Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 16, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 May 1874 — Page 6

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MISCKLLAjNY. I'M); K THE SCR FACE. t riiscii kipi.it uxiMiii. l. t.n the turfaor, foam and rar, Krtllnu tsrali- ' I sa!louale dli; Muuftlr rit 1 ( t buir, OaitMiinf buutu aut Uiun irriog cran. t'a-li-r the urla-e, ft jiwb li!.1, hujh l pra.r an 1 an rtill clm, Win I and vn frMiu chri neigUt r ailing wfl a lar-ofl issara. n t)r surface, swell ami wtrl, I m:r. tsw.t and dilltibf waif, f.r. k.iu tr i.u the mad whirl. v t-r n tuxi virr'fc-u Uiuj rw la tbey rhale Cn.ti r lh Mirtae. lovelies! torn. ' fi" liuiida w life crimson curl I retin-s taw m p tr tttr raiU ul lorm IVncaU eral aatl lil.llt-B wall.

On the turtave, :.ir svLiU-, A ( a n:.l skiff Ub a sir Sir,; rrr W , skv Ti fl.ru.nn -U and ttrvul. litn.u: uj cntUM.u, Klt, and UliKlu ll r lh- sirl-r. life m d-alh, illliT laiifclf a-l 1 lli-WAIls, 4r tiio un"' iin oaU-ry Itn-ath, U.aw kruiiif.- fwli anil li.u-nin bunt. i n thr nirlAi-e, a shining reach, -i w-l cm'h nc tn nooii wam'a Ml, Mairy rifl'U aloiif the hracii, Mn.x l Min lroui Uir brvrzy (L I'n.Wr theaurfare, frl.iuma and fiara, l r ai n nxi rut r uL swill ami tr.tv, 1. im,i. rti-h id tli umamnf t-ara. Uir)t riU'.ly read my aDr 1 (ji4 Hfdt. 1Y HAUI(UAUULK' 11 ITE. IT X H. bl'HRT Tny llardcr.ibble w a c.art?nter, bLci-iuitli. iiiciidr of tub and lutm-l. nrt'i .l:i Fv-of-jill-trtde for the rural iieitfli!x,rh.)Al ;:; wi.L h !:c I;vu!. !IU !:::!? U;p in w hidi he made hrsc--hoes, ehd the tir!iir lirM-, sharis-iied jilowsluires, nude table, dunr. .Ws cuj.biwds. bureau-, and Ni.-.u-ii'ii:t!ly itillin. ; in which In jM.iin li away at tvcmk-Hul ork and vit;c:ir Kim-1. ami tiliti mil uHlilai'Iat- ! oi l tu! aiil -.t-l-; thi I i 1 1 fhi a i:ti:it-'J at a jMiiiit in tin1 wl whi r- an old rmul tTu.-MiI a new in', aiiil wa in it.M-If a iji.iit. aU'lnil-M. n w nJ ;. bjll'liii. Ti'tiy owinil rn inr lot. ruT ti ?) intni lil ujmmi liiiti. Hi- Ii:t!iiioti, tin1 n y li-wti lo.. ilivi i.ii !y MMiti t wtiitf il-t r iii'. 'iinil -ov ari'l ,i.tiil" rt;iI-: utl whi!- tin s-h !-h"t oinm-i ii (! riMI. tit1 lit' ii" imii l!n- ini-. Nurili. uth. Mt. ami i'l -r- in i.'lil'or'. wirliin :i iparir r half mill- rarti-. arl tl' in rit m .! v:i tl.ii Wly m "I i !ii I, U' mil' av tin1 a lvautai- i-t i ni r !! i ar TmtyV ho, nt rvi-n tin- !ji-u!ati'r :uiil wic ni n of ;h- vilh'i- tlint- ni:l. tli-Lnit. a' -1 Tony a r -i l-i't at 1 1 iniT-. whi ri lull. ii a '.tnli-ri ji.tti 'i that 1 1 1 tit lliurih ai. I a lUniilv dial I r r .t--l rapi-lly. Tony hi I a lair ki'i win rv i; olmwr-l uhuvi liis !! an 1 ! !nv th- otll.ir b;tii-l of lii fchirt iillar 'K-li:iol to wi'ar). but hi tac hail k I irW. jrmiy Uk. !! vi j-tp'ti:; w itlimit U -in tmit. uji1 w;u f-nl f !i.l.irliij hi 4.r-uxh aii'l jirrw-. Hi-l'.t .. that t4 a tlarinir. n-Milut-man. anJ hi-'ii ili'vr in-Ti-r t-i.! imii h ii'iiif' rt in h'kii.j at it. Tony tvai haii'ly man. an. I. tin- miintrv xtt. xii l. wa- nt :U'r.i'l of wi.rk. !! u v r rifivi imi' h r :! iihih-v. but h- nt hi-1 i:ty in tin- -Iiai' of ittni or tb'ir or '' k. or inmi'-y in irn! tinx1. Th'1 fipli' !k. oa'.Miiii 1 hiir. 'i 1 not iici?h!Hr wi:h him. hwcr. Tiny km w 1 i r t about tin- fiinily, but tiny iiih rrtil that Ir. Ilanl- rafibli' iia-l a lurj thin of it. Hn-ua-a goo'lHiaturiil. roiuul-faifvl wo. ui.tn. who ji alay bu-y in-l'Nr. an. I who i-iiiil to Uko jrn-at iiiitirt vi'h h r rhi! lr n. all of hi h xm niin y.tln' .wl olj woiiH-n o thi1 n i'liN.rlil th'iuht. a .-h lul little- !ntnrt iu hr titi-lKtrol. Ton j -i will-. i- tho-' ilav. ili-I nt tnakiiiu h of an iuii rvi..n ia tlf r.cihlx.rhoo.1. IN-onh- tauzht only tlinil" of hr. but thy Ini' -In v a -ni"ly wiiMtt. Winl ; otlur wmui-n if In r aiin th' -hbrh'i.l w.-r billow anl brokvii ilnwii. Mr. lliriTabbli a Ir-h. pliimit. jtii.l -tron j. Tin1 t.uv W.u attrai tivf but hal little ihar.tir ; ami Tony" wlfi1 wa-cl.t i Miiion th-.iiiiili-inimhil ilni'l.'i--. an-l wa friju-nUjr r-tcr-rtl b a a woman h ihuiiht tin- worLl anl all of lirrchi!'!n n. but whh:n! not an atom of -iirit. An 1 Tniy wa rnoilrn r. That wa.all jN.j.le co.iM -ay alrmt Tonv ifi-. Tony h:i-l m-vt-rlxfii wt-n atrhimli. hail o rt.iin !'- ay an. I iinl . n-h-nt notion that th p-ol- ilitl it like IhcoiiM.n1! that tln-re wa no harm In t ikinja uh1 of roAJ-tinsoar troni any uiairn oimth l l whi n vT ho wanti-l lh-in. lit1 th'iuiht thi i-irrjln o!I" of tint- watrnii loii-from Miiiio ol.l tinniT! fan fully ru ip1.i1 Irurk-tiatrli wa tl ort. He woiil l takf a tin1 w uliiut rail from a f whni-iT Im nwH n-aoriM wa'nut lor trami-wirk in lii- ho. 1I? t-hot yanie in -oii an I out of -oit-oii, on Suii'lay a well iA work day lb1 hail b-i mvuil of fchootiu? tit voiin liosr uti i wrininjr the ni k of othT jiii.l-' t hii'ki'ii. but only io uiiI. lie wmihl tak tii Uiy ami f on nuttin rxtMilitioiDi on MmUV. ami alway ImI an ahunlant supply of wiM rraiH-4, Ix rrit-, nut, plum-'. u. !! wa tin-fn-'-liiMitfr n wi ll a tin- .Ia k-of-ail-tri'U of thi1 m ilitxrh'o.l. anl ca-i.li-nil a t-u-ni. ioiM cliar.irti-r. S w h-n it aiiiui'inotl that Sjuirt1 Prim hou' ha l ?m -n hn.krn into ami ovit a thou-anl ilo'lar in nion-y tak-n. anl that tin- Mnokhou1 h.ii hc-n link-n o-n thi aio' flight, ami that tin1 li.im :ril -hoiihlfr takMi Im-I !i n foiiml huriiil in tiir wiMhl- m-ar Toisv' lni--. no urnw a urjiri-i. Tony wa arn-tiil. hail a rt liinmary rx tiiiination, w t bouinl ovt-r toituirt. oouM nt i.r'M'UTv hail, an-1 wa oiit to tin1 oiinty j til. Ili trial tain.1 oil In iliM1 tiuii-. ho w.i riinvicrfil, ami -nt to th -:;iti nii try for tivt1 year. ! w-n-ajntil that In- ffot what ho oV- n ti!. but thi-y wen1 aorry for hU w1f". Mi ira ht with f i hi!. In ii. an. I it a toi lfl. Many of tin1 "h woii:n of Jin1 in ili'Mirhoo.! cull, I not tin-1 it in thi ir In-art to h i ht-r. a flit ,. tm- is in n--rtiii In r hu-lan.r iiimai in-,-. . i Inn to tin- tn in with wha' th-'-i' j.r n ti.-.il wom-n -oii-iilcni a ii-.t.-- n-i' al, r.'in.tii'i,1 a:!'i ti.in, mi l tin y In I no .i;i. iii- vi,, r. t:!n r lioiiort.-! h.-r f-.r In r fii;h in h'-r hu-haml ami lor h'-r i;! - ! on. alMioui, ih. v iloubtiil not ir a in .'in, t tlut lonv Il inU -rabbhm guilty a- ( har'i-l. 1 he wifo ami h-r

bov anil pii Is kept t-lose tn their tiouie, j:n vin a for a hu-Utnl anil failwr tleml. Alter a few wo U Mr. llariUerubbh? waa iH-en abrou.l. then at the the county in I, ami lheii.woinlerof womler ! thi woman, w ho hail neer Ni ii a mile lroui her home pinc? her inarriatff, w ent to th State Capital. Few of the uieu would undertake kuvU a journey. Tony wile received the Cotiipliint'iil of beins plueky woman. In due time a notief apix-ared lu tae county paper that an applieation would U' matle lor tlie pardon of Tony 1 lards -rabble. The iwoi'le deliberately and -inphaii-ally frow ued upon, and eomparativeJy tew ij:mil the i.-titiou. although it was presented to everv man in the neighborhood by Mr. II. herMlf. Kverybody was now talking aNut Tony w ife. Mie va constantly s:oiur. Tin-re were bint t tint tw or her fawyr hail found new oiiit of evidemv. lurinjT the vear he went to the Governor twelve time with hei plea for ardou, and wa nu t w ith n-fu-al every time. And vt Uf N-rtel. She went out wahin, went toil in bun herinji time, worki-d rveu in the tiel l- for money, ami spent it in ?oinff to and from the Mate (.'jitntal. People reasoinil with her and trieof to convimv her that there w.i-no hope; that all thi. effort was won' than u-lesH. Mm rarely made any n ply. except to pmttst that h.jr hit-hand wx innocent, and hlie would never rest until fhf had proved that he was not jruilty and until she5 had secured hi rt li-it-. The old ladies pronounced h-r cnuy. but tlieir r.mdmotherly old eve ere temk-r a they Kiid it, and they thought it wa. a h.ime'that snoli a man :i Tony 1 Ian Grabble rtnHild Live uh a tine woman for a w ile. And while they

nrniil ttie wile, tuey a'ntseu tne nu band. Mr. Ilard-trahble had i n to the Governor's otlUv eihten time, i-.irnim ach time some new atom of evidence, oine new su'estion from her lawyer, SwI'lil' iTl .il Coill fl lUlt the jmL'e or proi-utinj? attorney. ;ui adJitioiiul name lroui the jury In-fore whom the can- was trkit. She hauntil the Governor' otlic and the otHitn of the prion authorities. Mie alway had a per-onal in!lrvilw.anlarulw, ymtthy even w hi'i her fact were eon-i-h red iiniiiipi taut. l4 went Uie nin tenth time with a -ided hTcr from the proemii)r attorney. Shewn receive! with thod unili- at tin- Governor' otli.t-, hut Wijtiil pain nrly t-r ln-r interview with tlw tioveriinr h'mi-i T, vvlm h id almo-t deeliuetl to mi- h-r. Her U tu-r pnxlucetl a toni-hins n-ult. The pn.-i-iitor with-iln-w tli i-i:irw. Tb r al thM h-t l Ni-n arn-tl. and iui l -uVtuitti d .-tateinent in remiPl to tin- tin ft that i-howed tlut Tory llnnlH-rubhle ha-l inn la-cu conwrm.il. The affidavit and otln r dix uiin-nt were in-elo--d with tin- formal rioUJim ii.latiiti for par-bm hy the jude and ppi-i-iitor. They ji lined hiartlly in prai-e of Mr. Hanr-cr.ibble. and hoMi tin- Goveriiur.in view ol the -ri-ti lit effort of the wom.tn. ami in view l liu- evtraonliiiary cir-cuni-taiKts of tbe ejic. would waive all fomialitic. rr.mt an iiiiimiliati1 Ktrlou. and allow '.n- w oinau to take hi r huskmd home with her. I ! jiroof of the t.ian'f inno.-enci? w.v o j '-iin. tlK' -tat--?ne!ir wi-n mi i-Var, that tic iot rmr to -itated not to join in the plan lo -uriiri-41 the woman who had worked for her lui-fuml' rtlfiW. Mie w t- a-ketl to wait a moment in Hm1 an-dieiiit-rNui. aiid, -a-l and a!mo-t di-'heart-niol. -In- waited while el.id new Ilew in th- other riM.rn. When the Governor came to her. b- In i.! in hi- hand a paivhrueut. and unin rt to ay : Mr. Hard -r.ihblc. the I'm-iinu-nt pre-M-nteil tt-ilaT e-tahli-h your hu-'itinirH In-not-!ii-. 1 thought you miht hke to carry the-pardon to him rour- lf. Ib re it is ami I only lnie be I worthy of hi wit.-." The zood woman' fv-p trembled like le-r ow n bahy w hen a'iout to cry. he ilroppiil i fie-kln-e. eauirht the Governor' hand and covered It with ki--e, a -tie ha-l often, in ln-r loneline. kL-r-l le-r haby. Tlw-n came an outMmrin; of flunk.' Your liti-band u Innocent. I do my simple duty. No th.mkare tine nie." " Piiit I t ii n t thank .-ome one." Then cluti -hinj the pardon, -he flew to Uie pt-nitt'iitian'. In h ( than an houi-he wa tlra'iii ln-r 1L1..1I and awe-f truck hu-bind through tin capitol corridor to tin- Governor" iillioe, to prex-nt him to that ollic-r. Tony wiut ovc-rw hulmeil by conflictin? and tn-fiM-rnlou einotion. Hewalrei-. Hi wilt had done it. He knew that, she h id held the anloii under hi eye, and he had taken Iter in hi arm and had riven her the tir-t genuine, lull-mi-anni;; ki of hi- life. He had alway liked Iter and had alway Ini n kind to her. a he under-tivnl kiuJn-v-. lint In had n VlT known tier, ne pumn nun ai-mj a though he w-rj a Uy. She. who had never been a mile from hom, kn-w the Governor. lh-,to Tony, with hi pri-on exicrience 1 fore him. waa treniciidou fat t. What would hapH-n ? I h Governor took him bv the hand: "Now. my man. I am rlaf thin I a it i. And I am frlad that vou have uh a wife. Try the world aaiu, and b t me liear from you. That niirtit Tony H inl-cnifibh-'s children damtN-n-d utMiut bint and awoke in him a hundred new m n-ation. He had m-ver e-n ueh a pretty Imby, mu h wi-t little pirl.. u-h well-forin-.. In-nltliy boy. And they were all hi, lb1 would try the world a-.tin. ami he lauzhi-d a he thought how he would a-toni.h the i-iple. The op wa oen the next morning, and Tony wa at work. How hi vein swelled over the motion of a free man ! The tory had U-en told and retold, ami "lonv wa the hero of tin hour. Kverybody- had om thin? to sav about hi wife. She wa clearly ( i'ldin lroui the eviih-nce ode red. whii h 1'ony iKt-ptii w ithout iuetion) the h--t woman in the iieihlati hooil, and Tony wa. very proud of her. For a few week affair moved tin In the M way at Tony'. Then, one Sabliafh, there wa. a (i-artun. Tmy -nd hi w ite and c hildren went to hun h. Thi w a tle-ir tirt npH aramv. and Tony wa compiimenteil He deelari thev imi Un't make any fu ov r him. He ilidn't care lor t bun h. but hi wife di I. She had ntnaiueil at hmoe a v;oI nirtnyyiaito phr-- I'iin. ami now he was 'ntteudin chiin h I t ph-H-e In r. Ilewaa hard c.i-e him-elf. hut h w anted I J childn-n to l' I ke t'nir moth r, and he (;iiid they would lie anyhow. I'.iit he wa infi In lp h r now. And tin n Tony would drop hi voice:

' J ust Uiiuk of il ! bhe matle nineteen triwt to tret me out of tliat ttcxaie, and nK-nt ninety-five dollars, all of which money he scrain1! tof ellier herself. Hy jink., ! jret to thinking atxtut it "louietinieti w hen I am at work, and 1 pound a bor.--s-hoe all to flintier la-fore I know what 1 am tloinjr. She' a wonilvrful woman, sir, and ami she mvwile. She tan run the boat to suit herself now, sir." Tony meant w hat he said. HI wife's individuality was thecontrollinir one at the corners. In time there wa carjet tn the floor, and theu . wonder of wonder to Tony ! a common but pretty pattern o paT on the wall. Tour became .lack-of-alk-trad" to hi wife. ('tHililu't he make picture-frames, brackets, ami other ornamental and UM-ful articles lor the houe?" Of course he could, and he took jrreat thh:ht in it. He couldn't Kit down and tell hi w ife, in wor is. how .much he was sur-nrL-Mtl at her better self, nor how p-atitied he f. lt, nor how mm h he loved hrr, but he touM work it out, anil all hi span time wa th-votctl to iloin tiling that hc iinajrinvil kh antctl done. He was Minple and awkward in prinjrln hi surprises on her, r in tlieovcrin)r what -.he deirctl, hut the very simplicity of hi action mado hi acta the more plcaaiil and touching to bin w ite. Tony became proud of hi house, lie would shot1 a hore w ith the old -kill and carefulncs. a to detail, ami would talk as niijch while tloln it, hut now all the bilk wa abtmt hia own home; ami when the work was done he would inanu-uvcr to have hi customer ;ro in ami look round, a heexpre-Mtl it; would take hint in to show him a new flour-barrel Ik1 hail made, or :t new rat-trap, when all the time he meant to (.how him the patter on the wall, the

carpet on the floor, ami the reucral leatuns of hi co-y home. lie was always invitiner jM-ople to tliniit-r now, too. lie made a childWh parade of hi w ife ami her accttmpli.-hinents. Thi ta'came a habit wiut liiui, and, tiiicoitr,'ioiisi, people eueourared him iu it. Ttuy wa no longer a fret-tnoter, anil mail no more raid on Sunday. He hooked " no more roating-t ar or watermelons. He carried off no more rail, ami wa never accused of shooting other khple's chit kens or hnrs. A the improvements at the houe aMiineil dtrided haK-, improvement. were Inaugnratitl at the shop. Thw rambling old building wa straightenetl up ami brlghtetied up. the fence were m ule tiew, the garden tlonri-lnil iu pm r m u-oii, ami an air of comfort jxrvadetl Tony' corner. Tony went to church regularly moI always tisik the whole family; amiat church he uctde lunch of little thing. He deVoted inure attention to keeping hi t hi!-In-n uiet than to the sermon. The children always I;m1 their Jtennie to put in the t ontribntiou-liox ; and the day the baby accompli-in-d the feat of dropjtinga bright liv-t-nt coin in tin1 box without urabbin? fr the coin already In. wj.an hour if tritini.h for Tony. 1 here wa -oinething pathetic about tliese little tsldities Uiat apjiealed t all the Underlie-.-there vv.is in n-opVs hevts. Intiute.Touy woultl have la-en indigiitnt luttl one a-rtel that he w a not a tiiemU r tf the church. lie wa.-n't ch ar in hi mind a to when he "joined." but new cu-totn bad crept into hi home, new thoughts into hi mind, ami new sentiment into his heart. People kuM there was a great change ot heart, and a Tony w as proud ot the evidence of Mich a change, tlie people were probably right. Tlie movement, with Tony, wa steadily progreive. He groped blimliy at tir-t. but in time the re-ohuion i.f tlie man ami hi versatility of talents showed in good work-. lb-wa now "(token of n Mr. Il.irdscrabble, and be m i -ht Kind with all the iteople. lie tlidii t get aliove hi wttrk, but he took hi work up to a higher plane. Mother never ohjectei I now to their son hemming atiout Tony's shop. The 1hv liked to he with Tony, ami even the men were rather glad when circum.-tances made It neet'ssary to g to thet-lion. Tht1 great ehaiige in Tony's iile wa nt flr-t attributetl to the reformatory iui!uenee if pri-on tlieipline. Hut, In goml time, ieo.li- saw with clearer eyes. He corainencitl living a, K-tter lile, not so much a a matter of conviction a to pha-e hi wif-. L'mli-r thi influence his convii--tion were reachetl and tlie man was aroutl. He liked the N-tter life ami clung to h. The people now nntlertamj that the instrument u-i-d to work the gn-at chansre in Tony Il.irdacrablile wa hi w ib-, ami they Mieak tenderly of, her. ren.emliering what she wx and what t-he I. Hearth awl Hume. Marriasre hj Telegraph I it Lctral! On Thurwlar. April IU. a mini-ter In the Keokuk ( lwa otlice of the Vetern Union Telegraph Company married a couple at Itonapartc. Iowa, lie performing the ceremony and they pronouncing the niarriaov tow over the w ire. Five o'clock wasthf hourfix. 'l for the Ceremony, ami pret-it ly at tiiat time a iJi.-patcli wa sent to Kettkuk tt the effect tluil the eandidates were at the t legrajdi titlh-e in Bonaparte, and ready to prtaretl. The following was then sent: Ktom k, low, April IS, 174. JtihnSultiritnmnii Krtnrn tioitoim, Honapartr, la. 1'imiii- ) iiu bnU and takr the pli-1. William C I'latt. The following I a copy of the pledge whit h had Ist n li ft with them: You mutn.Ufy anj tolemnly iirotniit l-fort;.l n. Ihr Witiii wiH-a p-i-ai-nf, that you i arh will taki- lt n Ton hM hy liw hun-t tt h1 our liwIni anl wWl coiiiiiaioon: ta.il. furaakinir all nth. rv yon wilt r.li-arr In 1 ethir In li-km-v anl in h.-tltn. and (n-rfiirni nil Uir ititlii-aol a laiihlul r-"niranlnn tin 1 1 1 you re m.irat.-f ty tatli. I In liu ) ou igrrr, wnd me a iim -.li.-'e tn It.K flfTt. Then came the response: I'.oiaparte, Anril It), 174. H'n. r Prntt. Knknk: I take Ihi1 i-li-.te. .tout cli.iv!. f tt.vrn teiiiowM. The concluding dispatch w as then sent, a follows: Kronen, towa, April 111, 174. 'ii .S''!eot nul Krnnrn tiottntrn, H xinvartr , In I'.y a-nhorilr I irminiine you hulii an. I Wilr, aiei nuy t.ol bl.ia you. M m C. Thtt. The tipi-rafor all nbnig the line then ten.lered their coiiTatnlatioii- to the h.-qt-'V couple upon their marriage by the liirhfiiicg jirtHi-s. We Ih li.-ve thi i the tir-t iiiitlii-iiiii ateil inarri.iire cfnmony peromit I tbritiili the im-dium of tjie ti eirrai h. Man-o.rcr I o!lN-ar of Keokuk nml I i-tw iih r of itouaparte were the nllh iating tt-Icgraphi.-t.. Journal if the Telegraph.

A MASSlCTIl'NtriS CALAMITY. trlahtful of Lite by I lie Hrenkit il u Mill Iteftrrvulr I lit HHlrr t'arrlea 4IT l.trr) tlitiia In Ita 4 Mira -luur illaara fc"cjl Away. Xkw Yoiik, May 17. A iiiot Imrrible ralamity has Im fitll.-n the inhaltitaiits ttf Mill Kivt-r Valley, in Western Maa lictts, the iarticular tf w -hit-It are a follows, an given to in a special ilUpHtch to the Ui-ruld : Not far from N o'clock on yt-ati-rdav morniilUT, the peai-eful rt-aidi-nta of WillianiKhlirg were startled hv the Mittcuritnce of a horse ilasbiiii; mildly through the street, w hlle bin rider snouted to the people to escape fur their lives, for the reservoir hail jiiven way ami the waters were coming down upon them. S arcelv fomprchf udiiifr the tlreatll'ul tidings, hut with the instinct of sclf-pre senaliou strong w ithin them, the people he'an to rush lroui their homes, while tlie foam-lleckt-d animal that had so gallantly brought the niessenper sunk to the ground utterly exhausted. Another horse wa ipiicklv secured ami the inessajre wa borne to oilier village. The alarm wa so sudden that all did not hear it and were caught by the swiftly rolling waters ; and aged gramlames, innocent children, und strong men were alike overwhelmed hy the flood or buried beneath the falling wall of their house. THE t'AlsKliK TIIK MSASTKU. I'p among the hill of tioshen there was a large reservoir of about im acre in extent, where the various mill operator of Williamsburg. Skinnt-rx ille, llavdenville and Ia.-ed were wont to store their summer supply of water. The people living in the vicinity of the ilaiu say that it ha been leaking more or less for several week, and it is lielieved that, having grit. hi. illy undermined the dam. the water acquired strong licadway, anil smldenly the dam gate way ami Uio immense IkxIv of water pa-scd out in it strength, carrying everything bctore. it. The torrent rushed upon the doomed tillage witli a loud roar, apparently A La!:C.E AttV tNTtXti mu.ow ' nililorlirilhh aitjl jl.l.fiw ...Jilnn at.l.ll..

u........ui. Mint .1. II, in, lU-II.HK Ill tnrough the deep gorges to the height of fort V feet, and again spreading out a witle expanse of seething, angrv wave. It reached the more opr n country, lb-aching the ln-autiful village of Williamsburg, two and a half miles pistant, it struck a small button factory, sweeping it out of exist nee. N'ext a saw and grist-mill wan attacked and melted, not a vestige remaining. Houses, harus and shops followed like gra-s before a scythe, and men, women and children were caught and lsrne away, struggling ami shriekinsr in vain. On the waves swept U skinnerv ille, two mile ili-tant, a silk factory being hurled down, a hti'jre iron Isiilt-r being .ii rn-d nearlv half a null1 ami landed high an. dry. In llavdeiiille. about one mile fiirthe on. the hank building, a thrce-storv brick structure, wa swept away, scan-elv ore hri'-k being left uisiii another. The mom-v in the vault harel the same fate. The milli-r vil!:tgi- f .-eN, Is'tween one ami tw o mile tb-tanf, wa the next place to sutler, and the m-eiie at William-burg ami llayli n ille were here repeated.- A short ili-tance In-low I-eN were two britlges, one of Iron Mini one of stone. holli nearlv lilty feet aboe the 1mn of the stream. Thev wej-e Ixtth swept away, the former Ising curried bodily and a eon-iderahli1 di-tanee dow n the strenni. lb-re the grratet dt stnictioii hi-l-c.tr to hate stopped allhotigh all alone tlie river until ft emptied into the Connecticut, a short ili-tain e la-low Northampton, the bank are entered with all manner of debris tim-Ix-r. trees, pianos, tables, chair, and other I urn it u re. It i estimated that nearlv Phi building wrre letloMil. and the total loss Istroni $1,ismi.imio to 1.."hi,iioo. although, of i.uri, it I ililpoilile tn ui-i orileis itiinate the damage. The sail. lest feature of the whole affair i the tilSK.tr l.os OK I. IKK. At first it wa thought that not more than fort v or fifty live were lost, but a earefu canvas of the HLigc tisited gives the tota number of missing erson at lit. THR IM Mtm IitsTltKT. The till. tires Mtleetiil by the ilia-tT are Williaui-biirg. Iljydentille. 1i-is and Florence, all sluiao-don Mill Kittr, which is tributary to the Connecticut Kiver, running into the latter at Northampton. Int'ie villags of Williamsburg Mill Kiver divide into two branches, one of w hich h:t it rise in I ioshen, and the other at atiout the iilge of Conw ay. Two large reservoirs are situated on the tiiV shen hram h. and one on the Conway branch, containing a total depth of not less than six feet. The reservoir dams w ere rcgardi-d a substantially constructed. In-ing built hv skillful engineer iu the most approved modern method, and large sum of money were exjciideil la-t year In putting them in what wa iipMsed to be jrlet order. The olilest datu I at least twentt-tive vears of age. ami i on the tioshen branch'. It was most carefully rebuilt within the last two year. Alsive thi wa a new dam, built last year. I he dam on C'onwav branch i six or seven tear old. The mill on Hi stream. reckoning from Williamsburg ) n to North amnion, are a follows: Win. Thayer's tool factory, and two button factories, employing thirty'haml. men ami girl; the corset wool en null of lleiirv James, cinnlotinif about fifty hand ; the farge bra work of llaytli-n. ticre A t o., crnplo) iiu aliout 'too hand; the cotton mill of ihe llatih-n Manufacturing vompany. running o.ooo spin.iics, and emplot ing atiout eighty hands: the Iiamontl Tobai-eo Work, employing fifteen or twtntv hand: the two extensive silk mills of the Nonotiit-k s-ilk Company, employing Jou hands; the large brick mill of the North ampton ISnisli Company, employing alsuit sixty or seventv-five hand; the cotton mill of the (ireenviue Manufiu-turing Company, .i.Oon spindles, emploring seventy-tive or eighty hand; Northampton (fomierlv I'ay State) Cutlery Company, employing probably, 200 hand; the Clement A llawkt-s Manufaeturing Company, airriciiltural implements, enii. loving tiftv hamls; International Screw and Nail Company, employing seventy-tit e hands; the large basket fiu-tory of William Manufacturing Company, employing about ion hand; and the Skinner Silk Work, employing fifty or sixty hand. Heside these, there are some" half-docn grist and saw-mills, some of them of considerable capacity, which were In the range of devastation. The manufacturing capital invested along the Mill Kiver and affected hy this disaster, placing it at a low estimate, must he five million dollars, and Ihe immediate population stith-i ing is (.bout the thousand. The Imputation I ahnos w holly a manufacturing one, which ha grown up 'around the dam. The heaviest loss by thi disaster w iM fall Umiii the estate of the late ex-tiovernor llayden, w ho died a few months since. A Nevada City (Col.) school-hoy ha immortalized himself bv the following composition on "The Stink Ant:" Sum thing i Minll but aw ful stout. A Skunk can outlite thebiest Niif.iiiiilin Uorg. A ant kaii lilt a big; chunk ami hie like a mule. A stink nut kan stick his talc up iu the are, niul paw durt like a lilin km k it VOU drum round loin mneb A o--iiiiistiiik-r- - ant kan make yon waltz like a dutchinan. Sum Pkes like stink ant but I ilonte. I hi i all I ktio bout ant. A little boy, who wa worrying overn piece ot -had al dinner lately, tlt-montlicd Iti mother bv n-kiug, " Mamma, w here tlid (iod find all the hone to piakc the lir-t sba.i of?"

The Vallcjo ("ul.) Independent tlescrila-s the follow Ing niigulur search for a oi., mine: A short time ago Smith A Hair i old a chicken to a customer. A day ,r two ago Ihe customer returned and w:m anxious to burn from w bom Smith ( Ihirr hail pun-bused that t hicken. At first hideclined to tell why he wished to know, but tlually told that he hatl found pico of course g-,,d in the chicken's crop, and was satislietl that then must be plenty n it where the chicken cuine from. Thicbicken was traced to a man ami his w ihwho brought down a lot from Ijtkecounty, ami the gobl hunter started oft in rjue-t of the chickeii-raiM'ra. He is going to scour Ihe country until he timl them, ami then he expect to see gold lying around on tinground loo-seaml in great abundance. A Xkw Yoiik linn have in their store pietv of lace live yard long, worth $ 1,-jui a yard, w hit li a man could crowtl into hb w atch fob or pot kt t hook.

Ill.KssiMis may 1m likened to lightning, hug, iM-cause "t'liey brighten as thev take their flight.' Attknh to the first nymptom of Conuni tion, and that tliseitse may he checki-d in iu incipiency. Us Imineilia'lelv lr. u'ishart' Hue Tree Tar Cordial, a eafe n-nitdy in all diseases of the lungs. Noi fverv one can lie President, but all can buy SII.VKK TUTi.ll Shoes tc their hiltlren, ami thereby lessen their shoe hill twothirds. Fur alti by all Dealers. THE CHEAT ALTERATIVE AM IiLood riTJFirri. Ti 'si i t I n junck ucstrnri. Tlie inprt tlienta nrc J-nbliVhed on tiuii Itdtlo of medicine. Jt in tjMtl aiitlrecoiiirit-ndt al ly rliyhiciaiiH herevi-r it Im's l-ecn inlroihuttl. It will Iositivly cure CJ.' l''I.A in iiu t ariov t-fnm v, J'Hl'l'. MAT1SM, WJin: A 1177.. j.im), t.ot r, "n; j:j:oxcjuj m. j: ,t . JtJJJI J TV, 7A( 77 A' -OXX l WI'TIOX, and all d I.sC'ltses erisit r lit m mi j&puro rt xit'ifit'ii t f tlni Moctl. k iu for (iirl'ossiAMs AfMASAr, in ji liiihyouvill l!ud r-rtifieut s frt mi littllen d trnst-Rortl j liyniciiiiiP, "Mitii.sbiK f tl CJ'sp I I'i'il cllit rs. Er. B. Wilfcn Can. ef ri'-'nwr, tr 1 1 I as l U it in i -. i f ii n'a pi it ctl.i r d.nM an xi.ui b iiv.'w tj. ti. Lr.T.C. ftigh. ef Mt'it. r-orr-i j ii to a. i rsou i .D. riny i!i i!.m a-i-it riK.il, i j it ,s n,.. ii(r U sin I tit ii a I o Ina i r lw it. Lev, catney Ball, ef tin-1 i'm"r W. . tlllltIM- SlUltb, f K I H tlSS I ei ii to li ;i h li in f Mi il I y Its 11 bt ctiirrf t.ltjr imn.nihii It to Lis tr" T in it, il r. utir I'nii.. Craven & Co , I m n---. s' f-T.! -r In t r La" Ii... .1 to f;.tjJ U SamTO.KcFatWen.VKrr.-.iro-, et,iL il T 'i . s It i I. ii. I l.Iii i.f l:!n utaaaaaaaBBiJ Hit iim bt U all else I allt il. THE r.0P.U)AU9 ix coxntctiox w ttii orn i ..1 ,.1 -,.,.. will rtwe Thills and Tr f, I I ver Cnmr'sOit. Tj aI psla. tic. We ifiiarantre Hiani.iii supi-rler t. il et hrr Blond i'nritiert. liiJ tir li-.iij tie lirt-uUror A I manic, Addrnirt.KMV.NTa A CO., 6 8. Cemnn ri e St., iLi'timtirt, 3! t. Uamrniber to sjk your Drucuitt for RoaanAt ia. Nature's Great Remedy ana alu THROAT and LUNG DISEASES!! It it the viul principle of ttie l'ine 'Ire, obtained Bf a peculiar priWH in trie diti!t.nra of the ur, I T wtiich iu hihcsc medicinal in.ix:rti'S are retj.t.f. ljr eeo Inm cnnletute lii-en rernmmrn.lr.l I y tmine-nt phytuHum of ei-rry . W. It i coiifiili-ni v ffi-rrd to lliestt'icriul f.r the f. .11.. wing liiLjile reJ.-n: I Ir rtmrs. -tlt m 'r-mft.'r ttft-fimr the r. kul bjr di iltn t!ie iih!tk;in and anittnif njturt to thr "w off the uiibi!ihjr m.itift ra.isinj; the irriuti-n In casea of itaXtrf (osseMi-riiiN buth iu!..r.! "J remtrn Irai bur.lenomr the lift of tlie aftl Ct-1 tulltrer. t. Jta healin( principle sett UKn the irritated nr. face of the lungs, prnri,ifi 1 rt. A Jnrji(JLat, relieving pun, ami itMiua i'.inmitafi m. y lTruKiriasANniNsiiHitrMaai.iM.il. Pwitiverjr curing all humeri, from the common rmrn or tt-moN to the srvrrest c.ies of Scr .fula '1 hou-anils of affidavits coiil'J I priKtuced from the ho hv (elt the henetici.il elTt. t i.f l'ir. I si r I ah C"smiIs the vahiitii discaiei aruing from mn'BlTiu ot Tus u iun. 4 imrifirratet Ikt Jifetlht rgnnt and rritcrft tit affttitt. All who hive Vmwn or tricrj pr. I.. Q C W e kart'i remedies re.iinre nn referrntc from us, hut the names of th.iir'U cureJ hy them can h given lo any one hi doubn our atatcmrnt. lr. L. y. C VV'itliart't Great Amett.un lytp-fiia I'llU nf Wonat Si-i.Aa Dunn have never rn -.ii.-illed. rof tale by all llniggtsu an. I SMrrkrrper -il l at Ir. LCC, mZSkZTZ :2:e. Jn,X32 A. Second . fhllnH'mTa Iteat Is tk World I BLATCHLEY'S IIOUlZONTAb iTivnnT'lPATItT). - .. , . - j..,-. .A....t ii itn tne am oi fii r rzrr a initw nnin - ef Ice Cri am, aler Iro. i.r t ro.-n I mils, t uur.i. nr., may be f ror.i-o In (r..m Mo 8 or 10 nilnulea.al lite nlll ot tfi oni-ruti-r.ailh almost no tronbl" t"l trlfllnirrxni-iise. II In arknowli-dtfrd the -lrst I y rrrrrT In the orl.."an. a linury nn f milly shoiilil bea itiunt. Knrssleby rtie Iri'li-RenerallT. If J"n T. . , Z HHT.ln.tt're fur Jit t. in r t Ki!rr.and If ni t-t nili-In voiirnn ai-nd drrrrt to hue. 4. 'lH,rP" e, .llatnulartnrer, WSi Coiiiim rre t-U, 1 tmsu RATS KILLED Withi hoi AHAItSliKAliSnnT. rrireJ-M: A.lt T..iir i..r.-k -n- r for It. .Full r . llr.N K i SuwVurk. JulINt)N.IIOI.I.tiAV At n..lhila. MTT KMP!.YIK.T.-AT ItnVh. I Man1 or Ki-iiisl.-. -u a sv.-.-k v. arr..nti-.l. N"'1 1 al n-ipiin-d. r till pwtlrnlars im.l a vuliial.l a-ti i" .-nl fr..o. Ad lre.a. Kli rmt ri-lnrn -Kmj', A. U. aOL'NU.ie'JOllflUtlruvt, W lilUmbugtJ, H.

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