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Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11
ELECTION.

OFgIrE o. rAr EgANsvItLE INsrRAScE co.
EvAssSILLE, Ia, Aug. II, ltf
THE STOCK HOLDERS or THIS C0MPASY
1 ere hereby ndtihed that the annual eiee ION
f5r nice nlr otors all b. held AZ the Office g h.
Company on the fourth Monday OF se9leiaa-r
rext betae~n the hours Of oue and four 7. II,
By trdsr Of the Beard
LsuEllt3l VA. I. PAGE. seefetary-
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11

~ DAVIES cOrNTv
- PIKE cnrNrr

The undivided q ofw lzof W. -.,.
~fthfr - 80. 80 ~ vest, under which fsurt 49,
coal ten =, 80. q ths surface lies good vein n
Also, $50 acres "a ~ So5,.'-ss.
county soil and tint-r srof ~ - pAtt - sail
Ficii in mineral Products 7rf., - l.Ast IS si+e
anxI1 -+s'e feaseft-
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11
Compound PsetorRi of wIIs oaer'

aas becoue household yord throuFhouf
vest and S0aths and he Worm Lorenres. h,
thsn Ae-r AFTER thais Introduction. ssa~s~cs-
reputation a. vile spFeSd rs tire continent
NfstA a s-s-saess- AAl kHe GROWING glaFF Of
lie TQmsins tn ne attained IN his latest discovas
- rather combination; foI he does not claim
haHv i'sFa tise si|-eaNrrrr ct EEDRoN. which 4
tas-s Is bieus new offered o. the pull
ti.ai haf7l 'aa.s G the aative inhabitants
Nastral Aatfe', aheP. its virtues have h.
kuesH t.r u1sse a.ae lWo huuarca scafs. Arm.
Niil q, ihe lndaH tias e stuca 60 The iaosi aoa
ig nat ssa h2nalse 8 ,csni scar tie Iiosf xe
eHaHs strlVats. - t.iigi With them ~
Ntlia - Is hyrath b. q. abs body. tae '-.ir,
Z IN p eufe, a. taa what he disease rsi
he,
.f ~. Ball i not prepared 70 indars, ),
rNlr4suant Ireteuslou, he Is nevertheless sali
tea irpHi q thesuugl exsmination o. TIE eyiden
ffiaifa 30 iis Niriprss that - a rcasdy aud ~
erulstiFr iog all diseases arising from eNposn-
eiihcr ia the csan-2s q weather and climate. OF
fae uiiasIisiic Influences, IL stands without I
val atil Justly deserves the reputation Il lls
lal.y oniayed la Central america aud the West
dies. IN
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11
WANTED.

RoAkDkks--A few dsy Dearier, can -. :
aug6-dlw. street.
NThoOL TEACHER BY the Oonrr-g.,,o,,
Envilsh pssa. competent Male Teacher Of ne
ABOUT the ist Of Septembr next s.ias. , school
FOR particulars, apply TO @"'y 'ioeFsi'
wM. LowENTHAL. sees'y. ~ PRESIDENT :n,s
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11
Congressional Talon yomlnat,on.

The following persons have baar 49,,
mated for Congress By the Union mn
in the respective Districts:
]; Cyrus NJ. Allen, of Knox
IL No nomination
IL Ralph Hill, of bartholomew
". John Il. Farquhar, of Franklin
'; George W. Julian, of Wayne. (For
VI Ebenezer Dumoat. Of Marion
(For re-eleetion.l - ''''
VII Henry D. washburne, of yermii.
VII Godlove S. orth. of Tinneo.-
noe; (tor re-electian.)
m "a Schuyler Colfax, of St. Josenb
Ator reelection ''Sepn'
y; Joseph II. Defrees. of Flkb.r,
NJ Thomas n. S,iIIwen - Mas:
sA- The eoPperhead prsss : k,ur
s s90os GOV. Morton arpaing his nar,S
i !, and advises Democrats :, - parry
forces. '0i armed
Morton has only armed those vh.
rolled themselves in the Legion. and "
have never heard of Democra, bs;no
refused permission to join that body
The assertion that Morton is arminr
'ar'isan friends alone. is the silliest and
nesnest kind of falsshood
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11
JOHN TENNIS
PROPOSALS FOR LOAN.

nvo-r,t,ssst Asbhf nErAHTsEsr July 18th. lse4
n 49, - Hereby GIVEN THAT SIR
sei iPiiona VIII De- received i,v fh.. -,
The United sfafes the sevsr,f ts -. - slfeF @
VI Aed desigHaied paposffsrier. asJ T. - -
fa,5 's''' ~ aes ghaied and qutified ~ j .rssf
pegsft. \. '.Ailetal agents, FOR Trosaury Soc.
g tniergai che rate u ssSea ag ~ teaf
Jeht' peg annu1, with saHi-annri,l rs,,t..,'
SO -Aeiis payable 60 lawful money 'i'"4
Atsas n"tfs viii be oonvertiiIe a. tb.o.,,-. ,
-. sef, . ma tarity into six Der eeyf f.i
l.ins t-'nas, Fedeenable after i've ann ,,s,i 81
tseh'y years from August 18TH is.z F-9A'ie
Ahs Aoies wtil D. issued ia dencn,s,..f.- ,
y" enc bundled. I've hundred ono ti,,.s ~
80 'fe tnoHeaH1 dollars. aud ufu - -
tbs Tau TO order a. may b. directed h.
a. AZ saes.eg pt.ops mast he foF INV dot,.,. ~
some multiple u fifty dollars "'''@is' q
- ''t4,e esrtlheaies viii ls issued for all a.
poe'1 the party depositlnr mast Co... '.l Hs-
TIE or8saai certificate TIE deuorni i,'s' - upoa
ss,,9Httta ana whether they are H. y. - 100
.-.A e payable 70 order When - sf5or-e ~ \,
NUT = Ten siih the officer rscelvins Z y
70 bc lrsafiieii % this Defarfrs.,t '' = p"stf
me Notes vii - transmIttsd 10 a., .,.-
~ - .4t - afges - econ after the rrreit
~ ,.,@, s''ei teEtihesses d DEPOSIT a. they ~
Iatefess VIII he allowed to Aueu., t,,l $50,
sissits made rEior 60 that date ana ,rtl1 y y!
'i'=ht upon the receipt ofthe orlris-
As tae notes draw interes; f-osl Au.,,,., So.
lefsols making deposits subsss uepf fo H.. 80
esta Of dep sit -" % bgte 20
4ltlss y posting twenty-five u eusaud sail.,
=. pmaIas q these notes ~ any ono tirna. ~
mr. 80 ss,ninisslon d 0Be-l aartar cf ore
-. 49, eAieh VII le paid bv thaa depsrfp,s,,
q % re receipt q bil f9r she afseunfi es,r'et
- ~ eioer wi'h ~haH4 tlt,, -sg,asif - -
he opposite i''1't De Iaade from
d, sts &c lFHg dsposits FlIl see that the r,,
= .Aa2fsrfsenis Sc made upon r. orivirs -
A. eihesTs Authorized TO re.-.fy. ,,,o-,..
''ss y give the applicants all desired fT Co.
- ~. an Ahora every facility for making -
". p. FEssEgpEg
s71s~-s.., M secrstaFy II the Treasure
GU, 'ioHs viii BE- received 81 the gi-t,
-1a ha .s % Eyanssiile Indiana, and Al, -
4 &c bao - and Bankers throuvfesf -. 70
~ doubtless afford fseiiities r. .s =, =, sh-
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11
"A Circular Saw Mill

WHICH WILL BE PUT UP IN coNptr,r
running order. For particulars rnotir. - +
'ohn iNi-on, corner Of Lect and Water streets
auRp-2wd '''''-
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11

A BRICK HOUSE or MULBERRY STREET
n containing four rooms - ID" =
Enquire at this otice. ..a
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11

a FINE TwO-STORY FRAME HOUSE. COY
a tanning eight 70 ms, a good cellar and a I,r.,
stable The house il nearly new 'F
Enquire al this Office, f,,.,tliu~
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11

ron ELECTORS At LAEog.
David 4. Goodins, Ct Hancock
Richard W. Thompson, % Figo.
yoa srArE EIEcTSgs.
lat f,.triet-Ja4aes e. Denny q Knox.
JaIn g. HOughlaud, Of sp7neer-
"a uI.trlet-Cyras T. NIXON, Of CLARK.
Francis Wester, 81 Lagrang~.
"a Dlstflet--Iienry u. PFiichsrd, d Barihoio-
ma6isan Eynus. q Lawrence.
4th Dlstfiet-Lsofidss seEton, Of Ensi.
o. v Ryger, Of franklin.
9Th District-BeHl D. 0laypool, q Faysite.
J0ehua II Heilstt, - Henry
9th DlatrIct--J !. Wright 0f Morgan
] q Green, Of shelby.
9Th Disfref-John Osborn, Of Putnefa
Thomas x Rice, Of Parke.
efh Disirict-R +. Davidson, Of Tippeeanoe.
Benj. Gregory, Of warren
gn UIsfriet-James b BsligTd of white
Anrsu Guerupy. Of Porter.
s0th Distriet--T H. Dickinson, Of DeKalb.
Hallat KilhOnrne, Of EikhnFt.
NH DlstrIet--Jbhu NJ Wallace, Of Grant
James NJ. Templer, Of Jay
Untsn FxeeutIve Committee 1T
District.
Dacie,.-JoHs va TEzEs, principal;
w.. r. THO8F59S, contingent
Drboi..-JoHH MASS, principal;
ERNTsr PfCRnAHBr, contingent
lilson N. II. FREscH, priuoipal;
JANIS T. EaHHEY contingent.
haar.-MiLT0s r GHEE, principal
JAAts :. PEiTcHElT contingent.
.-LEzIs BHooKs. principal;
MteHAKt reilly contingent
PiEe.--GooDLKTT HoEeAN, principal;
2. @. HAAMOKD, contingent.
Pasey -JoHs A. MAss, prlocipai;
y. J R0aERs, contingent.
Rpsneer-JAmFs Farley, principal;
II. r KEncHEyAL, contingent.
Va,,derbHrgh -ALvAH Jouseos, principal
JANIS H. mcSEELr, contingent
WayyicL. --Jonx D. HANDY, principals
!. u. HUDsPETH, contingent.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11
GAR.

AIR Dan CASTILLO ~ill in
tFoluce his won rial psr-
forming Russih- llorre
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-01-27
General scott.

General Scott kept open house on
New Years He has broken up huuSe-
keeping, and has ROOMS at Deimonico'S.
In the elegant mansion of Moses III
GrinncIl, corner of Fifth avenue and
Fourteenth street, with several spacious
dwelling houses added to it, Delm"nicU
has his uptown establishment. In i
suit OF parIors on the lower floor, tur,
.uishcd III style suited to his rank, Gen
eial ScUtt has his headquarters. His
rooms are such as a military gentleman
of position aud fortune would desire.
They are ornamented with bu>ts, statues,
maps, paintings and implements of war
His daughter lives near him, aud her chil
dren, Intelligent ard spngh,ly. may be
seen roaming round the rooms. climbing
his keen tur kiss or smle or kind
word, aud throwing u halo of Youth aud
pleasure over the home aud declining
years uf the invalid hero. General Scott
~ 9rea, tavolite of the ladies' Every
day ra,e and fresh flowers are lald by fair
hands un his iabie, filing tie room with
cAQuISilC SWCCtuCSS. hluitS ul all hlUuS
are sent in TO him daily and of these at
'entions he is especially proud, aud makes
particular mention of them TO all famIl
lar friends who visit him. His bodily
health is MT firm. five years az" he
met with an accident that affected his
spine. since which tine he has not been
abie To sIt on his horse Indeed, he mas
not been on u horse but uuce since the
accident, aud then lie was helped on aud
off, remaining but a few minutes that his
portrait might be painted He seldom
leaves his room, and walks about il with
great difficulty. But his u'ind ; just a>
clear as Shen his cannuns pealed along
our frontiers in the var of 1872. lie Is
CONVEX with all the acts Of the gov
ernment and of the army. He reads
everything that relates to our national
periI; has his own decided opinions OF
movements aud Of men, and expresses
himself freely, without the veil of >ecre
Isy or reserve about the war, its duration
aud termination, the courage aud skill
Of onr generals and the obstacles that
still lie in our path Boston JourHoE
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-01-27

A cor,es pendent of the Pi!ts5urg
Chronicle, writing from the camp of the
Fourth Pennsylvania regiment at Dec.
hard Station, Tennessee, thus describes
how the mea make themselves comfortable
III winter:
The camp L. iuid ont in regular order,
with an eve to health. cUmfort and beauty
The COMPANY streets are all oLe width,
twenty feet. The houses Of the enlisted
men are ali Of one size and appearance,
with u space between OF two PAGES, and
The same space between those OF each
company, While the internal arrangements
are nearly all the same-each house has
Two buuks and accommodates four men.
The uIust Of the houses ale built Of logs.
>une few Of boards, but the dimensions
of all are the same Each huuse is pro.
tidcd with IA fireplace aud chimney. built
of brick, IN the rear opposite Il c centre,
to the Company street. Nov let the
reader imagme one company having twen
ty ioar hoB>ps, each other company hav-
Ing the same number, tie diuiinsious Of
"a IA tie same, and as follows ten ieei
lui@, eight feet wide and four feet high,
with four shelter tents for a covering,
having regular pitch, forming the loof
Pace twelve Of these on line, fronting
eng hrlse. with space Ut two feet be.
tween each the door Of each Upel ing
out Oh that line opposite the centre of
the house, while oppo'ite the door IN the
rear OF the house is the fireplace and
chimney; placed on parallel line, leaving
space of twenty feet in front, the other
twelve huts, fronting also leneihwise Oh
SAID liz {, similar to those on the frs; line,
with the exception Of the front of each,
house. which is reversed, so that the GnurS
of each row front each other, leaving the
space twenty feet between the two 'oHs
of houses This space is callod the com.
pany street. The company kitchen. fi'e
feet longer than company hut. but other
dimensions the same. is also built fronting
on The first line Of the left of the first row.
leaving space of ten feet from the left. "
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-01-27

Let the South talk entll d"OWsday
about ,he hi2h principle involved IN the
ICivii War that II has Involved Us in, ON"
p! fact >uihcr> tC overthrow that Dragging
e>.ctr4u+,--tlat j. the fuc, hat the South
has sIroug aniipathy to paying hNne>t
w.ges for honest labor. The planters
repudiated hired laborers, and merely
gave their EUnd>men hard work. scamty
clolhing. miserable huts, and al lusuth
cheney Of Curse iood When tired vi
them, or when wanting money, they sold
the miserable slaves, just a. we sell cat,
tic in the North. As To paving ,hcm
wages, out of which they could maiuialn
themselves, the Sputl, never did auJ thing
ot the sort.
In the eye Of the Constitution, one
man is declared the equal Of every utuer
han, with rights we'll dedned-rishr>
which the laY defends BuI if the u.aII' :
color be not OF the standard white. he has
no rights IN the SOUTH. Hsre. IA an
exchange his Iabu., of hand or cad, tol
an equivalent, he amount uf which L.
defined by cu>tuh. by competition. and
by The price Of the nece>>arles ut life
which >uch suuants Will purchase There
the emElJSer always likes the rates aud
mode al pay uncut. making both as easy TO
himself a. possible: in pain words, he
kept his slaves on the cheapest tuUd, In
miserable novels, with COARSE clothing
cub jecllng th"m To great labor, and fog
ging them at will. in order to get as much
work out Ut them as their heavily iasked
strength could give. All this, because
these poor, over.ta-ked, under fed, caprlc
Vusly punished human creatures had Il
dark cuiorcd cuGlcle What a mercy tu
some fulks, that having >aLdy cuturyd
hair was not established d. "a special rea-
sou tor inakIDg Them slaves, and perpet
mailing slavery among Them. while The
waters run to The sea, and tire wavcs
dash against the shore. Ii black skin
makes u luau slave, why moi dark eye :?
IT the South had originally been hun
est, paying fair wages for fair work. il
might have .lad fever acIe- under cuIrl.
vaiiun--it might have raised less cotton,
rice. oi tobacco bur i, would have had
class of prosperous laborers. whatever
their color They went in not TO pay
wases.or an, talr rcqsivalent They battle
now for only one pinclp,e-tn Continue
the system of Work without Wages
This Is the prirci pie for which they com
uenced aud are cuutIuuing this crue..
war Press
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-01-27
A Gritty KensuCkian.

Willard Davis, If Richmond, Ken
tucky, who minutely describes lHaa self
below, has written the following letter TO
the Provost Marshall of the Eighth DIS.
trict of that State, IN answer to cab to
such as were enrolled to show cause, If
any, why they should be exempted:
Il have seen your advertisement, giv-
ing people desiring exemption from the
coming draft &u opportunity t"lay in their
.con plants. &c. Now. sir, have never
had the lonor If yonr acquaintance. but
| can refer you for the truth of what I
aul about to say to my worthy friend,
James d. Foster, surgeon, and member
OF your honorable board. My complaints
are as follows, viz: .g v(
Il have 10 broken limbs. have ne
chronic discusses, such as infamatory rheu.
ma:i~m, chronic inflammation Of the steu,-
ach, rhthysic, white swelling, &C. lam
..ot blind in either eye am not knock
kneed. | am not baudy-slanked. lam
not bow legged. have no bad teeth,
and can bite off cartridge. | can stand
straight on my pnstern joints. l have
never heeu drilled in the Southern arms,
and never been so Fortunate as to be
member Of tile sympa'hizing party re
Madison. | have no impedimen,s in ms
speech | am neither near sighted ua :
far sighted. / can hear well-,he riR z
of musket as well as the ring of silss r
dollar La short, ! am sound in win
and limb lam housekecper, and hsv 9
a wife, "a good Union woman) and ,no
children living. | am a citizen of Mpaii-
son county, Ky, from which you wa q
239 soldiers am as brave as auv M an
who is no Drawer than am. One otymv
legs is as long as the other, and Doth are
long enough to run we'll | am for the
last man and the last dollar, nigger ds no
nigcer, especially the last man H YOU
have gDud musket marked u. S send
it down. and | am ready to bear il 10 de-
fence of the Union. | sm no foreigner.
aud claim all The papers that en!itle me
TO iu stf
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-01-27
President Ll>cutNs "LAsr~SToRy

PRESIDENT LINCuLN S LAST Story
"A few DAYS since New England gen.
rIe,nan called at the White House to pro.
pose new plan for capturing Richmond
Il know. Mr. President" said lre. "ihat
The Union men in the ttbel ca pital, with
he prisoners and cun,rabauds there. aue
able to ovcrpuwer the earri>dn-so al
you have to do is to let Gen Meade make
a diversion against Lees army, and then
let Gen. Butler 90 up James river TO co.
operate with the Unioni,ts" II have
great C ,uhdence in Gen Butler" replied
Mr. Lincoln. But | am not sure about
Richmond. Your Ilan reminds NE of =
story told of lot of Mcthodi>, ministers.
who were the trustees of Western cal.
Icse. 1t so happened that this colege
was subjected to be carried away by fresh.
cts AT last they held session, TO re
celve the plans "f IA noted bridge builder,
a good mechanic, but rather a profane
,nan Can YOU build this bridge! asked
ii reverend gentleman. Build it, blunily
replied the mechanic. Il could build u
bridge to Hell This horri6ed the trus.
tees, aud after the bridge builder had re.
tired. tie minister who had recommended
him thought proper to apologize i feel
confident, said he that our cneigetic
friend could build IA safe bridge to Hades,
although am not so sure of the abu'-
ment un the other side And SO with
your plan-eoncIuded the President
have great confidence in Gen Butter, but
doubt the strength OF the Uniouists il.
Richmond
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-01-27
How TO Cure "a smoky Chimney

Fo- hard lying. the following cant lie
beat A CORES pnndeM. ~hu4ives in New
Hampshire. states that in I use parts re-
sides urau called Joe, a fellow n"Ied for
The tough lies he can tell. and IL sam,
pie, relates the foiloV wing -
,ioe called at ll"ll"u's one day. aud
found him alin"st chsked with smake
VIII, II he sugge>ied--
You d,n kayw as much abont man
aging smoky chi'"neys as do, squire, ur
you cure ecu
"Ah." said HILTON, with interest. did
ynu ever see a smoky chimney cured p
Seen a sn.nky chimney cured 2 sall
old joe Il think have! had the
worst one in Seaboard county cnce, and |
cured i. little too much. "
"How was that 2" asked Holton
why you see,' said Joe. you see. |
builr little house out yonder at Wolf
Hollow. ten or twelve years ego Jim
Bush. the felinw that built the cbumneys,
kept blind drunk three quarters of the
time. and crazy drunk the other told
him thai he would have sOmeihing wrong.
but he stuck to il aud finished the house.
Well, we moved in. and built FIRE the
next morning to boil the tea kettle. All
the smoke came through the resm and
went out of the windows not b:t weni
up the 6ues. we tried il for two or
three DAYS, and is got worse and worse.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-01-27
'sEae Reitei Currency.

During General Lees invasion of
l'enn>, l,aulh last summer. detachment
# the rebel army had pnsScs,iun for "a
.eW DAYS uf the thriving town nf Hanover.
iu The county Of York, living Sume twenty
OF m"re Ihilts west of Gettysburg Ap
business men of the town mostly placed
their mnvatle goods safely ont of the
reach OF the piItcr"rs They secured bur
title bouiy. What they could Law tLcir
hands On, however. they did mol fai' 20 bag.
Among the leeviest losers was one OF
the landlords of tlre tvwn. the proprietor
"f weH.>Iocked and well Conducted
country tavern at his house the hun
CRY retels made themselves "aell at
nome" Without leave OF license. they
dcvuured his stock of bacon. beef end
poultry. consumed all his flour, which
they forced the andlady to bake into
bread and pies, used his forage. occupied
beds, aud, OF course, drunk up his en-
tire stock of liquors. Of this, before
! they came, lie had ten or dozen barrels !;
when they lcfi, not 50 mauv Ein,s, TO-
What they could not enzzle on the spot
they conrrved to take aloug.
! As they were about taking their de
rarture for Gettysburg. Georgia Colo
mel. exhibiting d gree of Conscientious
re>S no, shared BY any Of his associates.
remarked 10 the landlord that it was
PITY To c0n>umc 50 much of his properly
without anv compensation, and that If no
one else would extend justice to hun. he
would, at the saue time throwing on the
bar a bill of the denomination of twenty
dollars
There" said the rebel chieftaia, ''m,
good fellow, take that Us NY share Of our
indeb':dness "
"Vut kind of monlsh ish dat ?" inquir
ed The landlord. one Of the class of Penn
syIrania Germans so provclbial alike for
sagaciry aud integrity.
That sir, is grcyback in other
words, q note of the Confederate states
uf America"
20 stranger" said the hotel keeper,
"if You hash not got no peter moni>h as
dat, You Il peter keeps ii don't wants
nore of if; it i~ goot fer nix no peter
as plank paper"
Sir rtjOined the sonewl,h, ind,g
nFnt epauietted Genr.iau. IL advise you
to take and be glad for the opportunity
! You will soon frd it is the best money
III the world. Keep it. sir keep it
''Nrin. nein," tetorted mynherr uf the
swinging ii On; dat monsh will never
De wort anthing here nor anywhere /
would not give one silver thaler for a
bread ba>ket full Won't be seen mil it
in my hand; and # y:u don't take ii
along. rolls it up holds II at the candle
un lights mine pipe nit it
| He was abuut ruirin. the action to the
wurd when The Georgian took the note
up lrum the counter, and returned il To
his wallet. The Hanover landlord de-
serves praise. nor for his insar slone i"
the presence If an ins"Ient foe. but is
likewise to be commended for his 6Ban
ciai >aeacity, which is far ahead Of Mem
minver himself
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-01-27

BY and by il came ON TO rain. and the
rain begun TO come down the chimney.
II put The fire out in a minute. and di.
rectly il came down BY the paiiful We
had to get the baby off the floor as soon
as We could. or it would have been
drowned In fifteen minutes the water
stood knee deep on the floor Then !
went ont and took look 1t didn't rain
half so hard outside. and | pretty soon
see what was the matter. The drunken
cuss had put the chimney wrong end up.
aud ii drawcd downwards il garl cred all
the rain within hundred yard. aud
poured il down by the bucketsful"
wv ell tina, was unfortunate" remarked
Holton. But what in the world did
you do with the house? Surely, you
uever cured that chimneyH
Didn't |. though 7" answered old Joe.
Yes. did"
"How, asked Holton.
Turned it the other end up" said the
incorrlsible. land then you ought to have
seen It dlaw. Taat was the way cured
IL too mach
Drew too much ?" asked Holton
We'll, squire, you may judge Tor your.
self" said old Joe. "Plelty soon after
we got the chimney down and the other
end Hp, | missed uue of The chairs out of
the room, and directly | see another of
EN- shooten towards the FIRE lace Next
the table wen,, and | seer the back luG
going up. Then | grabbed the old We
n,au uuder one arm and the baby under
t'o,her, aud started but jus, as [ got to
the doo', J seen the cat going across the
-four backwards, holding on with her
claws to the carpet, yelling awtully. 1t
wasn't no use. Just seem her going
over the 10Y of the chimney, aud that was
the last of her"
We'll, what did you do then :" asked
IIoitou ''0t course you couldn't live in
such a house,
"Couldn'r |, though 2" said Joe; but
[ did put noultice on tie jan' Of the
trc place. and tLat drawed tWher way ;
50 We had no nure trouble ..