Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-05-05
PEN AND SCISSORS.

rF We nave receiVeu harper magazine
N,v-it is an excellent number. 1t con-
IN. number of highly interesting articles,
..nt;fully illustrated. For sale at the Post
Office Price % cents. : ~
srThe May-Party. which came off on the
inst was well attended, Notwithstanding
| :. vet weather. After partaking of a sump-
=, repast in the Union School House, the
.,tv uaraded up and down the street, and
%,G adjourned in good humor with themselves
! ! the rest of the world.
Too MANY FRIDArs.-There Icing fifty
,,.e Fridays from May l, 1857, to April
a 1858, some ofthe weekly journals pub
f,bcd on Friday, announce that no papers
s1I be issued from their Office next week.
Tssz- The fisheries along the Potomac are
. oneration, and there is great impression
hot the season will be favorable one.
4 WEEK or Two ago, Cincinnati printer
visited the theatre, and found a poeket-book
containing $3.50. Rich beyond all expecta-
,;o, he determined to rest awhile. He "put
sub on, spent what money he had of Lis
own, incurred several little debts, and than
oncluded to break il. upon his treasure, by
,urchasng new hat He entered a hat
sore bought one of the latest style, and ten
hrsd one of the s. notes in payment. 1t
. r,s pronounced a counterfeit, and SO in turn.
,ysry note of his $3.50 found treasure. He
uH! to work again iustanter.
Tux wedding of a daughter of Senator
oombs, at Washington city. has been quite
% event in the national capital.
pL.rTAG ROBINSON CRUsoE The Detroit
ee Press relates Robinson Crusoe story
three young lads who ran away from their
nEous mammas in that city, took to the
6'in an old skiff, and were hunted after by
police for some time. 1t says: 1t being
own that they sometimes were in the habit
gong to Belle Isle, two miles above the
b to fish, search was instituted in that di-
shon, An old Frenchman on the island
PGied that a colony of some mysterious
4rlptioE was settled on the upper end of
Island, but he was unable to say who its
renbers we're composed of Further inves-
cations however, revealed the fact that the
'E colony was made up Of the romantic
'ung runaways whose anxious mammas were
search of them They were very suugly
Ouicilcd IN an old fishing hut CT small di-
occasions, the cracks of which they had stop
ped With grass aud weeds. Ard old fire.
|pIace Ill one corner, with mud chimney. was
|TeA supplied with driftwood from the beech.
% d skillet and tn kettle constituted their
1 3okng utensils Three blankets and a
3nch completed the outfit On the walls
be hung the fishing tackle. When first
Frl'ed, the runaways were engaged in the
Ee'able occupation of demolishing a large
r. which had been cooked in the skillet
no seasoning but salt. They said they
lots of fun, and plenty of fish to eat, and
r. intending to remain all summer if thny
f not been discovered. The oldest, only
I'ye years of age, said that the idea had
aput into his head by reading Robinson
soe. and that he had pursuaded the 9TH
Of. Their felicity was complete, with
aIcrption that they wanted a nan Fri
to secure which they had contemplated
sing over TO Canada and Kidnapping a
kanuck boy. This was abandoned as
dangerous, considering the small avaiIa-
V ,0'ee' and it was then planned that one
'ae@ should return to to the city and coax
+ sweetheart, little girl. to come and live
1 III them aud cook the fish This plan wo'd
F'e been carried out had they not been
'dd. They were returned to their man.
+ With colds from sleeping ou the floor.
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