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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

trouble 10 look out of 4 window. The
bowling, and aIking, and snarling
kept on, and the sound showed that the
welves were not moving. Melissa went
TO window and looked out.
"Why, dad said she. them wolves
has freed suthin' in our spring house.
They're thick around it, and some OF
'em's goin' down the chimley.'
Sure enough, says Jobson, they've
druv suthin' inter the spring house,
sartin. Wall, boys, take yer guns. We
mowt as well go out an stop this yer
noise fore we perceed.
1.-THE men took their guns and
went out. A round or two set
tied the business for the wolves
outside, but there was struggle go
ing on inside the milk house. The
door was forced open; by the light of
the moon th5y saw a man, with his
back to the wall, fighting four hungry
wolves with nothing but his hunting
knife. The floor was piled deep with
dead wolves. The man was rescued
and helped into the house. He was COW
cred with blood, and his clothes were
nearly all torn from him. 1t was
Ezekiel Merryweather, but bis black
hair was as gray as badger!
" 'Zek'el!h said Melissa.
" 'M'liss!' said Ezekiel.
"And they were locked in one an
others arms, Then Ezekiel told how
he had started to come Ia the wedding
in spite of his feelings; how he was
chased by wolves; how he fought them
for two miles through the snow, and
finally sought refuge in the spring house
The wolves clambered to the roof and
let themselves down the chimney and
closed in around him. The terror of the
situation had turned his hair white, and
he had been rescued just in time.
''ln the midst of the excitement Gre
atei by Ezekiel's story, Melissa said:
Z" dad. this yer's the wbite-hairec
man I'm goin' to tie to. His hairs
whittier than Sims, by a powerful sight.
''And old Jobson saw the point. The
wedding came off at nine o'clock, but
Ezekial was the bridegroom. The late
Peleg Underhill used to say that he
supposed that the Jobson clearing had
a little the jolliest Christmas eve that
night that ever was known in the coun-
try"
The label on the decanter disappear
eel again. Again the gurgling meadow
brook A group of earnest men pass out
into the frosty air. and the base burner
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

fetched in; or if she cut and piled a
| a sufficient quantity of stove wood be-
fore she went to work hoe:ng the 'tators,
she might hold the pig at the next
Christmas KILN while dad stuck it.
ut was one day in the full of 1901
that Ezekiel Merryweather first struck
the Jooson clearing and met Melissa.
She was having holiday. and was en-
joying it in shocking wolves, The
wolf crop was good that season,
and old Jobson's traps were generally
full. Whether it was the way Melissa
yanked the peeling off the wolves, or
| whether it was her general style that
did the business. Ezekiel fell in love
with her ~ sight. She fell in love with
him, too. and he got to taking in the
| Jooson clearing pretty regular on his
hunting expeditions. Finally he asl ed
her to marry HIM, and she said she
would. He laid the matter before her
| old man.
"'Wall, scarcely; you cant have
Miss said Sobson. No young squirt
of bushwhacker don't tie on To her ii
her dad knows it, an her dads up to
things what's goin' on round her pooty
glner'ly. When Miss goes away from
| this paster lot, it II be with some gray
headed man, an you mout jest as well
bait yer trap in some other swamp,
! Eek )"
well, now, I'm blamed il l amt
glad To hear u little something about
some gray hair" said the county clerk.
II was afraid you'd forget about that,
and was getting two stories mixed"
THAT was "a great blow TO the young
people," continued the sheriff. E2e-
kiel struck into the woods and Melissa
shucked wolves with q heavy heart.
By and by Sim Smith Of Pocono met
Melissa. He was on the upper side OF
fifty. gray as n rat. and owned farm.
When he asked old Jobson for Melissa,
JobsoD said:
40 Ye've draw'd the proper bead the
fust time, Sim Yc'ye hit me plumb
back o. the fore-shoulder. The gals
your'n.'
Melissa hadn't anything to say in
the matter, and the wedding was liked
for Christmas eve. On that night the
population of three townships was al
Jobson's--sixtecn people in all. Old
squire Morgan was there to Tie the
knot. Ezekiel Merryweather was the
only absentee. 1t was fine moonlight
night and cold rs Greenland. The
wedding was 20 come off at 8 o'clock
Every little while the bowling of the
wolves could be heard on all sides o.
The Gearing. That was nothing un
! common, though, and nobody though
} anything of it. About 8 o'clock th'
howliDg was more than usually lout
) and prolonged in one direction.
"Wolves is dun hungry tonight,
SAID cid Jobson. They're closin' II
I on that deer pooty reg lar, reckon.
D "The bowling came nearer and near
; err.
3 "'Cussed if don't think they're go
: in to take that deer plumb through on
j turnip patch said Jobson. well, e
: EN- go. We've got other business DC
e sides carin' for a passed. o. oInery woive
tonight; hay, Simp'
: 1.-THE wolves came closer and closer
n Their snariing could be heard IN tn
n | mousse. But no one even tooh 1h
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

cut from Uncle--I should say the late
Mr.. Peleg Underhill. Peleg didn't know
from personal recollection, either, as
he hadn't fell heir to any grandfather
at that time, and wasn't in that
grandfather's name was Ezekiel
Meryweather. AT the age of 22 he was
n young man living over on the head
waters of the Little Bushkill
''He was romantic sort of duck,
continued the sheriff. 'He scorned a
life of toll, and chose the EASY and lux
urious existence that comes of living in
brush cabin and chasing the deet-foot-
ed denizens of the forest from ridge to
ridge. and bringing home their hide and
tallow. He was an original Pike county
hunter, and was known to clear as high
as fifty dollars some years with his
gun and traps. Nobody knew where he
came from,s He liked a drop of the old
stuff. and
"He was from Jersey" said The
pound-mastor
He was extremely shy and modest"
the sheriff went on.
HE wasn't from Jersey" said the
county clerk.
He had very black hair, and was
tall and wiry, and all the girls in the
backwoods were struck on him. The
fellows were jealous because he was
rolling up wealth so rapidly, and be-
cause he cut 'em all out at the stone
frolics and husking bees. A family
named Jobson had found their way from
somewhere other in JERSEY TO that part
Of the country. and settled near the
Monroe county border. There was old
Johson aad his wife and his daughter
Melissa. Jobson had uncovered about
an acre of earth on his tract, and built
him n house, barn. a wagon shed, a
spring house, an observatory fifty feet
high, and three miles of four-foot wall
with the stone the acre yielded.
According to tue late Peleg Under
hill, Melissa must have been "a sumner.
She was way up in all the accomplish
ments of the district, which ranged from
twiring flap. jack TO picking panther
out of n tree with the old mans hintlock
rifle. The pastimes and pleasures of
budding Pike county maidenhood In
those days were few, and it were great
reward for Melissa TO get the promise
from her mother, that if she would pile
so much stone wall while she was rest
ing from pulling turnips, she could
shuck the hide off n the next wolf dad
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
A Pretty Drinking Custom.

You take wine with your neighbor in
Sweden in peculiar fashion. 1t is not
enough that you should bow and place
your glass to- your lips. You must, also,
after having slipped the wine. bow
again, or rather, you must retain the
glass in your hand and, slightly bend
inc over it, look for moment straight
into the eyes of him or her with whom
you are drinking. That is the custom,
and very pretty one it is, particularly
when the eyes into which it is your
duty to gaze have that depth of liquid
blueness which nature has bestowed
upon so many maids and matrons in
that northern land
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
One Modern Terror
Increasing in Frequency and Danger
What Can be DOM 10 Stop the Prog
ress of the Kidney and
Bladder Complaints?

There is no more agonizing class of disease,
and none more certain mot To get we'll Of It.
SELF" than the disorders ~ the kidneys and
bladder. PLY sicians too frequently fail to
recognize what they are, and even II knowing
them. lack the skill for their proper treatment.
81 that they are liable to be allowed progress
until they are almost uncomfortable, and their
victims are made To endure the most frightiul
tortures of "A surgical Operation. The only
medicine that does afford speedy rei'f aud
permanent cure Of sue affections is DIR. Ken
nedy's FAVORITE REMEDY. IL is not a
mere sOother, Temporarily, vi pain; but by it's
Alternative action purifies the blood, r, st. res a
healthful condition To- the diseased organs, and
even dissolves and causes the expulsion OF
gravel and stone from tue kidneys aud blad
der. The testimony Of hundreds who have
been cured by IL vuuches for this. If you have
weakness, or paiu In the back over the kidneys,
or II your urine is dark cOlured, do not delay
treatment for single day, bur hasten at once
To arrest the progress the disease ny the use
of DR. Kennedy's FAVORITE REMEDY DE-
Kennedy assures ibe puDiic, Oy n reputation
which he cnnot aft rd to- forfeit or imperil
that the FAVORlTE REMEDY does iuviguratt
the blood, cures liver, kidney aud bladder
complaints as well as those diseases aud weak
nesses peculiar to females
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
beams alone on Caesar and the docan-
tiers behind the bar The sheriff had told
his CT ristmas story.
Stories of Fortune.

A Bradford, Pa. telegram TO The NeIo
York Sun saws: Talk about tumbles
in the price of OIL" said a veteran OPP
orator on the Bradford petroleum en-
change, nothing like the one OF the
winter of 1860 has been known in the
modern days of the trade. That was
the winter that Jesse Heydrick put
down the old Farmers and Mechanics
well. or rather the company he formed
put it down, and that was the first com
pany ever formed to develop the oil
territory. The well came in good for
about three thousand barrels a day,
and half of it couldn't be taken care of,
hut ran down the creek in a regular
Hood. Oil was oil then, and was worth
$13 barrel. Pittsburg was the only
market, and we had only one way to
ret oil there, and that was by running
il in barges down the Allegheny river
from Oil City. OF course it was neces-
sary TO have freshets TO transport it in
this way. The winter that Heydrick
struck his well the river was frozen
over, but he was bound to get some oil
to Pittsburg. He succeeded in cutting
way through, and ran ten flat-boats
down. He sold all his oil for thirteen
dollars barrel. The next day thaw
set in, and in two days the river broke
up. Then the boats began to run, and
in a short time the market was over
stocked, and in less than n week oil
was selling at 90 cents barrel.
''lhe early days Of oil-production
were attended by many curious Incl
dents. One of the queerest was streak
of luck well-owner struck on the creek
! in 1868. He had drilled "a well down TO
the third sand but found nothing but
water, and three days continuous
pumping failed to bring anything else
| u the surface, so he abandoned the
! well in DISGUST. The next day a neigh
Dor of his, who was operating on an
adjoining lease, came over to see the
| Disguised well-owner, and informed
him, with much excitement, that since
the pumping of water had ceased at his
well great trouble had resulted at the
other well. which had yielded thirty
barrels of oil day as long as the water
was being pumped, but upon the stop
ping of the water-pumping had filled
up with water and produced no more
oil.
"Tho result was that the man who
owned the producing well hired the les:
fortunate operator to keep his pump
going, for which he paid him $40
week. The producing well was thus
changed TO its former condition, ant
things worked satisfactorily for 81,
months, when suddenly one day thu
well that had been yielding nothing bu
water began pumping oil, and the on
that had been yielding oil became II
Turn a water well. The changed stu
alton resulted in lawsuit, which wa
won by the owner of the well which a
first had yielded nothing but water.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
A Druggists Story.

~ Mr.. Isaac c. Chapman, Druggist, Newburg
n. I, writes us: II have foI the past Ten year
sod :, v.ral gross oi DIR WILLIAM HALLS
sALSNM Fur THE LUNGS. can say of /,
what cannot say OF any other medicine,
have never heard customer speak of IL but /,
praise Its virtues In the highest manner.
nave recommended 1t In gr at many cases
Whooping Cough with the hsppiest effects.
have USED IL In my own family for many years
III iact always have bottle In the medicin
closet ready for useO
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

III you are tired taking the large old-fashion.
cd gripping pills, anu satisfied that purging
yourself Till you are weak and sick is not goou
common sense, then try Carriers Little Liver
pills and learn how easy IL Is To be free from
Blliousness, Headache, Constipation, and All
Liver troubles. These little pills are smaller,
easier To take, ard give quicker relief than any
tll In use. Forty In u wal. One u dose. Price
% cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
THE EDITORS STOCKING.

A stocking hung from the mantle-picce;
Twas decidedly poor and holey;
But bad as IL was, It belonged TO a man
+. An editor meek and lowly.
IL hung all night till the light 81 morn
Came dancing through the sashes;
But alas, for the hose, and alas, for the man
Twas filed to the top with ashes.
Ashes OF many a hope deferred,
And dust of procastinatiou;
Ashes of benefits conferred,
And ashes OF dosolatiOn.
Woe to the man with "A shattered sock
Oh, darn IL all, tbs shockingl
And woe to the fellow who filed 1t up
Alas for the editors stocking!
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
There is Nothing so Successful as Success

The Detroit White Lead Works, the IInchman,
Dean Rogers Company. is just closing the third
year of its corporate existence. This company
furnishes notable instance of extraordinary success
achieved in a short time nv enterprise, energy fair
dealing and good goods. They have attained posi-
on in three wears that il has taken other houses -
quarter OF a century TO reach. and they are now the
le ding paint house OF Michigan and one of the fore
most in the couniry.--D Detroit Commercial
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
PSALMS.
IREXISEDl

HEAR this, oil We people, and give
ear all We inUalids of the world. Hop
b tiers will make you well and to re-
joice
2. 1t shall cure all the people and put
sickness and suffering under foot.
3. Be thou not afraid when your fami-
ly is sick, or you have Bright's disease
or Liver Complaint, for Hop Bitters
will cure you.
4. Both low AMI high, rich and poor
know the value of Hop Bitters for bill
ious, nervous and Rheumatic complaints.
5. Cleanse me with Hop Bitters and
shall have robust and blooming health.
q. Add disease upon disease and let
the worst come, am safe if use Hop
Btters.
z. For all my life have been plagued
with sickness and sores. and not until u
year ago was | cured, by Hop Bitters
8. H. that keepth his bones from aching
form Rheumatism ami Neuralgia, with Hop
Bltters, doetn wisely.
o. Though thou hast sores, plmpes, freckes,
salt rLeun, er, sipelas, blood poisoning, vet
Hop Bl:ters will remove them all.
10. What woman l. there, feeble or sick IN
female complaints, who de sireth Tot health d
useth Hop Buffers aud is made weH.
ii. Let not neglect to use Hop Bitters bring
on serious Kidney aud l. yer complaints
IL. Keep thy tongue IRON being furred; Try
blood pure, and thy stomach from indigo stion
by using Hop Bitters.
10. All my pains and aches and disease 90
like chaf before the wind when / Use Hop Bit
tiers.
IL. Mark the man who icds nearly dead and
given up by the doctors alter using II ID Bit
| ers ana becometh WELL
10. Cease from worry ing about nervousness,
GENERAL debility. ani urinary trouble, for Hop
Buffers will restore Won
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
DETROIT. Mich, March 81, 1882.

DIR. PENoELLY, kalamazoo
Dear Sir--It Is against my principles TO give
testimonials respecting the merits OF proprie-
tary medicines, but the Woman's Friend, now
Zoa- Phora, is my friend because it has relieved
my wife, In her last two conhnenents, OF the
unutterable agony which attended her first
labor. She used the Friend for about one
month previous to expected confinement, aud
to use her own language, 'w nj not be with
world" j. II. r.
N. B.-The above letter is from prominent
Michigan man. To any one wishing TO write
10 him we will give his full address.
II. PENGELLY ~ Co.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

Nervousness, NeryousDebility, Neua,a
Nervous Shock, st. Vitus Dance, Prostitution.
and all diseases of Nerve Grn"rative Organs,
are all permanently and radically cured by All,
leL's Brain Food, the great botanical remedy.
81 pkg o for $5.-At druggists, or by mail
from ]. IL. Allen, BIS First Ave, New York
(Ntv
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

Mr.. A. NICHOLS, OF this place, says he suf
fered from CaLarrh for years. He purchased
bottle Of Ely's Cream Balm of Us. He is
now most cured, anu says you can not recon
mend IL too highly. We arc selling more of
Eiy's Cream Balm than OF all other catarrh
remedies, can hardly keep supply on hand
EvERs BROS, Druggist, Independence, IJwa.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

There is no remedy top of tho earth
that possesses so much real absolute
merit as JohnSon's Anodyne Liniment.
1t is both for internal and external use
and is worth more in n family than a
seventh son,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

When you visit OF leave New York City save
Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand
Central Depot.
Elegant room fitted up ut cost of one mil
lion dollars, red ced to 81 and upwards per
day. European Plan. Elevator. restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages Q nd
elevated railroad to all depots. Families can
live better for less money ut the Urand Union
Hotel than at any other first-class hotel In the
off
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

One single box of Parsons Purgatirc
Pills taken one hight will make more
new rich blood, and will more effectual-
ly purify the blood in the system than
$40 worth of any other remedy known
at the present time.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

A Nebraska widow with twenty-one
children is advertising for husband.
Rhode Island lightning changed
mahogany lay horse to jet black.
awe always keep Plso's Cure for Consumption n
10 hOuseu
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
Hepry's CarSolic Salye.

Is the BEST SALVE for Cuts. Bruises. Sores.
Ulcers, Salt RheuIu, letter, Chapped Hands,
Cbiibnius, Corns, and ali kinds OF Sain Erupt
IONS. Frtckles and Pimples. Get HENRY'S
CARBOLlC TALVE rs all others are counter
ieits. Price % cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

A new device has been patented in
London for generating electricity at so
small cost that it will be cheaper
than gas.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

The ebony tree grows to be fifteen
feet In circumference. The outer wood
Is pure white, the heart only being per-
feclly black.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

The Altoona. Fla, Argus, has six
teen ounce orange, a sixteen-foot sugar
cane. and nine-foot blade of park
grass.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

CHEAP COMFORT. What comfort II is 10
know that, In case any OF your children are at
tackled at night with Group, you have the rem
fdy at hand In Aliens Lung Balsam. Depend
ppon Il, mothers, Il cures Group; perfectly pure
and harmless. Keep IL on hand.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
Sold by Druggistf

A miss is not as good as mile, for Miss
has only Two feet, while mile has $3.50
Shoot the maxim maker.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
ImnOrGanC.

Cockroaches, it is said, have 5000 teeth. As
much as we hate the creatures, we should feel
bad for cockroach with the toothache.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

Rock HILL, 8. C.-R v. J. ). White, says
II Used orogn's Iron BiJtrs for general de-
bllity /, restored me To strength an vigUr.n
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

England is preparing To protect her interests
In China. That must be what Is meant by n
bull In a china shop.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

-, Even the lowest priced hand organ costs s25
There's no going into business nowadays with
out capital.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

sTlNGlNG. irritation, Inflammation all Kidney and
Urinary Complaints. cured by "BucLu-Paiba." tl.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

Remarkable for overcoming diseases caused
by impure water, decsyiDg vegetation. etc., is
Browns Iron Bitters.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

A SLIGHT COLD, II neglected, often attacks
the lungs BIowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs give
sure and immediate relief Sold Oniy in boIeS
Price % cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

Thomas Slynsby Dudley Pager Ingram has
gone wrong in CINCINNATI. He will be greatly
missed nv the directory man.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

II is easy 20 pick out a journalist In the
crowded street, because he is the only person
who always keeps 10 the write.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

Patti always has the best OF everything. a
cod in her head costs her 5000 "a night, when
1t Is powerful enough To keep her from siugiug
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

Brought down the house-The building
mover.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

New BERN, n. C.-Rev. q. w. Onley says
~ have taken Browns Iron Bitters and con.
slider il one OF the best medicines knOwn.n
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

Temporal mutantur-we have adopted the
new lime.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20
A SlO.O0O ThanksOivinp.

DON'T DIE IN THE HOUSE. though on Rats
clears Outrats, mice, Ties. reaches. bed bugs. l5o
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

New York woman keeps coach dog To
match her freckles. She probably calls him
"Srot."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

10. Cease from worry Ing about nervousness,
GENERAL debility. ani urinary trouble, for Hop
Bitters will restore you.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

The genuine "Roush on rorsss is made only By
Taught face OF = on labels. 15c. Sc Bottles
LroN's Patent Heel Stiffener the only inven-
ton that makes old boots straight ~ new.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

SKINNY MEN "wells' Health Remover" restores
PURv CoD-DIvKR OF made from selected MYERS
on the sea-shore, by CAswKII- HAZARD Co, New
York. II r. absolutely pure and sweet Patients who
have decided II superior TO any of the other oils In
market
CHAPPED HAN Ds, FACE, PMPLRs, and rough skin
cured by usinR JUMPER TAR SOAP. made by CAS-
WELL HAZARD Co. New York.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-20

H. Mark the man who ,cds nearly dead and
given up by the doctors alter using Hop Bit
Iers ana becometh well.