* TFrom thelfew Orleans Times.] -
~ the MEmbiuc showeb.
Seine a Poetical Account of the Astound-
Observations -made bp Mr.
O’Byan.
(Dedicated to his brilliant namesake. Orion)
,isTßODocxroK. " : ..v;;
Ook! an’ sure I shall remimber, the twelfth
night o’ Novimber,
As long as ere the ember of life in me re
mains!
For what with hiv’nly bo dies,and—the mix
® thure very odd is,
‘Delicious whisky toddies—theexcoitement
in my veins,
Was somethin’ so therrific, that there’s not
- a soporific, _ ••
Which would be at all specific, sich emo
tion to allay:
If e'er again I had it —whioh I hope not, for
: bedad it » v
Nearly kill’d me, and I’m glad it’s all
over anyway.
FIRST GLASS.
For the meteoric show’rs, I watched thro’
the midnight hours,: ■ r
And by all the blessed Powers! ne’er a
: wink of sleep had I! -
I read the Times and Picayune, and heard
the ould clock tiok a tune,
Expeotin’ to see flicker soon, the Crescents
in,thesky.
Whilst from opposite directions, stars of
different complexions, .
With most reflections, should
burst in awful glare ' '
Through the firmament enkindled, whilst
/ the consthellations dwindled—
’Till the thought that Td been swindled
; -made me feel inclined to swear.
SECOND GLASS,
Seein’ nothin more than common, or, the
dirii a phenomena,
I d-4d the *old asthrohomer,‘.np hill and
down dale,
Says I, “my foine Professor, yer a moighty
party guesser,
“My rispect for ye grows lesser, 6, Philo
sopher of Yale! (Professor Loomis)
“Wid yer ’ bogus calculation, yon’ve been
hoaxing this great nation
“Prom yer lofty situation, sir, ye ought to
be brought low:
“When l moight have bin -a sleepin, here a
weary watch I’m keepin, ...
“Myself in whisky steepin—Och! the diyil
take yer Bhow!”
THIRD GLASS.
’Twas past one by my dial, as agin I seized
tne phial,
And for fear the whisk’d spile—turn sour
perhaps wi’ fright,
Says 1, “I’m thinkin’m just take another
• smile,
“Myself to beguile, and the lonely hours
to while, or this mimorable night.’’
And then I sateyein’—tho’Xfoundit rather
tryin’—the figure of O’Ky’n,
(Who’s a countryman of mine), as he up
and down was a flyin’, in the firma
ment divine,
And says I, “ould consthellation, in my
humble estimation, yer a credit to our
nation,
“I enjoyyourcontemplation,toyour health
here’s a libation, and for iver may ye
shoine!”
S' FOURTH GLASS.
“What, three o’clock? ’tis morain’! it’s no
wonder I’ve been yawning,
“Break o’ -day will soon be dawnin’.
Where the devil are them showers?
'Confound them poor ould asthrologers, the
." spalpeens of chronologers, and bla
guards of phrenologers!
“They ought to get sockdologers; and, by
~T , T the bouly powers,
If I only had my will on ’em, wid sore
bones afther fillin’ ’em,
“It’s moighty near , a killin’ ’em, the
chances are, Fd be;
“The nasty ould divils, who, wid tiliscopes
on swivels,
“Keep up their mystic rivils till the mom
in’ air they snivels, in some high
1 observatree.”
FIFTH GLASS.
“There’s Olmstead and ould Newton, who’ve
been this subject motin’,about thestars
shootin’—
“And around the earth pirootin’; and that
German Professor, what the devil is
his name?
“Wid his planets and his mete’rs, he’s been
promisin’ to treat us,
“Meanin’all the while to cheat us,— by St.
Pathrick it’s a shame!
“Nivermoind,.™ fill my glass agin, and
1 ne’er be such an ass agin,
“When wonders come to pass agin, to
bother wid the trash.
And if the brightest aerolite, shooting star,
or queerer light,should anywhere near
alight,
“I wouldn’t now, for e’er a light, forsake
my whisky smash.”
_ . the vision.
By the. Piper, it’s began! here’s the moon
and the snn, and the planets every
' one,
Just as hard as they can run,arushin’
Lord knows where!
And the lovely consttaellations, vacate their
• situations, perform wonderful gyra
tions
Whilst tremendous agitations convulse the
starry sphare!
Och| the fearful fizzing as the meteors go
whizzing, .
Like burning rockets hissing, bang across
the milky line! .
The sight was most therrifie, as with
bodies magnific, and tails phospho
- rific, ■
The things scientific kicked up their
moighty shine.
Talk abouty our celehrations,and your grand
illuminations,
Jubilations and orations—(the last are all
my eye,
And I’m not so very sartin, but I might add
“Betty Martin,”
Xour feelings without hartin’) on the
Fourth o’ July!
Why, all your feeble fire-works, Greek fire
- and other dire works, * .
Beside one of those higher works, would
look exceedin mean,
Not to say dull and dirty,fizzly and squirty.
for since three and thirty.
Nothing half so party has ever been
seen,
Sure I couldn’ t keep the run; the fixed stars
became undone, and every mother’s
son,
As if shot from a gun, went darting
through the skies!
Bushin’, all ablazin’ in a manner most
amazin’
And generally raisin’ the devil as they
flew,
The fiery monsters jist did, like say-sar
pints twisted—they cooldn’t be re
sisted,
And ne’er before existed such a hulla-ha
.lop!
Meteoric .emanations! phosphorescent ra
diations! most astounding combina
tions! _
In* fact, the' Book of Riyelations stood'
open to my view!
cosctrsioir.
Aad now r.ve ended, what I intended,
% In ®P lendld * a fttU end true ao
fljsthefiery shower’s arrival, the which I
[adyiyhihk will drive all
outrival, ould Pegasua to
think I need a cocktail and a
things indeed to keep
jest’s pluck;
t\, pen and ink!—fill a bumper
9 •’■ink,
And no heel taps, for r drlak to'the read
er’s good look—
And my own; toothy the powersiso I may
as well ssy ours; •, .
May we blossom, lolke. the flowers, and
enjoy the shining hours „
In affection's sunny bowers; may misfor
tune never cow us, :
And may Providence allow us, to witness a
. return of the Meteoric Showers!
New Orleans; Nisy. 1^:1866.
; Winter Amusements,
Mr. John B. Young, of the Tribune,
says; The world goes round and round,
but neither man nor the seasons change
their relations. We are not accustomed
to,consider the Bomans ;asa sentimental
people, or even.as particularly lovers of
home; yet there is nothing in domestic
poetry more beautiful than that ninth
Ode of Horace, in which he sings of
Mount Socrate, white with show, orders
his servants to pile on the wood, and
invites his friends to partake*>f a gene
rous glass of four-year old wine. We see
the little. man rubbing his hands at the
hearth-blaze, and chuckling as he sends.
off his note to Thaliatchus. It is a cabi
net home picture, like: that yvhioh Mil
ton painted ,in his Twentieth' Sonnet,
from which we will not quote one word,
bu t only advise the reading thereof as a
dneerful resource upon the gloomiest
December day. ,
Although the .winter is eminently
favorable to study, perhaps as a people
we need no incitement to intellectual
exertion. We read at all times and
everywhere, and it is barely possible
that we read too much; but; the temp-,
tation ofa good fire, a brilliant light, an
easy chair and an entertaining book,
is one which we by no means advise
anybody to resist,' especially if it comes
after a day of weary toil. >Ve will put
the brains out of the question, :and say
nothing ofsiudy; or our opinion is that
there has beeh a great deal of nonsense
written against reading for amusement;
since, other things being equal; there is
no amusement more thoroughly harm
less than that which a harmless book
affords. Of there is choice; and
there are books which man or woman,
boy or girl, had better not. read; but
why should we avoid-books which
only talk to ub and amuse us, because
they do not pretend, to improve our
minds, any more than we should avoid
the cheeiy chat of our neighbors, which
may not always be the wisest or the
most improving when it is the most pre
tentious? Best is as needful as labor;
and it is better to read only for pleasure
than not to read gt all, Because one
has not strength to master Butler’s
Analogy or Fearne on Contingent Ee
mainders,is that a reason why we should
forego Ivanhoe or The Old Curiosity
Shop? Which is doing best—he who is
reading the lightest gilt gingerbread of
a fairy tale, or he who sits in blank ln%
actfon, twirling his thumbs and think
ing of nothing at all ? If we put reading
into the category -of harmless amuse
ments, we do not close the ragged field
of substantial acquisition to tnose who
please to enter it. The obliging book
sellers and the gentlemanly librarians
provide for many men and many minds;
while the long hours:after the non
inebriating cups may be dedicated to
light and elegant culture, or to solid ac
quisition, as taste may dictate or oppor
tunity permit. \
But for a nation which has been in
tellectually so hardly, strained as our
own, it would be invidious and probably
useless to prescribe the rules of winter
enjoyments. Somethin? must be left to
the good sense of all. We have no cen
sures for the light fantastic toes, if they
trip at proper hours and in proper com
pany. We have only to regret that there
not a Tenth Muse for skating. Some
the woe of the waggery of the theatres
will woo, and some the resounding walls
of the opera.' The better part, whether
of country sports or of city junkets,
is the kindly social feeling which
they create and encohrage. Some, though
sufliciently gregarious, will find society
enough in the family, while others are
best ‘satisfied in a well-conducted and
harmonious crowd. That must be indeed
a strange gathering in which there are
no benevolent and beautiful natures, to
Inake us better for having met them
and to add to our store of prized and
grateful memories. Winter is the
natural parent of charity—not alone of
almsgiving, but of that giving of the
heart and hand which, to the weary and
desponding, is worth far more than
material relief; and “all thoughts, all
delights” are to be invited and warmly
entertained, if amid the wintry desola
tion they bring us a perpetual summer
m the heart.
An Unfortunate Stbanger.—“Can
you tell me, "sir,’' said a stranger to a
stranger to a gentleman in a ball room,
who that lady is near the second
window, that very,vain looking lady ?"
“That is my sister, sir,” replied the
person addressed,, with a formidable
look.
“No, no, I don’t mean her,” said the
unfortunate interrogator. I ‘l mean that
ugly woman leaning against the piano:
there’B about as much expression in her
face as a bowl of bonny clabber,’ ’
“That,sir, is my wife.”-
“No, no,” gasped the miserable
stranger, the perspiration starting from
every pore. Good gracious! I wish I
could make you understand me! I mean
that blear-eyed object in the pink silk,
the one so awfully homely. I should
be afraid she would splinter a looking
glass by looking into it. There, she is
looking at us now.”
“That, sir,” said the gentleman, with
nerce calmness, ‘ ‘is my eldest daughter. ’ ’
* The stranger darted from the room
and cleared the premises as though he
had been struck with a presentiment,
that a powder magazine was going to
explode in that room in less than three
seconds.
Pablob, Game, —Among the parlor
games occasionally used, is one called
“squaring a word.” It consists in at -'
ranging \yords in such a manner that a
perfect square of known words shall be
made which shall read vertically in the
same order as horizontally. The prob
lem of “squaring the circle,” which has
mathematicians for ages, hai
-been solved in this way. Thus:
st CIRCLE
ICARUS
RAREST
’ CREATE
L USTRE
ESTEEM
A Specimen. —The following adver
tisement was found posted on the streets
of Catasauqua:
“PoplicSale on Sader Day thd 1 De
cember 1866 at 1 o’clock in the after
noon on the pase in Catasauqua House
on lot three story frame house 20 By ‘ 30
the lot is 20, feet in front 225 feet Depe
at Comner Shoo! ally front street.”
BPECIAI -
ir :^-^^ARTISjh.NTOFSORVBY1 !’.
North by Allentslane r — : ~l'
i South by Carpenter street, I •
BytbrGe'n>nntownnvenne,f r<o,itM -
A^ a^“°° a ° & toWMU* Of
!.. North by Chew avenue, 1
! .. . Sontbby .Ruscomb street,, ~ . .
; EaatbyFtflh street, JN0.287. ,
i West by Rroaifstreet, y • ■ >
toe now prepared, and deposited for public Inspection
fe.' 11 ?® office of the surveyor ana*Regajator of the
Nffilh Bnryey.Dlstiiot, Germantown, and at the office
oftheDeoanment.of.City Bunding, Fifth ß treatfb£
|ow Walnut Street* and the Board of faotveyora have
appointed MONDAY, the 17th lost., at IQJ£ o’clock to
porsider anr objection lffSt*tiajrhe“tirged thereto by
any citizen, interested therein. i
; : . STBIOMAND KNBAFS, ~
* aeo-8,15 3t €hiet Engineer and Surveyor.
fWtjWo^^roimi! 68 - ; .
; The Asslgneeeof this Company’have this day de
g"«d(tDfyiDEND (being No.*) OF THIRTY-FIVE
PER CENT. (85) on the original amount of claims,
properly adjnsted, excluaiva of Interest. Ffo'estaVßS
. To avoid delay,’credltora_ wUI at once, present
statement of their claims, in detail. , '
. When-parlies, who hold claims, “not th'elrown”
an order, or Power Attorney bom the owner will he
required before dividend can be paid. wm 08
WILLIAM H. BOYER, 1 . ,
i „ SAML.P. DARLINGTON,/ As3l S I >ees.
* noils,&w,tdec2t){ ' ' - ■ - 1
fTS* NOTICE.-In compliance with the Act of As
sembly, AprU Stb, 1855, providing agalnstA
wrongful detention and appropriation ofharrela and
other vessels, Bergdoll & Enbtta.-'Brewery of the Citv
Philadelphia,.Pennsylvania, have died In the offlw S
the Conn of Common Plena a description of ks
by which their barrels and vessels are known. We
ofalm as our property all barrels and vessels belong ng
tons. Mark 1, LB.4C. P. branded on the head too
nottomofeach vessel or barrel.
j 2 -A r, l lvat Ss ßrk 9? an anchor, abont two lnche? In
length,'branded on the head or bottom, or on beth
.beads ofeattb barrel or vessel. ■
ti-srsia* ; BERGDOLL &P3QTTA.
r*tnr, OF Tar, fkankfußD aSD
PHILADELPHIA PASSENGER RAILWAY
COMPANY, No. 2453 FRANHFURO Road, Paul
dbpphia.December4,lB66. :
„ All persons who are subscribers to or holders of the
Capital stock or thla Company, and wno have notvet
paid the second Installment of FIVE DOLLARS ner
share thereon, are hereby notified that the said second
installment has been called la, and that they are re
ached to pay the same at the above Office on or before
WEDNESDAY, tbe 2d day of January aext,U67.
By Resolution of theßoard of Directors.
desHt| JACOB BINDER, President.
OFFICE off 'l'Htc pnir.A-nnr.pmt A*m
iMy SOUTHERN MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY
KUSH SOUTH DELAWARE - - ‘
Notice Is hereby riven that by a resolution of the
Board of Director* of the afiovenamed Company
adopted Angnst29th, 1866, the FOURTH and last ffi
™l«?hta§ffi“ beencaUed ta ‘ andl * dae
WILLIAM J. MALCOLM,
. Treasurer.
OFFICE OF “THE- RELIANCE INSUB
*eir ANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA"
No-MBWALNUTstreeb. P H n. l .Dki.viT T .,NoVßmb4r
Sou) ,18Gb. i ' ~ '
_The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of “ Tint
RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILA?
DELFHIA” and the Annual Election ot UUrteMOs)
. Directors, to serve for the ensuing year, will heJteld at
their Office, on MONDAY. Dewmbellitt. iIS
° THOMAS a HILL,
noffi tdelTj .. Senre f °T
31. SOUTH DELAWARE AVKNUR Pamsgb
PHia. November Bth, 1868.
STOCKHOLDERS 1 NOTTUK.—Babscrlbers to the
Capltal stock.orihBPhflndelphla and Southern mS>
Steamship Company are hereby notlfied thabcerUfl
“tee fbr die same are now ready, and will be lsoed
from this office In exchange for the Icstallmeat re
“IP?.. , WILLIAM J. MALCOLM.
nosiMl - , tea etary and Treasurer.
PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK,
Philadelphia, Dec. 1966.
The A nnualßleoUon tor Directors of this Bank wffi
*>« held at ffia Banking House on TUESDAY.’the
elgh.h day of Jeumary; 1867. between 11 o’clock A. M.
and A o'clock P.M.. B. B. COMKGYB. -
defto,thA-aaBf
PIYtPEJTO HOTltm
vJOFJTCE OF THE :LEHIGH toil rm
OOMPANY.
The Board of Manamta have this day declared.
Dividend of FIVE FEB CENT., or TWO DOLLARS
ANDA HALF PER SHARK pn theOapltal Stock ot
thteOomjmny, payable on demand, clear of National
«od State taxes. SOLOMON S HHPHERD,
n027-tfl - . .. Treasnrer.
BWPnaag cibdb.
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_THE STATE OP THE CHURCH AND THE
WOELDaT THE FINAL OU TBKEAE OF EVIL.
AND REVBLATION OF ANTICHRIST, his deotrnc
with an Appendix by Mrs. A. P. Jollfle.
For sale by JAMES S. GLAXTON,
Successor to W. S. & A. Martian,
' 1218 Chestnut street.
TT-fBPKR’S and other MAGAZINES BOUND
Bindery, No. 29 North THlS
iKjaTflgtreet, op stairs. • des»3t*
UUWJEItUSS,,
Fino Coffees
DLA«dSSScA VA,Ftoe MC >CHA,EAST IN-
FoxSaleby
JAMESB. WEBBj
WALNUT and EIGHTH Stree
S^rec***
PolS-lm S. E. corner Wste < itiidS«toUh^i»
FIX'S PABIKA CRACKERS. 1 ~
Fresh Cracker* of this onrlraied Brand alwanon
nandandfbrßalelnbtfls.aiHlKbblA.br "won
ALDBICH, YBBKBB &CABY,
18, 2 Q and a BeUtte street,
i. Aptnoj,
no6-am|
1 il nnn„ cans fkebh peaches, Tmow
Xy.UyUpOTn, Freeh Tomntoee,Green Feta, Straw
twariee. Htahrooma^Ac, In ators and for sale; whole-
by 5T>. SFUIaTN. N. W. cornSrArX
JURIED FRUIT.—Very handaome pared peaches,
ujpared do. dried apples, in storeand*fbraale
fa? M. fTbpiijjh. y. w. comer Arch and tuyere
Buckwheat, buck wheat.- ihe. of th
cclehraled silver Flint Bndcwheat, In store ano
lot sale by 2L F. BPrT.T.TTf, Tea Bealerand Grocer, N
W. corner Arch andßghtL
BAISINS ANDFias—Superior new Layer
TT Halalraßnd choice Elma Fig*, fbr sale by Ity,
SPILLIN, N. W. comer Arch anti Eighth streets.
aOEEN gallons rhntw. large Qneen
Olives. In store and for side by raifnn oruaxrel. at
IXi CTfcTY *8 East End Grocery, No. USSonth SEOONB
street. ,
VEW BETHLEHEM BUCKWHEAT & WHITE
Ls Oowr Honey, In store and tor sale at OOUSTY’6
EastEadGrocery. No. 118 South SECUNDstreet.:
Nqbth* Carolina hominy obits, new
B omlny, pared and uu pared Peaches. Just re
reived and tor sale at East End Grocery,
No. 118 South SECOND street. v«w»ry,
g^^u c Sl^^ D c g^ Kastgn<lGr "
CASTOB WHEELS.
HEALTH AND STRENGTH TJSE CAPE
w Jttlta, 1 & 00 * ,B patent GLASS CASTOB
These wheels are designed for Pianos, Bedsteads. An
We claim that they give to Pianos a greaUv 'increased
mice of sound, without detracting from the
and melody of the Instrument, rendering every nou
more distinct to the ear. This la so apparent that the*
aeath. pronounced the Glass CastoaaWheelß An to
valuable invention for bedfitst nßlids, who ar*
guarded against the damp floors afreriitdexgoing ttu
process of cleaning, or where dampness is produoef
rromany other cause. Aside from this. Housekeeper
are relieved from the dread of having their carpetacui
or torn, as frequently happensfromuiose now muse
often caused by a rust, which adheres with glne-llk*
tenacity. No such annoyance can possibly proceed
from the Glass Castor wheels, as we all knowthai
glass is non-corrosive. There are no rough or unfin
ished edgee to the Glass Wheels, such as we often fine
in those of iron, and the latter, though smoothly fin
ished, will soon rust, from the dampness of the aimos
Dhere, If nothing else, producing roughness on thesnr
face, or edge, while the former will always, maintalx
thesmoothness of glass,just as they are finished.
By sleeping upon glass wheels yon retain all the elec
tricity you had in your body on retiring, and yon set
up in the morning feeling as fresh and active aa t
young man. Glass a nonconductor, the elec
tricity gained while in bed cannot pass oft Aakvoui
doctor what he think* of the fti—s Castor Wlmels
Ask him If all diseases, with the exception'of chronic
diseases, are not caused from the want of electricity
we have a man in our place whom the doctors nro
nonneed past curing, with the Inflammatory rhen
mattem. TThe wheels cured him in less than fom
weeks. He la to-day a stout healthy man. These art
facts which can be proven on application at our
S»°* Philadelphia, or at oar Factory^;
Weatville, New Jersey- where we have some sixt>
handympioyed In the manufacture of theCglafis Cas
|IQO will be paid to any one who’will saytheyh&v*
oot received any benefit or relief after using Gapewel
& Oo,*s Patent Glass Castors. A sample set (4Y of the
Wheels sent to any part of the United States, on re
»lpt of 1160, J. B. CAPEWELL & QO ,
oo*-Bm| 1 No. 205 Race street.
HiBMESS, SADDLESr*o^
JJORSE COVERS,
BUFFALO KOBES,
lap buqp.
ANGOLA HATS.
BELOW MARKET BATES,
KNEaSS&OO..
r .,i , - , ' ' 631 MARKET Street.
Life Blue boiaein thedoor. Come and see dswisif
MASOSIC HAKES.
LEANB, NO, «S CHESTNUT
v PTaK HiT> -: ;■ & ! '
First Premium awarded lnst!*
r tnteto MARTIN LKANS. Manntootnrsr of
\ j MABONIO MAKES.
• ' PINS, EMBLEMS, *O., *b. r
New andoriglnal designs of Masonlo Marks, Tam-
Dion’ Medals, ArmYMedala and Corps Badge* of
wrvaaMginUnn ’ ,o noHw.tlLr.aSmr
RRIAGES.
CfiTlOL' SALE—A large aMortment ofnew
*nd second-hand Carrlagea,.top and no top
SCggles, RocEawoya and German towns, and Express
Wagons. GEO. HOOD A SONS. No. 130 BADE street.
Nos, E» and SSS ÜBOWN street. ocUsfca
, FgNANCgAg,
BANKING HOUSE
. • • ' OF-f V'-
! JAY COOKI & GO.
11S and 114 S. Third St., Philadau
Dealers in all Gwerainent Stworitiw.
: ®l|> s:M’swpTpi:,:i;.v
IN teflAieE fOR KEWna
A LTBEKAL DIFFEBSITGg A T,T,Qyftp
lntewst Notes Wanted,
INTEREST ALLOWED OK DEPOSIT;
, Collections made: Stoics Bought and Sold on Com
miaaloD. ■ * ■.. ~ ■ • •* -- /1 •• -i .?■
iSBS?- business accommodations renerved ion
fi>SO’s, .. -
y 3iro»s» ■
.1 ' ASSIES,,
10-40*8,
COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES;
BOUGHT AIM) SOLO,
DE HAYEN ■& BRO.
40 SOUTH THIRD STREET.
NATIONAL
J EXCHANGE BANE
CAPITAL $300,000, FULL PAID,
Has Removed To Its
New Banking House,
Nos. 633 and 635 Cfiestniit Street
A. BOYD, Pnsldiat
W. GHiBOUQH, ntfftt
STOCK BROKER.
GEO. HENDERSON, JR,
NO. 228 DOCK STREET.
_Havingresnmed business, I am prepared to mate
Gash or Time purchase* and aaloa of stock*, Bonds 3
at « per cent. Interest, without any
Orders (aerated in New York, Boston and R»f«-
more. • aMMa,
A
& SPECIALTY, S
SMITH, RANDOLPH ft CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
1® Sooth Third it** i S fiaaao Mivsfic
PblladelpMa, j HffiTnk,
STOCKS AND GOLD
SOUGHT ABD BOItD OS OOKSCESBEC
ALLOWKD OR DHPOSmt, S'
LIQIIOBS.
PLEASANT YALLEY WINE CO.
Sparkling and Still Wines.
G< W. MIDDLETON", Sole Agent,
109 Har&et Street, Pbiladelnhla.
noamtj
v" * Suecesaot to 6«o. W Gray.
If B BE WE
84,86, 88 and SO Boatli Bsztti St,
HER MAJESTY
CHAMPAGNE,
■x. by BtrirTOiir,
Vv ENBS.—The attention of the trade Is solicited to
choice Wines, Ac., far sale to
JOSEPH F DUNTON, No. 151 Sooth FRONT street,
above Walnut:
HADEIRAS—OId Island, S years old.
BHI RULES—-Campbell & Oo„ single, doable and.
triple Grape. E, Crusoe* Sons, Bndolph, Topas, Bleg,
Spanish, Crown and F. Vallette. .
PORI S—Valleite, Vlnho Velho Beal, Dan ton and
Bebello Yalenta * Co., vintages 1836 to 1836.
CLABETS—Cruse Fils Freres and St. Estephe Cha-
Jonrdan, Brlve * 00.
MUSCAT—deFrontlgnan. „„ ..
CHAMPAGNES— Ernest Hrony, ‘‘Golden Star,’*
de Venoge, Her MaJesfS' and Boyal Cabinet and other
favoritebrands. , . .
OLD WHISKIES. —600 Cases Pure Old Wheat, BTSI
Bonrbon tostde by
~ ' . .s.North Front. etrtOj
COPABTISEBSmPS.
TtIBSOLUTION OF COPABTNEBSHIP.—The co-
I f partnersblp Heretofore existing nnder the firm of
Georgeß. Beese, Son * Co.. Is this day dissolved, by
the death of Georte B. Beese. The business wiU be
aettledby the surviving
: - 1 MTOS 8 "
Philadelphia, Dec; 1, 1886. _ ;
CO-PABTNfeRBHIP NOTICE.—The . undersigned
have associated themselves nnder the Firm name
of GEOBGE B. BERSK'S SONS, and. will continue
ItJSt. CommlsBlon business,; at No. Sffl
M. MESIEB BEESE,
W HENBV BEESE, •
■ i-.i. JACOB B. REUSE.
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