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for the farmer.
Ceep up the Fertility of the Soil
[From the Germantown Telegraph.]
As the merchant becomes embarrassed by
the failure of his credit, so does the farmer
by the impoverishment of his soil. A law
yer, who accords more consideration to poli
tics, or the " isms" of the day, than to the
causes entrusted to him by his clients, finds
his profession, in time, profitless, and him
self and family famishing for bread. If the
ph3rsician turns to the forum, or the stump,
and administers political and moral potions
to the public, while he should be in attend
ance upon the sick, who have entrusted their
health, and perhaps their lives, to his care ;
or if he prefers to pass the hours which he
should in study, in the billiard saloon or the
noisy bar-room, he will find that the public
will withdraw both their confidence and their
support. So with the farmer who neglects
his business. Every crop he takes from his
soil, should leave it richer than before. He
should add to its staple, not only enough to
support the crop he cultivates, but a surplus,
for where only as much is given as is -with
drawn, there can be no improvement, and
the tendency will be a retrograde movement
rather than an advance. In a late pam
phlet, we find the following remarks. They
contain good and sound advice, and should
be adopted as the creed of every husband
man and cultivator in the land:
"A most important axiom to be kept in
mind by every farmer is, to break up and
cultivate no arable land to be laid down
again with depreciated strength ; in other
words, no crop requiring the plow or cultiva
tor and hoe should be put into the ground in
a worse condition than it was before the
work begun. It will, when adopted as a
principle, be very easy for every farmer to
make his calculation in any crop requiring
the hoe, so to improve the capacity of his
land that it shall yield more than it has done
before. A plenty of good barn yard, hog
yard, stable or compost manure will effectu
ally do this business on almost every reten
tive soil ; in some cases of low and wet
grounds the simple application of sand or
gravel with a small quantity of the stimula
ting manures, will accomplish everything to
be wished ; in other cases of sandy, porous
soil, the application of clay or other adhesive
earth, with the free use of plaster of Paris
and some stimulating manures, will do won
ders. The observance of the principle of
constant renovation will soon bring our farms
to rank with the best cultivated districts of
England and Scotland, and even with the
still higher improvements exhibited in Flem
ish husbandry."
By adding more aliment to the soil than
the crops abstract from it, we make a regu
lar annual deposit from which we are per
mitted to draw a never-failing dividend, and
to see our arable lands not only increasing
in fruitfulness with every successive crop,
but in actual market value ; for a well sus
tained fertility is a characteristic as desira
ble as it is rare. While philosophy and ex
perience recognize no such quality as a re
cuperative power in arable land without the
assistance or agency of aitistie means, there
is, on the other hand, no tendency in it, if
properly managed, to deteriorate or "run
out." The reason why lands become poor,
is sufficiently explained by the writer, who
says:--
" We go over the ground too rapidly,' as
the hare said to the hounds. We should
check this whirlwind headway of clearing
new grounds,' which has walked into the
beautiful forests of the West, until there is
scarcely fire and fencing wood left. Why,
really, I am astonished. The moms multi
cauli.s mania will hardly re-build forests as
fast as the clearing' mania will cut them
down. The embodied spirit of modern farm - -
ing seems to be building fences and felling
oaks'. I repeat, We go over the ground too
rapidly.' We should cultivate less and more
thoroughly than we have done. Already, galls
appear upon hill-sides, and weeds choke our
corn in our hollows, while the axe of the set
tler is still ringing in the new grounds:—
This will never do : it is all wrong, unequiv
ocally wrong. We must not continue se to
over-crop ourselves."
The great error of cultivating, or rather,
we should say attempting to cultivate too
much land, is one of a nature to impress
every observing mind with a lively appre
hension of its fatally deteriorating influences
upon our agriculture. The remarks which
follow are from an address delivered some
years since upon this subject, and are hum
bly recommended to the attention of the
reader as involving facts to which every per
son interested in the cultivation of the soil,
will do well to attend :
"It is no exaggeration to say that the
lands cultivated in this country, are capable,
under a high state of cultivation, of produ
cing twice as much as they now produce.—
This applies, we will suppose, not to the pas
turage, but to the arable land alone. The
farmer then, in the purchase of his land,
might save, say one-sixth of his original out
lay in the reduced quality of his arable land.
The sum thus saved, would enable him, in
the first instance, to put his land in such a
state of cultivation, as would, in a few years,
double his crops per acre. Nor would the
cost of cultivating an acre of land in this
highly improved state, be materially in
creased. The cost of plowing, planting and
hoeing an acre, capable of producing sev
enty-five bushels of corn, would be no more
than though the land were capable of produ
cing only twenty-five bushels."
" Take theaverage of all the upland mow
ing in the country, and the yield will not
probably exceed 1500 of hay to the acre.—
And three-fourths of this laud is capable of
yielding two tons to the acre. Let the farm
ers reduce the quantity of their grass land
two-thirds, and they will find that, with skil
ful cultivation, they . save one-half of the la
bor, and still obtain their usual quantity of
hay."
QuixcEs.—Do not believe the old story that
quinces will take care of themselves. Ma
nure them well if you want fair fruit.
Pumpkins among Corn.
[From the Now England Farmer.]
In the Farmer of February 6th, in answer
to certain queries of a correspondent, you
express some doubt whether " any gain is
made by the introduction of the pumpkin
into the cornfield." This question belongs
to a class in practical farming which can
never be settled by theory. Careful experi
ments, made under different and adverse cir
cumstances, can alone settle them. And it
is to these experiments that every intelligent
farmer ought to contribute something for the
general good.
The question of utility in cultivating corn
in the same field with pumpkins, is not by
any means raised now for the first time. It
is older, to my certain knowledge, than the
"Missouri compromise," and may date back,
for aught I know, to the first hill -of corn
and the first pumpkin. As a general rule,
I am opposed . to mixed crops ; yet there are
exceptions to all rules in farming, and I
think this matter of corn and pumpkins is
one of them. I would not knowingly, do
anything to disparage the value of the corn
crop, for I hold it to be by far the most valu
able grain crop of New England, and indeed
of any other country whose climate is adapt
ed to it, and - whose soil will not produce
wheat as a staple.
I recollect very well that my grandfather
had all the old-fashioned prejudice in favor
of raising pumpkins and would plant them
among corn, potatoes, and even beans, if the
soil was rich enough to hold out any pros
pect of a crop. My father, on the other
hand, doubted the value of pumpkins, and
was especially opposed to anything that could,
by any possibility, detract from the product
of his cornfield. With these opposing views
upon the same farm, you will perceive at
once that there was a necessity for trying an
experiment ; for "a house divided against it
self" could not stand forty years ago any
better than it can now. Accordingly, in the
year 1818, I think it was, the cornfield was
equally divided by two or three rows of po
tatoes through the centre, and one-half plant
ed to corn with pumpkins, and the other
without. There was no perceptible difference
in the growth of the corn, and when the
field was harvested there was not a differ
ence of three bushels in the quantity on
each part, although the whole field embraced
an area of four or five acres. Eleven large
loads of handsome pumpkins were consid
ered by my grandfather as a weight of evi
dence in favor of his theory (or in other
words, hir side of the cornfield) which could
not well be resisted. I believe my father,
ever after that, planted pumpkins with his
corn.
It seems to me reasonable that a plant so
well adapted to the shade as the pumpkin,
and one which receives so large• a share of
its nutriment from the atmosphere, can be
planted with corn, without injury to the lat
ter, and without much detriment to the soil.
Indeed, it is held by some intelligent farm
ers that the large leaves of the pumpkin, by
shading the ground, and thus preventing the
sun from dislodging the various gases which
decompose and form soluble matter in the
soil, to be taken up as food for the growth of
plants, are a direct benefit to the land, to
say nothing of the value of the pump
kin crop. It is well settled, I believe, that
pumpkins, fed out, without the seeds, in
moderate quantities, to mulch cows, impart a
rich flavor to the milk. It is also conceded
that they are very valuable in fattening beef.
Let them not, therefore, be given up, with
out some tangible evidence of their inutility.
—E. C. P., Somerville,
Weaning Calves.
A farmer sends his plan of weaning calves,
to the Country Gentleman, as follows. As
this is the season when the information is
most desirable, we give it now :
"This year I have fed five calves with half
the labor and better success than I fed three
last year. My plan is to let the calf be with
the cow until the third day; then take it away,
and commence feeding. Set the milk twen
ty-four hours, then skim it. Then I take
good hay and put it in a kettle and steep it
well, until the liquid is of a dark color.—
This liquid is sweet, and a very natural nour
ishment. Add about one-half of this liquid
or hay tea into the milk while warm, so as to
heat the milk to the right temperature. The
old process of heating the milk is more apt to
burn, and it will sour sooner. After two or
three weeks, I feed them sour milk with the
hay tea mixture occasionally. I feed them
about eight quarts apiece three times a day,
for about two weeks; then I think twice a
day will answer. I find that calves fed in
this way thrive better and are fatter, and are
more hardy than when fed on new milk alone
or allowed to run with the cow, and it is al
so more profitable to the farmer. I made
from four to five dollars a week from the five
cows, by selling the milk. The nutritive
qualities taken from the milk are supplied by
the hay tea.
" As cattle have become high and scarce, I
think farmers should pay more attention to
the rearing of young stock."
:Er:GRAPE VlNES.—Loosen the earth about
their roots, and give them manures. Swamp
muck which has been decomposed by the salt
and lime mixture, answers a good purpose.—
Whole bones buried near the roots of grape
vinos will soon be appropriated, and during
the summer rest, a little potash water will
hurry up their action.— Working Farmer.
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' 0 INVALIDS .—Dr. flardman,
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Jan. 13,1558
T HE CASSVILLE SEMINARY.-
M. MeN. WALSH, Principal.
'l.' Ifs school for young Ladies and Gentlemen is probably
the cheapest one of the kind in the country. The expen
ses per year for board, room rent, furniture, fuel and tui
tion in common English aro only $BB.
Piano Music is only $5 per quarter. All the Languages
and the Ornamentals are proportionally cheap. For other
information, address JOHN D. WALSH,
Casacille, Huntingdon county, Pa
January 13, 1857.
NOTlCE—Notice is hereby given to
all persons interested, that J. & W. Saxton, of the
borough of Huntingdon, did, on the 9th day of July last,
make and execute to the subscriber of said Borough, a deed
of voluntary assignment, for the benefit of creditors.—
Therefore, all persons holding claims against the said J.
W. Saxton, or either of them, will present them prop
erly authenticated for settlement, and all indebted to said
firm, or either of them, in any way, will make immediate
payment to B. Z.EIGLB.R.
Huntingdon, August 19, 1857—tf.
CLOTIIINGI—A large stock on hand,
at the cheap store of BENJ. JACOBS. Call and ex
amine goods and prices. . (oct2S.)
TAItY GOODS !—A fine assortment on
jryhand for the accommodation of customers, at BENJ
JACOBS' "Cheap Corner," Market Squaro. (oct2B )
COUNTRY DEALERS can
d , Thk• buy CLOTHING from mo In Huntingdon at
WHOLESALE as cheap as they can in the
cities, as I have a wholesale store in Philadelphia.
Huntingdon, Oct. 14, 1857. IL RAMAN.
nVERCOATS, of all kinds, cheaper
than elsewhere, at
Yet. 1, 1856. IL ROMAN'S CLOTHING STORE.
LADIES, ATTENTION 1-111 y assort
ment of beautiful dress goods is now open, and ready
for inspection. Every article of dress you may desire, can
be found at my store. D. P. GWIN.
TjADIES' DRESS GOODS, rich styles,
and very cheap, at D. P. GAVIN'S.
CALL at the new CLOTHING- STORE
of OUTMAN' & CO., if you want a good article of
Clothing. Store room in Long's new building, in the Dia
mond, 'Huntingdon. Sept. 9, 1857.
EVERYTHlNG.—Everything in the
Grocory lino cau bo procured at the cheap store of
LOVE &111cDIVIT.
ATEN'S Under-Shirts and Drawers, Lin
en Shirt Fronts, Ready Made Shirts, White &Fancy,
' liars, &c., very cheap at D. P. GrWIN'S.
A LLWOOL, Ingrain, Venitian, List
and Rag Carpets; also Jute and Allicot Mate can be
ad c cap at tho store of FISECEIL
THE LATEST and NEWEST Styles
of Ladies' Collars at FISHER & 31cMURTRIE'S.
THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST
Stock of Fancy Silks, and Colored Straw Bouneta in
town ; are at FISHER & McMCRTRIZ'S.
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No. 371 Broadway, New York
DIANOS, MELODEONS & MUSIC
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED!!
HORACE WATERS, 333 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
AGENT FOR TIIE SALE OF THE BEST BOSTON & NE
YORK PIANOS & MELODEONS.
TUE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OP MUSIC MERMAN
DISE IN TIIE UNITED STATES.
PIANOS from five different Manufactures, of every variety
of style—from those in plain rosewood cases, for $2OO, to
those of the most elegant finish, for $lOOO. No House in
the Union can come in competition for the number, variety
and celebrity of its instruments, 'nor the extremely low pri
ces at which. they are sold.
HORACE WATERS' MODERN IMPROVED PIANOS,
with or without iron frames, have, in their NEW SCALE and
IMPROVED Amax, a power and compass of tone equalling
the grand, with the beauty and durability of the square
piano. The Press and first Music Masters have justly pro
nounced them equal if not superior to any other make.—
They are guaranteed to stand the action of every climate.
HORACE WATERS' MELODEONS (tuned the equal
temperament), superior in each desirable quality—can also
furnish Melodeons of all other makers. Prices from $45
to $125; for two sets of reeds, 150; two banks of keys,
$200; Organ pedal bass melodeons, $275 and $3OO.
31USIC.—One of the largest and best catalogues of
Music now published; sold at greatly reduced prices.—
Music sent to wherever ordered, post-paid. Personal atten
tion paid to all orders received by mail. Second-hand
Pianos taken in exchange for new. Catalogues sent by
mail. Great inducements offered to agents to sell the
above. A liberal discount to dealers, teachers, seminaries
and clergymen.
Each Instrument guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
purchase-money refunded. SECOND-HAND PIANOS AT
GREAT BARGAINS constantly in store; prices from $3O
to $l4O.
TESTIMONIALS FROM PROFESSORS AND OPINIONS
OF TILE PRESS
"The Horace Waters' Pianos are known as among the
very best. We aro enabled to speak of these instruments
with some degree of oonfidence, from personal knowledge
of their excellent tone and durable quality."-11'. Y. Evan
gelist.
Having inspected a lage number of the Horace Waters'
Pianos we can speak of their merits, from personal knowl
edge, as being of the very best quality."— Christain
gencer.
Nothing at the State Fair displayed greater excellence
in any department than the Piano-Forte manufactured by
Horace Waters, of this city.—Churchman.
The following is taken from the " Christian Inquirer":
"The finest among the many pianos at the Crystal Palace
are those placed there by Horace Waters, whose instru
ments are always popular.
The following we take from the "Christian Advocate"
(Memphis, Tenn.* "The Horace Waters, Pianos are built
of the best and most thoroughly seasoned material. Front
all we can learn of this establishment—said to be the lar
gest in the United States—we have no doubt that buyers
can do as well, perhaps better, at this than at any other
house in the Union'
"Mr. Waters has been long established and is favorably
known. We speak from experience when we assure our
readers that his prices aro below those usually charged
for articles in his liue."--Jacksonian,
"Your instruments are a sensible improvement upon
American Pieties, and anhonor to the skilful manufacturer.
There is no doubt but they will be appreciated by the pub
lic and all admirers of true merit.—Oscar Comettant.
The treble is clear, pure, powerful, and very melodious,
the base is deep, rolling, and sonorous: the middlepart is
rich, and sympathetic, and possessing the power of sing
ing, i. e. of uniting the sound of each tone, in a degree but
rarely achieved."—Benry C. Watson.
For power of tone, depthof brass, and brilliancy of tre
ble, together with accuracy of touch, they are equal to any
make lam acquainted with, and I cordially recommend
them to those wishing to purchase.—V. C. Taylor.
"Our friends will lind at Mr. Waters' store the very
best asortinent of music and of pianos to be found in the
United States, and we urge our southern and western
friends to give him a call whenever they go to Now York."
—Graham's Magazine.
"We consider them worthy of special attention, from the
resonant and exceedingly musical tone which Mr. Waters
has succeeded in attaining."—.Y.. Musical Med and
Times.
"There is one which, for beauty of finish and richness
and brilliancy of tone, equals, if it does not excel, any
thing of the kind we have even seen. It is from the estab
lishment of Horace Waters. Being constructed of the best
and most thoroughly seasoned material, and upon im
proved principles, it is capable of resisting the action of
the climate, and of standing a long time in tune.—S'avan
nalt Republican, Savannah, Ga."
Waters' pianos and melodeons challenge comparison
with the finest made anywhere in the country."—Honic
Journal.
C. L. Sholes, editor of the Kenocha "Tribune and Tele
graph" says, "The piano was received in good order, and
is pronounced au excellent instrument by
is good judges,
the tone of it is particularly commended, as indeed its
external workmanship and finish, compared with its cost."
Speaking of the Horace Waters' Pianos and Melodeons
at the Crystal Palace the "Now York Disptach" says:—
" A number of these pianos and pedal bass organ melode
ons, from their great power, and fullness and richness of
tone, attract the very general attention and commenda
tion of visitors. Waters' "New Scale" is recognized by
artists as not only a sensible but imporiant improvement
in pianos."
The "New York Express" says: "The Horace Waters'
Pianos are pronounced by musical amateurs as a decidedly
superior article in all the requisites of this instrument,
and it is fast superseding those of other manufacturers."
The "New York Evening Post" says: " The Horace
Waters' Pianos are excellent as well as cheap; but he has
those of other makers, as well as second-hand ones, capi
tally adapted to limited means."
Says the "Knoxville (Tenn) Standard :" "Mr. Waters
has long experience in the business, and has gained a repu
tation 7.411821122a55ed for selling the best instruments in the
country."
The "Sunny South" reaches us with the following :
" This gentleman is one of the most extensive music-deal
ers in the Union. Ills pianos and melodeons have ob
tained great celebrity for their excellent tone and durable
quality."
Says the "Valley City Advocate:" "We have taken a
look at a piano which has just arrived from the celebrated
establishment of Horace Waters, and must say that for
tone and beauty of finish, it surpasses any we over saw
for the, price."
Horace Waters' Piano-Fortes are of full, rich, and even
tone, and powerful.—/Vew York Msicat Review.
" They are fully equal to any of the kind I have seen in
the United States, and far superior to those of a similar
make I saw in England."—Geo. Washbourne Morgan.
"I take great pleasure in announcing them instruments
of a superior quality, both in tone and touch."—,iugust
Gockel.
We don't know that we ever saw better pianos—pianos
better made, of finer tone and of greater power—than we
mot with yesterday at the fair in the Crystal Palace. The
finest among them are those placed there by Horace Wa
ters, whose pianos are always popular"—Times and Nes
sent/en
"The Horace Waters' Pianos now on exhibition at the
Fair, have attracted a surprising degree of attention;
they are unrivalled by any other instrument, in perfect
quatety of tone and power."—Courier.
"The Horace Waters' Pianos are among the most cele
brated and improved makes of the day. For power, bril
liancy and richness of tone, elasticity of touch, and
beauty of finish, they will not suffer in comparison with
those of any other manufacturer."—Thomas Baker.
The "State Register" contains the following: "For
beauty of finish, sweetness and brilliancy of tone, they
undoubtedly surpass anything of the kind ever brought
before the public. They equal in tone the grand piano;
and being constructed of the beet and most thoroughly
seasoned material, they are capable of resisting the action
of any climate."
Says the "Evening Mirror": They (the Horace Waters'
Pianos) aro very superior instruments and the maker
may confidently challenge comparison with any other
manufacturer in the country, as regards their outward
elegance, and quality of tone and power."
ta..P.BRUNKER is agent for the sale of these Pianos,
for Huntingdon county. He will attend to the unpacking
and putting up of them, and keeping them in tune, for
a year, free of charge. Ho will also see that every pur
chaser is satisfied. They will be sold as low as any other
Pianos in the• United States. Sept. 9, 1857.
OLOAKS, TALMAS, RIGOLETTES,
Tictorines and Head Dresses are sold at prices, which
defy competition, by MILER E.; IkIeMURrRIE.
31 SI ES, cheaper at D. P. Gwin's
IA than can be had in town. Call and see them.
Q ILK BONNETS, latest styles, in great
Li variety, and very cheap, at the mammoth store of
D. P. GAVIN.
CILOTHING .CLOTIIING! ! Keep
jyourself warm. Call at M. CUTMAN & CO'S Cheap
Clothing Store, in Long's new building, Market Squ❑❑re;
Huntingdon, Pa. A good stock always on hand. (0c28.)
GROCERIES, &c., &c.—Ca.ll at the
cheap store of BENJ. JACOBS. All kinds of coun
try produce taken in exchange at the highest market pri
ces. (0ct28.)
BOOTS & SIIOES.—OId and young
can bo fitted at BENJ. JACOBS' store in Market
Square, Huntingdon, Pa. (0ct28.)
TLANKETS, PLAIDS, LINSEYS,
Flannels, at all prices, at tho mammoth store of
FISHER & 141eMURTIIIE.
TEAS, TEAS—of excellent qualities,
and tho cheapest in town, at LOVE & IIIeDIVENS
BROCHA and Wool Shawls, Fine and
Cheap, at the cheap store of D. P. OWIN.
BUCKSKIN GLOVES & Mitts cheap
at D. P. GWINT.
PROFESSIONAL & 'BUSINESS CARD!
•
R. 'JOHN MeCULLOCH, offers his
professional services to the citizens of Huntingdon
and vicinity. Office at Mr. Hildebrand's, between the Ex
change and Jackson's Hotel. Aug. 28, '55.
=
QCOTT & BROWN, Attorneys at Law,
k .. ) Huntingdon, Pa. °Too same as that formerly occu
pied by Air. Scott. Huntingdon, Oct. 17, 1853.
ALLISON MILLER,- DENTIST,
® Huntingdon, Pa. June 24, 1857.
E,R. T. A. LYON, Dentist,
SHADE GAP, Huntingdon. couny,
November 11, 1857.
DI. COLON,
Dealer in Booke, Stationary, Wall Paper, Bcc. &c
DP. GWIN,
• Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens
ware, hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, &c.
T M. CUNNING-HAM & BRO.
t_l v Founders, Huntingdon, Pa.
McGILL & CROSS,
Founders, Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pa
MOSES STROUS,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Deady Made Clothing, Gro
ceries, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, etc.
TTROMAN,
0 Dealer in Ready Made Clothing, Hats and Caps,
Boots and Shoes, &c.
IIikENJ. JACOBS,
Dealer in Dry Goodg, Ready Made Clothing - , Grocer
ies, Queensware, &c. &c.
Air GUTMAN & CO., Dealers in Ready
made Clothing, Huntingdon, Pa.
ISHER & MeINIURTRIE, Dealrrs in
Dry Goods, Grain, &c., Fluntingdon, Pit.
EVI WESTBROOK,
Dealer in Gentlemen's, Ladles' and Misses' Boots!,
hoes, Gaiters, etc.
TIONG & DECKER,
T
Dealers in Groceries, Confectionaries, Queenswara,
Flour, S:c.
OSEPH REIGGER,
Watchmaker and dealer in Watches, Clocks, and Jew
4 - y, &c.
WM. 'WILLIAMS,
Plain and Ornamental Marble Manufacturer
TOVE and McDIVIT,
J Dealers in Groceries, Confectionaries, Flour, &c
(WEN BOAT,
Carriago and Waggon Manufacturer
NDREW MOEBUS,
Proprietor of the Broad Top House
TORN F. RAMEY, County Surveyor,
Huntingdon, Pa. Office on Hill street, one door east
of the Huntingdon Marble Yard.
REFERENCES-L. T. Watson, Philadelphia; J. P. Leslie,
Geologist, Philadelphia; Charles Mickley, Bough and
Beady Furnace, Hon. Jonathan SPA illiams.
T SIMPSON AFRICA Practical Sur
f))e veyor, Huntingdon, Pa. Office on HUI street.
TORN FRISCH, Watchmaker and Deal
er in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &c., Huntingdon.
RARE POWEL, Miner, and Dealer
_t_u. in Broad Top Coal. 56 Walnut st., Philadelphia.
A NDREW PATRICK, Miner & Dealer
in Broad Top Semi-Bituminous Coal; Coalmont,
Itutiingdon county. Pa.
O"T EN & LAMBERT, Miners
and Dealers in Broad Top Coal, Broad Top, Hunting
don co., Pa. [Feb. 17, 1858.
KRIEG'ER & CO., Miners and 15eal
-0 ers in Broad Top Coal, Broad Top, Huntingdon co.,
Penna. [Feb. 17, 1858.
QTAUFFER & HARLEY. CHEAP
WATCHES AND JEWELRY. Wholesale 8;
Retail. at the "Philadelphia Watch and Jewelry 4 " :"
Store," No. 148 (Old No. 90) North SECOND St.,
Corner of Quarry, Philadelphia. 3.
Gold Lever Watches full Jewelled, IS caret cases... $2B 00
Gold Lepinc, 18 caret, 24 00
Silver Lever, full jewelled, 12 00
Silver Lepine, jewels, 9 00
Superior Quarters, 7 00
Gold Spectacles, 7 00
Fine Silver do., 1 50
Gold Bracelets, 3 - 00
Ladies' Gold Pencils, 1 00
Silver Tea Spoons, set 5 00
Gold Pens, with Pencil. and Silver holder, 1 00
Gold Finger Rings 3734 eta to $80; Watch Glasses, plain
1234 cts. patent 18%', Lunet 25; other articles in propor.
ton. All goods warranted to be what they are sold for.
STAUFFER & HARLEY.
yrT-.on hand some Gold and Silver Levers and Lepines
still lower than the above prices.
Philadelphia, Oct. 14, 1857-Iy.
'FM.P.ROVED PATENT ASPHALTIC
ROOFING FELT—A CHEAP, DURABLE AND PER
FECTLY WATERPROOF ItOOFING—Piucc, Tnasa CENTS
PER SQUARY: FOOT.
WIVI.LENVIS, Huntingdon, Agent for Huntingdon county.
This improved PATENT FELT makes a CHEAP, DURABLE and
PERFECTLY WATERPROQF ROOFING, for CHURCHES, CHAPELS,
PUBLIC HALLS, RAILROAD STATIONS, HOUSES, COTTAGES, VER
ANDAHS, FARM BUILDINGS, CATTLE and SHEEP SIIEDS, and
every other description of BUILDLNGS, in lieu of Tin, Zinc,
Shingles, Tiles, Thatch, &c.
It costs only a fraction of a Tin or Shingle Roof and is
more durable, as it neither CORRODES, CRACKS nor LEAKS.
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It is made of the strongest and most durable materials,
and saturated with the best of Asphalte.
It is made up in Rolls, 25 yards long, 32 inches wide,
and can be easily applied by any unpracticed person, with
a few tacks.
It is invaluable for LINING the WALLS of WoonEN IfousEs,
GRA.N - Anits, BARNS, &c., as rats or other vermin and insects
will not touch it.
IT IS I3IPERYIOUS TO WET, and being a :NON-CONDUCTOR,
counteracts the heat of SUADIRR and the cold of WINTER,
equalizing the temperature within every building where
it is used.
To the Agriculturist, it makes a CHEAP and EFFECTUAL
ROOFING, for FARM BUILDINGS and STILDS; a COVERING for
CUR : and HAY Him's, also a. DEFENCE for Sheep during
snow, and in the Yard as a loose covering for Turnips anti
other Fodder in Winter—the use of this FELT proves agreat
annual saving to the Farmer.
It is suitable to every climate.
It is light and portable, being in Rolls, and not liable to
damage in transportation.
When used UNDER TIN . or other ROOFING, forms a
smooth body for the metal to IM tightly on, whereby the
Tin weal's much longer, not corroding beneath ; at the same
time DEADENING SOUND. Also being a NON-CONDUCTOR, it
keeps the TIPPER ROOMS COOL in Summer, and being WATER
PROOF, prevents tho Roof from LEASING.
August 19, 1857.
CASSVILLE SEMINARY.
ONLY $l9 50 PER QUARTER.
THE NEW FACULTY.
McN. WALSH, Princtpat,
Prof. of Languages and Philosophy,
-Herr KARL ROCKENHEIM,
Prof. of German Langnage and Literature.
31 EUGENE CHIVANT,
Prof. of French and Piano Music.
JAMES IV. HUGHES,
Prof of Mathematics, etc.
Mrs. M. McN. WALSII, Preceptress,
Grecian Painting, Botany, History, ctc
Miss E. FAULKNER,
Monocromatics, Painting, Drawing, etc
Miss ANNIE M. GAY,
Piano Music and French.
Miss JENNIE M. WALSH,
Primary English.
Vi This Institution has lately fallen into new hands,
and the present owners are determined to make it a first
class school. The majority of the new faculty aro already
on hand, and students will be received as soon as they
wish.
Young ladies and gentlemen intending to go to school
will do well to write to us before concluding to go else
where. There is no cheaper, and we believe there will be ne.
better school now than ours.
Both sexes aro received, all branches are taught, and•
students can enter at any time. For other information.
address John D. Walkh, Cassville, Huntingdon county, Pa.
December 9, 1817.
BOOTS & SHOES. A new stock re
ceived ! LEVI WESTBROOK, has just open-it
ed another new stock of BOOTS k SLIDES, of the
best and most fashionable kind to be had in the
city.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Misses and Boys can be suited by
calling at my store.
Thankful for past favors, I ask a continuance of tho
same, knowing that customers will be pleased with my
Boots & Shoes and my prices. L. WESTBROOK.
Huntingdon, October 7, 1857.
riel:lE GREATEST VARIETY of the
richesf styles of Dress Goods and Trimmings, can.
a ways be found at the fashionable store of
FISIMP & 3101IIRTRIE.
OURNING COLLARS—handsome
styles, just received by
ROOTS and SHOES, the largest and
cheapest assortment in town, at
D. P. GWIY2.. -
SAMI7EL 2. BROWS
FISHER & AIc3IURTBIZ