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THE H_UNTINGDON GLOB li,, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C. 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. u -NRIVALLED ATTRACTIONS 1-- EMERSON'S MAGAZINE AND PUTNAM'S MONTHLY, TWO GREAT MAGAZINES IN ONE!! NINETY THOUSAND COPIES THE FIRST MONTH! MAGNIFICENT PROGRAMME FO)A" 1 . 858. TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SPLENDID WORKS OF ART. FIVE-DOLLAR ENGRAVING TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER. 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Appli cants should inclose 25 cents for a specimen copy of the Magazine, which will always be forwarded with answer to application by return mail. _ _ _ SI'ECI3IEN ENGRAVING As we desire to place in the hands of every person ♦vho proposes to got up a club, and also of every agent, a copy of the engraving of "The Last Supper," as a specimen, each applicant inclosing us $:3, will receive the engraving, post-paid, by return mail, also specimens of our publication and one of the numbered subscription receipts, entitling the holder to the 31agazine one year and to a chance in the distribution. This offer is made only to those who desire to act as agents or to form clubs. Address Jan. 13, 1858 ' 0 INVALIDS .—Dr. flardman, Analytical Physician.—Pleysician for Diseases of the ungs, Throat and He,art—Dnincrly Physician to the CINCINNATI MARINE HOSPITAL, Also to Invalids Retreat, Author of "Letters to Invalids IS COMING! Sec following Card. APRIL APPOINTMENTS DR. HARDMAN, Physician for the disease of the Lungs, (formerly Physician to Cincin nati Marine Hospital,) will be in attendance at his rooms as follows : Huntingdon, Jackson's Hotel, Monday, April 19 Hollidaysburg, Exchange Hotel, 4i 17 Lewistown, National Hotel, (c 20 Dr. Hardman treats Consumption, l3rouchitis, Asthma, Larryngittis and all diseases of the throat and lungs, by Medical Inhalation, lately used in the Brointon Hospital, London. The great point in the treatment of all human maladies, is to get at the disease in the direct manner.— All medicines are estimated by their action upon the organ requiring relief. This is the important fact upon which Inhalation id based. If the stomach is diseased we take medicine directly into the stomach. If the lungs are dis eased, breathe or inhale median:Led vapors directly into the lungs. Medicines aro antidotes to disease and should be applied to the very seat of disease. Inhalation is the application of this principle to the treatment of the lungs, for it gives us direct access to those intricate air cells, and tubes which lie out of reach of every other means Of ad ministering medicines. The reason that Constunption, and other diseases of the lungs, have heretofore resisted all treatment has been because they have never been ap proached in a direct manner by medicine. They were in tended to act upon the lungs, and yet were applied to the stomach. Their action was intended to be local, and yet, they were so administered that they should only act con stitutionally, expending their immediate and principal ac tion upon the unoffending stomach, whilst the foul ulcers within the lungs wore unmolested. Inhalation brings the medicine iu direct contact with the disease, without the disadvantage of any violent action. Its application is so simple, that it can be employed by the youngest infant or feeblest invalid. It does not derang,o the stomach. or in terfere in the least degree with the strength, comfort, or business of the patient. Other Diseases Treated.—ln relation to the following. dis eases, either when complicated with lung affections or ex isting alone, I also invite consultation, I usually find them promptly curable. Prolapsus and all other forms of Female Complaints, Ir regularities and Weakness. Palpitation and all other forms of Heart Disease, Liver Complaints, Dyspepsia, and all other disea.Res of stomach and bowels, &c. All diseases of the eye and ear. Neuralgia, Epilepsy, and all forms of nervous disease. B. D. EIADMIA.N, DL D *T....N0 charge for consultation. [ltch. 16, 1555 IkTOTICE.—AII peisons indebted on Books (or otherwise) of 11. C. Walker, will take no tice, that said accounts are left in tho bands of George B. Young, Esq., Alexandria, who Is authorized to receive and receipt for all monies paid during my absence. D. HOUTZ, Jan, 6, ISSB. Assignee for Creditors of 11. C. 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Emerson & Co., also the Mont gomery Works at Yonkers, on the Hudson, near this city, and with the experience and facilities combined in its or ganization are prepared to furnish machinery of all kinds at more liberal rates, than has ever been offered at any other establishment. The Combination Saw-Mill was patented October, 1856, and is now generally acknowledged to be the cheapest, and most practical, and efficient lumber manufacturing ma chine in the world. A number of them aro in successful operation in different sections of the country, Canada, Cuba, and South America, and wherever their merits have been tested they are being adopted by lumber manufactu rers in preference to all other mills. The following letter expresses the general opinion of those who are using the Combination Mill : MMSII.S. Eutasos & Co.—Gentlemen : I have tried the saw-mill purchased of you, and will say that it performs well, and more than meets my expectations. I am well pleased with its performance. I set it up on a small stream that afforded constant water about as thick as my little fuger, which was much more than sufficient to supply the boiler. We are able to cut 3,000 feet of beautiful lumber in 12 hours, with something less than one cord of wood.— It is the very thing we have so much needed in our county for a long time. With a little trouble and expense, we are able to move it from five to ten miles per day, and set it up in the heart of the timber, which saves the great burden of hauling the logs a long distance to the mill. Yours respectfully, JESSE. ICEnn, Jr., Louisville, Tennessee. The company has purchased Lund's Patent Feed Ar rangement, which is illustrated and described in the Scien tific American. for October 24. This adds greatly to the efficiency of the mill. THE COMBINATION MILL, with all the recent improvements, and steam power of 15 horses, is capable of sawing from 3,000 to 4,000 feet in 12 hours, and is sold for $1,050. THE NEW YORK CIRCULAR SAW-MILL Is manufactured only by this company. It: is of superior contruction, and sold fur 25 per cent. less than other mills of no greater capacity. A mill with 30 to 54--inch saw can be sold fur $450 to $5OO, and with a 20-horse engine and boiler is sold for $2,200. Steam Engines and Boilers; Engines of from 1 to 100 horse power; Locomotive, Tabular, Flue and Cylinder Boilers furnished at greatly reduced prices from former quotations. Drawings, with plans and specifications for buildings and machinery, furnished gratis to our customers. Competent mechanics are sent out to put up and set in operation our machinery, when required. We also manufacture Shingle Machines, Planing Ma chines, Sugar-Mills, and Machinery in general. Special attention paid to getting up Shafting and Follies for manufactories, and all kinds of mill-wright work. This company arc selling in great numbers a Patent Co nical Burr. 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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. 3 00 9 00 10 00 8 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 12 00 ...... .. 15 00 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. . - 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