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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.
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