G. & G. R. FRYSINGER, PUBLISHERS,
Whole No. 2932.
Poor House Business.
Tbe Directors <>f the Poor meet at the POOJ
House on the 2d Tuesday of each month.
BEITEDIOT & O©V
JS^IXRIKIEIR.S,
LEWISTOWN, PA.,
Collections ami remittances promptly nia<Je.
Interest allowed on time deposits. jan23-ly.
GEO. 7/". ELDER,
Attorney at Law,
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to business in Mltiiin. Centre and Hunting
don counties mv 26
LYCOMING COUNTY
Mutual Insurance Company.
Capital, $2,500,000.
THIS Company continues to issue Policies of Insur
ance on Buildings and Personal Property, in Town
er Country, at cash or mutual rates.
JAMKS RANKIN, President.
JOSHUA BOWMAN, Secretary.
JOHN HAMILTON, Agent.
jan!6 '67 Lewistown. Pa.
22*. JCHIT J. 2DASLKKT,
Practicing Physician,
Itellcvillc, Mifflin County, Pa.
Tv!l. DA HI. EN has been appointed an Examining
1/ Surgeon for Pensions. Soldiers requiring exam
ir.a: n will find him at his otlice in Belleville.
Belleville, August 22. 1866..y
H. M. DUNMIRE,
DBINTTIST,
OFFKKS his professional services to the
citizens of Mifflin county. He is prepared to per- j
f un all operations in the dental profession. Office ;
fir-: d'-T from the Lewistown House. Main street, j
where he will be found tne first two weeks of each |
month, and tne la-t week of each month he will
visa Kisinteoquillas Vall< y. Teeth extracted without
pant bv the use of nitrous oxide myl-tf
ILlBa SsM&AIS'
DENTIST,
CFKERS his professional services to the citizens of 1
Lewistown and vicinity. All in want of good, neat !
work will do well to give fnni a call.
He may be found at all times at his office, three
dcors ea-t of I£ M. & It. Pratt's store. Valley street. ,
1 pis-iy*
MEYERS
NEWLY IMPROVED, CRESCENT SCALE,
.Acknowledged to be tbe best. London Prize Modal
and highest awards iu America received.
MELODEON S,
and Second hand Pianos. Music.
No. 722 A RCH St., below Bth, Philadelphia, Pa. .
Phila., April 24, 1567-3ni
THI BEST IN THE WORLD!
rjlIF. UNDER-GGNED IS AGENT FOR THE
IMPROVED SINGER SEWING MACHINE,
which will be placed upon trial with any other now
n use. He invites eompetion. It can be tested i
CQao.cs> ©3la Da
with any other machine to enable pnrchers toelioose j
THE BEST. TERMS LIBERAL.
Give him a call. [marl9-6m] WSI. LIN1).
f.S. A. OECICPSOIT,
II AS taken the Store formerly occupied ■
I I t-r John Banm, for the purpose of carrying on
the V Vi m MAKING and JEWELRY Business. He 1
will i o pleased to see all Mr. Baum's old customers. I
ami as many new ones as will favor him with a call. !
Ail work warranted. Store on East Market street,
nearly opposite the Post Office.
Lew isp,wn, April 24, lHtiT-tf
MRS. M. E. STEWART,
£& PAUCY STORE,
VUL West Market st., Lewistown,
LAMES A GEM I.EM EN'S r L'RNISHING GOODS.!
fcj.-k-. Cloaks, Hats, Bonnets, Ladies Fine DliEsS I
GO'IOS and Trimmings.
Patteins of latest styles always on hand.
Millinery and Dress-Making
executed in the mo.*t approved style.
Lewistown, April 18, 1866.tf
IST E "W
Meat Establisment.;
TMIE undersigned has fitted up the build-
L me in Brown street, above Frank's store, for a I
i! at shop where Fresh Beef, Pork. Mutton, Veal, Ac. j
:ir, he had at all times, an ice house for the preserva
t iof meat being connected with the establishment, i
"li.e public are invited to call.
nv._ The room w ill be opened for the first time OD J
SATURDAY MORNING, 16th uist.
JAMES 8. GALBRAITH. i
L< w -town, March 13.1S07—tf.
Lewistown Coach Manufactory,
Junction 3d & Valley street.
MOSER MAYES ,
fir# HAVING ASSOC lA
together for the purpose ot :
HJ manufacturing Coaelu*. f'arria
'Si 11 'J Buyjic*., isulkies. S}TtJr: HVt- ! •
STi..,jfcaj' 'jonn, '<•., invite the public to j '
KG'" ticm a call and examine specimens of their '
*'-'rk. which will be found equal to any in or out of :
the cities. All kinds of repairing promptly attended
decl2-!y |
WILLIAM LIND,
has now open
A NEW STOCK
OF
Cloths, Cassimeres,
AND j<
VESTI NCS,
*hich will bo made up to order in the neat
est and most fashionable styles. apl9
H. Z. 3-JL22F.DSSIT,
Attorney at Law,
LEWISTOWN, PA.,
O'.l !;, R - kis professional services to the citizens of
-b-nip county. Office n Northeast corner of the ;
dcxi to lloflman'K store. my 2
l j. u*.
PHYSICIAN AND 81ROEON,
Lvwlitown, Pa.,
(j eke us his Professional Services to the
, ' Ot Lewistown and vicinity.
a,.., r " ar 'btit has the Exi'KKir.M Kof 15 years in the
, B l *''fine of Medicine and Surgery.
I , "on - ,uth side of Mill street, in the building!
-rmerly occupied by Dr. Worrall. juli j
Wall Paper.
•K DIFFERENT Patterns—large assort-, 1
ArU ment at McMANIGAL'S. Milroy. j
Lewistown Foundry
>7 AND
MACHINE SHOP.
REESE & SLAGLE, Proprietors,
O. K. DAVIS, Superintendent.
Manufacturers ot
PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS,
PORTABLE AND STATIONARY SAW MILLS.
Iron and Brass Castings
' Made and fitted up for Mills, Factories, Forges, Blast
; Furnaces, Rolling Mills, Ac.
We call the attention of Tanners to our Oven for
burning tun tinder Steam Boilers,
j TERMS REASONABLE. All orders by mail or
! otherwise promptly attended to.
Junes REESE A SLAGLE.
INSURANCE AGENCY.
Til K following Fire. Life, and Accidental Companies
are represented by tbe undersigned :
CAPITAL.
.Etna, Fire of Ilartford, 94,083,000
Putnam, " 500,000
Home, New York 3,500,000
Germania, " 700,000
Home, New llav> n, 1,000,000
North America, Philadelphia, 1,750,000
Enterprise, " 400,000
Lycoming, Penna., 2,500,000
Farmers, York, Pa., 500,000
American Life, Philadelphia, 1,000,000
N. Y. Accidental, New York, 250,000
Horse Thief Ins. Co. York Pa., 50,000
Thisagency is prepared to insure against Fire. Death
lor Accident, in any part of Mifflin county Horses
are insured against theft. All business pertaining to
insuiatiee promptly attended to.
janlti '67 JOHN HAMILTON, Agent.
THE OLD STAND AHEAD !
Hamaker & Montgomery,
HAVE associated together for the pur
pose of manufacturing Coaches, Buggies, Carria
j ges, Sulkies. Spring Wagons, Ac., at
HIRES' OLD STAND,
in Valley street, Lewistown. They art prepared to
i do all kinds of work in their line, in an elegant and
; workmanlike mariner, and invite tiie citizens of town
and vicinity to call and examine their new stock on ,
iiand. before purchasing elsew here, as nil work unAi
ufactured at this establishment is warranted.
Prompt attention given to all repairing which will
la- done with neatness and durability,and guaranteed
j to give satisfaction. niyi-ly
REDUCTION 1
FRANK H. WENTZ,
AT HIS
BOOT AND SHOE STORE, j
HAS just received a lurge Stock of Boots
and Shoe** direct from Eastern Manufacturers,
winch he offers at greatly reduced prices:
JVleu's Congress Gaiters, S3 50
" Glove Calf Congress do, 4 25
Womens' Lasting Gaiters, 1 25
Other work in proportion.
Also, an assortment of Home Manufacture constant-;
: ly on-hand, and made to order at short notice.
I Call and examine his stock before purchasing else
. where. mayß-y
Look out for Us, as we are Com
ing once more, with a
NEW ARRIVAL,
ASS© ©MIS
STILL LOWER!
ITTE are prepared to sell Goods at the!
f J lowest market prices, lower than be
fore the war.
If you want good
Sugars at 11 to 10,
Coffees at 28 to 30,
Rice at 13,
Syrups at 15 to 30 qt„
Go to RITTENHOUSE & McKINNEY'S.
If you want good Teas of all kinds go to
R A McK.
; If you want good Spices of all kinds, go to
R. & McK.
If you want a good quality of Honey, go to
R. & McK.
If you want the best
: Corn Starch, Concentrated Lye,
j Washing Soaps, Toilet Soaps,
Canned Fruits, &c..
Go to R. & McK.
If you want to buy good white Muslin, yard i
wide, at 15 cents, go to R. &. McK. j
If you want Calicos, at 10 to 18 cents, go to
R. & McK.
If you want good goods of all kinds, such as
Ginghams at 16 to 25,
Brown Muslins at 10 to 23,
Delaines, 25, (old prices,)
including Dress goods, the best of all kinds.
Go to R. & McK.
For Flannel, Ticking, Crash, Table Diaper,
Linen, with a variety of other goods, go to
R. & McK.
TO THE LADIES :
If you want good Cotton Ilose, at 15 to 30, j
Go to R. A McK.
If you want good Notions of all kinds, go to
R. t McK.
Gentlemen, if you want Cotton Socks, at 12)
cts., Paper Collars of all kinds, Linen Col
lars, got up for the summer, at 5 cents, go to!
R. A McK.
If you want good
Cotton Pants Stuff,
Cassimers and Cloths,
Go to R• A McK.
If you want Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps.
go to R- A McK.
If you want good Fish of all kinds, go to
R. A McK. !
If you want to find a good stock of goods of
ail kinds, go to U. A McK.
Thankful for past favors, and hoping a con
tinuance of the same, we remain,
Very Respectfully,
RITTEN HOUSE & McKINNEY.
Lewistown, June 19, 1K67-tf
NEW GOODS.
J. HOFFMAN has just received a
• large supply of new goods, which will
bo sold low, for cash.
fTMN WARE. A good assortment, at
x F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
MiMlii MM •JIDDMIIL
T YORK MICA ROOM NO COMPANY, (established
X 1865) are manufacturing under Letters Patent the
, Il'-st Article of Composition Roofing ever Offered to
>• the Public. Ii is adapted to every style of Hoof, steep
or flat, and can be readily applied bv any one.
The 11. S. Government, alter a thorough test of its
utility, have adapted its use in the Navy Yards, ami
upon Public Buildings.
Ihe Roofing is put up in rolls, and has only to be
naded to the Roof to make a
Durable Fire and *V a ter-Proof Covering.
! We particularly recommend its use upon
linildiiigs, Stores, Churches, Farlories. Machine
Shojs, Steamboat Decks, 4c.
MICA ROOFING PAINT,
j For coating TIN, IROX. or SHINGLE ROOFS. It forms a
hotly Etpiat to Thr-cc Coats of Ordinary Paint.
No Roof can rust under it. and ofd leaky Roofs may be
; made permanently water-proof and durable by it.- use.
; The Paint requires so MIXING, but is ready to be ap
j plied with the ordinary paint brush. Price, $t per oat
lon. which will cover two hundred square feet.
Also manufacturers of
Black Lustre Varnish,
s; Tarred Felt and Roofing Fitch.
j Discount to the Trade. Circulars and Price List fur
! lushed. Rights for counties -old allow rates. Address
THE MICA ROOFING COMPANY,
I! >4 Broadway, N. Y.
) Frank Humphreys. 61 Royal st.. N. o.: Schofield i
Williams Co, Augusta, (ia.; Baldwin H. Wood-j
) : Montgomery, Ala.; Thos. S. Coates. Raleigh. N. C; F.
A. Tucker. Richmond, Va., Henry Wilsou, Petersburg, i
I | Va., Agents. jan23 :
! Drc w' s Pa tent
I FOR
O'JT'TIYTG- EOSTS
; WIIDIPI LAUNMAA
!
SIDE SEAMS.
THE greatest improvement of the age, in this line
of trade. Ist. It does away with the wrinkles on
, the instep, also, with the welted side seam which lias
,! injured so many feet and ankles. 2d. It makes the
ea-ic-t sitting and best fitting boot ever worn. This J
| boot is now manufactured by P. H. Loop, who holds i
tbe right of use for the county, and is prepared to !
furnish all who wish to wear this boot. A liberal dis- [
j count to dealers who wish to deal in these boots. Or- ;
d--r- filled at short notice. Prices greatly reduced on i
j all goods a'P. F. Loop's Shoe Store. ' febG
628. HOOP SZIE.T3. 628
NKW SPRING STYLES, "tlur Own Hike."
embracing every New and Desirable size, srvle and
Shape of Plain and Trail HOOP SKIKTS, —2, 2 1 4. 2J/£. 2 ;
3-4, 3. 3 1-4. 3 1-2. 3 3-4 and 4 yards, round every length
and size Waist; in every respect FIRST QCAUTY. and >
I espooi illy adapted to meet the wants of FIRST CLASS j
i and most fashionable TRAHE.
-OUR OWN M IAK." of Hoop Skirts, are lighter, more
clastic, more durable, and REALLY CHEAPER than any >
other make of either Single or Double Spring Skirt !
| in the American Market. They are WARRANTED in
every respect, and wherever introduced give uniyer- i
sal satisfaction. They are now being extensively sold i
by r-tailers. and every lady should try them
Ask for -Hopkin's Own Make." and see that each 1
Skirt tsStamped "W. T. HOPKIN'S MANUFACTUR
ER. 628 ARCH street. PHILADELPHIA." Xo other*
\ ore Gamine. A Catalogue containing Style, Size and
Retail Prices, sent to any address. A ( inform and
I Liberal Discount allowed to Dealers. Orders by mail i ,
I or otherwise, promptly and carefully tilled, whole,!
sale and Retail, at Manufactory and Sales-rooms, No
628 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Skirts made to order
altered and repaired.
TERMS, NET CASH. ONE PRICE ONLY.
■MR£o— lom WM. T. lIOI'KLNS.
Tailoring Establishment
Wo (S-niiSSa
MERCHANT TAILOR, has removed hisshoptothe '
buildihg formerly known a-the "green home,'' ,
at the intersection of Valley and Mill street.adjoining
H. M. A It. Pratt's store, a here lie cordially invites all | '
who need anything ill his line. Goods' ar, l Trim
j mtiigs furnished and gentlemen's clothing made, in !'
the latest styles, on short notice, and at reasonable 1 1
prices. apll-tf
WHAT'S ALL THIS?
Why the Grain Business is Revised al Me- 1
Coy's Old Stand.
f ril E undersigned, having rented the j
1. large and commodious Warehouses formerly
occupied by Frank McCoy, esq., is now prepared to <
purchase or receive and forward
ALL KINDS OF GRAIN, \
for which he will nay market prices. Also, he will ,
keep forsake. SALT. PLASTER. COAL ami FISH. '
He returns thanks to all his old customers for their <
fin tiler patronage, and shall feel grateful for a renewal
[ of past business relutions. j '
Merchants will find it to their advantage to give him ' ■
! a.ail. [rnarl4-yJ WILLIAM WILLIS.
fclPtlE SHUTTLE SEWING lACBIKES. I
Are superior to all others for : (
FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. f
Contain all the lut'at improvements; are speedy |
noiselfßß; duraT'le; and easy to work.
Illustrated Circulars free. Agents wanted. Liberal i
di.sount allowed. No consignments made. !i
A'ldress EMPIRE S. M. CO., CIG liroadway, New 1
York. eps'o6-lj
S. S. CAMPBELL & CO. !
Manufacturing Confectioners, !
AND WHOLESALE DIALERS IN' j (
FOREIGN FRUITS,NUTS,&C. .
No. 803, RACE STREET, 1
PHILADELPHIA. '
ALSO, MASUrACTI-REItS OE ALL KIXIIS OF
Molasses Candy and (Jocuanut Work, :
J epil'2'66-lv.
20,000 MAJORITY! I
To the Voters of Central Penna ,
ELECTION ovor and itha.'beon decided by about
20.U*H) majority that the Tolmeco an<l Cigars sold '
.it Krysiuger's Tobae<*o and Srgnr Store cannot I e |
; surpassed, either in Quality or Price.
Look at the Price*, get some of the goods, and com- (
| pare with all others, and you will be satisfied that you .
i get the worth of your money at Frysinger's. ! '
FryaingeFs Bj>titl Roll only si.Uoper pound. (
Frysinger's Navy " 44 * 4
I Fry singer's Congress 44 44 u 44 j (
Fry singer's Flounder 44 u " 44 ♦
| Wiltett Navy u ** u u j
Oronoko l'wist 4< 44 u u I
And other Plug Tobacco at 40 and 50 cts. per lb. j
Cut and Dry, 40 *nd 5o cts. Granulated Tobaccos at
50 <rts., 60 **ts , go cts.. SI.OO, $1.20. and $1,50 per lb, I i
Fine-Cut chewing, at $1.40 and $1.20.
Cigars at 1, 2, 3. 5 and 10 cts. each. i 1
Pips in great Variety: also Cigar Gases, Tobaecoj ,
Oiouches and Boxes, Match Safes, and all articles
usually kept in a first-class Tobacco and Cigar Store, j
To Merchants, I olfer tlic above goods at prices that j J
will enable them to retail at tbe same prices that I 4
po and realise a fair profit. I f
: Oct.2f.. E. FRYSINGER. !
Ann nn AGENTS WANTED—SIOO.OO—MaIe aud ,
ipuU Uu Female, to introduce our NEW PATENT,
| Si AH SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. It is adapt- j j
eij for family use arid Tailoring. It makes a stitch j
i alike on both rules. PncoouIyTWENTYDOLLAKS.iI
Extra-ordinary inducements to Agents. For lull par- .
i tictilars, address DUMONT & WILSON", )
j jul'.t-3m* 630 Arch st, Phila., Pa. j(
S. O. M'CURDY, i
with
Benson, Campbell & Co.,
Commission Merchants 4 Wholesale Grocers, 1
507 Market /Street, Fhilude/p/tia. '
I )ARTICI?LAIi attention given to sales of Ginseng, j'
Woo', WooU-n Yarn, Fur Skins, Deer Skins, Sheep | j
i Skins, Klaxseed.LloverJ.eed, Feathers, Leather, Roots,
Dried Fruit, Butter, Beeswax, Eggs, Ac.
All goods warranted to give entire satisfaction, and : <
sold at the lowest city prices.
Please call and be convinced. I 1
Also, a full line of Tobacco kept constantly on j
hand. jylO-Sm* | •
Wednesday, August 14, 1867.
3? OETRY.
THE RAIN CONCERT.
I :
* ! Millions of tiny rain drops
i! Are falling all around :
They're dancing on the house tops,
They're hiding iu the ground.
. f They are fairy like musicians
With anything for keys,
• j Beating tunes upou the windows,
Keeping time upou the trees.
A light and airy treble
They play upon the stream,
And the melody enchants us,
Like the music of a drcain.
A deeper base is sounding
When they're dropping into caves,
With a tenor Irom the zephyrs,
And an alto from the waves.
O 'tis a stream of music.
And Robin don't intrude.
If, when the rain is weary.
He drops an interlude.
It seems as if the warbling
Of the birds in all the bowers,
Had been gathered into raindrops,
And was coming down in showers.
'V Hi _
SPEECH or .11 K. COLFAX.
On Saturday evening after the ad
journment of Congress Speaker Colfax,
I among others, was serenaded, at the
I conclusion of which he delivered the
I following address :
| ®
i Fellow Citizens-. There are two kinds
| of serenades in Washington; the first,
when members arrive, to enter on the
discharge of their duty, and the last
when, after the close OF. their labors,
they are about to return to their homes
As Holy Writ declares that he who
taketh off his armor lias more right to
HO proud than he who putlelh it on, 1
lvalue this mark of J'our regard more
highly because, our work being com
: pleted, you mean by it ' well done good
and faithful servants.' Congress sin
!eerely desired to avoid this midsum
mer session. They passed the milita
!ry Reconstruction bills last March.
The President vetoed them on the ex
plicit ground that the}' made the mili
tary commanders supreme and abso
lute over the people of the lute rebel
lious States. Congress accepted it is
construction of them, and repassed
them over his veto. They were cor
diallv endorsed by the loyal people of
the North, and acquiesced in more
readily than had been supposed by the
people of the South. Soon it became
apparent that under them loyalty
would triumph in most of the South
ern States, and then the President ve
toed his own veto, and promulgated a
decision of his Attorney General that,
under these laws, the military com
manders were mere policemen, subor
dinate to the Provisional Governments
over which they had been placed, the
army but a posse vomitutus to enforce
t he decrees of the Rebel Governors and
Mayors, and that every Rebel was to
he his own register. The people, sur
prised at these decisions, appealed to
the Congress in which they placed
such deserved confidence, to reassem
hie, and from Maine to California they
came hither to resume their legislative
authority, and to so declare the mean
ing of their legislation that no legal
sophistries of any Attorney General
could mj'stify it. Vetoed again, the}
repassed it by a vote of four to one,
and it has gone on the statute book as
one of the laws, which the President,
by his constitutional oath, must 1 take
care to have faithfully executed.' —.
Some, I know, condemn Congress for
having done too much in its past leg
islation, and some lor having done too
little, but I think it lias struck the
golden mean — firm and yet prudent,
courageous without undue excitement,
inflexible and yet wise. The Presi
dent, in his last veto, denounces this
' military despotism' as he calls it, and
declares that Congress has subjected
the South to a tyranny most intolera
ble.
We have heard these charges of mil
itary despotism before during the war
from the parky which 60 bitterly op
posed his election three years ago. —
Every act tending to strengthen the
Government, such as the suspension of
the habeas corpus, trials by court-mar
tial, Ac., was denounced as a military
despotism. But tbe people rendered
their verdict, and it cannot be revers
ed. Instead of tyranny, the key note
of the Congressional policy is protec
tion to all, and the vindication and tri
umph of loyalty, and, God keeping us,
we shall stand by it until it is crowned
with triumph. I will use no word of
disrespect toward the President, for,
although differing with him in policy
as wide as the poles, I respect the of
lice which he fills, and prefer argument
to invective. When I listened yes
terday to Mr. McPherson, the Clerk of
tho House, as he read the bold and de
fiant message of the President, 1 could
not but feel that, in the whole of it, he
arraigned himself far more than the
Congress which ho addressed. All
parties agree that he spoke correctly
in his North Carolina proclamation of
May, 1865, ho declared that all the
civil governments of tho South had
been destroyed by tbe rebellion. He
then, without calling Congress togeth
er, went on with the work of recon
struction, in the absence of all law
upon the subject. Has Congress made
State Governments subordinate to mil
itary power? So did the President.
Has Congress provided for tho calling
of State Conventions? So did the
~ President. Has Congress authorized
their ratification? So did the Presi
dent. But he ordered Conventions by
| his Executive fiat and recognized their
j Constitutions without their being sub
mi tied to the people. Congress re
quired the people — the registered vo
| ters — to call tho Convention them
selves and then to approve or reject
their work by popular vote.
Has Congress required the ratifica
tion of the Constitutional Amendment?
So did the President. Has Congress
established a test oath ? So did the
President. Our crime is, I suppose,
that we provided that those whom the
nation had made free should have the
J freeman's ballot for their protection,
while the President did not. But the
results of his policy strikingly contrast
with the results of ours. The nation
looked on to see what fruits would re
suit from his action, and what were
| they ? In nearly every State the Reb
_ ;el power resumed its authority, and
became dominant in their executive,
legislative and judicial departments.
The vagrant and labor laws, virtually
|J rc enslaving the emancipated, follow
ed, and murders, outrages, riots and
• massacres crowned the whole. Loyal
A; men were under foot, and the revivi
e tied spirit of rebellion was triumphant
With our duty to our country and
S Ol * our oath, we could not affirm and
legalize this policy, and hence the leg
islative action wo have since taken. —
( J Approved in the past as we have been.
1 cannot doubt even a more triumph
,' i ant endorsement hereafter,
j The President appeals to tho ballot
, box, and so do we, and by its decision
J we are willing to stand or fall. In 1862,
iin the darkest hour of the war, amid
[disaster and reverse, the ballot box
J sustained us, and returned a Republi
can majority in Congress. In 18(54 we
were compelled to accept all the odium
of conscription, tho heavy burdens ol
taxation necessary for our national
' I credit and io keep our flag flying in the
field, the charges of our enemies that
men were being drafted from their
J homes to free negroes, and the dentin
ciations against the war as a failure ;
J but with the simple motto of ' our
country,' under the lead of our noble
J President, (would to God he was living
today!) wo won a magnificent tri
(] urn ph.
In 1806, when President Johnson
turned his back on the party which
elected him, traversed the country
making speeches, to be read by mil
| lions, denouncing us — with his whole!
j Cabinet against us, with but one hon
': ored exception : [applause, and cries ol
j Stanton !] with the whole power and
patronage of the Government thrown
in the scale of our enemies, we appeal
ed again to tho ballot box, winning the
I most magnificent victory ever known I
in our political history. But this will
HE eclipsed by the coining victory in
j 1860, when we shall place in the offices
I of the Government those who will be
faithful to liberty, justice and loyalty, j
. Wo ask no more, and will accept no
less. And this victory will be swelled!
by the votes ot the reconstructed ;
I [South. When they return, as they
I J will, in accordance with tbe terms pre
jscribed in our legislation, they will rq
turn with magnificent majorities fori
; ihe right. They will come back, led
us they must be, by those who have!
been faithful to the Union in its dark
est hours. They will join with us of
tho North, under tho inspiring influ
ence of free labor anil free men in the i
march of power, prosperity and pro
Igiess, and we will join with them in S<>
legislating that hereafter, in this noble
I land, there shall he no man so poor, so
humble, or so obscure that ho cannot
look up to the American flag as his un
failing protection, and with tho ballot,
which shall vindicate his rights, in his
own right hand. [Applause] And
all the loyal people shall say amen and
j amen.
!L/E I E L L AIT -Y .
A AEW E\KLA.\I>"IoTER.
The best portion of the opening
chapters of Henry Ward Bccchcr'S
now novel is a New England love pas
sago, the proposal of 'Biah Gathcarttoi
Rachel Lascomb.
They were walking silently and
gravely home one Sunday afternoon,
' under the tall elms that line tbe street
for half a mile Neither had spoken. |
' There had been some little parish quar
■ rel, and on that afternoon the text was.
J,:'A new commandment I write unto
you, that ye love one another.' But,,
after tho sermon was done, the texi
was the best part of it. Some one :
said that Parson Marsh's sermons were
Jike tho meeting house — the steeple
■jwas tho only tiling that folks could
sec after they got home.
" | 1 hey walked slowly, without a word.
Once or twice 'Biah essayed to speak,
but was still silent. He plucked a
' flower from between the pickets of the
[ I fence, and unconsciously pulled it to
pieces, as with troubled face, lie glanced
at Rachel, as fearing she would catch
' his eye, ho looked at tho trees, at the
■ clouds, at tho fields, at the grass, at .
! I everything, and saw nothing — noth- 1
ing but Rachel. The most solemn
hour of human experience is not that j
of Heath, but of Life — when the heart
! is born again, and from a natural heart j
becomes a heart of Lovo ! What won- i
• der that it was a silent hour and per
'; plexed ?
LEWISTOWN, MIFFLIN COUNTY, PA-
2 Is the soul confused? Why not,
I when tho divine spirit, rolling clear,
across tho anial ocean, breaks upon
7' the heart's shore with all the mystery
!• of heaven? Ts it strange that unccr
tain lights dim the eye, if above the
head of him that truly loves hover
clouds of saintly spirits? Why should
not the tongue slammer and refuse its
accustomed offices, when all tho world
— skies, trees, plants, hill, atmosphere,
and tho solid earth— spring forth in
' new colors, with strange meanings,
I and seem to chant for the soul the glory
of that mystic Law with which God
has hound to himself his infinite realm
— the law of love ! Then, for the first
time, when one so loves that love is
sacrifice, death to self, resurrection
and glory, is man brought into har
mony with tbe wiiolo universe; and,
j like him who beheld the seventh heav
en, hears things unlawful to he ut
tered.
The great elm trees sighed as the
fitful breeze swept their tops. The
soft shadows flitted back and forth
beneath tho walker's feet, fell upon
them in light and dark, ran over the
ground, quivered and shook, until sober
Cathcart thought his heart was throw
ing its shifting network of hope and
fear along the ground before him !
How strangely bis voice sounded to I
him as, at length, all bis emotions
could only say, 'Rachel— how did you I
like the sermon ?'
Quietly she answered—
'l like the text '
"A new commandment I write un
to you, that you love ono another,' Ra
chel !' '
At first she looked down and lost a
little color; then, raising her face, she
turned upon him her large eyes, with
a look both clear and tender. It was
as if some painful restraint had given
way, and her eyes blossomed into full
beauty.
Not another word was spoken. They
walked home hand in hand. He neith
er smiled nor exulted. lie saw neither
the trees, nor the long level rays of
sunlight that were slanting across the
fields. His soul was overshadowed
with a cloud as it God were drawing
near. He had never felt so solemn.
This woman's life had been entrusted
to him !
Long years— tho whole length of
life — the eternal years beyond, seemed
in an indistinct way to rise up in his
imagination. All that he could say as
he lett her at the door was ;
'Rachel, this is forever — forever.'
She said nothing, but turned
to him with a clear and open face, in
which joy and trust wrought beauty.
It seemed to him as if a light fell upon
him from her eyes. There was a look
that descended- and covered him as
with an atmosphere; and all the way
home he was as one walking in a lu
minous cloud. He had never felt such
personal dignity as now He that wins
such love is crowned, and may call him
j self king. Ho did not feel tho earth
under his feet. As he drew near his
; lodgings, the sun went down. The chil
dren began to pour forth, no longer re
; strained. Abiah turned to his evening
chores. No animal that night hut had
reason to bless him. Tho children
found him unusually good and tender.
| And Aunt lveziah said to her sister:
'Abiah's been going to M etin' very
j regular for some weeks, and I should
not wonder by the way he looks, if he
had got a hope; I trust ho ain't deceiv
ing himself.'
lie had a hope, and ho was not de
ceived; for in a few months, at the close
ot the service one Sunday morning,
tho minister read from tho pulpit:
'Marriage is intended between Abiah i
Cathcart and Rachel Lascomb, both of |
this town, and this is the first publish- J
ing of the bans.'
Children's Department.
Letters to Itoys and (drh.
NO. IV.
MY DF.AU YOUNG FRIENDS:
In my last letter I wrote about cour- 1
age; in this one I will say something!
about TRUTH. I suppose there is no:
sin which you are ot'tener tempted to
commit than that of telling what is
not true. I once saw a little box of
tools. It had chisels, augers, awls,
and ever so many things in it, but not
ono of them had a handle. Upon ex
amining it, 1 found that the box itself
was the handle which fit everyone.
Now some one has said, 'Sin has many
tools, hut a lie is tho handle that will
fit thorn all.' You scarcely ever do
anything wrong that you are not tempt
ed to tell a lie in order to hide it. — j
When your father, or mother, or teach- 1
er, says, 'John, did you do that?' or,!
'Mary, was that you ?' the first words;
ready to drop from your tongue are j
'No, sir, 'or'No, ma'am.' To tell a lie !
of this kind is very wrong. But to
deny the truth is not the only kind of
lying that is wrong.
It is just as wicked to tell 'white
lies,' as they are called, to hide a part;
of tbe truth. A gentleman had in his
garden a dwarf pear tree; on which
hung six or eight fine pears. One day, |
I when he was going away, he called
his two boys to him, and told them ;
they must not pick any of the pears.
When he came back ho missed one
j from tho tree. Calling the boys he
Vol. 57, No. 32.
asked them if they hud picked any
•, 'No, sir;' said one of the little follows,
nj'mo shake do tree and him drop
>• off' The father talked to them,
■ j telling thorn they ought not to havo
L * shaken tlio tree, and then let them go.
r A few days afterward he was goin<*
I away again, and told the boys they
s must not pick the pears nor shake the
I tree. Wh en he returned ho looked at
, tho tree; and found one pear hanging
ij by the stem, but carefully eaten all
, | around nearly to tho middle of the
• i core. Calling the boys to him he asked
I if they had picked any pears. 'No, sir,'
i said the one who was always first to
t speak. 'Did yon shako the tree ?' 'No*
, sir.' 'Well, what did you do? 'Mo
i bite him to see if him was wipe, and
him teas wipe !' Now it is just as wrong
. t to go around the truth in this way as to
j tell a direct lie.
So, too, it is wrong to add to tho
i truth. Did 3*ou ever hear of tho boy
• s who came rushing down stairs, crying,
ii'O mother, there's a thousand cats on
the garret!' 'Not a thousand, my son V
'Well, then, a hundred.' 'A hundred
is a good many.' 'Well, there are ten.'
'I hardly think there are that many.'
'Well, there's one, I'm sure.' 'Now I
believe you, my son.' Whenever you
are tempted to tell big stories, think
about tho boy and the thousand cats.
It is wrong, too, to tell a lie just for
i the fun of the thing.' I once read of
a boy who was the worst story-teller
in all his neighborhood. Some com
panions met him one day, when ono
offered him an applo if ho would tell
them a bigger lie than he had ever
told before. 'Me !' said he, looking as
, innocent as a lamb; 'why, I never told
• a lie in all my life !' 'Here is your ap
-1 pie,' said the one who had made tho
j . offer. All this was done in jest, but it
1 was wrong, and so is 'April fooling,'
! and all joking of the kind. The best
rule is, whether in earnest or in fun,
• always to speak tho truth.
Let me give you somo reasons for
• always speaking the truth. Ono is,
f!God will he pleased. Every time you
. tell a lie you please 'the father of lies'
I and displease God, and every timeyou
r tell the truth you please 3'our Father
in Heaven and displease Satan. The
Wicked One is the friend 3'ou will
over make by l3 T ing.
Another reason for being truthful is,
[ 3'ou will respect yourself. You rua3'
( deceive others b>* lying, but you cannot
, deceive yourself. Every time you tell
an untruth 3*ou know you have done a
mean action, and 3*oll cannot help feel
| ingmeanty. Conscience tells you that
, you are a liar, and that a liar is as bad
. as a thief. You are afraid to meet
1 those whom 3*oll have deceived. You
: would not have others see 3*oll as 3*ou
S; see yourself for the world. But if you
• are truthful, 3*ou r.eed fear no one, and
. can held up 3*our head and look any
1 one in the eye.
i•• Another reason for speaking tho
truth is, 3-0U will bo respected and
honored by others. A teacher once
masked his scholars why Washington
was called 'the Father of his Country,'
when one of the smaller bo3*s immo
• diately sung out, 'Becauso he never
I told a lie!' Of course the whole school
1 laughed at the little fellow's answer,
but I do not think he was so far wrong
after all. If Washington had not been
the truthful, honest, patriotic boy ho
I was, he would not havo becomo tho
1 good and great man he was, and been
honored with the title of 'Father of
his Countr3*.' I cannot do belter than
; close this letter with the description
of a truthtul boy, which, perhaps, j*ou
havo seen in your school books:
Once (here was a little boy,
With curly hair and pleasant eye,
A boy who always spoke the truth,
And never, never told a lie.
And when he trotted oft to school,
The children all about would cry,
"There goes the curly-headed boy,
The boy who never telis n lie."
And everybody loved him so,
Because he always told the truth,
That every day, as he grew up,
Twas said, "there goes the honest youth."
And when the people that stood near
Would turn to ask the reason why,
The answer would be always this,
"Because he never tells a lie."
Your friend,
Maz Lynne
ZEtZEaiIPES-
I'ctrolcum for the Itch. —Dr. Decaisno,
of Belgium, reports having used suc-
tho oil of petroleum in up
wards of six hundred cases of itch. In
the great majority of cases the disease
i was cured after a single
friction, in several after two, and in a
vei*3* few instances three or four ap
plications were required. The meth
od failed in two or three cases only,
and in these sulphuret of lime was ne
cessary to effect a cure. It is not no
cessar3',assomo military surgeons have
I thought, to rub in the oil with coarse
towels and brushes, but, on the con
trary, tho softest brushes should be
used to spread tho oil on the skin. Dr.
Decaisno, from experiments instituted
;in the military hospital and garrison
at Antwerp, on the disinfection of tho
clothing, belioves that this process is
quite unnecessary. Even if some of
the germs of the itch insect should ad
here to tho wearing apparel, these are
desti*o3'ed b3' the action of the petro
leum with which the person of the pa.
tiont is saturated.