Whole No. 2752.
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 ' 10 38 a.m.
Bellcfonte " " " 2 30p.m.
Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdaysand
Saturdays, 6 00 p. m.
CLOSE.
Eastern through 8 00 p. m.
" and way 10 00 a. m.
Western " " 330 p. in.
Bellefonte 8 00 "
Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays
and Fridays) 8 00 p. m.
Office open from 730 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 " 5 33 " 12 20 a. m.
Fast Line, 626 p. m. 350 "
Fast Mail, 10 38 "
Mail, 4 21 "
Through Accommodation, 2 35 p. m.
Emigrant, 9 12 a. m.
Through Freight, 10 20 p. m. 120a m.
Fast " 3 40 a. m. 8 15 "
Express " 11 00 " 235 p. m.
Stock Express, 5 00 " 9 05 "
Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 10 38 a. m.
Local Freight, 645 a. in. 626 p. m.
#rGalbranh'.s Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from all the trains, taking up or setting them
down at all points within the borough limits.
MIFFLIN COUNTY
POOR HOUSE STATEMENT.
John W. Shaw, Treasurer, in account with
Samuel Drake, O. P. Smith and Moses
Mi tier, Esqrs., Directors of the Poor, and
oj the House of Employment for the county
of Mifflin, from January 1, 1863 to Janua
ry 1, 1864.
DR.
To amt. of orders on county Treasurer S3OOO 00
To cash for 329 bushels 48 pounds corn at 75
cents, sold in March, 1863 247 40
To cash lor 6 bushels corn, at 50c per bushel, 3 00
do 60 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 troin Jacob Mickey, rent of Henry
Kenagy's house, in Milroy, for 6 months,
viz. from April 1 to October 1, 1863 20 00
To casli from Jos. Brower, money loaned 150 00
do for 11 bu. 24 lbs cloverseed, at $7 79 62
do for 39 bu. corn at 050 per bushel 19 50
do for bu. oats at 55c per bushel 742
do for 4 teef bides, weighing3oß lbs.
at 8 cents per pound 24 64
Balance due Treasurer 130 11
4069 80
Bv tiie following orders paid for the support
of tiie poor at the Boor House, viz:
Jno. B. Seiheiiuer, stove, pipe and buckets 12 83
C. Hoover, esq., fees on orders of relief 6 60
William Johuson. shoes 37 2u
John L. Brower, work on farm 80 00
J. Irwin Wallis, tin ware aud repairs 6 82
Joseph Brower, Steward 257 58
James Broom, mowing grass 8 00
N. Com tort, esq., fees on orders of relief 2 Oo
Dr. Thos. \ an\ 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 Januarv 1, 1863 80 00
Jonathan Price, constable fees on ord. of relief 35
" imam B. Hoffman, lumber 3 87
Henrv Zerhe. groceries, molasses, tobacco, Ac. 84 07
Geo. \V. Thomas, esq., fees on orders of relief 500
Samuel Brower. services as Director 65 00
J. \\ . Hough. 2 bushels cloverseed 12 50
John L. Griffith, barbenng 5 50
James Parker, merchandise 19 95
A. Felix, cofflus, bedsteads, groceries, tobac
„ co > 152 94
Samuel Drake, services as Director 20 00
John Hiines. tire wood, 95 50
William Butler, meat 63 10
James Moore. 134 chestnut rails 5 36
John Kennedy, muslin, bacon, Ac. 46 97
Samuel Comfort, box rent and postage 1 80
Annie Smith, cook 12 50
Marks A Willis, salt and plaster 22 99
F. J. Hoffman, syrup, mackerel, tobacco. Ac. 71 77
Samuel Bowersox, 100 chestnut 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 (tu
J oil 11 Evans, glazing 6 54
O. P.Smith, services as Director 25 00
James Broom, cutting grain, mowing and
threshing 34 73
Jacob Finkel, 13 flour barrels 5 00
Joseph Steidiey. husking 2 50
J. C. Blytnyer A Co., stove coal 126 60
George Blymyer, merchandise 55 67
William Bell, esq., fees on orders of relief 40
Samuel Eiseubise, firewood 19 00
A. T. Hamilton, merchandise 32 30
Robert Forsyth, one load of hay, 6 00
Jane Ferguson, cook 4 50
Anios S. Ealy. repairing pump 4 00
Wm. Montgomery, butchering 4 steers 3 00
John L. Porter, work on farm 5 93
John Himes, one steer 25 35 i
John R. Weekes, 2 plowshares 1 IKJ I
John Morrison, esq., fees on orders of relief 1 40 ]
Cri.-.-y A Markley, order book and express 12 25
Paid for stamps on bauk checks 1 00
Amt. of orders paid for poor at Poor House 1996 21
By the following orders paid for the support
of the out-door Poor, via :
Samuel Withrow, grain for Cornelius Berlew 31 96
l'a. State Lunatic Hospital, support of E. B.
Brown, A Ida Sellers, Hubert S Larks and Lyd
ia Adams 633 23
Rachel Shade, keeping Anna Essicks 4 50
Joseph Jenkins, keeping Ezra Jenkins 3" 86
Joseph Postlethwaite, coffins 21 53
Samuel Brake. 2 hu. wheat and load wood for
Mrs. Lightner 3 75
Win. Brothers, keeping Rebecca Apple
bough in confinement 10 00
John Brown, keeping Elizabeth Forsythe 13 64
George Ruble, keeping Marv Ruble " 64 15
Marks & Willis, flour 157 77
IS'. Kennedy, orders to out-door Poor 12 33
Henry Zci be. do do 70 47
lir. S. A. Martin, salary 30 00
R. M. Kinsloe. mdse.. for Mrs. John A. Sager 9 38
Margaret E. Giles, for herself and children 14 50
Jon. S. Zook. funeral expenses and Br. bill
for Christian Folk 6 00
McCoy 4 Rohrer, mdse. for Malinda Owens SO 00
Samuel Brower, expenses of taking Lydia
Adams t" Lunatic Asylum, and bringing E.
■B. Brown home 16 65
X Felix, orders to out-door Poor 24 09
David Heister, flour for Jackson Cornelius
and Henry Snowden 14 86
John Ilirnes. firewood 96 50
Rachel Palmer, attending Mrs. Gasett and
child, small pox 2 00
William Butler, meat 6 50
Jacob Land's, attending John Winn's family 1 00
John McNitt. rent of house for Jacob Ort 10 00
Dr. A. Kothrock, salary 30 00
Dr. E. W. Hale. do' tbOO
Is". Wilson, coffin for Anthony Levy 5 00
Directors of the Poor of Dauphin county,
boarding and Br. bills tor Sarah C. Bauuon 30 00
W in. Kennev, digging two graves 3 00
M rs. W barton, boarding and attending to Jno.
Denier 18 00
Henrv Stecley, keeping Robert Carson 20 00
F. J. Hoffman, orders to out-door Poor 3 50
E. C. Hamilton, shoes g 25
M. Frank, merchandise 10 00
Barton Bush, digging grave 3 go
Rachel Edmanson, keeping Catharine Gib
bings in confinement 9 00
Marian Morris, keeping A. Levy, (col'd) 32 50
Dr. F. 3. Kohler, salary 30 00
Hoar k McXabb, mdse. for Warren Kyes 15 23
Wm. Fields, flour for Mrs. Davis 3 15
Wm. Hardy, clothing for John Peris 9 77
George Blymyer, merchandise 3 00
Amt. of orders paid for out-door Poor 1575 11
By the following orders paid for stock and
farming utensils, viz:
Thompson A Stone, eorn sheiler and cultiva
tor 27 00
John Davis, horse gears 45 93
John R. Weekes, bull plow and 2 shares 8 38
: O. P. Smith, one horse 131 00
Amt. paid for stock and farming utensils 212 31
Amt. paid for the Poor, brought forward 3570 32
Balance due Treasurer at last settlement 240 88
Treasurer's per centage 40 29
Tetal 4069 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 661 44
Amt. of orders outstanding, for the years
stated, and which have not been presented
to the Treasurer for payment 2101 76
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 trie said Directors of the Poor to the
said John W. Shaw of one hundred and thirty dollars
and eleven cents ($l3O 11) and that we have cancelled
the orders paid by the said Treasurer. Given under
our hands at Lewistown, January 13,1864.
H. C. VAS'ZANT,) , ...
11. L. CLOSE, ) Auditors.
Joseph Brower. Steward, in account with
Samuel Drake, O. P. Smith and Moses Mil
ler, JSsqrs., Directors of the Pour and oj' the
House of Employment for the county of
Mijjlin, from January 1,1863, tojanuaru i,
1864.
I)R.
To amt. of orders on Treasurer $547 50
Balance due 107 55
655 05
CR.
By balance due at last settlement 141 80
By cash paid for bringing paupers to and
sending them from the Poor House 14 45
By cash paid for oak poles 50
etc do sweeping chimneys 1 62
do do toll 1 68
do do planting corn 1 75
do do lime 1 oo
do do repairing pump 3 50
do do mowing and making hay 2 50
do do whitewashing 2 25
do do plants and seeds 200
do do harvesting and reaper 40 00
do do filing and setting saws 2 00
do do work on farm 2 00
do do altering and spaying shoats 100
do do cuttin" cloverseed 1 50
do do eider barrel and making cider 175
do do pine wood 1 50
do do butchering hogs 6 60
do do stationery and postage 75
do do cutting A mak.clothing for p00r25 00
do do one year's sal. as Steward 400 00
655 05
Steicard raiscl on Farm— 7ol bushels wheat, 80 bush
els rye, 570 bushels oats, 1500 bushels corn in ears, 18
bushels cloverseed, and made 24 loads of hay.
Steicard raised on Truck Patch —too bushels potatoes,
600 heads cabbage. bushels beans.
Steward KiUed —l4 hogs, weighing 3140 pounds,aud 4
beeves weighing 2123 pounds.
Stock on Farm —s horses, 12 horned cattle, 1 sow and
5 pigs, 3 hogs and 8 shoats.
Farming Vtcnxils —l four horse wagon and bed. 1
two horse wagon and bed, one truck wagon, 2 sets
bay ladders, 4 plows, 2 harrows, 2 eorn 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 shelt
er, and grain drill.
Work done at Poor House for Paupers —3s shirts. 35
dresses, 18 aprons, 24 chemise, 13 haps quilted. 13
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 10 barrels soap made.
PAUPKRS.
Number in Poor House January 1, 1863 34
Admitted through the year on orders 42
Born in the house 5
Whole number of inmates for 1863 81
Died in the house 5
Bound out 1
Discharged 36 42
Number in Poor House January 1,1864 39
Uut-door paupers through the year 75
do died " 8
do discharged 10 18
No. out-door paupers Jan. 1, 1864, suppor
ted in part by the county 57
Whole No. of paupers Jan. 1,1864 96
We have also three insane persons in the Penna. Lu
natic Hospital, viz: Alda Sellers, Robert Starts and
Lydia Adams, supported by the county.
In udditon 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 of Joseph Brower. Steward of the Poor
House, from January 1, 1863 to January 1, 1864, do cer
tify that we find a balance due to the said Joseph
Brower. from the Directors of Lhe Poor, on the liooks,
ot one hundred and seven dollars and fifty-five cents
($lO7 55) Given under our hands, at Lewistown, Jan
uary 13,1864.
H. C. VANZANT,) . ,
H. L. CLOSE, / Auditors.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1864.
IHI iHESmEL
SHE SWEETLY SLEEPS.
She sleeps, sweetly sleeps by the dark rolling river
Where wild grow the trees and the rocks tow'ring,
high ;
No sound can awake her, for her spirit the Giver
Has taken away to the arms of her Maker.
By the dark rolling river they laid her down to rest.
And she sleeps, sweetly sleeps in the arms of her
Maker.
Around her low bed, where the soft moonbeams
playing,
The nightbird her requiem chants in wild lays,
The stars look down brightly, as if they were saying,
Here lies poor lost Ornee, the best of her race.
By the dark rolling river they laid her down to rest,
And she sleeps, sweetly sleeps in the arms of her
Maker.
Tread lightly the ground where her kindred have
laid her,
Where o'er her low tomb-stone her native trees wave;
Disturb not the turf-mound which affection has made
her,
For the spirit of Ornee shall watch o'er her grave.
By the dark rolling river they laid her down to rest,
And *he sleeps, sweetly sleeps in the arms of her
Maker.
MO RAL & RELIGION
Patch or No Patch
' I would not go to Sabbath school with
that patch,' said a proud girl to her broth
er. 'ld rather go with the patch than
riot at all,' answered the boy.
The street boys said, ' Just as if I'd go
to Sabbath school with a patch on my
knees!' 'lf I don't go with my patch, I
cant go at alt; these be the best clothes 1
got,' said the boy, stopping and looking
down over his trowers.
' Come,' said the street boys, who had not
such a good mother as this boy had, else
their trowsers would have been patches
instead of rags, 'come go fishing with us.'
' No,' said the hoy, ' a patch is no dis
grace, and I shall go to the Sabbath school
and he walked sturdily off. He went to
the Sabbath school.
Patch or no patch, what did his teacher
care who had hunted him up in his lowly
home? She thought most ol the little
boy's soul. What did the kind Superin
tendent care, who caught the boy's blue
eyes looking straight at him as he spoke,
and was pleased to see it ? Patch or no
patch, he sung, ' I want to be an angel'
as sweetly and heartily as better dressed
boys did. No scholar recited a better les
son, or behaved more properly in his class.
Patch or no patch, God took notice he was
there. Patch or no patch, the Reedeuier
had died to save him and now said in ten
der accents, 'son give me thy heart'
Patch or no patch, the Holy Spirit was
hovering near to help him remember his
Creator iu the days ot his youth, and to
chose this day the Lord tor his portion.
Patch or no patch, heaven had room (or
him.
A patch, you see, is no matter at all
Instead of being a disgrace, it is rather an
honor, because it shows that the boy has a
kind and careful mother, anxious to do
her best with the small means God lent
her. Never be ashamed of a patch.
Unlearning at Home.
It was a source of much trouble once to
some fish, to see a number of lobsters
swimming backwards instead of forwards
They, therefore, called a meeting, and it
was determined to open a class for their
instruction, which was done, and a num
ber of young lobsters came ; for the fish
gravely argued that if they commenced
with the young ones as they grew up they
would learn to swim aright. At first they
did very well, but afterwards, when they
returned home, and saw their fathers aud
mothers swimming in 'he old way, they
soon forgot their lessons. So, many a
child, well taught at Sabbath school, is
drifted backwards by a bad home influ
ence. —Bible Class Magazine.
Christians are like children at school,
learning to write, by haying a copy set
before thetu. It is through much imper
fection and failure, and by trial after trial,
that they begin to improve, till they are
able to write with ease and rapidity. They
may never he able to write with the same
exact perfection as the engraving ; yet if
they do the best they can and continue
daily to improve, the master is pleased;
so we must be ever copying the Lord
Jesus, and the truest Scriptural perfection
is to be always aiming at perfection.
BE MNEOgj","
A Remarkable Vision.
Solicitor, residing in the Isle of Wight,
had business at Southampton. He stayed at
one of those hotels for which the town of
mail steamers is famous, and after dinner
he was looking over his law papers while
he sipped his port. He was aroused from
his foolscap and red tape by the opening
of a door: his wife (whom he had left at
home in the Isle of Wight) entered, gazed
at him steadfastly, and passed out through
the opposite door. He naturally thought
that it was a hallucination, and resumed
his reading, with a wonderful smile at his
own weakness. But within a quarter of an
hour, the very same thing occurred again ;
and there was on the countenance of the
spectator an imploring look which terri
fied him. He at once resolved to return
home; with some difficulty he got a boatman
j to take him across, and on reaching his
. house, he was struck by the ghastly and
alarmed look of the maid servant who
opened the door. This woman was so
frightened by his unexpected return, that
she spontaneously confessed her intention
to murder her mistress; and her confess on
was confirmed by the fact that she had
concealed a carving knife under her pillow.
This is a very perplexing case for those
who think spectral phenomena can be
philosophically explained. Here you have
the phantom of a living person projected,
entirely without that person's conciousness.
Let it be assumed that a person in extreme
peril can, by intense volition, act on the
nervous system of the universe, so as to
influence his dearest friend; but here the
person whose likeness appeared was entirely
devoid of apprehension, while the servant,
who alone knew what was likely to happen
would naturally exert no volition towards
; revealing it.
THE LIBBY JAIL DELIVERY.
Incidents of Their Escape.
Three of our Federal officers who re
cently escaped from Libby Prison, being a
portion of the party of twenty-eight who
had arrived at Fortress Monroe, give the
; following particulars :
They were fifty one days engaged in
making their excavations, that through
i which they finally passed, being sixty feet
i long. They had previously made two
j other excavations leading to the city sewers,
which were too small to admit of their pa
sage through them, and this mode of escape
had to be abandoned. The mode of exca
vating was with case knives and an old
chisel. An old spittoon, with two ropes
attached to it, was used to draw the dirt
out into the cellar. One rope was kept in
the hands of the operator in the tunnel to i
draw it back empty, and one in the hands I
ot the party attending at the orifice to j
draw it out full.
The working parties succeeded in get- !
ting into the cellar under the hospital, j
from which they operated, first through
the wall, and then into the sand. The :
earth they concealed under a pile of straw,
where a number of old beds had been
emptied, treading it down hard to make it
occupy as little space as possible.
They commenced to make their escape
at 7 o'clock in the evening, and those who 1
have got through to Fortress Monroe did
net leave until 3 o'clock in the uicrniog. !
It took each man about five minutes to get
through the tunnel, and it was dangerous |
for more than one to get into it at a time, j
there being a difficulty in breathing.
They first struck the outer surface in the
middle of an unpaved street, but stopped
up the hole by tilling the leg of an old |
pair of pantaloons with earth and wedging j
it up in the hole. They then dug on fur- j
ther, and came out under a tobacco shed, j
from which they made their escape.
Each man as he emerged the open air, I
sauntered slowly off, taking whatever di- j
rection he fancied. They nearly all had
on our blue army coats, which facilitated
their escape, nearly all the military in and
about Richmond wearing the same coats,
having been supplied from the clothing i
sent through by the Government for our i
prisoners. They allege that they were j
bought from our prisoners, but some doubt !
is entertained upon this subject.
They were pursued on the Peninsula,
and some of them tracked out and cap- j
tared by the aid of blood-hounds. Five '
days were occupied in tracking their way
to our lines, and some were compelled •
from exhaustation to give themselves up.
A number of officers who desired to
escape were compelled to abandon the ef
fort on account of their corpulency, the j
tunnel being too small to admit of their
passage through it. Some of them under- j
took a depleting process to reduce their
dimensions, but failed to come down to the
required thinness.
The work was secretly commenced at j
first by a party of eight, their felloe pris- I
oners knowing nothing of it. They finally j
notified a few of their friends, and the j
working parties were increased. They ;
were fearful to trust the matter to the
general knowledge of the prisoners, though j
when the work was done, and the outlet ;
open, all who were willing to make the ;
attempt were notified of the fact. It was ;
regarded as a most hazardous venture for
freedom, with a possibility of being shot, j
a certainty of great hardship and ex
posure, and if captured the ball and chain
and low diet.
After getting outside of the lines around
Richmond, they we.e greatly facilitated by I
the sympathizing negros. In no place did j
they apply to them for direction as to their 1
rou f e, without receiving correct informa
tion gladly given. They were told how to ;
avoid the Rebel scouts and pickets, and
where they would be most likely to strike
the Federal lines.
They were finally met by tho 11th
Pennsylvania Cavalry, twelve miles be
yond Williamsburg, who was scouting
through the country on the lookout for
them. They desoribe tbeir reception by
these gallant fellows as most cordial and
enthusiastic. Officers and men vied with
each other in pressing their hospitality,
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and one private insisted upon taking off
his pantaloons to furnish Capt Clarke, who
had lost one leg of his while in the bush
es. They had been five days without any
regular tood, and were almost exhausted
by exposure and hunger
Their impression is that at least fifty,
and perhaps more, of the 109 who escaped,
will reach our lines. Some lew of theui
were recaptured in the city ot Richmond.
A Good Story.
During Robert Heller's late brilliant
, engagement in Pittsburgh, the lame and
I excellence of his entertainments attracted
all classes of people—the musical and re
fined, the miliionarie and merchant prince,
the mechanic and the artizan ; in tact every
class of society found its repre entatives
within the theatre each night of his per
iormance.
One evening a genuine specimen of the
genus verdant, with his girl on his arm,
presented himself at the box office and de
manded—
' What's the tax to the show ?'
' Fitly cents,' politely answered the tick
et se ler.
'Well, I guess I won't back out any
how—here's your tin.'
Receiving his tickets, greet y entered,
dragging the young lady by the hand.—
This peculiarity, and the oddity of their
dress, soon made thetn the observed of all
observers. Heller shortly alter com
menced his illusions, which were wondered
at with eyes and mouth wide open by our
rustic pair—he occasionally ejaculating in
pretty loud tones ' Thunder,' while she
would exclaim, 1 Mercy, ain't it queer !'
Feat after feat was presented, and re
eeivod with the plaudits of the audience,
until the introduction of the 'Aeriel Bell,'
a glass bell suspended by a simple cord
from the centre of the ceiling, and used in
answering questions. After the usual per
formance with it, the question was asked :
' Is anybody in the house in love, who
wishes to get married V
' Yes.'
' Pray tell what part of the house they
are in V
The bell immediately designated our
rustics, who sat looking at one another,
as a pair of doves, apparently oblivious in
their own happiness, to all surroundings.
'Are they engaged?'
'No.'
'Will they ever be?'
'Yes.'
'When will it take place?'
'To night.'
During these questions and answers,
our rustic had been gradually opening
himself out like a jack-knife, and now at
tained his full attitude; when pulling up
his shirt collar, and stirring up his crop of
flax colored hair, he exclaimed, breathless
with joy and excitement :
'Say, say. you mister! jest ax that thing
if Nancy Jane and me is to be spliced to
gether, and if he says yes, I'll give you
the best horse in Butler county, and call
our first boy after you.'
Shouts, yells and peals of laughter fol
lowed this announcement, and Nancy Jane,
suffused with blushes, pulled his coat tail,
and begging him in her most entreating
manner:
'Now, do, Ike, please sit down, won't
you, now?'
Ike, however, too much elated with his
success, and unmindful of all around,
stretching his body as far as possible over
the balustrade, and in a voice audible in
every corner ot the house, cried out:
'Dod rot it, mister, do get that thing
to say yes, and dog my cats and buttons if
I don't call all my babies, boys and girls,
after you, and lick anybody that says grass
to you, to boot.'
You can readily imagine the entertain
ment was short that night, and when over,
the happy couple were made still happier,
as the minister made them one for life, in
the presence of Robert Heller.
A Great Waterfall.
A detachment of troops recently scout
ing in the Valley of the Sn tke, or Lewis
Fork of Columbia, discovered a waterfall
which, it is said, is entitled to the distinc
tion of being called the greatest iD the
world. The entire volume of Snake Riv
er pours over a sheer pre'ipice one hun
dred and ninety eight feet high, thirty
eight feet higher than Niagara. Snake
river is fully as large as the Niagara, and
the cascade is one solid sheet or body.
The locaility of this immense waterfall is
Great Soshgne or Salmon Falls of that riv
er, but they have always been enveloped in
mystery. Almost a dozen years ago the
writer passed along the Snake river road.
For two years we heard the roaring of these
falls, but learned no more respecting them
than if they had been in the moon. It was
said that there were a series of falls and
rapids making a decent of seven hundred
feet in seven miles, and the sound gave
color to the report. For hundreds ofmiles
across the great plain Snake river flows
though a cannon, with vertical walls hun
dreds of feet high. It is only at long in
tervals that salient points are found by
which tho river can be reached. The road
crosses from point to point of the bends,
only approaching close to the river where
there is a chance to descend for water.
From those acts, very few, if any of the
tens of thousand ot adventurers that have
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j ever crossed the plains ever looked upon
j the great falls. Ihe late discoverers re
port beside the main cataract many others
of less height, varying from twenty to fifty
feet each near by. Some day they will bo
visited by the tourist, and pleasure seeker,
and looked upon as frequently and familinr
i ly as Niagara is to day; and it will be ad
mitted that with the strenuous grandeur
, of their surroundings, they are as far be
i yond Niagara as Niagara now excels the
i balance of the world.
An Item which Every Man should Read.
We have probably, all of us, met with
| instances in which a word heedlessly spoken
against the reputation of a female has been
magnified by malicious minds until the cloud
has become dark enough to overshaddow
; her whole existence. To those who are
! accustomed—not necessarily from bad mo
' tives, but from thoughtlessness—to speak
lightly of females, we recommend these
I 'bint s' as worthy of consideration :
j 'Never use a lady's name in an improp
'er time, or in mixed company. Never
1 make assertions about her that you feel she
herself would blush to hear. When you
meet with men who do not scruple to make
| use of woman's name in a reckless and un
principled manner, shun them, for they are
the worst members of the community—uien
1 lost to every sense of honor, every feeling
lof humanity. Many a good and worthy
women's character has been ruined and her
heart broken by a lie, manufactured by
some villian, and repeated where it should
not have been, and in the presence of those
whose little judgment could not deter them
from circulating the foul and bragging re
port. A slander is soon propagated and
the smallest thing derogatory to a woman's
character will fly on the wings of the wind,
and magnify as its circulates until its mon
strous weight crushes the poor unconcioos
victim. Respect the name of woman, for
your mother and sisters are women; and as
you would have their fair name untarnished,
and their brief lives unembittercd by the
slanderer's biting tongue, heed the ill that
yourown words may bring upon the mother,
the sister, or wife, or some other fellow
creature.'
&cDf" There is something pecularly beau
tiful and soothing in the manner in which
the silent processes of the mind are brought
into action when we are reading attentive
ly. We must of necessity derive sorno
benefit What can be more benificial than
improving the vigor and seusibility of the
mind, expanding the reasoning faculties,
strengthening the judgment, facilitating
the utterance of ideas? Are these benefits
more easily attained than by a careful
course of good reading?
Tn books, as well as with men, we may
confer with genius and learning. But
books have an advantage over men, in that
they enable one to comtemplate at leisure
the finished productions of mature reflec
tion, whilst many of us are not endowed
with a memory sufficiently capable of re
taining the exact words of the speaker.
Moreover, a person is seldom enabled to
speak at once so much to the purpose, as
he would write after consideration.
A Singular Restoration of Speech.—
About four months ago a soldier by the
name of Geo. Lucas, who belonged to the
12th Virginia Infantry, and who resides ia
Harrison county, was attacked with a vio
lent fever, which it was thought would
result in his death. The soldier, however,
partially recovered, but with the loss of
all power of speech. He had not spoken
a word for more than three months until
one day a few weeks ago, he was coming
west on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
in company with a relative who had gone
to fetch him home. Near Grafton the cars
ran off the track with a great shock. Lu
cas jumped out of a car window upon the
ground, and as he did so he yelled lustily
to his relative to look out for the baggage.
Since that time Lucas has been able; to the
surprise of ail his friends, to speak as well
as ever.— Wheeling Intelligencer.
lie who fishes in the waters of mat
rimony may fish with his naked haok if
the hook is gold.
B*%, 'I don't feel in the best of spirits
as the man said who bad just taken a glass
of mean liquor ?
Estate .Hiss Sarah Jane HeDoirell, dee'd.
"VfOTICE is hereby given that letters tea
ll tainentarv on the estate of Miss Sarah
Jane McDowell, late of Armagh town
ship, Mifflin county, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned, residing in said
township. All persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make immediate pay
ment, and those having claims to present
them duly authenticated for settlement.
Mrs. JANE McDOWELL,
feblO Executrix.
Estate of Peter Rhodes, Sen,, deceased.
VTOnCE is hereby given that letters of
1A administration on the estate of Peter
Rhodes, sen., late of Oliver township, Mif
flin county, dec'd., have been granted to the
undersigned, the first Darned residing in Oli*
ver towuship, and the latter in Huntingdon
county. All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims to present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
JOSEPH RHODES, Oliver.
feb3* PETER RHODES, Hunt. so.