riUlBY COUNTY
JZeal Estate, Insurance,
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CLAI3I AGENCY.
LEWIS' POTTEB ' & CO.,
Real .Estate Broterj, Inirurance, A Ctafm -rfrn
New IJlooinflcltl, I'm..
WEINVITK the attention of buyer and sell
ers to the advantages we ofTer them In pur
phasing or disposing of real estate through out ot.
floe.
We have a very large list of deslrab property,
onslstlng ot farms, town property, mills, store
and tavern stands, and real estate of any descrip
tion which we are prepared to otter at great bar-
f;aina. We advertise our property very extensive
y, and use all our efforts, skill, and dllliKnce to
effect a sale. We make ho charges unless the
property Is sold while registered with us. We alsc
draw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, andall legal pa
pers at moderate rates. '
Home of the best, cheapest, and most reliable
fire, life, and cattle Insurance companies In the
United States are represented at this agency.
Property Insured either on the cash or mutual
plan, and perpetually at 84 and K per thousand.
Pensions, bounties, and all kinds of war claims
collected. There are thousands ot soldiers and
nelrs of soldiers who are entitled to pensions and
bounty, who have never made application. Sol
diers, "If you were wounded, ruptured, orcontract
ed a disease In the service from which you are dis
abled, you are entitled to a pension.
When widows of soldiers die or marry, the minor
children are entitled to the pension.
Parties having any business to transact In our
line, are respectfully Invited to give us a call, as
we are confident we can render satisfaction In any
branch of our business.
- No charge for Information. '
tliOly . LEWIS POTTER & CO.
Neiv Millinery Goods
AX Newport, J?tx.
I BEQ to Inform the public that I have just re
turned from Philadelphia, with a ful assort
ment of the latest styles of
MILLINERY GOODS.
s. HATS AND BONNETS,
RIBBONS, KKliNCU FLOWERS
FEATHERS,
CHIGNONS,
LACK CAPES,
NOTIONS.
Andall articles usually found In a nrst-olass Mil
linery Establishment. All orders promptly at
tended to. rwe will sell all goods as Cheap as
cau be got elsewhere.
DRESS MAKING done to order nnd In the la
test style, as I get the latest Fashions (rom New
York every month. Goffering done to order, in
all widths. I will warrant all my work to give sat
isfaction. All work done as low as possible.
ANNIE ICKES,
Cherry Street, near the Station,
61613
Newport, Pa.
CARLISLE CARRIAGE FACTORY.
A. B. S1IE11K
has a large lot ot second-hand work on cvSrTU"
hand, which he will sell cheap In order ssJsBicl
to make room for new work,
FOR THE SPRING TRADE.
He has. also, the best lot of
NEW WORK ON HAND.
You can always see different styles. The material
Is not In question any more, for It is the best used.
If you want satisfaction in style, quality and
?rlco, go to this shop before purchasing elsewhere,
here Is no firm that has a better Trade, or sells
more In Cumberland and Perry counties.
REPAIRING AND PAINTING
promptly attended to. Factory Comer of South
and Pitt Streets,
3 dp
CAUL1SLH, FA.
Farmers Take Notice.
T
HE subscriber offers for Sale
THRESHING MACHINES. JACKS and HORSE
POWER, With Tumbling Shatt, and Side-Gcaritig, Warrant
ed to give satisfaction In speedy and perfect
threshing, light draft and durability, on reason
ble terms. Also
P L O U G H K
Of Superior Make.
CORN SHEM.EHS,
KETTLES,
STOVES,
SCOOPS
AND ALL CASTINGS,
made at a country Foundry. Also,
A GOOD MILL SCREW,
In excellent order, for sale at a low rate.
I refer those wishing to buy to John Adams,
Samuel Hhuinan, John Boden, Ross Hench, at
Ickesburg. Jacob Shoemaker & Hon, Elliotts
burg; Thomas Morrow, Loysville; John Flicking
er, Jacob Flickiuger, Centre. 620 13
, . SAMUEL LIGGETT.
Ickesburg, May 14, 1872.
J-N8URE IN THE
MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
or
NEW YORK.
F. 8. Wimston, President.
The oldest and strongest Company In the United
eta to. Assets over W6,coo,000 In cash.
B. a. BHUI.ER, Agent.
Liverpool, Pa.
5 14 ISt.
SUA CrCl ,TO BK tnEniTEn to
VSt,JJJ MUTUAL FOLIC- HOLDERS.
The Pennsylvania Central Insurance Company
having had but little loss during the past year the
annual assessment on Mutual Volley holders will
not exceed 60 per cent, on the usual one year cash
rates, which would be equal to a dividend of 40
percent., as caloulaUtd In Stock Companies, or a
-deduction of s nor cent., on the notes below the
usual aNnetunieut ; and as the Company ha over
tauo.ooo In premium notes, the whole amount cred
ited to mutual policy-holders, over cash rales, will
amount to W.UOO. Had the same policy-holders in
sured in a Htoek Company, at the usual rate, they
would have paid f4,0uV more Uian it has cost tlieiu
In this Company. Yet somo of our neighbor
agents are running about crying Fraud 1 Fraud 1
and declare that a mutual company must falL
But they don't say how many stuck companies are
failing every year, or how many worthless stuck
companies are represented in Perry County
to-day. .
Illsawell known fact that a Mutual Company
eaunot break.
JAMES H. GKIEK, i i
lit! Bec'y of Penu a Central insurance Co.
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4. M. ainviR. , ,.' ,.' ' , t, h. Oiivta!
J M. GIBVIN A SON,
CommlMMioii Merchant,
No. S, Bf EAR'S WHARF, .
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.W-We will pay strlot attention to tie lata' of alt
Kinds of country produce, and resit the amount
ENIGMA UKFAKTMENT,
-All contributions to this department must
be accompanied by the correct answer.
tT Answer to cross-word Enigma la last
week's Truss : " Shakespeare."
ENIGMA.
I am a word composed of ten letters :
My 7, 8, 8 and 4 Is an animal.
My 5, 8, 6 and 7 Is an English title.
My 8, 2, 6, 10, S and 8 Is a high crime.
My 1, 2, 6 and 7 Is considered an ornament to a
, lady. . !
My 8, 6 and 8 is a part of the human body.
My 7, 5, 8 and 10 is a metal.
My 7, 8 and 10 Is a term for youth.
My 2, 8, 4, 6, 5, 7 and 8 li much used In Inclem
ent weather.
My whole Is a town In Maryland.
A VERY SUSPICIOUS LETTER.
HER name was Julia Gigsyig, and she
was ' remarkably handsome for a
woman. Making due allowance for her
sex, I think she was almost as beautiful as
I am, although her mustache was a decided
failure, and her shoulders well, if you
fancy the "polished marble" kind, such as
poets rave about, why, you ought to seo
mine I Still, Julia had a very fair kind of a
shoulder, considering her sex. The right
one I refer to, for as to the left, that was
about three inches too high. If you admire
sloping shoulders, though, Julia's would
have suited you admirably, for they did
slope beautifully.
Miss Gigzjlg'g neck was not quite so
swanlike as mine; still it was quite swany.
ller complexion was good. Yes, I Bhould
say that her skin was nearly as white as
milk, though it had an azure tint that I
never could account for, except on the sup
position that she used too much of Bart
lett's Liquid Bluoing in her washing-water.
I have another idea, though, regarding
that azure tint. It might have been caused
by the reflection of her large and very bril
liant blue eyes, for she had a pair of the
bluest eyes that ever wiuked,
Julia's form was cot qui to so fine
rounded as mine ; but you must remember
that she was a woman, and I don't believe
I am. Her features ware decidedly fine,
and so was her hair, which was of a golden
hue, and very luxuriant. In fact, taking
Miss Gigzjig altogether (and you could not
take her any other way), she was, as I re
marked before, a very handsome woman
considering her sex.
I was not alone in this opinion of Julia's
physical charms. For instance, Billy Jag
azz went so far as to declare that
" She was of all sweet perfectnees
The faultless prototype."
But I don't think Billy really meant
that. It was altogether too poetical to be
true, and he knew it ; but then, he was in
love, and when a man is in love he don't
care what he says in praise of his mistress,
unless bo's a real conscientious young
man, just like George Washington and me.
Miss Julia Gigzjig was an only daughter.
I suppose that was what mado her feel so
lonely. That was what made her hanker
after my society, perhaps. Her father was
a nice old gentleman, with a real nice jolly
red nose, and be owned the nicest house in
Yangtcheoo, and bis wife was just the
nicest old lady you ever saw.,
I loved Julia. I loved her for fourteen
years steady, and I love her still. It if a
peculiarity of miue, that when I once get
to loving a woman I can't stop. There are
men, you know, that can.
I live in Yangtcheoo. My name is
Tompkins Thompson, and I'm the best
looking, most agreeable, and the richest
young man in town. If you don't believe
what I say about ray personal beauty, just
send for my photograph. Any young lady
in Yangtcheoo will tell you how agreeable
I am. As to my wealth I am worth be
tween forty and fifty millions. It was left
me by my father, who belonged to a
"ring." As I have no very, extravagant
tastes, I generally manage to squeeze along
on the interest of my money, without ex
pending any of the principal,
Well, as I said before, I have loved Julia
Gigzjig fourteen years. She knew that I
loved her, for I told her bo several times.
One nigbt I asked her if there was any
thing that could induce her to change her
name.
"Tompkins," said she, gently lowering
her left shoulder to conceal her emotion,
' Tompkins, do you mean it ?"
Honor bright," said I. " The fact is,
my dear, although I believe Gig.jlg to be
the most euphonious name that ever mor
tal bore, it's nothing but a darn bother to
write it, for the g's will get mixed the best
I can do. Now, if you eould be induced to
change it to Thompson, you would make
me the happiest man Yangtcheoo ever held
within its limits."
Quickly taking of her chignou, she laid
her head down upon my bosom, and rolling
her beautiful blue, eyes into position, she
said, in that tweet voice of hers, the melo
dy of which has so , often set my teeth on
edgo, "Ask pa." . ., ; , ,
Then I kissed ber ruby hps, and pressed
her pne-sided form to my wildly-throbbing,
finely-developed snowy bosom. . ,
" O my darling I" I orkd, " this is too
much." . - i., -. n i i i, i- v .,
"Now, Tompkins," said Julia, "don't
let out your emotions to any great extent
till you find out what the paternal G, has
to say ab6ut this proposal of yours. Let
us go to him together." :
" Where is he in the library ?" I asked
rising, and taking her hand in mine.
Perhaps you never noticed in your read
ing that " the Btern parent" is always in
the library when wanted by his daughter's
lover? Well, he always is in works of fic
tion. But as this isn't a work of fiction',
you wont be surprised to learn that Mr.
Gigzjig didn't hang around the library a
great deal, and on this particular evening
he was smoking his pipe on the piazza.
Julia, having adjusted her chignon, we
went out together, and I told the old gen
tleman just what troubled me. "Mr.
Gigzjig." said I, " 1 love yonr daughter,
and your daughter loves mo. We have con
cluded that we would like to get married,
if you are willing. I believe I'm a gentle
man of good moral character, and my credit
is good at the grocery store. I think I can
make your daughter happy, if you'll only
give me a chance to try. I can't offer her
just such a home as I would like to at
present, but perhaps we Bhall be just as
happy in a cottage as we could be in a pal
ace. I have not much to offer, I know.
My heart and lute,' and a trifle of between
forty and fifty millions of dollars 'is all the
store that I can conveniently bring at
present, but as the poot says, ' poor and
content is rich, and rich enough,' and I am
content, or at best, I should bo, if I could
but call this darling one-Bided croature
mine."
I paused to breathe, and Mr. Gigjy'ig re
moved his pipe from his mouth.
"Tompkins," said he, "I rather like
you, but you've got a rival in my affeotions
and the said rival has only this minute left
my presence. He asked me for my daugh
ter's hand."
" But you didn't "
" No, I didn't give him a decided an
swer. I told him if he would got into
some respectable business, then, if he could
show me that he was able to support a
wife, why, perhaps I'd let him have Ju
lia." "And my rival's name?"
"Is Jagazz, familiarly called Billy. But
as he is only worth twenty millions, while
you are worth forty, why, if Julia thinks
she likes you well enough to marry you,
why, jam me ! if 1 stand between two lov
ing hearts"
"O my father!" cried Julia, "canst
thou doubt that I lovest him ?" And she
folded mo in her brawny arms.
" Well, no, not after such a proof of
your affection," answered the old gentle
man. And without any more ado, he arose,
and remarking confidentially, " Bless you,
my children," went into the house, leaving
Julia and I to bask in the light of each
other's smiles, and to snicker over our
good fortune.
Like the late John Q. Othello, of Venice
(I saw him at the Boston Theatre the
very night that he stabbed himself), I am
" one not easily jealous," and yet, I must
confess that I've always been somewhat
jealous of William Honry Jagazz. I know
Billy isn't one half so handsome as I am.
He hasn't got my wavy midnight hair, nor
my classical features. As for eyes well,
say what you will, a glass eye can't com
pete for beauty with such a pair of soul
melting orbs as I wear. And then Billy's
eye has an infernal bad habit of rolling
over and leaving nothing visible but the
white, which plays the very deuce with his
"killing glances." Any well regulated
mind can easily understand how it must
destroy the effect of the most soul-thrilling
glances to have one's eye flop over 1 You
have got to pop it out, and then pop it
back again, and by that time your oppor
tunity is lost. Bee how it is, don't you ?
But women are strange creatures. They
always marry just the men that you think
tbey ought not to marry. I heard of a
woman who married a man with only one
leg, because, as she said, two-legged men
were so common. Now, wasn't it quite as
natural that my Julia should love Billy
Jagazz because he had only one good eye ?
Women are fond of variety, and I must
confess that it is rather monotonous having
so many two-eyed men around. Don't you
think so, gentle reader?
Bo you understand now, I hope, why I
was jealous of William ' Henry. When I
left Julia, that night, after having gained
the old gentleman's consent to our union,
you would naturally suppose that I was
happy, but I wasn't. No, I thought of
Bill, and I remembered that Mr. Gigzjig
bad said that he had an affection for him,
and I remembered that Julia, although ad
mitting that she loved me, had never said
that she didn't love Billy more. You may
think that I had little cause for jealousy,
so far, at least ; but you don't know wo
men so well as I do. 'I think I'm pretty
well acquainted with the sex, for you
must remember that my mother was a
woman. ...'',, . ' ,
, Yes, I passed a miserable night thinklug
of William, and I remained pretty comfort
ably miserable all the next day. It's all
very well for woman to say that she
loves you, but there is nothing satisfactory
to me in such a declaration, unless the
lady , declares explicitly that she loves me
better than she doe any other man. This
is a pecularity of mine, although I assure
you that I'm not naturally inclined to bo
Jealous O no I . .
Loving Miss Gigzjig as I did, it was per
fectly natural that I should endeavor to
satisfy myself in regard to the exact state
of her feelings for me. Consequently I
called at her house the next evening, with
a firm determination to have a perfect un
derstanding with her.
' Vlian T M.jilkul 1. 1. T r 1 ' l.-L
,, v. a iwuvu kug uvun x iimiiu luiih
Julia was out, "Hal out, eh? And per
haps at this very moment," thought I, "she
is walking with William of the vitreous
optic"
1 turned away with a determination of
seeking her through every street in Yang
tcheoo. As I walked down the path to
ward the gate, my eye fell upon a piece of
white paper lying right in the path before
me. I picked it up. Great heavens 1 it
was a letter, and and eould I believe my
eyes? It was Julia's handwriting 1 and it
commenced Dear William 1
I read that letter. I don't remember
now that I was at all curious as to its con
tents, but I did get interested iu it, I will
admit. That you may understand just
how interesting it was, I give you a copy
of it. Here it 1b:
" Dear William, If you love me,come
to me at once. Come, ere it be too late.
It is as you feared. He loves me. He has
asked my hand in marriage, and father has
given his consent to our uniou. Nothing
is left for us to do but to elope, for I -can
never, no, never be his bride. O William,
my Billy I come to the arms of your own
"Amelia."
I folded that letter carefully and put it
in my pocket. Then I tore my hair. 'Pon
honor, my dear reader, I don't think I
ever felt worae in all my life. If my mem
ory serves me, I think I was slightly pro
fane upon this interesting occasion. I am
pretty sure that I made some remarks
about the female sex in general, and Miss
Julia Gigzjig in particular, that were not
at all complimentary.
Now I enjoy a little fun just as well as
any man you ever saw, that is, generally
speaking. But I don't like any such prac
tical' jokes as it was evident Miss Gigzjig
had been playing upon me, in thus leading
me to believe that her heart was all mine
own. And why did she give William to
understand in her letter that she was
obliged to marry me if she remained in
Yangtcheoo ? Why did she sign her name
"Amelia?" Why did she tell me, why did
she tell her father, that she loved me when
she didn't? That was what I wanted to
know. I couldn't understan d it at all.
" O, I shall go mad !" I yelled ; and I
was somewhat mad already. , '
Well,' while I was tearing around thore
in tho frontyard, groaning and grinding
my teeth, who should appear but Julia,
but her beauty didn't have any effect upon
me now. No, I stood and glared at her.
"Tompkins, what aileth thee?" she
asked, in her birdlike voice.
"Canst thou ask me, perjured one?" I
inquired.
Well, she thought she could, and she
did, and she looked as innocent as a lamb
all the while.
" O, false and cruel creature 1" I cried,
" wouldst thou break my heart ? Wouldst
thou drive me to distraction ? Go go to
thy William go to your Billy. Let him
clasp to his bosom his own Amelia."
" His who I"
" His own Amelia," I repeated j and I
think she began to understand my mean
ing then, partially.
"O, you've found it out?" she cried,
trying to throw herself into my arms.
" You are decidedly cool about it." I re
marked. "Perhaps, Miss Gigzjig, you
think there is no harm in thus trifling
with a young gentleman's affootions. Per
haps you can go on doing this thing with
impunity; but no I you shall suffer for it 1
I'll strike you through your Billy ! I'll
have his heart's b no ! Ill have Mi glai$
eye"
That shot took effect, and she wilted.
I thought that she snickered, but I may
have been mistaken. I saw my advantage,
however, and determined to follow it up !
and so I drew from my pocket her letter,
and flaunted it before her eyes.
" Now do you know what I mean ?" said
I. . "Do you recognize this letter?"
She snatched it from my band, and Jhen
burst out laughing. "O Tompkins I where
did you find this ? I've hunted for it all
over the house."
" I dare say you have, Miss Gigzjig, and
it's a great pity that Billy couldn't have
found it instead of me."
."Billy? Why, Tompkins, you didn't
think that?" .
Bhe just folded me in ' her arms then,
and kissed me fourteen times without stop
ping to breathe. " Why, you foolish fel
low, this is only a leaf from my gceat
story, entitled 'Kaura, or the Belle of
Moscoe Hill,' now being published in the
New York Weekly Blowhard. Didn't you
know that I was an authoress ?"
" An authoress '," '
"Yes." .
" And jou don't love Billy ?"
" No. I don't love anybody but you."
" O Julia I come to these arms."
Bhe came. Then we kissed. -.
" And now, Tompkins, promise me one
thing," said Julia. . , ,
i "Anything, darling." , '
" Promise me that you wont take Billv'a
glass eye." , , ? '
" I wont take anything but you, dear
est," I said. And I didn't.
I don't think this is much of a story,
dear reader. I know my wife could write
a great deal better one) but then, she
writes fiction, while I stick to facts.
An Incident In Lincoln's Early Life.
STRANGELY enough, the murder of
Mansflold T. Walworth by his Bon re
calls the story of Abraham Lincoln's duel.
The mother of Frank Walworth is the
daughter of Colonel John J. Hardin, who
saved Mr. Lincoln from the remorse which
would have overshadowed his life if he had
killed General Shields. Colonel Hardin
was a prominent whig politician, and was
esteemed " the bravest man in Illinois. He
was killed at the battle of Buena Vista,
and in his death fairly earned the distinc
tion which his admiring friends had given
him while living. Mr. Lincoln was his in
timate friend, Bnd both men were gifted
with a large sense of humor, which they
turned to good account.
The hostile meeting between Mr. Lincoln
and General Shields was brought about in
this way : A witty young lady wrote a
communication for one of the Springfield
papers, in which there were several pas
sages which the General was pleased to
considor as personally offensive. He was a
testy Irishman, who had a great deal of
troublesome dignity, and could never ap
preciate a joke at his own expense. He
forthwith went to the newspaper office and
demanded the name of the correspondent,
and, this being refused, he gave the editor
three days in which to make up his mind,
either to refer him tD the writer or to take
a whipping himself. The poor man was
greatly distressed. He did not like to be
guilty of the ungallant act of betraying his
lady correspondent, and he did not care to
have a fight with General Shields, who was
a much stronger man. In this dilemma he
came to Mr. Lincoln and told him of his
trouble. The lawyer took the matter into
consideration, but he oould think of no
stratagem for the reliof of his friend. At
last he said to him, " When Shields comes
around with his club toll him that Abe
Lincolu wrote that letter." The editor
acted upon the suggestion, and when the
irate politician appeared, ready to carry his
threat into execution, he was politely re
quested to call upon Abraham Lincoln for
satisfaction. ( '
This put a new face on the matter. Gen
eral Shields knew better than to come fool
ing about Mr. Lincoln with bis cane. He
was at that time a great, long armed mus
cular fellow, good-natured, but resolute,
and when tho occasion demanded he could
deal such blows with his fist that made his
antagonist think that rail-splitting was his
paBtime. If he bad been attacked by Gen
eral Shields, and had supposed that it
would add anything to the humor of the
fight, he would have bent his assailant over
his kee and administered punishment after
the manner of conscientious mothers. But
after all bis threatening and bluster Gen
eral Shields could not back out withouteub
jecting himself to the ridicule of his towns
men, so he concluded to challenge Mr.
Lincoln. The challenge was acoepted, but
to the great dismay of the challenger
Abraham named long swords as the weap
ons. He had no skill in the use of the
sword, but with his tremendous reach of
arm and great musoular strength he could
have cut oil General Shields' head before
he got himself into position for one of his
scientillo thrusts.
The time and place of meeting were
agreed upon. Mr. Lincoln went to the
ground early with his second, and there
being some buBhes in the plat selected for
the fight, he set to work to clear them away
with a hatchet. While he was engaged at
this, other gentlemen came on the field,
and they were so stuck with the ludicrous
scene that they could not refrain from
langhter. Just then Colonel Hardin ap
peared, and, appreciating the humorous
situation, he appealed to both parties not
to make fools of themselves with such ef
fect that they went home without fighting.
Mr. Lincoln often said afterwards that
his participation in this affair was the
meanest act of his life. , '
Colonel Hardin, although a peacemaker
on this occasion, was a man of great cour
age and moBt chivalrous bearing. At the
breaking out of the Mexican war he was
put in command of N the First Illinois Vol
unteers, and died on the battle-field of Bu
ena Vista, as already stated.
tW The original .Ravels are all alive,
but the youngest is more than sixty years
old. When this troupe was last in the
United States, two young ladles were ri
ding in a oar and wished to open the win
dow near them. They failed, and one
suggested asking the aid of an old gentle
man sitting on the scat near behind them.
"Ob, no," responded the other, "don't
trouble the old man." To their astonish
ment this aged individual rose, stepped in
the aisle, made a low bow to the young
ladies, and then turned a somersault for
ward and then one backward'. ' , After this
be made another bow, and threw up ' the
window. This was Gabriel Ravel, aged,
seventy.