©3 & ©0 IBs M&'S'BIJSJiSiaiBs) ZPraMSHHIIBSa Whole No. 2854 Poor House Business. The Directors of the Poor meet at the Poor House on the 2d Tuesday of each month. ~CKEC. 7T. EL EES,, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mltflin. Centre and Hunting don counties mv 26 SCRIVINER & CONVEYANCER JOSEPH S. WAREAM, Late Register and Recorder of Miffiin county' OFFICE, the one lately occupied by Esq. Hoover, dec'd., opposite Eisenbise's Hotel, Lewistown, Pa. Deeds. Mortgages, tc drawn neatly and with de * Lewistown, Nov. 15, 1865, 3m* 2S)2Lo So AW©UIILiIIi? 9 DENTIST, /vFFERS his professional services to the citizens of U Lewistown and vicinity. All in want of good, neat wo* will do well to give him a call. He imv he found at all times at his office, three doors east of H. M. & R Pratt's store, Valley street, aplfl-ly* BR. S. BELPOE.I), DENTIST. OFFERS his professional services to the citizens oi Lewistown and county. If you waul substantial work,give him a call. Office next door to the Post Ofhce. aplz-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 ana viein | jty. Being in possession of all the late improve i) rfilißr---• ments in the Dental Profes .mi*'*' A 11111 he flatters himselfthat jar r 'T-seAc; - 'r'rlP he can give entire satisfae . . rB Ira . fiT tion to those who may need f his services in ail branches of his profession. Refer ences—best families. Office west Market street, near Eisenbise s hotel, where he can be found for professional consultation Irom the first Mouday of eacri month until the fourth Monday, when he will be absent on professional busi ness one week. maylO-tt Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. 4 FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds LX, of Furniture. Young married persons and others that wish to purchase Furniture will find a good assortment on hand, which will he sold cheap for cash, or country pro duce aVen in exchange for same. Give me a call v alley street, near Black Bear Ho teL fob 21 OUR STOCK OF HARDWARE, SHOE FINDINGS, LEATHER, Saddlery-Ware- &c., Always full. novU F.J.HOFFMAN. DRUGS, AND MEDICINES, This branch of our business receives full attention novls F. J. HOFFMAN. IHUHPHIBo Pure, our own grinding, novK at • F. J. HOFFMAN'S. imeß. STOVES. A GENERAL assortment at low L Y prices. Niagara Cook of the very best, No. 8, $33, No. 7, S3O, For sale at HOFFMAN'S. Have some good and cheap at novlo F J. HOFFMAN'S. SALT ! IARGE Barrels $3.25 j Sacks 3.00. novlo at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. FURS! FURSir Ladies' and Misses' Fancy Furs TWENTY percent. CHEAPER than X any other house in town; Ladies' Fnr Trimed Hoods, Jliiff*, $3 SO, Yicioriiies S-f. and all others CHEAP in proportion, sucli as SABLE, FITCH, **4UIRKEL, tc. My arrangements made with a city manufactory are such that will enable me to un- i dersell all others. I am manufacturing Furs my- i self. If you want old Furs altered or re-lined I am j prepared to do it. N. J. RUDISILL, Agt. j N. B. I have just returned from the East with a largf stock of HATS and CAPS of the latest styles, j which I selected with care. Call and examine my ; stock before purchasing elsewhere. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR FURS. Lewistown, Nov. 22,1865. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. LET TERS of Administration having been granted i to the subscriber on the estate of George Bubb. ! late of Menuo township, dec'd., all persons indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate pay ment. and those having claims against the same will present tlietri properly authenticated for settlement, i . _ NICHOLAS HARTZLER, I ) an3 Allenville. | Administrator's Notice. LETTERS of Administration having been granted to the subscriber, on tbe Estate ! of Mary S. Junkin, late of the Borough of Lewistown, dec'd, all persons indebted to said Estate are notified to make payment im mediately, and those having claims against the same will present them duly authentica ted for settlement. H. W. JUNKIN. Lewistown, Dec. 20, 1865. P O E T E LiT _ . OCT IM THE STOKM. BT WILLIAM WINTER. How wet and dreary the streets are! 'Tis a wild and lonesome night; And the air is full of voices— I shudder with cold and fright. Ah me, for a little fire! • 1 will creep here under the cart; Something whispers of patience, But I'm cold—at my very heart. What is it there in the shadow That wavers and beckons so? Noting. Bear little Nelly— Dead, years and years ago I Does she know that her poor old father Is dying here in the street— Cold, and ragged, and hungry, With not a morsel to eat? Sweet girl! I believe she loved me, I remember her voice, her smile. She is gone 1 Ah, well, 1 shall see her, Perhaps, in a little while. I am cold—my heart is freezing. Heart! Why do I babble so? What little I had to be frozen, Was frozen long ago. There's a light just there at the baker's, But I cannot crawl for pain ; Perhaps he would let me in awhile — 0 God ? to be warm again. How wet and cold the pavement 1 1 could pity my own white hair— Alas! if my heart were younger; But there's nothing but ashes there 1 Is it cold in the grave, I wonder — Ugh! the cruel and pitiless storm 1— No matter; 'tis all that's left me; Thank God if its only warm. RELIGIOUS. Questions for those who Neglect Prayermeeting. 1. Are you always better employed. If not, can it be right in you to absent yourself? 2. Do you get more good to your own soul, and do more good to others, by staying away ? If not, can you 1 . acting wisely? 3. Does your own conscience justify you, or have you not sometimes a dif ficulty in keeping it quiet on tbe sub ject? 4. Will a death-bed commend your present course, or will you then look upon your neglect of with pleasure ? 5. Does not your Pastor suffer by your neglect? Does it not hurt his feelings, cool his zeal, and binder his usefulness? 0. Are not your fellow church mem bers discouraged by y 7 ou, and may you not thus offend Christ's little ones? 7. Is not your own family injured hy your neglect? What will your chil dren think of prayermeetings, seeing you habitually neglect them? Is it surprising if they despise them? 8. Is there no reason to fear that un converted sinners may* be both hinder ed, and led to think lightly of prayer by your conduct ? 9. Can you have a proper concern tor the prosperity of the Church, the spread of Christ's cause, and the con version of sinners, if you never meet to pray for them ? 10. Are you sure that you fulfill your duty as a church member while you neglect prayermeetings? Is neg lect of duty no sin, and is there no probability of your being called to ac count tor it ? 11. Did any one really ever gain any thing either in temporal or spiritual things, by neglecting prayermeetings? If you think so, can you prove it ? 12. Is there no selfishness, or pride, or worldly-mindedness at the root oi your neglect? If so, ought such things to be encouraged? 18. Would it he right to give up the prayermeeting? Do you think this would please God, or improve the cause? But it all the members did as you do, must they not he given up ? Could not the rest find excuses for stay ing away, think you, as well as vou ? Do you not think they would if their hearts were as worldly, or as cold, or as indifferent about the prosperity of the cause as yours appears to he ? Ssif Young man, how do you spend your evenings? Are you a fequenter of the drinking saloon or other places of vice, or do you occupy your leisure hours in acquiring useful knowledge, or in company with intelligent and vir tuous associates. If in the former mar ner, we admonish you, as you value your future success and usefulness in life, resolve upon a change. Keep clear of all sinks of vice; shun the in toxicating cup, aviod low and dishon orable associates. It is a true saying that ho is a good man whose intimate friends are good. Morality and intel ligence are fast becoming the standards by which men are measured in this country. It is wisdom to heed this truth and shape your conduct accord ingb*- A hidv of Beading ascertaining that there were ninety children in the Berks county almshouse, made up ninety little Christmas packages and made ninety lit- I tie hearts glad by sending the packages for distribution among the children. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1866. MISCELLANY. A FUNNY ADVENTURE. 'I never attended but one temperance meeting,' said our friend 8., with a pecu liar suiile, 'and 1 don't think I shall ever attend another.' * 'Why?—the meeting couldn't help be ing interesting in such a good cause.' 'Well, yes ; but that isn't it. The meet ing was well euough, but I got into such an awful scrape after it was over, that I never think of temperance without a shud der. I'll tell you all about it: 'lt was in a town not a thousand miles from Lewistown, where I was some what of a stranger, and the night was one of the worst of the season Boreas! how it blew! It was enough to take one's breath away. Well, the meeting was over. i and making my way through the crowd, I lingered in the the awful scene, when somebody suddenly j thrust an arm within my own, and clung i to me with a bear-like hug.' 'Where have you been,' said the sweet est voice in the world ; '1 have been look ing for you everywhere.' Very much to my surprise, I turned and saw—but 1 can't describe her. It makes me sad to think how prodigiously pretty she was. With her left hand she leaned on my arm, while with her right she was arranging her veil, and did not uotice my surprise. 'You have Lecn looking for me ?' 'Yes, and now let's be going,' was her reply, pressing my arm. A thrill went to my heart. What to sake of my lady's address, I did not know -but to accompany tier. We started of in the tempest, the noise of which preven ted any conversation. At length she said with a scream : 'Put your arm around me, or I bhall blow away " i need not describe t- you my sensation as I pressed her to my side and hurried on 1 w-.-s very dark ; nobody saw us, and. ;.] lowing her to guide my '.tops, I followed her notion through two or f'.rc-; short streets, until she stopped before an elegant mansion 'Have you your key l' she asked 'My key !' !. stammered, 'there must be some mistake.' As she opened the door, I stood ready to bid her good night, or to have some expla nation, when turning quickly, she said : 'How queer yon act to night—ain't you coining ir. ?' There was something very tempting in the suggestion. Was I going in ? A warm house and a pretty woman were certainly objects of consideration, and it was dreary to think of facing the driving storm, and seeing her no more If took uic three quarters of a second to make up my mind and in I went. There was a dim light in the hall, and as my guide ran rapidly up stairs, I could do no better than run up too. I followed her into a very dark room. 'Lock the door. John,' she said. Now, as if 1 were the only John in the world, I thought she knew me I felt for the key, turned it in the lock without lies itation, wondering at the same liuie what was comintr next. Then an awful suspi cion of some horrid had trick flashed upon my mind ; I had often heard of infatuat ed meu being lured to their destruction by pretty women, and I was on the point of opening the door when my lady struck a light. Then, to my dismay, I discovered I was in a bed room, along with a strange woman I said something; don't know what it was ; but the lady lighted a lamp, looked, stared at me an instant, turned as white as a pillow case and then screamed : •Who are you ? How came you here ? Go, quick ; leave the room ; 1 thought you were uiy husband and covering her face with her hands, she sobbed hysteri cally. I was nearly petrified. Of course, I was as anxious to leave, as she was that 1 should ; but in my confusion, instead of going out at the door I came in at, I ran into a closet, and before I could rectify my error there came a thundering at the hall door The lady's real husband had come, and she flew to let him in. WeU aware that it would be of no use to try to get out of the house by any other way than that in which 1 had entered it, and convinced of the danger of meeting the man, who might fall into the vulgar weakness of being jeal ous, I was trying to collect my scattered senses in the darkness, when the wrathful husband burst into the room followed by madam. Ihe light was extinguished aud while she was searching for a friction match, the grufl voice raved and stormed, jealous and reveogfal. * 'I know lie is here, I saw him conio in to the house with you! You locked the door I'll have hi- heart out—where is hi ?' 'Hear me . Hear me! 1 wiii explain,' urged the lady. As I was iisteniug to hear the explana tion, the husband walked plump against me, and at the same moneut the light ap peared. 'Well, B.' we cried, deeply interested, for we knew that every word of his slory was true, 'how did you get out of the scrape!' J used a violent remedy for so violent a ■ complaint Driven into a corner—my life in danger perceiviug at a glance that Othello was not so strong as I was, I threw myself upon him, fell with him, and held him there until I had given him a full ex planation of the error, made him reason, and tamed him to be gentle as a lamb, j Then 1 left, rather unceremoniously, and L . have never seen Othello or Desdeiuona since. The Sale of Circassian Women. 'The smugglers, who usually sail with their cargoes of salt, gunpowder, cottons, Ac , from Sinope or Trebizond, bring back generally, as a return freight, a number of Circassian girls for the Constantinople markets These poor creatures suffer often great hardships on the journey, obliged as they are to sail by night, and to select the worst weather, for the purpose of avoiding the Russian cruisers. Nevertheless, far from lamenting their fate in thus leaving their homes at such an early age—for they are generally disposed of by their fathers arid brothers at twelve and fourteen years old—they look forward to their sale at Stumboul as their grand settlement in life, thus escaping the hardships inseparable from their lot had they remained at home For among the Circassians, as among every other uncivilized people, the hardest work falls to the lot of women, who, in conse quence, become soon wrinkled and aged, assuming the appearance of veritable hags l at a very early period The prettiest girls : of a family are invariably selected for the Turkish market, and indulged, as far -it the ii)!--in> ' f h t'oivly will p i idleo- - ... drud uvi.i} troui then beauty On arriving at. a suitable age, tie damsel leaves her home, amidst the tears of hei mother aud sisters, while her lather and brothers, aeii.g a;I precau tions to secure her escape from the clutches of the Muscovite aud the dangers of the sea, launch her upon the market, with anxious speculations as to the amount which a commodity so valuable, thought to iliem useless, inuy bring. For although in some instances a slave-merchant may hint* e elf purchase direct fr-un the parent, yet in most cases one of the male members of the lamiiy accompanies the precious mer chandise to the place of sale, and receives the purchase of some contraband article, such as gunpowder, or salt, or whatever may happen at the moment to be most in request among bis countrymen. Cat Parody on Poe's Raven, The editor of the Montezuma (Iowa) Republican appears to have a great horror of cats and admiration for the style of Foe's 'Raven.' Witness the following poetic effusion : The other night while we lay musing, and our weary brain confusing o'er the topics of the day, suddenly we heard a rattling, as of serious hosts a battling, as they mingled in the fray 'What is that?' we cried, upstarting, and into the darkness darting, slap! we ran against the uoo; - 'Oh, tis nothing. Edward grumbled as o'er a huge ai m chair h * stuuibled ''tis a bug. and nothing more ' Then said we, our anger rising, yfor we thought it so surprising that a un should so offend) — 'l)o you think a small insect, sir, thus all the air infect, sir ! No 'tis not a bug my friend.' Now becoming sorely frightened, round uui waist our pants we tightened, and put on our coat and hat, when into the darkness peering, we saw with trembling and much tearing, the glaring eyes of Thomas Oat Esq With astonishment and wonder we gazeci upon this son of thunder, as he sat upon the floor—when resolution taking, and a rapid motion making, 10, we opened wide the door. Now clear out we hoarsely shouted, as o'er head our boot was flouted, 'Take your presence from the floor.' Then with an air and mien majes tic, made his exit through the door Made his exit without growling, neither was his voice a howling, not a single word he said, j And with feelings much elated, to escape a doom full fated, we went back to bed. SNOW FLAKES IN A BALL-ROOM.— A writer in Once a-Week gives the follow ing singular illustration of the condensa tion of vapor, which always ensues when cold air mingles with warm The scene was in a hail-room in Moscow : "The heat of the room having become intolerable, one of the gentlemen opened the top part of one of the windows. A cold gust ol wind blew sudaeuiy in through the open window, aud the heated air which wo- congregated in the uppe part of the room became suddenly condensed, and de scended upon tbe assembled party in tbe toixa ol snow-flakes. Probably there nev : or was seen so curious a eight in u ball, — j ladies and gentlemen in ball toilet, in the midst of a dauee, and snow-flakes descend ing; and were it not for the incongruity of the attire, more like a skating party.' The most notable feature last week in New York commercial aud financial circles was the heavy decline in gold and bread stuffs. Private advices from Chicago say the grain speculation there is rapidly break ing down. I $ wavma jpxsotso Marriage Extraordinary. ! An extraordinary marriage took place at • the Union Methodist Episcopal Church, i Rev. Mr Carrow, Fourth street below ' | Arch, last week. Mr Rein, a German hy birth, and a celebrated tamer of horses by i profession, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mi>s llanna J Duke, the lowa giantess. The bridegroom served 1 with distinction in the Union army. He is rather below tbe middle stature of man kind in point of size and weight, he scarce ly turning the beam at one hundred and t forty pounds. The bride weighs five hun ! dred and eighty five pounds avoirdupois, i She has been exhibited at Judge Ingall's f museum, on Market street uear Ninth, for , j some time past. Mr. Rein, on visiting the , establishment, fell violently in love with ; the lair giantefes, proposed marriage, aud , 'of course she said yes.' . j In the evening, at eight o'clock, the car - i riages drew up before the museum, and the , twain, soon to be made one, entered there , in and proceeded to the church. The bri . i dal party consisted of the Siamese twins 3 —Chang aud Eng, and other celebrities t j of the museum. Upon entering the church ) the visitors were the most 'observed of all , ! observers.' They were united in the ma . trimonial 'bond in accordance with the . ! plain usage of the Methodist persuasion, I after which they retired. The event was extraordinary because of the difference in | the size of tbe parties. It was regarded with a great deal of interest. The bride did not falter or tremble upon being led to the altar.— Phila. Press. Our Country . in greatest cataract 111 the world is the I dis "of Niagar Th< grates; cave in the world is the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. The greatest river in the world is the Mississippi, 4,109 utiles in length. Tht- largest valley in the world is the .valley uf the Mississippi, containing 500,- | 000' square miles The greatest natural bridge in the world j that over Oedar Creek, in Virginia. The greatest mass of solid iron in the world is the I roe Mountain of Missouri, . 300 feet high and about two miles in cir j cuit. The longest railroad in the world is the Central Railroad of Illinois —730 miles long, and which cost §15,000,000. The greatest number of miles of rail road, in proportion to its surface, of any couDtry in the world, is in Massachusetts, which has over one mile to every square j mile of its area. j The largest aqueduct in the world is the , Oroton, in New York, which is 4U£ miles ! long, and cost §12,500,000. The greatest number of clocks manufac tured in the world is turned out by the small State of Connecticut. A Cincinnati merchant, on a trip down the Mississippi river, writes home that the ' outcry about the disorganization ol labor, j and the unwillingness of the negroes to work, is caused by cotton planters and speculators, who want to frighten away | o'hers from the business in order to aug ment their own profits. Nevertheless, j Northern men are rushing in, and there will be a great cotton crop next year. Wm Milnes, Esq ,an enterprising Penn i sylvanian. and a citizen of Columbia coun j ty, has purchased fifty-nine thousand acres ; of laDd in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., on which are three furnaces and a forge. It | is bis design to put them into operation im ! mediately. 'l'm a gone sucker,' as the child said i when his mother weaned him. | Being asked—a wag —what kind of ! t cood he supposed the Freedmen's Bureau was made of, replied, Ebony. The hardest thing to hold in the world is an unruly tongue. It beats a hot smooth ing iron aud a kicking horse. Sambo, which race has the harder skull, j the white or black? Guess de white race, 'cause many of 'em are copperheads. Charles Lamb, when a little boy, walk ing in a church yard with his sister, and reading epitaphs, said to her,' Mary, .vhere's ail the naughty people buried?' Y'oung men in Lawrence, Kansas, havo to uiarry to get shelter irom the weather— the landladies take none but married peo ple. The unfortunate youths say it is a conspiracy between the >oung ladies and the boarding housekeepers. Mrs. Partingdon invited au old friend who called upon her the other day, to take a scat upon the sopbia, that tbey might freshen their memories with sweet remiss nesses of the past i 'Madame, your boy can't pass at half 1 f are —he' a too large!' said tbe conductor of a railway train which had been long de tained on the road by a snow storm. 'He may be too large now,' replied the matron, 'but he was small enough wbeu we started!' I The conductor passed on. Vol. LVI, No. 4. Eighty unemployed Generals are shortly to be mustered out of the army. The largest woolen factory in Wisconsin is just commencing operations at Racine. George Bancroft has accepted the invi tation to deliver the eulogy ou President j Lincoln. A State Wool Growers' Association is about to be formed by wool-growers of Pennsylvania. The Fenian Convention have at length decided to reduce their organization to its original simple government. The rural districts in certain parts of the State, are infested with thieves who | ask for lodging at farm houses on the plea | that they are discharged soldiers. Ihe receipts from internal revenue for ' the fiscal year will reach it is estimated, by the Commissioner, three hundred mil lions. The copper mines of Lycoming county, Pa , promise favorably. Samples of the ore analyzed in Philadelphia, yieldedseven- I ty two per cent, copper. One million five hundred thousand lbs. of cotton of good staple, have been raised in the vicinity of Carbondale, Jackson county, Illinois, the past season. The Farmers' bank of Kentucky sued J. N. W itherspoon, an officer in Morgan's command, for £(50,000 lost by one of his raids, attached his land and got judgment for the whole sum in the Circuit Court.— The case is appealed. Rowland Hill once said to a conceited minister who had preached in his pulpit j and was fishing for a compliment on his j effort, ''l here was one passage of yours L admire very much.' 'Ah/ said the con ceited preacher, 'and that was—' 'Your passage from the pulpit to the door.' Much was said duriug the war about Massaehusets filling up her quota of troop* with negroes and foreigners. It now offi cially appears that out of 131,116 three years' men, furnished by that State to the army and navy, 907 were foreigners, and 6,039 colored troops. The State shows 13,492 above all calls. A report is current at Chicago that a prominent railroad officer, understood to be lion. W. B. Ogden, President ot the Northwestern Railroad, who had invested large sums in the Nevada silver mines, has received his first diyidend in the shape of a ton of silver, in bars, valued at £45,000 to £50,000, based on the present value of greenbacks. Teachers Notice! MEETING OF THE COUNTY ASSOCIATION. THE annual meeting nfthe Mifflin County Teachers' Association will be held at McVeytown, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sat urday, Jan. 24. 25, 26 and 27- Reports will be read on the following subjects:— District Institutes. W. C. McClenaben. Gradation of Teachers' Salaries, W. C.Gardner. Graded Schools, Jacob K. Elliott. The Right Employment of a Teach er's Leisure Hours, Miss Mary McCord. A Union of Professions! Teachers, Prof. S. Z. Sharp. - Reports will be open for discussion. Subject.* fur DiseussUm —Thorough Recitations; Rela tion of Ministers to our Common Schools; The Abol ishment of Whispering. Lecturers— Prof! J. P. VVickersliam, Normal School, Millersville, Pa., and Rev. F. L. Floyd, Belleville, Pa. Essayists —Misses Kate E. Stauber, Sallie Esh, and Geo. P. Eldredge. eso., of Philadelphia. Orator* —Messrs. W. H. Prideaux, and J. K. Aikens. These exercises will tie interspersed with the drill exercises on the different branches and musig. Special efforts have been made by the executive committee to have this the most interesting and prof itable meeting of the kind yet held in the county; and it is earnestly hoped tfiat'teaehers and others inter ested—directors, for instance, by encouraging teach ers to go—will make a corresponding effort to have it a