The Tiffin Tribune, 1868-12-03

capering with all tho demonstration ! of a favorite ; but, the next moment, ) he ran hack into the room to a heap cf straw in tho corner, upon which lay the figure of a man, and then throwing up his head, tho poor brute i broko out oueo more into the duso- j lato howl we had heard from limo tune , and which I afterward learned attracted atteution for days had past Howl howl howl each one teeming more aud moro imilul, a the poor Irute In thu interval stood ny iiio nca.i oi tno injure, patted it with his paws, an then tueffed and looked ai tho t'aeu, but only to throw up its head directly aiter, aud give vet.t to the same mourului prolonged cry- the men huddled together ud 'Arry let bis pipe go out aud thrust it into li it pocket, mid though wo knew well eiiou-h what it mount, wo hesitated about going up to thu straw in tho corner. The windows Hero all brokon, and a few ashes in tho grate showed that there hud been n li ro lately, but thoro was not a scrap of furniture in the room, unr yet n truce of food. " Wot'a that on tho dawg's neck ?" whispered thu shoemukcr, aud I now saw that something was tied there, with what seemed to be a strip of a handkerchief. 'Tho dog camo willingly enough on being called, crouching down, cold and shivering violently , at my foot, aud it was cvideot from bis project ing Douos unit tlio poor brute was uearly starved ; whilo upon untying the rag from bis ueck, L found that it passed through au old card, upon which wa scratched in pencil !! kind to turn; In. n uni it LiU, My Lrt Iri.-u.l." " My last friend I" a volumt ia those words, and more ohau inter preted by tho way iu which tho lust failhlul friend ran back to tho figuie upon the straw ouce more and howl cd. It wat a sore task, but it had to be douc; and the poor ignorant men who wcro at my side cropt up with me to tho ttraw, whon, iu a broken, hucky voico, the shoemaker exclaim td " My uodi J.oot at the poor bairn I 1'or there, pressed closely to the dead man's breast folded iu bit arms, Covered only by tho ragged ootton shirt;' for tho coat was wrup ped round and round tbeuilant lay, a child of about cighteou mouths old, apparantly. dead of some inluntiled scourge, lor its littlo iaco was blotch pd and. scarred, whilo ho who hold iw to waim la his bosom had too surely died of that frightful scourge ot mill kind want. iNot another word wat spoken . in tho room, as first oue and thou au au-other - other au-other of the men notified tho acces sories of that mournlul uight, and then looked from one to tho other as if askiug, 'what next?" But when ono bad coaxed tho dog away, and held him struggling in his arms to get back as we descended the stairs,, all seemed to understand that tho owner of tho dog hud, crept into that empty houso to die, and so wt said, "H by did he not go to the union V ' As we reached tho front parly the dog got frco, aud dashed up itaiis aguiu, tumbling over as from weak weakness, - ness, weakness, whilo now thero was a police policeman - man policeman to investigate tho matter from information be had received one who teemed lialf dispof od to resent our intcrfurenco in the matter. But before be hud taken down all our names, aud heard all wo had to toll, Arry Llioeso naa returned lrom a journey with a saveloy and a penny loaf. " Now, then, where aro you off to?" exclaimed the constublo ; but 'Arry was half way down tho flight of stairs by that time, aud ho soon returned to tell ma how "that 'ero dog did eat." " 1 should like to keep him, that I should," said the rough fellow, aud it seemed straogo, but, dog-hator as I am, 1 began thinking of tho words upon the curd I h d given the police man, and feeling that I, too, should like to keep that dog. Dead starved to death within but a fow yards of wealth aud plenty; witliin reach of the rour of tho hurrying stream of lifo whereon ho was loo weak to swim, but beutcu down by those pressing on ; faint and help helpless, - less, helpless, ho hud cruwlcd out from the lust eddy to lie dowu and dio, watch watched - ed watched over by bis lust friend the frieud of friends who-would not leave him, who hud tuken tho last crumb given pratcfully, aud when there was on other, crawled tip on tho straw by his friend's side, fuitbful and truo to tho lust; when, howling pitifully, ho hud tried to rouso him to soma so use of his being there, but in vain a friend of friends, faithful even unto death. Ay, aud even ufter. Where was he, now, wheu the in inquest - quest inquest wus over, l ho fees puid, and the Coroner's order given for tho pauper's funeral where was ho uow the dead man's last friend! Running here and there in the court, looking up in fuco after face, and whiniug as if to ask, " What hive they doue with him, and the little thing that played with mo and pulled my can? Where are they gone?" For Dash could. not comprehend the meaning of tho workhouse shell tud tho heurse at the eud of the court; be knew no shell as it was .carried away, and ho dashed up and down tbe staircaso of the empty house, whining frantically for that oue whom he had loved. 'Arry tried, tho thoomaker tried, I tried ; but all in vain. Dash wanted hit friend, and he had undoubtedly disappeared. Food th poor dog would take, but in t harried, hasty

spoke shook her heid after a tight fashion nf her own, then b'ew her nose on her washed-out cotton (Irons, which hung straight down, igno'ant stt'cl or bone distendor. .Mrs. 1' indie being an tfld inhabit ant of Sun court b-fore, to uie her own term, lio w.is "drifted." her words wcro listened to with rupcet, anu pcupio nouuiM ana shook their heads at ono another, all hut a rib ribald - ald ribald Londoner, who laughed eaeh r- murk to scorn, and said it ws lu opinion that "you couldu't stuff him." "You'd butter get in at tho windy, an' go an' hco what it m then, 'Arry Chouse," said Mis. Kindle; "tlints what you'd bettor do," aud the ludy brindlnd. "Ob. no, he hadn't, net if he know- d it. It wurn't no business of his'n. and he didn't want to he in trouble for troHpnsain' when there was notli notli-iu' - iu' notli-iu' to bo got out of it. lit could got iuto trouble last toouglt without that, he know'd. "That't a true word, 'Arry Chouse," said Mrs. Findle, with a tight, sneering smile, and a glain:o around at tho crowd, who all nooiued well acquainted with the nfT.iirs of Mr. 'Arry (Jhouao, aud laughed ac accordingly. - cordingly. accordingly. "What d.d they lond you on the flat-iron on Saturday night?" said Mr. Chouse, by way of retaliation, and the Qoklo crowd laughed on his tido now. "That's my business," retorted Mrs. Findle, tartly. "Well," suid Mrs. Chouse, "p'raps it is and p'raps it ain't, but four pence on a flat-iron for u' art quar quartern - tern quartern tommy's all worry well, but 'pon my snivvy, Sal. Kindle, I wouldu't spout the iron to got a quartern o' blue ruin." This produced a roar of laughter from tho crowd, and Mrs. iimlle, with fiery cunning in hor eyes, had got out something respecting Vrry Chouse's wile, whon another long wailing cry from tho house attracted tvery one't attention. "Why don't you go in, 'Arry, and set wot it is ?" laid the shoemaker. "Why don't you go in if you're so double cunning about it?" retorted 'Arry; "I don't want to know. It's a cat, or a dog, or a young 'un in a parcel, or a gal, or somethin', and taint nuffin to do wi' mo. Fetch a Bobby, or uIho go in yourself. Oh I shoemaker wasn't afraid to go, if it came to that, if you know, only ho didn't care about intcrferiu'. He shouldn't ha' said uothiu' about it, only 'Arry Chouso seemed to show off. Well, then, if it came to that, 'Ar 'Arry - ry 'Arry Chouse would go if two or three more would; and as two or three more would go, self ooncluded, we climbed in at the window and stood in the dim, blackened, panelled room whoso ceiling was everywhere cracked and had fallen in places. Ono door of the corner cupboard had evidently been usod for Ciewond and tho other still hung by one hingo, ready to drop off. Paint or white whitewash - wash whitewash could not have touched panels or ceiling for yean, while the floor was worn and ragged, splintering be beneath - neath beneath the tread. And now, plainly from an upatain room, came the echoing cry, making my companions shrink back, and producing a strange sensation at my heart, though I did not quail, for I now felt sure that it was the howl of a dog. "Come along," I said, and we passed into the dark paasa-o, peered for an instant into tbe back parlor lit by a ghastly-lookicg, eye-like hole in the closed shutter, and just making plain the desolate, dirty emotions of the forsaken bouse. "Jest wait till I lights up," said 'Arry taking out his pipe and match box. r Up to the first floor back and front rooms drawing rooms ouco, but now bluokeoed, timc-stained and desolate two of the wretched placos for which workingmon pay tho rent of a comfortable cottago and large in tho far off country. Nothing hero but the (hilling emptiuess of an empty hovso, through whoso windows came in on the stairciso a cold that seemed degrees lower than in the court. But now comes the howl once more, aud I suid to the man neuroat me, "Tuero's no mistuko now, is thero?" Whon fully comprehending the unspoken partoi'my sentence, he suid 'How oould a dawg get shut up here?" "No matter how, it wat evidont that there wat a dog fastened in one of too second Boor rooms ; and still asceuding we lound both doors upon that floor closed. Wo entered the first' room to find it empty as thoso bolow, and, it anything, moro doso late looking, whilo tho littlo dressing room beyond was empty also. "They 're watching of us," said 'Arry, peeping cautiously down into the court, "aud there s Mother l iu iu-dle't - dle't iu-dle't mouth wide open. Let's try and shut it." At he spoke he favored me with a wiulc and was about to drop down a fragment of plaster, but a Bharp bark and icrutehiug and shuffling ooiso mado Dim forget ins purpose, and ho stepped back once more to the land iug. "You go fust,guv'nor,"iaid 'Arry ; and turning the handle I opened the door which ttuok with the warped frame, and bad to bo thrust ae-iiiust heavily to got it open, for it resisted my efforts, as i: loth to lay bare thoso orett which it hid upon tbe other side. A the door gave way, out dashed a well-shaped, keen-eyed cog, leap ing op it me, barking joyously, and

In Thatcher's Military Journal, under date of December, 1777, is found a note containing the identical 'first prayer in Congress," made by tho ller. -Jacob Duclie, a gontleman of great eloquence. Heto it is an historical curiosity: ''Oh! Lord, our Heavenly Father,' hinh. aud. luijilitj King of kincs, and Lord of lords, who dott from Thy throno behold all tho dwellers of the earth, and reignost with power supreme and uueontrolcd over a,l tho kingdoms, empirot and governments ; louk down in mercy, wo beseech Thro, on these American States, who havo Cod to Thoo from the rod of the oppressor, aud thrown themselves on Thy graeioui protec tion, desiriug to bo henceforth de pendent only ou Thoo ; to Thee they have appealed for tilt righteousness of their cuurt ; to Ihoe do they now look up for that countenance aud support which thou alone canst give; tako them, therefore, Heavenly Fath. or, under thy uurturing care ; give them wisdom in council, and valor in the Gold ; defeat the malicious de designs - signs designs of our adversaries; convince them of tho unrighteousness of their causo ; and if they still persist in their sanguinary purpose, O I lot the voico of thiuo own unerring justieo, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop tho weapons of war from thoir unnerved hands in tho day of battle. Bo Thou present, Oh! God of wisdom, and direct the coun councils - cils councils of this honorable assembly ; en enable - able enable them to aottle things on the best and surest foundation, thnt the seeno ofblood may be speedily oloscd, that ordor, hurinooy und pence may bo effectually roslored; and truth and justieo, religion aud piety, pro pro-vail - vail pro-vail and flourish among the people Preserve tho health of their bodies and tho vigor cf their minds; show er down ou them, and tho militant they hero represent, such temporal blessings ns Thou seett expedient for them iu this world, and crown them ith everlasting glory iu the world to come. All this we ask in the nuino and through tho merits of Jesus Christ, thy .Son, our Savior. Atnou !'' Evory man has a lot in lifo somo high, somo low. Let us remember that in death our lots lie sido by side, cneoinpasstid by the boundaries of the grave yard. Tho following can bo read so as to muke sense, but it takes a cute indi vidual to find out how. Just try it : I thee road seo that mo, Lovo'is up will I'll havo But that and you have you'll Ono and down and you if. Young man, don't flatter yourself that a tarda mon seed, a kernel of burnt coffee, a bit of iaa root, or lemon peel, a clove, or anything of that sort, will disguise tho "nip" that has gone down your throat. A school ma'am has adopted a new and uovel mode of punishment. If the boys disobey her rules, she stands them on their heads, and pours wuter in their trowser legs. Mr. Snooks says the reason that he does not marry is, that hit house is not largo enough to contain tho consequences. If you would look 'spruce' in your old ige, don't pine ia yonr ytath.

of And I stopped af the head of a Suncourt, where, upon a board black lottors upon a parchment ground were tho word "No thor thoroughfare," - oughfare," thoroughfare," and made one of a myall and orderly crowd, standing amid the ruins of the don-e mass of buildings being removed to make waj for the new Law Courts. "It was a woman's voico, mo dear sow)," said an arm-wrapped lady, as I came up to the row of emptied houses with their broken windows and padlocked doors a part wharo the evictioas had taken placo, and the contractor a men bad not vet oommenced work. "It was a eat." said a shoemaker gentleman, with a band round his head, taking his pipo from his mouth to spit down the area grating oi tho house before which tho crowd was oolleotcd. A cat!" said a stout woman, contemptuously. "I've livod hero live and thirty years, and 11 I don t know a cat ofier that, it's a pity, "There," sho continued, as a long long-drawn - drawn long-drawn dismal cry sounded through the echoing rooms of tho house, "d'yor call that a cat?" fo one ventured to call it the cry of a cat, and there was a movement of the smallest children present to get behind tho persons of those a size lurger, while a laborer went down upon his bands and knees to try ind get a peep through the bars into the back collar: another placed his ear against the shutter of tho old parlor wiudow, and listening ending by trying the shutter, and, finding it open easily, to swing it back and dis display - play display the open frame work of the sash, every pane of glass being de demolished. - molished. demolished. "It's aunted, that's what it is,"said a Londonor. "That ere's the house where the cobblor hune; himself." "No cobblir ever hung bhrself there, 1 knows, said tho gcotloman with the baud, as if iodiguunt at the thought of 0D of his profession be being - ing being guilty of o flagrant a crime. "I sso somethin' white as I camo by one eight, agoin' flip flap at one o' tho top winders," said another. "Get out," said another; "what's the use of gsranionin? It's some one, left behiud, that's what it is, Now I ' Listen .again; there it goes. Why, it's a young 'uo, that's wot it is;" aud as bo spoke, there once more came the wild, desolate ery, sounding strange in the hollow house, and seeuiod to die awly in a whisper. "It's some one aa can't reft, that's my opinion," said a stout woman. "1 should not wonder, for there used to be tome dreadful goin't on in that house oner," and th limp lady who

Mr. Brick l'omerny hss ono cood quality I is frank, outspoken; he dooi not conceal his sentiments, or likes anil dislikes. The other day, it it reported, ho encaged a hand nr nr-i;sn - i;sn nr-i;sn grinder to come daily to his 1 newspaper offieo and there play th tune of "Dixie Land." Th music delighted the rhildrcu, and the sau- einess of the act amused the general public, who laughed at the odd Cnn eeit of a rank robel ranting this reb el air to bo played in the streets of Nrw York. But lately torn wag hired another hand organ man to sta station - tion station himself near by and play with equal industry anothor well known sir: "Slierman'i March to tht Sea." The Sun reports: "The effect upon th crowd, which now rapidly increased in numbers, was electrical. They prrooived the joko and enjoyed it hugely. Cheers went up for Sherman, and tho pen nies flew all over the player and hit instrument. The dsy wore on, but Sherman still kept marching; erest erest-fallen - fallen erest-fallen Dixie disappeared. Night olosed upon the Union man with sev seven - en seven hundred pontiles weighing down hit breeches poekett besides the greenbacks of his hire. Jollily be flung his instrument upon his shoul shoulder, - der, shoulder, aud as be went his way rejoicing assured him, 'I como again to-morrow wis one odder barrel, and I play all day, John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave, bat hit toul is marching on. We trust Mr. Tomeroy will not loose his temper, though the "boyi" nave got the bolt ol linn. A Win 1'arcnt. Sophroiiiui, s wise teacher, would not tuffcr his crown up sons and daughters to as sociato with those whose oouduct was not pure and upright. "Dear father," said the gentle Eu lalia to him ono day, whon he for bado her in company with her broth er to visit the volatile Luoinda, "dear father, you must think us verv childish, if you imagine we shall be expose to daugcr by it. Th father took iu silence a dead ooal from tho hearth, and roaehed it to hit daughter. "It will not burl you, my child, take it..',' Eulalia did so, and behold, her delicate whito hand was toiled and blackened, and, at it chanced, her whito drcis also. "We cannot he too careful in hand handling - ling handling coals," said Eulalia iu vexation. "Yes, truly," said her father; "you seo, my child, that coals, even if they do not burn, will blacken. So it it even with tho company of th vi-