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BROWNVTLLE. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1875.
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CniCAGo, August 24th, 1875.
I take pleasure in uiving an opinion of Mr.
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what Is said may assist him to a posltio
where, his ability may be made ol the great
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The statement is briefly this: I have
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He has. under our direction, been made ac
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and harmony, which we believe to bo tho
best, and has none far toward mastering the
Brinclples ot them in his own performance,
ellevlne that Mr. L. will never be superfi
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hesitate to recommend him as teacher of
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CHAPTER II.
"Come see rural felicity.
Which love and Innocence ever enjoy."
The condition of things as they ex
isted at the farm of Flaming Rock
on the day following Bob's achieve
ments has already been described in
th preceding chapter, where it waa
mentioned that Bill Hagan Bat upon
a stump by the door ami chewed to
bacco. It was noon ; the weather
was hot, and stillness possessed the
valley and all its inhabitants, from
Hagan on his stump to the cricket in
the woods. It was a good moment for
listening, and, in fact, the dog of the
family was listening, as he lay in the
8UiiHhine with half-closed eyes. May
be Mis. Hagan was listening, too, for
she had held her peace during a long
hour.
Suddenly the brute began to rap on
the ground with his tail; then, start
ing lo his feet, stood looking up the
creek as if awaiting further informa
tion. 'That's Bob he hears," said the wo
man. "Nary Boh," said the man, after
one or two minutes of olo'-e attention :
"a boy's feet don't rauke them
sounds, them's the hoofs of a horse."
The dog still remained in the same
position, whining, but low and doubt
fully, and wagging his tail, but slow
ly and with indecision; while the
mother almost whimpered. "Oh dear !
I do wish the or'uary fellow would
come home."
"I wish he'd getshot," growled the
father; "that's what he deserves for
Mealing my gun. Sure a you live,
if the villain dos comeback, I'll tench
him how to run off in the night, to go
a-cavorting round coercing sovereign
States of this Union, with a hoop
pole." "Your gun !" broke out his wife. "1
hope he'll fling the dog oned old thinir
into the creek. It 'ain't shot so much
as a ground squirrel for the fumily to
eat this ten year. If it was worth
shucks you'd ha' gone and traded it
for whisky long ago. It would ha'
gone where them hogs went that I
wbs fattening- for my winter's meat
latyear, and where them ten gallons
of berries went that I and Bob work
ed two days in the sun to pick, so't I
could get a Utile tobacco and a few no
tions (and almost irot nuke-bit at
that), and you run off with after dark ;
and you know very well where they
went; I hey went down tiiat durned
red irullet of vourn. Yes, there's
where the hogs went, und there'
where the huckleberries went, and
there's where I wish the durned old
rifle was rammed dowu this minute.
Oh. vou couldn't 1:0 at.d run off a
horse, I suppose? No, no! that 'tid
be too scary a business for such a cow
ard as you ; besidea, it's too much
like work. A woman can love and
respect a man if he does steai a horse
now and then for the support of hi
family, but who cares for a durned
sneaking huckleberry thief? But
what good would it do if you stole a
dozen horse? you'd drink 'em all up;
you'd swallow a mare with foal."
She might have gone on at indefi
nite length for she was perfect
mistress of the subject hud not th-
loud barking of the dog as he bound
ed away brought her to a full stop,
and left to the rock, that had faith
fully echoed all she said, the privilege
of being at last distinctly heard as it
uttered the words. "A viarc with foal"
while the animal thus announct d ap
peared, coming at full gallop roun . n
turn in the road, and swiftly approach
ed tho astonished couple astonished
to see her bear triumphant on her hack
her own conqueror and their own boy
Bob, who sat widely astride, with ex
tended heels and elbows, every rag of
him and eveiy hnir fluttering and
streaming in testimony of his identi
ty. With difficulty tho young rider
pulled up when he came opposite the
ox-pen. Dismounting there he ex-
I peiled the cattle and installed hi
fled to him her delicate shape, her
slender limbs, her silken coat cover
ing ivory bones, her moving nostrils.
and flashing eyes proofs of a descent
from a hundred generations who hud
eaten barley from kind and affection
ate hands in the far laud of Arabia,
which we call barbarian ; he ivnJ&jcipnK1.11 satisfied, she turned away and
"There, take your picter," said the
elder, after holding it out at arms
length and examining the brass-work
to see if it might not be irold, while
holding the boy by the hair at arms
length in the opposite direction : "Z
knew what it was all along-. I only
wanted to devil you jest a little. Its
a picter; some folks call 'em likeness
es." Whatever knowledge the man pos
sessed of pictures ami likenesses, the
woman and boy did not share in it;
and they both continued for some
time to look at the one in question.
She regarded it and its casing with
mere cutiosily, which having at
uSSSSSSffiSi.rsSL K , steed in their place, supplied the feed
pondence solicited.
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hW. Adress EDWARD PLOTTS, , Intro.lnce this instrument. Address. ED
nglon, :n. j. WARD PIjOTTB, Washington, ?
ing trough with ears of corn and the
rack with corn foder, took eff bridle,
saddle, and saddle-bags, and then
with tho bags over his shoulder, and
carrying the uun in his hand, walk
ed into the house.
"Give me something to eat, old.wo
man, and be quick: for I'm just the
hungriest and tiredest fellow you ever
did see," was his only greeting, as he
hung up the rifle, with its horn and
pouch, and Hunt: the saddle-bags on
the floor, and himself beside them.
The mother made no otherreply than
to go about the preparation of a cake
of corn bread, while the father went
and examined the condition of the
nun ; and on finding Itcorrect, resum
ed hiB seat, growling, "It's well for
you you fetched it back, you whelp?"
In that simple dwelling, thouirh time.
was cheap as among the Bedouins ofj
the desert, none of it was ever wasted
on ceremony.
X,ong before the enke could be mix
ed and put in the spider to bake, the
tired and hungry fellow was asleep.
reposing on his bags, which was a
pity, for each of his parents would
have liked to look into them. As it
was, Hacan walked out to inspect the
horse. She was a beautiful bay, evi
dently of high blood ; but little signi-
nmining her qualifications for the
plow, and these he judged to be suffi
cient, considering the lightaud friable
soil of the creek farm. A thought
had struck him, and at the conclusion
of his examination he muttered,
"She'll do ; I'll sell 'em to-morrow."
Sell what? The oxen, to be sure,
now rendered supernumerary by the
acquisition of the horse. As to the
use to be made of the money they
would fetch, Mrs. Hagan has already
sufficiently Informed us in her state
ment of the case. But let us now
hear the other side of that cae. The
truth is. the farmer of the creek had
of late found himself, for the first
time in his life, in straitened circum
stances. Until the war came, with its
heavy tax on whisky and tobacco, he
had always lived in ease and comfort
for all he knew to the contrary. Such
portions of his leisure as he could
ppare to the labors of his farm or to
lumbering in the hills had sufficed to
procure him all the necessaries of life.
If he had needs that went unsatisfied,
he did not know of them. Necessity,
they'say is the spur lo action ; out of
activity comes progress, ami with pro
gress eivilization. and all that kind of
thing, about which Hagan knew or
cared not one straw. Now he had
never known other wants than what
a moderateamount of labor uouldsup
ply ; and Hagan was not the man to
go and look up unreal and imaginary
wants to pur and torment himself
with. Could he have been persuaded
of the real necessity of shoes and hats
for children, ribbons and laces for wo
men, cabinet-maker's furniture for
houses, and broadcloth for his own
cluthing, he might have been stimu
lated to toil and moil from Monday
morning till Saturday evening. As
it was, however, he remained too
much the ideal f the ancient philos
opher, and practiced too faithfully the
much-commended virtues of simplici
ty ami contentment, to long alter the
frivolous things that bestir the pro
gressive world. In only one respect
did he resemble the progressive man,
and that was in the limitation he had
impo&ed on hi own hours of labor.
In every week ho worked two days to
procure food and raiment, drink and
tobacco, ami devoted the other five to
consuming these and to meditation ;
and by force of habit tho-e days of
leisure had become as really needful
to his existence as house or clothes,
lood, diink, or quid. But suddenly
in the wane of that existence comes
Congress, witli its rude taxation, and
makes whisky to rise in price from
fifteen cents up to fifty cents per quart,
aird tobacco to advance in the same
proportion, putting tho.-e two articles
of prime necessity quite beyond the
capaeily of his ordinary income, and
compelling resort to extraordinary
ways and means ; such us convening
into spirits the stock In gs of the fam
ily, and seqtiesteting for the same pur
pose his wife's huckleberries.
Such is the cae of Mr. William
Hagan, given without reservation or
gloss ; and notwithstanding the one
sided statement of Mrs. H., the read
er must confess it is a bard and a
strong one, ami will be slow to blame
him for the disposition he contem
plates making of the supeilluous cat
tle. On returning to the house Hagan
found Bob occupied with bis repast,
and Betsey engaged in rilling the saddle-bags,
whose contents she had emp
tied on the floor. There was little of
value: only a few shirts, drawers,
and socks, a tooth-brush, a comb and
brush for the hair, some pocket-handkerchiefs,
ami two towels.
"Oh. let the boy's plunder alone."
said Hugan, in a tone of unusual
good-humor, the result of his resolu
tion to appropriate to his own use the
principal fruit of Bob's expedition.
"Let him have the things if he.found
'em. Them aiu't woman's plunder,
nohow."
"Hold yer jaw!" replied the other.
"What does he want of all these here
store clothes? I'm going to have
some on 'em, sure's 3'ou live," filling
her lap at the same time witlt the
ei.ief portion of the "plunder." As
she did this something fell nut of the
fold of one of the towels, and rolied
on the floor till it came within reach
of her htir-hand, who seized it quick
ly and eagerly, but without saying a
word.
"What's that?" cried Bob, drop
ping his corn bread and springing up.
Then, flinging himself upon his
father like a young wolf, he cried,
"Now you jest give that to me. That
is my pocket-book ; I shot the feller
that had it and it's mine," at the
same time seizing upon and struggl
ing to wrest from his father's grip the
article whose morocco cas'e' and gilt
clasp had deceived them both. His
efforts, though unavailing to win the
prize from the resolute hold that re
tained it. tore apart theclasp, and dis
closed to the view and disappoint
ment ot all only the photograph of a
went to bide her "plunder" as well as
she could in the old tumble-down
corner cupboard. But Bob saw more
than his mother did, and, with the
photograph lying on the table before
him, he held his head firmly by the
hair with each hand, and, resting on
his elbows, continued to look. There
was something in the features and
especially in the eyes of the beautiful.
child of ten whom the picture repre
sented that fascinated him. but not
with any pleasant effect. There was
beauty there, to be sure, but no sense
of Bob's appropriated that. The sense
of the beautiful had never been awak
ened within hm, so far as he was in
formed or believed, but lay aq dor
mant as a possible taste for the Greek
classics; and this, although he had
been born a.nd reared among delight
ful landscapes daily repainted and re
illuminated by sun-rises and sunsets
as glorious as any skies of the round
globe can show. Or if perchance a
spell was working on the undevelop
ed faculty by the charming image
that lay beneath his gaze, it was with
a most vague effect.
Then what was it that so fixed the
attention of that untaught boy? The
eyes. Mild as their expression was,
it recalled, dimly at first, plainer af
terward, an expression he had seen
before that was not mild but terrible.
Mild and sweet as they were, they
made him see again the angry ami al
most demoniacal look of the man
whom ho had but lately seen put a
fellow-being to sudden death, and
whom his own hand, an instantlater.
had sent into eternity. And the more
he looked, the more the eyes of the
girl seemed to change into those 01
the red-handed guerrilla, until all
thesyeet radiance that first, beamed
from them vanished, and there shone
out instead, as from burning coals,
the uutempered ylare of hatred and
revenge. The boy's sensations became
insupportable. With an effort as if
for life he closed and clasped the case,
and holding it firmly in both his con
vulsed hands, ran out into the air and
made his way into tho woods beyond
the creek.
What did ho mean to do with the
thing? There was fire enough re
maining on the hearth to consume it
to ashes. The pool at foot of Flaming
Ruck held water enough to receive
and hide it. Or he might bury it in
the ground as they do dead people.
But he had no thought of destroying
it He clung to it why he knew not
by force perhaps of that strange in
slinct that has caused other man-slayers,
wlmm we call murderers, to care
fully preserve for years the proofs of
their crimes and the very means r
their ultimate detection and condem
nation. After moving aimlessly about for
an indefinite time he stopped at the
foot of a cliff formed by alternate lay
ers of saudsb ne and clay shale, piled
one upon another to the height of
hundreds of feet, and there rested for
a while. Presently he seemed sud
denly to receive an idea, and began to
climb the difficult face of the cliff
until, when nearly at the top. he
readied and crawled into a hole, or
low roofed cave, formed between two
ledges of stone, partially by natural
disintegration of the shale, und part
ly by She fingers of the Hagan chil
dren, who had made it their play
bouse. Into one of the many niches
in the sides Bob thrust his direful
treasure, closed the mouth of the
niche with clay so as to effectually
hide it from any of the few persons
who knew of the place and of the
perilous way up to it, and who might
chance to vi-it there ; having done
which he returned home.
CHAPTER III.
"And when his hour or Joy is done.
No t roubles need he steal or borrow ;
A nluht or sle.-p Is swiftly gone.
And he'll get drunk again to-morrow.'
The mare on being tried, worked
very well in the plow, and according
ly the oxen were driven away and
sold. The money thus obtained, after
paying for a sow with a litter of half
growu pigs to replace those so improv-
ideutly disposed uf, proved sufficient
to purchase a barrel and a half of
whi-ky. besides a store of tobacco.
TheuhisV-y was not brought home,
but was hid away among the hills, in
a, place so secret that no discovery
need be feared unless some one should
have the boldness and cunning to fol
low Hagan when he secretly visited
it with empty bottle in oue hand and
loaded rifle in the other. The supply
lasted him considerably more than a
year, for he was a prudent drinker,
and husbanded bis resources; that is
say, save a few bottlefuls bestowed on
her in the first flush of his generosi
Two months after her capture the
mare gave birth to a foal, whicli Ha
gan presented to Bob in a manner
that implied its mother belonged ex
clusivelj to the gpnerom giver. But
as the son rode upon her wherever he
wished, it mattered little who paid
laxes for her. Every day it lived the
ooltgrew more and more interesting,
ami Bob grew more and more fond of
it; and so the season wore on without
its occurring to hffn that his father's
supply of whisky could ever be ex
hausted. But when midsummer of
the following year went by, and the
dog-days came, and beueath the pow
er of the ardent sun the creek began
to run dry in places, the whisky bar
rel went dry also; and so did Hagan
for several days, which made him
nervous, and disposed to sit silent on
his stump and indulge in sombre
meditation. And well might the un
fortunate farmer feel gloomy and dis
gusted for present and future. The
war tax had been increased more than
sevenfold within the year, and in a
few months it was to be increased ten
fold ! At length he remembered he
possessed a horse ; the next day that
horse and its possessor disappeared.
Two days afterward he reappeared a
good deal the better for liquor, and
met and bore the combined reproach
es of wife and son with the calmness
of a real stoic. .
At first Bob thought seriously of
beating hiB father, but gave up the
idea for fear he might get the worst of
the battle. Then he grew sulky, and
refuseil to work or speak ; but the el
der thrashed him with a hoop-pole,
and forced him to come to order.
Summer went, and autumn came;
and winter would surely follow au
tumn. Meunwhile the colt, being
well cared for, was growing apace,
and the whisky was being daily con
sumed. How much of it the price of
the horse had procured the boy was
unable to learn ; nor could he reckon
how Mug it would last. In fact,
though the horse sold for more than
the oxen brought, the result, in liquid
measure, was considerably less. A
truly patriotic man which Hagar was
not would have been consoled by the
thought that while consuming the
highly taxed arMcle he was replenish
ing the national treasury, and saving
the national life as effectively as if lie
risked his own (in another way) on
the fields of war unless he happened
to know that in those days precious
little of the tax found its way into that
treasury, and that the millions of
earnest drinkers who fondly imag
ined they were drinking up the war
debt were really doing little better
than candinaviun T.hordid when he
tried to drain the cup whch an ocean
was constantly replenishing. And if
matr-ad of sacrificing only the two
oxen and one horse on the altar of
his country, Hagan had offered up a
hecatomb, twelve of the cattle would
have gone into the war chest, twelve
mure to compensate the distillers, and
the reuiHining seveuty-six to fatten
and encourage peculation and fraud.
The horse had procured only a barrel
of liquor. Unhappy America! once
it would have purchased eight!
The whisky was going; and after
the whisky, what? The mure was
gone; and afler the mare, what?
What but the foal, to be sure! follow
ing the prophecy of Irs. Hagan .In
her random railing. It was Bob'u
turn now to sit upon a stump, ami re
flect on all this. The resolution he
adopted, after weeks of delih- ration,
was to get before band with his des
poiler, and himself run off' with his
properly. But there came the ques
tion where to run to, and how to feed
and cloth himself and feed and rear
the young animal. And this resolved
itself into the problem he had never
yet faced or considered, namely, what
should he do for a living?
Work !
Like all other creek boys, he could
plow and hue, gather and husk corn,
fell trees, chop logs, cut hoop-poles,
peel bark, nnd, though not yet able to
use the whip-saw, btoad-axe, and
frow as his elders could, knew how lo
maul rails and split cord-wood as well
as anybody.
But. these lie had only been used to
do in a desultory way it will not do
to say an idle way. By birth and from
habit he was aver.-e to all steady, per
sistent, long-continued exertion of
body or mind, such as alone can sub
due the original wildness of "the hu
man animal, and civilize and develop
him. In the United Slates more than
a million like him are to be found.
They gather themselves upon hilly,
mountainous, and other barren soils,
where the cheapness of the laud ren
ders its ownership or possession eay
to acquire, and where they can, there
fore, be their own masters. More
than the gypsies of Europe they spurn
cot trol and love freedom ; for they
have no ancient customs to trammel
thesn, and every family loves to be
both independent of and remote from
every other. Their religion is usually
Methodist, and their politics Demo
cratic. They are tho-e of them, at
least who are fouud in the hill coun
try of the Ohio of full size, strong,
and handsome in face ami form.
They move with erect and graceful
carriage, and fight bravely, as every
field of the late war can tell.
Now Bob was aware that to escape
with his pet beyond the reach of dan-
venience. Ho finally compromieea
with himself by resolving to follow a
life of labor only while it should be
absolutely necessary, and that, as
soon as he should have grown to a
man's estate and tho colt to a horse's,
they would return and dwell together
in the happy valley. Having thus
resolved lie only delayed to catch and
put a halter on the destined compan
ion of his journey, and make of the
trappings its mother had worn a bun
dle convenient to sling overhisshoul
ders, and then lie departed on his
way without a word of good-by to
father or mother. He had not, how
ever, gone far before he stopped, as if
suddenly remembering something he
had left behind, flung dowu the bun
dle, tied the colt to a tree, and hastily
entered the woods.
When he came out again he held in
his hand the photograph. He could
not have gone without that. He
placed it in one of the hags, and re
sumed his burden and his journey.
The first poiut ho aimed to reach
was the Ohio river, and though he had
never 3et seen it, he had learned the
nearest way to it was to go by Churn
Creek to the head of Lower Twin,
and thence down the latter to the lit
tle village of Buena Vista, at Its
mouth. It was noon when he started
off, and though the distance was over
twenty miles, he would have traveled
it before sunset but for the colt, on
whose account he must move slowly.
to bb continukd.
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Luxurious Gypsies.
The Reading (Pa.) Bogle, describing
a gypsy camp, says: Standing near
the group of gypsy women and chil
dren was a very large wagon. It look
ed much like one of those beautiful
affairs generally seen with compan
ies. It was open for an airing. The
body was a large and extended out
over the the wheels. It was support
ed by heavy springs. The wagon was
fitted up as a bedroom. It was as
beautiful as a bridul-chural erand Mrs.
Guy smiled approvingly when the re
porter mentioned the comparison.
"Yes, sir," she said, "you guessed it
pretty well. That Is our chamber.
My husband's and mine." A peep
inside showed everything ns neat and
clean as could be. The bedstead was
of walnut, and bedding of the fincBt
linen. The walls were ornamented
and best kind of carpet was on the
floor. Looking-glasses, wardrobe,
clo-ets, dressing-caes and everything
generally seen in a first class bedroom
was there. The wagon was specially
built for the party in Frederick, Md.,
nnd cost $700 dollars in cosh. The
bedroom was divided oft from the
frontartflf the wagon, which is 00
cunied by the d fiver's position. The
leathe curtains around the wagon
were all thrown up yesterday ami it
seemed a if a hotel bridal-chamber
bad been suddenly brought out there.
The wagon-body outside Is painted
and varnished in the most costly man
ner and tho gilding and ornamental
work are very neat. The vehicle is
large and roomy ami seems much out
of place in the woods. The owner
came along shortly and expressed
himself as follows: "I live in the
woods and move around from one
place to another. I want to live with
allthecomforts the world can provide
and in that wagon my wifeand I sleep
as good as the rest of the world " Ev
erything about the wagon is fitted up
in the best or style, ami the blankets,
sheets, counterpanes and pillow-cases
were jut as clean as could be. Many
of the blankets were dark with gray
stripes. There were three other wag
ons of the same pattern, but none of
them were fitted up it, so costly a
manner. One large wagon 1 ad a row
of beds in it made for the children.
A Natural mathematician.
Remarkable Case of Ennine Xeaory.
Many years ago, Mr- Abrara
Dodge, of the town of Ipswich,
Mass., owned a beautiful' horse
which was the pet of the family He
was admired by all who knew his
playfulness and good qualifications.
In the summer it was Mr. Dod'ge'a
habit occasionally to have a frolic
with his horse in his barn-yard, then
let him out alone and he would go
to the river, which was about one
third of a mile distant, where he
would bathe, then go to a common
and roll on the grass, then with the
freedom of air start for home j the
stable was renovated for him while
he was gone, and his breakfast put
in his crib. If he met his master he
would show some coltish pranks,
bound for the stable, pull out the
wooden pin that fastened the door
with his teeth, and rush to his man
ger where he expected to find his
food. One night the horse was sto
len from the stable. After the ex
piration of sixteen years, Mr.-Dodge
was at the tavern when a man drove
a horse up to the door. Mr. Dodge
at once recognized his horse, and he
told the driver his reason for believ
ing it to be hist.; the man told his
story of whom "rte bought the horsey
and that he had owned him tor sev
eral years. Mr. Dodge claimed his
horse, and it was finally agreed that
il the horse would, on being taken
to his old stable, go through
the habit of bathing, rolling on the
grass, and pulling the pin from the
stable duor as above described, that
Mr. Dodge should have him When
the horse was let out into his old
yard he reviewed the premises for a
moment, then started for his old
bath-tub, then for his green towel
on the common, then to his old sta
ble, pulled the wooden pin, won for
himself a good meal and his old
master his favorite horse. These
facts are vouched for by reliable old
residents of the beautiful, pictur
esque old town, and show conclus
ively the long memory of our noblest
animal. Our Dumb Animals.
She was a romantic young lady,
and he, her father, took a practical
view of everything. She looked- up
from her book in botany, and inqui
red :
"Father, did you ever study bot
any ?"
He was interested in his paper,
and did not reply, and presently she
continued :
uPapa, what flowers do you pre
fer ?"
"Flour, eh ?" he replied, as he
looked up, "why, I always get that
made from winter wheat, if I can
I think it makes better bread !"
She sighed and wished there was
a young man on the other end of
the sofa.
Mr. Edward II Coursey, of Einey
Neck, was born in 1794. and is now,
consequently, eighty-one years of age.
Mr. Coursey is a remarkable man.
Figures are mere playthings for him.
He can solve the most difficult prob
lem, and has yet to find a sum he
cannot get the correct answer to.
His talent for figures is entirely nat
ural, never having attended school
a year in his life. He does his sums
not by arithametical rules, but by
rules of his own, and always
gets the answer correct. He has
made, too, somewhat of a reputation,
and receives sums through every
mail from almost ever state in the
Union, w lieli he works aul answers
by mail. He is quite notorious, also,
for the difficult sums ho puts to oth
ers, particularly the schoolmasters,
whom he especially delights to puzzle.
His latest is as follows : "A farmer
having twelveditches to cut.of differ
ent lengths, employ fu. men to do
the work. To the first he agrees to
pay $1 per rod ; to the second. SI. 25
Derrod; to the the third. $1.75 per
rod, and the fourth. $2 18 per rod.
When they finish the ditches and
come to be paid off. e ich m in receives
the same amount of money for each
ditch. How manjr rodsdid each man
cut in each ditch ; how much money
did each man receive for each ditch;
how long was each ditch, and how
much did it cost per roil to have the
ditches cut V'Centcrvillc Md.) 0b
True friendship keeps no profit
and. loss account, posts no ledgers,
strikes no daily balances but takes
gratitude for granted, and regards
aflection as always solvent. It has
no clearing-house, gives no notes of
hand, carries on no brokerage of at
tachment, makes no bargains in rhis
commerce of the aflections. With1
it "yours truly" goes a great way,
and certainly, worn threadbare as
they arc by incessant use, no words
have a stouter body of significance
left in them.
The kind of whisky they have in
'Frisco : "After that the cloth was
took off, and the liquors war brou't
in. And wot liquors they wuz, too !
The whisky wuz none of this yer
kind that makes a man feel like say
in', lI kin lick any son of a gun in
the house,' and makes him smash
things ginerally. No, sir. It was
the kind that jist makes a man lift
his glass up gently, and say, lJoe,
old pard, I'm lookin' at yer.' "
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He was a sacreligious wretch frorrf
Chicago, who remarked that when
pigeons roosted on the church eves
it wasn't a pleasant thirg to be un
der the droppings of the sanctuary.
It is the opinion of the Boston.
Globe that the ill health of school
girls is to be attributed not so much
to overwork imposed by teachers as
to improper food and dress.
("Zeb Crummet") says it is no
easy matter to know the character
of a man, pufled up with good for
tune, wealth and prosperity,
in
It is some satisfaction to recogJ
nize in the features of a tramp, the
boy who used to beat us jumping
and running foot races at school.
little girl.
ger he and it must leave the erejk
. ..! ... ufharo if lie nKt inarl
ty, he gave none of it to hi- wife, country ..u " " " " server.
Truth to teir. she did not deserve any employment it must be on con-
even thus much, for with each bottle- dition that he should work from To bej Qr jot lfj bee aj the raan
ful
sh
S '"fLWJTZXr C to either the degradation ortheincon-vknob.
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Nothing will take the poetry out
of a man quicker than the kick of a
woman who wears zebra stockings.
The two most uneffeetual things in
the world are undouhtedlya blue-eyed
woman and a liquor law.
en thus much for with each bottle- dition una e suu.., ..flw .r.u , To bej Qr jot lfj bee aj the raan
1 she-got drunk, and berated him morning to night, and stx d J " 8aid when he got home anil found a
"I have bought my first last," wsa
the remark of a ei.Ver when" h'etet
np business for himself.
Ought a baker be considered a needy
loafer because he is frequently &ivn
kneading a loaf.
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