Noble County Register, Volume 1, Number 34, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 September 1858 — Page 1

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’*;i “«:ri<~ ":L':.%r’a""“"é THE eel T 4 SPUMLIaNAD SYERY THORSDAY MORNING MY ;i ‘;Oﬂlél-h nbﬁ“'l .ﬂs o :'"“‘ 2 of Cavin °* wnd Third Streets— on Third. G Tlllu-g' ;:“‘f ansun inadvancé; or $2 00 if not * paid nati eupiration of 513 cabnths. ” 3 o P ax i ” : i Ml e | ‘~' ‘ ' JOIB PRINTING v« a all its vnfg??m hes executed with neatpess and o« despaich at the “Reaistin” Office, & 7% RS 0. ARNOLD, M. D. ~ Physijcian & Surgeon, - LIGONIER, .‘; Wiy lflﬂlifd.h”.ﬂ., ;;Huir?krecmittﬂae_ el in Tigonier; il ate -1, tend 1o all cails in the hngof. his ppole_pion. Uffice—in the' Drus‘ Store of O, lrwld & C\Q 2 : - ed ol 0. PALMATER, 7 BURGEON, OBSTETRICIAN. AND PHYSICIAN & Ligonser; 2 ¢° @=t Indiava.” : TR T e e T T J. McCONNELL, , + Real Estate Agent jwnd N tary Public , LIGONIER INDIANA. ‘ ‘ ¥ iLL accnowledge deeds and niorigages and také depositions, - |

4W— ~. _,,.,5-@.’......'_?_._.....:_.,‘ 1 . J. PALMITER, 1 LIGONIER: . - it IaN'DE v INA l MAN( FAC I'URER of different varieties S of Vombstones, Mo uments, &c. - En- ' graving execated tn the most approved stile, | " 0. ARNOLD & Co. IGONIER, . INDIANA. - Phalers in Drugs, Medicines, Paints,. Oils. Glass, Yankee Notions, ogks, Stationary, Wall end Wihdow Paper, &c &c. ~ Also, a I large supply of Chuice Pamily Grocertes. cunstantly on hand 00l sl e j 0A S LLR S P '~ LAZENBY & STONE, LIGONIER, : : INDIANA : Wum,I«;SALE and retail dealer i | Drugs. Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glass, | Dye-stuffs, Perfumery, Fancy Goods, Family Groceries, pure Wines and Liguors; for medicinal purposes. s gt T : J. C. ZIMMERMAN, DEA LER in Dry Gouds, Groceries, Roots | 4 and Shoes, Qneeﬁ'w-é,!fNuxn'unsl, &e. | ~Also Dealer in alt Kinds of Praduce, LEWIS COVELL, "G ENE RAL COL LECTIVN A 6 {L‘.;\'T !. Livonier, 7‘:‘ ; fa T Im]iu'qu. }‘(\"H;LE(‘J'\‘IOX\S it Nohle and adjointio {8 Conntres promatl: inadeyand on repseis !aiﬂU {erms. i S T

{Ay STOUGHTON, | ro B WooDWARD, ‘f STOUGHTON & WOOUWARD, : Aborneys' § Counsclivrs al, Law. | LIGONIE I INDIHANA. | ”‘V%,L, prompily aftend 'to all ‘business 5 that pays. ,___.____.,.....,___4-‘..‘.-&_,-—O-3—74-——————-————— ¥ C. MAIAS =y 3w BiEYanT o 0 sMAINS & BRYANT, dttorne: ‘.\;dt'«Lg}g.;ﬁlbf@, Do /,vl}‘w Co ~,.1“" W{%Las?q pio; n%lg | to ‘a;ij‘}],égﬂ Busi - ness enlriste (ui{ihcu’ Cate in the cquits @xtﬂ)l?gid@_).maug @.gn;.cfu L 0 B BRADEN, DF.ALER in the diffiereny varieties of FAMILY GROUERIES, also a full. assortinent of Wines, Liyuors, Domestic ane Imported. Refrefhiments ef all kinds alway; on_band: s pm el ..._.—-——-——————-«—-—————,———————*9—-—-——-—-—_'_.‘ 1 J. RIPPERTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEOW, . Ligonier, : . Indiana. »TRRSPEC_FULLY offers his professional I .services to the citizens of Ligonier anu vicinity. 2 ok i | CLIFTON HOUSE. | J. J COTHRAN, PROPRIETOR, [colikhart, v Indwana \T 'HIS House is the genera! Stage office Passengers conveyed to and from the | Jars free. e g ‘ | F. PRICKET, f Attorney and Counsellor at Law, : @igs‘lgsin the'Court House, Albion, In. | adiapa Promipt attention giveu to all J»Lezal busgme.ss entrusted to his-care. . - '~ .. E.B. WOODWARD, : BL T R RAT NORAR G RUBLIC ‘[ \\r‘lLL ATVENND PROMPTLY TO ‘r‘"‘ i il kiads ofeoav caipgaceall othe ‘qgh s ert@ ingitosthat o i(“% \ ; sE@ver fighe: ‘@' H er'§h store, | Likouter, Noble Co,ind. . 7 :

.+ .HENRY HOSTETTER, ' JUSTICE OF FHE PEACE. OH«‘ICE on. Main Street, Ligouier, indi | ana, ‘ol o L AND AGENCY. ‘ 'THE undersigned has cstablished an AgenAL ¢y for the purchase and sale o' Real es- [ tate '?l;r‘ohle and adjoining counties, and has | effected arrangements which offer superior | inducemetite’ for those wishing to buy or sell ~ the same, in thigsection of the State. ; 3 Particular a'tlﬁuti«m'\e\‘ill be paid to Renting Houses. Leasing farms, and nther business which it may be :wces’:fary,,fq{, non-residents to le‘g.wp in the Egndg ) ”n__\‘t‘-agé{nx. Wi DUSTLAND WARRANTS, Bought, sold, and nblaigté’tifqr"f‘\ e entitled to the same under tha late act of Congress. - i RS &C})NNFHL, ; LW STOGRRR. L LW © MEGANTGAL, "STOCKER & MeGONIGAL, ATLTORNEYS AT LAW;, A 'ND General Agente for Buying and Seli ézw:[i‘n{»ﬂgﬂ:ifmﬁﬁ, “E’fﬁ]i%{u( Titles, ufmz» *utmmwana»yy%ng Taxes ' Awbbrm, Indiana; 7 0 %0 - Riem) B TSy TF oA RF e ; l;gf%:f,)fvw":{‘ “wﬁ;«ﬁM*’”» it il e - Oloecks, Watches, Jewelry & Patent Medicines TN i, Ky phedoh Wiabing o virclase any of th .3hove ety of (zoeds.: B ite FUOYE. RRUIERL, D 1 JIOOSSA NS AN 118 to ca; ; ﬂ ~f.,‘yf‘;" m M:‘!"‘Y» f”i"'ﬁ“mix

b “DOWN HILL.” ““— BY BYLVANUS COBB, JR. . Not long sineé 1 had occasion to visone of our courts;and while conversing ' with a legal friend T heuard the name o%" Jolin Anderson dalled. “Fhereis a hurd case,” remarked my | f""‘ Al.;. " G L b By 3 "1 lovked upon thé man in the prisonier's dock.” He wus standing up.and he ‘plead guilty 1o i® érime of Theft.— | ‘he was'a il way. wueu tand infired ‘though' not old. His garb was torn, spurse and filthy, his fuce was all bloat | ed and bloodshot; his hair matted with dirt; and his bowed form quivering with ~delirium. Certainly I never saw a more pitable ‘ohjeet. Surely that wan was {not born'd ¥illain. I moved my place 50 a 3 to obtain a fairer view of his face He saw my movementand turned his head. He gazed on me a single instant snd then. covering his face with. his hands, * he sank powerless into his seat,” | ‘Good God!” 1 involuntarily ejacula- | ted, starting forward Wil—' . I bad half, spoken his first name| when he quickly raised his head and cast upon me 4 look of such imploring | agony that my tongue was tied at once. Then he covered his face again. I asked 1f the prisoner had counsel. He| said no. I then told him to do all in his power for the poor fellow's benefit and L' would pay him. He promised, and I left.. k could not remain and see that man tried. Tears came to my eyes as I gazed ‘upon him. and it was not until'l bad gained the sireet and walked some distunce that I could breathe frcely. = ; i o - John Anderson! Alas!" he was Emmed to -be known as his mother’s son! That was not his name; but.you shall know' him by no other. T will call him' by the name that now stands on the'records of the court.

John Anderson was my school mite; and it -was not wmany years ago—ot over twonty—that we left our Academy together—he to rcturn to the howe of wealthy parvents; 1 to sit down in the dingy sunctom of 4 newspaper office for a very few years and then wander off across the oeean. I was gone some four years, and when i returned ¥ found.Johu a married man His futher was dead and lelt him a princely fortune,. g : “Ah: C—" -he said to me as he met me at the railway station, ‘you shall sce what 4 bird I have caged. My Helen is a lark, a robin, a very princess of all birds that ever looked beautiful or sung swectly. : i He was enthiusiastic but- rot mistaken, for I .found his wife all he had said, simply omitting the poetry. She was truly one of the most beautiful wowen [ ever saw. And so good too—so loving and so kind. Aye—she so loved John that she really loved all his friends. -What a lucky fellow to find such S\wife. And what.a lucky woman to findssuch a husband; for John Anderson was as handsgme as she. Tail strait. manly, high browed, with rich chestnut curls, and a face as faultlessly noble and beautiful ds ever artist copied Ana he was good, too; kind generous aud true. il et el s

I spent a week with them, and I was happy all’ the while. “Johns mother lived with them—a fine old lady as ever breathed, and making herself constany joyand pride in doating upon her ‘darling hoy,’ as she always called him. I gave her an account of my adventures by sea and fand in foreign climes, and she kissed me: when I left. She said she kissed mie"because 1 loved her ‘dar ling. i ; ! ‘ I did not see John again for four years. I reached his house in the eve. ning. ~ He was not in, but his wife and mother were there to receivé me; and two curly headed boys wére at 'play’about 'Ellen's: chair, I knew at onece they wereimy friend’s children. Every thing seemed pleasant until .the little ones were a~bed and usleep.and then 1 could see that Ellen became troubled. She tried to hide it, but a face so used to the sunshine of sniiles could not wear a-clond vetgealed b i Fowi g At length Johu came. His face was figsbed and his eye ‘looked inflamed.— He grasped my hand with'a happiy)::i‘ngh —alled me*Qld Fellow,’ ‘Old Dog.’— said! I niust-come and ‘live ‘with him, and many other extravagant’ thifies, — His wife tried o ' hide her tears, ‘while his mother shook her head and mmidinetiiisl | Dite v anii GY - “He'll'sow these wild oats soon. *My darling never can bea bad man” ' L, "~ “God grant it} T thought to myself; and 1 kriow the same prayer was’ upon Eller's lips. s ot 3 * Jlt-waslate when ‘we retired, and we might not have done so even then had not John fallen asleep in his chwir. °'" . Onthe Tollowing woroing 1 wlked out with wy friend:. I old bim m sorry o see him as I saw him the fiight >‘bhfom,;___ :mgj;‘wwmm%mﬂ"’»;

LIGONIER, IND. THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 23, 1858.

We had _a glorious time 1 wish you Mad’ Lend Wi ™ 7 7 Toimnn ol At first 1 thovght I ‘would say no more; but was it not my duty? I z_n'ew his nature better than he knew it himgelf. Hisappetites and pleasures-boun-‘ded his own vision. 1 koew how kind and generous he was—alas! ‘OO kind—teo generons! b ‘John, cou'd you have seen Ellen’s face last evening you would have trembled. Cuan you make her anhappy?— He stopped me with—~ =~ ; ‘Dout be u fooll Why should she be gobugiig % s Beeanse she fears you are going down Roll? 16k Hith. Ve e

Did she say sof’ he asked with a flushed face. : i ‘No—lI read it-in her looks.” ‘Perhaps areflection of your own thouchts’ he suggested, - ‘1 surely thouglit sp when yon came home.” '} replied * I shall never forget the look of reproof. surprise; and pain. that he gave me then, te 0 nae Fog

*C., 1 forgive you for [ know you to be my friend; But never speak.to me again like that. T going down hill’— You know better. That can never bhe. I know my own power. & know my own wants. My mother kuows me better than Ellen does.” * - Ah—had that niother been as wise as she was loving, she would have secn that the wild oats her sun was sowing would surely grow up and ripen only to furnish seed for re-sowing! But she loved him—loved him alwost too well—or. I should say—too blindly. | But | could say no wmore. Tonly prayed that Gvod would guard him; and then we conveérsed upon other subjeets. 1 could spend but one day with him, but we promised to correspond often. = * Three years” more passed, during which John wrote to mwe at least once a month and sometimes oftener; but at the end of' that time his letters ceas~ ed coming, and T reeeived no more for two years, when I again found myself in “his native town. It was- qar{y in the afternoon when ‘T arrived, and 1 took dinner at the hotel. :

I' huad finished wmy meal, and was lounging in front of the hotel. when [ saw ‘a funeral procession winding into a distant ¢hurchyard. T asked the landlord whose funeral it was, =~ “Mrs Anderson’s,” he said, and as he spoke T ‘motrced a slicht drooping 'gf the heads as though it cut himi'to say SO. " e ‘ | “What—=John Anderson's wife?” *No,’ he replied. ‘lt is his morhery as he said so he turned away; but a centleman who stood near, and had heard our conversation, at vnce took up the thene. T e " *Qur host don’t seem inclined to con verse upon“that subject,” he remarked. with a “ghifitg of the shoulders. ‘Did you ever know John Anderson? ‘He was my school:mate in boyhood, and my bosom friend in youth,” I told ee L e He led me one side, and spoke as follows: ' : Fosi

“Poor John! He was the pride of this town six years ago. This man opened his hotel at that time, and sought custom Ly giving wine suppers. John was present at most of them—the gayest of the gay, and most generous of the party. - In fact he payed for nearly every one of them.- Then he began to wo down hill! And has been going down hill ‘ever since. At times true friends have prevailed on him to stop; but his stops were of short duration. A sghort seuson of sunshine would gleam upon{ his home, and then the night came, more dark and drear than before. ! I:I,e‘; said he would never get drunk aguin; but he would take a glass of wine with. a friend! That glass of wine was but the gate, that Jet in the flood. Six years’ years ago he was worth sixty 'th‘(i‘{isand. dollars. - Yesterday he borrowed fifty dollars to pay his mother’s faneral expeuses! That poor mother boreup as long as she' could, “She slw her son—her *Darling Boy,’she always called him ~—brodght home drunk many times.and —she ‘even bore blows from him! But she’s at rest now! Her darling wore her life away, and brought her zrey hairs in sorrow to to the gravel Ob! T hope this may reform him? = - “Buathty wite? Tasked | .

‘Her Heavenly love has held her up thus far, but she isonly a shadow of the wife that blessed his home six years ago” . s i Glionts ol .My informant was deeply affested ‘and so was I, and I asked him no.more., During the. remainder.of the after‘noon I debated with m%’w}xether to. ‘call:on John at all. . Ba®finally T resolved. to go; thoqz.:h I, waited:gill after. tea. L foglnthgli and hiséwi{:e alone:’ They thad ‘both been weeping. though 1. ‘%qnlfi,ge&tkat; Ellen’s {i uq;: was beaming. with love and bope. But, oh! she was ‘changed—saly, painfully s~ They ‘were glad to see me, and my band was shaken wurmly.. 1 o seidile D ~—+Dear (..dop't say.a word of the past,: @*‘*’*"ﬂ"&mﬂﬁm&% second five years ago. . I was.going down:hill.

{here at the foot. Everything is gone bat ggz_.wife. ‘1 bave sworn and my oath s “l:,é "Ea kept.. Ellea and I are oing to be now. i gg"f ﬁe poor fe{l)gvyv burst into tears here. His iwife followed sait; and 1 kept them company. T could not: help crying like a child. My God, what a si;‘:hlt!,m see the noble, true man so deppraved and.fullen—become a mere ',brd‘@;n glass, the last fracment only reflectiné the inage dt onee bore!=2a poor su;,»j;ﬁ:mul the fget'of Hopé, begwing a g of warmth for, the heagts. of ‘}.%"‘ﬁﬁrr%i&.‘”ﬁn? ﬁo};“effghad hunpred and loved that wan—and how

L loved him stilll Oh! I hoped—aye, I mwore than hoped—l ' believed——he would be saved. And as 1 gazed upon that wife—so trusting, so loving; so : :':ff, and so hopeful still, even in the ' st of living deuth—ll prayed more fervently than 1 ever prayed before that 'G‘rmi would, hold him up~—keep him up i —lead him/buck to the top of the hiill |+ ITrust me. Believe me now. I will, ibela Mau heunceforth while life luts!

; A little over two years moré had pass- | -cd. when I read in newsprint the death |of Ellen Andersen. . 1 started for the. town where they had lived as soon as possible, for 1 -might help—some one. | A fearful presentiment possessed my !m’ind. L : t I stoped at the stztely house where' ] they had dwelt. but strangers occupied | It. e ‘ ; , l ‘Where is'John Anderson?’ I asked: , " ‘Don’t know, I'm sure: He's been gone these three wonths. * Hig wifes! died in the mad-house last week!” | ‘And the children?” | *Oh—they died before she did.’ | I staggered back and hurried from ! ‘;ﬂ“.’ place. I hardly knew which way L,LI, .went, but justinet led me to the! lchurchyard. I found four gravés which | ji"‘,had been made. in three years. The lmdther, the wife and two children slept in'them!” Y i R ~ ‘Anl what has done this T asked myselt -~ And a voice answered from the lowly sleeping places— : . *The Demon.of the Wine Table!” But this iwas not all the work. . No, | no. The next 1 saw—Oh, God!—was far more terrible! I saw it in the city ! court-room. Bus that was not the last. —not the last!. Ly S l

I saw my legal friend on the day following the trial. He said John Anderson was in prison. L. hastened to see him. - The turukey conducted ‘me to his eell—the key turned in the lock —the ' pouderous door swung with a sharp creak upon its hinges-—and [ saw —a dead body suspended 'by the neek from the grating of the window! I losked at the horrible face—l could see nothing of John Anderson there—but the face I had seen in the eourt-room was sufficient to connect the twe; ‘and I knew that this was all that was left on earth of him whom I had loved so well! : And this wes the last of the Demon's work—the last act in the terrible drama! Ah—from the first sparkle of the red wine it had been down—down—down until the foot of the hill nad been finally reached! Mol e ‘When 1 turned away from that cell, and once more walked amid the flashing salooiis and revel-halls, T \wished that my voice had power to thunder the life story of ‘which I bad be:‘@g a witness into the ears of all living men! @ Pe A . ~_lnstructions to a Jury, ' Judges, in this part of the world, aré sameﬁxgeé far from 1 ;ﬁ}fé"%‘%"“ eh::r_ ; and, in reality, "quité as fogy, tho’ g:ets;épm a 8 t?'&"iil’?i’i;?;fﬁas‘ his hbﬁ%ﬁ’;‘%vﬁo addressed the patient twelvelat the conclusion of a long trial somewhere “‘out

l “If the jury believe, from'the evis dence, that the plaintiff und’defendzmtl were partners in the grocery, and that the plaintiff bought out the defendant’ and gave his note for the interest, and’ the defendant paid for the note by de~ livering to the plaintiff a cow, which he warranted ‘not breechy,” and the warranty - was broken by reason of the breachiness of the cow, and he drove the cow back and tendered her to the defendant, but the defendant refused to. receive her, and the R].unnifwtook her home again, and put.a heavy yoke or poke upun her, fo prevent her .ifromj Jumpirig the fence, by reeson of the prse or yoko. broke T ook and died ‘but if: the jury further believe thatif the defendants interest was ‘worth any‘thing. the plamntiffs note was worthless, ‘and the cow. goed . “for, aoching. ‘cither for milk or beef, then the jury mugt find out for themselves how they il dosids, ‘the case; for the court if it ur diin:ét&i;:ﬁfs; itself. and i‘iﬁiﬂﬁbl&ﬁh&ﬁ%:fit*d‘ 1y know ‘how such'a case:should be deci~ ﬁed-”'w; fuid sl “ L '{ B o S e 18 i Ty Whrth saving: while it saves multisdes Mw&ﬁf&w@m@w i e

'~ The Printer and Type. Lo il L] PR BB RATIAR. il . Perhaps there is nc department of enterptise, whose details/aré less *anderstood by intelligent people thun the tart preservative,” the achivement ot AEPe. it 0s | g i Every day, their lives long, they are accustomed (o read the newspapers, to find fault with ite stafements, its < rangement, its lovks, to amase themelves upon the digcovery of seme rogue'?’sﬁyah:{ﬁiﬁmﬁc type {!ltgt ggtg into a frolic and stands up on its own head; or of a word with a waste letter or two in it —but the process by which the newspaper is made; or the myriads of motions, and thousand of pieces necessary to its composition, they know little, but think less. . ] e

[, They imagine they discourse of a - wonder indeed. when they speak of the Afair white carper’ wosen for thought to walk'ou, of the rags that fluttered on the back of the beggar yesterday. ‘But there is something to us more wonderful stil. When we look at the hundred and fifty-two little boxes, somewhat shaded with the touch of the typo’s ;ilfnk/y fingers, that compuse tﬁ; printer's’ “case” noiselessly, except t clicking of the type, as one by oné they take thejr plices in the growing line; we think we have found the marvel of' the art.. Strewn inthose little boxes are thin parallel organs of metal, every vne good for something that goes to make up written Tanguages, the visible toot prints of thought upon the carpet of rage. - We think how many faneies of fragments there are: in the boxes, how many atoms of poetry & cfoquence the printer can make here and there, if he only has alittle chart to work by, how wany faets in swall handfals; how much truth in chaos! ks |

How he picks up the scattered ele-. ments until he holds in his hands a stonza of Gray’s Blegy, or a monody upon a Grimes, all buttoned up before. Now he sets-up a “pnppy missing,” and now “Paradise Lost.” e arrays & bride. in “small caps,” and| a sonnet in *‘non~ pariel” He unnounces that the langaishing “live,” in one sentence; trangpose the word; and hé deploves the da;‘ that are few and “evil” in the next. ° - A poor jest ticks its way into the

' printer’s hand, like a little clock just runnivg down, anc a strain of elogqnence ‘marches into line, letter by letter. We funey we can teil the diffcrence by hearing, but perhaps not. iy The type that told a wedding yester- | day announces a burial to-morrow, perhaps in the self same lett.rs. | ‘They are the elemeits to make a word of—those types area world, with something in it as beautiful as spring, as rich as summer, and as grand as au- | tumn, flowers that frost eannot wilt, trait that shall ripen for all time. | The newspaper has become the log ] book lof the age; it tells: us at what rate the world is running; we cannot find our reckoning witheut it. S - True, the, grocen may bundle up a pound of candles in our lust exp. essed thouglits, but it is enly eoming to buse uses as its letters his done times innu~ merable. Weconsole ourselt by thinking that one can make of thut newspaper what he cabnot make of ribs of living oak; a bridge for time, thathcf‘ can fling over the chasm of the dead years, and walk safely back upon the l shadowy sea of the fir past. Thesinger ghall not ¥nd his song, and the, true‘ sou!l be eloquent no more. A The realn. of the press is enchant.?dl

ground—sowmething the editor has the pleasure of knowimg, that he has defended the right, exposed -the wrong, proteeted the weak-<that he has given utterance to sentiment that is not lost—a sentimment that has cheercd somebo {dy's solitary hours, made . somehody happief, kindled a smile upon a sad face or hope in a_ heavy heart. He may meet with the sentiment in months, vedrs after, it may have lost. all traces of paternity, but he feels.an affection forit. He welcomes it asa loug absent child. He reads it as for the first time and wonders if indeed hé wrote it, for he/has changed singe then. Perhaps he could not giveé’ utterance to the sentiment now, perhaps he.would ot if he jcould. Tt-seems like the wice of his former self calling to hig' present, and there is something “mi*drnfal i its ~—rewember when-he Wrote it, and: who were his readers then, and bew#mmh he has changed. 8o wruses, till he finds himself wonderin ;ggbatthmht of his will munﬁgﬂ%ﬁa oni until after he is dead, and i is really lookink ajon semibing ahac will sevive him. " “And ' then' comes the sweet consciousness ‘that thereis nothing iu that septence that he'could wish unwritten *‘thw%,%mmag{:hmﬁ‘ shred drom e garment. of immartality e ,?Hﬂuﬁf " Teave behind him. when he jo'ns the ‘innumerable'carayan,” and ke bl ey e bof o e an s iden TTe e et e e )

Kﬁret!mheif argained fore, - In one of tFé interior ‘towns of New Englanda "Mi&wiﬁ “ald %e“ con, who basia conple of ‘mischievous boys, and ‘s spunky olg ;mam. ke deacon’s farm gmd ‘a stream of ‘water rutning throngh it, on ‘the bank of which.theré is u rock ‘dxtendirg close to ‘the water for some distance, and abous ttvn feet abowe ity and Wwhich cannot’ be séen from the house, | 001700 ~ The¢ bays were in- the habit of drize ing their father’ssheep tothisdpot, set then vexing thie old resm until he woull piteh: at them with qlivhiwmi’g}@i when they wou'd drop flat down; and let ths 61d ram go headlong over them, frém tho top of the rock, into the deep watcr belownar i TR This was rare sport for the boys. hut one day the old -dewbon enught ther: in the very act of giving old “Thumpre” o bath; and dealt with them as Le felt in dufy bound to do, for such wickod mitidedness. Lo e

Sometime afterwards, the deacon chanced to go torthe aforegaid rock, and secing the sheep feeding near it, he felt a strong inclination to-sce his ram make another plunge isto thé water. After Tooking abbut, to make sure that no ‘one was in sight to witness Lis foliy, he crouched down on the edge of the rock, and made a show of fight agninst old “*Thumper,” who aceeted the challenge, and charged with all his force so rapidly. that the deacon, being rather slow, failing to drop in time went over thegock headlong into the water Aldei YRI -LT oo ‘H'crév?‘ afix for 2 deacon to-bs caught in®gnre enough; and to add to his mortification, by the time he and the ram had got out of the water, the hoys were standing on the rock above hm, laughing most boisterously. - The dearon sneaked off home—the boys told of his mishdp—and the old man i 3 called f*Deacon Slow” to thisday. .

¥ T s Uk o Re et R &~ The foﬂowingf Jew ci'esprit ot morcean of huwmor, found, during last weck upon the attornics” table within thio bar of WellsCirevit Conrt and which passed between two visiting attorneys is tOO good to cscape publications 1 itreuit Qout) meéeﬂgg% fgggs Bro. ~—e—, Dear siri~—-It is hoped by you~ friends that you will sce the error of your way and reform speedily. If, however, ou should persist in your gross iniquities; we! will have totelegraph to that bad old gentleman to make arrangements in the lower regions as the present ones are not adapted to your eircamstances. May the good. Lord deliver ‘you' Amen. '—— - Dear Siri—Thanking you for the advice, I am the more indcbted beennse I am aware it is the result of your personal observations in that climate. - The following libelons merap was fount in the same place: - o o __Bluffton is in Harrison township; in The county of Wells, in the State of Indiana, 1s a flourishing place, contgining many fine stables, old sheds apd slub side-walks. It is noted for the great quantity of ‘red eye’ drank by a portion of its inhabitants, and the pe-. C\i]iar-_';“ :‘, L i 3 ‘_ o ,4% ~Here, doubtless the libeler became fully ‘conscious of ‘the iniguity of his act and grew- so justly palsied’ with® shame as to be uuable to complete it. e rem@Eagroneenan - o - Grand Rapids & Indiana R.R.

’ ~ This community feels a deep intérest: iu the success of the great enterptise indicated by the captiou to thig notice, for by its completion, we are to have a . direéet line of railroad with Mackinaw, and when the Cin¢innati road i 8 ‘completed which we luok forward to with confidence, this city will be the centrs’ - of another “of tlie important tuilroad limes of the“doantey, « 7 <'v ey The Grand Rapids & Todiana Railroad,s we learn from Dr.Jewett, of Lima, one of the directars i 3 progfess-. with its work very satisfactorily to sll | concerned. © From Woleott Mills, north ‘to-LaGrange the road bed is about’ half™ graded and about pinety.men are employed op the remainder of the work. . | Ffom' LaGrange to Sturgis the _wholeVis’about finishéd up and ready for the fivon.=" Fron * Stargis to Kalamazoo, about 4‘3&2@_’#s «the: routs: is graded.— From Kalamazoo ‘to- Grand Rapld!—-—-forty-eight miles—a good foree is em- . ioge n 1 Yo Brom Tt place to Maskeigan River, distahco of aboutfifty wiles nearly.eight milos of;this is graded, and . ?ﬂ;ﬁ? oe: 40 loyed on the ok Bilmosn Walot Mils, it this and Maskeigan Biverin Michigan theré is altogether a fores of - -about five-hundred men'eftiployed. Al +this is encouraging for it sreues well Repalloial vl | 1 il bl Tow! the Homent f&%?w%? s b e