BY MEYERS & MENGEL. pru-CdOoils, etc. / I GOD NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE! J. M. SHOEMAKER Has ju?t received a large and varied assortment of FALL and WINTER GOODS, of all descriptions, which have been bought at j UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES, and which be is determined to sell CHEAP. Tbey consist in part of Dry Goods. Roots and Shoes. Ready-made Cl-'thine Hats and Caps, Fresh Groceries. Buckets and Breoajs. Queenswste. Tobacco, Begars Ac Give him a call and see for yourselves. nv6 h,'6B J M SHOEMAKER. lUPO FALL. 18G8. 1 )S . G. R. OSTER & CO. Have just received a large and Attractive Stock of new and CH-AT FALL GOODS, Couf BtSIXC Ladies dress goods, Cloths, Casri meres, Satine tea. Tweeds. Jeans, Flannels. Readv made clothing, nets. Caps. Boots, Shoes, Fresh Family iiroeerte? Tobaccos, Segars. Ac . DECIDEDLY CHEAP. Bedford oet'6. 8S JJE XD E R-S< > X' S Celebrated Fresh Ground. Extra Fami'y Flour constantly in and for sale by G. R OSTER A CO. oetlfi,'6B B. CRAMER £ CO. H.tve now open aud offer for sale, AT REDUCED PRICES, the largest aud most elegant stock • f FALL and WINTER GOODS to be found IN BEDFORD COUNTY! Tb ; assortment i 3 complete, and GREAT BAR GAINS in every department will be offered. m,v6.'6s A. B CRAMER A CO Y EW GOODS!! NEW GOODS The undersigned has just received {rum the East a large aud varied s* >ck of New Goods, which are now open for examination, at MILL-TOWN, two miles West of Bedford, comprising every.hing usually fuund in a first-class courtry .-: re consisting, in part, of Dry-Goods, Delainc-i, Calicoes, Muslins, Ltissi n}f j r-. Bom? aini S!ii■ 9, Grout ; it-. Notions, Ac., Ac. All of wnich wil! be sold at the most reasonable prices. Ijr Thankful for n Ist favors, we solicit a con tiuuiioce of the public tronage. -- Celt and exam r goodg. may 24."6". G. YEAGEK A full assortment of N K W G O O D S AT M C. FETTEKLY s CORNER. opposite tbe Washington Httet. where will be found at all times Dl<\ anl FANCY GOoD? adapied to the daily wants of families; Shawls, Bonnets, Hats Cloak Goods, or f o-lwut qaaiiiies and latest styles A full line of White Gmels. Woolen Good-, Hosiery, OJovt-s, Handkerchiefs, Laces, Ac., Ac. Thankful ts> the public for past patronage, we hope to merit a continuance of tire seine in the future M C FETTEULY nov I3m3* J ARI>WA KEek BTOV Es : 3AUGHMAN.GUMP A CO., Bloody liun, Pa. DEALERS IS Dialers in iron, Nails, Horse Shoes, Springs, Axles, Thirrble.Skeins, Hubs, Spokes, Felloes, Sleijfh Runners, Sleigh Bells, Forks, Shovels, Saws, Axes, Spoons, Cutlery, CM>kiuj; and Heating Stoves for coal or WIMKI. Glass, Paints, Oils, Lamps, Woodeuware, Ac., A<*. Tbey manufacture Tin and Nhect Ironware and nave constantly 011 hand an assortm- nt of TINWARE and M'< >VK PiPE. A'l goods kept by theia will be s-rld at the low eat prices oc 2-nft HOUSEfiKILDGAS M.-chiuc! F'oK SI PPLYIXG DWELLINGS. STORE> FAC TORIES CHURCHES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS W HI! OAs Generates Gas tpitho'it Fire or Ileal .' Tbe simplicity and ease Lv which this Machine iiman 'ged, as al .. i's economy and great merit, recommends it to public favor Cdl and see tna chine ID operation at the ?d. Full nes? or Weiih: in the st mach, Sour Eruc tat: <<*• Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit (. the Stomach. Siyimrniiii of the Head- Hurried or Difficult Breathing. Flutoring at the y-a Heart, Cooking or Suff gating Se stt I I tious when in a Lying Po-'u-re. Dim near of" J Virion. Dot? or Webs before ihe sight. Dull Pain in tbe Head. Defi ciencyol Perspiration. Yellowness of tbe Skin and Eyes Pain in the Side. Bock. Chc-t. Limb?, etc . Sud len Flushes of Heat. Burning in the Flesh. Constant Imagi nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirit-. All these indicate di sease* of the Liver >r Hi - gesttve Org, z,k,combined vith impure blood. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTER* i entirely vegetable and contains no liquor It is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots. Herbs, and Bark? from which these extracts are made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi cinal virtuen? are ex . .. tracted from them by a scientific Chemist I 1 These extracts are then forwarded to this country to be use I ex pressly fvr the manufacture of these Bitter- There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used in compounding the Bitter*, hence it is the only Bi'ters that can be used in esses where alcoholic stimulants are not advisable. HOOF LAND'S GERMAN TONIC is a combination of all the ingredients of ifce Bit ters, wiih pyre Santa Crux Rum.Orange, etc. It t? u-ed for tbe saute diseases as the Be ters. in case where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required. You will hear in ouind th*t these remedies arc en tirely different fro.u any others a Ivertised for the cure of the diseases named, these being scientific preparations of medicinal extracts, while the oth ers -re mere decoctions of rum in some form The TONIC is dee'dedly one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the public Its taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali ties have caused it to be known as IHE greasiest ur all tonics. DEBILITY. There is no medicine equal to Hooflan 1 Ger man Bitters or Toni • yin cases of Debility. Tbey im| art a tone Id and vigor to the whole system. strengthen * the appetite, c.a use an enjoyment of the final, enable the stomach to di gt?; it. purify 'ha blool. give a gool, sound, bealtby complexion, era-lic.ate the yellow tinge from the eye. impart a bloom to the cheeks, aud change the patient from a short-breathc-l. emaci ated. weak and nervous invalid, to a full-faced, stout, and rigorous person Weak and Delicate Children are made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In fact, they are Family Melicines Tbey can be administered with perfect safety to a child three mouths old, the most delicate female, or a man of ninety These rem'dies are the best Blood Purifiers ever known and wili cure all diseases re-ultins from bl blod. Keep ytur blood pure; keep your Liver in onler. • seep your digestive organs in a sound. I healthy condition by the use of these reme JLd dies, and no diseases will ever assail you The best men in tbecount-y recommend them. If years of h meat reputation go for anything, you must try these preparations FROM HON GEO. W. WOODWARD, Chief Justice ottbe Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia. PHILAD LPHI. March lfi. 184". I find that "Hoofi mil's German Bitters" is not an iutoxica'ing beietage. but is a good tonic, use ful in dis->r lers of the ligestive organs, and of great benefit in e ises of debility and w tnt of ner vous action ID the system. Yours Tru'y. GEO. W. WOODWARD FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON. Judge of the Supreme C-nrt of Peon?v!v tnia PHILADELPHIA April 24, ISfifi I cot.sider -H iofl ittd's German Bitters a valua ble medicine in case , of attasks of [n liges ti in or Dyspepsia. I \ can certify this from uiv exttcrience of it e V Yours, wi h re-iect, JAMES THOMPSON. FROM REV JOSEPH H KENNARD. D D Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. Drt JACXSOS—DSAE SIR;— I have been fre quently requested to connect mv inline with rec ouiiuendatiou.s of different kinds of medicines, but regarding the piactiee as out of my appropriate sphere. I have in all cases declined; but with a clear pr -d in various instan' s. and particularly in my own family, of the usefulnessol Dr. llout'- landd German Bitters. I depart for once from my usual course, to express my full convietiou | that for general debility of the system, and . es pecially for Liver Com plaint, it is a safe and valuable preparation. In some cat s it may fail; bnt usual X v ly, I doubt not. it will be very beneficial to r bose whosufferfrotn the above causes. Yours, very respec fullv. J H KENNARD. Eigtk. below Coatesstreet. CAUTION. II j >fl ind's German Reaedies are counterfeited. The Genuiue have the signature of C M JACX- So.v ou the front of the isttsi ie wrapper of each b-attle, aDd the name of the article blown in each bottle. All others are counterfeit. Price f tlie Bitters, $1 per bottle; Or, a ball" dozen for $5. Price of the Tonic, $1 50 per buttle; Or, a half dozen for 50. Tbe tonic is put up in quart bottles. Recollect that it is Dr. H ■ .fisnd's German Remedies that are so universally ued iud so highly recommended; .and do uot allow tbe Druggist to induce J lywi 10 take anything else that he may say i-f is just as giswl be Cause be makes a Urgxr profit • n it. Tbse Reme dies will be sent by exyreAto any locality upon application to tbe PRINCIPAL OFFICE, At tbe Gerrua# Medicine Store. Mo. 631 ARCH S'IREET. Philadelphia. CI I AS. >L EVANS, PROPRIETOR. Finnerly C M JACIiSON A Co. These Remedies arcfor sale by Druggists, Store keepers anl Medicine Dealers everywhere Do not forgot to tfif pj'i buy in order to get tJks TERMS OF PUBLICATION. THE BEDFORD GAIKTTB IS punished every Fri IMT niorninji by MEYERS & MESSEL. 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I year. •One wiuare - - - $4 a# $8 00 $lO 00 Two squares - - 000 000 10 00 Three, squares - - - 800 1 2 00 20 no Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 35 'MI 11 Jolt XMIUIUU • • • U) Obi uU till . One column - 30 00 45 00 80 00 *One dqaare to occupy one inch of 8 pace JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with aeatces- and dispatch. Tax GAZETTE OFFICE has just been refitted with a Power Press and new type, and everything in the Printing line can he execu ted in the most artistic mauner and at the lowest rates —TERMS CASH ur AI ters should be addresad to METERS A MENGEL, Publishers. TIIKi.E BiIAVE HEX. Pretty Barbara Ferros would not marry, lier mother was in consterna tion. ■Why are you stubborn, Bar tiara?' she asked 'You have plenty of lov ers ?' But they do not -suit," said Barbara, coolly tying buck her curls before the mirror. •Why not?' 'I want to marry a in in who is brave, ' equal to any emergency. If I give up my liberty, I want it taken care of!' 'Silly child ! what i the matter with Big Barney, the blacksmith !' 'He i- big, hut I never heard that he w"; - brave.' 'And you never heard that he was not. What is the matter with Ernest, the gun-smith ?' 'lie is placid as woct's milk.' 'That i- no sign thai he is a coward. There i- I.Hle Fritz, the tanner, he is quarrelsome enough for you, surely !' 'lie is no bigger than a bantam cock. It is little gotni he can do, if the hou.-e was >c't upon by roblers.' 'lt is not a!ways strength that wins a tight, girl, it takes brains as well us brawn. Come, now, Barbara, give these three young fellows a fair trial.' Barbara turned her face belore i the mirror, letting down one ravtn tr. Mto.l l'>;;not and then the other. 'Yes. Ernest,' she replied, 'l've been thinking on what you said the o.her night when you were h re." 'Well, Barbara?' Ernest spoke quietly, but his dark blue yes flashed, and he looked at her intently. 'I want to test you.' 'How?' 'I want to see if you dare to do a very disagreeable thing.' ' What is it' 'There is an old coffin up stair*. It smells mouldy. They say Redmond the murderer was buried in it; but the devil came for his body and left the coffin empty at the end of a week ; and it was finally taken from the tomb. It is up stairs in the room grandfather died in, and they say grandsire dots not rest easy in his grave for some reasons, though I know* nothing about it. Dare you make the coffin jour bed to night ?' Ernest laughed. 'i- that all? I wil! do that and sleep s uiiidly. Why pretty one did you thick I had weak nerves ?' 'Your nerves will have good proof if you undertake it. Remember, no oaesleep, in that wing of the house.' '1 shad sleep the sounder.' 'Ciood night,.then, i will send you a lad to show you the chamber. If you stay till morning,' said imperious Miss Barbara, with a nod of her pret ty head, 'l'll marry you.' 'You vow it?' Ernest turned straight away and fol lowed the lad in wailing through dim rooms and passages, upechqing stairs, along narrow damp ways, w here rats scuttled before to a low chamber. — The lad looked paie and scared, and evidently wanted to hurry away but Ernest made him wait till betook asur vey by the aid of his lamp. It was very large and full of nve-ses, which had been barred across. He remem bered that old grandsire Ferros had been insane several years before his death, so that this precaution had been n ce-sary for the safety of himself and o.hcrs. In the centre of the room stood a coffin, beside it was placed a chair. The room was otherwise per fectly empty Ernest stretched himself out in tiie coffin. 'Be kind enough to tell Miss Barbara it is a very good tit,' he said. The lad went out and shut the door, leaving the young gunsmith alone in the dark. Meanwhile, Barbara was talking wiih the big blacksmith in the sitting room. 'Barney,'sai I she pulling her hand away from ins grasp, when he would have kissed Iter, 'l've a test to put you to before I give you any answer.— There is a corpse lying in the chamber where mv grandsire died, in the unte nanted wing of the house. If you dare sit with it all night and let noth iig drive.vol away fro;h your post i you will not ask me agaiu in vaiu." BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1868. 'You'll {rive me a iiffbt and a bottle of wine and a book to read?' •Nothing.' 'Are these all the conditions you of fer me, Barbara. 'All. And if you are frightened, you need never look me in the face a gain.' So Barney was conducted to his post by the lad, who had been instruc ted into the secret, and whose in voluntary-tart at Ernest's placid face as he lay in the coffin, was attributed by Barney to the natural awe of a corpse. He took hi- seat and the boy left him in the darknese, the rats aud the coffin. Soon after, young Fritz the tanner •arrived, flattered and hopeful, from the fa 1 that Barbara had -eat for him. 'Have you changed your miud, Bar bara?" hea-ked. 'No; and i shall notuntil I know if you can do a really brave thing.' 'What shall it be? I swear to aatiafy yujj Barbara.' , •1 have a proposal ioiihtkfeto you.— My plan requires skill as well as cour age.' •'IVI me!' 'Well, in this house (here is a man watching a corpse. He issworu not to leave bis post till morning. If you can make him do it, I be satisfied that you arc as smart and as brave as I require a husband to be.' 'Why nothing is so easy ! exclaimed Fritz. 'I can scare him away. Furn ish me with a sheet, show methe room and go to your rest, Barbara. You -hall And meat the post in the morn ing.' Barbara did n- required, and saw the tanner -tep lightly away to his tw- hiitd him, and lie put his chair with his back against the wall and sat down again. He had been at work all day, and at last grew sleepy. Finally he nodded and snored. Suddenly it seemed a- if somebody touched him. He awoke with a start and saw nobody near, though in the Centre ol the room si ott a white fig ure. 'Curse you gel out of this!" he ex claimed in affright, using the first word- that came to his tongue. The figure held out his right arm and slowly approached him. He star ted to his feet. The spectre came near er, pres-ing into the comer. '1 he mischief take you!' cried Bar ney in his extremity. Involuntary he stepped back ; still the figure advanced, coming nearer and nearer as if to take him in a ghostly embrace. The-hair started up 011 Bar ney's head ; be grew desperate and just as the gleaming ar.n would have touched him, he fell on the ghost like a whirlwind, teat itig the sheet, thum ping, pounding, heating and kicking, morea'Hl more enraged at the resis tance lie met. which told the truth. As the readers know, he was big and Fritz was little; and while he was pum inelliug the little fellow terribly, and Fritz wa- trying to get a lunge at Bar ney's stomach, to take the wind out of hiiu, both kicking and plunging like horse-, they were petrified by hearing a voice cry: 'Take one of your size, Barney !' Looking around tbey saw the corpse sitting up in his coffin. This was too much. Thev released each other and sprang for (in-door. They never knew how they got out; but they got home in hot haste", panting like stags. It w;i- Barbara herself who came and opened the door next morning. •It'-? very early ; one more little nap,' ei'i I he, 'one more little nap,' turning in hi> coffin. :•*> site married him, though she s himself. Identified with this new delusion was a considerable amount of downright knavery. For a while Wood ruled his dupes by his prophetical pretensions. One Winchell, an expert counterfeiter, and fugitive from justice, ruled Wood and made all his disciples and others con tribute to bis benefit. He was par ticularly strong in the mom y-finding, witch-hazel line, and set people to dig ging in various directions for hid treas ure. which they never found, though Winchell got well paid for his knav ery. Joe Smith was of Wood and Wittcheli's disciples, and with them learned the trade of 1 is masters so well that he was ultimately able to set up for himself, and to seen re for him self the >ignal infamy of being the father of Mormonism, though really Wood was its discoverer aud inventor. A 111 SURER S EARS IN PRISON. A certain housebraker was cotulem ed, in the hitter |K>rtion of the last cen tury, in France, and under peculiar circumstances, to a hundred years in the galleys; and, strange to relate, this man recently made his appearance in his own native province, at the advan ced age of 120 years, lie being about twenty years ot age when the sentence which condemned him to such a dread ful punishment was passed. It is difficult to conceive what the feel ing must have been with which he re turned, as soon as emancipated from the shackles which had enthralled him for a century, to breathe once more the cherished air of the scene of his in fancy. Bourg, in the department of his native home, but time bad so changed the aspect of the whole that ; lie recognized it only by the Church of Bron, which had undergone no altera tion. lie triumphed over laws, bon dage, man, time, everything. Not a relation bad be left. Not a single be ing could he hail in acquaintance, yet he was not without experiencing the homage and the respect the French pay old age. For himself he had forgotten everything connected with his early j youth; even all recollection of the crime for which he had suffered was lost, or, if at all remembered, it wasadrearv vision,confounded with athousandoth er dreary visions of days long gone by, \ His family and connections, for sever al generations, all dead, himself a liv ing proof of the clemency of Heaven, ! and the severity of man regreting, per haps, the very irons which had been familiar to him, and half wishing him self again among the wretched and suf fering beings with whom his fate bad iK'cn so long associated. Well might he b ■ called tbe patriarch of Burgulars. An ardent young couple called upon a Chicago minister the other evening and were made one. Half an hour af terwards a Chicago banker rushed in ; to the minister's house, learned the facts, and went away very red in the face because his daughter had married "that fellow.' Half an hour later still a Chicago broker rushed into the min ister's; house, learned the facts, and went away very red in the face, be cause his son hud married " that girl." VOL 64.-WHOLE No. 5,471. rrxxv MCSE ix A COIT. The Judge of one of t he New Orleans municipal courts sat gloom and grand on his bench of ermine. The prisoner occupied the dock, apparently meek and downcast.— She had a merry twink le in her eye, however, that promised mischief, and had the magnate but per eieved it, he would have been careful in his questions: 'How many times are you coming up here?' 'What, ye- honor?' 'How many times are you coming before me? This is the third time this present week.' 'Oh no, ver honor!' 'Didn't I see you here yesterday ?' ' Why, no, yer honor, it was last night yer seed me, in the concert sa loon. It was a bit of drink we had to gether, and yer honor did talk beauti fully, wid your cunning ways and saucy jokes. Aye, yer honor's the man for the gais. The devil admire yc, but yees are smart j" 'Stop your tongue—you can go!' 'Thank you, yer honor ! The pri oner went out, the Judge blushed, and the audience roared. VALUABLE RECIPES.—TO remove freckles—cut them out with a raztsrand throw them away. They will never return. To bring out a moustache—tie it to a strong cord, twenty feet long, to the end of which attach a heavy smoothing iron, and throw the latter from a fourth story window. To producea fair complexion—go to sea in a crazy old boat, and the first gale you get into, your face will become white. To get rid of red hair—hold your head for a few minutes in a strong blaze of gas. To preserve your eyes—put them iu a bottle tilled with alcohol. To avoid corpulence—quit eating. To conceal bad teeth—keep your mouth shut. To keep out of debt— acquire the reputation of a rascal, and no one will trust you. To gain time—steal a watch. To keep your name up—write it fre quently on the dome of the capitol, state house steeple, and other high places. To keep from stuttering—don't talk. To become a competent bookkeeper —borrow all the Injoks you can and never return them. To keep out of a fight—stay by your self. To keep your doors from being bro ken open by burglars—don't close them. To "raise the stamps"—say a funny thing on the stage. WOKLS FOR BOYS TO REMEMBER. - Liberty is the right to do "whatever you wish, without interfering with the the rights of others. Save your money and you will find it one of the most useful friends. Never give trouble to your father or mother. Take care of your pennies and they will grow to dollars. Intemperance is the cause of nearly all the trouble in this world; beware of strong drink. The poorest boy, if he be industrious, honest and saving, mayreaeh the high est honor in the land. Never l>e cruel to a dumbanima!; re member it has no power to teli how much it suffers. GOOD RULES SOU A LI.-Prutaneswcar ing is abominable. Vulgai language is disgusting. Inquisitiveness is of fensive. Tattling is mean. Telling lies is contemptible. Slandering is devilish. Ignorance is disgraceful, and laziness is shameful. Avoid all tlie vices, and aim at usefulness. This is in the road in which to become respectable. Walk in it. Never be ashamed of honest la bor. Pride is a curse—a hateful vice. Never act the hypocrite. .Keep good company. Speak the truth at all times. Never be discouraged, but pro severe and mountains will become mole-hills. IN a certain family, a | air of twins made their appearance, and were shown to their little sister of four years. It happened that whenever their cat of the household had kittens, the prettiest was saved and the rest were drowned. When the twins were shown the child by their happy father, she looked at them earnestly, and at length putting her finger tip on the cheek of one of them, looked UP with all the seriousness possible, and said: ' Papa, 1 thi-k we'll save this one." Somebody rays editors are poor, whereupon an exchange remarks: "Humbug! llere we are, editor of a country newspaper, fairly rolling in wealth. We have a good office, a paste pot, a double-barrelled gun, two suits of clothes, three kittens, a Newfound land pup, two gold watches, thirteen day and two night shirts,carpet on our floors, a pretty wife, one corner lot, have ninety cents in cash, are out of debt, and have no rich relatives. If we are not wealthy, it is a pity." THE VALLE OF L FE.—The mere lapse of years is not life. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, goodness, faith, alone can give vitality to the mechan ism of exi.-tence. A man's wife is his best lawyer, his i best counsel, his best judge, his best adviser, and also the cheapest and most reasonable. A man who gives hischildren habits of industry, provides for them better than by giving them a fortune. A clergyman, observing a poor man by the road breaking stoues, and kneel ing to get at ids work better, made the remark, "Ah! John, I wish I could break tlie stony hearts of my hearers as easily as you are breaking theee stones."—"Perhaps, master, you do not , work on your knees," was the reply.