Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-15

stance, and 1t happened IN a hotel IN
Ripon. A msn aud his wife were stop
pug there The man was subjected
TO severe attack of collie and wa, taken
sick there in the night. He told his
vile that be must have immediate re
lief or be could not live, though n
mustard draft would relieve him. She
hastily robed herself, went down stairs
and found the watcbman, who admitted
her to the dining room, and she spread
the mustard from castor on her hank
erchlef. aud has;ered up stairs. Find
ing the door ajar she rushed in turned
dowr the bed clothes, and slapped the
mustard draft on the unconscious name
bowels. He instantly sprang up in ted
and in a strange voice said AMY God /,
madam, what are you doing ?" Shs
lad got it on the wrong man -Erchange.
That Is quite as good as an incident
that we know took place among party
of ladies who we're visiting lady
friend, not fifty miles from Mifflln On
a certain evening during the visit one of
the ladies complained of beajache and
retired about dusk. The other two
lady visitors were made to feel & g'oomy
by the indisposition of their friend
Said one, ON ask MIS- at whose
house they were staying, " for suit Of
clothes of Mr.. -, and I'll put them
on and 90 up to her room and enter and
see what she will do" The clothes were
obtained from the lady cf the house,
and put on by the companion of the
complaining lady. The lady in mems
clothes entered the room of the indis-
posed friend, pulled of her coat, threw
il on a chair, unbuttoned her vest, and
then walked to the bedside, and threw
back the covering. That was too much
for the lady in bed. She had lain quiet
till that moment, but that brought her
out. Down over the foot board she
scrambled, shouting, "Get out. you ras-
cal get out !" and out INTO the hall
she fed, and down stairs, sounding the
alarm. "Oh oh there's q man 10 my
room a thief, scoundre!, that wanted
to get into bed Oh, my! but it's
awful !" 1t was an indescribably rich
scene, aud, when it was all explained,
was also highly enjoyed by the lady
who thought a drunken man had stolen
his way into her chamber. The fright
ened lady has told Ler friend that they
shal have .sRolaud for their Oliver"
or, in other words. pay them back.
The Lexistown Gazette says: Peter
S. Myers has sold his farm in Oliver
township to George Ruble for about
ten thousand dollars.
Just as the funeral of Judge James
Parker was leaving his house, a pair Of
runaway horses in wagon came up,
and ran into the hearse, partly dcnol-
ishing 1t and severely injuriDg one Of
the horses attached thereto.
About III a'clock one night recently
son of Mr.. n. ii. Kaufman, in Brat
ton township, waking up, discovered a
bright light in his room, which, after
investigation, he found proceeded from
a FIRE somewhere in the lower part of
the house. Finding it impossible to
get down by the usual way on account
of the smoke, he descended from Sec
ond story window, and broke open the
basem .nt door. He found tie fire.
board consumed, as well as some cloth
ing, shoes and other articles on FIRE, but
quickly extiuguished the flames. Thir-
teen persons were sleeping in the house
at the time. and no small stir was crea-
ted by the accident.
The house owned by Felix McClin
tic and occupied by Hugh, his sob, and
Mr.. Hassinger, in SIglervrlle, took FIRE
from fue in the garret on Friday last,
and was burned to the ground
SELECT SCHOOL. A Select School
will be opened by the undersigned. in
Patterson. Monday, April IL, 1876,
for a term of fan uaaEs