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VOLUME XVIII.--NUEIBER&3.
THE
POTTER JOURNAL,
FCBI.I9HKD BT
M. W. MeALAUXET, Proprietor.
Bt?~D*vot<'d to the cause >f Repoblit-auipm, the in
teresi* of A^rio"Unre, the advancement of Education,
:u) thn best wrocd ol Potter eountj . Owning no cuide
•Xerpt liiat of Principle, it will endeavor to aid in the
work of more fully Freedomizing our Countrj.
w-y* vdvertisements inserted at thefollowintr rate c ,
except where special bargains are made, A "square"
| 10 lines of Hrevier or 8 of Nonpareil tyj.es :
1 .piar, I insertion— fl 50
I square,2 or 3 insertions 2oU
Bach sub-equeut insertion less than 13..... 40
1 square, 1 year - 10 on
Bu iness Cards,l year 500
Administrator's or Executor's Notices 3 00
Special and Editorial Notices per line 20
All transient advertisements must be paid in
advance,and no notice will he taken of advertisements
from a distance, unless they are accompanied by the
money or satisfactory reference.
Tub Work, of all kinds, executed with neatness
and despatch. __
151 SIXESS XOTICES.
I'rrc mill Arceplct! Aaeieut X orU Unions
171ULALIA LODGE. No. 342, F. A M. Stated
|j Mee'ings on the 2d an i 4*:. dues laysojeaeh
month. Ilall, in the 3d Story of th Olmsted !>i"ok.
D.C.LARRABKEjScc. WM. SHEAR, w M.
O. T. ELLISOX. M. !..
1 PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coude sport, Pa .
respectfully informs the citizens ol thevrnave and
vicinity that he will promptly respond to all rail- for
profession d set vices, (Mire on First street, lirsi door
west of his residence. 17-40
joiin s. n vxx,
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Coudersport, Pa., will atte id tie' several! ut -
in Potter and Cameron counties. All business en
trusted to his care will receive prornp. attention
Ortice ou'Maiii stnet, in residence.
OLKSTEI) mid I.ARKVIiEE.
\TTORNEYS AT LAW, Coudei>port. Penn"'t
will attend to ail tmsiness entrusted to their j
care with prompt!,ess mid ti ielitj \\ .11 al°o attend
the several courts in the adj iril.g con..ties. Ollice ;
In the second storey of the Olmsted Block.
ISA V< BEXSOX.
\TTORNEY-AT I.AW, Couder-port, Pa., w
attend to all hu-iner- • .mis: tto htm with care
and promptness. Attends C<>u>t- ot u n.ngeoun
ties. OtHveouS.c . d street, near the A h-ga y ori<L>-
r. xv. K.vox.
V TTOUNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
X\. Confers port, Pa . n 11 attend the Oourta in Pot- t
•sr and the counties. |
>III.I.UK A Mi'AI.AitXSIV,
\TTOR v EYS-AT LAW. HARBI-BCRO, Penn'a'.—
A stents for the Collection of C imsagmi.et the
United states and ~iate ••overninent- ,u a asivneioi.s, i
Bounty, Arrears of Pay, drc-Adiress B x 95. am- .
W H MILLKR, j- C. M ALAHXEV
H. XV. KeAhABSEY,
I > EAL ESTATE and ISSUE \NCE AGENT -
LV Land Bought and Sold, Taxes paid and I .ties
investigated. Insures property a-_- dust flicin tlie a>-t ,
companies in the Country, and Person- a.-a'n-t A.-ci
•ients in tlio Travelers Insurance Ootnpanx t Hart
ford. Business transacted promytly 17-29
I. A. STEBBIXS A Co.,
M'ERCHANTS— Dealers in Dry Goods, Fancy
Goods, Groceries.Provision-,Flour,Ft • I.l'ork.
and everything usually kept in a good cou try- e
Produce bought and -old
I. H. SIMMBXS,
MERUIT ANT— W K LLS VIL LE N A". Wh.de.
sale and Retail Dealer ill Dry Go > Fancy and
Staple Goods.Clothing,Ladies DreeaG ods Groceries,
Flour, Feed, Ac, It' tailers supplied u 11 he at.rnis
I'll lltbEX S. JOXKS,
M-ERCHANT— Healers in Drugs Medicines, faint-. (
Oils, Fancy Ar: cles. S a'ton ry, Dry Goods,; ,
Groceries, &<\, Main Street, Couderspor' Pa
I>. E. OENSTKB.
M ERCII ANT—Dealer in Dry Goods. Rea ly-mad.'
CI-thing, Crockery, Groceries, F! ur. Feed,
Pork, Provi.-ioi -. £.■■., M • -tr.-ot, C m iersjiort. Pa
(OM.IXS S.XHTJI.
M ERCHANT—DeaIer in Dry Uoo is. Groceries,
Provisions, Hardware, tee swart'. Cut cry.
and ail Goods u -ually found in a country store, n'U
11. J. OLXISTIID,
HARDWARE Mercnant, aid Dealer in Stoves,
Tin and Sheet Iro i-XV re Main street, Couder j |
• port, Penida. Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made to
order, in 1 style, on short not ce. | (
OOI'DEBSPOKT HOTEL.
n" C.VERMILYEA,PI:OPRII'TOR. C ruer of Matt. •
. and Second streets Coudersport .Potter Co.Pa.
A L.ivery Stable is also kept in con eetion v th ti.i- 1
Hotel, jpaily Stlfc-es to ana from the Rniiroads.
I* otter Journal Job-Olliee.
n'AVING lately added a fine ew assortment of
JOB-TYPE to our already large a■-ortnn lit.
we are now prepared t-. do all kinds of work, heaply
and with taste and neatness Or le s solicited. j
LYMAN HOUSE.
Lewisville, Potter couniy, Pennsylvania. I
DI RTUX I.EXVIS. Proprietor. lin ing ,
I ) ta k
0 make the acquaintai ce of the tr.ive nig put-iic and -
eels confident ot giving satisfaction to all who may
nil on him.—Feb 12.66 tf
WORK .
Kjrfu ' 1 Monuments and Tomb-Stones
°f kinds, will he fti-n -!.< d oil rc-asona
S&T J*\ ble teinis and short i. ■: - i-y
llreunie.
Residence: Eulalia, 1 ; miles s..u.h of
"w Coude rap rt, Pa , on the Sinncm.'ibe ing
Road, or leave your orders at tlie Post Office. feTS J
I>VX BAKES,
|)ENSION, BOUNTY nd WAR I AIM AGENCY •
1 pensions procur 1 for Soldiers ol the present
War who are disabled by rea-on of wounds t > eeived R
or disease contracted while in the service of the United ~
(Stales ; and pensions, bouutv. and arrears ctf pay ob- "
tained for widows or heirs of those who liave died or i
been killed while in service. All ettere af inquiry j
promptly answered, and on receipt by mail of a state- ft
ment of the case of claimant, I will forward the ne
cessary papers for their signature Fees iu Pension
cases a< fixed by law Refers to Ho -. Isaac Benson, gj
A. G. Olmsted. .!• nS. Mann, a oF W Knox, Esq ,
DAN BAKER. SJ
Jnneß 04 C'.a in Agent, Coudersj.ort. Pa.
(X -J K. Per Year We want agents t<
q)X tl vl v"
S2O Bewiug M.icir.nes, Throe new kinds. Under end
upjier feed. Warranted live years Ainive sa ar\ Q
or large ctftnnvs-ioa- paid. The oxlt machines solil
in the United States for .< -s than >4 i. wliieh are fullt
licensed by II"we, Wheeler a. Wilson, Grover Bat
ker,Singer &. Co.. it Bachelder. ALL other cheap ma
chines are infringements and the seller or user are I
table to arrest, tine, and imprisonment Circulars
re# Address, or call upon Shaw ic Clark, Biade- }
fzrd, Maine, or Chicago, lihlV-. 2>, 1885. iswly. Igj
I tell! Itch! Itch!
SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCHj"
WUEITOVS OI\TME.\T, a <
XX ill < lire the I t-li in |s Honrs! y (
rr A i f ? c." re * SALT RHEUM, I I/ERS, CHIT.- *
"CAINB, end all ERUPTIONS <>F TIIE SKIN
' nee o0 cents For sale In a' dmgglsts. By send ng . v
POTTER. Sole Agents, 170 .
4M.ir.gton street, Boston, it will he forwarded by Sll
Juiis P o6l^"-10 ™y part of the United States. I
1,1 Vjg, sp.notice wky 11 r .
LOVE'S E4ESOR LOST.
It is now some two or three years since
a young gentleman entered the office of a
Special Agent of the Post Office Depart
ment in one of our large cities, and an
; j nounced that he had a serious case of mail
depredation to report, which he would Jike
I to have investigated immediately Being
requested to give particulars of the mat er,
he produced from his pocket a letter ad
dressed to himself, and postmarked with
the name of a small town in the State of
Pennsylvania. The envelope bore unmis
takable evidence of having been opened
and resealed, and the address was in a lady's
hand writing.
''There, sir," said he, carefully removing
the letter, and handing the envelope to the
Agent for inspection, 'that 'ere letter has
been robbed by some post office thief of
twenty-six dollars. Now I want you to
catch him and put screws to him—give
him ten years at least I don't care for
the loss of the money," (it is singular, by
, the way, how sublimely indifferent to pe
cuniary considerations most people are who
prefer these complaints.) ''but I'd I'ke to
see the rascal caught."
Now the Agent having had considerable
previous experience in the investigation of
cases of "rifling," was quite sensible that a
very necessary preliminary to such investi
gations was a thorough knowledge of all
the circumstances connected with the affair,
and after attentively examining the envel
ope, which was liberally bedaubed with
mucilage, he observed:
"Weil, sir, 1 will take a memorandum of
your statement, and if it proves to be a post
office thief, as you say —"
"li it does, sir? Why, who else can it
be.' Isn't there the envelope to speak for;
IL-eli—hasn't it evidently been torn open
and gummed up again ? Of course it's a
po-t affiee thief—any one can see that"
"Probably, sir, but I don't see it, just vet.
; Be good enough to give me the name of
the writer of this letter."
The young man hesitated, and at one.- 1
his manners became confused and nervous.
"I'd rather not, if it's all the same, sir.
its a young lady, aud there are peculiar
circumstances about the case—and—in
-hort, I don't want her name mixed up j
in it." j
"But it will be absolutely necessarv, in
order to make a proper investigation, that
I should know her name. Without it I
canr.ot undertake to do anything in the
matter."
The gentleman still sought for some
time to avoid giving the name of hi u fair;
friend, but at last announced it as Miss;
Emilv Melville."
Other questions followed as to the cir
cumstances which led to the enclosure of
the money, drc., to which the complainant'
answered in an evasive shuffling way—evi
dently striving to conceal something of
which he was secretly ashamed.
Perceiving that the investigation was |
likely to make but slow progress conducted j
in this way, the agent finally observed:
"My biend, my time is too precious to;
waste in drawing information from you
with a cork-screw: and you may as well :
make up your mind either to give me a
clear, unreserved account of this transac- >
lion, or to go elsewhere with your griev- !
ance. Now, please tell me why Miss M.-1-
ville sent you (or tried to send you) this,
money ?"
"To pay for some broadcloth for a cloak.';
"Which you were to purchase for her?'
" a es— that is, which I had purchased
for her."
"Oh, I see—the young lady was proba- ■
b'y here visiting, and being temporarily out 1
of funds you gallantly forced her to accept j
a loan—eh ?"
"Well, no, not exactly. The fact is, ]
sent the goods to her, by express, at her
request."
"And of course,she being an old friend—" ,
"Not a friend pr cisely."
"A relative, then ?"
"No."
"Ah, I gee—something 'nearer and i
learer.' "
"W ell, yes,' said the youth, with a sheep- 1
sh simper, and nervously swinging his hat
•y the rim, as he gazed modestly on the
loor—we're lov—engaged, I meau." j'
"Perhaps she forgot to enclose the
noi.ey ?" i 1
"No, sir—l've had a letter from her
ince and she swears—l mean she's certain ;
he put the money in."
"Perhaps, then," said the agent, striving
•0 express his suggestion iu the least often- 1
ive lauguage, "perhaps she omitted to en
dose it." s
"Sir!' exclaimed the fond lover, roused:'
>\ this insinuation, "what do you mean ?
I here is no doubt, whatever, sir, that the 1
roung iady sent the money. I would *
take my life, sir, on her honor!"
"Oh, very well, *dr—excuse me—no of
ense intended, I'm sure. But vou know I
laven't the pleasure of the yonng ladv's n
icquaiutante. By the way, how loug have I
ou knowu her—a long time, I p esume?" b
Ihe young gentleman's embarrassment it
as visibly increased as he replied, "about >;
Ix months " ti
"Met her in Pennsylvania, I suppose." it
DebMeD io iije of Jrqe qi)d ffys Sissefriiffqtioi} of bjohjiiiib ]li<ch|lqire qf)i* l(etos.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, FA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 4. 1865.
"Yes—that is, no—l can't say I did."
"Where did you meet her ?"
p "Why, I can't say where exactly—don't
a know as I have met her at all, to tell the
" truth."
"Telling the truth seems to be a work ol
' time with you," remarked the agent, drily.
? "Now if you'll be good enough to give me
- a little light about what you do know of
' this young lady, whom you have never
" met, but whom you propose to marry, and
' on whose honor you are willing to stake
f your life, perhaps there may be some proe
" pect of getting at the facts of this myste
-1 rious robbery—otherwise, you need waste
3 no more time in this neighborhood."
"Well, if you must have it, here it is:
■ ; You see, about six months ago, I (just for
' fun, you know) —[ advertised for a wife,
•'and this young lady happened to advertise
I for a husband about the same time, and we
> answered each other's advertisements. But
' then she was in eart est —all on the square.
jOh, yes," continued he, observing, perhaps,
an incredulous smile on the countenance of
• | the agent, she was all right—wanted a hus
' band in earnest —wanted one bad. She
1 was situated in this way; she hadn't got
I no father nor mother, and was under the
charge of a guardeen —an old fellow about
fifty—and ehe's worth about $30,000
(here his eyes glistened covetously) in her
own right, this guar deen, he takes and puts
her into a boarding school, and intends to
force her into marrying him. She'd rather
have some younger fellow, of course—nat
ural, isn't it?—so she takes and advertises
for a husband. So, as I wtis saying 1 an
swered her advertisement, and she replied;
. to my letter, and so we got up acorrespon
! dence. Aow, there ain't no humbug about
her—l can tell when a gall's in earnest —
; and I know she's all right byway the was
writes. So about two weeks ago she says'
in a postscript to one of her letters—"l wish
you would go to Stewart's and get me five
yards of black broadcloth and send it to me
"by express. I want it for a cloak, and I'll
send you the money just as soon as it
comes, and don't fail to let me know just
how much it is, for I don't want you to be
at any expense for me." So I went to ]
j Stewart's and got the cloth, and sent it bv
express, and wrote to her and told her it
was twenty-six dollars, and then she nut i
| the money in this letter, and some darned!
thief iu a postoffice has gone and stole it
J out —that is all there is about it "
"0, that's all, is it," said the agent, with
difficulty restraining the laugh which this
pitiful tale of true love was calculated to
; provoke, "Well, sir, there is no doubt but
you are a very much abused individual,
and if you will call again in about a fort
! night 1 think I will then he able to give
you some delliuite information in regard to
the matter."
"Thank you, sir, only put that post office
fellow in the .State prison, and I'll be satis
fled. I don't care much about the monev;
that is I don't care so much about it; but
if you could get it back—•"
"I shall do everything possible, sir; good
j morning."
"Good morning, sir."
Punctually at the expiration of the fort
: night the victim of this heartless postoffice
| robbery presented himself to bear the r esult
of the investigation. The agent by writ
ing one or two letters, and availing l.im
; self of certain other means at his command,
j had in the meantime entirely satisfied
J himself ss to the author of the outrage, and
; was quite prepared for the visit.
"Good morning, sir. Have you found
out yet who stole my money ?"
"Yes, sir, 1 think I have."
77
"I'm triad to hear it. Did vou "•ot auy
of it back ?" • |
"Not a cent"
"Well, I suppose he's in the Slate prison
by this time?"
"Not that I know of, hut it is not impos
sible that he may reach that institution
one of these days. Here's a letter that '
will perhaps explain the matter better than !
I can. I received it a few days since from (
Pennsylvania." The anxious young gen- '
tlffian at once recognized his Emily's!
hand-writing, and hastened to read the fob 1
lowing: ;
" , Pa., Jan. 10, 18G-
Mr. , P O. Agent.
DEAR ISIR—I find that you have been
making some inquiries about that twentv
six doiiars I sent (in a horn) to George X. |
Well, you may tell him for me that the'
broadcloth is invested in a first class "shang t
hai overcoat. You may also ted him that
I don't go to boarding school so much .-is 1
did; also that I don't belong to the soft
sex, though I think he does. You might
mention, while you ate about it that when
I get that §30,000 I will send him half of j
it—in the same way I sent him the other.
Also, tell him "Ever of thee."
Yours truiy, EMILY MELVILLE.
(or auy other man)."
There was a deep silence during the
reading of the epistle in the office of the (
Agent, who had considerately turned his v
Duck while the unhappy victim was learn- h
ing of his wasted affection and cash. The
filence continued so long that the agent a
:urned to offer what little consolation wa- b
n his power. But be was spared the task, j
j The hapless young man had noiselessly de
! parted —possibly to take the first train for
t Pennsylvania, possibly to meditate in soli
citude over the comparative advantages of
''love at first sight' and love before sight,
f | Wherever he went, he has not returned.
SELLI.VG A GRIXUSTO\E.
r Among Fred's numerous friends was
1 Judge Newton, who fesided in Mahoning
s cohnty, State of Ohio. Fred always made
- the Judge's house his home when he trav
■ eled that part of the country. The Judge
> was a hue, jovial old fellow, fond of a joke
and was always trying to get a joke upon
: Fred, when he stayed with him.
One day, some tune in the year 1839,
, Fred was passing through, and put up with
■ him over night. In the morning he was
O o
. determined to drive a trade with him of
some kind, offering in his usual way to
take anything for payment:
"I'll tell you what I'll do,'' said the
' Judge, laughing, "I've got a first rate grind
stone out iu the yard, if you'll take that
. I'll trade it out."
"Very well," said Fred, "I'll take it, it's
just as good pay as I want."
They went out to the wagon, and the
Judge turned out his grindstone, which
Fred loaded in his wagon and starred lie
had not gone far before be saw a customer
C 5
and stopped his team.
"Good morning, Squire—want anything
in my line this morning ?"
"Well, I don't know, Fred," replied he
in a bantering tone, "got any griudston s?''
3 7 O O
"Yes, sir; £ot a first-rate one; just come
out and look at it."
New it happened the man really did not
want a grindstone; ho was acquainted with
Fred and spoke in the manner he did be
cause he had no idea Fred had one.
' "I like the looks of that stone," said he,
after examining it, "and as 1 want one very
much, and you take anything for payment,
I'll give you six cents a pound for it (four
cents was the regular price) provided you
will take such property as 1 turn out to
you for payment."
"Certainly," said Fred, "I always do."
"Very well. How much does the grind
stone weigh ?"'
j "Just forty-eight pounds," said Fred, and
proceeded to unload it.
"Now come with me, Fred," said the old
Squire, grinning, when this was finished,
and get your pay."
Fred followed him to the stable.
"There," said he, jxfiutiug to a bull calf.!
just six weeks old, which was standing in
the stable, "there's a first-rate calf, worth
about three dollars, which I suppose will
pay voju for the stone."
"Very good, just as good pay as I want,"' |
said Fred, as he unfastened hi- calf and led ;
him to his wagon. "But stop a minute,' :
said he, "I shall be back this way in about
three weeks, and if fou will keep him til!
then, 1 will pay you what's right for it
"Oh, yes, I'll keep him for you," said
the Squire, laughing, as Fred drove oil!
with the idea of having beat him.
He supposed that Fred would never call
for the calf, but he did not know his man,
and when he called, the Squire had noth
ing better than to give up his property.
fie then traveled, and as it was now near
night, Fred concluded to put up with the
Judge.
As he alighted at the gate he was met
by a hearty shake of the hand, and "how
are you Fred? What did you do with
your old grindstone ?"
"1 sold it a day or two ago, at a good
profit, I can tell you; 1 received six cents a
pound for it."
"Ah!" said the Judge in surprise; but
what have you got there now for the
first time noticing the calf.
"0," said Fred, indifferently, "that's a
calf I'm taking to Col. Davis up our wav;!
the Calonel made me promise to fetch him
one, and he seems to set great value on him :
for my part I consider him nothing but a
common calf, not worth more than three,
dollars.
It might be a- weli to mention that this!
was about the time of the great excitement j
about imported stock, and that Colonel D.. i ]
of whom Fred spoke, was a man known of * i
Judge Newton to be a heavy importer of J
foreign stock, particularly of the Durham ,
Judge Newton had often endeavored to
procure some of the stock, but as it was \
then very scarce and bore a high price, he
examined it a little mora closely thinking
to purchase it. ,
"Its one of the regular Durhams, sure,"
said he musing, "and a fine one at that; ii t
you will part with him,l'll give you twenty- j
five dollars for him." j /
"Couldn't part with hiin for no such |
money. Colonel Davis is to give me!
seventy-five as soon .as I get home." s
"Well you cant take hin clear home r
with you, and if you'll let me have him, 11
Fil give you fifty dollars for him " : o
"No. I can't do it; I've disappointed the a
Colonel two or three tim s already and he o
wouldn t like it at all if 1 should disappoint d
him in this way again." ,o
"But," said the Judge, now becoming:t
mxious, "you can tell him you have not u
>een over tae mountains." g
"I don't know about it, Judge," said^c
- Fred, after a pause. "As you say it's some
r ways home, and will cost something to get
- him there; and it* you will give me seventy
f five dollars 1 don't know but you may
~ take him."
The Judge was delighted with his pur
chase and paid the monev on the spot.
As they were taking the calf to the barn,
Fred remarked:
"I say, Judge, I don't see what there is
r about that calf that makes hi in worth
• more money than any other. I believe I
can get as many such calves as I want for
>, three dollars."
"Perhaps you can," answered the Judge,
i "in a few years when they become plenty." i
! In the morning when Fred was starting.
, he remarked:
"I hope when you have any more grind-1
stones to sell you'll remember inc.'"
'j "Thank you, I will," said the Judge not
i exactly understanding what Fred was driv
ing at.
A few days after Fred was gone, the
Squire of whom Fred had bought the calf
was passing, when Judge Newton called to
him to tell hiin that he had at last suc
ceeded in obtaining some of the famed
stock. The Squire expressed a desire to
see it, and they proceeded to the barn.
"Is that the one ?" said he.
"Yes."
"Who did you get it of?"
"Of Fred Grishgold; I paid him seventy-'
live dollars for it."
The Squire burst out into a loud laugh. 1
"\Y by J edge," said lie as soon as he could
speak, ''l sold him that calf a short time
ago for a grindstone!"
The Judge was perfectly astonished.
He thought of it a "moment and then
said:
"Yes—l sold him that grindstone. lie
| has beaten me at my own game! He told
ime that calf was not worth more than
three dollars! Don't say anything about
this, and you may have the calf and wel
come."
The Judge went back to the house mut
tering "B-E-AI !"
Fred often called there after this, but
Judge Newton never reverted to the sub
*
ject, neither did he ever wish to dispose of
any more grindstones.
WIIO KILLED ABEL. —"My little boy,"
asked a Sunday School teacher of a new
scholar, the other Sunday, "can you tell
me who killed Abel?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Well, now, mv little dear, don't be
afraid. Who killed Abel ?"
"The rebels."
"Oh, no, Johnny," remonstrated the good '
.enehei.
"We are not talking about that. Don't!
j you know who killed Abel ?"
"Yes ma'am, the rebels," insisted the;
scholar.
"No, my child, Cain killed Abel. Now j
remember, think of sugar cane. lam go-j
ing to you about it next Sunday.;
Think of sugar cane."
The next Sunday came, and the boy wes 1
agai; catechized.
"Weil ma'am. Must I tell ?"
"Certainly,my dear. Who killed Abel ?" |
"Sorghum."
Ihe teacher curflumicued.
Many amusing anecdotes are related of!
the Rev Joshua Brooks of Manchester.
England, a clergyman of irritable temper.
Perhaps the following is the best: The!
churchyard was surrounded by a low para
pet wall, to walk along which required
nice balancing of the body, and was one of !
the favorite feats of the neighboring boys.
Uie practice greatly annoyed Joshua, and :
•me day, while reading the burial service at
the graveside, his eye caught a chimney- j
sweep walking on the wall. This caused j,
the eccentric chaplain, by abruptly giving' ]
an order to the beadle, to make the follow-, t
ing interpolation in the solemn wor s of I <
the funeral service: "And I heard-a voice j
from Heaven saying—kuock that black (
rascal oil" the wall !*' ; N
Little Mamie's father is generally too t
busy to attend the weekly prayer meeting.],.
One day she was discussing the great here
after with her mamma, when the following s
dialogue ensued: ; t
Mamie—"Mama, will you go to Heaven ~
when you die?" ~
Mama— "Yes, I hope 60 child. ~
Mamie—"Well, mama, I hope I'll go too, i
or you'll be lonesome."
Mama—"Oh, I hope your papa will go ;l
too." *" v
Mamie—"Oh, no, papa can't go; he can't t j
leave the store"
The President, in his late St. Louis
speech, uoder the inspiration of an audito
ry composed of rebels and semi-rebels, re
leased his pugnacity from ail the restraints ] a
;>f common decency and common sense, j T
md exclaimed, "Yes, I will veto every one j r
>f its measures." Since then, if he is not •]
leafer than an adder he has heard the voice t<
)f the people in response to his coarse t,[
Jireats against their representatives. It is
aot probable he will now attempt to make
his deliberations, and if he does he d
:an bring nobody to barm but himself. ,d
TEHEES.--$1.50 PER ANNUM.
A Hunter Shot by a Deer,
Devoted as all the English race is to
field sports, and general as the pursuit of
them has grown, the shooting season Call
never pass without accidents. Most of
these, however distressing, are ordinary
enough in character. But in Scotland a
calamity has befallen a first-rate and well
tried forester, which is really one of the
most extraordinary ever told iti the auoals
of the rifle. There are curious stories by
dozens in the records of "flood and fiild."
Every hook of hunting and shooting coil
tains some wonderful tale, and every old
shot can spin yarn alter yarn of "wild ad l
ventures that befell." Some that are Hoi
believed are none the let s true; for travel
ers and hunters do "strange things" as Well
as "see" them, and are often shv of relating
! all they know, because truth is so often lesa
probable than fiction. Who would eredit,
for example, that a wild Australian bull, in
full charge, had been felled to the ground
and slain by a pebble throwu from the
hand. Yet that is on record. And in the
long li-ts of the accidents that have befall
en the disciples of St. Hubert we find the
oddest of tales. It is Harris, we believe,
! who narrates in his "Highlands of Ethio
pia" that a dying antelope pushed into the
pursuer the hunting knife which was drawn
' to slay it, well nigh "gralloching" the man
instead of suffering that process itself.
Something of the same character, but more
extraordinary still, is the unfortunate acci
dent which occurred in Mar Forest, it is
not very uncommon for deer to kill their
hunters. The brow antlers of a "stag of
ten" are like bayonets, and the old solig
I says, "If thou be hurt with horn of hart it
brings tliee to thy grave." But who ever
heard of a stag shooting the man who shot
it? Nobody would dare invent such art
incident in a volume of sport. Yet the
thing has really happened this year in tha
Grampians, and a right good forester Has
buried among the mountains last Wedn -s
--dav, who was shot through the heart by a
builet fired by a stag of which lie had made
sure, and which was itself at the point of
|death.
The unlucky sportsman was named Geo.
Urqubart, and was a first-rate and sucCeS**
ful deerstalker, one of the best of Mr. Dow
ell's foresters at Brremar. When out with
his master and some others on the face of
Cairntoul, a fine stag was stalked and sur
rounded by the party. Urqubart was sent
to keep the animal from escaping by the
head of the glen, and firing at it, lie wound
;ed it again. Another forester then joined
! liiin, and the two followed the stag out of
j the main pass into a very deep glen, with
broken ground and precipitous sides, and a
roaming buru below. The deer was so bad
ly hurt that the men caine up with him;
m l I rquhart tried to drive him down with
:he butt-end of the rifle before dealing the
finishing blow. In despair and pain, the
-tag lashed out, and striking the hammers
i of the piece, knocked one off and brought
; ihe other down on the cap, so that the
i charge exploded, and drove the bullet
'straight through the forester's body. He
stood for a moment, and then said, quietly,
j "I am shot," and fell iuto the arms of his
j companion Grant, w ho laid him down and
tried to stop the bleeding Seeing the jxxu*
fellow was so much hurt, Grant hastened
i up the glen, and found his master with tim
others wondering what had become ot the
two men. On hearing the melancholy
news. Mr. Powell and the others iinmedi
itely went down to Urqubart, while his
I comrade ran over the hills to a shiel ing,
-even or eight miles off, for further assist
ance, and thence to Braemar, sixteen miles
further, for doctors. But the forester was
as fatally hit as the stag, which had drop
ped dead a little way below; and although
lie could tell how the accident happened
when his master first came up, by-aml-bye
he grew weaker and weaker, and died M 4
the twilight began to fall. At about 7
o'clock the men came back, and, placing
the body on a hid pony, they carried it out
of the puss. But by this time the darkness
was so dense that in the wilderness and
desolation the mournful party utterly l<t
their way. At midnight they w ere oblig
ed to lay the corpse on the heather, and sit
down to wait for the morning, but just -H
stepping they saw the fire in the shieling
to which Urquhart's companion had first
gone, and then the lanthorns of the men
sent out to look for them. So at last thuy
got shelter. The doctors had also come,
but the deer stalker was long past their
help—dead and cold like his slayer, the
antlered king of the. hills which lay in the
wild mountain burn. The stag had pod
lively shot the forester with his own rifle,
in its dying agony, avenging the death of
many a "heart of grea e," and its own fate
ueside.— London Transcript, Oct 17, 'O6.
An Irishman was directed by a 1 dv of'
arge size to secure and pay for two seafs
o a stage, as she wanted comfortable ruuin
n riding. The fellow returned and said,
'l've paid for those two seats you told nw
o; but as I could not get but o te i*>at for
he inside, I took the other for the outside."
"True philosophy has depih without
lurkness, but much that passe.- for it has
laikness without depth."