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Show % nmrernennlieliinnrn apy sear ne acre ea es Fates baad would it bea inystery, Of all things passing strange, That no one lives who knows the man, With whem he would exchange. Upon full many a fancied good, ‘Phat fortuve’ now denies, Jie in his honrs of toil or pain May cast-his longing tyes, And liyes of men more richly blest, Ife often muy recall And wislr that many things were ieee, But would net change them all. On cashioned seats in livevied state fe fain would roll aiong. But when those little loving . Ue weuld not Aw! haply hear the welcome shouta Of an admiring throng;~ arms Around his neck are thro-vn,_ for a reyal crown Consent to ride alone. ite thinks it were a pleasant task “#o Gount the miser’s wea Rutwould retain at any cost "The ruddy glow of health; Would like the dividends and rents, - But vet for worlds would brook, That thitt sweet free should ever fear ‘Yo meet his cold, hard lovk, Ju gardeus sweet with fragrant flowers Where crystal fonntains | play, He could, he thinks, contrive to wile The sunny hoursaway, Sut wont not lose the mother’s look, lo‘those young eyes réverled, Upraiser tu his, for all the sweets That heirless princedoims yield, Tle would enjoy the artist’s skill, But siniles ac all his pains; Would have the thrifty man’s success Yet every means disdain fieids ar nay ee plooei, But nnadisturbed-his ease, é And be esteemed a favorite, Nor study how to please.” “The would stand in tits neighbor "boots, “Bat would not like his ‘corns, And ox his pillow would repose, But first remove the tho: ns, . He would partake Se of dainty iare, But would decline the gout, *“ Aud when he fills the sparkliiyg cu; py Would leave the headache out. 1 A Arab, and presented him with a re- God to eome to this place and develin its purity. He ward.’ The courtiers pressed eager- ope §Spiritualism ly around fora draught of the won- claims that he has power from God to cast out evil spirits, which he underful water, which \ was' regarded as worthy of such a “ prineely ° acknow dertook on this young man, that he W ould) leavehim-what he is, ledement. ‘To their. surprise .the claimed was possessed of sixteen evil wn RE ivery house, in that very room and bed caliph forbade them to touch a drop. spirits. Notwithstanding this apos—that 1 had fallen asleep and‘woke. up Then, after the simple léatted giver tle’s remarkable powers, he has made with the impression that there was some Saved py t & Dream.. left the royal presence, with a new a failure, and this young man has one under my bed; that I did not know and is often Permit me to introduce the speaker, how to ascertain ue truth of it without spring of joy swelling up in his heart, gone perfectly wild, motive heard to bark like a dog,-talk like an Mr. Haskell, » western. stage driver,—a causing the robber and murderer to the-monarch explained. the man muscular, ¢ and with an eye as keen spring on me unawares; that having a for his prohibition. “During this Indian, give the war-whoop, and gobas an eagle’s:— boyish trick-of stuffing my pockets: with ‘last journey, the water in‘ this’ "Jeath- ble] ike aturkey. The lasttests givE drove the stage from New Sharon to. everything, I felt in there for.a‘marble, ern bottle had become intpure and en by this young man were in piling Wexford, a distiane of {Kirty miles. In and-fonnd it—and leaning cautiously Fup ehaiys in.the room, and climbing the spring and fall when the travel was from the forward edge of the bed, drop distasteful; but it ra an’ offering of bad, 1 always tarried over night. I ‘ped or rolled it toward the back. side or love, aud us such, laccepted it with ‘up to the wall amidst the confusion Also, he liked nie plan. better for it gave me wall of the room; thinking, a8 I did’so, pléasuie. if feared -howeter, that if}. and. smashing of chairs. _soire lejs re“te be. with: my family. that if: there: was no éne there it.awould 1 allowed another: ia. talvbeit; he would would give tests by. turning somer: Ene. night-of which rT aint going to tell ‘roll:across and strike the mopboard with saults over chairs ‘and. tables backnot-eonceal. his..disgust......Therefore, you wasin late anfimn, Tt-had been a a sharp click. I dreamed: that the mar waids -and forwards; at the risk of mighty tough storm all the’way up,—a. ble rolled but a little ways, struck some-. it was for thatl forbade you to- par» worth- easter, full of needl -points as they thing and stopped—ihat I looked under tuke Jest the heart. of the: _poor aman limb and life and to-the: injury of property. ~ He is now trying to percould stuff in. Fine hail and rain freez- the bed and found’ Stowell instead of should bé wounded. a ing-up and frosting your beard, giving Jenks, with: murder written upon his form great feats in our town by handESS. plan .one not a very pleeagant cast of counten-| faces” Then there was a: ling sticks, guns, or anything he may A Curienus Stome Found in ance. I had but two passengers up, an of what I said and did. -. -chanee to find in our houses,. and Califortiia, ~ - I came to full consciousness from this. “old man with very white hair and beard, . He would be rich, or wise, or great, This good or that possess, , Ove ov another pleasure seek, ‘And change, perhaps, his dress; But only ou such terms would laake - ach new psssession his And still, in all essential ‘traits, one after another of the Them bers of the family goto bed. Still that infernal Jenks kept before me: J muttered anathemas and-turned over again. Now comes the singular part’ of the affair: I must have fallen asleep for a moment. JI dreamed that I was in that “ko & seems to have travelled almost in a straight line from south to north. It was followed. by a whirlwind which swept cyerything beiere it, anda pond it passed it dried up, stones carricd a distance of forty yards, and railings knocked down. Frightened cattle ran about the fields, ‘many of which are strewn with the branches of the trees.struck. ‘Fhe people were greatly alarmed—some of them say the noise was terrific—and they imagined the earth was akout to open and swallow every one up. Attér traveling for about two miles the fire meteor seemed, to have expended itself.— Liverpool Her Cun, Dec.6 HL PP. BROWN, Re General Prod uce .| claims to be Jesus Christ, and trics fae ‘or incubus state, and ahem ed and perform miracles. and turned over to see if I were ee ‘A. M. “Stews, ‘one of the locators ‘to prophesy awake now. My whole body was damp, of the great eravel . deposits. on’ the The last meeting I attended was the the sweat standing in drops upon my most remarkable of the whole proface, so great had “been my suffering in ak. of the Sierra. Nevada: Moun. bee has ‘shown us a eramme. that few moments’ sleep. It was so ners This . Barnes claims.to be the Fifth Street, South SideUT. €. R. HR. frightfully real, that I shifted to the othits numerous eyes from crevices in the anit Pi Agnesttinn prophet and the chosen of “er side, and as silently as possible drew we tad e yet seen. driving sleet. hes Wexford was dignified by the name of up my pants and felt inthe pocket.’ My to bea ruby, and. ie says he will supersede ae ok God, who a village,—South Wexford, mere pro- finger touched a‘bullet that was- lying General Grantin "76. He requested Mr. Stewart has several I drew it great value. perly, for it was only a meagre collec- loose amidst other rubbish. the ladies to join hands and.forni a out, and with such a sensation as I never times been offered from $50 to $500 tion of five or six houses, and I drove through this place, usually puting up at experienced before and hope meyer to for his “find”, but hasalways refused circle-by taking hold of his, to test who would make good mediums, Af. the “ifalf-way Uouse,”’as it was termed. again, I prepared for the dream test. to sell. ‘The stone is surrounded by |: Beyond th s house was Wexford proper, Reaching my hand well down toward the & ring of white stone of peculiar fOr éer‘a little. test he flattered ‘this or Wanted and for Sale, -with qnite a-bustling. business air in its floor, I gave it a roll toward the back of that one they would make great meIt moved a foot or two and— nition. ‘The gem, or central stone, ~ one huge smoke stack, and the row of the bed. diums i in a short time...’ “stores well punctuated with the matks of good Heavens! It struck something soft is about thé size ofa ten-cent’ piece: At the close of the mecting he prowhile the whole specimen is about Western civilization—drinking dens. and stopped. Chickens, My heart stopped beating * ‘for a min- the size of a half-dollar. The other stage route ended here on acThis stone posed to go home with me, which he Flour, count of the roughness of the road—-the ute, and globules of-fire ‘sprang before ‘being viewed through a powerful did, and “yetired to bed between the postman jolting the “distance between my face, peopling the darkn ss with horGrai in, hours of 11 and 12 o’clock. Betwéen rays There was no choice-but to fill up olass, shows the most woneetral the ‘Half way House” and there to con- rors, Beets, . the hours of1 and 2 6’clock he felt a I sprang of licht—rays more. than riyaling the mect the mail line. This “Half-way the program«ié of the dream. ' ‘'Parnips, spiritual influence creep over him House” had a bad reputation on account from the bed before my muscles were Aurora Borealis, with specks of silver - Onions,. of the villainous class of roughs that fre- paralyzed with terror, and called out:— and gold. Mr. Sewart picked up the which directed him to the room ofa Tomatoes, quented it to have a g-me of poker or a “ “Here, you Stowell’—I actually in- stone from the surface gravel She in a young girl living at my house. bit of a. ring fight. ‘I had watched the tended to say Jenks, but could not— Potatoes, not being a congenial spirit, he found games often without allowing myself to ‘come out from there, and have done ravine upon his claim "He sent it Apples, himself kicked out, and finally anothbe drawn into them, or disturbed by with this sort of practical joking.” » No to San Francisco to alapidary asking lums, | ‘er spirit, headed by a sdietable: disound about the house.—The ‘stormy that it be cut on one side. ‘The lapithem. Peaches, — It wasa stormy night, rather too clouds tearing away overhead, allowed a dary tried to cut it, but made a poor rected him to appear before the high Cabbage, threatening for many of the: roughs to watery moonlight to flood the room. job of it. He got off some of the courts of Rutland to give an account “Stowell!” Tealled again,” “I amin come out. In fact, l brought in the of his stewardship. “There he went rough outside shell, but was unable stage all the noticeable persous destined no mood for this sort of practical joking. ALL IN THEIR SEASON. the into a trance, and called upon the 19 study the cloudy heavens that night I have not. boasted of my courage, but 1 to make much i impression upon We saw the hardest of Most High, in the Indian tongue (?), through the bottom of mine host's g-ass- shall discharge my pistol under the bed, stone itself. es. .There was Black.Dave, (an appen- hit or miss, in one moment more!” files tried upon it, and they did not to send} t6 his aid a legion of Indiata There was thumping and rustling; the even make’a ser ath: ‘The‘owner of spirits, ‘with tomahawk and scalpingdix general to the tavern,) as clumsy a piece of clown as one would caré to See; spread ‘was swept aside, and, merciful He Orders Solicited and Promptly Fillee the stone informs us that three other knife, to attest his’ innocence. I ould soe his «sand Powder Bill, assecond class ruffian, Heaven!-it was Stowell. On the Line of the C.P. and U. P.R.R. Before he had stones of the same kind are in the testified on the stand that he believwho had gained his cognomen by having white hair and beard. ed the girl was honest, and thought come to an upright position, for I could possession of the Indians of that had: his face somehow blown full of powwhen it was some evil der. Besides there were several loafers dimly discern the outlines of objects, I ‘region, who hold them in great re- ‘it was him, inno wise remarkable. The mail-bag sprang to tlie door to shout for help. . spect as talsmans, and refuse to part spirit that took his form to deceive ‘Thad not turned-the key. when I heard was quite heavy, and, large sums of her. . with them atany price. By show| } money were expected by different per- ‘a leap outside, and the -instant that the At the close of court another splrbolt fell back from the socket, a man ing one of these stones, an Indian, sons. I felt my great responsibility. sprang into the room; a pistol ball graz- for instance. may pass . through all it took hold of him and introduced We pagged a social evening,. joking, &e. The young man’ with stoop should- ed miy ear; another shot, and two forms the northern tribes of Indians.— him to our county-jail, where he can were struggling upon ‘the floor. -I was From the Virginia Cie Pe: aces play, upon the harp of a thousand ers, whose name was Jerks, said but little. While each one told his story, but'a moment inactive; the next, and I strings, until the spirits of just men By the Ton or Car Load, for Sale Sings _the sharp-eyes of Jenks wero” turned to- had planted a blow with the butt of my shall “be made perfect. pistol somewhere upon his grey head, ~ward the mail-bags in the. corner. ef the Gore is a split among the Rnglish & SUBSCRIBER. the villain senseless, ‘room. The white-laired old fellow. was which stretohed Mr. Bradlaugh and _the loudest talker of the whole company. almost at the instant receiving the flash Repvblicans. : _ applicant fie a pair of boots at the His laughter was frequent aud loud, ‘and ‘ofa pistol in the side of my head,*which, his friends have “repudiated, had it n-t fortunately refused fire, must “brotherhood” formed his smoking excessive. at Sheffield, one of our shoe stores was asked what | Orders aid letters of inquiry will re_. Dwas astonished at his. siagulae: oon- have-materially interfered with my fu-~ and shortly another “converition” is number hg wore, and replied, as soon eeive prompt tnt vin duct for an old. man,—making | so-.merry ‘ture power of narration. aa he could recover from his swiprise, “Mueh confusion followed. The land- to be called to consider the future with. hia friends. There ‘was something P. 0. Box 24. . 28-t£ “Why, it of course.” policy of the party. lord trashed in, the landlady ‘alsa; the ia. his ene which gave ant nce and a younger. man. with a slight stoop, and no other peculiarity that. noticed. T took the mail bags . outside with me under the.seat. I wasn’t a particle sorry when the village of Wexford blinked at me with COMM 185 ION HERG ANT! te > @GDEN - - - UEFA + are OTT UINTAH COAL x t SMT Changed, The more I see of huntie life, I find the feeling grow hat men despite their sad complaints, Are happier than they know; Else PRR x Whirwindof Fire in Eng‘singular, i if not pleasant, to: the holder. latter soon rushed..out.as_quickly..wh. en, ~Sprereiarisw in om unt ty. ..undresséd uniform, He had bright, rapidly revolving eyes, she beheld my hand. Loe #4 Oo, See my PE under bushy black eyebrows, suggestive Everything was. explained directly. Jenks, whom I “tooepottene of theWeekly Times. ] of miniature erows’ nests piled together. Jenks was my rescuer. On Saturday “a> most. - remarkable He called himself Stowell, and appeared had so doubtéd, said to me, “look here!” Nrw. Lima, O., phenomenon occurred at King SutHe incau- and he removed the hair of“ the robber, stranger in those - parts. Dee. 16, 1872. tiously iatimated that he Was on govern- and exposed to our startled gaze the sepropose to give you a short ton, near Banbury, by which a man ment business. Atthe mention of this clean face and closely cr opped hair of a No less than sketch of the great Spiritual revival had a:narrow estape. I found Jenks furtively and steadily re- ‘sentenced for life’ penitentiary man. seventeen trees: were torn up by, the «He escaped two weeks ago from we have had in New Lima for the garding him from the corner of his eyes I got on the track last weck. My feelings had settled into fixed dis- -and eluded pursuit. We have experienced one roots, thirty-six more or less inj jured, trust of Jenks before the evening was of him at Detroit, and have followed -of the greatest spiritual phenomena and 161 yards of stone wall thrown About lo’clock in the day half spent; on the other hand, the entire him, off and on, ever since. He came of this age, and. unsurpassed by the down. company, if I except Jenks, mentally up from New Sharon purposely. to rob the people saw something in the | pronounced the old fellow just the one you, and if need be, to»murder. you. Salem witcheraft. shape of a haycock, of great size, reThe first. spiritual _manifestetion His joviality, and apparent good humor, to wile.awny the dull evening. It was acI could read his given was through a young man of volving through the air. After some quite loud ‘boasting of allayed all suspicion. companied by fire and a great deal of plans when he went to bed. He stowed courage and brave deeds by several of this place, who had always been an smoke, and something was seen high | the party, and this one and that one say- himself into some closet or corner of unbeliever in Spiritualism until he ing what he would do under such cir- your room:to wait for you to-fall asleep. in thé aiy, “and ‘at others near the to attend a close by your door, and was invited by a friend cumstancés, a motion was made for bed. [remained It made a great noise. | >ground. The old fellow, witha separate good should have warned you, but feared to small circle; ‘where, he » claims, the night to all, was shown to his room first, arouse the suspicions of -the “fellow, lest first impulse was given by the shak- something like a railway Las traveling, and progressed with great raat his own moqnest, Jenks and myself go- he should nein make off.”’—Thus spake ing of his -hand, “with a few other ‘ing last. The glances which this fellow Jenks. pidity. It passed over the estate of Since T was really ssayed by. a dr eam, demonstrations, which confirmed his Col. North, M. P., William Brown, castat the bags asI carried them up to belief in Spiritualism. He then admy room, were not particularly reassur- IT consider it remarkable. Bart., and’ Mr. Teslie Merrill CaxtI distrust’ remarkably jolly dt journed, until the next evening, when nes I thought at first to speak to the landlord of* my suspicions, and then I now, and take into fayor sonr,. silent- another circle was formed of five or wright, sixty-one yards of whose park wall at one place has been thrown felt ashamed to, do so, aud went into my appearing persons. six persons, Which made the battery jroom, Turning on the threshold I was It tore Ze ——_—______—complete, and enabled him to per- down from the foundation. unpleasantly suiprised to see Jenks up one of the largest beech trees on form many strange and marvelous standing outside of his room, nebauding T rae politen ess. : Si Wm. Brown’s estate, and about feats, shaking and twitching in his nze. me with a fixed fifteeen or twenty tons of earth witd “Blundering tuol!” said I to myself, re poor Arab, going : through the chair, and being often thrust to the it, and the branches were. carrich ‘df his intentiops are to rob me, he has The cirdesert, met witha sparkling spring. floor in violent contortions. taken the mode ot proceeding to put me tld in all directions.. A man namAccustomed to brackish - water, a cle finally adjourned without any on my guard.” ed Adams, who was breaking stone I closed my door and locked it secure- draught from this sweet well in the further demonstrations for that night. on the roa vd, says he heard a great The next night he gave some rely, dumped the mail-bags in the corner, wilderness seemed, to. his simple and being weary, immediately undressed mind, a present to offer, to the.caliph. markable proofs of Spiritualism by noise as if a railway train were com-.and retired. writing all night in an “unknown ing up. There was a dense smoke, I lay for a long time, turning this. way So he filled his leathern bottle, and, tongue that neither he nor anybody and a tree that he was standing unand that, maile restless, - suspected, by after a weary tramp, laid his humble understand, until Mr. der a minute before was torn up. The alse could continually thinking of Jenks -and his gift at his sovereign’s .feet. There was a heavy rain at the time, strange conduct. r grew angry at last monarch, with the inagnanimity that Chauncey Barnes, the great champiwith myself for allow. ng him to keep so may put many a Christian to blush, on of Spiritualism, arrived at our and .a few minutes before a vivid flash of lightning. For a mileand a before my vision, but this state of mind place. Barnes claims that he was called for a cup, and filling it, “drank did not tend to sleeplessness, I assure half there are traces of the destrucfreely; and with a sniile, thanked the moved and directed by the spirit. of JV. - While I lay tossing about I heard tion caused by the phenomenon, and the Chicago Tggublican: : 7 ’ [From a SSS ESTA — |
