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A Fiex of American Agriculture.
By what pro&sscs thr earth is impoverished.
There are three principal, ways in which the
natural fruitfulness of the earth may be seriously
impaired.
1. By removing its natural products: as
when a prune is annually mown for a sei.es ot
years, and all the hay removed, and no manure
or other fertilizer returned. In Europe, where
a forest culture is practiced, experience has
shown that to remove the leaves that annually
fall upon the ground to rot and form mould
over the routs of trees, is sure to impoverish
the land and injure its valuable products.—
These leaves as well as prune grass, contain
both earthly minerals called iwrguiic matter,
and combustible dements usually designated
lv the term organic matter. In burning over
prairies, the latter portion of the .plants con
sumed is alone removed from the soil; their
ashtx remain on the ground where the plants
grew. Pastures arc detcrioated by the loss of
the grass carried off in the stomaehs-of domestic
auimals.
2. Soils are impoverished by tillage without
cropping, or removing any plant whatever.—
No fact in agriculture is more important than
this: All tillage is purely atl artificial and
withal a most unnatural operation. Nature
never ploughs, nor hoes the earth to promote
the growth of vegetation. llcr highest pro
ductiveness is the result of laws, which every
farmer should carefully study and learn to
follow, in the renovation of cultivated fields.
Although all tillage is a mechanical process,
yet its effects arc Both chemical and physical
on the soil. So far as the chemical results of
tillage are couoerned, they aie quite indepen
dent of all crops ami other plaut.;. It is not
so easy a task as some may suppose to explain
in a few plaiu words, the several changes
wrought in the mould ami organic part of soils,
by the plough, spade, and hoc. Tiie niecliauical
and physical effects of tillage are very obvious
to every cultivator. The earth is mellowed—
rendered exceedingly porous and admirably
fitted not only to absorb atmospheric air, and
all gaseous bodies, but to couth use them in the
innumerable pores of the friable mass. The
same causes which increase the fertility of a
fallowed field exhaust the soil, if long contin
ued, although no crop should be grown upon
it. If however, a crop of weeds, grass, peas,
or clover be grown and allowed to die and rot
on the ground or be ploughed in, the soil will
be enriched by the operation. But if a field be
annually ploughed and hoed, as a crop of corn,
tobacco, cotton, or sugar-cane, for twenty-five
years, and no plant whatever be allowed to
"grow on its surface, the mechanical and chemi
cal changes, associated as they must be with
the leadlines and washings of innumerable
rains, would result in removing from the surface
of the earth nearly or quite all of its vegetable
mould and the soluble mineral food of plants.
To test this principle in nature, suppose a
farmer were to apply twenty-five loads of well
rotted stable manure upon an acre of land, and
plough, harrow, and hoe the ground twenty
five years, as for crops of corn or cotton, but
plant nothing and permit neither grass nor
weeds to grow thereon. Would any of the
dissolved elements of this manure remain that
length of time in the -surface soil'( Certainly
not. If manure will decompose and dissapjiear
like wood consumed in a fire-piaee, may not
vegetable mould do so likewise And if the
mineral known as common salt and salts of
lime and potash will readily dissolve on th"
ground in rain water, and pass in a state of
solution deep into the earth and reappear in
springs, wells, and rivulets, may not similar
minerals, naturally in the soil, and rendered
soluble by tillage, be also dissolved and washed
out of the mellow ground into the compact
sulesoil, or into swamps, rivers and the ocean ?
The principal object of ploughing and hoeing
is to increase the quantity of available food for
the crop; but while the plants arc present in
the soil and growing, it is by no means certain
that all the manure or other fertilizers applied
to the land, or all the elements of the crop
naturally in the soil, enter the roots of culti
vated plants, ami appear at the harvest.
Under certain circumstances, the loss by
leaching and solar inlluences is very large. In
producing small crops of corn, cotton, wheat,
and other plants, the waste of raw material is
greater in proportion to the harvest, than in
large crops whose roots and foliage cover the
surface both in and above the soil universally,
bniall coru or cotton plants, and these quite
distant one from another, greatly favor the
volatilization of all volatile substances and the
washing away of all soluble elements.
Tillage and cropping exhaust land faster
than it can be done in any other way short of
carting ofl' the surface soil in a mass. The
degree of injury inflicted by this operation is
very variable: not only on different fields, and
soils, but ou the same surface at different times
and seasons. A light, open, sandy soil that
has no clay foundation will not bear ploughing
and cropping so long, with so small deteriora
tion, as the same soil with a clay sub-soil.—
Light, sandy soil abounds in North Carolina,
Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and South
Carolina, ami most of these when fresh yield
fair crops. Their red clay lauds are not so
easily worked, but are more enduring and
generally more productive.
The limestone soils of the Cherokee country,
of Tennessee, Kent ucky, Missouri, and other
States, are altogether different from any form
ed from the debris of granitic, metamporie, and
sand rocks. Jt is impossible to form an intelli
gent opinion of the exhaustion of a soil by any
given amount of tillage and cropping, without
knowing something of the parent rocks from
which the earth was derived, and something of
its physical and chemical properties. A know
ledge of the principles of geology andchemisty
is invaluable to one who desires to understand
in advance what are the natural capabilities of
any arable land; and what element* of crops
it is most likely to have in too small a quan
tity.
It often happens that a soil partakes very
little of the character of the rock that lies but
twenty or thirty inches below its surface.
This is owing to the circumstance that a
different kind of rock has furnished the earthly
matter deposited above the solid strata. In
several counties in Western New York, the
soft Medina, soft sand sandstone has been
comminnted and carried by tidal currents,
glaciers, icebergs, or some other moving force,
many miles southward, and spread over lime
rocks, hundreds of feet higher than the parent
sandstone, both geologically and typographi
cally. Although resting on lime-rock, these
soils often lack lime to a degree.
The durability of a soil is governed, in an
eminent degree, by its texture and hvgrometric
properties.
Tenacious clay lands retain fertilizing salt? ;
j with peculiar and remark ; bio affinity. v -" >
well drained and thoroughly tilled, they yield
no their nutritive otmstituuate as iaat ispro
i fitable. When one has but a small surface to
operate on, the application of clay to sandy
soils is very useful. The deeper and more
thoroughly one cultivates his laud, removes all
'that it produces, and makes no adequate rest
itution, the faster will he impair the natural
t capabilities o'.' his soiL No matter with what
.kill and science a fanner extracts immense
, crops from his fields; the larger the amount of
potash, soda, magnesia, soluble flint, phosphorus,
sulphur, chlorine, and organized nitrogen, caricd
I oil in crops, the poorer his land must become,
unless a part of nil these ingredients be return
ed to the earth whence they w ere taken,
t it is impossible to say, with any approxima
tion to the truth, in the present infancy of
agricnltnrni science, how much of the inorganic
| food of plants may be safely removed from
year to year in grass, milk, meat, or grain, in
.! cotton or tobacco, from ail acre of common
| fair land, without detriment. A liltle of
dissolved sand, lime, potash, magnesia, sulphur,
• mould, and phosphorus may be spared from
: the jKKirest soils, without injury; while some
j so abound in the elements of crops as to furnish
lan amount tweuty times larger, without ex
. j ha us ting the supply of earthly minerals.
j t-cX Some over wise people have an idea
that when a tree gets mossy, and bark-bound,
, the latter another term for the want of growth
! and weakness, consequent upon neglected culti
vation—it is only necessary to slit the bark up
1 and down the stem with a jack-knife, and it
will at once spread out aud grow. This is
sheer nonsense. Dig about and cultivate the
I i roots, and the bark will take care of itself, with
a scraping of the moss, aud a washing of the
j stem with ley or soap suds, or chamber
j slops, wh'ch last is quite as good. The in
creased flow of the sap induced bv a liberal
feeding of the l oots, will do its own bursting of
, the hide-bound bark, which is simply its enfee
-1 bled condition as a consequence of its poverty of
; root. No one thinks of turning out a bonv,
I half-starved calf in the spring, into the clover
field, with the skin on its side split through
1 with a knife, in order to add to its growth.—
' ■ But this last proposition is quite as sensible
' and philosophical as the other. Nature takes
e:frc of its elf in these particulars. Sap in
plants is what the blood is to animals. Its
j vigorous flow reaches every part of its compo
sition, and gives to each its proper play and
fuuetion. We can show frequent instances of j
I a decrepid shrivelled branch, by the throwing
i i open and manuring of the roots, and a thorough
prumiiug of the whole top, increasing from an
! inch, to two inches in diameter in a single sea
> son; and without assistance it grew, bursting
- and throwing off its old contracted bark as
J freely as the growth of a vigorous asparagus
' : shoot will develop itself during a warm shower
'An May;. Such nostrums are only the inven
• tion of the head to the laziness of the Hands.—
Rural Xew Yorker.
FARMERS' CREED. —I believe in small farms
and thorough cultivation.
1 believe that the soil loves to cat. as well as
its owner, and ought, therefore, to be manur
j ed.
I believe in large crops, which leaves the
| land better than they found it, making both
_ j the farmer and the farm rich at once.
I believe in going to the bottom of things,
and, therefore, in (loop plow ing, and enough of
. it, all the better if with a subsoil plow.
1 believe that every farmer should own a
. 1 good farm.
I believe that the best fertilizer of any soil
|is a spirit of industry, enterprise and intelli
t gence. "Without this, lime and gypsum, bones
1 j and green manure, marl and guano, will be of j
little use.
1 believe in good fences, good barns, good
farm houses, good stock, good orchards, and
children enough to gather the fruit.
, J believe in a clean kitchen, a neat wife in it,
i a spinning piano, a clean dairy and a clear
j conscience.
i I believe in fanners that will improve their
j farms, that grow poorer every year, starving i
j cattle, farmers' boys turned into clerks and
l merchants, aud farmers' daughters unwilling to
I work: and in all farmers that are ashamed of
i of their vocation, or who drink whiskey till all
honest men are ashamed of them.
I will also add—l believe in supporting our
County and State Agricultural Societies.
I believe iu having a well filled agricultural
library.
I believe in supporting the agricultural
j papers of our State, paying for them, reading
j them, and circulating them among my neighbors.
To PROMOTE THE HEAI.TH OF CATTLE. —Feed
all animals regularly. They do not only look
i for their food at the usual time, but the stomach
i indicates the want at the stated period. There
fore feed morning, noon and evening, as near the
same time as possible.
Guard against the wide & injurious extremes
of satiating with excess and starving with want.
Food should be of a suitable quality, and pro
portioned to the growth, and fattening of
animals, to their production in young, and milk,
and to their labor or exercise. Animals that
i labor need far more food, and that which is far
more nutritions, than those that are idle.
In dry time, see that the animals have a
good supply of pure water. "When the foua
■ tains are low, they drink the (trainings of foun
tains. streams, and passages of water which are
unwholesome.
If barns and stables are very tight and warm,
ventilate in mild weather, even in winter.
GRACES I.\ COXSFMPTION. —The use of grapes
as an arlicle of food is much recommended in
cases of consumption. They contain a large
quantity of grape sugar, the kind which most
nearly resembles milk sugar iu its character
• alul composition, which also is very useful for
consumptives, it having a great attraction for
oxygen, and, therefore, readily affording ma
terials for respiration.
Jfcrjy* During the winter, the earlier the better,
! examine your waggons, carts, tools and imple
| ments, repair all that require it, give them a
' coat of cheap paint, and put all not required
j for use away under cover.
EVILS OF SAL.ERATCS. —Dr. Alcott, a distin
guished physician of Boston, attributes to the
free use of saheratus in cooking, many of the
diseases to which children and adults are sub
ject. To the use of this deleterious substance
Dr. A. attributes the death of one hundred
, thousand persons out of three hundred thous
and under ten years of age who annually die in
' the United States. If such alurming result as
■ this can bo substantiated,-saheratHs may be re
garded as worse tkau either intemperance or
. war in it? nfftets upon the human race.
filisceUiuieons.
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November 11, 1854. E. T. FOX.
S. FEI.ToN would ,no>t respectfully inform his old cus
tomers and the public generally that bo w ill still continue
the Ligl'Oß IP SINEBS at the old staffil, and that he is
now reccß ing I irge additions to his stock, direct from lir-t
hands in New-York, wlii h he will be most happy to sell
on the mo t reasonable terms. He is also agent" for the
sale of" liiughaniton Ale," a supply of which he keeps al
ways on hand and for -ale che:.,>.
Towanda, November 11, 1854.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
John W. Wilcox,
HAS located his establishment 011 Main Street, on door
North of the " Ward House," and will continue the
manufacture of BOOTS A SlltiES, as heretofore.
He lias ju-t received from New-York a large assortment
of Womans' Children#' and Misses' Shots, which are offer
ed at low prices. The attention of the Ladies is particu
larly directed to his assortment, comprising the following
new styles;— Enamelled Jenny I.iml gaiter boots; do.
shoes : black lasting and silk gaiter ; walking shoes, bus
kins, Ac. Misses .gaiters and sin es, of everv description.
A large variety of Children#' fancy gaiters, "boots A shoes
of all kind#.
For the Gentlemen, almost every style of gaiters and
shoes, fbis stock has been personally selected with care,
and he believes he can offer superior articles at reasonable
prices.
Ki" The strictest attention paid to MANITACTTRINH,
and he hopes by doing work well to merit a continuance
of the liberal patronage he has hitherso received.
Towanda, Feb. 1,1855.
GREAT BARGAINS!!!
At the New Store, opposite the Court House.
BAILEY' A NEVI VS. WHOLESALE A RETAIL DEALERS
IN PROVISIONS, GROCERIES, YANKEE NOTIONS, TOYS,
FHPIT. UONKECTION CRY, WILLOW WARE. AC., the largest
and most comprehensive assortment, and the longest ex
perience of any dealers in Northern Pennsylvania. We
have arrangements by which we <-an take advantage of the
city aqj Western Markets, and arc thereby enabled to of
fer good bargains. Call and try us.
Below we name a few of the articles that may always
be found iu our stock :
PROVISIONS.
Fb>ur. Bnckwhent Flour. Rye Flour. Com Meal, Feed,
Pork. Hams A Shoulders, Mackerel, ('odfiish. Shad, larke
Trout. Picketed ami Smoked Herring, Cheese, llice, Beans.
Potatoes, Butter, Lard. Crackers. Ac.
GROCERIES.
Black ami Green Tea, Rio and Java Coffee, Chocolate.
Cocoa, Sugar, Molasses, Syrup, (linger, I'epper, Spice,
Cloves, nutmegs. Mace cinamon. Ground Mustard, Pepper
Sauce. So,la, Saleratus, Cream Tartar, Sperm aud Tallow
Candles, Bar Soap, Vinegar, Starch, Ac.
FRUIT.
Prunes, Citron, Figs. Eng. Currants, Raisins, Dried
Peaches, Dried Apples. Almonds, Pecan nuts.Prazil tints,
Grenoble ami Madeira Walnuts, Peanuts, Chestnuts, Ac.
German. French and American Toys, Fancy Goods, Tin
wagons, rocking horses, boys' sleighs, China and pewter
toy tea setts, dolls, trumpets, accordions, harmonicas—
Glass, paper and wood inlaid work boxes and toilet cases,
toy bureaus, secretaries, writing desks—plain and em
broidered work baskets, knitting, do. pearl, ivory, papier
mac lie and leather port moniaes, wallets and purses, ivory,
horn and wood pocket combs, toilet combs, ivory fine
combs, pocket inkstands, pocket and small fancy mirriors,
tobacco and suuff boxes, cigar cases, perfumery and hair
oils, Ac.
Brooms, mopsticks. clothes pins, bench screws, willow
clothes baskets and market baskets, sugar and spice boxes.
CANDY OF ALL KINDS.
Dairy and table Salt. Salina, do., etc. Country dealers
supplied at a small advance from New Y'ork prices.
Kb" Most kinds of country produce taken in exchange
for goods. BAILEY A XKViX.S.
Towanda, Febmar 1, 1y855.
(GROCERIES —Call anrl .sec onr JJrown,
* A Crushed, Coffee aud Pulverized Sugars ; Fine Young
Hyson A Black Teas—warranted a superior article, or the
money refunded—for sale cheap by B. KINGSBEKY.
LEATHER —200 Sides solo Leather just re
ceived nod for sale by B. KINGSBERY*.
FLOE R ! FLOUR !—SO barrels Superfine
FLOUR, jurt received and for gale bv
Jan. 31.15.'5. MOXTANYES A CO.
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it is antagonistic to disease, and no more. Tender chil
dren may take them with hnpnnity. If they are sick they
will cure them, if they are well they will do them no
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(live theni to some patient who has been prostrated with
bilious Complaint; sec his bent-uu. tottering form straight
en with strength again ; see his long-lost appetite return :
see his clammy features blossom into health, (live them
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1 he Loo has been soaked through every muscle of his body
\\ itli linanients and salves ; give him these Pills to purify
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tic. whose gnawing stomach has long ago eaten every
smite from his face and every muscle from his bodv. See
bis appetite return, and with it bis health ; see the new
man. See her that was radiant with health and loveliness
blasted and too early withering away ; want of exercise,
or mental anguish, or some lurking disease has deranged
the internal organs of digestion, assimilation, or secretion,
till they do they do their office ill. H< r blood is vitiated,
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vital principle into renewed vigor, to east out the obstruc
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wasted with worms. Its wan, sickly features tell you
without disguise, and painfully distinct, that they are eat
ing its life away. Its pinched-up nose and ears, and rest
less sleeping#, tell the dreadful truth in language which
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Have you the le-s serious symptoms of these'distempers,
they are the easier cured. Jaundice, Costiveness, Head
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in the Bowels. Flatulency. Loss of Appetite, King's Evil,
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derangements which these Pills rapidly cure. Take them
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if you can; if not. take them judiciously by such advice
as"we give yon, and the distressing, dangerous diseases
they cure, which afflict so many millions of the hiunau race,
are cast out like the devils of old—they must burrow in
the brutes aud in the sea. Price 25 eonts per box—s boxes
for f 1.
Through a trial of many years and through every nation
of civilized me, Avtat's CHF.KKY PECTORAL lias been found
to afford more relief and to cure more cases of pulmonary
disease than any other remedy known to mankind. Cases
of apparently settled Consumption have been cured by it,
and thousands of sufferers who were deemed beyond the
reach of human aid have been restored to their friends and
usefulness, to sound health and the enjoyments of life, by
this all-powerful antidote to diseases of the lungs and
throat. Here a cold had settled on the lungs. The dry,
hacking cough, the glassy eye, and the pale, thin features
of him who was Intel v lusty and strong whisper to all but
him Cossi'Mi'Tios. lie tries everything : but the disease
is gnawing at his vitals, and shows its fatal symptoms
more and more over all his fume. He is taking the Cher
ry Pectoral now : it hits stopped his cough and muiTa his
breathing easy : bis sleep is sound at night : his appetite
returns, and with it his strength. The dart which pierced
his side is broken. Scarcely any neighborhood can lie
i found which lias not some living "trophy like this to shad
i ow forth the virtues which have won for the Cherry Pec
j toral an imperishable renown. Influenza, Croup, Bron
j ehitis. Hoarseness, Pleurisy, Whooping Cough, aud all ir
i ritalions of the throat and luugs are easily cured by the
| < berry Pectoral if taken in season. Every family should
I have it bv tliem. and they will find it an idvalunble pro
i tcctiori from the insidious prowler which carries off the
j parent sheep from many a Hock, the darling lamb from
many a home.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. AVER. Practical and Analytical
Chemist, Lowell, Mass., and sold by all Druggists every
where.
I AGENTS—Dr. 11. C. Porter and at Reed's Drng Store,
: Towanda : Newton. YVhiteA Co..Mouroeton ; J. Holcomb,
Rome ; Dr. C. Drake, Troy ; and by all Merchants every
where.
sib A 8
GREAT WAR AGAINST CLOTHING.
Sllft 'li wou Id ie-pe< M'ully inform the citizens of Brad
. ford county that be has opened a branch establish
ment in Towanda, for the sale of READY" MADE CLOTH
ING, comprising the usual stock of Over, Dress, Flock and
Sack Coats; Vests, Pants, Shirts, Drawers. Wrappers,
Overall-. Stocks. Cravats, Collars. Pocket h'dkfs, Ac.
Mr. Rich positively assures the public, that residing in
New-Voi k and buying always for cash, enables him to take
advantage of the market, so that he can and will sell
Clothing '25 per cent, cheaper than any other establish
ment in the country!
CALL AND SEE! examine aud price the stock, lie sat
isfied yourselves that it is more extensive, of better manu
facture and style, and sold much cheaper than ever before
offered in this market.
I have appointed as my agent in Towanda for the sale
of Clothing, M. E. SOLOMON", formerly of the firm of
Alexander A Solomon, who is Well and favorably known
Location, for the present, over Tracy A Moore's Store,
Main -tret. Upon the completion of Button's block, the
stock will lie removed to one of the new stores, corner of
Bridge street.
Towanda, January S, 1855.
M. E. SOLOMON respectfully calls the attention of his
old friends and the public generally t<> the above announce
ment. and invites all who may be in need of Clothing to
give him a call, assuring them that he can furnish them
with woods at the lowest prices, and that no pains will be
spared to merit their patronage. 2m31
COLLINS &. POWELL
"IT7OULD respectfully call the attention of the public to
VV their large stock of Mens' and boys' furnishing
Goods, consisting of every variety of Broadcloths, Cassi
liieres, 1 toe-skins. Tweeds, Kentucky Jeans, Linens, Shirts,
Collars, Stocks, Cravats, Hosiery, Suspenders, Hats, Car
pet Bags, Trunks, Canes, Ac. Ac., which will be sold cheap
er than the same quality can be sold in any other estab
lishment in this country.
They have also on band a well manufactured assortment
of READYMADE CLOTHING, to which we invite the at
tention of buyers. Our Clothing is mostly made up in the
shop—and not purchased at " slop-shops"—as some we
wot of.
Orders in the Tailoring line executed in the most fash
ionable manner, at the shortest notice, and warranted.
TIE' The public will please notice one fart, that NOOXK
not practically acquainted with the business is capable of
judging of the quality and make of a garment; hence the
reason why the community have been so much imposed
upon by a CERTAIN CI. ASS of community who deal in the
article, who, if they were not practically and profession
ally cheats, could of necessity, know nothing about the
business. They are certain, tin- public would consult their
true interest, they would purchase only of those acquain
ted with the business.
Towanda, Jan. 1, Is,>s.
NEW WINTER GOODS!
JOSEPH POWELL is now receiving, as usual, a large
stork of WINTER GOODS of every description, con
sisting of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, (Mockery,
Boods and Shoes, Leather, Shoe Findings, Hats and Gaps.
Ac., which he is now offering for Ready Pay at unusually
low prices.
He would invite particular attention to his stock of LA
DIES' DRESS GOODS, consisting in part of French Me
rinos. French Plaids, Parmettas, Thibet cloths, all prices,
( unton cloths, Bompazines, wool Delaines, all colors, plain
and rtguered Mouslin delaines, Persian twills, Ac..
LAMBS CLOTHS —A variety of Cloths, with Galloons,
Plushes, and other trimmings to match.
SIIAWI.S.—A large assovtineut, all qualities and prices.
EMBKOIUEREI) GOODS.—Chemisettes, sleeves, collars,
handkerchiefs, Swiss aud jaconet bands and Bouncings,
edgings and iuscrtings. Also, a lot of stamped embroide
ry patterns.
Km' There will also lie found among his stock a good
assortment of Gloves aud Hosiery, Ribbons,"White-Goods,
bleached and unbleached Table Linens, Crash, Scotch and
Russia Diaper, bleached and unbleached Muslius of every
quality and width, Tickings, Stripes, Denims, Canton
1- lanuols, Ac.
VWmnU, January 1, 1*55.
/J.VLTCOS—A large stock of Merrimack
V. Coehece and Fall River Print#—also good calieo for C
etc. per yard. Warranted good (ladder colors, for sale by
B. KINGSBURY.
I 111 • "
DR.
SOUTH END OF THE WARD HOUSE,
Fronting the Public JSouare.
• '
rfK subscriber, tlisrtikfnl for tbe lilMT.il patronage of the past year, intends to keep constantly on hand a full as.
sortnient of the very best articles usually kept in our line, which HE WII.I. dispnaeof on such tcniis as will l*-sa:
istiictory to all who may patronize liini. The purchases are made entirely with i ash iu hand, and for the C.tSU
customers will receive the benefit of a good article at a low price. All artichs let answering our recommends.
will be cheerfully taken back, and the money refunded.
Bedical Advice gratuitously given at the Office, charging only for the Medicines.
The stock consists of u complete and select assortment <>€
DRUGS, MEDICINES, AND GROCERIES,
Pure Wine & Liquors, for Medicinal use, London Porter & Scotch Ale.
ALL THE MOST POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES'
FRESH CAMPHENE & BURNING FLUID---NEW & BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS OF LAMPS!
A S PLEX 111 Ii ASSORTMENT OF
American Pocket Cutlery, (Warrant d Good,)
Superior TO2ACCO 6c SNUFF! —Choice brands of Pure Havaana, Principe
and Vara CIGARS !
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass. BruSitcs, Perfumery, Shavingßoap,
Fancy Articles. &c. dtc.
FAMILY GROCERIES:
Black and Green Teas ; Rio and Java Coffee ; Moln.*>es, Syrups, Sugars, Spices, &<■
Salmon, Mackerel, Sardines, kc.
REMEMBER THE STORE-SOUTH END OF THE WARD HOUSE!
AND ITS MOTTO
" Tin best quality of Goods—l'u 11 assortment—Mokerate ]'r< fits —II end q attention to customers—
JXo Adulteration of Gocds—Candid ad cox as to J'at> >4 i remedies—And close attention to
lysines*? H. C. PORTER, M. I).
Towaiula, Feb run ry 1, TBOO.
j
HALL * RUSSELL,
| fl ,|jj Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
I AND STOVES.
Tni, Japanned and Britannia Ware,
|yr . fA House Trimming's, Carnage Trimmings, Harness tk Saddlery
I - Warc, Carpenter's and Joiner's Tools,
j BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS, FARMERS TOOLS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
LEAD PIPE AND PIMPS, of all kinds and sizes,
IRON, STEEL, LEATHER BELTING, &c. &e.
I Would inform their friends, that these arc onlt ;i part of the amoral he,ids under which mnv he rW sod the.rev -
i nive assortment, and to which thev are eon.-te tly receiving additional supplh s. direct fr- ;n the import* j. .1 ma
i faeturers. which enable* tlienx to offer such indm eiuents in their large -t... k and low pri e. as will dcf\ eomnetU
! from any quarter. We wonld a-k the particular attention of
mci!: SL&isee i^issg
j to an examination of our stock, which having been selected with the greatc t care, we are confident will Mtisfr e*->
I the most fastidious. -
erg llon't forget the place—Sonth side of the Public Squarr.
Old Iron, Copper and ltrass. and all kinds of Country Produce, taken in exchange for floods.
Towanda, May '27. HAT.I. & Rr>?ELL.
DR. If ALSEYS' FOREST WINE.—The
discovery of the F< JRKST WI V Ki - the greatest bles
sing of the age. Put u|> in Quart B; >i ties, a single bottle
of which does more Rood, and goes further in the cure of
Disease, than ton bottles of any Snrsapnrillu in u-e. and
warranted to cure without an unpleasant or weakening
effect.
The method liv which all Sarssaparinas.atul other simi
lar medicines areprcpan d.i- 1A olingtlie Hoots of j>!::ut
to obtain the extracts. Their medicinal virtues are thus
principally evaporati d and destroyed.
It is not to lie wondered at then, that 10 and even 20
1 tottles of these Sarsaparillas are - no liiu-s taken without
any perceptible benefit. Not so with the Forest Wine.—
By tlie invention of a wonderful chemical apparatu--. a per
fect wine is produced without 1 anting; retaining. ; t the
same time, all the primitive healiuß properties of the rare
medicinal plants of whi< h it is comjmsed. tluis rendering
the Forest Wine the most efficient medicine the w- rid ever
produced, at the same time time the nio„t agreeable.
TESTIMONY.
This is to certify, that I have used Dr. Halsey's Fore t
Wine in my family with the most entire sueec My w ,>
was badly atHictecl with Neuralgia, affections of the Spine
and Kidneys, and general Debility. Slie found speedy re
lief, and regitiued her health by tlie list of the Forest
Wine.
From my own knowledge of this excellent medicine, T
confidently recommend it lor the good of others who mav
lie suffering from similar complaints. It is the best medi
cine with which 1 anracquainted,and those who are afflic
ted with tin- above, or any similar disease, may safely re
ly on its virtues. E. G. MUSSEY.
MORE TESTIMONY FROM COHOES.
DK. (r. W. IIALSKY—Dear Sir : My wife last autumn was
reduced to a low state of Debility. My family physician
advised her to take your Forest Wine. Accordingly 1
went to Mr. Terry's, your agent in this town, and procur
ed a laittle of it, which restored her in a very short time
to perfect health.
( oh oes. April 13, 1850. HENRY DONALDSON.
DREADFUL COUCH. DEBILITY, AND LOSS OF
APPETITE.
DR. HAI.SF.YI Hempstead, Dec. 1. 1847.
A bottle of your Forest Wine and box of Pilis, which
I procured of .laines Carr, (your agent for this place.) has
done wonders for me. 1 had been in a state of decline for
more than a< year, afflicted with a dreadful cough, pain
in the breast, general debility, and loss of appetite. 1 be
came almost a skeleton, and had been unable to leave my
room for more than two months; my friends told uie I
had the Consumption and despaired "of my recove.iv. 1
could not. obtain any permanent relief from any medicine
1 had taken, or my physician, until your Wine and Pills
were procured. The first dose of the f'ills brought up from
my stomach, much phlem and greenish matter, and my
stools were perfectly black. 1 then commenced taking
your Forest Wine three times a day. my appetite begun to
return immediately, my cough left me, and in less tlia.i
two weeks 1 was almost well. I now enjoy better health
than I ever did before, having increased twenty-Jive pound
in seven weeks. Your Forest Wine and Pills are highly
valued in this vicinity, and 1 owe my recovery entirely to
their virtues. Yours, respectfully,
MARTIN CALDWELL.
AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS.
Mr. T. J. (fillies, a highly resectable Merchant of No.
308 Broadway, New York, cured of a severe affection of
tlie Kidneys by the Forest Wine and Pills.
Dr. U. W. HALKEY : New-York, March 12,18,53,
Dear Sir—ln the summer and fall of last year 1 had a
severe complaint of the Kidneys, which rendered me unite
unfit for business. I procured your Forest Wine and Pills
which cured me in a few weeks time, and 1 have since en
joyed better health than 1 had for many years previously.
From their efficacy in my o.wn case, and from what I kno'w
your medicines to lmve done for others, I am induced to
recommend them as the best medicines with which I am
acquainted. Yours, respectfully,
T. J GILLIES.
DYSPEPSIA.
There are thousands cured every year of this disease by
the Forest Wine and Pills; Dyspepsia, Custiveiics* and
Indigestion, are kindred complaints, frequently existing
together, and the cure of one is generally the cure of all.
lhe I orest Wine and Pills alxive all remedies arc pre-emi
nent in the cure of Dyspepsia.
Testimony of J. N. Verntile, of New York Citv, dated
July 9, 1852.
I'r. (I. W\ H ALSEY :—Dear Sir—Having been cured of
Dyspepsia by the use of your Forest Wine aad Pills. I take
the liberty to offer you my name, believing many who i
know me may lie benefited by your excellent remedies.
r or many years 1 have been afflicted with this malady so
bftbly that nearly one-third of my time h.ts liern lost from
business. The Forest Wine and Pills have restmed me to
excellent health, and 1 cheerfully recommend the in, us 1
an convinced the discovery of these remedies are a bles
sing to mankind. J. X. YERMfLE.
New-York. Julv 9, 1852.
DR. (1. W. H ALSEY'S GUM-COATED FOREST RILLS.
Ihe Gum-coated Forest piihj ;t rc d>-'.ffit3toacnv.paw
the ; • i •t ae n.re of Disease, th -ircombinedar
tion in--:,.' ir< - r ling aiid effective. Tiieyan intinii
ly U'tter than •.,% ; • r Pill or Cathartic, producinginai!
ci-e- when tin- • ' of m-.-di'-iues are useful, a most chang
ing eller"-. the. ,j - .. relv vegetable, never gripe, IBIJ
! taken at any time without uar of taking dd.hiadua-r
troui liusiness, or disagreeable efTo-ts, and pass off. leav
ing the IKIWCIS perfectly natural, which is a!! l'mportMt
tor the peril. t ret ••-••ry and continuation of good health.
Tito i-ands can testify "t • tin- great excellence ot these Puk
above all others.
The Fore.-t Win" accom]ianied with the Forest Pills,aw
in eli- t':al ill the cure of all the following coiujiiaiui-:
Dy-pepsia.HabitualCostivencss.Liveri 'ompLvit.Asft
ma. Piles, Obstinate Headache, Pimple-. Blot, lie- andim
healthy caJor ot the -kin. Jundica, Ague awl Fever, Salt
l'lieum, Erysipelas, Complaint- incident only to Female?
Languishing weakness, Night Sweats, StrmwDiniin
(< •.-•era! i; ib i.'tii and iinpaircd state of the Coiistitut."n
lb I'ure-t U iue i - put up in large -quire bottles, wit:
Dr. H.il-ey's name Mown in the glas-. Ono D-.llar]
Uie ir \ i it!o-for Five Doll ir-. Gum-coated F<ceß
'-o; - -"> cent - per Box. For Sale by the appointed A ger.i-
I .it \V .i le-.i l - .id Retail. General Depot, 191 Puancß
' one do.w from Hudson. New l urk. appointed Viiiit- 'J
' Br allord county Dr. H. ( . Porter .Towanda ; U. H. K '
ri. k. Athen-: Drake \- Allen, IVaverly, N. Y.
| AVERLY &. TOWANDA R. ROAD'
500 T/ITITI WANTED ! !
i r pilF. subscribers have just received at their old stair *
j I Mercur s Block. Towanda, anew and gooda-si rm.
I of Spring and summer Goods, coiisistiiig of RE \PV-M.l
CLOTHING. GENTLEMAN'S' FURNISHING h" ' -
ever imported into the County -all of the latest -tyl*- 2
market, which are lieing M attered far and wide, in tbf
way of Furnishing Goods, we have a complete a— -rttn'ti
( ravats, ( ollitrs. Shirts, Under Shirts, Drawer", U'v
tiers, Gloves, Suspender-. Handkerchiefs. lio.siei)
kinds, and a variety of Trunks, Ac.
Our Ready-Made Clothing embraces every thin.
hie in that line, and as we liny for CASH, we can atni *
sell 20 per cent, lower titan atiy other Cluthing Est f. s
nu-nt in Townnda. J. ALEXAXHKR.
Towanda, January 1. 1855. & ALEXANDER
TOWANDA
15MT.
cpiJK duties of this School will tie resumed on the
± Monday of September next, under the charge "I N
OI.I\ IA D. and RKBKCCA I* HANSON, in the rm NSW
occupied by James Maclarlane, Esq.. in the North end
the " \\ ard 1 louse."
1 lie school year will consist of four quarter-, of ek"-
Weeks each.
TERMS as formerly. Hi. $•). and sl2 per quarter. arm
ing the studies pursued. No extra charge for the
L-inguage. °
No pupil will be received for a shorter period thud*
Quarter.
RmT.KKN.-i>—Rev. Dr. MAC I.ANE, President of the I
lege of New JeiM-v Princeton.
Hon. DAVIP WU.MOT, (1. F. MASON. Esq., C. L. W r
Esq., Hon. GKOKOE SANUKHSON, I). F. BAKSTOW, L\
lowanaa.
Towanda, August i 5,",4.
QriiYKvixf; JAMES A r viN' v"
K-- vevor tor Bradford County, is prepared to a't l " -
the almve business in all its'branches. His office '- 51 f
Monroetnn. All letters addressed to him at that
will meet with prompt attention.
April 4. 1854.
THE OLD SXAITO
STILL IN OPERATION!!
THE suliscrilier would aim o |
-"L?- to the public that he has n *
L' _1 'TI la i"l■ and will make |
I. ' 1 ; .Isuch -1- Solas. Divans. I m.. -'|
! e Is A3 ji.3 I Ire, Card. Dining and livcv-kta-t -. |
Jr-'-tj bie. M-d, ganv. Walnui. Ma- - I
§ ■ J Bl'lriT}- 11111 l .'- Si:;".!- " M ,"" I
IC a* —lLsb_lf kinds. Chain- mid Bed-icob"'"' ■ I
description, wliiuh are, ami will Is- nude id I
G l ial and yvoikinaniike imuiuer, and which t• 11 .. I
lor rush cheaper than can be bought in any other " 3 - f
room in the country. • ■
READY-MADE COFFINS, on land 011 the mf;-', -
tunable tenns. A good HEARSE w-Hl o fiirn; Bo I
Funeral occasions. J AMP'S MACKIN-"
ToWantlt*, Jan mi,-v 1. INS. I
pROCKERY \ TIARDW AUK-A ir" xi
\J assortment, at PH VNH - |