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j ISHERi &J COLII APP,
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3ro;wuvilloi 3NT. T.
TERMS:
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$2 00
6 00
8 00
16 00
C ipies, to one address,
. of Five,
of Ten,
hen not paid In Advance, tut psldwltbin ine year,
r tent will be added to the atove terms,
delayed one year, or more. 25 per cent will be
d.
"T Book "Work, and Plain and Fancy Job Work,
In the bet style, and on short notice.
)U SINESS CARDS
0. F. STEWART,
GLICTIC PHYSICIAN
SURGEON,
-r-m tt n t-tf Drnu Store, nfUadaTa
AID
t, Main street.
v6-n43-ly
DVARD W. THOLIAS,
ATT0RKEYd AT LAY,
3LICIT0S IN CHANCERY.
Otic comer ot MaiTTnd First SUeet.
BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA.
LIILLINERY GOODS I
3IRS.3IAUY UCITCTT,
. Announces to tbe ladies of Brownvlll e and tI
i cinity, tbat fhe bas Just received from tbe
East a magnlOcent stock ot
ASD SUKHEE HILLIKXET GOODS,
Consisting of
.dies' nnd MiseH Donnets and Ilatf,
Uibbons, Flowern, kc,
wbicb she invites tbe attention of the . ladl", ee -assured
tkey cannot be better suited in atyleqnal-
or price. '
D. C. SANDERS,
Agent for
pncciiiz INSURANCE CO.,
HARTFORD, COXN.
xrol)atc Judge, Ei-officio Justice of Peace
AXD AXD TAX-PA YIXG AGEAT
Will make out and take acknowledgment! o
teds, Mortgage8,lionds,4c, ic.
IVompt attention paid to all buoineii entrusted t
.care. Office erer Citj lrug Store,
BPSOWNVLLLE, N. T.
THOMAS DAVIS,
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN
AND
SUKGEON,
TABLE BOCK, NEBRASKA
' , Reference, Dr. D. Gwin, Brownville.
April II, '61. n40-Ij
t ssriAi UEAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
FALLS CITY, IfEBHABKA.
; j-j- Wisi practice in all the Courts of ivebraska.
v3-nSly
FAIRBANKS'
STAKDAED
SCALES
OF ALL KINDS.
I aio, "Warehouse Trucks, Lettei
i Presses, &c.
FA1R3AMK5, GREEULEAF s CO!
V2 EAILE ST., CHICAGO,
t-Be careful, and buy only the Eenulne.J
s June 12th, ISCJ n9-Sai
TO THE A P F LICTED.
f DR. A. GODFREY,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
OBSTETRICIAN,
Educated in France, bavinc twenty-inve years expe
rience in tbe Medical science, and one of the correspon
lpct of the "American Journal
iiSSK'assdM rJiiMMll III will
ces," bas located permanently
spectfully tenders hi? profession
liens of thin city and viciuity.
He will not confine bis services to common practice,
but extend them to chronic diseases diseases of long
stmdinc Ma!icnant Tumors and Sores Abscesses and
Ulcers, Caucers and Sore Eyes, even partial Blindness,
Kpilep'y,, commonly called Falling Sickness. Palsy,
Neuralgia, Dyspppi-y, Consumption in the first and
second usee, insanity in some forms, and diseases of
ercry kind. Particular attention paid to Ague.
He will, if requested, give reference to those pro-
nuni:ed incurable in tbe United States, ana arierwarus
cured bv him.
e iuit be foun 1 at all hours Jeither at W H McCreery's
Drug Store, or at his dwelling housr , when not engaged
on professional busiuess. nooiy-
New Remedies for
SPERMATORRHEA.
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,!
PHILADELPHIA.
A Btntvolent Institution tttobhthed bv tret
dotemcnt , for mt krlitf of the Sick and Vittrttted,
cjnuted with itrulentand Chronxe Vueatet, onaiyear! - i t
especiaJ.y for tht Cure of Ditne$ of the Stxuai 53-It grows equally well with ns on epUtd, where
urannt. 1
MEDICAL ADVICE given gratis, by the Acting
Surtfon. I
Valuable Reports on Spermatorrhea, and other dis-
ease of the Sexual Organs, and on the NEW REME-
DISS employed In the Dijen&ary, sent in sealed lettei 1
e-nve lopes, tree t cbargt. Two or three stamps accept- 1
kie.
Adress DR.J. StlLUK HOUGHTON, Howard As-
tnx.ition. No. 2. South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
December K, 1861. &2S-17
J. V7. MIDDLETOH
' Manufacturer and Dealer in
X
SADDLES, nARNESS, BRIDLES
, "COLLARS, YIIIPS, LASUES,- .NETS,
CURRT COMBS, CARDS,
BRCSEES, CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS,
rEASTEItlXG IIAIU,
' -15D A VARIETY OF EVERY THING
rERTAIXIXO TO
. 127" My Prices Shall be in Accordance
5 . with the TIMES
! i By Strict Attention to Business I Expect
a Continuation of the Libaral Patronaga
Heretofore Bestowad by a Oenaroua Public
Jlepsdrins of all Kind3 Executed
PHOLXPTLT. .
CAH PAID FOR HIDES.
i. yr. iciDSLrro'
iirwltl, 1863. nl.ly
REIT1IEYEH & ROBISOII,
MAK CrACTCRrRS OP
AND SHOES
MA,W "TWriW riRST AKD 8ECOKD STS.,
m boots
HiTltnM. ... 1 , .7 i. . , In the best manner, for which a charge of the aalcosi
jcVued br Wb t r the SUo 8!,op forTner,J will be made. No charge will be made for tk livery
1 educidDrt.' WC B0T ffer 0Cr W0Tk t r4t" o1 Packages on board steamboats.
r 'sal, rwii -T,v manntctBr all.tbat we offer AU communications dressed te the vrcUacd
Br;nist t7 7ir,nte4' , will re,:eive prompt attention. J '
( rnv, ue,Sept.7, lS6i.- nll-y March. ISC 2. . H. 10.113.
f w A i
VOL. VIII.
HELLO, STRANGER!
WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE
...
NEW GOODSP
AT
J. BERRY & CO'S.,
THE VERY CHEAPEST HOUSE IN
r f '
BROWNVILLE.
J. BERRY & CO.,
Have Just received, ana are new opening, at
stand on Main street, one of the largest stocks of their
DRY GOODS
AND
ever offered In thli market. Kemember the plact.
J. BERRY & CO.'S,
Uo. 11, ZLa1zx otroot,
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
May 31, 1862. n-U
JACOB MAROHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
BRO WXVILLE, NEBRASKA'
Calls tbe attention of Gentlemen desiring new, neat
servicable and fashionable
Wearing Apparel,
To HIS
HEW STOSK GF GOODS,
JUST RECEIVED,
BROAD CLOTH 3, CASSIMERS, TESTINGS, ke.,4.
OF THE VERY LATEST ST1XES,
Which be will sell or make up, to order, at unprece
dented low prices. Having on band one of
SINGER'S SEWING JIACIIINES,
h is able te do Custom work at rates that defy compe
tition. I wamnt iny work,
Hand as well as Machine Worli.
Those wlshimr any thins in his line will do well to
call and examine bis stock before investing, as he
pledges himself to bold out peculiarly favorable in
ducements. Kovember Hth, 1863.
Merchants and Post Masters who will addres ns tl
ail, will be eurpiiea wnn Viaraen, neiu
Seeds to sell on commission t fair rates.
Tkese se((
are all grown here and are true to name. t
THOMPSON at HHiiuaa,
Nemaha Nursery. Syracuse, Otoe, Co.,
Aug. 16 An5-Fn3-tf JerasKf
SALIXALBA. j
TIic Greatest Timber fo tne
PRAIRIES.
ITS- Tt makes a perfect nedce fence In font years t
ri- One Acre of it set this fall. In flvejears will
make encash Wood for one Family 1
JT It crovi dlrairht. and rerv tall I I
r" It iiflvr eDrouta fram the roots ; bn) whea eit
down, will grow again from the stump, veryrapidly I
O" It is the best soft wood for fuel, f any otner
nnrnosel i
mr When kept off tbe ground, the rails till last 30
ttrnt ricn, as in iue Doiioms 1 1
53- Cuttings eight inches loug stuck In tbe Wound In
t' Kail, never fail to crow ! I
r"5- M'e sell It for f per thousand Cuttinte. dellv-
ereil at any of our Agencies. j
53- Parties wishing to buy, should order es iy of oar
Agents, so thai iney may notiry us in time
t CUTTINGS 1
Buadled and delirrd at the above plaes, as
soon as tie lea res fall.-
AGEWTO.
T.R. FISHER, rwwuville, is Agent lot Nemaha
and east half of Richardson Counties. 1
CURTIS h. PEAVEtt, Pawhee City, are Atents for
Pawnee end west half of Ricbardson Counties;
REV. MR. TINKHAM, Beatrice, is Agent fcr Gage
and Jones Counties. 1
J. H. BUTLER, Austin, Agent for Clay W Saline
Counties. 1
Beware of Willow Peddlr3.
1 . '
We learn that many swamps of common Wllliw have
been cleaned up, and tbe Cuttiue sold as Gray Villow
We get our Willow of SAMUEL KDWARW.Of La
Jliille, Illinois, a responsible N urseryman. r ,
COMMERCIAL NURSERY,
Ol AHA, ACnit.lSIkA.
E. H. BUROHES,
PROPRIETOR.
I have lout since ben
I clw Nursery la the West, where
TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS; &c.
Can be adapted to nr climate and soil. Iniewof
these facts, I have esubiishAH in --.
for sale at v"' vuc"
Wholesale or Retal,
A large and well selected stock, suited to' this Unate
of .
Apples, standard and dwarf; Pears, standard aalwart;
Cherries, standard and dwarf j - I
Peaohes," . ; . . - . . ,Plu
Apricots, Kectarln.
Quince, Goosberries. 1
Currents, Grapes, , i .
Raspberries, j
"StrawtSrries, .Blackberries, I
Svercreens, Shrs.
Roses, )aL!W
ornamental Trees,
Greenhouse and Bedding Plants, etc., efc
To wbicb I would beg leave to call the attentU of th
people of Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, lows aii Kortk
west Missouri.
53" My terms will be as low as any rallableasters
Nursery.
By purchasing of ma tbe expense of tranfertatkes
from tbe east can be saved.
All trees and plants are carefully labeled afl packed
LIBERTY AND UNION,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA; ' THUESDAJ. nF3U AllY 4, 1864.
: -"?a nun thi:' r - '
act xi.
FALLING STARS.
Since first Cbaliea'f ahepardi aiarked
TiiftUvstsriescf tbeakies,
A iid watched tha imilinj atar coma forth
Tha gloriosi planeta riae, ,
Astrcnomers bare eeen with awe
Those wanderers of tha night,
That shoot from their appoiated sphere,
And vanish oat cf sight. : . .
Are they bj eom opposing power "
Prom their bright lirthplaoa drireat .
Or do they by wild impulse wrged.
Thus madly rush from Heaven t
Vainly we. ask we can but sigh,
. In fend regret, to know
Their light is lost to realms above,
Nor found in worldi below.
Sad noss more deep than this wo feel
When warring States decline;
' When, 'mid the constellated band, .
No more they move and shine ;
When, proving reorcant to ha law
That rules in earth and sky,
They break the sacred bonds of love,
And from their orbits fly. .
Spirits of darkness joy to see
These glorious lights go out,
And bail a falling State or star '
With loud, exultant shout;
But sorrowing angels veil their eyes,
And good men weep and pray,
As from the peace and joy Hoavea
These reckless wanderers stray.
An Arkansas Hero
Some three or four years after the ad
mission of Arkansas into the Union, a
young man, whom we. shall call Arthur
Granger, a native cf Ohio, went to Lit
tle Rock to set up the practice of law.
He was then about three and twenty
years of aje, small, slender and effemi
nate looking, with light hair, almost
beardless face, and dark blue eyes. His
dress, though not exactly fopyish, was
altogether too fine, neat, and precise, to
suit the taste of men who always seemed
prepared for roughing it in the back
woods as most of them had done at one
time and other; he was morever, a stran
ger from the North, who had perhaps
come there to disply his. learning, and
pick up their money, so that fromthe
very first he was regarded with, cantempt
and aversion. , ' . '
The first six or eight months he got no
s
practice whatever, notwithstanding he
was regularly at his office, or the court
room, wailing and hoping; h was about
to give up in jspair, and betake him
self to another locality, when , one day
a tall, lank individual came scuflling into
his apartment, aaJ after sur veyiag him
keenly from head to foot, said, as he
helped himself to a seat :
See here, young hop-thumb, is there
anything in you?"
"Yes, my breakfast!" replitd the
young lawyer,
The other stared at him a few a few
moments and seemed undetermined
whether to consider the reply a joke or
an insult. He finally grinned and pro
ceeded: "I mean do ya know anything 1"
"Oh, yes, something," answered the
other, pleasantly. "I know the differ
ence between a horse and a herse block."
"Can you write ?"
"I have wrote my naae before now."
" The stranger drew a newspaper from
his pocket, opened it-deliberately, point
ed out an article, handed it to the young
man, and then said :
"Read that!"
"Aloud?"
. "Yes."
The young man complied, and read a
tirade of the most scandlous nature against
one Miles Gregory, the democratic can
didate for the legislature.
"Well, '.V demanded the strangtr,
"what do you think of that ?"
"It is pretty severe."
"I blieve you. Do you think there is
another nan in the state of Arkansas
that can write as scorching a thing agin
the whig candidate V
"If there were facts to justify it, 1
doubt not such an article could be pro
duced." "To thunder with your facts !" cried
the stranger, excitedly; "facts haint got
nothing t do with politics; thars no facts
in that ; it's all lies from bennnin to
end. I'm that Miles Gregory and oughl
to know. I'll give fifty dollars to any-
btdy that will write at Garage a thing
agin Joe Perrin,"
"When do you want it?"
To-day." -t
Without regard' to facts?"
They haint got nothing to do with it,
I tail yu. "
"Very well ; in a cuple of hours if
you'll call in I'll show you something to
match' it."
. "If you'll do it, or the half ca't," said
Miles Gregory,!tTll put you in a way to
make a fortune."
He went out and, returnsd at the ap
pointed time, anJ the yeung lawyer had
the article reidy.- 'Without descending
as low as the model in falgar epithets, it
'IN
ONE AND'INSEPAIl ABLE, NOW A N D F O It E V E Tt ."
was even more terrible in its' wt'uering
sarcasm. G rcgory " could " scarcely con
tain himself while the young.lawyer was
reading it, and as soon as. ha was dose
he bounded from his; seat with a yell cf
triumph, and seiz iag the'delicate; little
hand of the writer; almost crushed it be
tweenhis great, bony fingers. - .". -
"You've dene it ?l'. he crisd,; with ah
eath,' "and you'll hare something t& do
better than spring at'blak walls.- Here 's
your moneythe only "difference is, I've
concluded to makt it a . hundred instead
of fifty; but that's my. businesi, - so none
of your nonsense.". '
Ha rushed out with a .triumphant
laugh, leaving the young lawyer t ru
minate upon his first fee, aad the poi'
sible consequence of becoming a conspic
uous individual in that fighting region.
The next week the article appeared in
the democratic" paper, and created a
great sensation. One political party was'
delighted with it, and the other chargin
ed. Wha was the author ? Nobody
knew. The qutdnanes were puzzled.
Every known writer's ' style was duly
considered ; but something ia the article
differed from' each. Could it be. that
a ntw Juaius had some among them.
The democrats were anxious to find' out
to do honor to their champion ; and the
opposition thai they might contrive a way
to silence him. Nabody suspected the
beardless lawyer. Ia fact, if he had
openly avowed it, the chance was that he
would have been kicked fer a boasting
liar. . , ' '
Three individuals only knew anything
about it the proprietor ofjhe paper in
which it appeared. To ihe ' last,' indeed
was due the fact that the secret had been
kept so close. The moment he first read
the article, he acknowledge 'the power of
the writer, and demanded his name.
Gregory gave it without hesitations
The journalist was surprised. He had
seen the. puny lawyer, he said, but never
dreamed there was any such stuff in him.
"How did you find it out, Gregory?"
"Bv a blunder. I crot into his office by
mistake, and then something jasi kind of
.' l . . .
strucic me ia.iry.inu ming on a sort oi
experiment you know."
"Does any one else know anything
about it?"
"Nary one."
Then see here this must be a se
cret of honor between us. I am goin
to secure that young man to write lead
ers for me he is worth his weight in
gold but nobody must know who he is
and I am almost sure he will never be
suspected. Remember Gregory, if this
secret gets wind I shall blame you for
it!" ;
That very day Arthur Granger was
secured at a handsome salary, to write
such articles as the editor required from
week to week ; and it was further ar
ranged that the matter should be kept a
profound secret; and to avoid suspicion,
the parties were to meet only when ab
solutely necessary, and then either clan
destinely or openly as strangers, The
effect of the first article we have men
tioned ; but when the succeeding week,
some three or four more of the same
6tarap appeared, if anything more caus
tic and cutting directed against the whole
party, and individual members beside,
the excitement increased, curiosity be
came eager and wonder grew apace.
And each succeeding week but added
fuel to the flame. -"-The democrats grew
triumphant, and the whigs furious ; when
the parties being nearly equally divided,
the former carried the election by a res
pectable majority, the latter grew des
perate, and raved liked madmen, denounc
ing the unknown writer as a liar and a
coward, and making a standing offer of a
thousand dollars to any one who would
disclose his nam.
"If you are discovered, Granger, you
will have to quit thia region on short no
tice," said the proprietor cf the demo
cratic paper to the young lawyer, during
one of their stolen interviews.
"Why so ?" asked the latter.
- "Because you will be in danger."
"Will they murder me?" -
"They will ' insult or challenge you,
and you will have to fight or run."
"Suppose I fight?" .
"And be killed?"
"I must take my chance of course. I
shall be entitled to choice of weapons."
. ."What then? What can you do?
You are not heavy enough for a bowie
knife, and your antagonist will be most
likely to be a dead shot?"
"By your leave he may be shot dead
himself !' - . ' ' '
"Hi ! can you shoot ?"
"With one of my hair triggers I can.
snuff a candle at ten paces !"
"You amaze and delight me. Where
id you learn to hadle the pistol with so
much skill?"
"For the last tvra nr
"jhave been
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a-
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V
practicing daily in the wood just out of
town preparing for such .a crisis, which I
have all along forseen." ' '
"By heavens!" exclaiiTod the. other
grasping the young man' a , hand with an
increased admiration, ana jsst begin
ning, to know you. and ara proud of "year
acquaintance.- . To "ielLycu thi honest
truth, I ntver sr.rrosei Clzti vrar ' any
mere fight ia v iu than i:i a girl cf sistean;
and for.a ycung man to be challenged in
this region aad I refuse to fight, is to be
forever disgraced and not even the
genius of a Shakspeare, and the wisdom
of a Solomon, could give you any influ
ence over these people ; 'therefore, I be-,
iieve you would have to leave the slate in
event of a discovery." ' : .
."Mr. Bradley," rejoined' the; young
man, with compressed lips, and a pecu
liar gleam of his dark blue eye, "I hope
j and pray it may never be my fortune "to
meet an antagonist on the so-called field
of honor; but should such be the case,
mark me I may fall but he will dis !
Let us change the subject."
- The crisis came. Accideiitly the se
cret was discovered, and in lass than
twenty-four hours Arthur Granger re
ceived three challenges to mortal com
bat from three different parties. He
called upon Mr. Bradley, his employer,
to act as his friend and second, and as
sured him he was ready to fight them all.
"My dear friend," said the journalist,
taking him by the hand, "this is a serious
busiafiss, These men are all practical
duelists, and considered dead shots.
They intend to kill, that is. certain; and
to be candid, I t ste little hope of you
escaping all three. I am not sure that
you should accept more than cn chal
lenge at present."
"Oh, yes all !" returned the young
hero, positively. "Please - arrange the
first affair for sunrise to-morrow morn
jnr the second half, an hour later, the
third an half an hour -later still. f I
escape the first, I shall be in time for the
second; and if the second, the third will
not be kept waiting. If I fall before
giving such a chance, I must be excused .
Bradley threw his arms around the
neck cf the young man, and fairly hug
ged him, so great was his admiration of
his coolness and courage.
"If you live through this ordeal, you
can aspire to any office in the gift of the
people of this fighting State."
The meetings were arranged accord
ing to the wishes of Granger, and at the
hour he was on the ground with his
friends; nnd so were his antagonists with
theirs; and so, in fact, was half tht ex
cited town of Little Rock, who had come
out to witness the fight, see fair play,
and, if need be, take a hand on both
sides a part as friands, and a part a3
foes.
The preliminarits being arranged, the
principals of the first duel were placed
ten paces apart.
"Be firm, steady, and fire at the word,"
said Bradley, as he shook the hand of
Granger,
There was a few moments of breath
less suspense, and the fatal aign was
fiven. "In an instant the arms of the
combatants-ware raised like twe levers of
iron, the next moment there was a blend
ed report. Young Granger steed firm
with the blood trtckling down his fore
head,' ploughed by the ball of his anta
gonist, whe already lay stretched on the
earth, shot through the brain.
"Hit but not hurt !" said the young
lawyer cooly, running his finger along
the wround as his excited friend rushed
up to him,
Such skill and courage were enough
for even fighting Arkansas. A hundred
stalwart men rallied around our delicate
little hero, and swore bis life should not
be put in jeopardy agaia to please him
self or any body else; and placing him
on their shoulders, they bore him back-
to town in triumph, his two waiting an
tagonists nowise regretting the whim of
the spectators that had saved them from
standing before such a fatal marksman.
From that day forth the star of Arth
nr Grander was in the ascendant. He
. - -
subsequently married a lady of fortune,
and rose to the highest honors the state
could give him. . '
Though the names above are all ficti
tious, there are many persons living at
the north, who have heard the voice of
Arthur Granger in the halls of our na
tional congress.
"You fay, Mr. Jay, that you saw the
plantiff hare the house. Was it in haste?
"Yes; Sir?"
. "Do you know what caused the haste?'
"I'm not sartin ; but I think it wras the
beot Jof Mrv Stubbs, the gentleman he
boards with."
"That will do, Mr, Jay. Clerk call
tha next witness." ' '
v
NO.
At the rnarrisge tf a Mr. M--3 to a
young lady by tht narae cf Death, vrbib
the happy pair ere . enjoy in a' ihd first
fw moments cf their wretchi! lleitd
ness, in ihe gaetyef the evenir.g, a rr.eaa
fellow entered tbi bridal chamber arJ
r
pinn?l tho folic; rrirtj cuts ef?itn:h to tha j
beu cirtaia: '
X iiils c -i ii cr?Al2 ;
. ' TFao, to enjov a hsavenly bri'Je,
Uiput Liaiieir to I)cn;h. Exchana.
With joy reseivsl was "Death's embrace"
Bv this frail, slaful ilira ;
With joy ha sacght the holy p!je, -
There te be "aora agaia."
ArI should eur human pleasures tribe
: - Him back in butcaa gaija, , .
"Wa hope that ha will thea d escriSa '
His trip ta Paradise. - -
' Scotck MiifiTELST. The following
linss are taken from the Glasgow (Scot
land) Examiner. We commend them to
our readers, as displaying more know
ledge of the chivalry than we are apt to
credit foreign journals with:
'Neath a ragjed Palmetto Soathernersrtt,
A twiitinj the band of h'i3 Panama hal,
And tryfiig to lighten hif mind of a load,
By hnminj tha wards of the following ode :'
Oh 1 for a darkey, Oh 1 for a whip, '
Oh I for a cocktail, and Oh ! for a nip ; "
Oh 1 for a shot at old Greely and Eeechor, s
Oh 1 for a craok at a Yankee school-t eacher; .
0!) ! for a captain and Oh ! for a ship,
Oh 1 for a cargo oi darkeys each trip.
And so he kept Oh-ing for what he had not,
Not content with owing for all that he'd got.
Seme unknown cholera reporter states
that a lady wha had died of cholera, and
was laid out by her friends, was found
the night following standing at the cup
board eating cucumber pickles, or, in
other words -
They left her "a laying in" ia while,
Prepared for the grave's quiet sluaabsrs ; -Cut
they found" her the very next night
"A laying in" pickled encumbers I
We see an announcement of the mar
riage of Mrs. Greenback. Nowloakout
or a new issue of "legal tender." Ex
The iame will surely be goed, ..
h The law wa know w ill defend her,
' Ia u-g ged old-fashioned dies,
In the stamping ef aew "legal tender."
PROVERBS.
When the tree is fallen, every man
roeth to it with his hatchet.
Where men are well used, they will
fraquent there.
War makes thieves, and p ace hangs
thtm. .
Where the will is ready, the feet are
ight.
When the wind is in the eact it is
neither good far man or beast.
Whtn the good man is from home, the
good wife's table is soon spread,
Who so blind as he that will not see.
Who buys hath need of an hundred
eyes, who sells hath enough of one.
When the cat is away, the mice may
play; .
When good cheer- is lacking, cur
friends will be packing.
What cannot be cured must be endured.
What soberness conceals, drunkenness
reveals.
What the eye sees nt, the heart rues
the heart rues not.
Where every hand fleeceth, the sheep
go naked. ,
When the fox priaches, beware of
your geese.
Where heaer ceaseth, their knowledge
decrease th. ;
Who more ready to call her neighbor
scola, than the greatest scold in the
parith ?
- When the steed ii stolen, the stable
ioor shall be shut.- - - :
When all men say are an ass, 'tis time
to bray.
Wha is the true gentleman or noble
man? He whose actions make him so.
The age of a young ladyi3 no express
ed, according to the present style
skirts, by saying that eighteen springs
have passed over her. Ex.
Haw if she gets into them ths 'tother
end first ?
A dutchmaa was relating his marvel
aus from drowning, when thirteen of his
companions were lost by the upsetting cf
a boat, and was the only one saved.
"And how did you escape their fate?"
asked one of his hearers.
"I tid not co iri tt pota," wis the placid
reply, ,
The follawing epitaph on a tomestone,
in a church yard near Birmington, Eng
land, illustrates the ludicrous effect that
is often produced by inattention to punc
tuation: ''Erected to the memory of Jehn
Phillips who was accidentally shot as a
mark of affection by his brother." .
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one in thair estimation, unless ha knows
all about tho ways cf the woods.
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Egyptians have a custom cf sniping thera
did we tay ? Very well, sniping th;ui
is the word ; and now we will commence
in a roundabout way, to tell how it is
dons'. " .''..'
"A fine evening this," said a native,
bursting into out presance.
"Very." . : , ; , .
"Nice nightforsnipss.I kinder . thlak!"
"Snipe ! Are they plentiful ia this re-
gion f -
"Plenty! Golly I'd tell a man thay
was! Why, sir, no - longer ago nor list
week, me and two other f tilers, we went
out and caught fourbag-fulli." - .
"Caught them ! Why, how upon ear Ji
did you manage it ?" taid we, Iooklzg .
orward to a newitem for Wilke's Spirit.
"Yes, cotch Vm ; and we done it easy
enough. 'Drove thtm into the bags, air
drove same as you'd drive quails inta
a net. Four or five of U3 gbiag culta
cateh a' lot to-night. See howit'3
if you feel likeoing with us."
Of course we felt like going ; how
could we feel otherwise? '
A little after dark found" us cr our
way to the snipe swamp, all anxious fer
the sport. Our company wc made up .
a3 follows: Six Egyptians; John Ander
son Augustus Javer.'irom New York
city, now -visiting an Egyptian relative ;
Hazeal Greene, Esq., author of "A Tea:
of the American Egypt," and two empty
sacks. - ''
"Here's tha place keep still," said
the Egyptians, when we had reached tha
edge of a marsh, about - two miles from
the village. "Now, you two fellers what
don't know how to drive, you hold epen
th3 bags, while we a knows goes itUo
the swamp and drives 'em out."
The "two fellers" referred to were
John Anderson Augustus Javer, frcci
New York city, and your narrator. Of
course we were willing ta assist in tho
sport as much as we could and so they
stationed us at favorable points, about
one hundred yards apart, instructed us
how to hold the sacks open with their ex
panded mouths near the ground, and
desired us to remain immovable and si
lent, and to keep constantly b'uHlicg
away with lighted cigars, in oraer that
the fire would shrow an attract the snips
into the sacks. We confess that after
having taken several philosphical view
of the matter, we did not exactljr iria
what was going on ; but we held tha
bags nevertheless.
Having arranged us to their entire!
liking, the six Egyptians struck out cri
their drive. Away into the swamp went
they, hissing and shewing, and shaking
bushes with a right good will for a f ev
minutes, then all became silent. And
silsnce raigned awfully supreme fer at
least half an hour not a leaf rustled
not an overhanging branch scraped
against it3 fellows, and
"The licking cf my watchboyi,
Wa3 all the sound I heard."
Pretty soon I heard & Voice, "HellSj
Greene!"
"Aye, ape, sir."
"Caught any snipe yet ?"
Thi3 was from John Andenoa Aug:-
tus Javer. To make sure we got up ar.I
shook the bo,jtaftp which -ve fel: war
ranted in replying:
N'o ! Nary snipe ; but I think tha
conteraptable snipes have caught us."
And so thej had leastwise, such was
our conclusion on coming together and
holding a council of war. We were in
deeed sold, and with feelings none tha
best in the world, we slung cur sack? up
ito the fork of a sapling, and relied out
for home. - It is needless to add that wa
found the six Egyptians already there,
and that they laaghed heartily whils wa
didn't, not being able, ourselves, iz ssa
where the lanh came in.
A grand jury in raleldcn igttrt J a
bill against a huge negro for stialing
chickens, and before discharging' hira
from custody the judge bade hira ttind
reprimanded, aad concluded thus:
"Ycu may go nsw, John, (h'ii;3ghia
finger at hira,) and let fca wara yci
never to appear hsra again."
John, with delight ia his eyjj, sr ' a
broad grin, displaying his ivory, ripU:I
"I noulda't a bin here dis tims, Juigs,
only dt constitle fwUhme."
Truth crushed to earth will ri: