The Tioga Oouuty Agitator: Br M. H. 0088. Published every Wednesday morning and mailed to .nbscribers at ONB DOLLAEAND FIFTY CENTS per yew, always IN ADVANCE. ' , r The paper U sent postage free to county Bubseri ber«, tbougb they may receive their maii at postioffioes located io counties immediately adjoining, fob cbnve- Cl Tae Aoitatoe Is the Official paper of Tioga Co., and circulates in every neighborhood therein “ Bub scriptions being en the advancegay eyeteia, it'Oi reu ses among a class most to the interest'of rtdve tifers to reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as those of jsrei by any paper of equal circulation in Northern Pennsylvania. ‘ ■rff* A cross on the margin of a paper, denotes, thst the subscription is about "to expire. j Papere willdi a. stopped when the subscription lioTeipires, unless' tbe'agent drdtrt"tbe& «bhlinu snce. _ i as. low key & s. f. Wilson, ArrOHNEYS & COUNSELLORS at LAW, will attend the ■ Courts of Tioga, -Putter and McKean counties. [Wellsboro, Jan. 1,1863.] J()HH I. MITCHELL, , Attorney and counsellor at law, Tioga Village, Tioga County, Pennla. " Prompt attention to Collections. - ( ' March 1, 1865.-ly. JEROME B. MILES, ' inORNBT & COUNSELLOR AT tlw, ■ Wellsboro, Tioga Coon tv, P*-,; giving been specially licensed by the United States for the Prosecution of, Claims for Pensions, Baob Pay and Bounties. • / t " Particular attention will be given to that class ol business. ' J. B. NIDES. , Wellsboro, Fob. 15,i18f15-ly* # : pfntrsYLTuriA house:* OOHNER of main street and thb avenue. Wdbfctrs, Pa. j. \V. BIQONY, THIS popular Hotel, having been re-fitted and refurnished throughout, ie now open to the public as a first-class house. A good hostler always on hand.. [Jan. 1,;1865.] ■ D. HART’S HOTEL,/ - WELLSBOBO, TIOGd CO. PENN A. THE subscriber takerthis method to inform his old friends and easterners that he has re sumed the conduct of the old " Crystal fountain Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his entire attention. Thankful for past favors, ho solicits a renewal of the same. ■ jDAYIB HART, Wcilsboro, Nov. 4, 1865.-ly. . IZAAK WALTON HOUSE, Gaines, Tioga Comity,‘Pa, , > H. C. VERiIILYEA,... Proprietor. THIS is a new hotel located within easy ac cess of the best fishing and hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and the trav elling public. [Jan. H. W. Wiixiams, WILLIAMS A SMITHS ATTORNEYS AND GOV A SELOUS A % EA W, BOUNTY & PENSION AGENCY. Main Street. Wellaboro, PfJ January 4, 1865-ly. ' ; S. F- SHAIBLIN, >. BARBER & HAIR-DRE-SSER, Shop Oter C. L, Wilcox's StfbßE. Wellaboro, Dec 7, 1864. WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEL. KNOXVILLE, BORODGH, ,PA. THE undersigned having leased the above Hotel for a term of years would respectfully ',ioform the traveling public that be bae put the HoteVin first class order /or the reception of guests and no pains will be spared in the accommodation of travelers and as far as the situation will allow, he will - keen a first class Hotel, in all things, except prices, wb*6h will be model ate. Please try ae and judge foir yt Vselves. Knoxville/Oct. 19, tB«4-tf. J, fl. MA .TIN. WEl4e For Tioga, at Ba. m.; For Troy, at dI. tn.'; For Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday;it2 p. m.; For Coodersport, every Monday and Thursday at Z Abbive —From Tioga, at 12 l-2;Vciock n.m • From Troy, at 6 o’clock p. m.: Flom Jersey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.: Frp n Condors port, Monday and Thursday II a. m. ~ 1 - - . S. B.—Jimmy Cowden, the hostler, will be found on band, , , f*. Wellsboro, Oct. 6, 1864-Iy. ' HIGH YOUNGi. BOOKSELLER A STATIONER, and dsa lkk iN American Clocks, American, English,-and Swiss Watches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, • Spectacles, Picture Frames, Photographic Albums, - Sh .•oosoopss, Microscopes, Perfumery, Yankee Notiotui Fishing laskle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Ancles; pa- SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind l ted in the County, constantly on hand and sent by *1 or oth erwise, to order. ' * yO. 5, UNION BLOCK , WELLSBOI V, PA . FOR SALE.—HOUSE a LOT on srln Street, adjoining Wright A. Bailey's Store.. ;0 ecres of land in Delmer, between John Gray and hJernck. House and Lot on Covington* Street. - For terms, apply to HENRY SHERWOOD* Esq. Wellsboro, May 81, 1865-4 L Flour and feed, buck whea 1 !) flour, Meal, Pork and Salt, Tea. Coffee, Sfigar, Soap, Candles, Saleratns] Tobacco and KeroiedC.OU. Alto, Mackerel, White Fish, and by the package or pound. « OHAS. A H. VA N , HOUSES and FARMS for Sale or Bent In Wasbtn k ;ton, D. C., Alexandria, Ya., and surrounding coon try'. _ POLICIES granted on LIFE, FIRE, And MARINE RISKS in some of the oldest and molt reaponable Insurance Companies. Office, 227 Penna. Atehue, opposite WilUtde* Hotel, Washington, D. C. . July 19, 1865-3 m. PROTECTIVE WAR CLAIM AN! PENSION AGENCY OF THE D. 6. 6ANII ART COM MISSION.—AII the papers and oorrel pondence re paired to procar© Pensions, Bounty, ©rd Back Pay, and Prise Money for discharged SOLDIERS and SAILORS, and for the RELATIVES of Soldiers and Sailors dying in the service of the United States, prepared and forwarded, and the proceeds of flu claims, when collected, remitted to the parties FREE OP CHARGE. v^ : ' ‘ f . . vr Office ISO 7 Chestnut STErfeet. Philadelphia. Or for further Information or assistance, apply to Loot Moobc Hotchkisb,'^ellsboro, 8. E. Morons, Mansfield,-. Associate Managers tot Tioga County. ps»«is«a d Eors sioss. S' .« ‘ THE VOL. XII. A TRUMP CARD i GREAT BARGAINS!! —I would in M confidence say to the people of WelUboro and surrounding country that I have just returned from' New Yorki with , ... A LARGE STOCK OF 1 consisting of READY MADE CLOTHING for Men add’ Boyi. ■ OVER AND UNDER SHIRTS. \ 1 famish everything to make s man vino and comfortable. Also, * , CELEBRATED YEAST CAKE, T. Kingsford 4 Sons’ Corn Starch, Sage, Vermicella, Tapioca, Macaroni, all kinds of . ; SPICES, CLOVES, CINNAMON, GINGER, NUTMEG, &o. j Also Black Snuff, and Yellow Snuff, a good assort ment of ; , FLAJORISO JSXTRA.CTS & TOILET., SOAPS. - * r A - -c - ’ *3l ' keeps constantly oh hand the best brands of Salera tns, Soda, Cream Tartar, Sal Soda for Washing; Also the best grades of s - ; ~.-j ; FAMILY, FLOUR, COEN MEAL, T by the bairel or spck, the best quality of , ; • Kerosene Oil and Lamp ' - 'I { Silv’ry frosts dark earth congealing, / - 1 Hide thee from our sight; \ Only catch we him revealing, i. j . Where thy term is light,' ! Yisfom of bands meekly folding, Memory keeps alf;' i( Tiny forms now darkly mouldering ‘ . 'Neath a frozen pall. Sunny curl* eo abyly kissing Angel brow of snow, •Beaming ©yea we're sadly missing, In this hopeless woe. Antnmn wind* of grief are beating, 1 Cherished hopes of years, Sad despair and lore are greeting. Ah ! what weary tears. Frosts of Death with silvery lining Stilled the Sinless heart, . . Withered all the twining tendrils Left an angniahed amort. i Stricken one; thy dower is blooming, On the Savior's breast; Only clay the grave's entombing— ‘ Spirit with the blest. • J. M. G. P. CARD. AG [Fur the Agitator. Lines on the Death.of a Child. Httijscr Hang* A FATAL MISTAKE. ITATOR. bappiaeßß to spend a month at Saratoga or Newport V 9 '* Oh, Adrian, I should enjoy' it so much V* Her eyes were sparkling now and the soft color rase to her oiieek. “ Will you take me there, Adrian ?" ■ “ H you insist upon it—but remember that I don't at all approve of the arrangement/' ** Oh I'll 'assume all the responsibility," laughed Grace merrily. “ And when shall we go?" •“When yoij. please.” . M I could beteady by Monday.” '* You are in great )iaste to leave your pleas ant home. Grace; I’wish I could summon up an eqoal fervor of enthusiasm. Grace put her hand on his shoulder, and leaned down to peep archly into bis face. “ What a darling old-fashioned fellow you are, Adrian! I shall spend this summer in trying to make a modern husband of you.” “Do you think the'modern article would be preferable?” smiled Adrian. “ Oh infinitely I And now don’t talk to me ; I must make out a list of things to be purchas ed. Only think that Fin really equipping for a summer at the Springs I” And she clapped her hands so gleefully, that Adrian had not the heart to damp her bright anticipations with his own indefinite misgiv ings. • »*■»*****. “ The prettiest woman at the Springs, by all odds.” Who is she?” !“ Mrs. Morley, of New York. Nobody ever heard of her before, bat she has flashed into aociety like a meteor. The young fellows are all infatuated about her, and not without good reason.” Grace Morley's cheek flashed with ooasciooe triumph, as she heard these words, half spoken, half whispered, in her stately sweep through the long piazza from a moonlight drive with the most stylish young cavalier at the hotel.— And she did look very lovely in her drees of deep blue grenadine, floating around her like azure billows, with a fleecy white shawl droop ing from her shoulders, and the showy plume of a jaunty little Spanish bat banging low over the rippled luxuriance of her golden brown hair. T?es, Mrs. Morly was a belle at last! and most completely did she enjoy theintoxioating atmosphere of flattery and adulation that sur rounded her every footstep. “Well, Grace, was sort of a time have you had?” Adrian wae-lounging under the gaslight in tbeir ruom with a half read volume in bis lap, 4ooking,tbo very victim of hopeless ennui, “ Ob, deligbttul! But Adrian, how bored yon look!" . „u _ “ I wUh you would try and enjoy yoursel f a little.” “How ?” “ Play billiards—smoke—do as other gentle men do.” Adrian Morley opened hie book once more with a-tremulous yawn, as Grace began to un fasten ' her hat and brush out the disordered masses of her heir. To him Saratoga was nothing more nor less than vanity and vexation of spirit; but for Grace’s sake be was patiently willing to be bored. “ Don’t yon think it is almost time to return home Grace ?" * “ Adrian, what an idea! Not for two weeks yet. The gayest season is yet to come." “ Two weeks 1" sighed poor Adrian. “it is a long time.” “No time at all,” said Grace, positively ; “It will soon pass.” Alas ! bad Grace Morley bat dreamed of the years of auguieh and despair that were to binge upon those two weeks! As the days passed on she saw less and less of her husband. He was no longer wearily awaiting the - coming of her footsteps from drive or walk—no longer leaning dreamily against the window of the ball room, watching her flying figure as she floated by him in walu or polka; nor [did Mrs, Morley regret the gradual change.. “I- am so glad be has found some way of ohmsing himself,” she thought. “It was such a nuisance to have him every few minutes ask ing if I were not ready to go home." “She WSs returning an evening Stroll, a night or two subsequently, in her prettiest toilette of blue silk and white opera cloak, with her little hand resting lightly on Mr. Ardenham’e arm, when she suddenly stopped close to the dense wall of shrubbery that hqjf concealed the brilliant sparkle of lighted windows and doors of a show building just on the outskirts of the grounds. 1 “ I have dropped my fan, Mr. Ardenham ; I how could I be so careless?” “ Rest yourself a moment on this ruatic seat, Mre. Morley,” said Ardenham gallantly, "and I will go back for it in half a minute.” Frank Ardenham went off, rowing that Mrs. Morley’a fan waa worth any degree of trouble that could by any possibility be bestowed upon it, and Grace waiting hie return, mechanically playing with the fastening of her pale blue glove. ,i Suddenly the loud, discordant tumult of voU oes struck upon her ear as a party of men is sued from a lighted door beyond the shrubbery. Id the moonlight sbe could see their flushed faces quite plainly—and she involuntarily re coiled farther back into the shadow, although ehe was aware of being quite invisible. “ Hush ! what's that ?” said one pausing, as a load fierce shout rose high above the bedlam of voices within the gambling house, for snob Mrs. Morley knew it to be. “ It’s only Morley," returned another, delib erately biting off the end of a cigar. “ I fancy ha's pretty well over the bay to night.” , " Drunk, is be f” “Just that—and playing as if there ward an evil spirit at his elbow. The thousands. are; slipping out of his bauds like quicksilver to-; night.” - ' | “ I’m very sorry, Mrs. Morley," said Mr; Ardenham, coming to her side a second after-j .ward; “ but I cannot find the fan any where.— I will taka a second look for it to-morrow.” f I “It—it is of no consequence,” said Grace, in a low, strange voice. ' “ Please take me home, Mr. Ardenham.” And Frank Ardenham obeyed, marveling much at the sudden change that had come over bis beautiful companion's spirits. Her adieux in the parlor were brief enough ere she hurried up stairs, with her feverish blood beating like poises of fire in her veins. She sat down, sick and trembling, Under the whits glare of the gaslight, and tried to realize the full horror of her situation. Adrian, Morley, her husband, was a drunk ard and a gambler 1 Was it all a dream, or was, it indeed true that she had wakened to this horrible reality of grief and shame and shame and yet live on ? As she bowed her bead on her band with a low shivering groan, a new phantom of remorse fa) agony rose solemnly up before the accusing judgment seat of her open conscience. “ It has been my fault—all my own fault,” she wailed aloud. “If I had not torn him from the home to which he was so tenderly at tached—if I had not kept him here to gratify my own individual vanity, this would never have been! 0 God I the punishment is greater than I can bear 1” And she remembered with a sick heart the arguments she had used to win him away from home—the eagerness with which she bad as sumed all the responsibility of tbs change— the very words she had spoksn in bsr reckless folly. “ I told him that I was miserable at home,” she thought, “ Miserable ! If I had known the meaning of the word. But to-morrow I will beg him on my bending knees to return onoo more—l will toll him how foolish X have' been—bow mad. And perhaps—perhaps we may be happy In onr quiet home onoe more.— Oh I if I had never left it I" “ One, two, three I” \ As the little clook sharply spoke out the hour, Grace Morley started to her feet. “What detains him so? What can keep him away from me ? I will go myself and look for him." She drew the white opera oloak round her shoulders, and hurried with trembling limbs towards the door. But while her touch was on the handle, it swung rudely open, and a group of men came in bearing something prone and lifeless in their midst. / And Grace Morley, while all the blood in her Teius seemed frozen into ice, knew that she was looking into her dead husband's face I “ Take oare of the lady—she’s fainted said a rude voice. ‘‘Doctor you had better see to her.” But she had not fainted. White, speechless, E2£SEI?. 8 4 ,}n she saw and heard with agonizing distinotnw. all that passed around her. His wife!” said the young surgeon, pity ingly. “ I did not know that he was a mar ried man. She should have been prepared for this. Poor creature—poor crashed ereatnre ! Lay down the dead man, Somers, and come here. He is past help now. Call in the wom en and take away that mob of staring men.” |As the pungent breath of some powerful restorative crossed her senses, Grace fainted in the young surgeon's supporting arms—life and consciousness could not uphold their domain against the great billows of agony that were sweeping across her sou!. I When she came to her senses the first object on which her eyes rested was the kindface of the young doctor. With a convulsive effort efae strove to etart from hfir fouch. i“ Gently—gently,” said the young man.— “iLie still a little longer; you are hardly strong ehough to rise yet.” ” | “ Tell me 1” she gasped with colorless lips, ‘‘tell me all." I “ Not yet—you will be stronger presently.” !“ I know it all, she moaned. “ He’s dead, lint how.” j : The surgeon saw that concealment would be in vain ; be bent over her eofa with a pitying gentleness. j " Your husband had lost everything he pos sessed ut the gambling table, and in a fit of -despair, partially aggravated by the influence of liqaor, shot himself through the temples.— Your friends have been telegraphed for, and will soon arrive j In the meantime, perfect qoiot is what you. l moat need —it may avert the symptoms of brain fever that are impending.”/ |. Contrary to the doctor’s expectations, Grace neither screamed nor wept, bat lay silent and! voiceless as a statue. ' ! “ She takes it easily,” thought he. Ah,, could be have seen into the depth of her bro-, ken, crashed heart. l .'. A few days afterwards she returned to -the home she had been so eager to abandon, only to mourn with the bitterest remorse that one fatal mistake whioh.had darkened her whole existence with its hanefnl shadow I : Tbs Arab’s Proof. —A Frenchman who had won a high rank among men of science, waa crossing the great Sahara in cpmpany with an Arab guide. He noticed with,- a sneer that at times hijs guide, whatever obstacle might arise, put them all aside, and kneeling on the burn ing sands, called on hi* God. Day after day passed, and still the Arab never failed, till at last one evening the philosopher, when be rose from bis knees, asked him, with a contemptuous smile, 41 How do yon know there is a God 7 Tbe guide fixed his horning eye on the scoffer for a moment in wonder, and then said solemnly, " How do I know there is a God 7” How did I know that a mao, and not a camel, passed my hut last night in tbe darkness? Was it not by tbe print of bis footin the sand 7 Even so,” and he pointed to tbe sun, whose last rays were flashing over tbe lonely desert, “ that foot-print is not that of a man.” Won’t Pass for an Angel. — A vagrant call ed at a house on a Sunday and begged for ■ome cider. Tbe lady refused to give him any. He reminded her of the oft-quoted remark that “she might entertain an angel unawares.’'— “Yes,” said she, “but angels don't go about drinking cider on Sunday.” Rates of Advertising. ' I Advertisements will be charged $1 per square ef ll lines, one insertion, and $1.50 for three Inssrttoas* Advertisement* of lets than 10 lines considered as e iqaare. The eubjoined rates will be charged fat Qoarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly adrertiseiaesta: 1 Square.. 2 do. .. 3 do. .. 1 Column, i do. .. 1 do. Advertisement* not naving the number of Inset* Hons desired marked npon them, will be published until ordered ont and charged accordingly. Posters; Handbills, Hill-Heads, Lettsr-Haad*, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constable's and other BLANKS, constantly on band. NO. 8. Daring the rebellion the army demand for pioklea was so great that the high prices they brought were sufficient to give many persona the pickle fever. The numerous re specting the manner in which ououmbera were raised on the large scale have been well an swered by our friend Timothy Bunker-Esquire. We new have many asking us about the man ner of putting up ’ the piokles, and though we have intimated to the Squire that we would like his views on this matter, we have heard nothing from him. Probably the heavy hay crop around Eookertown keeps him busy, or else he is, as Justiae of the Peace, engaged ini looking after tbe morals or tnat nonrutung village. In tbe absence of any thing from the Squire, we are obliged to tell what we know upon tbe subject, and thus answer a great many calls for information. ‘ In the first place it is necessary to put cucumbers into salt be fore placing* them in vinegar, as the vinegar penetrates much better and the salt removes a crude and raw taste that they otherwiae have. We have eaten pickles made by patting cu cumbers directly into vinegar, but consider them greatly inferior to those prepared in the usual way. Thsre are two methods of salting; dry salting and in brine. In dry-salting, the cucumbers are put in a barrel or other recepta cle and sprinkled freely with fine salt; j aloes ex ode from the cucumbers to dissolve the salt and thusj form a very strong brine, while tilt fruit itecdf shrivels very much. This method us® a great deal of salt, but more oacambers oso’-he.pat into a barrel than when they are put into a brine. Tbe shrinking is of no di% advantage, as the plumpness is restored when the piokles ore soaked. In patting down Ist brine tbe process differs according to the scale upon which it is carried on. Where large quantities are raised, new barrels are filled with cucumbers, about half a peck of salt added* and beaded up, the barrels are then filled with water through tbe bang holes, banged ap tight ly and shipped. We know a gentleman at tha West who sends off a large quantity prepared in this way, bat how long they will keep in such weak brine we are unable to say, bat probably a sufficient time if tbe barrels are hill and tight. Where additions are made as tbe cucumbera are packed from day to day, a strong brine is used, about a quart of salt to Hie gallon of water, and the oacambers kept down by means of a circular board with waighta upon it. A great trouble is often experienced with piokles in brine from the formation of a white scum upon tbe surface. This improbably some JSiorosoojiio vegetable growth of a character eimiiaflfomonld. It has been recommended aq the best means of managing this to pat a cloth under tbe follower used to keep the pick- SSSit"*" “fch time additions of J.™ filvfc it, and wash tbe cloth clean before replacing it, —American Agriculturist. Don’t Judge by Appaarancss. Some years ago there arrived at the hotel erected near the Niagara Falls an odd-looking man, whose appearance and deportment wen qnite in contrast with the crowds of well-dress ed and polished figures which adorned the cele brated resort. He seemed just to have sprung from the woods ; his dress, which was made of leather stood dreadfully in need of repair, ap parently not having felt the touch of a needle woman for many a long month. A worn-out blanket, that might have served for a bed was buckled to his shoulders; a large knife hung ca one side, balanced by a long, rusty tin box on the other, and his beard, uncropped, tangled, and coarse fell down, upon his besom, as if to counterpoise the weight of the thick darkf locks that supported themselves on his back and shoulders. This strange being to the spectators, seemingly half civilized, half savage, had a quick, glancing eye, and elastic, firm movement, that would, no doubt, win its way through the brakes, both of the wilderness and of society. He poshed bis steps into the sitting room, un strapped bis little burden, quietly looked around for the landlord, and than modestly asked for breakfSst. The host at first drew back with evident repugnance at the apparition which thus proposed to intrude its nnoonth form among the genteel visitors, bat a few words whispered in his ear speedily satisfied, hie doubts ; ftbe stranger took his place in the company, some shrugging, some staring, some laughing Yet there was more in that single man-than in all the rest of the throng. He was an American woodsman, os he said ; he was a genuine son of Nature, yet had been entertained with distinction at the table of princes ; learned societies, to which the like of Cuvier belonged, bowed down to welcome his presence; kings had been complimented when ha spoke them ;in short, he was one whose fame will be growing brighter when the fash ionables who laugh at him and many much greater than they shall be utterly perished.— From every hilltop and deep, shady grove, the birds, thosas blossoms of: the sir, will sing his name. The little wren will pipe it with his matin hymn about our bouse ; the oriole carol it from the slender grasses of the meadows; the turtle dove roll it through the secret forest; the many-voiced mocking-bird pour it along the air; and the imperial eagle, the bird of Wash ington, as he sits far on tha blue mountains, will scream it to the tempest and the stars.— Ha waa the late John J. Audubon, ornitholo gist. Gkxat events spring trom trivial cause*. By the disobedience of a lad in 1809, a gardes gate inßbode Island was left open; a pig got in and destroyed a few plants, a quarrel between the owners of the pig and the garden grew out of it, which spread among their friends, defeated the Federal candidate to the Legislature, and gave the State a Democratic Senator, by whose vote waf was declared in 1812 with Great Brit ain. When our devil was told that the best ours for palpitation of the heart waa to quit kissing the girls, he said: “If that is the only remedy for palpitation, I say let her palp I” 3 nomas, e xomss. 13 xosrtns. 54.00 89.75 ST.M .... 6.00 8.25 10,00 .... 8.76 . 10.75 U.M lO.OO 12.00 10.70 18.75 25.00 01.00 ....80.00 42.00 60,00 MAKING PXCB&BS