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for the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
A Thanksgiving Hymn for 1859.
BT'LOGAN.
We bless thee, 0 Lord, and thy praises Proclaim;
We shout thy salvation, and sing to thy name ;
We'll sing to thy praise till we reach the blest
shore,
Then join with the angels to sing evermore.
We bless thee for freedom on land and on sea,
That we have no master, Jehovah, but thee ;
Our Bibles lie open, and none dare invade,
To shut up thy temples, or make us afraid.
We thank thee for peace in the land of our birth,
/or gladness and sunshine around our own
hearth ;
For kindred and friendship thy name we rerere,
And all thy kind gifts in our family cheer.
Though the earth ie so fair, and although thou
hest blest,
Our own happy portion above all the rest;
We thank thee, although then haet given such
bliss,
Thou yet haat provided a better than this
We thank thee, dear Lord, for the Gospel of
peace;
For the Church's prosperity, health, and in
crease ;
For her life and her power bestowed by thy
hand—
Extend her more fully all over the land.
And now, dearest Lord, shall our song have an
end,
Without a thanksgiving for Jesus, our friend
To our Saviour and Brother; Redeemer and
Lord,
Hosanna, Hosanna, with sweetest accord,
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Sketches of New England Life.
Brit Settlers—Free Schools—School House—Con.
Owe Between the Pupils Then and Now—The Old
Minister and School Committees—Morality Then
and Now—School , Books—Boys and Girds Then,
None Now—The School-Master Somebody Then
—Boarding Around—Spelling Schools—Summer
Schools, 4.c.
The writer purposes to give a few sketches
of New England history, relating to the
last half century. They might properly
be entitled, "My Own Times, " for I was
born and have lived in New ngland more
than half a century.
The early settlement of this part of our
country is %ell-known to have been Puritani
cal. They early took measure to establish
" Free Schools," that "learning might not
be buried in the graves of the Fathers."
These schools, fifty years since, were pecu
liar. The old school house, situated in the
North East corner of the town, at a crossing
where two ways met, was fifteen by twenty
feet. It was clap-boarded outside, and plas
tered inside. The windows were of glass
panes, six by four inches; the chimney in
one end, large enough to receive a oord-wood
stick of four feet in length, affording ample
ventilation to the room; the benches, three
in number, extending the length and width.
of the room on three sides, the fourth ocou
pied by the capacious chimney just named;
in front of these writing desks, as they
were called, were the seats for the small
children,•and those back of them, for the
larger scholars: The fires were built alter
nately by the larger boys, and the school,
house swept by the larger girls in the aa~'ne
M2ES=I=M
M=!!!=
ratio. 'When :the liltle urchins moved in
front of the writipg desk, as they.generally
did, the Whole desk was joggled, so that the
writers made all kinds of characters. The
window.shutters were"of rough boards, re
trembling those of more modern date in
Philadelphia, only they, were unplained, and
never painted The door-step was an un
hewn rock, laid slanting, so as to carry off
the water from the door, and when icy, to
trip up the pupils. The outside of the
building was never painted, but in one in
stance, in another part of the town, and this
always went by the name of the red school
house.
There was a vast contrast between
those school-houses and these of
,modern
times. Now we have palaces instead of
theme little shant,ys, or shanties as fibula may
choose to spell it. Then, too, the masters
(and they were properly called masters, for
they followed the proverb of Solomon, "he
that spareth the rod, spoileth the child,)
were chiefly imported from Connecticut for
the rest of Now England, like Connecticut
nutmegs and wooden clocks. They had a
sniattering,of knowledge iu arithmetic and
grammar, and could read English..
There were no School Committees in those
days, its.now. The minister.(Congregation
;dist, but called by all other denominations,
Presbyterian,) noted as Committee, " ap.
probated " the teachers, and visited all the
schools. Never shall I forget 'the moral
lectures he used to give us,' differing widely
from the transcendental homilies of modern
times. He would take lip, for instance, the
subject of lying, and as he reiterated the
Bible declaration that " all liars should
have their part in the lake • that burneth
with fire and briinstone," and pointed out
the rueful consecluences of moral obliquity,
both temporal and eternal, the attention of
every eye was riveted upon the old 'man,
who seemed a kind of connecting link be
tween angels and men. The moral send
-
mental lessons of the present day are tame,
indeed, when compared with the good old
Gospel morality of those days.
The school books of these days were few,
consisting of the Bible or Testament, Noah
Webster's spelling book and grammar, jede
dial Morse's geography, the third part for
a'reading, book, and Dilworth's. arithmetic.
These were the sum total of 'the 'sohool
books, and the master only had an 'arith
metic.
.Every teacher had not then learned
that he must make a school book, and rival .
publishers to bribe teachers and the clergy
to introduce their book. The "Dictionary
war" was then uoknown, and no book of
the kind was heard of, Save John
son's, or Perry's. The pupil; as he trudged
to school Some mile or two, uphill and down
.dale, through woods and snow banks, was
not compelled to carry his arms full of
books, and to divide his attention between
some dozen studies at , once, so as to get but
a "smattering" of any. Yet the boys and
girls of threw days (for there were both boys
and girls then, while now there are neither,)
were better, far better versed in, all the
substantials of a useful education than they
are at,present. They were better readers,
better'arithmeticians, and far better penmen
than can be found now. This declaration
may seem humiliating to those who have
latterly found so many royal roads to
knowledge, and made the task of ascending
the "hill of science" so easy that their
books, many of them, at least—may be char
acterized as "simplicity simplified." in
penmanship, especially,
.did they so far ex
cel those of this day, that this so desirable
accomplishment may now be classed - among
the " lost arts."
,
A sohoolnaster, then, too, was somebody.
True, he "boarded round ;" that is, a week
or a day at a place, in proportion to the,
quota of pupils furnished ; or was bid oft
at the district Meeting, by the one who
would board him the cheapest. But neither
of these, on the whole, was a very bad
plan, as the former enabled him to see and
become acquainted with the' parents And his
pupils, and, Moreover, to see the young
ladies at . home, (which is often important,)
and the latter to exhibit how well the pater
familias ciiiild keep 'him' at a 'minimum
price.
The spelling schools of those days, too,
were worthy of note, . There are no such in
these modern times. ' To these, of course,
the small children did not edam. It was
only for those hoys and girls who were in
their teens, and who were old enough to
enjoy and appreciate "a good time." Many
a time has the writer enjoyed "a school of
this kind, where the pupils ",chose sides,",
and sat opposite each other, like the armies
of Napoleon and Wellington, in formidable
array, till one or the other was vanquished,
for Missing more words than the conquerors.
Those Were halcyon sohools, never to return'
to the pupils of these modern times.
The Summer schools of those. days, too,
were worthy of notice; for, let it be remem
bered, the masters taught but two or three
months, (as the money, held out,) in the
Winter. Then all the boys who were old
enough to be cabin boys, to hoe potatoes,
rake hay, or be in any way useful to their
parents, were away from those ancient halls
of science; and, instead of a master and
the large scholars, there was a school maim
and the small children, both male and fe
male. This Summer school was usually
twice as long as that of the Winter.
Here, again, is a wonder; that !schools
classified to suit all ages, from the full
. grown pupil down to the lisping A
,B C
clarion, keeping the whole year, and taught
by' the best instructors, should not be able
to make so good^ preficients;in knowledge,-
as were then_made by two Months schooling
in the Winter, and four in the Summer.
Who can explain this 7 'ls it to be ascribed
to the present better mode of teaching, to
the improvements in school-1 ooks„or to the
fact that the human mind is growing
brighter, as time grows older ? In my next,
I will tell you about the New England Col
-1 loges, then and now. SzNnx
ior t i e goung.
A Very Good Story for Boys.
The following incident happened at the
famous< old Blue Coat School, London,
founded by Edward VI., and still flourish
ing: •
"It appears that in spite of the small,
amount of food allowed, muoh of what was
given could not be eaten, more particularly
the fat of fresh broiled beef. Now, any
one who ate this was equivalent, in our
time, to a ghoul, and held in equal detesta
tion. Notwithstanding this universality of
opinion, it appears there, was one memora.
hie exception. , This boy was observed after
dinner carefuly to gather up the remnants
left at his table, (not many, nor very choice
morsels, you may believe,) and, in an es
pecial manner, these disreputable morsels,
which he would convey away and secretly
stow in the settle at his bedside. None saw
when he ate them. It was rumored that
I he privately devoured them in the night.
He was watched, but . no' traces of such mid
night practices were discoverable.. Some
reported that on leave days he had been
seen to carry out of the bounds a large blue
handkerchief, ~ full pf something. This,
then, must be the accursed thing. Conjeo
tura was next at work to imagine how he
could dispose of it. Some said he sold it to
the beggars. This belief generally pre
vailed. He went about moping; , no one
spoke to him; no one could play with him;
he was excommunicated; put out of the pale
of the school. He was too powerful 'a boy
to be beaten; but he underwent every mode
of that negative•punishmenCiihich is more
grievous than many stripes. Still he per
severed.
At lerigil'he was observed by two" of
~r,:~:~~
THE PRF,OBYTERIAN BANNER AND MWOCATE.
schoolleirows, who were' determined to get
'at the seeret, and traced 'him;ene 'leave day
for that purpose, to enter Et large, worn-out
building, such as there are now in Chancery
Lane, let outfto various scales of, pauperism,
,with open door and a common staircase.
They slunk in after him, and saw him go
up four flights and tap at a wicket, which Was
opened by an aged woman, meanly clad.
Suspicion was now ripened into certainty;
the informers bad secured their victim.
Accusation was formally preferred and retri
bution was looked for. Mr.. Hathaway, the
steward, with that patient sagacity which
tempered all his ponduct, determined to in
vestigate the matter before he proceeded to
sentence. The result'was, that the sup•
posed, mendicants, the receivers and pur
chasers of the mysterious scraps, turned out
to be the parents of the boy, an honest
couple come to decay, whom this seasonable
.
supply bad, in all probability, saved from
mendicancy, and that this young stork, at
'the expense of his own good name, had all
this while been only feeding the old birds.
The governors, on this occasion, much to
their Mina r, voted relief to the family and
presented him with a'silver medal."
Rothiiig'Fii ished.
,
I mice had the curiosity—
to leak into a
a little girl's work box. And what do you
arippoii I found 7 Well,' in the first plabe,
I found - a " bead purse," about half
done; there Was, 116W:ever, no prospect 'of
its ever being finished, for the needles were
Out, and the silk upon the spools all tangled
and drawn into 'a complete wisp. Laying
„
this aside, I took Alp a nice piece of perfor
ated paper,"upon which was wrought one lid
of a Bible, and beneath it the words, " I
love," but what she loved was left for me
to conjecture. Beneath the Bible lid I
found a sock, evidently cerniiienced for
some baby-foot; but it had come to a stand
just upon the little heel, and there it seemed
doomed to remain. Near to the sock was
a needle-book, one cover of which was
neatly made, and upon, the other, partly fin
ished, was marked, " my dear " I need
not, however, tell you all that I found there;
but this much I can say, :that dnring my
travels through the work box, I found not a
single article complete ; and. mute as they
were, these half finished, forsaken things,
told me a sad st;ary' abOut that little girl.
They told me that, with a heart full of gen
erons affection, with a head, full' of usefill
and pretty projects, all of which she had
both the Means and the skill 0 carry into
`effect, she was still a useless child—always
doing, but never aecomplishing her Work. ,
It was not a want of industry ,"but a want of
perseverance. Remember, my dear little
friends, that it matters but little what great
things we undertake. Our glory is not
in that, but in what we accomplish. No
body in the world cares for What we mean
to de; but everybody, will open their eyes
bY and-by, to see What men and women and
little children have done.
Agricultural,
Tile Draining.
Some thirty years, or more, since, Mr,
Johnston, a Scottish fernier without means,
purchased a small farm on ,
the Bast side of
Seneca lake, near Geneva, New York. The
soil was mainly'clay, and'worn nearly out by
the system of Summer fallow wheat.growing,
which has long prevailed there, -and quite
thoroughl3r reduced the fertility 'of that part
of the State. The crops were then ten to
fifteen btishels of wheat, and twine that
number corn, to the acre. Draining was
unheard of, and hisfirst suggestions of it,
derived from Scottish , experience, were iidi
culed. But he was as obstinate as he was
poor, and borrowed money to import samples
of drain tilei and commence their Minas°
ture for his own use. Their first cost was
$24 per thorisand of the cheapest form, and
at this price Mr. 'Johnston began system
of tile draining in 1838, which was not fin•
jibed until 1857, at Which time more than
fifty miles of tile drain bad keen laid on his
farm, which, however, had grown from
about a hundred acres at the outset, to three
hundred acres. His crops had during this
time increased to sixty, seventy, and as high
as ninetylour buihels to the acre of corn,
and to an average of forty bushels of wheat
in this current year 1859. Ten or fifteen
years since, his success had become eels:
brated, and for half a dozen years past he
has been an authority whom it was regarded
as an honor to consult, from' all sections of
the Union. ;Such is the magic effect of
stubborn perseverance in a course of com.
son sense improvement.
In this experiment of Mr. Johnston, it
has been found nearly as nicessary to.drain
lands of irregular surface, and suchais would
usually be pronounced quite free from any
such necessity as those nearly or quite level.
One most important effect would be secured
at the South by j.his process, in averting
the destructiVe wishing of itplands. Un
derdrainage increases the capacity of lands
to absorb a profuse rain immensely, and
where, in one case,-three-fourths of every
profuse rainfall' would be' throivn off the
surface, washing away loose soil and fertility
at a ruinous rate, in the other not one.fourth
the falling , water would be thus thrown off
Undercirained 'and deeply cultivated lands
will very rarely wash 'at all,-however reten
tive the principal element of the soil. A
loose drained clay will absorb almost as much
as sand` and it is only because an imper
vious subsoil resists all deep sinking of rains
that the suffuse of clay land's beeCiiies so
hard as to retain water.' Yet these are the
most prolific in all the ele.xnents of fertility
when the excess of water is removed, and
When deep cultivation givetrto the_growing
crops the requisite access to the bestpirts
of 'it. Underdiaining is the only possible
means by which this improvement may be
effectekand it is as essential here' as in New
York, .the quantity of water falling here an
nually being, in fact, nearly One.third "More
than in the interior of New York, near
Geneva. .
The.tiles principally 'used by Mr. John
aton were two inches in diameter for the
bore, of the horseshoe form, and either
made with abase or laid on a board. The
trenches are first dug two and a half feet
deep for the small and lateral drains, andthree
feet deep for the main drains, into which others
are arranged to fall, and at the bottom no
- .
wider than is necemsary to lay tile. In Mr.
Johnston's own words, " My drains are from '
twenty-seven to forty five feet apart, gener.
ally thirty.three feet, but I have never put
in any more - than I would do again if k had
to do it over, and in, some cases I would
put in more. My first error was in patting
too small tile in my main - drains, and too
large tile . in my lateral drains—two inch
tile, or even smaller if they can be obtained,
being' enfriCient for lateral drains. I also
erred at first in putting ton many drains in
my low lands, as it very seldom occurs that
the low land is naturally wet, but only wet
from the upland. If the upland is thor:.
oughly drained, it is seldom indeed that the
low land needs more drains than to carry off
the Water from the upland drains. The
greatest error forlorne years was in not per
fectly draining my upland." Mr. Johnston's
compact statement of his own disadvantages
is also worth copying: " I commencerkunder
unfavorable eircumstanaes ; first, for want
of funds; next, the tile cost double what
they do now, and digging double; ind last;
though not least, public opinion Was very
much against me. Some would ask me if
I was going to put crockery all over, my
farm ; - "lome Would tell me they thought my
farm liras already too dry, 'anything ; and
some of my own countrymen would give ma
the iiint'llitte they' latibifirown somci
'drain and otherwise improve their lands so
much that they lost theta."
With many splendid examples of thorough
cultivation near this city, there is still a
general neglect of the great advantages of-,
fered in the surface, soil', and inset:fable
market. The chief cense of unproductive
ness is the `neglect of drainage. Will not
some of , the more enterprising holders of
lands break zround on the subject as Mr.
Johnston did in New York, bear the same
obloquy, if necessary, and reap the like
profits 7 Thouiands were, induced to follow
the example we have cited, and the traveler
through" Central New, ork will Nee hundreds
of hilt sideS and fiat tracts trenched for tile
draining where, fifteen. or twenty years ago,
the Matt who'had` said that such lands could
be so improved, would have been; laughed
at. In this latitude there is a great advan
tage in the faat'that half the Winter may
be:used for such, imiorovements, while in
New York no such saving of valuable time
is - possible.
isallattous.
BcOnan Peasent Women.
Monsieur About,,in his notice of the in
habitantiOf the rural districts in the States
of the Church, says,::
Of all useful animals, the wife is one
which the Roman -peasant employs most
profitably. She makes the bread and the
cakes ;, she Witives, and sews; she
goes every day three miles for wood, and
one and -a .half for ' , water ;• she 'carries a
mule's load be her head . ; she works - from
sunrise to kifililet, iyfthout question .`:or' com
plaint. iter numerous; ;children 'are in
themselves as„ precious resource ;
old.at four
years they are able to, 'tend sheep and
cattle. •
Tess.
The exports of green lea 'to the United
Sates from . ,tifertorts in Chine for the
year 1; . _1859, were 19,006,068
pounds, against 18,002.586 pounds in 1858,
and 17 ; 386,721 - pounds in 1857. The ex-
Ports h4her of blank in'the same jeans,
were 12;200,079 "Poinds.for 1859 ; 11,732,-
682 in 1858, and 7,913,675 in 1857. .
.;t3i:i - torzi -- aaid -Weeping Wilfeive.
In the Mphawk Valley of New York,
vast quantitiee 'of broom Porn are annually
grown. Pennsylnania, Ohio, and Connect
icut, die next largest producers of it.
Its origin, as, a cultivated plant in this
country, is attributed to, Dr. Franklin. It
is a native of. India. Franklin* Saw an' im
ported whisk of_corn in` the possession of
a lady in Philadlphia, and while exaniin
ing it as a curiosity, feund a seed, 'which he
planted, and from this small beginning arose
this valuable product of industry in the
United States. In the same manner,
Eng
land and Amnion are indebted for - the
weeping willow to the poet Pope, who, find
, ing-avgreeu stick -in - a—basket f figs, - sent
to him as a present, from Turkey, stuck
it in his garden at Twickenham, and thence,
propagated this beautiful tree.
Lorsuzo Dow on Bad Thoughts.
Somebody once said to Lorenzo Dow
who was a very eccentric strolling preacher :
" Mr. Dew, I doti''t know 'What to do., Bad
thoughts trouble me very much. They
come into my he ad,- and I-don't know how
to keep 'them - out,- lElbw can I help doing
wrong, if it is wrong to have bad thoughts ?"
Mr. D. replied: if.We can', atop birds from
flying over our heads, but we can keep
them frOin building nista in our hair. .Do
you,usk, how pan:you drive away these bad
thorights„and keep them from making nests
in your- mind ? ‘ , Why just as we exclude
thistles from, thee, lands, by. putting in so
much good seed ` that :there is no room left
for them to grow. Keep the mind busy,
With something innocent and Useful, `and
leave no place for the intruder."
The Army of Great Britain.
The follEkving is a return of the total
strength of the British Army in 1858:
namely, cavalry, 17,819 (including 8,972
in India;) hifiintry, 150,560, (including
74,731 in India,) 132,833 in the 'colonies;
the horse artillery, 2,578 ; the foot artillery,
20,698 (4,848 in India ;) the engineers,
4,176:; the enrolled pensieners,, 15,415,
the embodied militia, 21,778 ; the volun
teers, 15,122. The total amount voted for
the army, ordnance, and commissariat ser
vice in 1858, was X 11,577,755; against
£12,492,235 in 1857.
Diamonds.
From Harper's Magazine, September, we
learn that of all known diamonds, that of
the EmPeroi of Russia is' the greatest. Its.
Weight is stated at 195 - carats; its shape re
sembles the half of a pigeon's egg, withra
diameter of about one and a quarter inches.
It is' rose=eut, and' almost white. It was
found in Persia about one hundred years
ago. The' I tibit' largest is\hat of the 'Grand
Duke of Tuscany. It weighs 139 carats.
It is about an inch and a half in diameter,
by an inch deep. The' third largest dia
mond is the great Regent or 'Pitt diamond,
now in'possession of 'the ,Emp'eror of the
French, which was boughtlay-Louis XV., in
1748; for .E 675,000, or about $3;375,000.
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basjust returned Ohm the Eastern Cities, with ' a well
selected stoat of Cloths, 0168imerii, Silk and-Velvet Plush
Vestings ; all of which will be made _tip to order. in the
moat appreved styles, on reasonable terms. '
Also, tienVe Furnishing Goods just received, for - Fell and
Winter., IL SILLY; No. &I Wylie Street..
JOHN D. M'OORD. - JAMES S. hik:ORD
ocipap :etc
MANUFACTURERS 'AND DEALERS IN '
HATS, ' CAPS, AND STRAW 'GOODS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, . •
• 131 WoOd Stieet, Pitts WO,
Nave now on hand fhr Siring Wee; as latie 'and iomniete
an.assortment of Goods as elm beTauud la any of the East.'
ern cities, coasiating of
Fur, Bilk,- and Wool Hats,
of every sfyle and quality ;'CAPE Of - every quality and
latest fashions; Palm Leaf,'Straw 'Leghorn, and Panama
HATS
,and Sill( BONNiTS, ete ; eta., , Persona
'wishing ` - to'parcbaSe by'Wholeeale RetaiWsrill
And it to their advantage to eadi and examine our stash.
. .
nr , - J. To ME 9 VANCID,
-IL • COrner et Liberty.and SirthStreets, Pittsburgh,
have received their F.A.LL and . WINTEIt STOCK OF GOODS
for
MEN'S WE
Comprising the latest importations of Clotlla, Onedrapree,
Feelings, &c., which they 'are preparld to Make to offeriii
a style and at such prices as cannot fail to plasm.
Their Stock of
READY MADE 'pLoTHING,
Out and made wider • their Own supervision, is got iipla
very , imparter Minuter., and. will,ha sohl: at, the TOWER
CASE PRICES.
raal2rly,
•
W WADI
L T.l!MQs'ittriYib
• •
AU • wholesale paaUr? in ae a MPS, tiNDOTRAW.
GOOD'S; klilffeys, Ruches, andrancy Pam, Nes, 29 and 81
Philadelphi
Nertlv-Pahrt a. .b. Eltreet,(tiearly 'ops albite Merchants' -Hotel;)
MADE BY
MASON & HAMLIN'S
•STRAW,
32 bisithii M et, i'ittelinrgh. Pa
MEDICAL.
jbR. R. A. WILSON'S PILLS.
share
thirty of
re
Raving retired from the practice of medicine, I may be
permitted, to say that it haa fallen to the lot of but few
persons to. have enjoyed so "
. liberal
n or fo l r a
rg th e e
a w
obstetrical pteetioe as my own has been
or forty years. '
The experience of that long period of active life, and the
fact of my having been twice, since 1930, associated with
Dr. R. A, Wilson, in the practice of medicine, (in both a
period of five years,) enables me to judge fully of the merits
of his pills.
Bo convenient, iio rfitcientoand yet so safe, did I esteem
these pills, that for the last five years in practice, for the
cure of chronic diseases of whatever name. and those of
females in particular, I have used more of them than all
other medicines. Like every other medicine, these must
Sall in some instances, but in my hands there has been less
disappointment and mere, satisfaction in the administration
of this one remedy than of all others—its good effects
sometimes - quite astonishing me
'lf my patient required a safe aperient medicine, either
before or after parturition, the. Wilson's Pills were just the
thing I wanted..
If a; dyspeptic acid condition of the stomach, combined
with costiveness, Or. inactivity of the liver, constituted the
disease of my patient, the pills were. just the thing I
'wanted. .
,If.l treated a case requiring an emmenagogue, the Wil.
son's Pills were just the thing I wanted.
If palpitation, headache, flushed countenance, or other
difficulties indicating a disturbance of the circulatory and
secretury'systema, annoyed my patient at the turn of life,
the Wilson's Pills were juet the thing I wanted.
'Thus, without respect to the name a disease mighthappen
,wear at the time I have bad it under treatment, particu
lar indications or symptoms arising were always most
promptly and most happily met by the'Wihron's Pills.
That so great a number of diseases, and sometimes
,apparently opposite ones, in which lihave used those pills,
should be cured more readily by them than by any other
remedy, may at first Seem strange and contradictory, but
wlaylt is so t is as clear to my mind as that a great many
persons should become thirsty from as many different
muses, and yet all require that cdnimon and greatest of all
`blessings, water, to quench their thirst.
In conclusion, it is due the reputation of medicine and
the public to , say, decidedly and uneOnditionsdly, that the
Wilson's TOM are the only combination I have ever met
;within rey long course of practice that really possess any
thing curative or specific for sick-headache. '
Yours, ao., DR. MILO. ADAMS.
Wu.son's Prua.—lt will be seen by our advertising
colrinins that Mire villa Nive a "recommendation more
valuable than any which a' common nostrum could ever
attain: Dr. Adams, who attests theta, is a gentleman well
known to many of'ourcitisens: lie is a, physician or good
; mute, and hes filled various public stations with credit—
.Plttrivurgh Horror/4 Pint. '
B. L. PAHNESTOCK A- CO., Proprietors, Pittsburgh, Pa.
- sir Sold by Druggists everYwhere. - au2o-6m
RS. WINSLOW,
INX An experienced Niale'end Female Physician, pro-
Dentsto the attention of 'mothers, her
SOOTHING SYRUP,
For Children Teething;
which greatlyfacilitates the process of teething, by !often
ing the gums, reducing all htifill3l3ll2llltiOn-Will allay 'AIL
PAIN and apaemedieection, and is
SURE TO REGULATE THE BOWELS.
Depend upon It, mothers, It will give reel to yograelves,
•
and
RELIEF AND REALM . TO „ YOUR INFANTS.
We have put up and sold •Ws arid' clefts . ever tenyears,
and can say in COPPIDENCE 131 and 7/I.IITIE 'of it, what we
have never been able to say of any other inedicine---nev
or has it FAILED, in a sin gle insbmce',to EFFECT A
CURE, when timely need.; 14 never 'did' we kncrw an in.
stance of dissathfaction by anyone. whemied it. On the
contrary, all are delighted 10" with, its, operations, and
am
speak in terms of highest comriendatirm of itismagical
effects and Medical virtues. We speak in this matter
"what we do know," after ten years' experience, and
pledge our repUtation for Witte fad linient of what we
here declare. In almost ev erp instance where the in
fant is suffering from pain Z and exhaustion; relief will
be.,fotmd in fifteen or twenty 1-4 minutes after, the syrup is
administered:
This 'valuable prelieration 1 3: 1 is the prescription of one of
the most EXPERIENCED E. 4 and SEIIIEUL NURSES in
NewEngland,Mid his been used with never-tailing sue
'tees in 0
THOUSANDS OOF CASES.
It not only relieves the no:child from pain, but inviger•
etas 'the stomach walk - Was, ear:esti, oddity, and gives
tong and energy to the whole eystem. it will almost in.
stoutly, relieve
GRIPING IN THE'' BOWELS, AND
WINDOCOLID,
and overcome convtdaio - ns 'which, if, not speedily rem.
edied, end in death: , We li e ``" Have it *abort and surest
remedy in the world, In all cases of DYSENTERY AND
DIARRHEA. TN , CHL' ia DREN, whether It arises
from teething, or.from any other tense. We would say
to, every mother who has a M child suffering from any
the foregoing rompleints— de not let your Prejudicef,
nor the prejudices of others, stand between your suffer
ing child and the relief that lit will be BURR—yes, ARSO
LITTELY iillßE—to follow the use of-this-medicine, it
timely need. Full directions for using will accompany
each bottle. None' genuine rinlisietteiffieabirdle °MIR
Tlii k PERKINS, New co Tork;IB on the outside wrap
per.
Sold hy_Dzuggiststhrough Ii out the world.
Principal - Office, No. 18 hot Ceder St. New York
fel9-ly . pit
HOOPLM'S
IS. lODIC
144 142'
GREAT
:*EritkDEES
of the present age, have — aniiied " their great popularity
only through year of trial. Alnbolutdeitsatiatotien
retidared by litezwilialicesow
HOOYLAND'S
GERMAN: BITTERS'
:WILL POSIXTELT cuss
Liver Complaint, Dripepata, Jaundice, Nervous
De
binity, DABeaBBS . , of the Kidney%
incl. ail'astlasogi arising from a disordered liver, or weak
' irris of the'Stonmeh and ifigekive a'
Mat FEVER, BILIOUS FEVER, AIM FEVER ADD Aga.
See our Almanac foi prok: Panic, a 5 cent' per Bottle.
Hootana Hawke: Carina
Cosslos, Colds, or Thifirsenems, Broioldtiii;Trdlueriso,
Croup, Pneumonia, Incipient Consturiptiom, - -
and has perfumed themoist astonishing aides evarknosnt
ot.
- .CONFIRMED CONSUMPTION.
.A 3 a Diarrbaa Gimbal' it is unequalled. Pater. 'XS
HOOFLANWS GERMAN .PILL,
being well knownthro ughout Europe and America, needs
no commendation:. here. They are purely-vegetable, are
prepared with great eiraeti me, and are sugarcoated. ' No
better Cathartic PM7lean be bend. , Parer,2s eta. per box.
' These 'medicines are prepared by Dr.43.11.-Jarenee
Co,'Philadelphia, Pa., and'St. Leeds, 810., and are sold by
.alnwriets and &alga to inedicinas everywhere. The dig-
MUM of O. M. SacILBOX Wall be on the outside of each
brae or tarx.. •
In oar ..lifocryboaes -- AriAakeer published annually, you
;Pa SU& testimony and commendatory notices from all
lotto of the country. palm Almanacs aro apron &pray lry
all out, itienn3-
ocIAY
6 60
NFLANE'S
CELEBRATED
LIViER,..PILS.,
ros`maie clines on
Hepatitis Or , Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
.Symptorns of a Meased
PAltsT in the right side, Under: theleclge of
the ribs, increase .on presiine- [sometimes
the pint . is in the left side; the :patient is
rarely able to lie on the left side; sornekimes
the pain is felt under •thst . shoulder: 'blade,
and it frequently extends to the-top nf the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for a
rheumatism in - the; arm. The stomach is
affected with 16'ss_ of i appetice and sickness,
the bowels in general are costive, sometimes
alternative with lax; the head is troubled
with pain, - accompanied with'a dull, heavy
sensation in' the back part. There is gene
rally eConsiderable loss of memory; accom
panied with a painful sensation' of having
left 'undone something which ought to'have
been done. A slight, dry cough is some
tithes' in attendant. 'The "patient"
of weariness and debility; heis easily startled,
his feet are 'cola or , burning, and he com
plains, of a -prickly, sensation tff . ' skin;
his spirits are low; and although ltels satis-
Led that exercise wouldbebenefieialto him,
yet he < can scarcely r summon nri fortitude
enough;to try it. In fact, he distrusts every
xemedy. • Several of 'the above symptoms
attend the disease,. but cases have , occurred
where few's:if thenr existed, yet examination
of "the body, after, death, has shown the
LIVISK to have been; extensively deranged.
AGUE' AND FEVER.
AELANA LIVER PILLS, IN, CASES OF
Acus Alm Fmn, when taken with Quinine,
are prodtictive of the most hippy results. No
better c'atliirtic Can be used;preteratory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would advise
all 'who are afflicted with this - disease to give
them" . l.: FAIR TRIAL.
Address -AR orders to
FLEMING BROS., Prrissußoa, PA.
.`Deolere and Phyidtdini Ordering fro m onion tb.'
Fleming Bros., will do well hi men tleat:W,wo
she Ash none but - DK Atrani? f ; pa' by Pinning
itroairPftyobooryb o Pa. a To thodevialums. to give them !I
trial, we will fonrardper mail, poet pani, to any part of
tbwilraded States, ono box Of 'Pills for twelve -three-eent
Postage' s stamps, or one. vial of Vernallinge fourteen
umeezmeit stamps. All ordure fin - In C anada intuit beao.
wiipanied by twenty ants extra:-
,4 Sold !,),y
,i'vepectidg• Dr 110,114 gin 4 ooluggr. ear
itawridly.