Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-10-07
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day -aiternoon, says the Harrisburg
patriotahd Union, two gentleman
solid looking farmers--arrived IN
Damn Curtin Who sought an 1nte1i
yiSwWith the 6ftice9. Of The day, ,apnnds4 ,annd4 !
iniormad him that they weroaslu search
ofa girl who had strayed 5awaysa'a,ilol
lhoGghta 4 military camp o queerpRtc.ee1
20 hunt Tor stray girls, especially aslt
reflected on the dignity and virtue OF
the jneu.at-arms, noverthelessthe gem
temcti were at liberty tomiaIk'oeP seareh' e .lN
AS the old song says,"they hnhte1
her high and theynhunted her. lowJat
Ihft they didI NOT hunt her "When y
TSorr,passsetl earl away,nrf0r 10! in lessthan
an hour she was found onguard DONG
duty as sentinel, ip, the uniform or
Capt. Kuhn's company of Sumner h-
Hes' of CaiiisloAD We do not, know
what name she enlisted under to pro-
.ect tho honor of her country 8 nag
but her real name is Sophia CrydeeIr,
and her residence only about mile
rom this tity. She Mas benin Capt.
Kahn,s company a weele,ai a plump
las; las;t of only sixteen years Of age, and
had so completely LnnseXed herself,
that she could safely bid defiance to
anY one not acquainted with her TO
defectl her. How She shhkcd an eN-
animation, which is said to be made
with great strietpess by tho Medical
men Of Camp eurtinywe are not IN
formed. s4
Sheisreppesented as = girl OF un-
blcmishM -4tputatiea, and did not as
gencrally hsppe,is in such cases, en-
list to benear thsSobjea of her affect
ions, bat dnenely IN wielspirit of ad-
venture. Htdoes not speak well for
the modssty Of Miss( Sephia, how
ever, TO ay, THAT she wasim the habit
Of accomplishing the men, oftheir ex-
cursionsGto the FLYER tobathe; but she
may have dons this toward Oft saspi-
cion, especially as she istook precious
rood care to, keep out OF, the water
.iets6R.\ This isthe first case of the
kind that has ,beex bEonght to- light,
lyut we are Informed" that the most
reckless dare7devila attached to the SW.
ehth Regiment Of'the. three months
yylenteers, was 10 woman--the moth
er,qf four children. =, ... ,.' ,'o ,oZ
Miss Cryder was taken home, where
she can refiect over what she did see,
us we'll as what she did not see. ... "
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"a WIrrY BUroHER~-During an ell
oction at Stamford, a violent Tory
went into the shop ola Wing butcher.
What is your pleasure. 7" deman,
led the knight of the cleaver. lar l-a
sa.q want ealfs head, I" was tho re-
ilE s'',.2 si :. 20 I, ,o ,", aaa,l 5L . .,:
stlfhe butcher having two, inquired
of his Tory customer which he would
pwferyja Tory one or Wing one;
"a Tory one, to be sure" reloineo
the ustomergi:ira1f ad' '' r,Hl '.' ,I
,,HH'Yery well, sir I'll IS'll.ssncs,t send it hon home
When the cook proceeded topres'
it, the BRAINS were missing, and th'
master was speedily made acquainted
with the circumstances, when he re
turned to the butchers and indignant
!sipqamed Of bin @hat'had Peeom
ofstliemA 1g.ia ,1ota"rm.o sn.r'- -.La
...nArs you not aware, sir,'.. replie'
cleayer, THAT Tory heads do not con
tain brains 7 And did you not choos
Tory cah's head in preference to
Mhig one a'llW
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Be5'ThE LAWYER AND'THE Ducks
There is not a more common oitenc
against the law Of common courtes.
TIVE might say, oftentimes, commo
tieccney) than is ,practiced by a ce
tain class Of lawyers nowadays in th
oxaminatiQp of witnesses upon tn
stand. Now and then, however, Al
impertmant lawyer 4 'gets}it backn ]
saqh JqYay t9AtRSSl s%a lSip sas "tp f t ta ~
lowing, not az yet t'put' down in tn
hooks, but, well worthy of bein
transferred from the pAPERs."
Attn iateterm of Court of Sessions
man was brought up by a farmer, a
cdsed Of stealing some ducks.
s''WIIow do you know that they a
your ducks Z" asked the defendant
counsel. gr ..L ..... .r..
"Oh, l should know them AN
WHERE" replied the farmer and
went on to describe their ditferel
pcculiaritics.
"Why," said the prisoner $ couns
"these ducks can't be such a ra
breed, have some very much III
them in nay own yard" -.
"Thats not unlikely, sir repll
the farmer they are not the ON
ducks have had stolen lately y
"Call the NEXT witness"
gas-A friend of ours up town, h
q little fair haired youngster theolo
an of some four summers, who, ait
being the other day, for some til
l.. 4. .l,o,,l,. brolyn put thng