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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-01-19

\ CHINESE TRIAL.-I heard to-day
a curious case that lately came to the
knowledge of Mr.. Milne, AZ having oc-
Cured in Peking. \ man caught his
wife andaparamOurtOgether unaWareS,
and killed them both. He then took
their heads to the district magistrate,
and denounced himself as their murder
er, stating the circumstances under
which he had been led to perpetrate
the deed. y singular hydr0static test
was then adopted, with the view of en-
abling the magistrate to decide as to
whether the man spoke the truth, and
was, therefore, justified in what ne had
done. The heads were placed in a tub
Of water, and both made to spin round
at the same moment, the decision de-
pending on the manner in which they
were placed when they became still.
They stopped face to face, and this was
considered satisfactory proof that the
man was right. Had the heads ceased
spinning round with the faces averted,
the case would have been given against
him, and his own life forfeited. Lynch
law, consequently, in such cases, israth-
er a hazardous experiment for injured
husbands to try.-Peking and the Pek-
iageSe. By ID. f. Rejuie, IL d.
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GOOD SOCIETY.-It should be the
aim of young men to 90 into good So
ciety. We do not mean the rich, the
proud, the fashionable, but the society
of the wise, the intelligent, and the
good. Where you find men that know
more than you do, and from whose con-
versation one can gain useful infOrma-
ton, it is always safe to be found. 1t
has broken down many man by assO-
ciating with theloW and gar-where
ribaldry was inculcated, and the indie
cent story, to excite laughter and intlu
ence the bad passions. Lord Clarendon
has attributed his success and happi-
ness in life TO assOciating with persons
more learned and VirtuOus than him
self. If you wish to be respected, if
you desire happiness and not misery,
we advise you to associate with the in
telligent and good. Strive for mental
excellence and strict integrity, and you
will never be found in the sinks of pol
luton, and on the benches of retailers
and gamblers. Once habituate your
self to virtuous course-a love of good
society-and no punishment would be
greater than by accident to be obliged
for half a day to asSuciate with the low
and vulgar.
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A SKETCH.-The depopuiatlng pes
thence that walketh at MONDAY, the
carnage of cruel and devast ating war,
can scarcely exhibit their victims in
more terrible array, than ext termina-
ting drunkenness. / have seen a prom
ising family spring from a parent
trunk, and stretching abroad its pCpu-
lOus limb like Towering tree cover ed
with a green and healthy foliage. I
have seen the unnatural decay begin
ming upon the yet tender leaf and
knaWing like a worm in an unopened
bud, while they dropped off, one by
one, and the scathed and ruined shaft
stood alone, until the winds and rains
of many a sorrow laid that too in the
dust. On one Of those holy days when
the patriarch, rich i'll virtue as in years,
gathered about him the great and the
little ones of the fiock-his sons with
their sons and his daughters with their
daughters, too, sat at the festive
board. |, too, pledged them in the
social wine-cup, and rejoiced with them
round the board; and expatiated with
delight upon the eventful future; while
the good old man warmed in the genial
glow of youthful enthusiasm, wiped
the tear of joy from his glistening eye.
He was happy. met with them again
when the rolling year brought the fes-
tive season round. But they were not
all there. The kind old man sighed as
his suffused eye dwelt upon the then
unoccupied seat. But joy yet came to
his relief and he was happy. a pa
rents lOVeknOwsnO diminution-time,
distance, poverty, shame, but gives in-
tensity and strength TO that passion be-
fore which all others dissolve and melt
away. Another elapsed. The board
was spread but the guests came not
The old man cried, "Where are my
children?n And echo answered rhere!
His heart broke-for they were not.
Could not Heaven have spared his gray
hairs this atfiiction Alas! the demon
of drunkenness had been there. They
had fallen victims of his spell. And
one short month sufficed TO east the veil
of oblivion over the old mans sorrow
and the young ones shame. They are
all dead,
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CHINAMEN AND THEIR WAYs.-A

CHINAMEN AND THEIR WAYs.-A
California letter has the following;
Queer chaps these Cinnamon are, and
queer customs they have. In one cor
ner of the room sits my Chinese boy,
reading book upside down, and after
the manner of his country, grinning
like chimpanzee over hieroglyphics
that look like lunches of black radish
es. He understands it all, though, and
probably finds that style Of literature
verv funny. l attended the Chinese
dinner which was given to ColtaX, ate
with chOp-sticks, swallowed little of
each of the hundred and eighty-nine
courses that constituted the repast.-
We sat down at six sharp, and got
through at one prompt. Yes, | ate
boiled bambo, and stewed Whalebone
which perhaps may be styled the
spring vegetables of the Chinese
sharks fins, birds nests, and other del
icacies too recuperative to mention. BY
way of dessert they have picked Gu
.cumber and melon seeds, and all man
ner of sweet things. Taken as a whole,
however, | don't think ! should like a
steady course of Chinese diet, though
the tea which they gave us was of a
most wonderful flavor. 1t was served
up without sugar or cream, and cost
$50 pound, which is perhaps the rea-
son why they did not ask us to take a
second cup. You would have been a.
unused could you have. seen each guest
making frantic attempts to get some
thing into his mouth with the chop
sticks. Try to eat with knitting need
les, and you will have some idea of the
difficulty of the feat. If l were board
inghouse-keeper / think I'd ring them
in upon my boarders to use instead OF
knives and forks. A little hash would
go wonderful great way with them.
fianked the difficulty by taking hold
of anything with them by sharpening
mine off at the end and harpOOning the
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-01-19

rELEGRApHIC FREAK.-Of all the
freaks of the telegraph, the following
is the most laughaBle which has come
under our personal knowledge Not
long since a graduate from one of our
eastern theological schools was called
to the pastoral charge of church in
the extreme southwest. When about
to start for his new parish, he was un-
expectedly detained by the incapacity
of his presbytery to ordain him. In
order to explain his non-arrival at the
appointed time, he sent the following
telegram to the deacons of the church,
"Presbytery lacked quorum to or
dain." In the course of its journey the
message got strangely metamorphosed,
and reached the astonished deacons in
this shape, "Presbytery tackled a worm
on to Adam" The sober church Off
GERS were sorely diseomposed and mys-
tilted, but after grave consultation con-
cluded it was the minister's facetious
way of announcing that he had got mar
ried, and accordingly proceeded to
provide lodgings for two instead Of one.
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\ NEW COUNTERFEIT on the fifty
dollar compound interest note is we'll
executed, and very liable 10 deceive.
The general engraving in the counter
felt is coarser than in the genuine; the
word ''fifty" in the lower right and left
hand corners approaches near the bust
and die; in the counterfeit there is quite
an open space. The eShadowof the con-
stitution in the vignetteof the genuine
is quite light; in the counterfeit it is
darker and theengraving coarser. The
Y in the "siX per cent" of the genuine
is crossed; in the counterfeit it is not.
All that have thus far appeared are da-
ted July -, 1854.
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Che 8edford 6azettr.
MISCHIEF MAKERS.

Oh could there in this world be found
Some little spot of happy ground,
Where village pleasures might 60 round
Without the village tattling
How doubly blest that place would be,
Where all might dwell in liberty
Of go5sip's endless prattling
If such a spot were really known,
Dame Peace might claim it as her own,
And in it she might fix her throne
Forever and forever;
There, like queen, might reign and live
Where every one would soon forgive
The little slight they might receive,
And be offended never
The mischief makers that remove
Far from our hearts the warmth of love,
And lead Us all to disapproye
What gives another pleasure
They seem TO take ones part, but when
They've heard your case, unkindly then
They soon retail them all again.
Mixed with poisonous measure.
And they have such cunning way
OF telling tales. They say
Don't mention what | say, pray;
| would not tell another.
Straight to their neighbor's house they go,
Narrating everything they know,
And break the peace of high and low
Wife. husband, friend, and brother.
Oh that the misunderstanding crew
Were all reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red and blue,
That every one might know them;
Then would the village soon forget
To rage and quarrel, fume and fret
And fall into an angry pet
With things too much below them.
Fer 'tis Il sad, degrading part,
To make another bosom smart
And plant dagger in the heart
We ought to love and cherish
Then let US evermOre be found
In quietness with all around,
While friendship, peace, and joy abound,
And angry feelings perish.
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JOSH BILLINGS on WATERFALLS.
| rather like waterfalls.

! rather like waterfalls.
/ | kant tell why emmy more than I
/ kan tell why love kastor ile-but kas-
tor lie is good for a lazyness oy no sort
not even in musketeers.
/ / want my musketeers lively.
But aul this is foreign to mi purpose.
| like waterfalls-they are so eaZy
and natural.
They attack all the sex.
Some they attack with great fury,
while other they approach more like a
seige, working up slowly.
Isaw W one yesterday.
Itwa.HtnO bigger than a small French
tarnip.
1t had attacked a small woman ov
only nine 81 miners duration.
She was full of recreation, and when
she bounded along the sidewalk liz wuz
on the west side of St. Clair street, in
the city of Cincinn&ty, fornenst Baker
& Davis yellow soap store, the water
fall highsted up and down in an oscil-
lating manner, resem bling much the
spOrtive terminus OF a rob tailed lamb
in a great hurry. ~.
The effect was purely eIectrI Ok.
| also saw another one prett. Y soon,
which belonged tew mature ma tron.
She might have saw - summers, her
hair white as -four Perkins "a !" wor tn
Is dollars a barrel, deliveredl; but the
waterfall was black.
I asked a bystander how he could ac-
count for that.
He said ''it was younger"
/ also saw another one pretty soon,
which was the property of a gusher.
She was about 10 years old, and was
az ripe az = year peach.
She swept the streets like a thing of
life.
Men stopped TO gaze az she passed,
and put in a new chew of tobacco.
Little boys pocketed their marbles in
silence.
Her waterfall was about the size of a
corn-basket turned inside out.
It waZ inklosed IN q common skap
net, and kivered with blazing diamonds
of glass. .....
1t shone in the frisky sun like the tin
dome on the Court House, WHARF the
supervisors meet.
But | rather like waterfalls.
1t has been sed that they would run
out, but this, l think, IL a error, for
they don't show no leak yet.
In the language of the expiring Can
adian on our nerthern frontier, I say
"Nive la Bag-a-tale."
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A CHICAGO bootblack accosted a re-
turned soldier with the usual saluta-
ton black your boots, sir? make 'em
shinen' Looking at his unpolished
gunboats" in a contemplative way the
war-worn veteran replied: "Well, /
don't care if you do-fall in promptly,
though" The urchin gazed a moment
at the soldier surveying him from his
"leathers" upwards, and then, turning
to a comrade near by, shouted out: 81
say, Bill, lend me a hand, won't yer?
I've got an army contract"
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A WESTERN correspondent says: In
a district in the far west we had a gen
tleman teacher who thought it advisa-
bic to give some lessons in pOliteness.
Among other things he told the boys
in addressing gentleman they should
always say Sir, and gave them exam
pies, and made quite lesson of it. One
boy was particularly delighted; and
took occasion to speak to his teacher
often, to show he profitted by his teach
ings. When he went home to dinner
his father said:
"Tom, have some meat"'
eyes, Sir, l thank you"
The next thing the child knew his
fathers hand came whack on his ear,
and his fathers voice thundered forth,
''I'lI teach you to sass your dad" Tom
gave up being polite.
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THE following story is told of the
Rev. Morse: AT an association dinner
a debate arose as to the use of the rod
in bringing up children. The doctor
took the Affirmative, and the chief Op-
ponent was a young minister, whose
reputation for veracity was not high.
He maintained that parents often do
harm to their children by unjust pun
ishment, from not knowing the facts of
the case. |1Why," said he, "the only
time my father whipped me was for
telling the truth" "Well," retorted
the doctor, "it cured you of it, didn't
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BATTLES OF THE SVYORDFISH AND
THE WHALE.

Among the extraordinary spectacles
sometimes witnessed by those who ''gO
down to the sea in ships" none are
more impressive than a combat for a
supremacy between themonsterso Of the
deep. The battles OF theswordfish and
the whale m'e described as HOmeric in
grandeur. The sWOrdfish 60 in shoals
like whales, and the attacks are often
regular sea-tights. When the two troops
meet, as soon as the swordfish have be-
trayed their presence by few bounds
in the air, the whales draw together
and close their ranks. The sWOrdtish
always endeavOrs to take the whale in
flank, either because its cruel instinct
has revealed to it the defect in the cui-
rass-fOr there exists near the brachial
fins of the whale a spot where wounds
are mOrtal-Or because the flank pre-
septs wider surface to its blows. The
swordfish recoils to secure a greaterim-
petus. If the movement escapes the
keen eyeOf its adversary, the whale is
lost, receives the blow of the enemy,
and dies almost instantly. But if the
whale perceives the swOrdfish at the
instant Of the rush, by a spontaneous
bound it springs clear of the water its
entire length, and falls Onits flank with
a crash that resounds many leagues, and
Whitens the sea with boiling foam. The
gigantic animal has only its tail for de-
fence. 1t tries to strike its enemy, and
finish him with a single blow. But if
the active swordfish avoids the fatal
tail, the battle becomes more terrible.
The aggressOr springs from the water
in its turns, falls upon the whale, and
attempts, not to pierce, but to saw it
with the teeth that garnish its weapon.
The sea is stained with blood; the fury
of the whale is bOundless. The sword
fish harasses him, strikes on every side,
kills him and flies to other victories.
Often the swOrdfsh has not time to a.
void the fall of the whale, and contents
itself with presenting its sharp saw to
the flank of the gigantic animal which
is about to crush it. 1t dies then like
Maccabaus, smothered beneath the
weight of the elephant of the ocean.
Finally, the whale gives a few last
bounds into the air, dragging its assas-
sin in its flight, and perishes as it kills
the monster of which it was the victim.
The heroic combats of the swordfish
with the whales would assuredly fur
nish matter fOrastrange poem, in which
the grand would contend with the eC-
centric. The sea of blood, loaded with
monstrOus bodies devoid of life, and
slain upon each other, would be a pic
ture worthy Of inspiring a rival Of the
singer of the BatrachOmyomachia. If
the divine Homer did not hesitate to
celebrate the wars of mice and frogs,
why should not one Of the sons of A
polio accord the recital Of the exploits
of the swordfish, and the formidable
resistance of the giant Of the waters?
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"RILL ARP''-(a reb. on Union prin-
ciples writes from his home in Geor-
gia to the Metropolitan Record:
''For two mOmentus and inspirin
weeks the Legislature have been in sol
emn session one Of whom | am proud
to be which. For several days we were
engaged as skOuts, maxim a sOrter re-
kOnysance to see whether Georgy were
State or Injun errytory-whether
we were in the Old Union or out of it
whether me and my foxes and you and
your foxes were somebody or nobody,
and lastly, but by no means leastly,
whether our poor innocent children,
born durin the war, were all illegal and
had to be born over again or not. This
last pint are much unsettled, but our
women are advised to be kahn and Sc
reen.
My friends. our aim has honestly
been to git you ali back into the folds
of the glOryous old Union. Like the
prodygal son, we had nuthin to live
on, and teelin lonesome and hungry,
have been boWin and scrapin and max
in apologys for five or six months. We
have been seen standin afur of for weeks
and weeks, but durn the caf do they
kill for Us. They know we've got moth
in, for they eat up our substance, and
as for putin rings Oh our fingers, We
couldent eXpellt it until they bring me
back the jewelry they carried away. |
cannotsay, in the langWidge of thep0et,
that our labor has been a labor of love,
for we've had mOnstr0us poor encOur-
agement to be shore; but we had ali
setOurheads toward the estars and stripes,
and we iintly determined that, come
wool come wo, sink or swim, survive
or perish, thunder or litenin; we'd slip
back, or sneak back, or git back some
how or somehow else, or we'd stay out
forever and everamen and he hangd To
EN-, so called, | golIy."
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TERMS OF PUBLICATION.

TIE BEDFORD GAZETTE is published every Fri
dsy morning by MEYERS & MENGEL, at 50 90 per
sunun, If paid str1ctiy Advance i; $3.50 if paid
within six months; $500 if not paid within six
months. All subscription accsuats MUST be
ssttleo' annually. No paper win be sent out of
the State unless paid for IN ADVANCE and all such
subscriptions will invariably be discontinued at
te expiration of the time for which they are
paid.
All ADVERTISEMENTS for less term than
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serton Special notices one-half additional All
resolutions of Associations; communications of
limited or individual interest and notices of mar
rages and deaths exceeding FIVE lines, ten cents
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Al legal Notices Of ersry kind, and Orphans
C0nrt and J"dictal Sales, are reguirsd By lar
to be Ts5ffsted in 10th papers ynblished IN this
giars,
- All advertising due after first insertion.
liboral discount is made to persons advertising
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Misfellanfnus.

hANIEL BORDER,
IL PITr STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BED
FORD HOTEL, BEDFORD, PA.
MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES, &C.
He keeps on hand stock Of fine Gold and Sill
yer Watches Spectacles of Brilliant Double Re
hned Glasses also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings best
quality Of Gold Pens. He will supply TO order
any thing in his line not on hand.
Oct 90 1S65-
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BoARDING-HoUsE RECoMMENDA-
TIoNs.-A boarder at one of our city
clearinghouse, ON being asked how
they live there, replied that the hash
was rather doubtful, but the beef was
"bully." This dubious Endorsement
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*oae square 10 occupy one inch OF space.
JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with
neatne's and dispatch. TIE GAZETTE OFFICE has
Just been reftted with Power Press and new type.
and everything in the Printing line can be execu-
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest
fates.-TERMS CASH
20 All letters should be ADDRESSED to
MEYERS / MENGEL,
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The New York Times objects to the
new gold coin motto-"In God we
trust" because, it will be carrying our
relj' ion in our pockets. Little fear of
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~ II. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
W Law, BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly at
tend to collections and ali business entrusted to
his care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, three doors south Of the
-MengeI House, opposite the residence of Mrs
Tate
May I3 1854
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g. ". RUPP.......o. Z. SHANNON. BENEDICT
d UPP, SHANNON & CO., BANK
IL ERS BEDFORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East, West North
and South. and the general business of Exchange
Transacted Notes and Accounts Collected and
Remittanees promptly made. REAL ESTATE
bought and sold Oct. 20 1863.
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Jy0. II FILLER J T. KEAGY.
MILLER * KEAGY have formed a
partnership in the practice of the law. At
tention paid to Pensions, Bountes and Claims
against the Government.
Office Juliana street, formerly occupied by
Hon. 4. King. March 81, '65.
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II f. IRVINE,
IL ANDERS0N'S ROW, BEDFORD, PA,
Dealer in Boots, Shoes, QueensWare, snd Farie-
ues- .11- Orders from Country Merchants re-
'pectfully solicited
Oct 90 1865
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w w. JAMESON. NJ. D., BLOODY
w . RUN, Pa tenders his professional servi-
to the people Of that place and vicinity. Office
one door west Of Richard Lsngdons store.
Nov "a, '6j-ly
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nAVID DEFIBAUGH, Gunsmith,
~ Bedford, Pa. Shop same as formerly occu-
peg oy John Border, deceased. Having resumed
orA' ne Is now prepared to fill Ell orders for new
ag!. l The patronage of the public is respectfully
2Hclted. Oct. %, '65.
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8ankErs.

JACOB REED J.. J. SCHELL,
d Fed AND SCH ELL,
III Bankers anil
LERS IN EXCH A \ q + :,
BEDFORD, PA,
DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and
money promptly remitted.
Deposits solicited.
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KIAIMEIL < LINGENFELTER,
~ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, Pa,
Have formed a partnership in the practice Of
the Law Office on Juliana street, two doors South
of the ''Mengel House
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nR. }. L. MARBOURG, Having
IL permanently located, respectfully tenders
bis professional services to the citizens Of Bedford
and vicinity.
Office on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite
the Banking House of Reed Schell.
Bedford, February r. 1851
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41husitians and Dentists.

ID Ii. PENNSYL, N. D., BLOODY
Rus, Pa, Inte surgeon 56th P. Y. W ten
ders his professional services TO the people Of that
place and vicinity. Dec %, '65-Iy*
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II URB 0 ROW 4 l. UTZ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA,
VIII attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care, Collections made on the shortest no
fice
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
Of claims against the Government for Pensions,
Back Pay Bounty, Bounty Lands, &c
Office on Juliana street. one door South of the
"Mengel House. and nearly opposite the Inquirer
Office