©-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.
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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.
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appointed Business or Commercial College in
tlx* country.
The only one in the city possessing a Legislative
Charter, and the only one in the United States autho
rized to confer Degrees of Merit. Diplomas awarded
to graduates in the Commercial Course under its cor
porate seal hy authority of law.
Oondueted'by gentlemen of liberal education aad
extensive experience in business, And affording une
qualled advantages for the thorough theoretical and
practical education of young men for the various du
ties and employments of business life.
THEORY AND PRACTICE COMBINED
by a system of
ACTUAL BUSINESS TRAINING
original and pre-eminently practical*, giving the stu
dent in the shortest time a complete isssight into the
routine, details, customs and forms of business in
general, as conducted in the best-regulated cornmar
; curl and financial establishments.
Theoretical Bookkeeping
! Upon a new plan, with, an original exposition of tha
science of accounts, ai ranged and published by tha
i proprietor of this Institution exclusively for his own
use. saving one-half the ordinary labor of the stu
dent, and giving hhn a complete knowledge of tha
practice of the best accountants.
Ttia Commercial Course
IXBRACM
jßookkeeping, Commercial Arithmetic, Penmanship, Busi
ness' Correspondence. Commercial Law. Lectures
on Bussness Affairs. Commercial Customs,
Forms and Actual Business Practice.
Special Branchei.
Algebra and the Higher Mathematics, Phonograahy, Or
liamcntal Penmanship, the Art of Detecting Coun
tor fat Monty. Engineering, Surveying, A'atv
gation and Telegraphing.
Telegraphing.
The arrangements for Telegraphing are far in ad
vance of anything of the kind ever offered to the
public. A regular Telegraph Line is connected with
the Institution with twenty branch offices in various
parts of the city, where public business is transacted,
and in which the students of this Institution are per
mitted to practice. No regular office practice can be
had in any other school of instruction in the country,
without which no one can obtain a position as a prac
tical operator. Voting men are cautioned against the
deceptive representations of those who. without any
such facilities, pretend to teach Telegraphing.
Patronage.
This Institution is now enjoying the largest patron
age ever bestowed upotj any commercial senool in
the State. Over five hundred students were in atten
dance the first year, and over seven hundred during
the past year. The best class of students may inva
riably be found here, and all its associations are firsv
elass.
Location and Accommodations-
The Institution is located in the most central part
of the city, and its accommodations, for extent, ele
gance and convenience, are unsurpassed. All the
rooms have been fitted up in the very best style with
BUSINESS OFFICES OR COUNTING HOUSES,
TELEGRAPH OFFICES, STATIONERY STORM
A>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