Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-08-12
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pzaee candidate CAT Chicago)and thai his noniina-
toEegill probably wind up active hostlties, II not
end the war.
To prevent steers from jumping fences, CLIP off TIE
eyeaShes of the under IDS with pair uf scissors
and the ability to jump.s as ylcstroyed
SIMPSONS power was. .by the loss Of hslocks. The
animal will not attempt fence untathe eyeashes
are grewn again.
NEw YoRK is faller than ever of refugees and COW
ardy southerilers most of them rebels but with
stomach for powder and ball. They fill the hotels
and boarding bonses, keep mp rents, speculate in
gold filvoriie form of helping their brethren at
home), swell the enrolment roll but do nothing to
fill the quotas ard every way that they have the
courage for give adaHd comfort to the rebel cause
OK Wednes,lav evening July 30. the air in the Vi
cinity of Ogdenslnlrg was filled with ashes, and for
some time had the appearance of light snow storm.
The wind at khe time was blowing from the north
west, and they must have come from miles away in
Canada. About nightfall dense clouds of smoke
passed over the town, indicating that heavy fires
were raging in the forest the opposite side Of the
SSttkawreRee.
YoU would not take me for twenty?n said nice
girl to her partner, while dancing few evenings
ago ''what would you take me for?''-'for better
for worse he replied
An old bachelor says if a young lady has purse
with two eRds-silYer one, and gold In the other
she is to open the gold end first.
''lrEATIE NOAEN EVER KIND. Aille feldJeS
that when one day, worn ont with fatigue, he turn
ed into an EsquimanX hut to get q little sleep, the
good d-uatured hostess Of the wigwant covered him up
with of herown .kaLliments. aud gave HIN her
baby for pillow.
LEATHER PlEs.-Ariny pies are so terribly tough
that soldiers call them leather pies. poor fellow
of Grants army, whose arm hadjust been amputated,
vas being carried past stand the other day where
an old selling pies when he raised him
self in the ambulance and called out, - say old lady,
those pies sewed or pegged'
NEWSPAPER BUSINESS, by reason of enhanced wa
ges, high prices taxation, &e. is so Improbable
that one of the most talented assistants Of morning
daily in New York eity has just thrown dewnthe pen
and opened brokers Office in Wall street: another
has turned auctioneer, and third has gone into the
country TO work farm From the weekly journals
there are similar substracions. Mechanical labor Is
getting better and better every day, bat BRAIN work
Is growing cheapes and cheaper
Cm1D THAT TALKED AT BIRTx-South Troy is
just agtated by stories told about child that
talked at birth. ltprophesied that comet was COM
ing in few weeks and was going TO give us q terri
hle drought and that consequence of the dsarange
lnent of the atmospheric laws there would be fam
inc according tothe inspired baby prophecy. There
numbers who have seen the talking child and
jnSist upon the truth Of these stories
A WASHINGTON LETTER WRITER SAYS: '!Our theatres
are closed the concert halls can hardly pay expen
SeS. ana business OF every kama QIa-S UedN1lN. iNi
deed Washington has It's flush simes, Tor it Is
not probable that shall have the Army Of the
Potomac hereabouts any more, and the lucrative
sutler trade viii soon be located at Petersburg =
then ct Richmond
tailor, who, in skating, fell through the ice, de-
cared tha he would never leave hot goose for cold
duck.
A favorite mode Of introduction III Brazil is said
to be- This is nIy.frend if he seas anything from
You, am responsible for IL !"
WHAT ARE Yol; LOOKING FOR "A man was angry
with his wife, either because she talked to much
for some other reason and resolved not TO speak
to her for a long long time. He kept his resolu-
ton for few days very strictly. One evening he Is
living in bed and wishes sleep he draws his night
cap his and hiswite may say what she will.
he hears nothing of it. The wife then takes a
die, and carries Tito every nook and corner Of the
room she removes stools, chairs, and tables. and
looks carefully behind them. The husband sits up
IN bed, aud gazes inquiringly at her movements he
thinks that the din must have end at last but he
IS mistaken--his wife keeps on looking and search
ing. The husband loses patience, and cries, ''What
you looking for 2-"FOr your tongue" she
swers '-and now that have found it, tell me why
You are angry" Hereapon they became good
friends again.
Rebel DIsGrPorHTMExT BECAUSE WASHINGTON
WAS NOT CAPTuRED.-Jhe Richmond TEstqatirsr of
the 18th instant says the fall of Washington was
most anxiously expected by the people, who we're
Ia0cn disappointed on learning that the invaders had
not accomplished this object but much gratified
amid their chagrin, that 1.-THE Yankee capital could
be frightened out of its wits" The Eltquirer{iints
that pennsylvania is soon to be secured by 10000
rebels it invites foraging on large scale, and
foray into that region should eultiUate an feaod
beautiful hdrreSt the already s0scn seeds Of 0edcen
The Pennsylvanians are looked on by the Confeder-
ates as being entirely indifferent to the losses inhct
ed on Maryland, as they consider Maryland with, if
not Of the Gonlcderacy, and hence the popular de-
sire of the South that the keystone State should be
punished by an extensive raid
Losses ny THE LATE MARYLAND Rsp.-We find
il estimated that the entire loss by the rebel raid 81
Maryland wall not much exceed two millions of dol
lars. Of this amount the Philadelphia Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad suffered TO the extent ,of
something over one hundred thousand dollars the
Northern Central to afout the same amount the
Baltimore and Ohio had seven bridges and for lies
ot track and several station houses DESTROYED tee-
graph companies damaged to the amount of
three or toar thousand dollars the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal had the aqueduct at Antetara DESTROYED
and all the locks between Antietan and Williams
port demolished with between twenty and thirtv
boats. The county losses are estimated as follow
Hartford coSnty Sl5gOoi baltimore CO., S42. 600
Carrail co. $4,000 Frederick CO., S872. 600 in
GLIDING 100000 ransom money Washington eo
SS5,000 and the balance was lost bv farmers stora
keepers and others, in damage to farms, the pilla
gIng OF shops, ruaning Oft cattle, horses, &C., L.
A BEAUTIFUL IpEA--In the mountains of Tvrol
1t Is the custom Of the and children to como
out when il is bedtime and singther national songs
Entil they hear the husbands, fathers and brothers
answering them from the hills on their return home
On the shores of the Adriatic such custom, pre-
walls There the wives of the fisherman come down
about sunset and sing melody. After singing the
frst stanza they listen for an answering melody from
Oh the water and continue sing and listen till the
well known voice comes borne on the waters telling
that the loved ones almos. shome How sweet
q 1he weary fisherman, as the shadows gather round
him, must be the songs Of the loved ones at home:
and how they nus. strengthen and tighten the links
that bind them together these humble dwellers bv
the sea! Truly 1t IS among the lowly in tiis life
that fnd some of the most beautiful customs IN
practice.
ANEW DisEAsE.-The Buffalo Medical Journal
describe disease. ..ghcl bas appeared at Cheek