@a® o jmiSSHSSSEJE & S®2f 9 WHS&EBSEBISSs, Whole No. 2779. Oash Rates of Advertising. Administration or Executor's Notices $2 00 If published in both papers, eaeh 1 50 ! Auditor' 9 do 25 ; .Sheriff's Sales. 12 lines 100 Eaeh additional line 8 Estray. Caution or other Notices, not exceeding 12 lines. 3 insertions, 1 00 Tavern Licenses, single, 1 oo If more than one. each 50 Register's Notices of Accounts, each 50 On public sales published in both papers, a deduc tion of 25 per cent, ou all matter over one square. All other Judicial Notices same as above, unless the price is fixed by law. 12 lines of burgeois. or 10 lines of nonpariel. make a square. About 8 words constitute a line, so that any person can easily calculate a square in manuscript. Yearly advertisements will be inserted on such terms as may be agreed on. In all other eases 12 lines constitute a square, and will be so charged. Ijewistowu Post Office. Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown 1' 0. as follows. ARRIVE. Eastern through, 5 20 a in " through and way 4 01 p rn Western " " " 10 53 a. m Bellefonte " " " 230p in i Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdavs and j Saturdays, 0 00 p. ni CLOSE. Eastern through 8 00 p in. -• •* and way 10 00 a. m Western " " 300 p. m. Bellefonte 8 00 " Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays) 8 00 p m. j Office open from 700 a. in. to Bp. m On Sundays from Bto 9 a in. S. COMFORT. P M. Lewistowu Station. Trains leave Lewistowu Station as follows: : Westward. Eastward \ Through Express, 12 19 a. in. Baltimore ExDress, 4 24 a. m. Philadelphia " 5 20 " a. m Fast Line. 551 p. m. 349 " Fast Mail 401 " 10 53 " Through Accommodation, 2 35 p m Emigrant, 9 07 a. m. Through Freight, 10 15 p. m. 120 a m Fast " 3 49 a. m. 8 55 " Express '• 11 00 " 235 p m. Stock Express, 440p m, 820 " Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 11 25 a m Union Line, 7 15 " Local Freight, 700a m. 645 n m Galbraitli's Omnibuses convey passengers to and from all the trains, taking up or setting them down at all points within the borough limits. SEC. Vr. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Midi in. Centre and Hunting don counties my 20 DZL J. I. MARKS OFFERS his Professional services to the citiz"ns of Lewistowu and the surround ing country Office in the Public Square op posite the Lewistown Hotel. janl3-6iu* Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. V FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds ' •of Furniture. Young married persons and others that wish to purchase Furniture will find a good assortment on hand, which will I - sold cheap for cash, or country pro duee oi'en in exchange for same. Give me a call alley street, near Black Bear Ho tel. teb 21 Jacob C. Blymyer & Co., Produoe and Commission Mer chants j LEWISTOWN, PA. toj"Flour and Gram of all kinds our chased at market rates, or received on storag and shipped at usual freight rates, having Storehouses and boats of their own. with care ful captains and hands. Plaster. Fish, and Salt always on hand. sep2 AMSROTYPES AND The Gems of the Season. r is no humbug, but a practical truth 1 The pictures taken hv Mr. Burkholder are unsurpassed for BOLDNESS TRUTH FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and DURABILITY. Prices varying according to size and quality of frames and Cases Room over thfc Express Office. Lewistown. August 23, 1860. TO BA CC 0! Genuine Orieni.nl 'linkish. In. Turkish, Hose, Favorite. Un ion, Kiss-me-tjuiv-k, Seafar latii. &c. No. 1, 4 and 3 Cl'T i DRY, very lo*. ALSO, PIPES, TOBACCO-BOXES, c I&A.HS, and in fact everything that belongs to bis line of business, at very low figures. Call and examine for yourselves, and save m ney by buying at the Cigar and Tobacco Store of E. FKYSINGER, no* 11 Lewistown, Pa. Odar and Willow Ware. '■MJBS, Churns. Buckets. Butter Bowls, Clothes, Baskets. Market Baskets. &c., for sale by J. B. SELIIEIMEK. !TBE MIIIfML SOMETHING FOR TIIEE. Something, my God, for theo, Something for thee: That each day's setting sun may briDg Soine penitential offering; 111 thy dear name some kindness done; To thy*dear love some wanderer won ; Some trial meekly borne for thee, Dear Lord, for thee. Something, my God. f<y thee, Something for thee: That to thy gracious throne may rise, Sweet incense from some sacrifice— Uplifted eyes undimmed by tears, Uplifted faith unstained by fears, Hailing eaeh joy as light from thee, Dear Lord, from thee. Something, my God, for thee, Something for thee: For the great love that thou hast given. For the great hope of theo and heaven, My soul tier first allegiance brings. And upward plumes her heavenward wings, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee. TALES ISKETCHES THE WIDOW'S STRATAGEM. Deacon Bancroft, though a very good man in the main, and looked up to with j respect b\r all the inhabitants ot the little village of Centerville, was rumo-ed to have, in Yankee parlance, a pretty sharp look out for the main chance, a peculiarly from i which deacot s are not always exempt. In worldly matters he was well to do, having inherited a fine tarm from bis fath er, wi ich was growing yearly more valuu ble. It might be supposed that, under these cir< umstances the deacon, who was fully able to do so, would have found a helpmate to share his house and name.— But the deacon was wary. Matrimony was to him, in some measure, a matter of money, and it was his firm resolve not to marry unless he could thereby enchance i his worldly prosperity Unhappily, the j little village ot Centerville and the town | in the immediate vicinity, contained lew | who were qualified in this important partie i ular, and ot these there were propablv some with whom the deacon's suit would have prospered So it happened that years passed away. | until deacon Bancroft was in the prim of : life—forty five or thereabouts—and rtili i unmarried and in all propability likely to I remain so. Bur in !i human calculations ! of th*r kind they reckon ill who leave wid j own out. Deacon Bancroft's nearest neighbor was a widow. The widow Wells ho had passed through one matrimonial experience, was some I three or four years younger than deacon | Bancroft. !t!he was a huxo:u. comely wo j man, as widows are apt to be, Unfortu i nately, the late Mr Wells had not been able to leave her sufficient to make her in dependent of the world All that she pos sesed was the small old fashioned house in which she lived, and a small amount of money, which was insufficient to support her, and a little son of seven, likewise to be enumerated in the schedule of her prop erty, though hardly to be classed as '; roduc m e of any thing but mischiet. 1 be widow w >s therefore obliged to take three or four t oarders, to eke out her se .ntv income, which of course, imposed upon hei considerable labor and anxiety It is surprising that u; der these eireuui stances she should now and then bethink herself of a second marriage to better her condition ? Or again, need we esteem it a special wonder, it. in her reflection on this point, she should have cast her eyes on her next neighbor, deacon Bancroft ? The deacon, as we already said, was in flourish ing circumstances He would he able to maintain aw ife in great comfort; anu being j one ot the chief personages in the village, j c -uld afford her a prominent social position. lie was not especially handsome, or caleu | iated ti make a profound impression on the • female heart—this was true —but he was good dispositioned, kind hearted, and would ! no doubt, make a very good sort of a bus j hand. Widows are. I take it. (if they do ! me the honor to read this story. I tru>t | that, they will forgive less | disposed to weigh sentiment in a second : marriage than at tiist, and so, in a widow's j point ot view, deacon Bancroft was a desir ?ihl o match i Some sagacious person, however, has oh served that it takes two to make a match, a lact to be seriously considered, tor in the present case it was exceedingly doubtful whether the worthy deacon, even if he had known the favorable opinion of his next neighbor, would have been inclined to pro pose changing her name to Bancroft, nn less indeed a suitable motive was brought to bear upon him Here was a superb chance for finessing, wherein widows are said, as a general thing, to be expert One evening after a day of fatiguing la bor, the widow Wells sat at the fire in the sitting room with her feet resting o.i the tender. 'II I aui ever so situated as not to have to work so hard, I shall tie happy. It's a hard life keeping boarders. It I was only as well off as deacon Bancrolt ' WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1864. Still the widow kept up her thinking, and by and by her face brightened up.— She had an idea which she was resolved to put into execution at the very earliest mo uient. What it was the reader will dis cover in the sequel. 'Henry,' said she to her son next morn ing, 'I you to stop at deacon Ban croft's as you go to school, and ask hint if he will come and see me in the morning or afternoon, just as he finds it most con venient.' Deacon Bancroft was a little surprised at this summons However, about eleven o'clock he called in. Tie widow had got on the dinner, and had leisure to sit down. IBhe appeared a little embarrassed 'Henry told me you would like to see tne, he commenced. 'Yes, deacon, I do But I am very much alraid you will think strange—at least oi what I have to say to you ' Ihe deacon very politely promised not to be surprised, though at. the same time his curiosity was very much excited. 'Suppose,' said the widow, casting down her eyes, -mind I was only supposing a case—suppose a person should find a pot of gold pieces in their cellar, would the law have a right to touch it, or would it be* long to them ?' The deacon pricked up his ears. 'A pot of gold pieces, widow? Why, unques tionably the law would have nothing to do with it 1 'And the one who had formerly owned the hou>-e couldn't come forward and claim it, could he, deacon ?' inquired the widow with apparent anxiety 'No, madam, unquestionably not; when the house was disposed of everything went with it, as a matter of course ' 'I am glad to hear it, deacon. You wont think strat ge of'the question, but it, happened to my mind, and 1 thought f would like to have it satisfied ' 'Certainly, certainly,' said the deacon, abstractedly. •And, deacon, as you are here, 1 hope you will stop to dinner with us. It will be ready punctually at twelve.' 'VY ell, no,' said the deacon, rising, 'l'm obleeged to ye, but they'll be expecting me home.' 'At any rate, deacon,' said the widow, taking a steaming mince pie from the ov en, -you won't object taking i pieceof mince pie You must know thai I rather pride uiysell on tuy mince pies.' 1 lie w nn pie sent forth such a delicious odor, that the deacon was soreiy templed, and alter saying, 'Well, really,' with the intention of refusing, he finished by say inn, 'on the whole 1 guess I will, as it looks so nice. The widow was really a g iod cook, and the deacon ate with much gusto the gep erous slice which the widow cut ior him, and after chatting upon unimportant sub jects, withdrew in some mental perplexity 'Was it possible, thougbtfhe, 'that the widow could have found a pot of gold in her cellar?—she did not say so, to be sure, but why should she have shown so much anxiety to know as to the proprietorship of the treasure thus found if she had not happened upon some? To be sure, so far as his knowledge extended, there was no one who occupied the house who would be iti the least likely to lay up such an iinount of gold; i-ut then the house was one hundred and fifty years old, at the veiy least, and had had many occupants ol which he know nothing It might be af ter all. The widow's earnest desire to have him ihink i' w tsonly enri >sity. likewise gave audi tin <1 probability to tiie supposition entertained 1 wiii wait and watch,' thought the worthy deacon. It so happened that deacon Bancroft was one of the directors in a saving institu tion situated in the next town, and accord ingly used to ride over once or twice a month, to attend meetings of the Board. On the next occasion of this kind, the widow Wells sent over to know il he could curry her over with him, as she had a lit tie business there. Tne request was readily granted Ar riving at the villagp, Mrs. Wells reque: ted to be set. down at the bank. 'Ha! ha!' thought the deacon, 'hat means something.' He said nothing, however, hut deter mined io come buck and find nut, as be could readily from the cashier, what bust nests sht had with the hank I lie widow tripped into the office, pre tending to look very rioiieinient •Can you tjive me small bills ior a five dollar gold piece she inquired. 'it.h pleasure, was the reply. 'By the way,' she said, 'the bank is in a very flourishing c. ndition, is it not?' .None in the State on a better footing,' was the prompt reponse. 'Y T ou receive deposits, do you not?' 'Yes; madam, we arc receiving them ev ry day.' Do you receive any as high as—as five thousand dollars ?' •No,' said the cashier; 'or rather, we do not allow interest on so large a sum. One thousand dollars is our limit. Do you know of any one who ' 'lt is of no consequence,' said the widow hurriedly, I only ask for curiusity. Bv the way, did you say how much interest you ullow on deposits that come within your limits ? 'Five per cent., madam.' 'lhank you; I only ask for curiosity What a beautiful morning it is ! And the widow tripped lightly out. Shortly afterwards the deacon entered, 'flow's business, Mr. Cashier ?' was his first inquiry. 'About as usual.' 'Many deposits lrtely ? 'None of any magnitude ' 'I brought over a lady who seemed to have business with you V 'The widow Wel.s ?' ' Yes ' Do y.,u k now," asked the cashier, 'wheth er she has had any money left her lately V 'None that I know of,' said the deacon, pricking up his ears 'Why, did she de posit anv V 'No, but she inquired whether we re ceived deposits as high as five thousand dollars ' 'lndeed,' ejaculated the deacon. 'Was that all she cauie for ?' he inquired a mo ment afterwards. 'No; she exchanged a gold piece for small hills.' 'lla!' pondered the deacon reflectively. 'Did she give any reason for the inqui ries ?' 'No; she said she only asked for curiosi ty-\ The deacon left the hank in deep thought. He came to the conclusion that this curi osity only veiled a deeper motive. He 110 longer entertained a doubt that the widow had found a pot of gold in her cellar, and appearances seemed to indicate that its prebubie value was at least five thousand dollars. Ihe gold piece she bad exchang ed at the bank appeared to confirm the story. 1 rather think.' said the deacon com placently, '1 can see into a millstone about •as far as most pe. pie'—a statement the literal iruth of which I defy any one to question, although as 'o the prime fact of people being able to see into a millstone at ali, doubts have now and then intruded themselves upon my mind. Next Sunday widow Wells appeared at church in a new and stylish bonnet, wtiich led to some such remarks as these: 'How much vanity some people have, to be sure.' 'How a woman who has kept boarders for a living can afford to dash out with such a bonnet on is more than 1 can tell. 1 should think she was old enough to know better.' The last remark was made by a voting iady just six months younger than the wi dow whose attempt to catch a husband hitherto had proved unavailing. 'I suppose she is tryiug to catch a sec ond husband with her finery Before I'd descend to such means, I'd—l'd drown myself,' continued the lady. In the lust amiable speech the young lady h id unwittingly hit upon the true mo five. The widow was inteut upon cateh ing Deacon Bancroft, and she indulged in a costly bonnet, not because she supposed he would be caught with finery, but be cause this would strengthen in his mind the idea that she had stumbled upon the hidden wealth. Tiie widow calculated shrewdly, and the display had the desired effect. On Monday aftern on the deacon found an errand that called him over to the widow's. It chanced to he just about tea time. He was importuned to stay to tea and somewhat to his own suiprise he did. fiie polite vidow, who knew the deacon's weak point, brought out one of her best mince pies, a slice of which her gue.-t par took of with a zest. ; 'You'll take another piece, I know,' said [ she persuasively.' 'lleally, I am ashamed,' said the deacon, hut he passed his plate. 'The fact is,'said 1 he, apologetically, 'your pies are so nice, I ! don't know when to stop.' 'Do you call these nice?' said the wi dow, modestly 'I call them common. I can make nioe pies when I set out to, but this time I did'nt have as good luck as usual.' 'I shouldn't want any better said the dea con, emphatically. '1 hen I hope if you like them you will drop in to tea often. We ought to he more neighborly, Deacon Braneroft.' Dea'on Braneroft assented, and he meant what he said. The fact is, the dea con began to think that the widow was a very charming woman. She was very eouie-y and then she was such an excei | ient cook. Besides he had no doubt in his tuimi that she had a considerable sum of mhney. What objections would there be to her becoming Mrs. Bancroit? He brought this question before her one even ing. The widow blushed; professed to be greatly surprised—in iact,she never thought ot such a thing in her lile—hut, on the whole she had always thought highly of the deacon, and to cut the matter short, she accepted htm. A mouth after she was installed as mis tress of the deacon's large house, some what to the surprise of the village people, who could not conceive how she had brought him over. Some weeks after the ceremony, the deacon ventured to inquire about the pot ot gold which she bad found in the cel lar. 'Pot of gold I' she exclaimed, in sur prise, 'I know of none.' A&WASWSTSRARS SESSKHUBJ KSCTJ IHEOTO 'But,' said the deacon, disconcerted, 'you asked me about whether the law could claim it.' 'Oh. lor! deacon, I only asked you from curiosity.' 'Anu was that the reason you made the inquiry at the bank?' 'Certainly. \\ hat else could it be?' The deacon went out to the bain, and for half an hour sat in s'lent meditation. At the end ot this time, he ejaculated as a closing consideration. 'Alter all, she makes good mince pies! It gives me pleasure to state that the union between the deacon and the widow proved a happy one. although to the end of his life, he never could quite make up his mind about the 'potot gold ' MORAL MEL IGLOOS Sunday School Results. The following is extracted from an ad dress of the Rev. Dr. Cook, of London, delivered before the Sunday School Union at their annual public meeting. It has point and applicability to the blessed re sults of Sabbath sehool effort as we have had reason to rejoice over them on this side of the water: 'Who then can estimate the amount of good resulting from the precious trulhs of religion, to which you, my lord, have so happily referred to-night? I mean the evangelical and vital truths wh'ch are brought to act upon the understandings and conscience of these millions of chil dren Look at one fact in order to esti mate this —namely, that in one district, that of the South London Auxiliary, not less than two thousand scholars have been transplant'd from the school to church fel lowship, within the period of seven short years. Sometimes we arc asked, Where shall we find the millions who pass away from our schools? I say, Go and look among the virtuous, the industrous, and happy population of this country; there you will find multitudes who were once scholars in your schools, converted into in telligent, pious husbands and wives, who are educating their progeny in the fear of the Lord. Where will you find them? Go to otr churches, and there you will find multitudes of them professing a good profession, and adorning, by their walk and conversation, the doctrine of God their Saviour in all things. The Sabbath school is emphatically the nursery of the church. Where will you find them? I say. Go to our pulpits. There are hundreds now occupying the sacred desk who receive first good at the Sabbath school, and one of them is the humble individual who stands before you this evening. Where wtil you find them? Go to our missionary stations, and who are the men, ami the women too, the wives of our noble mis sionaries, who are battling with the dan gersof in hospitable climes, prosecuting their arduous toil under every discouragement, aud who are blessed in seeing the natives, one after another, casting away their idols 'o the moles and to the bats, and embrac ing Christ as our Saviour? They were many of them once our Sabbath scholars, and are now the most faithful Missiona ries of the gospel. iYliow me once more to ask, Where are they? Look into our Sabbath schools themselves, and there you will find myraids, who were once schol ars, who have now become your best and most efficient teachers, laboring to trans mit to another generation the blessings which they have realized themselves. And let me just ask the question again, Where will you find them? Look into yon bright and happy world, into yon regiuti of bless edness; there are countless numbers now before the throne, who received their first thoughts of good in our Sabbath schools.' Sunday School Times. TpMSHoiT Marriage Under Difficulties- A skedaddier from Uncle Sam's terri tory fell in love with a Canadian damsel, and vice versa. The parties wished to be married forthwith, hut a difficulty arose. A license cost six dollars—the parties did not like that. They might be pub lished in church, but they couldn't wait three weeks A justice of the peaco in Detroit could soon marry them—but ske daddiers dare not go to American soil for tear of capture, and the parties were sore ly perplexed. A happy thought soon presented itself, and was immediately pat into execution. A boat was procured, and helping friends crossed the river for an American justice of the peace. The bride and bridegroom took boat from this side, and were met by the justice iu the river, arid when satisfied they were in American waters, the happy pair were married ac cording to the laws of Michigan, and un der the guns of Fort Wayne. As soon as the ceremony was concluded, no time was lost, but the boat was swiftly pulled to the Canadian shore where the parties were safely landed to receive the congratulations of several friends who bad come down to the beach to witness the interesting seen aflk_YVhy is a little nurse-maid like the evening star? Because she's a wee-nut. New Series—Vol, XVIII, No, 44. Philosophical Facts. Sound travels at the rate ot' 1,155 feet per second in the air; 4,960 in warer, 11,- 000 in cast iron. 17,000 in in steel, 18,000 in glass, and from 4,636 to 17,000 in wood. Mercury freezes at 38 degrees Fahrenheit, and becomes a solid mass, malleable under the hammer. The greatest height at which visible cl uds ever exist does not exceed teu miles. Air is about 816 times lighter than wa ter. The pressure of the atmosphere upon every square toot of the earth amounts to 2,168 lbs. An ordinary sized man, sup posing his surface to be 14 square feet, sustaius the enormous pressure of 40,149 lbs. Heat rarifies air to such an extent that it may be made to occupy 5,500 times the space it did before The violence of the expansion of water when freezing, is sufficient to cleave a globe of copper of such thickness as to require a forde of 28,000 pounds to pro duce the same effect. During the conversion of i:e into water, 140 degrees of heat are absorbed. Water, when converted into steam, in creases in bulk 1800 times. One hundred pounds of water of the Dead Sea contains 45 lbs of salt. The mean annual depth of'rain that falls, at the Equator is 96 inches. Assuming the temperature of the inte rior of the earth increases uniformly as we descend at the rate of one degree in 40 feet, at the depth ot 60 miles it will amount to 480,000 degrees of Fahrenheit —a degree of heat sufficient to fuse all known substances. The explosive force of closely confined gun powder is six and a half tons to the square inch. Hail stones sometimes fall with the ve locity of 112 feet in a second, and rain at 34 feet in a second. The greatest artificial cold ever produc ed is 91 degrees Fahrenheit. Electricity moves with a greater velocity than light; which traverses 200,000 miles of space in a second of time. Thunder can be heard at the distance of 30 miles. Lightning can be seen by reflections at the distance of 200 miles. A Wonderful Cannon. —A traveler, who was telling very strange stories of the remarkable things which he had met with while be was abroad, said there were ean nou so large in Egypt, that once being in a calash drawn by tour horses, and a sud den shower of rain falliug, he drove into one of them for shelter, calash and all, 'Oh !' said a gentleman, who was listening to it, 'I can vouch the truth of that my self, for I remember I was at the very same time at the other end of it in a post chaise, and upon your coming in at the mouth, I drove out the touch hole.' A Reward. Offered. —The Lock port Journal has the following : "We offer a rewa.d of a thousand dollars (81,000) for any offer or proposition made by the so called Confederate States to the Federal Government, proposing or offering terms ot pe- ce based upon the integrity of the Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is. This reward we will pay in gold to any person who can produce such proposi tion." The brave man is not he who feels no fear, for that were stupid and irrational; but he whose noble soul its fears subdues, and bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from. There are some people who live with out any design at all, and pass through the world like straws on a river—they do not go, but are carried. Good nature, like the little busy bee, : collects sweetness from every herb; while ' ill nature, like the spider, collects poison from honeyed flowers. 'Wake up and pay for your lodgings,' said the deacon, as he nudged a sleepy stranger with the contribution box. What is the difference between a duck with one wing and a duck with two? It is merely a difference of a pinion. It is a bad state of things when a hus band is all 'frowns' at home, and all 'smiles' at the public house or club. •gjsullo'.v should a dwtirf give a co nundrum to a giant ? Give it UP. Kishacoquillas Seminary AND NORMAL INSTITUTE. rjIHE Summer Session of this- Institution I will commence on MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1864, and continue twentyone weeks. Cost for Board, Furnished Rooms and Tu ition in the English Branches, per session. S6O. Day scholars, per session, 112. Music. Languages aud Incidentals extra. Jn order to secure rooms in the Institute application should be made before the open ing of the school. For further particulars, address, S. Z. SHARP. Prin. janl3 Kishacoquillas, Pa.
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