DRIFTWOOD. IN THE SPRING In the Fprlng above the meadow ehlrong swallows 103.ot:0 , 1311; . 11 In 11 a prinß all nature's grded,with the brighteAt ehartni. . 4 . • 1:. rpriur, the 11tae lque bird %itv within the maple tree ; I„ the e2wsttpt reeplug (turn the grass es dot the lea. ID 11:f, petits repose ; Li %Male: la-to LTI MtAl! , S3 * * tiOnnt glow?' . . 111 tte ,I.vine ntthin the wo( Maudlin the witiblers - 0111 flute: .. , I n ' me, , ~,g the -AlegOi'SaTuhal .it, Hnertely cti .-- her fruit. . . . i1.r . .1 ,111 .~. 3.111. 1 anilwr on, the hot.c , suckle, ECM In :to q”ing tlucklet arimoie paddle IRE Ihp. cp !: l ig t o t ,p4pr, pf tip, EIDE In 1.1,v3 b'•% v. arg ull,l up..1.1.1b 1n 1:4 tllc itagrrnt Zito des 11.1 - -p Tr, m air ir..r ; 1 . 7 11., y,rt,g a y.,ting man! imicy tutus to tt•eitglit,"f punittler Afa /l4rftl -11 is said that a man in Berks (I,(Ainty an apple which he has kept for , :h - fteen . yr,:ars in a ;10(.1 state of preservalon 7 -Tht mapncr in which it has been prt.ser;ied gu lung i, not A r.n.\\"l: ‘N-oinan in Calhoun County,. motile(' her sixth litz°:band a few .T. - i's ago. Shii iiwns a Jam and has a pi-it ate crailetay in one tanner where all Ler former partners are laid in a ro4.y. Thelot is full. however,. and unleFs the candidate is more fortunate than his predecessors the graveyard will have to be enlarged. Rot. Elt LITTLE, fourteen year 'of age, residing in tharlestovin township, the - ter Connt§,.met with a s , erious aecident 81.11velydisagreeable sul prise one day last week,._ lie was at work with "a fod tter cutter, and while adjusting' a part of the machinery felt one of the knives st &Ike . his hand, but thought nothing of it until lie attempted -to up a folk some time afterward, and was. horr'ilit) to tied all his tinizers mittsing and the Mood sti coming from the wound. The lingers had Lien ent (Cff and were lying on the door beneath the bloody 1; wife. THAT the aveiti2,e quratiou of human life Vas itayeasrd during the period cosy crcd l r pionine history appears flout the evidence.atlorded by the esti mate of Het oilot us, ',elm flourished about fur hull-lied and fifty years byline - hrisiothat it took three suiTessive gen. e rations to roand out the click of a een vtry. It is a witableinstance of the con tinuing fotce of tradition that thi9 calcu lath'in has been adhered to ever since, al- Ihonzh compilad statistics of mortality and 1 tole' of longevity by uo means bear out.its present claim to at:en :ln' " age '' is still 3t'q i .years,Nil a e!,tury c.,mpri-es three ages. 4nd f`yet Nti? ate apposintly fast 4 the Psalmist', span of three gents ye l aih and ten. 1;11; µhen vie constitr that "all the days of Methuselah nerc 969 y ears ," as if we had a long way to go to re cover the ancient measure of. inundlie 03151 A v..nrrix iu .Vild asd lions hi, t xperienee iii tiont fishing, in IVOsi flope Creek, I'ikc County, - :.this Stale, last season, and- says: 'Mit stream was faitly stocked with irout. And itb lurks (tcerp'‘ , ; -krei with rattle , stiakes. In this last fact the first was ac- ,i A shmeil for. "Few people like the music big rat tkr s,uniling his alarm every ~time they get on t:hine to avoid a deep or a tangle of logs and brush. The -- ionsie of leaves and water is all very nice,. I,,it the of a rattlesnake' b! worse the zip of the risk-hall front the stutri)-thoottEi's pet. Bet your eyen in it niu vrety time. By keepin thti siteam,' and fishing carefully, 1 filled my ° basket with troutc-but I had to kill near ly or quite a dozen td rattlesnakes with my rerolver before)]. reached the Erie I,tillead, alongside the. Delaware,. A IvEpi”:“. took place in Connecticut few eveningi agiiiinder peculiar eireurn- r ! , . hosiing the extent,to which par ' ies matr - iinoniallT-inclined Will submit to Itieitmeniettee rather than he disappoint- The happy couple, unacquainted Ncith 11:e marriage laws, had obtained a ecititicate.in one county and engaged a patbon to perform the ceremony who le . sided another. On ,making their ap peat ance at the appointed hour, the lei'. gentleman informed - them that they (-mild not ho married t'-ere, and pre posed to . at-company them across the line.i They. wanted to be married, and a team vas procured to convey them to the pointAcies vignated. After a drive of several miles tllrou:lltii , e mud, tics-party halted puler :1 large tree, amt./with -the clouds kbove them,rtLe wet sdil henetith, and ;- . Au old lauteiti for illuminating,. 014 were pro . nAmneed 111211 and wife. A w>I,P.M N. 32 leaves wylkluslng nt 6:00 . M.. French towo 6:14. littni Mei field Cata. Stanittng Mono 4:31. Wpolulttng O:tO, Towatota'f;:r , . UlAter ;(16, SI Ilan 7:la. A tutus 7:1. Sayro Op, - Waverly 7:15, arriving to Elnara at WO A. M. . No. :it leaves t:lmira at 5:30 Warcrly e:l5. ' 4 :tyre 0:30. Athens 005. Milan 0:14. Uhler 0:53, ToWallda - 7:10. yaattking,7:2o. Sinuding Stone 7:20. I:omit:ern:Ad 7:.7.• Front:Moan 7:17, arriving at s'l - y:dosing 8:00 P. Trains 8 and 15 run tlleeplug cars on trains 0 and 151w..w.mit Niagara Falls and Philadelphia and het ween hyonsaud New York without elfautt-s lilooping cars on 3 and 0 between Buffalo and, 15'llice,...ltarre. Parlor Car , : en Trains 2 and 11 be= twron' 1 1 Ziagarst Falls alit/ -Philadelphia nitlitint ehange, and throngb coach' to and from 110elieslei via Lyons. It. A. PACKER. i • Supt. P..& 74. Y It. It 'l . ;tyre, Va... June 21, 18b0: Chicago I Z. t A 1 .A: lh -W iortestopn Y Is ihe coNNTIte('TEI):nr.sT EieTlll 3 l'l,l) . ! a t Iwnee din t's Au LTV tit • RAI IitWAY I=EITECI WEST AND- NORTHWEST ! Yt b; :he short and best route betweet) Chteigt. and all points • Northern 11 lowa , Dakota. Wyo Nebramka. Catiforda, -Oregon. Arizona. 'Matt. Colorado. Idaho. Montaim, Nt , vatta, aryl for ' COUNCIL BLUFFLOMAHA DENVER, LEADVILLE, SALT 'LAKE:.SAN FRANCISCO DEABWOOII, SIOUX• CITY Cedar tt•tphts. .I.eA _}(nines, Columbus, and ail, Points In the Territories, and the West.. Also. for; .M.llwankee, I.:recta Bay, Oshkosh. t'ittoboygaii, Mar iindte, Fond do Lac.. Watertown, .Houghton, Neenah. 'Menasha. st. paul, Minneapolis, Huron, Volga, Fargo ' Bismarck, Winona, . LaCrosse, Owatonna, and nit iedills tie , Minnesota, Dakota. Wisconsin and the Nortimest. 'At c,ouneit Bluns the Trains ,of the Chicago & Nortli-Westnrn and the I. P. irys - depart front, arrive at anti use the salon joint Union Depot. • At Chicago. close connections are made with the Lake Shute, Michigan ;Central, Balttlitore & Ohio,. Ft.-Wayne and Pennsylvania, and Chicago & I:rand Trunk }rya. and the Kankakee anti Pau Itatolle Routes. - • - ch.,' con wt., i0 , 1,9 ,. p1 , 7 , 1t at Janet ton robllB. It IN the ON t.X, LINE running iry Pullman Hotel Dininla Cars w E Chicago & Council Bluffs. Pullman Sleepers on all Night, Trains. Inhist up4 . ,a Tlehet Agohts iiou Ticket, 1-14 this road. Examine ?iota Tl.kris:: ttd reftp.. , In .Into If they . do hot reed °Vet' OM Ciiii•agia t Nort!.-WeNtern It you:wish the tte , “. ihaveling Aventun,o4l3Zions ill buy yourTb•6rti,Xv thi, route, AND WD.I,TARE NDN DTlll'.ll. Ta. , l;et Agents by thls I.llw. - MA.R. HUGHITT, • 21 V. P. 6(.11'1 rpicago ;•4 urn'tures FROST'S SONS V''' AN.D'RETAIL FURNITURE! We are how prepared for the SPRING TRADE with a full tine of NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS - • - 1:31319 LATEST STILES AND LOWEST PRICES which we 4uvlte . the pullltd to call and exanilne (v! , ra s r evt of PARLOR SLITS . - IN RAW SILK, TERMS, PLIASII AND IN very large, and puriwfees as low• as the lowest We liaye a full line of CHAMBER - SUIT& IN ASH, WALNUT AND SOT WOOD, whlo, we are selllei at A very low price. A full line . of SPRING BEDS, MATTRASSES ANT) PILLOWS UNDERTAKING. In MIK department v. alwaya have the best gtioda In the market, and are continually adding NEW -STYLES ; Persons desiringinythlng to tbe Marble line are invited to call and examine work, and save snots' commission. JAMES MCCABE. • t i mar s. . 2.4 tr LATEST/ INtBROVEMENTS, owanda,'Pa„ • 1 with all the while our prices are the lowest. J. O.yROST'S SONS' Towanda. Apr 9, 1879. Mtbitat. B.4LSAlltof 'HONEY A_ DELIGIITFVL ANODYNE EXPECTORANt. Prepared Espressiy for Diseases of the Throat and_- A Welcome messengerof relief to perains suffering from Coughs, Colds, Influenza., Bronchitis, Tightness 'and Oppression of the Chest, Wheezing, Whooping Cough. J 1 sthmat le and consumptive Cough•; and Hoarseness, either In Adults • or Children. • It speedily removcs that dlinenity - of Breathing and Sense of Oppression which nightly deprive the patient of rest ; Otis relief and com fort to those afflicted with the above' distressing and, when neglected, dangerous. complaints. For aged people it is especially teething. For chil dren itts pleasant to take; no child will ref UBO it, bet rather crave it. The B a 1.6 AM or HONEY is puti up in large bottles bold - tog three•gnartera of a pint, 75 eta. per bottle; large sample bottle:t, • CentF rr imam, porgqii I , w \Vim brilgtl43, .fsbF i!::4A 4 'l' ft 1411'))/fiONE pith; I;6wkirst aHlri: 11140=6; &G. JOHNSON MAN U FACTURIV COMPANY. STWARD. A 2 P.M. P. 19. 1115.19 1 1 0 0 Z .49 11 40 .. . 07.0 00 950 74611 6901 030'8 02;.... 7 911 5 0419 1 .... 605. 2 1510 44.... R 25 ; —1 041 . .. 5 a9i 7. 12' MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, Portable & Stationary Circular COR'N SHELLERS, Field Itollerik and Plow GRIST SAW 3111,1, MAC/lINEM BOILER ‘MAKINd Or repairing.of old Boilers, putting in new Heads or ylttesi a specialty. (Pc harefireilitio 171t8T-f:L.ISS BOILER'S rsa Portable am! Station Of any:.site made to order. Alsol Castings. We Use the best Irc Is done by sic 111 , 41 ineOlianies, tee nil oar- work. illifitnt • • Disston or Richardson :4 beh or Leather Bel; Foundry and Shops-un I o f Stelien:4'4 Lopg's, . • 7- & - i • 1 4 4 •Vi f • ' r r4ll 201 East Water Street, Spring Exhibition SPRING BONNETS and ROUND HAT Friday mid Salmidoy r E . VERY.. 0NE1.5 .LY rfl'ED TO .17•7 `E.k.l) . THE SA HE. 1.1141ra, N., Y,„tpril 14, 1551 NICHOLS.SHEPARD & CO Battle Creek, Michigan, mizsorAcTriszas or THE ONLY OEUVIVIS, ' THRESHER% Traction and Plain Engines and Horso-Paarere. 11,64111nopIete Thinker Facto!? Established In the 'Marla. • 1848 32!FAR8 of ,ontiourooo and iitectrofkil MOIL 1100 -without chancre or name • ._ • _ ... _ itii - lue Traction Enginesand Plain , ever seen in the'Amerlesn market. _ 1-1 ,- stwltirtuie qt . opecial,fentures and itsprosenoada • for M r together with superior qualities in remerne flan and nudertaie got dreamed of byother makers_ POOP sites of Spparators. from U to 12 bore. capsai- ty,for dears or kora ',awry: TwO strles of "Mounted' Eforso.roirom 5 7,5001000 if Feet of P3elected Lumber roes three S sits venre air-dried) THE • OLD. MA lIBLE YARD The undersigned hating - purchased the MAR BLE YARD of the late Mre ABE, de -4lre.s.to inform the public that having employed experienced men, he is prepared to do all kinds of work to the line of :kiONUMENTS, Burekill Brothers'. MARBLE ..WORKS! TOMBSTONES Lungs. tOne door ennth of ttor llotry noose.) 'Being practical Marble Workepl 'ourselves, we can afford to sell , cheaper than thole who employ,thelr labor. MI work warranted and no derectlro marble used. LCIC R HOUSE, I CORIZEt dZAIN & wastimaTox STIMETIS Steals at all hours. Terms to suit the times. Large stable attached. WM. HENRY, PubratxTon. 'rowanOa. .11tlv 2„ GET YOUR JOB PRINT-I•lsr6 R:rt%litcutflitMdaltalrVrefiVii SHINGLE MACHINES, 1)f all kitulr, or IClo3lre , . for (.116 :43 kfi EIZI ry Engines anA Iron n n 4 our mark ye outran- . I ntl given on • WS. ICU Ling. ' i inentit., 6ac1.7• EL)II.ItA I N. V.; WILL 11.1.11 i THEIR =321 APRIL 15th AND 16th; 412c:"TeinTrio177.1are. - NICHOLS, SHARD & CO. BatticiCV.ak i Michigan. Sitlntbre zbs, STILL IN QPEITA:TION HEAD_ STONES, MANTLES and SHELVES In the very bt , tlreatiner and at lowest rates Mauttfacturere tt MARRLE ANp.GRANITE. MONUMENTS ---A 'ti" 11 -- Main Street, Towanda, Pa. FIRST WARD, TOWANDA, PA. -I sub Vrogsfasis.. GEORGE L. -ROEIS Is the r!opritor of the • . - - NEW OROOERy. STORE ' • JthIt'STARTERIN''THE MOW ,TANYE - 13LOCE.. This Stalplelnig on the corner near _the labile Square, is one of the IlnestOroceries In town ad Mr. Boss has spared no pains In selecting thst bett good* that the great titles milord. Ala experience t, the groom ha iness enables him to purchase fasuctaas goods, and et bottom prices. Farmers and e•yeryboily can depend on It that when they get the prices of Groceries at Ross's it is of no use to try elsewhere, for his prices are down to rock bottom. 111KeElithIETT SPENCER has charge of Mr. Roses - Firs Ward ttoreAn Kellum Block. while Jade Schoonover is clerk in the new store In Mon. taupe Block. elir, Hoes keeps a horse and &Bury wagon sanding at the store In charge of Charm. Washburn, who will deliver In the BorOugh, free or charge, all goods as soon as sold. • • • All kinds of desirable produce takn inexchange for Groceries or for Cash. GEORGE 1. ROSS. Towanda, ra., Jafinary 27, 1881. JAMES McC.ABE . . 1.160 removed t 0.,. CORNER MAIN it PRIDGEAT§. Headquewtori FOR CHOICE GROCERIES r trerninv out on, xhort 710- cAsH pAID For,, • • -BUTTER, plus, Ac. GOODS SOLD AT THE _ • LOWEST LIVING. RATES TOwardla, Aprll29, 1860-y1; NM - VT- FIIR.IM! Towanda SWARTS CORNER (W MAIN - AND) BRIDGE S'I'REETS, „i no , ....... ”4,y, in each week' during the remainder of • this Month. - I —A gang of industrious thieves visited kfrtkm, Ridge one 'evening' last week and into two stores, .:t meat market and C he railroad depot, but were: poorly reL kvarded for .their labor. The only things missed ware two silk .hatdkerchiefs and .tieventeen cents in money., • Shannon was arrested at Nor. • ristown on Thursday on a charge of set; ting lire to his house on Wednesday night. TWo cans of coal oil and a blaing barrel of shaving were discovered in the houSe, Ina the dailies were e;tingu!shed, with' !Nkfight loss. Tice 'hoitse was insured rOO. .k —Eli Gibson, a filler at Conewago fur- !lace, .Middletown, .inct a horrible deaf' , !few days :um, falling:into•the.stack.,l lis little datighter, who,:hrid ,taken his nailer to the furnace. dkni - flind ono. in tie usual place,-aud on hinkitnr down the • k e pi if•ticktau.,., ) •..• callow 1 examine our Goods amyl • -• • r L• To‘iaillta. Pa., January 24th, 1881 STEVENS LONG ROCERIES, 1'110111:-.110.N S., p: rl!j Ik*i ('ii I • TO THEIR NEW STORE, • ;-• • CORNER OF •MAIN Sz; PINE-Sts. (The old stand of /yr, Stevens & liereur,) They Invite attention to their complete assortnot 'and very Targe.stock of Choice.V.c.* Goods ' Which they have.ilways on hand. ES'E(IAI. ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE M. J. LONG GEu, STEVv,'XS' Towanda, Apri I PM. THE EQUITABLE LIFE A'SSTJRANCE SOCIETY Assets,, $41,108,602 ; an, increase of more than' Three Million Dollars in. 1880„ Surplus, $9,228,294 ; an increase of One and Three-quart# Millions. of Dollars in t • New business. $35,170,805 ; the largtist amount issued - by auy company In 1880. All poi icfra iNco.:yrk:sx.4B LE • offer . - three Years. 04,400,000 "paid to _Policy holders in 1111801 "..:OT A CGAIM COS:TiESTEII. . • Tontine .SavingS Fund Policies way be terminated at tbclose of certain defined periods, on terms mop Nivaiitagcons than upon any other plan:`-These policies prove more profitable to the policy-holder than any other form of insurance. • "For fall particular. of TONTINE. and all other forms Of policy issued by Ibis Society., apply to •JOIN I). STRYKER, .gent,. • At First Nati/nisi Dank, Towanda, Pa. L. C. Cue. Ataaler, 120, Broadway, N. Y. 311.2.4. I N S U R ANCE! FIRE, LIFE, AND ACCIDENT POLICIES None but reliable companies represented. isgitta tifipitoil tat) p 444 AM, VW"My NOVI ft 419. making It his JAMES McC ABE. (sc, GORDON lino tilled the Old Store M. D. SWART A. S. GORDON. General Dealersiln And , . . . COUNTRY- PRODUCE, PRODUCE, TRADE, A lel f,asli paid for desirable kinds insurance. 'it the C. 13., New York City. L, El .S. RUSSELL, i4enti TQWANDA, PA. leaned on the most reasonable terms Vey Satteallseiesib. TIE NORMAN STALLION "GAMBiTIAIX" . . Will matte the season of 4381 at his Owner% stable : In Idilan. Pa: TERMS-415 tolnsure one misleyslth t foal :825 for two mares owned by one man, tr , hothi get with foal. if *nitro bas proper treatment ands her colt dies before 1t Is - nine days (dd. only half price will be charged. "oamogrrA. ,, . is daps, pie gray, 7 .years old, 18 bands hlgb,Sind weigh* 1480 pounds; stylish and active, perfect from Hid ground up. He .1s lit very fine .condition. as' he has been driven carefully .411 the past winter in double and single harness. His colts are large, Welt-formed. %lib lino action. They are in , good ,demind t *MO each has been refused for yearling imiti sired by him: ' Good pasture Inrnisued for mbrea.at reasonable prices. .. , • R. S. EDIIISTON. Owner, Milan: Bradfdrd C0.,..ra.. ?,larch 24, 18814m*. 'DE SDA LE . 41 , ..A . C S i t j' al ' ilon, ' "LO-11D ' CLYDE," 1 • will .;;. ~;-...... w make the season of lest as . 4 ,1 ,-.-;','; 6 , ,,'„ , follows: Alondays. Wednesdays '•1.111 . .4 and Thuridays_et home: Tues. -. : ,,5'4„, .17444 V j, , digs at Burlington, Green** hotel -4 ‘. •,,, ..p . ambles ; 61-biars and tixturdays at Troy,•Tror lions& st4tletn Tr.ltlif B—li 1 to in. ' . "Ile, 825 for two--41: - .. inrthe 8 rst..slo for the Sec ,std. in rise of toss of colt nt foaling tittle, wp divide the loss, • r •• LORD (LY1)11" is .a rdett dappli brown ' g Sears 0 : 1 1. i s',..''‘ hands high. and weighs L. 2 ,10 pounds. -Sire, I.ord Clyde; dam, Lady Clyde_ Moth Sire and slam itoporittl. Bred by Win. f;royicv. Northport. Long Island. ills colts are bays nod 'brow ilicwilt. hardly au exception, plenty of life, atAstre, giving the best of satternetton In harness, I..t6aititi to &gm '. mimeo from date and chrio atily 404 - 1: Also, ['reciting of Sokillklosvu sheep and t;01110 y dogs train the pnrest hod the Ited. Will alv •thoroughbred and gtatliii:, rant lambs for sale lito coming fall. The grades are Soot lidown'and 3ftk ; rem. cross, which make a very fine, anti ifsefaN 1.. she. %V. A. WOOL). 1 . 1 Eot Smithfield, Pa., 'A prli 7s, Insl--trs, onoRT-iulit N . C A 1"E.1-, C 7 1 'AND BERKSHIRE PIUS WP itaer o. few rflorre Bulls and Iletter. rre otird-ftt very . rragonan'w pliifo,l. A Liu farin-!ded ' Wyairntlng, Pa., Nov., 11,-1680, s AG—iiiC-O.;TURAL !' MACHINERY! t R. M. WELLES, WHOLESALE .AND BEWAIL DEALER, TONVANIJA. • El . . ..• Spring. 'booth Han - Irsiil3 . The 4rtpntifin of the.farmen4.of Brad- . rd Is etpecially catted to thew new if kft HOW :4. 0 conv;:,t,..ly filltrk a vohl in Our Itopleue ,hts for pie thorough pulverizing and prep:station Or a'.l ootli foe ttut•tt Awl all other crops., Tnvlr r.pern I 1; ot ,!`i SO feltlarkSilie ai to Mike the SPIIING 'COOTII tAtfitOW' the tu , ot reillog farvi Implement 110 W. ,re ore e pulille: I Wir'row N SHIP AU EN TS lv, afitttl where .tUto ..re now arltottited, 1121 • CHURN POWERS full line of fret-chess'Powerg:'Please #xamine into tile merits tp6 . Pateht -Adjustable Track Power. It ir,just,the thing to please Briar& Plows Clipper and West Oneonta Reve)sible and Side-Hill Plows Improved Tompkins Co. Cultivators M. Osborne C,i.•s Independent Mowcrs and liZe:lrers Val inerS' Favorite Grain Drills • ~ " e r homas 7 SMoothing Ilarrows.° - • 'Acme Pulverizing Harrows - !I . -XX ilvtliattlle. Cement - ' timid C4n Planters Liquid Prepared Paints The BEST and CHEAPEST brands Lin this market Farm-Building and Roofing Paints Building Paper. A large stock of Lubricating, Cylinder and :tieat-Foot o=DS--Qlz In any quaiitity at Wholesale FISK ROS.' CELE 1:1: A TED FAR :11 jrand the Auburn Farm Wagons These are the best and- finished farm wagons ever seen in Bradford. ilalf sikeleton Buggies with and scltholit tips; t4O to Pint• first-4:14:u; Opt,r-top *lO Tnp ISugg,ivs, s,t7o to SSnn• Plat/Or/It Tl'agOio: or liest •-• CORN. 'SHELLERS • • . Feed Cutters, Wheel Rakes, "Hay Forks, Ilarearriers, Mocks and Rope, ° at verylow priCos. .; • If you want to litiy the'VERY BEST and CHEAIJEST FarnOlacbin ry of any description, apply to tbe•stiti , scriber. For Circulars and Prieol, call at nry store or R. M. Welles. Towanda, Aprll Za„ Isso • •L.B. POWELL, SCRANTON PA., • Urnet:o Agtnt for the ' CIIIC,KELIINO PIANOS; STInNWAY,-PIANOS, • And ' .MASON HANILIN ORGANS. • • i-• 4- - • • Also instruments of other iiiskers. Large liandtonse SILVANS for $6O and New Square and U pright Pianos $l5O - and npwarde. A large 4t)ck of fiIIUET MUSIC- and MUSIC Sorantoo. Pa., 90rt. 28. 1880. NATHAN TiDD, PITTSTON, WILKES-BARRE T" • :AND, LOYAL SOCIt COAL. • LoWest prices for cash. Unice and pirefoot of rine7strect, Towanda. ' July 15;1660., GRA' YOUR JOB PRI:N-7'l'llG t,.rfqN F AY Tiff-: "ROPORVIM " 0 ITIO il -Suggestions of andlor the Season 13 WELLE S, MIMII2 L; B. POWELL. I)esiler du ann and arqesetold. No farmer needs to be told that this is amonthin.which work preSses' but many of our readers will find th4s year that a' ,large share ,of the work of two monthT is crowded into one. Over several of the Western States the late 'and lingering snows liaVe delayed work disastrously, 'and the grimnd has — not been fit for the plow until after the 4Sual - time. • In a sea son so unseat noble as'-- this, in such localities, earful laying out of Work is, inilre than ever • nleeessary. Fortunate: / are thoset.who 'prepared theland; for spring wheat list full. In twiny; cases farmers may,be'com peiled to . let this crop go by, and give more attention to corn. Fluty ;sowing is on' Many aecountOlesir able, yet Food. eropS have been made, in New , ' ork State when the iowing was noi. done mail May Oats I I rarely do' well unless sown very rally. The crop may be improved by care in preparing the seed. - Pass it through' a fanning mill to, blow out , . all the light, imperfect seeds: . Corn planting will be the leading work throughout a broad area.; ' It is `a matter of common remark - with those . who observe the-Weather; that, tak\one. year. with another, the first 'ofßule_ will find vegetation about ..,.. .equallye advannO, -no matter how backWard4he early : part of the sea• son may ha l. been. Corn-land is to, . be put .in re,editress as soon as 'nay I be, but the - see l e mast not be planted until the soil is kartn,•and the grain will start into vig o•otts growth at :onee... - There is oft. *it serious loss • • from planting too. early ; the g-rain remains dormant, .or rots!. in the ground. It is often_ the ' , cage that e a field planted in A ptil, will\in•-Inne, - be.far behind one planted twoeweefts later. • The ',old rule is : " a sod for corn ;." one cannot always follow iihisi besides 'in many cases gtass land i s - 4:. - . ,;'. . • too vaittable as such to be plowed up).. • ee- The A mekieltio NOrchard and Garddn Work. for another - another crop: . - ' farmer is learning that meadows andl,l The - custom prevails' over a large _pastures furnish the most valuableofil part \ of the country ;Of: making the crops: Corn ' does. admirably - ow , first of \ Ma.Y - the •:,V,ving day "-of Stubble land : the extensive •I)eri - 1 the vear 2 ,\and Om this :a' count there •ments , reported to by ProfeAtw-At I are many 'who only tome into fios and - others, show that it dries not , session of - Their garden . hail other irntter• . what the preceding. crop has grounds with:the beginning of this been, so_long . as the .soiCis in,good month. It is late for many opera tilth, and abUndantly supplietl,with tions„ e but • better, than -not at. all., the , food elements which the corn es peer a py if o ne ha s ma d e hi s p l an ,i plant - §reqUires. There is. as snuck and kni}ws just what is to be done diflerenee of: opinion as ever, as to with no lOss of time in . -getting 14arly whether it is preferable to, plant in jto begin. In the Northern • States hilly or in drills . Corn can be, kept- planting iii the orchard - or garden free from weetli , With greate Case may-be done, late as it is, ptovided when planted in hills, as the•ctiltiva- i the trees, ete., have Leos pr, , , , ctirol tor or horse-hoe may- be' run in two ,careftilly•lnel l e& in. and ,-to•e- readx, to directions, and thus lea‘e_a_LlTltleyli t plant.at onee: There is - no seriOt, smaller part of the • work ~for the i loss - in the kitchen garden, save the hand-hoe. There-is the advantage in '..hick...of . , the earliest iltgetahlr, drills that the plaints are more evenly `, Therefore thOse. who from necessity . distributed over the ground, ear- - r; must beffin the operations in orchari; stalk has more initnediate .room, P- , ! and ffarde-n on the first of 'May re i...(iir. A larger crop - can ire grown • i I I fln 1; ....1 . d 01.1,1, no. 0,. ' ("F•POnr'l , Te(i 4 hut "..? 0) . . - • ' r.• 1 , )- with l the corn in Trills, -but -it is ! I,vork with a.:will and make thelmolt el:tinted that, in mast cases, this is Of what.i4 fOr many things the bet , more than offset - by the increased ' ter part of the glowing season 'Thiel' labor in tending it, especially if the 1 still i Telf ,' i n ,:i. . se land is weedy. The importance of : .5 - ,Y 1 ~ . -- . _. .. . selecting seed• corn has -.been- so ' . ,The Farm Live Stock. strongly set forth at the proper sea-, , . : - , - month firstthat it is presumed-'that this, With the hard-work-of tl,e month first step towards a succesnul'ercip ; the horses [ require. the best care• ei was taken in time. If one has a ' vhielt includes earding and brushing --.. wvariety that he -has finproved by 'foci much ;corn, fed' -now rnak.e the careful selection through .Sevend ! animals rest, lees by prods eing an ir year-, he shoal(' be stily to change it' ritation of the skin. .. 'moderate tor a new kind, though'we would by feed of green rye will Ire' very acet p no means discourage the testing of table to horses. and promote their new varieties of promise.•%.• , health. If One-land is not stony, the -The root Crop inereases• in impor- shoes:way be removed frOm the farm fitartee. and a greater acreage- is tie- teams; for•tt time, with benefit. - tfx.- voted to it each year, and it mustad- en being naturally sIOW in...their tn , r- Vance in -fa\ or as the Country be.- Li ; us, they' . will not bear hurryingin comes older, and Or .• methods are their work; - .and Should be given, fore- d to- adapt themselves to the alnii - nbitittitne• for let-ding. 'A yoke change in our- condition. I-Rot - its do .Oro-.:en cUn lie kept with profit on Vest in a loose friable soil, with a most , farms of considerable size where gravelly - subsoil. ,They require- deep . three or more men with teams 'are culture, and the ! oil should be ploWed employed. - . toTat least ten inches: If the soil is - Cows at. pasture, as wellits those not z sieh. give a g,obil supply of, well- kept in stable's under ~the 's'oiling, rotted manure: bonedust, guano, or . system.' should have an acinntanee of superphosphate, nit the rateof ;',0.1 to 'fresh' rire water, and -fie .propeilv 1 50 . 4 pounds per acre, .may be applied- , silPplied with salts: Ti.i. is cefisid with profit. All such .coneentrated ered -to have -a corrective Weet upon manures should. be s?wn ,on , the sur- the succulent food that atiffitt. otlu-:- face, and harrowed„ifr, (or Otherwise wise produce some disorder of the thoronghly _ mixed"ith the soil. digestion. It is best not to let tine .Mangel-whrtzels are the most inipor- cows teed entirely tii)on grasS Tor the. taut runt (..m. they ShOillil be sown first feW days, but 'continue . the hay by the mititlr p e.; of the month. After and meal until the'ffrass feed is more mangels come sue:an-beets and blood 'nature. ThiS catition applies still beets. which, may be, sown _early in more Strongly to the` calves and I June, but do'. the best. _nsnallv, when young stock, , Nihicir are especialfry 1 i iput in tine . ground the last of May. subject to ,injury froni overfeeding The leading varieties,. of yellow- ' With •stwenlent - herhai4,e. •' Black fleshed mangels'are; Webb's Yellow -leg ” or " black quarter' in calves is ()lobe, Yellow-fleshed Tankard,' and a result of this. An ounce of ppstm the Long Yellow. The red varietieS - :Faits tocaeli call when-turtied out i-' are less solid. With the , fishier crops ' ffiveti by . sortie _-.as a precaution SOW!) ill April, and the corn and roots affainst this-disease. To chance the, in Mmr)-,_ there is little of the fat - in , _feed '.gradually is one lit' the b es t' land untie. % nett. A small portion Methods of preservingthe - In alth of May he devoted witleprofit to fodder farrn animals. - • Pies profit by a ri . ill corn for June, July, or August, after eat.grass. When the trees in the or the early. rye and clover... , . chard.arelarffe enough it should he . , A top-dressing of- fine barn:yard seeded to clover as a pasture for :Le' manure, or artilical fertilizer appl i ied : pigs. This will afford them g0, , 1 to the :grass : land, either Itasturkor grazing, and at .the same time th e y tneadoW, will often give hew lif6 to vl ill - destroy. many oft - the orchard. "the grass, and return the expense • vermin. Young. - pigs will 11,1 ' 1 _many, fold. Plaster . often prothrees • plenty of good milk, which should l-e_ excelfent results upon young.cloter given theta separate from the older fields.' Thus applied, it will help ones. Ewes_ from*Which lambs have Increase the . crop to_ be plowed 'in as been weaned . may need to hare_the,... a green manure.‘ One to eight bush- ; milk remnyed froth their udders. 1-I'' els per acre May he sown broadcast, ' - to befattened they sbeuhml be fed - hi - f and this shdithl , be dot3e as early . as (Tally, When !the sheep :are shoin., : poitible This tnonth. ' :Ito- not lit the the ticks gather oil' thelembls,- , i1T(1 .1 I animals go. to ,pasture until the 'dipping them/ these intsts may Inc ''i.: . . ground is settled and firm. '- - - stroyede A number of old,andleze ' ; ful Sheep hips are advertised. Or the home-made tobacco dip may be teed.. .. Grafting- is-an Operation that had Yonng chickens wili now Inc Conlin-2: h'etter•he done too late than -too eare. forward.. Those of good* ,hri:ecis v. The b est t i me is w hen the buds : hatelted this month will. 6gin to lay on the StoCk are swelling,. and if ne. ' in the fall, and With care will con ; eessary may be. continued until the time . t infough the . winter. 1 • • , users are in full bloom. 'A t t his. sea __ . chicken coops need • to be .ninvr In son the bark slips readily, and lunch ' fregnenti.Y' There is uo hotel plaee are will 'be 'requirM % , :in'en ' saw i ng , for young, -chicks.to _forage that the off a Untie! hot td 'Make a -bad... Wound .Vegetal le garden :• they will (14-troy . by peeling down! This can be i _ wee _ Many insects. They should have :01- .'vented - in great part by . ent .,i ne _ abundance, of fres!' water, and- the through the bark with a strong knife coop be set in a dry piate. Tis , all around the limb where:the saw i s : crows are the farmer's:. friend, L...„ to gti. 'Buds shouldbe left upon the during May they are positively .an -stock until the imiOn'ol the graft i s ; noying to many Trom `their lave of insnrd . , Which will be- knot - cif by.the :v ,"ung' corn- At '0 . ! . -hl times', 41nr.ing buds of the graft' starting . i nto rainy days,' etc.. it .. Will_ i'f profitable ffrowth. After . this rub off the buds , to. look over the inathinery sad le upon the stock. The growth of the , utensils used in haying and harvest-, graft will - need some . attention :.i hi.g , and see what need .s,tc - v be bought .. . should but a single bad start, .and or mended,lind thus be. in read:ne-.4 , push upward very , rapidly, a lOng-7-fri'en the clover is to be cut or $‘11( ti. slender shOot will be produced, easi- the wheat is ripe fthettneharvest.— ly blown about by 'the -wind and , - 11 '"ierlca" Agri(l - 11turist for :Mot. . thereby loosened front time stock. All !. - . - ----.-44....-----•' - •suebwili require checking by pinch- r.I ry Le - EEP 'DREAD MotSr.—Keep a es way be formed. There Tv (' big off -tie - top so that lateral branch- 1 - I lare earthern jar----a . cover or thc! - . seems to ' • large same material is better. than a wood be a strouff neaire to give 'the . trees . I the second place on . the land, and ien one—anti have .it well-aired and. . , fresh • let the breads-be well cooled put some other* crop first. Those e t . , after nt.'s taken from 'the own, and who do not tare enough ,for an or_ chard to devote the land to it, should then • rial cein the jar and cover el . inselv. ; . • • . not plant one: tolllag-treesomt yet CEIEItt : VRITTEtt, - - Boil t•on , r in bearing, are not injured by havine.thick but tender': stalks of celery in some hoed crap between them. But; salted water. When tiotw dry them when tire trees begin "to bear a fair!on a cloth, cut them in cqUal lengths crop, they deserve and APllla have ! about one :Tau heir inel.e.e nip Olen: alf ibti w.,)ii. A eloree-erop to bp 'led -In batter, 'fry to ti ; ; ;00t.o.yoor P i lot: off 11Piic4 tii t.ll i'Kzi. t...titili Nt - '-ti:i= kiltsflits! ?Al W 4 ,' l lt f " ?': ,-. r il!lti .4 1.1' 1., Orchard and Nursery. orchard and for the pigs. This will enrich the soil, as the only thing re• moved is in the shape of flesh, while a large amount of vegetable matter _ . in clover roots andi manure has ac cumulated.. ._ . Insects.—An increase of . insect pests w ill ;c ome .With - the warmer growing weather. The _eggs of the' Tent Caterpillar will be . among the first to produce " worms," Whic if left to themselves, i will. soon • begin their ravages upon the foliage. Their • coming is easily recognized by their " tents,',' and these' should be destroy ed at once. The best time':' to — take them is in early riorning before they' have left their nests or " tents," When the whole' family may remorefl and crushed. The bare hand is, the bet for all within;„ reach; , for those Upon high branetWs uscu pole' with a swab dipped in ley or petroleum. If a newiy set t,4 is found : infested with Oyster-shell Bark Vee, it is the shortest way to pull l i t, :Up , - awl burn it. .An old tree with thisr .peSt should be painted over. 'with- non-drying; oil; as larttoil ;. tioleum 'has been used Witli• some - success. !The presence.of the Borers is known 4 by the - Sawdust which - they • mike. The besteure is a knife and a wire or whalebone probe. Cut only - enough to allow the. entrance of the probe. ;. never girdle the , tree: as.ove have, seen some do' 7 ' - olvic::re, hunting for the borers: The Cureulio - of the plum . stings the fruit when it is' quite small: .htr the trees when the fruit is,set in the early 'morning, and ..so long as insects are caught.. The sluggish hectleS are caught upon sheets spread Ileneath thetv . es ar ranged 'with poll , s to be hell by tWo persons ;_ put the insects into the fire . or otherwise destroy - then..' Plant Lice, that sometimes crowd up(4l2 Ilse growing tips of cherry and other fruit-trees, thin of removed cliy syr— inging_ them, with tobacco water ; those within reach tasy be . bent down, and dipped iir-the` same liquid.