~~~~~~ Taft, Gouty, &id - Variety. • • •—Mince pies are once more the tashiori in well regulated families. —Do you know where you are going to eat.your Thanksgiving dinner ? —Be sure and read the notice at the head of the next column, and givelt your attention. —Read the advertisements as well as the news. The latter will' make you wiser; the termer richer. • • —The new fall bonnets area cross between a pickle-dish and a soup-bowl, and are worn on the right 'ear. —The fly season is over, and a man can sleep very well through the sermon now if the preacher's voice is not too loud. =The new advertisement of Geo. L. Len heiin's large stock of Dry Gockls, Clothing, etc., of Great Bend, came too latezfor this issue, but will appear in our next. another 'columnlL & W. T. Dicker man;. . of New Milford, offer their entire stock atsreat bargains. They understand the value of printer;® ink and are bound-to succeed. —A child died in Huntingdon county, re cently, from an overdose of "soothing syrup" . —in other words, from an overdose of mor phene,.lor this dangerous drug is the basis of all such nostrums. • . Me-1.1-You-Dsre" hats are now out. Whether this means only a maiden resistance, or Whether:it is a threat that the offender shall be overtaken by the bitter pill of matrimony, the challenged must decide for himselt. —We were recentl,y informed that Aliens Corners, on the Montrose railroad, was to be changed to Allenville. We now learn that cut intormation_was not leliable and that it will hereafter be known by tile more appropriate !time of South Montrose. 17 7—A wistern paper has made an estimate that at least 5,000 girls in that region of Uncle Ham's dominion have -taken husbands this year for the only earthly reason that they were thereby enabled to visit the Centennial. , at somebody else's expense. —Anybody can, run a newspaper. All there is to do is to get' a lot, of . type; iipress,,a pair of scissors, a -paste Cup and brush, - $2O in cash, and cast iron nerves—when there wlllhe no more trouble in running a paper, than there is hinn;ng up a churefi steeiile feet 4rst: =-Ftailroad travel is falling oft materially now thatthe Philadelphia pilgrims are'nearly all at home. The last corners . , say that the streetcar :conductors of that city stand alone' in - jheir glory upon the platforms, throWing .their arms wildly about, vslnly imploring peo ple to ride to Fairmount nark. —A fast place is, Elmira. Saturday night Nov. 11, the Republicans received such good news trim the doubtfiil states that they thought they must make a noise, so they ordered 100 guns fired. The Democrats also heard good , news and they ordered - 100 guns. On one end of the island were the Republicans and on the other the Demociats, 'both celebrating their victories.. . •;---We learn from the Nicholson ETaminir that. the managers id' the Wyalusing District Camptneeting Association met on the camp grounds at DimOck,in the Nicholson tent, on Monday, the 6th inst., Rev. I. T. Walker Presi dent. Rev. J. H. Weston Secretaty ; all the memb9ra present but three: It was decided to fence the ground and prOperly grade it, also to build a largeboarding tent, with many other improvements which will be made.,', 7, The campaign of the Flambeaux has ended for four years at least. The price of kerosene will undoubtedly fall now. We see it estimated that in Massachusetts alone, dUr ing the recent campaign, four hundrra barrels of kerosene were used nightly in processions. No wonder the article advanced to nearly, double its former price, it the Bay State may be taken as a basis of estimate for the remain der .of the Union. —The last newly married couple who pas sed over the A. and; S. Aailroad'i'oted the tun nel a wretched 'failure. Charles dropped his ticket on the floor o f the car, -and Kitty, who was helpipg him to find It, declared she didif,t know thlit was= titaaell = -thougbtr Ii was only a bridge,,, If .there is not -law passed to prevent the wicked : single •passengers from lighting matches "onthat part ofthe rOad, it 14411163 e some of its popularity.- ' —The latest -unprevemerit is the construe icon of ice houseinisinly 'Of paper, laid bn boardakttichedie b r abon frames. Several farmers living along the Erie are trying. the experiment of saving' their yearly supply of ice in ice houses constructed in this manner.— 'The material is manitfactured on purpose for such use, and comes in thfck rolls, already pre pared*) resist the outside temperature of the weather, as an efficient non-conductor. —We often wonder, when we see men puffing their cigars and pipes, chewing tobacco, drinking rum, etc., what they would say and do it their wives, mothers, dau ghters and Os: tent *MaiWthiiiiiiiiii,luiuriel, - ;iven greater or lees 'extent; We fanct:'the habit would ksierixinCh Wita ' Why do men exact greater 'it:olsilty of women than of themselves ,? , Or,do they expect that AhOr own evilvire tb be eradicated by the virtues Of the otholii seal' • . —Editor Burtis,of the Oneonta, Corrimere4 formerly foreman of this office, - is A 'practical' printer of the old school, and altholigh 60 yearti of age, has few tolperiors iu 'the ' praciicaf work of a country newspaper office, where the same perion must superhAend type setting'and print ing in boti neWspaper and job work. Friday tiortOg lu st, , Mr.. Butts iound , it nec essary to discharge his only totnPositor, and taking the "allele hat 4 set a 'Column of bourgeois type,'Prirred and corrected it, "made ue'the paperiiind,w'otlied Off 600 . 6063, 94.4 n old fs l ati*LO 4a114 'prese t "taking" his own ink. Will 'undoubtedly lake Abe per. NOTICE TO OUR 'PATRONS. in view of the fac,t that the senior editor of this paper will of-necessity •be absent so me three or tour months after January first, it is wry important that all of our subscribers should call at our office, or send and settle their accounts before that , time. We need th e money due us and we hope a cordial response will be given to this notiee. If it is tfmpossale for all to pay us, the account must be arranged and fully understood so that no future contin gency will arise. Do' not fail to attend to this • .duty.—tf • • —lf Hawley makes as distinguished a State Senator as he is an editor, what an in valuable blessing his election will prove, to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.--Susq'a Jour -nal. • Whatever the result *lay be, he has not got that kind of Pride about: him that be will, offer his own or his paper's influeneelor twenty five dollaro a week. It 13 generally believed ,in this vicinity that t. B:Hawley bas been elected State Sen ator. Mr. Hawley is well and favorably known Abrotighout the county, and the general expres sion among llepublicans in this vicinity is a Mixture of regret and pleasure; regret, because we failed to elect our party candidate, and 'pleasure because we kno*w the Senator'elect is a gentleman whO will.be an honor to the coun ty and 'diStrict he rePreSents.-7toniion . Corres pondent Bu-44:Journal. - --:The Port Jervis Gazette says that work oL. the Lehigh and Eastern railroad has been entirely suspended, and the one hundred men thereon employed have been discharged, and, with a few exceptions, have departed for other parts. The stoppage of work has Caused a bitter feeling and great dissatisfaction among .tht fatmers in Deleware valley, through_ivhose lauds the Lehigh and Eastern runs, trom the fact that their property has been badly cut up by the road, making it very inconvenient to cross and recross the same. A meeting of the Directors:will be held on Thursday, , the 23d inst., to ,arrange for the payment of all chime against said Company, and to make further ar rangenients for the successful completion *o the welt. —While:a little boy named Ward, aged 3 years. living in TuScarora TownshiP. Berks county, was eating chestnuts:, a portion of a nut became wedged in his windpipe. 'Breath ing became difficult, and the child suffered'n great deal of pain. It was determined that the only course to pursue. was to operate upon the patient for tracheotoniy,in order to, remove the obstruction. The piece of chestnut could not' ht dislodged by any • treatment resorted to. Dr. Kurtz, of Reading vas selected as chief opera tor, with several other physicians as assistants., The bey was placed under the influence of an anaesthetic and the operation proceeded with. An incision was made in hie neck immediately under the chin, and in a short time a - quarter of a chestrut was :removed . from the child's windpipe. The wound was dressed and the pa tient showed signs of life. In a short time he bad recovered enough to. convince the surgeons that the operation was a successful one. The boy is doing as well as possibly can be expect ed under the circumstances. -- . Challenging" votes at an election poll don't always work just as the - challenger desires. At Green Ridge, last election day, a Germari presented himselt at the window of the polling booth in - the Thirtienth ward, and was prompt ly challenged by a Repuillican. the l inter lived some distance away; and' Was 'considers= bly chagtinned at the prospect of going home for his papers, he was all9wed to go inside and swear in his vote. Getting in there, somebody told him that he bad been challenged by _ g Re= publican, and that the election officers.who' in sisted upon his making oath to his citizenship were also Republicans, whereupon he became very indigrant, and declared, "py . shimminy Betas ! r rye fated here yust fife year, and at- vat's foted der Republigan diged, and now'dese tam Republigan yellers. shallenge me ! Now I shall fote der demargragid diged, gust out of shpide"—tnd having been accommodated with a straight Democratic ticket, from President down to Jury Commissioner, he voted it entire, and left the polls saying, "Shallengelny fote, hey, yen I fote fife yeir, ride'ad des bolls ? by shimminy I gesh: Igo for. Forne of dein re form vat you call 'im."--Seranton, Tames. • The western tram, says the Baltimore American, which„ arrived at ;Camden station, over, the Baitimore & Ohio, Railroad, on tiltratur day afternoon, brought •a mother with , two babes, ticketed from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Crisfield, Md. The„tr9nan's , name Nu ,Rich ardson, and 'when she ; left'lndianaPolie she was alener She dido,stopt -, a9r,- agt .040 3 welVet • pa ' ssed:to her-from some , station.,' Those Kale were 4iorn on :the Richardson Atilt Cincinnati on Conductor Frank Harr'? train. She occupied a seat in the ladles' car, and had traveled a part of the nighttifore from Indian spoils,, and,looked sleepy - And tired. , l ir. Haw fris sit* she appeared troubled, and, on'. - 44: her the cause, was' requested to please send some married lady to speak . to her. Mr. Har ris did. so, and .tbrough the medium ; of this .thirdparty :WaS informed of the probable in -crease to the pauengers under his charge., The car was cleared, and half an, hour, afterwards the passengers were informed that two bonne ingboys. had begun life at. the rate, of thirty five Miles an' hour, and they were very young 'boys, too. Excitement prevailed, propositions to stand godfather for the pair were temdered, and nemesis as great abundance anin the first book of the Chronicles were proposed and're fuSed. At Athens, on the lifie of the roaA,vitie train stopped long enough to allow of certahi necessary clothing to be purchased, which the psssengers paid for, and the' mother and &ten came through 'without stopping. Mrs, 8ich. 1 ,404r Lw,tloo-ec of MF-. 4 4 dreao l 4ol4e l 4oo4ooo/ - of gfrgi its. 'Bhe c o ntint '; tlrney to her Southern bou!Pwitht?utdobo, . , Ml 4 ft ') ''*;r WHIM Mier; In - 876 There was a serious case of intimidation in New Bedford One of Africa's sable dfingh- . tors went to a grocer and bought some pota toes. gatterfug into conversation with him af ter the purchase was completed and the . pro visions put into her basket, she discovered he was a Democritt. "I tell you . what I made him empty dem taters' out of clat basket mighty quick. I don't buy' no taters of dem Domo-. crats." ----Passengers on the "Valley Railroad" are attracted daily by the conduct of a large and intelligent dog waiting by the roadside for the daily newspaper, which was formerly thrown to him.fr i oni the baggage car for ids master, who lived half a mile from the rails. The mas ter has been dead many months, but the faith ful dog has not missed the mail train a day since. There is no paper fcr that master now, but sometimes - the baggage man, in pity 'for the dog, tosses a paper_ to him as the train rushes by, which he eagerly siezes and starts joyfully over the hills for his home. When the train has gone by - and no paper is thrown, he rushes wildly up and down. the track, gazing atter the cars with an almost human , look of dissapointmentv and jogs dejectedly home : warci.-- 7 2Veic Hawn (Conn.) Register. 7114NESCItIVING. SERVICE.--4n accordance with - the custom which has beenlorig observed, "Union Thanksgiving Service" will be held at the Methodist Eilsiscopal Church, Thursday, Nov. 80th, commencing at 11 o'clock a. m.— Rev. J. G. Miner will preach the sermon. SOUTH MotintosE.—This place formerly known as • •Allen's Corners, •Marcey's, Cider . Run, Tattletown, Allenville, and various other names,has finally taken theebove name which, we hope, will 4)e a permanent one. It is the first station On the Montrose Railway south of Montiose, and is composed of two stores; ; fork factory, saw mill, grist mill, two: blacksmith sheps, and we hear by rumor, 'a "boaiding" house....A. Lathrop turni3hes employment for quite a number of men in his fork factory..... The farmers about here have been busy doing their butchering for the past few wed* Our "High" School will commence in anotkt two weeks. It will be under the management of Miss F4nma A11en....E. Harper is doing a a good. business in 14a saw and grist mill. ..A new depot ib in course of construction, and it is said when completed, to be the largest and beat on the road.... The "cry" of the turkey. can be lleard coming from almoSt every fartn honse::They know Thanksgiving is almost here.... The next pciig we want is a post of fice. NATTY. NEIG : : °RING COUNTIES. LUZERNE COUNTY, PA. Eleven dollars per ton is what the, farmer gets tor hay in Scranton. " The many friends of Pulaski Carter Will be glad to learn that he bas experienced a change for the better, and hopes of h i s ultimate recov ery are now entertained by his physician.— Times. Seven horses were stolen from the vicin ity of Kingston Hollow, last week. The thieves being.good ju \ dies of horse flesh, upon exam ination condemned one as unfit for service, whereupon they led him into the woods and killed him. They made off with the other six. Mr. Ira Carle, a Justice of tho Peace of Kingstonehad ,a valuable horse stolen from his stable on Monday night Nov. 18th. The horse is brown color, medium size, „left hind:foot white, scar on the left side of the neck, 'and white hairs,on the forehead. Twenty-five dol lars reward is offered for the horse, • or for the arrest of the thief.- • Quite a number' of Scranton churches, and others, both men and women, interested in the Work of city :evangelization . which has been proposed, met, i'aCcerding to- appointment, in Y. M. C. A. Hall to 'perfect some definite plan of action. Rev. Dr. Logan, of the First Pres byterrian church ;Aev. George Mayer, of. the German M.' E. chuich; Reit. Mr. Waller, of the Green Ridge Prtgbyterian church and Rev. Thomas M.oann Addresmxt the meeting so al io did laymen Dwight Baker, Alfred Hand, and others, all urgug the great need of such a work as had beee, propoiled. FroM ' the fact'l that genuine revivals begin from within the church organizatims, ana among the members of the church, the necessitY of , first 'winning back into chrisganactivity the , more indiffer ent members, and eidowing theM with a lively sense oll.their respmsibility ! at , the .same Aime kindling within then the smouldering sparks of christian zeal, -vas -made apparent; If.the union prayer it eedig - flow being held ~ everf Monday night mayaccomplish no more then' the bringing•back - of wanderers frOm the foid, this alone-Uri: piov3 t - gtatid` - work. 6 Y.PU9 O 4I. I '"OVNTirt N• Y. " Mr. Charles day; lateproprimor of the Amear/ i scan Hotel, at Athens, Pa.,,has become owner of the , hp* at ;Corhitszille!andl:moPenstr iton Monday. •Mr. Dy has refitted and fur nished the establishme. Mr. D. J. Murphy owned this house. We 'are Teased to n 'rotne Deyfitt s ,esq.; D . the Assembly inßrb4;) opponent an behind great popularity% of have been great-tnluit I - his ticket' Ar bon party I as in the presidential On Saturittiy mornin on the Erie, was on its Binghamton, the en& discovered on the until ahead. an iron brakes there for the purpom from the track.. rt train, and it can be ins/ _experienced more then Old when the iron by the train just heft it Is impossible that ' ttitit position' from ft away coucluded miscrouttprobalily • I W. L. THORPE. e that our ::". .friend. .Te !,. I:601410 , •C'.fi.ii4id,iit l ii. for 'county IC: T . ;; ..rrin' his ticket, shelving the DeWitt, which Must ny man so far behind es are 'drawn so close while regular train 43, ay. from Kirkwood to , Mr. Charles Jutish, track In a curve 'just, 3e, apparently placed 1 throwing the train too - late to stop the fined that the'engineer an ordinary feeling of ail jarred:from the track e Abe ,engine reached it. , e iron could have fallen fpaseing - car, and it was be the,. work: ;of emit) tromp.: ~ ° -;i2i•',:,;ti:_t:, .; sl,, -,f , -- ,..::, GOLDEN WEDDING AT BRCORLYN.- - On Thursday, Nov, 9, 1876, the ritinierans family with their connections, and many other friends. came together at' the residence of: David Kent , 'esq., to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his wedding day ' • - .13)th he and his good wife, blessed with length of days,.seemed as cheerful and happy as the delighted guests wild met under their roof. The visitors present numbered nearly eighty, and so ; pleasant a company is rarely seen. • The interest of the occasion . was greatly heightened by the feeling and appropriate ad dress that was given by one of the brothers, H. W. Kent, csq. A copy of the address is herewith transmitted for puhlication, in the be. lief that it will be highly acceptable to many readers of this paper. In addition to this ad-1 dress. extended remarks were offered by Rev. Mr. Moore, of the Universalist church, closing with an appropriate prayer. • Numerous pres ents, tokens of esteem and affection, swirl:lie of them of no inconsiderable value werei laid upon the table, and they served to gladden the beans of our aged and venerable friends. Not that• they needed aid from • others, but these presents were gratefully redetved, bee-awe they were appreciated as• the Offerings of *friend- ship: May still , more wedding days come to our worthy friend and his excellent *fle. - 'And may their last days be tlieaost peaceful and harpy or their lives I f - • ' "Brothers and - sisters you will permit me to say that I alp glad to Meet you here on this in terestingocc,asion. It ;is one that seldom oc purs. This is the drat that has called US togeth er, and in all human probability it will be the last. And although in out• family circle we may not have either scholar, poet, or orator; I can hardly besatisfied to have an occasion like this pass off without having a few words spoken by some of the brothers and sisters here present. For myself I shall not detain you long, for I know that the few moments' which we have to spend here 'together are precious and fleeting. You are my seniors in age, andtave, perhaps, seen more of the cianging seenes of life, Wm:it of its sorrows , and - bereavements.- - Yon, my brother, are the oldest of a large family, and by virtue of this, if for no other reason, you was our leader and guide. If we were is the depths of the forest where wild beasts were plenty, and where the footprints of man could not be . found, you was our pilot and , o telt no fear. And I know ' very well that many cares and duties devolved 'upon you, of which we know nothing. Some of them may have been pleasant, while others were trying and wearisome. In looking back over the many years that have intervened since those daps, I have often thought that you must have experienced more trials and privations than any of us who were younger. , But whatever trials and privations you may have been called upon to endure In youth, in middle age, and even up to the presetit hour It is pleasant for us to know that you have brav ed them all, that you have enjoyed a remarka ble degree of health, that you are still with us, and, that your hold upon' fife is apparently as strong aslthat of any of ua And let me say to yon that else may be said, it will nev er be said that either of you have spent your years in idleness and piodigality. Whatever your hands have found p do, you have done it with a wi11... . . - The hopes and the Fars, the joys and the sorrows of half a centtry , have now . pastied away, since you._ were united by the strongest ties that can possibly ,bind us, while.we taber nacle here. Yes, fifty years ago -to-day,we were assembled, some of us who, are here present, to witness your =Triage, and to share in :the_fes7 tivities of that,t)coasion ; : and I little, thought then that fifty years later in life, fifty years away off, in tle distant, future, as it appeared to me then, thst so many of us 9:lull be conven ed acct pernitted to , sit together around att. same tableis we *ere _lfortt ih dais that have hing sincepassed away:. I I feel truly thankful that so many of us have been sp i cied till the present time, and for the measure of health and strength that has been given; enabling us to meet together. And there is anther thought that,. adds to the interest of this - occasion. It has been so ordered that this evint ha, brought us back . to . the old home tiad. The , , place above ~a 4 others : that we slould hive , chosen. It is. said ; that ; chickens will .go` hometo. roost,and it