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OF NEW YORK,
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Assets, SH.O.'D.Ol.H." !
ISSUES all the new forms of Policies, and pre
sents as favorable terms as any company In the
United States.
Thirty days' grace allowed on each payment, and
the policy held good during that time.
Policies issued by this Company are non-forfeiture.
No extra charges are madefor traveling permits.
Policy-holders share In the annual prolltsof the
Company, and have a voice in the elections and
management of the Company.
No policy or medical feecharged.
I.. 11'. FROST, President.
M. B. Wynkoop, Vice Pres't.
J. P.Roueus, Sec'y.
J. F. EATON,
General Agent,
No. 6 North Third Street,
College Block, Harrlsburg, Pa.
T1IOH. H. M I Miff AN,
0 42 ly Special Agent or Newport.
Perry County Bank!
HpoiiMlvr, .limit in V Co.
THE undersign Hi, having formed a Hanking 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 THE COURT HOUSE,
NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA.
We receive money on deposit and pay back on
demand. We discount notes for a period of not
overCO days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and
New York.
On time Deposits, rive per cent, forany time over
four months; and for four months tour per cent.
We are well provided with all and every facility
(or doing a Banking Business; and knowing, and
for some years, feeling the great Inconvenience un
der which the people of this County labored forthe
want of a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have
have determined to supply the want ; and this being
the first Bank ever established In Perry county, we
hope we will be sustained In our efforts, by all the
business men, fanners and mechanics.
This Banking Association Is composed of the fol
lowing named partners:
W. A. SpoNSi.EU.BIoointleld, Perry county, Pa.
B. K. Junkin, " " "
Wm. II. Nsvleh, Carlisle,
OFFICKKS:
W. A. SPON8LKK, President.
William Willis, Cashier
NewBloomneld.S 5 ly
PEIIIIY COUNTY
Meal Estate, Insurance,
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fice. We have a very large list of deslrab property,
consisting of 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:alns. We advertise our property very extensive
y, and use all our efforts, skill, and dllllgence to
effect a sale. We make no churges unless tht
property is sold while registered with us. We alsc
draw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, andall legal pa
pers at moderate rates.
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United States are represented at this agency.
Property Insured either on the cash or mutual
plan, and perpetually at 14 and tft per thousand.
Pensions, bounties, and all kinds of war claims
collected. There are thousands of soldiers and
heirs ot soldiers who are entitled to pensions and
bounty, who have never made application. Sol
dlers.lf 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 oonlldent we can reuder satisfaction lu any
branch of our business.
No charge for information,
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tend calliiiK'Upou them with a supply of goods
of my
OWN MANUFACTURE.
Consisting of
CASSIMERS,
CASSINETS,
FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd)
OAHPET8, Ac.,
to exchange for wool or soil for cash.
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perry" house, "
New Bloomfleld, Pa.
THE subscriber baring purchased the property
on t lie corner of Maine and Carlisle streets,
opposite the Court House, Invites all his friends
ml former eustomersto give him a call as he Is
determined to furnish Urst class accommodations.
T HO UAH HUTCH,
Itf. Proprietor.
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A Mesmerized Darkey.
COLONEL WATSON was a well-preserved,
jolly old gentleman, on the
murky side of sixty.
Watson was the victim of a singlo weak
ness. One great absorbing, overshadow
ing idea gavo direction to his nightly
dreams and was the m burden of his daily
thoughts.
Through the mystical and subtle agency
of mesmerism, he hesitated not to say that
one day ho would discover gold in such
huge quantities that, liko the Poruvian
Atahualpa, he would nil a room.
In the year 1831, tho Colonel, in compa
ny with several minors (myself included),
located some claims on tho Agua Frio, in
tho County of Mariposa. A grecener or
more incapacitated Bot, I believe, never
attempted to pry boulders or feed a sluice
box. Tor ten long, sweating hours we
addressed oursoH-es to our now exciting
occupation, and when night came we pan
ned out the proceeds of our united labor. It
was duly weighed at tho grocery and its
value ascertained,
The purchase of four pounds of bacon
and one bottlo of molasses consumed it
all !
The Colonel was furious. In his parox
ysm of uncontrollable disgust, bo kicked
over boxes and even jeopardized tho very
existence of the molasses bottlo. "Others,"
ho said " could go it blind." lie knew "a
way by which intellect could bo made to
penetrate the earth and discover first the
locality of gold before ho would apply mus
cle to extract it."
A few days aftor this event, Colonel
Watson, with much gravity, informed mo
that James Jackson, tho negro barber, was
a line mesmeric subject. "In fact," said
he, " our old friend Clinker has told mo all
about his wonderful adaptability to the in
fluence of human olectricity.
The Colonel expressed his determination
that only his best and most confidential
friends should be lot into tho secret.
"Sailor Jack, Blinker, Snorting Charley,
and yourself," said he, "aro the only pur
sons whoso assistanco I desire. In a few
days I shall place Jackson in a somnam
bulistic state ; in that situation ho will
communicate to me tho exact whereabouts
of tho richest gold beds in the country."
As the Colonel had invited mo to be
present, and (to be frank with tho rcador)
as I fully believed in the orthodoxy of
Watson's convictions, I visited the Colo
nel's cabin on the day of tho anticipated
sevclations. I found the subject, James
Jackson, seated in a corner of the room on
a three-legged stool. Blinker, Snorting
Charley, and the other invited guests were
present. Watson's face woro an expres
sion of the greatest gravity. He required
that all should observe the utmost silence
and attention.
Many years have passed since my eyes
have rested on the face of Jim Jackson, but
my fading recollections was restored only
a few days since. An inverted top (with
out legs, of course), called back his facial
contour, and restored, green to memory,
the sombre character of his cuticle. But,
if Jim's face was black, the immutablo law
of compensation asserted itself in giving
color to his eyes. Their parian whiteness
would, indeed put lilies and snowballs to
the blush. Jim's eyes, however, wore an
expression of benignity and intelligence.
But what shall I say of Jim's mouth ? those
massive arching lips ? those well-developed
molars? His mouth was certainly the
grandest and most striking feature of his
face.
The colonel fixed his eyes on Jim Jack
son's eyes. He placed his hand on Jack
son's head, and then made slow passes
down Jackson's face to tho patches on
Jackson's knees. In less than five minutes
the subject was lost in a sound, mysterious
slumber. The Colonel surveyed him with
a satisfaction prompted by his knowledge
of his controlling mind. "He is now,"
said Watson, " thoroughly permeated with
what is known to the professors of mes
merism as human electricity. I have as
much power over his faculties as you gen
tlemen, have over your fingers and toes.
As I had stock in Jackson, I regarded
him at this time with the same interest as
Jackson's ancestral neighbors of the Nile
were wont to regard the sacred crocodile
and ibis. Big drops of fluid fell from the
Colonel's nose, but as this gentleman was
a victim to the sad infirmities of influenza,
I am not prepared to assert that those
exudatious were the consequences of fa
tigue. Aftor a few moments' pause the Colonol
interviewed bis subject :
" Tell mo where you aro and what you
see," said tho Colonel. '
"I'm down ou do Mariposa, 'bout five
miles."
" Tell me the spot on which you Btand,
and what you see."
"I'm a staniu' right in the doorway
of 'Squire Dayly's old cabin, and right un
der my foot, 'bout teu feet deep, I see lots
of yellow stuff.
" What is the yellow stuff that you see?'
aid Watson.
" Gold," said the subject.
"Enough," said the Colonel, and thus
ended the scene to which I was a deeply
interested spectator.
A few reversed passes by Watson acted
on Jackson as the fifteenth amendment
did, in after years, on all of his race. It
restored him to certain rights irrespective
of his previous condition, &o.
I returned to my cabin, and, as it was
now night, I attempted to sleep. It has
ofton been a mystory to me how my little
home could hold so many gorgeous castles.
One aftor another tome floating before an
i mngination wild with an excess of joyous
anticipations. I awoke fatigued. All
night I bad been extracting big nugcrets of
gold. But the pile which rewarded my
labor grew smaller and smaller as the land
of dreams grew fainter and fainter, and at
last to sentient eyes, was seen no more.
On the morning succeeding tho eventful
day referred to, our little party mot at the
cabin of the Colonol. Blinker was the only
absentee. This gentleman had that morn
ing been suddonly seized with violent
cramps.
Did you ever attempt to ascend a high
mountain in tho month of August? On
that day it really seemed to me that tho
sun was consuming petroleum and pino
knots, with the incendiary design of set
ting the world on fire. It was at such a
time as this that wo passed tho summit of
tho mountain that roso to obstruct the
path which led to the spot designated by
Watson's medium. However, wo crossed
tho mountain and followed a rugged ravine
at tho mouth of which stood the old deser
ted cabin of Squito Daly. Wo found with
ont difficulty tho spot to which tho medium
had referred, and without a moment's
delay began tho work of excavation,
"Look nhore," said Sailor Jack, after
be had thrown out a few spades full of
diit, "somobody has been hero a digging
before."
" I presume so," said the Colonel, " but
I am suro that they failed to go down far
enough to striko the lead." With this
assurance we cheerfully resumed our la
bors. Charloy was in the act of moving a largo
stono, when I heard his crowbar striko
against some metallic substance. "By
thuudcr," cried Snorting Charley, "I've
now struck the ya'.low boys." A fow mo
ments' work revealed an old camp kettle
carefully covered. Wo raised it, and found
that its weight justified the opinion that
tho reward for our labor was at hand.
I raised the lid, and to my horror and
disgust found its contents to bo only tho
fragments of an old iron tank, on tho top
of which was a large-sized memorandum
book. This I also opened, and with sur
prise nlmost approaching bowildorment, I
discovered a letter addressed as follows :
Colonel Watson,
Professor of Mesmerism, &e.,
Agua Frio.
With tho consont of the Colonel, I tore
open this mysterious document and read as
follows :
To Colonel Watson SmeetPlum: The
blarsted cramps did tho business, for me.
None of your precious wealth can now bo
mine. Alas 1 poor Blinker ! He never did
have any silver lining to his clouds. When
I was just elevon months old my junior
brother (with the assistance of my unnatu
ral parients) seized upon tho first and best
rations I ever had.
Poor Jim Jackson ! IIo thinks the world
of you, Colonel. Ho can't say your name
without going off into violent convulsions,
with alarming symptoms of lock-jaw.
Good-by, Sweet Plum.
Yours, mesmerically, Bi.inkku.
The bald hills of Mariposa echoed the
wild anathemas of our infuriated Colonel,
and the next day, when wo returned to
Agua Frio, our professor, without halting
for a moment, wont for Blinker, but that
gentleman, like an Arab, as he was, took
himself out of reach
t2T Blackball has always been famous
for the beauty and spirit of its women. In
the mite-Revolutionary days the family
once boasted seven dashing sisters, so full
of life and fun and frolio that they were
known the country ovor as "the seven
Blackball boys." None (jthom but could
ride a horse bareback, row a boat, or swim
far out in the Sound. Handsome and
fearless, they were accomplished wome n,
and good housekeepers, withal ; hence
they had no lack of suitors. Of the oldest ,
it is narratod that when a male cousin, while
on a visit to Blackball became so much in
terested, but did not dare to speak, she,
one day, met him going up-stairs as she
descended, and, meeting him more than
half-way (in a double Bense) stopped, say
iug, sweetly : " What did you say, cous
in?" To which, the tremulous young
man replied : " Oh, I didn't speak I
didn't say anything." "High time you
did, cousin. High time you did," replied
she, as she passed on. The young man
took the hint, and a happy married life en
sued. Served Him Iflfrht.
Ou Friday a week a farmer, named Jas.
Warner, and his wife while returning from
Hazleton to Dorrance township in a large
wagon, were accosted by some miners who
askod to ride. Their request was granted,
and soon after getting in thoy commenced
quarreling aud using indecent language,
Wamer ordered them out, when they at
tacked him. He defended himself with a
board which he bad been using as a seat
board, and knocked out the braius of one
of the miners. Warner is now in prison at
Wllkesbarro.walting au Investigation.
An Old Joker.
AWAY back In the State of New York
lives a Dutch farmer, well to do in
tho world, who always keeps around him a
thousand dollar bill. With this in his
pocket and a Bhabby coat on his back, he
prides himself on playing tricks with stran
gers particularly such country merchants
as have recently commenced business in
the neighborhood, and are not acquainted
with his pecuniary circumstances.
As an instance of this kind ho went
lately to a new merchant, with his clothes
all in rags, his toes sticking out through
his shoes, his hat without a crown, and
his beard a fortnight old, and ordered a
fow dollars' worth of goods. Tho mer
chant stared at him ; but as there was no
great hazard in laying out articles for
him, nono of which were to be cut, he ex
ecuted the demand. Whon the goods were
ready, the merchant stared still more to
hear his sourvy-looking customer ask him
to charge them.
" Chargo them !" exclaimed the man of
merchandise, " wo're not iu tho habit of
charging our goods to everybody. We
keep a lookout for breakers."
"Won't you charge 'em den ?"
" Not to you, I thank you. You must
hnvo a better coat on your back, to expect
to get credit from us."
" Den you won't chargo 'em," continued
tho Dutchman, with great moderation,
" I must try and pay for 'cm down, if so
bo snppoHin' I can mustor money enough."
Then taking a thousand dollar bill from
his pocket he extended it to tho merchant,
with a sly leer on his face, and said, " Will
you chango dat ?"
" That what ! a thousand dollar bill !
Is it possiblo that that a man of your ap
pearance "
"What, misthur, bo's you scart, ha?
Did you never see a thousand dollar bill
afore?"
" A man of your appearance," contin
ued tho merchant, " with a thousand dol
lar bill 1 I could have sworn "
" Nono o' your swearing here, if you
please, misthur, but give mo mino chango
dat I may bo off to mine farm again."
"Off to your farm ! A thousand dol
lar bill 1 Who are you, if I may be so
bold?"
"Who bo's I. Why don't you know
your own neighbors, man ? My name is
Fritz Van Volgor, a poor farmer, mit no
km ore as one tousand acres of lant, and dis
small bill in mine pocket, so, if you'll
chango it, and lot me bo gone, I'll tank
you."
" Change it 1 Lord, sir, whero shall I
get money of a morning to chango a thou
sand dollar bill ?"
" Will you trust me, den ?"
" Trust you I Mr. Van Volger, that 1
will, to tho amount of a thousand dollars,
if you wish. You didn't suppose I was
afraid to trust you ?'i said the merchant,
growing very complaisant.
" Ha 1 ha 1" roared tho Dutchman, as
loud as ho could laugh "you begins to
haul in your horns a little, docs you ?
Strange what wondors a small thousand
dollar bill will work in a man's good opin
ion 1 So you'll drust mo now, will you ?"
" Certainly, certainly, sir."
"No, I'll be vip't if you shall if so bo
supposin' I can find silver enough in mine
pocket to pay you." As he said this, he
hauled out an old stocking full of dollars,
paid for tho goods, and giving another
hearty laugh at the astouishment and sud
den change of opinion of tho merchant,
ho departed.
Too Deaf to be Useful.
A Nelson Street dry goods man, who is
well known for his politeness, has a father
who is an excellent physician, but not a
very smooth talker. They wero so busy
at tho storo Saturday afternoon, that the
old gentleman was called in to help.
Among tho customers was a young lady,
who appeared to bo waiting to trade with
him whoso eldorly appearance invited hor
confidence. Soon an opportunity offered,
and loaning over the counter as an invita
tion for him to do the same, she whispered
her order. Ho bent closer to her, and
said, " What's that ?" in a voice that
started the perspiration to her forehead.
Again sho whispered. " Oh, elastic 1"
said he, iu a tone that could bo heard on
the walk, and looking much pleasod with
his success. " What kind of elastio ?" he
added bending his head closer to the burn
ing face of the perspiring maiden. Once
more she tremblingly whispered. "For
garters, hey?" he repeated, even louder
than before, without noticing the horror
stricken expression of the almost fainting
young lady. "Something fancy, I sup
pose," ho went on to say, iu happy obliv
ion of the store full of people. " Young
people uow-a-days want things nico. My
old woman uses a shoe-string, and sails
around not noticing the difference." Then
got down with the box, and turned around
to show it, but tho customer was gone.
He stood around with the elastio some five
minutes in waiting, but she did not re
turn, and It is likely he has forgotten all
about the circumstance now. 1
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tW When Shakespeare's mother wished
him to confess a theft, what distinguished
charaoter did she hold up before him?
William Tell.
.. A Sheriff Badly Sold.
THERE is a Sheriff in Illinois who was
rather taken in ou one occasion and
done for. He made it a prominent part of
his business to ferret out and punish ped
dlers for traveling through the State with
out a license ; but one morning ho met his
match a "glnooino" Yankee peddler.
"What have you got to sell anything?"
asked the sheriff. "Yeas, sartin ; what
d'ye liketohev? Got razors, fust rate ;
that's an article, squire, that you waut,
tew, I should sny by the looks o' your
baird. Got good blackin ; 'twill make
thorn old cowhide boots o' yourn shine
so't you can shave into 'em. Balm of
Klumby, too ; only a dollar a bottlo ; good
for the lia'r and assistin' poor human na
tur', as the poet says." Tho sheriff bought
a bottle of tho Balm of Columbia, and iu
reply to tho question whothcr he wanted
anything else, that functionary said ho
did ; he wanted to sco the Yankee's licouse
for peddling iu Illinois, that being his duty
as high sheriff of the State. The peddler
showed him a document " fixed up good,
in black and white," which the officer
pronounced all correct; and handing it
back to tho peddler, he added, " I don't
know, now that I have bought this stuff,
that I euro anything about it. I reckon
I may as well sell it to you agin. AVhat'U
you give for it?" "Oh, I don't know as
tho stuff's any uho to mo ; but seein' it's
yeou, sheriff, I'll givo you about thiity
seven and a half cents for it," quiotly re
sponded tho trader. Tho sheriff handed
over the bottlo and received the money,
when tho peddler said, " I say, yeou, I
guess I've a question to ask yeou now.
Hev you got a peddler's license about your,
trousers?" '! No ; I haven't any use for
the articlo myself," said tho sheriff.
" Hain't eh ? Well, I guess we'll see about
that pooty soon. Ef I understand the
law, neow, it's a clear caso that you've
been tradiu' Balm o' Klumby on the high
way, and I shall inform ou yeou." Reach
ing tho town, the Yankeo was as good as
his word, and tho high sheriff' was fined
for peddling without a license. He was
heard afterwards to say, " You might
as well try to hold a greased eel as a live
Y'ankco."
One Moro Drink.
The following story is told of tho treat
ment of a drunken husband by his amiable
spouse. After trying various experiments
to euro his drunkenness, she at last be
thought herself of another plan of making
a reformed drunkard of her husband.
She engaged a watchman for a stipulated
reward to carry " Philander to the watch
house," while yet in a state of insensibility
and to "frighten him a little when he re
covered." In consequenco of this arrangement he
was waked up about 11 o'clock at night,
and found himself lying on a pine bench
in a strange and damp apartment. Itaisiug
himself upon his elbow, he looked around,
until his eye rested on a man sitting by a
stove and smoking a cigar.
" Whore am I ?" askod Philandor.
"In a medical college 1" said a cigar
smoker.
"What a doing, there?"
" Going to be cut up."
" Cut up ! How o omes that ?"
" Why, you died yesterday, while you
were drunk, aud we have brought your
body hero to make a 'natomy." ,
"It's a lie! I ain't dead!"
"No matter; we bought your carcass,
anyhow, from your wife, who had a right
to sell it for it's all tho good she could ever
make out of you. If you're not dead, it's
no fault of the doctors, and they'll cut you
up, dead or alive."
" Y'ou will do it, eh ?" asked the old eot.
"To be sure we will now immediate
ly," was tho resolute answer.
" Wall, look o' here, can't you let us
have something to drink before you be
gin?" The last speech satisfied the watchman
that the man was a hopeless case ; aud as
his reward was contingent upon his suc
cessful treatment of the patient, he was
not a little chagrined at the result ; so,
with no gentle handling, ho tumbled the
irreformablo inebriate out of the watch
house. A Sharp Convict.
' Convicts in Sing Bing are a jolly set of
fellows. One of them was detected last
week in the act of manufacturing whisky
from a still which he had managed to con
struct in an obscure corner of a quarry,
where he was supposed to be employed iu
the service of the State. In his confession
he Btated that several of the keepers were
not only aware of the existence of the still,
but were among the best customers. Just
previous to the discovery of the still be bad
completed arrangements for supplying
several neighboring groceries with liquor,
of which he produced five gallons a day.
Six hundred dollars were on his person,
being the proceeds of his contraband
traffic.
A Father's Advice.
A young mau leaving home to try his
fortune) in another country, took leave of
bis father and asked bis benediction, which
he gave him with advice, as follows :
Let your promises be sincere, acd so pru
dently considered as not to exceed the
reach of your ability. Ho who promises
more than he oao perform, is false to him
self, and be who does not perform what bo
has promised, is false to tils friend.