The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-05-06
TIE VALUE OF A SCRAP OF PAPER.

TIE VALUE OF "A SCRAP OF PAPER.
"Dont waste that paper," said a poor boy TO
nis sister ) ''it makes me think of poor Judge
Edwards in India" "What OF him % asked
ms sister. Judge Edwards was an English
man, who for months lived only by hairbreadth
escapes, lodging the rebels at one place and
another, until he made his way 10 Calcutta
He wished one time to send note 10 his Wifi.
who was in some place Of safety. A native
took pity on him, md promised al the risk of
his life, TO carry it.
81 wanted to write two," said MIR. Edwards.
out bad only small scrap of paper, half the
fly leaf OF Bridges on the ore hundred and
seventeenth Psalm. Pen or ink I had none.
and only the stump of lead pencil of which
only an atom of the lead was left. | began 10
write and the lead fell out. I was in despair.
But after grea! deal ofsearching in the dust
. OF mud floor, found il, put it back, and wrote
two notes an inch square, which was all the
man could hide about his person, for the rebels
had already killed several men for having
/ English letters found on them. When the
notes were ready, got little milk and stepped
them 10 in to make the writing indelible, and
then put them out 10 dry on wall in the sun.
/ In an instant crow pounced on one and
carried 1t of, IT was that for my wife. T, of
course, thought it was gone for ever and ielt
almost broken-hearted, for had no more paper,
and no hope or means OF getting more. Singh,
faithful! native, had, unknown TO me, seen the
crow, followed it, and after long chase of an
hour saw the bird drop it, and picking it up,
brought it TO me unhurt"
UyThe following conversation was over
heard among ssthe volunteers of the Rio
Grande." Scene, night. Two volunteers
wrapped IN blankets, and half buried in the
mud.
Volunteer 1st-tJim, how came you 10
volunteer p
Volunteer 2nd-sWhy, Bob, you see, have
no wife TO care red cent tor me, and so
volunteered and besides like war Now
tell me how you came here 2
Volunteer lst-'Why the fact is, you know
Ill have got wife, and so came out here
because | like peace p Hereupon both volun-
teers turned over in their blankets, got new
plastering of mud and went to sleep.
GEA vagabond- looking chap, but with some
wit nevertheless, was brought before magistrate
at Tourbridge, on the charge of stealing turnips.
After making some droll rena rks, he was asked
by the magistrate
"But didn't you take the turnips found in
your pocket ~
Prisoner--'I, your worship? Certainly not
went to sleep in the field among the turnips,
and the three you found IN my pocket grew
there whilst lay the heat of nv body caus->
ing them to shoot up faster than ordinary. I
scorn the idea -
Not So SEoD.-The editor of the Polo
Transcript sis one of em.'' In a late issue
he gets off the following:
s'.fnother Editor Deaf.-Wm. Fisk ESQ.
editor of the Mandota Press is dead, Mr. f.,
was poet of no mean preientions, as our
readers will testify from the specimens we
have given them. From some reason or other,
Mr.. Fisk did not like our views upon the
merits of his poetry, and so cuts US from his
exchange list. We, however, continued 10
send him the Transcript and yesterday it was
returned to this Office marked, "S-nd this
paper TO hell" This was the first intimation
we had OF Mr.. F's death, and we suppose he
left word with his son TO send his exchanges
10 his new abode"
C5-Some years ago a witness was examined
before Judge in case of SANDER, who requi-.
red him to repeat the precise words spoken -
the witness hesitated until be rveted the at
tention of the whole court Oh him. then fixing
his eyes earnestly on the Judge, bpgan-"May
get you'll living by cheating :" The face of the
judge redeemed, and be immediately exclaimed,
"turn to the jury, sir, if you please"
MA short time since, John Van Buren, and
other dignitaries were having good time over
their wine and walnutS, at famous boarding.
house in New York, when the land lady-a
plump, rosy widow-came into the room. "Ma-
dam, what are your politics ?''sI am straight
out Silver-Grsy Whig,'' she replied eLook
at her closely, gentlemen, remarked the Prince,
''for / assure you that the male species of that
animal is entirely extinct.''
1yWe once heard two boys who were
boastng OF what their fathers had "Well,"
said one, ''I'll tell you one thing you havn't
got, that we are going 10 have-we're going to
have cupola on our house !" ePshaw ~ said
the other. 81 don't care cent for that, that's
nothing, heard Pa tell Ma, at breakfast table,
this morning, that we were going TO have
mortgage on our house 7"
0y"Tom,.why didn't you marry Miss G 90
ooh, she had sort ofhesitancy in her speech,
and so left her,"
S'A hesiancy in her speech-I never heard
of that before. Are you not mistaken 90
"No, not at al-for when asked her If she
would have me, she hesitated SO long that cut
her off for another girl"
IS-N Near depot were several Irish dray-
men talking. A dandy having mind 10 DO
witty, called out to one OF them
"Has the railroad got in %
'sOne ind Nv it has, sir" was The response.