BY S. J. HOW.
CLEAKFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1869.
VOL 15.-NO. 42.
THE OATgARMONIOOff.
An Oridaal Concert- Western Music Forty
Years Ago.
The St Louis Democrat says: While
tfie St Louis Philharmonic and other simi
lar societies are djing much to improve mu
sical taste and i-kill, it may be well to col
lect anJ preserve records of efforts in the
same Hue by the ;ast generation, to show
the struggles of musieal genius in the earli
er Jays of the West, and to prove that long
before the Dutch, with their brass bands,
tooquored the country, there were untutor
ed Americans who were filled with musical
inspiration, and who only lacked the oppor
tunity to astonish the world with their
achievements We will, therefore, try to
rescue from oblivioa the history of one of
the most original attempts . ever made in
the musical line one that produeed a re-ni-rtable
sensation from Pittsburgh to New
Orleans, at least in steamboat circles.
Among the citizens of Cincinnati, some
forty years ago, there was one named (Cur
tis we forget his initials a guilder by
rrade, and a genius in his way, but that way
ran in the line of mirthfulncss rather than
money-making. Of course, he was poor.
iJ the reader ever sed a merry rich man ?
IJut he was none the less popular among
hi. special fiiends, the steaiuboatmen, who
never emploped any other to guild their
picture frames or"horns," which the fxst
est boat was always allowed to carry on her
pilot house.
Oar hero was not at all contented with
his poverty, and many and original were
the plans he formed to to mend his fortune,
lie was an observing man. too, and had not
failed to notice how often fortunes were
made out of things apporently trifling, lie
inniwd particularly how easy money was
acquired by musicians, singers, concerts,
and all that sort of thing, and he believed
he could get np something ot the kind that
would please the public and pay well, tho'
in truth he know uo more than a mule about
fiats and sharps, minimiins and qnavcrs.
lUt he had a big crochet in his head and
determined to work it out.
Living near ''Western Ruw" where cats
a!mnded, Curtis did not lack opportuni
ties to study thi musical capacity of the fe
line race. They had kept him awake ma
ny a warm moonlight night when he pre
fered leep to their infernal serenades. So
lie determined to get up a grand I'liilliar
nionic concert, in which cats should uke a
prominent art, and it he failed to make
either uib.4c or money, he would at lea.-t
have the satisiactiju f having some fun
oat of it.
Taking a few cats to -experiment on he
tried various mokes of bringing out the
notes tkeywer? a I dieted to, or excelled in.
li-pinched -their cars, twisted their legs,
otuck imhs in their their rotundities, and
"! other pleasant kevices to dovelope the
mssie. But he found no way go certain of
bringing ouuliesoune as the application of
th UwA of a case knife across the tail. This
iwver failed to elicit the note if there was
iny tallant at- all in the animal the modu
lations piano and forte, being easily obtain
ed by making the blow ligha or heavy-
This remarkable discovery Curtis believed
might be so uiaaged as to make him a for
tune eijiial to N'ick Longworth's or any oth
i man's. So up he goes next morning, af
ter he had matured his plan, to Columbia
market, and enquired of every man, woman
nl toy he met if they had any cats at home
i spare. Of course they had lots of them,
nd Wtore long he had more brought to
iiffl than he supposed could be found in
JkaJti.n county. lie had employed an
k'gii'lmiaii named Johnson, a drinking fel
'", but mu.iical wilhal, and who could
l'ii.Jorai., to make oai to serve as an ac
citiif aniiiitnt to the cat voices. Johnson
'"turuie l him that one of six octaves would
Jo, at least for the experiment Curtis reck
uo up the octaves and found that four
ilea cat would fill the bilL But he order
"1 twj iezen more, for fear that some
niSdt Lave defective voices, or prove ob--nin.it.'
oi capricious, like the operatic tribe
general)-. Six dozen teen were ordered,
4 aecii::niudations prepared for thciu iu
sundry hoses, barrels, keg, Ac., in the
yard. Hut, bless your soul! six doz-ien-:i..wiiere.
All the boys in all the
w-nties around, in Kentucky . as well as
ytio, heard of this unprecedented demand
hue a:i:nuls, and every market day lots
ftVn, nii.'ht be seen with baskets and
" wei.disg their way to Western Row.to
M ' .,uartr" or "half dollar," the
'nee Uu.-tis established for kits and cats, a
Itrsiie. In a month or less his six dozen
Wl nude up, comprizing every age, size,
xnle,,)r- Curtis then published that
. e fall complement, he could not
, tke -'vs came on, in almost unbroken
and finding "no .sale," incontinently
the cats down at his doon, whence
T scattered up alleys, down cellars, over
s ' f"'1 int0 Joors' as Curtis of"ten M
j, ,," ' l" uumoe'' of six hundred and
sometimes ac"ded thousands,
hosou Wcnt on with the building 0f
l,' or?n and the adaption of the extra
tde keys to the cat's tails. He arranged
toe ingers should be confined in nar
J boxes, which, while they allowed free
to the lungs, guarded against clawing
having four holes in the bottom througt
the less protruded. The tails were
jweJin tubes provided with longitudi
nal slots We nte to be scientific and pre
e in description across which the blado
Js worked. These 'extra keys were con
th i 30mell0w with those of the organ, eo
-V.'i yi aut their appropriate voices
-"jii l be in perfect unison, and thus pro
duce as the inventor expected, that "concord
of sweet sounds," that rapturous harmony
which is said to constitute the language of
angels and so forth.
Curtis, on his part, proceeded with the
musical education of the cat., aided occa
sionally by Johnson, and in a month or so
he had a complete choir, from the kitten of
two months, his trebles and falsettos, and
his pussy sopranos, up to the venerable
toins, who growled out double base equal to
Carl Formes.
His greatest trouble arose from the prodi
gious number of torn cats turned loose by
those reckless boys. As might have been
expected in that immortal city, they soon
became dissipated vagabonds, keeping late
hours, visiting Curtis' musical family with
out, leave, and drawing away the thoughts
of the younger ones from their professional
studies.
But at length the organ was completed,
and the f.ix octaves of cats arranged in due
order. A few rehersals were given before a
select audience of critics mates, piIots,ctc.,
from the steamboats in port, and those were
willing to make affidavit, if necessary, that
such a concert had never been arranged
since the days of Handel, Orpheus or Tubal
Cain.
The second story of a warehouse near the
landing was rented a stage,drop sccne,ar,d
tiers of seats provided the whole intended
to accomodate four or five hundred people.
The organ and cats were safely transported
to the place of exhibition or performance
without accident, save that the two prin
ciple bassos, being accidentally put in the
same box, had an awful fight all the way
up from Western How, and were obliged to
appear before the public with very rueful
faces and bloody noses, which, however,did
not at all detract from their popularity.
Everything being in readiness, Curtis had
flaming posters stuck up all about the le
vee, displaying in huge letters :
CURTIS' CATHARMONICON !
Grand Vocal ami Instrumental Concert.
FORTY-EIGHT CATS, ETC. ETC.
The house was crowded at an early hour
by the jolly boatmen, the spaces not big
enough for men Icing fil'e 1, as usual, by
boys, the omnipresent imps, who are always
on hand when there is promise of noise, fun
or mischief. After the usual delay, which
elicited from the audience any amount
of stamping, whistling, and imitation cater
wauling, the curtain rose, and the grand cat-
harmonicon was disclosed to view .. Two
rows of cat he ids, two dozen each, glared
with their hsstrous green and yellow eyes
straight at the audience. Little ruffles were
around their necks ; miniature music stands,
with books and candles, were placed before
them ; the aforesaid two bassos, whose beau
ty was spoiled bvthe fight, being provided
with muslin bands, which added to the
gravity of thci'rkcountcn:ince. The whole
was indescribably conite, and was received
with due applause. Seated at the organ
was Johnson, in a clean shirt, and as sober
as he could afford to be on so grand an occa
sion. As soon as he could be heird, Curtis
advanced and stated to the audience that
the first song of the evening would be
"AuM Lang Syne," or, as he pronounced
it, "Old Long Zion," which would be fol
lowed by "Hail Columbia," "Clarde Kitch
en," and other patriotic and devotional
ongs. Johnson squared himself for the
task, ran his fingers tenderly over the keys
by way of prelude, and then dashed boldly
and vigorously into "Old Long Zion," pro
ducing such a burst of music as was never
heard on this continent before, nor ever will
be again till another Curtis arises to carry
into more successful execution bis brilliant
experiment. " The cats were excited to fury
in the presence of the new and uproarious
audience, and still more under the unusual
ly severe pounding of their tails. They for
got all the lessons they had been taught,
they paid no attention to their parts, to
either tithe or tune, rhyme or reason, but
squalled and mewed, yelled, spit and phiz
zed in the very madness of pain and terror,
drowuing the sound of the organ, which
could be heard occasionally droning out "Old
Lang Zion," iu the rear of the unearthly
tornado of caterwauling. Never was an au
dience so completely enchanted never was
delight so unusual, so unbounded and so vig
orously expressed. Shouts, roars, yells of
laughter, such as Western men alone can
give, burst from the ciowd, shaking the
building from roof to foundation. Curtis
was delighted the cats were furious John
son was beside himself with joy, and ham
mered away at the keys with all his strength
making, with the aid of the, choir, and the
plaudits of the audience, a "concord" of
diabolical sounds never heard before on this
side of the infernal regions. 'Unfortunately
in his delirium he forgot the strength or
weakness of the bellows which supplied the
organ with wind, and which he worked with
his foot. lie had not reached the end of
the song when the leather gave way and
brought the performance to a sudden close,
the cats alone continued the song or noise
till one after another they became silent,and
stood winking and blinking at the specta
tors, in mute fear of a recommencement of
the torture.
Curtis now approached, and after exam
ining the catastrophe, addressed the audi
ence: "Gentlemen," said he "the biler I mean
the bellows is busted, and the concert can't
go ahead to-night; To morrow I'll have the
bellows mended ud give another concert,
introducing choice classical songs melodies, .
etc Anybody that wants his money back
to-night " here he was interrupted with
"No, no," "Hurrah for Curtis 1" "Never
mind the organ !" "Go ahead oa the wt? I"
"Give us Old Hundred with the varia
tions I" and a storm of similar exclamations
accompanied with shouting, stamping, whis
tling and cat-calling, Curtis all the time
standing, twirling his hat and trying to be
heard. A stentorian voice shouted, "Three
cheers for Curtis," which were given in
earnest, and literally brought down the
house, or rather the staging on which the
audience sat and stood. It fell with a crash
luckily doing no further harm than the
breaking of a few shins. A moment's si
lence followed and then another outburst of
laughter, mingled with swearing and blows,
which soon became one of those free fights
such as ended most public gatherings, stump
speakings, camp meeting, etc., in those
primitive and happy days. The boys now
began to pelt the cats with broken benches.
and Curtis, fearing for the safety of his pets
and unable to remove them bodily from the
sjene of danger, lifted off the upper planks
which confined their necks in their plaees
and set them -at libertv. The terror-strick
ed creatures darted away in every direction,
mostly among the feet of the spectators,
adding to the confusion. Whoops, yells,
hurrahs, and shouts were followed by a gen
eral smash up of benches and windows.
The boys running down the stairs raised the
cry of "fire!" Citizens and watchmen
crowded the streets to learn the cause of the
uproar, and the engines found difficulty in
getting near enough to perform their part
of the work. There was no sight of fire,
not even of smoke, but the old "Liberty
Jo. 2 could not afford to come all the way
down there for nothing, so she jjoured a
deluge of fresh water through the front
window, drenching the whole crowd inside
to the skin in half a minute. Peace was
restored instantly, and the late belligerents
came rushing and tumbling pell mell down
the stairs. The watchmen finding that
there was more laughing than cursing, and
that no one had received any worse hurt
than a black eye or a bloody nose, let them
all go without making any arrests.
Thus ended Curtis' grand cat concert, an
event that was talked of and laughed over
for many years by the jolly boatman of the
Ohio. Its projector was ordered to appear
before the Maor next morning and explain
the cause of the riot, aud it is said his hon
or burst off some of his buttons laughing at
Curtis' description of the same. He was
let off with the admonition to do so no more,
aud he didn't. He went back to his work
shop next day a wiser man, and soon for
got his disappointment, in some new scheme
which his active brain hatched out a flying
machine or something of the kind. But to
his dying day he avowed that, but for the
bursting of his bellows, his catharmonicou
would have made him the richest man in
Cincinnati.
Extraordinary Surgical 0se.
The Russian River (Cal.) Flag gives the
particulars of the remarkable recovery of
AL-. 13. F Chase, foreman of a mill in Men
dociuo county, from an apparently deadly
wound. It appears that in July, 1804, Mr.
Chase was doing some work under a picket
saw, which was running at a great speed,
when inadvertantly raising his head against
the saw he received a cut beginning at the
the frontal bone ene half inch above the
nose, and running back to the occipital
bone. Dr. A. C. Foisom was called, but at
first thought it was useless to dress the
wound, believing that thev man would die
in a few niinut.es bat Mr. Chase being per
fectly concious and free from pain, he cos
eluded to attempt a careful dressing, en
couraged Bomewha he says, by remember
ing the case of a man in Vermont who had
a tamping iron blown through his head and
recovered therefrom. The cut gaped open
so that the skull bones were a full inch
apart. Dr. Foisom estimated that the
brain was cut nearly to its base, or fully
three iuches deep. He inserted a pocket
rule an inch and a half. Ha carefully re
moved all fragments of skull taking out
over thirty pieces and washed out the saw
dust that had got into the opening, using
warm water to produce hemorrhage, which
was slight for so extensive a wound. He
also washed out more than a table spoonful
of brain. How much more the saw carried
away one can only conjecture. The doctor
then shaved the scalp, applied a tourniquet
to bring the bones together, and closed the
apperture with six stitches, finishing with
adhesive plaster and leaving three openings."
The only dressing ever used was cold wa
ter. The patient was in full possession of his
faculties during the whole time, and said he
experienced no pain then or afterward un
til he was entirely recovered. He visited
the mill about four weeks after the accident,
and soon after resumed his duties as filer
and foreman, which position he still holds.
He says he never lost sleep or appetite, or
experienced any physical or mental pain or
weakness from his wound. The doctor's
theory for this wonderful case is that the
wound was a clean cut, unaccompanied by
concussion, and that it is usually the con
cussion and not the iocissibn of the brain
that causes death. Believing for a year or
two that the patient would die of the injury,
Dr. F. did not seud any statement of the
case to the medical journals. Mr. Chase now
seems to have as long a lease of his life as
anybody else.
"What do you think of whiskey, Dr.
Johnson ?" hiccupped Boswell, after empty
ing a sixth tumbler of toddy. "Sir," said
the doctor, "it penetrates my rcry soul like
the small still voice conscience ; and doubt
less the worm of the still is the worm that
never dies,"
A Tonching Incident. .
We have never read a more touching in
cident than the following which occurred a
short time since in one of the French courts
The natural nobility of the brother and the
affectionate faith of the sister, are exam
ples to be followed by the unfortunate youth
of our own. or any other country, and an ev
idence, however dark the day, an 'honest
heart and a firm resolve will overcome the
greatest obstacles.
A French paper says that Lucille Rouen,
a pretty girl, with blue eyes and fair hair
poorly but neatly cad, wasl brought before
the Sixth Court of Correction under the
charge ot vagrancy.
"Does any one claim you?" asked the
magistrate.
"Oh, my good sir," said she, "I have no
longer any friends; my father and mother
are dead.and I have only my brother James,
but he is as young as I am. O, sir, what can
he do for me ?"
"The court must send you to the house
of correction."
"Here I am sister,here I am. do not fear,"
cried a childish voice from the other end of
the court, and at the same instant a little
boy, with a' lively couQtenance.started forth
from amid the crowd and stood before the
judge.
"Who are you ?" said he.
"James Rouen, the brother of this poor
little girl."
"Your age?"
"Thirteen?"
'And what do you want?"
"1 come to claim my Lucille."
"But have you the means of providing
for her?"
"Yesterday I had none ; but I have now.
Don't be afraid."
"Oh, how good you are, James."
"Well, let us see, my boy," said the ma
gistrate; "the court is disposed to do all
that it can. for your sister ; but you must
give us some explanation."'
"About a fortnight ago, sir," said the boy,
"my poor mother died of a bad cough, for
it was cold at home. Wc were in great trou
ble. Then said I to myself, I will become
an artisan, and when I know a good trade,
I will support my sister. I went appren
tice to a brush maker. Every day I used to
carry her half of my dinner, and at night I
took her secretly to my room, and she slept
on the bed while I slept ou the floor. But
it appears that she had not enough to cat.
One day she begged on the boulevard and
was taken up." ' When I heard that, I said
to myself, 'Come my boy, things cannot
last so; you must fiud something better.' I
soon found a good placc,where I am fed and
clothed and have twenty francs a month. I
have also found a good woman, who, for
these twenty fiancs,will take care of Lucille
and teach her needlework. I claim my sis
ter." "My boy." said the judge, "your con
duct is very honorable. However, your
sister cannot be set at liberty untill to-morrow."
"Never mind, Lucille," said the boy, "I
will come and fetch you early to-morrow,"
then turning to the magistrate he said, "I
may kiss her, may I not, sir?"
He then threw himself into his sister's,
arms and both wept fond tears of affection.
Woman's Grave. ---I can pass by the
tomb of a man with somewhat of a calm in
difference ; but when I survey the grave of
a female, a sigh involuntarily escapes njc.
With the holy name of woman I associate
every soft, tender, and delicate affection. I
think of her as the young and bashful vir
gin, with eyes sparkling, and cheeks crim
soned with each feeling of the heart ; as the
chaste and virtuous matron, tired with the
follies of the world,' and prepa ing for the
grave, to which she must soon descend. Oh,
there ia something in contemplating the
character of a woman that raises the soul
far above the level of society. She is form
ed to adorn and humanize man, to soothe his
cares and strew his path with flowers. In
the hour of distress she is the rock on which
he leaos for support, and when fate calls
him from existence, her tears bedew hi
grave. Can you look upon her grave with
out emotion ? Man has always justice done
to his memory ; woman never. The pages
of history lie open to one ; but the meek
and unobtrusive excellencies of the other
sleep with her unnoticed in the irrave. In
her may have shone the genius of a poet
with the virtues of a saint. She, too, may
iave passed along the sterile path tf exis
tence, and felt for others as I now feci tor
her.
A Love of Letters.
"Crafty men contemn studies.simple men
admire them, and wise men use them,"says
Lord Bacon. The Chinese cau hardly be
reckoned in the first of these classs. So
great is their reverence for everything writ
ten or printed, that they take the greatest
pains to prevent the least scrap, whether a
favorite poem or. a school-boy's copy-book,
from being trampled upon, or in any way
treated with disrespect. Persons are hired
to go about the streets and into the shops
and houses to gather everything of the kind
that can be seen. Baskets, too, with the
inscription, "Respect printed paper," are
placed by the roadside to receive these rev
ered scraps. This paper when a large
quantity has been collected, is burned, and
the ashes are carried out to sea and thrown
overboard. This reverence for written and
printed characters is now carried out so far
that an attempt has been made to prevent
the use of inscriptions on China ware, be
cause so little regard is paid to broken crock
ery. The authorities have also forbidden
tfie woiking of Chinese hitters in embroidery.
Thb Old Hymns. 5"anny Foro asks
Did you ever know any person who was
brought up on the good old lion hymns,
whom they ever failed to move te the found
ations when heard ? The feet moving on ho
ly errands linger on their way past the church
door, as the melody floats out upon the
night air.
That man who has wasted life, and en
ergy, and talent which might have blessed
mankind, to reap only the whirlwind he is
back again with his little head upon his
mother's lap while she sings that same
hymn which will never grow old, about "the
beautiful river." His eyes moisten as he
thinks hew pained she would be, were she
living, to know him now; the hymn ceases
and the low benediction follows, and as the
worshipers emerge he recollects himself, and
with an impatient "pshaw" ! passes on.
What 1 he moved at a "conventicle hymn !"
he, who for years has never crossed the
threshold of a church ? He who believes
neither in prayers nor priests, Bible nor
Sundays! He who has "outgrown all that !"
Ah! but he hasn't, he can't outgrow it
it is there. It will come, whether he de
sires it or not. Come in spite of all his ef
forts to laugh or reason it away. Come
though he. live in open derision and mock
ery of that religion whose divine precepts
he cannot efface from his mind. Come as
it did to John Randolph, who, after years
of atheism, and worldliness, aud ambition,
left on record that "the only men he ever
knew well and approached closely whom he
did not discover to be unhappy, were sincere
believers of the gospel, who conformed their
lives, as far as the nature of man can per
mit, to its precepts." "Often," he says,
"the religion of his childhood was banished
wholly by business or pleasure ; but after a
while they came more frequently, and staid
longer, until at last they were his first tho'ts
on waking, and his last before going to
sleep." Said he "I could not banish them
if I would."
The Union of Languages.
We have more than onee referred to the
tendency towards the adoption of a common
language. Every year it becomes more
marked. The ease and rapidity of travel
which tend so much to the mingling of dif
ferent nationalities.betwecn whom some in
tercourse must be maintained, either di
rectly by the acquisition of each others dia
lect, or through interpreters, is fast making
that language prevail which moot largely
represents the world's activities. Who,
then, arc the great travellers of the world ?
Are not the English, the Scotch, the Ameri
can, found everywhere? All these speak a
common dialect. America may be claimed
as wholy English as to language. In all
European cities the knowledge of it is a mer
cantile and social necessity. The language
of India and Australia is English. The
swarms of men and women from Germany
and other European kingdoms to America
all learn the English language in a year or
more after their arrival. Many of these re
turn to the fatherland and swell the increas
ing number of those who speak the Saxon
idiom.. It is the most widelv spoken lan
guage on the globe. In compactness, in
scope, in capacity of definite etpression. in
expressiveness, it is, with the aid of Latin,
the king of dialects.
Potential among these unifie agencies is
the telegraph, by which the nations are
placed pracitcally together. To use it suc
cessfully, the language employed must be
terse, definite, clear. " This is needed by
considerations ot time and economy. Words
arc wanted which express a whole definite
idea, which need no adjective or descriptive
accompanying index. For this the Saxon
stands pre-eminent. No language can so
tersely convey a thought, an order, a desire.
as that which, in our conception, is the ba
sis and beauty and power of the English
language.
It is a carious circumstance, illustrative
of what we have just written, that on the
continent, not a few use the English lan
guago in their messages by telegraph, even
where a foreign tongue pre vails, because of
this ability to condense language, increase
its clarity and diminish its cost in transmis
sion; Language is the manifestation of hu
man thoughts and feeling by articulate
sounds. In the use of the telegraph that
language which utters most in a single word
must prevail. The simple word "fire V ut
tered by a frightened woman, sets all the
bells of the metropolis in fiercest clang as
soon sputtered. It is words like these that
commerce will use to express its wants.
They will be words recognized everywhere,
in Pekin, as at Marseilles, in St. Peters
burg as at New York. Commerce will forge
language, which the hunt for gold, and the
energy of enterprise, will sooner or later
establish as this idiom of the world.
Of course it will take time, but mark how
rapidiy the Saxon tongue spreads. We be
lieve that 100 yearswiu not pass away be
fore a traveler will need no other language to
interpret his thoughts in any town open to
commerce in any quarter of the earth.
Inside of our Western civilation there are
certain marked tendencies the result of
which cannot fail to be a gain to Christiani
ty and the world. From a variety of causes,
all of which are inactive operation, nations
are becoming fewer but larger. The lesser
are gradually being absorbed by the greater.
Language is following a similar law,and ev
idence is not wanting to convince us tht
this tendency is destined to become even
more a characteristic of the future than it is
of the present. A common nationality and
a common language for all mankind is do
longer an impossible dream. In proportion
as this is realised so win the conquering
forces of Christianity be multiplied and so
will Us success be secured. lne .race will
be to the swift and the battle will be to the
strong; and in this great future the Uni
ted istates, the second home ot the En
glish tongue, will play a conspicuous part.
Journal of the Telegraph.
W. WALTERS. Attobhkt at Lw,
Clearfield. Pa Office in the Conn Jlou-e.
W
ALTER BARRETT, Attorney atl.-w, Clear
Beia, f. My 13, 16J.
ED. W. GRAHAM, Dealer in I-j-flood-.G-oce-ries,
Hardware, Wueensware. Woodenware,
i'rurUion-, etc., MarKet Street. Clearfield. Pa.
NIVLtNO SHOWERS, Dealer inry-oods
Ladie-' Fancy Goods. Hats and Caps, iiuoU,
Shoes, e to . Second Street, Clearfield, Pa. -ep2S
jt TERRELL & BIGLEK, Dealer! in Hardware
LVl and manufacturers of Tin and Sheet-iron
rare. Second Street. Clearfield. Pa. June 'A6.
HF. NAUQLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watohea. Jewelry, Ac Room in
Graham'i row, Market ttreet. Nov. 10.
HBUCHEK SWOCTE. Attorney at Law. Clear
. field, Pa. Office inGraham's Row, fourdoo i
west of Graham 4 Boynton's (tore. Ko. 10.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE. Attorney at Law.
Clearfield, Pa.. Legal business of all kinds
promptly and accurately attended to.
Clearfield, Pa., J one 9th. lw-.
JB M'EN'ALLT, Attorneyat Law. Clenrncld,
. Pa. Pr-etices in Clearfield and adjoin'nn
-ountiea. Office in new brick building of J. Byn
t n, 2 i street, one door south of Lanich's Hotel.
I TEST, Attorney at Law. Clearfield, Pa., will
. attend promptly to all Legal, business entrust
ed to hi care in Clearfield and adjoining coun
ties. Office on Market street. July 17, 1867.
rjHIOMAS H. FORCEY, Dealer l Square and
J Sawed Lumber, Dry-Goods, Queensware, Gro
ceries. Flour. Grain, Feed, Daeon, Ao , tc, Gra
hamton, Clearfield county, Pa. Oct 10.
J P. KKATZER, Dealer in Dry-Goods. Clothing
. Hardware Queensware, Groceries. Provi
sions, etc. Market Street, neajly opposite the
Court Bouse, Clearfield, Pa. June, 1BR5.
HARTSWICK IRWIJ?, Dealers in Drus.
Medicines. Paints. Oils. Stationary. Perfume
ry . Fancy Goods, Notions, etc., etc., Market street.
Clearfield, Pa Dec. 6,186a.
("H KRATZER SON, dealers in Dry Goods,
j. Clothing. Hardware. Queensware, Oroce.
ries, Provisions, Ae.. Seooni Street Cleai field.
Pa Dec 27.1363.
fOlIN GllELICH. Manufacturer of all kinds of
f I Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clearfield, Pa
Ho also makes to order Coffins, on short notice and
attends funerals with a hearse. Aprl0,'59.
THOMAS J. M CULLOliOn, Attornoy at Law.
Clearfield, Pa. Office, east of tue -Clearfield
o linr.k. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
HICHARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do-
mestio Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour, Bacon,
Liquors, Ac. Room, on Market street, a few doors
west ot JoitmrUOffirr.. Clearfield. Pa. Apr27.
1 B. READ. M D., Physician and Surgeon.
' . William's Grove, fa., offers his professional
service to the citizens of the surrounding eoun
try. July 10th, 1867..tf.
NM. HOOVER.Whc.lesAte and Retail Dealer in
TOBACCO. CJ(JAKii.AND SMCW. A
large assortment of pipes, cigar cases. Ae., con
stantly on hand. Two door East of the Post
Office, Clearfield, Pa. May 19.'6tf.
WESTERN HOTEL, Clearfield. Ta This
well known hotel, near the Court House, is
worthy the patronage of the public. The table
will be supplied with the bert in ihe market. The
best of liquors kept. JOHN DOVGHERTY.
DR. J. F. WOODS. PmrstciAji axd Scsseoh,
Having removed to ANSON VILLE, Pa.,
uflors his professional services to the people of
that place and Surrounding country. Ail calls
promptly attended to. Dec. 2. 13fiS-6mp.
T?REDERD2K LEITZtNGER, Manufacturer of
l"t -II kin4 .f Sliin-.iTa. Clearfield. Pa. Or
on hand and for sale an assortment of earthens
ware, of his owa manufacture. Ja. I, lsb4
JOHN II. FULFORD, Attorney at Law. Clear
field. Pa. Office with J. B. McEnally, Esq.,
over First National Bank. Prompt attention giv
en to the securing of Boantj claims. Ac, and to
-. , , v Of 1 OCT
an legal Dmsinese. jnarcu i , ijui .
W ALBERT, St BROrS.. Dealers in Dry Goods,
.Groceries. Hardware. Queensware. Flour Ba
con, etc., Woodland. Clearfield county. Pa. Also
extensive dealers ia all kinds of sawed lumber
shingles, and square timber. Orders solicited.
tvoomana, ra., Aug. ivtn, iw
DR J. P. BURCHFIELD Late Surgeon of the
S.''d Rez't Penn'a Vols., having returned
from the army, offers his professional sen-ices to
the citiiens of Clearfield and vicinity. Profes
sional calls promptly attended to. Office on
souta-.fc.ast corner of 3d and Market streets.
Oct. 4. 186 5 6mp.
WT. GIBSON, Practical Dkstist, having
permanently located in the town of Janes
ville. tenders his professional services to the
people of that place and vicinity. All work en
trusted to his care will be done in the most satis
factory manner and highest order of the profes
sion Nov. 18. 186Stim
SU11VKYOR. -The undersigned offers
his services to the public, as a Surveyor.
He may be found at his residence in Lawience
township, when not engaged ; or addressed by
letter at Ulearneld, renn a.
March 6th, lS67.-tf. J AMES MITCHELL.
THOMAS W. MOORE, Laud Surveyor
- and Conveyancer. Having recently lo
cated in the Borough of Lumber City, and resum
sumed the prnctioe of Land Surveying, respect
fully tenders his professional services to the own
er and speculators in lands in Clearfield and ad-
joing eountiea Deeds of Conveyance neatly ex
ecuted. Otnce ana residence one aoor c oi
Kirk Sr Spencers Store
Lumber City. April 1, lsni-iy.
QOLDIERS" BOUNTIES. A recent bill
has nassed both Houmjs of Conir re.ss,and
igned by the President, giving soldiers who en
listed prior to 2. d July. 1661. served one year or
more and were honorably discharged, a bounty
off I mi.
t"?"Bounties and Pensions collected by me lor
those entitled to them. '
WALTKR BARRETT, Att y at Law,
Aug. 15th, ISfitV Clearfield, Pa.
fiLEARFIELP HOUSE, Clearfield,
J Pa. The ubsc.-iler would respectfully
solicit a continuance of the patronage of his old
friends and customers at the "Clearfield House."
Having made many improvements, be isprcpar
ed to accommodate all who may favor him with
their custom. Every department connected with
the house is conducted in a manner to give gen
eral satisfaction. Jive him a call.
JOT.4 I860. GEO. N. CULBLKN.
) EN T A L -PARTNERSHIP.
D R. A. M. niLLS desires to inform his patients
and the public generally, that he has associated
wnb him in the practice or Kentistry.s. r.brtA w.
D. D S , who is a graduate of (be Philadelphia
Dental College, and therefore has the highest
attestations of bis rrotcs-ionai sain.
All work done in the once I will bold myself
personally responsible for being dona in the most
satisfactory manner and highest order of the) pro
fession. An established practice of twenty-two years in
this place enables m to speak to my patrons with
confidence.
Engagements from a distance shonld be made
by letter a few days before the patient designs
ooming. (Clearfield, June 3, ISnS-ly.
pURE BUCK LEAD, equal in quality to
English white lead; Oils, Faints and
Varnishes of all kinds; Gold leaf in books, and
bronses. for sale by A. I. SHAW,
learfield, October 23, t67. .
H
ALL'S FINE CALF-SKIN BOOTS, at 55 00,
.May 12, '69. at Jiuc-svr c.
T J. CUNNINGHAM,
W' AXTOKNEY AT LAW,
Real Estate Agent and Conveyancer,
TVBOJia, BLAIR COCSTT, FA.
Special attention gUtn to the collection of claim.
Tyron.Pa., January 27, 1869-tf.
RANKING & COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
McGirk 4 perks,
Successors to Foster. Perks, Wright Co.,
PHiLirancao, Cestr- Co., Pa.
Where all the business of a Banaing Hons,
will be transacted promptly and upon the most
ravorable term. w. ,
J.. oiRii. March 20.-tf.
- - - (vD.rui).
J. p- K R A T Z E R .
Clearfield, Penn'a,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Milliner,
Goods, Groceries, Hard-ware, Queens-ware, Stone
ware, Clothing, Boot. Shoes, Hau, Caps, Flo.r,
Bacon, F.sh,Slt, etc., i. constantly receiving new
supplies from the cities, which he will dispose of
at the lowest marke; prices, to customers. Before
purchasing elsewhere, examine his stock.
-Cler?eJjAug-t 2) 1867.
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!!
eooD ajtd cheap:.:
Men, Youths and Boys can besuplpied with full
mt. of seasonable and lashionabU cloth.nj at
REIZENSTEIIH UK OS' CO-
where ft is wld at price, that will induce their
purchase. The universal Satisfaction which ha
been given, ha. induced them to increase their
s'ock, which is now not surpassed by any estab
lishment of the kind in thi. p.rt of the State.
Rcizenstein Bro's & Co.,
Pell goods at a very small profit, for cash;
Their goods are well made and fashionable.
They give every one the worth r hi. ...
Thej; treat their customers all alike.
They sell cheaper than every body else.
Their storeys conveniently siMated.
They having purchased their stock 1 1 reduced
prices they caq self cheaper tl an other.
th".rVloth!ng,,.t0thCr re"DS P"SD' b"'
REIZKNSTEIN BhO'S CO.
Froduee of every kind taken at the highest
market price. Mmj 18, lbe
NEW SPRING STOCK!
J. SUAW & SON.
Have just returned from the east and are now
opening an entire new stock of goods in tho room
formerly occupied by Wra. F. Irwin, on Market
Street, which they now offer to the public at the
lowest cash price.
Their stock consist cf a general assortment of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Queensware, Hardware,
Boots, 6hoe,HaU, Cap, Bonnets, Dress Goods,
Fruit, Candie. Fih, Salt, Broom, Nail, ate. ,
in fact, everything osually kept ia. a -Mail (tor
can' be hail by calling at thi -tore, or will be
procured to order.
Their stock Is well selected, "and consists of Ihe
newest good, isef the best euality, of A, I..
tyle, and will b sold at lowest price for cash,
or exchanged for approved eoantry produce.
Be sure and call and examine oar -rock before
making your parchases, as we are determined
please all who may favor ns with their cestom. .
MiyMSIJ. J. SHAW SOW.
CLEARFIELD ACADEMY.
The Fourth Session of the present S-ila-M
year of thi Institution, will commence on Mon
day, the 26th day of April, 1869.
Pupil can enter at any time. Thev will t
charged with tuition from the time they enter te
tna close ot tee sessioa.
The coarse of instruction imbruni -Mntiiir.
included in a thorough, practical and aamm.
plished education of both sexes.
The Principal having had the vdvantam -f
much experience in bis profess mn. a-aerea
rent and guardian that hii entire ability and
energies win be devoted to the mental and moral
training or the yofcth placed under hi charge.
Tbrhs or Tririon:
Orthography, Reading, Writing and Primary
Arithmillc, per session, (J! weeks.) $& 00
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, and Histo
ry- 98,00
AlgobrA,Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration
Surveying, Philosophy, Physiology, Chemistry
Book-keeping, Botany, and Physical Geogra '
pfaj. S,00
Latin, Greek aud French, with any of the a-
bove branches; . (12 00 V
Music. Piano, (30 lessons.) $10,00
nfNo deduction will be made for absence.
For further particular inquire of
i i -. ,oRet- P- ----AKRISON, a. .
'ylLii?! Principal.
0. I. BEBD,
: NOTICE. l:
a. r. Boor,
J P.WCAVKR
JOKES,
W. POWELL
W.BETTI.
PLEARFIELD TLANING MILL
ALL RIGHT.
Messrs. HOOP, WEAVER t CO., Proprietor,
would respectfo.il-' inform the citiieni of -the
county that they have completely refitted and
supplied their PLANING MILL, ia this Borough,
with the best and latest improved '
WOOD WORKING MACHINERY,
and are now prepared to execute all order ia
their line of business, such as
Flooring, Weatherboarding,
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Brackets, and
Moldings, of all kinds.
Tbeyhave a large stock of dry lumber on hand,
and will pay cash for eleaa-siofT, one-and-a-half
inch pannel plank preferred J.N0T 8, '87. .
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