Nu 1
TS-HMS or SUBSCRIPTION.
OYI: DOLLAR PER AVUM,
IN' ADVANCE.
Fcrsix " onths, 75 cents.
. ,'FJV descriptions must be paid in
If the paper is continued, and net
f-vilbin the first month, willbecbarg- '
n0 paid i.i three months, $1,50; if not
~V jr. months, $1.75; rnd if not paid in
!L> ißonti'S, $2.11(1.
11 aprs addressed to persons out of the !
URYV:!I be discontiuuefl : the expiration of f
paid far, unless special request is made
v e contrary or payment guaranteed by some
Possible person here.
ADVERTISING.
r,>3 line? of minion, or their equivalent, con
a square. Three insertions sl, and 25
subsequent insertion.
Wast Branch Insurance Co. j
OF LOIK HAVES, PA.,
rVSL'RES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer
|Ai3 ,jjp, Farm Property, and other Build- 1
'* yd their contents, at moderate rates,
rmsc roR.
John J. Pearce. Hon. G. C. Harvey, |
-jj2.ua!!, T. T. A brums,
v-yA. Mave.r, D. K. Jackman,
y,-kj Crist, ' W. White,
Dickitoon, Thos. Kitchen.
Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAMS, \'iee Prvs.
Kitchen, Sec'y.
REFERENCES.
jael H, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, I). D.
\ '.Vinegardncr, Wm, Vanderbelt.
\. M.iekey, Wm. Fearon,
H'btte, Dr. J. S. Crawford,
A. Updegraff,
ji-W. MaynarJ, James \rmstroeg,
Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigltr.
trij\gent for Mifllin county, G. W. STEW• 1
|T. F.s'j. ap23
ifaißity from Less and Damage by Firr,!
p'.rif* of Marine anil Inlavd Trtm*porf.itifir*. '
CONTINENTAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
- jv.. i,,f the Legislature of Pe-nn - idea.- •
iiitcifh a l'ci irtiuv.l Charter,
Authorized Capital, 1,<'00,000.
I;? No. 61 Walnut SI. abate Second, Hiila.;
fire insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer- !
I'Jite, lie., generally. Marine Insurance .
I Cargoes and Freights te all parts of the
sr;i. Inland Insurauee on Good-, &c., by
so, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to j
!-art- J the Union, oa the most favorable .
si. consistent with security.
DIF ECIuIIS.
orje W. Colladay, William Bowers,
t: >l. Coleman, Joseph Oat,
ma V. Maehette, Howard Hinehman,
GL'JiIGE W. COLLADAY, Presi i'-nt.
GILES VH.ON, Secretary.
rr>\gent for Mifflin countv, Wm. P. KL
iOTT, E?q. " febl9-ly
AilEllNiTY AGAINST LOSS BV Ft BE.
hukiiti I"ire fnsmn _> Compa
ny of Philadeli <:t.
' iaj and 437 Chestnut street, near Fifth, j
ITATFMR.VT OF ASSETS, January 1, 185*, ■
):■ ..-aed agreeably to ati act of Assembly, 1
M Mortgages, amply secured, 5,1,59fi 825 19
til Estate, (present value *IOO,-
i 4)- t, ' 74,280 93
■on j Loans, o*l ample Col
iitera! Securities, 101,088 17 |
, pres't val. 0 29. cost 71.547 97 1
bsand Bills. Receivable, 4,307 00
tfi, 40,855 48
$1,£68,904 74
Pirptt: ' r>r I.imUct Intur nicts made on every
N r: ""ci uf property, in Town and Co <r'.try. ;
pt .w os .ire consistent with security. [
pee their incorp >ration :• p .>. dol twenty- |
Ktjears, tbey hav p. . vt r Four Million*
[ bullae.' lo*ss by f.r ~ i tie re by affording e ■ -
-if the advantages of Insurance, as we!l
| 'tis ability and disposition to meet with
pmptness ail liabilities.
F.ossrs by Fire,
r-ij.j .1, , iV , t Jcir igs7, $.303,783 4
i _ tURI.CTORS.
V Hancke.r, 1 Mordecai I). Lewis,
is Wngner, , David S. Brown,
1 ' Orant, . Isaac Lea,
! >oit. .smith, I Edward C. Dale,
ki-tV Richards, | George Fales.
CHARLES X. B4XCKF.R, President,
"S A. STF.EL, Secy' pro tem.
ly'Aieat for Mittiin county, H. J. WAL
KS, Esq., Lewistown. feb'2s
ITS7T ~2.CA.3?.*r,
IQVISKi, AND FISH STORE.
"HE subscriber has opened a Grocery, iTo
. nioo an.' Fish Store opposite Major Eisen
*' ilotel, where lie has just received a fine
•ortment of fresh
jFamtii) (Svoctvizu,
which may be found fine C> "ee, Sugar,
k?, Molasses, Syrups, Cheese, Crackers,
Ham, Shoulder, Fine Ashton and Dairy
Tobacco, Segars, Soap, &c.
■ho, Brocms, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, and a
p asortment of Wiliow-ware, which he
r = for cash very cheap.
'•ill pay Cash for Butter, Lard, Potatoes,
was,
-til,see prices, and iudgc for yourselves.
" JAMES IRWIN.
A. CHANCE
to Every Person to Raise their
Own GRAPES,
HUE THEIR OWY WIVE.
I HE nndersigned will deliver from the Ist
J. !'' e 15th Anril next, to any persons
Mifflin co., ISABELLA GRAPE
cf oae year's gr , .h, from cuttings
Vineyard," at the following rates,
|- ' " when delivered: 25 Vines for $3,
r ' ' : 5 50, 100 do. for $lO.
C-juiugg will Be delivered at hulf the
1 h* Vines. Also, Osage Orange Hedge
uj* wll, and Hedges grown by contract.
must be received before the Ist of
( ' J insure attention. Address
u„ A HARBHBARGER.
McVeytown, Mifflin Co., Pa.
lights best Window Sash, from 8x
16 for •*! Try low. FRANCHLUS
RAUSWIM) asmwmmsmmw me ®IB@JB®3S nftmnam AAIWAS®®W 9 saafsmea (MWSVVS
HARDW A II E !
To Buy Cheap for Cash,
Blacksmiths, buy at Hoffman's,
Carpenters, buy at Hoffman's,
Saddlers, buy at Hoffman's,
Shoemakers, buy at Hoffman's,
Cabinetmakers, buy at Hoffman's,
Farmers, buy at Huffman's,;
Builders, buy at Hoffman's,"
Housekeepers, buy at Hoffman's.
Don't turret, if you want good Stoves, Pump
Chains, Oil Cloths, Nails, Steel, iron, Cutlery,
Vices, Bellows, Chains, Glass, A.c , F. J. Hoff
man's Mammoth Hardware Store, and you can
be accommodated. * "mhll
DRUGS) DRUGS, DRUGS,
Medicines, Medicines, Medicines,
Paiflis, Paints, Paints,
Glass, Glass,
Oils, Oils, Oils,
Trusses, Trasses,
At HOFFMAN'S.
f 1 A RDF.X SEEDS!—I have now on hand a
Vj fine assortment of Fresh Garden Seeds,
consisting of some of the finest varieties.
Pole and Bunch Beans, early and late.
Dwarf and Bush do do" do
Cabbage, do do
Also, Radish, Beet, Onion, Lettuce, Chinese
Sugar Cane, and other seeds,
mhll F. J. HOFFMAN.
IALOUR. — I have now on hand and shall con
tinue to keep a supply of Extra Superfine
Flour f" 'm Pittsburgh, which we will warrant
to give mtire satisfaction.
X. B. Those who want a good article car find
i' at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
TALL PAPER!—As the Spring opens,
\ V housekeepers will be looking around for
Wail Paper, where a good supply can be found
and cheap. This can be done at
mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
tOBN CI LI 1 1 VA.TORS. — A good article
for sale by F. J. Huffman.
IHBSEI AH3S) ©ikM?
For sale by [mhll] F. J. HOFFMAN.
Sugar Cane and Fiower Garden
Seeds
At [mhll] F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
White CGHI Meal.
An excellent article lbr sale by
mhll F. J. HOFFMAN.
A good aiticie for 12£ cents at
mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S
THE MODEL CHURN,
spin's p.iTEvr
Atmospheric Barrel Churn
YI'ILI. moke more Butter, <>f a better quality, from a
*' given quantity of Cream, than any other in use. It .
is constructed in such a manner that the whole reel or ]
dasher, can be removed (whole) from ihe inside of the j
Churn by simp'} unscrew ing the handle end of the flash- j
er to ihe square of the hole. The peculiar construction :
<f the ri ishcr agitates the cream in the centre as well as j
ill- fid<, giving it a rotary motion, and preventing the •
i n 'Hi: from revolving with llta dasher after it become* ;
ihh y also gather the hotter q-iicfcer and better !
Th.-v '1 iilu sin the it.-f f.. r '"be imrpmte of biting the
s . ns fast us it rises nr .I admitting the fresh air
'o are 'ftrongh the churn while in operation. After
churn leg, the dashers can be removed for a pet feet clean
ing. The Churn is then clear of alt in,pediments in the
rvnv of removing the butter. F- r sale by
F. G. FRANC ISC ITS.
I.ewislown, June In, 1655.
QALONA and Perry County Cradles on hand
|[j istfenilfl f HiA.M'tstt s.
I "'ARM BELLS—two sixes—very good, for ,
£ stlei.y FRaXU-CUS
ON E Thousand Sweet Potato Plants on hand ,
and for sale by Fit ANOISCUd. ,
I I L'i NETS! FLY Nt, IS!—A good assort :
Jj merit for sate t<? FItAMJSCUn. !
HAY HOI ST ER 3, Ac. on i
hand and f'.r ale by f !i > CI.-id's
ROLLING BLINDS of superior make and j
finish, #2 to #2 50 per wtrnthw. Fit ANC'IsCUS. j
1 MIA ME STLFF and Fencing Boards can i
be ha.l very low at P C kNCUCIIPS.
UT AI J, PA PER.—Tm- h-r-st, id.ca" F ~st
\ y and best stock of Wall Paper i.i the country. Fur
sale cheap by FSANCHi US.
OUR Stock of Sash, Doors, Blinds and Shut
ters are at least 20 per cent lotver than last season.
FRANCISCUS.
OIIINGLES.—2SO,OOO Lap and Joint Shin
e'es, sawed and shaved, IS to 21 inches, from pi to
§s*so per thousand. FIIANCISCUfi.
G1 ILT and Transparent Window Shades with
T Cords, Tassel-, fce. Oreen and Cuff Shades, all
with Bailey's Patent Fixtures. I 3ANCISCUS.
T UMBER of all kinds can bo bought 20 per
I j cent, cheaper than ever, at the l umber Yard of
FRAN CISC US.
/tIiILDUEN'S Willow Gigs and Carriages,
2 and 3 wheel Wooden Coaches and figs, plain and
handsomely furnished, tvith ami v. hh.mt st-iingf
FR AN CISC US.
COPPER KETTLES from 2 to 40 gallons,
Bra do., Iron Enameled and Tin Preserving do., on
hand and for sale by
FRAVCISOUS.
DARLING'S Cast Steel Scythes, grass nnd
grxirb, Orifitn's do.. 2 and 3 prong t" H. Iffty Forks,
Scythe Sneatha, Bakes, Corn ("rank*, Rifles, Bag Atones,
Acr. for sale by FRAXOJUCUB.
mo CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
i I ra l. furnish (cy arrangements made on the gusqtie
lianna) nil ki'uls of I.uiuher this season, at surprising low
rates. The attention of Builders Is especially called at
Itiis time to our rteck of Saali lroin SxlO to 10* IfS
Two and four panel Doors, plain and fancy moulded,
from #L'r> to $3 50 each FRANCI3CIT^.
\T7"OKKED W. P. FLOORING, 30,(XX) feet.
VY Is3.ohot)esl Plastering bsth.'S to 41 ft. long, liif
120.000 feet common 1 inch Boards, 150,000 feet good and
medium quality Boards and Planks, ail usual lengths and
perfectly sound, with all kinds of Builder s
materials, can be bought very low now for cash
FRANCISCUS.
ifmi aaaaoan.
[From the Itoston Post.]
SONG OF THE FLOWER GIRL.
BY It. CLVY PRECBF.
I have flowers! I have flowers'
Of the richest, rarest hu.-.
From the rose's blushing carmine
To the violet's heaven-blue.
Here's the lily of the valley
From the wild wood's secret place.
Where the sun scarce ever kisses
Its alabaster face;
And here's the haughty dahlia,
As peerless as a queen,
And daffodils and daisies.
With the constant evergreen
Oh, tlie flowers! Oh, the flowers '
Fresh from the woodland bowers—
Will you buy my pretty flowers.
My pretty, charming flov, n ?
I have flowers, and I've plucked them
From places iar and wide ;
In the shadows of the ravine,
By the sunny mountain side.
I seised them 'mid their revels
In the joyous woodland air.
And I bring them blushing captives
To grace the maiden fair.
I'oor little orphan children.
Torn from their parent stem ;
Bright miniatures of angels—
Would wo were like to them I
Gentle lady, will you buy
My flowers sweet and wild ?
They are the only stay that's left
A friendless orphan child.
My father was a soldier;
In his country's cause he died;
.My mother, broken hearted.
Now slumbers by his side.
My little blue-ey | brother too
Has gone to the spirit worid,
And I am left alone on earth—
I'-'or orphan flower girl!
llaiililHMiaT
TIIE GRAVE.
I love, in the twilight hour, when ail is
calui and peaceful, t< disengage myself
from the busy scenes of this world of din
and noise, and hold sweet communion with
the sleeping tenants of the grave, i love
to wander amid the tombs and read upon
the lettered stone, or the sculptured mar
ble, the epitaphs of those who have 'shuffled
off this mortal coil,' and aid them down to
pleasant dreams. There sleep, in unbroken
slumbers and peaceful repo-e, infancy in
its hud, youth in its bloom, manhood in its
vigor, and old age in its infirmity. There
repose the friends and companions of our
youth, with whom we were wont to spend
the halcyon days of boyhood. There, too,
are sleeping the remains of a pious mother,
or a loved father, who in the wayward
hours of infancy, when we were tempted to
leave the path of rectitude, taught us to
pray and prepare for heaven; and who
amid the last pangs of dissolving mortality,
bade us meet them in that happy c untry,
where
' Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared 110 more.'
1 love to see the bell flower, affection's ap
propriate emblem, bloom in grateful fra
grance and attractive loveliness over the
sacred spot that marks the resting place of
the loved and beautiful —the pious and
good of other days. 1 love, like my bless
ed Redeemer to shed the tear of sympathy
and affection over the turf clad mounds;
for in the touching and sublime words of
scripture, we are told, 'JESUS WEPT.'
1 love to visit the grave yard, because in
a few days or years at farthest, it will he
the receptacle of this cumbersome clay—
this earthly fabernaelo, which has so long
been lioir to a thousand ills and sorrows.
I love the grave because it is a place of
rest. There nothing shall mar our clum
bers, or disturb our repose. 'There the
wicked cease to trouble, and the weary are
at rest.' Well may Job, in prospect of
rest in the grave, exclaim —' i would not
live always;' and the t'salmist —'Oh, that
I had wings like a dove, then Would 1 dec
away and he at rest.'
1 There is a calm for those that weep,
A rest for weary pilgrims found,
They softly tie, and sweetly sleep
Low in the ground.'
' The storm that wrecks the wintry sky,
No more disturbs their deep repose,
Than summer evening's latest sigh
That shuts the rose.'
But the grave is not the finale of man.
lie is destined to rise in triumph from it
portals, and claim an affinity of being be
yond the starry realm. 'Behold I show
you a mistery; we shall not all sleep, but we
shall be. changed, in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, nt the last, trump; (for
the trumpet shall sound, and the dead
shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall
be changed. For this corruptible must
put on incorruption, and this mortal shall
put on immortality.'
At the mandate of Divinity, shall earth's
slumbering millions, who have so long qui
etly reposed in their houses of dust, come
forth from the dreary empire of the grave
with the loud paean of victory and triumph
upon their immortal tongues —
' Oh Grave, where is thy victory ?'
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1858.
AT BEST.
' Site is at rest,' said the village pastor,
lis we stood around the shrouded figure of
the dead. How sweet, how consolatory
these words seemed when applied to her
who lay in a dreamless slumber before us !
The form, whose dim outline could be seen
through the white cerements of the grave,
was wasted to a mere shadow of its former
symmetry, and the cold hands folded over
the silent heart were so thin and so trans
parent that you could trace each blue vein.
There was many a silver thread in the
dark hair, gathered back from the broad
1' rchead ; many a deep furrow on the pale
and rigid face. Gave and sorrow had swept
the bloom from the cheek, and cast a
gloomy shadow over the spirit, which had
now taken it? flight heavenward.
Bhe had learned hitter lessons in human
sufferings; her home had been darkened
by death, and her husband and child had
long been tenants of the tomb. The vis
ions of childhood had thus melted away
like the tints of the rainbow; the bright
passion-dreams of youth had fled ; the hopes
and plans of mature years had been grasp
ed by the iron hand of adversity. Friends
had deserted her, and love had grown cold.
Her existence was a perpetual struggle, yet
amid every trial, every misfortune, she
kept her faith in God undiinmed. The
silver cord was broken now; she was free
from toil and grief; she was at rest. Eike
tempest-tossed mariner she made the per
ilous voyage of life with her gaze fixed on
the day star of Eternity, and in that peace
ful heaven beyond the river oi' Death, her
sweet repose is endless. What can be
more soothing than tlie thought of eternal
rest ?
It comes to us with its calm and holy in
fluortecs, when the young pass away from
earth, and even in our lamentations for
them, it is cheering to know that they
have escaped the snares of the world—
that they will never mingle in the wild
strife for wealth and distinction; and nev
er feel the blighting breath of anguish.
When the poor die in peace we rejoice in
the belief that they have found repose in
the better land. There no storms come,
and no clouds of sorrow lower, but the
weary are at rest.
A Few Sounding and Glittering Generali
ties.
(I"r un Itufr f'Uoat'- Fourth of July or ir '.m at Boston,on
Monday, 3th July.)
4> lit some of the elemental characteris
tics of political opinion the American peo
ple are one. These they can no more re
nounce for substance than the highest sum
mit of the highest of the White Hills,
than the peak of the Alloghanics, than the
llocky Mountains can how and cast them
selves into tiic sea. Through :tll their his
tory, from the dawn of Gonial life to this
hrightu:of this rising, they have spoken
tkeui, they have \viL.en them, they have j
acted them, they have run over them. In
al! stages, in all agonies, through all report
good and evil—some learning from the
golden times ancient mediaeval freedom,
Greece, and Italy and Geneva, from Aris
totle, from Cicero, and Bodiuas, and Machi
avel and Rosseau; some learning, all rein
forcing it directly from nature and nature's
God ; all have held and felt that every man
is equal to every other man, that every
man lias a right to life, liberty, and tlie
pursuit of happiness, and a conscience un
fettered, that the people were a source of
power, and the good of the people was the
political object of society itself. 1 his
creed, so grand, so broad—in its general
and duly qualified, so true—planted the
colonies, led them through the desert and
the sea of ante-revolutionary life, rallied
them all together to resist the attacks of a
king and a minister, sharpened and point
ed the bayonets of all their battles, hurt
forth from a million lips, beamed in a mil
lion eyes, burned in a million bosoms,
sounded out in their revolutionary elo
quence of fire, aud in the Declaration
awoke the thunders, and gleamed iu the
lightning of the deathless words of Otis,
Henry and Adams, was graved forever on
the general mind by the pen of Jefferson
and Paine, as by a steel point on a great
rock, sun-lighted, survived the excitements
of war and the necessities of order, pene
trated and tinged all our constitutional
composition and policy and all our party
organisations and nomenclature, and stands
to-day radiant, defiant, jocund, tip-too, on
the summits of our greatness, one authori
tative aud louder proclamation to humanity
by Freedom, the guardian and the avenger.'
EFFECTS OF FORT CAE TELLING.
A person named John Hodgson was
charged at the Halifax police court on
Tuesday with having unlawfully pretended
to use subtle cv.;!' f , to wit, palmistry, to
deceive and mipoc : un certain of her .Ma
jesty's subjects;. From evidence adduced
it appeared tout the iuforiuant, Elisabeth
Honey, u young woman about 20 years
of age, and a companion named Ellen
Ambler, went to the lodgings of the prison
er to have their fortunes told, lie took
them into rhe room and told them to sit
down, saying he supposed they understood
his terms. They replied they did not; on
which he informed them what his charge
was; and the young women having consent
ed to nay the sum, Hodgson examined
their hands, muttered some gibberish, and
then took out a pack of cards, v. hieli the
girls by his direction cut five times. He
told Bonny she would have two offers of
marriage within the yffar, and Ambler that
her cards were very bad, two young men
being anxious to marry her, and one of
them continuaily frustrating the other's
connubial designs. To defeat this opposi
tion tin! wizard directed her to read the
first chapter of Iluth when she got home,
and to wish three times. The girls then
paid their money and left the fortune tel
ler, on the understanding they were to re
turn in a fortnight. On their way home
Ambler said she felt alarmed, and was afraid
to read the first chapter of Ruth lest the
devil should take Iter. Afterwards she
appeared nervous, and became gradually
worse until Thursday 10-M, when she was
tjuite deranged. She raved and screamed
in great fright constantly, and was almost
unmanageable. On one occasion she could
not bo kept in bed, and left the house al
most naked, fihe was a teacher in a Sab
bath school at Halifax. The prisoner de
nied all recollection or knowledge of the
girls, and also that Ambler's illness could
have been the result of anything at such
visit, owing to the time that had elapsed
since it was alleged to have taken place.
The superintendent of police produced a
belt found upon the prisoner, under hi
outer clothing, after he had been taken
into custody. It was composed of a coarse
material, and ori the side worn next to the
body was a magnet, and three crosses and
four medals, carefully sewn up, together
with directions for fortune telling, notes
received from his correspondents and pieces
of parchment covered with hieroglypliies.
The bench committed the prisoner to the
House of Correction for three months with
hard labor, and expressed their regret that
the law did not allow them to award a se
verer punishment.— London Times.
KEAL ESTATE Ai.
HOUSES AND LOTS ill Town and vicin
ity, and Farms and Wild Lands dispos
ed of for a reasonable compensation.
Information given respecting Unseated
Lands, and Taxes paid if authorized by the
owners.
REFERENCES.
GEN. R. C. HALE, PETER DOHA, Philadelphia.
Jonx A. WRIGHT, Freedom Iron Works, Mif
flin count}'.
Maj. P.YVIIJ HOCGH, Philipsburg, Centre co.
6ASUB 9
I large BRICK HOUSE & 2 small FRAME
HOUSES on the lot at the corner of Grand
and West Market streets, Lewistown.
1 BRICK HOUSES and 2 FRAME HOU
SES AND LOTS, on IL.ie street.
1 FRAME HOUSE on the corner of Main
and Charles street.
I BRICK HOUSE, rear d o residence of
Judge Parker.
Ai.so, a WOOD LOT on the South side of
the Juniata Ilivcr, about 11 miles from
Lewistown, containing about 56 acres, well
watered, adjoining the Pennsylvania Rail
road, with a two story Frame House on it
—not occupied. Inquire of
JNO. h. WEEKES,
Justice ol the Peace,
jSbcrUJciuv £burtorg>ot%
OFFICE West Market street, Lewistown, next
door to Irwin's grocery. ap'2 ( J
HOVER'S INKS.—Black, Blue aud Red
Ink, manufactured by Jos. j.h E. Hover,
Philadelphia, in inkstand battles, at J, 6, 10
and 12 cents per bottle For sale at the book
store of ELIZABETH COGLEY,
jan7 North Corner of Diamond.
JUST RECEIVED and on hand some half
and quarter barrels of Splendid MACK
EREL ; for salo cheap for cash at
my2o FELIX'S GROCERY.
Fruit and Ornamental TREES,
Strawberry, Raspberry, Currant, and
Plants, in great variety.
Inquire of W BPTI.ER, Lewistown,
Pa., or J. E. JOHNSTON, Agent,
augl3 Trenton, New Jersey
CORN SHELLERS, Winnowing Mills or
Pan*, Cultivators, fodder Cultervi -tie. ei>-lntml and
for sale by VRANChSCI'S
New Series—Vol, 111, No. 35.
&£ticu Ultra i, Kt.
DECAY IN FRUIT TREES.
N\ e have often heard the practice rec
ommended of driving nails into decaying
fruit trees, to restore their vigor. But we
have never seen the result set forth so
; strikingly as in the following from the
; Southern Planter.
A singular fact, and one worthy of bc
j ing recorded, was mentioned to us a lew
| days since by Alexander Duke, of Alber-
I marie. He stated, that whilst at a neigh
| bor's his attention was called to a peach
. orchard, every tree in which had been to
tally destroyed by the ravages of the worm,
with the exception of three, and these
were the most thrifty and flourishing peach
trees lie e\ er saw. The only cause of their
superiority known to his host was an exper
iment made in consequence of observing
that those parts of worm eaten timber into
I which nails were driven wore generally
| sound. When his trees were about a year
j old, he bad selected three of them, and
j driven ;< tenpenny nail through the body,
as near the ground as possible. Whilst
the balance of his orchard had gradually
failed and finally yielded entirely to the
ravages of the worms, these three, selected
at random, treated precisely in the same
! manner, with the exception of the nailing,
had always been vigorous and healthy,
furnishing him with the greatest profusion
of the most luscious fruit. It is supposed
that the salt of iron afforded by tlie nail is
I offensive to the worm, whilst it is harmless,
! or perhaps even beneficial to the tree.
A chemical writer upon this subject says;
| " The oxydation or rusting of the iron by
the sap, evolves ammonia, which as the sap
rises, will of course impregnate every part
of the foliage, and prove too severe a dose
for the delicate palate of intruding insects."
This writer recommends driving half a dozen
, nails into the trunk. Several experiments
of this kind have resulted successfully.
RECEIPT FOR MAKING ICE CREAM. —
Two quarts good rich milk ; four fresh eggs;
three-quarters pound ot white sugar; six
teaspoons of Bermuda arrow-root. Hub
tlie arrow-root smooth in a little cold milk;
, beat the eggs and sugar together; bring the
milk to the boiling point; then stir in the
arrow-root; remove it then from the fire and
immediately add the eggs and sugar, stir
ring briskly, to keep the eggs from cook
ing, then set aside to cool. If flavored
with extract s let it be done just before put
ting it in tlie freezer. If the vanilla bean
is used, it must he boiied in the milk.
CREAM CAKES. —Two cups of flour, onr
oi' butter, lsalf pint of water, —boil butter
and water together and stir in the flour b\
degrees while boiling, let it cool, and add
live eggs, a quarter teaspooni'ul of soda,
drop this mixture on Li: s, bake in a quick
oven. *
Insitb . —One pint of milk, halt cup of
flour one cup of sugar, two eggs—beat the
eggs, sugar and flour together, then stir it
into the milk while boiling—flavor with
lemon.
Slit the cakes partially open, after they
are baked, and put in the "cream" with a
spoon.
CUP CAKE. —Three cups of sugar, three
quarters of a cup of butter, one of sour
cream, live of flour, six eggs, one teaspoon
ful of soda, two of cream of tartar; beat
the butter to a cream; add the sugar; beat
well; beat yellow aud white of eg-gs separ
ately; add flour last and stir it gently.
FELIX GINGERBREAD. —One quart mo
lasses, half a pound of butter, six eggs,
oue pint of sour milk, half an ounce of
ginger, cloves and cinnamon, one"ounce cf
soda ami cream of tartar.
BUNN CAKE. —One pint of sugar, one
of flour, Ave eggs, two thirds of a cup of
butter, half cup of cream, half a ten,spoon
ful of soda, one teaspoonful of cream of
tartar, and a grated lemon.— Codecs La
dy's Book.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
ON and after Monday, May 10th, ll>sß,
trains leave Lewistown Station as followt
Eastward Wcsi\c*rd.
Through Express, S36a. m. 551 a., m.
Fast Liue, 9 42 p. m. 7 SO p. m.
Mail Train. 250 p.m. 325 "
Through Freight, 535 p. m. 205a. m.
Local " 605 " 7 30 "
Express Freight, 1 50 " 9 55 ' <
Fare to Hun isburg, $1 85; to Philadelphia,
5 00; to Altoona, 2 10; to Pittsburgh, 5 60.
Ticket Office will be open 20 rniu
utes before the arrival of each Passenger
Train. D. E. ROBESON, Agent.
lIISH.— Mackerel, Shad and Herring for sale
1 by rahll F. J. HOFFMAN.