TERMS
if.peißipowrzSis in?tred fv*Th4
4 burning, by 1.. 0. DEWS, at $2 per
auLoro, in fulvance,
'
I>N7ERTI•rNi7ENtS', - ''eiree:ediiig . fifteen
lines are inserted at Tan owns per line for
Si 3t insertion, ciiii44 per lifie for
übsequent insertions.". Bpdefid iiatteeir
erted before hlanines and Deato..
elleirfkitirrime aigtir fle line Yo ' `eech i
assertion. Mlxeeointionslof dmioaktions ;
'ommtmications oLlimited or individual
„ tereetomd-notieee of Marriave:pr
e seeeding'five . lisiee, are charged rz 'Crf
, r line.' • ix
. w ) /YOU; &MM.:4 MCC'
t • e $75
x1:11 '" . .. .. 75 " 15
'1.1•• square ..:.-. b:
,t ray, Caution, liost.andgortrid,iind
aldxertiiiiniekitsi , - not 41sheediag 'lo s =
three weeks, 'or less, . • 50
administrator's &11reentefeliotilieft.
Autlitor'a Notices, -
Business Cards, -five lines , Ar,r t §!sp
)ferchanti3 tuld' Others, advertising An4r i
busiitegs, ivllPtfe They
will
be entitled•to'VOolumn, confined sieltiiivg
ly to theirbtilnetiti, withpiivilege Of eltatiike.'
may' Advertising in all,,easeireletehrve:Of
suli.?dription ,to the paper.
5013PitINTING of every kind;. in Plain
' and Fahey colors, done NvitAt neittneee And
dispatch. Handbills, Bla4ii ! ;_Cargat Pagt
phlets, 'of every variety andstyle,pAii l ,
ted at the shortest `notice.. l'in3"RiPoitfirs
sOFFioi just beerLie-litted with Power
yr,, , ses, and every thing in the Printing
liae can be 'executed.in the.inoat artistic
taauner and at the lowest rates. TERMS
INVARIABLY CASE. ••••••
Otarbo.
( 1 FORGE D. MONTANYE, AT
.A NRY 4T LA tr-415106 'cornet ot,
Main and Pine streets, 'opposite Porter's Drug
Store.
t , OCTO rt EDWARD S. PERKINS,
IJ. Offers his pbilessforial service's 'to the citi
zeu. of Frenchtovrn and vicinity. Calls prompt
ly- attended to. - • '
. May . 28, 1867.-Iy* •
1.3 j . T.+ DA VIES, Attori4 at la
• Towanda, Pa. Office with Wm.
Esq. Particular attention paid-to or,
phans' Court business and aettlement:44.deca•
dvilt, estates. .
II ERG R & MORROW, :Attorneys
ILL at Law, Towanda,Penn'a,
rhe undersigned having associated themselves
rt I.er in the practice of Law, offer their pro
iervictes to the public.
t LISSES M'ERC LI R, P. D. MARROW,
•
ch 9,
,186 . • • •
is ITRIU PECK ATroluass,..er
I,Aw. Offices :41n Patton.Block,Toikanda,
Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. They may be
Lo:l,Ulted,at either place.' '•
w. PATRICE, Stag W. A. Pitt.
hI B McKEAN, ATTORNEY &
•UNSEL,LOR AT ~/.., 4 W„Tovtgai.
Particular attention paid to business
in olic-nrphans* Court. July 20, 1866.
1
1 ENRY PEET, .klitorney . al Law,
1 Towan la, Pa..• •• jan27,6L
H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
1...! Office In Patton'e Monk; over Gore's Dritg
and Chemical Store. ljan66
77 Al i cn t7 .
LiDWARP OtrERTOil 'Jr., -
.124,1ey at Law,' Towanda, Pa. Office in the
Court House. Juljr 18, 1865.
IRN r y-DAyIES, LERAYormi..O ) A..
IJ , bag permanently located at the office
ronaerly occupied by' Dr. B. DeWitt, for, the
practice of two profession. May 9, 1867.
[OLIN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
T 1.4 W, Towanda, Pa. Also, Govern
lheut Agent for the collection of Pensions, Back
Pay and Bounty:
tar No charge nudes successful. — allied over
he Post Office and .'ews Room. Dec. 1, 1864.
DOCTOR ,B.- DzWITT, Pmrsicteli
A.ND Straurie.i..—May ba focald during the
.13y -unless otherwise engaged—on Hain-et. a
lew doors below Cabling RCM
1,
TIP e corner of William and Division-sts., late
ly ~cc,lpied by E: A. Parsons..
Towanda, April 28, lBB7.—ly*
JI. ONES & -D.KMORE ST, Cooperti,
Towania, Pa. All kinds of Cooper Work
On baud and made to order. Particular atten=
hoe given to repairing. Work can be obtained
at the shop in the Keystone Brewery, •rat the
store v W, A. Rockwell, Cash, or work, paid
May. 9, 1867.
D. ST!! , FIS,II. D., Physician and
O•
I)
. si, g ,on, would announce to the people of
Borough and vicinity, that he has Terme
nenily located at the place formerly occupied by
G. W. stone, for the practice of his profes
sion. Particular attention given to the ctreat
mvut of women and children, aaa'ao to theinsr ,
tire of operative and minor surgery. Oat. 2;68.
•
IL PRATT has . removed, to State
c street, (first above 8.. S. Russell & , Co's
• Bank). Persons from a distance desirous of con
-o ;ling him, will boat likely to find him on
• .7: t rt.:ay of each.week. Especial attention will
given to surgical cases, and the extraction of
as or Ether administered when desired.
July If), Ik6G. D. S. PRATT, M. D.
J)OOTOR CHAS. F.: PAINE:=Oi
flee in GORE'S Drug Store/Towanda, Pa.
Calls pro4Ttly attended to at all hoora.
Towanda, November 29, 1866.
'"DW'D MEEKS-AUCTIONEER.
All lettep addressed to him at Bug& „Ran,.
Brad tot &Co. Pa., will receive prompt !Intel:ROM'
FRANCIS E. POST, Painter, Tow
arula, pa, with 10 years experience. is cow
iont he esti givetbe best satisfaction in Paint
-1122'. Graiulug, 'Staining, Glazing, Papering,...tc.
s - di - Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the
• witry. - April 9, 1866.
VAUGHAN ----Architect 'and
il l itnifdtr—All kinds of Architectural de
r :y.3 furnished. Ornamental, work in Stone,
and Wood. Office on- Main' street, over
S Co.'s -Bank. Attention given to-Hu
aiArc hitectu re, such as !lying out of. grounds,
' " April 1,1867.—1 y.
J. NEWELL,
--
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
tiradford Co. , Pa„ will promptly attend
' • asinesu'ln his line. Ptaircular attention
. • ruliaiug . sx,d establishing old or dispn
; I:ncs. Also to survgying of all unpattented
as soon as warrants are obtained.i myl7
.
VIVr HERSEY WATKINS, Notary
T '• Public is prepared to ,take Depost
on:, Acknowledge the Execution of Deeds,
M ,, rtg,ag,cs, Power •', of Attorney; and all-other
ustruinents. Affidavits and other pipers may
sworn to before me. •
Office, opposite the ,\Banking Nixie of D. 43.
Russell A: Cr., a few doors north of the Ward
Couse. Towanda, Pa., Jan, 14;1867.
D. K N P,
'A
Watch Mal;tr and Dealt" in .Gents aid reill!en
Watches Chains and Finger Ringa,CloOts, Jew
elry, Gold l'bna, Spectacles, Silver ware, Plat
ed ware, Hollow ware t . Thimbles. Sewing
chines, and other goods 'belonging to a Jewel
ry Store.
Pertiottlar attention -'paid to .4epairing h. at,
his old place near the'Post Oftleb, Waverly, 'N.
Y. . Dec. 3, 1866,-4f.
J , -
OIIN MORAY, .'"
ARTIST AND
,r:H.9TOGRAF,II,ER.:,
'Viii promptly attend to all business in his line.
'•••••;‘ , .6.11 attention given to Landscape and Were
' o,,st)pie Photography. .Views of Family Peet ,
d , sices, Stores. Public Buildings, .&ttim4s,
'
ete., taken in the best manner. -
Particular attention given to the novel and
v.tutiful stere•cople representation of objects.
Orders received at Wood & Harding's Photos
graphic Art Gallery, Towanda.
Towanda, April 23,1867.-0. •
T" 'UNDERSIGNED' ' HAVE
opened a Banking Mouse in Tdwanda,
, : , •r the name c. G. -P. MASON lc
They ire prepared to draw Billa of Ex.
'bulge, and make oollectimuk in New 'Nit
Phdedelphia, - and all portions of the Un i ted,
`mates.. as also England, Germany, sind_Pranc•;
Loaa money, receive deposit 4 - , and to do a
4e:.eral Banking business.
G. F. Masan was 'one of the late Aim ,of
Laporte, Ala - Pon 1:- Co., of 'Towanda; and
.;ir knowledge of the business men of Bradford
adjolnknf Counties and having been in the
king business for about fifteen years, make'',
house a desirable one; through' Which to
to co Ilections.
• i
n..OI.IIIIABONV
wanda, Out. 1, 1866.
A URGE ASSORTMENT OF VO.
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and
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ves :••• • .;•.* !* •
40045.
W;ffliYtiftm,v,ow - vk
On Main Street,. near the
C. T. BMITEI, Proprietor.
bet. 8. 1888. tr.
AMEAIOAIitt.HOTEL,
T W A Nll PA . ,
rr I .
Having puitaiiiiibutirWkikiemillet 1 on
Bridge Eitzeet, 1 bave(ilfurniatied and refitted
rik rarcOrit,loe let: e
tio of a wbo ' May T Wain me. No pains
be spared to make A p,leaeaat
,May 3, '66.--tr 3: EI:PATTERCSON;Piop.
oafs.
VRIE R
On and after Monday April 29th, 1867,
Trains will leave . Wa*erly. at about the follow
ing hours, viz :
nortro
• 8:12 a. m., Night FaXprets, Mondays- excep
ted. for Rochester Salamanca and
Dubitirk, direct connections with trains
of the Atlantic and-Leat,yirestern,!Lake Shore
and 'Grand Trunk Ra wapiti for ill points West I
also at °Ritliirx 401 ' au4aIRFI •
ir5:42- a. 114 RrpresS, Or
Rochester Buffalo, siks4Drtirkldtan4 the
West, connecting as above;
8:27 a. uk.', Mail Train, Stuidays excepted, for
130Talo and Dunkirk, connecting at Emirs for
Canandaigua. .
2:57 p. m., Emigrant Train, - Dally, for the
3:48 P ' . m. , ElmiraAccoracaothitioit,
,SundaYs
excepted:'- • . . ' ' 1" ' , •.,
5:46 p. in., Day ExpresS, Sundays excepted
for Roc hpter ,Butialci..Salantanua,Dualdrk i atui
the West; Connecta at Elmira for Cananda gna
at Salamanca ' with the I Atlantic -and Great
Western Railway,at finale with. the Lake
Shore and• Grand Railways, for all points
• Wit and-South. , , . 1 , .., • -
s nk
10:33 p:in: • Express - Mall,' Biu4sys' ex
cepted, for Buffalo, Wsmanca and Dunlilrk, con
necting with trains in r the West. . ,
8 00a . Way F ght:Sinidays excepted. -,
r ii
' "Staps at Waverly on Mondays only.
GOpitil INIT.
1:38 a. in., Night Express, , .
Daily; con
' necting at Waymire tar Warwtek,; . and at
New York with
New
traina'and steamers
for Boston and. New Enabled cities.-- - •
• sild a.131-AND. air '& - Preal,alondaYs a -
cepted p connecting A ,OSrego for ,Ithaca • at
Binghamton " , kiettrnseasil !,r; at Greet, ; Bend 'for
Scranton and Philadelphiali-at Lackawaxea for
Hawley, and at G r ayoorirt for Newburg and
Warwick.
8:53 a. in., Binghamton Accommodation, San
days excepted. . I- -. , i
- 12:05 p. m., Day Eiprea, Sundays excepted,
connecting at Binghamton for Byraciase;,at Gt.
Bend for Scrantonrat Lickawaxen for HaWley;
and at Jersey Citji wi;h midnight express'
train of New Jersey. Raihbad - tor 'Philadelphia,
,Baltimore and Washington.
'1:27 p. m., Accommodation train, daily.
6:28.p....m.. New .T. T k and Baltimore Map,
Sundays . excepted. • ' • -
8:25 p m., Lightning Express. Ehindays ex
; epted,.connecting at Jersey, City with morning
express train of New - Jersey Railroad for Bahl
mpre and Washington,. and at New York with
morning; express tram/ for ' lkieitoti and .the
corning,
I '' _ •
4.25 p. in. Way Preight; Sundays excepted.'
WE. L BAlta t _ H. RIDDLE
GenTl-Pass ,
"Ag't, New-York. Gen'l.,l36pl,
ERIE
.L RAIL ROAD.--This great 4ine traverses
the Northern an Nor west, comitleaot Pennsyl
vania to the city or Pie; On Lalte' Erie.
It has been leased by th i s Pennsylvania Rai/
Rom , Company, as 1a Is %Wilted by theint.'',,';
Time bf Palisenker trains at Williamsport :
LIGAI7I; EASTWARD.
Erie Mnal Train 1 - 10.10 P.
Erie Express Train 4.25, A. 11,
Elmira Mail Trainl Bl5. A. AL, ,
Locit.liaven PAL:L
LRAV 111111TWARD.
Erie Mail Train 4130, A. M.
Erie ExpresiTrai4L: . 845, P . M.
Elmira Mail Traia,. .........6:65 P.Y .
Lock Haven Accommo4aticin..lo.3o A. M.
Passenger cars reit through without charge
bothways between Philadelphia and Erie.
• New-Yoik
Leave New-York'.ii:ol4 'A. X.. arrive at Erie
10.00, A.m. Lealie,New.Yorks:oo,p.x.. arrive at
Eries,i,at 4:06 pl. pi.l Leslie 'Me sit 6:00 O. at.
arriveal New' , if ark. , ll:lr, -Leave Erie-at
10:25 a. in., arriv e at New York:10:10 a. in.
No change of Cats behbeen Erie and New
York.
Elegant Sleeping Cars on all Night Trains.
For information respecting Passenger busi
ness apply at Corner 30th and Market streets,
Phil'a. , •
And for Freight hnsiness of .the Company's
Agents ;S. B. Kingston, ,Jr., Corner 13th and
Market streets, Philadelphia; J. W. Reynolds,
Erie; Win. Brown, 4gent N. C.a. B. Baltimore.
H. H. HOUSTON; Oen'l Freight Agt. Phil's.
H. W. GWINNER, Gang Ticket Agt. Phil's.'
A. L. TYLER, Manner. We.
RE K AI R I E l I NI N IrIa
T ll.. Cl A A.El prii - 8 1 8 U 6 ?!1.
GREAT Timmm
Lr
Hoare-weal - for Phili delphia,Ne T w liz -Yo N rr,e l adin;
Pottsville, ;amps, Ashland, Lebarien,.Allen
town, Eaton - , &c. &A. i 1
Trains kari liffinig,for New-York; asst'
'lows: At 3.00, B.lo,and 945 s. in,
similar , Trans , o
the Pennsylvania Rail Road ; and arriving a
New-York at 5.00 and 10.10 a. in., andA,4o an
5.20 and 10.15 p. m: Sleeping Cars' &Kemp
nying the 5.00 a. ta., and 9.00 p. in., Trains
without change.
Leave - Harrisbnig feetileading, Pottwillie
,Tamaqua, - 2finersville, Ashland, Pine Grove
Allentown and Philadelphia,at 8.101. in., an
2.10 and 4.10-. R. toppin g At itncon an
all Way Stations; ; :e 4:10 p. nt. making
close connection tor Philadelphia and Columbia
For Pottsville, Hetinyikill Haven add Auburn',
via Rchuyikill and'Busquehanna Rail Road,leave
/Harrisburg at 3.20 p. M. ,
Returning : Leave New-York at 9.00 a. m.,
12 noon 5.00 and 8.00 p. in.; Philadelphia at
8.15 a. ,m, and 340 p. ITI4. Wayrpasaanger
Trtiht leaves Philadclphla at 7.301 a. in.',' return
ing from Reading lit 6.30 p. m}, stopping at
all stations ' • Pottivi ll e. at .8.45 a.m. and 2.46
p_: m.; Ashland at 6.00 andll.3o a.m., 1.05 p. in
Tamaqua at 9.45 a. tn., and 1.00 and 8.65 p. m.
Leave Pottsvi ll e fo r Harrisburg, via Schnyf
kill and Susqueluinna Rail RoadJ at gra. in.
Reading accommodation Train : ales-Read
ing as, 7.30 a. in retandng , . Rem eVhia
Tna
at 5410 p.m.. . - •,- z . .. , . 1 .
Pottstoiri. 4.94im6datton • ; laves
Pottawwp at 6.20 iwnt.,Teturning.leaces Phil
adelphia at 8.50 if. in: - ." . - " I
? Columbia Bai l Ileitis leave Reading at
1,60 a. zu. and 6.16 ip. m. for .E744sta, Win , '
Lancaster, Columbia, Ac. . J
l On Sundays : Leave New York at 0.00 p. m . ,
Philadelphia 8.00 clui. *A 336 fin: theaB,oo
al - . in., train amain ontV to Huang. Pottsvi ll e
8,00 a. In. H g 9. 7 35 a. m. -and
at 1.20 a 507.20 tn.. for - Harrlabiitgima i r i ft
1
.4, m.'foiNew orlf, and 4-25 p. m.', for ,Plilla
delphin. ! , . ,
ICOunnufaukut;44lk/ulO, Ekstoniiikh ool.6ls4 ,
Eactiriion Nicety &an item all points, at re
#eed fie,. - -..•-• z - ,E:
i Baggage checked - tiunifghi li p o e : h tutZ al.
Owed each Pamtglie , - . 134• 7 A - 41.41 14.11, " . 1 '
t General Bo , ~,:••
;Raiding, Pa., April 8.1887. - i''
,- -- ,• • - r ruttourr.. , ,- -
0. OF ,O.F.T-BDADFORD
li. LODGE
• No. 167, I. 0. of 0, ~7neete at Odd pd.
loin Hall, rrery Hominy vregipg from tlicerat
lipndior tali/loth* oaday itrOctotat
p. m., from October to April at 6* p.
t ' t J. S. CASEY, Seo'y:
. pre 23, 186 f. ,
MPORTOT
P TO D 'MEN.
T bd ßErlt
L
strit,sna =tic conmeri).
so Ta. • •
tter, you nrerjos th, et, pri
Yqur drMns 'tune tat win fre•
mitring the :head. 11 it, andV
need sio
'Math over your butter. when the 'Atkin Is Allot,
slid it requires no attention while,in•Alit
fend your orders to Dunbar Ilea •• • k
Bradt is r u rnty, PagnV i t it hr
tar Cite Maar:foto tt
29, 17. * • -
FIST
the grist-mill, knoini as the Hale KM, sit
oatefirWAllN MOP og TO
stoat two miminota of Towlines
*a this inothod notiqing MI old friends
joy locathekil.anallf#1 10
pear frieniis Irons oy M y r iz o
liti t tnrk, •0434.0.64.
Icittiwt ."
• .
-r
P r 2 . S P M 6 j.*..L lit`,,a4nl
tlvighuttlod*
Pea mas Bzemorza.'
j HEART NAThloMis.
They tell me earth is banditti], .
That, Wee MS bristit• and fair;
Aliti‘ 6 4# sii t(* art i
the a t9l_, )T
roat thithigh libi= six; -
'That life, end light, and gladness,
Are spread o'er land and sea;
That each one has his heart shrine,
But 'Us not so for me.
•
The earth is . wrapped in sable,
• The skies are murky daik,
The waves and winds contending
To drown my little barque'.
ntat ll .4 o TD 4 11 / 11 4141#457.
` 'the !Alta foafn an'et6 eft . ; •
find one bright heart token, '
The onoss is raised for me.
iforiroetm, April, 1867;
lordistwouo.
" MAKING IN ItIEW YORK.
There is something peculiar in the
cultkre of .the gpipc for Lthe,purpose
if *fie inaneactdre: Narking ton-
lions of soil, of climate and expo
sure are demanded, which very few
• ctions of our country answer.—
These conditions may exist perfectly
in a certain
.circumscribed locality ;
while in. another; iiiinediately adja
cent, they are not found at all. In.
the region along the Ohio river—
'. eretofore famous as the vineyard of
the United States—it has been found
that4requent and heavy frosta,ro-'
, ilea *mildew,' which 'is lighly Wu
ifavorable to cultivation of the grape
for :chanipagtin purp4es.3k,Thus, at.
Sillery i -in France, the low and mar
hydultriestaiield\an inferior quality;
fruit, while at VeFzenay, in the
lima..atondissement, and only:a.lit",
e whys distint,lhe grapes ere pro
duced Ittiolt enter into\ tbe wanufsb-
Lure of the best wine known in .ni-
MOM, \ ; ,;. .; ~, k, ;', ::" c.!• t \ s i , N
About twelve years ago, the ex-
PeT*lnk•walls fi rst lktiieltrfilf-AtilthroF
ling vineyards along -the rich chalk
lands of the PleasatitYalloValejdzig
down to the waters Of Croo k ed 'Lake.
in Yates and . Steuben counties, In
ibis State. It has proved a splendid
enemas.' An enterprise which origi
nally extended over a few acres-on
ly, luis been. - ,so, enlarged 7as to' ems
brood at illelpresint time more thart
iiix thousand acres—while the terri-
1 ry thus employed is constantly in
ceasing. Ten years agp, wine was
thadckbY 4 1 84heStaT4rAkeisiNk.4Ktift
very small quantities.,_ Now, there
are, three companies with large Capi
tal engaged in the manufacture; and .
their annual - prodoct foots up had
dreds of thousands of. botsles,uf 'az
rions brands.
The scene presented bs' , the region
devoted to grape culture, is particu
larly beatitiful. ,No finer landeciipe
is to be met with in the United States,
than that of Pleasant Valley. Its
ohores a4ise by , gentle, accliyities,
preaditing(ntirfaotiGi•At mile! 94
green, covered by pleasant hills, and
interspersed witit:several. varieties
of trees • Ein,d shrubbery ; among
winch the mule, the elm WA the Oak
predominate. Instead of the usual
peculiarities of, agricultrust sections
—grain, potatoes, corn—it is' almost
entirely: deiroled to the .culture !of
grape vines, which ire shown in un
broken sections,'" along 14; section
miles in extent. ~This: is, the_tifiexly
universatelement -of intinstikiiii the
neighborhood—and a most profitable
one it has proved. lands
r which in
1850 would have been _thought ;dear
at thirty to 61'4? &Mari an acrii,now
command seven or eight hundreil,,anci.
are . rapidly rising in value:
There are three incorporated oqin
patties in this section, devoted to
wine! manufacture. The: loldest'And
most extensive is the " Pleasant Val
ley Oompany,". which has its works
and cellars at Hammond's Port, in
Stebbensounty, at' a ileasantllelii
distiint some three miles from the
Lake. The " Urbana Company" has
been in existence during, a briefer
period, but has - already, niider'ellei=
eat'.superintendence; succeeded in
producing one of the best brands of
wine in the market 7 -the "ImpeFiCat7
which is clear, strong'" and fruity,
without much of that pop and froth
which are so-popular with uneducip
teddrinkets i but ,with, ,s spark's,
*MA centinueir fiometizinis fOrtilf
or three-quarters of an hoar after the
bottle has been ruicorkid. -," i
110.9FIress ,of chipapagne =Pt'
fi t ottre-is' die' 'of the %mod tedioris
and delicate that can be conceived.
So many circumstalic'et are to be
taken into, comideration, so E wan ••
difficultielfire to be met Lind avoid
ed; so much labor of .4ifferent sup
is to be performed; that' Ilie ben vi
vent, who smacks ,his his. ; ,.over gas
delectable 'biiverne; can hardly lai
n* at what inUite pains the con
„tributiori to f hls palate' his b e en,er,
feeted. It is a creditable,: factiViiti
notwithstanding all' 1 thesefObstaclifi; ' 1
our Amerip_an, mapul#Fershaysi
already', during • the few - yeari gin&
the business was first , commenced in
this o country, succeeded in producing
so art i c l e iwhichiviurpfatacictipvor
ably with the best 'braids ithported
tOnt the , etkam.Pe4CVL ...--.041ide:4 et
`l ance ' . -
NFs - Istirk-Auring 6 brief insElef,i;
tiOn el the works .. off' -they - 41 Pleagant
Valktyratripraoye,l lit' , ffalaiiii6i#6
lltat,/a4 Waellr;-7,atetingl) , :linp - -
ark — alt hor %lmi.*.lllolol4tainii3l,i,
. .
to attatOmthemoin.
- - - 4 4V4 1 #44* - -... 1 4 -IMt r i.o4-
4 r.” of . Ail eateoo6.6 tg...Fe
h , ta fliffilatftif partial -111 filtn
Oml
- ~ ,,.
arrangediTentsiizeniaw • • 101)
ion &able the amount
,within the
nett two orethreilearis: - .'/ Iml '
I The efelleP efritielf.3 l ..WrteK
neker ip
' . veil: the grapes are carefully
i " ka# --inferiorSelo l / 4 4fryiji
I ' iriitittilOit.thiitE
. , • .... - - - - -- -
i - -• ,
.I.tr t•-•fi!!£/..,,,11',': 1
14'6
msdbtilia. 00'n 'kintiir ow:nose ANT - 4410A1/111:1 tv,
TOWANDA, BRALWO 813NTYAPA UGUST 1 . 1867
•-•- -
~ AiLtp .“...... . _
ough inspection: „ The 9;440 re.
(infra "it thhilittdrit tritylie Untie:int
when it is 04444 „ttiAtos, introdue
ton of any' foreign ; - etiffaitince—aa
ft: 4 . lo 4 4 l lolJ'lle3gtonigii_SV.b.fiArl—.•
Might ruin the " must" for hundreds
of gallons of., vine: ~ : ii.ftetr Ai soil
;tient qiientity has been aceumulatedi,
'the fruit is suhjeded ltd!iliTiressure
for the purpotie of removing the juice.
The first prestnirtilieettieslhe body
fore heat ,•grades ..,pt sparkling
wiiief 'Wet' Seennit yields - ''aninferitar t '
quality,„wl,the third „the fermented
liqtiorktioWnia'atiiti I , '.•i z ~/,,,,--,
guiy.,
,beip,g efpree: 'IA ihtces'
are Sarrelek and' suffered 'te, dert'
go fermentatien',at • various
,pf t'etiiheratare for'h eonaidistratile r ,
riod, before being drawn off. The
Prolluats,of-ortetal itariettes et .grape
are then mixed,to produce that com
bination of : quialitiea which isesseni ,
tial to thermannfacttire o ni ssiiirkliiig'
wine/B. f NinliilMitiing
.=:e,o leto,,tliio,
fluid Is 'tuition' Off into :, Ogshetids,
where it is „ permitted,:to -, relnsio for,
about fifteeiir eighteen days,"when
the fermentation ,lias, changed - at out
one-half its sugar into alcphol. , It is
into . 'the , ce below, - .
t lare
then sent ',..
Where ikremains for Bey 41 Weeks,',
and at the end 4f:that.: Ina, being,
dosed . with syrup, rem, ved to &',
warmer cellar, end ;permitted again
to be undisturbed until the period ar-,
rives foil bottling.' ' "_. ' '1 'r - '''
The bottles into
,which the liquid
is now drawn; are the same as these
in which it appears- in the market.
They are manufactured in' France,
and must be :very . strong to resist
the pressure of the gaS, which is
sometimes as,- great as five 'hundred
pounds .to the eqeare, bleb. A great
;deal of loos is . ' nedesearily incurred
rit.
by reakake.
~ During our visit, 'a
yonn gentleman of the party was,
ca ing a, bottle kilt •
,a lady .friend,
when under' the fllfluOn6e * Pf . 'Abe'
_Warm atmosphere, it exploded with
!tremendous force, covering himself
and his companion _with the prema-
L.turely-released • beverage. Such ao
*dents do noVpftetr 'happen' outside
.ihe.eellars, and when fermentation 1
is co .. a lete„ , : - But' in the - callarsi.,.,_a
lpercen ~ :e of six to . eight peel ent
of loss is ans sustained, . .., • . .. . ,
After the l?ottlee have been nearl
filled; :.,they'l,nr.eillieedi ,in *; rows. .1
shelves, about six feefhigli i in whi•
holes have ; heenmade,.. Intoi,these
jthe bottlea - are liitiodtt&id, seas to
hold • them , in s , diagonalasitton t
' neck dowrimud. ...The, ohjeeket 'this
is to permit , the : peiiipile,o,., vfhich,ren
Inatnoilnilie'ciine;', Ao;ainh . :doivn to
theneck.:- To faeilifite''Alii,wor*".
ro o ll.4klyoPPrOacktheelielveti; and
taking each hottleinhand e fgive its
1 slight'and- redid* :rotatory...metien r
ilDuring,several, days, this continues,
.'iintifereil bottle / has lieen i handled
more than %hundred times. %.:- •
In preparing the wine for market,
the bottles arelitken from, tha, slielvea
by a workman, who holds them, with
the neck downward, . over , a. hooded ,
receptacle, removes the, temporarY
.cork, 'and'' with- a 'finger' partly' over
'the mgdh, suffers the froth and sedi
ment to escape—the amount thus dis
eharged : generally being ',Omit. a
tablespoonful. The cork is then
gitickly ,,, replaeed,' . `and' . 'the ',bottle
transferred to iiitither - workmen, by
whomit is' charged, froth "a 'machine
with a given,_ amount of candied
sugar, which hi introduce& not mere
ly ta:;,,aeweeten tile wine, lid to Pre-,
duce the; ,carbeiiio ,:acid i ce . ,, that
,giiealtlife and . pingency., ] , :i4 third,:
workman receives the bottle; l re
moves the : , temporary -eork,, find
places it, under *
an appal - atlas , by,
e.
Which Srk , about -twice, large:
.as the mouth of the bottletis 'cod.
iressed and driven , int), it ;', w.hile.a.,
fourth; fir another machine, : *nip'',
the top of the cork into a t Pund ,
shape, 'and fastens it with - ,clainps
Which , catch around the rim of the
neck, and hold it firmly: The', subee.'
qnent operations of - wiring, ceverin,_
and , labeling !are ;done. by hand.,; - The.-
wine ie ready for market in
'syrup three or lour weeks -aterthe
has. been introduced. .. .. • ',, : i
,It is a mistake teenppese that the
best wines are - those which Oop and
fizz most loudly., ~This_ exploaive pe
culiarity can
h e
_produced,* intro
,dticing edger, le di\ extent i ntuited-
Only by thexesisting impaci ty. of ; the
bottles.. Some tilanufacttiferii; use it
to diegn . ipp , poor.,,winark, which ;r: !rhea
opened, d, and. learn, wit&-remarks-,
ble denionsfratiOn,Overfkliithe glass.
for:gome Seconds,. , and ;lies peilectly
dead :tind"lliit:' .- gE: tieigittid n iiii4k,
b a g the true body and bouquet, does
,npt exhibit, Ulm" zipeculrarifietr( . . It
maY. even , retrife-an: 0 .ff:9#1 ,3 -WO'
draw' the' eorle."litit . When ,it has
been pOured out, theeryital globuips'
will continue ta9# l4 Wudifr.o./}tliek+'
ix* of the gifies,eotnetimes for near
lyilin hour... : -,,.:- , ~.: 'M" A
Mr. Muaeon,..the Superintendent. of
thellikaniOndte Port wOrke; and Mr:
Baker, Suptaintendent of , thagrbana
works, are both natives of the Chaco
aew 41Wride sACFrincei tend -be
nme perfectly 'familiar with the
manufacture in that , country. We
are indebted to them and, Mr phonw,
the.PleSeant Vila's)!
ComPanY, ~for,..abnadaut
butspectic:n and information.
The, best iiPirklinif imifiniui•Oidticed
in:the Crooked Lake region,
,are not
#ey eCto tie 'Sale - 0
.Mansintan; ;kid - • b e y the most
finfoifs
LROedertu%4lol , 9l l % 14 At, fikimr
ondlf Port ; tve sated 'a* variety
I 10 49 *PLOW DADA grape ' , gmb' .
Itu pe . onliatlrriobio mustrtlivoi,
il 6 OPli ka . t l 4 4 -Pf #lO buncteleinot
Wegirif, :Tigreenny. ,,
''
PreljotinP 0t
,
, et mpenai lugh raps*
yrigh and fruirand bese!not
nnairttible" hAith
"Green Seal" of the " eeuletlrlr'
1881. ; o 2 45-iitt,- ip
4113 , - nj 1 . 44 7 '441 att.44: Lft
- IPAY4 YornPanY
• , year 85 OWNS
tlee'br aparklini wise, , a the, "Ili:
44ma. Von Dane a litttle magi. thin
60,000. ';-•-This is le :addition ‘ tot the
stilt *Au* the' oWeiei :imi ; thiii lirs*
diee'preduced, 'which will aggr.
,egate
nestlyilta ant 'quite - s I, ma*: Thi
" Or.cokatlake,(kimpluiy", is of more
,recent.umanizatien; and we: did 'not
earnt4otlitisticai• . - t..t.,1-t•ls- .-,, ' •
:It Will •"be >interesting7.to inquire
bow much 'the' CultiiViont of _ the
.grape and, minufecturn- rot wine in
Una /country!! are:, Idestined ;to !do
tti:mard slPPlying - the t:deniaid for
ihtpxicafink . and,.iliminishiis
the consume ioii of alcoholic liquors.
4.tpresent, ,' drawback is in the
considurahle cnitraboat #0 a case.
(But_tat the; extent of lands I •appropri
rmla
lotted to ',vineyards, is UM , ' and
;the ilimilier " oVinanafactureis , •tie
comes iveater, the price Must pea
sadly-be'. reduced at least one ;
aid. therms bottle, of t pure champ gne
wilt be alWisys Withm the reach of a
mim . of Moder& :-means: ,1 1 ,r''
. . ,
~
Trass.—lf , th re ar e ! he r r ing na
tures thtit wistfUlly ask, with • e pty
handii, what weimay with our- r-_.
+
ty &it° embellish the earth, to t m
I Say, when a ll the works of Maxi are
ended, he hail not - approached the in
expressible beauty of GOd'i architeo ,
tare. Thoseitately elms, that , teach
uS,Overt winter how ' meekly to lay
our glories by,and receive the reverse
of inevitable misfortune,Snd that soon
Willjeitelkis to look forth 1 out of all
niisfoitunee, 1 -and clothe 'ourselves
afresh aftecOvery winter, *hat have
y; thatlinay e,ciMpare;with Ili* ? The
c thedrals Of the world are not traced
as*these,,noXiso adorned, nor so full
in
of comuniaii, , nor have they pliant
boughs on which,with humble might,
they.swing' the peadeful singing bird
and from whose swaying,. night and
day, there is music in the air for them
that know the sound. ' _;Of all man's:
works of art: a cathedral }U3 1 greatest.
A tree is greater than that. - Of all
man's instruments of souud;au organ;
uttering its mazy harmonies through
the soMbre arches 9f the! reverend
pile, is the grandest:; batlithe sound
of summer in the forest!' IS grander.
thW # l 4ti And if sve . Wander out
from the arid: city till we come. to
these crowned monarchs 'of the fields,
ye :need , not " - be. ashamed lei stand
with lifted handii, and - •bleis our God
for,agif.t, of beauty greater than any
man bitildri: It is here thit every
one m s yyield. to life some pmbellish
went. -To the home of your youth
you may return with. gathered wealth,
In replant , it
,With ilowerii. 1 : Your na
liv* villae you May emboridim in well
selenked , forests. The ftra.teler may,
In another generation, jonruciy along
your roads,oVerarched with elms or
shinled . tiiith'stately oak*, j , Your vil
lagert rnaysgrOw lovely in a thousand
featti tiouniciiitin. very yard
and: karden may •be apitradise ..21relt-'
. ,
, •
ry Ward Beecher. 1 1
•
VITTILSTE ; OUR ..PRILDREti'iII `1k603111...
,-MOSfr,' parents. before retiring', to
rest, make it a duty, to visit the sleep
ing room of their children 4 They do
so in. order .to ,be pitisfied -. that no
dangeris threatening the little ones.
But,if 6'o. leave the_ itioom with
closed windows and doors,! , they Shut
in as'great an enemy ulfire, altho'
its ravages may, 'pot be ,so . readily
detected. ' 'F'olson'is there;rand 'dead
ly. t Morning after morning do many
children awake, weary, fretful and
oppressed. " What can it be ?" the
mother cries. In despair She , has re
course to medicine. , he constitution
becomes enfeebled, and theichild gets
worse. , The, canse,:rierharie,- ii, never
titieed to:overcrowded sleeping room
without proper air, but itl is ne7er
theless- the right orni' , An iiiitelligent
•mother having acquainted herself'
with the principles , of Ventilation,
will 'not retire to her own room for
the. night wlthout 'having provided
sufficreneiof air for hei children, in
the same manner that she provides
:and regulates. their night covering,
or any Other requisite for j udiciously *lumber. „ , Sometimes by '
lowering - a wiridtm, and at other
times by leaving a door t ope; this
end ', mart.% attained.. ; . 4 . t many
houses the!diy , and: night nurseries
ccimnirmioate: When this ts the'case
the Window of the farther room sho'd
be lei .open:' Even in severe wealh
e.7r, ng Children can bear, this' ar
range ent If they' skis riot expesed
to a direct 'draught. '
tni Vilma: 6 Athhisov.-Llt is the
result of every , day'sexperience, that
* st4dy, attention OA:cotter's or detail
.lies , at the root of human progress,
and dilignice -aixTe'all, iii.the moth . .
'er of good luck.' h f .ccura4 ls_al‘
, fninch importance,. _and an invaria
, le mark of good trainin g -!- a ccuracy
it speech, 440ouraoy in the .transaction,
of !affairs— What is donti is business-;
'lust be Well donei for it.is better. to
accomplish a 'perfectly a amall amount,
of work, -thait—half do ten tithes - as •
11114:i.: d'iefie. - ' , him used'te ,say;or .
'f Stay n - littlif that we unit make an
end•'seoner.'' . 'iroOlittl rittentibn,
hofeifer,is . ioad to, this h ghlii.inpor-• I
lard quality of iseentacy. „As a man,
'eminent in practical' sci "bee, ' lately
sobierved : "Itienstoniat4g how few
people I have . met in the course of
my •e•Speiiunoe:wki:Cfsn d*it_fSo'
jfeciratelk: ' Yei rib - ilium AFS ire,
' it is the ninupei, injst i iptii small mat.
C 4e die iiikeiqdteor- thatsi3tieti- decide
en for or against you. j With vir
tau, capacity and good conduct in
~914elltit i likictd,"thitistrinikWlidtis &eV,:
ituallyinaccurate cannot be trusted,
1. , iti tfOrV lont tOlie - 40 .411*, Aign;
1414 he.dhua,,osusesF.,endless,4nnoy
-I,ollOporeplionand..trotiblOP-_: • • .. ''
, .
Tipw i ..,,,:.,„ , ,ppidoni-, in the,
**g i g:: A 1 ',, , .. , • listilit fad Ms
lan' ~" :#4 l4 iiii i•W i'ilited it before
It • ' - :=lond ,it , lxifire . it was
I% ' • 113111 • so much NiFluultarst
~,, lolgstitsui, ontitinUkedliika, wife NM.
Ali OLD-IV:CUED -11WEILLTtqw
! . -ataiittaif is iiir, 'Omit. ' ''
..;_. • , , ---. ~. 1 .,•. , :.,„:_-_, -,
~
..,..r.1.: I. 17 1, . •
' ham: ( 4 ' 'pimp or, Fiveautd,
Twenty:Tear& 0P WO'Jake the fig"
lowing admire)) e paaturo,of; a.,Sn,n;
daY in *Colin ' : ' '::' ', ' ' .
' liiihe the
thee, iehe*titenlim
Bots up'and loolts fir it the:east
we, not far .from . 44 o'clock of a
Sunday , Inon4g, -On) g00( 1 farm et :
folk bestir themselves right early; - --, 7
'ln placoof
. setting the pitcher in the .
dingy area 'fiw,*3'. milk-and-water
man, they turn out 'to , fill their 'own
frothy . pails , as soon; - (*delta' y, as
sunrise, and kV off the dPwY4I 3 94. -
cd eciws toPast e again. The ch -
. drsit 'are all broil& up to'the kitch-'
en sink and scrubbed• and rubbed till
they take on a shine, like new furni
ture. Pretty soon-old aunts slip out
into the garden.and..snap nff osprig
or two- of lilac bloasoms frotn the
bash close by the gate, whit% they :
stiek-, into : broken-nosed' pitchers
shout the mantels and. hearth. The
farmers themselves, in snowyshirt
eleeves, are everywhere : about, the
barns, greasing inn their wagon-
Wheels, tinkering at the harness, and
indulging in aeneral- fuss of pre
paration for the hour of meeting.
Breakfast being , done and tho,chil-:
dren haying.taken off , their long at..,
'tires, a tedious Spell—to them—irt
tervened till chdrch tithe. Where
the family' is a pious and well-order
ed one, the. restless. young folks are,
'seated around .the room in a silent
circle, generally with a Testament
in their hands, and there they keep
'them fast, sitting stiffly, primly and
uncomfortably, until , the hour comes
laggingly, around. No matter. if a
golded winged humble-bee does .in
at the open window, or a lady' batter--
fly shakes the Yellow
. dust from ' the
velvet of her gorgeous cloak, 'just
over the window sill ;_ or a, - bird
cornea and sings on a low bough hitt&
by, to let the boys feel how unspeak
ably joyous out-door liberty must be.
of a Sunday morning ; there must
they all sit' in 'a row," with facelas
rigid as the copies of Miles Stand
ish's; and , spirits crowded:,back into
the . pit . of youthful despair, till the'
old Clock in, the yout hful
ringOout tin,
and perhaps a little" while after;-
: After thenountry wagons begin to
stir the: dust on =the .roads, they - de
not stop to let it settle-again.. One
family party close' beldhd another ;
a white horse pulling Up 'behind'a
red one, and 'a lean beasechasing up
after.a: pot-bellied One . i a` loitering
line, of , sturdy young fellows, honest
and lusty, , whose necks and \hands
have been tanning all the - 'week in .
the hot Cornflelde ; now two maiden =
ly women in bonnets to match their
years=now a hobbling old mart whip
is not able' to keep a horse,' turning\
about alt the while to let the tvagonto
pass , him,.i _girls crowded in on
,the
back . seats' Attie cost of - much Of
the ' starch" in their Sunday attire - ;
these are the_sights that 'give knew
face, on "that day, to the landscape'.
Yo s ee. nothing like it near, the clip.
.iosyou would hardly , think that
e N,,,,
se a picture could be sketched
from ife anywhere. '
Alm at every country meeting
house lw\a plat of green graktabe-.
{ore and ardund it; and, occasionally,
a few. trees, 'Cld elms, or vigorous
growing maples. Commonly, too;'a
sign-post—the ,inmost - for knots of
men, , before , sti-vices\open., , , 'Within,
, '
theron they " attentively\study the
probate, town, and socieWa proola
. \
mations. ' '
It is painfully clear that no y
feels iat his ease in his, Sunday clo ;.
es ; f at
efforts to appear so only
make thafact more apparent. This
one is in a ' sorry state of doubt the
best place for his . hands; and you
geese he. wishes she could 'have left
theni at home.That_ first ' one and
then the other-thrusts itself about in
every, conceivable I position of emir
wathneee and unrest, as, if they were
in conspiracy to play him. false and
let him down. Another betrays a
slight, personal acquaintance with the_
hat he wears that day, ,continually
tipping it - back and 'pulling_it for
ward upon his head. ,Still
.another
ghes 'around 'Offering
,-..,hW hind to' et , -
altiody, as if he thbirgt.thein mast
he sortie, Inagic in the town's palm's.
The uneasiest and unhappiest Of all'
laughs; when he catches any one elie
laughing; though he can gigs no skirt
of reason , why he should.. If: Coe of
tho other sea chances :to paps:him.on
her way in, he heights, b,.throwing a
glance at, her o uneakitddy; and ends
with a eqUare,and. courageous turri
about ,studying .the' motionsiof her
shoes till they take her up the - etepa
,and out o f. his eight - :.! . ,
C 4 . gs,Gimnuz....--Ben. W.,:served
in 'the Revolutionary War, and ,had,
been in .the habit of repe,ating his_
long - and to ugh yarns so often that it
laSt he . &any - believed them hiMeelf. 1
,12.100u1d give iiipeisonai;ineedete
:ittiont every battle *of the 'War, in - 1
*thiohlehimself 'always figured as . '
*hero:
. On s being askeir: if he' . *VaS
in the. battle of, lifon,fiontki.lie.....
,plieirt --- , _.: 1 , : , : ..-7. - „ ~
- -- ." .I . guess . ; Evian.. I- haill:mlright i
liaiid pocket full, of, powder, , my left
band pocket fUll of bullets, and J, had
14thei's`14041=1MitelediAttegun
seven, feet' lone 7-I put in A. handful
of :bullets, and every . ' bane I let her
Or. I-lmocked -doww. Oil Britkih.444
fifty:at a . time -I :. General 7.:Washlig
tot rode pp, to.me,AnkSikid;'_93eu do
444. I ye:4'6lol4_ them - . to o-badl'-.. ,
I.touehedi my hat at, the 4 Getetal 1
--4 as ,ca4di. • Wall, 13enoral d lot sag
• - - ' -
co+lik Cease firing T . but I: thirdr:'l,
bught*) kil:a",fo*lll9o44olo`liecn*:
_.grail With that the Geeer.e. l -9ToPt
'''' Toni- Idwit 06,- sok' fl*oarlot Ito'
aria around ; j imp, exclaimed ~ ' lei!.
rba't ball me Genervelainelifeo4o1 2
, 1 •..- , . ' 2 . 1. ", 'ci
.• , ,
lor • "JAW'
ju!mwk ,4 (l 43. ,
J.t4.77; (4 (4. .
n
LISWX dist rated
oeit' 'Able fit Ittith" Mira'
se*allY; asitiltotiot4eiy, 1114
anytentti particular , thoalitcrw 1t is
rare: Pbeeei PrAfr a tbauo,,tur l q se. thoc
P ai r,4lo e - b 'f i ll I' l 4' a l
lane. l 4 .1;
4 WI 1,
Aeaddink *hi iei
called a bat in Virghde and Jo Reef
the BoxitimnuiStietes t but to - the Gila,
ward;thename iegcnerally., rcO r eiveti
is the. Night Hawk. ,The present'spe
cies must 'net be Conflimidel with the
Whipopoor-wilt—it btrd,jthlit ittecnee
what resemble+, •butdwhickie alto
gether different , bird.
Tye
name, of thepresent upeOies iq
a.misnomer. - It is: o ft en seen alproail
in kr - At sunlight,' and "every f after
noon in slimmer keen be`seen
sunset:: On dont: days it is abroad
all day. As soon as the, twilight be
gins to deepen into, night. it retiteste
vest as regularly as any.otherlAiurn
al bird, the only differenoxiin the case
of this species` being that, it retiree a
little later. A
The male bird of this species pre"
ducesk very peculiar noise. lite flies
very high up in the air, and then sud
denly turning, he precipitates him
self very rapidly, expanding 'his
mouth as he does so. Now thiss° ,
tion produce:4 a very , pecnßat
ing sound, like that, produced VI
blowing in the bung of an empty
cask. • The 'female never produces
this Bownd, ittunge to 'relate. Both
the male and thefemale have a hoarse
note, which can be heard et a consid•
erable distance. ,
The flight o'• the Night
_Hsu* is
:very powerful and -rapidoind they
possess all the grace' and ease while :
on, the wing , that are 41:03,attribufea of
Swallows. ,
TeWardikhe last week iii,Aprilike
Night Hawk arrives in Pentsyliania
.from the south ; and, ittakes its de:
part= from Pennsylvania about the
'middle of ' SePleinbei. Of', course
they 'Move South 'from - those' States
north of Pennsylvania much sooner. •
' The, food of this species consists of
various smaltinsectu-lhat abound,in
the ,air. Of these it consumes an ink=
menfe quantity. etates`tlia t
tha
he shOt some of Ahead birds -during
the Month' of Auguit; and 'found their
stomachs tct be, crammed. with. criek
-03, , I • )- '•-• r • -
The Might Hawk breeds during the
last' two weeks' Of 'May and the!first*
two ofiStme. We haveloimalwo of
their nests ourselsva, one flu June 11,
1863, land one on May 20;
Both Jif the preceding nests, were.
iburid p Chester Co,' Penn. Another'
egg in 'bur "collecti on`' was Kind on
May 19,- 8866, in Widoonsin.' Two
others m.our.collection, from fleeter
Co., P 311 ! 1 _9 wPrO:,t-f Ol /0 PY luh-and
we, i nre nuable, give . , tho A ide ,of their,
calletron.''•Three Other,eggs our
'Cabinet; from lowa, shoWno material,
variation. , ',I ;
In \ ; the • two instances spoken of
above,j in which we,
,found,the eggs
of thisierd, no preparation had been
Made for thniggs' ; in one instance
they were laid on where"'stump of a
trees-14W ,inches from the -ground,'
and in the other'right on , thelocks,
a atone quarry, Is both . , case'. the
number o f f ecrgs was two., Thin is
the' - regular nuMber that` the - bird
lays, • :and we have never heard of i
more: , The color of . the egg is of a
dirty whitish or . yell - ow l ground, coy
eied thickly with markings of a light
elate color-and a Yellowish' brown.—
The markings , vary is size' and, Anon=
tity in different sPeciinens: l lAlso the
ground color varies. ,On an average,-
the ':.eggs of this - bird :measure from
1.23 tcrl.2s 'inehes in length,and .82
to' .85 inches in breadth.'
The female bird' will it on her eggs
until the intruder is within-alesi feet
of her, and she wiii-then flutter along
the', gro,nrA \ as if wounded, and: by a
thousand little artifices endeavor to
make yon folloW her tifiWntiedisttirb
her nest:' The Poet Thomson calls
this `..gpious fraad',", It is kept ni
,until .'the , intruder is•eo,me -distance,
'from the • nest; (that . is if lie follows
her,)- and She then ` mounts in the , air
and flee out of night. `Wheirth
young.birds.are hatched they:do, not
resemble Writs in, shape at, All,,and .
they are difficult W distinguish from
the gtOtinit ate , &big.
They ;e 'covered'Si' Over With a
-brownlEih. colored down. have
never heard' of their raising ,Imore .
,-than one urood in i t fletia(SU. ,
NORAIS.
.
A•good storiis -tOld 'ore' eirtaitv
plonel in the lsts.warl, Thecolonel
*rekaid witafijaiagADAHOtsge:coaCh
With several ether psssenliern, when, i
he aCeidentilly ' dropped hie hat'ontH
Side 'the ''edach: Patting ' l lll 'head
.o utof , the-ins& %Widow; he e claim
eit in a eteustorian troice;,,!:o &Het
eet• Pam? I Thaye lostiaythipeall4
The driver paid no ' heed to the 'de.,
mend. Again the bombastic fellow
inthoritively— spalie," Charoteer, ,
pattse.i I.haire. lost ray atutpoA..' 7 7 -
No attention foeing - . .paid by, Ae dFi•
ver'bi'' this list" c o mmand , 'a' Piain,,
blunt' man,thwhe hat becoine'disgust=
- ed ; withi his"' ktlbroyalielonrsilltheas
i-PcoPe'litts ; p t. hieihead ontkeE
the
,Win4Pwo.,a,n4-Asid, !!-D4YeTvhollA
on ; this enntOrnided'foolhas lost his
bats 'Thiti 'siiii 'perfectly' intelligi:
Me to the Ariver, - :eiPletive:and all;
Sad the hat arta wean& ~, • 'l' . ..
4 ‘,NidliTAßUi r Pai !" eiCiabileCt an
ojd bl 4, ' , don't' talk to. me of golf stmt
The beat Negetabla eiret,madcs is an
ama° damphng. • Pot deft oymg amailing
`orthabtomach there% nethintUe
Mit : Foliiit s inly
Igissikailicartsy, /14- krnail tady °Mind
the. kalawing.t9a9t zoinsg Allen of
Agledei: Thou 'atioi"o'br imppoif; one'
anna.thatexased.'!3:ltall.***-611
; ' 4 41' Gamiimita: , yitio - wittelating sif
iht .44-,zatt,,vith inj Chenhaile
from a fall, was hy surgeon if it it.siX
nma• the rieitatine that'heitad berg Mat
r=nlitb, : Aff#4. .t` foams ilia
...,‘
g
-,-...... ..5....,,0._
~. , ila are useetibilitellivr Ibt' l tb#°ail
1 iliddikabilllol4VibOreithat4ooo7T
' I,dai Aifio pulig)ein, ve-, ipyxli,.Abq.,„.ol
..
et part Of which,,App, T o ol ‘ s o r , „
fi.m atiroad Thetimberland akiges
It
~. an,
rt.l
rgt4Wit? faMifrfi: -, -
.., the best., lid it-ilie - -141;''?"
41 L , •i • or: tlreing! Which
.".,. .7 Juslivikat thwsepply Amu-.
. -,. nearly exhausted byruanatt
Geibtaily
I 1. ' '- ri :'.4:ll . 4Tf i klikS tk iimsei t t ,
1,... ..
; . witeig the ,3PegP ,. .
p !Ply direir
:niost flourishing, there , are severef' sl :
mentifitetodesv..tberflargestor -*itch - •
iii et iiiteizOkeptty ther:Raberfitotklmt,a
elth. It :is a. family business witlr.4i
ihelPtliekikt.* IlikkfEffkad9, 44 er- . .
- Wing ,NAP. I .IPPIKeg 1 .% , rtil-A r o' , - , ,'
Ilieixi i andbas been • 'canted on un Jr.,. -
tifivatt6titioablet,tifitionelniita , r-,
renowned. AcittsinitfietoryrAitr\di
bilited.lforg 000 3 0,ttime.:11tiVoncond;
!!lase., and.isPiltheT L.443oAhreuana; i ci:
14a now:been, established near O.
..
tokeetTetelAniiiy.'"Aettii istiib: .
liiihment iiiiiilY 016i/fort is' liduill''''
biAlsiaahinexy, mild* irt,lixmetrueteds-.
'§yartachiniatil rat.Abe.444.Fsory. LwWiciiii
14 Germany pencils are - made 10y2,, x
1 41, 11 ;„ 4 , 1 -,,9%.„ th!, itrapO i °C. : pencils
: ar I,•p,i, b i l l eatlli with •
mill si'siii.' "Onelet - f the tivadeit'''
blips aregrOoved, and fitted to ethei'l
'•pieties ealledmemoractend thenlefir
till - the: lead is. ineerted,....llumbiga.\JA .
is not properly prepared until itlhask.„.x
°K.O.VaIIY ! I ,Pfacalal Of Ptl
c 'o.ll' minin g pre s sin g a , oak= ,
irig. When it comes out of the f ierlid -' '
mill,
.it t goes into large -tallith where '
it is-refined -aiul:•separated frotitAlt_
biiredierrtiq'and •itia then 7 . plikled ia , zl;
a bowlahaped machinei-vrhere •it is,as_
rolled &admixed., lt is next Fuss&
and. this Ps.: th e.. mast.l4 11 , 11 4 8 .4g1af ...-.
;the various ; :degre.es of prep aration;. -.
it uudergeee. A .eylinder with tidies'' .
in,the toter:oil IS -used; and throu gh _
,these - run& -the lead= iii • hexagon, • • .
square; Itirtind,'or silly othersbape! 't-'-
wanted, and is received br coils nn= - .L.
denieath, l ib , a small,. Iloy, who .man-
ages lb& ,t board on *deb 4 .falb; 4, I
with..
great.,. dekterity.. Other*,boys::
k
take the d afterward And prEtskin. ..,
models, which are then sent `to the
heatiifg-room for drying'irid harden -- ;
ing ; ''
.for - the lead, when it icintes -',
from their:vas,. is soft and flexible;"
and wanting in. tenacity, It bilift 17 , '
in thecketiting :roota ..OP3 day,. when .
it is.removed
_to a kiln,, where it.io , ,
Ott in otticibles and burned after the„,
manner ,of 'burnt-brick. When this.,,. ,
is done,, about twenty gitis er e kept
employed in '' pitting the leads its,to
grooves, 'and' gluing' , on the' dovers,'''.
andthis work is performed inJa'verril
rapid and Systematic style. -' The . '"
cutting of the strip itdone by kniirea
run by a machine, And, aftpr theyaye
tune - dont are .put into.- arioth_er mat ~
chine, where they are 5m00tW.,.., „
, From there they go to•thP,,P4TPPc -
Ws sliori;*where' the Oda ate - neatly ,
_cut, and t o e . then riasEr thiotiihqt;'.'
polisber's halide,- thel'prihteraean.'-'
the counter's and .are finally pais. .
boxes ready for sale.- 1 ..-:. : . • , ....:.•,...-
4. • LJA
___Z_
FUN, -FACTS , AND, FACETIE, -
•6 s
• ", r • :%trik t ,„,..
kr.,40(
.." KEEP not ot,ignetlatatkikuOttBlM4:
err
Irishman remarked of a lady
very icin to`liira--"Bidad
. .
she a perfect geitleatan:r - 4 •el
4 .:„ A copir.NEY, seeing an urchin lying "'
Walter; remarke& that! the' boy -
000 ld.not Roo straight bPeatolif be . Was , f
ide.
" I wouder, l ? said a Scotehmaideni r
what my brother, John sees the Wises :
that them' siti•Welli w tior my ,
Wad niLgai...:tba company ter... cum for"! •
!IF,entY 4. 188 e 8 ." •
" DaOsu r rsa,, why do . you not Wear •
0 1 1 1 '
'4 , Beeatise, papa, thiy hurtme Wheti any.• .
•
body squeezes my hand?". :T • . 7.:
" What business have you, I would kli j c,„ :l
to know , to have your band squeezed ?"-
, • mini - ; brit still , yorilmoiripa
tro like to ,-•
. :• t. i. • : • ../
I Lovk •Or IVATEs.--Some persona ?.
shrink, from. bathing, but when they once •
ge'rt. need- 'lktit WiredisPernsable: A midi: .
cal limiter _ _ • c• TF;- ,
"Let a child yntsithiniselfpver.ax ery
morning for stiteeri 'yeais, *MIA ,
soon go without iik,lueskfeat ea_hie
,Punosorwitis say -that shuttingAhs.. •T
eyeamakes the sepses. ofMarin' g more
ute. A wag/suggests that this accounts for..
the many closed eyes that are seen at church'
orient Sunday.. • : I. -
• .14:1415w 'York .• correspondent of: eh •
English piper states that the ladies ofikiii - -
toroutstrip the ladies of New . tork.•
AT a yorn . ig latly'fra,seminary , -
rccgot
ly, anring'anexammation in history; one of
/the most_ promising pupils lead haerrogn
tedi "Mari. -did )5m Luther die allat-
utak death $" "No. ". wanut,he reply , " he
Was exisairinstinilated by a bnl4" . '
A womalPis-not fit, tu f haye bv
hu
who' &peel:ilia:to* liOw • to hoblit;:
is as tree of tongue es of a baby. " • •
Bciiitou'reii,think : s that
ing the Queen tif - Hangtti7 Mid& 'the - right
armpit•wM a ticklish operAtion.
, . . .
. , .
I.l,he , Bafialo Commerctit 1
is ;respon--::.
Mble to; the folloNhig : A ; certain . well.'
"ktiolin ittiliottd . employe," who. -was rather ',.'
inalined to• expensive amuimments, recently'. 1 " -
astonished buk ,frierids .by sorting . a gay ,
horse and' - oatahlianimintf • --One.of'- 'hiss
- friem34, , , is .mitising-, the-. abircud's:eamice-. -:
date, said: J , He was -got by 'Conductor . -,
of 24tow.5,Min and Ewe —. ..., :-.•.-, ~ _ _
•
•• , ,
. Max Ftsarmaroli has -, been‘iiiiidh* --, -
'OS health officer's weekly repeats siidthinks: ''
that "total r must be an awtel disease since
so many dba.of Wei- of ell . the rest fit 'tol
gether..„. :,j,,..,: . , 7 , :
.. . ,-, -, ~ , ,
... i s •
~ .
" . A RURAL' contributor says • he - baS: ..
belonged his' establishment, and ne ..
w keepi
.a head of mien, acheed of :hen,.: nixiiissreral - -
heal. of cebbig%; while he is so.h3qtryingto , : i
'keep - ehena'of the times. - . l'.
~•.;.), ~ ..' , „ r , ~.
I' Eriiiii ar e quite a numfier - of reins . l4 • .
physicians in Pliladelphia , The editor of
the Press antis %kora i one: tit Ahem it: Shi
wore her,heir oripped*rt like a z00krz,....ft0..,:!`f
asked:her Why s - and elie rel tre : ''"'Beesuse , .
'I am brie: o t the docked ,
• .1..
' 1 A " Pruktuzi.ruti - la;wyer ", gives
Ake following iltiiii4tion: - of lawerid eqrdtirr.::-:
!.AttOonunon law you tare cue for.et onea.;,- -
'at equity' rite are not itb' etkii4y d isposed a.
...
;Oasts pro :deltoid "'and' the ofherid lniiati'
,
.•• -.-il 1i ;I ,c" 19.:1 ...i.N. e -
Tiiijur. is -a boy :AlONvrt East Whp, is .„.
catiatomdio:i& - oti'fielatirdid'Ois.A. 0 '
.mitate the steam iNfdatie an-iPelifeatlyituth
'deceive the eilleers.at the n.: His last .
atteMpt=prtived .etthently aimeeisful: - the.'
: _dePeo 4l
~...t , 4 1 0eiv COMO OM and,tswitehed r _
AIM 011. • ' •• • t •• • ' •
•• •
. 4 t. CMlsaiN old lady of,o r aCquaiUt
intoe'whotusii never Meowe tie efiro`m ,--
1011104111.0._year.ttoxiait i. She ha 4 .i
no sooner alighted from a c than a niert.
tc4c hold of her Orm•withilf usual ' ,' Tale
1
,Ikeabr •.14aoking.' 1 0,* c.441 , :* ,the feee. she ..
drawleillant;hekiitaiingilil ' !, te4l d 01240. t s i .
•Bi l ,#it l y goal-to-este -' ,'=.'-'' ..c ,
A mamma liidy,.\iii , . ing - ori utio -- ;:
Satnntay_moluMgolislike;., -ak-q ruxhin .
went to lukkon, ii'dishui*.f felt , inilis,
..
to dosione Argyll*, . .. ,- . in'the'nitirsi:H
toga and mtu.' zed at.. the_ •- . ' hour: That
a ' -
woman is rara ads. .
..