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CITY OF BKOWN VILLE, NEMAHA COUNTY, N. T., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1859. NO. 34.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
J. cuOHNsbl
ATTORNEY AT' LAW,
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY
A V I)
- Rral Estate Apcnt,
i CROWN VILLE, N. T.
5 " EVEHKNCta.
nPD.Tra.ltiiup, M ntroe,r. .
1 H. S. Itentlr, - " u
John I.11t, CMojo, III.
I Wo.K. MiAltiter, -
CLf1 F. F..It, M ' "
; R. W. Faro,UrrnTine.X.T.
O. F Lake, 44 "
May f. Ili7.
B. LI AT HI EU,
"iabinet & V7aoii-IIak3r
liiin trt.het. Sixth nnd Seventli,
n:t:nv willi:, ar. t.
Ml kind. f eit'iott w;rk nef If execntfd.
JEpirinc cf wjennr" p'.ov. etc.. promptly lone
JOHN McDUNULGH
Iou, Sign, k Oraimental Painter.
GLAZIER, 4c.
R IT OTFX VI LLC, !V. T,
1r1r cn it'.rii a thCitr Tirtf Store.
!. D.H.&B. B. THOMPSON
n Estate ficr.pra! ol ccting Agent
uhownvilli:, x. t.
?ents for Ioxra las. Co.,0skaloosa,
ALL eiitr-i.ted to unr cre w:i meet
utt ii.Fi.iiuii and warranted correct. Pper prepr
IK.r ;cr. -fi iini g ;o pre-empt, Deciiityry u:e
wtw ui:e ot, etc., tic.
3-.;ffe -jQ r.rt trret, nr:if I. T. Wtyte k. Co .i
KKFRXCKNCK8:
J. W. Ori-nM, Kx-i vertiur Iowa
T L P.ue do Miiiwari
Aoib A tir.f do do
i s. fcjr-e . O., G'.enwoi4 Iowa
D . utiiiy CoUAcii B.uff, Iowa
ak. r. atNcr. cm, r. holly.
KINNEY &-HOLLY.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
5 EXIIMSIi 1 CIT V, X TV
Win frci:cai ;r.e C uruo( itii Territory Collec-
zi cuiiiitui b-iiKr at'en-led to ttarcuicbout "
Wfteru I i acd aiitsonri. Will attend tbe
uru at Bruwuvtllo. rlaJ-Cm
E. S. DUNDY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ABCUCR, BICU ARDfrOS CO. S. T.
WILL raciive in the everal Courts vf tbe ii J udical
I'M. t-.tn4' to all tu .ttft connected win tti
f .t Vn M.'LtKA!) K-t ot XetrPi City
il t me is as precuUon of laiportaat Suits.
. 'A:-tl-tX
C. W. WHEELER,
IrcMtcct and Builder-
I3rownviUOt XX- T.
MISS M AHY TURNER,
T I 1 1 1 fr attn nnrrtft ajatm
Iain 8--t, or - . r ahore Ci'-on Bank.
liltOWN : I I.I -K V. T-
:.:',.' ntt l Trununniri alvrav on hand
.FAMES -W. GIBSON,
"3 LACK SMITH
e. nd "r.t wo.-n vi and Nebrarka,
r.UOWN VILLE. N. T.
cd. w. mo one,
fit ni nil iSti aiiilioat Ajrent.
'A'v-.iTjr.vc cov.vrf.ro.v merchast
- . niiAS;-A cri', N.r.
'"J "C "aiiLM.-n ndpr Tnpt returns nide
'jtrrrpnti.,0 rjren torec ne Storing and For
vliua allk..il. tre tbt and pr.m-o.
, O3;eoa the levee. .
orVue ta il ln-xt w ith tearnev tlotel.
( H'.'rr i t lpifint of Kerak Ci!
,',ll;'i'!N L-cifMw j Hrper fc Scoder St. Lruis;
A Ufin J.wi,h V.'lnlrr . "
'4 rinnetkCo" I Bircktav. Uinki Sl C "
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IIEMUIA U!JD AGEfiT,
nrnvon & xotary piiilic,
y i' j ir.dt. tnretiMte titles, pay taxes fcc,
i tan.. i. r St'jr.tka:- brv sell, and enter
- n owaiai,t,n; iave to U.wa property buy or
t-e ..iu aud wii; 4iwlT, ntrP handcrrect
oi t wu,bin couuiie. ai..rtuwi"ralllandstib-
- .1' 7 "n l m-l''trKj in furnub parties iiv-iiiLeM;ir-i;h
tbeanie
"T-r! W M'ttI" be county will in all
. , aU l" tlx '"'fa'td reliable Information.
V vTA' L c,' ithera BrownvtUeor Xemsha
. . vnn rrit..rv. . 6m-42-vS
HEW GROCERY
PROVISION HOUSE,
IT
!. n.nonRisoN,
U Stand of M. F CLARK,
liKUWSVILLE, N. T.
. -rt en be f -end a fall n niw f r.Mn,
clv ZtTtl" Cod Fih Teas. Sua.r,
i WN0U ine Cocker,, nd Che Uduor.
-er. r.i 2 C""' " Tcco, Oyster, and
a , avl'7 Farr Grocery
i or produce a cheap as the
CITY DRUG STORE.
JOHN H. LIAUN & CO.,
BR01VYV1LLE,A'T. .
CZALXB.I f
drugs, Iledicines
5
CHEMICALS, TOILET SOAPS,
Fine II iir and Tooth Brushes,
PEHF13IEIIY, FAXCY & TOILET
ARTICLES,
Tobacco & Cigars,
Pare Wines and LIqnors for
Medicinal ise.
t3T Pbypiclana' PrebCriptiou and Family Recipes
weiuliy cuoipoandcd.
All order c-irrevtlr anxered. Every article war
ran'ed reuuine and the tet qaality.
ry AGENTS for ell leading Patent Mtdicinu
oftKt day
RAXDALS G01LEY & CO.
PRODUCE BROKERS
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
. St. Louis, Ullssourl
Ordert for merchandise iiciteJ, and protnptlt fi!!H
at the lowest i ate. All kind ol produce bvoghl r aold ,
on mniifiwD.
Sep.on.ler "3. ISM ly.
Euchanan Lile and General
Insuranoo Oo.v
Office mr2i and Juleata.,
ST. JOSEPH. JW.
CHAtTEBF.P AT THK LAST HEtlOS OF THE V IXC.
inthorized Capitol $3,000,000,
DIRECTORS:.
3. B. Jennings, 1. U. U--anI, J. A.Owen.Miltoti
Tkoth. John Col honn.Jobnll. Likens, W. II. Peneik,
fame Kxt, X. J.McAihan. A.G. MaDfieer.
I.B. JEXMXUS, Pres.
K.K. IIcAshax, Sec'y.
f S now rcailr to reicire application for Life. Fire,
I Marineand Kivernsks. A cab return i zo pe
.ent. will be allowed on cargo tjremiums. Lxjss.i
romptly adjusted, and the usual facilities given to
'Le jiatroris .f the ofiBee.
Aril lfith.1837. 4t-3m
V lCSWiKi'i. 157. ' L. J.KKt,1
Lockwood & Pomeroy,
Wh'.lesajv and Retail Lenl;nin
HATS AND CAPS,
STRAW GOODS.
Also. Shippers of American Furs of every de
scription; lor wnicn tliey wm pay
the highest Market Price,
IN CASH.
COUNTRY Merchant? are invited to examine out
W MK.k of Ilat. A Caj for the approaching Sprint
nd .urutner trado. which will be large, fashnmabit-.
tid well selected. In p int of variety our stockshal
i.t fne ex-elled by any Uoase in St. IjOu;?.
Our prices will be lw, terms accommodating.
Call and ee as at our Xew Store. Second St.
t. Joseph, lo. A2-tu
M'NTJTT'S
STOMACH BITTSfIS
Are an unequalled Tonie end Stomachic porUwt
and paJatabi Kerned j for general vebUity vjt
pcpv.a., lot of Appetite and all daeatet of the
'Digettive Organ.
These Buffers are a sure Preventive f
FEVEE AHD AGUE !
Hier are nrenared from tbe purest utateriala by an ('
aud experienced iruK(.it, ana tneretorecan oe reueu
on.
TIIEY AID DIGESTION!
By gently PxcitinB tbe system into abealtby action; arc
pleaaut to tbe taie and aiorive tnai viporio
tbe ystem tbat Uso essential to health.
' tJ-A wine tlaaa full may be taken two or three time
day bet re eating.
Prepared oniy by W, I. M'JfUTT.
ST. LOOS, MO.
Oct. S3. 5S 18-1 r
DKOWft' & CMXTOX,
PRODUCE DEALERS,
Forwarding & Commission
MERCHANTS,
No. 78, North Levee, St. Louis, Mo.
Orders for Grceries and Manufacture Articles acm
a'e'y fti -ed at lowest possible mtes. Conaimment foi
-j1 ie-5-bipaieat les-k-ectully solicited. Sbipiuenu
f all kiuds iii be fai:L!ul!y attended K.
Be'en encea :
Messrs. G n Hea k Co St. Louis
B rt left. MoC-?ib &. Co do
r;ilHo.-t Miies & Ssanr.ard do
ITon. W II B'iffl:ist.n Auditor Sute of MUouri
J Q ilarmon. Eq Cairo Ciy III.
Meiilo!onr, llru's it Co Xew Orleans, Louisiana
J D n q . do do
Messrs Itmkie Guild &. Co, Cincinnati u.
F Hjium.tr ii. C do
Brat deil &. Cratrford Louisville. K.y.
WwKlrufflsHaa'aucton, Mobile. Ala.
n.Bi!lins, Ksq., Beardstowu, III.
Mjyl3 1868 45-3ra
HAYDEN & WILSON.
Importer and Manvfartvrert of
S 23 X Xji S3 .FL
AM)
Coacli Hardware,
Cirri i-ze Tiiuimiuirs, JS.ddle Trees,
Iltmcs, JSpriiis and Axles,
ratent and Enameled Leather,
SKIRTING.
HARNESS, &
BRIDLE LEATHER.
o. 1!, Main Street. St. Louis, 3IoM
Aie prrpdied to rffer to their cut.tmers audtbe trade
an assortment f article nr.sirpssed in qiMliry and
il-.e-ipnoni. t'j- any House in their (iue. E.t or West.
WEBSTER, MARSH &: CO.,
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers
IX
Ready Made Clothing,
So. Main St., St. Louis. Mo.
SHIRTS DRAWERS. OVERALLS SHIRTS,
and all kinds of
FUSH1SHIIIG GOODS.
ALSO FALL STOCK, OF
GENT'S AND BOY'S
CLOTHING.
If ticb we offer as low as any nnf in tbe City.
WEBSTER ilARSH t CO
Eagle Millt3.
ST. JOSEPII, MO.
JAMES CARGILL Proprietor.
MANUFACTURES and keeps constantly
tnhand for sale, all kinds of Floor .Ileal,
nd Feed stuffs. QrJerssolieited and promptly filled
on most favorable terms. Cash paid constantly for
Wheat. For character of Flour refer to everybody
that ever used it.
St. J&sci b, Ac-. 30, 1856. TlalS- j
1
D. L. M'GAHT.
McGARY& HEV7ETT,
O. B. HEWITT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
A5D
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Browmllle, Keliraska.
ITll practice In the Court of Kebraska.and North
west aUMOuri. . .
REFERENCES.
Vessrs. Crow, McCreary X Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Eon. James At. Hughs, Do
Hob John B. Sbeply, Da.
Hon. James Craig, . St. Joseph, Ko.
Hon. Silus Wotidson, Do
Judge A. A. Bradford, . Nebraska City, JT. T.
S.P. KncVolls fi.q., Do
Kluner it Uolley, Nebraska City.
Cbeever Sweet & Co., do
J. Sterttrtt il'rtoa ' - do -
Brown & Beuaett, Browuvllle
R. W. Farnas do
Brownville, N. T. Not. 18. 1868. TgnSI
PIOLEil
iBook Bindery,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
Empire Block, No. 3.
WILLIAM F. KITER,
Would inform the public that he has opened a first
class B xjk Bindery, and is now preparid to do all kinds
f B.t Binding Kild or new, bound or re-bounl upon
'he fcborteitt pok-ibie notice, aad o- tbe mutt reasouoble
terms.
Orders received for all kinds of Blank work.
July 1. 1853-ly.
WHEELER & WILSON'S
INCOMPARABLE
S KWTNfi 1 I A ( T-fT N"F!S
j. w. McDonald & co., .
No. 79, Fourth street, St. Louis, Mo.
Are taking tbe place of all other machine to
Families, Dress-Makers.
AND
They are the Simplest. Speediest, Cheapea and most
lurable Machines eiiMant.
Agents Wanted In Erery Town In
me ;vest.
MILLER & BOISAUBIN,
Importers of French and German
LOOKlKG-GLASS PLATES,
Sheet, SUy-LIIil, and Floor Glass,
13, fceCCIlU blM bl. LOUIS, 310.
Manufacturers of Ornamental Looking-Glass Frames.
Stained Glass in all its Various Branches,
for Churches, Public and Private
Buildings.
Ornamental Jllork for Sfeamloats.
Watchmaker & Goldsmith,
A. GYS,
ROCK PORT, MO.
BEGS leave to inform the public that, he baa located
n the above named town and offers for sale a choice
tork of
CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY,
tnd other articles usually kept In such establishments at
:rice which cannot be coinplsine-1 of. Being an exper
ienced watchmaker he flatters himself that in repurlne
matches, clocks and jewelry he can give perfect satisu
.ion. 19 6m.
JAMES HOGAN.
AND
BLANK D00K MANUFACTURER,
Southeast cr. 2nd and Locust SV.
aii kinds or Blank Book made of the best papr, ruled
?o any pattern, and sewed in tbe new improved patent
mono -
LIBRARIES, PERIODICALS. 2ITJSIC.&C,
bo-icd in any tyle. and at tbe shortest notice.
Having been awarded the Premium at the last Me-
banic. Fair, be feels condident lu insuring satisfaction
to all who nmv frive him a call.
July 22d 1S53. lyvSnS
DR. D. GWIN,
Having permanently located in
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA,
For the practice rf Medicine and Surgery, ten-
)Tf hi professional services to the afflicted.
ler
Offiv-e on .Main Street,
A. W. ELLIOTT,
!BJ "O. 27 S jT "V
SEED DEPOT,
Cor. Broadvray and Wash Street.
bl. LULIb, MlhbULRI.
SireerMin&i Kr. . 1 am rromrnl I.. . fTr to . Th:,
uavinx purcnasea tne enure Nursery stock or John
;be larcest and betselec;ed stock of Fruit Shade, and
i.rnamcniai tj.ees, snrni s ana plants ever offered for
ostein the Wet. We viedeiern.ined tooffer such in-
luoeiiients t tree pianrer and tbe tra.ie as will ensure
'he most entire satisfacii.m Descriptive cjtal puet will
be furnished, and any inlurmati n given by uddrefbinn
W. ELLIOTT.
Siint Looi, Mo.
Jf ovember 35, '5S-Iy.
CITY TEUHK STORE.
FA SETT & CHOSSMAN,
Manufacturers of
Traveling & Packing
VALISES. CARPET BAGS, SiC.
10, N. Second st., bet. Pint &, Chestnut,
Saint Louis, 3Io.
We are now prepared to fill all order
r line with promptnesa and on the
tt reasonable terms. Oar stock i-
and comp;e:e and all of ocr own
mauufactuiioe. Tbe in waut of articles in our line
wuoiesaie or reui,) win djweli toeive us a calrbe-
i re purohjMi.i; ele teie. A share of pubiic patron
jgeij so elated. nlSv3-ly
Clocks, Watdies & Jewelry.
' aW
J. SCHHTZ
QL Vonld announce to the citizens of Brownville
TJ snd vMtiity that he has localed himself in
JsBlowxTii:e, and icten iskeering a full assort,
ueui or everyioinc in ins nneof biiMnes. which will
be sold low or cash. He will also do all kinds of re
pairing of clocks, watches aad jewelry. All work war
rantee rSnift.iT
Otivak ESM1.
JAMEB r. FMSKE.
VJL. B. UABSIT.
ACOC8TrF HXIGHT.
OLIVER BENNETT & CO.,
Manufaetnrenand Whalesah Dealerrio
BOOTS AND SHOES,
No. 87 Main Street.
FoMBLY,Xo.lOl.O,Ksor M ' aLoccst.)
B. F. SNYDER,
Forwarding and Commission
And Steamboat Agent,
ST. JOSEPH MO.
"frill be at the Levee at all honr upon the arrival of
Steamboats and attend to the Collection of Bills and
Bneine left wih him with prompt dixpatch; also attend
to the Beceivinjrcf goods for boats, cither far St. Louis or
npr- Missouri..
Will be found In the office of Dolman 4 West Ua!
Ui Agcta, Market Suara.
u. rf i f i am ou!
Miscellaneoiis.
Tee Three FIsliers.
IT fiET, CHARLES KINGSLZT.
.
Three Ti hen went sailing out into tha West-
Oat into the Weft, as the ens went down; '
Each thooght of the woman that bv'd hla the be5t.
And the children stood watohing them oat of the
town; " "
For men must work and women must weep,
And there's, little to earn and many to keep,
Though the harbor bar bo moaning.
Three women aat np in the. ligbt-house tower;
And they trimm'd their lamps as tha sun went,
down.
They look'd at the squall, and they look 'd at the
show'r
And tht night-rack come rolling np ragged and
brown;
But men must work and women must weep,
Tho' storms bo sudden and waters deep,
And the harbor bar ba moaning.
Three erpees lay out on the shining sands.
In the moruing gleam as the tide went down;
And the women wro watching and wringing their
hands
For those who will never come back to the town;
For men must work and women mut weep,
A nd the sooner its o'er the sooner to icep,
And good-bye to the bar and iU moaning.
fFmm Funh 1
Threemerchanti went riding out into the Weat,
On the top of the 'bu?, as the sen went down;
Each thought of his wife, aud how richly she drest,
And the growing circumference of her new gjwn;
For wives must dress, and husbands must pij
And there's plenty to get and little to stay
While the milliner's bill is running.
Three wires sat up in Jane Clarke's for hours,
And they told her to put every article down;
They ordered the silks, tnd they ordered the fljw:3,
And the bill it kept rolling up, gown upon gown;
For wives will dress and husbands will pay,
Tho perhaps they will be in a terrible way
When dunned for tha bill that is running.
Three bankrupts were figuring in the gazette,
On a Tuesday night, when the sun went down,
And the women were weeping and quite in a pet.
Fur the dresses they never w.ll nuuw to iho lowu,
Fur wives will dress, though husband can't pay,
And bankruptcy's surely tho plcasantcst wuy
To get rid of the bill und the dunning.
Toe Haunted Bed.
BT MARK LEMOX.
'Why, Betty, if here isn't Mr. Ponson-
by at the door, with his baggage, I'll be
A-mpped?" cried the head waiter at the
Hoiel, at Cowes, ou the evening pre-
ceedinjr the regatta.
'Mr. Potiiouoy! you don't say so! and
I'd given hira up, and just put that weak-
minded gent, as come at ten o'clock, into
42 Mr.Ponsonby's room, as I call it; and
there's not a bed to be had in Cowes for
love or money.'
' hat's the matter, Betty," said the
new comer, "not another bed but mine,
,h?"
That's it, sir,' replied Betty, "I kept
it for you till the last train; now, as that
Kas been 111 an hour. 1 gave VOU UD. W nat
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will you do V
Awkward,' exclaimed Posonby ; 'the
old clock in ti.e room will break its heart.
I must sleep on the sofa.'
'Not one disengaged, sir, said the wai
ter.
'No, sir, added Betty, 'not one sir.
There are four small children put to bed
in a chest of drawers uow in 24. We let
everything before we let 42.'
, , - . , ,
whispered John, as he ushered JMr. ron-
sonby into the coffee room.
The person alluded to was a very mild,
milky looking young gentleman of twenty-one.
His present position was evident-
Uya new one, for he as constantly em
ployed in pullinsr up nis shirt collar, and
hie tn.vknio
MW""o U,J 'wiuuiva.
John, Said PonSOIlby, 'I must have a
i nJ I o..,lo
lJtu- ajujj uic a uiuiicu wiic
irjass of brandv-and-water. and PUt them
i i i i
Oil the table lieXt to the young geillle-
iiian while I speak to Betty.
What the nature of Mr. Ponsonhy s
communication to Betty was, I don i in
teud to reveal; but she 'laughed cousu
medly,' and was shortly afterwards seen
enuring No. 42 with a warming-pan, and
then returning without it
The bone and brandy-and-witer were
duly served, and Mr. Pouonby took his
plate at the table. The mild gentleman
pulltd his coliar more frequently, and
plied the toothpick with increased ener
'Waiter" cried Ponsonby, 'here take
this thing away.
'Capital bone, sir, said John, some
what astonished.
'Don't tell me a capital bone!' exclaim
ed Ponsonby. "The 'bus driver was com
plaining of the mortality among his hor
ses. Take this away."
The mild gentleman looked alarmed.
atd paused in the act of pullin? UD hi
i-r, ' r
lcll OJIiar.
s
Wretched house this, sir,' said Pon
sonby. confidentially ; 'never come here
if 1 can avoid it; but at regatta time
glad to get in anywhere.'
- 'Yes, sir.' said the mild one.
They served me a rascally trick once,
and I shall never forjret it. I wonder
who sleeps in that room to-night poor
uevu:
'May I enquire what the .trick was,
sir?'
Oh, certainly,' said Pcnsonby, 'though
I hardly like to t?ll the story, in ease you
should doubt my reracity.'
Oh, sir '
'Well, it seems absurd to talk of haun
ted chambers in the nineteenth century,1
and Ponsonby paused.
'Not at all, sir,' said the mild one, en
couragingly. .n . .1 . 'I . . .
43UI Loai UlSrB IS one IU tniS House I
- . -- " - r- - .
am ready to swear,' exclaimed Ponson
by; 'a room with a large, old-fashioned
clock in it.
No. 42 !' gasped the mild one ; 'that's
my room!
'Hush, for heaven's sake!' said Pon
sonby ; 'had I known that, I wouldn't have
said a word for the world.'
'Mydear sir, don't say that , pray go
on sir. I'.m not superstitious, neither am
I foolishly incredulous;' and the mild one
wiped his forehead, and emptied his tum
bler at a gulp. :
'Well, as you desire it, I will narrate
my story,' said Ponsonby. 'It wa3 exact
ly three years ago this very day, that I
and my luggage found ourselves in No.
42, the last room, (so the chambermaid
told me) unlet in the house.'
'Exactly what she told me a cocka
trice T interrupted the mild one.
I was tired by my Gay's journey, and
went to bed exactly as the clock struck
twelve. Though fatigued, I felt no dis
position to sleep, so I placed my candle on
the bed-steps and began to read. I had
read about rive minutes, when suddenly I
received a most violent blow in the stom
ach, and the clock struck, a quarter. I
a quarter. I staru d up ; there was no
one nothing to account for the phenom
enon. At last I concluded it muat have
been fancy. I read on for another quar-
ter or an nour, wnen 1 received two
blows, of greater violence than the for
mer one. I jumped out of bed. no one
, T -' l.
was there ! the clock chimed the half
hour.'
Another glass of brandy .and water,'
cried the mud one.
It was brought, and Ponsonby then
proceeded:
I seized the bell-rope, but a sense of
shame would not let me proceed. I re
solved therefore, to keep watch for a
short time. As I sat up in the bed my
eyes fell upon the face of the old clock in
the corner. I could not help thinking
that was in soma way or another connec
ted with the annoyauCd I had suffered
As I looked, the minute hand gradually
approached the IX on the dial, and the
moment it arrived' there I received three
distinct and particularly sharp raps on
the crown of my head. The clock struck
the three quarters. I was now convinced
there was sometnm wronrr. nat was
I to do? If I disturbed tne house and
told the story, I should be laughed at
and set down as either drunk or dream
ing. I resolved to brave the worst. I
got out of bed, and gently opening the
clock case stopped the vibrations of the
nenduium.
'Come, that must prevent the striking.
thought I, aud laid myself down, with
something like a chuckle at my own bril
liancy.' 'A chuckle!' murmured the mild one.
I had not been in bed more than five
minutes,' resumed Ponsonby, 'when I
heard the door of the clock case open
slowly, I felt, I confess, a tremor'
I should think so.'
'As I saw the pendulum throw a som
ersault on the floor, and deliberately hop
hop hop towards the bed. It paus
ed for a moment, and bending its rouud,
brazen face full upon me, said '
'Spoke!' gasped the mild one.
Said,' continued Ponsonby, not heed
ing the interruption, 'Sir, 1 am very much
obliged to you for stopping my labors.
People think I never want any rest, but
that I can stand being perpetually wound
up and kept ou the go. With your per
mission, I'll get into bed ;' and without
waiting for an answer, into bed it got.'
"I suppose,' continued the pendulum,
you aie not aware that this is our room.'
"Our room !' said I.
' 'Yes, mine and the rest of the works.
The man who made us, died in this bed,
and left it to us as a legacy. You
found something rather unpleasant, did
you not ?'
'Yes, I answered, 'very unpleasant.'
'Ah! that was the striking weight; he
always serves intruders that way when
we are going. When wl; are not, and 1
come to bed, he is quiet enough. But a
I am likely to be set going again in the
morning, and it's now nearly half-past
one, I'll wih you a good night,"
'Good niirht, sir,' I rci.lied, quaking
from head to foot. So, thought I, who
ever sleeps in this bed must either sub
mit to be thumped black aud blue by the
strikiug-weight, or accept of this horri
ble monster for a bed-fellow. At this
moment the pendulum, I suppose, fell
a?leep, tor it ectmnencea an incessant
'tick-tick, tick-tick,' that rendered all at
tempis at forgetfuInes3 cn my part, im
possible.' Another glass of brandy and water!'
cried the mild one.
'No, no,' said Ponsonby, 'I would ad
vise you not. Hare your chamber can
dle and go to bed.'
G j to bed in No. 421' exclaimel the
mild one. 'Never!'
Mydear fellow, matters may have
changed since the period I have been
talking of. Go to your room, and if any
thing occurs, it is easy to ring the bell.
Come I'll see you to the door.' And ta
king their candles the pair proceeded to
No. 42.
Here we are, good night; said Pon
sonby. The mild gentleman could only wave
his head ia valediction a he entered the
haunted chamber. In a minute he utter
ed a shrill cry, and rushed into the lubby,
hi hair literally on end with terror.
What's the n at:er?' said Ponsonby
. v a
iisuurc m ueu-iasi asieep i re
geen it the pendulum! I'd not sleen
l mere lor a tnousand pounds !
m m
I . .
-Hioad rrracicnn! What ZZ v.-Mint'
I as
I - Tf - r ' WW JV, V
'Sleep on the stairs if I had but my j
carpet-bag out of that room.'
I'll fetch it for vou. I don't mind the
rpndulum: hp's an nU friprH rf minf f
r .... .
In another minute the mild. one was
travelling down to the coffee room, bum-
ping his carpet-ba? from stair to stair, to
the probable disturbance of the whole
house.. -
Betty! Betty!' said Ponsonby in an
under tone, 'tell the porter to bring my
baggage to No. 42. Ha! ha! Capital,
Betty,' roared Ponsonby, as he saw the
cause of the mild one's terror.
It was the brazen warming ran com
fortably put to bed ia Noa.. 42, and which
thP M. O., in his terror, had taken for
the pendulum.
In tJe morning the mild gentleman did
not show himself. He had drank three
bottles of soda-water, paid his bill, and
gone off by the first train to Londoa. I
Fanny Ferns Sunday.
Sunday morning again. How many
pleasant breakfast tables il looks down up
on. No need to hurry away to othce, or
store, or counting room. Fathers co ne
leisurely down ia dressing gown and
slippers, and sip their coffee without dan
ger of choking. Thy have tim2 to look
around and fee how tall the children are
growing, and that nothing in this world is
so beautiful as a rosy baby fresh from
slumber. Mother, too, has the girlish
smile that comes not often on a weekdav,
at
or if it does, father has not time to notice
it, and that, perhaps, after all, is the
reason it comes so seldom. It is pleasa nt,
after eggs and coffee, to sit cumfortably
cownby the fire, the center of a ring of
happy faces, and hear the church bells
chime. Time enough yet to go, f r this
is the first bell.
Church bells are not to my ear "an im
pertinence." One is a free agent. I am
free to go, which I like to do ; you are
free to stay, if you prefer; though I may
think you make a mistake. I don't say I
should go every Sunday to hear a man
who is always binding doctrines together
like dry sticks, and thrusting them at his
yawning hearers. I want to hear a ser
mon that any poor soul who straggles into
church, from any by-lane or alley, can un
derstand, and carry' home with him to his
cellar or garret ; not a sermon that come3
on chariot wheels, but afoot, and with a
warm, life-like grasp for every honest
aye, and dishonest hand in the assembly,
defaulter or mag ialen, for who bade you
slam Heaven s gate in their faces?
I want a human sermon. I don't care
what Melchisedek, or Zerubbabel, or
Cerenhappuk did, ages ago, I want to
know what I am to do, and I want some
body besides a theological book worm to
tell me somebody who is sometimes
tempted and tried, and is not too dignified
to own it; somebody like me, who is al
ways sinning and repeiiting; somebody
who is glad and sorry, and cries and
laughs, and eats and drinks, and wants to
fight when they are trodden on, and don't.
That's the minister for me. I don't want
a epiritual abstraction, with stony eyes
and petrified fingers, and no blood to bat
tle with. What credit is it to him to be
proper? How can he understand me?
Were there only such ministers in the
pulpit, I wouldn't go either, because my
impatient feet would only beat a tattoo on
the pew floor liil service is over; but
thank God there are; and while they
prtach I shall go to hear them, and come
home better and happier for having done
so.
So I pray you don't abolish my Sunday,
whatever you may do wiih yours. Dou't
take away my blessed Sunday breakfast,
when we all have tim to love one anoth
er. Don't take away the Sabbath belli,
which 1 so love to hear. D jn't take away
my human minister, whose God is no ty
rant, and is better pleaied to see U3 go
smiling home from church, than bowing
our heads like a bulrush, and groaning
back to oar dinners, till all you anti-Sabbatarians
are mad to abolish Sunday
and no wonder.
A Stamper Stumped.
The subjoined anecdote of a demagogue
candidate for the legi-la'ure of a western
Stat., has been sent ly a correspondent :
"There was a stump-tpeaking.' and
Abner G. D. had ben platform enlight
ening 'the unternued' lon and loudly.
'Fellow-citizens,' said he, ! now come to
a slanileruus report which has been most
dastardly circulated against me, from one
end of the country to the other. My en
emies not content wiih eudeavoring 1 1 ruin
iny political prospects, hav, assassin-like,
attempted to I la t my good name by their
insidious reports.' Abner then stated
what the rumor was, and continued : ' I
rejoice, fellow-citizens, to have it in my
power instantly to fasten the lie upon this
malicious and atrociojs slanderer. I see
among you one of the mod estimable
citizeus of this country, whoie character
for truth and integrity is above question.
Spin Schooler, to whom I allude, is
acquainted with all the facts, and I call
on him here to state whether this rumor
is true or false. I pause for a reply.'
Whereupon Squire Schooler slowly arose,
and in his stroug. slow and sonorous voice,
said, "I rather think you did, Abner!"'
"You old scoundrel!" exclaimed Abner,
"why do you interrupt me while I am dis
cussing great Constitutional questions,
with your low persoualitie" And he
accompanied this cbjuga'ory exclamation
with such a 'surare' of sesticulaiiou that
he stepped cevonu the nlatfnrm fVll T M.-
ward on a rj;g no?, amid the howls of
which, and the deafnin-r rmr tk
I ry a, a a.aT3
O
wr-rprTrw ' tho
meeting was effectually
a
Vr'-or, n
I h4 Wat V.
up,
Jlolel SpCCCll la the SllSSOirl I: '
Islatare.
We find the following in the repcrti.
?1 ne proceeuinga or tne .uissoun J-eg-
Mature, it will at once occur to U:
feaaer or 3ir. rut a speecn, tnat heis, as
his name would imply, a descendant cf
Lord Chatham. His chief resembhr.c m
to that distinguished orator, is said toccn
sist in the possession cf two legs, and ft
head with a nose oa h. ..Read Mr. Piit'i
speech: . . . v -
Mi. Pitt offered the following:
Resolved,' That the speaker be author
ized to cause to be printed and posted tzi
hundred bills, announcicg the ih cf
Janutry, lSod.
Mr. Abney moved to lay the res-I .
tion on the table.
Mr. Pitt Mr. Speaker, this Haul
passed resolutions sir, to celebrate, ia
an appropriate manner, the Sth of Jana
ary. This is a resolution simply askicj
that notice be given to the public of that
day. We have declared an intention,
and now, when we come to publish it,
sorr.e gentleman is suddenly seued with
the 'retrenchment gripes,' aud equina!
around like a long red worm jon a pta .
hook. Laughter. "I Gentlemen keep cca-
tinually talking about economy. I, my
self, do not believe in
lti m
the public
purse with cobweb strings, but when re
'J"S
trenchment comes in contact with ritri
otism, it assumes the form of smallaess.,'
Such economy is like that of Old Skin
flint, who had a pair cf boots made fi
his little boy, without soles, that they
might last the longer. Laughter.1 ; I .
reverence the 'day we celebrate.'' It is
fraught with remeniscensesthe most stir,
ring; it brings to cur mind one of th& '
grandest events ever recorded in letters
of living fire upon the walls cf the tem
ple of fame by ihe strong. right rra .cf
the God of war ! Oa such occasions we
should rise above party lines and politi .
cal distinctions. I never fought under
the banner of Old Hickory, but ;by th
eternal' I wish I had. Laughter aad
aprlause. If the old war horse wis
here now, he would not know his own
children from the side of Joseph's coat cf
many colors Whigs, Know-Nothings,
Democrats, hard, soft-boiled, scrambled
and fried, Lineonites, Douglasites, acd
blatherskites. I belong to no party; I
am free, unbridled, unsaddled, ia tha po
litical pasture. Like a bob-tailed bull ia .
ily time, charge around in the high crass
aud fight my own flies. Laughter.- .
Gentlemen, let us show our liberality oa
patriotic occasions. Why, some mea
have no more patriotism than you conld
stuff in the eye of a knitting needle, '
Let us not squeeze five cents till the ea-.
gle on it squeals like a locomotive or aa
old maid. Let us print the bills and ia-.
form the country that we are as full of'
patriotism as are Illinois swamps of tad- .
poles. Laughter. I don't believe ia "
doing things by halves. Permit me, Mr.
Speaker, to make a poetical quotation
from one of our noblest authors: "
"I love to see tht treea (rasa grow.
Am.njthered 3fayroes;
1 love to see an old (ray horsey
Fjr when Le gje he yotet.
Convulsive laughter.
After the above speech the House re
fused to lay the resolution on the table. . '
A Strange Prayer
The following prayer was made by'-
John Ward, of Hackney. England.- The'
document was found in Ward's own haadi
writing. It is one of the examples ca
record of men combining in themselves
the utmost fanaticism with the total ab
sence of anything like feeling : .
O Lord, thou knowest that I have my '
estates in the City of London, and like
wise that I have lately purchased aa es- .
tate in fee simple in the county of Essex, ..
I beseech Thee to preserve the two coun
ties of Middlesex and Esjex from .fire .
and earthquakes ; and as I have a mort
gage in Aertfordshire, I beg Thee to '
have an eye of compassion on that coua- . .
ty.and for the rest of the counties Thou
mayest do as Thou pleasest with them.
O L'jrd. enable all the banks to answer
their bills, and make my debts on' good
men. Give a prosperous voyage and re
turn to the Mermaid sloon. because I've
insurtdit; and as Thou hast said the
days of the wicked are but bort, I trust "
in Thee that Thou wilt not forget Thy .
promise, as I have purchased an estate ia'
reversion, which will be mine upon the .
death of that profligate young-man. Sir
J. L. keep my friends from.siakiag,
and preserve me fro n thieves and house
breakers, and make all my ferraats so'
honest and faithful that they may attend
to my interests, and never cheat me cut "
cf my property, nigh: or day."
Onr Best Parlors. .
Do not keep a solemn parlor, iata which
you go but once a month, with the par
son or sewing soci-ty. Hang . arouaoV
your walls pictures which shall tell stories
of mercy, hepe, courage,.faiih. and char
ity. Make your living-room largest and
most cheerful ia the house. Let the
place be such when your bov has rone to
I a distant land, or fven when rerhaps he
enngs to a siugie pianit m the lonely wa--ters
of the wide ocean, the thought of tha
still homestead shall come across the des
olation, bringing always light, hope'aci
love. Have no dungeon about your house
no room you never open do blisdj
' nKvir; cVmt
To prevent a dosr from killing shf5.
( cut off his tail close up to his ears Is
loro La comcjeiice.3 ruaaiag tboct. .: .