tASKA ADVERTISER
jUJSEM ETEET THCKSDAT IT
HER & COLIIAPF,
r Block, liala S't Between 1st & 2d
TERMS:
eyear. In advance,
, to one adUrc.s,
,,ald in Adrance, but paid wUbin Ibe rear,
,11 be added to the above wrmi.
oe rer, ore 25 r cent will bf
TTork, end Plata ana" Taney Job Wrk,
M atyle, and on fbort notice. ,
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VOL. VIII. ' 11 .BROWN YaLE; NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY, 21," 1864. : A; : ; - : " : yNO. 46.. rSiyr.'..
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I NESS CARDS.,
isiiAirriKAVis,'
1RNEY AT LAW,
LS CITY. JCEBRABJtA.
aictice in all He Court ol clraa.
jeTw. THOMAS,
0RHEYd AT LAV,.
.TOR Ii" CHANCERY.
corner of X5xin ii! Fir!t Street. '.
tVKVILLE. NEBRASKA.
STEWART, IvLDT,
CIRT1 & SURGEON!
corner of M.iin ail First Streets
i .
s 7 to 9 a. M. and I to 2 and C to
7 ' P M .
Voscrii i.uov,
R AND HAIR-DRESSER
vle V. O.I!u.!JitgUt.l-t anJ 2d.
.r.kstf. l.i? iat.-r.LS for former liberal
!,d is rti.l vu f.ti.d ready to slave,
i dreyfcnir in tliC-feett stjie
,Airil21,T-4.
r33-81y.
THOMAS DAVIS, ,
ZTICPHYSICIAN
; ROCK, NEBRASKA
?nce, Dr. D. Oirin, DrownvMle.
I. mo-iy
rc-ii zv. rxisssAVES :;hif."'
OILS U'Al.DTEn,
..-t yi-i. r-Jy to perforin all work, par
,t r.itHii'
; f in imintirs, gl.mnjr, and paper liarg-i-liort
iiolKv, and the most aj proved
.g cash. Give him a call.
xin t?trett, cast of Atkinson 'i Cloth-
Ayril 7. lr.
II. C. KAHE,
AMBROTYPIST,
Ifi.rcra-ed to tke MBIiOTVPES nV MfLlXe
OTVl'HS iu the best S;-t of tlio urtjaud at
Lower Trices tlian Ever IJeforc OlTercd in
IlroivnviSIe. " ...
lie etill oecnpics the Sky-Liht Gallery on Main
Street, opposite th City Drn Store, wbcio Lo
may be found daring business hoars. ,
ricturcs AVarrrnted to CJive Satisfaction
The j ulllc arc invited to call and -examine speci
mens. . ' .
Hours of operation, from 3 A. M. to 4 P. M.
ErtwnTille.Fi-b. 4, 1&64. r.23-tf
BEKKLEY& KEELY.
Wagcn LlakciG.
nWIXns PXCEXTI.V 1 FITTED CP TIir.IR
hboptvitb now uuh;nry jitv:h n aturniR'-'.atbe,
tdrcfo-eaw. t., w?v? V1 u".put o.I
Rrticlo vt Vakoss," V,rAo.v llfBSS. A30S Kows,
Vtw and Iiiri:jVEi Ccltiyatoh?, and everjtbin
in tbiir line that may be called f r from a complete
waoo down te the malh-f r. rf j airs rcdrd at .wer
rats titan they c:n lo Lai at any pJint t-a-t or
Wettof this i-!aJ Q . '
T
- - . .mi .
MILLINERY- GOODS I
' "ains. marv iiEivrTT,
Annoantea to U-'. ladies f Brownrillo and tU
;"ic3 cini'y. tbat Lb jot leccivea from tLe
Eat s magaincctit .tock ot-.
CPSca SVHH2Ii lilLLIIIEP.Y COCDS,
- C iislsties ot
Lmlies' and ?Iiisf- IJourtcts and Hats,
Kibbons. riou'tre, tc.,
which eh invite-' the attention of the ladies, feel
li. ' as.-rcdthcy cannot Le tetter euitcU In style, jua-
ity or price.
n4l-iy
Warranted Garden Seeds
Xo.
3KSMI7H SHOP,
sst corner Main and Socotid Strett,
ov::;vrLLE. nesha-ska. .
s Is prepared to do all kind of work in
ip fi eafh. Horse Shod. Flows Sharp
ns Irone4 off, in Tact anytbtrg in the
ng4Jne done in tbo test etylcoa short
BLFNDEN. K0EN10 & CO.,
(l..t.'"BMGAlStTTlCO.J
jG yoilh Second Street, a&ave Tine,
.T i .OTTTK. I'd. ...
CTer f nr aale at very low tignrea. a. lame nd welj
assort eJ jtixli of Auricnitural an.l rTirtir.ultnrMl Imple
ments. d-'Uipri.-in every lUu nc:oss?r lo the f aiuer,
together with a larpeaiiJ trvbti mi .y oi
.!- fti.ii e mi .ii ; i
l.'clotocd Garcen Sec;!-,
From the Saturday Evening Post.
SHIPWRECKED.
- Look where the flips go down j
' : Bonie silently and slow, ' -Upon
the e of life,
, ' Full freighted with their woe i 1.1
Other?, wi;h tattered Fail, .
. From lattlinwiib rough wind, , .
Sink down with mournful wail, "
Kor k-:iTC a traco bebind. -- " ''!
.. . : . i . . ' l
Look whero tha t hips ;o dowo, ,
1 All rcntd bb on ot;r way ; ' " ' -'
8&mo striko on sadden rock,. .'. '
With warning clear a day ,: t;
And Eorue, with calmejit tido, .
VThose jcurse ere now was bright,
Beneatb th dark waTes bide- '
Their last uncertain light. . ' :
" ' ' r'-" " "' -"Look
where the slips go down,
The barber full in view,
With warning on the "rocks r
To guide the trarcller throngh.
Look w here the .wrecks go down,
Or wonder tempest tossed,' . '
With ligh t and anchor gene ;
, Forever, ererkstl ; r "7
' ,-.'-Oh,
aoul of mine, keep calm!
Sail firinly on thy way, J - :
To- acet the great I Am" ' .
At Ileaven's all-crowning day; -Thy
fears will all be o'erj '
Thy anchor then at rest,
Anl thou for evermore
; ' Safe baTcned with the Mestl-t
I)
THE -OLD MAN'S -STORXs
A" THRILLlStf SKETCH.
i e:
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ui. .n --- t . i . - ;r..:i s'll CO
I.. i'r-.B li. evbrv jt.5,i.ii.:e. aim. ii.
t-t-e 1
1st, f A.
dSO-vS 2ra
FAIR BANK '
EIASDASD
SCALES
OT ALL KIKUf.
Alio, "Warehouie Trucki, Lettei
Presses, Ac.
AKKSf GREENLEAF & CO!
i LAKiE .ST., CHICAGO,
arefnl. r hit only the Pennine. JX
t .,-vc-t i.iariet rate; Ctnacie sfu u ..;t-
T' '?-.ioll6. &c..&f. '-.,,.
Af.vil t:or't.V AND TOBAtM O ? t.l D.
Dtver in seeds would co well toCLd tLem then
Send for Almanac and Illustrated Cata! .t-ne rst! s.
, BLUNDEX, KOENKi & CO. .
Feb. 26, 1862n34-ly ' .
BACK TO THE OLD STANDI
II 11 UK
CLOCKS,
t V I S E fl I
w ii i u in
it
.THEYR. & EOBISON,
MAKCTACTVHERS OF
'OTS AND SHOES J
FETwrrw riRiT akd sr.ccco sts.,
-ratly pvrcbasei". tbe Shoe Shop foT.ierlT
m.T. Pel, we noT offer our work at jneit
"irP8. We manufacture all that we oner
J"A11 work warranted.
FSprOS7, 1S62. ' : nll-t
LINE PLOYS, ., .
.500 ,.,'.,-.
i ..a
On hand and to arrire at
. CONSTABLE'S
md Steel Warehouse.,
10 anl 22 Thira Street, ' "
JOSEPH, MO.
S-tf.
rew Remedies for .
RMATORRHCA.
RD ASSOCIATION
TTTTLA.Dn-LPHTA.
Inttt'vt n estr.bhi.fiFi1 t v : '.ma r.
'f t f Ret rf o nrf iJArrMJ!
the Curt of DUtiutt Sxtrtl
A1)VTCS riTen gratis, by the Acting
.rt (vn.per.iorrha nd other 1i)
ial Or,., and nn the K EW HEM K
in tn. Ii-.rpnry, aent in sealed lettei
4f cl.ar . T c or three Siamp. accept-
J.SKll.I.TX none TITOX, now ard At
I, S 'tiUi .Ninth t. reei, Philadelphia. Pa.
, ISCt. r.?3-1y
r' I . 'AND' " ' r-
S'BWBIiB.'Y!!
JOSEPH S II U T Z
Vonld respectfull inform bis old customers that be
b-s apajn vpened hia Jewelrj Sh p in bis old stand on
Main i-treet, tcuih side, two doors eat of tbeBrown
ville Hote. lie keeis o" banti a spleudi l ai.?ortiiieut
of ever yti.ln(f ia bis line of buiuess, which lie will
tell on the Awpst terras ferCat-h
Of Clo Vs; Watches and Jewelry dune on the short
est Notice.
WORK WARRANTED.
Erownville, Xeb.: May 19th, 15C1. n37-v8-Iy
CHAS. G. DORSEY.
III IVtm&I il.fi.! 'liJiiL H
BP.OWSVILLE, XEEP.ASKA.
April 14 U, loCI. L3i;3j ly
NATIONAL: CLAIM AGENCY!!!
, ' O Xi -A. I 2VS a .
AGAINST GOVERNMENT
aCOLLi:CTED.5,
IT ATtVET i COLLIN'S, Wa binctou, D. C.
UKAV13 &. TOVVLK, Ki'.U Ci':; Ke raria. .
The above mentioned flrras h ive rve-et lo'o a cc-
panticr-bip n-r tt-e p.irrHH.e ot!v;'jTi i. vun io.-.,
bai k. Pty, p.-ici u'u.s l'et si m-;; v''T f-'1' i'irs' m ! Other
r lit while in trvi ; m4 11 ini-oo.liao'.us
cUitn vr.vefiit..d. At: y.i'.t!io:- or S.nl'-r'? tieirs 'who
liavelaiin aciiB-t tVe G'-'ii Ment wiU1 wc!i to
pive ' a cjit a. PiuUCitT. Xe:.mka. PrtKnlir at
iei'i.n p 't l to 1iutiiiz taa ! 1 Mi.Muri Knrl!e1
XilitiaCl AJiu ree. Ltr misweres ;nmpt
ly. N'otuiuiJjiiiel. 4'tiiia;C'ui ce't-
. 1-tK A V13 TOWLF4.
Mar ist. 1304. ' 'n.-35-v8-!tt .
AC0B.MAU0I1N,
CHANT TAILOR,
.LE, NLCKASKA
tention ef fieutlemen deslrlcg new, cent
J fashionable 1
Vearing Apparel,
to mi
7 STOCK OF GOODS.
JUST RECEIVED.
"US, CASSIMERS, VESTIXGS, Ae..&
VCIIY LATEST STYLES,
-1 aell tr make up, to order, at unprece
cea. Earinx on band one of
S SEWING MACHINES,
Co&totn work at rates that defy couipe
I warrant tny work,
well as Machine TTork.
tanythinjf in hia line will do well to
nt bis tux before inTeatine. as be
1 to bold out peculiarly favorible In-
y & Dress-making
SS E. Ia. HARRIS,, .7 '
nformthe ladies of Browori'le and
foe ha; juft cctnmenced a rsl class
:RY k DRESS MAKING
swill Udone with peat care an
arter the latest Eastern etjles.
ind repairing done 1n the Terr bet
ihort noUee. Please call f the resi
J oecnpied bt J. W. Colemaa .
,Maj it ' . - '
McLAliJiiLTX t 5WAV ire constantly re.'eivinft
a'U.iU in. ti their ato -lc of iJnceviej ani Haril
ware. Their G i -d aud Pricca wiltuii terybou
aty other m:iu."
choice iiauoss.
Wliolesalo and Retail.
1
Evan Worthing,
OF THE
Saloon
BROWN VILLE, . .
Haa Jtut lfcf.iTH the lf,rFf,t trii (,f
m .T."'i"7'1 v'Z"Tr i'f.ei in thla market . and
" 1 lLmM 1jw as any fljuse in tae Territory.
TI'UITXET'S BLOCK,a
Hia Street, Brownville.
.reb.4,C4 jlr. '"
PICtELS tr the d.wr v barrel, ,f . ,Uperior qual
itj, crusiantly on hnni h s
At aicl.angtilin & Swan's.
PITROK, xnace, epice, per-rcr. KiUCr nuTmer"cia
- iiauion, etc., etc: 1 1 beM: ja.4ijty '
At Xlcliuughiin &. Sivan's.
CrLTIVATOP.S, ScyJnes, CrI'es, lUkeT noes
Bi ada a, Shovels, etc,' e.c, ' '
At McLaughlin & Swan'g.
CRACKERS of all kind. S--l.Eu ter, Bston. Socar,
Wirieand Pkk-Jo'ic Crackers, Cream Biscuit aud
Ginger Snappa,
. . At JJcLaiithlin A Swan's.
NEW Orlean, Clarif.ed. Crutfced and Powdered S
ara, Golden Syrup .5n;ar House and Sorghum
Molas&ea
At KcLanghlin 4: Bvran's.
TOE best Flctir from thcL. S. V. G. Mills In quarter
ball and whole sacks trept
At rsicLaughlia & Swan'-.
SAtrg, rarfmerg, 'natclete ' Files, Or Chains and
At HcIiaugUin & Swan's.
rjHE bifibest market pn-e l aid for Country Prodnc
I hever shall forget the commencement
f the lemporance reform. lAvas a child
t thtt time of i-'cme ten yfnrs of aa.
Our home Iia J every comfort : aud my
f -.rents idolized me, their. child.,;. Wine
-xa.s often on the table, and both my fath
er and mother frequently gave it to me
in the "bottom .'of the glass. ;. ! , ; ..'...'.,
j One Sunday, t Church, a startling an
coupcement was made to our people.. I
knew "nothing of its' putport,' but there
was much whispering among the men.
The pattor said that on the next evening
there 'would le a meeting'and an address
upon the evils of inlebpefance in the use
ot alcoholic drinks. . He expressed himself
ignorant' of the object of the meeting,
and cculd'not say what course it ivould
be best to pursue in the matter.. .
The Vut ject of the meeting came up
to our table after the service, I question
ed my. father about it with all the curious
eagerness of a child. The whispers, and
words which had been dropped in my
hcarins-, clothed the whole alTiir with a
great mystery to me, and I wasalleager
ne?s to loam the strange thing.' 1 ' '
My father merely said it was "some
scheme to unite Church and State. ' ; '
The night came, and groups of people
gathered on the tavern steps, and I heard
the jest and the laugh, and.sav,drunken
raea reeling out of the bar-room. I
urgrd my father to Jet me go; tut, he at
first refused. Finally, thinking it would
be aa lonccent gratification of my curi
osity, he put: on Li&hat and we1 passed
across .the green to. the Church. I re
member well . how the people appeared
ts they came in seeming, to wonder what
kind of an exhibition was to cbme off.
In the corner was the - tavern-keeper,
aud around him a number of 'his friends.
For an hour the people I of the place
continued to come in, until there was a
fair house full; All were curiously watch
ing at the door wolidermg what would ap
pear next. - Tlie pastor stole and took a
seat behind a pillar under the gallery, as
if doubitul of the ' propriety of being in
Church at all. ...
Two men fiually came in and went to
'the altar and took'lheir seats Alieyes
were fixed upon them; rind a general
stillness pervaded the house.. . ,. '
The men were unlike in appearance,
onf b.;sng short and thick-set, the other
w.s tall aud well-formed. The younger
had the manner and dress of a clergy
men, a full round face, and a quiet good
natured look, as he leisurely looked a
round the audience.' ;' . '.
I3ut my childish interest was all in this
old man. His broad, deep chest, and un
usual height, looked' giant-like as he
strode up the aisle. His hair was white,
his brow deeply .canned with furrows,
and around his handsome mouth, lines cf
calm, touching madness. His eyes .vere
black and restless.)' and kindled, as the
tavern-keeper uttered a low jest aloud.
His lips were compressed aud a crim
son .flush yent and come ..over his pale
cheek. One arm was off above the el
bow, and there.jvai ,'a wida'scar over jhe
right eye j -j , ;,r (
.The younger finally arose and stated
the object of of the meeting, and asked
if there was a clergyman present to open
whh a prayer.,.. . , . -'. , ' ', . .: i .
., .Our pastor kept his seat, and the speak
er himself made a short prayer, and then
made a short address,, at the conclusion
calling upon anyone present lomake re
marks' ' '" : "; '" ; -'
:The pastor rose under the gallery, and
attacked tHs' positions or '.the. t speaker,
using the arguments which I have often
heard since,r and concluded by-denouncing
those engaged in the new movement
as meddlesome fanatics, who wished to
break up the time honored' usages of
good society, and injure the"' business of
respectable men. At the conclusion of
his remarks, the tavern-keeper and his
friends got up a. cheeri and the current of
feeling was evident against the. strangers
and their plan, i : r- v.: " .
While ; the pastor Iwas-. speaking, ihe
old man had fixed his dark eye upon him,
and leaned foiwaid, as if i'to catch eVery.
word. v. ..r;! u
.As the pastor took his seat,4tha :old
man arose, his tall form towerihgdn its
?5mmetry, and his chest swelling-its he
inhaled his breath through liis thin dilated
nostrils. To me, at that lime, there was!
something awe-inspiring, and grand in
the appearance of the - old man as he
stood with' his full eye upon the audience,
his teeth shut hard, and a'silenca like
that of death' throughout the Church.
He bent his gaze 'open the tavern
keeper, and that peculiar eye lingered
and kindled for half a momenta ' .
The scar grew red upon his forehead,
and beneath the heavy eye-brows his
eyes glittered and glowed like those of a
serpent. The tavern-keeper quailed be
fore that searching glance; and I felt a
relief when the old man. withdrew his
crate. For a moment he seemed lost in
thought, and' then commenced. There
was a. depth in that voice a thrilling pathos
andvveetuesi, vhich riveted every heart
in the house, before the first period had
been rounded.' My.Vfather's attention
had become' fixed on the speaker witbxan
interest which-1 had neire. before, seen
him exhibit. -;I canibut briefiy remember
the 'substance" of what' the old 'man said,
though the'scene . is as vivid b'efoteVme
as any that I have ever witnessed.
"My frientis.'- I arnastranger in your
village, and I trust I may call you friends
a new "star ha3 arisen, and there is
hope in the dark night which hangs like
a pall of gloom over our country," .With
a thrilling depih of voice, Ahe, speaker
continued: '-0 God, thou who lookest with
compassion upon the most erring of
earth's children, I thank thee that a bra
zen serpent has been lifted, upon which
the drunkard can look and be helped
that a beacon has burst out upon the
darkness that surrounds him, which shall
rruide back to honor and heaven, the
bruised and weary wanderer." ,
Jt js strange. what power there is, in
spine' voices. The speakerwas slow and
measured, but a. tear" trembled in every
tone; and' before I knew" whyi a. tear
dropped upon my hand, followed by others
like raindrops. -The old man brushed
one from his own eye, ah'd 'continued':..
; "Men and .Christians!. You have just
heard that am.a vagrant and fanatic. I
am rot. As God knows my own iad
heart -I came here to do good and be
just.
"I am an old man, standing atone, ht
the cud of life's journey.; There js deep
sorrow in my heart, and tears in my eyes.
I have journeyed over a dark and beacon
less oceanj and all life's hope's have
been wrecked. I am without friends,
heme or kindred ' upon earth, and lock
with longing to the rest of the night of
earth. Without friends, kindred or home !
It was not so oncef " ','(, j ;
No one could .withstand The touching
paihcs of .the old raan,iT. noticed a tear
tremble' on my father's eye,' and h no
more felt Ashamed of toy own. 'i
- "No my fnends, it was not so once.
Away over. the darkr waves which' have
wrecked myi hopes there - is a: blessed
light of' happiness and home. I reach
again conclusively for the shrines ot the
household idols that once were, now mine
no more." : - ; ! .:. .
The old "man seemed ' looking away
through fancy upon'scme bright vision,
his lips apart, finger extended. I unvot
untarily turned in the direction it was
pointed, dreading to see ome" shadow
invoked by its magic movements.
VI once had a, ' mother, ,"Vith her old
heart crushea with sorrow she went down
to the grave. ; 1 once had a wife a fair,
angel-heart ed creature as ever Smiled in
an earthly home;; ' Her . eyes as mild as a
summer sky, and ; heart as . faithful and
true ; as ever j guarded , and cherished a
husband
bve. ' Her fcJueves prewdifri
as tne nooG-f.ot rorrow1 ;foshed away us
brirhtneflld V,llnrr htr1 T irni
until every, fil re wa3 broken.. I once had
a nolle, brve and beautiful boy, but he
was driven out from the ruins of his home
and my cldj heart yearns to' -'know if he
yet lives. I ence had a tabea. sweet,
tender Ifosichi but my hand destroyed
it, and it liveth with one who-.Ioves chil
dren. :.. .-- e' ,
"Do not be startled friends; I am not
a murderer in the comtr on acceptation of
the. term..1 Yet, there. ia a Jight in my
evening' sky. -A spirit mother- rejoices
over the return of herprodigalscn.The
wife 'smiles upon him who. again ! turns
back to; virtue' and honor. ' The child
angel visits me at nightfall, and I feel the
hallowing touch of a tiny palm ' upon ray
feverish cheek... My brave boyif he yet
lives, wouhl forgive the sorrowicg old
man for the .treatment which drove him
inter ..the world; and the blow that maimed
him ; for life. God .forgive, me for the.
ruin, I have brought on me and mine.';;
"He again 5wiped a. tear from" hia'eye
My father watch.pd ihim, ttjib. a,; strange
interest, continuing - unusually, pale-,! and
excited; by some-strange-ernotion. : ;
! .''I was once ;a, fanatic, jand;raadly fol-l
lowed.the malign , light .which led -me. to
ruin. .Irwas a fanatic wert I sacrificed
my wife, children, .h,Appiness..and home,
to the-, accursed, demon of .the :bowL 'il
once adored the gentle being whpra I in
jured so deeply. , . f . . '
' "I was a drunkard.. From respecta
bility and affluence, I plungad into deg
radation , and poverty. I dragged'rny
family down with me. For years I saw
her cheek pale and her step, weary. I
left her alone amid .. the wreck of her
home idols," and rioted at the tavern. She
never complained, - yet she and the chil
dren went hungry for bread.
."One New Year's night,-1, returned
late to the hist , where charity had given
us roof. . She was yet up, and shivering
with the cold. I demanded foodj but .he
burst into tears and . told m. . there yas
none. I fiercely ordertd he to get seme.
She turned her eyes sadly upon me, the
tears falling fast over her pale cheek. At
this moment the child in the cradle awoke
and sent up a famishing ; wail, . starting
the despairing mother, like. a. serpent's
sting.
it; it'
"We, have no food. James r-have had
none for several days;, d have .nothing
for the babe. My once Jiind. husband,
must we starve?" " .' .
"That sad, pleading face,, and those
streaming eyes, and; the feeble wail of
the child maddened me,, and I yes, ,1
struck her a fierce blow in the face, and
she fell forward upon ,the hearth. The
furies of hell boiled, in my bosom, and
with deeper intensity as I felt I had corn
mitted a wrong. I had never struck
Mary before, but now, some terrible im
pulse bore mo on, and I stooped as well
as I could in my drunken state, and
clenched both hands in her hair. ,
,4(4 'God of mercy,. James!' exclaimed
my wife, as she looked, up to my fiendish
countenance, "you will not kill us you
will not harm Willie;'' and she. sprang
to the cradle, -and grasped;him in her
embrace. - I caught her. again ;by the hair
and dragged . her. to the. door, and, p.s I
lifted the latch, the wind burst in with a
cloud, of snow.r . .With the yell of a fiend,
I still dragged,.her. en, andt. hurled her
oat iq the darkness and storm. r.,Wiih a
wild ha! ha !I. closed the door and turn
ed the button, herpleading moansmingled
with Uie wail of tho blastj and the sharp
cry of her babe. Bui my work was not
complete. . .. : .. ,
"I turned to the little bed where lay
my elder son, and snatched. him from his
slumbers ; and agaicsthalf-awaked strug
gles, opened the door and thrust him out.
In the agony of fear, he called to me by
a name I was n longer fit to bear, and
locked his fingers into my side pocket. I
could not wrench that . frenzied j grasp
awajT and with the coolness of a: devil
as I was, shut the door opoa his arm, and
with a knife severed it away at the wrist."
. The. speaker ceased a r moment and
buried his face ir his hands,. as if to shut
out, some fearful dream, and his deep
chest heaved like. a storm-swept.sea, My
father had risen from his. seat, and was
leaning:forward, countenance lloodle&s,
and the large dropsstanding out upon
his brow. Chills crept back to my heart,
and I wished I was. at home. .The old
man looked up, and I nerer have since
beheld such mortal agony pictured upon
a human face as there was on his. .
... - - -
"It was morning when I awoke, and
the storm had ceased, tut the cold was
intense, I first secured a drink cf water,
and then looked in the accustomed place
for Mary. As I missed her, for . the
first time, a shadowy sense of some hor
rible nightmare began to dawn upon my
wandering mind. . j thought I had had a
fearful dream, but I involun'.arity opened
the outside doer with a shudderin? dread.
O . ;
As the door oponed, the scow burst ia,
followed by the tali of something, across
the threshold, seatttnng the snow' and
rible! it was my own injured Mary and
her bibe frozen to ice ! . The ever true
mother had bowed herself ever the child
to shield it, her own person stark and
bare to th. storm. She had. placed her
hair over th face of lEs .child, and, the
sleet had frozen it to the white cheek.
The frost was white in its half-opened
eyi3 and upjn its tiny ringers. I knew
not what became of my brave boy."
i And again the old man bowed his head
and wept, and all that were in the house
wept with him. My father sobbed like a
child.' In tones cf low and heart-broken
pathos, the old man concluded:
"J was arrested, and for long months
raved in delirium." I awoke, was sen
tenced to prison'for ten year's, but no
tortures could have been like those I en
dured within my own bosom. O Uod. no
i am. not a ianauc. a nu iv iujuru uj
one: ''But 'while ii live, let me strive to
warn others" hot to enter the" path which
has been so dark ami fearful a'ona 'lo
li fc: t
J.
:n t:
cli
it
me.
The old nian'sat down, but a fpell as
deep and as strong ai that wrought by
some wizard's breath, rested upon the
audience. Hearts could have beenheard
in their beatihgahd tears to' fall. The
old man then asked the people to sign
the pledge. MyJather leaped frcm his
seat, and snatched at it'eargerly. I Lad
followed him, and as he.hesitated a mo
ment with the pen in the iuka tear fell
from the old man's eye on the paper.
"Sign it, sign it, young man. Angels
would sign it. ,1 would " write my name
there ten' thousand time3 in blood if.it
would bring back my loved and lost ones."
My father wrote "Mortimer Hudson."
The old man looked,, wiped his tearful
eyes, and looked again, h'u countenance
alternately flahed with a red nd death
like paleness.'
"It1 is no? it cannot be yet, how
strange," muttered, the, old man. "Par
don me, : sir, but . that wai the caine : of
my own'" brave boy.
My father trembled, and held up the
left arm, from which the hand had been
severed.
They looked a moment in each other!
eyes, both reeled and gasped' U
"My own injured son!" 1 " '
"My father !" ' ' ' '
They fell npon each- other's neck and
wept; until it" seemed that their souls
would grow and mingle into one. There
was weeping in the church, and .ad faces
around me. '
"Let me thank God for his great bless
ing which has gladdened my guilt-burdened
soul !" exclaimed the eld man, and
kneeling down, he poured out his heart
in one of the 'most melting : prayers I
ever heard. The spell was then broYen,
and all eagerly signed the pledge, slowly
going- to their -homes "loth to , leave the
spot. ...'...;
The old man is dead; but the lessen
he taught hi. grand-child on the knee, as
his evening sun went 'down without a
. We know a lady who i3 csrtitely ta ht
pitied, if to be "fretted to tLiiV 1 7 s'a
pid serrants is. aajthiag . to es-us zzti .
commiseration. A few cp cur
friend wa3 much alarmed at '
ment an a'tteihpt had leen 1
her dwelling by burglars. ; L
gel that heJ "must et a' v
rogues."
Bridget, not. being long,
country, and not understand'
icg of the order, replied l : it tho.li
be done.
The next day cur lady mend, mi;:.:r.f
her fine gold lever from it3 accu3torrsd
place, inquired of Bridget ccncercing 1:1
whereabouts.
;Shure," she replied, "andidat 7?.. ..
ladyship tell me last aTenicg' tn sst a ;
watch frcm ihe thafe, an sure I did.
ma'am, an didn't he corns and t&ka it a
way wii him, shure, widout raakia ai
much asa joyrno'9 rnouse."
At a political meeting ia oae, of thi '
western towns, a'speaker named Lcn: .
responded to a'bud call, and-took tha
stand. " ' '
But a big strapping fellow persisted ia
crying out, ia a stentonoriaa voice:
Long! Long !" . t '
This caus?d a little corifusion.bat aftet
Rcme difficulty in making himself heard
the president succeeded iri stating that
Mr Long, ' the gentleman honored by
the call, was how addressing them. .
"Oh, he le. damned !"'. repLied tha
fellow; "he's! the little skeczricks that
told me to call for Long!" 1 '
This remark broesghdown the hous?
A religious lady chanced 10 go into
the country on a viiit to her brothsr, who'
was a deacon. On the first Sunday cf
her visit a lit'le soa of her brother's
came running into the house with a coup :
le of egg, which ha had just found ia '
the hen's nest.
"See aunt!" he exclaimed, "what cur
hens have laid to day !" ,
"What exclaimed the lady, IiMnj.n ,l
her eyes in hcrror, "is it possible that .
your father, a pious man and a dea:c2,
allows his hea3 toby' oa Sunday-?"
Two gentlemen recently rcifried, ca
a -beautiful, the ' other an extremely
frightful, woman. They were discussing '
the merits of their wives. Slid th3 cs3
who had espoused the b.aaty.
"Your wife is so very ugly !" '
4Ah, yes,' replied the other, 'if not
externally beautiful, sho is beautiful
within." : ' " ' ;i 1
, "Then," answered the first, ,4wh7.
don't you turn her inside out V
An Irishmen, who had grown a crop
of cotton near Memphis, was asked if cot
ton was the most profitable crnp h? could
raise. To which, with the Irish instinct
for bulbous food, he replied, '"No h:did
but sweet paratie3 ; and thim I al-.v3jj
r?.iipd till ; the ' bloody soldiers came
cloud, will never be forgotten. . His fan- about; but have to grow soraethbg
aticismhas .lost none of its fire, ia my row that they can ; ate. '
- a -
manhood's heart.-
! A gentleman who had the misfortune
to be allied to a long tongued and domin
eering wife, attended a social party at
the housQ'of a fripnd, accompanied by
his better half." The wife, to show- her
authority, would check her husband every
two or three minutes after this fashion:
"Now William, my dear, don't talk
so loud."
Come, don't lean back in the chair."
'Now, William, don't get noisy over
there.".. .. ,' ;
Say, William, let the girls alone and
sit by me !" ' - '
, At last forbearance ceased to be a
virtue, and the husband who wa3 really
pitied by all in the room arose . and
said- ' .
"I beg pardon of the company, but as
my wife insists on being boss all the
time. it is light se should have these !"
And he deliberately took. eff his pants
handed theni 'to her, and sal down in his
bootsVl wolen drawers !
.The tvpany v.-as astonished the
woman burst into.tears the happy coup
le soon went home but neither, of them
wore pants.
A laborer's wife recently resorted to
a most extraoidinary method of curing a
pain in her stomach. . She had been com
plaining to a neighbor cf her ailment, and
was advised to procure a few leaves cf the
hemlock plantr.boiLthern in some water,
and then drink the beverage. It so hap
pened that the tufferer mistook the word
hemlork for almanac, and when she gut
home tore out the leaves of her favorite
Chery Pectoral Alrainac." boiled ih?m
striking the floor wi:h a sharp bad sound. a3 directed, and drack the decoction,-and
My. blood .hot like red-hot .arrows thro'
my ve'ins, and I rubbed my eyes to.Ehut
It was O God, how hor-
out ihe sight.
so great wnj the faith the ; had 'in' her
friend's prescription, that; strange to ray;
s ie was cured. - '
Some one, the other day, asked Gen
eral Butler why . he employed a certain'
person, said to be disloyal, and of gener
al bad character, to penetrate ths rebel
lines.
"If you wanted infcrmiticn front
hell, replied General Butler, ''wcull
ycu send a saint or a sistsr of charity ti
fetch it?"' ' :'
"Aant,? inquired a medical pfogidy,
fresh from a lecture oa surgery, "what
do you think is the cast difficult opera
tion in surgery ?"
"Don't know, Charleywhat?" ' "
Taking a jaw off a woman,": answer
ed the hopeful young student. '
A little bey of five years old asked
his mother" i? God ' realiy heard hii
Yes, my son," the replied,"
a!way3 hears our prayers."-
prayr.
"God
"Well," said the "mischievous urchin, "I
think he must, be disgusted with mine,
for he hasheared tho sains cli prayer
ever since I conU talk."
A lank-note detector, describing "a
new counterfeit, says the vignett9 is "a
female seated on each side of a shield !"
Her position mast be very uncomforta
ble and embarrassing, and and likely to
causa a breach cf honor.
"Yea, did you. let off that "gun I" ex
claimed an enraged schoolmaster, . -"Yes,
sir.". - ... : -
Well, ; what do vcu think I will do
wita ycu
"Why. let rr.e cff.
The f.est fcffr;cr.d.
a;o na excention.
Adam caused cur e.
Adam mended ihzzu
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