It - A.31110, Editor and-:l"ublisher. 'VOLUME XXXVII, NUMBER 25 .1 THE COLUIYIBIA SPY, XISCILIANOIS FAMILY JOIIIIIiit "PIpLISIiED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. oaFFIOI3, IN LOCEYST ST., OPPOSITE COLU3i• MA. BANE. -0- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 2 OD a year if paid in advance ' 2:50 " if not paid until the expiration of the year FIVE CENTS A COPY. No paper will be discontinued until all ar earages are paid unless at the option of the editor. Rates of Advertising in the Spy. It. 21. 3t. lino. 3mo. Gm. ly. 1 sq. S lines 75 1,00 1.30 2,00 4,00 6,00 10,00 2 16 " 1,50 2,23 3,00 3,50 6,00 0,00 15,00 3 " 21 " 2,25 3,25 4,00 4,50 8,00 13,00 20,00 [Larger advertisements in proportion.] Executors and. Administrators' :Notices, 3.00 Auditors' and A.isignee Notices, 2,00 Professional or buisness cards, not exceeding 5 lines, per year, S,OO yearly advertisements, not exceeding four squares tvith occasional changes 13,00 Special Notices, as reading matter, 10 cents a lino lor one insertion. Yearly advertisers will be charged the same rates as transient advertisers for all matters not relating strictly to tiler businnss. All Advertising wilt be considered CASH; after debt insertion. BUSINESS CARDS D. J. DI LOOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, .7.1t - Columbia, Pa. Office in Odd Fellows Nov. l9 IS6I-tf. II• Fes. MORTEI, A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOI► AT LAV Cl Columbia, Pa. Collections promptly mail° in Lancaster York counties. Cola., July 2, ISOS. It. J, KAUFFMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, COLLECTIONS Made in Lancaster and adjoining Counties. Pensions. Bounty, back pay and all claims against the g,oyernment promptly prosecuted. Office—Locust Street,between Front and. Second' Dee. nit. SAMUEL EVANS-, trus Tff of file tIDEaCE. OFFICE IN ODD FELLOWS' HALL. COLI.J*BI.A , PA. Jane IS, ISG-1 J, Z. HOFFER, TIENTIST,--OFFIGE, Frout Strut test den .L/ to R. Williams' Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut sts, Cola., Pa. Dr, J. K. LINEAWEAVER, OFFERS HIS PROFF.:SSTONAL SER vices Lo the citizens or Columbia and -vicinity. Office—Locust Street, between Seconffl,t Eitreei - s; - June 17 WASHINGTON HOUSE HOTEL. lfrmtt Street, Columbit. Pit: • D.NLEL llLrr., Propridoi FRANKLIN' HOUSE. LOCUST STREET, COL UJIBLd, PA rpms k a first class hotel, and is in every respect adapted to meet the w ishes atni desires of the traveling public. JACOB S. MILLER, Proprietor. Col.. j uly, 15, '435 MISHLER'S HOTEL, EVAN NMI L R, Proprietor. WEST ARN.ET SQUARE, .1? EA D. G, PEIV," A. Oct. 7th. 'WASHINGTON ROUSE RESTAURANT, ANTHERE may be found Oysters alway V on hand, of the best quality served up in every style, Also a room for the accomodation of la dies or families. Oysters can be had by the quart or hundred. Dec. 3, '04.-tf GEORGE BOGLE, Dealer in LumBER OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, Also, PLASTERER'S HAIR Office and AVarehouse—Front Street be tween Locust and Linion. July S, 1865. Confectionery A ND 'FRUIT OF ALL KINDS IN SEA- Xison. Parties and liunilies supplied with :ACM Cana DT by the freezer, or in moulds, with prompt ness at GEO. J. sminrs Adjoining the Franklin House, Locust St P. S. Also a fine assortment of Toys and fancy articles constantly on hand. July :22, . COLUMBIA FLOUR HILLS, GEORGE BOGLE, Proprietor. MHE HIGHEST CaSII PRICES PAID J. for all kinds of Grain. - Superfine and. Extra Family Flour for sale, also mill feed-of all kinds. Wheat ground and packed to order j Town and country custom solicited Jply'29th 1865. SUPPLEE & BROTHER, Manufacturers of AS TM _A. Tk.e-. ip= S _ _ TN addition t oar I'oundi7 and Machine A. work, we are now prepared to manufac ture every variety of Boiler and plate iron Mending and -Reparing Boilers Promptly attended to. Thankinl for past favors, wo- would invite tho attention of i)ur friends and patrons to this new branch 'of our business jan. 21„65. SUPPLEE & BRO., 2d Street, Columbia GIFTS, GIFTS, GIFTS, o PLEZ , TDID Christmas gifts at E: Spur ing's Cheap Jewelry Store, consisting GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, Gold and Silver Chains, Gold and Silver Thimbles, Fine Gold Jewelry, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, consisting ofTeirsetts, DINNER AND TEA C.A.STIP.S Magic Butter Dishes; Fruit, Cak;" and Card Stands, Ice Pitchers Syrup Pitchers, Spoon Racks, Sugar Baskets, Call Bells, Goblets. Napkin. Rings, Sugar Spoons, Plekel Forks, dc. , . - ... . • • -.el. ' IIIIIIM .""" IllNhh:: :j.: . .. '. : • ',',:::.'.,'' 4.•. t. - - . - ... ..-.-- .. -1:11 ;:;'."'• . - . 4 '. ' - - - ,l t.,... .r.14: . K . :... . 2 : . !:i '• - ,•-•••:: '.'.....,..':;.;-. t . , 9,... .1 , 4. ' NS,„.7'.. ":t • .;;. ~ . z • I '''','•' .: 2 '.; -,••,•• . ':- , . .. ', . . ''''.'• .- , . . _ • . , . , .. ~ . • _ .. .:: • 1 . ..' . ;! At• .6. -. J...:. ~ .., L ..- ' :i1: - : . !..:•-.- .. ... _ . -..,... . ..... -..: ~ :....:, ..,..,:::..- : . ...:',=.. . - ,.•if. .-.....- ..4.7.1::--‘ .. . . ~ - . ~ , --,.... ',7:_,,...., . -...-.. .. • ... . .. ~, „ ... • d i'jfilltp " *C.' l'.: :t :.• -. ... .. . -... . . qa,4 , . - • - ,e . )% : . • ,'"..'. • . . . . . Susquehanna Planing Mill,, ON FRONT ST. AND PENN. RAILROAD • Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa. MI-IE subscriber would respectfully an nounce to the patrons of his Mill, that the advanced prices of labor and expenses incident to carrying on the business of his establishment compels him to charge his customers an advance on former rates, and takes this method to inform them that the following are the prices for work clone at his Mills: For working- Flooring per M. $4.50 4( do Weatherboards " 4.30 " Surfacing one side, per M. 2.50 C, do two do do 4.50 " Re-sawing White Pine face measure, per M. 5.00 " do Poplar face meas. do 6.60 " do Ash, Oak (..t Cherry, face meas. per M. 8.00 " Ripping 4-4 - per line, 16 ft. 14 " do 8-4 do do 3 " do Joie() do do 41 _z , .4 - 0- Lumber hauled to the Mill and re turned to Yard without extra charge. Accounts for working ordressing, lumber will be considered collectable every four months. - The subscribm has on hand an assortment of ROUGH and DRESSED LUMBER, which is for sale at Market Prices, and so licits a continuation of public custom. .JOILN B. BACIIMAN Columbia,March IS. 1564. B 0 S 0 ...V C7IALAT ‘ATE, Have jast received 700 .pounds best V V Boston Linen Carpet Chain, in all colors which we will sell at a reduced price. STE &CY &.; BOWERS, Opposite Odd Fellow's Hall, Columbia, Pa. Jlay G, T OBACCO 0I?0 11 7.7? HA.VE constantly on hand at my I Plaining Mills, Tobacco cases, and will furnish them at reasonable prices, to those who desire to pack their Tobacco. Jt)111. B. 8AC11.M. , -N. Susquehanna Planting Mills. lay 12, COAL ! COAL ! COAL, Baltimore Co. Lump for melting Iron. •• No. I, for Reater.>, (t - c. for Cannon Stoves, " for Parlor Stovesoke .1. for Range,s, 5, for N a nor Grates & Lime Burner. Shamokin Stove Nut, a meanium burn ing coal . Pine (,lrove, " `• Lyk.en Valley, a free burning coal. Parties wishintz to buy Coat by the car load. which cmaes via Reatflimr t Colum bia it., OaII be accc)mmorlalLd at mine prices. the auder , igneti f:Jving made ar rangements so that elivet. Coal cleaned. before leaving the yard. Our office has been mov•Jci south 290 from the olit place. Sept O. BRUNER \[OOltE. J. 2.,UNC.1.N Ceat"rEtl:l.ll., 1 , ..170311:. - Ev 375 Penn'a Av:mittfs, nearly opposite National. Hotel, NA'asiiington, vonsion , I`,". Prizt• M , )ney,nnd all .3„:4, 3 A, Q1 :;.•, k , „ 4 11iritit lice. 2 ISC.; MEMMiI - ML7.".': - Y KILLED AND A LARGE NTS3I BER WOUNDED. Over two IluUCire(l tlecidents from kick ing and running tiway of horses occurred during the past year, in Lancaster county alone nearly all of which resulted in inju ring the drivers, killing some, maiming and wounding others, and in most eases, breaking costly carritaxes and hurting the horses. Of the above, nine-tenths were tame family horses. The safety bridle will pat an end to all such needless .accident::, and with the Safety Lines the speed of every horse is easily much increased. At the special Ineeting of the Saddlers of Lancaster city, Nov. 27. 186 5 , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: WHERE:is, The usefulness, power and safety of Dr. liartman's Safety Bridle and Lines have been publicly demonstrated demonstrated in the presence of from one thousand to fifteen hundred persons to their entire satisfaction; and since it was proven at the Millersville horse exhibition on !bur or the mo:st vicious and confirmed ickers and runaways. that with the Salbty Bridle and Lines it is utterly impossible for a horse either to kick or runaway; therclbre .R•mol vett, That we the Saddlers of Lan caster county, Pa., believe that the Bafety Bridle and tines accomplish all and even 'ore, than is claimed by the patentee, in preventing horses from kicking and run ning away. Re•olved, that in view of the above facts we deem it our le&Titinnde duty, both indi vidually zmil collectively, to exert all hon orable means to at once introduce the Bridle and Lines, because in doing so we in a very great measure prevent ail acci dents with horses, while with the old and defective bridle we put in great jeopardy both life and limb. Resolved, That hereafter we manufacture no other but Safety Bridles, unless especi ally ordered. The price of individnal - Mgt is is :35 each; County Rights, from 10P.09 to 5i30.00 accor ding to popnlation—these containing large cities excepted. No other investment before the public presents such inducements of making money. In every county there are at least twenty townships, and in each township at least one hundred persons who drive horses—which at live dollars for an indi vidual,right will amount to *5OO per town ship, and ten thousand dollars (610,000) for each county et the rate of twenty townsnips at live hundred dollars each ! I have not the least doubt but that amount of money can be made out of a county with proper business tact-and energy. The price of counties is so small as to place tho invest ment in the hands of every one, for few aro so poor as to be unable to raise ono hun dred dollars. Another feature about this invention is. that-the proprietor of the territory need not manufacture the bridles and lines as the ordinary bridle can be easily altered into a Safety. The lines only require to be made to order, and these can be made by any saddler for a trifle more than the ordinary Hence, unlike other patents, die right to -uso it,only is sold. No man need wish for a greater fortune than right of a State. To show the confi dence the patantee has in his invention,he offers to pay 1,000 dollars for any horse that can either kick or run away when under the inthtence of the Safety Bridle and Lines. For County and Stab:) rights address for circular, and for Individual Bights, enclose live dollars to S. B. Hart man; Millersville, Lancaster co., Pa. dec. ii tf AGENTS WANTED. EASY MADE BY-SELL SIO i l ng '— l'illri EA. lg - r a - vings. Card Photographs and Stationery. Cur r ti.tioneryPack.ets excells all others; cacti Package contains Paper Envelopes, Pencil, l'ens, &c., and Jewelry worth a'dollar at re tail, PriCo only 30 cents. We will send Agents DO Stationery Packages and a Silt er Watch for 517. We mill also pubilith splendcd Steel Engravings and Portraits,Lithograph prints, &c., very popular and saleable. %VIII send a fine assortment of 100 for 515.00 that st ill realize 550. or a r. , 1.0 lot that will sell for $3O or over. IVill send a sampler lot •for S 5 that will sell for 15 dollars. Send Stamp for Catalogue, Tern's., etc. . . -BASKIN:, C 0.,& Se Beekman Y St New ork. "NO ENTERTAINMENT-SO CHEAP AS READING, N')iZ ANY 1,41.3":ZE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MO MISITLER'S„TIERB,BITTERS.—BeI ow the afflicted , will.fmcl a condensed statement of the'curds'bf,various incliyid uals whose names are whose Certificates can at anyZtime•bo'seen by calling at the Store of the Proprietor, Centro Square, Lancaster, Pa. B. MIST-ILBR, Sole Manufacturer. John C. Walton, Lancaster, euyed , of Dis ease of Spine and Kidneys, &:C.•; contracted in the Army. Thomas Groom, Glen -HOpe, cured of Disease of the Back and Neri-ous system. Henry Nagle, Lancaster,curecl of a stroke of the Palsy, causing'tho loss of the use of the right arch. ' Joseph - Witmer, Philadelphia, certifies that Mishler's Bitters has restored him to health. having been much afflicted with various ailments for a long time• James Kennedy, Lancaster, cured of Chronic Diarrhoea and Rheumatism. Daniel Finefrock, Lancaster, cured of Chronic Rheumatism, which he was much afflicted with while in the Army—reccom mends the use of the Bitters to soldiers and others similarly afflicted. Leyi Hart, Sen., Lancaster, cured of Rheumatism occasioned by exposure in the Army. Charles B.liarns, Lancaster, certifies that his daughter was cured of a lingering sickness of eight months from various diseases, by Mishler's Bitters. Henry Maderf, Lancaster, was cured of difficulty in passing his water, by the use or the Bitters, and his wife also relievee from Rheumatic pains, Philip Donee. Lancaster, Cueed of an af fection of the Kidneys aed Bladder, by the use of Mishler's I lerb Bitter. Daniel B. 1-[err, Rohrerstown, Lancaster Co., certifies that he was cured of severe stitches in the side which he was afflicted with foi nine years. Jas. }licking, Lit - v. - as cured of a severe attack of Uiu•onic itheaucntism. Jos. IL Watson, Lancaster, relieved of pains in his shoulders and 'Willis, that he was unable to sleep• Andrew Eberly, Lancaster, Cured of Cramp ('belie—WaS '0 severe that he be came apprehensive of Rupture. Maly J. Carney, Lancaster, cured of weakenss of the breast and pain in the side by . Mishler's Bitters. Win. 11. Jordan. Lancaster, relieved of Cholera Morbus in 10 or 15 minutes, by the Herb Bitters. Jacob Mum:, Lancaster, says that his son was relieved of extraordinary pains in his arms and legs. Samuel Me Donnel, Lancaster, cured of Dispepsia of 20 'Years standing by Mishler's Bitters. II G. Kendig, Farmer, near Lancaster, was cured Or a severe attack of Lnspepsia, by the Bitters. Hugh Dougherty. Lancaster, says his daughter was cur,:d of weaknes, sore throat, , Szc. J. L. Baker, Lancaster, certifies that his family has been much t li 1v•4.1 from aillie tion by the Bitters. E. 11. Rhoads,Reamstown,Lancaster Co., cured of inflammatory Rheumatism of some years standing. litigffittit awns cured of Rheumatism by the Bit ters—contracted in tho Army. Thomasßropliy,Lancastor,recovered.from attach of Fever and Ague, by the use of Mishler's Bitters. A. Musketnuss,Laneaster, cared of what k called a Running Leg, by applicar,ion of the Bitters. ‘rolni Rote, Lnneaster, cured of a. Bun fining Leg of 20 years' 6tanding, by Mish ier's Bitters. Isaac Mclntyre, Lancaster, relieved of a severe pain across his kidneys, by the Herb Bitters. C. B, Mayer, Lancaster, cured of a severe cold which had settled in his teeth, by Mishler's Bitters. J. P. Fredenberg, Lancaster, was entire ly cured of a remarkable distressing Ab sec:s by the Bitters. Henry Kendig, Camp Potomac, was cured of Diarrlaca by the use of Mishler's Bitters. A. Fairer, Lancaster Co., Poorhouse, cured of Dispepsia and disease of the Kid neys, by the Bitters. Mary Rives. Lancaster, relieved of a terribie cold on the breast of three months standing, by the Bitters. John Weidman,Laneaster,says that him sell' and wife were cured of severe Rheu matism by the Bitters. A Lady of Lancaster,writes to Mr. Mish ler, that the Bitters cured her of Piles of a year's standing. John ;Haunt, Lancaster. cured of Dis ease of the Ifeart, and . a severe pain in his breast, by the Bitters. G. W. Whitetieltl, Agent at Altoona, Blair Co. writes of the success he has met in selling the Bitters. Amos Auinent, of Strausbnrg. Lancas ter Co., used the Bitters lbr a wound in the leg reecived at the Battle of South Morn lain, and and has now no more pain. J. C. It., a member of Co. E, 105th Reg iment, P. V., writes to the Proprietor, that• the Bitters eared him of a distressing cold which has :malted him from duty. Martha Bents, Lancaster, was cured In flammatory Uheumatisin, trout cold taken by a -oroken arm. John Neldich, Lancaster, was cured of Palpitation of the licart,which he had for 25 years. John School:, Potpies, Lancaster Co. was relieved from an attack of the Gravel by the Bitters. Mrs. Druckenmiller, of Mount Joy, Lan caster Co„ was cured of excruciating pains in her hands and feet by the use of of Mishler's Bitters. John Lesher, of Reamstown, Lancaster co., was cured of a swell in the neck and jaw by the use of Mishler's" Herb Bitters. H. C. Ginkinger, Philadelphia, after be ing contined to the house for two years,was 'cured by the use of Mishler's Bitters. Geo. W. Killian, Lancaster, was confin ed to the U. S. Hospital for 10 weeks, by prostration, is restored to health by the Herb Bitters. Mrs. Margaret Kirk, Lancaster, was cured of a severe pain in her side and ner vousness, by the use of the herb Bitters. Mrs. Eliza Wenditz, Lancaster. was cur ed of Inflammatory Rheumatism by the use of the Bitters. - Amos Gioff, Lancaster, was relieved of a , severe cold in-the throat by the use of the Bitters. henry J.;Etter, Lancaster, had his sight restored,(Which he had been deprived of for about 5 years,) by the use of Mishler's Dittters. Charles P. Miller, Philadelphia, writes of a lady in that city having been cured of the Dumb Ague, by the use of the Bitters. Harriet Orr, Lancaster, was cured of in ward weakness and pain in:the back, by the Herb-Bitters. John Kautz, Lancaster, had a slight at tack of Lockjaw, which was cured by the Bitters. Theodore Wenditz of Pa. Reserves, was shot in the arm at the battle of Fredericks burg. By using . tho Bitters he was soon relieved tram pain in . the arm. ortry. Written for the Columbia Spy Enigmatic. BY .TA.M.ES S. WATKINS My First is found in every glen, On every mountain side, In every country's broad expanse Throughout creation pride; I'm white and black, and brown and blue, In one eternal sleep, And equally at home on earth Or in the iiat'y deep. lily second teas before the world, And is to-day the same, Only a character, at tittles, Existing in a name ; Although I'm e,t;er valueless, My value is ahudt me. And neither planets or the world • Can move in space without me My whole is held.in memory As sacredly the same As when to earth it first appeard A human creature's name; My First is common—easy found— My Second. valueless; Irence, render, it is left with you The answer to po,eQs. pi“cil a at. oua. INTERESTING DIALOUGUE. Scr•.\E—John Smith'sConntry Store-TIME Evening—SPEAKERS, Sundry Villagers. and Farmers who have ••happened in as usual." Smith.—Trade is very dull now adays; I don't sell half as much as I did live years ago. Mr. Jones.—Good reason. Things 're so high, we can't afford to buy. You charge such awful prices. Smith N. Smith —Can't help it. I have to pay so much more. When I sold sugar at 10 cents a pound ; I made a cent a pound, and I only make a cent now on 20 cents, and this cent profit don't go so far to keep my family. B, men.-1. buy just as much as ever. I don't see as there is touch chaise. I used to sell toy 600 bushels of wheat for 75 cents a bu-diel, or 845 J went for ihmily store' bills ; and $2OO to to pay_ off my ftrin debt. Now, lv lien I sell for 1,50 per bu.diel. or $9OO, it takes about $5OO for store bills, and leaves $4OO to pay of the debt. in fact these high prices suit toe. I wi,h. Mr. McCulloch had kept out of' the Trea-ury. fitr he threatens to make Greenbacks par and knock down prices. Me Price. —I don't see as it makes much difference.llP.there is twice t; flash.. morley.goj , Ind ev ervbod twice as touch for b erything he raises, and pays twice as' , ilueit for everything he buys, it all - comes - uut squar ,, at the end ; and there is this gain in the oper ation: those who save money or make a profit, make a double, as neighbor Brown explains about paying his limn debt. Jilt. Butte.). —That's so. Mr. G I.c:enc.—So I thin k.-21./r. Hoorc. —So do I. Mr. Baker.—The re is a little drawback. I keep the accounts of Widow Roberts, who has the mortgage on lI r. Brown's farm, and the $4OO he pays, don't go on ly half so far in supporting her, and ed- ' ucating her children. ilk. Travis (the School Teacher).— Yes it does, for I only get $3O a month for teaching Mrs. Roberts' and others' children, and I used to get $25, with wheat at 75 cents. Rev. Mr. Corey.—And I only get $6OO a year, while I always had $5OO with wheat a 75 cents and , sugar 10 - eents. S.Teral Voices: -= That ain't quite square. Mr. Knox, (Editor.)—And you only pay me $2 a year for my newspaper, which you thought cheap at $1,50, five years ago, though C h tve now ,to pay three times as much for every thiag use in making a newspaper. 3/r. Greene.—Why don't you raise your prices, too ? .31r. Kno.c.—People won't stand it.— I must keep along with no prJilt, or even at a loss, hoping for•better times, or else loose my subscribers, and let the paper go down. Why, when I raised the price from $1,50 to $2 a year, a good many stopped the paper—among them Mr. Brown himself, though I paid him double for his wheat. Mr. Brown.-1. didn't stop it so much - for the price ; I weaub iu for paying - fur my farm by an extra economy. Mr. Knox.—Yes, he followed my ad vice for people "to economize and pay their debts now." But let us see if Mr. Brown began at the right place. On one Saturday I published in my paper that wheat had advanced 15 cents a bush el. On Monday Mr. Brown went to market with his wheat, and sold 60 bush els at one cent advance over the old price, and thought he did well. He came home boasting about it, until he met neighbor Johnson, who got the 15 cents advance, because he read my pa per, and was wide-awake. Mr. Brown's loss on .60 bushels would pay four whole year's subscription. Xi% Beoica.--Don't say anythi❑g more about that, mr. Knox, and put me down a subscriber for life. haVe heard of several other such losses by those who stopped my paper. Not to he too personal, as some of them are here, I will call them A. B, C, etc. Mr. A, paid 4 per cent more fees on $7l taxes, because he (lid not see the collector's notice in my pa per, and thus lost $2.84, to save $2.-- Mr. B. paid $3.60 the same way. Mr. C..failed to bring in his claim against an estate, because he did not see in my pa per the legal notice limiting the time.— That, cost him $34, to save $2 subscrip tion. Mr. D. sold 200 pounds of wool at 62 cents, because be did not see au ad- JANUARY 27 1866. vertisement of Mr. Smith, right here at borne, offering 70 cents. That cost him Sl6, to save $2. Mr. F's boys went down to the village every night or two, to get the news and local gossip, because they had no paper at home, and one of them fell into bad company, and is ruin ed. I know twenty cases where people lost money for not learning what is going on. I gather up all that is going on in business and society, and condense it into my columns. It is important fur every man to know all about home mat ters, and I doubt if th 31'd is a man in this whole town who would not, in the course of a year, get some information, that would pay him back more than 82 a year. And then think of a household sitting down together 365 dug in a year, and having nothing to talk about, ex cept their own affairs, and a few items of gossip, gathered up by occasional con tact with other people. llr Taylor,—Let me help Editor Knox's argument. Wife read to me an item he published about a humbug,which he copied from the American Aurieul turist, of New York City. Next day one of those same humbugs came round with his article, and was so plausible that he almost persuaded her into paying him $3, for his swindling receipt; but the editor's caution kept her back. lino.r.—Yes. and do you know that the fellow sold more than fifty of the humbug recipes hereabout. at $3 a piece ? but not to any one of my sub scribers. Putts.—Put me down as a sub scriber, Mr. Knox, here is your two dol lars. .31r. Shaw.—And me too. Knox.—Thank you, gen tle tu en . I'll try to make a better paper than ever. Every dollar helps ; a new subscriber only adds to my expense the cost of pa per. It everybody took the paper, and thus divided the cost of getting news, setting type, office rent, etc.. I could double the value of the paper to each.— Please talk the matter over with other neighbor-; anti see. if it cannot be done. .-viral r - (); CCS. —We will. Mr. Smith.—And now while you are about it, I want to !nuke up a club fur a good New York paper. 3/ - r. Brown.—We can't afford to take so many papers Mr. Smith —You hare just seen that you could not afford to stop your home paper ; let u 4 see it' it will not pay to join our club. Mr. Rich, you have taken the Antrriran, Agricutturist for several - years Does t pay/ ? 21/r. Rik.—Pay ? Yes, fifty times over. Why, I got two ten-acre fields ready to sow to wheat. and nut in one of them.— That night my ..4yriPitittrist came.and 1 I read a simple recommendation abua: r‘re paring seed wheat. I called Jobe and we put 15 bu-liels in soak for the next day. It costs Si cents for the materials. Well, that second field yielded 5 bushels ' an acre more than the other—or 50 bushels extra, and better wheat too.— Pretty good pay fur 61,50 expended fur a , paper. And I have 2;ot lots of other hints almos. as profitable. You know i get better profits on my beef, pork and mutton, than any other man in the place. Now does this not come from any direct hint, like the wheat, but from a good many sug4estions that I have picked up in reading the Agriculturist,and from the course of reasori. , g that I have been led into, by readim: in it what otlaers..do,and think, and say. ,S'aiith.—You are another subscri ber to the Agriculturist, Mr. West, does it pay ? 11 1 ;:st.---,Pay ? Yes. You know what good cabbages and potatoes I had last season. Why the cabbages were , worth double any others in town, for market or for home use. I had 400 heads, worth 5 cents a piece, extra; and they only cost 20 cents extra for seed.— My 250 bushels of potatoes arc all en gaged for seed at $1,50 a bushel, when other kinds bring only 50 cents. That's $250 clear gain, fur the 814 extra I paid for seed. and the $1,50 1-paid for the Ayricatturist. It was through this pa per that I learned about both the cab bages and potatoes. Its editors are care ful, intelligent inen,on the constant look out for anything new that is really good, while the paper abounds in cautious, against the poor and unprofitable. 'ITIr. Satiat.—What say you, Mr Tay lor ? Does it pay to invest 81,50 in the Agriculturist? Mt. Taillor.--Most certainly. A hint in the paper 1 al me to look after certain insects at the proper time, and the result was, I had 100 barrels of splendid apples which brought me a clean $5 per barrel, and this you know was better by sl,than the average prices here, or $l6O. Then I have read so much about good and bad grapes, the method of treating the that I can beat the town in raising them profitably. My son, William,gota kink into his head about Tomatoes,from some thing the Editors said, and sent for some seed. Ile made more money on the crop raised in his spare hours, than was clear ed by half the farmers in this town. Dlr. Smith.—Let's hear from Crane Mr. Crane.—l only read in the paper what was said about hogs—what kind paid best, how to feed them, and the like ; but if you will call around and see my porkers, and my expense aecount,l'll bet a pippin I can show fifty dollars more of pork for the same money, than any other man here. And this comes from reading what other men think and do.— But wife ought to be here to speak. She and the girls read the Agriculturist next to the Bible. They think the household department is wurth more than all the fashion magazines in the world. They say, it is so full of good hints about all $2.00 PER YE.tI IN ADVANCE; $2,50 IfF N4Ylr PAID IN ADVANCE. kinds of housework. All I can say is, that we do hive better bread and cake; an d Wifb says, the cake don't cost so much as it used to. She has learned from the paper how a hundred other house-keepers do their work. Rev. Corey.--Let me say, also, that Mrs. Crane and her daughters have ad ded a good many beautiful but cheap home-made fixtures to their parlor and sittingrooms, which certainly make their home attractive. They told me, the other day, they got these up from pic tures and descriptions in the A9i icul turist. Mr. Travis.—My salary has not allow ed me to t the paper ; though I must squeeze out enough to do this year. My school boys have brought me seine cop ies to look at, the past year or two ; and I find the Boys' and Girls' department of the Ayr/cut/twist the best thing I ever saw. It is roll of items, etc., that amuse and at the same time instruct the chil dren. Why, I could pick out the boys and girls in my school whose parents take the Ayriculturil, just by hearing them talk—they are so full of new and good things they have !earned from the , paper. The paper has mine beautiful engravings. Rev. Corey.—As small as is my salary, I would have the pfp_!r it' it e9sts $5 a year, instead of 1.50 The fact is. it helps out my salary. My little garden plot at the parsonage his yielded us al most all our vegetables, besides many beautiful flowers. The Agrimthurist has been my constant guide. I knew but little of gardening ; but this paper ig so fall of information about the best things to plant and sow, when to plant, and how to cultivate—all toid in so plain and practical a way, by men who seem to talk from their own experience. that I know just what to do, and how to do it well. The high mural moral tune or the pa per, its common sense, the care it takes or all parts of the Farm, the Garden, the Orchard—the Ilou , ehold work, and the Children as well, with its hundreds of beautiful and instruetiVe engravings— make it the most valuable periodical I have ever seen. I heartily wish every one of my parishoners would take it°for himself and family. It would awaken thought and enterprise, give interest to the town and imighborhood talk.stimulate improvement, introduce new and profita ble crops, anitinds and implements, and add to our wealth. Take my advice,and all or you try the paper a year. The $l5O it costs. is only three cents a week, ~... and it is - W3 - rtli'ita - ritif is."'ii - yr ._ Why" le large and beautiful engravings are worth many times that. . Mr. Davis.—l took the Genesee Par ! Mei' last year. and as th.it has stopped, I thought I would take a new paper. Mr. •iinith.—The "Genesee Farmer" vas not re dly stopped. It united with the Agriculturist, and put its whole V.)ree into the latter paper. They paid him a large price for his office, and moved it with everything connected with it 'o their (Ace. So the Agriculturist is .:;ally two papers joined into ono, and of c)arse better. I. think we better go w,th Mr. Ilarris to the Ageicidiu,?*st, that. h.ti been published for 25 years, and - has a hundred thousand circulation,- which. as Mr. Knox has told us, supplies the means and facilities for giving us a great deal more for the same money. Mr. Harris carries o ; his Large farm, and in his" Walks and Talks on the Farm." and other things he writes for the Agricul turist_ h t 31Is us a great deal about all kinds of farm work. Mr. Davis.—Put me down .for the Ag iculturist. Mr. Sinith.-1 am glad to do so. I know you will like it. The Janeary number, which ha-i just come to hand, is alone worth the cost of a yPar. See here, (showing it.) there are 10 pages, twice as large as the magazine pages,and there are thirt,itfice engraving:3 in it, two of them lull page size, and see how beautiful Why, I'll give any man who takes the paper a year, a dollar and a half in nods out of my store, it' be says, at the cud of a year he. has not got the worth of his money many times. Mr. Butler.L-'4 ) nt me in your club. Mr. C recue.--And me too.--Mr. Brown.—And me. Mr. Smith.—.l have no interest in the matter, except to do a good a good thing j !or the place. You can join ..our club, or any onc who desires gait get the A:pie/diarist for all of 1860(Volulu° 25) by simply euelosi $l5O, with his name and post-office address, and sending it to 0 its.NoE JUDI) Co. 41 Park Row, New York City. The paper always comes prompt and regularly ; .and, also what is a good thing. it stops when your time is up, without you having to write about it. I predict that there will be plenty of -Abel's next winter, to talk as 3fr. Rich, Mr. West, Mr. Crane and Parson Corey have done to-night. —lf "all the world's a stage," who's the driver ? The propounder of this question is only hackneyed. —The Phoenix Iron Company are making preparation for the cholera.— They have issued notice to their tenants that from and after April Ist, no cows, moats or swine shall be kept on their premises, and rigid cleanliness must be practised in and around the dwellings. —Somebody who is posted up in san itary matters asserts that New York city is afflicted with no less than twenty-five thousand nuisances, among which tene ment houses, dumping grounds, defective sewers, slaughter-houses and fat boiling establishments are said to be the least important. [WHOLE :NTJAIBER 1,897. Novel Remedy. A good story is told of a fellow who put up at an Indiana Cubin on the Wa bash, and who, after eating au enormous supper of cucumbers, was attacked by the colic. The woman of the house, upon being, consulted, said : "I'll go au fetch mother;" cause stran ger, I do reckon she be the a.wfulest best hand for curio colic in the whole Wabash bottom." She went into another part of the house and teu minutes after one of the ugliest, sallowest,littlest old women I ever saw in any part of the civilized world, came ! hobbling in. Her gait was hardly a de cent hobble; it was more like that of a j rheumatic ostrich. Her nose and chin almost met over the sunken cavity, doing duty as a mouth, and as she shuffled to ward me she mumbled as if chewing the cud. On the cud of her nose was a great wart,with tbur or five grey bristles strag- sling from it ranger,"sayF shc,‘'Betsey Jane tells me she-reckons you've got the colic pow erful. Now I've been so myself nigh to a hundred times. I re.ekon,in the cowcum ber season; and Betsey Jane she's been that way; Rie7hard,he's been that way,and the biggest end of the rest of the family." Producing a musket ball—an ounce bullet of lead—she assured um I would be all right in five minutes after swallowing it; that lead was death on "colic's." Being terribly racked,and hardly knowing what I did, I seized the bullet, and with a sin gle gulp, down it went. No sooner was it down than I repented of having swal lowed it. I remembered to have heard that lead was poisonous. Starting up, I cried out "You old wretch, you have killed me! Lead is deadly poison. I can feel it cold in my stomach now. It will kill me." "Ha, ha, ha' he, he, he:" laughed the old crone; "he, he, be:" in a shrill,crack ed voice—"kill yer: don't pester yourself with the idea. Why stranger that bul let's bin in the family nigh onto twenty years. lliehard,he has swallowed it; the biggest end of the children, they've swal- I 'lfisYi7~'-10- on to forty times." "You?" I cried starting from my seat; you've swallowed this same bullet?" "Sartain that same bullet every cow cumber season for nigh twenty years." "You old devil:" I cried, as I rushed from the house. —A friend just returned from New York tells us a pretty good story of an Illinoisian who was stopping at the same hotel. On Sunday, the western man, being desirous of hearing several of the more famous pulpit orators of the me tropolis, went in the morning to Dr. Chapin's church, but heard a stranger preach from the text : "But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever." In the afternoon he went to Beecher's Ply mouth Church, and heard the same dis course front the same, preacher. Going in the evening to Dr. Osgood's church, he found the same clergyman and the same theme : "Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever." next day the patient hearer of the thrice-told discourse ~vas crossing to Brooklyn in a ferry boat, when the alarm-bell in the park agitated the air with its great shocks of sound, and a man inquired why that boll was tolling. Looking up he saw the now familliar countenance of the preacher, and was prompt to reply : ''l think Simon's wife's mother must bo dead ; I heard three times yesterday 'that she was sick of a fever."—Peovi -1 deuce Journal. —ln the very heart of this continent a population of one hundred thousand are ruled by one lean—Brigham Young. —Science does more for the brute than the man. Pigs, attacked by the most fatal 'disorders, are frequently cured after death. —What game is a hunter after when lie displays a Chistian trait ? For-bear. —Should I be discovered, T am lost!" exclaimed the hero of a mob-drama, as he concealed himself in a closet on the stage. "Should you be discovered, you are found," was the amendment of a wag in the gallery. —An Oregon paper says, enough liquor has been sent across the moun tains to keep every man iu Montana drunk all winter. —Rev. W. C. Blunt, pastor of the Dinwiddie Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, Va., was shot on his own premises on the 16th inst. The deed is supposed to have Been perpetrated by a negro boy, named Richard Ellett whether designedly or accidentally can not be conjectured.
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