The Sunbury American
Is PciLuno Inn Fubat, t
Elu?L WILVEBT, Proprietor,
Corner of Tliird St, and Maria Square,
6UKBCRT, PA.
At Oae Dollar mm Flit Oat
If tnid atrirtlv in advance: I1.T5 if paid within tbe rasr;
or SAW in all csaea when y nosnt is delayed till after
ciptratton of the year. No anbaenpUoa discouUooed
until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the
pnbuaher. latin mm AU bioidlt to
All new subacritrtious to the American by persons tiring
outeide of the County of Northumberland, moat be ao
eonipanied with he CaB. Thia la made necessary by
the diJBcnlty eaperieuoed in ootleotiuc unpaid euheorip
tioua at a diatanoe.
irofrsslonal.
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91. A. SOBER.
ATTOKJiKt AT LAW
ASD COCUTT 80L1CIT0K.
Office on Fot Street below Market, 8uobiiry,
Pa. Collections itud U legal business promptly
attended to.
JAME BEAKD,
ATTORNET AT LAW.
Office in lUupt's "mUslng, 6outh Et Corner
of Market Sqmare, Banbury, Fa.
Special Attewioh Paid to Ooixbctioss.
JAMF-S II. HeDEVlTT.
AtTOBXET AT IiAW AND
United Statm Cohmimioiibb. ' Offics with 8.
B. Bayer, Esq.. in Bright' Building; , Soufcnry.
Pa. Aug. 227S. ly.
AX. UK ICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and actiso JUSTICE of tbb PEACE.
Neit Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sanbury. Pa.
Collections and all leffal matters promptly at
ended to. . ... . .
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ACTIXG JUaTICK OF THE PEACE.
Cod verancing.tbe collections of clai ins, writing,
and all kinds of Ieiral business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English anf-German language. Office
formerly oceapied by Solvtnon Malick, Esq., op
posite City Hotel, Sunbury, Pa.
March 29, 1873. ly.
GA. VOTDORF,
Altomey-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN, ;
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Can be consulted tn the English and German
language. Collections attended to in North
umberland aud adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. mhl5
II. It. KANE, Attorney at Law, 8UN
e BCRT, PA. Office in Market fquare,
(adjolniug the office of W. I. Greenougb, Esq.,)
Professional business in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Suubury, March 16, lS73.-ly.
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 1873. tf.
SB. DOVER, Attorney and Counsellor
a at Law. Rooms Nos. 23 Second Floor,
Bright's Building, SUNBURY, PA. Professions
husiueas attended lo, in the courts of Northuin
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and District Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to tttt In Bank
ruptcy. Consultation can t had in the Ger
man language. " mar25, 71.
II. KANE, Attorney at Law, SUN
e BURT, PA., office in Masser's Building
sear the Court House. Front Room up stair
above the Drug Store. Collections made in Nor
thumberland and adjoining counties.
Sunbury, Pa., June H. 1W73.
bTcADsVA L E.ADER,Market Street,
. SUNBURT, PA.
Dealer In Drug, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books, Dairies, Ac.
SP. WOLVERTO!, Attorney at Law.
e Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession
al business iu this and adjoining counties proir.pt
.y attended to.
B. JflA KSER, Attorney at Law, SUN
e BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder,
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. ap!10-C9
S
OLOttOX MALICK.
ATTnnVFT AT LAW.
Offli-e at his residence, on Arch street, one square
north of the Court House, Bear the Jail, SUN
BURT, PA. Collections and all professional
business promptly attended to in this and adjoin
ing counties.- Consultations caa be had In the
German language. July27-1872.
. W. ZIBOLEB. I T. BOBBBACB.
ZIEGLER ROORBACII,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office In naupt's Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collections and all professional business
promptly attended to in the Conrts of Northum-
ksrlaud and adjoining conntie.
Dec. 2. 1S71.
DR. C 91. WARTIX, Office in Drug;
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. m., to 1 p. tn., and from 6 to 9 p. in.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en
gaged can be found at residence, corner of Front
an Penn street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular
attention given to surgical cases. Will visit
Patients either in town or country.
olds antr it est a nra tits.
CRAWFORD IIOl'SE. Cor. Third and
Mulberry, Business Centre, Tilliamsport,
Pa.
D. B. ELSE A CO., Proprietor.
June 29, lBTT
TpTITEil T STATES HOTEL, W. F.
U KI rCH EN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot 8IIAM0KIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5. 1873. f
WAftHIXGTOW IIOl'NE. C. NEFF
Proprietor, Corner of Market A Second
Streets, opposite the Court Huse, Sunbury,
Pa. . May28,70.
ALLEGHENY IIOL'NE, A. BECK,
Proprietor, No. 812 and 814 Market Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, $3
per dav. He respectfully solicit your patron
age. " Jan6'72.
T ATI O X A L 1 1 0 T E L. AUGUSTUS
H WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at the Station ortbe N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The table is supplied with the best th market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
HI ti n EL'S RENTAl'RAXT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St., SHAMOKJN, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
crvc Uis friends with the best refreshments, an!
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
W. . BROADS. t. TACEEB HA A
-Tf N. RIIOADS etc CO.,
f e BETAIL DEALER Or
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Owes with Haas, Faoei.t A Co.,
Orders lea at SeasUoltz A Bro's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ubtom respectfully solicited.
Fcti. 4, 1S71. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL!
VALEXTIXE DIETZ, Wholesale a
Retail dealer in every variety of
nd
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly.' Orders lea
at S. F. Nevm Confectionery Store, on Third
treot, will recleve prompt attention, and money
receiptedfor. the same as at the office.
DEXTISTRY.
GEORGE M. REXX,
li Simjfttm's BuiUling, Market Square,
Rusbi'rt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
and meet toe wants of his customers.
All wont warranted to give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouthwash and Tooth-Powder
kept on hand.
His references are the numerous patron for
whom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April 21, 1872.
OA LI CO A LI COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers iu
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(LOWBB WHABF.)
Orders will receive prompt attention.
SEW COAL YARO.
rHE undersigned having connected the Coal
business with his extensive FLOUR A GRAIN
rade, Is prepared to supply familie with the
r'ERY DENT OF COAL,
CHEAP FOR CAS D.
pg. Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
i ken in exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Suutmry, Jan. II. 1170. if.
ZtarUakted In 1840. J
PRICE 1 50 IN ADVANCE. S
Sttu Sbbcrtiscmcnts.
a0,000 IN GIFTS.
A Grand Gift Concert,
A GKaKD gift cokceut
will be given at Sunbury, 1., by the Iudepeudeut
WASHIXaTON 8TKAM FIRE COMPANY,
On MONDAY, FKBBUARY 'OA, 1874.
The object of I hi enterpriae is for the purpose of -earing
a Hteam Fire Kiigiue, which will be an advantage
to all neichkoriug towua aocemible by rail, from the fact
that it will be au Independent Company. And aa we
have never failed to diachanre our duty woen called ni
ou, we certainly will be able to accomplish more good
with the aid of a steamer. 1 bare la no leaa.tbau nineteen
lam and email towua witbiu thirty milea of Buubnry.
all of which can be reached by railroad, thua affording
the faculty of aaaiatiug auy of thoae places in leas tnan
an huur'a time ; while at the same time our town will not
be unprotected. Our project being a laudable oue, we
feel eonBdent tnat aa tne ticaeta wui ue aiajxiaea oi oy
the time above named for drawing.
THE FOLLOWING 18 A LIST OF GIFTS:
ONE GRAND GIFT OF $1,000
4 4 ut gou
- 600
(4 M MM 500
MM MM " " t0
- Gift of
M M M 1(10
10 Gifta of $50.00 1,000
40 Gifts of 26.00 1,000
lOOGiftaof 10.00 1,000
MOUifUof 6.00 1,000
600 Gifta of 8.00 1,000
1,000 Gifts of 1.00 1,0U
1,857 Total $,000
This euterpriae is no iudlviduil apeculation, such ae
boueea, lota aud furniture put up at fabuloua pricea.
The holder of a aucoeasful ticket wul receive La GIFT in
CASH.
There will be 30,000 Tickete of Admiaaiou to tbia Con.
cert, at (1.00 each, and at the time above etnted the
$9,000 in CASH Gifts wiU be distributed.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION.
Twenty taouaand numbera, repreaeutiug aud correa
pondiug with fhnae on the receipt! Mailed, will be iiiocrd
in oue wheel and carda enclosed with the names of the
Premium, iu aealed boxea will be placed iu another.
Prom these wheel, a nnmtier aud oue of the above nam
ed Inscribed carda will be taken enuultaneoualy. The
number so drawn from the one wheel aecOrea the pre
mium designated by the card taken at the aame time
from the other. -Thia oieration will be performed h
blind neraou. and continued until Eighteen Hundred
and Fifty-even Premiums are exhausted. It la evident
that by thia proceaa, fraud or favortiam will be iinpoeai
ble. very peraon holding a ticket will be entitled to
admission into the Coucert.
AU Gifta Paid in CAHU without discount.
Monev can be sent for Tickets in registered letters, or
Puss OmrMonev Orders, or by Exprexs at our risk. If
desired, Tickets will be aeut by Express, C. O. D.
The following gentlemen have kindly couaented to
aot as Trustees for the above Gift Coucert :
-g. r. Wolverton, Eaq., Director D. H. and W. R. R. ;
Oca. Hill, At turner at Law ; Hon. W. L. Dewart, ex-
BemtMr of t'OUgreaa ; w m. a. ureeuougn, rq., direc
tor First Natioual Bauk of Huubury ; John Haaa, Esq.,
ditto; Ira T. Clement, Lumberman; Wm. T. Graut,
Coal Msrohant, Sunbury.
The above named gentlemen are highminded and
honorable men. who would not lend their names and
give their assistance to auy uuworthy object.
OAs 1. n. nr.ii'iuvta,
GEO. M. RENN,
WM. H. MILLER,
LEVI HEAHHOLTZ.
PHILIP M. SHIN DEL,
Committee.
AU commnnicationa cheerfully answered. Address,
in all caaea.
rn 11-11 n. FiHit-E.-,
K. 8. Fmolk. Correepouding Mecmtary.
Tree suiter of Funds.
anbury, December lz, 1873.
1307. RIGHTER&GASKILL, 1307.
DEALKRS IN
American ni Mci WMoi Glass,
Crystal Sheet, Rough Piste, Colored, Enameled
and Oroanieat.il Olsas,
1307 Market Street, Philadelphia.
January 11, 1873. ly.
DEPOT EATI.XG IIOL'NE.
8. E. Corner of Arch nj Tliird Stret-ts,
OPPOSITE the Dkp-it,
8USBU8Y, PENN'A.
Tsmaa MeCsatw, lroirletr.
0
T8TERS, Hot CofTte, 8andwitclies, Bread &
Butter, Ham, tie., served up in the bent
Passengers Wring In the early trains will be
furnished with refreshments, hot coffee, Ac.
The eating room will be conducted on strictly
temperance principles, and every effort made to
keep it neat and attractive.
LADIES are Invited to call.
Refreshment and hot meal fnrri.bcd to resi
dent a well a traveler.
The patronage of the public is respectfully so
licited. THUS. MeGAW.
8unbury, Dec. 19, 187S. 4t.
OK EAST MaREET ST., KEAR THE CITT HOTEL,
hrNUl'KT, PA.,
now open, all the novelties of the season in
RIBBONS, VELVETS, SILKS, FLOWERS,
FEATHERS, ETC..
trimmed and uutrimmed
IIATN AD HOXXETS.
Notions In every variety, call and examine the
fine assortment and learn the low prices. Also,
Dremaking
of the latest and most fashionable styles.
MISS AMELIA HANCOCK,
Sunbury, Pa., Oct. 17, 1873.
EARLY FALL STYLES.
A full line of
Ifllllnery iood
from New York and Philadelphia, now open at
MISS M. L. fOSrLF.R'S
M1LLIXERY NTOKE.
triined and nntrimed
BONNETS AND HATS,
Flowers, Ribbons, Collars, Cuffs, HandVcrchit-fe,
Necktie, and a ireneral variety of
MILLINERY GOODS
elected with (Trent rare from the leading im
porting house in New York and Philadelphia,
at
MISS M. L. GOSSLER,
Fourth Street, below the P. V. R. R.
Every effort will be made to please thoie wio
favor her with their patronage.
October 3, 1H73.
IS7S. FALL SEASON, I87S.
HILLIXEKY A.M FAXCY GOODS,
now open.
FALL STYLES.
Trimmed Hats and Bonnets, Plumes, Feathers.
Ribbons, Crape Veils, Crape, Crape Hats
and Bonnets, Bridal Hats aud a full as
sortment of the latest st vies in
JfflLLISEKY,
TRIMMINGS OF ALL KINDS.
Gloves, Collars, Cuffs, and every fashionable
article of ladies' wear.
Call and see the new styles of Goods at
VISSL. SHISSLER,
Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Oct ober 3, 1873.
FALL 91ILLIXERY GOODS
From
FROM 3SEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA,
BONNETS A HATS,
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED.
aa extensive assortment of Fancy Goods at
MISS L. VYEISER'S MILLINERY nTORE,
Market Stkeet, Si'ebi.'rt, Pa.
My ktoek of Spring goods is unusually lare
and varied, oonipristnc- the latest and most at
tractive styles, selected with care from the lead
ing iinparuug nouitesand adapted for the present
season.
October 3, 1873. MISS L. WEISER.
WIXTEK
STYLES.
A MAGNIFICENT STOCK
of Trimmed Hats and Bonnets,
Plumes, Feathers, Ribbons, Crape
Veils, Crape, ( rape Hats and Bon
nets. Bridal Huts and Bonnets,
and a full assortment or the latest styles nt
MILLINERY
AT
Miss M. L. GOSSLER'S,
Fourth St., below the S. V. R. R
Every effort will be made to pleae those who
favor her with their patronage.
Sunbury, Nov. 7, 1873.
NEW GOODS
for
FALL AND WINTER
at
Wliaaj KNte ItUclt'H,
Market 8auare, Suubury, Pa
LA DIE'S DRESS GOODS of every style and
quality.
WOOLEN GOODS
of every description, Fancy Goods, Notions and
Trimmings a specialty.
TOILET SOAPS AND PERFUMERY.
The finest assortmcLt of Ladies' goods.
Everybody is invited to call and see tbem and
bny cheap.
October 31. 1373.
Slllhtrtj.
"WINTER
gS?k Millinery.
A year ago the editor of the Tribune promised
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valuable and complete newspaper than it had
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and transmission of intcllioiicc from all part
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it has exhibited an enterprise aud uti acutcners
in its news department which have beeu the
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leaders the fullest, the best arranged, the most
attractive, and the most readable history of the
occurrences of the time, it has devoted its besl
energies to this business, and its success has
been universally recognized aud applauded. The
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equipped historian. A Tribune correspondent
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an Incident upon which depended for many
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i
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Ktveral thonniKh and fin'n'ied studies of Southern types
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SHBBDltY. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13,
Hcct jJoctrt)
THE IXIEIKXIEXT IMKMEK.
How pleasant it seems to live on a farm .
Where nature's so gaudily dressed,
And sit 'neath the shade of the old locust tree
As the sun is sinkiug to re?t ;
But not half so pleasant to hoe in the field,
Where the switch-grass is six ineliet high,
With the hot scorching sun pouring down on
your back
Seems each moment as though you would die !
'Tis pleasant to sil iu the cool porch door,
While you smoke half reclined at your case,
Looking o'er your beautiful field of grass
That sways to and fro in the brceice ;
But not quite so pleasant to start with your
scythe
Ere the morning sun smiles o'er the land,
And work till your clothes are completely wot
through,
And blisters shall cover your hand.
In keeping a dairy there's surely delight ;
And it speaks of contentment and plenty
To see a large stable well Uiied with choice cows
. . Say uumlieritig from fifteen to tweuty ;
Aud yet it seems hard, when you're worked finrn
the dawn
Till the sun disappears from your sight,
To think of the com s you have got to milk
Before you retire for the night.
But the task fairly over, you cheer up once more,
And joyfully seek your repose,
To dream of the cream pots with luxury filled
And milk pans in numberless rows j
But the sweet dream is brokeu, when early next
day
Y'ou're politely requested to churn,
And fur three: weary hours, with strength ebbing
fast,
The victim de.-pondingly turns !
But in raisi.ig young pigs there is truly a charm,
When they sell at the present high price ;
Aud of ail the young stock w hich a fanner can
raise,
There's nothing that looks half so nice ;
How cheerful one feels as he leaves them at night
The encouraging number of cleveu !
But hi joy slightly wanes when ho goes out next
day,
And of live ones can count only seven !
'Tis pleasant to sit by a warm winter lire
When night draws her curtain around,
With both wife aud children to make home com
plete, And peace aud contentment abound ;
But ecstacy lades heu you shoulder your axe,
And trudge off a mile through the auow.
While the i lilting west wiud drives the snow iu
your face,
fco you scaiceiy cau see w here to go.
But no one disputes that :he farmer is blessed, '
With true independence and labor
Whore food don't depend ou the whims of man
kind, Like those of his mercantile neighbor ;
For God, iu his mercv, look., down Ironi ubove.
And paternally gives him his bread.
Provided he wot kg eighteen hours every day,
Anil devotes iinlv six to his bed !
!;.ci4ts.
TZIE STOIIY OF A lAAi.
In the autumn of 1772, llie surgeon,
ljouia Tlieveuet, of Calais, received aa
auonyiuous letter requiring his adetidauce
on the following tiny at a ci-min house
uot far from the town, and requesting him
to bring with, him the necessary instru
ments for amputating a limb. Thevenet
was at that period renowned far and wide
for iiis skill, and it wm by no tneaus un
common for patients to send for him from
England, iu order to bo guided by his
judgment in cases of more than ordinary
importance. lie had been lung attached
to the artu', and, though of somewhat un
couth inati'ier, was universally beloved ou
account of his kinduer.s of disposition.
Thevenet puzzled a long time over the
anonymous con)muuici!:on. I'otli time
and place were indicated with greatest ex
actness; at fcuch an hour, and at such a
spot, would he be exjiected, but, as before
observed, the letter bore no other signa
ture. "A hoax, in all probability," was
the conclusion he arrived at, and lie resolved
not to go.
Three days afterward he received a simi
lar invitation, though couched in more
pressing terms, with the announcement
that a carriage would be at his door at
nine the next morning to convey hiui to
the appointed spot.
Scarcely had the clock finished striking
the hour of nine the next morning, when
a handsome open carriage drove to the
surgeon's door; he made no further hesi
tation, but entered it. As he got in it, he
iuquired of the coachman whither lie was
going to drive him, ami the tnan replied in
the English language, "I do not meddle
with things that are no business of miue."
"Oh ho! so I have to do with an Eng
lishman, you surly dog," replied Theve
net. The coach arrived at length at the ap
pointed house.
"What am I to see who lives here
who is ill?" asked Thevenet of the coach
man, as he left the carriage. The man re
peated his former answer, and was thanked
for his civility in terms very much reHetn
bliug those above quoted.
lie was received at the door by a hand
some young man of about, twenty -eight
years, tvho conducted him up a staircase
to a large room. His accent betriyid
him to be a native of (Ireat liritain. Tht
venet addressed him in English, and was
replied to with politeness.
"You desired my attendance," "aid the
surgeon.
"I am very grateful for the trouble you
have taken to visit me. Fray, rest your
self; here are refreshments of all kinds, if
you wish anything liefore performing the
operation."
"First of all, sir, let mj see and exam
ine the patient; possibly it may not be ne
cessary to proceed to amputation."
"It will be necessary, Monsieur Theve
net. Let tne entreat you to be seated. I
have the fullest confidence in you listen
to tne. Here is a purse containing a hun -died
guineas, they are yours when the op
eration is over, let the result be what it
may. If, on the contrary, you refuse to
fullill my wishes you see this loaded pis
tolyou arc in my power, and, as sure as
you are alive, I'll shoot yon dead on the
spot."
"Sir, your pistol does not in the least
alarm me. What is it you require? Tell
me at once, without further preface, for
what purpose have I been sumnioi.ed
here?"
"Vcu must cut on" my right leg."
"With all my heart, sir, and your head
as well, if you please; but if I am not mis
taken your leg appears perfectly sound.
You sprang up the staircase just now with
all the agility of a rope dancer. What i9
the matter with vour leg?"
A m hi k Til A A
v m kta m mm m k-b n ibi r bi
IMDCPP NDEWCE
"Jfothing whatsoever, only off it must
come."
"Sir, you are a fool."
"That. Monsieur Thevenet, is no busi
ness of yours."
"First, sir, give me some reason for in
flicting so wanton a mutilation on you."
"I cannot disclose the truth to you at
present; all shall be communicated in due
time. AI!o? me to ask you if you con
sider me a man of honor?"
"A man of honor dos not present a pis
tol to his surgeon's head. 1 have duties to
perform even toward you, who are a total
stranger t" me. Without it be strictly ne
cessary, I will not consent to mutilate you.
If you are bent on becoming the assassin
of an innocent father of a family fire!"
"'Tis well. Monsieur Thevenet," an
swered the Euglishman, Liking up the pis
tol, "I will not be your murderer, but I
will still compel you to remove my leg.
What my entreaties have failed to obtain,
what neither the hope of reward, nor the
fear of death has succeeded in extorting
from yVu, I will owe to your psissiou. I
will lodge a bull in my leg, here, before
your very eyes."
The young man sat down and deliber
ately placed the muzzle immediately above
his knee. Monsieur Thevenet rushed to
ward him iu hope of preventing him from
cirecting his design. ".Stir from yur seal,"
exclaimed the Englishman, "ami I pull
the trigger. Answer me once more, will
yon put me to the needless pain will yon.
by your refusal, compel me to increase the
sullering I hate to endure?"
"Sir, once more you are a fool. Hut be
it as you wish I consent to take it ofT."
The necessary preparations were soon
trade. The leg was removed, and in a
tolerably ilmrt space of time the patient
was restored to health. lie gave his sur
geon a munificent fee, aud felt his esteem
for him increase each day. With tears of
gratitude iu his eyes he thanked hiiu for
relieving him of his limb, and sailed for
England fully equipped with a wooden
kg.
About eighteen months after these events
il msieur Thevenet received a letter from
Englaud to the following effect:
"Euclosed is an order on Monsieur Fan
t'laud of Faris, two hundred aud fifty
euiueas, which I beg you to accept in to
ken of my heartfelt gratitude, liy depriv
ing me of a limb, which formed the solo i
obstacle to my earthly bliss, you have ren- j
dered me the happiest of mortals ! Ucst of
n eu! at length shall you be made acquaint
ed with the real grounds of what you were
pleased to term my mad whim.
"Shortly after my last return from the
East Indies, I became acquainted with the
person of Emily Ilarley; 1 fell desperately
in love with her. Her wealth aud family
connections made my relations as eager
for the match as myself, though I saw but
her beauty aud angelic disposition. I
yoked myself to the car of her admirers.
Alas! my dear Thevenet, 1 was most for
tunate of all ray rivals; she loved me and
me only; she avowed her affections aud re
jected me! Ia rain did I press my suit,
in vain did her parents aud fiiends inter
cede for me she remained inexorable.
"For a long time did I fail to discover
the cause of her refusal to liecome miue; to
make one happy whom she owned to lov
ing to distraction. At length one of her
sisters revealed the mystery to me. Miss
Ilarley was a marvel of beauty,but,strange
to relate, was born with but oue leg, aud
this blemish rendered her averse to be
coming my wife, as she feared I might look
on her with aversion.
"My resolution was soon formed. I de
termined there should be no disparity be
tween us, and, thanks to you, worthy
Thevenet, it exists no longer.
"I returned to London with my wooden
leg, and at once betook myself to Miss Ilar
ley. The report had circulated (set on foot
by a letter I had previously dispatched to
England) that I had injured my leg by a
fall from my horse, and that amputation
was necessary; 1 became the object of uui
veisal pity. Emily fainted away at our
first meeting. She remaiued for a long
time inconsolable, "but at length conseuted
to our marriage. On the day after our
union did I for the first time disclose to
her the sacrifice I had made to gain her
hand. Her love for me became even yet
more tender. Oh, Thevenet ! to obtain
my Etniiy I would even lose ten more legs,
without the least compunction or regret.
"My gratitude toward you cau only end
with my life. Come to London and pay
us a visit; and when once you have seen
my angel wife, I defy you to say agaiu
that 1 am a fool.
"Charles Temple."
Monsieur Thevenet showed the letter to
his frieuds, after having related all the pre
ceding circumstanced, aud he uever told
the story without a burst of laughter, as
he wound it up with, "He is as much a
fool as ever!"
The following was his answer to the
above:
"Sir : 1 am obliged to you for your
tuuuilicencent present, for such I must
term a sum so much exceeding the value
of my humble services.
"I congratulate you on your marriage
with your accomplished countrywoman.
True, a leg is a heavy price to pay for
the possession of a fair and virtuous wife ;
yet not too heavy, if the result prove in
favor of the change. If cost Adam a rib
from hU body to be blessed with Eve ;
inauy other men, siuce him, have lost their
ribs for their fair ones ; some even have
forfeited their heads.
"Notwithstanding your protestations,
you must allow me to retain my original
opinion. Very probably you are right at
present, for you are still in all the rapture
of the honeymoon. I am right, too, but
with tins difference, that it requires time
to be convinced of the justice of my opin
ion ; for it is ever long ere we admit the
truth of ideas that clash with our own.
"Have a care, sir' for I strongly suspect
that ere two years are ilown, you will be
gin to wish that the amputation had been
performed beluw the knee joint. In three
years it will 6trike you that you might very
well have compounded for the loss of the
foot only. In four years you will think that
the sacrifice of your great toe might very
well have sufficed, and before the expira
tion of the filth year, you will begrudge
even your little toe. After six years, I am
afraid the paring of your nails will seem to
you all that was necessary.
"I have paid all this without prejudice
to your wife's merits. lieauty and virtue
are not so tleeting as the judgment of man.
In iny youth I would have laid down my
1874.
life for the beloved one, but I never would
have lost my leg for her ; tbe loss of the
one I would never have repented, but each
day I should have repined over the sacri
fice of the other. Had I ever consented to
such sacrifice, I should say, Thevenet, you
were a fool ! and herewith I have the
honor, &c., L. Thevenet."
Iu the year 1793, during the. reign of
terror, Mousieur Thevenet. who had been
denouueed as an aristocrat by some aspir
ing member of his profession, fled to Lou
don in order to escape the equalizing pro
pensities of the guillotine. When there,
desiring to increase his acquaintance, he
inquired for the residence of Sit Charles
Temple.
He was directed to bis mansion, and was
announced to its master. Seated in an
easy chair by the fireside, a foaming tank
ard of porter by bis elbow, and twenty
newspapers strewed about him, appeared a
portly gentleman, whose size would scarce
ly allow him to quit his chair.
"Ah ! right welcome. Monsieur Theve
net !" exclaimed the portly gentleman,
who was no other than Sir Charles Tem
ple ; "do not be offended with me if I re
sume my seat, but ray cursed wooden leg
is always in ruy wav. In all probability,
my worthy frimd, yoti ene to ascertain
if my hour of conviction lia arrived ?"
"I am here as a fugitive frosu m native
land, and claim your protection i"
"Yu must take- up yourabotle with me,
for, of a verity, yJ are a wic man. By
this lime. Thevenet, I would have beeu an
an admiral of the blue, if this infernal
wooden leg not incapacitated me from serv
ing my country. Here am I reading in
the papers news of the most stirring kind,
and cursir.g my Mars that I can no part iu
all that is going on. Come, say something
consoling to me."
"Your excellent lady is far hotter adapt
ed than I to play the comforter."
''Don't mention her. Her wooden lei
hinders her from dancing, so she has de
voted herself to cards and scaudal ; there
is no living with her ; but she is a good
enough woman in her way."
"Then, after all. I was right."
"Most indubitably so, my dear Theve
net ; but enough of that. I committed au
egregious blunder. Had I my leg back
again, not a nail paring of it would I part
with. Between ourselves, be it said, I was
a fool ; but keep this piece of truth to your
self." ftUsccIlancons.
A Ilauutetl llrltlge.
Bedford County's Latest Mystery
or Humbug. The local reporter of the
Bedford Inquirer, with the fate of Ananias
staring him in his mind's eye, puts in print
the following story of a haunted bridge :
And now we stumble upon a mystery in
Harrison township. About six miles west
of this place is a bridge known as Kititon's
bridge, winch spans the Juniata, and is a
spot of no mean significance in the history
of the township. By many of the citizens,
for many years, this bridge has been dread
ed, and there are those who, rather than
cross it, would wade the sparkling stream
at a temperature of 20 deg. ; not that the
superstructure is faulty, nor that there is
any petty jealousy because Smith or Jones
built the bridge, but because it is believed
that the devil or some other body or thing
who has not the interests and happiness
of the citizens at heart, wields a terrible,
evil, magic iufluence over it. Many won
deiful, aud if they did not come from men
of unquestionable veracity, we would say
slightly incredible stories are told concern
ing what has happened in this famous
bridge, but as we have not the space to re
count them all, we will give the latest sen
sation. Oue afternoon, sometime since, a farmer
started with a load of corn to Mann's
Choice, aud on his way had to pass
through the bridge. He was a man not
given to fear nor to the belief iu spooks,
ghosts and hobgoblins. lie arrived nt the
town in safety, unloaded his corn and start
ed for home. Just as the sun was disip
pearing in the western horrizon, bis wa
gon, drawn by two powerful horses, enter
ed the biidgc, when all of a sudden they
came to a halt whack went the whip
about the legs of the fiery steeds, who
strained every nerve to go forward, but it
was a dead stall. The driver dismounted
and examined the wagon, found that it had
not caught against anything, aud proceed
ed to lead his team, but to his great aston
ishment the wagon would not move. He
unhitched the horses, and led them out of
the bridge and tied them to a fence. He
then returned wilh the iuteution of backing
the wagon out. but he found that the
wheels were firmly set, the tongue was im
movable, and the light bed which he had
handled many a time without assistance,
was so solidly fixed that be could not move
even the one comer. Night came on and
wilh it anathemas loud and deep. He de
clared he could not go home without his
wagon, to be laughed at by his neighbors.
The services of a man aud boy, who lived
near the bridge, were brought into requisi
tion. They had a lantern. The trio did
all iu their power to loose the wagon, but it
remaiued as stationary as though it were
a part of the bridge. Finally they gave up
in despair. The farmer had already
mounted his horse preparatory to starting
for home when the chains attached to the
tongue rattled, lie weut back the magic
spell was broken, and the wagon followed
iu the wake of the horses as though nothing
had occurred. The affair created a won
derful sensation in the neighborhood, and
to this day is a dark mystery.
So late as oue night last week two young
meu in a buggy, drawn by a powerfully
built family horse, approached the bridge,
aud when about two-thirds through, their
progress was suddenly and mysteriously
stopped. The horse put forth his best
licks, but the buggy remained firm. The
gentlemen alighted and discovered that
their vehicle had grown fast to the bridge
aud would not give anywhere. After half
an hour's pulling and tugging, they con
cluded to unhitch aud go home. When
the horse was about half unhitched the
buggy became loose, and they went on their
way rejoicing. We cannot give any
reasons for these mysteries, but we are
willing to swear that we get our informa
tion from as reliable men as Bedford county
can produce, and thatthey are candid in
their crnvictions.
A Venango county preacher gave to
Moses the honor of building the ark.
W by is a whisper forbidden in polite so
ciety ? Because it isn't aloud.
A. 1 0
New Series, Vol. 5, . 46.
Old (Series, Yol. 34, No. 16.
Au Editor's) Rem! ulseeneeg.
John W. Forney publishes an entertain
ing sketch of the growth of newspapers,
and incidentally rhapsodizes in this plea
sant veiu : "I claim to know a little about
newspapers, for I was fairly raised in a
printing otlicc. having served as 'devii,' ap
prentice, and journeyman ; as compositor,
copy-holder, proof reader, pressman, repor
ter, and finally tuitor. I have worked
wilh the buckskin bails and pulled the old
wooden Raruage ; have made and pushed
the glue roller ; have worked off large edi
tions on the Washington iron presa, and
have finally owned an eight cylinder light
ning Hoe, which, with the modern rivals,
more than realizes the fictions of the Ara
bian genii. Harnessed in steam, with
lightning couriers, they 'strike the loud
earth breathless' with their thunder, and
fill the very heavens with their millions of
messengers. I have secn many a smill
sheel expand intj a great blanket, and fold
itself and die ; and I have watched the Jew
firstlings of a penny paper till they came to
thousands of households, like so rutin v
morning intelligences. What a school is a
printing office I What a short space in
history is a generation ; and yet what revt
lulious are crowded into it ! The hours 1
spent at the case and the press were m'l
delightful by the reading of the tunes. Wc
had comparatively few newspapers, and so
we read them through and through. Then'
was no Philadelphia Ledger; but we t gal
ed ourselves with Jos. li. Chandler's 'Let
ters from my Arm-Chair,' in the United
tit'itf Gdzelle; there was no New York
TriljuM. but we drew inspiration from the
splendid typography and nervous Saxon tJT
Horaee Greeley' Weekly New Yorker;
there were no Atlaulic and 7arer, but we
reveled in the pages of JJrauie's Library ;
we had no Macauley or Baacroty Jo write
us history, but we were at.isfied fiiih Hin
ton aud Hildreth ; we had no Diokew, or
Thackeray, or Charles Reade. or Wilkie
Collins, or Alfred Tennyson, or Oliver
Wendell Holmes, with their wonderful art
so rapid, dazzling, ami supernatural ; but
we lived in the gorgeous world of Walter
Scott, hung around with the marvelous
drapery of By rou, and made musical with
the enchanting melodies of Thomas Moore.
Byron died in 1824, Scott in 1832, and
Moore iu 18o2, and were the gods of the
reading world, and especially of the small
gods iu the printing offices. Now we are
so bombarded with books and so engulph
ed in newspapers, that we are lucky if we
can read the title-pages of the first and the
telegraphic head-lines of the second."
Nasal Catarrh. Catarrh is not a
disease of the man's nose. It is a disease
of the man, showing itseif in his nose.
The blood which is now in my brain is be
fore I am done writing this sentence back
in my heart, and off on a visit to my feet,
and now it is distributed to my liver,
stomach, kidneys eTery part. Every
part of the body is fed every moment from
the same blood. Every atom of every
organ and tissue is obtained from that
blood, and every minute all this blood
comes back to the heart be mixed and
intermixed. Now, do you suppose that
one part of the body can draw away from
the rest, get up a disease and carry on an
independent operation of its own, on its
own responsibility ?
A man has a catarrh discharge from his
nose. He is an editor, and mostly confined
to sedentary habits. His digestion is
weak, bowels constipated, head dull, and
general condition altogether unsatisfac
tory. He comes to me with a long story
about his catarrh, and finally wishes to
know if I have any confidence in the ad
vertised cures for this disgusting affliction;
would be willing to take anything or do
anything if be could only get rid of the
horrible nuisauce, etc.
"Will you do exactly what I will advise
for a week ?"
"Yes; I wouldn't mind standing on my
head for that length of time, if I could only
reduce myself to the decent use of one
pocket-handkerchief a day."
"Eat a piece of beefsteak half as large as
your hand, one baked potato, and oue slice
of bread for your breakfast; apiece of roast
beef as large as your hand, with one boiled
potato and one slice of bread, for dinner;
take nothing for supper, and go to bed at
8:30 o'clock. Sleep, if possible, half an
hour before dinner. Drink nothing with
your meals, nor within two hours after
ward. Drink as much cold water on rising
in the morning and on lying down at night
as you can conveniently swallow, aud you
may add draughts of cold water, if you
wish, before eating your meals. Live four
to six hours a day in the open air, riding
in the saddle and walking. Bathe fre
quently, and every night on goinjj to bed
rub the skin hard with hair gloves. Iu
less than a week one handkerchief will do
you. And yet you haven't touched your
nose in the way of treatment"
The Heathen Chinee as a Shoe
maker. Within the last six or eight years
the shoe busiuess has grown to be one of
the most important industries, and is now
represented by six large shops. The largest
of these is C. T. Sampson's, rendered fam
ous by the employment of "Heathen
Chinee." Watching them at their work
they seemed uot greatly unlike A merican
shoemakers, though appearing rather more
quick and deft of hand. A glance at their
quarters, however, marks them of a differ
ent race. Tbe sleeping bunks, ranged in
tiers on all sides of half a dozen rooms, re
mind one of chicken coops at a county fair.
Rude attempts at papering with picture pa
pers indicate a slight inoculation of Ameri
can ideas, but the sleeping rooms look more
like a collection of dog-kennels or over
grown dove-cotes than places for human
habitation. In the kitchen the visitor may
find half a dozen "Chinee" cooks, perhaps
just serving up the dinner central dishes
of meat, vegetables, and potato made into
one grand potpourri, and a large bowl of
rice on every table, with side dishes of fish
at every plate, set out on plain board
tables, without a suspicion of table-cloths
or napkins ; nothing besides the dishes and
food, in fact, except the inevitable chop
sticks. These are all the luxuries of their
life, and yet they appear contented and in
telligent. The mules on the farm of the Philadel
phia and Reading Railroad Company, near
Fottstown, have been attacked with putrid
sorphroat.
A mule amputated three fingers of a
man's hand at Leesport, Berks county,
the other day. The mule did it with bis
little heel.
Rates of Advertising.
One inch, (twelve tinea or Ha equivalent in Konpareil
type) one or two inaertions, $1,50 ; thr maertiona U.
Stack. Ik. 2m. 3u. an. It.
One inch t2.S tl-W 4j0 $8-00 $10.00
Two inches 3.U0 5.00 7.00 9.U0 15.00
Three inches 6,00 T.00 9.00 12.00 18.00
Four inchea 7.00 .00 11.00 17.00 3S.00
Quarter Column 10.00 12.00 14.00 30.00 W.00
Half column. 15.00 18.00 WOO 30.00 SO.OO
One column 30.00 36.00 40.00 SO.OO 100.00
Yearly advertisement payable quarterly Tranaient
sdveruaemeote must be paid before insertion, except
where parties have accounts.
Local notice twenty centa a line, and ten cent for
every aubseqoent insertion.
Curds in the "Business Directory'' column $3,00 per
year for the first two lines, and $1.00 for each additional
iiiie.
Owning a Home. The strength of the
American Republic is the universal desire
to own a house. It is moulding all the
people, native aud foreign born, into one
homogeueous mass. The ownership of a
houie is something of which neither the
Irish peasant nor the German laborer have,
iu their own country, any conception, but
it is here the goal of their hopes and de
sires. ' Education comes uext; it is a some- '
thing the need of which is not felt until
the adornment of home are thought of.
This desire to own the roof under which
one sleeps is distinctively an American
characteristic, and seems by nature adapt
ed to tbe growth which is raising us in
importance in the scale of nations. It ia
the link which connects tbe man with the
government; it adds to his interest in tbe
making and execution of the laws, and
identifies him with the usages and customs
of tlni people. It is this element which
gives the people of Switzerland their unity
and power, and the lack of it causes nine
tenths of the unrest in Ireland. No feel
ing is stronger than the attachments of
home, and no nitin whra ew-,,j,u poMMns
this as a common sentiment can lose its
liberties.
Mild Winters. The mildness of the
present season, though unusual, bearnn
comparison to that of some winters "long
gone by." Iu 1172 the temperature was
high that leaves came out on the trees
iu January, and birds batched the broods
in February. Iu 1289 the winter was
equally mild, aud the niaideos of Cologne
wore wreaths of violets and corn flowers at
Christmas anil on twelfth day. In 1421
the trees flowered in the month of March,
and the vines in the month of April. Cher-,
ries ripened in the) same month, and grapes
appeared in May. In 1572 the trees were
covered with leaves in January, and the
birds batched their young in February, aa
in-1172; in 1585 these things were repeated,
and it ia added that corn was in the ear at
Easter. There was in France neither
snow nor frost throughout the winters of
1538. 1607, 16Q9, 1617 and J659; finally in
1692, even in .the north of Germany, the
stoves were not lighted, and tree flowered
in February. Coming to later date, the
winter of 1346-47, when it thundered at
Paris on the 2Sth of January, and that of
1866, the year of the great inundation ol
the Seine, may be mentioned as exception
ally mild. Pall Mall Gazette.
A Pretty Prison Story. A prisoner
in the Missouri penitentiary, too weak to
work, and who had tbe run of the yard,
one day asked tbe warden if he conld he
allowed to cultivate a small corner in the
enclosure. "What do vou want to raise ?"
'Cucumbers, sir." "Why, you can't raise
them here ; tbe prisoners would, steal
them." "No, sir," said the man firmly,
"they will not steal one of them." "Well,
go ahead" said the warden ; "if any of the
cucumbers are stolen," don't come to me
with your complaints." " You will never
hear from me on that acore. sir."
The cucumbers were planted, watered
trained and cultivated, and an immense
crop was the result.-7 At last, however, as
the fruit grew it disappeared, and the war
den became convinced that the owner sold
it for liquor, produce, or some other con
traband article. He directed the man to
be watched, and finally he was detected in
the act of carrying his cucumbers to the
hospital, and giving them to the poor fel
lows who in their sickness craved them.
Not one bad been stolen.
A Prodigious Graps Vine. There ia
on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, a
grape vine called tbe "Scuppernong" by
some "the Lord Raleigh Vine" which
was growing when Sir Walter landed on
that island, 1610. It was then three inchea
in diameter, and waa spoken of as the
largest grapevine in the world. It now
covers one and a half acres, and last year
yielded forty-six barrels of wine, 1,840 gal
lons in all, which sold for two dollars per
gallou, yielding S3,6S0. There is a Scup
pernong grapevine in Terrill county, which
is said to be larger than the Raleigh vine,
and to produce nt least a fourth more.
This Terrill vine produced last year sixty
three barrels of wiue, 2,520 gallons in all,
which also sold for two dollars per gallon,
yielding the handsome sutne of $5,040,
One of tbe guides in the Yoaemite Val
ley lately declined to allow a man and bis
wife to ride on the same mule, because of
the injunction "What heaven has joined,
let no man put ass under.
An old grave stone, unearthed recently
on the Ohio river bank, and bearing the
inscription, "Fanny WM 1690," is exciting
the curiosity of the quid nuncs of Carroll
ton, Kentucky.
Why ia it that a pair of lovers will sit up
half tbe night and not burn as much kero
sene as the family uses in an hour during
the evening ?
The most elevated newspaper office in
the world is at Cerro de Pasco, a village
on the slope of the Andes, 14,000 feet above
the level of the sea. That is high-toned
journalism.
The Oil City Derrick says : A child sadly
deformed was born on the South Side yes
terday morning. Tbe nose and roof of tbe
mouth was wanting, five fingers were oa
each hand and six toes on each foot,
Tbe Miners' Journal says the small-pox
has prevailed in Pottsvilla more thia win
ter than for a long while, and it ia still pre
vailing in certain suburbs with considera
ble violence.
There ia in tbe handa of the officers of
the Germantown National Bank a promis
sory note for $000, drawn inlS15, for three
months, which ran 53 yeara before being
paid. The note was discounted by the
bank, with a mortgage aa collateral, in
April, 1816, and waa renewed 212 times;
$1,907 was paid aa interest on the note.
A series of recent experiments with steel
exhibit the interesting fact that a remark
able increase of strength is obtained by
tempering ateel in oil and water.
There haa lately arrived from Paris and
is now in New York an immense balloon,
which will be taken in a few days to San
Francisco, where it ia to be used in making
scientific ascensions.
A party of New England naturalists
have started to explore the wilderness
around Lake Okechobe, Florida, 106 miles
in extent, which no naturalist has ever
yet explored.
"Dont you mean to marry. again, my
dear air?" said a buxom widow to her
neighbor. "No, my dear widow," said
old crusty, "I'd rather looae all the rib
I've got than take another J"