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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

A MAN OF HIS WoRD.-The vicinity
of Bastrop, in Louisiana, was made
quite gossipy by an animated personal
difiiculty,in which notably veracious
gentleman from Arkansas felt obliged
to take the life of his opponent in an
Argument. "If you repeat that asser.
tion, sir" observed the Arkansas gen.
tlemau, in commentary upon the 9TH
er's use of certain forcible biographical
insinuations, ~ give you my word that
l will shoot you" Needless of the
courteous admonition, the too.voluble
offender presently committed the repe
tition, and-his funeral was attended
by large concourse of relatives and
friends. ~ gave him my word for it,
remarked the gentleman from Arkau.
sas, blowing into the discharged barre
of his pistol, land that's pledge al
ways redeem"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
Entail Testimony.

The witness of a recent shooting af
fray in Memphis, upon whose testimo'
ny the State depended chiefly in Its
prosecution of the offenders, is man
named Perkins, who, If his strange
haggard appearance, and spiritless
manner, excited some surprise in the
Criminal Court before which he had
been summoned, created still more as
tionishment by his complete refusal to
relate what he had beard and seen Of
the murder under investigation. 81
know that / shall be committed to Jail
for contempt" he said, in answer to
| the magistrates remonstrance and
threats "but I will not testify in any
case of this kind.n After vainly and
not unkindly pressing for some expla-
nation of such unexpected contumacy,
the court was finally compelled to com
NIT tho refractory witness to cell,
where he was subsequently visited by a
reporter of the Aualanche and was per-
suaded to give the following history of
his whole ruined life: When he was
in his eighteenth year, he says, a ROOM
mate and fellow-student with him at a
collegiate neutrality-suspicious. young
man slightly his senior and to whom
he was warmly devoted in friendship
like that Of David Copperfleld for Steer
forth-had quarrel with another stu
dent, which, although trifiing matter
at first, matured to the bitterest en-
nifty. One night, when Perkins and
his friend were in their room together,
this student, stimulated TO recklessness
by drinking, forced an entrance there,
aud became so insulting that fight en-
sued. Before his horrifed roommate
could separate the combatants, the in
suited student had shot his enemy
through the brain with a pistol caught
from the mantel; ana the other in.
mates of the house reached the scene
only in time to witness the death of the
unfortunate invader of the apartment
and cOnsign his remorseful murderer to
the hands of the police. In the trial
following, political and family influ-
ence were directed implacably against
the prisoner, whose bosom friend, to
his unspeakable anguish, was compell-
ed to testify that he had witnessed the
fatal shooting. Upon this evidence,
principally, of course, the jury found a
verdict of wilful murder, and the un-
happy young man thus branded was
hung for his crime. Driven nearly
frantic by his involuntary share in the
dreadful fate of his friend, Perkins
went down upon his knees beside that
friends coffin and "took solemn oath
never again to trstify in any case where
his testimony might possibly cause the
extreme penalty of the law to be in.
hicted upon any person." This oath
he has kept religiously through all the
] years which its tragic cause has made
miserable to him and, although of ex
cellent family connection and possess
ing some property, his life since the ex
ecution of his friend has been but ca.
reer of such dissipation as he has sought
for distraction from remorse. His re
peated answer to all remonstrance
against his present course is: 81 will
not testify, tell you, gentlemen
though you keep me in Jail for life.
will not! 1 will not!' And in prison
he remains.
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POetical.
Easter.
ny mrs. A. d. t. wHITyE


ny mrs. A. d. 7. WHITNEY.
Do saints keep holy day in heavenly pacesp
Does the old Joy shine new in angel faces?
are hymns still sung the night when Christ
was born,
And anthems on the Resurrection Morne
Because our little year of earth is run,
Do they make record there beyond the SUM-
And In their homes OF light so far away
Mara with us the sweet coming of this day?
What is their Easter9 For they have no graves.
No shadow there the holy sunrise Graves
Deep In the heart Of noontide marvellous
Whose breaking glory reaches down to us.
Hotc did he Lord Keep Edstcr9 With His owni
Back to meet Mary where she grieved alone,
With face and mien all tenderly the same,
Unto the very sepulcher lie came.
An, the dear m essage that He gave her then,--
Said for the sake of all bruised hearts of menl
-"Go, tell those friends who have believed on
ne,
go before them into Gallloew
into the life so poor and hard and plain.
That for a while they must take up again,
My presence passes! Where their feet toll slow
Mine, shlning-swlft with love, still foremost go !
SAY, Mary, will meet them. By the way,
To walk little with them where they stay,
To bring my peace. Watch For ye do not know
The day, the hour. when may find you so ~
And do think, as He came back to her,
The many mansions may be all astir
With tender steps that hasten in the way,
Seeking their own upon this Easter Day.
Parting the veil that hideth them about,
think they do come, softly wistful, out
From homes of heaven that only seem so far,
And walk in gardens where the new tombs are
-Scribner's for Aprh
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

PRESIDENT HOPKINS of Williams
College is thoroughly good and greatly
loved, and he is stately and dignified
old gentleman withal. All these ex,
cellent qualities added quaint effect
of contrast to the suddenness of the fol
lowing answer which the worthy presi
dent once received, and which illus
trates the principle that "rldicue is the
test OF truth" In the railroad cars one
day the President deserted one of hi:
students, a youth of regretable habits
in point of dissipation, and wearing a
that moment the haggard and dishev
elled looks of one not yet over the ef
fects of hard debauch. Stepping III
to the young man, looking him sternl,
yet sadly In the face, the president sale
in deep and impressive tone:
"Been on a drunkW
$50 have l." was the answer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
Miscellaneous.
Making a Fortune.
BY MARK TWAIN.


Samuel M'F-was watchman in
bank. He was poor but honest, and
bis life was without reproach. The
trouble with him was that he felt that
he was not appreciated. His salary
was only four dollars week, and when
he asked to have it raised the president,
the cashier, and the board of directors
glared at him through their spectacles,
and frowned on him and told him to go
out and stop his insolence, when he
knew business was dull and the bank
could not meet its expenses now, let
alone lavish one dollar week on such
miserable worm as Samuel .M'F--.
And then Samuel M'F- felt sad and
depressed, and the naughty scorn Of the
president and cashier cut him to the
soul. He would often go into the side
yard and bow his venerable twenty
four inch head, and weep gallons OF
tears over his insignificance, and pray
that he might be made worthy of the
cashiers and presidents polite alten-
tion.
One night happy thought struck
him, a CLEAN of light burst upon his
soul, and gazing down the dim vista of
years with his eyes all blinded with
tears he saw himsclfrich, honored aud
respected. So Samuel M'F- fooled
around and got jimmy, a monkey
wrench, a cross cut saw, cold chisel, a
drill, and about half ton of gun pow
der and nitro glycerine, and all those
things. Then in the dead of night he
went to the fire proof safe, and, after
working at it for while, burst the
door and brick into an immortal smash
with such perfect success that there was
not enough of that safe left to make a
carpet tack. M'F- then proceeded
to load up with coupons, greenbacks,
currency and specie, and to nail all the
odd change that was lying anywhere,
80 that he pranced out of the bank with
over one million dollars on him. He
then retired to an unassuming residence
out of town, and sent word to the de.
| tectives where he was.
A detective called on him one day
with soothing note from the cashier.
Mr.. MF- treated it with lofty scorn.
Detectives called on him every day
with humble notes from the president,
cashier and board Of directors. AT last
the bank officers got up a magni ficent
supper, to which Mr.. M'F-was in.
vited. He came, and as the bank Off
GERS bowed down in the dust before
him, he pondered over the bitter past
and his soul was filled with wild eXul
tation. Before he drove away In his
carriage that night it was all fixed that
M'F- was to keep half million O.
that money and to be unmolested if ht
returned the other half He fulfilled
his contract like an honest man, but re-
fused with naughty disdain, the ofel
of the cashier to marry his daughter.
Mac is now honored and respected
He moves In the best society, h,
browses around in purple and fine liner
and other good clothes, and enjoys him
self first-rate. And often now he take
his infant son on his knee and tells hin
of his early life, and instills holy prin
ciples into the child's mind, and show
how, by industry and perseverance
frugality and nitro glycerine, monke
wrenches, cross.cut saws and familiar
. ty with the detective system, even tn
moor NAV rise to afluence and respect
ability.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

GREELEY ON MAPLE SUGAR.-A great
many ridiculously funny things are
published concerning Greeley's views
ON agricultural affairs, of which the fol-
lowing Is sample,-Mr. Greeley says
the reason there is scarcity of maple
sugar this spring is, that the farmers
didn't more than half manure their
sugar seeds when they planted them
last fall. He says for every seed you
plant you want whole pile of manure,
when the vines will be fairly weighed
down with little scolloped cakes. Far
mers never will learn anything II they
keep on fooling away their time as they
have the past year. ...
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

WHEN the excellent Mr.. Joe Meek,
the Oregon trapper, went to Washing
ton as a Territorial messenger, his good
looks and relationship to President
Polk made him great favorite with
the ladies, While promenading one
evening a lady inquired whether he had
ever been married. Yes Joe said, y
have a wife and six children 'Oh, la
continued his friend, 'and isn't Mrs
Meek afraid of the Indians9' Afraid
of Indiansp replied the irontiersman
Il reckon not, why. she's an Indiar
! herself
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

Upon the trial Of a suit for divorce,
one of the witnesses was asked wheth-
er he had spoken to any Of the jury
since the trial commenced. "Yes, sir,
Ispoke to Mr." pointing to jury
man with face as red as blood beet.
"What did you say to him ?" Wit,
ness appeared reluctant to tell. The at.
torney insisted upon the answer
"Well" said the witness, ~ told him
that he had a pretty face to sit ON q
jury TO decide whether man was ha
bitual drunkard or not"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
THE NATION
Its Rulers and Institutions.
I'M ENGIISu AND GERM \

Nothing like It. Strikes everybody as just the
Government. Single pages In II, are OF them
selves worth the price OF the book. Over 500 pages
and only $3.50. A Rich Harvest for Canvassers
ladies and gentlemen-farmers, teachers and
students. One agent took 70 orders in Jei0 days,
tUh cirucldr alone, before The book appeared, $40
a day can be cleared In fair territory. Write at
once for Circular and Information. NEW
WoRl ID PUBLISHING CO., Cor. 7th and Mar
ket Streets, Philadelphia. oct, 6,7l'ly.l
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

Mrs. Sarah Newcomb, of Illinois, re-
Gently ruined a handsome bedpost by
dashing out the brains Of her husband
with ii.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
DENTON HOTEL.
w. f. PIATT, Proprietor,

BENTON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
This well known House having been put in
thorough repair s now open for the reception OF
visitors. No pains have been spared to ensure
the perfect comfort OF guests, The proprie ietor
also runs n Stage from the Hotel TO Bloomsbury
and intermediate points ON Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday OF each week. Jan plS7l
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
THE ESPY HOTEL.
ESPY, COLUMBIA COUNTY. PA,

Tho undersigned would inform the travelling
public that he has taken the above named estab-
lishment and thoroughly rehtted the same for
the perfect convenience OF his guests. His arder
Will be stocked with the best the market affords.
The choicest liquors, wines and cigars always 10
be found In his bar
WILLIAM PETIT.
E6py. Pa,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

H1NKLEY KNITTING MACHINE
THE SIMPLEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST IN
USE! HAS RUT ONE NEEDLE! A
CHILD CAN RUN IT!
Designed especially for The use OF families, and
aides who desire TO knit Tor the market VIII
do every stitch of the knitting in a stocking,
widening and narrowing as readily as by hand.
Are splendid for worseds and fancy work.
TAKING FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
STITCH Are very easy TO manage, and not
have one.
We want an Agent in every town to introduce
and sell them, to whom we offer the most liberal
inducements. send for our Circular and Sample
Stocking. Address. a.,
HtNKLEY KNITTING MACHINEto.,
nov. lu,H-ly. Bat h, Me.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
JUSTICES BLANKS.

We now have on hand a large neatly printed
assortment OF JUSTICES and CONSTABLES
BLANKS, to which we invite the attention Of
these Officers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
Hotels.
MONTOUR HOUSE
uA RUPERT, PA.
1'-Al fFVI I4fF2t
WILLIAM BUTLER, Proprletor,

" II11l2fol do I1HIsI tIUPIIeIOTI
This House having been put in thorough repair
is now open for the reception of guests. No
fort of the travellers. Tne Proprietor solicits a
share of public patronage. The bar will be
iauli7l
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
Miscellaneous.
n E N 7 1 s T r Y.

II. O. HOVER, DENTIST,
Respectfully offers his professional services 10
the ladies and gentlemen of Bloomsbury and vi
cinity. He is prepared to attend TO all the vari.
GUS operations in the line of his profession, and
is provided with the latest improved PoRcELAIN
TEETH which will be inserted on gold plating
silver and rubber base to look as we'll asthe nat.
ural teeth. Teeth extracted by all the new and
most approved Methods and all operations on
the teeth carefully and properly attended to.
Residence and office q few doors above the
Court House, same side.
BlOOmeburQ Ian li7l-ly
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

nj q. &W. Ii. sHoEMAK Err, dealers in dry
W. goods, groceieres and general merchandise
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Columbia County Official Directory.


President JUdoe-W1LLIAM ELwELL. a.,
Associate Judges-IRAM DERk, ISAAC - MON
ROE. .. x.
begisfer e Recorder ILLIAMsoN II. JACoBY.
Diyfrict dHorueD--JAMEs BRYEoN, JR.
thtTI0-AARoN SMITH
NH11euor,-lsAAC DEWITT.
TREASURER WILLIAM LAMON.
(N9pnifSSfOneTs- fhuS ROBBINS, HIRAM j.
RHrpEK. WILLIAM SNAPPER.
ConintiSSiOHorS' CiCrk-WILLIAM KRICKBAUM,
AuditorS-U. j. CAMPBELL, DANIEL LEE.
CHARLIB COENER
CoroRcr--CuARLEs G. MURPHY.
JuTp COn'iHiSStonorS-l5AAC MCBRIDE, JOHN Nc
ASALI.
CoUntg SVncrtntendent-CHARLEs q. BARKLEY
Ilocm Toor DiStriot--Direct S. II. MILLER
WILLIAM KRAMER, bloomsbury, and JOHNSON
IKELLf, Greenwood. CHARLES CONNER, Sec'y.
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
BloonSJtrg BANKING Co.--JoHN a. FUNSTON
President, II. II. GRoTz, Cashier.
First National Bdnk-CHAs. X. PAXTON, Prest .
j. 7. TusT1N. Cashier.
Columbia CotHty Mutual Sduing EiJnd and Loan As
soctdiioH-E. II. LITTLE, Prest., G. W. MILLER
Sec'g.
bloomsbury BuldtnO and SGuing Ft'nd Assoctd-
tf0a-N ~. PEACoCR, Prest., j, ID. robson, Sec.
BiOon,SLurD Mutual nduing Fund Association
j. j. IEowER, President, G.. G.. BARKLEY, Secy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
HINKLEY KNITTING MACHINE

FREAs BROWN. Agent,
nIai 2f7l-ly, BLooxsRuRa Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

Conversation in Wisconsin store
Polite Clerk-"Can show you any"
thing else to-day ?' Lugubrious Gus
tomer-"No, reckon not. 1 lost two
horses and my wife last fall, and feel
putty poor. Good span of horses, too"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

The ladies of the Allentown Female
Collsge serenaded the students of Muh-
lenburg College the other evening, and
among other sweet things, sung those
beautiful lines commencing. "Oh verel
Oh we're ish mine leetls dorg gOne?"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

An Indiana youngster mischievously
set the family pionia on fire. BY playing
on IL vigorously 1t was extinguished.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
Humorous.
I A spring suit may be had by knock
ing a man down this month.

Burglars are 80 frequent in Dixon, ILL.,,
that the Telegraph classes them among
the "local Industries"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29

Swindlers tried to seduce western
man on O railroad train into betting
that he could open a patent paddock
which they carried about. He took the
bet and opened the lock with sledge
hammer,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-07

FALSE PRErENsEs.-We give else
where an account Of the arrest of a
woman calling herself Margaret Hor-
ner, and whose proper name is Margaret
Mayhorn, on a charge Of lewdness.
After she was fined it came out that she
had given four dollars and a half to
Ike Wolf, he representing himself 70
her as police officer, expecting him to
pay her fine. This Ike failed to do,
whereupon she had warrant issued fo-
his arrest on a charge Of obtaining
money under false pretenses. 1t APP
pears that Ike was present on Sunday
when she was arrested, and as she and
the officers came down the hill together
Wolfe called her back and told her that
he was a superior officer and that if she
had any money she had better give 1t
to him, as, if the other officers got hold
of it, she would never see it again. He
got the money and kept it. Wolf was
examined before Squire Gillespy, who
held him in the sum of 5000 to answe.
the charge before the Circuit Court at
its next term. A year ago last Fourth
of July Wolf was arrested for beating
negro out Of a dollar on a similar
| pretense.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-07

LOOK OUT FOR BARGAINS !-Messrs.
Emsheimer & Blum are now announc-
ing to the ladies of Wheeling and
vicinity that they will commence this
morning a closing out sale Of the
balance OF their Spring Dry Goods, in
order to facilitate room for the arrival
of their Summer stock. This notice
should attract the attention Of every
one who is in search of cheap Dry
Goods, as we are informed by the firm
that their goods will be sold regardless
of value. and here we append some
specialties: Double folded alpacas at
Is cents; reversible plaids reduced to
90 cents; Dolly Warden repps at %
cents; Japanese plsids at % cents !;
Japanese mixtures at 20 cents; Japan
csc silks down to As cents; silk and
wool Popgee only so cents; Piques at
Is and 20 cents; 4-4plaid jaconette only
90 cents, &c, &C., besides 900 dozen best
machine cotton, in white only, to close
at SO cents a dozen. Ladies, do not
miss this opportunity. Go early and
make your selections.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-07

POLICE CoURr.-There were four
cases before the Police Court yesterday.
Robert Matthews was found on Sat-
urday at the Atheneum corner, sadly
demoralized, He was lying on the
ground and holding on tight fearful of
falling of. 81 ard costs was the price
OF it.
Margaret Horner is the girl who was
arrested some time since for robbing
her employer in Washington, Pa, and
who was permitted to depart on surren-
dering the money. 1t seems to have
been mercy misplaced, for the girl is
rapidly going from bad to worse, She
was arrested on the hill on Sunday for
lewd behavior. In default Of paying
$40 and costs she will tarry at Castle
Kennedy for twenty days.
The charge against James Dugan o.
being in house of ill-repute was con.
tinued until this morning.
Newell jackson, a one-armed man,
who halls "frae Glasgae," was found
drunk on the pavement near the West
ern Union telegraph office, on Saturday
evening, very drunk. The old man, in
his broad Scotch dialect, said he was
era Schuylkill coonty, Pennsylvany,
and was nae i the habit o gettin' fou. >
He begged the Judge to let him depart
and he would leave the "toon" in five
minutes. He was fined 81 and costs,
but the execution of the sentence was
suspended to permit him to get out OF
the city. He was making six miles an
hour, when we saw him last, towards
Washington.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-07
DR.. Westwood's Sermon.
WHEELING, May 6, 1872.

WHEELING, May b, loi2.
Editors of the Register:
Our city papers give us an occasions
smell OF the old tyranny OF American
slavery in the guise of the church.
Such an attempt to tyrannize over the
people read in the REGISTER this morn
ing, wherein DR.. Westwood's sermon iu
regard to the lessons learned from the
late murders is mentioned. This
gentleman has, as a preacher, a
right to speak about the morals
of the community, but he turns
his wit in the wrong direction when he
abuses everybody who does not agree
with his peculiar way OF thinking. He
is reported as having said that only
Christian men should be returned to the
Councils of the city, and if this sentence
be correctly understood by me he wishes
all who do not coincide with his re
ligious views to be excluded from the
Council.
For my own part, do not care q
straw how many licenses may be issued
by the City Council. The city o.
Wheeling is as we'll governed, is as
virtuous and as religious as any city q
it's size in the land. Scenes Of violence
like those we have passed through arc
rare. / would let man eat, or drink
or teach or preach what he pleases, &c
long as it be done in manner BETTING
civilized human nature. There 10 nc
use of making laws and issuing com
mandments compelling a man to dc
this or that, not because it Is contrarT
to the laws of God, but because it suits
this or that sect The house o: God
was established for the purpose OF win
ming souls; to teach, to preach, not to
condemn and mix in matters belonging
to citizens as such.
To make men better we need less
church and more religion. We want
cheap amuSements for the poor, for the
laboring man. The rich can 60 to the
theatre, to the concerts or watering
places, but the laboring man has not 2
day in the whole week when he and his
family can enjoy themselves. Sunday
in America is truly Christian
There is too much enmity between
church walls. 1t is no friend to human
society. 1t would be better to have no
churches than only those that give no
better medicine to sin-sick souls than
damnation. We have all one father
and have all our faults, and minister
is nothing less nor more than any other
citizen and he should not by his words
drive from the house of God any other
citizen who comes there to worship.
If you call Jesus liberal Jew, why
are you condemning all the time liberal
Christians? Why, when you adopt
his views, are your ideas so narrow ?
Where is the broad church in which
all may stand? Where is your meek
ness, light and liberty?
JOSEPH ScHwED, Rabbi.
FIN answer to Rabbi Schwed we would
remark that DR.. Westwood disclaims
using the term christian men" He
intended to convey the idea that none
but moral men, who would vote
against granting licenses, should be
elected.-ED