The Huntingdon Journal Wednesday Morning, July 2, 1873, READING MATTER ON EVERY PAGE. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Mention- -Home-Made and Stolen Dogs are to be taxed City drummers are on the wing. Oats aro of little or no ace,unt Col. Dorris' residence looks cozy. Standing dickeys are fashionable. In bloom—Chip hats and linen dusters. The rain last week did a world of good. A fine equestrian—Thos. Burchinell, Esq. Church goers were numerous on Sunday. Large and varied—Our stock of envelopes. Maj. MeMurtrie has an eye for the beautiful. There will be an abundant crop of rasp- berries. The "old toll bridge," at the west end, needs a new floor. Everybody is going out of town to hunt the 4th of July. No paper nest week; boys are all going oft* on a "tare." Drooping, vegetation has been revived by the late rains. Before we issue another paper the harvest will be reaped. All places of ess, we infer, will be closed on the dtb. Hon. L. W. Hall and family, are spending the summer at Bedford. Jake Zilius is building a three-story brisk residence in the west end. Heavy rains visited the upper end of the county on Saturday evening. The press gang in the Juniata valley are go ing to recuperate for a week. The heavens were brilliant with a beautiful auroral display on Thursday night. Between the bugs and the worms the gar dens are being pretty well stripped. Our cabbage is wormy. We would like to hear from the worm confection people. The 3fonitor took to the Woods too readily last week and got lost. Hit him again 1 Miss Jennie Gepbart has opened a boarding house at. Bedford. We wish her success. The Council has determined to sell its pre sent quarters and build a new Town Ball. "Jago," and not "Jaggerd" Forge, is loca ted about one mile north of Spruce Creek. Our friend Col. A. B. Cunningham, of Phil adelphia., was rusticating hereaways last week. The machinery at the Car Works runs very smoothly, and has given very little if any trouble. Dave Black has the printers' thanks for a bunch of fragrant segars. Paul enjoyed them hugely. Quite a large number box theirkegs. They think nobody can see through that dodge. "Too thin l" Quite a number of our leading business men were badly stuck in the clothes-pin business during last week. Our young ladies are never behind the fash ions—but the fashions are very much behind the young ladies. Hon. John Scott has been attending the special term of court, at Hollidaysburg, du ring the last week. Made good time and lots of noise—Colonel Williams, dog, on Sunday afternoon, with a tin kettle tied to his tail. We would suggest a new song entitled: "Carrying home the Keg.,' It would be pop ular on Monday mornings. Tho ohicaoro r ouple t.AL cu tub mountains in great numbers. A good tiling for Cresson and Bedford. Cherries were being retailed on the streets last week, at eighteen:cents per quart, and they were nothing to brag on at that. The Huntingdon Car Works have been in operation the last week. They will be run to their full capacity in a short time. Rev. Geo. W. Zahnizer expects to be absent for the next four weeks. All the churches should close up during the heated term. Mr. Calvin Walker, an employee of the P . R. It., had one of his feet severely injured, on Saturday last, while engaged in coupling cars. The Ste company will be accommodated with a special train, on the 4th, by the P. R. R., from this point to Hollidaysburg and re turn. David Dunn, Esq., has retired from the Board of School Directors. We regret this, as he was one of the Lest school men in the Board. David Anderson, of Shelby, Ohio, died at that place May 17th, 1873. He was born in this county, in 1805, and at an early day mov ed to Ohio. The proprietor of the Morrison House says his business has been very much increased since the trains do not stop to take water in front of his door. Warriorsmark township asked exonerations for the year 1812, for $11.25. This is less than any other district with an equal valua tion in the county. • Gabriel Hatcher, Esq., the inventor of the Electric Railroad Signal, has been quite ill for the last week or two. He received a slight stroke of paralysis. Passengers coming west on the Pacific and going to points along the Broad Top railroad, will have forty minutes, in the future, for breakfast at this place. Mr. Long says be ain't afraid of bees. They don't amount to anything. But Mrs. Henry's, he is willing to admit, are an exception. It was amusing to see him "git." Joseph Mingle, Esq., is one of the efficient Supervisors of Warriorsmark township. His neighbors hare confidence and bespeak the best reads they have ever had. The proprietors of the "Ara.ndale,' at the Bedford Springs, can now accommodate at least one hundred guests. The boarding at this house has always been popular. The fellow who rolled over into Leister's cellar, on Saturday night, no doubt exclaimed "what a fall was there, my countrymen." The beer and lager market were depressed. The Street Commissioner is hurrying up the pavements in West Huntingdon. This is right. The sooner substantial pavements are put down the better it will be for everybody. If anybody is out of potato bugs we can supply them at a very slight advance on cost. They are real fat ones, too. We warrant them to yield a new crop every twenty-four boors. Kline was sighting at the car works the other day. That fellow has such a taking way with him that we wouldn't be surprised if he would be offering them for sale some of these days. The Hollidaysburg Standard is receiving X tra attention for a little negligence in fail ing to supply a promised X. Oh Traugh I Send us an XoraXX or we perish I We will take a XXX when we meet in Cambria. Dr. B. B. Hamlin, now stationed at Cham bersburg, spent several days with his numer ous friends here last week. The Doctor is erecting a very comfortable tenant house, for the accommodation of several families,• on Washington street. The School Directors, it is reported, have purchased four lots, fronting on Moore street, in West Huntingdon, from S. T. Brown, Esq., upon which they intend to erect a school building. What is to be the character of the building we have not learned. short distance above M'Veytown, one day last week, a spark from a locomotive was communicated to a car containing nearly sev teuty barrels of oil. The car with it, and two or three other cars, were destroyed. The loss was about six thousand dollars. The pupils of the Huntingdon Academy, seconded by their accomplished teacher, Prof. James A. Stephens, held a pic-nic in Burch inell's Grove, on Saturday. Everything pass ed off pleasantly. The Academy has closed until the first Monday in September. Bottled beer is no doubt a good thing, but it would be a very disagreeable affair to be carrying several bottles, beneath your arm, wrapped up in paper, and have one explode just as you are passing a crowd of people com ing home from church on Sunday. It would be provoking. On Friday last three stock cars took fire below the gas works, and a cry of "fire" was raised which brought out the fire company very promptly. The engine was soon in po sition and a stream of water was turned upon the flames. The lower portions of the cars were saved so thtit very little delay was experienced. The boys did splendid work, and we have no doubt the Pennsylvania Company will ap preciate their services. The chronic grumblers at the taxes are busy plying their vocation. Taxes are always too high for them. If they lived in Mexico or portions of Italy where both life and property are at the mercy, in a great measure, of bri gands, they would sayvery little about paying a few dollars to live in perfect security. Pay your taxes and be thankful ! There is no country in the world where you could enjoy so much personal liberty at so little expense for protection. A few days ago while on a visit to Hunting don, a flourishing town on the Juniata, this State, we had occasion to visit a very old cemetery, where we noticed a moss-covered head stone, the letters upon which were so nearly obliterated that the services of an "Old Mortality" seemed to be needed to rechisel the words. Patient study, however, enabled us to decipher the tale it meant to tell : "Here lieth the body of Amy Major, who departed this life March 26, 1792. Suffice it to say she was au honest woman—the second noblest work of God."—Scranton Times. Mr. E. L. Russ, who was for a number of years connected with the Harrisburg Telegraph Job Office, and who is experienced and thoroughly skilled in his profession, is new in charge of the JOURNAL Job Office, and is prepared to do all kinds of Job work in a manner that cannot he surpassed by any of the regular city Job Offices. This is the first time in the history of the printing business in this place, that one who has spent much of a lifetime, exclusively de voted to Job Printing, has been engaged here. We hope this liberal enterprise will be duly appreciated by our people, and that all those who have Job work to do will give us a I trial. tf. There was a large circus at Everett the oth er day. A small boy, prior to its coming, boy like, importuned his mother for a quarter to go, but his Ma couldn't see it ; however, she proposed to bake him slot of pies and in case he sold them he was to have the money. It was a bargain. The pies were baked, the show came to town, the boyperambnlated the streets, but no one appeared to be hungry.— The hour arrived for the performance. The boy presented himself at the entrance and the showman demanded his quarter. The boy proposed to go in and sell his pies and come back and pay his admission fee. This was satisfactory. Once inside he strode up to where the large elephant was chained, and putting his basket to one side he stood and gazed listlessly at the huge creature. In the meantime a baby elephant scented his basket he f