VOLUZE y.vnt--NUM.73ERI42 -rx-ro POTTETt SOU RINTAL,' PUBLISHED BY M. W. ',IcALARNEY, Proprietor. War Devoted to the cauee of Re publicanioni, the in !tercet.; of A :ate ..lt u rei, the advniteemeot of Education:, land the hest 'zocd of Potter coun4. .iwtulfg no gon l 4 02,:ept that of Pri,ictple, it will endeavor 'Wahl in the wort of more fully Freedontivng our Country. ear .iiflyertiseynerffs Inserted itt the tortowinU ~:sFeept where speciitllotriTititis :ire riidee .'2l. "square'? As tolin-s of Brerfer or 8 Nonru "Al types „ Ivi fare, 1 insertion__ — sl 50 siiiire.2 or 3 ;TIP(' ntlal4 .......... •.. ..... 200 Etch stb•equent 4nsertituf less than 13.--.- S 40 : co 1 squire, 1 year 10 p, 5 00 ni Aiiinfat-trator's re Eye^ 'tae- Notice=._--- 30) Special sud Editorial :Coffees per tine____-. 20 • 115r7” tran4itnit advertisements to oat he paid in • Or to notice will be taken of ,elvertl-effirlits fro n oliat Dee, they e areoniqattiied by the M. 3 ey or withinitittiry reference. • • GrfT Jam' , :York, 4.: kintir , , czccntt•d with neatntes .1-Ap ch. BUS IN ESS NOTICE . . Free and Accepted Altelent York :Masons E1:1..AP..1.1. I.,•)I)AjE. No. 34..2, F. A M. Stnted M., in.!. ,n, tin: *l.l 311•1 tith .. t...:51, ~:iy-I,', 3 Ch mouth. MAI, in tile 3d St.ry: of th- < Ihnm‘ , l Mnk. D.C.l.Annani:n•Sec. I • WM SIIEAIt, W NE. O.' T. ELI :11. D.. R . _ VACTICI SG . PIik'SICIA:C. o,lle-sport, ra. r..! ? ...4,,,,, , ,.:, , 1if..,:,,1 lie ..,it.z...,,,—rt the vlll,t;re :Ind 'V i . ci . flity Licit lie will prwlirii!y remplthl to all 0:III. for profededon .1 set viers. OM: , oil Eirml elrevi, first dour vr,-st of him rmmidette, 17.40 • • I': D. RITT.EII. '3l. IL, • prIYSICIA,N . d Sarzeon so,ll re , ..pec!fully• In form the eil:z•ns of Cou,orei,lrt artfl y ;VI LI, he ill, Oil - 11 , i an Oiler i nthe C00dt.......,rt re.o y P.prO ft.l4•ll3l regular griiiiiole of Butt-do 1e lical Co leth, of ISO. J:01 1 JSIC I.EIt sMeALARNT.Y. _A rum EYE-AT lA,W, II rtllll'.. - Ag,f)t... fur tlx 011,vtion I ted .- , tates awl -tAtr Botioty.Arr,it'F3 P.ty Ac , -Ati•irre# l;••N * fY MI LI, Clll . I. C:NET 1 JOH ' • M ANN. , ." 1 , . A rFTO . I.:SET AND COUNSELI.Oft. AT LAW..4}lj C.Jud, , port, t'n., %%nil:we:A the several C.-uriA Ii! o',aier au..l }Cameron }.ciantit,. A:1 bit.iims, , en trp:tell is hies care iiiill rect-ii}e pionip, attenzioti. titSei on Mo ,i.r..}et, in resi4l , :wv. .' - 1 , _ OLMSTED and I,AItItAISEE. TrORNEY'3 AT LAW. Cothier , port, Pt. ti',‘ Lit, Will atte::‘,l I.tiSines en•ru,ted to .their .c:irel with pr im'pt,te,e3 Ind ti.l.l,ity. \Val til-o :u etid th i s eeceral CoOft , II; Coo..tivo. in't6e A ,torey of the A ICTOTiNEY-AT.L.A.W? Goi.ler•port, Pa.. will I 3tiekl i0.3..1 liu•i:le4s i.:.tru.4.-il .o h a ....a. cart. avid lOrLoptio ., ... At..t.nl- C...tirta of ita:joi.iiiiiz coon t, O , 0 ii.,,,,i0 i.;.-c.o. d.O-011.10..i• 1., A drz,..y ori.lize 1 • 1 1 F. W. FiNON. ATTOT:NEY, Itir,i COUNSELT.O.R -AT LAWS I C.,,40,1)..1r.1, 1 , 4., sr U :a:rad:he (.-uutte ill. Put 'tr. and , he 3 ,1)tp1i,,,g C 0.111,, . • E • ____ LLISON dr THOMPSON . , • TAEALER• 4 in/ Dr.go., NS,litillt,.., Paint,, nil , . ...Lf IViVniAnnso‘,lrn , p , :mil P a ne articl..s,Sook,"Qf all landil—Scllq and 'Mhz,lianeonA,S.dariedivr,,i .kE, 6, , e. I!i M'abldaga .dd Jewelry St"re. J . :tn- t.'67. W. MeALARNEY: TEAT. ESTATE a id I NSCH. SCE AGENT.-7 awl Sold, Litt and Tal e ; invet , tig.tttid. - I i.iiregprop.irty ii t tain-t rite irith.l,-t compitn.ei in lEii• Arei de• i t i o in th e TrHii44•r4 C in piny of Hart ford. Ei t ...ini,,Trtniactiid yr, imyl ly 17-29 C. Di. ARMSTRONG, A r IR 3 u ' ll s r4 l A4 ,ll t sport, Pew:a. n Sheet irwu War- in:*de tn of ter, in ••.3 . 1-. •01••ri P/AL STEBBINS 61: Co., r.Eßnii.ASTF3—.Deater. in pry Goods,. Raney 111_ Go .dh, and every:hi , : tiFii illy kept 104 god eouhtly =ote Produce find eold st3znoss. _ - Ivr EqcriA.:-r,-wg.r.t_ . svii.l , ..B•N- Y., Whnle. .131 r ; and R.r..til Dt.f.alor in Dry G Fa:l6 . anti Elr.a.ple, Gnu is Chithinz.L•itlieP Groceries, roue ; R oupp•dt , l In liberal Tr.rrn. (let ES S • JONFS ICIFacl e.ilfrg in Drug. ilSiedicines.'nint., Fitmly Articles. S atioriery,Dr Goods, t c e.. Maio Rtn i ct. ''oudereport Pa (011.1.1 NS Si:111T1i. TESIC'FIANT-,D ,, tler in T . l , y Gaud;. Groceries, yFi IProvissots, kpfeeus,a , ?3, cutlery. a al! Cioo uly found in. country store. Will fOrOEHSPOHT HOTEL. H Dlriter cf Main , n d Co. :de , sport Yotter A Lir.e, 1.1, is ill eon eciirm with this shA e Ll j •ii :in I (rim the R,iirrri.is. Porter Journal Jol.-011ice. ad.led 3 fine IleW :3.,0•131 , 0. of . 113Tvvrt 16 our ..a7rea , V 0 W tirerired to do all . ..in& of work, cheaply taste (inie ll+ We a e and •,, LYNiAN HOUSE. • Potter county, Pennsylvania. LTOS Proprietor. Ilt,iritz: krit tttitt tt,4,tvtlettt th,t.roprivtor of the u.icriin2 pUNIC and L, ,tl Pitt o. aiti, faction 101 all Who may tut— F-1 , 12 . . r;t3 • tf Lewis ; kl Pei- C 7. „I_LA:RBLt,' WORK ir.„, .(,,., ~ ' i ' Monuments and Tomb-Stones 1 i - 4i of all kii i d., etlki he furnished on re:L.lnm ' "'• We 1t..6118 and rliort lOtic - by 1,, ti• ... C. fireunle. I I'- 11 , pi ., 1 ,, nce : Enialia. 131 mil-s south of ""...`Comiiirsprt, Pa., on the Shineinalioninir Road, rit- leave i. im orilers ist Chas. Reissman's,. I- C.milersport witre any information desired can be olit4filed • i feb'fli . bAN RAKEIL, , iTIESSIDS, But •TY' and WAR CLAIM. A.O.Spi r r p e asidos procured for. Siddiers of th 4, prk4nt War who are !I,y!AiNi by - reason Of wounds !seri r d or diSeaso contracted while in the service of tee .STateB ; and pensii>ria,ilxiunty, and arreacs o f ;in, Laiudd for widOirs4Or bei nil' of those who have died nr been: killed while in service. All letters of inquiry promptly answero :,and on receipt by Mall of a state. meikof thei.iwise,Kclaiaianti, I will forward the no's' cesaary ziOers s , enature. Fees in Pension ca. , ea used by law, Refers to Floi.s. Isaac Benson. A. G! Olmsted, JOhn S. Mann, and F. W. Knox, Esq DAS BAKER, Junes 64 oairri A Cent , emiles.port. - - . . _ TAKE NfORE,..LTSPLEASANr AND UN SAk- REVEDIES vitip , Kts:va is cj da twerntis dlst•mee. 1.7 , 8 Hittiqn,L.D.S EXTRACT BCCIIL AND Da radrsn RO.dir ;ViSH. . • • Itch It6h ! Itch SCAATCII 'SCRATCH ! SCRATCH.: 11 E 4T;ON'S. OINTII ENT, R [ll Cure I the Itch In 4S lIonrs: hleo ,urea ULCERS: cap, rst4iNF,, And All EitcPTIONS OF THE SE IN. Frio hO cent- F,,Lr . .nl by al ,dru ut .ding 80 cvilta io'WEe.KS Sc - 'OTTER. Sole teente, 170 WA:ol , :;;,ton". , tlA,t.l3dAto- it will 'be forwarded bs 12,a'1.•!fr,e P ,to any:o ,rt of the Uultodidtkei J.d:ae 15E6. sp, notice wiry lyr. I 1101164.1. . I I 1 0 7 P S . . ) 2 ? I fI f r .0.!: . 0• • , 0 • I li ' Fr 1. A - - , , -Nommrami•mmis 'PICKLES. • rain'and Snow were falling fast, Itiii•ough a diwwn-easttillagi• pa,sed who 'cialked with great display, 9a a barrel:lw his lei h, - ..Piekles to ser." c eeks were blue, and red his nose, ears and Net were nearly , froze, tears of eOld bedim rued his sight, t still he yelled with all his might, %•Pickles to sell." As on he went, a maiden bold Caine and asked him what he ; The 3 iutc looked up with winning snide, And sald with voice as soft as ILE, "Oh ! tell' nie," cried the maid divine'; ~: ay, tell my., are they in the brill'e ?" "Kay, ".mid' the vt.ntn.-i hat ~ort don't pay," Qinte vexed, he Leard the•inattlen say. ii . ' - "Such Pickle.,'." , . t one so sTeet should speali: so tart ; ft word Wt of deep into Lis 'heart ;) t crumb 11.1 t, h..;'stiiihr.i, or•••••••-oi t' a • !oat, "Biz Am ay li . e through wind and rain, Tiihy tr,edin vain, askino wCalt lie had to sell .1.11, would u't ~tup but only veil. . • p ;Is " IC lez, • i "Oo ti't drive so fa. 4." an old ;tan =aid ; "'l.'liat woru-olit nag is nearly dead." "}i i shoes are kill." trundler erikl With scout uft-eurti the youth teidied, • r '.4.311, Pie:l-lies!" • 1 ' Fur Mercy's sake do,n't cross;the creek That wooden Itridge is awful Weak !" Tile youth dashed on his headlimg way-, And only turned his head to say,' , Wh,:Pickles!" • •, The right was dark. the wind Was cold, TI pickle 13H was brave nnil told ; HO never storted or checked his flight, And soon the sleigh was lest to sight, Pickles a!rnf all. • nixt morn, two little wandering Jews CaMe into town and brought th, - e. news; DOwn in the drift a corpse theS - Iftnind, Whilst far and year :Were scatterld round, , , • i The Pickles. A Sharp IMtitaisses I[4.aide., 1 .- The! following. P stl ry Is told of josh Sears,, I a slito.l ad men: ant, who flourished in Boston! in the (piss when that city c.ontroll.: e d n lO 4 of the lA'e. t India trade: ... !, , A. cargo ot ,. mou l tin - , ,an classified after beinv lan - ded onltlif j .. pier, as sour for dis- filling rind sweet t rr retail, and after the cargo aras landed at d, gauged by the Cus tom House offieinl, twas offered for sale. If it was a fair aver v_te cargo it a-as o'ffereM to the. jobbers, the price b e itf fixed upon the 11,,gslieads as t les ran. Josh would often ,buy several h mired hogsheads, ant re-sell the gnat e je~bbers; he of coarse ,tlt~xts b.. ugitt then ' , as they run," but not till after he knew ex icily how they did run. • rNOw every one knew that Jiish Sears was a very .shrewd Ayer, but how he al ways, managed o et l the best retailing molasses out ofa • am", without getting any sour passed the understand ing of imp rters' 'an, buyers, till at last a very Shrewd import r, whom we will ud had his sn. pieions that the-early prowling,propensitie of Josh meant some thing besides exerch • to get up an appetite A; cargo of mo:a ses having arrived to his cori:tignment, he determined to watch So takino• his posith n where he could see unobserved, wai ed. Not •long after, a well known individu I was seen approach-. ine, bur -driver an br&unstick in hand, accuinparrid by two Irishmen " Said indi -viditai proceeded to try the !molasses • and up , n every hog-shea .that proved satisfac tory he placed a gma I private! mark., When he had selected the uantity 'be: wanted, he ordered the - Irt,iue I to roll them into a certain position, and 'then he left the wharf before anY one was sirring. As soon as he was out of hearing, G— junlped from his hiding place with 'a laugh, !" said he, "I ha‘ e it. Josh i old fellow, you are done now." He immeliately pro cured a large gang of !men, shifted the hog,shea„ replacing 'diemem with others, taking I 4 the. precautiou to put the same pri vate marls . on, and leaving a few of the original:privete irApectiou at the head of each tier,lfor Josh to try. Shortli after returning to the counting,- room, Jo ,11 entered, as expPcteU. "Well, what are you asking fo l the Ells , ' wortn'tl cargo "Twenty-eight cenits." carcro f" w • , "Yes. .Do you w, nt tSo buy ?" "Go look tit no• "Yes. Wilere is i This lasi, ciuestion for. Fravity. "Bartlett'sl , wharf. I Well, come aloncr Arrived at; the wharf Josh cast his eye , keenly along! the hogsheads. There were' his marks all right, And then he went through the form of trying several hogs heads at:the end of each tier. They proved I satisfaciory. "Think it will run about like this G-1" •"I do n't khow. There it is; take it as 1 3 - on find it." . i•Well, I'd (take these six tiers Send up as soon asj %nu can, and take off the guage." said JJush puiting on his big $ in chalk, and they both left. 00141ERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PL.; THURSDAY, APRIL 18,1867. 1 hsh, as ust al, imraediatey °tiered up, the ten bogshea,is es a satuple. Well aware os . titini custom, G-- had arranged to , ha 4 ten good ones sent. In due time. they arrived, and were de posited on the sidewalk at the back of the. outstore. Invitations were sen i v jobbers to coins and inspect. Eve'; thing wne satisfactory;; the balance assold at a , handsome advance; clerk was sent down to, delj4er; gauges were taken o ; book-keep er Made out the bill 4; Jos was sitting down at the old 'desk,lpleasa itly calculat ing itie net profits of his dod e, when sud-- deMY his reverie was disturbe i d by the en trance of Mr. A ; Kith' "Look, here, Sears, that molasses you sent me is sour." "What?" ' • inter Mr. B. "Th wino I bought;-it is "The devil it is . !" - nter Mr, C., 'Aqui head of that conftlunde vas too much; Jot and put fur G G—H was in. here, mOl=ses I bought of yo suddenly, or eke you ll' I didn't buy. I'd li. "Certainly, Mr. Sear. arity . . about this ',South g disturbed by rotliag th: sun rue, it in variabfy been thinkitig that pert Jo4i stopped to hear minx; his hat fiercely and.plunging his hands with Ont a word. SriMtP TRADE.-" . eckon 'I couldn't drive ''''trade with yo to -day, Square," said .st getraine specimen of the Yankee peddler, as.he stood at the door of a mer chant; in St. • Louis; • "I - reckon you calculate about right, for you can't noways." "11'a14 h guess you needn't git-huffy beouti it. Now, here's a:dozen ginooine razorstrops, wuth two dollars and a half, you M ay hey 'em for two dollars." "I.! tell you I don't Want any of your traps so you may as well- be going alonm." "Wall, now, look here., Square... I'll bet you five dollars; that if you make mean offer for them"eie strops' we'll hey a trade . "bone,' said die merchant, and he staked the Money. "Ni.)w," says be, chat ugly, "I'll ! jive you sixpence for the strops." "They're ydurti!" Said the Yankee, as he quietly pocketed the stakes. "But," con tinued he, after a little .etlection and with a but* of irankdes , , "I calculate a joke's a joke; and' if von don't want them strops, I'll trade back." The merchant 're rat so bad a "Here are your st "There it is," the strops and "A trade is a ti 4 %Next Blue xou don't on buy ra, - - - ;. • HO - To "Ft...:tit „ A DALGEITEB.-1. Be alwaytelling her how pretty she is. 2. Instil into her mind a proper love of dress., 3. Accustom her to so much pleasure i - • that s is never happy at home. 4. 'Allow her to read nothing but novels. 5. !i.eacti her all the accomplishments, but none of the utilities of life. 6. Neep' her in the darkest ignorance of the mi - st , ries of houseke Tina • 7 initiate her into the principle that it is vul l .iar to do anything herself. S. To strengthen the latter belief, let her bare a lady's maid. 9. ..tk.nd lastly, having given her such an education, marry her to a clerk upon five hundred doliars a year, or a lieutenant go rilla' out to a fort. If, with .the above careful training, your' daughter is not "finished,” you tnay be, sure ittts no fault of yours, and you must look upon lAr escape as nothing short of a' miracle. farmer in Vermont recently made from forty-two feet of a tree which grew his farrri, shingle enough to cover a thirty by fortY foot barn; from the next two cuts he obtained five hundred feet of boards, and frOm the top of, the tree he got two cords!of, wood. Seven feet of the butt was waste.! Thelßath Hotel, lately destroyed by fire At Lrg Branch, was one of the sect.nd rate hotels of that fashionable 'watering place. It was a quiet, well kepi, and com fortable houses, and was largely _patronized by•Phfladelphians. Its al•ence will leave an unseemly gap in the row of hotels which adorn the sea shore on this famous beach. landed r' / IN as almost too muc at molasses is not ur." tur. "Every bogs l] molasses is sour." up jumped the irate 's counting room. sacs 3osb, "that has soured mighty I ye given me what e to have it ; there is a peculi ide' molasses lit is • hogAeods before sours, and I. have Vs some— " no more, but jam .ver his right ear, lin his pockets, left looked I righter. "Yon I r chap, after -all," said he. ops; give me the money." JaiJ the Vatikee, as be took knded back the sixpence. a l de, and a bet is a-. bet. .4de with that ere sixpence, ONLY A CRIER. A falnous judge came late to court, ei,rie day in.busy season; ' Wheat his clerk, in great surprise,. Irthuir.?d of him the reason " JA Child was born,". his honor said, "And I'm the haPpv sire." "Au infant judge?' "011 no," said he, . ".4 yet, he ti but a crier." Plain Words for In; Boy% Come boys, let us have a few plain talks —not sermons, nor lectures, nor essays, nor treatises, but talks with such big boys as may want to take part in them. The Big Boys are , not all dead vet. .True_some of them have turned into - gentlemen before. their time; and there are others who will look off in another direction - they bear anybody called "boy ?" It is no Disgrace to be, or to have been a boy; and the node human being who tries to juinp into man hood, skipping the bOy of his existence, is sure to make a sulked entranee into a-snrt of foppish gentility, in which the fine gen tleman is so much thought of .that the true man is forgotten. "WHAT. ARE , :YOU GOOD FOR ?" I was talking to a rich man's, about his son who had asked me to get im a situ ation as clerk. The old gentleman seemed inclined to say very .tittle about the lath nit remarked: "He won't suit—he vent:l'C Anxious to know why he wouldn't suit, I asked ' what was the matter with him "Matter?" said the old aentleman, "what's the'matter with him ? - Why, he isn't good for any thing—that's what's the matter with lin; Mid I tell you I wouldn't give a six pence for a wagon load of such fel ows." Humiliating as it wes tbr the ;ruff old man to growl out such a description -of hiS own son, it was a perfect phofiirrraph of the youngster'S character. :(food fur nothing. Educated to look for a fortune at his fa ther's death, but not taught the first parti cle of duty as to managing it, so as to make himself useful with it, the idle fellow was so good for nothing that no decent business man would care about having him in his establishment. 136 t was he not good for anything at, all ? yes---Le was'a customer to the creal l er in fine boots, batS; and cloth ing; to the sellers of tobaceO and perhaps of "fancy :( rinks;" to the men at whose billiard tal4es he spent his father's inoney. He could dance nicely; he could take - the girls whoad no better sense than to go with such ••n empty head, to church; to the opera, and to wa k along the street. He could gracei'ully wear a stove pipe hat,ticely fitting ClOthes of most fashionable cut, and shiny boats!, of such an exquisite fit. as to pinch his 1 toes and raise a trger `corn f:. crop"•on dii- tender feet than eirer be will raise by ha d work in tilling the, eartii, or brain work ; in directing others in af=r 4 cul. ture. SOMe day his father vii I die, nd some stupid;girl who is looki ,, g o t fora ich husband 'will marry this inefficient, bi- of humanit, and then they Will either " ive happi.yAll their days," or else got. __ . Agother ease of goo , l-for , nothitig.- morning I heard a feeble, besitaiiiig ra my study door, like the rap of a 4 begga a man who wants to buy old clOtheS. As soon as I said "come in, - a shabby, • u feel-looking young man stepped ineekl in and handed me a wed-worn paper. he paper was from a distinguished clergyir an, and 'certified that the bearer, son of a de ilea-se& clergyman, was our of occupation. and, as -he unfortunately had never been taught a tra ie or any means of earning a livelihood - , was now, with his family, de mient on - the kindnem of those who ight give hith work, or otherwise contrib ute to his support. "What kind' of work earn you do r: -, Wel I, nothinol in particular.?' I . Vliat, do'you like to do?' "I don't know." fis there any kind of bliSines von under , 'S . tandi" , "No." -. Poor fellow. Wife and two or three children dependent on "his exertions." Mechanics, copyists, laborers, b t killethind unskilled, needed at wages, in every department of indUstry; but no place Vacant fur the Man who don't know how to do anything. 'AWay ,he goes on hili weary rounds, with his thumb,- , i. paper, 4 sauntering monument to the neglect of his parents to teach him, or to his own negli gence in failing to learn something to make him a self-supporting member of society. Hardly anybody Will turn hi,n away with out giving him, at least,, a little alms; .but what a pity it is that a yOung man 'that might be doing something useful, can ;not, just because he "don't know how :" These two cases are widely different, but" the result is the same. One yo,mg man.; probably alittle dissipated,l with the pros.' pect of being, considerably mere so; the other pious, and, verr likely? . doing the best' be knows how -to Put a ship load ()t -ouch folks- on in island, no matter how fer tile. and the whole company would soon starve to death and becoinh food for the, more energetic carrion croWS. • Now, boys, are you good for something' useful ? What can you do? What are you looking forward to? It may seem tine to. be born -"with a golden 'spoon in your mouth . .." ,burt. if you indolently sit witb the' spoon there neither you or the spOon will make any useiul stir in' the'worl.t, and the world willbeno better for yourhaving been born into it. .It is a favorite notion of sOrie very large-sized bciys, that in our free coun try one - boy has . as good a chance of being President as the. next. boy; which is a cor rect notion;. it is also true that the boy who neglectts advantages and duties in his early life will be the man - who, e4,,en if ac rcidentally elevated to t.,e Presidential chair,' will find .himself fit only for the chairs (tiited upon their hind legs) on which the, loafers idle their time around a country tavern. r . . `What. are. you good for? : SoMethi g useful and nobittilet us hope. ,If you bak been a "no account" sort of a• fellow, - turn. over a new leaf and try to do something; not merely to gets enough to eat; drink and 'wear, but to honor the God who has made you and to adorn the nation in :Which e has placed you —Phrenokgical joueli 1. -.4 , Modern Peter the. Great. 1 The St Louis:peal - 06W has the folio 1 ing:---"LaSt. fat% one of our wealthy citi zens, who has made it fortune as it kik r, took his fainilY to New York, and pat p at the Metropolitan Hotel. ' ‘Vhile looking at the siihts of.the metropolis, he heard I'd 1. a wdnder ul patent bake-oven, : which w: s. the envy it . all the bakers of Gotham. 01 t baker paid a visit to the house where this oven 'was in operation, but was not allowill to see it, and could learn nothitirr of tli, principle upon Which it . was construci4 He felt his Gallic pride wounded at this rebuff, and resolved to:fathom the invster of the oven at all hazarth. Going, into elgttliam street, he purchased a suit of sold clothes, and returned to the bakery, and 'ap plied f , al a situation as a journeyman baker The prppvietor was M want 'of a L .,h).l . French baker, and gave our friend empl})y tnnt at $l5 a week. In abOut three weeks our res lute baker had learned lad about the oven, and satisfied, himself thAt it. was a great invention, and worth a niint of motley.. He saw the patentee, and Pur's chased the exclizi%e, right to use the oten in the State.of Missouri. He then teturn ed to the bake:slop and told the boss lite must leave him . "Don't ie.ave," said the boss, "yon are a good baker, and suit me exactly, and I ;sill increase your wages to $2O a week rather than have you quit" . "That is not enough to pay the expenses of c my tatniiY." said the journeyman, "Mid I must go out West l a:,d seek Other_ em ployment." - "Why, how much does it. cost I to keep your family 1" , .• 1 i . . "I am paying $5O a dayl i at i.be Metropol itan, and I don't. ihink you Would be wil ling to . increase My wage : lto that amount." "Why, Who the deuce • re you? 't- - ' "I am J — G-----, of St. Louis; and I have bought the right t. 4 ure our patent oven there, and I intend t put tip a dozen or two of them, and I would like to em ploy you as a foreman.' 1 The NeW•York• baker l4td nothing more to sayi land the two friends went to At , Metropolitan and had a Ihng talk over a bottle or two of chatopagde., A LEGAL QUESTION.—W tanner called at the house of a lawyer to consir t hint pro fesSionally. the squeci- at home r" inquired of the Lawyer's wp!, who opened the door at his summons; He was anS wered negatively. Dtsaplaintinent shone in ,his face; after. a moinerirs consideration a thought revived him. IMebby yourself can tell me as well .a , ; the queer, seeih' as yer his wife" The lady promised -, to . do so.;if on learning the uatuir of the difficul ty, she found it in her power, and the farther proceeded to state ,cite case as fol lows: -6"p , isc; you war an 411 white. mar, an' I should [wry vou to fly-U . to mill, with a grist on v e r bacli, an' r yie should go no further than Stair Hill, wan all at. once ye should hack up an ,pitch aild fa I down and break your neck, who pa - for ye?" This nas a question which the astonished lady Was una 'le to anSwer. .1 .- 41..: young lady in iDetroit has dis 1 covered • cure for cold feet] It May be in vogue h re fur aught we ', know. The De- truit mis gives her recept fur teas follows: . "I am troubled with c. id ieet, but I than :we to keep them warm by ' lying ' in bed I. every Morning until thy Mother has built a fire an prepared breakfa:st. I then art up, place my feet un the front of the stove, eat my rturning meal, read the neCs, and after warining seine thinnelis and wrapping them about My , "pour feet," return to bed,' where I ileinain unlit nearly noon. • I re peat this very twenty-four Iniurs i and find it ver y co ifurtable. I tliiiik I shall sur vive." . . . l I Tun N s- STATE Lora --Upo an ex- add g . ready to the list of a vouno• fralv's ac afnination of the bids, for the new State complislom,tits Where can we behold a . loan, on lionday, April Ist, it appeared; more lovely 'sight than the eldeist dwighter - that the bids were nine millionS. in exe.ss of a 'family, attendingin the street situ of the siim reqUired—thirty-one million plicity ofder . new womanhood, by the side • being offep at six per cent. intertist rang !of her toiling, careworn mother, to relieve ing fro Mar to one half per centi premirn - i. and aid her? Now she presidei: at the Dexter & k. 10., E. V. C,ark &. CO.,land Jay t•tal•le, now diverts hale score of htile folks Cook & qO., well known _banking tirms oi l in the library. , She can assist her younger i Philadelphia, have 'obtained a ma . ority Of brothers in their sr . orts, or the elder iales • the bids , 4 a priniiirn, and the remainder, ) in their studies; read the newspaper td her about sevo 'millions, has been ,taken in weary ; father;-or smooth the aching hroXv of other part of the State. Of tinsl $823, ; her ievered mother. Always ready with a 312.05 w i re at 5 per cent. per annum, and L helping hand, and a cheerful smirk forkiery $12,066.6 6.95 at 6 per cent. per aunurn.l eniergency, she i4 l an - angel of love .and Of the 5 er cent. cent. loan, $92.850 were; blessing to the home circle. ShOukt!she for the shirtest term; *90.479.88 for .tlie I be called out of' it to originate a home of fifteen. year loan, and *729,9,83.17 for the selfsacrificingi . ' - l' long, or tyventy-tive year loan. Of the 6 " • ..... . - per cent.,lloan, *4,907,,150 were for the . 1 X-. 4: Judgment was ,rendered against short loony *7,909,520.12 for the medium I . Mayor .and Alderman k of Dubuine, loan. and 0.2.70.016 85 for the long loan. i lowa, in their capacitie., for the; sum'. of ,This exhitlit shows , that the State. has re 7169.061.83. they having refused tcernale rk aiced hell firianc;al - reputation, under the; tax levy sufficient to pay for some, property able and judicious inanagement, of Repub- I wh'eh had been condemned, fur the use of • 1 , lican ofEc4ls fur a nuthbet of y.e.ars past, idle city. . . 1 I TERNIS.--$1.50 PER ANNime, Eloquent Appeal. Paul Denton. a Methodist. Preacher in Texas, advertised a barbacue, with better liquor than is usually furnishett 'When the people were. assembled, a desperado in the crowd tried out, "Nr. Paul Denton, your reqlrent.•e has lied. ,You promised not.:mity .4 god barbacue, but. better liquor. Where's the.,liquor ?" L "There !" answered the'missionary, in n tones of thunder, and pointing his motion less finger at, the don ble spring. gushing up in'two strong c)lusnins, with a sound like a shciut of jog fro l in the bosom of the earth. "There l \ he 'repeated, with a look as tern rible as the\ . fightning, whbe' his enemy actually trembled at his feet; "There, is the - li qu or which f.iod the eternal brews for all his children.' "Not in the sinirnerinz 'still, over smoky files, choked with \poisonous gasses, 'and surrounded with the stench ofsickening o.lOrs and ran]; corruptions, does our Father in , Heaven piepare the precions essence of lild—pure cued wafer; but in the green and . . tra , sv dell, where the red deer wanders,and 1116 child loves to play-/--there ; God• brews it ;Wand dow n , dim's', in the deepest valleys, where the fountains rn'prinur. and the rills ing' , and hioli.up the mountaid top ; where naked granite glittetis ! l e gold in the sun, %- , lire the sumo cloud broods and the the i r der storms crash; and away, far out on tile wide, wide sea, where t he wind bowls Mil l—sic and the big waves roi r the ch4us.sweep iii,,.r. the march of God-there lie brews it —that be.erage• of life—health water. "And everywhere it s a thing of beauty —gleaming, in the dew ropy, shining in the till the trees all ,s•em io turn to living jewels, spreading ,a golden veil over the sun, or Villite gauze around the midnight moon, sporting in the cataracts. dancing, in the hail showers, folding its I.4ight snow curtains nbout the w3rld,'-and weaving the many colored iris seraph's zone of: fhe sky, whose roof is the sunbeam of Heaven, all checked over With the celestial flowers, by the mystic hand of refraction,- still, always • it. is beautiful—that bles- , d life water. No poison bubbles on its think ; its foam brings not Madness and murder; no blood stains, its liquid glass; pale widows and orphans • weep, not hurtling' tears in its depths,and no druniard'S ghost from the grave curses it in words' of eternal despair ! .Speak'ent., my friends, Would You ever change it for the demon's dririkalcohol?" A shout like the roar of the tempest, answered "itibl" • Baptizing a Sinner. Poor people have a hard time in this ws.rla of c;nis. Even in matters of religion there a Vast . difference- between Lazartis and Dives, as the following' anecdote, copied trom an exchange, will illustrate: Old Billy G= had .attended a great revival, and in common with many' others, was , •cutiviCted" and baptized. Not many week afterward one of his friends met him reeling home 11V11/ the court ground with a "brick" in his hat.: "HOlo,.I) - ncle Billy," said his friend, "I thought von had joined the church!" ".•7•'; I did," answered Billy, making a desperate effort to be still.. "S,. I did, J.. em es, and would a bin a good Baruist, if they hadn't treated the so eyerlastib' Mean at the water. Didn't you hear about in; Jeemes . ?" 'No, I never did." .. • "Then I'll tell %mit it. You eee, when we come to', the baptist& place there was old Sinks, the rich old Squire, who was. to be dipped at, the same .time. t Well, the minister Milk the Squire in first, .but I didn't mind that much, as I thought that. 'twould be just as.good whet/Jon]; so he led him •i& mity keerful, and wiped his face and led him`. out. Well, then eun my turn, and, instead of liftin' me out as he the. Squire,ie !rave me one s'osh,and left Inc. craH lin around on the bottom like a mud turtle that's sri. Jeemes." I Li THE ELVEST DAUGHTER AT HOPE.-TO be all-'to net di n ner, to sweet) the romp, to make atgrmtlt, to tend a bato - , would 1➢ FIRM
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