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Year: 1872

| The last fish story comes from
New Jersey. Lately in the in


terror of that State a mild looking


countryman entered a railway


car, bearing bundle tied up in 8


handkerchief, which be placed un-


der the seat at the end of the car


After travelling along for about


halt an hour, lady sitting in
front of the eountryman was OBJ


served TO move about uneasily on


her seat, and to cast savage CLAN.


ces at seemingly respectable man


sitting by her side. In a few


minutes another lady, still further


in front. "became uneasy" and at


last, rising in her seat requested


some gentleman to protect her


from an elderly looking gentleman
by her side; and who she stated,
had insulted her. A dozen per-


Sons offered their assistance, and


before .he accused could speak in


his own defense his hal was jammed


down over his eyes, and be was
dragged to the rear of the car
While there, and carrying on with


the avengers a war of words as to


what the indiguity meant, still
another lady rose, also seated fur
ther up the car, and accused a.
gentleman sitting behind her with,
improper conduct. A rush was.
made for insulter number two;
but this gentleman vigorously de-
Tended himself with large walk
ing stick he happened to have
land which, by the way, was one
cause of the last trouble, his! &C.
caser stating that he had inde~
corously been nipping her ankles
under the seat with the same) and
while the struggle to get at him
was still in progress, somebody in
front of the car shouted, There's
a snake on the foorl" A scene
then ensued. The ladies in the
car clambered up on the arms aud
backs of the seats. One elderly
lady managed to stand on the
backs of two seats in the best cir
Gus manner possible under the
circumstances, while a young
mother threw her baby into a
parcel rack, and then hung her.
self, convulsively, to a ventiIator.
The confusion awoke the country
man who, on being told of the
snake, first felt in bis bundle, and
then exclaimed, ''I'm blamed if
that old eel haint got loose" and
started for the front, soon return
ing, grasping firmly an immense
eel, which he had caught out fish.
ing, but which, when brought in
to the car, had managed to get
out of the bundle and had wended
his way to the front, lovingly
caressing the different varieties OF
ladies' CATERS which he enconu-
tered on the way. Apologies Civ
EN- and received Strengthened
everything in that car but the hat
that was iammed down, and the
countryman leaving at the next
station, no blood was drawn.
Year: 1872

An interior New York paper
notes a singular suit in law be-
tween two brothers. The tes-
timony shows that during the
drafts of 1868, the defendant es-
capped service on the strength of


an affidavit in which he declar-
ed himself to be the only sup
port of a helpless father. He,
then lived on a well stocked
farm, and was surrounded with
all the comforts of a country
home. Soon after the draft
business, it is alleged that hs
turned out the old man, and
that he has since refused TO.
contribute toward his support
For a time the poor old fellow
wandered about from place to
place, existing upon his friends,
who had known him under diff
ferent circumstances; until he
at length contrived to reach the
house of a younger son, where
he received a cordinal welcome,
and where > he has since been
cared TOR. Now it appears
that the second son is the poor
er Of the two in worldly pos
sessions, and for this reason is
determined to make the elder,
the richer, and the more selfish,
furnish his quota of the expense.
Year: 1872

Now we don't make any ex-
cuses for Mr.. Tilbury. His


swearing was an offense "a
gainst the peace and dignity of
the State, to say nothing of


the shock to the feelings of any
sensitive person who might be
an unwilling listener; and he
ought not to have sworn. We
merely publish the cost bill as
an illustration Of the way in
which fines are made to appear
formidable when the items are
not printed. 1t would appear


that offices are created and
men put into them merely to
gain an easy living by levying
tribute upon the follies and
vices q their fellow men. In
this case the outraged dignity
of the State is soothed by a 81
plaster, while the Judge, Dis
trict Attorney and Marshal, for
five minutes labor each, pocket
SO 20, and the witnesses walk
off with $5 25, when one witness
would have answered every
purpose at a cost Of seventy-five
cents.
Year: 1872

Pretty robin at my window,


Welcoming the day
With thy love and liquid piping,


Read my riddle, pray.
/ have conned it walking, sleeping,
Vexed the more for aye
Thou'rt wizard, pretty robin


Does helove me ? say
Lady violet blooming meekly


By the brooklet free,
Bending low thy gentle forehead


All his grace to see,
Turn thee from the wooing water
Whisper soft, pray, 1s I'D
For the wind might hear my secret.
Does he loveme? ? say
Star that though the silent nighttime
Watches over him,
Write it with thy golden pencil


On my easement dim.
Thou art skilled in loves deep magic;
Tell me then, pray,
Now, so none but may read it
Does he love me /? say
Year: 1872

During the absence of his pa
rents, the other day, a boy living
near Valparaiso, Ind, attempted
to kindle fire by pouring coal
oil upon it, when there was an
immediate explosion and the lad
was covered with the burninghuid.
He ran out of the house and
threw himself into a pool of mud
dy water, but was SO badly burned
that he lived but few hours.
Year: 1872

! The touching spectacle Of a boy
leading home his drunken parent
was witnessed at Burlington,
Iowa, last week. The progress
was quite slow, however, as the
boy was considerably the drunken
of the two. r
Year: 1872

The operations in coffee are
limited at the present time in
consequence of the probable
abolition of the duty, which is
now three cents a pound in gold
or about five dollar to the bag.
Year: 1872

That interesting and delicate
branch of Jurisprudence which re.
lates to breaches of promise is a.
bout to be enriched by a case the
like of which it would be useless
TO look for in the books. The
plaintiff had a farm, and the de-
fendant wished to purchase it. She
told him that she would sell it for
twenty thousand dollars, and
throw herselfinto the bargain, but
that she was inseparable from
the farm, whether as an easement
or an incumbrance does not ap-
pear. The defendant assented to
the terms, but when he had paid
the money, and secured deed of
the premises, he eperemptorlly went
back on his agreement to marry
the girl. Hence this suit, in which
it may be presumed, that the des-
perate maiden prays for specific
performance of the contract.
Year: 1872

Recently, hostler at Iowa
City struck a horse an uh-
provoked blow. Three or four
days afterward, as the hostler
went into the stall, the horse
watched his motions, placed him
self in an appropriate attitude,
and keeping an eye out for the
exact time, threw its foot into the
hostler's face, with just force
enough to make it tingle and ache.
For. the time being they were
even, the hostler being too much
hurt to retalite at the time. An
alteration occurred shortly after,
however, of a severe character.
The hostler, while taking care of
the horse, became dissatisfied
with some of his ways, and gave
it a blow, whereupon the horse
took his forearm in his mouth, and
holding 1t IN q hrm grip between
his incisors, bent over him until
he lay on the ground, then with
out letting go his "hold" picked
him up, then shook him to and
fro, then shook him again, then
laid him down and picked him up,
and followed that discipline with
another shake. When, after re-
peated shakes and leveling disci-
pline, the poor fellow succeeded in
extricating his arm, it was very
severely mangled with the teeth
of the malicious chastiser, and the
aid of a surgeon was called into
requiisition to dress his wounds.
Year: 1872

Maria Ann recently determined to go
TO a picnic.


Maria Ann is my wife, unfortunately.
She had planned to 90 alone, so far as |
was concerned, on that picnic excursion;
and when heard of it | determined to
assist. She pretended she was very
glad, but don't believe she was.


1t win do you good to get away from
work day, she said. And we shall so
much enjoy a cool morning ride on the
cars and dinner in the woods.


On the morning Of that memorial day,
Maria Ann got up at five o'clock. About
three minutes later, she disturbed my
repose and told me to come out TO break
fast. told her | wasn't hungry, but it
didn't make a bit Of difference; had to
get up. The sun was up; had no idea
the san commenced business so early,
but there he was.


Now, said Maria Ann, we must fly
around for the cars start at half past six.
Eat all the breakfast you can, for you'll
get nothing before noon.


could not eat anything at that time
in the morning, and II was just as well,
I for / had all could do. The ice was to
be pounded to go round the pail Of ice
cream, and the sandwiches to cut, and |
/ thought never should fix the legs Of the
chicken so that | could get the cover on
+ the big basket. Maria Ann flew around
aud piled up groceries for me to pack,
and gave directions to the girl about Ia
/ king care Of the house and was putting
on her dress, an at once. There Is a
great deal Of energy in a woman--per-
haps little too much.


/ Attwenty minutes past six, stood on
+ the steps, with the basket on one arm,
aud Maria Ann's waterproof on the 9th.
er, and a pail Ia each hand, aud a bottle
Of vinegar in my coat pocket. There
was a camp-ctair hung on me too, bat ]
forget just where.


Now, said Maria Ann, We must run
or We y not catch the cars.


Maria, said /, that Is a reasonable idea
gow do you expect me to run with all
this ireiehis


You mast, you brute. You always Try
to tease me. lfyou don't want a seen,
on the street you'iI start too.


So ran.


had one comfort al ieasi. Maria Am
fen down and broke her parasol She
called me d bruie again for laughing a
her. Maria Ann drove me al the way
70 The depot at brisk trot, aud We 20
on tie cars, bat neither Of a. could ge
seat, and / could not fnd i place {,
Year: 1872

At meeting In frontier western set
tlcment several present were stoutly OPP
posed to the organization Of a Sunday
School. Not being able TO agree, the
meeting was breaking up,when the chair.
man said he had very important notice
to read to them. Quiet was soon restor-
ed to hear this rather novel religious no.
tice.


Strayed--A large black mule. lie had
on halter when he left, and Is branded
on the left hip with the letter s. Any
one returning said mule will be literally
rewarded.


The keen Sunday School Union mis-.
sionary quickly announced that be also
had very important notice to give out.


Strayed-A number Of boys from their
homes, They had guns and fishing polcs
on their shoulders when they left. They
are branded by i holy God, as Sabbath
breakers. Any one returning said boys,
and placing them in a Sunday School,
will be literally rewarded at the day Of
judgment.


The tact Of that missionary carried
the vote in favor Of the Sunday School
and those stray boys were duly returned
TO IT,
Year: 1872

Never choose q pretty gigl for an IN.
innate friend, lfyou can Cad enc more
homely than yourself let he's bc tie
friend OF your bosom Select Il possible
enc who is eross-cycd on squnb; unless
you are orosseyed or sqului yourself II
YOU have one pretty feature, make the
most oft Bycconomy and good man.
agcmeut you may impress some ot ypur
stupid friends with the idea that yoa are
handsome, For example. if you have a
pretty mouth, call attention as oncu
as possible to the extraordinary
size Of that feature Of your friend, Miss
b, and by the law Of reflection you
will attract attention and admiration TO
your own. II your forehead Is too low,
extract few Of the suporfuous hairs BY
means Of plncers. lfyour nose turns up
alas there Il no help for you. A pug.
nose il an established fact. When YOU
have your photograph taken, always find
fault with It. IL II resemble you; II Il
llattor you, send It 10 all your friends at
a distance, and insist that II Is n most
perfect likeness. When any one tells You
that YOU look well, note ii in your diary
Consider the person who hints at your
lack OF beauty as your mortal enemy.
Never acknowledge that you are home
| ly or that any of your acquaintance are
| tlne-looMng. Reflect that beauty fades
as the leaf, and think as often rs possible
how glad You are that you were not born
! handsome.


Ii all these things fail to bring you
comfort, forget your looks altogether.
Examine yourself and sec If there bo not
some compensation for the lack of that
external beauty which wields such a
wondrous sway. A beauty requires no
tongue, no mind, no heart. You will
have need Of all these. Let beauty
smile and the world, humbly grateful
for even this, falls with trembling Joy at
her feet, but what If she should hayo the
smallpox? What If she grows thin 2
What If the hand Of time trace deep fur
rows on her cheek aud brow? Then her
throne will crumble. Who wants bun
die of old bones but the worms2


Could not q beauty add to her exteri-
or charms the graoes of mind aud heart
Yes, she may thus render herself sur
passingly beautiful. A handsome face
does not imply necessarily lack Of men
tai charms; but since the world will be-
stow their homage with such ready zeal
at the throne Of physical beauty, why
should she delye for the secret treasures
Of the mind. Here is your advantage,
homely girls. You have no temptation
to sit down idly, content with your out
ward appearance. Let your brow be
crowned with the laurels gained by an
unselhsh cultivation Of the qualities OF
the mind and heart, aud they viii shed
sucn an ethereal beauty over your dis.
torted features that physical defects viii
be lost in the radiance Of the spiritual
glory. Time cannot rob you of these,
and when the withered relics of material
beauty are packed away on the musty
shelves of by-gone days, Won will be re.
splendent in the beauty that never fades
but gathers new lustre with each com.
ing year.
Year: 1872

lived over and buried in hidden graves


Bat now, as though the graves bad
bc5u opened aud the Judgment set, came
this sudden reproachful question up from
thc buried past. fairly caught my
breath as turned my eyes, and looked
him IN thc face again.


Forgive me, he said in a gensler tone
/ did not mean TO speak. You brought
It out with your eyes; that questioning
turn was so familiar, or course, You
were quite right, aud never blamed
YOU. never meant You should see me
again, but the temptation TO feel myself
beside you, only to be ia the soothing
charm Of your presence, was too great.
II hAs been blessing shall carry with
me all the rest OF my life.


lie was rising to go away, but / put
out my hand did write, Duncan Ash
ley, said /. The letter must have gone
wrong.


You did You wrote he cried, sink
ing back in his chair and looking at me
eagerly. What did you say2


There was only one thing | could say,
and said that; answered, blushing as
though bad just written the letter.


A middle-aged woman in hood and
waterproof! But dear me it was only
my face that was middle-aged after all
my heart was as young and silly as ev'
er. And as for Duncan's face, the mark
of care, and thought and time fell Off
leaving in il only the eternal youth OF
love.


II was the old story of lost letter and
the older story of a proud man believing
himself rejected and humiliated and flee
ing to the ends Of the earth with his pain.


Twenty precious years wasted! said
my New Zealander. We will not be
separated another day while we botl
live. There is a clergyman among oul
passengers and we will be married thi:
very hour.


That was so like his headlong decis
ions! Surely he did need sober sec
ond thought like me for ballast. That
cannot be, cried. The ceremony would
not be legal without a license or some.
thing. And | would by no means dc
anything so sensational and conspicuous


But, bless your heart | might as wei
have tried to wipe up the Atlantic will
my pocket-handkerchief He was sc
grieved, and so impatient, and so reso-
ute, (and indeed, when one comes to
think of it, twenty years is long enough
for an engagemenD, that finally drop
ped off my waterproof and my sea-sick
ness, and stood up behind the binnaclC
and was married before eight bells tina
very morning--ring and all. Duncal
produced it from a small casket, where
he had carried it in his waistcoat poke
for the whole twenty years.


l could never bear to put the littl
thing away, said he, looking at it ten
derby.


The next day we came to port, will
the sun shining and our flags flying. Thel
a furry of goodbyes, hosting Of trunks
welcoming of friends on the shore, an,
a glad hurrying to and fro.


Among the rest there was an instant
nesting of Miss Armour's lips on m,
check; and little cling of her hand il
mine, the vanishing Of smile and sh
was gone, like the flash of a freely, ou
of my sight forever. But wherever sh
is, and however she fares, she has th
daily blessing of two middle-aged heart
whose way to each other she unconscious
ly lighted.-Erery Saturday.
Year: 1872

A lill has been introduced into the
New York Legislature to authorize
the construction Of a tunnel through
BROOKLYN along Atlantic avenue to
East New York. with branch to
Conev Island. The tunnel is now
partly completed, as the soil permits
of rapid excavation. 1t is probable
that Brooklyn will have an under
ground railroad before New York.
Year: 1872

The st Louis democrat closes a care
full review of the corn and wheat market,
with these conclusions: First, that we
have more wheat in the country now than
we had at this time last year; second, that
our corn crop is also much larger; third,
that Great Britain will buy corn of US ad
H6it,7,s, and wheat when the price suits
her fourth that wheat will be more or less
firmly held in this country throughout the
winter; fifth, that corn will much more
largely enter into home consumption as a
breadstuff; and sixth, that just upon the
eve of the wheat harvest of 1873 it will sud-
denly be discovered that wheat is in eXces-
sive supply, and the attempt torush it into
market may cause decline as much too
low as the present price is too high. 1t
will be we'll for our.grain operators to study
all of these things.
Year: 1872

Effects Of the Great Boston Fire.
No Change in the Leather Trade Prob


abIp.
Material Advance in WOOlen Goods.
Ten Thousand Girls Out Of Employ


meDt. y
The Commons Used for Dry Goods


Trade.
Great Excitement Over Virginia Gold


Mines.
Reported Failures on Wall Street,
Year: 1872

In the one working day that now re.
mains before the close Of the polls TO.
morrow evening, we hope that every
Republican In this district will not only
vote himself, but use his personal efforts
TO persuade every one opposed 10 GREE.
LEY and Brown to go to the polls. The
GREELEY party Is crushed, and the only
question Is as to how many hundreds Of
thousands shall be comprised in GRANTS
popular majority, and we have good red.
son to believe that II the full Republican
vote Of West Virginia be cast, that aided
by the ballots Of Democrats who repudi.
Gts the miserable bargain consummated
in Baltimore last July, we shall give our
representation In the Electoral College to
swell the majority for GRANT and VIII.
,oS. All this Is within our grasp; shall 1t
be lost through the apathy Of Republi.
cans, We hope not, and we believe not,
il the party will come out in all its
strength. The dlsaGection in the Demo.
cratic ranks is greater than Is generally
supposed. 1t would have been difficult
to bring out the full vote Of the party
even with a prospect of electlng Mr..
GREELEY; it is impossible to do so with
the certainty of his defeat. Their mis-.
fortune is our opportunity, and it is the
best that we have ever had. Let every
Republican determine to make the most
Of 1t, and il we only exert ourselves we
shall be agreeably surprised by the re.
turns which come to US tomorrow night.
Year: 1872

THE Presbytery Of Lackawauna, Pa,
has laid before the Presbyterian Synod ol
Philadelphia, now in session at Columbia,
Pa, the following question; as 1t the
duty Of church sessions to discipline mem
bers who knowingly vote for men who dc
not fear God nor hate covetousness, nor
love truth" The Synod has very wisely
returned an answer IN the negative, ad'
ding that it Is q measure Of prerogative
which no one should think exactly appro
pirate to the Church of God.
Year: 1872

WHILE the horse epidemic Is spreading
al round in way we despise, We think
We observe also suspicious eruption Of
small newspaper communications in The
Democratic press Of West Virginia, in
terms Of high.aown culogy Of our distin.
guIshed tOwnsman, WM. W. MILLER,
ESQ, as A No. l material for Speaker Of
the next House Of Delegates-or "Hon.
". W. MILLER" according to q vicious
practice that has grown up in these Cheap
John times Of calling every man an "hon.
Onble" who has ever presided over q
board Of supervisors or township meeting.
We are not permitted 10 doubt that our
distinguished friend possesses in a re:
msrksble degree all that parliamentary
learning, that experience, readiness and
tact SO essential to the moderator's chair
and so lsvishly eulogized by this numer.
Gus correspondent Of the Democratic
press. More than that, we feel some
local pride in the fact that Ohio county
Is so distinguished above the common
herd In the person Of her delegate-as
indeed she is, we may be pardoned
Tor adding, in the whole delegation.
But then We do not want to be selfish
or too greedy olpublic honorS. 1t is true
that by reason Of the illustrious character
Otthe delegations we always send from this
county, Ohio county may not unrcasona.
bly, claim share oI preterment out Of all
proportion to her size or her proportion in
numbers 10 the other counties Of the
State But we must put some restraint
on the swelling consciousness Of our de.
serving and greatness, for the sake Of
manners. We must not ask for all the
chicken pie on the plate. The Democ-
facy has been In power only through two
sessions Of the Legislature. The first Of
these was distinguished above all It's sue
cessors by the choice OF two illustrious
publIciSts Of this city to preside over the
House and Senate. Now Wheeling Is q
pretty big town and the people are smart.
We have men enough TO fill all the offices
ot honor or profit in the State. Not only
enough, but willing to do 1t II called on
to make the sacrifice. But we don't pre-.
sumo therefore that Wheeling is going to
furnish a perpetual supply Of presiding
officers for the Legislature. Nor
even TO furnish 1t two years out OF
three. We want the learned parliamen.
Grians from Webster and Mcdowell to
have chance. And therefore, unpleas.
ant as the duty IS, we feel constrained to
remark that VIC think decent regard Tor
the opinions Of mankind, as one THOMAS
JEFFERSON used to observe, and for the
feelings Of the sovereign people Of Tucker
and Logan, would not permit us to urge
the election OF our distinguished friend,
g at the coming assemblage Of the Legisla.
tuEe, with so much zeal as we should feel
tour duty to manifest under less embar.
RAISING circumstances. Besides, Wheel
Ing may have some other little hatchets
to sharpen; and she should not wear out
all her turn at the grindstone in putting
TOO wiry an edge on her learned parlia'
mentaiAns.