The Bloomfield times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, August 09, 1870, Page 3, Image 3

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Who haa a Hon no to 1'aint ?
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tiie
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Uinldey Knitter.
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423 3ma or 176 BROADWAY, N. Y.
JAMES 13. CLARK,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER I
ptoves, Tin and SLcct Iron Ware
New BloomCcld, Terry co., Tn.,
KEEPS constantly on band every article usually
kept in a lirst-class establishment.
All the latest styles and most improved
iParlor and Ziiiclacii Cloves,
TO BURN EITHER COAL OR WOOD I
S- RponUiiR and Roofing put up in the most
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and examine his stock. 3
Hew Carriage Manufactory,
On Ilion Street, East of Carlisle St.,
Xcw Bloauifli'Id, 1'cnn'a.
THE subscriber lias built a largo and commodi
ous Shop on High St., Fast of Carlisle Street,
Jsew Bloomlleld. Pa., where lie is prepared to man
ufacture to order
Ca r i
Of every description, out of the best material.
Sleighs of every Style,
lullt to order, and finished in the most artistic and
.urable manner.
M. Having superior workmen, ho is prepared
to furnish work that will compare favorably with
the best City Work, and much more durable, and
ut much more reasonable rates.
a-REPAIRING of all kinds neatlyand prompt
ly done. A call is solicited.
SAMUEL SMITH.
31tf
TIIE WORLD'S WONDER!
Equalizing Oil !
T1HS Oil for Rheumatism In all Its forms,
.Sprains, Bruises. Cuts, Wounds of all descrip
tions, (,'rainp, etc., etc.. etc.,
18 UNEQUALLED by any now offered to the pub
lic. It Is for sale at 00 cents per bottle, by
NORTH E. BOUNCER,
Millorstown,
Perry county, Ts,
AN F. MORTIMER J4 CO.,
New Bloomlleld, To.
Relief Riven almost instantly, and permanent
cures effected. 4 li 3m
Clocks. Another now lot of 30 hour
nd 8 clay Clocks just received by F. Moa
imkr & Co., New Bloomfleld.
POPPING CORN.
And there they sat a-popplng corn
John Stiles and Susan Cutter)
John Stiles was fat ns any ox,
And Susan fut as butler.
And there they sat and shelled the corn,
And raked und stirred the lire
And talked of different kind of ears,
And hitched their chairs up nlgher.
Then Susan she the popper shook,
Then John he shook the poker.
Till both their fuccs grew as red
As saucepans made of copper.
And then they shelled, and popped and ate,
All kinds a fun a-poklng;
And he haw-hawed at her remarks,
And she laughed ut his Joking.
And still they popped, and still they ate,
(John's mouth wus like a hopper,)
And stirred the fire, and sprinkled suit,
And shook and Bhook the popper.
The clock struck nine, and then struck ten,
And Htill the corn kq t popping j
It struck eleven, and then struck twelve,
And stilt no signs of stopping.
And John lie ntc, and Sue she thought
The corn did pop and putter,
Till John cried out, " The corn's afire !
Why, Susan "what's the mutter?"
Said sho : " John Stiles, it's one o'clock,
You'll dicof Indigestion ;
I'm BU'k of all this popping corn
Why don't you pop the qucbtion ?"
A Jerseynian's Story.
TinilE following outline of tlie sad story
X "f" a citizen of New Jersey appears
inucli like the romantic tales found in
our sensation weeklies; but tlio narra
tive is nevertheless true, as the distressed
family of the adventurer, who still reside
iu Jersey City, can testily :
Twenty years ago a gentleman in mod
erate circumstances, living in Jersey City,
determined to try his luck -in China.
Accordingly he invested his money in
goods suited for that market and cm
barked on board a ship bound lor Iloug
Kong via. Liverpool. Ilia family, . con
sisting of his wife and several children
were left with sufficient means for their
maintenance until his return, which was
expected to be within four years.
The ship on board which our Jersey
man was a passenger had a fine run to
Liverpool, where she completed her load
ing and then started on a long voyage to
China. Once only did the family of the
Jerseyman hear from him after leaving
Liverpool, and that was by a letter re
ceived by a ship which spoke tho Jer
seynian's craft after rounding the Cupe of
Good Hope. Mouths passed by and no
further news of the ship. She never ar
rived at llong Kong, and nearly a 3 ear
after her departure from Liverpool the
captain returned to that port with the
sad tale of her foundering in mid ocean,
and his own escape, with most of his crew
and passengers, from a fearful death.
The Jerseyman was not among the saved.
A dreadful storm which continued many
days, drove the ship fur out of her course
to tho southward, and finally, after losing
all her spurs, she went down, giving her
crew barely time to lower tho boats be
fore tho noblo vessel " made her final
plunge. The boats containing tho cap
tain and most of the crew, after tossing
upon the sea fo several days, finally
reached a group of islands, where they
remained six or seven months, kindly
treated by the natives, until taken off by
a transient trader and carried to Calcutta,
where they secured a passage to this city.
But the boat in which were the Jersey
man and five seamen wus never heard of
since the uight after tho wreck.
Twenty years of sorrow, struggle and
privation for the Jersey family passed.
Tho noble-hearted widow and mother
fought against tho ills of poverty, keep
ing her children under her own roof tree,
educating and fitting them well to fight
tho battle of life, and hud tho happiness
of seeing them becomo bravo men ami
good citizens, honorable amoii"- the most.
honored. During all these long years of
sorrow ana ton sno clung to the hope that
the husband of her youth would return to
her ; his memory was kept fresh in her
heart, and almost her only solace was the
recollection of the happy hours passed
with him in their cottago home, and the
belief that onco more she would be folded
to his heart. Twenty years rolled slowly
around, tho children became men nnrl
women. 1 And strango young faces were
seen around the hearthston 'I'hn u..f
I fering wife's hair was turning white, aud
her trusting heart was well nigh broken
from its long waiting, when six weeks
ago, came a letter from the wanderer, re
citing his sad history. The second morn
ing airer cue wreck nothing was to be
seen of the other bouts. With but a
small stock of provisions tho Jerseyman
and his five companions, hoping against
hope, determined to shape their course
south of east, trusting to make one of
tne many irrutina of is amis known tn llo
11 that direction. After ten davs' toil.
during which two of the seamen died
from privations, the party readied a small
lsiana, when they were immediately seis
ed by the natives and condemned to a
life of slavery. Their captors were can
nibals, and long sought to induce the
white men to join them in their horrible
orgies; but finding both threats a'nd en
treaties unavailing, they finally desisted,
aud allowed their white slaves to eat such
lood as they chose. One afier another of
his white companions died, until tho Jer
seyman was left alone to his lifo of ser
vitude among the savages, and so ' closely
was he watched that although many ships
touched at the island he was unable to com
niunicato with them. At length a schoon
er from Australia dropped anchor during
a night in March lapt, in a cove near the
hut occupied by the Jerseyman, and be
ing tho tirst to discover her he seized a
canoe and paddled on to her before any
of tho natives were astir. So long had
he been among the savages that he had
lost nearly every recollection of his ori
gin, and had forgotten his native lan
guage. After gaining the deck of the
schooner he was for some time unable to
articulate a word, and only after a copious
flood of tears had relieved him was the
strong man able to utter the simple word
" home." Finally, aft r many efforts, he
made the captain understand his story,
which so affected the noble-hearted sailor
that he at once weighed anchor und sail
ed for Melbourne, where he arrived after
a short passage. Hero the Jerseyman
was kindly cared for by the authorities,
but being too unwell to take passage by
the first gleaner to Honolulu and San
Francisco he sent a letter containing the
joyful tidings of his safety. Last week
a letter in a mourning envelope, lrotn
.Melbourne was received by tho Jersey
man's family. It was from a city official
and contained the sad tidings of the wan
derer's death. After twenty years of
hardship and slavery, just as he was ready
to embark lor his long coveted home, he
was called to tako a longer, moro dreaded
journey, and in that far-off land, omon
strangers, but among Christians, his spir
it toot its lllgllt.
Taking the Census.
TN endeavoring to take tho census for
1 the government, the marshals occu'
sionally meet with such difficulties as to
well nigh deprive them of their senses.
The following colloquy is said to have ta
ken place in Geruiautown between a dep
uty marshal and an Irish woman :
,l IIow many mala members have you
in tho lamily f
" Niver a one."
" When were you married ?"
" The day J'at Doylo left Tippcrary for
Ameriky. Ah, well 1 mind it. A sun
shinier day niver gilded the sky of owhl
Ireland."
" What was tho condition of your hus
band before marriage ?"
" Divil a man moro miserable. He
said if I didn't behave myself he'd blow
his brains out wid a crowbar.
" Was he at the time of your marriage
a widower or a bachelor l
"A which? a widower did you say?
Ah, now go away wid jour nonsense. Is
it tho likes of mo that would take up wid
a second-hand husband ? Do I look like
tho wife of a widower ? A poor devil all
legs and consumption, like a sick turkey?
A widower ! May I be blessed if I had
not rather live an owld maid, and brin
up a launiy ou uuttenmJk and praties.
SLANDER.
'Twas but a breath,
And yet a woman's fair name wilted.
And friends 0110 warm grew cold and stilted.
.a.nu me was worse uiuu a earn.
Ono venomed word,
That struck Us coward, poisoned blow
In craven whispers, hushed and low,
And yet the wido world heard.
'Twas but ono whisper ono
That muttered low for verv shame.
That thing tho slanderer dare not namo.
A .1 i. U 1 , '
.tt.nu yoi us worK was uone.
A hint so Blight,
And yet so mighty in its power,
A human soul in one short hour,
Lies crushed beneath its blight.
Novel use for an Emetic.
WE find in Chamber's London Jour
nal an account of the uiodo in
which a famous collector of precious
stones, recovered a stolen ruby. The nar
rator says :
1 called this morning on a certain well-
known gem-collector, who was so good as
to show me the contents of his cabinet.
After the first half-dozen specimens, my
attention began to wander, for a very lit
tle i;i that sort ot thing goes a great way
with me.
" What is that little bottle you have
among your gems?" inquired 1.
" That is my ' Queen Eleanor's Mix
ture, said he, laughing. ' But for it, I
should not he in pos-ession of vonder
ruby, the value of which is over a thou
sand pounds."
" What !" cried I, " Do you mean to
say it is artificial ? 1 thought that that
notion ot manufacturing gems was a pop
ular superstition.
" So it is," said he, "but, nevertheless.
I am indebted to the mixture for that ru
by. I he fact is this : My collection is
too well known by half. 1 don't mind
showing it to an old friend like you, aud
of course 1 am proud of all these things.
but I have 111 a general way, to keep too
sharp an eye 1 pon my visitors to make
the exhibition pleasant, l'eonlc whom
I
1 .1 ,
kuow uoiniug auout call upon me
present a card of some friend of
and
mine
anu say, iur. so-ana-so assured 1110 you
wouiu ue so Kind as to let me see your
gems. iwo men came together upon
upon one occasion with the purpose (as
alterward appeared) ot what they call
putting tne jug on me that means
garrote and robbery ; but I did not like
their looks, and declined to show them
anything without a letter of introduction.
lheyhad,as it afterwards turned out
.1 .1 1,. T 1 n .....
stolen me caru or a l'roiessor or Miner
alogy. 1 am not, however, afraid of a
single visitor, because I always keep this
handy," atd my friend produced a pretty
little pistol, cocked, and I have no doubt
loaded.
" But the bottle," said I, " what is the
use of that f
" That is the supplement to the pistol.
Thus, only yesterday, a very ill-looking
fellow a foreigner, all hair and false
jewelry; and a very foolish thing it was
of him to come to uic with paste-diamonds
in his shirt-front brought a letter
of introduction with him from a friend of
mine in Dresden. The letter was gcuu
iie, but I had my doubts from the first,
as to whether this was the gentleman to
whom it referred. However, I brought
him in here to show him tho gems. He
made some very common place observa-
tions which convinced me that ho knew
nothing of the subject, and after thauk
ing me. in a somewhat scrvilo manner
for my courtesy, ho turned to go. I slip
ped behind him and the door, and locked
it in a second. " My ruby, said I,
you please, or you ro a dead man." And
I put the pistol to his forehead. That
little stone, which I have said is valued at
above a thusand pounds was missing. In
stead ot being indignant, my gentleman
merely answered : " Indeed you aro mis
taken, sir. iou may call your servaut
and examine every pocket."
"I know that, you scoundrel," returned
I. " You have nwallowed the ruby ; now
drink this or die. 1 held the weapon in
my hand and tho mixture which is an
. .1 .1 rm . .
emeuc in tne otner. ino situation was
very disagreeable for him, I have no
doubt, but did not seem to be at. all etn
barrassing. lie shrank from the pisto,
(or at least the polico station, which was
its alternative) and took tho physic like
a lamb, while I stood over htm with the
weapon and the bowl that little white
bason yonder exactly as Quee n Eleanor
stood over Fair Rosamond. That's why
I call it Eleanor's Mixture; a decotion
without which no gem cabinet, of any
value, can bo pronouueed complete.
When I miss a specimen I always know
that some visitor has swallowed it, and
then you know, he has to swallow this,
ES It was in a Massachusetts vil ag
that an old scissor-grindor, calling ou
minister made tho usual query :
" Any scissors to grind ?"
Iteceiving a negative answer, it was
the minister s turn, which ho took by ask
ing:
" Are you a man of God ?"
" I-do not understand you." 1
" Are you prepared to die ?"
The question struck him homo. Gath
ering up his kit and scrambling for hi
door, he exclaimed, terror stricken : I
" 0 Lord ! 0 Lord 1 you ain't going
to km me, aro you r
SUNDAY HEADING.
" Pray Without Ceasing."
A sailor wno hud been long absent
from his native country, returned home,
flushed with money. Coming to London,
where he had never been before, ho re
solved to gratify himself with the sight
of whatever was remurkuble. Auione
other places, he visited St. Paul's. It
happeucd to be at the time of divine ser- ,
vice. W lieu carelessly passing, he heard
the words, " Pray without ceasing," ut
tered by the minister, without having any .
impression made upon his mind by theiu.
Having satisfied Ins curiosity in London, :
he returned to his marine pursuits, and
Continued at sea for Beven years, without
any remarkable occurrence in his history.
One tine evening, when the air was soft,
tne Dreezo gentio, the heavens serene, and
tho oceau calm, he was walking the deck,
with his feelings soothed by tho pleasing
aspect of nature, when, all of a sudden,
darted on his mind the words, "Pray
without ceasing 1 " Pray without ceas
ing ?" " What words can these be ?" he
exclaimed. " I think 1 have heard them
before; where could it be?" After a
pause" Oh, it was at St. Paul's in Lon
don ; the minister read them from tho
Bible. What! and do the Scriptures
say, 'Pray without ceasing?' Oh, what
a wretcn 1 uiust be to have lived so long
without praying at all !' " God, who at
tirst caused him to hear this passage
in his ear, now caused it to spring
up in a way, at a time, and with , a
power peculiarly his own. The poor fel
low now fouud the lightning of convic
tion flash on his conscience the thun
ders of the law shako his heart and the
great deep of destruction threaten to
swallow him up. Now he began for the
first time to pray ; but praying was not
all. " Oh," said he, " if 1 had a Bible
or some good book !" He rummaged his
chest, when, in a corner, he espiod a Bi
ble which his anxious mother had, twenty
years before, placed in his chest, but
which, till now, he had never opened.
He snatched it up, put it to his breast, '
then read, wept, prayed ; he believed, and
became a new man.
A Ministerial Error.
It is, I think, an error into which many
of our modern ministers, whose education
has been carried to a high pitch, have
fallen, that everything is to be done by
the head rather than heart. We know
very well, that the true method is to reach
the heart through the head, and men
must bo made to feel by being shown why
they should feel, and what it is to make
them feel. But in many cases, especially
in the least educated, the head in to bd
reached by appeals to the heart. , We'
often hear tho remark :
" Yes, it was a smart sermon, but want
ed heart. It sparkled like the stars, or
shone like the moon on a wintry night,
but warmed no one."
I havo beeu sometimes struck, as ev;ry
one must havo been, with the varying ef
fect produced by different speakers at a
public meeting ; and how much power
over an audience, and how much more
the object of a meeting has been accom
plished by a few gushes of simple elo-.
quence from the heart of some earnest
and ardent advocate, than by the elabo
rate, but passionless pleader. The latter
was coldly admired, and admitted to be an
eloqueut speaker; but the former melted
and moved his audience by the depth
and intensity of his own feelings.
Tlio Two Angels.
A traveller, who spent some timo in
Turkey, relates a beautiful parable which
was told him by the dervish, and it seems
even more beautiful than Sterne's cele
brated figure of the accusing spirit and
recording angel :
" Every man," said the dervish, " has
two angels, one on hia right shoulder and
one ou his left. When he does anything
good, the angel on the right shoulder
writes it down and seals it, because what
is well done is done forever. Wheu he
docs evil, the angel on the left side writes
it down till midnight. If before that
time the man bows his head and exclaims,
' Gracious Allah ! I have sinned, forgive
me !' the angel rubs out the record ; but
if not, ho seals it, and the beloved anel
on the right shoulder weeps."
Strength for works of holiness de
pends on being at rest in Christ as our
righteousness. Ilewiston.
IiST-Tho more entire our dependence
on free grace, tho greater is our joy' and
peace in believing. Ihwhlon.
3-Holiness first and pardon after
says the sinner ; but God's way is pardou
aud peace first, holiness after. -