VOI, 1.
llinaWAY.PA., JUNE 4, 1870.
NO. 31.
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Over 23 of each of above at proportionate rates.
dillt Otountn girertoi:!!.
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county omei;ns.
President Judge S. P. Johnson.
Audiliouul Lav Judge Ilou. Jho. P.
( incerit.
Assuoiato Judges E. C. Pchultzc,
Jesse Kyler..
J)iMriet Attorney T. K. I'. Hall.
Sheriff ) auob Mc 111W.
Prollionotary e., Fred. Fclianing.
Treasurer Claudius V. Gillis.
Co. Superintendent Kufiis Lueire.
(loinniis.-iunsrs II. Warner, Jos.
Taylor, Louis VolUnor.
AuJlioi'.s ('i.uk Wi.rx, Cccrgo
H.
Mrs'-eiiei", and Joseph " i 1 1 -el in.
(lounty Surveym I !eo. Walnndey.
Jury C011111. i.-.iniioic. (jcoire iickiui?ii
and Horace Li tile.
TIM 12 OK IHMilUN'tJ OOl'IiT.
Si.'ooinl Monday in Janunry.
Lst Monday iti'Apnl.
Kir-d Mun iiiy in Auu'tsl.
Fir.-t tnJny in November.
RAILROADS-
PMILAD LVKIA St, EBI3 KAIX'itoii).
SL'MMBU TIMi: 'i'AULK.
0 and after MONDAY, MAY .",0 h,lS70,
the (rains on the Philadelphia & ri
Bailroad will run as follows :
wkstw u;,.
Mail Train leave:- Philadelphia..
' " ilidway
" " arrive at Krie
Krie Ixp leaves Philadelphia...
liid-uny
" " arrive a' f i le
HASI'W.l:ll.
Mail Train leaves Krie
" ' Pid.' W! v
" " n-.-rivc at I'liil id"a...
iW'w Express le-ives Due
" " ttid.jrw-iy
" ni-i-nt J'hiladvlnhia.
...10 20 p. m.
... 1.37 p. 111.
...-7.!) p. iii.
...10 30 a. in.
... '.(;; a. in.
..11.20 a. in
s
I a.
2. IS v.
it.'Ml a.
'.' 00 p.
l.L'O a.
ov0 r.
Kxpress, M iil mul Accu'umo l.ilinn. east and
est, .connect at Curry and all west, humid
Cuius mid Mail Accommod rtici: eat. at li'T.n
tun with the Oil Creek and Allegheny Uiver
Bail Kead.
VM. A. 1ULPW:
llen'l Sup't.
A'
LUXillriNY VAU.Ki PAIL liOAD.
Xlie only direct route to Pilisl.urg
wiruotrj' aiAXUE of
CARS
from Oil City.
On and alter M m lay Nov. 221 ISO'.l, traiiM
v ill mu us follows :
(1 ;l.'ti .MtC'I'lf
Day Express lmvcs Oil City at 10,:M a. m.
Jkrrivii.j; at Pill: bursal i"i tltl p. m.
Night Kprrss leaves Oil City at O.oO p. m.
Arriving nt Piilshurg nt "7.ti a. 111.
Kinauiii:i Ace. leaves IviiUnton f', 10 p. m
Arriviving at Kitinuniiig il.O.i p. 111.
Mixed Way leaves Oil City at 7.00 a. in.
Arriving at West I'enn .lunelion at 7, Oil p. 111.
CiOlXCi NdliTH.
Pay Express l.-avcs Piltsburg at 7,lo a. 111.
Arriving at Oil Ciiy at l.-'ij p. 111.
Night Kxpiesii leaves PiCsbiug at S,00 p. in.
Arriving at Oil City at (i.OOa 111.
Tarker Acc. leaves Kittamiing 7. -'0 a. 111.
Arriving at Parker 0,o n. in.
Mixed Way leave NV'esi Peun June, at 7.00 a. in,
Arriving at Oil City at (i,0 ) p. 111.
Connccl i.ins at Corry and Irviiie'on for Oil
C'ily aud Pittsburg. At Franklin with James
town and FranKliu It. H. Couneciiuiis with
West Venn, 11. K. at West Peun Junction, for
rdairsvil'.u aud all jioints 011 the main lino of
the Pennsylvania 11. It.
j;1y"Silvel Palace Sleeping Cars'' on all
Night Trains bulk nays from PiltsbigU lo
Cony.
J. J. LAWUUNOK, General Sunt.
Tuos. 1. KtNii, Asst. Supi,
00 K AGENTS WASTliD FO.lt
Struggles and inumphs of
Written by him-cir. Iu one largo octavo vol
ume nearly WKJ pages printed in English
end Gorman. u:i full pago engravings. It eni
braoes forty year recollections of his busy life,
us a merchant, manager, bunker, l.-ttnier and
showman. No book published so a- cepliilde to
ell classes. Every 0110 wauls it. Agent aver
age from oO lo lOJ subscribers a wee'i. We
offer extra inducements, llluslvuicd catalogue
ttud leiins to aei:ls i-eut tree.
J. P.. lib'KH it CO., Publishers,
Svv llartlrd, C'oua.
JOB WOKlv of all Liuds und decri
dune at this office.
mu
BUSINESS CARDS.
J. S. BOH DWELL, M. D.
uclevtiv i if rsici.t jt
TMhe word eclectic means lo cliooso nr sc-
1 led medicines from nil the different
schools of medicine i using remedies that are
8nfc, Hint discai'ding from practice nil medi
cines thtit have nu injurious ctl'ect on the sys
tem, such as mercury, antimony, lead, cop
per. iVC.
I lay aside tho lance the old bloodletter,
reducer or ucpleter, and cnualif.o .tho circular
tion and restore the svsteni to its natural
slate by alteratives and tones. I shall here
after give particular attention to chronic dis
eases, such as KlieumnC.sin, liyspepsia, .Liver
complaint, Cntarrh; Ne iralgia, diseases of tho
tlivont, urinary organs, and all diseases pecu
liar lo temales, tie.
CATARKU I treat with 4 new instrument of
a lato invention, which cures every raso.
'i'Kl.TII extracted without pain.
OlHcc nnd residence South of the jail on
Centre St. Otlice hours from 7 to 8 a. j 411 12
to J p. 111 ; ) 10 1 p. in.
Dec. :U'ii7.ly. J. S. BOUMVKLL.
TOilX G. HALb, Attorney at law, Kidg-
tf way, i.lk county Pa. Lniar-22 Oli ly
JO, IN U. HALL...
JAS. K. V. UALL.
JTALL.
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Attornovfs - n r.
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ST. MARY'S:
MXZIXfiEit P. (). ELK. COL'STY, IA.
September 20, 18G0. Jy.
S. Inn-dwell, M. 1. EciCuiie l'hysician-
ft . Ulhco and residence opposite the
Jaii, un Centre St., ltidgway, Pa. Prompt at
tention willbe rifon to all calls. Ofiice hours :
1 In f: A. M- : 12 to 2 P. M. ; and 0 lo 7 P. JI.
Mar. 22, Uti-tf-
I? li A N K T.I N HOUSE,
J .-"r. Mi:ys. Pa.
IAlIfiKY ft MA LoXK, Pnoi-ii's.
the proprietors respectfully n;M the ailer.tion
of their friends and the public in geneial to
ine;r nirpo and coinino.ln,iis hotel. J-.very
11 1 1 vii I lull pant to the ColiVeiiteiiei ol pucbts.
11. i.ai;gi:y,
Jiay.1,0 -13.JS.ly J. A. ftiALONB.
'r.?I,!X Ket
X JL f-'iuce Pan
ettles. Brass Kettles, Porclean
:111s, J rencti Tint d t-aure Pans.
itiu ems Hie cheapest, and best, a I Vi . S.
K KYI CIVS, llanhvai e, Store, Pidgway .Pu.
TTYDt; llOL'K,
1.X BinnwAY. Eu: Co., Ta.
. 11. M'ii;iA."I, rror.rietor.
Tlirnkful for the pa'ronige reretofuro so
libenihy lelowed upon him. the new prc-
priei'ir. impes, t-y paying strict, attention
10 1 he com tort and convenience of guests, to
un i n n e'liitinu.iiico ol the same.
Oct JO ISi.'.l.
ripHAViUl HOt'SiC,
J. 1! IDC WAY, PA.
TiYll) TIlAYEIl, Proprietor.
The undersigned havini Sited un a larcrc 1
mm cfini'iMtuitMis nmci on inn soiiiir.vcsi
.....1 1: ... 1 ... ' ' .... .
comer ut tenircnnd .Mill "streets, with pood
and convenient stabiini; attached, resneet-
fuil;.' f-niieits the patroin.ge of iiis old friends
nnd the put ilo generally.
leclLI tilj It BAYJB THAYER.
i Cl-nthlvillk, Llk Co., Va.
John Collins, Tioprietor.
ThaiiKful .for the patronage lieretntore so
lilieralty Tiesiowed upon Iniu. t!ie Ticw pro
prietor, I'pes, by pay iii unci attention to
the conifort ard cenvi nieneo of guests, lo
merit .1 conlimunce of tlic siitno.
vhr"ly.
(JJITON HOL'SJ-:,
11
r.iiiE. pa-
M. Y. Mump.. (Jut? of ihe ilydc House)
1 injirifor.
Open Y)y and Nirlit-
iititiif.
"KXliY HoUTUEll,
J.J. llitlgway, Pa.
Attorney-al-l.nw
(feb'J'W),
kind-i for sale at this
5
C If. YOLK,
. in i.agir
Manufacturer and Healer
lieer, opposito Ihe Railroad
IJepol, ht. .M iry s, Lilt county P.
Mar-J OO-l .
I ANYl-LOPES, X.AP.EI.S &. TAOS neatly
printed it the Advocate Ollico.
WAS cured of Deafness and Catarrh by
simple remedy, and will send the receipt
tree. At its. "31. C. Ll.tiliL 1 T,
-Iw lloboken, N. J.
C. II. I'ULLL'K,
ROTANIC PHYSICIAN,
ItiniiWAr, Pa.
residence and ofiice opposite the Thayor
ilouse.
JJ. PARSONS,
Manufacturer and Dealer iu Roots & Shoes,
Main St., opposite Hotel,
nov27y WiLdox, Pa,
jyiAlilJlNU HOUSE,
' Near tho Depot, Wilcox, Pa.
MARTIN SOWKUS, Proprietor.
The undersigned lias opened a large bcardirg
Iiuuso at tho above place, where lie is amply
prepared to hatisl'y the wants of those who may
avorhini with their custom. uov'C'JiK),
m .
TAC011 YOUNG & CO., lioek Hinders And
lilaiik Book Manufacturers, Wright's Blk
Cerry, l'a lEuuk Hooks Made to Order. '
JO U WORK done with disoiitch at thu
Oilice.
From Applcton"s Journal, May 1st. J
FENIAN SONQ.
" 'Yo choonful Noine !
Ye nymphs devoine,
Sliupramo in Jove's dominions !
Assist mo loyre,
AVhilo oi aspnire
To cilibreet the Fenians.
" 'Our ordlicr bowld
All unconthrowlcd,
Injnrcd with power, be dad, is
To pleece in ai ruins
Tho stalwart farrums
Of half a million Paddies.
" 'To Snxon laws
For Oireland's csitse
Thiin same did break allaygince,
An' marched away
Iu war's arry
To frighten the Canajians.
" 'Wcsoon intind
Our wee to wind
Across (lie woide Atlantic,
Besaige the ports
Blow up the forrs.
Anddroivo the Saxon frantic.
" 'And thin in loine,
Our hosts will join
Beneath the Oirish pinnint,
Till Dublin falls,
An on its walls
Vie hang the lord-liftiniut.
" 'The Saxon crew
We'll thin purshoo
Judicnisly and calmly
On Windsor's plaiu
We'll hang the Quane
An' all tbey royal family.
" 'An' fliin hegob !
No more they'll rb
Ould Oir.land of her (axes,
An' Earth shall rowl
From pnwl lo powl
More aisy on its axis.' '
jj&thtt IPifjfcIlHnjr.
From the lteligious Telescope.
Letter from Bishop Crloscbrenacr.
After leaving Laraniio and its bealitiful
valley, wo again entered into a most deso
late-looking country. It tfppcured to me
that it would be difficult for wild beasts to
livs in this drearv cnnntrv vet nivii nre tr
'
found who have passed over some of the
finest couniry iu- the world aud settled
down here to eke out a miserable existence.
Wyoming Territory will never bo much
more than it is, unless rich mines of miua-
nl treasure can bo" found among its barren
hills and valleys. It is true, you may read
in the books and newspapers of a number
of cities iu this territory, but the most of
them or insignificant villages, composed of
mud hovels covered with canvas or earth,
This morning, May 5th, I took break-
last at iryan, J.I113 is a ireiglit and pas
senger statiou. I ho country around is
barren io the extreme, and, from all appear
ances, the place is becoming beautifully
less.
Eighteen miles from Bryan we come to
(i ranger Station. Here wo enter into Ut.ah
Territory. So far the couutry picsents the
same barren appearance. Far off to th
left wo have a splendid view of tho Utah
Mountains, covered with snow perpet
ually, I believe. At thia point I am eight
hundred and seventy miles from Omaha;
and ou the whole mute I havo not seen as
much timber as could grow on fifty acres ot
1""", ana what 1 Have seen 13 ot a very
inferior kind, principally scrubby piuo.
Aspir, eight hundred and thirty-five
miles from Omaha. This is tho second
highest point on the Union l'acifia Rail
road, the elevation being seven thousand
four hundred and sixty-three feet. It de
rives its name from the biirh mountain to
he north called Quaking Asp. This
mountain is covered with snow during most
of the year.
Rear River City is a little further west.
At ono time this place was quite populous,
aud was supposed likely to become a per
manent town. Tho town, however, de
clined as soon as tho road passed that point,
aud now there is uotbing left to mark the
plase except a few posts and old chimneys,
broken bottles and shattered oyster cans.
About two miles beyond tho old town we
crossed Rear River over a trestle bridga six
hundred icet long, aud following down the
west bank for eleven miles over a fiuo bot-
torn nearly level. The bluffs aro high and
broken, coming down to the road aud leav
ing but a narrow valley.
Wahsutch Station is nine hundred aud
sixty-eight miles from Ouiaba. This place
presents a rather straggling appearance.
The town contains about thirty email houses,
two or three of which nre stores or trading
houses, ono principal eating house, and two
or three second-class houses, where, for 0
good price, you may get enough to keep
you from starving. The surrounding
country is lather broken, though not so
rough "compared with other portions through
which we havo passed. Grass covers the
hills, and it is claimed that small grain can
be grown sucessfully. I do not think many
believe this, for I have not seen where a
furrow has ever been turn. My opinion is
the crop would be a very short one. An
hour or two ago I saw a wagon with two
horses attached, tho first I saw in tho lust
seven hundred miles. When I get to
where I can seo wajrons, plows, harrows.
ttnd cultivated fields, I shall feel like being
in a civilized country. Game is here found
in the bills deer, elk, and antelopes.
Castle Buck derives its name from the
long line of sandstone bluffs on the right
band side of' the canon, which are worn aud
torn away uutil, in the distance, they have
the appeaiauceot old castles. For a Ion?
distance these rocks lino the ii"ht-haud
bank of the cauon, towering from five bun
dred to two thousand feet above .the little
valley bearing tho namo of "Castle. Rock."
Kcho Canon Now wo descend the canon
amid some of tho grandest aud wildest
scenery imaginable. And be it remember
ed we do not creep along as though we
were afraid of some terrible calamity and
mistrusted the iron horse and his driver,
but wo plunge down the defile, which be
comes, io a short distance, a grand and aw
ful chasm. The beauties of Echo Cancn
are so many and so exceedingly grand, that
the observing traveler can not but notice
many of them, yet we pass so rapidly by
those lowcrinc; lii"hts that many objects
worthy ol note are not observed. After
taking fiual leave of Echo Canon, with its
towering, columns, rugged battlements, deep
ravines, and overhanging walls, we rush on
past many objects of interest, and in forty
minutes reach Weber P.ivcr and Echo City
Station.
We are now iu Utah Territory, passing
dowji,ith rapidity, Wobcr River, a tribu
tary flf Salt Luke. This.is called Salt Lake
Valley It is sometimes so narrow that
the river, the railroad track, aud the old
stage road take up the space between the
ridges. At other places it is wider, and we
find some Mormon villages and well-cultivated
fields.
At 4 o'clock r M. we reached Ogdon,
the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad.
This is a place of some importance, having
a population of nearly sis thousand. The
town is Mormon ; the churches, schools,
&c, nre all Mormon. Here wo change
cais for Cacramcnto. Alter an hour's ride
wo pass in fair view of Salt Lake, and keep
in sight fur a number of miles. Night,
however, closes in upon us and we must
close our observations for tho day.
J.J. CiLOSSTinLN'NKR.
Rest Place for a Horse. "Gossip
per, in the Rural V, oiid says : Winter or
summer, except in stormy times" there is 110
place so comfortable for colts or tired work
horses as a good pasture lot. To tio up a
tired horse at night in a narrow cell, with
a plank floor to staud on, is a species of
cruelty that civilization ought to be nib alli
ed of. If tho poor animal must bo conGued
like a convict iu a dungeon, for pity's sake
let hint have his head, and give him at
least twelve feet .square, with ,a soft dry
floor to stand or lie on.
In tho large cities land is worth more in
money than horses ; but on the larm there
is no excuse for nuy such wicked economy.
Ask the horso whut ho wants and lie will
tell you that a place where he can walk
arouud, lie down and stretch his tired limbs
and roll-over from one side to the other,
ives htm more case aud comfort, after a
day of hard work, than the most co.-tly
plank stall, with ull the accompaniments of
curry-comb, stiff bristled bruthes, rubber
cloths and dexterous hostlers that can be
produced. .
JonN Wesley, the founder of Metho
dism, whenine one day riding through the
couutry, was saluted bya fellow who was
lying iu a c-itch.
"Hollow ! Tather Wesley, I'm glad to
see you. How do you do :
'"I don't know you," said Mr. W., rcgn-
ing up his horso. "Who are you ?"
'Don't know me ? Why sir you aro the
very man than converted me."
"I reeon I am," sai l Mr. W., putting
tho spurs to his horse ; "at least, one thing
ldent The Lord had nothing to do
with it."
A Wonderful Potato.
Mark Twain has been visiting Rcecher's
farm, Grccly's farm, aud the faim of. many
of our city farmers so that he has fallen
completely in love with tho business, nnd
especially with that part cf it which raises
the wonderful seedlings. He starts his
''agricultural" lino by the announcement of
0 new potato, lie thus tells its origin I
obtained it by crossing tho yam of the trop
ics with tho Canada thistle ; aud by care
fully selecting and culivating tho best spec
imens for several seasons, I bavo secured n
product that pcrmantly combines the earli-
nessoftho former with tho enduranco of
tho latter; in cthr.r words, my new potato
is a rate combination of speed and bottom,
and it will do to bet on. I have christened
it the "Early Stunner" a nnmo suggested
by its extraordinary qualities and pcrfor-
niauces.
ing bad
Mr. Twain, however, not hav-
much experience in farming
thought it best to placo tho thing in the
hands of sonic reliable men in whom the
public had confidence, nnd published heaps
of testimonials. We give a specimen from
Mr. John Smith, a respectable butcher,
whose reputation for vaiacity is so well
known. He says : "I did perfectly satis
fied with the ''Early Stunner." Tho pound
I purchased of you will do. In fact, it
has already done me, so that I shall not
want to buy any more. The day after I
planted them my swine made a raid on the
patch, nnd I supposed I had lost my crop.
lou may imagine my disappointment when
I saw the former hog after greedily open
ing the first hill suddenly drop the slice
ol ''Stunner" which he found there, with
an expression of disgust aud mci tifieat;ou,
''wi.lk off ou his car," a sa.lder and wiser
bog, followed by the remainder of the
drove. My hogs usually rango my potato
crop, nnd a hog proof potato has been my
Inpe. I hail the ' Stunner" with enthusi
asm as being just U13 thing for poorly fenced
fields." Dr. Jones, the celebrated physi
cian, also gives the following testimony :
'Having no land of my own, I planted
a pound of "Eearly Stunners" in the ma
cadamized rosd, opposito my- residence
Oue of nij neighbors recouimcndel appli
cation of plaster, as be thought tho road
had"bccn 'Summer foltered" to raise crops
without a stimulant; and as this was my
first experience iu agriculture, I acted ou
his suggestion and applied one of Aleoek'
Porous Plasters to each hill. Tho result
was ainiiziug. On the i'u;:t of July 1 bad
100 bushels of buck-eyes ; July fourth, a
pair of bhick eyes; July fifth, delirium tre
mens ; July sixth, twius ; July seventh, bad
to dig my potatoes or give bonds to keep
the peace. Accordingly I hired a couble of
Irishmen, sunk a shaft in my front yard,
tunneled under the road, and struck a mag
nificent vein of potatoes. I shall never
know how many bushels there were, for a
rumor got abroad that I had opened a po
tato mine, mid that night there wr.s an ir
ruption of predatory Fenians. Refore the
potato had disappeared, I was mined""'
The Farmer's' Security.
The high prizes of life are not offered to
tho farmer not one iu a thousand acquires
a princely fortune by tho cultivation of tho
soil. This is so well understood by tho
shrewd men who '"will be rich," that almost
every mau of them all avoids farming, as
by instinct. Rut there is an other side to
this subject, which is full of interest and
instruction.
Almost every farmer who has average
health nnd industry, acquires a competence
nnd independence. Four out offivoof all
tho families to which tho Ohio Farmer is
welcomed, will furnish proof of tho asser
tion, that men, beginning with nothiug but
vigorous industry and an unsullied name,
have, within the last twenty years, risen to
the posession of comfort and abundance.
Tho cxeeptions to this remark are few, aud
cm bo readily accounted fur on tho most
obvious pronciples. Now set down against
this fact, that other fact, which the obser
vations, of tho last fifty years havo develo
ped, namely, that nine out of every ten of
all who cngago in trado fail iu business,and
fur mors have abundant reasons to felicitate
themselves on thcr position and its bles
sings.
AVhero the farmer exercises care and
prudence, and does not go out of his busi
ness to make money, he is quite beyond
the reach of bankruptcy,
We have taken some pains to learn the
actual condition of the farming interests in
the region of our calculation, aud it is our
belief that nearly every serious caso of eni-
barisment has arist-D from oue, or both of
the two following causts: Farmers have
purchased faster than necessity required,
or prudenei permitted j or they bavo gone
beyond their fcusitfess to engage in specu
lation, more or loss remote from 'their work
as farmers; when they have beootne com
mercial men, they have incurred the risk ol
commcrse, nnd these risks should not be set
down to the recount of agriculture; for
whero farmer? have kept aloof from theso,
they hnva avoided thuso entanglements
which have been the ' lions's net" to 0
many men.
Wo invite the attention of our young
men to these facts. They aro worthy of
tho most thoughtful reilection. Other pro
fessions arc always crowled to-overfllowing;
very few succeed in them. The present
commercial derangement is scattering tho
ficticious fabrics built on hollow credit, while
the farming interest passes comparatively
unscratched Ohio Farmer,
From the Hartford Times.
Adroit Pocket-Picking.
A queer case was that of a physician of
this city,. Dr. , who, on going to the
opera with a friend, was cautioned at tho
ticket-office., to lookout -for pickpockets.
Ilo clapped his hand to his watch, a valua
ble gold ono, engraved with his name, and
tto name of the srs'ety or friind who gave
if to him. It was therb, all right; and ho
made 6ure cf keeping it there, by keeping
his hand on it all through the performance
of the opera. Oa coining out, what was
his astonishment to find his watch gone!
It had been taken, in spite "of his watchful, "
ucss. Rcflctiiig that a watch so engraved
could not well be disposed ot easily even
in New York, he advertised his loss in the
next morning's papers, and added that a
reward (we believe SlOOj would be paid for
its recovery, and "no questions asked-" Re
fore noon tho bell rang, and a very elegantly-dressed
man, in appearance a perfect
gentleman, inquirol for the advertiser of a
lost watch.
"Have you got it ?" asked the Doctor,
quietly.
"I have," coolly replied the stranger ;
here it is. I claim the reward.
"Hero is the money," said "the doctor;
"aud now I want to ask "
"(.), but you said there would be 'no
questions asked,' answered tho moustache.
"True," said the Doctor, "bnt I only
want to know how under heavcu you cot
that watch when I kept my hand on it all
tho time '("
"Aro ycu sure that you kept your hand
Over it all the time V
"Yes positive."
"Now, let me refresh your memory.
Don't you remember, at ouo interesting
stage of tho performance, thcro was a fly
lit on your car, and you raised your hand
to brush it off."
"Yes, it's a fact, said the Doctor, "I do
remember that."
"Well, sir," said the elegant stranger,
"that was the time you lost your watch. I
tickelcd tho top of your car with a straw,
and you brushed off tho supposed fly, aud
didn't notice, when your hand went back,
that your watch was no longer there. Good
A loving couple that lived in a neighbor
hood called Coperos precinct, Peoria coun
ty, were very nnxous to get married, but
they could not find a minister who had a
been licenscy", nor a Justice, of the Peace
who had bet-n commissioned to marry peo
ple. Tbey finally met with a Justiee who
coucluded to set them agoing, and gave
them tho following certificate ; "To the
world, greeting Know yo that John.
Smyth and Peggy My res aro hereby certi
fied to go together and do as old folks
does anywhere in Copcras precinct, and
when my commission come I am to marry
'era good, ecd date 'eru back to kiver acci
dents,"
A Traveler, who demanded his tiuuk at
tho Raltimoro depot before all others, and
was told by the Irish baggage-master that
ho must wait his turn, turned upon the bag'
gage master with, "You're an impadent
dog 1" To which he of the trunks replied:
'An' faith your a monkey, and it's a great
pity that, when we two were made bastes,
ye wasn't made an illiphant, so that ye eodlc?
have yer blasted trunk under yer nose all
the time."
Cut-Worm The lhactkal Parmer.
recomends the application of refuse sale,
broadcast, at tho rate of six to eight bush
to the acre, as a remedy for eut-worms anj
other worms. Salt seems particularly ob
noxious to every form of insect life, and
spread broadcast on a fresh'y-ploweel sui
face often has a powerful cfloet.