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N Y> AT Ik LAM O.fi eon Tioga Street 1 uiiahaunmk Pa HH.COOPBI. 1' 11 1*.- 11' lANA SI KG EON • Newton Centre, LuierneCounty Pa. 0 1.. PACim, ATIORXEV AT LAW • t'Ci eat the Court HuUso, in Tunkhannock Wy->niing Co. Pa. U/M. >l. Pl A l l', ATIOKNEV AT LAW O lice in Stark's Ilrick Block Tioga St., 1 unk Asr.aoi-k, Pa TJ. CIIASEk ATTORNEY AND COCNBIL , L.>R \ LAW, Nieh-ison. Wyoming Co*. Pa. E-.c ia' attention given to setileiuent ol dece dent's e-t ites _ - Nieht-lson, Pa. Dec 5. 1-fi' —iwuloyl T W . RHOADS, PHYSICIAN ASI ROEO N J • will atteo I promptly to a! rills in his pro feA-ion. May he found at his Offi-e at the Drug Store, or at his resilience on l'utmau sreet, loruieriy occuptod by A. K. Peckham E q. DENTISTRY. . .- m&p Kf - 0.1 OJ.U". - T p\ _=? -tJy ./- . -V#_wy -i/ • j DR. L T. BURNS has permanently located in Tunkhar.uo.-s Borough, and respectfully tenders his professional services to its citizens. Office on second floor, formerly occupied by Dr. Oilman v6n3C,f ' _________ PORTRAIT, L All DSC APE, A?flJ OE NT AIM IB XT TAD X 3 A.IDJTTDS Gr. fiy W. 'JtCGB'Jt, Artist. Rooms over thu Wyoming National bank,in Stark'• 1 Brick Block, TUNKHANNOCK, PA. Life-size Portraits painted from Ain hrntypes or Pi. ■! .gr:>|flis Photograjhs Painted in Oil Ci lers All orders for paintings executed according to or der. nr noeharge made. |' f T" Inanitions given in Drawing. Sketching, Portrait an 1 Landscape Painting, in Oil or water Colors, and in all branches of the art, Tuuk , July 3', *67 -vgoso-tf. BOLTON HOLJSE. HAKItIS'UIKOf I'KNNA. Th" undersigned having I itely purrhased the "BI EHLER HOUSE " property, has already eom mcn e I su- h alterations and improvements its will render this old and populsr House equal, if not supe rior, to anv Hotel in the City of H.irrisburg. A continuance of the public patronage is refpect fully solicited. GEO. J. BOLTON WALL'S HOTEL," 1.A.T1: AMERICAN HOUSE, TIT NKIIANNOCK, W YO.UISG CO., I'A. Till 5 e.tablishment has recently been refitted an furnished in the latest style Every attention ■will he given to the comfort and convenience ol those •ho patronize the House T. B. W ALL, Owner and Proprietor . Tunkhannock, September 11. IS6I. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA Wm. 11. ('OUTRIGHT, Irop'r HAVING resumed the oroprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned will spare no efforts lender the house an agreeable place ol sojourn to •11 who may favor it with their custom. Wm 11 CORTRIGIIT. June, 3rd, 1663 MEANS' HOTEL*. TOWANDA, RA „ D. 15. BARTI.KT, |Lateotv_ ''BRAISAKO IIOCSK, ELMIKA, N. Y. PKUI'K IUTOK. The MEANS HOTEL, i one of toe LARGEST and BK.>I AKHAMiKD Houses in the country—lt is fitted up in the most inode.ru and unproved style, end no pains are sp.red to make it a pleasant and •greeab e stoppugi p ( ace tor all, v3-ti'3lly. IIOUHE LOTN FOR PALE, TIIE subscriber offers for sale on reasonable terms a uuuiU r of lil-'ILDINO LOTS, situate at the west end of Tu kbanmck Borrngh. lor particulars as to prices and terms inquire of _ ELlfcliA CHURCUILL. Tunkhannock, F., Jan. i.lSeavYn'Jlm?. TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. -WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1868. ins WORLD'S f.RSAT REMEDY roa Scrofula and Scrofulous Diseases. From Emery Edes, a well-known merchant of Oas ford, Maine, " I have BOI'I largo quantities of your SARSVPA- Kti.i.A, but never yi-t out' bottle which failed of the desired effect and full satis:.ictiou to those who took it. As fast or our ii-oplo try it, they agree there has been no inodiciuc like it Is.-,on l in our community." Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches, Pustules, Ul oers, Sore 3, an J ail Diseases of the Skin. from Tier. ttobt. Etrathm, llristol, England. 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AYER'S CATHARTIC TILLS possess so many advantages over the other purgatives in the market, and their superior virtue# are so universally known, that we need not do more than to a--ure the public their quality is maintained equal to the best it ever lists been, and that they may be depended on to do ail that they have ever done. Prepared hy J. C. AVER, M. D., & Co., Lowell, Mass., and sold hy For sale byßunnell A Bannatyne, and Lymsn A Whlls, iunkhauooik. 3teilng A Sun, Mesboppen, Stevens A Aekley, Laceyville, Frear, Dsan A Co , Factoryville, and ail Druggists aud Denials in ined cinea, everywhere. TIIE HEALING POOL, AND HOUSE OF MF.RCV. Howard A#oc*'toii Reports, for YOUNG MEN 00 the CRIME OF SOLITUDE, and the ER RORS, ABUSES id DISEASES which destroy tbe manly powers, and create inqieditncnts to MAR RIAGE, with sure means of relief. Sent in sealed letter, enelopc. free of charge. Address Dr. J. SKILLEN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia. Pa. 6u44-lyear THE TTTXTIOTST STRAW CUTTER, MANUFACTURED BY William Flickner, At 71 A"A J/A A"A'O CA \ Tenn'a. Who has the exclusive right for Wyoming county, i on# of the very tew Mmhines that will cut Hay. Straw. Stalks, c. f better than the old fashioned Cutting boxes, used by our grandfathers. Those who value time nod labor: and would avoid a needles' loss of both, in feeding their stock, should get one of these improved Cutters. N< man ever found anythiug better ; or ever went back to the old machine alter a trial of it. A Supply Constantly ou Hand and for sale. WM FLICKNER. Tunkhannock, Dec. 3, 1877v7nlStf- jgtfeS- A BEAUTIFUL. POEM. Poets live among us—not exercising the "calling" they were elected ro by nature—but poets still The suthor of the following is a clergyman, and we have no doubt, a good nnd able one, bat he was bom to be a poet, and might have taught as valua ble lessons with his pen as he teaches from the pul pit ; for the bard's vocation is, or ought to be, as high nnd sacred. We beg our readers to appreciate this chance tbrowing-off of inspiration by a man in whom the fire is suppressed : A Rural Sketch. Br REV. R. HOTT. By the wny-side, on a mossy stona, Sat a hoary pilgrim sadly musing ; Oft I marked him sitting there alone, AH the landscape like a page perusing ; Poor unknown, By the way-side, on a mossy stone. Buckled knee and shoe, and broad-rimmed hat, Coat as ancient as the form 'twas folding, Silver buttons, queue, and crimtled cravat, Oaken staff, his feebly hind upholding, There be sat! Buckled knee and shoe, and broad-rimmed hat. Seemed it pitiful he should ait there, No one sympathizing, no one heeding, None to love him for his thin grey hair, And the furrows all so mutely pleading, Age, and care ; Seemed it pitiful he should sit there. It was summer, and wo went to school, Dspper country lads and little maidens. Taught the motto of the "Dunce's Stool," Its grave import still mv fancy ladens, "Here's a fool J" It wss summer and we went to school. Still, in sooth..our tnsks we seldom tried ; Sportive pastime oDly worth our learning ; But we listened when the old man sighed. And that lesson to our hearts went burning— And we cried ! Still, in sooth, oui tasks we seldom tried. When the stranger seemed to mark our play, (Some of us were joyous, some sad-bearted,) I remember, well—too well—that day ! Oftentimes the tears unbidden started — lVould not stay ! When the sttanger seomed to mark our play. Whea we cautiously adventured nigb, We could see his lip with anguish quiyer ; Yet no word he uttered, but his eye Seemed in mournful converse with tha river Murmuring by, When we cautiously adventured nigh. One sweet spirit broke the silent spell— Ah ! to me her name was always Heaven ! She besought him all his grief to tell— (I was thirteen, and she eleven,) Isabel ! One sweet spirit broke the silent spell. Softly asked she with a voice divins, Wby so lonely hast thou wandered hither ; Hast no mother 7—come with me to mine ; There's our cottage, let me lead the (hither ; IV hy repine, Softly asked she with a voice divine. Angel, said he sally, I am old ; Earthly hc no longer hath a morrow, Yet why I sit here tbou shalt be told, Then his eye betrayed a pearl of sorrow- Down it rolled ! Angel, said he sadly, I am old ! I have tottered here to look once mora On the pleasant scene where I delighted In the careless happy days of vore, Ere the garden of my heart was blighted To the core ! I have tottered here to look once more ! All the picture now to me how dear ! E'en this grey old rock where I am seated, Seems a jewel worth my journey here ; Ab, that such a scene must be completed With a tear I All the picture now to me how dear ! Old stone School -house !—it is still the same, There's the very step so oft I mounted ; There's the window cresking in it's frame, And the notches that I cut and counted For the game ! Old stone School-house I—it is still the same ! In the cottage, yonder, I was born ; Ding my hippy houie—that humble dwelling! There the fields of clover, wheat and corn, There the stream with limpid nectar swelling Ah, forlorn ! In the cottage, yonder, I was born. Those two gate-way sycamore# yon see. Thsn were planted, just so far asunder That long well-pole from the path to free. And the wagon to pass safely under j Ninety-three ! Those two gate-way sycamores you see ! There's the orchard where we us;d to climb When my mates and I were boys together, Thinking nothing of the fliizht of time, Fearing nought but work and rainy weather ; Past its prime ! There's the orchard where we used to climb ! There, the rude three cornered chestnut mils, Round the held where the flocks were grazing Where so ly I used to watch for quails, In the crops of buckwheat we were raising— Traps and trails- There the rude three cornered chestnut raili. How in summer have I traced that stream, There thro' tneadand woodland sweetly gliding Luring simple trout with many a scheme From nooks where I hive found tbem hiding; All a dream ; How in summer have 1 traced that stream. There's the mill that ground onr yellow grain ; Pond and river still serenely flowing ; Cot, there nestling in the shaded lane. Where the iilly of my heart was blowing- Mary Jane ! There's the mill that ground our yellow grain ! There's the gate on which I used to swing. Brook and bridge,and barn and old red stable Bnt alas ! the mrn no more shall bring That dear group around a father's table ; Taken wing ! There's the gate on which I used to swing ! I am fleeing ! all I loved are fled ; Yon green meadow was our place for playing; That old tree can tell of sweet things said, When around it Jane and I were straying ; She is dead ! I am fleeing ! —all I loved are fled ! Yon white spire—a pencil on the sky, Tracing silently life's changeful story, So familiar to my dun old eye, Points me to seven that are now in glory lhere on high ! Yon white spire, a pencil on the sky. Oft the aisle of that old church we trod, Guided thither hy an angel mother, Now she sleeps beneath its sacred sod — Sire and sisters, and my little brother- Gone to God ! Oft the aisle of that old church we trod ! There I beard of Wisdom's pleasant waye, Bless the holy lesson !—but, ah, never Shall I hear again those song* of praiaa— " To Speak his Thouphts is Every Freeman's Riprht. " Those sweet voices, silent now forever ! Peaceful days ! There I beard of Wisdom's pleasant waye. There my Mary blest me with her hand, When oar souls Irank in the nuptial blessing Ere sh* hastened to the spirit land ; Yonder turf her gentle bosom pressing : Broken Band! There my Mary blest me with her hand, THEIR NEW TEMPLE. At a cost of five years labor and three quarters of a million of dollars a Masonic Hall is about to be erected in Philadelphia, savs the North American. The foundation will be begun in a few weeks. The lo cation is Broad and F'llbert streets, and the plans for the structure have been fully ac cepted by the Grand Lodge. For nearly a year past plans have been invited, and the committee in charge have examined many sent from all sections of the country. The successful competitor is Mr. J. H. Windrin, who has agreed to so far pro gress with the work that on St. John's day next, June 24th, the corner stone shalfbe laid by the Order. The lot is a very-large one, 150 by 250 feet in area, and the new temple is to cov er the wtiole of it. The present temple has outlived its usefulness, and is terribly defective in what is indispensable in a building of the kind—ventilation. It was dedicated in 1855. \V'e have received a description of the new building, as thus: It is to be of gran ite, and in the Norman style, the massive character of this order of architecture, how ever, being well relieved by the arrange ment <>f the to we Is, buttresses, balconies, balustrades and graceful pinnactls, which form part >f the design. The four sides of the building will be of granite, the ouly difference in the design being in the front on Broad street, which will present one of the most magnificent features of this grand thoroughfare. The building will be thiee stories in height. The front on Broad st will present two towers, one at each corn er, the intei veiling space being composed of a handsome portico, running to the sec ond story, and above which will be two niches for statues (one of Silence.) the whole surmounted at the apex of the roof with a small tower, at the summit of which will be a statue of Charity. On the face of this main front, in addition to the orna mental windows, will be (in relief) em blems of the Order —the square and com pass, ice. The tower at the southwest corner of the building will be the great feature. It will be 300 feet from the ground to the top of the spire, or 104 feet higher than Christ Church steeple. The four corners of this tower will be surmounted By piuna cles, while tin buttresses extending up a consideiable distance, tlie balconies st the windows and the balustrades and general ornamentation of this portion ot the struc ture wil add greatly to the beauty of the whole design. The tower, although seem ingly connected with the main building, will be constructed separate, in order to insure greater security. A solid founda tion of fifteen feet will form the base upon which it will rest. The tower at the north east corner of the front will be much less in height, but will contain in its ornamen tation the same general features. The re maining three sides of the building will be relieved bv buttresses between the win dows, and the whole effect of the exterior will be at once massive and graceful. The portico at the front being 20 feet in ad vance of the line of the building, will still further addlo the beauty of the design. On lite first floor, raised eight feet from the ground, a hall tweuty feel in width will mn the entire length of the building from east to west, and from this will start two stairwavs. which it is asserted will exceed in magnificence anything of the kind in the United States. Under the northwest tower will be the office of the Grand Mas ter, and in the rear of this will be the grand banqueting room, with kitchen,store rooms, pantries,