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PITTSBUGHEXPOSITION
mo w o f lis m i
CJos.e3 Octob3r 13th.
*" SPKOIATBZOOBBIONKiTFS„ v
Qii all Entering Pll TftBURGH and ■—
T) O AILTQ VX aTT jr± 1
SPEOIALi ATTR A-O no IST3 .
;,lr. .ir|vsi;.VY.lW -n Btubta and Mr. C.vynne Price.
\\ou.ier. U i'ko\i!)i;niK clXlts.
Pier Pi! I P.AMES : --i-bv .->■ liii' 15. i>- WOODCI.LBS.
OKT WBrS -
J I>.4YIjIGIIT FIBEWQKIIS,
„„ . Tpii*rn\ f i R\CFS KI'XNIXG RACES.
r.VKN.NC,
PA( fX»JtjjIEB. , jONY K - - m , DIAV
of Art, Industry and Manufacture Ever
Held in Pi'ts burgh-
E P.*YOUNG, Gen'l Manager. J. C. PATTiiiIiiOJNI, Sec y.
A. TB OUT MAN,
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS. TRIMMINGS.
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mais, Unlets, Stair Rods, Etc,
FOR FALL. FOE FALL.
.New Black Silk^'.
New Colored S;!k-\
New Colored Canto meres.
2s T ew Black Cashmeres.
New i'lack Silk Yelvets.
New Colored Silk Velvets.
New Colored Silk i'lu.-hes.
2\evf Black Silk Flushes
Now Shades La'iie.;' Cloths.
New Dress Goods.
XEW KSBIIO3SS. EISCJIUS. TIES, HAKD SATCHELS,
Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Towels, Corsets, Velvet Ribbons, Knitting Silk?,
Embroidery Siik on spools, all colors.
Kew Fall Hosiery. j
Underwear for men, ladies and cbil-1
<)ren. Largest assortment, lowest
pricey. !
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS
Carpet Eoum SSialarged, Sio©Ss En
-1 zi.v&'ii&.j Prices trie Lowest.
NEW FALL STYLES—We are now prepared and showing our entire Fall
Stock ol Carpets aud Oil Cloths, in all tiie fewest Designs.
Oil. t-XOTSSS. 1 lo'J VIRIW U'Uij;, E.\ ALL Ql U.ITIKS.
Please call and examine stock aud prices.
A, TROUTMAN.
BIITLFJI, PA.
HENRY BIEHL& CO,
Dealers in
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
,-ir^
*>Vr. •••'-
Remington Clipper Plow.
IMPROVED KELLER GRAIN, SEED AND FER
TILIZING DRILL,
TOLEDO PUWPS.
The Celebrated American
Fruit Dryer, or
PNE UM A TIC EV A 0 A T 011,
It is portable, durable, a! nolnfoly Urn-proof, economical antl will euro fruit and vegetables in
less timo and with lets fiielllian ar.y Dryer in the n.nikf-t. It will pay for ilteif in ICPH than
thirtv daTH if ]r< [fily att«i,<'<(], Itn f rod net 8 aro uni-u it ai icd it> (O <ji:ality at.d color, and ar
1:1 great demand r.t high j.ti< Cf. Full i;itlructio::H how to dry, bleach, peek and market the pro
ducts accompany each machine.
WILL EVAPORATE 8 BUSHELS OF ANY FRUIT PER DAY.
ROOFSriCw- WEAI.EItW I\
AND ' ' \ SIOirhIB Flf»x.
SPOUTING / 'y//'//T _ \ « .MiMi IURD
DO ill ETO ORDER Aft "v. "W* I IV All E.
liuiler,
FOR FALL. FOR FALL.
New Flannels, White Blankets, Ked
Blankets, Biue Blankets, Bed Comforts,
White Quilts.
Canton Flannels. .
Yarns of all kinds. Germantown Yarns,
Midnight Yarns, Gorman Worsted
Yarns, Cashmere Yarns, Sa*ony Yarns,
Country Factory Yarns, Zephyrs.
Tne above Yarns in all colors.
Ladies' Sacques
In new Fall Shailes, Ladies' Jersey
Jackets, Lace Curtains, Lace Lambre-
I quins. Large stock, prices low.
ExcnitorN Soliw.
(ESTATE OF WM. THOMPSON, DEC'D.)
Notice is hereby given that Letters Tesd
mentary on the estate ot William Thompson*
late of Middlesex twp., Butler county, la.,
have this day been granted by the Register ot
wills to the undersigned, to whom all per
sons indebted to said est ite are re lacsted to
make immediate payment, and those having
claims or demands against the t-ame will make
theui known without delay.
W. S. -THOMPSON, 1 ~V r.
W. R. THOMPSON, J
Glade Mill* 11.I 1 . O , Butler Co., Pa.
11. P. SCOTT, Attorney.
Sept. 7, 1883.
Atiiiiii«isirs»lor*.«i Xot lee.
Notice i* hereby given that letters of a'.minis
trßtion on the estate of Thomas A. Denny, late
of Middlesex twp.. Butler county, Pa., deed.,
have been grantol to the un lerHinued. all ver
bons therefore owing said estate will please
make iu.nie.!ia'e payment, and any having cainis
against the ea ne will prtaent them, duly au
thenticated, to tho undersigned for f-ettlement,
DENNY,
Adni'r Titos A Denny.
Kept. 12, M 3, 4». P. O. Bakerstown. Pa.
Xolice.
Letters of administration having been grant
ed to the undeisigned, on the estate oi Robert
D. Met Survey, late ot Fairview township, dee'd,
notice is hereby to ail parties knowing
themselves indebted to .•■aid estate to make im
mediate payment, and those having claims
against said "estate will make the same known
without delay-
JAMES McGARVEY, Adru'r-
Barnharts Mills, P. 0., Butler Co., Pa.
A. T. BLACK, Att'y. sepl9-tit
Estate of Racliel Der§lieiiucr.
Letters testamentary having been granted to
the undersigned on the estate of Mrs. Rachel
Dersheimer, dee'd, I.ATE OF CONSOQCENES
SIX<; TOWNSHIP, Butler county, Pa.,all persons
knotting t};p!}?se!ves indebted to said estate will
pleaie make immediate pr.yroent, and any
having claims against said estate will present
them to the undersigned, duly authenticated for
settlement. S. W. IIAYS, Executor.
Whitestown, Butler Co., Pa.
sepl9-6t.
NOTICE.
Wg [he undersigned beg leave to announce to
the depositora and customer* of 11 >«» Butler
County Bank that we have sold our stu K in #aid
jcank. and the firm of Doreey Bros., Hojt & Co..
ia this day dissolved by mutual consent.
Utesre" Haitman, Simpson. Bradv and Hoyt
will continue the business of tin Bank, and we
take pleasure in recommending them to the gen
eritl publtt. fa? ?/ continuance'of its geiierous
patronage.
Miller&town, Pa., Sept. 1, la~j.
NOTICE.
Having purchased the stock of Dortey Bros.,
in the Butler County Bank, and the firm of
Dornev Bros., Hoyt Ar Co.. Laving been tins da}
dissolved bv mutual coutont, we the under-
W■•i,ed would anuounpe to our old customers and
the public generally, th-.t we will continue to
mansge the business of said Bank and most re
sp< ctfully solicit their continued favors.
JCH HA.KTMAN, Pres't. A. PI. SIMPSON,
11. J- HOYT, Cashier. OWEN BItADY,
Mil'.erbtown, Pa., Sept, 1, 1883. 12,4t.
"notice.
J> jl nersons who gave notes for articles purchas
ed id my .. i*d«je,;n Ktuiikiin twp.. Butler county.
Pa., on April :s. itk(. an. i;<>»if;ed t<> pay
said notes only t<> myself. f-> 1 am still the owner
of ihe same ; and f any of the same arc out of my
actual posse-sion they ure wrongfully :-o out. 1
have not sold or assigned said notes to any per
son and will n«.t recognize any payment to any
other than myself. .JOHN WOl.t- Ulil>.
Pro.-.pect, liutler Co , Pa.. Sept. 3 tt.
NOTICE
The bounty ConsnHssiope» : s i»jll as'tltd die
building of the masonry and wood work of
the following bridges, at the sites, to the low
est and bes;t builders, on the dates following:
The one over Thorn Creek, in Jefferson
township, known an the Banr's Mill Bridge, on
on Sept. 27th, 1883, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
The one over Rough Run, in Winfield town
ship, known as the Denny's Mill Bridge, on
Sept. 27th, 18.83, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
>h« o,je oynr Bonnie Brook, in Summit
township,known a» the Gelble Bridge, on Sept.
281 h, 1883, at 2 o'clock, p. Jl.
The one over Boar Creek, in I'airview town
ship, known as the Murtland Bridge, on Sept.
2'Jt.n, 18S3, at 2 o'clock, I'. M.
Plans and Specifications can be seen at this
office, ami at the siles on days of sale.
The Commissioners reserve the right to re
ject any or all bids.
BY OKDEU OF COMMISSIONERS
S. McClymonds, Clerk.
CftVf'r". Office, Butler Pa., Sept. 15, 1883.
ORPHANS' COURT S A LE.
].y virtue ol an older ol the Ojplmns' Couit
of Butler county, the undersigned will expose
at publU- outcry on the premises, on
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 'B3,
at one o'clock p. 111 , the following described
ro.il estate of James Newton, dee'd, la'e of the
borough ol Porturnvillo, to-wit :
TWESTY SIJfE ACSJKS
of land, more or less, situate partly in Porters
ville borough and partly in Muddycreek town
ship, Butler county. Pa., bounded 011 the north
by land of Mrs. Catharine McDonald, e.'.st by
Mercer lo.ul, &outh by Kobert Stewart, and ftesi
by Henderson Oliver and New Caatle road ; all
cleared and in a good state of cultiva'ion and
Well wat.'ied.
TERMS—One-third in hand on confirmation
of sale and the balance in two equal annual in
stalluiei-t/J with Interest. Deferred payments to
be secured hf bond and mortgage.
\V -I KENNEDV, Administrator,
Bfpt. 19, ISB3. Portersville, Pa.
"TRUSTEE'S - SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Butler county, Pa., No. 74, March ter.u,
1 JSH.'t, and to me diiei ■V"'.' will expose to pub-
I lie sale on the premises, on
| Oct., 10. 18855,
at 10 o'clock, a. in., the following dtscribed
real estate of Elizabeth Burns, dee'd, to-wit:
FIFTY ACRES OF LAND,
Situate in ponegal twp., Butler coui.tv, Pa.,
bounded 011 the north by iunds of PatiicK
Burns; on the east by McElroy tract; on the
south by Rickett tract and land of J. Dougher
ty and Adam Wills, and on the west by M doncy
heirs. The land la mostly cleared.
Two liame Houses, Barn and orchard thereon
Terms ol» do.-—One third in hind on confir
mation of sale, and the balance in two equal
ai.tiuH payments, with intercut, secured by
bond o<* mortgage. TIIO3 DONA 1111 V, Siiuoll
Sept. lis. Tru lee.
BRICKS ! BRICKS!
The subscriber continues the making of bricks
common, pavement, bay window and other qual
ities at his kiln on the Pair (;round road, half a
mile we-1 of Butler lie will keep on hand a lot
of l>rick*at all limes. He will also make and burn
brick in Hie country for anyone desiring to have
them made on their own farm or premises.
As lie Intends carrying on the brick making
business, he invites the custom ot all, promising
to give entire satisfaction to all who may patron
ize him.
All orders promptly filled at reasonable rates.
Call on or addivsi,
J. CRCUOEHTAMM,
niar2. c -6:110 Butler Pa.
LIVE AGENTS WANTED.
To sell Dr. Chase's Heeeipes ; or Information for
Everybody, in cvorv county 111 the I'niled Suites
and Camillas. Kelarged by Hie publisher touts
pages. 1) contains over ::,nno household rcceipes
and is i<> all classes and conditions of so
ciety. A wonderful book and a household neces
sity. It sells at S'glit. lireuti.st inducements ever
offered <0 book agents. Sample coinp'tus sent b»
mail, postpaid. forSa.oo. Exclusive territory given.
Agents more than double their mon«-y. Address
I»r. Chase's Steam Printing House, Ann Arbor,
Michigan. aug.'.tt.am.
b>«u| | ■ - I A popularaccountof tti<- Iler^i-s
ROMANCE
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BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1883
GERhiANREMEOt
FOR PAIIST.
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A DISORDERED LIVER
IS THE BAN£
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ITCK-HEADACHE,
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Wervonß Sffstoro is Braced, 111 3 Muscles
are Developed, und tho iiody
Cbills and Povor.
E. RIVAL, a Planter at Bayou 3ar-, La., savo:
My plantation is in ft malarial district. For
fsaycru; yearn I covM not make half a crop ou
account of bilious tllseauca and I v/as
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my laborers soon became lioarty uud robust,
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TUTT'S HAIR DYE.
Okay Hair or Welskkhh changed to c. OL-oiuiv
Black by a single application of this Dvi:. It
Imparts a natural color, and nets Instantaneously.
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Office, 33 Murray Street, Now York.
(Dr. TUTT'S MAWAI, of IVilnnMrV
information lltill C'Vf/ul Cltcrlpt* I
trill he mailed FLEE OU npjjllca««a./
LOSS
IT HAS
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H- {a -v
t PXCrRieTORS. FirrSBU&QH. PA.
I'EIUIASKXT STA fil I'l!¥«
FOJR KENSINC4TON, ALRA.SENE
AND OUTI4NE WOEK DONE,
Also lessons in same given l>y ANNIE M.
LOW MAN, North ttrect, Butler, I'a.
jne-'O-ly
WM.KELLEN,
VVa-siu ngton, Pa., presents to the public a CE,
MENT! More durable Mian IRON for stovet>(
ranges, lire places and steam mills. Also, set
grates in workman-like manner. This ('« men
takes the place of stove backs. All w< rk
anteed. . july2sr!2t.
ANOTHER VETO.
Governor Patlison's objections to
the Resolution of the Legisla
tors paying themselves
to September 10, &c.
WHY IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The resolution contains two distinct
provisions. One is an instruction to
the committee to report a bill of a cer
tain character and for a definite amount.
The other provision is an instruction to
the committee to report no other ap
propriations for the pay to Senators
and members after September 10. In
this instruction lam asked to join. If
this branch of the resolution is intend
ed to affect the compensation of mem
bers as fixed by the Act of Assembly,
it suggests several legal inquiries to
me, called upon, as I am, to give it
validity by my signature. The Act of
Assembly of May 11. A. D. 1874, pro
vides that the "compensation" of mem
bers of the Legislature "shall be SIU
per diem at each adjourned or special
session." The act was the law at the
time of the election of all the members
of the present Legislature. The thir
teenth section of the third article of
the Constitution provides that "no law
shall extend the term of any public
officer, or increase or diminish his sal
ary or emoluments, after his election or
appointment." It is true the resolu
tion before me is not in the form of a
law, but if it has any purpose, or can
liave any possible effect, in its conclud
ing provision, it is that there shall not
be any law passed making provision
for the payment of the compensation of
Senators or members after September
10. If the members of the Assembly
shall be entitled to any pay for this
session, it is uot competent for the
Legislature to deprive them of it io
whole or in part. Iu other words, if a
public officer has a legal claim to com
pensation for any period of time, it is
not within the power of the Legisla
ture, by the passage cf a law or reso:
(ution, to diminish that compensation
for a part of that time.
INDIVIDUAL PIUVILEGESOF LEGISLATORS.
Of course, it is entirely competent
for any member of the Legislature who
sees fit 30 to do to waive the whole or
any portion of the compensation to
which he may be entitled. I could not,
and would not, interpose any obstacle
to such a voluntary relinquishment of
pay. That, however, can be done
without either let or hindrance from
the Executive, and there is no reason,
in law or propriety, for asking his prior
approval. There is no pnabling act
needed to accomplish such a renuncia
tion. lam now considering the reso
lution only in so far as I am asked to
give it validity in an indirect effort at
adverse legislative action upon the
i.ouipenaatipn oi publics otticers after
their election. The first clause of the
resolution is an instruction to legislate,
the second clause a direction not to
legislate. The subject with which it
deals is the compensation of the Leg
islature itself. The compensation of
members at extraordinary sessions is
fixed by the act of 1874. That law
canpot be modified, or repealed, by a
resolution, but only by another act of
Assembly. Such act of Assembly can
not be passed at this session, for tho
general subject of fixing the rate of
compensation of members of the Leg
islature was not the purpose for which
this session was convened, and was not
designated as a subject for legislative
action in the proclamation of the Gov
ernor.
NOT TIIE WORK OF THE SESSION.
This session of the Legislature was
convened by me solely for the purpose
of having a clear and most vital com
mand of the Constitution executed by
the General Assembly. In my procla
mation conypning the tvyo houses I
designated the subjects for legislative
action, aud cited the mandate of the
fundamental law imposing upon the
Legislature the imperative obligation
tor the passage of apportionment laws.
Three months and more have expired
since then, and, instead of the passage
of the laws commanded by the people
iu their Constitution, J- am presented
with a resolution concerning the
amount of pay the members shall re
ceive tor a session the duties of which
are as yet undischarged. lam impell
ed to these observations, not only by
the unusual character of the resolution
itself, but also by the unusual time at
which it has been taken into considera
tion by the Legislature. It has been
customary heretofore for the Appropri
ation bill to be passed and fent to the
Governor at the close of the session,
when most of the duties of the Legisla
ture were finally performed, and the
rest in a forward state of completion.
This resolution reaches me many
months after the day on which the
Legislature was assembled, and when
its important and mandatory constitu
tional duties remain unexecuted. The
question of the pay of members is the
least important matter relating to this
session. The paramount subject that
should engage the legislative attention
is the execution of the Constitution,un
der which the two houses exist and the
whole government of the State coheres,
by according to the people in all sec
tions and of all interests their import
ant right to fair, equal, just and timely
representation in the halls of legisla
tion. It would be better to hold in
abeyance any discussion of the ques
tion of pay while such a duty, so sol
emnly enjoined, remains unperformed.
EXPENSE NOT A CONSIDERATION.
Considerations of expense have no
place in the determination of the prop
osition whether or not the mandate of
the Constitution shall be obeyed by
tho representatives chosen by the peo
ple for that purpose. If the fundamen
tal law shall remain unobeyed by the
Legislature aud its supremacy unvin
dicated no partial relinquishment of
pay by those responsible for the de
fault will serve to salve over the
wound inflicted upon the sacred and
underlying law of the State. On the
other hand, chariness is out of place in
the effort to preserve the integrity of
the supreme law. The people of this
country have never been di.-posed to
haggle about the cost of conserving
their political rights and maintaining
their constitutional form of govern
ment in its purity and strength.
in convening the General Assembly
for the important purposes named, I
exhausted all the power given to me
by the Constitution in this particular
case for seeing that the !%ws are faith
fully executed. The length of the
' session and its consequent expense are
not subject to my direction or control.
How long the Legislature will take to
perform its Constitutional duties, and
when it will adjourn, are matters ex
clusively within the regulation of the
' two houses. It is my duty, however,
to assume, in view of the imperative
command of the organic law, that they
will not adjourn until their Constitu
tional obligations are fully discharged;
and official propriety requires me to
believe that they will not unnecessari
ly consume the money of the people by
protracting to an unwarranted length
the time of their sitting.
These remarks are suggested by cer
tain notorious facts in connection with
the present session to which I cannot
close my eyes. I cannot fail to observe,
in my official capacity, that over one
hundred days have elapsed, and that
the business for which the Legislature
was convened is not completed. Know
ing no reason, in law or justice, for
such delay, I have sought to ascertain
the cause by an inspection of the jour
nals and files of the two kouses. These
records disclose the fact that differences
exist between the bodies upon the sub
ject of the apportionment bills, which
have not as yet been reconciled. On
the part of the House of Representa
tives, it appears that resolutions have
b,een repeatedly sent to the Senate re
questing the appointment of commit*
fees of conference to adjust the differ
ences existing between the two Houses,
which requests the Senate has refused
to grant. Moreover, the -House ap
pears to have passed a number of new
bills, pending the unreconciled differen
ces upon the old ones, all of which new
measures the Senate has refused to
place upon its calendar. From this it
would appear that one branch of the
Legislature is unwilling to make any
further efforts to meet the other for the
purpose of reconciling the differences
existing between them, and passing the
legislation required by the Constitu
tion.
THE CONSTITUTION DEFIED.
This determination, if contiuued, is
in effect closing the door upon all possi
bility of enforcing the fundamentul law.
The relative merits of the points of
difference between the Houses I do not
mean to discuss. I have no hesitation,
however, in distinctly saying that the
paramount obligation fov the passago
of apportionment •Jaws makes it an
overpowering duty that those differ- '
ebces should be finally adjusted so that
the Constitution shall be obeyed.
Upon one side of this question there
are differences between the Houses
about the number and political com
plexion of districts ; upon the other j
there is
imperative command of the Constitu- !
tion that apportionment laws ;ehall be '
enacted. There thus appears to be a |
conflict between the resolution of one ,
branch of the Legislature not to attempt
to reconcile its differences with the ;
other and the absolute mandate of the i
Constitution. In such a conflict there,
ought to be no doubt aboqt the side to j
which the duty of the faithful legislator ,
is due.
The question of the apportionment j
of the State ought not to be made a
political contention between parties in :
which one shall resolve that unless its
claims are admitted no laws at oM shall
be passed, rules for the guidance
pf the Legislature are clearly laid down
by the Constitution, and are that the
legislative districts shall be of compact
and contiguous territory, as nearly
equal in population as may be, and sim
ilar requisites obtain for the Congres
sional apportionment. The law recog
nizes no such principle as, the claims of
parties in the passage of the legislation
for which the General Assembly is now
convened. To inject such issues into
the deliberations of the Legislature, and
bv insisting upon them to prevent the
execution of the organic law, is unjusti
fiable and indefensible. Every consid
eration of law, duty, rights of the peo
ple, and respect for the obligation of
oaths, requires that party spirit and
party resolves should not be permitted
to stand in the way of prompt and
faithful obedience to the Constitution.
AN AI'I'EAII FOR JUSTICE AND UIQIIT.
If the Legislt.ture, from any reason,
should again fail to comply with the
command of the fundamental law, the
people cannot be fairly and justly re
presented in the Legislative councils
of the State and Union before the year
1887- Neither house has the right to
assume an attitude calculated to bring
aboutso deplorable a condition of affairs.
I must, therefore, in the effort to carry
out the injunction of the Constitution
that I "shall take care that the laws
be faithfully executed," urge upon the
Legislature the importance of the obli
gation under which it rests to perform
a plain Constitutional duty. A spirit
of fairness, candor and non-partisan
ship should actuate the members of
both branches of the Assembly in the
performance of that duty. Diligence
should characterize them as well. For
either house to resolve to meet only at
infrequent intervals, and then but for a
short time, is likely, even if not intend
ed, to prevent the requirements of the
law from being fulfilled I trust, for
the sake of the fair fame of our Com
monwealth, for the respect we hold
among our sister States, and to save
us from the reproach of being unable
to execute our constitutional form of
government, that the Legislature will
soon discharge its duties with fairness
and justicfc, and thus bring to a speedy
conclusion this session, already too
lengthy.
Finally, I wish to say that, upon
the question of the compensation of
members raised by the resolution here
with returned, I decline to commit my
self to any opinion whatever. I have
not expressed, and shall not indicate
my judgment upon that subject until
in due course of law the appropriation
bill for the session shall be presented
to me. I will then have no hesitation
in disposing of the matter as, in my
opinion, law and justice require.
ROBERT E. PATTISO*.
A Silver Wedding.
The following communication came
to us too late for last week's issue. As
it concerns a valued friend, Mr. Perry
Eakin, we insert it with pleasure:
MESSRS. EDITORS: —On Friday,
September 7th, 1833, people commenc
ed coming in from all parts of the neigh
borhood to the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. S. P. Eakin, Grant farm, Alle
gheny township, Butler county, Pa.
They came with baskets full of the
luxuries of life. Mr. and Mrs. Eakin
not having due notice of this pleasant
affair appeared to be somewhat surpris
ed and gave way to the visitors, who
apparently took possession of the house,
and at I p. >i. dinner was in readiness
and it was a grand one, one that we
don't often see its equal. Dinner con
tinued from Ip. M. until 4p. M. Dur
ing this time eighty-six warm friends
of the happy couple partook of the (east.
At the close of the repast the presents
were placed on a table. Mr. and Mrs.
Eakin were invited to take their seats
near by. Col. O C. Redic was called
on to present the presents to the worthy
receivers. The Col. delivered a short
address. lie spoke of the twenty-five
years of married life they had enjoyed,
and of this being their 25th auniversary,
and the many valuable presents that
were before us; auu the many warm
friends who had met here to participate
in this good affair, all showiug that
Mr. aud Mrs. Eakin had lived aavorthy
married life aud had the good will of
all arouud them. With these few re
marks the Colonel presented the valu
able presents to the happy couple with
the names of the donors and articles,
as follows: Mr. aud Mrs. J. M. Hays,
butter knife and sugar spoon ; George
Sloan, pickle fork ; W. A. Eakin, but
ter knife ; Mrs. A. L. Scott, sugar
spoon ; Mrs. R. T. Tasker and Mrs. J.
Kiskaden, sugar spoons aud butter
knife ; Mrs. J. Sherwood, spoon holder;
Joseph Grant, pickle castor ; Mrs. Jas.
Grant, butter dish ; Mrs. J. Sloan, two
china cups and saucers; Miss Nellie
Grant, pi.-kle castor ; Wm, Ebert, table
castor; Mr. end Mrs E. Robipson,
knives and forks; Flvun Bros., carving
knife and fork; Mr. and Mrs. L.Womer,
napkin rings ; Mrs Robert Grant, fruit
dish; Mrs. X. G. Fritz, 50 cents silver;
Mrs. S. Hartmau, 50 cents silver; Mr.
and Mrs C. lledic, sl. silver; Mrs.
Mary A. Bovard, of Kittanning, sl.
silver. One table castor and one lounge
were presented by the following named
persons : K. K. Johnson, Mrs. Lizzie
Miller, William Anchors, James Sher
wood, Miss M. Shuster, Mrs. E. Hah
lack, Mrs. J. Klinginsmith. Mrs. Annie
Bowers, Thomas Ray,.Henry Bowers,
J. N. Laughner, J. M. Davidson, Chas.
Bigelow, R J.Bigelow,Miss M.Blocher,
Miss L. Bigelow, Mrs. J. Gal' reath.
Miss 11. Johnson and Col O. C. Redic.
The Rev. W. J. Hazlett., of Allegheny
city,arrived ata late hour, too latefor the
marriage ceremony, but not too late to
present the happy couple with a mag
nificent and valuable card receiver,
which was received with thankfulness.
The number of persons present during
the day and evening were 107.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Eakin return
their sincere thanks to all who partici
pated in this grand affair of to-day.
Yours very truly, cto.,
JUIRN THOMAS.
—Postal orders are not a legal tender,
but you need not be afraid that your
creditors will refuse them. *
—A woman at London, Ont., has
given birth to four children, two boys
and two girls, all of whom are living.
--A mjjn sever wauts to have the
cholera more than once, and as a rule
the cholera dosn't want a man more
than that.
—Women are more economical than
men. You never catch a man saving
the couibings from his hair to make a
switch with.
—Mr. Samuel Adams, Lancaster,
Pa., says: "I found a sure and speedy
cure for biliousness in using Brown's
Iron Bitters."
—There are ministers who will nev
er be able to hold a large cougregation
until they become chaplains to the
Penitentiary.
—Consistency is evidently not one
of Bismarck's characteristics. Although
he is a great smoker, he draws the liue
at American hams.
—Birch is said to be the principal
ingredient of chewing gum, and its
effectiveness in teaching the young
idea how to shoot, has long been re
cognized.
—"Dr. Benson's Celery and Chamo
mile Pills for the cure of neuralgia are
a success."—l)r. (J. P. Holman, Chris
tianburg, Va. 50 cts. at druggists.
—"I advise all you saints and sin
ners," said Henry Dickerson, as he
stood on the trap of the Plaquemine
gallows last Friday, not to fool too
much with whiskey. 1 did not kill the
man ; it was whisky."
—The best way for any muscular
man to "strike" is with the hammer or
the ax. "Strikes" tlo not build com
fortable homes and bring prosperity to
the people. The ax to the tree or
the hammer upon the nail or anvil
do
—Man is a fool, and gets left every
time he obstinately refuses to recognize
the fact that nature had preemption
rights on this planet long before he
came here. Grass was green thousands
of years before white pants were worn,
and yet every year skeptical men defi
ant!) wear them to the picnics.—liur
dette.
—A young man biting hi- mustache
is a case of "down in the n ,uth."
With the close of sum icr comes
a big display of the clothes .>f Autumn.
When people are ccnpelled to
use snuff they certaiuly are put to the
pinch.
—The young woman \ ho eloped
with an unknown man w;is reported
as Mr.-iously missing.
—lt must be a poor linger who
can't make his "board" froi 1 the "tim
bre" of his voice. .
—Tho owners of Sarat ga trunks
are getting home, even w rso "strap
ped" than the trunks.
gg—The American flag is c the right
stripe and its stars must be ever kept
up to a high standard.
—A contemporary asset s tbat the
latest thing out is a bai husband.
\\ hat about the gas in his \ i:e's room.
—You might as well "a knowledge
the corn." There will be niilions of
bushels more than the bulls -an use.
—1 wo vowels and three *onsonants
are always in "demand," : nd one of
the consonants does double 'uty.
—Women, says a very se western
journal, ought to always uarry for
love. Well, lots of them d , but don't
get it.
—An unpopular tutor—the tooter
on the clarionet, A vest as is a vest
—the harvest. Early rye-sers
Topers.
• —1 he tailor's apprentice, vhen com
mencing his trade, finds the s is truth
in the text that "what a n ;u sows he
shall also rip."
—Three years' constan- study in
Italy will make an Am ricau" girl
know too much to sing in < mrch and
too little to be useful in op< a.
•—People say that the Iveakers at
the seashore are not as hi bas they
used to be. That depem v upon the
kind of breakers. Landloi is are just
as high.
—lt is a singular coinci .nee that
when a man discovers he short in
his accounts he forgets his -ay home
and gets mixed on the poi ts of tht*
compass.
—A Gallant railroad en ineer met
a girl in the morning, eour ed her all
day aud in the evening n» fried her.
l'his was a sort of loconio .ye spark.
| —There is a beautiful pr etice com
mon throughout a portion of Mexico,
for little children to kne 1 before a
stranger and pray that he >ay have a
safe journey.
—A \ assar College girl :ias written
a novel call "The Foolish \ 'gin." It
is probably about a girl wo went off
to college without supply ig herself
with enough gum to last h< • uuti.l ya
eation.
—East End young ladie- now have
pet turtles instead of p» dies, and
their sweethearts are kept nsv catch
ing them. One of the beat \ recently
exclaimed: "I'll have the tortoise or
I'll terr-a-pin!"
Uncle Sam's Nay.
In a communication published fn
the Army and Nary Jou nal, Com
mander J. B. Cog'hlan, J. S. N.,
states that the consultation of eminent
naval and other surgeon? respecting
his rheumatic attack, fade ' to afford
him the slightest relief. 13/ advice of
Dr. Ilcvle he used St. .!acob3 Oil,
which wrought a complete and as he
says, wonderful cure. fohn Cerr
Moody, Esq., lawyer at "\'ailjo, Cal.,
was likewise cured" of a s-jvero joint
trouble.
—A Youngstown book tgent, who
was wearing a small circu *r piece of
court plaster on his face wl .ie shaving
one morning since and repb ed it when
his toilet wa6 complete. I. >atrary to
his usual experience, as he went about
his business during the res ofthedav
he was everywhere rec ,'ved with
smile 6, which grew bro>'l<*r, until
somebody laughed in his fat >. Led by
this to look iu the glass he was taken
aback to discover that ins ad of the
court-plaster he had affixed :,o his face
a little round printed label, vhieh had
fallen from the back of a r;w mantel
clock purchased the day cfore, and
which bore the appropriate ascription,
"Warranted solid brass."
Rheumatic S>/ru/> Co.: \\ iLcufT, X.
GENTS — I have been tro bled with
rheumatism for several yeai to such a
degree that I found it iinpo ible to at
tend to my business, which is that of
foundryman, and have been -onfined to
the house and to my bed m < h of my
time. Have tried all sorts < f remedies,
and have been treated by several doc
tors, all to no purpose, unt I finallv
heard of your Rheumatic >yrup, and
was induced to try it, and ! am very
happy to saj r , after the UE. of a few
bottles, 1 am as strong and as well as
ever, and never feel a symp .»m of any
thing like rheumatism any more. I
can cheerfully recommend v >ur Rheu
matic Syrup to ail who are nlllicted
with rheumatism, for it is crtciuly a
most invaluable remedy, an ! too much
can not be said in its praise
NATHAN' KNAPP.
—"1 want to know why the deuce
you persist in playing poker?" an old
gentleman asked his son. • Because,"
replied the young man "the ellern keep
011 a thinking that they can beat me."
"Why shoujd that make y< i want to
play?" "Becanse they kepp on beat
ing me." "All right, go thead then.
As long as a man losos tl re is some
hope for him, but when lie begins to
win he's gone."
A f'AKI».
To all those who are suflerin from the er
rors and indiscretions of y< th, n-ervou
weakness, early decay, loss of ..uhood, Ae. f
I wilisenda recipe th.twilleu you, t KKE
OF CHARGK. This great rc cdy was dis
covered by a missionary in £■ ith America.
Send a sell-addressed envelope to the ItKV.
JosKi'U T. ISM AN, Station L>, Scic Yor'c City
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