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DYSPEPSM OR TADIGES7 lON,
and all Stomach Complaints; pain in the
SIDE, LIVER COMPLAINTS, Loss of
ilppetite, Flatulency, Palpitation of the
Heart, General Debility, Nervous Irritabi
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The Tonic or STRENGTHENING PILLS
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impurities of the BLOOD and disordered
Stomach. This mode of treating diseases is
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which experience has taught them to be the
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only recommended and prescribed by the
most experienced Physicians in their daily
practice, but also taken by those gentlemen
themselves whenever they feel the symp
toms of those diseases, in which they know
them to be efficacious. ThA is the ease in
all large cities in which they have an ex
ensive sale. It is not to be understood that
these medicines will cure all diseases mere
by purifying the blood—this they will not
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authority of daily proofs asserting that those
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great majority of diseases of the stomach,
lungs and liver, by which impurities of the
blond are occasioned.
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Principal (Vice for the sale of this
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Street, Philadelphia.
Also—For sale at the Store of 'aeon MIL-
Lica, in the Borough of Huntingdon, Pa.,
who is agent fur Huntingdon county.
RHEUMATISM.
Entirely cured by the ,use of Dr. 0. P.
Ilarlich's Compound Strengthening and Ger
man Aperient Pills.
Mr. Solomon Wilson, of Chester co. Pa.,
afflicted for two years with the above dis
tressing- disease, of which he had to use his
crutches for 18 months, his symptoms were
excruciating pain in all his Joints, especially
n hii hip, Shoulders and ancles, pain ancreas
ng al ways towards eyeing attended with
heat. Mr. Wilson, was at olle time not able
to move his limbs on account of the p a in be
ing so great; he being advised by a friend of
his to procure Dr. Harlich's pill of which lie
sent to the agent in West Chester and pro
cored 113111; on using the medicine the third
day the pain disappeared slid his strength
increasing fast, and in three weeks was shit:
to attend to his business, which he had not
done for 18 months; for the benefit of others
afflicted, he wishes those lines published
that they may be relieved, and again en
joy the pleasures of a healthy life.
Princaple office, 19th North Bth Street,
Thiladelphia.
ALll—For sale at the Store of Ji.cob Mil
pr, Huntingdon, Pa._
nICL!ES NOT HEALTH.
Those who e.',..10Y Health, must certainly
feel blessed when they compare themselves
to those sufferers thai; have been afflicted fur
clars with various diseas;s which the human
assily are all subject to be troubled with.—
seases present themselves in various forms
and from various circuinstancfs, which, in
the commencement, may all be checked by
,the use of Dr. 0. I'. Harlich's Compound
.Stienittheninit and German Aperient Pills,
....such as Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints.
rain in the Side, Rheumatism, General De
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which humanly nature is subject, where th
Stomach Is a ected. Directions for using
film Medicines always accompany then!.
1 hese Melicines can he taken with perfect
safety by
. the most delicate Female, as they
are mild in their operation and pleasant in
'heir eWeets.
Principal Office for the United States, No.
f 9 North Stret , Philadelphia.
,To for sale at the estore of Jacob Miller,
THE JOURNAL.
SYMPTOMS.
Drepepsia may be desCribed from n wan
of appetite or an unnatural awl voracious one
nausea, sometimes bilious vomiting, suddet,
and transient distensions of the stomach af
ter eating, acid and prutrescentertictations,
water brash, pains in the legion of the stom
ach, costiveness palpitation of the heart, diz
ziness and dimness of sight, disturbed rest,
tremors, mental despondency, flatulency',
spasms, nervous irritability, chillness, sal
lowness of complexion, oppressing after eat
ing, general i langour and debility;this disease
will also very often produce the 'sick head
ache, as proved by the experience of thcse
who have suffered of it.
DYSPFPSIA ! DYSPEPSIA I !
More proofs of the efficacy of Dr. Ilarlich's
Medicines,
Mr Jonas Hartman, of Sumneytown, Pa.
entirely cured of the above disease, which
he was afflicted with for six years. His
spmptoms were a sense of distension arid op
pression after eating, distressing pain in the
pit of the stomach, nausea, loss o of appetite,
giddiness and dimness of sight, extreme de
bility, flatulency. acrid eructations, some
times vomiting, and pain in the right side,
depression of spirits. disturbed rest, filint
ness, and not able to pursue his business
without causing immediate ,exliaustio% arid
weariness.
Mr. FlArtman is happy to state to the pub
lie and is willing to give any information to
the afflicted, respecting the wonderful ben
efit he received from the use of Dr. Barbells
Compound Strengthening and German ape
rient pills. Principal office No. 19 North
Eighth street Philadelphia. Also for sale
at the store ofJacob Miller, Huntingdon.
TREATMEN7'.
The principal objects to he kept In view
are Ist, to free the stomach and intestines
from offending materials. 2d, to improve
the tone of the digestive organs and energy
of the system in removing noxious matters
from the stomach, and obviating costiveness.
Violent drastic purgatives should be avoided
and those aperients should be used which
act gently, and rather by soliciting the per
istalic motions of the intestines to their rt
gu
-I^.rity of health, than by irritating them to a
laborious excitement. lucre is no medicine
better adapted to the completion of this than
Dar. 0. P. HARLICH'S GERMAN APERIENT
PILLS. To improve the functiuns of the de
bilitated organs and invigorate the system
generally, no medicine has ever been so
prominently efficacious as DR. Harlich's
Compound Tonic Strengthening Pills, whose
salutary influence in restoring the digestive
organs to a healthy action, and re-establish
ing health and vigor in enfeebled and dys
petic constitutions; have gained the implicit
confidence of the most eminent physicians,
and impreeidented public testimony. Re
member Di'. Harlich's Compound Tonic
Strengthening Tills, thay are put up in small
packets with full directions.
Pi incipal office for the United States, is
No. 19 North Eighth street Philadelphia
where all communications must be addres,
sed. •
Also for sale at the store of Jacob Miller,
w ho is agent for Huntingdon County.
CAUSE OF DYSPEPSIA'. •
This disease often originates from a hal)
of overlo Wing or distendiug the stomach by
excessive eating or drinking, or very protrac
ted periods of fasting, an indolent or seden
tary life, in which no exercise is afforded to
the muscular fibres or mental faculties, fear
grief. and deep anxiety, taken too frequent
ly string purgingmedicines, dysentery, mis
carriages, intermittent and syasmodic affec
tions of the stomach and bowels; the mo,
common of the latter causes are late hour.
and the too frequent use of spirituos liquor
LIVER COMPL .INT.
Cured by the use of Dr Harlich's Compound
Strengthening and German Aparient Pills
Mr. Wm. Richard, Pittsburg, Pa. entirely
cured of the above distressing disease: His
somptoms were, pain and weight in the left
side, loss of appetite, vomiting, acrid eructa
tions, a distention of the stomach, sick
headache, furred tongue, countenance chang
ed to a t.itron color, difficulty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with a cough, great
debility, with other symtoms indicating great
derangement of the functiens of the liver.
Mr. Richard Lad the advice of several phy
sicians, but receivud no relief, until using Dr
Harlich's medicine, which terminated in ef
fecting a perfect cure.
Principal °lnca, 19 North Eight street
Philadelphia. [den Pa.
For sale at Jacob Miller's store Hunting.
LIVFIR COMPLAINT.
This disease is t'iscovered by a fixed ob
tuse pain and weight in the right side under
the short ribs; attended with heat, uneasi
ness about the pit of thestomach;—there is
in the right side also a distension—the patient
loses his appetite and becomes sick and trou
ble with vomiting, The tongue becomes
rough and black, countenance changes to a
pale or citron color or yellow, like those t af
flieted with kiudice—difficulty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with dry caogh, dif
ficulty of laying on the left side—the tx , dy
becomes weak, and finally the disease termi
nates into another of a more serious nature,
which in all probability is far beyond the
power of human skill. Dr. Harlich's com
pound tonic strengthening and German ape
rient pills, if taken at the commencement of
this disease, will check it, and by continu
ing the use of the medicine a few weeks, a
perfect cure cure will be performed. Thou
sands can testify to this fact.
Certificates of many persons may daily be
seen of the efficacy of this invaluable medi
cine, by applying at the Medical Office, No
19 North Eight street, Philadelphia.
Also, at the Fore of Jacob Miller, who
siagent fur Huntingdon county.
"ONE COUNTRY, ONEiCONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1840.
POETRY
From the Vicksburg Sentinel,
LEAP YEAR
'Tis leap year—'tis leap year—indeed it's
teue,
And gentlemen now have got nothing to do.
What a comfort, that ladies can woo as they
will ;
They can smite at a beau, or give him a chill
If we ..pop the question," why you must
say "yes;" .
If we should propose it, must give us a kiss.
Ye "lords of creation" must now go to school
And ladies will teach you how you ought to
rule.
Young Cupid has long been preparing his
darts,
And he shall Low ht mg them to your stub
born hearts.
At our word of command his arrow shall Ay,
And his motto shall be—"l will conq•ier or
die."
You earnestly beg to have "three days more
grace,'
That the cords of your hearts you tighter
might lace."
But all your precautions in that will not do,
For, as sure as you live, there's an "arrow
for you."
We can have no mercy, for you have shown
none,'
And the days of your triumph arc over and
gone;
At the altar of Venus we've lighted ou r
flame,
And a cordial submission is all that we claim
Old bachelors, widowers, young men and
all
At the touch of our flame you are sure l)
fall;
From conquest tl conquest we'll certainly go,
'Till all men ackno mleclge we have not one
foe.
The doctors no tonal' can mix up their pills
The lawyers, dear creatures, must lay by
their quills:
All trades and professions will be at a stand,
Now ladies have taken their hearts in com
mand.
Our talented “Sentinel," too, must resign,
And, thou should'st fall, ah !do not re-
pine,
'Tis woman who bids thee to "stand and de
liven'
If thy heart be at home, 'Lis that thou must
give her.
ELLEN ELMEII,
From the Maine Farmer.
A LOAFER'S SOLILOQUY.
flow strangely altered are the times,
A loafer's heard to say;
I've prowled the streets from shop to shop,
Without one glass to-day.
0 dear ! 0 dear ! why is it so !
It's surely very hard;
Once liquoring was all the go;
I now must be debarred.
The times were once when a round oath
Was sure to win a glass;
How strangly altered are the time.
0 dear! alas ! alas!
What shall I do ? wher e'Ce Igo,
I'm sure to find defeat,
Each countenance on me cloth frown,
My sorrow is complete.
The husbandman my presence spurn,
The merchant he looks shy;
The lawyer, doctor, in his turn,
And no one asks them why.
My shirt is soil'd, my jacket rent, I
My but has lost its rim
My pants are torn, my toes arc out;
And shivering every limb.
I now roust starve or go to work,
As sure as 1 am born,
A loafer always must come out
'the small cnd of the horn.
A Western editor having studied fur two
weeks to make some poetry, finally succeed
ed: here is a specimen of the production.
All hail to the land where freedom was born
All hail In the land whore daddy hoed corn;
He stuck'd the hoc into the around,
Pulled it cut and no cop he found.
From the Easton Sentinel:
A Tale, Founded on Facts.
I vas sitting upon my father's portico
one serene Sabbath eve, gazing upon the
splendor of the setting sun, as he hung his
gorgeous hues over the broken clouds that
were lingering on the western sky, as
eager' to catch his golden tints, ere he had
sunk behind the distant hills, and enrap.
tured with the representation. Earth's
most beautiful scenery seemed to be eclip
sed by the magic painting now spread out
upon the broad expanse of the heavens.
The clouds appeared like mountains of the
sky. Those below were forming the dark
base—the deep and yawning cavern; those
higher, white as the snow covered crag,
were rudely piled one upon the other, as
the rugged works that form the mountain
cliff's; while those still higher resembled
the castles of fairies, embellished with the
work of "fretted gold," studed with glit
tering gems, and finished with spices of
purest diamond.
It was an eve of spring, the lovliest sea
son of the year, and while revelling upon
the beauties of the heavens, I was refresh
ed by the more real and enduring pleas
ures of earth. The zephyrs, laden with
it 3 richest fragrance of shrub and flower,
gently wafted their burdens along, arn:
putted the sweet luxuries they had gathe
red in their frolics among the blooming
gardens of a wild neighboring wood.
This sabbath was the first I had spent
at my parental home during two years, &
reflections natural to the time and place,
crowded upon my mind, I thought it the
most delightful spot in the world. Here
it was that I had spent the spring time—
the "May morn" of my existences here my
earliest and warmest attachments were
formed, and here with them were associa
ted some of the liveliest emotions of the
heart—emotions that will only.cease when
the current of life is frozen by the cold
embrace of death.
Others may perhaps discover no beauty
in my native village, or may pass it by
with a casual glance, and a cold, careless
remark; hut for myself, never had I visited
a spot that appeared so lovely, nor have I
ever known half the pleasure in a visit to
another, that i hal on my return to the
village of my birth. Every thing here was
familiar, and seemed to greet my mind
with the wonted feelings of old acquaint
ance. I knew and could call by name,
every spring and rivulet, every rock and
lull and dale fur miles around. The birds
sang the evenini , vespers to which I had
listened in a tender youth; the same soft
music was whispered from the bi anches
of the lofty trees, that now cast their giant
shades across the lawn; the same lowing
of the buds fell upon my ear, and the
same murmurs arose from the cascades
where I hail rambled so oft, thou4htless
and happy, as they only are whose broW is
unshadowed as that of childhood. I al
most lived those young years again; and
enjoyed the feelings which only those
scenes and recollections can create.
While thus musing, I was suddenly
aroused from my revery, by the approach
of an old associate, and one whom I had
always much esteemed. I hastened to
meet him, and grasping his hand with the
warmest of friendly feelings, requesti•ig
James Patterson, fur it was he, to be seat
ed, and with me enjoy the enchanting
scene.
"No," said he, "let us ramble over our
old walks, for I have that to communicate
to you, which others should not yet know,
and I cannot say how grateful 1 feel that
you have returned—returned just at this
time." I took his arm without speaking.,
for I saw by the tears that stood in his
eyes, and the tremor of his voice, that he
was deeply agitated.
Patterson had been one of my first and
dearest friends. Our families had long
been intimate, and we had played togeth
er in childhood and innocence—together
hail set side by side in class, and together
in the buoyancy of y ,nth we had sported
over "hill and dale and flowry mead."—
Our warm and early feelings hail twined
our hearts together. No coldness had
ever marred our flow of happy spirits, and
often we had vowed that our friendship
should endure forever.
Ile was a general favorite among his
companions, not more on account of Isis
prepossessing appearance, than his gener
ous and noble disposition, and his Isi: ; is
intellectual character. A mother of dom
ing fondness—a sister of surpassing love
liness, and himself constituted this inter
esting family, the father being lost in the
ea:iy childhood of the latter. 11i rs. Pat
terson was left in affluent circumstances,
and of course an only son had been too
much indulged in all his wishes.
. . . .
When I had left the village, the bloom
of eighteen was on his cheek. His coun
tenance was open and frank, and altogeth
er, I thought him one of the noblest youths
I had ever aces. But I was thunderstruck
when I saw the change that had taken
place in two short years. Now his once
ruddy cheek was swollen mid bloated
his eye, that formerly shone with William
cy, vas dim and bloodshot. I perceived
a glance the cause of this sudden change
but wished to conceal my surprise, for the
present, simply enquired for his mother
and sister, and learned in reply to my
gaery that "they were well."
• Wre walked in silence along the bank
of a silvan stream that flowed through a
shadowy wood about a mile distant from
the village. This had always been our
favorite haunt. Upon the bunks of this
stream we had often walked arm in arm.
Beneath the shade of the willow that lined
its shores—in its waters we had often ba
thed, or sitting cautiously upon its green
banks, had snatched the speckled trout
from its watery abode, dangling him a mo
ment in triumph in the air, and then pla
cing hin, among his betrayed companions,
left him to reap a lingering death, as the
fruits of thoughtless credulity.
Although I broke the silence which had
become exceedingly painful to me, by re.
marking, Its I glanced at my friend's fea
tures: "Patterson, you have certainly un
dergone a great change since I last saw
you." "Williamson, say no more of this,"
was his quid( reply, "1 will tell you all
presently. I have altered truly. Thoge
around me have altered too. Every one
who meets me," continued he, "even
those who formerly scarce ventured to
speak to me, are now ready to rebuke and
reprove. This is more than I can bear;
it is more than I will," said he bitterly ;
and he dashed a tear from his eyes, now
cast in anguish to the ground.
We had now arrived at a bower formed
by the wild honey-suckle clambering over
the stinted oak, making with its thick fo
liage and rich blossoms a retreat at once
secluded and delightful. An oak that
hail been prostrated by the whirlwind's
breath, upon which a thick and green
moss bad woven its soft fibres a comforta
ble and secluded seat.
"Williamson," he again commenced,
and again the tear startled to his eye,
"when you last saw me, I was honored
and respected by all ; and even flattered
and carressed by many. When you left
our village I too left the circle of society,
in which 1 hail formerly mingled, for one
that is denominated the "more fashionable
, class." I soon discovered that in this
circle, little regard was paid for what con
stitutes true morality and virtue. Their
amusements were vices, profaneness was
but a jest; their social meetings termina
ted in baccanalian revelry, and their pas
, time gambling For a time I cprefully
avoided taking any part in their follies,
I
and would sometimes even venture to re.
prove their vices.
"GIN evening T sat down at the gamb
ling
la few games 'for sport.' Alas ! little did
I then suppose it was jor my ruin. Two
years ago when we parted, 1 had not ven.
tured within the limits of such associa
tions would to God it were so still ! I
played and etas beaten—again and met
with the same result. My companion
laughed at my stupidity. My blood boil
ed with passion, and his ridicule stung
me to the heart. My pride mastered my
reason, and I egain desired with all the
calmness I could commtwl, that he should
yet play once more. 118 smiled with
contempt at the proposition and turned to
depart. This was more Than I could en
dure, and drawing forth a well lined
purse, throw down a stake and challeng•
ed him to play for that. Tempted with
the gilded bait, or displeased with my
hasty temper, he accepted the challenge.
We played and as might be expected
from my rashness and folly, I was the lo•
ser. Again and again I played, and still
I lost, My purse was soon relieved of
its glittering burden. I saw some of my
companions merry over their wine. I
mingled in their revelry, and that night
reeled to my home, for the first time, a
worshipper at the drunkard's shrine.
"From this period my course was down
ward. My mother wept and prayed over
my fall. My sister eatreated—my friends
all exhorted— . —but their efforts proved of
rio avail. I was blind to the dangers that
surrounded me, and still persisted in a
course that inevitably must end in ruin
and desolation. This I either did not see
or fixed a period at which I resolved to re
form, till I am now what you behold
a poor pitiable and despised outcast.
"But I have not told you all; you re
member Miss Wilmot—you know how
long and ardently I have loved her. For
her all the energies of my soul was poll.,
ed forth, while we were yet comparitively
children. She appeared to me all that na
ture could form of loveliness, and never
for a moment was her image absent from
my mind, or any affection for her, sup.
planted by that of another. She was beau.
tilul when you lac, but like the unblown
rose her rharins were not fully develop
ed.
. "At every gathering of the young in
all our rambles, and even in our excur
sions to the " ' May pole," I was Moan,
present at her side; for in others I could
see no beauty to compare with hers; her
smiles was the sunshine of m a y prosperi-
pVnote No. 231.
iy, as a Gown from her would have been
the darkness of adversity. When she
was chosen Queen of the day (and she
was ever so,) and crowned with the chap
let of flowers, my highest ambition seem
ed gratified. I would steal to one side
and silently gaze upon her raven ringlets
her sparkling eye, her pouting lip, her
pretended frown, and her sweet smiles of
approbation; or the mock frown that prou
' dly played in turn upon her countenance
which were to me more of the actions of a
sovereign princess that. that of the play
ful 'Queen of may day." But my hap
piness was only complete when I would
reflect that I was loved in return by that
beautiful being upon which I gazed with
unmingled rapture.
"As Julia Wilmot grew up the virtu
es of her mind and character were as
much to be admired as the loveliness of
her person. I was not unmindful of such
attainments. But enough for one who
knows that I fondly, passionately, I had
'almost said madly loved. She, too, soon
observed any changed habits--she entrea
ted, she remonstrated, she wept even over
my mad folly, anti fool that I am, to no
purpose. I blind!) , hurried on until she,
tuo had spurned me from her presence.
"This day I resolved to leave, and per
haps forever, a home and kindred, that I
should have adomed and honored. That
I migiit gaze once upon the idol of my
soul. I have been to our church to-day,
there I have seen her, and heard what
may . never more forget. Even yet are
ringing in my ears the words that NI
from that sacred desk. "Turn ye, for
why will ye die!" But I must finish
Williamson delivered those three letters;
farewell we may meet again." So saying
he placed them in my hand, which he fee
lingly grasped, and the neat menient lie
was lost in the darkness (lithe evening
that was new brooding over the hill and
valley. . _ .
For a few moments I could scarce real—
ize that all was not a dream, and only a.
woke from my revery when it was too
late to discover my friend, I called atter
him but received nu answer. Overwhel
med with anzTety, I turned my footsteps•
homeward, with the words "we may meet
again" still sounding in my ears. As k
walked thoughtfully onward I could not
but reflect upou the scene I had just wit
nessed. This said Ito myself, this is the
result of one false, unguarded step. The
words of the celebrated Dr. Nott, when
speaking of the gamblers, "he would play
upon his brother's coffin and beside his
father's sepulchre." were forcibly called
to my miizd. Can it be sot was my in
quiry. AVliat a fell infatuation I
The next morning I delivered the let
ters Patterion had left in my care, one of
which was directed to his mother, another
to his sister, and the third to Kiss Julia
Wilmot. What these letters contained
I neve knew, but to the effects of their
contents I was witness. His mother and
sister covered their faces and wept as
though the fountain of their hearts were
broken up, but Julia Wilmot turned dead
ly pale as she read —her head swam and
she fell senseless on the sofa. She had
fainted. I hastened to call some:member
of the family, and feigning an excuse, re
tired.
Months passed and though every axer
tion was made to obtain Information of
Patterson, 3 et all search had been in vain.
He had completely avoided all the chan
nels through which they might learn any
thing concerning his fate. It was repor
ted that he had died of a 'lever in one of
our southern cities, yet hope filled the
breast a his relations and friends, who
still expected that when he had finished
his career of folly lie would return to his
native village to bless those by whom he
MIS almost adored, and who against all
prospects of hope still saw in him one,
who would be an ornament to society, and
a solace to his friends. So easily do we
wish to be , even when reason would seem
to forbid it.
Year after year pissed and still there
were no tiding; of him. He was also for
gotten by his former associates, except by
those to whom he was linked by the ties
of relationship, or who like myself, had
grown up with him on terms of closestin
timacy from early youth.
It was now the seventh yra.. of er his.
departure, and as I had been accustomed
I walked with his family to the village
church. It was a beautiful sabbath morn
ing and as we strolled thoughtfully along
could not but reflect on the many cab. .
baths P..ttcrson and I had passed over
this same course. I even spoke of him:
but they had 'lost hopes of his return.
Our d.stance, and the loitering wiannec;
in which we had passed along he,4 bto.o o
us to the church nearly v ith tale ha: as
semblage. The minisker was alremv in
the pulpit, and ill constructed affair that
concealed from the view of the congrega
tion those %% hu were seated within. Hay.
ng stated that . he expected a young c ler
str,iyoinnia
ben to
announcedofltc off iciate
t. tm a
i ot h ; n na r, i 4 o - c a c n a e;
th fo e:
was seated.