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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
Yol. 11.
XVilliuui Kenuan, the Ken
tucky Ranger.
Among the scores of dauntle&B nnd
intrepid spirits called fourth by the
perilous times of of the early settlements
in the West, that of Wiliam Kenuan
stands prominent Though, perhaps, uot
so generally kn wd at this day as Ken
ton, Booue, aud the Whetzel brothers,
yet the exploits performed by him arc
iulerior in m respect to the mot-t oele*
brated coca of the latter.
Oo St. Clair’s unfortunate expedition
against tho Wtstern Indians, William
Kennan, the hero of our sketch, accom
panied the army. Like his brother Ken
tan, he was di gust id aidohaguned a’
the delay ot the commanding general,
and iike a ranger, he did not scruple
to express his feelings.
“The idea of crawling through the
woods like this —plodding along so as
to give tbe vartni its all the time they
want to get ready 1 We’ll catch it be
fore long, my word for it,”
Still he was under ofdcrs of his su
periors, and he did not consider that
the right of desertion belonged to him,
no matter how palpable the blunders of
his geueal might be.
KeDoan wa, noted throughout the
army for his activity and fleetness.
During the march he had frequent op
portunities ofdispalying his skill in this
direction, and it was universally conced
ed that he was, by all odds, the swiftest
run Der in the army. More than one
trial of skill took place, and on no occa
sion did he fait to distance all competi
tors with the greatest ease.
On the evening preceding tho action
his corps was advanced in front of tbe
first lioe of the infantry, their duty be
iog to watch tho Indians and give sea
sonable warning of their approach.
He maintained this position all through
the night, so close to the savages that
in spite ol thier stealth and caution, be
detected their presence and movements.
Still, as they did not attempt to advance
he did not deem it best to alarm the
camp, although he admonished his com
panions that their pet il was imminent,
and au assault might be made at uuy
noitii. nfc.
Tho night wore gradually away, and
as the day dawm-d he caught sight of
his enemies. The second glimrse show
ed about thirty Indians, within a bund
red yrrds of of the guard-fire, advanc
ing steadily toward the spot where he
stood, in company with about twenty
ptbrr rangeis, the rest being cotititera
bly in the rear.
Here was an accasion which the ran
ger could not allow to pass unimproved,
lie believed that they were members
i 1 a party, or were rather a small party,
de'auhed from the main body, seeking
acoll.sion with lis own band. The'
disparity of numbers was notgteat, and
he coueluded at once that a “brush” was
to take piece between the two.
Instead of Kennan sprung
forward several yards, so as to secure
the the shelter of a spot if peculiarly i
tank grass, Here he di.-charged his
gun at the f icnoit «avngo t and dop
ped ti.t upon Lis face iu order to re
load.
D Diver occuir dto the ranger that
bi-c ms anions would refuse to s’and
tint - ground, and, consequently, he did
uot look behind him to see what they
were anding; but, as it proved, the In
dians poured forward ia such over
w helming numbe s the men th ught it
the part of discretion* to ttvoid an cl
ccuuter, and they accordingly turned
and ran.
Still young Kennan was in total igno
ranee of tLiir fight, and he would assur
edly have been slain had not tbe cap
tan Cf the company observed the di
lemma in which he had unconciously
placed himself. This latter, as he
turned to flee, shouted :
‘Run, KeunaD, or you are a dead
man P
The ranger instantly sprang to Lis
feet, and beheld the ludians within
fiive yards of him, while the nearest
member of bis compnny was several
hundred feet away, and speeding for
dear life.
Ee was tb*s placed between two fires
so close to the enemies that a si ‘gle
b mnd , f_ n i of them would hive trough
the two into collision bal he wai'ed a
single second longer Rut ho did not
hesitate the second.
Making one tremendous leap, lie
sprang toward his companions, while a
dozen Indians, with exultant, yells, fol
lowed hard after him. Now was the
chance to display his fleetness ; now was
the time to show his activity ; here was
an opportunity for a test of skill, for his
li’e depended upon his success.
It nnd not be said that Kennan did
h : s u mist. He exerted nis strengh as;
he had never done before, and ran as
does the frightened antelope when pur
sued by the huDters. Over brush and
fallen trees and stones he went with the
spe j d of the wind, while close behind
him, with blandished tomahawks, came
tho wl ole yelling pack.
Some of tho meet extraordiry runners
in tbe world are found among the Amur
ic<d Indians. Brought up from intan—
o? to the chase, their h ghost ambiTn
being to excel as a warrior and a hutttei
—lithe and muscu ar—it could not be
otherwise tbao that they should attaiau
great pci fiction in this particular.
Kennan was not long m fioding that
he had worthy oompetors, nor were the
savages long in discovering that they
were in pursuit of no ordinary charac
ter, and very likely that was the reason
why they redoubled th-ir exertions.
It was no child’s play, and Kennan
never for a second forgot that the stake
for which he wrs running was his life.
He sped straight toward the ford ol the
stream which lay between him and the
army , but as he did so, numerous In
dians sprang up in front af him, contin
ually diverting his course, until, seeing
that unless he was careful be woulld
find himself inextricably entangled
DAWSON, GA., FRIDAA, APRIL 13, 1807.
among bis foes, ho made a sharp turn
to the right, in tho hope of throwing all
behind him.
In this he succeeded, but by uo means
placed himself beyond danger.
Indians sprung lip in every diriction,
as if cast up by the very earth. At any
moment they could have brought him
down by means of a shot from their guns
but they evidently thought him a prize
anil considered him sure to be captured,
they bent all their est trts at doing so.
K'-noan saw that his great speed was
throwing him in advance ot all bis foes,
with the exception of a single Indian,
who showed the same marvelous swift
ness and perseverance as himself to the
best tension, Kenoan could not increaso
nor, on tbe other hand, cculd the sav
age diminish it.
The astonishing velocity of these two
soon threw the others out of the ring,
and the contest became one of speed be
tween the two. As the o her pursuers
drew off they were left alone, and each
threw his whole soul in tho iff rt.
Aa tho Indian ran he held his toma
hawk aloft, ready to hurl it so soon as
he should think best, and the fugative
kept continually glancing back, so as to
be ready to dodge the dreaded missile.
Finding at leDgth that they wore
removed so far frm the others that there
was a chance of settling the matter
without fear of disturbance, Kennan
concluded to give his adversay a taste of
his met.t'e.
Accordingly he slackened his pace
and reached down to draw his knife,
to his astonishment it was gone. He
was without a weapon of any kind !
Kennan’s hair fairly rose on end
when he made this staitling discoveiy,
and he saw that his only chance lay in
distancing his pursuer. The cessation
of speed ceased by his feeling fir his
knife lessened the distance between the
two, and the Indian was almost on Lint
but the sudden shock of the discovery
gave such an impetus to his flight that
he bounded forward with sti’l greater
speed opening tbe space a ya*d or more.
It aga n settled into a dead run, lut
the rang r bad the duty of watching he
action of his pursuer that he might be
prepared for tbe tomahawk when it
should be sent whizzing after him. In
this manner he followed tbe fashion of
the renowned Capt. John Smith, who
paid more heed to his pursuers than be
did to Lis footsteps
And it thushappenel that all at once
he 1 und himself in front of a large tree
wlLch had been blown down, and upon
wh en brush and other impediments
wi re Leaped to a height of some'eigbt
i or ten feet.
The Indian, who had heretofore
mantained the giim silenaeof inevita-
I ble fate, now gave uterance to several
j sharp yells for he wav sure of his vio-
Itim. A turn to the r'ght i r left would
i proiipitate a collision, while the obstruc
! tion iu ft out, was too great for anV liv
! iog man to think of cl ar ng.
Kennan did not think he could do it,
but there was no escaping tie tiial
i Summoning all that vest reserve of
, strength which we sometimes find at our
jcomm. ndin the moment of dire pcr.l,
j he bounded into the air, and clearing
! trunk, roots, limbs and aligkt
[ed in perfiot safty on the otbtr iide.
A shout ts auriEemcut burst front
; thu wbi 11 b&Ld of pursuers, . who bad
wi uesse'd the astnni.-hing feat, and not
one t f them attempted to repeat ic.
Ketinrn had achieved a great feat
but he was given little opportunity to
enjoy Lis triutnph. Runt.iug dowu
the high bank of the creek, he hurtiedly
ascendtd i', until he reached a shallow
portion, when he plungod in and dashed
acrosi. Taking a circuitous route, he
reached tbe camp, panting and exhaust
ed, for his remarkable race, by means
of doublings and turnings to which he
bad been compelled to resort, bed ex
tended about a quarter of a mile.
He Lad hardly reached camp, when
tbe uLarp c ack of musketry and the
shouts ot the Indians acuoneed the com
mencement of battle. In a few min
ute? it rrged along the line, and contin
ued wiih unahating fury fer over three
hours.
When defeat was insured and St.
Glair ordered a retreat, Kennan fund
himself attached to Major Clark’s bat
talion, to which was assigned the dan
gerous duty of protreing the rear of
the fl cing army. The reteat had hard-
Iv begun, when M»j'r Claik was rec
ognized by several Indians, who riddled
him with bal's. His fall became in
stantly known to the whole ba’talion,
and a panic was the re ult. They whose
duty it was to remaiu calm and unmov
ed duting the dreadful tumult, became
crazy with fear, and each man turned
to shift for himself.
The natural result followed. The ex
ulting ludians dashed in among them,
and raged without cposiiion. There
wire individual acts of heroism, Lut
they could avail nothing und.r the cir
cumstances. Tbe savages were a com
pact and ovirwhelmir.g mass, led by the
renowned Lit'le Turtle, and they main
tained their organization intact, and fol
lowed up their assault with such amsz
iug fen city, that the 9flVighicd Ameri
cans had uo time to rec ver fiora their
surprise. An tflieir bad hardly to
draw Lis sworl above bis bead and give
the rallying word, when the Indiau
sharp-shooters descried hi n, and pierc
ed Lim through and through with their
bullet?. The men having bad ibcii at
tention drawn to their leaders, and then
seeing ;hem shot down, were hopelessly
stricken with panic, beyond all possi
bility of saving. As we have already
remarked, the jetreat turned into a rout,
and tbe rout very speedily beoarao a
general massacre.
When tbe mas.-acre began, and every
maD saw that under heaven, Lis only
■ chance of safety lay in bis individual
' prowess, Kennan found himself in the
j rear of bis battalion, directly in tbe
midst of danger. He saw his only
chance lay in bis flectness, aud ho
again resorted to flight. In a few min
utes he placed Li es If at :bc hea 1 of the
battalion, his great speed enabling him
to pass several horsemen iu his tfight.
He was running along iu this man
ner, when he heard his name called,
and turning his head, saw an intimate
friend lying upon the ground badly
wounded.
‘What is tbe matter be asked,’ paus
ing a momeut. ‘Why and Jii,t you get up
and run ?’
‘Oh, Keunan, my thigh is broken,and
I eaunot stand ! Do not leave me here
to be butchered.’
‘What can I do V
‘Take me on your baok, and (ben
you can outrun any of us.’
‘Well, I will do the best I can.’
He helped the poor fellow up, aud
throwing Lis arms around bis neck, ho
started off again. Unt wtunatcly it
happened at this juncture that .be pur
suit, from some cause „i other, rcoeived
an ext a rd'lnary impetus, aud K tit aq
found biutseif putsued by ba'f i-d z n
inliaus, who had situ;led him out as
their special prey. NotwiiUtanningi.il
this, Kennan rau 8 \oral h jndred yards
with bis burden, wl on bes und be had
undertaken an imp ..-siblo task.
His foes’was gaining steadily upon
him, and tbe matter resolved itscTi into
the simple question, whether ho should
let his friend go aul s. ve himself, or
perish with him? Under any circum
stances the wounded so'dier was doomed
and Keunan therefore told bim tc un -
loose his grasp unon l i n, that he might
have a chance of saving himself ; but
ths maD, with the iustict of self-pr.ser
vation,-cling only the more tenaciously.
Kenuan again besought him to let go,
hut be held ou more convul-.iv.ly than
ever, until tbe Lun'cr, tiuding bis peril
increasing each moment, drov Lis knife
and cut bis finger. The poor fillow
rolled Le.’p’.es->lyJto the ground, and
was tomahawkid ere Kennan b:.d
gone th-rty yards. The latter relnved
of bis burden, darted ahead with renew
id velocity, aud soon again placed Lin •
8 If in the van.
Some distance further on Kennan saw
a subaltern, rale and exhausted, sitling
upon a log and calmly awaiting the ap
proach of death. Gur hero hasti’y ac
costed him and irquired the cause of his
delay. He pointed to a wouud which
wis bleeding profusely, and rep lied that
he was unable to walk furthtr and bad
ni horse.
Kennan instantly darted off to a spot
where he stw a horse grazing, caught
him without difficulty, and assisted his
friend upon bim. lie then ran beside
him until he was beyond all and. nger.—
Shortly after tbe Indians withdrew to
devote themselves to the plunder of the
camp, and the two effected their escape,
but Kennan never recovered from the
terrible exertioos be was c moelled to
use upon this occss’ou. The effect! last
ed until the day of his death.
The young nt m saved through Ken
nan’s kitfdncsH, elterwards became goi
enor Malison, of Kentucky. Never
did he forget his friend in need, and
when opposed, with cares of tsta'e, ho
was glad to take tho honest old hunter
by the hand, and give him aright warm
wolcomc to his house and fireside.
sat Lcrcngootl wu Mu; Puritan
Yankee.
Powerful ot:ary stock, George, pow
erful onary.
Tbe rale pure, Puritan Yankee ba
by has a naik like a gourd, a foot like
a g’ut, ar a belly like a mikLw's drum
bead lie gits his eyes open at five
days, while other purps Lev to wate
nine days, and be.'ore that time be
learns to listen ova nite for his mam’s
snorin’when he steals in tu suek in
tbe sly, not that he’s hungry, for bo's
got the usual mess of biied starch, but
because stolen milk is sweet even .bis
early, to the blue, bline scrawny young
traprnaker. He has cheated bis main,
without eyes, so 1 guess he'll make an
average Yankee, sble to keep up.the
family name, and perhaps invent a cod
hook or a clothes pin. From tha' nite
on, the varmint’s whole life is a string
of cheats—strait along, never restin,’
never missin,’ ontil the clock wore out
and broke. As the ding vom'ts, as
the mir.k sucks blood, us the snail
slimes, as the jossnm shuns death, so
does the Yankee cheat, “for every var
mint has his gif.”
He believes in schools and colleges
us a barber does in strops and hones,
as bein’ good tu sharpen razors on
He’ft sing jtitus and pray prayers for
you, and may he gtv a dime; but cf
you di u’t 6oon flr.e yourstlf set beck
five miles on yer road tu heaven, and j
ninety cents loser by his zeal and char
ity, you may shut my eyes out with ,
cow-slop, and I won t even 6ay phew l
ll:s long, cold, flat back is tho color
uv a mulutter gal’s head, ji t after hits
been close shaved, and hits stucK ail I
over from the scrag to the tail, wif his
sins l.ke revenoo stamps on a law suit,
an’ef you’d examine ’em close you
will find a cheat of some sort in tho
last darn one. If he sins among the
shes, there’s a cheat either in money
or expectashuns. If he sins a cussit,’
that’- a cheat in the words, he’d try
to smuggle in G—d d—n under where
in sham of “guul darn.” It ho sins a
stealin chi ikens, he’ll sted back at
daybreak an’ crow jist to make the ole
devil think hi a cock is still on tho
roost. II he sellsyou tin apple sot a
cent, arter smellin the copper, he’ll try
to si p a peach onto you, tven if it’s
ov the Sdine price, jist for the sake ot
sticker, a cheat into the trade. He
scalds his leather tnout dippin’ it into
your soup, he’ll offer a wooden nut
meg for enough of the skimmins to
grease the burn. He’ll eat a codfish
und try to cheat himself into believing
it’s beef, and he’ll listen to the chirpin’
if the cricket hi hi? fit e jam, and tell
his children hit says “chout, cheat',
cheat.” His big limber foot is n cheat
for its shape and size makes you think
hit must have guts in it, when hit ain’t
got one. If you cut his throat, you’ll
find a cheat, for instead of wnrm red
blood a stream of sky bluo will run,
so cold thut it’ll freeze tho Lluck ants
wh.it git i.vertmked by tho phlad, anil
when the devil gits Lim he’ll be cheat
ed, for he won’t burn as good as eult
jed raw hide. What he wore ever
undo for is a pesterin’ me, unless it
i war to maik us Lev a better opinion
of polecats, possums and cotton mouths
or as livin surnpils tu skeer us out uv
the road to hell I reckon hit wou’d
be a tolerable safe rule to do nuthiii
tho Yankees doe-t, and do most any
thing what ho lets alone.
I kin sorter bare ‘he idee ov my be
in’ a nateral horned darn and fool, the
; surly busbies., si ter Sal’s onlawful
b ihy. evryth'ng, ev n the las’ war of
, nun). St. veils—but for the life ov ine
1 1 cun t rbkonstrufct myself on tho ideer
:ov the Mayflower. What cud our
Maker bo thinkin that ho forgot to lay
' the fingers on her rotion snout, and
turn her down its the solt sea, wif her
pestiferous load of caution cheats an
moral diseases The wus thut cud hap
pern'll wud a bin the pisening ova
shoal or two ov sharks and ktllin the
cord where tho ole tub lay.
1 m mnil at the i' jins, too, for they
did not doo thar do.ity to ’em arter
they did bin. Es they’d circumcised
the-hel ov the last darn’d one, burnt
that- dose, packed thar carcusses head
an’ tails, berrin fashion in the ole ship,
sat the sails and pluted her snout, the
wa Ward's ilucks went, hey’d deserv
ed terbaeker and whiskey, wile woods
grow or wat r runs Hpose they’d a
strung three hundred nnd one scalps
oil a w illow switch for buit and went
a mackerul fi.-Lin. We’d have no
mack rn! now, 1 reckon, but a general
blcssin it wild a bin to the whole
yearth —the is’es of the sea-witchers
aul aggers Wouldn’t them injens
had a savory smell in iny snout, in
spite of their grubw'orm odor, and
wouldn’t I rise of a midnight, or any
other night, to call ’em blessed, in
spite of their roastin my gran daddy.
No wooden locks, horn and gun fllir.ts,
nure lie r law ; no Millerism, Mormon
ism, nor free In ve. No abolitionism,
spirit lupins, rtur crowin liens. No
Bloomer, but briehes I mean to say ;
no Greeley, no Sumner. Un !my gra
shits; hits too good to think about.—
Durn them thar leather injins; they, let
the best chance si p ever injiqs had to
give e verlaslin comfort to a continent,
and to sat hell back at least five hun
dred years. I’so powerful afeard I
hint reconitructed on the inj n question
either.
George, pass the jug, the g lbject ja
overpowering me, and I ain’t quite un
buzumoii myself yet. Thai’s powerful
re whin whiskey of yourn
Well, everything the Yankey does
arn a cheat in some waj. ’The word
cheat covers his whole character as
perfectly an comp.utely as an young
tumble bug, and like tho bug he loves
on hit, rolls hit, and at last he’s buried
in it. Thar may be a iron coffin and
silver tassels, tlmr may bja grave
s one from Italy, the side ol his lace
may be cut iDto rock, ands uck agin
the wall in his church, and they may
call their truttin’ horses, cod boats
and blue babies atter turn, yet still un
der that black v e ’vet kiverlid, nnd in
side ..hat iron eofiin, atwixt the fine
linin, and that shriviled hide ov his’n
s that bu'l ov dirt. He couldn’t live
wi hout hit, and lie inu'd never bo
without it unt 1 the Sheriff Angel ut
the door of the last supreme court
shells him outen it with a kick afore
he slings’m naked into the |ri oner’s
box whar lrom his fits', squall, and the
coa'rl nirsmmt, up to that orlul kickiri
out on judgment and y, he’ll stun 1 only
on his rale merits—a Yankee wif a
window in his breast, like one of his
own hemlock clocks, showing all of
his inside, springs, traps and triggeis
Then we’ll rea ly see for the fti t time
what he is, and |>erhaps we ll find ou .
what he was made for, if he war made
at all, or on'y jist happened like rtal
Simps'ill's baby did. Now wo jist
know that he is a cu?3 to the yoarth,
an’ a pest to every woman on hit like
fleas and lice, and war made as a cuss
and kept n'ive as a cuss. Then ve’ll
know it all, l>ut whether it will pay
them to know it is mightily mixed wil
he doubts.
Sayings of Josh Billings-—Com
mon sense iz most ginernily dtspized
ed by those wbo ain’t got it.
If I waz asked wliieu wnz the brrt
way in tbeze daze of temptaslmn tu
bring up u boy, I snould say—bring
bim up the back way.
It don’t require any edukasiun tu
te’l the truth, but tu tell lizo it duz
We are told an nonest man iz the
noblest work of God—but the demand
for the work has besm so limited that i
have thought a largo share oi the fust
edition must be still in the author's
hands
Men don’t seem never tu git tired cf
talking about themsulfs, but i have
heard them when i th; ught they show
edssfi f ns of wejkness.
Ruin folks are olwa/. tricing to see
thru a m Istun edgeways, when, ts
they vottld only turn : t over on the
flat side, '.hey cc t]li look rite thru the
hole.
Buty is like a ranebow—full ov prom
ise Lut short-lived.
It ain't best to swap with your rc
lushnns, unless yu kau afford to give
them the but end ov ihe trade.
Among the blu lots of Konneticut
(w'n : sh tire cbiulute.) are this: “No
man shall ebaw terbuker on Sunday,
unless he swallers the spit.”
‘‘Give me Ifberfy Or give n.e deth"
—but of tbe “ i jitef r tho libe-ty.
No. 10.
A Pbkaciier IK a Fix —Few per
83us, unaccustomed to publio speaking,
can have any idea of the embarrassment
which overtaket one who is unfortunate
iu lacking an important word, or be
comos conscious that ho has made a
grave error in pronunciation, in the bight
of his discourse Words ore such
treacherous thing' that they will not al
ways come “right side up with care
hut,on tho contrary, whon tho spoaker’s
fancy is pluming i's'lf for a lofty flight,
a necessary word will sitnelimos present
its»lf hods upward?, and before the
rop’d speaker can place it on its feet ho
finds himself floundering upon all fours,
h'elinsr very ridiculous, and locking suf
fijiently silly.
Tho Kev. Mr. Turnip was a peculiar
man in his address. A voice stgdlarly
sharp, ami a delivery awkward to clown
ishness, unhappily marred the effects of
discourses were really superior in their
composition. On ono occasion he was
referring to the Bibliotd inoident of the
sale of Esau’s birthright The illustra
tion was a happy one, and the quid pro
quo of the fainting hunter was intended
by the speaker to rrce v? particular em
phasis Coming to the point with great
fervor, he exclaimed: “Artti Esau, hun
gry and worn, bartered these inestima
ble privileges—and for what ? Duly a
pot oj message /*’ Consaiou? of a mis
take, and seeing on the faces ol his aud
ience something akin to a smile, ho
raised himself on tiptoe, and vociferated:
“Yes ! he sold these divinely guaranteed
promises for a moss of pottage /” Tho
smilo deepened, and the preacher red
dened ; but, still determined to right
himself he threw over his congregation
a glance somowhat defiant, and in a still
more emphatic manner, with extended
hand describing a curve of solemn dig
nity. from the zenith to the nadir, shriek
ed forth: “Is ty, brethren, that all
these blessings were bartered away for
an insignificant pass of mettage ! * Hu
man nature could con'ain no longer :
The audience lautphed, and tho preacher
subsided in despair.— Scott's Monthly,
No Mother !—Sho has no mother!
What a volume of sorrowful truth is \
comprised in that single sentence—no
mother ! We must go down the bard
rough paths of life, and become mured
to care and sorrow in their sternest form?,
before we can take home to our own ex
perience the dread reality—no mother
without a struggle and a tear. But
when it ib S’id of a frail young girl,
just passing from childhood toward the
life of a woman, how sad is the story
summed up in that one short sentence.
Who tow shall cheek the wayward
fancios—who now shall hear with the
errors and failings cf the motherless
girl?
Deal gently with the child. Let not
the cup of sorrow be overfilled by the
harshness of your bearing, or your sym
pathizing coldness. Is she In eiless cf
her doings? Jh she carders in her
movements? ItemunSer, oh, remem
ber, “she has do mother I” When her
young companions are gay and joyous,
docs she &its irrjwiiig ? Dues she Dass
with a downcast eye an! lauguil step
when you would faiu witness tbe gush
ing aud ovetflowing gladness es ycu b?
Chide her uot, for she is motherlss, and
the great soirow comes down upon her
soul like au iDcubus. Can you gain her
confidence, cau you win her love?—
Come then to the motbcrloss wi'h the
boon of your tendercst care, and by tho
memory of your owu mother, already
perhaps passed away—by tbe fullness of
your own remembered sorrows—by the
p issibility that yeur own child may b)
motherless—contribute ns far as you
may, to relieve the loss of that fair,
trail child, who is written Motherless.
— Ladies' Illustrate, J Journal.
Wliat Hope Did.
It stole on its j initios to the bed o: dis
ease j tho euff'r’s frowu became a smile
-Mbc emblem of peace and love.
It went to the House of moutoing, and
ftom the tips of sorrow there came sweet
and cheerful songs.
It I.id its head upon the arm of tho
p'or which stretc-hcd forth at the com
mand of unholy impulse?, and saved
him from dbgtace and ruin.
It dwilla like a living thing in the
bosom of tho mother, wb'se son tarried
ling after the prornis and time ol hia com
ing, and saved her from desolation and
‘care (hat killed).'
It boverel about tho youth, who had
bcccrns the Ishmael <fs>c!ety, and led
him on to works wLich eveu his ene
mies praised.
It snatched tho maiden from the jaws
of death, ami went with an oil man to
Heaven.
No tope 1 My good brother I Ilavo
it—keep it always wi h you. Wrcstb
with it, that it may not depart. It may
repay your paius. Life is hard enough
at best; but hope shall lead you over its
mountain', and sustain you au id its sor
rows. Pan wi b all beside, but keep
thy Lipe.
Two young lawyers —Archy Brown
anil Thomas Jones—were fond of drop)
ing into Mr. Rinith’s pari ir and spen
ding au hour or t«o with his only
daughter, Mary. O- e evening, when
Brown :.n i Mary had discussed aim >st
every topic, Brown suddenly, in h s
sweetest tunas, struck out as tullowrs :
“Do you think, Maty, y u could
leave father and mother, this pleasant
home with all is ease and comforts,
and go to the far West with a young
lawyer, who had little besides bis pro
fession to depend upon, an I with h ; nt
search out anew home, whiuh it sh uld
be your jyjnt duty to beautify ar.d
make happy like this?”
Dropping her head softiy on his
shoulder, she w hispered, ‘ I think I
cou'd Archy.”
‘AV >ll,’ sad ho “there is Tom Jones
who is going to emigrate, and wants
to get a wife; I wi'l mention it lot
him,”
Fun, Fact and Fancy.
How long did Cum hate hit brother f
As long as he was Able.
How much does a fool generally
weigh ? A simple ton.
Tbo man who takes things ea«y—tbe
expert pickpocket.
Why is tho Ivindorpest like a mouse?
Because the cat’ll catch it.
Looking glasses won’t lie, bat they
tel! some awfu' plain truths, now and
then.
A man may goneral'y expect a da~
tnestic “breeze” when bis wifo b«giui
to put on “airs.”
John W. Forney has joined tbe Son*
of Temperance. Hard on the Rons.
An editor heads his list of births—
marriages and deaths thus .—Hatched,
matched and dispatched.
Women guilty of tbe folly of tight
lacing, dress to kilt.
Fred D mglas? is writing tbe life of
old John Browo.
\N e havo three hundred female phy
sicians iu this country.
The Uuitariansof Springfield, Mass.,
are erieffog a SIOO,OOO ehurch.’
Numerous shinrecks are reported ea
the KngLjh and Irish coasts.
The New York Legislature have ptss
ed a law making eight hours a 1 gal
.day’s wont.
Tho let cos above) New Orleans are
breaking away, and the lower valley ex
p. ots to be inundated.
Josh Billings says there is nothing
more touching in this Hie than to sea
poor, but virtuous young man strug
-1 ng with a moustache.
A man being awakened by the cap
tain of a passenger-boat with the an
nouncement that he must not occupy
his benh with his boots on, very con
siderately replied :
“Oh, the bugs won’t hurt ’em, I
guess ; they’re un o'd pair.”
“Husband I hope you have no ob
jection to my being weiged.” Certain
ly not, my dear, but why do you ask
the question ?” “Only to see, love, if
I you would let me have my weigh
1 once.”
A spirit merchant in Killarney, Ire
land, has announced that he has still
on sale a small quantity of whiskey
which was drank by the Prince of
Wales when Inst ut Killarney.
Plutarch says, in hitvlife of Alexan •
der, that the Babylonians used, du
ring dog and ys to sleep on skins filled
with water..
In these days many men sleep on
skins tilled wiih whiskey.
An impatient boy waiting for tho
grist, said to the miller:
“I could eat the meal as fust as the
mill grinds it.”
“How long cou'd you do so?” in
quired the miller.
“Till I starved to death,” was the
sarcastic repiv.
Mrs. Whiggles expressed her disap
pointment tbe other day on taking up
the paper thus : “Lor’ sakes ! there ain’t
a single living person dead that I know.
It seems to me there ain’t no newk in
this ’ere paper.’*
An old lady once triumphantly poiot
ed to the “Epistle to the Roman?,” and
a-k' and where one could be found address
ed to the Protestants ?
This was equialed by an old negro
Baptist at the South who said to hia
master, a Methodist:
“You’ve read the Bible, 1 ’sposo?”
“Yes ’*
“Well, you’ve read in it of one John
tbe Baptist haia’t you ? ’
“Yes.’’
“Well, you never saw nothing atout
no John the Methodist, did you ?”
“No.’
“Well, deD, you see dere’s a Baptist
in de Bible, but dere ain’t no Matho—
I dist, so you see dat de Bible’s on iny
side.”
The fo’lowing qtie r epitaph may ba
found ia St. Paul’s Churchyard, Cork ;
1 reland :
R"pent ! repent! I while you have time;
Here 1 lie cut off in my prime,
Tom Taylor,
A Siilor,
Aged 7D.
Oae would think Sailer Tayl r was
rather past his prime at 79.
The Lynchburg Republican gives tbe
following dream of a “friend iu Bedford
county :’*
Iu his sleep it appeared to him that
he was under a brilliant moonlit, cloud
has sky, in which all the s ars were shin
ing Suddenly the moon changed t(f a
big turkey gobbler, and the stars to
grains ol orn. Then the turkey walk
ed hurriedly across ihe entire heavens
and devoured the stars, to tie very
smallest specimen
Our friend woke, thoroughly satisfied
that Congress would soon provide for
tbe stealing of all Southern property,
«nd lives in daily expectation of being
“g ibblel ’
A good- r or notbing looking wretoh
was brought up oharged with drunken—
urir. 1 was a clear case. The testi
mony showed that he had been on a
spree f>r a Week. He was asked a bat
be had to say for himself
“Well, your honor,” said he; “me and
my old w man never did live easy to
gether.”
‘•Tha’s no excuse for your getting
drunk,” said the court,
“You are right your honor, and so it
ain’t. We used to fight like oa sand
dogs together.”
“But drioking only made it worse,”
put in the oourt.
“That’s true. She direouraged the
life out of ms, and kept me poor until
last week, when———”
“Well, what did she do last week f*’
“She died, your honor. *
“And you have boon drunk
[since?”
I “Ye*, ycr honor. T
*• ” . - uvwt could bear
ptosperity." ~