geir GEN SinE SHIELDS LIDS ON ox BARRELS A short time since gen shields landing at hast hastings ings f on the mississippi compared his freight and bill of lading one item calling for seven barrels strange to say however the general could only mid find on landing six of his barrel sl ile he was heard counting them over several times with the same unsatisfactory result each time moving the index finger of his right hand u up and down in a pointed manner at each barr barrei barrel ef thus he soliloquised aloud with deliberate military emph emphes esis ests ls one two three four five siz lic li c 1 and shaking his head with dignified gravity saying something wron wrong ghere here he recommenced his count one lone two thre e four hiye five six where is the other barrel full of wrath he was proceeding to demand the production of the missing cask from the officers of the bo hoat boat at when lo 10 on his getting up for this purpose from where he was surveying with characteristic te dignity and gravity his goods pods and sundries it was discovered to his infinite amusement and that of the bystanders that he had been setting on the missing seventh barrell barrel QUAKER SARCASM thomas coles more familiarly known from his great amiability and good nature as tommy colles was a consistent member of the society of friends at the delightful villa village e of glen covey coves cove lon long I 1 island where he resided the episcopal church had just erected in the church a very sweet toned organ which was the admiration not only of the members but of many others who were attracted to the service by the eloquence of rev mr mallaby the rector some particular occasion our venerable friend tommy coles took a seat amon among the cen congregation t degation and his opinion of the organ organ was gathered from the tiie following conversation a few days afterwards friend mallaby I 1 am pleased I 1 e ased that th thee has got a f fine ine lne organ in thy c church u rab ilu but said the clergyman 1 I thought ht you ou were to having an organ inac in a church 1 aso so I 1 iam lam am 12 replied replied friend tommy but then if thee worship the lord by machinery I 1 weld like thee to have a first rate instrument A MASTER masten BUILDER the late lion hon stuart J park whose death occurred at groton mass nass on the uit at the advanced 1 age of 86 held various offices in his town and I 1 was at one time a member of the massachusetts senater senate out his chief distinction was acquired I 1 in his vocation on as a stone mason in I 1 the tile course of a ion lon long iong life he erected jails at dover over portland ort an newburyport and northampton the old state prison charlestown Charles town 13 mass fass t the he prison at concord and the prison at windsor vt the capitol at concord and he also built the dry dock at charleston mass he laid the granite sleepers for the boston and lowell railroad was employed I 1 two years upon the boston mill dam and upon various other public work works a in jo new england SEA seat or OF OREGON oregon has lad iad opted a state seal the escutcheon is ii supported by thirty three stars and divided by an ordinary with the inscription the union in relief mountains an elk with branching antlers anglers ant lers a wagon the pacific ocean on which is a british man of war departing and an american steamer arriving the second quartering with a sheaf plow and pickax crest the american eagle legend the state of oregon the introduction of the english manof man of war is no doubt emblematical of that nations being obliged to relinquish its claims to the territory superstition A southern paper after noticing a dangerous wound received by a man in sliding from a haymow on a pitchfork states that medical preparations were applied to the pitchfork and it has been carefully fy wrapped wrapped up and deposited in flannel to aid in the healing ealing of the wound wounds sl this kind of cure was quite fashionable about bout a two centuries ago and medical writers say that it was attended with great advantage f tor for or while the surgeon exhausted his bis skill on the instrument instruments dame nature more skillfully healed the wound NAPOLEON AND EMANUEL the paris correspondent of the london news says 1 I have seen a turin letter which states that when whan the emperor napoleon announced to kin king victor emanuel the terms of the treaty of villafranca he said ilas lias has your majesty any observation to make inake the king understanding at once the situation replied by the fhe the question 4 estion hab has your majesty anything to add the two sovereigns bowed and parted A JEWISH SCHEME A parisian jew desired to telegraph news of the peace to berlin his information was wab wa s in advance and to keep it from the telegraph people he worded his dispatch thus herr will shortly arrive is a hebrew word signifying i peace in the berlin house where the hebrew language 0 ras was vas understood the true meaning of the announcement of herr Sc holems expected arrival was readily interpreted three colts at one coaling foaling Fo aling A mare at osha way canada it is stated lately brodu produced ced three colts at one foaling coaling fo aling but would only acknowledge one A second she kicked to death and the third was taken away and reared by hand