Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-17
Humorous.

A TuxHFuL TALE.-She was q music
teacher. He played the piano fairly
well. They lived next door. II was
one of those wooden cities, SO common
in this country, where each house stands
alone in its little garden. 1t was sum-
mer-time. and evening. All the win
dows were open, and from every side
came scraps and bits of music from
sundry pianos, voiccs and instruments.
A flute walled. over the way, where the
engaged man" lived. A voice and q
piano duetted where the young married
folks lived; and the young thing who
was ''paying attentions" to the First
Baptist soprano was trying the bass of
certain touching psalms. In the midst
of it all, she (the music teacher) began
slumber- song. Then the others paused
to listen. When she stopped there was
little pause, and then he played q
'sRinder Lied" Silence all round.
Then she INDUCED in waltz. She felt
better. Then he galloped, musically
speaking. She did not seem to be in
the mood, and she replied in ga Song
Without Words" 1t was touching.
Then he played bit of the Moonlight
Sonata" She took, and replied with
Give O'Clock in The Morning" The
flute fellow, the young couple, and all
the rest of the neighbors, sat up in bed,
or in their chairs, held their breaths,
and listened. 1t was becoming inter
estingl The moonlight fell through the
trees, and it was very calm and still.
The FREELY roamed through the garden
and the doorbugs bounded fitfully.
Then he played ''Come, Rest in This
Bosom !" and some of them stuffed the
sheets into their mouths to keep them
from laughing. Then there was pause
AS if she did not know what to give
next. Then she played ooh Fair
Dove Oh Fond Lover or music to
that effect. There was n suspicion of
laughter in the air, but the two heard
it not. When she finished, he, too,
paused moment, and then In sweet
and tender manner played, 81 Would
That My Love" 1t was too much
Some one laughed. Then somebody
else laughed. Some more laughed. A
baby woke up and cried horribly, and
somebody "shoo'd" it. The laughter
filled the night with din. A certain
window came down with a slam, and a
piano was heard to shut with bang.
For all that, they were married within
a month.
ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC WORTHLESS.
GEORGE WAsHrNGToN.-One day, in q
fit of abstraction the juvenile George
cut down Bushrod's favorite cherry tree
with hatchet. His purpose was to cut
and run.
But the old gentleman came sailing
round the corner of the barn Just as the
future Father of his Country had started
on the retreat.
"Look here, sonny" thundered the
stern old Virginian, ''who cut that tree
DOWN."
George reflected a moment. There
wasn't another boy or another hatchet
within fifteen miles. Besides, it oc-
Cured to him that to be virtuous is to
be happy. Just as Washington senior
turned to go in and get his horsewhip,
our little hero burst into tears, and
nesting among his fathers coat-tails,
exclaimed, Father, cannot tell lie.
1t must have been frost.
"My son, my son." stammered the
/ lOHu parent, dS ne mdue pass lOT MS
offspring. "when you get to be first in
war and first in peace. just cover your
back-pay into the Treasury, and the
newspaper press will respect your
DANIEL WEBSTER. - The following
anecdote of the great Massachusetts
statesman has never before appeared in
print:
One day, Clay, Webster, and Calhoun
met upon the steps of the Capitol. Mr..
Clay ventured to remark, in his most
affable style, that it looked like rain.
Calhoun looked wise. but said nothing.
Evidently he took in the whole situation
at glance. 1t was a crisis for Webster.
Carefully laying his thumb behind the
third brass button of his blue coat, he
gazed from out of those cavernous eyes
and grandly uttered these prophetic
words: ''No, gentlemen, the American
people will never forsake the Constitu-
tion. We shall hare fair weather."
And so it proved. - Lippincotfs
Magazine.