FIRST WORK IN SPRING. -it meeting of the American Insti tute Farmers' Club, Mr. W. S. Carpenter read tn interesting paper on First Work in Npriqg. He said: No farm is cemplete with out garden. There should be a suc cession of vegetables that there may be full supplies through the season. When the first peas are well up the second crop should be planted ; beets should be planted at different times, and sweet corn every two weeks from May Ist to July Ist. A hot-bed should be made early in March, as follows : Dig 21 leej, deep, 4 feet wide, 6 feet long ; place around " the top a board frame 6 inches on one side, and 15 inches on the other, inclined to the south ; fill to within 0 inches of the top with unfermented horse manure, leaves from the woods, or spent hops, well trodden down: add 6 inches nice soil, rake smooth audputon the sash and plant the same day in rows north aflTTS6uih r tomatoes, drumhead lettuce, good for transplanting early cabbage. New York purple egg plant, bull-nose pepper and celery. The space remaining I plant with early curled Selinias lettuce, then I sow evenly over the whole early and purple radish, and they will lie fit to use before the rest come on. The lettuce, when ready to use can be cut off. leav •ng a crown. cuttings can be made, and the last one be best. The sash should be re- A —'-uioyed ouly on a warm day. The best peas a>-e Daniel O'Rouk's. They should be plant ed as soon as the frost is out of the ground : it is a good plan to place a board edgewise on the north side of the row. As soon as the ground can be pulverized, plant early Bas suuo beets, and onion seed, and sets. The manure on the asparagus beds should be fork ed in, and salt applied. Cions should be cut early in March and buried two-thirds their length in a shady place. Grafting may be done till the trees blossom. Cherries should he grafted before April, and plums by the loth. Grafting wax is made of 6 pounds of rosin, 1 pound of tallow, and 1 pound of bees wax. In the orchard, suckers of last year's growth should be removed, and all loose bark scraped from the trunks, for here are myriads of insects. I oppose cutting off large limbs unless decayed. I have seen whole orchards rained by injudicious pruning. Small limbs w&ich keep out the sun light may be removed. Before March all coarse fodder should be fed out. From this time all animals should have the best hay and feed reserved for this period. A meadow that will not yield more than a tun of grass to the acre is to be broken up. Oats must be sowed early, they are adapted tn a cool climate. In this latitude April first is the best time. If the ground is strong from 3 to 4 bushels should be sowed to the acre. The country is indebted to the late Chauncy Goodrich of Utica for his efforts and success in improving potatoes. The "Early Good rich' ' makes him a public benefactor. I have experimented many years and have abandon ed the Mercer, Prince Albert, Peachblow and Dykeman. The following is my method : Ground thoroughly plowed, rows feet apart, seed cut to 2 eyes, dropped from 12 to 15 inches apart, according to strength of the va riety. In 10 or 15 days I drag a well branch ed tree across the rows, which kills weeds and leaves the ground level and fine. When they wp, run through with the plow and dress with the hoe. I now apply to an acre five bar rels of fine wood-ashea and one barrel of plaster, thoroughly mixed—a small to a hill. The) suouid be plowed three times more. About ten weeks after planting the weeds will show, when they should be pulled out, and afterward, again, if necessary. One man will weed an acres in a day. No mis take is greater than to let potatoes get foul with weeds. Mr. Carpenter gave three exam ples to prove that large crops are owing to good soil aud in particular to clean cultiva tion. Never plant potatoes twice successive- ! ly in the same ground. Change the seed every year, and, if possible, get from another section. Work on the farm, when rightly di- j reeted, is full of interest. REMEDY FOR THE BORER. Mu. EDITOR :—I desire to say something aboui the apple-tree borer, an enemy from which we have greatly suffered in our attempts j to seucre healthy trees and good crops. So j far aa my own trees are concerned, I think I j avo found a remedy. 1 planted an apple orchard some eighteen | years ago, aud the trees thrived very well for five or six years, when they begau to droop : and look sickly. Upon examining them J j found die borer in great numbers, having _ done considerable damage, and some pf them i appeared to be past recovery. I went to ! work and took them out. After removing | them I was about to apply coal tar, hut I was ! told that it would be a worse enemy than the borer. I thought awhile, and decided to ap ply urine, from the cow stable, having tanks and appliances to secure all this valuable li quid manure, as every farmer spould have. I applied this copiously around the bottom of the trees, and washed the trunks thoroughly. The result is that I have not a borer in my orchard, and the treeß have compktely recov ored, and give me abundant crops. I have been using this remedy for three years, and it has well repaid me for the labor required : and I think I can recom mend it confidently to my brother farmers, who will first carefully remove the borer, and properly apply it, say twice a year after wards. It will be seven years this spring since I planted five apple trees. Three of the five were attacked by the borer, killing one. and the other two looked very sickly. I removed the worms, and upon the remaining four used ■ the urine freely : they recovered and bore last season very fine fruit. Three years ago the coming spring, I plan ted thirty-six apple trees, and at once applied the urine copiously, and there is not, to my ' knowledge, a single borer in the whole of them ; beside they have grown and look re markably well. Some of my neighbors, who planted trees at the same time, obtained at the good nursery, complain of the depreda ■ tions of the borer. . Believing this. Mr. Editor, to be a remedy, when properly used, I think it my duty to communicate it to my brother farmers through ) your interesting columus. H. D. Germantown Telegraph. A SINGLE thistle, dock or mullen, if allow ed to perfect its seeds, and to disseminate them without hinderance broadcast over the soil, will entail a task work which it will re quire much labor to eradicate. To REMOVE WARTS FROM CATTLE.— It is said this can be done by annointing the warts once in three or four days with a mixture of ' equal parts of blue vitriol, lard and houey. Jhimowu.s. I THE first part of married life is the smile of the honeymoon ; the rest, too often, common moonshine. A PROBLEM. —If, as the poet says, beauty draws us with a single hair," then what—Oh; tell us what —must be the effect of a modern waterfall. E\ Eur fool has a right to be on the best terms with himself, and that man is a great fool who differs with him about those terms. FASHIONABLE society generally has but two faults ; first, in being hollow-headed, and sec ondly hollow-hearted. A MAN was asked what induced him to make a law student of his son, "Oh he was always a lying little cuss, and I thought I would hu mor bis leading propensity." THE following question is now before the Sand Lake Society : "Which do women love the best —to be hugged in a polka, or squee zed in a sleigh ?" SAIO a gentleman on presenting a lace col ar to his idolitrada, "Do not letany one else rumple it." "No, dear, I'll take it off," re torted the naughty beauty. A CHAP who was told by a colporteur to '•Remember Lot's wife," replied that he had trouble enough with his own wife, without re membering other men's wives. A CHICAGO man who had not been out oi the city for years, fainted away in the pure air of the country. He was only resuscitated by putting a dead fish to his nose, when he slowly revived exclaiming ; —"That's good— it smells like home !" "Charlie, my dear," said a loving mother to a hopeful son, just budding into breeches ; "Charlie my dear, come here and get some candy," I guess I won't mind it now moth er,' ' replied Charlie, "I've got in some to bacco." AN exchange asks very innocently, if it is any harm for young ladies to sit in the lapse of ages ? Another replies, that it all depends on the kind of ages selected. Those from eighteen to twenty-five it puts down as extra hazardous. A GENTLEMAN, upon being asked what was the reason of the present fashion of loading young ladies' necks with huge chains, replied that it was to keep the dear angels earthward, lest they should soar away—so they were made to "carry weight." "Is there any person you would particular ly wish me to marry ?" said a widow expec tant to her dying spouse who had been some what of a tyrant in his day, "Marry the devil, if you like," was the gruff reply. "Oh, no, my dear, you know it is not law to marry two brothers." JOHN REEVE was accosted on the Kensing ton road hy an elderly man with a bottle of gin in hjsyGand. "Pray sir, I beg your pardon, is this the way to the poor house ?" John gave him a look of clerical dignity, and pointing to the bottle, very gravely said: "No, sir ; but that is." Ax enraged parent had jerked his provo king son across his knee, and was operating on the 3 ' •*—""" u ' tml ' 8 P er " son with great vehemence, when the young one dug into the parental legs with his ven omous little teeth. "Blazes ! what are you biting me for ?'* "Well, clad, you beginned this here war." Two good-natured Irishman, on a certain occasion, occupied the same bed. In the morning, oue of them inquired of the other: "Dennis did you hear the thunder last night ?" "No Pat ; did it railly thunder ?" "Yes. it thundered as if hiven and airth j would come togither." j "Why in the Divil thin, didn't ye wake j me; for ye know I can't slape whin it thun j ders." JOSH BILLINGS ON CONTRIBUTORS. I No uotis will be took —from this date here afterwards —ov letters that hain't got a post- I age stamp on them. Dou't write only on one side of the manu [ skript. and don't write much onto that. Don't send manuskript unless you can read it yourself when it gets dry. We pay all the way up hill, from 10 cents | o oue dollar for contributions, ackording to : heft. Awl settlements made at the end of the | next ensueing year. Poetry and prose peaces respectively ser licited. The highest market price for awful rale rode smashes, and elopements with another man's wife. No answering aloud in our paper. ISAAC.— Your article on "frogs" iz re ceived. It made me laugh like lightning. Yure idee "that frogs might be increased by propagation'' iz bully. Yure idee "that frogs was diakovered by Christopher Columbus in the year 1692," had slipped mi memory. Yu also say "that frogs grew more bobtail ed as they grew older." This is too cussed good to be entirely lost. A GENTLEMAN who lately visited New York, writes that be read in oue of the papers that the extortion practised by hackmen there was such that "no man calls a carriage with out having first resolved upon fighting or be ing robbed." But having a lady with him, he took a carriage at the depot, and the fol% lowiug was his experience : Upon reaching the hotel he alighted aud asked the price of the service. "Five dollars," saidJehn. Handing him a five dollar greenback, the gentleman inquired quietly : "What is your number ?" "Four dollars," he answered. "Here are four dollars. What is your number ?" "Three dollars," said the fellow, sulkily. "Here are three. Now your number, sir ?" "Two dollars—little 'nuff, too," rejoined the driver. "Two, then ; here they are. What is your number ?" "One dollar, cap'n —one dollar'll do," re plied the whip. "Here's your dollar," said our friend, civ illy : "all you are entitled to. It's no con sequence as to your number now. Good Morning.'' And the parties separated without either "fight or robbery." PROPOSALS. Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Scrip FOR SALE. The Board of Commissioners now offer for sale 620,000 acres of Agricultural College Land Scrip, being the balance of the Scrip granted to the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania for the endowment of Agricultural Colleges in this State. Proposals for the purchase of this Land Scrip, addressed to "The Board of Commissioners of Agricultural Land Scrip," will be received at the Surveyor General's office, at Harrisburg, until 12 ■o'clock, M., on Wednesday, April 10, 1867. This land may be located in the State or Terri tory, by the holders of the scrip, upon any of the unappropriated lands (except mineral lands) of the United States, which may be subject to sale at private entry. Each piece of scrip represents a quarter section of one hundred and sixty acres, is issued in blank, and will be transferable, without endorsement or formal assignment. The blank need not be filled until the scrip is presented for location and entry, when the party holding it can fill the blank and enter the land in his own name. Bids must be made as per acre, and no bids will be received for less than one quarter section. The Scrip will be issued immediately on the payment of the money to the Surveyor General. On all bids for a less quantity than 40,000 acres, one-third of the purchase money must be paid within ten days, and the remaining two-thirds within thirty days after notification of the accep tance of the bid or bids by the Board of Commis sioners. JACOB M.CAMPBELL, Surveyor General. For the Board of Commissioners. HARRISBURG, February 27,1867. March 8, ts. 628. HOOPSKmTS ' 628. NEW SPRING STYLES, "OUR OWN MAKE," embracing every New and Desirable sizo, style and Shape of Plain and Trail HOOP SKIRTS, —2, 3 1-4, 2J, 2 3-4, 3, 3 1-4, 3 1-2, 3 2-4 and 4 Yds., round, every length and size Waist; in every res pect FIRST QUALITY, and especially adapted to meet the wants of FIRST CLASS and most fashion able Trade. "Our own make," of Hoop Skirts, are lighter, more elastic, more durable, and REALY CHEAPER, than any other make of cither Single or Double Spring Skirt in the American Market. They arc "WARRANTED in every respect, and wherever in troduced give universal satisfaction. They are now being extensively Sold by Retailers, and ev ery Lady should try them. Ask for "Ilopkin's Own Make," and see that each Skirt is STAMPED "W.T. HOPKINS MAN UFACTURER, H2B ARCH Streat, PIIIL'A." No others are Genuine. A Catalogue containing Style, Size and Retail Prices, sent to any ad dress. A Uniform and Liberal Discount allowed to Dealers. Orders by mail or otherwise, prompt ly and carefully filled.—Wholesale and Retail at Manufactory and Sales-rooms, No. 628 ARCH Street, PHIL AD'A. made to order, altered and repaired. TERMS, NET CASH. ONE PRICE ONLY. Win. T. HOPKINS. March 15, 18ti7.10mo Attention Drafted Men! Congress has just passed an Act refunding 3oo to those drafted men who paid commutation and afterwards were drafted and who put in substitutes, or who entered the service. We will promptly attend to the COLLECTION OF CLAIMS of persons entitled" to have their money refunded, and will give our special attention to the subject. COME OIE! COME ALL! J. W. LINGENFELTER. i cm jl ABiurueys. March I:3m. •9981 '9l qoiK aaHisaa N3hav aaH>iano suoiTßOiiqtid jsaijß'i # oisnji JO ixarciHossv axia aaax-ioditoo ATLiaaavj fi.id.i Jo sq of pjpio.wiJ.ii SO IIHZ V.T 'anoaaaa 'HSiMOLLVXS QNVISIODIIM 'siAvai "i r EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of William Cornell, dec ■', PENN'A. Those who desire to sell or buy land or lands will tind this agency an excellent medium through which to accomplish their object. All lands of fered for sale are duly registered, likewise the ap plications to buy, and those who desire to sell and those w ho desire to purchase arc brought together with comparatively little delay, trouble or expens Persons desiring to use this agency can apply to us personally or by letter. July 13. gILVER'S WASH POWDER. SAVES TIME, LABOR, MONEY. MAKES WASHING A PASTIME AND MONDAY A FESTIVAL SOLD EVERYWHERE. TRY IT. ZEIGLEII A ,SMITH, Chemists and Wholesale Druggists, 137 North Third street, Philadelphia. Nov. 16,1865.-1 yr. rpilK MASON A HAMLIN CABHsTET QIRXH-A-lETS Forty different styles, adapted to sacred and secular music, for $BO to $6OO each. Fiffty-onc Gold and Silver Medals, or other first premiums awarded them. Illustrated Catalogue free. Ad dress, MASON A lIAMLIN, Boston, or MASON BROTHERS, New York. March 9: lyr. J HENRY HITTON . WITH BHUMWAY,CHANDLER & Co., Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS Sc SHOES, No. 221 Market street, and 210 Church street, Philadelphia. PLEASE GIVE HIM A CALL. Feb. 15, 3m. Jggy Wedding Cards, Business Cards, Bill Heads, Circulars, and all kind of Mercantile Blanks, neatly and expeditiously executed at 'be Inquirer Job Office. THE INdDIKEB JOB PRINTING OFFICE, ■ Bedford. Fa. ] We are prepared to execute at short notice and in the most approved style POSTERS OF ANY SIZE, CIRCULARS, BUSINESS CARDS, WEDDING AND VISIZING CARDS, BALL TICKETS, PROGRAMMES, CONCERT TICKETS, ORDER BOOKS, SEGAR LABELS, RECEIPTS, LEGAL BLANK , PHOTOGRAPHER'S CARDS, BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, PAMPHLETS, PAPER BOOKS, ETC. ETC. ETC. ETC. ETC. Our facilities for doing all kinds of Job Printing are equalled by very few establishments in the country. Orders by mail promptly filled. All letters should be addressed to DURBORROW A LUTZ. QjOOD NEWS FOR THE FARMERS ! TIIE following kinds of Threshing IVlaeliines, CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE MA CHINE SHOP OF P H SHIRES, BEDFORD, PA TLt Celebrated RAILWAY, or TREAD-POW ER Threshing Machines with all the latest and best improvements. ONE AND TWO-HOKSE POWERS. The Two-horse Machine with two horses and four hands will thresh from 100 to 125 bushels of wheat or rye, and twice as much oats per day. ONE-fIORSEMACHINES with three hands, will thresh from 50 to 75 bush per day. Two and four-horse TUMBLING SHAFT Ma chines, also, four-horse STRAP MACHINES, STRAW SHAKERS of the most approved kind at tached to all Machines. ALL MACHINES WARRANTED. REPAIRING of all kinds of Machines done on the shortest notice. •Ssfc-HORSES, PIG METAL, GRAIN and LUMBER taken inpayment. wanting Machines, will do well to give me a call. PETER H. SHIRES, Proprietor and Manufadr. ALSO, FOR SALE, THE BULKEYE MOWER AND REAPER!. The most perfect Machine in the world. Single Mowers or Combined Machines Warranted to give satisfaction or no sale. Farmers' in want of the BEST MACHINE of the kind now made, would do well to call and make arrangements to give their orders for Machines in time for mowing. PKTER H.SHIRES 1867. 33 1867. BARGAINS! J. B. FARQUHAR Is pleased to state to his friends and former customers, that he has RESUMED BUSINESS IN BEDFORD, At the well known P. A. REED stand, opposite the Bedford Hotel, where he is prepared to sell everything in his line CHEAPER than the CHEAPEST. ile has a tun line ot DRY-GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING BOOTS AND SHOES, Which have been Purchased at very low Prices, and will be sold at a very small advance. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK Jan 18, 1867. IE BANO N VALLEY COLLEGE. J FOR BOTH SEXES. This institution is located at ANNVILLE, Leb anon Co., Pa., a beautiful rural village, on the Lebanon Valley Rail Road, 21 miles east of Har risburg. The school is one of high grade, and affords in ! struction in ! Common and Higher English, Pure and Mixed Mathematics, The Natural and Mental Sciences, Philosophy and Polite Literature, The Greek, Latin, German and French Languages, Vocal and Instrumental Music, Penmanship, Drawing and Painting, Ao. Ac. Ac. The rooms are entirely furnished and the build ing is heated by furnaces. The teachers are qjl skillful and accomplished. NEXT SESSION COMMENCES JAN. 7, 1867. CHARGES MODERATE AND NO EXTRAS. For catalogue and further particulars, address Rev. T.R. VICKROV, A. M., Prin., Annville, Lebanon co., Pa. j Dec. 14:66:1yr HORSE DEAEERS AND CATTLE TENDERS TAKE NOTICE OR. LATOUR'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS, GOOD FOR CATTLE, HORSES, HOGS & SHEEP. The farmers' True Frieud and Aid. A safe and Certain cure for Heaves, Distemper, ' Yellow Water, Coughs, Inflamatory Disease, Loss, \ of Appetite, Low Spirits and Founder. The best condition Powder and one that will | keep off disease of all kinds. A fair trial is only asked. The result will make i it a favorite with all who administer it. Our best Horsemen and Cattle Traders recom : mend it. Prepared and sold at wholesale and retail, by C. C. SHRIVER your little ones? Are your slumbers and hearts broken by their cries? Do you awake in the morn ing unrefreshed and apprehensive? If so, pro ' cure at once a bottle of Dr. Leons' Infant Remedy and you will have no more weary hours of watch . ing and anxiety. DR. LEONS' INFANT REMEDY i has stood the test of years. Thousands of nurses and mothers bear witness that it never fails to give relief if used in season. It is a mild, yet sure and speedy cure for Colic, Cramps and Windy Pains, and is invaluable for all complaints inci dent to Teething. Sold by Druggists throughout the United States. Address all orders to ZEIGLER A SMITH, SOLE PROPRIETORS, Nov. 16,'06: ly 137 North 3d st., Phil'a. K/\ TONS PLASTER FOR SALE , OU AT "CRYSTAL STEAM MILLS," Bedford, Pa., at lowest market rates. "XJieCrys . tal Steam Mills" being now in full operation, we are prepared to do all kinds of "Grist work, ' and > to furnish ull kinds of good Flour and feed, at i short notice. Rye, Corn, Buckwheat, Ac., ground on Wednesdays and Saturdays. I Grists delivered in town, with dispatch. Hav ing spared no expense in the erection of these Mills, we are determined to try to please, and so licit a SHARE of public patronage. JOHN G. A WM. HARTLEY. N. B. The highest market price paid for grain of all kinds. Feb 8, 3m. MORRISON HOUSE, HUNTINGDON, PA. I have purchased and entirely renovated the large stone and brick building opposite the Penn sylvania Railroad Depot, and have now opened it for the accommodation of the travelling public. The Carpets, Furniture, Beds and Bedding arc all entirely new and first class, and I am safe in say ing that I can offer accommodations not excelled in Central Pennsylvania. I refer to my patrons who have formerly known me while in charge of the Broad Top City Hotel and Jackson House. may2s:tf JOSEPH MORRISON. SHOVELS AND FORKS, DOOR MATS, Garden Tools, WhiteWash Brushes, Scrub , Brushes, Carpet Tacks; all kinds of Paint, Var . nish, Turpentine, Oil, Ao. Ac. at HARTLEY A METZGER'S MAMMOTH HARDWARE STORE. Fresh stock of goods just arriving. marls ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, Common Admin istrator's and Executor's, Deeds, Mortgages Judgment Notes, Promissory Notes, with and with • out waiver of exemption, Summons, Subpoenas, and Executions, for sale at the Inquirer office. k Nov 2,1866 A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF JUDG MENT and Promissory Notes, either with or without waiver of exemption, for sale at this office nov 2-66 I A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Blana Deeds ' x\.on the best parchment paper, for sale at the Inquirer office. 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New sub scribers to all five of the Periodicals for 1867, will reeeive,gratis, Blackwood, any two of the "Four Heviews" for 1866. These premiums will be allowed on all new subtcriptions received before April 1, 1867. Subscribers may also obtain back numbers at the following reduced rates, viz: The North British from January, 1863, to De cember, 1866 inclusive; the Edinbury and the West minster from April, 1864, to December, 1866, in clusive, and the London Quarterly for the years 1855 and 1866, at the rate of $1.50 a year for each ox any Review; also Blackwood for 1866, for $2.50. Neither premiums to Subscribers, nor dis connt to Clubs, nor reduced prices for hack num bers, .'an be allowed, unless the money is remitted direct to the Publishers. No premiums can be given to Clubs. THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., No. 38 Walker Street, New York. L. S. Pub. Co., also publish the FARMER'S GUIDE, by Henry Stephens, of Edinburgh, and the late J. P. Norton, of Yale College. 2 vols. Royal Octavo, 1600 pages, and numerous Engravings. Price $7 for the two volumes—by Mail, post paid, $B. dec.2l: J. R BTJRBOBROW JOHN UTZL. BEDFORD, PA., U. S. ARMY CLAIM AGENCY FOR THE COLLECTION OF BOUNTY, BACK PAY, PENSIONS, and other Claims against the Government. BOUNTY AND BACK PAY. To enable those who may have olaims upon the United States for moneys due deceased officers and soldiers on account of military services rendered, while in the regular or volunteer service, we pub lish the following order of payment: FIRST. —If the deceased was Married, payment will be made: Ist, to the widow; 2d, if no widow, to his child or children (if minors, to a guaadian.) SECOND. —If he died unmarried: Ist, to the father; 2d, if the father is dead, to the mother; 3d, if both parents are dead, to the brothers and sis ters, collectively; lastly, to the heirs general (to be distributed in accordance with the laws of the State in which the deceasd had his domicile.) In the number entitled to Bounty may be added the pro rata Bounty due soldiers discharged for wounds received in actual battle. PENSIONS. Under the Act of Congress, approved July 14th, 18(52, pensions are granted to the following classes of persons: Ist. Invalids disabled since March 4th, 1861, in the military and naval service of the United States in the line of duty. 2d. Widows of officers, soldiers, or seamen, dy ing of wounds received or of disease contracted in the military or naval service as above. 3d. Children under sixteen years of age, of such deceased persons, if their be no widow surviving, or from the time of the widow's second marriage. 4th. Mothers (who have no husband living) of officers, soldiers, or seamen, deceased as aforesaid, provided the latter have left neither widow nor children under sixteen years of age; and provided also, that the mother was dependent, wholly or in part, upon the deceased for support. oth. Sisters under sixteen years of age of such deceased persons, dependent on the latter, wholly or in part, for support; provided there are no right ful claimants of either of the last preceding classes. Special attention given to CLAIMS FOR LOSS OF HORSES. J?g£- Applications by mail attended to as if made in person. charge made until the Claim is lnformation given tree ot charge. April 28, 1865:tt FOR SALE. We take pleasure in offering to the public the following tracts of excellent land for sale at very reasonable prices. Persons wishing to buy will do well to consult us before purchasing, and those having lands to sell will find it to their advan tage to avail themselves of our reasonable terms: No. 1. North-west fractional one-fourth of the North-west one-fourth of section 6, in township SO, North of range 4, Cedar county, lowa. .39 87-100 acres, Prairie land. Price $350. No. 2. —N. E. one-fourth S, in township 85, range 45, in Monona county, lowa. 160 acres, Piairie land- Price $9OO. No. 3.— N. E. one-fourth of the N. W. one fourth section 22, in township 3S, North of range 22, it Pino county, Minnesota. 40 acres timber land. Price $2OO. No. 4. A good farm, situate in Pleasant Valley, Bedford township, five miles from Bedford, now in the occupancy of William 11. Nycum, contain - ing 100 acres, more or less, about sixty acres cleared and under excellent fence, 18 acres of bottom meadow, and the balance well timbered, with a splendid double dwelling house, barn and other out-buildings. A well of excellent water near the door; also, a good young orchard. This is an excellent opportunity to procure a good farm near Bedford, convenient to churches and good schools. Price $3O per acre. DURBORROW A LUTZ, Real Estate Agents, Feb. 1, 1867. Bedford, Pa. HARTLEY A. METZGER keep constantly on hand a large stock of general HARDWARE. They have just received 50 DOZEN BEST AND CHEAPEST FRUIT JARS ever offered to the public. They keep all kinds of Farm Machinery, including Mowers and Reapers, Cider Mills, Fod der Cutters and Willoughby's Gum Spring and Roller Grain Drills—the best in the world. Bedford, July 13. ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, Common Admin istrator's and Executor's, Deeds, Mortgages, Judgment Notes, Promissory Notes, with and without waiver of exemption, Summons. Subpoe nas and Executions, for sale at the Inquirer office. Nov 2, 1866 BLANK DEEDS FOR SALE CHEAP at the INQUIRER OFFICE Nov 2, 1866 BLANK DEEDS FOR SALE CHEAP at the INQUIRER OFFCE. Nov. 2, 1866. ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, Common, Admin istrator's snd Executor's. Deeds, Mortgages, Sudgment Notes, Promissory Notes, withand with out waiver of exemption, Summons, Subpoenas and Executions, for sale at the Inquirer office. Nov 2, 1866 A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Blank Deeds, on the best parchment paper, for sale at the Inquirer office. Nov 2,1866 ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, Common, Admin istrator's and Executor's. Deeds, Mortgages, Judgment Notes, Promissory Notes, and without waiver of exemption, Summons, Subpoe nas and Executions, for sale at tbe Inquirer office. Nov 2, 1866 A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Blank Deeds on the best parchment paper, for sale at the Inquirer office, Nov 2J1866