Locomotive, Volume 34, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 October 1855 — Page 1

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JOHN R. ELDER, Editor. . , ,, . ,; .: : .. i - . ..a u..... "The Charlota eliaU rago a tha atreets, ; they shall seem HUo torchep, they shall ruu like tho lightnings. "-i.'iium,ti, 4. ; ELDEH & HAEKNESS Publl: hers. ..: NO 7. ;.VOL:'XXXIV-:'. :'i 'I'll IT. :1 INDIANAPOLTS, LI., SATURDAY, OCTOBER (, 185.

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IIUIVT, DIlMiyi , OF PICK on I Hi noa tmut.tli roi-U) n o rtU from tlio Pal in cr House, throo door- ; from Touaoy'0ornor.. i. KAIIj 1COAD IIOIM,, - - Corner of East and Waslilnpton trcot, 1 5uyN llie liiItftMt murlict price for Wlieut (Jills, Cum, and all kinds of Produce. I have put up u pair of Fairbanks Patent May o-r Calllu S rales, whU-u are as true as any scaled hi thu County, wliore I can weih Hay or Corn. Also, I keep on hand all kinds of family Groceries, which I will ftell us low us any New York or Boston store in tho Cilv, or any Yankee housu. niilfJ-tf J0H?i JWALLACKj f M l.C PI PK. Just received and for nale, a lariro assortM 4 tnont of Zinc Piping of all sizes, an i tit hie for Chain Pump, well and Ciatern Pumpa. &c.,ulNo. -'i West Wuhintflon at, sepIO IIK.NKY8.KKI.LOGG. BANK r Till-; '.llMTOr.--liiU'reHt paid on money dopoaitod for h Hpoeilled tlrno. Hills of Kxcliango, Loin and Uucurront Money dealt in irenerallv. Jan-,'l)-tf JOHN V(ul,LKY, Cashier. VENETIAN BLINDS, j' , MADK AND HKPAlUlin, Roeotul door North of Plalnhic mill. on Alabama st. . I "I ' ' ' J. HA lilt. L-i nov25-3m ! 1 S. V, MOMIAK, MKHCHANT TA I LOK successor to Rnilth & Morgan has jtisl received a splendid uKaurtmeut of Spring and Summer Cloths, CiisMinore!, Vosliugs, -c, of tlin latest Ms les. Also, a flno aMortment of Keady-Mude Clothing, suitiul to the reason; and also an excellent usHortinontof Gouts' Furnishing Goods, to which he invites attention, and which will bo disposed of ntpricosto suit. Garments made to order as heretofore. N. H. Those indebted to tlio lato Arm of Smith oi Morgan, will please call and make Immediate settlement, as wo ure desirous of closing the books us soon us possible. April 7, - -.- - II, II. ( OLLJS A: CO., DGAI.KRfl IN I'orcignanil Iomcstic MAUItLIl, JVo.04 East Washivgton xtrcct.) Indianapolis keep constantly on hand, ami manufacture to order Monuments, Tombs, nd Slab-work of all kinds, and of the latest and most approved A I l,i... kui,i, Inlliinr fj'k';J employ, worltinc'n of superior B!'?' 'taste and skill, and use none jfp 'ljji but the boat of material, they all who wish to perpetuate tho memory of lost friend, to give themttcall. Je2-Jy LAFAYETTE A: INDIANAPOLIN HAII-KOAI) 1855 ' jg.I.PrTrT 1055. TIME CHANGED! ON and after April 23d, lS.rj, trains on this road will run as follows : : . . .; MA.II. TRAIN. ; j .'-f :. ' , Leave Tndisnapolis at 12 M. , f ' ' i Arrive in Indianapolis at 8 A. M. ' ' 1 ' ! ' " Lafayette at iJ Pj M. . ' KXPRKSS TRAIN. Leave Indianapolis at B A . M. ' 1 '" i A rrivo in Lafayette at fl A. M. , " Indianupolis at3::i0 P. M. . . FIIKIUHT TRAIN Leave Indianapolis at 0:20 A . M. For through tickets, apply nttho Union Passenger Station, in Indianapolis. , opr28 ' '' '. W. DUIililN, Sup't. ' SUMMER AEEANGEMEKT. Odd. 'iebiwE2ra FOR THE EAST! Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland Hailroad. 8H0RTEST, Clie:iicst,an(l quickest route to Rellcfonlnino, Coltunbus, Pittsburgh, Hiuiadolphia, iiHltiinoris ( lovelitini, Dunkirk, Huiralo,'Allny, cw York, mill Boston. Also, Dayton ami Ensturu Oliio. 0 change or cars between Indianapolis anil Crestline! Throe trains leave Indianapolis dally, (Sundays oxe.ofte.l.) 1.(10 A. M. ExrRuas Alter arrival of 10 A. M.' Train from St. Louis, connecting at Crcstiine at 1'2 M. Willi Lightning Ex5ress on Pittsburpli and Cleveland Kailroads. Also, with -.ako .Shore Koad for Dunkirk, liullalo, Kingara Fulls, New York, and Boston. Passengers by this Train may take Boats on the Lakes at Cleveland. ' 7.:m A. M. Unt Exi-ress Conncctlnjrat Crestline at 4 58 P. M. with trains for Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Hallitnore, and at Cleveland at 8.U0 P. M., with Lake Shore Hailroad, and Steamer for Buffalo, Dunkirk, Niagara Falls, New York, and Boston. This istho only morning Train from Indianapolis by daylight that makes direct connections with Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Lake Steamers. 3.'.10 P. M .-JVJ Ait Arrives at Crestline at 2.28, making same connections as above, except Boat connection at Cleveland. Travelers, be sure and get tickets by Indianapolis, Pillsburgh, and Cleveland route. Passengers procure Tickets at the Union Depot, Indianapolis. at Lafayette, and at principal Railroad Ticket Offices. P. S. This Company have' made arrangements with the several Hailroad Companies for connecting through Freights from Cleveland, New York, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia. IpFor general information in regard to Freight, apply to JAMES HOOKEK, General Freight Agent. IfjUuited States Alail and United Slates Express on this route. A lso, our Company's Telegraph Lino. . S. A. FLKTCHEK, Jr., Sup't. Indianapolis, 1854. oct29tf CHANGE OF TIME. INDIANA CENTRAL AND DAYTON AND WESTERN R. R. Three trains daily, (Sundays ex- irrr igrm-r-tgri cepted. qr'3-''.r-iii-ii-',,"-jS3 First Train Lightning Express. Leaves Indianapol i s at 2.30 A. M.; arrives at Richmond at 5.30, and at Cincinnati at 9.:iOA.M.; arrives at Dayton at 7.00 A. M., connecting directly with trains for Columbus, Zanesville, Wheeling, Baltimore, Washington City, Philadelphia, Nov York, Boston, &C.; arriving in New York 15 hours in advance of any other route from Indianapolis. At Dayton, also connects with trains directly for Springfield, Urbaua, Bollefoiuainc, Forest, Clyde, Cleveland, Buffalo, Sandusky, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Troy, Piqua, &c., &e. Second Train leaves at 7.30 A . M.; arrives at Richmond at 10 20 A.M.; at Cincinnati at 1.30 P. M.; connects at Dayton at 12 with all trains for Colunibus,ZanesvilIe, Wheeling and all points east and north-east. ' Third train leaves at 3.30 P. M., connects at Richmond at 6.30 with trains for Cincinnati, arriving at 9 P. M., 'arrives at Columbus at 10.30 P. M., connecting directly with trains for Zanesville, Wheeling, Bnltimore, Washington City, New York and Boston, and also with trains for Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Passengers, take notice ! This is the only route by which von can leave Indianapolis in tho afternoon, and reach Columbus, Newark, Zanesville and Wheeling the same evening. ; The only route having any connections at Davton, either morning or evening. Passengers by this route go through to Cincinnati as quick as by any other. Columbus and Pittsburg Baggage checked through. Philadelphia Baggage re-checked at Pittsburgh. The only morning Train from Indianapolis to Dayton, or Columbus via Dayton. . , JAMRS M. SMITH, Superintendant, Jan7 luil. Cent. & Davton & Western R. K.

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! i from ll Knickerbocker Magazine Tor Oclob.r. ! GAITER BOOTS. T ROII1N K.TTLICi:aAIW, . M. ' ' 0 luiNiT fool! ' O giiitiT-boot! To piety you're Hliooking; ' : I only know of ono tliiit worso, 1 ' i'And that's a kiiow- white slocking. fio nent and clean, together scon, ' 1 ' ; K'en sluies must agree 1 ' To you to vole, what Ghay once wrote, A bnml.somo L-E-G. ...... !,' .Tho lusting theme of midnight ilienni, Tho very soul of snng; ; linn wnnls you little here below, ' 1 And never wnnls you long. ": ' By Plato ne'er sent tripping here; ' 1 ' By I'luto rather given, 1 To lead a man (an easy plan) " To any jilacu but Heaven. 1 1 1 . . , 1.1 Yet still I vow there's magic now About a woman's foot, ' And cunning was thu wizard hand 1 That made a guiler-boot. Por whilo the knave tlio gaiters gave To mortals to ensnare them, Mankind he hoaxed, and even coaxed ; ' The anifcls down to wear them. ' ' !

VHOKQ SIDE OUTWARD, ' ' Oil THU Iif foroiKo between Cusliincrc and t'nllro. 'Did I tell you about it, Eunice?' ' ' 'About what?' ' 'My going to tlio city wrong side outward.' 'What do you mean?' said Eunice. 'Oh, I sec you never heard tho story, so I will tell you. Two years ago I spent a few weeks with my friends, the Wilmots, near the city of A . In tho family wero two young ladies who found it necessary to do a great deal of shopping, and not a littlo visiting in the city, and of course patronized tho railroad connecting their little village with the 'Green Street Depot,' to no triflimr extent. . . D 'Now you shall see what a handsome and gentlemanly conductor we have on this route,' said Bell Wilmot to me, as I took a luxurious cushion in a crowded car for a first 'miscellaneous' trip to A . 'Ho is my beau ideal of a conductor,' added Kate ; 'let the car bo ever so crowded, he is sure to find a place for ladies, and never objects to our band-boxes and carpet bags, as many ill natured fellows, dressed in a little brief authority, are apt to do; and if our purses are short after a shopping excursion, he often ' - 1 Kate's rhapsody was interrupted by the starting of the train. 'We were hurled on to A in about twenty minutes, yet I had opportunity to notice that the labeled official tea indisputably very considerate and attentive, at all events to our party:1 lie opened the window which was swollen with damp weather, at a look from Kate, and ordered a Dutchman, smoking meekly upon tho platform into the baggage car, at a symptom of faintness from Bell, I could but acknowledge that Fanny Fern should add to her list of models a 'model conductor,' this one for her original. "Arrived at our destination, I was again entertained with my friend's praises of the various merchants and milliners they were accustomed to patronise. - 'I always purchase silks at Weaver's,' they are so Conscientious, and never try to palm off an inferior article upon a customer. At Mr. Lasalle's you will find a superb assortment of gloves and embroideries.. The proprietress is . a reduced Fiench Countess, and one of the most lady like persons you ever saw :" rattled Bell Wilmot. And if you wish to buy shoes, be sure and call at Marvin's; they are so accommodating; they never make wry faces, if you happen to break a string, or loosen a clasp, or any other such trifling accident," added Kate. 'This was enough, yet if I needed more to convince me of the superior excellence of these aristocratic shopkeepers, that afternoon's observation would have furnished it. No sooner did the rich brocades and crapes and ribbons of the fair Misses Wilmot flutter inside a shop door, than every attendant, from proprietor to errand boy, proceeded to don their most obsequious smiles and Agreeable deportmeiil.' It was not strange, Eunice. The young ladies carried heavy purses and were easily persuaded to lighten them. 'The afternoon passed pleasantly and fatigueingly enough, in chatting and shopping, in shaking hands with old acquaintances, and trying to bow gracefully to new introductions,, and on our return, amid many expressions of satisfaction as our purchases were unrolled and exhibited before Mis. Wilmot and aunt Lucy, the girls forced me to confess that the A merchants and the A and 0 conductor far surpassed any others in the known world. 'And so it was, almost daily, for the first fortnight of my stay. At one time we called on a celebrated dentist for some trifling tooth operation, lie was an acquaintance of Bell's, and she presented him'to me as a friend. He was very handsome, and his voice and smile . captivating to one who could appreciate music and sunshine. Eunice, I was amazingly pleased with that man. I who am so fastidious, I fancied him the impersonation of skill and benevolence- the head and the heart the means and the end glorious combination for those who set themselves up as the world's healers and teachers. He impressed me as one of the few to whom science may safely commit her priceless treasures, sure that they would be used only for the blessing of humanity. Ah, Eunice ! I had only seen the silken side!' 'Pray go on, said Eunice. 'One rainy morning, I received a letter from home, giving notice that my young sister was about to take a Western' tour with a friend. 'New dresses, of course, are requisite,' wrote my mother, 'and I wish you to procure and send them immediately.' ' Then followed a list of the articles needed. 'This letter had been longer than usual on the route; that moment, I knew sister Lib, amid a

sympathising conclave of wailing milliners, marveled at my long dulay. ' ' 1,1 'The artieks must bo purchased that very day, raining it was moreover I must go hIoiio; for Bell and Kale had gone to bed with hair in curlpapers, and novels under their pillows.' Toward noon the ruin abated, ami I notified my friends of my determination to go to A . Tho young ladies stared with astonishment. 'To-morrow, I'll be at your service,' said Bell, 'but not to-day. Why, you're crazy look at tho clouds you'll take, a dreadful cold don't get satin striped tissue; it frays shockingly.' 'I dressed, walked to the station, but a few rods distant, and found myself half an hour too early. Very soon tho clouds lowered, and nun fell in cutaructs. Nevertheless, I stubbornly adhered to my determination, tho more stubbornly that I knew tho girls wouhl ridicule me without .mercy if I returned, ' But I looked at my dress, and thought of my bonnet; and was thankful that the old brown veil I fuund crumpled in my poeket would protect the latter. My mantilla was of watered silk, handsomely trimmed, and I remembered a lady told me that water would spot it. , How foolish I had been to wear it. ; .: .'Well, Eunice, what do you suppose I did? ;I

turned it wrong side outward 1 It was lined with the usual black muslin,' from which the gloss had disappeared in spots. I was the only occupant of the Lady's salooiviri'l enjoyed the full benefit of an eight-by-teu, looking-glass. I glanced in it, and, seeing what a ludicrous figure my old veil and rusty outer garment made, in contrast with my line cashmere traveling dress, with its richly trimmed basque, the idea of going to tho city thoroughly disguised,' at onco presented itself. The skirt of my dress was separate from the body, and I had lined it for comfort in winter with an old gingham dress, clean nnd whole, but I must confess, sadly faded. Well, I turned this wrong side outward, also.' . i 'You don't mean that you went to the city in , that stylo,' said Eun'ce, ; , , . : ; I , 'I did, nnd enjoyed it, too', convinced that I was doing a sensible thing. But you shall hear. Scarcely was my toilet completed, when the .whistle sounded, nnd drawing the, thick veil tightly over my face, I made my way to the nearest car. And now commenced tho development. Tho handsome and gentlemanly conductor nearly knocked me .over in the door way, in his willingness to pioneer a lady in blue silk with four flounces, a satchel, a hat. box, a parasol, and a lap-dog, safely out upon the platform. Returning, while I stood gazing vacantly at the lows of hats and boots before me, none of which moved to relinquish a seat iu my behalf, the model . conductor pointed to an uncomfortable corner seat, between a black romon with a baby; and a while woman with two babies, , Of course I accepted it, and the cunning pranks of the little African made my hard seat endurable. I Well, I reached tho city, and made my way to Weaver's fashionable store. . The skies were weeping briskly, and I, carrying a blue cotton umbrella, probably did not call up golden visions to the eyes of the young gentlemen clerks, who lounged upon the counters, or sat with feet cle; vated at alarmingly acute angles, as I entered, When I enquired for silks, tissues, grenadines, any fine summer dress goods,' there was one undivided stare. : . 'It would tako too much time to tell how some strainer silks, nnd half cotton berages were first produced, and how I eventually convinced them that I understood their proper quality. Suffice it to say, I purchased nothing there, though tempting articles were finally displayed before mer but suited, myself at less showoy establishments.., , . ', 'Next, to Mrs. Lasselle's I went, whoso anathemas upon me for detecting the cotton laces presented to me for linen, I will not repent, but must say they were delivered in a very uncoun-tess-like rage, though in excellent French. ' 'I 'did not try tho shoe store, that day, but in passing Dr. R.'s office, something, prompted me. to enter. I had been amused, and not the least disappointed by my afternoon's experiences, but now a little anxiety mingk'd with much curiosity. I bethought me of a nervous tooth-ache that had robbed me of sleep for a portion of several nights, and which I had sedulously concealed from the family, chiefly because aunt. Lucy's infallible remedy in such cases was , whisky and ginger, boiling hot, a remedy to me infinitely worse than the disease. Perhaps Dr. It. could name something less objectionable, i. . , 'I rang gently, and was admitted. The Doctor, who was talking and smoking with a dashing young man, glanced at my dress as I entered, and without farther notice, went on with the conversation. Finally, I instituted a slight cough, and he turned toward me with . r 'Well, old lady, what's the matter with you?' 'i 'I inquired in a suffering voice, the best cure for an aching tooth.' , , , 'Crooked iron,' marm, applied cold, is the best thing, and animal magnetism is the next. Ever try it, hey?' And the man of science winked and grinned at his companion,, who in return ejected a quid of tobacco from his mouth, quite near my poor gingham skirt, and laughed immoderately. In two seconds I was in the street, and on my way to the Depot, questioning within myself, whether there are such qualities yet remaining in our world, as unbought honesty and kindness. My doubts were to be removed. The train stood at the Depot as I came in sight, and I hurried my steps lest it should depart without me. . ' , . , : 'I managed to gain a seat, but had no time to purchase a ticket, and when the conductor came, I felt for my port-monnaie to pay the necessary fare. It was gone. -An exploration of my pocket to its lowest depths availed nothing, and I was in a dilemma. I explained the matter to him, assuring him I should leave the train at the next station, and would there borrow the amount. He left me muttering his suspicions that the story was a lie, and went his rounds. . 1 . 'Soon after, some one touched my elbow, and on looking around, I was greeted by a lank, ragged, uncombed Irishman, who smiled and held something toward me. It was ray portmonnaie. 'Faidi an haven't I been tarclt'tn the cars for ye this blessed while,' said he; 'sure 'twas me-

self that saw ye take yer handkerchief from yer pocket, t nl send this ire thin?; n spinning on the paving stones. An ye didn't see Pat Crngan after ye faith if I hadn't been cotnin' the Mime road, a precious hunt we might have 1ml for it.' Bless the untutored, unremitted Irish heart! 'And now I was at O station, and the sun, though low in the west, was shining bright

ly. I went directly to the ladies' room, and in five minutes emerged therefrom a well dresed lady, with an uncovered bonnet of the 'latest importation.' As thq conductor crossed the pintform to give moving orders, I stepped up and tendered my fnro, saying my purse bud been found nnd returned to me. You have a vivid imagination, Eunice, picture the countenance of that gentleman.' 'Did you relate your adventures to the young ladies?'' said Eunice. ' 'No, indeed! When tho goods came, they were delighted with them, affirming that 'this silk came from Weaver's; no other merchant had anything like it; and this lace from Mrs. Lasalle's, they remembered seeing it there!' I kept my own counsel; and now Eunice what do you think of it all?' 1 ; ' ' : 'I think the wisdom you purchased was cheap enough at all events. Yet there is one other place to which I wish you had gone.' ' ' 'And where is that?' To church,' said Eunice ! ; ' From Harper's Magazine, for October. . ANECDOTES OF BEARS. ItEAnS AND llEAR-IIUNTINO. 1 "In the Gist settling of tho New England States, bears were quite numerous, and they still exist in great abundance in the northern parts of Maine; but we hear very little said of them in the chronicles of the times. It would seem that the sturdy o'd Puritans found no leisure for the amusements of the chase, nnd having their attention' so exclusively occupied by a more savage foe, the Indian, they must have slaughtered the bear without deeming the exploit worthy of any particular mention. It is somewhat curious that the most interesting anecdote we have left us, resulted from the fact that the economic attempt was made to break the animal to useful domestic purposes an idea that would never have occurred except to a worthy and natural progenitor of the thrifty Yankee. 1 "It seems that one Zebulon Stanhope, a farmer residing nenr New London, trained a couple of bears to plow and do other labors of the field and road. On one occasion he started "to town" with a sleigh-load of wheat, but some of the harness breaking,' the farmer set about repairing the damage, when one of the bears seized him by the leg and sorely wounded it. The bears then simultaneously ran off, leaving the farmer to reach his house alone, which ho did with difficulty after four hours' labor. Two or three days were spent in useless search, nnd bears and sled were given up as lost; when, upon the third day at noon, a noise was heard in the road, and, to tho astonishment of the Stanhopes, they beheld the two bears drawing the sled into the barn, and instead of the wheat, four large bears and three cubs. The door was suddenly closed, and the strangers were shot with a long gun thrust through the crevices of the building. : ' "Tho country bordering on the Ohio, about the Guyandotte and Big Sandy, at the commencement of the present century was more re markable than any other locality for all kinds of game, and was really the paradise of bears. At these points were seen, by the early voyagers, the first indications of the approach of a Southern clime.1 The tall reed displayed itself, gradually growing more dense until it became mat tell into extensive "brakes" that almost rivaled their congeners of the alluvium of the Mississip pi. Some of the streams that here poured their waters into the Ulno, startea from amidst the wildest scenery of the Cumberland Mountains, winding among gorges and ravines that fill the spectator with awe, and yet are blessed with the' richest of vegetation. It was in these then inaccessible solitudes that Bruin flourished, increased, and grew fat; but after Wayne conquered the Indians of the West, nnd Kentucky ceased to bo struggled for by its original inhabitants, the early pioneers, who retained a taste for adventure, turned their deadly rifles upon the game in the forests, and thus kept alive the excitement, that had become1 a second nature by their long experience upon the "bloody path." The demands of commerce also encouraged the pursuit; for Napoleon borrowed from the shaggy covering of the bear the wherewithal to give additional ferocity to the grizzly front of war, and the trophies of the skill of the American' hunter were in time wrought into the towering caps that waved along the lines of the "Old Guard," and were afterwards scattered over the fields of Jena, Austerlitz, and Waterloo. " " ' To the early settlers of Ohio and Kentucky the bear was a source of constant mischief. They existed in great numbers, and very soon learning that the vicinity of the farm-house afforded them their most prized article of animal food, they became notorious for their pig-stealing propensities. If one was "caught in the act," and had to abandon its prey, the carcass was used for a bait to catch the marauder; and as the thief always returned within a given space of time, the indignant farmer, with the aid of his rifle, had his revenge. The bear, in seizing a hog, grasps it in bis arms and bears it off, running swiftly on his hind legs.. They have been pursued, while thus embarrassed with .their load, by men who were swift runners, yet were not overtaken. .It was sometimes necessary to make up what was called "drives," to free sections of the country from wild animals. This was done by the citizens living far and near assembling, fully armed, on some given day, and proceeding to the designated rendezvous; a large circle was made by the hunters, including some miles in diameter. Gradually, with great noise, they approached a given centre of course driving the game before them. In this way, the bear, deer, wild turkey, and "other varmints," were brought within gunshot; and sometimes, if the drive was successful, the destruction was immense. Generally) the bears that escaped with whole skins got such a "scar" that they decamped the neighborhood, and the settlements were left in peace. . In large

tracts of country, where a quarter of a century ago the-ti "drives" were thM'ntial for the safety of the inhabitants, the deer, the turkey, and the bear are now known only iu tradition. , ""JJruin dues not confine himself to ono kind t'f food ; he willi judicious care selects not nnly from the varied products of tho vegetable kingdom, but has a line idea of moats, la tho South, he will fasten upon the leaves of young cane, upon the. pecan, nnd sweet corn. Ho is) industrious every wluru in his pursuit of fruit, and his .vegetable luxuries aro persimmons and ' green corn. The decayed Jog ban treasures fur him us well as fur the woodpecker and wild turkey; and for it lie will tear it in pieces, and daintily pick up the grub-worm nnd wood-beetle, or any other , insect inhabitant that may come in his way. Of meats, he prefers young pig ; but "roasters" not always being in season, he contents himself with full-grown porkers. The fondness of the-animal for hogs proves ono of the greatest evils to the farmer who is just opening n home in the wilderness ; and if the bear could only overcome the desire to gratify his swinish propensities, ho would much longer escape the avenging rille. The bear also has a sweet tooth ; and if rich and civilized, would expend large sums fur confectionary. As it is, he confines himself to rubbing the. industrious bees ; for onco let him get track of wild honey, and he seldom deserts the treasure unlil lie has appropriated it to Ids own use. .Reckless, from his protecting hair, of the fury of the enraged insects he is robbing, he will thrust his huge paws into the hollow of the tree and pull them out, reeking in sweets, and then lick them off wilh a philosophical indifference wonderful to behold. But if 9110 of the victims of his ' thefts happens to plant a sting effectively in a tender place, he will roll down from his perch and take to his heels, tho very impersonation of terror ; but learning nothing from experience, will never abandon the treasure until tho robbery is complete. ."Captain Wild, nlways remarkably attentive to liis guests, but for the moment absorbed in tucking away innumerable pieces of broiled venison under his capricious vest, having "loaded ,up," he chimed in ns follows: "Your character of the bear is all very well; he is not only tho knowingest animal in the woods, but ho has a nice sense of honor, nnd will; forgivo an injury rather than take revenge on the wrong person. Oh, you may doubt tho truth of what 1 say, but it is a fact nevertheless! You all know Moses and Aaron Giggin, twin brothers, who look so much alike that their father never knew them apart except when they wero together. One day they were out among the dewberry hills hunting bear, when Aaron chased an 'old ho' up what he thought was a ravine, but it turned out to be 'a wash,' and instead of opening into the low lands, just closed up with a chunk of a precipice sixty feet high. Tho bear couldn't climb up the steep bank, so he made a 'back track,' and tho 'twin' had to take to his heels to get out of the way. Down 'the wash the two ran, making excellent time, but the bear had tho heels, and was about to give his enemy a hugwhen the unfortunate victim hollowed out, 'Oh, Moses, if you have nny love for your brother, put in, and divide this fight!' Moses heard the call, and, in coming to the rescue, literally rolled down the sides of the embankment; at the same instant the bear came up with every hair on end, and his ears crowded down close to his head. ; First, he made a feint at Aaron, then a pass at Moses; but getting con- ' fused, by not knowing them apart, he concluded he would not take the responsibility of jumping on the wrong man, nnd so he let 'em both off; and that," said the Captain, draining off his tumbler of claret and assuming a knowing look, "is what I call proper self-respect, and an evidence of gentlemanly consideration worthy of all praise; nnd now," concluded the speaker, "let Jim Wicker tell us how his head got so bald." '. -Jim Wicker was a comical-looking fellow, wilh a very young face, but by reason of having no hair, he looked very old from his eye-brows all the way round to the back of his neck. lie was very sensitive about the defect, and was somewhat celebrated, from a fight he hat) wilh a traveling agriculturist, who, upon being asked by Jim, "What would cause his hair to grow on his shining poll, was advised to cover over the top of his head with guano, and plant it down in crab grass." But Jim wouldn't quarrel with Captain Wild, for that gentleman was not only the host of the Fulry Queen, but also had the key of all "the refreshments" in his possession; so without hesitation he enlightened his auditory after this fashion '. i "You see the har always did keep raythcr scarce 'bout my scalp, and 1 was always rubbing in one thing and another to fotch it out, for I was sartin the roots wasn't dead, though thar was little to be seen above the ground. I'd

heard of bar's-grease, and bought a gallon in bottles; but I believe it was nothing but hog'slard and mutton taller; so I thought I would have the genuine article, and I got old Dan to go out and kill something for my especial benefit. Dan told me it was in the spring, and that the' bar was in bad health and out of season; but I' ' believed he was trying to quiz me, and wouldn't take no for an answer. A short hunt tolohed a critter at bay, and Dan, by a shot in tho vitals, 'saved the varmint;' but the bar was in a bad condition, for he looked as seedy as an old Canada thistle, and he had hardly ile enough in him to keep his jints from squeaking, but what he did have I got, ancZ used; and strangers," said Jim, looking sorrowfully round on the company, "in two days, what little har I had commenced from falling off, and in a week I was as bald as a gun-barrel. Dan was right; the varmint was a shedding himself, and had nothing in him but liar shedding ile, and the consequence is, I can't , in the dark tell my head from a dry gourd, if I. depend on feelin'." "Bar meat," said old Dan at the conclusion -of Wicker's story, "is best, in course, in "the fall; in the spring the varmint is just out of his nap, and the first thing he does js to get clear of his old coat, so he eats yarbs as makes the har all . fall off, so that in the fall he comes out as black as a coal,' and as shiny as glazed powder. Cotch a bar, then, when he has had a cornfield to hide in, and his spar ribs taste like rostin' ears. Nothin' a bar loves more than green corn, ex- i