chemist professes t
have discovered a fluid that will dissolve
any known substnncr. ln't our fire
eaters .send over and get some to slisfolf 0
the Cnioii with?
"527 A couple of Democratic editors
were taking a ride in a buggy a few days
ago, when the horse started nnd ran nway.
They fell out but received no serious in
jury. We do not know that the falling
out of such people indicates anything
more than that homt men are likely to
get their dues.
JpriyThc two sections of the Democ
racy seem at present to devote their whole
time to rtt(tnj. Their reading, how
ever, docs not seem to take a very wide
range. They arc simply reading oatdi
other out of the Democratic party.
JtesyTho editor of the Southern Ih
crat, who a fleets a fondness for birds,
boasts of having received from a lady
"two very remarkable swallows." Du.
the evil of the thing, we fear, is, that ho
is never .ttis(i(? vu'ti tiro swalfmn:.
Tin: Si:vi:xti:i;x - Ykau - Or.T IJoy
Fni'Ariint. -The St. Louis lhmur,ut
says of young Mr. Fuller, who is called
the " JJoy Preacher," who is aged but
seventeen ye;;rj, that he has, within
Lat five weeks delivered in Marion coun
ty, lifty-fottr sermons, and been instru
mental in the conversion of ono hundred
and forty-four persons, lie has been li
censed to preach only about two mouths,
during which time he has delivered tip
ward of fifty diseources, and two hundred
aud forty persons have been eon verted
through his instrumentality. It it s;;id
that he never studies his sermons, or (aife
any notes, and frequently docs nut s;h e
his text uutil he rises uj in the pulpit to
preach, and yet, it is said, no two of bis
diseources are alike, either in point ol ':
gumcnt or composition. He speaks most
eloquently, and us.vs the most clmsle and
beautiful language. Calls to preach nf
various points aro daily pouring in upon
him.
Sta?- Here ii a very touching discription
of a moonlight scene. ..
"After whirling sometime m the clas
sic mazes of a waltz, Cornelia and myself
stepped out unobserved on the balcony,
to enjoy a few of those moments .so prec
ious to lovers. It was a glorious night
the air was cool and refreshing. I
gazed on the beautiful bei ig at my side, I
thought I never saw her look so lovely.
The full moon cast its rays over her who!-
person, and imparting to her curls a still
more golden hue. One of her soft haml
rested in mine, and ever and anon slu
met my ardent gaze with one of her con
fiding looks. Suddenly a change came
over her soft featuresher full red lips
trembled with suppressed emotions, a tewr
drop rested on her long, drooping lashes,
the muscles around her faultKs mouth
convulsed, sho gasped for breath, and,
snatching her baud away from the warm
pressure of my own, hIio turned suddenly
away, and sneezed.
Nr.c.ito Wit. -"How much do you
charge massa Magistrate, to iharry me and
Miss Dinah?"
" Well, Clem, I'll marrv yon for two
dollars."
"Two dollars what you charge to mar
ry white folks, massa?"
" Wc generally charge five dollars
Clem.';
" Well, you marry us like white folks
and I'll give you five dollars, too.'
" Why Clem that's a curious notion,
but as you desire it, I'll marry you lilo
white folks for five dollars."
The ceremony being over and Clem nnd
Dinah being one, the magistrate asked for
his fee.
" Oh no, massa ! you know come up to
de 'gremcnt."
" How so, Clem, what is lacking?"
"Why you no kiss dc bride."
"Cctoutof my office, you black rns-
c;
al.
Laconic axu Pointed Coruksponp
enck. The Springfield (Mass.) Jbpuhli.
run gives the following correspondence:
lhitist to Ntho(U$t CrrgihH.ni-'DvaT
Urothcr- 1 shall baptize some converts
to-morrow ; if any of your converts prefer
to be baptized in our mode, I &hall bo
happy to baptize them, as candidates ir
your church.
M'thntlist to Jlaptttt CU iyumiin -Dear
llrothcr Yours received. 1 prefer t
wash my own sheep.
JCy " Jimmy, get" some kindlm nn'
be making a lire." Plazo sir, I can't
Misthcr O'briti used the last bauisther
yisterday." " The banisters gojie ? Then
go on the roof and thry the vnrtue o'theu
shingles." In a week afterwards, Mr.
Murphy wants a " rcduckshin o'rint
'kase the roof lakes !"
lT " Mother send for a docler."-
"Why, my son?' " 'Cause that man
in the parlor is going to die ; ho .raid ho
would if sister .lane did not marry him,
and .lane said she wouldn't."
$-7?" The Sunday Attn pays: "Hur
rah for the pals of '70!" "Thunder V
cries a New .Jersey paper; "that's to
darned old. Hurrah for the gnls of 17