©-a & ©0 So 3KL'SrOIISJ©IB3Bs> IFTSILSSIUIgSSs No. 2853 Poor House Business. The Directors of the Poor meet at the Poor [louse on the 2d M ndaj of each month "SEO. W. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mifflin. Centre and Hunting dun counties tnv26 SCRIVINER & CONVEYANCER JOSEPH S. WARE AM, Lite Register and Recorder of Miffiin county' OFFICE, the one lately- occupied by Esq. Hoover, dee'd., opposite Eisenbise's Hotel, Lewistown, Pa. Deeds, Mortgages, Ac drawn neatly and with de ~ Nov. 15,1865. 3ni* So ©o DENTIST, OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Lewistown and vicinity. All in want of good,neat wu g will do well to give him a call. He may be found at all times at his office, three door* east of H. M. A R. I'ratt's store, Valley street. apl9-ly* SR. S. BELPCRD, DENTIST. OFFERS his professional services to the citizens oi Lewistown and county. If you want substantial work, give him a call. Office next door to the Post Office. apl'2-ly* M. R. THOMPSON, D. D. S. HAVING permanently located in Lewistown, offers his professional services to the ladies and gentle men of this place and riein | ity. Being in possession of all the late improve ments in the Dental Profes *ion. heflattershimselfthat IFFbe can give entire satisfac- RCTyA agA* J/jF tion to tnose who may need Nn | yjrwHf T his services in all branches of his profession. Refer ences—best families. Office west Market street, near Eisenbise's hotel, where he can be fouud for professional consultation from the first Mouday of each month until the fourth Monday, when he will be absent on professional busi ness one week. maylO-ti Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. 4 FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds IA mof Furniture. Young married persons and others that wish to purchase Furniture will tind a good assortment on hand, which will I\° sold cheap for cash, or country pro duce sYen in exchange for same. Give me a call * alley street, near Black Bear Ho tel. feb 21 OUR STOCK OF II A R D W ARE, MIIOE findings, LEATHER, Saddlery-Ware. &c., Always full. novli F.J.HOFFMAN. IDR.UG-S, MEDI CI MES, tpliis branch of our business receives full attention- 1 I novls F. J. HOFFMAN. Pure, our own grinding, uovFj at F. J. HOFFKA VS. STOVES. STOVES. A GENERAL assortment at low i l pri -e*. Niagara Cook of th vary best, No. 8, >33, No. 7, S3O, For sale at HOFFMAN'S. Hare some good and cheap at ■ovls F J. HUFFMAN'S. * SALT 2 IARGE Barrels $3.25. -J Sacks 3.00. uovls F. J. HOFFMAN'S. FURS! FURS!! Ladies' and Misses' Fancy Furs 'TWENTY percent. CHEAPER than X any other house in town; Ladies 5 For Trimed Hoods, Tin If*, 88 50, Vic tori new, S4, and ail others CHEA? in proportion, such as SABLE, FITCH, *qi lUREL, Ac. 3ly arrangements made with a city manufactory are such thai w ill enable me to un- • dersell all others. I am manufacturing Furs oiy- ! sell It you want old Furs altered or re-lined iam prepared to do it. N. J. RUDISII.L, AgL N. B. I have just returned from the East wkh a b'rge stock of HATS and CAPS of the latest styles, ! which I selected with care. Call and examine u>y ; stock before purchasing elsewhere. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR FURS. Lewistown, Nov. 22,1865. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE, j LETTERS of Administration having lieen granted ; to ttK- subscriber on the estate of George Bu'nb. late ot Mecao township. dee'd.. ,01 persons indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate pav meat. and these having claims against the same will present them properly authenticated for settlement. ' NICHOLAS HAKTZLER. I !aa3 Allenville. Administrator's Notice. LEI 1 LRS of Administration having been granted to the subscriber, on the Estate ot Mary $. Junkin. late of the Borough of Lewiat iwo, dee'd, all persons indebted to said Estate are notified to make payment mi mediately, and those having claims against ". aapie will present theui duly autiientica led for settlement II W. JUNKIN Leiviatown, Dec. 20, 18G5. P O E T R ~Y" _ SONG OF THE PAKOOX-SEEKEKS. , We're coming. Uncle Andrew J., your pardon to ltn j plore, ; A motley band from Dixie's land, we haunt the White | House door. I We don't know what on earth we've done to harm a | single soul, I But to our woe, alas! we know that you our fates con | trol; ! And wanting home and lands again, here, without : more ado, | Upon our knees, we F. F. Vs. for pardon humbly sue. We're coming up from Charleston, too, and all along our shore The chivalry on bended knee your mercy do implore. A yeai ago, and even less, we thought your scalp to wave Above the soil where slaves should toil o'er Freedom's bloody grave; But Northmen fought, and Freedom lives, and you are President; Hence for your grace our perjured race their supple knees have bent. Behold the fierce fire-eaters here, as cool as northern ice, And tigers, too. from savage Lou..as innocents* mice; From every State we thronging come, with wishes most intense, Like 'lyler John to find you on the democratic fence, Where you may shield us while we strike another coward blow ; Our co-confeds, the copperheads,assure us 'twill be so. When sins imputed to our charge give rise to doubts or fears, Our women go, in weeds of woe, to move you by their tears; With unrepentant rebs they kneel, and cowards not a few, With hope to rest i some soft nest by cringing thus t you ; And so we eorne and so we go, and leave the White House deor A pardoned band, from Dixie's land, as wicked as be fore. — Detroit Advertiser and Tribune. How Mr, Keith Managed. 'Man's work is from sun to sun, but wo man's work is never done,' quoted Mrs. Keith. She had just finished her work for the day, everything was tidied, and she was taking up her sewing, when Mr. Keith upset a vinegar bottle and a bowl of gravy in the kitchen cupboard, rummaging after a knife which was in bis pocket all rhe time. Mrs. Keith relinquished her idea of a little season of quiet, and went on to set matters in order again. Mr Keith followed to oversee her—a habit some men have. 'I wish you would try to be a little more careful, Henry You do not realize how many things I have to see to.' 'Humph !' said Mr. Keith, sitting down in a basket of freshly ironed clothes; 'I never would complain of such a thing as that! If I didn't know, I should think ail the women were in slavery.' 'And you would be correct, Henry You hava't the faintest idea—' 'Nonsense, Mary ! Why, I could do your work, and three times as much more, and get all through by feu o'clock.' 'Could you, indeed?' 'To be sure if you would only give me the chance of it.' 'You shall have it,' said Mr 9. Keith, quietly. 'I have long wanted to visit my Aunt Susan. 1 will do so now and you may keep house. I shall have to cook up something—' 'As if I couldn't cook ! ' You will do nothing of the kind, Mary. I shall live like a prince, and you will see how nice I will keep everything. You will hardly know the house when you return.' 'I dare say,' remarked Mrs. Keith; 'hut when can I go?' 'To morrow, if you like.' 'And are you sure that you can manage?' 'Sure !' what a look he gave her; 'you shall see.' Mrs. Keith laughed a little to herself when her husband left her at the depot, and turned bis steps homeward to clear the breakfast things and prepare dinner She only wished Bhe could be there invisible, and see him manage. 'Let me see,' soliloquised Keith, enter ing the kitchen; 'l'll wash the dishes first, and I'll put 0110 of Mary's dresses on to keep me cleau. He fastened it around his waist with a pin, rolled up his sleeves and looked about him. The fire was out, but after much trouble he succeeded in rekindling it, and then began the dishes. He took theui to the sink, plugged up the spout, and put them to soak in a pail of cold water. 'Theie, they're washed/ said he to him self, 'now for something to wipe them on. I'll take the table cloth. Such a fuss as women do make about work. Why, I could wash all the dishes in the neighbor hood in half a day. This stew pan smells of grease. I wonder what's the matter with it? There, I've got some smut on my hand ! there it goes on that china sau eer, deuce take it! I wish there was no smut; hillo, there's one plate gone tosmash ! Oh, there goes the cream pitcher ! And I've stepped into that potato dish that I set on t4e floor to dry. and that's gone to the shades Never mind; accidents will hap pen ! I guess I'll trim the lamps next; mother always trimmed the lamps in the morning Confouud 'em; how black the chimneys are !' Thus with hiraseM. Mr. Keith put the into the basin, and eogi- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1866. tated a moment. lie had heard it said that boiling water was cleansing. So he scalded the chimneys, and the result was about a hundred different pieces to each chimney. 'Good gracious I' cried he. 'who'd Gave thought it! There o somebody at the door I'll just step out as I am. It can't tie anybody that I care for, so early as this ' A small boy presented himself, eyeing Keith with ill suppressed mirth. •Be you mistress of the house?' 'Yes—that is, I am the master,'said M•. Keith, with dignity; 'what can I do for you?' 'Nothing, I guess; marrn sent me over to see if you—that is. if the mistress of the house would take of the baby while she goes shopping ' 'No!' roared Keith, 'l've other fish to fry fne boy put bis thumb to Ins nose, and Mr Keitfi, after slumming the door as uien always do when they are out of temper, returned to the kitchen Tile tin was ail out, and the room decidedly -uioky 'I II go down the cellar ami tiring up some coal,' said he, ami he started brink ly dowu the stairs. On tfie second step he put his foot through a rip in hi- Jr—* skirt, stumbled and fell to the bottom •[ the cellar, smashing a basket of egg*. a -d knocking over a shelf loaded with pm- of uiilk 'Deuce take it!' exclaimed be, scrau, bliag to his feet, and rubbing his head 'how do women manage with these infer- .. long dresses. I shall break my neK w. t this yet!' The fire made again, Keith Ocftiuu him of dinner. He looked at the time piece; it was one o'clock. Almost lime for dinner. What should he have for dinner? He had heard hia wife say that a rice pudding wis easily made; he would have a rice pudding and boiled potatoes and broiled steak. He filled a basin with rice, stirred in a little sugar, dropped in an eg r, and set the vessel into the oveu The potatoes he washed in soap suds, that they certain I v might be clean, and put them into the tea kettle because they would boil qmcket The steam was frizzling in the frvin ; pan; he was proceeding to *ef t t,< when the bell rang He • u from the fire, to keep it from b made haste to the front door Tbeu remembered it would not be justtherhing to go to the door with a frying pan in his hand, so he deposited it on the parlor sofa and answered the ring. Mrs. J)r Madge was on the steps, dress ed in hei best. 'Yes—l—dare say,' stammered KeDh. 'my wife is abs:nt. and [ am the Bridget Mis. Mudge sailed into the parlor winch was darkened to exclude the sun. and wi ii out stopping to look at Iter seat, sunk into the frying pan on the sofa. 'Jupiter,' cried Mr. Keith, you've done it now.' Mrs M. sprang up, the grease dripping from her rich siik vn ttc carpet Her face grew dark She was about to flv into a passion, but. controlled herself, Low. o haughtily and left the house. Keith returned to the kitchen * iitil erestfailen, for Mrs Mi dge \as i lady be fore whom he desired to look particol n!. weil. There was a tremendous cracking in the oven. He thought ot his pudding, and looked ia. The burnt rice had hopped all over the oven ; the basin had melted apart, aud the pudding was not done, lie shut the door upon the ruins in disgust, and looked after his potatoes only to find them boiled to a perfect jelly. And just as fie made the discovery there was a sharp peal at the door bell 'Creation ! there's that abominable bell again. I wish folks w mid stay at home—l'll lock all the d mrs and cut all the bell wires after to day.' At the door he found Mr and Mrs Fi i get and the children 'My dear Mr Keith ! how do you do ? cried Mrs. Fidget. 'We were in town and thought we'd just step in to dinner Where is Mra. Keith ?' 'She's gone away,' said Keith ruefully, wondering what he should leed them on ; 'walk in, do; I am the housekeeper to day.' 'Yes, so I should judge. But of course you make a splendid one I remember you used to be frequently telling Mrs. Keith and myself how very easy housekeep ing must be It must be mere play to you Don't put yourself out I beg !' 'Put m/self out, indeed!' cried Keith, retreating to the kitchen. 'Good gracious! what shall Ido ? I'd give a hundred dot lars it Mary was only here. Where shall I begin ?' He drew out the table and set it without any cloth, then took off the plates and put on a cloth—the very one he had wiped the dishes on The task completed, he put on some more potatoes, and steak ; burned the steak to a cinder ; took off his potatoes when he did his meat, and put them all upon the table. There was a loaf of baker's bread in the cupboard ; he pa raded that, and called his guests to din ner. A quizzical smile spread over Mrs Fid get's face at the sight of the repast. Keith was in a cold perspiration. 'Ma, ray plate's all greasy, and ao's ray knite; I can't eat on dirty dishes,' cried little Johny Fidget. •And ray fork is wet all over with water that s dropping off the tablecloth ; and my tater ain t half biied,' cried little Sue Fid get A slight noise in the kitchen drew the attention of Mr. Keith. ♦Jupiter !' cried he,'if Mrs O'Flather ty * Jog kin t making off with my steak !' II jumped from the table and started in ho nrsuit The log made the best of it; Keiths unaccustomed attire was a sad dr w .aok, and he m ide but little headway 'Kill him, he yelled to the crowd that joined in the pursuit. 'l'll give fifteen dollars for his hide.' Mrs. O L iatherty herself ap|>eared on the scene, with a skillet of hot water Tech him it you dare !' she cried. 'l'll •r.;-tk the bones ot every mother's son of yees Stand from forninst or ye'll rue the day ' Kc.ih rook a step forward ; stepped on hi* skirt and pitched head first into a wine cellar, where half a dozen men were play 'lll.' ca-ds 'I he devii in petticoats ' exclaimed one -f iinesfer and ttie place WHS emptied quick er ilsan a wiek The p .lice picked up Mr. Kcifli eon.-id erabiy Lrmsed, una carried him home ill- c mi patty In.d taken their departure, and -ouieiiody out having the fear of the law iioon them, had entered and stolen a hundred dollars worth os property. Then Mr. Keith sent the following note : OUAK MAKV; —Coins home. I give up A woman does have a great deal to do • ot- • mysett incompetent to manage :*.'• and V:>u shall have a new siik -• *• iu ; a I itigluer of Erin to divide your labors. Yours, faithiully, 11. KEITII Across the Continent. Mr Bowles, the ed'tor of the Spring field Republican, and the companion ot bpeaker Coilax in his overland journey, to the ; 'acific coast, has made a very read able rejord ■ t ins observations. The journey, though not official, was made un der advantages secured t >y the high position ol Mr Ooltax It was Hot permitted to the party of tourists to enter th fwu-iii fo ul Brighani Young unheraloe • i - "ae approached Jsult juake ' i< v • sv „ t he Lirmoi' aui in-r: ic,- ♦They ered ii-, • ays >J Bowles. .oUJSiooutit; we were individually introduced to each of twenty oi them; we received a long speech; w'e made a iong one—standing in the hot .-•Hid with the sun of forty thousand lens p wor concentrated opon us. tired ami dirty with a week's coach ride; was it won •Jer that the mildest of tempers rebelled? transferred to other carriages, our host, drove u tlir ugh the city to the hotel;and then—ble.-s their Mormon hearts—they took us at nice to a hot sulphur bath, that nature liberally offers just on the eonlines of the city, and there we washed out all remembrance of the morning suffering and ail the accumulated grime and fatigue of iti journey; and -ame out hap ized in it - ins- iud self respect. Clean clothes, • iit, H tiiuuH tabernacle in the afternoon, . ; , Congregational ('Gt-arile') meeting • tin hi in the cveuiog v were the other v- t.'Uin..s of our first day in Utah. Si.e, md stilt or Duaiied, Mr. Colfax ami ins liimitis have Peem the recipients of i .riiuriius and th .ugtectul hospitality— J hey are the quests oi the city; but the military authorities and citizens vie togeth er as w 11 to please their yisi ors and make thetu pleased with Utah and its people. The Mormons are eager to prove their loy alty to the Government, their sympathy with its t.ereaveuisfit, their joy in its tinal triumph—which theirsilence or their slants ami sneers herefctdore had certainly put in some doubt—and they leave uothing unsaid or undone now. cowards .Mr Colfax as the representative el that Government, or toward the path lie, to give assurance ol their rurhtimcwtedneai* Also they wish us to know tost they are not monsters and murderers, but men of intelligence, virtue, good man sere and fine tastes They put their polygamy on high moral and religious grounds; aud lor the rest, anyhow, are not willing be thought otherwise than our peers. And certainly we do lind here a great tUul of truth and good human nature •md social culture; a great deal of business intolbgerice and activity; a great deal of uenexous hospitality—besides most excel lent strawberries and green peas, and the tnuftC promising orchards of apricots, peach es, plums, and apples that these eyes ever beheld anywhere.' Salt Lake City appears to have charmed the whole party. Its location is exquisitely beautiful. It is regularly laid out, aud abounds in gardens carefully cultivated The region of which it is- the ceuire, with the aid of irrigation, produces most, boun tiiui harvests. Fifty aud sixty bushels of wheat to the acre are an ordinary yield Brighton Young, preeminent, here as in all else, has raised from an acre of ground ninety three aud a half bushels of wheat. All the ordinary fruits of the tempeiate zone are produced luxuriantly and in great perfection. In the opinion of Mr Bowles, .Salt Lake City is destined to rank with St. Louis and Chicago. The Lake is a miniature ocean, about fifteen miles from the city, fifty miles wide by one hundred long—the brinest sheet of water known ou the continent —so salt that no fish can live in it, and that three !lilSWn£®a;Ws?a ®£t?STE'2' 9 IFSiiJSJ'o •quarts of it will boil down to one quart of fine, pure salt—but most delicious and re freshing for bathing, floating the body as a cork ou the suriace—only the brine must be kept from mouth and eyes under the penalty of * severe smarting; with its high rocky islands and crestful wares and its superb sunsets, picturesque and enchanted to look upou; while its broad expanse offers wide space for sailing, and every chance for sea sickness. But what of the presiding genius of this region—the worldly wise fanatic, the chief preacher and theatrical manager, the gath erer ot the tithes of his people, and the keeper of their consciences (for he unites these functions and many others in his sole person) —Brighani Young? After a lit tle delay upon the point of etiquette, whether the President shonld first call up ou the Speaker or the Speaker upon the President, Brighani Young yielded, and wiih a company of the heads of his Church called upon Mr Colfax and his party. 'lie is,' ays our author, -a very hale and hearty looking mau, young for sixty-four, with a light gray eye, cold and uncertain, a mouth and chin betraying a great and determined will—handsome perhaps as to presence and features, but repellant in atmosphere and without magnetism In conversation, he is cool and quiet in manner, but suggestive in expression • has strong and original ideas, but uses had grammar, lie was rather formal, but courteous, and, at the last, affected frankness and freedom, if he felt it not. To his followers, I observed he was master of that profooud art of east ern politicians, which consists in putting the arm affectionately around thetri, and tenderly inquiring for health ot selves and families; and when his eye did sparkle and his hps soften, it was with most cheer iog, though not warming, effect—it was pleasant., but did not melt you •Ot his companion*, iieDer O Kimball is perhaps the must notorious from his vul gar ana c arse sj ech He ranks high among rht- 'prophets here, and is a* unc tuous HI his c *-%r h -ir oil. ami i- - pi- o out "S i| KeWp!* ii .-.> ' \ siren -bar. - d 'OI K . :i : J a •• I a I . i Jjp' 111-field ill . • i i - 1 I 1 i *. ;1| Hi ~t culture and refin, no.or hi* associates; he is an uid small man, ven erabie, and suggestive of John Quincy Adams, or Dr. Gannett of Boston, in his style. Two or three others of tbo oonqttt ny haw fine faces —such as you would meet in intellectual or business society in Boston or New York —but the strength of most of the party seems to lie in narrow ness, bigotry, obstinacy. They look as if they had lived on the same farms as their fathers and grandfathers, and made no im provements ; gone to the same church, and sat in the same pew, without cushions; borrowed the same weekly newspaper for forty years; dioveail their children to the West or the cities; and if they went to ag ricultural fairs, iusisted on having their premiums in pure coin.' We conclude by quoting a story of Mr Greeley's experience in going over the ties err. which lies between Utah aud Culitor 'The drivers all had the same consolation to administer to us for the rough riding, and that was]| the story, memorable ail along this route, of Mr Greeley's cx perience upon it some six years age Ho had met rather a dull driver, was behind time, aud became impatient, as he had a lecture engagement just over the moun tain in California. So when he struck the mountain road, and a noted driver then and still—tor gtage driviug is a trade that men follow during their lives—by name Hand Monk, Mr Greeley suggested that he would like to get over the road a trifle faster. 'YTes,' said Hank, as be gathered up the reiss of six halt-wild mustangs, then in common U3e ou the road, 'keep your seat Mr. Greeley, and I will get you through in time.' Crack went his whip ; the mustangs dashed into a fearful pact, up hill and down, along precipices fright ful to look at, over rocks that kept the uo ted passenger passing frantically between seat and ceiling of the coach ; the philoso pher soon was getting more than h bar gained lor; and at the first soft place on the road, he mildly suggested to the driver that a half an hour more or less would not make much difference. But Monk was in for his drive nd his joke, aud re plied again, with a twinkle in his left eye, after a fresh cut at his mustangs, 'Just keep your seat, Mr Gieeley, and you shall be through in time.' Mr Greeley kept l is seat as well as he could, got through on tune, and better, unharmed, though greatly to his surprise, in view of the dan gers and run ho<-<*a of the drive, and re warded the driver, wdo bad serveu him the rough joke, with a new suit of clothes. The story is n.w classic with all the driv ers aud travelers on the roid; and Monk wears a watch with his reply to Mr Gref.- ley engraved on the case —the present of some other passengers, whom he had driven both rapidly and salely over his perilous route. The road is better now, and tue horses tamer; but the driving is hardly less fearful.' Sa&" A man may say a thing twice if he says it better the second time than the first. # Vol. LVI. No. 3- 8®- A good laugh is often ae good as a dose of medicine. With the late Doctor Chapman, of Philadelphia, the pleasantry was as certain as the opportunity. Even in extremis it would couie out of him.— He was walking the street, and a baker's cart, driven furiously, was about to ran him down. The baker reined up suddenly, and just in time to save the Duitor, who instantly took off his hat, and bowing po lifeiy, exclaimed, 4 Yoo are the best bred man in town.' A little boy in Wisconsin was being put to bed the other night about dark when he objected to going so early. His mother told him the chickeus went 1 tb bed early and he must do so too. Tfca little fellow said he would if his mother would do as the old hens did—go to bed first, then coax the chickens to come. There were two Boldiera from this coun ty in Grant's army, lying beneath their blankets looking up at the stars in-a "Vir ginia sky Says Jack 'What made you go into the army, Tom ?' 'Well,'rreplied' T or 'I had no wife, and I Jove war. What made you go to the war, Jack ?' 'Weft,' he replied' 'I had a wife, and I loved paoe r so I went to war ?' A United States revenue officer the oth er day received the following 'noat 'To Mr. Milikin.—l hev bin sellin ches nuts by the kwart to sum of the nabera and the boys pays I shel be prosecutid if I don't have a lisens or get my chesouts stamped onto. How much have Ito paj lor sellin a fu cbesnuts ?' At a church collection for missions, tlie preacher said : 'My christian brethren, let me caution those of you who put in buttons not to break oft the eyes. It spoils them for use, and they will not pass among the heathen for coins.' BUSINESS COLLECE N. E. cor. Tenth and Chestnut Streets. PHILADELPHIA. TIIE - l> A REGULAR BANK OF DEPOSIT AND ISSUE, supplied with finely-engraved lithographic notes used a- a circulating medium in the Department of Actual Busiueee. To Young Men who desire the very best facilities for a Practical Education for Bnslncai, we guarantee a course of instruction no where elaa equalled, while the- reputation and standing of tha Institution among business men make its endorae m-Bl the best passport to success and advancement. All contemplating entering any Commercial College, are invited to send for an Jllustrated Circular and Catalogue. containing complete interior views of the College, and full particulars of the course of inaUuctiou, terms, Ac. L. FAIR3SAXKS, A- 51., President. T. C. SEARCH.-- Special Teacher and Supt. of Office Business. Nov. B,i,ly* BEST FAMILY FLOUR, from the well-known Brown's Mills, can be had at all times (n Lewistown, at the stores of r. J. Hoffman and Henry Zerbe. H.bTRUNA'A HOFFiIANS. Reedavilie. Dec. 6, 1506.-3cb