Poetry.
j ST. PETER'S BELLS. '
I In the grey old belfry swinging,
; One by 0110 the bells are ringing;
' And th night-wind M it swells,
Faint and fainter brings the tolling,
i O'er the moonlit midnight rolling, ,
i Of the old St. Peter'H bells.
Sweet, ah aweet. Uirongh silence dying,
Come the old chimes dimly sighing.
Come the sounds I used to know;
With the music I remember i
Mmr midnight in December. !
Many a twilight long ago.
From All 10 Year Round. .
A Wrestle with Niagara;
I was standing about thirty or forty
yards in advance of tho Clifton, -that' Is,
each extremity ; thus the machine con
sistedofa sort of skeleton rait, with
small stage at either end. On one o:
these stages that to which the cables
(of which there were two) were lash
edwas tightly fixed a large empty
thirty or forty yards nearer to the Horse- casik. for the sake of its huovancv. on
snoe(aiong me unnK.ui uio rw;, auu the other a complete network of cords
a. . m i 11 t t. i l r
opposite the American fall. The ground
must have been about the same height
as the opposite fall, but. owing to the
immense hill down which the rapids
rush, it was, possible to distinguish any
object of the size of a boat a considerable ready, attached to strong pieces of new
to which the man was to lash himself
alsb a tin can of refreshments, lie . hav
lng taken nothing since the evening
before; three or four similar cans, b.
the way. had been let down to nun a.
Through the storms of winter wailing,
On the north wind rising, falling, j
How the old chime sinks and swell !
Through the hush of summer mornings,
Through the tender dewy dawnings,
ine once more U Peter oeu i u;
IUnginglnIJirieiisthening story,
Kinging out its spring time giorv.
Sleeping peace and waking pain
Ring, oh Ceil ! ring out forever !
But the dream and the endeavor,
They Khali never come again 1
- . . - .., t ,"
When the golderi'arrowH qtllver, "
And the sunset o'er the river
Uke the sea of irlorv dwells.
i Then my heart, with pasnion yearni
i 11 tens for a step returning.
And for grey t. Peter's bells.
ng,v
1 On the sweet air faintly calling,
j " Tears of music" rising, falling
They may ring, but no to-morrow
Brings its comfort to my sorrow
Bring the step that came that day I
Days as fair and nights us tender, j
Many a summer time shall render,
As the year its story tells ; j
But the dream they once were bringing,
Ye shall waken with your ringing.
f Never more, St. Peter's belt.
j Miscellaneous Items.'
T
Parental acres father's corns.
The poor man's story the garret.
! Can a ship with two owners be called
a partnership ? j j j
I A pledge of love pawning the en
gagement ring. j - . j
The "Hearse" Is the; cheerful j name
of a Nevada saloon.
I What shape is a kiss? Elliptical (a
lip tickle,) of course. ;
j A confidence operation Eating sau
sages and buying eggs.
'. Why is a mouse like a load of hay ?
Because the cat'I eat It.
I A Western gentleman advertises for
a 4self Kupporting wife."
deal at
j 'He who waits to do a great
once will never do anything.
and
! If you're asked to take an egg,
won't, is that an egg ati ve reply ?
j People who come to high words fre
quently Indulge in low expressions.
! Counter-irritants people who exam
ine the whole stock and buy nothing.
i Young ladies suffering from a pane
in the side may relieve it by wearing a
sash.
Why are the letters 'oz" like an ad
vertisement? Because they are for an-
ounce-ment.
What an unlucky suitor did he
wooed and she would'nt. He .cooed
and she couldn't, j ;
j" A Chicago teamster i broke a man's
. skull by careless driving, but was ex-jjkull-iMite-ed
by the jury.
! The epicurean who made a desert of
the fruits of an enterprise picked his
teeth with the point of a joke.
New arithmetic4-"How long shall
you be gone on your vacation, Ned?"
Oh, about three shirts' time."
The bats in Wisconsin kill hecp.
One farmer has lost 300 by them. The
bats perch on the animal's neck and
suck his blood. j
v "Oh, mother," said a little boy as he
stood looking at a lake by moonlight,"
e how the moon sprinkles down on
the water!"
A Connecticut editor unkindly al
ludes to a rival editor's head as .the
Polar regions, lccausc it is a great,
white, bare place.
! A man up In Portsmouth, N. II.,
named his two children Ebenezer and
Flora, and always tspoke of them as
"Eb" and "Floy J r
i "Massa Christopher Columbus was a
queer man," said a negro orator. "A
- notion crossed him one day, and den
he crossed an ocean."
little urchin, "I cheated the hens so
nicely just now ; I threw them your
gold beads, and they j thought they
were corn, and eat theni up as fast as
they could!
I A country editor's sole editorial in
one week's issue was that "If anything
will make a man feel juicy about the
heart. It Is to talk velvet to a pair of
sky-colored eyes, by moonlight, in a
clover-field." J j
j Washington Irving once said of a
pompous American diplomatist. "Ah,
lie Is a great man ; and, in his own es
timation, a very great man, a man of
great weight. When he goes to the
West, the East tips up."
; Sydney Smith' kind readiness in
suggesting "mottoes for "his friends is
well known ; for instance, when a no-;
Lie lady asked for a motto for. the col-?
lar of her dog Spot, he was so good as
to say, Yes certainly. ,4Out, damned
Spot!'" I ' !
. , The rite of baptism being about to
be. administered to several infantSj a
confused clergyman v requested with
great solemnty, that "All children
having parents whom they wish to be
Uiptizcu will please to present them
before the altar." ,
1 Jonathan and Paddy were riding to
gether one day when they came In sight
of an old gallo-sJ This suggested to
the American the idea of being witty
at the expense of Ids Irish companion.
"Vimwv that, I calculate," said he;
"and now where would yon le if the
the pillow had its due ?" " Hiding
alone," coolly replied laddy. : .
:Seaking of a minister whose ser
mons comutn a little of everything and
not much of anything:
His talk U like a stream which runs
, With rapid change; from rocks to roses ;
It slips from politic to puns.
It glides from Mahomet to Moses.
distance above the fall, so that, now it
was pointed out to me, I saw in the
middle of the rapid, aiiuge log of wood,
the trunk of a tree, which had lodged
there some vears before, and upon it a
black speck. This, after some observa
tion, I iierceivcd to move it was a
man. Yes: he and his two compan
ion? had. on the ' nrevious ' niirht. been
rowinsr about some distance above the
fall, "Bv some means or other they had
ventured too near the rapids, had lost
all command of their boat, and had been
hurried away to destruction. It was
supposed that about half a mile above
the fall the boat had been upset, and
with two wretched men still clinging to
it. went over the fall at about 9 or 10
o'clock at night, while the third man
was driven against this log of wood,
cliimtl upon it and sat astride of it
through the darkness of the night, amid
the roar, the turmoil, and the dashing
spray of the rapids.
- I crossed the river, ascended the rock
by the railway t and hurried to the spot
where I found him so near that I could
almost distinguish his countenance. He
was then lying along the log, grasping
It with both arms, and appeared ex
hausted to the hwt degree, lie was
evident! v as wet from the spray as
though lie had been standing under
water. By this time people were as
semblinsr. and different plans for the
rescue were discussed on all sides :
already, indeed one effort had been
made. A small boat had been firmly
lashed to a strong cable, and dropped
down to him from the bridge, which
crossed the rapids, between the main
land and Goat Island, about sixty yards
above the log.
TMa hnnf hnrl nrnrreded n few vardsj
in safety, was upset, spun round liken
piece of cork at the end of a thread by
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tne iorce oi ine waier, wineii mnmy
snapped the cable iii two, and the boat
disappeared over the fall.
" llut now a dispatch had been sent to
liunaio a uisiance oi nine more man
twenty miles) by electric telegraph.de-
siring that a life-boat siiouia De sent ny
the first train, 9:30 a. m., and this in
time arrived, borne on the shoulders of
about twenty men, and a splelidid boat
she was, large, built entirely of sheet
iron, with air-tight chambers ; a boat
that could not sink. She was girt
round with strong ropes, and two new
two-inch cables brought with her. All
this arrangement naturally took up
much time, and the poor wretch's im
patience seemed extreme.so that it was
thought advisable to let him know
what was goipg on, Thia was done by
means of a sheet, upon which was writ
ten in large letters in Dutch (his native
language,) "The life-boat is coming."
He stood up, looked intently for a min
ute, and then nodded his head. When
the boat was at last launched, the ex
citement was intense. Two, cables,
each held by many men, were let down
from either end of he bridge, so that
they might have command in directing
the course of the boat down the river.
She seemed literally to dance upon the
surface of the water like a cork.
Tho rapid consists of a number of
small falls distributed unevenly over
all parts of the river, so "that there are
thousands of cross currents, eddies and
whirlpools, which it would be utterly
impossible to avoid, and in which lies
the danger of transit for a 113. boat be
tween tho bridge 'and the log. The
life-boat's course was steady at first : she
arrived at the first fall, she tripped up
and swung round with a rush, but con
tinued her course safely, only half filled
with water. Again she descended with
safety, but at length approaching the
log she became unmanageable, swing
ing either way with immense force,
spinning completely over, and finally
dashing against tne log witn suen vio
lence that I fully expected the whole
thing, man and all, to have been dis
lodged and hurried down the rapid.
But. 110. it stood firm the boat had
reached its destination. Yet alas! how
useless was its position. It lay com
pletely on its side above the log, and
with its hollow inside directed toward
the bridge, played upon by the whole
force of the current,which fixed its keel
nrmiy against tne log. it seemed im
movable. The man himself climbed
toward it, and in vain tried to pull,lift,
or shake the boat; nor was it moved
until both cables being brought to one
side of the river by the united force of
fifty or sixty men, she was dislodged,
and swung down the rapid upside
down,fina!ly pitching headlong beneath
an eddy, entangling one of her cables
on the rocks, and there lying beneath
a heavy fall of water, until, , in ' the
course of the day, one cable being brok
en by the efforts of the men to dislodge
her, and the other by the sheer force of
the current she. went over the falhs the
second sacrifice to the poor fellow, who
still clung to the log, swayed between
Jiope and fear. The loss , of the boat
seemed a great blow to him, and he ap
peared, as lar as we could judge at a
distance, at times to give away to the
utmost despair. A third boat was now
brought wooden, very long, and flat
bottomed. Its passage was most fortu
nate, and as she floated down even
along-side of the log without accident,
hope beamed in every countenance.and
we all felt the man might be saved.
Hope also had revived in him. He
stood for some time upoii the log mak
ing signals to those who directed the
boat. -
We now eagerly seized her, drew her
towards him; jumped into her, and
made signs to them to draw, him up.
This was commenced, but some of the
tackle had caught, and it was deemed
necessary to let it loose for an instant.
This was done; the boat floated a few
feet down the rapid, swung round the
lower end of the log, entangling the
cable beneath it; and there remained
line, but the cords had, m every in
stance, been snapped, and the food
lost. ;
The raft was finished, launcned, and
safely let down to the log. The poor
fellow committed himself to its care
he lashed his legs firmly, and then -sigt
nailed to draw -'him up: thus for the
second time the ropes had begun to be
drawn up the rait advanced under the
first pull, but its head, owing to the
great light cask, dropped beneath it,
and as the raft still advanced, the wa
ter broke over it to such a depth that
the man was obliged to raise himsel
upon all fours, keeping his chin well
elevated to avoid being drowned. We
expected at every pull to see his head
go under, but, aiasi tney puneti in
vain, for the front of the ratt, pressed
down by the weight of falling water,
had come in contact with a rock, and
would not advance. "The ropes were
slackened, she fell back, but again
hitched In her return, it was then de
termined to let her swing to another
part of the rapid, where the stream did
not seem quite so impassible. This
was done and a second attempt to draw
it ud was made, half-way between the
log and the opposite shore (a small is
land.) This also failed from the same
cause, tnereiore it was proposed to en
deavor to let the raft float down and
swing round upon tne island, mis
was commenced but with the old re
sult, the cable was caught in the rocks,
and the raft remained stationary.
However, she was floating easily, and
the poor fellow could rest.
Early "in the day, for tho afternoon
was now far advanced, one of the large
ferry-boats (built expressly for crossing
beneath the falls) had been brought up,
but had lain idle. This was now put
into requisition, and nobly she rode
down towards the raft, whilst in breath
less silence we all watched her as she
dipped at the various falls, and each
time recovered herself. I shuddered
as she was launched, for I began to see.
that the man could not be saved by a
boat ; a boat could never return against
a rapid, however well able to -float
down it. No soon would her bow come
into contact with a fall than it would
din. fill, and spin round, as did the first
skiff which was lost. - ,
The poor fellow himself was getting
impatient visibly so, He untied his
lashings, stood upright upon the rait,
watching to seize the boat, and
jump into her. She had ut one more
fall to pass and that fall was situated
just above where he stood; she paused
at the brink of it, swung down it like
lightning, and, as he leaned forward to
seize her, she rose on the returning
wave, struck him in the chest, and he
staggered hopelessly in the overwhelm-;
ing torent. .
; 4The exclamation of horror, for it was
not a cry, which burst from the thou
sands who by this time were assem
bled, I shall never forget, nor the
breathless silence with which we watch
him, fighting with the. waters as they
hurried him along upright, waving
both arms above his head. We lost
sight of him at intervals, yet again and
again he reappeared in lieu of one
brief half minute. But the end come
at last; once more I saw his arms wild
ly waved above his head, and in an in
stant, the crowd turned from the spot
111 dead silence. The man was lost.
From the Chicago Times.
AN UN ROMANTIC RECOGNITION A LONG"
LOST BOY DISCOVERED AT A CIRCUS BY
HIS SISTER.
About seven years ago Johnny Hyde
was of the interesting age of eight
years. Like most boys, next to the
Sabbath-school he loved the circus.
For weeks he would save the money
which his father gave him! to put in
the mission box, to buy tickets for the
grand avenue exhibition, and when
once seated under the canvas, would
fasten his eyes on the' bespangled ar
tists, and shout with delight at their
graceful evolutions on the padded plat
forms on the backs of the horses. The
talented clown, overflowing with hu
mor and wit of the highest order, was
also appreciated by him. i Johnny
couldn't get enough of the circus at
home" in Dubuque, so he resolved to
run away with the next company that
came .along and did so. His father,
and mother, and sisters, and brothers
all went for Johnny for a long-time,
until tney gave him up for dead,- or at
any rate dead to them. j
A few days ago Johnny's Sister, Miss
Emma Hyde, came to this city to visit
some friends and relati vesi On Wednes
day evening, in their company, she
visited the circus now performing here.
During the show, as Miss Emma. was
watching the daring performance of a
bareback rider, a healthy boy of about
fifteen years came by the party in which
she was seated, shouting, " ans, tans:
have a fan. sia ?" . Miss Emma looked
into his face, recognised her long-lost
brother, and fainted in proper dramatic
style. Johnny, the wayward, whose
youthful apprehensions had never
been excited by the appalling pic
ture of the disobedient f lad who
fell from his first tight rope ! on
account of seeing the spectre of his
broken hearted sister at the extremity
of his balancing pole, thereby breaking
his backbone and unfitting himself for
circus service, did not even stagger at
the recognition. Mad his sister j re
frained from fainting he would have
bared his brawny arm and exhibited
the strawberry mark, but under the
circumstances he merely said, "How
are you Em ?" and continued the sale
of his merchandise. 1
Johnny's people are in good circum
stances, and as his experience has con
vinced him that life in a Circus is not
all play and no work, he will probably
retire to private life. j j
i I From the Old North State.'
Hon. Lewis Hanes
Dear Sir A perverted and un
truthful account of the personal conflict
at the Depot in Salisbury has found its
way into several of the newspapers of
the State. This statement does me
such gross injustice personally, land is
so well calculated to impair puDiic con
fidence in, and I destroy my usefulness
tnat a ieei lujjjcio,-
who confessed that he had been out to
give alarm and procure aid. Captain
frryatonce took him m charge, and
T.tPr.,n,r nf nninion that this prompt
action on'the oflZr
hhherf?Vine.
Cherry ville about half past ten o'plock
atn ght, having walked or run the
wholldstanceof 'eighty except
Petersrwho drove r
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ROMANTIC MARRIAGES IN NEW HAM?.
SHIRK, j i
marriage
In Cheyenne, when anything hap
pens, the people consider it a duty to
hold a meeting and pass,, resolutions
UDon it. The other day a woman felb
into Crow Creek and sank, A " large
pvd of people were standing upon
ie oanK at tne time, and tney in
stantly proceeded to organize a meet
ing for the purpose of. devising means
for rescuing the woman. After a spir
ited debate M." A. Arnold was elected
chairman ; and, on taking his seat,
Mr. Arnold not only thanked the meet
ing very warmly for j the compliment
onered him, but made a long speech in
which he discussed the tariff, the coal
product for 1871 and the Alabama
claims. A series of: resolutions was
then offered, and after a prolonged
discussion and the acceptance of sever
al amendments, they were passed.
They embraced a protest against the
depth of Crow Creek, regrets that all
women were not taught to swim, and
a resolve to rescue the particular wo
man who had fallen overboard. A
committee of one was appointed to
dive for her. None of thie women in
Cheyenne can hold their breath more
than an hour at a time, so when this
one was recovered she was dead.
Of the preliminaries of a
about to be celebrated in Exeter, N, H.,
a correspondent of the Boston Traveler
gossips thus; j
"Some months ago, a gentleman re
siding in Illinois wrote to an official in
the youngest city iff New-England, sta
ting that he was desirous of procuring
a good wife : that he had heard so much
of the excellence of the daughters of the
isay etate, he was luiiy persuaded they
would make the beat.of wlve, and he
requested the names of a few Haverhill
ladies. The officialj satisfied of the
good standing of his correspondent,
promptly forwarded to him the names
of a few ladies, to each of whom the
would-be Benedict despatched a letter,
requesting an answer, with a view to
further correspondence ; if mutually
agreeable. One of the answers he re
ceived was from a native and resident
of this town, who at that j time was in
Haverhill 'teaching the young idea how
to shoot.7 llers was a well-worded
lishine'
fen no thpv afrprt mvself.
On Sunday morning, the 20th of Au
gust, about 9 o'clock, I left the Boyden
House for the Depot. The Omnibus
was standing at the door, but I iold th6
driver I would walk as far as the Post
office, if he would stop there for me. I
left the hotel In company with Mr.
Starbuck, who walked with me, afidin
a very few minutes after we reached
the Post-office the Omnibus was there
with four persons in it. These were
Mr. Larkins and Mr. Mitchell whom I
knew, and Wilson and Beard whom I
did not know. I then entered the Om
bus with Mr. Starbuck. I was entirely
ignorant of any difficulty or bad feeling
between any of the parties, nor had I
any reason to suspect anything of the
kindj Neither had Mr. Larkins, as he
T A t -1 ,
assures me. l do nor remeinuer a worn
spoken by any of the company until
within a lew yards 01 ine piaiiorm m.
the Depot, when my attention was at
tracted by words addressed by Wilson
to snmfi one in rather a low tone of
voice; Looking round I found they
were addressed to Starbuck, and imme
diately the tone and language of Wil
son were changed. He charged Star
buck with having promised to render
him satisfaction, or give him a certifi
cate about some matter which jwas
not explained. By this time the
Omnibus had reached, and I think,
had backed up to the platrorm.
Wilson, with profane language, charged
Starbuck with having treated him bad
ly and told him a falsehood, continu
ing to denounce him with further' use
of profane language. Starbuck retorted
with severity, calling Wilson a liar or
a rascal, I do not remember which.
Wilson then moved towards Starbuck
and made an effort to strike him. They
were in the end of the Omnibus farthest
from me, f and the other persons were
between us, so that I did not see the
went to the hotel of Mr. Summit, which
About two o'clock we
were aroused by one of e clerks, whj
stated that about fty isgisemen.
all armed with muskets and rifled, had
,,..,rii fhA nremises. demanding
that both liquor and revenue officers
should be delivered to them. fThey
took the liquor, but as we declined to
go out of the room, being armed; only
with pocket-pistols, and as they did
not feel it safe to take us out, they .did
riot get us. We saw a portion of them
both disguised and armed,; they did
not have any wagon, but Irolled tne
whisky barrels. Daylight soon coming,
we procured muskets and followed the
trail of the barrels found ;( tnem con
cealed in a swamp 'about three-quarter
miles from Cherryyille. We put! these
aboard the train and carried then! safe
ly to Charlotte. Thomburg should be
arrested and punished. It Is certainly
not safe for me to go into that section
even with my whole force of deputies.
This is the second time within this year
that parties of armed men have onered
us resistance iu uixowuiii.
Very respectfully,
S. H. Wile, Col
Alexandria, Vai, has. a hew paper
called the Liberal Citizen, and its con
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saueleher." Iwhether found in
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"What does this
"Gentlemen help
Upon this Beard
by the neck and
Chov A wall, a young Chinese Sunday
school scholar in Washington, has made
the following translation from the 25th
chapter of Matthew : "Tho kingdom like
ten girls: never marry; they bring some
lanterns ; come out till some new married
in an come that way. Ilavo got five wise
and five foolish. Fivo hold lanterns with
no oil. Smart five all have oil inside. The
new married man come too late; they
sleep. By and by they . say. 'New married
man come.' All go out to him. Fivemako
nice lanterns. Five foolish say, 'You givo
my oil; lamp no oil, you give me some.
The smart say, 'I no give you ; I not
enough ; you go market buy Foolish go
market to buy. The new married man
come. All come to dinner. Shut the door.
J3y and by the foolish come and say, 'Boss,
boss,1 open door.' He say, 'I no like you ;
you no my.' m ust be smart, no under
stand the day."
A little four-year old, near Norwalk,
Connecticut, was listening on Sunday
last to the Bible! story of Klijah and
(lie bears. The story was Illustrated
u'ith a picture of the venerable Elijah
trainer along, bareheaded, the bears
fmincr out of the woods tc. The lit
immovably tixed.
fellow's wor
of his boots
pushed at the log. climbed upon it, and
used every possible exertion to .move
the boat, but in vain! An hour was
spent in these fruitless efforts an hour
of terrible suspense to all who beheld
him. lie worked well, for he worked
for his life. Three months
boat retained its position,
move until the rocks grind
two. or the waters tear it piecemeal in
to shreds. -
Another plan must be devised, and
this, with American promptitude, was
soon done. A raft of from twenty to
! thirty feet long and five feet broad was
after, this
nor will it
its cable in
4 A. t A t - A X t
- a iraveuer suippeu ai ii tavern anu
Was much taken with the landlady, a
neat, pretty, and agreeable Quakeress.
When about to depart, he declared he
The pret-
replied
great circumspection: "Friend,
thee must not do so impudent a thing."
By heavens, I will I" exclaimed the
traveler. "Well, as thee has sworn. I
will not be the cause of thy breaking
thy oath," naively answered the blush
I ng landlady, "but thee mast not make
a practice of it."
hxed. Oin-e more the ixxir "e" a7)UI lo. V1' ? ae
k began. He drew off one Jt,u,,1l1 ofc without a kiss. Tl
and bailed .the boat, ho Jy. Quaker blushed, as she
,.i?mhn.i ,v,if,onii with great circumspection : "
straightforward epistle, and the recip
ient was at once impressed Svith the in
telligenceand goodsense manifested by
the writer. A correspondence ensued,
wnicn as it progressed served to strength
en the favorable opinion each had form
ed of the other ; photographs were ex
changed, and, toymake a long story
snort, an engagement oi marriage was
entered into, and the gentleman is ex
pected here shortly, when he will re
turn to hi3 Western home with his sin
gularly-won bride. The lady , is well
educated, of spotless reputation, and pos
sesses the necessary qualifications ; to
make nappy tne home of her husband,
who is asrentleman of intearritv. culture
and wealth, and well provided with the
goods of this world. He is largely en
gaged m mercantile pursuits.
But this is not a solitary instance of
T7 A 1 .1 x a.1
tui xvcitrr iauy uuuiruciiHg marriage
under such romantic circumstances. A
few years ago one of our factory opera-
.A . .
lives was recommended to a gentleman
icruuiiig in to j-i jl- i alibis us u-peisUM
liKeiy to make him a good wife, by a
mutual iriena. lie wrote to her. a
correspondence was opened, cartes de
visiw werecAciiauxui, anu m a snort
time they were betrothed. Being una
ble conveniently to leave ! his- business
to come on here, the gentleman sent his
fiancee a check for $500, with which she
procured a bridal outfitnud started
alone for San Francisco to marry the
man 6he had never yet ! seen. Their
nuDtials were celebrated soon after her
arrival, and the union has proved amost
felicitous one."
Mayne Reid was once a gallant sol
dier, iind distinguished himself in the
Mexican war. He was wont to recite
poetry, much to the wrath and disgust
of his brother officers. One day he
roared out:
" At midnight in his guarded tent,
The Turk lay dreaming of the hour
When Greece her knees 'f
t. ,
" I say, Beidi" interrupted Ned Mar
shall "why did she grease her knees?"
"What?" "You said 'grease he.knees.,
Now, the question that I agitates the
country is, why did she grease her
knees?" The gay Lieutenant gazed
for a moment, and said t sternly :
"You're a fool." A duel was the con
sequence, in which Ned Marshall, with
his usual luck, got the worst of it.'
One of the last humorous papers
a very funny cut. Jt illustrates
has
this
arose and asked,
mean?" and added,
to part these men."
instantly seized me
collar and, with great strength pressed-
me down on the seat the same,i think,
thtit I had occupied declaring with an
bath that I should not interfere with
his friend. Mr. Larkins, who up to
that time, had done nothing, entreated
Beard to desist, He did not heed Mr.
Jerkins' entreaties, but continued to
press me down violently. Mr. Larkins
then seized Beard,, and with the aid of
Mr. Wiley, whom I then first saw, suc
ceeded in releasing me from the grasp
of Beard. Beard, still in the Omnibus,
instantly turned with great fury, and
seemingly with intenser passion, upon
Mr. Larkins, hurling him with such
violence from the Omnibus that he fell
to the ground. Beard at the sameun-
stant followed ! him, and commenced
kicking and stamping him.and dealing
hini heavy blows on his head and side.
Mr. Wiley and myself seized Beard,
and with much exertion succeeded in
relieving Mr. Larkins for the moment.
Mr. Larkins was so stunned by the
blows he had received that he recovered
from the ground with some difficulty,
and m o ved to wards the platform . Beard
tore violently from Mr. Wiley and my
self Wiley's hold on him being last re
leased and followed Mr. Larkins,
again felling him to the ground with a
single blow. He then jumped on him,
stamping him and dealing him heavy
blows with his fist. I do not remem
ber ever to have seen any human being
so infuriated with anger as he seemed
to be. Up to ! this time I had not
struck or attempted to strike, notwith-l
standing the great indignity to which
I had been subjected. I really be
lieved, and now think I had good rea
son to believe, that Beard would have
killed Mr. Larkins unless prevented
immediately. At that moment there
was hoone so near as myself that I ob
served. I had just been made consci
ous of Beard's superior strength, and I
knew I could not tear him from the
victim of his rage without a resort to
violent means. It was then, and un
der these circumstances, that I, dealt
hini two blows with my cane with all
the power and skill I possessed. My
only intent was the relief of Mr. Lark
iris, known to me to be a high-toned
christian gentleman, who had so nobly
come to my relief when collared and
choked by Beard j and who by this
very act of generosity, - as it appeared
to me, had excited the deadly resent
ment of my assailant against, and pro
voked the attack upon himself.
When 1 did strike 1 could, not have
done more; if I had done less I should
ever hereafter have to reproach myself
witk the basest ingratitude towards a
friend who seemed to have hazarded
so much for me. i
This is the part I took in, and all I
saw or know of, the transaction which
has been so strangely and shamelessly
perverted in some of the ! newspaners
of the State. Yours truly.
G. W. Brooks.
OTATE OP NORTH CAROLINA,
O -" :' Wake County.
Superior Court.
-T-r "it n r , i . ATL' 1
William js.'iason, piauiuu,
; ; vs. - .
George Gordon and John. I
. Venters, defendants.
A summons having been issued fjfom the
office of the Superior Court of Wake County,
for the defendants George Gordon and John
Venters, and returned, not to bo found : and
it further . appearing to . the satisfaction of
the Court that said defendants cannot be
found in the State ofj North Caroling, It is
ordered, that publication be Inadej in the
Carolina Era, a newspaper printed in the
city of Raleigh, for six weeks, weekly.
summoning tne saia ueorge jUoraon ana
John Venters, defendants, to appear at the
next term of Wake I Superior! Court, to be
held in the city of Raleigh, on the 8th Mon
day after the 2nd Monday in August, 1871,
men ana tnere to pieaa, answer or demur
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR
. i Should bo taken if yotir StoniaMi
' is out or order.
DR. CROOK'S WINE OE TAR j
;. - Should be taken if you feel
weak or debilitated. .
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR A '
j Should be taken to strengthen and
J f ; build up your jiystcin.
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ;
j , Will euro your Dyspepsia or
: Indigcslion.
. 1 , ' . ,
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR J ! '
Will prevent Malarious Fevers,
; - and braces up tho System.
DR.
CROOK'S WINE OF TAR
I Possesses Vegetable Ingredients
f - which makes it the
j best Tonic in tie fnarkct. ,
to the complaint of
ment will be taken rigainst them in accon
ance with said eomp
the plaintiff, or jud
aint.
rkf.
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR
- lias proved itself
I in thousands of. eases
.1 capable of curing all disease's of tho
I I . I Throat end Lungs.
Witneas.1 John N. Bunting. Clerk of said
Court, at oflice, in the city of I Raleigh, the
18th day of August, 1871. I
31wCw. -JOHN N. BUNTING, Clerk.
DR. CROOK'S
WINE OF TAR i !
Cures all Chronic Coughs,
and Coughs and Colds,
more effectually than an y
j other remedy,-
S
TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Anna B.
i : Super
Cavarly, j
vs.
"I
riOr
Wake
Court.
Coustv
1
Debt.
A summon having! been issued from the
office of the Superior .Court of Wake coun
ty, for the defendant Milton & Littlefield,
and returned, hy 1th e Sherittj "Not to be
found in Wake county," and it jappearing to
the satisfaction of the Court' that the said
defendant is; a non -resident of this Sfcato:
It is ordered that publication jbe made in
the Carolina Era, a j newspaper published
in the city of Raleigh, for six weeks, week
ly, summoning the aid Milton S. Little
field, defendant, to' appear at the next term
of ake Superior Court, to bo iheld in the
city of Raleigh, on the 8th Monddy after
the 2d Monday in lAugust, 1871, then and
there to plead, answer or demur to the com
plaint of the plaintiff fin the above! named
action, or judgment will 'be takerif against
him according to the complaint.
Witness, John N. Bunting, Clerk of said
Court, at office, in the city of Raleigh, the
25th day of August, 1871. .
34 w6w J. N. BUNTING, Clerk.
'. I' - 1 . , 1- ' '
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF. TAR
i Has cured cases of Consumption.
f - pronounced incurablo
I - by physicians
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR f j
I las di red so many eases of
Asthma and Jsronchitis
that it has been pronounced a specific
for these complaints.
1 i . 1 .' ; ' ' ! r tt- .
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR
Removes pain in Breast, Side or liack.
: ,i
DR. CROOK'S 'WINE 'OF TAR 1
Should bo taken for
, diseases of tho
Urinary Organs.
I
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR I
i Cures Gravel and Kidney Diseases.
DR.
CROOK'S WINE OF TAR jv
. ' Should bo taken for alt
Throat and Lung Ailment'
s.
s
TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Wake
Superior Court.
County.
.1
Debt.
DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR 1 f '
, Should be kept in every house,
" i ; and its life-giving
Tonic properties trial by all.
Joseph D. Cavarly;
: ; vs. i
JUilton S. Littlefield.
I A summons having been issued from the.
office of the Superior Court of Wake county,
for the defendant Milton S. Littlefield, and
returned by the sheriff "not to j be found in
Wake county;" and it appearing to the satis
faction of the court that said defendant is a
non-resident of the State, It is ordered that
publication be made in the Carolina Era, a
newspaper printed in the city of Raleigh, for
six weeks, weekly, !j summoning i the said
Milton S. . Littlefield. defendant- to nnnoar
at the next term of j Wake Superior Court,
to be held in the city of Raleigh, on the 8th
Monday after the 2nd Monday) in (August,
1871, then and there to plead ahsw'er or de
mur to the complaint of tho plaintiff in the
above named action, or judgment will be
taken against him according to the com
plaint, j . i
J Witness, John N. Bunting, Clerk of said
Court, at office, in the city of Raleigh, the
2oth day of August, 1871. f J
34 w6w. JOHN N. BUNTING,! Clerk.
PURIFY YOUR BLOOD.
DR. CROOK'S
Compound Syrup of
o it is ii o o rr t
DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND f
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT.
Is the active- medicinal
quality of Poke Root
! combined with tho
best preparation of Iron.
DR.
CROOK'S COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT.
Is tho bkst Alterative
or Blood Purifier made.
XJORTH CAROLINA, )
GRANVIXjIiE COtTNTY.
DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT.
, j Cures all disease
depending on a depraved condition
I of tho blood.
Superior Court.
Jam AS TT. Wp)iVi almv -nrlflv il. -. ri.
- -" " "' wim vivj rTIU Ull-
nexed, of Susan Webb, deceased, against
Ti-rwHA T di 1 1 r -x -. I . " .
v-cwijso xj. ouuey ana eiina in., hLs wife,
Ann M. Norwood, Alfred D. Webb,
j Frances M. Bumpass, John P. Black well,
j and Mary . Ann, Jiis wife, Mary Smith,
William N. Johnson, and Elizabeth A.,
his wife, Harriett D. Beasley William II.
Beasley, M. Susan Webb, Gi Emma Ty
ler, Hyman Tyler, and John E.iWebb.
Petition to make real estate assets.
' It appearhiff to the Court that (.nnrm T.
Staley, and Selina' N., his wife, I Ann M.
Norwood, Alfred D. Webb, William N.
Johnson and ElizabethA., his wifej Harriett
D. Beasley, William II. Beasley, M. Susan
DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND
" SYRUP OF IOKl. ROOT
I Cures Scrofula,
Scrofulous Diseases of tho Eyes,
-' ' . " -,. - or Scrofula in any form!
DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND
i SYRUP OF POKE ROOT.
Cures old Sores, Boils or Ulcers
DR.
United States Internal Revenue
Cou-.ector's Office, .
Sixth District, North Carolina,
Salisrurv. Ancnst 14. 1R7K
'O r ' I nr.i,i- st m . ...
Hon. I W.Perrm Supervisor Internal ;'E"5St
..,, . , r,- "f"1? icsiue ueyouuine limits Of
Sir: On the lOtb inst., accompanied
oy .Detective iierry, Deputy ; uollector
Ramsay, and H. B. Peters, I proceed-
msr to James Tnombursr's in Gaston
county, neighborhood of Kings Monri-
tain, about seventy miles from mv of
fice, t ouna in tne
CROOK'S COMPOUND
'SYRUP OF POKE ROOT.
Removes Pimples, Blotches.
ad beautifies tho Complexion.
dwelling-house? of
Thomburg four barrels of whiskey, con
cealed under the beds ; found another
barrel in an old distillerrv buildincr.
C3 IJII i 1 1 J . C ll. .1 lli ' '
-. -mm - . I m if- iiiffiii t -i I i i im i r nil i mi in iiiir
cene : An old gent is walking an his 71 "1'": ,r Y
along, outside the high gartlen wall,
tie one looked at it, and immetliateJy knocked together with amazing rapid-
n't he put i ny. it consisted oi two stout poles,
Kunt out. "Father, why didn
Ids hat on, and then they wouldn't
have hollered bald-head."
made fast, five feet asunder, bv nailint?
four or five pieces of two-Inch board at I
Al J VUII M -L U1UVV1 111 AUUlttt
who .was shockingly mutilated ana
disfigured in a battle, after mature re
flection requested a comrade to write
to his betrothed in England, and re
lease her from the bridal engagement.
Her noble reply was worthy of a true
woman : Tell him if there is enough
of his body fo contain his soul I shall
hold him to his engagement."
and gives his customary yell, j Old
gent hears something, but being very
deaf, is unable to make out just what
is wanted ; so he puts his ear trumpet
in place, and elevating the bell edge
Milkman takes it for a dish, and enti
ties a quart of milk into the old gent's
ear, and goes about his business. It is,
about as ludicrous an incident as can
be imagined. I
An aged woman in North Adams,
Massachusetts, relates that many years
ago, while attending asocial dance, n
young mechanic asked her hand for one
of the dances. She indignantly refused,
feeling very much mortified that he
should make such an offerj Years have
passed, and she has filled an honorable
but humble position in life, while the
young man whom she then scorned has
been Governor pf Massachusetts.
! M. when we had much reason to apprc
; hend danger, weit once set about pro
; curing the means of removing the whis
; key. Througli the exertions of Captain
: Iierry and Air. i'etrrs we procured a
j team, Deputy Ramsay and "myself
' guarding the spirits in their: absence.
; We did not find Thomburg at home;
found his wife and son, two daughters,
and several small children, ! some three
. or four of whom were sent but to give
; the alarm and collect a force to1 rescue
the whiskey and punish us for seizing
it ; the son went on horseback. We
found our team too weak toliaul more
than four of the barrels of spirits. While
taking the whiskey, we met j with some
resistance and much abase. We left
Thomburg's about sunset for Cherry
ville, eight miles distant. Thomburg's
wife informed me that the whiskey
would" not reach the railroad and that
we ourselves would never reach home
or the railroad again. When about one
mile from the house we met the son.
tins slate, it ; is tnereiore ordered; by the
Court that publication be made; in the
Carolina Era. a newsDaDer nublLshhd in tho
city of Raleigh, for six weeks successively,
notifying the said defendants to appear be-
ion? ,iie Cleric oi me csunerior court fnr snirl
county of Granville, at his office in Oxford,
on Monday, the 25th day of September, A.
D.,j X871, then and there to plead, answer or
uemur to tne piajntins petition, filed in this
cause, otherwise the same will be taken to
be certified and heard ex parte'as to them.
Witness, Calvin Betts, Clerk of said Court.
uiuuo in vAiyru, liio xuill August lo71.
i I v. liWT-rs, Uerk
bnpenor-Coart Granville C6untv.
DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT,
i Cures any Disease or
Eruption on tho Skin.
" i ,
Dlt. CBOOK'S COMPOUND
! SYRUP OF POKE ROOT.
Cures Rheumatism and
Bams In Umljs, Iiicm, &v.
DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND S r
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT.
Jiuilds up ConstitutioiiH
... , broken down from .
Mineral or Mercurial I'pisons.
August 14, 1871. I
31-f-wCw.
DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND
4J r i t t v-k . '
x ivij uir POAE ROOT,
ftnoum lje takeii by all
. ( , requiring a rcnioily
. Jv i u make purd bhxxl.
"XTOTiTirnAifnT.iv.i-' r
i (Juanvillk tounty. j Supertax Court.
Augrustino Iindis, jadm'r., of jWiljiam II.
Kittrell, doceascd,! against fearah Kittrell,
Emily Peace, Harbard Night, and Nancy
C, his wife, and Martha Bryant. Petition
tot make real estate asseta. j I
It appearing to the Court -that Martha
Bryant, is not a resident of this State, it is
therefore, ordered by the Court that publica
tion be. made in the Carolina Era. a. news
paper puuiisnea m the city of Raleigh, for
ijix weeks successively, notifying the said
defendant to appear before theClerk of the
Sapenor Court, for said county of Granville
at his office in Oxford, on TUnnr? cu'
day of September 1871, then and 'there to
8tii3 i u- uemuI ie plaintiffs pe
tltl,?I1td,in caose, otherwise the same
will be ..taken to; be certified and heard ex
parte as-to her. f - j j j fwu ex
Witness, Calvin Betts. Clerk of Raid Cm
at office in OxfordL tl'im1f a id oxxjS
Superior Court Granville
UK. CROOK'S COMPniTVTi
' ' A A f
Cures S,call nead.
inr, rettcr.
Salt Rhei
DR. C
tOOK'S COMPOUND ' T
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT.
Cures long standing
" ' DiMeaims of the Liver.
DR. CROOK'S COMPOirvn '-
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT
movoH Syphilid
or tho diseases it entaiU
than any and all othcV tTZY
Aug. 24, 1871.
other remedies - print lit
36-wttriwIv.
1871.
C. BETTS, Clerk
August 11, 1871.
county.
31--w6w.
"VrOTICE.
. This is to give notice, That I havo lot,
appointed Assignee at tV "aX. A5.11
unitea states
JOHN R. ONEILL,
a Bost Offieo Raleiirh N O
Aug. 2G, 1871. - 30rl'aW3w:
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