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WHISKY AS PERFUME IN WIscoysIy.-Tbe
Mllwaukie Sentinel says: A Jug Of the celebrated
montreal malt whisky has been sent 10 this once
tablishment imbibes whisky, we use n for ner.
fume on our handkerchief ,Vh,n W., -y,nt to
attract crowd, all we have TO do n 10 90 ont and
shake our linen at the corner
" An iron freight car Is now I'm use on the
central Railroad. Ii is Tade Of plates of boiler
iron bolted on an iron frame, and being painted
Ike any other car, does not materially differ in
appearance A casual observer would not prob
aoIY notee that there was any difference In the
construction OF the car from those in ordinary
use The only wood used Is the flooring
IL One Of the last acts passe1 by the AIabam,
Convention, which adjourned SINE die on We'd
nesday, was that Of altering the free banking act,
substituting the stocks OF the Confederate Stat,s
OF America for stock Of the United States at the
same time allowing an issue of two for one and
proht biting foreign citizens and corporationsf ON
holding stocks in the free banks OF that State
The English financial year is three months
behind the rest Of the world, not commencing till
the 5th OF April, Old style, in accordarce with an
ancient custom Of reckoning the new wear to
commence on the 25th OF March. The Christmas
dlvldend are, for this reason not considered pay-
able for III days after. Russia still adheres 10 the
Old Style throughout.
RA married woman disappeared from Hurl.
butviiie, Oneida county, N. Y. almost a year
until few days since she was found in = I'm; IN
a lonely wood, ey some men who were hunting
She bad lived hermit, save when visited bv a
paramour who has a wife living in Rome: and
she Is almost insane from loneliness
IL The people Of Woodbury., CT, are raising
funds TO erect a monument to the memory of the
first settled minister In that town, Rev. Zachary
Walker. II is related Of the venerable pastor.
when In the prime Of his days, that one Sabbath
he preached three sermons and shot two indians.
IT"DidntI 1 tell you not to take the first and
second noor's milk In the same basin,'' said a
mistress 10 her servant. Maid: ." Please, ma,am,
It's all right, put piece of paper between 'em
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CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS AS SEEN BY NORTH
ERSER:-"Charleston under Arms is the title
OF spicy and very readable article in the At
lantic Monthly for April, in which many of the
social and political peculiarties of the Charles
tonians are sketched with unprejudiced fair
ness, though with an evident partiality for the
more humorous phases Of the subject. An Incl
dent OF the writer's return TO Charleston from
Fort Moultrie is thus pleasantly related:
AT O'Clock we were steaming over the vel
iow water Of the harbor The volunteers, ik a
everybody else in Charleston, discussed Seces
sion and Fort Sumter, considering the former
as an accomplished fact, and the latter as a fact
OF the kind called stubborn. They talked uni
form, too, and equipments, and Workmanship,
and drinks, and cigars, and other militar;
matters Now and then an awkwardly-foIded ed
blanket was taken from the shoulders which il
dsgraced, refoldsd, packed carefully in it's
covering Of india rubber, and strapped once
more in! its place, two or three generally as
81 ting in the operation. Presently a firing at
marks from the upper deck commenced. The
faVorlte target was q conical floating buoy.
showing red on the sunlit surface of the harbcr.
some 400 yards away. With a crack and
hoarse whiz the MIME balls few toward, II
splashing the wster where they first strnck, and
taking two or three tremendous skips before
they sunk. A mii!iiaman from New York city,
who was one Of my fellow passengers, told me
that be ''neyer saw much good shooting" II
seemed TO me that every sixth ball either hit
the buoy full, or touched water but a few yards
this side OF 1t, while not more than one in a
dozen went wild
"It is good for thousand yards" said vol
unteer, slapping his bright new piece proudly
A fsvorite subject of argument appeared to
be whether Fort Sumter ought to be attacked
Immediately or not. A lieutenant standing
near me talked loud and earnestly regarding
this matter with civilian friend, breaking
out at last in a loud tone:
- Why, good Heaven, Jim, do you want tn al
place to 20 pesceably into the hands of Lin
coln1''
"NO, Fred, / do not But tell you, Fred
when that fort is attacked il will be the bloodi.
est day-the bloodiest day-the bloodiest-.''
And here, unable to express himself In words,
Jim fung his arms wildly about, ground his
tobacco with excitement, spat on ali sides, and
walked away, shaking his head, thought, in
real grief Of spirit.
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A HosPITABLE SINNER.-The Mobile Rep,ste,
relates the following At late revival meetin1 in
East Mississippi, one Of the brethren became an y.
lous 10 pile the altar with mourners, and for tina,
purpose left his seat and went among the congre.
gauon, personally exhorting his acquaintances to
dlvidual who drawlingly talked through bis nose
ne began with-"Dont you want to 90 up!,'
Nay" "Why, what would you do II lie Lord
~ds 20 come ior yeu:' "Well, - the sinner drawl-
ed out, "fd kill chicken, cook some biscuit and
90 tne pest could Don't reckon he'd let mad
at that" He didn't 90 up
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vi TEETH.
VI. LOOMS, NJ. d., the inventor and- patentes
Only one Dollar.


476 PA. Av...-..Ar EvANS'S .476 PA.Av.
TAKE YOUR CHOICR FOR 81.
TAKE YOUR CHOICE FOR 81.
JEwELRY-JEwELRY
JEWELRY-JEWELRY
Syf RREk4R IN F9f 9Ek ASX
cARBuNcLE ONYX STUDS
SETS, and BUTTONS,
GARNET JET STUDS
SETS, and BUTTONS,
CORAL CARB. STUDS
SETS, and BUTTONS,
JET PIN GOLD STUDS
SETS, and BUTTONS,
LAVA SET. MOSAIC ,s STUDS vJ!s ,o,,s
PLAIN GOLD GOLD STONE STUDS
SETS and BUTTONS,
ALL FOR ONE DOLLAR EACH!
SPLENDID POCKET KNIVES
Fer Ono Dollar. -. Worth Three.
. LADIES' CHAINS:
SSATELAINE - For For One One PS!!sT PS!!sT
NhOh..'...--- ----- .---- For One Dollar
CENTS CHAINS
IWeiVe Styles--.-....rFor One Dollar each
PLATED WARE,
CoDsistlng of BUTTER KNIVES,
SPOONS,-TABLE, TEA, DESSERT,
CUPS,-GfLT LINED,
FORkS-PIfCHERS-C LADIES,
CAKE BAsKETS-SUGAR SIFTERS,
NUT CRACKERS and PICKS,
TEA KNIVES and FORKS, &o.. &C., DO.
df6... ..476.. 40. ...476....476....4,6
BOOKS-BOOKS.
CLOSING OUT A LARGE LOT OF BOOKS,
At Great RedHct,on IN Prices,
On ACCOUNT OF THE CONTINUED HARD TIMES
Now Is the Time to Replenish your Library,
Or Get New One,
Remsnbe, E<,,.,,b.x
47b EVANS'S a16
PA AV, EVANS'S Pa
mar y between Sd and AZ streets.
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=, P fhe Toledo Times says: Judge of
this city, has little four year old bow. who one
oay Wnen company was present, wished a seat al
the table, but was sent away with the ,en,err
that bis whiskeIs We're not long enough for him
20 stthere. The liGtle chap took seat by a stand
wren the servan! gave him his dinner While
when he said, "Oh, pr sll.your whiskers srs hi :,
enough to eat tl. other taS>s . MOI
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READER-

READER,
Il BhbSb The fol OWING state ment and then ind q a
OF It's facts for yoursef
ABRAM COLE, of Brooklyn. N. Y. a well
known citizen there, had suffered from Dyspepsia
Tor come years, without permanent relief until no
tIled AYERS PILLS, which taken according To
the directlOns for his complaint restored HIM 10
heaith In lew weeks. After an interval of some
mon. y s ne has had no return OF his comp amt
GtO. w. CROSS, of Harmony Texas had An
eruption ilIoh on hHs ncok shoulders, back and leg
the parts affected covered with a scab and beng
oiten raw sore. was of course very troubIa ONE
and dIet, essIng IL go much impaired his health as
70 nnht MIN for business and keIt him in Constant
suffering. All medical aid f4ilej him nntil he tool
hhaYER'S CUMFOUND EXTRACT sARSA-
some SCARS ffomthe liberation, but 1t is otherWi
John n, SHOOk, Esq an eminent LAWYER of
Richmond, Va. took q cold which settled on M
lungs. severe pain set in the eft side with A
Dad ''- h, whIoh was soon followed by the unnIs-
taksgie symptoms of consumption. When red need
very loS he e0mInenCed taking AYERS CHER
Ri PECrDBAL, which soon stopped the cough
aud oomplete cured him.
,Prepartd by DR.. ]. C. AVER & CO..LoweH
rltss- ma Is colin
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Wsat9ss q the Bach. streurs. As.etOu. of III. KID
srSl Debility Nenvousness, Dyspep.y LanguoT Co,So
rsmbngs Dimnsss Of sEs1 oT 3 Ts, hs1S Tmidly.
Head Throat Nose skR Affections Of a.. L1ns, sso
sry Hahits Of lcuhthsse Dreadful and ps1raet,y, P
Nhes render Marriage impOssbIs and destroy both
YOUNG MEN
at Sho lave become the victim. Of Solitary ve.
70 gD.siy o YoSS M.s ~ a.. .sssE. I:
have sHtraneed listening Ssnstes wis m. 81 %
or walked to eestaey the living Tyre nav can xIth
MARRIAGE.
MARhifD PERSONS, or Young Mea eon,smpl.tinr Ma.
deiorniues, &C, speedily cured t''s Sso'y'
op.s s who Places himself under the Of DR. may r,g
rely upon has Ekil as physeian ~ NsD'T
OFFICE No. SOUTH FREDERICK ST
the Fall observe name ssS suws.t ,.
must DO paid aud Contain a stamp.
DR.. JOHNSTON
Member Of the Royal COlleg. Of Surgeons. Loodso -a
ss from Sos Of the coiIsg.. m Ss tpT.d
he London Pa1 s D.. .ns S':I ;PsH. n
mas eseetss some OF the astonishing cure, thst ,rs
When ssleeP great n,rvou.aess Se,nS asa
sometim,s vh ss WIN frequent blosbIng, .usnded
dIately. is 'ufeo '"'"s-
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Young Men and other, who have injured them,.l,,, IN
Certain Praeues INDUCED sOas-s habit rr.eS.D,
~hu nightly ist essn when ss.sp and n nn
renders marriage impossible, destroys both nnnd and
boly =, should apply IIuine Jiatsly.
Thess are some Of the sad and s.neboy .e produe.a
y carry habus Of youth via weskness the Baek ana
nts PANS n the Head, Dmness Of Slght Lo.. Nu.,u,r
1--WE PaPt.non Of the He,It, DysPsP.y Nervous rits.
betityS symptoms Of Consumption, &c
mkNTALLf-Tbe fearful edeeu on The mind are much a
Of SP Evil Forebodings g. GS.r.ioD Of sosisx Sss.s
produced. ~ ~ WIG e'"s
TIE cause OF their declining hesth losing her sgT b.eo
hg weak paei nervous and ernAciat,d having singular
about the eyet' cough symptoms eousump
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
when the mIsguided aBd votsrr Of o, fd
ne has lmhibed toe seeds Of the painful TOO ep
sppen ms an tmed Of shame Of discovery
mo- from applying those who, from and
espeetbiiy Can alone hefuend him He fsIls into the
oi sr desgnng pretenders, Who, incapable
~ SI'ne, hoh hs pecuniATy suestsnee, keep him tdInE
ale mouth, or az long the smallest Zee b,
ined aud "a despair leave HIM with 20 ,irh
over tis alng disappointment; by the deadly
terrible disease, such Affections Heart Throat Head
SkIn dc progressing with ghtfu rspidty t deah Puts
70 hs dreadful sunerngs by sending him
discovered country from whose bourne traveller
DR.. JOHNSON'S REMEDY FOR ORGANIC
WEAKNESS AND IMPOTENCY
by this great and important remedy
are speedily cured and full vgor thousand.
nos nervous and dsbItsted vhs bad lost all hope,
been 'uedtStely relieved.
All inn Marriage, Physical o. Mental Di.o.aI-
neatons, Tfocreativs Power. Nervous Irritabilty,
rre.bllng d Weskness EKhAustcu Of fearful
Ind speedily cured.
lENlDe2RSs65IMEYT ~ s5IM az .s2!s 0E TIE ,s nRESs
--srs, eud the imporIaut surr,-
az oper -rpsd by DR. Johnston, xitie.sed bv *.
Which have ppesred aKarn b,ior, M. ruir ~.
des his studIng gentleman of character and r.,ncs
llyI s suhesn guarantee 10 the afflicted ISIy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-04-01
LID RICH, MELLOW AND PURE
- B u X N DE'S
MONONaAHELA RYE WHISKEY.

Consoientiously distilled BY Mr.. James Burnside,
honest way, from the CHOICEST and most oarefully
selected Rye, and IN no case over offered for sale
unti noapted 70 wholesome use by age. Ii is al
opoe the most paatable, as 1t ia emphstioslly one
nt the puTest beverages IN the reach of the public
To the invalid as we'll as TO those in health N
commends itself for its unrivalled suslities as a
stlpusnt OF the safest surest, and most benefoent
description, and many of the most dist nguished
physlosns are using 1t in their practice with the
CLERY e STQCKDALE, Proprietore
39e walnut street, Phiiadel ahia
VIM. G. CONOVEH, :
Agent Tor the Proprfetors, 22S Pa. sy -.
% 34-6m opposite Wlllards' HOtsl.
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WATCHREPAIRINGA ANDSILVER WARE
w MANUEACTORY

J have one of the best establishments, and fur
nlshed with complete set Of tools for repair ~.
particular attention give to the same, by afS
thoTough competent workman and a.. work g!iaran-
WARE, plain and ornamental, manufaotuT ed under
my own supervision, which my customers will find
sold by dealers in general and represented as their
own manufacture. III. y. HOOD,
se6 33s Pa ayenne near or =,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-04-01

WHISPERING JoHN.-In what is known as the
upper end" of Pike county, Pa, there il a
man who has the ironicsl soubriouet of "Wbis
perlng John Ricketts," This title he has gained
from the fact that he always talks (even in
conversation as if he were a major general on
parade, or to use more common expression
=" ike he was raised in a MILL
This gentleman, who, by the-bye ia % one
OF EN-, mounted his horse one cold morning
before daylight, for the purpose of riding down
to Milford in time to take the morning stage
coach for Philadelphia. He rode up to the
hotel just as the boarders and travellers had
done their breakfast
lie dismounted, and walking into the bar
Rooms. spoke to the landlord in his usual tbun.
deriDg tone:
Good morning, Mr.. L, how do you do
Very we'll, Mr.. Tickets; how do YOU do,,'
oh, [ am WE'LL, but I'm so cold / can't
hardly talk"
Just then a nervous traveller who wa. pres
emit. ran up to the landlord, and catching him
by the coat, said
"Mr = have my horse brought as soon
" What is the matter, my dear sir; has any
thing happened 2''
Nothing upon earth, only L want to get
away from here before that man Manos."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-04-01

II ONE PRICE ONLY! ra
LAYING on hand very heavy stock of DR. ESS
TRIMMINGS. will offer the same very CHEAP for
Cash, and One PIce Only. -
po0'u . 4-s between 9th snd 10th sts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-04-01

l. ENRICH. at the corner of Penn r
avenue and Eleventh street, has hsen YEAY
E-eatsr inducements for the patronage of citfzsns
and and strangers tn a any other public house in the
hotel on Penn. avenue, and his cocommodatiOns
for permanent OF transient boarders unexceptiOn-
able. The bar and restaurant arrcns ements OF the
European Hotel have ALREADY become very popu
At being FL that can be desired by the most fas
udious. The proprietor pledges uDremitted ntten-
ton and Continued liberal penditures to give sat
isfaoton to all, and thus his invitation 70
all To give the European Hotel q call. de 4-n
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AN lTINERANT GHOST.-The prevailing SEN
satlon at Cleveland is phantom of variable
form and size which occasionally perambulates
the streets of that city, after ''the witching
hour OF night" to the intense terror of some
score or more of timid persons who have en-
Jeyed glimpse of his ghostship, and the in
dlgnatlon OF still greater number who irrev-
erently regard the nocturnal visitant as mis-
creant worthy only of summary punishment.
Ihe latest doings of the apparition are thus re-
lated by the Cleveland Herald of Saturday:
So much indignation has been excited by his
reported doings that on Tuesday night about
one hundred and fifty persons were on watch
tor him. Many of the watchers were armed
with pistols, and from at least some of them
the ghost would have met a warm reception.
No one prepared for an encounter has vet been
so fortunate as to obtain a sight of the white
sheeted individual
On Tuesday evening young man, clerk in a
Sqperlor-st store, was walking up Erie street,
when he suddenly beheld the ghost few feet
to his right. The figure, he says, was 10 feet
In hight, and moved smoothly and noiselessly
along The yeung man remembers nothing
more until he found himself lying on the
ground, the ghost nowhere to be seen. He had
tainted
In the same neighborhood two boys encoun-
tered the pretended apparitIon few nights
since. Picking up heavy stone, one of the
boys followed the figure, which was retreating
towards an alley Just as the ghost turned
into the alley, the boy threw his stone, and
with such correct aim that it struck the figure
full in the back. groan, unearthly enough,
6ut too vigorous for any but sound lungs of
flesh and blood, was the response.
Perhaps the ghost was admonished bv this
adventure that bis nocturnal perambulations
might De attended occasionally by dissgreeabIe
circumstances Certain it is that when man
encountered it the next night, and proceeded
to administer the castigation it so richly de-
serves, the ghost produced a most substantial
cudgel, with which he dealt his chastiser
blow that sent him reeling to the ground.
There are various accounts of the appear
ance OF the figure. Some assert that when first
seen 1T is no larger than an ordinary man, but
Immediately expands or enlarges to double
people as this miscreant has done, and the
person who catches and Furnishes the fellow
viii deserve the thanks Of the community.
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roots AND SHOES TO SUIT TzE
II TIMES.
we are now manufacturing all kinds of BOOTS
and SHOES, and constantly reoe,yIne s-ksn
snppiy OF eastern made work of every de, <H .
pc sold at q much lower price than has beens "
heresofore charged in this city for mnoh inferior
Persons in want Of Boots and Shoes Of eastern or
Oily made work, will always find good assortment
IN ssore ana xt tbs lowest pricos. Give us q call
GRIFFIN & BRO,
ep1f S1f PennSylv6uia Ayenue.
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A MODEL. "A friend of ours is in the
naoit OF visiting very charming young lady
ABOUT three times week-perhaps oftener 1t
Is not positively known that there is an en-
gagement, but the gentleman is SO completely
domestlcated that the enters the house without
knocking, and if the lad ylove is not in the par
ior' does not scruple to 60 up stairs in search
oil her. The other day he went through half a
dozen rooms without seeing anybody, and at
last come to the fair ones own chamber. but
found the door locked
Are you in there, Mary" inquired he
Bless my heart Charles, is il you5 Ge
away, you scamp, you can't get in" cried the
lady in great trepidation.
9. must, Mary" cried the young gentleman,
giving the door shove which threatened to
break away its fastenings
For Heavens sake, Charles" screamed
the lady, now In the last stage of terror, " 20
away this instant, FIN"
You're what"
M a model ," shrieked the lady; and the
gentleman left, laughing boisterousIy.
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MEDICINES.
DIR. JOHNSTON,
N an n ~

- l. Il ORE
Lock HOSPITAL,
il"S "'seers'ed rae most Csrfats, Speedy asd css
h1eefSaa Remedy ia tks World,
FOR ALL DISEASES OF IMPRuDeNcR
LET NO FALSE BELTCACY PREVENr
APPLY IMMEDIATELY.
CURE WARRANTED, Or NO CHARGE.
IN From ONE TO TWO DAYS
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hUfONpS GUNPOWDER, 81
- FoT sale at manufactures prices, BY
John J. BO6UE, GRoRsFrowN, ID. c.,
Sole Agency for ths Disfyiet Of Colsn,5ta.
a iarse suPl.y, embracing every variety, always
EicL Orders can also beleft at the ONCE Of AdamS
1Apess Company, Washington, ID. C.. fes-laNly
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We have on hand, and are receiving every usy
Large Invoices of
THE FINEST PLATED WARE,
consisting Of
Breakfast and Tea Sets; Gard and CAKE
Baskets Cream and Syrup Pitchers;
1abte, Dessert, Tea, Sugar and Cream
Spoons; Butter, Fruit, Tea, Pie, and
Fish Kn,UsS; Forks; Napkim
Kings; Casters Salt Stands;
PLAIN, Chased and Gilt
LINED Gobkets and Cups.
ALL FOR SALE AT LOWEST WHOLESALE PRICES.
GOODS WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED
REMEMBER:
RIDDLES ONE DOLLAR STORE,
MARI 3O2-PA. Av3O2
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o The Royal College Of Surgeons London sr,du
ste IRON one oi the most eminent Colleges ip he fnu,
sng the Srestet part Of whose been ,peut
| OF London FsTIs, Phsdslph and
mas eEeetes some OF the astonishing cure, th.
@ sso%n, many troubled with ringing ia the head an,
.n5g. 80, great herEousness, being alarmed a
oashlu'ness with frequent blushInR aftendes
cately. -' WIZ SNfeu i"'he
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BLOOD RENOVATOR.
Sold in this city by C. STOTT, 315 Pa. avenue.
al S-ooly, hlw
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h L ID ID l. f.
hhS IHE LARGEST. NEWEST AND MOST
FASHIONABLE STOCK OF
d u e -" e L n Y

FASHIONABLE STOCK OF
u T. 1" Il L n y
EoIR orI'I2n . n
CITY, AT THE Low TERMS OF
ONE DOLLAR FOR YOUR CHOICE
OF ANY ARTICLE IN THE STORE.
SPLENDID ASSORTMENT.
Elegant CARBUNCLE LE-............ Sets for al
Elegant LA A........,-.- .---- .--. Sets for 81
elegant SARNhI - .---. Sets for 81
E,egant JET .......,... Sets for 81
Elegant COkAL and SOLD. &C.. sets for 81
Elegant MEDALLlON. ....,.,.... Sets for s.
Elegant KUHN MOSAIC ...,..... D.. ..r Sets for g.
Elegant PLAIN GOLD...t.. Sets for 81
Ladies' GUARD CHAINS ~ for al
Ladies' 'CHATELaINE CHAINS for al
ladies, MEX CHAINS ..--.-.... for 81
styles,) ,)........... .s............ for 81
Also, Large Assortment ofJEWELRY which
we can sell at 81 cents rer article.
Just Received,
SMALL LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL
ETRUSCAN BLACK LAVA Sets
ENAMELED CROSS S.,-....,..-.- Sets
ETRUSCAN NCARSUNCLE. Sets
PEARL AND DGOLD...-.-,.... . Sets
ETRUSCAN ONHA Sets
N. Persons wishing any of the above (,oods
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-05-30
GOutationaI 9sgartmsQt.
The Mischievous Boy.

| resided in Philadelphia in the viclsity ef
C market. One evening, as was qgietly Sit
ting with my family, ! heard loud rap at nay
front door. | Immediately went TO the door,
asd was surprised on opening 1t, to fed 10
one there. [ shut the door ard turned to go
to the parlor | had hardly proceeded yaSd
before rap, rap, went the knocker again. L
hastily opened the door, but no one was to te
seen / concluded that some rnischiSvous boy
vas dispoEsd TO have a little sport at my ex-
pense, but as was not willing to be anRoyed
with mischief, | shut the door and kept hold
of It, Very soon the raps were repeated.
SUDDENLY opened the door; but nobody was to
be seen. The evening was dark, aud rs | stood
in tho door, the raps were renewed for a few
seconds ] stood in astohishment; bat upon
patting my hand upon the knOcker, the mystery
was unraveled | found string tied to it, and
nv little prosecutor was standing behind one
Of the pillars of the market, with one end in
his had, operating upon my kuoCkeF at his
pleasure. / closed the door, and vent out a
back wav. passed down the street on tle foot
vav. till / got some distance below the lad,
when turned and came up behind him. and
took hold of hs arm. He was very nueh
alarmed. and began TO entreat me TO let hin
go, whea the following dialogue took place.
"WclI, my lad, thou art amusing thyseR at
my expense. want thee to go home with
me-"
"Oh, you are going to whip me-; plefse let
me 90 and / will never do so again.
L will not whip thee, but thsu must 60
home with me-
After repeated assurances that / would no.
whip him. at length the poor fellow consented
1 E -. + to Mn