VOLUME XVI,--NUMBER 18.
the
POTTER JOURNAL
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ings on every Wednesday Evening, for work
and practice, at their Hail in Couderspor*.
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A. SIDNEY LYMAN, Sec y.
JOHN S. MANX,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several
Caurts in PoKer and M'Kean Counties. All
business entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attention. Office corner of West
and Third streets.
ARTHUR G. OLMSTED,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELLOR AT LATs*
Coudersport. Pa., will attend to all busines
' entrusted to his care, with prcmritnes and
frdt'itv. Office on Soth-west corner of Main
and Fourth streets.
ISAAC BENSON;
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport. Pa., will
atter-d to all business entrusted to him, with
careasid promptness. Office on Second St.,
aear tfce Allegheny Bridge.
F.W.KNOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Coudersport. Pa., will
regularly attend the Courts iu Potter md
the adjoining Counties.
O. T. ELLISON,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa.,
respectfully informs the citizen? of the vil
lage and vicinity that he will proiuply re
spond to all calls for professional services.
Office on Main St., in building formerly oc
cupied by C. W. Ellis, Esq.
. C. S. &E. A. JONES,
DEALERS IN DRUGS. MEDICINES, PAINTS
Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry Good:
Groceries, Ac., Main st , Coudersport, Pa.
" D. E. OLMSTED,
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Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, Ac.. Main St..
Coudersport, Pa. #
COLLINS SMITH,
EALER in Dry Goods.Groceries, Previsions.
Hardware, Queeasware, Cutlery, and all
Goods usually found in a country Store.—
Caudersport, Nov. 27, 1861.
' COUDERSPORT HOTKL7~
9 F. GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Coiner o-
Main and Second Streets. Coudersport, Pot
ter Co., Pa.
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tian with this Hotel.
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OLMSTED & KELLY,
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WARE, Main St., nearly opposite the Cour
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short notice.
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Pension Bounty and War Ciaim
Agency.
PENSIONS nrocored for soldiers of the
present war who are disabled by reason of
wouods received or disease contractracted
while in the service of the United States ; ai d
pensions, bounty, and arrears of. ay obtained
for widows or heirs of those who have died
or been kil'ed while in service. All letters of
inquiry promtly answered, and on receipt bv
mail of a statement of the ease of claimant I
will forward the necessary for their
■ignature. Fees in Pension cases as fiiei bv
law.
RtFßHisrcra. Hon. ISAAC BENSON*, Hon. A
G. OtMarro, J. s. MAJTN. Esq.. F. W. KNOX
E T _ DAN BAKER,
Claim Agent Couderport Pa.
aJtt" 8, '64,-ly. J
OF ROSES. —for the La
■TEBBISS'
THE CONTIUST.
We sit Rt borne, nor feel that they
Who fight upon the distant plain
Are falling faster day by day,
A harvest of the slain.
We lightly walk the busy street,
Where trade and gain roll swiftly on;
They march a battle-field to greet,
And die as it is won.
The trumpet calls them in the night
To die for Freedom ; and the boom
Of cannon from the forest height
Still call them to tfceir doom.
Unmoved we read of hew they fell
To shield the starry flag from shame;
Doubtless through storms of shot and shell
In the red battle's flame !
Brave hearts are beating for 113 there
Amid the conflict's feverish breath;
This nour. what soldier's hurried prayer
Is said for you in death.
They lie npon the lonely hill
Or blackenco plain in dreamless sleep.
Their rest eternal! Never will
They wake, like like us, to weep.
We rise each day to weary toil
And hourly strife—their work is dene !
Their blood will consecrate the soil
Their lives so noble won.
Ludicrous Scene in a ( on vet sa
lion.
A correspondent reporting the scenes
and incidents of the Cleveland Conveti
tioo of intense "radicals," thus describe.-
A ludicrous episode: ''Some very important
bu.-iness is before Lie convention; a dozen
uien are trying to get the Hour, and the
affable Cochrane has risen to his feel, and.
with appealing gestures and au horitativt
tones, is trying to restore older, when
suddenly, pealing over the tumult, like a
boatswain's shrill whictie in a storm,
comes a shriek ot 'Mr. speaker!' Every
body stops to ascertain the author of this
reiuaikabie noise; the chairman glances
ju.-t at his feet, and there, with upturned
face and extended hands, is a thin, short
haired, small headed man, still vocifeiat
ing iu a shrill treble, 'Mister Speaker!'
•What name?' inquired the chairman, as
he looks with a puzzled air at the little
I fellow below hiui. *Mr. Carr, of Illi
nois !'
"Silence reigned in a moment, and all
eyes were fixed on Mr. Carr, of Illinois,
with wondering expectancy. Taking his
slouch hat ia his right hand, and giving
the air a preliminary paw, as if to smite
down an invisible foe, Mr. Carr, of 111!
nois, iu a voice which twanged in go >d
old Methodist prayer meeting style, corn
uiencad as follows, occasionally ending
. Lis sentences with a repetition ami a
monstrous shout:
" 'I iive out iu Illinois, and T done two
<lay>' wuik iq one, and I went to bed at
noon tired out. And I was reading in
the Try itune about l lie Cleveland Con
vention, and I says, Wife, I am tired out,
but I mast go to the Cleveland Conven
tion, and that afternoon a neighbor come
in, and I says to him, says I, Neighbor,
must come to the Cleveland Convention.
And I come. Although I was all tired
out. I come ! \ et, sir, I come hundreds
of miles to attend tins Convention, and I
don't want to be favored a mite! A'ot a
tingle mite ! NOT A SIMILE MITE 1' "
1 liis singular and unexpected climax
produced a roar of laughter, which dis-
Concerted the gentleman for a moment •
but, in a few moments he resumed by
saying, after giving a fierce scow! at the
audience—"These are solemn times thesr
are SOLEMN TIMES !" at which the au
dience burst into an uncontrollable fit of
laughter. This evidently am oyed Mr.
Carr, ot Illinois ; fur, as the Chairman
restored a little order, h : commenced
savagely with—"l believe that there is a
GOD, who holds this universe in His
hands cs you would hold an egg — hold
UN H °LD AN EGG I"
Another tumult of uproarious laughter
from the iooocent Dutchmen, in which
the Cha rman and everybody else joined,
overwhelmed Mr. Carr, but he. a mo
riient after, emerged trim the inundation,
and. shaking his fit frantically at the
top of his voice—"Don't you believe iu a
God—don't you believe in a God — DON'T
YOU BELIEVE IN A GOD?"
The manner of the idividual was so
irresistibly ludic ous that the wh< lo con
vention was fairly convulsed with laugh
ter, at which the horrified Mr. Crr com
tnenced backing to the door, bowing iron
ically to the Chairman and audience, at
every step, and turniug at each motion
to beg pardon of somebody behind him
who was pushed out of the way by the
back-action mction resulting from b<iw
tog- Mr. Carr probably went straight
home to Illinois, as lie was seen no more
in the convention. [The correspondent
says the name oi this eccentric delegate
is James H Carr, of Jo Daviess county.]
E&T" A bi!i has beeß reported to the
legislature of Massachusetts, providing
for a fine of twenty five dollars upon rail
road companies that neglect to carry a
certain quantity of good drinking water
in their paaaecger cars.
Seboled to tS)o £tif)cipies of Irue £eh)ocfc}ctj, 301) % DigsetyiiMtiei) of ?jj JLit£irgfiil*e ftetrs.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY JULY 20, 1864.
RAILWAY MATTERS.
The London Railway News has the
following article in relation to the Atlan
tic & Great Western Railway :
ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.— On a previous occasion we
pointed out the rapid progress uiadc in
the construction of tbis important through
line of railway, the success which it had
already attained, and the vast prospects
of its future. The directors have not
slackened in their exertions, and it is now
confidently stated that by the mouth of
May, express trains will be run through
from New York via the Erie, Atlantic
and Great Western, Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton, Ohio ant! Mississippi Kail
ways, to St. Louis —the whole distance,
1,-00 miles —without break of guage —
That portion of the route which forms
the Atlantic and Great Western sectiou
has been built under the superintendance
of Mr. Keunard, an English engineer,
well known for many important under
takings which he has successfully carried
out in this couufry. The cost of the line
I.as uot exceeded £6,409 per mile. The
income of that portion already opened
amounts to £3O per week, and within one
yea; of the opening of the through route
it is confidently anticipated that the re
ceipts wiil be doubled, or sufficient to pay
a dividend of 35 per cent upon ail the
snare capital to the undertaking The
railway, af'e'r leaving the Erie line, trav
t-rse< the coal fields of Pennsylvania, the
district of the oil wells, and the rich corn
producii g lands o f Ohm It enjoys ai
most u monopoly ot the petroleum traffic
and for this, as the ordinary traffic, a roll
mg stock of 10.000 cars and 500 locoiuo
(i es, are, i: is stated, quite insufficient
The plan which has been adopted in the
coustructiou of the railway i> one which
proved i:i a re uarkable manner the conti
dence ot its promoters. The public are
not invited to subscribe to the railway in
| the shape cf scares, red until the Hue is
| completed and actually at work, no bonds
!or other securities are issued. The first
[.Mortgage bonds on the Pennsylvania sec
tion were bearing? percent, ioterest, pay
able in sterling at 4s. Od in Loudon, were
: is-ued to ttie public at 70 dollars fur the
100 dollar bunds, end they are now, not
withstanding the temporary pressure up
| on all American •ecurities, quoted at more,
than 10 per ceDt. over the price of issue
It is now proposed to is-ue second mort
gage loans on the New Yojk division to!
tlie amount of 8800,000 dollar.-, and upon
the Pennsylvania section of one million
dollars; the former due in 1881, and the
J latter in lbB2. These bonds, like those!
{of the fir-t i-sue, bar interest a* the rate
>'f 7 per ceo t, per an no ui, and are redeem-!
ibie in New V'oik or London at 4- Cd.
per doilar The bonds are transferable
I without stamp or endorsement, and 4 per
{cent uf the gruss amount is to be dtawn
lyeatly in Joly, to be paid off at par in
London. The interest coupons attached
to the bonds are payable half-yearly at the
Consolidated Hank, at the fixed rate ofi
4s. tho dollar, equal to 9 per cent, upon
the pre s ent price of issue.
The following extract from the Buffalo
Commercial \dvertiser gives some iuform
ation relative to'the proposed extensions
of the railway in the direction of Canada,
and the advantages which must result to
the Great Western of Canada, the Grand
Trunk and other colotiini lines, from being
brought iuto direct communications with
the vast coal-fields of Pennsylvania A
hue which will give direct access with
New York, must prove tf immense ad
vantage alike to the Great Western ot
Canada and the Atlantic and Great West- j
ern Railway, over which so large a pro
poitiou of the Canadian produce wilj be
carried.
The Niagara Falls, the Buffalo and
Lake Huron, the Lake Shore, the Erie
and New York Central Railways, already
centie in Buffalo. Tlie opening of the
Erie and Niagara Railway will enable the
Great Western Railway of Canada to run
a portion of its business into and frout
thi- city over that road, which, it is un
derstood, wiil be completed and in opera
tioii during the Coming summer
The great through lines of rati way cen
tering in this city, meeting the water.- of
the great lakes, on which are borne the
surplus products of an almost inexhau-t i
ble fertility, ha- beeu to our city a source
of great pio-peritv. A railway Connec
tion with the coal fields ot Pennsylvania
has been made by lines connecting with
the Lake Shore Road The Atlantic and
Great We-tPtn Railway sweep- through
the populous and fertile regions north .f
the Onio river and west of Pennsylvania
into the heart of the great North west,and
has branch lines to Cleveland aud Cincin
nati. Its broad gauge meets that of tlie
Erie Railway of coiresponding width at
Salamanca, about fifty miles from Buffalo.
Branch roads will radiate to the coal fields
of tlie Tunangewant Valley in Pennsyl
vania and to the "Oil Regions." Fifty
miles of the broad guage railway will con
nect Salamanc (which is only about
tweoty mile? tbi side tba ecsl fields) with
Buffalo. The Atlantic and Great West
ern has sprung into life with uuexatnpled
rapidity A liDe (including its brandies)
of about 500 wiles has been constructed
within three years, and is to day doing a
first-class business, carrying a traffic past
us to and from those abroad.
Now is the golden opportunity for Buf ;
falo By obtaining an extension of the i
Atlantic and Great Western Railway iutol
Buffalo, the coal fields, only seventy miles
distant, will be reached, thereby obtain
ing for the growth and development of
our manufacturing interests, and for the
domestic use of our already large popula
tion, an abundant supply of cheap coal.
There are no coal fields in Canada West
A bridge over the Niagara wiil make the
connecting link between the Atlantic and
Great Western, and the Erie and Niagara,
the Buffalo and the Great Western Rail
ways of Canada West, which will open
the coal-fields of Pennsylvania to all West
eru Canada, supplying our Canadian
neighbors, through this city, with cheap
ooal. We must foster bv our good wishes
the Great Western and the Erie and Ni
agara of Canada, that the Internationa!
Bridge may be obtained, and we must fos
ter the bridge, that the Atlantic and Great
Western tnay obtain au outlet at the town
of Niagara, on Lake Ontario, over the
Erie and Niagara, from which to supply
I'pper Canada with coal, thereby offering
an additional inducement to the enter
prising and sagacious men who move the
destinies of the Atlantic and Great West
ern to give us their coal supply at an early
day. Men who have been constructing
and equipping a railroad at tiie rate of
!>OO miles per annum, will, without much
effort, construct the sixty tidies wanted
to give us cheap coal for next winter, if
we meet the.n fairly. It tnay have occur
red to our readers that the Eiie and Ni
agara Railway, from Fort Erie to the town
of Niagara, holds au interesting position
in this great combination of carrying ad
vantages for our city. Although only
thirty-two miles in length, it connects the
two lakes, and having Buffalo and Toronto
(with the aid of twenty-seven miles of
water travel on Lake Ontario) for its ter
mini, with the falls between, we cannot
help looking with marked favor upon it.
as a railway that will have a very great
business for its cost, and as originating
much for the benefits of this city.
#
THE NEW COAL AND RAILWAY COM
PANY. —The fact that the Genesee Valley
Canal is. as soon as practicable, to be con
nected bv a railroad with the richest coal
fields of McKeao cuuntv, Pa., should, as
it does, iutire>t every citizen in Roches
ter The construction of this road is of
more consequence to our future prosperity
than any and all the improvements ever
made which affect our local interests and
sub.-tantiul progress. This citv is now
destirea to become che of the most im
portant coal marts in the country.
This important enterprise has been
talked about for six or eight years, and at
last sucli gentlemen as the HOD Azariah
Boody, Messrs. H. Sibley, G. II Muui
ford, John Craig and others, have taker.:
the matter in their hands and will push it I
through without a day's unnecessary delay j
The books were opened a few days since.!
so that those who desired to take any of
the stock might have an opportunity, and
although no public notiee was given, the
stock was all taken about as fast as the
subscribers' names could be written, and:
when the whole amoaot was taken and
books closed, a number of capitalists were
greatly disappointed who bad expected to
take a larger interest ij the companv.
The stock, we understand, is selling at
ten DOT cent, advance, anu facts warrant
the belief that it will in a very short space
of time ad vance to fifty percent, premium,
if not more This is a Rochester move
ment. and we congratulate the patties
interested, while at the same time everv !
litizen is to share, indirectly, in this im- 1
portant movement — Rochester Dispatch. |
A WAR ANECDOTE —The Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer-
| cial tells this story :
"In one of the hospitals in this city, a
day or two Ego, a wounded Virginia rebel
aid a wounded Pennsyivaoian,occupying
adjoining beds, had a good humored ver
bal tilt, as follows :
"Fniun Say. Reb, where are you from ?
"Secesh — I'm from Virginia, the best
State in America.
"Union—That's where old Floyd came
from, the old thief.
"Seeesh—V here are yott front, Yank ?
"Union —I'm from Pennsylvania.
"Secesh -Weil, you needn't talk about
old Floyd coming from Virginia, as long
a old Rueharian catre front Pennsylvania.
Don t you wish jou hadu't said anything
Yank ?"
MAKING TIJE BEST OF IT— "Captain,
jewel," -aid a son of Erin, as a ship was
coming on the coast in inch meet winter
weather, havo ye au aliuiuick on board ?"
"No, I haveo't."
"Tbiu be jalers.' replied Pat, "we shall
have tit take the weather M it coaiej."
AS ACT
Prescribing the time and manner of sub
mitting to the people, for their approval
and ratification, or refection, the pro
posed amendments to (he Constitution.
WHEREAS, A joint resolution, propos
ing certain amendments to the constitu
tion cF this commonwealth, has been
agreed to by a majority of the members
elected to each house of the legislature,
at two successive sessions of the same,
the first session commencing on the first
Tuesday of January, in llit year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three, aod the second session com
mencing on tlie first Tuesday of January,
in the year of vur Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four:
And ichereas, It is provided in the
tenth article of the constitution, that any
amendment, so agreed upcn,shail be sub
mitted to the people, io such manner, aod
such times, at least three months after
being so agreed to by the two housc3, as
the legislature shall prescribe, such sub
misMoo to be in such manner, and form,
that the people may vote for, or against,
each amendment, separately, and distinct
ly; therefore,
SECTION !. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen■ i
eral Assembly met, and it is hereby en
acted by the authority of the same, That
for the purpose of asceitaining the sense
of the people of this commonwealth, ia
regard to the adoption, or lejectioa, of
said amendments, or either of them, the
governor of this commonwealth shall issue
a writ of election, directed to each, and
every, sheriff of this commonwealth, com
; manding them to give notice, in the usu
al manner, in not less then two newspa
pers in each city, and county : Provided,
That so many are published thereiu, and
by at least two printed handbills, in each
election district, of every ciiy and county,
wherein no newspaper 19 published, that
an election will be held, in each of the
townships, borcaghs, wards, precincts,
and districts, therein, on the first Tues-,
day of August, in the year of our Lord
oDe thousand eight hundred and sixty
four, for the purpose of deciding upon the
approval and ratification, or rejection cf
the said amendments; which said election
shall De opened, held, and closed, upon!
the day last aforesaid, at the places, ana
within the hours at, and within, which the
general elections of this commonwealth
are directed to be opened,held, and closed,
and it si all be the duty of the judges, j
inspectors, and cleiks, ot each of said
townships, borough*, wards, precincts,
and district, to receive, at the said elec
lion, tickets, not t-xceediug the number of
j proposed amendments, either written or
printed, or partly written and partly prim
ed. from each of the qualified voters of
this state, who may offer the same, and
deposit them in a box, cr boxes, to be for
that purpose provided by the proper offi
i cers ; which tickets shall be, respectively,
labelled on the outside, "First Amend
; ment, ' ''Second Amendment," and
["Third Amendment and those who are
favotable to said amendments, or aD\' of
, them, may express thier approval thereof
by voting, each, as many separate, writ
ten or priuied,>r pailly wtittcn atid partly
printed, ballots, or tickets, 29 theie are
ame(idujciits approved by them, contain
ing, on the inside thereof, the words,
; "For the Amendment;" and hose who
are oppo>eu to such amendments, cr anv
i of them, may express tlieir opposition by
voting, each, as many separate, written or
priuted, or partly written and printed,
ballots, or tickets, as there amendments
not approved by theui, containing on the
ineide thereof, the words, '-Against the
Amendmentthe electors, voting for, or
against, the first amendment, shall be
considered as voting for, or against, the
proposed fourth section to article three
of the constitution, extending the right
of suffrage to soldiers ; electors, voting for.
or against, the second amendment, shall,
be considered as voting for, or again-t,
the proposed eighth section to article
eleven of the constitution; and electors
voting for, or against, the third amend
mcnt, shall be considered as voting for.
or against, the proposed ninth section to'
article eleven of the constitution.
SECTION 2. That the election, on the
said proposed amendments, shall, in all
respects, be conducted as the general
elections, uf this commonwealth, are now'
conducted ; and if shall be the duty of the
return judges, of the respective counties
and districts, thereof, first having care
fully ascertained the humber of vote.-
given for, or against, each of said amend
ments in the manner aforesaid to make
out duplicate returns thereof, expressed
in words, at 'ength, nnd Dot in figures,
only ; one of which returns, so made, shall
be lodged in the prothoootsry's office, of
the court of common pleas, of the proper
county, and the otheraealed, and directed,
to the secretary of the common wealth, and
by one of said judges deposited, forthwith,'
in the most convenient post office, opoo
which, postage shall be prepaid, at the
expeoie of the proper ©cnaty.
TERMS.--$1.50 PER ANNUM.
SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty
of the secretary of the commonwealth, oa
the twenty-third day of August next, be
fore four o'clock, post meridian, to deliver
to the speaker of the Senate, or the speak
er of the House of Representatives, the
returns of the said election, from the tevi
eral counties of the coinmfiowealtb. ; and
the same shall, on the same day, and hour,
be opened, and published, In the presence
of the members of the Senate, find House
of Representatives ; and the number of
votes given for, and agaioafc, said amend*
meats, respectively, shall be carefully
summed up, aod ascertained, and dupli
cate certificates, of the result, shall bd
signed by the speakers of the two houses.
One of said certificates shall be delivered
to the secretary of the tommonwealtb,
who shall cause the same to be recorded
and filed in his office, and the olher of
said certificates shall be delivered to hd
governor, who shall forthwith issue his
proclamation, declaring whether the said
amendments, or either of them, have been
approved, and ratified, by a majority of
the qualified voters, of this state, voting
thereon : Provided , That if, for any cause,
a quorum of either house of the legisla
ture, shall not be present, at the day,and
hour, above meutioned, then the said votea
>hall be opened, in the presence bf such
members, of said houses, as shall be pres
ent; aod, in case of the absence of the
speaker, of either of said houses, the said
certificates shall be signed bv the speakef
present; or, in case of the absence of both
>peakers, by the chief clerks of both
house-*, or either of them, in case of the
alienee of one of said clerks.
> SECTION 4. That the several duties
required to be performed by the Sheiiffr,
commissioners,constables, judges, inspect
ors, and all other officers, whatever, in,
and about, the general elections of this
coujintswealth, sbail be performed, bv
*uch officers, in, aud about, the election
herein provided for j and all persou*;
whether officers, or others, shall be liable
to the same punishment, for the neglect
o? aDy duty, or the commission of any
offience, at, in, or about, the said election,
as they would, for the neglect of like
duty, or the commission of like offense.-
at, in, or about, the general eleationi ct
tbia ojmmonweiltk.
LAZY. —"The laziest TDI n we erer iiw.
knew, heard, or read of was oDe Ilifcet, a
private in the Ninth Infantry. He wa>.
however, a very acute observer, and hi*
memory was remarkable ; hence he had
obtained considerable information of a
general character—no' by industry, bat
Lec-iu>c l e could not help it. In his in
tercourse with the men he talked bat
little, and then drawled out bis word*
with n pause between each articulation.
"Hiues," said ODe of his comrade*,
"how came you in the army ? A man of
your information could certainly do bet*
tec "
"We!!—in the—firkt place—l am—
averse—to hard labor—in tbe —second
place —1 never took—to work—and in the
third—l—atn— upDOsed —to—physical
exert ion—and—in—the—fourth—think
—that —anybody—who—knows me—x*
very—in-con sid er ate—to trouble me—
to make—a statement —of these—setf
ev i-dent facts."
"Mines talked and groaned in his steep,
to the great annoyance of bis fellow patri
ots. One night one of the boys ewoko
him with: "Hang it, Hines, can't you
stop that noise and let a fellow go 1-J
sleep V*
" Y-e s, I could—but the endeavor
Would be —accompanied with considera
ble— troublo, ho would have said, but
he was snoring again.
"Asked to explain the paradox how it
was possible foi so lazv a uian to attain so
much education, he auswered :
"I didn't—at tain it—l juit heard is
—here—and—there—aod I was too lazy
to—forget it."
CS**Two person? who had not
each othtr for so'ue time, met aocideatiy
arid one asked the other how be did.—*
The other replied that he wa very wei.f
and had married since they bad httl see*
each ether
That is good news indeed, said the
Er*!
. Nay, replied the other, so eery
good, either, for 1 have married a shrew.
That is bad.
Not so very bad, either, for I had tew
thousand dollars with her.
Ha ! that makes all well again
Not so well as j< u think, for I laid cut
the money on a flock of sheep, and they
died of the rot
That was hard, truly.
Not so bad neither, for I 6o!d the skins
for more than the sheep cost me.
' You were lucky, at any rate.''
Not so lucky as you thixk, f.<r I
bought a house with the moocy, and the
house burned down uninsured
That, indeed, must hare been a great
loss.
Not so great a loss, I asen:sp;ou for
try wife was buret io it.