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A Physician's Story.
TIlEATINO A CA6K ACTIVELY.
I wan sent for in great haste to nttcml n
gentleman of respectability who had been
discovered in his room lying senseless on tho
floor. On arriving at tlu> house I found Mrs.
11 in great distress of mind.
'What is tho matter with Mr. II ?' I
asked on meeting his lady v\ ho was in tears
nnd looking the picture of distress. * I'm
afraid it is apoplexy' she replied ; ' I found
him lying upon the floor where ho had to all
appearance fallen suddenly from his chair.?
11 is facc is purple and though ho breathes it
is with great difficulty.'
I went tip to see my patient. Ho had been
lifted from tho floor and was now lying upon
tho bed. Sure enough Ids facc was purple
and his breathing labored ; but somehow the
Kyiuptoms did not indicate apoplexy. Every
vein in his toad und fare was turgid and lie
lay perfectly stupid; but still I saw no clear
indications of any actuul or approaching con-
gestion of tho bruin.
'Hadn't ho better.be bled doctor I' asked
tho anxious wife. ' I don't know that it's
necessary' I replied. ? I think if wo let him
alono it will jiass oft" in tho course of a few
hours.' 'A lev/ hours! lie inay die in half
an hour.' ' I don't think tho ease is so dan-
gerous madam.' 1 Apoplexy not dangerous?'
' 1 hardly think it is iipuplexy.' ? I'wy what
do you think it is doctor?' " . "
Mrs. II looked anxiously hdo my. facc. I
I delicately hinted that it ndght possibly have
been drinking too much brandy ; but to this
hbo indignantly objected; ' No doctor I
ought to know Rbout that' she said. 'Depend
upon it tho disease is nioro deeply seated. I
am sure he had better bo bled. \V on't you
bleed him doctor? A few ounces of blood
taken from his arm inav give lifo to tho now j
stagnant circulation of the blood.'
Thus urged I after some reflection order-
ed a bowl and a bandage and opening a vein
relieved him of about eight ouiicch of blood
llut ho lay as insensible as befort much to
the distress of his poor wife. 'Something else
must bo done doctor' she urged seeing that
bleeding had accomplished nothing. Mf my
husband is not relieved quickly ho must die.'
lly this time several relatives and friends
who had been sent for arrived and urged up-
on mo tho adoption of some active means of
restoring the sick man to consciousness. One
proposed mustard plasters all over his body?
Another a blister on the head and a third his
immersion In hot water. I suggested that it
might bo well to use n stomach pump. ' Why
doctor ?' asked 0110 of his friends. ' Perhaps
ho has taken some drug' I replied. 'Imp ?.s-
siWe doctor' said the wife ; 'he has not been
from homo to day and there is no drug in the
houM?.' ' No brandy V I ventured this sug-
gestion again. ' No doctor no spirits of any
kind nor evun wine in tho house' returned
Mrs. 11 in an offended tone.
I was not tho regular Dimity physician und
had been called in to meet the alaiming emer-
gency because my oflice happened to bo near-
est to tho dwelling of Mrs. II . Feeling
my position to be a difficult one I suggested
that tho family physician had better he eallcd.
4 Hut the delay doctor' urged the friend*.?
1 No burin will result from it bo assured' I
replied llut my words did not assure them.
Ilowov?ras 1 was firm in Iny resolution not
to do any thing more for tho patient until Dr.
S. came they had to submit.
I wished to make a call of importance in
the neighborhood and proposed going to be
back by tho timo l>r. S. arrived but the
friend* of tho sick man would not sutler n>j
to leave tho room.
Whi'ii Dr. S. ramo ?? convcraed aside for
n few minutes ami I gave him my vlotv* of
11?o ra*e and aUted v% )>nt I had don* ami whv
I Imd dune It. W? then proceeded to tho Ik*!*
aide of our patient; there wan still no *ign? of
anproaehinf eonac ion# newt * Ikuvt JOM think
his hvml must be ahavrd ami trilateral?' aaked
tlxt wife anxiously l>r M. thought a moment
and then *aid: ' Ytrit hjr ill nitww; *eml ft>r
a l?arbf r and alto for a frchh ISy hllstcr fotir
UuU* U) nine.'
1 looked Uvto the faco of l>r. H. with hut-
I.M-; it hm i?erte<-4ly grave and v*rne?t. 1
i(??(c?I to him toy ?k*nbt of the good that
mode of IMMawnl wouhl do; hut W ?4*>kv
fonfitknllr of the reeult ami s*id thai it
would not only c*ir? th? >lhvm#e% h?H he be-
h?-<(?d would take an ajr the |vre?liA^i?itiott there
|?"~?tth nhkh Mr. II w?? affiled to a
hi|h tlnoc
TV Ufbtr mw The h<-?*fro( H? tni
*)?a*etl ami l?*. S applied tWhlMw aHh
hit own hai l? wh?? h cvmspletely eovettd the
?calf? ftw Mh*I to ?tiput ' L*t It f*-
inam on h* two h urw a*?d tin* n*nk? *?* i*f
Uf ?*d?n*ry ikmws' Mid (Mr. H * If he
?h.mV| rtH^'vrr during the iMt^xrt of the
t.>i*ter ?kW? Orel vpnaiUiUty writ he j
r*rt"t*d ***? ftfter '
I Mi f * U?t I heart* W l?r
*?? Xfirr *? l<MK? fw<a? >.|>>|
***??*! ?**? M ufwiM whfcfc the Mtk
th<*?*h ?*? ??-?*?* ???!
???** ef r^wf**!*
>h?ed tKHMnlm Either tW* m
?} IMF PMMS ?f ?? **#?*? *"????> *f th<-
**?*? roe f*U two Vmtr> ?W ??arwtnfr
? ?rrWI iS* le-rht *> ef II '? *? ^
and was then retnofed ; it bad done good aer-
jrfcf. Drrifeings \er? applied repeated again
but still Ibe sick matt lay in a stupor. 'It
ban dono no good; hadn't wa better send for
the doctor !' suggested the wife.
Just then the ores of II opened-and
he looked with half stupid surpriae at the &?
cck of the anxious group that surrounded the
bed. ' What in tho mischief is the matter V
ho at length said. At tho name time feeling
a strange sensation about his head he placed
his hand rather heavily thereon. 'Heavens
and earth what ails my'head ?' 'For Mercy's
sake keep quiet' said the wife the glad tears
gushing oTcr her facc. ? You havo been very
ill; there thcro now 1' and she spoke soothing-
ly 'don't ear n word but lie very still.' 'But
tny head! What's tiio matter with my head?
It feels as if scalded. Where's my hair??
Heavens and earth 1 Sarah I don't understand
this. And my arm what'H tny arm tied lip in
this ?|y fbrf' ' Re quiet my dear husband
ami explain it all. Oh be very quiet?
your ITTc depends unon it.'
Mr. II sank back upon tho pillow from
which he had risen and closed his eyes to
think. lie nut his hand to his head and felt
it tenderly all over from temple to temple?
and from nape to forehead. 'Is it a blisterV
ho nt length nxked. 'Yes my dear; you have
hem very ill wo feared for your life' tairi
Mrs. II?"? aileetionntely; 'there havo been
two physicians in attendance.'
U closed his eyes again; his lips moved
Those nearest wtro not much edified by the
whispered words that issued therefrom They
would have sounded very stangely in a churcb
or to cars polite and refined. Alter this he
lay for some time quiet. 'Threatened with
apoplexy I suppose I' ho said interrogatively.
' Yes dear' replied his wife. * I found you
lying insensible upon tho floor on happening
to come into your room. It was most provi-
dential that I discovered you when I did or
you would ccrtainly have died.'
11 shut his eyes and muttered some-
thing with an air of impatience ; but its
meaning was not understood. Finding him
out of danger friends and relatives retired
and tho sick man was left alone with his fam-
Uy.
'Sarah/ ho said' why in the name of good-
ness did you . permit the doctors to butcher
mo up in this way 7 I'm laid up for a week
or two and all for nothing'
' It wus to savo your life dear.'
? Savo tho devil.
'Il-u-s-hl there do for mercy's sake be
quiet; every thing depends upon ?t.'
With a gesture of iinnntienco 11 shut
his eyes teeth and hands and lay perfectly
still for somo minutes. Then ho turnod his
fne? to tho wall muttering in a low petulent
voice ' too bad! too bad 1'
I had not erred in my first and last imprea
aion of II.'s disease ; neither had Dr. S. al
though ho used a very extraordinary mode ofl
treatment
Tho facts of the case wcro these: II
had a weakness ; ho could not tasto wino nor
strong drink without being tempted into ex-
cess Iloth himself and friends were grieved
and mortified at this; and they by admoni-
tion and he bv good resolutions tried to
bring about a reform; but to sco was to taste
and to tasto was to fall. At last hia friends
urged him to Rhut himself un at homo for a
certain time and sco if total aostinence would
not give him strength lie got on pretty well
for u few days particularly so ns his coach-
man kept a well-filled bottle for him in tho
carriage house to which ho not unfrcquontlv
resorted; but a too ardent devotion to thfs
bottle brought on tho supposed apoplexy. Dr.
S. was right in bis mode of treating tho dis-
ease after all and did not err in supposing
that it would reach tho prc-disposition. Tho
cure was effectual.
I I was kept quiet on the subject and
bore bis shaved head upon bis shoulders with
as much philosophy as ho could muster. A
wig after tho sores made by tho blister had
disappeared concealed tho barber's work un-
til his own hair grow again llo never ven-
tured upon wine or brandy again for fear of
apoplexy. When tho truth leaked out as
leak out such things always will tho friends
of 11 had many a hearty laugh; but they
wisely concealed from the object of their mer-
riment the fuct that they knew any thing
more than appeared of tho canto of his sup-
posed illucs.
" Mr. Eaton" said Hon. Jackson " litis
greatly erred in liia description of tliu Amer-
ican works of cotton bncs. There itoa not a
*ina!e fniff qf Motion in tn^Jktd tir--not on*
! iuid some Hlorc-boxen Hnd wmd'baga?
or bags tilled with tutmL and ihosj wtrc
extended along the lines; hut at tho cloao of
the action when tho liritinh surviving tien-
end in command came riding up on an elegant
hum- to nurrendor hi* aword I heard him ex-
claim with mortified surprise:
" 7Atrr?Vu^ffwhy I could leap them with
my horn " } ?
"I htughad-heartily" added Claw. Jackson
** at hi* astonishment for so ho could; anil
brjudea on otw wing the work* were not eoni> J
Sleted ! had nothing there hut a eorn-ficld
fnrv (If the ttrittfth tod only known it) to
turn. Hut by keeping my men constantly j
throwing OY?r ladder* and ftscima on the;
wrurka tho Briti*h were d*<?ivcd.
* I neeo* had" continued General Jaekww
>4so (prunt't at** awiui an idea ot the Reauftae- j
tion ox <m that day. Arte* the anuAa of the
battle Ivad eleartd cut w>tt?c<*hat- our men
w?ro then in h^t purauit ot (ha dying enemy
?I ?aw in the d'.ttanc* more than fitw hum j
dred J?ritom> emerging fr?w? th? of their.
;!e*d eonuad ? all over the pla n riamg np.;
and atllt more dteiioetty aa th* fUtd:
U^tuwrkaiTr toeing tawaud *at?t aitrni '
vWito*'*?p*i?r*i?r?of war to <wr sokberw-
TWy hw.1 2df*n at oue dm rtii up?*? them
w it IK*alp v tag nr*M at iwkIi aa a wraHh
p*<Mtrate aa if dead unt# ih? <V**> f
tHe ?tw. 1
thMnlJidiiAajaith rr(M**l thia artV^n
aa the mm% gtotfext* KkifvrtMet of Ma Kfe
T1?*t vkto?y *** m ((|hrto h* eeaaftry as
t? t*? " 111 roof Ne<* t)H?aa\M the *tra?e-
0J *4tbthami tart^mim^ttWtW haw ?a+?
ft l?<a <Wjr apfreeta^rd - N*f*
rtM t
h tm nrwnrjp w?4 ea?i-r t* Ux*k tto
I" 4{Tw wel Ina Baa that *>t *Hv Mct>
Thq Traveler's Story.
A part v of travele r? were seated around a
blazing Arc In a. tavarn/upon tho Alleghany
mountains. The coach had broken down ami
perforvo trfc Wore dt'tamwl until the next
morning. Wo had finished ? substantial Vir-
gloia auppwr end each one. with hiM feet on
tho fendor attd a cigar in hla mouth rumina-
ting upon tho storm .without and the warm
cosy comfort within. Each ono in hi.s turn
told a Btory or related an anccdoto; and ftt
last tho joke mme round to a hollow-chocked
individual who until theii bad remained si-
lent.
14 Gentlemen" said ho fixing a piercing gray
eye upon one of tho company? a Spaniard?
who uninvited had drawn his chair up to tho
fire "some ten years ago I cauio ueur being
murdered in this very house." ?
At this moment tho Spaniard got up and
was going out of tho room when tho narrator
arose and locking tho only door in tho room
took the Spaniard by tho arm and leading
hitn to an old pictun. surmounted by the Eng-
lish coat \)f arms in guilt work ran* his finger
along tho motto:
" Itonl aoit qui nud y pcnue."
said displaying at tbc same time a but end of
a large pistol?" Evil to him who evil thinks."
The Spaniard smiled and said ho did not
feel well but the stranger swore that no tnnn
should leavo the room until he hiul finished tho
story. Requesting us uot to be amozed at bis
conduct he proceeded:
"Some years ago. (said he"* 1 wns traveling
over theso mountains on horso back and I
stopped at this very house. Tho landlord w as
extremely obsequious in attending to my com-
fort and after supper he requested me to ioln
him in a bottle of wine. Nothing loath I
consented and before midnight four empty
bottles stood on tho talilo end and lw was ac-
quainted with all my business.
"I very imprudently remarked in tho course
of my conversation that I*had a very largo
sum of money in my valiso nnd he very po-
litely informed me that he would toke caro of
it tifl morning. Although somewhnt intoxi-
cated I did not approve of leaving it in his
charge nnd I took my valiso in my hand. nnd
rot'rod tohed. After I had undressed I placed
my pistols under my pillow and carefully as
I thought examined tho room. 1 had laid
down and sunk into a fitful sleep.
" I suppose it must havo been two hours af-
ter when I awoke and collected my scattered
senses 1 endeavored to think wlmt I had heen
about.
" Suddenly I detected a noiso under my bed.
What wnB my horror when I observed a*small
piece of carpet stretched along my bed-side
move #? though somethiogHvas under it. A
cold perspiration sturted from every poro; but
thank God I I had prcscnco of mind enough
to prepare for tho worst. Grasping a pistol
in my fight hand and hiding it under tho bed-
clothes 1 feigned to bo asleep
In an instant afterward** I snw a trap door
which had been concealed by a carpet cau-
tiously lifted up and I beheld my landlord
with a dark lantern in his hand directing his
glittering eyes towards me. Still 1 moved
not; but as ho turned his back to put his lan-
tern oti tho floor I fired?
"You killed him did you I" shrieked the
Spaniard almost jumping from his scat.
"Silence! till I havo finished I said tho
stranger and again ho touched the end of his
weapon. "Tho instant I fired tho villain fell.
I started up and merely pulled my over-coat
on snatched up tho lantern that ho had drop-
t>cd and crept cautiously down with my va-
iso in my hand to the stable. It was a
bright moonlight right and I scon saddled my
horse. 1 galloped ten tniles; when I met a
party of wagoners and in their company 1
returned to tho hourc; but despite our rigid
search not even as much as tho villains body
could bo found But if I can once put my
hard upon him if it costs my life ho shall
die tho dog's death''
The stranger aroeo and caught the Spaniard
by tho throat. Tearing open his shit t collnr
he showed tho mark of tho wound ou his
neck. Wo need not say- any move. Three
weeks after that Joseph (loui4a was hnnged
in the Jtv of Cumberland upon bis own con-
fession of having murdered no 1088 that! live
traveh.ru in that very room.
1-rankmm Art a UouKMtLUiii.-Tho following
story told of Franklin's inodo of treating the
animal called in those days 'lounger' 1? worth
putting into practice occasionally oven in this
age and generation :
Ono inurning when Franklin was busy pre-
paring hi* newspaper for the prtw a lounger
Mopped into the stove and spent an hum or
inorc looking over the hook* Ac. and finally
taking one in his hand asked the shop-boy the
pri<*?\
'? One dollar" was the answer.
" Ono dollar" said tho lounger " can't you
take h*?M than that V
? No imUe.l one dollar I* the pric*."
Another hour bad nearly j?a>??cd when
tho lounger asked. " Is Mr. Franklin at
home ?"
" Ym he in in tho printing nlUco."
" I want to **? hhn" said the lounger
Tho shop Imy Immediately Informed Mr.
Franklin thata'gentletwan was In tho Mure
wanting to we him. Franklin n a* s.*on l^
hind the counter s?h*n ih* kmngrr wiih l-x?k
In hand addre???d him thus :?11 Mr. FVank- i
Hn what ta the loweat you can lake for this [
buok ?"
"Oi*a dollar and a fvarUr" wa* the ready !
answer.
** Ono dotlar iM a quarter " Why your
.votttMt imn a-k*d wlf adoiiar."
" Trw" Fr*riklin " awl I miM ha** |
hotUr a? -Mi*! to hat* taken a d>.?lV?r thw?
than In haw Kttn taktft out of th# oflks* i
Tho fonngrr seemed <f?rprt*(4 *?*! ?Wh?ew
In rwd the parley m hit own n?kiivs taunt.
" t aw Mr Frtw?kl"% t?# *?e 4 ?>? th?
Wfwt yw* r?j? fre it ?"
** Owe ?M*r at>d a &?{?*
" Ou* or*! a Wh W^y ye-
ll fee a ?te>l*r atwf a < }<***%<*.'
l>w*Ms "W"! I Had Krttw
t*?w taken that frtot than a *MUe a-'< 1 a HaJf
4m the prW im| ?tat
Kq fftursH tVe jwwiln| offtoe
From the SI. LauU liebpvbliean.
The City of St. Bartholomew.
Rocky Mountain* Not. 3 18G3.
Hon. L. S. CiiATrtELb I'ritident of Atlantic
and l'ac[fic Hailriwd Coinyauy :?"Wliilo sea-
ted by our camp-fire sometime since perusing J
a paper brought in by our ctprctn wc bad tho
inexpressible felicity to learn that you sir have
b?en elected President of tbe great " Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad Company" wbicli u now
engaged in doing the itiltd-work in fart Iterance
of the construction of a rail-road extending
through 'U?o heart of our country and thereby
bringing its extremes " into municipal consan-
fculnTty?' like Sampson's foxes of old. This
sir to a reflecting mind in a stupendous un-
dertaking worthy of the gods godesses united
and well may wo congratulate ourselves on
having our day and generation in an age \jhc?
such godlike undertakings are conceived and
the windwork done towards bringing tho some
to a happy and successful cosutntufctUui. Yes
my dear Bir such is the magnitude Of tho work
you aro engaged in and so momentous and
grand aro tho results which most necessarily
follow its completion that no one can com-
template the subject in all its beating without
being tilled with thoughts too biff for utter-
ance. Ycs-sir-ec methinks I already bear tho
iron-horse snorting through tlieee dark vallies.
and along the banks of thc*e unexplored
streams towards tlioso almost boundless prsl-
ries freighted with the richest silks spices
and gems of tho oriental world which will
pour untold millions into the pockets of eveiy
mother's son of us. But sir allow me to In-
form you and your company through tho mo-
diuin'of the press of one among the many re-
sults \\ hieh is bound to follow tho completion of
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad ; for while
you are constructing a work so stupendous
for the development and glory of our country
we mountain trappers have cotnmcned the
wind work to build a city which taken in
connection with your raihoad will render the
United States of* America the admiration of
every nation and tribe to tho end of time.
Time however will not prcinit mo to give at
Eircsent a full description of St. Bartholomew
ienco suffice it to say that in point of magni-
tude and beauty it will surpass any city over
reared by human hands. It is to be located
in a beautiful and picturesquo valley through
which your railroad id bound to run and will
cover an area of one thousand square miles.?
The poorest building is to bo more magniticcnt
than tho most gorgeous palnco in Europe or
even in ancient Greece or Rome. A railroad
is to extend through every street and alley
for tho convonienco of its inhabitant Tho
principal hotel is to bo fifty stories high and
will cover sixty ticrca of ground and contain
soparato apartments for every nation under
heaven; tho lower story will contain magnifi-
cent tunnels over-arched in tho most superb
hianner through whieff the cara will pass.?
To illuminate tho whole building a steam en
gino of one thousand horse power will be in
constant operation to pump in tho light?an
other engine of five hundred horse power will
bo employed to waft tho richest porfWcs into1
? every apartment; every room will bo furnish-
ed in a manner more costly and magnificent than
the parlor of the most extravagant king ; 60-
000 servants will always be In attendance so
that no one can suffer for tho want of atten-
tion. And lastly tho tables w ill st all times
bo loaded to their utmost capacity with every
luxury known to civilised man. Such sir is
a faint outlino of tho magnificent city of St.
Bartholomew : and these aro some of the ad-
vantages and improvements that will be found
in tlio World's Ilotol?all of which Will be
perfected and in complete operation upon the
arrival of yourjlrtl train?at which time you
nnd tho Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Com-
pany are especially invited to partake of a
dinner to be given by tho citizens of St. Bar-
tholomew to the whole world; which in point
of magnificence and splendor never was and
never will be equalled in thi* world. Hur-
rah for the great Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Company the World's Hotel and the magnifi-
cent city of St. Bartholomew I! I
In conclusion my dear Sir after soliciting
you to reserve a few millions of stock of tho A.
? P. N. R. Co. for tho benefit of the citizens
of St. Bartholomew allow a Rocky Mountain
trapper to congratulate you on being elected
tho President of a company which fit toon to{
cclipse tho world by the dar./.liug splendor of
its gigantic works of improvements.
Yours respcctftilly
Thomas II. HAnnctuiT.
Fashion.?Tho York Tiiue^ lit (he course
of an nrlii lo Utulor the head of " A t.'ulumn of
Inlk for Young Men on .Small Wago*" ha*
this plain ami *viisiblo paragraph on the ?u' jcci
of illtM:
41 Then (in to <ltT*n?it itt great nonsento lo
?ay that all n>u?t drvjw fashionably or lone
enste What w tins la*hionahlc coat And how
tlo ton know it in tho foahlroP Tell ?u? of otto
mtMuiliil merchant onv thrifty mrtnanie
onv *ucec*#ful lawyrr or ono gentfoman who
wtafi* It ?wl ere will name ten or mote equal-
ly notr?l ami *o\iv.?|\d t?ho do not ao*l ?<r>
*|>om \oi utttrlf dtaptas tktdo. 'ihi
f??hion in N?*? York kh- men ju*t mm require*
n rk&n decent gartnettf* mw| 00 pfttchca on
it" :k? ware no Ue# A Udy nv^.ht wrar t>.r
gramlmothrr'* ?hawl in hroadaay ami not bo
noticed. Tho timid oaif Md Uwm j?nt in
from other cittee and tdouo are wor
n*d about thrir look* wh?A they wear laat
a tnur'a taonet to the fcrcttsre u? chuttk .
L*t tfc i*ofc*?<? lb* a*l*ta<>iUiMy aM
?<!?.. 11 K?n rather thwMb^s** who are
k?t|>mf( up aj^Katmncea at o ?a-tiC?e. It w>H
her saving in thu tort*"
Aartntr a* twrt (hrx.<i-Wt hate Jam"
heard a pmcd'ow No* k-n< a?*. ab> ?<??gnwlt-
?d .t?*vfw ?tfth?d<y s*m* A'ViwgerttH
[?<? a Howeh In ttlkteli atwt&ne dUtlw
g*t*kt*4 i?r?M fc? iKr ?pWt?l
Ne*f tb* Irked W t**- l>. I). t<p at
the ?**?>? Inkk mj iaiI ud a? v?t
ow*M>
" Ikt m#4k WsgMr ft that goto* to toil* 1
* Ju? werK' ??fd the 0 t> with a ?}*
Va?*k " th*y ?Wt vwn tery ftu ica J/Ui 3b
|H?'*r>?b*4 <?<.tee?. m 1W<W \? vlk*
I arty a^rr iH h*?n?n r** ?
Couldn't But Laugh.
Wo were something amused yesterday on
the shore at some newly arrived (Tcrmani who
in their rural Dutchest kind of Hutch clothes
caps and pipes weir looking around them to
see how things weru working. One of tho
young Dutchmen was really tho most perfect
carricaturo upon n live white man wo have
met for a long time. Ho w "jft Bf'w Spykc
in one and finish that would nave convulsed
any theatre auilicnce. His breeches ran up to
his very armpits: immense pockets in which'
ho stowed wardrobe or edible* until the pock-'
ets bulged out like plethoric noddle bags. His
vest wns about six inches long with bright
metal buttons. big as half dollars plentifully
Bcattcrcd un tlio front llis coat was of the
square toed humpbacked order and worth a
heap of money to any Comedian in tho coun-
try. Peter had a can and such a can I His
head was of the Webstcrian site ami yet be
endeavored to cover it with a geranium pot of
the most grotesque stylo and scarcely big j
enough for n baby. Armed with * furious I
double-barrelled meerschaum Peter was smo- j
king away at his leisure and looking about as|
docile as a pet lamb iu a clover patch. In the
simplicity of his rural innocenco a young .
Hoosicr comes up to Peter and says :
" I.ook-a-here whero'n Columbia St. mid-
tor?"
Peter looked at his interrogator with a blank
stare and giving his pipe a fresh draught he
replied:
u>Vhcro is Columbia street tM
"Kinder brecht blkcl's coon doitch spra-
kcn."
" Look-p-hcre snr" says tho hoosier break-
ing into Peter's snecch 41 what kind of stud' is
that; I ax you wuere's Coluinby street and
you rip out with n blasted Choctaw sputter
the???couldn't get tho hang of; now I
ask you again whore's Columby street T"
44 Yaw says Peter.
44 You be ?? ? ?? V says tho hoosier leav-
er smoking straight along.
We heard a story tho other night on the !
subject of dlvlsioo that wo thought was
44somo" at the time and never having seen
it in print we giro our readers tho bencflt of
it. -jr'<Lv jjjf'.'.'
A planter named P. pretty well to do in
Uio world now was some twenty years ago a
(oor boy on tho eastern shore of: Maryland
n duo coiWO Of time P. was of ago and
thought it ttffto to get married and lie was
?no uay introduced to tho duugntor of Judge
II. ' ? *&%'&:: t .
Hang fine gall j.*iid the embryo speculator
over ^ Here was a chance
Ho inado lovo i^iKe^eautifid and unsophisti-
cated daughtqm|^Mgo II. with all tho varia-
tions?a nil. ^^jBgjljgy^-for J?o was nn*m-
suit 'wore
moon? The bride
^t^artli-d npf v:nucs ho said
into ten no times and tmvor one over said" tho
astonished P. he jumped iip^ klr?.^;l Hk table
I'm souil I'm I and a &~^p&ht cheaper
than an old bell wether and clu-atv at that.
Huu.icosr.?Tho editor of #'
change paper defending a (Henri
theaapenmmaof soineof tliu !a
or* propose* a "short and nwcetM
" settling tho niAttcr if it bo not ntfi.
tied." Ho MtatcH u emphatically and
ly" that he In " witling to fight any
any w\v or at any timo" who may happen
differ with him upon tiio point in dispute
And " now" *aya he " let ui have a fight frr
nothing more on thig ??i??ject. Bravo men
never whittle important matters. We are the
friend of ?-and if it la neccwary wc arerea*
dy to fight for him in any way or to any ex?
tent.
" We aro no hnlly but for* to fight trhen
necessary--would father fight forty time# a
day than quarrel over. If any donht our w?m-
catuff* in this matter let town try u?~-lei
them wwl u?t a rhalteftaei. The foot if" wjr
alitor g?Hp? on to ivmarh '* a little Wood may
Ik* neeeaaary to amicably close the jarring*
of tho late canvaeaea in this pariah and no I
think mo are ?>mvit a* competent tosla-d R i?
any man who ha* fignral upon tha arm a. At
any rate we aro entirely williiij? to do our best;
to *ati*fy any ? he may W UU*atlMted with
any thing r>\?r ?aid or done. Nov J
we rrpeat let o*have a fifcto of i>o mor? in !
frmtk 1 tyiog ami aiamWtag *?<| IfiipmUo
?hl?IR*> * j
vku? OAVK vt t?nc winter'*. ox*
nia|[ wbiT# ?v?fc*fcUy *<*?* as u?n*l j*?He?> j
?<l arvwwj iho tabi* a neighbor ?lrote
MfS '1 mtelir.g *?y* With \'*3Uii WmWtline s!
had Kitty ofthi* knew. "CNgMftK^tr" aa?d'
h<% " Jo* *o h*?te end Uv\* m\b ??***
*1W. Uiiedup hoa&C*. <bt> frvi i. n
wd? Ml ta&w?nt* to he* afc?*?kt*ra and btr
Wm? we* w*tt hWt a* ah< w ^ol?
f*'-e aw ' it s* I
tW Ir m ?u ^tni^a a* the erorA* led ??
iDwry tek? ?iu dMMM*; jfd a ??
awfcl th? ?wwivJ nwiwl *.* tf * ? aflad ftvaa a'
h'-flff arwM aluMt ??f?h wlj ihwh A
&+M'* - ?*?. aat a alwiew ; M a **>hae height f
www ?ifw>a>?tManea*'?i?l ??d My ***{1
?MA am the wufeutita teed of the da rlWn;
ha "tMi M?we** ?aal ?iey hr^H arfchda if
*?* ;V4 wfch qwffifwite hsr ?V frtarf f*?4*
**.
4-:r
All About Her.
(ritOM Tlir CKOCEKTT NUKTEIl.]
fcs she ivm lovely niie was fair -
As tnild an Hummer's oven;
\n angel-form a spirit rare;
A bt.ir junt dropped from heaven.'
Well she was.
\n<l oh I those bright and lovely orb*
That gleam'd with Cupid'* tire?
I hose raven curln that uoblo lirow!
To nee was to admire I
So it was.
knelt Iwtfore her and swore
I'd have ono burning kiss.
Mi^tfkl " Until you wash your face
YlVcan't enjov auch bli*s!"
Well she did!
'What what cried If "and would you thua
A true lover denert ?"
'(?h heavens I" aho said "tlie clothe"-lino'*
brokeI
There goes tny brother'* shirt!
Well tihu ditl hous'
[ fell just then as if I had dropt
Prom Cbimborazo's summit;
[ frit my budding passion crept:
'Twax plain 1 couldn't come it."1
No sir-e- ?e!
\nd did I quickly snatch my hat
Without ono thought of kissing*
\nd did I ever after that
Come up among the missing ?
Well I did nothin' shorter.
Rail-rood Lyrics.
Am?"Coming through the Ityc."
If an engine meet an cngiuo
"Coming round a curve;"
If they smash track train and tender
What do they deserve?
Not a penny's paid to any
So far as we observe
Hut nil acquit tho engineer
When "coming round a curve."
If an engine meet a steamer
"Coming through tho draw."
If they crush or drown tho public
Need we go to law*
If the engineer was carelesa?
PVapK no's rather raw?
They uon't dischargo an honest fellow
" Coming through the draw."
If a steamer chase a steamer.
" Running un to time"
If they burst tlieir pipes and boiler
Where'i tho mighty crime?
Should tho jury in a Airy
Mako them pay ono dime
Or send tho otllcers to prison.
" Running up to time V
If thoy maim or kill a body*
Or a body's wife
nvNecd a body sue a body.
For baggage limb or lite?
If you sue for damages
For pay for what you lost
You get a broken neck or leg
-? And have to meet the cost.
A Good Kxctst.?During the revolutionary
war when draughts wcr-j mado from the mil-
iary to recruit the continental army a certain
captain gave liberty to tho men draughted
from his company to inako tboir objection if
thoy had any against going into eervico; ac-
cordingly ono of them who had an impede
tnent in hia specch camo forward and madu
his bow.
"What is your objection?" said the cap-
tain.
" I ca-ca-caht go" answered the maa "1
st-at-stutter.
"Stutter" Mii<l tho captain "you don't go
there to talk but to fight."
" Ay but they'll put mo on gu-gu-guard;
and a man may go ha-ha-half a mil* before {
can say wh-wh-who goes there."
"() that is no objection for they will ulaco
another sentrv with you. tie can challenge
and you can lire."
" Well b-b but I unn bo taken find run
through tho h-o-a-r-t before I can cry qu-qu-
quarters."
Thin last pica prevailed and tho captain
[aughing heartily aiatnfoicd him.
foung man be not diaconragud though
gulth s sometimes grow thick around the?
them like a sturdy oak which for contu*
i stood against the storms and tempeata
threatened destruction. Cling to tho
fand turn from tho wrong; and
of character and purpose pursue
? Ttl*t all opposing ohalaejts; your
toon bu known ; confidence wift bo
*>ou and youi way will bo clear t<*
jcHty.
[>o Si oh v.- Wo Uke good doc
ke It a rule always to puhlUh
cry last on* la from Kavetterillc
Vine*** dotf has Wn detected
og pen at night and biting <hh?
>* gets up ?htn Arrhy fit*
plfcCfr and goes to *kcp.
put cortela on me ?haJl
t nhat put that in your
haw If I kill any
me the darndoat
Ttarv tt a ni*n Viart ntlxr a tetUW
wtw** mm** Vi Rtwr. II* ht"
n .l . had .SonMwpft wa?
ll>?? i4ft NttMm? ? *?"!
t ?>f the
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