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! I r ?*? ?-?? TV.Nii . ?HT gm j w ???10 itfNv 1 b (??: j ? ? ?;> ? ?i^ii< ,? ..... TWO DOLLARS PEU A XtV i; M. J 1 jgAjfcfail ^ . . . . 4r?".;!> .'?'ATA V?l GO? ,VTNrl) -OUR COUNTRY. _1 \ ALWAYS IN. A*J>?)rV?^a? W ?nun J(1 r> 1it *? a SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER, 26 1872. " .?? .i >? <. l?vji_^1? Aill ?' -" ? ' ' **'_!_lll^ilhll_*,il't<*,.;-'.^rt i .f^^^^. NUMBER1 37 . A_r. I THE ORAflflW' - NEWS rUlfihTVHKn A T 0*R A "NTO-'T^ n T ]" nr. TERMS' '''fTrFJ'USriM ?>T1 < >\. One Copy forreniiyea*.,.. $--0P " Six IVtnnllm. 1.0't Any one semliofc.^KlN,DOLLARS. f?r n Cdnb of New .Subscribers, will receivo an feXTRA COPT for ONE YEAR, froo of feharge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, or a Club of New flubscribors, will receive ?n EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS. Tree of ?borge. ?-,V? RATES 0.F ADVERTISING. 1 Sqaare 1st Insertion...... $1.50 ? 2d ; ?? .i. 1.00 A Squnre consists of 10 linos "Brevier or ?no inch of Advertising space. Administrator's NotypprT ?.t^....^. Jit^f> 0? rToticeo of DismissOTnf 4Wayuiuns, Ad ministrators, Executors, &c.00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon the most liberal tlrsis. < ?i^io:-^ ? MARRIAGE snd FUNERAL NOTICES, net exceeding one Square, inserted without oharge. I ?:o:? *sSr Terui(i.Oash in usance. *55s Browning & Browning, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ORAXGVRIIRG C. II., So. Ca. Malcolm I. Bnowamo. A. F. Browhisq. AUGUSTUS B. KNOWLTON (Formerly or the Now York Rar.) ATTORNEY .A^D COUNSELLOR AT LAW, OUAXGEBVRU, S. C. jnly 8_tf TRIAL JUSTICE, y Js^faidoi^qs iv^Fork ?r Ed into, ALL^ BUSINESS "ENTRUSTED Vilf be j pie aptly aad ?srefully attended to. jftty 21 ly DR. T. BERWICK LEG ARE, SURGEON DENTIST, ttrnduate ?*al4iniore College ; ?calal Snrgery. . OFFICE MARKET-STIVER STORE OF *' J. A. HAMILTON, METALLIC CASES." THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND all of tbo various Sizes of the above Case*, which can be furniuhed immediately on ap plication. Also, manufactures WOOD COFFINS as usual, and at the shortcut notice. Apply to H. RIGG8, mar 5?6m Carriage Manufacturer. REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS AB? General Commission Merchants, Adgtr't Wharf, * CHARLESTON, 8. C. YJswbll Rbsbbb, Zi?itBbalAN Davis oet 16 6m T. F. Bkomi. R. Ri Uuouims 1 Tl. C. Huneisa. BRODIE & CO. COTTON FACTORS akd ) tiOMMlSSIOX MERCHANTS. NORTH ATLANTIC WIIARF, f CHARESTON, 8. C. Liberal Advanoes made on Consignment. Rsrsa to Andrew Simonds, Esq., Proa t 4M National Rank, Charleston, S. C. < may 21 - woe tf WASHINGTON HOUSE BY Mrs. M. W. Strattori, c0hheb. fcERVAlS & ASSEMBLY STREETS COLUMBIA,; 8. ?, trOKvenlcnt (o tbo Greenville and Charleston Kailroads and tho Bustuess portion ef tore City. , Rate of Transient* B6a'rd?TWd DaMnY* $er Bey?/ Regularjloarders recdfcd'rfv ^eaaowB^ro atet. ?rut ' That Horrid Mr. Barnd." Mr. 1j.in.es. a widower of forty, made up hi* mind to mnrry again. I do not mention (his a.-.ioing a v-.tv surprising fact; for Who that li#tj puce known tnC lovo ot wojnjnu ht.h not felt as if the 8U0, lii'oYin and stars were, made for his own particular benefit ; and who that baa oncn lived in lu-aven would n; t return thither? But Mr. Harnes was neither good looking uor rich ; in fact, not to mime mattcr.i, he was plain poor, and instead of tailing in lovo with a plain kind girl v?ho might tuke a Companion on hi in, he fixed his eye on use of tho ru hebt, guyest, and prettiest, girls in the village, Fanuie. the youngest daughter of 8quir? McAllister. She waa above e.ghuen, just out of school aud us wild as i young colt. Imagine her astonish w.'Ut whuu she found Mr. I*..vr.es was making lovo to her. "That horrid Mr. liarucs has been hero thrye times this *$e.ek<!'' sho said to her sister, '-and ho dared to; squeeze my hnnji tonight ! What, an old fool?old enough to be my graudfathm* !" ..?'lie is only forty. I should not bo surprised if you married him after all, F?u ; so dou't be angry with him for pressing your baud. Tho next time ho conies hi will-kiss you,;; said her sister provokingly.. Fuunie walked out her room in speech less iudiguution. There was uo doubt that Mr. Dames wus iu loVc. lie Came nt'ten aud staid long. It seemed her futc to meet him whenever aho left the houso He sent her presents, wtiich the returned, books, which sho never read, eud invitations which she never accepted, in short, as Fau said, "ho made her lite a burden to her." ??I can't stand tl,is any longer," said Fan one day. "I'll play such a trick up on him that ho'll nsver oomo again 1"' So ehe poured some molasses in bis hat, as it ntood on the hall table oao evening; the she called him back wheu he hai opened the front door to go homo, and had The satisfaction ofteeiog the streams ' of molasses running down his shoulders and over his best black c>ut. Her iner ry peal of laughter was all that was needed to complete hi- discouiSture, an i he rushed lrom the houso casting upon her a look of reproach^ Fau tnougbt she hud got rid of him now and sho received her father's re Luke with a good doal of composure ; but.the next week brought '-flint horrl 1 Mr. Barnes'' back again. What waa she to do? She did ?everything tshe could. She nindc caricatures of luni, and circulated them among-her friends ; treated him to doughnuts fiiled wilhj cotton j mndc fun of him iu every wuy that the brain ot a frolicsome schoolgirl could devise ; and still he never wavered in lltfl allegiance. "There is no help for you, Fannie. You huve to becomo Mrs. Ha* net, No. two?you cannot get rid of him in any other way," said Miss McAllister. Fannie was tco much subdued for anger. "I really amafraid so," said she, with tears in her eyes, "It would not be ho bad if there was the least thing at tractive about him. Aud he is always go kind and so quietly determined thut ?I am afraid be will make me like him in spitd ot all. "What's that you say, Fannie ?" and rising suddenly, Miss McAllister took both ber sisters hands. "Look straight iuto my eyes. Fauuio I was only joking. You must have known tbat I never sup posed that anything in heaven or on earth, or the waters under tho earth would induce yon to merry "tbat horrid Mr. Barnes?" A pretty match indeed/ for n McAllister : a nice son in-law for our father I How grattful, how l.aud some, how distinguished ! What pleasure you would have in introducing your husband, Wnh bis yellow hair and shuttling ttafit; bow proud you would be of him?bow you would glory in him! Oh, I envy you your husband 1" "Mary how can you go on so ?" said Faunie, wrenching bor hand awfry from her sister's giaap. Llavo uot I said I hate him ? Don't I show my dislike to him in every possible way ? "Ob, yes; but you allowed the possibility of loving at last; you know you did 1 Papa would rather see you dead theo married to that matt \ He shell iorbid him the house (hie very uight 1 and Miss McAllister gave all the family tho impression' thut Fannie waa half in love with ''that horrid Mr. Bar j one/' aud they nil amused themselves ridiculing her, end abusing him, until tanuie (w&o eedyetly minted bis atteb tions) longeli to take hii Mtin She recalled mafly tilings she had said and dune, Tfhich |showed him to bo chnritablo and good, and if he had'no grace of per son he vtusf intelligent nnd rs?oed. She regretted now all the silly,, girj^lj, tric%6 >U> had pluved np'ju bun, aud remombu - ing how-ittvariably polite ho had^niwajs been ti> her, 'looked back unou her bc ' bavior with remorse. I ???Thut horrid Mtx. Barnes" troubled tbc Bftpiro'sj latnily no uiorb." Ifheever met them, he passed theui with a polUe how. Knnuic thought ' he had' gohc entirely out of her life, and 'while site would not own she oared for him.ut all, jhe thought of niui n great deal. Since "that horrid Mr. Barne.*:", had boon dismissed, lviinnic nad' chunged, aud the chiltrge- waa visible tu alt.the t'amily. Not that she moped or was b'ue. She laught'd, and nang, and danced, ?s milch ns ever j but' all hur cMldUhncsB and kitten like I'l iskino.-is' was gfmc, and in its place came a slight, touch of womatilinoss *an,d.dignity infinitely more charming; at least, Mr. Barnes,'watch ' her from u distauco, thought so; lie had not g*ivcn*;iicc.'u|>.' No .power 01 earth could make him xlo that until she gave herself to some ono elso ; all yet considering her personal appearance an d uuv.iiit?cos, and his ov::; homeliness, awkwardness, and ug"<f it is'strange tKht the nanrdid not despair. Ii seemed as if lie kuew he hud the p wer to make her love him in spite of all, if he had tho chance. It cstno at la t. Mrs. McAllister and her eldest daughter sailed for Europe, with a party of friends, leaving Kau nie to keep house Fannie was delighted with housekeeping aud she and her father had a very merry time of it for a few days. Then ho .was taken sick, he grew rapidly worse, and Fannie, at first astonished at tho queer things he said found that he was delirious. The doctor cn-.ue, examined his pat lent, and said : "Fannie, I may us well tell you the truth?your father has the small-pox.." AW, ivaumu w?a BOrO^WlMf b*v fo'v.t that, she was a woman, and trembled to hear her father had that most loathsome disease ; but she had uo idea of leaving her father to the care of hired nurses, and asked fur the doctor's directions with n composure that showed tV>.at she could command herself very well. "Doctor, who is sick in in that house ?" Doctor Ives turned as he was stepping into his boggy, and saw "thut horrid Mr. Barnes!" "Oh 1 is.that you Mr Barnes ? Why the squire's tick ; got the suiall-pox, and nobody to take care of him but Fannie, poor little thing. I do not believe I cau get a uurse for hftu before to-morrow !" "Is thut so W. Then 1 will go and d<> what 1 can tit)tit the nurse comes." ??That's a good fellow. No one will go near Fannie when they hoar what disease it in. It's deuced hard ; but it's [tho way of the world, and I tell you, ! Barnes, beforo you go, that it's a very bad case I" "I do not mind. I have nothing to lose; and everything to gain," he added uud- r his breath. "Well," "good-Hyp," aud the doctor drove off. Mr. Barnes walked up Squire Mc Allister's steps-, and rang the bell. He told the girl, who did not know him, thut lie wanted to see Miss Fannie a tew minutes very particularly, and Fan nie, telling tho girl to- remain with her father, relueUhtfy went down tj tho parlor. There stood "that lurrid Mr. Barnes." She held out her baud, aud burst into tears, but us ho took her hand in his, she hastily withdrew it, saying, "You* must not stay hero, Mr. Burucs !" "Mis Fannie," said Mr, Barnes, "tho doctor told me all about your father, and I mean to help you take care of him. I have seen many cases of small pox and know just what to do." "Oh ! he is sick, so sick !" sobbed poor Fannie, "and I don't know what to do." ??Of course yott don't poor child! Mr. Barnes longod to take Fannie in his arms, and comfort her. Fannie will I you trust your father to me?" Fannie looked up, she had never seen 'that horrid Mr. Harnes" look so wall.' There was- something so tender iu his, i voice and eyes: fumething ho mmly und reliable about him that Fannis said im pulsively: "I woiild trust jou with evofytkitfg' Only it seems so selfish." ??Don't iIf-nt thut, Miss Faurrie I must go now, ;but will be back ia an bo*r/'' I Fannie went back to her father a roomj with a heert a lilt!? lightenedol it^load She would have souio ono now upon whom to depend, but hor heart sank again as sho looked upon, her filler ,toHsirtg aud ruoauing in delirium. ' Will ho diei"' she asked Mr. Barnes when he rcturued. n '?I cahuot tell," "ho said', "wc sr.; all ?u God'e hands, Miss Facuic." hut she, 'saw him ho looked vory grare. She watched him as ho moved about the rorm and attended to some little things for her fathor s comfort, aud when the doctor came. Tic had cngtigod a nurse the next night; ho talked in low tones with Mr Barnes, and said good uight to her and then left-. It all seemed like a dream to Fanuic. Sho could-hqrdly be lieve, that it real ly was "tbat horrid Mr. Barucs" who.was now bathing hor fath er's head so teuderly. Mr. Barnes came to hor side .".Miss Fannie, you must lie down. 1'ou are worn but and need'rosW "I cannot leave my father." "Trust him to mc, M.ias ijanoie. I will watch him every moment." M r. Barnes smiied, but his voice Was firm, and Fauniewcnt. Sho cried again as sho looked dowu on her father; but she was thoro ughly exhausted and throw :_i_ir __ u?_ i .. j .1? r_n r..?. asleep. Mr. Biirucs watched alone through the hight, but when Kannte o.itu; in the noxt -morning there was ho change. There ho lay moaning, and- tossed, and raved for seven days and nights, and without one moment's consciousness to apeak to Fannie, Squire McAllister died. Fannie was utterly prostra'ted. It was "that horrid Mr. Barnes" ^who saw to everything. Fannie went to the doctor's to remain until her mothofcf and Bister returucd. They had been . tab-graphed for and were expected noti.o in a few weeks- Mr. Barnes did not call. Ho seemed to have dropped out Of her'life !V:ain. IT ir mother an?^eister oanie,, Mc A Ulster bad been a dev( ted husband and father, and they all folt his loaa. "But, Fannie, said Miss McAllister one day, -'did none of our friends offjr to help to take care of father, or do any thing to assist you?" "No one," said Faunie, "but Mr. Barnen!'' , "What? that horrid Mr. Barnes!' exclaimed Miss McAllister. "Never call him that again," said Fannie, springing to hor feet, the color rushing to her cheeks, and tho tears to her eyes. "He came to mc iu my lone liness and.troub'u, when all other friends stood aloof. Ho exposed himself to sickness ami death for those who had insulted him. There ucver was a kind er, more noble friend. He is the best man tbat ever lived, and no QUO shall speak against him in my presence ;" Miss Mo Allster looked at her staler in astouishmcut. "It is a pity ho can not hear you," she said coldly. Fannie would not trust herself to ro ply. Sho left the room and went out for a walk, as she had bceu iu the hubit of doing, when she wanted to c ?ol off. Wulking along the shaded country road, sho met Mr. Barnes. Sho went right up to him in her impulsive way, and said, "Mr. Barucs, I Want to speak to you." Ho turned at once, glad enough. "Why haven't yttt been to see us slneo?since my futher?" Her voioo broke. "1 did not tl.ink you would caro to soe me, Miss Fannie!" "Oh ! how could you thluk so badly of mo ? I havo wanted so much to thank you for all your kindness. I novel- can thank you} and then, Mr. Barnes," e.iid Fauuie, her bright oyes fiUing with tears, "can you ever forgive rnc for all tho tricks I used to play ou you ?" "Fannie ! seid Mr. Barnes, taking her ib bis arms, with sudden inspiration, "will jou marry tnA ?*' In all tho country there is no happier woman than Fannie, th-3 wife of "that horrid Mr. Barnes J" A country merchant went to Chicago a few days ogo to purchase a bill of goods. The last thai was heard of him he was iu his room, eurroirmled by scv otitcon drummers, who ha'd crawled through the transom, while an' onergotio reporter was below stairs pumping the clevk for tho ugo of tho unfortuuate man, and tho probable "circumstances of his family. _?-r-^- .. ? - T " d Euchred, t?HJ lwjiauV. { o^. .-"75 : an^outraokd parent donk for. 'rj j Not a thousand miles from Broadway and Third Street there lives a gentleman, with his wife and two daughters. Sever al years ago a young gentleman of our city hecamo particular attentive to one of the young ladies, much to the annoy ance and dislike of her parents, who used all their persuasion with their child to stop, if poseible any further attachment. This, as is the oaso in nearly every in stance, only united them the closer. Finally the objection of the mother was openly spoken to the young man, to which he seemed very readily to ac quiesce, and his deportment toward hcj was so gentlemanly that she folt sorry fordicr rash assertions. Still however he could not see her Mary Ann fill any other sphere nor form any other con nection that she had not planned for her. The young couple had then to resort to clandestine meetings. Thus two ycarB passed, and tho intimacy grew so hold that it was noticod by several friend* of the family and it eoon reached the ears of the old gentleman. About a week ago he called his daugh ter to htm and, hearing from her a sad state of affairs, lie immediately sought tho young man at his placo of business, and calling him aside told him emphati cally that he had trifle 1 with his daugh ter's honor and grossly disgraced both her and his family. lie then demanded that the young man should marry his daughter or sutler the just punishment of an enraged and outraged father. This did not suit the second party, and being somewhat averse to being forced, he ciilly toM ther futher that ho might be coaxed, but to be driven was against his nature This surprised the gentleman' for he had. thought the young man void of any great courage, but seeing such was not tho case, ho spoke more mildly, ?nQftffc a fricndJy but firm manner proposed to to the ^rfo^nertsHTse ?ua" i'?l, stlnaTefctf" I nenr second nnd College streets, and give j the young man five thousand dollars and if he proved worthy of the trust to ad vance him in business. "Well," give me the popurs to that effect in my own bunds, and I will agree to any proposition you make.'' The gentleman said it should be dono the coming day, and the yoang man promised to get his license and he mar ried tho samo day if the old gentleman insisted. The day cams, nnd with it came the gentleman with Us notes and deed. Tho two met at a commission house on Main street. After taking scats the father handed the deed and money to a third party, to bo delivered to the young man when he fulfilled his promise. The young man, to the consternation of all, pulled from his pocket a certifi cate of marriage with the old gentleman's daughter six months previous. A tableau followed, and the old gentleman, ne compauicd by his son iti-low, repaired to his house, where said young gentleman is now installed in the most comfortable manner, fj?uitvittc L'<latr. A Knowing Shskk?>ln a slaughter house in one of our cities, a pot sheep had been trained so that on the arrival of a fresh flock this sheep goes out meekly to meet the new comers, and theu taking the lead, makes directly for the slaught er pen the poor dupes following. The decoy sheep, then slips out by a eecrct doer, and repeats the operation an ar rival of tho next victims. She saves much labor of driving to her owner and her owu mutton, but she destroys all the romance of the Iamb character. Smart B?rairiV?A gcutleman>who used to carry on tho sheriff business, wholesale and retail in Outonagon Coun ty, in un early day, was frcquoutly call ed upon to quiet tumultuous brawls, whioh he did by ruthing iuto the crowd and knookhg overy man engaged in the row as flat as a flounder and thon repeat ing these memorable words over their_ prostrate bodies: "Say, boys, what's all this fuss about? As Sheriff of Ontona. gon County I command the peaoe." 14Ma, has your tongue got logs ?" *'(iot what, child t" "(Jot legs, ma?" "Certainly not, but Why do you ask that silly question ?" "Oh, nothing, only I heard Fa* say it run from morning till night; and I was wondering how it could run without legs, (hat's ?11 ma/' Murder Will Out. Some montbfl ago a voll knowU music teacher of Brooklyn was murdered on tho streets, snd robbed. The affair bas* beeu shrouded in a mystery until the arrest of Win. Higgins, a New York thief who has operated with a gang in Brooklyn. While confined in jail Hig gins made a full confession of a number of crimes, and among the stories told by bim was the following: 'You see,' said Higgins, '1 was in the Tombs in New York when that affair happened, and I came out in tho morn-f. ing after the night on which it occurred. I'd been taken iu for fighting. Well, I was coming over to Brooklyn on the night of tho duy when I was released, (thr. night following the assault on Pa normo,) and I wns coming over with oric of our chaps that wo call 'Cockney,' he's an Englishman. When we get togeth er?any of us?wc generally tell eaeh other what sort of luck we'd bad, and says Cockney to rue : "By Q?!?, but we bad a narrow es cape last night with that -in Brooklyn." 'What's that ?' said I. 'Oh,' says he, 'Cassidy and I, and Scotty and O'Brien, came over here last nielli 00 ?u expedition, (mcssiug to rob some house,) aud wedidn't get a thing So one of the fellows said, 'Oh, lot us go back.' Cassidy said, 'Its a shams to go back without anything.' 'That's so,' said-. another. 'Here you are then,' said odc of tjhe four. 'Let's go for this-1? com ing up, and bco whit he's got about him.' 'This,' said Higgins, 'is ju^t nhout what Cockney told me, Ccpj' and Vhen ho went on to ssy how thsy rpbled Panoriuo. ^^-^M^mmmjU Har and said in a reugh voice, 'What hare yna gel about yon ? Come, porr, up !' at the eamei-tinie ahnkin^ Jj.-anrSBi? ~^_ As soon ss he felt he was grasped he cried ont, or attempted to cry out for help, aud another of the four pulled out a pistol and 'jabbed' him in the neck with tb.e muzzle, and said,'D-your dirty soul, if yon yell out again I'll blow, your braids ottt.' Feeling the mut.de of tbo pistol at bis neck, Panormo stopped, and a third man proceeded 'to go through .him, and was jurt on the point of taking his gold : watch, when the man who pulled tbc pistol on bim (thinking Parormo would not dare to cry out) replaced Ibo pistol in his pocket. Seeing the pistol dis pos-.d of, Panormo again cried out fof help, und that cry cost him his life, for, with u '.errible oath, O'Brien struck hiui on the temple with a dub, and as tho unfortuate victim was reeling backward, from the effect of tho blow, he again struck him or^r the left eye and flat along tbc lace to the upper lip, and this blow was the one which made the ter rible wound, which was so fully de scribed at the time. ( Only two blows were struck, aud the man who was robbing him of his watch, grabbed it, and seeing him fcllud and bleeding, they all ran off, aud reached New York in different directions. This is the story of the murder of Panormo, as told by Higgins, who gives his infor mation from 'Cocknoy,' who himself was one ol tho gang and took part tu the rob' bory. The weapon Panormo WaR struck with fa a- club made of lignum vit:v, and ex ceedingly heavy. It is fourteen inches in length, and is what is known to the police force as a 'parade club.' It is a size betweeu a pocket club and a regular locust. The parties implicated in the murder havo been arrested. A son of Brio stopping at a hotel saw, for the first time, a feather bed, and, oa being told to take his nightly repose up on it, refused point blank on the ground th it tho thing was someth'ir.g novel to him. Bat Pat compromised the matter by trying a little at a time, lie took out a few of tho feathers, spread thorn on the floor, s'rotched out bis ungainly limbs and was soon in the land of dreams. On awakening the next morn ing of course his bones sobod terribly, but Pat congratulated himself on hid fortunate escape. Be jabcrs, said he, "if those few feathers have gi vju me bo mach pain, had I slept on that darned thing all my bonos would have boon broken Ibis moi^v^ff.,,' *at ami the Flg. A couUtrjrraan having killed a pig, and not'wishing to divide mth hia neigh bors, as wasche custom in that country, said to his wan (w#4,0#i>?i^y> son of the Emerald Isle :) "Pat, if I give my_ neighbors who have given to^ me_a piece 'of; my pork I'll have nonHetTKrmyself. C?? JW tell me what I am to do?" "Be dad.isir," said Pat, "It's myself that can do that same thing." "Good, says tho countryman, rubbing his hands and looking at Pat. "Now toll mo what I can do." , . j "Faith, said Pat, "sure; and w^hen the craythur is cleaned, just be nfthur hang iug it against the door where ivery mitll or's son of thitn will sco it; sind early in the moruiiig, before any due is about get up and take in'your pig, and hide if away. Thin When your neighbors come, just be afther telling them the pig was stholo." ? apital idea. Pat. exclaimed the* country iflrjn:' ?Wl by St. George !" "So when The1 pig'was cleaned, it Wai hung up outside the door, so that the* neighbors might see it. The country man anxiously awaited the approaching night, and at lust retired to bed, but dot to *lr?ep. Pat. under cover of the dark ness of tho night, crept around the house and stole the pig. What was the astonishment of the countryman, when at early dawd he arose to hide away hi? pig, but found no pig, there, can be better imagined than, described. In tho midst of his bewild erment, Pat oame in with His usual "Top o' tho 1 morning to ye, sir," and giving him f. knowing wink, said: "Esther, bow about the-pig?" ( ^We?. Pat, the pig was stolen in re-' ?.my." ' "Faith, and that soundVtfs natural as ;.?fiWi yo%*bloekhead, I tell you tu? pig watf stolen." til " Faith and bo gorry, raasthor, the! i dovii ?' tue ^thought^ that you d<C j so well. . rlust'sticlc tb'that; k'a as>??t? ursU as life." "By St. Ocotge," th? now irate boon try man. "I tell you that the pig was I stolen.'* -v "Och! be jabcrs," says Pat, "stick to ! it and ycr neighbors will bclavo you, and a devil a bit of it they'll get. Faith. I didn't think you could do so well." A Dispute with a Doctor.?Many* other anecdotes could bo told of the ecceotrio and talented Poter Cartwright the venerable Methodist olergymas who! lately died, an 1 there is oho too good td let pass. He once had a dispute with fc doc'tor relative to religion. The doctor j Baid he wanted honest and unequivocal in-wei s to. a low questions. "Did* you over hear roligion ? "No." "Did you'ever smell religion V* " No." "Did you ever tasto religion?" ? "No."*r "Did you ever foci religion ?" "Yes." "Now then," said the doefbr, wftlr ipparent triumph, "t have proved be yond a doubt. by four respectable wit nesses, that religion *is not seen, heard, smellcd or tasted, and but one solitary witness, feeling, has testified that it is an experimental fact. Tho weight of evidence is overwhelming, and yon must give up. Cartwright asked : "Did you ever seo a pain V"t "No." "Did you over hoar a pain ?"' "No." . J "Did you ovor smell a pain "No." _M "Did you"- over taste a pain F" "No." ''-Did you over fcol a pain Y "Certainly, I did, sir." Tho dootor and his family were oorf vcrtcd. Plant Tbb*bs.?Every man . who owns a pteoo of land should plant trees along the lanes. It is due to his chil dren who are to come after him. It ia si beautiful custom in "Germany to set Obre) fruit tree for every child born'. This b special property of the cWrtd for whom it is sot out. He protects and cultivates, it, and1 as' ho grows' up he looks upon his tree as a twin* brother. A feeling o$ affection sndf veneration is thus engen dered, ant love for horticulture, festere^ and promoted among tb# whole popula tion.