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in the praotiee of their profession in Northumbor.
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Attorney at law, RUNBCRY, PA
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March 31 1866
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. Attorney und CoaaaeUor ut Ijiw,
OFFICE in Haupt'i new Building, on aeoond floor
Entrance on Market Square,
Will attend promptly to all professional business
entrusted to Lis oare, tbe oollection 01 elaiin In
Northumberland and the adjoining counties.
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f IBB AND LIFE IN8TJBANCB AGENT,
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INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA
FROM GERMANY, in 1835.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Pit EPA RED Bl' DR. C. M. JACKSON,
PRlLADtLPUIA, Vl.
The gi telcit kntrwn rtmiJUs for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS of the SKIN,
and all Disease arlsliiar from a Dis
ordered Liver, Ktomaeli, or
IMPURITY OF THE Jil.OOTt.
Rrad the fallowing symptmn, and f yofi find (ftiic
your siitm is afrettd by tiny f them, you' -liny rat
atntred that dueane has enmmmerd its atttttk on tht
moKl impnrlini nrgans nf yrtur botly, and Nn7'. tuwl
checked ty the ute of pnwtrful rrmdits,a miterable
life, toon terminating 111 death, mill be Ute result.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles,
i'ulnoss of Blood to th Head, Acidity
of the Btomaoh, Nausea, Honrt
burn, DisituRt fur Fond, Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach,
8our Kruotntions, Sink
inK or Fluttering at the Pit
of the Btomaoh, Bwimminct of
the Head, Hurried or Dirlloult
Broathing, Fluttering at tho Heart,
Cliokinx or Snflocatinn Sensation when
in a TjyingPosture, Uimnesn of ViHion,
Dots or Webs betore tho Sight,
Dull Pain in the fiend. Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Yel-
lowuesa of the Skin and
Eyes, Pain in the Side,
Back, Chest, I.imbs, etc. Hud
den Flushes of Heat, Burning in
' the Flosh, ConNtnnt Imaginings of
Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits.
All these indioat disease o f the hirer err tigtlivt
Organs, combined with impart blevd.
tiooflanb's crnnm Dittcv-3
li rttlfrly veKe(allc,aii(l roittalim no
Jlquor. It Is n com po uml of Klultl Ki
irai'li. 'I1 lie Kools llrrbs anil Harks
from wlilcli llirso extracts are made
re ntlieretl In ?rmaiiy All tlie
m4lli;lital virtues are exfracteil from
tliriti by a scientific chemist These
extracts are then forwarded lo this
country to be used expressly for the
manufacture of these flitters. There
is no nlcohollo substance of any kind
used tu compounding t Ike Hit tern,
hence It Is the only Hitters that can
be used In cases where alcoholic stlm
ulanls are not advisable.
enmm Conic
tin cmtibinntion nf all tli iugrttlimtt ff tht flitter,
with von Hmtii L'l itt Itatn, Oraufft, tie. It it ui'd for
th s-amo. ttiitmt aj tht Itttttrt, in eatet whrrt smn
pur, iilohnlic ttimuliu ii txnwvti. lu will btttr in
mintt thnt th rtmedxtt art etiire1jr ltfTeint from
any other aivrtid fr th. cure rf th. iiuxs
named, the being trtnitijic prepttrati-m nf mfiirirutl
exUacts, white the othr art mtr deenctiont nt' rum
in tome form. The T 'NIC i decidedly one nf th mnst
plentant atul agreeable tetttediet ever 'Tnd to the
pul'lic. Its tttxte. it ejquitite. It it a dtature to take
it, whtlt it life-giving, exhilarating, and mtdiriunt
qualitiet have caused it to be known ut tht grttttt qf
a!l (otti-'i.
CONSUMPTION.
Thousands of canes, when the pa
tlent sutpied he was aflitt'ted with
this terrible disease have been ruied
by the ue of t hese rvinedles. K x I rente
emnct nt ton, debility, and eoitgh are
the usuul attendants upon severe
ent.es of dyspepsia or disease of the
dlKcttve organs Evni In cases of
Ren nine Cons 11 in pt Ion, these reined leg -will
be found of the greatest benefit,
strengthening and Invigorating.
DEBILITY.
T'-ert i no medicine eqnnt to fTtiiflmmft ffcrm-m
Bdtert or 7nic ih catt of etilitj, ' They impu t a
ttmt and vi'jnr to th tchoU tyttem, strengthen the. ap
petit, cntu an enjoyment of the food, enable the
ttu'tftch to diyttt it, purify th. blond, give, a good
sti'iti't, hnlthy compterim, eradicate th yetlnw tinge
fmn i'tt , imfhtrt a bloim Ut the ehttkt, and change
the piiitnt from a thort-hreathd, emaciated, weak,
and mrvout inva'Udt to a futl-faoed, tioul, ami vigor
out per ton.
Weak and Delicate Children
are made strong by using the Hitters
or Toitle In tact they are Family
Medicines They cun be xdmlnlncred
with perfect safety lo a child three
months old, the most delicate fsnialet
or a man of ninety
Theee Reentditt art the bett
Dlootl Purlflova
ever known, and wilt curt ull dneaiet resulting from
bad blood.
Keep your blootl pure; keep your Ltivr in order;
keep your digestive nrgaiu in a sound, healthy condi
turn, ly the me of tViejc remedies, atul no distase mil
ever assail you.
Ladles who wish a fair skin and
food complexion, free from a yellow
h tinge and all other dUtlgui-emenf f
should use these remedies occasion
ally Tlie Liver In perfect order, ami
the blood pure, will result In spark
ling eves and. blooming cheeks
CAUTIOM,
IlooftawPt German JUmediet are ffuntrfrititt
Tlte genuine hare the signature of C. .V. Juvlmon
Of the front of Ute nutaide urapper of each botdt, and
the hum of tfte article blown in each bottle. AH other t
are counterfeit.
Thousands of letters have tieen re
ceived, testifying to the virtue of these
remedies
HEAD THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I-IIOM HON. OKO. W. WOODWARD,
ChM Jutics of the Suprsoie Court of Iennivanltt.
Philadelphia, March lfltb, 18d7.
J find ffoofUtmti German Bitter" it not an intox
icating beverage, but it a gyd tonic, useful in disor
ders of the uiyesU organs, and of great benefit in
cam of tUbiUty and vtasit of nervous action in tht
tystevt. 1'our truly,
6 AO. W. WOODWARD.
PUOM HON- JAMK3 THOMPSON,
Julgs of ths Suiucius Court of PsnniWsnls.
PHILIDBLPHIA, APBIL 38th, 18M.
I consider ' Iloofland's German Bit
ters a raiitaldn ttifdicinm in case of at
tacks of lndlgsstton or Uyspepsla. I
can certify thi from my experience
a a ii soars, wnn respecr.
liOMPS
IPSOX.
J-rom REV. JOSEPH II. KKNNARD, D.D.,
Pulor of Ih Tauth BaptUt Church, l'biUd.llila.
Da. J icasoa Dsa Bia s I tiH bcn frequently r
awilMl i unmeet atr aanu wila recommewulUiimi of
di fferent kinds of mediein'S, but rtgarding Ihr practice
as out of my appropriate sphere, I aim in all eases de
stined ; but with a clear prof in various instances, and
particularly in my awn family, of the usefulness of Dr.
Iloofland's German hitters, I depart for once from
usual course, to express my full conrirtf., iu t
galisral del.ililT of tbssyalain.and niarially fur l.lt.r
C.iiitlaltit, it Is a safa and vahmLla irpftrHtin. 7it
loms oases it muyfuil ; but usually, I doubt not, it will
bs .try beaefleial la those who suffer from Vis u6ur
tausss. Tours, very respectfully,
J. U. KENS A KD,
HifhUx, belom Cuoles .
Frioa of th Blttar. 11.00 pr bottlsi
Or, a half doaan for (5.00.
Frio of th Tonio, 11.60 per bottl
Or, a half doaan for 17 B0.
Ths Tooie is put up 1 quart bottlu.
Btcolleet thai U is Or. Iloofland's German Remedies
that are so uutoersoily used and to highly etcaaiuiend
ttt i and do mot mllom the Pruggisl to induce you to
take any thing else that , may say is just as good, bt
eaust he makes a l.irger profit on it. That Rtmeditt
will Its sent by erprcts to any totality upon application
to tiui
PRINCIPAL OPF1CK,
AT THE CIRMAN MEDICINI ITORE,
iVt.Ml ARCH ITREKT, Phdadelphia.
CHAB. M. J0VANB. Proprietor,
fora.rlj a X. JA0KB0F 00.
Thai Rmdlc are for sal by
Drugalals, klorakec iters, aud Uial.
lis Uaalars y.ry wlr.
P. tud forget lo tsummt well tht artilal ytu buy,i
seder msgetUis genuint.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Old lano Over Again.
Dearly ft the American people loved
Peace, many of them fenred that tbo War
would end too toon. There were periods
in the Hebellion when Peaco woald have
been a greater curse than a score of buttles
fought u Northern soil, and tho capture of
a dozen Northern cities. Better that the
Hebel fW.had floated in 186U over the ld
State House in Philadelphia, wherein the
Srst Congress declared American Independ
ence, than that the armistice had been grant
ed which (he Democratic party urged ana
the Kebel Government desired. Better, Jar
better, that tho war were rainncr now, with
Grunt still before Richmond, and Sherman
at Atlanta, than that the people of the
North hud indorsed the declaration of the
Democratic pRrty in 1804, that the war was
a failure, and compromise with traitors a
necessity. Peace hath her blessings, and
ar, even in tho noblest cause, cannot be
other than a giant evil; but I'ulBe Peace
comes soinetiuies to a nation, crowned with
thorns and robed in slmme, ottering short
respite as tlie price of long misery, and per
petuating the strife which she pretends to
end. Bloodshed is not the worst of evils.
It is better t hut men should die than that
principles should be destroyed. For Buch
reasons many of ns feared that peace would
come too soon. After liull Run the whole
North repudiated the idea with indignation;
tht Union could not treat with victorious
Rebellion. As the war grew older men
trusted that victory would not come till
Slavery had been abolished. Long before
May, 18G5, the loyal men ot the United
States were resolved that tho Rebellion
should be utterly crushed, and that the ele
ments of treason should be extirpated. When
Lee surrendered to Grant we thought thut
the Rebellion was ended.
Is it ended f No. From all parts of the
South and from manv men in the North
comes the assurance that the War for the
Union ended too soon. Their voices tell us
thut McClellun's weary and costly delays
were not blunders ; that Grant made an
error when he closed up the war in the
West, und forced the fighting in Virginia;
that Sheruiau should have waited ut Atlan
ta, and delayed for unother year his trium
phnut march to the sea. Those mngnilicetit
combinations, by which the superior strength
of the Uniou wus brought to bear upon
every point of resistance simultaneously,
were tiital mistakes. We are taught every
day thut the war should have been iudelinite
ly prolonged ; that the Rebellion should
have been crushed iuch by inch, till its
leaders had died in battle or lied from the
country; till its armies hud dwiudlcd tuto
bands ot robbers; till it hud beec driven
iuto the woods uud swamps, to starve and
pcrUh where the negro had starved and per
ianal in the days when ltelielUon was only
an uplifted menucein thut iusulting hand
which Slavery shook in tlio luce ot tlie Re
public. Victory was as" premature, we ure
attired, iu 1805 at it would have beeu in
1862. Nothing was decided by the war, if
we may trust the dcliaaco now huiled ut us
by the South. It has gone back to 1800,
and proposes to begin over again.
Rut there is a difference. In 1800 tho
country was warned that Rebellion would
follow the election of a Republican Presi
dent. In 1808 Rebellion is promised in cuse
of a Republican defeat. The election of
Seymour and Itlnir is to bo the signal of au
other war. Tho Rehels of the South have
inadu it unmistakably vicar that they intend
that a Democratic victory shall pay them
for what they lost at Vicksburg, and Gettys
burg, and Richmoiid. The Lost Cause of
the South is louud again, ami lives iu the
Democratic party. Tlie Rebellion declares
that Grunt did not subdue it, and that it is
ready to fight aguin. Let us hear it speak.
Frank Blair promises Revolution if ho is
elected. Robert Toombs declares that "tho
"Reconstruction acti are null and void, and
"shull not stand. Tho grinning skeletons
''that have been set up in our midst as legis
lators shall be ousted by Frank Blair,
"whom our party has expressly appointed
"for that purpose." Said Uowell Cobb :
"In war we drew the sword, and bade them
"defiance; in peace we gather up the man-
"hood of the South, and raising the banner
"of Constitutional equality, and gathering
"around it tie good men of the North, as
"well as the South, we hurl into their teeth
"the same defiance, and bid them come on
"to the struggle. Wo are ready for it, if
"you are." Albert Pike Calls upou the
young men of the South to swear thut the
Susquehanna and Ohio shall be like rivers
of lire, which no Northern lluo shall at
tempt to cross and live. "Secession is not
"dead," says Gov. Wise; "it is more alive
1 "to day than ever. I support Blair because
"he promises Revolution." J. M. Ramsey
of Georgia declares thut the true men of the
South uro ready to rally once more uuder
the Rebel flag "and try the issue at the car-"triilge-box,".and
promises that there are
men in the North who will lead their bat
talions. "If. we are successful in the ap
proaching contest," says The MuhiU 2'rUntne,
"we suall gain all tnat we lost in tue 'Liosc
Cause.' " "The country is by far too large
"to remain very long under one Govern
"ment," says The Mcmj'hh Appeal, and the
"day will come when the South will be in
"di pendent." "By the election of Seymour
"and Blair," says Gov. Vance of North Caro
lina, "all that tho Confederacy fought for
"will bo won." lite Mobile TrAune declare!
that "tbe great Democratic party will rise
"in Us might, and the dagger of Brutus
"may aid in accomplishing our redemption
"from Radical rule, ruin, and usurpation."
"There aie maoy Democrat" at the North
who believe," asserts The Mobile lletjiaier,
"tha the counterrevolution will not be
"complete without more blood letting; and
The Uichmond Inquirer adds, "The white
"men of the Southern States have seen the
"day when tbey could use the bullet, and,
ii uou in ui anger permit tha necessity to
"arise, they will uso it agaiu." With the
kuii auu cross-Dones ot tbe 'Lost Cause' be-
"lore us," cries The Meridian (Miss.) Mercury,
"we will swear that this is a Whit Man'
' Government. W must rusk the negro
"understand we are the men w were when
"we held him in abject bondage." "Gen.
"Bluir at the head of the militia will be a
"match for Gen. Grant at the head of the
"regular army," boasts Gen. Kwing. The
Georgia Democratic Convention declared;
"There might once have beeu necessity
"tor the Rebels of Georgia to submit to the
"military authorities, but there is none now.
"The Democratic chivalry of the Nona are
"marching to our rescue."
TU1 is enough. We might fill columns
witii such shrieks and jells of Rebellion, the
echoes of 1801, but every day swell th
evidence that th Southern leader repudiate
the surrender of Lee, and repaj with plans
pf new war tht generosity which saved
them from the gallows. Whether it be right
or wronjr, that treason deserves death, it is
certain that the people of the North did not
permit that question to ho raised ; In their
magnanimity they put it aside, and required
of traitors no indemnity for the past, im
posed nn punishment for their crimes, but
demanded only (.ecurity for the future. It
was Peace for which we longed, and are we
now to learn that we were wrong in seeking
I to establish Peace in the spirit of mercy
rather than in that which demands an ey
for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth ! We
must believe so, if we can believe Frank
Blair, Wado Hampton. Howell Cobb, the
leaders of the Democratic party North and
South, and the unanimous voice of the Re
bel press. In 1800 an 1 18B1 these identical
threats were made by the same men, but
the patriotic masses could not credit their
sincerity, till the attack upon Sumter proved
that the South was in deadly earnest. It is
the duty of the American people to profit
by that terrible experience. We are warned
by the Democratic party itself that its tri
umph means War; that it intends that Blair
and Seymour shall establish the principles
of the Confederacy. That warning it would
be criminal folly to despise. It is Grant who
represents in this contest the gront cause
which he represented in the war. and only
by his election can Peace and Order bo pre
served and permanently established. N. Y.
Tribune.
A Sermon on I'cnces.
BY BERCHEU.
Wo have received from "Down East" a
note from which wo make an extract. Tho
writer says that there is but little "preach
ing" in his neighborhood, and that what
there is relates rather to the metaphysical
quality of sin than to the actual forms which
it usually takes. He therefore sends for a
little bit of preaching, tho following :
"My neighbor will not make his part of
his fence sufficiently strong, and his stock
will therefore break over and damage my
crops. He heedlessly sets fire so that the
fire nprcads and burns up my part of the
fence, lie does not build the fence so de
stroyed, as he is in duty bouud to do ; yet
lets his stock run in the opposito field, and
they are every now and then trespassing on
my fields. Now the laws provide for a re
medy by compelling him, if I bring suit, to
muko a legal fence, and re-build the part he
so carvlcsMy burnt. Now if I compel him
by 6uit at law to do his duty, I make an
enemy. My property is not safe, and in tlie
end I would probably be the sufferer. I
consider a dollar's worth of peace and good
feeling with my neighbors worth n dollar,
und a dollar's worth of justice obtained by
compulsion by anil through tho law, is gen
erally dearly obtained, costing two and of
ten ten to get one, beside bad feelings,
lasting sometimes through life. Is it my
duty to tiring suit for righ when it will
perh.ips beget malicious retaliation f What
course docs tho Scripture indicate J"
Oh, sir, you could not have touched a
took: that would thrill more hearts than
this afjenn'4 How simple the topic seems !
How little would an innocent stranger,
riding through a rural district, imagine that
fences are instruments of injustice, engines
of oppression, causes of quarrel I Fences not
only separate estates, out divide families ;
they keep out cuttle, but introduce feuds ;
they protect lund, but squander money in
bitter litigations. To fill up the whole sub
ject of fences, with appropriate preaching,
would require a sermon as long as an old
fashioned Puritan discourse. In this par
ticular case, we tlo not see that much is left
for us. The writer has argued his case, and
decided it rightly. Peace is more precious
than gold among neighbors. Don't go to
lair, (f you can help it.
Some men take medicine for every pinch
and qualm and are never well. Some men
take law for every little spite or right, und
they never have any comfort of their lives.
What 1 Shall a man give up his rights t
In a free country, a native-born American,
and be afraid to stand up for his rights ?
It is true, that men ought to ascertain
clearly what are their rights ; and that they
should see to it that, in the main, they are
respected. But even this relates rather to
such rights as involve a man's moral and civil
standing. Cases may arise in wlucu one
should sacrifice his whole property, and his
very lite, rather than yield a just and im
portant right. But in every such case there
must be a clear and uuqueatiouable reason
for such outlay.
On the other hand, many of our rights
are not to be selfishly maintained they are
to be waived, yielded, given away, for the
benefit of others. A man who keeps ull his
rights for his own use is selfish and uulove-
ly.
Define and authenticate your rights, and
then, if you can make men happier, use
them generously, and even forego them 1
A mother's whole life is mado up of a seiies
of giving up her rights for the benefit of her
children. Is any other name more noble
among men than thut of mother f
Yet, there mtty be cases in which a little
law will be useful to a neighborhood.
If some strong and arrogant man domi
neers until, by yieldiug to him, he baa come
to think thut he can have everything bis own
way, it will be good for him and for the
whole neighborhood if some smart, stiff
necked farmer will teaoh him a lesson at
law.
If there be a meau and selfish nature in a
neighborhood, w ho makes it a rule to go
just as far as people will allow, and to filch
uml grasp whatever he can, it may be a duty
to put up a tence ot tuo law arounu uim.
But if a man is only careless and slow,
and negligent, and yet really does not in
tend any harm, I think that I should mend
the fence myself before going to law. Coax
him, talk to him as plainly as you write to
me. It it difficult to manage a man who
has the riuht on his side, but where all the
right is on your side, you ought to be able
to manage any uian.
Keep out ot law 1 It will squander more
money than it will save. It breaks down
more leuces than it put in order. No bet
ter citizens live than lawyers. But, going to
late is next to going to a grog shop. When
a man begius, you uever kuow when he will
end.
It is best to keep your secrets to yourself;
you may then feu I sure they are yours, and
that you are not arousing the jealousy of
other or creating fear in your own mind
that other know bow to wrong you.
Profane swearing Dover did any wan good.
No man ia richer, or happier, or wiser for
it. It commends no one to any society. It
ia disuustinu to the friend, abominable to
th good ; iusultiug to thos with whom w
associate; degrading to IB wind unpruQ
table, Ddlsi, injurious to aocity.
(Sencrnt LonRnlrcet.
oicn. on ant ins cnoics for the i-residexct.
The New York Tribune rclutes an inter
view with General Loogstrcet, in this man
ner: Yesterday a chieftain of the late Rebel
lion, General James Longstreet, arrived in
New York. Since the war be accepted the
situation, and has used his influence to
counsel and guide bis people and to lead
mem saieiy Dack to an enduring peace.
Yesterday eveuing a reporter of the TrUmne
called upon tho General at the New York
Hotel. Imagine seated at a table a tall,
well-built man in a suit of black. The face
is a kindly, pleasant one, the beard is sandy
and grizzled and the cheeks are flushed.
The forehead is higli and the eyes are grey
and soft in expression. The mouth square
ly cut denotes decision, and there is that
quiet resolute air about hint that reminded
one of General Grant, whom he strongly
resembles in looks and manner. Although
suffering from an attack of fever, he bore
himself resolutely above pain and conversed
freuly upon affairs in the Southern States.
As a portion of the conversation bears di
rectly upon the coming campaign, I give it
in full.
Reporter Do you think wo will have
better days iu tho Southern States ?
Generul Longstreet Assuredly. The cot
ton crop has been very large this year, and
we will soon have capital of our own to
work upon.
Rep. Suppose Seymour is elected, do
you think we will buve unother war I
Gen. L. I cannot say as to that; but I
believe that if he is clectod it will open all
those old issues, and we will have trouble ;
but I don't think ho will be elected.
Rep. What do you think of Giant?
Geu. L. He is my man. I believe he is
a fair mau. I met hiiu ut West Point. I
thiuk he is above meanness. His silence is
grand.
litp. There is one thing I would like to
ask. It is in regard to the negro.
Geu. L. (smiling) I will tell you all I
know.
Rep. Will he keep his contracts iu re
gard to labor ?
Geu. L. I can relate my own experience.
My men have worked well. They like to
have a white uiun come out in the field and
tell them what to do. There was always a
class of lazy men who would sit in their
houses and give their orders. These men de
serve to have trouble.
Rep. And in regard to jury triuls I
mean negroes upou u jury bench ?
Gen. L. In some cases that is bad for
instance, where uu action involves an ac
count. Negroes generally are ignorant
upon intricate mutters of business. But if
a district is disposed to do right with them,
the jury may be divided white anil black.
They (the negroes) soon learn, and appre
ciate the position.
Rej. About negro supremacy ?
Gen. L. Ah, that can never be ; it is sil
ly to thiuk of it. They can never be strong
er than they ure to-day, aud the whites of
the South know it, but they uro misled by
the politicians.
Rep. Iu regard to the acts of reconstruc
tion (
Gen. L. I advise my friends to accept
them, uud come into the Union, aud try to
bring about peace and prosperity. I told
the people of Alabama if they would not
be guided by the politicians they would
come out all right.
Rep. And you think it will come out
all right?
Gen. L. I do ; the crops are large. The
cotton crop is worth $200,000,000. That
is a step towards bringing about tho desired
result. Chase was my man. I think if
nominated he could have been elected, and
the Southern people would rally about him
without knowing it; 1 cannot vote lor Sey
mour; but any way, I think good times
are not very far distant.
A Disagreeable Bedfellow. Three
gentlemen, while in Providence, on business,
stopped at one of the best hotels of that place
and asked the clerk to prepare a room for
them one with double beds, to than tbe
trio could room together. The clerk an
swered that he could accommodate them if
one would sleep with a stranger, as all the
other rooms were occupied. After some
hesitation one of the number taid be was
perfectly willing to sleep with the stanger.
The trio were soon shown to their room,
where they beheld aeatcd on one of the
beds, purtiully undressed, a gent, who ap
peared to be an excellent specimen of the
geuius daudv, as he stared at the new-comers
through an eye-glass which he held daintily
in his dngets.
Our friend, who had promised to sleep
with the stranger, quickly disrobed himself
of his outer garments, and after seating
himself on a chair betide tbe bed occupied
by rhe dundy, commenced to scratch his
head vigorously. This proceeding astonish
ed the dundy ; but his amazement was con
siderably increased by hearing our friend
say to oue of his companions
"Jimmy, did you bring your floe tooth
comb with you ? If you did, lend it to me,
for my head is very itchy 1"
The dandy started on hearing this, quick
ly dressed himself, and, with an expression
of disgust on his countenance, left the room.
It is needless to say our friend slept alone
that night.
Goto Farming. A good living is what
comparatively few men succeed iu making
in village or city life, and yet nothing is
more easy of accomplishment on the farm.
Besides, there is a pleasure in cultivating
and embellishing the earth, improving and
increasing its products, and thus adding to
the aggregate of humun happiness. Why,
then, should young men hesitate to become
fanner It is both profitable and honor
able. It is the nearest approximation to in
dependence, that man, as a member nf socie
ty, can make. A gentleman laruier aim
all farmers are, or should be, gentlemen
belongs to an order of nobility that 1 not
indebted to place-holders for its installation,
and may, if he chooses, be ranked among
the greatest benefactors of the human race.
Let all ullo young men go io wor uu lurm.
and quit seeking third aud fourth rate clerk
ships. In short, go to farming ana quit
begging. crtnimge.
Couldn't Tkll. A daf key was examined
io a Washington court, recently, to prove
the identity of a white man.
"Did you see the m.n f" asked th attor
ney.
"Yes, sab, I seed bira.M
'Was be a whit men ?"
"Duduo. sab."
"Do you say you taw the mau and can't
say whether he was wbito or black 1"
"Yea, tab, I aeed him, but dere's to many
whit fellart callin'derselvesniggeri around
hr I caq't tH on from toddt I"
Knell a Liove I.eller.
We have read love letters heretofore, and,
muybap, have written one or two ; but tor
sublimity we never taw anything to com
pare with the following which we. clip from
an exchange :
"Mr Dear Sally : Every time I thiuk
of you my heart flops up and down like a
churn dasher. Sensations of unutterable
joy caper over it like ynung goats over a
stable roof and thrill thro' it -like Spanish
needles through a pair of tow linen trow
ters. At a goslin swimmith with delight in
a mufl puddle, so swim I in a sea of glory.
Visions of ecstatic rapture, thicker than the
hair of a blacking brush and brighter than
the hues nf a hummingbird's pinions, visit
me in my slumber ; and borne on their in
visible wings, your image stands before me,
and I reach out to grasp it, like an old
pointer snapping at a blue bottle fly. When
I first beheld your angelic perfections I was
bewildered, and my brain whirled. round
like a bumble bee in a glass tumbler. My
eyes stood open like cellllr doors in country
towns, I lifted tip my cars to catch tho sil
very accents of your voice. My tongue
refused to wag, and in silent admiration I
drank in the sweet infection of love, as a
thirsty man swalloweth a tumbler of hot
whisky punch. Since the light of your faco
leil upon my life, I sometimes feel as if I
could lift myself by my boot straps to the
top of a church steeple. Day and night
you are my thought. When Aurora, blush
ing like a bnde.mes from her saffron couch;
when the jay-bird pipes his tuneful lay in
theapplo treo by the spring house ; when
tho chanticleer's shrill clarion heralds the
coming morn ; when tho awakened pig
ari.eth from his bed and grunteth and goeth
lor his morning refreshments; when the
drowsy beetle wheels his drowning flight at
sultry noon tide, and when tho lowing cows
come home at milking time, I think of thee :
and liko a piece of gum elastio uiy heart
seemed to stretch clean across my bosom.
Your hair is like tho mane of a snrel horse
powdered with gold ; and the brass pins
sKreweii inrougii your watertull nil me with
unbounded awe. Your forehead is smooth
er than tlio elbow of nn old coat, and whiter
than seventeen hundred linen. Your eyes
aro glorious to behold. In their liquid
depths I see legions of littlo Cupids battling
and lighting like cohorts ot ants iu old
aiiny crackers. When their fire hit me full
on my manly breast, it permeated my en
tire anatomy, liko a load of bin! shot would
go through a rotten apple. Your nose is
Irom a chunk of Piirisiau marble, and your
mouth puckered with sweetness. Nectar
lingers on your lips like honey on a bear's
paw, and myriads of unfiedged kisses aro
there ready to fly out and light snmewhero
like young blue birds out of the parent
nest. Your laugh ring on my ears like the
windharp's strains, or the bleat of a strav
lamb on the bleak hillside. Tho dimples
on your cheeks are like bowers in beds of
roses, or like hollows in cakes of home made
sugar.
I am dying to fly to your presence and
pour out tho burning eloquence of my love,
as thrifty housewives pour out 'tot coffee.
Away from you, I am melancholy as a eick
cat. Uncouth fears, liku a thousand min
nows, nibble at my spirits, und my soul is
pierced through with doubts as an old
cheese is bnred with skippers.
My love lor you is stronger than the smell
of old butter. Switzcr cheese, or a kick of a
mule ; it is purer than tho breath of a young
cow, and more unselfish than the kitten's
first caterwaul. As the s'ing bird hungers
for tho light of day, tho cautious mouse for
the fresh bacon in the tray, a lean pup han
kers alter new milk, so I long for thee.
You are fairer than a speckled pullet ;
sweeter than a luukee doughnut tried in
sorghum molasses; brighter than the top
knot plumage on the head of a muscovy
duck. You arc candy kisses, pound cake,
and swoetened toddy altogether.
If these remarks will enublo you to see
the inside of my soul, and me to win your
affections, I shall be as happy as a wood
pecker in a cherry tree, or a stage horse in
green pasture. If you cannot reciprocate
my thrilling passion, I will die away like a
poisoned bedbug, and in coming years when
the shadows grow long from the hills, and
the philanthropic frog sings bis evening
hymn, you, happy in another love can
come and drop a tear, anil tost a clod upon
tbe last resting place of
Advice to American Women. Dr. Hall,
speaking of the frail health uud early fading
ot American women, especially in cities und
large towns, says they live too luxuriously,
and their habit of eating and sleepiug are
too artificial and irregular. Ourjoung wo.
men are often trained in female boarding.
schools, which, with rare exceptions, are
academies of mental, moral and physical
deprivations ; while novel reading iu secret
and a smattering of everything in public,
with thorough practical knowledge of noth
ing, is the order of the day. From the timo
they leave school to marriage, nothing is
done to establish the constitutional to make
firm the health no instructions given as to
how that may be preserved; no active teach
ing as to household duties, no icvigoruting
morning walks, no wholesome, elegant, and
graceful exercise on horseback. Tho days
are spent in eatiug, in easy lounging, iu
ceremonial visitings, in luxurious dreaminga
over seutimentul fiction ; their nights in
heated roams or crowded assemblies of hot
andpoisoned, if pot putrid, air. No won
der that, with educations like these, tho
girls of our cities and large towns fade away
into the grave long before they reach the
maturity of womanhood.
An Incident of tub Bar. Some of the
disciples of Themis in the rural distriuU
often take a lofty flight.
"May it please the court," taid a lawyer
before a Dutch justice, the other day, "this
is a case of tho greatest importance. While
the American eagle, whose sleepless eye
watches over tho welfare of this mighty Re
public, and whose wings cxteud from tbe
Allcgheniet to the rocky chain of the West,
was rejoicing in hi pride of place"
"Stop daro 1 ttop dare, I say ! Vat has
this tuit to do mit eagles ? Dish ha nothing
to do mid the wild bird. It is vou sheep,
exclaimed the justice. . ,
"True, jour honor, but taj client
rights here." A,
bat
xe cent ua. uu ,- . Jaa
the law of
"ut course, not,
gU"Vo7cares I for do law of de language ?
t ., a . 1 t the Stbate and dat t enough
I understand tne Blu" , .. , ,h-
tbisS it Aared with tu.ling a .beep,
'""Da", will do-dat will do. Your client
i. cuarged mit ttealiog a sheep. Just nio
lovi"." De gourt will adjoura to Bill Vr
r0B t to drink,"
ConN-Cou and Chicken Bone Etiquette,
The great question, or ona of them, now
agitating fashionable society at the water
ing places is, "I it proper to eat green corn
from the cob and tnke chicken. bones in the
fingers ?" Ladies who are accustomed to
answer this question in the natural snd
common-sense way at home often seem to
suppose that "company manners" require
them to convey all food to the mouth by
the aid of knife and fork when away, and
deny themselves the luxury of taking tilings
In their fingers, greatly to their discomfort,
if not positive injury ; for every one knows
thnt there is a iuiciness, a sweetness, a suc
culence, a satisfaction about corn gnawed
trom tbe ear and chicken tucked from the
bone not obtainable any other way. Soma
hotel proprietors solve the question very
satisfactorily (to themselves) by not provi
ding any green corn or chickens excusing
themselves on the ground thut they are "not
able to get enough to go around." But
this is a shameful way f getting around a
social problem, instead of solving it, and we,
consequently, confine our remarks to the
guests of those hotels whioh do provide
chicken and also corn. Wo are very glad
to be able to say there is very high authority
for the finger process that the ladies love so
well, and which, we are suro, cannot be un
pleasant to the corn and chickens. This
authority is no less than Brillat Savarin, a
gentleman, courtier and philosopher, who,
in lectures to his cook, writes us follows :
"Remember, my dear professor, I biu to
have ladies to dinner to day. You have not
forgotten, I hope, my former instructions to
you on tho subject of dishes. Al
ways have a variety of little sido dishes,
chops, small birds, wings of fowls, things
wilh bones in the them; things they can
take in their fingers, la short, pickings;
for I observe thut ladies apply themselves
with delight to things they can pick. Aud
I observe, too, that they never look so
charming as when extracting the delicate
juices of bones which yield themselves only
to tho caressing of lips; except, perhaps,
when they am wiping their lips and lingers
on their napkin, which they will do tro
qnently." If crepn corn had been a French instead
of a Yankee dish, Savarin would undoubt
edly have included it in his list of dishes ;
and with this high authority no lady need
bo afraid to follow tho dictates of common
sense and her own taste, and handle corn
cob and chicken bono at her own sweet will,
especially when wo add that our opinion
coiuefdes exactly with S.tvariu's. Exchange,
Sleep. Exorcise vour body and your
mind till you are tiled, and no longer; sleep
till yon are refreshed, but no longer; wheu
tho bed becomes irksome, get up if circum
stances permit; when again. Nuturo calls for
rest, follow her dictates and regard not the
time or hour. In health, custom rules ; but
when sickness takes the helm, nature will
not be controlled. In good health, seven
or eight hours' sleep is generally sufficient;
a disposition to lie in bed beyond the usual
hours generally arises from somo derange
ment of tho digestive organs. In sickness,
if tho patient is favored with sleep, nothing
will so soon renovate and restore strength ;
when a nurse perceives her patient inclined
to sleep, let everything give way, no matter
what time it happens. A patient should
never be awakened to take medicine ; no
medicine can be so beneficial as sleep, which
is the balm ot'Gilead of this state of being,
and comforts both mind and body beyond
any other things. Sleep is sound, sw eet sod
refreshing, according us the alimentary or
gans are easy, quiet aud clean.
Beactt of Old People. Men and wo
men make their own beauty or their own
ugliness. Lord Lytton sppsks of a man "who
was uglier than ho had any business to be,"
and if he could but read it every human
being carried his life in his facn. an l is good
looking or the reverse, as that life has been
good or evil. On our features the fine chisel
of thought and emotion are eternally at
work. Beauty is not the monopoly of bloom
ing ynnng men and of pink white maids.
There is a slow crowing beauty which only
comes to perfection in old sue. Grace be
longs to uo period of life, and improves the
longer it exists.
A traveler says there is a race of men at
the extremity of South America of such
enormous proportions that they mix their
lather in a washtub and shave with a scythe
The young fellow who makes engagements
with the ladies only to break them off, is a
beau of promise.
ki:;ipi:m. a-c.
From tbo tioraiantowa Telegraph.)
4j.ru e sViuc.
Mr. Editor, A this is near the teason
for making grape wine, I send you the fol
lowing recipe, which is so simple and pro
ducesHsuch excellant wiuo, that I hope every
one having grape will try it :
Five Gallon Wine. Express the juice
from twenty pounds grapes aud nnsu the
pulp ami skins in as much water as will
cover them, mash them aud strain through
a coarse cloth, add this to the juice and put
in two pounds of brown sugar to each gal
lon ; when the sugar is dissolved, pour tho
whole into a keg, having the bung open,
and let it stand where the temperature will
be about 70 degrees until jernsohtutson,
cease ; then bung tight, and li it reii for
a month to settle, wheu it should be drawu
off quietly, tho keg well washed, and tho
winu returned to it. adding t.:-o pound good
raisins-and if the wine does not seem
twtet euough, two pounds sugar may be
added to the whole. The necessity ot do
ing this depends upon the kmd and quality
"'TbBw'iue should remain until the keg U
wanted the net teason, when it may bo
bottled fur use.
For Making) Citron-Melon Preserve,
Cut the melon u what form you please ;
place in a kettle with water enough to cov
er and boil until soft, previously adding a
piece of alum ; wheu dooe put to draio, and
then place in a jar with sugar, an alternate
laver of each : a pound of ugar to a pound
of lemon. When the sugar la dissolved,
boil, adding lemon aud ginger root to tmt
the taste.
Minced Piceles. One large whit cab-
K...,a npui, tnmtttnf.a oharkina anil
uagu, wnt", " C" 1 -
green peppers (the veins lo be cut out)
wituout reg&ra io quauiuy; cu'ji imui up
finely, and place iu separate vessels; talt
them, and let them ttaud twenty four hours ;
squeeze them through a teive ; mix all to-
null,.. .nr flavor with mustard aeed. anicu
cloves' black pepper and horseradish ; pour
i OU scaiuiug Vlijcifal, wub u a...
ion, and throw io, and let them stanl
twenty lour boupt; then pour of the vlm
gtr, and fill up witii cold.