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It. Et. WILSON
VOLUME XIX, NO 5?,
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JEREMLAiT L YONsi
gittorneii-nt-iUUt
MiSintcwn, Juniata County. Ta., Office
n Main street South of Bridge str et.
K. C. STEWART,
ATTOB N E V-AT- L AVY ,
Mifflintoun, Juniata Co., lt.,
Offers his professional services to the pub
lie. Collections and all other business )U
receive prompt attention. Office firtt door
Korth of Belford'i Store, (upstairs.)
VmLLIAM M. ALLISON,
' Attorney at Law,
ANI
Rotary public.
Will attend to all business entrusted to his
tare. Office ou Main Street, Mifflintown, fa.
JOHN T. L. SAIIM.
Slttornftt-at-3iiHuf
1UIFFLINT0WN, JINIATA COUNTY. TA.
OFFERS his professional erriccs ts the
public. 1'rompt atirnlion given to the
prosecution of claim? against the t.'overnment.
eoilections and ail other business entrusted to
bis care- Office, Mais 2treet, one door South
f Snyder's Hotel.
Sept. 2o, lii.
" j. A MII.MKK.'V,
A T T O II X E Y-A T-L A W,
MlEFLISTOiVS, JUS I AT A CO., TA.
(Office Main Street, in the roo-n formerly
occupied by Wm. M. Allison. Esq.)
COI.LK01IONS, ANl ALL OTHEK. BU3
iness eonneetel with the 5rofeiuu
promptly attended to. Oct. 1, '05.
it. r.cnrxDio, orpiteron,
l'a.. wishes to iuforin his friends and pa
trons that be has removed to the hnne on
Bridge Street opposite Todd & Jordan's 3! ore.
AprilG-tf '
V
ENDUE
CRIER
AUCTIONEER
The undersigned offers his services to the
public as Vendue Cryer and Auctioneer. He
has had a very Ware experience, and fetls
. oor.fi Jent that he can give satisfaction tc all
who may employ him. He may be addressed
at MilSiiitown, or found at his home in Fer
managh township. Orders may also be left
at Mr. Will's Hotel.
Jan. 25, 1804. WILLIAM GIVEN.
ALEX. SPEDDY,
-AU3'jfaHBBSiw
IF.SPnCTFl'LLY offers bis services to the
public of Juniata county. Having had a
large experience in 'he business of Veudue
Crying, he fds confident that he can render i
general satisfaction. He-can at ail times be
consulted at his residence in MllHintown, Pa.
Aug. 16, ie05.
MILITARY CLAIMS.
TTTE undersigned will promptly attend to
the collection of claims against either the
8tate or National Government, Pensions, Back
Par, Bounty, Extra Pay, and all other claims
arising out of the present or any ether war,
collected.
JEREMIAH LYONS,
Attorney-ai-Law.
MiSlintown, Juniata Co., Ta. febl
Pensions ! Pensions !
ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN DIS
ABLE DLMUNG THK PRESENT WAR
ARE ENTITLE TO A PENSION. Ail per
sons who intend applying for a Tension must
call on the Examining Surgeon o know weth
er their Disability is sufficient to entitle them
to a Pcnsicn. All disabled Soldiers will call
n tha undr(tigned wlin bus hcen appotnled
Tension Examining Burgeon for Juniata and
aoin.ng Counties.
P. C. RUNDIO, M. P.,
Patterson, l a.
Dee. 9, 13.-tf.
mtlJICAI- CARD.
DR. S. O. K.BMPFER, (late army sur
geon) having located in Patterson tend
is his professional services to the citizens of
this place and surrounding country.
Dr. K. having had eight years experience
in hospital, general and army practice, feels
prepared to request a trial from those who
nay be so unfortunate as to need medical at
tendance.
He will be found at the brick building op
posite the "Sk.xtinkl OrricE," or at his reji
lence in the borough of Patterson, at all
keurs, except when professionally engagJ.
Jul7 '1Z, !Mi5.-tf.
ALA KG E stock of Queonswre Cedarware
suU as Tubs, Bjtter Bowls, liickets
f hm-ns. Baskets. l!ro Buaket, Sc. at
- ifrrorrr, tyxt, t rr.ssn j.
SPRING
By CI.4RA AUGUSTA.
The yellow sties at eventide,
The morning's crim"op glow
The bare brown rok that peep above
The swifily less'niug snow
The swelling buds upon the trees,
The mellow heat at noon.
Are sweet and subtle prophecies
That Spring is coinig soon.
The sparkling brouks freed from the ice
That bound their gentle flow
The stars as soft as eyes of love-
Tbe Southern winds that blow
The breaths of balm from spicy dimes,
Like the sweet air of June
Speak unto us the welcome tiuth,
That Spring is coming soon.
The early robin on the tlia,
The blue bird in the hedje
The rippling of. the forest spring
Adown the mossy ledge
The purple hate that sails by night
Between us and the moon
All, all suggest the pleasant thought
That Spring is coming soon.
Jit' interesting tsrp.
On the evening of the 13th of Febru
ary, 1S.")0. two young men sat in a com
fortably furnished room in a New York
boardiuj: bouss. A b:igbt fire plowed in
the crate, will chocen engravings adorned
the walls, and a bright lig'it was diffused
about the r:oci from an Argand burner.
Let me iutroduce the occuCGta of the
apartuieut as Turn Stacy and John Wiibur,
y iun;; mm of twenty Eve or tJiereabouts,
whi eu known in the business circles
as St.icy & 'i!b-tr, retail dry goods deal
ers, No , DiwJway. They had not
been in business long, but were already
doing unusually well. They had taken
apartments together, oue of which is now
presented to the reader. '
"Has it occurred to you, Wilbur," ask.
ed his partner, removing his cigar, and
knocking away the ashes, '-that to-mcrrow
is S'. Va'entine's Day V
"Yes, 1 thought cf it this afternoon, i
I wa walking up fro:n the store."
'So djd I, and to tome purpose, too, as
I will fchow you."
Tom Statiy went to a drvwer, and drew
out a gorgeous valentine, an elaborate
combinutiou of hearts, doves, etc.
"What dj you think I g-tve for that?''
he aLcJ.
' I don't know, I am sure. It appears
to be very elegant."
Tt cost tne ten didlars."
Whew !" whistled Wilbur. "It strikes
me you are either very extravagant or very
devoted. Mav I know what fair damsel
is to be madp glad by the receipt of this
elegant missive ?"
"That's my secret," said Tom, laugh
ing. "I don't mind telling you, however.
It's to co to Edith Castleton."
"I presume you feel particularly inter
ested in the young lady ?"
"Not at all. Hut 1 told her I would
send her a valentine, et la voto ! Shan't
yon conform to the custom of the day 1"
"I had not thought of it," said John,
thoughtfully, "but I believe I wiii.
"And what fair lady shall you select as
the recipient ?"
"You remember the poor seamstress
who occupies an attic in the house."
"Yes, I have met her on the steps two
or three times."
"She luoke as if times were hard with
her. I t'iink I will send her a valentine-"
"And what good do you thinly it will
do her V asked Stacy, in surprise.
"Wpit till you see the kind of valen
tine I will send."
Wilbur went to his desk, and taking
out a sheet of paper, drew from his porte
reoaaie a ten dollar bill, wrapped it iu the
paper on which be had previously written
"From St. Yalcutine," and placed the
whole in an envelope.
"There," said he, "my valentine has
cost me as much as yours, and 1 venture
to say it will be as welcome."
"You are right. I wish now I had not
bought this costly triflo. However, as it
is purchased, I will seed it."
The text day dawued clear aud frosty.
It was lively enough lor those who sat by
comfortable fires and dined at luxurious
tables, but for the poor wbo shared none
of thek advantage it was indeed a bitter
thv.
TBI OOMTITBTIQ.-THH O.IOB-AHO
M1FFLMOTN. JUNUTA COUNTY, PENN'A. APRIL 4, 1866.
I 'In an attio room, meanly furnished, sat
' . . . ... .
a young girl, pale and thin, one was;
cohering over a scanty wood fire, the best
she could afford, which heated the room.
very insufficiently. She was sewing stead-!
ily, shivering Ironi time to time as the!
cold blast bhook the window and found its!
way through the crevices.
Poor child ! Life Lad a very black as
pect fur her on that winter day. She was
alone in the world. There was absolutely
no one on whom she could call for assist-
aace, though she needed it sorely enough. It was opened at once by Mr. Wilbur,
The thought came to her more than once, to whom il was directed. It contained
in her discomfort, "Is it worih while liv- these few words only:
ing any longer V But she recoiled from ; "If Mr. John Vilbur will call imase
the in of suicide. She might starve to diately at No. , Fifth-avenue, he will
death, but she would not take the life that Larn something to his great atvantage."
God bad given her.
l'lunged in gloomy thought she con
tinued to work. All at once a step was
beard ascending the staircase which led to
her room. Then there wa a knock at
the door. Sbe arose iu some surprise and
opened it, thinking it must be "the land- j
iady or oue of the servants.
She was right. It was a servant.
"Ileie's a letter for you that the post
boy just brought, Miss Morris."
"A letter for me !" repeated Helen
Morris, in surprise, taking it from the
servant's Land. "Who can have written
to me ?"
"Maybe it's a valentine, Miss," said
the girl, laughing. "You know this is
Valentine's Day. More by token, I've
got two myself this moruinf,. One's a
karakter (caricature ?) so luiatress calls
it. Just look at it.''
Bridget displayed a highly embell
ished pictorial representation of a female
hard at work at the wash tub, the cast of
beauty beiuz decidedly Iliber niu.
Helen Morria laughed absently, but
did not open her letter while Budget re
mained a little' to the disappointment
uf that curious damsel.
Helen slowly opened the envelope. A
bank note for tea dollars dropped from it
on the floor.
She eagerly read the few words on the
paper. "From St. Valentine."
"Heaven be praised!" eho said foldins
her hands gratefully. "Tho sum will
c-uable me to carry out the plau whi.'h I
had in view." '
Eight years passed away. Eight years,
with their lights aud shadows, their joys
and sorrows. They brought with them
the merry voices of children they b:o't
with tl.eui new-made graves happii.ess
to some and grief to others.
Towards the last they brought the
great commercial crisis of '57, when hous
es that seemed bu.lt upon a rok totterei
all at once to their fall. I'o not many
remember that all too well, when mer
chants with auxious faces ran from one to
another to solicit help, and met only
averted faces and distrustful looks? !
Aud how was it that time of tbs univer
sal panic with our friends Stacy & Wil
bur ?
Up to 1S57 they had been doing in
excellent business. They had gradually
enlarged their operations, and were rip
id!y growing rich when this crash cane.
Tbey immediately took in sail. Both
were prudent, and boih felt that now was
the time when this quality was urgently
needed.
By great efforts they had succeeded in
keeping up till the 14th of Febflary,
1868. On that morning a note of two
thousand dollars came due. This was
their last peril. That surmounted, they
would be able to go on with assured con
fidence. But, this alas ! was the rock on which
they had most apprehension. They had
taxed their resources to the utmost.
They had called upon their friends, but
their friends were employed in taking
care of themselves, aud the selfish policy
was the one required then.
"Look out f'oi number one," superseded
the golden rule for the tiuio belug.
As I have said, two thousand dollars
were due on the 1st of February.
"How much have you got toward it?"
asked Wilbur, as Stacy came in at half
past eleven.
"Three hundred and seventy-five dol
lars," was the dispirited reply.
"Was that all you could raise?" in
quired his partner, turning pale. "Are
you sure you thought of everybody."
"I have been everywhere. I'm .fag-
gsd to death," was tho weary reply of
THS MrOCET OF THS LAWS.
.itr,J lie sank exhausted into a chair, j
I'm,. .. ' If 1 !
"I hen the crasn must come, saiu .
Wilbur, with gloomy resignation.
"I suppose it must."
There was a silence. Neither felt in-
clincd to say any thing. For six months j
they bad been struggling with the tide.
They could see shore, but in 'sight of it
they must go down.
. At this moment a note was brought in
by a boy. There was .no postmark.
Evidently he was a special messenger.
' There was no signature,
i John Wilbur read it with surprise,
tod passed it to Lis partner. "What
toes it uieau do you think ?"
"I don't know," was the reply, "but I
advise you to go at once
. "it soeuis to be in femidiue handwrit-'
ing," said Wilbur, thoughtfully
"Yes. Don't you know any lady on
Fifth avenue ?''
"None."
'Well, it is worth noticing. We have
met with so little to our advantage lately
that it will be a refreshing variety.'
Iq five minutes' John Wilbur jumped
into a horse car, and was on his way to
No. Fifth avenue.
LTe walked up to the door of a mag
nificent brown-stone house and rang the
bell. He was instantly admitted, and
shown into the drawing room, superbly
furnished.
lie did not Lava to wait long. An
elegantly dressed lady, scarcely thirty,
entered, and bowing, said. "You do nut
remember inc Mr. Wilbur 1"
"Xo, madam," said he in perplexity.
"We will waive that, then, aud proceed
to business. How has your house borne
the crisis in whioh so many of our large
firms have gone down ?"
John Wilbur smiled bitterly.
"We have struggled successfully till
to-day," he answered. "'ButtheeuJ has
come. t'tless we can raise a certain
sum of money by two, we are ruined."
"What sum will save you?" was the
lady's question.
"The note due is two thousand dollars.
Toward this we have but threa hundred
aud seventy-five."
"Excuse me a moment," said the host
ess. She left tho room but quickly re
turned. "There," aid she, handing a small
strip of paper to John Wiibur, " is my
check for two thousand dollars. You
can repay it at your convenience If
you should require more, come to me
again."
"Madam, jou have saved us," exclaim
ed Wilbur, springing to his feet in de
li-ht. "What can have inspired in you
such a benevolent interest in our pros
pcrity V
"Do you remember, Mr. Wilbur," said
the lady, "a ctrlain valeutine containing
a ten-dollar note, which you sent to a
voung girl occupying an attic room in
your lodging-house, eight years since ?"
"I do distinctly. I have often won
dered what became of the young girl,
I think her name was Helen Morris."
'She stands before you," was the 'quiet
response
"You Helen Morris !" exclaimed Wil
bur, starting in amazement. "You
rounded with luxury I"
"No wonder vou are surprissd. Life
has strange contrasts. The money whieb
you sent me seemed to come from God,
I was on the brink of dcsoair, aud made
application for tho post of companion to
a wealthy lady. I fortunately obtained
it. 1 had been with her but two years
when a gentleman in her circle, im
mensely wealthy, offered me his hand in
marnaL'S. I esteemed nim. lie was
satisfied with that. I married him. A
year since he died, leaving me this house
aud an immense fortune. I have never
forgotton you, having accidentally learned
that my timely succor came from you.
I resolved, if fortune ever put it in my
power, I would befriend you as you be
friended me. That time has come. I
have paid the Crst instalment of my debt.
Helen Eustace remembers the obliga
tions of Helen Morris."
John W ilbur advanced and rest ectfully
took her hand. "You have nobly repaid
Bit," he said. "Will yot iUo awsid jeo
the privilege of occasionally calling upon
you?"
"I shall be most bajpy, said Mrs.
Eustace, cordially,
John took a hurried leave, and re
turned to his store as the clock struck
onp. He showed his delighted partner
tho check, which he Lad just received.
"I baven't time to explain," he said ;
"this uius' at once be cashed."
Two o'clock came and the firm was
saved saved from their last peril.
Henceforth they met with nothing but
prosperous gales.
What more?
llt leu Eustace has again changed her
name, the is now Helen vv uour, ano
her h-sbnad cow lives at No. ,Fiftb
avenue.
And all this came of a Valentine.
A HIGHWAYMAN-
A week or so ago, as Mr. Samuel Kel
ley, of Newton Square, Delaware county,
was taking some pork to a customer, be
overtook, as he supposed, a fashionably
dtessed 'ady, with gig top bonnet and
veil, close fitting coat, cut iu the latest
style, aud muff and furs, and, to all ap
pearances, vtVy tired aud weary. As
Mr. K., drove up, she asked bim if Jie
would not assist her on her journay.-
Heased with the looks of such a passen
ger, he slopped Lis horses and helped
her in. They had not rode viry far,
however, before Mr. K., discovered to
his surprise that the pretended "female"
had long boots on, which she unfortunate
ly disclosed to his view. At this be
grew very suspicious of his passenger,
and intentionally dropped bis whip to
the ground, and asked the "lady" to get
out and jiick it up for him, remarking at
the same time that his horses were very
spirited and would not stand. The lady
polietly got out of the wagon, but before
she got back with the whip, Mr. Kclley
gave the reing to his horses, and vras
safely out of her Teach minus only the
whip and hor interesting company. The
lady had left her muff on the saaf, which
Mr. Kelley picked up, and out fell a
large dirk knife and one of Colt's revol
vers ! Putting his boots, knife, and re
volver together, it is very evident Mr.
Kelley had "waked up the wrong passen
ger." The lady was, no doubt, a gen
fli man, and but for the lucky discovery
of the "boots," be ("oubteless would have
been robbed perhaps murdered. This
occurred some eight or ten miles east of
West Chester.
REMARKABLE WELL IN INDIANA.
The Terre Haute (.Indiana) Ei-press
says : We have mentioned several times
the progress in boring an oil well at Lodi,
on the Wabash, some forty miles north of
this city. A few days since the auger
was taken out, when gas began to come
out iu considerable quantities, pushing the
suit water before it, and causiug it to flow
over the top of the conductor. After the
salt water was driven out, sulphor water
continued to flow in a small stream. The
well was sunk four feet deeper, which
opeued r.cw cavities, and increased the
amount of water to tea gallous a minute,
und it is now flowing five hundred bar
rels a day of white sulphor. The water,
as it flows from the conductor, is white ;
after - standing a while it deposits a black
sediment and becomes clear. On being
agitated it boils aud emits gas. In min
eral iugredients, disagreeable smell, and
specific gravity it is said to exceed the
Lafayette artesian, especially the sulphor
odur ; and it is claimed that it will rank
with the most famous mineral waters of
the world. The company, we understand,
will cease boring until the water is an
alyzed and tested.
:
MT Mr. Mott, of Cuba, has built a
miuiature monument to Washington and
Liucoln, out of two million sea shells of
ail kinds, sizes and colors. It is ten
feet high, and is a compound of the
obelisk, the tablet, the sarcophagus, the
shrine, the urn, the column, and every
other known architectual device for pur
petating the memory of the dead. He
got this mottly idea out of his own conk.
2A number of leading citizens ot
St. Lotus Lave purchased for Gen. Sher
man, in that city, a $30,000 house. lie
promises to make it his permanent resi
dence. IJe says itxceeds all tLe money
he received from the Government for Lis
f jut years cf lut'tfr.
EDITOR AD PmLISIlER.
WHOLE NUMBER 933.
A CLERGYMAN KILLED GOING TO A PU
NERAL THE CORFSE RETURNS TO LIFE-
The La Crosse Itfjfiiblicai has a cor
respondent, wbo was recently visiting at
West Bend (Wis.,) when he learned tho
following facts, which are substantiated
by Hon. F. 0. Thorpe, who resides at
West Bend :
"On Saturday, tie 3d inst., at West
Bend, the Rev. Mr. Miller was called to
go iuto the country a few miles from
town, to preach the funeral sermon ot
Mrs. Lambert, wbo was supposed to La
dead. She was arrayed in her funeral
attire and placed in her coffin. It ap
pears that Mr. Miller was the owner of a
fractious horse, that was some tines un
manageable, and would run away. Ila
was to pass through a timbered country,
and on account of snow drifts the road
was almost impassable, and from this fact
the horse succeeded in throwing the min
ister from the cutter. From appearance,
Mr. Miller was thrown with, great force
upon a larga oak stump that was filled
with short knots. One of these knots
came in contact with and severed the
jugular vein.
When he was found, life was almost
oxtinct from the loss of blood. lie was
taken to the nearest Louse and medical
aid at once procured, but he only lived a
short time. The cutter was found soma)
distance from where the accident occurr
ed, and the horse detached from it. But
the most singular development of this
sad and mysterious affair is yt to be
told. Further information proves that
Mrs. Lambert was not dead, but had been
in a trance for two days, presenting
every indication that life had departed
She is now improving, and expected soon
to recover. SLa states that she could
hear every word spoken, and could realize
the preparations her friends were making
for her funeral, but could make no tesis
taace or move a muscle of her body.
Her grave had been dug. She now lives,
and the minister who Lad been called to
preach her funeral sermon now lies buriod
in the same grave made to receive her
last remains.
JSy The Salem (O.) Advocate tells a
sad story tf a young lady being fright
ened to death under the following cir
cumstances :
"Two ladies living alone were prepar
ing to retire, when some one wrapped at
the .Icor, and on inquiring who knocked
and receiving no answer, one of the ladies
started across the floor to an adjoinios
s o
room, and dropped dead from sheer
fright. This brought a shriek from the
remaining lady as she ran to her sister's
assistance ; just then the door opened,
and in rushed the brother of the two
ladies, who had been mourned fur as
dead nearly three years lie stated that
he intended a nice surprise fur his sis
ters by not making himself known until
after they had admitted bio, and judge
of Lis grief on learning that Lis surprise
had resulted in the death of one of bis
much loved sisters.'
fpIt is said that in the recent Demo
cratic Convention at Pittsburg the parti
sans of Mr. G. W. Cass made the plat
form and the Clymer men nominated tint
candidate. Thus it is that Clymer is
placed on a platform which he doesn't be
lieve in, and that the war Democrats are
bound to support an out and out Copper
head. Queer concatenation. But it isn't
new. Something like it happened in 1SC4
in Chicago. Then the result was defeat,
and so it is to be in Pennsylvania noT.
KTTheNew Orleans True Delta learns
that Major General Sheridan hss received
a very elegant testimonial from a friend
in Mexico. It consists of m saddie horse,
fashioned after the Mexican style, and.
valued at between two and three thousand
dollars. The saddle i'J heavily trimmed
with Leaten silver, the housing thickly
embroidered in gold, silver and silk. The
bridle is composed of silver chains and
silk embroidered leather.
jSThe Deraocra, after bawling them
selves hoarse against abolitionists and abo
litiooisra, passed a resolution in their late
State convention, endorsiug abolition with
out the least equivocation. They will en
dorse negro suffrage, too, if the negroes
ever get votos.
teg-Tha total number of rebels pardon
ed by tie Pr3idont to tbj3 lato b Cft