Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, July 14, 1869, Image 1

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    BY S. J. ROW.
ttcct octvy.
YOUR HOUSE..
Be true to jourself at the rait, young man,
Be tree to yourself and God ;
Era yoo I.atlti jour houre mark well tbe spot
Test well lie ground, and build you not
On tbe sand or sinking sod.
p,vt dig the foundation deep, young man,
Pln( firmly the outer wall ;
Let th rroP! be tron8 tho roof t nigh,
jjfce n open turret toward the sky.
Through which heavenly dews mjy Ml.
Let this be the room of your soul, young man,
When shailw shul I herald care;
A chamber itb never a roof or thatch
To hinJer the light r door or laich
To shut in the spirit's prayer !
Build slow and sure; 'tis for life young man, '
A life (hat outlive the breath;
for who shall gainsay the Holy Word ?
' Their works do follow them," saith the Lord,
' Therein there is no death. "
Build deep, and high, and broad, young man,
As the needful easo demands;
Let jour little deeds be clear and bright
Jill jou enter your claim to the Lord of Light,
for the "house not made with hands."
THE SUEGEOU'S ST03.Y.
"Will yoiihu.- my body, sir7M
I, Chark-s MarKham, a youns physician,
was sitting alone in a dusky littlo room that
the sign without dignified with the t":;lu of
'Vffii-e" rrhen these words fell upon my
rar. I had jt returned froui viaitijj the
few patients I could boast of, thoroughly
heartsick at the want of humanity in thevorld
wet to the kiti, an ! more than half frozen.
I cannot remember a worse nij:hl, in nil
tespcets. It was cold as the Arctic regions,
and the .-let t that rattled upon the windows
hmiii covered them with a coating of ice. It
had stormed heavily all the day, the stores
were closed, and the r.ide walk venders had
pone under shelter.
'J.id hc! anyone who is forced to be
"abroad to-night!" had been my thought a
I hurried alori: after finishiiiiir my profes
sorial duties and while biea.tir. my way
Ju-niewanl.
I had jearcely reached home, ehanstvl my
Kifnr.ited tMrments, c.iaxJ the sq:ii-klinjr
anthracite info a cheerful glow, nnd V?an
bitil liiiL' catles in Spain of the time when
1 -bould have a lucrative practice, ride in a
nrriaire. and own n bro.vn stone front,
when the slransre ami henrt chilling words
fell upon my cars, causing all my pleasant
fancies todiift away in an in.-tant.
' Will y..u Ltiy my body, .sir?"
1 sprang from ny easy chair, drtri'tas
myweH colored meerchaum in my a.-ton-i-brienr,
and turned to see who it ks that-,
like 1'oe's raven, had uttered the tuivibhj
Words
'"Vi'il'i "you buy my b idy, sir ?"
The j,iefio!i was rcpeatei! for the KCcWld
time Win: I h id suili -i ntiy recovered my
self bcf'iie L was convinced that it was no
i'l oint iied laid, but otic of bun an scut
blancc at least. Vet the request was so ut
terly uuiisii'il. so much at variance with all
Jireci n.rivcd iwti'.ns of barter and sale. that
all I ciild do was to push a chair towards
llit mil uder,and stat.d in silent wonderment.
Ina few moments, the self command I
bad learned during hospital practice came
to my aid, and I saw that my,visitor was a
woman a girl, rather, for the could not
Lave been more than ninjteen or twenty at
tla-; utmost ; ati I it it had not been for the
extreme pallor (d the face, the pinched u;
Wk aUutt the mouth, ami the sad, fiiiiken
'. .-he woiikl have pot-s-et-sed far more
than ordinary beauty.
Tii,- tli.-kf:-insj light of tho 5re flashed up
on the tt brown hair, iiivin it a golden
l-'"ry. :oi l uissdlvitjg the snow flakes th I
bi'l I iJ.' .1 there, making them glitter like
bj'i J p ;-;u!s. 'f his much, and that her dres3
.m l s!i-,w w,.u. f ,lu cheapest material,
aiill.uta pour defence against the howlimr
'!"riii aad pitiless cold, and the strange re
'lest. -larted with litrhtcnitis like rapidity
in- ugh my brain.
"l':.nv nearer to the fire," I said. "You
ai"-' V-aaiue I. Warm yourself, and "
"1 It.-ive no tiiiK- must not stay," she
an.u-, r. i. with a sigh, though she dropped
hravny into a chair and brushed away the
di-'ps from her face with Iter thin
W :;:i vi: waiting for further remonstrance
1 ln-t.-t! ..J t,, j, reviving' medicine,
1 t4.eii she Mood so much in need, and
r-'ntlc f.iree held it to her lips.
1 '!!,iint,e.-iniiot,'" she gaspcd,hall pusli-t'i-
i: nitjv.
"V,.u n,u-t," I insisted. "Kemembcr I
3 " a !' "y!'Vin that is my prescription
thn y ;r lite may depend upon it."
bit,! (j liwi ow i0,lganj sajt
" iii it give tne strength ?"
certainly is the object I have in
?r-'!i -v ,!1 to take it. What else .should it
u-r
' ,;;ve it to me?"'
And he swallowed it without a murmur,
of thankfulness.
I '. a -elej her chair up nearer to the fire,
- Mirrel the lire to a more brilliant glow,
l V-'i-' th it th.' pitioti would quiet her ei
: m.-at. al.e tjle chilled blood to a warm
t a j j Mttfter glow, and that sleep would
'.
b.r i tn,)m,'nt I fitneiei that I was right.
"e iutic bands dropped nervelessly into
"r lap; the sohly veiled lids drooped over
''"'Jeep blue eyes; the head fell foreward
"I'oo the breast. But alas! it was only a
';nietitary delusion. In another instant
j-- 5'nng to her feet again, pressed her
''" is up,jn her temples, as if to still their
1 'ir.Lbiti-, and looked wildly around.
" bvl!" she eselaimed, '"I here amid
rtn:!, and comfort, and, "
Convulsive sobs choked any further nt
terauce. - . '
"Sit down, and tell me the reason of your
coining here," I almost commanded, as I
placed her in my chair. .-...'
"Ah 1 I remember it all now 1 Remem
ber ! Is there no such thing as forgetful
ties? Yes, I remember all. I cauic here
to to "
"Be calm f I understand that you are in
need and came here for assistance."
"1 came," sho replied, lookii g upon me
with such utter despair thut it made my
blood ruu cold, "I came, doctor, to sell you
my body."
Was I talking to a saue woman, or a ma
uiac ? The latter was certainly my thought,
but I could see nothing in her clear blue eyes
of tbo wandering of insanity. "Sell my bo
dy!"' She Fpokeof it as an every-day
transaction.
"Great heaven!" I exel .imed, laying
my finger upon her pulse, with the expec
tation of finding it bounding with race horse
rapidity, but on tho contrary finding it far
more caliu than my o n ; "you cannot be in
earliest?" - ...-
"I am in earnest God alone knows how
much m earnest. It is'my last resort. Will
you buy it?' Will you give mo some mon
ey for it ?"'
And sho readied out her hand towards
me as a miser would hive done upon hear
ing the sound of jingling gold.
"How can I purchase it? You are yet
alive," I said.
"But 1 will soon die, and then you can
claim it. For the love of heaven, five me a
little, just a little, money,"
And the hitherto dry eyes were flooded
with tears. '
"Why do you wish to sell it? You can
not but understand that it is an unheard of
proceeding. Our profession do not pur
chase bodies before death, no matter what
we may do after."
"I know it I know it ; but I must have
money, and there is no other means left me
to get it. I must have it now."
She wonld have arisen again, but I reso
lutely held her down.
"For what purpose Jo you want money?"
I a.-ked.
"To purchase food, fire, medicine."
"For yourself?"
"Ah, no. Had that been the ca.'o, T nev
er could have come hither. I would have
lain down in the gultcr and died, God knows
ho willingly. But tell me," she contin
ued, almost -fiercely, "will you give me some
money? I must have it."
"If not for yourself, then in ths nni-3 of
heaven for whom would you make such an
awful sacrifice? I-s it one that is near and
dear Irt you?"
"It is my little sister."
The words dropped from her tongue as
the-y miclit have dropped from an anirel's,
and her face wore as holy a liht as if she 1
had been s-Hr -crowned. j
T'.l'r-n she is "sick ?''
"I'.ving! dvina! and I sitting idly here."
"Whydidydli notteil meof this before?"
"lJocaUse I bad begged so long in vain. I
had Muiey to psy a . doeWr, and who
would go forth oh a charitable errand such a
nitrht as this?"
My blood boiled so that I could n"t an
swer. CMuld there be such men? Alas!
reason totd me in a moment that her words
were too true, and I utmost cursed my race.
Without delay I gathered such things as I
thiuaht might be of service, wrapped the
delicate form in a heavy cloak, and with a
few words of comfort frc Sailed out together
into the black nigbt and merciless storm and
coll. I-Virtunately the distance we had to
travel was a short one. A few blocks were
passed, and she led me up several flights of
dismal, creak in p stairs into a room.
"Florence, is that you?"' I heard asked
by what my e:-r convinced hie was a pair of
childish, infantile lips.
"Yes, my darling ; lie still for a mo
ment." "I am so glad. You have been so long
so very, very long away, and I am so. sick,
and cold, and hungry, and it was so dark,
and I have been so frightened at the stiange
noises."
"Excuse me, sir," she said, as she turn
ed and lighted the remnant of a candle;
"excuse ine, but I have been so long away
from L5es-ie."
1 answered not. Her voice bad a melodi
in it, now attuned by love, that I wished to
linger upon my ears unbroken, like the
strains of some sones I have beard, and
which haunted me ibr years.
In a moment, the candle shod a sickly
light around tha little room. Little, in
deed, a-.d unfinished to nothingness ! One
scantily covered bed was all. But within I
saw a sweet, wee faco that tnade me forgvt
all else. I approached it, and laid my hand
upon the pulse of tho little suffeier.
"Who are you?" she asked, drawing
back in alarm. 5
"He is a doctor, Bessie; a dear, good,
kind friend," replied her sister ; and from
that moment she became perfectly passive
in my bands.
It did not require one much learned in
materia medica to see w hat was required.
I made the projwjr prescription", saw that it
was tend -rly . administered, told i the elder
sister that I would be back in a few , mo
ments, and resisting all her attempts to
licht me down the stairs, groped my way
into the street. I had noticed an eating
house at but a Tittle distance as we came
along, and a statement of the case, backed
by the all powerful king of the world, gold,
soon procured the loan of a disused stove, a
couple of chairs, fuel, light, and proper
food, and in a brief half hour that little
room wore something like an air of comfort.
CLEARFIELD,
Another hour, and the eyes of the child
were closed in slumber, and I urged her sis
ter to seek repose, but in vain. "
"At least, lie down and let nie cover you
with my cloak," I urged.
"No, doctor," was the constant reply, "I
cannot. I am so happy. "It must have
been God ibat directed my wandering steps
to you."
And so we sat, with the night wind roar
ing without, watchidg the almost angelic
face of the. peacefully slumbering child sat
and talked of what I was mont anxious to
hear. But the conversation of those long
hours can be condensed into a very bncf
space.
She who would have sold her body for the
sake of giving a little longer of life to her
sister was the daughter of wealthy parents.
But a few years previously, she could have
held her head as high as the highest. But
misfortune came a series of disasters upon
land and sea, against which no human fore
thought could have gturde 1, combined viitb
treachery and ingratitude of the deepest
die, swept away all. In their footsteps
followed the death of her mother, leaving
an infant of but a few months old. The
fond father struggled manfully against the
tide for a brief time, then his health gave
and he followed his wife through the dark
valley and beyond the shining river, leav
ing the cider sister to provide for the
younger.
"For a time," condoned the girl. "I was
able to live comfortably by the sale of the
furniture and articles of value I possessed.
Then but why should I unbosom myself to
a stransrer ?" she aked, stopping suddenly
and looking ni3 fall in the face.
"Because," I replied, wiih a smile at her
earnestness "le ause you have found a true
heart, and one that can feel for you."
"Yes, may kind heaven be thank !"
she replied, ''I feel that it is so. Well I
struggled on fought on were the better
word," she continued, the lines about her
mobile mouth suddenly becoming bard. "I
fought for life, soa.etiuies teaching, some
times obtaining a little sewing, in short
doing anything that my strength permitted,
until sickness came. Still, I gave not away
to. despair. Truly, I was bound to the
stake a sweet one my darling sister. 0!
the insults I received whi'e seeking work, I
shall not speak. They must remain for
ever locked in my breast," and the pabd
face flushed scarlet at the thought.
"And found no employment ?"
"None! 1'iece by piece I ported with
the little furniture I was the possessor of
until what you sl'c was all that remained."
"My poor child!"
"It is true " I saw that she was nerving
herself to tell me something that was pain
ful, nnd would have stopped her, but she
resolutely continued, "It is true, some mon
e3 was offered me by more tht n one man,
but I instantly and indignantly hurled it
back in my insulter's face. Then, great
Heaven! upon t hiss bitter night, with all
hope gone-. I determined to sell my body to
so?Ve surgeon."
What in the name of Heaven could
have put such an idea into your head?"
"I do not know, I cannot tell. Some
where. I had either beard or read of some
thing of the kind."
"You must have been very desperate?"
"On the verge of destruction 1 I had but
one dream, one desire, to save a.y darling
even a single pain."
"Have you no relatives?" Y
"Not a siile one that I know ot. ' Both
of my parents wereouly children, and their
parents came from foreign lands."
She paused and turned to smooth the
hair of the slumtering Bessie.and imprint a
kiss upon the curl-wreathed and snowy
brow ; and I thetignt what desperate trials
one like h'dr must have passed through in
order to bring her mind to look camly upon
giving herself to the knife and the ribald
jestsof the dissecting room ! And I thought
of the sterling truth of her young heart that
cou'd resist the allurements of gold when so
hedged by want and pain in their terribb
shapes. I thought too but she iiitcruptct
me with :
"My kind indeed, I might say my only
friend whom God raised up to me in the
hour when all was darkness and misery, and
black death and a pauper's grave were stat
ing me in the face. My kind friend but I
am have been keeping you from rest."
"Me! A physician's life is one that is
constantly broken in upon and will you par
don me? I have never had u:y heart so
deeply touched, or my feelings so much in
terested in all my fife." "
A faint rose blush crept up from the ex
quisitely moulded throat and mantled the
soft cheeks. She took my hand and pressed
it to her lips, leaving a warm kiss lingering
upon it. Did I suddenly build any castles
in Spain I '
V hen the morning light broke again over
the gay city the storm had ceased and na
ture smiled oold, it is true, but brilliantly.
There was a plentiful breakfast served in
that little room, but the dinner was taken
in far other quarters. " '
As I wi ite these lines, I (with some, at
least, of my dreams of wealth and position
realized) sit in a cozy study and listen to
the wrathful howling of the storm without.
There is a beautiful brown-haired woman
sewing near a sprite of a girl decorating a
snow white kitten with crimson ribbons on
a nig in front of the glowing grate." I look
up suddenly from the book I am reading at
the former. Our eyes meet. ' Are we both
thinking ot the past? It may be so. She
steals softly behind my chair and twines her
arms arouud my neck.
"Darling, do you remember such a night
as this scarcely a year ago T' she asks.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
"Yes. I was thinking of it." ! '
"And of what brought me to yoa?"
"Yes." .
She bends still nearer to me. I feel her
fervent kiss suck a one as only a young
and lovely wile can give; and I hear, as it
were whispered rather by spirit than by
mortal lips ;
"Now, my darling, I am yours body and
soul."
Thank God that is so.
One Hundred Years Ago,
On bund red and ten years ago there was
not a single white man in Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana and Illinois. Then, what is now
the most flourishing part of America was as
little known as the country around the
mountains of the moon. It was not until
1707 that Boone left bis heme in Noith
Carolina to become the first settler in Ken
tucky. The first pioueers of Ohio did not
settle until twenty years after (bis time. A
hundred years ago, Canada belonged to
Franco, and the whole population did not
exceed a million and a half of people. A
hundred years aco, the great Frederick of
Prussia was performing those great exploits
which have made him immortal in military
annals. ami with his little monarchy was sus
taing a sinvlc-handed contest with Austria,
Itussia and France, the three great powers
of F.urope combined. A hundred years ago
Napo'eon was not born, and Washington
was a modest Virginia colonel, and the great
events in the history of the two worlds, in
which these great but dissimilar men took
loading parts, were scarcely fore-shadowed.
A hundred years ago the United States
were the most loyal part of the British em
pire, and on the jioiiiical horizon no speck
indicated the struggle which within a score
of years thereafter est abli.-hcd the great re
public of the world.' A hundred years ago
there were l ot four newspapers in Ame;ica.
Steam engines had not been imagined and
railroads and telegraphs bad not entered into
the remotest conception of man. When we
come to look back at it through the vista of
history, wo find that to the century passed
has been allotted more important events, in
their bearing upon the happiness of the
world, than almost any other which has
elapsed since the creation.
A Beautiful Passage. The following
is from the revTrics of a bachelor by Ike
Marvel: "A poor man without some kind
of religion is at best but a poor reprobate,
the football of destiny, with no tie linking
him to infinity and the wonditius eternity
that is even worse a flatna witho it heat, a
rainbow without color, a flower without per
fume, A man may in some sort tie his hope
and bis honor to this sbiftingground tackle,
to his business or (he world, but a woman
without that anchor railed faith, is a drift
and a wreck. A man may be in sort of
moral responsibility out of relation to man
kind, but a, woman, in her comparatively is
olated sphere, where affection and not pur
pose is the controlling motive, can find no
basis in any other system or rinbt action but
lhat of faith. A man may ciuze bis tho'ts
to trustfulness, in such poor harborage as
fame and reputation may stretch before him,
but a woman whore can she put her hopes
in storms if not iu heaven ? and that sweet
truthfulness that abiding love that en
during hope mellowing every page and
scene in life lighting them with radiance,
when the storm breaks like an r.rmy with
c mnort. Who can bestow its all but holy
soul, tied to what is stranger th;n army with
cannon? Who has enjoyed the love of a
christian mother, but will echo tho thought
with energy and hallow it with tears?"
Deacon B.. of Ohio, a very pious man.
was doted for hit long prayers. Oue Mon
day morning, as was his custom, the deacon
prayed, after breakfast, but having an unu
sual amount of work to do that day, he cut
his prayer short, took his hat and started
to his work. His wife, being deaf, did not
hear him go out. ind thought he was still
praying. On his return iu the evening, he
was surprised to find her kneeling. . He
stepped up to her and shouter? "Amen,"
when she arose and went about her work,
unconscious nt her error.
"flow do you sell youralmanacs.aiister?"
"Twenty-five cents apieoe."
"Twenty-five 1 that's too dear."
"Xo indeed ! they will be dearer yet next
year."
"Wisha, is that so?"
"Yes, sir. and no mistake."
"If that's the case give me four of them,
and that will be enough before they rise."
One night while I lay sleeiiing I had a dream
of joy : I thonght I had a charming wife, a
dariing little boy. I loved, I hugged, I
kissed them I ate them almost whole. My
little boy got angry, my wife began to scold.
But soon a scream terrific awoke me from
my sleep, my faco was scratched in places
plague take the little hi nt ! My wife she was
a pillow, my bnhif r,-r a cut !
"Don't you think my eyes look quite kill
ing this morning? '. said a dandy v a smart
girl, and he twisted his leaden visionaries in
a most cruel and fascinating manner. "They
remind me," said the damsel, "of a codfish
dying of a toothache."
A cook in in New York has given notice
to the family in which she is cmp!oyed,that
she has made up her mind to go to , New
port this summer, and if the family will go
there (she will stay with them ; otherwise
she must leave. ... . ,,
The ladies tilt their hats forward radically
just now. If gentlemen were. to assume
that angl'jthey would be accused of haviDg
taken something spirited.
JULY 14, I860.
How Mike Eode tie Bull.
iMike took a notion to go in swimming,
and had just got his clothes off, when he saw
Deacon Smith's bull making at hiui. The
btrll was a vicious animal, and had come near
killing ti?o or three persons, consequently
Mike felt rather "jubus." He didn't wart
to call for help, for he was naked, and the
nearest tdace from wl enee assistance could
arrive was the meeting house, which was at
that time filled with worshippers, among
whom was the "gal Mike was paying his
devours too." . So he, dodged tho, bull, as
the animal catue at him, and managed to
catch its tail. He was dragged round till
nearly dead, and when he thought be could
btand it no longer he made up his mind to
holler. And now we will let him tell his
own story :
"So. looking at the matter in all its bear
ings, I cum to the conclusion that I'd better
let some one know wbar I was. So I gin a
yell, louder than a locomotive whistle, and
it warn't long before I seed the deaeon's
two dogs a coming down like as if they were
seeinir which could get thar first. I know'd
who they were arter they'd jine the bull
agin me. So, sez I, old brindle. as ridln' is
as cheap as walkiu' on this route, if you've
no objections, I'll just take a deck passage
on that or' back of yours. So I warn't very
long getting asl ride of hi in. Then, if you'd
been thrr, you'd have sworn that thar
warn't any thing human in that ar' "mix,"
the sile flew so orfully as the critter and I
rolled round the field one dog on one side,
and one on the other, trying to clinch my
feet. , I prayed and cursed, and cursed
and prayed, until I couldn't tell which
I did last, and neither waru't of uu use,
they were so orful'y mixed up.
"Well, I reckon I rid about half an hour
this way, when old brindle thought it time
to stop to tako in a supply of wind and cool
off a little.' So when we got round to a tree
that stood thar, he naturally baited, so sen
I, old boy, you'll lose one passenger sartin.
So I jist clum up a branch, kalkcrlating to
roost till I starved afore I'd be rid around
that ar' way any longer. I war a making
tracks for the top of the tree, when I heard
snthin' a makiu' anorful buzzin' oveiheard.
I kinder looked up, and if thar wasn't
well, tbar's no use a swcaiiu' but it war
the biggest hornet's nest ever Lilt- You'll
gin in now I reckon, Mike, 'cause tbar's no
help for you. But an lie struck me then
that I stood a heap better chance a ridln'
the bull than whar I was. Sez I, old feller,
if you'll hold on I'll ride to the next station
anyhow, let that be whar it will.
So I jist dropped aboard him agin, and
looked aloft to sec w hat I had gained by
cbangin' quarters,. and, gentlemen, I'm a
liar, if thar waru't nigh half a bushel of the
stingin' varmints Teady to pitch into me
when the word 'go' was gin. Well. I reck
on they got it, for ail hands started for our
Company. Soir.e on 'em hit the dogs.about
a quart struck me, and the rest charged on
brindle.
"This time the do?s led off fust, dead
bent fur tho old deacn's.and as soon as old
brindle and I could get under way we fol
lered, and as I was only a deck pasciiger, .1
had nothin' to do with stceriu' the craft; if
I had, we shouldn't have run that channel
anyhow. But, as I said before, the dogs
took the lead brindle and I next, and the
hornets dre'kly arter. The dogs yellin'
brindle hollerio,' and the hornets buzzin'
and stingin.
"Well, we bad got about two hundred
yards frour the house, and the deacon heard
us and cum out. I seed him hold up his
hand, and turn white. I reckon he was
prayin' then, for be didn't expeel to be
Called for so soon ; and it waru't long afore
the whole congregation men, women and
children cum out, and then all hands went
to yellin'. None of 'em had the fust notion
that brindle nnd I l-clonged to this world. I
just turned my head and passed the whole
congregation. I seed 1 he run would be up
soon, for brindle couldn't turn an inch from
a fence that stood dead ahead. Well, we
reached that fence, and I went ashore, over
the critter's head, landing on the other side,
and lay there stunned.
"It warn't long afore some of them as
wasn't sared cum runnin' to see whar I war,
for all hands kalkcrlated that the bull and I
belonged together. But when brindle walk
ed off by himself, they seed how it war, and
one of. 'em said : 'Mike Finake has got the
scrummage once in his life.'
"Gentlemen, from that day I dropped the
courting bizness, nnd never spoke to a ga'
since, nnd when my hunt is nn on this earth
there won't be any more Fim-ks, and its all
owin to Deacon Smith's brindle bull."
- The tyrant fashion niakes us slaves, the
tyrant fashion dies our graves. Bast month
I had a sweet yonmr friend, a maityr to the
"Grecian Bend!" her doctor snid her "spi
nal manowhad really grown as fat as tallow;"
he plastered, blistered, did leach and cup,
but yet the ghost she did give up; some
thought her case was treated wrong, that
she took medicine too. strong; that simple
honnrpathic would have saved her life (and
doctor's bills); but others thought the true
cause found, as the decision seemed pro
found ; beneath the sod she sleeps to-day ;
all ber fine clothes are laid away. Alas 1
had she been spared awhile,they would have
soon gone out of style, rending her heart
with pain and grief, which seldom ever finds
relief; the spirits ray, her friends to cheer,
"that she is hovcrii z ever near;" these
words with joy, their hearts did Ell, she is a
Grecian bender stilb "
The poet whose soul was "wrapped in
glory" has had the wrapper taken off. He
is doing as well as can be expected.
AW. WALTEltS. Attorn ev at Law,
.Clearfield. la. Office in the Conn House
k CT ALTER BARRETT, Attorney atl.aw. Clear
Jtli, !. .May 13. lSti:t.
ED. W.tJRAHAM. Dealerin Dry-Hoods. Groce
ries. II or J ware. (JuetnJware. Woodenirare,
Provisions, etc.. Market Street. t'lear6eld. l'a.
DAVID n. NIVLIXO .Dealer in Dry-Goods.
Ladies' Fancy itooils. Hat and Cap, lioeits.
Shoe. etc .Second Street, Clearfield, Pa. sep2a
.TERRELL BItiLEK. Dealers in Hardware
LI and manufacturer of Tin and Sheet-iron
rare. Second Street. Clearfield. Pa. Juno "Bfi.
HF.NAUGLE. Watch and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches. Jewelry. Ac. Room in
liraliam row, Inrket street. Nov. 10.
HBUCHER SWOOFE. Attorney at Law.Clear
. field. Pa. ') inlrahaui' Row.fourdoo f
west f G raham A Uoyoton'8 store. Nov. 10.
lTftLLTAM A. WALLACE. Attorney at Law.
Clearfield. Pa.. Legal busine.-s of all kind.-!
promptly and accurately attended to.
Clearfield, Pa..JuneSth. ISS9.
JB M'EX ALLY, Attorneyat Law. Clearfield.
. Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjnin;ng
'uuntics. Office in new brick building of J. Koyn
t n, 2J street, one door south of Lanith's Htl.
ITK"SX. Attorney at Law. Clearfield. Pa., will
. attend promptly to nil Lej-vl business entrust
ed to hi-c.ire in Clearfield ai.d adjoining coun
ties. Office on Market street. July 1 7, 1S.G7.
rn'lOMAS H. FOKCKY. Dealer in Square and
J Sawd Lumber, lry-ioods.Queeiisware, (iro
ceries. Flnnr. (train. Feed, Bacon, Ae . Ac, (!rs
haintnn. Clearfield county. Pa. Oct in.
JP KRATZER. Deaterin Dry-(Joods. C!othin.
. Hardware Quceusware. Groceries. Provi
sions, etc. Market Street, r.eaily opnosite the
Court House. Clearfield. Pa. June. ISfi.'v
HRTPYICK A riUYIX. Dealers in Drue?.
Medicines. Paints. Mils. Stationary. Perfume
ry Fancv Goods, Notions etc., etc . Market street
Cleaifield, Pa ' Dec. 6, ISfia.
KRATZER A SON. dealers in Dry floods.
V . C!otl:inj. Hardware. Queensware. Groce
ries. Provisions, Ac, Socoo l Street C!i field.
Pa. Dec 27, ISfio.
JOHN GrELICll. Manufacturer of all kinds ot
Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clearfield, Pa
Ho also makes to order Colitis, on short notice, and
ttieuds tuuerala with m hearse. Aprfn.59.
rnHOMAS J. M'CULLOCGn. Attorney at Law.
J. Clearfield. Pa. Office, e.ist of the ' Clearfield
o I'.ank. Deeds and other legal instrument pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
RICII AKD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do
mestic Dry Goods. Groceries. Flour, Bacon,
liqtiors. Ac Room, on Market street, a lew door
westoi .loiiwUOtficr. Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
T M. HOOVER. Whn'ral and Petail Dealer in
i . toua'jco. cFiAKS a.vp .s'.vrre a
large aor!n-.ent of pipes cigar ca.-es. .tc. con
stantly on hand. Two doors East of the Post
Ofii'jc Clearfield". Pa. May I'J.'ti'J.
"V7" ESTER X HOTEL. ClearDelJ. Pa This
well known hotel, near the l onrt House, is
worthy 'he patronage of t"he public The tiible
wi!l be supplied with the bet in the market. The
host of liquors kept. JOHN 1o1:gHEKTY.
J
OIIX II. Fl'LFORD, Attorney at Law. Clear
field. Pa CSce on Market Street, over
Hart wick A Irwin's Drugstore. Prompt attention
ivn to the secaringof Uounty claims. Ac. .and to
ail legal business. March 27, 1SIS7.
J ALBERT. A DUO'S.. Dealers in Dry Goods.
V .Groceries, Hard ware. Queens ware. Flour Ba
con, etc.. Woodland. Clearfield county Pa. Also
exteuivo dealers in all kiudsof sawed lumber
shingles, nnd square tiuiber. Orders solicited.
Woodland. Pa. , Aug. Ittth. ISA'S
DR .1. P. Itl'KCIIFIELD Late Surgeon of the
81J ileg't Penn'a Vols.. Tiavin returned
from the army, offers bis professional services to
the citizens of ClearGeld and vicinity. Profes
sional calls promptly uttendod to. Office on
-South-East corner of 3d and Market Streets.
Oct. 4. lsr.' Cmp.
QUitVEVOlt. The undersigned offers
his serviees to the public, as a Surveyor.
He may bo found at his residence in Lawiencc
township, when not engaged; or addressed by
letter at Clearfield, Penu'a.
March fith. ISrt7.-tf. J 4ME3 MITCHELL.
TEFF E R S ON L I T Z, 51. D.,
- l'hysieiiln and Surgeon,
Having located at Otceola. Pa , offers bis profes
sional si rvices to the people of lhat place and sur
rounding country. All cails promptly attended
to. Office nd resilience on Curtin Slreel. former
ly occupied by Dr. Kline May IS.'tiU.
rpiJOMAS W. .MOOUK, Land Surveyor
nnd Conveyancer." - Having recently lo
cated in tbe Borough of Lumber City, and resum
sumed the practice of Laud Surveying, respect
fully leuders bis professional services to tbe own
era aud speculators in lauds in Clearfield and ad
jtiiig counties - Deeds of Conveyance neatly ex
ecuted. Office and rusideucj oue door Euot of
Kirk A- Spencers Store
Lumber City. April 14. 1SH9 ly.
SOLDIERS' COUNTIES. A recent bill
has passed both llou-esof L'ongress.and
signed by the President, giving soldiers who en
listed prior to 2 2d July. lSol. served one year or
more nnd were honorably discharged, a bounty
of SI no.
teBoanties and Pensions collected by me for
tbo.eenlitled to them.
WALTER BARRETT, Att'v at Law.
An;. l.th, loC6. , Clearfield. Pa.
Q L E A BFIELD HOUSE,
FRONT STREET, PHILIPSBCRG PA.
I will impeach any one who says I fail to give
direct and personal attention so all onr customers,
or fail to cause them to rejoice over a well fur
nished table, with clean rooms and fcew beds,
whera all may feel nt borne and the weary be at
rest. New stubliug attached.
PhiHpsburg. Sep 2."iW J ASII. G ALER.
I? X C II A N G E HOT E L,
AJ Hatitiiisdon. renn'n.
This old establishment baring been leased by
I Morrison, formerly Proprietor of the "Morrison
llon-e." h been iht.rnuah'y renova'ed and re
furnUhed. and supplied with all the modern im
provemenis urd eonveniercie? necessary to a first
class Hotel. The dtnirg room has been removed
to tbe first Boor, and is now spacious and airy.
The chambers are all well veutilnted. and the
Proprietor will endeavor to make his quests per
fectly at home-. J MORRISON.
liunlingdoa.June 17,1868. Proprietor.
D
ENTAL PARTNERSHIP.
D R. A M. niLLS desir. tointorm his patients
ar,4 the public generally, that he has associated
with him in the practice of Dentistry. S. P. 311 AW,
1). I S . who is a graduate of tbe Philadelphia
Dental College, and therefore has tbe highest
attestations of his Professional skill.
All work done in the office will hold myself
personally responsible tor r.eicg done in tbe most
satisfactory manner and highest order of the pro
fession An established practice of twenty two years in
this place enables me to speak to my patrims with
confidence.
Engagements from a distance should be mide
by letter a few days before the patient designs
eoming. Clearfield. Jane 3. ISiW-ly.
PURE BUCK LEAD, equal in quality to
A Endish white lead; Oik Paints and
Varnishes of all kinds; Gold leaf in books, and
bronzes, for sale by A. I- SIlAn .
Clearfield, October 25. 1S87.
VOL. 15. NO. 44.
f J. 'CUNNINGHAM,
" ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Real Estat Agnt mi Conveyancer,
WHOSE, BLA1B COC.NTT, PA.
Special attention given to the collection of claim.
Tvron.Ps., January 27, 1859-tf.
RANKING & COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
mcgirk a perks,
Successors to Foster. Perks, Wright A Ce.,
PniurrsBrRo, Cckt re Co., PjI.
Where all the business of a Banuing House
will be transacted promptly and upon the most
ravorable terms. March 20.-tf.
LD:"- awo.panas.
J IV KRATZER,
Clearfield, Penn'a,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Press Goods, Millinery
Goods, Groceries, Uard-ware.Queens-ware, Stone
ware, Clothing, Boots. Sotts, Hats, Caps, Floaf.
Bacon, Fish, Salt, etc., is constantly receiving new
supplies JVoui tbe cities, which he will dispose of
at the lowest market prices, to customers. Before
purchasing elsewhere, examine bis stock.
ClearfieldAagast 23, 1867.
QLOTIIINO! CLOTIIINGU
GOOD A!tD CHEAP!?!
Men, Youths and Boysenn bo'uplpied with full
sails of seasonable and fashionable clothing at
KE1ZL'.&TI3 I KOS' & CO.,
where it is sold at prices that will induce their
purchase. The aoiversal satisfaction which has
been given, has induced them to increase their
'o-k, which is new not sorpa-sed by any estab
lishment of fie kind in this part of the State.
Ileizenstein Lro's &. Co.,
Sell ?t,od's at a very small pro6t, for Cash ;
Their goods are well made and fashionable.
They give every one the worth of bis money.
They treat their nstomers all alike.
They sell cheaper than every body else.
Their store is conveniently situated.
They having purchased their stack 1 1 reduced
prices they can sell ehrapcr tl an other.
for these and other reasons persons should buy
their clothing at
REIZEXSTEIX BKO'S A CO.
Produce cf every kind taken at the highest
mlrkctPrice?- May 18, lb4.
E W SPRING STOCK!
J. SHAW & S O N.
Have just returned from the cast and are now
opening an entire new stock of goods in the room
formerly occupied by Wm. F. Irwin, on Market
Street, which they How offor to the public' at the
lowest cash prices.
Their stock consists of a general assortment of
Dry Goods. Groceries, Queensware, Hardware,
Boots, Shoe. Hats, Caps. Bonnets, Dress Goods,
Fruits, Candies. Fish, Salt, Brooms, Nail, eto.,
in fact, everything usually kept in a retail store
can be had by calling at thi store, or will be
procured to order.
Their stock is woli selected, and consists of (he
newest goods, is of the best quality, of the latest
styles, and will be sold at lowest price for cash,
or exchanged for approved country produce.
Be sure and call and examine our stock before
nakingyour purchases, as we are determined
'ease all who may favor us with their custom.
JMayJMS". J.SHAW A SON.
CLEARFIELD ACADEMY.
The Fourth Session of the present Scholastic
year of this Institution, will commence on Mon
day, the 2th day of April. lSfiSl.
Pupils can enter at any time.- They will be
charged with tuition rToin the time they enter to
the close of the session.
The course of instruction embraces everything
included in a thorough, praoticel and accom
plished education of both sexes.
Tho Principal having had the advantage of
much experience in his profession, assure pa
rents and guardians that his entire ability and
energies will be devoted to the mental and moral
training or tho youth placed nnder his charge.
Ten op Tcitioji:
Orthography, Reading. Writing and Primary
Arithmttic, per session, (11 weeks.) $5 09
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, and Histo
fy o,0
Algebra.Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration
Surveying, Philosophy. Physiology. Chemistry
Book-keeping-, Botany, and Physical Oeogra
Phy- t.0
Latin, Greek and French, with any of the a
boVe branches . $12 00
Mosie. Piano, (-10 lessons ) f 10.00
r-v deductiorwill be made for absence.
For further particulars inquire of
Het P. L.UAKRISON. A. .
July31.1So7. Principal.
o. L. nrr.ti.
. r. BOOP.
j r.wKAv
w. rour.Li.
SLt, JL J A 1 W.W.I
CLEARFIELD PLANING MILL
ALL RIGHT.
Messrs. HOOP, WEAVER A CO., Proprietor,
would respectfully inform tbe eitisens or the
county -that they have completely refitted aad
supplied their PLANING MILL, in this Borough,
with the best and latest improved
WOOD WORKING MACHINERY,
and are now prepared to execute mil erden ia
their line of business, such as
Flooring, Weatherboarding,
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Brackets, and
Moldings, of all kinds.
They bare a large stock of dry lumber on band,
and will pay cash for clear stuff", one-and-a-baU
inch pan ncl "plank preferred Xot. I, '87.