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A. 105
W) BGaIES: BUGGIES!
+D. MURRAY, Centre Hall, Pa.
Manufacturer of all kinds of Buggies,
would respectfully infoim the citizens of
Centre county, that he hu. "a hand
TNE W BUGGIES,
{th and without top, and which will be
sold prices for cash, also a rea-
“sonable credit given. ' Two horse Wagons,
Springwagons, &c., made to order, and
warranted to give satisfaction in every res
spect Allkinds of repairing done on short
rmotica. Gull and see his stock of Buggies
before purchasing elsewhere. aplO 68et
cm A —————— LS OT——— A
7.1 Boienve on the Advance.
H. Gutelius,
< ‘wéon and Mechanical Dentist,
WHO is permanently Joeated in Aaronsburg
in the office formerly occupied by Dr. Neff,
and who has been practicing with entire
_sucepss—having theexperience of a number
of yea lHRANE pra AO, lie would cordi-
ally ’
Gi
¥
8
: “alF whe have at yet-mot given
* Rin Sea, todo so, and test the trathfuloess
of thi wssertion, Js-Teeth extracted
Without pain. may22 o8tf
HEFTRY:BROCKERHOEFF, Jp suCoO.
: 5 tae President, Cashier.
QESTRASIQUNAY BANKING
on hate. Milliken, Hoover & Co.)
RECEIVE DEPOSITS,
And Allow Interest, :
“I Diskduint
Spain) yo
Attorney at Law,
Office over Rey-
may 14 60tf
: : eran —
TAN t 5, Attorney at Law,
Ysn-Beollafonte, prompily attends to all bu-
jwesssentrusted to him. juld 68tf
toh} FE M.D, Physician and Sur-
“goon, Céutrd’ Hall,” Pa., offurs his
Blandl serviges'to the citizens of Pot-
pining townships. Dr. Neff has
Notes,” * ¢
Buy and Sell
old and
Coupons,
— a
\ + F..FORENEY,
d 4 Bellefonte, Is.
nee ive
ncdein nit sutkery. _aplo'c3
N. M ALLISTER, JAMES A. BEAVER,
H. N . ]
WPALLISTER & BEAVER
+i ’ ATTORYE VS-A7T-LAW,
Ballefpute, Centre Co., Pean'a,
EEE TTT ee
Yael Chas. JH. Hale, 3 :
pit Law, Bellefoute. dec25' 60t f
: fPER SS HOTRL, Woodward, Pa.
RE Stages arrive and depart daily.
ts favorite hotel is no
: i,
p alia rs thd t
dation. “Proves can atall times be aecom-
modaged with stables and pasture for any
numbet afeattle or horses. ia
t
Bred IFEL NI & 34 Tnce street,
aphiStf
a few. denrs adove 3rd, Philadelphin.
epteat loestity makes it desirable for
“the HERA Bidness ‘or pléatare
gr oA BEOK! Proprietor.
Union hotel)
i —— a S———
HY STITZER,
3.
all
ap'a8 ‘formerly othe
WAL H. RLAIR,
: _3LAIR & STITZER,
: A:tOrneys at Law, Dellefonte,
the Diamond, next door to Gar-
man's hotel. Ceunsultations in German or
Enxl sh... feb 19 GoLf
GALES, atiwholesale and retnil, cheap,
i! AY rence + ARWIEN. & WILSON.
00TS, large stock, all styles, sizes and
Boe for mtu and boys, ust arrived
7 at Wolf well’ known old Stand.
+ BATHER, of all descriptions, fre:ch
on skin, spanish sole leather, moroc-
cos. sheep skins, linings. Everything
inthe Teather line warranted to give satis-
faction, at ~~ BURNSIDE & THOMAS,
JINE TABLE CUTLERY, including
plated forks, spoons, &¢, at -
aplo os’ IRWIN & V TLSON.
PAROMETERS and Thermometers, at
h IRWIN. & WILSONS.
C*
FRINTRIMMINGS, « large nssort-
nént at IRWIN & WILSONS
TI AND BELLS and Door Bells, all si-
Lo #es and Kinds at
» apll’ IRWIN & WiLsens
rRROYsS of all kinds, at
BURNSIDE & THOMAS
"SY BUP, te finest ever made, just re-
ecived, cheap at Wolf's old stand —try it.
“A Large. Std "of ladies Furs, horse
Tanke, and Baffalo Rohes at
«BURNSIDE & THOMAS
States
Ofc on
B UGGY “new trotting Buggy for sale
at a Barghiti, at Wolf's old Stand at
Centrehall.
+.ades B.. Kreider, M. D.
" rat Millheim, Centre county.
OFEre his services to all needing medical
attendance, Calls promptly attended to.
Early settlement cordially requested, when
a Tiberal discount will be allowed. Inter
est charged on unsettled accounts after six
months.” °° «21jantf
Bi CHANDLER, M. D,,
HOMMEPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUR-
arox, Bellefonte, Penn’'a. Office 2ud Floor
over Harper Bro's Store. Residence at the
Office: References—Hon. © A Mayer,
Pres't Judge, Lock Haven, Pa. Hon. L.
A. Mackey, Pres't 1st National Bank, do
Harper Bros, Merchants, Bellefonte, Pa.,
and others. 19n0ov6Otf
OHN F. POTTER, Attorney at Law.
Collections promptly made and special
attention given to thosé having lands or
property for sale. "Will draw up and have
hcknovledged Died: Mortgages, &e. Oi-
fice in the diamond, north side of the
court house, Bellefonte. oct22 60tf
CLOTHING—Overcoats, Pants, Vests,
and Dress Coats, ¢heap, at-Wolf’s.
R. J. THOMPSON BLACK, Physi-
cian and Surgeon, Potter Mills, Pa.,
offers his professional sérvices to the citi-
zens of Potter township. mr26,69,tf
THE BELLEFONTE
Boot & Shoe Stor e
Next door.to Post Office.
We have always on hand.
GENTS CALF AND KIP BOOTS
A larger assortment of Ladies and Chil-
drenls. than any other place in town.
GumShoes, every style, make and size.
ye ask an SERTHNALION of our goods,
efo has elsewhere.
ool rss GRAHAM & SON.
ORSE COLLARS, if you don’t wha
rn your horse's shoulders gelled and
madesore, get.good herse collars at
wilt BURNSIDE & THOMAS.
"THEANVIL STORE is now receiving
alarge and well assorted Stock of
e, Stays Nails, Horse Shoes, Sad-
8, Paints, Sheet, Bar and Hoop
iso. Buggy and Wagon Stock of
eseription.—Call and supply your-
esatthe Gwest possihle rates at
#68 '/ '. TRWIN & WILSON.
Re SBT REE 3 J ¥
ES of all varieties, ground to order
ed to be strict ure.
uitera-
y them for your own satisfac-
3 XT
only find them at
: URNSIDE & THOMAS’,
A Tremendous Stock of Goods
at Burnside & Thomas,
Cha BA A iid iad
We
Philadelphia Store,
In Brockerhoff's block, Bishop Street, at
Bellefonte, where
KELLER & MUSSER,
have just opened the best, cheapest, largest
as well as the best assorted stock of Good,
in Bellefonte.
HERE LADIES,
Is the place to buy your Silks, Mohairs
Mozambigques, Reps, Alpacas, Delains,
Lans, Brillinnts, A usling, Calicoes, lick
ings, Flanels, Upery Flanels, Ladies Coat.
ing, Gents’ Cloths, Ladies Sacques, White
Pekay. Linen Table Cloths, Counterpanes
Crib Counterpanes, White and Colored
Tarlton, Napkins, Insertings and Rdgings,
White Lace Curtins, Zephyr & Zephyr Pat.
terns, Tidy Cotton, Shawls, Work Baskets
SUNDOWNS,
Notibns of every kind, White Goods of
every description, Perfumery, Ribbons-
Velvet, Taffeta and Bonnet, Cords anc
Braid. Veils, Buttons, Trimmings, Ladi
and Misses Skirts,
HOOP SKIRTS,
Thread Hosiery, Faus, Beads, Sewing
LADIES AND MISSES SHOES
and in fact every thing that can be though
of, desired or used in the
FANCY“@00DS OR NOTION LINE
FOR GENTLEMEN,
thev have black and blue cloths,, black and
fancy eassimeres, sattinetts, tweeds, mel-
orn, silk, satin and common vestings, in
short, every thing imaginable in the line ot
gentlemens wear.
Rrvedymade Clothing of Every Dis-
scription, for Men and Boys.
Boots and Shoos, in endless variefy
Hats and Caps, CARPETS, Oileloth,
Rugs, Brown Muslins, Bleached Mus-
lins, Drillings, Sheetings, Tablecloths,
&ec., cheaper than elsewhere.
Their stock of QUEENSWARE & GRO
CERIES cannot be exceiled in quality or
price. .
Call in at the Philadelphia Store and con-
vince yourselves that KELLER & MUS-
SER have any thing you want, and do bu-
siness on the principle of “Quick Sales and
Small Profits.” api0,69
GRAIN AND PRODUCE ARE TAKEN
NEW FIRM at
Centre Hall.
J. B.SOLT.
AL LN EW.
New Store.
New Goods.
The undersigned 1espectfully informs the
citizens of Centre Hall and Potter town-
ship, that he has opened a new store
at the well known stand formerly occupied
by C. F. Herlacher, where he is now
offering
A Full and Complete Stock of
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS
cheap as anywhere,
His #toek is entirely new, and the publie
are respectfully invited to call and exame
ine for themselves; Goods will be offered
at-the lowest possible prices, and by a gen-
eral system of fair dealing they hope to
merit 4 fair share of public patronage. |
Call and Examine our Stock
NO TROUBLE TOSHOW GOUDS,
£#€~ Only Give us a Fair Trial. gz
We have a full and complete assortment
of the latest Styles.
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Queensware,
(Gentlemen and Ladies furnishing Goods
Ladies Cloaks and Circulars, in Silk anc
Cloth, all kinds of Groceries, the finest
Syrups, the best Coffee, Tobacco, Paints,
Pyestuffs, Oils, Fish, Salt, Stationery, and
everything else that is to be found ina well
stocked country store.
The highest market price paid
Store Goods for §
COUNTRY PRODUCE. §
Don't forget the New Store, at @entre
Hall. where goods are now offered a@h bar-
gain. Call and see us.
apy
J. 0. DEININGER, §
respectfully informs the citizens offiCentre
county, that he hasconstantly on had, and
makes to order, all kinds of %
BEDSTEADS,
BUREAUS,
SINKS,
WASHSTANDS, %
CORNER CUPBOA
TABLES, &c., &c A
HoME MADE CHAIRS ALWAYS ON HASp
all made under his ownimmediatesupers i-
sion, and is offered at rates as cheap aselse-
where. Thankful for past favors, he solic
its a continuance of the same. y
Call and see his stock before purchasing
elsewhere, p24 GB,1y
ISHING TACKLES, rodslines, hook
flies, sea hair baskets, etc. Rig you
atch trout at
BURNSIDE & THOMAS
APANNED TOILET SETTS, AND
other Japanned ware, at the Anvil Store.
apl0'68. IRWIN & WILSON.
ANNED FRUITS, peaches, tomatoes
pige apples, and peas in great varie
ty, aL. Yr RNSIDE
out to c
SURI & THOMAS
OOKING-GLASS PLATES of all sizes
forsale by IRWIN & WILSON,
apl0' 68.
Xi or PATENT CHURN, the bes
in use at IRWIN & WILSON’ Ss.
g2DIoE:
0 LANKETS D SLEIGH
BELLS, at low prices, at
apl0'68. Irwin & WiLsonN’
Boal for Buggies and Carriages, al
sizes in use; Fire Bolts, ditto, at
IRWIN &
a mons
A ro A 355 Wt FAI IOI IO
TER is published weekly at $1,560 per year
inadvance; and $2,00 when not paid in
advance. Reporter, 1 month 15 cents,
Advertisements are inserted at $1,560 per
square (10 lines) for 3 weeks, Advertise-
at a less rate,
All Job-work, Cash, and neatly and ex-
poditiousiy executed, at reasonable chars
gos,
a Oe - = om ————
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
eres ses——
CexTRE Harn, Pa., JuLy 22d, 1870,
Letter from the Loop.
Loop, JuLy 5th, 1870.
Friend Fred :— As you are constant-
ly in receipt of letters from a'l parts of
the country, excepting the Loop, we
deem it not out of place to give you a
line or twe from this part of the moral
necessary to “bound” jt in order to
give you a correct idea of its very
prominent and geographical position
among her sister localities,
The Loop has almost an unlimited
lawyers, doctors, dentists, ministers,
teachers, and county officers through
the different states, who received the
education which qualifies them for
their professions, in the Loop, but,
sorry to say. so many of them deny
their birthplace, from the fact that with
the Loop they connect the vision of
slate pencil quarries, and copperhead
dutchmen, blackberries, mullein stalks,
and “finef finger kraut” forgetting
that it is very convenient in. farming
“nook and corner,” and make a calcu.
lation whenever necessary, and that a
copperhead is as superior to a yankee
as a horse is to a goat; (no reference
however is had to our friend Runkle’s
goat, for there is a circumstance con-
nected with it that will lionize it as
daughters, and if you desire to know,
voung man, what qualifications those
daughters have as housekeepers, just
peep into the kitchen and pantry and
if the sight does not give you an appe
tite, itjis because your stomach is debil
itated with a double dose of the X Vth
amendment, although half a dose of
that venomous nuisance is sufficient to
kill any one.
On the other hand, when some of
them get away from home, they forget
that they were fed on dutch milk. By
telling you of the good qualities of the
dutch, we cast no reflections upon those
who are not conversant with the Ger.
man language, and, as there are few.
if any, families in the Loop, of which
some member or members cannot speak
the German, no one will take offense.
We merely desire to call attention to
the faet it is no disgrace to be dutch,
but an ungenerous act to deny your
birthplace on account of dialect.
The lacy who left the Loop, on a
vigit to some friend at Millbeim, re-
turned after an absence of two weeks
and declared that she could not talk
dutch any more. At last accounts she
was trying to invent a machine to
make English “Saver Kraut.”
But we promised to “bound” the
Loop, North, South, East and West.
In doing this it will be necessary to
give two boundaries, viz: one for the
Loop, and one for the Loop proper.
The Loop is bounded north by the
Old Fort and Boalsburg road,” (our
friends Boal and Rhinesmith will
please note this,) west hy the Harris
twp. line, sonth by the Mifflin and
ntre county line, and east by the
The Loop proper is said to include
only that territory lying southeast of
Sinking Creek, but if we reason from
historical facts, or, rather from what
our progenitors have handed down to
us, we must strike the boundary line
even beyond that, for we are told that
this place was settled by the Germans,
and that the word Loop was derived
from the German word “Schloop” or
“Schlup,” which means a loop. It is
said that this entire country, the boun-
literally covered with huge hemlock,
pine, and oak, and the undergrowth of
laurel and wait-a-bit was so dense, as
to be almost impenetrable, and when
the primitive Dutchman attempted to
penetrate the forest he was caught in
a “Schlup,” and was told by his com.
panions to “Schlup durich,” hence the
For ‘further particulars ask our
er live in the Loop than anywhere else,
td so would we for no other commu-
ours
the Loop, who make the outside of the!
platter clean, but within
of dead men’s bones. :
There has been one elopement and
one attempt at elopement during the
last month. The most novel and
uniqué elopement took place a few
days ago. The old lady was inexor-
able, the daughter firm. She made
her bundle and, in presence of her
mother, left home to meet her lover,
who was waiting a few rods from the
house, but swore he would not go
near. They were united the same day
and are now enjoying the sweets of
‘connubial felicity many miles distant
from each other.
The grand Harvest Home at the
Old Fort on the 2nd, was, we believe,
a partial success. Unlike last year,
pl0’'68 WiLsox's
no one went home hungry, but one or
two of the Savans went home with
heavy hearts and prospects of empty
purses when lame contracts and the
claims of fick ice-cream wagons should
| be adjusted. The Harris township and
Nittany delegations deserve eredit for
their proper deportment and graceful
appearance upon the “stand” and for
the scientific manner in which they
“tipped the light fantastic toe.”
The men of these delegations have
our comnliments for their taste in the
selection of handsome women. Friend
Durst and I had a splendid dish of ice-
cream, but we are not indebted to any
one a continental for that, as we paid
forit. We were only a few minutes
on the ground, as business called our
attention in another direction, but all
things passed off “decently and in or
der,” with the exception of a few who
had snakes in their hats, and fusil oil
and water, politely called whiskey, in
their stomachs,
Some of these were quarrelsome and
others failed in successfully managing
the reins of their borrowed steeds ; but
| these did not belong to the party, at
least we hope not. As we said, we
| were only there a few minutes but in
that brief space of time saw wonders.
| One young man, very desirous of tas
| king a “hop,” but whose arm was re-
f
|
| Jected by one of our pretty Loop girls,
i
| as near as-we can tell it was as ful
[ low:
“There's magic in a lady's foot,
And well the ladies know it,
And she who has a pretty one
Is pretty sure to show it.
At times, you too, are martyred by
The nicest little ankle,
That shoots an arrow through your
eye,
Within your heart to rankle,
But where it trips aldng the stand,
Through wind and vapor ;
By sheerest nceident you see,
How beautiful the taper.
And as it steps upon the boards,
Amid the crowd to mingle,
Two roguish eyes look up and say,
I wonder if he's single.”
We shall finish this subject next
the jubilee at Churchville on the even-
ing of the 4th, and of the grand pic-
Traly yours,
: ——
Sensible Talk.
“Brick” Pomeroy was present at
the Editorial Convention, last week.
at Altoona. On Tuesday evening a
large meeting of the workingmen ‘was
held which he addressed by invitation.
and full of sound sentiments. The
following extract was the theme of
working men who listened to him:
The people of the New England
States demanded that we must hate
the le of the South; that we must
be kind to the negro. Now, let us see
what New England is now doing. In-
stead of opening her shops and giving
employment to the thousands and
thousands, who, by the acts of Republi
cans are declared our equals, they are
bringing ship load after ship load of
Chinese to take the place of white la.
bor, driving white men into poverty
and compelling them to work for one
quarter enough to support their fami.
lies. And why? Simply because
cause for $16 per month they can ems
ploy a man to labor. No matter how
many thousands of white men are
turned out of employment at Lynn and
North Adams; no matter how many
widows suffer; no matter how many or-
phang go superless to bed; no matter
hgw wages are cut down, the only ob-
jegt of these loyal Puritans being to
ike money for themselves, that they
@iy buy more members of Congress,
lave more workingmen, and con-
8 this government for the benefit
fan infamous, accursed aristocracy.
fd they call this liberty! For my
pakt, 1 beleive in defendiug the inter-
8 of those who made the country
gr@ht. The black people of the South
¥e not built our railroads; they
fe not given us great statesmen;
¥ have not supplied us with great
gelferals—although “the colored troops
fogght nobly.” I desire that the
Mite men of the North, the earnest,
fermined’ intelligent white laborers
d the country shall be protected;
gid I ask you, as I would ask a favor
jf my dying bed, that you demand of
ge government that it defends those
tho have made this country what it
i. We will have no more of this
norant, uveducated, Oriental ele-
ent, to cheapen, to weaken, and to
egrade the white labor of the coun:
ry. I like a white man, and a man
who defends the interests of the white
men. I have nothing against Chinese
labor, but I would see the earnest, de
serving, intelligent white laborer of
the country supported. Let us see
that we stand together firmiy for the
right and the defence of our interests;
that when we shall be called to our
home over the river, we may feel that
we have done our duty by ourselves
and by our children; that we endeav-
ored to releave them from the oppres-
sion under which we now labor: that
we have done something to restore
them the blessings which our fore-
fathers gave us—the blessings of that
Constitution which protected each and
every State alike; the blessings of
laws that would not rob the poor for
the benefit of the rich; the blessings
of an administration that will not
heap the taxes upon the laborer for
| the benefit of a corrupt, accursed, ex-
AE FAA AR 50H
travagant aristocracy, that never came
into power until the Republican party
stepped in to war upon the rights of
the people.
| ——
Further Particulars of the Disas-
ter at Worcester, Mass.
From the Worcester Gazette, of
Thursday, we take the following high-
ly interesting details of the terrific
explosion before referred to in our
columns:
At twenty minutes past ten o'clock
this morning the city was startled by
a tremendous explosion, which shook
buildings to their foundations, and at
the same time a dense column ofsmoke
was seen to rise in the air near the
Boston and Albany railroad junc-
tion. ww
* So unusual and alarming repori at
once drew an immense throng of peo-
ple toward the spot from whence it
proceeded, where a scene of Jdevasta-
tion presented itself such as has never
before been seen in our city.
The explosion took place on board
of the last ear on a freight train on the
Boston and Albany railroad, bound
west, The train had just stopped be-
fore crossing the junction, and the ex-
| plosion took place at the moment of
starting up again, The car was totally
demolished, the trucks driven deep into
| the ground, or broken in fragments,
the axles severed like pipe stems, the
tracks displaced, bent like withes, and
hurled to a great distance from the
road,
The contents of the ear were widely
| scattered and appeared to consist main-
ly of dry goods, which were rent in
shreds and _strewed on the road and
the adjacent fields and gardens, Frag.
ments of paper boxes, marked with
Chinese characters, led some to suppose
| that the explosion was caused by fire
works ; but some of the larger ~frag-
ments show that the boxes contained
paper collars, the manufacturer having
i »
adopted the clraracters spoken of as a
| trade mark
| he? IS¢ of the explosion was,
| howe Zy distinctly revealed, by the
discovery on and near the spot, of
| quantities of copper wire, such as is
| used for exploding nitro glycerine, and
| there can be no doubt that the havoe
| was occasioned by this terribly destruc-
| tive agent. ; :
Several other cars of the train were
badly shattered, but so far as we can
learn no one board of it was injured.
The devastating effects on the sur-
rounding buildings was frightful to
behold. The houses on Southbridge
street, for a distance of a quarter of a
tuile, were either utterly destroyed or
0 badly wrecked as to be rendered
untenantable. Gardens were swept as
by a sorocco, destroying every living
plant, A large tree near the track
was broken in every joint, crushed to
the earth, stripped of its leaves, and
almost entirely denuded of bark.
Among the houses most injured were
the following on ithe east side of South-
bridge street: No. 116, occupied hy
Jas. Ellison, was directly opposite the
spot occupied by the ear. The rear
walls were blown outward and almost
entirely detached from the pest of the
building, the doors were all blown off
their binges, the -windows completely
shattered, and nearly all the plastering
was torn from the walls, There were
five or six women aud children in the
house at the time, but so far as we ean
learn, they were only slightly ‘in
jured.
In the Syeamore street school house
stove pipes aud black boards were
thrown down, and the children thrown
from their seats. The frightened pu-
pils ran pell-mell from their buil-
dings,
The alarm of the residents in the
neighborhood in having their houses so
suddenly demolished over their heads
was, of course, extreme. Anxious
search was immediately made for mis-
sing persons, and the subsequent hour
was one of anguish for those who were
indoubt as to the safety of their friends.
Fathers Griflin and William Power,
of the Catholic clergy, were soon on the
spot. allaying the excitement. Those
who were involved in the ruins were
extricated as soon as possibie, and a
large number of the physicians of the
city were present to dress their wounds,
after which those most seriously woun-
ded were taken to the Police Sta-
tion,
It is quite remarkable that so far as
known, but one life was lost by the ex-
plosion. Fragments of a human body
were picked up near the emnbankment,
and are supposed to be the remains of
a station hand, or some other person
who happened to be on the road on
foot at the time. - When it was consid
ered that the accident occurred in a
district crowded with dwellings and
workshops, and that the railroad at this
locality is itself a common thorough
fare, this exemption from fatality is
certainly astonishing
The express train for Providence had
a narrow escape. - It had just passed
the freight train and felt the force of
the explosion sufficiently to break
some of the windows in the rear
car.
A marriage occurred in the town of
Perryopolis, Fayette county, the other
day, which surprised the natives and
set gossipdom all agog. A youth of
twenty summers married a widow lady
who had attained her seventieth year.
It is reported that a Charleston,
Mass, cabinet maker has fifty China-
men on the way here to make furni-
ture.
dn
Vol. 3.—No. 13,
oe ¥
the sufferers were able to reach their
carriages,
| Wonde:fal Physical Phcncnomen.
That celebrated physicist, Dr. Priest-
ly, while experimenting with electric-
ity, casually illuminated one of Kis
fingers, so as to make ijt perfectly
transparent. This curious phenome.
non was noted in his journal though it
does not appear to have excited “any
fivther inquiry. About two years a
under similar circumstances, “the ne
less celebrated philosopher, Di. W.
Richardson, of London, illuminated
nearly the whole of his hand. This
Is Tight Lacing Ivjurious? —Dis- rem
cussion at a Ladies’ Meeting.
[From the London Punch.)
A meeting of fine ladies was held
the other ¢vening at Phillis’ Rooms,
in order to discuss this interesting | 1y
question. In virtue of possessing
the most fashionable figure, her wiv.!
only measuring fifteen inches and
three-quarters, Miss Waspe, by accla-
mation, was voted to the chair.
In opening the proceedings, the
chairwoman remarked that as her
breath was rather short she would
beg to be excused from making a long
speech,—( Hear, hear.) Fashion, they
all knew, was omnipotent with ladies. |. . . 3 . :
and now that fashion has revived the rduge Tet wil published Iv the Lon-
custom of tight-lacing, ladies were scientific: 3 n ehpied generally in all
blige 0 ealyvate a fashionable fig- world 5 fourm throughout the
ure. They might not all arrive a . i :
the perfection she had herself he di Sel Dr Thomas Nicholson, of
~(Uries of “Question!” and “We'll fic still Furth rset this wonderful
try®dear!” The advantage of acquir- success; rh and with considerable
ing 80 slim a waist as hers was only | incande ye nid of the powerful
to be gained by hours and hours of blow pi b ‘ght of an oxhyd
actual torture.~(Sensation), Mais il | a Jr .o0r ca Gigm light, and jarge
Jaut souffrir pour etre belle; and if they in iin lets] gery he succeeded
did not mind a few fainting fits hand. t bo : pminating the whole
at first, followed Fy continual debili= substunces of 8 frog, and other
ty and headache, many ladies might periments tees m the successful ex
enjoy the pleasure of possessing a ear that for illus ale; it ‘vould ap:
waist not much exceeding the dimen- J is onl ow on of the entire
sions of her own.—(Cheers.) beguiliciart ie vivid ry that the lights
Mies Fue said her experience en- sufficiently poverid 0 ye, lenses
tirely agreed with that of the fair whi . n
Chairwoman, though, unhapily, her forum] imachinety of the humans i
suffering had not vet been rewarded the inspection foup rectly under
by the rapture of obtaining quite so the pat hr siical practitio .
fashionable a figure Still, her waist ty would Ee eice and humans
barely exceeded eighteen inches and will ei, Cu 8 Every one
a half—(shudders),—and she hoped, appearance oh b i rem
by perseverance and a good strong tween the eve ae sud when held be.
lady’s maid, to reduce it before long | and if the v.50 werfol ligh
4 ose genteel dimensions. —(Ap- appliances, ie a ieinl
plause, : ‘os er .
Miss Lovelace said she also had | y.io 08 40 imense increase of our
suffered much from headachae since Staitvos Rak pre. We may thus be
she wore tight stays, and once or funetional ol a firdeikial and
twice had fainted at the dinner table. wholly hidde ela W ich” are now
Her doctor had told her she was ruin- apply Tien ron. up Sight aud
ing her health; but she didn’t mind g :
her doctor while she obeyed her dress- Sige White Jesire 0. ‘accomplish,
waker.—Bravo.) —
Miss Gasper would like to ask, ind
what could doctors know about it? The L gul Tender Decision.
They didn't wear stays, did they? The Philadelphia (Ledzer,) ofSaturday,
How then, could they tell what ladies ays , : take great pleasure in announ-
suffered from tight lacing ? | Vi et that the Supreme Court is ‘at
Mrs. M. Bonpoint observed that, offices dre in the railroad companies whose
although she tried her utmost, she half veasdei is city Yesterday paid the
could hot seduce: her wai : Ail year's interest, then maturing, on all
educe her waist to .ess of their deb ted
than nineteen inches. (“Poor dear!”) Arla a ot yelcte Wie pasiag®
—Even this, however, made her lent. The P ae: yin to n, of Saeyuive
retehed] ( Ue: and ah nt. ¢ Fennsylvania Railroad Com-
wretchedly uncomiortable; and after pany led off courageously. displavin th
eating a good dinner, she was fre- | coin, we are informed inka * a
quently obliged to have laces cut, to | and paying out not only the insEPeston its
save herself from fainting. Her doc- | first mortgage loan as $4, 972.000, without.
tor tried to frighten her; by talking | rebate of the five per cent. Government
about fatty something of the heart, | tax, but gave notice also that the amount
which had often proved fatal. But | of miemoranda previously given for Pemn-
she would rather die a martyr than | sylvania second mortgage and Philadel
dress out of the fashion (Applause.) | phia & Erie Railroad coupons, maturing
Miss Wheyface said she feared that | on the 1st of April last, will be paid in coin
by acquiring a small waist she had in-
on the 25th inst.
jured her complexion. Her nose was| Theamount ofthe Pennsylvania railroad
getting red now, and her checks were | company’s second §'= is $4,887,840, and of
pale and pimply. Some one had told | the Philade'phia und Erie first moatgage
her this was owing to impeded circu- | 0's is $1,000,000. - The interest puynient on
lation. But she was consoled by hav- | these three several items of principal, at 3
ing a fashionable figure. per cent, amonats to about $325,000, the
Miss Tucker said the worst of weay- | Premivm on which will cost some 40,000 at
ing a tight dress was that it sadly the present rate of premium. Following
took away one’s appetite. Since she this lead of the Pennsylvania railroad com-
had reduced her waist she could not | PAY cane the Pliiludelphin and Reading
eat one-half of what she used to do.— | ™1'rond campany, which paid interest in
(Sensation.) Now, this was a great
coin, 01 its equivalent, on its bond: of 1830
. : >. wud 1 Nort i
migery, for she was fond of eating. |: | 1886, and the Noth. Pennsylvania on
Still she had rather give up her cus-
its $2,275,000 of first mortgage bonds,
: All the large companies ure disposed t
ards th: rsets. sev poseq to
tars than her corsets (Cheers.) respect the law as pronounced by the su-
Miss Gosling thought it was not la- : y
dilike io eal much. Rude nheah] preme Court, without further postpone-
I E2l dmuch. Hie enn ment or evasion. Two or three of the
& 1emimne. possession. PErSOM | aller companies owing on bonds made
to be fashionable should always be before the passage of the legal-tender act
rather delicate; and nothing insured | topdered currency in paym:nt of interest
thiz 0 ioely a8 UghtJaving. due, butat the same time announced the
Miss Lazie remarke that another | intention of the company to tollow, with-
of its benefits was, that it prevented
muscular exertion. To lay upon a
out delay, the action of the larger com-
sofa and read novels all day long was
panies, Which was not generally known un-
: ! til too lated make the necessary arranges
her idea of almost perfect earthly hap- | m nts for cain vesterday. :
pivess; and as tight-lacing unfited her
for any useful work, she had borne
The Reading Compimpeand, we believe,
: the North Pennsyluania, also paid the full
like a martyr the torture it had caused
her.
interest without deducting ths Eper : “cent,
Miss Waddles said she could not
walk well in her stays, they made
Government tax. We are not of opfoion
that we shall ever hear anything more of
the threatened attempt to procure a rever-
her feel so stiff and wooden. But | sul of the widely and warmly disenssed le
her waist looked well on horseback. |gul-tender decision. All debts contracted
though she never dared te venture at | before February, 1802, are payable in coin,
more than a foot-pace, for her habit { and will be so paid by companies and by
was so tight that she could scarcely | individuals. The officers of the companies
breathe when trotting. who have in these costly coin payments,
Miss Prance observed that, much as | grcefully acknowledged the obligation
she loved dancing, she found it impos- and binding force of law, arejustly entitled
sible to waltz in her ball dress, She |! credit in proportions as the amounts
felt so squeezed and faint that all she | P4id were large and the pecuniary induce-
could do was to walk through the | Mens to holdout correspondingly tempt-
square dances.— (“Poor thing!”) In |™8: 3
consequence she had lost a number of | VW hile the action of these officers may be
vice partners: and that odious Miss Sommended for thisevidence of Integr} ty
Whirley had sadly cut her out, als|""€ returning loyalty, we hekovs ber Hits,
though her waist was nearly two feet % {all like eases, that onesiy will be
in irunoren—(Shudrs) | Lund tho bot pli and tot more vi
: Mrs. W iseman said her husband pany credit than the gold cost of establish-
would not let her wear stays, —(sensa- | : reputation for fair deali N
tion and cries of “what a wretch!)” ie EL a. tows
: : ol : what have the managers of the finances of
and she " ould advise young ladies to | ine city to say fortheir dereliction by refu
leave off lacing tightly if they wished sing or neglecting to pay the, city interest.
to get geod partners, Men loved | in coin? A big borrower as it steadily is,
healthy wives fur better than small | can it be considered honest omwise t6 stand-
waist, (“Gracious goodness 1)” —and | in discredit, paying in depreciated paper
no one but a fool would link himself | when it owes in gold, ag it now does? The
for life with a woman in bad health,
however she might pride herself on
having a fine figure.—(,, Question !”)
She would propose a resolution :
whole moral sense of the community is
agaifist the conduct of the city officials in
“That this meeting, being satisfied,
from most abounding evidence, that
this matter, and now that the State, com
panies and individuals are acknowledging:
tight lacing is injurious to health and
happiness, will do its utmost to dis-
their just obligations, we hardly see on what
pretext the eity can longer resist. -
courage and discountenance so bar-
barous a fashion.”
The Buffalo House and stabling, at.
Here several ladies interposing, be-
sugar hogs.
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Lewisburg, were destroyed fi
gan all to speak at once, and hence | is said tobe a sure protection from
from exhaustion : and it was not untill { ’pd. and ‘his first ‘3
about midnight on Friday, July 1st.
A cabbage leaf worn inside. the hat:
ensued a scene of violent excitement. sunstroke. AAD
Many of the fair cambatants fainted "A 1ndcrawled inio &
a number of corsets had Leen cut that P Ob, for a. thpasand tongues?
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