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NEW H LOOM FIELD, PA.,
General Agent for Perry Co.
WOr of the following Local Agents on the
name terms ;
A. F. KEIM,
Newport, Pa.
J AS. P. LON;.
Duocannon, Fa.
ISTEW YORK
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ure.
No extra charges are mode for traveling permits.
Polley-Iioldftrsshare in the annual profits of the
company, ana nave a voice in me elections ana
management of theUompany.
No policy or medical feecharged.
t. W. FROST, PreuMmt.
: ' M. B. Wtrkoop, Vice Pres't.
J. P.Rooihb, Bec'y.
. J. F. EATON,
General Agent.
No . 6 North Third Street.
College Block, Harrlsburg, Pa.
THOH. H. MILMOAN,
1 2 ly Special Agent for Newport.
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ng It only in Balls, the coating of w hich will spoil.
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Notice.
The Interest of Wm. H. Miller, of Carlisle, In
the Perry County Hank, of Hponsler, Jtinkln ti
Co.. has been purchased by W. A. Hpousler Si H.
K. Junkln, and from this dale April 2otli, !H74,sald
Miller is no longer a meinberof said arm, but Hie
tlrin eonslstsol W. A. Hponsler it II. KJiinkln,
Hanking as hponsler Jiinkln tt Co., who will con.
tlnue to do business In the same mode and man
ner as has bwn done hlllierto. with the full assur
ance that our course has met the approbation and
thus gained I lie conlldeuce of the people.
W. A. Sl'ONKI.EH.
H. P. JUNklN.
.April 20, 1874.
For the llloonincld Times.
" NAEY A CASTLE IN THE AIR."
There Is every kind of buildings, from a shanty
to a throne,
And lots of pretty mansions that the poorest
man may own
But their roof may topple down, though we
think they look so fair,
We have only wasted moments, building cas
tles In the air
The best of all among us has dreamed away
his life,
It never Is the proper way, to worry through
your strife ;
The greatest man that ever lived, had not the
time to spare,
They jogged along and did not build, their
castles In the air.
There was lion hearted "Jackson," the pride
of all the land,
The Idol of our country, no name' as his so
grand
Whene'er he set his mind to win, you know he
always did,
And of boasting enemies and foes, our country
soon he rid,
He never stopped to argue, but blazed away in
style;
His sweet and gentle temper It would not do to
rile,
Behind his bales of cotton, all right side up
with care,
At "New Orleans," he did not build, his cas
tles In the air.
There was JefTerson," and " Adams," whom
our country honored so,
They never lingered idle, when they found the
way to go j
In their speeches you will read how their
standard was unfurled,
To make this glorious nation, the proudost In
the world j
They were not like the fellows, that now do
claim yonr vote,
By pouring benzine whiskey, and lager down
your throat,
They framed our Constitution and It made
" Old England" stare,
Those were the boys that did not build, their
castles In tbo air. '
There was " Washington," we all know, the
people called him " George,"
You have read how he got bothcred,at the fear
ful "Valley Forgo j"
But he fought the red coats well and he drove
them o'er the sea,
I do not think they will come back, to bother
you or me j '
To make this nation happy, It was his only
aim, '
And then be left behind blm, a great and hon
ored name, '
Whenever his country called, you always found
him there,
We know be never, never built, his castles In
the air.
There was "Father Abraham Lincoln," the
hero of the west, ,
In our struggle with rebellion, be always did
the best
He proclaimed emancipation, which caused the
South to staro,
And that, I think, Is all that shook, their cas
tles In the air j
We know be pressed them to the end, our hon
or to sustain, ,
And after all was over, this noble man was
slain i
May be rest In peace beyond the skies, Is the
nation's humble prayer,
May he have a heavenly caetle, that Is built
beyond the air.
THE MISS BOGGLES' PIC-NIC.
"H, my I Ob, dear me 1" groaned
. Alius Mattio Doggies, " it is so
dull and stupid out here, I shall certainly
expire, stagnate to death, unless we do
something to enliven ourselvess."
The Boggles lived in a small gothio
dwelling,, just sufficient distance out of
- - - 1 1 J : l.i . . i.
wwu iutswjuuio mi uioagroeauicn ui tuv
country, without any conveniences of the
city. Mr. Boggles had said : " It's con
foundedly expensive living in the city, I'll
move a little out or town, and see if we
can't got along at a cheaper rate. Be
sides," continued he, in a fit of unwonted
eloquence, "it is so delightful, so soul-ex
panding, after the toils of the day, to ex
change the duBt and smoke of the city, for
the rural breezes of the country, aud the
delights of nature. Then," added 'Mr.
Boggles, with a robust descent into the
regions of the practical, " I must look out
for a house with ground enough attached
to admit of the cultivation of a potato
patch."
; So, notwithstanding the moaning of the
afflicted Boggles family, they found them
selves, not long afterward, established in
the aforesaid little gothio edifice, which
was so small as to provoke an observation
from the usually meek Mm. Boggles, to
the effect that, "what with the smells
from the kitchen, and there being only one
parlor, aud the roof sloping down so, she
bumped her head whenever she went into
oue of the upper chambers, it was very
little bettor than living in one room." Mr.
Boggles listened to these complaints in
silence, triumphantly looking forward to
the balance in his favor, which his ex
chequer would be sure to reveal at the end
of the year. - But at the conclusion of that
time, Mr. Boggles found to his astonish
ment, that tt coct him nearly half as much
again as living In town. In addition to
this there were numerous iuconveuieiicles
to which tho unhappy Boggles were oblig
ed to submit. They wer without gas, and
Mr. Boggles having declared with a hys
teric sob, that "she wouldn't use oil. that
' it was dirty and greasy and got over every
thing," it became the objoot .of . Mr. Bog
gles' life to procure some substitute for tho
obnoxious article. So he bought patent
lamps, whiob, as the advertisement said,
" gave a clear and brilliant light at an ex
pense so trifling It wasn't worth mention
ing." i Mr. Boggles, upon trial, found just
the contrary ; they gave no light worth
speaking of, and were very dear. Cam-
phens wouldn't answer, i the . children
would be lure to be blown up,. Mr. Bog
gles was therefore Anally compelled to re
sort to the old-fashioned fluid lamps. The
latter, after being trimmed and re-trimmed,
and pushed and poked at constantly,
gave enough light to permit the family to
pursue their ordinary avocations, that is,
if they didn't go out suddenly, an accident
by no means unfrequent. There was also
another grievance which excited Mr, Bog
gles' indignhtion. Having taken the ad
vice of a friend, aiid purchased a cow, Mr.
Boggles found his purchase , continually
disappearing from tho Held of action, and
was consequently compelled to advertise
its loss again and again in the uowspapers,
besides paying a reward of not less than
three dollars, every time the missing ani
mal was returned.' ' Mr. Boggles' temper
becoming soured by this repeated disaster,
he arrived at the misanthropical conclu
sion, that his property was spirited away
for the express purpose of robbing him of
hi money iu the shape of rewards. Ac
cordingly, he sold "poor Moolie," as the
children entitled her, determined to de
pend in the future upon tho milkman. It
was some oonsolation, however,to Mr. Bog
gles, to take whatever visitors chanced to
call, to gaze upon the beauties of his potato
patch. And as an unusual favor, he would
draw forth a potato from the ground,
"Take this home to your family, will you 1
And show them what we can do in the way
of raising vegetables out of town." It is
painful to mention, (hat the articles iu
question, beiug somewhat smaller than
those seen in the market, were apt to be
received with a suppressed titter, which
Mr. Boggles innocently attributed to de
light at the present.
But to return to Miss Boggles,' with
whom we conimenoed :
Her sistor, Miss Antonia Boggles, com
monly called "Touie," laid down her book,
and said, with an air of quiet triumph,
"Let us get up a pic-nio."
Mattie danoed about with delight at the
proposition. "The very thing," said the
young lady, as soon as her agitation had
subsided somewhat, "Let us get ready
Immediately, and go around among our
friends."- ....
."The very first thiug," said MissMattie,
with empressment, on their way to the
cars, " will be to obtain plenty of gentle
men to accompany us, and for that purpose
we shall be obliged to depend upon the
other ladies ; for sinoe we havo moved here
away out of the world, all our masculine
acquaintances have deserted us."
' "Except," added Mibs Mattie, lotto voce,
"iu cherry' time, whim they occasionly re
member Our existence, and are ' inspired
with a sudden anxiety for, our welfare,"
Tonie here suggested they should first
call on the two Miss McNutts, who, being
young ladies of a lively, dashing turn of
mind, would be likely to furnish plenty of
boaux. . Bo, upon their arrival in town, the
two horoines repaired to the residence of
the Miss McNutts, who were, as they said,
"charmed, delighted, , and enchauted,", at
the idea. : But upon becoming casually ac
quainted with the fact that a couple of
young ladies by the mime of Potts, who
had in some way incurred their dislike,
were to be of tbq party, straightway be
came exceedingly dubious about bestowing
their presence. And it required half an
hour's coaxing, together with observations
to the effect, that the pio-nlo could be
nothing without them, etc., beforo their
objections could be overcome. " Now, be
sure," said Mattie, as they took their
leave, " to bring plenty of gentlemen with
you."
" Oh, dear, yes," replied Miss Medura
McNutts, tossing her ringleted head, and
remarking with young ladylsh elegance,
"there'll be no difficulty about that, we
know lots of fellers."
Our friends, Mattie and Tonie, spent the
remainder of the day' in 'calling among
their acquaintances, finding some ready to
join heartily in their scheme, while others
grumbled, said pio-nlos were " humbugs,"
and required a deal of persuasion before
they could be induced to promise their
presence. At length,' Mattie and Tonie
finished their labors, and having duly Im
pressed upon all, they were by no means
to come without gentlemen, returned home
quite worn out with fatigue. This was
Monday, the pic-nio was to come off on
Thursday, and during the Intervening
time, the Boggles' household was kept in
constant state of agitation in reference to
the weather. Fnally the day arrived, aud
to the horror of the young ladies, proved
to be cloudy, with every prospect of rata.
In spite of this, however, they set forth for
the ferry", where the party were to meet,
cross the river, and thence take a Hudson
river boat, which was to drop them at some
desirable plaoe for pic-nicing, in Its way
up. On arriving at the ferry, Miss Mattie
and her sister fount! eight or uiue of the
party assembled, to their great horror, ac
companied by only one gentleman, Mr.
Carlyle Flutes.
"What, all these ladios under your
care?" exoiaimed Miss Mattio.
Mr. Flutes, who was a short, dark gen
tlemnti, with spectacles, surveying his
charges with the air of a man who was try
ing to make a good joke of a doleful neces
sityand failed of success, then stammered
forth something about feeling honored.
The feelings of the Miss Boggles were
here somewhat relieved by the appearance
of the Miss MoNutts, with throe masculine
appendages in their train. One, a tall,
thin gentleman, with a faint, frouzy at
tempt nt a mustache adorning his face,
just such a man as ladios were wont to call
" Interesting looking," and who was tri
umphantly introduced to the company by
Miss Modern McNutts, as Mr. Conrad
Corkery. Of the remaining two, title was
fat, l-osy visagrd, and seemed involved in
a continual struggle with his ve-t, which
persisted in turning up coiitinn illy, as is
sometimes apt to be the case with fleshy
gentlemen. Tho third was Mack-bearded,
with mischievous eyes, mid was introduced
as Mr. Wagstatl'.
The Miss Boggles looked iu vain for
their escort, who was to meet them at the
ferry, and who bad also promised to bring
his clarionet, with which to favor the com
pany. . As time passed ou without his ap
pearance, . Mr. Flutes was dispatched iu
search of him, while the rest proceeded on
their way. Upon reaching the 'dock on
the other side, the Miss Boggles espied Mr.
Flutes standing in a melaucholy attitudo
upon the plank laid botween the boat and
the wharf.
"Wouldn't ho come?" simultaneously
called out the party, referring to the youth
of the clarionet.
" No, couldn't And him, and got myself
into a profuse perspiration all for nothiu',"
rejoined Mr. Flutes, shortly, at the same
time surveying his damp wristbands, and
savagely grasping his drooping shirt collar.
At longth, the boat getting under way, and
the party being comfortably settled on
deck, they prepared to enjoy themselves.
" Well, I do think, only four gentlomen
to escort all this party of ladies 1" exoiaim
ed Miss Medera McNutts, who delighted
in being surrounded by any number of in'
dividuals of the opposite box, upon whom
she could play off her various airs and
graces. The young lady's observations
were here interrupted, and the whole party
startled by the sudden cry of alarm and
wrath ; and Mr. Carlyle Flute was seen
rushing batless toward oue end of the
boat, the rest simultaneously followed
him. . . ,
What'a the matter 1" cried all. ,
Mr. Flutes, with an anguished expres
sion of countenance, pointed to a white ob
ject floating upon the waves, "My best
Panama, gave five dollars and a half for it
this very morning."
But uotbing could be done, the hat had
now floated out of sight, aud its unfortu
nate owner returned disconsolate and crest
falleu to his seat. Various measures were
proposed, and at length, Mr. Flutes, fear
ful of catching cold, the air being damp
and chilly, consented to have a large red
and orange-colored handkerchief tied over
his boad, which office was performed for
him by the fair hands of Miss Mattie Bog
gles, for whom he was supposod to enter
tain an especial prepossession.
After a sail of about an hour and a half,
Fort Panspatob, the place of destination,
was reached. : As the party landed, the
singular appearance presented by Mr.
Flutes attracted the unanimous attention
of certain ragged urchins congregated
about the landing, and he was assailed
with the cries of "Say, Spectacles, where'
your 'at ?" " 'Ow much did you give for
that bandanna, Mister?"' And one mal
icious little rascal sang out, " 'Ere's the
last new otyle of bonnet, fresh from Par-
ese 1", Poor Mr. Flutes contented himself
with glaring angrily upon the offenders,
while Miss Mattie Boggles deolared It wag
a "perfect shame," and became exceeding
ly offended with the Miss McNutts, who
persisted in keeping up a suppressed gig
gling.
The party now set ut for- a giove which
invited them from . the distance ; but had
not gone far before the rosy-faced, fleshy
gentleman previously spoken . of, . Mr
Timothy Cbubba by name, came to a dead
stop, and solemnly deolared it was ralniug.
"Nonsense," was the universal cry, "it's
doing nothing of the kind." Mr. Chubb
resolutely averred be had felt the drops ou
hi nose. Borne one suggested it might
have been perspiration. This Mr. Chubb
emphatically denied, and presently his flrst
assertion was reluctantly confirmed by sev
eral othero of the party. Ye I there was
no use in denying the fact, it was incon
trovertibly' raining. " Fortunately, there
was attached to a hotel which stood near
by,' a large summer-house, in which our un
happy pic-nicker took refuge, determined
to make the best they could of the matter,
and enjoy themselves in spite of the weath
er. The ladies removed their bpunets and
shawls ; while brushes and combs, together
with various pieces of looking-glass, were
produced from pockets and reticules ; and
4 general 'renovation commenced. Miss
Medera McNutts taking occasion to play off
numerous little , coquettish airs : for Mr,
Corkery' benefit, as she brushed out her
chestnut ourls, and twisted them around
her white fingers, inquiring " If he didn't
think she loeked lilt a fright ?" Upon
which he replied,, she "Looked like an
angel undor any oiroutnstances."' This
remark eliciting a giggle from Miss Medera
accompanied' by an "Oh, lal ain't you.
ashamed ;. the other ladies whispered
among themselves, " How silly !"
Aftor some time was spent in getting up
various games,, which, somohow did not ap
pear "togO,"'there was-a. universal ctaoire
expressed, fun dinner. A general, move
ment was-now made towards the baskets,
and various edibles produced thoreftom,
which being sot upon tho table in as. taste
ful a mannex as could be arrived at 1 under
tho clroumetancos, the party took their
seats and proceeded to. dispatoh the pies
and cokes in great good-humor. During
this the Miss McNutts made various whis
pered1 remarks, to the effect that "some
body's cake was maka- of brown sugar,
which, was perfectly awful," and- that
" somebody bad sweetened theU pumpkin
pies with molasses, which, was miserable ;"
but it was nevertheless observable, that
botlii of those young ladies, Miss Medera
especially, disposed of incredible quantities -
of either. The dinner being over, it was
proposed by the black-boarded mischievous
gentleman, Mr. WagstarT,thot Me. Chubbs,
should make a speech, which he at first
modestly declined doing, but being pressed
thereto by the company, at length arose
and proceeded to say in an agitated man
ner, "Ladios and gentlemen, being here
assembled upon this suspicious occasion,
horn I auspicious ocooaion I would say ;
being here assembled " At this point
a faint titter from Miss Medora reached the
ear of Mr. Chubb ; ho stopped, his rosy
face grew redder, and he in vain attempted
to proceed. " Hear, hear," encouragingly
called out the mischievous geutleman.
"Being here assembled," repeated Mr.
Chubbs, glaring wildly around, and open
ing his month without a word proceeding
from it. Miss Medera's titter now became
an audible laugh, in whloh the rest could
not refrain from joining ; and Mr. Chubbs
dropped into bis seat, looking piteously
upon the company, while he wiped the
perspiration from his forehead with a large,
red bandanna.
The tables were now cleared away, and
gonoral preparations made for enjoyment.
It was observed, that, about this time, the
gentlemen mysteriously disappeared in the
direction of the hotel ; and upon their re
turn, there was an unmistakable odor of
whiskey discernible in the air, in conse
quence of which one indiscreet young lady
observed, that "she wished she had punch
to drink," but was immediately hushed by
sundry punches of anothor kind from her
companions.
At length our misohievous friend, Mr.
WagstafT, proposed danoing. There was a
unanimous cry of "No music". But Mr.
Wagstaff was a man of expediences, and
seizing upon a tin pan, he called 'the Miss
Boggles to his assistance. With the aid of
their voice, and a stick with which he ex
ercised upon his impromptu instrument, this
indefatigable gentleman succeeded in per
forming, very much to his own satisfaction
at least, "Yankee Doodle," aud other
national airs, to which the rest danced
cotillions and jigs with considerable spirit.
It now became time to return, and vari
ous dubious glanoes were cast in the direc
tion of the landing, the road to which was
by this time composed of miniature pond
and mud-bank. Mr. Corkery, in particu
lar, looked ruefully upon his patent-leather
pumps, whiob, together with his fanoiful
red-ribbed stockings, displayed a not un
comely foot to considerable advantage.
Some of the ladies had been prudent
enough to bring rubbers with them, and
these were made to do double duty. Their
owner flrst wearing them down to the
boat, when they - were sent back for the
use of those less fortunate. Mr. Corkery
seemed to be the favored messenger for this
purpose, iu consequence of whiob, as be
confidentially informed Miss Medera, bis
"patent-leathers would never be good for
anything again." ,
Without meeting with further disasters,
our pic-nickers returned to their respective
homes. Everybody told everybody that
they bad enjoyed themselves beyond every
thing. But unfortunate Mr. Flutes, not
withstanding the protection of the band
kerchief, had neuralgia for a week after
ward ; and the Miss Boggles were hoard to
declare in the most emphatic manner, that
they would never, as long as they lived,
get up a pio-uio again.
OTAk'l6 ago a furmcr in Virginia
lost his wife, and out of love for her mem
ory called his estate "Glenraary." A
neighbor having met with the same afflic
tion, and equally desirous of keeping be
fore him the image of his dear departed,
followed bis example, and his farm is
known by the name of " Glenbetsy."
tW A red-nosed geutleman asked a wit
whether be believed in spirits. " Ay, sir,"
replied be, looking him full in the face,
" I see too much evidence before me to
doubt it." '
tJ& It was mentioned one day to Pres
ident Lincoln that two young ladios of bis
acquaintance bad quarreled and loaded
each other with abuse. '(Have they called
each other ugly?" asked the President.
"No, sir." "Very good ; then I will under
take to reconcile them."