Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 August 1876 — Page 6

BT M KU IV 1IHJK. '.V Srrf skr begins if hue end la yuo tiiirix o' iBjru riin, No ete r.m mark, so soil y bieiuls TTw ' and sky'a luUuiUes. Tb blu wars a erow-a ' flame. The r v rlou.lt drink snpplure elew, Til. taelteJ int ese-h, no uam Of bunion birth de-dues Umj hue. An I thua the mtvtal life, nwwnii, At a.nin' li.le. tall ovj Im WiUi lite iuiTfcU-rU, l-et dreamt A ad beaten fue.l tn harmony, r 'l oolT infioito wisdom know The wool, bvyuoii our siM-ecta'a range, T paint the niv.tm liht mat throw ;u rail ( mtjmc about Ui change.

ill'S IS US BY MOOSLIQIIT. I n s.tttB. lore, by the river side, V brrt wf m rre stout to stray In the brrht swee-t day ol long ago, J i thou b-vtt -ene away. I'm siting, lore. w here we tiseel to :t, .Li band c!ap'ii do m baivl , A thi irvm'ii our dreams, and achemed our iriwmrt, la Iotc on fairy -Ian I. I'm fating, lore, on th rceen, green trees. t loUie in their spring array, Hut 1 mt will) a mm J that' i'I at ease. An 1 UMHihtx Uiat ar far awar. I'm .fr-k;nrf the rup ol sorrow, love, iKma w lubtuer elrens iiood. rvl utl a beasUy grasshopper 1 rrvrpicg up my Wg I I'm setting, lore, by the river'i brick, A ret t-M r;r it U auil and ralm ; The fragrant breath of the fber beneath l i dm up like healing ba'm; The n:ery (.Ven of tne moon is seen, AD'I tfte pure pitle aura ap-ar v.essl brarrn! a big brown 'eariwig' 1 mwUiijr on my ear: I'm s-targ. Jore, by the riTer"i brim. Id t.'ie niou1i;hl clear arcl bnaht; S: 'Jrr ;ra.; : iirrp. ! j crmj, AB'l I ea I iUT bere ail night. Kor iet thai lad ami rntu tnat rise l.in s.e.l, cough an I catarrh; m tie me home to muf, elear love, l'7 sr.e aa 1 ot a mil J ciar ! WAS IT WORTH A LE(JI It was in the autumn of the year 17?:.' that a surgeon in Boulogne, ot the name of Ktionne Ixfebvre, received a letter, not bearing any sin-iture, reoue.tin him to repair on the following Jay to a country house which was situated on the road ltailin to Calais, and to lrin aiocjr uch instruiuf uts aa would Ls tviuimi for jxrforminjj an operation. Lefebvre wan at that period well known a.i a dwtinpiished and successful operator; o much so, indeed, that he was n-t unfre juently sent for from jreat dbUnct-He had erved fr a coa.ideruMe time in the navy, and his manner haJ, therefore, acquired a certain lccrv. of blun.ce!; but, when you one Jx?f:inie acquainted with him, you could njt help liking hini for the natural aad u n:itTet.-ted gxHlnes of hU heart. He waj naturally poraewhat .urjrisel at this anonymous communication ; for, altho-jh the time and place were, a. alrea-ly stated, mentioned with preat minutt cess, there was no clew afforded by wLi .'h the writer could be identified. l(e, tr;rvfire, came to the conclusion that .onio of hi.H jocular friends were makli-i fan of him, and he did not keep the appointment. Three day9 afterward he ajrain revived a similar summons, but couched ia more pre-sinj terms than the first, and he wm informed that at 9 o'clock in the morning a carriage would be cnt to brin him to the place where he wa anxiously expected. Accordingly n-xt roorcin, sure enough, on the last trAe of 9, a carriage drove up to his door. The doctor no longer made any hesitation, but at once took his seat in the carriage. A he was getting- in, he inquired of the coachman where he was to be ta-aicn to; but the man appeared either not to know, or did not choose to tell ; hut, as he rpoke in English, Lcfebvre said to hinuelf, "So it is an Englishman to whom lam summoned." uni he aordingly prepared himself fjr ?.r.y exhibition of eccentricity on the par. i f that nation which even now is little understood by Continentals. At lersrth the carriage stopped, and the docu r hat.teat d into the house. He was received at the entrance by a :in-Wking young man of about -5 years of age, who requested him to walk into a large and handsome room on the first flor. His accent showed him to be an Englishman. The following conversation then ensued between th-m : 44 Yon have sent for me," said the doctor. I am very mch obliged to yon for the trouble ju have t.iiu-n in coming here," rejoined the Englishman. Ilo o grxnl as to seat yourself at table, where you will find chocolate, coffee, r wine, in cae you would hkc to part.ike of any thing; In-fore commencing the pe ration." Hut first show me the patient. I "wih o satisfy inys If that an operation is absolutely necessary." ' It Ls necessary. Monsieur Lefebvre; pray be seated. I have entire confidence in you ; only liu-n to iup. He rata a perse containing l'Ji guineas, which ( fftr you as a f'-e for the operation you are aked to perform, no luatter what the rult may le. In case of your refusing compbance with my request, you v?e this pistol. It is looJ"df and you are in my rxjwcr. As I hopo for salvation.. I will blow your brains out." "Sir, lam not to bo deterred from doing what I consider prjer by any fear of your pistol. Iiut wliat do you desire? What am I expected to do?" " You mut cut my right leg off." "With all my heart," answered the surgeon, thinking that this was a ehar-acu-ristic sfHK-imm of thoH mad Knllh ; nnd your hand, also, if necessary or desirable. However, unless I am greatly n.iTaken, your lg is erfectly on nd. I saw you walk rl-iwn stiirs with the greatest a'-tivity. What can be the matter with your leg?"

" Nothing; but it must come off." "ir, you are mad." "That is uo concern of yours, Monsieur lAfebvre." " What harm can that handsome limb have done?" "None at all; still you must makeup your mind to amputate it." Sir, I have no acquaintance with f ou; give me some proof that jou are n sound mind," naturally demanded the diH'tor. "Will you consent to my wishes. Monsieur Lefebvre?" As soon as you can assign any adequate or reasonable motive for so unnecessary an operation." I can not at present eater into any explanations in a year, perhaos.I w ill do so. Hut I will bet you, sir, that then you will acknowledge that my reasons for my present seemingly extravagant conduct are most pure, manly and noble, and even rational." " It is quite impossible for me," remonstrated the surgeon, "to comply until you toll me your name, place of residence, position and family." " You fchall be made acquainted with all these particulars at some future time, but not at present. I beg you to consider me a man of honor." "A man of honor does not utter unjustifiable threats against his doctor. I have to perform a duty even towards you, who are a stranger to me. My reasons for refusing to accede to your absurd request are, us you mu( admit, sound and just. Do you wish to be the murderer of an innocent father of a large family?" "Well, Monsieur Eefebvro," replied th Kr'y!ih!TiP, taking up the putol, "I wilnot frre upon you, and yet I will compel you to cut off this leg. What 'ou refuse to do to oblige me, through ove of gain or fear of a bullet, you shall do through humanitv." "How so, sir?" " I intend to shatter my leg with this pistol, and that, too, before your eyes," answered the Englishman, who accoidingly seated himst-If, cocked the pistol, and then took deliberate aim at his knee-joint. Lefebvre rushed forward to prevent him, but the Englishman coolly exclaimed : " Do not come near; if you do, I fire. Now only answer ine this question : Do Ji ou wish to prolong my suffering needessly?" "Sir, you are mad," answered the IKtor in despair; "but have your own way I am ready to do as you wish." Every thing was ready for the operation. As son as the surgeon took up his instruments the Englishman lighted his cigar, and declared that he would smoke until the operation was concluded. He kept his word. The lifeless leg res-ted upon the floor, but the Englishman still smoked on. The operation had been performed in a most masterly manner, and, thanks to Dr. Lefebvre' skill and attention, the patient soon became perfectly recovered, although, of course, he had to be sujplied with a wooden leg. He rewarded the surgeon, whom he had learned to esteem more and more every day; thanked him with tears in his eyes for the great obligation under which he had laid him; and in a short time started for England. About two months after his patient's departure the surgeon received the following letter from England: Inclofd tou will receive a token of my houndler gratitude a bill of exchange on rny banker in Pan for C.joo franca. You have rendered me the hai jlet of men by ridding lie of a limb wbicU wa an otUcl tn the way of my bapoine. I arn, then, the reason of w bat you termed my madnei... You aured me thre could be no )LiriaMe motive for ao singular a mutilation. I ottered you a warer, and I think you were rizht in refusing it. After my fc rid return from the Eat Indie. I Ixt auie tiiaintd witb :uan 1U k, the iu-t t'on:pIihed and f.i-Kinatin of women. 1 oi)k:()t her hand in inarriajre. Her fortune and family were such met with the entire aporoi--lion of div irent. A f-r me, I tlmuirfit

only of her charms. I was hq b.i-j-y enough to jrain ber affection a fa"t hi-n she did not attempt to deny; but the, at the ame time, firrolr rcftiel t- berome my wife. In rain did I beee h her to do ao: In I vain did ber reuiion all wond my deire. Mie ww InrViiMe. For a lomr time I could not discover the reason of her opposition to a marriatre which the herelt cot.feed would make her hippy: until, tlat. one of her i-ter rvealed tiie fatal necret to me. .un wai a marvel of beauty, but be was so unfortunate a to have lt a leg, and he had consentientIt condemned berelf to eternal celibacy. My resolution was iuii kly formed, and I determined to Ixrom like her. Thank to you, my dear lefebvre, my wi-be were oon ac."fmiili-liel. I returned with ray wooden leg to lndon. I hiiened to cain . formation of Mif lilac k. The report had "read. and I roelf had taken care to write to my friends 1n Hutrland to the name eflect, that "I hsd bad the nnfortune to fracture my leg, and that amputation had leen found absolutely ne ery. Kery one expre-d the preatet concern at my mMortune. uan fainted on the Crt o-caion of my presenting mjM-lf. ,he ai for a long time inconsolable, but at lensrth she conetted to become my wife. It wa only on the morning after our marriage that I confessed to her th sacrifice by mean of which I had at length been enabled to gain her consent to le mine. The aTowal increaed her love. Ob! my excellent friend, had I ten leg to lose, I would give tbetn all up for the sake of my leloed fuan. fo long aa I live, rely on my gratitude. If ever you lit Kngland, do not fail to come here, so that I may make you ayiuainted with my wife: and then tell me w hether or not I was out of hit sense. Tourn, faithf-illy, AKTHl K Oxi.ky. Monsieur Lefebvre answered the letter of his English friend in the following terms : mr: Accept my bt thsnks for your very generous preeiit f or o I must term what you have sent me, bating been previously magnificently remunerated for my trouble, a you were i1ea-d to term It. I wish you, s well a your charming wife, all Imaginable happiness. True it i that to give a leg in exchange for a teautiful. tender, and viituoua wife i not too mu h, provided the happiness endure. Adam sa rificei one of his rilm to Income possesse d of our common mother hve, and more than one man aa

laid down bislife for the saketf hUU'lovcd. Notwithstanding all this, allow me to ad be re to nv former ci'iuioii. For the present you are doubtless right, for you are now in the, bone) moon ; but at some future time you will a knowledge the truth of w hat 1 advanced. I teg youratteutiou towhat I am about tosay. I fear that tn two years yoitwill rcpculof having had your leg amputated atn.ve the knee-joint. You wid tbmk to have it cut iA lower down would have been Uite suiticiont. Iu three year you will l persuaded that the sacriuYe of a foot would have answered ail purjxe: in four, that of the big toe: in live, th little? one; and, at Ut. you will have confswed that to have parted with a nail, without necessity, would have 'een a piece of egregious folly. All this I assert without tn the luulet degree Impugning the merit of your admirable bcliluate. Jn my own youthful ilavs I would have, st sny time, given niv life for my uiistres, but never my leg, for 1 should have feared repentance for the rest of my days. Had I really done so. I should have every mouxnt said to myself. "befebvTe, you are a madman." With highest consideration, your very obedientiv, F.lirNXR I.FKKnVRK. In the year lTt'3, durinc the Keign of Terror, the surgeon of Hologne, having been accused of bein an aristocrat byone of his younger professional brethren who envied him his practice, was obliged to take refuge in London, in order to save his neck from the guillotine. Heing without employment or acquaintances, he inquired for the residence of his former patient, Mr. Oxley. He was directed to it, and, on entering the house, he sent up his name, and was immediately admitted. In a huge armchair, seated before the tire, with a bottle of wine beside him, sat a portly gentleman, whose size was so great that it was with diiliculty that he could rUe to welcome his visitor. " Welcome, Monsieur Lefebvre," exclaimed the huge Englishman. "lMnotbe otlended at my receiving you in this manner, but my cursed wooden leg won't allow mo to do any thing. You have come, no doubt, my friend, to see if in the long run you were not right." 1 am a fugitive seeking an asylum among you." You shall stay with me, foryou are really a w ise man. You will console me. Do you know, my dear Lefebvre, that, had it not been for this abominable wooden leg rendering me useless, I should by this time have been Admiral of the Ulae. I spend my time in reading the newspapers, and in curses that I am tied here when every body else is up and doing, llemain here ; you shall comfort me." ' Your charming wife can doubtless do that better than I can." "Oh, as for that, no. Her wooden leg prevents her from gadding about and dancing; so she has, as a resource, given herself up to cards and scandal. There is no possibility of living alone with her : in other respects she is a good enough woman." "What! was I right, then?" exclaimed the surgeon. "Oh, a thousand time, my dear Lefebvre ; but say no more on that subject. I was an unutterable fool. If I had my leg back again, I would not part with the paring of a single nail, between ourselves, I trust have been crazy; but keep that to yourself." Englih Magiziht. The TortnrM of a Turtle. A big, green sea-turtle splashed impatiently in the narrow limits of a large box in front of a Madivm Street eatinghouse yesterday. One eye rested reflectively on a sign which announced that the turtle which to-day is, to-morrow Ls cut up and cast into the ot, w hile the other was closed as if in meditation. The turtle sighed, and the reporter leaned over the box and gently inquired : " W hy that sigh? Is it that you are thinking of the dark-blue sea frm whence you have been ruthlessly torn? Is it that you grieve fiir an ahent turtle maiden, whose eyes had learned to light up with the fire of love at the sound of your gentle jaws as they clashed ia greeting, or over whoe cheek the the soft, roy blush of affection came at the f-nder pressure of your fin?" "Ah!" replied the turtle, "you will never know the anguih that rends this bosom. If thou wouldst list, I could tell the thee a tale, that would make thy heart bleed, of a family proud and distinguished, for noble blood course in their vein, but I will not. I would only have you know that my very shell creeps at the thought of the existence I have led for twenty years to think that I, a well meaning turtle, should In forced into the life of a 'bunko steerer." 'What mean you?" said the reporter. " liend lower, while I whisper," s.tid the turtle in an a:ritr.ted voice ; "they never cook me. Know that for twenty years I have done duty at this place, a few days to be stared at by little boys and gloated over by gourmands, anticipating a rare meal from my flesh, ana then t be in the cellar for a few d lys while the public eats soup made from Teal and liver. I can not stand this life long. It is bringing me in sorrowto the grave." ' Here the turtle dashed a tear from his eye with his left fin, silently swallowed a fly, and retired into his sbrdl to mourn alone. Baltimore Vtirs.

Coi'l Isimb Cut slices or chops of lamb from the quarter and din them into beaten egg; then into grated bread and chopped parsley, mixed together. Fry them in boiling hot lard or butter. Take out the chops when well browned, and add a little bciling water tot ho fat; then thicken it with flour, stirred into a batter with cold water. Lord Cecil, formerly an officer of the Uifle Hrigade, Is conducting revival services through Western Ontario.

TH A It LET KOSS Ali 1 IX. The l-ust Hoy trMrl.l tm Its In nstM Hw lbs Iter. as. U I'alhrr lias ! Ik ItUisirrytr Ills Hssjr UuslMrs. Kroin the llorUm ulobe. Ockan IIovsE, Hampton Hkacii, duly '.'I, l7t. To the Editor of tho Uiu' Siu: Your correspondent' attention has been called to an article in the Springfield llrpublican, in which the writer ceusuros M.. Koss for writing a book upon the loss of his boy, and calls him mercenary. Having been very much interested in the matter of finding Charley Uos from the start, and having devoted a year's time to that object exclusively, your correspondent feels warranted in assuring tho public that a less mercenary man than Mr. liosa does not exist. He has spent a fortune and all his time for two years iu fruitless etl.irts to find his child. He has been importuned by thousands to write a correct history of the abduction, to let the public know the work done by the detectives, and be able to judge for itself why the boy is not discovered. He has at last )ielded, and tho book is now going through the press. The public may rest assured that what profit may arise from its publication will be used for the purposeof finding Charley. Mr. Host issues this authentic history of the abduction with the forlorn hope that it may bring his poor boy back to him. It w ill contain portraits of Charley, his brother Walter, and the homo of Mr. Hoss, and should Charley be living and identify himself by some straycopy, the book will not have been issued in vain. In this book will be fac-siruiles of the twenty-four letters written by the capiors of Cij.-u'ie to Lis faluct', It-ltcl's which a certain sharp reporter offered l,.rsJ for the privilege of breaking into a saiV to obtain. There are men who probably take no uior interest in the fate of this stolen chi'.d than if be were bank stocks, IoiiJs, ir other property. Such men will probably not read the book, but they must not impugn the motives of a father, the fateof whose son makes a living death to an atllicted family. A clo-e intimacy of a year has caused your correspondent to see Mr. Hoss under a variety of peculiar and trying circumstances. After miles of weary railroad travel we would arrive at the end of our clew only to find it valueless. Patient and hopeful, he would be ready to start in any other direction, 'a examine into any circumstance that held out the faintest promise' of success. That some of the ecenc in which he has been actor were harrowing to the feelings of a father can be well imagined. A few week ngo the skeleton of a five-year-old boy was discovered in the dark attic of a suspicious

house in a bad locality in New York. Covered withb!sd werv the little stockings and cheap calico frock it bad worn ; and there, by the testimony of the physicians, it had lain for a year. No one claimed it. The small regular teeth were in the grinning skull. Charley Kos had very tine, regular teeth. Could the father be gazing on all that remained of his lovely boy ? Scene The dark baement of a police station ; present, Mr. Hoss, a policeman and your corresjMindcnt. Slowly turning away, Mr. Koss exclaimed: "Oh, that ran not be my boy!" He was right. It proved, after d vs of inquiry, to be another child. .Hill all these things have to be looked into. How ran a father rest easy without investigating such circumstances as the following? Alxut two months ago Mr. Koss received the following letter: "1 have on board my vesel a woman and child, w ho act suspiciously. The ly says he is Charley l!o, and that the woman is cot his mother. I will le in New York on Monday; will detain the woman and child until you arrive," etc. Mr. Koss was in Philadelphia; your correspondent was in New York, and was askM to investigate. I went to the place of meeting. The Captain had been gone an hour, and was then petting his vessel under way from in front of Jersey Citv. Hurried over, jumped into a boat and was put on board. I found the woman and boy had been detained by the Captain. Saw a big, lubtn-rly fellow who looked about as niu h like Charley lloss as did Jimmy Itlanchard, the champion liar of America. The writer (being a m.irriel man) suppose that a man's wife is apt to find out all he does, and some tinier more. Acting on this supposition, he argued that the wife of Hill Mosher, the abductor of Charley Hoss, ought to know what became of the boy her husband stole. Having had some fifty interviews with her, at her request Mr. Koss was present at the last. The calm courtesy with w hich he treated her, while she persistently lied to u, was wonderful to see, while your correspondent sbnd by wishing to twist her head off to obtain her secret. Mr. Koss's patience w ill hold out to the end, and he will never cease the search until he finds his boy alive or has certain knowledge of his death. The Indon 7i"ri of January, 1H74, devotes eight columns to the Charley Koss abduction. As the Imdon TtmfJt is not in the habit of devoting much space to triiles, it mere ly shows the interest felt and shown abroad in this sad case. As many Boston friends have been anxious to know the result of the investigations made by a Hoston man, I would say to them that unless Charley Kos was drugged by two women between the deatli and burial of Mosher and Iougla, in all human probability Charley Ko was concealed in Hoston several months. The child was brugnt here by a nailing vessel by a partner of Mosher and Douglas. A picture of ("barley Koss has been identified by several who knew the child referred to, as being a correct likeness, and as the writer fee's confident the woman and child have never

1-ft the State, but are coius alod within

fifty miles of Kohton, ho propped in ,,, next letter to give a full aud minute description of all the parties, in hopes that ether parties will, in the interests of humanity, copy the description aud thereby cause the arrest of the criiuinals. The reasons forthinking tlu ri-bt j trail has been struck at last w ill be gj. i?n also, and the public can then jud 'c a a f oi mo lacis ior tncniseives. i would here say one word in behalf of that much abused class, the detective. In Hoston, Hrooklyn, New York and Phi;, adelphia, the writer has yet to find a man on the force w hose courtesy wa not extended to the writer, und w hose sympathies and hard work were m.t freely given to Mr. Hoss and his alllicted family. - The (row Country. The vast valleys of the Hig Horn, Powder and Tongue Kivcrs, lying totl.e north and west of the KUck Hills all of which will, in the fullnc of their development, constitute one coininen i:t! system were formerly known as "the Orow country." They are naturally the richest portion of the continentexcelling In agricultural as well as mineral resources. The description of these hcautififl and wonderful regions bv Araptjoish, an old Crow chi, w ho la", long Wen in "tho happy hunting, grounds," is thus rendered in Englisi, through the charming pen of Washing, ton Irving llobert CampU ll, Esq., if the American Kur Company, being the chief's enterpriser : " The Crow country is a grand co intry. The (lieat Spirit has just put i: exactly in tlse right place; while i.ii arc in it you farewell; whenever vm go out of it, you fare worio. "If you go to the south you have to wanner over great barren 'plains ; the wattr is warm and bad, and you uicet the fever ami ague. " Iu the north it is cold ; the winters are long and bitter, with no gras; jou can not keet horses there, but mu-t travel with dogs. What is a country without horses? "On the Columbia they arc poor and dirty, paddle aloiit in clnoes, and eat lisli. TLcir teeth aro wru out, theV are always taking fish txinestnitof their mouths, llsh is oor food. "In the e:st they dwell in vill ig. ; they live well; but they drink the muddy water of the Missouri that is bad a Crow's dog would not drink such water. "About the Forks of the Missouri is a fine country; good water; g'd grass; plenty of buffalo. In summer jitialmo:t its gKHl a country its tf.c I Crow country; but in winter it iso-5d; I the grass is rone, and there is uo saltJ weed for the horse, i "The Crow country is exactly in the right pla- e. It has snowy mountains aud sunny plains; all kind of climates, and cood tilings for evry season. When the summer heats scorch the plains, jou can go up under the mountains, where the air is sweet and cool, the grass fresh, and the bright stream come tumbling out of the snow-bnk. There you can hunt the elk, the deer and the antelope, when their skins are tit for dressing; there jou will find plenty of white Lear and mountain sheep. " Iu the autumn, when your horses are fast and strong from the mountain pastures, vou can go dow n into the plains and hunt the buffalo or trap the leaver on the streams. And wh n winter comes on, you can take shelter in tho sandy loUoins along the river: there you will find buffalo meat for yourselves and Cottonwood bark for vour horses ; or you may winter in the Vind Hiver Valley, where there is s altwee i in abundance. " The Crow country is exactly ia the right place. Kvery thing g'd is to be found there. There is no country like the Crow country." Hut, alas! for he old Chef, the Crow and the Sioux country is now "exswtly in the riht place" for the whiteman. Tho last link is Iseing welded of the chain of continuous iudunrics which is to conucct ocean with ooear, and tho swelling tide will carry the savage tribes on to a higher pi inc. or weep them out of existence altogether. Humanitarian protestations are in vain this is manifest destiny. Hluk Ihilt I'ionur. A Uemarkablf Occurrence. Intelligence has been receive! in th. city of nn almost incredible tM-curren'' that transpired in the northern part of Putnam anl the southern isortion of Dutchess Counties, Friday U-fore la-t. After snnset a largethunder cloud car:i' up, apparently from the northeast, n companieel by an unusual amount f chain lightning. The rain sulmcqiseritly came down in torrents anl the lightning increased in vividness, and flashed on hundreds of wiM geese, which wire in tho pond i of shallow water thatexi-'f in that locality. Several per-ons wh i witnessed the remarkable phenomenon stated that the geese acted very trang'' as though hunters lad dis hareel a volley among them. The darkne- grew impenetrable, but tho farmer in the vicinity thought no more of the esswrrence till Saturday, when they K gan t tinl dead geese and hear of hundreds being pick eel up by their neighbors. j One man picked up from his larm a.I ' that a horse could haul for their feathi . . ... . it.. crs. I h heads oi the geese wore ioo torn, and their bilbwere split into fragment. Many of them had tho feat hi r on their backs burned to a crt-p, and their bodies burstcd open. The portion of the country thus affected w as nearly a quarter of a mile in breadth, a-.d several miles in length. Siio York Tr-'-tirei.