£sa, #*rirt6PottStM. — For the Inquirer. COMMON SENSE IN FARMING. Some one has said that common sense is a very uncommon commodity; and when we look orer the fanning community we are more than half inclined to believe that the remark is 3 true one. How many of our farmers have planned to make the, from four to a dozen, horses that he used during the sum E er earn their feed dining the winter months? How many have planned profita ble work for their hired laborers by which they maybe enabled to earn their wage> during the inclement season of winter ? Not one in a hundred. Yet horses and hand must be kept over winter or they will not be on hand when Spring opens. Here is where education and brains tell in farming, 1 lie keeping of a half dozen horses over win ter is a heavy item of expense aud some times eats up half the profits of the sum mer's work, yet a little judicious brain work would devise ways and means not only t make them pay their own expenses but aho yield some profit even in winter. In thc £)me manner the farm laborers may be kept over winter instead of being discharged when the fall work Ls over. Here too the farmer will find a most important. element of success. If he has once obtained good, industrious and skilful laborers who know how to do their work and will do it web, he eannot afford to turn them off in the fall and hire green hands in the spring, one good hand may nett him a handsome profit each season, whde it would require two or three inexperienced hands u£aceom plish the same woik. and their board and wages in the end exceed the value of their labor, more laborers are wanted on every farm in Bedford County. The majority of the farms are scarcely haif cultivated. In telligent, and skilful farmers will find that thorough cuhure will pay them better than the skinning system and that it is more profitable to improve and thoroughly culti vate what they have than to increase the size of their farms which are now only half tilled. Who will be the first to give us the benefit of bis experience in thorough cul ture? FIX UP THE IMPLEMENTS. During the winter every implement and machine that will be required next spring and summer should be overhauled and re paired. Examine the plows, and if they have been neglected and are rusty, wash off all the dirt, and then apply with a swab fastened on the end of a stick, a n.i*:ui*<j of oxvo part vulpkeris soul and two parts water. Rub the mould-board and other parts that are rusty with this liquid until the rust is all removed; then wash it off and rub it dry. Then smear it over with crude petroleum or souie other cheap oil, aud next spring you will be saved from the loss and annoyance of clogging. Every farmer should buy a barrel of petro leum, aDd use it freely on all his wagons, machines, implements, ete. k will keep the iron from rusting and the wood from decay, and in cold wheather it is a useful lubricating oil. We find it absolutely es sential to keep on band several sizes of carriage bolts. With these and a brace, and a set of bits, nearly all ordinary fractures can be easily repaired. It is a great con venience, also, to have a vice, and to keep on hand an assortment of uncut nuts, with the tools for making the thread in them and also on tho bolts. All these things can be obtained at a hardware store, and a farmer who buys them will never regret it. But if it is necessary to take any thing to the blaek ffilith'i shop, now is 'h tiwmo 4 •'. -J when it is repaired, clean off the rust, paint it with linseed oil, and put it away for use in the spring. If the fanner or his son would go overall the implements, machinery, wagons, hay racks, tools, etc., paint them, oil and tighten the bolts, and see that every thing is strong and in good order, it would not ODly greatly lessen the blacksmith's bill, but would save much precious time and no little annoyance next spring and summer. The winter is also the time to make whiffle trees, and three-horse even-ers. It is a great advantage to have an extra set of these on hand. DEEP PLOWING SHOULD BE DONE GRADUALLY. A correspondent, who has one of the finest and most productive farms in Western New York, which he keeps in a high state of fertility by thorough cultivation and the growth of red clover, makes the following sensible remarks in regard to deep plowing: "A sudden bringing up to the surface of Riany inches of heavy clay, that has never been punctured by the roots of plant?, and this too in the spring of the year, would probably injure the first crop. Clay sub soils are best brought to the surface two or three inches at a time, and that in the fall, so that the frosts of winter may mellow them dowD. The next spring plow say twice as many inches deep as the clay sub soil is thick. This will mix things up so that even a crop of corn would be much im proved by the deep fall plowing. If we had the power and tools necessary to go on with (his process of bringing up the subsoil to, and mixing it with the surface soil, until we had one foot or more of mellow soil that had been enriched by turning under repeated clover crops, and then uuder this foot or more of soil, we could run a subsoil plow two feet deep, and so break the clay to a depth of three feet, the clover roots would have a chance to briijg to the surface the fertility that now lies dormant under the surface of our lands. This is the theory that I have constructed on the experience of a lifetime as a farmer; and I have no doubt of its applicability on our lands here. I do not think it would do on all lands, but it is practicable here, or at least will be when we get the Btcam Plow that can do the subsoiling for us. In the meantime we art- doing the best we can in the direction I have indicated. "—Ex. CHARLES DOWNING says that he witness ed a remarkable change produced on the body of a pear tree by means of wrap ping it in straw. The tree was a brown Beurrc, grafted about seven feet bigli, upon a stock which tor years had not grown as rapidly a.a gralt usually does, and present ed a decided bulge or swelling at the junc tion of the graft. I his smaller portion was encased in straw about two inches thick, and at the end of two seasons it was found, on removing the straw, that the heretofore smaller stem had become the full size of the graft above, presenting but a slight indica tion of the past union between graft. This ia an item of interest, and many tree grow ers who have trees with contracted stems, evidence of some natural want of affinity with the graft, may find it a hint for practi cal use. We have ourselves practiced wrapping the stem of Morello cherrieswhen worked at a height of two or three feet, with the free growing or sweet varieties, with moss, and thus kept them swelling regular ly with the growth of the graft for years, ■ays a grower.— fiction Cultivator. POPVI.AU hose company—The society of women. Most; —The "root of all evil," to those who spend their lives rooting for it. A Tons lady's motto —"The lip that touches liquor shall never touch mine." IT is very common for men when corned to have husky voices. IXK has been called the black slave that waits on thought. WHAT roof covers the most noisy tenant ? The roof of the mouth. Ir you would look "spruce"' in your old age don't "pine" in your youth. Tnt question is raised whether the grief cf a mulatto may be considered yellow pine. WHEK a lady has very sweet hair, is it a consequence i f her fastening it with a honey comb ? How can it be proven that a horse has six legs ? Because he has fore legs in front and two behind. Ax IKI.SHMAX being asked to define bard driuk said: "It is sitting on a rock and sip ping cold water." "I FEEL it my duty to dilate," said a te dious orator. "Better die late than never! ' shouted a voice in the crowd. SOLOMON advises the sluggard to go to the ant: bat the shiftless iu our day generally go to their uncle. How to get the real complexion of some ladies—Take a little soap and water. IF "brevity is the soul of wit," what a funny thing a fashionable coat is, is ,nt it? THE music of a planing-mill is supposed to be made by the bands that run the machinery. IF na'ure abhors a vacuum, why does she permit so many empty headed people to live? A BORE. —A man who persists in talking about himself wheu you wish to talk about yourself. WHY is i the happiest, of the vowels? Be cause! is in the midst of bliss, e is in hell, and all the others are in purgatory. IF you and your sweetheart voie upon the marriage question, you for it and she against it, don't flatter yourself a3 its being a tie. A l.ovEtt sees his sweetheart in everything he looks at, just as a man, bitten by a mad dog in bis meat, dog in his drink, dogs all around him. A MAK, who recently married A fashionable wife, says he is glad be purchased an up right piano, for it's the only upright thing they have in the house. Wit EX you pass a door after nine o'clock at night, and see a young man and woman, and hear a smack, you may bet your bottom dollar that the young man don't live there. "Do you seek consolation for your sorrows in drink ?" asked a pious old lady of an in temperate fellow, who was something of a wag. "Yes, in a horn,'' was the laconic and wit ty reply. SOMEBODY says the first thing that turned his attention to matrimony was the ueat and skillful manner in which a pretty girl han dled a broom. 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For such constitutions and ayet.-ma as require for iheir invigoration a diffusive stimulant, HOOFLAND S GERMAN TONIC Ha been provided—a preps ration in which the solid extracts of the finest restoratives of the veg etable kingdom are held in solution by a spiritu ous agent, purged of all deleterious constituents. The pti:ieut, ia choosing between these two gre- t antidotes, should bo guided by his own condition. If in a very low state, from debility, the Tonic should he hie selection; but in cases where the emergency is not so pressing, tho Bitters is the specific required. Thousands find infinite bene fit from taking each in turn. There is no phase uf indigestion, Biliousness, Nervous Disease. or Physical Prostration, to which they are not adap ted, nnd in which, singly or combined, they will not effect a cure. EXCHANGE PAIN FOR EASE, And Weakness for Strength. 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Each number contains one or more Fine Steel Engravings, portraits of eminent men, or i ilustrative of important historic events. Volumes commence in January and July. Subscriptions can commence with any number. Terms. $5 per year; Single Copies, 45 cents; Two Copies, Fire Copies, S2O. The trade, clergymen, teachers, and clubs supplied on favorable terms, and canvassers wanted in all parts of the country, to whom liberal inducements will be offered. (Send for Premium List.) Address E. R. PELTON, lldec4t 108 Fulton Street N. Y. PLECTIO MEDICAL COLLEGE OF 12 PENNSYLVANIA. This College holds three sessions each year. The first session commences October Bth, and continues until the end o: January: the second session commences February Ist. and continues until the beginning of May: the third session era tinues throughout the summer months. It has an able corps of twelve Professors, aio every Department of Medicine and Surgery is thoroughly taught. 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Send for specimen copy. dee:lß:4t VEKV'BODY in wast of WALL PAPER ex amines tbe stuck at the Inquirer Book Store Ip HE I N Q UTR¥R BOOK STORK, opposite the Mongol House, BEDFORD, PA. The proprietor take* pleasure in offering to the public the following articles belonging to the Book Business, at CITY RETAIL PRICES: MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS: Dream Life, Reveries of a Bachelor, Bryant's, llal leek's, Jean Ingelow's, Tupper's, Poe's, Milton's, Whittier's, Longfellow's, Teooeyson's, Bayard Taylor's, Walter Scott's, Wadswortb's, Grey's Poems, 10(1 Selections; Two Marriages; The Initials; Phcenixiana; A. Ward, his Book; Nasby's Letters; Dictionary of Quotations; Macauly's England; Homespun; Kathrina; Bittersweet; Enoch Ardcn; Tent on the Beach: Snow Bound; Country Living; Companion Poets; Tom Brown at Rugby, Baker's Secret Service; and many others. NOVELS: Miss Mulbach's, Dicken's (Si cent edition), Marrayatt's, Sir Walter Scott's (2ic edition), Miss Ellen Pickering's, G. W. M. 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Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, Madame Demorest's Mirror of Fashions, Eclectic Magazine, Godey's Lady's Book, Galaxy, Lady's Friend, Ladies' Repository, Old Guard, Our Young Folks, Appleton's Railway Guide, Nick Nax, Y'ankee Notions, Budget of Fun, Jolly Joker, Phunny Phellow, London Punch, Lippincott's Magazine, Riverside Magazine, Northern Monthly, Waverly Magazine, Ballou's Magazine, Gardner's Monthly, Harper's Weekly Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Chimney Corner, New York Ledger, New York Weekly, Wilke's Spirit of the Times, Harper's Bazar, Every Saturday, Living Age, Pen and Pencil, Putnam's Monthly Magazine, Arthur's Home Magazine, Oliver Optic's Boys and Girl's Magazine so. Constantly or. hand to accommodate those who want to purchase living reading matter. Only a part of the vast number of articles per taining to the Book and Stationery business, which we are prepared to sell cheaper than the cheapest, are above enumerated. Givo us a call. We buy and sell for CASH, and by this arrange ment we expect to sell as cheap as poods of this class are sold anywhere. JOHN LUTZ. June 19, ISM. gTEREOSCOPIC VIEWST" ALBUMS, CHROMOS. E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., 501 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Invite the attention of the trad* to their exten sive assortment of the above, of their own publi cation, manufacture and importation. We publish over Four Thousand subjects of Stereoscopic Views, including: Niagara, iHousatnnie, Catskills, Delaware, Hudson, Instantaneous, White Mountains, Cuba, Washington, New Grenada, Saratoga, iVeneiula, West Point, The Andes, Mammoth Cave, iChina, Central Park', j Japan, Trenton Falls, j England, Great West, j Ac. Ac. Our imported "Views embrace a large assort ment, including the choicest productions of Win. England, G. W. Wilson, Larny, and other emi nent photographers, consisting of Switzerland, j Spain, Rhine, i Tuileries, Pyrenees, j St. Cloud, Paris, j Trianon, England, Crystal Palace, Scotland, Tyrol, Ireland, Hercnlanenm, Wales, Fontainebleau, Pompeii, Compeigne, Germany, Versailles, Austria, Naples, Italy, Korne, Ac. Ac. ALSO, THE LANDS OF THE EIBLE, A new and intensely interesting series. Also, Il luminated and Transparent Views, in great varie ty. We are also exclusive Agents in America for "FERRIER'S GLASS VIEWS," of which we hare a splendid assortment. Agents tor Frith's Series of 8 1-4 x f> 1-2 in. Photographic views in Switzerland, the Rhine, England, Scotland, Wales Ac. AC. STEREOSCOPES.—We manufacture very large ly, and have a large stock of the best styles at the lowest rates. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS.—Onr Manufac ture of Albums is well known throughout the country as superior in quality and beauty to ali others. All we sell are made in our own Factory, and our styles are different from those of any other maker. Buyers should not fail to see our stock before making their purchases. CHROMOS. These beautiful pictures, that that cannot be diitinguiehcd from the most beautiful Oil Paint inje, at one tenth their cost, we import largely from Paris, London, Berlin, Vienna and Rome, and supply the trade at the lowest rates. E. A U. T. ANTHONY A CO., 501 Broadway. N. Y-, Importers and Manuf'rs of Photugrap. Materials. 18sep4m REMOVED TO THE COLONADE BUILDING MILLER & BOWSER HAVE REMOVED TO THE COLONADE BUILDING and offer great bargains in all kinds of goods in order to reduce their stock before making spring purchases. They have on hand DRY GOODS, READY MADE CLOTHING, FANCY NOTIONS, COTTON YARNS, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, G ROGER IES, QUEENS WARE, TOBACCO, CIGARS, BROOMS, BASKETS, WOODEN WAKE, &c. Look at soma of their prices: CALICOES, 8, lu, 12, 15, 16. 12J, 15, 18, 20. CASSIMERES CLOlffb' MtxA9.*fift. LADIES SACKING at very low prices, Ladies, Gent's and Misses Shoes. Sandals and Overshoes in great variety. Men's, boys and youths boots; best Coffee, Tea, Sugar and Syrup at market prices. Feed and Flour tor sale here at all times. We invite all to call and seethe goods, and com pare prices, before baying your goods. Oar motto is, short profits. TERMS —Cash, notes or products. ap!3 68 rriHK NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, D. C. Chartered by Special Act of Congrees, Approved July 25, IS6S. CASH CAPITAL—S 1,000,000. BRANCH OFFICE PHILADELPHIA, FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, Where the general business of the Company is transacted, and to which all general correspond ence should be addressed. DIRECTORS. Jay Cooke, PhiladA. IE. A. Rollins, Wash. C.H.Clark, Philada ! Henry D.Cooke. Wash. John W. Ellie, CineinatiiW. E. ChaDdler, Wash. Wm G, Moorhead, Phil. John D. Defrees, Wash. G. F. Tyler, Philada. Ed. Dodge, New York. J. Hinckley Clark, Phil. H. C. Fahnestock, N.Y. OFFICERS. C. H.CLARK, Philadelphia, President. HENRY D. COOKE, Washington, Vice-President. JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance and Executive Committee. EMERSON W. PEET, Philadelphia, Secretary ami Actuary. E. S. TURNER. Wash. Assistant Secretary. FRANCOS G. SMITH, M. D„ Medical Director J. EWING MEARS, M. D., Assistant Medica. Director. MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD. J. K. BARNES, Surgeon-General U. S. A., Wash. P. J. IIORWITZ, Chief Medical Department U. S. N., Wasoington. D. W. BLISS, M. D., Washington. SOLICITORS AND ATTORNEYS. WM. E. CHANDLER, Washington, D. C. GEORGE HARDING, Philadelphia, Pa. This Company, Natianal in its character, of fers, by reason of its Large Capital, Low Rates of Premium and New Tables, the most desirable means of insuring life yet presented to the public. The rates of premium, being largely reduced, are made as favorable to the insurers as ihose of the best Mutual Companies, and avoid all the complications and uncertainties of Notes, Divi dends and the misunderstandings which the latter are so apt to create among the Policy-llolders. Several new and attractive tables are now pre sented which need only to be understood to prove acceptable to the public, such as rhe INCOME PRODUCING POLICY and RETURN PREMI UM POLICY. In the former, the policy-holder not only secures a lifo Insurance, payable at death, but will receive, if living, after a period of a few years, an annual income equal to ten per cent. (10 per cent.) of the par of kit policy. In the latter, the Company agrees to return to the attured the total amount of money he hat paid in, in addition to the amount of hit policy. The attention of persons contemplating insur ing their lives or increasing the amount of insur ance they already have, is called to the special advantages offered by the National Life Insurance Company. Circulars, Pamphlets and full particulars given on application to the Branch Office of the Com pany in Philadelphia, or to its General Agents. LOCAL AGENTS ARE WANTED in every City and Town: and applications from such agen cies, with suitable endorsement, should be ad dressed TO THE COMPANY'S GENERAL AGENTS ONLY, in their respective districts. GKXERAL AGRRTS: E. W. CLARK A, CO., Philadelphia, For Pennsylvania and Southern Now Jersey, JAY COOKE A CO , Washington, D. C., For Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, District of Columbia and West Virginia. WM. A. EDWARDS, JOHN W. FISHER, Agents, Bedford, Pa. Bep4:ly 3. 8. FLUCK Saxton Bedford Co. Pa. Marriage certifcates.—om hand and for tale at the Inquirer office, a fine assort ment of Marriage Certificates. Clergymen and Justices should have them. 0' JR NEW FAMILY SINGER SEWING MACHINE. Th superior merits of the "Singer" Machines over alt others, for either family use or manu facturing purposes, are so well established and generally admitted, that, an enumeration of their relative excellence is no longer considered nec essary. OUR NEW FAMILY MACHINE, which has been brought to perfection regardless of time, labor or expense, is now confidently pre. sented to the public as incomparably THE BEST SEWING MACHINE IN EX. ISTENCB. The machine in question is SIMPLE, COMPACT, DURABLE A BEAU. TIFUL It is quiet, light running, and capable of per forming e range and variety of work never he fore attempted upon a single machine, -using either silk, twist, linen or cotten thread, and sew ing with equal facility the very finest and coarsest materials, and anything between the two extreme#, in the most beautiful and substantial manner. Its attachments for Hemming, Braiding, Cording, Tucking, Quilting, Felling, Trimming, Binding, etc, are novel and practical, end have been in vented end adjusted especially for this machine. New designs of the nnique, useful and popular folding tops and cabinet cases, peculiar to the machines manufactured by this Company, bars been prepared for enclosing the new Machine. A faint idea however, ean at best be given through the medium of a (necessarily) limited ad vertisement; and we therefore urge every person in quest of a Sewing Machine by aii means to ex amine and test, if they can possibly do so, all the leading rival machines before making a purchase. A selection can then be made understandingly. Branches or agencies for supplying the "Singer* Machines will be found in nearly every city and town throughout the civilized world, where machines will be cheerfully exhibited, and any information promptly furnished. Or communi cations may be addressed to THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. 458 Broadway, New York. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 1108 Chestnut Street. C. LOVER, Agent, Bedford, Pa. #oct 11m fjVHE GREAT AMERICA* COMBINATIOX BUTTON HOLE OVERSEAMING AND SEWING MACHINE, ITS WONDERFUL POPULARITY CONCLU SIVE PROOF OF ITS GREAT MERIT. The increase in the demand tot this valuable machine has been TEX FOLD during the last seven months of its first rear before the public. This grand and surprising success ts unprece dented in the history of sewing machines, and we feel fully warranted in claiming that IT HAS > T O EQKAL, anise absolutely tss best FAMILY MACHINE IS THE WORLD, AND INTRINSICALLY THE CHEAPEST It is really two machines combined in one, (by a simple and beautiful mechanical arrangement,) making both the Shuttle or Lock-stitch, and the Overseaming and Button-hole stitch, with equal facility and perfection. It executes in tha beet manner every variety of sewing, such as, Hemming, Felling, Cording, Tucking, Stitching, Bradingand Quilting, Gathering and sewing on, (done at the same time,) and in addition, Orer seams, Embroiders on the edge, and makes beau tiful Button and Eyelet-holes in all fabrica. Every Machine is warranted by the Company, or its Agents, to give entire satisfaction. Circulars, with full particulars and eamnles of work done on this Machine, can be had on appli cation at the Sales rooms of THE AMERICAN BUTTON HOLE, 0 VERSE AMI NO AND SEWING MACHINE CO., S. W. Corae* ELETEKTB ARD Chestrct Stiibts PHILADELPHIA. Instructions given on the machine at the rooms of the Company gratuitously to all purchers. AGENTS WANTED. FRED'K PAXSON, President. W. B. Msseshall, Treasurer. April 3:3 m QTOVES! STOVES !! STOVES!!! B. M. BLYMTER A CO. have added to their large assortment of stoves several improved pat terns. SPEAR'S improved Anti-Dust COOKING STOVE is one of the greatest inventions of the age. SPEAR'S Revolving Light Anti-Dust PAR LOR STOVE, which is a perpetual burner, and is warranted to need replenishing with coal but once a day, aad at'.er once being filled will burn 24 hours. Also, Agents for Spear's Parlor and fire place stoves. We have also the Oriental Parlor and Heating Stoves, which has given universal satisfaction. In addition to the above we hare in sto'e the celebrated Wellington, Prince Royal, Oriental, Noble, and other patterns of Cooking Stoves. We have a fine assortment of Tin, Copper, and Sheet Iron ware, Brass and Porcelein Kettles, all of which we will sell low for cash. 2Saug3m gEDFORD CLASSICAL SCHOOL FOUXDKD BT REV. JOHR LTOR, 18J9. FREDERICK WOODS, Principal. A first-class school for the instruction of youth of both sexes in a classical and English education, including Latin, Greek, French, German, Mathe matics and the ordinary English branches Terms moderate. Students from a distance can obtain board in town at reasonable rates. BSrEBEROBS: Hon. A. King, John Ree<i ' Esq. Hon. J.G. Hartley, H. Nicodemus, Esq. Wm. llan ley, C. N. Hickok, 0 E. Shannon, Esq. Geo. Blymyer, B. F. Uarrv, M. D. G. D. Shuck, Hn.Ssam'l L. Russell, Ross Anderson, M.D Jacob Reed, John Luta, B. F. Myers, William Lyon. Esq. WILL RE-OPEN, OCT. 12TH, 1883. 25sep 13 X CHANGE HOTEL, l] HUNTINGDON, PA. This old establishment having been leased by J MORRISON, formerly proprietor of tue Mor risou House, has been entirely renovated and re furnished and supplied with all the modern im provements and conveniences neceqgary to a first class Hotel. . The dining room has been removed to the first floor and is now spacious and airy, and the cham bers are ail well ventilated, and the proprietor will endeavor to make his guests perfectly at home. Address, J. MORRIfON, Excharge Hotbl, 31fulytf HualingdoOfA'a.
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