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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-01
BiSTlkAY HORSE.

TENAKEN UP;by Jehu Young at his Residence In
u Keokuk Township Wapello County, Iowa, one es-
tray Horse, ofthe following description towit bay
Horse blaze in the face left hind foot white M to
the pastern Joint, collar marks, lame in both
four feet and nearly blind In left eye supposed to be
nine years old last Spring, about Sixteen hands high
and ,ued at thirty dollars before L. e. Rupe Esq
Justice ofthe Peace &c. Joseph Hayne,
January 10Th 1860, County Clerk
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ESTRAY HORSE.

VUyAKEN UP by Hiram Frederick at his residence In
Green township, wapello county, Iowa, one sor-
rel Horse with star in the forehead, lame In right
shoulder shod fore feet, collar marked top Of
neck, about fourteen and half hands high and APP
praised at twenty dollars before William Powell, Esq.
a Justice of the Peace of Wapelo county.
JOSEPH HAYNE County Clerk.
Dec 90, 1859 -n42. Ism $50
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A BArcH OF CALANITIEs.-A large tenc
ment house was consumed by fire in New
York City on the evening of the 3 lst causing
a.loss Of lives to twenty or thirty persons
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In Hyde Park, Pa, fire occurred on the
same evening Of the New York calamity. and
mother and three children were burned to
death.
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A wool aud hat factory was blown up
in Brooklyn, just opposit New York,
and ten or fifteen persons were buried in
the ruins.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-01

"Will you share my lot, ',sadan old bach
elor to a pretty woman.
Whats 1t worth, Sir.''
The deaths by fire tins winter have been
extraordinary numerous.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-01
SEATS, SEATS, SEALS,

TUNFIE subscribers are now prepared TO ENGRAVE
i'll SEALS ofall kinds upon the shortest notice amp
to furnish them with Evans Halls superior Lever
and Percussion Presses, and warrant them equal to
any in use. j. W. 4. G. A. WHITE,
[Augus t21-'56-yl JeGerson-st., Burlington. Iowa.
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Gbe Columbia Courier.
From the Dollar Magazine.
REMEMBERED SOUNDS.


BY CLARENCE.
The echoes Of happy song,
Though sung in early years,
Around the Swallowed spirit throng,
When memory melts in tears;
Aud words, though spoke in thoughtless mood
BY friends &c other days,
OFT leave an impress here Of good,
Which after years may trace.
song, a word, lingering smile,
sigh, perhaps, imparts,
deeper record TO the soul,
Through life that ne'er departs
And he who cherishcs the love
In memories Of the past
Still listens to the voices gone
The songs that faded fast
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Fire and Hnsand Navigation

Risks accepted consistent with solvency and
fair profit.
EpeCiGi attention gircH 10 Insurance Of Dwell
LJNGS and Contents tor terms Ell TO Is gears.
The solid service long and successfully tried, and
the many advantages the Etna Insurance Company
in it line should not he by those
ready insure and understanding their best interests
During 81 ingent times" the necessity for reliable
Insurance becomes an Imperative duty--the ability
of property owners to sustain loss being then much
lessened.
Agencies in all the principal cities ana towns
throughout the state. Policies issued without delay
by any Of the duly aut. orized Agents of the Company
20 Business attended 10 with despatch a. fidelity
Nov 10, lS59-3n. A. w. CASTOR, Agent
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ls. =. "A ID A NJ =,

BOOTS, SHOES, LIE ATHER
GSADDLERY- Hardware, Shoe Findings, Enameled
- Cloth Whips, Collars, Fly Nets, Leather and yu
canzed Rubber betting, Hose, Packing, &C., &c, &c
Main Street, between Washington and Jefferson,
Burlington, Iowa. March25-no4-v.
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CHICAGO ADVERTISEMENTS
STATIONERY AND
BLANK BOOK /!
HOUSE.
RDUE, & s MALL
Successors to A. IL. Burnley & Coy
No. leg Lake street.


CHiCAGo............ ILLINOIS
NxvoUID respectfully invite the attent IN of coun
w try merchants, railroad officers, county officer
and the public generally their large aud well selec
ted stock of foreign and domestic stationery blank
books and paper Of all kinds sizes and colors. Being
exclusively in the stationery business, have advan
cages over other houses in the west. Country mer-
chants will find il to their interests to leave their
crs with u.s. instead of paying freight from New York
RAILR0 STATIC merry.
Our stock Of railroad stationery Is very complete
consisting of every thing that is essential TO form
cor rlete outfit for an engineers office or table.
' h,tmans drawing papers of all sizes, German and
French roll drawing, tracing cloth 30 and 80 inches
vide Fabers drawing pencils, Windsor & Newton's
md Newmans water colors, india ink, camel's hair
and sable pencils, draughfting tacks draughfing in
strumens, in and separate instruments, scales,
protractors parallel and pocket rules &C., &c. Also,
surveyors chains and
CIEsTERMAN's METALLIC TAPES,
from 80 to 100 feet in length Also, field, transit and
level books and Brown sons profile and cross
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y L. a * Re q TX =
Every style of blank books constantly on hand, or
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Of any desired pattern to order in the most subsan Ia
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We would particularly call the attention Of bank Of
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office stationery always hand, made to order
books. bill books discount hooks, ckiers and hank
pass books Of all sizes Among stock of office fur
niturr be found cash boxes post Office boxes date
boxes, bill head boxes, tin for holding different
sizes Of letter, note paper and envelopes envelope
letter clips letter and cap board clips wire les
ink stands peurils, pencil runber, waters and seating
wax. butinc paper, envelopes, letter, cap and note
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machines gold pens and cases, Hrrlef''s celebrated
fountain pens Gilotts 1913 pens, Mitches pens,
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GsspN sNe. ppEgS ES!
Of AL sizes and styles, with books match also brush
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81 4 4. 4. - y u y r. Y ss r. = II 8.
We have The agency for Halls celebrated Percussion
and Lever Seal Presses suitable for banks, corpora
tions. notarvs public We also the agents for
the Boston Hand Stamp Company; their stamps
used by railroads post Offices &c. with shift ing dates
or numbers Orders attended to with the utmost des
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WILLIAM ALLAN
AMRROTYPEsT.

TEyHE undersigned having permanently located
4 himself in this city, In the business of taking
pictures of the .human face divine, would say that
he is prepared 10 render satisfaction In good pictures
and cheap rates in all the branches Of the above bust
ness s'Tf pictures don't suit don't take them"
g7Tv~Gallery at present In the Car
Aug II, 1s59-n22 II j. MBIRD.
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Price IS cents per Pox Five boxes for 81. 90.
All our Remedies are for sale by

J. l.. Taylor, Ottumwa. z. Il. Gay. Hurlingto
Bartlett. Raye & Co., heokua, J. W. Reed Il CO., Oh
cago. Wholesale Agents; and gents in every town
the United States.
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RAILROAD UNDERGROUND.

y London paper contains desor ption Of
tunnel now building under the streets of
London, for the purpose of connecting the
city with q series Of railways at the north Of
the Thames. To have a railway after the
American fashion. passing through dcnscy
populated district. and crossing on u level
and overcrowdsd thoroughsare. was cousiI-
cred out of the question. Therefore, the
plan was resorted TO Of avoiding the surface
altogether, leaving that to the ordinary local
traffic and travel, and going entirely under
the city, with all the passengers and freight
trains. The tunnel was constructed by
making an open cut from the surface Of tn"
street down the distance required, building
the archway, and th8n replacing the surface
"A cheaper mode than tupneiiag. The work
has been contracted for. and is now in pro-
gress. The company engaged in it have q
capital Of 81 $50, 600 in shares OF $50 EACH
To avoid .ny annoyance from sm ke, or
the combustion of fuel in the tunnel, the
trafheis to be worked by light locomotives
of novel and ingenious construction. They
have no fre-hox but will be charged with
hot water and steam at n certain prcssue. to
b. supplied by fixed boilers at tho termini,
an,. will be furnished with large heater to
assist in maintaining the required temp r
ature. IL is believed that each locomotive
can be supplied with power sufficient to run
the whole tunnel distance. The tunnel is
expected to be finished III working order
By 1852.
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Cats n general are said 30 die hard. hat
De Ia Croix tells. of enc ,hat escanei a
wrssehed death By youtuiiting phiIosophi-
cal professor:
81 once saw" he relates '.a lecturer upon
experimental philosophy place eat unier
the glass receiver of an air pump. for the
purpose Of demonstrating that life cannat
be supported without air and respiration.
The lecturer had hardly made several
strokes with the piston, in order to exhaust
the receiver of air, when the cat who began
to feel herself very uncomfgr.ab,e in the
rarifed atmosphere, was fortunate enough
to discover the source from whence ber
uneasiness proceeded. She placed her paw
upon the hole through which the air escapes!
and thus prevented any more from passing
cut Of the receiver. Al the exerti2as o!
the phiios opher were now unavailIng: 10
vain be drew the piston the cats paw
efeetaally prevented its operation. Hoping
TO eEec. bis purpose, be. again. let the air
iats therscavsf; bus Whenever he att ps-
ed to exhaust the receiver she applied her
paw As before. The spectators clapped
their hands in admiration Of the cat. ss-
gacity, and the lecturer vas compelled TO
remove her, and sab-;itus. another cat.
that possessed less penetration for the eFas!
aoa Inexcusable experiment"
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WHAT HASUE DONE:

We will give a "pretty thing" to any
rampant Douglas man who will point US to
a single act of any consequence performed
by Douglas during the session of Congress
just closed. Take any question of impor-
tance to the people, upon which an issue
can be made, and upon which frst-class
states NM ought to occupy . firm, open,
IN sqaivocal stand, and show where Doug.
las has spoken or voted for or against it.
He has kept mum with an eye single to the
Presidency.
When the Senate Committees were being
reconstructed in. such a manner. and for
such PURPOSE, that any Senator with a
spark of manliness, independence or dignity
would have been there, and made himself
heard-in other words. when the Senate
was heapiug insult and indignty upon
Douglas--whsre was he He had the
p!ewrtsy'& a1
When the death Of Broderick wa. an
nounced--the man who had died fighting
Douglas batt!es-when tributes were to be
paid to his memory. and when Douglas, Of
all living men, should have been there,
among the foremost in honorIng the memo
ry, Of the martyr-where was be? lie had
the didrhed
When the Homestead Bill was to be voted
upohy liz iug 70 the poor laboring man I.
free home, for the use and support Of him
self and his famiI Iy-wheFs was Douglas !?
He had sore throat.
When the bill for the admission Of Kansas
was up, whassws, Douglas, the champion
Of Popular Sovereignty, who had divided
the Democratic party upon the Kansas
uaesflany He was Daiyf0 off
So We might 20 on. Whenever n 9ues-
ton Was up, on which a Senator might show
himself to be a man, or upon which an issue
might be made before the pc. pie. or when
his enemies were handling ham and h deg
mas without mercy. Dou. as was inraria-
bly, absent cause, PleuIisy, diarEbea, sore
throat or paired
No he orened bis mouth on one occasion
that was when he introduced his invasion
bill, under the pretense Of protecting the
Slave States, alnssz tas astsIs and Insur-
rectious. but in reality to gag # esFeeeh 10
the north. and gain the smiles of the south
crn lords. who bad been kicsing and cutiinC
him for more than year. Here Doug
las stood up and talked suentIy and bonn
basticaIlv, but the effort failed in the effect
fer which il was intended. We believe be
also produced rehash of his Squsttsr Saw
erei-n,y haFan-aes aud Magazine ESSAYS,
bus that likewise fell Stubborn to tire
earth. N
Such is Dou.lss-calisi.b By way Of bur
lesaas. ssS,a,ssmau, = the Little Grant"
aud So forth-ahotu intelligent people
are eoolly aud impudsntly asked to vets
saS. - ~,-,-, .-....-~.-,-z ,~xsv-,.- -
TIE ckitf nishs hare siaea. that shen
Ais nomination Was secured, and the object
Of isdgiag renewed. Mr. Douglas midr'f,
bowels. throat ani al became suddenly
saasd. ani be Is noK able 20 iravsrse the
eaaa,Fy, making stump speeches ia the open
air. wherever bearers esn be gathered 10
listen 10 hius-T Tni&1s hcEe- H
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BILE
FABLE
II reurd hs,d usuuA s..aT ss.,

a geurd bad ssuHa st.-lE ssngn.i fsfsy
palm. aad in fsw weeks ef5gnbesf to Is very
top
.sliox old uaaysss shcu be - asked the
newcomer.
..Abaas n aauifsi years"
"Ahast a hundred vrar~. ard ~ taller ~
on5y !e~s: have grown - tail yeu in
fever days thsn ycn car e0ant vesrs.s'
II snSw sh@s vs3i." lai IAs PALM
"Esgyy wear q mv IsEe a xauF,l l1s- e. .tsl,ea
ar rsani Hss, ~ p-ass9i a. thoa art, zaj, as
xA,ss..ysd a. thea viii ss." !.
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PRESlDENTiL CAMPAIGN OF 1860

PRESlDENTiL CAMPAIGN OF 1850.
Republican Executive Congressional Committee.
HON. PRESTON KING, y. Y, Chairman
JAMES W. GRIMES, IOWA.
l.. IS. FOSTER, CONN.
Oa the part Of The Senate.
HON JOHN C0vOpE PENN, Trea
E,B wAsHHrRNE, ILLINOIS.
G. sPAULDING. NY
J.B. ALLEY. MASS.
DAVID KILGORE, INDIANA.
il. n. STRArroS, " J.
On the part Of the House Of Reps,
The Committee are prepared to furnish the following
spee0hes:
EIGHT PAGES
Hon. ". II Seward \, Y: STATE Of the Country.
a. W. II seward n. Y: Rochester Speeco
+" q: A. Grow, PENN: Free Homes for Free men.
- james HARLAN, Iowa. shall the Territories be
AfriCaniZcd?
az Jchn Hickman Penn Who have Violated Com
BF. Wade. Ohio Invasion of Hsrper's Ferry.
Il. ". scranton and J. II. Campbell, PENN: The
Speakership.
F. P. Blair, Mo-. Address a, Cincinnati; Coloni-
zation and Commerce.
oFTis 5. Ferry pOnn.
" Abraham Lincoln, Ill.,: The demands Of the South
-Thc Republican party Vindicsted.
william Window. MINI: The Homestead Bill
owen Loveioy, H.: The FaDaticism Of the Demo-
cratic Farty
Lands for the Landiess-A Tract.
The Povt Whites Of the South-A Tract.
sIxTEEs FACES.
Hon. LYMAN Trumbali. III: Seizure of the Arsensis at
Harper's Ferry. Va. and Liberty, Mo-, and in
yindIcltion Of the Republican Party.
y. =. wade. ohio Property in the Territories.
+" II. Van WycS, n. Y: True Deiaccracy-HIstery
yIndgdiel.
II wilson. Mass: Territorial Slave Code
80 John 2. TaIe, n. II.
J. J. Perry, Me: Posting the Books between the
North and the South"
r.. Do0liftle. Wis The Calhoun Revolution
Its Basis and its Progress.
Carl sGhurz, Wis; Douglas and Popular Sovereignty.
TwEsTY-rouR PAGES.
Hon. Jacob CoIIamcr, Vermont.
THIRTy-Two PAGES.
Hon. Thomas CoTwIn, Of Ohio
sERMhN-EIGHT PAGES.
Hon. G. A. Crow Penn: Free Homes for Free Men.
- James Harlan. Iowa: Shall the Territories be
Africsuized2
John Hickman. Penn. Who have Violated COM
promises.
Carl Schurz, Wis Douglas and Popular Sovereignty
srNTEEN PAGES.
Hon Lyman TrumhntI III: Seizure of the Arseuas at
H1rper's Ferry, va, and Liberty, Mo, and in
yIndiraticn of the Republican Party.
I" W II. Seward, y. Y: The State Of the Country.
Lands fJr the Lantias--A Tract
And all the Republican speeches. will be published as
delivered.
Daring the Presidential Campaign, Speeches and
Documents will he supplied at the following reduced
prices:
Egat pages per hundred Copies free of postage. so
SIX seen " " Leo
Twenfy-tour 1.5o
Aadress either of the above Committee.
GEORGE HARRINGTON, Secretary.
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Avn xow on ms.


Il soId that so srcn THING ~ SOVEREIGN
POWER ATTACHES TO a rERRlronr As =
TERRITORY Ihasd that yesrisaey possesses xsa:-
essf pswer it dcs.ses from tae coassstssiea UNDER
THE ORGANIC ACT. AND NO MORE II sSsseA II
DorGLAs asiAs L 5. Sssais Feb. isso.
Dsxglls- Bsifia5ys Coare.sisa Reso'sfisa
Rxsosrss raat is sesesaAace with the cine,n-
PixIiorE that during The existence Of Territorial
Governments The messsye Of rssfysefiea, whatever il,
aasy &c imposed by the Fe~Ta, Cus,itaiicn. on fA<
paasfr Of fa< Territorial Lssil:sre the sa.eet
4 The sszss.Ie relations the same Ass hess sai
asfsst tisr ss aaAIiy DETERMINED BIT TIE SUPREME
COURT te rnite States, should be respected by all
- d cisizers. and ENFORCED ruth prempssess and
-adsifs b. EVERY saASca af sAs GsHss.! Gortrs-
asat
Mr.. DorGLAs, 10 his letter of acceptance,
endorses this resolution as follows:
Upon a earesai examination Of the platform of
rs sac9les adopted at caasestss- A.A rr-acasmcd ~
BaisiaIqe with aaaliioasi resoiaiiea, sraieA is
in PEEFEcr HARMONY risa Me aiAsrs. fnd it
10 be fsitaioI embodiment OF the time honcred prin
silseS Of tae pemscgatic party which proclaimed
.Di understood by all parties in the Presiaentis!
aaa;ests sf ls4S 1854 and 1896 /"
Here is the decision of the Supreme Cour
which Mr. DouGLAs says should be respected
and enforced by every branch Of the Federal
Government,
"THE MEASURE OF RESTRICTIONS"
Every citizen has right 10 take with him into the
territory article Of property which the constitution
of the uaited States recognizes property.
The constitution Of the United States recognizes
sia fr,ie
to protest t."-Syiiabus Of the Dred Scott decision
The only power conferred on Consressl is the power
coupled with the duty of guarding and protecting the
owner in his right. t."-Taneys opinion. Hoaara a5s.
That MIR. DoUGLAs agrees with this con-
strucsion of the Constitution, the following
extracts from his speeches will show:
The Democracy of illinois, in the first place accepts
the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States
in thecase Of Dred Scott aufhoriaire iafeSprs-
tatfos Of ihe constitution. In accordance with that
decisiou hold that sGrss property and heacc
on equality rih all other kinds ef property, and
the ornsr Of s'are has The same right to into
territory, and carry his Stare property trifh him
as ti' orae~ of any other property has to go hers
and elrry his property. ."-lspeech of DOUGLAS at
New orieaGs, Dec. 9Th, 1858
''ws' Senator Brown Of Mississippi and Senator
Douglas, of illinois, 'agree that under the dceison Of
the Supreme Court OF the United States, slaves are
properly standing equal footing with all other
property and that consequently the owner Of a slave
has the right TO emigrae to territory and carry
his slave property With him the Of any other
species " property has 10 there aud carry his
property with hiul." Again: "Taas far
The Senator from Mississippi and myself agree, that
Stare property in the territories stands on an equal
footing wta eUery ether species Of prorsriy."-
lSpecch Of DOUGLAS in the u. s. Senate Feb. 1859.
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LOOK On 1H1S I1CIVWks
.rAe xr.a, asd fs.A..<.i.l pri.eiyse = sar
Gsverss.ent H. thai the psople ef eacA State AND
TERRITORY SHALL BE PERFECrlI FREE
10 d~eide fsr then~eIvcs Mai shall - the easr2e-
o, sAe.r riassisasaeas-.-ISs SsessA ef DoroEAs. ss
Gsi<ssxrs IN iSSs-
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TA>r~ster. rcszrg'ns scasas fs.csiiss
o! sh- devil, got oE The felsys.Hz: ~ 'sii
yaa thas the desGi il old liar: fos when
ws. sssurr~n o. rss .ssis. a~ssi sas that
II iii get reISg9sss, eaalJ nas 60 gHgs gas
esmnssy ans lte asd CHEAT, ar Nhs -uch
1haxs lse asse sos.sa sss-. sssss ss - =
vrsxs l.As,o ~ - ssasaasA
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e.frax xofics.

r.ten sp b, wy IL HsrsfJ u bss fe.1eesk - -
,,~~. s~ssssp casspy tesaS ~ Ne g - ~ -
Der Iatz ms btEa tpy mare al yssI, -. ~.
sf.sr .l ,,,y fse4 nyt< afssss u hef suses
u, ~ vr1lss II. sfDn ~, hsia kisb - - -
~ sshrr ,usrss os Lrxssss t,sfcefnsbss srpssts
w gos<vs Dssss and Jsssssss Sssesass - -
\ y HxspxxsOn. Csssk 2. q. onsesv
CspssS hss 8esest Ia ~ ~. ~
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THE TWO DEM0CRACIES.

GREAT SPEECH OF HOY. J0HS HICKMAN
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Hair Oils;

Pssae.. Tssses sasrs rxsn'. Hair ss Tyass s-rssex
hsFes sn. srarEfseS ss~ esFesgss rssrSass-
oar stpex hs. ae~n ecrsss great care and
paFs zES4 fresh.
Es-FHyssca4ss P-exssystse. ase Fzrsisy a<eesyss
ezrssssiy easras>sz-stea-
P, - Ass4ss ~ All lie s.,7=la- Ps.sas ne.sesse-
Sc 1ay. En1-vz.
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~ ssas yiesaes sas as0sa ss
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04
"Why, You are Sober !"

The last number of the Knickerbocker has
a good onecdote OF a man who rarely failed
to 60 to bed intoxicated and disturb his wife
during the night. Upon his being charged
by friend that he never went to bed sober.
he Indignantly denied the charge and gave
the incident Of one particular night in proof:
"Pretiy soon after got into bed, my vile
said: why, husband, what is the matter
with you. You act strangely ="
"There is nothing The matter with me-" I
said. "Nothing at ALL"
"I'm sure there ia," said she, "you don't
act natural at all. Shan't I get up and do
something for you?"
And up she got, lighted candle, end
came to the bed side to look at me, shsding
the light with her hand.
al knew there was something strange
about you," said she, Way. yOu are sober ~
Snow, this is a fact. and my wife will
swear to it, so don't slender me sny more b.
saying that hsvnt been to bed sober In six
months, cause I have"
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A Capital Trick thMI Ended Wen

A young man was stu lying in college,
One afternoon he walked out with one OF his
instructors, and they chunced TO see on old
pair Of shoes lying by The side OF the path,
which appeared to belong 10 poor man al
work close by. "Let US have a little amuse.
ment at bis expense" said the STUDENT
"Suppose we hide these shoes. and coucea
ourselves in the bushes to watch his perplex
,ty when he cannot find them"
~ can think of a better trick than that
s'id the instructor. "You are rich, and sup.
pose you put silver dollar in the toe Of eaCII
shoe and then we will hide"
The young man did so. The poor man
fni,hed his work soon, and went to put on
his shoes. You Gun imagine his surprise
when he stopped down to take out a pebble,
as he supposed, from the toe, and found il to
be a hard dollar, and then bis absolute per.
plexity and establishment when he found etll
unolher dollar 10 the 9th shoe. His feel.
ngs Overcome him he fe IL upon his knees,
looked UP to heaven. and uttered aloud a fer
vent thank giving, in which he thanked q
kind Providence Tor sending some unknown
hand to save from perishing his sick and
he Ipless wife and children, without bread
Do you wonder that the young man stood 10
bis hiding place deeply affected, and his eyea
illOd with tears.