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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.
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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 <n was tound stand
tug on the rack at the same place The
engiue was stopped with great difbcu.ty, !
ami before it was cheeked up it had ap
proached within six feel of him. The en
gineer askeu Oehuisler why he did not
leave the wiien he had heard the
whistle, and he replied that be wanted to
he killed. He was told to go down to the
river auJ drow . luuiscif it he was tired of
living, anU not put the lives ot other peo
pie in danger th replied that it was too
eold to go into the river, and 'hit fie
wanted to ue ku ed on the railroad '-.e
was then chased off the track, mid caution
ed to keep >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.