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Whole No 2881.
Poor House Business.
The Directors of the Poor meet at the Poor
House on the 2i Tuesday of each month.
~GBO. W. SLDEJt,
Attorney at Law.
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to business in Mltfiin. Centre and Hunting
don counties mv 26
E. J. OTJIESRESCIT,
Attorney at Law,
I-EWISTOWN, PA-,
OFFERS h:s professional sernces to the citizens of
Mit Sin county. Office with D. W. Woods, esq..
Main street- below National Hotel. my 2
STAMPING ! STAMPING ! !
T ADIES wishing to have Stamping
JJ 1 for either BRAID or EMBROIDERY,
c*: oe a -ommodated with the laical patterns, by
call •on Mrs. SHAW, at her residence on Third
street, adjoining the old Baptist church.
Pattern- of t verv description and the latest styles
always on hand ana for sale.
DENTIST.
rvr FEK- his professional services to the citizens of
1/ Lew - wn *rid vicinitv All in want of good, neat
w-.rw w-.i d > weiHo give him a call.
He may '• to',iiid at all times at ins office, three
doors ea-"t of 11. M. A R. Pratt's store. Valley street.
apW-lv*
M R. THOMPSON, D. D. S.
HAVING permanently located in Lewis town, offers
:.is professional services to the ladies and gentle
men of this place and vicm
, ity. Being ;n possession
of all the late iniprove
waa. ments in the Dental Profes
r • -ion. he fliirtcrs tiiroselfthat
fit 'Je j. yhe can give entire s&iisfac-
V ?" '"SL- eI a .jr 13on those who may need
%. * his services in ail branches
of his profession. Refer
ences—best iamb es.
>ffiee we>t Market street, near Eisenbise's hotel,
where he can be found for professional consultation
irom the first Moudav of eaeh month until the fourth
Monday, when he will be absent on professional busi
ness one week. maylO-it
To Purchasers of Furniture,
R. H. McCLINTIC,
AT HIS
FURNITURE WARE ROOMS,
West Market St.. Ltwlstown,
HAS complete CHAMBER SUITS of Walnut. Var
nished and in Oil. Also,
5C22A.3-E & ?A3.XiCR
S'JITS,
together with a large a-sonuient of Fashionable and
Plain Furniture.
CHAIRS, MATTRESSES &c.
Call and see his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
N. B. Melalic and Wood Burial Cases constantly
on hand. Coffins also made to order, and Funerals
attended with a fine Hearse, ai short notice.
Lew.stown, June 27, 1566-6mos
Lewistown Mills.
THE
HIGHEST CASn PRICES Filß WHEAT, AND
ALL KINDS OF GRAIN,
or received it on storage, at the option of those
having it for the market.
They hope, by giving due and personal at ,
teotion to business, to merit a liberal share of '
public patronage.
ff-PLASTER, SALT and Limeburners
COAL always on hand
WM. B McATEE & SON.
Lewistown, Jan. 1, 1805.—tf
Brown's Mills.
r piiE undersigned are prepared to j
*"■ buy al! kiadi- of Produce for cash, or receive on j
store ai Brown's Mills, Reedsville, Pa. We will have 1
on hand
Plaster, Salt and Coal.
We intend keeping the mil! constantly running, and !
have
JibUiL AA, i
for sale at the lowest Market rates, at ail times.
49"The public are requested to give us a call.
sep.Ttf H. STRUMK 4 HOFFMAN'S.
WHAT'S ALL THIS ?
Why, the Grain Business Reviv
ed at McCoy's old Stand.
nPUE undersigned, having reDteil the large
_l_ and commodious Warehouses formerly
occupied by Frank -VdCoy, esq., is now pre
pared to purchase or receive and forward
All Kinds of Grain,
for which he will pay market prices. Also,
ne will keep for sale, Salt, Plaster, Coal &
Fish
lie returns thanks to all his old customers
for their former patronage, and shall feel
grateful f.r a renewal of past business rela
tions. He has also ae epted the agency for
the celebrated
.Merchants will find it to their advantage
to give him a call.
marl4-ly WM. WILLIS.
HA\ ING bought '.he right and license to use and
sell set:. S. Drew's improvement in mode of cut
ting boots, which patent consists of cutting with hut
one seam, and without crimping, we therefore cau
tion ali against using or selling boots of this make
tn the county of Mitflin. J. v. s Smith and 8. P.
Bvratn, Agents for Pennsylvania an.l a.-signers to P.
F. FOOD. Shop and Township Rights will be sold by
P K. Lo.-p. All wishing to avail themselves of this
new and desirable loot, which is a least iw-ntv-five
p-r cent, of an advantage to the wearer over the old,
can do so, bv writing to P. F. Loop. Call and see.
June 13. 1§66.
LUMBER.
JI'ST received, at the Lumber Yard of Wm B. Hoff
man 4 Sons, a full supply of Dry Lumber, inclu
ding
PLASTERING LATH. PALING.
BOARDS, PLANK. JOISTS
AND SCANTLING
Doors and Sash always on hand. Also, C 5.000 two-fool
sawed Shingles, all'of which will be sold for cash -
Yard back of East Third street, Lewistown jel3->
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Trains leave Lewis to tin Station as follows :
Ifbsftrard. Eastward.
Philadelphia Express, 4faa. m. 12 17 a. m.
Baltimore •• (2) 5 35 am.
New York Express. (1) 6 18 a. m.
Day Express. (5—2) 400 p.m. 1106 a.m.
Fast Line, (2) 615 p*. m 43. o 16 a. ni.
Way Passenger. (2> S 34 a.m.
Local Accommodation, (2) 5 52 p. m.
Mail, (2) 5 03 p. m.
Cincmnati Express. (2) 6 22 p.m.
Emigrant, (3) 10 27 a. m.
FREIGHT TRAINS.
; X. Stock Freight, 345 a.m.
Through Freight, le 30 pm. 111a. m.
: Fast - 9 15 a . m. 7 02 a. m.
Express " ' 12 20 p.m. 12 42 p.m.
j Stock K 125 p. m . 700 p. in.
; Lcal " 735a. m. 305 p. m.
Coal Train, 12 55 p. m. 940a. m.
Union Line, 8 05 p. m.
1 daily; 2 daily except Sunday; 3 daily except Mon
day; 5 lines not stop a; Lewistown : Philadelphia Ex- ,
press Eastward.daily except Monday.
Fare to
Altoona 2 So; to Pitt-burgh 6 Go: to Baltimore 5 20 ; to
York 3 20.
■S-th-The ticket office will be open 2) minutes before
tiie arrival of each passenger train.
D. E. ROBESON. Agent-
Galtiraiih A Conner's omnibusses connect with all
the passenger trams, and take up and set down pas
sengers at all points within the borough. Orders are
requested to tie left at the National House.
The Trams on the Mifflin A Centre CO Branch road
leave Lewistown lor Reedsville at 7 45 a- m.. 11 23 a.
m . 1 0*- p. m. and 5 16 p. in . arriving from Reedsville
at 8 57 a. m.. 12 27 p m- 2 17 p. tn. and 6 17 p. m , stop
ping at the intermediate stations both wav -
NEW BRANCH STORE.
gUjStraw Goods & Millinery,
WHOLESALE ANI) RETAIL.
TO MILLINERS I can offer the most favorable
terms, as ail mv goods are -hipped directly from the
factory m Ksiwnniiflli. We are selling goods low- ;
er than can be bought in New York bv the dozen or
package. Give us a call. Save vourself of the need
Lss expcDse. None but the latest styles kept on
hand. All orders taken by our agents prompt \ filled.
VsSKy/W* 'A Aa'll 4 I : iv & 'iJ
I woul d most respectfully invite the attention of the
L3dic - of this town and vicinity to our -took of Miss
es and Ladies Hats and Bonnets, which we will sell
lower than ever offered before at retail.
H. E STONE, !
Agent for Sio.VZ. DA.VIEI.; * CO, Wholesale Manu- I
facturtrs of Import, d and Domestic Straw Goods.
Lewistown. April 18,1566.
WILLIAM LIND,
has now open
A NEW STOCK
OF
Cloths, Cassimeres
7
AND
VESTINCS,
which will be made up to order in the neat
est and most fashionable styles. apl9
COACH MANUFACTORY.
II A lvT >1 A N PHIL
U ' U " e:i f o manufacture
ms.ild stand.mYeagvrt .■
' on the Belief,.nte and Lewistown Turnpike. U nnle- i
I from Lewistown. of a quality superior, and at prices j
i lower than elsewhere in the"county. A varied stock
, j of neat an i durable work is always kept on hand,
j from which purchasers may select, and any article in
; his line will be made to oruir at the shortest notice.
All work warranted to be of first quality and of the
) j most approved and recent patterns.
Repairing dune witii neatness and dispatch.
i Yeagertown. May 23,1886-ftra
REMOVED.
J A. & W. R. MeKEE
HAVE removed their Leather Store t- > Odd Fel
lows* Hall, where they will constantly keep
on hand. Sole Leather. Harness. Skirting and"Upper 1
Leather. Kips. American and French Caff Skins. Mo
roccos Linings and Bindings, and a genera! assort- i
ment of Snoe Findings, which they will sell cheap for ;
cieh. Highest market price paid :: ash for .tides.
Calf Skins and Sheep Stuns.
g,'- s vs: A YE> vi?
wanted, for which the highest market price will be
paid in Cash. apltf
MRS. M. E. STEWART,
FAITCTJ STCS3,
Wrst Market si., Lewistown,
LADIES 4 GENTLEMEN'S BURNISHING GOODS.
Sacks. Cloaks. Huts. Bonnets. Laii.es Fine DRESH
GOODc'anU Trimmings.
Patterns of latest styles always on hand.
Millinery and Dress-Making
executed :n the most approved style.
Lewistown, April IS, 18®B.tf
2500 CORDS
CHESTNET OAK AND HEMLOCK BARK,
Delivered at the Tannery of
Z. S?/.ITCSL3 & CSC.,
i.iwivinwv
I For which the highest market price will be
paid in CASH.
Lewistown, marl-4-ly
NOTI C E !
I)ERSONS in general, aDd especially those
about going to housekeeping, will take
notice that A. Felix is stiii manufacturing all
! kinds of
FURNITURE,
and has now on band a large assortment of
goods suitable for housekeeping, such a? So
fas, Tetes. Spring and Cane Chairs, W iodsor
I Chairs, Lounges, marble top Tables, with u
general assortment of well made furniture of
all kinds, and at low prices. We wish to
draw the attention of purchasers to call and
examine the stock. In connection be can
furni-h person* with Crockery. Queensware,
Butterbowls, Churns, Tubs, Buckets. Wash
boards, Tucker's patent Clothes Wringer—
best machine out to save labor and clothing
Hair, husk, and Excelsior Mattresses. Ward 1
robes. Settees. Extension Tables, on band.
Bargains can be had by calling at A. Fe
lix's Store or Furniture Warehouse.
jan3l A. FELIX
TORY Frrsingers Navy at SKJ per lb. and you will use
i no other.
Fry singers Spun Tt " ■ an't be beat.
Frysiagers Flou. - 'he best.
Tim Oronoko Twi-; e ris competition.
, Get your Fine Cur it Fry>ingers, sl.ao a $1,50 per lb.
Navy Tobacco 50 per lb. at Frysingers. and all
other goads in hi list— very low for rash.
Merchants will find ,t to their interest to get their
, goods at Frysingers.
ieJO Ea-i Market St. LeWigtown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1866.
AO-RICULTUR VL.
[Correspondence of the Xew York Tribune ]
Great Farming Implement Trial at Aubnrn,
New York.
AUBURN, July 11. —The farm of W.
S Leach, upon which the mowers are
being tried, is one of tne richest among
the rich lands of Cayuga county. It
contains 2431 acres and 243 acres of
tillable land, and all ot it workable in
a few hours after a heavy rain. It is
valued at SIOO an acre, the buildings
adding very little to the value. The
clover field, in which the mowers are
now at work, has a very heavy growth
—lodged flat It is also studded with
that tall white blossom weed known
as 'flea bane.' 'small daisy,' etc. The
ground is smooth and pretty level, but
owing to the condition of the crop,
which has been reserved a week or
more beyond its proper time, it is in a
had condition lor mowing.
The Buckeye machine, by Adrianc-e,
Piatt & Co., No 1. The Eureka, by J.
D. Wilbur, No. 2. The American Mow
er. W. H. Halliday, No. 3. The Kir
by, D. M. Osborn k Co., No. 4. These
worked together. No 4 coming out
ahead, cutting its acre in 40 minutes,
cutting a swath 4 ft. 6 In , Mr. Osborn
himself driving an excellent steady
pair of horses. No. 2 cutting (5 ft.
driven by the inventor, would have
finished first but tor the accident of a
breakage. This machine is unlike any
other in use. the cutter bar being di
rectly in front of the wheels.
No. 1. driven by John P Adriance.
cutting 4 ft. 1 in., was the next out,
having made no stops, and backing
for a clog only once slightly, finishing
in 54 minutes.
No 3 slightly exceeded the limited
time of one hour for each acre. All
the work was about equally well done,
and considering the character ot the
stuff cut, wa> remarkably well done.
After dinner lour other Nos. were
called .- Nus. 5 and fi Cayuga Chief ma
chines, of C. Wheeler, Jr. No. 7 not
being ready, ks place was taken by the
same Kirby machine ihat worked be
fore driven by the proprietor. No. 8
the same Buckeye as before.
I will here remark that several ma
chines entered in duplicate numbers,
a-"single mowers." "combined mower
and reaper," and " self-raking," so that
the work of four machines may actual
lv he done bv one.
Of the quality of the work of all, I
have heard but one opinion. All are
competent, even new as they are, to
mow, each its acre, in one hour, with
out heating the journals or fatiguing
the horses. It is certainly competent
for any farmer to mow ten acres of
tangled clover in a day; and in the
case of the Kirby machine it is demon
strated that it can he operated by a
•'cheap hand," as the man who work
ed it to day only has an income of 540,-
000 a year. At art}- rate it shows that
such a man is wiliiog to labor in be
half of the farmer, in the great work
of improving machinery to facilitate
larni labor.
In the second trial the Kirby, driv
• n by L>. M. Osborn, finished his acre
first, coming out in 40 minutes—the
others but little behind.
The third trial ot four machines was
by the Columbian Junior Mower,
American Agricultural Works, New
York ; the Harvest Clipper, R. Dutton.
Newport, R I ; the Yankee Mower,
Dow A Fowler, and an Iron Mower,
Ohio and Buckeyo combined, Dodge
6i Stephenson.
Of these the first out was the Yan
kee Mower, in 48 minutes, with pretty
severe labor of horses; tl.e Harvest!
'dipper next, working much easier.
Like the others, these axe all excel
lent machines. I leave it to the Com
rnittee to say which is best. It is
claimed for the Yankee Machine that
it is very simple in construction and
remarkably flexible, working with
ease over rough surface. This is true,
but we do not see how it can claim any
great advantage over several others.
The Harvest Clipper is one of the
most compactly constructed machines
in the whole exhibition, and has some
features that must entitle it to a high
place among its competitors. For in
stance, all its gearings aDd shafts are
so covered that they are not likely to
become wound with grass, nor to en
dauger those who are about the ma
chine when it is in operation.
So tar, the ditference in time of cut
ting an acre between the fastest and
slowest machine, is about twenty min
utes L'nder some other circumstan
ces this difference might not appear so
strong, and it might appear to the
farmer that the slowest machine was
an easy working one, and would there
fore And favor. But wo be to its pop
uiarity if it proves both slow and hard
upon the team.
JULY 12 —At eleven o'clock there
was no beginning of the Dynamometer
trial, and so I abandoned that part of
the field for the other, when I found
the following machines at work : The
Eagle combined machine of E F Har
rington, Rondout, N. Y., ot Walter A.
Wood s combined machines; and one
of Osborne's one horse Ivirby machines.
This machine cuts its acre in 73 min
utes. The Hubbard mower which was
to have gone in on this trial, met with
an accident and had to haul off for re
pairs.
While the trial was in progress, the
people were giving their attention to
the operations of two of Bullard's Hay
Tedders, many of them never having
seen one in operation before They
do the work of thinning hay most ef
fectually, but with hard work for one
horse. The two-horse machines work
ed admirably.
A number of rakes were also at work;
several were toothed; one of thera
newly patented by S. R. Nye. Barre,
Massachusetts, shows some excellent
improvements in the convenience of
working. The wooden revolving rake
mounted upon wheels, is a decided
improvement upon the original.
The raking of the lots mowed, de
veloped the fact that all were about
equally well mowed, except by the
Eureka's; that by the Buckeye was
generally spoken of with admiration,
yet the other lots were all done so
well, that no one eonld object to the
quality of the work, nor the time in
which it was accomplished. I could
not help thinking that the Wood ma
chine tried this morning was very hard
to beat in every respect.
At the second bout the machines
tried were two of C. Wheeler's Auburn
machines; one of Osborn's Kirby ma
chines: and one of Aultman, Miller &
Go's Ohio and Buckeye combined.—
The two Wheeler machines cut their
acre each, in 48 and 49 minutes; the
other two were a trifle longer, and all
did their work perfectly.
Mr. Miller, the inventor of the origi
nal Buckeye, was present, and felt
justly proud of the continued success
of bis invention for more than eight
years. Some of his strongest compet
itors at the first start, have been long
since laid upon the shelf I believe
the only one that was at the Syracuse
trial in competition with the Buckeye,
that still" holds its place, is the Kirby
machine. McCormick, even, has been
obliged so far to yield to the popular
requirement, as to mount h<s machine
like the Buckeye upon two wheels.
jfloval and Religious.
Sorrowful Memories.
There are few of us in this world
who have attained to years of maturi
ty, who can look back upon the past
without calling up some sorrowful in
cidents in our history of a deeply pain
ful character, and which are calculated
to throw a gloom and a sadness over
our hours of pleasure and enjoyment.
Life is but a checkered scene, a thea
tre ot great doubt and uncertainty, and
although the earth may be fair and the
skies clear above us. clouds will, at
times, settle upon tin and the
burdens of disappointment weigh heav
ily upon us. No position which we
can gain in life, can bring to us sub
stantial happiness. Wealth has its
cares, and poverty its numberless af
flictions, and even mediocracy, the
most enviable ot ali conditions, fre
quently embittered by its losses and
weighed down by its sorrows and af
flictions There are none who are ex
empt from the vicissitudes which beset
us here, or can claim an immunity
front the changes which come and go
like clouds upon our pathway, yet iiv
ing realities which we cannot possibly
ignore. The purest amongst us will
And in the records of his past life, dark
spots which soil their pages, and which
they would cheerfully obliterate, were
it in their power. The infirmities ot
our nature are pictured upon every
leal, and we shrink from their contem
plation, because the}- furnish proof of
our folly and evidence of our condem
nation. After we have done our best
in this world, there is much remains
undone, for the omission of which we
will be held responsible according to
the strict rules of justice, tempered, it
| is to be hoped, in our case, with the
1 intervention of mercy. A conscience
fully approved before God and man is
a rarity seldom, if ever, met with uere.
. Errors will be forgiven and pardon ob
tained when pieaded for, yet the sting
of' remorse is, at times, too deeply
planted in the human heart ever to be
| successfully eradicated.
We were, some years ago, acquaint
ed with an aged clergyman who had
been a faithful minister of the Cross
lor over fifty years, a devout follower
of his Divine Master, and whose influ
ence and example for good had been
widely felt in his neighborhood for
more than half a century, who at one
time told us that he believed firmly
that all the sins he had committed
: had been forgiven, but there was on*
I act of his life which was so fixed in his
ILSTOLSSf&WSSd SLaEKFffiBS? IPIiSySSo
memory that he could not rid his mind
of its painful recollection. When a boy
he had thrown a stone at his mother
because she refused to indulge him in
some childish fancy, and although she
had died when he was but a youth, In*
could never forget the circumstance.
It followed a into the pulpit, in the
crowded a- \ at the family altar,
at home and abroad, -'*> ping and wa
king, for even his dreams r.t times
were disturbed by its reproachful pres
ence. Children might take warning
from this aged man's experience, and
do nothing to wound the feelings of
their mother, the first and best friend
they will ever meet in this world.
What Whisky Does.
It meets many a luck lee traveler on
the great turnpike of life, and rol s
him of character and friends. It in
trudes into happy families, saps the
foundation of their peace, and drives
them homeless, wretched and forlorn,
to subsist on the cold charity of an
unfeeling world. It meets a rnechan
ie and causes him to neglect his busi
ness, drives away his customers, and
reduces him to a state of wretched
ness and misery. It meets a tanner,
and soon briars cover the face of his
farm, his lences are broken down, bis
habitation becomes leaky, and the
windows stuffed with rags. Finally it
sells his farm, and whisky sellers
pocket the money, while the heart
broken and sickly wife, with her little
children arour.d her crying for bread,
is turned out of doors. But where is
that once thrifty farmer, kind and af
fectionate father? Yonder in the
street, a miserable wretch, wandering
from doggery to doggery pawning b;s
coat for whisky. And the vampires
who hide themselves behind screens
and blinds, are willing to take the last
cent and then kick their miserable
victim into the street because he has
no more money.
MISCELLANY.
Bayard Taylor in Colorado.
Bayard Taylor is out in the 'Far
West.' In writing to the Tribune oi
Denver, Colorado, he says ;
First, let me say that the views
which have appeaYed in the illustrated
papers are simply caricatures. In
stead of being a cluster of' houses on a
flat plain, with a range of clumsy
mountains in the distance and Pike's
Peak standing alone in the centre
thereof, it is built upon a gradual slope,
rising eastward from the junction of
Cherry Creek with the Platte. It is
as well built as any town of equal size
in the Mississippi Valley. The Meth
odist Church and Seminary, the Banks,
and principal busiuess houses, soiidiy
constructed of brick (the former edi
tice with considerable architectural
beauty,) give the place an air of per
manence, very surprising to one who
bus just arrived lroic the East. Be
yond the Platte the laud rises with a
gentle, gradual slope, to the base of the
Rocky Mountains, 12 miles distant, and
there is no pari of the town bich
does not aflord a view of the great
range. Long's Peak, more than 15,000
feet in height, just tilis the vista of the
principal business street. Pike's Peak
is far to the left, overlooking to the
head of the great Cherry Creek Val
ley.
Although business of ali kinds is
extraordinary dull at present, and the
people are therefore as much dispirited
as Colorado nature will admit, Denver
seems to me to have a very brisk and
lively air. A number of f-übstantial
buildings are going up, there is con
stant movement in the streets, the
hotels are crowded, and the people
one meets are brimfull of cheerful en
ergy. The stores and ware houses
are thoroughly stocked, and prices are
lower than one would expect, eousid
ering the tedious and expensive iand
*; transportation. At the Pacific Hotel
you pay $4 per day—no more than in
New York, and have an equally good
; table. There may not be such an ex
, cessive bill of fare, but I could distin
, guish no difference in the cooking.—
Vegetables in the market are pienty
and cheap, and appear to be of remark
■ able fine quality.
, The dryness of the climate aDd oc
casional extremes of cold in Winter
. appear to me to be the principaldraw
r backs. Near the mouth of Cherry
• | Creeic there is a grove of venerable
! cotton woods, and perhaps a dozen
i other specimens are dispersed singly
I through the lower part of the town:
i Attempts are now being made to coio
s nize this tree —which makes a green
r spot, ugiy though it be—around the
-J houses Tn the higher streets, and with
ii a tair prospect oi success. The milk,
r cream and butter from the adjoining
j farms are belter than they are in most
■| of the Western States. VenisoU and
i antelope are abundant, and canned
a j fruits supply the want of fresh.
s j I should estimate the population ot
Vol. LVI. So. 31.
Denver at about 6,<H)O. Probably no
to•• o in the country evor grevv up un
tier such discouraging circumstances,
or has made more solid progress in tho
same length of time It was once
swept away by the inundation ot Cher
ry Creek; once or twice burned; threat
ened with Secession; cut off from in
tereour.se with the East by liuiianout
breaks; deprived of a great portion of
its anticipated trade by our war; made
to pay outrageously for its materials
and supplies—and ail this within seven
years.
I was interested in noticing how
attached the inhabitants are to the
place. Nearly one who had re
cently been East seemed rejoiced to
return. Even the ladies forget tho
greater luxuries and refinements of the
Atlantic coast,when they see the Kocky
Mountains once more The people
look upon this Alpine view as one of
the properties of the town. Every
street opens one direction, at
least,) upon it; and the evening drives
along the Platte or over the flowering
ridges become as beautiful as any in
the world, when the long line of snowy
peaks flash down a brighter gold than
ever was unpacked from their veins.
There are no manufactories as yet,
except a brick yard and two flour milis
—the latter driven by waterpower. A
good gray building stone is found
about tour mi'es off. The timber is all
brought from the mountains, which, I
fear, are in a fair way to become dis
forested. Coal, however, is coming
into general use as fuel, several mines
having already been opened in the
neigh berboood. It resembles the
brown coal of Germany, burns freely,
and it is said to produce a great deal
of gas. General Pierce, the Surveyor
i General, considers the coal bed in the
Kocky Mountains one of the largest in
the world. Along the Smoky Hill
• there are indications of an uninterrupt
ed supply all the way to Kansas
Places to Angle.
Mr Genio C. Scott, an old sports
man and contributor to Wilkes' Spirit
of the Times, writes to that Journal:
The enterprise of gentlemen of the
metropolis causes them to monopolize
the salmon rivers of the North as well
as the striped fisheries of the East, and
the trout waters of the middle and
eastern States. Already are the sal
mon rivers in New Brunswick parcell
ed out. as in Scotland and Ireland, at
so much a rod. 1 have just received a
letter Irum the lessee of the famous
Nepisiquit river, near Bathurst. by
which I am informed that he and five
New Yorkers have the whole river
this year, with the stipulation that
only six rods are to be used. Other
waters, away on to New Fouudiand
and those of Lower Canada and Lab
rador, which empty into the St. Law
rence, are chiefly hired by gentlemen
of New York.
It is now necessary for good salmon
angling Jo go as far as Labrador.—
There is a prospect that the numerous
salmon rivei-s on the island of Anta
costi will soon be opened to competi
tion. in which case the steamers to ply
this season between the coast of Lab
rador and the terminus of a railroad
in New Brunswick will render all
these northern fisheries much more
accessible to New Yorkers than they
art at present; and instead of making
the rounds to the watering placeß witE
their extemporised accommodations cf
large houses divided longitudinally on
each story by a wide hall, on each
side of which are cramped stalls for
the strong oxen of society, whose lack
of common sense renders them liable
to becoming incarnated in such pounds
—instead of being led like sheep into
such miniature villas of the snobocra
cy. they will rendezvous early in June
at Russell's Hotel at Quebec, or at
Ferguson's in Batburst, where they
will charter sailing craft or hire half
breeds with their canoes and take
steamer to the far northeast, and ar
rive where the cedar partridge (that
bird of great delicacy.) the bear, the
salmon, and brook trout are so numer
ous that a parly never need dine with
out salmon cooked in every style, ten
derloin bear steaks, broiled partridge,
&c., and where the ice to cool the
champagne never disappears. A trip
of this kind, instead of serving to
enervate and demoralize, will strength
en the body and expand and elevate
the mind.
*aT*One of the dupes of a New
lork advertising swindler, who sent
the requisite amount of fractional cur
rency for the purpose of learning a
'certain and quick mode of getting
rich,' received the reply—'work like
the devil, and don't spend a cent.'
Peer A subscriber writes to a West
ern editor—'i don't want your paper
any longer.' To which the editor re
plies : 'I would uot make it any longer
if you did; its present length suits me
very well.'