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BY S. J. KOW.
CLEAEEIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1869.
VOL. 15.-NO. 40.
elect gflrtnt.
TEE OLD HOUSE. "
Oh.fsimbouse old, with gables gray.
Rouod which the woodbines droop and cling,
WhKwa!Jows twitter all the day,
And roiel oted robin sing,
I ero.s four threshold worn and eld,
Ha!f hidden by the tangled grass,
That seems to think mj footsteps bold,
And nod and shivers as I pass,
flow still and lone the empty room !
"o Toiee to speak a kindly word,
So laugh to drive away the gloom,
Where often happy eehoes stirred,
When, in the far off long ago,
GUd footsteps rang along the hall,
And voices spoke, in accents low.
The words most dear and sweet of all.
How bare and cold the lonely hearth
Where happy faces once were seen,
And roices rang in merry mirth.
The cheerful song and jest between.
Where are the ones who gathered here,
In that glad, happy time of old ?
Ah. me! no answer greets my ear
All lonely, siltnt, bare and cold !
Here sat our mother, tender-eyed.
The peace of Heaven in her sweet face ;
We used to linger at her side,
And count this spot a hallowed place.
Jluw lonely seems this empty room.
Where mother's face no more I see !
Perhaps, f rom out the shadowy gloom,
tier loving spirit look ion me.
Here father sat at close of day ;
I seehis kindly features yet ,
Though he has gone so far away,
ills face I never shall foiget,
Beneath the churchyard's flowers and grass
His form was hidden, long ago,
U'here Jaisies watch the sunbeams pass
Across the graves so green and low.
How sad! how still ! the churchyard's gloom
Is not more sorrowful than this!
Dead facts haunt the empty room
The forms and faces that I miss.
They whisper to my lonely heart;
Th' unbidden tears will fill my eye ;
The years have drifted ns apart
Old lonely, lonely house, good by.
OUT WEST.
"IiuineJ!" exclaimed Mr? Buel, and lie
c!aped his grey hair in his hands and drop
ped it on the dinii:g table, with a motion of
tlc.-pkiriu helplessness.
Mrs. Buel arose and left the room. She
was Dot strong enough to offer consolation
to her bowed and stricken husband.
Ellen got up, too, in sore distress, and
went over to the table, and touched her
lather's arm with her slight girlish lingers,
on one of which spurVlcd a diamond ring.
"Don't grieve so, dear father. It can
Dot be quite as bad as you think. "
'"It is a thous .nd times worse, child, than
you iuiiuagiiie. Every cent of uiy iroerty
has been sunk in oil .-jieruiations. A month
ago I thought myse'f'a rich man, but to-day
I am a beggar. Do you know what that
means ?' '
"I only know you suffer, dear father,"
said KUeu, tearfully, getting down on her
knees beside liim ; "'aud I pity you from
the bottom of my heart."
"Pity yourself and your poor mother."
"I must think ot you now because you
feel this blow more keenly than we can. Is
there nothing to hope for in the future ?"
"A'liat cau I hope for?" repeated 31 r.
Bud, almost querulously. "As an honor
able man I mubt abandon every cent I am
worth to my creditors. Nothing remains
lut your Uncle Lathorp's offer of a western
igeacj. He has a farm out ill Egypt which
be would allow us to ocenpy rent free as
Ions; as we eared to stay there. It is a des
te, out of tie-way place, ten miles or
tore from any town or railway station.
iWn't the " heart to propose such a
finale to your poor mother. Her nerves
we terribly shattered already."
"1; would be a thousand times better to
Pout there and live independently," said
Kiitn, catching at the plan, "than to starve
genteely here in New York, or to live on
any of our relations. The boys are growing
up. and a few years of genuine country life
ul Dot injure them. Fortunately I have
ja-t finished school, and am blessed with
Mi-vllea: health. Mother is the only one to
kcon.-iJJeied, and I think I can win her
orerto the plan."
little know, child, what you are
aiming to," said Jlr. Buel, in a soften
"1 tone, as be touched Ellen's forehead,
Pityingly. "You will be cut off from eve
ry social advantage, and doomed to bard
urk and all manuer of privations."
'l would gladly work for you, father,"
cr'el Kan, impulsively. "You have
screened and sheltered me ever since I was
jjro, and studied in every way to make nie
01ipy. It is high time that I begin to pay
)ou back ; so let us think about going west,
s soon as we can sell the house and wiud
UP matters here."
"Uu are a good girl, Ellen, and I lean
uD you, in this hour of trouble, more than
&ny body else. Perhaps I never should
e kund out whit a brave, strong heart
Jon carry in your bosom, if we had lived
on- Prosperous and happy."
hl.tn Buel had heretofore scarcely shown
heelf different from other New York girls
! ter la'- Born and brought up in the
C1!T, with luxurious surroundings, and no
care for the morrow, her girlish tastes had
Roomed ia a kindly air. There were a
uusand pleasures, a thousand agreeable
excitements at hand. Each season brought
1 ress maker and an inundation of new
J00, and Ellen was measured and fitted
becoi
om-.ng and pretty dresses, of which
UB ieit no scorn
For each summer vaca-
-uon a
tnn Van 1 n n n.l As. fnnn XT nn
K. -
Laioga, or the Whit Mnnnt.inn Tjfo
like a fairy book. She was fond of
nol,and came forth with a bran-new
Pirchnient of the sciences and of one or two
fcodern languages, but no available knowl
MSe of any branch of learning. Ellen had
never bothered her head about great aims
and aspirations. She expected to appear
in society like other girls, and by and by to
marry, and settle down in a home of her
own.
Such was Ellen Buel when ru in over
whelmed her father. Being the eldest of
the family, she had always lived like a boar
der at home not even dusting her own
pretty room, with its pictures and nick
nacks. Three of them were away at hoard
ing school, and the youngest, a curly-pated
darling, was scarcely out of frocks.
For the first time now Ellen took her
natural place in the family, and decided,
with a promptness and energy no one had
dreamed of her possessing, that the re
moval out West should be accomplished as
speediy as possible. Mrs. Buel's nerves
would not allow her to think or act. She
retired to her bed, had the room darkened,
and every breath of fresh air rigorously ex
cluded. Mr. Buel was stunned by the blow,
and Ellen was obliged to be head and hands
for everybody. Before the day of the auc
tion sale came round she had disposed of her
watch and diamond ring,both of them birth
day presents, and a friend bid in for her a
few of the articles her mother most heartily
prized.
It was a cold, drizzly evening, late in the
fall, when the Buul family assembled at the
cars in Jersey City, prepared to take their
flight iuto Egypt. Mrs. Buel sat in the
sleeping-car, with her handkerchief pressed
to her eyes, surrounded by a few condoling
friends. The healthy animal spirits of the
boys made a little braeze through the place,
while they stowed away their bags and
bundles. Life in the Western wilds, as they
pictured it. did not seem so dreadful after
all. Fred, the eldest, strapped up his gun
case, containing a capital rifle, which his
uncle Lathrop had given him, with visions
of wild turkey shooting and buffalo hunts.
Ellen had hung her hat upon a hook and
made herself at home. She was talking to
Char'e Morton :Jtnd during the !at minute
or two had grown quite confidential, and
had acknowledged that the figure looked
very dismal to her young eyes. She hard
ly knew why Charley Morton had appeared
at the cars that wet evening to say good
bye ; for, although they had skated and
danced together a score of times during the
past winter, nothing like intimacy had
sprung up between them. Charley Mor
ton certainly had an idea or two in his head ;
and Ellen thought him the most sensible,
manly young fellow she knew, although he
was rather savage on modern young girls,
and without niirc-y aimed his sarcasms at
the frivolous, half dressed creatures who
float through New York society.
"I think you are acting very bravely."
Charley rcmaikcd with a littb fluh.
"Oh, you would not say s.," replied El
len, looking up at him with her frank eyes,
"if you knew how much this exile costs me,
and what hard work it is to keep cheerful "
"The more a thing costs the more pre
cious it is," returned Charley, putting up
his hand to cough. Then he added, abrupt
ly, changing the subject: "I am going to
take a run out West myself one of these
days, and I shall surely look you up."
"Beware of Egyptian darkness." And
Ellen laughed, with something of the old
pleasant ring to her voice.
"I shall have a bright particular star to
guide me on uiy way," responded Charley ;
and he bent his tall person down towards
Ellen, and whispered some earnest words,
which brought a bright flush into hercheek,
while a little bouquet of Le Mark rosebuds
and heliotrope fell upon her lap. Afterward
Charley pulled out his note book, and wrote
down a post-office address with special care ;
and then there was a warm hand-shaking
all round, until the last screech of the tteam
whistle gave him notice to depart.
Some weeks later we see Ellen established
in her new abode a staring, boardy, un
painted pine tenement, dropped by accident,
as it seemed, on the brown waste of the
prairie. Nothing more desolate can well be
imagined. The frost was late in closing in
this year. The roads were still deep with
mire. Everything was contaminated with
black mud. Taken from the heart of the
great tity, teeming with life.the Buels were
stranded on the treeless flat prairie, with its
monotonous horizon, and here and there a
corn stack or an Irish cabin visible trom the
windows.
As soon as the moving from the distant
railway station was partially over, Mr. Buel
departed on a collecting tour for the New
York mercantile firm which had employed
him. lie left Ellen what little money he
could spare, then he clasped herclose in his
arms:
"Be a good girl, Ellen, and comfort your
mother. I might better have died long ago
than have lived to lay this burden on your
young shoulders."
"How can you say such dreadful words,
father, when it h only money that we have
lost? There are better things in this world
than money, though I don't despise it.
Mother will come up, I am sure, as soon as
we get put to rights; and, for my pait, I am
of so much importance to everybody just
now, I could not be unhappy if I should
try."
The parting over, Ellen sat down and
cried ; and then she washed the red from
her eyes, and went into her mother's room.
It was the best the ill-contrived, fraitdwell
ing afforded; and she had fitted it up with
the few comfortable luxurious article bro't
from their old city home. Mrs. Buel lay in
a semi-twilight, utterly prostrated and with
her eyes closed.
"Cheer up, mother," said Ellen, taking
her white, listless hand and fondling it.
"Mrs. O'Rooney, our next neighbor, has
been in this morning, with offers ot assistance.
She has promised to show me how to boil a
potato and to make corn bread. Her skill
doesn't go much beyond that point, I imag
ine ; but Miss Beecher's cookery book will
prove my good fairy, and before long you
shall have something to tempt your poor
appetite."
"It is dreadful," moaned Mrs. Buel, "to
think of your doing the work of a servant,"
"Oh, no, it isn't a bit dreadful !" respon
ded Ellen, wi'h vivacity. "Every day I am
learning something new, and I quite enjoy
it. I have found out what a splendid thing
it is to be useful. Any kind of work can be
made pleasant if we go about it in the right
spirit. The boys aje very hopeful, and I see
how I am going to gain great influence over
them. Arthur has promised to wipe the
dishes every day, and I, in turn,have agreed
to practice singing with him. So you see
we shall forget it is drudgery, and turn it
into a kind of jubilee."
"What a singular girl you are, Ellen. You
don't appear to have the least consideration
for your hands. They will soon be red and
coarse."
"I wouldn't mind if they grew as rough
as nutmeg graters," said Ellen, cheerfully,
"if they are only able to weave a spell that
shall bring back the smiles to your face."
Mrs. Buel closed her eyes with an injured
air ; and the brave young girl tripped away
to attend to the duties of the kitchen. Her
pretty, fashionably made dresses had never
been unpacked. Her dainty gloves, hats
and laces were lying buried in the depths of
a Saratoga trunk. Ellen adopted the cus
tom of the country,and went about in a cal
ico dress, a blanket shawl, and woolen hood.
The older boys were out of doors most of
the time, attending to a small drove of cattle
that roamed at large over the barnless prai
rie. The house was so badly contrived for
work or comfort that the poor girl was sore
ly tried to know how to exist at all. . The
looms were destitute of cupboards or
closets; great cracks ventilated the side
walls, and let in dangerous drafts and cur
rents of air ; the roof leaked, the chimney
smoked, sulked, or utterly refused to draw.
Mrs. O'Rooney, in spite of her proud po
sition as an independent Hoosier's wife, did
condescend occasionally to do a day's wash
ing for the Buels ; not so much for Eilcn's
pay as for her pleasant, friendly ways, and
because she had offered to teach her shock
headed boy to read.
Mail day, which came semi-occasionally,
with its shower of letters and periodicals
from the great world.always caused immense
excitement at the lonely Egyptian farm
house. Now and then arrived a missive
which Ellen read alone by herself, and then
laid away by a bunch of dried flowers. It
was noticeable for a whole day thereafter
that her feet tripped about as if keeping
time to some delicious measure beating in
her heart.
Later in the year the terrible prairie winds
brought storms and whirling drifts of snow.
One morning Ellen woke with little spike
lets of ice formed by her breath upon her
pillow, and heard the poor, unhoused cattle
moaning about the door. At this time she
wrote as follows to a friend in New York :
"We have had the Egyptian plague of
mud, and now we are suffering from the bit
ter cold. As I look at tho vast, white heav
ing sea that surrounds us, I sometimes fancy
myself in the polar regions, with Dr. Kane.
The walls of our frail castle are draped with
the oddest kind of tapestry woolen bed
blankets, hung up to stop the wind from the
cracks. The boys and I take turns keeping
the fire going all night, else I fear we should
turn into statues before morning. Instead
of promenading on Broadway, or taking an
airing in the Park, I wrap my head and
shoulders in a shawl, bury my person in one
of father's old coats and a pair of men's
boots, and go with the boys to break the ice
in the brook (or 'branch,.' according to Hoo
sier dialect) tor the poor cattle to drink.
Then, together, we give them their break
fast on corn fodder.
"My old, pleasant life with you at home
begins to seem like a dream. I can tell you,
who know all my weak points, how terribly
blue I get sometimes. I try to bottle up my
rebellious feelings for poor mother's sake ;
but, if those who praise me, as you say peo
ple do, for being brave, could only see the
wrong side of my heroism, their admiration
wotilt? speedily evaporate.
"Tell me all about the fashions when you
write. What are peplums and chignons?"
Almost two years had sped away since that
wet, dismal evening when Ellen took leave
of her city home. She was still the good
ingel of the Egyptian farm house ; for Mrs.
Buel continued feeble and spiritless, and the
burdens of life rested upon her shoulders.
But the prospects of the Buel family were
brightening. The father had secured a good
situation for Fred in Cinciunati,and the way
seemed opening for the removal of the whole
family to that pleasant Western city in less
than a yar.
. One evening, just at dusk, in the hazy
Indian summer weather, when the larger
boys were off shooting prairie chickens, El
len sat milking her favorite cow, Brindle
Bess, behind the corn sjjrtfk. A great yel
low moon was beginning to gain a little
power over the wide plain.
"Here, Arthur," said she, hearing a step
near her, "take this pail to the house."
A hand was stretched forth, but it was
not Arthur's hand, and the smiling face of
Charley Morton was revealed to her gaze.
"Oh! Charley," sheened, a little thrown
off her guard, "how glad I am you have
come at last."
I will not say positively, but I am afraid
Charley committed the impropriety of put
ting his arms around Eilcn and printing a
kiss on her lips. At any rate, when the
young man returned to New York she bad
nromised to be his wifo : and he has thought
more gently aird kindly of women even of
the frivolous and aimless crowd ever since.
HOW WE OBTAINED A HOME.
It was a dreary November night, the rain
had been falling all day, and I was thor
oughly and inwardly disconsolate, when my
little wife met me at the door.
"Why, Will, what caused you to be so
late?" 6aid she ; "the tea has been steeped
this hour ; and I really began to fear that
some one had taken a fancy to your watch,
and caused you an unpleasant delay."
This remark was made with reference to
an ancient time-keeper which I carried a
huge watch which had belonged to my
grandfather. My wife was always predict
ing that some gentlemanly footpad would
seek to possess himself of this valuable, if
I was not more careful about exhibiting it.
The truth was, she was sorry in her heart
that I could not afford a better one, and so
she took this method to banter me.
We sat down to tea that night in our cozy
little back parlor, beside a grate fire, and
the fragrant Oolong, and my wife's cheery
talk, soon caused me to forget my long walk
and the drenching, and the uupleasaut inci
dents of the rain.
&"Do you know, my derr?" said I, break
ing open a white, creamy biscuit the while,
"do vou know I had some very serious
thoughts on my way home to-night ?"
"Oh, no doubt you had," said she, "you
thought perhaps in a fit of mental abstrac
tion, how much you had made on the last
'corner,' in speculation."
All this was decidedly naughty. You
see I had managed to save a thousand dol
lars, and a friend of mine knew it, and he
also knew of a nice 'corner' ou wheat, and
the half of my humble pile he said was suf
ficient seed lor a rich harvest on such a 'cor
ner' as was preparing. Well, I invested,
partly to please my friend, and a good deal
to please myself, to make a little money
quick, and the result was the following Sat
urday night Will Aitkins minus five hun
dred dt liars.
"No," said I, "nothing of the kind. I
was thinking how hard it is to be poor. How
hard to toil year after year, and just barely
make a living. Here we live in a rented
house. We have paid out in rent for this
little cottage three times its first cost. A
man ought to own the house he lives in, if
it be but a shed. I have never seen the
time when I could spend money for a house.
When fortunate in speculation, I have let
my funds slip through my finge-.s, I don't
know how, and my regular salary is only
sufficient for our yearly expenses."
"Do you mean to say," said she, looking
at me over her cup, "that you would wil
lingly compel the wife of your bosom to
lire in a suipllcr and cheaper structure than
this? Do you, really?"
"No.no," said I; "and, indeed, if I were
to think of building a cheap cottage, where
is the money to come from?" and then I
groaned audibly over the aforesaid 'cor
ner.' "Well," said she, "I am glad you are
still a devoted husband not disposed in the
least to play the tyrant ; but would it not be
well, now that we arc on the subject, to see
if there is not some way open to liberty?
For my part I would like to watch over a
patch of ground which we could call our
own. Do you know," said she, "that I
have never cared anything about flowers
here. It is not because I am not fond of
flowers, as you well know, but it seems so
ridiculous to be cultivating flowers on rent
ed ground. How I would like to be mis
tress of a little yard and then the flowers
would be my own."
The fact is my wife had been always talk
ing after this manner. She wanted me to
build a house, even though it had but one
room. So I answered :
"Yes, yes, but where is the money to
come from?" and again I thought of the
'corner.'
"Well," said she, "tbis is the first time
that ever you seemed to se eye to eye with
me as to 'love in a cottage.' When tho
thousand dollars were in the bank, you in
sisted that we had not enough ; now that
the half is gone, I say that we still have
enough to begin with, and my feeling is
'strike for your altars and your fires.' "
By this time we were through tea, and
taking a cigar from the mantel, I sat down
in my easy chair, leaned back, took two or
three whiffs of smoke, and said to her :
"My dear, will yoa be kind enough to in
form me how I shall go to work to build a
house lor five hundred dollars."
In the meantime she had drawn a stool
to my feet,and was sitting looking up at me,
her rosy and lustrous face beautiful in the
gas-light. It had been difficult from the first
for me to withstand that face. I believe I
had never refused any request of hers save
to abandon my cigar and build a cottage,
and now I felt my time had come, and so I
pulled away at my seed Ilavanna with un
common zest.
"Now, Will," aid she, "listen I hear
there are lots for sale in G , great large
lots on long time, at three hundred dollars
each. It is only six miles out by rail, and
property they say is rising in value there
every year. My plan is this: Go down and
buy a lot now, and get ready to build in the
spring."
"Yes," said I, "but you forget the money-"
"Stop," said she, pulling with her tiny
hand at my beard, "you pay down for your
lo $100, and have nothing more to pay for
two years. We shall be able to replace the
money by spring and have $500 to begin our
house with. We can build a cozy place,
large enough for you and me for $1,000."
"Yes," said I, "but where is the remain
ing $500 to come from ?"
"Look here," said she. "We now pay
$300 rent, do we not? This amount, at
least, we shall save in the new house. You
can readily borrow on the security you will
have the remaining $500, and by a little
economy we shall be out of debt in fifteen
months from March next, save the $200 on
the lot."
"Yes, yes," said I, "and such a house as
we shall have oh dear."
Well, I wa3 influenced by my good wife.
We went down one sunshiny day and look
ed at the lots and closed a bargain, and in
the spring our house was commenced and
ready for occupancy by the first of May. It
was not so large a cottage as the one we had
left; there was no gas, and I had myself
helped to dig a well ; but somehow there
was a strange exhilaration of feeling on get
ting settled in our new abode. The affair
too, had cost more than we had anticipated
by $200, so we were in debt on the house
alone $700 on moving in. I felt uneasy
over this debt the first night. This feeling
quickly passed off, and as we began to put
out trees, make garden, and prepare for a
family of children, our estate seemed so
immense that the debt therein was trifling.
I cannot stop to tell you of the joy of that
summer. Away from the roar and dust of
the city; among large trees and growing
shrubs and flowers, our moonlight nights
were blissful, and the little cottage was a
palace. Two years passed, and so much
cheaper had we found it. living in this style
that we had not only paid the debt on the
house, but on the lot also. We wanted to
remain there and never leave it. But we
could not. Property had advanced in price
to such an extent that the half of our lot
brought $5,000. This I put into business
aud on this venture fortune smiled. We
stayed in the little cottage another year,
sold it, and built a large and elegant house
out of the proceeds ol our first investment.
Years have passed since then. I own a
number of houses, and have been success
ful in trade, and now occupy a marble front
on a fine avenue; but we have never been
happier than when living in a thousand
dollar cottage, and my wife's advice was the
foundation of our fortune.
Unpremeditated Eloquence. As an
example of unpremeditated eloquence, may
be given a short answer of Curran,the Irish
orator, to a certain judge Robinson "the
author of many scurrilous political pam
phlets" who, upon one occasion, when the
barrister was arguing a case before him, had
the impudence to reproach Curran with
his poverty, by telling him that he suspect
ed "his law library was rather contracted."
"It is true, my Lord," said Curran, with
dignified respect, "that I am poor, and the
circumstance has certainly curtailed my li
brary ; my books are not numerous, but
they are select, and I hope they have been
perused wilh proper dispositions. I have
prepared myself for this high profession,
rather by the study of a few good works,
than by the composition of a great many
bad ones. I am not ashamed of my pover
ty, but I should be ashamed of my wealth,
could I have stooped to acquire it by servili
ty and corruption. If I rise not to rank, I
shall at least be honest ; and should I ever
cease to be so, many an example shows me
that an ill-gained reputation will make me
the more universally, and the more notori
ously, contemptible."
A Curious Ceremont. The London
correspondent of I he Chicago Journal writes :
"I witnessed one day last week a curious
ceremony at one of the churches in my
neighborhood. In theyear 1794 an old lady
died and was buried in one of the vaults of
that church. When her will was read, it
was found that she had bequeathed a con
siderable sum to the church, the proceeds
of which were to be annually distributed to
the poor of the parish on the 28th of Janu
ary, her own birthday. The condition at
tached to the bequest was that her coffin
should be carefully dusted every year on the
day in question. In case this operation
should be omitted on a single occasion, the
entire principal of the bequest was to pass
to the authorities of the adjoining parish.
Of course the officials of the church have
always been careful to perform this inter
esting ceremony, and it was done this year
for the seventy-fifth time, by the sexton, in
presence of Ihe vicar, church wardens, and
numerous spectators, among whom was
probably some interested party from the ad
joining parish to watch the proceedinns.
CnrRCU Singing. A correspondent of
the Syracuse Journal writes : "A line of a
hymn given out at a prayer meeting so ex
cited the curiosity of my little girl, that on
returning home she repeated it with a re
quest for an explanation. The line, as she
heard it, was 'Mike Rime's a bird and long
has been.' At the cost of much time devot
ed to researches in an old hymn book, and
the exercise of a patient ingenuity, the sat
isfactory discovery was made of the original
of the above translation.to wit: 'My crimes
a burden long have been.' In entering upon
this search I had, to be sure, the advantage
accruing from a recent solution of another
enigma of hers, involving 'Who is letenf
Peteri was found located in the lines
'False to thee, like Peter, I would fain like
Peter weep.' "
A down-east girl being bantered one day
by some of her female friends in regard to
her lover who had the misfortune to have
but one leg, replied : "Pooh, I wouldn't
have a man with two legs they are too
common 1"
An old maid, on the wintry side of fifty,
hearing of the marriage of a pretty young
lady friend, observed with a deep and sym
pathetic sigh, "Well. I suppose it's what
we all must come to."
guomcss givrctoru.
A
W. WALTERS. Attokset at Law
. Clearfield. Pa. Office in tbe Court House.
W
ALTER BARRETT, Attorney at Law. Clear
noia, r. May 13. 1S63.
ED. W.GRAHAM, Dealer in Dry-Goods, Groce
ries, Hardware, Goeensware. Woodenware.
Provisions, etc., MarKet Street. Clearfield. Pa.
NIVLING SHOWERS, Dealers in Dry-Goods
Ladies' Fancy Goods, Hats and Caps. Hoots.
Shoes, etc , Second Street, Clearfield, Pa. sep2i
TERRELL A BiGLER, Dealers in Hardware
LYA. and manufacturers of Tin and Sheet-iron
rare, Second Street, Clearfield, Pa. June "66.
HF. NAUGLE. Watch aBd Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Ac. Room in
Graham's row, Marketstreet. Nov. 10.
HBCCHER SWOOPE. Attorney at Law.Clear
. field, Pa. OfEce in Graham's Row, fourdoo s
west of Graham A Roynton's store. Nov. 10.
JB M'EXALLT, Attoraeynt Law. Clearfield,
. Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoin:ng
xiunties. UBce in new brick building of J.Iioyn-
t in, 2d street, one door south of Lanich's Hotel.
ITEST. Attorney at Law, Clearfield, Pa., will
. attend promptly to all Legal birviness entrust
ed to his care in Clearfield and adjoining coun
ties. UHice on AlarKet street. July 17, lob7.
mUOMAS II. FORCET, Dealer in Square and
1 sawed tiumner, lJy. woods, yueensw.ire. iiro-
ceries. Flour. Grain, Feed, Macon, to Ac, Gra-
hamton. Clearfield county, Pa. Oct 10.
J P. KRATZER. Denier in Dry-Goods. C!othir.,
. Hardware. QuceDSware, Groceries. Proi
ffions, etc., Market Street, a-eaily opposite tbe
Court House, Clearfield. Pa. Jane. Iff.i.
HARTSWICK A IRTVrJT. Dealers ib Drues.
Medicines. Paints. Oils. Stationary. Perfuine-
T . rancy Goods, Actions, etc., etc.. Market street.
Clearfield. Pa Deo. 6, 1865.
("i KRATZER A SOX. dealers m Dry Goods.
V. Clotbin?. Hardware, tjueensware. Groce
ries, Provisions, Ac, Second Street Cleat field.
Pa. Dee 27. 1SB5.
JOHN Gl'ELICH. Manufacturer of all kind? ot
Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clearfield, Pa
He also makes to order Coffins, on short notice, and
attends funerals with a hearse. Aprl0,'59.
mUOMAS J. M'CCLI.OUGH. Attorney at Law.
X Clearfield. Pa. Ofilce. east of the '-Clearfield
o Iiank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
RICHARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do
mestic Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour. Bacon,
Liquors, Ac. Room, on Market street, a few doors
west ot Journal OflUe, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
FB. READ, M D.t Physician and.Suigeon.
. William's Grove, Pa., offers his professional
services to the citizens of the surrounding coun
try. July 10th. 18B7. tf.
"1TTESTERN HOTEL, Clearfield, Pa This
W well known hotel, near the Court House, is
worthy the patronage of the publio. Ihe table
will be suDDlied with the best in the market. The
best of liquors kept. JOHN DOUG HERTY.
DR. J. F. WOODS, Pbysicms ani Scboeos.
Havinr removed t ANSON VILLE. Pl
otters his professional services to the people of
thatplaoe and surrounding country. All calls
promptly attenaea to. j.'ec. &. isno-omp.
I FREDERICK LEITZ1NGER, Manufacture
all kinds of Stone-ware, Clearfield, Pa.
rer of
Or
ders jolieited wholesale or retnil. He alsokeep
on hand and for sale an assortment of eartbens
ware, of his own manufacture. Jan. I, lso,l
J01IX H.FUI.FORD, Attorney at Law. Clear
field, Pa. Oflice with J . II. McEnally, Esq.,
over First National Bank. Prompt attention giv
en to the securing of Bounty claims. Ac. and to
all legal business. Alarcn zi. tso-
WALLACE. BIGLER A FIELDING. Attor
ncrs at Law' Clearfield. Pa.. Legal busine&s
of all kinds promptly and accurately attended to.
Clearfield, Pa., 31ay lutn, isn't.
WILLIAM A. W ALLACB W1LLIAH I. 1UGLER
J. BLAKE WALTERS
FU AN K PIELD1XO
W ALBERT, A BRO'S. .Dealers in Dry Goods,
.Groceries. Hard ware. Queensware. Flour Ba
con, etc.. Woodland, Clearfield county, Pa. Also
extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lumber
shingles, and square timber. Orders solicited.
Woodland, Pa., Aug. 19th, 18ft
DR J. P. BURCIIFIELD Late Surgeon of the
S3d Reg't Penn'a Vols., having returned
from tbe army, offers his professional services to
the citizens of Clearfield and vicinity. Profes
sional calls promptly attended to. Office on
South-East eorner of 3d and Market Streets.
Oct. 4. 1S65 6mp. -
WT. GIBSON, Practical Dkntist, having
, permanently located in the town of Janes
ville. tenders his profeSLional services to tbe
people of that place and vicinity. All work en
trusted to his care will be dune in tbe most satis
factory manner and highest order of Ihe profes
sion Nov. 18. lrifiS-6u
CURVKVOR. The under.-igned offers
his services to the public, as a Surveyor.
He may be found at bis residence in Lawience
township, when not engaged ; or addressed by
letter at Clearfium, Penn a.
March 6th, 1867.-tf. J 4MES MITCHELL
rrUIOMAS W. iMOORE, Land Surveyor
and Conveyancer. Having recently lo
cated in the Borough of Lumber City, and resum
sumcd the practice of Land Surveying, respect
fully tenders his protessiouai services to tne own
era and speculators in lands in Clearfield and ad
intn? counties Deeds of Conveyance neatly ex
ecuted. Office and residence one door East of
Kirk d Spencers Store
Lumber City. April 14, 1867-ly!
SOLDIERS' BOUNTIES. A recent bill
has passed both Houses of Coiigress.and
signed by the President, giving soldiers who en
listed prior to 22d July,' 18B1. served one year or
more and were honorably discharged, a bounty
of S100.
CSBounties and Pensions collected by me for
those entitled to them.
- WALTER BARRETT, Att'y at Law,
Aug. ISth, 156. Clearfield, Pa.
t T .F A R F f K LD HOUSE, Clearfield,
V Pa. The subscriber would rc.ptlully
solicit a continuance or tne patronage ot nis old
friends and customers at tbe "Clearfield House."
Havinr made manv Improvements, he isprepar
ed to accommodate all who may favor him with
their custom. Every department connected with
the bouse is conducted in a manner to give gen
eral satisfnction. kjive him a call.
Nov. 4 1S68. GEO. N. COLBURN
D
ENTAL PARTNERSHIP.
DR. A.M. HILLS desires to inform his patients
an4 the public generally, that he has associated
with him in the oractice of Dentistry . S. P. SHAW.
D. D S . who is a eraduate of the Philadelphia
Dental College, and therefore has the highest
attestations of his Professional skill.
All work done in the oifice I will hold myself
personally responsible tor being done in the most
satisfactory manner ana mguesi oraer oi tne pro
fessioa.
An established practice of twenty-two years in
this place enables me to speak to my patrons with
confidence.
Engagements from s distance; should be made
by letter a few days before the patient designs
eoming. Clearfield, June 3, ISftK-ly
pURE BUCK LEAD, equal in quality to
English white lead; Oil. Paints and
Varnishes of all kinds; Gold leaf in books, and
bronses. for sale by A. i. sua"
Clearfield , October 23, 1867.
RAIS WANTED Wheat. Rye, Corn. Buck
I -w i k i n.. ...,. i rr which tbe bitrn
est market price will be paid by J. P. KjlA,I4(fctt'
.iarei street, opposite im . . .
T J. CUNNING HA Mr
W. ATTORNEY AT T AW
Real Estate Agent and Conveyancer,
TYROMB, BLAIR COFNTV, PA.
Special attention given to the collection of claims.
Tyron.Pa., January 27, 1869-tf.
RANKING & COLLECTION OFFICE-
McGirk a perks,
Successors to Foster. Perks, Wright A Co-.,
PHrL!rBVB, Cbxthb Co., Pa.
Where all the business of a Bancing House
will be transacted p?optly aad anon the mart
favorable terms. MrA .,e
Jm P. KRATZER,
Clearfield, reun'a,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Dress Goods. Jui'Hinery
Gooifs, Groceries, Hard-ware,Queens-ware, Stone
ware, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Flour,
Bacon, Fish, Salt.etc, is constantly receiving new
supplies from the cities, which he will dispose of
at the lowest market prices, to ;ortomers. Before
purchasing, elsewhere, examine his steck.
Clearfield, Aagast 28, 1S67.
QLOTHING! CLOTHINGlf
C00D AND CHEAP K
Men, Tosths and Boys can be up!pie 1 with full
suits of seasonable and lashionable clothing at
REIZEJiSTEIN JiROS' CO..
where it is sld at prices that will indues their
purchase. The universal satisfaction which baa
been given, has induced them to increase their
iorfc, which is now not surpassed by any estab
lishment of the kind ia this part of the Stat.
Iieizeirstein Ero's & Co.,
Sell gnods at a very small profit, for eash;
Their goods are well made and fashionable.
They give every one the worth of his money.
They treat their customers ail alike.
They sell cheaper than every body elae.
Their store is conveniently situated.
They having purchased their stock r t reduced
prices they ean sell cheaper tl an others
for these and other reasons persons should buy
their clothing at
REIZKKSTEIN BKO'S A CO.
Produce of every kind taken at the highest
market priees May 18, lt4.
E W SPRING STOCK!
J. SHAW k SON.
Ilave jnst returned from the east and are now
opening an entire new stock of goods in the room
formerly occupied by Wm. F. Irwin, on Market
Street, which they now offer to tbe publio at the
lowest cash prices.
Their stock consists of a general assortment of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Queensware, Hardware,
Boots, Shoes. Hats, Caps, Bonnets, Dress Geods,
Fruits, Candies. Fish, Salt, Brooms, Kails, etc. ,
in fact, everything usually kept in a retail store
ean be had by calling at this store, or will be
procured to order.
Their stock is well selected, and consists of lb
newest goods, Is of the best quality, of the latest
styles, and will be sold at lowest prices for cash,
or exchanged for approved country prodnee.
Be sure and call and examine our stock before
making your purchases, as we are determined
nlease all who may favor us with their custom.
May8.13fi7. J. S1IAW A SON.
CLEARFIELD ACADEMY.
The Fourth Session of the present Scholastic
year of this Institution, will commence on Moa
day, the 26th day of April. 1869.
Pupils can enter at any time. They will be
charged with tuition from the time they enter to
tbe close of the session.
The course of instruction embraces everything
included in a thorough, practical and accom
plished education of both sexes.
The Principal having had the advantage of
much experience in his profession, assures pa
rents and guardians that his entire ability and
energies will be devoted to the mental and moral
training of the youth placed under his oharge.
Terms or Tcitioh:
Orthography, Reading. Writing and Primary
Arithmttie, per session, (11 wvoks.) $5 00
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, and Histo
ry. $5,08
Algebr-ijGeometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration
Surveying, Philosophy, Physiology, Chemistry
Book-keeping, Botany, and Physical Geogra
phy. JV.oO
Latin, Greek and French, with any of the a
bove branches. $12,00
Music. Piano, (30 lessons.) $10.00
IdeNo deduction will be made for absence.
For further particulars inquire of
Ret. P. L. HARRISON, a. m.
July 31.1S67. Principal.
a. L. RFFH.
J.r.WKAVKR
W. POWKLL,
a. r. hoop,
NOTICE, w w..
CLEARFIELlf PLANING MILL
A-LL RIGHT.
Messrs. HOOP. WEAVER t. CO., Proprietors,
would mspeetfully inform the citizens of the
eonnty that they have completely refitted aad
supplied their PLASI5G MILL, In this Borough,
with the best and latest improved
WOOD WORKING MACHINERY,
and are now prepared to execute all orders ia
their line of business, such as
Flooring, Weatherboarding,
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Brackets, aod
Moldings, of all kinds. . . , L
They have a large stock of dry lumber o laid,
and will pay cash for elear staff, one-and-st-half
inch panael plank preferred Sbf $,'$7.
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