of Publication. ' - 1 -- 1 . jjj ■'■”■■ . 1 ■ 11 ■ 1«» j« -'TIOGA COUXTY AGITATORia published ■p’ — —*l^ — ’ —■■h - I ____ . ' 1 ~ TTIT 1 A'niT'A TAD JL I i iii i~\ vj_|_ _|_ r\ I \ / It,, paper- The paper will then be stopped ~^™ JBk_ \ X —• f 3 ’ 1 further remittance be received. By this ar- n-r- - y 5 ‘, n 0 man can bo brought in debt to tho ptf' if' ,: ' tl -. T iToi’. is tho Official Paper of the County, and steadily i ncre asing circulation reach li-i neighborhood in the County. It is sent iir c r',j j/rzjc to any Post Office within tho county rf': most convenient post office may be County. not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu . fa cer year, o' [_ fjSCsESS DIRECTORY. VIV tOWBE¥ & S. F. WItSOJT, TTnKXETS & COL'XSELLORS AT LAW, will A 1 t i ie r,.nrt of Tioga, Potter and McKean ‘[WelLboro’, Feb. 1, 1853.] -—s7”b. brooks, nRXEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW iU un ‘ ei.ki.and, TlflUA co. PA. . le -nnititiiJi; of Coiin.eloia theiejs safety.”— Bible. wt. il- OB- W. W- IVEBB. . rr rrr over Cone's Law Office, first door below n F r S Hotel Sights he will be found at his litem ° n Main Stroet > "nr'ls Sumuel Dickinson g. C. dautt. demxist. , L i —i, IFICE at his residence near the ( I Acndcmv. All work pertaining to 3T?T ‘l'TfiX i-uc ol' business done promptly and Ln [“April 22, 1858.] •ranted. __ "BICKIIfSOS HOUSE cor.six i;, Y - C Proprietor s , s taken tn and from the Depot free of charge. TSHSrtVASIA HOUSE IV KM.? HO!! O'. PA. L. D. TAVLOR, PROPRIETOR. r -(i, «i>rve<ily pfjnii.ir lionet* is centrally located, and : ' 5 tin* lutruii.iyc of the tra>c*lliu£ public. r;k iy : ERICAS HOTEL, C II K X ISli, N. T., j FREEMAN, - - - - Proprietor. „,, n-j ct i Lml<ricgs. 25 cts. Board, 75 cts. per dav, l ’f; ra ' Bc ., March .11. 1559. (It.) c. WHITTAKER, //y'/roy."f//ic Phyxician and Surgeon. ELKLAXD, TIOGA CO., PEXXA. W-!!vhi: patients in all parts,of the County, orre #rct-e*ui far treatment at his house. [June 14,] H. O. COLE, luniiEli ASIJ HAIR-DRESSER. ■<fiOP in rcar Post Everything in S hi« line Cv ill be done as well and promptly as it 'l» diico m the city saloons. Preparations for re .'fi- d'lndrufl. and beatifying the hair, for sale Hair and wbLkers dyed any color. Call and r’Wellsboro, 2*ept. '22, 1809. - gaslves hotel. IC. r/.’A’.V//* YEA, .PROPRIETOR. Gaines, Tioga County, Pa, Tvell kn jwn hotel is located within easy access vft’iebest'idling and hunting grounds in North'rn \ \’j jiur* will be spared for the accommodation <:le2 s are sockets and the traveling public. !:*■; 14, Is.V.i. THE COHXISG JOURNAL Bccr?c W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. r: r at Corning. Steuben Co., N. Y., at One [i ,i ir :u.d ITlty Cents per year, in advance. The -t:-.' republican in politics, and has a circula .iK-hins into every part of Steuben County.— e I'.'.ruiis ul extending their business! into that :it:e adjoining countie s will find it an excellent ad »x_*rg rncihuji. Address as above. tOUDERSPORT HOTEL. COUDEHSPORT POTTER CO.. PENNA. B. P. Glassmirc, - - Proprietor. "PHIS north is located within an hour's drive o | 'be hr. i*l v-ters of the Allegheny, Genesee, and fc.ie'nanna rivers. No efforts arc spared to make :: ne for pleasure seekers during the trouting sca aui fur the traveling public at all times. ■i: 2:. 1-50, lv. JOHS R. SHAEESPEAR, TAILOR. K-VIXd onvncd his shop in the room over Wm Huberts Tin shop, respectfully informs the and vicinity, that he is prepared ii-'utc orders m his line'oT business with prompt er i-d despatch C-iuinq done on'Atort notice. j c r .-i>oro, Oct. 21, ISOS.—6m [ WATCHES ! WATCHES ! ?c£ ?üb«crilMT has got a fine aasortment of hcavv 1 I.SoiLsH LEVER JiVSTER-CASE Gold unci Silver Watches, tt w.l} =c*H cheaper than “ dirt’* on * Time,’ i. c. 11 1 :, .11 ‘Time Pieces' on a short (approved) credit. L cf REPAIRING done promptly. If a "■"•■rk is ti fi t dr.ne to the satisfaction of the party u, no ch.ir.re will be made, a: fiu-r> :u ]irecialed and a continence of patron ?:rllr spirited. AX DIE FOLEV. June 24. IS4S. home industry. I? -K UiUER having established'a MAR II PAI .MnNITAi'TOIIV at the village of Tioga, I'lc 1; },rq>:ired to furnish. I Honuments, Tomb-Stones, &c., I ‘-'-'ut PMOXT&ITAtIM iSAKBLE M , --'s;c,'t:Vly -ulicit the patronage of this and ad- killp«.‘ 1 a 2l)IJ j q oc k on hand he is now ready to cx p'tuiri‘ r* with neatne=s, accuracy and dispatch. hh; creel if desired. L , ' JOHN BLAMPIBB. Llf 3- 2’'" 1 ‘ 0.. Pa., Sept. 28, 1800. W3I. TERBEU, ('(I1!XIX(J. X. Y. wwlesale and Retail Dealer, in M"h'riiu» f Ltad, Zinc, and-Coforcd 'J'l*. l o <../(,• liruxht* Cmnphmc and Hunting J V y.ixh and Glass, Pure Liquors fur ' ;it .1/../;, hirn, Artists Paints and Brushes, P> j A.tidcs, Flavoring Extracts, &c., AI.SO, iriment of School Books— Staple and fancy Mationary. and Country Merchants dealing 'tides can be supplied at a small prices. [.Sept. 22, 1857.] 1 AND TIN SHOP! UOY’S DRUG STORE. '! Stores, Tin , and Japanned '-•half the usual prices. ■ ceil Uvea Cook Stove and Trim- nd Hardware idy Pay. - who wants anything in this line ■ice? before purchasing elsewhere. -—two doors south of Farr’s Ho : Drug Store. CALL AND SKD EEMING-, 'unco to the people of Tioga Connty 1 to nil ;i ji orders for Apple. IVnr: 1° Apneot, Evergreen and Deciduon* “ Currants Kiupbcrries, Gooseberriir', UrtiC* of ull new and appioved vart- of Iljhrid, Pcrpetiul and Sum ' '• Mo-s Kmirbon, Noisette, Tea, 1 up Hoses. Y Including all the finest new m* ‘ * notice of Althea. CaJycantbus, • Viburnums Wigilias ic. J’fU'nnie-. Dahlias, Phloxes. Tulips, iliacmihs, Narcissis; Jonquils. Lil- h*'!' Strawberry. 4 dor. plants, §5. •hrjb-d. lir >". R>iddin~ or Pmnins will be n... n n.'iiv'.. T vV«-::.-.'rr. ©cbotea to t&e of ttje area of iFree&om anlf t|»e Spread of l&eaXtftfi afiteform; WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. VOL. VI For ths Aeitatsr. TO MY SISTER, DEAD. Br MISS JI. L. DOUD, My sister, oft thy form in dreams I see. Thy gentle eyes their sunshine o'er me shed; Again we sit beneath onr favorite tree, Thine arms a willing pillow for my head. Those visions vanish with the morning light, Thy hand no longer rests upon my brow. Thy kindly tones no more my heart delight, “Only in dreams can I behold thee now!” The grave has won thee to its dark embrace,— Hid thee from yearning hearts and weepingeyes, Hut thy pure spirits' course we upward trace To its own native home beyond the skies. My youthful heart knew not how muoh it lost. But as life's years have slowly rolled away. And my frail bark on treacherous seas been tossed, X vo missed thee more with each succeeding day. Much have I missed thee in Ufea dark hours of grief. Thy sister-love, thy gentle, guardian care, Thy sympathy, which ever brought relief, Thy gentle chidings and thy fervent prayer. ' rt conld “S' heart have read life’s future day. >V hen last I stood thy lifeless form beside, I should have prayed that I might pass away And sleep with thee upon the green hill side. But God has kept mo from that sinful praver, And, as life’s hopes have faded one by one. Has thrown around me still bis guardian care. And taught my heart to say “Thy will be done." But sister, now the clouds have passed awoyi hich lowered above mo in life’s early hours; And round my lonely path have bloomed to day Sweet, gentle hopes, like incense breathing flow Vs. "My heart has wakened to a happier life, While I have caught their pure inspiring breath; A stronger link binds to this world of strife The heart that once had almost prayed for death. Yet now thy spirit seems to Unger near, Bidding me cling no more to earth's brief day, But strive to meet thee in that fadeless sphere, Where God’s own hand shall wipo all tears away. Grct-ncasile, lowa. Tho School-Mistress; OR, HOW TO MANAGE CHILDREN AT SCHOOL. “The school ma'am’s coming—the school ma'am's coming !*' shouted a dozen voices at the close of half an hour’s faithful watch to catch a glimpse of our teacher, Every eye was turned toward her with most scrutinizing glance —for children as well as others always form an opinion of a person, particularly of their teach er at first sightj, “llow tall she is !" exclaimed one. “No I ain't afraid of her nor a dozen like her,” exclaimed the big boy of the school. “Nor I, either," cried the boy's little ally; “I could lick .her easy enough; couldn't you, Tom ?" “Yes; and I will, too, if she goes to touch me." “Hush!” cried one of the girls, “she will hear you." By this time she had nearly reached the door around clustered, and every eye was fixed upon an eager yet bashful gaze, uncertain as. yet what verdict to pass on her. “Good morning, children," she said, in the kindest voice m the world, while her face was lighted with the sweetest smile imaginable.— “This is a beautiful morning to commence school is it not?" “I know I shall love lief,” whispered a little pet in my ear. We all followed her into the schoolroom, ex cept Tom Jones and his ally, who watched until the rest were all seated, and then came in with a swaggering, noisy gait, and a sort of dare-devil, as much as to say, who cares for you ■ Miss Wescott looked at them kindly, but ap peared not to notice them farther. After a short prayer, and reading a chapter in the Bi ble, she passed around the room and made some remarks in regard to themselves and their studies. “And what is your name ?” she asked laying her hand on Tom’s head while he sat with both hands in bis pockets, swinging his body back wards and forwards. “Tom Jones,” shouted ho, at the top of his voice. “How old are you, Thomas?” she asked. "Just as old again as half,” answered Tom, with a saucy laugh. “W r hat do you study, Thomas?” “Nothing.” 1 “What books have you?” “None.” Without appearing to he at all disturbed at his replies. Miss Westcott said: “I am glad that I am to have one or two large boys in my school, you can be of great assistance to me, Thomas ; if you will stop a few moments after school this afternoon, wo will talk over a little plan I have formed.” This was a mystery to all, and particularly to Tom, who could not comprehend how he could he made useful to anybody ; for the first time in his life, ho felt as if he was of some im portance in the world. He had always been called the bad boy at school, and ho took a sort of pride in being feared by the children and dreaded by the teacher. Miss Westcott comprehended his whole char acter and began to shape her plans accorningly. She maintained that a boy who, at twelve years of ago, made himself feared among his school mates, was capable of being made something of. Heretofore all influences had conspired to make him bad and perhaps a desperate charac ter ; she was determined to transform his char acter, by bringing opposite influences to work upon him ; and to effect this, she must first win his confidence, which could not be done in a better way than by letting him feel that she placed confidence in him. When school was out, more than half of tho scholars lingered about the door, wondering what Miss Wescott had to say to Tom Jones. He had often been bid to remain till after school, but it was to receive punishment or a lecture, and nine times out of ten he would jump out of the room ; but it was evidently for a differ ent purpose that he was to remain now, and none wondered what it could he more than Tom Jones. “Don’t you think, Thomas, that our school room would be far more pleasant, if we had some evergreens to hang 'about it: something to make it more cheerful 1” inquired Miss Wes cott. “Yes’m, and I know where I canget plenty of them.” “Well, Thomas, if you will have some here V,y fight o'clock to-morrow morning, I will be WELLSBORO, TIOGA' COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 10, 1859. here to help you put them up, and we will give the children a pleasant surprise. Here are some books I will give you, Thomas, you may put them in jour drawer, as they are what I want you to study.” “But I can’t study geography and history,” exclaimed Tom, confused; “I never did.” “This is the reason why you think you can not, ’ replied Miss Wescott; “I am quite sure you can, and will love them too.” “Nobody ever oared whether I learned or not, before,” said Thomas, with some emotion. “Well, I care,” said Miss Wescott, with earn estness ; you are capable of becoming a great and gopd man; you are forming a character for life, and it depends upon yourself what you become. The poorest boy in this country has an equal chance with the wealthiest, and his circumstances are favorable for becoming emi nent, for he learns to depend upon himself. I will assist you all I can in your studies, Thomas, and I know you will succeed. Remember that I am your friend, and come to me in every diffi culty. Tom Jones had not been brought up ; he had come up, because he had been born into the world and couldn’t help it; but as for any men tal or moral training, he was as guiltlesa of it as a wild bramble of a pruning knife. His father was a bad man, and his mother a totally inefficient woman. At home he received noth ing but.blows, and abroad nothing but abuse. Bad passions were therefore all excited and fos tered, and his good ones never called out. He always expected his teachers would hate him, so he whetted anew his combative powers to oppose them, and he had made up his mind to turn the new ma’am out of doors. When, therefore, Miss Wesoott declared that she was glad to have him in her school, he was amazed, and could not understand why she should manifest such an interest for him ; and to give him a set of books, was perfectly incom prehensible to him. Miss Wesoott understood position and character, and determined to mod ify them. She felt that he was equally capa ble of good and bad action, though the bad now predominated. She knew that his mind must be busy ; one might as well think of chain ing the lightning as bending down that wild spirit to his books. She would give him em ployment, but such as would call out a train of ideas anjl thoughts. Ho must feel that he is doing good for other’s sake, and that he was not guided alone by his own wayward will; yet there must be no appearance of restraint upon him ; he must choose to do good. Tom Jones went home that night with a new spirit in his breast; for the first time in his life he felt that he was capable of rising above his present condition, and becoming somewhat greater and better than he was. His mind be came innundated with new and .strange emo tions ; and like a mighty river turned from its course, his thoughts and energies from that hour sought a new direction. I The next morning he was up with the dawn, and when Miss Wescott arrived at the school house, she found Tom Jones there with ever- greens. “Good morning, Thomas,’’ she said kindly ; “so you are here before me; you must hare risen early, and I see you have found some beautiful evergreens. Now, if you will help me to hang them, we will have the room ar ranged before nine o’clock.” “I have brought a hammer and some nails,” said Tom, “I thought we should need them.” “Yes, so ws shall, I am glad you thought of it,” replied Miss Wescott. That day every scholar looked amazed to see Tom Jones actually studying his book, and hear him answer several questions correctly; and they were still msre confounded when at recess Miss Wescott said; “Thomas, you will take care of these little children, will you not, and see that they don’t get hurt ? you must be their protector.” One would as soon have thought of setting a wolf to guard a flock of lambs, as Tom Jones to take charge of the smaller children. “Well,” exclaimed Sam Evans, “I never saw such a school ma’am in all the days of my life; did you, Tom ?” “No,” replied Tom, “but I wish I had. I would have been a different boy from what I am now ; but I am going to study and learn something. Miss Wescott says I cau, and lam determined to try.” I was astonished to see the effect that Miss Wescott’s treatment to Tom had upon the schol ars. They began to consider him of some im portance, and to feel a sort of respect for him, which they at first manifested by dropping the nickname of Tom, and substituting Tommy, which revealed certainly a more kindly feeling towards him. In less than a week Miss Wescott had the school completely under her control, yet it was by love and respect she governed, and not by an iron rule ; she moved among her scholars a very queen, and yet so gained their confidence and esteem, that it did not seem to them sub mission to another’s will, but the promptings of their own desire to please. One glance’of her dark eye would have quelled an insurrec tion, and made them happy for a day. Julia Wescott always taught school with a realization of the responsibilities resting upon her. Care fully and skillfully she unlocked the soul’s door and gave a searching Ipok within, in order to understand its capabilities, and she shaped her course accordingly. The despond’ng and in active she encouraged ; the obstinate she sub dued ; to the yielding and fickle she taught a strong self-reliance. She encouraged the one single rain drop to do all the good it could, and the rushing torrent she turned where it would fertilize rather than devastate. A schoolboy being asked to define the word “admission,” said it meant twenty-five cents. {‘Twenty-five cents!” echoed the master, “what sort of a definition is that?” “I don’t know,” sulkily replied the boy, “but I’m sure it says so on the advertisement down here at the show.” “Yes,” said another boy, “and children half price.” A Bachelor editor, who had a very pretty sister, recently wrote to another bachelor equal ly 1\ rtunatr. “phase The Automaton Chess Player. In 179 G, a revolt broke out in a half-Russian, half-Polish regiment stationed at Riga, at the head of the rebels being an officer of the name of IVorousky, a man of great talent and energy. He was of short stature, bnt well built; and he exercised such influence, that the troops sent to suppress the revolt were beaten back with considerable loss. However, reinforcements came from St. Petersburg, and the insurgents were defeated in a pitched battle. A great number perished, and the rest took to flight across the marshes, where the soldiers pursued them, with orders to grant them no quarter. In this route 'Worousky had both thighs Bettered by a cannon ball, and fell on the battle-field; however, he escaped from the gen eral massacre by throwing himself into a ditch behind a hedge. At night-fall, 'Worousky dragged himself with great difficulty to the ad jacent house of a physician of the name of Osloff, whose benevolence was well known, and the doctor moved by his sufferings, attended upon, and promised to conceal him. His wound was serious, but the doctor felt confident of curing him, until gangrene set in, and his life could only be saved at the cost of half his body. The amputation was successful, and Worousky saved. During this time, M. de Kempelin, a celebra ted Viennese mechanician, came'to Russia to pay a visit to M. Osloff, with whom he had long been acquainted. He was traveling about to learn foreign languages, the study of which he afterwards displayed in his splendid work on the “Mechanism of Words,” published at Vi enna in 1791. M. de Kempelin stopped a short time in every country the language of which he desired to learn, and his aptitude was so groat that he acquired it very speedily. This visit was the more agreeable to the doc tor, as for some time he had been alarmed as to the consequence of the noble action he had performed ; he feared being compromised if it were found out, and his embarrassment was extreme, for, living alone with an old house keeper, he had no one to consult or to help him. Hence, he told M. do Kempelin his secret, and bogged his aid. Though at first startled by sharing such a secret—for he knew that a re ward was offered for the insurgent chief, and that the act of humanity he was about to help in might send him to Siberia—still, M. de Kempelin, on seeing Worousky’s mutilated body, felt moved with compassion, and began contriving some plan to secure his escape. Dr. Osloff was'-.a passionate lover of chess, and had played numerous games with his pa tient during his tardy convalescence: but ffo rousky was so strong at the game that the doc tor was always defeated. Then Kempelin joined the doctor in trying to defeat the skillful player, but it was of no use; Worousky was always the conqueror. His superiority gave M. de Kempelin the idea of the famous Automa ton Chess-player. In an instant his plan was formed, and he set to work immediately. The most remarkable circumstance is, that this wonderful chef-doeuvre, which astonished the whole world, [was invented and finished within three months. M. de Kempelin was anxious his host should' make the first essay of his automaton ; so he invited him to play a game on the 10th of Oc tober, 1790. The automaton represented a Turk of the natural size, wearing the national costume, and seated behind a box of the shape of a chest of drawers. In the middle of the top of the box was a chess board. Prior to commencing the game, the artist opened several doors in the cheat, and M. Osloff could see inside a number of wheels, pulleys, cylinders, springs, &c., occupying the larger part. At the same time, ho opened a long drawer, from which he produced the ehese-men andra cushion, on which the Turk was to rest his arm. This examination ended, the robe of the automaton was raised, and the interior of the body could also be inspected. The doors being then closed, M. de Kempelin wound up one of the wheels with a key he in serted in a bole in the chest; after which the Turk, with a gentle nod of salutation, placed his hand on one of the pieces, raised it, depos ited it on another square, and laid his arm on the cushion before him. The inventor had stated that, as the automaton could not speak, it would signify check to the king by three nods, and to the queen by two. The doctor moved in his turn, and waited pa tiently till his adversary, whose movements had all the dignity of the Sultan he represent ed, had moved. The game, though slow at first, soon grew animated, and the doctor found he had to deal with a tremendous opponent; for, in spite of all his efforts to defeat the figure, his game was growing quite desperate. It is true, though, that for some minutes past, the doctor’s attention had appeared to be distract ed, and one idea seemed to occupy him. But while hesitating whether he should impart his thoughts to his friend, the figure gave three nods. The game was over. “By Jove !” the loser said, with a tinge of vexation, which the sight of the inventor’s face soon dispelled, “if I were not certain Worousky is at this moment in bed, I should believe I bad been playing with him. His head aloue is ca pable of inventing such a eheck-mate. And besides,” the doctor said, looking fixedly at M. do Kempelin, “can you tell me why your au tomaton plays with the left hand, just like Wo ronsky ?” [The automaton chess-player always used the left hand—a defect falsely attributed to the carelessness of the constructor.] The mechanician began laughing, and not wishing to prolong this mystification, the pre lude to so many others, he confessed to his friend that he had really been playing with Woronskj. “But where the deuce have yon put him, then ?” the doctor said, looking round to try and discover his opponent. The inventor laughed heartily. “Well! do you not recognize me?” the Turk exclaimed, holding out his left band to the doc tor in reconciliation; while Kempelin raised the robe, and displayed the poor cripple stowed away in the body of the automaton. M. Osloff could no longer keep his counte nance, aud he Joined the others in their la ugh- ter. But he was the first to stop, for he wanted an explanation. “But how do you manage to render Worousky invisible ?” M. de Kempelin then explained how he con cealed the living automaton before it entered the Turk’s body. ; “See here I" he said, opening the chest, “these wheels, pulleys and cranks occupying a portion of the chesty are only a deception. The frames that support them are bung on hinges, and con be turned back to leave space for the player while you are examining the body of the automaton player. ] “When this inspection was ended, and as soon as the robe was allowed to fall, Worousky entered tbe Turk’s body we have just examined, and, while I was showing you the bos and the machinery, be was! taking his time to pass his arms and hands into those of the figure. You can understand that, owing to the size of the neck, which is hidden by th« broad and enor mous collar, he can easily pass his head into this mask, and see the chess-board. 1 must add, that when I pretend to wind up the ma chine, it is only to drown tho sound of Worous ky’s movements.” It is a lesson which only young men need, bnt which they for the most part greatly need, that no eminence in any art can be acquired without patient labor, acting in alliance with native dispositions. Heaven-descended genius, in turn-down collars, will not suffice; and it is because young men of parts are too indolently satisfied with facile small successes, and cannot coerce their energies into steady labor, that we have so many incomplete performances, buds that never become fruit, cleverness that makes no lasting impression. I , The Irish Root Doctor, It appeared best to tho excise dommissioners of the town of M- , of New York, to re fuse license for the sale of intoxicating drinks to nil persons save a doctor of known integrity and strong temperance principles, who prom ised not to sell except for medicinal and me chanical purposes. One Wheeler, an eccentric Irish cobbler, longed for a quiet drink, and with a sober air and smooth tongue, petitioned the doctor for a quart of gin. “For what purpose do you wish it?” asked tho doctor. “Sure, doctor, I’ve been very bad for nearly ten days back with a great goneness in my stomach, and not a haper of good can I get from anything in these; turns but gin to soak some roots in.” “And do you tell me upon your honor, Wheel er, that you wishlthe gin to soak some roots in, to be taken as medicine for a weak stomach “Faith, as I live, doctor, I only want the gin to soak some roots.” The doctor, confident from the man’s sallow appearance that he was sick, and that a little tonic bitters would not hurt him, filled bis quart bottle and received his pay. Wheeler, on reach ing the fronted the doctor, who was still standing in the door, placed his thumb up on his nose, and made sundry gyrations with the fingers, while with the other he placed the bottle to his mouth, and took a long, invigora ting guzzle of' the gin. “Stop !” cried the doctor; “you gave me your word of honor that you only wanted gin to soak some roots, and here you are drinking yourself dead drunk.” “Faith, and I’m after telling you no lies. I wanted the gin to soak the roots of me tongue which was so dry I could never swallow a mouthful of meat to strengthen my stomach.” A Certain Bridge —l remember once, when I was a young man, living up in New Hamp shire, they dedicated a new bridge, and invited a young lawyer to deliver the oration. The lawyer had never yet, after a fortnight’s prac tice, had the honor of being retained, and the opportunity of establishing a reputation was admirable. Thb day came, and with it to the bridge came the multitude and the orator. He had made no written preparation, that being, he had besn told, unlawyer-like—a lawyer be ing supposed to be capable of speaking without note or notice any pumber of hours, on any subject, in a style of thrilling eloquence. stood out upon the platform, and amid the pro found attention of his?audience, commenced; “Fellow citizens—five and forty years ago, this bridge, built by your enterprise, was part and parcel of the howling wilderness He paused a moment, “Yes, fellow citizens, only five and forty years ago, this bridge, where wo now stand was part and parcel of the howl ing wilderness.”! Again he paused. [Cries of “Good, go on!”] ! “I feel it hardly necessary to repeat, that this bridge, fellow citizens, only flve-and-forty years ago, was part and parcel of the howling wil derness : and I !will conclude by saying that I wish to God it was part and parcel of it now.” Hraniumi Flour.— The editor of the -S. Y. Examinef has been sojourning at Rochester, where ho visited one of the large flour mills, and was initiated into the mystery of branding flour. Ho savs: * \ “Branding, to us poor outsiders, has been a source of a good deal of mystery. In our sim plicity, wo have supposed a brand was a true indication of the place where the flour was ground, and the wheat it was made from. But this is an egregious error. “There are tricks in all trades but ours.” Only the very best flour is labeled by the name of the mill where it is ground. Inferior flour is branded Corin thian Mill, New Mill, or some other mill that is owned by the man in the moon. All these practices are known to the corn exchange as well as at the mills, but to us poor customers who buy a barrel of flour once a quarter, it may not be uninteresting to know that all the best family flour is branded double extra superfine, the real name of the mill and manufactu rer. Genesee fhmr is as übiquitous as Orange county milk, Goshen butter, or relics of the ship Constitution among the curious. Genesee flour is for the most part made from Western or Canada Wheat. Rates, of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged per square of 10 .linos, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered as a square. Thesubjoined mtcswill be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements : Square, - 2 do. 3 do. | column, - i do. Column, • Advertisements not having thenumberof Insertion, desired marked upon them, will be published until or dered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Head* and all kinds of Jobbing done in country ex ecuted neatly and promptly. Justices', Constables’, and other BLANKS constantly on hand. NO. 15. “Ladies and gentlemen, when I was second mate with Capt. Brown, I went up town and drew my ]j>ay for the voyage just completed. Falling in pith some shipmates, we went into a grog-shop and treated all arqund, so that each of us had at least half-a-dozen glasses of brandy stowed away before we separated. I intended to go on board again, and remain by the ship, for I had agreed to go another voyage in her. What became of me during a month afterwards, I cannot recall even at this day. I only remember having been bundled neck and heels out of a house and picking myself up from the gutter. I fancied that I was in the infernal regions, surrounded by fiends that were tearing the very flesh from my bones. They seemed to.enter my mouth, my ears, my eyes; I felt them feasting at my heart, I heard them screaming in my ears. Burning, at the same time, within and with out, I rushed to the wharf to jump overboard ; but they held me back, and threw me down on a door-step in Commercial street, telling me that they intenjded to keep me there, and pick my bones barej and then burn me to ashes. I cried for help, but they laughed at me; I tried to rise, and they held me down; I shut my eyes that I might not see, and they tore them open ; I could do nothing hut suffer; I had even lost the power to kill myself. Words cannot de scribe my sufferings. About daybreak a man who came to open the store, upon the door-step of which I la£, raised me and seeing my condi tion, advised ino very kindly to go home, and never drink any more rum, but get religion. I told him to go to h—l! and staggered across the street to reach the wharf with the intention of jumping overboard; but again the fields threw me down and laughed at me. I felt dy - self moved from to place, and every ode who moved me gave the same advice—not to drink any more rum, In my heart I wished them all roasting. At last relief came. A man who had been a sailor, took me by the arm and led me into a grog-shop. He said to the barkeeper—“ Brandy, your best” and handed me a glass; but my hand trembled so much that I could not hold it. He then placed me on a chair and poured the liquor down my throat, but up it come again through mouth and nose, all over him; my, stomach would not receive it. Nest he poured water into my mouth, and seeing that it remained down, he nearly filled another tumbler with brandy, and made ine take it by mouthfuls, till it was all stowed away. In an instant the fiends vanished, the warm blood coursed tbrongh my veins, my sight was clear, my step firm, I was a new man. My friend—Tor such I shall always regard him—took me to the Mariner’s House, then kept by Mr. Broadhead, and in a few minutes had me naked in the bath-room.— He first gave me a warm bath, washing me with his hands, and then nearly sent the soul out of my body, by letting fall a cold shower upon me. I sprang a. fathom out of the tuh, and would have v throttled him, but ho stepped out of the wayr After a thorough rub down he had me put in bed, then went out and brought mo more brandy with laudanum in it, which he made me drink. I slept nearly forty hours, and though stupid when I awoke, yet felt refreshed. My friend called to see me, and gave me half a dol lar to taper off with—that was to take an occa sional glass of grog if I felt I could not do with out it; but thank Ged, the appetite for rum was gone, and here (drawing the half dollar from his bosom which was suspended round his neck by a ribbon) is my tapering off token. Ho called frequently afterwards to see me ; and his parting advice was—“'When you want to drink rum, fall down upon your knees and ask God, for Christ’s sake, to protect you: this you will find better than 1 signing any pledge/’ And ho was right. Old Squire Crane when first elevated to the dignity of Justice of the Peace, down in south western Missouri, he knew less of law and le gal forms than he did about killing “bars.” It was my fortune to be a witness of the first mar riage ceremony the fellow ever undertook. The young couple stood up in the Squire’s dffice, and the happy bridegroom desired, the functionary to “propel’*—to which impatient request the functionary acceded, by inquiring— “ Miss Susan Roots, do you love that ’ar man?'* “Nothin’ shorter 1” responded Miss Roots with a subdued laugh. “And you, John Kcnnon, do you allow to take Sue for better and werser?” “Savtin as shootin’, squire?” earnestly res ponded the enamored John, chucking Susan under the chin. “Then you both, individually and collective* ly, do promise to honor, love and obey each other, world without end.” A satisfactory reply was given. “If that ’ar be the case,” continued the mag istrate, “know all men by these presents, that these 'ere twain aforesaid is hereby made bone of one bone and flesh of one flesh; and further more, may the Lord have mercy on their souls. Amen I” I left the office with the conviction strongly impressed upon my mind, that the Squire, al though not particularly posted up in the mar riage ritual, had a very good general idea of le gal forms and ceremonies. , Poor-bi t Plenty to Eat. —When the Ojib wa Indians paid a visit to Queen Victoria, the principal chief, after the ceremony of presenta tion, made a speech, of which the following significant paragraph is an extract; “Mother: We have seen many strange things since we came to this country.—We see that your wigwams are large, and the light that comes in is bright; our wigwams are small, and our light is not strong. We are not rich , but we have plenty io eat” What bitter sarcasm is conveyed in these few simple words of the Chief, on the men who tax a people's food and restrict their industry who, not satisfied with the vast wealth bounti fully bestowed on them, must a part of the poor man’s loaf to swell their altfeadv burst- ing coiicrt 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 12 MONTHS $3,00 $4,50 $O,OO 5.00 6,50 8,00 7.00 8,30 10,00 8.00 9,50 12,50 15.00 20,00 30.00 25.00 35,00 50,00 A Sailor's Spree.
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