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POTTER JOURNAL,
inBLISITED BY 1: •
31c., W. DicA,LARNE.Y, PRoprietor.
oßrpevoted to the cause of Republicanism, l ate in
terestsofgriorl Wire; theidvancelpent of Education,
and the hest good of Potter county. °Wiling no guide
excep4 that of Principle, it will endeavor to alit in ttie
work. Of inure fully Freedomizing our Country.
kiaradvertisements inserted at the follotring rates,
except where speelalbargains are made, A "square"
Is 10 lines of Brevier or:fi °III - apparel! types :
1 siveare..l insertion el 50
iqiiare;2 orl'lTtsertions... 200
Each'subsequent insertion less than 13 40
I . avare, 1. year 10 00
.Bu-ioees Cards, 1 year 5 00
. Administrator's or Executor's Notices' ' • 300.
Bpebial and Editorial .I`.79tlces per 20
transient l advertisemuntii must be paid in
dcauideAnd no notice will be takiin of adverti.ements
front a distance, nnleas they are accompanied by the
money or satisfactory reference.
Job Work, of all kinds, executed with neatness
and despatch.
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BT SINESS NOTICES.
ICOb Ilawley. H. H. Oman On.
Attorneys-at-Law,
Tir L MSPORT, renn'a. Special :Mention
yV. to 'ColleeVon of Pensions ' Bonin rand
.and
Bneftay, and all claims against the National and
StstelGrover7tments.;i , . . noy2ttf . .
Free a nd Ace.s!uteti Aueleui TOrk Masons
VULALLA. LOD.9E, No. 342, F. A. M. Stated
.1.11 iffeetinga on th e ..? d and 4th 'ocdnea , rayoofeach
month.; Hall, in the 3d Story of the Olmsted Block.
tß,C.f..,issaage,Sec.L WM. SBF.AR,
X. D.
DIIVEICIAN and SUR(*EON, offers hla services
tto theci4zena of this place and vicinity and dealrea
inform them that, he will:promptly respohd to all
callsYnr frofe.stonst ten:leen. Otlice on 11,dn - ntreet,
•averldanning's Jewelry Stoic : Ites;denee nearly op
.oaith the otrtce of the Far St Moss' Estate: 1.7-2 S.
O. T. ELLLtiOlt, !M.
P - RA.6TICI2v4 PMVS/Cl-1..g. Coudersport, : I':t.,
'respectfully informg the citizens of the vtihtef , and
TiCinity that he - ulll protr,ptly tesporpl to all calls for
profcssloual setcieeig. (*ffiee.onfring.t street, Aral door
"avert of his'residenee. 1740
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JOHN 6 111ANT.N.,
•TTORICEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
attend tire severai Courts
tEr Potter, Cameron and Ircßeart counties. AR In.on
.73esa entrusted to 1 care wiil receive prompt atten
tionl Office on Main street, in residence,
ARTHUR G. OLMSTED,
Al t[ TORNEY ANI3 COU.FSELLER NT .IJAW,
Coudersport, Pa., ‘cill uttet.d to all bosinei3s co
tru led to hla cared:lth prolaracesA ond Wilco
4.11 c second storey of the Oltr.sted Block.
ISAAC BENSON,
TTORDTET•AT-L.I.W, Condors Tort, re... c will
attend to all bu.lnegs entrusted to him %ha: care
prom ptness.• Attends Courts of adjoi nine, faun
. °thee on Second street,near the Allegany liridge
F.jW. KNOX,
A TTORNEY -.IND COI3.I47BELLPR
Coudersport; Pa., will attend the ()orate lid Put.
'Zeeland the adjoinnig counties.
miLLEIn d McALAILNEY, ,
AiTroncErs-A!T LAW, HARRISBURG, .PC:liitt.
Agentel for the Collection of Claire -meal i.4t the
led States and State ii.overontent-i,=.acli as Veneto s,
nty, Arrears of Pay ,&c-Address 13iix Ob i larriiiburg
vr IK. KILLER, C. M'AL.S.P.NEY
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M: I .IIc.CLA.RNEIr,
MEAL ESTA'IIII" and INSOItAIcCE AGENT.—
D. Land Boole t and Sold!, Taxes paid and Titles
investigated. Insiires property sgainet fireinthebest
doinpanies in the Country ; and rersons against-Axel
dents in the Travelers Instkranee Company et llart
fprd'... 'Drollness - tranSaeted promyttr. , ' -,• •••
'P. A.I STEBBINS 455
jrgEtCHANTO—Dealers in Dry-.Goodri, t''ancy
1 Goods, Groceries.Procinion , ,Flour,Fectill'ork,
and everything-118011y kept In Avoca. country;Aturo.
Produce bought :and sold • .. 17 P. 9
1. C. H. .SIM.3IOIIIS,'
rEILCITANT-L-Ir ELLSVILLE N. T,
1 . sale and RatailDealerin Dry Goode, Fancy and
%pie Goods.Clothing,tadies DressGoods,GrOerles,
Plour, Feud, &c, Retailers supplied on liberali terms
S. X. E. JONES,
ANTS —neatens D rugs', l sf.ed i n es,
.111 Oils Plumy Articks,- Stationery, Dry! Goods,
Groceries, 'sr.c., Main Street, Coudersport, Pa - •
D. S. O.IOISTED,
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Vo n t htn i g — C
e o a k l4 ry r 17.4 . 3 r r ee G r i e o g d , s Goods, d r tßa e d d o ;
ork, Provisions, &e,, 'Rats street, Coudersport, Pa
`COLLINS
• ' COLLINS SIIITIT, , - - •
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lir.r..RCDAST—Dralcr in Dry Goods. Grocerieg,
~0". Provisions, ilardsvorc, Quecnswore, Cutlery,.
and all Goods usually found in a country store: n'al
• H. J. OLMSTED.
TXARDWARE litorenant, and Dealer in Stores s
IL Tin and Sheet Iron-Ware,Main strebt;Conder
Bport, Pent .'n. Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made to
order, in good style, on short notice.
COVIIERSPoRT "HOTEL
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.11 - 1 F. GLASSNiIItg, rnoentaron, Cornet of Itnin
J . j. and second treet a,Clo udo repor „Potter Co.ra.
'Lifery Stable to also kept to connection with this
Xtotel. Daily SLAVA to and from the Railroads.
Potter Journal Job-011ice‘
I_TAATING lately added a tine neW, assortment of
;la • JOB-TYPE to our already large assortment.
Vim aro now prepared to do all kinds of work, cheaply,
land with Mate and neatness. Orde.s solicited.
NXTANTED, AGENTS, $l6O PER MONTH, TO
.V V sell toe Improved C..mmon Sense Family Soot-
Aug Machine. This Machine will stitch, hem. fells I
tuck„cord, braid, bind, gather, quilt, and embroider'
beautifully. Price only 4130. Every Eft/chino is war
tented throe years. • For terms address or call on C.
) BONERS & CO. Reception rooms N0..:65 S. Fifth
!Street, Philadelphia. Pa, . lm
MARBLE WORK
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t ty i p i Monuments and Tomb-Stones
I . kk, of alt kinds, Will ho furnished on'reasona
ble terms and Short notice by
e. lireuntb.
- Residence: I.Y miles south of
Coudersport, Pa., on the - Sionemationing
j Road, or leave your orders at the req. Mike. fe6'd
DAN BAKER,
I.,I)ESSIGIN, BOUNTY and WAR CLAIM AGENCY
Pensions procured for Soldiers of the present
ar Whe are disabled by reason of wounds receiVed
or disease contracted while In the service of the Unit d.
States ; and pensions, bounty, and arrears of pay ob
tabled for widows or heirs of those who have died or
I bean killed while in service. All letters of inquiry
r; promptly answered, and on receipt by mall of a state-
Wentr of the case of claimant, I will forward the no
;r. oessary papers for their signature. Fees in Pension
eases as llaed by law. Refers to Hons. Isaac, Benson,
A. G. Olmsted, John S. Mann, and F. W. 'Knox, Eeq
- • DAN. BAKER,
Junee64 Claim Agent, Coudersport, Pa.
1500 Per Year 1 We want rieellte
4• everywhere to sell our imettoren
$2O bowing Machines. three new kinds. Under and
upper feed. Warranted five years. Above salary
,or large commissions paid. Thercieur machines sold
.in the United States for less than $4O, which aro fully
licensed. by Howe, Wheeler ec Wilson, Grover & Be
! ker,t3inger & Co.. & Bachelder. ALL other cheap ma
. 'Vie are Infringement's and the seller or user are
to arrest, tlne and imprisonment. Circulate'
fro& Address, of tall upon Shaw & Clark, tiictde
i :Ord, Urdu. Deo, 76,19(15. lawly•
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THE DIPENDING RUB.
"Hattie,iwonld yen 'mind sitting its the
nursery this evening? Willie has been
fretful,' Jade says, all day, and she thinks
he is net
"But Maude shall You go if he is sick?"
"Pshaw i delis not sick. Jane is alays
fussy, only' I shall feel easier if I know
you are with :him.- Go I of course I shall
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go. I wouldnit miss this p arty for any
thing. It: will be the one of ithe season.
and ray dress Was made on tEurpose. Is
it not levely I was three itytade days
looking for, this exact shade of rose color
and the lace is perfection ! have not
dernd l to ask ,6hat Madame - gave for it !
Then these,ze* pliffs are so bCcorninc , ,and
t.
nothing suits my comelexionl like blush
roses. Elise, rais e buct about half
r an 1"4 and tbebeanty stood erect
before ,the long Oais,, trifliqg with the
full !folds of her rich silk, add touching
a fall of lace here 'and there ti!, add to the
effe l er ef the costly toilette. Never did a
pc,ri l ,eetly fitting, rode cover a more grace T
ful hgure,or an exquisiteemfig . re heie.hten
the Icharms of a fairer face. The delicate
featlires, soft,lWaving browOair, large
hazPl'eyes, and rich, beautiful complexion
each and all fdded eharms.'ll From the
well-poised 'head 'to the tine , foot there
was, beauty
wish you would ever go out Hattie,"
was the next remark of
_this' , bright but
terfly. ' "Yhiirvotild be al4st pretty if
you would dr'C,ss like other folks, and wear
your hair in anything but these old maidy
folds. What's the matter tonight ? You
arelanusually,grave, even it eF
1 1. Nothing ;More than I have already
told you'. I ani afraid thereis something
witting with Wilfred. He looks "
so pale
and haggardddhat it worries me.
"Do you' really think him ill ?" The'
wife'kface 'grew a shade anxious too.
- exa ctly - ill, but I ain sure some
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thi gds troubling him."
"Oh, bard; , 'times ! The old cry. I never
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asi l ed , papa for a cent when he did not
tell me it was p hard times, and yet he left
us lted thousand dollars a piebe, and there
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were seven of us, and mamma's thirds
be s ides. It! always hard times with
buines3 meth lam sure Wilfred never
deniee ;adythiug,aad if he were really
in Want of imdney, why, you;know I could
do 4 with lessl e jeweis and dresses, and
th re arc (:)TAS r ways to save I suppose.
But what's the use of talking about it.
You ;and II ;leas do nothing! I think
4ve kept ,that carriage ! waiting long
enough. EiIE3C, my hood and
,cloak. Good
night, Hattie 1 Dont forget' about Willie.
Dear,. little Man I would ied in and kiss
him only I a i m afraid he will cry when I
go away. • Olen !" and away she tripped
humming a polka, as her light feet crossed
the ball. / f l
Hattie Farq4ar Waited .till she heard
the halidoer "close, and then stepped
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across the entry to .the, nursery. The
nurse sat before the fire rocking in' her
arms' a level; boy of about two summers,
whoie flushed face and restless movements
spoke of feveriki illness. 'lin a little crib
another child la girl of for years of age
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was pleeping wetly.
"You mill oto to bed Jade , '' said liar.
riet, taking 41,a child from l the nurse's
aims. - "fyii4 stay here till Mrs. Farquar
returns. Wilfred,darling come to auntie."
ThQ child 'nestled doWn contentedly
into I the lovin' emprace, and for hours
the huut sat efore the fire soothing - and
caressing he i r little charge.)
It; was lon past midnight 'when she
placed himow sleeping lquietly in his
little cradle; Lnd went softly down to the
sitting-room. j To her surprise she found
it occupied.l Seated behre the fire, his
hands folded over his knees, his face
clouded will gloomy thoughts, rat the
master of the house. '- .
And here let me pause 'a moment to
introduce th inmates of this house to my
readers. ‘
Wilfred and Harriet Farqnar
were orphato,born in a far, western home,
and, early in )ifs left with a mere pittianoe
for support.) For a few years they strug.
gled in' theirlowo home for a living ) then
an offer beink made to the young alall!of
a situation in a counting house in the city
of B---;be left the west and accepted
the' new peiltion. frame at the .same
time opened; alsmall school in, a village a
fewmiles frO l na her old home.
Fortune 'smiled upon Wilfred,or rather
by his own; tlidustry, eoergy, and appli
cation, he conquered the fickle dame,and
rose in his station. From one clerkship
to another ho advanced steadily, and by
close etionaakija his ptivate expenditure,
ved gradually, until at.last be was able
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„o into business for himself,in a modest
wa • bat still prosperously. •
Th n be married. Of his wife Harriet
heard i i liitie, save that she was beauti
ful and 'thnia,g, and had ten thousand
dollars. Om the day when first he felt
independent of Work, Wilfred had urged
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his sister t i olleve her school and come' to
him,"but she - preferred her incleperidene,),e,
and steadily refused 'all invitations until
about a year after his marriage her brother
was scized with a dangerous illness and
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Debotea to the l'irioeiples of Ihge
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COUDERSPORT, POTTER
hie wifa wrote, implori
to her aid.
• It was , soon evident Ito the sister that
her presence in her brother's 'house would
be a great Comfort, if dot a necessity, and
She yielded to the entreaties' poured out
'upon her i gaide up herschoel,and remained
an B
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Maude Farquar was a beauty and belle.
'Her childlike, winning manners, an.
~:clinging,affectionate disposition made ber
a very sunbeam, and the idol of her hus
band's heart, but she was as idle, too,, as
the sinbeam to which I have compared
her. The petted darling of wealthy par
ents she • bad !never known a care in her!
life. A favorite in society, her husband's!
indulgence allowed all her gay desires full
scope,aod her home became a mere sleep
!leg and boarding-house, where the sere.
!ants ruled, and the mistress was a sort of
'trahsient inhabitant. j, .
Into' this coefused household Hattie
learite with her quiet, orderly !babits,and it
was not long before the whole housekeeping
cares glided into her hands. l Maude was
only too glad th be releived of siieh drudgery
and gradually nursery as well as hou s e.
bold duties became Harriet's !charge, while i
the mistress of the house led the life of a
careless, fashionable belle.
• Upon her marriage Maude Farqar bad
placed the whole of her patrimony in the
purchase of a handsome house, which
Wilfred had setded" upon 'herself. -Of
course the young husband's first outlay of
furniture was a heavy one, j and he soon
found that it would tax his every resource
to support his wife's extrava g ances in
dress, jeyels, and the thousand expenses
of a belle. Weakly fond of her looking
upon her as a mere child,he:said no word
of caution or warning until his affairs be•
came so embarrassed that ruin ‘ stared him
in the face. Then, tbo late', he made a
few faint remonstrances that fell upon idle
heedless ears.
Softly, like a blessing, Hattie's band
fell upon ,her brother's bowed head as he
sat before the fire musing of the past, and
the dark future. i !
"Wilfred, are you ill ?"
He looked a moment into the kindly
face and said—
I r almost ruined I"
.Hattie, I am almost rune
"I feared so," abe said gently ' taking a
seat by his side; "this wasteful extrava
aance!"
nave been wrong," tie answered,"not
to trust more to Maude. Sbe has been
always a petted plaything e and now—" be
gave a low moan of pain, thinking of de
nying his darling any joy.
"Now she must learn to hear what many
another as gay and careless! has borne be
fore her time."
"The house is hers and the furniture,so
she will not have to give those up,thongh
how all this style can be kept up—"
"It cannot! Oh, Wilfred, do not fall
again into the same error' Let Maude
know all, or she will N but Igo on in the
same path. 'tell her frankly that
.you
cannot afford this lavish e i lpenditure.—
There is a tender, true heart-,under all
this careless gayety. Give it a chance to
work."
"Tell Maude all ?" he Mama, and then
there fell a long silence. The sweep of a
silken skirt rushed across the ball,and he
said suddenly, "Hattie, how can I tell
Maude that her extravagane has beggared
?" ' I
A lost cry of pain caused br'ethet and
sister to look up. Standing in the door,
in all the glitter and beauty of her rich
dress,but with a face pale as ashes,Haude
Farquar stood stunned by her husband's
words-
Vor an instant no one spoke. Then with
a quick, impulsive moveciteot,all her own
the young wife sped across the room, to
kneel with uplifted face at, her husband's
feet. It was a favorite attitude with her
when she wanted petting,t but now as she
crossed her hands upon his knee,aod raised
her white face, there was no thoneht of
childish coaxing in her Mind. The sting
of his - words had gone straight as an arrow
to tease the woman in het heart.
"Wilfred," she said, her stiff pallid
lips almost refusing to form the word.
"Did you say .1 had beggared you ?"
"No, darling, no ! ' my own folly Imy
own blindness, that would not trust your,
love ! Maude, darlinc , ,you are blameless."'
Tell me all," sheinsisted. "While I
have been wasting Money in a thousand
useless follies, have ybu been staring ruin
in the face • Oh,, Wilfred, it seems like
dancing over your grave 1"
"Elush,'Alaude, you shall not talk so.
I tell you it,is my fault, mine only."
"But ruin. 12, Wil6ed,do you mean that
von are actually ruined ?"
"In a few days I must declare myself
bankrupt, .unless but never '? mind
that."
"Unless what ?"
"I could command a sum of money now
utterly out of my reach."
"Wilfred, will they take the house?"
"No,the house and furniture are yours
settled upon you when we wore married:
No one can tough thew."
ilehp l elr4c9, Rio fi)e, 14setiiiplioq of YohlifD,
COUNTY, FA., TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1866.
"Mine I al! my own ? And my, ewels ?"
"All your own, too."
"I an glad of that," she said earnestly.
"Ye's. After nil my affairs are settled
I can still take a clerkship, and keep you
and the children above want."
There was a long silence Unheeding
her riih dress, Maude came to herlhus
band's,arms, pillewing her head upon his
shoulder, and whispering low, 'loving
words of comfort, caressing him with 'her
little soft hands, and lavishing upon
I every , tvord in the vocabulary of affection;
while Hattie, in her geutle,
tender voice,
offered her consolation arid loveas freely if
not with such eager demonstrations.
It Was nearly day dawn before they left
the room. At the door, Mande suddenly
stopped.
"Wilfred," she said eagerly, "you said
a sum, more than you could command,
would save you now. What 5.11 , t, ?"
riot to come
"If I bad thirteen thousand dollars be
fore this day week. •.i'.
course•we should have to live very eco
nominally for a ) long time before I could
entirely recover my position, but still, I
could meet present iiabilities, and i-tart
anew. But what's the use ordisbussing
it ?"
"No use at all," said Hattie' decidedly.
"Good-night."•
"No use at all," said Maude down in
her heart. "We'll see, Miss Hattie. I
am to live in this big house, with all this
expensive furniture and keep all my jew
els and finery,and my husband bito work
himself into his grave earning ? a salary to
keep it all up."
The next day; with a grave face,yet in
his heart the
.warm appreciation of his
wife's repentant love ; Wilfred Farquar
went to hls counting-house, while Maude,
to Hattie's innifite astonishment, left
Willie, still fretful and ailing, for a mor
ning drive: She was gone several hours,
and finairy came in radiant with beauty
and in high spirits. Day after' day these
long morning drives were taken, Willie
recovering by Hattie's care, and Wilfred
finding every evening' a chatty, cherry
little wife in a quiet home dress, waiting
for Mm.
The fateful week was drawing to a close
One day only remained, when evening
found the trio again assembled round the
sitting room fire. Maude's face was full
of tender love, as she knelt in her old
caressing way ht her husband's feet.
"Wilfred,darling," she said, laying her
cheek against his hand; "I. am going to
move to-morrow."
"Move ?"
"Yes. Brother Cohn has rented me
one Of his little houses in L street. They
are new and very comfortable, quite large
enough for our small family. Sister
Sarah has helped me select pretty low
priced furniture, and found me a good
girl. I have sold this house furnished,
and all my jewels, and there are fifteen
thousand dollars waiting tor you in• the
Bank. Let me cry l" for she was sob
bing in the fulness of her joy. "Oh, Wil
fred, I will be a better wife and mother !
Hattie will teach me and help me ) and you
will be as indulgent over my new blun
ders as over my old follies, will you not?"
She was laughinc , again now.
4 31 y little wife," he said in toW, full
tones, "whose heart I never knew,! No
more a child, a plaything ; but a _woman
to trust as well as love. Oh, Maude, by
the new toad between us, for the new
love and trust I can be thankful now for
the Impending Ruin''`
SNOW FLAKES IN A BALL-410031.-A
writer in Once a Week gives the . following
singular illustration of the condensation
of vapor, which always ensues when cold
air mingles with warm. The scene was in
a bail room in Moscow
"The heat of the room having become
intolerable one of the gentlemen opened
the top part of one of the windows. A.
cold gust of wind blew suddenly in thro'
the open windOw,and the heated air which
was congregated in the upper part of the
room became suddenly condensed,and de
scended upon the assembled
,party in the
form of snow-flakes. Probably there
never was seen so curious a sight In a
hall,—ladies and gentleman in ball toilet.
in the midst of a dance, and snow-flakes
descending ; and were it not for the in
congruity of the attire,more like a skating
party."
The longest railroad in the world is the
Grand Trunk of Canada—from Detroit
to Portland-837 miles.
If you have a cough do not, go out to
church to disturb the rest of the congre
gation.
The receipts of the city railways in
Chicago last year were 9656,000; num
ber of passengers, 13,000,000.
Tho new census of Illinois shois a total
porinlation of 2,126,000 ; an increase of
414,000 in five years.
Brigham Young proposes to purchase
two of the Sandwich Islands and emigrate
thither with his flock. -
Sheep Raising.
A flack of about one hundred fine bred
sheep has just been brought to Concord,
N. H., to be disposed of among the best
and most enterprising farmers!, of New
England. / The Matter for procuring them
grew out ( of an intercbange of views of
several gentlemen at the New England
fair in this city in September.. Jedediah
T. Hoyt,i of Concord, in connection with
Thomas S. Lang, of Vassalborough, Me.,
C. C. Plaisted, Enfield, Mass:, Gov. Gil
more, George Clough, C. C. Davis and
John L. ,Tallant, of Concord, J. C. and
I. I. Gage, of Fisherville, and other en
terprising men, come in for, a share in
this voidable acquisition to the flocks of,
the State. Mr. Hoyt went to Kentucky,
and from a partion of that Stte where
the most valuable importations from Eng
land lave been made durina the last
twenty years,
carefully selected sheep,
taking none but the best. The sheep in
this purchase consist of sixty-seven full
blood and thorough-bred Cotswolds, nine
buck, and the balance ewes, and twenty
thorough-bred Southdowns—four bucks,
and sixteen ewes: , Mr. Hoyt has certifi-1
cates and pedigrees hem the breeders of
these sheep to show that they are pure
animals. Many of/ them descend from
bucks purchased, in England at high
prices, and sold on arrival at sums as high
as $l.OOO each. , it. A. Alexander, of
Woodford county,y., who has a flock
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inferior to none in the United States, is
entitled to much credit for importing
prize animals and scattering them over
the land. The Cotswold sheep, of which
roost;of the flock here spoken,of consists,
Produce a long staple of: wool, and fine,
suitable for the manufacture of worsted
goods. They are 1 rge, hardy sheep, and
in Kentucky often renia l in in the pasture
without shelter. owe of those in the
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flock purchased by slr. Hoyt weigh; 275
pounds, and are w 11 proportioned. ;The
Soutbdowns are a mailer animal and of
middling class" of pol, quite hardyi, and
able to subsist on porter forage, produce
less wool, but exce all other breeds ilp the
quality of their fl sh.—Springfi
I elq Re
publican. _ .
1
'Farmers not at Home.
It seems strancre that so many f !rimers
are of the opinion "that theirs is abo t the
poorest business that a man is cm toyed
in. Hence many are on the constant
look out for something to turn up, and so
drag on through al weary life; such will
even work out, or leave home and family
perchance, when tempted by nominally
high wages. Let the discontented farmer
whose eye falls on these lines, r4solve,
that for better or worse, "I'll stick to
farming." Then if he acts up to this he
will not.hunger or hanker for othe Work
br business. In Confirmation of t is we
may add, that in slate conversatio with
a well.to-do farmer; who had been tro, bled,
as indicated aboVe, he remarked!, that
not long since he r6solved to live a farmer,
not only, but on the farm he no* owns.
And he added, "I enjoy my work" aad
business as I never did when on the look
out for something; else to do that ?should
pay better than farming." Diseliontent
meat with a man's calling or business in
life, be that what ;it may, is the sciurce of
'misery not only to himself, hat X serves
to make all connected with him en life's
journey wretChedjalso. in fine, allow us
to add, that every farmer should resolve
to be at home on his farm, .and hen he
will be happy not; only, but make others'
so also. Try it if you doubt it.--i-Boston
Cultivator. 1 1
Mr. Fi6lds, a London bookseller,
is known for his wonderful meniory and
knowledge of . .n i glish literature! It is
said that when any author in the neigh
borhood is. at a loss fora particular pas- ,
sage, he goes at once to the "book store"
for the. desirekitiformation. One day at
a dinner party, a would-be-wit thinking
to puzzle 'Mr. FteldENrd make sport for
the company, ahnouneed, prior to Mr.
Fields' arrival, that he had himself writ
ten some poetry, and intended to submit
it to Mr. Fields, as Southey's. At the
proper moment therefore, after the guests
were seated, he began:
"Friend Fields, I havo been a great
deal exercised ofr late, trying to find out
in Southey's poems, his well-known lines
running thus—(repeating the lines he
had compoSeci); can you tell me about
what time he wrote them 7"
."I do not remember to have met them
before," replied Mr. Fields "and tbe,ie
were only two periods in Sonthey's•life
when such , lines could possibly 'haVe
been written by bird."
"When were those?" gleefully solma
the witty queStiey,-y.
"Somewhere," said Mr. Fields, "about
that early pbried of his existence when
he was having the measles and cutting his
first teeth, or near the close of his life,
When his brain had softened, and he had
fallen into idiody. The versification be•
I,iisigs to the naeta.sles period; but the ex
pression Oe.arly betrays the idiotio one:"
The questioner smiled faintly ; but the
company roared!
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TERMS.--$1.50 PER ANNUS.
On His Holmle.
Thomas Topham, the 'strong man,' wa
born in L o on in 1710, and was bred a
carpenter,t aftetward 'traveled on hid
muscle.' was *quiet, peaceable manj
of middle size and weight, made like (Ad
men except that the usual cavities node
the arms'and bands were, in his casefilled'
full of muscles. The wonderful stories
of his feats of strength are well authenL
tieated.
He could hold under perfect restraint,
and with ease to himself, the strongest.
horse. He lifted a table six feet long,
with. fifty pounds on the end of it, with
his teeth, and held it in a horirmetal pot.
4,
sition a considerablelime. He rolled ti
a pewter dish, weighing seven pono4. 7
with as much apparent ease as the reader
would roll up a sheet of paper. Be held
a pewter quart pot at arm'a length and
squeezed the sides together like an egg
shell. ' I
He lifted 200 pounds with his little
finger and }waved ; it gently around his
head. He.lifted Mr. Chambers, a clergy
man, who must have lived on the fat of
the land, for he weighed 378 pounds,
with one hand, Mr. Chambers' head being
placed on one chair and his feet on an
other. At a blow he struck a round bar
of iron one inch in diameter against his
arm and bent it Ilse a bow. '
One nig,ht,observinga watchman asleep
in his watch-box, be picked up box and
watchman, carrying the load with th l e
greatest ease, and dropped them over tile
wall into Tindale burying ground.
A butcher once passed a large wind+
at which Tophatn was sitting: He stooped
down and took half an ox from the fellow
shoulders with so muah -ease and dext6r
ity that the man swore the devil had
flown away with his beef.
At a race a man insisted upon (Vivi? l g
upon the track; so Topham took' hold iof
the tail of his cart and drew it gently
.back, the driver whipping his horse like
a mad man all the time.
When he kept a public house two mien
were determined to fight him; so, to sr
isfy them, he seized theni by the in es
of their necks, and knocked their heads
together till he knocked all the fight out
of them.
He astonished a sailor who presented
him with a cocoa-nut, by breaking it cies°
to his ear as you would a peanut; and
upon one occasion lifted three housheads
of water. Once he threw his horse over
a turn pike gate, and at any time cou'd
go through the maned of arms with the
beam of a house.
The Wrohg Side. •i
A minister of a Western village, fouhd
one Sabbath, a notice, which had bitten,
cat from the Saturda'y newspaper, and
plced in his desk for him to" read to .his
congregation. But by a strange coinci
dence, there happened to be printed; on
the tdet side of the same slip the adVer
tisement of a certainshoe T dealer,a promi
nent member of his church; and without
turning.the'paper to read the other aide,
as the advertisement met his eye,the
coed man'eoncluded it was expected: he
would read it, and accordingly to the Sur
prise of. all, he announces, at the usual
point for reading notices, that "George
Si B--Ireaps constantly on hand and.
for sale, a large and well selected assort=
meat of boots and shoes; which he 'will
sell for cash, at Dfo.— Street ;" andadded
'Brother B is a worthy memberof
the church and society, and deserving the
patronage ofi the congregation."
The consternation of Brother 8--
may be better imagined than described,
Comnio Dow,i.—The manner In wnien
many of our' military, heroes are lot down
to their original level, on their return
home, is sometimes more emitting to the,
lookers-on than flattering to the suhjeot:
A•case in point : General Sam. H. iwent .
out in a regiMent from the Badger State
as captain. Before he left the rendezvous
he was prompted to Colonel, and for gal
lant conducti in the field was brectreil
Brigadier General. On his retirement
to civil life he told a friend "they Mt him
down easy."l At Washington it was Geo.
H. ; at Madison, Colonel H.; at the town
where he organizied his company it was.,
"How are yo'a, Captain 7" 1 and When Ills
got np to S. where he resides, evtl.4 boy
with freckled nose was shontint,
.sam I"
A. Timm SKULL. --rt, is related, as art
amusin g incident, that h lad of a darkey
fell from the second story of a window, d
a distance of fifteen feet, lighting with
his head on the flagstone of a side-tralk.ia
the torn cf Lynchburg, Virginia. Ono
of the flags was shivered, and it waq?op
posed the boy was killed. Several ] per
sons who heard the concussion, repaired=
at once to the spot. The darkey wag
, ott
his feet before they fairly reached blip,
with a broad grin overspreading his bona
tepaeoe. "Golly, massa," said he, "dem
stones, if deg don'i want to gel kurt,innst
keep out ol dis niggars's
wa„.President Johnson hat vetoed the
Freedeaau'a Bureau Bill]