®-a & cs-o ia o iPoH^^misiSiffis) Whole No 2895. Poor House Business. The Directors of the Poor meet at the Poor House on the 2d Tuesday of each month. Ptoneylranla Railroad. Tr*m.- leave Lewistown Station as follows: Westward. Eastward Philadelphia Express, 425a. m. 12 17 a. m. Baltimore " (2) 5 35 a. m. >Vw York Express, (1) 5 IS a. m. lav Express, (5 —2) 4 00 p.m. 1106 a.m. Fait Line, (2) 6 15 p. m. (3) 6 16 a. m. Way Passenger, (2) 9 34 a.m. Looal Accommodation, (2) 5 52 p.m. Mail. (2) 5 03 p.m. Cincinnati Express, (2) 6 22 p.m. Emigrant, (3) 10 27 a. rti. FREIGHT TRAINS. N. Y. Stock Freight, 3 45 a. m. Through Freight, 10 30 pm. 111a m. Fust " 9 15 a. m. 7 02 a. m. Express " 12 20 p.m. 12 42 p.m. Stock " 1 25 p. m. 7 00 p. m. Local " 7 36 a. m. 3 05 p. m. Coal Train. 12 55 p. m. 940a. m. Union Line, 9 05 p. m. 1 dailv; 2 dailv except Sunday; 3 daily except Mon day ; 5 does not stop at Lewistown; Philadelphia Ex press Eastward,daily except Monday. Fare to Hamshurg $210; to Philadelphia 5 85; to tltoona 2 50; to Pittsburgh 6 60; to Baltimore 5 20; to York 3 20. *3-The ticket office will be open 20 minutes before the arrival of each passenger train. D. E. ROBESON, Agent. Oalhraith A Conner's omnibusses connect with all the passenger trains, and take up and set down pas sengers at all points within the borough. Orders are requested to be left at the National House. The Trains on the Mitfiin A Centre Co. Branch road leave Lewistown tor Keedsville at 7 45 a. m., 11. 23 a. m 100 p. in. and 5 16 p. m.. arriving from Keedsville at s 57 a. m., 12 27 p. ill-, 2 17 p. m. and 6 17 p. m., stop ping at the intermediate stations both ways. Claims for Bounty, Pensions,&c., L) EC EI YE PROMPT ATTENTION t by the undersigned at his office op posite the Red Lion, Lewistown. T. F. McCOY. 530. 77. BLUES,, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, Will at tend to business in Mltflin.Centre and Hunting don counties onv26 H. J. atJXiBERTSCN, Attorney at Law, LEWIBTOWN, PA., OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Mifflin county. Office with D. W. Woods, esq.. Mam street, below ~'ational Hotel. my 2 BR. v CHIT Z.E/-HLEIT, Practicing Physician, Belleville, Mifflin County, Pa. DR. DAHLKN has been appointed an Examining Surgeon fr Pensions. SohiitTj* requiring exam ination will find him at his office in Belleville. Belleville, August 22. 1866.-}' Teeth Extracted Without Pain ! By M. R. Thompson, D. D. 8., By a NEW PROCESS, without the use of Chloro form. Ether, or NitrousOx i I' '* at tended by no ftp '£ '■ / blf" west Marketstreet, % V j( '*near Eisenbise's hotel, LEWISTOWN, where he can be found for professional consultation trotn the first Monday of each month until the fourth Monday, when he will be absent on professional busi nes- one week. seplO-lf ffiflßo Ss is Hf^WMEJHISTs) DENTIST. OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Lewier session. Students should ap ply early to secure a room in the building. sep2o-3m 8. Z. BHARP, Prin. Splendid Syrup Molasses. ONE of the test articles at 25 per quart, at 0ct.24. r. J. H< wFMAire. Sugar at 12 1-2 Cts. Ol'R article at this price is good. Also, White at 17, at 0et.24. F. J HOFFMAN'S. Don't Forget r PO go to HOFFMAN'S for jour PAT -1 ENT MEDICINES. Blacksmith's! you can buy jour Bar Iron at5J. Also X on hand Steel Horse-Shoe Calks and Horse Shoes, at F. J. HOFFMAN'S Hubs, Spokes, Fellows, STEEL Runners, &e. A great assort ment at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. Coal Oil and Lamps, A T F. J. HOFFMAN'S. XI 0ct.24. Gas Burners, AND a variety of other heating Stoves for sale low for cash at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. Sole Leather, Upper, CALF Skins, Morrocpo, &c, at 0ct214. F. J. HOFFMAN'S. Nimrod Cook! one who wants a good Cooking Fj Stove, should call and see this, at (sct-24. F. J. HOFFMAN'S NEW ARRIVALS. PF. LOOP is receiving new goods everv week, di . rect from the eastern factory, and is prepared to sell Boots cheaper than the cheapest, having a large assortment of all sizes and styles. Men's Boots from $3 50 to 5 00. Boys' 2 50 to 3 50. do 2 00 to 2 50. Children's 1 25 to 2 00. A good assortment of homemade work on hand, and constantly making to order all the latest styles. THE PATENT BOOTS are now creating a great excitement, and all who wish to have a pair <>f those pleasant boots can be accom modated at short notice. Call at the old stand. P. F. LOOP. CROVER & BAKER'S CELEBRATED SEWING MACHINE IT'E wish to call the attention of Tailors. Shoemak \ ? era. Saddlers.-Coach Trimmers and Families to I these machines, as they are OPERATED WITH THE GREATEST EASE, BEING CALLED THE NOISELESS MACHINE. Persons selecting a machine can have their choice OF SHUTTLE STITCH, OR GIIOVER & BAKER STITCH, the peculiarity of each stitch being cheerfully shown and explained. Extracts from New York Papers t " The Grover A Baker noiseless machines are ac knowledged to be superior to all others." '•The work executed by the Grover i Raker Ma chine. has received the highest premium at every Stale Fair in the United Slates where it has been ex hibited." N. B—We make no charge for LEARNING PURCHASERS TO SEW We call theon the CHEAPEST FIRST CLASS MA CHINE. NEEDLES, SILK TWIST & THREAD- P. F. LOOP. Agent for the above, Boot and Shoe Maker, in the public square. Lewte- I town. novTy iiDAD w fa SI THE POETRY MACHINE. The road to wealth, my friends, you'll find, Runs hard by the Big Coffee Pot Sign, 'Tis there the people get their own, And children, too. who are sent alone. And if you give me your attention, To convince you. I'll but mention. If you call. I'll add to your delight More than money can—that's bright. Though should it cost you a liitle cash, To think you're poorer, don't be rash; 'Tis not your money that's true wealth, But contentment and good health. Therefore your comforts I've selected, And now they are open to be inspected; j Many of the Goods are neat yet rosy, Just "the things to fit you up cosy, Rug pattern oil cloth, rich and new, Rustic oil shades, that'll please you: I Neat gas burlier stoves, to keep off the shakes, I When winter is here with its *ro>wy white flakes. A cloth damper, too, you'll find here, I That you wet not your fingers, my dear, But ! can't tell ail. just give me a peep, And you'll be convinced the Goods are cheap. And at J. I. Wallia* House Furnishing Stand \ ou can get a fat press and a lard can. A splendid cook stove, no better you'll find Than ts kept at the Big Coffee Pot Sign. A word or two before I stop the machine, I have plenty of tin ware, and tilings not seen, And jobbing we do right oil the spot, At the sign of the Big Coffee Pot. Lewistown, Nov. 7, lS66,tf Looking Glasses and Picture Frames rjIHE undersigned, thankful for past fa- X vors. would inform the public that he still manufactures Frames of every de script ion, as cheap a they can be made elsewhere. Looking l isses of every de scription, wholesale .< 1 retail, at reduced prices. He respectfully .solicits a share of public patronage. An persons who have left pictures to frame or frames to be filled, are requested to call for them, rnylotf JAMJo CRUTCHLEY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1866. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. FIIHE Mifflin County Teachers' Associ- X ation will meet in LewiKtouD, November 19. at 10 o'clock, a. m., and will continue in session one week. Exercises will consist of class drills, reading of reports, discussions and lec tures. Class Drill*. —Exercises in Grammar, Orthography and Orthoepy will be < on ducted by W. \V. Woodruff, County Su jierintendent of Chester county; in Bead ing, Supt. M. Mohler; in Arithmetic, by Prof. E. Brooks, author of a well known mathematical series; in Penmanship, A. 8. Manson, Philadelphia. Reports. —School Etiquette, Miss Kate Gwin; Moral. Culture in Schools, W. H. Huey; School Registration, Eli W. Ru pert; Regularity of Attendance, R. W. Patton; History in Schools, J. F. Bell; Practical Education, Jacob R. Elliott; Can teaching in public schools be made a profession? W. C. MeClenahen; What prominence should be given to Oral in struction in public schools? W. C. Gard ner; Errors and wants of Female Educa tion, Prof. S. Z. Sharp; District Institute, I). H. Zook. Reports will be open for discussion. Discussion*. —Relation of Ministers of the Gospel to public schools. Methods of teaching Spelling, Reading and Gram mar. Lectures. —W. W. Woodruft, Esq., of West Chester, Tuesday evening. Prof. E. Brooks, Principal of Millersville Nor mal School, Wednesday evening; sub ject—"Parental Education," also, Thurs day evening, subject—"Thought and the Thinker." Prof. J. P. Wiekersliani, State Superintendent, subject—Our Education al Needs, Friday evening. Mr. Woodruff, one of the most experienced and success ful Institute men in the State, will be with us during tiie whole week. Prof. Brooks will be with us half the week. It is scarcely necessary, after such pro vision has been made to have a profitable Institute, to urge teachers to attend. Cer tainly every teacher who has the spirit of the true teacher will be present. Teach ers should dismiss their schools for the whole week, come to Lewistown on Monday morning, and attend every ses sion of the Institute to the close, and they will be amply rewarded. Arrangements have been made for their accommodation at hotels at reduced rates. Many teach ers, no doubt, will find entertainment in private families. MARTIN MOHLER, oct3l-td Chr. Ex. Com. FARM of HO ACRESFOK SALE, OITUATE in Wayne township, Mifflin O county, on turnpike road, within 1 of a mile of Atkinson's Mills, store, school, blacksmith. &c., and within 2A miles of Penna. R. R., about 70 acres cleared and the balance in excellent timber, prime oak, &c. This property will be sold very low and to suit purchaser. Persons wish ing to examine the premises will call on J. Glasgow, esq., or C. N. Atkinson, near premises, and for price and terms see or address A. J. ATKINSON, oet24tf Lewistown, Pa, PUBLIC SALE. X' Will be sold at public sale, at the residence of the undersigned, in Oliver township, Mifflin county, on Tuesday, November 20, l*6tt, the following personal property, to wit: SIX HOGS, TWELVE SHEEP. 2 Mares with Foal, 2 Sucking Colts, 8 head Young Cattle, 1 four horse Wagon, Iluggy, Spring W agon, set of Breech hands and Front Gears, & horse Plow, Thresh ing Machine and Shaker, Fodder Cutter, and a variety of Farming Utensils, too numerous to mention. Safe to commence at 10 o'clock a. in., when terms will be made known. oct24* MICHAEL AULTZ. FARM AT PUBLIC SALE! "lITILL be positively sold, at public VV sale, on tne premises, on Tuesday, \oveniber 20, 1566, the farm belonging to the heirs or Thos. McCorcl, deceased, situate in Granville township, Mifflin county, about five miles west of Lewistown, and one mile from Anderson's R. R. Station, known as the , McCoril Farm, containing 207 C IR, IE S and allowance, 180 of which are cleared and under cultivation, with a large Stone Dwelling House, Tenant House, Bank Barn, Stable and other outbuildings. — Also an Apple Orchard and good springs of water at both houses. This farm could l>e divided with much advantage. The meadow land could be much improved with small expense, by turning a water course in front of barnyard, thus carrying the waste manure into it. Any person wishing further informa tion, can call on the subscriber, or on S. H. McCoy, Esq., residing near the prem ises. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock a. m., when terms will be made knowra by OCtSt T. G. BELL, Agt. VALUABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE. rpHE VALUABLE small farm situate L in Derry township, across the Ridge from Lewistown, (less than half a mile from the l>orough) lately occupied by Jno. < 'arney, deceased, is offered for sale at reasonable terms. There are FIFTY ONE ACRES of land, nearly all of which is in good arable condition. A Two Story Brick House, small bank Barn, and other build ings are thereon erected, together with a good Spring and a large number of fruit trees. If not sooner sold, the farm will be rented on the first day of January next. For further particulars address ASAPH SHENFELDER, Reading, Pa., or call on Maj. DANIEL, EISENBISE, Lewistown, Pa. octlh--ui BEST brands Cigars, and good Tobacco, at SD. FKVSINIiER^ O E T ZR, _ EARTH IS BEAUTIFUL. BT A TOL'SO LADT FIFTEKS TEARS OLD. W hen the morning star is retting. And the East is flushed with light, W hen the rising sun announces The departure of the night, Earth is neautiful! W hen the sunset fire# are gleaming O'er the tops of distant hills, And the yellow rays are streaming On the merry mountain rills, Eartii is beautiful! When the dusk} 1 twilight deepens, And the shadows longer grow, Or the moonlight, pale and flitting, Bathes in silver all below, Earth is beautiful! In the windy, wild March weather, When the snows are all departing, When the birds begin to twitter And the crocuses are starting, Earth is beautiful! In the broad and sunDy meadow, When the summer sun is high, When the tree-tops all are quivering, And beneath the cattle lie, Earth is beautiful! In the misty Indian Summer, When the harvest days are o'er, When the leaves are red and yellow, And the flowrets are no more, Earth is beautiful! When the cold and frosty weather Of the winter time is here, And the pure and drifting snow-wreaths Are decking autumn's bier, Eartii is beautiful! In the spring-time or in winter. In the summer or the fall, By the sea-side, in the meadow, Or within the forest tall, Earth is beautiful! Evening Post. MISCELLANY. The Caledonia Trout Pond. One of the greatest curiosities in Western New York—we may almost say one of the greatest in the world— is the trout-breeding establishment o! Seth Green, in Caledonia, Livingston county, to which we paid a brief visit last week. His house and ponds are on the border of the stream called the Caledonia Springs, which flow in a vast volume of the purest water from a small hollow in the village of Caledo nia, and after a course of a mile unites in the village of Mumford with Allen's Creek, one ot the tributaries of the Genessee The country through which it flows is thickly settled, and one of the richest and best farming towns in the State. The surface of the land is quite level, with banks but little above the surface of tbe water. The stream, in places, is very rapid, and in others has a gentle current of a mile or more per hour The* springs as now situated cover about six acres, being damned slightly lor mining purposes. They afford about eighty barrels of water per sec ond, and make a creek from three to four rods wide, and from eighteen inches to six feet deep, according to the current. The bottom is covered with small white shells and gravel The water is clear, pure and perfectly transparent, so that any object can be seen for three or four rods very dis tinctly. Its temperature at the springs is forty-eight degrees the whole year round, hut down the creek, three-quar ters of a mile, it rises in the hottest days in summer to fifty-eight degrees by night, but it is down in the morn ing to fifty-two degrees. In winter it settles at times to forty-three degrees, hut generally keeps up to forty-five or forty six degrees. The temperature of the water to Allen's ('reek is very even the year round, but very cold in sum mer and quite warm in the winter, never freezing in the coldest weather. The water through the whole length of the creek, as well as every stone, stick, weed and blade of grass, is alive, and literally covered with numerous insects and larva? of flies, summer and winter, so that the trout, however nu merous they are, easily obtain all the food they want at all times of the year. There is but very little surface water that makes into the creek, hence the volume of water is very even. The first settlors of the country found the creek literally tilled with troutof great size and beautj*, and it has remained so to this day, notwithstanding it has been almost constantly fished, night as well as day, from that time to this.— The largest and finest trout are taken in the evening with a large aitificial white or gray miller. The number of trout in this stream of a mile in length is compared at up wards of 300,000, the largest of which are each four or five pounds in weight. About 4,000 pounds of trout are taken from the creek yearly Mr. Ainsworth, of West Bloomfield, to whose excellent article published in the Tribune last winter we are indebted for these staj tistics, says that on the 18th of Decern ber, 18(55,' he took with the fly a hun dred and ten fine trout in about three hours, and on the next day took eigh ty five splendid fellows from one place. These trout, he says, were as tat, ac IPISSSJTSffo * tive arid gamey as he ever saw them in any other stream in May or June. Seth Green, the celebrated marksman and fly-thrower of this city, bought this creek in for the purpose of growing ti ut artificially, as well as naturally, <>u an extended scale. lie has since pn pared ponds, races, hatch houses and hatching boxes and troughs for 3,000,000 of spawn. The pond containing the largest fish and principal spawners was first construct ed. A strong volume of water passes through it lrom the main stream, the quantity received and discharged being so regulated that there is no danger of overflowing. It enters under a wheel which is so exactly fitted to its place that not the smallest fish can escape, and maintains a regular motion. This pond is seventy five feet long, twelve feet wide and four or five feet deep.— Mr. Green's dwelling is over the lower end of this pond, which affords shade and a hiding place for the trout when they choose to retire from view. There are from eight to ten thou sand fish in thispond, and water enough for fifty times that number. A great deal of feed passes to them from the stream, but they are fed every day with beef liver chooped fine, to which they rush in tlie most excited manner, leaping out of the water, and tugging voraciously two or three at a time at the same piece. They are so tame that they will take the liver from a spoon or even from the hand, and will even bite the hand itself, as wo can testify from the sharp experience of their teeth. To a lover of fish no finer sight can be presented than the sight of this pond, swarming with splendid trout, as plainly visible, so clear is the water, as if they were in the open air It is a gigantic aquarium, which probably has no rival in the world, and the mere sight of which will well repay the trouble and expense of along journey But besides this main pond, Mr. Green has another close by it titty by thirty feet, which contains about 20,000 two year old trout, and still another, filled with countless multitudes of yearlftigs. and lastly, a long pond, or brook in which are hundreds of thousands of this year's hatching. The hatching house is a simple, in expensive structure of wood, forty by twenty feet, with posts eight feet high It has three screened windows, admit ting a soft light and excluding the glare of the sun. Being roofed, the spawn and young trout are perfectly protected from storms of hail, which in shallow water might in one minute destroy thousands of young trout; or a heavy and sudden fall of rain might wash them from the troughs where they are kept for several weeks after hatching. These troughs are three in number. The water is brought from the main stream through bored logs and received into a tank six feet long, two feet eight inches wide and a foot and a half deep, from whence it passes through six strainers into a trough running en tirely across the end of the house, and from thence by small gates (which are regulated at pleasure to increase or diminish the flow of water) it passes into the several hatching troughs, &e. These troughs are subdivided, or rath er two are placed together, and be tween them are passages for conveni ently distributing the spawn, inspect ing the operation of feeding and hatch ing the young fish. By wooden bars the troughs are partitioned into small squares. By this arrangement the force of the current is checked at each bar, and the trout are prevented from huddling in a mass and becoming suffocated. The space on one side is a platform, having a stove and the various conve niences for feeding, &c. At one end is a pond eighteen feet square, with about two feet depth of water. It bj any means trout escape fron. the troughs, they cannot get beyond the pond, and the room is ample for keep ing millions until they are two or three inches long. From this pond the wa ter passes into the main stream. The hatching house and troughs, though not extensive, are fulfilling the highest anticipations i f their persevering and enterprising proprietor The bottom of the trough is covered with small, clean gravel, over which the water passes by gentle flow. Thus prepared, they are ready for the reception of the impregnated spawn, which are spread evenly over the gravel by a dextrous movement of the water, the spawn not being touched or allowed to come in contact with anything hut the water and gravel. 1 mpregnated spawn sink to the bottom, in water running with considerable force, and will remain stationary, if undisturbed, until the j'oung fish begin their efforts for a release from confinement. In from fifteen to twen ty-six days after the spawn is deposited, the young fish are discernible with the naked eye. —oy, poor little mite, should he confined for !in equal length of time in -Richmond Bridewell, and likewise kept to hard libor. ihe question arises, what would be considered hard labor l'or a child three and a half years old ? in Original Jake. On 1 uesdaj' afternoon, while the citizens of the 11th precinct in Balti more wore in tho midst ol excitement, at the polls, an old and well known rebel made his appearance, for the first time since the commencement of the slaveholders' rebellion, and attempted to put in a rebel ballot. The reb in question has the misfortune to he 'cross eyed,' so much so that when lie chanced to look at the sky for the polar star, his eyes, to an observer, would be ap parently fixed on the Sout hern constel lation . As the old reb was about to take the required oath, a Union man, an inveterate wag, sang out, •I object to that man's vote!' 'Upon what grounds?' inquired the election officer. 'Because he's not natural-eyes edV The bystanders saw the 'point' of the joke at once, and greeted the old reb with 'jeers and jibes,' which non plussed him to such an extent that he lett the polls in disgust, and of course iost his vote The 'conservative' who related the above circumstance to our informant, is a man (among the lew in Baltimore) whose veracity is un questionable. te'" The Democrats say they want a flag with thirty-six stars on it.— W here could they have found it if the eleven stars that were dropping out had not been pinned to their places by Union bayonets? And yet the Dem ocrats objected to the pinning process. JJUIJBiIi JilMMmj. W O.fDERFI'L SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERT the treatment of acute and ehron- I ic diseases. The undersigned would respectfully call the attention of the afflic ted females of Mifflin and adjoining coun ties to the fact that she has taken instruc tions in the correct application of Elec tricity, and is now fully prepared to op erate successfully on all persons afflicted with the following named diseases: General Debility, Kidney Gomplaint, Liver, Spinal Affection, Vostivencss,' Foul Stomach, Rheumatism, Diseases of the Womb, Suppression of the Menses, Neuralgia, Nervous Diseases, Female Weakness, l'iles and Gravel, Bronchial Affections, Dispepsia, Headache, Drabets, Goitre, or Big Neck, &e. Female patients can receive treatment :at my residence for any of the above dis ' eases, with the wonderful discovery of Electricity, which is without a parallel and the very desideratum for the afflicted. Please give her a trial; it is a mild opera tion, producing no shock or unpieasant sensation, and relieves when medicine has 110 effect at all. MARGARET LEWIS. Newton Hamilton, Mifflin co., Penna Sept. 26, 1866,-3 m* ' OF DIVIOFM). xi The West Kishacoquillns Turn pike Company have declared a Dividend of - per cent, on the capital stock paid in, payable by the Treasurer on or after tins date. _ H. P. TAYLOR, nov7-3t* Treasurer. ,4 STRAI STEER, X"V Came to the premises of the sub scriber in Menno township, Miffiin eo., alniut the 10th Septemirer, of a light brin dle color, with no particular marks upon him, probably nearly two years old, which the owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take away, or lie will he disposed of according to law. nov7~* SAMUEL B. WILLS. Etate of William Lowry, deceased. "VTOTICE is hereby given that letters of A i administration on the estate of Wil w Lowry ' °* Menno township, Mifflin county, have been granted to the undersigned, residing in said township. All persons indebted to said estate are re quested to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them duly authenticated, for settlement. DANIEL E. LOWRY, nov7-6t* Administrator.