TGRnS or XII M TIRMS-TWO DOLLARS per uiu. , 1 M If ot paid within tli ;w. , . N paper discontinued nnUlall itrMnMvi(U(. ; s. . ,r, ,,,, , These terms will b etriotly adhered to hereafter. If tubfwrlbert neglect or refuse to tak their M papers from the office to whloh they an dlreot ed, they se twontible until they hav settled la bill and ordered them discontinued. . - Postmaster will til mum net M enr Agent, and frank letter! eoctnlnlng tnhenrrpMna none. They jtrt permitted to do thi under the Pott Office Law. JOB FBINII1TO. ' .yVeharaeonneotod with our atablishinenl BW11 looted JOS OFFICE, which will naM m to xeooto, In th neatest Style, , every variety of : Printing , ; . i-BUSIJTESS CARDS. ,a0BlJUI . : BMOBr.WOLYBUMO.. . i HILL& WOLVEBTOW, ttorti-ya and Counselors at I.rov. w1 mi. .t(j juiiiHAft of all klnde of ' .olaint, including Bk Pay, Bounty and I Pen- L. H- KASE, ATTOBSBV Ar.tAW, Two (loon oast of Friling'l atore.-Market Square, , iSUNBURY, PENN'A..' 'Business promptly attended to In Northumberland and adjoining counties. . la also duly authorised and 0iceied Claim Agent for the collection of Bounties, j.Equaliiation Uouutiot, Poneion, and all manner of olaiiua against the Government. ; Bunbury, Sept. 15, 1866. : ATTOHNBT AT r.A.'W, Morth Bid of Publio Sqnare. adjoining residence of j tieo. mil, iisq., SUNBURY, PENN'A. Colleotlona and all ProfossionRl business promptly i . attr-ndml to In the Court of Northumberland and , adjoining Countiea. Bunbury, Sept. 15, 1856. " JACOB SHIPMAN, " . FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AQ'JSNT SUNBURY PENN'A. REl'RKSEflTS -Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., York Pa., jumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co., ew York Mutual Life.Oirard Life of Pbil'fc. A Hart ord Conn. General Aocidonts. fSunbury, April 7, ly. Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR L)onicropatl)tc Ijjjstctau. JraJuato of the Homceopatbto Medical College of Pennsylvania. Office, Market Square opposite the Court House , SUXBURY, PA. March 31, 1866; SUNBURY BUILD INQ LOTS IN J. W. CAKK'S Addition to the Borough of Sunbury, for Sale on reasonable terms. Apply io -LT. it. ii. ah b una, B0L. BKOSIOUS, Sunbury, Pa. Or P. W. SHEAFER, Pottavillo, Pa. Nov. 24, 1806. AMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH Corner Market St Fawn Streut, SUNBURY, Pa. S. BYERLY, PitontiETOR, Photograph, Ambrotypea and Melainotypee taken in the best style ot the art. apt. I, ly J. R. HILBUSH SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER AND JUSTICE OF T1IE PEA CE. 3Tti)ioMf, KortTiumbo'hmi County, Venn'a V(Sce in Jackson township. Engagement can J be made by letter, directed to me above address. All business entrusted to hia care, will be promptly attended to. April 22, 1866. ly Wm.M. Rockefeller. Lloyd T. UohhdaJu. ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH. IJ.MIUKV, lMJ.X.Vl. OPF1CK the samo that has been heretofore occu pied by Wm. M. Rockefeller, Eh., nearly op- public me rcdiucnce oi j uuge orauu. Sunbury, July 1, 1S65. ly II. II. IMASNlZIt, A ttornev a Ijhv. SUNBURY, PA. 1 Collections attended to in the counties of Nor thumberland, Union, fcnydor, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. RKFERKNCES. Jlon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia, A. O. Oattell A Co., Hon. Win. A. Porter, " Morton McMichael, Esq., ,t-;. Kvtchum A Co., 26V Pearl Street, New York, John W. Ashmcad, Attorney at Law, " . Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, " Sunbury, March 29, 1802. T-J nT 33 Y"T n jjoi ii. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER in every variety ot ANTHRACITE COAL, Upper Wharf, BUNBURY, Fenn'a. $H)rdera solicited and filled with promptness and RspulCBu Sunbury, May 12, 1866. y 33. a. qobiit, ttorney and Counitellor at Law, BOONVILLE, CCOPEtt CO , MISSOURI. WILL pay taxes on lands in any part of the State. Buy and sell real Estate, aud all other latter entrusted to him will receive prompt atten- lon. July 8, 1865 ootlS, '61. IIt. i:. I. LI MLLY, HYSICIAN AND SURGEON NORTHUMBERLAND, FA. DR. LUMLEY has opened an office in Northam- trland, and offers hi. servioes to the people of that lace and the adjoining townships. Omee next door ' Mr. Soott'a Shoe Store, where be ean found at all jura. Northumberland August 19,1865. 10UR & FEED STORE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. THE subscriber respectfully informs the publio . that he keeps eouaUntly on hand at his new AREUUUSE, near the Shamokin Valley Railroad ipot, ia SUNBURY, Flour by the barrel and sacks all kinds of Feed by the ton the above ia all manufactured at bis own Mills, 1 will De sold at tbe lowest easn prices. J M. CADWALLADER. sunbury, April 1, 1866. JEREMIAH SNYDER, attorney &. Counsellor ut Ijiw, SUrVllL'IlY, PA. jr-IHatrict Attorney Tor IN'orllium- rland County. unbury, March 81, 1866 If torney and Counsellor at Law, j en south lid of Market street, four doors west oi i.y tter a fcture, . SXJITBXT-;"3T . X , Will attend promptly to all professional botines ntruated to hia are, the eollection of claim Northumberland and the adjoining counties, lianbury,- April 7, 1866. ).i1.lA AW A TJ,1 ti 1 fll" market Btreet, aoor juaatoi iwa d,., IUNBUHY. PENN'A . II. All Jobbluff promptly at i.ntl to- , , . , r '. Sunbury, Jan ,I8I. I OAL! COAL!! COAL!!! rut-VIST- OB BROTBBW. .iDuers At Mliolettale sV Hetall Ialers in V II1TK t WtKt AMU OAL, ' ' 1n avrv varietT. tola A genU, westward, f Celebrstod Henry i Coal. Low Wr, Bomt'itr, P. utibory, Jan. 13, 116. IB PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY NEW SERIES, VOL. 3, NO. J ACOB O. BEO Kl MERCHANT TAILOR,' ' ' ' . : And Dealer la CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, Ac. Futv n atrcet, ftoitth of Wearer' Hotel, STT NTJB BY, I A. March 81, 1866; ' GEO. C. WELKER & SON, FIBS ft LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY, Offic, Market Street, 6UNBURY, PA; Risks Uken in First Class Stock and Mutual Compa nies. Capital Represented 14,000,000. Sunbary, May 12, 1866. y W. J. W0LVERT0N, ATTORNEY AT LAM', East end of Pleasant' Building, Up Stairs, SUNBURY, PENN'A. All professional business In this and adjoining coun ties promptly attended to. Sunbury, n ovemoer j i , isoo. iy Pensions Increased. The late Act of Congress give additional pay to the. following Pensions, via : 1st. To those who have lost the eight of both eyca, or both hands, or totally disabled so at.to require con- stent attendance, thaaumof t2o 00 per month. Zd To those who nave lost bolu Icet, or are totally disabled in the same so as to require constant attend ance, the sum of (20 00. I 3d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot, or are so disabled as to render them nnablo to per form manual labor $15 00 per. month, and other oases in proportion. ine subscriber is duly prepared lor me immediate procurement of these claims. o. u. uviuv, ait y ac naw. Sunbury, June 16, 1866. THE following persona are entitled to receive an inoroase of Bounty under the Act of Congress passed July 1866, to equalise Bountiea. 1st All soldiers who enlisted after the 19th dayef April, 1861, for 3 years, and served their time of enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and have received or are entitled to reoeiva a Bounty of $100, are entitled an additional Bounty of 100. 2d All such soldiers who enlisted for 3 years, and have been honorably discharged on account of wounds received in the line of duty, are entitled to an additional Bounty of glOO. 3d The Widow, Minor Children, or Parenta of auoh soldiers who died in the service of wounds or disease, are entitled to an additional Bounty of ttlOO. Bv annllcation to S. P. WOLVERTON. Em., of Sunbuhv, Pennsylvania, who is an authorised Claim Agent, all sucn claims can bo speedily collected. tunbury, August 4, laoii. u IQUALIZATION OP BOUNTIES. Attorney at Law, Nanbnry, Pn, IS duly authorized and Licensed by the Govern ment to collect all Military Claims airainst tho United States. Bounty monev due soldiers under the into Equalisation Act of Congress, and all mili tary claims against tha Stuto, due soldiers of 1812, for Pensions und Gratuity. Claims due soldiers of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps from enlistment to the date of muster, promptly collocted. cunbury, August 4, Iboo. Ilounlieaj Collected. G. W. IIAUPT. Attornev at Law. Sunburv. Pa offers his professional services for the collection of bounties due to soldiers under tha late Equalization Aet passod by Congress. As an authorized claim agent ho will promptly collect all Bountiea, Pensions and Gratuities duo to soldiers of tho lato war, or the warotisiz. Sunbury, August 18, 1866, Sheet Iron and Stove Market Street, near Engol'a Store, SUNBURY. PA. AN immense stock of every kind of Tin Ware, and Sheet Iron Ware of all descriptions. STOVES, COOK, OFFICE and PARLOR STOVES of the best Brands which are unsurpassed for beauty of finish. simplicity of arrangement, oombining cheapness and durability and each stove warranted to perform what they are rcpruscnica. Coal Oil, Coal Oil Lamps, Lanterns, hades, Chimnvs, and all articles usually kept in an establishment of this kind. COPPER, BRASS and IRON KETTLES, of all Sizes. FRUIT JARS and CANS of the latest improved stylus. lie is also prepared to ao an Kinas oi spouung ana RooGng. Range and Furnace Work. Repairing, cheaply and neatly executed. BEN. ZETELMOYER. 6unbnry, July 7, 1866 ly BOUNTY FOR SOLDIERS. I HAVE made arrangements in Washington City, for the prompt eollection of Bounty under the late Act of Congress. I have also reoeived the pro per blanks to prepare the olaims. Soldiers entitled to this Bounty should apply immediately, as it is es timated that it will require three years to adjust all the claima. All soldiers who enlisted for three years and who have not received more than $100 bounty are entitled to the benefits of this Act, as well as soldiers who have enlisted for three years and discharged after a aervioe of two years, by reason of wounds received, disease contracted in line of duty, or re-enlistment. LLVXU 1. JIUUKUAIU. Sunbury, August 18, 1860. MUSGR0VE & SHAFER, Wholesale Dealers in FLOUR & FEED, Manfaoturers of CANDIES, BREAD, CAKES, &c, Three Doors East of P. A E. R. R. Depot, Front St., NORTHUMBERLAND, PENN'A. The Baker Wagon will run daily to Sunbury and Selina'Greve, to serve customer!. Orders solicited. Northumberland, Nov. 17, loott. ly Support Home Industry Hats f Eurr Description! A FULL ASSORTMENT Just truu by SAMUEL, FAUST, Two doors west of Bennett' Drug Btore, Market it. "I ALL and examine th large assortment of th j latest New York and Philadelphia style of ltlsmark, Warwick, Tudor, Half-Dress, Resort, Planter, Half-Planter, Driving, DUK, yuaxer ana uriua BOY'S HATS and CAPS of every style and variety. These styles of Hats which for beauty and du rabilitv cannot be axoelled. Being a practical Hat- tor, be Batter himself that hia stock hat been select ed with more care man any ever oeior Drougnt io this Dlaeu. He also saaauiaeuires ia oraer an auras oi son Fur Hats, all of which will b told at wholesale and retail, at reasonable rates. Dyeing done at short noue and at th lowest rates. Bunnury, nov. , jooo. NEW HARDWARE AND IE0N STORE. mlllt uhseriber havinc owned In SUNBURY, I Pa., anew lares, and well assorted stock of all kiuds of HARDWARE. CUTLER Y.COACU WARE SADDLERY, SHOE FINDINGS, IRON, NAILS, Aa.. lam in at lowest new I or a ana cwera prices hion the will be ol eased to tell Jbr Cash at th 1 mvmI KuiM mieas. - . . . . . . ! 1- 1 - Intending to So Ousioes in ui nooew tviuoiym tftw.ll profit and quick sale tor t,a.n. Sunbury, June 16, 1866. 1 16. P 0 E T I C A L. WHEN MY" HAIR IS GRAY. i 0, lot mo smooth this silken shred, ' ' , ' And listen whatmy heart must say ; 'Ti only one this silvery thread, Of brown eurla hurrying to grow gray. Alas! with eyes of wistful ruth; ' I must recall soino coming day. The graoe and glory of my youth ; Who'll lov me when my nalr is gray T Who'll !ovo mo when my hair la gray T Who'll call me "aweet" when I am old T Will sonny children round me play, With cherub checks and curia Of gold ? Oh, may I then renew my spring, ' In maiden graco, in manly form, Whilo to my cold Hps oome and cling Sweet childish kisses, wild and warm ? May know the whilo my pulBe grows loss, In bounteous life 'tis bounding on And mnk life fair when I am gone ? Or, left the remnant of my raco, Shall I behold my sinking sun, And, gating toward the unknown lands, Thank God my day is almost done? Then while I pray with lifted hands, And, counting, sigh in the soul to sail Awhile, to seek the sunny coast, Where I may find the love I've missed, The joy I would have treasured most. Who'll love m when my hair Is gray ? Ah ! well I know that there ia one Whose eyes will see me fair and gay When faint and slow ray life-sauds run ; Ho'll ace round my faded browa, From whence the morning flowers are flung, The nimbus of eternal youth, And lovea aa if I atill wore young. LAW, An upper mill and lowor mill Fell out about their water ; To war they went that is, to law, Resolved to give no quarter. A lawyer was by each engaged, And hotly they contended, When fees grew slack, the war they waged They judged were bettor ended. The heavy costs remaining still, Were settled without bother ; One lawyer took the upper mill, The lowor mill the other. TALES & SKETCHES. XOO .TllXII OI' A. OiOOI XIII.Aii. BY CLAIIA AUOfSTA. There is one thing ia which I think nove lists nuike a great mistake. If they particu larly desire to enlist the sympathies of their readers for their hero or heroine, tuey repre sent liitn or her alone in the world, destitute of.rclativcs or friends, with no ur.cle or aunt, or even a country cousin to fall back upon. Now to my mind, such a situation is the anno of this. Everybody who reads this w ill call mo a brute ; but I wish before he judges rr.c, he wait until he is tho youngest of sixteen children ; born of a mother who was afflicted with twelvo brothers and sisters, and eon of a father who has ten sisters living. This is ray situation tho situation of James Crown, of Brownsville. I caunot remember tho time when my relatives were not a source of trouble- to inc. All through my childhood I was afflicted with aunts. They wanted to kiss me; aud though I never objected to being kissed by the ladies in general, I objected to this monopoly of aunts. And, besides, all of my aunts but one took snuff; and sho smoked. As I grew older, my uncles became my trial. They wanted me to do chores. They were all settled near my father's residence most of them farmers ; if tho sheep got in the field, or the horses jumped out of the pasture, or tho cat eat up the chickens, Jim was called to attend to tlio matter, it tne Greatest wonder in the world that I did not run my feet off before I reached the age of young manhood. When I reached the period of being tor tured with the tie of my cravats, and ago nized about the glossiness of my dickies, then my cousins cnn:e down upon me with their wunts. If they wanted to go to a coucert, or singing tchool, or lecture, or dunce, why thero was cousin Jim. Of course cousin Jim would be delighted to go. Ant, cousin Jim would go ; and they would flirt with some other fellows, who were not cousins, all the evening ; ana likely enougu to cet to sleep coin" home, and leave cousin mi the pleasure ot whistling to the moon tor amusement. When I was about twouty. my father re moved to Boston. Twelve of my brothers school ; aud only Ellen and myself were at home. I was deliahted with tho change. We should be relieved from our relatives. Most of them were thoughtful of their money, and would not be likely to spend fifteen or twenty dollars in values us. I began to make myseit into a gentleman. I patronized the barber and bit unguents aud cultivated a moustache, which was my beau ideal of perfection. I wore bright col orcd neckties, and sported a cold watch, and invested three dollars in a rattan, and six dollars ia a beaver, which always gave me the headache, and mado me look precisely hko an inverted cancilo mould, liut no matter for that, so long as I was fashion able. I made tho acquaintance of several charm ing young ladies, among whom was miss Flora Van Voorliits, the belle of the street on which we lived. Flora was a beauty and one of the most fastidious creatures in the world. Nothing was quite good and elegant enough for her. She would not nave breathed the common air If she could conveniently have dispensed with it; and if the soles of ber dainty boots touched the soil of mother earth, it affected Flory's nerves to badly that she had a beudache for hours afterward. I was raised to the seventh heaven and lemon colored kids by ber preference ; and every night I devoutly prayed that some of my relative would appear and nip the whole thing in the bud. Dive months rolled away, and 1 began to feel at ease. None of them bad troublod ue, and we bad not beard from them in any way. I indulged the hope that they had forgotten us. Bo, I thiuk, did my mother, who had become quite genteel, and had formed some vert genteel acquaintances, One morning when Mr. &L Michael and Mrs. Loery, two of our most distinguished acquaintances, were in the parlor with my mother, one of the railway hacks (topped at our Iront door. I tut myself growing cold as a peeled frag. From the hack there issued three bandboxes, two trunks, a butter box, a bandied basket, a bnndle in a brow Caper, an umbrella, and lastly a green poke onnet, beneath which I distinguished the little wizened face of my father'a oldest sister Aunt Bally Nutter. The very black aheep or the whole nock or relative! ' "Bring 'em all right into the entry," she called, ia stentorian voice, "I'm to bum II. B. MASSER & CO.; SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY here. This Is brother Jason's house. Lai Jason's got up in this world sense he used to peddle lobsters I It was a lucky thing for him when he went to making pills, and f;ot doctor hitched on beforo his name I I xpict Martha's so big yon can't tech her with a ten foot polo. But law 1 she needn't try to put on extras with me I ' I know em all, root and branch 1 egg and bird 1 and she burst into the room, carrying her basket and bandboxes. The blinds were drawn, and Aunt Sally's foot struck against an ottoman, which brought her down, basket bundles and all to the floor. Tho cover of the basket flew open out rolled seven dozen of eggs most of which were smashed by the fall, but some were in a good stato of preservation. "Consatn it I" cried aunt Sally, struggling from tho ruins, "there goes seven dozen of eggs ! And I brung 'em here to git thirty cents a dozen ; they hain't but fifteen at Brownsville 1 What on airth do you havo your house so dark for I Anybody sick, or dead, or gwino to be f It smells mouldy here 1 Do open a winder, so I can sco an inch before my nose !" My mother, red nnd discomposed, threw fpen a blind. Aunt Sally rushed up to her. "Why, Martha, how tickled lam to see you I You look as natural as life, only it seems to mo you begin to show your ago 1 Wall, taint to bo wondered at 1 A woman that's brung up so many children as you have, when she gets to be fifty year old, will naturally begin to look old I And here's Jim, I declare 1 why how you're growd 1 But I must say you hain't growd handsome 1 The Brown family hain't apt to. He's a going to be the express image of his gran ther hain't he, Martha. Jest the same drop to his tinder jaw ! But who's these ere people here f Some of your city friends, I reckon f " Mrs. Leory lifted her eyo glass, and sur veyed aunt Sally with an ill concealed con tempt. "Ho! hoi I reckon you're nigh sighted, marm ; thought so the minit I seed your eyes. Eyes that is kinder' faded out, and reddish like yourn, is opt to be weak. Ever tried rose leaves steeped in milk ?" Mrs. Leory arose, and drew her ekitt around her. Her face was ns red as her eyes. She spoke very pointedly. "I think I will be a going. Mrs. Brown, you have other company vastly more amu sing.'1 My poor mother stammered out some thing, and followed tho ladies into the hall. Aunt Sally brought up the rear, crying out : "ion d better iio something lor your eyes rite off! They look dreadfully 1 I can sec clean here 1" My mother drew my aunt back. "I will show you "up stairs now, if you please," said she. "Oh no I I don't kcer about seeing your ouse just yet. There'll be time enough for that; for if I like Boston, I kalkerlate to stay four or five weeks 1 I'm tired now; them pesky kcers has canamost shook me all to pieces. And then your roads hero arc so rocky, I got all jounced up I If I lived here, d have all tuu rocks picked out ot the roads if I had to do it myself." I seized my hat nnd lilt the house. 1 was too much esciled to stay in aunt Sally's so ciety any longer at present. Anything was better than staying at home with her. 1 rushed clown the tirst little street that offered : but my course was soon stopped by crowd, among which the star of the po liceman shone conspicuous. 'I say I didn't do it 1" Cried a somewhat ftuniliar voice, pitched on nn extremely high key. ' I II tell you 1 tlicln t tech it ; ana n you don't let me alone, 1 11 knock you down by hokey 1 Hallow ! there's my cousin Jim 1 He knows me, and he'll tell you that I'm jest as honest a feller as the day is long I" j I shuddered, ilero was another oi my relatives ; and at a little distance I recog- rnized tho glossy tile of Dick Van Voorhics, Flora s brother. "I say Jim 1" cricthny cousin, Tom Brown, flourishing his arms at me, "come here this minit, and tell this man I hain't a pick pocket I 1 say, Jim I" "I don't know you 1" stammered I ; ond taking a step backward, I stumbled over the stand of a candy and apple-woman, upset ting the whole concern, aud myself besides. The woman was angry, as she had a right to be ; and she called me some very hard names a very strong hrogue, auu hit me two severe blows with a long handled, two quart noggin I I scrambled to mv leet ana ilea, Hearing as I went, the flattering remark from a by stander: "Ho looks rooro like a pickpocket than tothcr onel Should'nt wonder if he was the one 1 He's got a real hang-dog expres sion I" I nlunecd into the first cross-street that offered, and came upon George Seaward, a young sprig of the aristocrucy, with whom I had an acquaintance. He gave me a segar, and wo walked up the street together, smok ing, and making remarks on tho ladies we met. A coal cart came rattling along, and a rusty voice sung out. "liallol it there bain t cousin Jim iirown: Jim, I say, look up here and see Sam Smith, won't you? Shake hands with a teller, ao;-' and he extended toward me a paw which. for size, would have fitted a Hercules, and, for color, an Ethopian. 1 mado a dodge into the uack yara or a house, the inmates of which set a dog on me, and inspired by the stimulus ot ins bark, I managed to escape luto anoincr yaru, by climing over the fence, and leaving my hat and coat tails behind mo as a souvenir! In my mad flight through yard No. 2 I nearly overturned a young woman who was hanging clothes on a line, l opened my mouth to apologize, but sho seized me by the arm with an exclamation of delight "Why, Jim Brown, I declare I don't you know me? Me, your cousm Nelly?" I broke from ber ; and no grass grew un der my feet until 1 was sale in my own eliam ber. I auuk down completely exhausted, wondering if the entire population of Boston consisted ot my relatioua. Suddenly, I remembered that I waa going to the theatre that night with Flora. I must put my hair in papers, and perlume my moustache. At dinner. Aunt Sally eyed me curiously, and asked me what I'd got my hair rolled up tor. She guessed there was going to be a quilting somewbores, she said. My moth er, unfortunately, informed ber that I was going to the theatre. From that moment my doom waa sealed. That waa tha very place, of all others. that aunt Sally wanted to visit And she "could go with me jest at well at not, if not, more to," the said complacently. I dressed myself, when the time came, and berried out a side-door, determined to baffle aunt Sally ; but tha old lady waa too sharp for ue, There she sat, composedly, J3L-LYJLJLJ JLJLVO-IA o ;2,.1867. . OLD ou one of the stone lions that flanked the gateway, dressed in a flounced, piuk calico and a yellow bonnet, waiting for me. . "I'm all ready," she remarked, jumping up; "and I've took my work-bag along, with some crackers in it. If it holds in till after nine o'clock, we shall want a lunchin." . We stepped into tho street. Tho people starod at us. I felt as red as a full blown Foppy. My face streamed with perspiration, could not endure it; it was no uso. Polite ness I ignored in this case. I took advan tages of the old lady's rapt gaze at tho win dow of a print shop, to bolt down a by street ; and in a few moments I was in the presence of my divine Flora. Wo walked leisurely to the theatre ; I at my ease for I knew the old lady never could find her way, unassisted, to the theatre. Judge, then, of my horror, when on reach ing that place of amusement, the first spec tacle that greeted my eyes was aunt Sally, standing in tho door, her work-bag on her arm, ber voice raised to its highest tension, aud her right hand gesticulating to the crowd she had gathered around her. "Ho went out of sight jest like a flash I" eIio was saying, "and I gave a little boy a ten cent piece to show mo the way here nnd I'm waiting for him to come along. I'm kinder afeared he's got lost, for he was alias rather weak-headed ; but seeing as if he might have asked somebody the way ; he's got a tongue in his head . Hallo 1 there he's now, and the Queen of I tig I and with him, by her ground I Come along, Jim; tho meetin's jest a goin to begin 1 They're, a tooting on tho bass-viol now I Where on airth did you go to so quick Is that your gal ?'' Indignation and dismay held mo silent Flora's face was like a blush-rose. The crowd, by a great effort, restrained them selves from cheering llie old lady ; but it was very evident to mo that they would not long exercise any such forbearance. "Jim," said my ancient relative, in a con-1 fidential whisper, loud enough to be heard by tho whole assembly, "you've got some smut on your tipper lip 1 I seed it before we started, but I did'nt like to say nothing. You'd better wipe it off; it looks dreadful ly !" The crowd fairly ronred. Smut, indeed ! my cherished moustache, that I had scented aud oiled, nnd admired for three long months 1 If the old had been a man, I should have challenged her on tho spot. With a desperate effort I addressed Flora. "Flora; my dear, we will go in, and not pay any regard to that insane old woman." Flora turned toward mo, au iron deter mination in her blue eye. "Frauk;" she said she always called mo Frank "tell me who that horrid old crea ture is beforo I go another step 1" "Horrid critter 1 I hain't a horrid crit ter!" cried aunt Sully, waving her work-bag. "I'm a decent woman, and htiint got no puiut onto mv lace, as some folks that I know of has. And I'm Jim Brown's own aunt his father's sister, Sally, that married a Nutter ; and I've mended his pinnyfores and trowsers many a time !" Flora listened, and when aunt Sally finish ed, she cast upon roc such a look. "Mr. Brown," she said, quietly, "I havo the honor to wish you a very good evening, with your estimable relative;" and then she took the arm of Fitz Ludlow, and sailed away. I thought I should havo fainted on the spot ; and, perhaps, I should, if I had not felt my sleevo vehemently pulled. I turned and snw a lean-faced man. "Jim," said he, lend your uncle fivo dol lars, do. I've loft my pocket-book at hum!" Good gracious 1 it whs uncle Solomon French I antl behind him was my uncle Bill, and behind him my aunt Mary and cousiu Susan. I dul cot stop to see bow many more there were. I took it for granted that tho whole audience was to be composed of my relatives. I jumped down the steps and fled ot tho top ot my speed. Aunt Sally cried at the extent ot ber lungs. Stop him 1 stop lnm 1 1 11 give a quarter to the man that captivates him 1" Community at largo at once deemed that uiUBt be a thief or a murderer, and they rushed after me at a railway speed. A dozen dogs joined in the chase, making night hi deous with their howling. I was in too much of a hurry to keep a very keen look out for obstacles, and the first thiog I knew, I ran headlong over a lady drawing a baby carnage. Of course she was angry. She seized the baby with one hand, and my shoulder with the other, and began a lecture in language more forcible than polite. I tore myself loose aud renewed my night. But they overtook me. I had committed a crime which people never overlook ; I had abused a woman with a baby so they said. I deserved death on the spot. A couple ot policemen came opportunely. They made little nourish ot authority ana inarched me off to the watch-house. In that interesting school of morals I re mained until tho next morning, when my examination took place, and no ono ap pearing mo, I was discharged. But I would not go homo. Aunt Sally was atill there; perhaps a dozen more ot my relatives, since it never rains out it pours. A blight thought struck mo. I would out the ocean between us. A whaler was ving at one oi tho wharves, wmcii was au vertised to sail that very day. I went down there, entered my name on the book, got a seaman's rig, and presented myself to tho captain for inspection. lie received me with open arms. "Good heavens ! ' cried I. "Yes!" said he. "I am your own cousin David ; and your cousin Daniel, and George, are among the crew, and your aunt 1 eggy it going as far as Florida lor her health." I waited to hear no more. The vessel was iust auttino off. but I could ewitn. Yet, thank heaven, I could swim I And without bo much as saying good-bye, I dashed into the water, and struggled to the shore, to be met by aunt bally, wuo exciauneu : "Better go right home, Jimmy, and change your stockings. Wet feet is dreadful apt to bring on the rlieumatiz. Don't miudhiin, captuin 1" yelled she after the receding vet- acl, "he was auert a luue weuit m tuo upper ttory 1" I broke from aunt Sally went to a hotel dried my clothing got into a railway car went to Philadelphia, and enlisted in the army. My captain it my uncle Saul, and I have three cousins in my company, and Ave more in another regimout witu whkh ours it brigaded. Did ever a poor fellow have such luck! If I tboutd ever be found, tome fine morn ing, at the end of a rope, it will be the fault of my relative. ' " ' Tha English people are great cheete eat era, the consumption of that article annually in Great Britain bciogosi.sau.wv. , 'i , -,y.. !) "i . '.''; .( ' SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 1G. M'lie Know Storm. It wot a dark December bight, wild and stormy. Ever sinco mid-day the storm bad fallen w'ith unwearying perseverance, and now lay deep on the ground. I had been detained at my office later than usual, and bad to cross a dreary moor for some two miles, to reach my homo, I confess I felt chilled at the prospect of such a walk in such a storm ; but wrapped my plaid around me, and staff in hand, I set forward, thinking of the bright little home I should soon reach, and the dear ones who were waiting my re turn with a loving welcome. Soon I left tho busy town, and its many lights, behind mo, and stepped out into the dismal moor. Tho snow lay much deeper here on the untrodden foot-path, and seemed to fall inoro heavily than before so thick and blinding, that I found myself perpetually straying from the proper roadway, and with difficulty retraced my steps; the cold felt keener also, and a sharp caBt wind had risen. At times I grew almost breathless with tho struggle, and had to pauso for gathering strength ere I laced 1 tho storm once more. At length I rejoiced to sco the guiding post, which was placed where three roads met and against which I was thankful to lean for a few seconds, until I had recovered breath. I was just on the point of starting off afresh, when a faint sound of a human voice caught my car. Startled, I listened, but all was still. I shad ed my eye with my hand, and stared anx iously into the surrounding darkness; but naught could I discern beyond a wilderness of snow, and I was just concluding my im agination had deceived me when again the same murmur came floating through the nir. Feeling that, with the guide-post so near, I could scarcely lose my way, I hastened forward In tho direction of the sound, and soon distinctly heard a child's voice repeat ing the Lord's prayer. It had a strange effect in such a storm at such a place, and my heart beat high when the gentle "Amen" was said. I called out, "Whose voice is that!" but there was no reply. I called again, more loudly than before, and then the timid an swer came, "Johnnie," and a few steps brought me to a boy some eight years old, standing shivering in the snow. "My poor little man," I said, "are you all alone ?" ' "No," ho replied. "Nelly is here ; but she grew so cold and tired I could not get her on, and now she is fast asleep. I felt sleepy, too, but thought I would say my prayers first." And as I stooped down" to the bundle of snow he had indicated as being "Nelly," he whispered softly, "Has Jesus sent you? ' "hurely he has," 1 answered; "had you not said your prayers, Johnnie, you might both havo perished. But how came you here, my boy ?" "We went into towB this morning, to see grandma. It was snowing then," ho said, innocently, "when we left home." "And where is your home ?" I asked,"and who is your father?" "Farmer Huthland," he replied ; "we live at High Farm." "High Farm" happened to lie on the road to my own house, so I told Johnnie we would go homo together. He rejoiced when ho heard my name, and remarked to himself, "How well it was I suid my prayers." I found Nelly, indeed half asleep, wrapped in a heavy cupe, which the devoted little fellow had devested himself of in his endea vor to keep her warm. Nor could I induce him to put it on until ho saw mo raise Ncllv tenderly in my arms and wrapping her in my great piani, gathered her close to my bosom, prepared to curry her. "Now, Johnnie," I said, "you keep hold of the skirt of my coat, and we will soon bo at nigh rami." Tho cold see.ncd to have become more intense, tho falling snow more dense than ever. Manfully tho little fellow kept up to my side, though the snow by this time reached up to bis knees. I tried to cheer him as we trudged along, but I felt the drag upon my coat becouiiug greater, and it was evident hit strength and heart were failing him then a suppressed sob broke from him, and clung more closely to uio as I beut down, trying to soothe aud comfort him. 'You are a brave liltlo man," I taid, "we will soon reach the farm. Thiuk of the bright fire there, the nice warm milk and bread, and mother's loving kiss, all waiting for you." 'I cannot walk further, he sobbed. "Oh, take Nelly home, but let me lie down here. I will say my prayers again, and perhaps Jesus will send some one else to help me." "0, no," I answered cheerily, "I can not leave you behind, Johnnie ; you must make a horse ot uic, ana mount my back, 'lucre you are cow, hold mo fast around tho neck, and whip hard to make me go better." And again I started forward, endeavoring to keep him awake with questions and sallies; but I felt the additional burden in such a storm, waa becoming beyond my already exhausted strength, when suddenly a wavering speck of light shot out of tho darkness, then van ished, then appeared once more, becoming nearer and brighter. I hallooed loudly, and my shout was answered, and Johnnie called out in a faint, and glad voice. "Oh, that's father 1" And happily ao it was; tho poor father becoming alarmed at the lengthened absence ot his children, had started with his two men and a lantern in search of them, and great tears of thankfulness fell from his eves when ho beheld his loved ones. John nie was at mice taken iuto his loving arms and a quarter of an hour's walk brought us to tho lurirj, where the anxious mother re ceived us. Nelly was soon aroused by the warmth and light of the great tire, little or noue tho worse for the night's adventure, but poor Johnnie was badly frostbitten, and it was long lie lore lie recovered. Deep waa the gratitude of the honest couple for the aid I bad afforded their be loved children, who, doubtless overpowered with sleep, would have been hidden in the snow ere their father had reached them, ana must inevitably have perished, but for the prayer which 'Johnnie's trusting, timplo heart had prompted, and had been the means, with God's blcseing, of tny saving them. XUe Jockey I'rcncltutan. A Frenchman io thi country, who was little acquainted with horse jockiea or horse flesh, was grievously taken io by a cheat, in the purchase of a ateed. He gave oae bun ircldollar for a miserable jade of au old mare that hud been fattened up to tell ; and she turned out to be ringbouod, tpavined, i.iinri and wind broken. The Frenchman anno discovered that be bad been used up in the trade, and went to request the Jockey to take back the animal and refund the money. "Sare " taid be. "I ava fetched back de mar horse vat you aell me, and I vant de money in my pocket back." . "Your pocket back," returned the jockey, feigning turprise ; "1 aon'i unuerstana you, .;TEBMI(' OF AOYEltTIWlJ Tha following ar tha rata for advertising In tha Ambricam. Those baring advertising to do will find It convenient for referonoa t I dm I 1 y. 1 Square, .. oolumn, 1 ' i. Mi.ffl.nn fie.no 4. Nl T.Onj 12.00 8,00)16,00 SO. 00 14.00 20.00 85 00 25,00 86,00 80,00 Ten II aet ef thh sited typo (minion) make on square. Auditors', Administrators' and Eueontors' Notice $3,00. (Hiltunriet (exoept the araal announcement which it free,) to be paid fur at advertising rate . Local Noticos, Society Resolutions, Ao-, 10 eeat per line. Advertisements for Rcllgloni, Charitable and Edu cational object, one-half the above ralca. Transient advertisements will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and oharged accordingly . "You tio stand under me," said the French man beginning to gesticulate furiouBly-"you do stand under me Sare, by gar you be von grand rascallo you be like Sam like Sam vat you call de little mountain t" "Sam Hill I suppose jou mean," said the jockey. "Qui Monsieur Sam de Hill yes, sare, you be just like two Sam Hill. You sell me one mare for one hundred dollars and ho no vorth one hundred cents, by gar ?" "Why, what's the matter with the beast?" "Mattairl sacrcl mattair did you say t Vy, he's all mattair he no go at all he got no leg, no feet, do vind, be be blind like one stone mit his eyes, ho no see nobody vid dat eye ho goes v'heeze o-v'heeze-o, like forge hammer bellows he go limp, limp he never go all over the ground he no travel two mile in three day. Oui sare, he is one grand sheet, you muBt take him and fund do money back." "Refund the money ! Oh, no, I could not think of audi a thing." "Vat! You no fund me bark the money ? You sbeat me vid one hundred tlollairc horse dat not go at all." "I never promised you that she would go." "By gar I vat is one horse good for ven he no go I He no better as one dead shackass, by gar t Vill, you, sare, take the mare horse back, and give my money vat I pay for him?" "No, sir, I cannot, 'twas a fair bargain, your eyes were your own market, as we gen tlemen of the turf say." 'Gentlemcu de turf! You be no gentle man at all you be no turf. Mon dieu ! you be ono grand turk, you damn deceptionee. You sbeat your own born muddcr ; you play your rascallo trick on your own gotten fad der ; you have no principtule." "Yes interest is what I go for." "Yes, sare, your interest is no principaile. You be von grand rascailo sheaf tailing to obtain redress lrom the jockey the poor Frenchman sent his "mare horse" to tho auctioneer to be sold. But auctioneer seems to be as great a jockey, for ho took good care that the fees for selling should cat up the price he got for the steed. "By gar," said the Frenchman, when re lating the story, "I bo sheuted all around. Do jocky horse, he sbeat me in trade, and the hauctionccr he sheat mo in dispose of de hamnamailo ; ho sell tho mare horse for ten doliarire, and by gar, he sharzed me eleven dollaire for sell him, Mon Dieu, so I be tako all around in. I lose 'leven aud one hun dred dollairo iu my pocket, clear, for ono sacrc dam limp, limp vheezc vind, not sec at all, good for nothing shape of a mare horse, vorso as nineteen dead shackass, by gar." AGRICULTURAL, &C. ExrEKiMENT with Potatoes. A Chester county correspondent of the Germantowu 7'elajraph states that during tho last season ho cultivated six varieties of potatoes on land of nearly uniform quality and equal m auu rial aid. These varieties embraced the Cusco, Mercer, Monitor, Early Goodrich, Nova Scotia Mercer and Early June. Tho Cuscos, with three hundred pounds of phos phate per acre, produced at the rate of two hundred and sixty-five bubhcls of market able and thirty-two bushels of small ones two hundred and ninety bushels in all. This potato, with phosphate manuie as a fertilizer, is deemed a good one for table use ; but with a free uso of barnyard manure it is rather strong. Forced with this manure, a yield of five hundred bushels per acre is deemed readily attainable. The Mercer yielded only about eighty bushels to tho acre. The Monitors, with the same manage ment as the Cuscos, produced over three hundred bushels per aero of good-sized potatoes, but arc two or three weeks later than the others mentioned. The Early Goodrich produced three hundred and fifty bushels to tho aero ot quite as good a quality as any of the others. The other varieties id not do as well, nor are they regarded with much favor as a potato for table use. The Monitor and Early Goodrich are the favorites with this grower, both at to quali ty, araouut of product aud seasonable ma turity. Tho Mercer brings more in Phila delphia market than any other variety, but the low rate ot production per acre renders it less de&iruble as a farm crop. Cake of the Cows. This is a season of the year when milch cows require more than ordiuary attention. If not properly cared for they will dry up earlier than is necessary, or if the flow of milk still continues tho quantity will be much less than it would bo if proper attention were paid to the charac ter of tho food supplied. Hay, properly cured, is good in its place, but if fed alone, even laviuhly, the results in milk and butter will not be correspondingly increased, ic will be found a paying investment to feed cowa Uoeruliy witu roots, ana cauoage even, as they will pay better in this way than in most others. Slops, variously pre pared, with meal, beans or shorts, are eagerly devoured by cows, greatly to their own satisfaction and to the decided advan tage of tho owner. Properly supplied with food suited to the season, cows will continue to give liberal Eupplies of milk some weeks loogcr than they otherwise would aa, with out any detriment to their productiveness the ensuing season. There is no necessity for a cow to go dry three or four months, and with proper attention to feeding tho period of non production may be considera bly abridged. But in any case, whether giving mux or not, cowa thould not be allowed to get poor and weak as the season for their coming in approachet. They should be kept in good heart not lattenea as tuougu in preparation for tho butcher, that, w hen the maternal pe riod arrives, they way. be able to stand up without propping. liural Arei Yorker. A Protection against Bohkhs. Mr. 1L J. Foster, of Quincy, Mass., infortna us that ho bat an apple orchard which bat keen badly iufested by the borer. 1 wo or three year ago, wuue going over iuo orcuara m the fall, ana removing irom ten to niieeo young borers front most of the trees, be noticed that invariably there were no signs of their work to be discovered wherever a chauce plant of the tomato bad sprung up from teed in toil or manure. Actiug ou this discovery, he has since planted toma toes extensively about his apple trees and quince bushes, and find it a complete pro lection, at the beetle which deposit her egg during the summer moatht upon the bark of the tree near the ground shuns every tree near which a tomato plant ia growing. JV. E. Farmer. , To Csar Hekb phom Sitting. Tie their legs, ao (hat they will b about an inch and a half apart. In two dav the strings can be taken of. My son tried this plan last season with perfect success. So ayt, W. C. Jones, of Hartford, Ohio, in the Prairie Farmer. ti.floit1,Sni,er j,oo ,oo 4,&n ,(HI 10,011 16,00
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