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aaa
Ratoa-of Advertising.'
One Square (1 inch,) one Innrtion - 1 "
One.Sipiaro " one month .11
One Square " three mouths - (I M
f me Square " -ono year . . 10 M
Two .Squares, one year - MOn
Quarter Col. ' so on
Half " " . . . . (W 00
One " . " - ISO CO
l.pRal notices at established rates.
Marriaire and death noticos, prniii.
All bilis lor yearly advertisements col
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments mus be paid for in advance
Job work, Cash on Ueliveiy.
,.BI.MnEn EVERY; WKDXIWDAY, BY
AV. TJ. DTJg N.
riOB w BrmtNso bonntiu'S BuTLDtsa,
,. EJ1 STREET, T.0IE3TA, FA,
' TERMS, .00 A YKAK.
Ie Awbaorlptlona received for a shorter
rlexl than three mnntti.
Correspondoi.es solicited from all parts
Nie country. No notice will bo taken of
-many nious communications.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
VOL. VI i; MO. 33.
TIONESTA, PA., NOVEMBER 18, 1874.
$2 PEll ANNUM.
-
J -
s TTfifTT.sTA T.nnnr.
v v fa.
VI.O.ofO.F.
MEETS every Friday evening, at 7
s'slork.ln the Hall formerly occupied
" lijr the Uood Templars.
. i. i7i.rt v .
Q. T. LATIMER, R'r.
27-'...
JIONESlA COUNCIL, NO. 342,
. O, TJ. V. M.
MEETS at Odd Fellow' Lotlsie Room,
very Tuosdsy evenlnp. at 7 o'clock.
I. K. ULAINK, C.
J. II. FONES, R. 8. 81.
Dr. J. H. Blaine,
OFFICE ml residence opposite the
Lawrence limine. Ollicedsye Wednes
days and Saturday-. 38-tf.
MILKS W. TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
XI ftrltt.
TTOXKSTA. PA,
. W. P. MerclUlott,
ATTORN EV AT LAW, cor. Elm and
Walnut 8ts.. Tionests, Fa. I have
associated mvself with Hon. A. ft. Rich
mond. f Mcadville. Fa., io the practice or
law In Forest County. 10-ly
. . r. W.Haya,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Notary
Ppsi.lo, Reynold IlukiU k. Co.'a
Bhwk, Seaeoa St., il City, Pa. S0-ly
r. xiii.
k ' XIirifXJjBiJb SMILEY,
A,tteraeys at Law, Franklin, Pa.
PRACTICE In the seysrel Court of Ve
nango; Crawford, Forest, and adjoin
te eoautiea. !My,
CENTRAL HOUSE,
BOKJIKR AONRW -RLOCK. I.
Aew. Proprietor. Tliie la a new
. kouae, and harjt been fitted up fur the
aoeoinuiodatiou oT the public. A portion
the patrnusgrof Uie public la aolicllcd.
- 4-ly
Lawrence House,
s rpiflWKTA, PA.. WILLIAHn.AW
1 RBMCE. Proprietor. Thil bon .
yiM centralis located. - Everything new and
-4 well furnished . a;erior aefloinmoda-
tinne and atrlet attention olven to (tuenta.
, . Teeeteblet and Fruit, nf a!l kinds served
tn tasir season. Sample room for Coiu
y mereisi Agents,
rOR.HST HOUSE,
S" A. VARNKR Pnni'BiBTOK. Opposite
. Cuurt House, Tionesta, Fa. Just
' epeaed. Everything new and clean and
'. fresh. The beat f liquors kept constantly
kanii. A pvrtion of the publio patrnn
ui la reeneetfully eolldiled. 4-17-lT
Tionesta. House.
fl T. LATIMER Teviee, F.lm St. Tlo
T .. Pa . L tlii mmi-li nf the creak.
Vr, lu lias thornuchly renovatod the
TUaenta House, and re-furnishod it ooin
sleielr. All who patronize him will 1
wail entertained at reason.!. Io rate. 87 ly
Enplre Hotel. I
TIDOUTE. PA. H. EWALD. Proprii.
to. This house is centrally located,
baa been thoroiiahly rett.ted 'and now
ttnaata as KO'.d a table ami leds a any tin
tel in the oil regions. Transient only $2. Of
per day. ii-Cm
- C B. Weber's Hotel, .
mvr p no imoniT u - u wtnrn
JL has possession of the new brick tioti
ad will be happy to entertain all his old
enstonvors, and ansMinmber of new ones.
Uood aecommoilallons for guests, and ex
ellentstablinir.. 10-Srn.
-Dr. J. L. Acorry b.
- 'pHTSICIAN ANDSUROKOW.whohas
. I had fifteen years' experience in a large
' and suooeasfuf practice, will attend all
Prefesaional Calls. Office in his Druf and
v Orooery Store, located in Tidioute, near
Tldieute Uouae.
' IX niSSTORI WILL BE FOUND
A full assortment of Melicinea, Liquors
. .Tobaeco, Cigars, Stationery, Ulass. Faints,
Oils, Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
will be sold at reasonable rates.
IR. CUA8. . DAY, an experienced
Fbysician and Druggist from New York,
- kas eharge of the 8vre. All prescriptions
. put up accurately.
m- u. sat.
n r. r.sa.
UA Y, JPAJtK CO.,
23 JSLL ERS.
" Oernerof Elm .sWalnatSta. Tionesta.
' Dank of Discount aud Deposit.
Interest allowed ou Time Deposits.
fell settees maJeonall the Principal points
, , . of the U.S.
Collections solicited. IS It.
. D. W. CLARIC,
(OOKMISBIOHBR't OLBRK, rOKIST CO., F.V.)
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
HOUSES and Lota for Sale and RENT
Wild Lauds for Hale. JL .
I have sn parlor .anilities fur ascertaining
toe condition of taxes aud tax deeds, Ac,
wed am therefore quali'ied to act Intelli
gently aa HKont of those llvinn at dis
ianoe. owning lands in Uie County.
Ulttoe iu Commissioners llooiu, Court
House, Tioaeeta, I'a.
-11-1. D.W.CLARK.
NEW BILLIARD ROOMSI
AUIOINI.Nd the Tionesta House, at the
mouth of Tionesta Creek. Tim tables
and room are new, and everything kopl in
'order. To lovers of the i'mo a oonlial
invitation is extondod to coins and play
in the Bfw room.
fi7 tt O. T. LATTMFR.
WIVf. F. BLUM,
BLACKSMITH-
AND
WAG ON-MAKER.
Corner of Church and Elm Streets,
TIOISTESTA. I Ai.
ThKfinn Is prepared to do nil work In
Its line, and will warrant everything done
at their nh pa to ulve satisfaction. Fur
tiuular attention given to
iioiesi.Hiioi:i-VC,
nivs them a trial, and yon will not re
erotlt. 1 :-ly.
BUQKSHITH HHP WAGON SHOP.
THE undersigned have ojened a first
class lilnnkm.th nnd Watfon Shop, in
the Roberts simp, nppnnite the Rtiral
House. All work In oitlior line promptly
attended to, and satislactlon guaranteed.
Iloraealiootn n Kpoclnlty
22 ly L. SPEARS' II. W ROBERTS.
NEW HARNESjiHOPT
JCT op ned in ihe Roberts lUilldina op
posite the Rurnl Hoiian. Tho under
signed is prepared In do all kinds of work
In his lino in the bot stylo and ou short
notico. .
NEW Hi It.MlSS
A Specialty Keop on hand a fine assort
ment of i urry Combs, HruHhos, Harness
Oil, Whips aiid Huddles. UarneHS of all
kinds made to order and cheap as the
vhespest Remember the name and pla.e
W. Wi.SI K.iLj rt. Buildinit.
22-ly Opposite HurJP House, Tionesta.
II. C. IIARLIN,
Merohant Tailor,
IN Tne Lswrenco Itiilldinir, over Rupor
lor t.unihor Co. Store. Tho best stock
kept conviuntl v on hand, nnd nrndo up in
lliu best maimer and newest stylus. lW-ly
51 US. . SI. IlIMTIli
DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa.
1ITRS. TIEAT1I has recently moved to
liL this nlaco lor the purpose of m'Ctinir
awantwhiirh the ladies of tho town nnd
county have for a lonir time known, that
of havinti a dressmaker of experience
amoni; th-iu. lam prepared to make all
kinds of dresses in the Infest styles, ami
iruaraulen satis'nrtion. Stnmping'l'or braid
ing and embroidery done In the best man
ner, with the newest patterns. All I ahk
is a tair rial. Kesidmicoon Water Street,
In the house fbrmorly occupied bv Jacob
Shriver. " Htl
j Frank Itobbliia,
PHOTOGRAPHER ,
(successor to dkhimo.)
- Pictures in every styleof the art. Views
nf the oil regions for sale or takeu to or
der. CENTRE STREET, near R, R. crossing.
atYCAMORK STREET, near Union Pe
pat, oil City, Fa. 1.0-lf
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
ELM MTU BET,
SOUTH OF ROBINSON A BONNER'S
STORE.
Tionesta, Fa.,
M. CARPENTER, - . . Proprietor.
1
Fletures taken In all the latest stvlea
the'art. 2-tr
NEW JEWELRY STORE
Xm Tloaedta.!
3
M. SMITH,
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
At SUPERIOR STORE.
ALL VVOn K WARRANTED.
"
J
Large and Superior Stook of
Watches,
looUej,
ButUewelry,
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
(TR. SMITH h flno machinery for
i'l mskimrall parte of a watch or clock
that may be missing or broken. He war
rants ail his work. The patronage of tho
citizens of f orest County is most respect
fully solicited. All he asks is a fuir trial,
.if
ADVERTISERS send 25 cenU to Oeo.
F. Rowell t Co., 41 Park How, N. Y..
for their Elghty-patfe Pssnphlnt, showing
cot of sdverMng. 18 4t
A WOltKI.NU WOMAN.
Lookinc out of the window trie oili
er moriiiiiK I vaw a wonmn drive to
the gate, with a trim little eRtiihmh
nieni in excellent order, I Imd never
set eyes nil Iicr before. I wits sure nf
tlmt, though she looked up ul the win
ilow with a bright Riid clicery Binile o
though she hsil known me nil my
days. Springing out of tho high wag
on lik'e a girl of sixteen, although .he
was evidtctly three limes that sje, she
hitched her liorse mid hltuikeied it as
if she was tist d to it, and was ushered
into the parlor. She had come to in
quire about some lots upon our limn,
and I HsHtire you she talked ' tiusinoxs,
it eviuV'iilJy being no new thing to her.
I found she was from a neighboring
town, five miles (J if la lit, where her litis
hand is a- prosperous architect and
builder. Alter she hud obtained the
in.ormutioii for which she came, we
fell into conversation such as our sex
will iudnlge in.
"Have you much of a family?" I
inquired. "Eleven children," she re
plied, i opeueil my eyes iu astonish
m en t , expecting to Iicht the usual an
swer iu these dys, "Three, two boys
and a girl," or vice versa. "Have you
never lost any children?" said I
"None." she lephed, "and none are
married ; they are all living at home."
"What a lamily to look after! ' I ez
claimed. "Oh, I shouldn't mind our
own family at all," she replied, "but
we have always buiiided three or four
carpenter,, necessary in my husband's
business. Then we have a farm and a
i:ood many cows to see to, and butter
to make, uiid as my husband is always
bu.y iu other ways, ihe oversight ol
farm devolves upon me." '
"I hope you are more fortunate than
the rest of us, iu having good d ii'its
tics to help you wiih all this Work,"
1 said. '1 lie good woman slraigh'.encd
herself up and gave a decisive reply.
"1 never keep uny," she (aid ; "they
never suit me." ""Your children must
help you a good deal, then?" "Yes;
but lliey have their lessons to learn.
Their eldest sister, who hits as good an
education as money could give her,
teaches them euliiely at home. We
have a room in our house filled up
especially for that purpose. They are
more thoroughly taught by her, with
the deep iutereslshe teels iu them.thau
if they went to school elsewhere; aud
being able to recite lessons in the ear
ly part of the day, they spend fewer
hours over books, which is better for
their health, aud this enables them to
give uie more assistance than they
otherwise could do." What a sensible
woman, thought I ; for you know what
a favorite idea home educutiun is with
uie when it is practicable. Bo I drew
my chair nearer to heraud said. "You
don't do your own sewing, do you?"
"Never sert out a stitch in my life,
dresses or antihing else, even alien we
hail not a sewing machine, and I dou't
kuow what excuse I could htsve for it
now, with a good machine." "Do you
make your husband's and all your
boy's sliiits?" "Lvery one of them.
My eldest sou is something of a duu
dy, as young men are apt to be, and
he bought some shirts awhile ago. Oh,
such a tit as they were! I speut more
time ripping and fitting them than
would' cut and made a d. zai."
"Do you ever have lime to go out
side your house?" I inquired.
"On, yes," she replied, with a smile;
"I am here this morning, you see, to in
quire about the land, aud day before
yesterday I went to the Slate fair with
some butter, which took a premium."
"You must sit up very late uighis,"
I said.
"Oh, no; not very. We always fin
ish up our work by 8 o'clock evenings
uulees something very special is going
oh, for we are quite a musical family.
We have a piano. My daughters are
good players, and father and mother,
boys aud girls, all coui.t upon a good
sing, often, before going to bed, and
this causes us to sit up rather later, I
have sometimes thought, than was
good for us, considering we have to be
up with the lark in the mornings. You
know," she added, "that music is very
fascinating to those who love it."
"Are you always well?" I asked.
"My health is perfect. I have a good
natural constitution, and no time tube
debilitated and nervous."
Here this partgou arose to go. I
followed her lo the gale, saw hor uu
hitch her horse and drive oil', while 1
returned to the house with these re
11. ct iutia : Lleveu children, boarders,
a farm, no servants, premium for but
ter at the Slate Fair, music and fine
arts! Think of it, O ye d. lighters
who have a family , of three servants,
three children, lure all vour sewing
doce, and have dyspepsia aud general
debility thrown iu.
A for me, I went up stairs after
this interview, unrolled some shirts I
was just going to send out to be made,
aud, oiling up my machine, went to
work at them. Of course I hate it.
Of course it will tire me to death, but
it is so nice to be smart like this good
worn tu. I have nntde some inquiries
about her since she was here and
found her stoty was not exaggerated.
She is a living example of what per
fect system ami industry will accom
plish. She whs once a teacher, well
educated and sensible. She married
her hnsbn ml when he was not worth a
cent, and now they live in a fifteen
thousand dollar house,' own a good
farm, and to the good management
and thrift of the wife is attributed
much of ihe husband's success. They
and their children huve the nome ofl
being one of the happiest and most I
united tamilies anywhere about, out
my paragon does not write such long
letters as this, I suspect. I mil. t go
back to my machine; It aels like a
witch lo dav.
TO HEAVEN BAREFOOTED.
During the pioneer days of Iotiiu
the town had an editor who was pa
tient and long suffering. So.neof the
members of n certain church got lutu
to give ?20 towsrds securing a minis
ter, then they wanted their religious
notices inserted free; then he was ask
ed for (2o towards building a parson
age, and he fiimlly found that he was
giving the church more than he gave
his fafnily. He nevertheless "hung
on" for a time longer or until one eve
ning he went In prayer meeting nnd
was asked to leave his ofliej for a week
and go aud help clear I he ground for
a camp-meeting. That was the list
straw, an : he rose up ami said :
"Brothers, I'd like to go to Heaven
along with you. I know you all. You
are clever and obliging, ami kind and
tender, aud it would be uice for uxall,
as a congregation, to go iu together,
but I've concluded to leave you ami
try und dodge in along with somebody
from Detroit, La IVer or Grand Rap.
id. It's money, money all the time,
and I've given to this church until, if
my wiiu should die, she'd have to go
tu Heaven barefooted '',
' The congregation seemed to roaliic
that a free horse was being - ridden to
death. They let up on the editor ajld
pacified him. He even had a special
tent assigned him at the camp meeting
and all was well.
He was nn awful menu man, He
curried a fifty dollar counterfeit bill to
make a show of it setueiimes when he
was fingering for very small change to
pay for a single mink or a Wheeling
stogy. His poor, hard-working wife
had been begging him for a nice gold
chain she had seen in a shop window
down town. One day he felt iu a mer
ry mood, gave her the fifty dollar
counterfeit bill nnd told her u buy
the chain. Then he left home laugh
ing so hard that he had to go and take
a drink to wush it d wu. Ho may
have tukeh several drinks. He wmiI
home to dinner feeling full of joke. It
appeared lo be the happiest day of his
life. He had made a fool of the old
woman. Rut the old womau wore
that chain at the dinner-table and
called the brute "her d.ar old darl
ing." Thai put a new face on the
whole affair. . It Imd censed to he a
joke for him. The jeweler call before
dinner was over, and handing him
the base paper told hiui tu "shell out"
fifty good dollars if he wished to es
cape annoyance. He shelled out and
has never since been able to see the
point of his own joke. But the
womau enjoyed it.
poor
All who are di.gusted with disease
and anxious to be rid of their ills.wi 1
read with interest, between their doses,
the story of Jacob Weiss, who former
ly lived, a mechanic, iu Louisville,
Kentucky, with a plenty of nothing in
his pocket, and bronchitis slowly but
surely joiiKumiiig his pulmonary appa
ratus. He was advised lo g. to that
Paradise, Golcondu, Arcadia, that
argentine laud called Colorado. What
happened to the impecunious and with
ditiicuily-hreatbiiig Jacob? He recov
ered from his bronchial derangement
hut that is nothing. For he also
discovered six large and plentiful sil
ver mines. He is a rich man. If
necessary, he could afFoid .to take a
bottle of the most expensive Pulmon
ic Panacea twice a day. and to employ
a corps of doctors, allopathic, hydro
not hie, tuotorputhic, homacpathic, bot
anical ami eclectics). But he scorns
them lie breathes with the vigor of
a bisou. Consumption has sie V
out capital lias stepped in. Let ttuS'rr
whose tendency is to shortness both of
funds and breath, go and do like
Weiss !
A young lawyer in a country town
asked some of his friends io a game of
cards in his room, to be followed by a
lilllo supper. Frogs were a new spe
cies of food in tha; latitude, aud illph
of them cooked in the choicest way
was the feature of the oicasion. Sup
per time approached, aud during a
temporary lull in the convereatiou.lhe
door sudJenly opened, aud a Mi esian
waiter, in a loud voice announced sup
per thus: "Mr. them tudt it doue,
and sopper is ready I"
THE DKMOCItATIC VK'TOItY ANI THE
FlUCEOFUlTltlt.
From the Albany Journal, Nov. 6.
We heard n Btory yesterday in re
gird to a confiding Democrat, nn hon
est, simple-minded laborer. He at
tended a number of political meetings
during the campaign just closed, and
swallowed, ftilh unquestioning faith,
all that the Democratic orators told
himSns to the intimate -relation exist
ing between hard times anil Republi
can rule, and, tf course, drew the in
ference that the election of Mr. Tild
eu meant times just the opposite of
hard. Yesterday morning, having
mustered the election news, he seized n
plate handed him by his esteemed
helpmate, and, in accordance with her
request, hied him to a neighboring
grocery store are requested to be serv
ed with a couple of pounds of their
best butler. Theei.etgeticH.nd urbane
clerk in attendance lost no time in
placing it upon the proffered plaP?.
Then, while he was in the act of lying
a delicate sheet of white paper on top
of the butier lo protect it from dunl
on its way to its deHtinatioii, the pur
chaser asked what there vns to pay.
The energetic and urbane youngclerk,
who was quick at figtiics, replied:
"Two pouii.is forty-eight cents a pound
ninety nix cents."
At these words the fare of the cus
tomer, w hich up lo this point had been
wreathed with the smiles which (he
election news Imd invoked, becsme
overspread with an expression of an-lonii-hmeut
and auger. For a moment
or so his emotions rendered him
spe.chlt.., and t lieu in a loud voice
he broke forth :
"Forty ale cints! O, miisJin, musha!
The devil fly away wid ye; wasn't
that wi Ht ye was after chargin' me
M.inda!"
The urbane clerk explained that his
customer wits right ne hud been
charged forty eiuhl cents per pound
for the best butter on Monday, ami
the price in the meantime hud under
gone no variation.
Did ye take a squint at the Argnt
this morning, me by?" queried the
excited party before the counter at the
same time exhibiting to the gaze ol
the cletk a ropy of tlmtHhect freighted
with Democratic victories. The in
telligeut clerk replied that he had seen
the Argun, and added that he was
much elated at the news.
"Ye've seen the new., ye say that?"
"Yes, fir; I've seen I hp news."
"And ye'o kuow thut Til. leu is elect
ed ?"
"Yes, sir; lam aware nf thittfact."
"An' Mr. Tildeti elected ye'ze char,
gin' me forty ate cints a pound for
butter, just the snme as nn Munda."
The cler, us good humored as lie
was urbane, explained that, the elec-
li f Mr. Tilden had not the slight
est effect on the butter market, 'l ie
too confiding Democrat hung his head
a moment aud then handed oiilniiiely
six cents in full for his butter; and
then, as he passed out of tie rrorery,
pitched the Argut iuto the gutter.
There is a widow in Winona who
ne'er diil anything useful until after
her husband d'ed and left her half a
dogcii children to take care of. She
thought a great deal of her husband,
but he did not leae her uhsisiauce
enough to buy him a gravestone, aud
this fact net hei to work. She Vler
miued that the poor man's grave
should have a r spei table mark. So
she got a nisrhle slab and weut to
work on it, making a gravestone for
her "tepartid. Thus she began to
carve out her fortune. She finished
the work and learned the trade uf a
stone-ci-tter at the same time. She
soon diil some other marble work and
offered it for sale. It proved accepta
ble, and she was given a permanent
place iu a marble yard, and is making
regular artisan's wages and keeping
her family in good style. Sometimes
a husband does turn out a benefit to a
woman, though sli may not realize
his use until she lines him.
It vos yoost so easy as a needle co id
valk by a cornel's eye as to git tier he
hint vord mil a vomeu.
Id doned vos ride tu ht a man vols
dowu ov you got a chauee to kick
him.
Honesty was bedder as riches,' ovyo
got em boath.
Ye gott plenty scblips between der
upper lip uu tier dipper.
Kind vords dou't so soon gnu ded
ov you goit matt.
Early to bed ond dou't gott up soon
yo git more schleep.
A man is alvsys supposed to vos in
nocent by der Goart House, till der
Shtiilge find it rigtit avay ond vol he
dou't got some money.
Pianos 'must he high-priced in Colo
rado, or houses and lots very low. For
we read this advertisement iu the
Georgetown Miner. "For sale or
exchange for a house and lot a first
class piano, uearly new. Enquire at
this eft-co."
TUAT AtVFIX MTOItAI.
"Speaking of shooting ducks," says
Dr. F. "puis me in mind of the great
etorm that occurred when I lived on
the island. As you are all well aware,
our island is near Casco Bay; an aw
ful storm arose that was so tierce thai
it drove all the ducks iu the bay into
a pond, covering nn acre, near my
bouse. Iu fact so many ducks crowd
ed into that pond that 1 cutildu't see a
drop of water."
"ShoM" says Smith, "did ye ehute
eny of 'em ?"
' That's what I'm comiug at. I
went into ihe house and got my
doubled barreled shot gun, and dis
charged both barrels right into the
midst of them, but to. my astonish
ment, they all arose iuto the air, tear
ing not a solitary duck on the pond."
"Good gracious! ye don't say," eaye
Smith ; "didn't ye hev any shot in yer
gun, or what the thuuder was ike
trouble?"'
"Well, I was coming to that," said
Dr. F. "It astonished me at first; but
as soon as the ducks rose a few hun
dred yards iu the air, and commenced
to separate a little, ducks began to
drop, and whether you believe it or
not, I picked up twenty-nine barrel
of ducKS, and it was n poor season for
ducks, too. fou see the ducks were
wedged i i sn tight in the pond, that
wtieti they rose they carried the dead
iuto the air with them, and when they
separated, dowu cam-! the twcnty-ntoe
barrels of dead ducks."
"Oh," says Smith, ."I'm not surpris
ed at thut, at all, or the big lot of
litii ks that yer bagged, for it was an
awful storm. I remember it well, doc
tor; I had at thut time a corn-barn
full of corn ; ou one side f the barn
was an open window, uuil on ihe other
side was a knot hole, and during the
storm tho wind blew sd .hard that it
blew every ear of that oorn right
through that knot hole, at'd the hole
being just the size of a cob only, tho
result was that it shelled every ear,
leaving the corn in the barn, aud the
next morning I found my barn hulf
full of shelled corn, and not' a single
cob. I had a curiosity to know where
the cobs bad goue to. I went in the
reur of the burn, und followed the line
of those cobs over eleven miles, and
at the distance of about fi.'e miles a
large, first growth pine tree stood ' in
the truck, and rlurn me if the wind
hadn't driven them cobs into that
tree from top to bottom. Oh, doctor
thut was an awful storm 1"
"Yes," sighed the doctor, "Awful!"
The report that conies of the sink
ing condition of the father of little
Charlie Ross, is a sad climax to a dark
und mysterious story. Few events that
have occurred w.thin the past, few
years huve excited more comment and
attention than the abduction, in hroad
daylight, of the little Philadelphia
boy. From the moment of his disap
pearance all trace of him has been
lost. Every conceivable method of
discovery has. been employed, every
link taken up and followed to its con
clusion, but all without avail. Dur
ing all this time the unfortunate par
ents have been rucked with doubts aud
fears, almost too much for human en
durance. Now, it is said, the mind of
the father has succumbed to the strain
placed upon it, and there is every
probability that he soon go down to
the grave, a broken hearted man. As
suredly, if there be such a thing as
retributive justice, there will be a ter
lible punishment lifted nut to those
who have broken up a happy . house
hold aud driven its head tu a lunilic'a
grave.
A corespondent of the Country
Gentleman says tlmt a way to ha Dish
rats is, plint asphedel near the barn
or stable where they are, or put some
in their hobs. Rats have such an
aversion for this plant that they will
quit the premises where it is. If they
are in driins or in cellars, scatter sul
phate of iron (copperas) in their runs.
The copperas should not he dissolved.
It is our best and cheapest disinfect
ant. The sulphuric acid burns their
feet, and they leave without dying.
This will be appreciated by every
housekeeper thut has had to endure
the steuch of a dead rat.
One eight, recently, a Detroit po
liceman passing a certain house a'dou.
ten o'clock, saw a man drop from a
window, and hear I smothered cries in
sido. He seized the man for a burg
lar, but soon tixind that he had the
owner of the house in his clutches.
"Well," said the tli er "it looks sus
picious to see you drop from a window
that uy." "We'l," replied the man,
heaving a sigh, "when the old woman
gets her dander up I ain't particular
b I in it t what road I take out uf the
house."
The debt statement for October
shows a decrease of the debt of six
hundred and eighty out) thousand four
hundred aud thirty-four dollar tad
Illy rent.
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