The Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1876-1878, August 02, 1876, Image 5

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A COUNTRY EDITOR'S TROUBLES
BY PAIIMENAS 31IX,
The typo's all plc! pocketed their rules
(There were but three upon 'the papr
then;). ~:;II
And lounging idly on the office stools,
Surveyed the _"Colouel," 'typo •'kith busy
Was dashing off a leader for bis• sheet,
Entitled, "Dullnips at ,tha County Seat."
'Twits Saturday and six o'clock. The.boys
Were waiting: fur their slender weeklY pay;
Alas ! that: bugaboo which, so annoys
The country printer and Obstructs his way.
It type could set themselves hi. 4 course would
seem - .
As calm and pleasant as a Summer dream.
h, half an hbut passed by—still toiled the
scribe ;
Ideas'seemed"to Ayitli wondrous ease . —
Still, it we might belieye,ii current gibe,
Which,,.hinted .hat; . . ,the writer crossed his
t's . . -
With sweeping lines' that ran' across the
Sheet;
His pen, altis I produced more chaff , than
wheat,
The clock struck sevep. Then the typo's all,
Of muttered' thr eats of quitting then and
there, •
Filed slowly out into the'dingy.
And started down
,!the weli-wom dace
• stair. •• • ,
Just here a.whistie from the sanctum sent'
A thrill:of hope • thrtiugh . , and Aiack
..thq, went.
"Well, boys," began .the • scilibe, "rpi\painecl
to 'say :
That prospects tire not ilattering:to-night . ;
rve tailed to.rajse,a single ,bent to-day,
And, consequently,fundS . ,are rather tight-=
This crushing news undoubtedly will fall
Upon yOuraspiratiOns Ilk's a Pall.
"But bear up' bravely—What is , that you
sai&--- • '
I'm owing you a heap of money now ?
Atsk truer statement never left your head.
I've used You badly, that 1 must allow,
But think of Joh . and meekly bow to fate—
. In short, just learn to labor and—to wait.
"I must confess that I sincertly grieve
TO see you placed in this nlovely strait,
But toss your head and make yodr . friends
believe
That lots of lucre prompts your buoyant
gait ;
Don't leave me, gents—continue sti,i 'to
strive— ' -
You've.money, coming atuliit may ar ive."
Then spoke the typo's, almost in chorus ;
"This . working, for, a ipan without - the
stamps "
Is most too. thin and just a trifle pirous- 7
We fail t 4 o see it, Colonel, 'in those lamps P
We've lived on hope, with now and then a
cracker,
For thee long weeks, and during ail that
tim
By jingo ! we've had to do 'without tobacker,
And.. we've concluded that we'd better
climb."
Thodoor here opened and a robust party,
Game in, who, pulling out his pocketlbook,
Exclaimed in tones.encot4ging and hearty ;
"'There, that's my. I reckon, please to
' look !"
He didn't stop to read the Colonel's leader,
Or pocket some exchange on the sly,;,
He left like you or I woula. gentle reader—
That's hke a gentlerty r;t(how's that tor
high ?) 'l' * •
The Colonel raised his patron's timely. favor
(A six months' bill for an advertisement,y
And said, in tones that hid of pride a savor:
"Here, take itboys l'"---he gave them every
When Irmn the place the printers had depart-
This plaint came from i the weary man'of
news: .
"Al, me I poor, patient wife *ill feel down
hearted _ - •
When I g 6 hone. , Without the children's
shoes I" . "
MYSTERIOUS Sr - NDS.
Perhaps the Most %miller of mysterious
sounds are those produced by the ventriloquist;
familiar becatise almost every county fair is vis
ited by one or more of these exhibitors; mys
terious because the real source of sound does .
Dot correspond with the apparent.
,It Bee with
in the province of the anatomist or physiolo
gist to explain why t it is that some men can
Speak from the stomach instead of frOm- the
throat, and without any, perceptible movement
of the lips ; but the person who can do thlicthe
yentriloquiit ; may-make'himself a -Most be
wildering deceiver of those who listen to him.
Our power of determining the exact direction
whence a sound comes is less than we usually
imagine. It is said that Saville amp, who
could well imitate the Whistling of the wind,
would sometimes amuse , herself by exerting ;
this art in a Public Coffee house'; some of the
guests at once rose to see iVlietheil the Windows
were quite closed, -while others livould button
up their coats, as if cold.' -
Sir David Brewster notices a ventriloquist of
exceptional sir - lib - M. St. dine, vihegue
tend a church where sonic monks , wPre
meeting the death of; a brother.- •t! . edtlezily
they heard a voice, asit from over:theirheadS,
- bewailing the conditional - tile fleparted, Or.
gatory, and reproachinF them tnetbOr-,i11:9(
24,1 1. Not suspecting
. Ithe trick, they fell on
their IaCCB and cdlifitaille .:Pieftivi,i B -
A committee eP.Pojeted ) 0 the A ettsielnie"
Sciences to', report -On Abe - phenomena of vert-
Irih qulsel tent , with - -M. Oine,t9 16 0 , 1 19.uff,
or a lady, to r hum' theylinnniiiteed• piattheY
had come to investi_ate a case of aerial "spirit
,voices" above her head, underneath the floor;
and in diStant pins >t. - the:room, and.was with_
difficulty'c,onvinced hat the only spirit present
,was the ventriloquistic voice of St. Gille.
Brewster .tells of another master of this artp.
.Louis Bmbant, valet! de chltinbre to Francis
whose snit was i rejected :by 'tite parents of a
beintiful and well-dowered girl with whom he
was in love. - =lieicalled on the mother after the
death of _the 'father, 4gain to urge his suit ; and
While he was preSent she heard' the voice of her
11fteased husband xpressing remorse for hay
ing rejt.eted Louis rabaut; and conjuring tier
thgive hel• immediate consent to the betroth
al.' Frightened and I Manned she consented,:--
Brabant, detiming.it Idesbable to behave liberal
ly in the marriage arrangethents; butt not hav
ing Much cash at hi command, resolved , to' try
Whether his ventrilnoluism would bnai effica
cious with. a !Ilene.* lending banker ea it had
been with the widow. Calling on the old- user
er at Lyrins',. he Managed that the conversation
should turn upon ttri subject of demons, spec
tres and purgatory. I Suddenly *as heard the
vnice Apt the niereesi father, complaining of the
horrible sufferings he was enduring, in , purgato-'
ry, and saying , ther# was no , way of obtaining
alleviation except by. the usurer Advancing
money to the visitor for the sake of ransoming
Christians from the hands of the Turks. The
usurer was tl4ritled,3but too much in love with
his gold to yield Id once. Brabant went the
next day and resumed the conversation, when
shortly. were heard the voices of a host, of dead
relations, all telling the same terrible story, and
and all pointing huti the only way of obtaining
relief. The usurer could resist do long pV ; he
placed 10,000 crowns ;in the hands of the tin
suspected yentriloqiiiat, who, of course,, forgot
-to • pay it over ifori the ransom of Christians
either in Turkepor ,ywhere else. When the
usurer learned after rd how he had been dup
ed, he died of vexation.--Chanters Journa2.
ABOUT LEAD PENCILS.
,- •
• It will, perhaps,.4rprise some of our readers
.when we state a 4 a itositive - fact:that lead pen- .
cite coutain,,notbing of lead • except die . nathe.
Yet such is the truth.
Lead pencil is) lii I fact, as much a Misnomer
silt would - be to i - cap a horse' avow.' Red lead
is an oxide Of. lead 't.nd White also carbonate
; __ • •
of tbakmetal, bUt the black lead - tised in pen
cils is neither a Maid nor a- cotnpound:ot . Met
al. It is plumbagp ok geaphitet one:of the forms
Of carbon:: . • i••
Formerly the Sqt4re piece of : graphic, which
forms_ the markitig portion of
,the pertcik were-,
- Sawed' out of large Masses of that: material, but
when pencils into such 'universal use it
was found that thus Method 'of procedure
cessitated'so luch: waste, tAat .it NOS quickly
discOveral that.s . obie other pncesi must be
I . used in order tor utilize 'the wastage.. In such
cases the Want i sydum felt before some ready
inventor's brainf,supplies: the remedy.`: So it
.was bere.. 'AStexi tie experinientingneceisary,
to bring any invention thAvn to .a - practical
working basis, tie following method was - ma
tured
d i• •
The'fragments of graphite: are ground fine,
calcined and tidied with pure- clay: ; This clay
has been prepard y . diffusing it through wat
er, allowing the coarser particles to settle,draw
ing off .the n4i fluid from the top and letting
it-settle again. latter sediment is exceeat
isgly fine and plastic and after being dried on,
linen tfilters is Intl for use. It is then mixed
with powdered graphite in various proportions,
according to the dqgree of hardness required in
a pencil --twd parts of clay to one of graphite
being used tor Aite, hard grade, equal parts
Tor a soft one, and, intermediate "mixtures' for
the grades betwien.
The material=, after being mixed, are tritura
ted or kneaded ih water until they are about
the consistency. dough. • This is pi eased into
grooves in an othehvise smooth board, dried id
the mould by •fli, moderate heat, then taken out,
and baked in covered crucibles in a futtance.
Sometimes the dough is compressed in a strong
receiver and forced out through a small hole in
na thread of the shape 'required, then : dried and
baked as above.; 1 1
The grade of litt lead depends also partly up
on the degree o heat to which it is exposed in
the furnace. ILpS intended for very fine work,
like architectural drawing, etc., are reheated -af
ter the baking and immersed in melted wax or
suet. .
f.
The mood used for all the better kinds of
pencils. is the 'lOrida red cedar. It is' first
thoroughly seasoned,. then, sawed into strips,
dritin again,'and then cut into stripSsof, proper.
size for pencils.]
_They are grooved by inachin
try,.the leads a i e glued into the gro'we and the
other half of the - 'wood - glued on. After bcing
dried under pressure,•they are rounded or oth
erwise shaped by. a kind of lathe or cutting
machine, then pOlished by another operation,*
and sometime po l luted or varnished by a third,
which feedsd i le! pencils from a .hopper and
turns them aroUnd under the brush. They are
next cut the right length by a circular saw and
the ends. triadessnooth by a drop knife, after
which tbey,,ar titamped, by 'a heated die and
tent to.jtle paclp4g room to be packed for sale.
--ibrierietAn .
A great lie IS like a great ffsh on dry land;
it may fret anill i fling and make a frightful both
er,; =mihutlt t hOrt you, You have only to
keep 'still and it Will die•of. itself.
. •
Never put miu4h Confidence in Such as put:no
Confidence in toth!ers. A map . prone to suspect
"evil is mostly Inciking in his neighbor for whnt
liceees iiimseft - •
f!ower will ikaoxicate the best beartA,as Wine
the strongest hetkis. Nu man is - wise , enough,
nor good enouo ,to be. trusted with unlimited
power.-' = .
, • , 4 , 0 0
No inan is trie;, wiser for_ his learning ; it may
aduiii}aster,,m4tier: to. - Work )n, or- objects to
work upon ; put wit and --wisdom' are born
with - tyman. 11 - ,
.Stpty . to be lutet,
r'4 GODS ! GOODS
kx • ,
ICA X-Xetzrcle.ia
Has just received an
ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF MENS',
BOYS' AND YOUTHS', '
cLoTHING,
At iiiices to snit
,the bird times,
Mild' SUITS, 56T052.5
BOYS' &TOUIRS' $5110310
Also a fine line of
DRY GOODS;'
,
HATS &. CAPS,
BOO'i'S,;', AND SHOES, ' YANKEE
NOTIONS, FANCY. GOODS,
Cheap fOr Caph. No charges for shoWitig our goods*.
, , • W : M. HAYDEN.
New . 749fotti. May 343.1816.—tt r
Fog 1876. 1
JOB PRINTING -.
A SPECIALTY.
•
With our four presses, wlarge assortment of
plain and fancy job type, bcrders, inks. papers,
cards, etc., and experienced workmen,\ we are
prepared to do .
All Kinds of Job Work
at the LOWEST PRICES. Promptly,upon
receipt of order; (by rnail or othervase,)
We can furnish
- Wedding Invitations,
Envelopes, Bill Heads, Statements, Note Heads,
Box Labels, Snow Cards, Admission Tick
. ets, Ball Tickets, Law Blanks. Auction.
Bills, Large Posters, Small - Posters,
• Bottle Labels, Calling Cards, Address'
Cards, Business Cards, Aivitation Cards,
Pamphlets, Business Circulars,\Wrappers,trags,
Dancing Programmes,
•.' etc., etc.
.HAWLEY & CRUSER,
May 10. Democrat Office.
TTINKHANNOCK
MARBLE. WORKS.
BURNS & WHITE,
-Manufacturers of , and Dealers In
ITALIAN & 'AMERI6AN MARBLE,
'MARBLE AND SLATE himus.
SCOT OIT & AMERICAN GRAIOTE,
Orcemeteiy Lots Enclosed.nr".
P. C BURNS, - - Gro. WHITI -
Tanishannoc. Pa. Jan. 19; 1876.-=ly
VALT,TA:BLI TARNI. FOR, SALE
NEW . MILFORD
,TOIVNIE.I4r.
The underr•Lned executor of the estate of Simeon
Van Fleet dee'd. offerit for sate the, farm of Paid deced
Ent, one-fourth mile north of the bioxley church, New
31iltord townehip, Pa. ;It contains about in 'acres,
well, watered, fe. ced.und nutter zt good Etrite of guides,
Lion. I roust diepo;se !if Said farm, and will tell ,on
EA Sl' TERMS.
•
For Further particulars inquire of the subscriber a
Summersville. Pd.
P. 0. Address, Ne w Milford, Pa. ' -
F:. A. ALDRICH.-
July 19, ISTEItf.
J. DONLEY,
•
;I , iMiT
The latest improved Coffins and Caskete on hand.—
Hearse to order. Shroude, etc. april 19,'16..
VARM FOR SALE.
The sub;criber offers his farm for - Pale, ' :situate in
Forest Lake, containing 65 :wits 50 improved. Will
keep twelve cows, and a tea ,s, Well watered i , is also
a good grain farm, Ras a•nicc young orchard. Terme
will be made easy. For further particulars enquire or
address, . AARON REYNOLDS,'
or 8; B. ROGERS.
Feb. 1:3, ?donut:we, Pa,
DEtachy Ef.,Uo.
AGENTS WANTED FOR THE GREAT
CENTENNIAL HISTORY
slt sells faster . $ han auy other book. Ono agent sold 6
copies in one'' ay. Bend for our extra terms td agents
NATIONAL PWILISIIING Co.. Pniladelphia. .28
Nen are earning $4l) to $l2O per week 1 1 selling
tourCP 1 11
...AND ITS RESOURCES. - • .
Complete in the thrilling history of 100 eventful years
&leo the. Exhibition,—grand in description of our mign
ty resources in agriculture , comment,, minerals. manu
facturing. natural wonders, eeriest' lea. etc., all richly
illustrated: A Ceutur% . Map .and Birds-eye View:free:
1.000 'more agents wanted quickly for this and our stan
dard Life.of Living Stone, 60,000 already sold.nlsa aew
13inie, 2,000 illu , tra lions, . Haw no equal. Extra terms
write to - BUBB .Ell BR .)§., Publishers, Phil. .23w4
.
"COUGHS. COLDS, HOARSENESS,
AND ALL THROAT DISEABpsi
• L , ••"* IYEZ^•••• •
WELL'S CARBOLIC TABLETS.
PUT UP ONLY-IN BLUE BOXES.
A TRIED A N.D SURE REMEDY. }
Sold by. Druggi,46 generally, and 28
sT9hrtaton. Holloway & Co. Philadelphia. Ps.
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•Specialty.
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our i u diaer books armor.
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to end fr" Nal
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,The ittentibnonto .rea deis ot , tko MIK
FOR FURNHURE OF ALL KINDS
• the abcre , usine;l piste, an - finish - to the 'feet that - 0101e bought le:thts way
• : :w Itt prove'-esiterittory becaise;
-111t:CiftBE',_::iiiiiii..fiiiiPlint,,:CISI1S':11 . ff,Eitg'.
_ The long cotinund depression in business circles; call for cub Aransietfo manufactnre i and itift4l
ironed closefor cash can'he sal at low prices. To satisfy yourselves. of , thie fact, when at Binghamton, es sad
examine the general stock of Furniture and. prices at 18. Chewing° titreet.. ,
:Mayl.3l. 1876 w
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000 . MEN WANTED, ARMED k
With' Greenbacks i to buy the, best made, easiest-running, and most durable 'Wagon ever niade forth* mentyl
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF 'PLATFORMS, OPEN AND TOP
. BUGGIES. AND, PHATONS, EVER - ,OFFERED TO THE
CITIZENS OF NORTHERN, PENNSYLVANIA. • • •
Particular attention is called to our Standard Platform's. We claim to make the beet Family and Farm Wagon
combitted, drei ()fled for the money. Each.Wegon R arranted as represented. We employ none but experienced
mechanirs. Selecting best of stock for cash and fay Mkt for laboT, and we have reduced the prices, as follows:
No. 1, Platform. 1% Spoke," 1% Axle, 1.3‘ Spring, Topl3uegies, Piano Box or Shell body or Broad . '
2 Seats, , - • - - - $ll5OO Box, with.Bnamel Cloth, Top and Damask
• ' . $
• Add for Trimming, $5 to $8; Break $7. , Lining, patent wheels. - 160 60
Rubber Top, Broad ClOthing Trimming,sl7s 00
N0..2, Platform 1% Spoke, 1% Axle. 1% Springs, tons; to as roa cloth
4x5 Leaves, Drop-tailboard, 2 Seats, - $12500 • r Pan
. Patent - Wheels, - . sgso
Add ;for 'rimming, $5 to $8; Break $7.
We claim this the most convcnier t' and dare- •
, ble and cheapest wagon in the market.
Open Buggies. prices range from $lOO to $l6O 00
• according to' trimming and painting. ac
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A6so.'.. , A;:igy.giLANTTls9lo..N - k:: - :pti.j$0..9igNt
REPIIETE WITH ALL TaE LATEST STYLES
AND QUALITIES.
All onrgoOdchave been bought within the fast few weeks. far . CAfill, at a very low
_price, theretrietukblipit
4ss to sell cheaper than the other eatablialunentailn the city, who, are carrying stock bon ht at much h aerates.
April 19. 18Mm3. • I r/EAG 111.
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WAGONS,'CAR- -
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corkan set '- 1 -,' - . ''' - . - r 1.40,
set per spin ''..--,-- 1, • .. ; : , • , . - •
All work wortimUld,..l Call and examine my stank
before purchasing elsewhere.
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Mafinfaetory, at Springvile, and Repository on Public
Avenue. Montrose, Pa. If you - desire to per
chase, examine our stock, and if none are on
band to suit,we can make to order at same price
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