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JESSE G. RAWLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE TO NORTH
Sixth Street, opposite the Keystone Honee, Reading.
frril 11, Is6ll-tf
JOSSf ILEUBSTOM
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE WITH A. B. WANNER, NORTH
Sisth Street, (above the Court Hotta%) Reading, Pa.
Fahnutry 21.19t3-1/
- - REMOVA.L.
WILLIAM IL Lrvilg000l), ATTORNEY AT
IV LAW, bas removed hie ones to the north side of
Cant street first door below Sixth. Roe 22-ef
Charles Davis,
ATTORNEY AT LAW—HAS REMOVED HIS
Odic° to the Office lately wended by the Holt. bald .
bonitos, deceased, in Sixth street, opposite the Court
Hasa. [sprit 14
Daniel Ermentront,
TTORNET AT LAW—OFFICE IN NORTH
11 Sixth street, corner of Goon alley. Drag 13-ly
David Neff,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRAT:ER IN
iy
Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, No. 25 Bast
Peas street, Reading,' Dl,, (March 10, 1660,
EBANON VALLEY INSTITUTE,
A:IIVILLE, LEBANON OIINTY, PA.
jSELECT BOARDING SCHOOL -COURSE
tlf lUSITIIetIOn thorough and complete—number of
c.od en limited. Vacations in September and October.
3irpottmes per quarter VA. For Circulars and information,
eddresy
%%aril 7-if] W.J. BURNSIDE, Awn. Ule, Pa
LIVINCOOD'S
United States Bounty, Back Pay and
Pension Office,
COURT STREET, NEAR SIXTH.
HAVING BEEN. ENGAGED IN COLLECT
ja log claims against the Government, I feel confident
nil who have heretofore employed me will cheerfully
mllos, my promptness and fidelity_ My charges are
I,36ratsand no charge made until obtained.
WILLIAM U. LITAIft999D,
act If- t(J Attorney at Law, Court fit., Reading, Pa.
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
(UN NOW OBTAIN THEIR $lOO BOUNTY
ki from the 11. 9. Government, by application to
ABNER X. STAITITSR,
Arch 7-ti] Collection °Mc% Court Street, }loading.
ASA M. HART,
(Late Hart £ Mayer')
BALER IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN
DRY GOODS, CARRETINGS, & c., Wholesale and Be
e at Philadelphia prima. Sign of the Golden Bee Hive,
11",, 14 Ease PSBR Square. [aprill7-tf
P. litnithong & Sons ;
AIA A N b. I72 ; C D TITE . IIB zed . O a P p. BILTRN goo pa h .P . L i. IIIID,
rn. Oil, which they will sell at the lowest. Wholesale
prices, a Reading. Pa.
Mere reepectfally aelleited, [much 12
G. M. MILLER, M. D.,
Eclectic Physician and Surgeon,
A GRADUATE OF THE ECLECTIC MEDl
.tj_ College Phileaelphle, offers kie prefeenional eer
iv., 1,, the citizens of Hamburg and vicinity. Painful
Im.frel operations, snob as Setting Broken and Dislocated
].tuba, amputations. Cutting Cancers, Tumors, do., will
Pertermed under the influence of Ether, at the consent
ci lb.! patient.
re Ogles at his neldnaes in Main street, Hamburg, i's.
tier v, 1i63-tf
DR: T. YARDLEY BROWN,
SURGEON DENTIST_
GRADUATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Mental College. Teeth extracted by Fran
llAttila, cis' Electro Magnetic process, with Clarke's
improvement. With this method teeth are
"meted with much less pain than the venal way. No
tura charge. Office in With street, opposite the Presbyte
in Chuck, Mail 2-17
CHARLES LANCASTER,
MEDICAL ELECTRICIAN,
Voarth Street, slbeere Penn, heading.
hunry 24,1138.54 t
SOLDIERS'
20131Wilr-EL'ONSIT, .111.01 E-PAT
AND PENSION MAIMS
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO BY
A. K. STAUFFER,
Attermini at Law, Office In aura Walt/
Jan 31-U] READING, re.
F. P. HELLER.
WATCHMAKER, JE WELER,
AND DEALER IN
WIC RES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY ,
SPOONS, SPECTACLES, GOLD PANS, &c.,
Signal the “13 . 10 WATCH ' ' , No. faji Mist Penn
Sneer, above Sixth, north side, Heeding, Pa.
Every article warranted to be what it is sold for
Watches, Midas, Jewelry, &c.. repaired with particular
attention, and goarante ed. [fob I—tr
TRUSSES.
D lIPTURE CAN BE CURED BY A TRUSS
'tor THE RIGHT KIED,IF PROPERLY PITTED AND
buLy ATTENDED TO. This has been abundantly de.
n.nustreied in innumerable instance by the use of the
IMLTIPEDAL TRUSS of DR. RIGGS, during the last few
years. Thir tram, being covered with Hard Rubber, is
perfectly waterproof, may be used in bathing, and is al
nays cleanly as well as indestructible by ordinary usage.
it nersatisfectory , after a fair trial of sixty days, it may be
Yawned. It challenges comparison with any truss known.
Dr. BMW Office, No. 8 BARCLAY ST., New-York.
Nev. 15-ly
TO grovzszazzw.
VINE ASSORTMENT OF GUNS. FLASKS,
Shot Rags, Pouches. Game Bags, Eley'a Caps, Dupont's
homier Powder, at reduced prices, by
J. L. STICIPTER,
.ept 'Fifth and Penn Streets.
TOR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, 100 SETS
Common Teague.
rR SALE AT THE OLtl JAIL, THE LARG
eat assortment of Liverpool Ware ever offered in
Mg.
TOR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, A LARGE
-L assortment of Pittsburgh, Boston and French Glam.
Isere of every description.
FOR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, THE CHOIC
aid misty of Bar and Hotel tilos, Gbh= and Q 24 " 3 " .
nal% ['macre ever offend in Beading.
VOR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, 60 BARRELS
Mackeral at ilaidalphla. prism.
ausah33 'ILL MOAK at.
liIMPaM
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL,
AhrESTABLISHED AS A REFUGE FROM QUACKERY.
The Only Place Where a Cure Can be
Obtained.
JOUNSTON HAS DISCOVRRED THE
lJ most Certain, Speedy and only Effectual Remedy in
the World for all Private Diseases, Weakness of the Duck
or Limit., Strictures, Affections of the Kidney. and Blad
der, Involuntary Discharges, [impotency, General Debility,
Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Languor, Low Write, Conf.-
skin, of Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity, Tremb
ling, Dimuesa of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Noes or Skin, Affections or the Liver, Longs,
Stomach or Dowels—those Terrible Disorders arising from
the Solitary Habite of Youth—those sun cr and military
precticee more fifta I to their victims than the song of Byre us
to the Mariners of tilystea blighting their most brilliant
hopes or anticipations, rendering marriage, &c., impossible.
YOUNG 14211 N
&specially, who have become the victims of Solitary Vice,
that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps
tO at, namely grave thousands of Young Men of the most
exalted talents and brilliant intellect, who might other
wise have entranced listening Senates, with the thunders
of eloquence or waked to ecstasy the living lyre, may call
With fall confidence.
SIAIJULIAGZ.
Married Pillllo2lß, or Young Men contemplating mai•
riage, being aware of physical weakness, organic debility,
deformities speedily cured.
He who places himself ander the care of Dr. T. may
religiously conlide in his honor as a gentleman, and con
fidently rely upon hie skill as a physician_
- rrrr'lTmr:-;'•p!r.l-4.777-
Immediately Cared and Fall Vtgor Restored.
This Distressing Affection—which renders Life and Mar
riage impossible—is the penalty paid by the victims or im
proper indulgences. Young persons are too apt to commit
excesses from not being aware of the dreadful conga
quencee that may ensue. Now, who that understand the
subject will pretend to deny that the power of procrea
tion is lost sooner by those felling into improper habits
than by the prudent? Besides being deprived of the pleas
ure of healthy offspring, the most eerier'e and destructive
symptoms to both body and mind arise. The syvient be
comes _Deranged, the Physical and :Dental Functione
Weakened, Lone of Procreative Power, Nervous Irritabil
ity, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, Indigestion, Con
stitutional Debility, a wasting of the Frame, Cough, Con
sumption, Decay and Death.
othee, No. 7 acuth Frederick Street.
Lalt band aide going from Baltimore street, a few doors
from the corner. Fail not to observe name and number.
Letters must be paid and contain a stamp. The Doctor's
Diploma bangs Su his office.
EL ODIUM D IN
TWO DABS.
No Mercury or .Arattecous Drugs.
OR. SONSISTON.
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, Grad
uate from one of the most eminent Colleges in the United
States, and the greater part of whom life has been spent
in the hospitals of London, Parte, Philadelphia and else
where, has effected some of the most astonlehing cures
that were ever known; many troubled with ringing In
the head and ears when asleep, great nervonanems, being
alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfulness, with frequent
blushing, attended sometime with derangement of mind,
Were and immediately,
TALI= I'AILTICITZELB. NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses MI those who have Injured themselves
by improper indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin
both body and mind, unfitting them for either business,
study, society or marriage.
THEMI are some of the sad and melancholy erects pro
duced by early habits of youth, via: Weakness or the
Back and Limbs, Pains in the Head, Dimness of Sight,
Loss of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dys
pepsia, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Digestive
Functions, 0 eneral Debtlity,Symptoms of Consumption,&c.
hisgrarzv.—The fearful effects on the mind are much to
be a...lea—Leta of Memory. Confusion of Idea, Delores•
alone of Spirit, Evil Forbodings, Aversion to Society, Self-
Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c., are some of the
evils produced.
THOUSANDS of persona of all ages can now judge what
le the cause of their declining health, losing their vigor,
becoming Weak, pale, nervone an 4 elliachited, ha vin g a
singular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms
of consumption.
wowing DIEN
Who have injured themselves by a certain practice indul
ged in when aloes., a habit frequently learned from evil
companions, or at school, the affects of which are, nightly
felt, even when'aeleep, and if not cured renders marriage
impossible, and destroys both mind and body, should ap
ply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his country,
the darling of hts parents, should be snatched from all
prospects and oojoytooblo of life, by the consequence of
deviating from the path of nature and indulging in a cer
tain secret habit. Such persons MIST, before contemplat
ing
MILMLILTAGE,
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most necessary
reuniones to promote connubial happiness.. Indeed, with
out these the journey through life becomes a weary pit.
grimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the
mind becomes shadowed with despair and filled with the
melancholy reflection that the happiness of another be
blighted with our own.
OF rmiteßtfrorlNC23.
When the misguided and ;imprudent votary of pleasure
finds that he has imbibed the seeds of this painful disease,
it too often happens that an :111-timed sense of shame, or
dread of discovery, deters him from applying to those who,
from education and reepootabillty, can alone befriend him,
delaying till the constitutional symptoms of this horrid
disease make their appearance, sack as ulcerated sore
throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pains in the bead and
limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the shin-bones
and arms, blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
greseing with frightful rapidity, till at last the palate of
the month or the bones of the nose fall in, and the victim
of this awful disuses becomes a horrid object of commis
eration, till death puts a period to his dreadful sufferings,
by sending him to "that Undiscovered Country from
whence no traveller returns."
It is . k
msfandhety fuel that thousands fall irictillA
title terrible disease, owing to the ouskillfothooe of ignor
ant pretenders, who, by the use of that Dewily Faisal.,
Mercury, ruin the constitution and make the residue o
life miserable.
STJUMGFIEIRS
Trust not your Hoes, On health, to the ease of many lifto
learned and worthless Pretenders, destitute of knowledge,
name or character, who copy Dr. Johnston's advertise
ments, or style themselves, in the newspapers, regularly
Educated Physicians, incapable of Curing, they keep you
trifling month after month Wittig their filthy and poison
ous compound's. or as long an the smallest fee can be ob
tained, and in despair, leave you with ruined health to
sigh over your own galling disappointment.
Dr. Johnston is the only Physician advertising.
His credentials or diplomas always bang in his °Moe.
Hie remedies or treatment are unknown to all others,
prepared from a life spent in the great hospitals of Europe,
the first in the country and a more extensive Pravda
Practice than any other Physician in the world.
INDORSEMENT Or TUE
PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Institution year after
year, and the nornerote important Surgical Operations
performed by Dr. Johnston. witnessed by the reporters of
the "Sun," "Clipper," and many other papers, notices of
which have appeared again and again before the public,
besides his standing as a gentleman of character ant re
sponsibility, is a eldliclent guarantee to the afflicted.
Side Mesas's§ Speedily Cored.
letters received unless poet-paid and containing
a stamp to be used on the reply. Persons writing should
state age, and send portion of advertisement deecribing
symptoms.
b2..TOLDITSTON, ALL. D.,
Of the Baltimore Lurk Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
May W--3y
Desirable City Lots For Sale.
rTIIE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS AT PRIVATE
Sale at moderate rates,
ive Building Lots on North Ninth street.
Five Building Lots on the went side of ➢foss alley, East
of Ninth street.
. .
Three Building Lots on the west side of North Tenth
area. and Fourteen Building Lots on the east side of Moss
alley.
The conditions will bemade easy to purchasers, the pro
prietor being willing to leave two-thirds of the purchase
money stand on the premises, if secured by Bond and
Mortgage, and allow payment to be made in installments
of 10, 20 and 20 Dollars, until the whole debt is paid,
provided that one-third of the purchase money le paid on
delivery of the Deed.
This is a rare chance for Laborers and Mechanics to se
cure homes, ae the lots are in the neighborhood of the Steam
Forge and Industrial Works; and sett is understood that
all the Depots or the Junction Bat roads will be put up
near the property.
liEr'Plans of the Lots may be seen at my office, or that
of - IL Oscar Wagner, Esq., Court street.
Jan 01-ti] 'FREDERICK LAUER.
PHILONATHEAN INSTITUTE,
Near Birdsboro, Berko County, Penna.
THE ELEVENTH TERM OF THIS IN STITH.
TION mammal en Monday, August 10th 1163.
he Principal is prepared to accommodate in his OWn
family from sixteen to twentyboarders of both sexes. an
early application le advised to secure a place.
Innaoition to the usual thorough course of instruction
give n here, a NORMAL DEPAItTIifENT will be opened for
those preparing to teach, during the limi and last quarter
of each term.
The especial care and attention of the Principal will be
constantly devoted to the health, eafety, habits and man
ners of those placed tinder life charge.
Bay scholars received as wins].
For tell particulars apply for a Catairsttift.
IIBILMAN SMITH, A. B.
Birdsboro, Pa., July 25,1563.
Commercial Broker.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING TAKEN
ont a License as a COMMERCIAL BROKER, hi pre
pared to negotiate for the pi:tram* out sate of
REAL ssrArs,
COIN,
"STOCKS,
BONDS,
MORTGAGES,
and other Seenrides, Goods in unbroken Packages, Oolleo
tion of Rents, and any other business of a Commission
Broker or Agent.
sir Parties haying bsdacqo to do in his line are request
ed to give him a calL
JACOB C. SCRIBNER,
OPVICS to court Street, next door above Alderman
Schomer. rreb 28
EEI
In the Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Berke, of April Tenn,
1863, No. 22.
Allen B. ride! vs. ilfary Jane Taylor, a 9nfnor come Wage
of into Oen years, by her (Mardian David McKnight ;
Waif,. R. _Toby a +Mum. MP? the age at funroo7ll
. ids Guardian Davlddleßniyl.l avul ganhary
a minor over Pie age (if/our/eta years, by Ids
Gea, darn David
Drew; de Partitione l'actenda.
NOMR IS lIBILEBYI3IVEN TO THE PAR
ties above named, that the Court harps coo brined the
return of the Sheriff; 101 d the ingnisition and valuation or
appmicenteut, taken and made ruder the above writ, and
have granted a rule on alt persons interested, to come into
Court on the oth day of November next, to accept or refuse
the tumoral purparte or portions of the lands and tenements
In said writ mentioned, according to the Ads of Assembly
in such case provided. in case of refusal to accept the
MUM then to show cause why the same should not be
sold. By order of the Court,
tient 12-6tl ADAM W. KAUFFMAN, Prothonotary.
Administrators' Notice.
NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT LET
tare of Administration on the Estate of Frederick S.
outer, late of the city of Reading, in the county of Berke
and Mats of Penney!Taiga, deceased, have tole day been
lamed to William U. Clymer, the subscriber, residing in
Mahlenberg township, In said county. All persone Indebt
ed to said estate are requested to make Immediate payment,
and those having claims or dementia against said estate,
are requested to make known the name without delay, to
WILLIAM 11. CLYMER, Administrator,
Or to WILLIAM M. BAIRD, Ate Attorney.
leapt 12-et] - North Sixth Street, Reading, Pa.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE
Estate of .101121 D. KNABB, tate of Oley township, Berko
county, demote.
_ . . _
rrIlE UNDERSIGNED AUIATOR, APPOINT
ED by the Orphans' Court of Darks county, to audit,
restate and resettle the account of Pete At. Knabb, Admin.
istrator, &c., of John D Knubb, deceased, and make dis
tribution of the //Algona in bin heeds to and among the
perilous legally entitled thereto, hereby glees notice that be
Will meet the parties interested, at Ms oflicein Court street,
Reading, Pa., on Saturday, the 31st of (October. 1863, at 1
o'clock, P. M, when and where they may attend, it they
see proper.
out S-30 F. LEAF SMITH, Auditor.
DEAFNESS,
DISEASES OF THE EYE, EAR AND
AIR-PASSAGES.
CATARRH.
EYE AND EAR.
NOISE IN THE HEAD.
DEAFNESS
Dr. F.l. VOA XOSCHZISKER,
OCULIST AND AIIIIIST
AUTHOR
I=
GITIDU
DISEASES OF THE EYES,
MCI
THEIFu TREATXENT,
Au°, A FORE;
.ENTITLED
"Medical and Surgical Science."
With Oboorvattons on the
Treatment of Diseases of the Eye.
Can be tenanted oa DEAFNEcS and all diseases of the
EYE AND EAR, requiring Medical or Surgical treatment.
Os - 1027-4027-1027-1027 -15 it
WALNUT STREET,
Ptheeen Tenth and Eleventh Streets,
PHILADELPHIA, PA
AIM-References of the higbest respectability can be ob
tained of cares performed by Dr. yea bluachaicker; to
Revere cages of ',winos anti Blinclness, [Rug le
Paper Hangings
AND
WINDOW SHADES.
GEO. CHRISNIAN, THANKFUL FOR PAST
favors from the citizens of Reading and Berke county,
would respectfully announce that he has Just opened New
9tyleo
WALL PAPER
FOR
No AL MN ar .41L
ELEGANT GOLD BAND
WINDOW SHADES
Always oa hand at the lowest prlcee
WINDOW SHADES MADE TO ORDER
Of any Color and any filo Wanted,
Store Shades Made to Order,
LETTERED in GOLD or in COLOR.
XV'
October ; 1563-t[
TOBACCO AND SEGAR
STORE,
639 PENN STREET, NORTH SIDE,
BELOW RAILROAD,
READING. PA.
(SIGN OF MINCH.)
CHARLES C. MALTZBERGER,
wzgormsAlizi At RETAIL
DEALER IN ALL RIEDE AND QUALITIE9 Or
TOBACCO,
SEGARS,
SNOTS, etc.
ALWAYS ON NAND A VISA ASSORTMENT OF
REAL MEERSCHAUM, RIVER AND FANCY PIPES.
Segar Holders, Snuff and Tobacco Boxes, India-
Rubber Port Monolog, &o. [oct 3—tf
JII6_7CI 1111C`_1EINEM"
NEW-YORK STORE,
NO. 438 PENN STREET,
READING, PA.
DRY GOODS FOR CASH.
THE PROPRIETORS Anr, NOW DAILY
purchasing in the Oily of New-York, DRY GOODS of
every description -
AT AUCTION AND PRIVATE • SALE,
SolteLle for the wants of the /Wu and rellmore Crrusas
Or nipTG and NERMBOICHOOD.
in making the above announcement. beg to add
that ..n account of C. G. HOOK being a resident citizen of
New-Yuck. having been Thirty Years connected with the
DRY GOODS BUSINESS in that City, he ban practical ex
posbnnee far purchasing far below prices paid by Ttitbeitolt
Visitors to that Market, and we cheerfully extend to oar
cantomere the DO/ benefit of the aforesaid advantages.
set 19-111 C. 0. BOOS it CO.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1863.
SHERIFF'S SALES
OF REAL ESTATE.
VERTUE OH SUNDRY wRiTs OF LRVA
-1 rf Yeadifine I J. , ;q)ontr,y, and /Pr
leaned out of the Court of of Bolas county,
and to too directed, will banold at public vondue or oubery :
Oa Wednesday, the 21et day of October, A. D.,
DiGS, et 1 o'clock, P. EL, at the public brume of Ezekiel
Joon., (Blandon) Raideocreek township, Burka county, to
wit : All that certain cluesuage, torten:out and tractor land,
aemote io itialdoncreek Lownslap, Berko county- adjoining
lends of Daniel Oraolf, Jacob. Delp, Nuthan Fiowor, Wil-
Dem Williams and the ERSE Pen tosyleaula Railroad c o m.
pony ; containing MI acres, more or lees. The Improve
.. leant, thereon erected are a two-nary LOU HOUSE,
"I(w...tiler-hoarded) a Log and Frame Barn, Wagon
Shed and other out-bnildinge, Apple Orchard, Well
Of Water, and a water stream running through the pro
perty. Sold as the property of JAMES TOBIAS.
On Thursday, the 22d day of October, A. D.,
1563. at 1 o'clock, P. Id., at the public hove of Daniel
Moyer, (Strawdown) Upper Tulpoboccon Perks county, to
wit: All the right, title nod interest Of William 11. Noecker,
rain a certain Bnliding or two-story FitARE ROUSE,
and Swiss Barn, Etc., &e., situate lu the township of
Upper Tnlpeitocoon, iu the county of Berke, adjoin
ing lands of Jacob Klohr, Jesin ylertutan, Edward Moyer
and others t containing about lcaoros. be the mine more
or leen. Sold its the property or WILLIAMH. NOIWKER.
On Saturday, the 2.1111 day,of OoL., A. D., 18t3,
at l:o'clock, P. M., at the Keystone Hotel, in tho city of
Reading, Berke county, to wit: A certain two-story Brick
DWELLING 1101JSB,. with two-story Brick Kitchen
1:1 attached, and lot or plow of nrgnOd, situate on the
Fount aide of Chestnut street, between Third and
Fourth streets, in the city of Reading, Berke county,
bounded on the North by said Chestnut street, South by
no Alley, Root by property of late Daniel B. Boas, dee'd.,
and on the %Yost by property of Daniel Fasig ; containing
in front 10 foot, and and it, depth 130 feet, room or loss
with the uppurteeencue. Sold the property of INLLI.I.If
CALL.
At the eame time awl place: A certain two
atery Brick Dwelling HOUSE with Brick Kitchen attached,
gland lot of ground, situate on the west side by Pearl
alley, iloath of illngaman street, in the eity of Heathing,
ing, Berko county, adjoining property of John Eimer,
Smith, deceased, a 10 feet Alley, and on the Hest by
Pearl alley; containing is front on said Pearl alley 90 feet,
along said 20 feet alley 22 feet S inches, on the West 49 feet
6 inches, and on the North 49 feet 7 inches, more or leak
with the apportemincee. Sold as the property of _THOMAS
.111-eINTAGGART.
At the same time and plate : All that certain
messnage, tenement and part of a lot of gronnd,,situate in
the city of Reading, Berko county, hounded and described
as follow: on the Stet by Fifth street, on the North by pro.
pony of Domini. Miller, co the West by a four feat allay,
and on the South by property of Michael Morgan; con
taining in front 16 feet 6 Inches, and In depth 06 feet, more
r less, on which is erected a two-story BRICK
HOU.IE with wick Kitchen atteched..with the ap
purtenance°. told as the property of HENRI' OES—
TRIM;
At the same time and place : All that certain
two-story BRICK HOUSE and one-story Brick Kitchen at.
tackled, and lot or piece of ground, situate on the South-
West corner of Ninth and Penn streets. in the city of
Reading, Berke county, bounded on the Bast by Ninth
street, on the South by property of John P. Miller, on
the West by property of John P. Willer, and. on the
North by Penn street; containing in front on Penn street,
37 feet, and in depth along Ninth etreet 180 feet. be the
same more or less. Sold as the property of DELILAH
HILL and JAMES HILL.
At the Same time and place: No. I—A certain
one and three-quarter story FRAME HOUSE, and tot or
iipleoe of ground, situate on the east side of South Sixth
street, In the city of Iteadiog, Berke county, honuded
on the West by said Sixth street, on the North by
property of Joseph Hoisteu, East by Bell alley, and on the
South by property of Main He& ; containing In front 20
feet, and in depth 115 feet, more or less.
No. 2—A certain two-story BRICK HOUSE With Brick
Back Buildings, and lot or piece of ground, Situate on the
south side of Laurel street, between fifth and Sixth street,
in the city of Reading, Berke county, bounded on the Sant
by Pearl alley, on the South by property of Franklin Good
hart, on the West by property of Jacob H. Dopler, and
on the North by said Laurel street; containing in front 20
feet, and in depth 60 feet, more or less.
No. 3—A certain oat lot or piece of land, situate within
the limits of the city of Reading, Berks county, (and com
monly called Buckley oat lots) hounded on the East by the
Centre Turnpike Road, on the South by First Beckley
Lane, on the Went by North Fourth street, and on the
North by property of Daniel Homan ; containing 2 acres
and St perches, more or less. Sold as the property of
SAMUEL A FRANCISCO.
At the lame time and place : All that certain
messuage, or tenement end lot. or piece -4 roiled, situate
on the South-West corner of Callvwhill, now Fifth street,
and Thomas, now Washington street. in the Borough, now
city of Reading, Berke county, and marked in the general
plan of said Borough, now City, Number 09; contaltang
in breadth North and Ruth 60 feet, and In length or depth
200 feet, bounded Eastward with said Callowhin street,
Northward with said Thomas street. Southward with a lot
marked in the Plan aforesaid, No. 70, now the property of
William Ermentront, and Westward by Ash alley, on
ayshich are erected two large three-story BRICK
BUILDINGS, the tame being each 30 net front on
Fifth street, with extensive back buildings attached,
the building on the corner of Fifth and Washington streets,
being occupied as a Liquor Store, also a large two-story
brick Ware or Storehouse on the rear of said lot, on Ash
alley, with Blacksmith Shop attached, Ste., Sm. Sold ea the
property of DBNNE FIA.E. V A.T.Lif, with notice to Eliza—
beth L. Evans and Samuel U. Hollenbach, terre tenants.
On Monday, the 26th day of October. A. D.,
1563, at 1 o'clock, P. M., at the public house Daniel B.
Bucks, (Wernersville) Lower Hetdelberg township, Berko
coati?, to wits All that certain Manage, tenement and
tract of land, sitnate in Lower Heidelberg township, Berke
county, bounded by lands of Joseph Ruth, Daniel Fisher,
Elijah Ilaesler and others; containing 136 acres, more or
aless. The improvements thereon erected are a two.
gory STONE HOUSE, Swiss Barn, and other out
buildins4,nPl4 OMAN, Spring of Water, Ac., Ac.
Also—A certain tract of land, (being &Limestone 4.aarry
and two Kilns thereon erected) situate in Lower Heidel
berg township, Berke county, bounded by lands of Jona
than Fox, Lerch Ss Brothers; containing 2 acres, more or
less. Sold as the property of JACOB IVEIDEICHA3fILIER.
Selged and taken into execution and to he cold by
ABRAHAM R. ilmria, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Reading, September 26, 1863.
Ahr All persons employed by the said James Tobias,
Wm. R. Noecker and all other defendants named, or any
or either of them. are hereby required to make known to
the said Sheriff at least live days before the respective
days of sale of the above named property, the kind and
amount of their respective claims for wages, &c., against
the said defendants, as above named.
N. B.—By order of said Court, all persons interested in
the distribution of the proceeds of sale, are hereby noti
fied that the distribution of the money arising from the
sale of the real estate aforesaid, will be made by the
Court, on Monday, November 23d, 1863.
P. 9.—On all sales from 825,00 and upwards wilt be
required to be paid down.
PUBLIC SALE OF
VALUAZIaI SEAL ESTATE.
WILL BE SOLD, ON SATURDAY, THE
24th day of October. 1863, at the public home of
William Wealley, (Test's Tavern) in Comm township,
Berke ooanty, P 4., THREETRAOTg OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE, situated In Crown township, Berke county, to
wit:
No. 1. Containing 16 acres and 139 perches, more or less,
of valuable RAIL TIMBER, bounded by lands of Michael
Sonsen, Henry Rollman, Jacob Shelter, (Mount Penn Fur
nace) and others.
No. 2.Containing 49 acres, 196 perches, more or less, of
valuabe SPROUT LAND. hounded by lauds of Henry
Rollruan, Henry A. Soyfert & Co, John Ifyle, George
Reeser and others. On this tract is about eight acres of
TIMBER, and an excellent STONE QUARRY.
No. 9. Coetelnlng 33 acrim.lo3 perches, more or lees, of
valuable SPROUT LAND, bounded by lands of George
Reamer, Wm. Mohr, Philip Breidenatlns, John Weidner,
Nicholas Yost, and others.
Any of the above tracts will be sold by the whole or
otherwise, to suit purchasers,
Sale to °eminence at 1 o'clock, In the afternoon, when
the conditions of sale will be made known, by
ELIZA SCHWARTZ,
oct 3-311 Executrix of John Schwartz. deceased.
4a-Persons who wish to view the above tracts will
please cell on Henry Rottman, adjoining, or on the
Executrix, residing In Pit`th et., above Chestarit,litdaing.
PUBLIC SALE
OF A VALUABLE FARM,
In the immediate vicinity of the City of Reading.
r HE SUBSCRIBER WILL OFFER AT PUB
LIC eale, on Saturday, October 17th, 1863, at 1
o'clock, P. hi., at the public house of Daniel .11011NUM, 4th
and Penn street, all that VALUABLE FARM (containing
about 110 acres), with extensive improvements, owned by
William Leinbach, aflame on tiro banks of the
opposite the city of Reading. The laud is all first quality
limestone soil, and in the highest state of cultivation. The
iiimprovements consist of FOUR DWELLING HOUSES,
n large Stone Swiss Barn, large Storehouse, Wagon
house, anti Other necessary Out-buildings—water con.
verdent to the bermes and barn. Au abundance of various
kinds of bearing fruit trees on the farm. The property ad-
Joins the Lebanon Valley Railroad, the Union Canal skirts
the same on the river bank, and the Harrisburg turnpike
pael.ga through it, First quality clay for the manufacture
of bricks. and the best limestone in abundance on the pre
mises. The property will be sold in the whole or in parte
to suit purchasers. The location effete unusual induce
meets for any kind of manufacturing establishment, but
particularly a FURNACE for the manufacture of iron.
Perms desirous of examining the property, can do Roby
calling upon the owner, residing on the protehteei or the
subscriber, at his office in Court street. Reading.
If this property should not be sold, It will be leased at
the time of sale.
. . . ,
Terms and conditions made known at the time by
DAVID bIeb:MOUT,
oct 9-fit] Cumutorciol ]roper
Estate of Clirlatianna Kinsel, late of
• Bethel township, Berke county, deed.
XOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT LET
ter. of Adotioistration on the Mute of Christiania
insel, late of Bethel township, Berke county, deceased.
have been granted by the Register of Berke conaty, to
Elias Frantz, of the same place. All persons indebted to
the 'Estate aforesaid, are requested to make payment im
mediately to the said Administrator, and those leaving
Maims againet the &tato, will present them to him, pro.
party authenticated, for settlement.
'Apt 12.43tt] BLIAS FRANTZ, Administrator.
gactito_.
TWO SONS.
I have two Hone, wife—
Two, mid yet the Fame;
Both are only one, wifu,
Ilearir4 but one name:
The one he bearded, gentian: a, grim, and lights acrose the
ROA ;
The other is a little child who elle mien your hue
Ouly one M here, wife,
Free from seath and harm,
Cali bear hie voice, wife,
All shoot the farm.
The other in a great strong man, wherever he may be;
lint Me one, shadowy and diva, in sitting ou your knee
One is fierce and cold, wife,
IVlth a wayward will;
lie hes parsed through ere, wife;
Knowing good and Ill;
Ile hoe krlea oar Laszlo for yoar—not broken them;
for be
It still the little stalelesa one that sits upon your knee.
One did wilful wrong. Wife,
Bringing ue W Sbalne
Darkened all Lile farm, wife;
Blotted our good name ;
And when oar haute were big with grief, lie nailed aurora
the era;
llut Min we keep the Little eon that site upon you
One was rash and dark, wife,
Would have say for say ;
Furlong when a child, wife,
lie went trio wllfalwayt
Ri. VOW° in sinful rage was loud within the terra; bet he
Emmeline" the crowing little one Who sat upon your knee.
One may fall In fight, wife—
I's he not your sou?
Pray with all your heart, wife,
For the wayward one;
Pray for the dark, rough soldier who fights across the sea,
Dealt= you Nye the little one who smiles upon your knee.
One In sinful Oat, WiCe,
As I speak may fall;
Bat this one at home, wife,
Cannot die at all.
They both ere only one; and how thankful we slionla ba
That we cannot loan the darling son who sits upon your
knee !
WAR TIME.
0, my bird, my beautiful bird I
Bing no more to-day ;
The ettdate,t mahlen ander the can
I meet be, till this weary war is done;
For my lover ban gone away.
Ah ! your voice could never drop as It dose
Down through those slender bate ;
If you ever had loved a soldier lad,
And he wee all the friend you had,
And was gone away to the wars.
You are quiet now! too quiet, my bird,
To milt my rootless mood;
'Tie fearful to feet the house so Ant,
fling out again, till you sing your flit:
I shall die with solitude!
TO /ow, Wog low, while be le gone
To fight for the stripes Mid stare;
I would not hear your voice ring out,
Till it blends Itself with the nation's shoat,
When my lover comes from the ware.
You most slug for us both in that bloused Jul,
When I welcome my soldier boy;
For my oyes will ho dim with the happy tear,
And my heart will come to my lip so near,
That I cannot apaak for joy I [M d. Carp.
October Harvest Song.
We Waller theta in—the mellow fruits,
From the shrub, the vine and tree,
With their russet, and golden and purple suits,
To garnish our treasury.
And each has a juicy treasare stored,
All beneath ".ts painted rind,
To cheer our &este at the social board,
When we leave oar cares behind.
We gather them is—the goodly store—
But not with a miser's gust;
For that great All-Father we adore,
Huth but given it In trust.
And oar work of death is but for life,
019 wigir7 days to come;
Thep fi timing upon the reaper's strife,
And a shout at his harvest Home.
CaUs sit 6 &Wet ts.
pivot Thekene 'AU the Year Round."'
A STORY OF BREAD CRUSTS
Did your cook ever throw in the dust•hole a
stale crust? Do your children scorn dry scraps
of bread ? Ring the bell, have them all in, and
and and tell them this true story:
Once upon a time there was an old soldier,
and he is alive yet, named Chapellier. Discharg
ed and poor, he had made it his business to live
by what he could find in the gutters of the streets
of Paris—horseshoe nails, on lucky days per
haps even a horse shoe—iron toughened by much
tramping, dear to the gunmaket---tioor scraps
that, with help from odd street jobs in opening
carriage doors and so forth, enabled him to sup
port life. But he sought advancement, anti
soared from this calling into the service of a
wholesale chiffonier, whose baskets he sorted,
and in whose warehouses he arranged the stores,
till he fell sick, overpowered by the smell of the
articles in which his master traded, and went
into the hospital. When he came out he hired
himself to a poultry merchant and earned forty
sons a day, by filling his own mouth with peas
and then putting them out of his mouth down the
young pigeons' throats to fatten them suddenly.
But while here he thought on the fact that a
poultry merchant did not get the full price for
his birds unless they were sold fresh killed on
the day of their arrival. However sweet a bird
might be, every cook saw at a glance whether
it was fresh killed. How was that? ho inquired.
Oh, that is because the feet that are brilliant and
black at the first day, become grayer and duller
every day afterwards. 'rho wise Chapellier
having reflected on this matter, made experi—
ments, and invented a varnish that should keep
the birds' legs brilliant and black for many
days. There was a stir in the poultry trade.
Glorious was the invention, and Chapellier, who
kept his secret, went about painting the feet of
poultry for the fee of twelve and a half per cent. ,
upon all sales of second day's stock. So he
made money, bat it was an itinerant professi,n.
His desire was to be the head of an establish
ment. He retired, therefore, from the claw
painting business, having sold his secret and
connections in the trade for forty pounds, to a
friend who has since made a fortkina by it.
What should he do? Would his old master
the chiffonier take him into partnership ? He
would go and ask. He went and asked. Not
without a premium of two thousand pounds.
Chapellier could not afford that; but while he
was in the warehouse he was struck by the great
number of unsaleable pieces of waste bread
brought in the baskets of the rubbish hunters.
[VOL. XXIV-NO. N.-WHOLE NO. 1990.
Here was an idea—t his the lesson fur your cook,
and for your childrou,—and thie great matt went
out and bought a donkey and a cart, and having
hired a large room, went with his donkey-cart to
all the cooks of schools and colleges and large
establishments, to propose a purchase of them of
all the stale scraps of bread they had been used
to throw into the streets. They cordially hailed
the idea of a now perquisite. Chapellier then
bargained with the scullions of the eating-Lenses,
and with all the chief cooks of the city, that he
might have the dry crust and scrap, destined to
he thrown into the greet. Ito also contracted
with the scavengers for all the bread they found,
nevertheless, in duet holes and gutters. Having
secured his monopoly, this laudable person took
his stand ono morning in the middle of the chief
market of Paris, with a placard on his hat, in
scribed, 4, Bread crusts for sale." The Parisian
lieePS rabbits, and the rabbits require bread as
well as cabbage; the chickens fed for market
also require bread crumbs. Many domestic pets
of the wealthy are, in Paris, denied meat, and so,
from one source end another, came a large de
mand for bread crusts, sold at three coats a bas
ket full. In four months he had three horses
and three wagons to work. In a few years, he
sold his bullion and retired with a competence,
But it was only to come back in a month or two.
Refinement on his old idea had occurred to him,
and he could not rest until he worked it out. Ile
had seen enough of cooks and sausage makers to
obsere this value of bread crumbs for strewing
over cutlets, and for other purposes. Bread
crumbs made of stale bread pounded end grated
fetched four pence per heaped quart. He would
turn his stale broad into ,bread crumbs, and sell
that, at three pence per the heaped quart. It
was rather hard on his successor, to be care,
who was ruined in the trade he had bought. But
what was to llft said? Broad crumbs are not
crusts, and Chapellier was a great creature.
As manufacturer of bread crumbs, then, a
mighty trade was driven. But the bread of which
the crumbs were made was some good and some
bad. It would not pay to separate the good from
bad, but it would pay to establish ovens, and
sell the crusts baked in lumps or grated for the
use of cooks, as " oroutes au pot." Except the
beat houses these preserved scraps had their
way into almost every Parisian's dish. The
bant bite and scrapings are pounded and sifted
to be sold to the perfumers, who will make them
into tooth powder. And thus the Pere Chapellier
made his fortune. Now, my good (or bad,
as the case may be) cook, and my dear children,
you observe that a large fortune is to be made
by dry crusts and mouldy scraps of bread; and
yet you throw them away!
A SQUINTING JURY
Once upon a time, or, to be a little more par—
ticular, nearly half a century ago, (for the editor
of this paper well remembers the time, place,
and scene, which are firmly fixed upon his boy—
ish recollections,) there dwelt in the town of
iu old England, a remarkable oddity, in
the parson of an attorney at law, who, although
not fair to look upon, (for he was in truth one of
the homeliest specimens of humanity ever be
held by mortal man,) was withal a person of
sound judgment, great benevolence, varied learn
ing, a poet, a painter, and a wit of uo mean or
der.
IL so happened that the aforesaid gentleman,
G. G—, .Esq., was appointed high sheriff of
the town of —. He was a man of fortune, and
had a kind heart, as many a poor prisoner could
testify, who partook of the good cheer with
which the prisoners were liberally supplied at
Christmas and other well known festivals, from
the private parse of the high sheriff.
It was, of course, the duty of the high sheriff
to summon a grand and petit jury to attend at
the quarter sessions, of which the recorder,
mayor, and aldermen of the borough composed
the court. In the performance of his official du
ty in summoning the petit jury, our sheriff in
dulged in some of the Strangeet end drollest
freaks that have probably ever been heard of in
any other town or country. In the first place
he summoned for the October court a jury con
sisting of twelve of the fattest men he could find
in the borough, and when they came to the book
to be sworn, it appeared that only nine jurors
could sit comfortably in the box! After a great
deal of sweating, squeezing and scolding, the
panel was literally jammed into the box, and
when seated they presented to the eye of the
court, the barristers, and the audience, "the
tightest fit" of a jury that was ever seen in a
court room. Literally they became, much to
the astonishment of the court and its robed ad—
vocates, a "packed jury" and no mistake.
For the January term, our facetious high
sheriff (in consequence, it is said, of some hint
from the recorder that, there should be no more
fat panels summoned to his court,) went into
the opposite extreme. He summoned twelve of
the leanest and tallest men ho could find in the
borough; and when they took their seats in the
box, it appeared comparatively empty—there
was indeed room for more of the same sort and
dimensions.
For the April term of the court, our humorous
functionary summoned a jury consisting of
twelve barbers! Now it so happened that
among the latter were the perruquiers who
dressed the recorders' and barrister' wigs, and
some of the latter, arriving late at the bar, had
to appear that morning in court with their wigs
undressed or half-dressed, so as to cut a very
ridiculous figure, amidst the smiles and half
suppressed laughter of the by-standers. The
high sheriff enjoyed the fun amazingly, but
looked as "grave as % j ud ge," while he tried to
keep silence in the court room.
But the crowning joke of this waggish func
tionary occurred at the summoning of his fourth
and last jury, at the summer session of July.
For that term of the court, the high sheriff, not
having the fear of the recorder, the mayor, and
the aldermen, before his eyes, actually sum•
moned a squinting jury. Twelve as queer look
ing bipeds as over took their scats in a jury box
—a jury that was probably more looked at, and
laughed at, than any of the appointed twelve
that ever were sworn, to " well and truly try and
true deliverance make between their sovereign
lord and king and tho prisoner at the bar.
But the scene was So irresistibly droll that
the learned recorder could not maintain his
gravity. The mayor and aldermen followed suit.
The barristers laughed, while their wigs became
bald, powderless; nay, even the poor prisoners
in the dock, who were to be put on their trial,
and some of them undergo transportation, could
not refrain front joining the general cschination
And when the learned recorder commanded the
high sheriff to bring the ouurt-room to order, and
intimated, with a half-suppressed laugh, that the
latter ought. to be ashamed of himself for sum
moning mirk a jury, the drollery of this court
scene was heightened considerably by the quick,
ready, slid sonorous re-paused the high sheriff,
who, looking at the 941110 time at the squinting
jury, exclaimed, " All good and lawful men,
your honor."— ettylish paper.
JOAN D'ARC.
When Horace Walpole wished to amuse his
father by reading a historical work to him, the
aged statesman, "hackneyed in tho ways of
men," exclaimed, " Anything but history ; that
must he false." Dr. Johnson, according to
Boswell, held a somewhat similar opinion ; and
Gibbon, alluding to the fallacies of history, said,
"the spectators of events knew too little, the
actors were too deeply interested, to speak the
real truth." The French heroine affords a re
markable instance, of historic uncertainly. His
torians, ono copying the words of another, as
sert she was burned at Bonen, in 1431 ; while
documentary evidence of the most authentic
character, completely negativing the story of her
being burned, show she was alive, and happily
married, several years after the period alleged
to be that of her execution.
Many of these documents are in the registry
of the city of Mentz, and prove that she
came thither in MG. The magistrates, to make
sure that she was not an impostor, sent for her
brothers, Pierre and Jean, who .at once recog•
nized her. Several entries in the city records
enumerate the presents, with the names of the
donors, that were given to her on the occasion
of her marriage with the Chevalier d'Armoise,
and even the marriage contract between Robert
d'Armoise, Knight, and Jeanne d'Arc, la Nicene
d'Orleans, has been discovered.
The archives of the city of Orleans contain
important evidence oa this subject. In the trea
surer's accounts for 1435, there is an entry of
eleven francs and eight eons paid to messengers
who had brought letters from "Jeanne, la ru
°elle." Under the date of 1436, there is another
entry of twelve livres paid to Jean de Lys, broth
er of "Jeanne, la Pucelle," that he might go
and see her. The King of France ennobled
Jean's family, giving them the appellation of
de Lys, derived from the lieur de lys, on account
of her services to the State; and the entry in
her Orleans records corresponds with and cor
roborates the one in the registry of Mentz, which
states that the magistrates of the latter city sent
for her brothers to identify her. These totally
independent sources of evidence confirm each
other in a still more remarkable manner. In tho
treasurer's tlQUOlitlttl 01 Orleans for the year
.1436, there are various sums expended for wine,
banquets, and public rejoiciugs, on the occasion
of Robert d'Armoise and Jeanne, his wife, visit
ing that city. Also a memorandum that the
council, after mature deliberation, had presented
to Jeanne d'Armoise the cam of two hundred
and ten livres, for the services rendered by her
during the siege of the said city of Orleans.
There are several other documents, of equally
unquestionable authority, confirming those al
ready quoted here ; and the only answer Mute
to them by persons who insist that Joan was
burned is, that they are utterly unexplainable.
It has been urged, however, that Dame d'Ar
moiso was an impostor; but if she were, why
did the brothers of the real Joan recognise and
identify her? Admitting that they did, for the
purpose of profiting by the fraud, how could the
citizens of Orleans, who knew her so well, and
fought side by aide with her during the memor
able siege, allow themselves to be so grossly de
ceived? The idea that Joan was not burned,
but another criminal substituted for her, was so
prevalent at the period, that there are accounts
of several impostors who assumed to be her, and
of their detection and punishment; but we never
hear of tho Dame d'Armoise having been
punished.
In fine, there aro many more arguments in
favor of the opinion that Joan was not burned,
which need not be entered into here. The
French antiquaries, best qualified to form a cor
rect opinion on the subject, belieVo that she Wes
not burned, but kept in prison until after the
Duke of Bedford's death, in 1435, and then
liberated; and so we may leave the question—a
very pretty puzzle as it stands.
A RAINY SUNDAY.
People find it easy to Ca.ollBo themselves from
church-going on stormy Sundays, but they are
generally the chief sufferers for their effemina
cy. The hours hoof heavy—spirits are de
pressed, and the temper is often uncommonly
peevish, from a secret feeling of shame and neg
lect of duty. The Portland Transcript has some
pertinent reflections on this subject;
"A rainy Sunday is the worlding's holding.
When he is awakened in the morning by the
drops pattering upon the roof or window-pane,
he nestles more comfortably in his bed, and con
gratulates himself because he may take another
nap, Ile rises at a late hour and comes down
with a headache which, somehow, a strong cup
of coffee doesn't dispel. Then he casts about
for employment, for, of course, he is not going
to church in the rain ! Ho might muddy his
boots, or spoil his belwer—silk hat, we mean!
Perhaps he takes up the last novel ; but, if be
is a business man, it is more probable that he
will look over some old accounts, even going to
the store—in spite of the rain !—to do so.
di For our part we like a stormy Sunday for
church• going better than a fair one. We al
ways liked to go to school on rainy days, be—
cause then there were fewer scholars, and we
got more of the master's attention. Then, 10 0,
he became familiar, put by his stern demeanor,
and drawing the faithful few around him, LOU
us tales, or explained the difficult lessons. There
was a cosiness about the school room on molt
days that we liked.
6 4 So on rainy Sundays we go to church, be
cause then we can get a large part of the ser
mon. When the house is full, and the butter
flies of fashion are fluttering in the pews, and
rank is there with haughty bead, somehow we
never get any good from the preacher. We feel
overlooked in the bustling crowd, and are dis
turbed by the wandering glances and loud whisr.