J. W. YOCUM', Editor.
VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 44.1
THE COLUMBIA SPY,
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CHAS. E. GAST,
(Office with T. E. Franklin, Esq.)
No. 27 EAST ORANGE ST., LANCASTER, PA,
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B F. ESHLEMAN,
(Office with Hon. I. E. IDester,)
No. 33 NORTH DUKE ST., LANCASTER, TA
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pIIILIP D. BAKER,
No. 11 NORTII DUKE ST., LANCASTER, PA
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A J. KAUFFMAN,
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
Counties.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims
against the government promptly prosecuted.
01lice—No.233, Locust street.
T W. YOCUM,
Attorney-at-Law tt. Notary Public,
COLUMBIA, PA.
OFFICE—SPY Building, Bank Street, near
Locust.
Collections made In Lancaster and adjoining
counties._
HENRY C. G. REBER,
No 523 Wasbington street, near Sixth,
Reading, Pa.
Collections made In Berks and adjoining
counties. nov27-tt
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M. NORTH,
H.
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster and
cork Counties.
THOMAS J. DAVIS,
No. 14 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa.
Professional Business carefully and prompt
ly attended to. r0ct:30.69-tf
T 1 P. ROSENMILLER, JR.,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
OFFICE.—No. 5 Court Avenue, Lancaster, Pa
JOI-IN M. GRIDER,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SCRIVENER, 67..0.
Mountville, Lancaster County, Pa.
Offico Hours from 6 to 8 o'clock', A. M.,
and 7 to 9 o'clock, P. H.
IfCLARK,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
OFFICE—No. 12 N. Third street.
Office Hours—From 6to 7 A. 7,L. 12 to 1 P. M.,
and from 6 to 9 P. H. [sep4-69-tlw
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AMUEL EVANS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Office, on Second St., adjoining Odd Fellows'
Hall, Columbia, Pa.
D ENTAL SURGERY
J. S. SMITH, DENTIST,
Graduate t.f Pennsylvania College of Dental
Surgery. Office No. •210 Locust Street
2nd door above Odd Fellows' Hall,
Columbia, Penn 'a.
Dr. J. S Smith thanks his friends and the pub
lic in general for their liberal patronage in the
past, and assuring them that they can rely upon
having every attention given to them in the
future. In every branch of his profession he
has alv.ays given entire satisfaction. lie calls
attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish
of artificial teeth inserted by iihn. He treats
diseases common to the mouth and tech h of
children and adults. Teeth tilled with the great
est care and in the most approved manner.
Aching teeth treated and filled to last for yars.
The best of dentrificcs and mouth washes con
stantly on hand.
N. B.—All work warranted.
seol-69.1yw J. S. SMITH, D. D. S.
A J. GULICK,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Extracts Teeth without Pain. Nitrous Oxide or
Laughing Ga. ail min istered.
OFFICE 24S LOCUST STREET.
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B C. UNSELD,
TEACHER OF MUSIC
PIA - N 0,
ORGAN,
:MELODEON.
CULTIVATION or the VOICE' and SINGING.
Special attention given Beginners and young
pupils.
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219 LOCUST STREET
TZ. HOFFER,
. DENTIST.
?Atreus Oxide Gas administered In the extrac-
.
'don of Teeth.
Office— Front Street. next door to R. Williams'
Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets,
Columbia Pa.
Ti lIINKLE,
.12 . PHYSICIAN c SURGEON;
offers his professional services to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the
(Mice connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and Union, every day,
from 7t09 A. :Si., and front 6 to BP. H. Persons
wishing his services in special cases, between
these hours, will leave word by note at his orrice,
or through the post Wilco. sepl-70
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
The undersigned have opened an office for the
purchase and sale of real estate, collection of
rents, and the renting of property. Business
entrusted to their care will meet with prompt
and careful attention. F. X. ZIEGLER,
oet:3o-'69-th A. J. KAUFFMAN.
TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS
rtuilding„ paving and other brick always on
hand. They are hand made and superior to any
brick in this part of the country. They tire of
feredat the very lowest price.
sop .1-G9-tfw] MICHAEL LIPHART.
JSCOTB_LS.
WESTERN HOTEL,
No. 931 A-- 15 CORTLANDT STREET,
.I`.IEW YORE
TIIOS. D. WI.NCI.I.E.STER, PROPMETOR.
This Hotel is central and convenient for Penn-
sylvanlans.
ABLE MISIILE3, of Reading, l'a.,
is an sasistant at this Hotel, and will be glad to
see hi friends at all times. sept-1-13:1-tfw
" CO'N'rINENTA.L."
THIS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
between the Stations of the Reading and Coluen
and Pennsylvania Railroads,
FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
Ample accommodations for Strangers and Tray
olers. The Bar Is stocked with
CHOICE LIQUOR.q,
And the Tables furnished with the best fare.
URIAII FINDLEY,
Proprietor.
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FRANKLIN HOUSE,
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA.
This is a 11rst-class hotel, and is in every respect
adapted to meet the wishes and desires of the
traveling public. MARTIN ERWIN,
sepl-70 Proprietor,
F RENCH'S HOTEL,
On the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park
New York. It. FItENCLI,
Sept. 19.1.5t5. Proprietor.
M . ISHLER'S HOTEL,
West Market Square, Reading Renn'a.
EWAN .71.1..SFLLErt,
Proprietor.
sept-i-f3f3-tfw]
E.,5 - 7,IWE'LrosaItA"MSTLET TaVEVIPG --
CHINE. The cheapest First-Class Machine
In the market. Agents wanted In every town.
Lib :ral commission allowed. For terms and
circular, address A. S. HAMILTON, Gen. >gent,
NO. 700 Chestnut St., Pa. apll6.3xa
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BUCHER'S CaL773Thr.
EININIM
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
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FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Wines and _Liquors !
Has removed his Store to his Building,adjointng
Haldeman's Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa.,
where he has fitted up rooms and greatly
increased his facilities for doing
a more extensive business
MISIILER'S CELEBRATED
HERB BITTERS !
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures
they have performed in every case, when tried
Dr. Mishler offers five hundred dollars to the pro
prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater
number of genuine certificates of cures effected
by it, near the place where it is made, than
MISLILER'S BERG BITTERS
lIISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
Is for sale, in Columbia by
J. C. BUCIIER,
At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia
WINES AND LIQUORS!
Embracing the following
Catawba,
Port,
Lisbon,
Currant and Muscat WINES
COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and
BRANDIES of all kinds
Blackberry'
Catawba,
Cher*,
EMI!
XX Old Rye X Old Rye
Pure Old Rye, .I(illongultela,
Retained Whisky, London Brown Stout
Scotch Ale, Sc.,
MALT AND CIDER VINEGAR
He Is alb° Agent for the Celebrated
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
POCKET FLASKS,
DEMIJOHNS,
TOBACCO BOXES,
and FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety,
MISHLER'S BITTERS!
PURE & UNADULTERATED;
BEST STOUT PORTER!
From E. & G. HIBBERT, LONDON
Agent for the
PURE MALT VINEGAR
Cannot be purchased at any other establish-
ment in town, and Is warranted to keep fruits
and vegetables perfect
The Best Brands of Imported
SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE
TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS
BUeriElt will still keep on hand the
Best Brands of
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and
COMMON SEGARS. Also,
SNUFF & TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a
thousand and one varieties. Call at
Locust Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store.
It is the greatest establishment of the kind this
side of Philadelphia.
vt3..Only Agency for Lee's London Porter, and
Mahler's Bitters.
Cherry,
Maderia,
Malaga,
Chnmpagne,
Claret,
Rhine,
Blackburry,
Eldei berry,
Jamaica Spirits,
Rummel,
Ginger,
Gin,
Superior Old Rye,
Pure Old Rye,
XXX Old Rye,
AGENCY FOR
FOR SALE
At J. C. Bucur.R's
For Sale by
T. C. BIICIIE,R
For sale by
J. C. BUCIIEII,
Locust Street, above Front
For Sale at
J. C. BUCHER S
J. C. BUCHER'S,
COLUMBIA., PIN-, SA_TITRDA.Y . MORNING-, JUNE, It 1870.
1111SCEL.LinTEOUS.
GRAND INAUGURATION
-Or_
LOW PRICES
HOMER, COLLADAY & CO.,
Nos. 1412 t 1414. Chestnut St.,
PHILADELPHIA,
ARE NOW OFFERING THE WHOLE 01
THEIR
.21IA O.YIFI CENT STOCK
MEM
DRESS GOODS, SILKS, &C.
Replete with all the Choicest _Yovelties
of the Season.
TOGETHER
LARGE INVOICES OF DESIRABLE GOODS,
Purchased in this Market, for CAsti,
At Astonishing Low Prices !
IL C. 6: CO. conclude that iL is only necessary
to quote a lbw of their offerings as an index of
the prices at which this SUPERB STOCK will
be disposed of, to insure an early call.
HANDSOME DOUBLE-WIDTH CHENE MO
HAIRS, CENTS.
DOUBLE-FOLD FOULARD MOUAIRS, dS
C 1 TS.
DOUBLE-FOLD NOBWICH POPLIN'S, IN THE
NEW LIGHT SHADES, 3t; CENTS.
HOYLE'S YARD-WIDE ENGLISH PRINTS,
D CENTS.
PRINTED SATIN CLOTH - , A NIL'W ARTICLE
FOR TEE HOUSE OR WALKINU COS
TUME, 3.5 CENTS.
ONE CASE OF THE FINEST ORGANDIE:4
IMPORTED, 40 CENTS.
REAL SCOTCH GINGIIAMS, IN ALL COL
ORS, 2.5 CENTS.
TWO CASES OF FRFNCH FOULARD MO
HAIRS, WHICH SOLD BY THE PIECE FOR
65 CENTS, ARE NOW OFFERED AT 56
CENTS.
BLACK LYONS GROS GRAINS AND DRAB
DE LYON. OF THE BEST BAKES, FROM
$1.50 to $8 DER, YARD.
CIIENE SILKS OF THE LATEST DESIGNS
OF THE PARIS MARKET, ANT) EXTRA
QUALITY, SOLD LAST SPRINU AT $3.113,
$2.50.
STRIPED SILKS FROM $1.50 TO $2.00,
BLACK CANVAS BAREGES, EXTRA SU
PERB QUALITY, 1/23..,
BLACK CANVAS BAREG ES, 75 CENTS
BLACK CANVAS BAREGES, ALL WIDTHS
AND QUALITIES, UP TO
WALKING SUITS,. LACE SHAWLS, LACE
POINTS, &c.
ALL AT THE NEW RATES.
April IC-nin
NO. 1:3
SHREINER'S
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Where you can buy a - first rate
AMERICAN, ENGLISH OR SWISS
IVITCII,
BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, lIAND
SO3IE BREAST I'l S, EAR RINGS,
SLEEVE BUTTONS,
and almost everything in the jewelry line
AT TUE LOWEST PRICE
Or you can purchase
FINE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED
SPOONS,
FORKS, KNIVES CASTORS, GOBLETS, ICE
PITCHERS, BUTTER DISHES sc.
Then If you are In
WANT OF TIME
you can buy any kind of
AMERICAN" CLOCK,
warranted of the best quality, at a low figure
CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF
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Sept,lwtil No.IS Front St., Columbia, Pa
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T B. KEVINSK[,
• DEALEI: IN
PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS,
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GENERALLY.
A large assortment of Violins, Flutes, (iuttars,
Banjos, Tanthormes, Aeeordeuns, Files, Har
monicas, and musical murehandtse 1110 ays on
hand.
SHEET
A. large stock on band, and eon Stan t ly receiving
all the latent publications as soon as I,nued.
Musk; and Munleal Books will be rent by mail
free of pontago, when the market tries in remit
ted.
DACALCOMANIA,
Or the Art of transferring Pictures. (tan be
transferred on any object.
I would call special attention of the Coach
makers to toy stock of llacadconiania.
MESE!
STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS, PRINCE &
CO'S., SON'S CELEBRATED
ORGANS AND:NIELODEW , .:S.
Solo Ageut for Stoll's Unrivaled PIANO
FORTE AND FISItNIT
Call and examine my stock at
NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE STREET,
LANcA.srEn, I'A
730 ! _For the lictrvestof IS7O !
We would respectfully call the attention of
all Farmers who need a complete combined
harvester, to examine into the merits of our
Laneneter county bmit Reaper and Mower,
THE VALLEY CHIEF I
It is a simple two-wheeled machine, having
side delivery, which throws the grain entirely
out of the way of the team for the next round.
It has a rear cut,a iloating linger bar; the guards
or lingers are made of the best wrought iron,
faced with steel. The height of the cut can be
altered with ease while in motion, thus ena
bling one to pass obstructions or cut long or
short stubble ; and the whole machine is built
with an eye to connenicnce, way and duratalit n.
It you avant a light, two-horse machine, the
VALLEY CHIEF is the machine to buy.
If you want. a machine that is able to pick up
revs Garth, Waal gram with ease and certainty,
arid ralM It off, get the VALLEY CHIEF—it will
do It. The Marsh Self-hake In this particular,
has no superior.
If you want a machinethatcombines the qual
ities of a first-class self-raker in grain together
with one of the vest mowers get the VALLEY
CHIEF.
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It you wish to get the machine that, has hosts
of admiring friends among hundreds of the in
telligent and disci imlnating farmers of Lancas
ter county, choose the VALLEY CHIEF.
We respectfully icier you to our friends in
every township of the county for gond words.
One of our machines is on exhibition at the
HARDWARE STORE OF MESSRS. RUS
SELL, MUSSELMAN it CO., No. 21 North
Queen Street, Lancaster City.
Mr. D. K. 131:Rh:HOLDER, is our general
agent for Lancaster county.
MARSH. GRIER kr: CO.,
Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., Pa.
P. S.—This Machine is on exhibition and for
sale by SIMON J. EBY, 311liersvffle, and by J.
H. K.A.UFFMAN, at Millersville. LinayT-10t
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
.IV_ ETV ADTr_ERTISE.2ILENTS.
E DWARD J. ZAI.III,
JEWELLER !
(Late 11. L. S E. J. Zalim,)
Car. N. Queen St., t Centre Square
LANCASTER, PA.
Dealer in.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry
SILVER. WARE,
Spectacles, best, quality Sliver-
Plated Ware, Thermometers.
11.11.. Personal and prompt attention given to
Watch work and Repairing. Remember the
OLD STAND,
ZAII3I'S CORNER.,
North Queen Street and Centre Square,
mad 7'70
F INE FA3IILY GROCERIES,
AT HARDMAN'S !
Just received, at the flee Grocery Establish
went, corner ;311 and Cherry streets, the follow
lug now Goods:
SUGAR CURED HAMS AND DRIED IfEEF,
JELLIES,
PRESERVES,
ICON R.Y.
PEACHES.
TOMATOES,
ENGLISH. PICKLES, W INSLO NIPS 0 KEEN CORN
("KEEN PEAS Ae.,
Together with a 'very fine assortment of
Family Groceries, of all kinds.
A LARGE LOT OF NEW YOEN. CANDIES,
Oranges, Lemons, Figs, Raisins, Cocoanuts,
and White Wine Vinegar.
Extra Family Flour, Mercer Potatoes, Rio and
Java Col The, fresh roasted, Levering's Syrup, ..tc.
4-Z - New Goods received almost
WM.II. HARDMAN,
Ord and Cherry Sts.,
sepl-Gt-tfw] Columbia, Pa.
OPEN ! OPENING ! OPENED !
THIS DAY, THIS WEIFII:
AND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS,
BRE - NEM A_-_IN.'S
THE LARGEST STOCK OP
HATS AND CAPS,
For Men, Youth and Children, ever before offer
ed to the people of Columbia, comprising as it
does, STILE and QUALITY in soft and still
brim, such as the WarWiCtiC, Ida Lewis, Sinhad,
Prince Arthur, American Girl, Mute, Peerless,
Lady Thorn, IZowing, Star, Cuban, Waverly,
Gilmore, flub Hey, tuna the Fall style of Sill:
Eats, just nut, together with a lull stock of
GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS ,
Consmting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel
Shirts and Drswers,English, German and Do
mestie Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerehiels, Sus-
Penders, Ties, Linen and raper Cuil and Col
lars, ac. Alen,
UMBRELLAS AND CANES
l'artiett who favor us with their patronage are
assured that It be our constant tutu to
merit their con ilaelleC null support.
Call and exannue our well selected :stock at
at low prices,
BRENEMAN'S
No. 12 Locust, St met, Cul cambia,
oet9.'GO-ly
STEA3L COACH WORKS.
CMUSTIAN 311 EItS,
COLUMBIA sTizAm-
COACH WORKS!
REMOVED TO Nos. 9, 11 AND 13 :asp - mu sth
The Carl iageq, &e., made at these
Works, are equal in beauty and durability to
any other make in the comity.
\O. 13
COACII S3IPTIIING, REPAIRING, ,kc
This, branch of the busine,,swill be atomic," to
with punctuality :mu cle , Tatelt.
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES,
NVII go nB, &c., for sale or mad to order
/M. Call at the "Work, No. 9. 11 & 13 North
Fifth street and examine the stock and prices.
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GARDEN, FLOWEIL AND GRASS
SE
J. A. MEYERS',
FAMILY MEDICINE STORE,
ODD FELLOWS' ILILL,
Our Stock is composed ENTIRELY of
Seeds from the celebrated Philadelphia
Seedsmen,
D. LA.NDRETII C. SON,
Wo have No:sts other on hand, and hav
ing closed out every package or last season's
stock, we guarantee all to be
FRESH AND GENUINE,
-ku !. will sell them at Landreth's priees
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N. B.—Having removed ray residence to house
No. 'Selma i 3 Sr., formerly occupied
by Mr. Jacob Hess, any of my friend, requiring
Medicine during the night, will please call
there
sept.l 60-Ifwl
JUST RECEIVED
A LARUE SLTPEY 01
FRESH Gil 0 CERIES,
David. Mullin's Grocery Store,
Cor. itlx .t• Cherry Streets,
COLUMBIA, PS.
The undersigned, having been in the business
since 1319, is enabled to buy and sell gimds at
better bargains titan can be ui sto el where.
lie has now on hand a Mesh supply 01
GROCERIES <V PROVISIONS,
Of the best quality, whiell he wi II dispose of at
prices that deny competition.
SUGARS AND COFFEES
Of the best brands, direct, front :New York.
COFFEE, Ureen and Brown.
TE _A- S
EMPIRE, JAPAN, ENGLISH - IMEAKFAST
AND BLACK TEAS of every duseript iOll.
HAMS AND DIY BEEF
Freqh from Pittsburg, at the lONVmSL price. No
bettor in the market.
POTATOE:';, ELSIE
0ct..16:69-ly
FLOUR, FEED.
A.nd everythin in the Grocery line.
Thankful for past favors, the undersigned re
speetfully sol mit, a Continuance of the same.
Theeitizeusot Columbia,and public generally,
will find It profitable to visit my store, as I ant
determined to sell none but the best goods, and
at the lowest figure.
DAVID MULLEN,
apll6-:2m] Cor. Fourth ft ;;henry Sts., Columbia,
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CALIFORNIA. WINES.
PRICE LIST:
rim noz, PRIt CALL.
SON ON 8.IM) $2.20
PORT, 12.i17 8.24)
SHERRI 10.00 :1.00
ANGELICA, POO
BRANDY, I SAD C„00
!Sparkling A M 1 2 AI Ci NE 2,.00
warranto/ to he made of CALIFORNIA
GRAPES only, pure and harnile,s.
C?I_CIIUItCIIES supplied with pyre GRAPE
WINES for Communion purpose", at reduced
rates.
OFFICE:-6-C EAST KING ST.,
LACASTER.
.T..T. SPRF.NGER.
N. B.—Also, always nn halal a general av,sort
mon of BREWERS' SUPPLIES. I unty7-3:n
J ASPER GREEN,
Designer i Engraver on Wood.
COLUMBIA., PA.
Is prepared to execute Views of Buildings, Ma-
Ch inery, Bill Heads, Posters, Labels, te., in the
neatest and most expeditious manner, at rea
sonable rates.
B 001: AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS
Executed to the Highest Style of Art.
may'7o-tf
LANCASTER, PA
FOREIGN FRUITS,
128 Locust, Street,
5T Itl. El
MEM
S. A. MEYERS,
Odd Fellow Hall
't'ortry.
THE NEW PREACHER
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M a plecoant country station
Full of eager expectation,
Sat a waiting congregation,
At church, one Sunday morn
The sun poured in a flood of light,
Which fell on heads by time made White
On sunny curls and eyes of light,
That lovely Sunday morn.
There sat the young and beautiful—
There sat the good and dutiful—
The aged nod the sorrow
Atl—
That Christian Sunday morn,
There for the first, with form and feature
Resembling numb a fellow creature,
Within the pulpit their new preacher
Appeared that Sunday morn.
He spoke with freedom, zeal and power
To him it was a blissful hour,
Twelve, tolled the bell lit the old tower
That did the church adorn.
Some lingered at the close of meeting,
To give their brethren friendly greeting
I've not the power of repeating
All that was said that noon:
Fur butcher, baker, lawyer, leacher
l'oeple ore ere t rade and fee tore,
~111 criticised the humble preacher,
That they had heard that more
The Ilwyer said, " troll not butt inn
c Itowery stratus, nor Ilueney,
No logic, or philosophy,
His set - molt - did adorn."
An old neat said, "lie spoke too low—
My hearing is not good, you know—
he reads too much and so
I cannot like the loan.-
A sister said, " Ile Is too tall,
11.1 s hands too large, his eyes too small
I do not like his looks at all ;
They've sent us the wrong limn.
"And then his wife depend upon it,
.$llOl not salt here with that gay bonnet
I'm sore she had a flower on it,
And she our preacher's wife!
Another pious soul sincere,
Who gave full !Iffy cents a year,
Said to his consort fair, "My dear,
I never in my - lile,
1 . 1)1(1 go to church to aril (vise;
But this vain loan 4 he wiped his eyes
Azid in a lower ton,• he sighs)
I never Min S 1,11,11011."
ihn there are 601110, 11 0 1'.1 wt o and good,
A blcsNin g to the nen - 4111)(A hood,
\l - 1 2 ,3 spoke as Chl :away:, should,
With Christ lan einnity.
uL could the wind have talked and heard
Each idle criticising word:
'• The set vant's not above his lord,"
Methinks 'two:2 ld sadly moan.
Useless attempt to please mankhnl !
Fault-I:niter, you always find—
Though all the viltues he combined
Inany great divine.
.Acadinti
HAND urAKING.
How did the people first get into the
habit of shaking hands ? The answer
is not far to seek. In early and barba
rous times, when every savage and
semi-savage was his own lawyer, judge,
soldier and policeman, and had to watch
over his own safety; in -default of, all
other protection, two friends or acquaint
ances, or two strangers desiring to be
friends and acquaintances, when they
chanced to meet, offered each to the
other the right hand—the hand alike of
offence and defence, the hand that wields
the sword. the dagger, the club, toma
hawk or other weapon of war. Each did
this to show that his hand was empty,
and to show that neither war nor treach
ery was intended. A man cannot well
stab another while he is engaged in shak
ing lianas with him. unless a double-dyed
traitor and villian, and strives to aim a
cowardly blow with the left, while giving
the right and pretending to be on good
terms with his victim. The custom of
hand-shaking prevails, more or less
among civilized nations, and is the tacit
avowal of friendship and good will, just
as the kiss is of a warm passion.
Ladies as every one must have remark
ed, seldom or never shake hands with the
cordiality of gentlemen ; unless it be
with each other. The reason is obvious.
It is for them to receive homage, not to
give it. They cannot be expected to show
to persons of the other sex a warmth of
greeting,which might lie misinterpreted;
unless such persons are very closely relat
ed to them by family, or affection ; iu
which cases, hand-shaking is not needed,
and the lips do more agreeable duty.
Every man shakes hands according to his
nature, whether it be timid or agressive,
proud or humble, courteous or churlish,
vulgar or relined, sincere or hypocritical,
enthusiastic or indifferent. The nicest
refinements and idiosyncrasies of charac
ter may not perhaps be discovered in this
fashion, but the most salient points of
temperament and individuality nay
doubtless be made clear to the under
standing of most people by a better study
of what I shall call the physiology or
philosophy of hand-shaking.
To present the left land for tie purpose
of a friendly greeting is a piece of dis
courtesy—sometimes intentional on the
part of superiors, and an act that no true
gentleman will commit. There is no
reason why it should be considered more
discourteoTis than it would be to kiss the
left cheek instead of the right : but,
doubtless, the custom. that makes the
hand imperative in all sincere salutation
dates from those early times when hand
shaking first began ; and the hand that
shook or was shaken in friendship was of
necessity weaponless. The poor left hand
that one would think ought to be of as
much value and strength as the right, just
as the left foot or leg is as strong as the
right foot or leg, because they are both
used equally, has fallen into disrepute, as
as well as into comparative disuse, until
it has become an accepted phrase to say of
any proceeding that is inauspicious, art
ful, sly, or secretly malicious, that it is
" sinister," that is, left-handed.
To shake hands without removing the
glove is an act of discourtesy, which. if
unintentional and thoughtless, requires
an apology for the hurry or inadvertance
which led to it. This idea would also
seem to be an occult remnant of the old
notion that the glove might conceal a wee-
Pon. hence true courtesy and friendship
required that the hand should be naked as
a proof of good faith.
Ix an English trial for breach of prom
ise of marriage lately, a letter was read
from the lover, which among many other
nice things, contained the following frank
and gracious suggestion: "If I was you
dearest, I would take that beastly flower
out of your hair."
In a recent number of the Tillage Record
we find an account of the remarkable suc
cess of a Chester county man in trapping
different kinds of "varmints" during the
last winter. The great number caught is
wonderful when we consider the thickly
settled neighborhood in which they were
found. The surface, however, is rather
hilly and well wooded, and the locality
mentioned is not far from the Brandywine
the banks of which the game probably
frequented. The Record says:—"We had
a visit a few days ago from an old trapper
who resides in Newlin, and who, while
pursuing the business of farming upon
his broad acres, occupies no small portion
of the winter in the pleasures of trapping.
Ills name is Ellis Wilson, a highly re
spected citizen. During the past winter he
was quite successful in capturing peltry.
During the season he caught 176 muskrats,
-1 minks, 96 skunks, 2 oppossums, 3 wood
cats, 2 very large hawks, between 30 and
40 ground hogs, and numerous smaller
animals. Seventeen of the skunks were
captured jointly by himself and a young
friend in the vicinity. The muskrats
were caught in steel-traps; the skunks
generally in dead-falls. Mr. Wilson is a
close student of the habits of the "var
mints," and knows their haunts and how
to catch them. lie has any quantity of
incidents and anecdotes which he delights
to recount. The above animals were all
captured within a small compass—the
skunks were captured on his own farm,
on the farms of Messrs Steele, Stein, Con
nor, and Young. We expressed our sur
prise that so many were to be found in a
locality so thickly populated; lie said he
thought there were almost as many there
now as last fall, and he anticipates a good
crop by next winter. lie says the skunks
harbor in the bushes, hedges, and the
ground-hog holes. They travel at night,
visiting houses and barns, rob hen-roosts,
and destroy setting liens and young
chickens, turkey nests, &c. They are very
fond of poke berries. In baiting a dead
fall he uses flesh generally that of a skunk.
He says when food is scarce one skunk
will devour another that has been caught
in a deadfall. Ile caught several musk
rats the last winter which had only three
legs—this animal will gnaw off his own
leg to get out of a steel-trap. Ile catches
the muskrats on the Brandywine and its
tributaries. The otter is very scarce in
this county, and the beaver has disappear
ed entirely. Mr. Wilson is a man of not
less than sixty, but he has the same de
light in trapping as when a boy.
MATRIMOMIAL ADVERTISEMENT
Advertising for a wife don't seem so
bad a thing, judging from a story I re
cently heard of the success attending
such an enterprise. The advertiser, a
young nun of good appearance, educa
tion and manners, who had lost a com
fortable inheritance by speculation, had
gotten down to his last two or three hun
dred dollars, when it occurred to him
that a rich wife would be the best invest
ment he could make. lie inserted a no
tice in a daily for three weeks before he
obtained a response that seemed infany
way inviting. Most of the replies were
from adventuresses or worse, and had a
vulgarity of style by no means tempting
to the perpetration of matrimony. Fi
nally there came a dainty little billet,
gracefully written, and in a tone of good
breeding and banter that suggested a line
woman behind it.
Out of the billet grew a correspondence
in which Anonyma frankly declared she
was only in jest, and that she had no
need of a husband, because she had many
dear friends, and her surroundings were
all she desired. Still the correspondence
went on; it is always dangerous for wo
men to write letters, and ere long mutual
curiosity brought tha gentleman to the
lady's presence, almost to her feet. lfer
letters, so tempting and tantalizing, had
made him in love with her, and her socie
ty fixed the fascination. She was young,
and passably pretty, but more than that,
she was intellectual, witty, and magnet
ic. And then her papa was wealthy, and
she an only child.
The lover, while he poured forth his
passion acknowledged himself unworthy
of her, and blushed to own that the feel
ing which led to their acquaintance was
purely mercenary on his part. lie told
her they could be nothing to each other,
and was about to leave her forever when
she confessed his love was returned, and
that she was willing to be his wife in
spite of their disparity of fortune. Papa
was an indulgent parent. and as his
daughter's wishes were his own, he made
no objection to the match. The twain
were wedeed iecentiy, and bid fair to
be happy. - Was it the advertisement
that won the girl ; or was it nature ;or
was it art?—( l / 4 icago Republi,qn.
A BOSTON EMENISCENCE
The Boston papers are heavy on remi
niscences. Here is one of the latest:
"Several years ago the late Mr. M
an eminent bookseller, was elected a Bos
ton member of the Legislature. Wish
ing to gain the good will of his brother
legislators, mid at the same time gratify
his personal vanity by astonishing the
country members with a first-class recep
tion, he gave a general invitation to a
soh-cc at Ins elegant home in B— street.
A large crowd was in attendance, and
everything was moving 'lovely and
serene,' when the cullud pussun' officia
ting as usher announced Mr. Jenkins,
member from Gulleytown. Jenkins, who
was a long, lank, unsophisticated ' plow
jogger,' was painfully embarrassed upon
finding lihnself the observed of all observ
ers' in the brilliant throng, and anxious
ly cast about for a friendly seat upon
which to subside' his ungainly person.
Not a chair or lounge to be seen—at
length he espied at the further end of the
room a grand piano. As lie had never
seen one before, he had not the remotest
idea that it - was a musical instrument,
but supposed it to be some'new tangled,
article of furniture. Approaching it,
he deposited his hat(w ich he had carried
in his hand in spite of the grinning usher
who had vainly tried to get possession of
it)upon the floor, and spreading the
skirts of his swallow-tailed coat, he delib
erately took a seat on the key-board
the discordant crash which followed can
better be imagined than described. For
a moment Jenkins was speechless with
astonishment , then seizing his hat, he
rushed for the entry and disappeared,
amid the audible smiles of the company.
A FnAun—The Cardiff Giant,
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2.50 if not Paid in Advance.
A PNEUMATIC TUBE FOUR HUNDRED MILES
LONG.
The following extract describes the op
eration of a pneumatic tube between
Glasgow and London:
I had occasion to send a telegram to
London the other day, and in a few min
utes received a reply which led me to sup
pose that a serious error had been com
mitted by my agents, involving many
thousand pounds. I immediately went
to the telegraph office, and asked to see
my message. The clerk said, "We can't
show it to you, as we have sent it to Lon
don.'' "lint," I replied, "you must
have my original paper here; I wish to
see that," Ile again said, "No, we have
not got it ; it is in the post office at Lon
don." "What do you mean?" I asked.
"Pray, let me see the paper I left here
half an hour ago." Well," said he, "if
you must see it, we will get it back in a
few minutes, but it is now in London."
He rang a bell, and in five minutes or so
produced my message rolled tip in paste
board.
It seems that for some months there
has existed a pneumatic telegraph be
twi t Glasgow and London, and betwixt
London and the other principal cities of
the Kingdom, which consists of an iron
tube, into which the messages are thrown
and sent to their destination. I inquired
if I might see a message sent. " Oh, yes,
come round here.'' lie slipped a number
of messages into the pasteboard scroll.
popped it into the tube, and made a sig
nal. I put my ear to the tube and heard
a slight rumbling noise for seventeen sec
' onds, when a bell rang beside me, indicat
ing that the scroll had arrived at the
General Post Office, four hundred miles
ofll It almost took my breath away to
think of it.
Perhaps you are aware that there has
buen a large tube between the General
Post (Mice in London and the stations in
Euston Square, in operation for a number
of years. The mail bags for the north
are all sent by this conveyance, so that
the post office receives letters up to a few
moments before the train leaves, three
miles off. The transit takes less than
two seconds! Surely this is an age of
wonders• - -Buston Transcript.
A FANCY SKETCH
We might have thought it absurd if Dr.
Livingstone had written, three years ago,
that he had found in .Africa a tribe, the
women of which dress as follows:
- The Dayous are beautiful women with
exquisite complexions and fine forms, and
they dress in the most perfect taste. They
wear short dresses reaching to the ankle.
Upon the forehead is perched as mall hat,
the front of which rests upon , -the nose.
They take large bags of air and wool, sat
urate them with butter, and hang them
on the hack of the head, covering the
neck. - Upon the small of the hack they
tie a bunch of cotton cloth, colored and
cut into stripes. Their shoes are beauties,
coining to a point at the toe, and having
the long and sharppointed heel placed
under the middle of the foot. This makes
the foot very small in appearance, : brit the
wearer would tip over forward but for the
bags on the head and back. Each woman
when she goes out, carries a large plan
tain leaf to keep off the sun, which she
holds by the stem between the thumb and
forefinger, crooking her albow up from
her body at an angle of ninety. The ef
fect is more beautiful than you can imag
ine! The gait of the woman is particularly
admired. The heavy ones have difficulty
in keeping their balance, but the light
ones pick their way along as prettily as
hens walk over hot ashes,
Young girls go barefooted. For some
years after they are of age to put on their
shoes they suffer with lameness and sore
feet—after that their feet become per
manently deformed, and they have no
more pain. Walking is, however, not a
favorite practice with them, and running
is impossible. The government of the
Dayous is really democratic, the ruler be-
ng chosen annually by vote of all the peo-
ple; yet it is said the women do not want
to vote. All they care for is plenty of
hair and little shoes. The men are satis-
lied with this division, and the state is
quite prosperous, though the society is
rather vulgar and unintelleetual.—
STRAWBERRIES
For a fortnight past our markets have
been - supplied with this delicious fruit,
brought by steamships from the South.
At first the berries came from South
Carolina, and perhaps still further South.
These brought fabulous prices, each berry
being literally worth its weight in gold.
Then as the season advanced. North Car
olina began to send in her quaintinn: next
followed the crimson and juicy terry from
the ()Id dominion. Allen came the Mary
land fruit: next the Delaware delicacy
and now, upon the first day of st e amer
the queen of the Nothren si ra wherry realm
the dainty little State of New Jersey,
commences her ambrosia reign. There
fore, while only the opulent have thus far
been enabled to indulge thus early in this
delightful luxury, the offspring of our
more favored Southern clime, a few days
of warm sunshine will bring to our mar
kets from the "Jerseys - load upon load of
the finest berry that grows upon the foot
stool, ripe, rich and delicious, all ready,
gently smothered in sweet Orange county
cream. to "melt in the mouth" and infuse
a sparkling and heathful glow through
the veins of high and low, rich and poor,
the very choisest of palate blessings
vouchsafed us fortunate mortals. Wel
come, then, the ambrosia carnival of the
love-inspiring strawberry! Welcome the
sipping of strawberries and cream, the
sipping of rosy lips, the uttering of creamy
vows and the crimson:blushes mantling the
cheeks of fair maidens—blushes that rival
the vermillion hues of the tender and melt
ing heart-shaped berry itself. Thrice Wel
come to the native strawberry! But please
Mr. Strawberry venders. when you offer
the article and cry aloud "Straw-ber
r-i-e-s!" "Straw-ber-r-f-e-s!" please do try
and cut the price a little thin.
A LITTLE daughter of John Alt, of 31111
Creek, Elk county. was burned to death
last week. The mother had gone to the
mill where her husband was at work, and
after fitteen minutes' absence returned
and found the child burned to a crisp.
The child's clothes had caught from the
stove, it is supposed.
BRIGHAM YOUNG is striving to keep
his large family from want by investing
60,000,000 in securities at New York.
[WHOLE NUMBER, 20,844.
WANTED-A CHARACTER.
John Quill, who is rapidly making a
reputation as a very funny and quaint
writer, tells the following story in the
Sunday Dispatch:
We recently discharged a servant girl
named Emeline, and she wanted a certifi
cate of good character. As she ctiuldn't
read, and we declared to be honest, we
gave her the following. She must have
showed it to her brother, because there
has been an Irishman sitting on our front
doorsteps with a discouraging club for a
week past, and we have gone hi and out
through the alley gate:
Emeline is a native of Ireland. She has
black eyes and black hair. Whenever she
comes home from a wake her eyes are
blacker, and she has less hair by three or
four handfulls, Emeline is engaged, and
her young man is a most successful as
similator of butter and sugar and milk
that ever emigrated from Ireland. Ile is
equal to any demand of this kind upon
his stomach. Emeline has been vaccina
ted, but it didn't take.
This is the only thing about Emeline
that we know of that won't take Spoons
take, and hem-stictched handkerchiefs
take, and she can nail more pillow cases
and forks within a given time than any
other girl of the same size and weight in
this land of the free. Her `•Sunday out"
comes twice a week, and she can wash
stockings in the tea-kettle more efficiently
than any living woman. Her way of tak
ing care of a baby is to hold it upside
down by the leg until it bursts a blood
vessel; and if she washes windows she
never sluices water down on the pavement
unless a man is going up with a new high
hat on; then she slings it around by the
tin cupful. Emeline's most unpleasant
peculiarity is that she always blows the
gas out when she goes to bed; but it wil
he best to encourage this practice, in the
hope that she will suffocate herself some
night. She would be much more efficient
as a good, quiet, docile corpse than as a
servant girl.
FORGOT TO SWIM
An Irishman, working on a steamboat
at the 3[onongaliela wharf, fell overboard
into deep water. Several of his acquain
tances saw his mishap, but laughed at it
as a good joke, knowing that the involun
tary diver was a good swimmer. Their
consternation was great, however, when
instead of swimming straight for the
shore, he commenced floundering like a
mired horse. In his fright lie had forgot
ten that be could swim, and would inevit
ably have drowned if he had not, by luna
tically tossing his hands • about, caught
hold of the heavy hawser of the boat.
There he he held and yelled like a cata
mount, although he was out of danger and
could see prompt preparations making to
get him ashore. A plank, large enough
to float a twenty-inch gun, was run out to
him, but it was only after much persua
sion that he would leave the rope and
trust himself to the plank. At last, still
yelling, he was drawn-to the shore, amicl.
,the acclamations of two7or:threehundred-
people, whom hiii--ocilii'ailunsliad•drawn—
to the place. ills explanation of his help
lessness was somewhat illogical, as thus:
" How the divil did I know I could swim
when I had me mouth full of wather?"—
Pittsburg Chronicle.
JEFIOVAB'S BAND
A new religious (?) sect has sprung up
in Macoupin, about twelve miles from
Paterson, N. J., under the especial ansPi
ces of a wealthy farmer named John
lihinesmith, who is its leader, as was Joe
smith, and is Brigham Young of the
Mormons. The society is somewhat fash
ioned after the manner of the defunct
"Mill/ Rollcrs,"“Srterca &Taunus," and
"Pious .Tunrlurs." They call themselves
luiruh's Basil,'' and a rather jolly band
they arc. Their religious exercises con
sist principally in puffing, blowing, whist
ling, shouting, jumping, wrestling, scream
i:ig, falling upon the floor, floundering
about like fish out of water, kicking roll
ing over each other male and female, and
making all sorts of ricidulous noises, and
performing all imaginable descriptions of
silly antics. Baptism is one of their rites
and this is always performed at night, and
in a mill-pond on Rbinesmith's farm.
Outsiders are permitted to visit their
meetings, but none but the saints are al
lowed to participate in their peculiar
manner of worship. That is a redeeming
trait.—_Montrosc
JOSH BILLINGS' P.LISIIIAZ OF MAY.
May is the belle of the year, she has
worn the belt for five thousand years.
It May hadn't hav been a sensible girl she
would have been spilte long ago with poet
ry and btanzv. But she is an independent
kritter and don't care one kuss for stanzy.
This is an easy month tew fall in love,
our naturs are now fully thawd out after
the late kold snap, and like a little melted
brook, tew jive to Oh! how precious and
delightsum it is. II ive bees during this
month, if yu have got stun, if not, hive
somebody else's
The router, now with burstin throt
Proclaims the rosy morn,
And earklln hen. are telling us
Another egg Is born.
THEY had an editor lately of the Mem
phis Archon he who was compelled to re
tire by the proprietors of the paper because
he would not believe in the deluge, and
he says in his farewell address that he
sticks to the old Democratic party and
that "it stands now as it stood more than
fifty years ago, the steadfast advocate of
the integrity of State sovereignty." This
old line son of chivalry ought to join that
famous Arkansas Confederate who thus
!Mined his position:
A rebel from the jump, boys,
1 was and still 1 am;
And I won't be reconstructed.
_knd 1 don't care a d—d.
As a man and his wife, residing in
Keokuk county, lowa, were returning
one day last week from the funeral of
their three children, who had died of
scarlet fever, a thunder storm came up
and just as they were entering the gate of
their desolated house the lightning struck
their carriage. The man was instantly
killed, and his wife is now a raving ma
niac.
A courra: of gents out trolling for bass
at Erie the other day, took the merciful
method of leaving corks over the points of
the hooks, so as not to hurt the fish. The
desired effect was obtained, but the fish
ers don't like to hear anything said about
it.