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Wolvebtoh, rospeotfully nnBoun:e"nth.y have entered Into oo-partnersh ip in the prnct.ee of their profession in Nrthumber. land and adjoining eountfee. ConaulUUoni can De bad iu the (Jehmah. April 4.2868;r:ly "Teeth I Teeth! .f. IS. CKEBSIUEK, 6UBOEON DENTIST, Formerly of ASHLASD, O., announce, to the clti tens of oxthnmbarland county, that he hat located " (SUN BURY, for the practice of Dentistry, and rcspa-tfully solicit, your oatronage. "0 ' '; tiot p-id to Ming and dressing teeth. Teeth ex traded witLnt patn, by using "00 'P which 1 have 9ed for three yean with perfect sue r; and no injurious result. - Office in Room, formerly occupied by Dr. J B. Angl-. in Pleasant". Building, Market 6quare, B anbury JPa. 7' 6a- DK. J. S. ANGLE. OFFICE, At b.:. residence. In BRIQHT'S ROW, V'alnut St., HUNBUKY, FA.. Maroh 7, 1808. )Eon..Blln.L, " " "smoN P. Wolthto.i. j HILL & WOLVERTON, lliorus"?- uiisl Couna)fIor Rt I.nw. SUNBUEYi 3P-A-. tlTIU. attend to the collection of all kinds of clainik. including Back Pay, Bounty and Pen- ions. T'- ' II. II. 31AMiSE, t llorntT nt IiOiv, BL'NBUIY, PA. A Collection attended to. in tue oounties or J,or Cumberland. Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia Ld I.TOoni'ug REFERENCES. I?nn. John M. Reed, Philadelphia, A. U. Cfittell Co., " H. n. W tn. A. Porter, ' Slurion MoMiohacl.Eso.., " . Ketiuaiu Co., 1W9 Pearl btrcct, J,eworK. John W Ashmead, Attorney at Law, " Matthews 4 Cox, Attorneys ut Law, " iSunfcury. Mnrch 2D, ISti2. WlT Aff ROCKEFELLKR. LLOYD T. ROHRBACH. ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBAC1I. m in i:v, pov.. OFFICE in Haupfs new Building, second floor, laitiiinco on Jlaxkft Square, S,n'uvT. Janunry 4, lKlVa. AAT- liAXJPT Attorney and Conuncllor nt Law, OFFICE in Itaupt's now Building. 6n second Hoor . tntranoe on Market Square, SXJ3STBXTIl2', tVili attend promptly to all professional bunera entrustt.l to his care, the collection of claim, in N .1 thumberland and tho adjoining countie.. "-inliury. January 4. lSM. C. A. REIMUNSNYDEK, ATTOiiNliV AT LAW. SUNBURY, T. l u i"-si eLtruftcd to bit coxa attended to 1 ' ujnl.v and null dil'L'uce. "ljbury, Ajiril 27, la67. JN0. KAY CLEMENT, lJustcrr. in this and adjoining counties carefully r:i i i.roiuptly Btttendtd to. ';Sice in Market Btreot, Third door west of Smilli i. (teuthor . biove and Tinware Store, mmii tt im:.a.-'a. f.-.nbury, Alarch 31, 18H0. Ij J. ntil'NEB. t. B Ki8K Aiiws-iipj'n asid Counsiellom nt l.nw, rh,.-t!'i' '-' et, west of the N. C and P. E. Rail f i Ueuut, in tho buil. ling lately oocupicd by F. Laiarus, Esq., STJNBUKY V KTSrTT'A.. C ilc-tii n. and all Professional busiuc. promptly a len liM to in Northumberland and adjoining Coun- A TTOHNEV AT IjA-W Vonh ?idof Public 8ouare, one door aast of the Old Bank Building. SfSBl'HY, P K N N ' A . Cjlkclions and all Professional business promptly iv er.de t. in tho Court, of Northumberland and nl oining Counties. Sunbury, Sept. 15, 18C0. I. II. Pl HOT, " J - D. Jaubs. ATTiUiNEYS AT LAW. 6 UN BURY, PA. Office in the second story of Dewart's buildine. ad- j'.iniiiK the Democrat utoce, on the north side of At -i kei Square. Will attend promptly to the collection of olaim. and other professional busineas intrusted to bis care, in .Northumberland and adjoining oounties. .November 9,JtS!7. S V ebek, John Rckkle . KLII STREET, between Third and Fourth Stree IMlll.AIUCI.l'Hl . WEBER RUNKLE. Proprietors. June 29, 1867. ly ADDISON O. MARR. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BHAMOKIN, Northumberland County. Pa. LI. businea. attended to with proniptnou and diligence. i'httinokin, Aug. 10, 186T. ly r Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR, li)omcrouatI)tc Mtetcian. 3 raduataof the Homosopatbic Medical College of Oppire, Market Square oppoaita the Court House, SI NBI RY, PA. ... f lrtice Ilours-7 to 9-morning i 1 to 8 afternoon ; 7 to 8 evening. ' ,.nnbury, April T, ly.- . JEREMIAH SNYDER, Ittocney A Counstfllor at luw. NI'-Mtl'ItV. P4. ' j Itiktrict Attorney fcr Worlhiim- -i-l una ajoiimy. -T- 'TI. TTItrtTISII 6URVEY0R AND C0NVEYANCR AND JUS TICE OF THE rEA CE. Vdumov, KortTtuniherland County, Penn'a Office In jeoason lown.mp. i,u8.j(uiu be made by letter, directed to the abore addrest. .11 busiuens entrusted to buj eara, will ba promptly tten.tea to. April 22.JHB7 ly r -A- C O B O BECK MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer in 'LOTUS, CASSLMERES, VESTING, 4c. f',WJi ktreef , soulb or 11 eaver ai Hotel, BTTNBUBY V A. March 31 168 MBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH mar Market Fawn Straet, SUNBCBT, U 8. BYERLY, Pbopbiktob, stoirraph, Amhrotypal and Malauwtypai i Uka U i bent atyla at tha art P'- ' ALL and a baauliful fikd tag. 4 tba Hardware ..o,oofjf pnym 4 ro INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA FROM GERMJXr, hi 135. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, and HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC, PREPARED BT DR. C. It. JACKSOy, riimiiiii'iiu, I'a. The grealest known rimcdiei for Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debility, JAUNDICE, Diseases of the Kidneys, ERUPTIONS of the SKIN, mid nil DlMfftiie Ai'lilng from ft Dls ordered jlvcrf Stomach or lytvvmrx or the lu.oon. Iftwl f f -l'mving tymptoms, and if yntt find thai ur t'sfrn in oft'cUd by any of thrmtyyH may r ft OMWf'i th tt disease ha cnmmmr'd itt attack an the mo.ti important tt.-gtnn of ytr body, and unl&t twit vhi''fi t-y th? tt.tc f puivrful r'mrttut, a miicrai-lt t'fe, yi trrmi-nitiiiy in dr.oh, ivitl br Vie ratrtt. Const ipnlio!i. Flatulonce, Inward Piles, Fulness of Blond to tli Head.Aoidity of the Btomnch, Naufla, Heart burn, tiRUht lor Food, Fulneai or Weicht in the Stomauh, Sour rlruotationfi, Sink invr or FhiMerhm at the Pit of thrt 9tomnch, Bwiininine of the IXtAd, Hurried or Diffloult UreatluiiKf FUmorinR at the Heart, Chokius; or HitfloiMtliR SetiHiitionfl when in a jy ing Posture, Dimnewft of Vision, D-itR or VVebB bctore tho tiieht, Dull Prtin in the Head. l)eil oiency of i'erspiration, Yol- lownena of the bkin and Eyes, Pain in the Bide, Back, Chest, Limbs, efo Bud den Flushes of nat, Bui'iiinf? in tha Fl'.sh, C'liiHtnut ImiiRininKS of r.vii, and Ui'uut Depression of spirits. All thxsr itcftcvV dis'UM of Liver or IhgtstUt OryaiiP, cmiittrd with impure b'oid. Ooollaab'a CScvmait Cittcra l rntlrrly v?gct nlile, and rontnltig no liquor. It l aoompoiinil of l'luld Kx ti uctat. 'I"iv Kooikt, HrrliNi nnd Mnrki from wiicU tlnse vi(rncl oir mnde bi fZH t Itrrt'd I u (.'nnmiiv. All the mrdlrltiHl vii ttit'A txvf vTtrnrtrd from thfm iy it scitnliilt! rlkfiii lit I rX ItrMe xtriirlH ntf llttiii forwarded to this country to lte iiHfd fiitt'CNitly for the man ttl'ac t lire of tlif lllttri'H. Thrre Ih 110 iilroholle Kulintnitcc of nn- kind tixed In cni Htiittdtnftr t lie till ir, hence it in tiic only HiitetM tlint can be nurd In cnc wltt-rc alcoholic ktlm ulauti are nut advliialilv fiooflanVs Ccmian tonic it a combination of nil the infjrtdimf$ f the HiVevt, with Pt'RE Si'tita Ctttt .'n, Ot-anne, ttc. It ixut'dfr tht tame Hi.wse as tht liittern, in rt,' w'trve tome p'ire. ulmUn'U: ttiuwdtut is r quired . Ynt nH lar tn mind t'tiU thtse rcmnliet art entirely (till'oveut front any otWrj ad ,($ d fir the cure rf te disratit nutm-d, Vwf btti teir.n?fit' pn-p-tration o f medicinal txtiael. v'tiie t,t cnr arc mere d ructions of rum Pi S'r.i'f'm. T,k T' N It,' is drruidly fine of t fie most p:tunt nri-t aareeo'tle rem die t'-er ofTrrtd in the pd--.ii. p. hiK't is exsjm .ite. If it a pUtifure. t" hike it, w'dtt in hfr-yiift erhiJarntitig, and atcdirin d qi:i'ih: ivc cautid t tr br ktuncti l'S thf tfnuttit of CONSUMPTION. T1ifmaAnd of on -. wlf tlie pa fli'iit m . piMird lie Mflllrted with t til lerri '1 & I uHif, limt bifii cured liy ( lie ne of t licne remcdlcH. lxtreme emnclni Ion, drblllty. and cougli are the rninal attendants upon severe r it sew tt' dypcpla or dltrae of the d(i;ea.t i ve oixniiN. 10 veit In canes of ul nv i:oifi tun pt Ion these remedies m til he found of t he greatest benefit, si re n gi lie til n nnd In vtgoratlug. DEBILITY. ,)( it no medicine efjtud tn Jfiwf moVt Grmifn Br.i- i'k or ''.Mi ii cas' t of Debility. They impart a ttw iit'l ff.or to the whole tyttem, ttrcngthe.n the. op p.tdi. ca. 01 enjayni'iit the food, enable On ttiHft.t'h br tHtf'it it, purify the. blood, give, a ffood, touv.it he di'ij tiWtpierxfrn, fradicate the yellow tinge .from tie et. itnyurt a blo'im to te eheekt, and change ttf v ttu n't fmni a short-breathed, emaciated, weak, ". r. Trout imalid, to a full-faced, ttout, and vigor' tU.' pt' (!. Weak and Delicate Children re marie strong by lining the Hitters or limit. In tact, tliey are Family Medicines. They can be atluitnlaiered with perfect anfrty to a clillil three nioulli. old, the ut delicate ftmitlc, or a man of ninety. That Rtmedus art the list Hlood rui lflera ri' I w n, and uiU cure all diseatts resultitta from U.I 6W(. K 'ji t."tr W"1 pin-f ; If.jt ynur T.ivr in 0 Jert A".y (nut- iti'HsUi-i tnijuiiit ,'u a ifru,ult hfalthy ctmdi-tu-n, liit t':r urc u ttfse rcmidits, tt:iU no Uuetite u-iii ttrr illruil iVW. I.ailtea i-lio vleh a fair akin and soort eomilexln, free from a yellow -IaIi lltie anti Hi I ot lit-r cliMll iii-emeitt, sl.otilcl line tttene ri-'iitetlif'i. orcaiiltin nlly. Tlte I.tver In iiertet't order, and I lie Mood )iirt-, will reai.lt III fejmrk I iii t)ri n nd I1 mi in I n g cheek. c V V O S! . I.:'t--.1I t:.t.u..iii orf m,F'rrf.-i!r.I. i"' ... ;i: .. Mf C. ?f. Itirtimim ' ''-f ..An '. -if-.r f ftiWi t.i't, anj ui.c.'v u.'v-t ..I fdi-.'. iMi.-. Allct.'uys I'liiuiniid. ir Utters linre been re e -i i 1, tei lij-iii g in the virtue of these rrriitctieii. P.EiD THE EECOMMENDAnONS. h:um no. ;!:. w. woodward, t'l.i, f .!'.,-,ti -L .-f the ?iir-aie Court of renuMylrAmn. I'ICiLil.r.1 PUIA, MAICH 16th, 1S0T. , ' .' -!to--jwT$ German Litters" is not an inox Wr, hut is a good t"nic, useful in elisor. tna ', r'.i -ttrffue orijaiitt, ani of great benefit in e,i"f . rl ut'-.t-j and vant of nervous action tn ths i lours truly, UEO. W. WOODWARD. rrf'itf liOM. JAMES TI10MPS0M, ''V"lf .tii-i cm Cviirtof Pennsylvania. riimnmniu, Aran SStb, 1866. I rniiklder " lloofland'a Uerman Bit imV a vultitthlti sHnilciHt! In caee of at-lui-Uof Indigestion or llyefiepela. I enn certify tl.l from iny eiperleuoa of it. V om-N, wit h rcNirc t, JAMliS TIlUMPtiON. Krum Ri:V. JOSLPII II. KKN'SARD, D.D., Plur of tue Touth Unptjat Church, Philadelphia. Du. Jacxsok DsAa Bia i Mare been (Vemmtlyre auetted to connect my name with reoommemdatums of ditTet ent kinds of Me dicines, hut regarding the practice as out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases de ciiurd ; but with a clear pru-f in various instances, and )iarlicitlarly in my own family, of the usefulnens of Dr. l'K'Unnd's tjerman tiitUrs, Jd.artfor imee.froni my imikiI coiir, to express my full oonvicti.m that tor KAticrnl tll,ility of lliesynluni, uud eHuerially fT Liver -Coiiiplititit, it la a enfe and valuable tro,anitiou. M S.HIU oases it snaufail ; snit usually, doubt not, it will be very btuefieial to those who suffer from tits aboci causes. l'ours, very retp'e'ftilly, J. U. Kk.VXARD. Eighth, Uiuw (Mala St. Frioa of tba Bitters, 11.00 par bottle; Or, a half dooan for 5.00. Frioa of tha Tonio, 1.60 per bottle Or, half doaen for 17.60. The Tonic is put up tn quart buttles. Recollect Mat it is Dr. Honlasufs German Mssntdiet that art So universally used and so highly recommend ti; ana do not allow the Druggist to indues you to take any thing else that he may say is just sis food, be cause he tmU:rs a luraer profit on it. These Remedies unlike sent by eatress to any locality Ujim aj-piicsuw Ui ths . PHiKCiPAb orricK, AT THK GERMAN MEDICINE (TORE, JVe. 31 A MCJi STREKT, Philadelphia. CHAS. M. BVAHS. Proprietor, roraarl; 0, U. JA0K801 4 CO. Theea Remedlea are for aale by Druitelili, Biorekeeitera, and Media alts ilealare every wuera. Do net fargtt toexini'U u tli 'lis ui.'i-V t" 'juy.im, oi l.,- .'ys P g- m.i POETICAL BB CHEERFUL. Lei those who will, repine at fate, Anil droop their heads with sorrow ; I lanirh When cares upon ma watt, I know they'll leave to-morrew. My pnrso la light, but what of that ? My heart is light to match it ; And if I toar my only coat, I laugh tho while I patob it. I've anen some etrel who called themselro. My friends in summer weather, Blown far away in sorrow', day, A. winds wonld blow a foathor. t nnyer (rrleved tn see them go, (Tha rascals, who would heed 'em ?) For what's the use of having frionds. If false when most you need 'em ? I've seen some rioh in worldly gear, Eternally repining. Their hearts a prey to every fear With gladness never shining. I would not change my lithesome heart For all their gold and sorrow ; for that's a thing that all their wealth Can neither buy nor borrow. And .till a. sorrows come to mo, (As sorrows sometimes will come,) I find the way to make them Boo, I. bidding them right welcome. They eannot brook a cheerful look They're nsed to aobs and sighing, And he that meets them with a smile, Is sure to send them flying. TALES AND SKETCHES. EASY WAKItCA. Itaymonrl Warren was n "nice man fverylbnrly'B clever fellow," ns I heard a public man once remark, "a very extensive office," with numerous duties never dis charged. Raymond -used to sit in the cliioi noy corner late, very late on a winter's niphj, because he was too shiftless to pet ready for lied. But after a whilo the fire burned low the plow on the embers faded, and it prew cold in the chimney corner; then Raymond became chilly, and would sneak to rest, where his wife perhaps had been for several hours, .endeavoring to re cover from the severe fatigue of a day's work, into which had been crowded tho preatcr portion of her husband's lppitimatc duties. Raymond owned a larpe farm, left him by his father. It was pond land, but the fences were not in repair, and everybody's cattle roamed through its fields, and Ray mond's crops were not sufficient to yield the family a decent support. The farm had once been well stocked, but for want of proper attention tho cattle became poor tho sheep were never foldod, even in the most riporous weather, nnd many of them died. The wool was never properly shear ed and washed.and when taken to market, it would not bring the market price. Had it not been for Raymond's wife, who was a hnoiiiees woman, the family must often have suffered for the common necessaries of life. Raymond's chores were rarely attended to by himself; lint was a noiehbor sick, no man was more willing to work in his place. He was relied upon as the man who would always neglect bis own interests, to look after those of others. He would never set himself at his own farm-work, but he was considered an rxcpllant hand, when to oblige a neiahhor, he took ajoh in his field. It was a bleak morning in mid-winter. Ravmond Warren's wife was in the barn yard foddering the cattle; Raymond was in bed. The light of a'brisk fire which his wife had built nhone directly in his face. It awakened him. the room was warm and Raymond was persuaded by its inviting ap pearance. He sat down by (he fire place in his shirt sleeves nnd waited for his wife to come and pet him some breakfast. Ashe warmed his feet he felt that ho had reason to congratulate himself on his happy situa tion, nnd he said to himself: '"Tain't everv man's got such a wife, as I 'ave. Hern she's made a good fire, and I'll bet all the chores are done." The chores wero done, nnd Raymond had scarcely finished his soliloquy, when the useful wife hastened to the fire place to warm her hands, which had become tho ronshly chilled bv the cold handlo of tho pitchfork, with which she had been throw ing bay nnd straw to the cattle. It might bo supposed that these occur rences took place early in the morning ; not so. It was ten o'clock when Ravmond Warren left his bed. His wife had been sewing two hours before she prepared his breakfast. Then she urged Raymond for an hour longer to get op. He mado fair promises, but left them all unfilled. She waited nntil it was nine o'clock, nnd then knowing her husband's easy habits, nnd ashamed to have the cattlo nnfed at that hour of the dav, she dotcrminod to attend to their wants herself. Raymond's first salutation to her as sho stood by the fire, was. "I wish I had sometea.-Sally but never mind, you've put the things away a little warm water, with a little milk and sugar in it, will do just as well, and whilo vou're about it you may pet me a little piece of Dreaa; out just as you chooso; no matter about it, anyhow. 'Taint every man's got such a woman for a wife." She rnight have auiwered ; "It is not every woman that has 6uch a husband." But she knew such remarks would only make bitter feelings, and though fatigued with the violent exercise she had taken, she went cheerfully and prepared her easy, good natured husband a cup of tea, a slico of toast, and then asked him if he would not cut some wood. "To be sure I will," was his response. nis breakfast over, he took np his axe and mounted the wood pile and cut half a dozen sticks, when along came a neighbor, who wanted Raymond to accompany him to the saw mill about two miles distant, and assist in loading upon a sled some boards which bad been sawed for him of course Raymond went, and hit wife was comDcl- led to cut wood enough to keep the house warm until the following day. Mrs. Warren was, in appearance, a feeble woman, but tha had 'endured hardships which would have destroyed the constitu tion of one much more robust. Day after day her atrength failed her, yet the made do complaint. Raymond tawnbat the grew pale, and was often disturbed with feart In regard to her, but he was too easy to men tion the tuhject, and the useful wife became more and more feeble, until the wat seized with a violent cough. Raymond wat one day thoughtful enough to speak to the Til lage doctor aa he pasted their home with bit ponderous medicine portmanteau on hit arm, and the benevolent gentleman, who had some knowledge of Raymond'! peculiar failings, left the woman an inno cent tincture, and forbade exposure to the cold atmosphera under any circumstances. and also declared that her complaint wat oi a cnaracter yery mucn aggravated try te vcre exercise For a few clays Raymond remembered tho doctor's counsel, and as he had respect for the physician, he obeyed him as uearly ns his constitutional failings permitted, but toon tho wife was again obliged to chop wood and feed cattle, and taking a severe cold, the faded as would fade the summer roso in a frigid climate. When Raymond Warron's house was des olate and his fireside cheerless, he saw what , bad been hit great error during the two ( years ot hit married lite, and he mourned his wife deeply, it must be said in his favor, both as a helpmato and companion. Ho rented his farm and managed to exist eaaily for one year; but he was a domestic mnu, be was not satisfied with a childless widow er's solitary lot, and he began to look about hi in for a second helpmate and companion. In a few months he took to his home n woman, who be confidently felt would fill tho placo left vacant by his first wife. Sadly was Raymond disappointed. A few weeks elapsed and he fell into his old habits, with complete abandon. Lea i ving his own work in a neglected state, he worked diligently one day to assist a neigh ; bor in getting wood to his house, and he reiurncn nomo, late at nignt, nungry ana fatigued, expecting that his wifo would have rady for refreshment mi inviting sup per. In tli is hope he had refusod tn take supper with the neighbor whom ho had as sisted. Poor fellow 1 the kitchen where was to have been his excellent supper, attended by a smiling wife, was cold and unoccupied. No frugal board was there, and Mrs. War ren was in bed. V Raymond was much astonished, but he was too good natured to complain, and si lently lie ventured to explore the cupboard for a crust on which to satisfy the gnawing of his nppetite. Not a crumb was there. It was eveident that his wife had designed that he should go to bed tupperlrss, nnd suppcrless to bed he did go, grieving seri ously over his hard lot. He had never le fore been so badly treated, and he thought it indeed distressing, but yet his disappoint ment was not enough to revolutionize his constitution! good nature, and without a mutter ho fell sound asleep. Raymond did coj hear the chanticleer salute the morning, as it dawned after the night of his grievous disappointment. It was spring time, and tho birds sang under his window, but he heard them not ; yet he heard his wife, who had risen before the sun, call him "Mr. Warren, hero I've been up for an hour in the cold. Tho wood's nil burned. It's time I had some cut. If you wunt any breakfast, you had better get tip." Was Raymond dreaming! Was this a voice of reproach that came to him in his sleep, with the recollection of the wife that had gone before him to tho spirit lnnd ? No so it was a voice from the wife who dwelt with him in this Bphere of existence, that came to remind him of duties not dis charged, upon which depended tho satisfac tion of those desires which had intruded visions of feasts upon his hours of rest. All this he felt, still ho did not offer to leave his couch. "Raymond Warren," again said the voice, "yu lelt me yesterday without wood, to help a neighbor get wood for his wife, and you went to bed last night without supper. You'll not get a bite to eat iu this house till you bring mo wood to cook it with." "There's plenty of chips," said Raymond, in palliation, rising ou his elbow as he spoke. "Get up, then, and bring them into the house." said the resolute wife. "You want to make a slave of me. I'll attend to my duties, but if you don't do your chores, the cattle may starve, and you'll never pet a bite to eat in this house unless you take it uncooked, if you don't cut wood yourself or get somebody to do it for you." . Raymond started bolt upright, Bnd it was not many minutes before he was at the wood pile. Diligently at work until he had cut an armful, which, like a dutiful liusband for the first time in his life, ho carried into tho kitchen. His wife made no allusion to what had passed between them, nnd Raymond, al though burnins with curiosity tn know where she had learned what slie had reveal- ed to him, dared not commence conversa tion in relation to it. Tho train of ills it might revive was fearful to the easy man's miud. His breakfast wat over; forgetful of his lesson, careless Raymond wandered from home, his necessary labors in tho farm yard unattended to and his wood pile un vibitcd. He returned home at norm, strong in the faith that he should sit down to a good dinner, because he was one of those men who think that a wife should always give her husband a good dinner whether she had anything to cook or not. Mrs. Warren had enough to cook, but nothing to cook it with; however, much to Ray mond's satisfaction, when he entered his house ho found tho table all spread, and he kuew he should toon bu invited to take a seat near it. When the invitation came he hasted to bis accustomed seat, lifted the cover from a dish that he supposed contained the meat, but just as it came from the butcher's. Ray mond was not a cannibal ! he looked at his wife inquiringly ; she appeared to be wait ing patiently to be served. He lifted the cover of another dish there were potatoes just as they had been dug from the earth. All tho dishes that usually contained vic tuals were covered. Raymond grew suspi cious, and he lifted tho covert hastily. There wat bread as it came from the tray ; there were turnipt that had never been uu dcr the influence of fire; there were apples handsomely tlfced for sauce, and there were numerous other edibles, but none of them could Raymond eat. He turned for conso lation to a cup of tea hit wife had deposited near hit plate. There were leaves floating in the cup and the tea looked remarkably Sale; nevertheless, Raymond, by force of abit, blew it vigorously to prepare it for bit palate. But when he put it to hit lips, he found that he wasted bit breath, for the water was aa (old at when it came from the spring. Raymond wat not a hasty man. He push ed back hit chair deliberately, and taid aloud : "In the name of beaven what doe this mean I" lira. Warren, whose countenance during this scene bad worn ft aober aspect, now amiled pleasantly, and answered ; "The victuals, were all on tha ttove the utual Uma." "It't strange they were not cooked," taid Raymond. ".Not at all," taid Mra. Warren ; "there wat no wood to cook them with." In moment Easy Warren then taw what "moral" thera wat in hit novel dinner, and with keen appetite, be went to work on the wood pile. He took hit diuner and snppr togeth-r that day, nd he remomler- cd that Mrs. Warren Said ; "Now, Raymond, whenever yon Icavo me without wood you must eat victuals that have been cooked on a cold stove." Many women would have stormed and scolded, but Mrs. Wnrren knew tliore was a better way to correct her husband's careless ness, or shiftlessness, ns the reader pleases. One day there was no flour in tho house, nnd Raymond was about to go with some neighbor to a town meeting, when his wifo hid his best coat, and reminded him of the empty flour barrel. Another day, his corn was to be gathered, w hen a neighbor camo and desired him to assist him with his horse nnd wagon. It was a neighbor who often received favors, but seldom returned them ; yet E isy Warren could not refuse him. But when he went to hitch his horses before the wagoh he found that one of tho wheels was missing. Of course the neighbor nas dis appointed. In tho afternoon, when Ray mond expressed a wish to draw his corn, his wife told him where ho could find the lost wagon wheel. Thus wns Easy Warren's household man aged, until ho began to realize practically what the error of his life had been. Peo ple said : "Warren's farm .looks much bet ter than jt did years ago." Mrs. Warren never interfered with Raymond's business except when Ik neglected it, and then sho never found fault or scolded, but took occa sion to show his neglect to him in a man ner which impressed him with his injustice to his own interests. Raymond's cattle were well cared for, and were in good order. When his fences wero down, if ho did not replace them, his wifu employed a ntichbnr to make the necessary repairs. His wife took the papers, nnd read ; she knew the state of tho market, and, to oblige her, Raymond had his grain in mar ket when the price was highest. Some peo ple paid : "Easy Warren is a hen-pecked liusband." Rut he knew better ; aud ho often boast ed that his wife was more of a "business man than he was." They had lived together peacefully some years, when, one day, Raymond was in a good humor thinking over his prosperous condition, nn l lie tokt.htr : "I'm a woman's rights man of the true grit. They may say you wear tho breeches if they please ; I'm satisfied to have you do the thinking of this firm. And now 1 ceo what a fool I've bceu. I must make np lor my early shiftlessness." He did mako up for ' his eaily shiftless ness, aud under his wifu'sjudicious training he became industrious, instead of Easy War ren. Mrs. Warren had tho correct idea of wo man's riglits and woman's wrongs. Wo commend her management to those who have "easy" husbauds. Especially do we commend it tothoso uuf'rtunates who have earned for themselves the opprobrious title of old "scolds." MISCELLANEOUS. A Ctwn l'if-Iit In larntucky. A coon fight is one of the glories of life in Kentucky. The programme is this : Some one announces to the gentlemen plant ers of an extended neighborhood that he will give a barbecuo and coon fight on a certain day, nt such a place, and they are invited to bring themselves, their friends and their dog, for his coon 13 a veternn, and will make a big tight. This brings a large gathering of men and clogs to enjoy the feast and the fight. The coon is placed iu a barrel with ono head out, laid flat so that it cannot be taken on the flank or the rear, and the dog that brings out the coon and it takes one of pluck to do that wins the bet. On tho occasion to be described a largo party assembled with numerous Cue dogs, eager for the fray. The sport began but every dog of tho party was whipped out by tho sharp teeth and claws of tho gallant coon. As a matter of course there was a noisy clamor and some tough swearing at the result. There was a seedy Yankee pre sent, looking with a grin of delight, as each defeated dog Rave up tho buttle. He bail with him a miserablo yellow cur, which went sneaking about with its tail between its legs, snapping and shying at c very dog that offered tokens of friendly introduction. "Wal, gentlemen, I think I have got a dog that will bring out that 'ere conn." "Where is he ? Where is he ? Bring him out," shouted a ecore of witnesses. "Thair he is," pointing to the miserable cur. There was a general laugh, ond immedi ately offers of bets in any quantity. sWal, gentlemen, I hain't got much mo ney, but here's my watch and three dollars. That 'ere watch is a leetle old, but it's an all fired nice time keeper." "I'll bet you ten dollars against your watch nnd money." "Wal, I guess that's about fair. I'll do it." After a great deal of coaxing and pulling the mongrel was hauled close to tho mouth of the barrel. The Yankee, alter patting and calling his dog pet names for a minute, suddenly seized him and thrust him into the barrel, stern first. The next instant, with an agonized yelp, out came the dog and out came the coou, too fastened by tooth and claw to the haunches of the fleeing dog. The screams that followed may not bo described. "I guess I'll take that 'ere money and watch," quietly remarked Mr. Yaukec, and he took them. The loser, with a scowl, by way of self comfort, observed : "I reckon your dog is spoiled V "Wal yes guess he's a lectio damaged ; but I never reckoned him worth mor'u ten dollars." A Western Jcstick. A justice of the peace who had but recently assumed tho dig nity of that important office in one of the mushroom towns on the Union Pacific Rail road, was called on among bis first duties to pass upon the guilt or innocence of a man orrestetljfor murder. The following colloquy constituted the examination : Justice. Confound you, tir, did you kill that man t Prisoner. Tea, air. Justice. Wat any one present at the time I Prisoner. No, tir. Justice. Then, as it will be impossible for the court to prove your guilt, yon are discharged. There it a story of celebrated French preacher, who, on delivering sermon on the duty of wives, taid: "I tea opposite me in this congregation a woman who hat been guilty of the tin of disobedience to br hus band ; and in order to point her out to universal condemnation, I will fling my breviary at ber bead." He lifted bis book, aud rvery female bead was instantly ducked. itRi:rrriEs. Strawberries in Charleston. Philadelphia and Camden want a bridge. Minnesota has a colony of one-wifo Mor mons. The Duke of Nassau has (2G0,000 worth of wi ne for snle. The Appletons have offered Dickens $25, 000 fur hit next novel. Mr. Tarton receives $300 per article from the Atlantic Monthly. A Boston paper toys that all tho blue birds about there are White. O. A. Sala thinks that the finest looking women in Europe are Americans. Valhindighnm is nbout to become the editor-in-chief of the Dayton Ledger. The laws of Iowa are printed in several languages, including Swedish. Flotow, the composer of "Martha," hat a new opera called "Zilda," which is just ready to come out. Philadelphia has eighty thousand public school children. Dan Drew objects to being thought to be a relative of An drew. When is iron the most ironical ? asks Fun. When it is a railing, to be sure. European physicians havo decided that in many cases consumption is contagious. 40 persons dipped in twenty minutes is the boast of a man who is called tho "cham pion baptizer." London had a blue horse. Philadelphia has a magenta donkey. The former died and the latter was dyed. Female cooks are coming into fashion again in Paris. Baron Rothschild was the first to make the innovation. 10,000 Germans are engaged to come over from Bremen to Bultiruoro this year, and from thence be distributed South. Andrew Johnson's house in Tennessee is being thoroughly renovated. The White House is to be, too, at least "such is our de sire." Not a single Jew lives in Newport, yet there is a synagogue there with an income of f 10,000 per annum. The Chinese are said to fight all day nnd then to go homo with ono man frightened to death and no other casualties. H. Clay Dean is said to bs tho one man in America who has not the slightest idea of what is meant by personal cleanliness. Bierstadt is engaged on some very largo pictures at his studio in Romo.ea Mrs. Bier stadt is said to be the most beautiful wo man in Rome. A Little Lay. Bachelor at Breakfast Dear me, Susan, that's a very small egg ! Husun Yes, sir, it is but it was only laid this morning, iir.Juda. Miss Abifail Coleman, a maiden lady of eigiity-nve years, residing in Preston, Ct., hasher third sett of toeth, which have just come out and arc very fine. Mrs. Chapman Colcmnn, noted as an excellent translater of German books, is going to writo n biography of her father, the lato John J. Crittenden. Milan, Missouri, was scared recently by a large black cloud with a perfectly outlined coliia dono in white, right in the centre. The clou.l stood over Milan for some time. Two thousand dollars was the price paid for a copy of Auduoon's works in New York recently. In tho Government stores at Jefferson -viUe(Ind.) aie 152,000,000 worth of Gov ernment property. Prince Salra Salm is in Brussels for the purpose of delivering Maximilian's last message to Carlotta. 50,000 bushcsl of grain were dropped in to three feet of water iu a cellar iu a grain house, in Peoria, recently, by the yielding of tue nooron wuicu it wan stored. Matches are made in Boston ! At least we judgo that a good many of them are, as a certain manufacturer in that city paid $400,000 for one cent stamps last year. Mrs. Wade is very much admired as a woman of elegance and sense. She has been compared to Mrs. Washington and Mrs. Madison, who were, by far, the most elegant women who ever presided at tho White House. The following little gem is from the sign board of a German inn : "Iu questaoasa troverete, Toutes les choees que Tons souhaitet, Urod and t'leish, Wein roth and weixs Well air d beds and all that's nice." More railroad bills have been passed by tho Legislature at the present session than during any winter for some years. The mountains In the neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tenn., were never known to contain as many deer as they do now. The Jews of the United States are dis cussing the propriety of holding services on Sunday instead of Saturday. Thero are more than 100 manufacturers along tho Schuylkill river, between the falls and Norristown Dam, (which is about ten miles.) These employ 10,000 workmen and produce annually tome $34,000,000 worth of goods. Mr. Forrest has been 49 years on the stage ; a great part of that time he was the acknowledged monaeh of it, to that no blame can attach to him for failing now. He is 07 years old and it racked with rheu matism. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ouzel te says "there is but little left of him but his reading, and that it at perfect aa ever." A man who plays 10 di unit with 43 drum sticks, all at the same time, it exhibiting bis skill in Berlin, Prussia. The statement is a startling one, but it is taid to be true, that San Francisco with a hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants, pays more money into the internal revenue of the United States than New York city with its eight hundred thousand. Somebody, speaking of the hurrying pro pensities of the Yankeet, tayt ; "If a bio mortar could be constructed, which would throw an immense bomb-shell, containing fifteen passengers, from St. Louis to Boston, in five minutes, with an abeolute certainty that fourteen would be killed by the ex plosion, ticketa for seats by the 'Express Bomb shell Line' would at once be at a pre mium, each passenger being anxlont for the chance to prove himself the lucky fifteenth." A wag tays thtt once, on ft journey, be wat put into sleigh with t dozen or more passengers, not one of whom he knew, but on turning a short corner the tVjigh upset, and then, taid be, "I found them all out." The Deleware river shad fishermen expect a largo "catch" the coining season, which will open in a few days. AGRICULTURAL, &0 . Hint About Nprtngc ITot-k. rnuKiso. In the generality of orchards the very im portant process of pruning is too much neg lected, the trees being permitted to follow their own inclination in tho formation of a head. This should not be so, for the pro ductiveness of the tree, and the size and quality of the fruit depend in a great meas ure on the Judicious removal of useless wood. and tho encouragement of tho growth of thoso shoots or branches which stand in their proper place. An unpruned tree gen erally forms a thick, bushy bead, and pro duces either a profusion of unfruitful blos soms, or a largo amount of fruit inferior in size and quality. 1 uere is generally more time for pruning in winter or early in tho spring than in summer or autumn, and there is a better opportunity ot seeing tho branches when the leaves are off, than when tbey are covered with foliage. nASrBKURIES. Tender varieties, which have been pro- tectedbya covering ofsomo kind during wintor, should bo uncovered before vegeta tion commences. If new beds or planta tions are to be made, the sooner the plants are set out the better, for after vegetation has commenced, it will not bo easy to remove them without breaking the shoots. The plants should not bo set deep in the soil ; for the young shoots or suckers do not come from the roots, and when tho latter are set deep tho shouts ate sometimes pre vented from reaching the surface. As to varieties, Brinkle's Orange is a very flno fruit, but the canes are tender, nnd the ber ries do not bear carriage well. The Yellow and Red Antwerp, Franconia and Philadel phia raspberries are valuable, and should be fouud iu every well assorted garden. THE STUAWnKKItT. As soon ns tho weather becomes soft, the covering should be raked off strawberry beds, and preparation made for supplying any deficiencies in the beds thut may have, occurred by tho winter-killing of the plants. When set out lato in the fall, the plants nre liable to be killed by frosts in winter, nnd on this account, the fall planted beds should bo examined in spring and all gaps filled up, Of varieties, the Wilson'a Albany is generally preferred for market, but Hovey's Seeding, Jucunda, Boston Pine, Triompho de Gaud, etc, are all superior to it iu flavor, and nro more desirable for amateur culture. VEGETABLE QAItDE. As soon as the frost is out of the ground, preparation should be made for getting iu early vegetables. Parsnips, peas and beans, radishes, lettuce, onions, salsify, etc., should be put in as soon as the Boil and weather are suitable for the purpose. It is better tn wait a month than to till tho soil when it is saturated with water. Parsnips and peas are hardy, and may be put in beforo frosts have disappeared. The construction of hot beds and the sowing of seeds in them should be proceeded with, and nbundanco of plants raised for setting out in proper season. AsrAitAors. Asparagus beds should be made as soon as tho soil and season arc favorable. Every owner or occupier of a garden should have a 'bed of this excellent vegetable. Fine crops of asparagus may be raised withodt tho trouble and expense of excavating beds in tho common way. Tha plants do very well when grown iu drills, iu rich, deeply tilled soil. The roots and tops spread con siderably, and tho plants should be set in drills three feet asunder, nnd from eighteen to twenty-four inches apart in the drills. Better asparagus can be obtained in this way than in the usual mode of crowding the plants in beds. BHCBAKB. Rhubarb, or "pic-plant," is a very valua ble and wholesome vegetable, and a large bed of it should bo found in every garden. It requires deep tillage, the deeper the bet ter, and heavy manuring. The largo roots and leoves require plenty of room to extend below and above the soil. Some perstns trench the soil to the depth of two feet, when preparing to plant rhubarb, but with out good drainage very deep tillage is use less. If propagated by dividing the roots, the plants Bhould be set out singly, and not in throes, as is so often dono. One or two buds is sufficient on each dividing root. The ordinary varieties are generally planted in drills two and a half or throe feet asunder, tho plants a similar distance apart in the rows. Soruo of the larger varieties require to be planted much farther apart say five feet between the rows, and threo feet be tween the plants. Houses Ovbr Reaciujco IIakd Hoofs A correspondent writes that the remedies wo uow possess to prevent over-reaching in hones are very satisfactory ; but the best he has found is to shoe tho front feet with heavy shoes, beel calks high, toe calkt low. Shoe tbo hind feet with light shoes, low heel calks, high toe calks. In several cases he bos welded a thin lip on the toe of the bind shoe, extending half way up the hoof. This protects the hind hoof from being bro ken, but is detrimental to the forward shoo in winter by doubling the calks. For inter fering, turn the outside heel corks trans versely, so as to rotate the angle out, and put the toe calk a little to the iuside. This plan never (failed the writer but twice. Vermont tUrmtr. Poisoned Stock. Sheep will eat the grounding and tho laurel ; lambs will cat the ivy when turned out in spring, if it growt in their pasture. Foeding plentifully of salt to grown stock, often has a good ef fect, but when they have lain a day or two before discovery ,its efficacy it lost when administered. A certain remedy it found in blood root, (saoguinaria) and brandy. I have saved sheep that had lain helplest for days. Into a quantity of spirit, put enough of the root to make a strong extract, and keep in a bottlo for use. Give a tablespoon full to a sheep, and more to a calf. In both ' casct give several timet, at interval! Of a few hours. Country Gentleman. Peach oh Tlcm. The Ilvrticulturut says "Wherever the peach does not succeed well, planted upon its roots, because of the soil being too stiff, clayey or wet, U will be fouud that if the peach be budded on the plum it will thrive well, and give good crops of fruit, and, at the tame time, give to the tree more hardihood to endure, ex treme changes el temperature." Hope this Is true. The Agricultural bureau of the Interior Departmeut will not hereafter distribute any but the rarest seeds. We may tiuly call this the end of a folly.
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