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DR. E. W. IIIEE
OFFERS his professional services to the :
citizens of Lewistown. He can he con
sulted at all times at the Bee Hive Drug store.
Lewistown, August 30, 1850-tf
DR. JAS. S, WILSON,
OFFERS his professional services to the ;
citizens of Newton Hamilton and vicin- j
DR. A. W. MOSS
OFFERS his professional services to the
citizens of Lewistown and vicinity. Of
fice with Dr. HOOVER, one door East of F.
Schwartz's store. oiay 9, 1851-tf
MAGISTRATE S OFFICE
Cll it ISTI 1 > II OO Vi: R .
Justice ol'l lie Peace,
CIAN be found at his office, in the room re
y cently occupied by D. W. Hulmg, Esq.
where he will attend to all business entrusted
to him with the greatest care and despatch.
WILLIAM LIND,
ifclSKlD'ilMti
East Market striet, Lewistown,
IN returning thanks to his friends and
the public generally for the liberu! support heretofore j
extended to him, would respectfully infor.n them that he
ha. just received a splendid assortment of Fashionable
Ctst VT -,:r O. - - RA.-'. 3
CASSIMERES & NESTINGS,'
selected in (he city with special reference to being made '
tip for customer work, which be is enabled to furnish at
lower prices than simitar articlescnuM be procured in 1
the stores. Gentlemen desirous of having a superior
article of clothing, are requested to call and examine his
stock. With long experience and the aid of first rate
workmen, he ft itter? himself that he can furnish tiis 1
customers and friends with superior garments, at rea- ;
SOII&ble prices. Lewistown, Nov. IFIOI.
Ml. JOHN LOCKE,'
I) 1. \ 1 IST,
Dr. L. is a regular graduate of the Balti
more College of Dentai Surgery, and devoted
his entire attention to the business for seven
years, which warrants him in offering entire !
satisfaction to all who may favor him with
their patronage.
Lewistown, Oct. 2-L 1851—tf.
iMi'A fn saroia,
r■ IHE undersigned continues to manufacture
JL celebrated Quilted antl French calf Boots,
together with all articles connected with his I
business. MOSES MONTGOMERY.
Lewistown, August 8, 1851-tf
REMOVAL.
Operations on the Teeth.
SAMUEL BELFORD DENTIST
OFFERS his services to the citizens of
Lewistown. and the adjoining counties, in
DENTAL SURGERY. Hav
'n? ' a^Rn lessons in this branch
of business from the late Dr.
J. N. Sumner, and recently frem I)r. J 11.
Bressler, of Bellefonte, he is satisfied that he
will be able to give general satisfaction. Ca
rious teeth Plugged ivilh Gold, and Incor
ruptible Mineral Teeth Inserted, from n singlu
tooth to a full set, on Gold and Silver Plate,
also on Pivot, in the most durable manner.
All work undertaken by him he will guar
antee to be satisfactory, and if it is not, the ;
money will be refunded.
He may be found at. his residence in West
Market street, opposite the Red Lion Hotel, at |
all times.
Lewistown, Aug. 29, 1851.—tf
I ( \ Liverpool Ground Alum
J. YIyJ Salt. For sale by
afarse JOHN KENNEPY. ;
TONS Soft Plaster. For sale bv
U" I ap2's2 JOHN KENNEDY.
I R'EESE—S(K> lbs. Ohio Western Reserve
Vy Cheem. For sab; by
ap2's2 JOHN KENNEDY.
I.YRESH LEAF LARD—IO cwf. fresh
Lard, of the subscriber's own rendering,
at 10 ets per jiouml. Fur sale by
ap2's2 JOHN KENNEDY.
("AIDER VINEGAR —A new supply— first <
J rate—just received at
deci2 RANKS' Variety Store.
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REGIMENTAL ORDERS.
ATTEVHOA the WHOLE!
Forward March, by Sections of Eight, to
the McClure stand !
WM P. MILLIKEN has just received from
the city a large and well selected stock
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS,
which he is dispopod to offer to customers at
GREAT BARGAINS, the proof of which he
respectfully invites the public to call and test
for themselves. Among his stock will be found
an elegant supply of
LADIES' DKCSS GOODS,
embracing Silks, Cashmeres, Dc Laines, &c.;
a line stock of CALICOES of every shade
and color, among them a number of new styles;
and a large supply of nil the articles in general
use, which he is enabled to sell at prices that
cannot fail to be satisfactory.
Also, a large assortment of goods suitable
for Summer wear, as well as blue, black, green
and brown CLOTHS; Cassimeres, Vestings.
Cassinetts, Jeans, &LC. ; Muslins, brown and
bleached; Ribbons, Laces,and Fringes; Bhawls;
Carpets, Carpet Chains, and a choice lot of
bags.
In llic Grocery Line,
he has the best of Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Rice,
Cheese, Molasses, &c. Boots and Shoes,
Looking Glasses, Cedar Ware, Hardware,
Nails, Fish and Salt, Tobacco and Cigars,
0C?~AII kinds of PRODUCE taken in store
and forwarded to Philadelphia, or bought at
cask prices.
Ladies and gentlemen who desire to pur
chase Spring and Summer goods, are requested
to call early, as they will unquestionably find
a choice stock to select from.
WM. P. WILLI KEN.
Lewistown, April 9, 1852.
VALIAISIJi
urn Discirai!
Tlie I'roLlem Solved.
ROME had herCinsar, England le r Crom
well, France her Napoleon Bonaparte, and
Lewistown at last has a store where goods
may be purchased at the rruist reasonable pri
ces, as any one can be satisfied who will call
or.
mmm & jfMiiMib
who have just received a splendid lot of
New Goods which are the admiration of aii
who have viewed thrm. They are cheap,
too, and no mistake—not cheap ju.-t on one
yard of the counter and deai over all the
other, but from side to side, from front to rear,
and from toj to bottom, whether COTTON,
LINEN, SILK, or anything else, you'll find
our motto is " MAI.K PROFIT sand QUICKSAI.F.S."
with the ready Juhn Davis down— the only
way uie desire to do business! Now we don't
intend to enumerate what we have; we shall
not say a word about our sleek CLOTHS and
CASSIMERES; nor the ELEGANT SUP
PLY we purchased for DRESSES f. r our
easts
nor about the SILKS, and SATINS, and
RIBBON'S, and ten thousand (tlier matters iliai
go to make up a tip-top assortment, because
we not only anticipate, but are sure, that all
who expect to appear in unparalleled apparel,
will come and see for themselves—judge tor
themselves, and buy for themselves (just as we
do when we go to the city.) Ami now take
our advice—
" Buy cheap while sluggards sleep,
And you will have goods to wear and keep.''
Aii Unprecedented Display
'iin uiJJ idwji.
f i EORGE BLYMYER, in tendering his
VX thanks to numerous friends and the pub
lic io general for the liberal patronage bestowed
on his establishment, would take "occasion to
say that he has just returned from the citv with
an extensive stock of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard
ware, <lnceii swat**', Ac.,
that may well challenge comparison, compris
ing, as it does, a variety in all those branches
probably not to be met with in any other town
on the Juniata. It would he an endicsstask to
i enumerate even ail the leading articles—he
I W! " therefore only mention that hissheivesand
| racks contain an unequalled assortment ot
r rench, English, and American Blue, Black
and fancy colors
CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES ;
a great variety of SATTINKTS; black and
tancy Siik and Satin Vesting, with all the mi
nor descriptions in piles; FLANNELS all
! f °l°f rS .V^S. h l in<lanCe ; MUSLINS in cartloads;
I GALILOLS in stacks; and Bonnets, Ribbons,
Laces, Edgings, inseriings, Gloves, Mitts,
Crapes, Veils, Handkerchiefs, &c., by the
bushel in fact the Ladies, in anytliinv they
| may want, whether in parlor or kitchen, from
the finest Silk and Satins to low-priced domes-
I tic goods—from the elegant Cashmere, Broche,
, l e ' or ' n( '' a ,0 'he common Cotton
Shawl—from the rich and costly Bonnet toone
costing next to nothing—from Cloth for Cioak
or Hiding Dress to a Neck Ribbon, CANKOT no
ASTRAY ! the goods are all there, and the
prices right !
His stock of GROCERIES consisis of a
large supply selected with great care, and com
prises all kinds of the various articles in gen
eral use. His QUEENS WARE embraces a
, beautiful assortment, from which a choice can
not fill to be made. There is also an excellent
, siock of
REiDIVnADE CLOTHING, ROOTS & SIIOFS
CCDAIt WARE, &€.,
with Roll upon Roll of
0 2. S.PETHTS.
and a great many other matters, all of which
go to show that the question is not " What has
[ilymyer got 1" but •• WHAT HAS HE NOT ?"
Lewistown, April 9, 1852 tf.
RWLOBACCO, Snuff and Segars at
J- U A. A. BANKS'.
FRIDAY EVEAIAG, APRIL SO, 1852.
i3ortri>*
i
Don't Run in Debt.
Don't run in debt—never mind, never mind,
If thy clothes are faded and torn ;
Fix 'em up, make them do; it is better bv far,
Than to have the heart weary and worn.
Who'll love you the more for the set of vour
hat.
Or the ruff, or the tie of your shoe ;
The shape of your vest, or your boots or cravat,
If they know you're in debt for the new.
There's no comfort, I tell you, in walking the
street,
In fine clothes, if*you know you're in debt,
And feel that perchance you some tradesmen
may meet
Who will sneer—'they're not paid for yet.'
Good friends, let me beg of vou don't run in
debt,
I r If the cfiairs and the sofas are old, —
: I hey will tit your back better than any new set,
j Unless they're paid for—with gold;
i If the house is too small, draw closer together,
Keep it warm with a hearty good will;
A big one unpaid for, in all kinds of weather
Will send to your warm heart a chill.
Don't run in debt—now, dear girls, take a hint,
(If the fashions have changed since last
season,)
Old Nature is out in the very same tint,
And old nature we think has some reason.
Rut just say to your friend that you cannot
afford
To spend time to keep up with the fashion ;
1 hat your purse is too light and your honor too
bright
To be tarnished with such silly passion.
Gents, don't run in debt—let your friends, if
they can,
Have fine houses, feathers and flowers,
But unless they are paid for, be more of a man
i Than to envy their sunshiny hours,
If you've money to spare, 1 have nothing to say ;
To spend your dollars and dimes as you please;
But iniud you, the man who his note has to pay,
Is the man who is never at ease.
Kind husbands, don't, run in debt any more ;
'1 will till your wife's cup full of sorrow,
'1 o know thai a neighbor may call atyour door,
With a bill you must settle to-morrow ;
|O, take my advice—it i- good, it is true '.
(But, lest yuu may some of you doubt it,)
I'll whisper a secret, now seeing ' lis you—
I hurt tried it and know alt about it.
The chain of a debtor is heavy and cold,
Its links all corrosion and rust;
j Gild it or as you will—it is never of gold—
Then spurn it aside with disgu>t.
I he man w ho's in debt is too often a slave,
Though his heart may he honest and true ;
f an he hold up his head, and look saucv and
brave,
W hen a note he can't pay becomes due ?
fHisccHn u r o as,
YY hat a Rich Tlaii Owes.
'I can pay my way, and am obliged to
nobody.' is tlu; frequent expression of the
selfish ricli man.— Wo fancv we can see
him, while lie utters ii. with his purse
proud, defiant look, buttoning up his pock
et as it he thought YOU a thief.
) on can pay your way, can von I yon
are obliged to nobody ? Good sir, we
don't believe yon know what you say.
1 hat you'can pay your pecuniary debts,
we have no doubt, hut these, it seems to
us, are the last part of your obligations,
you owe duties to society as a man, a
citizen, and a millionaire, of which, per
haps, you have never thought; certainly
not as debts to he paid, in your own person,
and hv an expenditure ol your own time,
and thought, and money. My dear sir,
consider tiiis Well. Do not live and die
in the false belief that, because you owe
this debt to society in the abstract heaven
will never require its payment at your
hands. Do not imagine either that you
can delegate its liquidation to others. No
well-suiaricd minister, no sleek visitor of
the poor can become your nmhilc-inan in
this matter, doing your work for vou.
Monopolize your time in mere money
iuaking, and suffer your heart to grow
hard as steel, as all hearts will that never
i come into contact directly with human
misery.
4 I can pay my way,' you say, 4 1 am
obliged to nobody.' Perhaps, as you ut
ter these words, you look rebukingly at
some poor debtor, who has failed to meet
his engagements. Beware, oh 1 rich man :
4 judge not; lest ye he judged.' You
know not what defects of early training,
what cruel disasters of fortune, what
treachery on the part of others mav have
led to his bankruptcy. With all his er
rors and even faults, for probably lie has
not been entirely free from either, he may
yet be a better man, taken all in all, than
you, with your bank-stock, your mort
gages, your ships, and your real estate,
lie may not neglect his children, as you,
absorbed in your speculations, probably
j do, leaving their moral training toothers,
instead of superintending it yourself*. He
may he a truer husband, not acting as you
j perhaps do, as if a wife was either a
slave or a plaything, and not a compan
ion. He may he a kinder friend, a more
; conscientious citizen, a man better im
i bued with the thousand sympathies of
| humanity. But believe lis, there are
more crimes than being in debt, though,
where debt comes from imprudence or a
j reckless spirit of speculation, it is, heaven
knows, bad enough.
4 1 can pay my way,' you say, 4 1 am
| obliged to nobody.' You are obliged, on
the contrary, to every fellow-creature
! with whom you arc thrown into contact,
| cither in social life or in business.—With-
I out their courtesy, their attention, their
I kindness, their society, vo'u would he the
i most miserable creature alive. Every j
hour you live you are indebted to some
; fellow being for some attention or other,
, and it is only because they are so freelv
and commonly given, like the air of heaven,
that you do not realize their value. The
I time will come, if it has not come alrcadv,
when some great family affliction shall
j teach you that, with all your riches, you \
are but a frail, helpless, human creature : J
and m that hour of grief and heart-wrung
: agony, you will recognize at last, even if
hut for a moment, the precious boon of
human sympathy; you will feel how
much you owe, after'all, to your fellows, j
1 Lank, heaven ! all rich men are not
i like you. 1 here have been many, in
; every generation, who acknowledge that
they owe other debts than pecuniary ones, ■
and who strive faithfully to liquidate them.
1 heir number is increasing, moreover,
with each successive generation. When
the day arrives, as we believe most firmly
it will, when all rich men shall recognize
the obligations they owe in society, the
Millenium, in one sense at least, will have
come. 1 hen may llie rich man truly
say, '• I can pay my way, I am obliged to
nobody."— Evening Bulletin.
Kindness of B!cart.
Goodness, or in other words, kindness
of heart is llie result of earlv training,
i seconded by hooks, companions, and ju
dicious counsel. How its influence bright
ens the journey of life, and makes
smooth the rugged path, llovv the heart
gladdens when receiving some little act of
kindness front some real and true friend :
so does one feel the glow of pleasure
thrill through his veins as an act of kind
ness is done him from the promptings of
unaffected goodness of heart.
f hen, as it costs nothing to bestow
kind words, or harbor kind feelings, let all
cultivate goodness ol heart and mind—
remember that a kind word is as easily
j spoken as one that will cause pain and
bitterness.
Mark. Ye Girls.
, It is high time somebody told vou a lit
tle plain truth. )on have keen watched lor
a long time, a certain class of you, and it
is plain enough you are trying plans to
cheat somebody. You intend to sell chaff
for wheat ; and there is danger some of
the foolish gudgeons will lie sadly taken in.
It may he your lault that you belong to
the ' one idea party * —that the single idea
, of getting a husband is the oniv one that
engrosses much of your lime and attention.
But ii is your fault that vou pursue this i
idea in the wrong direction. Your vener
able mother of Eden memory was calied a
' * help' lor man, and you are looking for a
man to help you ; to help you to live in
the half-silly way you have commenced.
Men who are worth having, want women
for wives. A bundle of gewgaws, hound
with a string of flats and quavers, sprin
kled with cologne, and set in a carmine
saucer; this is no help for a man who ex
pects to raise a family of boys and girls on
veritable bread and meat. The piano and
the lace frame are well enough in their
places; and so are ribbons, and frill, and
tinsels, hut you can't make a dinner of the
former, nor a bed blanket of the latter.
And awful as the idea may seem to vou,
both dinner and bed blanket are necesvarv
to domestic enjoyment. Life has its real
ities as well as its fancies ; hut vou make
it all a matter of decoration ; remembering
the tassels and curtains, but forgetting the
bedstead. Suppose a voung man of good
sense, and of course good prospects, to he
looking for a wife, what chance have vou
to he chosen ? You may cap him, or trap
him. or catch him ; but how much better
to make it an object for him to catch you !
Render yourselves worth catching, and
you will need no shrewd mother or man
aging brothers to help you find a market.
Comedy of Errors.
Kendall, in one of his letters from Par
is, relates the following amusing occur
rence :
A regular " Comedy of Errors" was
performed a few days since before the Tri
bunal of Correctional Police here in Paris,
the particulars of which arc given at some
length in the Gazette des Tribuneaux. It
seems -that a man named Remont was
brought up, charged with having beaten
his wife with a yard stick in the street.
The woman, who was present, testified
that she was married four years since, but
that she left her husband, pointing to the
prisoner in the box, immediately after-
Wards, since which time she had not lived
with him. She furthermore slated that
every time lie met her he gave her a beat
ing, and that in August last in particular he
broke a yard stick over iter head in the
Rue Neuilly. Two witnesses present at
' the time were in court, and also swore
flatly to the fact of the heating. The
prisoner, at this stage of the proceedings,
was asked by the judge what he had to say
in his defence, when he stoutly denied
everything. He said the woman and wit
nesses were all mad, or else they had in
vented a silly tale against hint. Ho never
, met his wife in the Rue Neuilly—never
broke a yardstick over her head there or
anywhere else—never saw the woman he
fore who put on airs and pretended to be
his wife—in short, did not know what !
they were all talking* about or driving at. j
The woman was now asked bv the judge :
what it all meant—whether the prisoner ;
was really her husband or not. Regard
ing him with searching attention, in a du- ;
biotts way she said that she hardly knew ; j
she had not lived with him for four years,
and every time he met her he beat Iter so |
that she had had no opportunity of seeing ;
his face closely, or noticing the changes
time had wrought. The judge here asked
Reniont ii he was in the habit of beating
his wife, when he admitted that he had
thrashed her occasionally in a quiet way,
but never in the Rue Neuilly nor in any i
other street. In this mysterious state of ]
the case the judges, sorely puzzled, asked
the prisoner his name. "Charles Victor
Reniont" was the response. " What was
or is your husband's name, madauie ?"
next asked the judge, turning to the com
plainant. "Charles Hvpoiite Kemont"
answered the woman. 44 Polyte !" cried
the prisoner, " why, he's my brother,
and we are as like each other as two
peas." Ihe case was now clear-—the;
wrong Dromio had been arrested. Turn
ing to the wotnan, the prisoner, who was
at once released, now continued, " And so,
you are my sister-in-law ; 1 had'ut the
pleasure of knowing you, but 1 am de
lighted to make your acquaintance." lie
next politely offered her his arm, and out
of the court they went together, apparent
ly on the best possible terms.
■Extraordinary Trick of a Ventriloquist. 1
1' roin Broceau, a learned critic of the
sixteenth century, we have the following
accounts of the feats of a capital ventrilo
quist and cheat, who was valet de cham
bre to J? rancis the first. This fellow, whose
name was Louis Brabant, had fallen des
perately in love with a young, handsome,
and rich heiress ; but was rejected by the
parents as an unsuitable match for their
daughter, on account of the lowness of his
circumstances. The young lady's father
dying, Brabant made a visit to the widow,
who was totally ignorant of his singular
talent. Suddenly, on his appearance in
open day in her house, and in presence of
several persons who were with her, she
heard herself accosted, in a voice perfectly
resembling that of" her dead husband, and
which seemed to proceed from above, ex
claiming :
4 Live tuy daughter in marriage lo Lou
is Brabant; he is a man of great fortune,
ami ot excellent character. I now endure
the inexpressible tortures of purgatory, for
having refused him. If you obey litis ad
monition, 1 shall soon be delivered from
this place of torment. You will at the
same time provide a worthy husband for
your daughter, and procure everlasting re
pose to the soul of your poor husband.'
The woman could not for a moment re
sist this dread summons, which had not
the most distant appearance oi" proceeding
from Louis Brabant, whose countenance
exhibited no visible change, and whose
lips were close and motionless during the
delivery of it. Accordingly she consented
immediately to receive hint for her son
in-law. Louis' finances, however, wore
in a very low situation, and the formalities
attending the marriage contract, rendered
it necessary for hitn to exhibit some show
of riches, and not give the ghost the lie di
rect. He accordingly went to work upon
a fresh subject, one Cornu, an old and
rich banker at Lyons, who had accumulated .
immense wealth by usury and extortion,
and was known to be haunted by remorse
of conscience on account of the manner in
which he had acquired it.
Having contracted an intimate acquaint
ance with this man, he one day while they
were sitting together in the usurer's little
back parlor, artfully turned the conversa
tion on religious subjects, on demons and
spectres, the pains of purgatory and the
torments of hell. During an interval of
silence between them, a voice was heard
which, to the astonished banker, seemed
to be that of his deceased lather, complain
ing as in the former case of his dreadful
situation in purgatory, and calling upon
him to deliver him instantly from thence
by putting into the hands of Louis Bra
bant. then with him, a large sum for the
redemption of christians then in slavery
with the Turks, and threatening him with
eternai damnation if he did not take this
method to expiate likewise his own sins.
The reader will naturally suppose that
Louis Brabant affected a due degree of
astonishment on the occasion ; ifttd further
promoted the deception, by acknowledging
his having devoted himself to the prosecu
tion of the charitable design imputed to
him bv the ghost. An old usurer is natu
rally suspicious. Accordingly the wary
banker made a second appointment with
the ghost's delegate for the next day ; and
to render anv design of imposing upon
him utterly abortive, took him into the
open fields, where not a house or a tree,
or even a bush or a pit was in sight capa
ble of sfcreening any supposed confederate.
This extraordinary caution excited the
ventriloquist to exert all the powers of his
art. Wherever the banker conducted htm,
at every step his ears were saluted on all
sides with the complaints and groans not
only ot his father, but of all his deceased
relations, imploring him for the love of
Hod, and in the uarne of all the saints in
lite calendar, to have rncrcy on his own
rV<*u Series—Vol. 6—l\o. 28.
soul and tlioirs. by effectually seconding
with his purse the intentions of his worthv
companion. Cornu could no longer resist
tlic voice of heaven, and accordingly car
ried his guest home with him and paid him
down 10,000 crowns, with which the
honest ventriloquist returned to Paris, and
married his mistress. The catastrophe
was fatal. The secret was afterwards
blown, and reached the usurer's ears,
who was so affected by tiie loss of his
money, and the mortifying railleries of his
neighbors, that lie soon took to his bed
and died.
No Use for Trousers.
On the morning of the meteoric shower
in 1833, Old Peyton Roberts, who intend
ed making an early start to work, got up
just in the midst of the display. On
going to his door, he saw with amaze
ment the sky lighted up with the falling
meteors, and lie concluded at once that
the world was on fire and that the judge
ment day had come.
lie stood lor a moment gazing in
speechless terror at the scene, and then
with a yell of horror sprang out of the
door into the yard, right into the midst of
the falling stars, and here in his efforts to
dodge them he commenced a series of
ground and lofty tumbling that would
have done honor to a tight rope dancer.
Ilis wife being awakened 111 the meantime
and seeing Old Peyton juirtping and skip
ping about the yard, called out to him
1 to know what in the name o' sense he
was doin' out there dancin' around with
out his clothes on. Rut Peyton heard
not; the judgement and the long and
black account he would have to settle
made him heedless of all terestial things,
and his wife by this time becoming alarm
ed at liis strange behaviour, sprang out of
bed, and running to the door, shrieked out
at tlte top of her lungs—
' Peyton ; I say Peyton, what do you
mean jumping about out thar; come in
and put your trowsers on '
Old Peyton, whose fears had now
overpowered him, faintly answered as he
fell sprawling on the earth—
'Oh! Peggy, Peggy, dont vou see-e-e
the w-o-r-l-d-s a fi-r-e, thar haint no use
for trow-sers now.'
CONTEXTS OF A LITTLE Bov's POCKET.
—Among all our young readers, 1 wonder
it there be a liltic boy of five years with
his trowser pockets filled with such a va
riety of ' nick nacks'' as was that of a
little boy whose mother was changing his
clothes to make him ready for school.
I dont suppose any of the little boys
will ' own up,' if any of you can boast of
such a portable museum; but 1 hope
some one will report the contents, if anv
puckct is found to excel in number and
variety the following—
INVOICE :—One pocket handkerchief;
one oak block; one barlow knife; two
ten-penny nails; two white pebbles; one
red pebbie ; one hog's tusk ; two cotton
strings; one leather string; one linen
string; one 4 wax'd end,' and a small
quantity of shoe leather.
S-SAV. —Do you believe in the Knot
chester Rockers ? Do you love tigs'
pcetDo you live near the shotecary's
pop { Did you ever ride in the wagage
baggou '
I.T XATIC ASYLUM.—A kind of hospital
where detected lunatics are sent by those
who had the adroitness to conceal their
own infirmity.
Wood Turning /Establishment,
la* wist own, Pa.
Vl"7"OOI) TURNING, in all its various
▼ w branches, in city styles, at low prices,
done to order on the shortest notice.
Bed Posts, Chair Spindles,
Broom-hand'es, Hoe-handles, Rosettes, Newell
Posts, Awning Posts, Pillars, Rods, Rounds,
Balusters, Table Legs, Patterns, Wagon Hubs,
Chisel and Auger Handles, Columns, &.c.
Willi* SAW.
Wagon Fellows, Columns, and all kinds of
Carpenter and Cabinet work sawed to order.
CIRCULAR SAW.
Plastering Lath, Roofing La'h, Paling, and
all kinds of Ripping, also done on the shortest
1 notice.
Plaster Hill.
At all times on hand, Ground Plaster, and
f>r sale at as low prices as can be obtained in
this county.
Ail the above work done and articles fur
nished at the Turning Mill and Machine Shop
of the subscribers, situated in WATER STREET,
immediately above the Lewistown Mills, m
the borough of Lewistown.
N. B. Mechanics, Farmers, and all others
who desire anything in any of the above named
branches of business are respectfully invited
j to favor us with their custom.
DAN ILL ZEIGLER & CO.
June 13, 1851.—tf
The National Restaurant,
JN the basement of the National Hotel, is now
open, and refreshments of all fcinds will be
served up as called for. on the European plan,
by J THOMAS &, CO.
Lewistown, Sept. - 2G, 1851.—tf
Fish, Salt, and Plaster,
POR sale by
C JOHN STERIIETT & CO.,
Jur.e 27.-tf At the Lewistown Mills.