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HAI.TIHOKF. LOCK HOSPITAL.
D'
kU. JOHNSTON',
Phvsician of this cplebmtofl Institution, has
discovered the most f rtain, pncily, pleasant and
effectual rcmedv in the world for all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ot the Back or I.lmli?,- Strictures,
Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, Involun
tary Oischarires, Impotency, General Dobili
ty, Nervousness, Dyspepsy, l-aniruor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, Trembiinjrs, Dimness
of Sijrht or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Threat, Nose or Skin, Affections of Liver, Lungs,
St unach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
ari?:ne from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
secret and solitary practices more fatal to their
victims than the son? ol Syrens to the Mariners
of Ulysses, hltghtinir their most l)riUiaut hopes
of anticipations, rinderiug marrle, &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 voune men of the most exalted
talents and brilliant intellect, who misrht other
wise have entranced listeuin Senates with the
thunder of eloquence or waked to eestacy the
living lyre, may call with full confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Youuii Mn contemplating
marriace, aware of rbysical Weakness, (Lobs
of Procreative Power Impotency), 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 as a j;eutlc
maii, and confidently rely noon his skill as a Plv
Mrinti. ORGANIC WEAKNESS,
Impotency, Loss or Power, immediately Cured
un J full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing Affection which renders LSie
miserableand marriage impossible isthe penalty
paid by the victims of improper indulgences.
Young" persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful conscqences
that may eusnc. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the iower
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
improper habits than by the prudent T Besides
l-clns deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring,
t be most serious and destructive symptoms to hot h
body and mind arise. The system becomes de
linked, the Physical nd Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspe. ifl, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the Frame, Co'Jfc'h, Consumption, Decay and
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persrms ruined In health by unlearned preten
ders v. ho keep them triflinz month after month,
taking poisouocs and injurious compounds,
should apply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON.
Member if the Royal College of Surgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of t lie most eminent
Col'eires in the United Slate?, and the greater
part of who.e ife has lcen 6pent in the hospitals
of 1OTidon, I'ris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
has effected some of the most astonishing cures
that were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing iu the head and ears when asleep, (treat
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds,
bashfulness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of miud, were cured
immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. .
Dr. i. addresses all those who have injurid
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
t hem for either business, study, society or mar
riage. These are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs. Pains In the
Backnud 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. Ac.
Mkntallt The fearful effects on the mind
are much to be Uriaded Loss of Memory, Con
tusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrmt,
lx)ve of Solitude, Timidity, &c, arc some or the
evils produced.
' 1 norBANDS or persons of all ages can now
j udire what is the cause of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptom oi consump
tion. TOUNG MEN
Who have injured th mselves by a certain prac
tice indulged in when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
effects of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep and if not ourrrt, rondur marriage linjjos
ible, ana destroys both mind and body, should
upplv immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of
vouutry, the darling of his parents, s'louJd be
snatched from all prospects and enjov-ments of
lilt:, bv the cousequenee of deviating from the
vutfi of nature aud indulging In a certain secret
i.abit. Su'.h persons Mrsr before contemplating
MARRIAGE.
r.;lleot tl.t ouud mind and body are the mosl
ecessary requisites to promote connubial happi
ness. Indeed wit hout these, the journey through
life, kromn, n wearT pllnrima-'e ; the prospect
liouilv darkens to the view; the mind Leeom.-s
shadowed with despair aud Ulled with the met---
ACEFT- DISEASE.
lien rhd-g that ,ie bag imjjjbuj tue 8Ce(ls of
l:en; , , ,. . .
paiuful 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 aud respectability, can alone befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms ol
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
ns ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noetnral
pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight,
oenfness, nodes on the shin bones aud arms,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
tressiag with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of the mouth or the. bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
u period to his dreadful suffering, by sending
Lira to that Undiscovered Couutrv from whence
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousand DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
Into thr'hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
on, Mercury, &-C, destroy the constitution, and
incapable of curing, keep the nnhappv sufferer
month after month taking their noxious or in
jurious compounds, and instead of belug 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 tiecrecy, aud
from his extensive practice and observations in
the great Hospitals of Europe, and the first it:
this country, viz: England, rauce, Philadelphia
end elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer-
lain, speedy and effectual remedy la the world
f r all diseases of imprudence. t
Dr.. JOHNSTON,
FF;t"E, NO. 7, S. FREDERICK STREET.
Baltimohk, M. D.
Left iacd side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name
and number.
ST" No letters received unless postpaid and
containing: a stamp lo be used on the reply. Per-
sons writing should state age, and send a portion
of adTlrtiseinent describing symptoms.
There are eo many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Impnsters advertising themselves as
Physicians, trifling with and ruining the Lealtb
of all who nnfortunateiy fall into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquainted with his reputa
tion that his Credentials or Diploma alway
liantf 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 Di.
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the
press and many other papers, notices of which
have appeared again and nga!r. before the public,
besides his standing as a gentleman of character
and responsibility, is a suilicient guarantee toth'
afflicted. Shin diseases speedily cured.
April 3. 1874. Ir
Ll'MRER AM I'LANIXJ MILLS.
Third Ftreet, adjoining: Phila. fit Eric R. R..
Squares North of the Central Hotel,
SUNBURY, PA.
two
IRA T. CLEMENT,
1 prepared to furnish every description of lum
ber required by the demands of the public.
Having ail the latest Improved machinery for
rr.aaufacinring Lunber, he Is now ready to till or
lma f all kinds f
FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS HI UTTERS,
8ASU, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS,
aiMl ail kinds of Ornamental Serowl Work. Turn
'.ng or every description promptly executed. Also,
A LAKOK ASSOimiRKT OF
P.ILL LUMBER.
HEMLOCK and PINE. Also, 8hingi.es, rickets,
Lathe, fcc.
Orders promptly tilled, and shipped bv Rail mad
orotkerwls. ' . IRA T. CLEMENT.
drHMJ-tr
JJrofcssicnal.
J. Merrill Liau. Autlivw II. Itill. Frank. S. Mai r.
I.1X. DILI, V M Alt It,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
In Haupt's Hiiildintr, Market Street,
SUNBURY,
aug.7,1874. Northumberland Co., Fa.
JOSE1M1 N. AUXOLD,
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Liverpool, Perry county, Pa.
Ail business mutters in the counties of Noith
umber'.and, Snyder, Union. Perry and Jnniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the German and Euglibh hmgnngos.
april 17, 1874.-ly.
DMUN1) DAVIS.
ATTORNEY AT LW.
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office in Hanpt's Building, south side of Mar
ket street. Jnne5,7.-x.v.
A. MltER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
JWT COrSTT SOI.ICITOIt.
OfBce on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
J A TIES BEARn.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OClee in Hanpt's buildinir, South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
8prci.it. Attention Paid to Collections.
JAMES II. McDEVITT,
JIjlTTORNET AT JLiAW AND
Uvited States Coimissioneh. Office with S.
B. Bovcr, Esq.. iu Bright's Building, Sunbury.
Pa. Ati. 22. '73. I.v.
X. HUM E.
J. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ANO ACTING JUSTICE Of THE PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sunbury, Pa.
Collections and all le matters promptly at
tended to.
"Jeremiah snydsr,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
ACTIXG Jl'STIt E OE THE PEACE.
Conve.vancing.the collections of claims, writings,
aud all "kinds of Legal business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. OHiee
formerly occupied by Solomon Malick, F.q., op
posite City Hotel, Sunbnry, Pa.
i- i
i
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Marco -n, !.;. jj.
G.
A. KOTHOItr,
Attornev-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumbrrl.ind Co., Pctina.
Call Ik consulted in tho English and (ierinaii
bingiiages. Collections attended to ill North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the lcbaiion Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. nilila i
TH. n. KASE. Attorney ni Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Office in Market rqiiarc,
(adjoining the office of W. I. Iieen.ngli, Esq.,)
Professional business iu this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended t".
Snubury, March Hi, 1S72.-1.
rW.TcTPACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, 1S73. tf.
. , . - . - ' "
SR. ItA'EK. Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. Rooms No. 3 :t Second Floor,
Bright's Building. SUNBURY, PA. Profession:!
business attended to, iu the courts of Norlhum
oerland and adjoining cour.tics. Also, iu the
C;rti,f and Dintrict Courts for tho Western Di
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to ea In Hank
ntptry. Consultation can be had in the ;er
tnau language. tnar2.V71.
L.
II. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUN
BCKY, PA., office in Mmkscl's Building
ounr lue Court House, trout Koc..l stiflr-
above the Drng Store. Collections made in Nor
thumberland and adjoining counties.
Sunbury, Pa., Jnue 8. IS72.
O nOMEKTUS, Attorney nt uiw.
! O. Market Square, SUNBURY,PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt -y
attended to. .
It. MASSEK, Attorney at Law. il'N-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of NorWuniDerland, L nlon, Suyd r.
M0UtJr, Columbia aud Lycoming. spllo-o:
s
OLOMOX MALUM,
OlHee at his residence on Arch street, one square
north of the Conrt House, n"- nc Ji'N- -
Ri'RV p. Collect ions and all professional
business promptly attended to In tnis and i clj nn
ing counties. Consultations can be had in the
German language.
O. XV. ZIEOI.EK. L. T. KOIIK1UCH.
7.IEC.LEK & KOIIRBACEI,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
j Office in Hanpt's Building, lately occupied by
i Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbacl., Esq.
! Collections and all professional btit-ines
promptly attended to iu the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
Dec. 3. 171.
Ir. A.C. CHICK,
IN Mrs. Donnel's building, tip stairs, above T.
II. B. Kase's law o5!ice, opposite the Court
House, Sinil"nry, Pa.
Jui.e 12. 1S74. B mos. pd.
Gn. CA ttW ALL A IER.Man t St net,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Pants, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books. Dairies, Ac.
TAR
U Store, Clement House Block, Oflec hours :
from 11 a. in., to 1 p. in., and from 6 to 9 p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Prof ess.on ally en
aged can be found at his rc-idenec, oi Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases. Will viil Patients
either in town or country.
iotcls anb iicstartrants.
C
LEMEXT HOUSE, Third Strc t below
Market, Sunbury, Fa. PETER S. BUR
RKLL. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable.
Tables supplied with the delicacies olthe seion
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Sunqury, Jan. 22, 175.
T"TITEI STATES HOT
KJ KI TCHEN, Proprietor. Opj
HOTEL. W. F.
losite the IV-
I pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5, 1873. tf
ALLEGHENY IIOL'SE, A. BECK,
Proprietor, Nos.812 and 814 Market Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, ?2
per day. He respectfully solicits your patron
age. J.iuii'72.
XTATIOXAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
a- WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'.l
County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The table is supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
HUM MEL'S RESTALKAXT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
serve ais friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
quors.
gnshtcss (farus.
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W. B. It HO ADS. 4. rf'KKR HAAS
WS. R HO AOS CO.,
RGTAII. DFfl.KHS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office with Haas, Faoelt A Co.,
Orders left at SeasUoltz & Bro's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt atteution. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL!
VAEEXTIXE DIETZ, Wholesale and
P,ctail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER ' WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds or Grain taken in exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
treet, will rccleve prompt attention, and money
reeeiptedfor, the same us at the ofO.ee.
RAW FORD HOUSE, Cor. Third and
Mulberry, Business Centre, Williamsport,
Pa.
Win. CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
Dep. 11, 1S74.
i::.tistuv.
GEOItG E M. UEXN,
n Simpson's IJuilUmj, Market Sjwi,re,
Sl-miukt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a larare assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
aud nice, ine wants of his customers.
AH work warranted to give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powders
kept on hand.
ilis references are the numerous patrons for
vhom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April 21, lHTri.
SEW COAIj YARD.
rpiIE undersigned having connected the Coal
JL business with hisexteniive FLOUR fc GRAIN
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VEKY BEST OF CO A I.
CIIEAI FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove aud Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
J. M. C A D WALLADF.R.
Sunbnry, Jan. 15, 1S70. tf.
VP
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oi "nets t. ttTa.X'WS."
or. Ne
SI'XBl'KY MARBLE YARD,
Fourth Street below Market,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
flIIF. undersigned has returned from the Ver
J nonl Marble Quarries with 50 Tons of
Viaiole for
Monnnients, tirave-Stoise,
f ,'.t &c, &c.
lie lias IHtUlillli Ul Plltll IJii II I . II.
v.ljl allow him to sell better stone, for
less money, than heretofore. The best
iSutlicrlant Falls Marble,
which is better than Italian. Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
Those who need anything In the Marble lin.i,
for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes,
will find it to their Interest to call and examine
this large 6tock, as better bargains can be secur
ed thnn buying from parties 'huckstering' round
the country.
All lettering will be done in the neatest and
most Improved style.
W. M. DAUGHERTY.
Snnbnry, Jan. 11, lS7u.
JOllN Nr.AOLET. !' IT-IIKY
STEAM l'LAIXIXCi MILLS.
MILLERSBURG, PA.
NEAGLEV & PERKY",
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Floorin;;, Siding, Surface Boards, Lath,
Stripping, Shiug'.es,
And all kinds of Sash, Doors, Shutters, Blinds,
Mouldings, Vc.
Hemlock !fc White Pine Bill Stuff, and ail kinds
of Building Material
Stair building and church work a specialty,
March 13, Ir
THE I4IX; RAICKEK SHOP
IS THE SHOP OF THE TOWN and long
has been ; ask history and she will tell you
Men have grown old In onr patronage
Bubies on their mothers' breast
To bouncing boys nt p!y i
And yonths by maidens fair caressed,
To stalwart men with cares oppressed,
And old men silver gray. -nd
s " tin: nnno'-J and lasting imprcs
sums or time, and the crash of revolutions in
circumstances, we stand a living monumental
memento of the Ingenuity and perseverance ap
pertaining to the identity of progression, plying
our vocution with the highest style or art and
perfection, and aspiring to achieve the highest
reward of merit attainable in our humble capaci
ty, and the sentiment of resjieet and approbation
which the precence of superior appliances and es
tablishment are always wont to inspire.
Always to please
I We shave with ease
Cat and crtmb with tiite the hair ;
i Shampoo the head with soothing care,
And color the whUkers black or brown.
'lo suit the people about the town.
I Then allow n:e politely request yon to tnp,
I And not go past nor from around oe.r shop,
j To get suave, on the basis of ability nor as
) some have done for our use of the ha i lot for pr'm
: eiple sacred and right nor uuder the common
! secret and invidious guise of enmity to eoinplt x
I ion ; for the cut of a man's coat, or the color of
liis skin, ought not to affect his usefulness Lor
I his qualifications. A fair chance is all that we
J deniaud, to give the proof to all the land.
! JAMES W. WASHINGTON,
j Proprietor.
: Sunbury, April 5, 1873; No. 11, Market st.
It EES IT IIAXPY!
The Reliable Family Medic ine.
DIARRHEA. Dysentery, Cholera, Summer
Complaint, Cramps, etc., quickly cimd by
' the ur.e of
JARDELLA'S
ComjHinnd Syrup of Blackberry Root aiid Ithu
b.irb. An old, wtli tried remedy, entirely vege
; tabli-, pleasant to take, quick and certain in
Meet; can be depended on in tho must urgent
cases; may be given to the younge.-t infant as
well as to adults. It contains
NO CAMPHOR OR OPIUM.
! Il is a pleasant extract and readily taKeti by
children. It has often saved life when phy.-i
cians bad despaired. Keep it in the house ami
; use in time. All we ask for it is :i trial. Don'l
I let your dealer put you off with something el-e.
Buy it. Try it. Sold by Druggists and Store
Kecpcre throughout this State. Prepared only
, t.y HANSELL & BKO..
juin.-Sin 2:i00 Market Street, Philadelphia.
TOY k .FIXTIOKUY STORE.
Everybody is invited to come and buy of Un
handsome assortment of
TOYS AND CONFECTIONERIES
SAMUEL P. NEVIN'S STORE,
in frame building, adjoining Moore fc Dissinger's
building, THIRD STREET, SUNBURY, PA.
Jm-4 opened a fresh supply of Confcctioneri s of
every description.
TOYS OF ALL HIMS
constantlv on hand. The best RAISINS, FIGS,
CURRANTS & DRIED FRUIT.
.PURE RIO COFFEE, TEA & SPICES,
fresh Bread, Buns fe Cakes, every morning
FANCY CAKES, BISCUITS, CRACKERS, &c.
OKAWERS, LEMOXS,
FRESH FISH EVERY DAY
will be sold at the lowst rates. The best of
Albcinarl Shad will be delivered at the resilience
of purchasers in any part of the town.
Call and sec the excellent assortment of goods
and ascertain prices.
JUST OPENED !
Tho l ull hikI Winlvr Miles
or
I. A DIES DRESS GOODS,
Fancy Goods,
WOOLEN GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
A splendid line of Notions,
Ladies goods a specialty. Gents' Gloves, Neck
ties, Haukerchiefs, Ac. Call and
see the immense stock at
MISS KATE BLACK,
Market Square, Sunbury.
Umbnrr, Vov. 13, 174.
5
L. iSlllSSLtiii,
Jtnrli4! Square, Snnbsirj', 1"h.,
Has ju-4 reeicved a larsreand eWant assortment
of
Hats and Bonnets,
Tor Fall and Wtnter er.
'1 he choicest shades of ribbons, aud all kinds
of Millinery coods always ir. store,
GENTS' NECKTIES, HANDKERCHIEFS, AC.
Call and see them.
I
PEXXSYEVAXIA KAIL ROAD.
PHILADELPHIA & KP.1E Ii. R. DIVISION.
WINTER TIME TABLE.
On and after Sunday, Nov. 15!h. 1S74, the
Trains on the Philadelphia fc Erie Rail Road Divi
sion will rnn as follows :
WESTWARD.
Fast Line leaves Philadelpuia,
" " Harrisbuig,
" " " Wiilianispoit,
" " " Lock Haven,
" " a rr. at Buffalo,
Erie Mail leaves Philadelphia,
" " " Harrisburg,
" " " Wiilianispoit.
" " " Lock Haven,
" " " Renovo.
" " an at Erie,
Elmira Mail 1vps Philadelphia,
" " " Harrisburg,
" " Williamsport,
" " air at Lock Haveu,
Lock Ilaveu Ac. leaves Harrisburg,
" " " " Williumsp't,
" " " ' l-ock Haven,
EASTWARD
Philadel. Express leaves Lock Haven,
" " " Wiilianispoit,
' " arr. at Harrisburg,
" " " Philadelphia.
Erie Maii leaves Erie,
" " " Renovo.
" " Lock Haven,
" " " Williamsport,
" ' arr. at Hnrrisburg,
" " arr at Philadelpuia,
Fast Line leaves Emporium,
" " Renovo,
" " " Lock Haven,
" " " Williamsport,
" " arr. at Harrisburg,
" " arr. at Philadelphia,
Day Express leaves Lock Haven.
' Williamsport,
" arr. at Harrisburg,
" " " Philadelphia,
12.55 p ra
5.00 p m
1.15 p m
10.90 p n
9.00 a m
1 1.55 p m
4.25 a m
S.o5 a m
9.45 a m
11.10 a m
8.05 p in
8.00 a m
1.25 p m
0.20 p m
7.:to p in
'.l.l. " a m
2.05 p m
3.10 p i u
(1.40 u in
7.55 a m
12.10 a in
4.15 p m
11.20 a in
8.25 p m
0.45 p m
10.50 p in
2.30 a m
0.50 a in
8.55 p in
10.40 p ui
11.55 p m
1.10 a m
4.20 a in
8.05 a m
11.25 a in
12.25 a m
4.H0 p m
0 p m
Mail East connects cast and west at Erie with
L. S. & M. S. R. W. mid at Cony with Oil
Creek and Allegheny R.R. W.
Mail West with east and west l rains on L. S.
it M. S. R. W. and at Corry with Oil Creek
and Allegheny R. R. W.
Eric Mail and Elmiia Mail make clot-e con
nections r.t Williamsport with N. C. R. W.
trains, north, and ut HtirrlMbtirg Aith N. C. R.
W. trains south.
VVM. A. BALDWIN, Gen'l Sup't.
l'hi!u!elpliiafc Rentliug KailroHri.
WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.
Jam-art 17th, 1S75.
Tkmns Llave Hkrnoon as Follows : (Sisday.s
Eickptep.)
Fur Shauinki.i, 10.40, 1 1 .00 a. m. mid S.40
p. m.
For Mt.Carmcl, Ashland, TauiaqiM, Pottsvi!!-,
Reading and Philadelphia, 10.40 a. ra.
Tkaiss rou IlKitsnoN. Lkavk as Follow :
(StTM)ATS Excevteti.)
Leave Shamokiu at S.00 a. m. 1.50 and 3.55
p. tu.
Leave Philadelphia, 9 15 a. m., Reading 11.30
a. m., Pottsviile, 12.10 p. m., Tnmaqua, 1.2'J p in.
Ashland, 2.35 p.m., Mt. Carmel, 3.21 p. m.
Trains Lf.avb H.nitisiiri;G, as Follows :
For New York, 5.30, 8.10 a. m. and 2.00 7.40
p. in.
For Philadelphi--.. 5.20, 8.10 .45 a. in., 3.00 ed
3.50, p. m. ' '
fiCSDATS.
For New York, 5,20 a. m.
For Philadelphia, 1.45 p. in.
Tuains run HAKiiisnt-HD, Leave as FoLifpr:
Leave New York, 9.00 a- - "" aml 0-1 :,
7.45 D. in.
LeuL rmladelphia, 9.15 a. m. 3.40 and 7.00
p. iu.
Sl'SDAYK.
Leave New Tork, 5.15 p. in.
Leave Philadelphi:!, 7.0J p. l.l.
Via Morris and Essex R. R.
J. E. WOOTTEN.
frfN'fij! Sttp't.
Heading, Pa. Nov. 13. 1874.
gniS5,s.
CEHTRALDRUG STORE
q.b.cXdvllader
Is Uie place to buy pure and fich
MEDICINES. DRUGS,
PAINTS. OILS,
GLASS, PERFUMERY,
NOTIONS, CIGARS,
TOBACCO, LIQUOR
for medicinal purposes, aud all other arti
cles usually kept iu a tirst-class Drug Store.
Special a'tenlion paid to compounding pre
scriptions and family receipts by competuH
druggist.
1 am prepared to furnish in quantities to suit
purchasers and at Philadelphia prices,
CALCI NED PLASTER,
PHILADELPHIA LIME,
FINISHING SAND,
PLASTERING HAIR.
Portland, Roman, Roscndale and Li-high
CEMENTS,
Land Plaster for Farmers, Timothy and Clo'er
Seeds. Also, Garden Secd of ail kinds. Aa!l
and get a Rural Register for 1874-
GEO. Ii. CADWALLADEK.
Sunbury, Feb. C, 1874.-W.
Dk. '. M. Martin.
(Ieo. W. Bloom
NEW DRUG STORE,
No. 13, South Third Street,
Clement House MpL Silmry, Pa.
DK. C. M. MARTIN & CO,
nAVEjiiKt received a fretdi lot of Pure Dnt.
and P.itent. medicine.
We have a!o a full assortment of
DRESSING AND PACKET COMBS.
Hair, Tooth. NaiI,Clothe.Shoe and other brushes.
TOIEET AXD FANCY ARTICLES.
TINE EXTRACTS, POCKET BOOKS, KNIVKS, C, AC.
REED'S GRAND DUCHESS COLOGNE,
the evecteft perfume m America.
I'arisiHii, a Kill lilove Wash.
warranted to clean perfectly the most delicate
shades without injury to the kid
All the leading preparations for the Hair,
KFGAKM. THE BEST IN MARKET,
Puie Wine and Liquors, for medical purposes,
Physi'-ians Prescriptions and family leceipti
compounded with care.
Thankful for past favors we hope by fair deal
ing to receive a share of your patronage.
September 11. 1S71J.
W. D. MELICK,
Druggist and Apothecary,
IN WELKER'S BUILDING,
Market Ktreef, SLMJIRY, 1A.
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
j Druggets' Fancy Goods,
j PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, JtC,
constantly on hand.
Particular attention paid to compouiidiajj phy
slciaus proscriptions and family receipts.
Pmtmrv. April 17. 1874.
fueled 5rj.drii.
MARCH.
March 1 March ! March ! They are coming
In troops to the tune of the wind ;
Red headed woodpecker drumming,
Go'id-cr st-d thrushes behind ;
Sparrows in brown jackets hopping
Past every gateway aud door j
Finches with crimson caps stopping;,
Just where they stopped years before.
March! March! March.! They arc slipping
Into their places at last,
Little white lilly-buds, dripi lug
Under the showers that fall fast ;
Buttercups, violets, roses ;
Snowdrop and bluebell and pink ;
Throng upon throng of sweet posies,
Betiding the dewdrops to drink.
March ! March ! March ! They will hurry
Forth at the wild bugle-sound,
Blossoms aud birds in a flurry,
Fluttering ail ever tho ground.
Hang out your flags, birch and willow !
Shake out your red tassels, larch !
Orask-bladcs, np from your earth pillow 1
Hear who is culling you March !
Luy Laftotn, in St. .ViCWi for March.
THE UOROLISK.
Once, upon a golden afternoon,
With radiant faces and hearts In tune,
Two fond lovers, iu dreaming mood,
Threaded a rnral solitude.
Wholly happy, tbey only knew
That the earth was bright and the sky was blue,
That light, aud beauty, and joy, mid song
Charmed the way as they passed alon ;
The air was fragraut with wood and scents
The squirrel frisked on the roadside fence
And hovering near them, "(,'btr, chu, chink V
(Jucried the curious bobolink.
Passing and peering with sidelong head,
As saucily questioning all they said ;
While the ox-eye dauced ou its slender stem,
And til glad nature rejoiced with thetn.
Over the odorous fields were strown
Wilting winrows of grass new mown,
And rosy billows of clover bloom
Surged in the sunshine and breathed pcrfoine.
Swinging low ou a (lender limb,
The sparrow warbled his wedding hymn,
And balancing on a blackberry briar,
The bobolink sung with his heart on fire
"Chink ! If you with to kit her, do .'
Do it ! do it ! You coward, yon !
Kit lur .' l ix, kit Iter ! Who Kill ;
On1 ve three ! ice three! ir three .'
Under garlands of drooping vines,
Through dim vistas of sweet-breathed pines,
Past wide meadow-fields, lately mowed,
Wandered the indolent country road.
The. lovers followed it, listening still,
And, loitering slowly, as lovers will,
Entered a gray-roofed bridge that lay
Dusk and cool in their pleasant way.
Under its nrch a smooth, brown stream,
Siicntly glided with glint and gleam,
Shaded by grnceful elms which spread,
j Their vendurous canopy overhead
j The stream si narrow, the houghs so wide,
j They met and mingled across the tide,
Alders loved it, and seemed to keep
Patient watch as il lay asleep,
Mirroring clearly the trees aud sky,
And the flitting form of the drngoti-lly
Save where the sfift.-winged swallows played
In and out In the sun and shade,
And darting and circling in merry chase.
Dipped and dimpled its clear, dark face.
i Frtittering lightly from brink to brink,
Followed the garrulous boh"''
Rallying ""n :irtnfu' '"
1 uu pair who lingered unseen within,
And when from the friendly bridge at hist
Into the road beyond they passed,
Aud besides them the tempter went,
Kcepng the thread or his argument
"Ki$ her ! kiss her ! cluuk a chet chet .'
I'll not mention it ! Don't mind me !
I'll be sentinel I can tee
All around f ruin thit tall beach tret !
But uh ! they noted nor deemed it strange
In his rollicking chorus a trifling change
i'Do it .' do it ! with might and main
Warbled the tell tale "Do itjtgitin .'"
HETTY MARYIN.
j When Ibe Hntish ami lories attacked
New London, Connecticut, iu 17 , and set
a price on the head of Governor Griswold,
the latter lied to the town nf Ii , where
bis cousins, Mrs. Marvin, hid him for some
j days in a secluded farm-house. But at
i length the subtle foe discovered nis tetieat,
aud one sunny afternoon in May he was
routed from the hiding place by the tidings
that a band of horsemeu were appronchiug
to capture him.
His ouly chance of escape was to reach
the mouth of a little creek which emptied
i itself into the Connecticut river, just above
j the entrance of the latter into Long Island
i Sound. There lie had a boat stationed
with two Jaitbful attendants hidden be-
nealh the high banks of the creek. The
distance from the farm-house to the boat
wa3 two miles by the usually traveled roacl.
j But a little sheep-path across the farmer's
j orchards would bring him to the road, only
I a mile from thu boat ; und save a quarter's
) length ot his fearful run for life.
! .Insl. where the narrow nafh from the
j orchard opened into the road, Hetty Mar -
vin sal wii.li her dog Towser, tetidiug the
bleaching of the household linen. The
long web of forty or more, which wasdilli
gently spun and woven during the loug
winter months was whitened in May, and
thus made ready for use. The business ot
bleaching was well economized, being usu
! allydone by the younger daughters of the
I family, who were uot old tuugh to spin,
i or strong enough for the work of the kitch
j en or the dairy.
J The roll of linen was taken by the farm
1 er or his stout ' help" to a grassy plat be
i side a spring or meadow brook. There il
J was thoroughly wetted and spread upon
! the green turf, to take the best heat of the
sun iy day aon mo aew at nigtu. iiw
little maiden who tended it would sit near
it.
Thus Kit Hetty Marvin, the younger
! daughter of Governor Gri3wold's cousin,
when her hunted friend sprang past her.
into the road, to escape from his pumirers.
Hetty was a timid child of about twelve
years ; yet thoughtful and wise beyond
any of her elders. She was frightened by
the headlong haste with which the Gover
nor rushed across the meadow. Hut she
quickly comprehended the scene, and in-
j stautiy quieted her faithful Towser. who,
j though a friend to the family guest, thought
1 it becoming to bark loudly at his hurried
I steps.
' Her wise forethought arrested the Gov
I ernor's notice, and suggested a scheme to
delude his pursuers. 'Hetty,' ho said
earnestly, 'I am flying for my life ; and
unless I can reach my boat before I am ov
ertaken, I am a lost man. You see tho
road forks here,
But you must tell those !
vho are chasing mo that I have gonb up
the road to ratrh the mail waffon. which 1
Then tbey
will turn oT the other way."
'Oh, couaiu !' said the little girl in an
agony of great distress. 'I cannot ; why
did you tell me which way you were going ?
'Hetty, dear child, surely you would not
betriy me to my death ! TIark ! tbey are
coming I hear the click of their horses
feet. O, Hetty, tell them I have gone CP
the road instead of down ; and Heuven
will bless you.'
Heaven never blesses thoso who speak
falsely, cousin ! But I will not tell them
which way you go, even if they kill me ; so
run as quickly as possible.'
'It,s of no use ; unless I can deceive them
lam a dead man.'
'Cousin, cousin, hide under my web of
cloth ; they'd never think of looking here
for you. Come, get down as swift as you
cau ; and I'll cover you, and stand sprink
ling my linen.'
'It's my only chance, child ; I'll get down
as you say,' And suiting the action to tho
word, and Governor was soon hidden un
der the ample folds of the cloth.
Augry that their expected prey had
escaped from the house where they had
hoped to secure him, the six mounted To
ries, headed by a British officer, dashed
along the road in swift pursuit. At sight
of the girl in the meadow, the leader of the
party paused.
'Child,' he said, sternly, 'have you seen
a man running away hereabouts ?'
'Yes, sir,' replied Hetty, tretnbliug and
flushing.
'Which way did lie go ?'
'I promised uot to tell, sir, '
'Butyou must, or take the consequen
ces.' 'I said I wouldn't tell if you killed me.'
sobbed the frightened girl.
'I'll have it out of her,' exclaimed the
furious officer with an oath.
'Let me speak to her,' said his Tory
guide ; 'I know the child I believe. Isn't
your name Hetty Marvin?' he asked,
pleasantly.
'Yes, sir.'
'And this man that ran by you a few
minutes ago, was your mother's cousiD,
wasn't he V
'Yes, sir, lie was.'
'Well we are friends of his what did he
say to you when he came aloug V
'He he told me that he was dying for
his life.'
'Just so, Hetty ; that was very true. I
hope he wont have to Uy far. Whero was
he ging to hide V you see I could help him
if I knew his plans.'
Now Hetty was not a whit deceived by
this smooth speech. But li6 was willing
to tell as much of the truth as would con
sist with his safety, and she wisely judged
that her frankness would serve her kins
man better than her silence. So she an
swered her questioner candidly. 'My
cusin said he was going down this way to
the river, where he had a boat ; and he
wanted me to tell the men he had gone the
other way to catch the mail wagon.'
! Why didn't you do as ho bid you. then,
' when I asked you where he had gone':"
thmuluru'i th ofiktr, fiercely.
I could not tell a lie, sir,' was the tear
ful answer.
'Hetty,' again began the smooth-tongued
Tory, 'you are a nice child. Everybody
knows you are a girl of truth. What did
your cousin say when you told him you
couldn't tell a falsehood.'
'He said I shoudn't betray him to his
death.'
'And you then promised him that you
wouldn't tell which way he went, if you
were killed for it ?'
'Yes, sir.'
'That was a brave speech ; and so I sup
pose he thanked you for it, and ran down
the road as quickly as possible.'
'I promised not to tell where he went,
sir.'
'Oh, yes, I forgot. Well, tell us his last
words, and we won t trouble you any
more.'
'His last words were, 'It's my only
chance, child, aud I'll get down as you
say.' And overcome by fright, and the
sense of her kinsman's danger should they
lightly interpret the language which she
had reported, she sobbed aloud, and hid
her face from sight.
Her tormentors did not stay longer to
i S(M,th or question '"her,
They hud got, as
they supposed, the information which they
wanted, and pushed rapidly on down tow
ards the river. Now the Governor had
arranged a signal with his boatmen that a
white cloth by day, or a light by nigh:,
displayed from the attic window cf his hid-
;g pl;tcc, which was just visible at the
mouth of the river, should infonii if he were
,a trouble, and put thetn upon the alert to
, help him. As soon, therefore, as he start-
ed from his cousin's, the signal floated
from the window to warn them. And
when they saw the pursuing party dash
madly down the road to the river, and rec
ognized the Biitich uniform of the leader.
1 ti1!;y pulled swiftly out to sea. The horse
men reached the shore only in season to see
the boat with two men in it, nearly out of
sight : and supposing their destined prey
had escaped, relinquished the pursuit.
Meanwhile thu hunted victim lay safe
and quiet, where the simple shrewdness of
the little cousiu had hidden him, uutil the
1 tjme L.ame jor hr return to supper. Then
j nt. bade her go as usual to her home, tell-
ing her to ask her mother to place the sig
ual lamp, as soon as it grew dark, in the
window, for the boatmen, and to scud him
there some sypper, with his valise which
in the hurry of departure, he had left be
hind. The signal recalled the boat, which after
twilight had ventured in sight of the shore
and the farm-house, and the governor
quietly made his way to the river in safety.
When he rejoined his father in a secure
home, he named his infant daughter, which
had been born in his absence, 'Hetty Mar
vin,' that ho might be daily reminded of
the little cousin whose truth and shrewd
ness saved his life. Indiana Churchman.
JOIIX CAI..
i THE STOUT OF A POLITICAL CANDIDATE.
John Cain was a quiet, inobtrusive citi
zen. He didn't long for fame and renown,
and didn't care two cents wether this great
and glorious country was ruled by a one
horse republican or a two-horse democrat.
He had a pew ic church, gave 6ixtecn
ounces for a pound, and when a man looked
him square in the eye Mr. Cain never took
a back seat. He was home at a reasonable
hour in the evening, never took part in the
discussion, 'Is lager healthy ? and many
a mau wished that bii
'vn1v and peacefully
bis life rolled on as
v n John Cnln'n.
will soon be along, you know.
But. alas ! the tempter canto. Iu an evil
hoar John Cain allowed the politicians to
get after him and surround him. They
said he was the strongest man in the county,
that he could scoop out of his boots any
man setup in opposition ; that his virtues
were many and his faults 00000; that it was by injudicious kindness, often foster and
his duty to come out and lake a nomination encourage it. Nothing is more common
in order that this pure aud uncorruptible j than to see young, nervous or delicate
form of government be mafatained pure girls ordered to taktf wioe in large quanti
and incorruptible. All this and much I ties, or what is even worse, being dosed
more tbey told him.
It surprised him some to think that he
had held his peaceful way along for forty
odd years, like a not-bole in a barn door,
without anyone having discovered what a
heap of a fellow he was, but he concluded
that their was a new era in politics and
that it was all right.
The politicians covered John Cain with
oft soap. They told hi m that the canvass
shouldn't cost him a red, and that he could
still retire at eight o'clock every evening
and rest assured that his interests would
be properly cared for. It was to be a still
hunt . very - quiet election and be
wouldnH know what was going7 on. John
Cain was au honest, unassuming idiot, and
he swallowed their words as th; onwiding
tish absorbs the baited hook.
John Cain was duly nominated, and the
band came out and serenaded him. With
the baud came several huudred electors,
who filled the Cain mansion to overflowing,
spit tobacco all over the house, ate and
drank all they could find, broke dwii the
gate, aud went ofT with thre-i cIm-.'m for
John Cain.
Before the canvass was ten days oid half
a dozen men called oh Cain nud gently hin
ted to him that lie must come down with
the 'sugar.' He didn't even kno-r what
'sugar' was until they explained. They
wanted money to raise a pole, to b'dy beer,
to get slips printed, and to do fifty other
things, all for bis particular benefit, and
he had to hand out money.
In the course of another week they drew
Cain out to make a speech at a ward meet
ing. He tried to claw off, but they told
him that the opposing candidate would run
him out of sight if he didn't come out, and
be went out. When he got through speak
ing the crowd drank at his expense, and
Mr. Cain was astonished at the way the
liquor went down, and more astonished at
the way the bills footed up. He didn't
reach home until midnight, and for the
first time in his life he was going to bed
with his boots on. His wife wouldn't
speak to him, the hired girl left the house
to save her character, and John Cain
wished that the politicians had let him
alone.
More men came and crooked their fingers
at him, and whispered 'sugar' They wan
ted monoy to buy some doubtful votes, and
to hire four-horse teames, and to mail his
slips, and he had to come down. lie hes
itated about it, but they told him that the
opposing candidate felt shure of victory,
and that acted as a spur.
There was hardly 3 night that from
fourteen to two huudred and forty friends
did not call on Mr. Cain to iuforni him as
to the 'prospects.' They drank up the
current wine Mrs. Caiu had laid by for
sickness, emptied ber preserve jars, aud
their wasn't a morning that she couldn't
sweep out forty or fifty cigar stubs and a
peck of mud. They all told Cain that he
would beat the other aian so far out of
sight that it would take a carrier-pigeon to
find him, and he couldn't very well refuse
to go over to the corner grocery and 'set'
em up' for the boys.
The crises finally came. On the eve of
electiou Mr. Cain's friends called for sugar'
again, and he had to sugar' em. A big
crowd called to warn him that be would
cirtaiuly be elected, and the saloon bill was
twenty.eight dollars more. Thirteen or
fourteen men shook hands with his wife,
one hundred or more shook hands with
him, and he had to get up and declare that
he didn't favor woman's rights, and that
he did ; that he was down on whiskey, and
yet he loved it as a beverage ; that he wan
ted the currency inflated, and yet favored
specie payments ; that he favored the civil
rights bill, aud yet didn't, and in his brief
speech Mrs. Cain couuted twenty-seven
straight lies, besides the evasions. Mr.
Cain wanted to hold popular views, and he
had to be on all sides at once.
On the day of election they dragged him
from poll to poll, stopping at all the saloons
on the way. He had to make 256,000
promises, pull his wallet until it was as flat
as a wafer, drink lager with some and drink
water with others, and when night came
he went home and tried to hug the hired
girl, called Mrs. Caiu his dear old rhino
ceros, and fell over the cradle and went to
sleep with bis head under the etove.
When Mr. Cain arose in the morning
aud became sober enough to read the elec
tion returns he had scooped 'em as follows:
Opposing; candidate S6,430
John Cain.,
31,380
Cain's majority (in a born) 3,040
Mr. Cain went out and sat under an ap
ple tree in his back yard, and he gave him
self up fr reflections and so forth. Through
the leafless branches sighed the November
winds, and in the bouse sighed Mrs. Caiu,
and both sighs murmured gently in his ear;
'John Cain's a perpendicular idiot.'
isrtlhrtfrJiis.
The Ve and Abnae f NtiinnlKute.
The vice of intemperance is no much on
the increase in ali classes, and in both sexes,
tnat it has become, perhaps, the greatest
scourge of the day, blighting the happiness
of thousands of families, and bringing ma
ny to utter ruin and positive starvation.
Drunkenness iu a man is contemptible and
disgusting ; but, alas, it has becoma so
common that we arc inclined to treat it
with indifference, even if we do not laugh
at it as a joke ; and uutil it reaches a stage
when tho consequences of long-continued
indulgence teriuusly affect the health or
prospects of the victim, we take no steps
to check it. Thon, when too late, after the
vice has become a strongly-rooted habit, to
which the victim is a complete slave, una
ble to struggle against it, we attempt to re
form, only to find resistance vain, and our
efforts fruitless. But if as we said before,
drunkenuess is disgusting iu a man, how
much more so is it in a woman, in whom
we expect to fiud all that is gentlest, pu
rest, and most refined in our natures, and
to whom we entrust the care and welfare
of our children, and on whom tha happi
ness ot our homes depends. Like every
other deadly disease, drunkenness is more
easily nipped in the bud than uprooted.and
our hfft chancw of rioinsr this Is t avoid of-
feriag temptation, and carefully watching ;
for the first symptom, check it at once and '
forever. Yet knowing well how little ere-
ates the love of stimulants, and how, once ;
indulged in, the craving increases, we not
only take no steps to check it, but actually,
with medicines containing opium or such
like stimulants. The result in both cases
is the same ; a factitious strength and ener
gy is obtained by their nse for the time, on
ly, however, soon to be followed by increas
ed lassitude of body and depression of spi- j
rits, and the same remedy is again applied, ,
a larger quantity beiugrequtred each time :
to effect the desired result, and the mi ad
gradually weakened by indulgence, becomes 1
less and less able to resist, until finally all
restraint is abandoned, and the craving for J
stimulants acquires such power that it ov- j
er masters every other consideration, and j
becomes nothing short of morbid madness, j
It is a' common custom m cases of pain, or
nervous affections, to administer stimulants, :
even professional men often finding it na- j
cessary to do so, and if the evil stopped j
here no harm would be done ; but'unfor- j
luuately, the patients, finding relief so ea-
sily obtained, take the law into their own '.
hands, and as soon as the first symptoms ;
of discomfort appear, hasten to soothe them :
by dosing themselves with alcohol or opi- :
ates. Among the female sex the use of sal '
volatile is a very common and most dan- j
gerous practice, which is indulged in to an j
extent, perhaps, little imagined by the ,
world, generally, and which is only ano- j
ther system of dram-drinking, not one wbit
less hurtful than thu use of brandy or any
other spirit, and leading to exactly the
same disastrous results. Quack or patent
medicines, which contain preparations of
opium, are also highly hurtful, and too of- ,
Un pave the way to drunkenness. The
ease with which they can be got, and the j
fact that they are medicines, aud may :
therefore be taken to a certain extent with- j
out raising suspicion, or incurring dis-!
grace, render them even more dangeroua
at first than alcohol itself, and every head
of a family should strenuously oppose their
use. Once the evil habit has taken root,
the cure becomes most difficult, the more ;
5o as it depeuds to a very largo extent on '
the patients themselves, and who, in most
cases obstinately refuse to be put under any '
restraint, and who, notwithstanding every :
care which is taken, contrive to provide j
themselves with the much-loved poisonf ;
not scrupling to disgrace their friends or to
sacrifice their own self-resptct in order to
satisfr their morbid craving. Indeed
it appears strangely absurd that the
law should have the power of putting i
under restraint a person who, in a momen-
tary fit of madness, attempts to commit j
suicide, but can inflict no more severe pun- j
ishment than a paltry fine ota person who i
persists, day after day, iu driuking away
his senses and life, so long as he does not
interfere with others. If drunkards and
those who indulge, in stiiauiauts to a dan-'
genius excess could be legally confined in
the same manner as other madmen, many,
hundreds would be cured, and still more ,
would be deterred from entering a path :
which sooner or later must lead to ruin of
miud and body. It is equally necessary '
that mora stringent restrictions should be ;
put on the sale of injurious drugs, such as
opium, laudanum, chloral, and all medi- ;
cinea containing them. At present, any
one can obtain them in, we believe, noli- j
mited quantities, by simply signing his or j
ber name in a book, and even this form is !
often not observed, so that the restriction
is in reality only nominal, and it would bd ;
safer, as well as being a check on vicious ',
indulgence, if these drugs could only be ob- ;
tained on presentation of an order signed j
by a medical man. But whilst altogether
debarring the use of drugs, excepting un- '
der the above conditions, there is no rea- i
sou why alcohol should not be nsed so long
as it is done so judiciously ; and it is only ;
when it is likely t-j be hurtful that a check
need be put on it. To explain our mean- ;
ing we cannot d better than quote the ;
following passage on. this subject, taken I
from the Jint3h Medical Journnl : "Final- i
ly, wine is a good friend but a bad enemy.
It is the abuse, and not the use of alcohol,
which is injurious : and in using it, let u
not forget the motto of Aberncthy, who,
when asked what virtue, was most coudn- i
cive to a healthy lite, replied in one word
! 'Moderation.
A Speech by a Horse. My dear gen
tlemen and ladies, remember that we, like
yourselves, have moods, and cannot always
be frisky and cheerful. You do not strike
your grandmother in the faco, because this
morning she dues not feel as well as usual ;
why, then, do you strike us ? Before you
pound us, ask whether we have been up late
the night before, or had our meals at irre
gular hours, or whether our spirits have .
been depressed by being kicked by a drun
ken ostler. We have only about ten or
twelve years in "which to enjoy ourselves,
and then we go out to be shot into nothing
ness. Take care of us while you may.
Job's horse was 'clothed wi,h thunder,' but
all we ask is a plain blanket. When we
are sick, put us in a hospital. Do not strike
us when we stumble or scare. Suppose
you were in the harness, and I were in the
wagon, I had the whip and you the traces,
what an ardent advocate you would be for
kindness to the irrational creation ! Do
not let the blacksmith drive the nail into
the quick when he shoes me, or burn my
fetlocks with a hot file. Do not mistake
the 'dead-eye' that nature put on my fore
leg for a wart to be exterminated. Do not
cut off my tail short in fly-time. Keep the
north wind out of your stables. Care for
us at some other time than during the epi
zootics, so that we may see your kindness
is not selfish. My dear friends, our inte
rests are mutual. I am a silent partner in
your business. Under my sound heofis
the diamond of national prosperity. Be
youd my nostril the world's progress
may not go. With thrift, and wealth, and
comfort, I daily race neck and neck. Be
kind to rue, if you want me to be useful to
you. And near be the day when the red
horse of war shall be hocked and impotent,
and the pale horse of death shall be hurled
back on his haunches, but the white hone
of peace aud joy and triumph shall pass on,
its rider with face like the sun, all nations
following. Report ff Jr. Taltnadp, in
Ecangtliist.
An Oresron blacksmith Is a 'horse jewel
er.' '
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