®S@O IKBTfflllSJffiiaffi Ss B®2J a IPUnEMBSHEJES* Whole No. 2750. Lewistown Post Office. Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P. O. as follows ; ARRIVE. Eastern through, 5 33 a. m. " through and way 4 21 p m. Western " 44 44 10 38 a.m. Bellofonte ' 4 44 44 2 30p m. Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdavsand Saturdays, 6 00 p. tn. CLOSE. Eastern through 8 00 p. m. 44 •* and way 10 00 a. m Western 44 4 4 330 p. m. Bellefonte 8 00 44 Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays) 8 00 p. m. Office open from 7 30 a. m. to 8 p. m. On Sundays from Bto9 am. S. COMFORT, P. M. Lewistown Station. Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows; Westward. Eastward Baltimore Express, 4 40 a. m. Philadelphia 44 5 33 44 12 20 a. m Fast Line, 626 p. m. 350 44 Fast Mail, 10 38 44 Mail. 4 21 44 Through Accommodation. 2 35 p. m. Emigrant. 9 12 a. m. Through Freight, 10 20 p. m. 120a m. Fast 4 * 340a. m. 815 44 Express 44 1 1 (X) 44 2 35 p. oa. Stock Express, 5 00 44 905 44 Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 10 38 a. m. Local Freight, 645a. m. 626 p. m. ♦j-Galbraith's Omnibuses convey passenger? to and from all the trains, taking up or setting them down at all points within the borough limits. MIFFLIN COUNTY POOR HOUSE STATEMENT. ™ I John IE Shaw, Treasurer, in account with Samuel Drake, O. P Smith and Moses ' Miller. Esqrs , Directors of the Poor, and i of the House of Employment for the county of Mifflin, from January 1, 1563 to Janua ry 1, 1*64. DR. To amt. of orders on county Treasurer S3OOO 00 ■ To cash for 329 bushel.- 48 pounds corn at 75 cents, sold in March. 1863 247 40 To cash for 6 bushels corn, at 50c per buhei, 3 00 do 50 bu. oats, at 50c per bushel. 25 00 do 315 bu. 45 lbs red wheat, at $1.15 per bushel, sold September 23. 1863. 363 11 To cash from Jacob Mickey, rent of Henry Kenagv's house, in Milroy, for 6 months, vij. from April Ito October 1.1863 20 00 To cash from Jos. Brower. money loaned 150 00 do for 11 bu. 24 lbs eloverseed. at $7 79 62 do for 39 bu. corn at 65c per bushel 19 50 do for ISVj bu. oats at 55c per bushel 742 do for 4 beef hides, weighing3oß lbs. at 8 cents per pound 24 64 Balance due Treasurer 130 11 4069 80 CR. Bv the following orders paid for the support 'of the poor at the Poor House, viz : Jno. B. Selheimer. stove, pipe and buckets 12 83 C. Hoover, esq., fees on orders of relief 6 William Johnson, shoes 37 20 John L. Brower. work on farm 80 00 J. Irwin Wat lis. tin ware and repairs 6 82 Joseph Brower. Steward 25i 58 James Broom, mowing grass B*o N. Comfort- esq., fees on orders of relief 2 00 Dr. Thos. Vau\ aizah, one year's salary 200 00 Thomas Cox. shoes. 27 29 N. Kennedy, merchandise 5 25 M. Frank, merchandise 84 90 J. W. Shaw. 1 year's salary to January 1. 1563 80 00 Jonathan Price, constable fees on orii. of relief 35 William B. Hoffman, lumber 3 67 Heurv Zerbe. groceries, tobacco. Ac. 64 t>7 Geo. W. Thomas, esq., fees on orders of relief 500 Samuel Brower. services as Director 65 00 J. W. Hough. 2 bushels cloverseed 12 50 John L. Griffith, bartering 5 50 James Parker, merchandise IS 05 A. Felix, coffins, bedsteads, groceries, tobac co, Ac. t52 94 Samuel Drake, services as Director '■*) 00 John Hinies. tire wood, 96 50 William Butler, meat 63 10 James Moore. 134 chestnut rails 5 36 John Kennedy, muslin, bacon. Ac. 46 97 Samuel Comfo'rt. box rent and postage 1 60 Ancie Smith, cook j-2 50 Marks A Willis, salt and plaster 22 99 K. J - Hoffman, syrup, mackerel, tobacco, Ac. 71 77 Samuel Bowersox, 10*J chestuut rails 6 00 Daniel Bearley A sons. 5 plowshares and grate 265 Martin Triester, work on farm 92 75 Frederick Baker, one steer 21 00 George Broom, plowing 3 00 John Evans, glazing 6 54 O. P. Smith, services as Director • 00 James Broom, cutting grain, mowing and thresiling 34 7o Jacob Fiukel. 13 dour barrels 5 <*> Joseph Steidiev. husking 2 50 J. C. Blymyer i Co- stovecoal I*6 60 George Blvmver. merchandise 65 67 William Bell, esq., fees on orders of relief 4<> Samuel Eisenbise. firewood 19 90 A. T. Hamilton, merchandise 32 3u Robert Forsyth, one load of hay, 6 00 Jane Ferguson, cook 4 50 Amos S. Ealy. repairing pump 4 00 Wm. Montgomery, butchering 4 steers 3 00 John L. Porter, work on farm 5 93 John Hnnes, one steer 25 35 John R. Weekes. 2 plowshares 100 John Morrison, esq., fees on orders of relief 1 4c Crissy A Marklev. order book and express 12 2i Paid "for stamps on bank checks 1 tk Amt. of orders paid for poor at Poor House 1995 21 By the following orders paid for the support of the out-door Poor, viz: Samuel Withrow. grain for Cornelius Berlew 31 95 pa. State Lunatic Hospital, support of E. B. Brown. AldaSellers. Robert Starksand Lyd ia Adams 25 Rachel Shade, keeping Anna Essicks 4 50 Joseph Jenkins, keeping Ezra Jenkins 3i 80 Joseph Postlethwaite, coffins 21 53 Samuel Drake, 2 hu. wheat and load wood for Mrs. Lightner 3 "6 j \Ym. Brothers, keeping Rebecca Apple- I bough in confinement JO 99 i John Brown, keeping Elizabeth Forsythe 13 64 George Ruble, keeping Mary Ruble 64 15 j Marks A Willis, flour > ' I N. Kennedy, orders to out-door Poor 1- ; Henry Zerbe, do do £ 6 47 i Dr. S. A. Martin, salary 3 " w j R. M. Kiusloe, mdse. for Mrs John A. Sager 9 38 Margaret E. Giles, for herself and children 14 50 j Jon. S. Zook, funeral expenses and Dr. bill ! for Christian Folk ® McCoy A Rohrer. mdse. for Malinda Owens So oo hainuel Brower. expenses of taking Lydia Adams to Lunatic Asylum, and bringingE. B. Brown home 18 66 A. Felix, orders to out-door Poor 24 09 David Heister, flour for Jackson Cornelius and Henry Snowden 14 86 John Himes. firewood 96 50 Rachel Palmer, attending Mrs. Gasstt and child, small pox 2 00 William Butler, meat 0 60 Jacob Landis, attending John Winn's family 1 00 John McNitt, rent of house for Jacob Ort 10 00 Dr. A. Rothrwk, salary 30 00 £>r. E. W. Haie. do 25 00 N. Wilson, coffin for Anthony Levy 5 00 Directors of the Poor of Dauphin county, boarding and Dr. bills tor Sarah C. Baunon 30 00 Wm. Kenuey, digging two graves 3 00 Mrs. Wharton, boarding and attending to J no. Demt-r 18 JJ® Henrv Steeley, keeping Robert Carson 20 0) F. J- lfortroau, orders to out-door Poor 3 50 E- 0. Hamilton, shoes 6 25 M. Frank, merchandise 10 00 Barton Bush, digging grave 3 00 Ra"hel Edmanson, keeping Catharine Gib bings in confinement 9 00 Marian .Norris. keeping A. Levy, (col d) 32 50 Dr. F. S. Koiiler, salary 30 00 Hoar A Mc.NaLb, mdse. for V> arrec Kye 15 23 Win. Fields, flour for Mrs. Davis 3 15 Wm. Hardy, clothing for John Peris George Blyrnyer. merchandise 3 00 Arat. of orders paid for out-door Poor 15T5 11 By the following orders paid for stock and farming utensils, viz: Thompson k Stone, corn sheller and cultiva tor 27 00 John Davis, horse gears *5 93 John R. Weekes. bull plow and 2 shares 8 38 O. P. Smith, one horse 131 00 Arat. paid for stock and farming utensils 212 31 Atnt. paid for the Poor. brought forward 3570 32 Balance due Treasurer at last settlement 246 88 Treasurer's per ceutage 4b 29 Tetai *069 80 Orders Unpaid. Three orders for 1860 unpaid 1241 90 One order for 1861 do 198 42 do 1862 do 100 00 Nine orders for 1863 do 561 44 Arat. of orders outstanding, for the years stated, and which have not been presented to the Treasurer for payment 2101 76 I We, the undersigned Auditors of Mifflin county, elected and sworn according to law. having examined the accounts and vouchers of John W. Shaw. Treasu rer of the Directors of the Poor and of the house of employment for the county of Mifflin, from January 1, 1863"to January 1. 1864. do certify that we find a bal ance due from tne said Directors of the Poor t<> the said John VV. Shaw of one hundred and thirty dollars aud eleven cents isl3o 11) aud that we have cancelled I the orders paid by the said Treasurer. Given under ■ our bands at Lewistown. January 13, 1864. Joseph Brovcer. Steward, in account with Samuel Drake. O P. Smith and Moses Mil ler, Esq is , Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment for the county of Mifflin, from January 1, 1863, to January 1, 1604. DR. To amt. of orders on Treasurer $547 50 j Balance due lw7 65 j 655 05 ' CR. By balance due at last settlement 141 80 ; By cash paid for bringing paupers to and _ ; "sending them from tlie Poor Bouse 14 45 J Bv cash paid for oak poles 50 do do sweeping chimneys 1 62 do do toll 1 do do planting corn 1 "5 do do time 1 00 do do repairing pump 3 50 do do mowing and making hay 2 50 j do do whitewashing 2 26 j do do plants and seeds 2 U0 j do do harvesting and reaper 40 00 do do filing and setting saws 2 00 ] do do work on farm 200 do do altering and spaying shoats 100 do do cutting eloverseed 1 50 do do cider barrel and making cider ITo do do pine wood 1 50 do do butchering hogs 660 do do stationery and postage To do do cutting & mak.clothing for poor 25 00 do do one year's sal. as Steward 400 00 655 05 Steward raised on Farm —"01 bushels wheat. SO bush els rve. 57" bushels oats, 1500 bushels corn in ears, 18 bushels eloverseed, and made 24 loads of hay. Steward raised on Truck Patch —Wo bushels potatoes. 600 heads cabbage. 2% bushels beans. Steward Killed— l 4 hogs, weighing 3140pounds,and 4 beeves: weighing 2123 pounds. Stork on Farm —5 horses. 12 horned cattle. 1 sow and 5 pigs. 3 hogs and 8 shoats. Farming Vtensits —l four horse wagon and bed. 1 two horse wagon and bed. one truck wagon. 2 sets hay ladders. 4 plows. 2 harrows. 2 corn cultivators. 1 wheelbarrow, 4 shaking forks. 3 dung forks. 4 pitch forks, 3 mowing scythes, sled. 2 double sets plow gears, double set tug harness, single set harness, corn shell er. and grain drill. Work done at Poor House for Paupers- -35 shirts. 35 j dresses. 18 aprons. 24 chemise. 13 haps quilted. 13 1 sacks. 22 pillow cases. 12 pairs pants. 8 sheets, lo tow ! els. 6 pairs drawers. 4 under shirts. 6 flannel shirts, 25 ! pairs stockings knitted, and lo barrels soap made. PACPKRS. Number in Poor House January 1. 1563 34 Admitted through the year on orders % 42 Born in the house 8 Whole number of inmates for 1863 81 Died in the house 8 Bound out 1 Discharged 36 4'. Number in Poor House January 1. 1864 _ 39 Out-door paupers through the year T5 do died 8 do discharged 10 18 I No. out-door paupers Jan. I,lß64,support- I ed in part by the county 5T Whole No. of paupers Jan. 1.1664 96 We have also three insane persons in the Penna. Lu natic Hospital, viz: Alda Sellers. Robert Starks aud Lydia Adams, supported by the county. "in additon to the above there have been 90 tran sient paupers, supported for a short time (mostly over night) without orders or entry on the register. We, the undersigned Auditors of Mifflin county, elec ted and sworn according to law. having examined the accounts o,' Joseph Brower. Steward of the Poor House, from January 1. 1663 to January 1. 1864.docer tiff that we find a balance due to the said Joseph Brower. from the Directors of the Poor, on the books, of one hundred and seven dollar* and fifty-five cents ($lO7 65) Diven under our hands, at Lewistown, Jan uary 13, 1864. 11. L. Slole, } Auditors. A First Class Farmers' Magazine for ram . 1>64 THE PENNSYLVANIA 1864 FARMER & GARDENER, DEVOTED TO AGRICU LTURE. 110RTIC0 LTU RE, AND RURAL AFFAIRS. EDITED AND PUBLISHED BT WM. S. YOUNG & CO., 52 Norih Sixth Street. Philadelphia. TERSS I OYE DOLLAR A YEAR. The Sixth Volume commences with Jan uary number. Having obtained the services of eminent and practical Agriculturalists, Horticultural* ists. Stock Breeders and Bee Keepers, we confidently offer the Current Volume as one ; of the best ever issued, for originality, prac tical thought and reliable information. SEND FOR A SPECIMEN. Philadelphia, Jan., 27, 1864. —3t. Kishacoquillas Seminary AND NORMAL INSTITUTE. r|l[!E Summer Session of this Institution I will commence on MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1863, and continue twentyone weeks. Cost for Board, Furnished Rooms and Tu ition in the English Branches, per session, S6O. Day scholars, per session. sl2. Music. L mguages and Incidentals extra. In order to secure rooms in the Institute appPeittioii ..houid be made before the open - ing of the school. For further particulars, address. S. Z SHARP Prin. jaa!3 K-übaooquilka, P*. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1864. fHE iHimafiL THE SOLDIER'S LETTER. BV EMILT J. BROWS. The balmy southern night is slowly falling O'er vale and mountain's brow. And wrapping in its solemn, dusky mantle Our lone encampment now. Within his tent your soldier boy is seated, Writing these lines to thee; And this shall be the burden of my letter, Dear mother, pray for me! I know, in my old home, the lamps are lighted, And friends are gathered there; But one is missing from that happy circle — There is one vacant chair. And when you gaze upon the dear ones round you, From care aud sorrow free. Think of your boy far off 'mid strife and danger, And mother, pray lor me 1 Pray that our God. your help in time of trouble, To me his aid will lend. While yon bright flag, the emblem of our nation, I'm striving to defend: And safely from these fearful scenes of carnage Will guide me back to thee— Back to the home for which my heart yearns sadly: O, mother, pray for tne! But should it be my fate to fall in battle, And this bright youthful head, Which on thy breast so often hath been pillowed, Be laid among the dead, O, pray that to the land of rest and glory, My unchained soul may flee. Where one day we will meet no more to sever— This, mother, pray for me ! ilitMMUMOlil C nstit.ational Scruples The great bugaboo heiu up to peo ple siinuo the commencement <> the j rebellion by the sell-styled dem > -ratio press, lias been a professed venerati n for the Constitution, which, strangely enough, is always construed by them in such away as to favor the rebels. The Baltimore American, a paper totally independent of both administration and party, thus hits off these sensitive ! gentlemen : There are two Constitutions for which our support is claimed, with high proles sions of regard, by the triends ot traitors in National politics and by the friends ol Slavery in State politics. For the first of these, the Constitution of the I nited States, ' we profess the must came t regard, and the profound venerati n which is due to the work of good and patriotic men. We deem it too sacred an instrument to he in voked for the protection ol traitors and the success of treason, as it lias hcen from the breaking out of this Rehellio- . It w s claimed to admit the right ot Secession, because it did not prohibit it President Buchanan claimed he hadnu powt r to' coerce States" under its authority It w*s claim ed that the President had no constitution al right to call out an army fur the sup pression of the Rebellion —that the sus pension of habeas corpus was unconstitu tional—that the Proclamation < f Etuanci pat ion was uncon-t tutional —that the l* i nance bill, the Conscription hill, the Con fiscation bill, were all unconstitutional No measure deemed expedient by the Govern meut for the suppression of this Rebellion but has had to fight its way through a bar ricade of constitutional objections, manned by Copperheads, who fired off the artillery, and by niilL and water Unionists, who practiced rifle shooting at long range aud took a pop whenever it could safely be done without damage to themselves. Our Maryland representatives have tired from the loopholes at all of these measures. We venerate the Constitution of thr United States as the solemn league anc covenant of a great nation —the ground work of a united, indivisible, self sustain ing nationality—not a mere catch penni bauble, a trick of words to be used by trai tors for the destruction of the very insti tutions it was designed to protect. Another exchange also exposes the hypocrisy of those who talk of restor ing the rebels to all the rights they had before the rebellion. It says: During the Revolutionary war, all the colonies or States, save New Hampshire, j passed acts of confiscation. When the treaty of Ghent was about to be signed, j the British Commissioners made strenuous effirts to induce the American Commission- i ers to pledge themselves to have th it act ol confiscation annulled or repeded. It was the last labor of love and gratitude which the British could perform lor the tones. The British agents felt that they owed this effort to their allies. It was well known that England would receive or shelter the wretches who had aided the Br tish emis saries in their crusade on the colonies. The fate of Arnold was a lesson as to what would be the fate of other tories, and traitors, who would be compelled by fear ot punisnment or loss of property by con fiscation, to fly to England for refuge and succor. Hence the British agents, at the SD'nint! ot the treaty of Ghent, were anx ious that the confiscation act by which hundreds of tones would he deprived of their property, should he annulled I hey were anxious for this, because they were desirous that these tories should remain in the colonies, possessed ot their property ami nocial ouudiug, that they might be the .etterahleto work mischief to t e great • experiment wnich was then to be triel of til in governing himself But the scheme of the English failed. The tories were compelled to submit to confiscation. Trait ors lands were taken lroui thetu. end the young Republic saved the baleful influences of toryistu. There is a coincidence in the part which the British Commissioners played at Ghent, in behalf of the tories ol the Revolution, and that which the Democracy (we mean the leaders) are playing towards the slave j holding traitors of the South. The Dem ocratic leaders oppose confiscation, as the ; last act of aid and comfort which they can do their traitor allies in the South As in the days of the Revolutionary war, a great i experiment is about to be tried. The . problem as to whether the Southern States j can be made prosperous under free labor is to fe tested. If the slave holding rebels are allowed to re.ain their possessions, of course the solution of that problem will be unfavorable to freedom The same would h-ve been the case at the end of the revo lutionury war. had the tories been allowed to keep their positions and property. The experiment of Liberty and Equality would have then failed, had the tories been per mitted to remain enfranchised. The Brit 1 ish knew this, and hence their anxiety to have confiscation annulled. And as the ; British knew what they were after, so also ! are the Democracy interested in behalf 'f i tile traitors It rht- I'eiu icratic leader j can del' it the purposes ol confiscation, j iboy w;l •{ course liusMate the d-si ns •t the Govenimctr to ru c <> struct ihe Union, I and reestablish pt . t a!' the revolted ; States If the leaders of the'rebellion are ' allow-"! their p-is.s--ssi.ins—if they dare rem.in at home, convinced that the Gov- eminent l- too lUitieciie or f*■ > k-uiciit to hold them responsible, for their crimes, the first. opportunity which offers wiil fitnl these wretches again >eofy to a hloody war no the peace a <1 prosperity of the nation The n ition understand* these facts, and hence the earnest desire on the part of ai! truly loyal men to enforce con fixation. It is the nlo-.v nor. atone to end the most disgusting barbarism that ever disgraced the erth with its presence, but it is the effort, also whic i is to elevate man nearer to his (rod, and secure him govern ment's sublimes' attribute — -freedom It it ic r> neee.ss i ri/ and Just to coii fizrate th•' property of it tort/ duriiij titid of tlf end of th.e R-rolu iouirj) icir, IP IS THRICE NECESSARY AND JUsT TO CONFISCATE THE PROPERTY OF A SLAVE HOLDING TRAITOR.! It seems to u- that every loyal man, be he whig, democrat or republican, must admit that 110 punishment can be too severe for the ritiglea lers in the rebellion, and if to secure peace here after it is necessary to abolish slavery, the sooner it is done the better. For this the North would not be responsi ble. Southern foois plunged the country into a civil war, for the pur pose of extending and perpetuating the God-forsaken institution, it is right therefore they should reap the benefits of their sowing. TWO SHARPERS A few days since a stranger called on a merchant tailor of N. Y , and as he enter ed, thus addressed the proprietor : 4 How do you do, Mr V 4 Really, sir, you've got the upper hand ol me—l don't know you.' ' Don't know me?' exclaimed the stran ger. 4 Why I've been fishing with you many a time up in Windhatn and there abouts.' 4 Hive you ?' said the proprietor. 1 Yes, and I want uiy coat fixed,' was the reply, 4 the buttons and button holes repaired.' 4 4 Taint worth fixing.' 4 Well I thought I would have it fixed up a little It will do to go out fishing in, you know How long will it take to do it ? [f it should take over au hour I shall not want it done.' 4 1 can do it in half an hour,' said the tailor. 4 By the way.' said the dodger. 4 I've i'Ot to go down to the bank, and shall want a coat to wear 4 There is mine, take that,' uaid the obliging proprietor, 4 and a better one you never wore in your life ' The stranger took it and went to the bank, it is presumed, but uever returned to get his old coat. We have another sharp < ase to relate. A man went into a certain boot and shoe store, and alter dickering about a pair of boots which he had on his feet, trying to beat down the shopman, another man en tered the store, apparently in search ot the first comer. The last man went up to the ■ customer, and struck him a blow on the side of the fead. The customer looked up to the shopkeeper and said : 4 Would you stand that ?' ' No sir,' was the reply. Thereupon the customer returned the blow, and the first assailant retreated to the door followed by the customer and shopkeeper, the latter crying to the man who had the hoots, "Go in !' —and he went in and went off, and that was the last be ever saw of his uiau or hix boots. seeekl:® Singular Suicide On Mofiday aiternoon a very singui.tr suicide uoon red at liaysvilie. above ilch ester, on the Cleveland and Pittsburg ran road A German, named Charles (Jehm ier. a painter by trade, lelt his home in Ai egheny on Friday last, telling his lam tly that i.e was going to Cleveland to Work Nothing more was heard of him until Moo day, when the engineer of the n on tra u going west saw a man on the track a short distance above liaysvilie. lie blew the usual signal, hut as the man stiil stood on the track, the 4 down brake' signal was sounded, and the train was checked up with;n five to eight yards of the uian, who proved to be Ochuisier. lie retu.-ed to leave the track even then, j wheu the engineer got down and put him J off. In abuut an huur alter another engine passed down, and the tu ff of it. a* the hxj r .** wou.d ho down so- ii, .i-i i . • eeitaiioy w uld be killed if.lie •, •-t in the way again, as kt could not be - (ptd iu time tu save him i he express pa- -es tiaysviUe about three o'clock, au'i , wheu approaching th.it piaeu the engineer disc iverci by the jarring of the traiti th i. sotuciliing was wrong On chi cki- g up it was discovered that they had killed a umii, . been literally cut tu i wo, in tin- middle Ihe body was taken up and placed on tile ptaifoun ot one ot tne passenger cars Mnguiariy enough, the body Was identified a> I hat ot Ochms ler, t>y ins own s n, who was a passenger on ttie trim, on his way out to Trestlme, where tie is employed by the company. — W/i'-rhnj hit*lliije.ncer, lilsf u(t. .1 Fe trful 'doiudy —A disease of fear lui and malignant type, which proved fatal in a lew h'-urs. has recently manifested it sell in the lower part oi Bucks county. By some u is called * spoiled fever,' but be its n unc- wlic it uiav. it is not oulv alarm uig, t-u; i jt .1 i\n its effects One c >se <>e curreu in Bristol borough about Clmstiuas, and ainitlier 111 lirisiol township a tew days subsequently This week we are told G \V. Brown, of Falls township, lost alovel) daughter ot great promise, alter a few days' sicknes , and a second daughter was s ck with it on Wednesday last. We learn, ai so, that something ot the same nature pre vails in Moirisville. and that s>x >ieaths had occurred in the three first days ot last week, and on Wednesday morning there were lour persons lying dead 111 the borough. On Tnursday the undertaker had eight funerals to attend to of these peo pie were first taken with pain in the head, then a blindness, with inability to speak, and some lose their hearing None sur vive sixty hours, and many do not last for ty eight hours alter the attack — Doyles town Democrat. To the Daughters of the United States The following from the Poughkeepsiati j is froui the Pen of Josh Billings, who, to use one of his own expressions, is 'limber' i at giving advice —but we must say his in junction to the girls—not to be atraid to marry —is quite superfluous. We never yet saw one that was atraid—not much. Dere Girls: —Keep cool. A blessed futer awaits yu, euny how Take lessons in the piana at oust; p'annas are getting skase. Bi awl me.iDS lam to play the nu song that has jist cum out, 4 when John Brown is over we arc father Abraham cum ming w t this kruel war several strong.' Tins stanza tuk the fust premium at the 9i;it tair. Don't be afrade tew git married, yure ma want atrade Lam how to knit pudding bags to put yure hair in Be var tuuus, and pretty. Let sluit pensils; tha wil uiaik yu spri at figgers Let your pet tykoat drag on the side walks, and it enny man steps on tliem and tares oph the rim. slap his chops at oust If yu heve got a 8 uali feet ke. p em hid. siual teet have got out ov fashion SluJdy travels; Tom Mcores and Byrons anil Gulliveis, and wandering Jew's and V alandighani s iz .:wi fust rate, if yu k n spare the time be luv ;ly and sweet Remember one thing, there ain't nothing in this lite wurih iiving for, but a rich husband; if yu don't t elieve me, ask yure ma If yu hav got red hair yu had better exchange it for blak ; blak hair tha tell uie iz goiug tew he worn much ly next year. Don't have enny thing to du with the boys, unless they mean biasiness. If yu don't know how to skate, yu mite as well jine surne travelling riunery at onst, ! for yure played out Useful Hints —Never enter a sick room in a state of perspiration, as the moment you become cool your pores absorb Do not approach contagious diseases with an ernp'y stomach; nor sit between the sick and the fire, because the heat attracts the , tfiiu vapor. New Series—Vol. XVIII, No. 15. WV. A certain green customer, a er to mirrors, arid who stepped into the cabin of one of our ocean steamers, stopped in front ot a large pier glass which he took for a door, and said : '1 say, mister, when does this here boat start?' Getti.ijr no reply from the dumb reflec tion before Into, he again repeated : "l say, mister, when does tins here boat start?' incensed at the still silent figure he broke o it: 'Go to thunder, you darned sassafras colored, shock headed bull ealt; you don't look as if you knew anything, anyhow.' —Gen Grant was latciy rallied about the persistent and preposterous use, by a New York pa; er, ot his name b r the Presi dency The General replied :" 1 ispire only to on political offi e M hen this war is ov r, I mean *o run tor Mayor of Galena, (his place of residence) and it elected I intend to have tire aidewaU fised up between my house and the depot." A witness in Court, being interrogated as to bis knowledge ot the witness in the case, said he knew hiur intimately well, lie had "supped wish him, sailed with hirn, and horsewhipped him' A waggish spendthrift said: "Five vents .1-0 I was not worth a cent in the world; now see where 1 am through my own exertions.' 'Well, where are you?' 'Why, I owe more than SdUOU ' IQft&MREmOHS The Soldier's Funeral. A c frit, covered with tire Stars and Striperi, 111 front of the pulpit in the old church. eootaioed all that remain > d on earth of one whom we had known and loved. Dear young man; but two years before he had stood in this very aisle, making a public pro fession of the religion of Jesus. A christian can best afford to be a fearless soldier, for he can look danger and death in the face. William did so. He was in many battles. He always stood his ground like a true hero. But there was one thing of which William icit* afraid. He was afraid he should disgrace his Christian profession by yielding to temptation in an unhap py moment; so he writes to his father, 1 Dear father, pray for me; my ter pta tions are many. Pray for me that I may overcome them.' But his days were numbered. He was attacked by a fatal disease, and borne as far as Rhode Island, where his father, of Massachusetts, was sum moned to come to him. 'Where is William ?' said the father, as he looked round on a company of sick and wounded soldiers, who were obliged to halt on their homeward way. 'That's my name,' answered a feei le voice. YV ho shall attempt to describe that last fond meeting of fath er and son? At length the father found voice to say, 'How is it about the temptations of which you wrote to me ? Have you been able to over come V The dying eyes brightened, and the faint voice replied eagerly, •Oh yes, father, I haven't tasted a sin gle drop, or fallen into any open sin since I left home.' As he sleeps be neath the flag he loved and defended, we seem to hear a voice from heaven, saying. 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord : for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.' —AmertciH Messenger Human Life. Men solduui think of the great event of death until the shad dows fail across their own path, hiding forever froui their eyes the traces ot loved ones whose living smiles were the sunlight of their existence. Death is the great antagonist of life; and the cold thought of a tomb is the skeleton of all feasts. We do not want to go through the dark valley, although its passage may lead to Faradise; and. with Charles Lamb, we do not want to lie down in the 11111 Idy grave, even with kioirs and princes lor our bedfellows. But the fiat ot nature is inexorable. There is no appeal from the great laws which doom us to dust We flourish and we fade as the leaves of the forest, and the flower that bloouis and withers in a day has not a frailer hold upon life than the mightiest monarch that ever shook the earth with his footsteps. Generations of men appear and vanish as the grass, and the countless multitude which fills the world to-day wiil to morrovr disappear as the footsteps on the shore If strength be but human, how weakly were all. agi. Life is happy at moments. Has y one ever added these moments to gether? If so, what is the sum ? {fiaT* Look your misfortunes in the face, and reflect that it is better to be accused of a vice, being innocent, than acquitted of it, being guilty. —Paradoxical but true. —Hall the noiee and tumult iu society is caused by the #tuis.