The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-07-30

son, the following general statistics
given by Charles Dickens in one OF his
papers in AL the Year Round. The
first Napoleon caused more deaths than
all the earthquakes since the days OF
Noah: the cupidity of ship-owners and
the supineness of sailors have lost more
ships and lives than all the storms that
ever blew; the filthy state Of oar torCns
sends more souls to HadeS than all put
together. Plague, pestilence, war and
famine yield to DIRT,
Trying HammOck.-A Danbury man
read of the delights of sieSta In
hammock in the tropics. The natural
tendency of the Danbury mind is to-
wards inquiry. The question was
whether the enjoyment was in the trop-
les or in the hammock Profound de-
liberation produced the conclusion that
practical demonstration would evolve
superior results to theory. Not having
any tropics he commenced with ham,
mock. He ''slung it, in the barn so
his wife couldn't see it. 1t looked nice
swaying gently, with the centre about
five feet from the ground. He thought
the pleasure must be in the hammock.
He placed one hand in the middle and
vaulted for it, as he would have jumped
on bench. The hammock stood from
under and the barn floor received him.
Nothing but the inward satisfaction
that no one saw the performance in
duced him to try again. This time he
used both hands and spread the ham
mock wide apart. When he jumped,
his hands crossed and he was yanked
forty different ways and the hammock
spilled him bottom side up. Then he
began to think the enjoyment was not
all in the hammock. Then he got
chair and crawled into the middle of
the darn thing and the sides closed on
him. Then he shifted himself just a
little and the hammock contracted to
the width of Clark's six cord cotton
and twisted him off with his dinner
against the back of the chair and his
disturbed digestion took the hammock
and ''slung it, into the pig pen and he
unanimously resolved that the delight
was i'll the tropics. cs.-Danb,Ty Netcs.
Ticheted to Different StatiOn.-Some
years ago new church at LockpOrt, n.
Y, belonging to the Presbyterian soci-
ETY. of which the Rev. &. Winsor, d. D.,
has long been the very popular pastor,
was to be dedicated. A large number
of divines of that denomination from
Rochester and vicinity having been in
vited, left that city by railroad, grouped
in and forming large share of the Oc-
cupants of car, in the early evening,
eXrecting to arrive at LOckport in time
to enjoy comfortable nights rest.
Among the party was the distinguished
Samuel Hanson Cox, ID. D., then Chan
cellor Of Ingham University, at LIE Roy.
1t being midwinter and intensely cold
and an unusually heavy body of snow
being upon the ground, a furious wind
and snow storm setting in, the train
had not proceeded many miles before it
became blockaded in the SNOW with a
part of the train off the track and so
cold and tempestuOuS was the night,
the train, though every possible effort
was made, did not succeed in getting
eXtricated until morning.
When on the wing again the cOnduc-
tor made his round to look after tickets
and coming among the reverends was
impelled to refer to the diScomforts and
perils of the night and also having a
vivid impression of the same, exclaimed:
Il tell you what, gentlemen, we came
very near going to hi last night
DR.. Cox equal to the occasion and ex-
preston, quickly and instantly replied:
You doubtless speak for yourself,
sir; but as for me and my friends here,
we are ticketed to different station. -
An artist who had painted a portrait
for gentleman noted for his frequent
and copious hbations, invited the gen
tleman's friends to see it. One of them,
who was rather near-sighted, approach
ing it too closely, the artist, in alarm,
exclaimed, Don't touch it; it isn't
dry!'' ''No use looking at it, then, !"
replied the gentleman, lit can't be my
friend
A Street Car Idyl.-Queen of all
hearts, we saw them come with languid
steps aboard the car and soon their
voices silvery hum sounds clear above
the rafting jar.
Awhile we gazed, with downcast eyes,
at eyebrows arched and fingers taper
and heard with ill-concealed surprise
each charmer praise her fayorite paper.
What could they know of leaders
learned, these politicians so enchanting?
And yet, whichever way we turned, we
heard them on this subject ranting.
The Transcript they condemned un-
heard, the Democrat with scOrn was
blamed, but the Revielc, they both aver
red, was the best paper could be named.
''If you, " the laughing Zelphine cries,
would save your patience, time and
trouble-take RerietC, the weekly size
and neatly fold it four times double
We reached our crossing here and
left, amazed beyond the least descrip-