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6ALLAHER S INDEPENDENT, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT UI ITM V.\, GA., BY J. C. GALLAHER. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION' • TWO DOLLARS per Annum in Advance. AITI'MN. It U VUViiV HOW A III). TUe no miner hat* gone to the Smith, The Autumn 1m with an again, Following cloao in thufaut’!*} wake Of the season that she has slain. TJie ßrowning leaves of the sturdy oak, And the smnac's fading tojw Are iu the forest and on the uiJl, As the farmer garners his crop*. The flowing green of the summer 'eaves I* faded, all brown and sere; The ripening fruit and nuts provide For the winter that is so near. How aoon the snows of the winter bleak Will fall o’er the wanted life If leaves and flowers that Autumn found With richest beauty rife \ Oln desolate is the transformation From summer unto snow. From the gentle breeat to the friendless wiud That all through winter blow! FAWN. In the summer ot}Hl3, a hand of the Henec* Indians were -encamped on tlie hanks of the Cie.,< see river. They were on their return from iv hunting expedition to their main resei vstions ncur the shores \>f Lake Erie, and were anxious to hasten their movements, for the purpose of offer inf tht-ir services for the defence of the frontier- to their American allies, in the war pending between them and England. But their progress at the time referred to was delayed, owing to the circumstance that one of their number, a favorite-—n girl Mome fifteen year* of age—had been taken ill on the march, and was then de lirious with fever. The disease had baffled the ussl skill of the few squaws of the band. A consulta tion was held by the warriors, to deter mine whether to remain with the girl, and await the future of the disease, or to leave her at the nearest settlement of whites, in cbuge of one or two of their own number, aud then proceed on their journey. The hitter proposition was vehemently opposed l>y the sachem of the hand, the reputed father of the girl. At th is crisis, the buying of the hounds around the ‘bncainpment hree betokened the approach of a stiuugcr. ‘•lt is our good brother, the young whiti hunter, ” ejaculated Blue C oat, the sachem, m broken English, as a young mun m hunting coatume, und with u rule in hand, bounded into the encampment. ’‘Welcome, Wallay !” A vigorous shaking of hands ensued,and grunts of satisfaction were heaid on every fade. VS sit at, ■ 'Wallay" as he whs known by the Indians, was informed of the subject under discussion; and he was taken to the winch of bear skins on which the suflerci lay. His heart felt pity; his deepest kju - jisthies wen* instantly aroused. He In.d never before seen the face of an Indian fe male that Intel ested turn so much. ‘•Night has overtaken me in tilt) chase, ten miles frmu homc,”sid Waltar; "I will tarry with you till early mom, when Fawn shall be taken to my mother, who will care for her as for her ow n child; and the white medicine man shall kill her disi use. A few of your number may remain with hei *unlil she is side to resume her march.” The counsel was at an end. Grunts ol approval was the reply to Walter's propo sition, autl renewed shaking of hands fol lowed. A bountiful supper of roast vein \ son and cakes tif pounded corn baked in j hot ashes was prepared, of which all savi j the invalid eat heartily; and,, after ai lengthy smoking of pipes, llie party,wrapt ] in Indian blunkcts, sought their night's repose. Walter Wallace was of good parentage, and well educated. He was left fatherless ! at an early age. Dr. Arnold, his step father, though umau of good abilities, hud but a small practice. He wan not general ly liked. His increasing wealth, therefore was a matter of surprise to all, aud suspic ion to many ol his neighbors. The matte) was boyishly referred to by Walter, in a conversation with his lather, who an swered only by scowl of resentment. Wal ler at once comprehended that he was treading on forbidden ground. At length the overbearing disposition Slid imperious will of Dr. Arnold became insupportable to V altar, and at the age oi nineteen he indignantly abandoned th pareutal roof. The sting ol regret w hich troubled him was the parting from a dear ly loved mother; and though this was pro posed against her remonstrance, yet he was conscious of her secret sympathies. Placing a pnrse of five hundred dollars in his hand, she kissed her manly-hearted and darling boy for the hist time. 'l'o strengthen his health—-to cultivate and develop his physical system, Wultar determined to devote two years to advent ure aDd wild sports in the West, With this object in view, and with good supplies of •arms, ammunition, and hunting attire, he found himself in due time in the Gene see Valley-=-at that time abounding in bear, deer, and smaller game, Be took up his abode in the house of a settler on the banks of the Genesee. He wrote to his mother by every possible conveyance; but pt the end of a year, learning of her death, he felt a if the great tie of civilization had been sundered; and forever afterwards he acknowledged the kind wife of the the settler as hi adopted mother. At the time 8T his meeting with the Indian en campment, he had resided in the country two years, aDd during that time had scour ed the, country around as far as the shores of Erie; and Ontario. He had become acquainted with the Indians, their lan guage, customs and manners; and was a favorite and privileged person among flu'm,. (&ii! Jn&epeif&etti VOL. 11. Under the influence of good treatment, i the health and strength of Fawn was re stored. tv altar was strangely fascinated with her beauty, and surpiiwed at her in telligence. .She spoke the English and ] German languages fluently, and had fre ' quently acted as interpreter between par ties of the two races. Waltar could srsm-elv 1 believe that she was of Indian blood; yet she declared that she had no reason to ! think otherwise, save thnt of a dim, unde. ; lined dream of an early life in civilization, i Her jet hair, her black eyes, though , rather full aud round for an Indian, her | cheek hones and bronzed complexion, ! seemed to denote an Indian origin; yet her I elastic, spring gait—her intelligence, her quick perceptions, and the play of iql f. u j tures, which exhibited the various emo , tioifs of the tuiud, indicated otherwise, , Walter was puzzled-- -became nlistnict led, save when in her presence. Her rath- Icr winning way and smile, her gentle ua : ture and uffrotionute heart, pulled strong |ly on Ids sensibilities. A vague desire | took possession of him to return to civili i /.ation with the maiden, and tu educate ! her to become Ida wife. The sachem, between uhott.qjid the ! girl there existed a stroug attachment, | remained with her. tin Ids departure ,wi.-li hei and the few attendants, he pre i sented Waltar with a belt of wampum to ’ be worn by liini as a badge of good-fellow ship with the Senecas, and as a token of bravery. A year passed away. With a foresight ■ credible to Ids years. 'Waltar had par i chased for a small sum three hundiTM acres of land on the shores of the Gene; r. - | river. He was becoming wearied with his . wild sports atlil pursuits, and strengthened land invigorated, was nhoti, to return to i the. centers of civilization, and embark in the business of life. But an irresistible idea r ■ to sec again the Indian maiden in , duced him to change l.is purpose for a I while. Accordingly, d. -pending oil his I ifle for suj-p >ri, lie made ids Way through tangled woods and swamps, until at length, i at the close of the day. weary and footsore, ' he found himself on tin banks of It.iffal - ! creek, and but a few miles south of the ; village of Buffalo. While reposing himself at the foot of a i large tree, he was startled by the report of a rifle; tile next moment an Ajn riesn panther lay dead at his side. HUirtiug to j his feet, he gaged nrornd 'twas but for ; Hie moment—a crackling of the busji.-t md "Welcome, Walhiy! ' from the old sa chem, greeted his errs. I Waltar. fortunately, had com- upon the ‘grounds ami near the wigwam of Ids In j lisn friend. Slid had by him been saved from* terrible conflict, if not death, as the : i least was at the p> tut of springing win 11 he bullet pierced In - heart. Great was the joy and satisfaction of Fawn, which she was too unsophisticated jto conceal oti.be arrival of Waltar. The a sence from Idm bad been the means of : manifest'ng to hers. If her attachment to him. Time,since their parting,had develop ed mate feelingsw- hieli convinced her that the Indian character was not in sympathy with liers, and that W aitin' was her real hero. She, therefore, in confident sim plicity, told Waltar that a young Indian called Will O , so immil on account of his more than usual f. rocious instincts, sought her hand in marriage; that she despised hiui, and that her father, the sachem, had forbade him the wigwam. And further more, that \Valtar’s association with her would arose his jealousy and wrath, and Wild Oat would surely sick his lilO The belt of wampum, designed aa ft pass of safe ty, would be the mark for the bullet. Fawn's apprehensions were well found ; ed. A deadly animosity was soon mani fested by Wild Oat toward Waltar. Vet Waltar took no pains to avoid him. His I heroic nature spumed any betrayal .1 fear, ! Several weeks elapsed when the two abrupt jly met in the forest. Instantly, the In - ] dian's gun was aimed at \\ altar; it missed j tire; and ere the Indian could re-prime, he i was in the tiger grasp of Waltar, thrown, I lisaraied and bound. A council of warriors was held, aud W ild i Cat ooudemued to death by the hand of W al- I tar. Hut at his intercessions, the sentence I was commuted to running the gauntlet a ; punishment of the deepest disgrace, aud ! equivalent, with us, to being drummed out I of tlie regiment. The punishment was immediately car ; l ied into effect. On the banks of the creek, J near its month and junction with Lake | Erie, two rows of men and squaws faoing ‘ each other, numbering several hundred, i were formed. As Wild Oat passed down j between them, as he was obliged to do to ! save instant death, each person, as lie or ) she felt disposed, gave him a cuff, a blow, jor a kick. Then, running swiftly to his i canoe, he darted across to the foot of the ; lake to the opposite side, six miles distant., On the Canada side near where Wild I Oat landed, the remnants of the Pawnnck | tribe of Indians were settled. Though I their dialect was similar to that of the Heu- I ecus, yet they possessed the least intelli i gence, and were the most barbarous of any | tribe on the frontier. To this tribe, 5V iid | Cat immediately attached himself, rnd re- I lated to then; a glowingly false account of j his wrongs and insults. A short time subsequent to W ild Oats ! punishment, the old sachem was taken se j riously ill, which delayed Water's return Ito the east, as lie had intended. All of i Walter’s entreaties and persuasions to in i duce the old chief to place Fawn within the pale of civilization were unavailing. QUITMAN, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1874. Only death should separate the warrior and his daughter. As Waltar was attending the COTJCII of the sick chief one evening, dtiring the tem porary absence of Fawn, a baud of six In dians, headed by Wild Oat, suddenly burst iuto the room. Waltar was quickly bound, and, before the alarm could be giten, he was thrust into the bottom of a canoe; ami the party, with swift moving paddles, made their way rapidly and safely actoss the foot of the lake. Great was tlie exultation of Wild Cat oa r tlie capture of his hated rival, wl o, when the party landed, was unbound; and liis enemy flourished a tomahawk around and in close proximity to his bead, he was taunted with jeers, jibes, and derisive laughter by the party, Waltar was too well acquainted with the Indian nature to tier -uny remonstrance. He maintained his looks of stolid indifference to their pro ceedings. Wild Oat would have cleaved his skull on the spot, but his savage com panions desired to share together the pleas ure of tormenting him to dentil. It was determined that the victim should be burnt oil the ensuing afternoon. An opening, or cleared spot of the woods, near the shore, <if several handled feet in diame ter, was fixed upon as the place of execu tion. 11l the center of the opening stood an enormous tree. To this Waltar was bound, and faggots of pitch pine were placed high around liim, The torture commenced by throwing the hatchet. This was done in a manner similar to that of impaling by the Chinese tin- object of the savage being to leave the hatchet sticking by the blade into the tree as near the head of the victim as possible. Having practiced j this sport, with slumts of laughter, to their ! satisfaction, they prepared for the death. After joining hands, with whoops and ] veils, they danced the death dunce; after | which, sitting iu a semi circle a few rods I from the tree, in front of the victim, they ] united ill the guttural death song. This being ended,out; of the party arose,and with blazing torcli advanced to fire the pitch. While lie was stooping forward for the purpose, nnp while Waltar was ejaculating a prayer, the sharp crack of a rifle was beard, and the savage fell dead upon and j distinguished * the Torch. With United! bowls the suVages sprang to their feet; each j expected to drop next; a hasty glance at | the ambush, and panic stricken they fled I * | preeipitutedly up tte bench. “Thank heaven, m.v aim was true!" ex claimed Fsn'ii, as she cut the bonds of Wal tar. "Wa are alone follow me—quick— quick !” They hastily ran to the lake shore, jumped into a canoo, and shot out inb. deep water. Fawn quickly reloaded the rifle, ami placed it on the floor of the ca in*., but ere long, as both were making vigorous use of their paddies, they dis covered a canoe coming in a direction to inteiccpt their progress. It contained but one person- 55 ild Cat. He had caught sight of Water and Fawn, as they pushed out into the lake; having recovered tlie shock of surprise, and frenzied by the escape of Waltar by the bands of Fawn, he Was determined to overtake and destroy both, or perish in the attempt. Ou flew the canoes with tlie speed of ar rows. Wild Cat the advantage iu light ness of canoe and that dexterity in the use of the paddle which only great strength, united with long practice, conld impart. 'The course of Fawn’s canoe to the Ameri can side was across the mighty volume of the waters of Eric, just where it enters the mouth, and forms the majestic Niagara liver. In the center of the course the current runs at the rate of seven miles an hour, and increases in rapidity in its de scent, until twenty miles oelow the waters leap the world-renowned precipice. Wild Cat's canoe gained rapidly on the pursued, aud had reached within a few rods of the latter, just beyond the greatest strength of the current, when the savage suddenly stood erect, and just poised the unerring hatchet, when a bullet pierced his heart. He reeled and fell backwards and lengthways into his canoe; it .swung round, was quickly drawn into the cur rent, shot down the river, and was en gulfed beneath the cataract. Joy and satisfaction sparkled in the eyes of Waltar aud Fawn, as they pursued the rest of their voyage. Grunts of satisfac tion were heard, and the nods of approval were seen in the wigwam at tho safety of Waltar and Fawn, and the death of Wild Cat. The death of Blue Coat, the old sachem, watt at band. He called Water by the side of his couch. “I am going,” said the sachem, in a feeble voice, “to the, spirit land, aud soon shall be on the happy hunting grounds. Promise me that you will take Fawn to be your wife and I die content. Bhe is of your own taeepnot a drop of Indian blood flows in her veins. M,y wigwam was ortoe on the shores of Lake Champiain, aud near the old settlements of whites. Her parents were my friends and frequently were in my wigwam with the child. I loved the little creature, and called her Fawn. Before she was four years old her parents died; and* one day, a man came to my wigwam leading Fawn. He gave her to me; she had no other home. He also gave me five hundred dollars in silver; I have never used them—they are here. In a little box of clothing for the child was a picture of a man and woman—her parents; it is in this packet— tnkqthem.” The old nian could say no more. What was Water's astonishment, on ex amining the picture, after the burial of the saCliem, to find inscribed on the buck the name of “John add Mary Arnold,” Fawn was a niece of his step father! He lind now the first (due to the sudden weultli of Ur. Arnold. Securing attendants, Water, with Fawn, immediately set out for Alton, where they arrived in due time, and without trouble. Procuring the services of an experienced and expert attorney, an investigation was commenced; and by a course of fortunnte J and fortuitous circumstances, it was assei-. | tallied that John Arnold had left, though j without writteu will, twenty-five thousand dollars to his only child, Mary, (Fawn). He bad in confidence placed this money before his death in the bunds of his brother, Dr. Arnold, and requested him to act ns guardian. On I)r. Arnold's return from j the death of liis brother, some two hun dred miles distant, he reported the death jof tlie child to the very few who had known of her existence. With proofs in their possession. Water ] and his attorney sought a private Interview with Dr. Arnold. They found him far j goneiu consumption, and broken in spirits, ' hut apparently contrite ami repentant. He J acknowledged the enormity of the offense, j hut wished tlie matter to bo kept a secret, and expressed great relief of mind that ' Mary had been found and restored. By mutual agreement and by his desire he at once signed deeds in her favor to the a o n of fifty tho sand dollars, being the one-lialf of liis estate. Mary entered a female seminary, where she remained three years, at the end of which time, cultivated in miiul and man ners, and at the ago of twenty, she was united in marriage to Water Wallace. Ten years subsequently Waltar visited bis estate on the Genesee river. He was astonished and delighted with the im provements of the surrounding country. The “wilderness had indeed blossomed as the rose." The Genesee valley had become the garden of the Empire State. He im proved his grounds, and erected an elegant uisusiou, in which ho has since resnUd happy in liis domestic relations, and good fellowship with all. And now, though bronzed with years, the hospitalities of Water and Fawn are cheerfully extended. - —•— Fr e-Lovc ou Lake Champlain. The curious faith that, certain dream or* cherish iu the feasibility of commun ism is having anew illustration in the establishment of a “llarmonbd Fraternity” on Vulcour Island, in Lake Champlain, it short distance below Flattsbiirg, The bn tlirun also own two blind fed acres of land devoted to nurseries (for trees), near Burlington, Vermont, and thus possess property to tho amount of nearly @IOO,OOO. At Valcmtr Island the Itarmonial fra ternity will locate its principal buildings, which, us the circular proudly announces, will include one calf-house and one hog house, where calves and hogs will be bred and slaughtered in a strictly communistic way. Hero the brothers and sisters will live in unity, utld wliat the Oneida com munity call * state of complex marriage. In other words, they will be practical free lovers, and will neither deny their creed or sit on the ragged edge of remorse to any great extent. The Oneida community is really the only socialistic community which Ims achieved any success without making celibacy a condition of membership. Whatever the reason may lie, tile Oneida people have ffilide money by traps, and have now some sikty communistic chil dren, who wbilld be wise indeed if they could know their own fathers. Tlie Val cottr Island community docs not propose to enter into the trap business,' but will undertake to live by agriculture. They expect to lure new members by the bait of free-love, and by advertising the fact that seven-light houses studs the nearer vision of those who look’ out and! the win dows of the harmonial finite on Vulcour Island. Usually a light-house is not held to be particularly fascinating, and ns most of our lake-houses are about ten or twelve feet high they are not imposing. How ever, the average harmonial brother may take delight in the fact that so in Any light-lionses “studs” his vision. No man can predict what a communist will or not like. The inmates of the homo ure to be di vided by “temperaments into groups and families, thus avoiding the combination of discordant elements” in one family. Doubtless the red-haired men and women will constitute one group, and those with a fondness for “gushing” another group. Those who have charge of the organiza tion of the groups will, however, have s good time in finding out the proper place for every wild fanatic whb may join" the havtnoiiiul brotherhood. It is inifty th loresce the end of tii6 ex periment. Not having prophet like Noyes, of Ofieida community, at ’ their head, and tet being actuated by the re ligious enthusiasm of the Oheidairs, the Valconr brethren will soon grow tifedof' agriculture ted gazing at tlib several light hoiies, and will first quarrel and then sepa rate. No such experiment has ever out lived a single generation, but I don t hesitate to say that long before 1884 there will not be a harmonial brother or sister left on Valconr Lslaml. “What will not a woman do for the man she loves?” asks a writer. She will not eat onions while going to a party, no matter Low much ili# loVunt him. A Crowded Ho se Car o-t aStormv Night. Of course it is raining pitchforks. V'ou leave the office with ita many busi ness cares, to seek your bright, fireside, dk perhaps to play a quiet little game of draw-poker, with a chum. Your first thought is the horse ear. and straightway you proceed to attack one. You think you will walk down a little, so as to meet the car and get a seat. Men pass you, struggling with their umbrellas, looking sail mid dejected. Women splashing through the mud, for lorn aud lank, with wet skirts, brush past you in close proximity, as to bo absolutely chitling. Yon spy tlie ear, and rush f*if if Hoggs also happens to see it, and lie rushes for it at the same time. You have just cleared a three foot wide pool and arc lushing tor the rear platform, when yon both cellule. Hugos' hut flies off into space. While he seeks it, you gain tho ear, and leave Hoggs muttering frightful threats and swearing as if by note. For some reason or other yon always try to avoid Boggs after that. 11l your agitated -state of mind you have scarcely noticed that yon are occupying but a very small space on the car step. The drippings from the overhanging roof fall ing gently down the back of your neck pleasantly reminds you of the fact; aud also of tlie fact that you did not walk quite farenough down town to secure a seat. The car is fearfully mid wonderfully jammed yes, ‘-jammed" is the word. After riding a few blocks in yum- present position, amt being convinced that the rear of your shirt collar is sufficiently ; dampened, by the dropping water, you | make a determined effort -—squeeze your- j self through the outside crowd, alid reach j the inside of the car. You feel for a strap, and, ns it were, I hang yourself up to dry by one arm The horse ouy fiend the fat woman with an immense basket —is present. She wants to get out+so, signalling the ! conductor, slm dives for the door; ns she passes all shrink. With one hand still clutching the strap, you bend over sideways until you form an appalling angle; your feet being in the centre of the car, while your head is rest-; ingiiattinstt lie side, just, above the windows. I M Jai)while tho nmn on the Heat whose j hut down over his eyes, is getting restless, and you begin to feel nervous, y • ' .lust then tin*, onvyjauddenly stops, and | forward you go ! -as far as the combined j length of your arm and the strap will allow, j Tin* fat woman vanishes. The cur starts. And backward you are ahot-v-the motive power of thirty similar unfortunate* all going in the same direction. Soon the man Heated near where you are ■ standing shown signs of uneasiness, and yon think lie i n going to get up and out. You anxiously watch him with one eye, , while the other is jealously directed at Jones, who stands next to you. Jint tho man in the wnt doesn’t get, up. ■ After wistfully gu/ing at him for six Idocits your street comes iu view ami you leave the cur, muttering remarks jiboilt the vile de-; eeitfulnesH of some men, and wrathfully asking yourself, “Why, with the boasted j civilization of the nineteenth century, we can't have Kapid Transit -with seats at tached? " DfjfHbw’MjJS’eint. A New Gamo. /’S.I-- * s related of a jolly sugar planter -fWjßfl the days of Specie and slavery, ’found himself in Now Orleans with the proceeds of his crop in his pockets, anx ious to invest them in the pursuit of hap piness. Having primed himself nt the St. Cbofli , he was wandering along the streets in search of a faro bank, when his attention was attracted by an Italian who was turn ing the crank of his hand organ, on the top of which moved and danced a number of puppets, olio of which had a place for contributions. Taking this for a novel game of chance, the planter, wholly unso phisticated and more than half inebriated, resolved to buck the tiger, and place a So piece on the plate. The Italian ground on, the figure dexterously tilted the money into a basket, and tho Italian solemnly placed it into his pocket. “Here goes to get (veil, said the planter, as lie flanked a tell, which shared the same fate. “Fifteen out; here’s a twenty.” The itnpertm-nble Italian pocketed the twenty, and still turned the crank. The disgusted planter departed with the re mark ; “Well, I never was lucky, but blamed if ever I see a game before where all the per j eelitage was ill favor of the dealer. ~ ‘ ” ■ He Saw the Point. —A boy returning ] from school one day with the report that | his scholarship had fallen helmv the usual I averiige. “Well.” said his father, “you’ve j fallen behind this month have you? How I did that happen?” “Don’t know sir ” The | father knew if the son did not. He had I ohserVed a number of cheap novels scat j tered about', the house, blit he had not | thought it, worth while to snv anything j until a"fittihg o’p\ and. thnity should offer it ! self. A basket of apples stood upon the I floor, und he said: “Empty those apples, ! anrl'tako the basket and bring it to me j half-full of chips. And now,” lie con (tinned, “put those apples back into the j basket.” When half the apples were re- S placed the son said! “Father,, they roll oil, II can’t put in any more.” -‘Put them in, I • tell yon*” , “But, father, I’cari’t’ put them i in.” “Put them in ! No, of course you ' can’t put them in. Do you expect to fill a i basket Imlf-full of chips, and then fill it i with apples? You said you didn’t know ! why yon fell 'behind at sc! 001, and I will j tell yon. Your mind is like that basket ‘ it will net hold more than so much, and i here you,have been the past month tilling | it. with rubbish—worthless, cheap novels.” - 'Tlie.boy turned on bis heel and whistled (go'll said: “Whew ! I’see the point.” How- 51b. THRoeKStoYridN Came Home. Night before last Mi-.'. ThrtekpM'u’tbn, who jlivhs ou Houtli Hill, stayed’down" town very late beinggreatly interested in a game of draw-poker and simmings. When he got home he was so deeply affected by the trimmings and the memory of his last hand, when somebody had played waxed ' cards on him, that instead of unlocking , the door he crashed through a window and i sank to the floor ill repose. Dow n cme j his wife, half-way down stairs. “Mr. i Throckmorton,” she cried, “are you hurt? : Did you call?” “Call nothin’,” ho re- J sponsively murmured. “Call? I raise ye twenty chips ! You call f you want to— hie '!” ■ Uarlia/finu Ifankcgr. Dancing With a Fat, Woman. The New York Her ihl reporter has been I tu a "Fat Wimmn's Clam Bake,” in I’leas ant Valley, N. Y., whereat snliil ladies cl j some three hundred pounds attempted the ! light, agile and graceful dance, tie chose tlie smallest partner lie could liml. Un i tortunute mail I There was a hand oil the I music stand, which played quadrilles witli | out any dancers for some time, owing to the known modesty of the lnt people. Through an unadvised sentiment I was in duced to (lance a waltz with a fat woman, who turned the scale at lit’! pounds. Now, let it la* fene-mhered that the thermometer stood tu 88 degrees, and the floor was ! highly glazed. After several hows had | been delivered, I approached my female J Behemoth and grasped her madly around j what was intended for a waist, hut which | resembled much more a sack of outs. The band of eight pieo.s struck up a waltz : troi temps, and in the words of Artemu we 1 ‘glial.-. After the first step or two, 1 j felt as if I Imd been swinging Kehoe’s ; clubs for a week, and there was a singing j in my ears us 1 vainly strove to glue myself ito the floor, J looked over the lady's shoul ders and saw tears i-i the eyes of some of the spectators, while others were laughing outright at my predicament. The lady grasped me tigher, and the drum gate a ■ attic. My collar flew oil', and a button was heard audibly to rattle on the floor like the sound of a pistol lutllet that might he dropped suddenly. She struggled a moment as we went whirling around—l mean as 1 went whirling around, for she was moving with the specific gravity of a lumberyard on wheels- and suddenly 1 was hurled into space and lay on a bench, while the lady dropped-lito a seat, and her bench shut itself into a fan, under the ter rible weight of her person. Thus ended tny first and last waltz with a fat woman. 1 felt humiliated, and heard her telling s iatly friend shortly after that I didn’t amount to much—l was too light, Novktj VoVAtii:. Now thereto nuoUiov foolhardy ouialidato lor the honor of row- ' to lln* Gull' of Mexico in tin* person of j a Mr. Bishop, of Troy, New York. His ro ito is thus given; From Troy to New j York, and to Hiritau hay and river; from fimtiin river to Delaware by way of canal; I down tin* Deluware river to Delaware City, 1 mid through the canal to the Chesapeake! hay; thence, to Norfolk through the canal! into Currituck sound, down Currituck, Alberuavle, I’indieo Clove, Bogue aud Stump sounds, inside, to within thirty miles of Cape (dear, North Carolina; out side through Bear inh'j, thirty miles to Cape Fear; odtaede along the coast eight miles to Georgetown, .South Carolina; in side through sea island passages; liomeley 'marshes of (Jeorgin. marshes and thorough fares on tlinFloiida const into Ht. John’s river; up St. John’s river two hundred and forty miles to Salt Lake; the bout then to be hauled ucivkh seven miles into Indian river; down tlmt -to Jupiter inlet; out to *a along the co: at of the Gulf. The canoe is to he provided with i\ sail and n pair of < m s, so that tin* adventurous gt nth man may not he comported to d*- pend entirely upon the wind or physical exertion to propel his craft. Tho canoe is fitted with a cover extending in board about two feet from both the bow and stern tin* centre of tin* boat being covered in rainy weather with a canvas cover. - I > tsc( m; n v a t Hr:k< ’u r, anku m.- An in - ten sting discovery of a lil‘e-siz <l female bust in pure silver has lately been made at Herculaneum. The work, according to an account given in tin* Patric . is in a state of excellent preservation, and is the only .specimen of its kind which has been found during the course of the excava tions. At. first the material was thought to be only bronze, the net ion of the sul phnre having somewhat altered the ap-, peanxnce of tho smfneo, and the sulphate j of silver which has formed upon the metal j yielding a black color like tlmt found in ! the commonest sort of im ferial. The bust j was rcniov <1 to the museum, when one of the keepers, struck with the unusual tone ! of the bronze, scraped away a part of the surface, and at once came upon the silver beneath. A discussion has arisen whether the work was originally cast or chiseled, hut there seems now little doubt that the former hypothesis is correct. The head is that of a young and beautiful women, hnt as yet the features have not been i lentitied with that of any other extant head. Undkii the MjcnoseorE. -When a ilea is made to appear as large as all elephant, we can see all tho wonderful parts of its formation, and are astonished to find that it has a coat of armor much more com plete than ever warrior wore, and com posed of strong, polished plates, fitted over each other, each plate covered like a toitoise shell, and when* they meet hun dreds of strong huills project, like those on the back of the porcupine and hedge hog. There is the arched neck, tip* bright eye, the transparent cases, the piercers to puncture the skin, a sucker to draw away the blood, six long-jointed legs, four of which are folded on the brest, a 1 ready at any moment to be thrown out with tre mendous force for thnt jump which botli ers one when they want to cub h him, and at the end of each leg honked claws, to enable him to cling to whatever he alights upon. A flea can jump a hundred times its own length, which is the sime as if a man jumped six hundred feet; and he can draw a load two hundred times hi* owii weight. Lawless Counties—V HaouEß-ruoM. The remedy for lawlessness, such as af fects Breathitt courdy, ih tills Htidte. nt tliis time, is very simple and in web less expensive than seuding ti-oops to the c!iw turtied district, and this to divide the country into three or four parts and at tach it to the adjoining counties. Any county w here a court cannot- he hold in peace 'should he expunged from the map] of the State, and a knowledge of this fact would bring the reckless to their senses sooner tlmu military forces. This sugges tion is worthy tho consideration of the Legislature. I.r.iinglon (Ay) (isuett*. This is an item not to be printed ih the Sunday-school books: A crowd of bad boys went bathing in Skunk River, lowa, wn the Sabbath day, and while the Rev. Jabez Lynne was reproving them mill vail ly endeavoring to induce them to come out, a thunder-storm uame up and the minister was killed by a flash of lightning. None of the boys were drowned. A lady says: “If women were as par ticular m choosing virtuous husbands us meu are in selecting virtuous wives, tl e greatest of moral revolutions would renal'.” MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. tfiiii-ago still dromls Hie. Insurrection ut Buenos Ayres. Now Haven is going to liuvu a citv iunf kot. Blue frail nrv being “refrigerated” for winter use, | Georgia ore is yielding ten thousand dollars per ton. Merolmiits are generally liopo.'ul rather than jubilant. .Saratoga is snug rft in n" lute /’track ns ! ft seaside w atering place. A New Yorker recently swam the Helles pont which is a utile wide. A paper culled tho Hipiuw Ims been i stinted at Biookhuveu, Miss. A California baby was so fat tlmt it died, j and they said, “Poor thing 1” I The Deliver Nnic* proclaims that Col orado is the hope of the niitiou. Mix thousand Hootch miners ure ou it strike at Fife and Clackmannan. In what ship has the greatest number of people been wreck?—Corn-ship. Western railways ure reducing the nun - j her and pay of their employes. Mr. Biet ami Miss Pickle were married : ft short time ago in Fulton county. ' Chicago is determined that no wn, wooden tiuildingssln.il lie erected. ! Two hundred iw,Hises were caught iu \ Provinuetown harbor, last .Saturday. A home for Chinese ladies has been es j tablinhed by ladies in him Francisco. Miss Lydia Bower Ims been voted tho’ handsomest woman in W'atheno, Mo. Why should not opera glasses ho used ! ill church when the new bonnets come in? A colored Baltimore youth pawned his wooden leg fora pint of’whiskey, the other 1 day. Workmen in tho Massachusetts Stub, prison yard unearthed a skeleton the other ; day. , ... “Horse jewelling done here,” is whnt | one reads ou an Oregon blacksmith * shingle. A colored man has been nominated for councilman from the !)th ward of Hartford, Connecticut. Owing to the rush of other matter the big feet of Chicago women are crowded' out of this issue. Encouragements for die old nmiils—sl. a' Kansas Lovejoy’s fresh motherhood at sra ty-eight. Chicago Post. When Steeptea married liis fifth wife ho sent the usual notice to the papers, wiln the addition, “Tq he continued.’* Ex-Queen Isabella has hail to redi o i the number of her servants to forty, in 1 she’s very mid and melancholy over i ■ po city. “Wind's tfie mutter with yon, my pot?” “O, aunty! X just wanted to touch a littlo ehicki-y, and tho old ben growled at mo and bit me with her nose!" “What kind of sausage is them?" asked :an old lady of the young man of 1 t .ratine and peanuts us lie passed through tho ! train selling bananas. . “I want to know,” snid a credit, t, fiercely, “when joij are going to pay n, > w hat, you owe me?” “1 give it up,” re - plied the debtor; “ask me something easy.” A lady wants in know wliat is the mean | ing of “ante” utld “pass the buck?" Her ■ iw.drimenial companion uses it in hii j dreams, amj she is afraid itiudicatesty | plioid’ levef, A man weiri iuto the Post Office nt I Springfield, Ohio, and asked, “Is there i letter here for Mike How?” “No,” angrily . | replied the clerk, “there isn’t a letter here I for anybody’s cow.” A minister approached a misehievom urchin about twelve , years old and laying . his hand upon liis shoulder (hus address, and him; “sly son I lielieve tho devil lihh got ■ hold of you.” “I believe pe has tpo,” wivt‘ , the significant reply of the urchin. It is told of a younggentleman, whom'it maiden liked but her father didn’t, that at a reasonble hour the old gfnt mildly iul: • mated thnt the time for retiring, had ar rived. “I think you aro ported my dec sir,” answered the nineteeuth-eentur modestly, “we have been waiting an hour for you to put yonself in your littlo bed. “ The father retired thoughtfully.' no. l>:>. ‘•Billings' Almanac.” Josh Billings’ Almanac) for 75 is 'y-l out. It is full of droll and mischievous humor, aud is the best ho has ever issued yet. . . <■■■■, Wo present some extracts from it wliii u are yich and racy. The dnmpliri aro about the natural sire oy ybur pbist, mode out ov dough, and tilled with apples. They uro nerved up hot., with some sweet-tastiug linimei t on them, and iz az eazy to struggle wit t with aZ a sugar plum. They ain’t so good Hold, az they ought to he. Kohl tin in p liu aud raw potatoes,’ eat similar! I never et npp'lu dumpliii yet, without thunkiii.t the laird for that. one, ami the landlady for another one. Four apple duinpliiis. id one sitting. iz'just about mi size. Iw ah I kim who invented these kind-hearn i hallo, I’ would like to weep over hiz mem - ory. Finikin pi,' ami apple dumplin have done az match to civilize mini az cniiy two missionaries that have ever lived. Good vittles iz'nest to good morals eniiy ho- . Yu may talk about virtne as much az y r pfeze, you kant never ihokulate a ua.-i with virtow fust ratoon a empty ntuiniuuk. Given mun four uppfb dumplins, with some good kind or ointment on them, aid after he her. et them and hd naz setll. and down to hurd paC yu knn krawl up to lino on either side w ith a dose of morality, .• even some new kind of'sopr,' or taking' spots out ov clothes. When u man ain’t good for ennything' else, he is jnst right to sit on a jury.., Coquet* make better wives thn* Frndes do, but thank the lord,' there is betti j’ ones in market than either ov them'. . One ov the most unfortunate imlivhlivals i kno ov, is a third rate fiddler. About az low down az a man kau gif„ and not (piite spilt l , iii to live ®* liz wife's l reputuslma. , A good daauaeter fee nlTwußa gained bi inehosjbnt i* oft-ei* Ik-ixst hr one dSrank. After trieing for more than 35 years to Uav mi"own way in alt things;;! huv finally cum to the konkiusliuii* to- split the dif ference. , Experience acids on sum- pholks vitals just az it dus on a bull terrier, 1 e done fairly git over one whipping before he be g us to look around for another. There is a grate uieniiy giugerpop peo p'e in this world, after they hav bin nu 1 1 orked a fu minutes, they git to be dred-' full plilal'.