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;West Branch Insurance Co.
OF LOCR HAVE*, PA.,
SI'RES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer
- ndise, Farm Property, and other Build-
I'jnd their contents, at moderate rates.
DIRECTORS.
(John J- Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
,B. Hall, feT. T. Abrams,
,y S Mayer, D. K. Jackman,
[jrt Crist, W. White,
• Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen.
Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
ja. Kitchen , Sec'y.
REFERENCES.
({ill, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, D. D.
[ Winegardner, Wm, Vanderbelt,
dackcv, Wm. Fearon,
r-ite, Dr. J. S. Crawford,
L-iuiggle, A. Updegraff,
[\V. Maypard, James Armstrong,
Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigler.
p\gent for Mifflin county, G. W. STEIV-
I Esq. ap23
pity from Less and Damage by Fire,
i. Perils of Marine and Inland Transportation.
CONTINENTAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
\-Titled by the Legislature of rennsylca
nia, with a Perpetual Charter.
Authorized Capital, 51,000,000.
No. 61 Walnut St. above Scroiul, l'hila.
Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer-
L-e, &c., generally. Marine Insurance
goes and Freights to all parts of the
Inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by
Rivers, Canals, and [.and Carriages, to
Lis of the Union, on the most favorable
■ consistent with security.
DIRECTORS.
i:; W. Col lad ay, William Bowers,
H. Coleman, Joseph Oat,
nV. Machette, Howard Hinchman,
fiORGK W. COLLADAY, President,
.US WILSON, Secretary.
=*Asent for Mitllin county, Wm. P. EL-
It, K?q. feblD-ly
INDEMNITY AGAINST LtiSS BY FiBE.
anklin Fire Insurance Compa
ny of Philadelphia.
i 435 and 437 Chestnut street, near Fifth.
iTKMF.NT OF ASSETS, January 1. 1858,
fished to an act of Assembly,
Mortgages, amply secured, $1,5%,>25 19
Litate, (present value SIOO,-
1 cost, 74,230 93
rary Loans, on ample Col
hral Securities, 101,088 17
ogpres't vat. $76,904 22) cost 71,547 97
1 and Bills Receivable, 4.307 00
40,855 48
$1,888,904 74
jftu'il or Limited Insurances made on every
/.ion of property, in Town and Country.
>a Sow as are consistent with security,
their incorporation, a period of twenty- j
ears, they have paid over Four Millions ;
). iarv losses by fire, thereby affording cv
keof the advantages of insurance, as well
ability and disposition to meet with
|. tness all liabilities.
fosses by Fire,
h - paid dining the year 1857, >203,789 4
DIRECTORS.
6-5 Daocker, 1 Mordecai D. Lewis,
I-- Wagner, I David S. Brown,
Lei Grant, i Isaac Lea,
1 R- Smith, I Edward C. Dale,
•v'. Richards, t George Fales.
CHARLES N. BANCKER, President.
: A. STEEL, Sec'y pro tem.
?Agent for Mifflin county, H. J. AVAL-
A Esq., Lewistown. feb2s
IT37 J OROOTRY,
iVISION AND FISH STORE,
subscriber has opened a Grocery, Pro
ion and Fish Store opposite Major Eisen
rfotel, where he has just received a fine
Kmcnt of fresh
jFamtlfi <£roccturo,
: which may be found fine Coffee, Sugar,
Molasses, Syrups, Cheese, Crackers,
Ham, Shoulder, Fine Ashton and Dairy
Tobacco, Segars, Soap, &c.
ilrooms, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, and a
assortment of Willow-ware, which he
r - Tjt cash very cheap.
s pay Cash for Butter, Lard, Potatoes,
&c.
■ee prices, and judge for yourselves.
JAMES IRWIN.
CHEAP GOODS AGAIN!
'• undersigned having purchased the
'A of goods of Samuel Comfort, con
';f ali kinds of DRY GOODS, suitable
-'dies, Gentlemen and Children, Grocer-
Readymade Clothing, Ac.,
selling off the entire stock
A.T COST !
Jt the establishment. Persons wish
buy CHEAP will do well to ;ive us a
'untry dealers wanting goods to keep
'f assortment will do well to examine
"k,as we will sell at Philadelphia prices.
; Country Produce, at market prices,
received in exchange for goods.
G. W. SOULT,
11. H. COMFORT.
* ! town, June 10, 1858.
; 'ghts best Window Sash, from 8x
z 's for #al very tow. fRANCMCV
2PiEiismm &ssw mis umsswwm* mwhstows, mammas ©wii 9 pa*
General Election Proclamation.
13URSU ANT to an Act of the General As
■- sembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, entitled "an act relating to the elec
tions of this Commonwealth," approved the
2d day of July, A. I>. 1839. 1, T. JO. Williams,
Sheriff of the county of Mifflin, Pennsylva
nia, do hereby make known and give notice
to the electors of the county aforesaid, that
a general election will pe held in said coun
ty of Mifflin on the SECOND TUESDAY
(12th) of October, 1858, at which time State
and County officers are to be elected, to wit:
One person as Judge of the Supremo Court
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person as Canal Commissioner of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person as Member of Congress to rep
resent the fifteenth Congressional District in
the 36th Congress of the United States.
One person as Member of Assembly to
represent the county of Mifflin in the House
of Representatives of Pennsylvania.
One person to till the office of Coroner in
Mifflin county.
One personate fill the office ofCounty Com
missioner.
One person to fill the office of County Au
ditor.
1 also hereby make known .and give no
tice that the place of holding the aforesaid
election in the several districts of the said
county will he held respectively at the places
hereinafter designated, to wit:
The electors of the borough of Newton
Hamilton are to meet at the new school
house in said borough.
The electors of Wayne township to meet
at the new school house in the borough of
Newton Hamilton.
The electors of the borough of McVeytown
are to meet at the Union school house iu said
borough.
The electors of Granville township are to
meet at the Court House in the borough of
Lewistown.
The electors of Derry towship are to uicet
at the Court House in the borough of Lewis'
town.
The electors of Oliver township are to
ineet at the Union school house in the bur.
ough of McVeytown.
The electors of llratton township will meet
at the brick school house on the farm of
William Harshbarger, in said township.
The electors of Menno township are to
meet at the public house now occupied by
John Ford, in Allenvilie, in said township.
The electors of Union township are to
meet at the public house occupied by Rich*
ard IJrindle, in said township.
The electors of Brown township are to
meet at the ; üblie house occupied by WiL
liani liruthers in said township.
The electors of Armagh township residing
east of the line commencing at the middle of
the mad at the stone meeting house, in Brown
township; thence along said road to the end
of the lane known as Jonathan Abraham's
lane, near the residence ol'Th inmsJLong well,
Jr., thence running in a straight lino to the
west end of Cressman's knob to the Union
county line, are to meet as heretofore at the
office of E. E. Locke, in said township.—
Those residing west of and not included in
said limits, will meet as heretofore at the
public house now occupied by Wm. Swine
hart, in said township.
The electors of Decatur township, are to
meet ar the house of A. Mutthershaugh, f I •
merly occupied by David Mutthersbaugh, >n
said township.
And by an Act of assembly, the b 'rough
of Lewistown was divided into two Wards, i
and each Ward to compose in election dis
trict. The electors of the East Ward will ;
meet at the Court House, and vote at the win- ,
do\v of the Commissioner's office.
The electors of the West Ward will meet
at the same place, and vote at the wind , w of
Sheriff's office, in said Court House, and in
said borough,
Puisuant to the provisions of an act of As
sembly, the Judges of the aforesaid districts |
shall respectively take charge of the certifi
cate of return of the election of their respec
tive districts, mid produce them at a meet
ing of one Judge from each district, at the
Court House in Lewistown, on the third day
after the day of election, being for the pros.
ent year FRIDAY, the 15th day of October
next, then and there to do and perform the
duties required by law of said Judges.
An Act of the Legislature having changed the
manner of voting in Mifflin county, all officers to
be elected this year, may bo voted for on a -ingle
slip of paper and deposited in ono ballot box, ex
cept forthe office of Supreme Judge, which shall
be voted for on a separate piece of paper, or the
voter may if he choose, vote for each candid; t
separately. Any fraud committed by any per?' n
voting under this Act shall be punished by exist
ing laws of this Commonwealth.
Also, that where a Judge by sickness or una
voidable accident, is unable to attend at such
meetiug of Judges, then the certificate or re
turn, as aforesaid, shall be taken charge of by
one of the Inspectors. or clerks of the election of
said District, who shall do and perforin the du
ties required of said Judge unable to attend.
Also, by the 18th section of this act, it is enact
ed that when two or more Counties shall compose
a District for choice of a member or members of
the Senate of this Commonwealth, or of the House
of Representatives of the United States or of this
Commonwealth, the Judges of the Election in
each County, having met as aforesaid, the Clerks
shall make out a fair statement of all the votes
which shall bo given at such election, within
the County, for every person voted for as such
member or members, which will bo signed by said
Judges and attested by the Clerks, ono of the
Judges shull take charge of such certificate and
shall produce the same at a meeting of one Judge
from each County, at such place in such District
as is, or may be appointed by law for that pur
pose, which meeting shall be held on the seventh
day after the election.
Being for the present year, Tuesday, the lfltb
day of October neat, the Congressional Judges
of the 15th Congressional District, composed of
the counties of Lycoming, Sullivan. Clinton, Pot
ter Centre and Mifflin, will meet at the Court
House in Lock Haven, Clinton county, on Tues
day, the Pith day of October next, and there per
form such duties as is rcqoired of them by law.
Also, by the 77th section said act it is enacted,
that when the qualified voters of more than one
Ward, Township or District meet at the same place
to hold their election, it shall he the duty of the
respective Judges of said election districts in addi
tion to the certificates tequired in the Ttith section
of this act, to make out a fair statement and cer
tificate of all the votes wLich shall have been then
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1858.
and there given for each candidate, distinguishing
the office or station ho shall have been voted for,
and on aof said Judges shall take charge of said
certificate, and also of the several certificates made
out for ea-h election district, as before directed,
and produce the same at a meeting of all the return
Judges in the County, in the manner prescribed in
the 78th section of this act.
Given under my hau l at my office, in Lewistown,
the lthh day of September, ISSS.
" TIIOMAS E. WILLIAMS, Sheriff.
.Sept., Id, 'SB-4i.
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MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
There is a plaee of waveless rest,
Far, far beyond the skies,
Where Beauty smiles eternally.
And Pleasure never dies,—
My Father's house, my heavenly home.
Where many mansions stand.
Prepared l,y hands divine for all,
\\ ho seek the better land.
When toss'd upon the waves of life,
With fearon every side;
When tiercely howls the gathering storm.
And foams the angry title;
Beyond the storm, b\ ond the gloom.
Breaks forth the light of morn.
Bright beaming from uiy Father's house.
To cheer the soul forlorn.
Yes, even at that fearful hour,
When Death shall scire its prey.
And from the place that knows us no-.v
Shall hurry ns away;
The vision of that heavenly home
Shall cheer that parting soul,
And o'er it, mounting to the skies,
A tide of rapture roll.
In that pure home of tearless Joy,
Karth's parted friends shall meet,
With smiles of love that never fade,
And blessedness complete:
There, there adieus are sounds unknown;
Death frowns not on thai scene;
But life ani glorious beau v shine,
Untroubled and serene.
an asm ww.
THE CALICO CLOAK.
4 Have you seen the new scholar?' ask
ed Mary J .ark, a girl of twelve or fourteen
years, as she ran to uiect a group of school
mates who were coming towards the school
house ; 4 she cuts the most comical figure
you ever saw. Iler cloak is made out of
calico, and her shoes are brogans, such as
men and boys wear.'
4 Oh yes, I've seen her,'replied J.ucy
Brooks;'she is the new washer-woman's
daughter. I shouldn't have thought .Mr.
Brown would have taken her into the Acad
emy, hut I suppose he likes the money
that conies through the suds as well as any.
It is clearer of course.'
And the air rang with the loud laugh of
the girls.
4 Come, let us go in and examine her,'
continued Mary, as*they ascended the steps
of the school-house: 4 1 am thinking she
will make some fun for us.'
The girls went into the dressing-room,
where they found the new scholar. She
was a mild, intelligent looking child, but
very poorly, though tidily clad. The girls
went around her whispering and laughing
with each other, while she stood trembling
and blushing in one corner of the room,
without venturing to ruAe her eyes from
the floor.
When they entered the school they
found the little girl was far in advance of
those of her age in her studies, and was
j laced with those two or three years her
senior. This seemed, on the whole, to
make those who were disposed to treat her
unkindly dislike her the more; and she,
being of a retiring disposition, through
their influence, had no friends, but went
and returned from school alone.
'And do you really think,'said Mary
Lark, as she went up to the little girl a
few weeks after she entered school, ' that
you are going to get the medal. It will
correspond nicely with your cloak !'
And she caught hold of the cape, and
held it out from her, while the girls around
joined in her loud laugh.
1 Calico cloak get the medal 1 I guess she
will! 1 should like to see Mr. lirown giv
ing it to her!' said another girl as she
caught hold of her arm, and peeped under
the child's bonnet.
The girl struggled to release herself,
and when she was free, ran home as fast
as she could go.
' Oh mother,' she said, as she entered
her mother's humble kitchen,' do answer
Uncle William's letter, and tell him we
will come to New York to live! 1 don't
like to live in llridgevillc. The girls call
me * calico cloak,' and 'brogans,' and you
don't know, motuer, how unkindly they
treat me.'
| ' Lizzie, my dear,' said her mother 1 you
must expect to meet with those who will
I treat you unkindly on account of your pov
erty; hut you must not be discouraged. —
; l)o right my child, and you will be sure to
\ come off conqueror.'
Although Mrs. Lee tried to encourage
her child, yet she knew that she had to
nlect with severe trials for one' so young.
4 But mother, they are all unkind to me,'
replied Lizzie; 4 there isn't one that loves
me.'
And the child buried her face in her
hands and sobbed aloud.
In Bridgcville Academy there were a
tew selfish, unprincipled girls; and the oth
ers joined them in teasing the little' Calico
Cloak,' as they called her, from thought
lessness, and from a love of sport. But
they knew not how deeply each sportive
word pierced the heart of the little stran
ger, and how many bitter tears she shed in
secret over their uukindness.
Mrs. Lee, learning that the scholars still
continued their unjust treatment toward
her child, resolved to accept her brother's
invitation, although he was a poor man,
and become a member of his family, ho
ping that, while there, her child could con
tinue her studies, and perhaps through his
influence lead a happier life among her
schoolmates. Accordingly at the end of
the term she left the school, } r et she gain
ed the medal, and it was worn from the
Academy beneath the despised garment.
N\ eeks, months, and years glided away
to the students of the Bridgcville Acade
my, and the little 'Calico Cloak' was for
gotten. Those who were at school with
her had left to cuter upon the business of
life.
Twelve years after Mrs. Lee and her
daughter left town, a Mr. Maynard, a young
clergyman, came into Bridgcville, and was
settled as the pastor of the village church.
It was reported at the sewing circle, the
week following his ordination, that he would
bring his bride into town in a few weeks.
There was a great curiosity to see her, and
especially after it was reported that she
was a talented young authoress.
Soon after, Mr. Maynard gratified their
curiosity by walking into church with his
young wife leaning on his arm. She was
a lady of great intellectual beauty, and ev
erybody (as they always are at first) was
deeply interested in the young minister and
his wife.
The following week the ladies flocked to
see her, and she promised to meet them at
the next gathering of the sewing circle.
The day arrived, and although it was
ijuite stormy, Mrs. Deacon Brown's parlor
was filled with smiling faces. The deacon's
carriage was sent to the parsonage after Mrs.
Maynard, and in due time it arrived, bring
ing the lady with it. The shaking of hands
that followed her arrival can only be im
agined by those who have been present on
such an occasion.
' llow are you pleased with our village?' j
asked a Mrs. Britton, after the openingex- j
erciscs were over, as she took a seat beside
Mrs. Maynard.
'I like its appearance very much; it cer
tainly lias improved wonderfully within the
last twelve years.'
' Were you ever in Bridgevillc before?' |
asked another lady, as those around looked
somewhat surprised.
' I was here a few months when a child!'
replied Mrs. Maynard.
Their curiosity was excited.
1 Have you friends here?' asked a third
after a moment's silence.
' I have not. I resided with my mother
the widow Bee. We lived in a little cottage
which stood upon the spot now occupied by
a large store, on the corner of I'iuc street.'
'The widow Lee?,' repeated Mrs. Britton;
I well remember the cottage, but 1 do not
recollect the name.'
'I think 1 attended school with you at the
Academy,' replied Mrs. Maynard; 'you were
Miss Mary Lark, were you not?'
'That was my name,' replied the lady, as
a smile passed over her features at being re
cognized; but 1 am really quite ashamed that
my memory has proved so recreant.
' I was known in the academy as the little
'Calico Cloak.' Perhaps you can remember
me by that name.'
The smile faded from Mrs. Britton's face
and a deep blush overspread her features,
which in a few moments was seen deepening
upon the faces of others present.
There was a silence for some minutes;
when Mrs. Maynard looked upshefbundsho
had caused considerable disturbance among
the ladies of her own age by making her
self known.
'Oh ! 1 remember very well when the
little ' Calico Cloak' went to the academy,'
j said an old lady, as she looked up over her
glasses, 'and I think, if my memory serves
me right, some of the ladies present will
owe Mrs. Maynard an apology.'
4 I had no intention whatever, ladies,' re
plied M rs. Maynard; 4 to reprove any one
present by making myself known; but, as
it may seem to some that such was my in
tention, I will add a few words. Most of
the yonnger ladies present will remember
the 4 Calico Cloak'; but no one but the
wearer knows how deeply each unkind word
pierced the little heart that heat beneath
it. And as I again hear the old academy
hell ring, it brings back fresh to my mind
the sorrows of childhood. But let no lady
niituke me, by supposing I cherish an un
kind feeling toward any one. I know that
whatever the past may have been, you are
now my friends. But, ladies, let me add
if you have children learn a lesson from
my experience, and treat kindiy the poor
and despised. A calico cloak may cover a
heart as warm with affection, and as sen
sitive of sorrow, as one that beats beneath
a velvet covering. Whenever you meet a
child who shows a disposition to despise
the poor, tell the story of the 4 Calico
Cloak;' it will carry its own moral with it.'
4 That is the shortest hut best sermon I
ever heard,' said the old lady again, as she
put her handkerchief under lier glasses;
4 and I do not believe its moral effect will
be lost upon any of us.'
The old lady was right. The story went
from one to another until it found its way
into the old academy. At that very time
a little hoy was attending school there,
whose mother was struggling with her
needle to give him an education. The boys
often made sport of his patched knees and
elbows, and he would run sobbing home
to his mother. But when the 4 culico cloak'
reached the scholars, the little boy (for lie
was naturally a noble hearted child) became
very popular iu school; and the children,
from that time, were very kind to 4 Little
Patchey,' as he had always been called.
N\ hen Mrs. Maynard heard the story of
4 Little Patchey,' she felt that she was
well repaid fin- all she had suffered in child
hood.
American I,i/hputians. —The Boston
Advertiser, of Tuesday, says it has seen,
in that city, two little girls, who present,
in themselves, at-singular physiological study.
Their ages were, respectively, nine and
eleven years, while they weighed but Id and
10 pounds, and their height from crown to
sole, is but 29 and -11 inches, respectively, }
yet they are in all respects, symmetrically
made, healthy and happy children, able to
talk, sing, dance, and play, like other chil
dren of their age. What is remarkable '
about these little lairies, moreover, is the !
fact that their father and mother are mor
tals of ordinary size, and they have a young
er brother and sister, three and six years
of age, who have attained the growth usual
to their ages. They are a much greater cur
iosity than the Aztecs, who made so much
excitement here, a few years since; for they
were idiotic, while these little girls are
bright and intelligent, as well as diminutive.
They were not imported from abroad, but
were born in one of the towns of Middle
sex county in this State, of genuine Yan
kee stoek. They will not be made a pub
lie exhibition, but live natural lives, in
vacy, with their relations, although they
might make a fortune for a showman.
They weighed about pounds each at
the time of their birth, and continued to
grow like other children until about the
age of eighteen months, when the arret
dtt development began. They each of
them wear without difficulty rings which
were put upon their fingers at. the age of
two years. They are charmingly pretty
children and contvibuthed greatly to the
entertainment of the few friends invited
to meet them yesterday.
ftafA Frenchman being about to remove
his shop, his landlord inquired the reason,
stating, at the same time, that it was con
sidered a very good stand for business.—
The Frenchman replied with a shrug of the
shoulder, "Oh, yes, he very good stand for
dc business; by gar, me stand all day, for
nobody come to make me move."
])Qk,l)efinitions from a new school book:
'John, what is a bakery?'
1 A place were they bake, sir.'
1 What is a brewery V
' A plaGe were they brew
< Wh at is a gallery ?'
'Tihh a place were there is gals ?'
New Series—Vol. 111, No. 44.
A Romantic Marriage. —Quite a roman
tic wedding took place at Mazotnania, in
this county, last evening. The groom was
a returned Californian, who left his wife
for the auriferous land about seven years
ago; and the bride, the wife that was left.
Some time after he reached California—a
year or more —his wife received intelligence
of his death. Two or three years later she
heard that the story was untrue, hut that
he never intended to return. Upon this,
with the advice of friends, she obtained a
divorce.
Two or three days since the wanderer re
turned, and called upon his former wife.
Old affections revived, faith was plighted
anew, and last evening he led her, a blush
ing bride, to the altar for the second time.
The happy pair, thus rc-paired, proceeded
forthwith to the depot, and took the train
East on their bridal tour.— MadisoifWis.)
Journal.
Gifts. —There is, after all, something in
the late of those trifles that friends bestow
upon each other, which is an unfailing in
dication of the place the giver holds in the*
affections. I would believe that the per
son who preserved a lock of hair, a simpler
flower, or any trifle of my bestowiug, loved
me, though no show was made of it; while
all the protestations in the world would not
win my confidence in the sincerity of one
who set no value 011 such little things.
Trifles they may be, but it is by such tha*
character and disposition are oftenest re
vealed.
Interesting Discovery. —The sandstone
rocks of Adersbach, in Bohemia, have been
visited by persons from all parts of the
glpbe, on account of their grotesque and
fantastic forms. Ten years ago another de
file of sandstone rocks was discovered near
Weckelsdorf. To this is now to be added
the discovery of a grand layer of petrified
trees. It stretches to the extent of two
miles and a half in length and half a mile
in breadth, and there is one point where
twenty thousand or thirty thousand stems
of petrified wood may be seen at one
glance.
J&Sr A trial took place a month ago ai
Ilouen, in France, that affords a good pre
cedent for judicial action the world over
Two fellows, pretending to be gentlemen,
were pleased to talk indecently in a railroad
car, even after an angry remonstrance of a
worthy farmer, who happened to be with
his daughter in an opposite seat. II& de
nounced them to the public prosecutor;
they were jtried by the Correction Court;
the sentence passed on each was imprison
ment for two months and a fine of 200
francs.
Bs&,.Nobody likes to meddle with a Wo
man whose disposition contains the essence
of lightning, vitriol, cream of tartar, and
hartshorn; who manufactures words by the
yard and measures their meaning in a thim
ble.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
M. M. FAXON'S
Attachment of Tulcanizcd India Rubber
Spring to the Tubes oj Grain Drills.
fnilE undersigned, having perfected an arrangement for
the attachment of a Gum Spring to the Tuiies ami
Drag Bars of Grain Drills, is happy to inform Farmers
and all others interested in the growing of Wheat and
other grains, that he is piepared to furnish GRAIN
DRILLS, with the above article attached, at the shortest
notice, at his Foundry, in McVeytown, Pa. Seeders ha e
heroine an almost itidispensahle article to the Farmer,
and lie will find thai the attachment of the Gum Spring
will enhance its value at least one-half. All the delen .
tion and trouble caused by the breaking of wooden pins
is entirely done away with by this arrangement, and a
nan, or boy, ran perform nearly double the labor that he
could under the old plan, with much greater ease, both to
himself ami horses. There need be no fearof the Spring
breaking, for if there is an article that will neither break,
rot, or wear out, the Gunt Spring is that article, and 1
hazard nothing in saying that my Grain I trill is the sim
plest in construction, most economical in performance,
and therefore the most durable ever offered to the agri
cultural public. The feed is so arranged that it will sow
1, li. Ji, Uj and 3 bushels per acre. Persons desiring
one for the coming seeding are requested to send in their
orders as early as possible. Direct to McVeytown, Mif
flin county, Pa., or F G FRANCISCI'S, Lew is town ;
E. L. FAXON, Hoilidaysbtirg, Blair Co., Pa.; BOYER Sc.
BRO., Harrisburg, Pa., who are authorized to act as
agents,audfrom whotnany further information may beob
lained.
PRICE OF DRILLS, with the attachment, $75. Far
mers who already have drills, can have them altered,and
the India Rubber Spring attached, for front $lO to sls.
i>AII branches of the FOUNDRY BUSINESS stil
curried on, for which orders are respectfully solicited.
M. M. FAXON
McVeytown. June 10,1856.
Fruit and Tomato Jars!
I HAVE now on hand a fine assortment of
JARS for putting up Fruit, Tomatoes, &c.
which every family may do well to get a sup
ply of, viz:
Glass —pint, quart, and half-gallon.
Stone Ware—pint, quart, and half-gallon.
Yellow Ware—Self-scaling quart.
Prices low. jlyß F. J. IIOFEMAN.
STOV ES! STOVES !—A large assortment at'
low prices for sale by F. J. HOFFMAN