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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-10-13
Cautions

A IL persons are hereby cautioned
"a not to negotiate certain Prou,jsory notes
drawn iu favor OF tho undersigned as tie tame
were stolen on the niaht Of September 30, ult,
SAMUEL RUMBAUaH,
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EMPLOYMENT
FOR ALL.
10 SELL A HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE.

VNiiE poor as well as the rich, the
l. old as well a, the young, tho Vile, as we'll
80 the husband, ,hs young maiden as well as
the young man, the xtri as well as tho boy,
may just as we'll earn few dollars IN honest
emp ploymsnt, ~ 10 sit around the house and
val. Tor oths,s to earn q tsr them. We can
yo1yspsre houfs only I travelling, or 10 your
ewn nslsa oorhood, amons your friends snd
ment, We can iupart valuable Information 70
you tree OF cost. II will cost You only one
cent for Postal card to write for our Prospoc.
good many dollars.
Do not neglect this opportunity. You do
not have - invest q large sum Of money, and
run great risk OF losing II, You will readily
see that y viii BE- an easy matter 70 mats
froa eie 20 eloo . week, and sstsblish . ! era.
tive, and Independent bnsinsss. honorable,
strsixh,iorrwsrd g and prohta.ls. Attend % this
all who engage with W, We viii Surprise yos
and you VII wonder Why you never wrote TO
us before. We sEsD Full PARTICULARS vasE
,N.n. ,,,. nuoxEYf M,ya, GO.
sept. ~, 1851 ON.
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Public Sale.

T'IE Heirs and Widow Of Israel
! Fite. deceased, will expose to Public ) aie
on the premises, on
Saturday Oct. 22, 1881,
III. following desc ribci Real Estate. situsts In
FRANKLIN township, snyder coutty, pa near
PaStonville b,undsd North by lands Of A. X. .
ON, East by lands OF Davis ar, south Nv
lsnds OF faeorxe BowersoS. and West by lands
OF Chss. Boyor, containing
~ Acres,
about 10 ACRES CLEAR, and IN q good state
OF cultivation, tho balance well timber,d with
chestnut 40, whcfcon are erected q frame
Dwelling House, Stable.
and other outbuildIngs-wcl of water ne,r
the door--eholce fruit, sc, Also several veins
Of good
Fossil and Liver Iron Ore.
Sale to commence a, 10 O'Clock A. NJ OF said
hAy when due attendance will be given and
terms OF sale made known by
Oct. o, 'si. and willow OF Israel ri Q, decM.
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-Elmira Hsnd-Made boots and
shoes for sale cheap at Scbroyer's
Selinsgrove.
Every one Is cordially invited to
buy their Fall and Winter Boots and
Shoes Of NJ. s. schroyer, selinsgrove,
where you will always find n large
stock and II full assortment TO selec,
from, satisfaction Guaranteed.
---- ---.-. -.--.-----------
@-The very best Und<rcioihing from
25 cts. and upward at Oppenheimcr's 5
selipsgrove, Pa.
rsA-Gen,s' Furnishing Goods Of Su-
perior quality, at the most reasonable
prices at Oppenheimcr's, selinsgrove,
Pa.
nR-OVERCOATJ of every quality,
style and price imaginable at Sol. Op
penheimers, Sclinsgrove, Pa.
pS-A full line of Fall and Winter
Ready.made Clothing Just opened at
Oppcnheimer's Clothing Emporium,
Selins2rove, Pa.
Sol Oppenheimer has knocked the
props ont from under high prices and
has determined TO dispose Of his
large stock Of Fall and Winter Goods
at Prices lower than ever. Go and
see.
Nehcr'ci Elieis in various Col.
ors. Qualities anh Prices at Open
heimer's, Sclinssrove, Pa.
Trunks. Valiccs and Satchels Of ev-
cry description, cheap. very cheap, at
Oppenheimer's, Selinsgrove Pa.
4 large variety Of the latest styles
ladies coats Mt s. Weiss Selinsgrove.
Large variety of Black and colore d
cashmeros for la1ips Drss.es ina, ra
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-10-13

4 large variety Of the latest STYLES
ladies coats Mt s. Weiss Selinsgrove.
Large variety of Black and colore d
"a"hmeres for laiies Dresses just re
ceived ut s. Weiss Selinsgrove.
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I, pANrEL soLEwpss, hssh sh,,,s Of
snyssr county, Ccmneawssith MPenhsyivs.
ria, 90 hereby make known and give uotice 10
the electors of the eounty Aforesaid. that an
election will be held IN the mid county Of
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09

mic Knight and the teacher Rehers
by Minta Kerr; dialogue "Couftln
Melinda" by John Black Sam Wefd
Rob Black and Miss Rose Davis
Defamation, "rhe patter Of the
shiugle, 81 Johnny Kellogg Dia-
logue, IAN Indignation Meeting" by
Mrs. White and Misses Phoebe Kerr,
Minnie Knight, Rose DAVIS, Emma
Kerr, Scilla Mays, and the teacher,
A paper was then read ~ Manic
Knight and the teacher. Ihroughoot
the evening the best Of order was pre-
served. "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09

to. When this is done il is 10 be hop
ed they will turn their attention TO the
construction of the much needed rail-
road up the Ti0nesta Valley.
The OIL G Drug Neacs, published
in New York City, and which is
standard authority on all matters per-
tanning to oil interests Of the country,
has this to say about Forest County !
The oil sand in the Blue jay we'll,
tho successful Forest county wildcat,
Is more than 200 feet below the sea
level, fact that is noticable, because
outside of Butler county, Pa, no other
oil sand has been found any distance
below the sea level. Oil wac sought
in the vicinity of the Blle JAY we'll az
long ago as 1860, but the drill never
went deep enough before. It is said
that several we'll known oil brokers OF
this city have invested largely il
Forest county lands, regarding thu
vast unexplored and undevelopcd ter
ritory between the Bradford an'
Clarion fields as the coming region TO
oil production.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09
School Exercises.

BARNETT Town, FOREST Co,
Jan. %, 1881.
Last Friday evening there was a
spelling" at the Fitzgerald school
house, aad although the snow fell fast
ali day and the roads were almost i'm
passible there we're about one hun
dred and fifty persons present.
Sides we're q osen by the captains,
Minuic'~ uigls end Maurice Fifzger-
aid @ou'u
hay' ler'aeA
tm was
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09
Barnett Bubbles.
kumberiaq on the Clarion-lmmense
Quantities Of Timber going
in-Personal Dots, &c.

It is not because Barnett has sece-
ded, or become worse than usual that
the scribe from "Old Forest" has beeu
silent so long; it is because he has
been too busy, aud so it falls 10 the
lot of a storm-stead wayfarer to mote
the "other" end of the county.
4 Our river has been closed since No
vember; considerable lumber was
frozen up in the ice; it is being drawn,
in anticipati on ola sweeper" in the
spring.
The lumber business is booming !;
not less than $4,000 cubic feet of tim
ber will have been put i'll at Ciarlng-
ton and Maple Creek against the
hauling ends.
The Milestone Co., are putting III
about 100, 900 feet Of timber, and also
u LARGE amount of stock which they
will saw on their mill at the mouth OF
Milestone.
About $4,000 feet Of timber will be
put in at Coleman
The. Coleman Co, have in now
about 100000 feet of logs and have
not finished stocking vet. Miles Pierce
has the Job Of stocking.
f Reports from up the Clarion an'
down the same warrant the conclusion
that the amount of lumber that vii
have been put in duling the winter
should hauling continue, has not bee
exceeded for some time.
A stick Of hemlock 80 feet long ha
= been put in at Katts.
Q One job puts in timber at Clarlng
y ton that is hauled distance of not les
3 than 8 miles.
d Bethune, of Tylersburg formerl.
1t now blackens the atmosphere of OF
,r town with the smoke of his forge.
,r Richard Winlocli lost n valuabl
10 horse last week.
AZ Robt. McCloskey lost his pock
I'd book containing $40, somewhere b
r tween his shanty and Brookville.
: ID. j. Reynolds is with us again.
:. The machinery of the Maple Cre'
,J ,J mill has been purchased by A. Coz
~ who has removed it. We understal
" that Mr. Cook has purchased an int
est in the Point Saw Mill, Alleghe
ba City.
- 1t is rumored that the ShiPp
OR Property Hhs been sold we canI
m. youch for the fact. The purchaser
said to be Company, one OF whom
Mr.. Metzgar Of Piney, we'll known
NY the lumbermen Of the Clarion. ]
mo price named in connection with
~ purchase, $4,000, seems too great
~ warrant the belief the sale has b.
- made.
- ,ino. Barton who met with the
~ cident noted in your paper, had
- part Of his foot severed by the
,i,b taken off; the cut being too severe
,oro allow the parts to grow together.
- By THE WAY
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09
New Harness shop

l have just opened ur q Iiarps4
Shop in Tionesta, UP stains, opposite
Lawrence House, where will'be glad
to meet all who desire anything - my
lire. All work guaranteed. Call and
examine before going elsewhere.
LORENZO FULToN.
Tionesta, Feb. 8, 81.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09

Goldfish as large as a barn door at
Robinson & Bonner's. The incest ever
brought 10 this market. II
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09
TRIAL LII

PROTHONOTARY
FOREST 4
Causes set down for trial in IA
Common Pleas of Forest Coui
ruary Term 1881;
/. A. A. Hopkins US. Hora
Wilkins.
,. ll. Jones fol use US. u
Peterson, Executor, et'
8. Nancy Dawson, Admr.
Sarah Ann Dale
4. j. E. Blaine, vs..
SWaggaft.
81 Peter iiellr0n VS.. J
Cutcheon.
6.l Sani.'al Naiker
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09

To. day choice Comb Honey, Or
anges, Lemons, Apple Jelly at
2C. WIN. SMEARBAUGH ~ Go.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09

Fresh Oysters 2Oc can at Wm.
Smearbaugh q Co ".
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09

We think our Anchor Brand OF
Flou. the bes; in the County for the
price. Try it.
2t. ROBINSON q BONNER.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09
No Senator yet.

= p th'
No Senator yet.
Miss Maude Davis visited In
Warren over Sunday.
-Venor and the Groundhog don't
agree. This is Vepor's idea OF a thaw.
IL looks very much as thaw we'd
have some mild weather.
Mr.. j. Bonner, of Stoueboro'
Mercer county, is here on business
visit.
Rev. o. b. Clark, of Jamestown,
4 N. Y, spent the Sabbath with his son,
d. w.
4 Mrs. G. D. Ackerly, of Meadville'
| Is visiting her parents at Nebraska,
this county.
Mr. Chas. B. Evans, of Oil City,
spent few hours among his 1ionesta
friends on Monday.
Attorney General Palmer will
! please accept thanks i"r copy OF his
Z report for 1879 and 1880.
! ! james Carson aud Harvey Fore
! man are putting new joists and hoor'
\ ing in the Prothonotary's office,
3 Mr.. N. f. Williams, who wieIds
e the birch in the Fagundus school, paid
US ,pleaaant call last Saturday.
aRay. one Of, the late prOPri,
lie Clarion JacksOnian gsacsd
rlm yestarday afternoon.
.las Carlyle. the great author
- As.h6me in Ecclefechan, Dunn
Eagland, on the 9th inst
Free Methodist society Ofthi
country expect to hold thei
% at or near Tylersburg
mi,
11yrockVay is down with
ack Of measles at his forms
Marienville. Hope he's ne
us.
Now is the time to get you
otos cheap You can get them IL
DO q dozen for the next ten days
river, Martins Photo Boat. II.
Nethink the oldest inhabitaI
asd this year ia his stories
safher We have not heard al
that This puts them 10 mind
4er Of 80 o. '46.
apsned the door quistl
III softly, and putting
Is o. ses said "Say, do y
il IS aatnlIy cold wealth
put him IA s,is lisle bed.
Forest ie least population
conaty ssg ihe STATE, ,3S5, "
o1res nt Sic is put Of de
stune hieh il more u
IF the bie counties Qsn boast
PAUL l3ldse Yhos. Fian
b fou nbsf raii stt
Ton tine GA head ot Fa'
Island The last 90 and re-rafslpe
Il tie harbor ID noath Of Ii
o'A Tionesta
Four Of the tsninsns 70
ladies of the south wer9 wPl
Yesterday. Their bined we'
was 5s4 pounds. Solid girls .
south wardsrs. We wonder i
north ward girls can bsatit.
One Of the cold mornings
some excitement was created
pper end Of town By seeing
upstreet with tin buckle
hand and a veil over bis
<6erh he habit on TO protect
Shis nose Is the query.
yeibei, onr enterprising
timer and hard
on a visit to friends
sa and Erie eoul
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09

M. E. Sabbath School at 10
a. M, F. NJ. Sabbath School at IL
a. IN, Presbyterian Sabbath School at
3 .. m.
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Goods cheap at N
Aug. II, 80. HAsLEr q
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LoCAL AND MIsd .LANEoUs.


,toprf4 tH SOUTH.
r,..,,, * af,llTPain IS. 1885 am
rI,,as,, ~ fl,23 amlTrain TO-. l:94 pm
Train 9.sv BOA nhIrain 10, E1' pnh
Train lS.... 5,Ol pm
,r,oir North. and Train Is South carry
the mail
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09
Sale,
For Sale or Heaty

The Klinestiver house, situated
c.. w. Bovards residence, aus
present occupied by Thos. Has,
Terms reasonable and very eas
Inquire at Ibis office.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09
Soap,

soup,
We have Kirk's Satinet and Blue
India; McBride's Old Lather, in
and three pound bars Proctor
Candles Everyday and Ivory
ble's one and four pound bars; Do.
bins Electric al as low as any other
dealers. Come and see them.
2t. RoBIEsoN & BONNER.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09

Navy Tobacco per 10 soc.
Best fine cut per ID 75c.
Choice Syrup per gallon 60c.
No. Flour per sack St5O.
2 cans best Tomatoes for 25c
Out Meal only &c.
1t. VIM. SMEARBAUGr
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-09

--AIr.Jas. K. CLARK, Of Barnett
sownship. ex. Commissioners of Forest
Connty, was.in town last week look
iag around With view of moving his
family to Tionesta. lie has his eye
on certain property here, and will
probably purchase it. We hope Mr.
CLARK will not change his mind fol
we want a host of just such good cltl
zens as he to locate among US.
Judge Brown, with Associate
Reck and Hill, held Argument Cour
Yesterday, adjourning this morning
The case Sc Walker vs.. Lacy Tor
change n Fenue was decided IN tn
negative and the case will be tried J
this county at next session Of cour
Aside fram this nothing Of lgPortane
/ wrs TIRE :
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02
The Feast Of St. Plus V.

A Roman correspondent describes the
feast day of St. Plus ", saying '.As he is
the patron of the present Pope, the 5th of
May has always been meSza fiesta with the
Romans. In the afternoon, just before YES
pers, drove to St. Maria Maggiore to visit
the tomb of this canonized pontiff, and to
see the decorations of the beautiful Sistine
Chapel of that basilica in which is his costly
and splendid monument. This tomb covers
he whole side of the chapel, and indeed
forms part of its architecture. 1t is a mass
Of sculpture-friezes and frontons; columns
Of verd antique, great bas-relefs or marble
and bronze pictures. AT the same time this
monument was erected, the Flemings, Nico-
las d'Arras and Egidius, and the Italians,
Oliyieri Sanese, Triboli, and Sarzana. treated
sculpture as an imitator of painting, or a
mere trade of skilfully cut images. In the
bas-reliefs you see four shooting figures
standing out detached and perspective in
the background. found the church quite
full; large part of the crowd was formed
of the band of French pilgrims, who are
now visiting the Eternal City and paying
their pious respects to his Holiness. They
are known by their badge, which is small,
white wooden cross, bound with red, fastened
to the left breast or shoulder. There was
superb display of flowers in the chapel
great banks of camelias, roses, etc.; also
magnificent candelabras, with hundreds of
lighted wax candles. The bronze front of
the beautiful verd antique funeral urn of the
monument was removed, and there lay ex-
posed to sight the embalmed body of the old
Pope, looking as grim as is becoming his
reputation for severity and asceticism."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02
PLUNDERING IN PRISON.

A daring robbery has been perpetrated al
Mazas prison. A theft in the very den Of
the law, and certainly quite as audacious q
one as the crime of the woman who, about 6
year ago, was caught stealing gas globes
from the Seventeenth Precinct Station-house
storeroom in New York.
1t is the practice of the Project of Police
to issue passes to would-be visitors to the
prison every Monday. A gentleman ap.
peared at the jail on the day in question and
took out his pocketbooA to find his pass. Il
was quite en- regle, and he passed on.
Directly behind him two women appeared.
They, too, were in proper form and were
admitted.
Shortly after the gentleman came back.
He had left his pocket-book on the desk, he
said, and as it contained 600 francs, he was
not unnaturally anxious to recover it. This.
however, was easier said than done. The
closest search failed to reveal it. An orde,
was then given to search every one who
passed out. The consequence was that quite
crowd collected at the entrance But the
wallet was not found, and the gentleman
went away disappointed.
Next morning thirteen people complained
to the police that they had had their pockets
picked while passing out of the prison,
after having been searched. The gentleman
of the wallet was really an ingenious mem
Der of the swell mob. The two women were
his accomplices. They had turned up to be
searched and passed out as soon as he made
his complaint. Then they had stood outside
and relieved the passers out of their valua-
bles as they passed by, absorbed in O. discus
sion of the mvsteriOus robbery
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02
A SPIDERS INGENUITY.

A spider constructed its web in an angle
Of my garden, the sides Of which were at
tachcd by long threds to shrubs at the
height of nearly three feet from the gravel
path beneath. Being much exposed to the
wind, the equinoctial gales of autumn last
destroyed the web several times. The In
genious spider now adopted the contri-
vance here represented. It secured conf
cal fragment Of gravel with its larger end
upward, by two cords, one attached to each
of its opposite sides, to the apex of its
wedge-shaped web, and left it suspended
as movable weight to be opposed to the
effects of such gusts of air as had destroyed
the webs previously occupying the same
situation. The spider must have de-
scended to the gravel path for this special
object, and having attached threads to a
stone suited to its purpose, must have
raised this by fixing itself upon the web,
and pulling the weight up to a height of
more than two feet from the ground, where
it hung suspended by elastic cords. The
excellence Of the continuance is too evident
20 require further comment,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02
Population of China.

A recent writer in China, and long resi-.
dent in the country which he has carefully
studied, says there are 1,72O districts in the
empire, of which it would come farishort of
the truth to say, that for each district there
is at least one city with population rang
ing from sc, 900 to 100000. Taking half the
difference between the extremes, or suppos-
ing each city to contain $1,000 inhabitants,
then the seventeen hundred and twenty
would alone contain population of one
hundred and eleven millions and six hundred
thousand.
A curious calculation has been made by
the same gentleman, to give an idea of the
population of China. He had not seen the
census of 1912, brought to light by the
Russian mission in Pekin, but proceeds upon
that of 1912, which gave population of
361 ,OOO, 900, adding the probable increase
up to few years since, and estimating the
population at 400, 100000.
Sach is China in its population, and if
Homer could preach eloquently on the vanity
of man as mortal, with equal eloquence,
had he seen or contemplated the millions of
China, could he have preached of the vanity
OF nan as an individual.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02
An Accommodating Editor.

A local editor in Pekin, ILL.,, introduced
himself to the public few days ago, as
follows Sensational, distressing details Of
revolving murders and shocking suicides,
respectfully solicited. Bible class presenta-
tons and ministerial donation parties will
be done with promptness and despatch.
Keno banks and their operations made a
speciality. Accurate reports Of Sunday
School anniversaries guaranteed The local
will cheerfully walk seventeen miles after
Sunday School to see and report prize
fight. Funerals and all other melancholy
occasions written up in manner to chal-
lenge admiration. Horse-races reported in
the highest style of the reportorial art. Do
nestle broils and conjugal. infelicities sought
for with untiring avidity. Police court
proceedings and sermons reported in man.
ner we'll calculated to astonish the prisoner,
magistrate, and preacher. Prompt-paying
subscribers and good advertisers, when
stricken with mortal illness. will be cheer
fully interviewed, when lying at death s
door, with a view to obtaining obituary
items, and the greatest pleasure will be
taken in exposing your private affairs to the
critical gaze of an interested public
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02
Indian Troubles.

Our recent troubles with the Sioux Indians
show how futile it is to expect any perma-
nent benefit from treaties, concessions and
other diplomatic machinery by which it is
sought to control and manage savage Indian
tribes. The, of late, often repeated advice,
that the management Of the Indians should
be turned over to the War Department,
should be at once needed. But one lesson
is to be learned from the history Of the many
conflicts between the redskins and the
whites, and that is, that they can only APP
preciate severe measures Conciliatory acts
are always interpreted by them as original
ing in cowardice and fear, and though they
may for short time postpone collision,
their pacific effect is seldom if ever perma
nent. On general principles it should be
expected that, when what is demanded as a
right is bestowed as charity, neither the
giyer nor receiver can be permanently salts
fed. We have always maintained that
savage barbarity has no right to complain
of the necessary Entertainments of advancing
civilization, the inevitable result of which
must either be the civilization Of the races
encroached upon, or their extinction. AS
rule, the Indian tribes refuse to be civilized
that they have been driven constantly before
the advance of the white population on our
frontiers, and that the natural resources
upon which they originally lived have been
greatly curtailed, have been natural conse-
quences as irresistible as the ebbing and
flowing of the tides. That this result should
be lamented by the humane is proper
enough. But the compassion that is felt
for the suferings of the Indian races will
not excuse the folly of an attempt to prevent
an inevitable consequence. On the contrary,
the absolute protection of the white settlers
on our frontiers is duty which powerful
government like ours can have no excuse
for evading.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02
The Pit Of the Leaf.

In the famous mosque at Jerusalem, a
place is shown called the Well or Pit of the
Leaf, from this legend: In the reign of the
Caliph Omar, man of the tribe of Benz
Temim. by name Cherik, the son of Habacha,
let his ring fall into this pit, and descending
in search of it, he returned with leaf be-
hind his ear, which he said he had gathered
in Paradise. This he told the governor, and
the governor himself, with many attendants,
went into the pit, but could find no door,
nor any way to the Garden of Delight.
The story was related to Omar, who re-
marked, it was indeed true that the Prophet
had foretold how one Of his people should
enter Paradise alive, and walking upright
but it might be ascertained whether this
was the man, by inspecting the leaf; for, if
it withered, it could not have been gathered
in Paradise, where nothing changes. The
leaf did not change, and Clerks veracity
was thus established.