FBANCOAMEHICAN,H
..i inn nroTAHOlUT
HOUL nnu nwmunnni,
OPPOSITE TnE
Odd Fellow's Hall,
Jacksonville, Oregon. .
Travelers mid resident hoarders will Gne
D'
USDS AND BEDDUffa
Placed In first claw bfdar. nod lu every
Way superior to nny In Hits secilou, mul
surpassed by nny In llie Slate.
HER K00S ABE NEWLY rilRNISlIEtf,
s
thing the market affords will be ob
tained lor
HER TABLE.
No-trswblcd will be spared to deserve tlic pat--ronago
f thu travellug as tvcll as ttie perma
nent oerramunlty.
.Oaciiottvlllo, March 31, 18CC. tf
P. B. COFFIN,
HOUSE PAINTER,
TS NOW IN POSSESSION OFTIIE ENTIRE
1 stock of mulcrluls nnd tools furmerly b.--longing
to Cotcllo & Cofllii. Mr. CostHlu
having withdrawn. P. II. Collin will contlnuu
thu butlnci. uiiO can bu round nt lilt shop,
Corner or C nml Tliriil Htrcnts,
prepared to do work In a workmanlike manner
nil nl reasonable rales. . .
Jocksonvlllc, Oct. IS, I8CT. ocllDtf
EL DORADO,
.K.Cor.C,i.&Ogii.8U.Jckoitili,0.
S. M. FARREN.
amuBi m mi
NEW BROOMS SWEEP CLEAN I
TUBS 0 TO . PREATER'S
BROOM MANUFACTORY
AXI) BUY Till! BUST IX THC MARKET,
AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
Factory on corner nf Oregon d Main St
by tliu Odd Fellow' llnll, nnd opposite tlio
Franco-Amerlcan llcslnurant. djsf
Jacksonville, Nov. i-'-'th. lHr.7.,iiov3U(im
73
TAX UP-LAT CALL.
ALLTIIOSK IN'DKIITKD TO Utt AUK
hereby untiAVil to come forward uud pny
up by llieilrst diy of Jiinuury ensuing, unit
will rcrliitnly be In their Inlm'sl to ilu m. on we
cannot ilu luislno-s wliliinil money In iihyI our
own lliilillllifni nml inriiicrinnrf, limning n
for the In si liner si id nil t nivimd. we have
ilclrrinliii-ri lit istiMl.li n Uriel ih lmIs In
business nlier tint llrsl ily id Jmuiury, 18G8,
ad will tiOt i!tparl from it.
BUTTON k llVDi:.
Jacksonville, Ie. lfltli. 1807. ihctiitf
LIME! LIME!
Bun.nr.ns. and otiieiis who niaini;
lime, will Hud n constant supply, nl the
bnt qunllly. In iunntlllvii In Milt, nt my Imp
on Main slrvot, between Oregon nnd Tlilnl, op
posite Mullcr t Ilrcntnno's Hon'. In mynii
eucc, Sir. Alex. Martin will wnlt upon custom
trs.
STONE "CUTTING
AND
Rlone Mason Work
done on term lo rtilt the tlim-s. Ordcn from
the country will receive prompt nt'i'iitinii.
JOHN H. I'KAl'OUK.
Jackionvllle, April 'i, lh7. np27
Administrator's Notice.
Noriciiis iii;ui:iiv given that the
uiulorslmit'il lm licen duly nppnluli-d by
thiiCouuiy Court ol Jns-ihlii emuiiy. n'lnl
of Oregon, n Ilu? Administrator nf ilie estate
or Augustus Chirk, dcceiwd, lato of Josephine
couniy. Orison
All pi-ruins having claims ngalnt snlil rs
tnto uro r'ructl to premiit lliem with liroprr
voucln'r to me, nt my ret'dence, In bucker
Creek Viilh-y, Jnwpliluu cimuly. Ori-Rou. w li.
In klx iniinlln Irom the d.ite hiruif. All P'r
on Imli'litid lo mid rMntn nru rcqui'Mid to
make iinun-dlulu payment.
TISU.MAN 11 ROWI.EE.
Sucker Creek. Juni 15lli, 1808. Jy4-4w.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
NOTICK. Having dUposed of our Fan
tory. wo nru now prepared In elvuour wluile
attention to our I.eiuhur nnd Kludlnt; bunliii'i.
Ou hand, direct from I'raucu, Calf & Kip,
Uomeitlo Leather, lioot Lege, etc.
Jons G. Hki.v, I L. K-iviiK, I John Ukat,
Now York. ) Pari. Ban Krunclxo.
AddrCH, HEIN & I1UAY, Sw FrancUco.
lilt Battery Street
rpo 75oi-xi.Axyxxxoxi.
nu DbKVAomi i no i
CWmbrlDd and UUI(lt COAL not t'10 IRON
X,000 Toua,
To Blor ad Afloat, for iaio by
J. It. DO Y I.E.
413 od 415 PwiAc 81., Bn Francltco.
Febl-ly
'ntcher'B Lightning Fly-Killer.
. TlfAT PEST OK SUMMER, huge black
wr of -flies can bo got i Id of cheaply nnd
eiillv Jby the use of thc above popular article,
itbjchbaa an enormoua sale at the Eaat, and Is
now for.ialo by dealer everywhere.
lUOSTETTER, SMITH & DEAN,
lUEDINGTON&CO..
Wbokmle Agents, Saa FnocUco.
Jny,U-?.
vol. xur.
wwtwrliiftt.yiiijMiiiCTwi .t"
BUSINKSS NOTICES.
Peter Britt,
Photographic Artist,
JACKSONVILLE OllEGOX.
Ambr oty po s,
Photographs,
Cdrtos do Vislto
DOA'R AV THE FIS'EST STYLE OF AliT.
Pictures Reduced
Oil EXLAnOEP TO LIFE SIZE.
i ii ' - -
DR. A. B. OVEtlBECK,
Physician & Surgeon,
JACKSOX VII.LE, OllEGOX.
Ohlcenthl" residence, In the Old Overbtck
Hospital, ou Oii'Kon Stieet.
DR. E. H. GREENHAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SUUGEON,
OFFIOE-Oorncr of California aud Pifth
StrccU, Jacksonville, Ogn.
lie wilt practice In Juckron and adjacent
countlc, and nttctid promptly to professional
cnlli. fvbltr
DR. A. B. OVERBECK'S
BATH EOOMS,
In tho Ovorbockllospital,
VAItJI, COLD & SIIOWEIt BATHS,
SUNDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.
r. guuiii:, ii. i).,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
OFFICE rcmovctl to California Street,,
South side.
Jacksonville, Ii.c. 2H. lbCT. dcc21tfi
I)K. LI2WIS GANUNti,
PHYSICIAN & SUKGEON AND
OlaatotriolAXi,
WILLnttendto any who may reoiilre hit
frrtipii. (Jfllc0 niHnlnlntf !C. Lnnr.r1f
Iioe fhnii, on noith tide California Street,
Jacksonville. liovilf
"" SI'KCIAI. NOTIOKS.
STAR OF THE UNION
CELEBRATED
STOMACH BITTERS!
Tti.tailrlkloiia n'miuioli IMUmh lur rnliiclr
jVrutuUr,i.iiiUrto Intra ah ebuUhd ncrjr burl.
TRY
t mnrvr
JUUUt
THEM I
FOR
TRY TSBT YOUR
THEM! rH 1 SELF!
(fill IncrrdlrnU A i!wnt tnnlt, unit a most
jTrrli!c Uilnl . T10 uull-cl la flmnUd Willi
nolHiiKjunroiPiiniiiulti Itiil'l llUl.blllr.tnode
i from llin in l ritrnMa ol taliutle I loir. Urls
(ar.dlirb, roc!iulrjl.loili'li loll u.recl
allanitlKiiaoiuieMiraarn. j.ii'ntjs.i niriM
Towel.. i 11 ri l')',iii, jciir, uunicra,
1. fill re 1)-,iI, J'cur, Pun! cro, ,
r Avilllr. f He. lorfflffvc.rnl tlt.l
T.NKHAl'Ht S. Mur.MAMTA'iiniii,
np fi,n.omo A. Jarkaon. Fan 1 run, Ut I
; a.jt.m;
I Loaa or ait
0 m r w m w A
DR.
HUFELAND'S
Ct.l.t.MIUTIIU
SWISS NTDIUID BITTBUS!
r k y
IT!
T R Y
IT!
The U.t rnriacr r !) PlooJ I
A f ledum Tunic t
A my Agrltl Drink t
Uii.iirputcl for acUuk turtly but t ntljr on
lh tttifilnni of lb kldoev.. boIi.
tumuli and liter I
t'ortateal all vholoulo and ratal! liquor,
drug and crw.ry aloiti.
NOBODY SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT I
J.O. mcn,
TA
J, O. mcn, l'rootlelir.
TAYLUli ur.rspiM,. KOI ARttlU,
JalJ-ljr tp.no.
413, CUy nl. 8au FianclKo.
I. O. G. T.
ALPHA LODGE, NO. 1, 1. O.G T HOLDS
1U ri'Kflar meotliiKs on Tuerdaj evening
of inch week, nt the District School House, In
Jacksonville. l.ODGH opens at 7 o'clock,
DlXHtUE Mi:miNC;S the last Tudy or each
nioulli, ufti-r iidjournmeut of SUUOIIUINATK
LODGE.
All iiimnbera of the Order In good standing
nro cordially Invited tn bo present.
D. M.,0. GAULT, IV. O. T.
J. It. Wadk. Soo'y.
Jacksonville, Feb. 8th, 1608. fel 8 tf
Warren Lodge No, 10, A. F. & A. M
A HOLD their regular communications
aV' on thu Wednesday Kveulugs or preced-
V Jog the lull moon, In jacxso.wiluc, ob-
eoox. A. MAItTIN, W. M.
O. W. SAVAQE.Seo'y.
The Uest Iteiucdy for Purifying
tbelllood, Streugtlienlug the Nerves, Reetoriog
thc Lost Appetite, la
FUESE'S HAMUUKG TEA.
It Is the best preservative ngalnbtal moat aay
slckncsp, If used timely. Composed of herbs
only, It can be given safely to Infants- Full di
rections in Eugllsh, French, Sptuisn aod Ger
man, with every package. THY IT I
For sale at all the wholesale and retail drug
tores and groceries.
EM1L FRESE, Wholetale Druggist,
Role Agent, IIO Clay street,
juyltyl "an Kraneljco.
0011
JACKSONVILLE, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1808.
THE OREGON SENTINEL.
PCDLtSHED
Ertry Saturday Morntae; br
B. F. DOWELL, V
OFFICE, COnXEll 'C S( TIMED STREETS.
TEiutH op HtnscmrTioMi
Tor one rear, In advance, four dollars 5 If
not paid within the tint fix months of the year,
five dollar? ; If not paid until the expiration
of the year, fix dollars.
TEItMS Of AUVKItTlilXS I
One pouaro (10 linos or ht)'. first. Insertion,
three dollars ; each pnlxequviit Insertion, one
dollar. A discount ol filly per cent, will be
made to those who advertise by the year.
pLcRal Tenders received at current rates.
God IMcsj You.
How sweetly fall those simple Words
Upon the human heart,
When frlemls lo'ijr Imund by ttrongeit ties
Arc doomed by fate to part.
You sadly press thc hand of thoie
Who tuu In love caress you,
And soul rcpontlve I! to soul,
In breathing out "God bleu you."
'God bls you." oh llonir months ngi
I heard the mnurnlul phrase,
When one whom I In childhood loved
Went from my dreamy case.
Now blinding tears fall thick nnd fait ;
I mourn my long lost tirasuri,
Whllechoa. of the heart bring back
Th'j (arcwcll prayer, "God bless you."
The mother sending forth her boy
To scenes untried and new,
Lisp not a studied stately speech,
Nor murmcra out "adlfu,"
She sadly saia. between her sobi.
"Whene'er misfortunes press you.
Come lo thy mother, Itor.come back,"
Then sadly slglu "God bless you."
"God Mesa you," more nt expressed
Than volumes without number,
Iterrnl we thus our trust In him,
Whose eyelids never slumber.
I nsk In parting no long speech,
Drawled out lu slmllcd measure,
I only ask the drar old words.
So tweet so and "God blrstyou."
Grant Analyzed,
A. D. Hiulinrdsoii, In Ills forthcoming
life of Gun. Grant, nays:
" Soino btill hie in him only the dnr
ling of (oil uno energetic mediocrity,
with which ho blundered into niceos.
I think Mich nro misled by two of hi
peculiar qualities:
"I. Ilisiiiiiiiinginntivenoi'!'. When
lie Iiiih nothing to uiy he mvh uolhiii''.
In piivntc he IiIIn no interstice.1 of con-
vernation by iviimrk upon tho weather,
or iiiqiiiiieri after the bubien of his, vis
itor. In jub!iu he en u inakc no-
peeehes hiuiply of ionii orconiiiliineui ;
nun Mnee me uni'iu emeu to near iim
opinions on titlitii t hin oflieial position
has neci allowed him to speiik lieely
Hut in public, or private, when ho has
anything to utter by tongue or pen, he
sayn it with eMieine lapidity aud clear
ness, in terse, marrowy, idiomatic En
glish. Even then he uses no ihetniie,
hut presents' in the plainest, homeliest
woids. Napoleon's, tneiiiorabletiayings
are all of this order: "From these
summits forty centuiies look down up
on you.' ' We will carry our vietoi ions
eagles beyond the jiillinraof Ileiculc.'
Grant's me the exact antijiodes: I
have no terms but unconditional sur
render.' I propose to move immedi
ately upon yqur works. I sliull fight
it out on thi3 line if it takes all minimcr.'
4 1 found the nriny like a balky hone.'
'General Jiutler was bottled up.' Said
the dramatic Coisican after the battle
of Aiibterlitz: Soldieis, I am satisfied
with you. You have decorated your
eagles with immoital glory.' Said the
matter-of-fact Ameiican to his shouting
men after Port Gibson; 'Soldiers, I
thank you. That is all I can say.
You have dono a good day's work to
day, but you must do a better one to
morrow.' jo smiling iiietoric, no po
etic gushes; only tho simple, unadorn
ed fact.
"II. Ho is tho most uiidraniatio of
men. Scott was nicknamed by his en
emies "Fuss and Feathers." Grant
has less fuss nnd lower feathers than
any other public man of his day. Ho
believes with the Chinese proverb, that
" That which is is.' Ho accepts tilings
just as ho finds them, not troubling
himself about the 'Eternal Verities,
but doing promptly, thoroughly and
subordinate the duty which lies right
beforo him, however prosaic and disa
greeable. Ho acts his convictions in
stead of talking them.
"Ho is utterly genuine and
KUtleless. He preserves in his high es
tate tho sweetness ,and simplicity of
his country boyhood,
Mtogcther free
MWkMM-VMMtVrM
from cant, his lips obeying the teach
ings of his mother, have uttered no
oath, been soiled by no coarseness.
poise. During the terrors ol Helmvnt,
when an aide, with pallid cheeks cried,
Why, Geneial, we arc surrouudedl'
there was no perceptible change in his
face or calm voice as ho answered
1 Then wc will cut our way out.' Throe
years later, as ho read Lee's dispatch
proposing thc surrender of thc army of
Virginia, he was equally unmoved; no
elation shone itt his face or sounded
in the ordinaryaouu in which he asked,
Well, UencrmfllnWliii, how do vou
think that wWdoJ' Tried by both
extremes of fortune, and never disturb
ed by either, he remains as simple and
unaffected to-day as in his years of pov
erty and obscurity."
Inciter from Curry County.
ELLKNSItlT.G, 0(1N., Ju.NT. 20, 'OS.
EttiTOit Skntinku Curry County
having maintained an unbroken Irout
for Unionism in thc late contest lias ol
course a right to "crow" n little iu a
modest way.
Lettcrs,congratnlatory from fuends
in adjoining counties, have been receiv
ed, and kindly "notices" from newspa
pers, and doubtlcs tho Union men of
Oregon generally, feel toward us much
the same as those outspoken evidences
testify.
But it icmained for our neighbors in
the adjoining county of Del Not to, Cal.
to really "do us proud" by thu gift of
an elegant national Hag. The Union
men of Crescent City, upon receipt ol
the news of our election, called a meet
ing aud voted to send us a ling in hon
or of our being the Manner County of
Oregon, and sent the same to us to
gether with a letter expressive of their
kindly feelings, and of good Union
sentiments aud the following ltcsolu-
tions:
Jlaoli'cd, That this convention, on1 1803, whilo Grant and iMcado weiudu
behalf of thu Union Itcptibllcans of liverlug the country by defeating, ills
Del Norte Comity, present an Ameii I pursing pud cnptuiiuglhu armies nl the
can Hag to tho Union men of Curry rebels. Horatio Seymour was descent
County Oregon as a token ot our Jjtij, ilt. day by mi liillamitory speech
picciation ol the glorious manner in
which they upheld thu Union cause and
Union principle nt their late election.
Jlctolctil, That the Secretary be In
structed to send thu Flag, together
with a letter expressive ot tho senti
ments of this Convention.
Heiealter we of Curry County in
tend changing tho name of our comity
to Haniicr County.
A Coiiiiiosliloii -Jty u very small
Hoy.
I don't like gills. Girls is difleicut
from what boys Is. Gills don't play
marbles, and also gills don't play hool
rv uiiinuiiii i iiiuy intuit- i- .. -
tiu.es get whipped, but!,"o!!V;Unfl ;l "';l 7;
as boys; their clotl.ot. I ,',0,,r - "". nn.l alter It Im.l rnKcl
:.. i j - s. ..i . s .i I tliis-o our Ion. ilayn this model Govern
ey, Girls some
not so much as
i . ii -. i j - . .1 . : .i i
nl,it Ln tfnll klllti.fl frit It fli'it la ll, it
, , . ,
reason I blip pose. I never sues no girl
..!.. I.c. I.. II i !,.. ... .!... .1..
....,.. .... .... ..v, ..., .,,., ':"lile,I1,is"fiiends"aii.l"fellow.cItii!enH"
in liriktrili I Ili.fO lu till. lit v ril (rlila in . '
"" I " " "'" '"
Hostoii, ami oig organs, j.ual year
when I was voung the teacher
I
t, 1
..,.,,,. '.I,.. .?,.,. i...,.. t .....Jtl.cui that hu had sent to Washington
MIV SIV Will' "VVIHI9V UIID).. , . t . . . , .
... t i in i in ii "l have this draft suspeiiiled and stop-
naughty. I cried. I Jig boys like girls . . ,, , ' , , '
i .. .i i:..i i.... r . . ped " Thu substance and menu ng of
belter than little boys. I went on . , , ... ,,, f,
i ii . . ..t .i . ...i.i . i. is speech was that "it won Id bu ilghl
sleigh ride one night with my sister I .' ,, , ,, ,, , ,"
v. , , c.,i . , , i to not, and burn buildings, and hunt
ISnuovnnd loin aykes. loin asked ' , , ,, , ,, ,
, i i .i i .. i .i , . , I'L'ines, win siriniiiiier unites, u uo
mo to look in thu bottom of tho sleiyh , ", ' , , ' ...
. , . ,, . I ii r ii! 7 f draft weru to go on; but he won dhavo
for his whip; whilu I was looking he', , ? . ,. .
fired ofl' a torpedo. I asked him if he
had any mmu torpedoes and hu said no,'
but ho filed oil another when I wasn't'
looking. Girls don't llku to havo boys
kiss thtm. They nl ways say "don't."
If they wasn't fools they would turn
their heads tho oilier way, but they
never do that. I saw Tom kiss Nancy
once aud I went and told my mother.
Then my mother put mo to bed,
When a girl takes out her hand kei chief
in the street to wipe her noso the young
men who cam their living by standing
in front of tho St, Nicholas always
wipe their noses at the same time, if
they scu her. Girls get married some
times but not always. Those that
don't get married don't want to.
When they got married they havo wed
ding cake. I liko wedding cako, but I
do not see any fun in getting married
especially to a girl,
Why vouJd the sea jnako a bettor
housekeeper than tho earth '( Iiecauso
the earth is exceedingly dirty and the
ca is very tidy.
NO. 20
ff3NU(
Ilorntlo Seymour.
from tb Poll OrrronUa.
This man, an ultra Copperhead, who
is lepudiatcd by thu great State of
New York for iutldelity to the coun-
try in tho agony ol war, ii tho candl
date of the reactionists and rebels for
1'iesidcnt of tho United States. lie
was known during the struggle as one
of tho numerous class who wore in "fa
vor of the war but opposed to its pros
ecution." His piiuciplcs arc precNely
those ol l'ondletou and Vnlanillghani,
but he has more adroitness and plausibil
ity than those Democratic chatiipwn?.
Like them, he denied the constitution
nlity of coercion, and like them he
threw every possible obsticlo in the
way of prosecuting the war. We
know it is claimed by the "regenerated
Democracy" that when Governor ol
New York in 1803 ho liuniod fonvnrd
troops to repel Lee's invasion ot Penn
sylvania; but there was an obvious rea
son for this act of pretended patiiotism.
So long as the Held of war wrts the le
gion south of the l'otomac Seymour
opposed every measure for thu subju
gation of the icbels, but when tho con
flict was transferred to the State ol
Pennsylvania and Lee's army threaten
ed Philadelphia, Nuw York City and
the mansions of Goernor Seymour, he
was compelled lo act for thu defence
of his State. Thisouu instance of en
forced patiiolistu is the only one which
can bo named in Seymour's history.
So soon as Lee's army had been driven
back he iiiiuiedmtly began again to op
pose aud hinder tho olVuith ot tho Na
tional Government to put down thu
rebellion. Ilu tried to stop the diaft,
and thu tints of 180:1 nml tho murder
of enrolling oflieeis weru tho iliieel re
sults of his policy. Thu mob idled ou
him lo stand between them nnd then
country, and he gave thu most satisfac
tory assurance to his bloody-handed
"friends." On tho Fourth of July,
against the Government for prosecut
lug thu war to the injury of the .South
urn people. The burden nl his oration
was a malignant attack upon those
who weru charged with upholding na
tional authority, for urging ou thu war
to thu dtscouifoit and oppicsiou of
the chivalrous Democracy ol the South
who weiu in arms for thu dcsliiictiou
of thu Union. Alluding to tho dralt,
ho told tho treasonable Coppei heads
present that the National Executive
should bu resisted in casu his "usurpa
tions" aud "outrages" uoro persisted
in. A few days aftci wards thu riot
tiiieo our ion. i ay
v
or canto down to thu city, went into
, ,. . . , " , ,
l,lu "'l " lll ,l0,o,,H "1"1.
I..I.
told them ho was there "lo show them
it ii'ab til nit ii tuiiiiBiiiit, iiiiii imnmrii
t t
, ..II.!., (..'. l.l.t.,11 i I
it stopped and given up, So go homo
and keep thu peace," Theru Is not a
iiiiiii in thu Democratic party, not ex
cepting Valandlgham or nny ono else,
whose record has been so infamous and
vicious as that of Hoiatio Seymour,
Hu was nominated for thu purpose of
making the eleetoiial vote of New
York siiio for thu Democratic, paity by
tho suffrages of his murdering "friends,"
thu forty thousand "plug-uglies" of
Now York City,
m i
IIoithKIIIIAD, JuLvOth, 1806.
EoiTOU Sk.ntixki.: -It seems as
though your Post Oflico has becomo do
iiioinllzcd in some way. Whcthcrthat
Soda Fountain does it or not I cannot
say, but ono thing is evident, there is a
bc row loose somewhere. We seldom
receive the Si;.vriNi:i, at Applegutu un
til Thursday, aud often not at all, whilo
the Oreionlan aud Sacramento Union
como regular, aud nearly ono third of
my letters directed to Jacksonville II).
are returned to mu from the Dead Let
ter Office, which is very trying to tho
temper. A. J. WATT'S.
Mike Flak and the Bull.
Miko took a notion to go in swim
tning, and had just got his clothes off,
when he saw Deacon Smith's bull ma
king at him the bull was a vicious an
imal and had come hear killing twd'di '
thrco persons consequently Mike felt
rather 'strange.' Ho didn't wont to
call for help, for he was naked, nnd the'
nearest placo from whenco asststanco
could arrive was thu inecling-housc,
which was at iho time filled with wor
shipers, among whom was "tho gal
Mike was paying his devotion to." So
he dodged the bull as hu caniu at him,
and managed to catch him by thu tail.
Ho was dragged round lit nearly ifcad,
and when ho thought he could hold on
no longer, ho mado up his mind hu had '
better 'holler,' And now wo will let
him tell his own story:
'So looking at tho matter in all its
bearing, I cum to the conclusion that I
had belter let somebody know whar I
was. So I gin a yell louder than a lo
comotive whistle, nnd it wnrn't long
til I seed tho Deacon's two dogs a com
iug down like as II they were sccin
which could gel theru fust. I knowed
who they were after they'd jlue tho
bull agin me, I war sartin, for they
wnrorfiilly wcuotnous and had a spllo
aglu me. So, says I, old briudle, as ri
din is ns cheap as walkin on this routo
ii you havo no objections, I'll just tnko
a deck passage on thnt'ere back o'yourn. "
So I wasn't very long getting nstiido
him; then, if you'd bin thnr, you'd
hau sworn lhar wnrn't nothiii human
in that ar mix, thu sllu lluw so oi fully
as ths critter and I rolled round tho
Held ono dog ou thu ono sldo and ono
on the other trying to clinch my feet.
I prayed and ctWscd, and cilssed and.
prayed, until I couldn't tell which I
did at last and neither waru't of no
use, they wnr so orfullv mixed tin.
Well, I reckon I rid about half mi hour
this way when old briudle thought it
wnr time to stop mid tako in a supply
of wind, and'cool oil' a little. So when
ho got round lo a treu that stood thnr,
he naturally halted. So, sex I old boy
you losu ouu passenger, saitiu. So I
just dumb upon a branch, kalkurlatiu
lo roost lhar lilt 1 starved, aforu I'd bu
rid lotiud that ar way any longer. I
was iiiakin tracks for the lop of thu treo
when 1 heard somuthin maktii an orful
burziu over my head. .IJiiudur'lookcd
up, aud if there waru't well, llmr's no
lieu of sweat in now, but it war tho
biggest hornet's nest ever bill. You'll
'glu in' now, I icckuu, .Mike causo
there's no help for you. Hut mi idea
htiuuk iiiulheu, that I would stand a
heap better chaiieu lidiu thu bull than
nlinr I was. Se. I, old teller, If
yoy'll hold ou, I'll rldo to the next sta
tion, anyhow, let that bu whar it
will. So I jist dinpped uhoaid him
again, and looked aloll lo scu what I
hud gained by chniigiii qtimteis; ami
gentlemen, I'm a liar ll lhar waiu't
nigh half a bushel of thu stingin var
mints i only to pilch into mu when thu
wind 'go' wns glu. Well, I leckon
thuy got it, lor all lunula started for
our company. Somu of 'cm hit tho
dogs, ubuut u quint stiuek mu and tho
i est ou In indie. This timu thu dogs
lei oil' fust, dead bent lor thu old Dea
con's, mid as soon as old biludlu and I
could get under way, wo followed.
Aud as I war only a deck passenger
and had nolliln to do with steeiin tho
craft, I swoio if I had, wu shouldn't
havu mu that uhauucl, anyhow. IJut,
us I said afore, thu dogs look thu lead
hiludluaud I next, aud the hointts
dickly niter-thu dogs ycllln, biiudlu
bellciiu, aud thu hornets huziiu and
stingin, 1 didn't say uolhiii for it
waru't no use- Wull wu got about
I wo bundled yutds fiom thu house, and
thu deacon heard us mid cum out. I seed
him hold up his hands aud turn while.
I icckuu hu was u pi ay in then; for ho
didn't expect to hu called tor so soon,
mid it waiu't long neither, afoiu thu hull
congiegatioii men, women mid chil
dieu cum out, aud then nil hands went
lo yelliu, Nouu of 'em hud thu fust no
lion that biiudlu and I belonged lo titles
win Id. I iat turned my head ami
passed thu hull coiigiegaiiou. 1 seed
thu mu would hu up soon, for briudle
couldn't turn mi Inch It out a fence that
stood ahead. Well, wu i cached the,
fence, ami 1 went ashoie, over thu old.
ciiitci's head, laudiii ou thu other side,
uud lay lhar stunned, It waru't long
aforu somu ou 'em as war not scami,
cum luuiiiu to scu what 1 war, for all
hands kulkclated that the bull and I
belonged together, Hut when briudle
walked utf by himself, they seed how.
it war, and ouu of 'cm sujd, 'Mike.
Fink lias goMho wust ot thu uc.uuuiuuc-
oucu in his lilul'
Gentlemen, from that day I dropped
the com tin bumes, uud uuver spoke
to a gal since, and when my hunt u up
ou tills yearlh, thar wont bu uuy mora)
Finks, and hu all ovviu to Deacon
Smith's briudle bull V