Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-28
a Sad Picture.

dictory address of Prof Mitchell to the recently
graduating class at Jefferson College, Phila-
delphia.
Go with me, in Imagination, to the grave
yard of country poorhouse, in sister COM
monweath, and the spot allotted to the NOR
tai remains of a victim of inebration, once
star in the professional galaxy of his native
State, will meet your eye. The rank weed
and the rugged brier have well nigh oblite-
rated the hiIlock from the gaze of men, and
these are the only monuments that mark the
spot Who sleeps there Alas | tremble at
the "reminiscences that cluster around the shape
less heap of earth. Often, during my residence
| in the West, had heard the giittering pros
poets that enyironed the pathway of the young
professor His eloquence and teaching powers
won for him golden opinions. la the walks OF
professional life, too, he met on every side the
approving smile and the Salutations OF friends
who esteemed him miniStering angel in the
chamber Of sickness, and who felt that his
skill had saved their loved ones from the grasp
of death. The gourd seemed TO be Of vigor-
ous growth, and for time none had mlsgLT.
/ ing in respect of the future. But a poisonous
worm was at the root, and it infused desola-
tion into every fibre Of the plant. This man
had failed in the very outset of lie; be began
wrong Too soon, alas, was the genteel glass
( of wine exchanged for the fercer stimulus OF
/ the brandy goblet. The victim was tottering
on O fearful declivity, unconscious Of the abyss
( that might soon eDgulf him forever. The stone
/ rolling from the hilltop, could not be checked
/ in its rush to ruin by force less potent than
! Almightiness The warning OF dearest friends
+ was unheeded. Cast beyond retrieve, was the
/ die, and the terrible issue not far in the dis
/ tauce The erratc professor los! his place IN
/ the school OF medicine, because OF indiSCretloGs
perpetrated under the sway Of the tyrant
whose chains led him in durance vile. The
patrons who once idozed him as their family
/ visitaut in the sick chamber, abandoned hin, as
| q hopeless outcast, and the murky tokens of
poverty speedily fastened their death-gripe on
! soul aud body. Did he reform at the eleventh
hour? On the contrary, be felt that be was
doomed sot, and very soon all that had once
been luminous and full Of promise in intellect,
went oct in utter darkness. He gave up the
ghost among kindred spirits, aud where is he?
/ Did any Of his early patrons or boon com
/ pauions take the cold clay aud honor i with
/ a spot in some lovely cemetery? Not at all
Unwept aud alone he found hiding place in
/ a dishohored grave And in weekly sheet
E
tDied on the = day Of - in the wear Is,
Dr. well known few years ago,
as the eloquent professor Of--in--
Medical college He was ruined by intenper
ance, and bis remains repose in corner OF
graveyard Q: the county poorhouse.'
BAayUx SODA public joke at P. T Bar
nuns expense Is not an everyday luZurg, 7.
IT hn- IoE 2 -. m,
the other side Bat 1t length the Prince Of
ShoR men has been shown Z trick that be did
not know before, and the hero of the occasion
has been, as is very usual on such occasions, a
son Of the Emerald Isle. 1t seems that B-r
nun, few day ago was in . great hurry 10
be shaved, and entered bis ordinary place Of
tonsorial resort, under the Park Hotel, in
I New York: hGt all the operatives were engag-
cd, and one other customer-a great, brawuy
Irisbman Just landed, and with beard and
head requiring very extensive attentiOn-stood
between the exhibitor Of the "Whatis-it' and
his turn as next.
Il am in q hurry, ny good man." said
Phjneas T, addressing Pat; and if you will
+ give me your turn L will pay for what You
want done here
An right :" replied the delighted E-ishnsn
and the Snowman was soon shaved, and on his
was to keep his ugagement-merely saginE,
I as be left the door, 10 the proprietor of the
saloon, " Do what this man wants" pointing
to the exile Of Erin, "and | will settle it with
you"
No sooner was he gone than Pat took OF
I bis trQStv, and thick cotton neck tie, at the
same time asking the barber, Now tell NE
al you do"
/ Why. sr." responded the tonsOrial opera
tive, d" ve shave, GU: aud curl hair, shampoo,
aud battle"
/ "Au right, then" said Pat; do all them
/ things 10 NE. SOrra wan Of me knows
what they name, but as hs said he'd pay for
them, Just do them all, an God bless you "
The barber saw the joke and did as re-
quested. putting the big Irishman through all
/ the processes, and bringing him out so pleas
antly altered that Pat scarcely knew himself
We leave our readers to imagine Barnum's
face Gext morning, when the proprietor OF the
saloon handed him q bill
For bathing Irishman, 25 cents shaving
10 cents cutting hair, p cents shampoon-
ing, % cents curling hair, p cents-total
for Irishman, SI00"
Barnum q once acknowledged the corn
gave receipt for the maize but be Is after
the Irish exile, and svears il be catches him,
that be will place him cneek-by jowl between
the Khat-isit ?" and the Aztec children.
BRIqE7 AND GLOOMY HoUEs-Ah this
beautiful world Indeed. know not what 10
think of H. Sometimes it is all gladuess aud
sunshine, and heaven itself is not far of
And then it changes suddenly aud is dark aud
sorroRful, and The clouds shut out the sky In
the lives of the saddest of rs there are bright