The colored American., 1865-12-30

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Union county Kentucky, had sold her
land and received some eight hundred or
a thousand dollars in cash A day or
two after she had received the money
travelling stranger called late in the even
ING and desired to get lodging for the
night. The LADY declined but the stran~
&C: insisted, aud Mrs. Headly consented
to let him remain over night.
At the usual hour of retiring, the
stranger proceeded up stairs to bed.
Late in the nigh he was aroused By the
lady of the housa, who told him that
there were three or four persons trying
to break into the house: and she believed
they were robbers. who had como there
for the purpose Of tri@ng to rob her of
her money.
The stranger arose, seized his pistol.
and told her 10 go down stairs and open
the door and get behind the door as she
opened it, and he would defend her.
Placing himself so that he could distinctly
see by the light Of the door when any one
entered, he gave the word, the lady opens
ed the door, and in rushed man who no
! sooner placed bis foot Oh the door sill
. than he tell dead from bullet from the
strangers pistol.
A second man rushed in and fell dead
by the second shot The third appeared
and was severely wounded by the third
shot, and turned and run off, leaving
trace Of blood behind him.
The men WHO had been killed were
BACKED and when the blacking bad been
washed off t"eir faces, Mrs. Headly
recognized with horror her own son-in-
; law as one of the men and the other was
a near nciehbor and friend.
: It was believed that the wounded man
, was ler own son. We,did rot learn the
names, of the parties killed, nor that of
inc stranger who SO providentialy ap-
peared to save the old lady, her. money,
and perhaps her life.~-- O,ones6oro, Ky,
! Monstor.
DON'T WANT Law Books.-The
Richmond Wing is responsible .for the
following:
One OF the judges of the Freedmen's
Court remarked to a lawyer who carried
the otaer day five law books with him to
that tribunal, il order to back up his
case with pertinent authorities, | am
astOnished at you, SIR; you come here
with law books AMI talk about law they
are Of no account, sir; all we want in
this court is the Bible The lawyer lost
his case, and will never again be guilty.
Of taking law book to the Freedmen's
Court.
How TO GET UP A QUARREL WITH YOUR
WIFE-Wait until she is at her toilet
preparatory TO going out. She will be
sure to ask you if her bonnet is straight. :
Remark that the lives of nine tenths of
the women arc passed in thinking
whether their bounets are straight, and
wind up with the remark that you never
knew but one that had common sense
about her Wife will ask you who that
was. You, with sigh, reply, 'ah!
never mind , Wife will ask you why
you did not marry her. You say, ab-
stractedly, 'Ah indeed ! The climax
is reached and q regular row is sure to
follow
How TO APPRECIATE W1vEs.--Ac-
cording to the laws Of the Greek Church,
its clergy may marry oace;. but if the
wife dies they are not allowed to choose
successor, a strange Interpretation OF
St. Paups injunction to the young bishop
of Ephesus, Il Tim. 3;2) 1t is said,
AID may easily be believed, that this
gains for the . lady a larger amount of
respect and attention tsen is usually the
Iot Of her sex in the East. A gentleman
residing in Syria was exceedingly sur
priSed Oil once entering the house of
leading priest to find him engaged in
Washing the linen o: the household; and
on inquiring the reason of such an aps
parenVly iucleric.l occupation, the rrvc-
read papa replied; I do this to save
my wife labor, that she may live the
J longer, for you know, oh Kyrie, that the
law OF our church does not permit me to
have another, and | wish to keep this as
long as | can.
The Nashville authorities are kept
busy fereting out murderers.
A distinguished Judge of the United
States Court Observed that when he took
buckwheat cakes for breakfast he could
sit on the bench the whole day without
being uncomfortahly hungry; if the
cakes were omitted, he felt obliged to
take lunch about noon Buckwheat
cakes are unlve sal favorite at the wino
ter breakfast table, and scientific inyes>
tigatlon and analysis has shown that they
abound in the heat forming principle
hence nature takes away our appetite for
them in summer.