davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

james {. LauEhton, Lieutenant ui Ii ~
ton Light Infantry, q Battalion, at Fort
Warren, in lS6l. writes the following to
the Boston Joarnq'
have read in the Transcript and J04TaaI
something of the discussions in regard 20
this ar-famed song, the chorus Of which
really being the thing which IGade il such a
lavorite with the soldiers. as thousands Of
verses, good and some horribly bad, have
been improvi-ei by almost as many differ
ent persons. Mr.. i. X. T. and Mr.. Hall
lin the Transcript both give incorrect YER
sionS Mr. Moore j. entirely ont Of the
way, he being the first person that | ever
heard Of who claimed the song away from
Fort Warren Mr. Kimball Of the Twelfth
Regiment. comes nearer the mark, what he
say- in regard to the Tiger Battalion being
ordered to the Fort, the duties performed
there and the singing of songs, Re, being
true. The t4ns Is an old Methodist camp
meeting one. "old as the hills" and was
reyamped with words John Browns body -
&c., Ne, first by young man named Pur-
nett from Maine. In arranging and adding
other verses he was assisted by Greenleaf,
Niebuhr, Ilallgreen. G.. : Brown, Tucker,
Brooks and others, good singers, privates
and non-commissionci officers Of the differ
ent companies Of the Second Battalion.
Shortly after tbs glee club was formed.
The officers were invited over to the old
wooden hlrrcks" one evening to enjoy the
singing. After Il variety Of songs had been
sung some one said. '.Now give Us old John
Brown. NO. no. said Others. 1.-The
Major wont ike that - bat the Major said
sing it. sing it," and reluctantly it was
given and repeated, with one or two other
ycr~cs, over and over again. all voices joining
in the glorious old chorus
Major Newton was much pleased with
the song. but did not like the words John
Brown. and suggested ''Ellsworth's body,
&c, (~ee DitSon d Cos copyright arrange
ment for piano, lS6l.) but the Ellsworth
did not please 50 well, and the John
Brown" was the original llarper's Ferry
Brown and not the Scotch Laddie' that
the first verse in the song referred to- The
Scotch j. B. was not singer, neither did
we have any Sunday erniHg prayer meet
ings, conducted by the Young Mems Chris
tian Association. visiting the Fort for that
purpose. Major Newton allowing no ont
siders in the Fort after the evening run.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

BY BRET nARlE.


Yer right when yuu laws It down, Parson.
That the flesh Is weak and snare:
and to keep your plow in the iurroS
when yer cattle begins to rare
Amt no sure thing. And between Us,
rne same may be said of prayer
Why. l stood the jokes, on the river.
OF the boys. when .he critters found
Thet I'd lined the church, and the snicker
1het, may be ye mind, went round.
The day sat down with the mourners,
In the old camp-meetin' ground
I stood all that, and reckon
I isht. as pinch. stood more
For the boys, they represents Baal,
And ! stands as the Rock OF the Law.
And il seemed like a moral scrimmage
In holding agin' their !aw.
But thar's crosses a Christian suffers.
hem got that pretense-
Things with 10 moral purpose,
Things ez hcz got no SENSE:
Thtr-s ez, somehow, no profit
= ID cover their first expense
rz low. ! was jist last eYeuiu'
Adarrsslu' the Throne OF Grace,
huI mother knelt ia the corner,
AMI each IF the boys IN his place
When that ,neakins pup % Kcziah's
TO j lnatAau's cat Nv chase.
If..ver let on 90 mind 'em.
Ineg,r let 0u 70 hear,
fl-l.oyc hat prat er down the .uTow
IS tI tle cat hidin' under my cheer,
,Hs ke1 .h 4 whisperin' "sick her.
An mother a sayin' you dare
ts..0l fora ght for the aeathen,
d. - 1e un his nArer track,
a.t. tHar dog anu that CIT Jet waltz'n'
..t Jn.atnau's face jest black,
.,.,u t4e pup made a rush, and the kitten
lr. D. r4 1,wu on the small vi my hack
Yet Itl.uk with tho Lud's assistance.
.a -aI have cuntlEcred then
D. -r- a. beg halr, that kitten
ueiu'. arupue1 her claws on mc-whcu
D. -.u. reached she "uld Adam "
All ulaI,d Co any ;eet With " Amen"
-.. yt'fr -At whoa yuu says L rarsou.
o. 10 toe ii--A is weak and snare.
And @ sc-p Atr pow "a The ilriuw
Ml,u.y e7 c-tt-e begins To rare
s t.4't 80. s-re i- d. AMI octScea u'
Q sag ii- I-' -o n.ta prayer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11
"WeI, this time he sees a poor tran

"Well, this time he sees poor tramp
away down the road, and he gives a quick
start all over, and puts his hands over his
eyes and gives one look. Oh. you had ought
to seen that old man tear along down that
garden walk, and out of the gate, leaving it
wide open after him, just like the gate of
heaven.
"And wasn't he glad to get me back
again, rags, and sins, and all? You bel"
Scotty couldn't get any farther with his
les that day, for he had to stop and cry.
Aft ward he told us more. But he always
stuck to it that the boy that stayed at home,
and came to be rich gentleman. and
deacon in the Presbyterian church, was the
right sort of example to follow For"
says Scotty, says he, ''you can't have a first
class job out of anything from swallow
tailed coat up to a man unless you put it
together right the first time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

\ FlGur Win A CATAMouNr.-A CORES
pondent Of paper in Reading, Penn, gives
4 thrilling account of a desperate struggle
with a cl;amount in the Blue Mountains, on
Wednesday last. Three hunters had started
out in search of the animal, taking different
paths, and agreeing to meet at a certain
point marked by a tall tree. One of them,
Arson by name, when about one hundred
yards from the point of meeting, determined
to pass up through small rayine whose
sides were overhung with dense under
growth of shrubs When directly under a
small crag, and walking along with his head
bent to the ground and his form doubled in
creeping under a low vine. he suddenly
heard crash overhead. and the next minute
felt the claws of an animal sink in his neck
and flesh, accompanied with fierce growls.
BY very quick movement. Anson swung
around his arms, grasped the animal by the
neck with both hands and held it in a wee
ike grip. lie then staggered back to the
clearing, when the animal shook of the
hunters grasp and made an effort to bite his
neck. The man grasped a knife in his
belt swung it around and sunk it deep into
the animals side. The brute gave a long,
low howl, and amidst the excitement man
and beast rolled over on the ground, and as
they did 50 the former received three severe
bites in the shoulder. The growls of the an
imal attracted the attention ofthe remaining
two hunters, who came through the brush
toward the spot where the hunter and the
brute were tussling on the ground. The
struggle did not last long. Anson plunged
his knife the second time in the animals
body, and in few minutes it rolled over
and died. The hunters then examined it
and found it to be species of panther, and
which was thought to be eatanount of the
mammoth species. 1t weighed l46 pounds,
and mearured feet ) ID inches in length,
not counting the lenth of its tail, which was
9 feet inch 1t stood feet s inches high.
and was powerfully knit, and very compact
ly built.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

Five years ago there were not half dozen
Protestant church organizations in the Re
public of Mexico, and the whole number Of
adherents to that form Of Christianity did
not number five hundred. But mission aries
came, the Government guaranteed liberation
BY law, and now enforces the law I; and the
Protestant form Of worship has spread with
amazing rapidity. There are now in the
City of Mexico eleven Protestant churches
and several missions. There are seven day
schools, all literally patronized, which are
wholly under the control Of Protestants and
altogether, about two hundred persons, na-
tives and foreigners, are connected as mem
bers Of Protestant sects in this city. During
these years three Catholic clergymen Of re-
putation and influence have connected them
selves with the reformed churches, and have
contributed no little to the prosperity OF the
cause. There are in the Republic, as shown
BY returns to the Minister Of Instruction,
loo Protestant Church organizations, vh,ch
embrace in thsir communion about lO,0OO
persons. Twenty-seven schools and ae.ds-
niss are under Protestant direction: Thes
spneonism Of The psopls 70 the nsw f6sn q
reliGson = zapidly pasing away, and hssis
spusshension i tslt that igioas diDwsnso
vilI lad 10 tumul6 IN the fatuzs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

An eastern newspaper is astonished at the
statement that grasshoppers chew tobacco.
There is colony of cockroaches in this
office who not only eat all the cigars they
can find, bat devour the very phosphorus on
our matches The most rayenous grass
hopper that ever sang in a Minnesota wheat
field would blush to see Louisville cock
roach at his meals. Courier Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11
How Is it that girls can always tell a

How IS it that girls can always tell
married man from single one? The fact
is indisputahle. Blackwood says that ''the
fact of matfiinony or bachelorship is written
so legibly in mans appearance that no in
genuity can concealit Everywhere there is
some inexplicable instinct that tells us
whether an individual (whose name, for
tune and circumstances are totally unknown)
be or not be married man. Whether it is
a certain subdued look, such as that which
characterizes the lions in menagerie. and
distinguishes them from the lords of the
desert, we cannot tell /; but the truths 50,
we positively a66rm."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11
VOL. xLvIII. NEW SERIES, VOL. XXI.

gazed at me in surprise for moment, ard
then smiled a little ironically:
darling. have played La Somnambula'
enough"
And 1, looking at Madame's brown
curls, roseate skin, and faultless figure.
thought amusedly 'sWhat a miracle of
French art l'-Enghsh Magazine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

Mr.. Julius Hook, Viennese engineer,
residing in London, has invented new
method of using petroleum as motive
power. His invention does away with boil
er and furnace, throwing the petroleum in
minute quantities in the form Of spray into
the cylinder of the engine itself, where it is
fired or exploded, the power thus produced
being transmitted by the piston moving in
the cylinder. Petroleum has heretofore
been employed for this purpose by three
methods: First, the petroleum or hydro
carbon has been mixed with the ordinary
solid fuel in the furnace: second the hydro
carbon employed has been vaporized by the
air, forming an ''air gas" which has been
conveyed to tubular boiler and burned in
pits; and, third, the liquid has been elected
in the furnace in sprays by steam injector.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

The Western grasshoppers are very regu-
lar in their habits, eating only one meal a
day. This they began at four O'Clock in the
morning and continue it until the cores
oonding hour on the following day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11
Who Robbed Madame?

i -. ---,',.','',a -. 't'' '-o"
ai. y
.,''' .'', ,l-i .i 3-i,i'--1'
-, ''l'-''' Wv -',t a.. '''g.'--i
III az
Va JUL ''i.''' % 3'- -.
-
>t,..-,.-'',,t I r.o Nh ,..rr.os r,-,.
f.-.- ~ .'.,., ,.'.,,, ~ ~ f. -.
..r4.-.4 -.
i.,, - Ia; - T.. .',;-ii, i',i ...a., ~
-. - ea..'..t LII. H.,
,.- 49, ,.n,,, .rj 7o- L,Ie fr.,,.
-;
nm ..n-.1.... .,.......I ......-.l ,...a.
5-..,.r.. f,-,..-l .,.. .r'.;~
'''7 ;., II, 4.......-.
- ' Ina @ i.''' ID ''i-u = ID In ,..'.'i. |
INV -.e' -l' ~ 1 - -. - '''
IN, me-. '---.' a.. !" f.'''''--- n,
.'..sl-1i' / "-" i' go '-'r.-l -
''
''I emu ..-,. u.s. ....... . .-.,.... .-r....
''I .''- ',,,- ...l.-..-..l ".
'-.''' ',-'-.'' 80.
.''.'.' - - .'5., '''
''N'@ are 'i-'-.'
'''''.1's' aus '..' .'' .N '..'s i''t
nave ven l-' ''. twenty years
Ail your -l"'
N.' "'-'''" '' -'-i -i-'h may l''ti
| ' ..i III. 80 nm ,'i' - u. ~.
''.,'' '',''i IN '..--.,7
u 81 Va
-tti '-,'' ''.5 .,-'-'.'- ,;' am "-.t i;-i
-. ~ n
- u ,.f.r
i IL ~ --'' t. i'' t ''S you i T'Io.,gs7 .
''-.,,-r t.s ,,.,.r g,ari.lin,, IN ,te - .if.
+.t.m1..5 ,n,n.y ard ~, T. - ~ I,r,.
'''' --'''.' Tt. ,''a oi'ei - Ns' -,
II - l.''i1'' .''.-''''lS
80 .I ''-- +,al - '-''''' ''''''''' S'''' ~
Il. ~, ,.1.,. q, 1-,-..........7
" a+ al 1f,d.i.,,, g, sI'a -
l,;Ilr, ~ = r-~,,;-i.l -. -
-..,,..,.-. n;--..,,- T. ;f 49,. .,,a,, :, A.
r-n. -6c Ial tl.a va- f., tLe caL;ro. ID ar5
.i.-..,' '..,..,. H.. - '''''-
E-- i evtan.teI I,,. ,.-,..+...,,. ,,., ,,,,,,,o..
l,.l,,,. - an :, IL, III L..
i.r5 and f,rlrI NV arms She thcr onierlr
III '''''' '''' aims 0'' 'i''' Dle''1
", .,-..,.r.I ,..t .,,sr,c+ rho r,ot1roro
--..l s' IF fhe sc.-ef co-n1ar-nan+ ,-, . f. :
f..-. ,....+ .,rr,ai,,i,. NJ
III is here .be rc,lia5 lr;eg, o,n.
rb.,jcallv. as She ,losel the de.L
How manv times lave vou been robbed 2,'
.Nirbtlv f,r the nast wesl- :, sbo an.
-wared eIeiteIlv. - lar-e anount wa.
ttkep the frst ni,bt but sI7ce tIen oplv a
few counterfeit, which dep,sited in the
hone of detettin- tie thief vifbot assist.
ante.
Has any one uuicr voar roofa knowl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

Soft falls through the gathering twilight.
The rain from the dripping caves,
And stirs with . tfemulous rustic
The dead and the dy ing leaves;
While afar, in the midst Of the sLscows.
hear the sweet voices Of bells.
Come borne on the winds Of thu suiumr.
That htfuiiy rises and sSels.
They call and they ans~er esch other-
They answer and mingle again-
AS the deep and the shriil In anthem
MAKE harmony still in their strain;
As the voice OF sentinels mingle
In mountainous regions o. snow,
Till from hilltop to hilltop q chorus
Floats down to the valleys below
The shadows, the ire-light OF even,
The sound Of the rains distant chime,
Come bringing, With rain softly dropping,
Sweet thoughts ofa shsdowy time;
The slumberous sense Of seclusion
From storm or intruders aloof.
We feel when We hear in the midnight
The patter Of rain on the roof.
When the spirit goes .orth in its ycsrnings
To take all its wanderers home;
Or, sfar in the regions OF flncy.
Delights on swirl pinions TO roam,
Iquietly sit by the tre-li light
The hre-lig ght so bii Sht and so warm
For know that those only who love me
Will seek me thrUu. h shadow and storm.
Det iuc1 DO abscut evening"
Should even the household depart
Deserted, | should not be lonely;
There still would be guests in my heart
The faces Of trends that We cherish,
The smile. and the glance AID the tone,
Will haunt me wherever wander,
And thus 4 an newer alone.
With those who have lefs far beh nd them
The Joys and the sorrUws Of time-
Who sing the sweet songs Of the angels
In purer and hol er cline
Then dsrkly. y evening OF autumn,
Your rain and your shadows may fall;
Ny love and ny lost ones ou bring me
ny heart hOl. Il feast with them all.
-CkdaLers' Journal
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-07-24
Select postrn.
CREMATION POETRY.

Then the night wore on and we knew the wors,
| That the end of it was nigh:
Three doctors they had from the very first
And what could one do but die 2
$50, William !" she cried, ''strew no blossoms Of
spring,
For the new apparatus might rust,
But say that handful of shavings you'll bring,
And linger TO see me combust.
go, promise me, love, by the fre-hsle you'll
watch,
And when mourners and stokers convene,
Yeu VIII see that they light me some solemn,
slow match,
And warn them against kerosene.
SIT would cheer me to know ere these rude
brcezes wait
My essence far to the pole,
That one whom love will look to the draught,
And have fond eye on the coal.
"Then promise me, love" ,"-and her voice fainter
grew
"While this body of mine calcifes,
You will stand just as near as you can to the
hue,
And gaze while my gases arise.
"For Thompson-Sir Henry-has found out a
way
(Of his process you've surely heard tell)
And you burn like parlor match gently away,
Not even offend by smell.
$50 none of the dainty need sniff in disdain
When my carbon floats up to the sky;
And ! AM sure, love, that you will never COM
plain;
Though an ash should blow into your eye.
"Now promise me, love''-and she murmured
"When the calcifcation is o'er,
You will sit by my grave in the twilight glow
mean by my furnace door.
"Yes, promise me, love, while the seasons re-
volve
On their noiseless axles, the years,
You will visit the kiln where YOU saw me 're-
solve,'
And leach my pale ashes with tears"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-07-24

TEACH CHILDREN to LOVE BEAUTY
Place a young girl under the care of a
kind-hearted and graceful woman, and she,
unconscious to herself, grows into a grace
full lady. Place IA boy in the establishment
of a thorough-going, Straightforward busi-
ness man, and the boy becomes self-re-
liant and practical business man. Child
rem are susceptible creatures, and circum-
stances and scenes and actions always i'm
press. As you influence them, not by az
bitrary rules, nor by stern example alone,
but in a thousand other ways they speak
through beautiful forms, pretty pictures,
ETC., SO they will grow. Teach your child
reD, then, to love the beautiful. If you are
able, give them a corner in the garden for
flowers allow them to have favorite trees (;
teach them to wonder in the prettiest
woodlets /; show them where they can best
view the sunset rouse them in the morn
ing, not by the stern 'time to work. but
with the enthusiastic see the beautiful sun
rise p Buy for them pretty pictures, and
encourage them to decorate their room in
his or her childish way. Give them an
inch and they will go mile. Allow them
the privilege, and they win make your
home pleasant and beautiful. William n.
Basbey.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-07-24
errand, Pennywise turned to the governess

errand, Pennywise turned to the governess
and said
How did my son bear the news that
Miss Petersham was false to him ? Thank
heaven, my family win not be disgraced.'
when he first discovered that Miss T..
was receiving attentions from Mr.. Gush-
| Ington, he threatened to commit suicide
but | finally induced him to listen to rea-
SOD and he attended the ceremony last
night
But how did you effect this alteration in
him You are witch or l should say
a good fairy. How did you do it2'
will the boy be long at the bank p ask
ed the governess.
No, he is here now. see you want
your money before you give your informa-
tion ; quite right. Well there it is, and he
handed her the money.
Miss Amy walked to the other end of the
room, and placed the money safely in her
bosom.-Then turning to Mr.. Peunywise
she said
Mr.. Pennywise, you asked me how OBJ
tained your sons consent to the marriage
between Mr.. Gushington and Miss Peter
sham-t
And saved my son from an alliance to a
woman socially beneath him. interrupted
Mr.. Pennywise. You marvel among wo-
men, will you tell me p
Il will
'How did you do it p
Il married him myself Good morning,
SIR
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-07-24
MOST SINGULAR STORY.
TWO RATTLEsNAKEs TAKEN FROM THE
STOMACH OF A WOMAN.


STOMACH OF A WOMAN.
A correspondent of the Morristown Ca
zette, writing from MuIrysyille, Cooke
county, Tennessee, under date of June 80,
gives the mosesingular snake story we have
heard yet. We clip the following:
"a Mrs. Kennedy,a a woman OF about
forty, the wife of.an Irish laborer living oil
French Broad street, has for several years
suffered greatly from i'll health. Her
symptoms and complaints were singular.
She was afflicted with almost constant
pains. so that she could seldom or never
rest at night. She stated that she felt
something running up and down in the
abdomen, that she frequently experienced
the creeping sensation which is called irri-
liability. She had been in the hospital
here, and had been treated for various COM
plants, but found no relief As her un-
easiness and pains continued, so we're the
attempts to relieve her, but without sue
cess. Not long since DIR. Perriam Gyles
was called into requisition and took charge
of the case.
"About week ago she became subject
to uncomfortable uneasiness, and begged
DR.. Gyles to perform an operation for her
relief. This he was reluctant to do, think
ing it would hazard her life but she persist
ed in The request, and at last he yielded to
her opportunities, when, on Friday after
noon last, assisted by DR.. James Davis, of
this place, and Surgeon VIM. Allen, of
Sweetwater, he proceeded to perform the
operation. He first made an ineision about
ten inches long along the medal line of the
abdomen. He found tunor projecting
largely, about twenty-six inches in dame
ter and irregular form. He opened it and
found therein two rattlesnakes, one was
thirty-six inches, and the other thirty-two
and one-half inches in length. One of the
snakes had five rattles and the other four
rattles and button. They had yellow
and black spots on them, with white bellies,
They were quite lively, and would rattle
and strike when disturbed. They were
killed, and their skins and rastles are in
possession of Colonel John Stephens
''The tumor being removed, Mrs. Kenne-
dy was instantly relieved, and now is doing
well. The doctor calls the snakes erotalus
torridus. Mrs. Kennedy says she swal-
lowed two small, soft white eggs that she
found, several years ago, as she was walk
ing out in field near the Warm Springs,
North Carolina. Having just come over
from Ireland, she was not acquainted with
the bird eggs of America, and swallowed
these eggs supposing them to be partridge
eggs"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-07-24
AlECTURE TO YOUNG MEN.

A LECTURE TO YOUNG MEN.
JusT PUBLISHED, IN SEALED ENVELOPE.
Price Sig Cents.
A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment, and
Radical cure of Seminal Weakness, or Sperma-
torrhGa, Induced by Sef-Abuse, Involuntary
Emissions, Impotency, Nervous Debility, and
Impcdiments to Marriage generally; Piles, Con-
sumption, Epilepsy, and Fits Mental and Ply
sical Incapacitd, &c.-By ROBERT j. Gull
VERWELL, H. D., author Of the Screen
Book," :" &c.
The world-rehowned author, in this admirablc
Lecture, clearly proves from his own experience
that the awful consequences of Self-Abuse may
be effectually removed without medicine, and
without dangerous surgical operations, bougies
instruments, rings OF cordials, pointing out a
mode of cure at once certain and effectual, by
which every sufferer, no matter what his condi-
ton may be- may cure himself cheaply, private
ly, and radically.
This Lecture will prove boon to thousands
and thousands.
Sent under SEAL in plain envelope, TO any address
post- paid, on receipt of six cents two postage
stamps.
Address the Publishers
CHAS. J.. C.. KLINE, te co.
127 Bowery, n. y. Post Office Boz. $3.50
JAM, "a, lsTI-ly.