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Spouting and 'tooling put up In the most durable manner and at reasonable prices. Call and examine his slock. 3 1 Use the Red Horse Powders. nOIIKES (Tit EI) OK (H.ANDEItS. Aaron Hnvder. I'. S. Assistant Assessor, Mount Aetna, Pa. C. Iliu-on, l.lvery Stable, Suubury, l a. Horses fined of Founder. Wolf & Willielm, Danville, Pa. A. Ellis, Merchant, Waslilngtoii ville, Pa. A. Slonaker, Jersey. Horse fiired of l.ung Fever. Hess d llrolher, I. ewllmrg, I'a. Horse Cured ot Colic Thomas Cllugaii, I'nlon Couniv, Pa. Hogs Cured of Cholera. It. llarr, II. & A. Cadwallailer. Cows Cured. Dr. J. M. M'C'Ieury, II. McCoriuick, Milton, Pa. w Chickens Cured of Cholera and (iaM-s. Dr. tl. t. Davis. Dr. D. T. Kvebs, C. W. Slicker, Joh u and .lame i'lnney. Hundreds moro could be cited hose Slock was saved. (ieriuau and English Direction. ' Prepared by C'VHl'H llltOWN, i Druggist, Chemist and Horseman, 4 41 Milton, I'a., Norlliumbbi'laud co., I'a. 3 f& f9s: SUNDAY HEALING. PRAYER AND POTATOES. A. BKHMOS IIY ll&V. .1. I'KTTKK. If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dally food, and one of you sav unto them, lc. part In peace, lw ye warmed mid lllled: notwith standing ye give them not llioso things which are needful for the bodv; what doth It prollt? Junics II. IS, 16. An old lady ant In her old arm-chair Willi wrinkled visage and disheveled hair. And hunger-worn features; For days nnd for weeks her only fare. As she sat there In her old arm-chair. Had been potatoes. Hut now they were gone s of bad or good Not ono was left for the old lady's food Of tlioso potatoes And sighed and said, " What shall 1 dot Where shall 1 send, nnd to whom shall 1 go For more potatoes?" And she thought of the deacon over the way. The deacon so ready to worship and pray. Whose cellar was full of potatoes, And she sa(W: "I will send for the deacon tocomc; He'll not mind much lo give me some Of such a store of potatoes. And the deacon came over as fast as he could, Thinking to do the old lady some good. Hut never for once of potatoes: He asked her at once what was her chief want. And she, simple soul, expecting a grant, Immediately answered, "Potatoes." But the deacon's religion didn't lie that way; He was more accustomed to preach and pray. Than to give of his hoarded potatoes; So, not hearing, of course, what the old lady said, He rose to pray, with uncovered head, lint lite only thought of potatoes. He prayed for patience, and wisdom, and grace, Ilut when he prayed " Lord give her peace," She audibly sighed, "Give potatoes;" And at the end of each prayer which he said He heard or thought that he beard In Its stead, The same request for potatoes. The deacon was troubled ; knew not what lo do ; 'Twas very embarrassing to have her act so About " those carnal potatoes." So, ending his prayer, he started for home ; Hut, as the door cloved liehlnd him, lie heard a deep groan, " O, give the hungry jiotatvcs ."' And that groan followed him all the way home; In the midst of the night It haunted his room " O, give the hungry potatoe P' He could bear It no longer ; arose and dressed . From his well-tilled cellar taking In haste A bag ot his best potatoes. Again he went to the widow's lone hut : Her sleepless eyes she had not yet shut ; Hut there she sat in that old arm chair, With the same wan features, the same sad air. And, entering In, he poured on the floor A bushel or more from his goodly store Of choice potatoes. The widow's bcart Jumped up for joy Her face was haggard and wan no more. "Now," said the deacon, "shall wc pray?" " Yes," said the widow, "now you may." And he kneeled him down on the sanded floor. Where he had injured his goodly (tore. And such a prayer the deacon prayed As never before his Hps essayed ; No longer embarrassed, but f r ec and full. He poured out the voice ot a liberal soul. And the widow responded aloud, "amen!" But said no mora ot potatoes And would you. who hear this simple tale. Fray for the poor, and praying, "prevail," Then preface your prayers with alms and good deeds ; Search out the poor, their wants and their needs; Pray for peace, and grace, and spiritual food, . For wisdom, and guidance, for all these are good, JJnf don't forget Vie potatoe. Sleep and Death. 0 live without fearinjr death," I said Hufelund, " is the only means of living happy and dying at a good old age. l'eoplo who dread death seldom attain longevity, If death pre sents itself to us under a repulsive and terrifying aspect, it is solely owing to our habits and prejudices having perverted our feelings." Montaigue justly said, that it is the darkening room, the faces of grief uud desolation, tho mourning and crying, that mako death tcrriOe. Civilization, by in vesting death with tho most lugubrious associations that it can conjure up, lias also contributed to render it u hideous spectre. It is the reverse with the pa tient. In nine cases out of ten it is nut only a relief, but utmost a sense of volup tuousness. Sleep daily teaches us tho reality of death. " Sleep and death arc twins," said tho poets of antiquity. Why, then, should we fear dentil, when we daily invoke its brother as a friend uud u consolation? "Life," said Buffon, " Begins to fail long before it is utterly gone." Why, then, should we dread the last moment, when we aro prepared fur its advent by so many other moments of a similar character ? Death is as nuturul as life. Both come to us in tho same way, without our con sciousness, without our being able to de termine the advent of either. No one knows the cxuut moment when ho goes to sleep ; noue will know the exact mo ment of his deutli. It is certain that deuth is geuerully a pleasant feeling. Luean used to suy tliut life would bo insupportable to man if the gods hud not hidden from him tho hiippiness he would experience in dying, 'i'ullius Murcclli nus, Pruncis Saurez, and the Philosopher La Met trie, all spoko of tho voluptuous ness of their lust moments. Such are tho consolations which philosophy pre sents to timid minds tliut dread death. We need not suy that much higher uud loftier cousulutions uwuit the Christian, who is Grin mid steudfust in his faith, uud has before him the prospect of eternu) life. A SCARED FIRM. A S EVERY ono is aware, the failures JX. in business that hnvo occurred at the opening of tho year havo uiado nil business men keenly ulivo to every report, or rumor affecting mercantile credit, whilo losses of sonio fii'ins by shrinkage of values nnd tho misfortunes of customers have caused them to look after all available means pretty sharply. A firm of this eluss, which had been prospecting as how to make every dollar possiblo, the other day had an interview with a responsible cus tomer, of long standing, with regard to tho hitter's discounting his own paper, which they held to rjuito a largo amount. The transaction was nearly concluded, but left quiet for a day or two by tho firm in question not wishing to presstoohard in a quarter they expected to rculizo so farvorubly; then ono of the partners found to his consternation, on going to tho merchant's counting-room that ho had left very suddenly for tho West the day before. A council of partners was immediately held. Ilow should the money be raised? In tho midst of the discussion the letters just arrived by mail from the West were passed in, among which, ono bearing the absent merchant's well known chirogrnphy was detected. " Ah !" exclaimed one of tho trio, " here s something irom old Buglo ; but what the deuce is ho doing at Erie ?" added he glancing at the postmark of the epistle. " Let mo see." Tho letter was opened, and the partner holding it proceed to read as follows : " Erie, Penn., Jauuary , 1871. Heater. Shorten, Fike llmt If Co., Gentlemen. It was unfortunate that I did not see you be for o leaving town in re spect to the proposition made to tako up tho paper. I was compelled by pressing circumstances to leave. You may think it singular to hoar from me hero, but things wore going wrong at Chicago. You your self must know the worst by this time; I have failed " " Busted, by nil tho gods !" ejaculated Pike, dashing the letter down upon the floor. " The game's up gentlemen ; our goose is cooked." " Failed, is it?" said the ' Co.' " That's the vory word," roared Pike J " failed, and just ono hundred and five thousand dollars gone to pot, bocause you wero so cursed slow about the matter." "Slow; what d'ye moan by that?" shouted the other. " If I was as fast as some men in this firm, it would have gone to the wall months ago." "Well, well, gentlemen," said old Shorten, " don't quarrel ; let us see what can be done about it." 1 " Done," said Hunt, putting in his oar ; " nothing can be done. Our film's done. You won't get ten cents on tho dollar. I always knew old Bulge would go under some time (Hust was ono of those men who al ways told you so when anything happened) Bulge has got away off in Pennsylvania to get rid of his creditors you'll whistle for your money. But one thing is certain, sixty thousand more has got to como into this party before Thursday uoou, or there will bo anothei failure." . Tho " Co." evidently thought seriously of the "whistling" effort for he followed his partner's assertion with a long-drawn, expressive whew-w. " Scud up to Brisket's ofllce and get out an attachment. Come let's get in first among the first mourners, at all events," said Pike, leaping to his feet,seizing his hat. ' " Wait a bit," said old Shoi-tors, adjust ing his eye-glasses, " lot's look at the let ter again. Why," said he, taking it up from the floor, ' yon haven't read it all here's writtiu' on t'other side. "Is there?" said Pike with a gasp, " Well, what docs he offer twenty ceuts '" "You shall hear," said tho senior partner and proceeded to read the letter as Piko had done, till he came to the following : " You yourselves must know the west that's west, Pike, not worst." , " The deuce it is ; well, go on." , "I have failed "ila, ha," said Pike, "no mistake about that word." "None at all said Shorten, turning over the page, and continuing : "I have failed to mako connection with tho night train and therefore improve the opportunity to drop you this line saying I will cash the whole amount of the paper at tho tlgures proposed. I Bend by this mail, drafts to my cashier, with instructions to do the needful. " Yours, respectfully, I. Bulge." " Hurrah "' shouted the ' Co.,' execu ting a pirouette ; " thut conies of being slow ; slow's the word my boy." "Thut's a piece of luck, if it did cost twelve per cent.," said Bust. " Bulge understands a thing or two. I always told you so ; he is suro lo cush up if he can make a good shave." Bulge did cash up ; he made a good shave. Shorter, Pike, Bust. & Co., were in funds, and l'ike ever since ulwuys looks on both sides of the letter sheets, as well as questions, before coming to a con clusion. ti&A. clergyman, having ou u certain oceasion delivered hiumelf of what is called a line address, was met by one of his hearers the next day, when, in the course of conversation, allusion wus made to it. The parishioner remarked that he hud a book containing evory word of it, and hud heard it before. To this tho clergyman boldly asserted that the address wns written by himself tho week previous to its delivery, and therefore the usscrtion could not be correct. The next day he received a splendid copy of Webster's Dictionary. i BO-Tho man who didn't believe in: advertising bus gone into partnership with , the Sliorifl, ond they are going to havouii j miction. The Honest Dcncon. Deacon M. was an honest old codger, a kind neighbor, nnd a good Christian, believing iu the Presbyterian creed to the fullest extent; but lnck-n-dny ! Tho deacon would occasionally get exceedingly " mellow," and nlmost every Sunday at dinner, ho would indulo in his favorite cider brandy to such nn extent that it was, witn uimcuity mat no rcaeitcu ins pew, in tho broad aisle, near the pulpit, and between the minister nnd the village 'squire's. One Sunday morning, tho parson told his flock that he should preach a sermon touching many glaring sins so conspicuous ninong them ; and that ho hoped they would listen attentively, and not flinch if he happened to be severe. The afternoon came, nnd the house was full. Everybody turned out to hear their neighbor " dressed down " by the minister, who, after well opening his sermon, com menced on tho transgressors in a loud voice, with the question : " Where is tho drunkard?" A solemn pause succeded the inquiry, when up rose Deacon M., his faco red with draughts of his favorito drink, and steadying himself as well as ho could by tho pew rail, looked up to tho parson and replied, in a trembling nnd piping voice : " Here I am." Of courso a consternation in tho con gregation was the result of tho honest deacon's rcsponso. However, tho parson went nn with his remarks as he had written them, commenting severely upon tho drunkard, and closed by warning him to forsake at once such evil habits if he would seek salvation and flee the comiDg wrath. Tho deacon . then made a bow and seated himself again. " And now," asked the preacher in his loudest tones, " Where is the hypo crite ?" A pause, but no one responded. Eyes were turned upon this and that man, but tho most glances seemed directed to the 'squire's pew, and indeed, the parson seemed to squint hard iu that direction. The deacon saw where tho shaft was aimed, or where it should be aimed, and rising once more, leaned over his pew rail to tho squire, whom he tapped on the shoulders, and thus addressed : " Como squiro, why don't you get up ? I did when he called mo up!" A Kovcl Experiment. rf HERE is a comical story connected I with tho Ordinance Select Commit tee of England. It as at one time pro posed to fire mountuin-guns off the back of tho mules that carried them. It was urged that this would obviate the neces sity of dismounting the, gpn from the mule's back and mounting it on its car riage; a mountain battery could thus como into action iu far less time. This proposal was warmly taken up by the committee, who forthwith proceeded to test its feasibility. A mule or donkey was procured, and a small gun strapped firmly to a cradle resting on the puck saddfe, so that the muzzle of tho weapon pointed over the donkey's tail. Tho an imal was then led into the marshes at Woolwich, accompanied by the commit tee and several " big wigs," who were at tracted by such a novel experiment. On arrival at tho butt, the gun was loaded, tho donkey turned witli his tail towards the earthera . mound, and the usual preparations mado for firing by means of a lanyard and friction tube. Hereupon one of the committee remarked that this mode of firing might derange the aim by the jerk on pulling tho lanyard. A dis cussion followed, and it was finally ar ranged to fire the gun by tho pioce of slow-mutch tied to the vent. This was done, and the matoh duly ignited. Hitherto the donkey had taken rather a sleepy iuterest in the proceedings; but the fizzing of the mutch on his back caused him first to prick up his ears, then to lay them back, and finally' to turn round. The committee were thunder struck, and " skedaddled" in all direc tions ; the secretary threw himself flat on his fuce; thoro wus a moment of agoni sing suspense; then bang the shot went richochcting away in one direction, whilo the wretched donkey turned a complete summersault in tho other. Brtj Tho lute Col. Colt wus himself a practical mechanic. By his will he left to his nephew an immense fortune. At the time of Colt's death the nephew was learning his trude of a machinist in his uncle's shop, working diligently in his overalls by day, subject to the samo rule as other apprentices. On his uncle's death he become a millionaire ; but, choosing a guardian to manage his property, he con tinued at his labor and served his appren ticeship. Now as he walks tho rooms of his fine houso, or drives his handsome and costly team, he has a consciousness that if his riches take to themselves wings and fly awuy, ho is furnished with tho means of gutting an honest livelihood, and may mako a fortune for himself, He wus a greasy meuhanie, and is not ashunied of it aguiu. Labor and its accompanying dirt aro not dishonorable nor degrading; liuincn uud its almost uecessury evils are disgusting and destroying. Dirty hands und a sense of independence are to be preferred to kid gloves and a conscious ness of being a mere drone to tho human hive. Tools rust from neglect; use is beneficial. So with man's cupubilities better wear them out than let them rust. Tal'g Colt. A gontleman who favors us with some rcminiscencos respecting the early settle ment of old Derryfield, N. II., relates the following anecdote : When my grandfather resided at . Goffstown and Derryfield, then settled by the Irish, ho hired a wild sort of an Irishman to work on his farm.. One day soon after his arrival, ho told him to take a bridle and go out in tho field and catch tho black colt. "Don't come without him," said the old gentleman. Patrick started and was. gono some time, but at Inst returned without a bridlo, with his face nnd hands badly scratched, as though ho had received bad treatment. " Why, Patrick, what is the matter ? what in the world ails you ?" " An' faith, isn't it mo, your honor, thnt never will catch the old black colt again? Bad luck to him ! An' didn't ho all but scratch tho eyes out o' my head ? An' faith as true ns my shoulder's my own, I had to climb up the tree after tho colt !" " Climb a tree after him ? Nonsense ! Whero is tho beast?" " An' it's tied to the treo ho is to bo shure, ycr honor." We all followed Patrick to the spot to get a solution of the difficulty, and on reaching tho field, we found, to our no small amusement, that he had been chasing a young black bear, which he had succeeded in catching after a great deal of rough usage on both sides, and actually tied it with the bridle to an old tree. Brui n was kept for a long time, and was ever after known as Patrick's colt. An Error Illustrated. rililE feeling has been quite too common JL that any oue can " keep school ;" so that many schools have been kept, while but few have been well taught; they have been kept from true knowledge, and not for garnering up for future usefulness. Hence, mere striplings, or men of matu rer age with no fixed views or plans, en gage in " keeping school," though thoy never teach, because themselves untaught. They can neither discipline nor instruct, because they have never themselves been properly disciplined and instructed. When Dintcr was school-counselor in Prussia, a military man of great influence urged him to recommend a disabled sol dier, in whom he was interested, as a school teacher. ' I will do so,' said Din ter, " if he can sustain tho requisite ex amination." " Oh," said the colonel, " he does not know aught about school-teaching; but he is a good, moral, steady man, and 1 hope you will recommend him, to oblige me." " O, yes," said Dinter, " to oblige you, if you, in your turn, will do me a favor." " And what favor cun I do you asked the colonel. " Why, get me appointed drum major in your regiment," said Dinter. " It is true that I can neither beat a drum nor play a fife ; but I am a good, moral, steady man as ever lived. An Irish Boy's Theology. Pat ' was but an idlo boy ; one day he was suddenly called up and the ques tion propounded by tho pedagogue : " Patrick, how many Gods are there V Pat was not a distinguished theologian, but he promptly answered, "Threo.sir?" " Tako your scat !,, thundered the master, "and if you don't answer iu five minutes I will welt you!" The probationary period passed, and Pat taking the floor, hesitatingly stated the number of Gods to be "five, sir." He received the promised " welting," and returned to his seat, ten minu(e?,for ' consideration. Ten minutes up, Pat up, too, and satis fied that he hadn't fixed the numbor sufficiently high before, shouted out i "There's ten, sir." He saw the ferule descending and broke for the door ; he cleared a five rail fencv and rau like a quarter-horse a cross a meadow. Panting with exertion, ho met a lad with a book in his hand, and with the look of ono in the pursuit of knowl edge uuder difficulties. " Where are you going ?" " To school yonder," wus the reply. "How many gods are there t" "One," answered the boy. " Well, you'd better not go down there. You will have a good time with your one God. I just left there with ten, and that wasn't enough to save me from the darn'dest licking you ever heard of." An An try Subscriber. The editor of an agricultural paper wus much astonished one day to receive a call from farmer Blank, who in a great 1absion wanted to know what he meant ly " speaking of his shallow brains." An explunution followed, when it appeared that an article written on " Advantages of Drains," had on setting up been made to read brain instoad of drain, and then went on to state " thut even tho shallow bruins of Farmer Blank had been of great ndvantago to his farm. teir A gentleman recently hired a ne gro girl to act as servunt in his house. Thenceforth the rooms were not redolent of roses, and the mistress thou appealed to tho girl's bettor feoliugs. Iu reply the girl said, "Well, missus, I generally wash es myself twice a year, but the fact is, dis season I've neglected myself.'tjj
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