fHESUNBURY AMERICAN,
ADVERTISING SCill-DULK
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EM'Ii WILVEftT, Proprietor,
loora & Dlsslnger' Building, Market Bqsare
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A N. IIKICE.
iY ATTORNEY AT LAW,
nd aciiso JUSTICE of Tn PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest-
at street, Biiiiuury, r.
Collections and all legal matters promptly at
prided to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
iCTINU JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Cnnveyancing.thc collections of claims, w-rltlngs,
id ull kinds of Legal business will be attended
carefully and wltU despatch. Can be consult
I lu tlio Engllsh nuil German language. Offlcs
irmerly occupied by Solomon Maliek, Esq., op
nsilsCily Hotel, Sunbury, Pa.
March t, 1873. ly.
A. HOTUOUF,
Atorney-nt-Law,
jr.
GKOKUKTOWN,
Northumberland Co., Pennn.
Can be consulted In tbe English and German
rngtisgcs. Collections attended to la North
inberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agcut for tlio Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
mce Company. ' nihlS
11 II. It. KAME, Attorney at Law, 8UN
. BURY, PA. Olllce in Market bunrc,
idjoinlng the olllae of V. (. Orccnoagh, Esq.,)
rofesslonnl business lu this and adjoiuing coun
es premptlv ntleniled to.
Bunbnry, March 10, l72.-1y.
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa,
ovoutber 0, 1872. tf.
Ilt. CHAM. M. MARTIN,
PHYSICIAN AND SUHGKON",
Smibiiry, I'omi'o.
Office on Front Street, next door to Unas it
igely.
Oiliee Hours. Until H i m. From l'J to 1 p m.
om 5 to fi p m., and after 0 o'clock p ui.
At ull other hours when not professionally in
ceil b found at Drug Store, on Third St.,
xl to Clement House. ntigH,'72.-ly
1 II. HOVK.Ri Attorney nnd Counsellor
7. at l.mv. Rooms No.. S A 8 Second Floor,
iulil's BailJing, HUNIll'RY, PA. ProfessUinn
:tm'Fs nUenio.1 to, tp -the courts of Northntu
rl'iud nn adjoining coarties. A'so, in the,
ivui'funl DlAricI Courts for tbe Vetein Dis
,ct of Pennsylvania,. Claims promptly collect.
. Particular attention paid to cn" ii Jlank-;t-y.
lvt'iit:iiioii tn lu had in the Gcr
1 11 language. mar'J5,'7t.
II. KANK, Attorney at Law. SUN
J .UL'Rlf, PA., ntllnu in Massur's Building
artiie Court House. Frout Room up stairs
ove the Mrug Store. Collections made lu Nor
u i n i.' r I it n il and adjoining rountlcs.
Sunbury, Pa., June S, 1S72.
II. CiDWAI.I,AnER,MarkettreetT
X. f-UNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Modleinns, Paints, Oils,
ass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, j
fki-t Hooki, Dairlft te. j
t P. W OI.VI ' N, Attorney at Law. j
Market Squ j URY.PA. Profession- j
busiuoM. in this) i.jv'iilng counties promj- 1
utteuded lo. !
III. MAS JER, Attorney nt Law, SUV-
Hl'UY, P V. Collections attended to lu j
? counties if Northumberland, Union, HhtiIci,
:ntoui, Columbia nud l.yeomlng. aplli)-fil
OI.onON .1IAI.ICH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, I
flee at his residence on Arch Ktreet, one sqilnre. :
it h of the Court House, aear the Jail, KUN- j
" It Y, PA. Collections and all professional
sine promptly uttended to in this and adjoin- j
; counties. Consultations cau be had la the
riuan language. July27-lH?J.
W. Z1HOLKH. I.. T. HOIIRRSCK.
ZIE;i.ER A ROIIRltACH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OIHcc In Haupt's Bulldlntr, lately occupied by
dge Rockefeller and L. T. Robrbach, Esq.
Collections and all professional business
-mplly attended to m the Courts of Northum
rlaiid and ndjoinini; comities.
Dec. :i. irri.
jottls aut ilcstunranls.
TNI TED MTATES HOTEL, W. F.
J KI rUII EN, Proprltitor. Opposite the I)e
t SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
ivellers, nnd tlio bost accommodations given,
nil B, 1873. tf
yASIIINUTON HOCNE, C. NEFF
V Proprietor, Corner of Market A Second
.'.ts, opposite the Conrt House, Sanbary,
May2S,'70.
. I,I,EUIIENY HOCNE, A. BECK.
L Proprietor, Nos.813 and 814 Market Street,
ove eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, 12
day. lie respectfully solicits your patron
. Janii'T'i.
TATIONAl, HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
H WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
unty, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W. ,
'hoice wines and cigars at the bar.
The table Is supplied with the bebt the market
ird. (iood stublliig and attentive ostlers.
11 JIM EIN RENTAI'RANT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor,
Coiumerco St., hll AMOKIN, PEN N'A.
laving just refitted tho above Saloon for the
omodat ion of the public, te now prepared to
vt ji friends with the best tefrcshmcats, and
sh Lager Heer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
usiness U'0s.
S. RIIOADB. J. TACKER IUA8
V.
H. RIIOADH A CO.,
KCTAIL nRALEKI Or
."THIIACITF. COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Orri' E with Haas, Faosxt Co.,
Jrders left at SeasVolti fc Bro's.,omee Market
eet, will receive prompt attention. Country
4toni reepeetfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1371. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL !
TAI.ENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every variety of
NTHKACITE COAL, U PI' EH WHARF,
bUNBUKY, PENN'A,
VII kinds of Grain tuken in exchange for Coal.
Jers solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
ti. Y. Kevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
't, will recleve prompt attention, and money
.'erptedfor, Mie same as at tbe olMce.
DENTIST RT.
GEORGE M. RENN,
Simpton'a Jiuilding, Market Squart,
SunitVBT, Pa.,
t prepared to do all kinds of w arfc fteilalBlng
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly en hand
arge assortment of Teeth, nndther Dental
terial, from which he will be able to select,
1 meet the wauls of bis customers,
til work warranted U give satisfaction, or else
money refunded.
'he very bens Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powders
it on hand.
lis reference are the numerous patron for
oui he lias worked for th last twelve year,
inubury, April 81, 1873.
lOALl CO A LI COAU-tiBANT IBOS.,
6blnersad W blea.l aad Retail Deoier In
JIT BAND RED ASH COAL, BUUBUST.PA.
(LawT.a wBAr. .
af Bole Ai'uts, westward, at the celabrated
ry C1t CX jn 1V-M
ileto Afcbcrtistmcnts.
' NEW COAL YARD.
rpnK Undersigned having connected tho Coal
business with his ertensive FLOUR & OR A I N
trade, is prepared to simply families with to?
1. 11 I IltJIl Vf ( OIL,
CHE A I FOR CARH.
Egg, 8tove and Nut. constantly on hand. Grain
taken In exchange forConl.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, Jan. IS, 1870.4f.
NEW TOBACCO AND HECIAR, AND
JJIWS1I S1VRE.
South side of Market street between 3d and 4th
SUNBURY, PA.
Jnrt opened, an entire new stock of all kinds of
TOBACCO AND SEGARS.
Scgnrs of every grade.
Tobnc of t very varlu'y.
Pipes, both plain and 'fancy. -
BRUSHES I BRUSHES ! I BRU8nS I ! I
A large assortment of Brushes direct fiom tlio
manufacturer nt greatly reduced Prices. His
ine of brushes are n specialty nnd manvnew
kinds never before introduced Into this market.
Also, Paper Collars and Cuffs in great variety.
A large assortment of nil the popular Bongs
of the day.
Cull and examine my goods and get n list of
priees. HENRY PETERY.
Novembers, 1872. ly
BATCHELOR BROS'
TRADK
MARK
PUMCH CIGARS.
NOW"
Hotter than an- ever uiudcjliy tlicni.
See that the boles are branded
PKCl'MAB U. B. I'lXC II.
Wholesale IV(iot
330 NORTH THIHD STIIEKT,
Branch 23 North 8d St., Branch 837 Chestnut St.,
(Opposite "CONTINENTAL.")
PHILADELPHIA.
March 1, 1S78. 0mo.
LtM'AL OI'TION
Now Is the time to foriu Toar s-lab.
FINE OLD RYE WIIISKV.
Tully Pour Years Old.
$i per gallon. Or, in largo boltlog, secure
ly packed in casta, 11.00 per dozen.
VERY FINE PALi;, SAERUY,
nnd
RARE OLD PORT WINES,
. at same price.
GOLD SEAL MtANDY,
Xcrj Cliolco.
818.00 the dozen.
Seud iu your order.
II. A- A. C. VAN BE 1 1.,
No. 1310, CHESTNUT ST.,
Philadelphia.
April 1!,
187X, 1 yr.
; O. W. KRKFKU,
C. W.
DASSLEK.
New Goods!
SPUING AND SUMMER,
("foods, Xotioiw, Furnishine
Dry
uootis, trocn, UU IHothH,
GliirSR and Nails
of every variety, nt one low price,
at
Kccfcr & ttassler's Store,
Corner of Fonrth and Market Streets,
SUNBURY, PA.
All kinds of Grain taken In exchange same as
cash. Call and see us.
KEEPER A BABBLER.
Sunbury, May 10, 1878.
NEANON ARI.E U0OD.
SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES
Ht
HlM Kate Rlurk'M,
Market Square, Sunbury, P.
LA DIE'S DKES3 GOODS of every style and
quality.
White Goods, Fancy GoodJ, Notions and Trim
mings a specialty.
TOILET SOAPS AND PERFUMERY.
Everybody is Invited to call and see them and
bnv cheap.
May 3, 1878.
SPUING MILLINERY (iOOI)N,
A full line of
BONNETS AND II ATA,
1 trimmed and untrimined. Flowers, Ribbons,
! Collars, Cuir, Handkerchiefs, NecKties, and a
! general variety of
i MILLINERY GOODS
I selected with great care from the leadiig Im
I porting houses in New York and Philadelphia,
at
MISS M. L. flOSSLER,
Fonrth Street, below the S. V. R. B.
Every effort will be made, to please those wtio
favor her with their patronage.
! April S, 1873.
THE PARKER GUN.
SEND STAMP TOR CISCUUAR
PARKER BRtfS
WEST MERIDEN.CT.
March 29, 18TI ly.
J. F. LERCH'S
URRilAiGE AND
WAGON MAKMGtjg
ESTABLISHMENT,
CHESTNUT BT, BUHBTJBY, PA.
Vajnciis of all Kjm stiifo Obdib.
The latttyte and tbe beat werkjsanshlp.
Sample away ba seen at th sbofi iia him
call.
Suubary, Dec. 7, 18W. ly.
mm
fichi Dbcrtismtttts.
SPRING AND NIJIMER GOODS
Jan! Opened ,
at the Store of ' , ,
Iteed Brother A N-nnhoIts, "
. (successors to 8. O. Reed A Bro.) ' '
COMPRISING OF DRY GOODS '
of every description and variety such as '
Dren Good !
comprising all the novelties in fkbrlc and shade.
White Goads), FtMsey Goodj.
Full Assortment of Notioss,
which are being sold nt the lowest Cash Price.
Also, GitoeEitnw and PnoviwioN",
pure and fresh.
QUUKSiSWAKK, GLASS YTARK, AND WOOD
AND WILLOW WARE,
Nieesl Brands of Flour constantly on liand.
a very large
ASSORTMENT OF WALL PAPER,
both glazed and commoti, always on bund.
BOOTS AND SHOES
from the celebrated hand made Boot and Shoe
Manufactory of Wntsoutowu, for
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
HEADY-MADE CLOTHING,
of nil elzes aud of tbe latest style.
F L OUR.
The highest prices will be paid for ull kinds of
country produce.
My strict attention to business and kirplng at
all times the most complete stock, aud selling at
the lowest prices, we hope to merit a f .11 share of
patronage.
KEED BROTHER a 8EA8HOLTZ.
Snnbury, May 3, 173-
csnsfii
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WANITING MADE EASY I
A Want long felt at Inst supplied by the Improved
M'CCES.H"
A constnut supplyor western whUe wheat dour J "J"".'""' confidently rely unoahhtsklll assPliv
n spcelallty. "tam . ORGANIC WEAKNE "
The public are Invited to call and examiiie oar Imr,0l(.ncT Lo, of Powe; m,le"dVtety' Cured
Goods tree o eharge. Our motto is 'tj.ck w,j m Vigor Restored. , !?.
Sales nnd Small Proltts." and to please a 1. tu. ru.:.... . r..t i.Li iji i
WASHING MACHINE I !
With adjustable Washers, recently added, In
creasing ks atility 50 per rent, Invented and
patented by S. M. SMITH, York, P.
It clean nil kinds nf Clothing better and
quicker than uny other Washer. It clean per
fectly and without injury, any article from the
finest Lace Curtain to the heaviest Bed Clothing.
It will cleanse a half dozen Gentlemen's Shirts,
badly soiled, In from 5 to t minutes, Including
th Collar and Wristbnud. '
The steam being confined In the Washer, the
clothing while being washed is also bleached.
Over 800 Machine were sold in York and. Lan
caster Counties and over 70,000 worth in this
Stale and Ohio, within a year i giving satisfac
tion. The celebrated Self-Adjustlug EUREKA
Wringer is attacked to the machine. t-?In
from one to two hours a large Family's Wash
can be done and rinsed, with less than half the
labor required by hand,
RlnHlug la don la lb lit Marhiue
IhoroBchly aad rapidly.
We ask n one to purchase without first trying
4t merits.
Bixoi H Machivm, f K. ' ' , With Wringer, 25.
HT Address J1 order i
ISA T.CLEMENT,
MafMtaear aad Agent,
unUary. P.
Bunburr. April 2o, 1878. ,
, , UVJEDERS
Bead for ear Ilhseicated Caulogu nf new book
oobnlldlng. A. J. BICKNHI.L H).
u5,'7Mw. -it Warren St., New AVutk.
BALTIMORE LOCK IHMTAL
J-JR. JOHNSTON, j
Physician of thie celebrated Insttlon, hat
discovered the most certain, speedy, psant and
oUeotual remedy in tho world for nil i
, DISEASES OF IMPRUDENl.
WonkneM of tho Buck or Limbs,lrictures,
AfTectlon of Kidneys nnd Bladdci lnvolim
try Discharges, Impotency, Gsnsl Debili
ty, Nervousness, Dyspepsy, lnor, Low
Spirits, Confaslon of Ideas, 'ulpulnn . of
the lioart, Timidity, Trembings, Dimness
of Sight or Giddiness, Dlsejv of Is Head,
Throat, Noss or Skin, Affoetlowof Llvs Lungs,
Stomach or Bowel these terrible Msorder
rising from the Solitary HaMts of Y out those
secret nrf solitary pmctlfe more fhtato their
victim than the song of dyren to the termors
or Ulysses, blighting ttelr most brilllat hopes
of anticipation. rende-iuK marriage, & impos
sible.
IO3N0MEN
especially, who haw become the vtetlm of Soli
tary vice, that ovenarni ana aeeiraewe UaMt
which annnallv sweep to an ontlmel a-rnv
thonsand of young men of the inostexaltel
talents and brilliant Intellect, whomlgt other
wise have entmnced listening Senate rlth the
thnnder of etoquence or wakod t ecstcy the
living lyre, any call with full ca.ittdeuce
1UAKK1AUK.
Married Persons or Yonng Men eontornlntlng
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness. ( Loss
of Procreatlve Power Impotenct, Neryois Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic tVeakncet Ner
vous Debility, or any other DisqnallUaitlon.
speedily relieved.
He w ho places himself viidurlhe earn ofDr. J.
may religionsly confide In bis honor as a gntle
miserable nnd marriage Impossible is the penalty
paid by tlio victims of Improper indulgences.
Young persons are too apt to con mi t excesses
from not being aware of thcdrcndbl eonseqencce
that may ensue. Now, wlo that Understands
the subject will pretend to deiiy that tho powor
of procreation is lost sooner IV those falling into
improper habits than by the p-udcut I Besides
being deprived the plcnsuresot healthy oflbprlug,
the most scrions and dcslructlV'Symptoms lo both
body and mind arise. The swtem becomes de
ranged, the Physical and dental Functions
Weukeued, Los of Proereatlu Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspepsia. Palplbtlon Of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional DUUity, a Wasting
of the Frame, Cough, Consunptlon, Decay und
Doutb.
A CURE WARRANTED t TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined in health byunloarned preten
der who keep them trilling uvnth after month,
inking poisonous and injuious compounds,
should apply Immediately.
Dll. JOItNSTt.N,
Member of the Royal t'ollrgcof Surgeons, Lou
don, Graduated from one oftlie most eminent
College in tho United Slates and tlio gre.itrr
part of whose Ife lias been spit tu the hospitals
of London, Pris, Philadelpilu und elsewhere,
bus vllevlcd some of the most astonishing cures
that were ever known uinnylroubled with ring
ing In tho head and ears vlicn asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden eoands,
linshfulness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes w lthderangcmuutof uiiud, were cured
.Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have iujurrd
themselves by itiiproKT Indulgence and solitary
habits, whic h ruin both bm'y und mind, utililting
them for cither buslucss, study, society or mar
riage. Tiiksb are some if lb sad-and melancholy
effects pnxlueed by early habits of youth, viz:
Weakness nf the Back and Limbs, PaluB In the
Buck nnd Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular ID,!,,...,,,..., .,, nrt DyiOCPSV
Nervous Irritability, Derangement ol Aiiifcfii;'
Functions, (icueral Debility, Symptoms of Con
sumption, tc
Mentai.lt The fearful cfTucts on the mind
are much to bo dreaded Los of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, tVc, urifsouie of the
evils produced.
Thousands of persons of all ages can now
judge what is the cause of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
about tho eyes, cough und symptom ol consump
tion. YOUNG MEN
Who have injured themselves by a certain prac
tice indulged In when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or nt school, the
edicts of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, aud If not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, and destroys both mind aud body, should
apply Immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of bis
country, the darliug ef his parents, Bhould be
snatches from nil prospects und enjoyments of
life, by live consequence of deviating from t lie
putW of nature und indulging iu a certain se.'rct
bubit. Such persons mi st before contemplating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connubial happl
uras. Iudeed without these, the Journey through
life become a weary pilgrimage) the prospect
hourly darkens to the view ; the mind L-ecumes
thudowed with despair ami tilled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happiness of auotlier
becomes blighted with otiroivn.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votury of
pleasure finds that he has Imbibed the seeds of
this painful disease, it too often happens thai an
ill-timed sense of shumc, or dread of discovery,
deters blm from applying to those who, from
education aud respectability, cau alone befriend
him, deiaying till the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid dioeusc make their appearance, sueli
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noetural
pains In the bead aud limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shin bones and nnn.-,
blotches ou the head, fuce and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palnw of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
iu, and the victim of this awful d incuse becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to his dreadful eull'eriug, by sending
him to ' tbut Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fuel that thousands DIE
victims lo this terrible diseuso, through falling
Into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the ase of that deadly Pol
son, Mercury, Ac, destroy the constitution, aid
Incupablo of caring, keep tbe unhappy sutlercr
mouth after month takiug their noxious or in
jurious compounds, and Instead of being restored
to a renewal of Life Vigor aud Happiness, iu dos-
tuiir leav him with ruined Health to sigh over
lis galling disappointment.
To such, therefore, Dr. Johnston pledges him
self to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
from his extensive practice and observations in
the greut Hospitals of Europe, and the first lu
this country, vis: England, France, Philadelphia
and elsewhere, is enabled to oiler tho laost cer
tain, speedy aud ctfcetuul remedy iu tbe world
for all diseases of Imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OFFICE, NO. 7, 8. FREDERICK STREET.
Baltimouk, M. 1).
Left band side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Kail uot to observe uamo
and number.
l-UfNo letter received unless postpaid nnd
containing a stamp to be used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and scud a portlou
of advlrtlsement describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Impnsters advertising thoinsulvcs as
Physicians, trilling with and rululng tho teulili
of all who unfortunately full into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deem It necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquainted with hi reuuta
llon that lils Credential or Diploma always
bang in hi ofttce.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
Tbe many thousand cuhm! at this Establish,
tnrnt, year after year, aud tbe numerous im
portant Surgical Opuutions performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representative of th
Cress ana many other paper, notice ef wkkh
ave appeared again and again before the public,
beside bis standing as a gentleman of character
ed responsibility, is a auikelent guarantee loth
afflicted. fchtu disease siicedily cured.
Uarvu ltlS73.-lf
t i ill. LiniiawiuK Aiimiiun nuEU ivnucmiiin
JOHN JANKIN'5 SERMON.
The mitilster said last night, says lie,
"Dont be afraid orglviu' t
If vonr life ain't nnthln' to other folks,
Why, what's the use o' llvln' t" '
And that's what I say to wife, says I,
Them's Brown, the inls'rnble sinner,
He'd sooner a beggnr would starve than glvo
A cent toward buyin' a dinner.
I tell you minister's prime,, he ts,
But I couldn't quite determine,
When I hea'd htm a-givln it right and left,
Just who was hit by his sermon.
Of course there couldn't be no mistake
When he talked of long-winded praylu',
For Peters and Johnson they sot and scowled
At every word be was sayln. .
And the minister be went on to say,
"There's various kinds o' chenlln',
And religion's as good for every day
As It Is to bring to mcctin'.
I d ui't think much of a man llint gives
The Lord Amcns nt my prenehln'.
And spends bis time the followln' week
In cheating and overrcnchlu'."
I guess Unit dose was bitter enough '
For a man like Jones to swnller t
But 1 noticed he didn't open bis month,
Not once, after that to hollar,
IIurrab,ys I, for the minister . ,i
Of course 1 said It quiet
Give ns some more of this open talk t
It's very refreshing diet.
Th minister lilt 'em every time t '
And when he spoke of fashion.
And i-riggliig out In bow and things,
As woman's tullii' passsion,
And a.eomlii' to church to see the style ;
I con'.iln't help n-wlnkln,
And n-undglii' my wife, and, says 1, ."That's
yon,"
And 1 guess It sot her tlilnkin'.
8ays I to myjclf, that sermon's pat,.
But man is u queer creation ;
And I'm much nfrai I that most o' the folks
Won't take the application. '-n.
Now if he had said n word about
My personal nioile o' slnnin',
I'd havo goue to work to right myself, '
And uot set here u-gi iiiniii'.
Just then the minister say.i, says be,
"And now I've come to the fellers
Who'vo lost this shower by uslu' their friends
As sort o' moral umbrellas.
Go h me,"' says he, "and find your faults.
Instead of hniitln' your l.rnthers' ;
Go home," he says, "and warn the coats
You've tried to lit for others."
My wile she nudged, mid Brown he winked,
And there was lots o' siiiilln',
And lots o' lookin' ntour pow ;
II sol my bloo I n-billn'.
Says I to myself, our minister
is gitliu'u little bitter j
I'll teil l.iin when meet in' out. that I
Aiul at all that kind ot a critter.
sccllanjous.
RAILROADS AND CANALS.
Speech orilou. Joseph Ititily,
of l'irry Uuunt'i, a Jhlojote to the Conven
tion to (tiittnil the Coitntitution, Deli ft red
Juhj 10i, 187:i.
TUu liftli section of tlic article on Rail
roads nnd C'.iiiuls Leiii iiiidfrcoiisitler:i
tion. Mr. Joseph Baily, of lVrry, 'made tho
fo'lovi.l(? I'vm.vrUH !
-Nlr. luiiy suiJ ; If the jwoplc of lVtin
sylvania are to have such aatii-jriuirtU lu
uorpuralud in Iho C'otisLil tttioii as to nll'ord
tliuiii protection from the danerotiH power
of tailroad monopnlioR, then other reme
(lics will have to lie adopted than those
coutaincd iu the report of the committee
of the whole, ll is true that there are ma
ny salutary provisions in that report, but
they are nil rendered nugatory by the
sweeping powers contained in" tho last
clause of the liftli spctiou. The section
reads as follows :
'No railroad or canal corporation doing
business as a common carrier shall, cither
directly or indirectly, hold, guarantee or
indorse shares iu the capital stock, bonds
or other indebtedness or any other corpo
ration, individuals or partnerships, exccj4
those duint tht business of wmmon enrrirrt."
If gentlomeu will examine tho (section
carefully they will perceive that if the eight
last words were uot there the section would
contain a direct prohibition to deal in each
others stocks and bonds by railroad and
canal companies, but the insertion, of them
changes entirely the character of the sec
tion. This power to purchase the ttock of
each other, together wilh the power to pur
chase or lease tho chartered franchise of
each oilier, litis been the fruitful cause of
building up the great monopolies which
now stretch themselves like great giants
across our fair Commonwealth. With
such power these great companies can pre
vent the construction of rival roiuU by sim
ply purchasing a majority of their slock,
thereby changing thu ownership aud di
rection. Tho fourth section of the report
prohibiting the consolidation of parallel or
competing lines is rendered a nullity by
this power to purchase each others slocks.
ISc fore a competing line can be built and
iu operation, a majority of its clock will lie
secured by its more fortunate neighbor,
and absorption will lie the consequence.
If the Convention deem it wise to legal
ize monopolies, then the proper plan has
been adopted in this fifth section. But if,
on the other hand, this Convention con
siders the rights of corporations ns subor
dinate to those of the people, theu this fifth
section should be 11 mended by a provision
prohibiting railroad nnd canal companies
from purchasing each others stocks, or
chartered franchise or leasing the same.
1 oiler this amendment witli n view of
protecting tlio rights of tliu (leople, and iu
no spirit of hostility t any company. I
will never consent to deprive any railroad
or canal company of any right essential to
their ust fulness us public inttilutiou ; but
to coulcr powers injurious to liie well-being
of the instil utiiius uf Uiu Common
wealth is another llitog, and, so far as I
;ini concerned, will be resisted.
1 believu the auicudmcut will operate ns
an eilectual rcuwdy lor many of the evils
complained of. Jl contains nothing new ;
nor is il tike radical and dangerous mea
sure that many persons believe il to bo. It
only restores iho provisions of tho origiual
chatters of all the older railroad compa
nies. Tho Philadelphia aud Reading, Lan
caster and Hiirrisburg, Cumberland Val
ley, Miuehill and Schuylkill Haven, West
Chester Valley, aud many smaller railroad
companies, hud uo grants of power iu their
original charters to buy the slocks or fran
chise of each other, but ou the other hand
such grants were scrupulously withheld.
These are the oldest railroad companies iu
the Suito. Tho Pennsylvania railroad com
pany, chartered in 18JU, bad no such grants
of power iu its origiual charier, nor could
it have obtained such a (;rant at that lime.
Thcee grants hare boon tusidiously obtain
ed from titue to Unto by euocial JelslaUou,
aud havo been the fruitful source of tbe
corruption aud demoralization of kgiblu.
tors aud ether public men, aud not until
1870 did the Legislature so far forget Us da
ty to the penplo as to confer, by a general
law, the full and unrestrained power on
railroad companies of purchasing each otU-
crs stocks nnd chartered franchise nnd also
to lease. Since then all the smaller roads
worth anything have been purchased or
leased by the larger and more fortunate
ones, and the construction of rival lines, by
the extension of some of these smaller
roads, absolutely prevented. And now we
have tho extraordinary spectacle of almost
all the transporting and carrying power of
thn fttftta tw.mir virtllAllv linilpr Lhn control
of one vast monopoly.
Was such legislation, granting such ex
traordinary powers to corporal ions, enact
cd in tho interest of the people T No hon
est man can. I think, entertain such an
opinion. What equivalent have the people
ol Pennsylvania received for tho concession
of such unlimited powers ? Has there been
any reduction of the rates of tolls? I
think not, but on the other hnnd they have
been increased. It is true the people liv
ing beyond the boundary of Pennsylvania,
where' tho inlluenco of the Hallimore and
Ohio and the New York railroads come in
competition with the Pennsylvania rail
road, have their persons and property
transported at greatly reduced rate.
This fact clearly aud indisputably proves
the advnn'jtgns to bo derived from rival
lines, and ought forever to close the mouths
of tho advoeates of one grand non-competing
line. The section proposed by mo pro
hibits railroad aud canal companies from
dealing iu the properly of each other. It
provides ns follows :
Suction . No railroad or canal cor
poration shall have the right lo invest in,
purchase or hold shares iu tho capital
stock, bonds or other indebtedness, or pur
chase, hold or lease the chartered fran
chise and proicrty or other estate of auy
other railroad, canal or other corporotion,
either in its corporate name, or by its offi
cers or thri ugh tho intervention of trus
tees or other agents holding the same for
its use.
Il will be observed Hint tho Amendment
contains an explicit deuial of the right to
purchase or lease tho franchise or to pur
chase shares in the capital stock of each
other. Hy this provision the stockholders
of each corporation will be ptotccted in tho
ownership and control of their respective
lilies of improvement, and the continued
fear of being absorbed by companies more
powerful than themselves will be removed.
Kach company being owned by individual
stockholders, will always be under their
control, and in the management of its pe
cuniary and internal affairs will be inde
pendent of nil other companies ; but being
connected together, as provided in sectiou
fourteen of this article, and obliged to pass
all cars, passengers and freight from each
others roads at uniform rates, these sepa
rate and independent corporations, in their
business opcraUnns, will furnish tlic peo
ple with it complete system of local and
through transportation, and will be built
wherever und whenever the wauts of the
people demand Iheii constructeon. 1 can
not see why a net work of railroads ull ov
er the Stale, under such a system, will mil
be far inure economical and advantageous
to the ieoplu titan any sybteui under tho
management aud control of one great mo-
1 nopoly.
1 he national bauking system is some
what analagous, and I refer to it to illus
trate tills indepeiideut system of railroad
transportation. The old LniU'd States
bank, with a capital of rti,0tHj,iJ00, was
destroyed by President Jackson fur the sup
posed political power wielded uuder the
managemcul of one head. JJut ihe nation
al banking system, with a combined capi
ical of ( lUU.tXHLUOO. distributed all over the
country, uuder tho control of corporations
with small capital, each company being
managed by itsowu board of directors, and
its business operations entirely indejicn
dent of all the rest, alfords the people a sys
tem of banking aud currency far superior
to anything of the kind the old Lnited
States Hank could have furnished ; and tlic
isolation of the individual banks entirely
deprives the system as a whole, of the pow
er to wield political influence. Would any
sane man ever have proposed the incorpo
ration of one bank with a capital of S-loU,-IWU.OOO,
to be located in any one of the
large cities ? The idea is preposterous.
Vet scattered all over the country and di
vided into a great number ol isolated banks
the system lurnislies the people with a
sound nnd uniform currency, and the
stockholders of this immense but divided
capital are favored with a prolitablo invest
ment. lu the place of one u'tvat national bank,
with its vabt political power, we have a
system of national banks so separated iu
tilth' business operations us lo be incapa
ble of cnmbiiiin together for tiny political
purpose. In a similar way 1 propose a
system of railroad corpora lions w ithout
I power to purchase each others rights, but
j so connected together as lo alliiru every fa
cility for transport: mm, jet so indepeu
j dent and separated lVotn 1 Acii other as to
! prevent the possibility of a combination
l calculated lo interfere with the institutions
of government, instead of one greul rail-
road corporation capable from its very ua
j ture of seriously Impairing the whole fab-
ric of government it self,
j The population of Pennsylvania is in
creasing very rapidly, and her great iul
j rests are agricultural, maiiufacturiuu. miu
. ing aud coninu rcial purposes are expand
j ing and developing fur more rapidly than
I tlie cult-illations of Uiu must sanguine huvu
j indicated.
1 In twenty years our population may very
1 nearly reach ten million of souls. Who
cau predict the business utx tNtsities of such
; a population. Will it be wise 10 subject
J such numbers and Mich vast interests to
I the transput ling power of one gu-ul ukuhj-
1I v ?
This will inevitably be tbe result of the
' last clause in the tilth aeeti'Hi aUu!d uufor
j Innately become a part of the Constitution.
Rivalry in transportation will always ab
sorb Ihe less corporations iu any altcinH
to establish coin pi ting lines.
The Pennsylvania railroad, with all the
efficiency and wisdom of its present man
agement, is certaMily very nearly worked
lo its prolitablo capacity. To run many
more trains will d"rive Ihetu of Ihe low
er to keep the road iu repair. There is a
limit lo (lie carrying capacities of anv rail
road from this en use. Workmen always
avoid danger from pausing trains, and their
repair force, from this cause, lose at this
lime a very considerable jierceutagu of
lime.
Suppose two moro tracks bo added lo
that road, it will scarcely doublo its present
capacity, on account of the increased dilli
cully aud danger of keeping tho inside
tracks tu repair. I think it cannot be sue
cess fully deuied that the policy of thaXcuut
paoy ba been exerted lo discourage a4
prevent tte building of rival roude. lit
the single e of Use Cumberland Valley
railroad thie policy is full illustrated. That
company hslxtcndcd its road ti Horn a
connection with Ihe Ilallimore and Ohio,
railroad in the west and the Reading rail
road, by it Harris, burg branch, in the east; v
was prepared to furnish the people with a
competing lino from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg ; but the project has been defeated by
the Pennsylvania railroad Colli pany por-.
chasing a majority of the stock of the Cum
berland Valley road, nnd converting that
old aud well-established nitid into a divieiori.
of tue Pennsylvania railroad, l'y this
shrewd operation the ownership of near,
ono hundred miles of this new line to tho
west is now lodged in tho Pennsylvania
railroad company, and tho people have;
been deprived of the advantage of a rival
line lo tlio west. If the amendment pro
posed by me had been part of the present
Constitution this thing could not have oc
curred. I Seak of the Pennsylvania t&U
road company wilh uo feelings of hostility.,
I know tho gentlemen who control that
greut and wondeful organiaation to lie hon
est, and are actuated, most probably, by
motives of patriotism. It Ihe course of
things they must pass away, and their
places may be filled by olhnra actuated by,
more sordid purposes than those genllemeti
now having control of that company. I,
I only war with the potvet conferred upon,
a single vast corporation to monopolise. ,
and control the whole carrying trasleofthc.
Commouweaitii. In my judgment it la tue.
duty of this Convention to give to this
question of transportation all tho consider
ation that n subject of so much importance
deserves. Tho movements of the people all,
over the country warn us to the task. lit
the west they are banded together by hun-,
dreds of thousands to cllect reform in this,
particular ; and Ihe inlluenco of these or
ganizations will soon be felt in the cast.
The necessity for such organizations is
greatly to be deplored, and a corrective
should at once be adopted which will avoid
the necessity of their longer continence.
Why should the friends of tho great cor-,
poralions of ibis State oppose this amend
ment 't .
l,ct sco whether its adoption will not, iu.
the cud, be advantageous to them. An
opposition line iR about being built from
New York to Philadelphia ; and this road,
supported by a combination of tho great .
capitalists of the country hostile to tho
Pennsylvania roads, may soon be extended
across'the Slate to the west. IJy tho pow
er and ingenuity of such a combination the
stocks of our present companies inoy bo
ruinously depressed nnd n majority of it.
purchased by the new and moro powerful
company, until the Pennsylvania and other
great corporations mny become mere divi
sions of a greater than themselves. The
new company would only be following tho
teachings of those it had absoabed. Thej
adoption of the amendment offered by me
will secure these companies from absorp- .
tion by this new nnd mote powerful com-,
binalion, aud save the peoplo of Pcnnsyl-.
j vania from the infliction of a greater mo-.
1 nopolj than now exists, aud the stockhold-.
j era of those companies from ruinous losses
I by depreciation iu the prico of their stock. .
If this monopoly policy should unfor
; tunately by adopted aud supported by cou
; stilutioual sanction, then we shall over bo
; cursed with this continually reutiraing wai-.
I fare of tho greater absorbing tho weaker.
1 competition in tho transporliott and carry
j ing business of the country.
The stronger will not permit tho weaker
! to exist ns rival roads but will absorb thent
j by this power 4o purchase their stocks or
. franchise, lu such a warfare between
j these soulless monopolies to circumvent
' and absorb each' other, demoralization of
j the penpk) and their business interests will
i be the inevitable cousequence.
j Will it be wise to legalize, by conslitu
i tional provision, such a dangerous policy ;
; fraught, as it must bo, with ruin to tho
j industrial and freo institutions ofthe State' .
Iu the addition to the evils I have portray-.
, ed, by reason of the txislence of such ab-.
sorbing monopolies, let us dwell for a mo-,
I mcnt upon the political effect which wilt
' inevitably result. The Legislature and
j high official of the Commonwealth will be
selected aud elected by this one power.
, The Legislation will be framed under it,
: dictation und in its interest; step by step
I it will encroach upon the liberties and
j rights of the ieoplu until this process of
! ubsorplion will reach its final culmination .
j in destruction of tho present institutions t
of government, and tho Commonwealth
I will then only exist iu name.
I What Causbs Houses to Slaiweu ?
j At the late mectiug of the Kxperimunt.il
Farm Club this question whs tliecussod,
'. lut no one could say exactly what it was
that made second-crop hay produce this
' sKblicritig of horses. A veterinary sur-.
genu who was present could not cuhghten .
the club in the least. Somo thought of ono ,
thing and some another, but there was no
one cause specilically pointed out. Still
: there must bo a specific cause. For it is
J well known to all observers that not ouly
second-crop clover hay will puduce tho
slabbers iu horses, but the grass aud auy .
. fall grass we have ever tried. Some vete
rinary surgeons attribute it to a fall weed.
; iSut we think it is iu the grass itself, iheec
i coiul crop of which contains a peculiar
j uitterness, for want perhaps ofj suectl
1 leuce and from its advanced state of niatu
j rity. It may possibly be a late weed, but
I if so it has not been discovered,
j As lo Uiu remedy, the best is to stop'
' feeding the second-crop hay or grass. In
: two very severe casts on our own premi
ses last fall, it pnssud olT in a few days by'
removing the cause of it. Iu the case wo
1 speak of, however, il was a flow of water
: ouly from the mouth, liullous must havo
j come from each animal, preventing tliein
; for some lime from taking their f jod. --(V r -itMntowii
'ltiitjnih,
j The sugar crop iu uil sugur-prsduciuii
! countries is very large, uud consequently
1 the pruspecl for cheap sugar is protuisitig.
! At the meeting on Saturday of tlie Dau
phin county Republican CoLuuiltcr, it was
; aimed that S. i. JJuit, Ksq., be the Sena-.
! torial aud Jnssph Jjuidi aud Abraham.
I Forieubuugh be the Ueprcseutative delu
! gates tu tlse next state CouVenlioii. The
; motion was unanimously agreed to. Tue
' day, SuptcNibcr -d, was fixed as the day
foi' the huldiug of the next County Cunveii
j tion.
I UiuoiiAM Yol'No is in trouble. Ono of
j Lis wive has deserted, taking wilh her tho
1 furniture of her house. Jiut worst of all, ,
j she threaten suit against tiur liege load, to
j secure alimony. This has Jti it the eW-
nieuts of a first class sensation, as such a
suit as is threatened will result in the dis-
closure of the domestic life of the head of
the Moriuou Churvii. This is not reputed
to be of the luoel iannbnious description.
A youtig Udy (rots Lock Haven, was'
attacked by a panther whilo hunting ber-.
lie oa the mountiOu, 011 tho 17tb, and'
kilted the auitnal with a pine knot. ThaV
woman is Hesirting ol a sober husband.