Locking the Trunk. •
•11y dear,' said Mrs. SpoopenzTyke,
as she arose from her knees, hot and
tired with_ packing, and rubbing the
small of her back- as she straightened
up, 'l'm all through now, and I wish
you would lock this trunk.'
_'Certainly; replied Spoopgn
-dyke, -ilropping his paper 'mid slaw.
ining _down the lid. 'All you-'so got to .
,do is just St the. hasp in the lock and
tura the key. So !'
.But the hey didn't quite turn, and
Mr. Spoopendyke hit the hasp with the
side of hiq fist and tried it nein.
'Don't it work ?' asked Mrs. Spoopen;
dyke, watching the proceeding with
considerabie interest.
'lt'll work if you'll let it alone,' said
Mr. Speopendyke severely, and he
raised the lid, iropped it again, pound
ed the has}, anti wrenched at the key
with all his strength. 'Stand back and
give me room, can't you ?' he growled,
as be ',rased down 'on the cover and
gave th key quick. twists in u vain ef
fost to catch the lock unawaros. '
'Why don't you rest yotir weight on
it and let me lock it.? asked Mrs.
SpOoPendyke, fluttering . around - her
husband all 1 wondering, -if ho was
thormighly.aware that bis - plug hat was
immediately ander the- - lid.
° 'Have you got the time to keep away
from this thing and.let me work it r de
manded Mr. Spoopeudyke, contemplat
ing his wife with a Spartan exprs,sion
mug
visage. "Sposo I can do a ng
l i t
with you sitting on my clbi) ? If
you'll go down cellar for, a minute I'll
lock this trunk:. iwa M r ._ Spoopendyke
':banged away at the gasp and breathed
:)hard. But his best efforts conld only
Urn. the key half - -way. ; .
1
. ' dock
flit'Oh ! ain't I glad you couldn't ;lock
f lit I' exclaimed Mrs. Spoopenkke,
-anxious to stay Ler husband's growling
- wrath. 'I forgot to put in your walk
ing oane.'
Tod gast the cane'! sputtered Xt..
Spoopendyke. 'Spose 'it's goiiig to
lock any easier with a dod gusted walk
ing cane sticking out at one end ? Who
'says I can't lock it ? What's the rea
son Ican't lock it ?' and he stood off
and fetched the hasp a tremendous
kick. 'Anything else you've forgot
ten to put in ? and- be sprang on the
lid and tugged
.at the key withlishead
thrown baak and his teeth _set. 'Clot a
couple of mirrors . yon want in here?
Any china i4 o the'-house that ' s. wants a
ride in 'this trunk ?, Want to put in
that dod gasted ass on the' top floor
,who tries to play the fiddle ?' and he
flopped oft on the floor and banged at
• the hasp again.
'Let me sit on it,' suggested Mrs.
Spoopendyke, _climbing up without
waiting for a response. 'Now try it.'
- Mr. 'Spoopendyke fumbled around
and worked at the hasp and key, but
' fruitlessly.
'Can't ye sit any harder than that ?'
, te yelled, as the key stuck and wouldn't
turn either way, "Praia of breaking
the measly thing ? Press down, ean't
ye ?'
Mrs. Spoopendyke._ squirmtal around'
and said, 'now dear,' and - then looked
over to see how he was getting . on, but
still the kick was. obdurate.
'Dod gast the measly trunk !' howled
Mr. Spoopendyke, firing the key out
the window and giving the trunk a
farewell kick. 'lf you want it locked
you get a blacksmith and a steam der
rick,' and Mr. Spoopendyke thew, him
self into a chair and pretended to bury
himself in his paper,
'I don't now how we're ever going
to get it open,' said Mrs. Spoopendyke
after a long, silence:
'Get what open ?' growled her has
. _
band.
'The trunk. Now I remember, its
got a spring lock, and when you took
the key out it locked itself. • I don't
suppose we can ever find the key.'
'That's it 1' yelled Mr. Spoopendyke.
.'You know all about it how ! Why
didn't you tell me it was a spring lock ?
Why d'ye
,keep it to yourself for ?'
"I forgot," whimpered Mrs. Spoopen
dyke, 'butit will be all right. I eau
open ' .
'Oh, yoi can Eoppliit snorted Mr.
tipoopendyke. - ili)u're an opener. All
you want is to be sharpened on both
sides to. be an oyster knife ! Wit:h
-. dark lantern and a skull cap you'd niake
a full set of burglars' "tools !
you'll open it! If ion had II biose
handle and one corner kicked off, you'd
get rich as a screw driver !' and Mr.
Spookendyke tore oat of the house to
see if he could borrow something to pick
open the unfortunate trunk.
'That gives me time to pack- the
valise,' murmnr,:d Mrs. Spoopendyke,
'andTas I've got another key to the
traYdr,` well do pretty well after
all,' land the worthy lady began tp jam
night shirts and hair oil into the bags,
together with sandwiches and tooth
brushes, wondering betimes whether'
Mr. Spoupendyke's silk hat had been
so badly smashed that it wouldn't do to
go fishing in on rainy - days, even if it
didn't look well enough for clihich.—
Brooklyn Eagle.
An Accommodating Road.
Several days ago a stranger made his
appearance at tue Union Depot and
asked officer Batton how long before the
Grand River Valley train would go out.
'ln about twenty minutes,' was the
reply.
'Then • I'll have time to get a drink,
won't I ?'
'You will.' "
'That's; good. I always prefer to
travel ou a_stiff horn of whisky.'
Ho retained in five minutes, wiping
his moutilou thelhe back of his hand,
and asked:
'Has my train gone yet ?'
'No, sir; You still have fourteen min
utes to spare.'
.
'That's good, and I guess I'll go hack
for a little brandy.'
When he again returned he felt in
good spirits, and ascertaining that lie
still had six minutes to,spare, he said:
'Now -that's what I call liberal, nail
I'll lay in one more drink.' _ •
The last one proved raore than he
could bear up tinder, and he was not
seen again for three hours. Then he
came around with a wobblirin his, gait.
a; ir
and ' uncertain look in his eyes, and
asked: - •
,
`Sh y, what time does that 'Grand
River 1 alley train go out?' _..
'ln bout four hours.'
'Fel hours? Why, that'll give' me
time to get drunk agin. Mos' commo
datin' railroad I ever saw, eh?'
'Yes.' .
'Shay, 1 doan' want to be mean.
Oo'n tell 'er superintendent he needn't
wait fur me any longer, 'cause 'tmay
delay others. He's a aintleman, he is,
au' Fm a zentlenian. I am, but when a
zentleman holds a train for.tiro _ _MOB'
half a day .I can't impose on Into any
longer? Shay, do yon ever cry when
yon get zhrnnk? I do, and if voieze
no leckshreas cry now.' .
No objeations being made, she .cried.-
Detroit Free Press
The Biache;st4 Vititans.
• Vasily Tehootiialt, . aged ninety-six
-years, has just i iita in the hospital of
the Odessa prisonwith a reputation of
having, in the course of his, vile exii;t7
ance, committed aloue,..or in coujutic-1
lion with others, 80nanrders,. and also
of haviiig.escaped fewer than five I
times from Siberia: He was bora near]
Ismail about the year 1785, and, appears,
to have been of ,Kalmuck descent,. of
herculean proportions, and - of great
physical strength. After serving his
term as a soldier, ho alopted brigand
, age as - his profession, and with. a baud
of thiae or four sole of roughs kept
Ithe wooded part 4`f Bessarabia nod even
Ithe coriniry for miles `around ;fo.leissa
during`seteral years in such r tstate of
terror that the police, rather than arrest
him,-lived on friendly terms' with him.
At lag,' about the year 1850, • a police
superintendent named Klipi - sthevsky
undertook to capture him, and surround
ing a low roadside inn kept by one
Keeseslom and known to . be the mod
of thieyes and robbers, succitded in
doing so after a desperate encounter, in
which fifteen' men altogether on both
sides were killed or wounded. For this
service Rhorzhevsky . received the Order
of St. Vladimir, a distinction not so
often bestowed in thosb days us in these.
The old Russian, criminal coda" being
then in existence; Schoomak remained
lin prison nine years before being
l b:onght to trial: In 1859; however, he
was condemned to twenty: years hard
labor in Siberia and to be flogged. Five
years later - he escaped back to Odessa, •
but was again caught, tried and - sent
into - captivity. In 1869 he again found
his way back to Odessa, but was again
Caught, and after being kept in . prison
till 1871,. was retired and sent back to
Siberia, but the very same year he man
aged to escape from there while being
transferred from Irkutsk to Keacusk.,
and in 1874 was recaptured et s%fi'tay . et,
grad. in • this Government (ShersoA). -
and for the fourth time tried and remov 7
ed to Siberia.
.A couple of weeks ago
heappeare4l --here again, thus making
the'fifth escape from Siberia, and, be
.lng caught in Attempting to steal a wag-
On_and repair I of horses in, one of the
German colonies in this neighborhood,
the - sturdy colonists, following their
usual e ractiae of taking the law . into
their own - hands in such 'Cases, after
belaboring him and a cpmpanion.of
bound their arms and legs with cords,
brought them-to, Odessa, and handed
them over to the prison !authorities.
The two criminals had been-so roughly
handled, however, es to • necessitate .
theirremoval 'to - the prison iefirmary,
where Tehoomak died two daps after,
seven of his ribs paving been hreken. It
is proposed to send his brain , tee Dr.
Benedelt of Vietimi; for exatninatiou,
'that - gentleman . beiti r g reputed, to have
devoted much attention to the' bruins of
notorious criminal's. - •
How a Fog Whistle Works.
The fog whistle, hero 4 afar for ten
mites, consists of t*o distinct whiAles,
operated by two engines in' a building
Separate from the Fifty
pounds of Aeain is 'the ftirea Oarried
while, at work: Every blast; lowers 'the
mark four pounds: Shavings and kind
ling wood are laid ail ready to start up
steam when a fog Iowa:: on, and :the
'engineer can heat up for work in
thirty
five minutes.
.
• The wli;stle gives ti blast of eight
seconds duration every minute -u dole.
Cul sound, hat invaluable to steamers
and passing sailing ve - ssels.. could
hear it the .'other night booming dis
mally through a fog five miles.off. The
Captain starts ia *hen the fog is such
that he can't sr.e (410‘ , 0 Island, one mile
distant., Tlie whistle is produced by a
wheel with a cam affixed; the wheel, is
solid piece of work, rCgulate,l . by a
governor, revolves 'once a' minute; the
- cini fixed at one point ou , its.periphery,
opens a pipe, which lets off steam'in the
prolonged booming wail we had heard.
To supply . water for steam a big tank
under the same roof and supplied by
the rain from it is kept pretty
. full.
Forty feet long by, eb.diken wide and
six deep; it is not likely to run dry in
any fog;
.but a caloric engine. and vamp
at the well will supply water in ea , .:6 - oi
emergency.-Hartford Times.
A Huobantl'whO Lazighea.
Several men wereanaling. purchases
in a Michigan avenue .stovy yesterJay;
when a man wholpuPteca looking oqk
of a window for some tim' turned and
said: •
'Well, that's a bad case.'
'What is it inquired two or tines
at one?.
'Well, I don't know who is the him
band of this woman out here in the
wagon, but if I were he I'd go across
the street and ema , he that, fellow's
'Why ?'
'Why, because he . hai - ,been wcrking
like a beaver :for the last half hour -to
get up a Siltation with her.'
At this one ofFile' men begat'. to
chuckle. Then the chuckle ran into . a
!sigh, and finally ho' had.' to- kit doNin.
"What's the natter with You r was
asked, -
-
'Why, I , ra4Lin that woman'i3 bus
band.' • , .
''Are you? And you ilr? laughing
over the flirtation !".
'I
-1. - can't help it,' he mid us -
went off into another fit. 'Just thuz
of Win a flirting and a strutting up and
down and a doing the pur'...y when the.
worriln out Were has. been stone
blind for seven sears—ha I hs-1 ha
Free Press. r • •
' Au exchange says: A docte•r wilt sit
down and write a prescription; time five
seconds, amr and ink, one fourth of a
cent, and the patient pays one, two,
three, live or ten dollars, as -the -case
may be. A lawyer writes ten or twenty
words of advice and gets - from ten or
twenty dollar:a fromhia client. An edi
tor writes a half column , pnff for a man;
pay a man from fifty cents to a dollar.
for putting it itftype, prints it on se-v
-eral dollars worth of paper, sends •it to
several thousand people, and then sur
prises the puffed man if ho makes any
charge. .Strange world this..
C7eoiet Extracts fro 6 Druggists.
"We know the, valne of malt, hops, ealisaya
and iron composing 'Malt-Bitters. "'
"Our lady customers highly praise them.",
"Physicians prescribe them in this.town.'i
"The largest bottle and bestinedicine."
_ .
"Beat blood purifier on our shelves."
"Ourliest people take Bialt-Bitters."
"Sure cure for chills and liver diseases."
A. Valuable Ship-Load.
the steamship City of ,Limerick, of
the Cotton:. Lino, after 11, prolonged
voyage .of cigbteen days from Ham!,
arrived at NoW York iceoutly. Her ds
lay was caused by adverse woutht-i)
She sailed tram Havre with a cargo of
two handred and fifteen Peroberon
French 'hOrses,, of wbich four died on
the yoyage. She also bronght a 4w
SonthDown sheep, consigned to Mr.
Johnson,' of . Wayne, Minds. The
horses wore confined in stalls. occupy.
fug all the win and steerage decks and
.
a part of , the hurricane deck.. The yea-
eel went immediately to Tier No. 37,
North Rim, where the work of unload
ing the animals began. The horses were
all hoisted into the ship at Havre, and
had to be hoisted out at this end of {tlie
voyage. A strong box or stall Was at
tached to pulleys and lowered in the'
hatchway, :a horse was backed in and
secured, and at a signal to the engineer
tho animal was raised to the deck. A
narrow gangwiy led- to the pier; which
being fate l en feel below the steamer's
eek made a very steep incline. The
horses would. hesitate a while and then,
perhaps ditching sight of one of their
amber. en the pier, would plunge down
quickly: When a colt happened to l be
separated from 'iti mother it ovonago
pall melt down - the gang Way With .a'
whinny of pleasure. ,
r: r
A hire crowd gathered to witness the
unloadii*. There were sonie fine,proud
looking black and grey stallions, which
stepped around on 'the- wharf with a
quickness one woirld net expect in
horses weighing titian 'Ahout fifty were
'unloaded 'Thuraiay afterreon, - some
being put immediately in the cars on a
float at the end of the pier, while a few
were seat to Stoddart's bonded stable,
No. 600, Greenwich street. It -:. was
hoped . by Saturday: to start the two
initiated rapine• imMigrants on .their
is o and alkali days' journey to Wayne,
Dlineis. ' Mr. Halley, a freight superin- .
tfri dent of the NeWlYork Central Rail
y,, a Company, who ivas on the pier last
veiling said that this was the. largest
d f
ico ' of live stock he had evershipped'out i
oNew York. . A special .freight train'
' twenty-eght:cars has been
. provided,
ch ear holding sixhorses,' or twice as
any colts. -
it.M., W. Dunham, the importer of the
erses, said that ho had had his agent,
Mr. Johnson, buying in France since
March, arid the. lot .was not only •the
largest ever broughtnyer, but amounted
to one-tenth of all the Norinan horses
ever. imported: "We 'charterer( the
vessel last May,'' said he,- "and sent her
to London to be • fitted up before send
ing her to Ravre. - Thedot comprises
over one hundred grOwn stallions, fifty
mares of all ages, and the rest stallion
colts of various ages.. The lot includes
some of the choicest stock to be got in
France. TwentY-fiv,e of the stallions
were exhibited at the. Annual Exhibition
of the Seven Deprtments held at
Illencon last June, aud'they took all but
One of-the prizes Offered. I. paid from
4'1,500 to $1;800 for the prize. animals,
and :rota $l,OOO to $1,200 for the others.
The lot I call worth a quarter of a mil
lion dollar?. When 'I get them home
I dill have about 350; or.one r lifth of all
in this' country of Jiro breed. I have
ene farm-of GOO acres•oritthere, awl an
other of 2,000 acres. I raise and sell
for breeding purpos'es, and also work a
goad many of them. Tire:Pe:Theron
horses are more spirited and finer
Shaped than the North of French breeds.
"The Percheron distriet•is something
like Vermont, a high plateau hetween
the Seine and the Loire, and has been
rised for centuries for 'raising horses.
From breeding for 'war purposes in
feuds! tiraes they came to breeding for
farm work, and when the • diligence
sYstem was displaced bY,railroads a Still
heavier class of borne was called. for:
These horses weigh froin 1,500 to 2;000
pounds; and stand sixteen, to seventeen
hands 1.1-i,ib. It Las been hard work . to
get so many together, but the French
will sell: aeything if you give' them
Money enough. There L 10 1 .83.3 are brok
en ' when two years old. Few of the
horses are e.ide.l, . and the stallionsnie
all worked arid so.tept-tractable. ' They
drivethern hilched,tandera, several in a
line. The French practice of working
,this breed of horses, is the reason of
their strength and willing disposition.
'A colt of this breed will press forward
at prled-when a collar is put on him. l i lt
is as. 'natural for him to work as for a
trnitiJ.:l , horse to trot Ora runner to nip.
It is aAraristuissable quality; and these
herses have inherited a \civillingness 'to
Weds' for centuries' beek.\, ,They 'are
popular work-hors , eseseryWhere. Thdre
are men here not: from Atermont, Can
ada, and Penneylvatiia after them— I
sell them. in uearly every State and Ter
i story in the Union. I recently sent a
$lO,OOO 'shipment to British Columbia;
the Governor of .Manitoba has: pur
chased several; and I
~ have: had orders
from New Zealand. A dross be:6min
this breed 'and native stir& giveS flue
• i.t.
animals for farming cr truckio;. I Tte.
stallions have been inbred so 'long that
0.14 .- g A very ,- good colts from very .
commom mares." • •
—How the James Boys :Operate:
Jesse and Frank go fete; a 'l:timing
community and _ bet:wile acquainted
with tilt men, and:, pick out Certuiu
ones, alter a
, - c-ar.!ful _study of their
character, to join with then; Ina par
ticular robbery. They!caretully hi cb
the 6ubj2ct to Jitem, and if they ,-,eref
nilliug they agree t' ) giVa..thein . all the
way froni SIOQ to ssoo . taer. They
are required to-h - ohitiip auellire
off Runs and raise ft"iiteket ihile Jesse
and - Frauk, with -perhaps one er two
txptricaecd trusties, - do the' robbing.
Immediately after the completion of the.
job 'the fartners,er, paid .the stipulated
sum, whether the haul is large or small,
and then they ride to their homes,
while the James , boys strike out to a
place of safety. The men who lutve
been inveigled,into tee job are never
asked to go into. a sithilar anderzaking
a second time, but they ever uftcrWard
remain under thell - pwer and fear of the
„larded robber chidftains, - upon whom
they dared nut squeal, for by. so. doing
they would give themselves away.- They
always; stand ready. to protect and se
crete the James boys when they are
hard pressed. Titis.expiniuS Why the
Jai s es boys have so many friends iu
Missouri, and 'Why it is gb- difficult to
catch them, It is as lwi'd to fled them
in Missouri as it- would be to
needle iu bay Stack.- - Otnaltaßepubli.
can,' ,
He had lost ilia kuire.aad thoy abked
hint the usual qmstion: 'Do you know
where you lost it ?' 'Yes, yes.' he re 7
'of course r do. I'm mer
Minting in these other places for it o
kill time.' • - • .
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whero for his prices aro down to rock, bottom. ,
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Formal's can get tho tip-top of the-market a
(lee. L. Ross'. All kinds of Produce. taken in ex
change for goods or for cash. , •..
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4 1. .-i its t:• .3 malt. oMM etall romodi for cleansing the
A by:7, , ,,f717 of all morbid sce-ttibus. It ghoul be
' 11.:... , .i iv oviry koitashold so, ,: '
... ,
P.O MEDICINE -
• i R.I N
Air , t 7 - 2 c -.7_ , :(2.3t krLICUTC?S,9„ .CONITITTPA.
Ti; . ..;1 7 ,1•Tra. 4 and r.ll ,E=4T..E Dirmises.,
Dun, t up'ia Dry Vs;tc t able Farm. in tin cans.
. ons v..n.".......7 , .: of c I:kb - make:4oquart' medicine.
; • ...I -,r; in i.i rn i.I l'aroz, very Coneentratedfor
I
Chaster than over at the
on.D,EiiIABLISHMENT. •
JAMES BRYANT,
would,
}tall the atten
tion or FARMERS and
others to his large and complete`
assortment of
()pen .8 - 6 9rop.l3tiggies
BM
PL &TFOEM WAGONS
all of Ids
own MANUFACTURE and war
ranted in - 6very par
- - titular •
pryant's Flexible Springs steed In all Platform
Wagons. The easiest azl,beat In two.
NOW .tSNOUR TINE TO BUY!
Look at theselinres: . . N
Two Seated Carriages trom . 1 $l5O to $176
Ehattons, one seated'
,125 to 150
Top Buggies .w. ' • • ' 125 to 150
Open ,Buggies i: ,- SO to .100
. _
Democrat Wagonsi' - 90 to 110
Remember that the above are all fully warrant.
ed n llrst.class Or np pay.
• Repairing promptly atttended to it 25 per cent
below het years prices. -•, .
Office and Factory cor. Stain and Elizabeth Ste.
JAS.IBRYANT.
g,tt
KLINE'S MARKET.
Attn. c).t. 13 lA,COCIK
isin Street, First Ward.
JOHN W. KLINE,
MEAT & VEGETABLE
IVI A.RKET
o a more convenient, location, and established
himself in- the Carroll. Block. opposite Seely's
Hotel, is-prepared to supply his patrons irith
•
TUE CHOICEST bp - . utters. , •
OYSTERS IN THEIR REASON,
FRESH 'VEGETABLES.
DOMESTIC &a.; ko;
siraotaxise SAlSlDE:wepecialty. MI or
derstinimptlt delivered.
Ma
BIENGSMINI
PRE
BEN
UE TONIC
A. D.Dye& Co
cl-rEtsnw.tr.Aa,
DEALERS IN
HARDWARE
SHEET IRON
COPPER WARE.
STOVES.
HAPPY THOUGHT
RANGES
Sold in Towanda and
hißiuoE-rcuLERs
'.l
SUPPLIES.
CARRIAGE WOOD-WORK;
'CLARK'S
FLEXIBLE SPRING GEAR,
A. D. DY E . &
.G o.
-MAIN ST 'TOWMIDA.
.n _ ,
-, • •
- Yon that have beauty;
Come and let us take it,•
And you that have none,*
- Come and let us make It. '
. ,
•
_PHOTOGRAPHERS,
. .
•
Cordially invite the public to give ahem a call
at the
Boptus.prmerly occupied by
•
. • '.G. H. Wood,
TOWANDA, PENNA.
, . .
Recent improvement* in the skylight have fur.
wished facilities for taking perfect piitures
quickly and in all kinds of weather.
PORTRAITS FROM PHOTOORAPIII and DE
CEASED PERSONS specialty. ' Finished in In.
dia Ink, Water Colors, Crayons, or Pastelies, any
size. i
FI'NEST WORE 01? 'ARTISTIC EXCEL-
LENGE GUARANTEED. A
STOCK Or PRAXES oN HAND
AT ALLTIMES.
F. •
C 4 EL DAYTON .
. ROCKWELL.
Oct, 8, 1880:. - ly
4- • -
MILS. D. I.S E,
• Aidruifacitirer of andpenie; -
HU-MAN: HAIR
UCH WIGS, BANDEAUX, thepoptaar
Chtitelabio Braid, .
EVER - ITMNa BELONGING To ruz RAM TIUME
ga-SpecialAttention given to COMBINGS
Boots all turnedono wsp.
SWITCHES from S 1 upward!. Also Agenefor
r •
Hunter's Invisible Face
e Madam Marrs Corsets, and
§llOuldet Brace Elastics.'
tirP_articular attention paid to dressing ladles
hairat their bona* or at my Plaro or boldness.
over Evans k Bii4retb•a store. a. "
novlB-6nT
tyll44Egil 0)4 skt:tu: : ,( til
COLLECTION AGENCY
BRINK & BI7OIC, Leßaysville.
Will writs Policies tor risks in Fire and Llie la
suranee. ckillatt Claims with are and
. promptness. They represent nous but
- FIRST -GLASS. COMPANIES I
They solidi tbseonidasee abd pstronsge of Slums
bating business in their line, and . will endeavor
to merit to r*addrass' . -
luta tt B! . U BUM. Lellaysvilit ,pa
marcbl9-tt
','.:'';.:.".Te.'''''l-'''Z, i'''',.'A,'.--),,..'', ' ' - ...- • •
~, ,•. ~ . ..
SE
ME
ERN
TIN,
AN
240
Vicinity.
AND. BLACKSMITH'S
&a., &e.
I '
-4... --
COO
}:taa.ll). V.I3TEDGE.
eldall AND
> 2 ~ ~
_- ft
MU
REM
BRIDGE:STREET
rftwiTußE KORE
FURNITURE.
We, are eionstantlyreCeiving the
newest an d latest patternS in
PARLOR SUITS )
BED ROOZCSETS,
• •
TABLES,
WARDROBES,
-AND-.--
Everythjug.' in the. ',Priv..
•nature Lino.
Undertaking.
We make a specialty of this branch
and shall give it our personal attention.
We have a full' line of
CCOVFINS, . .
CASKETS.
"R.CIESES, &c.
and will not be undersold. Give us a
call before - purchosing elsewhere.
N. g.—J. S. Allyn kw no connec
tion with our business. = •
Ei B. TIERg,
Succesior to N. P. iCKS
TOWANDA:JAN. 20th. 1881.
Stevens & Long
General Dealers in
GRocznizs,
PROVISIONS,
ON
COUNTRY PRODUCE
I:l:Vja):l_l*',MMl
To their new store,
COR• MAIN AND PINE STS.,
'The ell stand Oro; Stevens is Btorcnr.)
They invite attention to their complete
assortment and very large stock of
Choice New Goode, which they
hove alwa irt' oti hand.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION.. GIVEN
To tile
PRODUCE .TRADE .
And Cash - Paid. for lo Hinds.
U. J. -LONG.
DR. JONES' CREAM CAMPHOR IS THE
NAME of the popular Liniment that cures
Aheumetiam, Neuralgia, Swollen or Stiffened
Joints, Frost Bites, Pain in - the Face, Head or
Spine, Chopped Handa..Bruisee, Sprains, Burns,
Mosquito Bites, • Sting or Bite of an insect,
Potion etc., for Man or Beast
Always sellable, and almost instantan
eous in its relief. Having en agreeable odor it
pleasant' to apply. Sold by all druggists.
Price 29 cts.
N. B.—Thies Liniment received a Prize Medal
at the State Tait.. 1679.
ASA JONES, Prop'r, 319 N. 9d St, Phila., Pa.
Jan, 13 6-m.
DR.ZONL'INCREANE OANCEIOII,
'THE NAME OF • the popular Liniment
that cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Swollen or
Stiffened Jqints, Frost Bites, pain in the Face.
Head or Spine. Chapped hands, Bruises. Sprains.
Burns. Mosqtdoto Bites, - Jiting or Bite of an in
sect, Poison -from common Poison Vines. etc..
for nun or least. •,Always reliable, arid almost
instantaneous in its relief. Having an agreeable
odor, it is pleasant to apply. Sold by all drug
gists. Price 25 cents.
N. B.—This Liniment received &Prise Medal a
the State Fair.lB7o. Mat 20 ly.
CANCERS - CURED
AT CRANE'S CANCER INFIR
MARY,. ADDISON, N. Y.
•
HUNDREDS OF PERSONS from all part, of
the world have been eared of this much dreaded
disease and are now living witnesses that that
havabeen rescued from terrible and maim)"
death:: ,Doctors. Minlatera and the Poor treated
Free. Vrite Da a Circular giving fun particulars.
kddreal Drs. OW. • CHM k RUSH BROWN.
Addison: N. Y. Sept.3o,lyr.OPßaco.
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE
Is sure to cure limbs!.
, to. It removes all unnatural
enlargements. nose nos swum.
Has no equal for any lameness on
beast or man. It has cured hiMoint
laments' in a person who 'had suf
fered id years. Also cured rheuma
tism,, corns, frost-bites or any
vases, cat or lameness. It has no equal for
any blemish on hoi eve. Send for Illustrated
Ovular giving POSIIIVE Pries $l. ALL
DRUGGISTS have it or can get It for yen. Dr. DJ
Kendall it Co.. Proprietors, lauosourgh
enemas. H. O. Portant, Agent. Towanda. Pa.
FINEJOB PRINTING.—AII kind
of Fine Job Printin
promptly executed at lowest rates, a
MR* BILMPOED ExPtromoax Office
Dont fail to give no a trial.= Good type
model% presume and experienced week
mrei AAli work Warranted firditlars.
iGenei.id ; liistit.4.**, -.. 'Aifttif,
OS* iota PA:TCIi 4 TRACT Main
L COVAIUSRFATIONb 21IROUGH
POST OPIIIOII WILL lIII
ORIVEPROIIIPTATTIMiON
0r23 1 18 tf • •
T'NUIR,'&.CO.'S
GROCERIES
Thlrsei time mono b buying cheep Is 1111
. Cloitiker Itala and lhamaili IMO.
They reepeottally annotates to the pull° that
they hive a huge stook of
TWIRL IT D.' KRAL. GRAIN. SALT, FM
I
PORL end PROVISIONS generall3r,
we hivir Mist adolsitto out stock s twisty Of
WOODZN 10/4a 4 inch u BUTT3I3I TOM FIR
71:1711.108118218.
Just received s large stock of Bagars, Tess,:
Coffees, ihiloes e MOULEIO2II3 PVB SOAP, the
bestir' the 7 market, and other makes of soap
Syrup sad - Mohasco, which they offer at low
prices for Cub. widen •
(jin2T.t
;1 2 • CO)
' 9 4
m
r d 5
8
23 CA g
ist
- z
0" • t 3
•tzl
to z
R
- tIl
z
J. H. SIEMMINIS.
THE FASHIONABLE
BOOT, SHOE -AND GAITER
- MANUFACTURER..
Is now prepared to da all kinds of work in
his lino in the latest styles, and cif the best
material._
ALL WORK and MATERIAL WARRANTED.
Repairing done neatly and promptly
on short notice. In PATTON'S
BLOCK Over Jacob's Clothing Store.
PICTURE GALLERY
G. H. WOOD & CO
will open their New Gallery in
on the First Monday of April. Moving fitted up
entirely new, with the beat of instrumento, we
are prepared to make
Tintypes, 4 at one sitting, all Tor 50 cts.
lb neat envelopes, 10 for sl.ou. Copying of all
kinds of Photagraphs,and Stereoscopic and large
view work done at this gallery.,
Give us a call and we will try and satisfy you
in.price and quality. mar ps
A. BEVERLY SMITH, •
BOOK BINDER
- AND
•
Dealer in Sctoll Saw Goods.
BOOKBINDING OF ALL.KINDS
DONE,' NEATLY rind CHEAPLY.
Fine Blank Books
MY SPECIALTY.
Amateur's Supplies.
This department of my br.siness is very corn
plate, and being a practical sawyer myself I know
the wants of my patrons. •
WOODS. •
BLADES,
,
, • CLOCK MOVEMENTS, &e,
constantly on hand. air $1.25 worth of designs
fritgk r. Send for price Hats.
- "11EPONTER" BINDERY,
street,
P. o.lbot 1512. Towanda, Pa
GEO. STEVENS.
*.lndispensatue to the Library. Clergyman. Law•
yin*. Physician, Editor, Teacher. Student and all
of any nailing in life who desire knowledge.".
EncyclopaNia Britannic&
The American Berintr—Mith Ma.
This great work Is oeyond comparison superior
n its eloaborste and eshatistivechancter to all
simUsi works.
The contributors sae the most distinguished
and original thinkers and writers of the present
and of the past.
This Issue is the Ninth million in a space of
over 100 years since its inception. and this re.'
print, a copy in every partionlar of the British
Edition. is the best and cheapest work ever over.
od to the American people.
The artieles arc written in a most attractive
style, and the quantity of matter in each volume
is one-third greater per volume than In any other
Cyclopedia sold at the same rates.
The work containr ' -.amends of Engrg vinp on
Steel and Wood, 0z.,. tt is 'printed from entirely
new type made ETV for It.
It will be oom In 21 Imperial octavo vol.
tunes. four of w are now ready. aid the sae.
wiling volumes trill be baled at the ate *fibres
year.
Murry vol.. cloth binding. - add
Sob/ 4 )47 by iqmtelesan peg,
APPI7 to the Publishers.
_ •
1. IL IFECIDBABT_ di 00..
Cansinft entnag. octal narwmanw,
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CMS
TOWANDA. PA.
STOP AT
FOR
AND
PROVISIONS.
TOWANDA. PA. :i
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Pri
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" 1114
F•mi
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ti) LA j%(s) : 1 z 1
IN TO gANDA.
Patton's Block,
MO
M' . .yIIENDELMAIi ;..'
JEWELLER,
le itlll to be found at the OW STAND
M4l)f STREET,
Next door to .Dr. MO. Porterls Drug litor,e
. WITII A nrial LINE pH
FINE AMERICAN AND . SWISS
WATCHES,
JEWELRY,
)STERLING SILVER AND
FINE PLATED WARE, _
SPECTACLES dz EYE GLASSES
CLOCKS ?
FEW THE CHEAPEST_TO THE NWT.
fir ALL OF WHICH WILL RE BOLD AT THE
VERY LOWER' Name,
Clocks. Wadies and Javan pronaptlyinaired
toy an experienced and competent wort:Man.
• M. RENDELMAN.
i.itptl6-U
NATHAN TIDD,
(Successor to Kr. liellesa,)
DEALER, EN
VITTSTON, WILKESBARRE
AND LOYAL -SOCK
0 0 A.L,
- a•i op •I . : ' I :I I:
TOWANDA, PA.
W LOWEST palms pot was
The patronage of my old Mends and the piddle
generally is solicited. tug 80
. c , N
?.\ W
RAILWAY
: ?Tri1.." 7:1 11 P r; 4 .41111177.1 7 .
.
h• r
e i t;L luil ls i ta l n• - alien r .}.' • ! \' z'
, _ . 444 ft L
_.....:-0 1 / 4 5 1 .: mamma • Was , CmilCA °
1 .....,„........„,
—slam—
Chicago & North-Western
RAILWAY
Ii the OLDEST BEST CONSTRUCTED BEST
EQUIPPED I and hence the
LEADING'RAILWAY
OF THE
West and Northwest -
t is the short and beat route between Chicago
and all points in
NORTHERN . ILLINOIS. lOWA, DAKOTA. WY
OMING. Nebraska. atllifotzda. Oregon. Arizona,
Utah. Colorado . Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and
for'
Connell Multi" Omaha,Denver,
. LEADVILLE, SALT LAKE.
San Frinoiico,Deadwood,SiOllX City,
Cedar Rapids, Des Moines. Columbus, and all
Points in the Territories. and . the West. Also.
for Milwankee;Green Bay. Oshkosh, Sheboygan,
Marquette. Fond du Lac, Watertown. Houghton,
Neenah, Menasha, SE Paul, Minneapolis. Huron,
Volga, Fargo. Bismarck, Winona, LaCrosse,
Owatonna, and all points in Minnesota, Dakota,
Wisconsin and the Northwest.
At Council Bluffs the Trains of the Chicago &
North•Westerh and she 11. P. Wye depart from,
arrive at and use the same joint Union. Depot.
At Chicago.,close , connections are made with
the Lake Shore, Michigan Central; Baltimore k
Ohio, Ft. Wayne and Penney) is, and Chicago
& Grand Trunk Wye, and the Kankakee and Pan
Handle Boutel.
ggrClose connections made at Junction Points.
' It is the ONLY LINE ramming
Pullman Hotel. Dining Can
=limn
Chicago and Cauncil Bluffs.
Pullman flyovers on all Night _Trains.
Insiet npenTicket Agate selling you Tickets
Min this rusiE.•: Examine your Tickets. and realm
•tb_ buy if tberdo not read over the Chicago &
North-Western Railway.
If you :fah the Best Traveling Accommods-
Alone you will buy your Tickets b this route,
tirAND WILL TAKE "NONE OTI
An Ticket Agents sell Tickets by this - Line.
KAMEN( IiIIGIIITT, 24 Yik.k.Ben•Wsneff." --- -
spr7 • Chicago.
LIVERY, STABLING, .
. •
Editing, Caftinge-iling
and
•
Seneca Arnold
Having leased his farm ;in _Warren,
has located in the above
branches of ;Nisi
.
ness, on .
FRONT ST., BELOW BRIDGE,
Towaiisldlat, .Pa.
HE HAS STABLECO FOR 40 HORSES:
For use of stalls..s cents. each. Also. Horses
and Carriages for hire. ,
Rlacksmithing in all its branches, promptly
done. Horse Shoeing a specialty.
Carriages Ilanuriotured and Repaired. If you
want anything in the above line call on
SENECA ARNOLD.
April 224 f " •
DIRS. 4: B. WHITNEY,
FASHIONABLE
111ICILLIZOI ER,
DRESS-FITTER &DRESSMAKER
ALSO AGENT. FOE THE
Domestic Perfect:Fitting Patterns
No. 3 Bridge St., Towanda.
Stock entirely new and freak from the city; ao
old goods in stock.
Ckiods and work tuisurpaased either in styles
or make up. oet2S.ly
HUMPHREY.BROS, & TRACY,
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in all kinds of
KEN'S, BOYS. WOMEN'S. KISSES, AND CHILDREN'S
Boots, ShOk-Rubbershq
CORNER MAIN AND ELIZABETH STREETS,
MiSi
SPECIAL A I42IOI INCENM
JAMES M'CABE
sus matovatius anocpty Butaxas
TU lount-BASF coma - ow
.314
'ND BRIDGE sums, minx
Head Quartev a
FOR M0T1711120 IN . THE LR OF
MUM, MUM,
CASH PAID for Desizable N s .
dues. Fine BUTTiR and Baas
a specialty.
EVERY QUALITY op
CARDS,
JOB PRINTING
Yon need not Die to Win
MML ENDOWM
Yon receive one-half of your mama Di
cording to the American Life Table, whe
thirds of your life expectancyls finish(
illustration. a man or woman _pining the
dation at 36 years of age taking a.certitest
12.500, receives $1,275 wheri a Utile over US
of age. ezaitly the period in. life when r
financial help Is generally more needed
any other time.
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTU
AU work in hie line done well and promyi
lowest price.
Parties having volumes incomplete will'
nis). 4 with any missing numbers at cost pt.
orders given to J. J. &wan, .Agent
rd County will be promptly aerated or
ig to directions. . lep94
2D5
THE- MOST SUCCESSFUL REBEDY ever
covered, as it is certain in Ha effects EA
not blister. Also excellent for borax
BUD PROOF. BELOW.
FROM COL L T. FOSTER.
Youngstown. Ohio, May 10th, 1881
Dn. B. J. Ezzrom.z. & Co:—I had a very'
ble Hamtdetoulan colt which I prized Teri
ly. be bad a large bone sparin on one join;
a small one on the other which made him
lame; I had him under the charge of two ve
nary surgeons which felled to cure him. 1
one day reading the advertisement of Yea
Elnavitt Cure in the Chicago Express. I date
id at Once to i t , and got our druggist
to send for y ordered three bottles 7
them all and ought I would give it a
trial. I used it according to directions
Puyth! l lay colt ceased to be lame.
lumps hails disappeared. I used but gee
and the colts limbs are as free from LIM
as smooth as any home In the state. U
tirely cured. Ths cure was so ramstkabl
I let two of my neighbors have the •
two bottles, who are now 'nitwit,.
Kettda eiPaViD.
ON HUMAN FLESH.
Patten's Mills. Wash'ton co., N.Y.. Feb.21;61.
Di. B. J. KCIIDALL, Dear Sir:—The par
case on which I usedyour Kendall's Spar
was a malignant ankle sprain of Wiwi'
standing. I had tried many things, but i
Your Spavin Cure put" the foot to the V
again, and for the first time since hurt.
natural position. For a family liniment ,
cola anything we ever Used.
Yours truly..
REF. R. P . BELL.
Pastor of M. E. Church, Pattens
Price $l, per bottle, or sir bottles for S.
Druggists. have it or QUI get it fer you, of
be sent to say address on receipt of price
proprietors, DR. D. J. KENDALL k CO,
burgh Falls. Vt. Sold at
Dr. H. C. Porter's Ding Roth
july2B-81.
rrc.)wANDA., PA.L
RE HAS EMBLISIIIrD
- ,&c., &c.
WE KEEP IN STOCK
ENVELOPES,
NOTEEM9,
IM'TTERHEADB,
STATEMENTB,
=I
&c.; &c.,
D WILL DO ALL KIND. Sfil"
; AT SHORT NOTICE.
IN THE
AND
CIOIINT ASSOCIATION
Of Bath, N. Y.L
BLADES k
General Agents for
AD
OOK BINDER,
PAPER RULER, LT
fred Purvi
No. 131 cknessee street,
UTICA, N. Y
AU.'
Very ILeepectrially,
L. T. FOSTER.
TOWADIDA. PA
IEI
April 29 iy