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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17
TALL BOYS.

They have a boy in scioio county. o.,
nged fifteen years, who stands six fesI
one iuoh high, measuring arouod the
shoulders three feet eleven inches. forty.
one inches arounl the chest, fOrIy-two
inches around The lips weighing .lse
pouuds, and wears No, 10 boots. He
recently announced hiI Willingness to
test his strength with any boy Of the
same age 10 America, This challenge
was promptly responded TO BY Benjamin.
q. KipIinger, Of Rock county, Indiana,
fifteen, yeers Of age, six feet eight inches
10 his stocking feet, measuring around
the shoulders Gfiy-Soysn inches, forty zig
inches around the chest, tortyssiE inches
ground the bips weighing 235 pounds,
wears No, 1s boots and says be is will.
ing TO Try his strength Q! The scales, or
in any other way that said Crawford can
agree upon. for wager Of $1,000 on each
eide, time and phase 10 be agreed upon
hereafter,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17
AQTIEER THEORY.

It is sold that in the tdnbs Of the
Metropolis Of ancient Egypt Two Kinds
Of m0mmieS have been found, One is
iacOmplete4-tkstiis TO Sovitall oFgan9
necessary for lie have been separated
from them; the other, ,on the ccplrsry.
il guile complete. Having observed
fhir; q Swedish chemist, DF. GruIsel-
lblch, who has the reputation Of being
both great and learned Professor al tho
University of4lppssl. has come TO the
Conclusion that the ESypiian mummies
are mol all, as has been said ahd be-.
lieved Tor soma thousands Of yeags, bod
tes vmbalmel BY any pvocsss Of fpFesct-
vation whatever, but that they uge rgAhy
a.. 4, 7; q. n; ~
beeH m6menlarlly suspeEdsa Bith the
intehtiou 81 restoring them s0ine flis
lure time, cnly the secret preservation
has been lost. MeanWbilbj PfofeSsort
GrdsseIbaoh adducss many proofs 10
support Of Bis idea; among others, his
experimsntS during the Hast Ten years,
which he Gays has always proved suc'
cessfuI. He took d snake and treated Is
In such a manner % 10 benumb It Os
though IL had been carveaih marble,
and Il WAS SO brittle lhathad lie allowed
IT to. fall IL would have broken inlo fag-'
mems. In thisis he kept II for ssv'
sral years, and then restored \ 10 liie by,
by sprinkling Il with stimulating aDI'l,
the composition Of which is secret. For
fifteen years The snake has been under.
going an existence composed Of spceel5-
i've deaths and ress1rreCLioGs appatsnHy
withoGt sustaining harm. The profsss,
oris reported 10 have sent petition 10
his government requesting that q rIinual
who has been condsmnSd to death may
be given to him 10 botretted Ia the sans
maunera as the snake, promising TO re-l
store him 10 life fn tao'yeSfs. Il il Ut,
dersIood that the rdGa who unastgosS
this exbcrims snt iS 10 DO pardoaedi--A!
tany EOcnt6g Journal Y ~ q.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

American gentlem IN while sIrolling
through the gardens ofthe Tuileries Pei
ace, not long since, accosted young
man sitting upon one Of the benches
near the fountain al the enIrance from
the Place de Ia COncords. He hSd
been reading. and just laid down bis
book to feed the dcmesticaled and wild
pigeons who make their homo in the gar
an, and which aockcd about him in
great numbers "Wbat happy little
group Of citizens are these monsisur." /"
observed the American. The stranger
raised his bead, revealing pale thought.
full looking face, and sighed az he said:
"Cocst vrdii. monsieur; for they do not
owe any allegiance to his Majesty" Il
was Victor Noir.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17
nInnRs oRiMALKING.

Observing personS now ihesg
heads move allernateii lpsidet
CsrefaI person lln lbail sas high
and place then d5g ~ 4 exc
Of The WAY, ~
OaleulAtinE persQps eenerAllf gsis
Wild t6sif hands ia hel poreet9 9na
lheii E6Sds sIishllY : i6oliue n 4
Mcdelt personl gsneta Ily SOP sOg'.g,
lof aot n ttiag observed. ! ~.
eTiaSSd arS6ps bI1eq step ~ ron {
SidtWSlk on meeting RDOthoE and ~
ways 20 around sl6hs Instead Of sleps
ping over i. sA', :
i WidSh1hke persons 3'fceoel aH9
havo long swing 70 their sFRsP whilss
their hands move Obout miIcellnpseesl}ss
Carolssa persons-aIo loreFer stgshle
their toes. ''T'1,E
Lazy peraous iSrrsFD pbapl loopOiy
with thairhsels. aad Asp. frSt. sOa zone
side Of the walk. then onthO other, ~
sVeu SttoRg minded persops have
their .oos directly u Croat of tAs@, 5pd
have kind ofa stamp moyemsEs' al
IL d z
Bad news wspkupi tbe,acIiop. Of Che
heart, .hen oppTesses The lungSf deatFoyt
I the appetite, stops digeh.ion Sad gslslallg
IStspSbdiioli tliSIuhciiohs : 6lStBG ey ioHt
Az emoti6nof shane iuShes The ilanei
Garsblhnches illi opd 40 ipst4ls thrill
eloctrifisS amillion nerves into . patt
lop Dalltium iRfusss great energY,'-.
voIiuon commands, and hundreds o.
muscles spring 70 execute, HeweFiui
emotion oilen,kills the body at 3 SItoket
IEmipsat public epCabefs have died sin
| liEomids, otsnimpAssiOued butatof elo'
auenoa, or @hen lheedeepsfemttion thss
produced IL bulldsnlysSapbp'ded har+t
srdve, the young Barsisn died ERhea ha
hsatJ that Che musioat prize aIorl which
NO had competed, was Rdjudgea 10 ans
other. T. si"',
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

All Belyidsre. n. J.a,slsrgymsp 70.
fused 70 marry o"uplS bectuse they
had only spsrEed q week, What busts
ness it.il.t6 minister bow long il bag
been going ont
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

n lAu old iajyat Windsots Engahd, was
saved ftom butning to death by ahqr pet
iarol who gssing her 10 flames called
out 10 hsF sleeping 600, Harry, gsts up
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

Getting into a passion is good deal
like getting into barbsrrY bush. The
bush comes out oil right but you a0nE,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

The ruin Of N ost meu.daLssfrOm some
vacant hour. Occupation is the amor
Of The soul. There isa Salirieal poem.
in which the devil iirepresen!ed OS ishs
ing for men, aud Citing bis bait 10 the
taste Snd business Of bis prey but the
idlsr, be said, gays'him no ltOubls, ss
be bil the naked hook.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

Lqdser. Som body pHllQd in my abs
ssnsel Did be leags ahynapsi" Mgryt
IS%oh, yes, sir; he said i was !nns!sElS4y ise14
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

A nswspaperl sbiographef.5irying 70
say bis subfsct :was barely able % bear
the ilemise Of his tWifo,p was made by
the insxoraGlo printer 10 say wear The
thSmiss 'of Ills wife" .gy.ll llsIl.' ,'t
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

III the. Doge Of Yeuirs WaI tpslose. hig
sight, What useful Article would he bs
converted 10! A Veui!iaa blind, v
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17
rMR1cn1Na TmR .RARY.

"Hov many pounds docs tbe baby weighs
Baby who came but a.inOnth agos
How many pounds from the Crowhing eua
Oiho rosy point cf The Eestless toefs
GrAudlather tics the 'kerchief's knot.
Teadefly guides the swinging weight,
And carefully over his glasses peers
Torcad the :eeord, "OnlF eight io2t
Softly the echo goes around;
Tie father laughs at the tiny girl,
Tie fair young mother sings the words,
While grandmother snOOIhs hegolden curl
+ AndttOopi6g sGOy5 the precious tliiug,
Nestles a kiss within apraybr, y
Murmuring softly, "little one, " p
eraadfather did not weigh you fair.n
Nobody weighed the baby,s smile,
or the love that came with the helpless one:
Nobody weighed the threads Of care,
FrUm which womans life is spun,
Eoindez tells the mighty worth
oflittlc baby's quiet breath,
A soft, unCeasing metr6nome,
Patient aud faithful unto death,
Nobody weighed the baby's soul,
For here on Garth no weight there be
That could avail; God only know
It's value in eternity. s57ta1 r
IT HNfl - .tftfl !
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

A HoboEcp editor, being challenged,
sent word in reply; "Wden / went q
die I can shoot myself ~ ltiise 4"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

A cruzy womanin 9adS has delivered
herself tP TO the police authorities, Dc.
clsring that she was an accomplish Of
Traupm snu 10 q 6oriss of crimes far
moro hoViblo than the Pantintf'gedy'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

Two things that houldiBsksPtundsr
complote oontrOI--fts and temper. Z
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

Nearly every evil has ils Goppsnaa7
ljey. ia man bas but one foot he
never iEsadS on his own toes. ''s
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

Be contontsd with your lot especially
al public auction. ~ sat9Y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

Abiding to chigauas, MIS-. Clevet
said: IA giyl nov scents all' heodt'-7
,Yos, tilt You talk to her, groWled Nj:
Clever. .E ea =,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

The 6tst iron building ever seen in
-Anstica was erected in BoStbr 10 Is49.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

An old lrapper oil AraEoHa, who has
lust "a lpsa hiAe litteehih. hadi5n, saye:
III is good slayius aSt'heelIhis ssascspI
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

"a ,ipplSr Who liadihislBSdt loleh;
cd up,5asainst the sidetofsa hoais dAlticR
hpB,beep newly painted Showing htmt'
self clear by d vigorous eitogIy heitoQklo 70.
glimpse 81 bis shoulder and Gnoihet at
lie house, { third q, bis hand, atd OK
slaiWsdi t-Pah si.agi f.i 2
Il Well, that ais.a caFslsss trick In who.
.oyerpainied that hausao 70 leave itst4ndS
ing or alI night lgF gs9pla g Iqq y
lgsinstl" /" ,,.s, yl,.s..
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

Alady appsaled ats fancy blllas Ami-
ability. Her husband didn't tscOslize
her, sGcs ss,rn7gs s7s q
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

Although enlightened men generally
do not stop 10 think about tic roasot
why ,Rsy have mptried, end contnueitt
mdintaiti lie family union, ifethcg'Will
ilo1k II the subject cloSsly,sthey will gnd
it-is,6 ioaeiagi for happipseli e'bpi!ld
for Themselves . hetas,.ip che beaom 3,
which thsy may hide from deceit, eoldt
kesrtsdnSss ana ccttm6ny 81 Tie world:
where 'd5a,fngF but lovO edtets VhsFs
theFo is no strife, MOI jcloOSisgI bpsrf
ihurniugS lepyyteF ssl6lRhessh lobodgste
cheat. deGanle OF deceive thom, but al3
\ h love and unijy-DS Bi!ior9
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

Several persons have lately been ar
raigned in York County Mline, for
violation Of tue liquor law, and much
ingenuity w,s manifested by their Gus
toners, in evading the truth before the
court. Ono man an unusually tall one,
before. starring for court, stretched him.
self out on The family cradle and had his
wife rock him; and then went and tesIi-
fed he had not drank anything iutoxi.
ealing since be was rocked 10 the cradle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17

DcxTrsr.-"My dear woman, if you
kept your teeth clean you would have
less toothaoho." Lady. "gut, doctor,
they say that washing teeth wears them
out" Doctor 'IG1od gracious, mad
am! hops you don'I think that way
when aqY thing ails your feet"
Why is a proSy preachetliEe the mid
die Of a wheel? Because The fellows
around him ara tired.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17
OFFICEi

oFEICEf &
r.tS srlEE7, xEAR eOUkT HOUSE.
RoINr PHEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-17
REGISTER'S NOTICE

-, hereby given that the following Accounts
nave been passed and filed in the Registers or
Orbo ouFg, ana viii be presented to the
alton and allowance, on "Wednesday. the Ttb In 9
OF december next, to wit: 10y
me account Of Mary Shoemaker, one of the
borough of Ebensburg decd - W
5he first and partial Account of F. d. Storm.
fo tIfi OF u l. Storm, late OF Washing
The second and final Account of James Kim,
3AoihInlstrator OF the estate of Andrew Miller
The first and final Account of CI,as n Fllis
administrator of Hugh Mackin late of Johns
town, deceased. ~ - SNA-S
The first and final Account of-Pat'k Rodgers.
ssA1ininlstrator of Anthony O'DunnelI Info nf
AlllVule borough, deceased ~
The first and final Account of David Hide
nrand, Guardian OF William, Henrietta and Jane
"EEsel, minor children of Moses Wysel, decd
me nrst ana partial Account of ThOs Jtu-
klils, Administrator of John h Davis Ia+e oe
JohnStown, deceased.
The first and final Account of Eliza Noble and
lanes GLASGOW. Executors of the last viii and
ship, deceased. '
The first and final Account of John Sbor-
Daugh, Esq, acting Administrator of Conrad
Eager, deceased.
The first and partial Account OF C. r. Ellis.
Guafdlan OF Danl Morgan Parks. q minor child
OF samuel Parks, late of Conemallgh tp.. decd
ne nrst and partial Account Of O. r. Ellis
In fist 4l George ftoech, Jr., and Anna Fred
deceased. O'''
The first and final Account of Jos. Criste. Ex-
ecuior OF the last viii and Testamento of ApalO-
MIA brown, late of Washington twp deceaSed
=, me 1lfst and final Account of Geo NJ Rf.afic
Isustee to make sale of the real estate of Thns
ana Cathafine OttersoD. deceased.
me Account of Catharine Roberts Adu'x of
W m. ROBERTS, late Of Johnstown borough decd
Bennett, Administrators of the estate OF David
). Davis: late of Cambria township, deceased,
rom ''i Fn Fa5 W " deegde1ts real estate
begister's Office, Ebensburg Nov. 10, jS70.-,t.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-17
A Tale of Two Fishers.

Miss Henrietta Tupper, Of Wilmington,
was maiden lady at the age Of iorty. be-
cause up to that time no man among all the
multitude Of men upon the face Of the eerth
had proposed to her. The reason whv she
married Fisher. one year later. was that she
regarded him as her forlorn hope; and. al
though be weighed two hundred and CITY
pounds, was peor, and had face that would
disgrace an Old-fashioned brass door kuocker
she accepted him as her last and only chance.
Fisher was frst-rate sort Of fellow, but he
had bad habit Of walking in his sleep
Two or three times his wife woke up in the
night just in time to seize him as he was
crawling OUT of the bedroom window in ths
third story. In the inmost recesses of her
soul Henrietta suspected that, instead Of be-
ing Sleep-walker. he was disgusted With
her, and was trying to commit suicide. So
she tried all sorts of plans to induce him to
discontinue mis- efforts. She got him to mako
a memorandum in his poeket-book and TO
tie a string around his finger, SO as TO re-
member not to climb oat of the window in
MS sleep, and she maze him sign pledge after
pledge to refoi u l. ;his respect; and vet
night after night st5 oul6 wake up Just in
time 10 perceive tss profiigate Fisher jam
ming his two hundred and ffty pounds thro'
the window framei At last Mrs. Fisher one
night tied a clothes-ine to Fishers leg and
fastened the other end tight around her aukle.
SO he would arouse her if lie got to prancing
about. She vas determined 10 keep this
man. if possible. after all the trouble she had
to get him The Fishers went to bed that
evening and slumbered peacefully on, as
usual. About ] o'clock Mrs Fisher, while
dreaming delicious dream, might have been
observed to shoot out of bed. feet foremost.
with frightful velocity and bring ND all of
a sudden against the window-sin. The next
morning passers-by were attracted by a very
singular spectacle. Mr. Fisher was observed
hanging half way down the front of the
house by his right leg. while his trailing gar
ments of the night fiuttered to and fro in the
cool delicious breeze OF the morning Lad,
ders were brought. aud, Upon following the
rope tc the window, Mrs. Fisher was saan
lying upon tie floor Of her room with one
foot firmly embedded in the wall, and the
other pressed against the window sill She
was dead aud her face wore an expression
of surprise. Fisher slso WAS dead Her
n the papers contained soms
touching lines upon woman's love, with
passing reference to the fact that iu their
death they were not divided. The coroner's
physician, in his report, accused both the
victims Of containing within their bodies di-
abolcal apparatus, with hard Latin names,
which Mr. Fisher would have resented IL his
all from tie window had been less serious
u its results. They were buried together
q grave about the size of a small cellar,
Do account Of hlr. Fishers dimensions.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-17
GBe 4ost's Department.
lFrom Ballou's Monthly Magazine December
CHILDREN OF THE POOR.
BY D. P. sHILLABKR.

there here Is no light, the sun shines not for those
- nom poverty and orphanage o'ergloom;
Young become old by piLching shadows froze
with not one beam their darkness to illumel
BIeared eyes look out through clouds OF
gathering rheum,
And what should glow, in youths glad open
ing years,
| Ages in atmospheres of misery's doom,
And browns in overflow of bitter tears
o, deep the misery when the chill airs press,
And pierce, with frosty shafts, the hlmsy
shield
The childish smile succumbs to cold distress,
And the soul dies.by wretchedness concealed :;
Where in Gods universe is God concealed,
That these, his children, thus his loss should
know?
Where is the love his fatherhood should weld
That such disparity the world doth show
his is the dumb propounding of the look
Oct sternly on the lines of sorrows face;
MlsIortune's drear and melancholy book
W hose lessons We do not half needing trace
Turning to things of beauty or of grace
Forgetting, IT we can, the pleading tear
That met our gaze out in the public place
gaze SO full OF wretchedness and fear!
That look tale discloses to the heart:
Ii needs no questioning. for hunger's plea
Demands no aid from rhetoric's subtle art
The sunken cheek, the hollow agony,
ne weary eyes, that peer DeSeechlngly,
More than the uttered word the truth proclaim
And in our sight We plainly see
What prompts the generous act, howe'er the
hint We shame,
background dark upon the scene of life
The darker shown by the pervading glare;
a dismal foil amid the tinsel strife
VI fashions Votaries fitting here and there;
he dull, dim contrast glooming every8lete,
And forcing notice by its sombre shade
I'LL, from the frequent presence of despair,
we shrink IN pain, OR give ourselves to aid.
y, men of means, cast not the chance away
OF doing good, at PHYS mute appeal!
GIye OF your plenty as thus, day by day,
Such opportunities for you reveal
Allow the generous fountains to unseal,
And out upon the arid fields of time
Their treasures flow, the woes of mar to
heal,
And thus your name illume with rays sublime.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-17

courtship Won ride in hack. and after mar
rage you ride in horse car
great mafly sc. married "for worse or
better, till divorce do Us part ;" but hap
ply there are those who realize il is for life
and not limited eo-partnership. There is
soGns true lore left yet. and the man OF wo-
man who don't get a little of il is \ poor
stick. 1t is natural for as all TO love some
thing, and somebody has said that a woman
naHSt love something. / soberly and siu-
cereiy believe this TO be so. and know Of no
sight more narrowing than a true and loving
woman. who has outeTown the giddiuess of
youth, lavishing her wealth of untold affec-
tion upon one solitary and unfortunate tom
cat, simply because there isn't any man
around who win take it. Old maids may die
OF unrequited love. but their cats never DO.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-17
VALUABLE FARM. &c,

He undersigned will offer at Public Sale. on
ECESDAf 4, Nov 22<l. inst, at o'ciock-
F. M, 1HE!R P4LUABLE FARM, situated
IN Munster township, Cambria county, 2 miles
west OF SreSson Springs and about 2Lf miles
sopth OF Loretto, on the Pittsburgh and Phiis
oeIphia turnpike, and within one-fourth of a
Hiie IN e OF station on the Z. q c. Railroad Said
fAhM contains l35 Acres, about 90 cres
OF winch arc cleared, the balance being covered
WITH Win sugar, beech and-hemlock. The land lies
Neiti Is very productive, and can for the most
part be worked by machinery. There are two
ORCHARDS OF choice fruit and an abundance Of
1&celent water on the premises. The Improve
henIs consist OF a Large Frame House contain
ing rooms and good cellar a Small TTG1ne
{lOuS6 with . rooms and kitchen. a first rate
log Barn ~ by 90 feet, weather. boardedJ with
Sneds ,t ana Stabling attached, together with all
pther necessary Outbpildings. s5YS-Terns Will
oe made known 1t sale. W., 1. & J. LILLY.
Also, at the same time and place. viii be Of
Tered for sale, Fresh Mich Cow, 2 Fat Hogs.
Kay Dy the ton. Corn-Fodder by the load, Corn
ailG 3 oats py the bust.el. Farming Tmplements
CoaI COOK stove, Tables, Chairs. StanCs. Bed
steads and Bedding. Carpets. and many other
articles OF Household and Kitchen Furniture
together with about 80 volumes of Interesting
Books * Due attendance ana a reasonsbie
cISuIC VIII De given by JOHN LILLY.
Munster Twp, Nov. 10, 1S70-2t+
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-17

The SHETLAND PoNY.-"Dan Rice, the
Snowman" who has probably surpassed all
professionals" in his day in training rep
resentatiTes of the genus equine, including
horses asses. mules and zebras, has a very
exalted opinion of the merits OF the Shetland
pony. At one time he possessed a remark
ably fine one, which was so small that he
tried to bring it into the ring in his arms.
This was a most taking incident with the
juveniles, and they expressed their feeling
by clapping their tiny hands, and giving
utterance to shouts of laughter. Some boys
of our acquaintance had a Shetland pony
which afforded an infinite sight of hearty,
healthy amusement by dragging little
wagon along a country road. The fun-lov-
ing pet evidently enjoyed the excitement
quite as much as his more intelligent friends.
So long as he was treated fairly he would,
after his fashion, do honest work, but if
overloaded be expressed his indignation by
vigorously hammering his heels against the
dashboard of the wagon. Having once
caught his foot in a bridge floor which he
was often obliged to cross, he would never
after that voluntarily tread upon what be
presumed to be treachereus ground. His
biped companions effected a satisfactory
compromise on these occasions by "unhitch-
ing" and placing the pony in the wagon
Thus disposed of he was dragged over the
treacberous bridge and tackeled up on the
opposite side.-APpLeton' Journal.