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3TEW YOBK
CONTINENTAL
Life Insurance Company,
OF NEW YORK,
STRICTLY M UTUAL I
ISSUES all the new forms of Policies, and pre.
sents an favorable termit asauy company iu the
uiuteu mates.
Thirty days' grace allowed on each payment, and
me policy uem goou uuring mat, nine.
Policies issued by this Company are non-forfeit-
ure.
No extra charges are madefor traveling permits
Policy-holders share In the annual profits of the
company, una nave a voice iu me elections aim
management 01 tiieuoiupany.
No policy or medical fee char Red.
T.. W. FROST, PreMcnt.
M. B. Winkoof, Vice Pres't.
J. f. Rogers, Sec'y.
j. f. Eaton,
General Agent,
No . North Third Street,
College lllock, Harrlsburg, Pa.
T1I03. II. MILLIGAX,
0 42 ly Special Agent for Newport.
Perry County Bank!
Spousler, .Tuiiliin & Co.
rTIHE unrtorslirn id. having formed a Banking As
A. sociatlon 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 HO USE,
NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA.
We receive money on deposit and pay back on
demand. We discount notes for a period of not
ovcr60days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and
New York.
On time Deposits, live per cent for any time oyer
four months ; 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 un
der which the people of this County labored lor the
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, farmers and mechanics.
This Banking Association ii composed of the fol
lowing named partners:
W. A. HpoNSLBU.Bloomfleld, Perry county. Pa
B. F. Jumkin, " . "
Wm. 11. Miller, Carlisle.
officios:
W. A. 8P0N8LEK, Preifent
William Willis, Cashier
NewBloomneld,S61y
Milt UY CO UK T Y
Real Estate, Insurance,
CLAIM AGENCY.
LEWIS POTTES & CO.,
Real Estate Broken, Insurance, A Claim Agtn
rVov J31oomflell, Pa.
WE INVITE the attention of buyers and sell
ers to the advantages we offer them In pur
chasing or disposing of real estate through our of.
Hue.
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 oner at great bar-
f:alns. We advertise our proiwrty very extensive
y, and use all our efforts, skill, and dllligeuce to
effect a sale. We make no charges unless tht
Sroperty Is sold while registered with us. We alsc
raw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, audall legal pa
pers at moderate rales.
Some 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 V.I4 and S per thousand.
Pensions, bounties,! nd all kinds of war claims
collected. There are .housands of soldiers and
heirs of soldiers who are entitled to pensions and
bounty who have never made application. Sol
diers.lf you were wounded, ruptured, orcontract
ed a disease In the service from wliloh you are dis
abled, yon are entitled to a pension.
When widows of soldiers die or nnti ry, the minor
children are entitled to the ienslon.
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 our business.
-NoohargeIor Information,
ittily LLW18 POTTER & CO
LOOK OUT I
I would respectively Inform my friends that I In.
tend calling upon them with a supply of goods
Of my
OWN MANUFACTURE. ,
Consisting of
CA8SIMERS, . -
OA8S1NETS,
FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd)
OAlliriSTH, .Id.,
to exchange for wool or sell for cash.
J. M. IllXLElt.
Centre Wooi.em Factout. 0,17,4m,
J7XK;UTOKH' NOTICE. Notice Is hereby
J given, that Letters Testamentary on the
estate of John Eppler, late ol Marysvllle. Perry
county. Pa., deceased, have been granted to the
subscribers, residing Iu Marysvilio, I'erry county,
Pa.
All persons Indebted to said estate are requested
to make Iiiiiih UiuIu payment, ami those hav ing
claims will present them duly authenticated, fur
-tutllement to
HKUMAN Kl'PLKK. .
lAYiDl!Ult;HT)tlLr,,
December 22, Wi. Eeculrs.
The Doctor's Bill.
AS a sample of how doctors' bills are
sometimes made to figure pretty high
we present the following :
About three months ago, Jacob Milch
man's wife, in Detroit, was somewhat 111,
and thought that a doctor ought to be
sent to her ; so he ealled at a Detroit street
oilice, and requested the physician to go to
his house. The call was made, a pre
scription left with Mrs. M. and elthor the
medicine was very effectual or Mrs. M. was
not very sick, for, when he called the next
time, she Informed him that she was all
cured and he need not come any more.
Lout Monday, Jacob received by mail a
from Dr. Z. " one for medical services,
$13,75."
Jacob studied a long time over that bill,
and showed It to his wifo, and studied over
it with her ; but the more ho looked at it,
the more it scorned to him there must be a
mistake. The next morning he called at
the doctor's office, bill iu hand, he found
the proprietor sitting there, waiting to
hear of some one suffering from green corn
or one of the other prevalent diseases.
Mr. Milchman laid bis hat down care
fully and handed the bill to Dr. Z., saying,
" you are Dr. Z. I suppose ?"
"Yes, yes, certainly, Mr. Milchman, sit
down. How is your wife ?"
' Oh, my wifo is all right. You doctor
ed her, oh !"
" I gave her somo medicine, that seemed
to work like magic."
" Yes, so it did. That was your bill,
ch?" ,
" Yes, but no hurry about it, M. Milch
man ; take a little time on it, if you want
to, don't hurry."
"That was right, was it. $13,75?"
"Letmeseo; yes, that is the amount
Mr. Milchman ; but no hurry about paying
it you know."
" Thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents
for one visit ! That was protty tam doar,
don't you think so?"
Here the doctor smiled all over in the
most forgiving way, saying : "My dear
Mr. Milchman, you are far out of the way.
For one visit. My dear sir, that is the way
with the unprofessional mind. I assure
you when you see the items you will agree
with me that the amount is low sir, very
low?"
"Oh!" said Jacob "they were items.
were they ? Well, whore are thosetems?'
" la my memorandum book, sir. You
shall have them, certainly, if you wish.
You want the items, do you ?"
" That Is just what I want," said Jacob,
and apparently much to the doctor's an
noyance, lie hesitated a moment, and
then drew a small memorandum book from
liis breast pocket, opened it, looked at
Jacob, and began : ,
" May use of horse and buggy to call
on Mrs. Milchman, one dollar and a half."
"Stop a little," said Jacob, "till I write
him down," and he proceeded to write the
item down. Don't you keep no horse ?"
he asked when be bad finishod his writing.
" Ye-es," said the doctor unwillingly,
" but of I. course I have to charge for use
the same as if he were a hired horse ; dou't
you see?"
" Oh, yes, be was your horse but you
charge yourself with him ?"
" Yes, that's it ! Now item No. 2. The
looking at the tongue of , Mrs. M. fifty
cents."
" Oh, you look at my wife's tongue, ehl"
" Certainly ; I had to, you know.
Item No. 3. To feeling pulse of Mrg.M,
sixty cents." '
" Dat was cheap enough."
" I knew you would think so," exclaim
ed the doctor, now satisfied that he was
all right. Item No. 4. " To hearing Mrs.
M.'h report of her case one dollar."
"Mine Gott 1 You charge me for my
wife's talking?" ..
'Only what she said in a professional
way, I assure you. That item you will
find correct; take the jiext. To writing
prescription for Mr. M. $3. That was
where the heavy work came in, you know."
" Pretty dam heavy I I think so."
" Very reasonable for the amouut of care
I gave the subject, as you will see when
you think it over. Item again to calling
next day with copy of prescription book
with me $3."
"Well, dat was all you got aint it?"
You was told my wife was all right, aud
that was only $9.00. .Where you make
your $13.75?"
" You aie mistaken about thai "uuing all,
Mr. Milchman. No, sir, I could not let the
matter drop thore. Tray allow me to .pro
ceed. To studying over the caso in toy
office, $3."
"Ob, you studied over him there."
"Certainly I did. Next. To riding
around by your house, on my way homo
and looking attentively about the premises,
$1 ; to meeting child and asking how her
mother was, $1, to making out bill, letter
postage, etc., lifteeu oouts. There, sir,
aro tho items, and very reasonable too,
upon my honor."
tW A package containing $4,000 was
left In tho reading room of a Chicago hotel
for thirty hours undisturbed, butje is'only
due to the honesty of Chicago people to
say that tho valuublo package was mistaken
by everybody for an old shirt.
t'ST'To mnke moneyGut an appoint
ment iu tho Mint.
For th Blnomneld Times.
JIMMY'S WOOL.
JIMMY FOSTER, as be was called by
the good people Of Snobville, dowu
east, was a little the meanest man going,
and would have skinned flints, eaten rats,
or done any other like very comfortable
and agreeable piece of work, if thereby he
could save or steal a trifle. We won't di
late here about Jimmy's habit of wearing
low boots with very wide tops among his
neighbor's hulled corn and oat-bins, where
by he brought away, at least, a half peck
of food for his hens at a time, nor any
other of his numerous little eccentric acts,
as ingenious as profitable, save one.
Jimmy's parsimonious and miserly dis
position at last had so direct an effect upon
his character, as to make him absolutely
dishonest. One day, having occasion to
purchase some Wool at the villago Btore to
bo manufactured by his wifo, on her spin-ning-whccl,
Jimmy went to the store and
purchased a quantity at rather a tall price,
as wool was scarce, and while the store
keeper was at tho extreme end of the store
making change, Jimmy looked wistfully at
a large heavy oak cheese within reach of
his arm. It was easily done why not slip
it into the bag? Ho thought he'd try it ;
and so he put tho cheese quickly into the
large bag with the wool, and gathering up
the mouth of it, tied it up and took his
change.
"Ah, Mr. Foster, don't trouble youi-Belf
to take out the bag. I'll carry it to the
wagon for you," said the obliging store
keeper. "No, no, said Jimmy, quickly, "I'd
rather take it myself."
But as the storekeeper in a looking glass
over his cash drawer had seen Jimmy steal
the cheese and was therefore disposed to
punish him for tho transaction he said :
" I always do sq for my customers ; and
you are one of the best, you know."
"I toll you I'll take it myself," said
Jimmy, nervously, lest the storekeeper
Bbould discover the weight of the bag, and
suspect the theft.
" But I cannot let you buy goods and
load them yourself. So stand away, and
1 11 put it in the wagon for yon."
"No, no," said Jimmy, half giving up
the bag, aud finally letting it go.
"Bless me," said the storekeeper, "I
had no idea there was so much wool in the
bag. I must have made a mistake in the
weight."
"No you haven't; I toll you It's all
right," said Jimmy, coloring.
" Lot's see I'll weigh it again."
"No, no."
"Why not, Mr. Foster?"
"'Cause it's no use."
.mil it j. nave made a mistake, you
know, I want to correct it. " Don't I, Mr,
Foster?"
"Well, I suppose so," was the dogged
reply. I
" Stop I'll open it, and then I can toll."
"No, no, no," said Jimmy, quickly,
"weigh It if you like."
" Just as you please, Mr. Foster," said
the obliging salesman, as he lifted the bag
into the scales.
"Why, bless me, what a mistake I
made," continued the storekeeper ; "here's
thirty-two pounds more wool than I charged
you for I"
"Is there?"
"Yes; don't you see?" he continued,
pointing to the scales.
" Well, yes. How much is it?"
" About five dollars more, Mr. Foster."
" Creation 1 I won't pay it ; I don't want
it !" ., ' .
" O, very well ; we'll just pen the bag
and take out a part." .,(.,
"No, no I" said Jimmy, hastily. "Upon
second thought, I believe I want it all."
" Just five dollars, then."
" Can't you take a little off, considering
the amount ?" said Jimmy.
"Notaoent"
"Say half a dollar."
"Can't do it. I'll take out half of the
wool, if you say so," continued the store
keeper, making a motion to undo the bag.
"No, no 1 here's the money," said
Jimmy, " I'll take the whole."
He put it into his wagon, and drove
home with the consolation of having paid
three timos over the value of the hard,
heavy, cheap cheese he had stolen, and
with a bit of experience that perhaps,
taught him to be more honest in future.
Detective Trickery.
The case of Messrs. Jordan, Marsh &
Co., extensive dry goods importers of Bos
ton, whose books have been seized by
Customs officers on the ground of alleged
revenue frauds, continues to attract great
atteutiou iu that city. There is, of course,
much asserted pro aud eon as to the feat
ures of the case, but it seems protty clear
now that there has been a great deal of
exaggeration as to the amouut of penalty
to which the firm will be lfuhlo, even if the
charges made should bo sustained. Tho
most striking peculiarity of the casajg that
the information is alleged to have been
given by a man uuincd Jackson, a clerk
employed in the house, who was at the
same time receiving pay as a Treasury de
tective. The fact does not seem to be
clearly established, but if true we hope
the Secretary of tho Treasuiy will at once
abandoned the prosecution. Better the
government should be cheatod than light
itself by stich'a despicable piece of detec
tive trickery.
Hints to Horsemen. .
BY A PRINTKIt.
If your horse is in the habit of kicking
use a low dash-board, and your horse will
soon get over It.
Keop your horse fat don't allow any
one to get a lion on him.
When your horse refuses to take up an
oat consider him as having failed.
A nail in a horse's foot often causes an
ail there.
To make your horse very fast, tie him
with two halters.
Never feed horse chestnuts to chestnut
horses, nor horse sorrel to sorrel horses ;
you can give cream to a cream horse, if
you like and the horse likes it. It is not
necessary to employ a cream pitcher to
pitch liny to a cream horse, however.
Look carefully after the bits of your
horse, or you may soon be looking after
the bits of your wugon.
If you have the proper address, you may
receive a couple of lines from a horse,, but
on no account " drop a line."
However well you may bo attached to
your horso, you must be certain yourhorso
is well attached to your carriage.
A herse is something like a public officer
when ho is installed, in this, that he be
gins to " feel his oats" directly, if there
are any oats in the stall. Whatever stall
you use for your horso in the stable, you
should always use a head-stall when you
drive him. An unbridled horse is very
much like an unbridled tongue.
Hearing colts is often profitable, but
rearing horses are not profitable, especially
those which rear up iu the rear and ex
ecute flank movements on the dash-board
with shoe-fly accompaniments. They
" foot up" a bill for repairing too rapidly.
A Trailing Horse Dies of Hydrophobia.
We learn of the death from hydrophobia
of Ripon Boy, by all odds the fastest trot
ting horse in Wisconsin.
The first suspicion that anything was
tho matter with the Boy was when the
groom took him to water. Ho drank spar
ingly, and at each attempt to drink there
after would tremble in every limb. The
Boy allowed Mr. Van Buret to appioach,
but exhibited great vice whon he attempt
ed to touch him. Mr. Van Burnt supposed
that he might have been poisoned by eat
ing sumao with the hay, and telegraphed to
Mr. Ormond on Wednesday to come to
Horicon. After watehing the symptoms of
the animal lor a few moments, Mr. Ormond
pronounced them those of hydrophobia.
Water was several times offered the Boy,
but wheu he undertook to drink he was
seized with spasms, followed by extreme
viciousness. The doctor says the actions
of the horse were terrible to behold. He
would rub his head against the stall so
forcibly as to knock out his upper teeth,
and finally fractured his jaw. Finding that
the life of the horse could not be saved,
Mr. Van Burnt ordered the stall to be
boarded up so as to prevent him from
doing any mischief. The animal lingered
along until 2 o'clock Friday morning, when
death ended his misery.
Arrested.
On Thursday afternoon, Wm. Wolf and
Edward Routzahn, of Cumberland county,
were arrested by officer Selak,on a warrant
issued by Justice Hcckert, at the instance
of II. L. Fisher, Esq., for cruolly treating
a dog. The parties gave bail for their ap
pearance at Court to answer. A more ag
gravated case of cruelty to animals could
Ncarcely be imagined than this. The dog
it appears was tied to a buggy at Dillsburg,
and compelled to follow it all the way to
York, aud apparently there was pretty fast
driving done by the parties. The dog be
ing large and strong, kept on his feet until
they were drivinginto York, wheu he fell
dowu from exhaustion, and was dragged.
The parties were notified of the fact, but
seemed not to care anything about it. At
the instance however, of persons, who as
sembled, he was placed in the buggy and
the parties, after being very ' insulting to
the persons who censured them for thoir
cruel conduct, drove up street, with the
dog lying on his back, and head banging
out of the buggy, and stopped at the Kin
dig House, where the poor brute was taken
into the saloon under Spangler & Welsh's
store, iu a perfect helpless condition.- York
Gazelle,
Pat's Mystery.
"1 say, Murphy, what's the mauiug of
mystory ? Faith I was rading the papei,
aud it said 'twas a mystery how it was
done." " Well," said Murphy, " Pat I'll
tach ye. Ye see, whin I llvod with me
fathor, a little gossoon, they giv a parthy,
and me mother wint to market to buy
somclhiu' for the parthy to ate, and among
a lot of things, she hot a half a barrel of
pork,-ye sco. Well, she put it down in the
cellar, bless her sowl, for safe kaping, till
the parthy come on, do ye see.
' Well, when the parthy come on, me
mother sint me down to the cellar to got
some of the pork, do ye see ; well, I wiut
down to the barrel and opened it, and fish
ed about, but divil a bit of pork could I
find ; so I looked around the liarrcl to see
where the pork was, and found a rat hole in
tho bottom of the barrel, where the pork
had all run out and left tho brine standimr.
do ye sen." " llotild on, Murphy I houltl
on 1 wnit a bit ; now tell me how tho
pork git out of the barrel and lave the
brine standing ? ' Well, Put," said Mm-,
phy, " that's what I'd like to kuow me
self, do ye see ; there's tho mystory."
SUNDAY. READING. .
A Little lied Pockot-Book.
13ATRICK Kane, an Irish lad of fifteen
. ' years, bad $17 ia a little rod pocket
book, which was inside of his carpet-bag,
aud with this $47 he had resolved to go
back to Ireland ; if he could find a ship to
take that as part pay, and his work during
the voyage as other part. He had just be
come acquainted with Patrick Stack,
another Irish boy of about his age, and
Stack advised him to try his luck in New
York 'O little longer. But Kane waa
homesick, and went to the wharf with his
friend Stack, to see about bis passage.
Stack sometimes relieved his friend of his
carpet-bag by carrying it for him, and
holding it while Kane went aboard the
vessels. Tho boys lost each other some
how, and this happened when Stack had
charge of Kane's carpet-bag. Kane went
to a police station iu his distress, and told
his story, how his carpet-bag and little red
pocket-book were gone with Stack.
Tho next day an officer went with Kane,
to the pier where Kane had lost sight of
Stack, and there was Staek himself look
ing for Kane. Stack told Kane where he
had put the carpet-bag for safety, and the
officer and two boys went to tho place.
The carpet-bag was indeed there in a
cigar store but it had been forced open
and the little red pocket-book was gone.
Stack was arrested, charged with the theft.
The two boys told their stories to the court
and jury. Both boys looked and talked
honest, nnd Kane seemed to still hare con
fidence in his friend.
The jury took the caso, aud brought in
a remarkable verdict. It is probably the
only one on record.. " We find the prison
er not guilty, but we have raised among
ourselves $33 to give to the complainant."
The judge then said he would give $15 to
the complainant, and thus the $47 was
made np. The lawyers caught the spirit
which hod actuated the jury, and Patrick
Kane walked out of that court room with
$05 iu his pocket, and Patrick Stack went
free. The prisoner got the benefit of the
doubt. If lie did steal the money maybe
that lesson of justice and mercy will be
of more benefit to him than imprisonment.
But Patrick Kane's little red pocketbook
is gone.
Restraint Under Provocation. ,
I recollect distinctly on one occasion,
when I was not more than six years old,
that a man of great violence of temper
came to see my father, and rated him with
such a scolding as I had never heard. I
looked at my father with amazement, as
be sat perfectly still and tranquil,- father
began, in the gentlest manner, to say to
him, " Well, if all you say is true, I think
you are right in the severity of your re
marks ; but I suppose that if iu auy re
gard you are not correct, you are willing to
be set right ?" " Yes," said the man,
with a growl, "of course I am." " Well,
will you allow me to make one statement?'
said father, humbling himself brfore the
man. "Yes." 80 father begau with a
little matter, and stated it ; and then ho
went a littlo further ; and then a little
further; uutil, by-and-by, the man began
to lose color, and at last broke out, " I
have been all wrong in this matter ; I did
not understand it." After he had gone
away father said to me, in a sort of casual
manner, " Give up, and boat 'em." I got
an idea of self-restraint; under provocation,
which I never could have got by all in
struction in the world which came to me
merely in the form of ideas, and picture
forms and fables. had before me the
sight of my father suffering for his pride '
was naturally touched (though you may
not think it from bis posterity, yet there '
was pride in my fathor, to some extent); he '
felt it keenly ; and under the keenness of. '
the feeling he still maintained perfect
calmness and perfect sweetuess. ' He over
came the man by suffered reproach and
abuse, and maintained himself under them.
Henry Ward Boecher.
Beccherlsin. .
In Plymouth Church, Sunday morning
Mr. Beecher refused to give a notice in the
following characteristic and Beecher like
mannor. He said ! " I am requested to
give a notice which puts me in a little dif
ficulty. I don't want to and I do want '
to. The Amaranth Dramatic Association
wish to give a benefit in the Academy of
Music next Saturday evening. They wish '
to pay all the expenses themselves, and 1
give all the receipts to the poor of Brook-'
lyn. Now, ' I want the poor to havo all
the money they can got, but I don't want
to advertise a theatrical company, and
therefore shall not give the notice.
tW New York, though reputed to be a ,
wicked city, is well supplied with religious
teachings. Its churches number 850, or ,
oue to each 8,000 inhabitants. The first
erected on the island was the Dutch Re
formed faith, and was placed withiu the
fort, where Castle Garden now stands.
Next conies the Episcopalians, and then
the PreHbytoriana and Baptists. The
church property iu the city is estimated at
$10,000,000.
t2T A' negro preacher holding forth to
his congregation upon the subject of obey-'
ing the command of God says " Uredren, '
whatever God telle me to do In (lis book
(holding up the Bible), dat I'm gwine to
doi If I too In it dat I must jump troo a '
stun viall, I'm gwlno to jump at it. Going
troo it 'long t9 God, jumpin' at it 'long tut
me."
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