Giljc tmc0, New jSloomficlb, Jd NEW YORK CONTINENTAL Life Insurance Company, OF NEW YORK, SIJIICTLY M VI' UAL 1 AMxetH, ,G:m,:jiC3. ! ISSUES all the new forma of Policies, an J pre. sents an favorable terms as any company In the United States. Thirty davs' grace allowed on each payment, and the policy held good during that time. Policies Issued by this Company are non-forfeit, uro. N i extra charges are made for traveling permits Policy-holders share In the annual proiltsof the Company, and have a voice In the elections and management of the Company. No policy or medical feecharRed. L. W. FROST. Prerttlmt. M. B. Winkoop, Vice Pres't. J.P.KooEus.Sec'y. g p R Ueneral Agent, No. 6 North Third Street, College Block, Ilarrlsburg, Pa. TllOS. n. MII.1.1GAN, 6 42 ly Special Agent tor Newport. Perry County Bank! Sponger, .Tiinkln & Co. mil rr .1 haulni. firmntl A T4nnlflllff Ad. I 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 HO USE, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. We receive money on deposit and pay back on demand. We discount notes for a period of not over60 days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and New York. On time Deposits, five per cent, for any time over 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 forthe want of a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have have determined to supply the want ;andthis 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. BFONBLKB.Bloomtteld, Perry eounty, Pa. B. F. JUNKIN, " " " Wm. H. Mili.BR, Carlisle, OFFICERS: W. A. 8PON8LER, President. William Willis, Cashier New Bloomtleld.S 5 ly PJCIIRY COUNTY Ileal Estate, Insurance, CLAIM AGENCY. LEWIS POTTZE & CO., Real Estate Broken, Insurance, S Claim Agen Now JJloomflolcl, Vn. 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 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 offer at great bar- f;alns. We advertise our property very extenslve y, and use all our efforts, skill, and dllllgence to effect a sale. We make no charges unless th property is sold while registered with us. We alw draw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, audall legal pa pers at moderate rates. Some of the best, cheapest, and most reliable fire, life, and cattle Insurance companies In the United States are represented at tills agency. Property Insured either on the oash or mutual plan, and perpetually at 14 and 15 per thousand. Pensions, bounties, and all kinds of war claims collected. There are thousands of soldiers and heirs 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 buliirB 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. r No charge for information. tMly LEWIS POTTER & CO LOOK OUT! I would respectively Inform my friends that I In tend calling upon tin in with a supply of good of my OWN MANUFACTURE. Consisting ol 0ASSIMKR8, -OAS8INETS, FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd) CAltPETH, Ace, t exchange for wool or sell for cash. ' J. M. BIXLER. flKHTHRWOOLEH Factoht. 6,17,4m, PEIIBI HOUSE, New lHoomfield, Fa. FTIHEsubsorlberhavtng purchased the property opposite t Court House, Invites all his ' 'r'udJ determined t furnish first class acoi.iinodatlona, Hl Proprietor. ENIGMA DEPARTMENT. aw All contributions to this department must be accompanied by the correct answer. yor the BloomneJd Time. Geographical Enigma. I am composed of thirty-nine letters. My 1, S, 11, 18, 20 and 20, Is a county in Ala bama. My 2, 6, 16, 12 and 0, Is a county In Penn'a. My S3, 20, 15, 32, 17 and 30, Is a town In Maine. My 10, 13, 24, 8 and 31, Is a county In Ken tucky. My 23, 8, 27, 17 and SO, Is a city In Delaware. My 23, 25, 37, 21 and 20 Is a town In N. York. My 30, 28, 14 and 38, Is a town In Ohio. My 85, 84, 7 and 9 Is a county In Kansas. My 4, 31, 19, 83 and 30, Is a county In Iowa. My whole is a work that should be pushed forward. t3f" Answer to last week's enigma: " People's Freight Rail Road." A BACHELOH'SJJOITSOLATION. A Romance of the Koeilo. In a snug little cot, not a thousand miles off, Lived a lonely, contented old " bach," Who cooked his own grub and dined by himself, And bad no one to sew on a patch. With his cat, and his dog, and his littlo pet mouse, Our hero, 'twas said, wanted nothing ; But needles were sharp, and would frequently stick, Bo he oft went with holes In his clothing. There no doubt were misses and maids quite near, Who would fly to relieve his distresses, But ho oft had declared he could never abide The appearance of hoopsklrts and dresses. Now, this lucky old bachelorhcard by a friend, Or read In his morning Journal, Of the wonderful stitching of sewing machines, And considered the matter nocturnal. Ilnvlng fully determined to get a machine, He spent a whole day In Inspection For an hour or so would never sudlco To select from so largo a collection. For some thought the " Wheeler fc Wllsou" the best, And others, the " Willcox & Glbbs," While others affirmed that the agents of both Were too much Inclined to tell fibs. And a few for tho " Florence" were ready to fight, While most liked the "New Family Singer Another one swore " G rover & Baker's" was best, The last one, I think, was a shaker. So first to the Wheeler fe Wilson he went, Where he found them making a shirt. At the end of each scam they used needle and thread, And by experience he knew they would hurt. Then down to the agent of " Florence" he went, And told him the part that was slack, Bo the " Florence" a certain advantage had gained By the feed that could make it sew back. But our Bachelor friend was dissatisfied still, For the " Florence" so complicated seemed, lie feared the minutlm might " get out of fix," And could never be wholly redeemed. They then told him another advantage they had Over other machines In the West, That our diffirent stitches with It they could make ' And from four he might sure get the best Our hero replied, " What's the use of the four! It one of the sitches is best, Why that Is the right one to use oil the time, And what will you do with the rest? The "Howe" and the "Wilson" both vainly he tried. The "Domestic" and " Keystone" as well, But the "Howe" was too heavy, the " Wilson" too light, And the " Keystone" broke down on a fell Tho " Flnkle fc Lyon" or " Victor" he tried, The "jKtna," "Bices," "Leavltt" and " Weed," Till worried and vexed with bis fruitless re search, lie scarce hoped in the end to succeed. After trying In vain many other machines, Without any hope of success, lie called wheie the " Singer New Family' was kepi, And they quickly relieved his distress. For here half a dozen machines were engaged In etltchlne of different sorts. Which they did so compete, and with so little noise Tie acknowledged the truth of reports. In lightness of running, In stillness and speed In construction so simple, yt strong, Bure none but the "New Family Singer" would vie, Though he'd search through the infinite throng. Then the stitch was so neat, so elastic, so strong, That he vainly endeavored to break It, And so many advantages in It combined That he quickly decided to take It. Arriving at home wlthont any mishap, He called on his friend o'er the way, Whose wife bad a " New Family Singer" Ma chine, And could give him instruction each day. It happened, however, the lady was sick. Or her tlnii was too precious to spare, So her daughter was sent the instruction to give, And a beauty she was very rare. Her ways were so winning, her eyes were to ; , bright, And their glances so piercing and warm That the snow-covered icebergs that blocked up hit heart . , .v Were dispersed like the leaves In a storm The Instruction continued, betlmes,for a week i And then it surceased for a day, And onr bachelor felt, as the time rolled along, There wat naught to be gained by dolay. He heard something, rustling, which made his heart leap, But 'twas only hit cat passed the door. ITenow heart a step that must surely be she, But 'twas only his his dog nothing more. His cat and his dog are no company now, He Is lonely, unhappy, and sad, He at last wants a holpmete will - Julia say yes, And make him most happy and glad? And Julia said yes. They were married at once, But we'll skip a few months If you please, And while the sweet moments in rapture they pass, We will take a short stroll 'mong tho trees. And here we'll leave them, and bid you good night Since the wedding they happy have been, Through life they will look, with pure Joy,and delight On the " Now Family Singer Machine." MORAL. Now, all ye old bachelors, read and beware, And this kindly advice, don't despise' If you hope for joy here, or rest up above, Go thou, and in faith do likewise. A Stubborn Juror. fcfc BOYS, did I ever toll you 'bout tho time I sot onto a jury with Bije Bope ?" asked Joe, taking a swig out of the company's demijohn which wns con veniently at band. " No," we answered. " Bije, you see," continued Joo, " was jest a leetle the contraricst, overbearinest, crankheadodest cuss that ever ru tiled a commoonity's temper. II bed Bluobeard ed three wives to death, an' bed jest tack led a fourth. In fact, the honeymoon was ha'r'ly over though I guest there was more vinegar 'n boney into it when Bije an' a passel more on us was yanked up afore Jedge Grimm to serve onto a jury. " In ev'ry case we've Btood 'leven to one an' Bijo was that one. The jedge got mad at last, and thraitened. in the next case up, he'd keep us at it till we did agree. "It was one of them pesky boss-swap- pin cases. JJill lianter a put on onto ill Greene a sor'l critter with a false eye an' a artificial tall. The eye was found layin' into the manger one mornin', aud the furst time the boss got wet bis tail came onglued an' drapt off. " The evidence showed that Hi 'd been partic'lar to ax about the eyes, an' Bill 'd said tb6 animal bad as good a eye as the next hoss. Bill, howsoever, offered to prove that the next hoss to bis'n at the time was stone blind, but the Court ruled that out. "After a sarcbin' charge from the jedge, we retired to our room, bis Honor fust admonishin' us that,ef we didn't agree this time, be'd make an examplo on us to all futur' juries in that court. " It looked like a plain case, most on us thought, an' we 'd strong hopes that, for onc't, Bije would listen to reason. But the fust vote wo took showed bow fur we was out in our reck'nin'. 'Leven on us stood for givin' the plaintiff dauiidges, but Bije was unanimous for the defendant, an' said be'd be drotted ef be didn't eat bis boots afore he'd cave. " We tried to argy with bim ; insisted that it was a clear case of fraud ; an' called attention to the strong pints iu the jedge's oharge. " But Bije bad bis own views. lie said Bill 'd only said the hoss bed a good eye, which couldn't be constrooed as rueanin' (wo good eyes ; while, in regards of the tail, nothing 'd ben said, nary way ; an' where there was no warrantee, a man's eyes were bis market. He said that was good boss-law, an' be knowed it, an' he didn't care a continental what the jedge said. "So we jowered over'n over it tell we was tired, Wit no use ; Bije still bung out. " When the court lot out the jedge or dered us to be took to supper, an' then to be locked up in our room tell morning. " I don't want to dwell onto the miseries o' that night. We worried through tome how tell Court took up next mornin', when the jedge bed us brnng out, lookln for all the world like so many pennytent tom-cat's arter a night's mootooal mlson- derstandiu'. " Ileve you agreed onto a verdict, gen tlemen ?" be said. "No, we beven't !" says the foreman, sulkin' up. "There's no hurry," says the jedge, smllin' j the term' ll last a couple of week yet. The sherifTU take you to breakfast, now, an' then you may resoom your de liberations." "Arter breakfast we felt a little pearter, an' some on us pioked up heart to make another set at Bije ; but be was head stronger 'an ever, an' says we'd ought, not to take the advantage o' numbers to bully an honest man's conscience. " While we was at breakfast, the fore man 'i managed to get hold o' the county paper, which bad jest come out that morn. in', and, to while away the time, be tat down and began to read It. "Hollo?" says be J "what's this?" " Listen here," says be proceodin' to road : " Startling Rumou. The town is great ly excited this morning by the rumored elopement of Mrs. Ji., the wife of a prom inent citizen. She took advantage, it is said, of her husband's absence on publio duty, to carry out her plan. A marked feature in the affair is that the lady has scarcely been married a month." " What's that I" screeches Bije Bope, in an out burst o' torror. " The foremau read it over agin' slow an' solemn. Now Bijo was as jealous as that 'ere dark-complected chap in the play. Besides there wa'nt no other Mrs. B.t in the place lately married, an' then there was the circumstances of the husband's absence on publio dooty. Bije had no doubt that the Mrs. B., allooded to by the paper was bis own wife. "Let me out l" ho yelled, runnin' full' butt at the door. "Not tell you've agreed onto a verdict," says the bailiff, through the keyhole. "I I I'll agree to any thing I" splut ters Bijo. "For goodness sake, hurry, gentleman a thousand dollars damidges, if you like t" " We said that we thought that rocther high. " Any thing, so it's done quick 1" be gasped, in ag'ny. "We could hardly keep bim from jump in' out o' the winder, while some on us pretonded to clicker about the amount wo should bring in, jest to torment him. "At last everything was fixed, an' we went into court, gave in our verdict, an' was dooly discharged. " Bije was rushin' out on the double quick, with murder in bis eye, when the foreman stopped bim. " I think you're lub'riu under some mis take, Mr. Bopo," says be ; "that there piece I read, you tee, ' took from a Cali fornia paper, an' must be, at least a month old." " "Bije went off lookin' cheap an' sheep ish. Ho sent in an excoose next day, an' got let off for the balance o' the term, an' precious glad wo all was to get rid of him." How Spinger put out a Cat. "ITR JOSEPH SPINGER isapeaceablo JltL married man who lives on Detn Street, near the Western city limits. He has in bis employ a maid servant who has a young man that not only calls regularly, but often irregularly. The maid servant's beau is possessed of an appetite that re quires frequent satisfying, and during his visit to the Spinger mansion, pies, dough. nuts, cheese, cookies, cold meat, preserves and other nutritious and palatable articles, disappeared like dew before the morning sun, or not griddle cakes beforo a hired man. Since the panio has demoralized men and things Springer has been trying to econo mize in various directions, and among oth. er leaks that bo Bought to stop was that of feeding bis hired girl's beau. Springer eveu went so far as to tell bis handmaid that she could only receive visits from her lover on Wednesday and Saturday nights, as the expense of fire, lights aud provisions five nights out of seven was too much. The maiden of all work pouted, burned the toast and sorved dishwater coffee for sev eral mornings, but finally seemed to accept the situation and resumed ber wonted cheerfulness. Such was the state of affairs up to within a few nights since, when it appears " Sa rah's young man," unable to stand the pangs of hunger or love until Saturday night, rapped at the kitchen door of Sprin. ger's bouse, and was admitted. About eleven o'clock p. m., the handmaid, in obedience to a hint from ber admirer, took the lamp in baud and proceeded to the cellar in search of something for bim to eat. Though she used every precaution not to awaken the Springer family, asleep up stairs, yet, as she opened the cellar door, a strange cat bounded out into the room un. beknown to ber, and a moment later emitted one of those sad and melancholy bowls that cats are wont to give when con cealed in a strange room. Mrs. Springer beard the cat yell, and after digging at Springer's shins with hor toe nails until be was awake, she said, "Go down stairs, Mr. Springor, and let that cat out of the house." Springer hated the job, but was forced to comply, and descending the stairs in his night shirt and bare feet, found himself in the dining-room, where all about him was dark as pitch. The maid servant's beau had board Springer descending the stairs, and fearing that if be were found there it might make trouble in the family, began to feel his way to the back door. In doing so.how ever, lie tripped over the chair bis sweetheart bad been occupying, aud full headlong Into a clothes horse full of garments which were being dried by the kitchen stove. The clothes horse struck the cat in its fall, aud with another bowl of misery, that animal began to cavort around the room, scale the walls and climb the tables seeking for and an exit " Great Moses I what ails that cat?' said Springer, as be entered the kitchen, only to fall over the unfortunate lover, who was trying to get untangled from the clothes horse and olothing. "Burglars 1 burglars I" yelled Springer, as be clunched the supposed thief beneath bim, who, In bis struggles to get away, up set the table full of breakfast dishes. The handmaid bearing the muss, came rushing up stairs so fast that the lamp was extinguished, and arrived in the kitchen just in time to get kicked in the pit of the stomach by one of the struggling men on the floor, and dropping the lamp and plate of doughnuts she had in ber bands, she, too, doubled up with a shriek of pain and fell on the floor in a hysterical lit. Mrs. Springer, who was only half-awake, heard ber husband yell murder, and bound ing out of bed came sliding down stairs in a sitting posture, and as she entered the kitchen, from whence came sounds of deadly strife, curses and shrieks, the cat, which bad partially caused the trouble, bolt ed through the window, and before Mrs. S. ould collect hor senses, the hired girl's beau had succeeded in getting out of Spring er's grasp and followed the cat through the same aperture. The band maid iiearing her lover escape arose, procured a light, when Springor ccaried pounding tho armful of clothing he thought was the burglar,and a gcnoral council was held to discuss war matters, Result: Springer is cnlled a fool and an idiot, by Mrs. S. and the girl, for thinking thorewas a burglar iu the bouse; the broken lamp, spilled doughnuts and fractured window sash are charged up to tho cat, whilst Mrs. S., who had not fully recovered from ber trip down stairs, savs " the next time she wants a cat put out of the bouse she will do it herself. A man don't know how to do anything anyhow, nor never did." llobbing a Grave. N a town of Northern New York a poor man went to the gravo by a disease of the brain, concerning which the local med ical authorities differed widely and acrimo niously. In fact, two particular physicians, who had long been professional rivals, so radically disagreed as to the exact char acter of the cane that, when he whose treat ment prevailed could not save the patient, the other did not hesitate to allege that the sick man had been destroyed by iguorant mismanagement. When a respectable prac titioner casts such an imputation upon a member of bis own professional school be should bo pretty confident of his ability to prove it, and the accuser in the present instance was not unaware of his imperative obligation to substantiate bis accusation. But bow was that to be done ? He had firmly maintained that the disease in ques tion was caused by a tumor, and' that the removal of the same by an operation would save the patient's life. His rival insisted that there was no tumor, and, consequently did not perform the operation. Now, bow was it to be practically demonstrated that the tumor did exist, if the patient was in his grave? There was but one way of doing it, and the doctor adopted it. un Uhnstmas &ve, near midnight, when lights shone brightly from homes far and at band, and the snow lay crisply on the ground, the professional disputor whose truth and Btanding were at stake, as , ho considered, in the matter, took a confiden tial student of his with bim in a sleigh to the graveyard where bad been placed the hapless subject of dispute, and rapidity and silently disinterred the body and placed it in the vehicle. Then whip was given to the horse, and away started the sleigh on the snowy;road back to the surgery. But scarcely bad the desecrators of man's Inst resting-place got under way with their ghastly prize, when the muffled beat of horse's hoofs somewhere in the darkness behind them told that tboy bad been watch ed and were being pursued. Sharper fell the whip, and the spirited young animal beforo the sleigh went like the wind ; yet still the pursuing hoof-beats sounded through the keen air, showing that the pursuer was well mounted. Turning from the main road into a by-way, or short-out, leading through a swampy peice of woods, the fugitives managed to gain enough dis tance to stop the sleigh a moment just at the edge of a plank-bridge over a frozen woodland stream, and stretch a rope across the dark and narrow road. This done, they were oil' again for the surgery close at band, with the gallop of the pursuer coming sharply again to their ears. Pausing once again beyond the bridge, to hear presently the collision of the coming horseman with the unseen rope, a crash, and a cry of wrath, the two men oarried the body to the bouse aud triumphantly deposited it upon a dis secting table. Then, thinking of nothing but bis own discredited diaguosis of the disease and the glory it would be to prove it true, the dar ing practitioner set to work with his in struments. Carefully shaving one side of the head, cutting through the scalp over the spot where the principal pain had been, lie bored with bis trephine through the skull until a circular button of bone, about as large as a copper cent, was removed, aud behold there was, indeed, the tumor I But tho strangest scene of the curious drama was yet to come, and may be best desoribed in the Doctor's own terms : " With no small degree of self-satisfao-tion, I threw down my instruments and was going down-stairs, when I heard a fuint sigh. As I kneeled by the dead man's side, aud candlo in hand, gazed anxiously into his pallid features, he feebly gasped and raised his eyelids. My God I Could it be a reality? Eagerly the slender thread, of life was seized, and hour by hour, and day by day, week by week, it was strength ened into a cable of perfect health, until now, he is hearty and well," In other words, the supposed dead man, whose disinterment had occurred but a few hours after burial, had been only insensi ble instead of dead, and the removal of the tumorous pressure on his brain was just in time to save bis life. And another strange discovery was, that, on the same Christmas night, the doctor who had denied the tumor had broken his arm by falling from his borse 1 Suspecting what his rival Intended, be, too, bad ridden secretly to the grave, yard, and was the pursuing hoi soman whom the concealed rope across ' the road so signally overthrew. , .
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