NGBN€BI PTIOS BATES: Per year, in •* Otherwise * w No subscription will be discontinue! until *ll arrears;ex are paid. neglecting to notifv us when BubecmSra do not take out their paper, will be Held liable for the subscription. sumwribers removing from one postoffice to another ahould give us the name of the former as well as the present office. All communications intended for P a Wjc*tkr> n this paper must be accompanied by the™ namo of the writer, not for publication but as 1 leath'noticee must be accompa nied by a responsible name. Address BWT I.*R CITIIKM, BCJTLER. PA. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Jury List tor June Term. List of Jurors drawn for the June Term of Court, commencing the Third Monday, A. I. 1882. W C Allen, Parker twp. Richard Allen, Cranteiry twp Joseph Beck, Summit twp Oliver Bovard, Cherry twp S L Cheetmau, Muddyereek twp Edward Cbantler, Clinton twp YVtn Catutbers, Clay twp Isaiah Collins, Parker twp John Cart, Cherry twp Jacob Dcrsbimcr, Uutler twp E G Duucan, Conncquenessing twp George Davison, Centre twp K N Emery, Concord twp William Forqucr, Washington twp Thomas Fleming, Concord twp Ca«i er Freellng, Wintteld twp W J Gilkey, Adams twp A B Glldcreleeve, Mercer twp William Gold, Clay twp Thomas Gray, Connoquencseiug twp Samuel G r ' er, Clay twp Albert Ilickey, Middlesex twp William Kelly. Butler twp Ellas W Kirk, Butler twp James L> Lytic, Jackson twp George Lcbler, Butler twp Henry Lan<:hen.t, Adau'S twp Frederick Miller, Lancaster twp Michael Measel, Lancaster twp Jaiues McLaughlin, Mercer twp John MeNamara, Parker twp J C P;irk, Mercer twp Peter Piatt, Donegal twp Samuel Rufsell, Concord twp James B Rodger?, Clearfield twp William Slator, Summit twp James A Stewart, Franklin twp Owen Thomas, Phrker twp Jonathan Taylor, Slipperyrock twp Joseph Wilson, Peun twp J C William*, Allegheny twp drainer Wilson. Middlesex twp Lewis 8 Wbittnire, Oukiand twp James Wbitesidea, Middlesex twp Jury List for June Terin. List of Grand Jurors drown lor the June Teim ol Court commencing the First Monday, A. D , 18*2 Baiiey Samuel B, MldJieecx tp, farmer. Caldwell Wm, Butler tp, farmer. Cowan Charles, Forward tp, lamer. Cooveit Morris, Muddjcreek tp, farmer. Ccch ran W S, Jctlerfou tp, tarmer. Durntll John, Allegheny tp, farmer. Flick Henry. Middlesex tp, fanner. Frederick PA, Millerstown boro, wagon maker. Graham Eli, Jellerson tp, farmer. Gold R J, Clay tp, farmer. Ilolstein Philip, Clay rp, larmer. Hays E W, Peun tp, farmer. Kaufold Henry, Jetfeison tp, farmer. Maurbofl Geo, Saxonburg boro, merchant. McCoy W P Worth tp, larmer. Maxwell J W, Worth tp, tanner. McFudJcn Jamoa, Mercer tp, farmer. Or born W S, Petin tp, larmer. Park David, Sandy Hill, Middlesex tp, farmer Porter Wm, Cherry tp, farmer. Kauder Peter, Forward tp, farmer Thompson A K, Snnbury boro, lam er. Wasson James B, Parker tp. producer. Zinierly John, Jackson tp, W., carpenter. Traverse Jurors. List of Traverse Jurors drawn for tbe June TermofCouit commencing the Second Mon day A. D., 1882 Alien Nichol, Cranbery tp, farmer. Allen Stephen, Jackson tp, W., farmer. Barr John, AdatLS tp, farmer. Barnes A H, Slipperyrock tp, farmer. Christy M G, Washington tp, farmer. Croes L D, Allegheny tp, farmer. Crider Jacob, Cranberry tp, faimer. Conn Robert, Clay tp, former. Clutton John, Bwdy tp, merchant. Dillaman Henry, Brad) tp, farmer. Dan bene peck W.R, Parker tp, farmer, Dunbar Caison, Middlesex ip, faimer. Daubenspeck W L, Washington tp, farmer. Dunbar Sol. Forward tp, farmer. Doutbett Alex, Penn tp, farmer. Frederick Jacob. Millerstown, blacksmith. Goehring W A, Cranberiy, farmer. Gillespie Michael, Donegal tp, farmer. Hutchinson J M, Oakland tp, farmer. Hopkins W K. Falrview, pumper. Hale i R, Brady tp, farmer. Hindman A 8, Concord tp, tarracr. llartaog George, Juukson tp, farmer. Jamison W P, Fuirv'.ew, farmer. Jamison G M, Fa rview, farmer. Kelly Daniel, Slipperyrock tp. farmer. Kornlfcltcr Joseph, Saxonburg, landlord. Keraerer G D, JTairview, larmer. Lytic Joseph, Jackson tp, olerk. iltfclle Samuel, Middlesex tp, farmer. Loj ton Wm, Venango tp, farmer. Mil'er John, Cifarfleld Ip, farmer. MiGte George, Br, Muddyereek tp. farmer. Moritz J S, Lancaster tp, laborer. MiCa licit) James, Buflalo ip, produce deaKr. Mai tin Chris, Venango tp, farmer, McDevitt Nea", Clay tp, tanner. Morrow W J H,.Worth tp, farmer. M< Kee W P, Allegheny tp. farmer. Niblock Jacob, Connoquenetslng tp, farmer. P.ookenstcin Casper, Butliir boro, merchant. Tltflbllu S W, Clay ip, farmer. A W, Karns City, carpenter. Watson J A. Bullalo tp, farmer. Whltmire liar; er, Centre tp, farmer. Wolf'ord John, Slipperyrock tp, farmer. Cruwl M L. Biady tp, farmer. Conway Jchn M, Cberry tp, farmer. We. the underpinned, biyb Sheriff and Jury Commissioners ol Butler county, Pa., do certlly to the above lists, drawn for the June Term of Court, A. D, 1888, as being true and correct to the best ol our knowledge and belief. THOMAS J>ONAGHY, Sheriff. Hvou mocker j Jury Coinni , rg- Attest: Gpp. B. McU*ps ~~ Road Reports. Notice is hereby given that the following Boad Reports have been confirmed Ni«iby the Court and will be presented on Wednesday. June 7, A. D. 1882. If no exceptions are filed they will be confirmed absolutely. No. 3 Decemlier Term 1881. An amended petition of citi«:ns of Summit township, for a road to lead from a point on the Freeoort and Butler road, at or near the mouth of Ltndsey s Jaije. in Sumujit toynship, fo a point on to* Butler ana Herman Station road, on the lands of Mrs. Nancy Breaden, in Summit township. No. 4 December Term 1881. Petition of citi zens of Marion township, for a road to lead from the Anandale and Harrisville road, at or near the crowing of the S. & A. R. R., on the farm of Wm. G. Smith, to a point on the Butler and Franklin road, near the crossing of the S. A A. R. R., called Bycr's crossing, near the station in Marion township- No. 5 December Term 188 L Private roftd in Concord township, to lead from the duelling bfMfrUberC<M»pMl,ip<*M .ftp yoad leading from Sunbury toMcGrath s Milld, in said county, called MeGrath'a Mill ro#4. No. 6 December Term 1881. A public road in Adams and Middlesex townships, to vacate chance an*supply, beginning at a point on the Three Degree road, at or near where the line, between lands of James Perry and Edward List intersects said road in Adams township, to a point on what is known as the Five Degree road, at or near where tbe line between lands of R. Cowan and John Thompson, intersects with said Five Degree road. W. B. Poppfi. Clerk Q. S. jfOTiPE IN piyOßpE. In the matter of tbe application of Joanna F, Postman for divorce a vinculo nuunhtontl fron her husband Charles Postman, Common Pleas of Butler county, Pa., A. P. Bfo. 8 pec. Term IHI, To Charles Postman respopdent.»-Wherefn a subjxßna and an alias suopama in the above stated case have been returned K. f. I. Now this is to require you to be and appear in you I proper person before said Court on the lsl Monday of June Term next A. P. 1882, beinjj the sth day of said month, to answer to said complaint, and to show cause If any you hav» why the prayer thereof should not be granted } THOMAS DONAGHY ap24-4t Sheriff. Old' Established Carriage Faptory ]S§TA£LIB!MJ> 183tf.] Bpring Wagons and Buggies in stock ant made to order or all styles and description Qurwoikis of tfic best and latest style, wel made and finely finisbtiL We give special »t Euiiop' to rpj'airipg, baiptlntr ftfid yturtnlpe When in wapt ol anything In opt Hue we o>l you to call and examine our »toc| t, LOyDJS> A PARK, Duijuesne Way, between Sixth and Seventh sireeis, above Su«pention Bridge Pittsburgh, Pa. aps,3m iwk in vourown town. Terms and $i >DO ( , u ttit free. Address H. Hallktt ft Co Portland, Maine. w«a»,iy VOL. XIX LEGAL A D VER TISEMENTS. = SOTICET Notice 19 hereby given that J. R. Johnson, assignee of flick A Albert has tiled his hnal account in the office of the Protbonotary ot the Court of Common Fleas of Butler Co. at M s. D No. IR, September term, 1880, anil that the same will be presented to the said court for con firmation and allowance on Weduesday, the 21st. day Jnne 1882. M. N. GKEEK, PUO. office, May 20, 188*2. XOTICE. Notice is hereby given thafW'tn. Barker and Jol n T. Martin, Assignees ol M. N. Greer, have tiled their tlnal nccouut in ihe office of the Protbonotary, ot the Court of Common Fleas of Butler County, at M. I). No. 10 March Term, 18S0, and that the fame wiil be presented to the said Court for confirmation and allowance on Wednesday the 7th day of June, A. D. lhS^. M. N. GREEK, Protbonotary. Prothonotary's office, May Bth, 1882. X«TIC£. Notice is hereby given that George 11. Gra ham, Committee ol Elizabeth McCieary, a luna tic, has tiled his final account in the • lace ol the Frolbonotarv ol the Court of Common ol Butler Couu ty, at C. F. No. l-»>, Jan uary Term, IS" J, and I lie same will be present ed to the said Court, for confirmation and al lowance on Wednesday the 7th day of June, list#. M. N. GREER, Frothonoury. Prothonotary's Office, May Bth, 1882. Estate of JnmcH McGill. [LATE OF CHER T TOWNSHIP, DEC D. Letters testamentary on the estate of James McGill, dee'd, lale of Cherry township, Butler county. Fa., having been granted to the under signed, all persons knonning themselves indebt ed to eaid estate will please make immediate payment and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated for payment. _ „ , J D. STEPHENSON, Ex'r. Slipperyrock P. 0., Butler county, Pa. Estate of Coura«l Wieli. Notice is hereby given that le'ters of Admin istration. with the will annexed, have been granted the undersigned on the estato of Con rad Wich, late of Connoquonessing township, Butler county, deceased. All persons therefore owing said estate will please make lnuneditte payment, and all having claims against the san.o will present them, properly authenticated, to the undersigned for settlement. LEONARD WICH. Administrator EutlerP. O. Bntler county, Pa, Estate of* Win. G. Shorts. Letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of W illl.»tu G. Shorts, deceased, late of Connoquencssiiig twp., Butler county, Pa., all persons knowing thcai selves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment, and any having claims nuaiust the same will present them duly authen ticated for payment. T. P. SiIORTS, Ex'r. Connoquunessitig F. 0., Butler Co., Fa. liu Estate of William Fleming. (LATE OF BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, DEC'D.) Letters of adminUtratiou having been granted to the undersigned on the estate cf Wm. Flem ing, deceased, late of Bufljlo township, liutler couulv, Fa., all persons knowing themselves Indebted 'o said estate will pi- ase make pay ment, and those having c!aim& against t! e same wilt present them duly autheniieiied for settlement. EDWARD S. FLEMING, ) R. M. 11 AH BISON ■ J Adiu'rs. Sarversville P. 0.. Butler county, fa. Estate ot Flillip Melvin. [I. ATE OF MUPDYCLLEEK TWP., PEC'tl ] Letters testamentary on the estate of JPhiilip Melvln, dee'd., late of Muddy creek twp , Butlei ppunly, P# , having been granted to the unde signed, all persons kuowiug themselves indibl ed to said cet:ite will pleaep mafcc immediate payment, and auy having, claims against eaid e»ute will present them duly authenticated for settlement. Y;V""S: Portersvllle F. O , Butler county, Fa. Estate of Basanuah Millison. (LATE OF MUDDVCBEEK TWP . DEC'D") . Letters testamentary on the estate of Susan nab Millisqn. dao'4-, lite of Muddycreek twp. Butler county, Pa., having Veen granted to the undersigned, all persons Unovfning themselves indebted to said estate will please make immed iate payment and any having claims against the same will present them dnly authenticated for payment. JAMES MORBJSON, Ex'r. Middle Lancaster, Butler county, Pa. " Estate of John H. Hays. (L*TE OF FBASKU* TWP., DEC'D.) Letters of administration on the estate of John K. Hays, dee'd. late of Franklin twp.. But ler county, Pa., having been granted to the un dersigned, all persons knowing themselves in debted to said estate will please make immediate payment and any having claims against the same will preeeut them duly authenticated for Moment. r J. PARS HAYS, Adm'r, Prospept, Butler county, P». Estate ol Alice Dougan. (LiTE OF OAKLAND TWP., DEC'D. Letters testamentary with the will annexed, having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Alice Dougan, dee'd, lato cf Oal land twp , Butler, Pa., all persons knowing them selves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment, and any having claims against the same will present them duly authen ticated for settlement. tEANop DOUGAN, Adm'x. Joe P. 0., Butler couuty, Pa. Estate of Adam Albert. Letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Adam Al bert, dee'd., late of Franklin twp., Butler Co., Fa . all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will plea.se make naymcnt and any having claims against the same will present tliem duly authenticated for payment. H. 11. GALLAGHER Adm'r. Box 895, pqtler, Pa, Estate of Harriet Hays. (LATE OF COKKOQUBKESSIKO twp., dee'd.) Letters testamentary on the estate of Harri et Hays, dee'd, late of Conno<juenessing twp., Butler County, Pa., having been granted to the undersigned, all persons knowing them selves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment and any having claims against satfl estate will present them duly au- for payment. • ROHKKT 6). Havs, 1 p v ,_„ XASfESf S. HAfS, ] i rH - WhHestown P. Q. t Bmler Co. Pa. Administrator's Kale. In persuance of an order of the Orphans' Court, of Butler county, made the 15th day of May. A. D-, 1882, the undersigned will offer at public sale, on the premises, on Thursday, thu Bth day of Jnne, A. D-, 1882, at 2 o'clock. P. M., all the undivided one-half interest of Elizabeth Hoguo, dee'd, of and in the following described real estate, situate in Muddycreek township, Butler co'Bty, Fa, bounded on the north bj lienucdy. ft. al., eftst by Simon Stickle's heirs, iouth by Thomas iJlelaud, et. al. and *est bj sanie, containing fliree aiid line-half acres with allowance; frame house and stable thereon ereptpd. orchard sc. TEKMS flne-thifd on ponfinfiation of sale, remainder ip two eoiial annual iris'tallnen(|t witjj interest froiu that(Aite, to bp secured by bonp and mortgage. JAMEB W. Mt'OEAlty, ma.l7-it, Adnpustrittor. Administrator's Kale* In pursuance of au order of the Ortihami Court, of Butler county, niule »ho 15th day ol May, A. D. 1882, the undersigned will offer al public sale, on the premises, on Thursday, th« Bth day of June. A. D. 1882, at 2 o'clock. P. M. all the undivided one-half interest of Martin Hogne, dee d, of and in the following described real estate, situate in Muddycreek township Butler county, Pa., bounded on the north b, Kennedy et. al., eaut by fcimon Stickle's heirs' south by Thomas Cheland, et. el. and west bj same, containing three and ono-half acres will allowance; frame house and stable thereoi erect'si, orchard Ac. 1 'TERMS; One-tliird on con fir tuition of sale romunder in twoeoual annual installments will interest fi om that late, to fee *eoured' bf born and mortgage. JAME.S W. MCGEAKY, m(yl7-|t. ' Administrator- CT>A WEEK. 912 a day at home easily inadi 9'A'nstly Outfit free. Address I'm I & «'o Augusta, Maine. . inarsu.ly |sgTAdvertise in the CITIZEN. rri . Chills and Fover. ...J « » m Simmons Liver Rego- K| |i T ifk iPlk Kb lat«r«win breaks the Safji mmJP Chills ana carries Ilie ft-verout of the system. H '' cur, * s vrlien al > other remedies fail. 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BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 31, 1882. SELECT. _ THE SHAMS OF SOCIETY. N. Y. Oliserver.] "This world is all a fleeting show For man's delusion given." If I had any doubt on that subject, it was rudely dispelled by the receipt this evening by mail of a circular let ter. Of the shams and humbug, the hollow deceit and shabby tricks by which people try to pass for what they are not, I have seen as much as others; but my education and intercourse with the world bad not been so far extended as to brirtg me into acquaintance with a custom which "has long been prac ticed in the large cities of Europe," and is now to be introduced among the upper classes of the city of New York. If a man has money and nothing else, it is highly becoming and meri torious to use it in the entertainment of his friends. The Bible saith that "money answereth all things." It makes up for the want of brains and culture, and helps him who has it to be useful and agreeable. A rich and hospitable gentleman will, with virtue command the respect of his fellow-men, though his early education may have been neglected, and it is evident he was not "to the manner born." And it is now proposed to enable the stupid est of men and women to show that if "wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence," as the Bible saith, so money can buy wit, and the one who has the most of "filthy lucre" can have the most charming parties, with the most entertaining guests, and the wit and song and even the conversation shall be made by machine, at ten dol lars a head. But lam detaining you from the circular: [COPY.] NEW YORK, May, 1882. "Families, who are about giving re ceptions, dinner parties, or other en tertainments, will be gratified to know that persons, who will assist in mak ing these events pleasant and enjoy able, can be obtained through the medium of The Bureau. These persons will not be professionals, but parties of culture and refinement, who will appear well, dress elegantly and mingle with the guests, while able and willing to play, sing, converse fluently, tell a good story, give a recitation or anything that will help to make an evening pass quickly and pleasantly. "The Bureau does not claim any originality in this plan, but simply complies with the increasing demands of a large class of its patrons, in thus introducing a feature of the business that has long been practiced in the large cities of Europe. The attend ance of such persons, young or old, male or female, can be had for the sum of $lO per evening each.- We will guarantee them to be strictly honest aud desirable persons. Respectfully yours." I must confess to a slight sense of wounded pride on receiving this pro posal, having never felt the need of such hired help at the dinner table or evening sociable. The circular is cer tainly intended only for the rich and stupid. lam not rich, and it humili ates me to know that this Bureau thinks me stupid, and sends this inti mation that for ten dollars they will send a man to dine with me who can tell a good story. I had read in the Bible and other Oriental writings of the practice of hiring mourners at funerals, whose weeping and wailing are in proportion to the price paid for their cries and tears; but it had never reached me before that, in any market or country, professional wits .vere to be let, who are introduced to the company as friends of the host, and are to be amus ing at so much an hour. It is the misfortune of some men who are gifted with the faculty of telling entertaining stories to be 'invited out' for the sake of their powers, and the host would be grievously disappointed if the wit did not pay for his dinner by doing his level best. Mr. Clark, of tfoe Knick erbocker Magmme, was one of these amusing gentlemen greatly in demand. At a fashionable party, he was behav ing himself with the quiet demeanor of a gentleman, when he was suddenly confounded by the approach of a ser vant, who said, 'Mrs. Stuckup's com pliments to Mr. Clark, and won't he please to begin to be funny.' Now, Falstaff was rigbt whpu hp said, 'lf reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.' And no wit can be sum moned to order. And what man can with malice pre pense or with forced amiability pro duce entertainment at so much a yard? There was a time—for aught I know it may be so now—when |ings professional jesters, clowns, fools, dwarfs and oddities of all sorts to amuse them and their guests, which is certainly a better dish to set before a king or for a king to set before his trenebmen than the fights of beasts and men which made a Roman holiday. When British ladies aud gentlemen were seen dancing, the native Chinese gentry expressed surprise that they suould p'lt themselves to GO pinch physical Inconvenience for pleasure, and said : 'We baye our servants to dance for us.' The daughter of Jferodijis tlaucpd bpfqre Jlprod a"tf pleased ldw, and the murder of John the Baptist followed, his venerable head being the price which the sensual regent paid for the evening's entertainment. But a danc ing girl before a prince, or a chorus of men singers and women singers such as the king in Jerusalem got for his amusement, was something quite other than this proposition made to me bv letter seems to luiugine for a moment my adcfedfifg to ih'e offer and availing myself of the opportunity to engage for the very moderate sum of fifty dollars five professional amusers 'parties of culture and refinement, 1 'elegantly dr«isscd'—who cotue to my comfortably filled with the soft of people who are apt to be here at an evening oompany. These ten dollar amusers are to 'play,' 'sing,' 'converse fluently,' 'tell a good story,' 'give a recitation,' 'or anythiug that will help to make an evening pass quickly and I pleasantly.' They are a£t to be known as hired performers, but are tc be in troduced as friends of mine, under such name as they choose to assume i for the occasion. How much 'culture' or 'refinement' I could I have to jilay such a trick on my friends, and how much could I these actors have who would go about town to perform in the dis guise of gentlemen and ladies! It ! is becoming and is not unusual to in vite the services of singers and play i ers on instruments to add to the j pleasures of an evening, and it is per fectly proper to pay them ; but this is quite another thing from passing off a stranger as a friend whose ac quaintance your guests are supposed to be makiug, while he is only earning his wages by singing a SODS or telling a story. The letter I have received very kindly offers to guarantee the hones ty of these amusement-makers. That is something. They might slip the spoons into their pockets, or make a mistake in getting off with an over coat So we are given the assurance that they will not steal; and so far, so good." That is the only thing about the business that does not savor of sham, shoddy and snobbery. But it is a part and parcel ot mod ern 'society,' and is a natural out growth of those conditions pre vail where the possession of wealth is a passport to association with what is called the best circles. Ca terers will furnish guests as well as supper, and the man who has struck oil has smoothed his way into places that were hitherto inaccessible. Once in, and the caterer will do for him what is needed to make his receptions brilliant and agreeable. The wit of ages may be committed to memory. The pleasantest stories that ever were made shall be ready at his word, for he has only to give the order and the bureau will produce a trained band of performers who will astonish the natives, and make them say, 'what a splendid set of friends our neighbor draws about him !' It is all sham and pretence. Good sense condemns it as week and fool ish. Religion rejects it as a part of that great system of hypocrisy and lies by which poor human nature is always trying to appear something it is not. The lack of early culture will never be supplied by artificial helps in after years. Manners are of great value, but conventional manners, the mere forms which society has adopted by general consent, are of very little account, whore kindness, virtue and common sense rule the conversation. The Apoßtle taught courtesy as a virtue. Children should learn it from the example and pre cepts of their parents. To be agree able to others is a duty, and it cer tainly is a pleasure And the family endowed with the ordinary gifts of education and sense, will not be at loss to make their friends enjoy their hospitalities, without put ting themselves to the trouble of calling in the hirelings of the bureau, elegantly dressed, able to tell a good story ( and warranted not to steal. IHEN'.KUS. A Treineiulous Upliearal. One of the strangest and most re markable incidents we have ever chron icled occured near this city on the Bth of May. Seven miles below the city the river suddenly widens, forming a circle, and flows out into a narrow stream, between high mountains Mountains rise on all sides of it arid the depth of the stream in the eddy is known to be from GO to 75 feet, while the river at both ends is not over 20 feet deep. It appear to be a tremend ous basin in the mountains, twenty acres in area, and its surface conforma tion is such that the water flows when it first enters in an opposite direction from the current of the main stream, finallv encircles the basin and flows in the circular current down the center. Ou Monday, the Btb, while a man named Lawsoq was aear that point, he saw the entire body of water in the basin uplifted, as if by volcanic force, to a heigth of six or eight feet, and as soon as it settled, the sediment that had accumulated at the bottom arose to the surface, as if thrown up by an explosion, and was carried off. Law son, when the water arose, became terrified and screamed to a Mr. Baxter, who li vpd The latter rushed to his door, heard the roaring of the waters, and saw that they were great ly disturbed, and the mass of vegetable matter floating off. Gentlemen of re liability also state that they saw the debris and vegetation floating down the stream soon after the incident wit nessed by Mr. Lawson occurred, so there is scarcely a of the truth of the phenomenon.— Chat lanuoya Time«. His Memory Failed Him. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, was a natural orator. "When called out by some immediate exigency," says Mr. Robert C. VVinthrop, "no orator of our land or of our ajje was more impressive or more powerful." He was not a stu dent, nor even a general and ; seldom quoted other men's words. He I even bluhdered over the most familiar ' quotations from Shakespeare, a fact of whiph \lr. gives two illus- UatiQRG; The late Geo. Kvans, of Maine, used to tell more than one amusing story of Mr. Clay's efforts in this line. "What is it," said Clay to him one day. "that Shakespeare says about a | rose smelling as sweet? Write me ! down those lines, and be sure to get ! them exactly right, and let them be in a large legible hand." And so Mr. j y\a kuewoiy at Clay's request by a re sort to the Congressional Library, and having laid the lines in plain, bold let ters on Mr. Clay's desk, — What's in a name? that which we o&H a rose, Bv any othor minx,, siuell 49 s>yeet. awaited the result 's tbe great statesman approached that part of his speech lu which he was to apply them, there was an evi dent embarassmeut. He fumbled over his notes for a while, then irrasped the little copy with a convulsive effort, and ejaculated in despai^— "> T rosg wiil siuell the same, call it what you will." The Art of liaising Helous, X. Y. Independent.] It is no art at all to raise them in a warm climate, on a sandy soil, well manured; but how shall they be pro cured, large and sweet, when the con ditions are quite different. In large sections of this state the idea of raising watermelons and muskmelons, worth the effort to obtain them, has been abandoned as a practical impossibility; and yet these luxuries are all the time within easy reach by those who want them. Iu Central New York such ideas have long prevailed, as, also, until very recently, that the thought of raising Lima beans, or okra, or the egg plant successfully must be abandoned ; and so many of the fiuer grapes that might be secured are not even sought at all by multitudes, because of the false persuasion that they are, however desirable in themselves, yet unattaina ble, in our peculiar circumstances, by us. The soil, it is said, is too tough, or sour, the air too raw, and the frosts, early and late, too severe. But the writer has regularly, every year, an abundance of sweet, ripe grapes, of many sorts—purple, black, red and white—ready at hand in September. And large and luscious melons he is just as sure of obtaiuing, in any quan tity desired, from the last of August to the last of October, as he is any other fruits of the garden, and by but moderate effort and care. Our soil is a str ng clay, which bakes readily, under atmospheric con ditions which often prevail here, into lumps, little and big; and so is not friable and powdery enough to meet the needs of the finer vegetable growths. Scores of loads of sand to the acre would be worth as much to our rich farm-lands and gardens as would be so much manure to poorer land, by way of loosening the soil for the easier growth of the roots of vines, flowers and trees, that demand great freedom of motion underground ; and, if this condition of successful growth be not furnished, its absence will inevitably cause them to be stinted and even, it may be, to wilt and die. Let him who would raise in our climate superior melons or roses, or the finer flowers and vegetables of any kind, or such trees that are now exotics among us—as walnuts and chestnuts and the rarer firs—take special pains to put a plenty of sandy loam into his soil, if exhausted ; or, if rich, of sand alone. The writer's way of raising delicious watermelons and muskmelons every year is easily described. He keeps a pile of sand always near his baru, replenishing it regularly each year, late in the fall or early in the spring, so as to have it always ready when wanted. Early in May he pre pares a good sized pile of mingled sand and well rotted manure, half and half, as his capital for work, in producing desired horticultural results, whether for the eye or the mouth. The time here for planting melon seeds is be tween the 15th and 20th of May. Prepare your hills (so-called, but thev should not bo above the rest of the soil), eight feet apart each way, by spreading into the soil three or four good shovelfuls of the mixture of sand and manure, already described, ming liug this compost, half and half, with as much of the soil for tho space of about three feet square. A dozen such hiils will furnish a sufficiency of tine melons, of either kind, for a good-sized family. Watermelons and muskmelons may be planted side by side and will not mix or modify one another at all Squashes or cucumbers must bo, how ever, curefully grown at a good dis tance from them, and be, in respect to prevailing winds, put on the leeward sidr. Four or five seeds in a hill (in the form of a quincunx is as good as any way) will suffice. The watermelons most sure to ripen in our climate are the Black Spanish and the Orange. Theso will be ready for qsp, ripe and sweet, late iu August or early in September, and last about a mouth upoii the viues. The pleasure of eating them may be prolonged through another month by a second planting of seeds, in other hills, two or three weeks after the first planting —say about June sth or Bth. There are large and somewhat richer water-: melons (raised for market on Long Jsland and in New Jersey and striped), that mature more slowly than those named. They may be secured and ripened ful ly here, and be enjoyed to the full by be ing planted by May Ist or sth, in little flower-pots, a siugle seed in a pot, aud kept in the house until the latter part of the month, and transferred to tho garden when thp eay-th is sufficiently Warm. Those later watermelons the writer has had, and stored for continued use, year after year, up to the end of November, and even to Christmas, having them on the table every day, as a refreshing addition to the dinner, through all that period of the year. Muskmelons, while of richer sweet ness than watermelons, ripen SQ early and so much at ORP titpp us to be gone jn three or weeks ; but tho enjoy ment of these also may be prolonged b,y successive plantings of seed. A little skill and watchful diligence will brintf vwy satisfactory results here to any ono that will take the pains to ex ercise them. The directions given already are complete for raising melons. Now, to guard them from being destroyed, al most as soon as they appear above the surface, by devouring insects, certain precautions must be carefully taken. The writer bad many years ago. \ou boxes prepared of thii> \yood half an t£:c.W), 15 inches square, open »t both ends, and 10 inches wide. These he covered with millinet, making it firm with tape and tacks. You can buy millinet of different colors—hi to, blue and black These bo*es he values Jn their place, like his garden-tools themselves iu theirs, and uses them always for melons and cucumbers and squashes, of all of which plants bugs are specia ly fond. Blue millinet brings the plant's growth forward fastey the other colors, and The. e boxes serve W4U as a protection from V.Hgs and as a kind of small hot-bed for the plants that it covers. When he plants a hill of any of the vegetables mentioned, the writer puts one of these j boxes over the seeds in the hill, and j leaves them there until the plants press in their growth against the millinet with positiveuess. Thru he removes the boxes, and stores them awav (about June Ist or sth) for the next yeai's use. The melons are now nice ly .started and hare got a good consti tution for their future develjpment. But the bugs will attack them, per j ehauce, at once, with all their might; and, if not protected for a few days, they will be greatly injured, if not de stroyed. What further, then, must be done to make all your previous efl'jrts in the way of care and .-kill successful'! Very tiuoly-silted coal ashes, sprinkled thickly over the melon vines, will bear them safely through this critical peliod; but the writer has found salt peter (two tablespooufuls dissolved in a pad of water) both a means of ferti lizing the plants and of killing the bugs that iufest them. The bugs bur row into the ground it ar the plant at night, and the saltpeter kills them there, while also nourishing the plant, , being the nitrate of potassa. lie puts a pint of liquid saltpeter upou each hili, and never more than once or twice in a season Saltpeter-water is is equally valuable for young cabbage plants and cauliflowers as for melons and cucumbers and squashes. The writer makes it a rule to have on hand, every spring, for the uses indicated, , several pounds of saltpeter (which is cheap), as well as several loads of sand. Au abuidance of fine melous all sum mer long, and of cucumbers and cauli flowers, and of noble squashes and cab bage in the winter and early spring (kept crisp and fresh by be.ug veil buried in the grouud), are a full re ward for the little care and toil incurred in securing them. Benevolus. C*eorge I>. Promise's Wile. "Prentice came to me one day just after the beginning of the war,' said Robert Baird, a prominent citizen of Louisville, to an interviewer, 'and asrked me to go over to Walker's to take a drink, as he hid something of importance to tell ma. I went over with him and he said : 'A few days ago 1 was waited upon by a committee ot Confederates who made a proposi tion to give mo $250,000 for myself and my paper The proposition stag gered mo; it startled me. I told them to wait and I would consider it, 1 went home to my wife and told her. She listened to me in silence. 'lt means much to us,' said I, 'it meansrestand affluence the remainder of our days : with $250,000 we can go abroad and enjoy life.' I shall never forget her reply. She sprang into the middle of the room, clinched her hands till Lhc finger-nails drew blood, and with the look of a Pythones hiss i d out: 'Stick to your paper; stick to your principles ; stick to your country; don't let it go abroad that all the wealth of the Indies could move George I). Prentice a hair's breadth.' 'I never before,' continued Mr. Pren tice to me, 'felt so proud of my wife. To-day I told the committee I could nut ugree to the bargain.'—Louis ville Commercial. A It arc Speech. The Kilmarnock Standard publishes the following eloquent address: At a Burus banquet held recently in Mon treal a goodly number of chiels from the land of brose, kail and pattritich sat down to an enjoyable Canadian dinner, which was pronounced almost as good as the universal gruel diet in the Land of the Heather. Saudy McGrabe, a distinguished stranger, made the speech of the evening. After fortifying himself with some old Scotch, he cleared his throat, and on being pre sented by the chairman, who bad never s.'en or heard of him before, in a flat tering speech be said: "Leddies, gen tlemen, I'm awfu' prood o' the great honor an' respect ye show in Cunnada to ma countryman, Burns. I'm also prood to tell ye that in ivry land ye find Scotchman at the head o' affairs. Perhaps ye dinna ken it, but I'm a Scotchmau masel'. I'm only jist oot fra Glasca, an' owing to head winds and suaw only arrived vestormorn. As I said before, ye may not ken it, but I assure ye, Leddies an' gentlemen, that I'm a Scotchman masel', an' I'm awfu' prood o' the great honour and respect shown not only in Cunnada but the world over to ma countryman, 'Bobbie Burns.' Scotland is the laud o' sang, all the world has drawn its music frae Scotland and Italy, but maistlv frae Scotland. Ye see I'm awfu' prood o' Scotland, hut perhaps ye dinna ken that I'm a Scotchman masel' frae Glas oa, whar they speak the purest English in the warld, on' mony a man frae Glasca is taken to be an Englishman; but Pll no detain ye, sae here's the toast o' a' toasts, Ma' countryman, Burns.' " A Sure Sign. Every established local newspaper receive subscriptions from the largo cities, which puzzle the publishers, but which the N. Y. Time* lately ex plained as follows : "A wholesale mer chant in this city, who had become rich at the business, says his rule is, that when he sells a bill of goods on credit, to immediately subscribe for the local newspaper of his debtor. So long as his customer advertises liberal ly and vigorously, he rested, but as soon as he began to contract his adver tising space, he took tho fact as evi dence that thore was trouble ahead, and iuvaribly went for tho debtor." St\id be i "The man who is too poor to make his business kuown is to poor t« do business." The withdrawal of an advertisement is an evidence of weakness that business K»en are not slow to act upon. Don't Die in I lie House. Ask druggists for 'Rough on Rats.' It clears out rats, mice, bedbugs, roaches, vermin, flies, ants, insects. Isc. per box. A a English bishop querulously re marked to his servant ihat he was dying. 'Well, my lord,' said the good fellow, 'You arc going to a better place.' 'John,' replied the pre late, with an air of conviction, there is no place like old England !' Advertise in the (Jii'iztN. ADVEBTIBIXG HATES, One square, one insertion, fl; each subse quent insertion. 50 cento. Yearly advertisen ei U exceeding one-fourth of a column, f6 ] er incfa, , ripure wort doul le tliene rate*; additional charges where wee ily or ninthly changes ar« made. Local adve.-tiwmcnfs 10 cents per tini for fii>t insertion, 4.nd 0 cents per iine for each additional u;.««rtian. Matriagcs and deatlis pub !:«'•< il fr«i» <x charge. Ot.itmry notice? charged if s !v< ! m, ami payable when banded in Auditors' Notices, *1: Executors' and Adminis : raters' Notices. $3 each; Estray, Caution an 4 Dissolution Noticca.net exceeding ten lines, bach. From the fact thut the Citizek is 'he oldest established and most extensively circulated Re publican newspaper in Uctler county, (a He put dean county) il raut-t be apparent to business tnan that it is the medium tliey should utfl in advertising their business. NO. -28 He Kxplii iied IVlint lie Would I>». It was in the smoking car on the New \ ork Central. There was one chap who was blustering and telling ol how many duels he had fought, and behind him sai a small man reading a magazine. 'Sir!' said the big man, as he wheeled around, 'what would you do if challeng ed?' 'Refuse,' was the quiet replv. "AL! I thought as much Refuse and be branded as a coward! What if a gentleman oflered you the choice of a duel or a public horse-whipping—then what?' 'l'd take the whipping.' 'Ah—l thought so— thought so from the 'oiks of you. Suppose, sir, yon had foully slandered me?' 'I never slauder.' 'Then, sir, suppose I had cooly and deliberatly insulted you; what would you do?' 'l'd rise up this way, put down my book this way, and reach over like this and take him by the uose as I take you, and give it a three-quarter twist—-just so!' When the little man let go of the big man's nose, the man with the white hat on began to cruch down to get away from the bullets, but there was no shooting. The big man turned red —then pale, then looked the little man over and remarked: 'Certainly—of course—that's it ex actly!' And then the conversation turned on the general prosperity of the coun try.— Detroit Free Press Peruna is the greatest and best rem edy I have ever used. Am well, •las. Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh Pa. It is said that the Australian colonies are the richest, per capita, in the world. Among their possessions are 80,000,000 sheep, to a population of only 0,000,000 souls. Ginghams will be the style this summer for school girls and bouse wear. There are many haudsome pat terns, and when nicely made up are pronounced 'just lovely.' Not a drink, not sold in bar-rooms, but a reliable non-alcoholic tonic medicine, useful at all times, and in all seasons, is Brown's Iron Bitters. She decorated her room with bric-a brac and pictures, and perched her husband's photo on the topmost nail. Than sat down to admire her work, and blissfully remarked : "Now every thing is lovely, and the goose hangs high.' In a Western city a new hotel was recently opened. The barroom was gorgeous in barroom mgnificence, and when it was completed the privilege of taking the first drink was deemed so desirable that twenty dollars was offered and payed for it. The center of population in the United States in 1790 was on the eastern shore of Maryland, about 22 miles from Baltimore and near the 39 parellel of latitude. Now it is near the village of Taylorsville, in Ken tucky, about eight miles by south of Cincinnati. 'Westward the Star ot Empire makes its way.' The Cambria Iron Company at Johnstown Pa., owns over 50,000 acres of land, and the main buildings alone of their plant, if set in a straight line, would make a continuous build ing 3,340 feet long. Then they own the Gautier steel works besides, whicb cover about six acres, have at Johns town and Connellsviile 620 ovens, and make their own coke. Our lawyers, merchants, bankers and business men generally, are warn ed to beware of a sleek-tongued old gentleman of the Celtic race, who is going around taking orders for a * State gazetteer or neigborhood puff book. Those in the vicinity already caught, can warn their neighbors and friends. Thi3 one does not make war on the farmers. If you are deaf, ears run, and have catarrh, take Peruna. I have tried it. C. D. Wiley, Houghton, Pa. John Quincy Adams, in bis long ser vice in Congress, was never known to be late. One day the clock struck, and a member said to the Speaker: 'lt is time to call the House to order.' 'No,' said the Speaker. 'Mr. Adams is not in his seat yet' At this moment Mr. Adams appeared. He was punc tual, but the clock was three minutes fast. A village schoolmaster, examining a reading class, asked the head of the class, 'What is artificial manure?' 'Don't kuow,' said he, and the same reply was given by four other boys ; but a precocious youngster not in his teens, was equal to the occasion, and said, 'Please sir. it's the stuff they grow artificial flowers in.' 'Mamma,' said a weo pet, 'they sung 'I want to be an angel' in Sun day-School this morning, and I sung with them.' 'Why, Nellie !' exclaim ed mamma, 'could you keep time with the rest?' 'I guess I could,' proudly answered little Nellie; 'I kept ahead of them most all of the way through.' A few years ago and Eoglish artist who was also a physician suggested wicker baskets as desirable substitutes for coffins, and he startled London by giving a garden party at which the proposed baskets in various styles were arranged for exhibition. But, al though England thus gained the lead on us in making light of a solemn subject, her exhibition was a sick ly sideshow compared with an ex hibition soon to be held at Roches ter "Tie National Funereal In dustrial Exposition" is announced to take place in June, and the managers lay their programme before the public; with the inspiring conviction that it will be the bigest thing of its kind oa record. The exhibits, instead of con sisting merely of coffins, are so varied in character as to demand classification in eighteen sections. —Carpets, oil cloths and mattings, cheapest in Butler county, at Heck & Patterson's.
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