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WM. F. LUXTONI
VOL. 3, NO.
t,•BUSINESS 0- -ARDS. -
.._.,
MEDICAL. NI..
. i .
11 TRACY, M. D.,E Coroner for the County of
. Huron. Office's -int Reeidence=One doer
East Of the Methodist-Episcopel Chtu•ch.-
Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1868, '''' 53-ly
' TT) C:1VIOORE, M. D.,C. M.,(Graduate of McGill
_De. University, Montreal,) Physician, Surgeon,
4te. Office and residence Zurich, cede
Z,
urich, Sept. 7th, 1870. 144-
0
TAMES STEWART, M.( D.; C. Mk, Graduate
e_J of 1V1cGill -University, Islontreal. Physician,
Surgeon,' &c. Of6ce ancl residence—At MR:
..
COOK'S. Varna., .., --
D. W. R, SMITH, Physician, Surgeon, etc.
Office,—Opposite Veal's Groeery. ' Resi-
dence -1M an -street, North.
Seaforth, Dee: 14, 1863. .153-ly
. _.
TT L. vERcoE, M. D.C. M., Physician, Sur -
11. etc.. Office and Resifience, Corner
of Market and High Street, inomediately in rear
of Kidd. & MelVlulkin's Store. •
I
Seaforth, Feb. 4th. 1870. . - 53-1y.
,
JCAMPBELL, M. D. C. M.',, (Graduate of Me-
. Gill University, Montreal) Physician, Sur-
geon, etc. , Seaforth , Office 2,11(.1. Resides) ee—Old
- Post -Office Building, up stairs, ;where he ,Will be
found bes night* or day when at home:
Seaforth: July 15th, 1809. •' 84-ly
LEGAL.
Ina F. WALKER, Attorney-at;Law and So-
' lieitor-intChancery, Conveyancer, Notary
Public, &c2 Office of the Clerk of the Peace,
Court House, Goderieh, Ont.
N.B.—Money to lend at 8 per cent on " Farm
Lands. 1 :7
Goderich; Jan'y. 28. 1870. 112-1y.
A Ar 9CAUGHEY & ITOLMSTEAD, Barristers,
_II Attorneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery
-and insolvency, Notaries Public and Conveyanc-
ars. Solicitors for the R. C. Bank; . Seaforth,
.Agents for the Canada Life Assurance Co.
.N.. B. —$30, 000 -to lend at 8 per . cent. Farms,
Houses and Lots for sale. •-
• Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1868. • 53-tf.
BENSON & MEYER, Barristers and Attorney
at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolv-
• ency, Conveyancers, Notakes Public", etc. Of-
fices,--Sea.forth and Wroxeter. Agents for the
Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada; and the
Colonial Securities Co. of London, England.
Money at 8 per cent; no commission, charged.
TAS. H. BRNSON, H. w. 0. 311WER.,
Seaforth, Dec. 10th. 1868. , •' - 53-ly
. r ,
„ DENTAL.
G. W. HARRIES L. D. S Arti-
Iii-szf-,.----. ficial Dentures inserted wale all the
"Isgrake latest improvercients. The . greatest
care taken for tne preservation of decayed and
tender teeth. Teeth extracted withwat pain.
litoores over Collier's Store. '
Saeforth. bee. 14,_ 1868. ly
.HOTELS
,
(101VIMERC1AL HOTEL, Ainleyvill , James
.j Laird, proprietor, affords first-class accom-
modation for the travellingJ public. • The larder
and bar are always supplied with the best- the
;markets afford. Excellent stabling in connection
.Ainleyville, April 23, 1869. 704f.
• ,
--E-7 ONX'S HOTEL (LATE SHARP'S) The iin.-:
11,. dersigned begs to thank the public for the
liberal patronage awarded to him in times past
• in the hotel business, , and also to inform them
that he has again resumed business in the above,
stand, where he will be happy to have a call
from old friends, and many new ones.
THOMAS KONX.
Seaforth, May 5, 1870. 126-tf.
, - •
T It• ROS$, Proprietor New Dominion. Hotel,
efi „ begs to inform the people of - Seaforth - and
the travelling community generally, that hekeepe,
first-class accommodation in every thing reqUired
by travellers. A. good stable and willing hostler
.always on hand, Regular Boarders will receive
every necessary attention. • -
- Seaforth, Feb. 8th, 1869. 63-1y.
RITISH EXCHANGE HOTEL: GoDERIelf,
0/17., J. CALLAWAY, PROPRIETOR -; J: S.
u,Liams, (late of American Hotel, Warsaw, N.• :
Y.) Manager. This hotel has recently ,been new- i
les furnis-heci, and refitted throughout, and is now I
one of the most cnmf9rta,ble and commodious in i
the Province. Good Sample Rooms for Commer- 1
eial Travellers. Terins liberal. 1
Goclerich, April 14, 1870. 123-tf, -
. .
E
MISCELLANEOUS. 1
- ;
,
s -HARP'S LIVERY STABLE, MAIN ST, 1
$ EAFOR TH. First Class Horses andearziages 1
•always on hand at re,asonableterms. • ' f
‘ •, e. -Z."• .L_ SHARP, Proprietor. r
Seaforth, May 5th, 1870. . 3.4f— •
E
I
SMAILL & CROOKE, Architects, etc. Plans -
• is
and Specifications dawn correctly. Carpen-- 6
ter's, Plasterer's. and Mason's work, measnred NI
and valued. Office—Over J. C., Detlor & Co.'s b
store Court -House Square, Goclerich. .
ii
Gcherieh, April 23, 1869. .79-1y. k
G& W. MePII1LLIPS, Provincial- Land Sur- h'm
. veyors, Civil Enbineers, ete. All manner
of Conveyancing done with neatness and dispatch. ' t
G. McPhillips, Commissioner in B. R. Office --1 .1
Next door south of Sharp's Hotel, Seaforth. ti
Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868,1 _ d 53-1y . b
. le
Tip HAZLEHITR' ST, Licensed Auctioneer for tA
the County of Huron: anderiele nee e•
• icula,r attention paid. to the sale of Bankrupt
Stock. Farm Stock Sales attended on Liberal
Terms. Goods Appraised, Mortgages Foreclosed,
Landlord's WarrantsExecrLted. Also, Bailiff
First Division Court for Huron.
Goderick June 1862. 76.t•
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An':si u' wo ds his nntlher speaks his • ant lips
'ill tain
For -oh. • tier's nane to .guide the bai —the
dn kard s raggit Wean !
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mit er s eart,
; An' try to get/his faithe to act .alaither' part;
An' ma ' the.' lea'. "e run kard's ,eab a ' never
tas. e agai
An ohcr1ish wi a parents care their puirl =co rag-
git wean.
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thiough
sis wee haekit feet,
eetin' wi' the pain,
? he's a drimkard's
' he keeks wi' wistfie e'e
the fire'a' laughin' loud
en though hie liettrt be
ither bairns—the drUnk-
•
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1aran,id, and hes: &cepa thro'.
or his rnither, an' he wun'crs whar
!the; sh forgets her puir wee rag-
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wee bit s ricows, or ka e hs tautit
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T E MINE S' CABIN
. " will), are you.guing to town with yoi
Smith ?' aske I. a tall, un ha,ven miner, as
,
ed into our ea, • , one d y when I and m
ner, Seth Wil y, were a dinner. We k
man's nine t be Neaso , and since . bur
to the ines scarce f ur weeks before,
shown us a de 1 of kindness, for the wo
neI to , us,' a d it was partly owing to his
ly uggeistions that we 1 d been -so lucky
ying the gold d stin our elaim, until we h
a heap of s 0 o eg orc:ank1 thought it able
to convey it to a place of greater safety
our cabin, in t e heart of a great mining
. ' To- orro , if the -o-ay is good;" w
answer ;1 and , hen I ad led r " Won't yo
in and take a • outhful ith us.'
I don't ca e if I db "he replied; in ra
unnecessary loud ;tone •f voice. As lie
through the d orway, I ot.a glimpse of a
of fellows a sh o rt distan e -offl. that had
apparently at laded by our -cOnvereetio
evidently they had hear our friend acce
my tato , an thinki g they would
more, sl wly alked on. They were loo
by the wholc $oremartity �f miners with di
as but a small 'fortiori of their time.was s
woile ; ancl sii h a class 1 re always at e, di
in a corn unit such as •urs, where every
expected to ea n his own bread by the: s
his brow
"iTak a sea ," I said, moving a little o o e side,
So there valid be room f r him on the ,be dr on .
which I at. ,
•Ne, I than :you ; I a ilia hurry and I can.;
not ate keit a, momen . I only steppe • in to
ask you hen itt were oing, and to give those
chaps o t the e a hint to move on, as1 t ought
per aps t inigl t be just as well that they 'd not
Ilea, wh t pass d betvreen -us. And so ou go -
to- orro .,,
One or bet
I'm. s. oing
But hy n
ther day?
Beca se I
r dust,
e look-
part-
ew.the
oming
he had
k was
friend-
n find -
d quite
t time
hen in •
ietrict.
s my
come
.
her an
tepped
couple
• aused
; but
t our
ear no
• ed on
trust,
eh t at
count
ody is
eat of
,
-lone; Set is to, stay and s
dy rinz
s on us h re." •
t send your dust, as I, sp
aye got o her ,business tha
nd 80 eanl carry it just as
ot, and o sav the charges they make to
its -safety' " I
Nasen. Was silent a mo
coffee and wefteelffor him
her to say.
"What time do you
ength, looking up.
"Not before noon, as
Lime then to reach old Sh
"Do y9u knew him ?"
• .
nob
. •
the
• 4
me o tcl4wn,
e that
ke of
takes
ell as
nsure
ent, while I sipp cl my
to speak if he h d fur -
set out ?" he as ed at
I shall hive ple ty of
rkey's before da k.
yet. His cabin w de-
ed rsome one .pi intecl
house, where th min-.
en coming and going
seemed to lia,v been
out there at pne time,
I believe." ,.
ted more than year .
rtaken to wOrk them
yes -and rightly o . med
s lived there, ke ping
- tavern; but o late
rrent about him that
rustful. • Withi • the
, el lea,st, who s 11 out
'th the intenti n of
have never retuned,
`een found, and i has
told Sharkey cou d let
ce, if he was so ' cls
go people's suspi ions
ch was institute on
was founal that wonld '
h gold as he would be
ne everything s uare
413.
is chance enou for
and, as well as •dia:
ding he has anyi ; for
ii , and partly filled
nee sunk in the all'
; but, as I have said.'
se, as nothing has
at I would not care
ason to think th t I
person."
dark, Fred, and per -
with our friend' ad -
solving partne hip
theirisk of losin my
, When Neason had
I never saw hirn
erted when we came by,
Lt out as 4 sort 4 hilf-wa
rs stopped vary night w
From the mes. There
uite exte'ns ye diggings a
ut they are deserted no
"Yes, th:y were dese
go; and no one has [wad
ince ; but t old Shark
e too,, in my beliefeeh
sort of hal way house o
here have b en stories c
aye render: d People di
t six monto s four min' er
or town wit their dust,
eturning in day or two,
or has any race of them •
een whispe d about tha
light on t disappear
d... Some •o raonthS
ere so arou ed that a iea
is treinises but nothing
.
p cat. 1 --not so Mu
t to have h d, hadhe! d
th the wor d. But ther
. to Beau e it near at •
se of his 'ctims,' pro
e shafts er deep abed
th earth a d water, and
aceof them would be los
fore, as yet this is all 0
en proved. gainst ;
be his pi • if he had r
d. a pile of ust about m
"Things do' look rathe
haps you had better take II I
vice.. I've no nOtion
with you so soon, -or to run
share of the dust," said Set
coneluded.
belly 2,n Religion—Xqualit
F i\TOV,EMBE
.7-
I must wn that this story had in a in ure •
lin i ressed e with doubt as to the haaesty f Old':
Sharkey ; still, I ilia not like the notion of i ack;e
ing out, i r of letting my campanions se that
their weird had anyeffect to dampen rep cour-
age. R.' • or said that Sharkey hied Mon% and
whet had- I to, fear from a weak, trembr s' - old
Ma 1, and auto -withal. ;
• 1 i my s spicions. were awakened. I could„ lieep
My eyes o ni during theenight, and my ha', , , on
al pair of t ustyipiitals that I had never ktiOw.n
tb ail met MO more I reflected. the higheamy
cou age rose, awl so I, made reply to Sctlfs obi
ser ation, Ithat he Woull have no need e.o fear
e ' r my loss orthat1of his gold ; but that,ait
rate,, I should try , the hospitality of old
:
Sh rkey, as I had intended.
nding that his . story had no effect upo i my
-
d rminat on, Nason bade us good day and went.
t s work, and, our meal being concluded we
800 folio ed his example: '
fter dinner the next day I set out. The (two° t
carefully concealed ,upois my person, 'here
it ould 13 t be liable to excite suspicion t at 1
h el a large ainohnt about me, should an 'one
Lilo sinis er motive attempt to ascertai the
f ct My pistols had been cleaned and lo ed
t1at morning by' Seth and myself before we eat
,
td -work, and I knew, they were in good effe tive
c n o ition, 1 had no thought - but what I s aid
4
esc e any danger that might beset me whil en
, 1 ,
1
nsys I
N 30.11713 claim; was on the outskirts of the dig -
gin( s, arid he direction I was pursuing- le me
pais where 0 was hard at work. He looke I up
nee
hailed himl froin about a dozen feet b low
mle- iI
‘• nd so you are 4) , ' he said.
" Yes, good luck to you, till my return."
hank you, the Bailie to yourse/f.. For od's
d i
s keep your eyes open, and don't forget if IV -
t o 'in happens, that I Warned you."
m , c'llenntiontt ftoorgnegth;t. ujit don't loose any sleep
m
'With the e ha f-je ting words, I passed on not
st•p sing to ear cle. rly the reply made, by my
/r ei d, Who 1 thought to be over -cautious.
'he seri: had -sun beneath the rim ef the
m untaina hen1 reached the deserted digg' ige,
•ae. d caught sight of t in, blue sinoke curling up -
vis rcl from one of the cabins that were scatt red
about, 'which had only sheltered the Miners hnd
I n Pe it tc mark the'abode of cild 'Sharkey. it
iv s still sothe di tan e -off, ancl,I made my way
sl w y. over the groui4d that much resembl a
m le hill ; f or there frere shafts and tunnels:and,
pies.of dir- thrOwn up in every direction. pl.'
pa e tly . claims hadi not 1been given up IOW
everyinch of the gro rid had been dug over, and
evrr hope of labor being repaid.: As I pagsed
th4 black y -Tnifig mouths of these shafts that
w re scattered plentifully on eitherhand, I cluld
ha d y repress a shu4der, when I thought of Ithe
.
stcry Nason had told. Surely, if Sharkey was
th Villain he had pictured him, he could not k
for a better placc to deposit the bodies of his , ic-
ti s than casting thein herein, where he w 'uld
defy theIsha p eyes of the law to ferret them tut.
I 1tacl becn so brave in the face of she war ng
of mt- friend thai, it ould never do to turn c w-
ard now, an . at 04 moment catching sight f a
man Sating just outside the doorway of the c in
from whence the Smoke was rising, smoking his
pipe and watching Illy advance. I -hurried up
my steps and in ale moments stood face to cc
with the stranger, who, from the descriptios I
had received, I line* could be none other t an
Olkl harkey himself. I ,
People who had described him as ill favo, ed
had riot don ci himlinj stice ; froM the first gla ce
I thought I Aad never seen a more repulsive co
teiiaioo in my life, His eyes were deep Belt, and
overhung by a mass of huge, bushy eYebroWs 4
for& ad low and sloping abruptly backward, anot
crowded by a nondescript Sort of an - article titat
might be called by c artesee a -hat ; a long hook
nose, a cavernous ii-,tos th, in Which a single fang-
like tooth alone was v'sible ; and a chin on which
'e sca ty-bea d nearly white, served only to add
to hi .genera ill-favo ; and before he ipok I
had rapidly Come to the conclusion that people
had ounds for distrust, that, though ,a man
uch a countenance might be honest, ten to
was the villain his looks shewed him to be.
removed his pipe from his lips as I came up,
de inc good evening, in a, VOlee harsh aind
dant as were his features, and raotioned inc
e a seat on a bench that was standing
t the side Of the cabin close beside him. 1
here from, stranger ?" he asked as he gave
rapid- glance from beneath his huge e e-
• ,,
id him, and asked him if he crldaccoM-
e me with the shelter of hie: leahin that
#
fut. Civil Righ,i 8".
EDTIOR & PUBLISHER.
1870.
WiTOLE NO. 154.
eimin
f had intimated to ray host the nature of My er-
rand to town, and also that I had been very suc-
oess01 at the mines.
Thte word e had seemed to have escapedruy lips
• agisi4St my better judgement, and before I was
aware that I had admitted so much. Hd*ever,
there was no 'help for it, and, Striving to return
tomer late conclusion, that I had nothingto fear,
I plaeecl my pistols carefully beneath my pillow,
ere I could lay my hands on thene-at the mo-
anent's notice, and then, throwing myself on the
Be, essayred to sleep.
s . The room was as dark as, pitch, for it contain-
-:.ea no ,window•or door, except that through which
,1 had entered, and that Old Sharkey had care-
fully closed, though not so closely but that a ray
of light could.' be seen at one point as it flashed
se out froni the smouldering cinders of the fire, and.
I watched it until it faded away, and / had no
'longer heard the footsteDs of thy host moving
' about the apartment, and 1i concluded he had ree
'tired. For a few moments longer I remained.
awake .and then Ives uneonscious of wha was
passing around me. ' •
I
How long I had slept E know not. It might
have been one hour or it might have been longer,
when I awoke with a start, and a sense -as ifsome,
great danger was impending over me. Atfirst I
hardly comprehended where I was, but, shaking
off my drowsiness by a etrong effort, 1 was at
last thoroughly awake/and a moment after I
heard the sound of.voices in the outer apartment
but did not at first distinguish what, was said. I
listened intently, and the next moment I heard
the voice of Old Sharkey. And, althOugh the
words were uttered in a sort of low whisper, -each
• of them reached. my ears distinctly,.
"And then you are sure he has dust elide&
about hien to pay, us for the job ?" .
"Yes he has 'double the last one we pitched
into Downing's shark. and that paid is well, you
know." )
"Then we elan follow suit, bays ! and they've
got to have sharp eyes if they get any trace of
them in that hole, with ten feet of water at least
, over them, to say nothing of the heap of Jrocks
• and pillar ef sand. ?"
• " He's asleep, you think V,'
"He was ten minutes ago, and didn't wake,
•
though I held the light above his eyes." .
' "All right then. Hell give us little trouble,
,I have a notion he will find- his pistols empty,
When he comes to use them on us, 'should he
wake up," said another voice• . . •
"How so,-Sain ?.” said Old Sharkey/with a
chuckle..
ou see, 1 was going by their cabin this
ad. saw them at work fiixin' them up
in regu ar crder, and as soon as they had gone to
work I went in and drew the bullets, being care-
ful to leave everything as I found it. Unless the
chap has found out tife cheat, we have nothing to
tear from him, even if he wakes up, and not much
at any rate, for we are three to 'his one. Come,
Sharkey, let'sliave the job throng1,1 with, for we
must be back to the mines before they are stirring,
or we shall have to give an account of ohrselves.
They mistrust us now, and if they were all like
that d—d. Nason they weuld hang us to the first
tree, the moment theycould. lay theirhands on us."
• . Every word of the above had fallen distinctly
upon my ear, as I strained every nerve to listen.
At the first sound of the voices I thought they
sounded -familiar, and now I knew that ' the net
Nason had wished me to avoid. the day. 'before
were leagued with Sharkey, for murder and rob-
bery. • There was not a moment to lose, and if I
would escape with my Life, I bad -got -to act.
• I placed my hand beneath the billow and grasp-
ed my pistol, and a moment's examination- in the
• darkness assured me that they had been trifled
with, as the villain had stated. But I had plenty
of bullets in my pocket, and in less time than it
takes to ell it, I had thrown one into the barrel
of the pit
ol I held in my hand, and et that mo-
ment the door between me and my foes slowly
opened, and, framed in the uncertain light that
gleamed - through. I saw the hideous face of
Old Sharkey, carrying a dim light in his hand,
epparently for the purpose of acing whether I was
asleep or awake, •-
He seemed. to come to the conclusion that .the
former was the case, for I had concealed the pis-
tol beneath the clothes, and was lying motionless,
but -with my eyes suficiently open to note his
every movement. Stepping back a pace, he set
the light clown, and swinging the door open wider,
he came on tiptoe into the room, followed by his
villainous companions. The moment had come
that was to decide my fate—a moment that I shall
never forget to my dying day, so indelibly iS it
fixed in my memory.
Carefully I worked my hands from beneath the
clothes, and when Old Sharkey' was not more
than two paces away I brought my hand by a
quick movement on a leval with his breast, and
pulled the triggeS. A flash and a report, but the
villain stood unharmed. My h9pe for life had.
failed. •
I was on my feet in an instant. Life was sweet,
and I would not give up a hold on it while my
arm had strength. Raising it I dealt the villain
such a blow that sent him headlongto the earth,
carrying one of the other scoundrels with him.
• Giving a bound, I attempted to spring over
them, hoping to . forestall the other before he
should so far recover from his surprise asto wreak
his will on me with the villainous looking knife
he carried; but Old Sharkey, recovering some-
what from the effects of the blow I had given him,
caught me by the leg, and the next moment I was
floundering among them, carrying dowit with me
the last man that had kept his legs W)10, as he
fedi uttered a cryofpain, for he had driven the
knife intended for me into his own.leg.1
At that moment, when death. seemed 80 near,
pinioned down by the murderers as I found nay.
self,I therawas a tramping of feet in the outer
room, and the next moment a dozen men filledthe
appartment, one bearing the lamp tOld. Sharkey
had set down, and by itS light I beheld among the
number both Seth and. Nelson, who ix a moment,
had palled Me from the heap unh,armed, and I
was•
saved.
vefiirst.
Tlinen of you that stirs, I will send a
bullet through his head," exclaimed Nison to the
writhing, villainous mass uponthefloor, as each
individual was making a desperate effort to regain
his feet, and the threat had the effect desired.
I told my story in A few Words, after our pri-
aoners were safely seenred beyond ar• chance of
their escape, not forgetting to relate that which I
had heard of the terrific contentS of Doeniing.'s
shaft; and when I was done the look of stern
determination on the laces of my e0111pani0/18
looked ill for the trembling villains, who felt that
their last hours were drawing to a close.
From Seth and Nason I learned that they had
left the diggings as moon as Awes discovered that
theltwo villains had also left the -place, for they
had no doubt that my life was in danger, and, as
•1
iray:
with
one h
He
a,nd b
disco
to ta
again
..-N,
me a
brow
I t
moda
night. .,
"Certainly, stranger. There 'ain't much here
to tempt a fellow to keep company, but then,
perhaps it's betterthancamping out, and no til-
ling What sort of company you may have ' before
- ni• QTe rnintts' I 'Assented, though I thought, as I
noticed the leiar that aCcompanied it that I cold
riotillhvenaonwy. 1 worse company than.I was favour-
ed1.
w
"1 'suppose you are ,hungry, so come in, and
we'll see what we can find to stow away insidle,
and drive ontithe cold. I wish we had sonie-
thing to drink, but just now my cabin happens
to be 48 dry as a LoOne.' I ;I
1
The old man rose from his seat at my replying
in assent to his last observation and as Hollowed
him into his cabin I could not help seeing that
his gait was about in keeping with his face but
then, 'thout doubt, both were his Misfortun '
He probably t''' ould not help his looks, and one
leg seemed at least a couple of inches shorter than
the other; and I was forced to admit that people
in describing him had dnc him no injustice. !
The cabin Was divi ed into two apartments.
In the outer one, that contained a rude bed, table
and a 1* ?oiler benches, I took a seat, while
Old Sharkey bustled round, and soon had quit4
substantial sniper placed on the table; to whieli
!
I did ample justice, ' an when t.likheemtehaaltwaashnovot
my companionwas so cheerfult
imperceptibly 'my distrust of him began to van-
ish, and when the time had come for retiring g
had arrived at 'pinion that I had been guilty
of suspecting My host, and that he had been un-
justly charge.tily tecnhargsee, cof the high crimes that people lar
to
Honear right I was, was demonstrated before
moinng
Pli
' It Was between 9 and. 10 that I expressed
wish to retire, and Was shown by my host in#o
the other apartment, where. sitting down the
light and wishing me good night, he left me, gO-
ing out and closing the door behind him: 1
I hardly knew how it was but no sooner was
I left alone than a porti n of my suspicions were
aroused, when I remem red, with chagrin, that
morning,
. events Showed, theylad not reached the cabin a
moment too Soon.
Witb the morning light, wle a part of the
Men guarded their prisoners, th rest made an ex-
amination of Downirg's shaft,' where conclusive
proofwasfound of the teriible crimes that had
been comm'tted by Sharkey and his accomplices,
d theanme i turned away from the poor relics of
humanity t ere discovered, with the conviction
that they had a stern duty to perform, and one
that justice demanded should not long be delayed..
An hour ater, and we turned our backs upon
the cabin; but we had left there a: ghastly sight
iii.
for the next com:rs togaze upon, nothing less
than the in‘nimate forms of Old Sharkey and his
eoinpanionf3 swinging in the -wind.
Foot Not
Every ti
mage our o
-What a
'Dr.' befor
`.1sTone b
nonebut th
Why are
keep? Bec
• Young fo
they have
A man e
that his fri
Why is a
position.
hems.
"A play
thrust his h
out the
s—Shoemakers' bills.
,
e- we drink a, health. we help to da-
m..
ifferenee it makes whether yon put
or after a man's hanae..
t the brave deserve the fair—and
brave can live with some of them.
oultry the most profitable stook te
tu80 for every grain they give a peck.
s tell what they do ;old ones, what
one e and fools what they will do.
cased, himself for marrying by saying
nde drunk. too much for a single man.
mad .bull an animal of convivial dis-
ecause he offers a horn to every one
pon words," said the fireman, as he
into the psqslisher's shop to put
es.
• A Yanke4 editor says that the girls complaii.
that the tuies are so hard that the young -men
can't pay thleir addresses.
Sir, 'you have broken your promise,' said. one
gentleman. t another. , Oh, never niind. ! I can
make anoth r just as good.'
A person, one hoVnight lately, when asked if
he would li e to venture on an ice, said he was
afraid be in ht break through.
Thieves i Camp.—We hear that a sentry in
the Prussia army was recently relieved of his
watch n th Middle of the night.
I Weather eport.—In many country churches
the drought is having one -very serious effect—the
sermons are drier than ever.
Logical pr
has two tail
cat; there&
I had ra
a toper to a
to two, and
of that a ,cat has three tails—No cat
• aocat has one more tail than no
e a cat has three tails.
er not take a horn with you, said
lad bull; but the buil treated him
he toper got quite elevated.
'Tommy, you're a pig,":said a father to his
little boy. 'Now, do you -now what a pig is,
Tommy ?" `Yes, pa; pig's a hog's little boy."
A book-ke per in a leading mercantile house
has been discharged on account of short sighted-
ness. He rubbed. Out with his nose what he wrote
with his pen
Why is a sharp razor like a dull one ?—Because
the one shaves thoroughly, and the other shaves
'the -roughly. This is certainly a rough conune
drum. •
An econorni
ly buried m
clothes whic
four wives.
cal old gentleman of 75 was recent -
Connecticut in the same -suit of
he had worn at the wedding of. his
A gentieniin observing that he had fallen as-
leep during sermon preached by a bishop, a wag
rern rked th t "it must have been Bishop the
`co poser."'
A gentlein
panymg a I
`Cornier Jou
and its possi
A Cincinn
ti in Indiana says, in a note aecomif
tter forpublication in the Louisville:
nal :' " I sumtimes misspell a word,
le I have spelt sica,faut rang.",
ti lady who recently found the gas
escaping in h r servant -s chamber, asked if she
had blown it ut instead of turning it off, and she
was told that she was not so green as all that ;
she had only urned it on agaiu a little, that it
would be easi r lighted in the morning.
When Mr. Fronde describes the flight of Mary
Queen ef Seas from the field of Langside' he
seeks to add o the effect brmaking peasantsby
the roadside eqt at her with, reaping -hooks, for.
ohimplements eoulcl sca,roely be in
4 in the month of May.
Extract from a conjugal dialogue :---Husband
`If I were to 1oe you. I .would never be such a
fool as to marry again.' Wife----' If I were to lose
you, .1 would iarry again directly.' Husband--
' My death would be regretted by at- least one
poneernsoense•o.,
'rWifee—‘ By whin f R
e`usband---` My
An Irish gelitleniail, Well4inown in sporting
circles for his wit, was accosted by a friend with,
"Upon my word B-1---, ypu are riding a good '
horse." "And why should. I not, ride a good
horse ?" "Well," replied his friend, "but will
he jump timber ?" °' Timber V' rephed the other.
"Faith, he'll jurnp ever your head I" \
Scene at a meetiug at Preston lately—` Tak. 1
thi hat off,' s4Id one fellow in a crowd to another
in front of him. 'What for ?'—'Why, aw cannot
see.' 'Well,' replied the other, ‘if aw tak my
hat off thou'll be worse off than. ever. My :vare
(hair) is thirteen inches long, an' it stans straight
un. I've puty hat on to keept it down.
a lady, when o e of those terrible children whom
ITwas praising the beautiful hair of
-
iis
Providence see to have sent on earth as scourges „
of hypocrisy a &falsehood, exclaimed, "My hair
would be as handsome as maniple's, if she'd let
me take as much care of it as She takes of hers.
Mamnia-aiever sleeps in her flair, but always puts
it away in the bureau before she goes -to bed."
A London exquisite having become agricultur-
ally ambitious I went into the country in search ef
a farm, and, fi;i ding one for sale, began to bargain
for it. The seller mentioned, as one of the farm's
recommendations, that it had a very cold -spring
on it. "Ah—aw 1" said -the fop, - ‘ I won't take
it, then, for INN heard that a cold spring rained
the crops last year, and I don't want a place with
such a drawback upqi it."
A count • . . went into the New York Recor-
der's Court ti: other day, and,after looking
about for a time, asked. a l3stan3erte "show him
the prisoners, ho thereuponpointed.to the jury,
.
wbo were fa g culprit -like in, their box. The
stranger surveyed them critically, when turning
to his informer, he remarked: "Well, tIrty are a
hard ooking set, ain't they? ' I know by their
lookS they ought to go to the State Prison, every
one. Of them.
getting that s
peasants' hai
;