LEWISBUEG CHRONICLE & WEST BRANCH FARMER.
Tor the Lcvrisburg Chronicle.
Water in Cam Yards A Syphon.
According to my promise, I will now
proceed to state bow water may be brought
iu or near a barn-yard, without laying
pipes from higher ground to bring it, or
foreiug it up by a hydraulic ram. My
plan is nut new to some farmers, but may
be to many others.
I have now a fountain of water within
re nls of my manure pile, and ruuning
water constant-, except in a very dry
time, when it sometimes fails fur a few
for a few weel.s only. I have no spring
or running stream on the surface of my
f.irm,.nid therefore no opportunity to bring
water in pipes, and a ram I thought too
expensive, considering the distance I
should have to go to get water by those
means. lut sonic distance from my barn
there was a winter spring where water
Oozed out in a wet time, ran on the ground
a rod, and then sunk away. I took
the water level from this winter spring to
the l"wet grtmnd near my barn-yard, and
found there were fifteen feet fall. There was
no appearance of water at the head at the
time, but upm digging a short distance a
small stream was struck ; the well was
dug fourteen feet deep. In this well 1
laid a half-inch leaden pipe, from the bot
tom of the well to within a few feet of the
tip; from there to the place where the wa
ter discharges, the pipe is laid deep enough
to prevent the plow from interfering.
Where the water is discharged, the pipe
is inserted in a pump-stock made alout
fifteen inches under ground, and in the
f tixk there arc a bos and sucker with a
lever attached, so as to start it or draw off
the mud that should collect in the pipes
and it flews as a regular fountain out of
this pump-steel-, about a f ot above the
ground, so that the bos and sucker are
always underwater, which is necessary to
preserve them. The pipe and laying, cost
i.bout $!"; digging the well ami trench,
CV ; total cost, say S70 in all
distance, '
CO.") feet.
In this way, many a farm may be made j
moreconvenii-nt for watering stock, at a j
small exni-nse. Uv a svidion. water niav i
be taken from one hollow over any hill to '
a lower hollow. A dug well iu a barn-,;
vnrdwith a cood singly of water will I
annrt-r the purpose if not too deep with ! al,le llk'lt or 01,I' afiect tlie t''gand not
considerable labor. When water can not j tlic ,ru,llc and much nLW wooJis Fodueed
be procured at a reasonable depth, and j f,,r the FHluction of fruit. -
none of those other advantages to procure ' TobaCCO Dust a Protection against
water seem practicable, then I would say, i Insects.
Have a cistern made so a to hold all the J We last year procured from a snuff mill
waier that may pass off the b.iru-roofs,and alarrel of dry but damaged snuff flour,
so fixed that the water may all be dis- ' and prepared drudging boxes, covered with
charged at one gable end. And should ; a fine bolting cloth, with which we sifted
any of your numerous readers take my j it over the surfaces of any plants attacked
advice iu this matter, let me further advis.c j ry insects, and with most signal success,
them not to have their descending pipes j The snuff should be applied, if practicable,
put on the north end of their barn, for if while the plant is wet with dew, and re
ihey are, the snow will often melt in the pcated after every shower. If the boxes
suu and fill the pipes with ice which will ' are properly made, (like common flour
stay there until late in the spring, and all drudge,) ami the snuff is perfectly fine and
iLo snow water be lost. This I have ! dry, but little time is necessary to go over
found to my own loss. The south side of an acre of plants. Even the rose bug,
the bam is the place for the j.iKs,leeausc ; cabbage louse, thrips on grape vines, &c,
it is the warmest, and will keep the pipes ;
most open.
If any of the forgoing plans to secure
haudy watering-places for stock are adopted, j
the result will greatly benefit the stoek.aud :
save much valuable manure. J. G.
IV-er Park, East Buffalo, April 20.
rT'On the first page our readers will
find this week an interesting reminiscence
of the Mvloss White Kluc-Stem Wheat,"
which since it
original discovery by i
Christian Kloss, on his farm in the lower j roads, of the aggregate length of 2,100
end of this county, it will be seen has miles, which cost 3,800,208, or an aver
gaincd for itself a wide spread reputation, j age cost per mile of 1,8J2.
Th'1 account will be interesting to all our j The stock in these roads has been sub
readers in this section, and new to many j scribed for by individuals, and all pay
of them. The Maine Farmer calls it " an handsome dividends,
invaluable variety of wheat," and William The Troy & Lansingburg road pay ten
A. 1 Ux w, of the ( ! ospel llanner in a com- j per cent, sx mi-aunuully, the Utica & 15url
imkiicatiou to the Fanner subsequent to iugton, ticenty per cent, and it is believed
tlie one we give ou the first page, states that none in operation pay less than ten
he never saw Mr. Snyder's statement be- , per cent, annually. The value of lauds on
fore, but supposed the wheat came from j the line of these improvements, has also
the llaltie. lie says he called it the ' materially advanced in some instances
" Uauner Wheat" for the sake of brevity, i from ?" to 10 per acre,
ami because it 1!i lic es' v'li;at 10 be J In Canada there are 442 miles open, at
found in the State of Maine, aud adds j a cost of ?773,5U0, or an average of Sl,"oO
"how it could have originated in Union j per mile. Jt rccrslurg Journal.
county, Pennsylvania, without coming j j. . pn "'
irom anvwucre, ts vuv u mwc umu v
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nature which arc sometimes as munificent
:is they are ftrangc and incredible. But
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wherever it came irom, u is et.ouj:.. .u... ,
it is here, and that it is a superior grain.
He states that there are now some
ihousand acres of the KWs wheat, grc.w-
ing out of thcsoil, tliefly m the Kennebec
alley. And last tail 11c naa apri. at.ous
for thc seed from every county in tlie
State. He says "there will be wucu o
r a. .1 T it n-ill nil
,t ratse u,B nu, a m. , m .
be needed, for seed. Another year, if it
does well, Maine may be independent.
We do not know whether Christian Kloss
is still living, to rejoice in the success of
the single head of wheat he so carefully
observed and husbanded. Perhaps Col.
II. C. Eyer, of Stliusgrove, can inform
us. We would also like to know to what
extent this variety of wheat is in use iu
this, thc county of its origin, and thc
neigbWing Tallies. We hope tnir agricul
tural readers will tavor us witu all tlie in
formation they can on thc subject.
:y we not justly add, Lerc, that if
' . . '
I mou county can furnish a uative variety :
. t , f r. L mnerioT tmalitv as to
Lid Lir. iu the wtiinauon of so respousi ;
ble a person as Mr. Drew, to make the
ttato ot Maine independent in its supply of
breaustufls, surely her wealthy and expe
rienced farmers bhould be willing as well
as able to support a home agricultural paper;
and there should be no difficulty whatever
in getting up and sustaining a flourishing
County Agricultural Society. Ed. Ciuion.
A IYTaut Kin A nf Vsmoa
Mr. John KominTt ,.f m'
cry, Ala., ( the inventor of the ltemi,t
.JR.-inntrM.M,.. w, .
useful invention. It is a cement for ma -
kinc solid fences as durable
and at a very reasonable cost of co-..tr,.
- e ,
tiou. The thief ingredieut is sand, and
it can be easily manufactured by planta
tion hands. The cement panels, arc con
vened to the spot where the fence is to be
located, and the two legs of each let into
the ground like common posts. The cost
to the planter is estimated at 10 cents per
panel of ten feet by five four inches
thick far cheaper than the wire fence. It
does not, or at least should not, detract
from the merit of this invention, that it
hails from Alabama this time, rather than
fa. in Maine or Pennsylvania, or that the
modest little town of Montgomery ven
tures competition with the great manufac
turing cities of the East, for the honor of
originating seme of the useful discoveries
of the age. Charleston Courier.
Pruning Stone Fruit Trees
It has been but a few years since the
cultivators of fruit have been in the habit
of pruning peach trees at the extremities
of the branches, instead of cutting off liuibs
at the trunk. This system of shortening
in, as it is called, is gaining ground, and it
is a great improvement. The reason for
this mode of pruning arc evident, on es
animation. Most kinds of stone fruit
! grow rapidly, and bear the greater part of
their fruit on new wood, which is,of course,
; near the ends of the limbs. In this wav
a ,roe Treads over much land, and naked
j branches near the trunk ; and pruning at
the trunk causes the gum to ooze our, which
sometimes endangeis the health of the
're
,n ,,ie r!y, y pruning at the ends
of ,Ll' "-.wclies, the tree is confined to a
M"a11 "I'"00' lLc wounds liave unfavor-
all yield to the influence of snuff, and the
most delicate plant of the hot-house is not
injured by its application. For field veg-
etables, caustic lime, made into a fine
powder, while dry, and applied before
slacking by contact with the air, will
produce similar results. Prof. Mapes.
Plank Roads.
From a work recently published by Mr.
Kings ford, of New York, we learn that
there arc iu that State, nineteen plank
w
Skill adds more to the profits of farming
than hard work. In the article of batter
for instance, the same outlay is required,or
, . m(1 .
'f rlutt ouJ t0
ukc a Lund Js of tLat wtkh is
jjutbthe articles are inarketed,
m . rf
t-etof thc skilful dairyman. The !
of xicnti6l fariI1ing u realized
f(mnd such
.g notcd department of their
, ,
Comparative Cost of Roads.
On a comparison of plank roads with
macadamized roads, it is estimated that the
latter will cost 63,500 per mile, and to
keep them in repair seven years ?1,040
more, total $4,540. The first cost of a
plank road is $1,750, seven years' repairs
$70 ; relaying, as good as new, $1,486,
total 53,101 ; making a gain in favor of
. i plank of $1,434 in seven years, or 31 per
cent.
tsS" The reward of $10,000 offered by
i l . x a.t-. .1 At. .1 .
me 1-egisiaiure oi Ior rue
discovery of a cure for thc potato ret, has
ken claimed U Mr. Joshua F. Hateli, of
j Dorchester. Ilia remedy consists of ground
, charcoal mixed with sulphate of lime.
Jenny Llnd on Sunday.
This is the heading of a paragraph in
the New Orleans Crescent, which we give
below. Perhnna in (mux)
: tention to, nor make comment upon it It
was what any one would have expected of
Jenny Land:
" In Mother place mention is inciden
made of the fact that J Lind
' declined to leave here on the Sabbath.
' . , 7 howeyer' tLat lt desenres eslc"
,wlrarK. lt is equal to titty sermon.
lt is a practical fact. Arrangements had
been made for her concerts at Natchez
and Memphis, based ou her departure from
here on Saturday. The boat, however,
was delayed ; there was yet time to keep
the appointments, and leave on Sunday
morning. This she at once refused to do,
and declined to hold auy conversation in
regard to pecuniary loss. It is true that
the concerts will be held, but on different
days and after one disappointment, the
audiences will be much smaller.
Miss Lind is entitled to the thanks of
all religious persons for this strict obser
vance of the commandment, " llcmember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy." At this
moment her conduct attracts very general
observation, and the effect of her example
will be felt far and wide. We hope, par
ticularly, members of the theatrical pro
fession, will bear in mind, and hereafter
refuse to perform on Sabbath night. This
is the only city, as we are informed, where
actors arc thus taxed. In this city we arc
indebted to a very public-spirited individ
ual for this improvement. The masked
balls fell through, crushed by the public
indignation but the Sunday night thea
tricals have been kept up. Miss Cush
man has always refused to perform here
on Sunday nights. Mr. Neafic tried to
resist, but was unwisely persuaded to yield
the point. Jenny Lind, however, not
only refuses to sing on Sunday nights,but
even to travel on the Sabbath and sub
mits to a pecuniary loss, rather than vio
late the commandment. We trust this
fact will be noticed by the press every
where.' Decision Concerning Newspapers.
A careful perusal of the following de
cision may save some of our readers much
trouble and a considerable amount of
money :
In thc Court of Common Pleas, yester
day, before J udge Kelley, an important
case was decided. It was a suit pending
between Philip Ii. Freas vs. Jacob Haas,
to recover the subscription price of the
Oermantown Telegraph for 12 years. The
paper was left at a public house in thc
vicinity of the defendant's stall, in Callow
hill street, (the defendaut being a butcher
at thc time,) at the express direction of
Mr. Haas, where it continued to be left
for the space of time stated. The defence
was twofold first, thc statute of limita
tions ; ami second, that the paper should
have been left at the residence of the de
fendant, as it was known to the plaintiff.
Judge Kelley charged thc jury, that where
a person subscribes for a paper, and gives
directions where it shall be left, he is
bound to pay for it unless he prescribes
thc time for which it shall be left. If a
ubseriber wishes to discontinue his paper,
it is his duty to square his accounts, aud
then give notice for a discontinuance. If
a paper is sent to a person through the
post office, and he takes it out, he is bound
to pay for it. If a subscriber changes his
residence, it docs not follow that the car
rier must take notice of it, and a delivery
of the paper at thc place where he was
first directed to leave it, is a delivery to
thc subscriber, unless thc publisher re
ceives notiec to discontinue, or send to an
other place. The statute of limitations
did not affect thc case, as the defendant
had paid something on account in June,
144. Verdict for Plaintiff $22,50.
Philad. Inquirer, April 10.
Whitewashing.
As thc time is now at hand for white
washing on a large scale, we will give a
receipt which is the best known for out
houses. Take half a bushel of good un
slacked lime, slack it with boiling water
and keep it covered during the slacking
process. Strain the liquid through a seive,
and add a peck of clean salt dissolved in
warm watert add three pounds of boiled
rice or wheat paste, and half a pound of
dissolved glue. Add five gallons of water
to this mixture, and it is best to put it on
hot, but in that case use only old brushes,
or make allowance for the spoiling of them.
It has been found that our dry winds
bite off, as it were, more of the whitewash
than do rains. The salt is to obviate this
a For wLitewasy thc interior of
w
dwellings, do not use any salt, as it absorbs
moisture, and to the above lime, add about
two pounds of Spanish whiting. It makes
the white more clear looking if a little in
digo is squeezed through a cloth amongst
it. Amongst the lime, Spanish brown or
ochre may be stirred to make a colored
lime paint The sulphate of iron (coppe
ras) makes a huff color; the sulphate of
copper, (blue vitrol,) a bluish color. Set'
entljie American.
On Tuesday week, three boys in Dan
ville were allowed some powder to play
with ! Of course fire was applied and the
explosion burned all the exposed parts of
their persons, and set fire to their elotbes.
Although objects moat distressing (o behold,
it is thought the boys will all recover.
ni n
H. C. HIOKOK, EditorJ O. N. WOEDEM, Printer.
At $1.50 cash in tdrun, $1,75 in throe months, fi paid
within the year, and i,SJ at the end of the year.
Agent in Philadelphia V It I'alnier and W Carr.
Lcwisburg, Pa.
tocbncs&an iHorning, !April 30, 1831
ADVEETIZE I F.XFrulm. AdniinMnili.r. I'uMie
OiRcTm. Otr n'H ountrv Mori linnt-. .WiUMtl'arlur' r,
Mechanics, IIumiic.. Mwi all who-.), to irocuiv or to
disponed anrthin;: would Jo well to Kin- notice of tlie
sain.- through the "Lt Kiluiy Cttrutticic.'' Thi tm-r has
nm a- lar.- rr..-.ruon of active k,i,ci.i .r.m.H,
eon-unicr.-. aud ilt-alcr. as anv other in tlie Mute.
XV I'uion County IVuM-cratic Ivlepate Meetings S;it
arJiiT, loth May ; polln oocn from 2 to 5, 1. M.
it1 L'nein l"".unty llenvM-ntlie Convention New N'T
lin. M-nvhiy, l.th May, toeleet Delegate to Ju lii :a! st.ilc
Convention.
t'nion County Court Moiiday. 10th M.iy.
9 if Sott County M.-etiit Tuesday. -Joih M:iy.
j- Ai:riiulturai County Meetiu Wefl'tlnyJtrt Slay
4 -IVmoeratie state li ulieruatorial Con vr ntion Kcnd
fn. 4th Jnn.
aa-iMaocraticSuteJu.ijciidCouTcntiou iiarrMmrg,
lllli June.
Kii" W'uig SLitc Convention I.anea"ter. 21th .lune.
tjyAn Aporentiee to the Printing liu
siuess, wan tod at this office.
JUS" The Summer Session of the Lewis
burg Academy will open on Monday next.
County Papers Free.
We hope all our friends will bear in
mind that after the first of July next the :
Chronicle will circulate anywhere in the !
county FREE OF POSTAGE, and out!
of the countv. within fit'tv miles
js of this
place, for only Jive cents per quarter. j wll was jtwtat that moment in the act of ; sor of Hebrew and Modern Languages, iu
There is now every inducement for per- cutering. The lightning struck his right Wekinson College,
sons to take their own county papers in ! sl"'lder, tore his l ight boot to fragments, e 1-W J an outsider, and there
preference to those published at a distance, j alia tered his flesh from shoulder to j f"re cannot judge of its masonic merits,
COME OX E, COME ALL; scud on vour: ,IL'(-'1 so dly that the skin peeled ofTwhen : ullt tlie literary contents are creditable,
names for the Chronicle. " i hi tlothes werj removed. Although his a,lJ as tue printer has done his part iu
Ittmllert, one ciit, flie Clinnivlr ami rit her fide ami liuibs were paralyzed, he remained handsome style, the craft will doubtless
Gwfcy'i latin' lhH,k, Graham"1 ur Sartuln's
Mauzint.fur ! J ,i0.
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fclUTlic evidence taken at Danville,
'
ltcfore Judge Jay no of Wyoming, to be
used in the contest of Mr. Wright for Mr.
Fuller's seat in Congress, c!osed for the
present on Monday night. Hon. John
Urisbin appeared as counsel for Mr.
Wright, and Hon. Joseph Casey fir Mr.
Fuller. We do not learu that aTivthinii
was elicited, calculated to overthrow Mr.
F's certified majority of 50.
Shocking Accident.
Yesterday about noon, William, a son i
of Mr. Samuel Amnion, of this borough, (
aged about seven years, fell off his father s
wagon as it was hauling lime across a
ploughed out-lot, and one of the wheels
struck him with the edge in such a way as
to make a clean cut through the scalp to
thc bone, from above the left eye up over
thc top of his head, and down obliquely to
the left side of the back part of the head,
and then stripped the sealp down towards
the left car until nearly one third of the
skull was laid bare, making a wound of
frightful appearance. The skull itself was
fortunately not injured. The little fellow
retained full possession of his senses, and j
bore the operation of sewing up and dress- j
ing the wound with the patience and firm- j
ness of a hero, lie is doiii' well, aud bids
fair soon to recover.
1 his distressing accident should be ii (a y w: y in which judicial uflain are A post inserted in IS was found (on re
warning to all boys not to climb on wag- J nnn iged iu that region. ! moving it to widen the walk) almost as
ons, cither at home or those of strangers " 1 regret tlie awkward delay in making sound as ever,
in the streets, especially when their parents l:,t Sheriff's Sale. 1 thought 1 had; . - ..' -.
t r 1 1 1 1 . . . thiol's ill tho ri.'lii trno. l.nf it I l JUsT V 0 Uoll t llleall to illl CUr lielin-
have forbidden them to do so. A btr-'er ! nam, but it stems 1
Kd f..ll ...,.1. r , .,. . it l . C ' '"'-"taken, as I learned mv precipe had , qent subscribers, but would merely luform
lad fell under a wagon on Market street,,. ..,, ', , ' ., ,t, t. .
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"nja .io, uuu uairowiy escaped i
serious injury.
Remarkable Discovery. j
On last Saturday afterniH.ii, as Mr. '
Thomas Howard, of Kelly tp., three miles j
from this place, was digging a ditch nr.
I, ,4 .l,..l':. .t. i .i
"... .v...ug, vu uie norm uanu oi tue;
Buffaloe creek, he came upon an obstruc
tion, which when dug up, proved to be the
ivory tusk of a mammoth or mastadon, or
some other antediluvian monster, of which
no living specimen has been seen by hu
man eyes. The tusk, as found, was ten
feet long, moderately curved, nine inches
in diameter at one end, and four inches at
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the other; from which we may reasonably I
infi.r fl,., ,t.....: i i :
. ...... lucmiiiai iu iv loiru ii oi iiriliajiv
w.l . i ii .i i .
belonged could not have been much unlike ;
a l eunsylvania bank baru in bulk aud di
mensions. If such an " insect" could take
a leisurely stroll through our valleys at the
present day, to sec how thc world had pro
gressed siuee his time, we imagine he would
pronounce the present race of bipeds aud
quadrujieds decidedly "small potatoes,"
aud be disposed soon to retire from society
in disgust thou-di he would doubtless
1,-iv,. I.,1.;,..l .1 . . .- e i
icae Deunid the reputation of bein cm-
phatically "some pumpkins," himself. !
The tusk was found two feet below thc j
.ui.acc, iu a layer ot ulue clay, which res-
tod on a IhmI ..f e-...1 ra,l - ! i I
. . . " uu l i
a good deal injured in getting it out, be
fore its real character was perceived. Since
being exposed to the air, it crumbles rap
idly upon bciug handled, but its structure
and material ju-e plain and satisfactory. A
specimen can be seen at this office. .
A similar relic was found week before
last on the farm of Mrs. Whitmore, in
Tunkhannoek Borough, Wyoming county,
while digging the North Branch Canal.
It was about ten feet below the surface, in
a strata of sand. The piece found is 3
feet 4 inches long, 5 inches in diameter at
one end, and 4 at the other, and weighs
35 lbs.
JWWe are indebted to John D. Crcigh,
Esq., for a copy of thc first 'o. of the
San Francisco Cbrion.
Appalling Visitation.
We learn that the Methodist Chapel in
Danville, was struck by lightning on last
Sabbath, about 4 o'clock P. 31., duriug the
com::, union services, while the congrega
tion were kneeling in prayer, just before
the lament was to be administered
There were no previous indications of a
storm, except a "slight sprinkle of rain, and
a cloud which seemed to be gathering iu a
northerly direction. The steeple was first
struck, and much shattered. After reach
ing the main building, the electric fluid
divided into two separate currents, one
passing through the ceiling, and along the
chain by which one of the lamps was sus
pended (both of which latter were demol
ished) directly down into the mid.t of the
a
crowded congregation ; tearing up the floor
and jiews cimsidcraldy, and in.-taiitly kill-
iug a Mrs. l'eneil, aud inflicting alarming
iniuries MIH.11 her sister. Miss Vastiue. aud
ei"ht or nine others, mostly females, be
o ... ...
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snies stuiiuiiitr ana omerwisu partial iy
alleetin- manv'other i-crsous. The ladies'
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dresses were much torn, as well as set on i 1
C. 1 ; w..,..., T
pletely open to the fleh by the force of:
. the terrJie bolt. Mrs. Pencil's person bore
' no external marks of injury, but most of,
the others were scorched and discolored to
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grater or Jess extent, i lie other cur -
t passed out through the brick wall by
the front door, tearing off the facings, and
I prostrating a young man named Jones,
m possession of his senses, and hile they
! were carryiug him home, he eiirjuired anx-
! i..Jv .vl, ,1 it -.. !,.,t ti l l !.... 1,;...
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1 1 11 1- nifiirin-iiit. :i r(nt ltiii:iii of tliw oi:ici
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h no :is iu tue cnapci aL tue tune, savs 11 i -'"0 umuj mh- iuu iuu I'ua
was the most appalling scene of consterna-1 worJ- ... ... ...
tion and distress he ever witnessed.
The chapel is a new building, and the
entire elevation of the steeple, or dome, is
about eight' fjet, and had 110 lightning
rod ; though we understand one had been
contracted for, and was expected to be put
up in the course of the summer. This
terrible casualty shows the imperative lie-
ce.saity of having both private dwellings
and public edifices duly protected by light-
mug roils. e know that many ot our Monday week, aged S3. He was the man
citizens, some of whom reside in exposed ' who slew Capt. Decatur, in a duel. Capt.
situations, have resolved to make early . Stewart, of Pa., is now Senior Captain,
arrangements for the protection of their! ' "" -
premises, and the safety of their families. ' J?-0. du"i,, "T f JL"
.,, ,,. , . . , Diellenderfer, iu Xew Columbia, was dis-
1 . fc. binec the above was m tvpe we ' , . , , . . , , ,
, , , , . , , ",' . , covered to be on tire about 8 o clock last
are informed that tour of the churches m irei , . , . , . , , , . ,
this place, the Methodist, Lutheran, Ger-!
man Reformed and Christian, are without
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lightning rods. How long shall this eou-,
tinue to be the case ? '
We learn by a gentleman from Dan
ville hist evi'llllto llint tin iiiinriifl onrcnTi
Kw M iu a hlK.ud ,v:iy f,r r,cov,ry.
txf A brother ' limb of the law,'' iu an
u, river county, "ives the following ac-
coui.t in a recent letter of the free-aud-
l liM.-u.ui, K'lll.l HOI lOlillfl.
Jesides, the officers of our courts are all .
I lumbermen, and lumbering and rafting ;
i..a t ..11 : I-.. 4 . . i
lUZnt Z tkn vJZ I
ary and December, is cause to adjourn our j
courts, and a standing apology for the j
f any other duties. I renewed
t ie lireeine liutiii'i iat. lv utter I mit innii. 1
' . f , c . I
ami uie writ was rea.iy to oe executed, i
Iiut our sheriff is a pilot, and the river was
up for rafting : so off he went, and only
returned last night. 1 hailed him on his
way up, and set to work to give him "par
ticular jesse," but could make noimpress
iuu on him. He quit me with the remark,
you wouldn't berate a duck for taking to
thc water, would you ?"
"u i"i" nit; cooiiics ot inese exir
. .... .. ... .
J1"1"11'! proceedings will offset any of th
We think the coolness of these extra
i , . ... - . , e
legal eccentricities manufactured for "out
-c?t
Exactly so.
In conversation the other day with a
gentleman who formerly mingled much in
transatlantic politics, but has resided many
years in this country, and is a warm friend
of our republican institutions, he wound
up with the remark, "But, sir, after all,
it is to your unceasing vigilance that you
American owe everything your liberties,
,, . ,,,?
J'Ur WaUS Jlf
rThe PtetTastcr General has deci-
a . .
jcd that under the how rosto law which
. . o '
takes effect on tho Tst. of Ji.lv. I
" J
pnTs only, arc entitled to circulate in thc
mail free of postage, in thc county where
published, and that in estimating the vari
ous distances mentioned in the act, thc of
fice of publication is the starting place and
not county lines.
"Hen. Frederick Watts will hold the
Court in Mifllintown, Juniata county, and
address the Agricultural Society, on the
5th of May next, by invitation of the of
ficers of the Society. Judge Watts is the
President of the State Society, and the
owner of a model farm near Carlisle.
KWe learn by the last Union Times,
that she is "(where she always has been)
at thc head of all thc other English papers
of thc county." Wc " cotnc down."
For the Lcwisbnrg Chronicla.
Taxes of the Four Counties.
Mr. Editor: The Aunual Ik-port of the
Auditor General for 1850, shows the fol
lowing HECEIPTS from Union and ad
joining counties Jcents omitted in the
table, but their amounts carried out in the
footing up:)
Ontre. Lyatminj. Xorth'd. 'ikul
Tax on real and
p rnal Estate, $11,294
Tavern llcen, 354
ftftaileTV lireiucfl,
oilter lio-nnctf, 15
li!ilia line. ll:t
T:ix on writ.leei)s.e.44
Collateral inner, tax, 30
Accrued Uitereat,
.J
27J
f.71
lit
ili
5oT
40
8,U
344
6J1
OS 11 914 15 11,5JU01 22,715 24
API-Rori:t.TF.l
ForlWa Srh..l, 700 1.S44
A 1 t inout on State
loa, SW 772
Applied to state
Tn-nury,
p,.l L VTIl ,v
lO.S'j-J 25 11.214 00 9,901 14 lifiX 72
il,:i74 SiS 23,223 20,21
: rjn pa, , tau- Tax of 74 ecnu per head,
' !.ye?iui " "
! -Whumberiand -
mi - . t .- 1
1 111s is a great oisproportion almost two
1 t . i' r .1 .
I TO IT l T:i O V I II On 14 Iltlri nOI. ROlllO.
j .......
! thinfc' 'rong in tuu systlu of assessment
mine counties, mat our taxes are two-
irr.l ... 1:1. .1 . .t r...
"'"er man uieirs:
irher than theirs?
TAXPAYER.
ifiSf We have received the first No. of
"Tnu Temple," a new monthly magazine,
"f 3- octavo page, at 81,59 a year, de-
t ... . 1 . I' If . . T 1 1
1 to r ree .uasonry, j.neraiurc auu
! Science; under the Editorial management
: of Benjamin Parke, Esq., of the Harris-
; ourS ani - & uiumentuai, rroles-
ee 'hat it is properly sustained. H e don t
know what the faithful few iu this anti-
masonic re ion mnv f,Hl disnosod to do f,.r
,,,.,. .. ,,.,.;.., t,.i ..
o, ouitiiev can see a siieeimen nuniber ov
: ..n;.. ir... 1 .i.
ttF Maj. Ilobert S. Bailey, long known
as a stage proprietor iu this region of eou 11-
trv ri..m.t tn l.-,r ,lTo.l ,f
tion, at Jersey Shore, on Thursday last.
His age was about 40 years.
The Roman Catholic Arehbi.shop of Bal
timore, Samuel Eeclestonc, died last week,
at an advanced a"e.
James Barron, the Senior Captain in
the American Xavy, died at Xorfolk, on
-Luuruuity uigtii, um, was suuuuca octore
mueh daina-'e was done. The fire ori;riua
ted in the smoke-house. The citizens of
Milton turned out in large numbers with
the Engine, but before they arrived the
fire was put out.
f-iT'The owner, has commenced paving
his side-waIk,S. IvcomerSd and Market Sts.
in accordance with the recent requirements
(if the Council. We hope the authorized
improvements will be promptly attended to.
vnv n. ..... ...v I'liutvi l... all Ul IV OU rt lot
of beautiful receipt for their csnecial ben-
t.fit aua tlat we shall take creat pleasure
e r
iu fi,,. theui "P anJ
frj- The atroloi.Tr7Rlaek, was taken
for swiuJli lut ;UeJ oa tLe
c' ' '
.rroiiml. -.. simtvos.. 11M t- l,w
7 1 . '
Ior wlio k humbugged by such
means. W e sec it stated he has since de
camped. JfcaT A. Swiueford, Esq., of the "Good
Samaritan," has issued a Prospectus for a
Presbyterian paper for the Country.
-ST Charles Sumner, (Free Soil,) is at
last elected U. S. Senator finni Massachu
setts. JfcS- Thanks to F. E. J. Hillen, Thil'a.,
for copies of his Landscape Drawing Book.
Pres. Fillmore has issued a Proclama
tion, warning all Americans against hos
tile interlerence with the Spanish govern
ment of Cuba. Several persons have been
arrested in New York on the charge of
being concerned in the expedition. "
Gov. Ramsey is on an ofliciul visit to
Washington City.
Gen. Scott reached New Orleans, and
JenDy Llnd cached Pittsburg, on Saturday
i.
,aal:
1
The hands in the Montour Rollins Mills
who were on a strike have gone to work
again on Monday week, at the former
prices, and the rolling mill is in full opera
tion again.
Two men were recently killed in Nor
thumberland county, by the lalling of a
bank of earth. Their names w ere Michael
and Patrick Martin, father and son.
In ihe case of Thurston, for killing An
son Garrison, in Owego. N. Y.,the Grand
Jury have found, we understand, a True
Bill for murder in the first degree.
The citizens of Montour county are pro
curing subscriptions to purchase a hand
some watch and chain, as an appropriate
present to the Hon. Mr. Frailey, for his
able defence of their rights in the Re-annexation
Bill, lately defeated in the Senate.
No one is allowed to contribute more than
50 cents.
On the last day of the session of the
Legislature, a bill was passed oroanjj;,,,
the M jncy Water Company. Toe obinc
of the company id lo bring water iaio th
southern part of that town, Irom
large spring oo the property of Mr. Ptler
Gray, about a mile distant.
Hop. VVm. Biaty, died at his resident
in Butler on the 12tn instant. He SJ
prominent Democratic candidate fr (Jar,
Commissioner.
Maj. Ol.wer Helme, one of tlie o!de,t
inhabnantj of Wyoming valley, died it
Wilkesbarre, on Thuraday eteom" last
Ten nml rive dollar counterfeit bill, r,0
ihe York Kink, have mailt; iht-ir appear
ance iu this neighborhood. H'c have nt
seen any, but are info rmed itiat tuC ium
tion is poor. York Advocate.
The Legislainre of M;ursota hat auob
islied the use of Latin terms 10 the law ,,f
that territory, and substituted therefor tha
synonomous English words.
Alter ttie? general appropriation bill had
riir, ,1.... ...... .. . I". ...I". I .1 .. .,
! o . .hd, inra u
iuiiu uiiuuii, w c wt-ig iaiiui mat in at).
propr.ation ol S3.000 to rio ran tl If .'
: ... . "
1 . r,.M, w mn, uui e
j rejoic to say lhat the new Lill as pa,,),
K.an at tl.lu ..L.nu 1.. 1.. . it
j -""-" amc niruprianua, ana bim
all aiMiro:iriullon of N. Olio In rpr.:ii.,k.
-., ' 1 . ' . . 7.
"""'"''Kin i.iin ana ocnuie. 1 1111 mowv,
il properly t xnded, will, we ihin, golir'
towards securing the river bank at th:i
place 'roni luri'ier destruction, by the ac
lion of the waves, during high water.
Sutibury American.
Il is rumored that Lopez and his coadju
tors hae on foot another invasion of Cuba.
We have but little faith in Lopez as a lea
der. Besides, people who are fit for free
dom and desire to be (ree, should make
better efforts than the Cubans have done
heretofore.
The Greenville Southern Patriot ay,
"we know of some gentlemen of weal'h and
worth who are about leaving South Camli.
11a, on account of the continued political
turmoil and warfare with the General (i -
vernment which ctmrac'ei izes her. If she
j (lersists in her mad scheme of secession,
i her best citizen will have her in drove.
I and move, as one told u a few days since.
. J
' into Ihe United States."
llonesdale. Pa., April 26 A fire broka
out last night in the store of Edward Mar-
1 ray in M:nn st., near the Canal basin, and
was raging at 9 o'clock this morninjt.
! To blocks and one half (he centre of the
loun were destroyed, including many val
uaLle stores Hid oftVes. The canal bnrfjj
over Miin street was also consumed. The
insurance h.u not yet open ascertained.
The loss is estimated at 150.000.
Mr. Buster is an opponent of free school
from principle. He goes "agin ad cation"
not because of its unconstitutionality, hut
because ii's unnatural. Ignorance is .Na
tur." he says. We are born ignoianf,aod
ought to be kept so.
There were but eleven of the fifty-two
courilie of Alabama represented in the late
disunion convention of that State ; yet these
eleven county delegates htd the effrontery
to pledge the State to secession. Pshaw !
A man named Peter Osbourn, aged Zt)
e irs, of very lespectable standing, a pros
perous farmer, and apparently enjoying
li!e very happily, hung himself in h. barn
in Sheshequin on the 10th inst a most
my-ilerious suicide.
A whole family were sudden'y at'ackrd
wiih severe iiluess lately at Staunton, Va.,
from the carelessness of a servant in uwg
arsenic instead of soda in biscuit.
Tlie fare from San Francisco to Sacra
mento nnd S'ocklon in California, has bet n
reduced nhiu the year from $50 down to
one dollar.
lo the census returns of a certain coun
tv in Indiana there is said to be a Miss M.
M E- S. P. II. D. S. Tubb. This is pro
liably one of the tubs which ini"ht be able
to stand on i's own bottom."
The Grand Jury of Philadelphia have
found a true bill against John Fell, for the
inhuman outrage upon Robert Woodside,
some weeks ago, in the District of Aram
ingo. rtottfjuttt Jttarfcct.
Corrected Uiis Day.
Wheat MaUO
Rye 50
'.'orn. 50
Juts 35
Flaxseed 100
Dried Apples 100
Buttei 121
Eggs 8
Tallow 10
Lard 7
Ham 10
Bucon 8
ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER!
Ptrtii.thetruc Digeitirc Fluid or Gastric Juinf
A great DytfuMa cuter, prepared from Reanai
or ihe fourth stomach of tha Os, after directions
of Uaron Liebig, the great Physiological chemist.
by J S Hougnton.M D, No It North Eighth Si
i'uiladelptiia. 1 hia a truly woooVrfol reatedr
for indigestion, dyspepsia, jaaodaee, coaatipaiion.
liver complaint and debility , earing after Ware's
own method, by Nature's own agent, lbs Gastric
Juice. See Advertisement in another eoiuma.
On Toesday evening, 29th inst, bj Rev. John
Guyer,Joa H.Goodva of the firm of J.Hajre
& Co. and Miss Mai Mabi jba Woooa, all of
Lewtsburg.
-AnoOirr Good-jilt won hy the wortiiy lair, al
anotbrr ppkadkl pound-cafes rabxd by Um priatersr far
brrt winb.es attrad the amiabla pair may their faturs
prove an serene and unclouded, as the prists U prefafc-is
and Ivri-lit.
For Sale.
AT Al'CTION on the premiaw in Wjtib
Street, in Lewisbnrg. on Satcbbav Beat.
(May 3.1) at 6 o'clock, evening, a Half M
and House (the house to i f""'" mom"
8 feet off the adjoining half lot) Wl" 00
Ihe line, and suitable Oui-boildinga.
The place ia rented until April neit, but the
purchaser will be eniitled lo Jar rent.
Tcrma made known al the sale by
JOS. PEN CIL, per Agent
April 30, 1951
Fire Company !
(Tj The Members are requested to meat
TOWN HALL on FRIDAY next, at !. P M.
Bv order of the Captain : .
AptilS'J JON'A. WOtFEi .