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The V. B. Mutual
Aid Society of Pennsylvania,
Present the following plan for consideration to
uch persons who wish to become members:
The payment of MX DOLLARS on application.
FIVKDOLLAHH annually for FOt'H yeahs, aim
thereafter TWO DoLLAltS annunlly during life,
with pro-rata mortality assessment at the death
of each member, which for the l'liiST Class Is as
follows:
Ammm-
A SWUM-
liw.nt
ment
&
17
W
19
I?
22
23
24
2S
2.1
27
60 28 73 41 l2 M 1 70
61 2H 74 42 IH W 1 HO
62 . 3U 75 43 W Ml 1 W
(U 81 77 44 (to 57 2 04
64 32 79 4S 1 00 68 2 ID
65 at 81 46 1 (It) 69 2 28
66 34 83 47 1 12 60 2 40
67 85 85 48 1 18 61 2 45
68 - 36 86 49 1 24 62 2 50
61) 37 87 50 1 30 63 2 55
70 88 - 88 61 1 40 64 2 60
71 39 89 62 1 60 03 2 05
72 40 90 63 1 60
Will entitle a member to a certificate of ONE
THOUSAND DOLLAKH, to lie paid at hWdcatll
to his legal heirs or assigns, whenever snch death
may occur.
A member, or his heirs, may name a successor;
but If notice of the death of a niemlier to the Sec
retary is not accompanied with the name of a suc
cessor, then the Society will ptitln a successor anil
till the vacancy, according to the Constitution of
the Society.
Should the member die before Ills four pay
ments of Jive tlollum are made, the remaining un
paid part will be deducted from the one Thousand
JJollurs due his hcirsj his successor will then pay
only two dollar annually during his lifetime, and
the mortality assessments.
ft. Malt) anil Keniule from fifteen to sixty-five
years of ace, of mnl moral habits, In good health,
Tiale, aud sound of mind. Irrespective of creed, or
race, may become members. For further Infoina
tlon, address L. W. CKAUMKK,
(Sec'y U. 11. Mutual Aid Society,)
LEUMUN, 1'A.
Agents Wanted I
Address
V. 8. EAULY,
Harrlsburg, Pa.
6 31 8m pd
,UUU MUTUAL POLICY. HOLDKHS.
The Pennsylvania Central Insurance Company
bavlng had but little loss during the past year, the
-annual assessment on Mutual Tolicyholders will
not exceed 60 per cent, on the usual one year cash
rates, which would be euual to a dividend of 40
per cent., as calculated In Stock Companies, or a
deduction of 2 per cent., on the notes below the
usual assessments and as the Company has over
fttn.OUO In premium notes, the whole amount cred
ited to mutual policy-holders, over cash rates, will
amount to t4,(XN. Had the same policy-holders In
sured in a Stock Company, at the usual rate, they
would have paid $4,000 more than It has cost them
In this Company. Vet some of our neighbor
agents are running about crying Fraud I Fraud I
und declare that a mutual company must fail.
Hut they don't say how many slock companies are
failing every year, or how many worthless stock
companies are represented lu Ferry County
to-day.
It is a well-known fact that a Mutual Company
cannot break.
JAMES IT. GrUElt,
6 25tf Sec'y of Peun'a Central Insurance Co.
II E MO V L :
Merchant Tailoring Establishment.
THE subscriber respectfully Informs the public
that he has removed his MERCHANT TA1L-
OltlNti ESTABLISHMENT from "Little Store
In the Corner," to room formerly occupied by J.
O. Shatto, Dentist, where may be found at all
tunes, a varied assortment oi
Cloths, Cassimers and Testings,
With a complete line of
Tailoi-H' Ti-immiiierisi,
Of the best quality. Those desiring to purchase
GOOD GOODS, at Reasonable prices, and have
them made In the LATEST STYLE, will please
give us a call. . xi. u j-.cjv.
Also, a good assortment of
BUIRTS, SUSPENDEHS, COLLARS,
NECK-TIES, HOHIEUY, &C, &c,
On hand at low prices.
A. H. FRANCISCUS $ CO.,
JVb. 513 Market Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
Have opened for tho FALL TKADE, the
largest and uesuiussorieu block oi
PHILADELPHIA CAEPETS,
Table. Htalr. and Floor Oil Cloths.
Window Shades and 1'alMir. Citrnct Chain.
Cotton. Yarn, Hatting, Wadding, '1 wines. Wicks
Clocks, Looking Glasses, Fancy llaskets. ltrooms,
Baskets, wickets, iirusiies. dome wringers.
Wooden and Willow Ware,
IN TUB UNITED BTATESV
Our large Increase In business enables us to soli
at low prices, and furnish the best quality of
uooos.
BOLE AGENTS FOHTIIE
Celebrated American Washer,
Price $5.50.
THE MOST PERFECT AND SUCCESSFUL
WASHEllEVElt MADE.
n AGENTS WANTED FOK THE AM Kill
CAN WASHEU In all parts of the Stale. SI Lit
Porry County Bank!
NpoiiNlcr, J ii 11 klu & Co.
THE undersigned, having formed a Banking As
sociation under the above name and style, are
now ready to do a General Banking business at
their new Banking House, on Centre Square,
OPPOSITE TUB COURT HOUSE,
NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA.
We receive money on deposit and pay back on
demand. We discount notes for a period ot not
over 60 days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and
Mew York.
On time Deposits, five per cent forany time over
four monthst and for four months four per cent.
We are well provided with all and every facility
for doing a Banking Business; and knowing, and
for some years, feeling the great Inconvenience uu
der which the people of this County labored forth
want of a Bank ot Discount and Deposit, we have
have determined to supply the want sand this being
the first Bank ever established In Ferry county, we
bope we will be sustained In our efforts, by all tb
business men, farmers and mechanics.
This Banking Association Is com posed of the tol
lowing named part iters:
W. A. HpONAi.m, Bloomfleld, Perry county, Pa,
B. Y. JUNK1N, " ' "
Wm . II. Miu.ek, Carlisle,
officers:
W. A. SI'ONBLEK, Pruldent.
WnxuK Willis, Otultler.
Mew Bloomfleld, 6 ly
Sack Flannels. A lot of now and pretty
etvlss or hack f lannels. Lave lust been re
ceived by F. Mohtimkh. There are cheap
too. ;
A SINGULAR CASE.
A (tapposed Murdered Man Re-appears.
NEVER lias anything occurred in On
andago Co., N. Y., to attract such
general attention in the vicinity as tho re
turn to bis home in tho town of Do Witt,
near the village of Collamer, of an old
farnior named Blodgott, who, it was sup
posed on strong circumstantial evidenco,
had been brutally murdered by unknown
assassins one night about five years ago.
The circumstances attondiog thj s caso
are extraordinary, Bnd seem more like a
fictitious talo than ungarnished truth.
Blodgett, who lias suddenly appeared
among his old neighbors, for many years
owned nud lived on a fmo farm of about
ono hundred and fifty acres a mile or so
from Collamer. Ho was generally con
sidered wealthy, and had the entire con
fidence of the whole community, having
held offices of trust in the town, being
Assessor at the timo of his disappearance
Five yeaisagohe left borne one Friday
evening to go to Collamer, whore be was
to got a considerable sum of money to -pay
number of workmen the next night who
were constructing a building for him. He
did not return that night nor the next day,
and his family becamo alarmed; a messen
ger was sent to Collamer to ascertain if
possible his whereabouts. The messenger
went to tho place whero Mr. Blodgott was
to get his money, and was informed that
tho old farmer had drawn the money and
departed, apparently for home. This news
was carried to tho family of the missing
man, and it was at once suspected that
bo bad been murdered. The supposition
that he was murdered became almost a
certainty by tho story of Mrs. Joseph
Breed, living near tho villago of Collamor,
on the road to Blodgett's, and at a lonoly
point. Mrs. Breed, when she Heard a day
or so aftcrwads of the disappearance of
Mr. Blodgett, stated to the family that
somewhere about ton or eleven o'clock on
Friday night, about the time the old man
would naturally be passing her house on
bis way home, he having loft Collamer at a
late hour, she was awakened by a noise in
the road directly in front of hor house.
Listening, she became convinced that it
was caused by a party of men struggling
in the road. Slio beard a voice which she
did not recognize say, " Knock him in the
head; quick!" She tho n heard a shrill,
loud cry of "Murder!" .ending in a sort
of gurgle, as if some one was being stran
gled. Shortly afterwards tho footsteps of
two or three men as if running in the di
rection of Collamer, were heard, and then
all was silent. Mrs. Breed was too much
frightened to mako any attempt to see
what was being done in the road, but after
the men had gone she looked out of the
window, but it was too dark for her to soe
anything. She was afraid to go out to the
scene of the strugglo nt tho time, but went
out in the morning and discovered evidence
ofa severe contest. Tliero was no blood on
the ground nor anything to lead to a
knowledge of who tho contestants were.
She was confident, however, that a mur
dor had been committed, and when sho
heard of the sudden disappearance of Mr.
Blodgett, there vfas no doubt in her mind
Hint he was tho victim. Diligent search
was made for tho body of the murdered
man, and traces of the murderers were
sought on every band, but all to no pur
pose ' -
Ono of the men who was suspected as
being a leader in tho supposed murdor of
Mr. Blodgett was a bad character named
Carey. Some time after the disappearance
of Mr. Blodgett, Carey was arrested on
suspicion of being tbo murderer of one
Johnson, in Collamer. He was convicted
of the crime, and sentenced to be banged,
which sentence was commuted to imprison
ment for life in the Penitentiary at Au
burn. This strengthened the belief that
be was the murderer of tho old farmer.
A year or two after the supposed mur
der the skull and other paits of a human
skeleton were found on the shore of Onei
da Lake, on the upper boundary of the
county. This was believed to be a part of
the remains of Mr, Blodgett, it being
thought that he had been thrown into that
body of water, or a stream emptying into
it, in order that his murderers might baf
fle detection. If there remained the shad
ow of a doubt that Blodgett was dead this
dispelled it, and the heirs of the old far
mer petitioned the cou rts for the appoint
ment of administrators of his estate. They
wore appointed, and the proporty remain
ing after the settlement of the old man's
affairs was divided among the children.
Tho astonishment of the Blodgett family
may be imagined when they received a
letter some two weeks ago from a man in
the oil- regions .purporting to be the sup
posed murdered man, detailing the cir
cumstanccs of bis disappearance, and re
questing a sum of money to be sent him
in order that be might return home, as be
was penniless and did not wish to dio away
from home. One of the sons was sent to
Pennsylvania to make a personal investi
gation, and after considerable search found
the writer, and be turned out to bo Mr,
Blodgott. Although be was greatly chan
ged the son found no difficulty in recogniz
ing hiui, and he last week returned with
th old man Jo tho farm. Blodgott says
that no attempt was ever made on bis life,
but gives no reason for bis unceremonious
going away, or no account of his life dur
ing the five years he was absent. The
affairs of the family are somewhat mixed
np by the appearance of the old farmer.
His property has been divided among the
heirs, and they were in possession of their
respective shares. An amicable adjust
ment will probably be mado, as the Blod
getts are all warmly attacbod toveach other
and overjoyed at tho return of their father.
For Grammarians.
The Hudson Register deals humorously
with a question of graramer, as follows :
"A searcher after truth writes to us,
which is gramatically correct, to say 'the
house is building,' or 'tho bouso is boing
built ;' or 'the street is paving,' or 'the
street is being paved ?' There is a wide di
versity of opinion upon this subject, but
we incline to favor, 'is being built,' for tho
following reasons : Suppose you wish to ex
press another kind of an idea, would you
Bay, for instance, 'Johnny is spanking or
Johnny is being spanked ?' The difference
to you may scorn immaterial, but it is a
matter of considerable importance to John
ny ; and it is probable that, if any choice
were given him, be would suddenly select
tho former alternate You say again that
the 'missionary is eating.' Certainly this
expresses a very different and much pleas
anter idea than the form : 'The missionary
is being eaten,' and tho sensation is very
different with the missionary, too. We havo
consulted several missionaries' about it and
they all seem to think that tho two things
are somehow not the same, no matter what
the grammarians say,
"But it is to bo confessed that there are
occasions when tho difference in the form is
not so marked. You assert, wo say, that
'Hannah is hugging' which by the way
would be a very improper thing for Hannah
to do ; it would be positively scandalous in
deed. Precisely a similar idea is convoyed
if you say 'Hannah is being bugged,' be
cause it is a peculiarity of the act that it is
hardly ever one-sided ; thero is no selfish.
ness about it. And it is tho same with
kissing. 'Jane is kissing' and her mothor
ought to know about it if she is is just
exactly as if we say 'Jane is being kissed
and the sensation is the same, although
none of the grammars, by a singular inad
vertonce, mention the fact. It will not be
necessary, however, for our correspondent
to attempt to prove these last mentioned
facts by practice.
Recovered Treasures.
Ic will be remembered that tho large
steamship America, plying between Pana
ma and San Francisco, was burned a few
years ago, on tho Pacific coast. Since that
time various efforts have been made to re
cover the treasure which was on board.
According to the San Francisco Bulletin,
some of these recent efforts have been at
tended with success, and the precious met
al has been delivered at the assay office in
that city.
Twenty-three boxes of metal coin, weigh
ing from 200 to 400 pounds each, wore
scattered about tho floor of the room, and
besides there were piles of bars and irregu
lar masses of valuable metal lying around
loose. Two pieces of tho melted mass,
with a length each of about three feet, and
a width of eighteen inches, weighing about
one hundred pounds, looked like a section
of frozen clay bristling with oysters.
These oysters wore twenty-dollar pioccs,
Mexican dollars and half dollars of Amor
can coinago, with dimes and half-dimes for
little oysters, and iron spikes, bits of brass
and steel to represent the shell fish that
are wont to burrow in the bed of the ocean,
the whole forming a valuable specimen of
Crustacea. In some instances the coins are
only woldod togother in rolls, and at other
times thoy form one lava-like gob. Tho
melted matter and the coins are of a deep
green color.
Tho large bars of bullion were less affec
ted by the fire than the coin, and do not
appear to have lost much in weight. The
metal is to be recoined. Two twenty-dol
lar pieces in the lot were kindly donated
to the representatives of the press, who
were among the reliable persons present,
and bad not the coius been wolded to the
bar, they would have been taken away.
Three hundred thousand dollars' worth of
treasure, half molted, colored by fire and
the action of the water, is a curiosity that
few people have ever bad an opportunity
to see.
1ST An absurd mistake led on one occa
sion to the temporary confinement of tbo
late Lord Chancellor of Ireland in a mad
house. His lordship had received uu un
favorable report of this particular asylum
and being anxious to judge for himself, ho
drove up to the establishment in a close
car, without having sent any intimation of
bis coming. When the porter refused him
admission, he said at last, " I am the Lord
Chancellor."
"Oh, Lord Chancellor, eh?" said the
porter, with a grin, as be opened the gate,
" Step in ; its all right. We have seven of
you here already. One got loose lust week
with the Emperor of China, but I thought
both of you wore back."
By this time his lordship was within the
gate, and a batch of wardens summoned by
the porter, took him in charge, It was not
until he bad sent for hi secretary, that he
obtained bis release.
Hints on Shopping.
IT is poor economy or, rather no econo
my at all to purchase inferior fabrics
because they are cheap. Persons in limited
circumstances often commit this error.
If a calico at ton cents a yard looks about
as well as one at twelve or fifteen cents, the
prudent purchaser will often think it econ
omy to choose the low-priced goods. As it
is low priced, she may indulge in a yaid or
two more for ru files or bias folds, fluttering
herself that cheap ornamentation is an
equivalent for fine quality. This mistake
may be seen pormeating the entire ward
robo of many sensible people. The result
is simply this : they never have anything
of really good quality, are always shabby,
and always buying. None but rich people
can afford to buy poor goods. This rule
applies to all sorts of goods muslins,cloths,
carpets, and table linen. AVe grudge the
time we see women spend in making up
muslins of low grade for underclothing,
Th ore arelto many stitches in a shirt! And
when it lasts one year instead of two, as it
should, there is just twice as much work
dono as need to bo. Better mnke three
shirts ofa finer quality of muslin than six
of a lower grado of muslin. Just so in flan
nels. A fifty-cent all wool Shaker flannel
will wear two or three times as long as your
flimsy cotton and wool stuff a few pennies
cheaper. Especially in a family of chil
dren, fabrics should be chosen for service
that when made up they may descend from
ono child to another, thus saving the
mother timo to stitch into her brain a littlo
embroidery of thought and culture. A few
rules with regard to shopping itself may be
in place. First : Have a list of articles to
be puichased made out in black and white.
By this means yon will be savod from Bud
don temptation to buy what is not really
nocessary, and forget nothing that you re
quire Second : Deal only with merchants
in whose business integrity you can confide,
Third : In the long run one always docs
better to buy at one and tho same place
than to run about for the purpose of bunt
ing up bargains. A regular customei can
often got favors denied to an occasional
purchaser. Fourth : Never buy what you
don't want, simply because it is cheap.
The Captain's Experiment.
""APT. ANSYL NYE, one of tho Long.
J Wharf merchants of Boston, was a
character in his way. It is said that when
young, Capt. Ansyl was a tough case How-
over that may have been, he had, at
the time wo speak, settled down into
as steady a business man as Boston turned
out. Liquor be did not touch, saying he
had punished his share of the infernal stuff
and would have nothing more to do with it,
It was with no little sorrow that Capt.
Ansyl discovered that his son John, whom
he was braining up to succeed him in busi.
ness, was sadly addicted to strong drink
and too frequently wont on a spree. Capt,
Ansyl pleaded, urged, entreated aud thun
dered, but of no use. John, while not
backward in promising l reform and was
no doubt putting forth efforts to do so, failed
in his object, aud Capt. Ansyl found that
the young man was becoming more and
more dissipated overy day. The old sea
dog set his wits to work ; " I see it," he
finally settled in his own mind, "tho ras
cally dog is a Nye all through. There is
no driving him. It is in the blood and
must come out in the regular way. It is a
sad job but the boy must bo saved."
People who knew Capt. Ansyl and who
had sighed often over John's misfortunes,
wero astonished to see that all of a sudden
the father joined in the dissipations of the
boy and did all be could to encourage him
in the downward path. It was true, as it
may seem. It may be said that Capt.
Ansyl kept the cup to John's lips all the
time, and in the debaucheries joined heart
ily with the boy. Both seemed never to
draw a sober breath, but as for poor John
there was scarcely a moment that a stream
of liquor of some kind was not coarsing
down his throat of course be could not
stand this a great while. After several
warnings the crisis came at length and
John, with all the diseases that liquor could
bring on, went under the care of the phy
sicians. He had a touch of the " horrors,
he bad congestion of the brain . and the
bowels and the systoiu generally, and the
physicians decided that to save him would
be next to a miracle.
Capt. Ansyl, as soon as John took to bis
bed, stopped drinking and bestowed all his
old care upon John. For weeks and weeks
the Boy lay on the vgry verge of the grave,
Thanks, to a good constitution, aud excel
lent care, John finally took a start for the
bettor and begun to improve rapidly. His
father who had watched the caso anxious,
ly, was delighted, and when John was do-
clared all right aguin aud went to bis bus
iness, letting liquor alone, the old man was
happy. This happiness was ot short du
ration, however, for one day the Capt,
coming home found John much tho worse
for liquor. He looked at the boy, smelt of
his breath, turned him around several times
and satisfying himself what was the matter,
broke forth in language such as only an
old whaler can use.
" You ungrateful dog," he said, "after
all you have gone through, after all I have
done for you, after the experience you
have had, you won't let liquor alone.
Haven't you any sense? I thought you
was a Nye but I find you don't belong to
my family at all-i-you'ro an interloper an
infernal land lubber that has crawled
through a lubber-bole and is trying to pass
himself off as an able seaman. If you
wcie a Nye I d know what to do with you,
as you are not a Nye, I must experiment,
so here goes."
Poor John, who had never seen his father
quite so indignant before, began to work
into a corner, but it was of no earthly use.
The old man followed him up and with lis
eavy cane commenced his work. The rod
doubled up over John's bead and bis shoul
ders and his arms generally. It is a won
der that bis limbs were not broken for the
old man plied his blows without foar or
mercy. John roared and begged and pray
ed. It was no use. Not till he was com
pletely exhausted did the old man give in
and John was so badly bruised that a phy
sician was again nocessary. As soon as
John began to recover, Capt. Ansyl told
him that the lesson was only a foretaste of
what ho might expect if ho kept on. " I've
tried everything that is usual," ho said,
"but your caso is one that needs more than
ordinary medicine Now hark'eo boy,
if I find that you have been drinking again,
if it is in the store, the street, the house or
in church, I'll thrash the liquor out of you
or your life. Take your choice."
No more was said. John returned to
business aud wo are glad to say from that
day forward never a drop of liquor passed
his lips. Capt. Ansyl has passed to that
bourne where sailors, no more of earth,
become guardians of their brother ship
mates aud John is now a leading Boston
merchant and., a prominent official of
the city of Notions, as well as a leading
spirit in all good measures of publico in
terest and particularly in tho case of tem
perance. He often tells the story of his ex
perience with liquor and often blesses the
memory of his father, and that he resorted
to measures so stringent in bis case, as it
was quite evident that nothing short of this
would have answered in his case.
Ad Ingenious Rogue.
A gentleman in London advertised for a
servant latoly and received a reply. It ap
peared satisfactory, but being very partic
ular ho required a personal interview with
the man's last employer. He was request
ed to call on a given day at a large fashion
able hotel at the West End. Here be was
received by an eminently respectable gen
tleman who gave the candidate a capital
character. Thereupon he took him and
found the man an admirable servant. After
somo time the man ushered in ono moruing
a person who said he wished to see Mr.
on business. The visitor, waiting till after
the door was carefully ctased, then said in
a low tone, " I am a detective, sir, and 1
have called to give what is, I fear, an un
pleasant bit of information. That servant
who showed me in here is a ticket-of-leave
man." "Oh!" replied Mr. , "tliero
must be some mistake ; I know all about
the man." The visitor smiled incredulous
ly. Mr. summoned his servant and
said, " John, this is a policeman, who says
you're a convict. I tell him it can't bo, for
I heard your history from your last place."
The man held down his head. " It's too
true, sir." Mr. was astonished. "But
bow was it, that the gentleman I saw at the
hotel should have accounted for your lifo
from bis own personal knowledge ?" I will
explain, sir," he said, as he looked signifi
cantly at the officer, whom Mr. thon
thanked and dismissed. '"The truth is,"
be continued, "I was the person you saw
at the hotel." "You!" "Yes sir. I was
utterly desperate I knew that unless
I should get a place I should havo to go to
stealing, and resolved to make a last effort.
I disguised myself with false hair, aud took
the rooms for a couple of nigiits where you
saw me.
Of course it was vory wrong to deceive
you, and the circumstances I was in, are
the only excuse I can plead. I say only
this in extenuation, that I have served you
honestly and faithfully." Mr. , a
kind-hearted man, feeling heartily sorry
for the man, mentioned the case to a friend
who was equally sympathetic, and in the
end he was successfully established, by
their aid, in a small usincss, and he has
since been doing remarkably well.
A Strange Story.
The Sacramento, Cal., Union, contains a
letter signod by A. Lohry, of Uniontown,
El Dorado county, followed by a long affi
davit made by his daughter Miss Anna
Lohry, an accomplished youug lady, in
which she gives a detailed account of a
murder she witnessed in tho vicinity of
what is known as Corliss ranch, on the 19th
of February, 1889.
A man murders bis brother. The trou
ble is about some money. These two men
struggle, and the larger one strikes and
mortally wouuds the smaller, who dies
without speaking, while Miss Lohry is
holding his head on her lap. The murderer
places a pistol to the girl's head and com
pels her to take an oath which be dictates,
that she will not reveal the murder for
four years. She kept her promise, but re
fused to take money from him. Since
then ho has visitsd her soveral times ; the
meeting always taking place iu the Union
town graveyard. , .
On the 19th Inst., they met for the last
time, and be released her from the oath
taken at the time of the murder, and now
Bho tells the story and swears to it. The
memory of the terrible scene she had wit
nessed, her oath, and the visits to the mur
derer, so worked on her mind that she
acted strangely, and for some time past she
has been constantly watched by some mem
ber of her family, all of whom regarded
her as demonted. The girl's family is
highly respectable, and the father gives re
sponsible references.