Whole No. 2396. terms of subscription. OVE DOLLAR PER AfAIM, |M IN ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents, tili XEVV subscriptions must be paid in advance. If the paper is continued, and ni t paid within the first month, §1,25 will be charg ed ;if not P au l In three months, $1,50; ifnot plid in six months, §1,75; and-il not paid in 2hc months, §2,00. All papers addressed to persons out of the county will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for, unless special request is made to the contrary or payment guaranteed by some ttsponsible person here. ADVERTISING. a|| Ten lines of minion, or their equivalent, con stitute a square. Three insertions §l, and 25 jpfents for each subsequent insertion. J:\TOW ANAISIT ABRAM D. HAWN, ? McVeytowiu Principal. $ Mifflin co. TIIIS INSTITUTION will open for the session on the 6th of April, 1857. In jatruction will be given in all the branches usually taught in Academies. Good board ing, at reasonable rates, can be procured, and every effort will be made to render the school pleasant and profitable. jjVlcYeytuwn, Feb. 12, 185.. -tf XTJE take this opportunity of "informing the *V public that we have obtained direct from the CUSTOM HOUSE all kinds of LIQUORS, which are as pure as can be obtained in this eounlrv, expressly for medical purposes. ' J O. STONEROAD, ®ct9 Bee Hive Drug Store. The Balm of a Thousand Flowers W TILL remove pimples from the face, beau- My tify the skin, produce a natural glow of the cheek, and will positively remove all FRECKLES from the face by the use of one bottle only. Price 50 cents pei bottle. For sale at the 11 EE HIV E DRUG S FORE. faHh ~ ~ BILL STUFF for Barns, Bridges, Houses, ot best Susquehanna Lumber, furnished at short dates at lowest cash rates, by applying to ma 22 1"'. (>. i'IiANUI S(.• LS. oiviimh). ections being over and the excitement >.attending them passed away, and it being •considered dangerous nowadays to keep on hand •bank notes, the proprietor of the People's Store would a gain invite attention to his magnificent -depository for replenishing the outer man arid woman on the scientific principle of saving intone v, which accommodating establishment is m E-.-t Market street, and can readily be •distinguished from all others by its piles of beautiful goods and wares and "that sign," which, like the Star spangled banner, is fanned <bj ever v bree/.c. The Ladies, gentlemen, mer •cbants, traders, farmeis, laborers, and all oth ers hre therefore invited to a grand display (ail missi . free) of a most extensive, beautiful, and cheap stock of Staple and Fancy Goods. The exhibition will remain open every morning, af ■teronon and evening until further notice, and Till concerned are requested to call early and procure good -.eats. The performance com mences early in the morning with an exquisite tMpp- drum.-, entitled DHY GOODS, <cOfprising in part Broche Silks, 75 cents; Ging ham from Gj to 25 cents; White Goods, such a* Swiss, Victoria, Lawn, Bishop Lawn, India Bbok : ins, Brilliants, Swiss arid Jaconet Edgiii's and luscrtings, Flouncing*, Collars and Sleeves, Challeys. Bareges, Mohair .Mitts, Silk aud Kid Gloves, Hosiery, and hundreds of bth df*rt icles in daily use. ■bene second will open with a grand display Of Stella, Crape, Cashmere, Delaine, Thibet, \ and .numberless other (•] " A *7T T A f. (f J S ; (Grtv Shawls from §G up,) which for beauty, ; MeaCb- -s, fineness, finish, cheapness, and all the other et ccteras, exceeds anything of the kind feoftMe displayed to the ladies. This scene is tftoladmiration of all who have seen it, both H'rom town and country, and alone is worth a wjsit from the extreme ends of the county. •Sene third will lie an unrivalled exhibition of CLOTHS AMI CASSIMEKES, all tolors, shades, and prices, of exquisite ma terial, and so beautiful when made up, that a yotipg lady of our acquaintance had for several .days an idea of setting her cap for a handsome gentleman she had seen across the street, thus , dreased up, when she discovered it was her old beau ! Scene fourth will be a display of a choice se lection of intendeb exclusively for family use, comprising every article usually sold in that line, and of course cheap, whether quality or price he con , aidered ■ . An intermission of some time will here he allowed in order to give the audience an oppor tunity of examining an extensive stock of HEADY-MADE CLOTHING, well made out of good material, and cut out on ,acieotifi< principles. The fifth scene will present a rich and varied stock of 'Queens ware and Glassware, with aide views of Boots and Shoes, Cutlery, Ladies' Gaiters, and sundry other matters plea sine fo the eye and purse. tW sixth scene is a rare spectacle of •fSAETS AiD BOWKT TRITITIIVGS, which always produces a marked sensation among, the ladies, and is frequently encored. — This if realty fine. This is the general routine of the exhibition, I but tbo scenes are often varied by the introduc °ther articles, uselul, ornamental and I pleMmg. Tne performers in this exhibition, from the ! manager down, are all unrivalled and cclebra ted far arid wide for their politeness and atten tio# to their numerous customers, and blessed with the most unvarying patience, which is dai ly exam ;>lified in their taking pay either in gold, Hirer, bank notes, or country produce. B- JOS. F. YEAGER, Manager. Lflristown, Nor. 27, 185 G. ffisiissffus) i\,sys> a-sr ®IS@E;®IS i?m^rsnKT®ai£ a auawnsa®wsj9 sffiUKFMSsy ®®wu®^ s s>,& o THE GREATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERY OF THE AGE. DR. KENNEDY, of Roxbury, has discovered ill one of our common pasture xcettha remedy that cures Every Kind of Humor from the worst Scrofula down lo a common Pimgiie. HE lias tried inn over 1 100 cases, and never failed ex cept in two cases, (both thunder humor.) He has \ now in his possession over two hundred certificates of j its virtue,all within twenty miles of Boston. Two hollies are warranted to cure a nursing Sore I Mouth. One to three bottles will cure the worst kind of Pimples ! on the Face Two to three bottles will clean the system of Biles. Two bottles are warranted to cure Hie worst Canker ! in the Mouth and Stomach. I Three to five bottles are warranted to cure the worst j case of Erysipelas. Ons to two bottles are warranted to cure all Humor in the eyes. Two bottles are warranted to cure Running of the | Ears and Blotches among the Hair. Four to six bottles are warranted lo cure corrupt and 1 running Fleers. ! One bottle will cure Scaly Eruption of the Skin. ! Two to three bottles are warranted to cure the worst | case of Ringworm. Two to three bottles are warranted lo cure the most desperate case of Rheumatism. Three lo four bottles are warranted to cure the Sail Rheum. Five to eight bottles will cure the worst case of Scrof ula A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure Is warranted when the above quanti ty is tbken. Reader, I peddled over a thousand bottles of this in the vicinity of Boston. 1 know the etf. tl of it in every case Sn sure as water wilt extinguish tire, so sure will this cure humor. 1 never sold a bottle of it but that sold an other; after a trial it always speaks for itself. There are two things about this herb that appears to me sur prising; first that it grows in our pastures, in some pla ees quite plentiful, and yet its value his never been known until I discovered it hi latfi—sei oiol.that it should cure all kinds of humor. In order to give sotue idea of the sudden rise and great popularity of the discovery, I w ill state that in April, 1853, 1 peddled it and sold about six bottles per day—in April, Issl, Isold over one thousand bottles |ier day of it. Nome of the wholesale Druggists who have been in business thirty years, say that nothing in the annals of patent medicines was ever like it. There is a universal praise of it from all quarters. In uiy own practice iat ways kept it strictly for humors —but since iis introduction asa general family medicine, great and wonderful virtues have been found hi it that I never suspected. Several cases of epileptic fits —a disease which was always considered incurable, have been cured by a few bottles. O, what a mercy if it will prove effectual in all cases of that awful malady—there are few who have seen more of it than I have. I know of several cases of Dropsy , all of Iheinaged people, cured by it. For the various diseases of the Liv er, Sick Headache. Dyspepsia, Asthma, Fever and Ague, Pain in the Side, Diseases of the Spine, and particularly ill disease-of the Kidneys, 4tc., the discovery has done more good than any medicine ever known. No change of diet ever necessary—eat the best you get and plenty of it. DlttECTtoxs rou Hsu. —Adults one table spoonful per day—Children . ver 10 years, dessert spoonful—Children fromstoß years, tea-spoonful. As no directions can be applicable to all constitutions, take sufficient to operate uu llie bowels tw ice a day. Manufactured by i>o \A M> KI: \ \ !•: I) V, A "u 120 lVarren St., Rotbury, Maes. Price SI ,OO Wholesale Agents. New Vork City, C. V Clickner,bl Barclay ,-lreel ; C 11. King, 192 Broadway ; Ruslilon ami Clark, 275 Broadway; A. B. &. D. Sands, li OFulton street T. XV. DYOTT Sc. SONS, Philadelphia, wholesale Agents tor Pa. For sale by F J. HOFFMAN and Mrs MARY MARKS, Lewistown, and by B F. KEPNER, Mitflintown. [wa22ly. HIGHLY ITI PORTA YT TO FARMERS. M. M. FAXON'S jlttuchment of Vulcanized India Jlubbi r Spring to the Tubes oj Grain Drills. fIMIE undersigned, having perfected an arrangement f.,r A the attachment of a Cum Spring to the Tubes and Dr ,g Bars of Cram Drills, is happy to inform Farmers and ait others interested in the grow ing of Wheat and other grains, that lie is piepared to furnish CRaIN DRILLS, with the above article attached, at the shortest notn e, at his Foundry, 111 Mc Veytown, Pa. Seeders have heroine an almost indispensable article to the Farmer, ami lie will hod that the attachment of the Cum Sprint; will enhance its value at least one-half Alllhedelen tiou and trouble caused by the breaking of wooden pins is entirely done away wiili by this arrangement, and a man, or boy, can perform nearly double the labor that he could under the old plan, wiili much greater ease,both to himself and horses. There need be 110 fear of the .Spring breaking, for if there is an article th it will neither break, rot, or wear out, the Gum Spring is tint article, and 1 hazard nothing in saying thai my Grain Drill is the sim plest in construction, most economical in performance, and therefore th'- most durable ever offered to the agri cultural public The feed is so arranged that it will sow I, li, l{, It, and 2 bushels per acre. Persons desiring one for the coining seeding are requested to send in their orders as early as possible. Direct to Mc Vey tow n, Mif tiin county, I'a., or F C FHANfTSf.'l'gt, Lewistown ; F. L. FAXON, Hollidaysburg, Blair co.. Pa.; BUYER A BUO., Harrisbiirg, Pa., who are authorized to act as agents, and from whom any further information may be tib ained. PRICE OF DRILLS, with the attachment, 075. Far mers who already-have drills, can have them altered,arid the Initi.t Rubber Spring attached, for from $lO to Aid. All branches of the FOUNDRY BUSINESS still carried on, for which orders arc respectfully solicited. M. M. FAXON. Mc Veytown. June 19, 1856. Indemnity. rpilE Fit* ns I. in Firb Insurance Companf of Philadel phia —OFFICE 163; Chesniit street,near Fifllistreet D I R E CTORS. Charles X . Bam ker, Geo. R. Richards, Thomasllart, Mordecai D. Lewis, Tobias Wagner, Adolphe E. Borle, Samuel Grant, David S. Brown, Jacob R. Smith, Morris Patterson. Continue to make insurance, perpeUialorlimited,on every description of property in TOWN & COUNTRY at rates as low as areconsistent with security. The Company have reserved alarge Contingent Fund, which, with their Capita land Premitinissafely invested' l affords ample protection to the assured. The assets of the Company.on January 15t,1849,as publishedagreeablyto an Act of Assembly .were as fol lows, viz: Mortgages, *1,047,438 41 Real Estate, 94,724 83 TeinporaryLoaiis, 96,0f)i 85 Stocks, 51,523 25 Cash, &.C., 38,804 37 $ 1,328,492 71 fllnce theirincorporation,a period of eighteenyears they have paid upwards of One Million Four Hundred ThousandDollars,iotneuhy fire, therebyaffordinganevi denceof the advantagesof Insurance,as wellastheabil Ity and disposition to meet with promptness amiabilities. CHARLES N. BANCKER,President. Chari.bs G. llangkeb, Secretary Agent for Mifflin county, H. J. Wauters, Ksq., Lewistown. [apl2-ly 1,500 FEET i, 1, li, Id, in. Pan el, dry white Stuff, just received by ma 22 F. G. FRA NCISCUS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1857. til maaafrp* [A correspondent of the New York Mu-i --cal Review revives the following poetical g<*m, written for the second Old Folk's Concert, given in Portsmouth ten years since. A choir which eau appreciate and sing this with correct feeling, will burlesque nobody iu their performances: ] SONG OF THE "OLD FOLKS." TI NE- ll'I.t) LAXO bWK. BY ALBERT LAtOHTON. Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mitt'; Should auld acquaintance be forgot. And songs of auld laitg syne? For auld lang syne we meet to-night. For auld lang syne; To sing the song our lathers satig In days of auld lang syne. VV e've passed through many varied scenes. Since youth's unclouded day; And friends, and hopes, and happy dreams, Time's hand hath swept away. And voices that once Joined with ours. In days of auld lang syne. Are silent now, and blend tio morn In strains of auld lang svne. Yet ever has the light of song Illumed our darkest hours; And cheered us on life's toilsome vvav. And gemmed our path with itower-: The sacred songs our fathers sang. Dear songs of auld bittg syne; The halb/Wed songs our fathers sang In the days of uuld lung syne. Here we have met—here *<■ may part To meet on earth no more; And we may never sing again The cherished songs of yore: The sacred songs our fathers sang In days of auld lung syne; M c may not meet to sing again Tlie songs of auld iarig sync. But when we've crossed the sea of life. And reached the heavenly shore, We'll sing the psalms our fathers sing Transcending those of voru: We'll meet to sing diviner strains Than those of auld lang syne. Immortal songs ot praise, unknown In days ot auld iatig syne. aaaiiMAaatia. NEEDLE MANIA. Charles Sumner, M. L)., gives a rather sirange account iu the Rochester (N. Y.) Union of a case of mania for sticking needles and pins in the flesh: The subject was a young lady, nineteen years of age, of nervous temperament, very healthy, and the daughter of a re spectable farmer in Buliernutts, Otsego county, N. Y. She first came to my office April 28th, 1853, to have a needle exiract ed from her left arm, which she said "got in accidentally as she was moving a bun- i die of carpet rags." This, a utedium-'siz ed sewing needle, was soon found and ex tracted from the anterior side of the fore arm, about midway between the wrist and the elbow. In less than a week site called again, saying she hat! another needle in her arm. I examined and found deep in die bend of die arm, a hard substance, ! which proved to he a needle similar to the first, and accounted for in a similar man ner. One week after this the arm was very much swollen, painful and presented the appearance of malignant erysipelas, which conliuued about six davs. The writer then goes on to detail the extraciion of a large number during a pe riod of about three years, and winds up as follows: The whole number extracted was, of sewing needles, 297—and these were of | • l • all sizes—pins, 67; darning needles, 2; hair pins, 0; knitting needles and wire, j each s—total, 383. Great efforts were being made on the part of the family to defect her in the act of inserting the nee- i dies, hut in vain. It was ascertained by j comparison that most of them were taken from a box of needles which had lain in ! the house for a long time. This was re- J moved, but she contrived to use the same 1 kind, evidently from a supply secreted ! about the premises. Almost every means ; has been resorted to, to find the reason for j so strange a fancy; but nothing has yet developed it. She is firm in her denial of knowing when, how, or why she did it; simply saying "it must be that I do it, for I know no one else does." She is per fectly sane on every other subject, although the effect upon her general health has been bad, yet during a great share of these years of suffering she has performed her accus- i tomed portion of household duties. A MISSIONARY SENTENCED. One of the city missionaries of Boston, Rev. I'eter Mason, was invited with his family a short lime since, to spend the al ternoon at the house of a friend, and on returning, he found his house in tiie hands of a crowd of people, tl the head of whom was Judge Russell of the Police Court.— The Judge explained the unusual demon stration to be "on account of the conduct" of the missionary, and proceeded to pass the following sentence; Father Mason : You have been accused of divers grave offences. It is charged that having the fear of God and the love of inan before your eyes, moved by the in stigation of humanity, you have habitually sought and relieved the destitute, the sitk s>nd the afflicted ; that you have preached the gospel to the poor; that you have com forted those in prison. It is said that you have believed that even the men and wom en who have been convicted of being " drunk by the voiuulary use of intoxica ting liquors," might yet have hearts to feel and souls to save. You are further charg ed with diminishing the number of inmates at the jail, (and the jailor conspires to cloak your odence;) with reducing die fees of constables and the business of the Court. You bring the laws into contempt by preventing tbr crimes they are intended to punish. You are known to be an old offender, and you have declared that you will not depart from these ways as long as you live. Now receive the sentence of the Court —and as a famous Judge said on sending a convict to State Prison for life—l wish I could give you a heavier sentence, (giv ing him a purse of $l3B in gold.) And you, Mrs. M a son, as you have shared your husband's trials, and helped hint to bear his alllictious, as only a woman could, it is right that you should share his joys, (giving her a purse of $50.) Cur i gilt is accompanied not only with kind wishes and warm regards of these friends, but with the prayers of many who have ; been in distress or saved from viee. I have passed sentence on your husband, and I do not doubt that both of you, con i tinuing your charitable labors in life, will hear the final sentence : " Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these ve did it unto me." A RUNAWAY MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The liride Jf'urth $250,000. —A mar riage took place in Grace church on Mon day last, that has excited no little interest in fashionable circles and caused quite a fluttering among certain wealthy families. It seems the bride is an heiress, and worth in her own right $250,000. fche was the inmate of one of our most exclusive female seminaries, and is but fourteen years and eight months old. Her wealth and high position of her family were of course known to her associates, and her acquaint ance was consequently courted. Among the gentlemen she was introduced to was S K , a well known habitue of tilth Avenue saloons, but who had reached the mature age of thirty-one years. The acquaintance ripened into intimacy, and eventually the parties became engaged to be married; but as the parents might in terpose an objection, it was arranged that it should take place unknown to them or any of the young lady's friends. It was agreed that the happy event should come off last Saturday (St. Valentine's day) and the church was opened, the minister ready, and a few spectators had also assembled to witness the marriage ceremony which was announced for 11, a. m. But noon came and went, and no bride made her appear ance, and the church was closed, it seems that the principal of the seminary in which the young lady was a pupil got wind thai something unusual was on the ta/jits, and site locked the would lie bride in her room and so prevented the fulfilment of her en- j gagemeut. But " love laughs at lock smiths," and by some means Mr. K was notified of the situation of affairs, and | arranged matters in such a manner that the young lady escaped from surveillance, and 1 lite couple were duly married in one of our most fashionable up town churches on the 15th inst. I'he bride and bridegroom | immediately started for Washington, and intend to spend the hones inoon on a Southern tour. This pleasant little affair has created quite an excitement among the ■ young ladies in upper tendom, and is to them far more interesting than the Bond ) street tragedy.>— A'. F. Herald, Feb. 19. A It'ickeil Town. —The "City of Tif fin," a village of five thousand inhabitants 1 in Ohio, appears to have been given over to the Evil one : A young man named Colfman burned bis father's barn, valued at SI2OO, and then stole $l3O of money from the old man ; another youth of the name of Fra zer, robbed his father of S2OO ; the body of an unknown man was found in the streets, on Wednesday morning of last week, who had been murdered the night previously ; the cholera is decimating the hogs; a series of riots, fights, Ac., had oc curred within a week, and the Postmaster at Melnore, (near enough to Tiffin to be within the evil influence,) had recently j robbed the mail of monied letters, but es caped before the officers of the Common wealth eould catch him. Whew! — The Kansas Kickapoo Ran- ! ger appears to be holding on to the good old Border Ruiliati times. See how the Ranger kicks: "Kansas must and shall be a slave State. Mark what we say, South ern freemen! Come along with your ne groes, and plough up every inch of ground that is at this moment disgraced and defa- j ced by an Abolition plough. Send the scoundrels back to whence they came, or send them to h—l, it matters not which J destination; suit your own convenience. Sound the bugle of war over the length and breadth of the land, and leave not an Abolitionist in the territory to relate their treacherous and contaminating deeds.— Stick your piercing rifle balls and your glittering steel to their black and poisonous hearts; let the war-cry never cease in Kansas again until our territory is divested of the last vestige of Abolitionism.'' GTYou see, cap'n, first my father died, and my mother married again, and then my mother died, and my father married agaiu, and some how or other 1 don't seem to have any parents at all, nor no home nor no nothing. Kansas. —The bill for the relief of die people ol Kansas, which was passed by die house ol Representatives on Tuesday ot last week by a vote of 98 to 79. with but little debate and almost without a strug gle, before the decision of the Presidential question would have given rise to the most furious agitation and have been attacked, defended and discussed throughout the country. The provisions of the bill are of a sweeping character. The preamble, passed by a vote of 95 to 68, declares that the laws of the Territory of Kansas pass ed by the Legislature at Shawnee Mission prescribe unjust and unwarrantable lest oaths as a qualilication for voting or hold j ing office in said Territory ; and whereas the committee of investigation sent bv the House of Representatives to Kansas, re port that said legislature was not elected by the legal voters of Kansas but was forced upon them by non-residents, in vio lation of the organic act of the Territory, and, having thus usurped legislative pow er, it enacted cruel and oppressive laws, the bill proceeds to declare said laws null and void, to ignore the legal existence of " a body of men" assembled at the Shaw nee Mission, Kansas Territory, "claiming to be the legislative assembly of said Ter ritory," and directs the Governor of the Territory by proclamation, to fix the time and places for an election of members of the legislative assembly. Remaining sec tions of the bill prescribe the qualifications of voters, imposes fines and imprisonment for illegal voting. The bill lias yet to go to the Senate. swearing is abominable.— Vulgar language is disgusting. Loud laughing is impolite. Inquisitiveness is offensive. Tattling is mean. Telling lies is contemptible. Slandering is devil- ' ish. Ignorance is disgraceful, and laziness is shameful. Avoid all the above vices, and aiin at usefulness. This is the road in which to become respectable. Walk in it. Never be ashamed of honest labor. Pride is a curse—a hateful vice. Never act the part of a hypocrite. Keep good company. ISpeak ihe truth at all times. Never be discouraged, but persevere, and mountains will become mole hills. 'Singular flcculent. —An accident of a singular character happened in the neigh borhood ol Middlebrook, in Augusta coun ty, Virginia, on Tuesday of last week.— Several young men went out to shoot some pigeons, and when Mr. John Argabright fired his piece, which was heavily charged, the breeching of the gun gave way, forcing i a screw into his forehead, die head fore most, an inch and a half. Young Arga bright at length drew out the screw himself with several small pieces of bone attached to it. The guu was an old one, and the lock was found fifty yards from the place the piece was discharged. The young man still remains perfectly conscious thougji suffering great pain. Brigandage in Spain. —The diligence between Saragossa and Painpeluua was stopped a few days ago by eigiit brigands. M. Guell y Rente, brother-in-law of the Queen's husband, on his way to his wife, the Infante Josefa, still exiled from Mad rid, was in coupe, and there were eight passengers besides. The whole of them, ladies and gentlemen, were compelled to he with their faces to the ground, alter having been robbed of all their money and valuables, while the mail bags were being ritled. M. Guell y Rente was roughly handled on account of a suspicion on the port of the brigand that he had not given up all that he possessed. A lady was also struck for having hid some money in her dress. glgrfcultural, Wood Ashes as a Fertilizer. —ln near ly all soils ashes are beneficial to cultiva ted plants, but more so on sandy or grav elly land than clay; the latter being formed > of granite rocks naturally contains potash. Turnips, beets, carrots, potatoes, etc., con tain a very large amount of alkalies, and | to such ashes are found to be very bene -1 fieial. Rut the immediate benefit of ashes i is most perceptible upon leguminous plants, 1 such as peas, beans and clover. On grass 1 i land it destroys moss, sorrel, and all our ; sour plants. On poor thin soils it should j be mixed with peat, barnyard and other organic or vegetable manures. Lime is i excellent for wheat or corn. These two crops grow well wherever clover will grow —til calcareous soils. Barley requires a i riph loam, finely pulverized. It will not I grow well on a sandy or soft soil. It will always do well on land suitable for turnips. A strong clay, well pulverized and dry, will yield a good crop. Clay soils always 1 contain more or less lime. . Wood ashes are a most excellent ma nure, and can be used to advantage on al -1 most all soils or crops. Orchards fatten !on them. Unleached they act rapidly and powerfully; leached they act more slowly but continue to act for many years after being applied. The mechanical effect of soils is to render sands more compact and retentive of water, while they separate and render friable heavy clsy. Some farmers apply ashes as a top dres | sing. This will do very well on pastures New Series—Yol. 11, No. 16. and meadows, but they should be nlunHte.i under previous to plan,in. or sowing so that the roots of the plants may thereby be led. Salt, lime and plaster may be mixed with ashes to advantage, fur almost any crop, and for all soils. Pruning Trees in February.— Vh e pruning of small twigs and shoots can be done at almost any season of the year without inateiial injury to the tree 'hut when it is necessary to take off large 1 limbs it can be attended to with advantage in February or the early part of March, n, which months the tree is not so full of sap as later in the season, when the tree is in vigorous growth. Large limbs should be taken off with a fine smooth saw, after which the corners of the wound (where the bark meets the wood) may be trimmed smooth with a pruning knife. When the wound is left ragged and torn so that rain will settle in, it will often rot and injure the tree materially. Some experienced horticulturists recommend that the place left by cutting off a limb should be touch ed over with some cheap paint to prevent the destructive effects of air and moisture. I'ar, pjtch, and wet Hay are often applied tor the same purpose. Cuiing Paeon without Smoke. As soon as the meat is salted to your taste, winch will generally be in a'boul five weeks, take it out aud il any has been covered with brine let it drain' a little— -1 lien take black pepper, finely ground, and dust on the hock end as much as will stick; then hang it up in a good, clean, dry, airy place, i! all this is done as it should be, (it ought to be done now,) yot, will have no further trouble with it, lor by fly time in spring your bacon is so well cured on the outside that flies and bugs will not disturb it. Curing bacon is like the Irishman's mode of making punch. lie said ; " Fut in the sugar, then fill up with whiskey, and every drop of water you put in spoils the punch." Just so with curing bacon, after following the di rections given above, every "drop of stnoke you put on spoils the bacon." SEGARS!SEGAKS! ON E Hundred Thousand Havana and Principe Segars of the following brands : Las Ties Marias, Rio Hondo, Los Dos Banderas, /.6s Dos Cabanas, LI Dorado, /.a Bella H 3 banero, L<a Sultana, Klor de Londre, La Diana, Figaros, La Nueva Empress, Operas, Victoria, Li Estrelia, La Union, Recreadores, La Higuera, And various others. Also, a prime lot of well-seasoned "Sixes.' Dealers and others can be supplied on reas onable terms, at the DRUG STORE of CHAS. RITZ, jel2 East Market St., Lewistown. ITS7T -13,2 c. fPHE subscribers, trading as McU illiams & J[ Sterrett, have leased the Lewistown Mill and are now prepared to buy all kinds of grain, for which they will pay the highest market price in cash. Grain will he taken in store on the same terms as heretofore by John Sterrett &. Cc. Farmers who wish to have grista ground, or grain chopped, will be accommodated on the shortest notice. They will always have on hand for sale a full supply of Flour, Grain and Feed, which will be delivered to any part of town by leaving oiders at the office in the Mill. One of them will at all times'be found at the Mill to give their personal attention to the business, and they hope to merit a continuance of the patronage bestowed on the old firm. GEO. W. MCWILLIAMS, V. N. STERRETT. Lewistown, January, 17, 1856. Good Goods and Low Prices ! NEW STOKE AXD FRESH nil & PER GOODS, undersigned, trading under the name and S firm of McCOY t!t ELLIS, respectfully in foVrn their friends and the public generally, that they have just returned from Philadelphia, and opened in the house formerly occupied by J. & J. Milliken, on Market street, and directly op posite Geo. Blymyer's store, aneatassortment of Fall and Winter Goods and SUPERIOR GROCERIES, to which they ha- a added a neat supply of gen tlemen's, ladies' and children's ASSE> S2E®IB§S suitable for the season. The market price IN CASH will always be given for COUNTRY PRODUCE, and liberal advances made on Flour and Grain on store. Plaster. Salt- Pisli and Stone Coal always on hand. A quantity of SALT, suitable for Cattle, now ou hand. F McCOY, R. F. ELLIS. Lewistown, Nov. 13, 1856. ("LO to the BEE HIVE DRUG STORE to buy X your HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, BOER HAVE'S HOLLAND BITTERS, ATER'S CHERRV Pnc TORAL and CATHARTIC PILLS, DEGRATH'S ELEC TRIC OIL, and the celebrated and world-renown ed DVVALL'J GALVANIC OIL. SUPERIOR make of Horse Blankets, made in Philadelphia of best materials, wetl finish ed, and Wit! be sold it might; low pries, $3 50 to 330 each. oct9 F. G. FH A.NCISCU.3. 1 SIX CENTS will pay for the loan of any book in the Circulating Library.
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