THE POTATO CROP. Hearth and Home on new varieties of po tato. We quote: years ago the main variety grown 111 this country was that known as the English White, a watary. insipid, waxy-fleshed potato only fit for stock. In those days, wad, in deed, until within the past twentv-five years, really choice potatoes were imported from England and Nova Scotia. The first im provement was a potato known as lox a Seedling, then the famous Mercer came up, and held its own for many years: but as our country became opened np for farming pur poses, other varieties appeared, some of which —as for instance the Peach blow divi ded honors with the Mercer. The progress made in this, as in improvements in fruits, flowers, and vegetables, is, of course, but slow, perhaps only one point at a time being gained. If earlinesa was gained, perhaps site or flavor was wanting: if these were gain ed, productiveness or hardiness was wanting, and so on. The appearance of the rot in I*4-1, and the disastrous losses it entailed upon the commu nity. drew the attention of persons devoted to rural studies to the necessity of raising new varieties, capable of resisting the rot and other diseases which had attacked the potato. Few persons ere aware of the amount oi the potato crop in the United States. It is estimated that one hundred and fifty millions of bushel* are consumed annually in this country as an article of food. The crop of the State of New York is estimated at nearly twenty-five millions of bushels, of which the counties of Washington, Rensselaer and Sa ratoga produced nearly two and a half mill ions of bushels: and the counties of Oneida. Monroe, Genesee and St. Dewrence produced OTer three hundred thousand bushels each. Aside from being used as an article of food, they are also extensively used in nianufac lures. In Stowe, Yt., five starch factories use up yearlv about one hundred thousand bushels of potatoes, and some print works consume over fifjy thousand pounds of starch in a year.' IJcarfh and Home pronounces the "Early Rose" the very Lest potato yet introduced. In the warm., sandy soils of New Jereey, we. last season. saw two crops in succession, raised from tubers planted in April—that is to say, those planted early in April ripened early enough to make a second planting, which ripened in October. It has sold at from one dollar to five dollars a pound, and is now selling readily at the tormer price. Not withstanding the high prices paid for it, we hare not heard of any person being dis appointed or dissatisfied with it, mauv re porting it as ripening in forty days from the planting—sixty days, however, being the time in ordinary eases. It is reported as yielding from (orty to sixty pounds of tubers from one pound of seed. This variety was raised by Mr. Brezee in 1 -■. 1, from seed of the Garnet Chili. Stem erect, stout, of medium height, with large leaves : it flowers freely, but does not fruit: tuber 3 very smooth, skin very tbin, but tough ;of a dull, bluish tint; flesh white, solid, and brittle; very mealy, and of excel lent qua'ity for the table. It ripens ten days earlier than the Eari* Goodrich, and is equal if no*, superior to that variety for the table. Itis very productive." WORK TO BE DONE NOW. lilany gardeners ai d others who have gar dens delay work through the winter, which can just as well be done then, when there is It" eor nothing else to do until March, and then are so hurried with other work as to at least partiai.y neglect the other. e refer to the gathering up of the rubbish scattered about—the atones, stakes, boards, pi -*s, Leaps of brush, decayed roots —pruning of the rose-bu;be, vine, and shrubbery generally: pruning of the fruit-trees, when the branches are not too large, which ought to be deferred to June; pruning of the roots of the dwarf pear-trees, when they fail to fruit from rapid growth, as we have often recommended, 1-y thrusting the spade down to the handle fr :n eighteen inches to two feet from the stem all around it. Prune or clear out the dead cr surplus stalks of the currant and gooseberry bushes; scrape and wash with whale oil soap and water, one pound to a bucket, the stems or trunks of the fruit-trees that may need it- Repair the garden implements; put in new handles where needed; teeth in the wooden rakes; prepare the brush for the peas; the poles f ihe beans: the stalks for the rasp berries; and make trellises for flowers and vines as may be necessary. Every good gar dener should make himself familiar with tools, and become competent to do ail this work saiisiactoriiy in the many days of com parative I .sure during the winter and early spring months. Tools should be carefully si itered and always kept in the best order. Overhaul occasionally the seed chest to see that tht mice have not, despite your efforts at safety, got among them. I he hot-beds should now be made for the crop of cauliflower and letiuce. Iu gome gar dens these beds have already been made, our own more than two weeks ago, the cauli flower plants are growing finely, and the long scarlet radish is up. Bat it is not too iate yet for these beds: in cold springs they are batter late, for the heat of the manure some- timet becomes exhausted before it has per formed its office when made up at too early a period. Durii g the coming month the hot beos for cabbage, beet, tomato and eggplants mutt be under way. Every farmer should have a hot-bed or two, a he has plenty of horse-manure and they are very simply made, as described by our Chesapeake City cor respondent in another column. There is a great gain in the work of the season to have the things we have named at tended to, so that when the active labors of the garden begin there will be no drawbacks or hindrances, but everything can go on steadily and regularly.— Oermantown Tele graph. LARGEST STEER IN THE WORLD. I here is a white steer, aged six years and aix months, belonging to Samuel H. Jones, of Sangamon county, Illinois, that is six feet six inches hi ; nine feet nx inches in length ; ten feet six inches around the girth ; three lee! across the hips : and weighs three thou sand and six hundred pounds ! He is a cross of the "Short Horn Durham" and the "Pattom stock. An excursion party was made up recently, a " Springfield, with the express purpose of v.eiting this monster beast, twelve miles from ace, at t\ illiatosburg. The party on arnv ah appointed a committee, consiet - g of Col. White, of Sangamon county, and our fellow citizen, A. W. BothweH, Esq., to ake the exact measurement of this steer, which they did. with the above result. We dertTe these facts from Mr. A. W. Bothwell, one of the committee-men,and therefore they niy bo relied upon as correct. Mr. Jones : L>en offared $ 1,500 for this steer, but re- j used to sell He purposes increasing its weight to 4,000 pounds, when he is to receive two thousand dollars for it. We challenge the whole world to produce a steer equal in size and weight to the one described.— American Stock Journal. A USEFUL CEMENT.—A useful cement for closing up cracks in stove plates, stove doors 4c.. is prepared by mixing finely pulverized iron, such as can be procured at the druggists will water glass to A thick paste. and then coating the cracks with it. The hottar the fire becomes tbe more does the cement melt and combine with it* metalicingredients and the more completely will the crack be come closed. TUMOROUS. Is a pretty woman called a toast because she is exposed to the fire of so many glances. Wuy was Noah never hungry ? Because he had Ham with him. THE first part of married life is the shine of the honeymoon: the rest, too often, moon shine. Ir time is money, most people have a good deal more money than they know what to do with. THE most delicate method of giving a lady a key to your feelings is to send her a lock of your fcair. WE think that a man carries the borrowing priuciple a trifle too far when he ask us to lend him our oars A prisouer was examined iu court, and coutradicted himselt. "W by do you lie so. 1 asked the judge: "haven't you a lawyer?" THE woodman who spared that tree, came near freezing to death the past winter, on ac count of the scarcity of wood. JF four quarters make a yard, how many will make a garden ? If seven days make one week, how many will mske one strong? THERE is a man in town so knowing, that people who don't know their own minds come to him for information on the subject. A courtly negro recently sent a reply to an invitation, in which he regretted, "that cir cumstances repugnant to the acquiesce would preveut bis acceptance to the invite." IT is supposed that the thief who was re ported in the morning papers as having left the house, did so because he was not able to take it with him. "WHEN things get to the worst, they gen erally take a turn for the better." This pro verb applies more particularly to a lady's silk dress. —when she cannot get a new one. A Gentleman advertises for a horse "'for a lady of dark color, a good trotter, and of stylish action ?" The horse '"must be young and have a long tail about fifteen bands high." "FINE day for the race," said a wag to a sporting friend one bright morning lately. "What race ?" anxiously inquired his friend. "Why, the human race to be sure was the re p'y- As Irish girl told ber forbidden lover that she was longing to possess his portrait, and intended to obtain it. "But how if your friends see it ?" "Ah, I'll tei! the artist not to make it like you, so they won't know it." IN a recent temperance lecture Beecher re marked that Ireland grew no wines. One of his hearers reminded him that the Green Is'e grows whiskev. "Oh, yes," said Beecher, "I acknowledge the corn." A Dutchman, not one hundred miles from Middleburg, having suddenly lost an infant son. of whom he was very fond, thus vented his inconsolable grief over the corpse of bis child: "I don't see wot did make him tie —he was so fatter as putter—l wouldn't haf him tie tor ten shillings!" "PETER, what are you doing to that boy?" said a schoolmaster. "He wanted to know if you take teu from seventeen how many will remain, so I look ten of his apples to show him and be wants them back." "Well, why don t you do it then "'" "Cos, sir, he would then forget how many wa3 left." IN Westerly, R. 1., a missionary had paint ed on the fences: "What shall I do to be saved ?" To which a quick medicine man added : "Use bitters." The evange list retorted by printing under "Use bitters," in another place, the words, "Then prepare to meet thy God." A RECENT Paris paper thus reports a con versation between two conservatives; "And what has become oi the son of our friend X.?" "Don't ask me: he has turned out badly." "How's that? I thought he was in telligent and industrious, What has become of him?" "He has become a journalist." "A journalist—and bis father is such an bon est man ; its incredible." A few days since, in a Boston eating house a young man discovered a cockroach in hit pudding. He turned the insect over and over, examined it closely, and finally remark ed to a person who was sitting near him; "That ain't right. I don't like it, and if I find another I won't eat the pudding." A Darkey in Natchez wag boasting to a grocer of the cheapness of ten pounds of sp gar ke had bought at a rival store. "Let me weigh the package," said the grocer. The darkey assented, and it was two pounds short. The colored gentleman looked perplexed tor a moment, and then said : "Guess he didn't cheat dis chile much; for while he was gettin' de sngar, I stole two pair of shoes." A GENTLEMEN was walking down the street the other day, when he saw two bora on the sidewalk apparently searching for something. One of the boys remarked, just as he reached ibem : "Well, ten dollars is worth hunting after.'' So the gentleman stopped and searched awhile. Finally, he got tired, and said to the boys; "Have you lost a ten dollar note?" "No, sir," said they; "but we didn't know but what we could find one." AMELIA, for the—yes, at thy command, I'd tear the eternal firmament into a thousand fragments—l'd gather the stars one by one as they tumble from the regions of ethereal space, and put them in my trousers pockets. I'd pick the sun—that oriental god of day that traverses the bine arch of heaven in such majestic splendor—l'll tear him from the sky and quench his bright effulgence in the foun tain of my eternal love for thee." "Don't Henry, it would be so very dark." WHILE trudging along one day all alone, a soldier met a Methodist circuit rider, and at once recognized him as such, but affected ig norance of it. Preacher.—"What command do you be long to ?" Soldier.—"l belong to the—th Texas Regi ment, Van Dorn's army. What army do you belong to ?" Preacher, (very solemnly.)—l belong to the army of the Lord!,' Soldier- —"My friend, you've got a very long way from headquarters?" HARPER'S WEEKLY, HARPER'S BAZAR FRANK LESLIE, CHIMNEY CORNER and all other Illustrated papers for sale at th* Inquirer Book Store. tf SCHOOL BLANKS.—Articles of Agreement between Directors and Teachers, Checks Bonds of Collectors, Warrants of Unlleotore. Pond of Treasurers, Ac., for sale at the Inquirer office. ALL KINDS or MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS furnished at th* Inquirer Book Store. A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Blank Deids on the best parchment paper, for sale at the i Inquirer office. EVERYBODY caa be accommodated with WALL PAPER at the Inquirer Book Store. HARPER'S WEEKLY, FRANK LESLIE, CHIMNEY CORNER, eed all other Illustrated papers fur tele at the ia-ptlrer Book Store t{ ' SFLFDICINAL. BY ENDURE A LIVING DEATH? j The confirmed dyspeptic may almost say with St. Peter, "I die daily."* The object of thia arti cle is not to remind him of his pangs, but to show him how to banish them forever. The weens of immediate and permanent relief are proffered him in HOOFLANDS GERMAN BITTERS, Ami it is for him to say whether be will continue to endure a living death, or to put himself in a position to render life enjoyable. LIVING ADVERTISEMENTS Of the efficacy of this matchless vegetable stom achic are to be found in every city and town in the United States —healthy men and women res cued from toiture by its use, and eager to bear testimony to its virtues. It differs from any other I bitters in existenee, in this especial particular—it J is not alcoholie. For such constitutions and systems as require for their invigoration a diffusive stimulant, HOOFLANDS GERMAN TONIC 1 Has been provided—a preparation 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 patient, in choosing between these two great antidotes, should be guided by his own condition. If in a very low state, from debility, the Tonic should be his selection; but in cases where the emergency is not so pressing, the Bitters is the specific required. Thousands find infinite bene fit from taking each in turn. There is no phase of indigestion, Biliousness, Nervous Disease, or Physical Prostration, to which they are not adap ted, and in which, singly or combined, they will not effect a cure. EXCHANGE PAIN FOR EASE, And Weakness for Strength. Get rid of the ail ments which interfere with enjnjment; east gloom and despondency to the winds; take a stronger hold of life, and, in short, BECOME A NEW MAN! Through the instrumentality of the most power ful and popular of all vegetable invigorants and correctives. HOOFLANDS GERMAN BITTERS. Biliousness, Indigestion, General Debility, and. all the compdaicts which proceed from a want o proper action in the Liver, the Stomach, and the Bowels, are eradicated by a course of this great CONSTITUTIONAL SPECIFIC, Which not only combats and conquers diseases that have intrenched themselves in the system, i but is the best known safeguard against all un healthy influences. Persons whose occupations and pursuits subject them to the ef fects of a close, unwholesome atmosphere should take it regularly, as a protection against the low feven and other disorders which malaria engen ders- Invalids who are WASTING AWAY, Witkoataay tpecial complaint, except a gradual . decbaation of bodily strength and nervous ener gy, will find in the Bitter, a fountain of vitality ! and vigor as refreshing and exbilerating at a pool | in tbe desert to the fand-scorched and fainting I travelers. 1 HOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERN. Is composed of tbe pure juices (or, as they are medicinally termed, Extracts) of Hoots, lierbs and Barks, making a preparation, highly concen trated and entirely free f~on alcoholic admixture 9 of any kind. IIOOFLANDS GERMAN TONIC, Is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit- f ters, with the purest quality of Santa Cruz Hum Orange, 4c., making one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. These remedies will effectually cure Liver Com. plaint. Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous Debility, Chronic Diseases of the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver or Stomach, such as Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fulness of Bhiod to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Fulness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking, or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach. Swimming of the Head, Hurried cr Diffi cult Breathing, Flutter ing at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a Lying Posture. Diuincse of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest, and Limbs, etc. etc., Sudden Flushes of Ilcat, Burning in the Flesh, Con stant Imagiuings of Evil, and great depression of spirits. They are the Greatest and Best BLOOD PURIFIERS EVER KNOWN, And will cure all diseases resulting from bad blood. Keep your blood pure. Keep jour Liver in order. Keep jour digestive organs in a sound, healthy conditton, by the use of these remedies, and no disease will ever assail. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN, Are made strong by the use of either of these remedies. They will cure every case of MARAS MUS, without fail. Thousands of certificates hart accnmulated in the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow of the publication of but a few. Those, it will be observed, are men of note and of such standing that they must be believed. THE WHOLE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA SPEAK FOR THESE REMEDIES. WHO WOULD ASK FOR MORE DIGNIFIED OR STRONGER TESTIMONY ? HON. GEORGE WOODWARD, Chit/ J tit Get of the Supreme Court of Penneylva nia, writes: Philadelphia, March 16, 1367. "I find 'Hoofland'a German Bitters' is a good tonic, useful in diseases of the digestive organs, and of great benefit in cases of d. bility, and want of nervons action in the system. "Yours truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD." DON. GEORGE SHARSWOOD, Justice of the Supreme Court of Penntyhauia, writes: Philadelphia, June I, 1868. I have found by experience tbat "Hoofland's German Bittera" ii a very good tonic, relieving dyspeptic symptoms almost directly. GEORGE SHARSWOOD. UOX. JAMES TIIOMPSOX, Jud'jt of tie Supreme Court of Pennrylvania. Philadelphia, April 28, 1866. "I consider 'Hoofland's German Bittera' a val uable medicine in case of attacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. I can certify this from my experi ence of it. Yours, with respect, "JAMES THOMPSON." UOX. J A 11ES ROSS SXO WD EX, Pruthouotary of the Supreme Court of Peuntgba nia, writes: Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1867. "Hoofland's German Bitters" is a rery useful article as a tonic and an appetizer. It is not an intoxicating drink, and may be used beneficially by persons of all ages. Respectiully yours, JAMES ROSS SXOWDEN. CAUTION: Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited. See that the signature of C. M. JACKSON, is on the wrapper of each bottle. All others arocoun terfeit. Principal Office and Manufactory at the Ger man Medicine Store, No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. CHARLES M. EVANS, Proprietor. Formerly C. M. JACKSON A CO. PRICKS: Hooflland's German Bitters, per bottle $1 00 " " half dozen 5 00 Hoofland's German Tonic, put np in quart bottles, $1 50 per bottle, or a half dozen for $7 50. * Do not forget to examine well the article yon buy, in order to get tha genuine. S%-For sale by druggists and dealers in medi cine everywhere. Dr. B. F. HARRY, Agent, Bedford, Pa. tfrlofjtapliic. TELEGRAPH IN CHINA. THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPA NY'S OFFICE, Sof. 23 & 25 Nassau Street, NEW YORK. Organised under special charter from the State of New Y ark, i CAPITAL $5,000,000 50,000 SHARES, SIOO EACH. DIRECTORS. Hon. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Philadelphia. PAUL S. FORBES, of Russell A Co., China. FRED. BUTTERFIELD, of F. Butterfield A Co., New York. ISAAC LIVEKMORK, Treasurer Miohi Central Railroad, Boston. ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer Atne can Express Company, New York. Hon. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse N. Y. 0. 11. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Telegraph Company, New York. FLETCHER WESTRAY, of Westray, Gibb; A Hardcastle, New York. NICHOLAS MICKLES, New York. OFFICER-. A. G. CURTIN, President. N. MICKLES, Vice President. GEORGE CONANT, Secretary. GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bank Commonwealth.) Treasurer. Hon. A. K. McCLURE, Philadelphia, Solici tor. The Chineee Government having (through the Hon. Aneon Durlingnme) conceded to thie Compa ny the privilege of connecting the great ur,.parte of the Empire by submarine electric telegraph ca ble, we propote commencing operati a/n in (h inn, and laying down a line of nine hand >d elites at once, letween the following parte, riz: Populttion. Canton 1,000,0 0 0 Macoa Oil, Out) Hong-Kong 250,000 Swatow 200,000 Amov 250,000 Foe-Chow .1,250,600 Wan-Cbu .100,000 Ningpo .. ...400,006 Harig Cbean 1.200,000 Shanghai 1,000,000 j Total 5.910,000 These ports have a foreicn commerce of $ >OO, 000,000, and an enormous domestic trade, besid' I which we hare the immense internal commerce ol the Empire, radiating from thec points, through its canals and navigable rivers. The cable being laid, this Company proposes erecting iand lines, and establishing a speedy and trustworthy means cf communication, which most command there, as everywhere else, the commu nications of the Government, of business, and of social life, especially in China. She has no pos tal system, and her only means now of communi cating information is by couriers on land, and by steamers on water. The Western World knows that China as very large country, in the main densely peopled; but a few yet realize that she contains more than a third of the human race. The latest returns made to her central authorities for taxing purpo ses by the local magistrates make her population Fuvr Hundred and Fourteen M i Ilium, and this is more likely to be under than over the actual ag gregate. Nearly all of these, who are over ten years old, not ODly can but do read and write. Her civilization is peculiar, but her literature is as extersive as that of Europe. China is a land of teachers and traders; and the latter are ex ceedingly quick to avail thtmsclves of every proffered facility for procuring early information. It is observed in California that the Chinese make great use of the telegraph, though it there trans mits messages in English alone. To day great numbers of fleet steamers are owned by Chineso merchants, and used by them exclusively for the transmission of early inte.ligence. If the tele graph we propose, connecting all ibeir great sea ports, were now in existence, it is believed that its business would pay the cost within the first two years of its smcessful operation, and would steadily increase thereafter. No enterprise commends itself as a greater de gree remunerative to capitalists, and to our whole people. It is of a vast national impoitance com j mercially, politically, and evangelically. The stock of this Company has been unquali fiedly recommended to capitalists and business , men, as a desirable investment by editorial arti- ' cles in the New York Herald, Tribune, World, Timet, Pott, Ejrprett, Independent, and in the Philadelphia S'ortk American, P.-ett, Ledger, In quirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph. Shares of this Company, to a limited number, may be obtained at SSO each, $lO payable down, sls on the Ist of November, and $25 payable in monthly instalments of $2 50 each, commencing December 1, 1563, on application to I REXEL A CO., 34 South Third Street, Philadelphia. Shares can be obtained in Bedford by applica- ! tion to Reed A Schell Bankers, who are authorized ' to receive subscriptions, and can givo all neces sary information on the subject. sdp:lS:6mnf: ! gty ©otitis, &e. SI,OOO REWARD! g IOOO WILL BE GIVEN TO ANY MAN WHO CAN PRODUCE AS LARGE AND AS CHEAP A STOCK OF GOODS AS G. It. 0 S T E It & CO. who are now receiving and opening at their Spa cious Now Store, the most extensive and varied assoitment of new CHEAP W INTER GOO I) S ever opened in Bedford, purcba&cd under favora ble circumstances autre tbe great break down in prices, and will now offer them to CASH buyers, both wholesale and retail, at much lower prices than the same kiud can he bought for in Bedford county. Country Storekeepers will find an op portunity of sorting up their stocks, if only a -lugle piece is wanted, at wholesale prices. SPECIAL. EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS In ladies dress goods, such as Striped and Cbene Mobair, Striped plaid, Shot and Cbene Poplins in changeable effects, for suits and walking dresses, all that look at them say they are cheap. Extra heavy mixed Melange Poplins and ne plus ultra Repellents for suit*, Kmpres Cloth. Eng lish Serges, Epinglines and corded Poplins, in brown, steel, violet, purple, wine green, garnet and bismark. They are beaaties. All you have to do is look at them, and your own judgment wil say buy. French Merinos, Coburgs, Wool Delaines and Alpacas in all the new colorings, best American Delaines and Armures in the new stripes, and palka dots, very desirable. CALICOES! 10000 yards of beautiful calico prints that won't lade, at 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15 and 16 cents. MUSLINS! Piles of bleached and unbleached muslins, at 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 20 cent-. FLANNELS! You have all heard no doubt of our cheap flan nels. It is all over town The ladies t*lk about it as much a* of the coining holidays; all wool fiannelt* at 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 60 cents. FURS, SHAWLS, &C. Ladie's Furs. Shawls, Grand Duchess. Lady Belie, pretty Balmoral and Hoop Skirts. Corsets, guaranteed to stand enough of pressure to break a rib every week. Ladies' Breakfast Shawls, Me rino Vesta, Hoods, Gloves and Hosiery. UNDERSHIRTS, DRAWERS, AC. Men's Wool and Merino Undershirt* and draw ers. Woolen and White Overshirta, Comforts, Neckties, scarfs, collars, Ac. CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, AC. A large and varied assortment of Cloths, Casai inerea, Tweeds, Satinetts, Velvet Cord, Blankets, Ginghams, Checks, Tickings, Snirting Stripes, ta ble Diapers, Napkins, Doylies, and Towels, dcci ly cheap. READY-MADE CLOTHING, &e. Don't our Ready-made Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes strike you as cheap. A whole rig at our store from tip to toe aud wont cost you much. CARPETS AND FLOOR OIL CLOTIIS. Wool filling and all wool iDgrain carpets, venitian entry and stair carpets, and floor oii cloths. FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES. Choice Java, Laguavra und Bio coffee. Choice French Imperial, Young Hyson, Oolong and Ja pan Tea. A full line of sugars and syrups. A choice as sortment of tobaccos and scgars. In a word ev erything you want. All ate invited to call and sec for themselves. Nu trouble to show goods whether you wish to buy or not. Terms casb un less otherwise specified. G. K. OfcTEU A CO. Ibdec:3m NEWS FOR 111E PECPL2S Vjr J . M. SHOEMAKER | HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE EAST J AND IS RECEIVING A LARGE AND CHEAP STOCK OF GOODS, CONSISTING IN PART OF DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HATS & CAPS, READY MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, CEDARWARE, QUEENSWARE, TOBACCO, SEGARS, &c. &e. GIVE HIM A CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. J. M. 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The superior merits of the "Singer" Machines over all others, for either family use or manu facturing parposes, 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 regard!*** of time, labor or expense, is now confidently pre sented to the public as incomparably THE BEST SEWING MACHINE IN EX ISTENCE. The machine in question is SIMPLE, COMPACT, DURABLE k T± v TIFUL It is quiet, light runring. and capab* per forming a ranee and variety of worl never be fore attempted upon a single machine, -using either silk, twist, linen or cotten thread, and sew ing with equal facility the very finest andeoars it 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, and have been in vented and adjusted especially for this machine. New tlesigns of the unique, useful and popular folding tops and cabinet cases, peculiar to ths mach nes manufactured by this Company, ha*e been prepared for enclosing the new Machine. A faint idea however, ean at best be gi*en through the medium of a (necessarily) limited ad vertisement; and we therefore urge every person in quest of a Sewing Machine by all means to ex amine and test, if they can possibly do so, al! the leading rival machines before making a purch&so A selection can then be made Branches or agencies for supplying the "Singer' Machines will be found in nearly every city an l 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, 110(5 Chestnut Street. C. LOYER, Agent, Bedtord, Pa. 9oot 11m Q001) NEWS FOB THK FARMERS • THE following kind, of THESIII N G MACHINES CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE MA CHINE SHOP OF P. n. SI!IRES, BEDFORD. PA. TU Celebrated RAILWAY, or TKEAD-POW EH Threshing Machines with all the latest and 1 best improvemcnti. j ONE AND TWO-HORSE POWERS. The Two-horee Machine with two horses and four hands will thresh from 100 to 125 bushels " wheat or rye, and twice as much oats per day. ONE-IIC )RSK>I AOHINE3 with three hands, will thresh from 50 to 75 bush per day. Two and ftmr-bonse TrMBLTNGf SHAFT Ma chines, also, foor-hvrse STRAP hi A STRAW SHAKERS of the mo approved kind at tached to all Machines. ALL MACHINES WAnKANTEI). REPAIKIXU of ail kinds of Machine* dune n the shortest notice. HORSES, PIG METAL, GRAIN and LVMHKR taken inpayment. Farmer,' wanting Machine,, will do well to five me a call. PETER U. SHIRRS, Proprietor mi
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