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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04
Miscellany.
Faith of Agassiz.

| cannot close this hasty and made
Guate, vet fervent and hearty tribute,
without recalling TO your memory the
reverent spirit in which he pursued his
scientific labors. Nearly forty years
ago, in his first great work on fossil
fishes, in developing his principle OF
classification, he wrote 4: AN invisible
thread in all ages runs through this i'm
mense diversity, exhibiting as general
result the fact that there is q continual
progress in development, ending in
man. The four classes of vertebrates
present the intermediate steps, and in
vertebrate are constant accessory ac-
compartment. Have We not here an
immense mind. as powerful as prolific,
the acts of an intelligence as sublime as
provident, the marks of a goodness as
infinite as wise, the most palpable de-
monstration of the existence of per-
sOnal God, the author OF all things,
ruler of the universe and dispenser of
all good? This, at least, is what read
in the works of creation" But 1t is
what he ever read, and read with pro-
found awe and admiration. To this
exalted faith he was invincibly loval.
No laws OF nature were to him as the
eternal word of God. His repugnance
to Darwinism grew in great part from
his apprehension of its atheistical ten
dency-an apprehension which, at best,
I cannot share, for 1 forget not that
those theories now in the ascendant are
adopted by not a few determined
Christian men, and while they seem to
me not only improved but unprovable.
/ could deem them truth without part
ing with one iota of my faith in God
and Christ. Yet L can best sympathize
most heartily with him in the spirit
with-which he resisted what seemed to
him to lessen the majesty of the Master
and supporter of the Universe. Nor
was his a mere theoretical faith. His
whole life, in its pervading spirit OF
service, in its fidelity to arduous duties,
in its simplicity and truthfulness, be-
spoke one who was sincerely fulfilling a
mission from God to his fellow-men.-
Or. Pea5ody's Memorial Sermon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04

through his chattering teeth-"I-I-In
try an-and be-be-the-there :"
At the early dawn, Farmer Newcome,
Brother Bitner, and some half dozen
colored men were at the corrall, armed
with ropes, lines, harness, &c, and
after terrible struggle they succeeded
in capturing the least wild of the ponies,
put the harness on him, and attached
him to heavy two-wheeled vehicle,
which in country was called two-seated
sulkey. The men led the harnessed
Mustang several times around the in
closure, and at last the farmer and
Bitner ventured to seat themselves in
the vehicle, and drive slowly for short
distance. The arrangements being re-
gsrded complete, Mr.. Newcome went to
the house for the gentleman who de-
sired to make the purchase. The two
soon appeared on the scene.-
"Step into the sulkey," said farmer
Newcome, "and be convinced of the
safety and docility of these animals"
81 much prefer you to make the first
drive, this morning" Said the gentle
man.
80, get in, there is no danger I"
mo, mad rather not.
Come, Brother Bitner, we must
show this gentleman how to manage a
Mustang" and the two seated them
selves in the sulkey.
"Open the gate, and give us room, I"
shouten Newcome, as he drew up the
reins In the twinkling of an eye, the
vehicle was in rapid motion. They
passed through the gateway with the
velocity of cannon-shot. Bitner was
pale, and Newcome had his blood up
On went the Mustang like fury! A
wicked kick strayed out behind, and
the dash board went flying through the
air-then Brother Bitner's hat followed
it ! The bark was peeled from the
trees, and the growing corn was tramped
into the soft earth, and still that Mus
tang went madly forward. They were
nearing the mill-dam, and the bank was
precipitous.
"Good Lord deliver us !" groaned
Bitner.
"Amen T. came from him who held
the reins'
On the bank overhanging the mill-dam
stood large tree,-and the fiery Mus
tang was making directly for it. In a
moment the shock came. The sulkey
was completely wrecked, and the pony
becoming disengaged from it, plunged
headlong into the water, followed by
the two men who had ventured on the
daring ride The Mustang. entangled
in the harness was drowned the colored
men fshed the two Jehus ont of the
waterl Both were in a dilapidated
condition. And then all of the colored
men said to the half-drowned farmer.
"Boss Newcome, dat gemman who
came here to buy Mustangs ak me to
tell you, dat he don't 'tink your hosses
will suit him no how"
"Where is he?
80, he's gwine away, he is; 'taint no
use to try to sell to him sab he leaves
his compliments, and he leaves hisself
sartain too -
When farmer Newcome had time to
reckon up profit and loss, he concluded
that the Mustang business wouldn't
pay, and he retired from it. He is still
in the regular farming business and
seems to prosper. His wife still affirms,
that her husband dreams of wild hor-
ses, and occasionally jumps out of bed,
in his sleep, thinking that he has fallen
into a mill-dam. Brother BItner has
quit the pony business too.-Journat
of Agriculture.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04
An IceIandsc Festival.

The Cologne Gazette says: "Iceland
has in contemplation this year to cele-
brate the thousandth year since the set
tlement of the island (S74). As early
as $50 Dane named Gardar was drifted
from Scotland in stormy weather north
ward to an unknown coast. He wintered
in the country, and called it Gardars'
holm. Shortly thereafter Norwegian,
Nadod. was also drifted there. In S6s
the island was visited by another Nor
wegian, Floke, who remained for year
there, and called it Island. Ingolf,
driven into exile on account of cruelties
perpetrated by the Norwegian King
Hagar Haarsager, proceeded in S74 with
his foster-brother to Iceland, and there
founded the earliest settlements. These
were near the place where Reikjavik,
the capital of the island, now stands.
Others followed the two brothers, and
the island was soon inhabited. From
Iceland, Greenland, as is known, was
discovered, and from it hardy Morse
seamen, about the year 1000, reached
that part of the coast of the American
continent now forming Massachusetts,.
1t is, consequently, not without some
historical justification that the celebra'
ted Norwegian violinist, Ole Bull, has
been collecting subscriptions at con-
certs among his countrymen to erect q
monument to the Norwegian, Lief
Erikson, the first discoverer Of America,
as the latter touched American ground
from 400 to 500 years before Columbus,
and there are indications that the Ge-
noese was not only acquainted with the
voyages of the old Morse sailors to
America, but that they were not with
out influence on his plan and its eIecu'
ton.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04
Poetry
sack Frost.

2a,.iy e-sak the eIiekets-Jaek Frosi came down
last night,
Z LID TO the earth CT sunbeam, keen, snd spark
ling ana bright,
- sought IN the grass Tor tie ereket- with delicate
- harp aud foe and fatal. and he stabbed them far
and near;
o.ly few stout fellows, th4Wet BY the morning
sun,
Cai5Iup a aoqrafal echo Of by-gone frolie and fan-
Bzt yesterday sueh ripping chorus ran all over the
land.
Oyer the hills and the valleys, down the grey sea
sand
Millions Or merry harlsquias. skipping and dancing
in giee.
Cricket and locust and gras-hoPFer, happy happy
o5uld be,
so55riug rich caves ia ripe apples aud feeding on
honey and spice,
spears Of ice;
Was it not enough tba; the eriekets your weapon Of
power should pisroe7
Pay what have you done 10 the aJwess' Jack Frost
YOU are eraeI and fierce,
WIKI never a sigh or whisper ycu to ehed them
and 10, they sxha!s
AEe4r oeAGt4iul 4ise> tS are dEJOpass thelt sWeei
color ebbs they are pale,
They fade and they die See the Panses ye; striving
80 hard to uuf,,5
Their garments Of velyeSy sPieHdor all Tyriau pur-
PIE and god,
e.: how weary they look, and how withered like
handsome coGr; danes, who all night
Have danced al the ball till suuri,e struck chill 10
their hearts with its light
Where hides the wood a~tsr' She vanished as SNOW
wTeaths dissolve in the
The moment y0u touched her Look yOnder where
sober and grey nun
The maple tree sands that =; sunset blushiag as
red as the sky;
Al i;s f0et glowing .riet IRE its robes Of mag
u.Ecs4c lie.
D.rOez, stripping the 5rld a. y2a strip tie shiv-
eTing tree
VI c5lcr aui sound tai ? p.f-aHae-sear:ng tile bird
she bee,
Tzrai1g beauty 20 -she=-ua to iJin the sBili sWAl-
lows aud sy
F-r away out Of sight Of youE mischief give you
10 welcome. not 4
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04
4 Lucky Dodge.

The Lowell Courier relates the fol-
lowing remarkable incident, which il
declares to be well vouched for: "Many
years ago Mr.. Abram Dodge, of the
town of Ipswich, owned beautiful
horse, which was the pet of the family.
He was admired by all who knew his
playfulness and good qualifications. In
the summer it was Mr.. Dodge's habit
occasionally to have a frolic with his
horse in his barn-yard, then let him
out alone and he would go to the river,
which was about one-third of mile
distant, where he would bathe, then go
to a common and roll on the grass, and
then with the freedom of air start for
his home. His stable was renovated
for him while he was gone and his
breakfast put in his crib. Ii he met
his master he would show some coltish
pranks, bound for the stable, pull out
the wooden pin that fastened the door
with his teeth, and rush to the manger,
where he was expected to find his food.
One night the horse was stolen from
the stable. After the expiration of six
teen years Mr.. Dodge was at the tavern,
when a man drove horse up to the
door, Mr.. Dodge at once recognized
his horse, and he told the driver his
reason for believing it to be his; the
man told of VIII, N he had bought the
horse, and said L, had owned him for
several years. Mr.. Dodge claimed his
horse, and it was finally agreed that if
the horse would, on being taken to his
old stable, go through the habit of bath
ing, rolling on the grass, md pulling
the pin from the stable door, as above
described, that Mr.. Dodge should have
him. When the horse was let out into
his old yard he reviewed the premises
for a moment, then started for his old
bath-tub, then for his green towel on
the common, then to his old stable,
pulled the wooden pin, won for himself
good meal, and his old master his
favorite horse"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04
Etiquette of the Flower Garden

There are comparatively few, who,
either from instinct or education, regard
that delicate courtesy which should be
observed by all who enter the charmed
precincts of a garden. A few sugges-
tions to those who thoughtlessly vio-
late the etiquette of the garden will
prevent much modification and un-
pleasantness.
If the walks are narrow, little care
Will avoid sweeping ones skirts over
the beds, to the injury of the flowers
and the nerves of the owners as well.
Do not pick unbidden a blossom, or
even a leaf-it may be the very one its
possessor valued most. Nothing is
more presumptuous than to return from
q ramble in a friends garden with a
bouquet of your own selection, unless
requested in an unequivocal manner to
help yourself, and even then it requires
rare discretion to make a choice salts
factory to all parties. Handle or pinch
nothing whatever even a touch Injuries
some vegetation, and feeling of rose
and other buds is almost sure to blast
them. The beauty of scented leaved
plants is often ruined from having their
foliage pinched by odor loving friends /;
better pick the leaf off entirely for a
visitor than to have half dozen to be
mutilated by the pressure of fingers,
which are seldom satisfied with trying
only one. A tender hearted young man
received a rebuke from a lady that
almost brought the tears to her eyes I;
as she moved her hand towards an un-
usually fine rose geranium, the pride
and pet of its possessor, In sharp alarm
its owner exclaimed, 'tDORt pinch it ~
The young lady's mortified feelings were
only soothed by explaining to her that
her friend was probably constantly tor
mented by the ruinous admiration of
acquaintances, and her nerves were too
irntated for a gentle remonstrance.
Every cultiyator of flowers can under
stand the annoyance of seeing fayorite
flower In such danger.
When an enthusiast in Horticulture
triumphantly shows some elegant foG-
ageplant, so gorgeously dyed and painted
that it is always in blossom, do not ask
whether it has flower. A conspicuous
bloom on plant so lavishly endowed
with beauty would be a superfuity
which nature is too wise to bestow.
1t is luxury to have some persons
visit a garden-to have the very gems
of ones collection singled out immedi-
ately by an apprecistiye eye-to watch
the play of expression intense enjoy
ment of your treasures gives to the mo-
bile features and, last, to share every
thing that can be divided with them,
and read on a beaming face that you
are fully thanked even before the lips
move in words.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04

A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT.-A poor Arab
travelling in the desert met with spring
of clear, sweet, sparkling water. Used
as he was only to brackish wells, such
water as this, appeared to his simple
mind worthy of a monarch, aud filling
his leathern bottle from the spring, he
determined to go and present it to the
Caliph himself.
The poor man travelled long way
before he reached the presence of his
sovereign and laid his humble offering
at bis feet. The Caliph did not despise
the little gift, brought to him with so
much trouble. He ordered some of the
water to be poured into cup, drank it,
and thanking the Arab with smile, Or
dered him to be presented with re-
ward. The courtiers around pressed
forward, eager TO taste of the wonderful
water but, to the surprise of all, the
Csliph forbade them to touch single
drop.
After the poor Arab had quilted the
royal presence with light and joyful
heart, the Caliph turned to his cour-
tiers, and thus explained his conduct :
During the travels of the Arab" said
he, 'the water in his leathern bottle
became impure and distasteful. But it
was an offering Of love, and as such i
have received it with pleasure. But i
well knew that had 1 suffered another
to partake of it, he would not have con-
cealed his disgust; and therefore i
forbade you to touch the draught, lest
the heart of the poor man should have
been wounded"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04
Early Marriage.

There are hundreds of young men
that should be married who are not
married. To marry early is discreet
and wise. And when men and women
are of manageable age, 1 think it to
be. in general, true, that it is whole
some for them to be married. 1t is not
necessary that they should remain sim
gle because they stand in poverty; for
two can live cheaper than one, if they
live with discretion, if they live with
cooperative zeal, if they live as they
ought to live. If the young man is
willing to seem poor when he is poor /;
if the young woman, being poor, is will
ing to live poorly if they are willing to
plant their lives together like two seeds
and wait for their growth, ard look for
their abundance by and by, when they
have fairly earned it, then it is a good
thing for them to come early into this
partnership. For characters adapt
themselves to each other in the early
periods of life far more easily than they
do afterwards. They who marry early
are like vines growing together, and
twining round and round each other
whereas, multitudes of those who marry
late in life stand side by side like two
iron columns, which, being separated
at the beginning, never come any nearer
to each other. There is no school which
God ever opened, or permitted to be
opened, which young people can so i'll
afford to avoid as the school of care and
responsibility and labor in the house
hold, and young man and young
woman marrying, no matter from what
source they came together, no matter
how high their fathers have stood, one
of the most wholesome things that they
do, having married for love, and with
discretion. is to be willing to begin at
the bottom, and bear the burdens OF
household life so that they shall have
its education 1 tell you, there are
pleasures which many young married
people miss. would not give up the
first two years of my married life for all
1 have now. 1 live in big house, with
a brown stone front. and very fairly
furnished but, after all, among the
choicest experiences OF my life were
those which passed through in Indi-
ana, when / hired two chambers up
stairs when all my furniture was given
to me, and was secondhand at that
and when the very clothes which I had
on my back had been worn by Judge
Birney before me. We were not able
to hire servant. We had to serve
ourselves. 1t was a study every day
how to get along with our small means
and it was study never to be for
gotten. owe many of the pleasures
which have run through my life to
being willing to begin where I had to
begin, and to fight poverty with love,
and to overcome it, and TO learn how to
live in service and helpfulness, and in
all the Thousand ingenuities which love
sweetens and makes more and more
delightful, ul,-Beecher.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04
An Intelligent Bird.

The Cardinal Grosbeak, commonly
known as the red-bird, is quite favor
lite in those localities which he makes
his home. The plumage is beautiful
and the tones clear and varied. Being
birds of song they are much sought
after for the cage. But it is not our
present intention to condense well
known facts from the ample page oi
natural history. We simply desire to
tell little story. Last Summer q lady
wandering among the cedars of Cardome
discovered the nest of a grosbeak, and
in the nest was fedgling which she
made captive. 1t was q wee thing and
had to be reared with care. She trans
ferred the nest with the bird in it to a
cage, and then hung the cage to the
limb of pear tree. All day long the
mother of the youngster hoyered in the
vicinity of the cage. You could not
frighten her away. In the morning and
likewise in the evening she would
gather insect food and carry it to her
young, tenderly feeding it through the
bars of the cage. At night she made
her perch upon the limb beneath which
swung the cage. As the Aedgling grew
larger and stronger, the mother became
more attentive to it. For an hour at q
time she would hutter around the cage
and cluck to it, and it was evident from
her actions that she was trying to en-
courage it to use its little wings as much
as possible in its narrow prison space.
1t was slow work, but the lessons were
not wasted the young bird persevered
on OF Iac 1.l 20 h
confidence and certainty from perch to
perch and from bar to bar. All this
time defective bar of the cage had
been confined to its place by little
cord or string. The old bird may have
studied the condition of affairs, but she
did not molest the cord. She did not
seek to arouse suspicion before her
tender offspring had the strength and
courage to use its wings. But as soon
as the young bird was able to fly, che
watched her opportunity, and, when
unobserved, went TO work at the knot.
She pecked away at the cord until the
knot was united, then pushed against
the loose wire and displaced 1t so as to
admit of O passage from prison to lib
erty. 1t was bold stroke, and there
was touch of genius in the whole per-
formance. When men pursue such
tactics as this bird pursued, we call the
work generalship and applaud the
authors of it as heroes. Shall we not
then admit that this scheming mother
bird, in taking care of her captive
young as she did, in teaching it to fly,
and then in rescuing it from prison,
was guided by higher, clearer and
more intelligent light than that which
comes under the head of blind, illogical
instinct?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04

1t appears, from the report of the
Southern Claims Commission, that the
gross amount Of claims filed is eco, 900, :
600, and the aggregate amount passed
on, so, 600, 900, there remaining 1900
claims, amounting to $50. 900, 900, to be
adjudicated. The amount claimed in
the whole number of cases reported is
81, 71S, s91, and the amount allowed in
settlement of the 1,093 approved claims
is s644. .365, an average allowance Of $500
to each claimant.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04

CHARADE.-I am a word of five sylla-
bles; of which NY first and second
make the nsmeof a huge serpent, strong
enough to crush an OK to death, and
large enough to swallow him whole
my third and fourth are cube usually
made of ivory; my fifth is a vowel, and
an article much used and my whole is
the name of British queen who burnt
London, destroyed seventy thousand OF
its people, and afterwards poisoned
herself because defeated in a battle
with her enemies.
Anscer :-Boadecia.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04
Guy FaWkes's Day.

Charles Warren Stoddart writes from
London to describe Guy Fawkes's Day.
He says: Before we had risen from the
table motley crew of chunky English
boys stole in at the street-gate, and
ranging themselves under our window,
began to repeat in the rapidest possible
English some verses about poor Guy
and his gunpowder, and all that un-
happy plot that missed fire. Then came
the cheers and God bless the QIeen,
which last refrain was merely tag,
fancy, that didn't mean half as much
as it implied; at any rate, the young
sters ratified it off with jovial air, as
though they had been saying, That
lets us out or something in the same
vein. OF course we were all az the
window by this time; there We saw q
half dozen u-chins with their faces
painted like theatrical Modocs, and in
their midst they bore an effigy of some
thing that was perhaps meant for Guy,
but it might have been passed for any
thing under the sun; it was a stuffed
suit of sorry old clothes, o mask and q
cooked hat, and the figure tied into an
old chair, which was pushed about in q
wheelbarrow. Having completed their
entertainment they bowed and scraped
as only these English boys can, with q
comical and characteristic grace, where
upon We threw them few coppers and
they withdrew to the next lodge, where
the same performance was repeated and
not without profit. Every year these
youngsters have great fun, trundling
their Guy about and reaping handfuls
of pennies. They are supposed to ex-
pend the sum total in grand bonfire
at night, when poor Guy is burned, to
the infuriate Joy of all young heretics.
L saw at least twenty of those dummies,
of all descriptions, followed by mobs oi
children, whose chief delight it was to
pipe at the top of their lungs and keep
up the excitement, while the larger boys
went about industriously gathering
pennies.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04

The following story is related of the
late Judge Grier of how he set aside the
unjust verdict of jury against an un-
popular man, with this remark: ENTER
the verdict, Mr.. Clerk. Enter also, set
aside by the court want it to be un-
derstood that it takes thirteen men to
steal mans farm in this court"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-04

The lovely Southern female swindler,
who has owed much of her success to
her knack of Transforming herself from
brunette into a blonde, has at last
found that it won't "wash"-not even
"auriferous."