Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-12

IL FRIENDLY FATHER Tho stern parent
so much Dreaded by young and spoony serena.
ders, is not always such ftrocous monster as
ho is generally represented. Three young
gentlemen, accompanied by & guitar, began
singing swcctly under the window Of favored
one, the other evening, when dark object was
seen to Issue from the corner OF the house. /.
moved slowly and cautiously, and seemed to bo
armed. They wero too much devoted to the
art 10 break off 10 the middle of the strain
which they were in at tho time. 30 thoy held
Tho fort trembling till it was finished, and then
prepared to dccamp hastily.
Ihls was Interrupted, however, by the mo
lion Of The aforesaid object, VIM, new being
ncar enough TO be seen more clearly, beckoned
to them irenticaIly, and whispered Hold 90
boys, don't DO 1rade; it's me-" Aud sure
enough it was him, the father OF the angel they
had called 10 scrcnadc lie bcckoned to tho
party 10 follow him around the side of tho
house, where he explained matters as we'll az
he could under the circumstances.
i've been out little to night" aaii he, 'snd
m tryn' to get in the house without heio'
heard"
RESTITUTION AFTER NINE YEAas-Nue
years ago Geo. B. Arnold. of South Bend,
ILL.,, laid his coat aod vest down in lumber
yard y. which he was employed, and. returning
for them lew minutes later, tuund that soma
body had stolen his watch, an old timekeeper
that had been in his family for generations.
The memory OF tho watch and its loss had al
most passed from his mind, when one dav las!
week Mr. Joseph Lsmaraud, of South Bsnd,
returned from Three Rivers, Canada East,
| where he went to place his sister in q convent,
| and brought with him Mr. Arnclis watch. At
tho convent Mr. LamaraDd met an old Irish
| man By tho namo of Michael Dorosis, who
gave him the watch, with the request that he
return it to MIR. Arnold. 10 going to the priest
to &c absolvcd Dorosis had been obliged TO
confess the theft Of the watch, and from that
time on had been looking Tor some ono from
South Bend by whom to send the watch back,
and Mr.. L,marand had offered him the 6rst
oppo1 suoity.
! 4 New USE FOR MIRRORs.-An engineer
ca &c New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad, who ruas Is locomotive between this
city and New York, has introduced new tea
turc by placing looking glasses outside Oh tue
engine, ct an aDgIc from tho cab. These co:
able him to see the rear part OF the train at all
times without putting his head cut to watch
fox conductors signals when making up trains.
The custom Of using suoh glasses on private
residences has been In VOgu, for sometlm'.
Two glasses arc placed on window sill and 10
arranged that person sitting in room eau
watch all passersby from either direction on the
street, or in case anyone calls aud rings the door
bel! while madame happens to be 10 dishabllle,
all that is necessary is to i've tho glass turn,
and the caller is readily discornablc. Troy
Times.
He didn't get homo until u. M, and told
his brother at e that he guessed no would sleep
| At half.psst 6 his brother told him breakfast
WAS ready. He thought he would dozs Ats
quarter to the hired girl suid he wouldn't get any
batter cakes if he didn't hurry. He concluded
to tako another nap. Att he threw boouacl
at En- organ grinderd, and again sought th'
arms Of Morpheus. At 7:lO his Wtes siste
pteel INTO tue room to SEQ if his %d %a'so snt xes
hotel TO Engaged room. And yet this
noted as quiet neighborhood .-Ksokak k2Ais|