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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-12-16

settlement and deve opment-being over a Quarter of
a century old-agan stretches forth its hand of
graduation and greeting to the western reading public
the advent of year. 1t wishes its readers joy
and hopes that it and they may long live TO enjoy each
others company
1--WE have fought the good fight" Grants election
has been secured, and with it the guaran Of national
peace and justice, and the triumph of human rights in
All parts OF the land. The enemies OF peace and
der and juscethe conspiratCry against the welfare
Of the republic -copperheadism and rebel terrorism,
have been defeated Let rejoice that devotion
the of the Repub ic and fidelity
principles have been thus happily rewarded with a
substantial victory
The JOURNALS prosperity during the past year, has
been unexampled in Western newspaper enterprise
We have filled every edition with fresh n ws-we have
studied to render our news columns Trustworthy and
faithful reflex of the spirit progress of the
have done utmost entertain, enlghten edify
the pubc-uave. in short, stopped neither expense
effort TO make the JOURNAL frst-class newspaper
and a welcome fami V visitant. We trust that our
readers founa it all that they desired. At al events
they have given Us steady and cordial support.
1t Is our determination to continue our efforts to
meet the wants OF the Western newspaper reading
public W E will spare pains to improve the JouE-
Nal, and to make it what IL should be.
The Telegraph will continue to supply with the
lstes; news from all parts of our country and the
world
As a family aper it will continue be without a
n It's Commercial and Fl nancaI reports It Will con-
time to be prompt aud faithful chrouciing regularly
the market transactions Of the East and West and
Europe
TaE DAILY EVENING Journal, which, while being
and advocate and supporter Of Republican principles
aud policy aims to be general newc, commercial and
family paper now has as large circulation as any
western daily.
The wErKLY Journal has been gaining thousands
Of readers during the past year, and coufiden
tally psct hat thousands more will be added to it,
subscription list du ring the coming year. is good
general and family paper is published In the
country.
TIE TRI-WEEKI JOURNAL, which is published every
ohe, day-three issues each weeks also inc easing
in circulation. The TriWeekly is made mp the is
sues Of The Daily Of its day publication and he day
previous-beihg in fact the reading matter of two
Daily Journa in one.
We respectfully submit the claims Of the Journal
consideration of the western people Being the
oldest established paper in the Northwest, also en-
deayor make ii in all re poets the Sest.
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REMEMBER THE POOR.

Remember the poor, for bleak WINDS are
blowing,
And brightly the frost pearls are gllst'ning
around;
The streamlets have ceased all their musical
flowing
And snow drifts lie scattered all over the
ground.
Remember the poor in their comfortless
dwellings,
Tl-clad. and i'll fed, and o'erburdened
with care;
o, turn not away with look so repelling
Thy kindness may save them, perhaps,
from despair.
Remember the poor when the hearth-stone
is cheerful,
And happy hearts gather around its bright
blaze
There are hearts that are sad and eyes that
are fearful.
AS bright as thine own in their SUMMER
days.
Misfortunes may scatter thy present posses
sions,
And plenty to poverty leave thee prey :;
How bitterly then wilt thou think of the
blessings
That charity asks from thy riches to-day.
hculShOet lue poor rs Iney tnaukluiIy
gather
Each round his rich table with luxury
spread
Thou too are pensioner on a rich Father,
For health ond for friendship. for raiment
and bread.
If he hath been bountiful, with like spirit
Dispense of that bounty which charity
claims
For greater the treasure thy soul shall in
herit
When the bread on the waters returncth
again.
Remember the poor-this thou art COM
manded-
The Saviour thus kindly remembered the
poor;
The destitute thou shalt not send empty
handed,
Unclad, and uuwarmed, and unfed from
thy door,
Thy peace in this life shall be like the deep
river,
And dying, thy welcome 10 Heaven shall
Ye faithful and blessed of my Father-come
hither;
Ye did it to others-ye did it to Me-
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NUMBER G..

shut the front door PEBBLES collected his
legs and one thing or another that were
lying around on the pavement, and ar
ranged himself in vertical position, and
yelled out:
'Mr. Merriweather, sir: 1t may not
be unknown to you" which made the
old man so wretched mad that he went
out and set bull terrier on PEBBLES be-
fore he had chance to lift brogan, and
there was scientific dog fight, with odds
in favor of the dog, until they got TO the
fence, and even then PEBBLES would have
carried bull-terrier home, Stripped like a
clamp n to his leg, if it hadn't been that
the meat was too tender, and the dog,
feeling certain that something or other
must eventually give way. held on until
he got his chop off of PEBBLES calf, and
PEBBLES went home half pound lighter,
while Merrlweather asserts, TO this day,
that they had TO draw all the dogs teeth
to get the flesh out of his mouth, 'for he
had all awful holt for such a small ami
NAL"
OF course Merriweather's daughter
heard about it, and she was so mad that
she never gave the old man any peace un-
til he went around the next day to see
i'eebles about it. PEBBLES looked pale as
ghost from loss of blood and beef, and
he had whole piece of muslin wrapped
around his OF leg. Merriweather said:
"l'eeb, I'm sorry about that muss last
night, but if you didn'i bebaTe like raw
ing maniac, I'm a loafer 1 never SEQ
such deliberate ass since | was born.
What's the meaning of it, anyway 90
II was only trying to ask you to let
me marry your daughter" groaned Pee
bles.
''Great-what You didn't mean TO
mean to say-well, l hope may be shot.
Well, if you amt regular old wooden
headed idiot thought your mind WAS
wandering. Why didu't you say it right
out! Why of course you can have her.
| am glad TO get rid of her. Take her,
my boy; 60 it, so it, and I'll throw . lot
of first class blessings into the bargain"
And PEBBLES looked ruefully at his de-
fective leg and wished he had not been
such fool, but he went out and married
the girl, and lived happily with her for
about two months, and, at the end of that
time, he told confidential friend that he
would willingly take more trouble and
undergo million more dog bites to get
rid of her.
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A PLEA FOR MEAN aiEs.-A CORE

A PLEA FOR MEAN 3fEN-A corres>
pondent undertakes the defence of "mean
men," as close calculators are sometimes
called, as follows;
"Who makes the better husbands At
the risk of bringing down a torrent of
maledictions on my unprotected head, L
shall still adhere to the man who is sup~
posed to have no heart or genuine human
sentiment. The good fellow for a lover,
the mean man for husband. The latter
will rob all creation TO supply his house
hold-the former will rob his family TO
accommodate his friends. Form all the
married women in a solid column up and
down Second street, and if dont't get
ninety-nin0 votes out of one hundred in
favor OF my proposition, / will treat to a
barrel of gin and water on the occasion of
the first election for female President.
Good fellow, all love e-mean man, all
business. One takes his wife to the opera
| In four horse carriage-the other rides
triumphantly in street omnibus. The
good fellow never can be cross to any
body but his wife, for fear of making him.
self unpOpular-the mean man is so sour
with all the rest of the world, that he has
not one particle of ill-temPer to spare at
home.
IL We rules the court, the camp, the grove,
For love is Heaven, and Heaven is love-"
but it won't buy beef. The mean man
seldom gets 'salubrious,' he is too mean.
His wife is never jealous. She knows all
women hate him, because he is mean,
and she rather likes it. She laughs and
grows fat. GUod fellow drinks-toO kind
hearted to refuse-and he loves every
body. Good fellows wife pale and ema-
ciated, and full of sorrow. Mean cuss's
wife hale and hearty-fat, d-faced-
and weighs ton. Am right 7''-Har-
''isbury Patriot
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A FUR TRADERS ADVENTURE.

The winter of 1887 will be long re-
membered one in the commercial world.
1t was the winter following the great panic.
Many poor fellow now struggling through
bankruptcy, dates his misfortunes from
that trying period. l was connected with
a heavy fur house at that time-a rich,
prosperous establishment, that safely
weathered the storm, and only grew the
richer on other peoples misfortunes. 1t
will be remembered that fur skins of
every kind tumbled fearfuIly in price. For
instance, mink skins, for which we had
been paying from $3.50 to IS, could be
purchased for seventy-five cents; racoon
skins, for which we had been giving from
81 ,25 to 81 so, could be had IL abun-
dance for twenty-five cents. Fisher skins
had fallen from 81 to ST. otter from So
TO 81, &C. The partners of our house
consulted together, and resolved to send
out careful buyers in every direction, and
pick up all the fur in the country, feeling
sure that prices were really on TIE s'hard
pan," and could not be forced lower
The rout marked out for me was, first
to Dubuque, thence to Prairie du Chem,
thence to St. Paul. aud the great North
west generally. My journey to Dubuque
was easy enough, namely, rail all the way
l arrived in January, and remained until
the middle of February, making excur-
sions into the interor of both Iowa and ac-
cessible portions of Wisconsin, which,
please remember, lays just across the river
"a trifie up stream, however. L was
very successful, and managed to pick up
over $50, 900 worth of fur and peItries,
at very low prices. The poor people were
glad TO get any price for their skins, Only
stipulating for ''good money" The
whole country was full of "wiid cat cur
rency," and real genuine money possessed
a wonderful charm. | carried nothing
else, had lots of it, and of course was
everywhere welcome.
travelled from Dubuque to Prairie du
Chem, up the Mississippi, on the ice.
The distance is about one hundred miles.
The shedding was splendid, the horses
lively, and no adventure befell me worth
noting. At Prairie du Chen l stopped
at what was known as Lower Town, and
put up at the Globe. The hotel was
pretty well filled with Eastern men, prin-
cipally collectors and drummers for New
York and Boston firms, either looking up
new business, or endeavoring to settle up
old accounts, which were very numerous
and hopeless.
| remained at Prairie du Chem until
about the middle of March; that is to
to say, made it my headquarters, max
ing numerous and long excursions into
Iowa, on the other side Of the river (ably
represented at this point by its thriving
city of McGregor,) and through various
portions of Wisconsin, in which State
fraIrle du Chein is situated. When the
time came for me to proceed to La Crosse,
the ice of the river was too rotten TO
trust, and it became necessary to perform
the journey by stage, across the country,
The distance to be travelled was a trife
over hundred miles, and as the frost
was then just coming out of the ground
pretty smart, ii being an early spring, our
progress was quite slow The coach, or
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-03-05

THERE has just been settled a remarka-
BILE divorce case before the Superior Court
of New London, Connecticut. 1t appears
that Reuben Lamb sailed for Cumberland
Inlet in April, 1865, as a mate of the
schooner Franklin. When the vessel left
in the fall, Lamb remained among the
Esquimaux, having taken to himself an
Esquimaux wife. 1t was proven that
Lamb had never sent any word TO his
wife, and that he was living among the
Indians, having adopted their customs and
manners. Ii was also shown that Lamb
had two children by his Esquimaux wife.
The divorce was granted.
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SECURE THE SHADOW ERE
~ TIE SUBSTANCE FADES.
PICTURES FOR THE MILLION,

Having located in Ebensburg, would re-
spectfully inform the public that am pre-
pared to execute PHOTOGRAPHS in every
style of the ant, from the smallest card Pic
turc to the largest sized for framing. Pic
tures taker. in any kind of weather
PHOTOGRAPHS PAINTED IN OIL.
INDIA INK OR WATER COLORS.
Every attention given to the taking of
Children's Is pictures. but in clear weather only.
Special attention is invited to nv stock
Of large PICTURE FRAMES and PHOTO
GRAPH ALBUMS, which will sell cheap
er than they can be bought elsewhere in
town. Copying and Enldrging done on res-
sonable terms. ask comparison and defy
competition.
Thankful for past favors, solicit con-
uance Of the same. Gallery on Julian street,
two doors south of Town Hall.
T. T. SPENCE. Photographer.
Eoensburg, Nov. IA, 1867.
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EBENSBURG, PA, THURSDAY MARCH 5, 1868

up it. What l should do flashed through
my mind instantly, and cooking my re-
volver, l turned my back to the ladder
and pretended to sleep.
Creak creak. creak then long
pause. Confound the man, why don't he
come faster?
My nerves were passing under fearful
ordeal l could scarcely refrain from
springing up and calling out, "Who's
there" But was sustained somehow,
and remained quiet
Presently felt large hand sliding un-
der my pillow. Heavens l could scarce
ly lay STILL Had | moved l would have
been stabbed instantly. Now l felt my
money belt slowly sliding from beneath
my head. Then there was rather hur-
ried move toward the gangway.
Creak creak went the ladder. My
time had come. Quick as lightning
turned in my bed, took aim at the huge
form standing in the hatchway, boldly
outlined by the moonlight streaming in
, through the gable window, and fired.
There was shrek, strong, down.
ward crash of heavy body to the floor
below; a general jumping up out of beds
and cries of alarm.
l explained matters as quickly as
could, and then there was general de-
scent of the ladder to see the dead robber.
BY tl'is time the landlord had arrived
with light. The man was not dead.
1t was the hostler. He was sitting up,
groaning terribly. My money belt, with
the money untouched, lay on the floor be-
side him, covered with blood. 1 imme-
dately took possession of it. 1t so hap
pened we had a surgeon in the crowd.
We raised the poor devil to his feet, when
from his right hand dropping a long viii
famous looking knife. He would have
murdero d me had it been necessary. On
examination we found that my bullet had
gone clean through his left shoulder, break
ing his collar bone, inhicting a painful,
though not dangerous, wound. The sur
geon splintered his shoulder, and he was
put to bed.
All the passengers were now thorough
ly awake. 1t was four o'clock in the
morning, and as there was good moon,
the driver concluded he would get off ear
ly. So breakfast was got in a hurry, and
paying our bills, we gladly left SO poker
ish a stopping place.
Whatever became of the hostler never
afterwards learned
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| From the N. Y. Metropolitan Record.
DARBY DODD'S LETTER.

Our request last week to Darby, en-
treating him to abandon the company oi
congressman and other persons of low
tastes, has not, it seems, induced him to
leave Washington, He is still there-or
was at the date of his last epistle-and il
is rather doubtful if he will leave until
| Obliged by impecuniosity to do SO. But
we do not regret that he disregarded our
entreaty, for had he loft the capital when
we requested him, he probably would
have missed the interesting debate OF
which he writes to-day. Those who
have kept track of Congressional debates
during the past few weeks will have to
admit that the one reported by Darby
was not much less dignifed than some
that have been published in the official
organ of Congress
WAsuINGrcN, Feb. 20, 1868.
Editor Portfolio:
1t is cheering to the patriotic mind to
scrutinize craftsmanship as It is to be seen
in this noble capital of our glorious country.
Or to read the Globe reports Of debates
in Congress.
l have been doing both
craftsmanship is a splendid profession
and some people think there is nothing in it
but profession.
But they are not loyal men.
Therefore nobody minds what they think.
1t is otherwise in my case.
If there is anything of which I may be
justly proud it is my loyalty.
am not going to tell you all the sacrifices
induced MY friends to make for their coun-
try during the war let it suffice that my
advice put them on the road to fortune.
There's Yiolante's father, for instance l
induced that fine old gentleman to take a
pork contract, and though his sufferings
were great he triumphed at last, and came
out fifty thousand better.
Another member of the family, a poor
simp!eton of a fellow, shouldered mnsket,
and his investment proved failure.
Somebody shot him, you see, and he fol-
lowed the example of John Browns body by
going into the mouldering business.
When man goes into that business his
chance of improving his condition becomes
rather slim.
Violante's father preferred contracts, and
found it more profitable and agreeable.
lie is true patriot.
But | am wandering from my subject.
My observations in Congress since l last
wrote have impressed me with a high sense
of the dignity and refinement of the repre-
sentatives of our free and independent voting
population.
The debates have been quite spirited.
For an explanation of this. let me refer
you to the stationery accounts,
Especially the whiskey items.
1t seems rather odd to me that whiskey
should be called stationery. when the free
use of it generally makes a man unstation-
ary.
But am not philosopher.
Nor member of Congress.
If 1 was member of Congress 1 might
find the station awry, and retire from it.
This reminds me that intended to write
to you about Congress.
There was delightful debate in the House
yesterday, and l found it almost as enter
tanning as the White Fawn.
The White Fawn mas not yet been produced
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-03-05
A MOTHER NEW WRINKLE
BOOTS AND SHOES
FOR ALL AGES AND BOTH SEXES

IN addition to his large stock Of the best
Eastern made
SHOES, BUSKINS, CATERS, &c.
For Ladies' and ChiIdren's Wear,
the subscriber has just added to his aeeort-
mcnt full and complete Invoice of
Boots and Shoes for Men and Youths,
which he will not only warrant to lie supe-
Tior 10 any goods of like character now being
offered In this market, but vastly better in
every respect than the slop-shop work with
which the country is flooded. Rcmember
that | offer no article for sale which | DO
not guarantee TO be regular custom made. Of
the best material and superior hnish. and
while do not pretend to compete In prices
with the dealers In auction goods. l know
that l can furnish BOOTS, SHOES, DC,
that will give more service for less money
than any other dealer in this community, and
] pledge myself to repair, free or charge, any
article that may give way after .Nsonable
time and reasonable usage. Every body is
respectfully invited to call and examine nv,
stock and learn my prices.
The subscriber Is Also prepared to manu-
facture to order any and all work III his line.
of the very best material and workmanship.
DO obtained anywhere. French Calf, Com
mon Calf, Morocco and all ether kinds OF
Leather constantly on hand.
~ Store on Main street, next door to
Crawford's Hotel.
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Eben5buTg. Sept. 20, 1867.
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-Poor men are innocent beings They
vote wealthy nabobs into office, for the
purpose of building up and legislating for
monopolies to grind the life out of them.
But it's ''loir' to vote for end support
'1Oil' men, instead Of patriots and Demo-
Gratis. AS a consequence, each poor man
IS paying into his rich neighbor's pocket
from $500 to $500 a year more than be
used to pay in Democratic times. How
much more does he get now for his labor
than he received before ''loyalty" got into
power
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CURIosrTIES OF THE WoRLD.-At the
city of Modena, in Italy, and about four
miles around it, wherever the earth is dug,
when the workmen arrive at the distance
of sixty-three feet, they come to a bed of
chalk, which they bore with an auger five
feet deep. They then withdraw from
the pit before the auger is removed, and
upon its extraction the water bursts up
through the aperture with great violence
and quickly fills the new-made well,
which continues full and is effected neither
by rains nor droughts. But that which
is most remarkable in this operation is
the layers of earth as we descend. At the
depth of fourteen feet are found the ruins
of an ancient city, paved streets, houses,
doors, and different pieces Of mosaic work.
Under this is found soft oozy earth,
made up of vegetables, and at twenty-six
feet deep large trees, entire, such as wal
nut trees, with the walnuts still sticking
to the stem, and the leaves and branches
in a perfect state of preservation. At
twenty>eight feet deep a soft chalk is
found, with a vast quantity of shells, and
this bed ia eleven feet thick. Uuder this
vegetables are found again, with leaves
and branches Of trees as before.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-03-05

1t is said that Meade has ordered 81
special election in certain counties in Ala
bama, in order to get votes enough, if
possible, to carry the 'constitushun.
Two or three more trials, and the votes
of few hundred more colured "George
Washingtons," ''Thomas Jeffersons, .
and abraham Linkums," may do the
business.
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each subsequent insertion.
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tions of personal nature must be paid for
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