- -7 TKItMS or Alf rJITKlWU' Tba following ara tba rates tot adverttslag la the !S tfJ U . rttM-TWO DOLLAR pet mm 1 it H ot paid wllhla th year. He paper diaoon tinned atil all arrearages are 'paid. ' Thee terms will be strictly aaaered to hereafter. I f nbegriben aeg net or refuse to take taolr neerl papert from the oBvit to which they ara directed, their eo responsible antil they have settled the bUla and Ordered them dieeootinaed.' .,''' Postmasters will please eat as tmt Arsnta, and (rank letter! containing subscription money. They ara eamitted. to da ibia under tha Poet Offiaa J. JOB PBlWtflWO. . W bar aoaneeted With onr eelabllshment A wall t..L ll.Uukl 1- '-' ' " ' " I'll, ; rs j m c." K it AlIMGil 'I ' M AarrM, Those baring advertising to do wiu find It oonranlant for relerouoe I r I Square, $ M j solemn, f 1 ,mv $l',50tlc0i rti.f0 11,00 f 10. OA T.0O) 12,00 3.001 4.W 4.MI 8,00 14.00 24,00 ,no lo.on 1 6, 01) li.OO 20,00 20 OP tb 00 60,00 3,00 Tan llnat of thtt ilaad typ (minion) maka pee Square. - - . . I Auditors', Administrators' and Executors' Notice $3,00. Obituarlea (exoapt tha vinnkannouboemaBt whioh it free,) to ba paid for at advaftiaing rataa Local Notioea, Sooiet He)lutiom, 4 , IP o.pU per Una. Advertiremanta for Rrligioui, Charlubla and Si aational objects, one-half the abnreifttea. Transient adrertiaementt will be published nnlil ordered to be diasontinued, and ehargad accordingly. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY H. B. ..MASSES & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A. eeleotod JD.B OFFICE, whlob will anabla na to oxeouto, In lha neatest (tyl, very variety of Printing . .. rv NEW SERIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2Q. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 18G7. OLD SERIES, VOL 27, NO. 20. ... TT i T ... H ..' I : .fir '1' : J : 1 ' """ ' I Xy'"Tuf LmiinfS iNDtPtNPSNcQ BUSINESS CARDS. aaoRaalhLL, . Bio F. woltkrtoh. HILL & WOLVEBTON, Attorneys and Connnclors at lavr. BTTNBTJRT. FA. w1 rlLL attend to the eolleotlon.of all kinds of claim, including Back Fay, Bounty ana i en apl. 1, OS. ions. j, Xj. H- kase, ATTOH.1EV Af I.A.W, Swo doors east of Friling'a tora, Market Squara, SUNBUBY, PENN'A. f)MnM,prainptly attended to In NorumberUnd -nd adjoining wuntiaa. Is also duly authonaed and t icensed Claim Agent for the gollootion of Bonnties, equalisation Bounties, Pension, and all manner of claims against the Uorerninent. Bunbury, Sept. 1J, 16. J ATTORNEY A.T X.A.W, -Morth Bida of Publle Square, adjoining residence of Geo. Ilill, Esq., SUNBURY, PENN'A. Collections and all Professional business promptly attended to in tha Courts of Northumberland and adjoining Counties. gunbury.Scpt. 15, 1866. J. R. HILBUSH 6USVEY0R AND CONVEYANCER AND ai JUSTICE OF THE PEA CE. Mahonoy, A'orthtimlerlctnd County, Penri'a Office In Jackson township. Engagement can bo made by letter, directed to the above address. All business entrusted to his car, will be promptly attended to. April 22. 1866. ly Wii. M. Rockefeller. Llovd T. Rourbach. ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH. MWimra m uir, 1BIRV, PE1.VI. OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu pied by Win. M. Rockefeller, Esq., nearly op Voiiite the residence of Judge Jordan. Banbury, July 1, 1804. ly I. II. hiahsuic. i 4 tiornrr nt Iaw. SUNBURY, PA. attended to in the oounties of Nor tbumbcrlnnd, Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. REFERENCES. Hon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia, A. U. Cattell A Co., " Hon. Wm.A. Porter, " Morton McMichael, Esq., " E. Ketcham A Co., 28'j Pearl Street, New York. John W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law, " Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, " Bunbury, March 28, 1862. JACOB SHIPMAN, XIBE AND IB INSURANCE AGENT BUNBURY PENN'A. . REPRESENTS fa-mers Mutual Fira Insurance Co., York Pa., jjmberlsnd Valley Mutual Protection Co., -.w York Mutual Life, Girard Life of Phil'.. A liar t ord Coon. General Accidents. Sunbury, April 7, ly. Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR, iQomccopatljtc ftbgsician. iraduato of tha Homceopatbio Medical College of Pennsylvania. Office, Market Squara opposite the Court House BUNBURY, PA. March 31, 1866J SUNBURY BUILDING LOTS J. W. CAKE'S Addition to the Boiouch of Bunbury, for Sale on reasonable terms. APplV to it. n. n . n u nuu, SOL. BROSIOUS, Suubury, Pa. Or P. W. EHEAFER, Pottsville, Pa. Not. 24, 1SC0. AMB20TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. "Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa S. BYERLY, PHopniETon, Photograph, Ambrotypcs and Molainotypea taken in the best style ot tne art. .FLOUR & FEED STORE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. THE subscriber respectfully Informs the publie that he keens constantly on hand at his new V AREIIUl.'SE. near th Shamokin Valley Railroad Depot, in SUNBURY, Flour by the barrel and sacks of all kinds of Feed by the ton The above is all manufactured at his own Mills, and will be sold at the lowest cash prices. ,; J M. CADWALLADER. Bunbury, April 1, 1806. JEREMIAH SNYDER, Attorney 4c 4'uunMfIlor at iavr. Kl.UI KY, FA. OrlMatrict Attorney tor Itortuum JUerIu.ud County. Bunbury, March 81, 1866 If G. "W- 3rI-A-"ET3?T- Attorney antl Coumvellor at Law, Office on south aide af Market street, four doors west of Kf star 's Store, STJNBTJRY, -V. Will attend promptly to all professional business entrusted to bis oare, the collection of claim in Northumberland and the adjoining oounties. Banbury, April 7, 1806. Bricklayer and Builder, - Market Street, 4 doora East of Third St., gTTNBTJBT, PENN'A. N. It. All Jobbing; promptly nt tesatl to. 6unbury, June 2,1866. C0AL1 COAL!! COAL!!! QKANT Ss BROTHER, Shippers) Ac WlioleosUe St Itctuil Dossier In v WHITE & HGU ABU COAI, In every variety. Bote Agents, westward, of the Celebrated Usury DlayCoai. ... Low i a WsMar, Bohsvbt, Pa. Bunbury, Jan. H, 1866. METIS, WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALER iu every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, Upper Wharf. BVaHUBi, renn a. ryOrdors soUoitad and filled with promptness aspatch. Suubury, May II, 1866, f and a. GrOBiasr, attorney and Canns)ellor at BOONVILLE, COOPER CO, MISSOURI. PITILL pay taxes on lands In any part of tha btati. Buy and sell real Estate, and all other attars anurustaa u sum wiu ioomtsj pwui Julyt, 186.tli, '64. ..i nYHIOIAN AND BURGEON NORTHUMBERLAND, PA Tin t nut kv huananad a ofloa la North am rland. and offers hie sarvUee to Ue people of that sc. and the adjoining townsLipa. wmee next ooor Mr. Boott's Shoe btore, where he eaa band at ail KerUiaaibeTlaad Aug- 1,1M o. beck: MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer In . CLOTHS, 3ASSLMERE8, VESTING, &c. Fawn aitreet. nonth of Wearer's) ' Hotel. ... March 81, 1866. ' GEO. a WELKER & SON, riB,I ft. liIPD IN8URANCE AGENCY, Office, Market Street, BUNBURY, PA. Risks taken in First Class Stock and Mutual Compa nies. Capital Represented I4,OVV,UWV. - Bunbary, May 12, 1806. y W. J. W0LVERT0N, ATTORNEY AT LAW, East and of Pleasant ' Building, Up Stairs, SUNBURY, PENN'A. All nrofessional business in this and adjoining ooun ties promptly attended to. Bunbury, Norember 17, 1BOB. ly Pensions Increased. The late Aot of Congress gives additional pay to the following Pensions, via : 1st. To those wbo hare lost the light of both eyes, or both hands, or totally disabled so as to require con stant attendance, the sum of $25 00 per month. 2d To those who have lost both rcol, or are totally disabled in the same so as to require constant attend ance, the sum of $20 00. 3d. To those who have lost one band or on foot, or are so disabled as to render tbem unable toper form manual labor $15 00 per month, and other cases in proportion. Tha subscriber is duly prepared for the immediate procurement of these claims. B. B. BOYER, Atfy at Law. Bunbury, June 16, 1 800. THE following persons ara entitled to receive an inoreasaof Bounty under tho Act of Congress passed July 1866, to equalise Bounties. 1st All soldiers who enlisted after the 19th day of April, 1801, lor 3 years, and sorved their time of enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and have received or are entitled to receive a Bounty of $100, ara 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 tne line oi uuiy, ara euuui'u 10 an additional Bounty of IO. Sd The Widow. Minor Children, or Tarents of such soldiers nho died in the service of wounds or disease, are entitled to an additional Bounty ot gluts. Bv aDolir ation to S. P. WOLVLRTON, Esq.. of Bi'HBURV, Pennsylvnnia, who is an nuthoriicd Claim Ageut, all sucn ciuiuis enn oespecuuy couuuii.--. bunbury, August,, ioou. u EQUALIZATION OP BOUNTIES. Attorney ut I .aw, Nunbiiry, ln. S duly authorised and Licensed by the Govern I ment to collect all Military Claims against the United States. Bounty money due soldiers under tha lata Eaualiintion Aot of Concreis. and all mill tarv claims against the State, duo soldiers of 1812, for Pensions and Gratuity. Claims due soldiers of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps from enlistment to the date of muster, promptly cullcctcd. bunbury, August 4, muOj Ilonnllci. Collected. Q.W.IIAUPT. Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa offers his professional services for the collection cf oounties Uue U) soiuicrs unuur me l.e cijuniizniiuu Act passed by Congress. As an authorized claim agent be will promptly collect all Bounties, Pensions aud Gratuities due to soldiers of the late war, or tho war of 1812. Sunbury, Auguft 18,1806. JN0. KAY CLEMENT, Business in this and adjoining counties carefully and promptly ntttonded to. Office in Market Street, Third door west of Smith A Ueuther's Stove and Tinware store, Ni;iu:itv ik.wa . KLEVENTU A MARKET ST3., PUILAUEL'A. THIS new and elegant House is now open for the reception of guests. It has been fitted up in a manner equal to any in the country. The locution being central makes it a very desirable stopping place, both for Merchants and parties visiting the city. The parlors are spneious. and elegantly furn UhedTbe tables will be supplied with all the deli cacies tire market will atford, and it is the intenlion of the Proprietor to keep in every respect a I irst Itans Hotel. Terms $3 00 per day. CURLIS DAVIS, Proprietor. February 2, 1867 6m Mount Carmel Hotel. MT. CARMEL, Northumberland Co., Fa., THOS. liURKET, Pjioi-rietok. This large eoraii odious Hotel is located near the depots of the Shamokin Valley and the (juakake A New York Railroads. Trains arrive and depart daily. This house is located in tba centre of tha Coal Re gion and afford the best accommodations to travelers and permanent oustouiers. jay S. GIRAUD ZOTJSE.' CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. THIS well known Hotel, situate near the Corner of Ninth A C'besnut Streets, Philadelphia, is, on account of its superior location and excellent accom modations, one oi the best and most desirable stopping places in the city . u. . iv&aAua, rrppriotor. February 16, 1667. Bin IVW-m.nlB.K:9 Sheet Iron and Slove Market Street, near Engcl's 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 unsurpaasea lor oeauty oi uuun. iuirilicitv of arrangement, combining oheapneas aud durability and each stove warranted to perform what iney are represeuivu. Coal OH, Coal Oil Lump, I .(interna, hades, Cbimnya, and all articles usually kept ia an establishment of this kind. COPl'EK, BUAss and feUl Il-fcB, or all ses. FRUIT JARS and CAN'S of the latest improved StylCS. t ' mn 110 18 also preparea 10 uo an aiuu. vi oMjuiiug uiv RooBug. Aange ana t urnaoe n or a. . Repairing, cheaply and neatly executed. 1 BEN ZETELMOYER, Sunbury, July T, 1866. Jy BOUNTY FOR SOLDIERS. I HAVE made arrangements in Washington City, for the prompt sollection of Bounty under the late Aet of Congress. I have also reoeiv ed the pro per blanks to prepare the claims. Soldiers entitled to this Bounty should apply immediately, as it is as, timated that it will require three years to adjust all the claims. All soldiers who enlisted for three years and who have not received more than $100 bounty sr. entitled to tha benefits of this Aot, as well as soldiers wbo have enlisted for three years and discharged after a service of two veers, by reason OI woupus received, disease contracted in una olauty, or re-enustment. LLOYD T. ROHRBACH. Bunbury, August 18, U66. Caeb ! Cams ! ! Cash I ! ! 690,000 wanted ia exchange for all kinds ol Hardware. Irons, Kails, Ac, at the new Hardware Store of J. H. C0NLKY A CO. - Banbury, Jus It, 1866. . .i - ..' CALL and see those beautiful Bird Cages at new Hardware store of J. H C0n.IT A CO. the P 0 E T I C A L. TWO LITTLE PAIRS OF BOOTS. . Two little pain of boots, to-night, Before tha Are ara drying, Two little pairs of tired feet In a trundle bed are lying ; The traoks they left upon the floor, , . . Make ma feel muoh like sighing. Those little boots with oopper toes t They run the livelong day ! . And oft times I almost wish '. ' j That Ibey were miles away ! ' ' Bo tired 1 am to hear so oft Their heavy tramp at play. , They wade about tha new-plowed ground, Where mud in plenty lies, . ' They roll it up in marbles round, Then bake It into pies; And then at night upon tha floor In every shape it dries. To-day I was disposed to soold ; But when 1 look, to-night. At those little boots before the fire, With copper toes so bright, I think how s:ul my heart would ba To put them out of sight. . For in a trunk, up stairs. I've laid Two socks of white and blue;. If called to put those boots away, i O God, what should I do ? j I mourn that there are not to-night Three pairs instead of two. I mourn because I thought how nico My neighbor " 'cross the way," Could keep her carpets, all the year, From getting worn or grey ; Yet well I know she'd smile to own Some little boots to-dny ! We mothers wesry get and worn, Over our load of care ; But how we speak of little ones Let each of us beware, For what could our firesides be to-night, If no little boots were there. MISCELLANEOUS. 'l'lll! UltUAT MAItltliTN I 1AKIS. The four o'clock A. m. bell is like tlie sound of tltc going in tha fairy-piece, which makes a whole world rise out of earth. The Great Markets, relatively quiet tititill that bell sounds, nre the scene of noise, bustle and methodical confusion. It is said it was amid this morning turmoil that Auln-r found the motif of the market chorus in Mussnniel lo. One sees there so many varied spectacles, one hears so many cries, six pair of eyes and several pair of ears would uot suffice to save us from losing something. At first one sees moving about among tho market-gardeners none but greengrocers, purveyors, hawkers, and the like. Soon the cooks of hotels and restaurants appear, and their white costumes forms a strange contrast to the motley dresses on every hand. Then come soldiers of the different regiments chnrged with tho day's marketing; and le jiclita taurt (a Eort of sisters of charity ) begging for their poor,hi re a cabbago, thtire eggs, yonder potatoes or sa lad. In old times gourmett made it a point of duty to come to the Great Markets to pick for themselves the best pieces brought. Urimod de la Reyniero never once tnUsed coming to the Great Markets at their open ing. Ho came wearing his handsofnest dress cout, and his most delicate lace; he was followed by three footmen with im mense baskets. It was G i imod de la Rey niero, who, in describing how thrushes were cooked with gin, was so fur carried away by his enthusiasm as to say, "One would cat one's own father if served up with this sauce." Do you hear that noise t It comes from the middle of the Rue de la Tonnellerie. and is made by three or lour lusty fellows, w ho are hopping, skipping, jumping amid heaps ot verdure, constantly gesticulating ana bawlins at the top of their voices: "All is coir.i' 1 AH w ill disappear 1 I tell ye, here's the beautiful nrticle.bojs! I tell ye.hero be the best ye can uiidl And be spry, lor tiieio isn't enough for everybody J" They arc the tern-dealers. 1 bey couio lrom twenty ti ve or thirty leagues to sell for three bous a bunch, those beautiful denticulated leaves with which greengrocers adorn their t-hop windows. By tho side of the fern-dcalers are the vine-leave dealers. Vine-leaves are used to set off fruit to advantage. These women sort their merchandise into little packets, which nre tied with straw. They get the vine-leaves from the market-garden ers, or lrom some roguisii boy wbo lias been pillaging tho vines. They sell their little packets for four sous, and make some three or four fruncs a day on an average. There are days when they make ten or twelve francs. Do not be astonished ! It is really at the Greut Markets one may gee the Justice of the proverb : "There is no stupid trade." I was sliowu at the Great Markets a dealer in duckweed for birds in caget, who lias made money enough to buy three houses at Montreuil 1 Another profitable trade in the Great Mar kets is that of itiucraut coffee-sellers. There are six of theuu They have u large cylin drical vessel made of sheet iron. It ia pro vided with two cocks. Under the cylinder is a heater, and under the beater is a cup warmer, where cups and spoons are kept; uuder the cup-warmer is a basin of water, where cuch cup and spoon dives after the customer emptiett it, and after each dive the water changes color, becoming darker and darker. This operation is called "washing the cup." The dish of coffee, sugared, costs one sou ; there aro however, uisbes at two sous fur the urittot, for people who wiah to make a alio. I lie whole diUcrenco be tween the coffee at one sou and that at two sous consists in the position of the cock. The one sou cock is ou the right, the two sous cock is on the left. The liquid which issues from both cocks is identical, for if the cylinder has two apertures it has no in terior division. The two cock are for ap pearance sake. Tho sale of coffee is pro digious. Hundreds of amateurs may be seen around the coffee woman waiting their turn to be served, and she can scarcely ever be seen w ithout a large knot of couee-drink- ers around her. tortuuately, thia liquid is absolutely without danger, for it contains no exciting principles. Between you and me, good reader, this coffee is a very distant relation of its houionyme of Bourbon and Martinique. The best "grounds" used have been used several times before they come to the Great Markets. These coffee-women buy the "grounds" from petty cafes, who themselves bought the "grounds" from large cafes. Those who ecjoy, without spending ranch more money, a little more substantial aliment, apply to the soup-woman. They bring their cup of soup to the Great Mar kets in basket which bold 80 at a time. Each of these soup-women tells on an ave rage IS or 20 baaketa a morning. Ons . of them disposes of. 1000 cup a day. She la the aristocrat of tha business. Bhe employ a lad to do nothing but wipy tha poona. Let ut paose for a moment ia tha fish de part ment. To hear an auctioneer in the Great Markets is a pleasure ope ought to enjoy at least once in a lifetime. To under stand what he says is a feat beyond the reach of mortal man. The astutest people guess at it. It la an abrupt continuous hum, amid which numeral burst like the explo sion of artillery or tho rattle of musketry. When there is an auction going on at each of the eight stands at the same time, tho spectator at a distance thinks he hear im mense watchmen's rattles, agitated by con vulsive hands. While this uproar is taking place at each stand, a descantcr puts both hands to his mouth to form a speaking trumpet, and bawls the new fishes he spreads on the bench. Reside the eight stand for sea-fishes, whero the sales annually amount to $2,000,000, there ia one reserved for fresh water fishes, which sells about $200,000 worth of fishes a year. We mny regard as a portion of this market the retail sale of small Seine fishes, driven by fishermen's wives on one of the outside sidewalks. It is not far from the fish-market to tho butter-market. Wo meet, at its entrance, the egg-dealers. It is not often a farmer raises so many chickens as to warrant him sending them directly to market. The greater part of the eggs brought to Paris, consequen tly, come through tho egg-dealers. They go from farm to farm, and from rural market to market, picking up a dozen hero and a doz en there, and sending them up to Paris in large quantities. Eggs are sold at private sale. When buyer and idler come to term they send for the viewer, who is the only judge who can officially attest the quality of tho eggs. There are sixty egg-viewers in the Great Markets. Their business is divided into three successive operations: counting, running through the ring, and viewing. Counting consist in verifying the alleged nfirabcr of egg, from which tho broken eggs are subtracted; ring running detects the eggs which are under size, antl consequently of less value : viewing proper eliminates spotted, bad, frozen and limed egga. By an odd custom of trade, if the alleged number of eggs prove ten less than the renl number, the seller pays the counting; it there bo above forty spotted eggs, he pay the view ing. Otherw ise both these charges fall on the purchaser. A viewer earns $1.40 on what he calls his good days. His business is ir regular and futiguing. lie is sometimes obliged to remain torty ciizlit hours bent over baskets, and this commonly in cellars, lor eggs ennnot be viewed except in a plsco removed from daylight. He views eggs with a candle bclorc dim ; lie takes them two ny two (one in each hand,) and holds them to gether before the light, giving them a Blight rotatory motiom with his fingers to enable him to inspect all around the shell. lo dis cover from the slightest indication the con dition of the egg concealed in the shell is a much more complicated science than may be believed, and it requires long, Bpcciiil studies. A viewer recently said to me : "I hnvo been in this business these fifteen years, and every day I learn something new." Paris annually consumes 240,000,000 eggs. Statisticians have discovered that cuch inhabitant of Pari consumes on an average 200 eggs, 240 pounds of fruit, 20 pounds of butter, and U pounds of cheese annually. Dry cheeses nlone are included in this last figure; cheeses like Gruyere, Roquefort, etc., are called dry cheeses. New cheeses (Brie, Ncufchatcl and Montlhery,)are sold to a much larger amount. The latter arc almost the only cheeses sold wholesale in the Great Markets. Dry cheeses are chiefly sold wholesale in the shops of tha Rue de Lombards and Kue do la Vcr reric. The sale at the Great Markets takes plnco only twice a week, and it is not large, as tho greater part even of the new cheeses are sent directly to the retail dealers. Wholesale butter consequently thrones pre eminently in this portiou of the Great Markets, it comes there daily in inuumer- ulile lumps and pounds, w hose quality varies with its origin. 1 ana annually makes way with 28,000,000 lbs. of butter, ond of this quantity 18,000,000 lbs. are sold at the Great Markets. If we edge our way through enormous baskets ot egis and lumps ot but ter placed iu order on the ground iu their white cotton envelopes, we shall reach the centre of the butter-market. Here we come upon an odd looking thing, imagine a wooden tower, from which fall four draw bridges in the form of a cross. They aie narrow and they aro long. When the four persons who gesticulate and scream in articulate sounds at the entrance of each of these drawbridges are seen from some dis tance, while a crowd of people in violent excitement 6cethe and surge around them, one would think that he witnesae a riot, or saw insurgent peasents besieging the for tress iu which their lord had taken refuge. and whose entrance was defended by four valorous champion, jjut when one raise his eyes towurds tho summit of the tower one is surprised to sec instead of archers armed from head to foot very quiet clerk (peacefully writing in immense blank-books) with uneu sleeve drawn over their coats, One at last sees the tower is nothing but an accounting desk, the valorous champions mere auctioneers, the four drawbridges sales' benches, and the mob of insurgent mere buyer aud sellers. As for the dagger which most of them bold in their bauds, it is a mere probe, which they call "lance," and use to taste the butter offered on sale. A it is necessary to distrust tho external layer of butter, each buyer thrust bis probe as deep as he can, give it a twist, and brings out with it a small portion of the butter. You aro all attention, I hope, good reader t Well, I said the buyer put a bit of butter into hi mouth. A he tastes about 100 lumps one after the other, were he to swallow the sample tasted lie would be sure cf nausea long before be bad tasted the 09th lump. Consequently, after turning it with his tongue two or three time to give hi palate lull opportunity to make it acquuintunce, ue u u nut. a ucg jiumi for entenug into this detail, but It is India pensablv necessary la order mat t may re. veal to you one of the ttrareest trade I know. The space where the buyer stand and the edge of the tale' benche are covered with straw, destined to catch these bit of butter. After the tale are cuded the uorter collect thi straw, saturated with butter, and Bell it to people whose names we consent to leave in tha shade. These people throw thi straw into immense pot of boilioir water. The butter melt lrom the straw and rise to the surface of the water, where it i collected by skimmers, Thi disgukting, horrible melted butter is used by pastry-cook and by baker, wbo make "fancy bread" I Before it beeaino the emolument ot the porter of the butter-mar. ket. wbo make from it some $1800 or $3000 a year, ay $1800 or $'4000 a year I tha sale of thi straw belonged to one of the old keeper of tb butter. After be died hi widow obtained a continuance of the privi lege to ber to terve her a a pension. Bo great wa tbe grief of the new keeper of tb butter-market upon finding such a revenue escape him that he actually died of a broken heart. I can vouch tor tno truth of all these statements, because I have obtained them from the on of the broken hearted man, who is now the keeper of the butter market. Is not this incredible t Let us now visit tradesmen wbo nomnous- ly call themselves dealers in cooked meats, but whom the people call by their true name, which is arlegvim dealer. Tbe arle quia (harlequin) explain itself. It indicate a dish composed of every sort of bit, like the motley -colored habit of the hero of the Italian pantomime. It Is an indescribable medley, an odious mixture. Fragments of fishes hob-nob in plates with vestiges of dry meats, and bones oi an species ot poultry, together with spinach and potatoes, all saturated with a liquid containing more or less grease, as it pleased the sauces of yester day or day before yesterday to deposit there. Some people's appetite is sharpened by the sight of this dish. Hunger is a good thing in it way I Twelve or fifteen people as sembled in one of the corners of Division No. 13 drive the sale of thi terrible mer chandize. They draw their supplies from the dishwashers of wealthy houses, or from tho more important restaurants, who sell them for an insignificant sum of money the unappetizing omnium of all the tablecloth. Some of them sell stale pastry too. On their crowded stall are to be seen all the varieties of stale dessert, from wino tarts to those granitc-like set-cakes, which resist all effort of tho teeth. These dealers have fewer customers than the others, for if the robust viscera of the customers wish solid food, 'tis not of this sort. Pastry is good for girls. No, no, no ; 'tis your real arle quin dealer who drive the prosperous trade.. They sell some $3000 or $4000 worth ot aruguin annually. One of tbem married his daughter the other clay, and gave her $0000 in dowry. At breakfast time you may every morn i tie see poor fam ishiug devils waiting in front of their shops each lor his turn to come. You ought to see that sight, if only to know the worth of a piece ot dry bread. If you arc bold, and your gorge doc not rise beforehand at very thought on it, elbow your way through the crowd around the stall, it is tne Hour when tbe supply is delivered. The dealer is on her legs, fresh, fat, smiling, with a mountain of broken bread on one tide of her, and a pyramid of dark grease, the sombre production ot mys terious meltings ou the other side ot her, Behind her is a shelf groaning beneath many a packet covered with a bit of news- paper. Slic opens them one after the other, ndicating the contents more or less pom potibly, and then slie empties them on i plate, a she does this the customers in the second rank push those of the front rank, while all aiound aie eager eyesstariug tnrougu tue wired tence. blio wheezes : "Here is a bone of a baked log of mutton, for only 5 sous; here is rice aud omelette, 4 sous ; baked cauliflowers, 3 sous; who wants the cauliflowers? Thi side, eh " (She folds up tbe piece of news xipcr, and bauds it to the applicant.) "A llanquctte of veal, 3 sous ; who wants the butnquetler1 i lve or six hands are extend ed ; one seizes the paper, and throws down his 3 sous, while the lucky fellow retires with a beaminc face, murmurs of disao lointment are heard all around him. "Maine Henri, if you've any chickury ?" ask regular customer, bhe replies: "Wait a bit wait a bit, and we 11 see." I hen she goes on wheezing : "Three artichokes with a bit of sole," (she dips her finger in the sauce, and carries it to her mouth,) "a tip-top article 4 sous." (She open a paper dropping oil. 'Here is salad. Who wants salad ? 2 sous. Here is a charming piece of beef, streaked fat and lean, 12 sous. (Murmurs of admira tion.) A voice ventures to bid 8 sous for it. She replies : " ou nre a pretty iellow 1 Roast beef for 8 sous! Well, well, take it after all, and be off with ye !" bhe continue wheezing as the open packet after packet, and tho plates covered with broken victuals crowd the marble counter more and more,,and the crowd of her customers becomes larger and larger, until all passage in her neighborhood is in tercepted. Now and then, to the annoy ance of customers whose mouths water at the glance she gives, she folds up again a paper she opens, and puts it aside. It is a tit-bit which some neighboring cheap eating house keeper will serve up that same even ing to bis patrons uuder some most appeti zing name. Somebody comes u'p.nnds.slips in her band a sou and receive in exchange a large packet, strongly tied. Thi take place again and again. I ask an old woman busily engaged in filling her basket, who stands by my side, to unravel this riddle to me. She replies : " 'Tis minced meat at one sou a packet." I found it hard to re press a wry lace, bhe exclaimed : "u, sir, you can buy hero with confidence; all is good meat here." Had I uttered another word the old woman would have insisted upon my tasting it just to tee. So I took to my heels. A Word fur Wive. Little wives, if ever a half suppressed sigh find place with you, or a half-unloving word escapes you to tbe husband whom you love, let your heart go back to some tender word in those first love days ; remember how you loved him then, how tenderly he wooed you, how timidly you responded, aud, if you can feel that you have uot grown unworthv, trust bitn for the same good love now. If you do feel that you have become let loveablo and attractive than you then were, turn by all that you love on earth, or hope for ia heaven turn back and be the pattern of loveliness that won him ; be the "dear one" your attractions made you then. Be the gentle, loving, winning mai den 6till ; and doubt not the lover you ad mired will live forever in your husband. Nestle by hi tide, cling to hi love, and let hi confidence in you never tail ; ana my word for it. tbe husband will be dearer than tbe lover ever was. Above all thing do not forcet the love he gave you first. Do not seek to "emancipate" yourself; do not strive to unset yourself and become a Lucy Stone or a Rev. Miss Brown ; but love tbe higher honor ordained by our Saviour of oh'. that of a loving wife. A. happy wife, a blessed mother, can have no higher sta tion neods no greater honor. Cyrus W. Field made a proposition by telegraph to the Director and shareholder of the Atlantic cable, at London, to increase tbe stock to six million, for tbe purpoae of laying a cable between Heart Content and Boston, and thus avoid tbe interruption to constant in Newfoundland. Mr. Field pro- puses to sail again lur .cuigiauu auou. Twenty-five farm have been told in one ection of Alabama for tb low prica of on dollar per acra. A teacher at a national school at Whittle-1 ny recently . asked a boy which i the highest dignitary of the church. After looking up and down, north, east, south, and west, the boy innocently replied: "The weatiicr-cock." A story is told ofasoildler who. about one hundred and fifty years sgo, was frocen in 8ibori. The last expression he made was. "It is ex ." He then froie as stiff as marble. In the summer of 1860 soma r ranch physicians found him, after having lain frosen for one hundred and fifty years. Thov eraduallr thawed him, and upon animation being restored, he concluded his sentence with "cecdingly cold." The Good Templar have 130 lodcc and 2000 member in Vermont. In Jackson county. Iowa, one nitrhf last week, three brother married three sister. Lynn, Mass., commenced txportine shoes to England in 1051, and has kept at it, more or less, ever since. Elopements are so common at Snrintrfield that tbero is talk of establishing "A Home for Deserted Husbands." At a dinner party last month in a Forfar shire castle, Scotland, the principal dish par taken ox consisted ot tue Uesh ot a pony. A cattle-train was snowed in durinir the lute storm in France and was attacked bv wolves. The men in chnrc-e with difficult v saved themselves by getting into a close car. 1 be cattle were greatly tern bed by tho bow ling of the wolves bnt they were safe from danger. The Massachusetts Supreme Court 1ms decided that a bequest, to secure the right of voting to women, is not a legal charity, and has decreed that five thousand dollars left by Francis Jackson for that purpose suuu uc uiviucu ttuiuug ins ueirs. TUOI'SAKDS B AVE T1EEN CHANGED by the use of the Peruvian Syrup (a protoxide of Iron) lrom weak, sickly, tuUering creatures, to strong, healthy and happy men and wo men, and invalids cannot reasonably hesitate to give it a trial. For Dyspepsia it is a specific. Concerning Barnum and his Congressional aspirations, a Connecticut paper says, that "sewing a monkey s head and a fish tail together, to make a mermaid, is a perfor mance well calculated to make a man notor ious, but it affords no evidence of statesman ship." George W. Ellory, the last of seventeen children of Win. tilery, signer of the Declaration of Indepen dence, died at Newport, R. I., last week. Deceased had been collector of tbe port of Newport for forty years. Thirteen of tho leading railways in Oreat Britlaa paid compensation for personal injuries to passengers amounting to i.Ki4,iSV0 during the year lt)9. The Legislature of New York, as well as the Legislature of Missouri, are considering the adoption ol the Parisian system ot license lor bouses ot ill fame. A bill has been introduced In tbe West Virginia Legislature to levy a spocinc tax on old bachelors, tor tne support ot immigration into tne atate. IIIJ.tlOllOL'M. Massachusetts Scene. On a train that was putting distance between it and a place called "Bosting" by some, was a lady of the variety known, as "well preserved," who ap peared to be traveling alone. Behind her sat a specimen of human masculinity incli geous to those parts, whose thoughts had apparently long been busy with the one be fore him. At last, leaning forward in an easy attitude, with hi arm on tho back of the seat, he said : "A fine day, marm." "A beautiful day, indeed, sir," replied she. After a pause of a few moments, he (aid: "Mourning long I" "About three mouths," wa the reply. "Father or mother l" "Husband, sir." "Did he die of long sickness I" "He wa drowned." "Seafaring man '" "My husband was captain of the Equinox, wrecked last summer." "Religious man !" , "He was, sir." "Save his chist !"' "The cargo and my husband' effect were saved." "Don't you think you have a great deal to be thankful for that he was a pious man and saved his chist i" No answer, and a longer pause. Then he laid : "About bow much might you have paid for that 'ere umberrcl you have in your band I" Tho widow rose, with a glow on her face : "You are impertinent, sir !" and moved to the other side of the car. The "speci men" took a chew of tobacco, and looked inquitithtly out of the window. New Convert. A couple of old bacho lors out West, who lived a sort of cat-and- dog life together for a good many years, but having bceu to camp-meeting were slightly converted, and both of them concluded to reform. "Brother Tom," eays one, when they had arrived at home, "let us sit down now, and I'll tell you what we'll do. You tell me of all my faults, and I'll tell you of all yourn : and so we'll know bow to begin to get about tnendin' of 'em." "Good," says brother Tom. "Well, you begiu." "No, you begiu, brother Joe." ''Well, in the lit at place, you know, brother Tom, you will lie. Crack goes brother Tom double fist be tween brother Joe' blinkers, and a consider able scrimmage ensued, until in the course of about ten minutes, neither being able to come to time, reformation was postponed. A poor woman in Indianapoli sold her hair for one dollar and fifty cent to buy bread for ber children. "What am de difference 'twix a watch and a fedder bed, Sam I" "Dunno gin it up." "Kase de tickin obde watch am on de inside, and de tickin ob de fedder bed am on de outside." "How different you soldiers are from us,' (aid Arabella to the captain. "With ut a conquest only begins, while with you it euds, the engagement." ' Mr. Kent, of Natchez, was astonished tbe other day by receiving a bill of lading for teu boxes of torn cat. It should have been tomato catsup. A man who has a wife or sweetheart nam ed Liz ia not to be trusted in anything, for he'a alway sure to tell Lize about every thing. Other good may have declined, but the rise in hoop klrt on the atreet i at time quit trtliug. , A bankrupt merchant y that hi busi ness ba been to bad that he could not pay bi debts, even If be bad the money. A (pleudid ear but a very poor voice, a I tb organ-grader laid to tha donkey. AGRICULTURAL, &C. Culture of tli Poach, In Commissioner Newton's last Acrlcul- tural Report, we find the following hints, by Mr. Isaac Pullen, in regard to the culture this delicious and popular fruit; and wa will take occasion to say that though they are brief they cotitain more tolid informa tion than we frequently find mixed up la column of advice on the aubject. ''In all case, peach tree should be plant ed when of one season' growth. The time of planting, whether fall or spring, is iinma- . ; t . . . i . . leriui. in very severe cuinaiee, mo spring would be preferable ; but in all the peach growing belt of tho United States, the choice between lull and spring planting is of little account. For orchard planting the ground should bo marked out in furrow, about eighteen or twenty feet apart, and tbe trees planted to aoout the same depth as they stood in the nursery. The side limbs and top should be cut off, leaving a straight stem of tho desired height for forming a head. If the trees are planted in the fall, this trimming . and topping should be de ferred till spring. Low heads are desirable. vvnen the beads beem to form, proper car should bo taken to prune out all unnecessa ry limbs leaving three or lour limb in pro per position to form the future tree. Short ening in about one half the growth for the second antl third years after planting, and keeping tho inside of the trees clear of use less growth, is all that is required in the way of pruning before the trees commence bear ing. The borers, which enter the body of tbe tree at or a little below the cround should be removed from year to year. Many iviuvuies na uiuir iireveuiion nave ueen re commended, but experience ha demonstrated that the best preventive is personal inspec tion of each tree, and removing with a knife, or other suitable instrument, the borer. Peach tree will succeed in any soil that will grow corn or potatoes and require about the same cultivation as those crops. No ma nures are required until the tree have borno their first crop. After the first crop one hundred bushels of wood-ashes, or three hundred pounds of Peruvian guano, or four hundred pounds of oine standard super phosphate, or four hundred pounds of bono dust to the ncre, will restore the tree and prepare them for the next year. Cooked and Uncooked Food. A cores pondent in the Xeie England Farmer, says "I purchased two pigs, 4 weeks old, Oct. 16, 1864. They were a small breed, part Ches ter county. They were kept mostly on skimmed milk, with a very little meal, till May, 18C5. From May to July they were kept almost wholly on milk with a few weeds. When dry weather commenced, not having sufficient milk for them, I began to give them meal, increasing the quantity a the milk lessened. In September I began to give tbem potatoes and pumpkins, but did not discontinue the meal. For several month their usual allowance wa 8 quart of meal three times a day, with what milk I had, and the same quantity of potatoes, or an equivalent in pumpkins Several week before they were killed, I began gradually to lessen the quantity of potatoes, but gave some at every meal. I never cooked any thing for tbem, and never gave them any warm. They were never sick. Dec. 15, 1865, one weighed, dressed, 800, the other 843 lbs. Quite a number of pig of this same litter were sold to different individuals and killed about tho same time, but not one of them, so lar as I can learn, weighed over 300 lb. There are certainly two weighty reasons for giving hogs uncooked food. It saves labor, and avoids all danger of injur ing them with hot feed, whilo it adds to the weight of tbe hogs and tho quality of the pork." RKCIPUM, &.C. From the Oormantown Telegraph. Cooked Caiirot. Not a fourth as many are used upon our tables that should be. I know there is a prejudice against them as a vegetable, but this prejudice is among those only who refuse, on account of it, to give it a fair trial. Few seem to know bow to cook them properly, though they are a easily prepared as any other vegetable. Scrape them well, or pare as thinly a possible, split them a third of the way down from the top, and put them in boil ing water with salt. They require consider able, say from a half hour for small young carrot to an hour and a half for larger ones, according to size. When done they should bo placed round a dub of corned beef or boiled mutton, or buttered and used , as a side dish. Carrots are also excellent in soup and stews. I nso them constantly ia my cooking in this way. They should be cut iuto oblong bit or sliced thin, and then add in the usual way of other vegetable to the ottp. They will retain their freshness and flavor for three or four day. Stew. For a change there i nothing more appetizing tlinu a first-clas stew, whether made of mutton or beef. Muttnu, however, is to bo preferred. But, like every thing else, it must be well-prepared. Noth ing will give more satisfaction as an occa sional dinner in a family. It ia, beside, a very economical dish. -For a good-sized family take three pounds of mutton chop or of beefsteaks, divided into middling sized pieces, and place a layer of meat at the bottom of the pot, then a layer of sliced potatoes, cut rather thick, and then another layer of meat, an't so on until tho whole is in the pot. Salt and pepper as you go along, then pour in a pint or a pint and a half of cold water, adding more if it should be required, and let $imur for two hours or two hours and a half, until thoroughly dene. An onion or a few herb adds to the quality of the stew, but it i not relUhed by every body. Fricafseed CniCKEK. A fat younp; chicken is good cooked in any way, but in no way quite to good a broiled when very young, or fricaseed when full-grown. To prepare a fricasee as it ought to be done, all tbe skin must be removed, say from twit fowl, then carve the carcass carefully and neatly, completely separating the white meat from the black. Tbe black meat must be chopped up fine, seasoned with pepper and aalt, adding about two ounce of nutter, ' some sweet herb, and a pint of water, dredged with flour. Stew alowly until tha water i reduced one half. Thia i for tba gravy. When done, atraiu. Then place tha white meat in another stew-pan, and pour over the gravy, adding tome Race and a little cayenne pepper. While simmering add tbe yolk of two eggs, shaking up tbe pan, and when done and before removing from the pan add a gill of tweet cream and let it again aimiuer (not boll) for a (ingle moment This is a excellent a dish at caa be pnt upon a table, either for dinner or tea. 4
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