gotne ftading.
LN 'CHURCH-I:WRING THE LITANY.
"I'm glad we got here - early, Nelly ; . -
We're not obliged to sit to-day
Behivd thoie horrid Smith girls—well
I'm glad they go so soon away.
llow does this shion match my dress ?
I think it loo k quiet charmingly. -
'Bowed sweetly, to the Smiths ?" Oh 1 yes
[ltetaponds] . . "Pride, vanity, hypocrisy.
Good Lord, deliver us:"
"I hate those haughty Coirrtenais I
I'm sure they needn't feel so one,.
Aboveius all—for mmama says
Their dresses aren't as nice as mine. ,
And one's engaged ; so, just for fun,
To make her jealous—try to
Her lover—show her how 'tis done—
[Responds.' 'From hatred, envy, mischief, sin,
Good Lord, deliver . us.'
"To-day the rector is to preach . -
In aid of missionary work ;
He'll say he hopes and trusts that each
Will nobly give nor duty shirk.
I hate‘to give. But then one must,
You know we have a forward seat
People can see--they will, I trust
[ResPends] 'From want-of charity, deceit,
Good Lord,deliver us.
.• "Did you knOw Mr. Gray had'gorte ?
That handsome Mr. Rogdrs, too ?
• Dear me ! We shall be quite forlorn
. if all the men leave—and so few !
trust that we with Cupid's darts
May capture some—let them beware— , „
[Responds] `Behold the sorrows of our hearts,
And, Lord, with mercy,
hear our prayer !" •
OLD TIME GIANTS.
John MiddlOtOn, commonly called the "Childe
of Hale," whose hand, from the carpus to the
end of tha middle finger, witi'wventeert inches ;
his palm eight inches 'and a halt; and his height
nine feet three , inches, wanting but six inches
of the size et GOliath. He was born at Hale,
in Lancashire; in 1.578, and was as remarkable
for his strength as his height. He was intro
duced to James the First. '
The emperor Maximilian; A.. D. 235, was
eight feet and a halflin height ; lot was, in ad.
dition, of most extraordinary bulk ; the brace
let of his wife served him for a thumb-ring, and
his shoe was ionger by a foot than thaf/of any
ordinary man.
Patrick Cotter, the celebrated Irisb giant,
( born in 1, 1 701., was eight feet seven inches, - and
his slims we.re seventeen inches long.
The giant , Gahara, who lived during the
reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius Czesar,
is said to have, peen near ten feet in height.
What a stuck up man he must have been I but
that is a necessary fault of the while tribe of
giants. Pliny thus refers to him. "The tall
est man that bath been seen in our age, in tbe
days of Claudius, the , late emperor, was brought
out of Arabia. He was nine feet nine inches
high:"
Gabara, however; was eclipsed by a Scotch
man named Funnam, who lived in the time of •
Eugene IL, whose length was eleven feet
a half ! But even his great height was not ex
ceptional ; as We learn from Jacob le Marie,
who, in his voyage to-the Straits of Magellan
in the Sir IGIS, uncovered several graves at
Port Desire, where he found skeletons ten and
eleven feet long.
Chevalier Seory, however, in his voyage to
the Peak of Tenerifle, narrates a still greater
marvel. Re found in one of, the caverns clf the
mountain the head of a Guanche which had 80
teeth, and the body was rifteen feet long !
But eyen this 'monster was out-topped by
the giant Ferragus, who was killed by Orlando,
the nephew of Charlemagne, and who had at
tained the extraordinary stature of eighteen
feet. .
We hope the travelers and historians `from
whom we have complied these facts, have not
been drawing the • long bow, but really some of
thim terribly try our faith. The following,
for instance :
Roland, a celebrated anatomist, who''wrote
m 1614, states that some years previously there
was in the suburbs of St. Germain • the tomb
of • the. giant -lsoret, who was twenty feet
WE AT ~ THE BOTTOM OF THE 7SEI.
Psofessor Hind, St. John, N. 8., in a recent
paper addressed to his government gives a
description of the remarkable effects of "anchor
lee" on the coast of Labrador and Newfound-
land. It is thus summarized, by a correspond
ent of the Toronto Mobe ; Anchor ice• is a
form' of ice which occurs both in fresh and sea
watery and js known by the Germans under the
naina;Nf "grandels,"' to the French panadians
under' that of "trAzoo," and to' -the old seden
tary - jeal hunters under the name of "lolly."
Anchor ice fOrtna in rapid rivers, and Pas not
unfrequently been described.. It is, howcver,
on the borders of the Axtic current, where sea
*ate!' rapidly cools idthe tall of the year, along
our coasts that anchor ice manifests itself in a
peehliar manner.
During the first
.cold snap, at the, beXnaing
of winter, say - toward the middld i ot .I~~vem•
her and early in December, the sedentary sealers
often had small spiculx, or needles of ice, form
ed on the corks of their seal, nets, which are set
iu eight, ten, and sometimes fifteen fathoms of
water. IP the seal nets are not soon taken-up
w about then? they are
h l en the corkS near t.be
ng bottom begin to
• needles formi show
lw accumulates
-the tee lost. This aPten
-: to to be
ter
lighter than wa ter;
being " T y rapidly,,z ,k e to
raise the whole
ble the ,etr s
are not
they will eaa
he= anchor
e c to ole surface, 'and I
o friize n the net is -
, 4„
t i le , b o tt om of the sea
tobe drifted away by the tides. It some
ti es, haPpeni that the anchors of seat'nets are
bOtton; and , when forcibly de
:taeued: they s: brink up masses of frozen sand,
3,loloafrinillittepth of fifty . some,time@
seventy tect below the bottom of the sea ; in
other words, the "bottom of the sea is frozen.
This remarkable phenomenon wa3 inexpli
cable till Despretz showed that sea water in
cooling does not follow the ordinary law which
governs fresh water when it cools from forty
degrees to the freezing point. But sea water
increases in density regularly as it cools, 'hence
the coldest water is always at the bottom: §ea
water freezes at twenty-seven degrees Fahren
heit, or five below the freezing point of water ;
hence, as the coastal wr..ters cool in the fall on
the Labrador and northeast Newfoundland
shores the bottom layer of water acquires,
during a cold snap; a temperature of Ave de
grees below the freezing point of freshiwater
and from every rough surface, such as stones,
bits of sand, seal-net, corks, seal-nets them
selves, minute spiculw of ice form, first at and
near the bottom, where the water is doldest,
and these very 'rapidly accumulate, break off
and rise - to the surface, forming the ",lolly."
When sealers see "lolly" forming they at once
take up their seal nets ; and it.often happens
on the Labrador that seals taken in nets sunk
fifty fee., below : , the surface are found frozen
solid when brought to the surface.
THE PEDIGREE OF WORDS.;
• i
A study of the pedigree of many words,
which are in daily use would prove more fasci
nating than any other kind of mental recrea
tion. Trench in his little work on the "Study
of Words" has done much to cultivate the taste
for this kind of investigation ; but he made
only a oeginning. The field is inexhaustible.
The following brief list will be found of inter
est:
"Jetit derives its name from the Gagates, a
river of*Lycia, where was found the black stone
which the French call gagate, or jaet ,
we abbresqate into jet. •
Pamyhylla, a Greek la , ly who complied. a
history of the world in thirty-five Wile ! books
has given, her name to the "pamphlet." I ,
"Punch and Judy" are the relics_ o? an an
cleat mystery play, in which the actqs were
Pontius Pilate and Judas Iscariot.
"Dollars" is from the German thaler,Which is
derived from Thal ; the valley of Joachim in
Bohem;a, where the silver works were . Situated
that made this coin.
"Bigot" is fromp„Visigoths„ 'in whiCh the
fierce and intolerent Arianism of the Visigoth
conqueror of Spain has been handed down to,
infamy.
I
"Humbug" is from Hamburg; "a .
piece of
Hamburg, news" was, in Germany, a proverbial
.xpression for false political rumors. I
"Extort" and "yeast" are from the same root
which signifies something boiling or oyerftow-
in..• • •
"Gas" and "gust" have the same parentage.
"Blue Jeans Williams" probably dOes not
know that the fabric from which he :gets his
name was originally made by doors, at Jean,
in Spain.
°Gauze" derives its name - from Gaz4, where
it was first made.
Damask silk was first made at Damascus.
The word "Panic" has a curious origin. Ac
cording to Herodotus the got ) "Pan Was sup
posed to have assisted. the Greeks at the battle
of Marathon, 490 B. C., striking such a terror
into the Persian hosts that they fied Ito their
ship 3 in 'perfect dismay. From that time the
Greek term pant on was used to desCribt2. , un
reasonable or sudden and overpowerin4 fear.
"Tabby-cat" is all unconscious that her.name
is derived from Atab, a famous street in: Bag
dadinhabited by the manufacturers of silken
stuffs balled Atabi, our taffety ; the .wavy
markings of. the watered silks resembling pus
sy's coat.
"Old Siratch" is the demon Skratti, Who still
survives in, the superstitions of northern
Europe. ,
"Old Nick"j is none other than Nikr," the
dangerous water demon of Scandinavian.leg
end.
In, the phrase "Deuce take it" the deity Tiw
still . continizes to be invoked. In his hook. "De
Civitate Dei" AUgustine speaks of "queidain
the mones dusios Galli nUncupant.:
The lemon tales its name' frank the city of
Lima.
Loadstone is a corrupted translation df lydius
'
laps, the stone of Lydia.
The word money reminds us that the coinage
of the Romans was struck, at the !temple of
Juno Morieta, the goddess of couLsel;
A TRULY WONDERFUL COUkTRY.
The American engineer Chus Itimpslthe won
ders pf. our 'country : "The greatest cataract
in the world is the falls at Niagara, Where the
waters from the great upper lakes foam a river
of three-fourths of a mile in width, and then,
being suddenly contracted, plunge over, ' the
rocks in two columns to the depth Of 175 feet..
The 'greatest cave in the world is the Mammoth
Cave of Kentucky, where any one can make a
voyage on the waters of a subte.rraneati river
and catch fish without eyes. The greatest river
ha the knoWn world is the Mississippi, 4,000
miles long. The largest valley in the world is
the valley of the Mississippi. It contains
500,000 square miles. and' is one of the most
fertile regions of the globe. The greatest City
park in the world is in Philadelphia, It eon
tains over 2,700 acres. The greatest grain port
in the world is Chicago.. The largest lake in
the world is Lake , SuPerior, which is truly, an'
inland sea, being 430 miles long and 1;000 feet
deep; The longest.railroad at present is the
Pacific Railroad, :over 3,000 miles in length.
The greatest mass of solid Von in the world is
the Iron mountain' of Missouri. It is 350 ft. high
and two miles in circuit. The best specimen of
-Grecian architecture in the world isthe Girard
College for Orphans, Philadelphia The largest
`aqueduct in the world Is the Croton Aqueduct,
New York.
..Its length is 40Y 4 .. iniies, and its
cost $l2 - ,500,000. The largest deposits of an
thracite coal in the world are in Pennsylvania,
the udnes of which -supply the market with
millions of tons' annually, and abeiii to be in
eibaustible. * -
VEGETINg
Strikes at the root of disease by purifying the blood
restoring the liver andixidneys to healthy setion.in•
vlgorating the nervous system. • ?
VEGETINE
Is not a vile.nauseons compound,whieh simlilypnrges
the bowels, but a safe. pie:-sant remedy wh ell is sure
to purify the blood, and thereby restore the health.
VEGETINE •
Is now prescribed incases of Scrotal& and other dis
eases of the blood, by many of the best physicians.,ow
ing to its great, success in caring all diseases of this
nature.
VEGETINE
Does not deceive invalids into false hopes by purging
and creating a fictitious appetite, but assists nature in
clearing and purifying the whole system. leading the
patient gradually to perfect health.
V.EGETINE
•
Was looked upon as. an experiment for some time by
some of our beet physicians, but those moat incredu
lous in regard to its merit are now its.most ardent
friends and supporters.
- VEGETINE
Says a Boston Physician, "has no eqnal as alilood pu
rifier. Hearing of its many wonderful cnies, after all
other remedies had failed, I vigited.the laboratory and
convinced myself of its gentpie merit. It is prepared
from barks, roots and herbs, each of which is hiptly
effective. and they are compounded in such a manner as
to produce astonishing results."
VEGETINE
Is acknowledged and recoMmended by physicians and
apothecaries V) be the best pnritler ano cleanser of the
blood yet discovered, and thousands speak in its praise
who have been restored to health.
WHAT IS NEO.,DED.
Mr. IL R. STEVENS:
Dear Sir—About one year since I found myself in a
feeble condition. from general debility. VRGETINE
was strongly recommended to me by a friend who had
been much benefited byits use. I procured the article,
and after using several bottles. was restored to health
and discontinued its use. I feel quite confident that
there is no medicine superior to it for those complaints
for which it is especially prepared, and won.d cheerful
ly recommend it to those who !eel LL at they need some
thing to restore them to perfsct health.
Respectfully yours,
U. L..PETTINGILL.
Firm of S. & C0.,10 Stute Street Boston.
R. 11. R. STEVENS ;
Dear Sir—Thotwo bottles of VEGETINE furnished
me by your ager t, my wife has used with great benefit.
For a long time she has been troubled with dizziness
and costiveness; these troubles • are now entirely re
moved by the rise of VEGhITINE.
• She was also troubled with dyipepsia and general de=
bliity, and has beengreatly benefited.
THOS.-GILMORE, 2 . 2934 Walnut Street.
FEEL MYSELF A. NEW MAN.
Natick, Mass., June 1,1872.
MR. H. R. STEVENS : •
Dear Sir—Through the advice and earnest persuasion
of Rev. E. S. Best, of this 'place, I have been taking
VEGETINE for dyspepsia, of which I have suffered for
years.
I have used only two, bottles and already feel myself
a new msn. • Respectfully,
Du. J. W. CARTER.
REPORT OF A PRACTICAL CHEMIST
AND A.POTHECARY.
Boston, Jan. 1, 1874.
Dear Sir—This is to certify that I. have sold at retail
154% dozen (1852 bottles) of your VitGETINIC since
April 12. 1870. and can truly say that it has given the
beet satisfaction of any remedy for the complaints for
which-it is recommended that I ever sold. scarcely a
day.paeses without Some of my customers testifying to
its merits on themselves or their friends* am perfect:
ly cognizant of several cases of Scrofulous Tumors be
ing cured by Vegetine alone in this yicinity.
Very respectfully ygurs,.
GILMAN', 468 Broad Way.
To 11. R. STEVENS, ESQ. I ;
Prepared by' H. R. STEVENS, Boston.
VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
pERSONAL PROPERTYI
PUBLIC SALE.
Farmers and otheri who are about to have a Public
Sale of their Farms, Stock, Farm Implements, House
hold (foods, &c., should not forget that a large number
of bidders always make a successful sale 1 1" HE DESI
()ORM.' is a desirable adve.rtising medium, and one
good bidder at a sate more than pays the cost of 'an ad
vertisement in this paper,
HAND BILLS, ,
Large or small, printed on short notice, and at VERY
TRicgs. Parties calling at this office when they
come into own, and leaving their order, can usually.
have their_liills printed by the time they are ready to
go home. Bills put up in the hotels of our Borough.
larAll orders by mail addressed
HAW LEY & CHIMER,
• Montrose, Pa.,
Will receive prompt attention. Handbills can be
sent to any Post Office In the country.
•
VALUAtLE •
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
'The undersigned offer's, upon reasonable terms, a
fine farm In
AUBURN TOWNSHIP,
•
,
about miles from the comic s , containing 150
acres, with good build - no and orchard upon it and, all
improved. For particulars enquire of •
LYMAN BLAKESLEE,
Foster. Susquehanna County, Pa.
WM. 8.-LINABEBRY,
Auburn 4 Corners.' Susquehanna County, Pa.
Assignees of. Jas. D. Linaberry.
Jan. 10, 1877tf.
A DAILNISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In
-CIL the est of Martha M. Vance, late of Liberty twp,
decid. Letters of Administration in the said estate
having been granted to the undersigned ail personsow
log said estate, are requested to make immediate payr
ment. and all persons having claims against said estate
are requested to present them without delay.
D. A. WOIWEN, Administrator:
4w6
Jan. 24,1877.
A DMINISTRA.TOR'S NOTICE. In
-1-the estate of 0. P. Waehburn, late of .Liberty,
Letters of Administration to the said ' estate
baying been granted to the undereigned.all persons ow
ing said estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment, and all persona it - eying claims against said estate
arc r .Iqueslcd to present them without delay. •
D. A. WORDEN. Administrator. De BonbfNon.
Jun. `24.1811. ' 4w5
r:XECITTOR'S NOTlOE:—Whereas
Letters testamentary to the estate of Rufus Saiith
late of Franklin, twp. deed. having been granted to
the undersigned, persons indebted to said eStatg
are requested to make Immediate payment, and all per
son having claims against the same, are requestea to
present them without delay:
. W. C. SMITE, Executor..
4w6.
Jan. 24, 1R77.
. e
I will mail (Free) the rer,ipe for preparinz a simple
Vegetable Balm that will re hove TAN, FRECK-LbS-,
rIHNLES Ana 6140TV1118, le sing the 'skin soft, clear
and beautiful ; and i also ins , alone for producing a
lexeriSat growth o f hair on A aid head or smooth' face .
Address Ben. Vandelt & Co„ oz 5121; N. 5 Wooster
Bt., N. V. • %TX
baying
, te
line c
*lntro- \ a
.ade I
Bet ton. Feb. 13.1871.
Cincinnati, Nov. 26, 1872.
-AT-.
PLIIPLES.
“ADVERTISE. FACTS TO SUCCEED.'
_ f -
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING ; BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS' AND GAPS, NOTIONS, kei
GEO. L. LENHEINPS, GreA Bend, Pa.
We buy for CASH only,and take advantage of the market whenever it
Our whole stora -is filled • with BARGAINS because - we always want them, and
have first i opportunity to secure such. NEW GOODS EVERY DAY.
IW`Trices Lower than at any Binghamton Store. "Understand we do not say 1161
LOW but LESS." 4 tWE . MEAN - WHAT WE SAY."
[ln Brick Block]
Great tend, Pa., Nov. 29, 1816..
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
The co:partnership heretofore existing under the firm name of Guttenberg, Rosenbaum do Co.,
Montrose, Pa.. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All accounts, due bills, nines, judge
merits, con tracts, 41c.,or i any obligation due said firm; or contracted with said ilrm,at their former
place of business at Montrose, Susquehanna county, . Pa.,rare assigned to M. S. Dessauer,and
will have to be paid to him, who is authorized to receipt or cancel the same.
All claims against said firm of Guttenberg, Rosenbaum & Co., Montrose, Pa., are assumed and
will be paid by said M.. 8. Dessauer.
Montrose, February Ist, 1777.
in=il
GUTTENBERG, 'ROSENBAUM & CO.,
Montrose, Pa., will continue the business as heretofore. Thanking the public for past liberal
favors, he hopes , by strict attention to business and the wants or trade, to retain the pat ,
ronage and confidence of the public placed in him as managing partner of the . late firm.
•
Retaining all foimer business advantages, he hopen.to be able to please and satisfy the trading
public.
Montrose, February:l4, 1877.
WE ARE SELLING
OVERCOATS, IN , ALt STYLES BUSINESS. stirs, FINE DIAGONAL
(Dress Suits,) , DRESS GOODS, LADIES' CLOAKS, MEN'S
BOYS' BOOTS' AND SHOES, qt e ail kinds,
• LADIES, MISSES -.AND CHI LDRPAN'S
• FINE and COARSE SHOES,
RUBBER BOOTS .
-• AND
• SHOES of ail kinds,
- MEN'S and BOYS' HATS and CAPS, •
BUFFALO ROBES, LAP ROBES, HORSE BLANKETS,
At bottom prices, "Binghamton not excepted.'?
Nov. 8,1876.
•
BRONiII LAMPS, OPAL LAMPS, ALL GLASS LAMPS, HAND LAMPS,
BURNERS,. wiciis, SHADES; SHADE HOLDERS, &c., &c.
EVERY STYLE OF FLINT AND COMMON C11169NE178.
• c EX) "Vtr..9.3Exiii.
Prices Guaranteed as Low as any Sow in Southern New York.
Address by Mall Promptly Attended To:
• , .
BEST JOE PRINTING AT THE LOWEST RATES
. .We are 1 . continually Wiling new material to our office, and with our
. ,
Large Stock of 308 TYPE and FOUR Printiug Finnan we Defy Competition
-_, Both in Price mail Quality, either in Plain Black ColorectWork. , HAWLEY I CRUSES.
CHOICE FRUITS AND VEGETA
‘.../ BUS AT • •
TUE READ OF NAVIGATION,
Such as
PEACRES, ORANGES, LEMONS,
PEARS, PINE APPLES, PLUMS,
QUINCES, ONIONS, TOMA.
TOES, APPLES, OAB
BAGES,,•BANANAS,
()ANTELOPES, , ,
GRAPES,
SWEET POTATOES,
BERRIES, &0.,
all atbottera prioi, by. -
BULLARD
moutteee; Ave
THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE COUNTY
can be done—either in large or small lots.
1. I:O3OIO3SELAILI:73OR.,
S. MINER, BINGHAMTON,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS IN
ALSO, MANUFACTURER OF
, --AT-
M„;GUTTENBERG,
ROSENBAUM,
JOSEPH WITTENBER 1
EISMAN',
L.HOLZHEIMER,
Mits. R. WITTENBERG,
M. S. •UESSAIIER,
SUCCESSOR TO
WEEZS, DIELHUISH, & CO.
CORRECTION 1
Rumor has it thathaving ben elected County Trear
nrertor the ensuing three years. I am to discontinue my
Insurance busines. Said RUMOR is UNTRUE, and
without formation, and while thanking you for kind
ness, and I.ppreciatiort of goo(' Insurunce in the past. I
ask a continuance of your patronage. promising that all
business entrusted to me shall be promptly attended to.
My Companies are all sound and reliable, as all can tes
tify who have met with losses during the past ten years
at my Agency. Read the List t
North lititisb and Mercantile, Capital;. $lO,OOOO
Queens of London, 42,000,000
Old Franklin. Philadelphia, Ansets, 3,500,000
Old Continekital, N. Y., " nearly 3,00 0, LV0
Old Phcenix of ll,trtford, " • * 2.000,0 0 0
Old Hanover, N. Y., ". " 1,600,000
Old Farmers, York, . " 1,000, 00 0
I also represent trio'New . X ork Mutual Life Inprante
of over 30years standing. and assets over $30.000.00 0 .
Also,the Masonic Mutual - Benefit Assoclatton of Penn
sylvania.
VirGet an Aechleintal Polioy covering all accidents,
In the - Ilartiord Accident . In*. Co. Policies written
from, one day to ono Itstr. 215 cents for a $8,0:4
Palter- - Rime mill Or send word, when you take a trip
Very -
r • • HENRY O. TYLER.
montroso,ll. lan 1,9 me —if
GEO. L. LENHEIM.
M. S. DESSAIIER.
March 31,.1876.
Comprising the
fonxitr firm of
Guttenberg. Ros
t enbaum & Co.
A. S. HEINER.