Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-14

horse stolen from him and he traced it
to point in Somerset county. Stop
ping ct blacksmith shop on his way
to the place where the horse was sup
posed to be, be saw an animal that
looked at first sight very much like his.
He inspected the animal closely and
found that it was the identical horse
that had been taken from his stable
1t was in possession of q man named
john Stewart, and he had concluded .
trade with another man for . pony
The Indianian demanded his horse but
Stewart refused to surrender 1t. The
owner then attempted TO recover 1t by
force, whereupon Stewart whipped out
a knife and slashed him across the
hand. The Indiana county man then
pulled a revolver and shot Stewart
three times, once in the mouth, once in
the abdomen and once in the leg, none
of the shots, however, proving fatal
Stewart fell and was carried into
neighboring house. The Indiana man
jumped on his horse and rode off. At
last accounts Stewart was in q critical
condition.
There are no double beds in Europe,
out of London. / did not see one in q
long summer tour. A man and his wife
were expected to sleep in separate beds
small beds, three feet wide. L asked
for double bed in Lugano, when the
landlord assured me that there was no
such thing in town, and he had "never
seen one." One evening l observed
some confusion in the ''bureau" of the
hotel at Lucerne. A controversy was
apparently going on. Presently one OF
the parties to it came out into the vesti-
bule. He was perhaps, a Vermont cat
tie drover-s large, powerful man,
rather unconventional 10 appearance.
He took off big straw hat, wiped his
sweaty brow with red silk handker-
chief, aud exclaimed "Darn it all,
mister, Hsrrit an me has slept together
now risin' forty years; and you've got
to hunt up a bed that we ken both
sleep in a. the same time, and we shall
set right here till y du;" At this he
walked down and took chair BY the
side of a little, slim, woman, who
weighed about ninety pounds, camels
hair shawl. spectacles and all. How it
came out l never knew, for the vesti-
bule was occupied that evening by q
company of singers from Milan, and |
lost sight of "Harrit" and her cavahef
amrid the lively strains "Yamma /;
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