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THE DAWSON JOURNAL
Vol. I.
A Tldßßlßf.il ADVE.VTURR
in Ix'vlitud.
Mount Hods, on tho Island of Ice
land, is slightly under a milo in height.
It has throe punks a little elevated
above its body, and along its sides ore
numerous craters, tbc soit9 of fenner
eruptions. The crater of tho principal
peak is about a hundred feet in (1 j.?h.
It is compos and cbiofly of basalt and la.
vn, Lut slag sand and aslrcs cover a
groat part of its surface, and obsidian
is among its most remarkable piolucts
There havo been forty-threo erii| -
tiocs ot Mount Her la recorded within
the last thousand years, five "f which
have been simultaneous with Ycsuvi.ms
fi ur with those of Etna, and one with,
those of In tb.
The list eruption begin September
2, 1845, and lasted until April G, 1840.
On the 23d of November, the torrent
of lava, two miles from tho crater, was
a mile in width, and from forty to fifty
feet in depth.
Mr. Call B‘einman vi red Ht-clu
just previous to this terific eruption, and
had one of the narrowest escapes from
a horrible death, that ever befell ad
venturous man.
We give his narrative iu aim' st bis
own words :
‘On the next morning after my ar
rival at the snail villiage at the foot c f
the volcano, L engaged a guide, a faith
ful, honest fellow, and bet out for a
visit to the noted crater.
‘•From the very first, it seemed as if
I had passed the confines, and was en
tering anew world, so entirely diff r
ent was the scenery.
“As you press upward toward the
focus of all this horror of burning stuff,
you find the peri l , dreariness and de.-o
laticn increase, until its a« fulness be
comes sublime; and at length, when
you stand on the topmost point of this
burning world, ofeba s, you instinct
ively >aise jour heart to God, wiih a
shudder el terror, to restore you to the
great living world that you have left be
hind yon.
“For six mortal hours, three on
horsubick ard three on foo*—had I
been clambering upward from the low
er world, and now among the
eicuds aid nils', that rd ei around mo
I s'ox! in a world of lava mountains,
ice and snow, tin' lava as Hack tfi ink.
the snow of its dazzling whiteness,--
and not iu all tho region, tie slightest
brush, shrub, plan', or living creature,
exe p the guide and myself.
l As fur as tho eye could discern,
when the sweeping ckuds afforded a
view, was a succession of dark hills,
glisten*'ng glati'rs, snow-capped peaks,
and a fr- zen s'roitn, a world devoid of
life, the awful solitude of solitude it
self—tilled with gaping caverns, terific
..Ty-sc'S, and Styrgian eaves, which
echoed only the sullen rtvorhrtions of
thunder or the groaning* of tho trou
bled earth beneath.
“So impressive was the rceno that
I felt a strange chid creep in? over me,
and I shou’ed again to break the hor
rible stillness, which was mere awe-in
spiring than the thunders of a thousand
Nhgras. I frequently fonnd myself
imagining that I was dreaming, and
I was only reassured by pinching myself
or conversing with n.y gu'dn
* Drawing tny blanket around me
to protect me from the chilling a'm< s
phtre, and cau'iously puncturing the
ground with my sharp pointed stick be
fore me, to make sure of my footsteps,
[ began to pick my way over piles and
heaps of lava, and pitehfalls and pa'ch
cs of ice an and smw, my guide keeping
near urn, and oft. n warning me when
heimapired my ‘ootstrps were leaiing
me into clangor.
“Occasionally I struck fragtneMa of
Uva that rslhd down behind rat, bnt as
yet discovered no signs of the crat.-r,
which eighty ye rs bes ire bad vaulted
forth its kemred 'Us volume of melted
black Mt:d. At length however 1
reached the s-.mmi l , tnl Yoked down
into a sort of basin,optn at the b wer
s do, snd having several deep seams or
chasms in its center, into which the
melted suosv and ice on its side, were
ruuning in small streams.
A. repulsive odor in the shape of a
thin, smoky vapor, came r.p and I fan
cied I heard a deep rumbling noise that
sounded far down in the earth.
“I turned to my guide, find was
abjut to speak, when I noticed that be
was trembling, and w_s as pale as
death
‘‘What is the matter?” I asked , you
se;m frightened.
‘‘Oh my God 1 ho gasped, ‘there's
(joing to he another eruption. ’ ’
“How do you know that ?” Have
you ever been here before?
“Yes. but I never saw it lcok so be
fore AVhon I wag here last, there Was
no hollow there, but ODly a level piece
of snow and ice.
“Indeed 1 ’ I exclaimed with intense
interest; and you judge that fact to
be decisive as regards an eruption ?"
‘ Oh my mac-t’r, said he in the great
est iigor.y, what else could h ive cau-ed
this change? You see the ice is nearly
gone, and whit is left is fast melting,
and will soon begone.
I observed at this poiut that my feet
had a sensation of warmth, and stoop
ing down found ihe ground quite hot.
“How is this? I enquired.
‘All wrong; there’s trouble brew
ing master; you had belter leave.
I recalled tha; the last eruption of
Hecla occurred eighty years before, long
before Ihe birth of my guide, and con
sequently he could know as little of that
as I did. This foolish thought pre
vented me from putting tie faith in his
words that 1 ought to have done.
“There is no hurry I replied ; I have
been so long in finding my way to tho
top, that I am hardly disposed to leavo
until I have seen more of the volcano.
“I observed his paleness and tremb
ling increase if possible, but still felt
DAWSON, OA., JANUARY IN, 1807.
a reluctance to retreat so ignori miously '
alter toiling so hard to make the sum-!
mil.
ILestod a moment in silence, and
then ventured again ;
“Lotus go while there is time. I
am afrdd so remain here. We may be
overwhelmed at any moment.
Hold on ! said I, sensible of a cu
rious iaseination, such as sometimes
comes over one when on the brink of
mo t appalling peril. It is true that
the ice has melted away, 1 ur it hi s done
s> very gradually. 1 have spent a great
deal of time, and when 1 started, it was
with the resolve to see llecla.
“Ile-avoii knows'l have s-en to much
already kcroplid; more than has ev
er been seen hv mortal man.
“How do you know that ? said I some
what annoyed at the dogmatical man
ner of my guide.
“At least, I think j®.
“And I think youffre mistaken. I
cannot consent to go back until l In ve
descended into tin* brsin, aid lock'd
down into one < f those chasms.
“Jilt me hose ch you do not! It will
be the death of yon.
“If you are afraid you can return,
said I with an unfeeling tone for which
there was no justification.
“Uh no my master, I will not leave
you.
“All I ask is that you will mere
ly vx nit for me.”
1 1 had no right even to ask that, and
consider my guide a simpleton because
he acceded to my r.que t.
1 will wait, he replied, but remem
ber when you go down that I kept en
trertiug you not do so.
I hold y u blameless whatever
should recur, s> have no apprehensions
upon thatscore.
“The crater was about twen'y yards
in depth, with riles that si mped 6<i
gently that it could be descended easi
ly, if ordinary care was exercised.
“i first felt the lava, and found it
quite hot, but not uncomfortably'so,
and using my stick with great precau
in, I begun the dt pc ut. I observed
the tempraiure of the lava 1 eoesth my
tert constantly increasing, hut I had on
fthick shoes and knew that they would
ha unharmed.
I noticed a'si a thick, sulpburioas
odor, but considerel this nothing unus
ual, although it left a thick, dis
agreeable tasm on ray mouth and give
an unploasent twinge to my olfacto
ries.
The rill of water made by th e melt
ing ice fl lived hissing down, and ws
hgt to view in tho daik chasm from
which came puff* of h■ t air, accompa
nied by a rumbling and trembling of
the ground.
The phee, the scene, an] withal the
some of dcng r connected with i‘, hell
me there by a sort of magnetic faseina
tion, and I soon found myself strongly
templed to throw myself into the awful
ah;s'. Gnsci’ us that rea?<n some
time* I oses her power at such tini s.
If reed n y elf brcl.ward a tew f >et,
bet si i 1 remained tea fu’dy near the
o; ening, Leer}L ss of tho earnest entteat
h sos my guide.
Giving no heed therefore to his ear
nest solicitatio - s, I now resolved if pas
sible to sound tho chasm b fare me, and
then proceed to examine the oilier.
Fur tins purpose I broke off a small
pi ee of lava, and s'epriug to the very
edgo of the precipice, dropped it down,
and listen dto the hollow reverbera
tions, as it wnt bounding from side to
side, long after it was lost to the eye
Tho and [th was ; o immense that. I
heard k for fully a minute, and then
the sound seemed ruber to die out than
ti era e beoau-o of the block having
reached its <1 stination. It was a tei
r fie d-q th, snd as I drew back wi‘h a
shudder, a gust, of hot sulphurious air
pniY-d upward, fc,)!..wed immedinti ly by
a steam like vap'r, cnl a heavy, h.llow
boom, as if a pi- coos ordinance hod
discharged fir down in the bowels of
tho nn u .twin
I’y tl.k time I had regained mj com
mon fen-:e and became impressed with
the danger that hung over me. I turn
ed to fly, when all at once there came a
rumbling crash, and the ground heav
ing, shaking, and rolling under me, be
gan so crumble off into the dread abyss.
I was thrown down and on my hands
and was scrambling onward and
upward, when two blocks rolling togeth
er, caught my feet and Igs between
them, aril without actually crushing,
held them eh in a vice. Then came
another crash and crumble, tho lava
sli 1 away from behind me, and I was
left on the vi ry verge ot that awful
gulf, now widened some fifteen or twen
ty feet, down into which I look and with
horror-strained eyes, only to see dark
ness and death below, ur;d breath the
almost suffocating vaperi, that rushed
up from that seemingly bittern loss pit.
“Oti, tho horrors of that awful reali-!
zation ! '.V hat pen or tongue cun por- i
tray them ? There, over the nmu h ofi
a black and heated abyss, 1 was held
suspended, a helpless nr>d cofmcams
pris mor to tie hurled dc wnwatd bv
tiie next great throe of trei.tb iug nu- 1
ture.
‘‘Help! help ! help ! —for the love of
God, help !’’ I shrieked, in tho very
agony of my despaii.
‘T looked up and around to catch !
sight of my guide, but be, with a com
mendable prudence, l could but admit
in my dire extremity, bad sought his 1
own safety in tii rht
“I bad nothing to re’y on but the
mercy of h aven and I prayed to God
as I never prayed before for a forgive
no sos my sins, that they nvght not
fo'low mo to judgement.
“It might be a second, it might be a
minute, it might he an Lour, that, I
should have to undorgi a liviug death ;
but be i*>e timo long or shor, 1 felt
that there was m escape from a doom
which even now makes mo grow pale uud
shudder when I think of it.
“Above mo was a clear blue sky—
beneath me a black and horrible abyss,
aronnd mo sickening vapori that made
my brain grow dizzy. Humbling and
his-ing sounds warned mo that another
couvuisinu might occur at any moment,
and anothir would bo tho last of me.
Home and friends I shou'd never sec
again, and my tomb would be the vol
cuuio llecla !
‘ I strove with the madness of desper
ation to dbengrgc my imprisoned limps,
hut I might as well have attempted to
move the mountain itself. There I was
fixed and fistened for the terrible death
I was awaiting. Oh, God of heaven !
what a fate !
All at once I hoard a shout, and,
looking ar und, 1 beheld with feelings
that cannot be described, my faithful
guide, battening down the sides of the
crater to my relief. He had fled in ter
ror at the first ominous demonstration,
hut had nobly returned to save mo, if
possible, by risking; his life for mine.
“I warned you, master,’ said be, as he
came up, hi* eyes stalling, and his coun
tenance expressive of commiseration and
terror.
“You did .'You did!’ cried I, but
forgive and save me, for I am perishing.
“I will save you if I can, or perish
with you.’
“The noble fellow instantly set to
work with his iron-pointed stick to break
the lava around my limbs, but tad
scarcely made any progress when again
tho earth trembled, and tho blocks par
ted, one of them rolled down the chasm
with a dull, booming souDd.
“I spreng forward—l siezed a hand
of the guide—wo both struggled des
perately, and the next moment we had
bh fallen, locked in each others arms,
upon the solid earth above. I was free
but still upon the verge of the pi s , and
avy moment might see us both hurh J to
destruction. “Quich ! quick,—ther ’s
not a moment to lose !’ cried the guide.
Up, up, and run for your life !’
‘I staggered to my feet, with a wild
cry of hope and fe ir, and half carried
by n y faithful companion, hurried up
the si ping sides of the crater.
“As we reached the ridge above, the
ground shook with heavy explosion, and
looking back, 1 saw with a horror which
no pen can depict the dark, smoking pit
where we had so lately stood. Without
j waiting to teo more, 1 turn and and fled
>ver the rough ground as fast as my
! brui md limbs wouid permit.
“We reached our horses in safty,
| and hurrying down the mountain, gave
the alarm to the villagers, who joined
us ia our flight across the e untry till a
safe distance nas gai ed
‘A f w days late-, when the mighty
and long extinct llecla was convulsing
the island, aid pouring tourth its tre
mendous volume of melted lava, I was
far out u[in the Atlantic, on my way
home, whrr: I dev mtly thank God again
and sgitii that I had lived to tell my
wonderful e-cipe from a death ia its
burning caatoj.
ASHLEY.
What the sun is to earth, Douglass
Welch was to me; and no night was
ever so dark and gloomly as was my
life when I shut his face away
Stern, re erved, and even harsh as he
sometimes seemed to others, he was
the soul of gentleness to me, loving
me with the whole of his strong, man
ly heart, and caring for me with the
must devoted tenderness.
Nothing is so sweet to a lonely wo
man ns to feel herself beloved like
this ; and nothing would have been so
sweet to me as to have looked into his
pleading eyes, and said, “Yes, I will
be your wifebut too well I knew
that such words, if ever they came
from my lips, must not be said to such
as bo Our positions were too fur
apart, end onr s'utions too separate, to
be ever bridged by' human love; and
I knew, long before he asked me to bo
h s, that, when the question did come,
we must meet eo more.
It would have been useless for me
to have tried not to love him. I did
not try. All was his that my poor
heart had to give. 1 nupix'se he knew
it. ft was little matter if he did, since
he also knew that my pride was equal
to my love, and that I could no more
be moved from my purpose never to
call him mine, than the tills could be
moved l orn their places on God’s un
yie'ding earth.
1 But I aril certain that you love me,
Beth,” he said calmly, after I had told
him of my determination.
“Be just as certain thit l shall leave
you,” 1 answered.
“You are stiong, I know; but, af
ter nl', you are human, and must have
love "
“I have had it,” I replied unflich
ingly; “and I can now give it up, when
1 know that I must.”
“Y r ou wi : l not take it always?”
llis tones were tender and beseech
ing ;so ter and r that it seemed worso
than death for me to turn away, and
never listen ti his dear voice again.
He sa v that I wavered, and he was
quick to improve it.
“I have been kind to you, Beth.”
NVliat a temtation it was!
“And I have a pleasant home await
ing you,” he went on more cheerfully.
“We should be so hnpp»y 1”
. 1 felt the color die out of my cheeks
and lips, hut answered steadily,—
“Nevertheless 1 cannot bo yi urs.—
Tho world shall never throw contempt
upon you for my sake ”
1 have an indistinct remembrance cf
our parting; but I was myself in a few
hours aft rward and then I hastily
made arrangements to leave the place.
Away ! away from Douglass Welch !
That would be my only salvation, if
half the world lay out between us, all
tho better for both. Hut how dreary
the world looks to me after all! It is
such a weary thing fora woman to
face the world nil alone! It is so
much easier to shut one’s eyes, and
slip out of life, and bo done forever
with all its aches and pains !
J went to A-hwood as governess
A year I had been there, I think,
when Mrs Parkes’ sister came down
to spend the holidays. She was a
handsome woman, stately as a queen ;
and yet with all her statulines, she was
gentle and kind as any angel could be.
For a wonder, I liked Ur. She talk
ed to me as friend speaKs to friend,
and seemed entirely to ignore the fact
that I was not her acknowledged
equal. Bhc was to bo married the en
suing spring, so she told me; und I
remember so well bow lustrous her
eyes grow as she spoke of it I thought
then bow happy must be tho man who
had won her loving heurt.
There wero to he many gneste nn
Chri trims Eve, and then Gertrude’s
lover was coming. I did not care
about going down among the crow 1;
but Mrs. Parke* insisted upon it, and
Gertrude laughing'y said that she
would not sllow me to see her lover it
1 did not; so at last I consented to
take my share in the gaieties.
Tow ards tho middle of the evening,
and when tho parlors wero getting
crowded, I saw Gertrude enter the
and or, leaning upon a gentleman's arm.
I knew it was her lover; but until that
moment, God help me! I did not
know that her lover was Douglass
Welch.
Tho room grow dark before me;
and I think 1 should havo given way
had not Mrs Parkcs called nw to my
senses by coining at that instant, and
a-iked me to play.
I did not wait for a second bidding.
Perhaps, after all, I had been de
ceived. It might not be Douglass
1 Welch I cou'd not think that it could
be; it was such a cruel thing to be
! lieve !
| I dared not take another look ; but
cros-iug tho room quickly, I sat down
at the piano, and took up some music
I Something I played—l never could
tsll what—intil I heard Gertru le’s
voice close beside me.
“Let some ono take your place,”
she said. “Douglass has come.”
I cou'd have struck the smiling wo
man as stie wh'spered the name in my
ear.
Her Douglass!
I rose.
“This is Mr. Welch—”
She began a formal introduction ;
but he interrupted hei.
[ “Hath!” he gasped out
I had had time to collect myself a
little, and therefore had tho advantage
of bin 1 knew my face was white,
Gertrude must see that, —but my
voice was steady and clear as I looked
op, and said,—
“Ilow do you do. Mr. Welch ?”
Then turning to Gertrude, I add
ed, —
“Mr. Welch and I have met be
fore.”
She was too proud and kind to no
tice our c infusion, singular as it must
have seemed to her, and said at once,
“I am so glad you are acquainted.
It will be v ry pleasant for us.”
I doubted it somen hat, but said
nothing in reply.
She in'roduced him toothers stand
ing near, ansi I turned again to the
piano.
I watched him thei'est of the even
ing, but without seeming to do so,—
lie hail not changed. His face was
as handsome as ever, and ho
seemed, I thought, a little less reserv
ed than usual to the crowd.
Once only, our eyes met I cculri
have cried out in Very agony. I clutch
ed :ny hands together, until the nails
cut into the flesh, and shut my teeth
lightly, lest some of the storm that
was raging within should ecape mo.
That be was also suffering, I well
knew. Every expression of his face
I understood ; and, looking into that,
I cou'd see that there was agouy ii
his soul as we'l as in mine.
The night that followed was a 1 ng
one to me. As soon as the faintest in
dications of dawn began to appear, I
dressed hurriedly, and went down in
to the library. A dim light was burn
ing; and in a large chair before the
tire, his face hurried in his hands, sat
Douglass Welchr
I had quite crossed the room before
I saw him ; then I turned quickly, and
was hastening back, when he sprang
up, rushed past me, slammed to the
door before me, and stood against it.
“So.” he said, looking at me steadi
ly with his great wide-open eyes,—“so
you cannot sb p either I”
“I had better go,” I said.
“You are not going now, Beth,” he
replied deternvnedly.
“Gertrude 1” I err. and wildly. “Oh !
think of ner. It would kill her to doubt
you Let me out.”
ile look my hand in his, and, forc
ing me into a chair, took another and
sit down in it beside be.
‘•What do you ineau ?”
‘AY hat should I mean ?” I retorted.
“I don’t think thatiitherof us know
quite what we uro talking of. First,
how long have you lee i here ?”
“A year.”
“I never knew it.”
“Os course not.”
“You are uot ' A tired of your
life ?”
Hush 1” I had risen from my cha r.
“I will not hear such words.”
Ile took my arm roughly.
“Vou shall hear them. Sit down ”
He was not in a rnood to be trifled
with. Neither was I.
“If you detain me sgainEt my will,
you are no gentlcmao.”
“Gentleman or no gentleman, you
No. ID.
w ill, remain; and, as sure as God
reigns, you shall be my promised wife
before either of us go out of yonder
door."
I laughed in bis face.
“I am not a Mormon yet.”
His eyes flusned.
“Ho weary of your words.”
I hen, if you like it better, I am
not in the hubit of promising to marry
a mail \\ ho lias another betrothed to
liiiD.”
lie grasped my arm again.
“It is a lie.”
“You nro bound to Gertrude Heath.”
“Is that what you mean ?” a sudden
recognition of tho truth coming to
him. “My brothor is engaged toiler;
not I.”
He gntherod me in hi* arms with
out another wi rd ; und I was only too
glad to throw down all my pride and
all my fears, and give him the required
promise.
That morning, Gertrude’s real lov
er came, the mistake was explained,
and Douglass presented to them his
promised wife.
VN hen the next springtime came,
there was a double wedding at Ashley ;
and Gertrude and I have lor manv
years spent the holidays at the dear
old place.
General Dix’s Reception by the
JEnipcror iHapolcon.
A cable dispatch, dated Pars, Decem
ber 24, says :
The Emperor Napoleon accorded an
Rudianco yesterday to the Hon Mr.
Higelow, cx Minister of the United
Slates, who had the honor of presenting
to his Magesty Major General John A.
D'X, his successor in the representation
of the American Goveruwout, near the
Court of the Tuillcrics.
General Dix on prisjnting his cre
dentials to the Emperor, made a few
remarks in the course of which he refer
red to the long standing anoieut inter
national amity which existed between
the people and the Government of
h ranee ai.d the people and Executive of
the Unit and States, as well as the many
historical reminisconec3 which tended to
pirpotuate the friendship exiting be
tween them. Iho General expressed iu
the name of tho United ( Statcs G ivern
ment, hie sincere wish that the good un
derstanding at present existing botwcecn
the two countries would become perpet
ual.
The emp ror Nap ikon replied, thank
ing General Dix for the agreeable man
ner in which he had opened his mission
to the French couit. IPs Majesty said :
“The historical reminiscences to which
you allude as having existed from ear
ly date between Franco and the United
States constitute a sure guarantee that
no niisunders'andiog will disturb the
friendly relations which prevail between
the the two oountriep. Tho continuance
of a loyal and lincero understanding be
tween the Governments will be a great
advantage to the industry and commerce
of both count.ics, the inhabitants of
which already astonish the other por
tions of the world by the marvels of
their enterprise. Such an understanding
will do much to cusure and guarantee
popular progress, and the march of civ
ilization. Your presence in Paris, sir,
cannot bu' contribute to this happy re
sult by upholding in your official char
acter these g of relations, to which I
attach the hightest value.
Planet in a Itluzc—lt is our
Turn Next.
To the Editor of the Hardford Times :
The belief that this earth is evcn'unl
ly to be destroyed by fire is jubstintia
ted by the discovery that plane s ex
celling the earth in size have been sub.
jt'Ote l to heat so intense as to entirely
annihilate them from the firinnment.
Tho keen eye of the tebeonpe, gathering
rays from the planets wich are visible
and fixed, has offjrcd to the astronomer
stitnciert light for him to assert that
nearly two thousand of these s'ars have
disappearead from tho firmament, with
in the last four centuries.
A f> w evenings since, while watching
tho firmament, with the moon at her
full, my attention was attracted to a
large star which stood a few degrees
above the eastern horizon, anitapnrcnt
lv on fire. It r.’presented very nearly
a revolving beacon light alternating in
color—first its faco presents a bright
crimson color, then followed a pale blush
tint, then it would rt lapse into i’s natu
ral whileaess—presenting all the ph<-
nomena of a large confl igration when
acted upoa by astrjrg wind. I am of
the opinion that the star was being con
sumed bv fire.
Rev. W(deter Mills.
Lebannon, Cran., D.c. 1, ISG6-
A llourible Sensation. —The fol
-1 wing tear a,‘ion story is told in a Bos
ton and spateh of December 31 : “A mys
terious and diabolical affair has just
come to light Ou Fiiday a box was
shipped as merchandise at Philadelphia
for this port on the s f tain9r Saxon, and
marked Edward Mason, Portland Maine.
Tho shipper said it wruld he claimed at
Boston. Tho box was accidentr.lly bro
ken opCD here, and on examination was
found to contain there der-d bodies, two
men and a woman, apparently aged
about thirty-five ycais. The throat ot
of the woman and one of the men had
br6n cut, hut no marks of violence were
discovered on the oiher. The public
believo they were all murdered. A dis
patch to Edward Mason, of Portland,
Maine, basnet been answered. At
present the matter is wrapped in tnys-
Lry.”
A mac in Orange county wns found
one night in a lulling mil , trying to
climb the overshot wheel. When usk
ed what he wuh doing, he said lie wag
trying to get up to bed, somehow
or other, the stairs wouldn't bold still
The Teuton’* Tribulation.
Mine Cot! Mine Cot I vot language dat,
I cannot English sprakeo,
For shust so sure I speak him right,
So Bure I bees mistaken.
For ten I say I want* mo beer,
I mean that l»ger fixen ; *
Bier means dem tings folks ride
Yen (’ey go dead as blixen,
Meat means-dem tings data coot to eat,
Meet also means tings proper;
'Tie only mete to measure tings,
Yen steamboats meet dey stopper.
Shust de same words means ev ry tlnga !
It makes no business whether
You spell him dia or tother way,
Yon sounds shoost like de tother.
Mine Cot ! Mine Cot Iso sure I knows,
I cannot English sprakeo ;
For ven I nose I speak him right,
By tam I I gits mistaken.
1 w ish X wni a Printer.
I wish I was a printer,
I really do indeed;
It seems to me thst printers
Have everj tiling they need—
(Except money.)
They get the largest and the beat
Os everything that grows.
And get free Into circuses
And other kinds of shows—
(By giving an equivalent.)
A Good Story.
A vry eminent lawyer in Nsw York
receiving a Bevere reprimand from s wit*
ness on the stand, whom he was trying
to brow beat. It was an important is
sue, and in order to save his cause from
defeat, it was necessary that Mr. A
should impeach the witness. He «i
--deavered to do it on tho ground of sg*.
ensued :
Lawyer—llow old are you T
Witness—Seventy-two years.
Lawyer—Your memory of oours*, ia
not so brillicnt and vivid as it was twen
ty years ago, is it ?
Witness—ldo not know but it is.
Lawyer—Stale some eircumstanoes
that occurred, say some twelve years
ago, and wo shill bo able to see how
well you can remember.
Wieness— l-appeal to your honor if I
am to be interrogated iu this manner ;
it is insolent.
Yes, sir, state it.
Witness—Well, sir, if you compel
me to doit I will. About twelve years
ago you studied in Judge B’s office, did
you not ?
Lawyer -Yes.
Well, sir, I remember your father
coming to my office and saying to me:
Mr. D., my son is to be examined soon
and i wish you wouid lend me #ls te
buy him a suit ofclothes.” I remember,
also, sir that from tl at day to this, he
has never paid me that sum. That sir,
I remember, as though it had been but
yesterday.
Lawyer—(Considerably abashed,)
That will do, sir.
Wi ness—l presume it will.
Novel Mode of Committing Sui
cide.
Tbe following extraordinary account of
a datermined attempt, at suicide is grave
ly related by the Epoea of madrid;
but as neither the name of the pazty
nor tbe locality is mentioned, we must
suppose that the whole statemeut is in
tended as apiece ol pleasantry:
“Tho individual in question being
tired of life, resolved to take such meas
ures as must infallible insure his death.
To that end he started for the sea shore
provided with a ladder, a rope a loaded
pistol, a bottle of poison, and a box of
matches. Having some time before
discovered a post standing a little way
out in the water, he fixed his ladder
against it, and ascending, fastened one
end of the cord to the top and passed a
slip knot an ur.d his neck, swallowed the
poison, and striking a light, set Hire to
his clothes, then placing the pistol to
to his ear, kicked away the ladder; but
in doing so his band swerved, and he
fire 1 the same moment, the bulllet. in
stead of penetrating his brain, divided
the rope, and he fell into the sea, extin
gui hing his burning garments ; also, •
quantity of salt water he swallowod
caused him to throw up the poison be
bad taken, so that he scrambled to
the shore, convinced that h:s time bad
not yet c jDio,
Bonnets —A marked change is at
tbii moment taking pluei in the form
of the fashionable chappcau. Tbe re«
versed pattern has seen its day, and
chapeaux of the style known as tho em
pire are about to assert tbeir reign.
Thus does fashion, as wll as history,
repeat itself. Toe coming mode in this
nspect resembles that strange looking
beadger which our grandniamas used to
wear in the beydey of their youth and
beauty—the smallest possible crown,
and almost tbe narrowest possible tim,
well scooped out behind to admit the
“chignon” being worn in the prevail
ing mode, namely almost at the top in
stead of at the back of the head.
The centra ot the linked States is
ono hundred miles west ol Fort Rily,
Kansas.
Only men who are decidedly ill bred
take silt with their finger* or peas with
a knif.e
A New York engineer is about to build
a steel steamer, whioh will make a epecd
cf thirty miles an hour.
Why can persons occupied in canning
fruit s ow away morn of it than any
body else ? Because they can.
What trees increase and multiply
and bear most fruit after they are cut
Qown ? Christmas trees.
Tt is reported that a Cuban filibuster
movement is on foot in New York.
There are only fifteen pawnbrokers in
Cincinnati.
To maintain its dirty streets cost New
York 8257,400.
Russia is perparing her krife and
fork with a view to devouring Turkey.
Tobacco is mnoh talked about. | t j g
in almost every body's mouth
1 rentier.
If a man addresses you dogmatically
answer him catego: icically— frentiee.
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