The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-11-14

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be fully appreciated only by the party
in the Newhall House office, whom he
intensely amused Mihcaukee WiScon-
sin.
William Scott was romantic and he
loved Miss Horn to distraction. Un-
able to conceal his feelings he revealed
them to the object ofhis affections, who
tenderly reciprocated. They both
lived in Lawrence, Massachusetts. and
their union and the realization of their
fondest hopes were opposed, Brought
to the verge ofinsanity by the obstacles
which he found impended the course of
true love, William suggested to the dar-
ling of his heart that they should both
take poison and together leave this sad
and hollow world. The suggestion
pleased Miss Horn so that the pair pro
cured some poison and, handin-hand,
wended their weary ways towards a
public park one dark and gloomy
night. There they talked Of love
and tenderness, of the sorrows of this
world and the vanity of life. Miss
Horn then swallowed her dose and it is
supposed her sufierings were so intense
that William forgot, in his agony as
a witGess, to take his own. She died,
and be roamed the earth for brief
space and then-he was arrested
charged with manslaughter, convicted
and condemned to hard labor in the
penitentiary for three years. William
ought to be cured of his romance by
this time, we should think.
The Mississippi has almost dried up.
The majestic river whose magnificent
volume two thousand miles from its
outlet, has been the theme of tourists
admiration; so broad and deep that it
seemed some grand estuary of the sea
on which the navies of the world might
ride; has shrunk to a mere ridiculous
creek, and its thin and attenuated cur.
rent crawls lazily, as if it were
ashamed of its shrunken shanks,
among low, red, bare sub marine ridges
and beaches Of sand that have never
seen the sun before, so far as human
knowledge goes, since God separated
the waters from the dry land. The
water has never been so low within the
memory of the oldest inhabitant.
Herbs of cattle bask in the sunshine
on the dry bed of the great waters
where few months ago great fleets of
steamboats, rode at will. Boys with
their trousers rolled up to their knees
sound with their feet the grand mys-
terious depths which have engulfed so
many hayward boys and hapless men
whom accident or rashness has entan-
gled in the strong, swift undertow.
A London matchmaker has con-
structed gold hunting watch, which,
in addition to being a timekeeper of
the utmost precision, with chronome-
ter adjustments, compensation balance
and cylindrical spring, exhibits on the
dial plate the following different indi-
cations; First the equation of time !
second the moons age; third the
month Of the year; fourth, the day of
the month, in addition to the hours
minutes and seconds, as in an ordinary
watch. The mechanism is so contriyed
that any one or the whole of hands
may be set forward or backward at
pleasure without derranging the rest.
Every movement of this mechanical
marvel is laid down in the strictest
proportion and based upon calculations
Of an absolutely scientific character
and whole is within the compass Of q
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