ha i on — ‘HARPER'S FERRY. A two hour's ride from Washington on the Bultinore and Ohio Railroad will iake ove 10 Harper's Ferry. This village of 2000 inhabitants is sito- ated like a vest among branches —the branches being the lofty mountains sarroundii g it. To the north are the Maryland Heights, which rise in suc amsive plateaus to an altitude of 1,300 feet above the surrounding country, sau 2000 few: vbove the level of the gea. To the east are the Loudoun Heights. They are not so high as the Maryisnd Heights, but the sides are more precip.tous and, being out of the way of travel, are densely w outed aud difficult of ascent. To the south are Bolivar Heights, on the ~xtreme slope of which is situated H wrper's Ferry, Between Maryland Height« sid Loudoun Heights is a magnificent gorge where unite the P* romae and Shenandoah rivers. The Foomue has brought its water from the Alleghenies, while the Shenandoah bres many a tributary from the Blue Ridge. A striking contrast is noticed betwen (he waters of the two rivers, Taste of the Shenandoah is clear, & arkling avd transparent, while that uf the Potomae is muddy and turbid. In the town on “Cemetery Hill,” b aind the Catholic church is situated “.efferson’s Rock.” On this rock Thoains Jefferson is said to have writieu a fine description of the grand scene which lies eutstretched befor® aue as he sits there, Until recently it was composed of several huge m «ses of stone piled on one another, the upper one resting on a ticklish foundation. To prevent the over- throw of the top stone, it has been sapported on pillars. This stone is mther of a soft character and has Been chiseled and cut by persons Saxious to have their names go down to posterity. The wonderful beauties of the gorge above mentioned can be seen from this rock and Jefferson de elkred “the passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge ove of the * maat stupendous scenes In bature, and well worth a voyage across the Atlan. ticto s.e.” At the base of Maryland Heights runs the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, snd by its side is the Chesapeake and Obio Canal. At the union of the riversthe railroad crosses by a remarkable bridge to Harper's Ferry. A visitor should never fail to notice from Jefferson's Rock the sparkling of the Shenandoah by moon- light as it ripples over its pebbly bed at the base of Loudoun Heights, This place was named after Robert Harper. He was born in Oxford, England, about 1703. In 1747, in his travels from Frederick, Md. to , the main armory buildings. June 28, 1861, some Raltimoreans and a part of the Second Mississippi Regiment destroyed with fire the rifle factory. Thus nothing was left of all the armory works but the engine house and the building near the railroad track, known as John Brown's Fort. Ii is now a welrd-looking locality, ruins, weeds and debris being in abundance. “During the winter, 1868-9, a bill was introduced into Congress and passed, providing for the sale of the Government property at Harper's Ferry, On the 30th of November and the 1st of December, 1259, therefore, it was put up at pub. lic auction, and the armory grounds and the site of the rifle factory were purchased by F. C. Adams, of Washington, D. C. for the sum of $206,000, with one and two years time for payment. It turned out, later on, thai this purchase was made for spec ulation, but nothing ever came from it* With the destruction of the armory and its accessories departed the life and bustle from Harper's Ferry. The town has diminished in population, Many of its inhabitants have gone where work can be found, a large pamber have followed the Government works to Springfield, Mass. On September 30 and October 1, 1870, occurred a most disastrous and devastating flood at Harper's Ferry. There had been a severe drought pre- vious to this date, and on Beptember 30, the Bhenandosh began to rise very rapidly. At ove time it is said that the river rose at the rate of six feet in four minutes. It destroyed the most flourishing part of the town, Virginios island, situated in the mid- dle of the Shenandoah river, was swept bare, and many of its inhabitants were carried down the river, Every house, except one on the south side of the street, from the market house to the island of Virginia was either de- stroyed or iojured. Some seven by houses in all were either totally de- stroyed or iendered uninhabitable. Forty-two lives were lost. October 17, 1859, occurred an event which has given her notoriety, however—the John Brown raid. It, object was the freedom of the slaves The leader was John Brown a native of Connecticut. He bad taken a very prominent part in the struggle in Kansas for the admission of the state #8 a non-slavery State; he was fanati~ cal in the extreme. He was assisted by his sons and some twenty others, four of whom were negroes, The only one of the party now liv- ing is Owen Brown. Ouly six of the party escaped alive. The party went into Harper's Ferry at midnight of in the hands of the Confederates, then the Federals took possession ouly to be driven ont by the enemy, and then a new turn of the wheel brought another change. It is a singular fact that the first man killed by John Brown's party was a negro, and that the first who lost his life at Harper's Ferry, at the hands of the Union Army, was a warm friend of the Government. An idea may be formed of the war experiences of Harper's Ferry from the fact that the railroad bridge at the place was destroyed and rebuilt nine times from Jnue, 1861, to the surrender of Gen- eral Lee at Appomattox.— Philadel- phia Call. FARM AND FIRESIDE, Everybody knows that soap suds are an excellent fertilizer, Plants do better when not watered often, but copiously. The fresher the eggs when set to the hen, the more vigorous will be the chicks. A writer in the Prairie Farmer says, any land giving a good yield of corn is suitable for potatoes, The following Is a true assertion: Early hatched chickens are more val. uable than late ones, as they will pro duce eggs during the coming winter, It is an easy matter to have a gar. den so arranged as to cultivate it with a horse hoe, Zt on small plats, well manured, work by hand succeeds better, Bees do not injure grapes which are perfectly sound. If the skin of the grape is broken or burst from over-ripeness, the bees will suck out all the juices, A good seed-bed for starting tomato plants is made of three inches of rot- ton compost in the bottom of the box, and half an inch of sand or loam on top. It very rarely happens that clover is injured by frost, though the grow- log is extremely tender. Clover fs one of the best plants on the farm considering all in all. It is recommended that carbolic acid be put in all mixtures of whitewash used on stables or hen houses. The effect of cleaning the latter of insects issalutary. The best food for inducing bens to lay is a mixed mess of ground grain early in the mornings, for the reason that, in using such food, one can give & variety at single feeding. When to water house plants, If dust can be worked up with the finger then the plant needs water. Tap the pot with the knuckles. If it has a sharp, hollow sound or ring, the earth is dry. The weight of the pot also shows whether the plant requires seasoning with salt and butter to taste, and simmer until the onion is soft. Add the eggs, aud serve when they are thoroughly heated, Corn starch cake : One cap of but. ter worked to a cream with two cups of sugar; one cap of milk in which is disolved one teaspoonful of soda; two cups of flour in which is sifted two tablespoonfuls of cream of tartar; the whites oly, of six eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. Mix all these ingredients well, then add one cup of corn starch Beat well. Bake in & moderate oven, Will make one large loaf, Corn gems : Take a quart of cop ree cern meal, scald half of it at night with’ boi.ing water aod let it cool to blood heat; then add the other half water, forming a batter that will drop ensly from thespoon, Let it stand ins warm place till moroing then minutes. WILLIAMS dow Shades. EMPORIUM, NO. 46, HIGH STREET BELLEFONTE, PA. | JO Jr We are now ready for spring trade. Our line is now full and complete ; choice | | BU. ] | BY | COFFE) of the meal, and with it a handful of | coarse graham; then mix with tepid | dip into greased gem pans, weil heat. | ed, and bake in a quick oven thirty | Wall Paper and Win-| B.& B. GODEY'S goods of all grades from 10c. to $8 50 | BROWN BACK 10c ; PATENT BACK | WHITE BACKS 150; SATINS| 20c; MICAS 80¢ ; BRONZES from 40 to 50 cts ; EMBOSSED GOLDS from 60 to %0¢ ; | HAND PRINTS and VELOURS, from $1 00 to $3 60 i SE ¥ ES — A FULL LINE OF WINDOW SHADES AND FIXTURES Can put them up at short police. Ee § Be + 126; | Wo aloo have good paper hangers, ceiling decorators | and houses painters, Are prepared Lo execute jobs In tows of Have telephone connective, Please drop in and see our line, or call us and we wil come 0 see you and beiag samples, EE fa a S. H. WILLIAMS. 1de ELLEFONTE & BUFFALO RUN J BAILROAD. Time Table to take effect Monday Jany. 24, 1887, Westward DB alI0fB MI. cess assis coerercnnes Hastings Po. 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Antietam, he was induced to go by 8 | he 164, of October, captured the German named Hoffman, a shorter | 0. 20d took possession of the cut by way of “The Hole.” He armory with a view of arming the a.50 7.00 FH aMIORE o..oonnesrssarns. arisen inch. water, wet soil, of course, being much BTR lee restr Sry soul heavier thao dry, ua How to make a good omelet : Beat Trains will stop at stations marked FV only when signals are given or on notice Bend for Price List bought out the ouly squatter named Peter Stevens for fifty British guineas, and then obtained a patent from Lord Fairfax, on whose estate Stevens bad squatted. The name was changed from “The Hole” to Harper's Ferry. Mr. Harper lived ustil 1775 in the Stevens cabin situated on Shenandoah street. In 1784 this place was chosen as the site of a National Armory, For this purpose Congress bought 125 acres from the heim of Mr. Harper This tract is contained in a triangle formed by the two rivers, sod a line manning from the Potomac to the Shenandoah ' slong Usion street: Another purchase was made of 310 scres, which tracts what is now Ruown as the village of Boliver, The Government commenced the erection of shops, sod in 1796 8 Mr. Perkins, on Boglish Moravian was appointed 0 superintend the works. The capacity of the Harper's Ferry the best in the world, Until just be- fore the civil war the history sod life slaves. By morning the inhabitants armed themselves, having been warn- ed of the riad and its object. Grad- ually Brown's men were driven into the armory and from there into the engine house, the prisioners being taken with them. This was held all day, The next day early a body of marines under the command of Col. Robert E. Lee and Licutensat J. E. B. Stuart stormed the fort with heavy sledge hammers. A battering ram was made of a long ladder and an en. trance thus forced. Soon Brown and his sarvivors were brought forth. He was tried before a Virginia court, con. victed and was hanged at Charleston, W. Va, December 2, 1859, In the upper portion of the town, situated on Camp Hill, is Stover Col- the yolks sad the whites of the eggs separately; melt a tablespoonful of butter in & cup of warm milk, to which add gradeally a tablespoonfal of flour, a little salt and pepper; add the yolks of the eggs, and then add the whites, Bake immediately in « flat pan greased with butter. In furnishing houses, pictures for adorning walls should not be forgot. ten. There is such a variety of beso. tiful engravings and etching that are within the reach of all, and the fram- ing of them costs yach a trifle, and it is crying shame that the walls of so msoy of our homes are decorated with the pictares of the chromo variety or not at all, Milk bread : It is now recommend- ed that milk shall be used in making bread: A pint of it in the ordinary loa’, instead of water, adds some solid nutriment to the meal, and is a great improvement. Milk bread does not keep fresh as long us water bread, bat it is delicious when fresh, and perbaps sll the more wholesome for drying Granulated wheat gems : Stir two and one-half cups of five granulated wheat slowly into a liquid formed of one cup of water acd one cup of milk | to conductor. Train No. 2 will connect with train esstand west on BLE. V. RR. Train No. 8 will connset with train weston B. EV. RR Train No. 4 will connect with train easton B. EV. RR. and with train west on Snow Shoe branch THOS. H. 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