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l'N ful lolinnialion for Children.,
W Ur. 1 . 111:!i or LARGE!: OR SMALLER GRONVTIZ.-
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on' may now wi' ; .la.to knew something about
etc •• Leap' Year." You doubtless know alrea
dy, that every 4th year. that you have ever
been, los cell a- leap-year, and contamed one
day more, (Fels: than a common year
pos-ihtv tnu do not understand, with sufli
cheat accuracy, the principle n i which it to ar
ranged: To inform you is the übjeet of the
present number.
A Year is designed to include the exact period
of time that the earth takes to make one revo
lution around die sun; or as it is more corn.
moody balled. •• the app 'relit revolution of the
sun mound the earth, "from a given point in
through all the signs, to the same
point. again. This is - accomplished in 3:i5 slay
anti nearly G hours. lint as the Calendar : or
Almanac must consist of complete days.
the 6 hours are omitted ie an ordinary year. In
4 years. these 6 luatirs would make a c ;dem
shy. Hence. in every lilt year, that clay is in
serted, g,tving an additional thy to February.
which is the shortest month, and making that
year consist of 366 days.
This arraw2ement 01 the Calendar was made
by Julius Clutar, (before the birth so Christ.)
and ihk,ealled after bath, the'Julian Calendar.—
The year, id which the Ildittonal day was in
serted.' was called bliss-Exalts. ((coin bzs. twice.-
and sixtris. sixth.) because, what was then call
ed o the six 44 Of the kalends of Nlar)lt," or the
24th of February, was repeated, or _inserted
hake. The origin of our term •• Leap-Year.
is said to'he this. If in an ordinary year 305
days, (the present year. for instance.) the first
day of March comes on Monday : io the next
year, if it were a common year. March would
begin on Tuesday. Bit the Year 1818 will
be a "Leap-year, and February will have 29
days, which will bring the Ist of March on
tVedoesday. 'rhos instead of stepping- front
Monday to Tuesday, •• it leaps to Wednesday."
Thisiis the account given by learned authority
andlyet, is difficult to tell what leaps ; for there
has been no omission of any day of the week.
The inheres wed day in February has only
taken, as is ought.) the name of what_ would
liave,been the Ist day of March, and left to it.
the name of the next day of the week. in the
raghthif order of time. $o there is no leaping.
but the same regular step, at which time has
always. jogged - mi. But the Leap-Year denotes
a year of 366 days, and it is a matter of no con
wo:hence, whether the term is strictly applica
ble or not. •
v.
It is m ire important to know when the Leap
Year occurs. For this you have this general
rule. •• In the inlim Calendar, any year that
c.in be divided by 4, without a remainder is
leap-year: whenever there is a remainder it
is a common rear."
Thus 1815 - --'0 and '7, when divided by 4.
'Pave severally 1,2 and 3 as a remainder, , But
1818, will leave- no remainder, Therefore
each of the former was a common year, and
1818 will he a leap year. So of anti others
by which you wilLaseertain that every 4th year
will be leap-year
But there is an exception to this rule, which
you ouzlit to know, and the reason why, you
should also underst
In order to this, you will observe, that add
ing a day to every 4th year. went on the princi
ple, that a year is exactly 305 days 6 hours.—
But this is not the• fact. It has been, ascertain
ed by more accurate calculations, that the true
solar year is 305 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes,
47.6 seconds. Consequently in 6 Jiours' we
have added, 11 minutes. .12.4 seconds too
much every year ; or 44 minutes, 49.6 seconds
in the 3 years. This, in the course of 128 and
at half years, would aiummt to- 24 hours. or a
complete day. Consequently, if the leap-year
was continued everk4th year, fur that length
of - tirneohere Would 'be one day to much added?
sod in 385 years (that is, almost 4 centuries) it
would amount to 3 enttre days.
Hence, to avoid this error, is has been arang
cil, that of the last years of all complete centuries
(although divisible by 4. iyithout a remainder.)
"3 shall not be, : while the 4th shall be Leap-
Year. And kenre, this rule is laid clown :
"When a :Complete eentury, (rejecting the
cyphers.) beibg . divided by 4 leaves a remainder
the leap-yea': is to be omitted :—when no re•
- inainder, it is to he a Leap-Year." Thus the
years 17(00) and 18 (00) were not leap-Years:
because 17 or 18, diiided by 4 gives a remain
der. So the year 19(00) and also 21(00)-22
(00) and 23(00) will not be leap years. But
20(00)-24(00) and every fourth century,
_ thereafter, will 6e leap-year.
rhos you plainly perceive, that by omitting
the leap-year, at the end of 3 out of 4 centuries,
we almost exactly balance the annual excess of
11 minutes and 12.4 seconds, which is added
by making every 4th year a leap-year, This
- excess amounts to the 3 days (to be =mined)
in 385 years ; leaving only 15 rears toeoruplete
the 4 c:nturies. The amount thetefore, that
will be lo•t by this arrangement. will be_only
2 hour% 42 minutes and 19.8 Seconds, in the
pee of 400 years: and therefore, ii will require
more than 3.500 years for this to amount to a
'whole day, - flenee, no further adjustment of
our Calendar will be•needed, till about A. D.
5.400. And if the world should stand as long
as that, and - the planets continue to move as
regularly, all that would be necessary then will
ba to make that year, or any other common
year, a leap-year.
But you' will perhaps ask, what need is
there of all this axactness in arranging the Cal
endar? l will show you.
Suppose there had never been any leap-year;
hut each year had been reckoned just 365 days.
You see that there would have been an error of
nearly 6 hours. This would have amounted,
from the birth of our Savio u r to the 'present
time, to more than a whole year. The ennite
.vistaiwa would have been not only an error in
the number of years. but the months would
have run around, through all the.seasons of the
year, - About the year A. D. 700, the Ist of
January would have been tear mid-summer
and about 400 years ago. it - (would have gone
through all the seasons, back to its former place.
And by this time Jut. would be. the :middle of
Spring _again, and July the middle of Autumn,'
You see this would he very incorrect, in point
of time, as well as highly inconvient , for it is
very desirable, in the affairs of life, to have the
Calendar correspond with the Seasons, from
year M year.
And_ now. let me give you a praetieal illus
tration of this inconvenience, which was fa
miliar to our 'forefathers. Yon have hoard and
sometimes, real abont the "OW and the "4'Verr
S:yle." And I have often heard children ask.
" W hat does this mean?" If you hul lived
41 hundred years ago, you' would have known.
But I wdi tell you.
lu con-e uenec of the regular addition of
one day to 'every 4th year; from the' time of
Julius Cmsar to the 10thcentury, it was .dis
covered-, that the seasons" *ere _gradually fall
ing backwards in the Calendar ; anithad alrea
dy proceeded so far4tat the Vernal Equinox
(the time at which the day and night are equal
in the spring,) which was known tu have.hap
pened,•in the. year32s. on the 211 st of Mardi,
actually mewed, in 1582. tin the It) of March.
This, you _will readily perceive. had arisen
from the additimi of 11 ibinutes, 12.4 seconds
3 year too much, in noiking every 4 h year
leap year. la a lithe tart 128 years, it mia i de
an entire day ; and in 1582 amounted. within
ft what', to 10 entire days. Hence. Pope
Gregory XIII. for the purpose of restoring the
Engin.% to the same period of the year that it
oertipied in the Calendar. in 325. in which the
Conned of Nice, was held. ordered 10 days to
he dropped mitMl the Calendar of that year
.which was dune in the month of October. by
numbering the day after the-411i, the 15th.—
The Calendar thus r. Gtrmed W. 38 called the
Sew Siy/e," while the lovier mode of reckon
ing was denominated the "Ohl Style,"
The asperities, which had been. excited by
the Reformation, unduuhtellly retarded the adop.
Lion of this important correction, beyond the
papal pale. Protestant countries were - slow in
coming into the measure. AO so great was
the hostility of the Greek to !ye Roman church,
that to this day, the Old Stile is retained' in
Russia. have somewhere seen it stated,
that the New Sis le Was adopted in that Em
tore, ut 1830. Hut travellers, even within the
I Ist year, testify, that the 011 Stale is still retain
ed there, as the common mode of computation.
The New Style was not adopted in England,
till 1751 ; and then another entire day had an
cumulated and been dropped, from "the reform
ed Calendar, in 1700. An act of Parliament
was then passed. by which it was ordered, that
11 days should be dropped out of the Julian
Calendar, in Sept. 1752. by reckoning the day
after the 2nd of that month the 4th instead of
the 3rd. But -in this country, the Old Style
was not entirely discarded. in colloquial dis
course, 50 years ago. At the beginning of this
century, old people were in habit of giving dates
in both styles. And in books printed less than
100 years ago, it is common to find dates desig
nated as 0. S, or N. S.
In he year 1.800, no her intcrealary day had
accumulated. and was omitted, (to the great con
sternation of manY living at the time, who
thought that every 4th year. must be a leap
year; and the ./7/marzuc-makers Caine well nigh
losing, their reputation.) So there are now. 12
days difference between the Old and the New
Style ; whiely.will require some further illustra
tion. U% LE ZaDox.
hermitage. Feb. 15, 1817.
AgricultuC
As truly as woman is the mother . and nurse
of mankind. so is Agriculture the mother and
nurse of individual and national wealth. This
is the art which is everything to all the Arts.
It is not only the source of wealth, btit it is the
°number of every branch of labor to which
_men can turn. Commerce may be swept from
our seas; manufactures may stop their wheels
and gather rust and cobwebs ; the city may
sink in ashes. and yet the Republic is not des
troyed. Agriculture will restore that commerce,
start again the machinery of the mills, and bid
those cities rise, rebuilt in brighter splendor,
more throngird ant: inure stately than before.--
The history of Tyte. of Carthage, and of Rome
negr would have ended in blood and desolation,
fial:the Plicenecians, , the Carthaginians, and
the Romans laid the foundation of their great
ness on the sure basis of National. Agriculture.
Their policy was to concentrate their social en
ergies in war, or in a fickle trade. which travers
ed the seas in ships, Of the desert on camels.—
Their wealth was not indigenous with the soil.
Strangers raised their bread. if they tilled the
earth, it.was with slaves and not with freemen.
To be a merchant or a warrior king, was the
essential, prominent pride of a citizen. Thev
never appreeeted, indeed they never knew,
that policy which places Agriculture as the hap
piest, the noblest and the best occupation of
man, and as the surest prop an d guardian of the
State.
But modern history has developed a rational
theory of political greatness and of social virtue.
It is found that farmers are the most-strong and
lobes' of men, and make; the material of
cal force in the nation. It is found that farmers,
owing to their occupation - have, as compared
,with others, equal courage. with less brutal pas
sion ; equal talent, with less erratic genius• ' ;
equal pride with great love . of country and of
men, they love home because they have one.
they love peace because they feel it in their
breasts, and they love liberty oecause they en:
joy it in the fields and mountains.- In cities,
the eye; the ear, the senses are turned on man.
The crowded thorough fare—the glittering mart
—the*. gorgeous palace." and fashion's bright
array"—these occupy the head, the heart, the
hands..and busy straitened, toiling, hurrying,
wretched man, moves on in masses to the grave.
Their pride turns into sullen hate, or struts in
stolen livery. Their comfort leaves the hearth
to make way fur luxury. There, ambition
whets his sword, weaves his pimple robe, and
forges his crown. But on the farm—however
clustered are the mansions or extended the fields,
or thick the shocks of corn or full the flowing
granaries—there the eye rests more on the love
ly, glorious, eternal scenes of nature—the low
land, stretching down in southward lawns ; the
upland, leaning against the hill ; the mountain
with its swarthy shadows made of pine ; the
stars and moon by-night, the sun by day ; the
ever mantling clouds, in fleecy whiteness pure.
or black with storm; the ever whispering winds,
the birds, the flowers these are the objects
which'crowd upon his senses and elevate his
soul. These objects and these employments
in which toils control his heart, correct his head,
and make him die healthiest, the hardiest and
the hest of men.
These truths are beginiog being felt by states.
men .Thelaw begins to throw its shield over ag
riculture: The farmer begins to feel his physical
and naliral position in the Commonwealth.—
Etlneatigin, with her magic lamp. has-gone into
his family. Science begins to help him plow.
and sow, and reap; and rural comfort and yen.'
man virtue are occupying the land. .
This is the pisition agriculture occupies in
noir affertiono, in inn - system of politics—and as
such we shall ecer treat it in our writing. II
these United Stales' adapt a system of adminis
tration and of laws. which place the farmer first
in the estimate of national wealth and virtue, if
we keep capital a servant tolabor. and legislate
for the many and not for the few, the Republic
will he perpenial.—Prairie Farrier.
Tun greatest pleasure of life is. love ; the
greatest treasure. cont:ntment ; th^ greatest
posvessimly health ; greatest ease, sleep.
LEAVING that hides itself in a cloud, is as
nsitess-asignorance that buries its face in a
'Abncrlisements. '
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, I ;ik - .WA/FPI:S . '.;
1 r‘ ACOUSTIC OIL! •4',,) .
, 4 0 TREECE NINE lAA -,' V., '
• DIAVNESS .
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—•- . - . . , .
FOR the cure of DEAFNESS, , pains, mid the due
charge of matter from niceties. Also all those dig•
agreeable sound-, like the buzzing of it sects, falling of
water, whizzing of steam, &c.„ Atm, which are eysnp.
toms of approoching'ilearness, and al4o generally anew.
dant Wi th the disease. Mmy persons who-hate been
deaf for ten. fifteen, and even twenty years., and were
obliged to me ear trumpets, have, alter using one or two
bottles, thrown aside their trunmets, tieing made perfect.
ly well. Physicians and Surgeons highly recommend
its u.e.
The very great number of happy results that have fol
lowed the use of SCA lIPA'S ACOUS NO OIL, have
been truly astonishing. And what is wonderful, some
who_ were drat from birth, have been 'so much improved
as to hear common conversation very readily.
It would be the height 'of presumption to warrant a
cure in all. cases, but in nine cases oat or ten of recent
date, there is a certainty. that the results will be moat
happy and sathadistory to the patient. • ''he application
of the oil produces no pain, but on the contrary an agree,
able and pleasant sensation. The recipe for this medi
cine has bten ootained from an Aurist of great reputa
tion, who' has found that deafness, in nineteen cases out
of twenty, was produced from a want of action in the
nerves of hearing, ore dryness in the ears; his object
therefore was is find something which would Create's
healthy condition in purse parts. After a long series of
experiments his eftirts were at last crowned with suc
cess, in the discovery of this preparation, which has" re
ceived the name of SCA PA'S COM POUND ACOUS
TIC OIL A long list of certificates might be given,
but such is the confidence in the medicine, and so high
has been its reputation, that but one of them will. be at
present published:.
MOST Ex citation' vane ben r!—A I dy in Smith
field, Brad. Co., "a., and now about 'eighty years of
age, had been gradually getting deaf for more than 40
years, so that it was nest to impossible to makeherihear
inter
she
in the loudest tone of voice. Last wnter
she was induced to Iry •• l..;carpa's Oil for DearnW." It
is only necessary to add that she used two bottles, and
is perfectly restored—she is cured. Any inforMation
in regard to the case may be obtained at the store of Dr.
Jayne, No.B, South Third street. Philadelphia.
For sale by MONTANYD St FOX, Towanda, Pa;
only agents for Bradford county.
lI37IR.9NTED TO . CURE!
DR4,-. - J401..0v..
~:.._- : ,, E :,:J:.1i;.E- ,: ;::'., 7
EMBRO.CATION
HEMORRHOIDS, OR PILES, is a disease produc
ed by local irritation costiveness, purgative stimu
lants, undue determrnation of blood to the hemorrhoidal
vessels by eicessive Titling or walking, • or • congestive
state of the liver, and peculiarity of the constitution itself.
It is usually considered under three form, or attunes,
as follows: Blind Piles, White Piles, and Bleeding Piles•
This disease is so common, and so very well known,
that a description of its symptoms is not deemed neces
sary.
The success that has followed the use of the Embro
cation in the cure of this disease, ha-Ibsen trulyestonish
ing. Physicians nnv advise their patients to try it, es
the only Pile Medicine.
In addition to its tieing a positive remedy for the Piles,
it never fails to cure that INToL ERA RIX ITCHING,
Which is so very common, and has its location in the
same parts as the Piles.
Read the following, from the editoral column of Alex
ander's Weekly Messenger;
FOUND AT Lasr —A Serie CURE FOR TIM PILES !
—Physicians and Chemists [livelong been anxious to
discover a medicine that would cure one of the most
troublesome diseases, , khe Piles. Success has at l as t
been the result. -Dr.'fACICSON'S PILE EMBRO
CATION not only stops all bleeding, allays pain and
intlamation, subdues that intolerable itching, but effectis
only cures, like a charm and Incrvery, shot time, per
sons whose lives have been rendered miserable for years;.
Only a few from the great number of certificates will
be published, Read the following :
New York. 721 Broadway, September 8, .1815.
Dr. N. Jac asos—Dear Sir : Will you send me six
sit bottles of your Pile Embrocation ; I wish them
part to keep myself, and part for a legal gentleman, a
friend of mine, who has found great telief in
. using
from my bottle two or three times. You n.tneMber,
when in Philadelphia, I was suffering dreadfully from
this terrible scourge. I only took one bottle from you;
I have not used it quite all, and am now perfectly well.
As you mny suppose, I proclairultim - virtues of your
medicine wherever I go. I tell every friend about it ;
and it is singular to perceive how many are suffering
in this way—l belies*: half of my acquaintances are
more or less afflicted. Let me tell you that you can
sell here as fast you choose to make. When you want
a certificate from me, you shall have it, and you are at
liberty to show this letter if you wish.
Respectfly yours. LEWIS P. ASHFORD.
For sale b MONTANYE & FOX, Towanda, Pa„
only Agents-for Bradford County; 28m6
DR. WOOD'S SARSAPARILLA
.91.3 D WILD CIIERRY inrrElik
FOR the permanent removal of all such diseases as
take their rise-in an Impure Blood, Impaired Di
gestion, Morbid state of the. Liver and Stomach, Weak
ness of the Nervous System, and a Disc:tied habit of
Constitution generally.
;Dr. Wood's Sarsaparilla and Wild Cherry Bitters
have already. by their substantial excellence, won a
'degree of public favor and patronage - which puts them
beyond the need or recommendation. Being faithfully
prepared of the most excellent materials, they can be
fully confided in by all in . need of a tonic, aperient or
alterdinive remedy.
Thia preparation will be (Mind on trial to be a sure
and speedy remedy for the diseases enumerated abor.
They purify she blood. secure regular digestion, promote
a healty action of the Liver and Stomach, and strengthen
the nerves: at once securing health and vigor to the
whole system. In all cases of despondency, arising
from indigestion or nervous irritation, they have been
used with remarkable success; nor are they less useful
as a remedy fur Headache, Flatulency. loss of Appetite,
and' a getieral prostration of die system. At the same
time it must be stated that they are neither violent nor
stall dangerous to their operation, securing as they do
the desired end, by a steady, regular and easy influence.
Taken daily; in . doses precribed, they will be found to
operate in that gentle and salutary manner, which is, in
fact, their . highest recommendation. That prejudice
usually existind against advertised medicines, would
not be merited if bestowed on this. •The wondejlul
cures it has performed and the acknowledged celebrity
,of its principals constituents, should at once commend
it to the public favor.. '
. _
RECOMMENDATIONS,
Mr. Philp Wilcox, New Bedford, woe entirely cured
of a confirmed cancer of the stomach, throat and mouth,
and his general health much improved by the use of
only one bottle. Cul: John ply lies, Bristol, Mass,
has voluntarily certified that be was cured by the
Bitters, OfJoundiee, indigestion, Headache anti Vertigo.
J. P. Perlins, Esq., New Bedford, was cured of an
eruption of the bee. '-
Dr. W. Miller ofN. Y., testifies that many of
his patientshave . beenbenefitteil by the iise of the Bitters,
and in every case they have given the most perfect
satisfaction.
%Vbolcsale - mid Retail by " WrATT
KETCHUM, 121 Fulton Sc. N. Y., HUSTON &
LADD, Towanda. and by druggist generally Mune:mut
the Ti.- S. Price $l. Large bottles. • 6m22
BONNETS -A great savmg-to the " Heads olthe
'Nation: The Ladies will find its great saving to
heir brads to call-and purchase one of those beautiful
Straw, Devon, Gimp, Florence, or Lice, Lawn , Gipsy
Bonnets, selling so cheap at REED'S.
290fiLBS. Sole Leather, Upper Leather and
kl Calf Skins, lower than was ewer offered in
Towanda, by ft._KINGSBER Y.
T .
ROSR LAWNS, ORGAN DIESAA W NT GlNG
barns, Rept DeLaing, Lamma cloths for summer
dresses, so tong looked for • by the tidies, have arrived
and may nem be seen tit - RERDIF
IVEW'EST - .BBISILVENT
CM
AViECMMV 3PI'.IEIL3EIIE=UIMeIMo
~.. ' L. M. NYE Ac CO, would rat.
l II ° •. • speeilly inforritheeithrensof Tow
.l-,rt.fwv....._ - , - soda and the pnblis geneially ; that
-_,, they It - ate - On band & manufacture
ti' ;Co order Of. kinds of CABINET'
. A %......g 'FURNITURE, of the beat mute
ly ~, rids; and workmtnship that cannot
7 11 be surpassed, irt atiditionto the usual
assortment in country shops, we will keep on hand and
make to order SOFAS, of various and most approved
patterns ; Sofa Rocking Chairs, upholstered 1w superior
style, and for ease and durability cannot be surpassed
even in our large cities. Also, the half French !Ma
hogany Chair, beautifully upholstered, with curled hair,
which never loses its elasticity, and finished with the
best hair seating. We flatter ourselves. that having '
had much experience in the business , we shall be able
to satisfy all who may feel disposed to call, both as to
qualitylind pries. and by strict attention to business
hope to merit and receive the patronage of a liberal coin•
ma nity. L. M: NYE & CO.
Towanda, September I, 1845. _
C.IIII.IIET FURJrITIVRE
MAY BE HAD at our shop much lower than it
has ever been SOW in Thwanda. Goods are ;
cheap, and wheat am lowered, and that is thejeason we
can afford all for to do it. All kinds of ;Wine will
he received in payment. Also, LUMBER of all kinds.
Sept. I. L. M. NYE 4 CO.
' 0 .4- • ) • • k V-2-1
WPM', be kipt on hand a large assortment, and
made to order on shorter notice and for less mo.
ney than can be produced at any other establishment in
the land. Those who are under the necessity of pro.
curing that article - will and shill be satisfied. A good
hearse and pall may he had in attendance when desired.
September I, 1845. L. M. NYE & CO.
St CERTAIN CURE FOR .PILES !
Dr. A. rphani's Yr.etable Electuory,
AN INTERNAL READY, IN VENTED BY
DR. A. UPHAM' a distinguished Physicutn of
New York city, is the only real successful remedy for
that dangerous aatf distressing complaird 7 —the PILE§
—ever offered to an American public.
Mark this. It is am INTERNAL REMEDY—and
wit an !external application, and will cure every case
,of Piles, either bleeding or blind, internal or external,
and 'probably the - only thing that wilL There is -no
mistake about it. It is a positive cure—speedy and
permanent. It is also a convenient medicine to take,
anu improves the general', heal-h in a remarkable man
ner. Each box contains;twelve dose?, at 8i a dose. It
is very mild in its operation, and may tie taken in eases
of the most acute inflammation without danger. AR
external applications are in the highest degree disagree
able, inconsenie t and offensive ; and from the very 'na
ture of the disease, inconvenient in their effectk. This
medicine attacks the disease at its source, and removing
Me cause, renders the cure certain and permanent.
To MARRIED LADlcs.—Married ladies arealmostin
variably subject to that painful and injurious disease,
the Piles, with consequent inflammation of the stomach,
bowels and spine, wsia, 'Loess of the back, flow of blood
to to the head, he. Electuery is perfectly safe for
pregnant ladies, and the most useful cathartic that can
possibly be used, as it not only removes the Piles and
all inflammatory diseases wit out pain or irritation,
but willinsure an easy time, &late delivery. and a sound
constitution in the offspring. ,
The Electuary contains no mineral medicine, no al
oes,eolocynth or gamboge, pr other powerful and irrita
tive purgative. No fear of taking c,ld while under its
change in'illet„ necessary, If taken ac
cording to directions, a cure for life is guaranteed.
Sold wholesale and retail by W rare & Kercnvst,
" General Agents for. the Southern States," 121 Fulton
street, N. Y., misToN & LADD. Towanda, and
druggists generally throughout the United States. Price
sl,l2box. m 22
"Sugar Coated Pills."—Beware I. Caution.
MBE increasin g popularity of Dr. G. BENJ.
11 . hi PROVED INDIAN VEGETA
BLE NUGAR COATED PILLS. has induced a
number of persons to make something they call PILLS
and coat them with sugar, in order to sell them for the
genuine, while they -do •not possess a particle of t .e
goodness, nor even assimilate in appearance to the
original, Dr. Smith's" Pills. In short, they are an in.
tended FRAUD upon the community: A minister
who at first bad an interest in an imitation Sugar Coat
& Pill, manufactured in Albany, N. Y., has given them
up. as he says, on account of the miserable dishonest
parties concerned in manufacturing them.. The arms
party are . now industriously circulating reports calculat
ed to injure Dr. Smiths and V) street the reputation of
his valuable pills ; but rather than notice them in public,
Dr. Smith is about to institute legal proceedings against
them for their slanders, as he basin - another case against
• similar party, in which he 'recovered a large amount of
damages. These miserable imitators have to molt Ao
the most abominable means to palm off their counterfeit
pills, as the public know that Dr. Smith's are the original
and genuine. Several instances base come to public
notice in which life haabeenendangered by tilt unfortu
nate use of the counterfeits. It is Dr. Smith's Pills
that are doing so much good in the country—as the
following plainly show. -
- MORE MINISTERS
Use and Recommend or. Smiths Pills than all others.
'Phis is to certify that I have used the Sugar Coated
Pills manufactured by G. Benjamin Smith, of New-
York, for some time, and believe their to be a good
medicine; and also, from inquiry in that city, I am
persuaded that he is the original inventor, and therefore
is entitled to the benefit of the invention,
8. WILLTAMS,
Pastor Ist Baptist Church, Pittsburgh.
From the Btite Hen'a Chicken, (Del.)
We call the attention.of our readers to the certificate
of Rev. S.: Williams, Pastor of lot Baptist Church.
Pittsburgh, in relation to Dr. Smith's Pills. We can
ourselves hear testimony to the excellence of these Pill&
one of us havin g used them and experieneed great retie
from them.
The above is the best paper in the State, of Delaware
The'• IMPROVED flow am ecnETAPILIC rti.te." (Sugar
Coated.) arc-certainly doing much good in the whole
country, snd.are highly esteemed, if one half is true that
people write and :say about them. They are so easy
in their operation that all like them.. The editor oldie
Northern State Jonrnal, (one of the largest and best
papers in the State of N. Y.,) writes as follows;
Watertown, May 31,1896.
Dr. G. Benj. Smith—
Dear Sir. I was laid up with a bad cold some time
since my return from N. Y, and during my illneis I
made trial of you4-pills, and I must say I found them
excellent. They'arat the best medicine for the purpose
they are intended, that I have yet seen. I seldom take
pills, hut I found yours entirely free from the objections
to which other pills are liable. I hope tbey wilt continue
to he a source of profit to you, es I doubt not they will
be means of rehab the afflicted on a large scare.
Yours truly, J. GREEN.
Tonawanda, Pa, Sept, 18 1846.
'Dr. G. Benj. Smith—
Dear Sir: Your agent left with me a lot of your
Sousa COATIO PILLS, and I have but a few boxes left.
Every. box I have mod hasgiven entire satisfaction.
have taken them myself and I consider them the besk.
pills I have ever used, and I am not afraid
recommend them to the public I wishri further supply
at once. Yours respectfully.
JACOB KIBLER, P. M.
Huntington lad., June 21, 1646
Dr. Smith--
Dear Sir :I am mostout of your INDIAN VEGETI/14S
Suo*n COATAD PlLte and find them selling so fast
that I think you had bettersend me two gross immediate
ly. They give such general satisfaction that people at
least twenty miles for them, and as it is generally known
I am agent for them, I would be very sorry . to get mt.
• • Yours respectfully,
EMAIL MOORE do CO.
BEWARE!!!
If G. -BENI. SAircH, ben& written with a pen on
the bottom of the box, wIl a Sagas Coated" Pills are
Counterfeit.
Principal Office 179 _Greenwich
.§yeet, large brick
block, N. Y. Price 25 'cents a bin,•
QWEEDS Iron, Horse Shoe, Houn,l Band, Nail rods
1.. - 1 Horse Shoe Neils, Steel of all kinds will he sold
very low: byD. KINGSBERV.
Mr9o3l.trUlD DIEM
THE subicribers star continue
' to manufacture and keep on hand
it,. at
an t d he w ir old stan t d,f i lt A itgr 3 o . fcane
I
illy
abw
:OA SETTEES of various kinds, and
. 7- ---.... ., __,.--- BEDSTEADS of every demerit).
r , . \
Lion, which we will sell low fbr
cash or Produce, or White Pine
lumber, White woad, Bass wood,
or Cucumber cl air plank, or 4 by
4 Scantling 13 feet long—either Buttonwood,Buawood
or Maple, will elan be received for our work.
Turning donate order in the neatest manner.
TOIII.KINII & MACKINSON.
Towanda, Peb. 22, 1847.
CIIEMIEA3.OI
This way for Bargain,
THZ subscriber would respectfully say to his old
customers and the public generally, that he has
re-commenced the Manatiefure of Chaim, etc.,at hio
old shop on the north ride of Bar street, in the build
ing known as the " Yellow House." He keeps con
stantly on hand, or wilt make tb order, (in tr neat and
durable style) all articlei in his lice tX cheap as the
cheapest. His friends can he supplied with
Fancy. Winsor and Common Chairs. of differ'-
cut patterns—Settees, Rocking Chair.',
Children's Chairs. 4-e.. 4.e.
Also--Bedattada and Tableau
Ca'i sad see me at my shop on Irridge street. and
will satisfy you that you eon buy reasonable.
N. 13.—Whitai wood, Cuctimber and Basswood
plank, wanted, in exchange for chairs on reasonable
terms. - JESSE TAYLOR.
Towanda, Jan. 20, 1847. -
M/A.A12.1M eauw oaw,
In Towanda.
HM. BAKER respectfully informs the public Chit
• be has commenced the GRAVE-STONE busi
ness, in all its branches, at Towanda, where he will be
ready at all times to attend to alt calls in his line.
Monuments. Tomb-tables, Grave-stones,•of
every-description. 4-c..
made to order, end famished es cheap as WORK and
MARBLE of the same quality ten be obtained at any
shop in the country.
He invites the public to call and examine his work
and materials, hoping to merit their patronage by strict
attention to business, and by superior workmanship and
good marble.
LETTER.CUTTI?iO done with neatness and des
paleb,in the latest style.
Shop on Main street, next door to T. Elliott's store,
sal three doors above Briggs' Hotel.
Towanda, March 17, 1847. 4(
BOOT & SHOE MAKING.
.:4111 1 4
WLCOX & SAGE have associated themsevis
in the Boot and Shoe Making busiviess, in the
borough of Towanda, and may be found at the °kr nand
of S. Hathaway, lately occupied by El k 'nab Smith, near
f. H.Stepheme Exchange Hotel, where they solicit •
share of public patronage. They intend, by a careful
selection of stock, and by attention to the interests of
their custorners.to make as neat and durable work as can
be manufactured in this portion of the country.
They keep constantly on hand, and will manufacture
to order, morocco, calf and coarse hoots and shoes;
Ladies' Gaiters, shoes and slips; children:4 do.; gent's
gaiters and pumps, &c., &c.
JOHN W. WILCOX,
PHILANDER SAGE.
Towanda, May 14, 184
A Natural Remedy.
lATE CAN confidently affirm that among medicines
V designed for general Ild", none stand higher it
popular estimation than
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pi
Hardly a day passes but we receive testimonials in their
favor, and the most enthusiastic are those who have
longest used them. What better prove of excellence
could we ask In them, we behold a signal triumph
of principle over prejudice and truth over defamation.
The principles upon which this celebrated medicine
is founded, are beautifully simple. Every one is aware
that, in a state of sickness, the stomach and bowels are
irregular and disordered. Of Course, so long as they
continue in that state, the fond is badly dige.ted, and
the blood, in consequence of being badly prepared, is
less fit fur the proper support of health and life.—
Should the stomach and bowels continue disordered,
the mischief attends ; the corrupt humors collect upon
that organ that is weakest and least able to throw them
off, and thus disease . becomes seated. The same effect
i; produced in other wave. Cold, acting upon the
etbaling , vessels of the skin, drives the perspiration mat
ter inward; overheat inducing debility and had diges
tion, bad air, injuriou.ly affec.ing the blood and lungs;
unwholesome diet; close confinement ; Want of clean-
liness; bad habits; and many other causes produce the
same result.
From this brief explanation, it will he seen that dis-
ease, whether it arises from the blood itself, acted upon
by outward causes, or through the derangement of par
ticular functions, amounts in the end to the same thing.
Therefore a goat vegetable medicine, such as Wright's
Indain Vegetable Pills, adapted to cleanse the system
from the mass of impurities which oppresses it, is the
best thing that can be taken. But let us look into the
subject a little farther.
The public'will have learned enough of themysteries
of physiology and pathology to know that all medical
treatment is founded upon three laws of the animal
economy.—First, that the blood circulates through,and
provides support for the whole body ; second, that it
(the blood) is endowed with vitality and aids in puffing
down and rebuilding the human edifice; and third, that
all causeless and injurious pa•tides are ejected by one
of four outlets,either the skin, lungs, kidneys or bowels.
Upon the first of these laws, (the circulation,) is found
ed the hope of reaching remote parts of the system, for
the purpose of removing local disorder. Upon the
second, (the vitality of the blood,) depends the efficien
cy of medicine, fur it is well known that the more
healthy the body is, the better do medicineti opettee 4 —
And upon the third, is founded the expectation of rid
ding the system °Mese poisonous particles which are
the cause of disesse. •
Now a medicine io be adapted to the human consti•
ration must regent these laws. It must circulate with
the blood, it must aid the vital principle, and like it
carry off the corrupt particles through each of the ap.
pointed ways. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills were
prepared with reference to these laws, and hence are
every way calculated to remove disease.
Special Court.
Aspecie/ court will be held at Towanda, en Monday
June ilst 1847, by Hon. Wm. Jessup, for the trial
of the following causes,
to wit :
Girard Life Insurance Company vs. Edward Overton
el. al eject.
...John Bennett vs. Selah Payne et. el. e , eject
Alexander Baring et. al. vs. Philander M. Ho oey.
Sams vs. Mauer Chamberlin et. al.
Chester Butler et. al. vs. John Bennett et. al "
JohnAcla vs. A. Bowman et. al. "
Alex. Baring et. al. vs. G. & J. Burlingame "
Same TS. A..N. Thomas Athens. et al aci. far.
Same vs. G. Harkness et..al. eject.
Same vs. Seth Salisbury et. a/.
Same vll6 Henry Roberts.
April 12, 1847. A M'KEAN, Prothonotary.
HARDWARE:
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT of HARDWARE
such as nails, axes, shovels, manure forks, shovels
and tongs, sad irons, knives rind forks, pocket knives,
butcher do., shears end scissors, razors, cloth and hair
brushes, shaving and tooth d 0.,. wool and bane cawls,
cares mills, hatchets, augers, wood saws, door trim
mings, steel squares; fir sh brushes, ark ropes, and bed
cords, by nal l MONTANYE & FOX.
PAINTS, OILS 4m DYE STUFFS:
ALARGE quantity White lead, Na I , Fos, g fld
in oil and dry, whiting , Venhian red, chrome green.
Paris do., Prussian blue, rose pink. etc., linaeed 'ell
lamp oil, ocrach and copra varnish, Sapwood. red wood,
camwood, madder, cochineal, somata, etc.- We canoe
be undersold in anything in this line, at all, al all,
november ur. MONTANYE & FOX.
NEW DRY GOODS •
co r ner of ! Vain and Bridge siren %
JEST OPENING, at the corner of Main & Brid ge
street, • well•selected assortment of new sad o r d s
ionable DRY G OODS, which will be sold uour i g,
low for ready pay. The suck consists in part of '
swi ne % fl a n ne l, vogbami alpaca, the cheapen lot s f
print, in town:edging; in 3 erliogo• Swig and cars.
brie muslin, hoary, canton cannel, drilling, .
bleached and brown muslin, (not to lis, ;
surpassed) ticking, cheek, cashmere, r '
cotton, wool and buck gloves,
cotton hose, auspendees, •
Unman handdrchrs,
cotton snd pongee Mkt's, V
ginghsai cravats. plaid shawls,
wool comforters, cotton tapes, patent
thread ; sewing silk, cotton balls, po w
pi ns , needles, spool cotton, hooks and eyes,
suspender, shin and metal Wilton, with marl 014,
er articles, usually found in a store, not inenti see d„
The public are invited to call and examine the sto r k
before purchasing elsewhere, as they will be sold cheap,
er than at any other establishment in town.
Towanda; NOr. I I. H. O'H ARA & CO
BOOTS & SHOES ,OF ALL Kllills.
J s•fr.ceived from Pbilaalphin, • large e n d spy did aseortment of men's calf,ktp and wine beefy
d un $1 50 to $5 50; boy's do.; ladies- gentle u) ,,
wafting' stione;; also, fine kit4slipar and buskins; EA i tp
, kinds of overshoes;' do. call' floater.. and laced shoe. ; ,
,children's sad kliases shoes of all kinds, heavy e l,
light, suitable for every kind of weather, Youth's calf.
kip and coarse boots to suit children from 4 to 12 ye w ,
old. We pledge ourseleee to give a better article w
lower price theta any other establishment in Bnellat4
county. TRUNKS from $1 50 to $l9 00
HATS AND CAPS.
A large assortment of fashionable Has end Cap; o f
every kind end descripthin for kale very low.
• GROCERIES.
Molasses, sugar, coffee, codfiab, No. and 2 Heim,
el, best quality black and green lee, from 3118 88 ram
• pound ; pulveriied and loaf sugar ; rice tobacro,m4
sperm. dipped and mould candle ; mithis by th e b ee
or pound, sumo, soap, snare at 50 cents per handl*
and in fact all kinds ever kept in our line which pmpl e
will find it. their advantage to purchase and we will
give you reasons for it :
A link Logic and Common Sada.
Them are three things beyond dispute a ans
pays out much money; be must moehie as much. -
2. Ifs man's expenses in business are large, 6 - pleit e
most be large.
3. Therefore, the Grocery and Shoe Establishmrnt
the corner of Main and Bridge sta., in a smell Pin
store, at a cheap rent, can afford to sell boots & shoo,
hats & cape, and groceries, at lower prices, and at
better quality then any other store in towp.
Now, if this is not sound logic, two and twos° bet
make four ; but if it is, common sense calls on yon to
come to us for your Hats & Caps, Boots & Shoes &r.
See the contrast, and let your own reason decide it is
was not your advantage to give us a trial.
FINLINGS °fall kinds constantly on hand. Thud,
owls, bristles, shoulder.sticks, kit and files piturn, all
kinds of binding, silk cord and straps for hoots, patrol
pegging awls, skiving, paring and crooked bites and
Boats. H. O'HARA & ca.
Towanda, Nov. 17,1646.
Elmira; Corning and Buffalo Line,
FOR 1447.
THZ-Proprietors of the above Line will continua ts
run r Line of Passage Boats between ELMIRA.
CORNING and BUFFALO, for the accommodation
of Emigrants and Famine.• ; mooing West, affording fa.
cilitiee non heretofore offered to the Emigrant, from thin
section of New Yort, Pennsylvania.
The Boats of this Line are of the FIRST CLASS,
'fitted and furnished with all the convenience and sr.
commodation of PACKETS, commanded by e:petiear•
ed Captains, and towed by relays of Horses.
BOAT ROME. Capt. H. W. THOMP.SON,
" TEMPEST, Capt. it% M. TAYLOR.
Daring the season 1847, one of the shove Haiti
will leave Corning and Elmira every week in the fol.
lowing order:
~Cormi No, every Monday evening, at bo'clock.P. M.
ELX/ •a , every Monday evening, at 6 o'clack,P. A.
Towing down Seneca Lake every Thursday eon•
ing, touching at 'Big Stream, Lodi, and Dresden, end
leaving Matto for Coming and Elmira, every Welker
•day morning. '
FOR FREIGHT OR PAbSAGE, appty to Cpaii
on Board, or to
Wen. Mallory, Corning , . •
S. B. Strang & Co,
Wintermute & Tuttle, Horseheads.
A. Nash, Havana.
• L. G. Townsend, Big Stream.
Woodworth Sc. Post, Lodi.
Price' & Holly, Genera.
Gay & Sweet, Waterloo.
J. Shoemaker, Seneca Falls.
Baker & Rosa. Montezuma.
H, Wright, Roelteeter.
'• H. Niles, Buffalo. .
FLUMBE NATIONAL DAGUERRIAIti GAL
LERY AND PHOTOGRAPH ERS FURNISH.
IN G DEPOTS ; awarded the Gold and Silver Medals.
Four first Premiums, and Two Highest Honors, gag
National, the Mas.saehusetts, !he New York, strlrdo
Pennsylvania .Exhibitions, respectively, for the asi
splendid Colored Daguerreotypes and best Amnia
ever exhibited,
Pmtraits taken inhquisits style, without marl*
weather.
Instructions given in the'art.
A large assortment of Apparatus and Stock sluing'
hand; at the :owes. cash prices
New Vork.'ssl Broadway; Philadelphia rMIN 4I
nut S.; Boston. 75 Court, and 58 Hanover Elts; .
Timm, 2frs Bairirnose St.; Washington, PeruaYlna . __
Avenue; Petersburg, Va., Mechanics' BO; *"'
nati, Fourth and Wahist, and 176 Main St *.littolaP
Springy, Broadway ; Paris:l27 Yitilk Roe dairso;
Liverpool, 32 Church St.-3y,
,Dr DAVZ.B 3NIVOII
THOIIPSON & CRA lI'FORD,
WHOLESALE Druggists,No. 40 Market sob
(South aide, below Second.) Phils& l o.
offer for sale a large stuck of Fresh Thor, Me 6rifilf
and Dye•Stedis, to which they call the studio
Country Merchants and Dealers visiting the city.
Coach, (Cabinet, Japan, Black and other raraVho
a superior quality. Also, White sad Bed 141 re
dow Glass, Paint, and Oils—cheaper than tier.
try. T. & C. are also proprietors of the lain rev,
table Balsam, celebrated throughout their oes
neighboring States, as the best preparation for thetni•
'of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, &c. Money refsnini
every instance where no benefit is received.
Philadelphia, Jan. B. 1847 le
n iqU est FF l S w , k li i l n U g F w r u Fi-- es
o T a h ‘ e
nova a D. BARI I ,'
inmo:rtlfasquhiniootilby,kewani gr:
liltlimn Scott.
.t.Pouetalarcrelr
WILL promptly and punctually mil
CaUcd
;tonal seraices in Agenda,
other matters in his profession. entrusted to
(10"' Be has removed his office to the roots olt
N. Betts' atom..
INSURANCE AGENCY•
rPHE subscribes continuo to act as agent fss
-L LAWARE muTuAt trisuflows far ms)
1
a stock company of good
• modal d i°
s
pate & does licadaess on as fano-able tennis" o l
He it also agent for the LYCOMING
TUAL INSURANCE CO, a sampan,' mh ieb ..7:o '
ways been punctual in the payment of Wes ss-
'tents advantages seldom found.
Towanda May 20.
O. D.
Terms of the Bradford Re l 9o n er '
.100 11
Two deltas and fifty cents per annum; r ow
deducted if paid within the year; end
fo CASH
ally in advance, Ogg Donuts will he de4:_,.
Subscribers at Liberty to discontinue at 1 0 Y. " ' T7 a di
paying arrearsges, . Most kinds of Commas' no
received in payment, at the market prier vi le
Advertisements, not exceeding. s scl".. ; .„„mals
lines, inserted for fifty cents ; every subseqvii
twenty-five cents. A dismount made terodY_Z;i4
Jug Penman, of every deSeliptiOn. 004 R/
minion* executed on .new and fashionable 111400
Letters on business Ordaining to the o fEceuss"
ree of postage, to ensure attention.