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Whole No. 2803.
Post Office.
Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P
0. as follows:
ARRIVE.
Eastern through, 5 48 a. tn.
44 through and way 4 21 p tn.
Western " " 44 10 55 a.m.
Bellefonte " 44 " 2 30p in.
Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdaysand
Saturdays, 6 00 p. m.
CLOSE.
Eastern through 8 00 p. m.
" and way 10 00 a. m
Western 14 " 300 p. m.
Bellefonte 8 00 44
Northumberland (Sundays, Tueesdays
and Thursdays) 8 00 p. m.
Money can be forwarded through this of
fioe in sums from $1 to S3O. by the payment
of the following fees: From $1 to $lO ten
cents; $lO to S2O fifteen cents; S2O to S3O
twenty cents.
Office open from 7 30 a. m. to 8 p. m. On
Sundays from Bto9 am. S. COMFORT, P. M.
PEUSYI.VAYIA RAILROAD.
Traius leave Lewistown Station as follows:
Westward. Eastward.
Pittsburgh and Erie
Mail, 3 56 a. ra. 10 45 p. tn.
Baltimore Exoress, 5 26 a. m.
Philad'a Express, 605a. m. 12 18 a. m.
Fast Line, 625 p. m. 516 44
Mail, 421 44
Fast Mail, 10 55 41
Ilarrisburg Accom'n, 3 44 p. m.
Emigrant, 10 47 a. m.
Through Freight, 10 30 p. m. 150a. m.
Fast 44 9 45 44
Express 44 12 10 p. m. 12 35 p. m.
Stock Express, 500 p. m. 900 44
Coal Train. 1 15 p. m. 11 45 a. m.
Union Line, 741 44
Local Freight, 730a. m. 625 p. m.
NOTE. —The Pittsburgh and Erie Express
leaves east and west daily except Sunday ;
Baltimore Express west daily except Monday;
Philadelphia Express east and west daily ;
Fast Line east daily except Monday and west
daily except Sunday; Fast Mail east daily ex
cept Sunday; Mai! Train west daily except
Sunday; Ilarrisburg Accommodation east dai
ly except Sunday, and Emigrant west daily
except Monday.
Fare to Philadelphia. $5 85
" 4 Baltimore, 520
44 Ilarrisburg, 2 10
44 A1 toon a. 250
44 Pittsburgh, 6 60
Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from all the trains, taking up or setting them
down at all points within the borough limits.
Lock Repairing, Pipe Laying,
Plumbing and White Smithing
r IMIE above branches of business wail be
X promptly attended to on application at
the residence of the undersigued in Main
•treet. Lewistown.
janlO GEORGE MILLER.
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Room over the Express Office.
Lewistown, August 23, 1860.
Kishacoquillas Seminary
AND
NORMAL INSTITUTE.
VI, T ILL commence its winter session, OC
u TOBER 12, 1864. and continue twen
ty weeks. Cost for Board, Furnished Rooms,
and Tuition in English Branches, $75. Fuel,
Light and Washing extra.
For particulars see catalogue.
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Kishacoquillas, Sept. 21, 1864.
Academia, Juniata Co., Pa,
COMMENCES its Summer Term May 4th.
1864. For circulars address
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ap6 1864-ly
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Attorney at Law,
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to business in Mitiiiti, Centre and Hunting
don counties * tn>26
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MIFFLIN COUNTY
POOR HOUSE STATEMENT.
i. John IF. Shaic. Treasurer, in account with
i. Somuc. Drake, Moses Miller and John
>• j Taylor, Esqr's, Directors of the Door
'• | and of the House, of Employment for
the county af Mifflin, from January
] 1, 1864, to January 1, 1865.
DR.
• To amt. of orders on county Treasurer S3OOO 00
jTo cash for 100 bus. corn ears at 50<\ per bus. 50 00
do 287 bus. 33 lbs. corn atsl per bus. 257 69
do from Directors of the Poor of Hun-
J county for support of Warren Kyso
g ! and wife 38 00
To cash for 9 flour barrels at 40c. each 3 60
do from Paul Gibboney in part payment
of the expenses of his daughter at the
. State Lunatic Hospital 30 00
ITo cash tor 310 bus. red wheat at $2 per bus. 620 00
I 1 do from Andrew Cook, being money
) j found on the person of James Jones, dec. 175
i To cash for lOObus. oats at Soc. per bus. 80 00
do 6 beef hides, weighing 377)4 lbs.
I at S cents per pound 30 20
To cash for 22 bus red wheat at $2.40 per bus. 62 80
Balance due Treasurer 41 73
$4235 67
n , CR -
By the following orders paid for the support
of the poor at the Poor House, viz:
■ By balance due at last settlement 130 11
Daniel Bearley & Sons, 2 balloon stoves, grates
aud plow shares 19 35
John Eby. making wood shed 3 00
Moses Miller, col. road tax for 1862 9>68
E.. C. Hamilton, shoes 23 15
J. lrvin Walhs, tin ware and repairs 24 32 j
T. G. Bell, collector school tax 19 72 !
John L. Brower. work on farm 154 00 j
C. Hoover, Esq., fees on orders of relief 10 40
Wm. Butler, meat 8*77 \
M. Frank, merchandize, 117 05
William Johnson, shoes, 44 92 '
John Speeee. blacksmithing for 1862 and 1863 99 42 |
Wm. G. Zollinger, hats 300 '
G. W. Meßride. Esq.. foes on orders of relief 2 28 !
| Joseph Brower, steward 330 50 1
1 Jane Furgeson, cooking for poor, 50c. per w'k 28 00 1
H. G. Franeiseus, hardware 3 65 :
John Kennedy, calico, muslin, tobacco, Ac. 62 03 i
j Isaac Stull. rails >, 90 1
i A. Felix. 2 barrels molasses, groceries, tobacco,
, and coffins 179 77 !
S. B. Haines, pump suckers 2 60 !
j James Parker, calico and muslin 61 40
I Wm. B. Hoffman, lumber 8 92 ;
John Himes. fire and oven wood 88 00 >
Thomas Cox. shoes 30 12 i
Henry Zerbe. merchandize nnd groceries 130 37
Abraham Kitting, chairs 16 50
Dr. Thomas Van Valzah. salary 188 00
Geo. Miller, spiggot. pipe and repairi'g locks 7 95
John 1.. Griffith, harboring 19 00 :
; N. Comfort. Esq . fees on orders of relief 2 40
! Samuel Drake, services as Director 45 00 j
i Martin Gazette, work 011 farm 100 85 '
j Moses Miller. 1 sow and 152 feet boards 7 58 1
|R. K. Fibs, ealiuo. ticking, muslin and flannel 22 78 !
; Marks A Willis. plaster 19 90 j
| G. W. Thomas. Esq.. fees on orders of relief 6 40 I
John W. Shaw, one*year's salary to Jan. 1. 'O4 60 00 1
Joseph M.Owens, mak.ngand repairing fence 645
William Palmer, whitewashing 3 90 1
Samuel F.isenbise. 10 cords wood 20 00
Samuel Comfort, box rent and postage 1 80
Win. McKee, repairing bake oven 2 00
H Molson. barltertng 6 25
Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., at York 42 00
James Broom, threshing 24 55
Moses Miller, services as Director 25 00 '
do boot money on beef cattle 7 00 j
N. J. Rudisili. straw hats 1 50 j
| John Evans glass and glazing 3 50
I Amos S. Kaiy. repairing pump 5 00 I
j John !W. McAuley. 1l 2 cords of wood 24 75 '•
| Zeiglor A Mathews, meat 9 23
! Paid for check stamps 1 25 '
! Amt. of orders paid for poor at Poor House $2367 97
| By amount of orders paid for the support of
J the out-door poor, viz:
j Margaret E. (riles, herself and children 66 25 ;
j Joseph Jenkins, keeping Ezra Jenkins 42 00 1
j Dr. Samuel Martin, salary 30 00 j
I William Lewis, grain for Cornelius Btirlew 25 41
I Hoar A McNabb, m'dize for Warren Kyse 4 78
Marks A Willis, flour 133 45
D. D. Mutthersbough, fare and clothing for
Jane Smith 13 15
George Ruble, keeping Mary Ruble 4 12
M. Frank, merchandize * 21 43 j
Wm. Johnson, shoes 5 00 |
j Clias. Caughling. meat for Jackson Cornelius 456 ;
J. Vanzaudt sugar and molasses for same 82 j
William Hardy, keeping John Peris 15 75 i
N. Wilson, coffin 3 00 !
Isaac Stull. wood 6 00 I
Adtn'r of Geo. Ruble, keeping Mary Ruble 1 25 j
Nancy Ruble. do "do 5 60 j
Penna. Lunatic Hospital, boarding, clothing
Ac., for Alda Sellers, Robert Slarks, Lydia
Adams and Elizabeth Gibboney " 466 16
McCoy & Itohrcr, md'ze for Malirida Owens 56 <x)
Margaret M. Ross, herself and children 25 00
John Himes, tire wood 116 55
Thomas Cox. shoes 14 85
Henry Zerbe. merchandize 26 00
John Ruble, load wood for Peter Rarich 3 00
David A. Stroup, burying child 5 00
John McNitt, rent of house for Jacob Ort 10 00
Sain'l Kessler, load wood for Elizabeth Loiir 2 50
O. P. Smith, expenses of taking Sarah Gibbo
ney to Pennsylvania Lunatic Hospital 14 25
O. P. Smiih, school tax paid for H. Kenagy 1 47
Overseers of the Poororßoggs township.Cen
tre county, for support of Maria Berry man 66 96
O. P. Smith, expenses of taking an appeal in
the case of Elizabeth Potter. Att'y fee, Ac. 10 00
Caspar Dull, keeping John Pens * 68 00
William Hardy, clothing for same 29 8"
Henry Brindle, attending James Kinney 15 00
Amos S. Ealy, bringing j. Kmuey to Poor H. 350
T. McManigie, digging grave for'J. Crooks 2 00
Benjamin Shank, keeping James Crooks 12 00
Graff & Thompson, shroud for do 1 23
Moses Miller, fare paid for pauper 2 25
Dr. J. K. Metz. attending James Jones, dee. 4 00
J. M Dachenbach, coffin for do 5 00
Ann S. Hovell. house forand attend'g same 10 00
Andrew Cook. Attending same, digging grave
aud burying him 12 50
Dr. Hibler. attending Mrs. Harmen 7 60
Hr ■ f : G. Bigelow, attending James Kinney 15 Cat
W . A G. Maeklin, house for Maliuda Owens 6 00
Guardians of Poor, Phila. board for M. Garity 480
John Camp, coffin for James Crooks 5 00
J. Puree!! it-Son, md'ze for Mrs. Snowden, Ac. 677
A. Felix, groceries and coffins 12 45
Dr. A. Rothrock, salarv 35 qq
Directors of Poor of Dauphin county, board
ing Elizabeth M. Wertz 17 49
Alfred Marks, flour 30 qq
Amt. of orders paid for out-door poor 1544 e7
do do do poor at Poor House 2367 97
Amt. of orders paid for the support of poor 3912 64
John Peaehey, interest on money loaned 120 00
Jarnes Brootn, Buckeye reaper " 90 00
Abner Thompson,grain drill and 2 forks 71 10
Treasurer's percentage on $4193 74 41 93
$4235 67
Orders Unpaid.
Three orders for 1860 unpaid 1241 90
Oue order for 1861 do 198 42 i
do 1562 do 100 00 j
Four orders for 1863 do 450 00
Amt. of orders for 1864 do 1192 74
Whole amt. of orders unpaid 3183 06
We. the under.-igned Auditors of Mifflin countv.
elected and sworn according tn 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 Miiitin, from January {
I. 1864. to January 1.1866, do certify that wo find abaf
• aio e due from ihe said Directors ot the Poor to the
; said John W. Shaw of forty-one dollars and seventy
three cents (s4l 73) and thai we have cancelled the
orders paid by the said Treasurer. Given under our
hands at Lewistown, January 10. 1865.
H. L. CLOSE, I . ...
M. MOHLER, / Auditors.
Joseph Brower, Seward, in account with
Samuel Drake, Moses Mtiler and John
TaynrfEsqs.j Directors of the Poor and
of the. JJause of Employment Jor the
county of Mifflin, from an nary 1,1564,
to January I, 1865.
DR.
| To amount of orders on Treasurer S4SG 00 1
j Balance due 153 59 j
MX m 1
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1865.
CR.
By balance due at last settlement $lO7 65
By cash paid for bringing paupers to and send
ing them from the Poor House 17 51
By cash paid for ashes 1 25
do do filing wood saws 1 37
do do toll 1 6i
do do planting corn 150
do do lime 75
do do altering stock 40
do do brick 90
do do plants 300
do do thrashing 200
do do shoeing horse * 60
do do postage stamps 50
do do pine wood 200
do do use of cider press 100
do do butchering 13 25
do do harvesting 53 50
do do cutting and making clothing
for poor 25 00
By one year's salary as Steward 400 00
633 59
Steward raised on Farm— B9l bushels wheat, 60 btish
•ls rye, 320 bushels oats. 1200 bushels corn in ears aud
niaoe 29 loads of hay.
Steward raised on 'Truck Patch— lso bushels of pota
to6s. 30U heads cabbage
Steward killed—lu hogs weighing 2267 pounds and 5
beeves weighing 2340 pounds.
Stock on Farm —s horses, 20 head horned cattle, 2
sows and 20 head shoats.
fanning btensits —l four horse wagon and bed. 1
borse wa-jjoii nud bed, I truck wagon, 2 sets hay
ladders, 4 plows, 2 harrows.2 corn cultivators. 1 wheel
barrow, 4 shaking forks, 3 dung forks, 4 pitch forks. 3
mowing scythes, 1 sled. 2 double sets plow gears,
double sets tug harness, single set harness, corn shelt
er and grain drill.
Work done at Poor House for Paupers —6 sheets, 10
pairs pillow cases, 38 dresses, 8 small dresses, 6 caps,
12 skirts. 30 chemise, 25 shirts, 20 aprons, 3 bed ticks.
16 pairs pants, 8 sacks, 2 night gowns. 6 pairs drawers,
1, haps quilted, 14 towels, 6 small shirts,3o pairs stock
ings knitted, 10 barrels soap made and 2 kettles apple
butter. ' r
PACPIRS.
Number in Poor House Januarv 1,1864 39
Admitted through the year on orders 65
Born in the house 1
Whole number of inmates for 1564. 95
Died in the house 2
Bound out
Discharged 50 53
Number in Poor House Januarv 1. 1865 42
Out-door paupers through the year 73
do died * 5
do discharged S IX
Out-door paupers Jan. 1,1865, supported 111
part by the county 60
Whole number of paupers Jan. 1.1565 102
We have also three insane persons in the Penna. Lu
natic Hospital, viz: Alda Sellers. Robert Starks and
Sarah Gibboney, supported by the county
In addition to the above there have been 80 tran
sient paupers, supported for a short time (mostly over
night) without orders or entry on the regi-ter.
We. the undersigned auditors of Miffiin county,
elected and -worn according to law. having examined
the accounts of Joseph Br--wer. Steward of the P„or
House, from January 1.1864, to January 1,1865. do eer
t:*y that we find a balance due to the said Joseph
Brower. from the Directors of tiie Poor, on the books,
of one bundle 1 and fifty-three dollars and fifty-nine
cents ($153 59). Giveu under our hands.at Lewistown,
Januarv lit, 1565.
II.L. CLOSE, \ .
>l. MOHLER. / Auditors.
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r | "lIIS compauy allows no debt to accumu-
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Am u. t of losses settled and adjusted for
the ye r ending .June 10, 1804, $101.644,80.
and the whole amount of losses paid up to
June 10, 1804, is $1,387,747.75.
JOHN A. STERETT,
jy 13 Agent for M.fHin County. j
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ijiE MHREI-,
From the Erie Dispatch.
THE VILLAGE MERCHA\T.
BT A. K. BATHAWAT.
i
I-
There stands the rUlaae merchant, trimlv dressed
1 AM ''"mwer. smooth :iiid smirk ;
I All tli.tt he -ells is just the very best.
Ihe latest fashion—all superior work!
; No man within the village can be bolder,
; Perhaps no one has reason to be prouder,
; v., n'T*®, 1 he oe ? no£ W,ast 111 nch of a soldier,
\ et still he largely deals in leal and powder,
: And of tneir goodness pleasantlv enlarges,
j And makes ottimes some most tremendous charges.
11.
I In books, too. he is always "posted up."
| A man of observation, by the way;
I For he takes notes of all, except the few,
He thinks, perhaps, he ll never get his pay.
He is a man, too, that has seen the world.
At least between the village and New York;
His niinui is quite poolic. Tor he ilreain^
Of boundless wealth from butter, cheese and pork.
111.
His greatest talent nover is displayed
Till a young Jady happens in to trade;
1 hen he puts on his most auspicious smile.
Displays his goods, and thus runs on the while :
" Good afternoon ! a vei v pleasant day!
Fine weather now! a dress, Miss, did you say?
Ah I have one I should be pleased to sell—
A splendid pattern ! is your mother well?
Suns your complexion nicely—just the thin<*l
I m sure 'twill be the fashion iu the spring. °
Miss So-and-so has had a dress from off it;
Iyhall not make a cent "'"-profit,
Examine it—the colors all are fast,
I ri! certain, too, it will be sure to last.
About the price we shall not disagree:
You'll take it, then, pray have you been to tea?
No matter, never mind about the pay ;
Flease call again upon some other day.
My goods are choice, I've inanv now on hand;
Anything more? ah ! yes, I understand.
Clerk." he whispers in an undertone.
"Let this young lady havo—ten pounds—whalebone."
mwMmi
A Connecticut Story.
The following is related as a fact,
having acLually happened some years
since in the State of Connecticut:
A man in lather indifferent circum
stances, surrounded by a large family,
being entirely out of meat, had re
course to the sheepfold of his neighbor,
a wealthy farmer, for relief. The
neighbor having a large flock of sheep
did not perceive that he had lost any,
until one of the finest of the flock, very j
large and fat, was missing, and counting
his sheep he found he had lost several. -
Unable to account for this extraordi- j
nary loss, he resolved a few nights af
ter lo watch. About midnight lie ob
served a great disturbance among the
sheep, caused by the appearance of a
man in disguise. Curiosity, as well a
to find him out, induced him to lie still.
In the flock there was a ram with
whom it seems the man was in the hab
it of conversing, as if he had been the
actual owner of the sheep—" Well, Mr.
Ram,'' says the nocturnal sheep steal
er, •' I am come to buy another sheep,
have you any more to sell ?" Upon
which ho replied, as in person of the
ram, " Yes, I have sheep to sell."
By this time the owner had discov
ered him to be one of his neighbors.
"What will 3'ou take for that fat
wether?" saj-s {he purchaser.
• Four dollars," replied Mr. Ram.
"That is a veiy high price," saj's the
man, "but as 3'ou aro so good as to
wait for the pay, I think I will take
him."
"W T ell Mr. Ram," contiuned the
honest sheep-buyer, "let me see how
man 3* sheep I have bought of } r ou."
"It I am not mistaken," saj's the !
ram, "this is the fifth," and then went
on to cast up the whole, and giving
Mr. Ram a polite invitation to call on
him lor his pay, and bidding him a
good night, he led the sheep home,
while the owner la}* laughing at the
novelty of the scene, highly gratified
and amply paid for the whole. A few
nights afterwards when he supposed
his neighbor was nearly out of mutton,
he caught the old ram and tied a little
bag under his neck, and placed a piece
of paper between his horns, on which
he wrote in large letters:
"I have come for my monej*."
Under this line he footed up the
whole amount of the five sheep, exactly
as his neighbor had done, as before
related; he then took the ram to his
neighbor's house, where he tied him
near the door, and then went home.
When the neighbors arose in the
morning, he was not a little surprised
to find a sheep tied to his own door;
hut it is bej'ond words to express
astonishment when he found it was
the old ram with whom he had been
dealing so much in mutton, with his |
brand on his forehead, and the amount j
ot five sheep actually made out, as he j
had done a few dav*s previous, in the I
person of the ram. Suffice it to sa}*; j
lie obtained the mone3*, and after tying '
it nicely in the bag, and tearing the
paper from his horns, set the ram at
liberty, who irnmediatelj* ran home
jingling the ruone}*, as if proud of hav
ing accomplished the object of his
errand—to the no small gratification
of the owner.
—
f)aP Buss—to kiss. Re buss —to kiss
again. Blunder bus*—two girls kissing I
each other. Uiutii buss—to kiss all the
; girls in the room. Bus ter a general kisser, j
t E pluri bus Enurn —a thousand kisses in ;
1 one. i
HanKHuar Tp Ss?s?g
Judy O'Halligan's Letter.
Parish of Ballyichacen, Feb. 14.
HEAR XEFFY —L havn't sent ye alether
since the last time I wrote to ye, because
we havo, tuo\ d from our former place of
livin, and I didn't know where a lether
would tiud ye; hut I now with pleasure
take up my pin to inform you of the
death ot your livin' uncle Kiipatriek, who
died very suddenly last wake, alter a lin
| gerin sickness ol sax wakes. The poor
man was in violent convulsions the whole
tirue of his illness, lying perfectly quiet all
the time, and spaeheless intirely—talking
iucoherently, and crying for wather. I
had no opportunity of informing you of
his death sooner, except L wrote to you by
the last post, which went two days before
his death, and then you'd had the postage
to pay. I'm at a great loss to tell what his
death was occasioned by, but I tear it was
occasioned by his last sickness, lie was
niver well tin days together during the
whole time of his sickness; but be that as
it will, as soon as he hed brathed his last
the doctor gave up hopes of his recovery.
I needn't tell you anything about his a<re,
for you will kaow that in May nixt he
would have been twenty live year ould lack
in tin months; and had he lived to that
time he would have been sax mouths dead.
His property is considerable. It devolves
upon i is next of kin, who is dead some
time since, so that I expect it will be
equally divided betune us—an the, my
dear Larry, ye'll get two thirds of the
whole, and you know he had a fine estate,
which was sowld to pay his debts, and the
remainder he lost on u horse race. Hut it
was the opinion of all the ladies present
that he would have won the race, if the
horse he ran against hadn't been too fast
lor him—bad luck to the haste. Hut,
poor soul, be wili never ate or dhi ink more;
and now, Larry, ye hevn't a livin relashin
in tlic wide wurrul j, except myself and
your two cousins that was kilt in the war.
But I can t dwell upon this mournful
subject, but will sale this iether with sule
ingwax, and put 011 ycr uncle's coat of
aruies. So I beg you not to break the
sale, when ye open the lether, until three
or four days af'ther ye resave ;t —by that
time ye wiil be better prepared for the
mournful tidings.
Yer oul'J sweetheart, Mary, sends her
love to ye unbeknownest to me. When
the bearer of this arrives in Hamilton, ax
luui fvr this lether, if he don't know which
one it is, tell him it's the one that spakes
of your uncle's death, and saled with black
lour affectionate Aunt,
In dape disthress,
JUDY O'HALLIGAN.
P. S. Don't write to me until you
rtsave this.
N. B. When ye come to this place,
stop and don't rade any more till uiy nixt,
which may not be tiii L write ye another
lether.
A Hint on Carpets.
Of all the expensive things in a modern
house ol the ordinary class perhaps carpets
are the dearest. In case of removal, they
become almost useless, and have to be sac
rificed at any price that can be got for
them,because,having been cut and measured
for one room, perhaps of a peculiar shape,
they are useless in any other; for if the
pattern could be matched, which it often
cannot, a bit of bran new carpet sewn on a
bit not so new, would be out of harmony,
and tell a story which pride of poverty
would rather were concealed. The Persian
and Turkish system of carpeting rooms is
infinitely better and prettier than ours.
The Persian carpets, especially those from
Resht, are exquisitely beautiful. Their
colors are brighter, the designs are prettier,
and they are far more durable than the
European carpets. They are made in strips
usually between two or three yards long,
and about one yard breadth, to go round
the sides of a room, with a square carpet of
any size prefered, for the center.
They do not require to be nailed or fitted,
and a sufficient number of them, will, of
course, carpet any room, however large or
small. They have a very rich and grand
appearance too. In summer they are easily
taken up, beaten, rolled and put aside by
a single man servant; and in the hot weath
er why should we not more generally im
itate Continental custom by painting or
polishing our floors ? Floors painted or
polished look far prettier in July sunshine
than any carpets, which are then mere
fusty traps to catch dust, harbor insects
and retain bad smells. Every thing has
its use and its season. The use and the
season of carpets are not in the summer
time. Where it is impossible to paint or
polish the floors of a house, the employment
of oilcloth, will be fouud good economy in
summer, and far cleaner. Oil-cloth, too,
ot charming patterns, may now be bought
very cheap, and it keeps a room delightfully
cool and fresh.— All the Year Round
Six Eclipses (his Year. —The Portland
Press has consulted its almanac and
announces that this year there will be
six eclipses—two of the sun, two of
the moon, one of Jeff Davis and one of
his rebellion. The eclipses of the sun
occur on the 2oth of April and the 15th
of October; those of the moon on the
11th of April and 21st of October; and
the othor two at a convenient season,
not long to be deterred^
New Series—Vol, xix. No. 16.
-4 Lomj Slumber . —At the , u ,-
of the Paris Academy of Science# a paper
was received from Dr. BUnnetton constiu
tional lethargic slumber. One case was
that of a lady, twenty tour years of age, who,
having slept lor forty days at the age of
eighteen, and 50 days at the age of twenty
during her honeymoon, at length had a fit
of sleep which lasted nearly a whole year,
from Easter Sunday. 1862, to March, 1863.
During this long period a false front tooth
had to be taken out in order to introduce
uiilk and broth into her mouth. This was
her only food; she remained motionless, in
sensible, and all her muscles were in a state
of contraction. Her pulse was low, her
breathing scarcely perceptible ; there was
no evacuation, uo leanness; hor complexion
was florid and healthy.
Another Antediluvian Frog. —The Eric
Dispatch says that probably the oldest
inhabitant in Pennsylvania was discovered
in the store of Gray & Farrar, in that city,
I on last Thursday. It is a living frog, about
| an inch long, which was taken froui a pieoe
j of bituminous coal that one of'the employees
of the store had broken for the purpose of
| burning. His escape from a torturing death
j was almost providential, and it is a cause
; of satisfaction that he escaped a fate so
ignominious after having lived so long and
quietly. His advent to the outer world
was witnessed by lour or five gentlemen
i connected with the establishment, and he
was immediately deposited in a cigar-box.
(fe?" \ person of an observed turn of
mind, if he has rode through a country
town, has noticed how curious youngsters
along the route will fill the windows' with
their anxious iuees in order to get a glimpse
at all passers by. Our friend Jonathan, a
pedler, drove up in front of a house one
day, and seeing all bands and the cook
staring from the windows, got ofi from his
cart, and the following dialogue took place
with the man of the bouse:
Jonathan.—'Has there becu a funeral
here lately?'
Man of the house.—'No. Why?'
Jonathan—'L aw that there waa one
pane of glass that didn t have a head in it.'
Man of the house.—* You leave blasted
quick, or there wiil be a funeral.'
A Skating Trip. —The Quiiicy Whig
says l'rof. W S. Quiuti, of New York City,
who is o :t \\ est on a lecturing tour, reached
that place on Thursday last, diiect from
i St. Caul, on skates. The distance is near
ly eight hundred and fifty miles, which he
skated in just two weeks, stopping, mean
time to lecture at many points on the way.
NATHANIEL KENNEDY'S
S T O EI ,
In the Odd Fellows' Hall.
A Very Choice Assortment of Old Liquors.
I OFFER fur sale all the liquors, late the
. stock of John Kennedy, dee'd., embracing
prime French Bra: dy, Cherry Brandy, Gin,
Wines, Jamaica Spirits, and Scotch Ale. Ho
tel keepers are requested to call.
can always obtain a purt
article for the sick.
_ . "so, ,
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Groceries,
Queens ware, Stoneware, Hardware, Cedar
ware, always on hand; Shoulders, Hams, Fish.
Horring, Shad, and Mackerel; Dried Beef of
a most excellent quality; with Boots and Shoes
in great variety. All" the goods will be sold
very low. .N. KENNEDY.
Lewistown, January 15, 1861.
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