Local Department. BELLEFONTE, PA Wednesday Morning, July 28, 1869. JOTS WORK. Posters. Circulars, Bill Heads, Ca-ds, Paper Books, Job Work of all kinds, neatly executed at the REPUBLI- CAN OFFICE, at reasonable rates READ.—The attention of our readers and friends is invited to the several new advertisements. . SAVE MONEY.-If you Wilt posters, circulars, bill heads, cards, paper-books, first-class job work, plain or - fancy, call at the Parunmo .IN office. All work done at Philadelphia prices. A MONSTEIL—SamueI S. Gray, one of the most enterprising farmers of Half Moon- tp., raised a steer, and fed it only a abort time before ho sold it to B. V. Black. Esq., of this city. It weighed, on foot, 2200, and dressed net 1138 lbs. Can any of our farmers beat that ? If so, we would like to hear from them. Mr. Black makes it a point to buy only the best of cattle. FARDI FOIL GALL--PerEons desiring to purchase a:first.ratelarm,should call at, once, at-the REPUBLICAN office, or upon Bond Valentine, Esq. This farm con tains _about 195 acres, forty acres of which are meadow. The buildings— house, barn and out-buildings—are all the Tery best. It is located about miles from Bellefonte. There is a great bargain in this farm. Farmers desiring a first class farm, should Call and see it- Terms easy. Na Pans - UvraA.--Persons wishing to .see what a job of first-class plastering looks like, should call and examine the work at DanielGarman's brick addition - to hie Hotel, or the splendid mansion erected by Wm. P. Reynolds, on Alle gheny street. The plastering in both these buildings was donebyo.B.Lambert and 0. W. Vanvalin. Wehave seen, and noticed in our columns before, work that we thought could not be beaten. But we must confess that the work above refer red to surpasses any thing we have yet seen in Bellefonte. We are pleased to sec the desire on the part of ourmechan ics to excell each other in the character of their work. It is creditable to the mechanic, while it secures good work for the employer. Lambert & Co, so far, .appear to hold the trump card. People wishing plastering done, should give them a call. THE BROcKEE HOFF Horst; —The Brock erhoff House, House:o & Krom, Proprie-. tors, is one of the be-t and most justly celebrated Hotels in Central Pennsylva nia. his table is not excelled by any ho tel in the State. The rooms, bed's and bedding are all the very -belt. it is, in every stnse of • the word, a first-class ''"'Wewere led - to these - remarks upon seeing an article in the Loek haven Quid IVitne; which does Messrs. flouseal S. Krem great injustice. While it is not Cur.fight, nor, indeed, our business, we think a word of advice to our friends.thc not out of place. It is 'this: While in' your ansiety•to bring your spicy little paper into the notice of the public, you should be 'caretul not to ' overdo the thine. And while you hare perfect tight to piaise any person. or hotel. you moy see proper, you have no reit to speak disparagingly of, or to others. Such conduct will not pay• . Tttr Misses 15 LI - CK Our o'd friend, J. S Sommerville, has i.,veatcd a Mi ner's Lamp, for the purpose of burning the Danforth Petroleum fluid. It. is not necessary for us to go into detail in de scribing the lamp. Suffice it to say that each, miner can, by the use of these lamps, and the Petroleum fluid, save from two to three dollars per month.— The Snow Shoe miners,we are informed, have thrown away their old lamps, and now use none but Mr. Sommervill's pat ent. Truly. wanders never cease. And a saving of $2. per month is not to be sneezed at. May, Loeb & Co., at Snow Shoe, and Loeb, May & Loeb. of Bellefonte, own the right to sell the Petroleum fluid in Centre, and Clearfield counties. We congratulate Mr. Sommerville on his in vention, and hope that May, Loeb & Co: may succeed in giving the people of the above named counties plenty of light.— More light is what we need; especially in Clearfield county. "Let there be light !" BURIED IN ONE GRAVE.-A very singu lar occurrence happened on Saturday, the 17th near Mill Hall, Clinton county, Pa. The facts, as we learn them from our reporter, are as fellows : A man about 65 years of age, named John Cnrr, and his wife, about the same age, lived near Mill Hall. They both died on last Saturday afternoon, under very sing ular circumstances. Mrs. Carr had been afflicted with an eating cancer on the breast for over two years, keeping on its terrible and fatal course all the time, un til death relieved her, on the 17th inst., as above stated. Mr. Carr bad been very feeble, and in bad health, for some years. Some time ago be had something like a stroke of palsey, which entirely disabled him. He lingered and suffered until last Saturday, about forty minutes after the death of his wife, when be also died.— They were very poor people, and, for some time, were mainly supported, to the Credit of the congregation be it Said, by the Presbyterian church at that place.— Of this church they bad long been •ex emplary members. On Sunday, the 18th inst., they were buried in the same grave. Together they spent their younger days; they enjoyed the pleasures of middle age to gether; suffered in poverty, sickness and distress together; died together, and were buried in the same grave together; and, it is hoped and believed, by all who knew them, that together they entered a blissful eternity, to go out no more for ever. They had no children. Our Western Letter. Cmc.kao, July 21, 1869. DEAIt REPUBLICAN :-111 Mr. Slang's dictionary,. among many other beautiful and expressive words and phrases, we have "red-hot." If interrogated on the subject, I think Mr. Slang would tell you that this phrase originated in South ern Illinois; for if there is a "red hot" country on earth, it surely is Southern Illinois. I was down there some days since—down in Egypt, "ferninst" St. Louis. Notwithstanding the good deal ity of the rain, I found it so hot that I could scarcely maintain my equilibrium. I think "old sol" gets nearer the earth in that section, than any place I ever saw. He certainly has a warm side for the "Egyptians." So has the chole ra bug. What's a cholera bug ? I'll tell you all I know, and that is that the cholera bug is a—cholera bug; tha't'S all. It is about the size of thepoint of a cam- brie needle, one-eighth of an inch beyond the point. I never saw a more friendly kind of bug. They stick a "heap" closer than a brother, or even a brother'iwife, or a cousin; - In fact, they are almost too familiar on - short acquaintance—like some people you have seen. They don't generally await formal introduction; but have a way of introducing themsel:xes.— They approaCh a stranger in a very feel ing manner. You can't help but feel for them; but they aint always there when you feel for them. They don't send up their cards when they call, nor do they wait their turns, but come regard less, and come in flocks, They don't seem to care whether you want their company or not. In this respect, they remind me of some people I have seen; people who, like a sore • thumb, are al ways on hand at the wrong time; people who, like "biles," come just when and where you least expect or desire them. Whether these bugs ever get the cholera or not, lam not prepared to say; but I know they get cusses enough to give them almost any kind of disease. They are unfortunate little cusses They have "no one to love, none to kress," least wise, the caresses they receive are not very loving. I have seen many persons, however, take them into their arms; others take them into their eyes, nose, ears, month, or, in fact, any place they happen to light, which they are almost certain to do. I never saw one that didn't light. These bugs arc a great nuisance; but. are not half so bad as many of the people who inhabit that section of country. Regular Jayhawkers; many of them are fro:n Missouri, and more from "old Kaintuck." They have an over stock of ignorance, and no good breed ing, though they seem to be good breed ers: judging from the number of young sters to be seen. I saw one woman with nine small children on foot, one at the breast, and several wards not heard from.. The children. too, are ."beep. smart:' in this section. Sitting in front of the "Tavern" one evening. in ~conversation with a g.:nileinan. we overheard some ragged urchins mention"the graveyard." The gentleman asked them, if they had a . "graveyard" at that town? . "0,-yes;" replied a dirty little "urch," but we had to shoot a fellow like you to start one." The ' taverns" in this section are a good deal like the bugs and people—only worse. They arc of the worst class, and the first of their class. The buildings ate not so massive as some I have seen, though - the architecture is of the Grease ion style Others are decidedly Doric in appearance, rather barn-door ic than otherwise. I saw bat little of the Cor inthian and lanic . order, and but few in ter:acing arches, clustered columns, and the like. There is, however, plenty of "open work" abot.t most of them. The "square meals" at these hotels are not as square as some I have seen, nor the beds the most downy. I slept on one at Odin which was moss down before morn ing. Guess the bugs eat the ropes off, or pushed the slats oat of place, for the "tick" was on the floor in the morning. The bugs are first-class, if nothing else is; and they have first-class appetites, "you bet." Went to one of these "taverns" one night, on the recommendation of a friend, who said it was a "nice quiet place.— On entering, I saw the landlord, bare footed and coatless,fast asleep on a chair. In the distance sat two matronly-looking women, (i. e., they were old.) on their heads were old fashioned caps, and in their toothless mouths were pipes; above their heads rose in• clouds smoke, fra grant with "dorg-leg" tobacco. In the room, where reposed this interesting old man, and these festive female women.was an old table, a few broken chairs and a box. There was also a rude bar and an other nigger. On the bar stood a tallow "dip," by whose dim light I saw upon the wall a picture of - " Gen-. Washington, the father of his country," "Gen . . Jack son at New Orleans," and a large 14x18 steel engraving, on wood, of the "land ing of the pilgrims." Against the wall, too, hung a large looking-glass frame, in the upper part of which was the "pie tur" of somebody'3 "mcctin" house, un der which was a piece of broken mirror. On a knotted string, on same nail, was suspended a large comb, with three teeth. White making my observations, one of the ancient aunties. awakened the ancient uncle. Gazing on me with gentle fierce ness, he inquired if I wanted a bed ? I informed him that I was a lone traveller, and would like the bridal chamber, , with a bed as "soft as do Iry pillows are."— He lighted another "dip;" and called to the other nigger: "Here, you Jim, take this fellow to bed." Jim took me. Oh, such a room ! I would like to describe; but I won't. I imagined I sawthebed mov ing. I asked Jim if that was the beSt bed house afforded. Jim said it was. I asked Jim if there was another house in town. Jim said there was. Said I, good bye, Jim, I'm sorry to leave you; but I Can't be with you always; the best of friends must part. I parted, and went to the other house, after having embraced Jim and the landlord, and kissed the ancient aunts. As I wended myself away, I heard th om singing "shall we never more behold thee ?" I told them I thought they wouldn't, as I saw a "light iu the window for me"- in another direction.— Then the old man tried to "rock me to sleep," but his rocks missed me, and I escaped I will leave Egypt, and come back to Chicago where, at present, business is very dull, with no hopes of it getting better. The general feeling of despon dency which pervades the State, on ac count of the condition of the,crops, tells heavily upon all branches of Chicago trade. The only men who seem to be in good, spirits, are those who have grain cradles and reaping sickles for sale. In many places, farmers are obliged to cut all their grain by hand, the ground be ing so soft that to run a reaper is an im possibility. Reaper men have plenty of ma