VoL. V, No. 26.] TMP.MO OF TUE HUN TNGDON JOURNAL. The JOURNAL" will betruirli;lQcTery Wednesday morning, at two dollars a year, If paid IN ADVANCE, and if not paid with in six months, two dollars and a half. Every person who obtains five subscribers, sad forwards price of subscription, shall he furnished with a sixth copy gratuitously for one year. No subscription received for a less period than six months, nor any paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. 1/7..k1l communications must be addressed to the Editor, POST PAID, or they will not be attended to. Advertisements not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and for every subsequent insertion, twenty five cents per square will be charged. If no definite orders are given as to the time an advertisement is to be continued, it will be kept in till ordered out, and charged accor dingly. AGENTS The litsialinr,don journal Daniel Teague, Orbisonio; David Blair, Esq. Shade Gap; Benitmin Lease, Shirley.- Aure; Eliel Smith. Esq. Chileottstown; Jas. Entriken, jr. Ct:fee Run; Hugh Madden, Esq. Springfield; Dr. S. S. Dewey, Bir mingham; James Morrnw, Union Furnace; John Sisler, Warrior Mark; James Davis, Esq. West township ; D. It Moore, Esq Frankstown; Eph. C,lll)reath, Esq. Holt,- daysbursi Henry Nell, Alexandria; Aaron Burns, Williamsburg; A. J. Stewart. Water Street; Wm. Reed, Esq. Morris township; Solomnn Hamer, Acre Alit!; James Dysart, Mouth Spruce Creek; Wm. Murray. Esq. Graysville; John Crum, Manor Hilt; Jas. E. Stewart, Sinking Valley; L. C. Kessler, Mill Creek. Important Discovery. The public are hereby directed to the me dical advertisements of Dr. H aRLICH'S Celebrated COMPOUND STRENGTH ENING TON IC, and GEI2III4.IVAPER IENT PILLS, which are a Medicine of great value to the afflicted, discovered by 0. P. HARLIC EL a celebrated physician at Altdorf,ermany, which has been used with unparalleled success throughout Germany. This Medicine consists of two kinds, viz: the CERMAN AP ERIEN T, anti the COMPOUND STRENGTHENING TO. NIC PILLS. They are each put up in small packs, and should both be used to effect a permanent cure. Thcsz - who are afflicted would do well to make a trial of thi invaluable Medicine, as they never produc sickness or nausea while using. A safe and effectual remedy for DrSPEPSIsI OR lADIGESIION, and all Stomach Complaints; pain in the SIDE, LIVER COMPLAINTS, Loss of dfiftelite, Flatulency, Paljtitation of the Heart, General Debility, Nervous Irritabi luy, SICK HEADACHE, Female Disea ses, Sitasmodic Affections, RHEUMATISM Asthmas CONSUMP I'ION &c. The GERMAN APERIENT PILLS are to cleanse tne stomach and purify the BLOOD The Tonic or STRENGTHENING PILLS are to STRENGTHEN and invigorate the nerves and digestive organs and give tone to the Stomach, as alt diseases originate from impurities of the BLOOD and disordered Stomach. This mode of treating diseases is pursued by all practical PHYSICIANS, which experience has taught them to be the only remedy to effect a cure. They are not only recommended and prescribed by the mast 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. This is the case in all large cities in which they have an ex claire sale. It is not to be understood that these medicines will cure all diseases mere by purifying the blood—this they will not (lo; but they certainly will, and sufficient authority of daily proofs asserting that those medicines. taken as recommended by the di rections which accompany them, will cure a great majority of diseases of the stomach, binge and liver, by which impurities of the blood are occasioned. rc Ask for DR. HARLICH'S COMPOUND STRKNGTHENING TONIC, AND C ERMAN APRRIRNT PILLS. Principal Office for the sale of this Medicine, is at No. 19 North EIGHTH Street, Philadelphia. Also—For sale at the Store of JACOB MIL- Lan, la the Borough of Huntingdon, Pa., who is agent for Huntingdon county. RHEUMATISM. Entirely lured by the fuse of Dr. 0. P. llarlich's Compound Stcengthening and Ger roan Aperient Pills. Mr. Solomon Wilson, of Chester co. Pa., afflicted for two years with the above dis trefsing disease, of which he had to use his crutches for 18 months, his spnptoms were excruciating pain in all his Joints, especially n his hip, Shoulders and ancles, pain increas ng al ways towards eyeing attended with heat. Mr. Wilson, was at ole time notable to move his limbs on account of the pain be ing so great; he being advised by a blend of his to procure Dr. Harlich's pill of which he sent to the agent in West Chester and pro. cored sorq; on using the medicine the third day the pain disappeared sod his strength increasing fast, and in three weeks was able 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. joLthe pleasures of a healthy life. Principle office, 19th North Bth Street, Philadelphia. 41. CO -For sale at the Store of Jacob Mil rr, ra. THE A . •,., , 2 4 1": Rik Le SYMPTOMS. Dyepepsia may be described from a wan of appetite or an unnatural arid voracious one nausea, sometimes hilinus vomiting, sudden and transient distensions of the stomach af ter eating, acid and prutrescent eructations, water brash, pains in the region of the stem ach, costiveness palpitation of the heart, tliz ziness and cimness of sight, disturbed rest, tremors, mental despondency, flatulency, spasms, nervous irritability, chillness, sal lowness of complexion, oppressing after eat ing, general 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. DYSPEPSIA 1 DYSPEPSIA / 1 More proofs of the efficacy of Dr. Harlich's Medicines, Mr Jonas Hartman, of Sumneytewn, Pa. entirely cured of the above disease, which he was afflicted with for six years. His spmptoms were a sense of distension and op pression after eating, distressing pain in the pit of the stomach, nausea, loss 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, faint ness, and not able to pursue his business without causing immediate exhaustion and weariness. Mr. Hartman 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. Harlichs Compound Strengthening and German ape rient pills. Principal office No. 19 North Eighth street Philadelphia. Also for sale at the store of Jacob Miller, Huntingdon. TREATMEN7. The principal objects to be kept In view are lot, to free the stomach and intestines from offending materials. 2d. to improve the tone of the digestive of g:1113 z.:16 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 of the intestines to their regu larity of health, than by irritating them to a laborious excitement, there is no medicine better adapted to the completion of this than Dee. 0. P. HARLICH'S GERMAN APERIENT Pitts. To improve the functit.ns of the de bilitated organs and invigorate time 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 unprecidented public testimony. Re member Dr. Harlich's Compound Tonic Strengthening Pills, they are put up in small packets with full directions. Pt incipal office for time 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 fr, m a hab of overloading or distending 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 str , ng purgingmedicines, dysentery, mis cart iages, intermittent and syasmodic affec tions of the stomach and bowels; the too common of the latter causes are late hour and the too frequent use of spirituos liquor LIVER COMPL ILVT 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 cluing ed to a Litron 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 tad the advice of several phy sicians, but receivod no relict - , until using Dr; Harlich's medicine, which terminated in ef fecting a perfect cure. Principal offica, 19 North Eight street Philadelphia. [den Pa For sale at Jacob Miller's store Hunting LI PEI? COMPLAINT This disease is discovered 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 the stomach;—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 11 rough and black, countcnance changes to a pale or citron color or gellow, like those I af flicted with jaudice—difficulty of breathing, disturbed rest, attended with dry caugh, dif ficulty of laying on the left side—the oody becomes weak, and finally thetdisease termi cates into another of a more serious nature, wh;ch in all probability is far beyond the PoWer of human skill, De. Harlich's corn. pound toi3ic strengthening and German ape rient pills, ii 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 Fiore of Jacob Miller, who siagent fur Huntingdon county, "ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY." A. W. BENEDICT PITI3LISHER AND PROPRIETOR. lIUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1840. 1 .4. 17, j : P r 7:: 4 :, - ; , 4 ,... , !. , 14•.', - ,• ' '`J" ,' 4 -.° tU -- 6,; U'itlit4" POET ItY "THE LOG CABIN AND HARD CI• DER CANDIDATF." TI.:NE— i .AULD LANG SINE.' Should good old cider be despised, And ne'er regarded More ? Should plain log cabins be despised, Our fathers built of yore ? For the true old style, my boys ! For the true old style ! Let's take a mug of cider now For the true old style. We've tried experiments enough Of fashions new and vain, And now we long to settle down To good old times again. For the good old ways, my boys For the good old Nays, Let's take a mug of cider now For the good old ways. We've tried your purse proud lords, who In palaces to shine;[love But we'll have a ploughman President Of the Cincinnatus line. For old North Bend, my boys ! For old North Bend, We'l; take a mug of cider yet For old North Bend. trie" 'the greatest and the best,' Of him we've had enough, And he w ho 'in the footsteps treads' t more soi ry stuff. For the brave old 1 hulloes, my boys ! fcr the brave old Thames, We'll take a mug of cider yet For the brave Old Thames. 1 hen give's a hand, my trusty boys !I And here's a hand for yoa, And we'll quaff the good old cider yet Fur old Tippecanoe. For old Tippecanoe., my boys ! For old Tippecanoe, We'll take a mug of cider yet For old Tippecanoe. And surely you will give your vote, And sut ely I will too: And we'll clear the way to the Whitc House For old Tippecanoe, [yet Fcr Tip-pe-canoe, my boys ! For Tip-pe-canoe, We'll take a mug of cider yet For Tip-pc-canoe. T!IE CONTRAST BY MISS M. A. DODD. It was a cold, stormy evening in Be cetnber: the wind sighed mournfully, and the hail-stones rattled upon the pave ments. The streets of the great city of London, the Babel of sights and sounds, were slippery and cheerless but not de serted; for by the light of innumerable', lamps you might behold the merchant hurrying to his home alter a day of toil, the clerk seeking some haunt of pleasare, the houseless mendicant and the deserted I child wandering slowly by; and the gam filer, the thief, the drunkard, each bent on Ins own errand, and pursuing his chosen course. Some drew their cloaks closer around and shivered as the piercing blast came by; some forgot the present gloom in anticipating the comfort and joy of home; and to others the storm without seemed not so wild as that within their bosoms. In a splendid apartment of a proud mansion in Regent street, sat its noble owner and his lady wife. It was a large and lofty room . ; the walls exquisitely painted in the Italian style, representing many classic scenes, such as Venus rising from the sea, Andromeda bound to a rock, the marriage of Theseus and Ariadne, and Phaeton rashly striving to guide the fly ing coursers of the sun. These were sur• mounted by an arched roof of light fret work, and a cut glass chandelier suspen ded from the centre, made the whole brilliant with light. The curtains and couches were of rose-colered silk ; the carpet of Turkey's finest looms and rich est dyes; silver eandel abra, marble slat• ues, and alabaster urns of curious work manship, were dispersed around; and in an alcove was a collection of rare exotics which, though no fire was visible, bloomed bright in the summer heat. But a flower dearer and sweeter than them all now en teretl, the Lady Eva, the lovely daughter of that noble house. Though one of the fairest and most favored of England's maidens, pride and vanity ;mad never made her heart their home. She was simply arrayed and without ornament, save a sinsll chain of gold attached to some treasure which was concealed beneath the bosom of her dress, and a string of pearls that confined her long flaxen tresses. She gracefully curtsied as she entered, and passing her father with a smile of affec tion, seated herself upon a velvet ottoman at her mother's feet. "Sweet mother, must I be kept from the Opera to-night by the storm! all the fash ionable world wi,t be there unmindful of its violence, and I also would fain defy it to hear Signorina Garcia for the last time, lam sorrowful to think the unrivalled songstress is so soon to leave England for the Continent, and shall often sigh to lis. ten again to her entrancing strains. Shall I go tosnight? say me not nay, dear mo ther! but hue is our cousin Augus to join in my petition." ."Yes, it was for that I came. My mo ther feared my aunt and uncle would be unwilling to attend, and knowing your passion for sweet sounds, she requests permission to be your chaperone. lam sent to attend your ladyship to her resi. dence, and the carriage waits. Dear un cle, sweet Gent let us not be disappointed. Eva will si-ffer no inconvenience from the storm. Come Eva, don your robes of state! for your noble father and lady mo ther by silence give consent; but what re ' ward shall I, a lowly knight, obtain for having successfully interceded in behalf of my liege-lady?" "Has Lord Auges of the Isles become a humble suitor for my poor bounty? he shall be rewarded according to his de serts." She stood near the alcove, and plucking a fresh leaf of geranium offered it to him with a blush and a smile. He kissed the fair hand from ivhich he received it, and softly whispered "it is enough." Eva hurried to her dressing room, and summoning her tirewoman, was soon ar rayed for the Opera, in a style befitting her rank. They had not proceeded far, when in passing through a narrow street the car riage stopped, and they heard the coach • man questioning a miserable looking child who stood upon the walk weeping bitter. ly. Eva let down the glass, and the light of a street lamp showed her pitying face to the poor child. "Oh lady! help us I pray you! My mother is ill and my father is dying. We have no bread to eat and no fire to warm us. They have sent me forth for help, but I knew not where to go—the pave ments are slippery, and I am very weak." Augus and Eva hastily alighted, and ta ' king the boy by the hand, he led them through a dark passage, and up a flight of tottering stairs, to the sole apartment oc cupied in a miserable ruinous dwelling. A solitary candle only made "darkness vis ible" when they first entered ; but after becoming for a few moments accustomed to the faint light, their eyes took in at a glance the whole scene of wretchedness, The fluor and walls of the room were of bare, rough boards, and the wind entered through the cracks in all directions. The windows were broken in many places, and had been mended by the inmates to the beat of their ability, with bits of paper and worn out garments; but the hail beat in through the crevices, and every fresh gust of wind seemed likely to force them from the rattling and frail casements. The room contained one solitary table, on which no signs of food were visible, two or three broken stools for seats, and not a spark of fire was seen on the cheerless hearth-stone. On a low bed in one cor ner, with a scant and ragged covering, lay the wretched father, wasted by disease and famine to a very skeleton; and his difficult respiration and tearing cough told that the sorrow of life would soon be over. One child younger than the boy who had guided them thither, lay calmly sleeping on the foot of the bed, and the pale, watch worn mother sat by its side with a wailing infant upon her lap, vainly pleading fur the nourishment which starvation had dried up in her breast. "Oh Augus!" said Eva, the large drops gathering in ber eyes as she looked around, "I did not dream there was such misery in the wide world. What am I, that so much wealth should be lavished in adorning my person, while these poor creatures, who are perhaps more worthy, suffer for a morsel of bread? I cannot go till I see them relieved. Bid the coach- man hasten tome to bring food and-blank ets and medicine, and send a messenger for our own physician. I will tarry here till he returns." She sat down on a low stool, and taking the boy, whose tears were hardly dry, upon her knee, she drew her 'elvet man tle around him, and bending her head to whisper comfort, the tip of her snowy plume rested on his shoulder, and her veil of Mechlin lace fell over, and shaded his s ad young brow. The mother, who had not wept for herself, was melted to tears by the tenderness shown her child. She drew near them saying, "Lock up lady ! let me behold your face, for surely it must be the face of an angel. The distress you see here is not the punishment of vice or intemperance; it is the hand of God, and we must not rebel, for whom he loveth he ehasteneth. We have seen brighter days, Our lot was humble, hut we knew not want, and the smiles of affection and con tent were ours; but misfortune and dis ease have thus reduced us. A lingering consumption has long prevented my be loved husband from pr,ividing fur the wants of his family—l have sought to earn a pittance, but with so many around me claiming my care, I toil to but little pur poe. We have parted with every thing but the bed on which the sufferer rests, and nothing now remains to buy us bread. I cannot leave my husband, to seek relief, for fear he should die during my absence, I have trusted in God through all, till to day, when despair came nigh my heart; but I saki!, let us pray to our Father in faith; and he will give his angels charge concerning us, and surely, thou art no other than an angel sent from heaven in mortal guise." A liveried servant now entered with fuel, and kindled a cheerful fire on the hearth, which soon diffused light and warmth around; and the coachman brought in blankets and provisions. The lady Eva spread the arm covering over the poor invalid with her own hands. She brought him a cordial with the finest wheaten bread which seemed to revive him, and she tho't ha might recover; but when the physician came he shook his head in reply to her anxious inquiries, and Eva knew there was no hope. When every thing was provided for their comfort, she left them, with a promise to return on the morrow, and the assurances that all their wants should be supplied. It was late when they reached home, and Augus thought he had never seen his cousin look so happy and beautiful, as when she bade him a kind "good night." She had forgotten the Opera with its at tractions, the Garcia with her enchanting music; and her heart was glad and grate ful, that instead of mingling with the fashionable world, she had that night been guided by Heaven to relieve the destitute. —Universalist. PHILOSOPHER'S STONE The river Soan, on the road leading from Calcutta, to Benares, is famed for its pebbles. In the rainy seaaon, the stream is full three miles across, but, du ring the remainder of the year, the great er portion of its bed is dry, and aboun ding in quicksands. It is believed by the credulous, that the "philosopher's stone" lies somes..here in the bed of the river; and the belief is founded on the following fact. In the days when Sasseeram and Rotes Ghur were flourishing places, a chief, (Shere Shah, I think) whith his whole paraphernalia, crossed the Son in progress for Bengal; and on arriving at the eastern bank, it was discovered that a chain attached to one of the elephants instead of being of iron, was composed of pure gold The sages, on being sum. mooed to account for such a phenomenon plestioned the mahout, and on his decla ring he had not put the chain on the ani mal's leg, unanimously declared, that a transmutation had taken place by the ..ra• [WisoLE No. 234. ens Puthur" having come in contact whilst the elephant was crossing. Such an opportunity fur securing the long look ed and long-wished for talisman was .not, of course, to be neglected. An order .vas instantly issued for each person in the camp to collect a heap of pebbles front the bed of the river. In this occupation particiana and plebians eagerly joined, gold being the stimulus. The next pro cess was for the people to arrange them selves, with their collections, along the water's edge, every one having a piece of iron, with which they were to touch each pebble. If the desired effect was not pro duced, the pebble was to be thrown into the water as useless—Away then to work they went, touching and throwing; and this scene continued for several days. At last, the folks grew tired and careless, and tho, operation of "touch-and-go" was carried on at the rate of thirteen miles an hour. Fortune is said to be blind, and un luckily she here stumbled on a poor grass cutter, who got hold of the desired object of search. Ills piece of iron no sooner came in contact with it, than the base met al was turned into gold ! But he having been so accustomed to touch-and-throw movement, the real pebble shared the fate of its predecessors; into the water it went The hue and cry was soon made, that th e ..Purus Put hue" was found, but like Pat's tea kettle at the bottom of the sea—it was not lost— the grass-cutter knew wher e it was, and that's all! The chief, on finding what had occurred, and vexed at Iris disappointment, had the unfortunate grass•crtter bound hand and foot and thrown into the river for his stupidity.— Many fruitless endeavors were made to fish up the cast away article; but, as good luck seldom visits one twice in twenty four hours, it was never found again— there the "Pares" remains, and will fur ever remain, unless the satne grass-cut ter who first discovered it finds it again! Central free Press. A FRENCHMAN'S EVIL GENIUS. Oliver Bede was a Frenchman's evil genius. A little barber some time since, erected insignia of office in our neighbor • hood. It was our hero's landmark, and he forthwith ingratiated himielf into the good graces of the unsuspecting profes sor, by patronizing him. One day, Mon_ sieur. who could not read a word of En glish, requested him to write a notice that he might paste in is window, and thereby attract the attention of the bearded com munity. Oliver produced the following , vhich the unwary Frenchmen, with man y thanks, pasted on the window glass: "Monsieur Mamalette, from Paris, spikes English; a barbarous shaver—cuts threats and shears noddles cheap. Deals in bear's grease—makes sore oil--dull razors— blockheads and other perfumers. Mon. sieur M. has arrived at the ne plus ultra of barbarism—and will take any one by the nose that chances to drop in and be chop ped." For several days the ill-fated Maui alette marked with what intense curiosi ty the people crowded around his window laughed heartily and passed on. Mis trust crept into his breast. He requested a boy to read it for him; and when the fact was known, mountains could not have concealed his indignation. Oliver not being aware of the discover) , entered the shop as usual. The French man darted forward, and placing himself in a fencing attitude, while he brandish— ed a keen edged razor, exclaimed—"l 'you have consult me, and I shall spit ha your face. Fur vy you make one contra. diction in my advertisement? I have ar rived at no place dat yon mention, Ne plus ultrail—nor do 1 cut de troot of my customer! By heaven I shall have sat. isfaetion/ I shall be revenged—l will knock my fist into your eye-1 will knock my foot on your back—Rascal ft scoun 'fire!!! small dug!!!" This sudden de fault discomfited the wag not a little; but with his usual presence of mind, he pla ced himself in a stage attitude, and thus addressed the Frenchman, while he ejec ted the contents of a powder pug into the poor man's face. !vaunt and quit my sight! thy razor
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