The Indiana Press, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 January 1859 — Page 1

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FXJBHilSITEXD WEEKLY _A.T Si 50 LEE ^EETXJlvl, EJLYJLELE EI^LE YEA.ELY EST ^EV^ESTCE.

aHEENCASTLE, ESTEI^IsrA, SA^TUREAY, J ANUARY

S, 1859.

[No. 34.

GENERAL NEWS.

Mcvrnly Dogs on a Train—l)UtlnKiil»| lr d

Arrivals.

Shot Diad.—At Augusta, Oil., on [From tli« St. Louis Demoorut.] Friday last, Mr. Webb, a bailiff, was shot! »y the (’hicago train yesterday, the dead by a man named W. A. Joyce.— r al *y ^ Knglish tourist. 1 ', who have been The occurrence gave rise to intense ex- on a hunting excursion to the west of us,' <•1101110111. and it was expected the mur- i arr,vc d in St. Louis and took up quar-, dcrer would be summarily dealt with. tors at the 1 lanters House. 1 he party

is composed of Lord Cavendish, and'

Daki.no Houdkky.-

A bold and su ' ! >[ essra _ Sgymouraiid Ashley, of England.

Franklin county, on Tuesday night last.! •!.*" " . " i 'is' ( j!-

•■r*.: .nw. m.a the keys to his store and safe taken therefrom, and both were opened and robbed. The safe contained about £200 in money,

which was taken.

Lamentable Affair.—We mention-

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and Messrs. Dickinson, Fleming and Hind, Commissioners to explore the Red River Valley. They were joined by the above first named individuals, and since then have occupied the time in hunting and exploring the country from the mouth

ed that (icorgc \\ . Hammond killed Josh-; tu t h e suurt . e 0 f the Red River, ua Worley, in Fayette County, on Christ- The party left Selkirk on the Red and mas eve. He did not attempt to escape, Assincmoinc rivers, on the 2!tth of No but delivered himself up the day follow- vember, with a train of seventy do-s for mg to the legal authorities. A difficul- Crow Wing, which point they reached in ty occurred between the parties, it seems, If, days travel. It was supposed some at the house of the latter, who in the affray time since that they had been attacked was struck on the head with a bludgeon, killed by the Indians in Western 1 which fractured his skull, and he died in : Minnesota, hut the report was shortly af a few hours. I he men have liied to-jtef Jig^i-Qjit^d, and we are now happy •gether, and both were esteemed good citi to rucor j t i, e safe arrival of the party in

y.ens.—Louisville ( our hr.

Bkiamv and Mfuder in St. JiOt i.s.— Dr. E. Vander Soeeke, a German physi ciau, settled in Kt. Louisa few w<‘ek»since,

this city in the enjoyment of excellent | health, and apparently much benefitted.

physically, by the excursion.

They have various trophies of the chase,

and shortly after married a Miss Mary such us buffalo and other furs, the hide Ann Linhoff. The new wife soon dis- and horns of a magnificent buffalo bull, •covered by letters sent to her husband, that came near killing Lord Cavendish, that he was passing under an assumed Indian curiosities and a dog of the Es-,

name—his real name being Leonard l*d ward Roeeh. Henry Linhoff, the broth

ijuimaux breed used for drawing sledges. They describe the life they have been liv-

er of the lady, called on Roech, and on ing as indeed romantic—hunting and) learning from him the confirmation of the fishing, chasing Sioux 1 ndiuns and being story, drew a pistol and shot the biga- chased by them in return, and enduring, mist through the heart. Linhoff gave ( hardships notaltogether unpleasant from himself up. the very fact of the novelties attending

Mvstfuioi s Death.—On Tuesday, tbetn.

morning, John Claycomb, of Harrison si.epln C *iu*th« c«r.. township, in tins county, was dispaUhed \ correspondent thus describes the * or . a (<K f <, . r : * 1 ‘ luxury of a sleeping car on the road hul. Not returning within a reasonable tVom y uigartt Falls to Detroit: time, another person was sent for the o The car is ten feet and ten inches physician, and was shocked at bndmg Vidcs which is wider and h.ngcr than the the lilelcss form ol young ( laycoinb ly- t . om inon cars. It has two rows of berths, ing by the roadside, with his neck broken.! three tiors i lig h, running through the Ar. (_. rode a mule ot Mr. rail s, which centre of the car, and numbering in all has not since been heard ot. *_omeof his thirty-six berths, six feet long and twenfriends fear that he was murdered and * r • * » <. • i i • »

l.lttlr Hr.Mir. BY A. 1). K. KAKDOLrH. ••Hug mo closer,closer, mother, I’ut your urma urouiul me tight; 1 am cold and tired, mother, And 1 feel so strange to-night; Something hifrts me here, dear mother, Like a stone upon my breast; Oh, 1 wonder, wonder, mother, Why it is 1 cannot rest! “ All day long while you are working, As l lay upon my bed, 1 was trying to la- patient, And to think of what you said : How tile kind and blessed Jesus Loves His Iambs to watch and keep; And I wished He'd come and lake me In His arms, that 1 might sleep. “Just before the lamp was lighted, Just before the children came, While the room was very quiet, I heard some one call my name. And at once the window opened, In a field were hind and sheep, Some from out a brook were drinking, Some were lying fast asleep. “ Hut I could not see the Saviour, Though I strained my eyes to see, And I wondered if He saw me, Would He speak to such as me .’ In a moment L was looking On a world so bright and fair, Which was full of little children, And they seemed so happy there ! “They were singing, oh! how sweetly '■ Sw eeter songs 1 never heard ! Thev were singing sweeter, mother, Than ran sing our yellow bird. And w hile I my breath was holding, One so bright upon me smiled ; And I knew it must be Jesus When lie said, •Come hero, iny child ! ‘“Come up here, nty little Ilessio! Come up here ami live with me, Where the children never suiter, Hut are happier than you see! Then 1 thought of all you told me Of that bright and happy land, 1 was going when you called me, When you came and kissed my hand. “ And at first I felt so sorry 4 You had called me!—I would go— Oh ! to sleep, and never suffer! Mother, don t be crying so! ling me closer, closer, mother, I’ut your arms around me tight; Oh 1 how much I love you, mother, Hut I fuel so strange to-night!’’

made of your wish,” objected Tommy, there he lav, in a half-fuddled state, think ^VflrifUltUrill. peevishly. “ When you were about it, ing it would have been very nice if such Klp . riui .^ w ,u. wheat, whv Jiiln’t vnu nsk hia InrrishiD fur t)leii- a shower nail lasted much lunger. r.s . . i i Ijr ofiNOiioT, «u<l then, indeed, n-c might . 1" 'd' ‘T'!', 1 ' 0 '! lul.ieT.'.^hll! KMknil* Watty, taking „ut a handful .d' neel Iron, oaten drank hi. 611, he hegun think 3v“ thTla.t ,,f An Ju.W.nd feeZe o rd, rrhieh yielded iia fleeey „c. S; ins-ha. he ahnt,Id »i,h for nett, ^ ures like so much smoke coming out of D « not 1 wlio should be foolish h ki t P herc . by t j ic lea f . U1 d H tem, and a chimney. “ With a little industry we enough to wish for a card full of wool, J . , • ,, . . shall preseutly be rich. What more can that's rerta'n,” siud lu- D. Im.isclf w itli a ^ ^ which would resist wind and heart wish for? chuckle, but if ask for denty I m n cffort t with litt | c 8UCCC8S “Wish, quotha!” ejaculated Tommy; ey, I can cat roast goose and drink wine, UAt ^ time „ ^ of another 'why a ready-made fortune, without any day, and never have todoan ; ^rimunt,-1 was in hopes that we might

work. So l wish, with all my heart,! j' erl,u ' l1 *’

\ nd as thov 'walked aloni*'he kept re- there would fall a heavy shower of gold ') f " ,lm memii ai coinpouiios iiu reaso pitdng tit tiro’sdxHrhiirli.Hirnrs i't, not rilrv, ,.„in, *,«£ nrx. lutnr.m.d f^vXnXS .“nd d„ not j Duo,owing o trisii on l.inmclt mt noil, juot 'I" " I «l';;ll Unro o good lone of na.loirg „ | , t) [ , ,, , b j „ ,, y

as if the benefit conferred on his friend !IS l live.

were the greatest injury done him, al- 'W''* imprudent wish was no sooner

other experiments.” In regard to"thin seeding for this purpose, he says that by

thou-h Watty had “o generously offered spoken than granted. Down fell, not a ™. n K “ ^

iK:r ( d^t,um. ^ hut n w -j -

Frescntly they^^cinerecd^'froiiT th^romi of^ohl ami^ihcrldi'ccsjla^ aiid'iiea- Jo admit more 1 ight, a stronger stem may and reached ^ the spot^ where the stream vh“ r ereasetl labor i^weeding^and, generally, disgorged itself into'a little lake. |l»'m smartly as they fell. I u vain Tom a 111 the quantityol the gram. “This must surely be the Nix’s head roared aloud to the Nix to stop the rain ; Potato iiugMimd ih. itoi. quarters,” said Tommy; “so here shall 1 ! |C mtKht as well have argued with a In looking over the pages of Morton’s stop until his lordship comes up out of whirlwind. It still went on raining gold Cyclopedia of Agriculture we were struck the water and gives me souiothing too.” and silver for the next hour, at the end with some surprise on discovering that It was in vain Walter np'cd that the "f which the foolish fellow lay buried be- the potato hug claimed by certain parties Nix would notcomc atanybody'shiddintr. neath his treasure, having forfeited his as a new discovery, was rather an old one. t ji . i . • . i - III',. 11L 6 > ii v !iii<i(lii>r iiii<i«r IIihii li<i fn Vt n*i(r«> mil vnl n mn nl' ill n l \Y*iir Lr

and that it was only wasting time to loi : ter about in such a hope ; his lazy com 1 panion declared he would not move a stej

And the mother pressed her close

To her over-burdened breast;

On the heart so near to breaking

Lay the heart so near its rest.

At the solemn hour ol’ midnight, In the darkness, calm and deep,

Lying on her mother’s bosom, Little Bessie fell asleep I

life, like many another miser than he, to At page 2112, second volume of that work, an overweening love for gold. there is a cut of two species and a deserip - When his fellow carder came back that tiou of four—one of them evidently the

further cspceiallv as he had no need now way, some hours afterwards, his notice species claimed. Their clustering ou the logo to* work, since there was to he no was attracted by Tom’s card lying on the potato stalks was well known, and it was | end of the wool which was to maintain ground, when he discovered his poor supposed a long time ago that they prot | u , ui friend beneath a mound of gold and sil- duccd the rot by puncturing the plants. Watty shook his head savin 1 ' ■■You’ll ver coins; for the shower had only been The author of the article in the Cyclonever learn that larks wiin't'fall ready 11 l ,:,1 ' , ' :l ' one, and did not extend beyond podia is John Curtis, an etomologist, who i roasted into your mouth Fin afraid the circle of the tree, which accounts for has for a lifetime made economic entoyou'll live and die a lazy fellow.” Watty knowing nothing about it. Hu | mology his study. He asserts that these \nd with this he went his way briskly immediately guessed what must have insects do nut touch the tubers and that ito make up for the lost time, intending to happened, and that the Nix punished , the eggs arc laid upon the leaves. ! offer his new employer a bundle of wool him for being such a lazy fellow. -| Curtis may he wrong, but we doubt to cancel their agreement, and set up for “ If ho had but asked for plenty of | it, and shall wait for further informa himself wool,” said the thrifty Watty, “that tion on the subject. Have any of On bein< r left alone Tom bc'an callin'' ' vou ld never have killed him. What a our readers discovered this insect on aloud on the Nix to come oufof the wa ! 1% lle de8 l’ is(! d honest industry.” ' their potatoes? If so, send us a few spetor. Hut he might have bawled till he And then Wat determined to give alljciuiens. Ohio Lumier.

I'roiit* of IU v l&crplitg.

One your ago I wintered over sixty

THREE CHANCES OF LICK.

. ty-four inches wide, and furnished with

the mule stolen, but we think it more hair mattrasscs and suitable bedding. It probable that he was thrown by the ani- a ] 80 b!ls thirty-six seats with numbers to mal. He was about 27 years ol age, and e)ll . roS p l)ni j w jth the berths, which cnaii\crywortliyyoung man. ^ (] 1U passenger to lie down or sit up,

\ Tiror (hiRRFCTiN.^rjLDHF—A aS h . u d ; 8 l> 0 ^'l ; . Apart of the llcw master’s, when they saw a couple of Judge in Cincinnati, hist week, had just a^paratil;,! 1 of dnqiery, whiel! eaube i!/ the imthway 'iciJineproh' charged a jury in a very important vase.' crcascd or lessened in size, as occasion ,i..i. K 1...’i! i !,.X P ...

when, to the great astonishment of all lna y require. There is a special conduc present, a professional juror, who hap tor for this car, and no person is allowed pened to be on, arose from bis seat and j,, enter without a ticket entitling the begged to call the attention of his honor passenger to a ’ ’ > •

to a slight mistake he had made in his j s t i l0 number charge, and actually quoted authorities : ciic ], C iid of the

to sustain his opinion. Upon referring 1 was h l, as i„ w ?tl, towels [y ttmm away, losay n „

to his cititations it was found to the nolT , ’ , n ’ ? , ‘ ,WCI hie of cooking them. ‘’ W lint do you want ? said he; ton s emtationsit was toumi to tut no ;lll d a person staUoned there con- lSo he pushed the fishes out of why do you disturb my waters ?” small amusement of the spectators, that 8tall tlv to attend to the several wants of i • i .‘eL- i ui oi j j i ■ r i i ’ the juryman was right and his horn,; was thepassengers. 0t |h.s way with the tip of his shoe. L" 1 ^ fishln K for . luck -

wvnncr • \vlii>i*onyamii witli nil Jim trmvifv . ia u

was hoarse, for any attention that seemed the money to the poor, that he might nevlikely to be paid to hisadjurations. Then erbo tempted to grow lazy; and picking

he flung away bis card with great con up his friend s card, the onlj part of bis h j m , swarms of bees in good condition, tempt as a useless tool, and sauntered up legacy that he appropriated to himself, he j . llu j jy,,,,, ( | |( , 8e j too ^ t j lc j, ast 8umnier and down like your town idler, with hisjw6nt his way thoughtfully, thanking Iin( j f a u 2,535 pounds of pure box honey, hands in his pockets, and whistlinga tune. Heaven with a grateful heart for having 2, KjO pounds were sold at Canlie next set to carving his name on a tree, taught him to restrict his own wishes (a|1 j a ;^ ua fyj, if, ccn t -s per pound to bo i only he did not get beyond the first let within the bounds of moderation. shipped to New York. Some of my best *-— ter, because even this was too much Iron A.iTue to c Hive. | stocks made six boxes full, weighing 72

Two journeymen wool-carders were hie; and lastly, he sat down under the tree, n ‘ ' '' ° W . ,l ’ , ™ ,, . , l I . j pounds of honey. I got twenty good rossing through a small wood to their and picking up some stones lying within * )ri 8 Journal ot Health gives the y OUIl g swarms which I valued at five dol

his reach, began flinging them into the, following advice to consumptive persons: ] ars ^..,^1,, Jt was a poor winter for lake, like so many minute guns storming; Eat all you can digest, and exercise a‘swarming and not so good for making the Nix’s watery castle. great deal in the open air, to convert what i honoy as others have been. Ninec I have 15y the time he had exhausted the am - you eat into pure, healthy blood. Do kept boos f used the kind of hive rccom-

ahly dropped from some fisherman’s bas-

ket.

“ What a dainty morsel either of them might make,” observed the younger of

muni tion within his reach, he suddenly not he afraid of out-door air day or night, mended by Mr. (juinhy—a common box felt a wet hand laid on his shoulder, and ( J>o not he afraid of sudden changes of hive made 12 inches square inside by 14 turning round, he saw the Nix standing weather; let no change, hot or cold, keep deep, with ten inch holes iu the top; then

- . III 61 IX V J SJ tJ I 1 v> 6 t V/A J , . IIVt%6. ilV/I ^ 6 V. 6. IAV/ As A A 61 61 ^ V-' J A6V^O V*A W^VTAVA^ ■» ' V/ | M ILIA XVII IISVAA 11 IV. * A AS • Al V A A 9 X AA V IA se.it. anil upon Hie tiekr. (| )0 t W o, who, though greedy, was laziness behind him in the same garb as before, you in doors. If it is rainy weather the the boxes and a cap over them as dcscrib11 ^ lJ ’ 1 . ,c< j 11 ” 8,111 • 11 itself, “only it’s too much trouble to ear- only with hair shaggier and wilder than more need of you going out. because you ed in his “Mysteries of Bee Keeping.” ic e.n I-a large uniilai ry them away, to say nothing of the trou- ever, and with eyebrows ominously knit, eat as much upon a rainy day as upon a i As for millers and worms, the best and ulette glass, with towels ; ei of cookiiur them. I “ What do you want? " said he : “ and (clear dav: and if von exercise less, that onlv wav to cot rid of them is to ninch

clear day; and if yon exercise less, that only way to got rid of them is to pinch much more remains in the system of what their heads.—Rural Xrw Yorker.

said, ought to be thrown off by exercise, and I

wrong; whereupon, with all due gravity, <. ].' ur a || these comforts there is but

His companion, who was steadier and Tommy; “and if you will but give mo a i some ill result, some consequent symp

WlNilom In Ion.

ho informed the hciu-h th it he knew he cr ", , . . more thoughtful, observed he would not wish, as you did my comrade, I 11 never tom or ill fooling is the certain issue.-— 1 A groat dual of skill and sound judg- ... ( . ( , rrt . t .t . IS 1,,, had been eharmed at ,1,l . v veuts extra charge. W ho would not, uind thu trouble, only the fishes were disturb your waters so long as I live. It If it is cold out of doors do not muffle ment may be exercised by he tanner in r. /c ’. . b . : 6 r.. !, when taking a long journey, pay treble lu , avv . aIld they miuht lose time to carry isn’t fair he should have all the luck to yo ur eyes, nose and mouth in furs, veil, electing the crop best suited to his soil

woollen eonfortnrs and the like: nature —IK Selecting Variety and SCCll — 111

least forty times on the same point in the t | lis aI1 ,ount for all these

P“y

. i . couvcnieuces

last four months, and couldn t he mis V| ld one of those ears is attached to the

hind end of each train.

attached to the .. |) u t as they can’t profit us, and as no “ Woll,” grumbled the Nix, “ I’ll give has supplied you with the best muffler, cb j°f' nK ^ r 'q bt t,n . le E* ant ' A person when bod ^ li^ t0 come by in this lonely you three chances of good luck.” the best inhaling regulator-that is two ' a '!V ar X e9t , rhere is a call too, for on hoard one of these cars almost imag- ( jq, , )ut them back into their native I “ Where are they ?” asked Tom, hold- lip 8 ; shut them before you step out of a f w, . sdo 1 m p 1,1 8C ect ' n 8 of . tht ' knowledge ohineshimseli on board one of our first-class e le 1U0llt ” 8tt id Watty limrout his hand. wl.rm rn„m im,, th„ enfd air and keen tamed from books and papers, that best

ing out his hand.

warm room into the cold air, and keep

A Veteran Federalt*!.

A short time since, an elderly gentle-

rhereiipou he flung them both into a “\ou foolish fellow,’ said the Nix them shut until you have walked a few ' l '* ld ( 'I n . 1 bni.ite and < in um stream that ran babbling along between grufflj ; “it is for you to make the most rods briskly, and quickened the circula- ’ 111 ''I"’ ." ’? ,l ,,,iU1 1,18 80UI '' J u ‘ n neighboring hushes. They had not gone 1 of the chances, by taking care to wish for tion a little; walk fast enough to keep off ^ of° a og^fur^c^Jc

reached man, whose movements indicated he was far before they mot a man with a fishing something sensible. . an experienced traveler, was in the net over his shoulder, and other iniple And before Enn could ask nnuthoT will be impossible. What are the tacts

l^iing r-hnii^ c^npleof a poorfarmcr we will li<> itiinosslbb 1 wha. are the facts ,lav0 hcara of "hose crops were always

heavy, and they might lose time to carry |

them away, and they would get belated, himself. woollen comforters and the like; nature

V I 1 ' i 1 I I 1 ' ' ' i 1 I I ' ' • ' II ■ I A . v 1 1 ■

taken!

Excitement ahoitt a Slave.—A letter from Elmira, N. Y., states that some

excitemont prevailed thereon the IHth r j V er or lake steamers.” inst., in eonsequenee of the return of a

fugitive slave from Canada. It appears that in August last, four slaves ran away from Calvert county, Md., and reached

f anud'i lloeeiltlv one of them heill-' '“’t an experienced traveler, was in me uci over ms suuuiuer, aim eme. imjoe ' •■; «■“ whUo his nehrhhor’ii on »ho next thre itencdbvw nit and destitution wrote day train between Huston and New York incuts that Jimplied he belonged to the question the N ix had disappeared, though of the ease? Look at a railway conductor * ’ i £ d He resolved to ing him to come ou there ami take him the Connecticut River, he made the ... 8 range, unearthly countenance, and ' r!' 0 ' - ^ ' '.h’.To the wate 1 ns^’ ^ [ r ’ “"I ‘"i T Y Jl ">? cultivating at the same time and, home. Mr. M. did so. and was return quiry whenever the cars stopped, “Is this stream,ng locks that gave luma very wild nUml the s , la, e of the water, a 8 *! five or en minutes and yet they do n as ; car as mi llt ,, c . i„ the same manner, ing with the fugitive, when they c,.com,- Hmtford?” At length that pleasant cty appearance. he stalwart sprite had taken a plunge be take cold oftencr than othcr^ you will |lc diJ had , lall d crop8 . temd an excited mob of blacks at Klmira. was reached, and the neighbors of tho old “ \\ here s my fish ? said he, in a rough low ^ scarcc'yfand a consumptive person m a, _ —i- — The fDL'itive entreated them to permit gentleman informed him of the fact, pre- voice. “Now, said roumy to himself, 1 thousand of them. Con.po.t of Mwek -MdA.hc him return with his mister is he [the siimin'.'. from tho ink! rest he had eviueed The elder wool carder imincdiatuly re- won t be such a Lml as W at. No more It i 8 wonderful how afraid oousump Anting to the Boston ( ultivator, C. fui'itivel was tired of northern “ freedom ” about Hartford, that he intended to stop plied,“I’m sorry you didn’t come sooner, wool carding or me. And though lies t ; vc p Cop I c are of cold air, the very thing W. Macoiuber says he has found the foli,o was ..,1. ’ diflii'iilt v that at that place. Quietly removing his hat, master fisherman, or youshould have had pleased to say larks never fall ready roast (hat WO uld cure them—the only obstacle lowing compost very effective and endurhc escaped heir fury ‘ They even threat he said “ he was an old fashioned Feder them.” f «'•« 1 vu but 1° ask and to a cure being that they do notget enough mg upon gravelly and sandy so.ls-fully . ned tXii'himo^thespot.sooner than alist, and wished to remain with his head And then he explained why he had have ; only 111 have something better „,• it) specially if it is cold, when it is equal to the best barnyard collar manure he should return. Fortunately howev uncovorcd while passing through Hart- returned them to the water, observing than larks, .o now I 11 wish that bj known that the colder the purer it must and excellent as a Buriace-drossing to all r in comimiY with Mr Mills he eluded ford, out of respect to the noble men and thathcalwayshonorcd the maxim, “Waste shaking this tree I m sitting under, there h C ; yet if people cannot go to a hotter grass lands : 1 ake good swamp muck the watchfulness of the mob and started the glorious political principles connect- not. want not.” would fall down a roast goose and all cliln(ltc ,hey will make an artificial one, dug one year previous and exposed to .. . m arvlaiwl ed with the memorable Convention held The stranger’s eyes now twinkled with '“>rts of nice things tor mj din not ami imprison themselves a whole winter the action of the weather; place it in lay-

1 - This was no sooner said than done.— j (1 a rool „ a temperature not vary- ers with good wood ashes at the rate of

for Maryland. ,

Accident—A Man Killed. —Last in that place, Docombor 15th, 1814. Thursday night a printer named Jo DCS [Boston tucrtpl.

weary and foot sore, having walked from

Worthington here, came into our olfiee pniposui'iiv.—Under this title, the Chi

We had none for him.

a kindly expression.

You have returned two of my subjects Tommy shook the tree to some, purpose. j~ g Umi do „ rce8 , s i x months. All such sixteen bushels of the latter to one cord , to my watery kingdom,” said he ; “which Down tell a goose roasted to a turn, he- p UU pl(> d ie, and yet wo follow in thoir foot ot tho former. 1 he layers of muck

Official Stcimdity vs. Natural j 8W h n t y „ u sort of folks seldom do. And sides all sorts of dainties in sufheicnt stC p 8 If I were seriously ill of consump- should be about six inches thick, and iilokdimiv.—Under this title, the Chi- sin( . c i W ould have bought them of you 1 'inantity to satisfy an alderman. tion I would live out of doors day and after remining heaped two weeks the soliciting wm-k. U e hail none lor him, ca g 0 Times gives an .n count of certain had they still been in your power, it is but i “ Now this is w hat I like,” thought u j„ht, except it were raining or mid-win- whole should be thoroughly mixed and hut kept him over night, and at Ins ur- l . cccnt proceedings in the Recorders f a i r to reward you all the same. You may 1 Tom—“to live on the fat of the land, mid u , r th(1|1 i W ould sleep in an unplast brought into a like condition, gent request let him work two or three Courtill that city, in a case wherein a a(ik f or aliyt hing you like, and shall oh have no trouble. I shall come daily to orcd i„ a .i louso . R.ueiirB-ttrr. '

hours, on F riday morning. \\e gave him da g Uerr eotypist was accused of taking im- t a init.” * this tree, us if it was an inn.”

a half-dollar and he started lor \ incen- _ r ®p er liherties with some little girls who 'pj,,, W o(jl-earder now perceived that he ! Hut then he recollected that he must i.< k»i circnmiocwiion—on, i.»»v i ncs, wishing us a “Merry Christmas" as v i 8 jt c d his gallery. A little daughter ofa had to do with the. Nix. or water-sprite wish again in order to be able to shake What a round-about way lawyers have he k’ft. The same evening as a couple detective tohl her father that he ) K ,| on ,ri n ,r to tho stream, and taking off the tree, so as to'jiroduce the same results, of drawing up deeds and documents, It of young men were walking down the woa | d ta k e one and another of them and " rcs p CO tfull v , answered in humble and in three days his three wishes would is almost enough to keep a nervous perrailrond track they discovered him ahead thrm uroioj<ntl u/), before his camera, t h ou ,'h manlytone: “Well, since your he wasted on three good dinners certainly, sou from “going to the law at all.’ The of them at the Railroad bridge over Rus- p or t | ic 0 thcrs to look at. The policeman, | orddl j. ( ; s pf ( , a8cd to reward such a small hut evanescent after all, as the best of following is n fair sample : Suppose a man seron crock. He seemed to be afraid to ; nccngcda t such an outrage, hud him w h y suppose” (here he looked dinners must necessarily be. So he saw wished to give another an orange. In- _ ... . go over, but seeing the young men up arrc gt ed an d brought before the Recorder, down a ’ t hj s card, which ho held in his that would not do; only being very thirs- stead of making a simple declaration and ranc i d butter; when every particle of preaching, ventured on. He seemed to w h 0 sentenced him to a lino of one hun p md ) - that is to say if your lordship | ty after partaking of such highly season- saying, “I give you that orange,’ he butter has come in contact with the wa become diszy, and in a few minutes turn d|>cd d , d ]ars. The defendant’s attorney i oag ’, s j should he quite satisfied if 1 ed daintios, and thinking it too much must set forth his act and deed in tins ter, let it stand an hour or two, then wash bled over. He screamed as he fell, and „. IVU n , )t j t . c of an appeal, but while be J. 0U | da l wa YS find my card full ofprinie trouble to rise and fetch some water, he way: “l do hereby give you, all and sin- t h 0 butter well again in pure water, the young men hastening up found he had ^ a s gone for bail the prisoner was sent J cried out, “ I wish it would rain wine gular, my estate and interest, right, title the butter is then left with the odor, taste fallen ou a log on his head. He could j ft j| and t he attorney was informed - [t is''runted " said the Nix, who had for the next five minutes, and then 1 and claim, and advantage of and in that| aud 8Wcc tuoss of fresh buttor. not speak, and after remaining by him a that appeals from that court were not al diga „ pca r e d by the timo the two friends, should only have to open my mouth, with- orange, with all iU rind, skin, pulp, juice si.dt.riw>

A recent issue of Hall’s Journal of Health gives tho following recipe, which, if ‘all right,” is certainly very valuable : To a pint of water add about thirty drops, that is, about half a teasnoonful, of liquor of chloride of lime; wash in this two and a half pounds of iusupportably

few moments, they went off after b‘dp, (lowed 1 and wa8 also refused admission „.|m had been somewhat awe-stricken, out even the necessity of lifting a glass and pips, and all rights and advantages Staldo lunliure kept under shelter and

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He was brought up to town on Christmas citt j 8 found out that they had been doing ' ''\v at tv now looked at his card, and, beslot' an<1 an innurxt UVUT t.llU IlOflV . • 111 III. J ...... /. . l .

eiu.D .7 <) U1 , , Immediately a gentle shower began or otherwise eat the same orange, or give 1 mL( ,. k h-aves strawy litter ^o., is of day and an inquest held over the body 1;;“;,;^;^“w7ong*Vnd releaseil him, with llo i^'\Vwas’t’uu’of’the finest wooTimag pattering amongst the leaves while Tom the same away, with or ' vi,,, "'! t its . ! * k '''’ ',^,’ch greater vaiuo than when exposed

could perceive was on his forehead—a! aC y 0rdill g ^ tho‘rules of prison discip spot not larger than a halt dollar, fho |j no .pj lu f act wa9> that the child had fall, which was not more than ten ' cct , | m i 8 t a kon the optical of the camera, in inJ t ayp broken his neck. ID “I 11 ' verting figures Boon through it, for JuiVo been intoxicated, though helia,} i“' an a( . t 0 f outrage by the artist.

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oek Island, Illinois, and live men were recently hung in Arkau- cr sa jn the. Press office, Greencastlo. isas for horse stealing, by a company of luck

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“My fortune is made 1” said be. danc mouth, into which there kept dripping totorc or here.naner, or in any otlu r h ed - - j( y j' Af r ri c ul t ur al College of ing about for, joy. “Now 1 11 set up on the most exquisitely flavored wine ...or- or deeds, instruments of "b t kind i ^ that it containsmo« than my own account, instead of hiring my- Ul ever tasted, to which Luel or hrontig- nature to the contrary or anywise, not- ^ tUc quantity 0 f nitrogenised mat self to a new master. 1 shall never want nae, or even 8hiraz, me hut as Uic nn withstanding. ^ ! tor and tho same of salts, containing

work, as I shall always have wool; and I’ll sings ofa bottle when compared to th. i: > vt Tk v u --The Oskalooso (Iowa) organic and inorganic matter, soluble in npnis . nquirer ...u. employ you, Tommy, for nobody shall ew I letld of Ihe lDth Lt . say- a mail coach water; while of potash and

had work. I in Rook Maud. Illinois and five men ^k«; 1 for 6 otn,y ” 1 ' 1 " m l tKdwing the five min,,.. - the shower left there the day before with ix -pright -Mlmn •Mnsiinr- eontaj ^

Ay hut what a foolish job you’veilasted; still he did not complain, and ly oxen.