I)c Simcs, New JSlaomftcl l!)a. 3STE3W YORK CONTINENTAL Life Insurance Company, OF NEW YORK, STIilCTL Y V TV All I AwsetH, tJ,O50,01.tG ! ISSUES all the new forms of Policies, and pre sents as favorable terms as any company lu the United States. Thirty days' grace allowed on eachpayment.and tbe policy held good during that time. Policies Issued by this Company are non-forfolt-ure. No extra charges are made for traveling permits Policy-holders share In the annual profits of the Company, and have a voice In the elections and management of the Company. No policy or medical fee charged. L. W. FROST, Pretl'lcnt. M. B. Wynkoop, Vice Pres't. J. P.Rooeks, Sec'y. J. F. EATON. General Agent, No. 6 North Third Street, College Block, Harrisburg, Pa. ' THOS. II. MII-MOAN, 6 42 ly) Special Agent for Newport. Perry County Bank! JSpoiisler, J link in A C'o. THE undersign id, having formed a Banking As. soclatlon 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 domand. We discount notes for a period of not over 60 days, and sell Drafts on 1'ulladelphla and New York. On time Deposits, five per cent, forany time over four months ; and for four months four per cent. We are well provided with all and every facility fordoing 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 sand 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 is composed of the fol lowing named partners: W. A. SpoNSLEB.BIoomrleld, Perry county, Pa. H. F. Junkin, " " " Wm. II. Miller, Carlisle, OFFICERS: W. A. 8PONSI.KH. PreiWent. W iij.iam Willis, Catliler New Bloomneld,3 S ly PKItltY COUNTY Heal Estate, Insurance, AMU CLAIM AGKNCY. " LEWIS POTTER It CO., Real Estate Broken, Inturance, t Claim Agen New Uloomfleld, Xu. "TTEINVTTE the attention of buyers and sell. V V ers to the advantages we offer them In pur chasing or disposing of real estate through our of. flee. We nave a verv laree llstof deslrab property, consisting of farms, town property, mills, store and tawi a stand, and real estate of any descrip tion wuivn we are preparea io oner at great, uar. rains. We advertise our nronertv verv extensive' ly, and use all our efforts, skill, and dllllgence to enecta sale, we maKe no cnarges unless in property Is sold while registered with us. We alsc draw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, andall legal pa ners at moderate rates. Some of the best, cheapest, and most reliable Are, life, and cattle Insurance companies In I lie United States are represented at this agency. Property Insured either on the cash or mutual plan, and perpetually at $4 and S5 per thousand. Pension, bounties, and all kinds of war claims collected. I Here are inouHanUs of soldiers ana heirs of soldiers who are entitled to pensions and bounty, who have never made application. Sol. dlers. It you were wounded, ruptured, orcoutraet- ea a aisease in rue service iroin wuivu you are Uls ablfd, you are entitled to a pension. When widows of soldiers die or marry, the mluor 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 Uiaiieil fl uiir ftiusiuenn. No oharue tor Information. 4Mly LtWlH POTTKH & CO LOOK OUT! ' would resnectlvelv Inform my friends that I In, . tend calling upuu mem wuu a supply oi goods of my OWN MANUFACTURE. Consisting of CAS3IMKRS, CAB3INET8, FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd) CAKl'KTH, Acci., to exchange for wool or sell for cash. ' - J. M. BIXLKlt CBKTBWOOI.U Factouv. 8,17,4m li given, that Letters Tetani-iilaiy on the estate of John Kiiulcr. late of MsDsvflle. Perry coumy. Pa., deo hm-,1, heve lieen gisnled to the siiLiici l Dei , residing in Muryavuie, retry coumy, Pa. All persons Indebted to said estate are requested lo niHke Ininu aiale payment, ana innse Having claims will preieut tut m duly authenticated for BtuuenHHn to HKltM AN PPPIRl!. DAVID ItHlUlll'ltlM., December 2 1J573.J IKxeculors. ENIGMA IKPAItTMENT. tra- All contributions to this department must be accompanied by Hie correct answer. Geographical Enigma. I am composed of twenty-seven letters. My 23, 3, 4 and 17, is a river In Africa. My 21, 3, 10, 21, 23 and 5, Is a city In New York. My 8, 17, 20, 27 and 17. Is a river In South Carolina. My 24, 17, 23, 16 and 20, Is a city In Forsiai My 15, 14, 27. 11. 10 and 5. Is a county In Tennessee. My 20, 1, 25,23 and 21, Is a river In Enrope. My 20, 6, 18 and 23, Is a county in Kansas. My 11. 6, 12. 13. 10. 21. 22 and 21. is one of the United States. My 20, 0, 10, 4, 25 and 22, Is a city in Ireland, My whole Is a request to the Editor. The Famous I!Iuo Laws of Connecticut. rilllE statues copied below, from an an- JL cicnt volume relating the History oi tlio American colonics, were enacted by the people of the "dominion of New Ha ven" and being printed on blno paper came to be known as blue laws. The Governor and magistrates con vened in General Assembly, are tho su preme power, under God, of this inrtcpend ant dominion. From tho determination of the Assembly no appeal shall bo mado. Tho Govornor Is amenable-to the voice of the people. The Assembly of the people- shall not bo dismissed by tho Oovernor, but shall dis miss itself. Conspiracy against the dominion shall be punished with death. Whosoever says there is power and jurisdiction above and over tho dominion shall suffer death and loss of property. Whoever attempts to change or overturn tho dominion shall suiter death. Tho judges shall dotermino no contro versies without a jury. No ono shall bo a freeman or give a vote unless he bo converted and a member of ono of the churches allowed in the do minion. Each freeman shall swear by the blessed God to bear true allegiance to this domin ion, and that Jesus Is the only king. No Quaker, no dissenter from the es tablished worship of this dominion, shall be allowed to givo a vote for the electing of magistrates or any other officer. No food or lodgings shall he offered to Quaker, Adamite or heretic. If any person turns Quaker ho shall be banished and not suffered to return but on pain of death. No Priest shall abide in the dominion ; he shall bo banished, and suffer death on his return. Priests may be seized by any ono without a warrant. No ono to cross a river, on tho Sabbath, but an authorized clorgyman. No ono shall run on the Sabbath day or walk in his garden, or else-whore, except, reverently to aud from meoting. No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, or sweep bouses, cut hair or shave,ou the Sabbath day. No one Bhall kiss her children on Sabbath or fasting days. The Sabbath shall begin at sunset on Saturday. To pick an ear of corn growing in neighbor's garden shall be deemed theft, A person accused of trespass in the night shall be judged guilty, unless be clears himself by bis oath. When it appoars that the accused baa confederates, and he rofuses to discover them, he may be racked. None shall buy or sell lands without per mission of the selectmen. A drunkard shall have a master appoint ed by the selectmen, who are to bar bira from liberty of buying or selling. Whosoever publishes a He in the pre judice of Lis neighbor, shall be set in the stocks and be whipped ten stripes. No minister shall keep a school. Every ratable person who refuses to pay bis proportion to support the minister of tho town or parish, shall be fined by court 5, 4s, every quarter until he or she pay the rate to the minister. Men stealers shall suffer death. Whosoever wears clothes trimmed with gold, silver or bone lace above la per yard shall be presented by the grand jurors, and tbe selectmen shall tax the offender 300 estate. A debtor in prison, swearing - he has no estate, shall be lot out and sold for satis faction. Whosoever sets fire to tbe woods, and it burns a house shall suffer death ; and per. sons suspected of this crime shall be im. prisoned without benefit of bail. Whosoever brings cards or dice into this dominion, shall pay a fine of 5. No one shall read common prayer-books keep Christmas or sot days, eat mince pies, dunce, play cards, or play an instrument of music, except the drum, trumpet and Jew's harp. No gospel minister shall join people In marriage. . The magistrate only shall join them In marriage, as be may do It with less scandal to Christ's church. When parents refuse their children con veniont marriages, tho magistrates shall determine the point. ' " ' ' ' The selectmen on finding children ignor ant may take them away from their parents aud put them In better bands at the ex pens of their parent. Fornication shall be punished by com pelling marriage, or as the court shall think proper. Adultery shall be punished with death. A man who strikes his wife shall pay a fine of 10. A woman who strikes her husband shall bo punished as the law direct. A wife shall be deemed good evidence gainst her husband. No man shall court a maid in person or by letter, without obtaining consent of her parents ; 3 penalty for the first offence J 10 for the second ; and for the third, im prisonment during the pleasure of the court. Married persons must live together or be imprisoned. Every male must have his hair cut round according to his cap. Tho Model Negro Farmer. The model negro farmer buys an old mule or blind horso on credit, rents land ithor for a part of the crop or so many bales of cotton, procures tools as best he can, buys corn, bacon, etc., for which he gives a lien on his crop ; and then, about April, ho commences to prepare for plant ing corn, either breaking or laying off in rows, to break out the middles after tho corn is up. Corn planting over, he pro coeds, sometime in May, to prepare for cotton; " Cufl'ee, gwino to use juaunor?" ' No, bross your life, I'so not gwino to buy juanner to put on other folks' lan'." Well, after dinner, some sultry evening, he saunters from his hut, and, after sur veying bis prospects, he says : " Whow 1 sun gittin hot ; time I'so planlin' my cot ton." Hitches up his mulo to bis old-horse cart, and off ho goes to hunt cotton seed. Well, after cottou planting, then for a fish and hunt. Some Juno Monday morning ho wakes up one or two hours by tho sun, and, aftor breakfast, he hitches up his mulo to run round his corn. After treating his cotton in somewhat the same way, ho proceeds to chopping. Then for another big frolic, to say nothing about going to bis meetings, and to town every Saturday. After this fashion be gets through tho year. Ho then takes what little cotton to market he makes and sells it for provision bills, returns his mule to its former owner, and goes home broke consoling himself by saying, "If I didn't get any money, I'so had a heap of freedom." He takes down his plank and fire-coal and figures thus : " 0 is naught, 5 is a figure, All for de accouut, and nono for do nig ger." American Crockery. Tho Newark Manufacturer says : Tho City of Trenton is probably tho largest manufnetury of crockery in this country, there being eighteen pottorios in that place. These make "white granite ware," as well as brown ware, and the first of these goods wore turned out in 1850, but it was not until 1850 that they turned out granite ware, it being the first of this kind of goods made in this country. Tho high price of gold during the rebellion interfered with the importation of English crockery, and afforded considerable protection to tbe American trado. Until 1870 the demand for American crockery waa sufficient to keep all factories in the Unitod States in operation, but not to their full capacity. At this time there are one hundred kilns in operation at Trenton, aud these consti tute three-fourths of all the kilns in this country, having a capacity of turning out 30,000 worth of ware annually to each kiln. The aggregate amount is some three millions of dollars. In this production there are some 70,000 tons of coal usod,and an equal amount of clay and other mate rials. Now Jersey is exceedingly rich in beds of excellent pottery clay, and any do- lay in extending this department of manu factures in days past were certainly not owing to the want of material, for there. is abundance of it. l-SfAt a prayer meeti rig in Halifax Dr. Parker spoke of the rescue of the Loch Eam's crew and the Ville du Havre sur vivors by tbe British Queen. He said that the Loch Earn's crew, knowing that their vessel must sink, had almost given up hope, but were cheered by tho prayers and pre dictions of a clergyman on board, who as sured them that relief would come. After they had been taken on board the British Queen tho captain of that vessel told them that he had a most unaccountable fool ing that there was something for him to do: that three times during the night he obanged the course of the vessel, bearing northward, that be told the watch to keep a sharp look out for a ship, and as soon as he saw tho Loch Earn bo bore down upon nor. 1 lie British Queen is a Nova Scotia vessel. UB A German bad mado a fortune in Philadelphia by selling milk. He started home with two bags of sovereigns. On ship board be counted one bag of treasure mischievous monkey was watching his oper ations. As soon as it was replaced, and tied up and the other bag emptied Jocko snatch ed up the full one and was soon at the mast head. He opened the German a bag, and. after eyeing the pretty gold, he proceeded to drop one pieoe upon the dock and another ia the water, until he bad emptied the bag, When be had finished, the Dutchman threw up bis bauds, exclaiming: "He must be de Tuyvil, for what came from de water he does give to de water, and what came from de milk be gives to me 1" 1 Beer, Women and Song. IVEItY one has road of the noble wo J men of some Western town who break up the liquor business by singing hymns in the bar-rooms. The name of the town and the number of women concerned in tho breakage vary from year to year, but no tomporanoo newspaper can expect to keep its subscribers who does not tell this story at least three times every year. It is really a touching story. Those dozen or two good women are always re ceived with tho utmost oourtcsy by the bar-keeper. Ho never attempts the slight est remonstrance, but by the tirao they have finished their first hymn he bursts into tears, and offers to knock out the heads of every whiskey barrel In his establishment if they will only quit singing. Then ho helps the victorious women to roll tbe bar rels on to the sidewalk, and aftor making a pttblio profession of hisrepentanceknocks in their heads, and immediately applies for the position of deacon in tho local mcct-ing-houso. This is the way the story is told by tho temperance papers. Occasionally,howovcr, things do not turn out just according to the programme. For example, the women of "Smith's Four Corners,!' in Iowa, who recently tried to sing tho beads out of the beer barrols of a burly Teuton, were great ly disappointed at the result. That obdurate person received them kindly, nnd ordered (If toon mugs of beer to bo placed before them. Then bo lit his pipe and sent his wifo out to summon half a dozen other veteran smokers, The ladies sang and the seven Germans smoked. Tho placo grow denso with smoko, aud nt tho end of the third hymn two of the singers looked extremely pale and unhappy. The proprietor saw that tho enemy wa vered, and promptly sent out for a fresh half dozen of Germans. Soon thirteen pipes were in full operation, and tho fifth hymn was sung by but eight voices. Utterly disgusted at tho stolid refusal of tho beer seller to burst into tears of repent ance, tho ladies then turucd to leave ; but first, as a solemn protest against bcrr, they emptied tho fifteen glasses on tho floor. The German sent out for a policeman at once, and tlion politely asked the ladies to pay for fifteen mugs of beer. He stood In the doorway, and, being a fat man, com plctely blockaded them, whilo he pressed his demand for payment. Faint with to bacco smoko, but strong in principle, tho ladies refused to pay. But presently the policeman entered, and to him the German explained : " Dese women comes in hero and dakes my peer And den they doesn't pay nothings for him aud they sings till my wifo she is all over one blush. If they doesn't pay mo and gluar out I gifs them in shargo as trunk nnd disorterly." And those unhappy women under tho advice of the policeman paid for their beer and went sadly homeward, and took all sorts of modicino to counteract tho effects of tho smoko. To this day they can't un derstand why that German didn't do us the tcmperanco papor led Ilium to suppose he would. California Wood-Choppers. TT is In the logging camps that a strim JL will be most interested on this coast ; for there he will see and feel the bigness of the red woods. A man in Hutnbold county got out of one tree, lumber enough to make his bouse and barn, and to fence in two acres of ground. A schooner was filled with shingles mado from a single tree. One tree lu Mendocino whose re mains were shown to me, made a mile of railroad ties. Trees fourteen feet In diam eter have been frequently found and cut down ; the saw-logs are often split apart with wedges because the entire mass is too largo to lloat in the narrow and shallow steams, and I have seen them blow a log apart with gun-powder, A tree four feet in diameter is called undersized in tb woods and so skillful are the wood-choppers that they can make the largest giant of the forest fall just where they want it or, as they say, they " drive a stake with the tree?" The choppers do not stand on tho ground, but on stages raised to such a height as to enable the ax to strike iu whore the true attains its fair and regular thickness, for tho red wood, like tho sequoia, swells at the base, near tho ground. These trees prefer steep hill skies, and grow in an ex tremely rough and broken country, and their great height makes it necessary to fell them carefully, lest they should, fulling with such an enormous weight, break to pieces. This constantly happens in spite of every precaution, and there is little doubt that in these forests and at the mills, two feet of wood ore wasted for every foot of lumber seut to market. To mark the direction line on which tbe tree Is to fall, the choppers usually drives a stak Into tbe ground a hundred or a hundred aud fifty feet from the base of tbe tree, and it is actually common to make the tree fall upon the stake, so straight do these red-woods stand, aud so accurate is the skill of the cutters. To fellatios eight foot in diameter Is counted a day's work for a man. , , -,; . , Independent Fellows. fcfcrpiIE Troy chainmakersiu thatcity' L says tho Troy Timet, " are a pecu liar sot of men. They are eighteen in num ber, and are all English. Each chaiiimaker employs three assistants, aud earns, whnn nt work, about $ 25 per day. After pay ing throe helpors, the cliaiumakers have from $10 to $15 per day for themselves. Thoy are stubborn, Industrious and saving. This branch of manufactoring Is in its in fancy in this country ; and an tho woikors are few, they have a practical control of the trade. Whon strikes and lock-outs ur, thoy aro able to hold out longer than other mechanics. Their extraordi nary wages and their disposition to save what they earn almost invariably enable them to hold out until their employers yield. Their stubborness was well illus trated two or three years ago. They hold out until their savings were all gone ; then they went to work upon the streets and elsewhere for $1.50 por day until matters wore arranged between the ownors of the chain works and themselves. "Last spring these mon were working at an advance of ton per cent, over the wages paid when gold was selling at fifty cents premium. During the summer they demanded and rccoived another advance of ten per cunt. In November, the lnck of , work compelled the owners to close the works. A few weeks since they secured an order for about Rixty tons of chain cable of a peculiar kind. Only three of the cliaiumakers cm work upon these cables, and to theso three the owners offered work at tho highest wages. They refused to go to work unless tho other cliaiumakers were also furnished employment. In this posi tion affairs are at present. The firms have work for only threo chainmakers." A Fickle Woman. In 1749 occurred an odd episode in John Wesley's life. On one of his missionary journics ho had been taken sick at New castle, whero he was nursed by Grace Mur- ry, oue of his female " helpors," a hand some clever widow of four-and-thirty, Wesley himself being twelvo years older. Ho asked her to marry him. She scorned amazed, and replied, " This is too great a blessing. I can't , tell how to believe it. This is all I could have wished under heav en." Wesley, quite naturally, took this as a formal betrothal. But Grace had not long before nursed John Bennett, a Motbo dist preacher, of about her own age ; and Wesley was soon astouuded by a joint let ter from Grace and John, asking bis consent to thoir marriage. Then ensued a comedy lasting for mouths, the like of which no playwright has ventured to put upon tho stage. Grace would have been quite content with cither of her lovers wore it not for the other. But, contrary to all example, it was the absent one whom she wanted. 'When Wesley was with her she longed for Bcnnott, when Bennett was present she longed for Wesley. How many . times bIio broke and renewed her engage ment witli each would be hard to tell. " I love you," she said to Wesley, " a thou sand timos better than I evtr loved Johu Bennett ; but I am afraid if I don't marry him he'll run mad." That very evening she promised herself to Bennett. A week after she told Wesley she was determined to hvo and die with him. She indeed wanted to be married at once ; but Wesley wished for some delay. Grace said she would not wait more than a year. A fort night later she met Bennett, fell at his feet, ' and acknowledged that she had used him ill. They were married a week later. This strange marriage seems lo have turn ed out a happy one. Bennett died in the triumphs of faith ten years later. Grace survived until 1803, dying nt the age of eighty-seven. For years she was a bright light in the Methodist society. ' ' A Wife for a Dollar. A few days siuce a worthy Justice of tbe Peace, not far from Union City, Pa., was called upon by an elderly man with the inquiry if he was the Squire and If he ever married folks. On being assured that be bad oome to the right placo, the old fellow commenced with; 'Well, Squire, what do you charge? I can't afford to pay more than a dollar. I have been married threo times afore, and never paid luore'n a dol lar yet. Times are hard, stock low, and I have to buy hay aud can't afford to pay moro'n that neow." Tho Squire, inquired if tho young lady, who had by this time found her way into the office, was to bo his happy partner, and being informed that she was, bo suggested that as the man was somewhat advanced in years and sho young and good looking, it ought to bo worth two dollars at least. The old man was iufloxiblo, however, and could not be persuaded to invest aioio than ono dollar, so, rather than disappoint the young lady, the kind hearted Justioe tied the knot, took tho greenback, and the oddly mated couple departed as merry as could be. tgr During the late rebellion a daikey was on duty as a sentinel in Kentucky. Cor poral B came along, and Mr. Sentinel de manded the pass word. The corporal show ed him a promissory note. He held it upside ' down and looked at it attentively, aud theu said.' , - " All light' boss; pass long but I got to be mighty tioilar. Some da sentinels giU awful cheated, especially when dey can't, read." , '
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