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L ii -, v tm , T. i .N\ TA EI: I • 1 !: .N, (• MEMO 11 A N C E AGENCY • t K' ViNCENT, =I NcE (;).:NcY 1.111 I.I',LE FIRE (TilIKI), I'II , I:NIN.II4 , SIF =Eli lEi El y.OLDIE XXXVIIL SI 3 RINGS . tITS .4" AND IVAI:RATED •TO FIT! ' ; J. L. MOVIAMON; TAILOR. • k•upp9slTE. , cot. - .I:T : 7 4.1 1: AR E. •, BE EIES pi • • CLOTHS. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, ILATS;'\ , CAPS,_ Sr , tkc. 111!=11111 ..,;-- !..!..,:, 7:• .4 T-1„1 1 • li^etc prt•par•-.1 ••at•4r, ma•le ra,ll T• • V') k, .‘_TRING ANT) SUMMER SLITS, „ z.n.r , iatnti., and nyx. t !urn,: :u tnnch trite!' al, frotri . . ,•s \' : 1 .” 1 'T 11 ':- . : 1. , . c /: •:nenzlliens anit Invigoratto . ' • \ :tie x4 - I,ie .c•;3lAny eif tny aellllll.itatiCtk love ',EST QUALITY A: LATEST STYLES\ 1 za . t., , It. amt i I, in. 11eve It to t..•gikkiil for all tLe '\ ticut , ialii:ik :iv: viLicn i: Iti reei.ininten , ted. \ %-,..11.1:•tru: 1 , J( . ."...1 All 11. SIIEEIMAIC, , \ 11 - 1. - I.I).GIVE .1 ilo . i.tAit'Foll \ . _ k 1i05•12.. ,• • \ - - : . I r. ~- 7 , .x, May :0 ; 1. 1671. ' 31, E. e - Lii—/---ir Sir: T have token i.a.: y af.! 1 Eldnex t'ualliialnt f..r ?J.!: :..z:.: lia great p;u: in ray l•aek, .1,11.. at.d ..le.: ilirtru.ly In pak.ing mine.Ai :.:: I: w"..., In very small illiantlttek, fry l'q.:e.r.:ly 3 ,, b111.i pr." , , ku/S?1, i ,. . , .....1 and: ezerutdating 1 . ~o : 1 I.ave frniz!.r , t! \s' !r.•- 4 • tr.r.d ~ ,1' the pkipular :-:nedies -r-,. fl I ll'ir no - ei , :npliiin:: I hat,' 4-eri nniter the tr-ilt.a., 2 n. of so:ne of the tint ,kll.- : Li. i.'iiy•:',lans In..l7skt,:i. a ' of u - h•iFrii tir:nu:nevi! In:, , 4.4- ii4:l, - ..14e. T:iik wia\ mylkinclitiri:a sk.nen I unk 4.lki•-..iil Ty a friend lo try`l,be V x..LTINy..., tnd ,-,,i.l a-.- tic i.kvi e:fee:k 'Trihn the !Irkt &e. i. 1 'r.•l. an,:. !rolin t:i a t nninien: I kiln ,n Inijiriiviric ~.;:e I I 7.1 . •:•,t, t:j!",:y runc-I. taktr.g T. AN, I ,ht.uld :, `..., 3 , . n: -iv 'kizt!y r 1: I . Iruleeil a lallial..l. - t. , ...1ie1ne. a \ if 1 iklioii,l ar.l.i t• -I 'acht:p in :lie !.....iine uay .1 oli:iniil Circa • , 'ix - 4 :I— , T II 1i. , ...i.: ...: Set It wittn.ut.' I:es , .. ... --- :Iu.;:.. ' J. :r. tT,I I.E. • 3-il TLlrd.. !..ou.lll ild.Zia. A. 4 1 a U. . Pl. s, ~7 -. j :: MEE 'i i \ !lIIIE I C REA PEST \ , \ HARDWARE STORE p \ i, , I TN TOWANDA EMT= CYTITES El GRINDSTONES, - ' ' FORKS. 'FIXTURES, ROPES. T a at ,:vr• f”r I ENE PEIIIIGOS SIDE HILL-PLOWS 7 . == T'.. IMIIME -I F liElla Ti/1%; I i Ti: Njr !, 111112 . . r 11 W ouG HT- I Rox -HEATERS. lIIESUM W•;': '1,1.1 4 s..T.7t.sa• lIMil =EI ME r'.. IIEATERSi =I E %.1% El G REATLY lIEDUcEI) PRICE!.4 PLANrs... M %T. IWO, A\>>l:-E—SAW)Nti, EN (• EMU ! v;;t - .. W.k T I.IIT 1:11 . If • Is t ry giT l. l r .. . r.n" . r , ttv upt:t tak.-n as•sy 17;.: d r y ptzir,!!.. Tcaso-!l.4an. I s VEW ,STOCK ‘‘. Wi,S 1 I= FINE TEAS AND COFFEES! Eli= =1 r i ' i COUNT;RI" ' ET:CTI A !CTS: SLAG 6. I 7,7an.1A, A fail ",,!1 , 77 1 El Iteretatt Team HIS. WAY FOR 31a4fe ,211. rcitr: Vet: a NEW AND (.. , . , MPLEITII:iToCK OF a 1.:• of 31, er•rial.ll-shrart .T. M. Y \ IS IN- ,. AiEIZE:Uit. il't: ' '.' • • d" f t.••.ir ic.. &c I;ut. in Use 111 kina, ,f TINWARE on -Lana H. T. JUNE Zeate:::. &.: }:xHuIrLN J..FI - 4YNOLOS & SON, MEE • .' * t / r!•.,1!• ti 4 rn!e! =EMI =HEE= WiIOUGHT-1110N lIEA'TEIIS • i =1 MiIIEMEI I= MESON =MEE 11E1111;11=E11111 io,*k '77-1 y 71mmizz, ci. .g'ccl A• a!' 1.1..!..,••! ANV ‘Y. I"WN IIE3IME1111!1 a. n !ga - ,•1 a iarg., -!•, k I= P "',.1 MEM SEM= 3:1 3 . f.d •cr 1.0-.1, 41,1 Prlcr, ' arcver! e z OF ,GROCERIES! I=l Fr cheal ;,:1 r•.T 1' 1: 0 D C 1.;\! A th,•.1 , 1 , tat,4l j'alf . H. 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The best medical advice !spitz in atter.dance...l was taken through the fe ser.-. but It left opt terribly reduced and weai.,Witli excruciating !Win In my' aide ; -tract &it'd hips. .1 was co ap:L.lo24y r:rt.tralel with lildneyCompiaint. and nP-M"l'Cno "armed t') reach ms - , case. condition I was persuadeeto try Vic - -11 ss bra friend whom,tt cured of the same dis ease, and It s.erned as though I ermi.l. feel the ef fect nf the flr,t dose throngh my wholeaystent: and from that moment I be an n to mend. gradually gr , .nlng better trnm day to day; and I followed on it`A the V &Ise until It ennipletely restored me to health. ...ince which time I hare ts:en abledo perform My duties as a polire onares.,typTin good hea'th an•l there Is no deg . ,: about the great rain Vis.L -- rt:sa in Kidney comoisint and similar I am. sir e, unity LAYAVLSTK i'91.11". net lircadwai% ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOOD .3(VE.GETINE Wl/1 relieve min, tic/MM.. purify 341 curt- such d4elss , :s. festorlnt4 the ratlett W tn , :rfect health after trying (Effete:it- pill - stet - at% misty mtnedies, suarrizseft'r :vesr!... IS it intnnt. cota c:•uslveinrc.t. If rtn... , na,e's Sufferer. yeti cah he cur rd? by !Pi Inc dit perfortutng such great . errs ? It 'work; In the In;,.d. to the clrcuLatlug 10 , 1. 11 can truly be called the f;ItEAT BLOOD kit: The great nsouree of disease wig:- hat,. lu Li , rIII,ECIDe that does hot nanrt directly ripnnyn It. to purify toil reno Vale. has any' cl. k im USN pub.le ~ttrystftvi. SEVENTY ONE YEARS OF AGE ... r ... ' EitT 3 , IAtiIFIT.I.A, Aug. .= I. '" 7 ('- 'N: P.. ItTEXT.St-I”,r Sir: I am I.errn:y.r.ne 5 - ...ar..! ag-,:. irate sett , :rt , l mauy yeAt - r• a - 4th KM 1.• -y e , ,11:1,3:ni. sr,ikl. , .-.s . .T. my 1,3,k ant stinnafb. 1 - ..5a.. It...L.:ccil t ,, try ,- "ur VM.E7l`;',,, and I think i: 1....1,1.;,1 nt , llrln:.` fc.r ~ ,, z.krrts or the kiao-re , : ~, ;1..,•Z-. I !,lt t Ittc4 tro.ay tElrol,i it, fOr til, MI SNATIIS, •• 'r ", ••••.' 1".:5. Kart, and !•-• - It.,- 13,5%! •••.. :art; sevvry chi:4 ••••• • • • l'r••••,•/:•••:, I!. :•,T F. v ENS. - . vE.,ETINE ',.•.1.1) ALL r111'4;,:1..,..\Ts THE. OLD. ESTABLISHMENT STILL TAKES 'TuE LEAI►! • err,;,•,.•••• C if I: T N 111:. rta ?•• Vo;•4••:., 4: a T L'B7l. • SIMIE t , .1 Nfahotare , kry. rer • 3,3 , 1 V.li;-p•rta • "I .T. , Sae larg, • •: 3••• , :":111 . nt "f P N AND ToP' BUGGjES • , ANl') - PLATFoIt)L WAGONS k f•f em, . - ra ,.• .a r r,V VI:L t AIII-TIGIII NOW IS.YOUR TIME TO BUY! =ME L'-.; a _ a:rs r that F•r••rn ll= , 1•!- 1;r - +,.,1? 131-,;GTE,' al, 7.1 r P(mT Obfmanqrac:cro : ;“s N,,W. r.': work -.• T.,. rr az the rkt.3 , 01447....r,t , r+r r•-ar%v batf a rot.- • ItEl'AI1:1,0; PI:W*II'II.Y. ATTENI. ‘ qI TO lar: , •ry Mau. lill==:13 gRIAGE FA.CTO lOEBIE=I an,,, ,;!,r.to tho t),y are a:: i.!:.ds of 2 = EMI= 1=11S!il I= Vkkil !ra fIl i." 4 :7. Z.'!" : ;••rft- t EN= I —.: Carrtar: , l'aint,r , In the itc • and dwaqivid•tk in thy. line at thtl,,wrti‘t =E arA prow;-tty drele at redr:NA prim NIA Ain . rte• And nepalrivw 'Ad 0pe...1 4 c , , 141:y. I , ki vc,,rk guarantved. g.l%r . • T , :rmanda. • NE Vegedno, LIFE A lIURDEN •N, Nov, 2. 1..7.7.. :r: From 1 jc. - •r, E. has re,...Cored znr ' , le kul-rer froth -and.rlnr. lifeaF z-.t, I ;. ht ',Et, of V L',; Fr•-a' .uf ,icructa ha , d: m•arir ha, , arcd. and a:AI I %It!! ‘.,! a !rm. ,•. HUG 11 a,z,n. 51 Tazzt.: ate: Zar:iates :! %ME.; LI. JA)11 - ..i N't the I:‘';:r , rt.•; 4,E7.ce cl n tyre - it Spencer Ll= TP \ PA,INTING A :-PEI IALTI AI .k in t -5f i ILII'.tIR] ( i tr. -TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEM; A VISIT TO RIDGM:I!.T.--I,S but corn pO.r4i:ely few of the readers of the Rn-. PORTER have ever visited the above local- , it%, we transmit a few notes made during a recent visit, for tleir itidgbury, bordcrk Athens on the west, and is chiefly rernarkab'e for being thelo _location of a colony of Irish p'ople. Who settledliere about the time of the build ing of the North Branch canal. - Like the rest Of Radford it is a guU-' 4.‘-miori.of hills and dales, and was origi ) , tally covered trth a dense forest. The occasion whiS'Attracted our visit, was a picnic given by. the Catholic society. of the place,,A aid in paying for improve ments upon their Chapel arid otbefexpen, ses. In connection with the church at Athol:M . they hate or many years support ed a Pastor and rcligiotiS services. The pie-nie took place last Saturday in CuamnEns -Grove, and the day.being de lightful quitea large company assettibled to enjoy a luntli-in 7 i:riiniiive—style and a visit with filends tesides au opportunity of gartifying, their terpsichorean -tastes. ,The entertainment was in clitrge of rani pus committees and all under general di rection Of the pastor Rev. Joitc T. COS: TELLO, who by• his. genial manners: and spirit, added much to the pleasure of the party. We are unable to give a complete .list of qmes Of those in . charge but ob tained Alie knowing. Of dancing, Mr. J ES CitausEns,- of tables. Mrs. Cita NIBERSY = Mrs. CONNOHS, Miss Linturcii and Miss MARY SULLIVAN. A.,fruit stand was in 'charge of two'grace ful young ladies Miss jo-ts: Ditiscott. and Miss FA ER, • TheiTe were many others that assisted, and we may. n say that all did. for each tried to crake pleasant for all. and took good care to see that a isitors from abroad were-Made welcome. The.be.st of {order prevailed to the clese nothing•oceuriTd to mar the pleasure of the day. . • . NWhile seated at the tables, which were amply hailed with choice edibles Troth the homes of the thrifty fareiefs,.and decora ted with flora( oiterin4lhe their modest, yinal;auming,, yet li.thilsonie daughters; we thoutilit thse old r:::!Ople are richly warded fOr their, early trials and lahor, an now surrminded by cheerful homes and iloweriug fields Where oncethey toil ed amid rocks and trees they can spend the e,veni • of life in peaceful! retirement. the henefact rs of their race by‘theic.f:X . r We were also t opted to moralise "some re there pres,ented, f this picture of happiness is the result 4.4 . a colony of laborers leaving the public works and settling in the woods antler \ isiiili terrible . di , .advantages, why may ' not \ t‘lousands tlra: are now struggling with d.vergity along the. lines of public travel, \ . sVh i f nothmg better to hope for - in the inter \ 'f they remain, why may they not fortii\t, ttlements up ,n the public dotnlP2i and in \he-, near 'future ser their sons and datiihkers grown tis be an honor to them s.dves and threiicountry‘:' These people \ of It.di - dey hacr, erred home and _fortunes sim, ly bY'e*,onorny and industry, and we though as we sass their eyes glis,. \ t, ten with pride as ley watched their. well dressed and -happy hildreb Titertaining -their guests from var . it's place,: surely I they have rift to ft;el p iiud the victory is theirs. i. . Ttere is abundant room\in Ur Country for all Win% will to' secure toithemseises .these results, and With far le•ii lirrils ‘ hips-. and much less time, than 'Wasrequire4by 1 the' early settlers of Bradford. \ What upon the ; afteL this manner TnonSand;".are each year leaving the erowd•-d cities and tows of the east for fir west. and we have-seen wildernes there: in a few seam 14 , tsfLorn as the rose. yet - so many eiing to places that afford them-no Ii pe wlwnthi:y might have a chance at leas!. for e , w , ft'.plomes and inde pendent of 1 a:e. The-eiivcre sorne of the th.ruht; that r , omrred me as I bade farer:ll to the,cli".: , erful gene and retarn c.d home well pleat4 . ed with my.visit. Pno Fi.itm A . , :•={.,1••.. 17. , • KGI,OrtiOrN TIME AT lirTA LrfflNC,—Ar- Tiring at Wyalusing on ThfiryalaY last. the 11th, at lit . a- m., we found the people of th&thrifty village engaged in, their revlit7: routine of business. and npoitsinr arrSsil we were consigned to places of en- I l ti,:rtainn4iit amonge gcyxl and generous 1 \ people. of the village' y a cominittee,ot 1 ex-sold iers.l This being the day' set at \ , for the o ; or ganization of a Post of the-G nd Army ' of the Republic, ten Comrades; f m Gil mour4i'ost of Ulster, were on baLti, ara at `-1;). In., six arrived from the swarts PoSt\ f New Albany. At 12:130 Maj. Spalding Post rt o\\ of LeWiYsville: came into town,' lead Ity the Ilerrickville Cornet. Band, who were seiding forth some harmonious sounds that were very pleasing to the-ear. Some thirty-five comrades of Maj Spalding Post were consigned to places of entertainment. When the noon train arrived- it brought, Commissioner KILMER: iter,-ister• 4N - rint - s and Gen. NA.DILI, of Watkins' Post; To waria, and D. S. V. C., C.- T. lict.L. of Perkins Post, Athens. ;sli . o were likewise directed to partake of Vie same kind of Lire anet 4 9-ationa the rest of us were,re eeiving.-ashicteatas very plcasin4•and sat isfaetory to 'all of the comrades of - the Grand Army and will long be remembered by the comrades presetit. • At 2 p. m., a line was fornied of a large number of Comrades and ex-soldiers of the late war, marshaled by Comrade M. E. AVARSEtt, of Leßaysville Post; • and 1 lead by the ' Band, marched to WELLES . grove, .where ample preparations had been made for all that- might assemble. Being somewhat slow cf - locomotion, I was a lit tle late ;.but on arriving at or near the, I stand, I was espied by Mi. *N. J. Gsvionn (who is now a Comrade of our order,) and requested by him 'to take-a seat upon-the stand, whichl did,_and found Mr. BIXBY acting as President of the meeting who was addressing it with opening remarks 1 which were very appropriate.' -As soon as he had finished he introduced Gen. Matsti.t., who vos received amid great' I cheering, and for nearly two hours he held the-assembly spell-bound by his - reejtal of marches, fights and hardships of his regi . ment,the•l4lst, of which Company A. was raised'in and about Wii ... lusing. No regi ment bears abetter fighting recordi the 141st for the length of time it was an „ i 1 the service. • i. =Mil V ''', At the conchtion of Gen. M.tinteil ad- dress Rev, Mr. Rdsznis Was introduced and did grandly. Soon after the line was re-formed and marched bitch td [he tic square and theaudienie l distiiissed til evening. - - At 7 p. m., the asseirbly call was sound ed and there ena a Midi to the i. Si. at 0. F. hall td form a Post of the G. A. R., which was organized vC.G. R 1 Lt. Commander of Gilmo r Post, NV, of Lister, assisted by co rade Rum. of'f'er= kins Pat,. and a number of comrades of Maj. Spalding Post. A large number were mustered into the Mit Ma. and all through thei energy, of Mr. N. G. GAY- Lola% , The folle r wing were installed as officers : ' ~ P. C.—W. T. {HORTON. 1 S. V. C.—N. .J. GAYLORD. J. V. Cs--ETUE.I. rt'LLEn. - . Adjt.J. G. KEELER. .Q. M.=-A. 13. Smn - fi, 0. D.—AI:FRED • 11s1ILEY.. G. G.—HllLtli WHITNEY. c‘"*"--"" -r-V4LNET iiO)SET. ' qtap..--Itev. E. F: ttopettys. Q. 31.414.—Je5m ALti,Emos M.—E: L. Drs . g.t.E. Truly yours. COURT PROCEEDINGS CONTINGRD.— Weduc'sd.ty, Sept. 11: C-W ClaPp sii Z 3 B Walker. Verdict for pliia'tiff. • it iO, 'tale for a pew trial. B Cox use ,vs _3fyron Ilabcont, etc: Ftlylc for pl.4titr; Overton S.: Mereur for defendant. \ler /bet for defendant. Rule for a neat trial. W. A. Lane vs P. P. Burns. Auditor's' Report filed and catillirned ace.p tions filed by 'V. A. Lane. Enos Smith vs Jane 'Smith. George Kendall vs Eliia tendall. E M Jackson vs Mary. E Jat+son. i Conrt grant a di vorce in: each case.ii INlysella Comstock vs Isaac Comstock. Co , urt'dirve-t-Sheriff to make •in - oclama. tion. • -- • _ W V FaMeier vs Alphonzo Bosworth.. Court appoint 0 D Stroud, Esq., an Au ditor to distribute the fund raised by Sheriffs FAie - of defendant's real estate. - - In rs the assignment of Hiram Horton., Court appoint .1 W r. 1., an Audi tor to distribute the fund in assignee's hands. II 11 : Belcher's use vs M C.irpeuter et al. ,Bule to set aside Sheriirs salt!. J L'johnsott vs Phi:i;iSwackhammer et al. Hale t sul:irogate .John Swackliani .mer to the right i of the plaintiffs C A Krise vs S .1 llickolt.. Iluic di.- cLargeil. In re lunacy of Aurelia 3Iorle). Cotirt coi.;tirm Sale of real estate tiatily. .1 W flollenback •VE Cyrus Avery. Court direct Sheriff . t4l amend levy. Cevon Si: Brain vs Minnegna Improve ment ca. Court aispoint as viewers (A L Cramer, L P St4lford,George S / tevens. Joseph Powell and Jas -Webb. •I, lillowell'vsltobert Mclntindi; Court direct judg,:nent to be, entered for want of a plea. In re alluzed lunacy' of 31nrton Russell l. rt appoint! kebale.n Frisbie: Commit.; . . Coui-t\ appoint H W Patrick. lathes I lege, and soon after he discovered.a w,,,,-„i an 4 \ kt 'A m e ,,,,,,.,5.:,,,,,* , as m em : method' of iranamitting power hers of the 1.•1:1 of F,saminer"-, ' through the, medium of suppressed The fodowip;;Shertits deeds were ac- air, and also- invcuted a double‘act kn,,wiekiged :., \ in hethp:brake, which is still in use - James Elliott, 2-1-s.iii North Towanda,' in some parts of tl.e West for break-. property of fsaac Vosburi - 4 sold Sept 7., • jag hem P -. : g' SIOO. - A C Arnold. 5 acres in Litchfield, ' But Dr Gatling's neatest inven- s o ld Sept 7 a. the pi:oPerty of fienry :tip Lion is hie .Balling gunorhieli is also, known 1w the 2 renc it 1., name of stiong, ii :f7(. L araulkner. st acres in mitrailleuse. This repeating machine Windham, sold Sept 7 as property of ,1. 11,1124 gun was made in - the y . ciar IsSII..Iif, Firstbrook. tr. 900. B F Watkitt. and at the first trial of the min In , and lot in Sheshequin, sold Sep 7as the the • -,s it e ' spring of I' 4 o, i fired 200 sh'bts properly of Darius Tompkins, 5 0 '. B W per minute: ' After making some itU\ `Clark, house' and lot in Canion - tw.p., piovements in' his -mechanism, 'the _ . s oliiz,ep ~ as property of las McDonald 'arm was submitted to trial by our and lIN Scott. i:;I:Iii. ' Hiram Sweet and, government.at the Prankfort,,tash \- E T Park‘s' , lP acres in Albany twp, sold • \ . ington and 'Fort Monroe - arsenals. , 1 Sept 7 ilf ,-,1 iejn - I'PeftY of I I W IlercifY, and at other place:,, and haS since lizlo. Corne i‘'M More, 36 acres in Ar- been adorked Mt(' service . for use 1 menia, sold Selst\ 4. as the property of with troops , amt/for the flank defense : George 31cfntr f f i ,\ o. *John Berdsley, of fortification. It, has also been ~ IC; acres .in'Orwell, • ~ qd Sept 7 ' a the adopted- by /Prance.. Russia, Oyeat• property of Alplajnzo lipsworth, $205, Britain' ana/Other nations. .Tohn 31 Pike,, house an li l t in Athens 1 The.gun / consists of a numbflr of -horo - . sold Sept 7as the pm 0.1 . - of C E simple breach-loading rifle barrels , Washburn: )175. Miles Prin_ \ r , / , A cre , lr. gr e o o i l i n pe ri. tr o a n ro4 i n s. i , l a n n it d h rc w .T i l e F il in t g h a e3 b . o l t i t e t in Warren, sold Aug 30. as pro' ‘-ity of r Patrick Kelegan and.. Michael Ryan, ''‘,lo. 4 \\.. prarallel. The-e component barrels! are/loaded :•nd fired while revolving li - G. Tracy, I acre in Pike, sold Ai.',t l the catryge ,shelk . being ejected in as the property of Epfiraini B Roughs, ;C*.nitinusous succession. Each barrel :i-53. Ira ATers, 64 - acres in Wells, sold Aug . :10, as the property of 0 S Inscho is 'red only once in a revolution, so ' thatNl4e_ ten-barrel Galling gun fires :!.l.7-.17). dames StOneman,` house and lit ' ` ten sliOtitt -a ,revolution. The work in Towini - X born, sold-Sept 7 as,the preip orty. of wmGray vir,Q. M w wheei ,_, ing Or tilln is yery simple. One o , f s ' n K , man places _en . d of a feed-case 160 alcres in .Litchtield, Property fullthe of s ca , r,,r , iA t z \ :ts into .a , hopper at Carmer. #2.500. 31. W Wheeback; 6 lots c top of the \gun, while another iu Litchfield, sold Sept 7as pveip2rty •of man' turns a crank y which the gun -Brij Samuel Cede, house is revolved. iL . ` 7 ; \ ' e and lot in Towanda Itoro', trill Sept 7as The 'Cases for'feedinhe guns are the property of, Naonki Wine, $1175._ S .long, narrow tin bores, tiln (AV at F. Hovey, 2 lots in L'lstet;-sold Sept '7 as the lower end, containing '‘f*,rty car fli propepty of .1 II Sercerean, $1.115. midges, arranged horizontally-one •Ireiniali Blackman, 100 acres in Mon- above the 'other. An able bodied roe, scold Sept 7, as/the property of G S i man can turn the Gatlin, gnat the Blackniaslo. .1.1 C Atwood, ',ousel rate, of more than 4 . 00 shots per` and lot in T'tvanda•horo'. sold Sept 7as i minute. and imore than -SOO -hart the property of , din Laggan, )1300, . E B , been fired- by it in a minute. Parsons - , house a lot in Granville. Sold Anniist 30 as 'mope v of D P Knapp, ,1:25.- John Holmes, 1, acts in Towanw da Twp.. 'sold Ang 30 ail, 1 )erty of John Gr, , g-g..#31. II \V Tracy, bi 'el; ;tore iii Towanda born', sold Sept 7 :14-t ;proper ty of l'ayhi r & Co., it-;,tint Johnilzes, ,riot mill and bland in Asy,bian, sold .7 lit 7, as the propeity of W II Eilenberg,erseki James 1 . ) 7: 1 / 2 acres in tistpr. sold apt 7 as the prnperty of .)as G Lenox., $2:30. Geo Nichols. 2 lots in Orwell, sold Sept as property , A W Alger,Voo.4 J P Kirby and r. Nv Lane, 110 acres in Overton, sold Sept 7 - ,as the property of John Sullivan, .1 -P. Hinds, house and lot in Towanda boro", sold Sept 7 as the property of J W Van- Tuyle, H J Madill and H L Scott, house and.-lot : in Towanda Boro',. sold May 11 as the property of Henry Stulen, Stark,• Miller & DeWitt, 403 acres in Overton, sold May 3 as the property of Thos Waltman. .11705. • - . Monday, Sept It • • Com vs John Gardner—Larceny. Rule for new trial made absolute. Corn vs Michael Caugley Selling li quors without licerise • Defendant (Meads guilty. r . -Corn vs .- Lemuel Ellis—:lLarcenyz COurt sentence defendant to pay a', fine of $lO !and costs, and an imprisonment of lryear .and f. rhonths in the Eastern Penitentiary. • Corn vs 'Paid Kees—Larceny. • Fine of $lO and colts, and 3 yearsin the Eastern, Tenitentiary. ' • "Cora vs Barnard Dciane--Larveny. Fine . of $lO and costs of • • Matti attd years in the Eastern Peniteritiaiy.. GroinL 'CV Jilin s.•=bartenT. 7-Fiat of $lO and Costs of prosecution, and year and 8 mouths in the Eastern Peni tentiary. • Coln it Stanley iiylte—:- - LarcertY. Fint of $lO an l costs of p:secution and 1 yeat and .5 months in the Eastern Peritentiary.. • Corn Vs Darliel Smith—Forgery. Fine of • $lO and costs of prosecution' and 6 months in county jail. L McKean es Martin Hill et al, Mrs Ir. Bullociet, :Ist Ii II Hickok. ?Alla Laporteri - use vs Naomi C Irvine. Rule to open judgment and let • the defendant into a defence in each case. E F Ilarr;ngtOu vs W Ki s Walker. Rule for judgment for want of sufficient affida. tit of defeiisc. . F Henry & Co vs AV 0 Thurston to. 't stone & Co vs same. Rule on plaintiff to give re curity for costs in each case. Hle vs F A • Long. Rule dis chnrged. • .N 11 Merrill vs A E Merrill. Ccinrt per:. 'Sit defendant to . withdraw appearance and answer.. Svitscrausn In re petition of Marion E Green, for the benefit of her separate earnings. Court grant the prayer of petitioner. NEtna Insurance Cn. es,ll R Eilao.kman et al. Court appoint S'W Little, Esq., Master and Examiner in this case. On motion of It etreeteri Esq., Court admit Jas E Carmalt, Esq.. a'member of the bar of Susquehanna county, to prac tice in the several courts of- Bridford ECM • C D Wolcott s- C E ISiunn et al. tiule to strike off satisfaction of judgno.nt. J II Chaapel's use vs P W Cowell et al. Wm liillis cs David . .."s'eSbit. • Auditor's Report in cash case filed and confirmed r.i xi. • • Alfred Bennett's use vs J B Wheaton. Auditor's Report filed and confirmed nisi. 'Exceptions filed by Alfred ,Bennett and J B Wheaton. • Cfmrt.approve of the appointment Of Chester Neal, as Deputy Constable of Windham twp. • Xbrain tVaitmitil vs justas Lea -I A, id— Trespas., W II Carnochan . and H . W Patri`t.A:. Esqs..for pPAintifl, and • Hon E oveTton. jr., , ai d, B T Case, Esti., for de fendant. On trial: • .The troubles of the past month have brought the Ogling rin into special pryininenee on account of its rri - mbitfrful shooting qualities. Al though erierybody knows that_it is a. tn.3.st wonqerfill shooter, not much more ab 01.4 it is. generally known. The inventor was an .tinerican genius, Dr. Richard Jordan (Jading, who eras born in North Carolina in 151.. z. He has been inventing all his life.. and long before his Gatling gun was known to the world he had 'in .vented-screws for :the e propulsion or water-craft, a maPhitie for *owing wheat in' drills, 'etc. In 1.849 he graduated at the. Ohio Medical !Col• SOLD BET. NOT DELIVERED.— , -The Nashua ( N. II.): Telegraph tells this stow.: " Recently a young man in tliWeity fell desperately in love With a your woman. -The young . woman •Ava'sicold and reserved. She didn't - takcl'to him.. The young man con tinued his pleading to keep ber.corn lany, and as a last resort. gave .lier a gc`l44 ring of the value of $10.111)(111 1-condition 1 - t. she " go with hirn one weeli;le being coritident that she would fin that he was a bona fide Lrentff:man and learri to love . him. The wotrran at - epted anti kept her pleilge:At the end of the week "she \ did , not like him.' Ile then : gave a silk dress of the Vain of 's3s, she to try him a month.— She emitted - the .situation. During the montk he gave her another ring. She tried vm - ,liard to love him, but did not sucixel,§:lie told him so, and returned to-the V brace of .her foriner - lover. The give was angry. He hurried to a lawyer's office, explained his grief, andfr:aused the young woman to he...nt4fied to call immediately. She sled. , The lawyer 'explained her efitne, made some remarks about the jail, and de- manded the gold rings and silk dress. The woman was frightened. She said' she would see her sister. Tlie sister inquired about the matter of an. offi cer. The statutes were, searched. A laugh was 'enjoyed. and .the young woman was told to hold on to the property. , She will stick. It 2:7, 1'877. TIIE GATLING.GUN Nodal. •,` These are hard tinces now at hoer; Fen; it Our fatherseems mkt down. ft" Ahd mother hay to patch and darn • ilet faded gown. . . We . ir Ben, The Wile one* as well, • And what the end of It will i.e The wisest can hot tell. Werr - the oldept of the flock, tlen, Two brawny lads and strong, And - we're been idling loud the place • And doing naught so long. / • ,We are taking the binali ftotn tires, Den, - ,I SIT It to our shame, '• ' And mating sad the latter days' • . - Of granny, old and lame. j HARD rIYE3 AT HOME. Let us strike one for ourvetres, Ben. And tall In love with work W►e'rraYnot iII a t: well a: flrst. Alut'lhen we rniisr't True. we'll have to glee up Our uurilng raids and fun, But that's no ;nor*, ror dut., - ,"i:ke. Than many a lad has There'll 1, better times at Mule. Ben te hearth will glow more brilftt, The little ontS tk tftette: fed When we can u<l4 our rtittf, • And fatter; too, will look np. ite4,- - - And mother's :wart he glad ; Then let us strike i,ut for ontselyes, :,e'er be sorry. - ----- 5- - at.,r.ellatteritO. TTEMI3 ERG AND. IPe REIGNING liOtrBE , A beautiful and time 7 lionoredcirs , ' torn prevails in Sfrabia: Once a year at Easier:.thei inhabitants 'from far and near perform a emi-patriotie, semi-religious pilgrimage . td. tit-Ws cave andt,O:Lichtenstein..f So. much of - romantic intere4 4 -- clusters around this region that be : -.%, fore describing our own pilgrimage 1 thither. (it was indeed 'such as.you shall hereafter hear) we will,go back a' few_ centurieQ,:to.the.time when this little kingdom wit .4 a prey to many conflicting claims; in danger of:,-be coining a province of Austria, pr. worke still, of being parceled out as booty to the neighboring dillies - and barons wno had formed an alliance offensive• and. defensive against its, reigning duke. Prich. . ' Ulrich had begun to govern under co-regency at eleven years or age : but. at ~sivicen, wilful, determined, rash,and brave, le took the reins in iris own hands. This was in 150 S. Ever since the middle of the thir teenth century, Wurttembei . g bad been governed by of this family. Wurttember ff was originally the name of a,castle near. Stuttgar t. Hence it became 'the family',name then that of 'the duchy, and in under Freiferick 'William Charles: grandfather - of the .present king, -Karl, that of a kingdom. Therefore. Ulrich. Count of Wurttemberg, who died in 1565. is the acknowledged •founiler 'of the family now on the t throne of .Wrirttemberg. .Its coma, I is called the proudest and: the poor': 1e..4 in ,Ettrope. . But noble ancestry 4.: a Species of wealth. Like capacity it-" eannotAe bought," and if joined to a good :name is it not " more pre cious than rubies - ?" But to return. After Ulrich' the fokinder's ^death, his•deseendants continued to govern as eounts •until 1494, Then it was that the EmperOr Maximilian, at the diet of Worms, created Eberhard V. or " Etiorhard of the Beard," duke of Wurttemberg. It was on this occasion , that the' assembled electors and princes, sit ting at the . imperial table, were ex- 1 the . tiumber and value of their erritories :each vying to surpass the otik2r iii the glory of their recitals.: When Eberhard's turn came, he said produces no treasures such .as your neither silver nor gold do 3..ttiotintains bear. - but in wood and dale, wherever I' tuas• g0,.1 find loyal and trite hearts to rest upon." " Graf iEberhard is the ricliesQ' cried they all. Ilis treasures. far excee'l ours Elie gut Wurttemberg allzeit !" the court-yard, of the old castle at Stuttgart is a large bronze•statue ofi Eberhard on its base arc the words : " Wurttemburg's ers,t Herzog " (first I duke). • . how different, the experience of Ebechard's grandson < tlrich, who two years later stood in his place ! .vi counse ors 'must have. been 'about hint, tor soon alienated the love of his -people—that love which hail been the ,glory awl the boast of the good Eberhard. Few were able to,maich Ulrich in deeds of prowess, His contemporaries tailed him "the Dauntless.' But he could not con tkmil with the legions4hat rose up against him. The alliance was a miglity,confederacy of princes, dukes baronS free . cities united together • for !outwit, protection. Ulrich had resolutely refused' to join it, and this was as not the least of his \ 4niccs.; ..A.n unfortunate marriage, too, lead prci% to Ulrich as 'it has to molly ,ortal in our own day-' Iris posed intrigue with a Fro t. Johann- v. Hutteif. resulted in tot \ death of the latter. Ulrich, it is -Saitl;slew him in a fit of hatred and jealoy.. This raised •him up a redotibtabloenemy in the pt,werftil Etrieti v. :Mitten. a cousin of the. moldered' kniglat,(l one of the mast' vigorpus writers.° Ais day. flatten expressed the family nation in letters: addresses, and poems, until the whole country rang with the recital. Ulrich's brother-in law, too. the, duke- of Bavaria, re sented his sisters' supposed• griev ances, both complaining of him to Maximilian, who despite Ulrich's 'headstroo'gobstinacy, was neverthe leis the 'most Unbiased of all his jp.tges.. 'But Maximilian's death, oc, curing in 1519, deprived Ulrich of a slipport which Tight have averted the calamities , that.. .followed.. Reut lingen, though under Ulrich's juris- Aletion, had - joined the league ; but Nicol the very day when ioStuttgart the o • seqpies for the Emperor's death *ere. 6: rig celebrated, news came to tb the inhabitants of that town hadhis forester: lie im mediately sal' forth, and without delay beseiged took. the city. This bold procee. determined the confederates ( who only waiting for a ptetext) to dc; war upon Ulrich. .119 made a va.lia 'stance, some of the time with suc cess. • But at last he was to 4 NII! Li retreat, and for many years he was m,Nan outcast and, 4 . fugitive frOm his v lfatdred and purified by surf tine. find after fifteen• years of exil4.he finally at -the battle of fen reoyered the posessiona of which %er _ - '4Ol _ Ight legiancelo i_ds'proscribed duke never swerved: This castle, all of *Vl rich-!s broad domains, was his one refuge from the, terrible solitude of the cave., Bete the fair hands of Marie Lichtenstein ministered:to his wants, while her father s , by wise and hopeful counsel, chee.rcd, the •idroop iug•heart Which but fo - r this Might never hare triumphed over the '..taeles which beset his path. But more anon. • .- .A. LtßEwoni l Juiac, 1377. HUGE( MILLER 3 EARLY DAYS. Hugh Miller - dt , rotet.thimself early to a life of hard , labof 39 guar _ man' and anason; and by the stP) eaereise of the powers. which/ had given -him. rose to a , pbsi . much usefulness and bon& gt(Try' has toeen,often tol4 what can by done by the of cormeon' mealig., The father of this . eelebratedi man was a master of a sloop belongibg to Sc"land, which was lost in a fearful . tempest. In consequence of this be reavement. the AvidOw dial to v work-- late into - - . -the 'night as a seamstress= to provide-. for the. family. Hugh used to' frequent the harbor and watch the - shipping, -sadly , missing .the familiar : vessel, the return of which rsed to be the . cause, of sumh joy to him': Ile would also cli&b, day afterday, a grassy 'knoll of the roast. - 'close behind . his .- mother's house which commanded a; wide :view of the Moray Frith, and I(x).k ‘.ist ,fully oit, long' after eyery one 'else, had cca.4(l. to. hope, for 'the sloop with 'the.two 'strips •of white, and the two square tolisails, i!cimmanded by his father. But theynever appease( -, again; • . Ile learned the letkrs of • the al phal-fret 'by studying .'the signposts : be afterwaras attended n dame school:and. persevered in his lessons till lie,rose to the highest forth,. and becainea member of the Bible.class. The storof , Joseph aroused his bizk terest, and he became a diligrentread.: er of all the Scripture fitories. Hugh" then began to•CollecVa'library in a, birch-bark' box 'about. nine inches square. Ns - A.lM' was finiticklarg,e enough to contain all his ,I.K)oks. He has described in his . •' Old Red Sandstone," the feelings' With Which he began work. Ind the - hatipiness he found in it; ' "-To be sure.' iny'hamis. were a little sore, and I felt nearly' as much fatigued as if I had yrrought and been useful. and had yet.enjoyed‘. the day fully as ninth as usual.. I , .Was as light ,of heart next raOrtling as any of my i brother-workmen." After.describing the landscape, he : .: says: -- I returned to the _quarry, econvinced that a - very exquisite pleasure may be a .very cheap one. -...anii - thafthe 'busiest employment may atfprd leisure enough to enjoy it." . . Various wondim soon 'disclosed themselves iethe rocks.: mark's of ftirrows„ as Orlin ebbing tide. fretted in the s6lit\stone, fossil .shElls, and fish, and leaves: of plants. Almost every day opened new discoveries to his curious eye, and airakencd,-dee er interest. And . .th'us began that course of.. obserYation and study 'which made him famous as:a geolo gist, and enabled him to render Yalu-. able help in the progress', of scinn.ce. His first year of labor came to a 'close. and, lie found that " the amount , of his' happiness had not, been less than in the last of his boyhood. The. additional experience of twenty year.".he addg.'"_haS not shown rue that there is any necessary' connei:- tion _between a life of toil-nal a life of Wretchedness.- °• My advic•e." says IfugTi — Miller, "to — young wOrkingmen desirous of bettering their eireiunstanees; :and adding to the - aniount of their .en joyment,, is a very simple one. Do niit sleek Imppinesi in what is mis named • plew•ure seek. it rather_ in what. is termed. study. Keep your curiosity' fresh, and embrace every oopportunity of cultivating . ;your minds. Learn to make a rbdit use of - your eyes : the commonest things are- worth booking dt—,even stones and Weeds, and the moot familiar an jukds. •It, a d good kooks, not forget tinthe best (pf all there is more true philosophy jih the Bible than in every ivoi'rk• of every sceptic that ever wrote and we should ,;111 be misera ble„ckatures - Witho9t it." • ANECDOTE OE NICHOLAS In Russia. nobody ha, the right to approach the . Czar t1? - e. streets. murii iess.to speak, to him. If. one . should do so, he would 'be arrested. (The Emperor Nieholds ipras.in the i habit of walking out, and often ke the law in spirit by .speaking to per --sons "whom he efianeed to meet. • One day while the 'ylmperor. was Promenading before the large Amtel of Mprskos street, he met an elegant t'ly dressed young gentleman, leisUre- PY smoking his cigar With. -the same [unconcern - as -it he was a Parisian* .rate- `-The Emperor - appronehed and sa -jilted him in Military style. . ri •- It appe s . that you are a Stran ,: !ger, ir," s 'd he., find '• . • . . " How 4. d you, that elit, - ;•said• f , :tlie' straw er. • " Ikea se you are sloki.-g - on the F.. ~. street, wb If is forbidden by •the po -1 lice regulations." "Thank you, sir." politely'replied the.stringer., ".1 always make it a rule to !meet the . laws'of the coun try. which I yisit.",..And he .made. • - movement to throw 'away the' cigar. No, yon 'need not'dp it now. As long,its you.. are walkinglrith moll°. • hody"will mkke any remarks toyort." • • " Are,you, then, a great personage of the Empire?" Said the stranger.. ••:: "I' have 'some influenee,", said \ the Emperor, \\„, . • "N . ery happy to bear it,".said the stranger. ' . • T / ME I understand that -wit_ __Auence one can accomplish'almost anything here. ct "You.exaggerate, sir,'! replied the l : Emperor- ;:"Certainly a,- powerful protection is I go, thint,,but IlussitiAs Ike to know with; whim we have Odes), and.. this is attained only throitgh same good of courstf:: u 1, i " WeaVesii, if that is the • said the siranger, "I will avail n3y self of th,e7ikind offer. I came to.ltos xis on litisinoe, and a little - protec-. • tion -woad -be most accept4hle in ,-, deed." Aild he proceeded to explain - his liusiness, puffing his paper all the, time. and talking with the Emperor. Thi were walking in, an elegant DIFER 11. fify ,Go_d on of . This to 'show arnest use one to which it is best not- to give a , . too 'sweeping or confident - answer. But it is to be noted, fi-rst,._ that the . radical renovation and purification - of an historical _religious system is by no - means impossible. Other .re ligiona than Chr/stianity have. expe- . • rienced some degree of such ivregen-. • eration: but this capacity peculiarly belongs to the genius of Christianity, I and. is one secret of its strength:. The 'Protestant ReformatiOn,liitli all its, limitations and , drawbacks, was a notable instance of the self+urifying power of Christianity the moral and spiritual renovation of the Catholic church, which was the counter-stroke • to the Protestant revolt supplied an-` other instance, though with a larger 1 in iusion• of unwortgy elements; and both before and 'since that period there have, been ,not a few cases 6 c. where eitherthe whole. church, or an important branch, has roused from • corruption and lethargy to purer life .and fresh coMpiests: . It seems not • over-sanguine Viand' in 3 the signs 'of • :our times many indications yielding . ' hope of :motile? and al profound re- , creneration of - a religious ..spirit. These indications point to the iden tification of religion with personal • cliaracter4Tharacter atl. once in its simplest and largest sense as right, doing,;--the faithful, patient pursuit of all moral exeellence: as aspiration and toil toward a perfect manhood, '• a manhood firinly planted In "fidelity to jail human and earthly -relation ships, and, bound by conscious and vital kinship to the spiritual power. of the universe. :This religion, when fully developed e will _recognize good ness as the one llitg rieedfuL; it Rill " find the noblest employment-for all lofty ; and spiritual faiths .in applying them 'l9 produce integtity, purity, love...joy, peace, in the liiVes Of men; it Will tind:in such truit,.the best l pre'Val of the faiths that- nurtured it; it will. let- us' hope, by making men morally better, and purifying their: minds of the animalism, .bitterness and selfishness — that dim. the moral - vision, enable them to discern las by intuition the great spiritual realities about rood the we question, thus , Tood the promise :that the pure . , heart, shall - gee God. While a re ligion of character will thus be in the strongest synipathy "With spiritual faith, it will not condemn any man, whatever his belief. who in his life is . , pure and—benevolent, it will not be afraid to accept the teaching of .1e:- th:it the . supreme test-question - is whether we. have ministered - to the' litingry,z the nako, the -sorrowful, and the sinning. It will affirm with-. out reservation that the only liar -- heresy is wrong-doina.---Creor.fie S. Scribner for. October. • ..SF.avt•sii Two 31.AsiERs. The . sweetest oratory that I have listened tE>.ori.eliff or- in Brest ivas r when awoke from a twilight dream which hail overtaken me as I 'sat leaning a!zainst the 'base of a 'monster tree:, They were upon the opposite . side and I could not run. Said,she:. "Since wewere children I have taken a deep. i interest and friendliness nlaur and.sinrel Came to knout the blessedness of hope I have longed to share my joy with you. Will you give _your heart to your Makef? • He " I .can't - do 'that, -I-- would if I could, becaus.e yon .wish it. gave it to you last winter, and if you really don't want - to keep it yourself : it - you really -don't. in the least care. for it,:you may give it to. • whoever you like, for I shall never have any use- for I 'would you know, to share a blessedness of hopc,.very likoly mtlgh the"-same', as. yours, if you ..*:•oulil arrange • things , o that I might hare you all the,titite to (1110 e s the joy • which I hope you mean can't you, Mollie?" She 414, "Oh, 'John t" - And if he , didn't her atid she didn't,, kiss why " Katy d 'and - Ahe :woods full of them. Then she said': "Non must tell. pa how yiiu` feel," an(tae,said.-:„. •'.lsn't it too soon after getting a nqv'heart to tell a fellow's. eiperi ence ?". 4,M1 she saki: it Not - at all; it is proper, and I .am -very happy." I e said: "Not as, happy; . 3lollie, are `vou'as if I had given my•heart to the .Lord ?" Ile asked hi - 8 question in a pathetic and apprehensive tone, and she-replied: "It is all the same, :Lohn. - I'll see'that the good L gets it at last:" . • Then they went pif to: inform• pa. and get an early bleeeing from him,_ for John is in the' leather 'business, null very prosperotis.-•(!yMp-Jfeetilig Letter to Chicago Times. h int
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