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Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

Madison used to tell an anecdote
about Washington cursing fnriousIy and
kicking his servant down stairs one
morning because the unfortunate darky
set Georges new portrait so close to the
fire, in his desire to dry it, that he
blistered the oil upon the illustrious
face.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

five take death and eternity into our
reckoning, orr avarice whether ambi-
tious or more sordidly rapacious, recei
YES at last much the same reward; for
however great many be our habitations,
death levels them. and eternity retains
us among their ruins. .frr
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

One man wageTed another that he
had seen q horse gallopping at great
speed aud dog sitting on his tail. It
seems an improbable feat for dog to
accomplish, but the man was right after
all and won the money. The dog was
sitting on his o1Cn tail.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

WJulius, did you attend de last meet
ing oh de debating society,"" Eyes,
sir" "Well, what was de fust thing
dat come afore de hOusea'' "Why, it
was charcoal cart"
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

A "big sister" teaching her little
brother mental arithmetic, said: "Now
Charles suppose you have twenty sugar
plums, aud you want to divide them
into four parts You give baby five
the other ten7'' "Suck em by lingo"
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16
The Number Of Electoral Votes in Che
Union.
From the Cincinnati Emo

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
A correspondence asks US to publish a
list of the electoral votes now possessed
by the States, as they are cast in the
election of a President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States. Here it is:
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16
A Wonaan's ssNo.' .

Oh, no could not wed you-noI
81 But hope you won't forget
/ love you rs sister should
Oh, please, Johnny, don't go yet.
Yes, love you as sister should;
But marry you oh, no
I'm grieved that you should think of it
Come back--dont leave me so.
There, now, sit down and talk to me,
Instead of frowning So;
One cannot love just when they would,
I'd like to have you know.
don 7 believe you love me much
do not, on my life /;
But if really thought you did
Well--yet--Id be your wife.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

When dysPeptic and meIancholio
young professional man bewailed his
prospects to Chief Justice Parson, and
through the world;i"dfd You ever know
any one 70 stop the way7'was the gave
and consoling reply.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

The cost of the original capitol at
Washington City was 81, 4OO,O0O. The
additions, now nearly completed, win
cost $12 ,000,OO
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

Gen. Hancock, writes Washington
lady correspondent, was at the presi-
dents last levee, the handsomest man
a woman's eyes every rested upon in
the military sevice.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16
"Tommy, my SON fetch in stick o

"Iommy, my son fetch IN a STICK OF
wood" @
"Ah! my dear mother, replied the
youth, 'tthe grammatical portion of your
education has been sadly neglected; you
should have said: Thomas, my son,
transport from thatrecumbentc collection
of combustible material upon the cur
tailed excresences of q defunct log"
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

A Canadian editor, attacked by ruff
fan OH Il bridge, threw him into the
river and made an item of him.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

When you hear a man say: "Life is
but a DREAM tread on his corns and
wake him up. Life is real.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

Hon. David Wilnot author of the
Wilmost Proviso, died at his residence
in Tow anda, Pa, the 10th ult
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16
DIR. ]. w. OUARLEs

Having permanently located in Natchitoches
Ii offers his professional services to the town
and surrounding country. With more than thirty
years experience he feels qualified TO give salts
faction, aud will give Prompt attention to all calls
both day and night.
He can be found at DIR. Bredas Drug Store du-
ring the day and at night at the former residence
of Mrs Dassize Bossier on Washington street
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

The New York Tribune. speaking Of
the mania for sensational dramas, says;
"Just as turkeys run after red rag, so
does the multitude run after red fire.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

Advice which. like the snow, softly
falls, dwells the longer upon and sinks
tee deeper into the mind.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

A formal fashionable visitor thus
addressed little girl: :" How are you,
my deara" =" Very well, l . thank a ySu,"
1 am" The child simply replied, 81
don't want to know"
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

q fellow in Lowell dropped a live coal
into bombshell to hear it fzz.
He heard it. s.,
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

Professional Card.
TINhe undersigned has the pleasure OF informing
r. the Public, in general, that he is still engaged
in the practice OF his Profession in all its branches
b. Special attention paid TO Chronic Diseases
confidential affections, &C., &c,
Office at DIR. j. p. Breda's residence, about one
half mile above the town Of Natchtoches.
Consultation fees moderate. HFs jtL e.
ff oI I'D. II. BREDA, NJ. d.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16
VOLUME /.
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Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

Lovers, like armies, generally get a.
long quiet enough until engaged.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

They that laugh at everything, ard
they that fret at everything, are foolish
alike.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

The Southern States, which are now
called military DISTRICTS" in Radical
parlance. have the following electoral
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

why is dancing like milk
Because it strengthens the calves,
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-16

These States are most likely-all of
them-to go Democratic. The republi-
cans have the best chance III the follow
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24
EBENSBURG, Pa IHURSDAY DECEMBER

they are like my own, and as we talk, we
grow quite friends and companions, as my
Allceswas to me-
BleSs you, she understands it all. She
IS a woman In her pretty ways; her pout-
lngs, pettin9s, and quarrelings. She man
ages her household ofone wax-doll and two
wooden ones, and tells me, for the wax
doll IS the lady and the two wooden ones
are the servants in mob caps and stuff
gowns, when they gossip with a wooden
policeman, who belongs to her brother,
little Joe.
80 We are fast friends, little Alice and
L; and tonight, on Christmas night, I no
tlced that she wauld not dance or play with
the pink and shiny faced little boys who
were unnaturally tidy and clean in their
new knickerbockers, with red stockings
but she came and set by me, and talked
softly in the freight as Alice did, and
made me think of fifty years ago. And only
think how old times come back and new
times, like the old; only just think, that
when her mother told her she should
choose sweetheart, she got little bit of
mistletoe, and climbing silly on my knee,
and holding me in talk, as if to hide her
purpcse, though [ guessed it soon. 7 tell
you, Sic put her little doll-like arm around
my neck, and holding the mistletoe above
my head, she kissed me again and again,
and said [ was her sweetheart.
So this chlld-sweetheart brought the old
times back-the times that are still 50 dis
tant and so near; and the sweet kiss meath
the rustling leaves made me think of my
dead Alice in the grave.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24

can ever be applied to that class of testi-
mony.
We derive our Christmas customs more
Immediately from cid England, where it
was a religious, domestic, and Glerry-nla-
king festival for every rank and age.
On Christmas Eve :he bells were rung;
On Christmas Eve the mass was sung;
That only night in all the year,
Saw the stolid priest, the chalice rear
Then opened wide the Baron's hall,
10 Yassai, tenant, serf and all
Power laid his rod of rule aside
And ceremony doffed his pride
The heir, with roses IN his shoes,
mat night might village partner choose.
All hailed with uncontrolled delight
And general voice. the happy night
That to the cottage as the crown
Brought udings OF salvation down.
England was merry England when
Old Christmas brought his sports again
| Twas Christmas broached the mghtiest ale
Twas Christmas told the merriest tale
Christmas gambol oft would cheer
a poor mans heart through half the year.
The custom was to deck houses and
churches with evergrcens, to remain until
Candlemas day, (Feb. I'D An English
substitution, alluded to by Shakespeare, de-
| clared that on Christmas eve no evil spirit
stirred abroad, no witch or fairy had power
to charm, so hallowed was the time. And
famous hawthorn in the churchyard OF
Glaftonbury always budded on the 24tl,
| and blossomed on the 25th of December,
and refused, on the reformation of the ca.-
endar, to change from the old to the new
style. All our standard Christmas hymns,
some Of them the best in our language, aro
of English origin. In this country, the
New England Puritans made an indis-
criminate warfare upon the usage If
Christmas, good and bad. Its pleasant
and sacred institutions, however, were too
deeply imbedded in the popular heart to
allow them to be set aside by the logic of
these cold, stern men. Even the women
and children around their own hearth
stones, would celebrate Christmas in spite
Of Their frowns. 1t has become legal
holiday in most of the States-is Observed
by giving presents, and is ushered n by
religions service.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24

The bells-the bells-toe Christmas bells

The bells-the bells-tne Christmas bells
How merrily they ring
As if they felt the joy they tell
To every human thing.
The silvery tones, Ger vale and hill,
Are swelling soft and clear,
As wave ON wave the tide of sound
Fills the bright atmosphere.
The bells-the merry Christmas bells
They're ringing in the morn ]
They ring when in the Eastern sky
The golden light is born;
They ring when sunshine tips the hills,
And giIds the village spire-
When, through the sky, the sovereign sun
Rolls his full orb of fire.
The Christmas bells--the Christmas bells,
How merrily they ring
To weary hearts pulse of joy,
A kindlier life they bring.
The poor man on his couch of straw,
The rich on downy bed,
Hail the glad sounds, voices sweet
OF angels overhead.
The bells-the silvery Christmas bells,
Der many mile they sound
And household tones are answering them
In thousand homes around.
! Voices of childhood, blithe and shril,
With youths strong accents blend,
| And manhood's deep and earnest tones
With woman's praise ascend.
| The bells-the solemn Christmas bells,
! They're calling to prayer
And hark ! the voice of worshipers
| Floats on the morning air.
Anthems of noblest praise ascend,
And glorious hymns to-day,
! In honor of Savior born
| Come to the church away!
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24

THE first traces of Christmas observance
found IL ancient history are early in the
second century, at least prior to ~ d.
138. In some churches, the Epiphany
and Christmas were celebrated as one fes-
tival. In the fourth century, after an
elaborate investigation, the 25th of De-
cember was agreed upon as Christmas, and
has ever since been observed throughout
Christendom. There may still be unbe-
levers, but the historical and astronomical
evidences in favor of this day amount to
almost demonstration, if such language
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24
NR DE WITT ZEIGLER-
.ENYISTRY.-

" The undersigned, Graduate Of the Bal
nere College of Dental Surgery, respectfully
ieTs his professional services to the citizens
/ Ebcnsburg. He has spared no means to
l&aroughly acquaint himself with every i'm
|noyement in his art. To many years of per-
'oHal experience, he has sought to add the
uparted experience of the highest authorities
. Dental Science. He simply asks that an
opportunity may be given for his work to
speak its own praise
SAMUEL BELFORD, d. D. S.
sS% viii be at Ebensburg on the fourth
IoGday of each month, to stay one w1ek.
August -, 1868.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24
Tho FsGsntaIneer Ease BAH
Club.
EEENsBURC. Dec. Is. 1865

EBENSBURC, Dee. Is, 1868.
To the Ea.se5s Of Tie -4A, trnian
The base ball season having closed, I
propose. lY:lh your permission, to briefly
review the play of the N.oun4aineer Club
durinE the summer just past.
During the season, the Club played nine
frs5 class games, eight of which it wen,
and lest one
The first game of the season was played
with the Mountain Stars of Altoona, in
EbeAsburg, June Goth. Score:
Lanags- l , 345 7s9
Mountaineers....-..9 0 1 IA I9 2 6-57
Mountain Stars....-4 % 3 3 90
The second game was with the Ionians
of Chest Springs, a5 Chest Springs, juno
9th Score
Innings 1234 4567s
Mountaineerg-.........38 7 6 c 90
Ionians B 0 4 2 2-2I
tn third game was with the St, Au
gustines, of St. Augustine, at Chest
Springs, June 9th. Score:
Innings IL as
Mountanee neers....................--6 3 II 7-37
st. Augustines. II 2 IA
The fourth game was the return game
with the Mountain Stars &C Altoona, at
Altoona, July 4th. Score:
Iaainqs- l23 As
Mountaineers. II 2--42
Mountain Star5....--... .---.... y o.
The ffth game was the return game
with the st. Augustine club, at E5cns-
burg, August 1st. Score:
Ll,,ings- 123 5G7
ountaineers..............4 2l 10 6 5-56
ST. AuSustines.- 0 0 } o @ ;
The sixth game was with tae Kickena-
pawlings OF JohnstoWa, at Ebensburg,
Aun,5S+ 7tb Soora
Innings l2s 456789
Mountaineers........42 ? d ) 5 C-27
Kicks .....................5 K i 0 I-25
The seventh game was with the Mullins
Of Cresson, at Ebensburg, August 18th.
Score
Innings 1913 678s
Noun taineers......9 6 2 IL 10 IL 3 4-G5
MuIins...... ........7 ? IA 0 0 $50
The eighth game was the return game
with the Ionians of Chest Springs, at Eb-
ensburg, August 22d. Score:
Innings . 3 4 8 6 Z IS
Moun:aineers.2 9 10 . 7 ? Is 1911
Ioni- ns........... - 3 0 3 o 1--2O
The ninth game was the return game
With the Kickenapawling OF Johnstown,
at Johnstown, August 28th. Score
IntingS-- 2 3 4 5 6 8
Mountaineers ..........4 3 , l g = o 10
Kicks .....................I 3 3 Ar
1t VIII be seen by the above that tho
Mountaineers won eight out of the nine
games played, making grand total oe
423 runs, against 179 runs by all oppo-
nents-or two to one in favor of the
Mcuntaineers, and 90 runs over.
The Mountaineer Club was organized in
1866, and has played, in all, 70 match
games OF these, it won II and lost 3.
making grand total of 988 runs, to 464
by all opponents-or over two to one III
favor Of the Nountaineers
This is a record of which our Club has
Just reason to be proud. Probably no
club in the western part Of the State can
match it. either in the number of games
played, the number OF games won, or IN
the. prepondeFarce OF runs made over op-
! ponents. 1'
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24
H0HE FIRST NATIONAL BANK

'HHE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF JoHNsTowN, PgNNA.
rad ,l ar Capital. 10000 90
'Ir",ye W. 10 increase t0............... 100000 90
We ouy and sell Inland and Foreign Drafts,
1.'1 and Silver, and all classes of Govern
-''t Securities make collections at home
w abroad receive deposits loan money,
~ 90 general Banking business. All
s'aess entrusted to us Will receive prompt
,.,auon and care, at moderate prices. Give
Directors:
- MORRILL,, lJoHS DIpERT,
4V A1UFIAE JACOB LEvRRGooD,
r'oE H. CAMPBELL, EDW'D. Y. TOWNSEND.
''oRGR FRlrz,
DANIEL J. MORRELL, President.
l. !. ROBERTS, Cashier. [sep3ly
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24
GOFEPNUENT 1GENCY,
'uNAIED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI.


Trrr- AND
S'uNAIED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
Es,Tj IoTner Virginia and Annie sts., North
C,sT Ct'z&D CAPITAL.................$ $500, OC0 90
An, ,A''IAL PAID IN............... 10000 90
Lr,r,. L,,, mess pertaining 20 Banking done on
t-., ,ual ail Revenue Stamps of all denomina-
IT, always on hand.
ranniP purchasers of Stamps, percentage, in
S0O viii be allowed, as follows: $50 to
S20O arP per cent; $!OC to 5000, per cent;
- up""rds, per cent. [augI3
N0"UEL SINGLETON, Notary Pub
0Gco or II. lie, kbensburg, Pa.
sL " On High street, west of Fosters Ho-
C- augl3
U TuD Ohh of all kinds done at
ALLEGHANIAN OFFICE.
hiGE ST., EBExsBURG, PA.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24

~ ~ n, LLOYD, Prcst. JOHN LLOYD, Cashier
hINSI NATIONAL BANK
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24
II LLOYD & CO, BanAcrs-

AUlU a W, DuluctTS-
~ EBENsBURG, PA.
E4g~ Gold, Silver, Government Loans and
sher Securities bought and sold. Interest
|towed on Time Deposits. Collections made
oa all accessible points in the United States,
AN General Banking business transacted.
August 3, 1858.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24

M ii. LLOYD 4 Co, Bonhers-
w ALTOONA, PA.
Drafts OF the principal cities, and Silver
@na VoAd for sale. Collections made. Mon
s!S received on deposit, payable on demand,
"ItnouI interest or upon tiue, with interest
d i"'r rates. GaCgl3
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-30
SOUTHERN POLITICAL SENTIMENT

| The Alexandria (Va.) State Journal says
that every voter in the broad land, who is not
lunatic on the State Right question, or still
bediveled by the lost cause" will read in
| General Grants letter Of acceptance a sur
cease of the bitterness, the unrest and trou-
BILE with which the President has afflicted the
South and it thinks that, if wise, they will
vote for the masnanimous victor of Appomat-
tox Court House. and trust him on his prom
Use of assured peace and prosperity.
The Augusta (Ga.) National Republican
boasts that although the Republican party in
that State is but twelve months old, it has
excited more interest, encountered more
abuse, and achieved a greater victory than
any party has ever done in the history OF the
State. And in defining the objects and aims
of the party it says, among other things,
it proposes to give every one fair start in
the race of life, and let each one succeed or
fall according to his merits, the people them
selves being the judges.
Hon. Z. Phillips, who once represented the
Mobile District in Congress, writes to Ala
bama urging that delegates be sent to the
New York Convention from every Southern
State, and at the same time saws that the
South cannot afford 10 adopt man the
Democratic candidate because Of his past
friendliness, or to reject one because of his
past hostility. The South, he says, has now
to PLAY at game in which It would be fatal |
to lose trick.
The Wilmington Journal stands ready 10
endorse the action of the Democratic Nation
al Convention on the financial questions,
whether it be to pay the debt in gold or i'll
greenbacks, or to repudiate it in toto. Give
the South what il demands i'll other respects,
and it cares not for mere plans Of financial
policy.
The Louisville Journal (Dem) scouts the
idea OF Chief Justice Chase being the Dem
ocratic candidate for President, and it ex-
presses the regret that any Democrat has
thought fit to mention him as a possible can
didate. 1t says: To talk Of making him the |
candidate is at once to cripple his influence /.
over his followers, and to confess our ina
5iity to elect man Of our own. 1t is sui /
cidal. The Journal urges the nomination of
PenGleton. for whom the State delegation (
was instructed BY the Convention last Feb |
ruarv.
The nanville (Vir.inial Register (Dem) /
is unable to see wherein Chase Is better than
Grant. 1t says that if the Democracy are
going to abandon the high ground which they
have held that this is white man Govern
ment. change their policy, and try TO take the
wind out of the Republican sails for the sole
purpose of getting into harbor first and Sc
curing the prizes, then there is an end to all
difference, and the whole thing dwindles down
into a contest for place and power. The
Den, party viii be absorbed in other
and new political organizations, and never
raise the Old standard again.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-30

loyal or adhering States: Illinois, l6 f;
Iowa, 8: Kansas, 8; Maine. 7; Massa-
chusetts. 70; Michigan, 8; Minnesota 6 ;
Missouri, Il; Nebraska. 8 New Hamp-
shire, 5 Ohio, 81 Rhode Island, 4 !; Ten
nessee, 10; Vermont, 5; West Virginia, d;
and Wisconsin, s.; making l32 or q less
than a majority-leaving out PENNSYLVANIA,
New York, Connecticut; Indiana, Nevada,
Oregon, and California. If we carry Penn
sylvania, 26, and Indiana, ID, we have a
majority. Or if we carry Pennsylvania, 26,
and Ca lifornia, ), We have a majority. Or
if we carry Pennsylvania, 26, and Connec-
ticut, 6, we have majority.
And if we include in this count the South
ern States that are conceded to us-Arkan-
sas. 5 North Carolina, 9; South Carolina,
6; Mississippi, ! and Louisiana, Gen
eral Grant is elected, excluding Pennsyl
vania, New York, Oregon. California , Indi-
ana, Connecticut, and Nevada. But who
can doubt our success, as he studies the
figures, in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Connect
cut, Oregon, California, and Nevada, with
out counting single Southern State.
This answer revives the question, where
do the rebel Democracy expect to get their
electoral votes Even if they were united
they would find it hard and desperate
struggle but when they oppose their dis
loyal record, their quarreling household, and
their multitude of candidates to the unstained
and patriotic record of the united Repubh-
cans under Grant and Colfax, their attempt
ed campaign becomes simply ridiculous.