M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-01-26
1fl istellaneous.

OLD RELICs.-Ainong the "thous
ald and one" articles of freight and
baggage which went down to the Bay
by tine steamer "Queen City" yoster.
day, were the two old flint.lock,
smooth.bore rifles Of the real old
"Kaintuck" stripe. They were bro't
on board by man who looked as
weather. beaten, finty.locked and hard
stocked as themselves. Being curious
to learn their history, and who it was
that possessed them, we made a few
inquiries, and the owner being mel
lowed by the genial influences Of the
corn vintage, communicated the fol-
lowing facts: His name was Seth
Grants Scotchman by birth, who came
to America at an early age, in the
year 1919, and joined the American
Fur Company. In 1926 he accom-
panied Bridger, the founder Of Fort
Bridger, and his partner, Col. Vas
quez, to the then unknown wilds ofthe
West, far beyond the head waters of
the Platte or Yellowstone.
1t was on one of these tlr,seeking,
maraading expeditions that the
Fr1nchman, Colonel V asquez, while
ont on an excursion, discovered the
Great Salt Lake of Utah, The I'M
mense extent Of the lake, with its
mountains and islands, 80 deceived
Yasqucz and his party, that they re-
ported to their fellows that they had
discovered an arm of the Pacific
Ocean, and so indeed it seemed, for it
was years before the error was correct
ed. The two rifles in possession oil
Mr.. Grant were a portion ofthe arms
Of the original party, and bore the
marks Of having seen long and honor
able service. Mr.. Grant values then
highly, and being on his way back tt
his own native land, intends taking
them as trophies, to be hung mp with
the tartans and claymores Of his conn
trymen.-S Sacramento Standard.
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The RICu CH1LD.-Little Nellie
L had lost her father, and hel
mother was poor. Her sweet temper
and her winning ways gained heI
many friends. Among these was an
excellent lady, Miss n. A
glimpse Of Nellie's bright face peeping
in at the door always brought smile
of peculiar tenderness over Miss N
--'s placid features.
She loved to sit by the child, softly
stroking her hair, and while looking
thoughtfully into her smiling eyes
would often say, Poor poor Nellie!'
When Nellie shook her head. with
q heart too happy to iorebode evil, hel
friend would caress her still more
fontly, and then say, Poor, little
Nellie!" @
The child's heart seemed troubled
by these plying words, for she asked
one day, "Why do you call me poor
Please don't, Miss N. In
not poor--why, I've got twenty-five
cents and a COED mother :"
"Rich little Nellie!' said her friend
ga good motherl Ah. how long
was in learning what this little one al
ready knows!"
"a good mother !" Could any
earthly treasure have made her so tru'
ly rich q
WIFEi-This good old Saxon WORD
(aoT) is latter all, the dearest and mos
sacred word IN the whole vocabulary
of love. Around itclusters al that i;
most beautiful, chaste and permanent
in the tender passion. Into whatever
forbidden paths the heart ofman ma,
wander, still it must return at last tc
the hallowed name Of aOife for conso
lation ard rest. Any other relation
between the sexes, however alluring
to the imagination, invariably ends in
wretchedness, in shame and degrade.
ton. asrB ail 3n.ii ~ .1a4u
.U Nothing succeeds 80 well as