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ped with that wicked intent. At tall events,
the horse went as If the devil was in him.
Brethren. this is the true story of that
unfortunate occurrence. If mourning with
sackcloth and ashes can in any measure
atone for my wickedness, unintentional
though II was, then thc evil example shall
he fully atoned. And, brethren, before /
sit down let me caution you all to beware
of skeletons in whatever form they come.
And above all do not judge of horses by
appearance alone. If two animals stand
side by side, aud one looks high-spiritcd,
fiery, and untaned, and the other lop-oar-
ed, poor, ringboned and spawned, with
head down and sleepy, and you desire to
ride moderately, / charge you as you value
your Christian reputation, and your souls
salvation, avoid the sleepy horse as You
would avoid Satan himself, for such an an
imal will surely and speedily carry you to
destruction"
After this frank and open confession thu
society unanimously voted that their broth
er retained his good standing in the church,
and agreed TO forget this unlucky event;
but the fast boys about the town laughed
aud grew fat over the thrice told story Of
"Deacon Browns Ride. de."-Hdrtford Times.
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DB.gCO.V BROJy.V~S RIDE.

We will call him Brown for convenience
sake, though that was not his real name.
The good. kind, honest old soul has been
gathered TO his fathers for some years,
therefore We will not consider it breach
of good manners to publish the following
actual occurrence, which many of our ciu-
Zens can vouch for. The subject of our
sketch was n deacon in one of our churches.
and his character was above reproach while
his piety was a pattern for Christians to fol-
low. lie deprecated from the bottom of
his heart the many sinful habits of the
world that came under his observation. but
none more SO than the popularon of horse
racing. We may say here that the crown
Ing sorrow of his declining years was caus-
ed by the dissolute habits of "A grown-up
son. This young man had broken loose
from the parental restraint, and enjoyed TO
the fullest extent the vices of the commu-
nifty, and revelled in the company of loose
character, and loved the wine cup and fast
horses, although his father was not aware
of his wick kedness in the latter respect To
be sure, the deat on had noticed that hi, son
was never so happy as when driving about
the streets in askeloton buggy with a sleepy
looking horse, which the old gentleman
had never seen go faster than trot. Bot
the truth of the matter was, this ncS of
bones could, if occasion required, step of
in less than the historical "2;i0." This was
kept scrupulously secret from the deacon,
and the latter wondered why his son could
see any pleasure in driving such sorry
cob as that appeared 10 be. lie even re-
monsIrated with his son for starving his
horse until he resembled a living skeleton.
Fred, that was his sons name, assumed
aknowing look, and answered with smile.
"A skeleton horse and skeleton buggy
should go together"
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U.vFORTUN.sTR yOB.,.

The lot of John Chinaman is, indeed,
hard one. lie comes into life too numer-
ously to begin with, and he feels himself
inconvenlently crowded at the very start.
AS an infant he is cast into the famous por-
celain tower; or, if he escapes that he
comes forward in state of wretched squal-
or, lives by fighting with starvation, suf-
fers all the angles Of permanent poverty,
and either consumes himself with opium,
is eX ported as coolie, or transported to
communities that pelt him with denuncia-
tions, or uncomplimentary resolutions,
mako game of him by stoning him to
death, refusing him as witness, serve him
up in IIarteful doggercl, twist or destroy
his queue, laugh at his color, his eyes, his
joss, and ridicule his anxiety to be sent
home when he is dead to mingle with the
celestial dust Of his native land. Yet, John
is neat, thrifty, industrious, and has the
genteelest appetite it is possible to discoy-
er. A handful of rice sustains him even
to fatness and upon it his work is per-
formed as merrily as that singular opera
tion with the chopsticks which would a.
lone give him distinction.
If John is reflective, and he undoubted-
ly is, he must wonder why he was ever
created. There is hardly spot on the
globe where he is permitted to fructify.
Civilization rains kicks and cuffs upon
him If he wanders abroad, and at home his
head is taken from his shoulders with a
frequency that is positively monotonous.
or, If spared by the mandarin, there is the
tigcry Tarter 20 hunt him from generation
to generation along the frontier. The mis-
siOnary is present, too, who in saving his
soul somehow ncites him to deeds of blood
that lose him his miserable body. lie is
compelled to wallow in fumes of opium.
and decay and paralyze himself that lu-
crativc trade may be maintained lie is
bundled Off by hundreds in coolie ships,
and roasts himself to death by the fire he
deliberately kndles; or escaping that, he
punches on guano heaps to Stitc TO death
by the dust or perishes miserably of the lc-
vers aud malarias of sugar plantation.
His life is private, and yet he is public talk;
retiring, he is yet a public misfortune and
scapegoat. Poor John We style him n
heather, yet accept the morality of Confu-
cius. We vote him barharous. yet his is
the most civilized nation on earth, and has
forgotten things TIE world is Just learning
We borrow rom him competitive eAamin-
alton for civil service. try to initiate his
porcelain, his paper, his printing. his
schools. his silk and are staggered to find
what AN adept he is in art and science. and
how tuuph nf both he has bpot, nrncti.iu,,
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Poet,,y.
wRITrHs ron TnR vEENoNr PHoSrI.
moor. HOG. orr DIE.

western farmer, Brown by name,
Although no lifeless plodder,
Once found himself unfortunate
In being short for fodder.
No corn had he y feed his swine,
And shrill was their complaining;
Their squeals were worse than all the fifes
At an old-faahioncd training.
The fields were bare, the weather cold,
Affairs were getting harder,
And something must be done, or soon
No pork would fil the larder.
But farmer Drown, a staunch old man,
Had ne'er a thought OF falling;
"1f one thing will not do, 1" said he,
"Another u cure the ailing"
So down went bars, and out went pigs
In search of better feeding;
thing that they for many day
Had all been sadly needing.
''Sow then, " said hN 'i0't, hog, or die.
Accept the situation;
If each takes care Of number one
You1l all escape starvation"
So in the world OF human kind,
While few are rich and gifted,
The many by no fayoring tides
Upon the world are driftod.
with them it is, "root, hog, or die"
No loss Of case to nurse them,
No honored name, no noble line,
No rich mans gold to curse them.
And these the real heroes are,
When they, in sorry station,
With manly, brave and cheerful hearts,
Accept the situation.
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ON | went fasterand faster, by this broth
er's aud that friends house, scattering wag-
ons aud drays in confusion until | nrared
Central Row, where intended TO turn, 50
as to head the infuriated animal for theri
er. stopped forward and Stacked up on the
lines so as to get better hold, when the
horse stopped so suddenly that it liked to
have pitched me out head first. In all my
life | was never so astonishod, and up to
this minute | am not quite clear rs to the
cause Of such freaks as these. have tho't
that Satan, 'or the time being, to bring
worthy pnan and uncompromlsing enemy
of his kingdom into disreputc, had located
himself within that sleepy-looking quadu-
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17
TERMS OF ADVERTISING
Lord McCanly on the sabbath.

or course l do not mean that . man
will not produce more in . week BY
working seven days than by working six
days. But [ very much doubt whether,
at the end Of the year, be will generally
have produced more BY working seven
days week than BY working six days .
week and l firmly believe that at the
end Of twenty years, hs will have pro.
duced less by working six week. The
natural difference between Campania and
SpitEbergen is trifling when compared
with the difference between a country
inhabited by men sunk in bodily and
mental decreI itude. Therefore it 10 that
we are not poorer, but richer, because We
have, through many ages. rested from our
labor one day in seven. The day is not
lost. While industry is suspended. while
the pillow lies in the furrow, while the
exchange is silent, while no smoks a..
cends from the factory, . process is going
on quite as important to the wealth Of
the nation ss any process which is per-
formed on more busy days. Man, the
machine Of machines the machine com.
pared with. which all the Watts and Ark.
wriehts are worthless--is repairing and
winding up, so that he may return to his
labor on Monday with clearer intellect,
with livelier spirits, and renewed corpo.
real vigor.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17
LITTLE RATTEY.


1.-THE following, from the New York Standard
little newsboy, of the New York Evening Tele
gram, who, when the WestGeld exploded. plunge
into the water and saved several children frou
death. Little Jim Conners deserves such immor
tality.-St. Louis Times.
A wandering gamin of Gotham
A rude little boy of the street.
You would call him q Child OF the gutter,
With his naked and earth. besoiled feet
Yet he hath . brave heart in his bosom,
A soul that can dare and can do
But we'll let the lad tell his own story,
And I'll vouch, on my honor, tits true:
"My name. sir, is simply James Conners,
But, as I'm bit of sport,
The boys do not call me by that name,
But nickname me "Rattey," for short;
On week days peddle the papers,
Because am fond of the news,
And sometimes, when business is slack, sir,
blacken the gentlemen's shoes.
~ was down by the river last Sunday
The day Of the terrible shock
A-fshing, along with my brother,
For catties and cells in the dock,
When sound as Of steam in escaping,
And then report like gun
Then my brother was down in the watcr-
But thought it was only in fun.
"But went for him then, sir, bet youi
But Lord, he was out in wink;
And, tell you, things go. to be lively
You didn't know half what to think
But saw two half drowned little babies,
And heard their poor, pitiful cry,
So slung off my shoes and my jacket,
Determined to save them or die.
"Well, got them safe out in a minute
Grabbed one by its wee little skirt,
And brought them away to their mother,
All soaked, but more frightened than hurt !;
Then dived in the dock for some others,
And saved-oh, a dozen or more;::
But then got woak and exhausted,
So swan back again to the shore.
81 tell you, now, matters wero lively
You didn't have time to stand still
There was only one way, sir, to save them,
And that was to work with will;
'Twixt the fire and the steam and the water
'Twixt the fragments of wreck and the rest
didn't have much time for thinking,
But did what felt to be best"
All honor to brave little Ratteyi
He may not be handsome nor smart,
But somewhere beneath his torn jacket
He hideth big manly heart;
Untaught in the maxims and morals,
A child of the slum and the mire,
He fathomcd mans duty and did it
Aye. did it 'twixt water and fira.
Aug. 3, 1871.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17

Four young gents at Sioux City, Iowa,
went out to sereuade the belle of the city
the other evening. 1t was q quartette
Of good voices, and for fifteen minu ten
they entranced all the neighbors as they
sang under the windows Of the beauty's 3
domicile. BY and by black face and
woody head followed hand which held a
candle out Of o window in tho second
story, and voice exclaimed, Look a
heah, young gemmen, Miss Minnie went
ober to Covington to day, but I'xe
obleeged to 70 ell the same y The
quartettc separsted.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17

The "Grasshopper War;" which took
place about the time the pilgrims came
to New England in the MsyAower, be-
tween two Indian tribes, was brought
about in this way: An Indian woman,
with her little son, went to visit a friend
belonging 10 another tribe The little
fellow caught large Rrasshoppef on the
road and carried it with him. A Tad
from the other tribe wanted il, but he
refused to give It up. A quarrel ensued
which soon drew the fathers and mothers
into the dispute, and ere long the chiefs
were engaged in war which nearly ex.
terminated one tribe.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17

Hopefulnes is the mother Of happiness.
The truly hopeful are never the truly
miserable. They see light ahead, ev q
at midnight. Whence comes hopeful
ness? Some one has declared: True
hope is based on energy of character. A
strong mind is always hopeful, and has
always cause to hope because it knows
the mutability of human affairs, and how
slight a circumstance may change the
whole course of events Such spirit,
too, rests upon itself; it is not confined
to partial views, or to one particular oh.
joct. And IL at last all should be lost,
it has saved itsslf-its own integrity aud
worth. Hope awakes courage, while
despondency is the last Of all evils it is
tho abandonment of good-the givin up
Of the battle Of life with mere nothing.
ness. He who can impart courage in
the hu man soul 10 its hest physician.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17
CuriOSitieS Of Life,

Lay your fingers on your pulse, and
know that at every stroke some immortu
passes to its Maker. seme fellow being
crosses the river Of death and if w
think Of 1t, we may we'll wonder that il
should be so long before our turn comes
Half Of all who live die before they
are seventeen.
Only one person in ten thousand live.
to be hundred years old, and but one
in a hundred reaches sixty.
The married live longer than the sin
gle.
Out Of every thousand born, only
ninety five weddings take place.
If you Jake a thousand persons who
have reached seventy years. there are Of
clergyman, orators and public speakers,
43; farmsrs, 40; workmen, 80; soldiers
32; lawyers, 80; professors, q; doc
tors, 81.
These statements are very instructive
Farmers and workmen do not arrive al
good old age as often as the clergymen
and others who perform no manual labor
but this Is owing to neglect Of the laws
Of health, in attention to proper care ol
themselves after the work of the DAY is
done. These farmers or work men eat a
hearty supper of a summers day, and
sit around the doors in their shirt sleeves,
and in their tired condition and weakened
circulation are easily chilled, laying the
foundation for diarrhsa, bilious collie, lung
fever or consumption.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17

Legal bullies who ask wo rem imper-
tlnent questions in the witness box ouc ht
to get their deserts as did tho Solicitor
General the other day, in the celebrated
Tichborne case in England. The witness
Was governess who had formerly been
employed in the Tichborue family. Gov.
ernesses in England are generally 70
gsrded as beings who are made to be
snubbed and ,nsulted. So the Solicitor
General snubbed and insulted this one
while she was testifying to the identity
of the claimant to the Tichborne estate
with the young heir as she knew him
twenty years before, At last she had a
chance at him which she did not b estate
to improve. "Wss the young man polite
towards ladies ?" asked. the Solicitor
General. "He was, indeed. polite toward
ladies'" replied the governess, aud, with
q we'll understood emphasis, she added,
gentlemen, l believe, always are so. F"
The court room burst into q laugh, and
the Solicitor General turned rcd in the
face.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17

A THRILLINa TALE.-The following
is about as correct as the generality Of
tn. novels Of the present day: "Twas
ut the close of beautiful afternoon one
morning in December, that three pedes-
trains might be seen going up hill on
horseback in q three wheeled carriage.
The youngest of these three gentlemen
was an old lady about IA years Of age
whose jet white locks we're combed back
from her ample forehead and hung in
luxurious profusion from the overhang.
ing and underhaueing boughs Of water
lily that stood upon the steps of marble
hen coop, half a mile distant, in which
somo person was engaged in religious
exercises. The fourth person of this
trio was not present, being detained at
home by a sudden attack Of seasickness,
which he had caught from his noxt door
neighbor, who lived fourteen miles in the
country. Being endowed with superhu.
man strength by the sudden attack of
the Saracen, he seized the wagon by the
hind legs and sculled across the everglades
as fast as his legs could carry him. But
the young lady who was killed, seeing
that she had sustained no injury. offered
to give her note of hand for the balance.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17


How TO KEEP A SITUATIoN.-The
following bit Of good advice is from the
Working Man, and Is worthy the atten
ton Of all our readers:
Lay it down as foundation rule, that
you will be faithful in that which is
least" Pick up the loose nails, bits of
twine, clean wrapping paper, and put
them in their places. Be ready to throw
in an odd half hour or hours time when
it will be an accommodation, and dom I
seem to mako merit of it. DO it heart.
lily. Though not word be SAID, be sure
your employer wi make a noto of it.
Make yourself indispensable to him. and
he will lose many Of the opposite kind
before he will part with you.
Those young men who watch the time
to see when the very second their hour is
up-who leave no matter what state the
work may be in at precisely the instant
who calculate the exact extra amount
they can slight their work, and yet not be
reproved-who are lavish of their en-
ployer's goods will always be the 6rst to
receive notice that their service is no
longer required.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17

nluU IeSS anu bcu'ieu acTUbb tue eVeTRlSueb
as fast as his legs could carry him. But
the young lady who was killed, seeing
,hst she had sustained no injury. offered
to give her note of hand for the balance.
Nor APPRECIATED "A young gentle.
man anxious to learn to sing, went up
into the garret one Sunday night, about
bed time, and rcsolutely commenced his
exercises with his Psalm book. He had
been singing but q short time, when his
father, u fidgety old gentleman, stole out
and on reaching the foot of the stairs,
mildly inquired:
"James |"
No answer came. James was very
busy with his exercises.
"James u
Still no answer.
'James u
"Sir T.
"Have you heard very peculiar noise,
James p
"No, sir; nothing"
"Oh-ah Il thought-but never mind;
and the old gentleman walked back to
his room, muttering indistinctly.
Presently James resumed his exercises,
and was getting GU famously, as he
thought, when his parent, like the Ghost
of Hamlet's Father, again came forth.
cxclaiming:
"James |"
"Sir I"
Are you sure Bose 10 chaiued up?'
"Yes, sir; l attended to it myself"
VERY we'll, very we'll; no matter"
And be once more returned to bis room.
Wondering what his father meant by
inqu'ring after the house dog, Bose,
james was silent for minute, but soon
cturned to his exercises more vigorously
han ever. Again, he was interrupted
by the voice Of his parent, shouting
"James y
"Sirw
~ am sure Bose is loose"
ut can't bo possible, SIR"
"He is, ! tell you"
"What makes you think so, cir p
"Why, for the last half hour have
heard something that sounded very much
as il that dog was again worrying the
poor old cati" "a
James never resumed bis exercises after
that overwhelming compliment.
---~-.
Some years ago, au old sign painter,
who was very cross, very Rruf, aud
little deaf, was engaged to Puiut the ten
commandments on some tablets in .
church not Eve miles from Buffalo. He
worked two days st IL, aud at the end Of
the second day the pastor Of tho church
came to see how the worn progressed.
The old man stood by, smoking q short
pipe, as tho reverend gentleman ran his
eyes over the tablets.
"Eh T. said the pastor, as his familiar
eye detected something wrong in tho
working of the precepts "why. you care
less old person, you have left q part of
one Of the commandments entirely out;
don't you see ?"
"No; no such thing" said the old man,
putting on his spectacles; mo, nothing
left out where 2"
"Wby, ther," persisted the pastor;
"look ut them iu the bible you have
left some Of the commandments out"
"Weli, what if hsve?" said old
obs.inacy, as he ran his eye complacently
over his work "Theres more there nov
than you'll keep"
Another and moro corrert artist was
employed the next day.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-17
The Noble Revenge.

miserable pine cofhn. No flowers On the
top; no lining of white satin for the pale
brow no smooth ribbon about the coarse
shroud The brown hair was laid de
Gently back, but there was no crimped
cap with neat tie beneath the chin. he
sufferer from cruel poverty smiled in her
sleep she had found bread, rest and
health.
IL want to see my mother" sobbed a
poor little child, rs the undertaken
screwed down the top.
you cannot, get out Of the way, boy
why don't somebody take the brat p
"Only let me see her one minute
or ed the helpless orphan, clutching the
side Of the charity box, and as he gazed
upon the rough box, agonized tears
strcamed down the cheeks on which nc
childish bloom ever fingered. Oh | it
was painful to hear him cry the words
"Only once, let me see my mother, only
once |"
Quickly aud brutally the heartlcss
monster struck the boy away, so that he
reeled with the blow. For moment the
boy stood painting with grief and rage
his blue eyes distended, his lips sprang
apart, fire Slittered through his eyes as
he raised his little arm with most un.
childish laugh and screamed when l
am man III kill you for that!'
There was coffin and heap of
earth between the mother and the poor
forsaken child monument much
stronger than granite built in the boy's
heart, the memory OF the heartless deed
The court house was crowded to suffo-
cation.
docs any one appear as this man 5
counsel p asked the judge.
There was silence when he had fin.
ished, until, with lips tightly pressed to
gether, a look of strange intelligence,
blended with naughty reserve upon his
handsome features, a young man stepped
forward with firm tread and kindly eye,
to plead for the erring friendless. He
was stranger, but at the 6rst sentence
there was silence. The splendor of his
genius ntrance1--convinced
The man who could not fiud friend
was acquitted.
"May God bless you, sir; cannot, -
he said.
~ want no thanks" replied the
stranger.
"i-I-I believe you are unknown to
me-"
"Man, I will refresh your memory
Twenty years 70 this day you struck a
broken hearted little boy away from his
dead mothers coffin. was that boy"
The man turned livia.
"Have you rescued me, then, to take
my lifa p '----.---.---
"No, ] have sweeter revenge. have
saved the life of man whose brutal con
duct has ranked in my breast for the
last twenty years. Go, then, and remem
Der the tears of friendless child"
The man bowed his head IN shame.
and went from the presence of magma
nimity as grand to him as incouprehen-
sible.
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