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BUSINESS CARDS.
L. L. Bowen,
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
2. LAW, Bcllevue, N. T. 1-tf
S. A. Strickland,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW, Bcllevue, N. T. 1-tf
C. T. Holloway,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW, Bellevue, N. T. 1-tf
W. H. Cook,
ENERAL LAND AND REAL ESTATE
AGENT, Bellevue City, Nebraska. 1-tf
B. P. Rankin,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSNLLOR AT
LAW, La PI itte, N. T. 1-tf
J. Seclcy,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW, OmaTia, N. T. 1-tf
John W. Fattison,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE
AGENT, Fontenelle, N. T. 1-tf
James S. Izard & Co.
AND AGENTS, Omaha, Douglas County,
I Nebraska Territory. 1-tf
Drs. Maloomb & Feck,
"VMAHA CITY. Office on Harney street,
W opposite the Post Ofhce,
tention given to Surgery.
Particular at
1-tf
P. B. Shannon,
T EAL ESTATE AGENCY, Cerro Gordo
J.L Post Office, St. Mary, Mills Co., Iowa.
F. E. Shannon,
COMMISSION t FORWARDING MER-
VJ CHANT. St. Mary's Landing Mills Co.,
Iowa. 2-tf
Peter A. Sarpy,
I FORWARDING t COMMISSION MER
. CHANT, Bellevue, N. T., Wholesale
Dealer in Indian Goods, Horses, Mules, and
Cattle. 1-tf
D. J. Sullivan, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Olfice
Head of Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa
now 13 1-tf.
D. TI. Solomon,
A TTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT
iv LAW, Glenwood, Mills Co., Iowa, prac
tices in all the Courts of western Iowa and
Nebraska, and the Supreme Court of Iowa
Land Agency not in the Programme, no 4-tf
ceo. sNvnr.a. joiis u. milkman
Snyder & Sherman,
A TTORNEYS and COUNSELLORS AT
-V LAW. and NOTARIES PUBLIC, Com.
cil Bluff's, Iowa, will practice their profession
in an me Courts of Iowa and enrasKa.
All collections entrusted to their care, at
tended to promotlv.
Especial attention civen to buying and tell
in real estate, and making pre-emptions in
Nebraska.
Deeds, Mortages, and other instruments of
writing drawn with dispatch J acknowledg
uu?nt taki..c. lie". '
CV Office west side of Madison street
,int above Broadway.
iuw 1.1 1-tf.
HELLEVUK.
RLLLLYl K AM LKTISEMCYrs.
wiroi.KSAi.i: & itiyrAiij
STORE IN BELLEVUE.
WE would respectfully invite the citizens
of Hrllevne, and Douglas Co., to examine our
large and well selected assortment of
DKV GOODS, GROCERIES.
CROCKERY, HARD W A R E,
HOOTS, SHOES,
DRUGS. MEDICINES,
HATS. CAPS, DOORS,
SASH, &c, ate,
And In fact every variety usually called for In
the West. We are confident that any one
wishing to purchase goods will be entirely
satisfied, and lind it will be to their Interest to
call and examine our large and well selected
ssortment of goods.
SARPY k KINNEY.
Bcllevue, Oct. 23, 1850. 1-tf
SPLENDID GOODS,
AT THE
T . rtTrimrr n m A Tt 11
V A K I If I V N I IIK r
V ilJlllJ J- 1 O J- J JlJJ
OP II. VALE.
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Bioie III iiiMlcvur, a iicnn nin ui inmn, in
every description, would call the attention of
purchasers, to the fact, that lie has the largest
and best selected stock of Goods, to be found
in Nebraska, and that they will find him sup
plied at all tunes, with
SILKS, SATINS,
M1LLINARY & DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, LIQUORS,
POWDER, SHUT,
LEAD. HARDWARE,
BOOTS, SHOES, fee, &c.
All of which has been selected by himself from
the hest establishments in the country, and
which he will sell lower for cash, than the
same quality of goods can be purchased at, in
any store in this section or country.
He has also, a large and well selected Btock
of READ i -MAD IS
Of every description, best quality and finish
and inferior to none in Nebraska.
TIiji nl-fiil fnr nast favors, he solicits a con
tinuance of public patronage, and hopes that
purchasers will call and examine ins goous,
before buying elsewhere. 11. VALfc
Bellevue, Oct. 23, 185H. 1-tf
NEW ARRIVAIQ AT THF
It" nnniWni.0 n I Ills.
THE Subscriber respec
'spectfully invites the at-
l.toh.S large and splendid
tention or purchasers
stock of Goods, consisting of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, II ATS.
BOOTS. CAPS,
SHOES, TOBACCO,
PATENT MEDICINE, &c, &c,
All of which he warrants of the best descrip'
tion, and bought expressly for this market
He has also a well selected stock or
READY-MADE
O LiOTHING,
Made after the LATEST FASHIONS, of the
BEST MATERIALS, and by EXPERI
ENCED WORKMEN, all of which he sell
CHEAP FOR CASH.
JOHN CHASE,
Bellevue, Oct. 23, 185o. 1-tf
BELLEVUE
Boot c&3 SHoe
STORE.
JM. BARTAY, would respectfully
. iiifoi in the inhabitants of Bcllevue
and vicinity, that he has commenced
to Manufacture
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Of all descriptions, from the finest finish to
the coarest make. Employing none but the
best workman, he will be able to warrant all
work done at his establishment.
fty The highest cash price paid, in trade,
for all descriptions or kaw ifiur.n,
Bellevue, Oct. 30, lKao. Z-tr
HOUSE CARPENTER AND
JOINIjjR..
A N. BRIGGS, Takes this method of in-
lY. forming his friends, and the pub ic
generally, thathe is prepared to BUILD AND
FINISH, in the best manner
Dwelling Houses
ur every uescriimim ui .ijir on. ...
inosi reasoname irrins. iiidiin..u. uu yia.
favors, he solicits a continuance of public
patronage.
ttellevue, ucl. 30, in;x. -
STONE MASON AND
Plasterer.
flHE Undersigned having commenced tlie
J. above business in Bellevue, is prepared
to do all work in his line, at the shortest no
tice, in the best manner, and on the most rea-
sonanie terms. nra. nn.r.i.
tV Four or five good Plasterers, will find
constant employment, and good wages, on ap
plication to tlie anove.
Mi'llevue, uct. jo, i".n. s-u
I CAME TO STAY.
The undersigned would respectfully an
nounce to the citizens of Bellevue and vicinity,
that he is prepared to do
ITOIJSR. SIOX AND
ORNAMENTAL PAINTINC,
GRAINING. MARHLEING, &.c, in all its
various branches.
PAPER HANGING
Executed in the neatest style.
T5f Paints mixed to order, and for sale.
mT. 11,1 J. T. WHITE.
to Litcraturo, Agriculture, Mechanics, Education, Amusements and General Intolligecno.
NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 185(.
r.n.ixui: aiu:;um:mi:ms.
Charles E. Watson,
"11VIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR,
Vy Bellevue City, Nebraska Territory, pro
fesses to be " posted" in the lay of the land in
this vicinil y, n ml offers his sen ices to such as
may need them, on reasonable terms.
"V" He will also net as agent, for the iiur-
clime or sale of Ileal Estate, in the Territory,
or Western Iowa, Informal ion furnished upon
application. Declarations hied and pre-emp
lions own inert.
4-tf
A. Schimonsky,
rpOPOGR APHIC ENGINEER, F.xerntes I
.1 I opogr.tphic, f ancy nnd Plain Drawing
or every style ami descrip' ion. hancy, Orna
mental and Plain Painting executed to order.
Office at the Bellevue House, Ilellevue, N. T.
Ri.FFSFNt es: P. A. Sarpy, St. Mary, lows:
Judge Gilmore, Bellevue. 1-tf
foxteselle baxk of belleue,
Helleviie, IVrbraHka.
P prepared to transact me general business
-L 'f l.'nking, will receive deposits, Discount
short paper, buy Rills of Exchange, on all
parts of the Country, and sell on St. Loins,
tnicaeoand ftew York; make collections In
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Llir flllllirf ailU.ITIIlIll,. k.lC BO II IV Ob VUI I 1TIII
rates of Exchange.
IT Interest allowed on special Deposits.
JOHN WE ARE. President.
Tiios. II. Bf.stov, V. Pres.
John J. Town, Cashier. 1-tf
Banking Hours From ) to 12, A. M., and
1 to 3, 1. M.
II. T. Clarke,
I FORWARDING & COMMISSION MER
' CHANT. Rellevue, Nebraska. Dealer
in PINE LUMBER. SHINGLES, LATH.i-c,
Hf.ff.hf.nc f.s : Gold & RuiUier and Edward
Hempstead. Water street, Chic.i.'io; J. W.
r" i " V ?
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ln i it'Ll1 A I ci Biirci, v " ir'i'Tiu, j. r rrinuil I
t Brother, Cincinnati, O. ; Tibbie t Hays,
Kne. Fa. s C. H. Wrieht St. Co. Bankers. Er ie
Pa. 5 C. B. Wright, Banker, Phila.le,phia, Pa.;
uamne, Ainerison at nose, troni sireei,
Y. ; W. J. Willis, Water street, N. Y. : R,
Ball, Trov. N. Y.; Mr. Hungerfonl. Prenident
Bank of Westfield, Westfield, N. Y. J Hon. S.
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Morton, Nebraska City
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MANUFACTURER.
A WRIGHT, would respectfully
I"form ,he Gentlemen of Belle- f f I
.,. nn.i Vi:.,u. H,,f hp Is nmnanwl &b
,HO prppared to mnke.up in the best manner,
Kmbmidered and Worked Slinners. which lm
will warrant to please all who favor ITim with
I"' CllSlOni.
Bellevue Oct 30 1S56 '-tf
HOUSE CARPENTERS AND
i
WE would respectfully inform the inhabi-
tants of Bellevue and vicinity that we are
prepared to I.KbCl and MISIMi
Buildings of all Descriptions,
On the shortest notice, and in the most work-
menlike manner. Having been engaged in the
rtathTgVth
torn, will be pleased with our work.
Bellevue, Oct 23, 185(1. 1-tf
IV r S I Sr. K I f IK KS
BLACKSMITHING.
t "MIE Undersigned beg leave to inform 1
X. the Inhabitants of Douglas county,'! l)
that they are prepared, to do all work in v
, 1 1 . i v in nf KiiainAaa in itiA Kat tnamiai anil
on the most liberal terms, at their shop in
Bellevue.
fT5?" Having had several years experience
at HORSE-SHOEING, in some of th best
shops in Eastern Cit ies, they will be able to
give entire satisfaction, to all who favor them
with their patronage, in tins line.
hMAW &. 1UE.11!..
Bellevue, Oct. 23, lWrt.l-tim
L.LHVTJB
flHE Proprietor of the above S-J
1 loon, takes great pleasure inN7 J
announcim; to the public, that he is S
now prepared to serve at all hours, and in the
best manner,
WAKMI RCULD MKALS.
OYSTERS. COOKED IN EVERY STYJ-E.
S VRDINES, PIGS FEET,
PICKLED tongue.
BOILED eggs and game in season,
liiur.nri Y,ii. .r,,
...! imp ...il n .I'.rp TTimrr
(ouu,x j a J IKST CLASS
Refreshment Saloon
Hmvhip had considerable exDerience tn ea
. , " . " :. . .... , ,1,., .li
lerillK lor uiw uumic i.bip, .i ! ui v iub m
i 1.: ...Ilk - ..II ...:il l. . I
WHO lavor inui n. cu, win ur wkiicu.
CHARLES JOHNSON.
Bellevue, Oct. 2:1, iS3rt.i-tf
HOUSE CARPENTERS AND
JOIN KRS.
mup .,n.i.,i,ned t.k. ol.a.ur. in an.
1 nouncing to the Inhabitants of Bellevue
and vicinity, that tney are now prepared
Ki'll li AMI FINISH, n the best manner.
all styles of
,r n...
jjweume xiou.es, vns8C.,
On the shortest notice, and in the most ap-
nrnveil stvle of workmanship. Tt ey will be
also happy to do any work in their line
business, which their friends may stand
need of. MYERS k. H1LLYARD.
Bellevue, Oct. 30, lK5rt. 2-tf
Ho! For Fresh Water.
THE undersigned respectfully informs
iiiiiahilanis of BrlleViie and tlie
surrounding
and uuiah,
JiS,
rountrv. that he is prepared to dig
WELLS AND CISTERNS
At the shortest notice, and on the most rea
sonable terms. I). A. I.OG N.
li-IWuc. Oct. t;rt.t.tf
POETRY.
Ill ant's "t'rottilt'tl Mrt-H.
"How fast the flitting figures come !
Tlie mild, the fierce, the stony face,
Some bright with thoughtless smiles, and some
Where secret tears have left their trafe.
Youth, with pale brow ami slender frame,
And dreams of greatness in thine eye,
Goest thou to build an early name?
Or early in thy task to die?
"Keen son of trade, with eager brow,
Who is now fluttering in thy snare?
Thy golden fortunes tower they now?
Or melt the glittering shapes to air?
"Who of this crowd to-night shall tread
The dance till daylight gleam again ?
Who sorrow o'er the nntimely dead?
Who writhe in throes of mortal pain?
"Some, famine-slruck, shall think how long
The cold, dark hours how slow the light ;
And some who flaunt amid the throng,
Shall hide in dens of shame to-night.
"And some who walk in raininess here,
Shall shudder as they reach the door,
Where one who made their dwelling de ar,
Its light, its life, is seen no more."
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Tomb liauyrrtb
The following sketch, published some
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J IUI O DllltT ! iiiiii '-11 ui vurn j
.. Pan tun n:s,rirt Attornov
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of New York city
r
N h,le we are wa,,lng ttt thls corner of
Pearl and Centre streets, watching for
, ... i i u- u
tlmt liar inn rnilrnnil enr which lilvfr
mil tv-i' ....v'.. v
comes when wanted, and always gets
sandwiched for a space of fifteen minutes
between two freight cars in the Bowery
when you are in a hurry, and, like
Young Kapid, desire to push along and
keep moving, let us lean on the lump.
' . , ... , f,. lho
Slawl, who IS COtlllUg this Way from the
Tombs, with a long paper in his hand, at
. . , , , ... , n V. .k.
1 "HU H no iiniks cvriy iiiunuu. uiui
there is anything on it, hut Mr. Moperton
Kl.itvl feekilint Iih hns the eves of Center
. . .:... i i.:.. ..:..
"reel ujon mm, unu u9 irj.umuun w.
business is at stake. As he passes us, he
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,7' 7'Z '
" lo y. "nanKe lor youi innn.c.
Where Slawl came from, or lives, or
k-longs, or who are his family or friends,
no one knows or can tell and, what is
I . .. 1
more, no one cares, so it is not very like-
ly any one will find out. The public are
contented to take him for what he is, and
they found that out long ago.
Mr. Slawl has an impudence which
very catily fills the place of learning,
He has a voice like a babbling mill-
wheel, and his throat is a race-stream of send him business, and he is not ungrate
water not the clearest in the world but ful. As a general thing, he always
his head is a reservoir that, if it ever was strengthens the case of the prosecution by
full, emptied itself many years ago.
At the Special Sessions, and among
the prisoners, he is a mighty man. AU
though discovered for his shallowness by
ih iKiliceu.L-1. and Police indices, de-
Fpised by the higher judges for his man-
ner an(j loalhod by all respectable so
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IV. HO en" tumiiun ... i ii w
i : .nlbin managing, and collecting
' ' .
of small fees, as unconcernedly as if he
i- i
i vpn, nt ,e wjln au the world, and all
....
the world in love Wlln nim.
When the prison opens, he enters for
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.:. ,i:i , . ..,! it.b fr,.m r.. in
ii i mo uaiiv i""i
I ' ...
. . ri, if iw.r devil
o - - r
wants advice, he says, first thing, "How
niuih money have you got ?" If none
"Have you any friends r or "any pro-
ruriv at home f" or -has anv thins been
. , . i: . oJr r
to " . ... , .
ThA two latter matters 11111? settieu
.,:,. . u sniisfied
"""-l - -
.. ... (m. . .....:, ...j nmlill ,he
noor devil Mini his name in blank to
of I
in
Piece of pair, while, when he has fin
ished his rounds, he prepares to hurry
his office, write over it an assignment
him. "Sloperton Slawl," of all the said
the proerty
This he :teedily reduces
p,-,.;,,,, for he knows, as well as a
1 . ,
chii f justice, what the nine points of the
law are t
He net hurries into the magistrate's draw up the iiffi.lnx il of poMpoti-'inent,
office, and looks nt the committing impels.
If lit' thinks tlicin strong, ho shrugs his
mIiouIiIci's, iiinl leave his victim to his
fute who will hit drought up at tin) ses
sions, and when arraigned, will say, "I
don't see my counsel hero !" Tho offi
cials nnd spectators give a sort of incrcdu-
mih wink nt these word, while tho poor
fellow thinks of hi.s properly nnd the conn-
it might have procured him ! But of
coure ho don't nee him he hns nnother
engagement just then in the Marine
Court, or in a ward court up town. The
poor unfortunate client is better without
counsel : judge, jury, nnd district attorney
are sure to do morn lenient with him, and
he don't stand the chance of his own conn- j he rarely went without. On his depart
sel, as is sometimes tho case, infecting ! ure once for Belgium, he thought it best
the merits of his trial with an unpleasant ! to guard against these dangers with which
odor. But to return to tho committing of-
fice. If the pnpers are not very strong, J
he hurries oflT for a habeas corpus, fills up
a writ and an affidavit, gets tho signature ,
of his credulous client (and sometimes, if
necessary, slips in a blank bill of sale
along w ith the other papers, and it passes
for one of them with the nervous client), i
and posts off.
He is immense on the subject of an
alibi or a habeas corpus. These are,
with him, the north pole and south polo of
the world of law, and per-jury is the grand
equatorial line half way between. Won't i
he manufacture you a pretty alibi ? Why,
if necessary, and his victim will pay
enough for it, he will issue a commission
to Ohio to some pal of the accused, and
run on there express, disguised, to either
superintend the thing himself, or, if needs
be, to be the witness himself. Sloperton
Slawl has been known many a time by
the initiated to read his own evidence to
the jury, and acquit his client. This is a
wonderful stroke.
His cross-examinations ure hlereotype.
larceny, he goes to the value and want
t
If
of wentny ; robbery, the complainant
I I I.. Jl if Ln-nlm-.. it rrnn.
i uiuni re umu uimm, n "",'i)i " k'"-
to the latening; u taise pretenses, mere
was no due caution, and. indeed, an ex
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F,uUUalwlu u.tw. D
commences, what the questions are going
1- Th iurlrr will frpmiPntlv iv.
ZeZ '"J " ' . ,
uuiuic muc ui ure... r -- "...
I note vour exceptions, Mr. Slawl. A
stroke which is relUhed exceedingly by
all the back benches.
His oratory runs in one channel. He
abuses the police and witnesses. Having
very little value for his own evidence, he
feL.ls t,e same for that against him, and
denounces and tears away at it liko a
bathed lion. Hut he has his friends on
the police, whom he protects, lor they
bringing out new facts, or placing the
owe' ones 111 longer light. Some of
the maievoiem nave saw mai n is oxieu
nis uaerew w gei iu. uwiw uH .or
ten years, lest tney lerret out nia recent
plunderings !
IJail-brokerage is a very thriving part
f .. I,:. ,,, U'lSon hnlrf.ns rnrnns hn
w - t
failed, when an alibi was impossible to
. . u r .1 r i
cook up, when hope is perfectly dim, when
buying off or frightening the witnesses
HCCOIlies a Ullllljeruus juu, men ue uruiium
I I I . V. .1 V. - 1
him of bail for his client. For one hun-
.. , i , n t :u l - ..r ...
urea aouars lie win nuu a iiiuu oi wiw,
l
I . 1 . .i.i..n a ...1.a ...HI ItxLtt.fxt
1 Wim B It-nucr tii irmr, nuu nm imi
. , ..
n Harlem lots to any extent, ana. u neeus
be, bring before the judge me ueeds ana
mortgages, or an abstract of the title it
is needless to say, iney are an aoMn.ci.ru
After the judge is humbugged, how he
...:u .:. KI. :..- r.-.m n.,,1 vhiuM
in " " " '
bv over the District Attorney and the Mierill
i . . , . .,
trying to hunt up the man w no gave oa 11
a or the proH-rty reislereU aeiable by vir-
- tue of the forfeit.d recognizance!
to Sloperton Slawl is a capital hand at
to swearing off his trials, too, when there
aro foreign witnesses against hiin, or a
to chance of making something by delays.
I ... .....
Ho doesn't subscribe to the doctrine that
, , ,
ihcso are dungerous n Uie contrary,
they are the north star oi seiy.
Hi?
can
NO. 7.
his client and he will can swear to it
like a innn. Thus, case after case, by
the hoodwinking of judges, slip through
tho incbhcs of justice, while tho witnesses
slip away, and tho client is discharged to
pursue will) Sloperton Slawl the same old
slippery way.
Hut the fellow is out of sight, and hero
comes the car. Let us on our way, and
forget that gracious Heaven ever tolerates
such a scoundrel as tho genus "Tombs
Shyster" presents in the person of the
reality just left us.
Anrrdote of Napoleon I.
Napoleon was accustomed to wear a
coat of mail under his clothes, and which
he was threatened, having all Europe
leagued against him, by every means in
his power. He accordingly sent for a
clever workman and asked if he thought
himself competent to make a coat of mail
of such texture that no weapon whatever
could penetrate. On the artificer an-
swering in the affirmative, Napoleon
agreed to give him 18,0(K) francs, tho
sum nuked. On the day fixed, the man
brought his work to the palace. Napo
leon quickly examined it, and ordered
the workman to put it on himself. The
man obeyed. Napoleon took two pistols,
saying, "e shall now see wiiemer mis
coat of mail is of the texture you promised
me." He fired at his breast, the cuirass
resisted. "Turn around." The man
obeyed. The Bccond bail struck his back
with the same result. The poor artificer,
half dead with fright, thought these trials
would be sufficient, but ho was mistaken
in his calculations. Bonaparte next arm
ed himself with a long fowling piece, and
made the same experiment on the shoul
ders, buck and breast of the trembling
patient. Happily the cuirass resisted,
and saved the inventor from so cruel a
trial. "How much am I to pay -youf
said Napoleon, after this noble exploit.
"Eighteen thousand francs," stammered
the affrighted artificer. "No such thing,
sir," said Napoleon, "I shall give you
thirty-six thousand francs," and gave an
order on his treasurer for that amount.
A Monkey's Memory.
Authors generally think the monkey
race are not capable of retaining lasting
impressions, but their memory is remark
ably tenacious when striking events call
it into action. A monkey which was per
mitted to run free, had frequently seen
the man servant in the great country .
kitchen, with its huge fire-place, take
down a powder horn that stood on the
chimney-place, and throw a few grains
into the fire, to make Jemima and the
rest of the maids jump and scream, which
they always did on such occasions very
prettily.
Pug watched his opjsjrtunity, and when
all was still, and he had the kitchen to
himself, he clambered up, got possession
of the well-filled powder horn, perched
himself very gingerly on one of the hori
zontal wheels placed for the support of
sauce-pans, right over the warm ashea o
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, an almost extinct wood fire, screwed off
the top of the horn and reversed it over
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i uib grsii:. rijiiusiuu mui unu unu
way up the chimney. Before he was
blown up, he was a snug, trim, well-con-
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uiuuhdu iii"i'ij j nvmu "i"" .wotw
. .. . ,
on a suinuver day he came down a car
bonated "nigger" in miniature, in an
avalanche of burning soot.
The weight with w hich he pitched upon
the hot ashes, in the midst of the general
(lare-up, aroused him to a sense of his
condition. He was missed for days.
Hunger at last drove him forth; he
sneaked into the house, close-singed, be
grimmed, and looked seared and ugly.
He recovered with care; and like some
great personages, he never got over the
sudden elevation and fall, but became a
sadder if not a wiser monkey. If ever
Pug forgot himself and was troublesome,
you had only to take down a powder horn
in his presence, and he was off to his hole
like a shot, screaming and chattering his
if jaws like a pair of castanets.
