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SUNBURY, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1872.
, Now Spl. Vol. 4. N. 6.
1 Old Sertri, Vol. 32, No. Sl.
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JrofcssUrrml.
T. II. n. KASE,
ATTORWET, COUNSELLOR, Ac. Office In
the Clement Buildings, tecomd floor. En
trance on Market etreet, 8unbury, Pa.
Snnbnry, March 18, -1878.-1 J.
SB. DOVER, Attorney at Law. No.
9 and 8, Second Floor' Bright'! Building,
Banbury, Pa. Professional business attended
to.ln tlieconrta of Northumberland and adjoining
counties. Clalmi promptly collected. Consulta
tion can be had In the German language.
March 25th, 1871. ly.
JO. 9IARKLE CO. Market Street,
BUNBURY, PA.
. . Dealer in Drugs, Medicine, Paints, Olli,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquor, Tobacco, , Cigar,
Pocket Book, Dairies, Ac.
SP. WOLVERTOJf, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, 6UNBURT.PA. Profession
al business In this and adjoining counties prompt
ly attended to. ' ' '
A. REIMEWSWDER, Attorney at
Law, BUNBURT, PA. All buslne en
trusted to his care attended to promjrtly and with
dllljrenee. - wpl877
c. j.-mtcim. t. b. KASit.
BIMJNER A KASE, Attorneys and Coun
sellors at Law, BUNBURY, PA. Office on
Cheetnnt street, west of the N. C. and P. A E.
Railroad Depot, In the building lately occupied
by F. Lazarus, Esq. Collections and all profess
ional business promptly attended to In Northum
berland and adjoining counties. npllO-69
HB. MASSEBt Attorney at Law, SUN-
BCRT, PA. Collections attended to In
(he counties of Northumberland, Union, Snydor,
Mnntnur, Columbia and Lycoming. npllO-C9
AN. BBICE, Attorney At Law, Sunbury,
Pa. Office In Masonic Hall Building.
Collections of claims, writings, and all kinds of
lsgal business attended to carefully and with
dispatch. M April 8, 1871. ly.
0. W. trKOLEB. L. T. ROHRBiCIt.
ZIF.GLER Ot BOUBBACn,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office In nntipt's Bulldiiie, lately occupied by
J Bdge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbsch, Esq.
Collections and all professional business
promptly attended to In the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining comities.
Dec, 3. 1871.
hotels tnti csttmrants.
EMIEXYHOCErTBEK,
Proprietor, Nos.Sia and SH Market Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, ti
per dny. He respectfully solicits your patron
age. JauG'T'j.
I- A riEBBE KOrSE, Brond and Clieet
J nut sts., Philadelphia, J. B. UUTTER
WORTrt. Proprietor. Term per day, $3.50.
April 15, 1871.--1T
r. byerlt. n. o. aowr.n.
lTXION HOFSE,"
LIKENS, DAUPUIN COUNTY, PENN'A.,
BYERLY A BOWER, Proprietor.
The table Is supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentlrc ostlers.
May 80, 1871.
RYERLY'S HOTEL,
J06IAH BYERLY, Proprietor, Lower Maha.
nor township, Northumberland county, Pa.,
oa the road leading from Georgetown to Union
town, Smith Inn. Trevortou Pottsville, Ae,
Tlie choicest Liquors nzi Sugars r.t the bar.
The table are provided with the best :f t tie sen
oa. Si&iilins; largo and well suited for droTers,
with eood ostlers.
Every attention paid to make guests comforta
ble. Nor. 11, 1871,-ly.
XT1TIASAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
iN WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Chcice wines and cigars at the bar.
The table Is supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
L MM EL'S BESJTAFBAXT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having Just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, Is now prepared t
serve jl friends with the best lefresluuents, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
qnors.
J. YALER'S
TOIXTER G ARDEN' A'.D HOTEL
ro. 720, 732, 724 A 737 Tim
PHILADELPHIA.
winter a aTden hotel,
(OH TBI BUBOPBAM FLAK)
Centrally located, connecting with all the City
Passenger Railway Cars, from all the
Depot In the City.
Excellent Aeeommodatlona for Tra
vellers). Grand Vocal and Instrumental Coucerts every
evvuing in tho Summer aud
Winter Garden.
O" Orduttrion Concert Evry Afternoon. &t
IKB LADIBS BESTACftAMT THB BEST OF
KKKHEUHMUKTS SERVED.
Office of J. Velar's Fountain Park Brewery.
Jon 4. 1870.-1 r.
COAL! COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(LOWBB WKABP.J
Uf Bole Agents, westward, at the celebrated
Heary Clay Coal. JanUMJ
W. I. BHOADI. I. PACEEB BA1.
TIT 8. RHOADS fc CO.,
IT RETAIL DEALER. OP
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office witb Haas, Faoblt A Co.,
Orders left at Seasholta A Bro's., office Market
tract, will receive prompt attention. Country
oitom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL t
VALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
BUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken In exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and nils' promptly. Orders left
at B. T. Nevln's Confectionery Store, on Third
treat, will rscltve prompt attention, and money
tciptod for, the same as at the office.
NEW COAL YARD.
THE undersigned having counected the Coal
busluess with his extensive FLOUR A GRAIN
trade, Is prepared to supply families with the
VICHY BEST OF COAL.
CHEAP FOB CASH.
Knf, Stov and Mat, constantly on band. Grain
taksn lu exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Snubary, Jan. 15, 1870. tf.
DENTISTRY.
GEORGE M. RENN,
i 6'tmpKm'i Building, Afarktt Square,
Bcvbubt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kind of work pertaining
to Dentistry, n keeps sonstantly on band
large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
Material, from which be will be abl to select,
and ajeet the wants of his eustomers.
AH work warranted to give satisfaction, or els
the money refunded.
The very bast Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powder
kpt on band.
Hi refeieaee are the numerous patron for
honihsa woiked for Uv Ut twelve year.
t-mn. Apm . mi.
tbbettbemcnts.
Up De Graff's
.SriD EAR
INFIRMARY,
SUNBUBl, PENN'A.
THIS Institution Is now open for the reception
of Patients for the treatment of DUoass of
the
EYE,
EAR,
TIIROAT,
' V LUNGS,
CATARRH,
&C., ic, &c,
and operations In GENERAL SURGERY. Onr
collection of INSTRUMENTS I very large, eom
prlalng all tho latest ImpbovkWikts, enabling ns
to meet
SURGERY
lu all forms. Physicians are Invited to accom
pany Patients to our Institution for operations.
By request of mnnv Citlsens, we will atteud to
calls iu GENERAL PRACTICE.
Infirmary-, Clement's Building,
CORNER THIRD AND MARKET STS.,
SUNBURY, PA.
C. E. IP DE GRAFF,
Physician and Surgeon.
Sunbuiy, Feb. 8, 187ii,-tf.
jTvr. WASHINGTON'S
GRAND BABBEB MIOl.
The old permanent shop of the town.
We decline the boast, but at the same time
consider that the mighty truth muyjbe seasona
bly spoken without manifesting an uncomforta
ble amount of vauity and ambition.
Just twenty year ago I bctf.ui my business
career In this place half my lifetime thus far
spent, have I stood upon the floor of our shop
lny after day, and niht after niht, nnd applied
the sharp blue gleaming steel, nnd within that
elapse of time embraced by the mighty folds of
that eventful period have I shaved nearly every
body in the country (iu common parlance) and
to oblige the public interest we herein publicly
announce to our patrons old and new that we
are ready to shave them all agalu thnir. hundred
thousand times or more.
Como when you please, jvtt in (im Is the max
im we are always ready to, work, forcnoou or
afternoon, to shave you, hair cut von, shampoo
you, whisker dye you, or perfume, comb and ar
range the hair with artistic skill, In the "water
full" or water raise style to suit tho customer.
We work to please, not please to work.
Slop, don't go past our shop to get shaved on
the hauls of ability because we do It as well as
It ran be done or ever could be.
A chance I all that we demand
To give the proof we hold in hand.
A fow door above Ucpot, near Market street.
Oct. 1, 1870.
Jj I 't UOK NTUKEI
CHRISTIAN NEFF,
Second Street, opposite tb Court House, SUN
BURY, PA.,
Respectfully Invite the attention of Retailers
aud others, that he has on hand, and will con
stant! v keep nil kinds of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS,
Cousiftiug of Pure Brandies: Cogiiiae, Cherry,
Ginger, Rochelle and Otard.
Whiskies: Pure Rye Copper-!slllled, Moonn
gabela, Apple and Nectar.
PURE HOLLAND GIN I
Wines: Champague Wine, Sherry, Port and
Clnret.
Crab Cider, Champagne Cider, N. E. Rum,
Brown Stout and Scotch Ale.
STOMACH AND BAR BITTERS,
And nil others Liquors which can be fonnd In
the city markets, which will be sold at Whole
sale and Retail. Every article guaranteed n
represented. Also, a large lot of DEMIJOHNS
aud BOTTLES, alway on hand.
t-t Order promptly attended and public
patronage respectfully solicited
O N F.FF.
Suubury, July 8, 1809. ly.
JACOB 8HIPUAH. TnOMPOH DRR.
Fire, Life and Aeeident
INSURANCE AGENCY
OP
H1IIPMAN A DERR,
MARKET STREET, SUNBURY, PA.
COMPANIES REPRESENTED.
N. American, Philadelphia,
Asset,
3,788,580
523,365
Enterprise,
Manhattan,
N. American
New York,
1.868,091
802,570
1,656,139
883,180
750,0110
8,000,002
5,501,000
Lorillard, "
Yonkcr A N York "
Hanover, "
Imperial, London,
Lycoming, Mnncy,
Frauklin7 Philadelphia,
Home, New York,
Hartford, Hartford,
Phosnlx, "
Traveler, "
2,825,731
4,516,368
9,544,210
1,827,010
1,851,007
Farmer Ins. Co., York,
N. British A Mercantile
Nommerce, New York.
929,100
14,865,224
253,100
Corwich, Norwich,
368,201
New Kugland Mntual Lite,
7,800,000
NEW
Flour, Feed, Fruit and Venetaljle Store,
Spruce Street, between Front and Second,
BUNBURY, PA.
JOHN WILVER
having just opened a Store at the above place.
where an nina oi oi me Desi oranus oi
Floor and Feed
111 be sold at greatly reduced prices. The cele
brated Buck's Mills Flour will be kept constantly
on hand. Also, all kinds or
Feed, Grain, Corn, Oat aud Rye, chopped or
whole,
Potatoe. Apple, Cabbage fc Fralt
generally, at a cheaper rat than can be bought
elsewhere. All good delivered Free of Charge.
Call and examine my stock and ascertain the
price before purcbASlug elsewhere
JOHN WILVER.
Bunbnry, D. 8, 1871.-f,
Don't Read This ! !
Good morning, Mrs. A., where are yon bound
for to early T
Mr. A. Why Mr. C, uon't yon know Mr,
Bverlr ha boukrht out the Grocery and Confec
tionery Store of Haa A Weaver, aud 1 telling
nice fresh Groceries. Canned Fruit, and In fuel.
everything In the Grocery line, cheaper than the
cneapett, ana I nave got urea paying nign prices,
so I have mad no mv mind after this to patron
lu Mr. Byerly. So good morning, Mrs. C. I
most go.
. Mrs. C. to herself. Well I am bound to nnd
out for myself, and will go to Byerly 's new cheap
easn uroce:;, in next tun i want any
Groceries, Confectioner lea or Prime
OjBters.
' I will lost aay to all com end give m a trial
and satisfy yourselves that there la on cheap
eaah Urnpory in Bueoury
Kemsinber tha plnee, No, 11, South Third bl,
lu Clement House Building, Bunbury, Pa.
. atXKRLY.
Bonkmry, Jsa. , 1S71
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL
J-JR. JOHNSTON,
Physician of this celebrated Institution, has
discovered the most certain, speedy, pleasant and
effectual remedy In the world for all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness of the Rack or Limbs, Strictures,
Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impotcncy, General Debili
ty, Nervousness, Dyspepsy, Languor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Idens, Palpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness
of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections of Liver. Lungs,
Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorder
arising from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
secret- and solitary practices more fatal to their
victims than the song of Syren to the Mariners
of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes
of anticipations, rendering marriage, &c, Impos
sible. VOUNG MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of yonng men of the most exalted
talent and brilliant Intellect, who might other
wise have entranced listening Senates with the
thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
living lyre, may call with full confldence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Yonng Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Logs
of Procrcutlve Power lmpoteury), Nervous Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
speedily relieved.
He who places himself under the care of Dr. J.
may religiously confide in his honor ns a gentle
man, and confidently rely unon his skill as a Pbv
slclan.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS,
Impotcncy, Lor of Power, Immediately Cured
and full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing AtTcctlon which renders Life
miserable and marriage impossible Is the penalty
paid by the victims of Improper indulgences.
Young persona are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful conseqenccs
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
Improper habits than by the prudent t Besides
being deprived the pleasures of health) offsprlnir,
the most serious and destructive symptoms to both
body and mind arise. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procreatlve Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspepsia, Pulpltatlon of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the Frame, Cough, Consumption, Decay and
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persona ruined in health by unlearned preten
ders who keep them trilling month after mouth,
taking poisonous and Injurious compounds,
should upply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON.
Member of the Koval College of Surgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Colleges in the United States, and the greater
part of whose ife has been spent In the hospitals
of London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
bus ellected some of the most astonishing cures
that were ever known many troubled with ring
ing in the bead and ears when asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sound?,
baBhl'ulness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured
immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have Inlhrrd
themselves by improper Indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body nnd mind, unfitting
them for either business, study, society or mar-
rinse.
i umE nro some of the sad aud melancholy
effects produced by curly habits of youth, viz s
Wcakuess or tlie Buck aud Limns, rains in tnc
Bncksnd Head, Dimness of Hlirlit, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nervous Irritability, IJerangcmcut ol JJitrexlive
Functions, deueral Debility, Symptoms of Con
sumption, itC.
Mkntaj.lt The fearful effect on the mind
are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of IJeas, Depression of Spirits, Kvil
Foreboilings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, fcc, are some of the
evils produced.
1 uoisiM8 ol person or all ages can now
Judge what is the cause of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pule, nervous
aud emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptoms of consump
tion.
YOUNG MEN
Who have Injured themselves by a certain prac
tice indulged in when alone, a hubit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, tho
etleuts of which are nightly felt, eveu when
asleep, aud If not cured, renders marriage Imiios
sible, aud destroys both mind and body, should
apply Immediately.
W hat a pity that a young man, the hope of Ins
country, the darling of his parents, should be
suatcliei from all prospects and enjoyments of
lire, by the consequence or deviating trom the
path of nature aud indulging in acertaiL secret
habit. Such persons mi st, before contemplating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisite to promote connubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, the journey through
life becomes a weary pilgrimage the prospect
hourly darkens to the view j the mind becomes
shadowed with despair and filled with the melan
choly reflection, that the huppiocss of auother
oecomes uiiKmea wun our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of
pleasure finds thut be has imbibed the seeds of
this painful disease, it too often happens thut an
Ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education aud respectability, can alone befriend
him, delnying till the constitutional symptoms ol
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
as ulcerated tore throat, diseased nose, noctuiul
pains lu the head and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shlu bones and arms,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with fright t ill rapidity, till at lust the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease become
a horrid object of commiseration, till death put
a period to hi dreadful suffering, by (ending
him to " that Undiscovered Couutry from whence
uo traveller return."
It l a melancholy fuct that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
Into the. bands of Ignorant or unskillful rnb
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, Ac., destroy the constitution, and
incapable of curing, keep the unhappy sutlorer
month after month tuning tneir noxious or in
jurious compounds, and Instead of being restored
to a renewal or Lire vigor and iinppiness, in aes-
Ealr leave htm with ruined Health to lgh over
Is galling disappointment.
lo such, therefore, Dr. Johnston pledges Him
self to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
from hi extensive practice and observations In
the great Hospitals of Europe, and the first lu
this country, vis t England, France, Philadelphia
and elsewhere, I enabled to offer the most cer
tain, speedy and enectual remedy in the world
for all disease of Imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON,
OFFICE, NO. 1, 8. FREDERICK STREET,
BSLTIMOKB, M. D.
Left hand tide going from Baltimore street, a few
door from the corner. Fall not to observe uume
and number.
MT'No letter received unless postpaid and
containing a stamp lo be used on the reply. Per
son writing ihonld state age, and send a portion
of advlrtlsentent describing symptom.
Thera are o many Paltry, Designing and
Worthies Impuster advertising themselves us
Physicians, trifling witb and ruiuing the Leallh
of all who nufortunately fall luto their power,
that Dr. Johnston deem it necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquaiuted with hi reputa
tion that hi Credential or Diplomat alway
bang in hi office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousand cured at this Establish
mentyear after year, and the numerous Im
portant Surgical Operation performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representative of the
press and many other papers, notloes of wlik b
Lave appeared aealn and again before tbo publie,
beside bi Handing a a geutleuian of character
aud responsibility, Is a uuicisntguaranle toth
afflisUd. Shin disaa iMdlly eur4.
Feb sry Is, 1T -ly
tttt odrg.
THE OLD JVEVN UIIANT MEET
BT ion B. YATR 9.
Well, wife, we've had meetin' at the school
house on the hill,
And I wa chosen chairman to keep the old men
still,
But I found I couldn't do It t each man down
his cane would plant,
And shout with all the vote be had, "I'm golu'
In for Grant i"
We talked about the past four years, v. hat great
things had been dons t
How the nation's debt ha melted ltko the anow
before the sun t
We said to keep It meltln', do a better thing we
can't,
Than to stick and hang together, and all go In
for Grant ,
We all looked through onr srcclacles upon the
naked facts,
Then drew the veil of charity o'er giant Sumner's
act ;
We said, "We like you, Sumner, but go your
way we can't"
Then made the school-house echo w ith a rousing
shout for Grant.
We dldu'l have much charity for Trumbull or
for Sell u it
They stand around the party gate, a pair of
snarling curs t
Their speeches cannot harm ut nor make Grant
toe their mark
He's an old Galena t inner and know bow to
handle bark.
We talked about Grant' Stnokln' we thought
it bo great sin t
To vote that out of office, we might roto a worso
one In t
And eeein' we were smokers, 'twouldn't do for
ns to rant,
So we lit our pipes together and all smoked tbo
health of Grant.
In the days of the rebellion none of us could go
to fight,
But we rend from morn till eveuing how he bat
tled for the right ;
He has been the nation's servant In the days of
peace and war,
And treason melts before him like the smoke of
his cigar.
After I'd adjourned the meetin' 1 gave each a
friendly grip ;
Wc, every one, determined to stand by the war
tried ship;
We will not topple over, we will not even slant,
But put our canes down firm and strong, and
stand np straight for Grunt.
silcs I' fkttcljcs.
A SCHOOL Vnta7rfii'lSK 6 VEA
NT AGE.
A TRUE STORY.
No hnppier schoolgirls could bo found
than our company of teu, fresh from their
long vacation, and rendy for the nclive du
ties of another term. Wc found tho stage
awaiting us at Hamilton, but were too
weary to bo conscious uf our tedious rido to
tho Western Seminary. Soou it was glow
ing dark, aud, looking out, wo observed
th?.t wo were traveling a new road. Our
hearts sank within us when wo remember
ed tho bloated face of our driver. Could it
be Unit be had fallen asleep, and left us to
the mercy nnd wisdom of the unguided
horses ?
It was even so. Our now clumsy vehicle ,
jolted hither and thither over the rough
stones. There were siens of a licnvv
shower. We were in a gloomy forest. Its
topmost branches seemed bending over lis,
ns if inquiring iuto our sad condition.
When should we emerge from its impene
trable depths What new danger was he
fore us ? Ou one side was a deep ravine
the road narrow ; and Ihu horses seemed
already to have lost all presence of mind.
1 was the youngest but largest of our com
pany. Should I see danger and not be
their protector ? Heaven forbid I I hur
ried to the horses, nnd led them by our im
mediate danger. The driver was stretched
across his seat in a state of complete intox
ication, and the reins were on the ground.
Alter several attempts, I succeeded in
climbing up to the scat. With a great ef
fort 1 removed him to ono side, but this
awoke him. The rain now poured dowu.
"Who are you ?" ho inquired.
"The protector of theso horses, this
stage, yourself, and these young ladies,' 1
answered. .
"Who called you to this offlco ?" lie half
vacantly asked.
"Stern necessity," I replied. "Yourself
asleep, the reins on the ground, and the
stage on the verge of a deep descent, im
pelled ine to be driver."
"I'll drive myself," he replied.
I told him that he was incapable of the
attempt, for he had already taken us on
the wroug road.
"Call me incapablo ?" he said.
What should 1 answer? My feelings
were aioused to the reality of our situation
an intemperate driver uow half recov
ered from the effects of his dram. Never
before had I discovered tho merit of that
beautiful verse, "a soft answer lurneth
away wrath." I told him that rum made
a king incapable. Defore I was aware ho
was soutid asleep. Tho rain was falling
fast, but my sister handed me au umbrella.
Witli the reins in one hand and tho um
brella in tho other, 1 drove as best I could.
The restless driver soon awoke, and call
ed for his bottle. Having found it, ho was
about to drink, when 1 stayed his hand
and said :
"Do not drink it. It is destroying your
body, and if persisted iu, will destroy your
soul. "
"Who made yon judge ?" ho asked.
"You must cither driuk yourself or vacate
tne scat."
A new difficulty was before mo ! Was
it not enough that I bad taken the driver's
scat V Could I bo inlluenced by fear, by a
drunkard, to taste the poison r There is
in all things a right aud a wrong. My
heart beat convulsively. But one alterna
tive was before me. Either vacate the
seat and suffer the half conscious man to
drive over tho dangerous road, or drivs
myself, and driuk his rum.
"A'ewr 1" my heart answered ; can
never taste it." "iterer " my mouth mut
tered. "Do you persist ?" he said, flung his
fiery eyes upon me.
"I persist," I replied.
He gazed at me for one half minute and
then oue gleam of reasoa lit up bis face, as
be said : .
"Whoever you are, I honor you for your
decision. I know I am unable to hold the
reins ; but, oh I this burning thirst."
"Drink water," I said, "God's gushing
fountain."
While he was talking, I contrived to
reach the bottle with ono hand, and bid
ding hint look at the gathering clouds, I
t??scd it out.
He did not notice it, but proceeded to tell
me his history. He said that he had grad
uated at one of our Western colleges, and
It was thars hi first yielded to tbo invltv
tion to drink ; it was in college that he had
contracted the fearful habit."
"Break off at once," I replied. "You
will never regret It."
"Do you think I can ?" ho inquired.
. "I'am certain you can," I replied.
"Look at me," ho said.
I looked, and beheld a fearful face, yet a
well-developed head and finely chiselled
forehead.
"Is your judgment now the same ?" he
inquired.
"It is," I replied.
"Where did I put my bottle ?' he said.
"I must have rum. There is nothing else
that can satisfy mo."
As he was hunting for it, I beheld over
the hills tho glittering dome of our semin
ary. Was it not providential that, amid
additional discouragements, the place of
my destination was in view ?
. "I must have ray rum," bo continued ;
"could it have" fallen out ?"
I told him that undoubtedly, if he could
not find it, it must hnvo got out ; anil if so,
it was probably beyond recovery.
"Hut I must havo it," ho said.
"Do not troublo mo about something I
cannot civo you," I replied. "When I
reach the seminary I will give you some
thing better than rum."
"What is it ?" ho eagerly asked.
"You shall know in time," I said.
"Provoking I" said he, "that you will
not tell nic ;" and ho muttered sonio inco
herent sentences, of which I took no no
tice, and soou ho fell asleep.
Happy was I, yes, happy driving tho
stage ; for tho drunkard was asleep, and I
was ucaring tho seminary.
Xtver can I forget tho astonished face of
our principal when ho behold mo in so ex
alted position. My precious cargo was by
no means slow in telling of our adventure.
"Is it possible sho said.
At this momeut the drunkard awoke,
and with no littlo chagrin attempted to
show off his chivalry.
The girls would not suffer him to nssist
them out ; hut I did not object, for I found
myself so stiff; and besides I wanted to
feel manly.
Yes, manly ; for it was in my heart to
save that mau. If ho would not sign tho
pledge, ho must feel himself a man. Onco
rid of this belief, and all might be lost. He
sides he had manifested a desire to reform,
and there was hope.
The girls paid me for the fare. I told
the driver if he would sign the pledge I
would give it to him.
"If 1 could keep it." ho replied.
"You assuredly can in nnolher's
strength," I said ; aud 1 invited him in ;
for I had not forgelten my protuiso of
something better than rum.
Hi wont iuto tho parlor, nnd I obtained
a dish of chocolate for him.
"You arc killing mo with kinduoss," he
said, as I entered the room with chocolate
and .-, light supper on a tray, and the tears
coursed down his checks. Meanwhile, I
obtained a temperance pledge, and asked
for his signature.
. "I will sign it," said the penitent aud
sober man ; and ho did sisn it.
The pledge was kept. Ho became a suc
cessful teacher, and afterwards a lawyer.
He was among tho first to answer our
country's call for volunteers. In the battlo
of rittslmrgh landing there perished no
braver soldier, no warmer advocate of tem
perance, no inoro devoted Christian, than
James Fitzgerald.
11)131 I'OE S GREAT FIGHT.
BY RALPH niClIMONU.
The celebrated fight between Adam Poc
and the Shawnee chief, lllack Feather, has
been spoken of in the histories irf early
Kentucky, but I believe tho particulars of
that combat have never been given correct
ly to tho public.
The fight was remarkable not ouly ou
account of the well known prowess of tho
parties engaged, but for the exceeding stub
borness with which it was conducted, and
tho many different phases it assumed before
being brought to an end.
They literally fouaht on the earth, in tho
air and under the water.
Adam Poc, ono of tho first settlors of
Kentucky, had often expressed a desire to
meet tho chief of the Shawnces in a hand-to-hand
combat, nnd these boastings hav
ing reached the ears of Black Feather, he
declared his intention of seeking out tho
daring white man.
This, for two reasons, he actually did,
but circumstance conbincd to keep them
apart for that time. Finally, however, tho
opportunity came.
Adam Poo and his brother had been out
hunting, and were returning towards sun
down, bearing a buck upou a pole between
them.
When passing a thicket a shot was fired
at them, tho ball lodging in the head of the
deer, which was next to Adam E'oe.
To drop their burden and rushed for the
ambush was but the work of a second Adam
taking the right aud his brother the left
hand side.
The thicket proving much larger than
either thought, they became more widely
separated than was intended, aud Adam
was upon the point of returning to where
tho deer had beeu left, when at a distance
ho discovered tho gigantic form of tho
Shawuee chief, who was just in tho act of
tiring upon him.
Adam had time lo reach cover before the
shot was made, and then began a series of
tactics, such as were rarely witutssed iu
these wilds, for two of tho most noted war
riors of the day were each striving to gain
an advantage over the other.
Foot by foot they drew nearer to each
other, leapiug from tree to tree, from slump
to 6tump, or rock to rock, as tho csbc might
be.
Imperceptible tb each other, perhaps,
thoy gradually 'worked' round, until both
stood upon the verge of a high bluff bank
overlooking the river facing each other, but
some twenty paces apart.
Hero, from behind separate trees, the
wily foeman strove lo obtain a shot ; and
at last, Adam, thinking he saw his chance.,
fired at the exposed bip of the chief.
He missed his aim, and like an uucaged
lion, the gigantic Indian rushed from his
cover and bore down upon the ia nowise
undaunted white man.
Half-way they met, the Indian wielding
his tomahawk, having cast aside his ride,
whilo Adam laid his hopes and prospects,
upon the keen blade of his hunting knife.
With a shock they both met midway, and
then began a struggle such as is rarefy wit
nessed between two of the human kind.
Foe was not quite so tall as the Sliawnee
but he was fully as strong, and much more
active ; and so the fight, was about upon
an equal fooling.
For many minutes they struggled back
and forth upon the grassy level, now clos
ing ia the attempt to throw each other, aud
fuiling in this, again resorting to Mows,
dealt with t'imarinwk rr knlfa.
By this time both wore wounded in seve
ral places, the cniet probably the more se
verely of the two.
At length in making a savage stroke
with his weapon tho grasp of tho redskin
slipped, and the light ax wont whirling far
out into the river.
In an instant the Indian grappled, and
a struggle, fiercer thau any that had vet
taken place, ensued, each putting forth
every effort until, approaching too near
tho precipice, . they missed footing, and
went tumbling into the stream locked in a
deadly embrace.
At tho point where they fell the stream
was very deep, and the current swift aud
strong.
The advantage now laid with Adam.
He was a practiced swimmer, while he
quickly discovered that his oppoucnt could
not swim at all., '
Tho Indian, aware of this, iji turn strovo
lo regain tho mltoro, but was thwarted al
"every jwint'by Pnewbo would jerk him
back Into detrp water, and then both would
go under together.
Finally, falling further out than hereto
fore, tho combatants were caught by the
current, and quickly borno some distanco
lrotn lnnrt.
i ne iigin was now all in the white man's nearly twice as much as he hnd promised,
favor, and would have been quickly ended, while orders were still pouting in; but he
but for an unlooked for and unfortunate i said tho Joke must stop there, and no fur
cireumstanccs Adam's brother suddenly thcr orders would be tilled.
nppeared upon the scene, and Utkmg in his
peril, as lie thought, at a glaneo, venturer)
upon the hazardous experiment of finish
ing tho chief by a shot.
Tho ball sped, but not truly, for it struck
Adam in tho shoulder, almost paralyzing
the left arm.
His situatiou now becatne desperate in
deed. He could forco tho Indian beneath tho
current, but ho could not hold him there,
ana seeing inat nis own strength was rap-:
the enemy.
With this object ho suddenly threw his
arm about tho savage's neck, and together
they disappeared beneath the surface.
Adams brother, standing upon tho bank,
unconscious of the harm he had dons, wit
nessed this sudden disappearance iu dis
may. Long he waited lor the re-appearance of
one or Ihc other, until, at length, becoming
thoroughly alarmed he leaped into tho
stream nnd swam for tho spot.
1 lo reached not a moment to, soon.
Adam had out-winded the Indian, and in
tloinj so, had neatly drowned himself,
llo eamo feebly to the surface, nnd would
nave sunk again, but lor his brother s aid.
I hey both reached tho shore in safety,
itety,
from
nut Adam l'ua never tuliy recovered
the terrible exertion f f that fight.
ftliscclluncorta.
Afl'ectlou or the I'olar Hear Tor tho
Young,
' ,I To Jok .Stansrvky Sir: I send yw
Tho nfrectn-n between the parent and the baby, which you will please take good
young of the Polar bear is so great that earn of, and bring up rift-ht, so that it mar
they will sooner die. than desert cad. other j turn out to be a ix-ttr man than it's dad
m distress. Whilo an English frigate, dv. Oh, Joseph ! I've just found you out;
which went out some vcars a -o to make nn.l wfst a lv nA rait ft V rill inviv.i rrh hn 1
discoveries toward t'.io North Pole. w:is
locked in the ice, early ono morning tbo
man nt 1110 mast-uead gave notico that
tnrce ocars wore making-their way very
last over the frozen ocean, and were di
recting their course towaid tlie ship.
They had, no doubt, been invited bv the
scent of some blubber of a sea-ho.Wthat
tho crew had killed a few days before,
which had been set on lire, and was burn
ing on the ice at the time of their approach.
Thev nroved to be a she bear nnd linr twn
cubs, but the cubs were nearly as largo as
the dam. llicy ran eagerly to the lire,
ami drew out ot the names part or the flesh ; Stansbury was iu tlie basement kitchen,
of the sea horse that remained unconsum- . quietly eating his supper, and little imag
ed, and ate it voraciously. The crew from ! ining what a storm was brewing over his
tiio ship threw great lumps of tho flesh of j head. Thu door of tho kitchen was vio
the sea-horse, which they had still remain- hentlv thrown open, and his wife's voice
ing, upon tho ice. These tho old bear jelled out :
fetched away singly, laid every lump be- "ttiansbury I come up here, you old vil
fore her cubs as sho brought it, and divid- lain ! here's a mes6 for you."
ing it gave to each a share, reserving hut Tho astonished husband liaitily obeyed
a small portion to herself. the stimmous.
As she was fetching away tho last piece, ! "Don't you want to see your Xancv, the
tho sailors leveled their muskets at the j heart-broken Nancy cried Mrs. Stans
cttbs. and shot them both dead ; and in her j bury, as tho neck partner of her bosom
retreat, they wounded the dam, but not-; hobbled up into the court,
mortally. The aflectionate concern cx- "Nancy 1 what Nancy is that ?" says
u, h. ri in mo wai inn-
nients ot her exuirins vounz. was most
touch'ng. Though she, herself, was
dreadfully wounded, and could but just j
crawl to the place where they lay, she car-!
ried thu lump of flesh she had fetched
away, as she had done others btfoie, tore '
it m pieces, nnd laid it before them nnd
when she saw that they refused to eat, she!
laid her paws first upon one, thon upon the
oilier, nnd endeavored to raise them up ;
all this while it was pitiful to hear her
not stir them, she went otf, nnd, wheu she I
had got to some distance, looked buck aud
inoaucu ; ana thai not availing to entioo
t..em away, she returned, nnd. mcllinz
round them, began to lick their wouuds
She went ou' a second time as before, aud
having crawled a few paces, looking behind
her, and for some time stood moaning.
But still, her cubs not rising to follow her,
she returned to them again, and with
signs of inexpressible fondness, went round
thorn, pawing them, and moaning. Find
ing, at last, that llicy aero cold and life
less, she raised her head toward the ship,
and uttered a growl of despair, which was
answcicd by a volley of musket balls, aud
she fell between her cubs aud died licking
their wouuds.
A Good Memory We read too much, j
and think about what we read t0 littlo ;
the consequence is, that most of tho yvoplo j
wo meet know something, in a superhcial
way, about almost everything. Not a teuth
part of what is read is remembered foe a
month after the book or newspaper is laid
aside. Daniel Webster, who had a rich
store of information on almost every sub
ject of general interest, said that it had
been his habit for years to reflect for a short
time on whatever lie read, and to fix the
thoughts and ideas worth remembering In
his mind. Oue w ho does this will be sur
prised to find bow retentive his memory
will become, or how long after reading an
interesting article, the best portions of it
will reinaiu with him.
Dbixkino Buttemii.:. Persons who.
have not been in the habit of drinking but
termilk consider it disagreeable, because
slightly acid in consequence of the presence
ot lactic acid, w hile tncra it not roucn
not much
nourshment in buttermilk, the presenco of
tha lactic acid assists in the digestion of
any food taken with it. Tbe Welsh pea
sant are said almost to live upon oat-cake
and buttermilk. Persons auffctlug from
iudigestioa might derivt tof.-.e by.Uuut from
driukiog buttermilk instead f f tcs and ixf
fee at int&J liinra. , .
The Wonders of Aovertibiko. Mit
laud tho bauker and newspaper speculator,
who died recently in Paris, aud who fonnd.
ed the Paris Petit Journal, wdich at one
time had a daily circulation of nearly half
a million copies, was au enthusiastic be
liever in tho advantages of liberal advertis
ing. Ono day ho bad at his table nearly all
the proprietors of the leading Paris dailies.
They conversed about advertising. Mil
laud assorted that tho most worthless ar
ticles could bo said in vast quantities,
if liberally advertised. Kmilc de Girardin.
of La PreiK, who was present, took issun
with him on the subject. "What will jou
l)t," exclaimed Mi'llaud, "that I cannot
sell In cue wek one hundred thousand
francs' worth of the most common cabbage
seed under the pretext that it will produce
mammoth cabbage heads V All I have to
do is to advertise it at once in a whole-naue
insertion of the daily papers of this citv."
wu. ....... .u..iu iim. no nnuiu yi ,B ninj
paj;e in his papur for nothing if ho should
w in liis wager. The other newspaper pub
lishers agreed to do tlie same thing. At
the expiration of the week they inquired
of Millaud how the cabbage seed had ilour
ishud. He shows them his bonks triumph
antly, and satisfied them that he had sold
unicrtms. .
Joo Ntanbary,M Baby.
Joseph Slansbury and his wife, Esther,
were a noat, cosey couple, in good circum
stances, having no children, nnd living in
a nice, clean, rlaggod alloy-wav. called in
Philadelphia a court. Mrs. Stansbury was
a bit of a shrew, as almost all smart ami
a bit of a shrew, as almost all
I cleanly housekeepers usually are. fjho
j kept her husbands clothing in tli best of
oruer, promptly sowing on till looso or
missing buttons, and her liouwe was uni
formly in apple-pie order Such excellent
cooking as Mrs. Stat.bury's was not often
tasted ia plain families of moderate means.
Her shrewishness, in fact, served as a
piquaut sauce to their happy ami contentad
life, and Stansburv used to 'sav that a littlo
; fretting once in a while was "necessary lo
I the health of his excellent spouse.
At ei.isk, one evening, Mrs. Stansbury
I went, out to tlie hydrant in tho court U
fetch a pail f water. Ou reluming, she
1 found an old basket suspended from tho
j knob of the front donr. Putting her hand
i into the basket she felt something? alive and
i ticking, but so wrapped up in rags that no
further discovery could bo made without
unwrapping the object. A piece of paper,
j folded like a letter, lay beside the animated
j hundlo. Mrs. Stansbury immediately rc
j turned into the house, and by the light of
the lamp examiued the billet. It was di
rected to her husband. She broke tha seal
I and read as follows :
Who wnnM think iu
! siiintlle-slmnks culd bo such a teariti"
down sinner ? The child
13 y:)urs you
nt it its Joe
may swear to that. Look
Stniisbury ail over. You deceived me
shamefully, Joe, it saying you was ft
widower ; but do a father i duty by tho
young one and I'll forgive you.
Your once loved, but now neg'ected aud
heart-broken Nancy.
P. S. pon't let that shrewish, sharp-
noseu who oi yours seo this note, tram-
; mon her with somo kind of a story about
; tho baby, or she'll tear its eves out. N.
mo nusoand, in leavtui astonishment.
tretnbling in anticipation of a matrimonial
tempest.
"Why, Nancy, the mother of this baby
that's been hung up at our door, Mr.
.Stansbury ! Oh, you look very innocent,
but just read this note, and then look into
hat hasKet. jon't ho ntraid ; it won't
j,e;
knov
it's got no teeth, poor thing. You'll
now it ; for, ns the hussy says, it's ius .
like you. all over. Please goodness. I'li
- ' have mv revenso-
X II expose you beforu
In less thin five minutes the Stansburv
front door was surrounded by all tho gos-
RipS of the court attracted to the spot b?
' tho I.-.M.I rQi .if tha mim-o -ifo,
I nit
ness the process of unwrapping the bab".
Anxious expectation sat on every counte
nance, as the jialous woman unpinned rur;
after rag from the body of tho foundling,
the vigorous movement of which astonish
ed everybody.
"It is full of tho devil already ; tint
shows it's a genuiuc chip of tbo blocW.
You'll soon see that it's lik him iu every
thingIn short, a btansbury all over."
At last, all the swaddling clothes ben '
removed, out darted tho buoy in the slm .i
of n hiriie giwj cat, acwid up i,i a ttraiy
jacket! The sudden chagrin of Madarr.4
Stansbury, together trith tho wailings r.ui
ludicrous struggles of pus to tret
caused roars of laughter among thespce.
tors, in which poor Stansbury at I ;st
faintly joined, liut wh(-u he saw that ! :3
wife relished tho joke, his mirth w as hew ty
and boisterous. Pussy was adopted iw.i
the family, and ever after went by the
name of Joo btansbury'a baby.
"I give and bequeath to Mary, my wife,
tho sum o' oue buudred pound a year 1"
said an old farmer. "Is that writ dwr,
measter?"
Yes," replied tha lawyer : "but she 'a
not so old ; she may marry again. Wou't
you make any cb&nga in that case ? M st
people do."
"Abl do they?" said the farmer. 4TSVH,
writo again, aDd say, 'if my wifa marries
again, I civo and bequeath her tha sum of
two hundred pounds a year." 1 hat'U d-,
won't it, nieaster"
"Why It's just doubling tha sum s'to
I would receive It sba remained unmarr.se.'1
j said the lawyer ; "it it generally the i-t! r
way the legacy it lessened it the
w:uvy
omrrU again."
"Ay 1" said tho fanner ; "but btm ds
got't her'll deserve it."
It is a'l Try well to say, "Take thtr.f i
Ihiy com," lit aifc! tkpy. dn'l ro.r,t f