Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers
VOLUHE XVIII.--NUIHELR 42 TH E POTTE'V JOURNAL, PCBLISRKP BT Jf. W. MO VIJ VKM'Y. Proprietor. Devoted to the cause >f Republicanism tVein tercets of Hurt*, the advancement of Education, and the host _'f>cd ol Potter count* < no ifinde OX •••t't ha' o' i'ri ' Ie, l it will .-nd.-nvor to aid m the work of more fully Freedorutzn gour Country. BTJT Advertisements in-erted at the foliowini: n'e-, exc-.pt where special bargains .remade A "'square Is lOlin-e of Br-v er or 8 of Nonpi eil types : 1 *q .are, 1 insertion U r" 1 squire,2or3 nee tiona.. 200 K-tch * ih-equent inaertioi) loss than 13 4' 1 square, 1 year <- w £ B i i essC-rde I year W A'linliil-trator'a n Km*- 'or'. Notice- "W BpC al ft. d Editorial N'lt'oes lei' I'i'.e 20 W,f All transie ; advertisement# must la- paid in ftlftttft* aii BO ii"' Oft wi Ibe tftkeft of d ve r ti -enieiit s fry a list nee, n : l rj •* •• aroooftpaQied by the tn . or s it sf a tor* r-'crelic<s a.V~Ioh V,,rk, ..fall kinie, executed with neatness and d -sp itch. BUSINESS NOTICES. Free and Aeeepteil Viieient A rk 17IUL ALIA I.'>DGK, No. 342 K A M. Slated j M-e on the M and 4- •. **edweft->ajfso*eaeh mouth. H til, n the 3d Story of the ilineted Kh-ck. D.C.LARK*nKK.-tec. \VM SHEAR, A M o. T. ELLIMX. n. I>.. 1 PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. C.nde-sport. Pa . resnec! MtP x tif Tins the eit zen< <>t the village and vicinity that he will prompt y re-p >n ! to ah -all- tor prof-ssion . i sei vices. (:li -e 0 u Fits', street, first door w-st of his residence. 17-40 F. D HITTER. M !>.. I)'IYSICIAN a-id 8:i *on w "Id respee'fnily In form the fit z - s of C "ud.-rs irt and viciiiit. t"i t he 11 as op n-i an Oh n the Cm h *;> >rt Hotel, an 1 will i<e ready at -i'l f m.-s to tn .k • pro feftfti nftl calls. He L a regular graduate of Butf i" Ms iical Colesre of 1860. Jan 1 67. MILLER V XcALAIIET, VTTOIL * EYd-AT LAW, HABBI-BCBG, Penn'a.— Ag ut- tor the Co i.-cli.oi t C. titn- airail st 'he I'u.ted Mates and M#teo t-r:.tu-tit-,-u .# . ensio s, Bounty. A -rears of Pay', Ac-Ado rees i{-x 95. arri-t.u rg W H .MILL- R. J C M AT-* VTY JOHN s. n vx.v, 1 TTOUNEY aND COUNSELLOR AT LAW Y\_ C-'Ud.-r-port, P;.., Will it e d the several t.. urts iii I'.ifer ftftd Cameron counties. All bttfttness en trusted to '.is care w ,i rec -i .e p ompv atleu ion. Office on M . street, in re-id nee. OI.ISTKII and I. A HU % KIT. \TTORNEYS AT LAW. Couderspori, Penn'n Wilt Httead to all bmineee entrusted t<• their c ,re with er .mat iess and ti h-lity. \V 11 a.-o attend the several courts i the .dj itti z cou .tire. Office In the s.-e< d storey "f ttie ' • n-tc ; R:.K.-k. ISA VC iIK.VSOS. VTTORNEY- AT LAW, C .uder port, Pa. wiP H tien lto a . bu- .es- ■ trust .i '<> tn > tl c ir ft id promptness. At'end-Coirts of a-iioi- uj JOun t es. Oti • :i S c ..1 -e.-* .lie i t e A --g t \ ridge F. W. I* VOX. \ TTOP.NET AND COU.VdELLOR AT LAW Cou '-sixir', Pa . -e 11 attend the ' <uuill in I'ot •traad he ftdjoinnqg eoonft.es. j ELLISON A THOMPSON, DEALER- in ir*gs, P.* -d*. on-. Ya nil ,et, Limps and Fane* urt eles, Book- "t all kii.ds Schoo and M-- I'i -.>u*. Staru-ner; ,1 _ks. ttr In )f innings hd Jewelry Store. Jan-I. 0.. ( M. U. MeAI.A K.\FY. TAEAL ESTATE a 1 IN'SUR NCE AGENT j Jtii Land Bo ght and Sold, lave-pad and I.tie-, Invcstig tted I sores property against lire in th- best j companie* in the Cos try. and Personsaga n-t A.*c. ] de its in the Tr ve r* 1 -nrn~e C-uup-my >f Hart ford. Bu-in.-s-ran*iet.-d promytly I" 29 11. AIt.AISTKO>*<*, HARDWARE Mercnant, and l>-ler in S'oves. On and S ieet Ir.. . W ire M > amet, <.•;!• - j snort. P.-ni a Tn viid Sheet War- made t..j or er. in gold *on s' rt n • I*. A. STERBINS A Co.. M'ERCH A NTd —Deal-rs in Dry G.x>ds. Fancy G J -ds. Groceri--.Provis •*n K nor, Feed, Pork and every 1h" g usn ■'!> k-pt in a g-od country store Produce bought nd s-.ld 1 > -9 11. SI M.HONS. M ERCIIA NT - W ELLS VI I.LE N Y. Whole -de and Retail I)ea.-rm Dry Goo -. Fancy ami 6 apleG wis C. .'thing Ladies I>. -sG od- Groceries. F our. Feed. Ac. R •tier. supplied n libera' t< rrn -4 IIARI.ES s. JONES. M fIRC I A NT—l e tiers in Drugs Medicines, 'aints. Os, Fancy Articles, tr it onery, Dr\ Goods, j Gr.tceries Vc.. M tinStr "t, • ouders|H>rt Pa 4 411,1. 1NS SMITH. MERCHANT— D aler in I' y G.>ot!s. Groceries. Provis us. Ila'-dwa.p. yneeas are. Cut <ry a lad G -o'# u ualJy ' nnd in * country store, n'6l FOI liFRSPOKT 1144TE1.. T j c YKR M I LYE A,P opki-TOR. Corner cf M tin , IF , md .- c 1 d streets Co de sport .Potter Co Pa. A 1. Ve . S' Vile is >!*" in con ecion wth tliis *lotel. Dai 1 Pro .an ! from the Railroads. {■utter Jnuriiai ,loli-Olii-e. HAVING lateiv ad-led aft ,e new assortment of JOB TYI'E id our a'r-a 'y large a-sortmer.t we are row prepared t" do ail -ind- of v ,rk. cheaply and with taste and reair.-* e s solic '.-.1. LYMAN HOUSE. Lewisville. Potter county, Pennsylvania. BTHTON LEWIS. l*rs>rietor. Ha.ing titkeb I lift excellent Hotel, the proprietor wishes 0 make the tcquat ta oe of the traveling pub ic and eei-coiifi i-nt <>' g'v t'C satisfaction to a! who may all on him. —F bl2 'l6 tf £HY MAHBLH WORK Monuments and Tomb-Stones IfWf#r of ail kind-, will he fumis'.e-l on reason:* tfy _)♦ ble tenns and short notie t>y jE R-s'd.-nce Euialia. IS mihs south of F "" Cou lers* rt. Pa . .n the {Jinnemaho t.g Road, or leave >ur orders at Chae Reissman's, i - Coud'ersport where any information desired can '-e O'.t.i ed J Ik AN BAKER. 1 B'U TV and AAR LAIM AGENCY I penaio - procroi:/or Saldieta of Ike preeatii War who are '-si Wed by rea- MI of woanda t*eeived or disease contracted white in the service of tee I ote-t fit ,:es ; and pemsione, bounty, and arrears of pay oh. ; taiuil for s'id .ws .r heireof who have du or be,-n killed wh le in serv ce A ' -Vers yt inquiry pr irnptlv an s were and op receipt ny oiati o a td.ite me .tof theoKse of claimanL I will forward the i.e.- j cessarv papers fcr their s gnature F-es in Penstor ca-es ;-fixed by law. Refers to Flo s Isaac Benson. A. Gl LWaaetad, John S. Maati. p XK^ ,X ' June® 64 Claim Age- t. • -n. P . TAKE N<> MGRE UXPI.EA.SAN R AND T X -BAF iiKMEDIES fo unt> e is.a .t dda g.-rous D s>- **ES. U-E HIL'B .LD'S EXTRACT BCCHC ASD IK RROVED R'.ISB WASH. Itch! Itch! Itch! SCRVTiH! SCRATCH! SCUATCH! niittTO\ S OWTIIE.IT, Will 4'tire the Itch in 48 Hours! A'so s„re- SALT RHEUM ULCERS, cnil- BLAIXS IND AIL ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN P ceaOaem. p .ml by a! iru .gists Hi se ding •'■ cent- to WEEKS t OTTER, So e igents, 170 j Was' i g*oh -tr—• B isto' it will hp ar' arde i by 13* , fr.-e o r p ag 10 a ny p .rt of the Uuiled £jlale. Juae 1 i56 *P, notice wky lyr. PIC KI,I>. The ra ; n anil enow were falling fast, As tn rough a d"wn-ea.-t village j-a-sed A youth who chalked with great display, Upon a l*arrei in his sleigh, "Pickles to sel\" His cheeks were bine, and red his nose, His tars and feet were nearly froze, And tears of cold bednumed" his sight, but oliii he veiled with all his might, ••Pickles to sell." As on be went, a maiden bold Came out and a-ked him what he sold ; The youth looked up with winning aiuile, And F*ud wuli votoe as soft a- ILE, "Pickles." "Oh ! tell me," cried the maid divine ; "Say, teil 1 in-, are they in the brine ?" "Nay, '"-aid the youtn.'-that sort don't pay," <4nite vexed, lie heard the maiden say, "Such Pickies I" That one so -weet should speak so tart ; ( I iie word went deep into his heart ;) i'i.at she should crusli h;> hopes. -o flat, Ami scorn li s suii.es, or • ' a • fr.at, "JLii Ptckles." Away lie drove, through wind and rain, They tr.ed to stop his course in vain, Jlv asking what he had to sell ; lie ft'ouid n't stop hut only yell, "Pickles." "Do n't drive so fa-L" an old man said ; " 1 hat wori.-out nag is nearly deuL" "His shoes are off." another eiied ; With snout o! scorn the youth replied, "Oh, Pickles!" "For merctsake do n't cross the creek ! 1 hat wooden bridge is awful weak !" 1 lie youth dashed on hi- headlong wav, And unlv turned la- head to -av, "Uh, Pickles!" Th'e night wa.s dark, the wind was cold, 1 he- pickle boy \va- brave and bold ; iie never stopped or checked his flight, And soon the s.eign \va- lost to sight* Pickles and all. Next morn, two little wandering Jews Came into town and brought the news; Down m the drift a corpse they found, W hii.-t tar and near were scattered round, i be Pickles. A Sharp Nolasies Trade. The f Jlon ing story is told of Josh Sears, 1 slnewd ed merchant, who flourished in Boston in the days when that city controll ed most of 1 fie West India trade: A cargo of molasses "as classified after being landed 00 the pier, as sour for dis tilling and sweet for retail, and after the cargo was landed and gauged by the Cus tom House official, it was offered for sale. If it was a fair average cargo it was offered to the jobbers, the price being fixed upon the hogsheads as they ran. Josh would often buy several hundred honsheads, and re-sell to the sinai =er jobbers; he of course always bought them "as they run," but uot "iii after he knew exactly how they did run. Now every one knew that Josh Sear was a very shrewd buyer, but how he al ways managed to get the best retailing molasses out of a cargo, without getting any sour hogsheads, pa-.-cd the understand ing of imp. rters and buyers, till at last a very shrewd importer, whom we will ca I G , had his suspicions that the early prowling propensities of Josh meant some thing besides exercise to get up an appetite A cargo of mo a--.es having arrived to his consignment, he determined to w*ich So taking his position w here he could see unobserved, he waited. Not long after, a well known individual was seen approach ing, bung-driver and broomstick in hand, accompanied by two Irishmen Said indi vidual proceeded to try the molasses and up- n every hogshead that proved satisfac tory he placed a small private mark. When lie had selected the quantity he wanted, he ordered the Irishmen to roll then) into a certain position, and then he left the wharf before any one was stirring. As soon as he was out of hearing, G jumped from his hiding place with "a laugh, "Ah !" said he, U 1 have it. Josh, old fellow, you are done now ." He immediately pro cured a large gang of men, shifted the hogsheads, replacing them with others, taking the precaution to put the same pri vate chalk mark on, and leaving a fe,w of the origins: j rivete inspection at the head of each tier, for Josh to try. Shortly after returning to the counting room, Jo-h entered, as expected. "Well, G , svhat are you asking for the Ells worth's cargo ?" "Twenty-eight cents." "Fair cargo f" "Yes. Do you want to buy ?" es. "Go look at it now ?" "Yes. Where is it landed !*' Th is last question was almost too much for G *s gravity. "Rartieti's wharf. Wei', come along"' 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 sati.-fac ory. "Think it w ill run about like this,G V' "I do n't know. There it is; take it as you find it." "W ell, IM take these six tiers Send up as sX)n as you can, and take off the guage-," said Jo-ii putting on his big S iu chalk, and they both left. |)eoofed to ti)e of Jrqe qn£ ti)* of serqlifij, jLiterqtyre qr?s ftetos. COUDEaSPOAT, POTTER COUNTY. PA.. THURSDAY APRIL 18. 1867, Josh, as usi al, immediate')' ordered up the teu hogshea is as a sample. Well aware os this custom, G had arranged to have ten good ones sent. In due time they arrived, and were de posited on the sidewalk at the back of the store. IrD Rations were sent out to the jobbers to come and inspect. Everything was satisfactory; the balance was sold at a 1 handsome advance; clerk was sent down to ideliver; gauges were taken off; book-keep er made out the bills; Josh was sitting down at the old desk, pleasantly calculat ing the net profits of his dodge, w hen 6ud deiil\ his reverie was disturbed by the en trance of Mr. A with "Look here, Sears, that molasses you sent me is sour.*' "What:" Enter Mr. B. "That molasses is not what I Knight; it is sour.*' 1 "The devil it is!" Enter Mr, C„ loquitur. "Every hogs j head of that confounded molasses is sour. This was too much; up jumped the irate Jo-h and put for G a counting room. G was in. "Look here, G says Josh, "that mola-ses 1 bought of you "has soured mighty suddenly, or else you have given me what I didn't buy. I'd like to have it ex plained." "Certainly, Mr. Sears; there is a peculi arity aKuttlii'>"Uth side'molasses; t' it is disturbed b<j rolling the hogsheads before sunrise, it invariably sours , and 1 have ibeen thinking thai perhaps some —" J'*h stopped to hear no more, but jam ming his hat fiercely over his right ear, and plunging his hands m his pockets, left without a word. SHARP TRADE. —"Reckon I couldn't Irive a trade with you to-dav, Square," >ai<l a genuine specimen of the Yankee peddler, as lie stood at the door of a mer chant in St. Louis. "I reckon you calculate about right, for you can't noways. ' "Wall, I guess you needn't git huffy beout it. Now, here's a dozen ginooine razor-strops, wuth two dollars and a half, ' you may hev em for two dollars." "I tell you I don't want any of your traps, so you may as weil be going along." "Wall, now, look here, Square. I'll bet you five dollars that if you make me an offer for them 'eie strops' we'll hev a trade \ et. ' "Done," said the merchant, and he staked the money. "Now," says be, chaffingly, "I 1! give you sixjience tor the strops." "They're yourn!" said the Yankee, as be quietly pocketed the stakes. "But," con tinued he, after a iitLe YefKctioo and with a burst of irankness "1 calculate a joke's a joke; and if you don t want them strops, I'll trade back." The merchant looked I righter. "You re not so bad a chap, after all," said he. "Here are your strops; give me the money."' "There it is," said the Yankee, as be took the strops and handed back the sixpence. "A trade is a trade, and a bet is a bet. Next time you trade with that ere sixpence, don't you buy razor-strops." How TO "FINISH" A DAUGHTEB— I. Be always teeing her how pretty she is. 2. Instil into her uimJ a proper love of d ress. 3. Accustom her to so much pleasure that she is never happy at home. 4. Allow her to read nothing but novels. 5. Teach her a'l the accomplishments, but none of the utilities of life. (i. Keep her in tne darkest igoorance of the mysteries of houseke -ping. 7 Initiate her into the principle that it is vulgar to do anything herself. 8. To strengthen the latter belief, let her have a lath's maid. 9. And lastly, having given her such an' education, marry her to a clerk upon five! hundred doliars a year, or a lieutenant go ing out to a fort. If, with the above carefd training, your daughter is not "finished," you may be sure it is no fault of yours, and vou must look upon her escape as nothing short of a miracle. —A farmer in Vermont recently made from forty-two feet of a tree which grew his farm, shingle enough to cover a thirty by forty foot barn; from the next two cuts he obtained five hundred feet of boards, and fr<m the top of the tree he got two cords of wood. Seven feet of the butt was waste. The Bath Hotel, lately destroyed by fire at Long Branch, was one of the secend rate hotels of that fashionable watering place. It was a quiet, well kept, and com fortable house, and was largely patronized by Philadelphians. Its alseiice will leave an unseemly gap in the row of hotels which adorn the sea shore on this famous beach. ONLY A CRIER. A famous judge came late to court, One day in busy season; Whereat his clerk, in great surprise, Inquired of him the reason , "A child was born,' his honor said, "And Ftn the happv sire." "An infant judge ?' "Oh no," said he, "As vet lie's but a crier." Plain Words for 151? Hoy*. Come boys, let us have a few p'ain talks —not sermons, oor lectures nor essays, nor treatises, hut talks with such big boys as may want to lake part in them. 'I he 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 if they hear anybody called "boy!" It is no oisgrace to be, or to have Ken a boy; and the male human King who tries 1.0 jump into man hood, skipjiing the boy of his existence, is sure to make a siilted entranee into a sort of foppish gentility, in which the fine gen tleinan is so much thought of that the true O man is forgotten. "WHAT ARE YOU GOOD FOR ?" I was talking to a rich man about his son who bad asked me to get him a situ ation as clerk. The old gentleman seemed inclined to say very little about the lad. but remarked: "He won't suit—be won't."— Anxious to know why he wouldn't suit. I asked what was the matter wiib him "Matter ?" said the old gentleman, "w hat's the matter with him ? Why, he i-n't good for any thing—that's what's the matter with him; and I tell you I wouldn't give a six pence for a wagon load of such fel ows.'* Humiliating as 11 wes for the gruff old man to growl out such a description of his own sou, it was a perfect photograph of the youngster's character. Good for nothing. Educated to look for a fortune at his fa ther's death, hut not taught the fKt parti cle of duty as to managing it, -o as to make himself useful with it, the idle fellow was so good tor nothing that no decent business man would care about having him in Ins establishment. Bui was lie not good for anything at all ? \ L-S —he was a customer to the dealer in fine Kxis, hat> and cloth ing; to the sellers of tobacco and perhap of "fancy drinks;" to the men at whose billiard tables he spent his father's money. He could dance nicely; he could take the girls who had no belter sense than to go with such an empty head, to church, to the opera, and to wa k along the street. He could gracefully wear a stove pip hat,nicely fitting clothes of most fashionable cut, and shiny boots of such an exquisite fit as to pinch his toes and raise a larger 'corn crop on his tender feet than ever he will raise by hard work in tilling the earth, or brain work in directing others in agricul ture. Someday his father will die, and some stupid girl who is looki l g out forarich husband, will marry th 1- inefficient bit of humanity, and then they will either "live happiiy all their days,'" or else not. Another case of good-for-nothing. This rooming I heard a feeble, lie>itating rap at my study door, like the rap of a Kggar, or a man who wants to buy old clothes. As soon as I said "come in, a shabby, gen teel looking young man stepped meekiv iu and handed me a wed-wom paper. The paper was from a distinguished clergyman, and certified that the Karer, son of a de deased clergyman, was out of occupation, and, as he unfortunately had never Ken taught a tra e or any means ot earning a livelihood, was now, with his family, de pendent on the kindness of those who might give him work, or otherwise contrib ute to his support. "What kind of work can you dot" "We/1, nothing in particular." *'\V hat do you like to do f "1 don't know." "K there any kind of business you under standi" "No." Poor fellow Vi ife and two or three children dependent on "his exertions." Mechanics, copyists, laKrers, skilled and unskilled, needed at wages, in every department of industry; but no place vacant for the man who don't know how to do anything. Away he goes on his weary rounds, with his th itnbe i "paper, a sauntering monument to the neglect of his parents to teach him, or to IDS own negli gence in failing to learn something to make him a self-supporting memKr of society. Hardly anybody will turn lii.n away with out giving him, at a little alms; but what a pity it is that a young man that • • • . might K doing something useful, can not, just Kcause he "don't know how!" These two cases are widely different but the result is the same. One vo mer man. probably a little dissipated, with the pros pect of King considerably more so; the ■ other pious, and, \err likely, doing the Kst | be knows how to do Put a ship load of 1 such folks on an island, no matter how fer- , tile, and the whole company would soon | starve to death and become food for the j more energetic carrion crows. Now, boys, are you good for something 1 useful? What can you do? What are you looking forward to? It may seem tine to 1 K born "with a golden spooo in your ; mouth!" but if you indolently sit with ihe ( >poon there neither you or the sjtoon will : make any use'ui stir in the wort 1, and the j world w ill K no Ktter for vour having be* n 1 Km into it. It is a favorite notion of sone j very large-sized Kys, that in our free coun- ] try one boy has as gi*xi a chance of King ] President as the next boy; which is a c<r- ] recx notion; it is also true that the Kv j who neg'ects advantages and duties in his | early life will be the man w ho, if ac- ' lidentally elevated to t..e Presidential chair, , will find himself fit only for the chairs . (u.ted upon their hiud legs) on which the j loafers idle their time around a country g tavern. *\Vhat are vou good for? Something useful and noble, let us h >pe. If you have r been a "no account" sort of a fellow, turn J over a new leaf and trv to do something, not merely to get enough to eat. drink and I wear, but to honor the G<d who has made vou and to adorn the nation in which lie r has placed you — Phrenological Journal. 4 Hlodern Peler lite Great. The St Louis Democrat has the fofow . ing:—''Last fad, one of our wealth) cit t zens who ha* made a fortune as a baker, took his family to New York, and put up , at the Metropolitan Hotel. While looking at the sights of the metro|olis he heard of a wonderful natent hake-oven, which was the envy of all the bakers .if Gotham. Our 1 baker paid a visit to the house where this o\en was in operation, hut was not allowed ' to see it, and could learn nothing of the principle upon which it was constructed. He tell his Gal! e pride wounded at tlii rebutf, and resolved to fathom the m\ter\ of the oven at all hazard®. Going into Chatham street, he purchased a suit of old ' clothes, and returned to the bakerv and ap -1 plie.l for a situation as a journeyman baker The propiietor was in want of a good French baker, and gave our friend employ nietit at sls a Week. In about three weeks our res lute baker had learned ai about the oven, and sati-fied himself that it was a great invention, and worth a mint of money. lie aw the patentee, and pur* chased the exclui\e right to use the o\eti in tlie State of Missouri. He then return ' ed to the bakesbop and told the buss he ; must leave hnn "Don't .eave," sai l the boss, "VOU are a good baker, and suit me exactly, and 1 wiil increase your wages to S2O a week rather than have you quit " "That is not enough to pav the expenses of my tamiiy." >aid the journeyman, "and 1 must go out \\ est ai d seek other em ployment." ' "Why, how much dees it cost to keep your family 1" "I am paving SSO a day at the Metropol ban, and L don't think you would he wil ling to increase inv wages to that aiuouut. "Why, who the deuce are you f * "I am J G . of St. Louis and I have bought the right to ure vour patent oven there, and I intend to put up a dozen or two of them, and 1 would like to em ploy you as a foreman." 1 he New \ork baker had nothing more to say. and tiie two friends went to the Metropolitan arid ha 1 a long talk over a b.'ttle or two of champagne. A LEGAL QUESTION. —A tarmer calle.i at the house of a lawyer to cousu t him pro , fessiona'iV. "Is the squeer at home? h inquired of the lawyer's wife, who opened the door at his summons. He was ans wered negatively. Disappointment shone in his taee; after a moment s consideration a thought revived him. "Mebby yourself can tell me as well as the squeer, seem a-- yer his wife" The ladv promised to do so. if on learning the nature of the d'fficu ty, she found it in her power, and the farmer proceeded to state 'he case as fol lows: "S'pose you war an old white mar, an I should borry vou to go to mill, with a grist on Ver back, an \c should go n<> funher tlian Stair Hill, when all at once ye should back up an pitch and fa I down and break yout neck, who'd pay for ye?" This was a question which the astonished lady was unable to answer. JC +r A young lady in Detroit has dis covered a cure for cold feet. It may be in vogue here for aught we know. The De troit miss gives her recept for it as follows: "I am troiii>le<l with c I<l feet, but I man age to keep them warm by lying in bed every morning until my mother has built a tire and prepared breakfast. I th.-n g-i up, place my feet on the front of the stove, eat my morning meal, read the news, and ; i afier warming some flannels and wrapping , them alsut my u |oor feet,'* return to bed, | w here I reinaiu until nearly noon. I re peat this every twenty-four hours, and find it very comfortable. I think 1 shall sur- I vive." t THE NEW STATE LOAN —Upon an ex ;■ ainiuation of the bids, for the new State r loan, on Monday, April Ist, it apj>eared r that the bids were nine millions in excess c of the sum required—thirty-one million j being offered at six }er cent, interest rang- < ing from par to one half per cent, premium, s Dexler <fe Co., E. W. C.ark Co., and Jay t Cook tC Co., wed known banking firms of i Philadelphia, have obtained a majority of I the bids a premium, and the remainder, i al>out seven millions, has been taken in v other parts of the State. Of this $823, i 312.05 were at 5 percent, per annum, and 1 $ 1 2,080.680 95 at 6 per cent. |*-r annum. . ■ Of the 5 |>er ceut. cent, loan, $92,850 were I for the sh.irtest term; $90,479.88 for the t .fifteen year loan, and $729,933.17 for the s long, or twenty-five year loan. Of the 6 i per ceut. loan, $4,907,150 were f>r the short loan ; $7,909,520.12 for the medium 1 loan and $9,270,016 85 for the long loan. Tbt® exhibit shows that the State has re- * gained her financial reputation, under the 1 able and judicious management of lb-pub- * jicaa officials for a Lumber of years past. | 1 TERMS.- $1.50 PER ANNUM. Eloquent Appeal. j Paul Denton, a Methodist Preacher in Texas, advertised a barbacue, nb Letter liquor than is usually furnished. When the people were assembled, a desperado in the crowd cried out, "Mr. Paul Denton, your reverence ha-* lied. You promised not only a g.wd barbacue,but better liquor. Where's the liquor f* "There!'' answered the missionary, in tones ol thunder, and pointing his motion less linger at the double spring, gushing up iu two strong columns, with a sound like a shout of joy from the bosom of the earth. "I here! he related, with a look as ter rible as the lightning, whi e his enemy actually trembled at his feet; "There is the ijqaor which God the eternal brews for all his children. "Not in the simmering still, over smoky (lies, clinked with poisonous gasses, and surrounded wiln the stench of sickening odors and rank Corruptions, does our Father in Heaven p>epare the precious essence of lile —pure co d water; but in the greet) and gra<>\ deil, w le-re the red deer watidets,and the child loves to play—there God brews it ; and down, down, in the deepest valleys, w h-re the fountains murmur and the ribs sing, and hih up the mountain top; w h-re naked granite glitters like gold in the sun, where the storm cloud broods an J the tinui ler storms crash; and away, far out on the •wid>\ wide sea, w here the wind how ls mti >ic and lh- big waves roar the chorus,swee |>- ing the march ol God—there Lie brews it —that beverage of life—health givin j I water. "And everywhere it is a tiling of bean'v —gleaming in the dew drops, sinning in the g!e", ti l the trees ail seem iolurn to living jewels, spreading a golden veil over the sun, 01 aw hite ganzearound the midnight uioon, I sporting in the cataracts, dancing in the hail showers, folding its bright snow curtains softly about tlie w ;>rld, and weaving the many colored iris seraph's zone of fhe skv, whose roof is the sunbeam of Heaven, ail checked over with the celestial flowers, by the mystic hand of refraction, still, always it is beautiful—that bles • 1 life water. No poison bubbles on its brink ; its foam brings not madness and murder; no blood stains its liquid glass; pale widows and orphans weep not burning tears in its depths,and no irunkards ghost from the grave curses it ;n words of eternal despair! Speak out, mv friends, would you ever change it for the demon's drink—alcohol ?" A shout like the roar of the tempest, answered "No!" Baptizing a Sinner. Poor people have a hard time in this w..r!J of ours. Even in matters of religion there is a vat difference between Lazarus and Dives, as the following anecdote, copied from an exchange, will illustrate: Old Bi'iy G had attended a great revival, and in common with manv others, wHa ' convicted" and baptized. Not many weeks afterward one of his friends met him reeling home trom the court ground with a "brick" in his hat. "Hello, I nele Billy," said his friend, "I thought you had joined the church!" ".So I did,' answered Billy, making a desperate effort to be still. "S > I did, Jt-emes, an' would a bin a good Baptist, if they hadn't treated me so mean at the water. Didn t you hear about iu, Jeemes ?" "No, I never did." **l hen I I tell 'bout it. You fee, when we come to the baptism' place there w is old Sinks, the rich old Squire, who was to l>e dipped at the same time. Well, the minister took the Squiie in first, but I didn't mind that much, as I thought that 'twould be just as good when I cum; xj he Dd him in mity keerful, and wiped his face and led him out. Well, then cum mv turn, and instead of lif'tin' nte out as he did the Squire, he gave me one s'osh, an J 1.-ft me craw lin' around on the bottom like a mud turtle —that's so. Jeemes," THE ELDEST DAUGHTER AT HOME. —To be abl- to get dinner, v> sweep the room, to make a garment, to tend a baby, would add greatly- to the list of a young lady's ac complishments \\ here can behold a more lovely sight than the eldest daughter of a family, attending in the sweet sim plicity of her new womanhood, by the side of her toiling, careworn mother, to relieve and aid her? Now she presides at the table, now diverts ha fa score of little folks in the library. .She can assist her younger brothers in their sports, or the elder ones in their studies; read the newspaper to In r wearv father, or smooth the aching brow of her fevered mother. Always ready with a helping hand, and a cheerful smi e for every •-murgency, she is au angel of love and blessing to the home circle. Should she be caiied out of it to originate a home of self-sacrificing ? jt-fT Judgment was rendered against tlie Mayor and Alderman of Dubuque, lowa, in their capacities, for the sum of 83. they having refused to make a tax levy sufficient to pay for some p>operty which had been condemned, lor the Use of the city.