The Sunbury American
Is Pvblisred Evert Friday, t
EII'L WILVEET, Proprietor,
Corner of Tldrd $L,and Muriel Square,
PCXBURY, TA.
At One Dollar and Filly Oiilw
If strictly ill advance; $1.75 if lurid within ticyiir;
or tun iu all cast- when iiayniciit i dVlafert till afti-r
ei;iriitieu of thr ywr. No ulisritioti diFcnminmd
until nil rn-arKi are paid niil at tin- option uf the
publisher. Thkmetkkmk ai;e iiu:iii.r aimifrkk to.
Ail new milMNirii'ti'MiB to the AimTitMii ly mtk-mi living
utHj'le t the t'.Mi:itr of Nortlr.iinln'rli!!nl, mu! tie uv
Hiiipwiiied with th ('ash, ThiA ik iu:i1- net'Hiiry ly
tii- diltienlty eii'ii'nr'd iu c tllfclin unpaid Hiilwcrip
tioas at a dMtancA.
lill.TINORi: LOCH
jn. JOHNSTON,
HOSPITAL
I'liysHiin of tliis celebrated Institution, litis
!iseovered the most certain, speedy, pleasant and
cll'ectual remedT in tlie world for ali
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ot the Back or Limits, Stricture,
Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impotency, General Debili
ty, Nerroucnefcs, Dyspcpsy, Luniruor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, TreniMiiitrs, Dimness
of Sijrht or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, Aff-'etions of Liver, Lunjrs,
Stomach or Bowels these terriMc Disorders
uririni; from the Solitary Hahits of Youth those
eeret and solitary practices more fatal to their
victims than the song of Syrens to the Mariners
of Ulysses, bliirhtinu their most brilliant hopes
of anticipations, reuUermi; marriage, tVc, iiuk)k-t-iliic
1 OUNG MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely prave
thousands of yountr, men f the most exalted
talents and brilliant intellect, who might other
wise have entranced listening Senates with the
thunders of eloquence or waked to eestacy the
living lyre, mav call with full confidence.
MAUIUAUE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Proereatlve Power Impotency), Nervous Ex
citability. Palpitation, Orcanic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
fpeedily relieved.
He who places himself under the care of Dr. J.
may religiously confide in his honor as a gentle
man, and confidently rely uon his skill nsal'bv
f ician.
OUGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impotency, Loss of Power, immediately Cured
and full Vigor Restor. d.
This Distressing Affection which renders Life
miserable and marriage impossible is the penalty
paid by the victims of improcr Indulgences.
Young persons arc too apt to commit excesses
from uot beine aware of the dreadful consciences
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling iuto
improper habits than by the prudent f Besides
lieing deprived the pleasures of healthy offprint:,
the most serious and destructive symptoms to both
body and mind arise. Tlie system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Ennetions
Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
f t lie Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and
Death.
A CIT.E WAIIKANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten
ders who keep Ihcni triflintr month after month,
taking poisonous and injurious compounds,
should apply immediately.
UK. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Boyul College of Surgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
ColYsres in the United States, and the" greater
part of whose ife has been spent in the hospital
of London, I'ris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
has clli-cted some of the most Uhtoni:-hing .cures
that were ever known ; many troubled with rin
ini; iu the head and ears when asleep, great
nervousness, being nlartmd at sudden sohihIs,
liashfulness, with frequent blushing, ntl-nW
somet imes with derangement of mind, were cured
iminediatelv.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injurrd J
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which" ruin both body and mind, uniittiug
thetn for ciijicr busiiu, study, society or inar
risi ire. '"
Tutsi; nn' "ine of the sad and melancholy
cflvcts produced by curly habits of youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains iu tlie
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Digestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con
sumption. S:c.
Mentally The fearful effects on the mind
are much to lie dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodintrs, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, Ac., are some 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 apjiearance
altotit the eyes, congh and symptoms of consump
tion. YOUNG MEN
Who have injured tu nisei vea by a certain prac
tice indulged iu when alone, a habit frequently
l.-urned from evil companions, or at school, the
effects of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, and if not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, aud destroys both mind and body, should
apply iminediatciy.
What a pity that a young man, the hojieof his
country, the "darling f his parents, should be
snatched from ali prospects and enjoyments of
life, by the consequence of deviating from the
path of nature and iudulging in a certain secret
habit. Snch persons vvst before contemplating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound miud and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, the journey through
life liecomcs a weary pilgrimage ; the prosjieet
hourlv darkens to the view; the miud becomes
shadowed with despair and tilled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happiness of another
becomes blighted with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of
pleasure finds that be has imbibed the seeds of
this painful disease, it too often happens that an
ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education and rcsjiectability, can alone befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms ol
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing wjth frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the not-c fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to his dreadful suffering, by sending
him to " that Undiscovered Couutrv from whence
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, Ac., destroy the constitution, aud
incapable of curing, keep the nuhappy sufferer
month after month taking their noxious or in
jurious com pounds, and instead of being restored
to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, in des
pair leave him with ruined Health to sigh over
his 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 great Hospitals or Eurojic, and the first ii:
this country, viz: England, France, Philadelphia
and elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer
tain, fepcedy and effectual remedy iu the. world
for all diseases of imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OFFICE, NO. 7. S. FREDERICK STREET.
BALTIMOKr, M. D.
lx-a hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name
and ntimlMT.
J-7No letters received unless postpaid and
containing a stamp to lie used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send a jiortion
ofadvirtiscmcnt describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Impnstcrs advertising themselves as
Physicians, trilling with and ruining the l.ealth
of all who unfortunately fall into their jower,
that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquainted with his refuta
tion that his Credentials or Diplomas always
hang in his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Establish
ment, year after year, and the numerous im
portant Surgical Operations performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the
press and many ot her papers, notices of wlaeh
have appeared again and again before the public,
besides his standing as a gentleman of character
and responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee tothe
afflicted. Shin diseases siecdily cured.
April 3, 1874. ly
LIMBER AMI TLAXIX. MILLS.
Third Street, adjoining Phila. fc Erie R. R., two
Squares North of the Central Hotel,
SUNBURY, PA.
IE A T. CLEMEXT,
1 prepared to furnish every descript ion of lmn
Iht required by the demands of the public.
Having all the latest improved machinery for
manufacturing Lunlier, lie is now ready to till or
ders f all kinds of
FLtKjRING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS,
SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS,
and all kinds of Onia mental ScrowlWork. Turn
Ins of every description promptly executed. Also,
A I-AIKiK ASSOUTMKNT OP
HILL LUMBER.
HEMLt CK aud PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets,
Ijitbe, &.C.
Orders promptlv filled, and shipjicd by Railroad
or otherwise. 1R T. CLEM ENT.
dcl'.M',S:lv
X2stn.lIIliocl In 1K40. J
PKICX SI 50 IX AOVAXCK. S
ijrofcssiomtl.
js:i'ii N. AICXOLI).
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Herndon, N'orth'd county, Pa.
All business matters in the counties of North
umberland, Snyder, Union, Perry and Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the German and English languages.
april 17, ls.T4.-ly. '
E'
DM UNI) DAVIS, -
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
SUNBURY. l'ENN'A.
Office iu llaupl's Building, south side of Mar
ket street. junc.V74.-Iy.
j .m. a. mm:ki:.
A11UKM.1 Al 1AH
ANI OOrNTV BOl.iriTOK.
Office on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
TAJIKS KEAItn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Hanpt's building, South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
SrnciAt. ArrrxTioN Paid to C'oli.wtionk.
JAMES II. Mt'OKVITT,
Attorney at Law and
UstTEn States Commissioxeu. Office with S.
Boyer, Esq.. In Bright's Building, Sunbury.
Pa
Aug.
;. i.v.
A
X. KltlfE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ANI ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Next Door to JudgeJorJatrs Residence, Chest
nut Street, Suubury, Pa.
Collections and all legal matters promptly at
tended to.
"Jeremiah" snyder,
ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND
ACTIXC. JI'STH'E OF THE IEA E.
Con veyancmg.t he collect ions of claims, writings,
and all kinds of Igal business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English nnd German language Ollice
formerly occupied by Solomon Maliek. Esq., op
posite City Hotel, Sunburv, Pa.
March ."., lS7:i.ly.
G.
A. ItOTDOKF,
. Attorney-at-Law.
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
?:in be consulted In the English and Gernviu
languages. Collections attended to in North-
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. inlil.j
rr II. It. It ASF. Attorney at Law, SUN
X BURY, PA. Ollice in Market Square,
(adjoining the olllcc of W. f. Grccnugli, Esq.,)
Professional business in this and adjoining coun
ties promptlv attended to.
Sunburv, March 10, 172.-1 y.
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sxrnlmry, Fa.
November .'. if.
Sit. IIOYEIC, Attorney and Counsellor j
at Law. Kooms Nos. 2 A Second Floor, j
Brighfa Building, SUNBURY, PA. Profession 1
business attended to, in the co;nH of Northum
nerland nnd adjoining coin-ties. Also, in the
Virettit and District Courts for the Western Dis
triet of Pennsylvania. Claims' promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paiil to caein JSuuk
rnjtry. Consultation can !j had in the Ger
man language. tnar2.",71.
T II. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUN
J BURY, PA., ollice in Masser's Building
near the Court House. Front Room up stairs
above the Drug Store. Collections made in Nor
thumberland and adjoining counties.
Sunbury, Pa., June S, 1S72.
SP. WOLYEKTOX, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, SUNBURY,PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt -y
attended to. ' -
Hit. MASSEIt, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to iu
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder.
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. npllO-ti'.i
s
OLOMOX MALIC I-,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office at his residence on Arch street, oue square
north of the Court House, near the jail, SUN
BURY, PA. Collections and all professional
business promptly attended to in this and adjoin
ing couulies. Consultations can be had In the
German language. Ju!y27-lS72.
C. W. ZIEOIXn. 1.. T. KOHlir.ACll.
ZIEGLEK A StOIIKItAC II,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in Haupt'a Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collections and nil professional business
promptly attended to in the (Jourts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
Dec. 2. 1S71.
Or. A. 1'. C LA It It ,
IN Mrs. Donnel's building, up stairs, above T.
II. B. Kase's law office, ojiposite the Court
House, Sunl-ury, Pa.
Juue 12, 1874. C mos. pd.
G.
It. CAUWALLAOElt.Markct Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books, Dairies, :c.
DIC. V. M. MAKTIX, Office iu Drug
Store, Clemeut House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. in., to 1 p. m., and from C to ! p. tn.,
nt all other hours, wheti not Professionally en
gaged can be found at residence, corner of Front
and Penn street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular
attention given to surgical cases. Will visit
Patients either in town or country.
j)0ttls anb llcstanntnts.
CLEM EXT IIOl'SE, Third Street below
Market, Suubury, Pa. THAI). S. SHAN
NON. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable.
Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Sunqnry, April 24, 174.
riKAWFOKI IIOl'SE.
Cor. Third and
Kj Mulberry
Business
Outre. Williamsport,
Pa.
D. B
1S7U.
ELSE .t CO., Proprietor
June 2'.,
UXITEO STATES HOTEL, W. F.
KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SUA MO KIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the bel accommodations given.
April 5, lS7o. tf
WASIIIXiaTOX HOI SE, C. NEFF
Proprietor, Corner of Market fc Second
Ftreets, oiqisite the Court House, Sunbury,
Pa. MaySVTJ.
ALLEtiHEXY IIOISE. A. BECK,
Proprietor, Nos.RlS and 814 Market Street,
above ei;
l-r day.
hth. PHILADELPHIA. Terms, (
He respectfully solicits yonrpatron
JanOi. T ATIOXAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
I WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown N'orth'd j
County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar. j
The table is supplied with the best the market j
a (lords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers. j
nl'MMEL'S ItESTAI'KAXT, i
LOUIS HUM M EL, Proprietor, j
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, FEN.VA.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the ;
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to i
serve jis friends with the best refreshments, and j
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt !
qnors. i
justness
(Curbs.
w. s.
IIHOADS.
J. TACKm HAAS
WS. It HO AIM V O.,
llETAIt. DCAI.EItS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, l'ENN'A.
Office with Haas, Faoei.y it Co.,
Orders left nt Scasltoltz fc Bro's., office Market
trcet, will receive prompt attention. Country
I'stom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4. 1S71. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL!
VALEXTIXE IHETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every varietv of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, l'ENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at 8. F. Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
trcet, will recicve prompt attention, and money
receipted for, the same as at the ollice.
COAL! COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(M)WEK WHAItF.)
Orders will receive prompt attention.
IEXTISTKY.
GEORGE M. REXN,
In Sinyson's Jhiihliny, Market S'juare,
SuNBt i:T, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. . He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
and meet the wants of his customers.
All work warranted to give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powders
kept on hand.
His referenc es are the numerous patrons for
vhoin he has worked for the last twelve vears.
Sunbury, April 21, 1S7-'.
XF.W COAL YARD.
rrIIE undersigned having connected the Coal
JL business with his extensive FLOUR & G RAI N
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VEKY II EST OF COAL.
CIIEAI FOB CASH.
Egg. Stove and Nut. constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, Jan. 15, 1870. tf.
Jtti&ttIIaiu.Mis.
JOHN NEAfiI.EY. 1. W. I'EKKT
STEAM I'LAIXIX. MILLS.
MILLERSBURG, PA.
XEAGLEY & rERHV,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Flooring, Siding, Surface Hoards, I.ath,
Stripping, Shingles,
And all kinds of Sash, Doors. Shutters, Blinds,
Mouldings, Ac.
Hemlock fc White Pine Bill St tiff, and ail kinds
of Building Material.
Stair building and church work a specialty,
March 13, lv-
i:tiilliii? Lots l or Sale.
"TINETEEN LOTS, JiislOO feet, fronting on
1A Vine street, in Sunbury. Price $ 1-5. Also
thirty lots. ''5xlo7, fronting on Spruce anil Pine
streets. Price ?1S per foot. Also eight lots, '.T,
x'M), fronting on Fourth street between Walnut
and Spruce. Price 450. Also ','1 lots, 25x110,
fronting on Third aud Spruce streets, between
Walnut and Sprues. Price $400. Also 5 lots
24x2:10 on the north side of Spruce street. Price
?i;00. Also 10 lots iu Cake'own. The above
prices di not include corner lots. Persons de
siring to purchase wiil do well to call soon.
Terms easy. I R A T. CLEM E NT.
jan. 2:1. 3m.
Fashionable Millinery 4ol
JUST OPETJED!
S7 MISS Jil. L. GOSSLEK,
?On Fourth St.. below S. V. R. R.,
EM? yUXBUKY. FA.
yfeiL Spring Millinery Goods. The
y.n latest styles of
:SV Hatscnd Bonnets,
Trimmings, Han lkercliiels, Ladies
( o'.iars. Gloves, and Notions gene
rally. Particular attention of al!
the ladies in the countv is directed
to her assortment, us her slock
ever, and goods sold cheaper.
Sunbury, May 1, 1 SV1 ;
larger than
COXLEY, IIAf'H ETT V MATEEEt.
DEALERS IN
II A 11 I) W ARE.
CUTLF.KY, IIJOV,
CilTXS, XAILS,
TOOLS,
OLASs,
FAINTS,
OILS,
HOPE,
PULLEYS,
PUTTY,
VAItNISir,
SHOE riISTT3INrGS,
I.EtTIIER Itri.TINti,
Kishiug T:i-kIo, A hi mil nil ion.
A full line of goods ut low pi ices.
XO TKOUP.LE TO SIIOAV GOODS
Please call and examine
SIUN OF THE ANVIL.
SS Market Slreot,
SI XIII UY IA.
June 174.
KEEP IT IIAXOY!
The i;-liHlle I'aiiiiiy Meili-in.
DIARRHEA, Dyeentery, Cholera, Summer
Complaint, Cramps, etc., quickly cured by
the use of
JARDELLA'S
Compound Syrup of Blackberry Root and Rhu
barb. An old, well tried remedy, entirely vege
table, pleasant to take, quick and certain in
ellcct ; can be depended on in the most urgent
cases; maybe given to the youngest intuit as
well as to adults. It contains
NO CAMPHOR OR OPIUM.
It is a pleasant extract and readily taken by
children. It has often saved life when physi
cians had despaired. Keep it in the llOUe and
use in time. All we ask for it is a trial. Don't
let your dealer put you oil' with something else.
Buy it. Try it. Sold by Druggists ami Store
Keepers throughout this Stale. Prepared onlv
bv HANSELL l!RO..
jul'.t,-:m 2000 Market Street, Philadelphia.
THE CHEAT PHIZES
Fourth Gift Concert
or mr.
Kentucky Public Library
WEKR IillAWN AS rol.l.OWS :
The lirst prize of flS7,50O, tlie capital prize,
by clubs in Memphis. Tenn.
The second gift, 75,000, was paid to State
Bank, Madison, Mo.. J. II. Wakefield and A. L.
Sims, of Trenton, Ky., H. H. Bollinger, Pem
broke, Ky., P. W. Dooner, Los Angelas, Cal.,
W. G. Bv'erly, Portsmouth. (., Flint V Cliani
berliu, Waco, Tex., and others, the tickets hav
ing been Sold in coupons.
The Fanners' National Bank, of Richmond,
drew the hall of the third prize. S:!7,.MHJ. Wm.
E. Oates, Vicksburg, Miss., J. M. Copcland,
Franklin, Ky., Armstrong A; Sawyer, Gransburg,
Ind., cacli one-tenth. The lemainder was held
iu clubs.
Tlio liril tirie of I be third iliawiii!' wa all ill
one ticket, and owned by L. H. Keith, Esq.,
King-ton. Mass., to whom was paid ?1(NI,(HKI in
cash.
THE FIFTH GIFT CONCERT,
which is positively the last which will ever lie
given under this charter, will come off in Public
Library Hall, at Louisville, Ky.
EritlHj, July .11, 1ST I.
2,500,009
divided into twenty thousand gifts, will be dis
tributed among the ticket-holders.
LIST OF GIFTS.
One ( rand Cash Gin
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gift -
One Grand Cash Gift
250,000
100,000
7.r,000
.10,020
2.1.000
And 10.W.) gifts, ranging in value from ?20,
000 to :.o.
Grand Total, 20,000 Gifts, all cash, 2,500,000,
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole Tickets
Halves
Tenths, or each Coupon
11 Whole Tickets for
... V) 00
.. 25 00
.1 00
.....100 00
Foi tickets and information apply to
TIHS. E. BR AM LETT E, Agent Public Library
Kv., Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky.
" Or THOMAS H. HAYS fc CO.,
july:,'74. WJ Broadwoy, New York.
The l.'XT YEICNAL MEIHtTXE
For the HOUSEHOLD.
Try it. Price per bottle 2.1 cents. For sale
by nil Drnggists. REUBEN HOYT, Proprietor,
20?. Green wieh St.. N. Y. mny2't.-4w
SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MQRNING, JULY 31, 1874.
Stack nxtfo
0 1 j
hue suxr.uuv American
The Largest and Most Oomplnto Estab
lishment IN THIS SECTION.
NEW TYPE,
NEAT WORK,
IMPROVED PRESSES,
SKILLED WORKMEN.
OItIEHS IMtOMPTLY IILI.F1.
m-PKIi KS .-.iOKEUATRla
HOOK, CARD AXII .TO'. I'BINTIXG
EXE l'TEI) IN THE BEST STYLE.
BUSINESS CARDS.
WEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
SHOW CARDS,
BALL TICKETS,
BLANKS,
HANDBILLS,
MERCANTILE LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
ENVELOPES,
CARDS,
CHECKS AND DRAFTS,
PROGRAMMES,
DODGERS,
PAPER BOOKS.
MANIFESTS,
CIRCULARS.
j Everything that is needed in the printing dc
j partnient will lie executed with promptness and
I nt low prices. All are invited to Call and exa
j mine our samples. No trouble to give estimates
j and show g-ods. We shall cheerfully do this
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THE COLXTKY SCHOOL MA'AM.
my jamim w. niFPOitn.
In shapely boots and apron white
And neatly fitting dr?sses.
With braided hat that scarcely shades
Her wealth of flowing tresses,
Down through the meadows fair and green,
The country school ma'am passes,
Each morn with smiling face to greet
The laddies and the lasses.
The grass is heavy with the dew,
The sky is bright above her,
The sunlight lingers on her path,
The song-birds seem to love her ;
They flit about her through the air.
And sing their sweetest praises,
The grasses spring to kiss her feet,
The clover and the daisies.
The children round the school house door,
Make kaste to claim their greeting,
Their snnny faces flushed with joy,
Their little hearts fast beating,
Ah, ye who claim life's pleasures vain,
Have never known what bliss is,
Unless your youthful lips have felt
The couutry school ma'am's kisses.
Ah, well do I remember when,
In other summer weather,
Fair little Maud nnd I trudged down
The country road together ;
Her dinner pail swung ou her arm,
The meadow larks were singing,
While from its leafy perch, the thrush
Had set the hedge rows ringing.
Oh, happy days ! Oh ! joyful past !
Too dear to be but fleeting,
For little Maud long years ago,
First heard the angel's greeting ;
lint when the children home from school,
Come trooping through the clover,
Again I feel myself a boy,
And live the old days over.
THE AXCIEXT GOOSE
That's what they said of him. His mus
tache was gray, he was past thirty-uine,
and, not being married, was consided soli
tary. 0 It mattered little to hire. Thc care
of his patients kept hja bright and active.
His profession was sufficient for his wants.
He was the loved and respected physician
for half the families in the place, aud lie
never wanted for company nnd friendship.
Why he had never married had been the
speculation of the village. The subject was
now threadbare, and they had ceased to
talk of it. He saw much of female society,
for he was one of those fine, rare natures
that make 'brothers to girls.' His genial
good nature, and, above all, bis ability to
keep secrets, made him indeed the brother
to half the girls in Wauchusetta. They
came to him with their little heart break
ings and love sorrows. For the one he had
pills and advice ; for the other a ready ear,
counsel, help and confidence.
No wonder Sally Depford ctunc tearful
and angry to him in her Kttle difficulty with
Sam Earrctt. A small rage made her the
woful talcs he could hardly fail to study her
face with admiration.
Young, twenty years his junior, rather
pretty, reasonably well educated, sensible,
and quite ready for a joke nt any time, she
preferred the bright side of everything.
Hence her present sorrow. She did not
wish to be 'bothered,' ns sho expressed it,
with a serious love affair. It was a trouble,
a vexation, an interference with her plea
sure, and
'Well, there !' It's entirely dreadful, aud
I don't want it, nor him. Just ns I was
fairly ot of school and preparing to have
a splendid time with the girls, then this
thing comes along, and I don't like it.'
She tried to cry, but could not. It was
not worth crying about. So she brushed
back the black hair from behind her cars,
looked the venerable doctor straight in the
eye, aud said :
'That is so, dot-tor. Is it not ?'
The doctor had no immediate reply to
make. He would consider the case and
her.
There was something peculiarly attrac
tive about her face, and it was small won
der that Sam Ilarrctt, the last beau left in
the village, was desperately in love with
her.
She frowned. lie was too slow.
'Come, sir, parade your wisdom. I can
pay for advice, nnd I want it.'
'Go to bed early, get up late, and sleep
it ofT.'
'That's very good for him. Tell him
that, please. As for me, it does not help
a bit. There it stands. He will pursue
me with attentions. I don't want'
'Snub him.'
'He's uot suubablc. Snubbing fails
harmless on his good-natured temperament.
I've tried it, and it don't work. He took
it like a lamb.'
'Tell him you're not at home.'
'Then he leaves his card, and says he
will call ayain. And he is sure to do so.'
'Poor boy ! He has it very bad this
time. The symptoms are alarming.'
'They are, doctor, they are, and I don't
like it. It's a nuisance, and a bother, and
ami 1 hate him. There !'
'Feel better, my dear V
'Yes: for I'm getting mad. I feel like
breaking things, aud'
'You do. You do it all the time. Poor
boy ! I'm not surprised ! Here you go
about the place, being as attractive us pos
sible, and then you break all our hearts,
and scold usforit. What do you expect?'
'It's not lb fault. I didn't make my
self.' 'Well no not exactly '
'For Heaven's sake, doctor, why don't
you do something ? Advise me,'
'(Set married !'
'Doctor, you are too hateful.'
'I presume so ; doctors always are. Rut
that's my advice. Get married ; then he
can no longer trouble you.'
'Now, you're silly doctor, and I shan't
tell you any more. You don't care a straw
for ray troubles, after all, and '
Here she began to bo teary, and threated
to have 'a good cry.'
'My dear,my advice is not so bad. You
must admit that if you were engaged, he
would leave you at once.'
'I suppose so. '
'Yes.'
'Yes. Then get engaged ; or if you don't
care to go far, arrange with some young
man to be engaged to him temporarily.
Then your Sam '
He's uot my Sam, thank Heaven !'
'Then your Sam will take unto himself
another wife, and wheu nil is secure you
can break your engagement, and nil will be
serene again.'
'What an absurd idea I Jump into the
water for the sake of escaping drowning.
It would be a dreadful trial to be engaged
at all, even in self-dofensc.'
'Xot if the other party would agree to
keep himself away, and simply lend a dia
mond ring for a while, and play the part
of the distant intended ?'
'I don't know doctor ; it is a desperate
measure. Rut would il be effectual ?'
'Of course.'
'It would be rather amusing to go home
and announce that I was engaged. I
should have to tell mother how it really
stood, and father would be, of course, let
into the secret. The rest need not know.
Goodness! what a scattering there would
be, and how all the old ladies would talk.'
'You need not care. It would be easy
to act your part, and in a few weeks all
would be comfortably over, and everything
would be serene auain.'
'I declare, doctor, the more I think of it
the more amusing it seem3. It is very
wicked, no doubt, but then the case is a
hard one '
'And demands heroic remedies.'
'Precisely. Now the next step is to get
up a good lover. I shall not expect much.
Any straw mau that's convenient will an
swer. Do you know of one, doctor a good
one ? lie must be nice and all that, or I
couldn't endure it'
'Well no I cannot think of one just
now. There are none living near that are
available. Perhaps we might import one.'
'Doctor, I've an idea.'
How startling ! Rring it forth that I
may admire it.'
'You be the lover.'
'All right. I'm willing.'
'Then we're engaged.'
'Yes for the present'
'In fun, you know.'
'Oh ! of course. Till Sam gets married,
or till you wish to break it.' J
'Where's the ring ?'
'Oh ! I have one up stairs, an old one.
I suppose it will answer to cover our little
arrangement'
'How splendid of you, doctor !'
'Now" you must go. Old Mrs. Davis is
coming soon with her neuralgia. Shall I
tell her ?'
'Tell her what ?'
'Of the engagement'
4 Yes. Just hint it, and liefore night, the
town will know it'
And they did. How they Snatched up
the stray morsel of gossip and stirred it into
their tea with the sugar. Fortunate cir
cumstance. It soured on their stomachs
the Dews, not the tea. Even the sugar and
the good Bouea did not save them from ex
pressing with beautiful freedom just what
they thought about it
'Such an old goose to be taken iu by that
designing Sally Depford I The minx ! the
little contriving artful '
Such language ! It is not pretty. His
tory like this cannot stoop to report all that
was said concerning the last new engage
ment As for Sam Rarrett, he faded beau
tifully away, and actually disappeared. He
suddenly found 'a tip top chance for busi
ness, you know, iu New York. Ought to
go right on and fix it up.'
His parting with Sally was not particu
larly alfectiug. Sho wouldn't allow it
That curious, nntique, diamond ring flash
ed iu his astonished eyes, and his affection
melted softly away into nothing, like the
cloud of white steam under which he es
caped in the 3.40 P. M. express. The whis
tle echoed among the Wauchusetta hills,
nnd the gentle Sally heard it with out a
sigh.
Some of the other girls could hardly for
give her for driving away the only uvaila
ble young man in the place, but they sooth
ed their lacerated feelings with the sweet
hope that, ns the summer vacation was
near at hand, a new importation of city
visitors from Roston and Xew York might
'make it gay again,' and spread wide once
more the matrimonial horizon.
The suddenness and complete success of
the victory rather surprised the victor. She
had succeeded beyond her expectations.
Now that it was all over, she would return
the ring, ami well, no, perhaps she might
keep it just one more night. Cousin Mary
Depford was coming to spend the night,
and it would be rather amusing to wear
the ring a littler longer, aud to let her into
the secret. She would return the ring in
the morning.
Pleased with this unspoken plan, she set
the ring firmer ou her finger anJ prepared
to receive her 'company.'
Cousin Mary Depford was charmed with
the ring, and was profuse in her congratu
lations. Sally took them quietly enough.
'It's all a joke, you know, dear.'
'A joke !'
'Yes, dear, a little well game, if I may
so speak.'
Cousin Mary was properly shocked. In
the retirement of their own room she ex
pressed her mind fully, and declared she
would not wear the ring another moment.
It was a pretense, and a shame to do such
a thing.
Sally was startled, and pleaded the dread
ful necessity of the case.
'He was such a bore, you know, aud,
really what could I do ? It was all iu
fun. There's nothiug serious. I mean to
return the ring to-morrow.'
'I wouldn't wear it another minute if I
were you, Sally Depford.'.
Sally laughed and still retained the ring
She would return it to-morrow. She would
wear it oue more night, for it was really
such a handsome ring.
The doctor behaved beautifully. He
only called once, and didn't even ask her
to ride or walk.
He walks so fast, and as lor that old
chaise, you know how it creaks.'
It was a very proper engagement.
Rather cool, perhaps. What could you
expect ? He was past forty, if a day, they
said.
She did not return the ring the next day.
It rained. She sent a note to the doctor
the following day asking him to call for it
He was away wouldn't be back till Mon
day. Of course she must wear the ring
one moje Sunday ; and she did in spite
of Cousin Mary Depford's remonstrance.
On Monday she carried the ring still on
her finger, to the doctor. He was just
starting off on a professional tour when she
came, and he was so merry, and there were
so many things to talk about, that she
quite forgot the ring. Besides, there stood
the Widow Riglow in the next yard, pre
tending to hang out ber clean clothes on
the line, and wacthing with both eyes.
Cousin Mary Bedford was harassing.
They had a little 'tiff,' after the manner of
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New Scries, Vol. 6, No. JS
! Old .Series, Vol. 35, No. IS.
girls, and made it up ou the strength of a
promise from Sally that sho would certainly
return the ring to-morrovf.
On the morrow she started, ring on fin
ger, to duly return it. He was not nt
home. She went again just before tea-time.
He was at tea, and pressed her stay and
take supper with his good old-housekeeper
and himself. She Hesitated, a moment,
then accepted. She could quietly hand him
the ring after supper, and in the meanwhile
sho might aa well 'have a good time.'
The tine old house, the elegant dining
room, aud the cosy table set for three,
were charming. The doctor was a good
talker, and cultivated and refined in his
manners. She had been obliged to bear
much wretched gossip for the last week or
two. It was quite proper she should stay
to tea. It would be rather amusing to see
just now it seemed to be engaged. She
might as well have a good time, for it
would soon be over. She would return the
ring as soon as the housekeeper retired,
The housekeeper did nothing of the kiud,
As soon as tea was over she took her knit-
ling and sat down bv the oren wirrdotf in
4
the parlor, where she could see everything
that happened, both in the house and in
the garden.
The doctor acted his part to perfection
lie was not loo attentive to attract attention
from the housekeeper, nor did he forget for
a moment to be watchful of his guest's
happiness.
At 10.30 R M. Sally returned to her own
home, looking wonderfully serene aud hap
py. Cousin Mary Bedford was silent and
watchful. Presently she saw something
aud said :
'O, Sally !'
'Well, dear ?'
Where's the ring ?'
'O my love I I quite forgot all about it ;
I did indeed. I'll take it right back to
morrow. As for the doctor, he sat up half the
night, pacing his room alone and in the
dark. At miduight he was called out to
see some distant patient. He was glad to
go. The cool ride thtough the solemn dark
gave him a chance to think.
The next day Sally boldly started for the
doctors, to return the ring. He was not
at home. Of course she could not leave it
with the housekeeper. Besides, why should
she take the trouble to carry it to him ?
It was not in her place. He should ask
for it
Cousin Mary fairly raged. For the first
time Sally was really unhappy over the
matter, and in a little passion she pulled
off the ring and threw it in a drawer.
'I'll return it by mail, Mary ! Now
leave me in peace !'
There was no peace. Without a thought
she walked up alone to the postofiice
through the village street to get the even
ing mail. It did seem as if the whole town
were waiting for their letters. It was too
warm for gloves, and in her haste to get
her letters she forgot the absent ring.
Such a lifting of eyebrows and whisper
ing ! Flushed and augry with herself she
darted out of the letter office only to almost
run iuto the doctor's arms.
She hid her hands in the folds of her
dress, and with a forced smile bid him good
evening. He spoke pleasantly, smiled and
passed on. In a moment Sally heard his
footsteps behind her as she walked rapidly
home. She would not turn nor speak to
him on the public road and that would
only make matters ten times worse. What
was she to do ? It was dreadful ! How
she wished she had never touched the ring !
To ber surprise he overtook her, and
quietly and firmly put her arm in his. For
a moment she experienced a sense of un
utterable relief and satisfaction. She
leaned upon him for support, and was gra
tified as he seemed to draw her closer.
How good in him to come to her rescue.
'The curtain has not been rung down
yet, Miss Depford.'
The curtain ! Oh, she was only carrying
out the joke ! With a forced laugh she
took the hint, and in a moment ghe was as
merry and chatty as ever. Once the doc
tor looked at her in a questioning way .and
once he was silent for a whole minute.
They walked on arm in arm up the vil
lage street, and at the sight half the town
was dumb with astonishment, rtnd the
other half whispered the dreadful news
about the missing ring.
Little did they care. They walked on
and on, and almost before Sally was aware
of it they arrived at th doctor's gate. The
doctor opened the wicket, and with a smile
held it wide for her to enter.
She paused. Was it right ? Was she
not carrying the joke altogether too far ?
The blood mounted to her temples, and she
was silent'
'Will you not come in Miss Depford, and
make us a little call V
'No I thank you. Not now.'
She put out her hand to sustain herself,
aud laid her ungloved fingers on the top of
the gatepost. She felt ready to faint with
mortification, shame and disappointment
This was the end. Il was only a joke a
pretense, aud
'Miss Depford,' said the doctor, in a low
voice, 'where is my ring ?'
She snatched her hand away, and, hid
ing it iu her dress, turned away to hide
ber face.
'Pardon me, pardon me, doctor ; I am
to blame. I didn't mean any harm, and I
hated hated'
'Hated whom ?'
'That Sam Barrett ; and I was so glad
to escape from him that I am afraid I've
done very wrong very wrong indeed.'
'How so ?'
'In carrying out this dreadful joke, as
you call it I am well punished for my
folly. I took the ring off because I must
return it to you.'
'But Sally I do not wish you to return
it'
She turned round amazed. What did he
mean ? One glance was sufficient.
'Come in please my love.'
She took his arm again without a word,
and they walked slowly up the graveled
path toward the old mansion ! The house
keeper came out and bid them welcome in
a grand and impressive manner. The ev
ening shadows fell on the lawn. The
crickets began to chirp in the grass. The
air seemed laden with the perfume of sum
mer flowers. The ancient ivy seemed to
even vaguely hint of autumn as it hung in
motionless festoons from the walls. There
was a sober air about the place, far differ
ent from her girlhood's home. The doc
tor offered her an arm-chair on the wide
piazza.
How courtly and dignified his manners.
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II hair was gray with honorable toil.
He leaned over and whispered :
'It is an old-fashioned place, and I am
such an ancient solitary'
'Hush ! it is Iiottiij ur home.'
The housekeeper turned proudly away
from such a childish nonesense, and fur
tively wiped a tear for the late lamented
solitary goose. Am nVi JIotnei.
ixlistcllanccns.
Old Maids. Aunt Miiiicent is an old
maid, and so i Miss Charity, Grimes.
Where Aunt Millicent's name has a sweet,
musical sound, Miss Charity's (I mean
"Grimes") seems harsb nnd rough. Aunt
Milly's appearance is always very plain,
but neat, while Miss Charity's is slovenly
and unclean, and just as opposite are their
dispositions. A. sweeter, gentler being
than Aunt Milly, never has a village been
blessed with. She is indeed, a "minister
ing angel,'? ever ready to sympathize with
the sorrows and sufferings of those around
her. It is her band that smoothes the pil
low of the sick, and lier gentle voice that
whispers words of Lope and consolation to
the dying. Her presence in the cottages of
the poor is as a ray of sunshine amid
gathering clouds, and many a precious
promise she reads from her well-worn bible,
to the sorrow-stricken and tempest-tossed.
She finds a welcome everywhere, and a
home wherever she goes.
Not so Miss Charity Grimes. She is a
bug-bear in the village ; dislikes, and dis
liked by every one. Woe to the young
trespassers upon her domains- .If captur
ed, their ears tingle for a week. Suspicious
of all around her, she makes it a point to
listen at key-holes and windows, and times,
without number, finds a great deal of truth
in the old adage, "listeners never hear
anything good of themselves." She tries
her best to make herself attractive to all
widowers, and unmarried elderly gentle
men ; smirKs ana smiles riuicousiy in tneir
presence. Simpers and sighs like a love
sick school-girl, until at last, finding her
self superseded by some one more attractive
and youthful (she is on the shady side of
fifty-five) than herself, she retires in dis
gust, pinching her paper lips tighter than
ever, and vowing all sorts of vengence upon
her rival.
Miss Charity sometimes attempts a visit
to acquaintances m neighboring towns.
Folks generally manage to treat her well
until her propensity for slandering her
neighbors is discovered, and then she finds
her welcome worn out, and retires in dis
gust, her fug nose more elevated than
usual, aud her eyes snapping with anger.
Such, dear reader, are the two old maids
of our village, the oue beloved, and the
other detested by the villagers. It has
been whispered that away off in a lonely
grave beneath a weeping willow, lies Aunt
Millicent's love, and there is a certain day
in each year that finds the dear old lady
Becurely hidden within the precincts of her
own room. Those who knew her in her
girlhood say it is the anniversary of her
lover's tragic death. Hawthorne.
Combixixg Steam-Exgtxes and AVa-
teu-Wheels. Mr. norace L. Emery, of
Albany, X. Y who is regarded as au
thority, in answer to a previous corres
pondent, thus writes in a scientific journal
on this very interesting subject, which
may benefit some of our readers :
"In regard to using a steam-engine to
assist a water-wheel, it is advised to use
each separately, and divide the work to be
done between them." In ninety-nine cases
in a hundred this could not be done, a
steam engine may be attached to the line
shaft which leads from the water-wheel, by
means of its main band passing over the
pully on said line shaft, (situated as near
the wheel as practicable,) said pulley to
have such diameter as will permit both the
engine and water-wheel to make each its
own regular speed. The effect of this is as
follows : When the supply of water is am
ple for the work, the governor on the en
gine will shut off its supply of steam or
Learly so, and the steam will be retained
in the boiler, little fuel being consumed.
But when the supply of water fails, or tlie
work is greater, for longer or shorter inter
vals of time, the speed of the water-wheel
is decreased, when this governor instantly
opens the steam upon the engine, which in
turn supplies just the amount of power
needed to supplement and maintain the
requisite speed of the line shaft So that,as
long as the power from the water-wheel is
sufficient to overcome its own friction and
the line shafting, so long will its own water
be utilized, even when it would be insuffi
cient alone to accomplish any work at all
beyond overcoming said friction."
How a Quaker Stopped Borrowing.
An old Quaker lady hit upon a very phi
losophical mode of putting a stop to the
nuisance of borrowing. Keeping her own
counsel, the next time her good man went
to town he had a separate and express or
der to purchase a pound of the best tea,
and also a new ctis;er to put it in. As
he knew she had plenty of tea, and also a
canister, he was puzzied to determine what
the old lady wanted of more tea and a new.
canister, but his questionings and reason
ings elicited nothing further than a repeti
tion of the order.
"Jim, did I not tell thee to get me a
pound of the best tea and a new canister ?
Now go along, and do as I bid thee."
And gc along he did, and- when be came
home at night, the tea and new canister
were his companions. The old lady took
them from him with an amused expres
sion on her usually placid features, and de
positing the tea in the canister, set it on
the shelf for special use. It had not long
to wait, for a borrowing neighbor had fre
quent use for the arimatic herb. The good
old lady loaned generously, emptying back
in the canister any remittance of borrowed
teas which the neighbor's conscience in
clined ber to make. Time went on, and
after something less than the one hun
dredth time of borrowing, the neighbor
again appeared for 'just another drawing
of tea' when the oft-visited tea canister was
brought out and found to be empty, and
the good old lady and obliging neighbor
was just one pound oT tea poorer than
when she bought the new canister, which
now only remained to tell the story. Then
she made a little characteristic speech, per
haps the first in her life. She said : 'Thou
seest that empty canister. I filled it for
thee with a pound of my best tea, and have
lent it all to thee in driblets, and put into
it all thou hast sent me in return and none
but thyself hath taken therefrom or added
unto it and cow thou seest it empty ;
therefore I will say to thee, thou hast bor- "
rowed thyself out, and I can lend thee no
more.'