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Tuiik , July 31.
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TAILORINB SHOP
The Subscriber hsvire H. I a .ixte-n rears pra.
tical cxp ri.'ii c ill el ting m l in .king clothing I
now offers h's s -rvic -s in t is line t > the citizens of
mrH'ii.S'.x and viciuiv
Those wish n'g to ge' Ft- " ill fi d his shop the !
pl.ee to gel them.
.Inn.. R. SMITH
-roli-fimos
BOLTON HOUSE.'
11 \llHlslM'li(;, I'IANA.
The nnd r-igio I lii'-ing lately pur> based the ■
' ItUKHLKR HOI SE ' p.opcrty. lia- already com- I
uwricetl sach alteration-, and improvements as will '
•sen ier this old an I papular House equal, if riot supe
?ier. to auv Hotel in the City of II irrisbiirg.
A continuance of the public patronage is refpect- I
'oily solicited
CEO J. BOLTON
WALL'S HOTEL,
Varr Al ayxrcaw nous:,
iLNkll AS. NtK K. YV r (n " N(i C'- HA.
rlllS eatahlisbracnt was recently been refitted an '
furnished in me .ute?i style Evert attention
♦til be given to the comfort and convenience o( those
f'ao patronize the House
T Ii WALL. Owner and Proprietor-. |
Tunkhannnck. September 11. ISfil
MEANS' HOT£L.
C>N7S7"ANDA, rA.
N. H. IUKTT.LT,
(Lute oli. "ERAIX.AKO Hot sr, ELNIHA, N. Y
BttOl'H I l-iTOR.
T h f „ M !'r ANS UUTI L, i one of tne LARGEST;
end BE V I AKRANCED 11>UM-S in tht enuntry—lt
u fitted up in the most modern and improved style, j
•ud no pains are spared t>. uiake it a pleasant and j
agreeable stopping-place for all.
v 3, n2l, iy
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL.
MESIIOPPEN, WYOMING COl NTY, PA
Wm. H. CORTRIGHT, I'rnp'r
HAVING resumed the nroprietorahip of the above
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no efforts
'endcr the house an agreeable place ol sojourn to,
I 1 who may favor it with their custom.
Win U. COKTKIGHT. j
•VnvwHsxl MAS
Spiral.
THE peculiar taint or
'wsvfVv infection which we
"<Kk call SOROFCLA lurks
NL-? in the constitutions of
•g. A&fX niU lLtudc-s of nten. It
IV -pkiz., f It either produces or is
protlut-ed by an cn
feeblcd, vitiated state
" L %4 l ' le wherein
mi^ u becomes in-
JLti, to sustain
\ igorous action, and
s™" eaves the system to
. fall into disorder and
decay. The scrofulous contamination is va
riously caused by mercurial disease,, low
living, disordered digestion from unhealthy
food, impure air, filth and filthy habits,
the depressing vices, and, above nil, by
the vem-real infection. Whatever be its
origin, it is hereditary in the constitution,
descending " front parents to children unto
the third and fourth generationindeed, it
seems to he the rod of Ilini who rays, •' 1 will
vi-it the iniquities of the fathers upon their
children." The diseases it originates take
various names, according to the organs it
attacks. In the lungs. Scrofula produces
tubercles, and finally Consumption; in the
glands, swellings which suppurate nnd be
come ulcerous sores; in the stomach and
bow. 1. derangements which produce indi
ge.-tioti, dyspepsia, and liver complaints; on
the skin., eruptive and cutaneous affections.
'I licse. all ha\ ing the same origin, require the
same remedy, vtz., purification and invigora
tton of the blood. Purify the blood, and
tlu-vp dangerous distempers leave you. With
feeble, foul, or corrupted blood, you cannot
have health; with that "life of*the flesh"
healthy, you cannot have scrofulous disease*.
.Ayer's Sarsapanlla
is compounded from the most effectual nnti
d itcs that medical science has discovered for
this afflicting distemper, and for the cure of
the ili-ord.-rs it entails. That it is far supe
rior to any other remedy yet devised, is
known !y all who have given it a trial. That
it does combine virtues truly extraordinary
in their effect upon this class of complaints,
is indisputably prov. n by the great multitude
of publicly known and remarkable cures it I
has made of the following diseases: Kicg's
Evil, or Glandular Swellings, Tumors, i
Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches and Sores, !
Erysipelas, Rose or St. Anthony's Fire, !
Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Coughs from !
tuberculous deposits in tho lungs, White :
Swellings, Debility, Dropsy. Neuralgia, !
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Syphilis and '
Syphilitic Infections, Mercurial Diseases, ;
Ft mole Weaknesses, and. indeed, the whole
series of complaints tnat arise from impurity
of the blood. Minute reports of indiv ide.nl
cases may he found in AYKK'S AMUUU AX
At MANAC, which i> furnished to the druggists
for gratuitous distribution, wherein may bo
learned the directions for its Use, and some
of the remarkable cures which it lias made
when all other remedies had failed to afford
r< lief. Those cases are purposely taken
from all sections of the country, in order
that every reader may have access to r..me
one who can speak to him of its 1 cnefits frost
personal experience. Scrofula depresses the
Altai energies, and thus leaves its victims Jar
more subject to disease and its fatal result*
than are healthy conmtutions. Hence it i
tends to shorten, and does greatly shoitcn, !
the av.rngi duration of human life. The |
vast importance of these cor. i.lcrations has |
lid u> to spend Avars in perfecting a remedy I
v hicli is adequate to its cure. This wu now j
olb-r to the pul lie urn!, r the name of Amu'* ;
J-AI:SA!-.AH]L! A, although it is composed of ,
ingredients, tome of which exceed tiie best I
ef >itrsi:;irii!.'a in niter: live powi r. By its '
aid you may protect vour>eif beta the ioffer- j
ing and danger of these disorders, l'urgo j
out the foul corruptions that rot and fester i
in the blood, purge out the causes of disease, I
ami' gorous health A-, ill follow. By its pocu- !
liar A irtues this retm.'y tiimulates the vital j
functions, and thus cxpols the distvt-pers i
wl.teli lutk within the system or burst out j
on any part of it.
We know the public have been deceived J
by many oi:;tounils of Sur.rparii'u, that I
promised nun h ai d did not!.ing; hut they j
will neither 1 e deceived nor di ; i-pointed in :
tliis. Its virtues have Inn proAit ! v al.un- {
leant t: ..tl. and there remains no question of j
i,t surpassing excclh i cu for the < are of '.lie ;
j.filicling di eases it is inu-ndi-1 io reach. •
Although under the same iiai..c, it is a very j
■liferent ;i v-d:i ine from any otia r which has :
I n n U foie the p. o] le. is far more ef
f.-ctnal than rny othv r Avl.ii h has ever been
available to tiicm.
AYEH'S
CHERRY PECTORAL.
Tho World's Grent Remedy for
Coughs, Colds, Incipient Con
sumption, and for tho relief
of Consumptive patients
in advanced stages
of tho disease.
This has teen so long used and so uni
versally known, that we need do no more
than assure the public that its quality is kept
up to the best it ever has heen. Rnd that it
may l>c relied on to do all it has ever done.
PP pared l>Y DR. J. C. AVER & Co.,
Practical and Analytical CheniiMti,
Lowell. Mass.
Sold by all druggists every where.
F'irsde oy li nnil A B.nnatyne. an! Lyman A
Wells, Tunklunnock, S'srling A Son, Mesbppeo,
Stereo* A Ackley. Lnceyville, Frear, Dean A Co.,
Fa iitryvilte. unl all Druggists and Dealers in med
icines. everywhere
!I£W MiLIISEBY Fifi.
MRS BAKDWELL is now receiving a splendid
stockol -t'KINO A SUMMER Goods of. II the new
est SHAPES f FELT
aril VELVET I)ATS
for LADIES a .d CIIfL
DUEN. AD" BONNETS,
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F L O W E R S. and F E A T II E II S,
and a full assortment of
FANCY GOODS.
at prices to defy competition
All the latest styles of paper patterns,
SLEEVES, CLOAKS, JACKETS.
&c., <fcc.,
from AfA ftAMB "DBMO'JiBS'I.
Dresses made, cut and basted at the shortest
notice.
MRS. BARDWELL.
Tunkbanooek, May. 22, l?fl7 —vpo4l -tf.
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. -WEDNESDAY. OCT, !). 1867.
1
TO THE SOUTH : TO THE SOUTH I
A Paxody on Dugaune's "To the West "
BY AMUR M WRIGHT,
Lo the South ! To the South !
Down t trove Tcvne'se",
Where th. w.tife man's a serf,
And the neffro is free ;
Where a in on -- it he's b'.ack—
With a vote in his ban 1,
Can crush his white ''brother"
An<l rule o'er the land.
To the South ! To the South !
To the lan lof the Sun,
Win re th>. fruits may be gathered,
An t spoils mayjte w ,u ;
Where the sons of the soil
Feel the ro i of our wrath,
An i mourn o'er the ruin
We strew'd IU our path.
i
To the South ! To the So't'-h !
Where Old Cotton was King'
Ere "Singer*" and 'Yankees"
Had got in ' The Ring
Where the ground is turich'd
By the blood of the stain,
And watered with tears
For a i-au -e that was rain !
To the .South ! To the South 1
Wheio tho fl ig is uo turl'J
That cbalieng'd the fear*
And amaze of the World !
Where the people, enslaved
And atrzn g>y lupnr,
May yet like the lion,
And spring from their lair!
To the South ! To the South .'
Down to brave Tennessee,
Where the white man's a serf.
And the negro is free ;
Where a man—if he's black—
With a vote in his hand.
Can crush his white ' brother,"
And rule o'er the land.
.■ ——
THE GATES ARE OPEN THERE.
The voice of melody is hushed.
Silent the house of prayer;
But songs arc echoing in heaven ;
The gates ape open there.
Darkness has locked the other door,
Guards the untrodden stair ;
The "many mansions' are not dark ;
The gates are open there.
Now I sit step* ever pressing in
The place, prepared to claim ;
New brow.*uplifted to receive
The new baptismal name,
Ea. h moment of the busy week
Unbindeth loads cf care,
Ao-1 beareth upward weary souls
To restless service there.
The darkest hour of longest night
With noiseless pinions bear
Awaked ones ta lito ami light;
The gates are open there.
Open for angels to descend
And minister to thee ;
o(*n for prayer to euter in-
Open for you and me.
HOME AFFECTIONS.
'I he heart has affections that never die.
The rough rubs of the world never oblit
erate them. Thcv are the memories of
home—only home. There is the old tree,
under which the lioht hearted boy lias
swung many a day ; yonder is the river in
which he learned to swim, there is the
house in which lie knew a parents protec
tion—nay, there is the room in which lie
romp'-d wirii brother ai d si'ter, long since
laid in the yard in which he must soon he
gathered, overshadowed by yon old church
whither, wiih r joyous troop like himself,
he had often followed his parents to wor
ship, and heard the good old man whp
ministered at the altar Even the very
school house, associated in youthful davs
with thoughts of tasks, now comes to bring
pleasant remembrances of many occasions
that called forth some generous exhibition
noble traits of human nature. There is
where he learned to feel some of his first
emotions. There, perchance, he first met
tiie b- ing, who, by her love and tenderness
in life, has madt a home for himself happier
than that ivhicli his childhood had kn>wn.
There are certain fellings of humanity—
and those, too, among the best—that can
find no appropriate place for their exercise
only at one's fireside.
A clergyman, one Sundav, at the close
of a sermon, gave notice to the congrega
tion, that in the course of the week, he ex
pected to co on a mission to the heathen.
One of his parishoners exclaimed "Why
mv dear sir you have never told us one
I *
word ot this before. What shall we do ?"
"Oh ! brother," said the minister, 4 1
don't expect to go out of town."
"Aunty," said a three year old, one day,
"J don't like ray aprons to be starched so
much. So much starchiiess makes the
stiffness scratch my bareness
•nntfr iprq jaded Ptqj tun; *toy
" To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
A MIRROR,
IN WHICH MANY PEOPLE MAY NEK THEM
SELVES REFLECT ED.
I "Albert. I wish you would let rne have
a couple of dollars "
Kate Landman spoke very careTllv,
for she knew that Iter hnsbaud had not
much money to spare; yet she spoke ear
nestly, and there was a world of entreaty
in her look.
"What do you want money for?" asked
Albert, not very pleasantly.
"I want to get some braid for my new
dress."
"I thought you had the materials all on
I hand for that."
"I thought I had ; but Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Thompson both have a trimming of'i
braid upon theirs, and it looks very pretty, '
It is very fashionable, and it certainly adds I
much to t he dies*."
' Plague take these women's fashions.— j
Your endless trimmings and thing a ma- i
gigs cost mere than dress is worth, It's
nothing hut shell out it om-y when once a I
woman thinks of a nerv dress."
"Surely, Albert, 1 don't have many new |
dresses. I try to bo as economical as i
can."
"It's a funny kind of economy, at alii
events, liut if you must have it, I sup- j
pose ycu must " -
Ami Albert Landman took out his purse,
and counted the the money ; hut he give
it grudjongly ; and when he put tin
yurse back into his pocket, he did it with
an emphasis which seemed to say that he
would nut take it out again for a week.
W hen Albert reached the outer door,
on his way to his work, he found the weath
er so threatening that lie resolved to go
back and get bis umbrella ; and upon re
entering the little parlor he lound his wife
io tears. She tried to hide the fact but
she bad been caught in the act, and she
was a-ked what it meant.
"Good gracious !'' cried her husband, "1
should like to kuoAv if you are crying at
what 1 said about vonr dress?"
"I wasn't crying at what you said, Al
bert,'" leplied Kate, tremulously : "but
you were so reluctant to grant me tiie lit
tle favor. I was thinking how hard 1
work —how I am tied to tiie house—how
many little things 1 have to perplex me ;
and then to think—"
"Oh, pshaw! li'hat do you want to be I
so fool sli lor ? '
And away started Albert land on a sec
ond time; but not to escape si easily. In
the passage he was met by bi< daughter.
Lizzie, a bright eyed, rosy cheeked girl,
ten years of age.
"Oh. pupa, give rne twenti-five cents.''
"W hat ?"
"Oh, 1 want twenty-five cents. Do
please givd it to rne."
"U I.at in the world do you want it far 1"
"1 want to buy a hoop. Lliett Kinith
lias got one, and So has Mary Allen, Mr.
Gram has got some pretty on.s to sell.—
May lit I h..veonc?"
"Nonsense ! I can't afford to be buying
hoops tor yoir to truudle about tire streets.
"I'lease papa."
"No, 1 till you !'"
The bright blue eyes were filled with
tears, and as the eliild's sobbing broke up
on his ear Albert Landman hurtiett front
the house with some very impatient words
upon his lips.
This was in the morning. At one
o'clock, when he catne to his dirtier, there
was a cloud over the household. His w.fe
was serious; and lie was silent; and even
little Lizzie, usually so gay and Lithesome,
was sad and silent.
But these things could not hist long in
that household ; tor the husband and wife
luVed each other devotedly, and iure reai
ly at heart, kind and lot bearing. When
Albert came home to his tea, Kau greeted
hitn with a kiss, and in a moment the sun
shine came back ; and bad the lesson end
ed ilinre the husbafid might have 'ancied
that lie Lad done nothing wrong—that the
cloud had been but the exaltation of a do
mestic ferment for which LO one was par
ticularly responsible; though Le might
not have banished the conviction that wo
men s fashions were a nuisance, as well as
a frightful draft upon husband's pockets.
Alter tea Albert lighted a pipe aud
walked oui. He had gone but a short
uis ance when lie met Lizzie. In her right
hand she dragged an old hoop, which had
been taken ft out a dilapidated flour barrel,
while with her left she was rubbing her
red swollen eyes. She was in deep grief,
for she WH- sobbing painfully. He stop
ped Ins child and asked what was the mat
ter.
Site answered, as well as her sobs would
let bur, that the other giris bad lauglicd 1
at her, and made fun of the old hoop. —
Tin y a'l had nico, pretty hoops, while hers
w;t* homely and ugly.
"Never miud," said Albert, patting the
little one upon the head—for the child's
grief touched him—"perhaps we'll have a
ttc w hoop some time."
"Mayn't I have one now ? Mr. Grant's
got one left —oil ! such a pretty one
ihe sobbing had ceased as the child
Caught her lathers hand eagerly.
"Not now, Lizzie—nut now I'll think
of it."
Sobbing again, the child moved on to
wards home, dragging the old hoop aiter
hei.
Presently Albert Landman met some of
his friends.
"Hallo. Albert; what's tip?"
"Nothing in particular,"'
"\\ hat d'ye v.ty to a game of billiards ?"
"Good ! I'm in tor that."
An t away Albert \v lit to the billiard
room where he had a glorious time with
his friends. He liked billiards. It was a
healthy, pretty game; and the kfeper of
the place allowed no nonsense upon iRe
premises.
Fhey had p'ned four game*. Albeit
had won two, and his opponent had also
won two
i "That's two and two," cried T-m Piper.
1 1 "What d've say to one more?"
t, j "All right—go on," replied Albert, full
. I of animation.
! | So they payed for the fifth game, and
; he who lost was to pay for the five games.
I. It was an exciting contest ; both mad
i capital strokes; bat in the end Albert was
• | beaten by thiee points; and with a light
j laugh he went up to settle the bill. Five
games—twenty five cents a game—a dol
j lar and a quarter. Not m-ich that for
j such sport ; and be paid the n oncv witli
. a good grace, never once seeming to feel
J that he couldn't afford it.
| "Have a cigar ?" said Tom.
j "Yes."
1 hey lighted their cigars, and then
i sauntered to another room to watch other
! players.
| By-and-by, Albert found himself seated
i over against a table at which some of his
I friends Avere playing; and close by him
stood two gentlemen—both strangers to
I him —one of Avhom was explaining to the
j other the mysteries of ilie game.
"ft is ah althy pastime," said he who
I had been making the explanation," and
! certainly it is one which can have no evil i
i tendenov,"
| Alb rt heard the rein-irk very plainly,
j and lie had a curiosity to hear what the
i other, who seemed unacquainted with bill-
I iards would say
| "I cannot, of course, assert .hat any
game which calls for skill and judgment
and Avhieh is tree from the attendant cur-e
ot gaining, is ot tt.-elf an evil." remarked
the second gentleman. "Such things are
only evils in so tar as they excite and
stimulate men beyond the bounds of
healthful recreation."
"That result can hardly f.'How such a
game,' said the liise speaker.
But the other slmok his head.
on are wrong there. The result can
follow in two ways. First, it can lead
men away from their business; and second
it can lea-1 men to spend money who have
not that money to spare on will under
stand tin*. I wot)id not cry down the
gain •of hill lands: tor it I understood it
I should certainly try you a game now;
but whenever I vis.it a p ice of this kind,
lam led to retl ct upon a strange and
prominent weakness of human nature a
developed in our sex. l-'or instance, oh
sevve the young man who is ju-f now set
tling his score. He looks like a clerk :
and I should sav from hi* manner, and
tiom the fact that he feels it his duty to
go home at this hour that he has a wife
and children. 1 see by ids fict that he is
kind-lnarted arte generous, and I should
judge lie meant to do about a* near ririit
a- he can. He has been beaten, and he
pays a dollar or so for the reeieation of
some t AA'O hours duration. If vou observe
yon will see that In pays it treelv, are!
pockets the loss \\ itli a smile. Ifappv fac
ulty ! But how do vou suppose it is in
that voting man's home? Suppose his
wife had c<mq to him tins morning and
asked him tor a few dimes to sp'*nd foi
some trifling thing—some household orna
ment, or so re bit of jewelry for the orna—
m -nt of her person--ami suppose the little
child should put ii tile plea for a dime or
two to bnv dolls and picture looks with,
what would have been the result? What
do you think lie would have answered '
>ut of fifty men just like him. would not
live and forty have declared that they had
nst the money to spare for any such pur
pose? u-id, inor over, tliev would have
said so. fieling that they were telling the
tru'h. Am I not right ?"
"L poi. my soul.' responded tiie man
who undi rstood billiard*, "vou speak to
the. print Ah !it is well lor such wives
and children that they do not know where
all the money goes !"
The game was finished ; the two gen
tlemen moved on ; and Albert Landman
arose from his scat and left the phice.—
Never before had be had just such thoughts
as now possessed him. He had never
dwelt upon tiie same group ng of ideas.—
That very morning his own true, faithful,
loving wife had been sad aud heart sick
because lie had harshly and unkindly met
her request for a small sum of money.—
And his sweet Lizzie had crept away to
her home almost broken hearted for the
want of i simple toy such s her mates
possessed. And vet the sum of his little
one's wants amounted to not as much as
lie had paid away that evening for billiard
playing.
Albert Landman wanted to be an hon- j
est husband and father, and the lesson i
was not lost upon him On his way home j
he stopped a Mr. Grant's and purchased
the best and prettiest limp to he found,
with a driving stick painted red and wlfiie
and hue; and in the morning when he
beheld his chil-l'a delight, and had receiv
ed her grateful, happy kiss, the question
earn- to hi* mind — ivlneli AAUS die best ai d
happiest result—this, or five gam-s of bill
iards ?
Af< w mornings after this, as Alb- rt
arose from the breakfast tabic, he delect-d '
an unusually, wistful look t pon his wife's
face.
"Kate, what is it ?"
"Albert, if von could spare me a LAV
ihillars this morning."
"Certainly mv love. Anything in rea
son to make yon happy." And out camt
the purse, and the money was handed over
with a warm gentle smile !
What! Tears at that f \Vfc it possi
ble that she had been so little used to such
scenes on his part, that so simple an act
of loving kiddnvw thu* affected her?
Hew many games o' billiards would be
! required to give such satisfaction as Al
bert Landman carn.-d with iiim on that
eventful morning?
A vcrv s-rnplc story, is it not ? Hut
ho AV many gain a lasting profit by giving
heed to the lesson.
! HABITS OF N. Y MILLIONAIRES.
• | Ihe Boston Journal's Xew York cor
j respondent writes: A. T. Stewart works
prouably more hours than any mechanic
jor laboring man in the State. His vast
I business is in his own hand-*, fie consult* '
, nobody as to buying or veiling. He has;
| many partners but they partners in <
I p'ofits and riot in the management of!
the business. 11 is system is exacting but
itficieut. His men are all timed, ifthey
arc late, if they overrun the time allowed j
I for lunch, ii they sit down during business 1
I hour*, if they misdirect a bundle, if thev '
j eat in the store they are fined. No per- ;
j son is allowed to take a bundle into the j
| store unless "the walking gentleman":
marks it. No bundle leaves tlie stote j
without being examined. Mr. Stewart is j
about the fitst man down in the morning.'
lie takes an early bieakfast and tn a one i
coupe rides to die stole, lie indulges in j
a leisurely dinner at a public house at five j
o clock, then returns to his den and con
tinues his labors un• i 1 every item of busi
ness in the store is finished. Pleasure
seek'-rs going home from the theatre often
see the twinkle of Mr. Stewart's light in
the counting-room, showing that the great '
millionaire is hard at his tasks. But it is '
his recreation. He finds pleasute in work
and a-ks nothing more.
\ anderbilt is a gigantic speculator.—
Like 1" rederick the (Jieat, be takes his
leisure to ma-s his troop*, and in an nnex
peeted moment throw* himself upon his
foe, sure .f victory. He has the. Harlem
and Hudson roads. He is after the Pen
! tral, and means to control the Erie. He
j takwi fits L-isure iu the morning, and di
: vides it between his breakfast, his cigar
| and his lior-es, lie spends a great deal
j"f time in his stables, lie has a trotting
I track in bis yard, sn that lie does not have
|to go tar to tiy his favorites. At ten, pre-
I ci-ely, he enters his up town i ffice At
i twelve lie rides up to the Harlem and over
the Hudson railroad. The rest of the
| day he gives to business and rtdes. He
-eldotn appears at the htock Board. JLi ]
buy- through other hands, because he can
tin it better.
I 'aiiiel Drew is a very quiet man, of
plain, simple habits, seldom speaks, and !
in his down town office in iiroadstreet
wotnd be taken for a rustic farmer or a
Nctv Jersey trader who was not bright
enough to sharply invest his money.
LTaflin, who is trading so close on the
heels ot Stewart, in the dry goods trade,
was a small trader in Worcester. lie
b ught go..ds in very sma 1 qua t.ties and
was liotid for carrying home his own bun
dies. Like Stewart, he manages his own
business, fie found his complicated trade.
AVearitig up-iri lum, and like a wise man as
he is, be purchased a small place up the
river. He leaves his store at four every
afternoon, drives up his own team, and
spends the evening in the quiet ot his fam-
Ay.
It is the younger class of traders and spec
ulators who trade iu the night and give
themselves no rest on Suuday, They reap
then reward iu premafnre decay, sudden
failure or great losses. The line of dc
maikalioti betAveen the old st\ le of doing
business and the new is very broad.
DON'T DO It. oung men don't do it.
Don't marry dimples, nor eyes, nor mouths
nor ohms, nor necks, nor simpers. These
bits and.flciaps ot f. minenity are mighty
poor things to tie to. Marry the true
ttiiiig Look after congeniality, kindred j
sy m pat hies, disposition, education, and it J
tliisc be joined with social position or even
a tittle lucre, why, don't let them stand in
the way, Get a woman, not cne ol those
parlor lay figures, one ot those automatons
that sit down so, thumb on a piano
and dote on a mustache. Living statues
are poor things to call into requisition
when bread and beet are Jo be piovided.
T'he poor hule miud that can hardly fath
om the depth ola dress trimming, can't be
a helpmeet ot any account Don't throw
away your time uu it.
GENERA: BUTLER, one of the leading
lleput> lean Congressional impeacbers, is
out in a letter in favor ot paying off the
Government debt, by an issue of green
backs. The General probably thinks that
this measure, already becoming rapidly
popular in the West and North-west, will
ere lot g, sweep over the whole country
carrying somebody into the Presidential
office ; and that perhaps lie tuay be that
somebody.
Lovers of curious and remarkable dis
coveries of model u science can be enter
tained with a rare experiment at a very
lulling cost. It is a snowstorm in Septem
ber, produced by chemical causes them
selves harmless to hie and very pleasing to
the eye. Particles of chkirade of ammo
nium aie pla&d in a ghe-s jar containing
a -olution ot nitrite ol lead, when chemical
action euues, procuring a most delicate
fall of snow, and ultimately—say fittecn or
twenty minutes—we have a charming lit
tle miniature forest coveted with the fallen
i suow.
A lover has been pithly described as a
( man who, ir. his anxiety to obtain posseg
■ sion of another lost possession of hiroeif.
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance,
NO. 10.
j |Jise ante gtlierfoise.
i S"tne one iii Ohio has taken out a patent
fir a new rondo of hgbiemug cigars. Tbo
, old way is good enough.
| A ha(J husband beats his wife, and a bad
l Wife beats the devil.
Children in this count re are the parekta
of their fathers and mothers ; and they abun
daddy and mammy outrageously.
Solomon says, "Pride goeth before a fall/
Well if the eld follow bad lived in these days
and in this neck o' woods, he would have the
proverb sead, 'Pride goeth before a water
fall."
When your wife begins to scold, let her
have it out. Put your feet op coZily on the
tender—lounge back in your chair, light one
of your best cigars, and let the Bform rage on*
.Say nothing— make no answers to anything.
A Gloucester paper says theru is a young
lady in that town so modest that she will
not a'low ihe Christian Observer to remain
in her room over night.
Old Governor Stuyvesant, <me yearn after
the British took posssssion of Sew York, ap
peared before the Governor (G'artrel) with
a complaint that he was annoyed by men and
boyg bathing in a nude state. Governor Car
teret assured it would be stopped, hut hap
pening to recollect, said : "Why, Governor
yonr house is at some distance from the river
how can it incommode the ladies of vourfam
tly r u Vy yon see," said old Peter, shaking
his cane, mine gals have got a spy glass."
> Ttr /OCIMVT or Lint.—Ten thousand ht>
[, man being* set forth together on their jour
. j ney, After ten years, one third,at least have
I disappeared. At the middle point of the
common measure of life but half -re stiii ep
on the road, f aster and faster, as the ranks
grow thinner, they that remain till now be
: erne weary, and lie down and rise no more
i At three score and ten a band of some four
! hundred yet struggled on. At ninety these
j have been reduced to a liandful of thirty
trembling patriarch*. Year after they fall iu
| dim wishing numbers. One lingers, perhaps,
! a lonely marvel, ulUlie century is over. We
j look again and the work of death is finish
ed.
SucnrziKc.-The Pike Co. (III.) Democrat
's lespmMble for the following : "At a dance
the other night,two chaps got mightily struck
with the same gal. bhe, not willing to show
special favor to either, declined dancing and
seated herself in the back part of the room.—
Being chilly, the fair maiden wore a large
shawl, and one of her admirers concluded to
slip his hand under the shawl aud try what
effect squeezing her hand would have, He
■ went for it and succeeded. La ! how happy
be was. He squeezed and she squeezed. He
felt glorious all over, and she evidently felt
glorious too. After quite a joyful time spent
in this way, the lady threw back her shawl
and revealed to a little crowd, standing near,
our two youths squeezing one another's
hands most lovingly. It don't do to say
'"squeeze to either of them since."
The Norfolk l)uy hook tell a story of a
sentry in the "so-called' who was placed on
guard to watch a certain post. The adjutant
of the regiment came along and attempted to.
pass. The gallant soldier cried out : ' Halt !
1 m century here, and if you don't dismount
and give the counter pin.l'll make yon refrrra
! the whole revolution cf tic tacs in short or
der." It is needless to say that th 6 solitary
hors2tnan 'came down.'
SM\LL BIT SELECT.— The Boston Pott
contains the following grapic report of a mod
el mini* 1 ur pc-nic that recently transpired
in its vicinity : "Small picnic parties are en
joyable if well made up. A well known citi
zen. his dog and cane,constituted a very pleas
ant gathering on an island in the harbor on
Saturday.
A correspondent tells the following story
of one of the farmets in the vicinity of Cul*
popper, whose possessions lay in a district
where both armies foraged. The old chap,one
day, while surveying ruefully fhe streaks in
the 6oit where his fence once stood, remarked
with much feeling, "I hain't took no sides in
this here rebellion, but I'll be doggoned if
both sides hain't took me I"
A QUICK RETORT— "According to oar Mil
ton, Eve kept silence in Eden to hear her
hu*band talk,' said a gentleman to a lady
fnend, and added in a melancholy tone, 'Alas!
there have been no Evea since,' 'Because
there have been no husbauda worth listening
to,' WB9 the quick retort.
"Sam. are you one of the Southern Chival
valry T' "No. massa, I's one ob de Southern
shovelry. I shoveled dirt at the Dutch Gap
Canal."
Because a man ia a bore it is no sign hia
children are pigs.
| Shutting up their potato holes—Tba Radi-
I caU