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' MIFFL1ST0TX. PA.
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Vttorney sit lziv,
MU'FLINTOWX, r..
jiV.'.iCiiu; and Conveyancing promptly
al'.enJ
OfS- second story of Court House, above
rnitbonotny's "iSff -
jor.i':Ki' Mi MKEN.
A TTOWSEY AT LAW,
MIKFLIXTdWX. PA.
ut2 'i I'rMe ?reet. in I be room Turnicrly
occupie 1 tv 1-n'i V. 1'ailir. Esq.
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TiilMllS a. euili;. ii
11,
MirrLUNTOU'S.
Oltce horns & A M to 3 T. M. Office in
i'.e ' -r J's I ii i 1 ; i' j . t ;v ii tioors Ki'tivo i h -ti-.-i
f llcr, Mri'l" of. nuslS-tf
d. salmi, m. 3., !
HJU.t'ini.mC I'l'l'ilClAN i SUltiiEON i
iTivlnir "rm-iiien y !or;iitJ iu tbe be rough
ti Vi:!iiniiiwn. nf'' i ; -: :
to i.it i liZt: of ilii ii;ice au l purinimuing
cowirry .
Main slrt, or nui-ilvi'tj Drug
j-,it(. fine IS lf.V- if
Er. B. A. Simpson
T:'i'" rr.iis f Kiid luay be con-
'it.'l . lilt- ufii-r- in Live pool
i -. . .v - ; . , :.,V and MOibAt ap
. ,J eun be i..a le for oilier i.avs.
i' jill on f'i" n!
U. A. SIMI'.SOX.
ool. I'errv Co.. Pa
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ATTOUNT.Y AT LAW,
1 i 1 F'HTH f I X T II S T II E E T ,
r;iiLPn pin.
i KN I K A I. H..1I.M AUEXCV,
.IAMES M. SELLERS.
IU ; I I II SIXTH STREET,
riiii.!): i.riiu.
tr l-'t'iniie". I'enxious. Hack Pay. !fore i
-';m' promptlycollecteil. ;
ocr-7 tf j
!.uo.MMin;.; Vtat
NORMAL !
tCliiUH. AMI
Litfrary and Commercial Institute.
T'tic K:'.--f'v -if 'his Iii'tiruii-a, aim to he
ry :n .r.uitii in tl.eir ir-ti uciiuu, and to
.f,i,
y n'.'ier ti.e iu!tuers, hea'iii ani
e s:::eii!s.
"f the
Apply
t.tr oIhi isjue. to
n.;:i:r c.uivuh. a. v..
r' 1", IS 1 Principal.
ATTENTION !
WAITS moyt respectfully announ-
" ti llm r unlic
pin.ic tiiai be is prepared to I
i
SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIONERY
at lvJtiCfJ pi-ires. Hereafter give bini a call ;
t h:s L1 ST V D. MAIN Rt.. MIFFLIK. I
';t ii-tf
lew Birsig JStoro
IX l'EUHYsVlLLK. !
J . I J. AITi.ni U'l.ill ha tn
a Un:g and I'rererirtion Store
tnblibed
tore in the
p a-.ove.
!i:nuc-d place, and keeps a generil as
vi of
or: nit
SIEIilCIXES. i
u Til rt
ly kej t iu est .tb-(
: "i t
U ine-
i- :.:i. i.
ii i l.i j'l.irs for ni"'!ii'inr.l pur
1 .'ri',c. Stuimniy. I'onfec
- . i i- iio, e'e, ei c.
i'ir cvt" adrice fr-e
tl'ii
HNEW DRUG STORE
I.AXKS k HAMLIN
Main Sl.-ret. MW intuitu,
I'K.r.!!S IN
Dil l t ivn Urninvrc
la.
""v. suff, ;
i'aints.
Coal Oil,
Eurners.
l'utty,
!.:l!Mpf,
i "lIULf'V f ,
rruhbei.
I ii'uniF i'ruhe. Soaps,
liair Irii,te, Tooth p.ruches.
I'l.-ruau-ry, Combs.
r " 1:r 'i''. Tobac-o,
e'lr'' Notions,
and Ststionary.
I-VUGE VARIKTi" OF
PATENT MEDICINES,
"ri. warrnntcd froio j
SC3 ASD UyL'or.S forMedi- '
IM'KLscr.irTioxs mmnonnded win, !
..rpu'ei.
r
malti 70- ly j
T CIiJAKS IN
AT
.L , """i '" ir-iiei Lsrrr,
0 lor O CenlK Alan
"nest Domestic Wines, and in hn,
tiing you nny wish in tbe '
EATING OR DRINKING I IVF
11 the inn !
rtfi.,.,1 V,; "onaUe Frice- IIe Is also ;
BILLIARD HALT- I
i will now compare f.. .
a ,T Uall in ,he interior f tl.. '
he interior of the Stt
Hie 1
ISM -ly
I
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j 11. r. M.IIH EIER,
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VOLUME XXVI, NO. 13
butrtisimrnts.
JUNIATA VALLEY DANK
OF
' 31 1 FFLIXTO VX, l'EXN'A.
JOSEPH
JOSEPH POMF.ROY, Iresident.
T. VA.VIHVIN, Casl.iei. ,
T
.microns.
Joseph Poineroy, John J. Patterson,
: Jerome X. Thompson. George Jacobs,
Joiir. Ualsbucb.
Loan money, receive deposits, pay interest
on lime deposits, buy and sell coin and Uni-
ted Slates ISnnds, cnnli. Coupons and checks,
Kcmi: money to any part ot rue L nited Mates
Rcmi
' and also to Kneland, Scotland, Ireland
j Germany. Sell ltevenue Stamps.
j In sunn of tj-.'tni at 2 per cent, discount.
In sums of f M'O at 1'j per cent, discount.
1 In sums of iloud at 3 per cent, discount.
'Hie Phicc for Good (Jrape-vincs
IS AT THE
uni;i!;i Oallcn IHiuinrbs,
AND
GP.APE-VIXE M'KSEKT.
! 'pilE
1 fo
E undersigned ivouM respect f'i!y iu
orm the public tliat lie bus ttartet a
' Orspe-vine Nursery about one mile uortbeasi
I of Mitfliui.iwn. where lie lias been tctiiiR a
I large number ot the uirereui virienep oi
1 Grapes ; and bavinz been in the business for
eeven yeuig. he is uow prepared to furnish
! VINES OT ALT. THE LEADING
VAUIETIES. AND OT" THE
MOST I'HOMISl.VG
KINDS, AT
i, o xv n a ti:s,
1 hr in. .inirl vine, ilnzen. LundreJ or tlmu
! sand. U persons wishing good and thriftv j
; vines will do well to call and see for them
i Jey Good and responsible Agents wanted. I
Addresn, I
JONAS ODEKIIOLTZrR.
Miffimiown, Juniala Co.. Pa. j
!
lXv loro aniLXou' flhods. !
GSCCEEIES, PROVISIONS, &C.
Hain Street, Kifflintrsim.
AVIXU opensl out a GRfK'EHY AXU
I'llt)VI.-I'l jTOKE in ibe old stand
I on Mnrn S;reet. Vl ifflintnwn. I would repeet
i fully a-t Hie aileulinn of ibe public to lhe
! fuU-rrnp ariick-s, wbich I will keep on baud
i at all iii.ies :
SUGAR, COl-TEE, TEA,
GLASSES, RICE,
r i s ii, ha.lt,
DRIED AND CANNED FRUIT.
HAM, SHOULDER, DRIED BEEF,
Confectioneries, Nuts, &c.,
Tobncco, CiMrsi,
r. . A S S W A K E ,
XI O all, IOOtl, iV'C.
AI1 of ni-'b. will be sold cheap for Ca?h or j
Country Produce. Give me a call and hear
- J. W. KIRK.
MiXintcwn. May 2. 1S71.
S. B. LOUDON,
: ii:ijc:ii-Vtt tailoh,
"tT7(ULI reypeclfu'ly inform the public
! V that he 1ih removed h'.s Tailoring Es
' tHblislimenl to a room in Major Xevin' new
; bu l liii);. "" 1 Parker lot. ua Bridge street,
! Mi:Biiron, an i iits opened out a
'l.ARr.K AMI FINER ASSORTMENT OF
O LOTUS,
I CASSIMUtZS,
vr -7 rvt; x .t o
Than evir w-.s before brDiicht to this towa-
which be i?i prepared to make lo order in the
L A TES J A .V h MOST 111 I'll 0' EPS Til. E.
And in a manner that will defy all cenjpeti-
tion. 11.
Mftuufttcturen to order, all
; sorts of
CUSTOM WORK
On reasonable ter.t's.
p. - : v i
Ii , s,l ill niiTiiiiun in vii.iiirga, . c l.,LT-B IU
receive a lit eral share rf public patron- j
age Give him a call and iimpeei liv style? ;
of Clltlll,
gi wniKmiQ i ii oeijre cuin
J
elsewhere.
The "(iiiy)or Market Car.
it" i. : i i i....i r
1. S. II. Hrowu the renowned 'Hnyper"
. Market I'ar, de-iiei" to infnriu bis frien'tp of
M i fll' n. lVit;crim an I vieiuiiy, and ibe pub
lic pein-rally, tint be will run tbe ear regu
, laily. leaving .Vilil ii Flation every Monday
noon f,itlte K ilern market', au l icturuing
.on WL'DNKSDAY, loaded with
FRESH FISH,
OYSTERS,
APPLES,
VEGETABLES OF ALL KD'DS IN SEASON.
And Everything I'mally Carried i
Market C'nr.
n a
: Also, Trsight Carrlei, at S2as3iabl3
2it:3, Zither Way.
Orders from merchants and others solicited
f-H?-Tionipt attention to business will le
: given and satisfaction guaranteed.
Orders left at Joseph PenueU'a stora iu
'. Patterson, will receive attention.
G. W. WILSON.
April 2, 1 871.
WALL PAPER.
Rally to the Place where you can buy
wr exv-i w. fTT II DAa rKAnn
' 'PIIE undernigned tnke ibis method of in-
X forrnini
z the public that be has just re
I reived at bis residence on Third Street, Mif
i flintown. a larce assortment of
.Ir . T
L PAPElt,
of virions styles, which be offers for sale
CH E APE R than can be purchased elsewhere
in the county. All persons in need of tbe
above article, and wishing ;o save money, are
invitci to call and examine his slock and
uear uin prices oeiore going eieewucrc.
ESA-Lurce 6iurly constantly on hand.
SIMON BASOM.
Mifflmtown. April 6. 18l-f
Ji5JrstTA SKvriNC. ?I.S' Tier year.
MIFFLINTOWN,
SOME DAT.
j Some day tbe sua will bs shining
On rose trees and poppies in bloom ;
! And some day the moaning pining
j Will stop at the door of the tomb.
J some day the heart's happy fulness
! Will yield to reckonings of pain ;
j Some day life's heaviness dullness
Wiil drop fro ai tbe poor fevered brain.
j Tbe strife, and the toil,' tbe defending,
J Tbe many at war with the few.
: Must all some day Lave an ending
I Tbe false put away from the true.
i
j Some i:l7 lu dream will be broken
j Some day the veil be rent down,
' Some day the bitter words spoken.
W hen ihe bright things have faded and
flown.
j Some day the years will be going
j On, on, with new pledges they must ;
And some day tbe grass will be growing
! O'er hearts tubs, but pitiful dust,
i .
; Out the sobbing, tbe morning, and crying.
Or the btorui" though it tiattle and rave,
Xc'er shall rouse us, so pcaceful'y lying
. So far from it all in tbe grave.
; And djwn wilb all hoping and grieving.
Tbe loves and the hales passed away ;
! We shall joy to k-ow we are leaving
Eanh's empty possession, some dat.
i
Why I Left the Masons.
Years ago I lived in the citjr. of JBrook
1 Ijrn, and b id recently became a member
of tbe Masonic Lodge, and of course was
v punctual in my weekly attendance,
m"eli to the disgust of my wife, who,
uiili the whole familr. was runstantlv
. . J , . J
MZg me a9 to our doings at our
meetings, and upon tnr assi-rtice that
riJiuS lhe 6' wa8 a P"rt of our bu,li
uri, ..... j p.
in Irnnwill all
par-
ticulars about the auimil
until I, to el
It nee them, said I would bring hitn home
and show him.
One evening about eleven o'clock as I
was plodding home from the Lodge I
heard in advance of me a continuous
and pa! belie bleating, and I coon came up
. with a large goat standing upon the walk
who had evidently lost his beating,
wandered away, and being iu great giief,
was crying '"1 want to go home.'
I never liked goats, and my first im
pulse wag to kick this one (and I Lave
always regretted I didn't do it), but the
mournful tones of his voice created a lit
tle sympathy for him in my breast, and
I paltejl him kindly on the brad, and
j went on I5ut tbe goat followed close to
t my heels, and although I assured him his
home did not lie this way, but was prob
aMy down the street we had just crossed'
he persisted. As we approached my
house I more earnestly remonstrated
with him and constantly patting him on
the rear with the toe of my boot, to re
turn one block. I was much out of
breath my .-elf, and I said to the' goat,
"Now old fellow .sit down on the curb
and rrst yourself you're tired I'll be
back in a minute jurt want to go round
the corner" and I started on the run,
but in a moment the goat was at my
heels. I reached my home, darted up
the steps, opened thu door, and with a
feeling of great relief stepped in, when
to my horror through my legs into the
hall bouuded the goat with a triumphant
bleat that echoed through the upper balls
and chambers, awakening: the whole
! household. The ball lamp was burning
brightly, but up the stairways all was
, T , ,
(lark 1 at g ance ,,1?t tver7'
thing was arranged for the special con-
r r i.
vemence of gazers from above.
The goat
had retired to the further
j end t the hall and stood facing me, oc
casionally bleating, but as I began to be
somewhat exercised in my mind about
then, I cannot say whether the tones
were these of triumph and ridicule or of
defiance. Whichever they were. I de
clared war at once and made for the goat
who ecrrccd to understand that I meant
business, and he met me half way with a
blow from his head which staggered me
and forced me back a step or two, which
blow he was ungeutlemanly enough to
repeat one after .mother until I was driven
j to the bottom of the stairs, when he re
, sained his position in the far end of the
j hall and again faced me.
I 'ltouud Number one First hit forthe
goat.' came to my ears from aloft, and as
I cast my eyes upward a peal of laugh
ter came, tearing down the etaira and I
could juet perceive a crowd hanging over
the banisters of both flights, which I
knew full well was made up of wife,
children, a wnggisli young friend who
lived with as, two visitors, and the ser
vants, a full audience in the dress circle
looking down into the pit to see the fun.
'Jh l'a's brought home the goat,''
cried one of the children
"Yes, and he's practicing with it,"
said another.
"Which degree is that performance in?"
asked my wife.
"Glad we didn't goto, the theatre to
night,'' chimed in one of my visitors
"Time ! Time !-' shouted my young
friend from the upper tier, and I thonght
so too, and iu I went for the second
round. i
tsupf
THE COSSTITOTIOS TBI IS1SI 1D TIB SiroaCBMEST Of
JUNIATA COUNTY, PENiYA.,
But now I changed my tactics ; I ad
vanced slowly, keeping eose to the wall,
and endeavored to get behind the" beast,
thinking I would try the pats on his rear
with my boots again, in hopes they
would calm him and persuade him to re
tire as they had done before while out
doors, but be evidently objected to any
"change of base,' and once more charged
home upon me.
This time, however, I canght him by
the horns, and then the struggle com
menced in earnest. The goat lifted up
his voice in loud protestations of "foul"
play, and I opened my mouth and gave
utterance to hopes and wished in regard
to goats in general and this one in par
ticular, which it might not be proper to
repeat here, as I had my hands so full at
the time I could not give my usual
thought and attention to the selection of
the elegant words and expressions which
usually characterize my conversation. I
finally said "you brute! you won't go
out, ha! but" and he slutted; and he
was the strongest butter I ever met with ;
so strong that in spite of my holding by
his born, he spread himself all over the
hall, so thoroughly stirring me up that I
laid down on the floor to recover my
equanimity, at which thegixat suggested
a series of ground tumblings, which we
went through with I believe with honor
to ourselves, and to the great satisfaction
of tbe delighted audience and at the
end of which I picked myself np from
the floor at the foot of the stairs and
saw the goat regaining his corner at the
end of tbe hall giving a victorious bleat
as he did so.
"Hound two. First knock down for
the goat," came from aloft, and outburst
of cheers and of clapping of hands fol
lowed. "Gut on to the goat and ride him, Pa,"
cried one of tbe children.
"Otar jct, J Pa' sltonted - another,
that will be nice."
"Don't you use a saddle, dear 1" said
my wife. ' Won't the door-mat do f"
I was furious, and spraug for the ani
mal regardless of time or situation. He
also started for me under full sail, and as
we closed, I sprang high in the air with
legs wide apatt, and his bead and neck
passed under me, and I lit square on his
back, seized his short tail, giving it
twist, and at . the same time to make all
eveu, gave my legs a twist under him.
and, said I, now goat, but he must have
understood me to say now go it, for away
be went up and down that hall back
wards and forwards, the goat wild and 1
nearly so. but beginning rather to enjoy
the ride as I heard the laughs and cheers
of the spectators, and knew they were
for me this time, and especially when I
heard the commendatory words from my
wife, "Don't he ride nice for a new be
ginner V
At this point the goat, disgusted either
with the use he was being put to, at the
peculiar curve getting on bis tail, bolt
ed out of the door, and as he did so I let
all go, rolled off, eprang up and shut the
door; just as the goat, having turned on
the step charged upon me again and
came witn bis whole torce crashing
against nue of the pannels of the door.
which he split ; but from the noise out
side I judged the concussion threw him
down the steps and extorted from him
a loud bleat of mingled despair and con
temptuous indignation.
' Round three. Goat flun; out the
ring," came down tbe stairs followed by
ringing cheers and cries of Bravo,
bravo !" I put out the light, and as I
asceuded the stairs my wife commenced
sininuz.
"See! the conquering hero comes,"
in which all joined, I among the rest.
For some time I had a tender spot
which to touch would make me leap from
my chair and fairly rave round tbe room,
and do my best I could not regain the
ground I lost that night on the Masonic
question. Batteries opened upon me
every Lodge night, and a charge for
wheat bran appeared on my grocery bill,
which my wife said was for tbe goat
when he came again.
Finally a compromise was effected. I
was to leave my Lodge and sta at home
and the shadow of the goat should leave
the house. Our compromise has been
faithfully kept.
A COC.ntry practitioner one day pass
ing an Irish laborer, accosted him thus :
"I say, Harney, that piece of work is not
done well." Without attempting to
answer the insinuation, Barney merely
said : "Doctor, I'll tell you story
There was a man in our counthrie, and
be got very rich ; and do you know
how ?" "No." replied the doctor. "Then,"
said Barney with evident satisfaction,
"it was just by mindiug his own busi
ness." Refined homes are the end of civiliza
tion. All the work of the world the
railroading, digging, delving, manufactur
ing, inventing, teaching, writing, fighting
are done, first of all, to secure each fami
ly in the quiet possession of its own
hearth and secondly, to surround as many
hearts as possible with grace and eul
tnre and beauty. The work of all races
for five thousand years is represented in
the dinerence between a wigwam and a
lady's parlor. It bas no better result to
fbsw.
TBI LAWS.
MARCH 27, 1372.
A FAMILY MTSTERIOUSLI POISONED.
.The entire family of Mr. Edward Ar
nold, an opulent and well-known citizen,
who resides near the Harper's Ferry
road, about fifteen miles southwest of
Frederick, were found in their residence
at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon dan
gerously poisoned. Tbe discovery was
made by some neighbors who weut to
the house, and rapping at the door, a
small child crawled forward, evincing se
rious indisposition and the parties passed
in. Mrs. Arnold, the mother, being
1 extremely ill, died soon afterward.
There were four other children of va
rious ages, up to fourteen and twenty
years, who weie in an insensible condi
tion, unable to converse or tell what hap
pened to them. The young child was
also unable to impart any satisfactory in
formation. Four physicians had gone to
the bouse to render their professional ser
vices, but apprehensive 'that nothing
could be done to rare the lives of tbe
four older children. There were some
hopes of saving the youngest one, which
had been able m -rely to crawl.
It is believed that the tea which was
made for supper on Saturday evening,
which had been purchased at a country
store a day or two previous, was the
vehicle through which the poison was
administered, aud a portion of it is in
the hands of a chemist, who will submit
it to a thorough analysis and determine
the fact whether or not it contains poison.
No suspicion of foul play exists on any
member of tbe family, for all were
equally affected by the poison, save Mr.
Arnold, who had left home for Baltimore
with a drove of cattle a day or two be-
fote the fatal occurrence. lie was im
mediately summoned Lome, ana is deeply
sorrow stricken by the great calamity
that has befallen his heretofore happy J so mm-li - alienate my affections, I give
prmpemni l..-cl,ld. Tbe authorities ' as an evidence of the beauties of her
have taken the matter in hand and will j doctrines of secession and rebellion, doc
proceed to a rigid investigation of all tbe j triues and aims which have reduced me
facts aud circumstances that cluster : from afihience to beggary, and as she yet
around this remarkable and mysterious
case, and if crime there be it will bo
brought to light. City Pup'.r of lhe
21. .
' '
LAPLAXD llLUE.
The bows of the Laplacders are com -
posed of two pieces of wood glued to-
rthfr nno rf 1 1tem e( l,trr1i wTitin ia
t,......., .
flexible, and the other of the fir of the
marshes, which is stiff, in order that the
bojr.when bent, may not break ; and
and when unbent, it may not bend.
When these two pieces are beut, all the;
points of contact endeavor to disunite j
themselves ; and to prevent this, the j
Laplanders employ the following cement : j
Tl,. t.L. tl.. .tr... f ft,- t,... ..a..
J -" w 5"p"-"'
(it is probable that eel skins would
answer the same purpose), and having
dried them, moisten them in cold water I
until they are so soft that they may be
freed from tbe scales, which they throw
away: They then put in fonr or five of
these skins in a reindeer's bladder, or
they wrap them up in tb soft bark of
the birch tree, in such manner that water
cannot touch them, and place them, thus
covered, in a pot of boiling water, with
a stone above them to keep them at the
bottom. Wben they have boiled about
an hour, they take them from tbe bladder
or bark, and they are then found to be
soft or viscous. Iu this state they em
ploy them for glueing together the two
pieces of their bows, which they strong
ly compress, and tie up until the glue is
well dried. These pieces never after
ward separate. En.
A Good Jokk on a Lkgislatirk.
Some mad wag came very near playing
a grand joke off on the Alabama legisla
ture some time ago. An exchange says :
A biil was introduced iu the Alabama
legislature to prohibit the sale of liquor
within two miles of Zion church, . Mont
gomery county.. Tbe bill was read twice
and was on the verge of passing when
at thc last moment it was discovered that
it was a negro church just outside the
corporation of the capital city, and of
course the introduction was equivalent to
shutting off the supply from the city, as
well as the legislature. Tbe member in
troducing the bill was not aware of
where the church was located.
It is perhaps unnecessary to add that
tbe bill did not reach a third reading.
The law makers had no notion of being
deprived of their usual per diem of affla
tus, while the member who introduced
the bill, wben last seen, was hunting for
the man who had imposed upon him.
A Dutch woman kept a toll gate
One foggy day a traveler asked, "Mad
am, how far is it to B V "Shost a
little' ways' was' the reply. "Yes, but
how far ?" again asked the traveler.
"Shost a little ways ! ' more emphatic
ally. "Madam, is it it one, two, three
four or five miles I" The good woman
ingeniously replied, "I dinks it is !'
An action cannot be perfectly good,
unless it is in pure motives ; that is, un
less the motives are virtuous, and free
from any mixture of vice.
"We see," said Swift, in one of bis
most sarcastic moods, "what God thinks
of riches, by the people be gives them
to."
EDITOR ASD PROPltlETCS.
WHOLE NUMBER 1307.
ATTEMPT TO f OTSOS A BRIDE
..The Oswego Fre says : On Thurs-
day, the 15th, a boy called at the residence
of Mr. William II. Ilerrick, Jr, on West
Fourth street, with a package directed to
Miss Maggie liidcr, Mr. H i conk, then
about to be married and who wn mar
ried on the 21st to Captain William
Mack, of the schoorrer Madeira The
packege was sent up to .Vits Rider's room
by Miss Douglass, the nurse. Upon
opening it they found that it conttiueil
two small pieces of bride's cake, with a i
note with the sentimental
di.ection to
eat it on going to bed and dream upon it,
&c. Not content to wait, they each
tasted the eake, and rffetcd somu to Mrs.
Uerrick, who was about going out, aud
hence declined to taste it. In a few mo
ments both gills began to feel a strange
and deadly sickness, and one of them
exclaimed that she was poisoned. I'r
M Farland was seut for :'.'d found that j 000 from a GcrTiau gambler at Baden
they had unmietakable symptoms of hav r Baden, and a French General, whose ha
iug been poisoned with arsenic, aud sue- j tred of Germany bs it inlying, married tbe
ceeded iu expelling the poison. We uu- avenger of his country and the S00,00f.
derstand that the doctor declared there; iWm, fiVuli f vet tin? f.ivorite food of
was arsenic enough iu the cake which
they had eateu to poison twenty men.
There is a story that the parcel wan
handed to the boy who delivered it by a
strange woman, who came to town and
left the same day on one of the railroads.
Jealousy is suj poscd to have been the
motive.
i .
A Virginia Legacy to his Daughter.
-
An exchange of laet week says : Las:
week the last will aud testament of an
old citizen of Richmond was admitted to
record in the chaucery court of that city.
r . , ,. '
In it o .j tl.a F. .! I . ... 1 : .. 1.
. , ....?.
are certainly a cunosity in wnl literature: i
"To my daughter , who has dona
thinks, perhaps, that "The Lost Cause"
will be regained, t-he may think my be -
' quest as valuable, more so, possibly, than
j the same amount given in Yankee se-
T - , , ...
j carilirs, 1 give Ler tUe tollowing, Viz
25 Confederate bonds of K. P. & Co ,
: 22,000 ; IS servants emancipated by
j secession, $10,000; insurance and bauk
I v,a t
. ewcH, sij.uuu ; ii my claims a"aiust
thc so canej Confederate government for
j the wanton, cruel and wicked destruction
, f my prp(.r,y on thc 3j of .Drii fb55
, SiOO.000. I could continue the lint to
the extent of more than half a million of
aiIar9 but the abcve wiI, 1Bfficfc
wiU gee wb,t tbc tffcCt of 8ecegsion hag
been, but for which I could have left all
. ,, . .
my cutiuren a Handsome comcetencv.
Ati.iwr. tlw. ;.,.,m,M .1. .. r
the Pacific Slope the mammoth grape
vine of Santa Barbara, California, de
serves notice. Seventy years ago it was
the riding-whip of a Spanish donna, one
of tbe earliest settlers of Santa Barbara,
presented to her by her lover. Now it
spreads its branches over an area of
more than five thousand feet, and pro- j few daJ8 a' Ll' ui office, talk
duces annually from ten to twelve thou- i laS veT7 ati"Hy with 1 wife and
sand pouuds of grapes Besides 1t grows daughter, he suddenly jumped up, ex
au offspring vine, twelve years old, fully j claiming, "I am attracted ! ' and duslied
as prolific as the patent stem, and witbjuimse head foremost against a large
their branches interwine those of a very j 'ron ea'"e- Unfortunately, he struck the
fine fig tree. The donna who formerly sharp corner, pplit bis head and died i.i
owned this viue and the land on which it tantly.
grows died recently aMhe ripe age of j A man mmed Benjamin Kautirinm
105 years. Before her death she con-1 comuiited suicide on the 13th iust, nt
veyed this portion of her property to Mr j Schuylkill Haven, by cutting his throat.
Server, of Canton, Ohio, who proposes j Sickness and trouble in Lis family n;
to give the, vine the care which it very j doubt caused him to commit thc deed,
much needs. This grape vine is said to His wife and three children are down
be twice as large as the famous viue at
Fontainebleau, iu France, and larger than
any found among the villas in the vicinity
of Rome. Altogether, it is one of the
wonders of tbe world and affords a
striking example of the wonderful vege
table growth of the Pacific coast.
Tub house in which John Brown was
born is still standing in Torrington, Con .
on a hilltop a brown, wooden farm
bouse, now tenanted by a colored family,
aud even the bed-room on the ground
floor, in whieh be was born is shown to
visitors, and half its door cut off and
carried away for relics of the martyr
The homestead is "about a mile north
west of the meeting house." and may be
reached from Wolcottville, on the Nan
gatuck Railroad, by a drive across the
hills.
A M arkbt girl sold a gentleman a
fine fat goose, warranting it to be young.
It turned out, when roasted, to be un
manageably tough. The next day the
gentlemau said to the market girl : "That
goose you sold me for a young one was
very old." "Certainly not," said the
girl ; "don't you call me young t" ''Yes."
"Well, I am but niueteen, and I heard
mother often say that that goose was six
weeks younger than me."
Lifk is now supposed to decrease in
about the same proportion that railroads
increase
Thb House of Representatives of
Maine has passed a biil permitting wo
men over twenty-one years to vote at
Pi esideftttal elections.
RATES CP ADVERTISING.
All advertising for less than three months
for one square ef nine lines or less, will be
charged one insertion, 75 cents, three $2.00,
and 5') cents for each subaeqneut iusertion.
Administrator's, Executor's and Auditor's
Notices, $2,00. Professional and Business
Cards, aot exceeding one square, and inclu
ding copy of paper, $3,00 peryear. Koticsa
in reading columns, ten eents per line. Mer
chants advertising by the year at special rates.
3 months' 6 month. 1 year,
Onesoiiar $ 3,5! $ 5.00 $ 8.C0
Two squares 5,00 8 00 11.00
Three squares.... 6,l.tJ H,0i) 15,00
One-fourth eol'n. 10.00 17.00 25,00
Half column 18.00 25.0 45,00
One column SO.OO 45.00 80.00
SHORT ITEMS.
A ffiouse in a New Jersey bank sadly
complicated a cashier's account by mak
ing a nest of three or four thinjs.vid cne'
dollar bills.
There is a faithful wiJow in Litchfield
county. Conn , who plucks some consola
tion from the jaws of death, wearing si
heavy gold ring made from the plate of
her deceased husband's false teeth.
The boys of Bentleysville had a rat
hunt the other day. All tha boys under
j 10 years ot age were in u aim mviaea
int) two parties The result was a
grand total of 15S rats aud mice.
A farmer residing near Ulica, N. V.,
while behig run away with a pair of
fiightened horses, thouted, "I leave rry
wife 810,000 ; no time to make a will
lie is still alive but badly bruised.
Revenge is sweet. A widow won 500,-
Parisians. On the 2nd of January
last, twenty large shops were opeued in
the French capital for its exclusive sale,
and Paris phyeicians warmly recommend
it as the best food for consumptives.
A movement is on foot for a grand re
union of the veterans of 1S12, and sur-
i vivors- of the battle of lhe Rivnr Raisin,
! on the 4tb of July next, at Monroe. Mich..
! i :-l :. :- J J I I. TH
j ai wuilu ii ie iiiienui u 10 ueeruiunT mi
; thal, can be fonil of those olj ianimarka
j from Kentucky. Ohio, Michigan, aud oth-
!er States
I . ,, .
Sharon, Mercer connty, mourns the
1 ' '
i loss of two young men who left town
very suddenly one night recently, auri
had in- their p isesshun over one hundred
dollar?, the proceeds of a dance, of which
they were managers. They also- forget
to pay their board bill.
Tl.ere is a new invention as regards"
paper. An Indiana man makes paper
! rom tol),c,, stems. It is to be u?ed as
j c'Sar wrappers. It is claimed that it
j burns nicely, making clear white ashes,
T ...... ...J J .
::j irarts mi unpcasim mnc, nnu unrs ma
cost one-ti nth as much as the ordinary
leaf wrapper.
How simple was the origin of Yale
College. Bancroft says that ten worthy
farmers. In 1699, assembled at Bradford,
and each one, laying a few volumes on
,ue table, said
"I give these Looks for
the founding af a colle-e in this colony.
J What grand results have flowed from
tLi. hwMe 80Urce
I A
i ,A . B.Mi ;., !... f . t..i
r .v...
which is designed for the boguilement of
crows. As soon as the tiTensive bird
takes bold ot it, it explodes ru; blows
the top of its head off. This affords a
cheap and innocent recreation for the
crow, and at the same time does away
with the grevious evil.
A Paris banker lately became a luna
tic. He imajriued himself a magnet. A
with the stn.tll-pnx, and, as usual in such
cases, very few of the neighbors ven
tured near to render him any assistance
in caring for l.is family, they bein iu
indigent circumstances.
There is now living in Lambertville a
blacksmith named Siney Iecatur, who is
the proud propiietor of a goose whose
education is tqnaled by few and excelled
by none. A Doylestown paper says :
"At any time a visitor to the shop may
see the goose sitting on the anvil, on the
forge, or in other places about the shop.
If Siney takes a run down town the
goose follows ; in fact, they are always
to be found together, The goose will fly
up in his arms, place his long neck
arouud that ofJsasVmaster and be content
to rest iu that bosom. This trained goose
is a curios ty, and its like may never be
known again
Says thc A lien town Fr'c Put' : Some
idea of the tautology of the legal formule
may be gathered from the following spec
imen, wherein if a man wishes to give
another an orange, instead of saying, "I
give you that orange," he must set forth
his ' act and deed" thus : "I give you
all and singular my estate and interest,
right, title, and claim and advantage
of and in that orange, with all its rind,
skin, juice, pulp, and pips, and all right
and advantage therein, with full power
to bite, cut, suck, or otherwise eat the,
same orange, or give the same away,
with or without its rind, skin, juice, pulp
and pips, any thing heretofore or herein
after or in any other deed or deeds, in
struments of what kind or nature soever
to the contrary in any wise notwithstand
ing"