Juniata sentinel. (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, March 14, 1866, Image 1

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I. II. WILSON,
tHI COKSTITCTIOS TBI tJHIOH ,B MfOECEMBHT 0 TH1 LAWS.
EDITOR AD PUBLISHER.
VOLUME XIX, MO 49.
MFFLLNTQWN, JUMAT4 CO03XY. PENJVA. MARCH 14, 1866.
WHOLE NUMBER 935.
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per quire.
business Curbs.
JEREIHAII LYONS,
Mifflintown, Juniata County, Fa., Office
on Main street South of Bridge str et.
K. C. i;TKVUT,
A7T0B N EY-AT-L AW,
JlijiHiitoicn, Juniata Co., I'a.,
OSTers his professional services to the pub
lie. Collections and all other business will
receive prnmj.t attention. Office first door
North of Beit'ord's .Store, (upstairs.)
"tTHLLIAM M. ALI.1SOX,
Attorney at Law,
AM)
Rotary nliUr.
Will attend to nil business entrusted to li is
care. Office on Main Street, Miillintown, I'a.
JOHN T. L. SAIIM.
ttorncit-at-aiu,
MIFFLINTOWN", Jt'XIAT.V COrXTT, V.K.
OFFEI'.S his profession:;! services to the
public. Prompt Attention fiven to the
Trosecution of c'.iims against the Government,
collections and nil other bueiuess entrusted to
his care- O.liee. Main Street, one door Sou'b
of fnyder'p Hotel.
Sept. 2o. lMi t.
S. 4. II.MRK,
A T T 0 R X E V-A T-L A W,
3UEFUXTOWN, JUXI.ITA CO., V.K.
(Office Main Street, in the room formerly
occupied hv Win. M. Allixon. lisi).)
C'OLLKCI'IOXS, AN1 ALL OTli Kit Bl'S
' iaes connectel with ths xirofesion
promptly attended to. Oct. If, '00.
DIt. p. c. BI"niO, or Patterson.
I'a.. tvishe? to inform his friends nnd p:
troiiH tliat he has removed to the lsotfc on
Bridge Street opposite Todd & Jordan's Store.
AprilO-tf
T ENDUE OKIE
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AUCTIONEER
Tlie undersigned offers his services to the
public as Vendue C'ryer and Auctioneer. He
has had a very larpe experience, and feels
confident that he can give satisfaction to all
wh i may employ him. He may be addressed
nt Miillintown, or found at his home in Fer
jn inach township. Orders may also be left
at Mn Will's Hotel.
Jan. 25, lKSt. WILLIAM GIVEN".
ALEX. SPEDDY,
A B 3 0 W B i2
KESI'ECTFL LLV offers his services to the
public of Juniata county. Having had a
large experience in the business of Vendue
Crying, he feels confident that lie can render
general satisfaction. He can at all times be
consulted at bis residence, in Miillintown, Pa.
Aug. 16, lbU5.
MILITARY CLAIMS.
THE undersigned .will promptly attend to
the collection of claims against either the
Ftate or Xational Government, Pensions, Back
1'ity, Bounty, Extra Pay, and all other claims
arising out of the present or any other war,
eollectod.
JEREMIAH LTOXS.
Attorney-at-Law.
Mifflintown, J'jniata Co., I'a. febl
Pensions ! Pensions !
ALL PERSO.VS WHO HAVE BEEX IMS
ABLE DURIXO T11K PRESENT WAR
ARE ENTITLE TO A PENSION'. All per
sons who intend applying for a Pension must
cull on the Examining Surgeon to know weth
er theil)isability is sufficient to entitle them
to a Pension. All disabled Soldiers will call
on the undersigned who has been appointed
Pension Kxatniuing Surgeon for Juniata and
adjoin. ng Counties.
P. C. UCXPIO, M. P.,
Patterson, I'a.
Pec. 9, 13.-tf.
!Hi:iIC4I, CAISI).
DR. S. O. K.EMPFER. (late army sur
geon) having located in Patterson tend
rs his professional services to the citizens of
this piace and surrounding country.
l)r. K. having had eight years experience
in hospital, general, and army practice, feels
prepared to request a trial from those who
may be so unfortunate as to need medical at
tendance.
He wiS be found at the brick building op
posite the '-Sentinel Office," or at his resi
dence in the borough of lWterson, at all
hours, except when professionally engaged.
July 22, lM..tf. ' " b
LARGE stock of Quecnsware. Cedarware
11 such as Tubs, Butter Bowls, Buckets
hrn, I'asket.. Hers, Buekers. &c-, at
THE VOICE OF LOVE-
BY ISAAC F. S II EPA It D.
Oh I nerer speak with angry tone
To one within this erring world ;
Let no vindictive look be shown,
Nor be thy lip with passion curled ;
For man at best is frail as dust,
And God alone is truly just.
Speak kindly to the little child.
Lest from his heart you drive away
The light of love whose visions mild
Are opening like the dawn of day ;
Force not one cloud across the heaven,
A God of loTe to him hath given.
Speak kindly to each fallen one,
Nor harshiy judge his sinful deed ;
There lives no soul beneath the sun
Tha!uoes not of compassion need;
Our race is erring at the best,
And judgment is not thy behest.
lie kind to all, and thus fulfil
The first great duty here below ;
Let wonts or love our heans distil,
To mitigate thy brother's woe ;
For though in pride and guilt he swells,
His heart its own deep anguish tells.
torn for CilDrcn.
THE OLD SOLDIER.
"Kan here, girls, juiek ! Just look at
this awful old wan, with his wooden leg
and white beard," said Mary Norton, as
she stood on the cross-bar of the feuce
enclosing the tcboul Louse grounds.
''Come quick, for Le stumps along pretty
fast. It is Mathu?alah come back agaiu,
I reckon," added the witty but irrevercut
girl. ''Let us go out aud have some fun
with the old man."
A general rush followed this announce
ment ; but at the siijht of the aged vet
eran, there was not the shout of merri
ment that .Mary had expected Some
laughed a little, at first; but with most
ef them, curiosity gave place to a fjuiet
awe ; aud on one sweet face, there was an
expression of affectionate reverence, which
couid nut be mistaken. One word from
Nellie Mati.-field at that momeDt, would
have called forth from many of those
young hearts an expression of the feelings
which e&histed iu her own.
"Why don't you laugh ?" said Mary.
"1 do not see anything to make fun of,"
said Nellie. "I cannot laugh at white
hairs. They remind u:e of dear grand
papa." As she brushed away a tear that
gathered in Ler dark eyes, the gir!s invol
untarily drew nearer to her, and shrunk
away from their more boisterous compan
ion, j
15y this time, the old soldier for sueh
he proved to bo had advanced aloug the
retired road that skirted t'ie play-ground,
and was directly opposite the gates. The
girls a'l flocked out iuto the road, and
stood silently gazing at him.
He stopped aud leaned ajainst a tree
wearily. "Well, children, you have come
out to see an old man ; and lie is a queer
looking object, isn't he ?" His voice was
kiudly in its tone, and even Mary Norton
forgot that she bad intended to make
sport of his iufiniKilics.
"You seem (o be very tired, Sir," said
Nellie Mansfield. "There are some bench
es in the grounds. Will you come in and
rest yourself ?''
''Thank you, my child ; you arc very
thoughtful. I am tired, for 1 have walk
ed a long distance." As he approached
the gate, the children instinctively drew
back. "Don't be afraid," be said, "I love
children too well to harm them, but age
and infirmity are not pleasant to the eye.
I remember well when I felt as you. do
now."(r
"We aro not afraid," said one or two,
drawing near to him, and regretting that
they had wounded him.
"No, sir, we are not at all afraid," said
Nellie, "and here is a seat for you."
As he sat down he drew a long breath,,
and said cheerfully, ''You sec, my dear,
that I have not only niy wooden leg, but
the weight of almost eighjy years to carry.
It is a heavy burden but God wills it
and it is a long time to be in this world."
"Yes. sir," said Nellie, "and the day is
very warm."
"But the warm sun comes gratefully to
the aged," he replied. "Thank God, we
can see that, and feel it too. His sun
shine3 for dl. Blessed be bis name !"
He lifted his bat reverently, and his eye
involuntarily glanced upward.
The act drew Nellie at once to his side.
"Tba is tfce way- dear grandpapa. tlwajWiEod bless you, children !" Bent them
peaks of r," eho thought;'1" $ Wpi-t fiw-fbrfcavios terun to d
1 wonder why younger people do not
love Him so?" She sat down oa the
bench beside him. "Can we do anything
for you, sir V
"A glass of water, if you please, my
child."
Half a dozen at once ran to bring it;
and Nellie, from her lunch lasket, took a
piece of cake which he gratefully receiv
ed. "So you are not af'rjid of . such an
ugly old fellow, after all," he said, smil
ing, and looking rouud upon the group.
"Oh, no, sir," came from many voices.
"Well, the leg went in a good cause,
children. So I will not complain; and
its loss saved the life of a comrade."
. "Please tell us about it, sir," aud the
children drew closer around him.
"I lost it in the war of 1S12. I sup
pose you have read about that in history.
But war to the readers, and war to the
actors in it, are two very different thiugs,
X we Bcarina, kl m y4iy cuiurt f.lcw,
when I lost my leg on the deck of 'the
f.i-ate Constitution,' but I've n.t been
od for much since. I was removing a
wouuded friend from an exposed positidwlt
when the ball came. I was glad that I
saved him, for he had a wife and children,
and I had none then. 1 had a right to a
pension, but I never applied for it."
"Why not. sir '!" said several of the
girls at once, with sympathy in their tones.
"Well, I lived far b-ek in the country,
and had no friends in Washington. So,
as long as I could labor, 1 managed to
support myself and to lay by enough fur
my few remaining years. I have one
comfort in my old age. God has given
me a daughter. Blessed be His name."
Seated ia the shadow of the school
house, the old soldier seemed comfortable
and happy, and his young auditors listened
to him with attention and revereucc.
After pat taking of the refreshments of
fered hiui, ho said, "Well, children, you
are all young now, but if you live lung
enough, aire with its infirmities will come,
and then you will know how gratifying it
is to receive such kindness, as you have
shown me to day. Ouee in a while I go
Dut to enjoy the air and sunshine; and
they have enticed uie farther than I have
walked Jur a year before. I am now
awhile from home, and when I reached
this r,ate, I was wishing that seats by the
road.-ide had been provided for travelers.
But I am keepiug you too long from your
pl.iy, or your studies," aud he made an at
te:i pt to rise.
Half a dozeu voices exclaimed at once,
"Oh, no, sir, sit still, our recess lasts a
whole hour, and we do not care to play
now."
"You aro good children," he said, "and
very different from those who mocked the
prophet Elisha. You have read that
storp in the Bible 1"
Some of theai remembered it, others
did not.
"Let mo tell you then. Elisha, the
jrophct, the servant of God, was on his
way to Bethel, when children came out of
the city and mocked him, saying, 'Go up,
thou bald head ! Go itp, thou bald head."
Then the prophet turned back, and cursed
them ia the name of the Lord. And
God, in order to punish them, sent two
bears out of the'wood, and they tore in
pek.es forty and two of them. So He
matiifestea His anger against them. But
He will bless you all, I am sure, for your
kindness to the aged."
As she listened to his cotnmendation,
Mary Norton shrank back into the crowd,
mortified and self condemned for having
ridiculed his infirmities. He left them,
refreshed and gratified. Thai nightNellie
Mansfield lay down upon her pillow, hap
pier 1'ar than Mury Norton, at the retro
spect of thetday ; but Mary was ansious
to atoae for the rust, aud she did not rest
till she had discovered the home of the
veteran. She was among the first who
visited Lim there, aud front time to time
the school girls cheered his declining days
by carryiag to him flowers from the woods,
or some little delicacy procured for him
from their homes. But Nellie Mansfield
went farther than all. She told the story
to her father, who applied to the I'ensioa
Agent at Washington, and the sum which
was found due to the old soldier ot 1812
was sufficient to make a little fortune fui
his declining years, and to enable him
amply to provide for the devoted daughter
he was to leave behind
As every visit, the glad welcome, aud
jtlfos good deeds, which at the last, will ;
Secu. xor mem me vcru.cv : ,
,AeIl done, good and faithful ; enter
.i .i
ye mo tne joy ot your .Lord." A
York Observer.
MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY.
A GOOD STORY OF BISHOP EWEXL.
Iti the autumn ot 1857 I spent a few !
days fa a country parsonage, and on the uf il aad the ou,v way t0 outain Pure
Su"nd;r morning, at breakfast the pastor's j t0 a certainty, is to hab "Bruin," and
wife received a letter, which her tittering 1 mate sure of ,lis Pork
told ut must be a titbit. "Ha, unele," j Wc Sive 83 '"'lo3. however, a very
said sbs, "here are clerical doings exactly Kd rcciPe t0T Biak,ni? hair-wash which
to your taste." The writer, a lady in a
distant country, narrated that there had
latelcome into the nest parish a new
vicar-a very fine young man, who at i oul xa oue Plut UI ',"-u"0, uuu a ,a"
school had no superior, either in Greek j MespooLf.il of castor oil, mix them io
or in boxing, and who at the University ' gelucr iu a b'Jttlc shaking theai well
woa honors for his classics and silver cuds ! lor a feT minutes, then sceut it with a few
for his boating. He was besiuuiug in
Crooa. tl.o -rort af an OT"ire!ist amonr
tl.a !.. t .i : ji .j
, ,KM,BS,M urul,u Pc
p.c. iie nau a pian anu a Will, kut many
worthy poeple were fearing that hia zeal
was without knowledge or wisdom.
One of his first measures was to open
a school io a remote part of the pari.h,
and get the room licensed for a week-day
preaching. But all the drunkard rose
against such unheard of proceedings
They wquld run after him, cursing, hoot
ing, and discharging volleys of sods aed
o:her misales. Fiuding remonstrance in
vain, be adopted another course on the
Wednesday evening in the'week bcfjre I
heard the story. Making a stand in the
middle of the road at the entrance to the
lumict, jut as the stcrm arose aud look
ing the savages in the face, he addressed
tbeni thus, iu a firm, quiet voice, which
commanded their affcntion :
"My good fellows, I have borne this
bcntJjr 1W some llas, tJUC DOW T l.inst
put a stop to it: and I'll do it in jour
own way. Choose your host man aud
we'll fight it out. If I teat you'll give
ulV'
'1 hey looked at him unbelievingly ; but
throwing his coat aside, he-added :
"I am in earnest send your man."
The ruffians put their heads together
and then a burly giant s'epped forth and
made a furious dash at his reverend chal
lenger, who quietly parried the unskillful
blows, and played with them for a few
seconds. But then a fist was planted in
the peasant's chest, and he lay, at full
length on the ground. Quietly gathering
himself up, however, he skulked away
and joined his companions.
"Now s?ud your next best, and I'll go
through the lot of you."
Again their heads, drew together, and an
other drew down his jacket, going to work
however with a more cautious euerjry.
But at once a stomacker stretched him
on the road.
"Your next !"
Once more a conglomerate of dense
pates was formed.
"Bill, thee teck him." Bill eyed the
hero askance and shook his head.
"Thee, Jim." A shake of the head
from Jim also.
"Dick, the'll take the parson ?" A
shake more decided and stiff. "Nay, nay,
I see thee hung fust."
And now the Erst one who wai van
quished stood forward, and, like a brfve
man, called out ;
"I say, parson, yo'r a rare young un,
you are. l'se tell thee what, we'er going
to hear you preach."
And they all followed him along the
little street, said the writer, and heard
the word quietly, adding, it remains to be
seen what will become of the fiirht.
What did come of it? I heard a long
time nfterward that fiom that day the
men doffed their hats, women courtsied,
and children looked awe stricken when
they met or passed him, that the beer
houses were nearly all shut up, and that
a great moral aud religious reformation
was in progress. That gentlcutoa had
previously been the instrument of like
changes in equally demoralized, parishes.
. I may add that a few years back he
was deemed the fittest clergyman in the
church to go out as a bishop to a scene
of great personal danger in a heathen
country. Manchester Examiner.
K&" A woman in Bingham pton, N. Y.
recently stole $i400 anc' hid it in her
waterfall. It was several days before the
constable could find it.
IIAIR WASH FOR DANDRUFF.
" correspondent writing to n requests
- f ..prepin bear's grease," to
nt L,s hair atjJ to frce
hcaJ f.om daD(ruff. We are not ac.
j quaintcd with any preparation of bear's
grease, which is capable of affecting such
I important results. If there is any virtue
in bear's grease to accomplish such oh
! jec's, we thinK thegenuine
article must '
be superior to any dhemical preparation
will remove, daudruff and keep the scalp '
clean aud soft, so as to prevent the hair,
,u ordinary circumstances, ironi ""'IS ;
drops of oil of lavender. Alcohol dis
solves castor oil, like gum camphor, leav
ing the liquid or wash quite clear. It
dues not seem to dissolve any other unctu
ous oil so perfectly, hence no other is
equally good for this purpose. Scientific
American.
Tueee Girls I'kozkn to IEi.TU.
A party of six yuuug people who were
atu-uding sieging cboul near Chain Lake
Marion county, Miuucssota, on the night
of the loth inst., started fur home, a dis
tance of a utile aud a half with au ox
team. After remaining out two nights
aud a day the team got home, driven by
one of the boys, the only one able to
w alk, having on the sled thiee girls luck
ed together iu the cold embrace of death,
auuther girl badly frozen, and the boy
nut quite so bad. The boy that was froz
en the least says he supposed the cattle
would go home, but instead went in an
other ditection.. and stopped, in a lare
marsh about a mile from the school-house,
where they remained two nights and a
day. When it cleared so that they could
see, they started for home, and arrivod io'
the condition above stated. The names
of those frozen to death were Mary and
Louisa Landaker, and Amanda l'resler.
Melancholy Case A Troy paper
states that a few weeks since a well knewu
gentleman living in Mechauiesville lost
an only daughter a beautiful, educated
and accomplished, young lady. She was
the pride and glory of the father's heart.
His auguish was of that character which
refused all comfort and consolation. Bu
riLg the coldest nights he would often
leave his home, go to her grave and lie
down upon the lrczen clods that covered
her remains, uttering the wildest and most
heart-reuding lamentations over the tomb
of his darling. In this way he spent
many nights, when not forced or kindly
entreated home by the other members of
the household. The father's grief was
too intense for human endurance. Grad
ually the strong frame began to show
signs of decay the mind to give evidence
of growiug weakness. Three or four days
since, this disconsolate mourner died
literally died of a broken heart.
Tiie Greatest Loyalist The Lou
isville Journal having published a para
graph stating that "Mr. and 3Irs. Brewer
of Kentucky, have twenty-two children,"
a correspondent writes :.The remembrance
of the above paragraph in your paper
some time ago induces me to tell you of an
old uniu whom wo see coming to Kdox
ville about once week. We call him
Grandpa Davis. He is upwards of ninety
years old. nis wife Las given birth to
twenty-nine children, twenty eight of
whom are living. They furnished the
Unfou army in the late war with twenty
five recruits. Is there another man who
deserves the appellation ot "loyal" to a
greater extent than Grandpa Davis ?
Does he not deserve a pension at the
hands of a Government to which he has
contributed so largely to save ?
A V-Toe "Pa," eaid an interesting
juvenile the other day to his indulgeut
sire -ra, naveu i a got a veto as well
as the President?''
"No my child."
"Yes, I have, Pa; my fiitn toe is t
V-toe, I reckon."
"Take that child to Lis mother he's
ruined"'
iBiT We reason a good deal as wo cat.
more from neceity thin knowledge.
GIEANKGS FROM THE MAIL.
It takes 800,000 wat cattlm to sup
ply London one year.
A Pigeon roost in Indiana is tea
miles long and two wide.
The height of St. Paul's, London, is
four hundred and two feet.
Tae United States is commonly knowa
China as "the Kingdom of the Flow-
cry Flag."
A Widow in England with two chil
dren, baa recovered 35,000 from a rail
road, for killing her husband-
Senator Sprague and his brother em
ploy six thousand bands at their print
WOrks, la Providence Hhode Island
A j1LL bas t leQgth passcJ tfc .
i,ature of Virginia, eiviug colored per
sons the right to testify orally only, ia
caes where a negro is concerned.
One hundred and eighty thousand
bales of cotton, weighiug over four mill
ions of pounds, were shipped from Mem
phis last year.
A Man nauied Myers, of Houston,
Texas, baa killed in his life (he is fifty
years old) 15,000 deer. His average for
inany years past has been C70 per year
Tiie o'dest reigning monarch in the
world at the present time is the Landc
grave of Humbourg, aged 82. The
youngest sovereign is the Emperor of
China, aged 11.
Noble ! The Maine Legislature has
passed a bill granting a pension of eight
dollars per month to all residents of Maine
who served in the war on Maine's quota,
and were wounded and aro in need of as
sistance, aside .from the L"uitcd States
pension and their own resources.
Ix Adams, Mass., Mrs. Elizabeth Tew
ers attempted to rescue tcr young child
from the railroad track while a train
was advancing, and both mother and
child were instantly lilled. She was a
widow and leaves eight orphans.
A DiscnAacED Eoldicr, who ttolc a
ride from Chicago to Pittsburg by hiding
in a pork car among the dressed hogs,
was locked in, and e remained for five
days, with uo other food than the raw
pork.
The Hudson Bay Company recently
forwarded to St. Paul six thousand mink
skius, caotaiued in twelve ordinary sized
boxes probably the most valuable pack
age of fur n ever sent to St. Taiil. They
were sold at S'J each, making a total of
854,000.
A i.adt iu Cleveland, Ohio, the other
day, was very affectionate to her huband
and at supper handed him a cup of tea,
which he declined to drink, but handed
it to one of his children. Thereupon
the woman sprang forward and seized the
cup, thus saving ttic child's life. The
cup contained arsenic. An arrest and
trial ot course followed.
A Remarkable Tree was ia Janu
ary hi ought to New-York from a West
ern State, which is considered by the best
judges to be worth $25,000. This was a
black walnut tree, 70 feet long, board or
inch measure, 4000 feet, but trhea cut in
to veneers it would be SO times that, niak
iug 135,000 feet, which at 20 cents
would be ?27,0O0. The cost of cutting,
carting and placinjin store for sale, would
la about 87000.
The demand for fractional currency
has increased to such an extent that the
force of the printing b ureau is working
daily and nightly to furnish supplies.
About two thirds of the issues of this
character are distributed to the 'nited
States assistant treasurers in the South
ern States, as securities - for an equal
amount of other currency destroyed by
the department. Hence, for every issue
there is a cancellation.
A louxo laJy of Seymour, Indiana,
became warm!y attached to a young man.
Her love was nut returned. She procur
ed a preparation called "love powders,"
and mixed them with the young man's
food. They poisoned and nearly killed
him, and he is going to bring suit against
i tae JOung kdy lor damages
HiTho Circlevile, (Ohio,) Union
says Borne of the learned Democracy in
that region entertain very curious ideas
of the Erceduien's Areau bill. It seems
that they understand the object to be, Li
present every nigger with a little bureau,
while no provision is made for furnishing
one to the .white man. This discrimina-
! tion in favor of the nsgro they consider
J unconstitutiotal and unjust.