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DAWSON HOTEL
BY WILY JONES
THE Proprietor has neatly fitted up the
Dawson Hotel, and is prepared to make
hia customers satisfied with both Fare and
Lodging.
Connected with the Hptei is a “H./K
HOO.ll in which is kept 4he best li
«q*ori in the city.
No oaina will he "pared to pleane. fV2?fim
FMTInuT FaintTM !
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m
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out aod is now ready for the accommodation
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respectfully solicited. Oraches always in
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The Proprietor promises to do everything
in his power for the comfort of guests.
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The house contains sixty rooms, which are
reserved chiefly for the use of travellers and
transient guests. Competent assistants have
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ry pUuter must feel that he needs) just and
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"A just balance," is our motto.
J/arch 8 1867.
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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
Vol. 11.
POETRY.
Sous of The Dead.
BY EDWARD t. MOREHKAD.
Comrades of the silent land,
Wakeless sleepers of the tomb,
Swell the pale and ghostly band
Gathered in the midnight gloom t
Darkness rules the middle world,
Sleep is on the sons of light;
Lite hath not a sail unfurled *
'Mid the shadows of the night I
Only we, the wept and lost |
Only we, the sons of death ;
Only we, the sleeping host j
Only we, who draw no breath .
We, the slitny and the cold ;
We, the ghastly and the dread ;
We, whom earth nor air can hold ;
Only we the night winds tread.
Come from every varied clime,
Sprung from every mingled race,
Living on through endless time,
Knowing ought of ill to face ;
What care we for war or storm,
Suffering, agony and woe ?
What heed we the cares that swarm
Bound the haughty and the low?
Honored 'mid tha waking hours,
Mourned with tear, and groan, and sigh,
Housed in mansions wreathed in fl. wers ;
Crowned with virtues all a lie ;
However black the life before,
Sacred now, revered by all;
Who would fly the shadowy shore ?
Whe would answer life’s recall ?
Glory to the ghostly iandl
Glory to the pulseless state I
Glory to ;he miduight band
Armed against the blade of fate I
Earth, and air, and fire, and light,
All are slaves while we are free ;
Lift your voices on the night,
They shall cross the widest sea I
MISCELLANEOUS.
fTrom the Weekly Romancist.]
ON THE fPAAIhII Min.
BY A. DEPT.
On (ho Spanish Main, mates, and no
where else. We discovered a ship to
windward that bore down on us with
crowded sails. We filled all the sails
we h id and endeavored to get away from
her as fast as we could, but alt to no
purpose. We saw they gained onus
every moment, and, therefore, seeing it
was not possible for us to escape, we
backed our sails and laid by f,* them
that they might be more civil if they
were enemies. From the quarter-deck
l spied, with the help of a glass which
I had purchased atßoston, two dandifi
ed fellows, whom 1 presently thought
must be captain aud mate.
As soon aj ever they came up wi;h
us they haded us aud ordered us to
come on board, whereupon I, with a
couple of the best rowers, got into the
boat.
‘Have ycu any money on board?’
was the first question put by a gii 1-fac
ed Mexican, who appeared to cammand
tho craft ; and on my answering in the
negative, be ordered me to be tied to
tbe mainmast, a«d tfee boatswain io
stand by with the cat.
Well, he went on questioning me,
and finally got in a rage, the consequence
of whicc was that I was lashed by ihe
boatswain most abominably, and after
that pickled in brine, which was more
painful that tbe whipping ; put it kept
my back from festering, which it might
otherwise have done, because the skin
was flayed at every stroke.
After this, they boarded our vessel
which was commanded by one Captain
Brazen, of whom more anon, and laid
their hands on a largo sum which it had
been proposed by the ownefa to use for
smuggling purposes.
Our men, being smugglers, had no
particu'ar ejection to vary thiir occupa
tion with a little piracy; and as ths dan
dy skipper was short-handed, ho sickedf icked
out tho most muscular and fierce-lonk
ing, amongst whom was Captain Bra
zen and myself. After that, thoso who
were rejected were bound and thrown
down tbe frecastle head j whatever pro
visions, clothes and cooking utcnsels,
and money might be easily got together
were taken on board the pirate, and, fi
nally tbe Declaration of Independence,
in which I hlil spent so many happy
hours, was scuttled.
Two nights afterward, sleeping after
a length of agony, I was roused by a
terrible storm that lasted three day*
without abating; and our craft, which
was as trim and taunt as tho best, wa6
tumbled and tossed about like a tennis
b 11; yet wo received no damage but
that she oonld not answer the helm, so
we were obliged to let her go before tbe
tempest, and trust to the mercy of Heav
en for relief.
In the middle of the s‘orn I heard a
shrut of'land ahead,’ wh eh put me end
many others into our panics I etsay
to reach tho deck, and, with the as
sistance of a good-natured mulatto, at
last succeedod. Driv'ng near the shore,
I discovered several tokens of a ship
wreck, as piices of broken masts and
barrets swimming on rhe water, and a
little further off men’s hats.
I began to think wc should certainly
meet the same fate—although surprised
by the unconcerned sac sos those of
whom I had been compelled to join com
pany—when, as soon as thought, we
ran into a smooth, sandy bay, the sails
were set aback, and, at tho same mo
ment, the grating noise of tho cables
flying through the housepipes smote my
car.
We wero in the pirates retrea’.
Presently Captain Alvarez, the young
piiate to whose inhumanity I owed so
muoh physical and mental suffering,
came forward to the night head, against
which I was leaning, aud asked me if
Dawson, gga s Friday, July 10, iß<sr.
I would like to bo his mate. As Captain
Hrazon, after signifying his williugoess
to become a pirate, had been elected to
that position, I lisliked to tako advao-*
tnge of his subsequout disgrace for b"-
ing drunk on watcb, but I noticed a
frown gathering at the base of the hand
some skipper's* forehead, and I felt that
1 was choosing between life and death,
wherrupon I thanked him with ass c(cd
warmth, and entered upon my new du
ties at once.
Captain Brazen, a manes mean na
ture, conceived a deadly hatred for me
on account of tho unsougt distinction
which had thus been forced upon me,
and showed it in his scowling fate and
reluctant obedicnco to my orders.
It struck me as singular that no one
but a negro, who was horribly ugly and
who'officiated as steward, was permitted
to cuter the cabin ; but my imagination
easily supplied a reason for this regula
tion, and the story of a garrulous Mex
i can cook, whose heart 1 won by sever
al acts ol kindness, confirmed it.
Before coming up with us the pirate
had captured another American vessel,
on board of which was a beautiful gol
den-haired girl, whom, after murdering
her father and scuttling his craft he hat
transferred to tho cabin, together with a
priest.
Although prudence dictated quite an
other course, I could not forbear feeling
a great interest in this unknown victim
cf lawlessness, and I lingered about the
companion with an apparent absence of
purpose which might have aroused sus
picion and ccst me my life.
After remaining in the snug harbor
for three or four week-, during which
time our sturdy craft was thoroughly
repaired and newly painted, Skipper
Alvarez, one fiae morning, announced
his determination to trv another cruise.
We wore out side aud were bowling
along on the star board tack, when, as 1
was standing at the gangway Ovptau
Brazen and one of tho Mexicans tripped
me up behind, causing me to fall with
such force on my forehead that I was
momentarily stunned, when I recoveied
consciousness, I was being cariied dowu
the companion, at the foot of which
stood the commander scowling terri
bly.
‘Throw him down,’ he said lifting a
trapdoor in the deck. ‘l’ll tcaeh him
to pry about. Toat babbling fool, the
cook, too, fetch him down. Hiyo de di
os ! Q lick 1’
1 was uaeercmoneuiously chucked
among the ship’s stores and lay for a
time so badly bruised that I was unable
to say any thing save groan. From
w’oat Alvarez had said, I expected to
see the cook come thundering dowu on
top of me; but hour after hour passed
without that event taking place, and J
finally concluded to try anil find my legs
which was a work of some difieulty.
Suddenly the trap door was agaiu lifted
and the black steward j.utnpped down
with a lantern in bis Land. Scowling
at me, he knocked the head off a cask
of flour, and was proceeding to fill a
utensil he had brought for the pur
pose, whon creeping stealthily behind
him, I brought my two iron rists dowu
on his heal with a force that stunned
him and made me a free man. The
rusty handcuffs were broken in two.
The craft was laboring at the time in
a sea and gale tried her timbers
sorely Sail after sail had been taken
in until she drifted to leeward under a
couple of double-reefed topsails; and
still the gale, bearing its arrow- of sleet
that made the cheeks of those going
aloft bloody,grew stronger, and the an
gry sea lashed itself into a still more
awful fury It was a night in which
yi u wo ild have imagined the sea and -ky
had entered into a dire plot to destroy
all between them.
There was no light above the trap,
and giving my friend the steward one
more kick to assure his unconsciousness
for a further period, I leaped on the
’tween deck sure of meeting a Violent
death, and very anxious to get my hand
on the throat of Skipper Alvarez. The
dcor of the inner cabin was not quite
closed, and I was about to open it when
a tewwcrds spoken inside deterred
me.
‘This is tcfrible,’ said a quivering
voice. ‘Why did the fear of death in
duce me thus to prostitute my holy of
fice. (Japtaiu Alvartz, have you no
fear of divine vengeance V
Skipper Alvare* laughed in a low,
disagreeable way, and sain :
‘Holy father, t spared your life in or
der to indulge a sentiment. I wi-hed
to know what it was to bo virtuous
That amiable desire, however p r jvidence
yourself and the girl have determined
not to gratify. I thought I could wiu
her by kindness, and that mockery, mar
riage. It seems I was mistaken, and I
shall bo c mpelled to try what I have
oftn tried before. Turn into your bunk,
old man.'
A stout elderly man, in the attire of
a priest, got on his legs and staggered
to an adjaceet birth. Only witLiu the
lino of vision a second ors", I saw that
he was much affected by both fear acd
liquor. Captain Alvarez, also the worst
for liquor, opened the door, and, with
out seciDg me, advanced to the foot of
the companion.
‘Bad night, bad, night,’ he muttered,
shaking his head with druuken gravi
ty- .
With the help of tho hand-rail, he
managed to stagger back, and placing
bis hand on the door of a berth, was
about to open it when a terrific crash
and a cry from fifty throats smote bis
ear, and the vessel, giving a jump by
the head, went stern down. Again
the same noise, again the same cry, and
the craft giving another leap by tho
bead, as if never to rise.
Every timber in her shook and groan
ed as if convulsed with pniu, and she
rocked to and fro with such extraordina
ry velocity that I was almost seiz and
with vertigo.
Conquering this feeling, however, I
dashed into tho cabin, stabbed the skip
per to the heart, md opened the door of
the berth in which tho unknown lay and
slept—yes, slept in spite of the mdse,
the motion of the ship, and tho foarfu!
death which awaited her. My breath
upon her faeo aroused her, and she open
ed hi r eyes with a loud shriek ; but I
succeeded in winning her confilouoo
tbore and then.
Tho gale suddenly ceased, and a
break in the black sky showed the posi
tion of the vessel with respeot to the
coast, the forces of the wind and waves
had wedged her hard and fast between
immense rocks which ran shelving dowu
far in the sea.
Captain Brazen and twenty others,
had been washed overboard, aiid there
only remained ten of the crew on board,
nine of whom were Americans.
The rocks proved inaccesible, and
moreover, there was no Lope of getting
the vessel out of tho singular position
sho occupied.
Wo were soon relieved from anxiety,
however. On the morning of the third
day a ship was seen bearing down di
rectly on us. It proved to be a mer
chantman from Boston, and wo were
speedily treading its deck.
The unknowu declared herself to be
the daughter of Captain Ra'hborn, of
the Tempest, which vessel had been sev
eral weeks overdue. Herself and the
priest were tho only survivers of that
ill fated craft. Well, little remains to
say, except that wo reached homo in
safety, and that Kate Kathborn became
my wife.
TIIE ROBBER ON HILSTEAD WOOD.
Our scene opens upon n highway,
nearly three leagues from London.—
The shades of evening were fast set
ting in, when a horseman bestriding a
nobie steed, who seemed quite exhaus
ted by his day’s journey, entered tho
avenue leading tnrough Halstead
Wood ; and tiie young man—for he
seemed rcarc ly twenty-two years of
age; as lie entered the forest, nov
made gloomy by the darkness of the
falling n : ght, drew from his head his
rich’y embroidered cap of velvet, and
as he wiped from his brow the perspi
ration, he murmured—
“But a short distance now my good
steed, and then our journey is ended.
Tis a long time since I left the city of
my lairth, and my parents and sweet
sister—God forbid that aught should
have befallen them during my absence
—will 8-ariely know me.
But I wd give tli >m a surprise —ah !
that will bo delightfuland as ho
spoke, he again p’aced his cap ■ upon
his, head, on! started onward at a bris
ker pace.
But scarcely had he proceeded ten
rods, when, from the thicket on the
right, a inan, whose face was covered
with a mask, rushed from his coneeaL
meat, and ero the traveller was aware
of In's presence, seized the horse by the
bridle, an 1 with a powerful jerk, near
ly threw' him upon his haunches—
then leveling directly at the stranger’s
breast a heaVy pistol, ho exclaimed
“Instantly deliver tip the money in
you r possession, or your life w ill pay
the forfeit!”
The young man’s eyes flashed with
passion lor a moment, then, spurring
iiis horse, whk-h gave a spring for
ward, he leaped with a bound from
his saddle; and ere the robber, whose
attention had bdon for an instant di
rected to tho horso, could provert it,
or before his arm could bo raised
one hand of the traveller was fairly
griped upon his throat, and the other
pinioning the arm which held the pis
tol.
Fiercely did the robber struggle in
his endeavors to free himself from the
young man’s hold, but it was all in
vain ; he might as well have attempted
to movo a rock.
Soon his face turned to a purple hue,
and as he vainly endeavored to utter a
sentence, he oj ened his band, and the
pistol fell upon the ground, and he
turned his eyes with an imploring look
upon bis captor. Nor was it unheed
ed, for the young man unloosed his
hold of the roboer’s throat and draw
ing from his p cket a handkerchief, he
firmly bound the hands of the captive;
and then taking the loaded pistol from
the ground, he placed it within his
own bosom.
Ti e robber, as his captor stepped
fYoru him, sank upon the turf, ami to
the astonishment of tho young man,
buried his face in his bound hands, and
burst into a flood of tears.
‘Alas ! poor Marian,’ he sobbe 1, ‘you
wi’l now starve, and I, oh, heaven !
shall not be near you !'
‘Starve—Marian !’ repeated the
young man, whose astonishment was
great; ‘by all that’s good, I have a
sister by that name, an l she of whom
you speak shall not starve. Tell me
my good man, why did you attempt to
lob me? You seem cot like a common
villain ’
‘Neither am I,’ said the robber lift
ing his head at the words of tho young
man.
‘Then why, I again ask, did you
attempt my robbery ?’
‘I will tell you, as you desire it, and
God knows it is the truth.
‘Two years ago I wms a clerk in the
employ of a wealthy, influential firm in
London. At the mansion of the jun
ior partnor, I one evening made the
acquaintance of a beautifulyoung lady,
daughter of a rich merchant. Our
intimacy ripened into love, and we be
came pledged to one anothir. Thus
our affairs stood, when the father of
Marian become acquainted with the
fact, and forbid me bis house. I was i
but an humble clerk, he said, and not!
a ina’rh for her whose affections I had i
But tho sternness of tho fathe ral
tered not the feelings of tho daughter,
for in a few flecks wo effected tin
elopement, and then Marian bocamo
my wife.
‘Her father, from that moment,
would never seo her face ; nnd he de
clared that not n pound of Hits wealth
should over be bestowed ujkmi his un
grateful girl. By his machinations,
also, I lost my situation, and six
months since left the employ of my
hitherto kind benefactor. Oh, God 1
the agony of mind I have since endur
ed would have madiionod my brain
had not my gentle Marian been up
permost iu my thoughts. For many
weeks I have sought employment, but
could no gain it.
Since yesterday, myself or wife havo
tasted no food ; and to-day—Heaven
forgivo mo tho act—l started from the
city determined to rob. You can see
how I have succeeded ; and yet,thank
Uod, you overpowered rne.
Had it not been for my wife, I would
have never attemptedti is; but I could
not see her starvo—l could not !’ and
as be concluded, he again fobbed like
a child.
‘Nor shall she!’ cried the young
man. ‘I know net bu’. you are play
ing mo false, but I can scarcely be
lieve it. Forgive me, however, if I
take proper precaution against treach
ery.’
As he spoke he again mounted 1 is
horse, and bidding his prisoner go on
before, they started on their way to
London.
‘Lead me to your own dweling,’ he
continued, as they departed from tiie
sjot, ‘end if I find you have told me
tne truth, you shall not suffer.’
‘Thank you !” was all tho overpow
ered man could reply, und they pro
ceeded on in silence.
Tho bells of the city were striking
the hour of ten, when tho two men ar
rived at the outskirts of London. His
mount njr from his wearied horse which
be left in the hands of the hrstler of an
humble inn, the young man followed
the foo'steps of the robber, keeping a
cauti'Uis eye upon him, lest he should
attempt to escape by darting down one
of the many filthy lanes in tiie vicinity.
But such a thought never entered the
breast ol the prisoner, he led his cap
trr on through several streets, ti’l stop
ping before a miserable tenement,
whose ancient walls seemed as if about
to fall to the ground, he turned und
said—
‘This is tho place where, for throe
weeks, myße'f and wife have been
obliged to remain deprived of every
comfoft, and eveu the necessaries of
life.
‘But do not let mo go into tho pres*
ence of Marian with my hands thus
bound, for heaven’s sake; kind sir,
unbind them, for shou'd she see me
thus, she would know that I was a
criminal !’
A tear stood in the young man’s
eyes as he proceeded to do ns request
ed, for ho felt that such could never
come from a guihy and depraved be
in f->*
Bushing aside the rickety door as
soon as his hands were free, the poor
man entered the wretched abode, fol
lowed by iho stranger. Passing
through a sort of hall, they came to
another door, which was opened, and
they s ood in a small, low room, which
was lighted but dimly by a flickering
rush light.
A woman, who at their entrance was
sitting with her face burird in her
hands, started up, ana sprang to tho
embrace of her husband. Sho noticed
not the stranger, but, as she welcomed
her husband, she asked in a tremulous
voii o
‘And have ydu succeeded, dear Al
win in finding employment ?’
‘I have not, Marian,’ was the reply :
‘but I have brought a friend with me
that promises relief.’
The woman started at these words,
nnd turned to thank tbeir unkeown
debverer. •
But scarcely had the young man’s
eyes fallen upon her face than he.
sprang forward exclaiming—
‘Gracious heavens, do my eyes de
ceive mo ! Tell me, was not your name
before marriage
Marion 11 wiselyl' exclaimed the be
wildered woman.
‘I knew it; I could n't mistake those
features ; you aro my nisi>r !’ nnd the
young inan raised her to h s heart.
No ! it cannot be !’ exclaimed she,
starting back. ‘I never had but
one brother—he Bleeps in an ocean
grave!’
‘Ad, you are mistaken there ; tho
ves e el in which I started for the Indies
was indeed wrecked, and all but my
self perished.
For two years I have wandered in
a for ign land, and have just arrived
upon my native shores. lain your
brother, William llansely.’
‘Then it must be so—it is, indeed,
for I can now recognize your ci.un'e
nnneo, although you are much alter
ed !’ nnd, with a glad cry, she flew in
to his arms
It was a happy meet’ng for all that
night"; and it may well he be’ieved
that the husband was astonished at the
scent.
That very night tbrv removed to
comfortahl-quarters; and tho next
day, at tho interference of the long-lost
son, were restored to the favor of the
woalthy | aren's.
Marian never learned the true story
of her Im hand’s meeting with her
brother, nor was the incident ever re
called to the memory of the truly re
pentant husband
A w r st in genius has invented a mc
ebine fur killing the potato bug. Two
wheels and. ice a fan, which sucks lip the*
insects and dash 8 theta against a board.
No. %£<.s.
Early Life of President An
drew Johnson.
The little fellow ot Ralet ;h, North
Carolina, who acts ns correspondent of
the New Orleans Republican, sends
Lis paper the following.
Andrew Johnson was hern in the
upper strry of a kitchen attached to a
building known as ‘Casso’R Tavern,"
of which his mother was the house
keeper or stewardess. A daughter of
Mr. Cnsso, the proprietor of the hotel,
was married to a merchant named
Stewart in the early part of the even
ing, and tho dance in honor ol tho wed
ding was progre sing at the time ho
first saw the light. Tho bride, whe
lived to a good old ago and died a
few years ago dressed tho new comer
in his swaddling clothes. His father,
Jacob Johnson, died four years after
ward, not from the effect of injuries
received in saving tho life of a friend,
as has been stated, but from the re
sults of dissipation. The family were
known as “Rhnrnkatters,” because
they lived in a locality called ‘liharti-
Katte,’ which is, I smpposi, a corruption
of the word ‘Ramsgate’
The original generation wue honest
hard working laborers, but having no
money wherewith to buy stores, the
secern? generation were degraded into
what is now called “piny woods poor
white trash ”
Mrs. Johnson, his mother, was a
woman of rare ability for one of her
class, and through her intluence Jacob
Johnson, his father, was induced to
obtain labor in tho city of Raleigh, nnd
when she died she apprenticed her
son Andrew, then about thirteen years
old, to a merchant tailor, named Jas.
Selby James Litchford, who is yet
alive, was then the cutter or foreman
of tho ‘shop.’ He says that Andrew
was not a good boy, nnd yet not a
very bad one, and tells mßnj interest
ing incidents of his ‘boyhood.’
The people here, although they havo
obsequiously bui't a monument over
his father’s grave, look upon him as a
poor white trash taik.r boy yet, and
always will.
Specie Demanded.
There are but few pleasing remini
scences of the time when business and
credit were prustrat-d by the hurri
cane which swept,over this country in
“thirty-seven”—when the banks gen
era’ly suspended specie payments, and
hard cash was a phenomenon. We
recollect hut one mirth provoking inci
dent connected with tho great panic,
and that was tiie presentation of a hun
dred dollar bill at the counter *of a city
bunk by a Frenchman, with a demand
for the specie:
“Mender,” Said the fierce little
Frenchman, “vi 1 ycu pay ziz hill ? -
Vill you give me ze monaie ?”
“We cannot redeem it at present,”
said she teller in a very bland tone;
“we have suspended "
“Suspende i Vat’s ilat? Hang by
ze neck like one tarn tieving dog ? No
saro ! you no deceive rne, sure 1 I vill
have ze l argent, zo gold, zo silvuire,
ze coppure 1”
“We can't pay it now. Wo will
redeem our notes when other banks
redeem theirs ”
“When ozer hanks redeem deirs!
By garo, ze ozer hunk say Ze same,
saro ! I vill shoot you, saro, vis ze pis
tol, ze gun, ze cannon, sure 1”
“You had better wait, sir. You bail
batter keep cool.’’
“By gar, I vill not vait; I vi'l not
keep cool—vill have, by gar, revenge!
Sacra ! Look here ! I tare your pa
pier not all in leetlo piece ! I chew him!
I stamp on him ! You lose jour lee
tlo dam billet note ! There, sare—l
am revenge! I am, by g-r, re
venge !”
And, having destroyed tho note,
looking full defianro at the cashier,
tellers and all hands, tho little French
man stalked out of the bank with the
air of a Napoleon.
Practical liEcaiprs —Fly time is
approaching, und with it will doubt
less come the usual myriads of insects,
&c., to pester and annoy us. We have
selected a few receipts, which wo can
recommend. Try them :
To kill roaches—Put your roaches
in a barrel, put on a pair of heavy
boots, and get in and dunce.
To render musquitoes harmless—
Pull cut their bills wjth a pair of
tongs.
For fleas—Tie them to the bedpost
with long chains, and let the dogs fin
ish them.
To kill mice—Flatten their heads
with a letnen squeezer.
To kill rats —This receipt is cheat)
and never fails.
When you retire for the n : ghl, place
a small bit of cheesa in your mouth,
keep it well open, and when the rat’s
whisker’s tickle your throat, bite.
A certain green customer, who was
a stranger to mirrors, gn t who step
ped into the cabin of one of our ocean
steamers, stopped in font of a large
pier glass, which, he took for a door,
and seeing his own reflection ho said :
“I say, mister, w hen doe3 this ere
boat start ?’’
Getting no answer from .he dumb
reflection before him, he again repeat
ed :
“I say, mister, when does this ere
boat start ?”
Ineer.-ed at the silent figure; he then
bn ike out:
“Go to thundi r I ye darned sassa
fras colored, shoctbqaded bull-calf; ye
don’t look as if you knew much auy
b >w ! ’
It is a fact creditable to barn-yard
natuie, that while cur.-os come home to
r.ast to sterj never come home to curee.
Tbe Eat Maa.
Bridget,”said • lady in the city of
Gotham one morning, asshewaa reccn
ooitering in the kitebuu, “what a quan
tity es soap grease you have got hare*
We cau got plimtj of soap for it, mu
mnst exchange it for some, Watch for
tbe fat men, and when he comes along,
tell lain I want to speak to him.”
“Yeß, mcro,’’said Bridget,
Ail that morning, Bridget, between
each whisk of her dish-cloih, kept m
bright i< okcol from the kiteben window
and no moving crcatnro (Reaped kef
watchful gaze. At last her indua'ry
seemed to be rewarded, for down tho
street came a large, portly gentleman
flourishing n cane and looking the veiy
pioturo of goud humor.
“Surely, there’s the fat man, now,’*
thought Bridget; and when he was in
front of tbe house, out sho flew, aod in
formed him that her mistress wished to
speak to him.
“Speak to roe, roy good gill 1” replied
the old gentleman.
“Yes, sir; wants to speak to yea, ’nd
says would you be kind en ugh to walk
in, sir?*’
This request, so direct, was not to be
refused, so, in a state of some wonder
ment, up the stairs went Bridget, and
'knocking at the. mistress's door, put her
bead in, and exclaimed ;
“Fat gentleman’s in tbe parlor,
mum. 1 ’
8o saying, she instantly withdrew to
the lower regions.
“In tho parlor,” thought the lady 4
“What can it mean ? Bridget must
must have blundered.” But down to
the parlor she went, and up rose her tat
friend, with Lis blandest smile and moat
graceful bow.
“Your servant iufr ruled me, madam,
that would like to speak to me. At
your service, madam.”
The mortified mistress saw the state
of tbe case immediately, and a smile
wte thed itself about her lips in spite of
hcr,elf, and af'erwards said;
“Will you pardon the terrible blinder
of a ruw Irish girl, my dear sir? I told
her to call iu the fat man to tako away
the soap grease, when she saw him, and
sbo baa made a mistake, you see.”
The jolly fat gentlemen leaned back
in his chair, and laughed suoh a hearty
ha ! ha 1 ha ! as never coine from any of
your lean gentry.
“No apologies needed, madam, ’’ said
he- “It is dicidedly the best joke of
t.O season. Ia !ha!ha 1 so she took mo
for the soap-grease man, did she? It
will keep me laughing for months. Suoh
a good joke I*'
And all up the street and around the
corner was beard the merry ha! ha ! ha t
of the eld gentleman, as he brought
down bis cane, every now and then ex
claiming “duch a joke!”
Masonry is far above all political dir
turbances of States and nations. If not
it bas sunken greatly below its old and
glorious estate. All denunciations of
Masonry by Masons, as rebels or trait
ors, is indefensible and contrary, not
only to the spirit of Freemasonry, but
to its positive law, and that so, it ought
to be solemnly adjudged by Masons at
home and abroad; aod that it may
hereafter bo known and remembered
that Masons cannot, without becoming
unworthy, bring railing accusations
against each other; and that Masons on
and off the field of battle may not again
be thus advised by rash men to forget
and violate their solemn oaths— Pike.
A Ghost Story — Sir Walter Scott
used to tell, wiin much zest, a story of
a man who tried to frighten his friend
by encountering htm at midnight on a
lonely spot which was supposed to bo
the resort of a ghost visitant. Ha took
his seat on the haunted stone wrapped
in a long white sheet. Presently to hij
horror, the real ghost appeared and sat
down btsido him, with the ominous
cjaculafioD, ‘You aro a ghost and lam
a ghost, Lt us come closor and eloser
together,’ and closerer and closer tho
ghost pressed, till the sham ghost, over
come with terror, fainted away.
Two of ’Em — A young fellow whoso
better half bad ju=t presentcq him with
a pair of bouncing twins attended cLurch
one Sunday. During ihe discourse, tbe
clergyman looked right at our innocent
friend, and said, in a tone of thrilling
elcqnnee;
‘ Viffng man, yon have an important
responsibility thrust upon you,’ The
newly fledged dad, suppoung the preach
er alluded to his pneuliar home event,
considerably startled the audience by
exclaiming, ‘Yes, I have two of ’em.
Vanity.— ‘My dear,’ said Mrp, Dog
berry to her daughter, ‘you shtuld not
hold your dress so very high in cross
ing the streets.’
‘Then, ma,’ replied the maiden, ‘how
shall I ever show the beauty of my
fl -uticed pantlcts, that has almost ruin
ed my eyisignt to manufacture? I’ai
sure I dor’t care if the beans do look
at me.’
Mrs Dogberry spoke cf'the sin of
vanity and tho beauty of decorum,’ and
walked off to her chamber.
Lucy Store once said: “There is
cotton in the years of man, and hope in
the bosom of woman.” ' Lucy made »
mistake and got the cotton in the wrong
place,
A Vermonter has invented anew ard
cheap plan for boarding. One of his
boarders mesmerizes the rest, and then
exts a hearty meal—tbe mesmerized be
ing satisfied from sympathy.
An Englishman and an Irishman
were passing by a the former
asked:
‘Bat, if that gal'ows had its dews,
pray where would you be?’
‘Ocb, faith, and I’d be riding to town
all alone.’
Goodness me !’ cried an old lady tho
other day, ‘lf tho d- es come to
end next year, what shall I do for scuff ; *
Much remains unsung, as the tom
cat said when a brick cut short his ser
enade.
The boy who lost his balcnco on tho
roi f, found it on the ground shortly af
terward.
