U
or rtrIILicuLTION.
, Tag Ewan= liaroarlia arm
non Way Morning B. amenai Tiro
Dollars' per sannet. in edema. •
sirAdeestisina la all mese asolitshe at sabsentp.
non to the paw.
BPECIALNOTIC barated at pm= aim Per
line for, first WM:IM and Tres cans per ith e
subeecPwat insertions.
LOCAL NOTIOES. woe style sa.imam
TWO= 011X111 a line. • -
ADVelts 'MU Inserted sanstia, b
the following table of nate c. .
I lw I tv I Itm
I Wet i 11/. 5 ° fW,,.6.001195.151f
2 In d * . 19.00 I 5.1* I COO 1 1040 i MOO
late.. 12so 1 7.00 110.00 I U.00f110.00 4 le.tit
i n ches I LOO I Leo juvo inu 1.1.3410 I
it column 11.00 12.001 11.00 11=01 US) !ALM
column I 1040 19DA01 IIeAM 10 . 00 25.00
dmiiistrator's and EssentoesNoUsse. SI a *ago
tlio• Notices. $9 60 t Bandeau dude, lbw linen, oar
y off) 115., additional lin& $1 each.
• Youly, adwaliserasreealltiedte qsarterlychstagia'
T r meientadvertiesmantsanistbepald bar is edemas.
Ati Resolnliou of kilMilleolla • Cbutaillniestkai
of ilmitod amltvidusa hassistoind notlasset Ilse.
riuma end asaths. encestUati Mut liataa -ins charged
rcs Meta Pee Uwe.
The Ritronrats haviim a Lauer drenlaUen than sU
thA P314r0 is the county combined. rashes it Übe best
AdvortioInRISIMICITI3 In Northern Pennsylvania
JOB PRINTING of every tin& In Pain and Taney
done with neatness sad i =dich. Handbills,
latmtv. Canis. Pamphlets, stat e m i A Like.
nrerc; variety and style.. printed at the shallot*
a lire. jll,o P.trorrint Offios' wifll supplied with
Poser it.r•Jes, • Rood assortineat of net type, sad
everathoM In the Printies Une ca be executed in
srtiotfr manner and at the lowest rates.
TP.ll,ws INVICRIABLIt mg!,
13II8AQI,S8`- CARDS. •
ei M. TINGLEY. Licensed Aue
k_ ' S room. Home. Pa. An U. promptly attrad
il to. • May 9.1870
WALLACE KEELER,
IU!
METE. SIGN AND FRESCO PAINTER.
To:Ewa& Sept. 15. 18'70-7r
D AY, TIUDD= & SANDERSON
Miners and RlLlppeTs of the -
SULLIVAN ANTHRACITE COAL.
Towanda, P.
CAMP & CENtINSITRANCE.
•AGENTm.—Ornce formady occuptad by Meow
7+ftNivw. one dom . south of Ward Home.
It CAMP. ITwY2O-10 w. a. inrcwwr.-
W. DTMMOCK, Dealer ,in all
1. linds of Roofing Mates, Towanda. Pa. An
for Roofing promptly attended to. Particular
itt.rt'on riven to Cottage and Preach Roofing.
mITTV7I
RFOWLER, REAL ESTATE
• DEALER. No. 160 Washington Street, be.
tswn Laßalle and Wells Rtreets. Chles6n,llllnols.
Res! Ertate pnrasand and sold. Investments made
and Money Loaned. . lie; 10,10. •
D -
- MAKTNG, PATTERN
13 eurrrm AIM PIM* In all fashionable
titles on abort notirn. 800101 th Ifercnr's New
Blpek, Mltn.4l. over Porter k Mehra Dr= Ettore.
'MU& H. Z. GAWIrf.
.Towands. April 13, 187 G.,
AAIR WORK OF ALL KINDS,
such se SWITCHES, aria" BRAM Vitiz-
JETTS. ke. made in the beet Isaneei anillated style,
Ward ' Bowe Barber Shop. Tends reasonable.
Tosranda. Bee. 1, 1869.
( . ' I .AYLORri BROS., General Fire
131 and We Inntranee Army. Policies coveting
and damnce canned by flab:dna. In Wirmaing.
and other reliable, companies, without additional
cbargf.P.
tryalnginv. Sray 23. '7l
TOWN DITNYEE, BLACKSMITH,
ISONROMON. PA...iiays particular atterittoa.to
ironing Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs.-kr. Tire set and
repairing done on short notice. Work and charge*
griasanteed satisfactory. - 12.15.69.
A 11 . 0 S PENNYPACKER, HAS
agnin eptabliebed tktwelf In the TLILORIRG
BUSINESS. Shop over Rockwell's' Stare. Wart of
every depeription clone kith° lateet.styles.
Towanda, April 21, 1870.—tt
FR VI" E 'W
8 TTLL OOLEN 'MILL
-
The undersl".ned would regpertfully annonneato
the pnhlie that be keeps eonetantly on band Woolen
cloth.; eaPPlmereg, 'pannelit, Yarns, and all kind. at
a-Iv:legate and rf,tall. 10/1011 & BROADLEV,
A uw. I 0,"79. Proprietor.
C . S. RUSSELL'S
•
GENERAL
INSL' I? A /V, E AGENCY,
ru431.3 tt TOWANDA. PA.
NEW TAILOR SHOP. -
It -SPAULDING •
'll3l op , ned n Tailor Shop over iellnm k Mallnek's
!lett Mirket. formerly occupied by J. H. Cary. Tat
or. From long experience be feels confident he
ratilzive toll .aftafaction. Cutting done at all times.
Tyekapda. July 10.11.-3113 'H. SPAULDINIO.
TIATTON et, BROTHER,
DoalerA In
WOOL, , HIDES; • PELTS, CAL'-
SKINS, FURS, &C.,
For a•h i
Oflire
ch the bizheet caeh price is paid at alltimes.
•Vii. 1.. liooeniield:s Store, Main-at.,
PATTON.
PATWN. I n0v.14.'70 TOWANDA. PA.
EEI
- UNDERSIGXED HAVE
ned s Banking Hamm la Touanda, under the
.0: F. MASON & 00. •
IZIZMI
Tarr
make c
porton
4.1 A C.
it 1 4)
lare prepared to draw Dille. of -Exchange. and
ilectiona in 'New York. Philadelphia, and all
lof the United States, as alacrEagland,
France. To loan money, receive deposits,
o a general Banking bnzinesa.
Mason was one 3f the late • ftrm of" Laporte,
k Co.; of Towanda. Pa., and his knowledge at
'nets men of Bradford and adjoining counties
ing been in the banking business for . •
‘.. F.
Ka.ort
t
Val ha
fittota
wlnch
rare. make this hones a desirable one th
make collect:llmi.
Alas. Oct. 1. IBC6.
r rR 31 . !
r •ll'ii9ODS: LOW PRICES.'
L.
51OthlOETON, PA. •
-
I - TRACY HOLLON,
Dealer, ID GrOeerlel and Provisions, Drugs
Recosane Oil, Lamps Chimneys,
Dy.• Stuffs, Paints, 011 s, Varnish, Yankee No.
•obacco, Cigars and Snuff. Pure Wines and
the beet quality, for medicinal purposes
:f1 Goods sold at the fiery lowest prices. Pre
os carefully compounded at all hours of the
r.ial,t Give us a call.
TRACY k ROLLOIL
• "eton:-Pat. June 24. 1803-Iy.
Ei
etal
and Y'
tinny, a
bal . RI
terlpti
~P.l n
Ni
.PASSAGE FROM OR TO
ELAND OR ENGLAND
,s a mxr. OP ATZA.XSIMPS 1110/: On SO
orizawrovrtg on tresnyoot.
no , & tittion's old Slack Star Line "of LW
['arise:A. Bailin:4 every week.
{rv-taii Line of Packets from or to London,
IWit.Vl A nlnnth..
'rtanoe:a to England, Ireland and Scotland pay
. doktul.
lirti4er particulars. apply to Williams & 041011.
,[sap New York. or
Ci. F. MASON di Cal.. Bankers.
Towanda. Pa.
."I,ItSBURG • MILLS.
5 a•ea
~'~:Log
geta
Fnrf
111
WIIEAT. RYE. AND BTCEWISEAT
BM
_ 0 U 12, !
URN MEAL AND FEED
40.113 ad an lfor ere cbcap for CASI 7
(Tsz.)M WORK WARRANTED.
a 1,1,4 t ag r quaullty of GROUND CAYUGA
PLASTER, from Old Yptiger Ws.
t, Corn and Oats taken In exchange for
FEZ!
ME
Ni
FLOURING AMJ,
11 , 11311ESHEQUM. PA.
r
denre4 to give note* that hi. new
ST
iili, FLOURING ! MILL
‘,l
p
.flezeitinal operation, and that be ia pre
:lo ail wort in hie line on shaft notice.
EMI
, :iatstnLa , DONE ON TEE SAME DAY
TIIIT IT If RECEIVED
•4-1
Ft, tiacawitrat and Toe Flour, Corn Ha l,
tz., always on hand and for gals at
t r.l tc.a.
v 11:...: 11 li
LL 4 OTICE.....Persons living. on the
, t 1" 0, the slier dnatrtng imarenize my
ferryage paid both -ways; when they
ton , bnehels and upwards.
F. 13. .11.11218.
4. NEW FIRM.
•
KeLLI Ot this pSane cud Dr. C. Y. Sus.
LET of Atha: a, hare formed a eoperthaaatilP for the
Part* of ,
•
DENTISTBY IN ALL ITB ItRANCHEI3.
Aid
mayb e found at the ones of Dr. ledl7. O'er
IV ititatir k. Black's store In Towanda. PlaSamod at
ul unzeeto treatpatients In a dread's* enannew.
tit w4.rk warrauted represaated.
TEeth extracted without pabi. •a 7 the 4" of
Nareus Oxide this.
Dr. S.taniey van be xt Ids off:,, In, Athens on Sal
trdayand 7dondaya until farther natio".
aut. 20,71;4 KELLYIkBTASLIT.
I
Hillia=iiil
Ss 1 Se 1 Is`
S. W. AI.:VCOMD, Pub Umber.
VOLUME XXXII.
TAMES WOOD, Arrow= saw
to ommawks as Lair. Towanda, Pa.
• W: ' •DIA t ! M 1 6Mi: t . e • 1 Elj
IVIFOYLE, ATTORNEY AT
L L •111. Towaimlig A. Moe with Mount
Smith, south aide Bercueo Block. April 14. 70
SMITH & MONTANYE, ATTO it
ms lz Liw. Oflos—comer of Mtn and
limo Street'. opposite ratter's Dean Blom •
19er B. TCPT.T4Y, DENTIST. OF-
T v • am •••• width= a st.r.r•. T•••net., Pa
May SI, 10.
DR H. WESTON , DENTIST.-
-IV Moe in Patton's Mock. orer Gore's Drag and
Chemical B Jan 1
I A : P. WILLISTON
ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA.
—South side of Mercer's New Block, up stairs.
AVID 21: 10—tt.
yr B.'. MoKEA 13, ATTORNEY
A.R.. AND couviemon ar Len. Towanda, Pe. Par
ticular attention paid to treaques In the Orphene•
Court. 7117 20. 4111.
Nlir EL CARNOCIIA.N, ATTOR
• NTT AT LAW rtrirt Attorney for
ly remitted. ,
ford Courtin /Vey. Pa. -catrtionamedosad
O. DEWITt Attorneys-d
-u e Law, Towanda. Pa., baying formed a co-put.
nership. teneier their professions* services to the
gillc. Special attention given to EVERY DEPART.
~.TT)
of the business, at the county .eat or else.
where. JACOB DzWITT.
D. CLUITON DzWITP.
Towanda. Pa., Dec. 12, 1870.
TOHN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
ti AT /Air. Towanda. Pa. Particular Weston giv
en to Orphans' Court bindings. Coirreyascing and
comietioaa. Mica in Wood's new block, smith
of the First Rational Bank, up stab%
Feb. 1. 1871.
H. WARNER, Physician and
Cs Burgeon,Seltayinale. Bradford Co., Pa. All
calls promptly attended to. Office first door south
of Le.Bayarille House.
Sept. 15, 1870.-yr ,
OVERTON & ELSER Arroß
litres kr LAW. To • - • havins entered
Into coparteuirship, offer their pre ' tession services
to the public. Special attention given to bridals
in the Orphan's and Register's Courts. apll4lo
L ovnirrers..ll. - A. C. MUM=
MCTTR & - DAVEES, ATTOR
aRn ALT LAW, Tomcod; Pt. ,Tbe eauhersigneff
having usociated themselves together In the practice
of Law. offer their professional services to the public.
MUSES SlMEtetrit. W. T.
March 9.1870.'
D. B. GAYLORD
R. C. GAYLORD
W •A. & B. M. PECK'S LAW
v
• OFFICFE.
Main street, opposite the Court ticntee, Towepda, Pa.
Oct. 27."10
A . A. 'MENET, COUNTY SU
PEItHiTENHENt..Towanda.Pa.. Office with
B. M.. Peck. second door below the Ward House.
Will be at the once the last Saturday of each month
and nt all other times when not called sway on busi.
ness eonnocted with the Buperitendency. an letters
shonkl hereafter be addressed as above. dec.1.70
BEN.
PITISICLCS AND EIVIIGEOff.
Offers his professional services to the people of Wy
att:tains and vicinity. Office and -sell:Menai at A,'J.
.Lloyd's. Church street. Ang.lo.'7o
DR. J. W. LYMAN,
PIiTHICIAB ern Arnosow.
Office one door east of Reporter building Real
dence.-corner Pine and 2nd street. -
Towanda. June 22. lel.
JOHN W. 311 X, .ATTORNE Y AT
Law. Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa.
°MCI:SAL MIS:MANCE AGENT.
Particular attention paid to Collections and
Court business. Office—Mercar's New Blolk, north
aide Public Square. t - ape. 1. ID.
TIOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRADII
x.., ate of the College of "Physicians and Eturgeolis,"
New York city, Class 1843-4. Oyes exclusive attention
to the practice of hie profession. Office and residence
en the eastern slope of Orwell Hki, adjoining Henry
- Howe's. Jan It. .
DR. D. D. SMITH, Dentist, has
purchased G. B. Wood's property, between
Mercur's Block and the Elwell House. where he has
located his office. Teeth extracted without pain by
use of rim Talmud+, Oct. 20. 1110.—yr.
DINING ROOMS
.0 DI CONNECTION WITH THE DABERY.
Near the Court Hansa.
We are prepared to feed the hungry at an times of
the day, and evening. Oysters and lee Cream in
;their seasons.
Dtareh 90. 1870. D. W. SCOTT & CO.
G. P. MASON,
A. G. MASON.
ELWELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
PA.
•
JOIDI C. WILSON
Having leased this House, is now ready to sccommo.
date the travelling public. No pains nor expense will
be spared to give satisfaction to those who nisy give
him ji coil. .
1-North side of the public square, east of Hen
curs new block.
RIMMIIRFTELD CREEK - HO
_Liu TEL.
PETER LANDKE&SER,
Having purchased and thoroughly refitted this old
and well-known stand. formerly kept by Shedd Grif
fis, at the month of Rummeiteld Creek, la ready to
give good accommodations and satisfactory treatment
to all who may:favor him with a call.
Dec. 23, 868—tf.
M E I" , I.A.:ICS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
con. XAIJ AND =EDGE s - rizrrs.
The Horses, Harness. ke. of all guests of this
house, insured against loss by Fire, without Any ez•
trs charge.
A superior quality of Old English Bass Ale; just
received. T. B. JORDAN,
Towatida..Tan..24.'7l. Proprieter„
BRADFORD HOTEL,
TOWANDA, PA.
The subscriber haringiemed and lately fitted up
the above Hotel, lately kept by him as a saloon and
boarding house, on the konth side of BRIDGE
STREET, next to the rail-road. is now prepared to
ententain the public with good ecconiadatiomi on res.
sonable charges. No trouble' or expense will be
spared to aomimodate those Calling on him. Ms
bar will be furnished with choice brands of Cigars,
Liquors, Ales, ite.
Good Stabling attached. MX HENRY.
Towanda, June 1.1871.•101 May 72 Proprietor
•
WARD HOUSE,
TOWA.NDA,
BIIADFoItD COUNTY, PENN'A.
This popular home, recently:lewd by Messrs.
Koos & Maas*. and hayingbeen completely refitted:
remodeled, and refurnished, affords to the public
all the comforts and modern•convenienees of a first.
class Hotel. Situate opposite the Park on Main
Street. It is eminently convenient' for persons visit.
lug Towanda. either for pleasure or business.
eep6'7l - 0 Mr& MEW, Proprietors.
LOSSES LIBERALLY ADJUST
ed and promptly paid. Inaurei in the
GE . 11310: MSERANCE CONPARY, OF ERIE, PA.
Authorized Capital $500.000
Coat .Capital $200„000
SCRLAUDECRER, Pre*. P. A. BECHER. Treas.
O. F. BREVELUER, Vice Pros D. li. KLINE Secy.
J. A. RECORD. Agent.
ang2'7l Towanda. Pa.
E. R..MYEB..
CHARLES Ff. DAYTON,.
•
Successor Tolltmiphrey Bros.,
HARNESS MAKER,
Oyer Moody's Ettore,
Keeps on hand a full assortment Of DOUBLE and
SINGLE II&EINBEIS, and all other goods 121 hi. line
Beteizing and manufacturing done to order.
Towanda. August 23, 1871.
NEW FIRM
AND, NEW GOODS • •
•
mutre t & Co.
Respectfully announce to the public In general. that
they have opened • large and choice stock of
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
In the store fornierty occupied by John Kerldstb.
corner Main and Franklin streets, Towanda, which
they will sell as cheap - am the cheapest for
• CASH!
•
;.
Ton will lbw's fi nd Tom lizzamsm there, just as
Sappy as ever, to wait upon all old manners and se
many new ones as will favor them with a call.
ram arca Taos. mum k 00: •
?Rol. 11:1111MILTIL - Oct 6. 1871.
PRY OUR TEAS AND COFFEE,
00WILLI, & MT=
Hotels.
.
S . I74;IIIEHANNA COLLEG
iN • I.IT UTE.
• TOWANDA. EBADYORD 001:017T, TA,
Tear
This inatitatlon ocaninenos lie Seventeenth
, WONDAr. ADMIT 211. 1871.
- Tbe comma of study are lei. Nmmg. Cam=
merdal. Academir.
Scientific end Magical. in of
which the Instruction le ayatentalle d thorough.
The Pr i ncip a l s mill be sodded an
in tbe vericam
deTartmentg by a large and very amdlent curve of
Instructors—three experienoad Mechem
barn recently no ellotil Mil be
ape -to make the tote. In comfort. diodyling
Institution and genetal .
aglcienur. mond to no other ligrailar
I
The Musical Department will under the , charge
of Amami. B. Pr. Jidianneeen. be
Thielnatibitkin is now In thorough amain
• Inaldition to the extensive iingeovenients !during
the past year, new appatidais, sups and charts. and
most approved patent desks and state for all the
study
. land recitation rooks have just been pur
chasedto
The! Principal of Departmen r t will
orgenise August W. T Noris al
ear:him' Casa. and by
arzaul Arrzwriow aid tocomplete the most thor
ough clime possible during the time.
Tuition from $4 to $lO. Board and men in the
Institute $4. If desirable, student/ may! obtain
rooms In town and board themeelveiLL Zarly
catkin for board and rooms at the Institute should be
made, Y the rooms are being engaged.
Ryan
• Porurther . *PAY tcl
G. W.and T l ric3 =4 Pr= Towanda.
Pa. ! FOX.
1ng.0711 President Board Trustees.
BI DFIRTA.Ti COMBINED
Clover Thresher
AND SEPARATOR. .
This machine Threshes, Separate; EMI; and
„Ileana,Cklecr Seed at one operation;
rag frohi po to 60 e s per day,
..atel
g
of aced. A ft er th close
is fed into the Th
CYllndier. the seed contained therein hi depos ted
Into a or m at the aide of the =chine.
NOOF MUFF OR.TAILINGS,
rtilLt"essure""
An elevator conveys the unbolted Chaff back to
the Miller Hopper. and an extra elevator convey.
the light peed. &c., back to the Tanning 3111 L.
TWO THOUSAND NOW IN USE throughout the
United Stated and Canadaa.
Cm* 1836. AWARDED FIRST PREMIUM at 73 State Tatra
•
Bend!for Cravat Lear "and Colored Engraving
*bleb give complete deeariptkon.
BIRDSELL ILLEUFACTUBECO CO.. Ms..
Earriabscrg. Pa.
Home Factor?. South Bend, Indiana.
An Agent warded for Bradford Co. faug3o"fl-ato
M BCURS BANK,
TOWANDA, PA
(StiOoegoor to B. S. Russell k Co., Bankers.)
• 4
BR oas eceiives
dee, Devoelts, Loans Money, Makes Cam-
EN F IRAL
, a .
G BANKING BUSINESS,
same as at Incorporated Bank. s
To persons &sizing to rend money to ANY Vil k .
of the Bolted States. Cozad* or Europa, this Bank
offers tho best facilities and the lowest term.
PASSAGE TICKETS
To az4 froni Nora Scotia. England. Ireland. Scot
land. or any part of Europe and the Orient. by the
CE RATED DIMA.N LINE .
Of Steamers always on band.
, •
Buysiand sena Gold, Elver, United Bides Bonds
at market rates.
Do Aant for , the sale of Northern Pacific 7 MO
X. C. lIIRCUIt. treildent.
WM. 18. N'LVCENT. Cashier. mar-13'71
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
- 11 :
OF TOWARD.
PorrAL $125,000.
Su*us FuND 40,000.
This Sank offers UNUSUAL FACff.I.ITIMS far tits
transaction of
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
MEREST AID ON DEPOSITS AOCORDESO TO
AGREEMENT.
Srumax. CAsig orris To Tax Comoonox op Ncrno
Auto Coscus.
Parties visiting to =RD xom to any pert of the
United States, England. Ireland. Scotland. or the prin.
cipal cities and towns of Europe, au here procure
drafte for that purpose.
PASSAGE TICKETS
To or from the old country, by best steamer or mil.
Mg Linea, always en band.
nxasts MACIVANT ova AT AZINICIS MYNA
Highest Agee pedlar MS Bonds. Gold and Myer.
J. POWELL. President. N. N. BETTEI.
Towanda, Janell 4. 1869. Cashier.
The oldest, largest, and
safest purely Mutual
Life Insurance Com
pany in the. United
States!
THE MUTUAL
Life Insurance Co.
OF NEW YORK.
W. W. KINGSBUIW, Agent.
-ALSO--
Attorney in fact- for
Mrs. WM. H. MILLER, in
the settlement of her in
terests arising out of the
Estate of the late C. L.
WARD.
OFFICE:
Co . Main & State Sts. .
TOWANDA, PA.
.11-tr
AINSION HOUSE,
M
LaRAIMLLE. PA.
W. 1 - V, , DOWNING. Paormoron
This Mouse M conducted In strictly Teurperance
Principles. Every effort will be made to make
guests Comfortable. Good moms and the table will
etways supplied with the beet the market af
fords. Nov. I. awn.
STO L &JOH NSON .
volt • MEECHANTS. TOWANDA. PA-.
Will ye and forward all kinds of produce en.
trusted • their earn to each puttee as the owners
may • - in Newark or New York after Oct. 21st.
Office the store of Marshall Bros.
Cash for ail kinds of Poultry.
P. trrom..
0.1.1 B. H. JOHNSON.
NO OE TO CARPENTERS,
The cira darskried have made arranaemente to M
aur* • CHESTS OP TOOLS.
them TEXT MAT as.. All dreir=
henna -. are respectfully Invited to atm as a tall.
CAMP k VINCENT. '
doctiete &in Insurance Agn.. Towanda.
COKE!
The moat DINIMAELE. and most BOO
NOMI PV7EL for culinary purposes during sum.
mar. P • sal* by the
TOWANDA OAS COMPANY.
Teel cents per bushel at the Gas House, or fif
teen •• • • &attend. trisrdo.lB7o
- TROUT, some 'very ,_fine
ones, at a nay low yelps. by
June 1271. POY k =CDS
CAND CRAOIERBS.--ORE-
A . aviesi maw. Orange. Mahon. Lesn
Cu and Cakes. Washfugion Jumbles and
Coffee and Okla& celdnettirs at
t. "M. W. A. WICEWIIII.It.
po HO2llll, Lard, Dried Iket
Jan .1371 . MaellnairPDX k Trent. at mean
MERCIIII.
TEA, SUGAR, PUN,
July
C 43 417ka1e sal retail
McCAU t MIL
FIS
, PORK, Eike 24 AND LARD
TOWAN'DA, BRADFORD COUNTY. PA., NOVEMBER 30,1871.
t%wd lidr2
♦ THOUGHT.
Onee upon my pillow lying
While without the winds were sighing,
And uport the window-pane
Heard the patter of the rain;
All without seemed dark ind lonely, ,
And the wind to me spoke only,
Spoke in accents strange and weird,
Accents that I almost feared.
Bock upon my pillow f4ing.'
Heeding not the wind's'wild calling.
Though it tried my soul to aunt
With its wild and death-liko chint,
Sounding like a funeral dirge,
Striving on my soul to urge
Forme too hideous for Minton,
Thoughts that only visit row men.
But my soul so tired and weary
Heeded not the sounds so dreary,
'And'my spirit took its flight
To the distant realms of night.
Night Is sleep and day is waking,
And in sleep the mind's oft tiling •
Flights from °ROI:di mind, our' sphere;
To the strange unknown, so near.
Only for a momen f t's sleeping--
In my face the sun came creeping,
Rousing me from slumbers deep,
Waking me from out my sleep--
And upon the velvet lining
Of my (much the sun was shining,
Through the crystal drops of rain,
Gathered on the window pane.
Never moving I lay pondering,
Thinking, reasoning, wondering,
Thinking of the hour of deatb, •
When my hcvlys latest breath
Shall have ended, and ray clay
Waiting for the wondrous day,
Resurrection's fearful morn,
When wo shall again bo born.
And my spirit breathed a prayer,
Upward through the sunlit air,
Tha the light ot,licaren shining,
All my soul and spirit dining,
May with, light my spirit wake,. .
My moilsl flesh to take,
Acid my mice through heaven ringing,
B.tug. of praise to Jesus singing.
tfistellanectus.
(For th• Itzpoursa.)
GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LIT
MATURE.
FgASK SITALLirr
No. L
• It is a task of no small difficulty,
in tracing tne history of a language,
ko per/2147de it .from the vast net-work
Of langtiages with which it is, from
-th
: manner of their development,
ne i mam
ly and intimately connected
an interwoven. It is not so difficult
a matter for philologists to separate
the great number of languages in the
earth into general classes or divisions,
fotinded on ethnological of linguistic
principles. But to trace an individ
ual. member of one of these claSsei
though all its history, modified and
changed as it must be from contact
with sister dialects, in danger of ut
ter annihilation, which in fact often
actually occurs, requires the exercise
of I much care and discrimination.
Languages overlap and run into each'
other. Their particular outlines are
often quite indistinct. The great
Nkiuhr and the lesser, and more re
cent Donaldson, found great difficul-1
ty to be luminous amid obscure data.
A Wright' says, in compering the
New High German in its slow devel
opment and remarkable change of
features, to the slow moulding of the
Greek, under the pressure of individ
nal energy, character and experience,
by many hands in successive ages,
in the grand and elegant proper
tio s, in which it has ever since stood
high and firm, as the most finished
artistic structure of the `elements of
language, that the world has ever
seen, ' The present German, technic-
, all called the New High German,
wee gradually advanced under the I
sloiw action of centuries, by Luther's
time, from the original Gothic, as
fel:lnd existing in tildes' translation
of the Scriptures (A. D. 380)4 and is
so far different from its first begin
nings, that a native himself cannot
unravel them without as much close
studs as if upon a foreign tongue."
To bo comprehensive and thorough,
then, and working on the synthetic
principle, we will go back to the gen
eral clas sification of languages. It is
usually as follows : , First, Chinese
stoCk of languages. Second, Semit
ic I stock. . Third, Indo-European.
'Fourth, African. Fifth, American.
Sixth, Oceanic, or Polynesian. Und r
thebe generAl heads are elrinsPd the
3004 known tongues of the earth.
Arranged philosopbleally, they con
stitute three 'great classes,. viz : Is!.
Thi)se consisting of mere separate, un
varied monosyllables, like the Chinese.
In ;11.clx a mere congeries of separate
units, of course there is no chance
for any scientific forms or principles
of gramma: The Chinese according
ly employ some fifty thousand cher
actera to express the wants of speech.
Some of these elistinct and unrelated
words are even now pictorial, others
are ideographic now in form, altho'
probably most are but abbreviations
of briginal pictorial representations
of he objects described. 2d. Those
7,1 e
fo dby agglutination. Here is .iiim
pl , cohesion, no inflection, words at
tached to each other without change
ofform. Such are the Hungarian
and Caucasian and some other lan
guages. One noticeable peculiarity
of this class is the arrangement of
words: the governed -words before
those governing them. Prepositions
even are placed after instead of be.
lore the nouns in regimen with them,
and so are really postpositional in
cheracter. 3d: The inflected languages.
"Ih their history," says one author,
"lies embosomed that of the civilized
portions of the world." Here is ex
hiliited system and a complete- inte
, Ebb organization.
" There are two or three other
divis
ions based on essential differences,
of , ' d which hinguege is capable, but
a ce, at present, forbids enlarge
ment. Taking up the third . division
of ~he first classification, inasmuch
as it embraces the language we wish
.to 4iecnas , as well as our own vernac
. , viz : The Lido-European, some
tin es called the daphetio, we observe:
Oda class of languages is more per
fectily developed, and its literature,
al ough not of so high antiquity as
th l Semitic, is Jamb richer in litera
ry ' far , surpassing it in va
ne y,
e rasures,
flexibility, beauty, strength and
are mizess o DIZTIZOIATIOZ no LIT qUAPITi.:',
luzurituace; The Semitic and Indo-
European, the two great inflected
classes, 'have shared between them
the peoplin g of the historic portions
of the earth. The members compos
ing the latter are' sometimes called
" the philosophical languages," ai de
scriptivii of the prevailing style of
their higher literature._Ql their
birth-place, Dwight sayrrellran, a
country bounded on the north -by
the Caspian, on the south by the In
dian ocean, on the east by the Indus,
and on the west by the Euphrates, is
the spot to which all the languages
of the civilized %vorld, ' ancient and
modern, now unite in pointing as the
place of their 'origin. From this
point, not far from the birth place of
man, this family spread into.Enrope.
Hence the designation, Indo-Europe
an. In speaking of their character
istics, Bopp (Comp. Giam.) says :
"
The members of this race inherited,
from the period of their earliest
youth, endowments ,of exceeding
richness, and with a system of unlim
ited comPogition and agglutination.
Possessing- much they are able to
bear the , loss of much, and yet to re
tain their local life; and by multipli
ed losses, alterations and displace
ments, the members of the common
family are become scarcely recogniza
ble to each other." "Upon the study
of these has , been based essentially,
the very important modern science
of philology." From this home of
languages, just as one portion moved
down into the. rich plains of India,"
and by them were developed the
Sanscrit language and literature, and
the Buddhist religion, and, as an
other part went over into Persia,
and there by them were developed
the Bactrian language and the Par
see religion; so successive migrationi
passed also to the west and to the
north-west, and settled-in different
parts of gneope. Here European na
tionalitied and languages took their
origin.
Thi4 class is, however, subdivided
by some into nine or ten' groups, all
related' more or less closely to each
other, but yet distinctive. They are:
1, Sanscrit; 2, Iraniag or Persian; '3,
Latin; 4, Greek; 5, Celtic; q, Gothic;
7,-Slavonic; B,,Lithhanian; '9, Arme
nian; 10, perhaps the Finnic, Tartari
an and some others. Thus inclitd
ing, as Will be observed, both syn
thetic and analytical languages ; of
the former, - such as the Sanscrit,
Greek and Latin; of the latter, the
English and French.
These languages and their litera
ture, constituting the refined and
cultured speech of the world, the lan
guages of civilized society, are replete
with intdresting facts and subjects
for study an'dinvestigation. For ex
ample, the Sanscrit is said to be more
perfect than the Greek, more copious
than the Latin, and more exquisitely
refined than either, with its alphabet
of fifty characters, and which, in
connection with the Zend and classi
cal stocks, has been styled, " Thelan
gave of the immOrtals." The 'Vedic
Sanscrit, probably as late as 1500
years befOre Christ, or five hundred
years before the time of Homer and
Solomon, who weye doubtless contem
poraries, was a spoken language in
India. On the authority of Eichhoff,
the Sauscrit is the r chest of all lan
guages in the world in its combina
tions. Its words melt and run con
tinually together in harmony of
sound and sense; and their full splen
dor is but faintly imaged to the view
even by the beautiful and pictorial
language of Greece; while the coarser
and sterner. Latin represents - in its
features still less of this high charac
teristic of its elder sister, the San
serit. Another example is the Ira
nian or Zend. of Persia, and, more
over the Latin, with Whose forms and
literature most of us are better ac
quainted, and which is, together
with a few others, a parent of the
Romance or Romanic tongues, in;
eluding the Italian, French4anish,
Portugese, Wallachian and Proven
cal. The Greek also is of deep in
terest, with its dialects, the Attic, lo
nic, Doris and :Belie, end is parent
of the Romaic or modern Greek, now
the vernacular - of about 1,180,000
people. We will pause to give a pass
ing notice also to the Celtic, spoken
by the Celts, or Belts, who at an ear
ls, period, migrating from Asia, made
their way at last to the western part
of Europe, to Spain, to Gaul and to,
Great Britain. The development is
shown as follows :
QM
Vergo-Catic.
I
Ancient Gitelisti.
Ancient IlEtis
We:sh. Cornish. Ar- 'Erse or Irish. Gaelic oi
mpriean or Bag Bra Highland Scotch. Manx.
tagne.
It would be interesting to wan
der still more widely from our direct
course of descent, by d4cnssing the
several members composirr , the oth
er four classes enumerated, ° but, fir=
the sake of brevity, wo will come di
rectly to the Gothic. These tribes
followed the Celts as early as 680,
B. C. In 380 A. D., the Goths were
living ou the lower side of the Dan
ube, around its Month. Afterward
they divided into two portions: the
Ostro,goths otii eastern Goths, and
the Visigoths or western Goths, the
former • settling in Italy, and the lat
ter in Spain. Their language never.
took firm hold in either country. The
Gothic is related generally to the
Germanic languages, about as the -
Sanscrit is to the Indo-European
family. Our want of knowledge of
the languages, preceding them, be
longing to the same class, causes
them each to have the historic aspect
of a mother of that class; though
they have mire properly, from a
strict philological analysis the place
of an elder sister, so distinct in age
and character as to fulfill the offices
of a parent. ' Four centuries long is
the interval that separates the Goth
ic Scriptures from any literary
documents now extant of the other
Germanic tribes. There are va
rious ways of, classifying the lan-`
guages included in theJlothic, one
of which is in two 4iiisions : Ist,
the tow German; 2d, the . High Ger
man. One which I prefer, however,
is as follows : Ist, Teutonic ; 2d,
Scandinavian. The latter includes
Ist, the language of Iceland; 2d, that
of Denmark, Sweden and Norway,
with their dialectical differences. ad,
the language of , the Faroe Islands.
• The Teutonic branch is composed
of three divisions: Ist, Blaeso-Gothic;
2d, High Germanic;. 3d, Low' Ger
' manic. The first of these ifivas spo
ken by a people, w 10 , -ma - 1111w - the
Danube from their residence on the
Black Sea, 4accupied_lifoesia on the
lower Danube: It has been suggest
ed that this branch of the Teutonic
family may be regarded as the parent
of the Anglo-Saxon in some such
sense as the latter is the parent of
the English. In the eighth_ century
we utterly lose the Goths from his
tory, and of their language and liter
ature, that noble old tongue : , the
queen mother of so many rtnncely
languages, the only monuments 'that
the world possesses are parts of
translations of the -Bible made by
Bishop 131filas, A. D. 388, two short
bills of sale, and the fragment of an
almanac. These meager remains,
however, are very valuable as aiding
quite materially is the study, and
contributing to the; interest of, that
charming and almost new science,
Comparative Philology.
JOHNNY OADOO AND THE DEVIL..
[ Lyon—Dear Sir : Having told tho
story of Johnny Csdoo recently. I was T.:quest
ed to write it and send it to you. I learned it
when a boy from an Irish tailor , named John
Holgan, who formerly resided in Wysox. It is
probable that it has never appeared in print,
and very likely you' may think it never noel&
However, if you see fit to publish it, put this
as a preface and my excuse for writing such
nonsense. • Yours truly, L H. EL LIOT.]
Johnny Cadeo was a. oor black
dmith and found it very hard titsup.•
port his large and increasing family
by his labor. Ono day as ho was la
menting his hard fortune, the devil
appeared to him and psoposed to
furnish him with coal and iron for
seven years, if at the end s of that
time Johnny would deliver himself
soul and body to him. Johnny-con
sidering his case desperate, willingly
entered into the contract and 'went
on prosperously.
During this period St. Patrick call
ed at the shop and• got his horse
shod, telling Johnny, when it was,
done that he had' no money, but
would give him three wishes. John
ny was well satisfied with this, and
St. Patrick proceeded to 'make his,
three wishes. His' first wish was
that whoever took hold of his- sledge
to strike could not:stop till he told
them to stop; the second was that
any one who sat down on a certain
block in his shop, could not .get up
without his permission ; the third
was that Whatever he put in his old
leather breeches pocket could not
get out till Le took it out. So John
ny worked on till the end of the sev
en years, when the devil appeared to
claim what he considered his own
according to contract. Johnny told
him that he was just finishing a job
for tan old customer, and asked the
devil to take the sledge and strike'
'for him a few minutes, and he would
be ready so much sooner. - The-deVil
happening to be 'in a complying
mood, took hold and went to work
as desired. Johnny got through with
his joh and said he was ready to go.
-But there the old devil stood pound
ing on the anvil, and could not stop.
Seeing that Johnny had him, he
agreed if ho would let him stop
pounding, ho would furnish him as
he had done before for another seven
years. So Johnny let him go; and
went rejoicing to the end of the next
seven years, when the devil appeared
again. Johnny told him that ho was'
in the situation that he was before,
having a little job that he wanted to
finish.- " Oh, you are not going to
get me to take hold of that sledge
again," said the ,devil. "No," said
Johnny, " I. don't want yon to do it;
just take a seat on that block and I
will soon finish the job alone and be
ready to go with you."
In a short time Johnny said he
was ready to go, but there the devil
sat and cou'.d not get up. Seeing
that Johnny was- too much for him
again, he agreed to supply him with
coal and iron another severuyears if
ho would release him from tiis pres
ent situation. On this provpise John
ny let him go again, tind went on
prospering to the end of the next
seven years. This time the devil was
efAid to enter the, shop, but •called
tO -1 4•ohnny to come out. " All right,"
said Johnny, coming out and saying
to the devil, " I have been told that,
you Could'chango yourself into any
thing-you pleased; if this is true, just
for fun turn yourself into a- 'piece of
money and let me go across the
street to the tavern anct cheat the
landlord with you." The devil, al
ways ready. for any mischief, willing
ly complied with -the request. No
sooner having done so, than 'Johnny
clapt him into his old leather breech
es pocket, and here he - had ,the old
chap again. Johnify then proceeded
to a forge near by and told the work
men there the his old breeches had
got hard, and he wished to put them
under their big hammer to soften
them. Having obtained permission,
he threw his' breechei on the anvil
with the devil in' the pocket, and
down came the hammer. This was a
little more than the old devil could
.conveniently endure, so he cried out'
to Johnny that if he would• let him
go this time, he would release him
from all obligations and furnish him
all the coal and iron that he would
use during life besides.
So Johrusylet him go, glad to get
out of his power On such easy terms.
After a longed prosperous life,
Johnny . died and rrivi:td at the gate
of Heaven, desiring to enter that'
happy place. " No,' said St. Patrick,
" I once gave you three wishes; then
like a. fool as you alway s were, you
.did not wish to come here; so now
you can't be admitted." , Johnny
then laid his course for that place so
celebrated for the heat of its climate.
Here., at the gate, he demanded
mittance. The old boss devil inquir
ed his nnme. and when told that it was
Johnny, eneCt, " For mercy's
Sake, don't let him has 'cheat
ed me three times, and I will have
nothing more to do with him." So
Johnny returned to a place called
"Fiddlers'•Green," situated half-wrsy
between the two places shave men
tioned. There the last that was heard
of him he was enjoying himself, hav
ing all the whisky that he wanted.
Nanszsia, Pa., Sept. 11, 1871.
Medo-Celtic
I Anciunt Iruh
[ For the ii/EPORTEr..]
A CURE FOR INEBRIETY.
"Will you' have the kindness to
recommend a good and' safe remedy
for curing dnankennessr
A simple, categcrical answer will
no apply in this case. Here f 'and there
is s professed-reformelA who recom
mends medial specifics; anothei,
that some kind of alcoholic liquor be
pat into everi kind of food and eat
enby the victim until he becomeS.so
disgusted and sick of-it that . he Will
crave no Inoie; still another, who ad
vises that the patient be sent to an
asylum for inebriates and confino
therein, and treated until tall hanker
ing for "fire-water" shall lave 'ceas
ed; and another would have the vic
tim a taper off" by, taking' a small
hoin, and after each dram cutting
affray with a 'knife .a portion" of the
horn, so that , it will hold less and
until the entire horn shall be
finally cut away, and with-it the de
termiation to drink. • •
These methods are4 , c(iniproznises.
They may snit sows natures that
may not, be reached or affected in a
more direct and manly, war. pat,
seriously, does one realize' that 4 ' he
is a drunkard ?" :Ha's he . enough
manliness to see .the 'difference be
tween a manly than and a poor weak
slave? Is he, willing to
• be. classed
with the latter? Can ho trust him
self no more ?IWhat ! a human wreck!
and all through one small leak? and
that leak the appetite ? ,Sound and
strong iu every other part, bat weak
—almost • to • rottenness--here'? A
plank'datuaged by the ship's striking
on• a rock - , or from.defects which 'ex
isted undiseoiered in the start, must
be 'taken out, and a new one fitted
in., It can safely be dope by a good
w'Jrkman. We must lighten en
lighten—the ship; heave her on her
sides, or put her into a dry dock for
repairs. .Iti will be found that the
most satisfactory course in such
es, , after repairing damages the best
we can, is to keep Clear of the rocks
and quiCksands in future.. Yield to
no , temptations. "Taste not, touch
not, handle not." that which is an
enemy to your penai and " biteth like
an j adder." Stop -
No tampering; no dropping- one
stimulant to take lap another. We
now and then find one whor stops
smoking or snuffing•to take up chew-.
ing. Is not this "out of the frying
'pan into the fire?" No "substitute "
is to be sought; out, but the patient
is to take into his mouth or stomach
only that which is natural food or
natural -drink; that .which may be
converted into healthful blood;tissue,
nerve, muscle, bone, etc. In short,
the way to overcome drunkenness, is
not -to drink Stimulants:: Tho drink
er Must drink no more. -He must
stop, and, in an earnest, prayerful
spirit ask God for strength and grace
to-insist the temptation and over
come the desire. Appetite must be
subordinated to the intellect and the
moral sense. Can you do it? Are
you a man? or are yon a slave ? God
pity the poor weak imbeciles who
cannot help it—Phrenological . Juuht
. •
,
Altotio the many sermons whereOf
the Chicago fire was the theme, that
of Henry Ward Beecher contains, the
following - characteristic paragraph::
" Oh for a qiamond-pointed p6n to
catch up all the sweet truths; the no
ble self-sacrifice which this fire has
brought to light! What heroic
achievements! More than we how—
not more than angels chronicle. Let,
us waste no incire tears oxer Chicago.
She is not dead, but sleepeth. Hope
is characteristic of that commuhity.
Manhood is struggling up in Chica
go to-day. Men are digging through
ashes to lay het foundations. Is not
manhood better than gold? The
spectacle is making the country rich;
and oh, the noble examples of love !
The Queen of England, from herim
perial throne; flashes an order to
Canada to empty the storehouses of
blankets. and send them to Chicago.
That touches my heart
.There is
more in those blankets to bind Cana
da and Great Britain to our hearts
than all England's muskets and ships
of war. In the late war there was
some feeling aroused between Eng
land and this country. She •has
touched the other side of the chord..
The eitfof 1,4.1nd0n gives one thous
and guineas frotn its treasury. Thank
God, there is one city in the world
that's got. a thousand guineas to giVe
—whose treasury is not completely
empty. Churches and theatres com
bine in the noble work. God bless
the theatres !H—Tho 'whole -world is
marchinn• b to one fnne; the drum
stops, and the heart' of love beats,
and that's•the' music we aro march
ing fo to-dayl
•
POISON Wrusxxv.-- The Philadel
phia Price Carr . cnrsays:
"Western distillers have recently
invented a new method of manufac
turing whiskey by means of which a
peculiur strength and odor are
parted td the product, highly injuri
ous to the health of consumers. , Nei
ther the - noiious ingredients them=
selves nor the prneess of manufactur 7
ink are known to many outside the
"ring,", .but sufficient .is known to
show the character of the business.
Sulphuric acid is added to- the mash
or applied directly to the product of
the Etillsiuhich imparts a disagreea
ble odor to the whiskey, and is so
powerful in italeffect. that it eats up
the inside of tbe.tarrels in which the
compound is bept.
"Another feature of this whiskey is
that it cannot the extracted by iMy
process of distillation, redistillatOn.
or' rectification. Py experiment it
has been shown that if 9/ small` piece
of iron ttr copper ia inserted into a
barrel of whiskey adulterated with
this acid, the entire mass Will be in
stantlY blackened, and if left for It
short time a large quantity f) 4 . tlisac
etate of copper or Te I. .,ris will be
evolved." 1
le you are defective in this. most
necessary graCe, come to God for it.
Wrestle with H eaven until you
ob
tain it. N m
o atter what your ni-aur
al disposition aay be, God. can give
yon an even,inlet temper thak
noth
ingcan distur —the peace of God
that passeth all understanding.
Wur is a man's nose in the Middle
of his taco? Became its th*s-renter.
SU per Annum* in Advance:
• -
PECEIMMENA 01' THE TIRE.
•
• 'There are some
_phases of the great
calamity which fell-upon this region
list week, worthy of ecientific invest
igation. 'The testimony of the cooler
headed survivors of the fires at Peal
tigo, thq Sugar Bush and . Withal&
sonville is united as one phenomena.
They say that the fire did not come
upon them gradually, from burning
trees or other olijects to the winward ;
but the first notice they had of it was
a whirlwind of flame, in great cTouds,
from. above the tops of the-trees,
which fell upon and enveloped every
thing. The atmosphere seemed one
of 'fire. The pocr people inhaled it,
or the intensely hot air,and fell' down
dead. This is verified by 'the appear
ance of many of the corpses. They
were found 'dead in ; the roads and
open- spaces, where there were no
visible marks of fire near by,with not
a trace'of burning upon their bodies
or clothing. At the Sugar. Bush,
which is is an extended clearing. in
some places four- , , miles in width,
corpses were found in the open road,
'between fences which were only
slightly burned. No mark orfire was
uponCthern, but they laid there, as if
asleep;
Thislihenonieua seems to eiplain
the fact that so many were killed in
compact masses. They seem to have
huddled together in
_what, were evi
dently regarded at the Moment as
the safest places, away from build
ings, trees,. or other inflammable ma
terial,and there to have died together.
Fences; around cleared fields, were
bare ed in spots of only few rods in
length, and elsewhere not touched.
Fish were killed in, the streams-;as
at Peshtigo.
We hear the , universal testimony
thii prevailing idea among the terror
stricken people of those places was
that the last day had come. They
needed not to- be terror stricken for
slich - imaginings. What other ei-.
planations could be given at that im
minent time„ , when there was an om
inous warning sound coming from
theldistance, when the sky, so crark
just before, burst into great cloifds of
fire, the beasts of the forest come
running for succor into the midst of
the settlements, and a great red, con
suming, roaring hell of fire fell upon
all round? The dreadful scene lack.,
ed nothing , but the sounding of the
last trtimp--and indeed,the appi•oach
of the awful - roaring and the pro Mo
nitions from the idistance supplied
even that to' the.appalled imaginings
of the people.
- The Espy theory, we think;•it
that continued and wide-spread fires
will bring on rain, see'eas to be en-.
tirely exploded. in this instance.
These fires hadlasted iiearly or quite
lour weeks, ravag,ing forests over a
great-area, still not a drop. of
rain., The rain only came with if
chatigeof wind, to the' northward,
and several days iikt - er the worst
hurning,S were over with.— Green
Bay :-Idrocate.
The Riches of the West. '=
It is well known that the most of
the section of the Mississippi to Pu
get Sound,,is one of unnsnal fortility.
Nothing can surpass it in natural re
-.ources, including 'a fertile soil. The
climate of the new northwest, we are
informed by competent find thorough
ly reliable scientific travelers is such
as to make the most - desirable homes
for migtlY.tory population. We, have
been told of its - immense tithherre
‘sources,its Wonderful - water courses,
and its accessibility to the commerce
of the world. The Cedars of Wash
ington bid fair to be as far-famed as
the "cedars of Lebanon." We have •
been told of all these things; and from
-tithe to time wonderful stories lave
'reached us in regard to the fruit ce
reals of -this sunshiny region. We
'have heard of forty bushels of wheat
to the acre, • weighing - sixty-three
pounds to the bushel, knew that roses
bloomed in the open air on New
Year's day—and was informed that
fruit was ready for the market in two
years after transplanting the grafts.
These and numberless other tropical
and delightful strains we have listen
ed to, butnever until yesterday ; were
we really'in-a position to say person
ally yea and' amen to the accounts.
We haven't been to Washington Ter
ritory, and Puget Sour,d exists only
on the map and in our imagination;
but we have seen with our own eyes,
handled with our own hands--and
'we were about to qty . eaten with our
own mouths (but thth last would'be
stretching- the tinth a little) -these
until now mythical fruits, vegetables
and cereals. Jay Cooke & Co: have
now upon exhibition at' their bank
ing house forty-two varieties of, ap
ples, just arrived from the agricultur
al fair held at `Olymphia, Wash,ing
ington Territory, in, October. The
of ,these weighs two pounds,
and sixes gradually decrease until we
reach the bright-checked lady apple.
All of these specimens are, consider
ing the ordeals through which they
were obliged to pass through before
reaching the - r present abiding place,in
a, wonderful state of presrvation: One
would hardly credit the fact of their
having been exhibited weeks ago at a
.fair thousands of_ miles away, anal
still less would one be enclined . to be
lieve that after such exhibition they
would have been in any condition for
transportation to the Great Metropo
lis. ' Both these are facts, however,
and only -go to prove that the ap
ples of Washington. Territory are po
sessed of endurance which is as lan
common as desireablo. Here, too,are
peals as unique as they are mouth
watering in appearance. Some of
these axe . very large ,, - of oblong form,
in'a
color bright golden yellow, very
much handsomer although entirely
different from our - Much admired
Bartlett. Such turnips the human
imagination never pictured; There
'was one monster that weighed thirty
four pounds. This was not the pro.
druct of great care and trouble, but
wall simply ono of an ordinary turnip
crop. The onions were what Josh
Billings would call " sum "—red,
healthy, and exterisively oniony,many
of them as le a? as a child's head;
they were at once eye-watering 'and
appetizing. There were five varieties
of wheat taken - from five sections of
the country; cleaner and plumper, if
not larger, than our wheat. A °ali
t fomia gentleman rnsent declared
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NUMBER 27.
that it beat anything of the kinalin
had ever seen..lll the -Golden Mita,
and thatita was -sure it
_world yield
sixty two pounds to thabaaba It
is entirely ins from allfoidgn sub
stances, and is clear aspearl barley.
Hero are also . equiaite samples of
Iforway oats and barley, both charac
terized by. the 881118 plumpness and
freedOm from dirt.,The specimens
of native gram, !vm 171
Washington Territdry.and ripe wheat,
seed a poet to describe them.- One
could ea . ruly credit the story in regard
- to the yield of the grain by holding
one of these - beautifully-arranged
clusters for a moment.' Each tiny
head is bowed with richness, and , the
whole effect is suggestive not only of
grace and_ beauty, but of peace and
plenty in .this land' of the setting
sun. -
BOXING THE EARS.
Boxing the ears is an inexcusable
brutality; many - a child has been
made deaf for life by it, because the
druin of the ear is: a membrane, as
thin as "paper, strejching like a - cur
tain just inside the external entrance
of the ear. There is nothing hnt4ir
just behind it, and any violent an
cussiiM is liable to rend it in two,
and the hearing is destroyed forever,
because the sense of hearing is caus-1
ed by the vibrations of this drum, or
"Picking the ears" is
a most mis' Chisi3youspnictice. In at
tempting to do this with hard `sub- .
stances, an unlucky motionlas many
a time pierced the drum and made it
as useless as a pierced India-rubber
life-preaerver; nothing harder or
sharper than the end of the little fm;
ger, with the-nail pared,- ought ever
to be introduced into -the ear, unless
by a physician; persons are often
seen endeavoring to remove the "wax"
of the ear with the head Of a pin;
this ought never to be 'done; first,
because it not only endangers the
rupturcof the ear by being pushed
in to fax, but not so-far , it may ' grate -
m,
against the drum, excite .-.-; nation
and an ulcer, 'which wil l finally ceat
all the Karts - away, espe yof a
sctofulous constitatioe • se..nd; hard
substances have often slipped in, - and_
caused the necessity of 'Anita, dan
gerofis and expensive operations to
fish or' cut out-; thirii,the wax is man
ufactured by nature to ettard.the en
trance from dust, insects, and -un
molified cold air,-- And when subserv
ed its purposa it becomes dry, and
scaly, and in this condition is easily
pushed outside by new formations - of .
wax within. Occassionally wax may
harden and may inteifere with the
hearing; but when this is the case it
is the part of wisdom to' consult a
physician and let. him_decide what is
the matter and what the remedy; if
one cannot be had,the only safe plan is
to let fall , into the tar - three or four
drops of tepid water night and morn
ing; the saliva is 'still better, for it -is
softer and - more penetrating; but
glycerine is far preferable,- to either:
it is one of the best blandest fluids
in natare,and very rapidly penetrates
the harkest wax, cools the parts, and
restores them to a healthful Condi
tion-. If, in a week, there- is not a
decided impro'vement in the hearing,
medical advice, ought to be had at
once, as next to the eye the ear is the
organ of the body.
LOVE 4.ND SELFISHNESS
neecber -Stowe,- in. Pink
and \\ Tyranny, thus tnithfallY
portrays the love of a very large class
of people: ny women suppose
they love th4a- iiiirhands,. when un
fortunately, they have not the begin
ning of an , idea-what love is. Let me
explain it to you, my dear lady. Lov
ing to be admired liy a man, loving
to be petted by him,loving to be car
essed by him, and loving to be prais
ed liv him, is not loving a man. All
these may be when a 'woman, has no
power of lovin,g - at all—they may all
be simply when she loves herself, and
loves to be flattered, praised ; • caress
ed, and Coaxed; as a cut-LW:es to be
coaied, and stroked, and fed with
cream, and have a warm corner. -
But all this is not love. It may
exist to be'sure, where there - is love,_
it - generally does.. But it• may also
exist where there is no. love. Love,
my dear ladies,- is seltsactide; , it is
a life out of self and in another.- Its
very essence is the preferring- of the
comfort, the ease, the Wishes of an.:
other to one's own, for the love we
bear them. Love is giving, and not
receiving. Love is• not 'a sheet of
blotting paper or_a sponge, sucking
in everything to itself; it is an out
springing fountain, giving from itself:
Love's motto, has • been dropped in
this world as a.chance gem- of great
price by the
,loveliest, the fairest, the
strongest of'iovers that ever trod this
.mortal earth, of Whom it is Tecorded
that.He is,. more_ blessed
to give than to receive." Now. in
love; there are ten' receivers .to' one
giver. There are ten persons in this
world who like to be loved, and lckie,
where then.i.4 one wh - o knowslioW to
love. lb,
A womis says what, she aTzioses
withord . being abused for it: She can
take a nap after dinner while her
husband goes to work. She can go -
into the street without being asked
to stand treat at every saloon. She
can stay . at home in time of war, and
get married again if her-husband gets
killed. = She can wear corsets if too
thick and other fixings . if -too thin.
She can get a divoree from her hus
band, if she sees one•she likes bettPr.
She can get her Nisband in debt all
over, until he waini - the public not
to trust her on his _I - recount But all
these accounts are balanced by the
great facts that she cannot sing 'Ass,
wear a beark-go sparking, or. climb
a tree.
"Alren of our life's happiness de
ponds upon little thirtg.. happening
rightly, and if God ord l irmed only the
great events, and left the little_things
p chance, we shouldto very unbar
_y;..but the hiving kindness of God,
while it gilds the whole landscape
witli the sunlight, alsO" has a beam
for the smallest bird. Let our love
to God also go into the minutest de
tails; let us be earnest to be right in
matters essential; but' let us not be .
indifferent to things non•esSential, as
men call them.
Ir you be a dead soul and n lost
soul, and have not a grain of grace,
and have everything that is bad
about you, still if you will cling to
the cross, and say, "I will never de-.
part 'from this place: if I__perial' 2, - I
will perish here," light will come un
to
you again, and the joy of the Lord
will return, and your heart will won
der to fin 4. its own hardness depart, •
and your `dumb tongue shall sing,
and you, though once so lame, shall
leap as a hart.,
4, -
How cheap. is all true happiness i
says Mallon; and yet how dearly are we in the•
habit or every day of our lives for its
rnnnierioity . •