tcunstoinn jdlfck \oI XXXVI -W hole Xo 19 19. Rates of Advertising. One square, 18 lines, I time 50 " 2 times 75 " 3 " 1.00 " 1 mo. 1.25 " 3 " 2.50 " G 41 4.00 ' 1 year G.OO 2 squares, 3 times 2.00 " 3 mos. 3.50 Communications recommending persons for office, must be paid in advance at the rate of 25 cents per square. NEW Tailoring Establishment, J "AMES A. I.ILLEY lias commenced the Tailoring Business, in .Market street,?iexf door to Judge Rilz's, where he invites Ilia friends and the public to give him a call. He is in regular leceipt of the Latest Fashions, and having had considerable experience in the business, he feels confident he can give satis faction, in point of workmanship, &.C., to all who may favor him with their custom. Lewistown, May 10, l-01. JOHN CLARK & CO. Boot and Shoe Manufacturera, 4 doors west of Eisenbise's Hotel. ALL KINDS OF BOOTS & SHOES Vll made of the best materials and In the * est manner cheap for cash. Lewistown, Sept. 12, lc-01. ~ ißDfi'iSj 331D'i3i rriHH undersigned continues to manufacture JL celebrated Quilted and French calt Boots, together with all articles connected with his business. MOSES MONTGOMERY. Lew.stown, August S, l^>l-tf JOHN CLARK. HENRY ZERBK. CLARK SL ZERBE. Brown Street, between Market and Third, LEWISTOWX, PA., I NVITE public attention to their large and - well-finished stock ot rs ii, T? TP T A ritEC! embracing a general variety, from the most fashionable to plain make, which will be dis posed of for cash lower than any that have ever been offered in Lewistown. They were all manufactured under their immediate super intendence. of the best materials that could be procured, and are fully equal to custom work. Among liiem are a number with BENT FEL LOWS and BENT SHAFTS, now in such general favor. Leather and Canvass top BUGGIES, single and double seal ROCK A HA YS, <§~c. Feeling assured that our present large and superior stock will afford a choice to purchas ers not heretofore offered in this place, we in vite a call from persons in this and the adjoin ing counties. hO~Two apprentices to the above business will be taken if application be made soon. Lewistown, Feb. *2B, 1851 —tf. Wood Turning Establishment, fjcwistown, Pa. \\7"OOD TURNING, in all its various ▼ ¥ branches, in city styles, at low prices, done to order on the shortest notice. Bcil Posts, Chair Spindles, Broom-bandies, Hoe-handles, Rosettes, Newell Posts, Awning Posts, Pillars, Rods, Rounds, Balusters, Table Legs, Patterns, Wagon Hubs, Chisel and Auger Handles, Columns, l all kinds will be served up as called fur. on the European plan, hv J. THOMAS &. CO. Lewistown, Sept. 2G, 1 ~1. —tt 2 squares, fi mos. §5.00 " 1 year C.OO A column, 3 inos. 8.00 0 " 10.00 " 1 year 15.00 1 column, 3 mos. 10.00 0 " 15.00 " 1 year 25.00 Notices before, mar riages, Ac. §l2. IPIBHSJIPLSiI© il5?I5) WE XPila a->,gf BOOT, SHOE, & BOOK STORE. Our banner l<> the breeze we fling, And of cheap Hoots and Siioks we sing; Of work well done and titled neat, And low for cash!—-wecan't be beat. Flngue on the muse I O, why refuse To aid tno in my rhyme i Well, then, here goes, I'll write In prose, If you will give me lime. THE story, all told, is simply this; we have just re ceived from the rily the largest and best assortment of wWVa.VI >Sa> Jk * ever brought to this place. We have BOOTS at all prices, and of all sorts and sizes ; and in selecting our stock we did not forget the Ladies, (God bless them.) " Variety is the spice of life," —so says the poet, and we had an eye single to that fact when we selected our Ladies' and Misses' Shoes. We must say,although we do not wish to boast,that we have the best assortment in this place, aud c m and will sell a little lower for cash than they can be had elsewhere. Of our home-made work we need not speak, save that we will spare no pains nor expense in having work made to order, and a? we will employ none but the best of workmen, we have no hesitancy in warranting our work. In a word, an examination of our stock, and of our home-made work, which is respectfully solicited, will satisfy visitors that it is not surpassed in tins mar ket for JVKAT.VESS, CIIEAPXESS, and DURABIL ITY. Give us a call, one and all, and we are confident that you will go away realizing that the place to save money in buying good and fashionable work is at the new store of \V. IV • lIIfOWA, h'.ust Market street, in the room lutein occupied by D. Do not, u feu doors East of IYattson .V Jacob's store. (OFrench < all" Bools that can't be beat in these diggins; also, an assortment of the celebrated Uuiitecl Boots, La dies' Italian Cloth Gaiters, etc., etc., kept constantly on hand and made to order. HOO IvS. Great Bargain* by those who want BOOKS can now be had at our establishment. Lewistown, October 3,1851. JAMES CRUTCHLEY. Valley street, Lewistown, near lb isler s Can dle Fartoru, Manufactures every description of Picture and Loolting Glass SUCH as Gilt, Mahogany, Rosewood, &c. and can furnish Frames and Giass of any required size. REGILDIXG, Y.\k.\lSliL\G, A\ D POLISHES G of old Frames, and Repairing Work generally, done at short notice and on reasonable terms. CCr*The public are invited to call and ex amine his stock. Lewistown, August 1, 1851. I>. 11. ROACH, BARBER ANI) HAIR DRESSER ■ _> ESPECTFULLY announces toiiis patrons JL\ and sojourners that he has taken the room formerly occupied by Mr. S< TILOBSER, Southeast side of the Diamond, where he is now prepared to shave ali kinds of beards,from the downy to the regular stubbie, in the most approved manner. HAIR. CUTTING also done in the most fashionable style. By prompt attention to business, and manifesting every desire to please, he trusts to receive a continu ance of the liberal patronage heretofore be stowed on his establishment." Lewistown, June 13, 1851.—tf Forwarding and Commission LT-I C£> -JD* a MERCHANTS, FARMERS, MILLERS, and others are informed tnat. the subscriber, at his large and convenient Warehouse on the canal, has established a regular line of Boats for the purpose of carrying Grain, Flour, and Goods of all kinds, between Lcwistown, Phil adelphia, and Baltimore ; and will have a boat leaving Philadelphia every Tuesday owl Fri day, also one leaving Lcwistown every Tues day and Friday , until the close of the season. C£7"He will receive and forward all kinds of freight on reasonable terms. ALFRED MARKS. Lewistown, August 8, 1851.—tf Always on liand, SALT, FISH, PLASTER. And all Kinds of COAL. ALFRED MARKS. Lewistown, Aug. 8, 1851.—tf mtiii.vu iiorsi:, LEWISTOWN, PA. j rjIHE undersigned having leased the large JL and commodious Hotel, known as the A "NATIONAL HOUSE,"formerly kept by Jaines Turner, and recently R. H. McCoy, and situated in Public Square, for a term of years, respectfully informs the public that he | has fitted it upaad furnished it anew, so as to ensure the comfort of the travelling public. ; His TABLE will be provided with the | choicest productions of the market, and care i ful, obliging, and attentive waiters will be i employed. His BAR will also be stocked with none but the choicest of liquors, j The STABLING attached to the house is extensive and safe. He flatters himself that he will be able to render entire ealislaction to all who may give him a call. J. THOMAS. Lewistown, August 29, 1851.—tf BOAT FOE SALE, rjMIE Tide Water Boat ATLANTIC, five J_ years oid and in good rep air—carried2olo bushels of wheat in July to the city—will be i sold chcao. The subscriber pu' repairs on her to the amount of $l2O in June last. JOHN KENNEDY. Lewistown, Aug 29,1851. "VT L I'S.—Jur-t received,Cuci.a nuts. Almonds, i.N Filberts, Cream and English Wslnuts, at I up 11 A A. BANKS'. FIUDAX' EVEXIXG, OCTOBER XI, 18.11. 3?oeti'g TIIE FADED FLOWER. BY WILLIAM C. BROWS'. She grew in beauty, loved of all, The idol of the hall and hearth; For every one a pleasant smile, A word of artless mirth. 1 speak not of her faultless form, Of auburn locks to soft winds flung ; Of rosy lip, or sparkling eye, Or music of her tongue. We loved her for the soul that blent, In joy or sorrow, with our own— An ocho-harp, that warbled back Each glad or grieving tone. lie died, whose smile for years had been The sunshine of her guileless heart; And shadows fell and deepened there, That might no more depart. The rose-bloom faded from her cheek. Her laughir.g eyes grew dim with grief, While the bushed sigh, but half concealed, Told that herday3 were brief. The bright sun darkened, and the stars— Birds sang their sweetest songs in vain ; Nor sight nor sound could ever cheer That stricken heart again. Within a churchyard, drear and lone, On many a moonlit summer eve, Reclining on a flowery mound, The angels saw her grieve. 'Twas sad beside her couch to star, '1 o watch the lingering, fleeting breath—- To see that brow of innocence Grow pale and dark in death! Trees freshened in the leafy June, The air was filled with sun and song, When moved along the winding way A sad and silent throng. One look on her discolored face. Still lovely in her snow-while shroud ; And wailings, as they heaped the earth, Blent v. ilii the death-dirge loud. She sleeps; but many a sorrowing heart Throbs with the bitterness of woe, That one so young and beautiful ishould bloom and perish so ! letf lUutoufii. TWO S ( EYF. S IK LIFE. I saw a beautiful lady seated in a parlor, which, front the lloor to the ceiling, was furnished with a profusion of richness, eio- gance and art. She was dressed forgoing out, and her bonnet, shawl, and ornaments were worth at least a thousand dollars. She was looking over a large roll of bank notes, \s hich she at length deposited about her person, just a> her nursery maid enter ed with two line children, dressed tike fancy dolls. They ran eagerly to their mother, and with a sweet glee of infancy attempted to climb on Iter lap, laying hold of her rich trappings to pull themselves tip. The lady shrieked, and putting them pettishly from her, cried— "Why you will utterly ruin my dress! Mary, why don't you teach them better ? Look how they have disarranged my shawl. Take them away, and don't bring them in to my presence again until you teach them better behavior." The little things were kd away without a kiss, or a kind word from their elegant mother, who went out to elicit and enjoy the cold admiration of the purblind world, and to display her wealth, by making ex travagant purchases. She heeded notihe abashed and sorrow bearing of the children, upon whose tender hearts she had thrown back in crushing ice, the rich warm gush ings of their young fond love. She did not consider in so doing she was blighting in the bud their filial love and confidence; and destroying forever the soft, yet mighty in fluence of maternity. | Turn we to another scene. In this poor | room of a dilapidated dwelling is a moth er ; but three dollars would cover the ex pense of her w hole wardrobe. Yet she is clean and neat in her appearance ; and her 1 face is placid and hopeful in its expression. ■ She holds in her hand a slip of paper. It l is the bill of a physician, lie must get ■ from the desolate widow thirty dollars lor attendance on her husband during his last ! illness. lie says he will wait no longer. "If 1 could but find Mrs. M. once at home,' soliloquised the poor woman, — 'she owes me several dollars for sewing, and has money plenty. If 1 could pay i part now, perhaps the doctor would wait \ awhile. 1 must go to Mrs. M.' yet it is very painful to be obliged to sue like a beggar for that which one has earned like a slave ! Children !" she cried, and a fine ; boy of five years came leading in his chub by litte sister. Their dresses were clean, ! and they looked very happy. She took 1 the little one on her knees, and with an I arm around the boy, kissed them both af i fectionatelv, but as she did so, a tear fell l on little Ellen's hand. The little creature | looked up, and lifting her calico apron, ! wiped her mother's cheek, and then clung ! around her neck, kissed her, and pressed her downy cheek fondly to the tear-wet- I spot. "Mother!" said the boy, "what makes i you crv, when you know that father is in ; heaven, and that the good Lord will take kind care of vou, and Willie, and Ellen.'" "1 know he will, Willie," she said, lay* ' ing her hand on his bright curls, "but | mother is sorrowful sometimes, because ; her heart aches." i "Does it ache very bad now?" asked j the child, the tears of apprehension gath- I ering in his fine black eyes, j "No; it is well now,' she answered. — "llut I called you to say, that you must take good care of Ellen while I go to Mrs. M's. and try to get some money to pay tho doctor." "I wish 1 was a man!" said William, "for then I would work and get money enough, and you should have nothing to do hut stay at home, and nurse sister.— Hut I will lie a man next summer!" The mother kissed him fondly, gave j him and his sister each a piece of bread, tied on her bonnet and went out. M rs. M. had come in from shopping, and was re-examining the brilliant and cosily articles which she had added to her already superfluous ornaments. A servant enters with the announcement — "Mrs. Glen desires to speak with you a moment, madam." "Well, show her in," said the lady. "1 am heartily tired of hearing her name," she continued, as the servant returned to the door. "I will pay her, ami dismiss her." "Mrs. Glen I presume," she said, with a most unpleasant expression of voice and feature—as the poor woman stood before her —and then remained silent. Mrs. Glen advanced quietly, though without embarrastnent, and presenting her bill said— "lf Mrs. M. will give me the money, -lie will very much oblige me." "Dear me!" cried the lady! Nine dol lars! \\ hy I did not think I owed you half us much !" " The items arc all down," said Mrs. Glen. You will lind it correct." "(.'an vou not wait a few davs?" asked Mrs. M. "it would be very inconvenient for inc to do so," replied Mrs. Glen. ! "O dear!" said Mrs. M., peevishly, "you needle-women are the most pressing and [ troublesom creditors that we have to deal I with?" i "Probably," returned Mrs. Glen, "be cause we are the most needy. It is a dire necessity that forces a woman to depend | for subsistancc on her earnings with the ; needle. And when those small earnings . are withheld, we arc overwhelmed with sub.nngs. , Mrs. M. sat silent a few moments and then drawing out her purse, counted to j Mrs. (ilea the nine dollars, and felt more reluctance in paying it, than in parting with the three hundred which she had laid out that morning for unnecessary and use- ! ' less articles. Thirty years have p3St, and now we ' look again. Mrs: M's mansion is still gorgeously j 1 furnished, and wealiji and magnilicence j preside in every department. Hut where i is she, the mistress of all this glitter? Here ' in this bed-chamber, glittering with mir- ! rors, candelabra?, and gilted frame pic- ' lures; where the day comes stealthily through the heavy crimson curtains, and j , casts only a faint glow on the soft, rich ! I carpet. On this down bed, with its da- j | mask quilt, fine linen, trimmed with costly ; lace and sweeping drapery, with silk and 1 silver fringes, lies the suffering invalid.— Pain, fever, nausea, unite their tortures ; ; she is restless and peevish; she can find no case: sleep comes not at her bidding; she i is weary—weary of life—yet she sees no rest beyond it. She is attended by a hired j I nurse, who attends to all her commands, I 1 and administers her medicines regularly, ' but with the apathy of an automaton.— The invalid yearns for sympathy, and the i sweet ministering of affection. \\ here | are her children in this trying hour? The son is abroad, wasting his time ! and money in the wildest dissipation.— lie knows she is ill but he cares not for j the mother who neglected to knit his in- j lant affections to Iter bosom. Tim daugh- , tcr is married, and is following the fool steps of her mother. She is even now j glittering in the gay saloon, the admired of all admirers. Ilow should she be ex-: pected to turn from her gaiety to soothe I i the mother who has always preferred gat- i ety and dress to the love and happiness of | I her children. There is no one to take tenderly the fevered hand—to mark with j fond solicitude the wanderings of her eyes, and the changings of her countenance —to j ask with voice tremulous from anxiety, "Hear mother, are you better?" j And the physician has said that she must die! and has warned her earnestly to prepare for the great change. Hut how shall she, whose life has passed in vanity, ' prepare now, on her death-bed, for cter- | nity. She has not walked with Hod.— : She has not known the Lord. She has loved the world only. How shall she I then, while agonizing with the thought of letting it go, learn to love Him who wrests iit from her? She would live on iu vanity, j How shall she humbly bless Him who has striken her with death? She is mot miserable. Memory torments her with spectre forms of murdered time and ne glected opportunities of doing good to her self and others. The present is pain and agony and loathing; the future, the black ness of darkness forever. She writhes like ' a poor worm, who suddenly finds the timber in which he dwelt securely con suming in fire, and with no means of , escape—burning to certain death. I Mrs. Glen, is also near her departure. | She lies in a neat plain room, with only necessary furniture. She is full of pain, and lias apparently little strength to en dure it. Her daughter is bending over her, seeking by every tender administration to alleviate her suiierings; and speaking words of sympathy and hope. Her son stands by ready to aid in every office of filial love. "1 thank our God," murmurs the inva lid—"l shall need your care but a little longer. Richly have you paid me all my love and care. I thank God once more for you. Treasures have you been to me ever since you were mine. I am going before you to that world of peace and glory to which you will most surely follow me; for you love the Lord above all earthly riches. Continue to walk humbly before Him; doing good to all as you have oppor tunity; and when you shall lie as 1 am now laid, may you feel the consolations that are mine. lam ready—l am willing? I am hoping to depart and. be with my blessed Saviour! O how precious is He, through whom we obtain remission of sins! who has taken away the terrors of death, the power of the grave and the fear of hell! To Him be glory, forever and ever! Dear children, say with me, Amen." And so the two depart. The one feel ing that the light atllictions of this life are not to be compared with the eternal weight of glory which is laid up for Iter. She looks back on a life oflabor and humilia tion, without regret, and she feels no pres ent repining; while the future is open before her—joy, peace, glory, and eternal life. The other looks backward with shame and remorse, while the present is full of bitter anguish for the world with its riches and beauty, and idolatry, which she is forced to leave to others: and the future to her—a shroud, a coffin a dark cold grave ; and the blackness of doubt and terror which envelope all beyond. Let mc die the death oj the Righteous. '•The old 31au." Xo expression that we are acquainted with grates so harshly upon the ear as that of "The old man," when it comes from the lips of a son speaking of his father.— The person who habitually uses the ex pression, is either animate with low char acters or he does not feel that respect and defference due from a son to a parent. In excuse it is said, 'tis but a joke and means nothing. If so, it were better not to jest on such a subject, and use some expres sion that does mean something. "t )ld" man is used as a term of reproach, a sort of by-word, and a bugaboo to scare had children, and in the manner used ex presses a sort of contempt, or don't care. There are several stages to be gone through before the old man is brought on. I'a. papa, and father have had their day. As the young swell lazily rolls his segar or quid of tobacco in the corner of his mouth, and strikes his goose-down chin, and replies with a curl of the lip, by whom he is interrogated—"That's nobody but the old man." Young chaps that frequent oyster cel lars, beer saloons, and fashionable wine shops, who can smoke a regalia, or chew ladies' twist without making them sick, or walk the crack with three glasses of cham pagne—these are the sprigs who talk of "the old men," who don't know they're out. We have also heard these same charac- ! ters speak of their mothers as the "old | woman!" True it is no hideous offence, ! yet it shows as plain as any other swagger. ! what company they have kept, and the j estimates they place upon their parents' love and care for so many years, "We once knew a man, who on his re turn from a public meeting burst open his door in a rage, upset his children, kicked his dog, hurled las hat behind the grate, and paced the room back and forth like a chafed tiger. "What is the matter, my dear?" said the wondering wife. "Matter!" roared the angry husband, "matter enough! Neighbor 15. has publicly called me a liar!" "Oh never mind that, my dear," replied the good woman; "he can't prove it, and nobody will believe him." "Prove it, you fool!" roared the mad man more furiously than before, "he did prove it? He brought witnesses and proved it on the spot! Else how could I be in such an infernal passion ?" A good story is told of a Yankee who went for the first time to a bowling alley, and kept tiring away at the pins to the imminent peril of the boy, who, so tar from having anything to do in "setting up ' the pins, was actively at work in endeavor ing to avoid the balls of the player, which rattled on all sides of the pins, without touching them. At length the tellow see ing the predicament the boy was in, yel led out, as he let drive another ball, "stand in amongst tht pins, rf you don't want to get hit!" The boy who undertook to tide a horse radish, is now practicing on a saddle of mutton, without stirrups. Whataneques trian he will be in time. "What blessings children are!" ;.s the parish clerk said when he , took fees lor christening them. New Series—Vol. 6—No. 2. Fat Bu!Iofks"-Bu!fher"s Yarn?* Billv H was one of the most no torious butchers of truth in the abstract that ever lived. If the truth answered the purpose best, and a lie would do him a positive injury, it seemed he would tell a lie in preference to the truth, at any time 1 and on any occasion. In this respect he i was indeed an anomaly. If a man told a big yarn in Billy's hearing, he was sure to be beaten—Billy had alwavs something i more wonderful to relate. Billy's neighbor, Judge B , had had many a bout with him, spinning yarns, but invariably had come out second best, although he had an exuberant imagination, ! and his reputation for veracity was none ; of the best. On one occasion the Judge was riding past Billy's farm, when Billy hailed him, | and inquired if he didn't want to buy a quarter of line beef, as he had just killed an elegant steer. ' Was he fat, Billy V inquired the Judge, j 'O, yes,' answered Billy, 'fat as a whale. I rather guess you would think so, if vou but knew how much tallow we j got out of him. Why, Judge, we got i three hundred and twenty pounds, to a fraction—what do you think of that V | Now the Judge thought this to be rather J a tough yarn, but he felt more inclined to I beat Billy at his own game than to express i any doubt about his veracity. 4 That was a pretty considerable steer. Billy,' replied the Judge, 'but not patchin' jto one I killed a few years ago. He j weighed, net, over two thousand pounds, i and he turned out four hundred and ten ; pounds of tallow, as near as I can recol lect. IJilly was taken all aback for an instant, but collecting himself, he confessed that this was the largest animal of the ox kind he had ever heard of. except one that he once sold in the Philadelphia market. 4 This,' said Billy, ' was the largest steer that had ever been seen within the recol lection of inan. He was an elephant in his proportions—something on the .Mas todon order. When we got him into the city,' continued Billy, 4 his gigantic pro portions struck every one with amazement. It was almost Christinas time, and he was bought by a butcher for Christmas beef. On Christmas eve, preparatory to being slaughtered, he was paraded through the streets, decorated with flowers and gay colored ribbons, and followed by an im mense crowd. Well,' said Billy, 4 he was slaughtered, and he weighed, net, twenty seven hundred pounds ! And how much tallow do you think we got out of him •" The Judge thought such an animal would turn out considerable more than a good deal. lie, however, told Billy he wouldn't hazard an opinion by guessing at the amount. ' Well,' replied Hilly, triumphantly, 'we got from that steer four hundred and seventy-five pounds of tallow—and darn every button on my old coat, if we didn't get two hundred pounds of beeswax, be sides.' The shrill note that the Judge emitted as he rode off, would have drowned the sound of a steam whistle, lie let ' ISilly* have his own way ever after that. REMOVAL. —The Diamond Drug Store ha? been removed to the office of E. Banks, Esq., in West .Main street, opposite the shoe store of Moses Montgomery, where a large supply of fresh Drugs, Medicines, Dye stuffs, Perfumeries, Fruit, nuts, &c., &c., have just been received. A. A. BANKS. Lewislowa, april 11, 1351. RICE and SOUP BEANS just received'by apll. A. A. BANKS. INKS —Red, Blue, and Black Inks at april 11 A. A. BANKS'. CI RAPES.— Malaga or White Grapes, very X line, at A. A. BANKS'. SPICES of all kinds, fresh and pure, at april 11 A. A. BANKS'. BRUSHES. —A great variety of Hah and Tcetli Brushes at A. A. BANKS'. PINE OIL just received ami for sale at AP 11. BANKS' Variety store. COD LIVER Oil..—A very superior qual ity of this article at A. A. BANKS'. IXEYL'S EMBROCATION for horses,tcr *x sale at the Bee Ilive Drug store. scOti 171RFIT. —Oranges, Lemons, Rainsins, Figs, Prunes, the first of the season, at apll A. A. BANKS'. BOOKS I BOOKS ! '.—Blank Books' Cash Books. Pocket Books, Port Monnaies, School Books, Slates, &c., at april 11 A. A. BANKS'. PERFUMERY. —Jules Hauel's Premium Hair Oils anil Perfumery at april 11 A. A. BANKS'. Half *i>:itii*li Segiirs, VFINE lot of very choice Hail Spanish SEGARS, equal to must that are sold for six's—tor sale at the Diamond Drug store by april 11 A. A. BANKS. Matioticry I Stationery ! 1 > ITE and White LETTER PAPER 1> Gilt edged " ♦♦ j Assorted colors " " ■ Plain ami Fancy note " " j Blue and White Foci-cap " Envelope.-, Wafer . Q.niisard Steel Pens,at epril 11 A.A.BANKS*.