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anav ImurV.CP7'lit;nd'Tgl,t'■'bothem,i«'St.rong aesiro to»movlt;j,!in;fonc’. or •;H’g nVG(itio»c,d)itlt6'')iisfwifd'bnii '.liornuig,1 • 1 «V» ' . I ' ' • 1 •’ • • . * 1 1.#. . .. J I .TViia. , . .. :—v'-Xw.o imndrod .uudvitwentj'-fiYG . dollars •lav -.(iliC'Conior^liouae; -two ,:liundr«d for;cffc/ior of tlie others. |‘r; ■*/ ! ,? .‘‘'The corner‘.cine .woulcl'jjq .preferable, bn /ncebunt of-.tlio side wjntfows . o is y^cs,- aniRhoy have u-large-.prd besides, nod- -I thinlc wn must hirc'oncdf -tficm. I guess '■rn rciigngc;'diiQ1 tcAliiy; !you know our year is pub' next .wcok; ' ' . .. !. , Plcaiic wnit Ezra til).'to-morrow-before engaging-one.” • ! -*•'•! -'j ‘‘.Voi'-whiit reason;’; '': “I should1 like to’cxaimiie the.bouse “Very well, I suppose to-miivow will be :Siifli‘cionfcly early/'.; - lt;r.«. , / • ’arc- .? -Somuiftor fircukTast*31 Newton culledon Squiro? Bent; tlio- owner of the now block/ un’d intimated lief desire to be shownnnd’ i nip.cen.nh-ifliCrt:ok;cc-‘ok,, old • of lorlad:bitfidIVoil’IS-)Lidbi-iilltocrcaturc(wJiatcver it. was, Htbod .full.ffivfc feet, high and,disproportionately, broad andsquare at’ the shoulders, with arms oi great length. * The legs was very short, and the body was long. .The head was small compared with the rest of the. creature, and appeared to bo sit upon his shoulders without'n nock.’ The whole was covered with dark brown and cinnamon-colored liniv, quite long on some parts,’that on the head standing in- :i shock andSrowing close down to-the eyes, like aigger Indian's. While I1 looked, he threw his hoad back and whistled again, and then stooped and grasped a stick irom the-fire. This he swung round and round, until the fire oil.the end had gone out, when he repeated tho ?nn»couvrc.- I wns dumb, almost, and could only look. Fifteen minutes I flat and watched Kim, as hewhistled mid scattered my lire about.1 ' 1could-Imvo easily put a bullet through histlVc corrior hoiisc.:J The l-cqucst, ho readily- head, but'wliy should ! kill him ? Having complied ....with }-Mrs.? Newton- wrwi:'(|uite amused-himself, apparently, all lie desired,.delighted.with all' the arrangements, and expressed her' satin faction. ‘VAro these houses for ‘ snle . or to let V-•’I •* ? • I '• lt;«' •|ll|.*r“”- . / .- ■ .? -Bho.incritiroa, - . ... ■. *• PJiifcVer atiid the owner.. •.“.The rent is,-I understand,two hundred ftiul-twoiUy'clolIarB/’J •^Yee, IcbiisidoVtUc corner house worth at leafit twoiity-fivo, dollars, marc than the fcy.LV '• - ....t.• i• “Andi\\diiifc.do yu- charge for the Iiouko 'to n cash qurcluwe rV’ asked'‘Mrsi‘' No yv I o n with .subdued |eagerness;' 'v VF°U?: ;th6us;u?d 'dollars 1 om)i, was the :feply.;.-nnd tlmb.-is but a small- advnnec upon tho cost/’ * •*=--• •J*. Very well, Twill buy it of you ad-dod 'Mrs. Newfon, quietly. ”“What1 did 1‘undcrs^und -you to say ?” .uskori the Squiro,*. aearcely .bolioving hie•OafS/-’- •.*»'•' : ‘ .• : ,{I' rcpcnt’tliat I will buythis house ut 'your .price-hhd pay you the money within a yqck.V..;';\ *..tfTliohvthe:JipUBO. is- yours. • Hut your husband sui'dniotlii«g:df his Intention, and •in lhctl'Il.did,:noVknowi—*,;J “Thiifc’lVc'LudltlVe money. to invest, I suppose you would say. Neither docs he know it, and! must ask you not to tell him for the present,”1 The next morning Mrs. Newton invited her husband to tiiko a walk, but without specifying the direction! '“They roon stood in front of- the house which he’desired' to'live'ihl”ll\y„;iHrt:rb-illills-.Hin-lie started to go, nnd, having gone a,short distance, he returned, nnd was joined by another—a female, unmistakably—when' they both turned’ and .walked .past me, within twenty yards of where I sat. and disappeared in the brush. I could not! have had n better opportunity for observing llictu, na they were unconscious of my presence. Their only object in visiting my camp seemed to be to aimmo themselves with‘swinging lighted sticks around.I have heard this story-many times’ since then, and it has often raised on. incredulous smile; but I have met one personwho has scon the mysLerious creatures, and a dozen who have • como acroas their tracks at various places between hcrCinnd Paclicco Pass.Male Dressmakers.IScII ■‘•'‘ VWouldii’tyou/like ‘.'lo .go in?” she nikecl; -■31Lf-1 ‘*Ycs. .lt’sa])ity wo liuvoii’t got theMy /v “I Imvo; the .key,” .said : his wife, and Ibrlbwith’walked, up i tlje- steps nnd pro-ceodod to open .the door. .* . .*^Whon did you got the key of Squiro J?onl.?w asked(thc. liusband.-.?eit5.a; 1 “Y'csknlcnj wlicn X'.‘bought the home said Jus wife, quietly. . . ...’ •’’Mr/Newtoh gdzed^lit his wife in pro-Tound astonishiiiciit.“/ “IVliaton earth doyou mean lilizaboth ?” hciiifjuircdv- !• • ••»' ilJnst Avhttt :l say. Tho-'house is mine,and what is mine is thine. So the house is.yours, Tjzva.,r:- -j-••• .!- Vl*Wlieve in the nnmo of goodnesB • did you raise the money?” asked her husband, bis lunazeincnt still.as-great as ever. • l£.T.( haVcn’t, bocii'a managing wife forIcii ywirs .for.nothing,said :hlrs. Newton smiling. • , .;v.. if'With some. c!ijliculty .Mrs-. Newton persuaded her husband that tlie price of the liQiise was VqallyHfe result of ' her savings.:lHc felt'wlieii'he surveyed the commodiousurmngeihciils'df'thc no\r liousbr'thnt he• I 1 • • -* ' M 1 ' ■' * i* -I • #• a I * ■ • 1 •bad reasons ;Lu be gratcfulfbr the prudence 'of'Ida-managing''wife.1 ' 'j tin' tlw ptiiiou.at.Tlis Wild Meii- of-California,s *A. eorrespoiulem-of the 'Antsoclif/iacjjycr, writing 'from CrayBOiii’ .California, says : —CiI aa\Y yon^ paper,1 a short time since, mi Itom-concerning? the ‘gorilla’’ which is said lo luivc been sccu in Grow Canon, and ...shortly, after- in. the - niountziinfl of Oresthnba Greek.' Y'.ou sneered ut tho idea uf (hero beinguny. sueli''crittc.r'-in these hills, andere I pot huttov iufarmcil.I shpuhl,sheer tOQj hr pise conclude that one qf your recent prospectiug parties bad got lust in the.’wilderness, and. didn’t huvo sense enough to. getjbaek! (o. Terry’s. T positively-assure you ihjit this gorilla, or wild.man, or what over yon choose to onll • itj.is no myth; -I know that.it exists, and that there-are uL least two of them,‘havingThe Times says that there , nrc half a dozen drcssnmkihg estnbliflhmonks in New .York where the sewing upon 'drosses is almost entirely performed by men, although they are not visible, to tho ladies who call to givo their orders. . In tho hccoikI , story arc big, bnsbydicaded Hungarians,. Aus-triuns and Poles, .sowing with great rapidity on fabrics of many hues and textures, They'earn by the piece from §22 to S32 pej week, and as high ns §37 by workin_ over time at 25 cents per hoinv ’ Tho cut ter is a mun at §25 per week. ‘ .• . They vary in age from twenLy.fivo to sixtv, and havoall served nn apprcntiecshi]) in their sovoral native countries.^ In the same cfttablislnncnlH are girls employed on machines who earn from §0 i-o §12 per week, * liach 'bnsiefl* bis drtws nnd prepares it for fitting j - and when filled, finishes it with rapidity at nil pointe. Two. dozen women are often found at work ujjon a dress, working piecemeal at its. different pnrls. . Women from want of tnuning, nrer arely pcv-fcet. Some excel in ono or two departments, and avc deficient in others.A lig’nrcd organdie was Bhown. fininlicd in a day ami a quarLer,.wilh- hems, bands, trimming of waist and ‘drapery, high ’in tho neck. * • .“Men dressmaker*,” men imllinors, mon in the wok room, nmu everywhere! Really, women’s spliem is getting narrow—too narrow even for old time notions, In the nurseries, we have go-c.irts, buby-jumpcr», :and cradles, which being wound up, rock thonisclycs. And when the Oelesliais come to our aid afl kitchen boys and housokocp-ers, what then ? There is but ono thing left*—maternity j and I verily believe, if it wore in the range of pos,sibi!Uies,: that inim would compass that also matscuHuo privilege. ** Everything in the lino of wonum’s labor that •■’can bo made to-piij'/mcn nra . crowdingtbcnisolves into. StiJl-overyjmb-;Uc journal tells us there nro more women than men, A noted Freuoli writer Bayb that tlie world is growing feminine; and judging IVom the present peculiar adaptability oi' men to feminine employment, we should say that there is more truth thuu fancy in the assertion.' If our progrosivo male members oi' society nrc really aspiringto become womanly in their employments, whnt shall we do ^ It is hoped*that these -“vexed rpiQstious”ubout-wonnm,B labor will mine .dav .work themselves clear,:as alsothe'muddled brains in the community in regard ij llcvofufio)).tSome of Dickens’ Characterseen thonv butli- at ondc 'v’nqt a. - year ago, .There existence1 had been reported at times'for fclicqjast twenty yearn, and I have heard Sit Biiid;liU'-oarly ulayB, .'aid ourang-outaiig esoaped* irom.U-ship on tlie Southoni coast i but thccvcuUire i have seen' is uofc'thatani-jua!.; and if it is, wbero did he get his uiiitc? .’import her iig. the. AVeb-fect- did their wives'?’i . • liilljI wan hunting.in. tho’ mouu-tains fibouT twciity^ miles south of l^cro,buid’eampQd/liycoi,,»ix;4ays ^ one place,asT’havc cloiio^’/every •ueiison. for the past fifteen 3fenrs.* SeycVnl times I returned to my eniaip, after a hunt, und'saw that tho asJiCfl unci eliarrcil sticks from the fireplace hinl-bccirbciitiered about, • Arnold hunter notices .sucli f’tbingflj and.. very soon gets Jcimouado know1 Lho cause;' Although my. ■bedding and* traps'and little stores were not' disturbed n.vC could see, Twas uqxious to leurii who^r whui i( was* that' yo rogu-lavly visited -my; camp—for clearly- ihcMrs. Jiurdell was a Mrs. Ann J5lli», who kept nn eating-house near Doctors’Com-Uiuntt; a blustering Sergeant Dumpus was the original of Sergeant Jkr/.ful'j; and • M r. ♦Tufltico iStarelcigh was a caricature,.by no .means extravagant, pfSir Steven*- tfiiscJec. Mr. Fang, Clio iruculent Bow street mag-istmtQ;in‘“Oliver Twist/’ w«H . a* iliilhfiil portrait of. Mr.- Laing,.a London-.police .nmgjfltratc, whose conduct had-long beemn subject of bitter criticism in the newspa-pcrs. “Oliver Twist” caused his removnl. XraddleH; is■ Kaid-.to..hiivc been Sir T. N.Talfourd j Esther Suwuncr»on a Miss Soph iu'-Jsciin, Bister-in-law 'of '.Moxon;.tho publislicr;' and Dotcelivo' Huckott, tho wcll-knowri Inspector Field, with whom lYickena made flcvcrul intorosling' tours of observation. In “Dombuy and -Son” * bov-cimI characters arc.said to have-been drawn from life.'; • Mr, Doiulcy' is/supnoscd to iv»i\i'nur»n^. Afr fPkrnuo« chii\.nw»i_IB1)r0fcI]t!PtiIu•nVwIn•no:Phoi-HiP'tloiq]aa i sto;iviis;beT.mofiIStilfriAC;pi.ourepresent Mr. Thohms Clinpman, ship-owner^ whose ofliccs were opposito tlie Wooden Midaliipninn. • Ah if to inake Mr: Chapman undoubtedly identical witb -Dombey, we Jiavo, as mosscngor of .the cojnmcrci.iJ hoiiBo of.“J)omboy and %Son,” ono ’Perch, actually-taken from .a funny little old chap nmncd Stephen Hale, who*was part clerk.iyiftk be A1 trr to iHeheme
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Huntingdon Journal
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Apr 12, 1871
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