MIMI
6.4 e glop. it out Agitator
_r, Pabliabed every Wednesday
H o rning, at $2.00 a
For, invariably in advance, t.ty
COBB & VAN GELDER.
[ p. c. VAN emu.
4..:121. - triErEtTISIES
lino. 43 roc., I6to $. 9 Iroi. I 1.
- 1 Soars ••-•••• 881, /0,00 1246
2 Squarso 3,1 . 8 8.00 12 00 15.00 18.00
1-tOolutuo L,OO 10,00 10.00 I 20;00 I 22.00
1-2 Calumu 1200 20.00 0.1.00 30 ; 00 45.00
1 Column *.51,00 35.00 41.00 65,00 80.00
1 Square I. inaer'n 01,90-50 eta. earls week.thereafter.
Aritulutstrators and Executors Nottcos 22.00 each.
Bruunees Carda of Ofe)triaa 00.00 per xsar.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
W. I)..TER BELL & CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, and.dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
Perfarneryi Nuts mid Oils, As., 4c.
Corsing, , lL "-
W. A. NICHOLS.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
ace formerly occupied, Ly Janice Lowrey, Elm
VFelleboro, Jma. 1, /860-Iy. • ;
. JULIUS SHERWOOD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Court Street, otipoEite
the Court lionise, Williameport, Pa.
Java. 6,1666-Iy*
vaLt.ci.na a. - smrrii, - ""
ATTORNEV. AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Insurance, DOndty and Pension Agenty, Main
Street iVensbnro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866.
aolim MITCHELL.
ATTORNEY AND CODNSELOR AT LAW,
Office lately oa.mpted by Jain W. Guernsey
EEq., Tiop, Tioge County., Peun'a. *outfit
attention to Collusions.
.413 1,1866.-Iy.
S. F. WILSON. J. B. Num`
WILSON & NILES,
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW,
{Find door from Bigoney's, on the Avenue)—
Will attenalobuniness entrusted to their care
111 the counties Of Tioga and Potter.
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1.81305.
GEORGE WAGNERILILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Seare's
Shoe Shop. Ofr•Catting, fitting, and Repair
ing done promptly and well.
Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1861.-Iy.
JOHN B. SHAILSPEA.R.E,'..,
• 4.. •
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over Dowen's
Store, seecrod floor. Or - Cutting, Fitting, and
Repairing done prasaptly and in beet style.
Welibber°, Pa.. Jan: 1, 1868—ly
ROST. ILtwt.nr, H. H. Camara.
IBL4I:4VLEY & ctratratitri,
ATTORNkYB AT LA.W, Williamsport
Pa.—
Special attention given to collection of Pen
sions. Bounty and Back Pay, and all claims
against the National Ent State Gavernments.
Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 15, 1865-3 m.
JOSEPH HANLEY,
BLACKSMITH AND SHOED.. I have rented
the shop lately occupied by Mr. P. C.Hoig, and
ex prepared to shoe horses and oxen, and to
de all kinds of work pertaining to the busi
ness in a superior wanner.
Wellsborcr, Pa., Jan. 1,1566.—1 y. , -
IZA.AIII. WALTON SOUSE, '
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.'
H. C. VERIATLYI3.S., PROPRIETOR. This is a
new hotel located within easy access of the
best fishing and hunting grounds in North.
ern Pennsylvania. No pains krill be spared
for the accommodation of pleasure seekers ond
the traveling public. [Jan. 1,'1888.]
J. HERVEY EWCIEG,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
No. 11 I,.aw Building,—St. Paul St., Baltimore.
REFERENCES.—Levin Gale, Attorocy at Layt,
Edward Israel, A tey at Law, Rev. J. Mal.
Riles. D. D., Rev. Henry Slicer, D. D., Con-
Led, Bro. A Co., F. Grove lc Co., Ludwig
McSherry, John F. McJilton, Esq., Robert Law
. en, Esq., S. Sutherland, Esq. [Mr. Evitive is
trahorized to transact any business appertain
int to this paper in Baltimore.)
tt.l, 1866-Iy.
?'JEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY=
PRANK SPENCER
lu the'pleasure to Ineirtit the citicen'e of nog*
t,unty that they have the best opportunity 'ever
t!ered them, to procure Atobrotypes, Ferrotypes,
Guns, Cartes de Visite, Vignettes, and all lands
of fancy and popular card, and colored pictures,
t his Gallery on Elmira Street.
Mansfield, Nov. 15, '65-tf. F. M. SPENCER,
- A B. EAST*AN" '7l34tli;T
F,
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Enrgieal and Ellechatrical Dentist.
Would inform the citizens of Wellsboro and vi
,:4y. that he has fitted np n desirable suite of
%.Las over John R. Bowen's store, No. 1, Un-
Bloch, where he is prepared to execute all
t.rt in his profession, with a promptness and
r ) h that will enable him to offer superior induce
tufts to those requiring dental operations. All
stir. warranted, and at reasonable rates. Please
nil and eadtuine specimens,
Wellshoro. March 21, 1886.—tf
DENTISTRY.
ll ~iirelbi
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C. N. N DARTI I ,
WOULD say to the public) that be is perma
nently located in Wellston, (Office at hie
!ciders°, near the Land Office and Episcopal
ftsrch) where he will continuo to do all kinds of
;GA sonfalod to his care, guaranteeing complete
tai:fattion where the skill of the Dentist can
iscil is the management of cases peculiar to the
c ,lll 1-g• He will tarnish
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
tet on any material desired.
FILLING & EXTRACTING- TEETH, •
trteteti on shortest notice, and done In We
tea end most approved style.
TEETH EX.TRACTEDVITHOUT PAIN
I,y the the use of Anaesthetics which are_ per 7
ftetiy harmless, and will be administered in every
ace schen dezired.
Wellzboro, Jan. 1, 1865-Iy.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS.
al B. SMITH', Knoxville, Tioge. County,
" , licensed Agent, and Attorney
/4 folthers c.nd their friends throngbeut all the
k 7t l Ste.top
rstlitd EUCt) will prosecute and collect with
CCZE nn-
EOLDIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES
c , • dl ,
otdr. Aleo, any other kind of claim
4'lihtt the Government before any of the De
-, itrtztatt or in Congreto. Terms moderate, All
":-mtusieraio ne sent to the above address will re ,
:',,Eprom“ attention. - . 1866. ,
—-- -
i'K.INCr'S PORTABLE LEMONADE i.e the
fru i t y preparation of the kind made from
* , ' , t . fruit. A.t an article of economy, purity, and
4,tl,c;ocnets, it cannot be surpassed, and is recent-.
z •z-ead:d by physicians for inralids and family
It will kelp for years in any climate, while
:f c oadensel form renders it especially convect
itt for travelers. All whccuso lemons are re.
40.tittd gire it a trial. ' Entertainments at
parties, and picnics should not be without
For tale by all
d r oply gi by
sts and first-class
Vircters. Manufact
LOUIS R. METZGER,
1 866-ty. No. 549 Pearl ht, N. Y.
:!phCSSES.—" Seeley's Herd Rubber Trues'
,I L t,
.e . 1 . rt,2 , s rupture, frees the cord from alt press
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_id never rust, break, limber, cbafe, or be
, zis thilv (the fine steel spring being coated
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Ea rubber); spring made any power re
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uaed in ilithing fitted to form • .
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VOL: XIII.
D RUGS AND MEDICINES
LANG & WHITE,
Of MANSFIELD, Pa., have just received and
offer to the inhabitants of Tioga oontity„ a the
Wiest cash prices, a large and welt assorted stock
of the following first close goods :
DRUGS, MEDICINES, dc DYE STUFFS,
Paints, Oil, Putty and. Glass, 'Howe & Stevens'
Family Dyes, Paten( Medicines, Perfumery,
:Toilet soaps, Hair Oils and Pomades,
School and Miscellaneous Books,
Writing Paper,Envelopes,Blank
Books, end Blank Deeds of
' all kinds ; Diaries for
- MG,
<rJt
•
o o g ra p h and Autograph Albums, Gold Pens
' '-and Pocket Cutlery, All kinds of Toys,
Tobacoo, Snuck Cigars of beet
brands. .
Pianos Bielodeons, & Cabinet Organs
VIOLINS, GUITARS, ACCORDEONS,
and all kinds of Musical Instruments and musical
merchandise. All the most popular Sheet Music
always On hand.
::.r
BAND INBTRUDIENTS.
By special arrangements with the largest man
nfileturing house in New York'', w4l can furnish all
styles of
- INSTRUMENTS,
required in
BRASS ,419), SILVER .SANDS
'Parties wishing Instruments wilt ftlre ten per
,cent, by communicating with 'us before purchas
ing elsewhere. All Instraments.delivered
FREE OF CHARGE, AND
WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT.
Pianos and Melodeon, to _rent on_reasonable
tern!. Agenta, for the celebrated Florence Sew
ing ; LAI4O it 'WHITE.
- -
DRUG STORE
Dr. W. W. WEBB a
Have opened a Drug and Chemical Store, 'on
Main Street, Ist door below Hastings, where they
intend to keep a full assortment- of
DRUGS AND IkfEDICINES.
A good article of Medicinal Liquors and Wines.
PrescriPtions carefully prepared.
Medical advice given free of charge.
Wellsboro. Nov.
NEW FIRM &NEW GOODS AT TIOGA
BORDEN ' BRO'S '
Would respectfully 812nollIICO . to "all whom it
tnay concern," that they lieep'constantly on hand
a large•and well selected assortment of ,
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS,
GLASS.AND WALL PAPER
DYE STUFFS, FAMILY DYES, LAMPS,
GLASS WARE, PLATED WARE,
• _
euch as CASTORS, SPOONS,
TEA, ,&_ TABLE; FORKS,
CAKE DISHES, &c.
wurrrtt6'PAP B,
- 'ENVELOPES, SCHOOL BOOKS,
PATENT - MEDICINES,
Tea, Coffee, Spice, Pepper, Gin:-
ger, Sateratu.%, Starch,
TOILET AND WASHING SOAPS,
and an endless variety of
•
YANKEE NOTIONS.
Tioga, Pa., () l et.' 4, 1865 , -33 4 5. - •
KN)OXV.ILLE
Boot,. Shoe and leather--Store.
WHOLESALE "tt RETAIL
rrEIE UNDERSIGNED haring formed
a eo.partnership under the name and title of
LOGUR:Ift & CO.,
can be found' at the old
.stand, comer of Main
and Mill Sancta, where they will keep constantly
on hand a general assortment of
BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER AND
. • FINDINGS, -
of the b s est quality, which they will sell so cheap
for Cash, as to make it an object for dealers to
buy here.
Our, Stock•conaiata in part of
MEN'S, & BOY'S; CALF, KIP, & STOMA
BOOTS,
of our ovskolanufacture: Also,
LADIES' 'GAITERS, BALMORAL, KID,
& CALF, & MISSES SHOES.- --
French and Oak Stock constantly on hand for
tale. Cash paid at all times for HIDES, PELTS,
and PERS.
TERA'-=-CrAsll '0?(
I. LQGHRY, Knoxville, Pa.
J. RICHARDSON, Malta, N. Y
Knoxville, Jan. 1, 1868—tf. .
Farm for Sale
IN Elk township, Tioga County Pa., ecrotahaine
124 acres,.4o acres improved. " Said farm is
watered by numerous springs. - A, small stream of
water sufficient foe churning, sawing wood, de.,
runs through .the farm near the buildings. It is
well situated for a good dairy farm. -A portion of
it is good grain land. - Two log houses, frame
barn and other out buildings thereon. A. thrift,'
young orchard of TO or 80 apple, pear or plum
trees. A good school house on the adjoining
farm. The above farm might be divided into
two small farms of 62 acres each. Price $l2 per,
acre. Terms easy. A liberal deduction made
for cash dorrn. Inquire of
C. B. KELLEY, Welleboro, or
W.V. UPDIKE, on the premises.
Jan. 17, 1866.—tf.
ME
WHOLESALE DRUG STORE,
CORNING, N. Y.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS
AND OILS.
THADDEUS -DAVIDS' INKS; -CONCEN-
MATED . - MEDICINES , CIN-
CINNATI WINES AND
BRANDY; WHITE
-WASH LDS,
KEROSENE LAMPS,_ PATENT MEDI
' • MRS, PETROLEUM OIL, -
ROCHESTER PER.
- J „-„ EMERY
AND . F.LAVORING EXTRACTS, WALL
_ : :4P.p,:wilippw: GLASS,
AND DYE COLORS, - ~
Sold at Wholesale Prices. Buyers are requistid
tocall and get quotations before going further
East.' '
W. D. TERBELL & CO.
Corning, N. Y., Jim I, 18811-1 q
"rj EAR YE 1 BEAR- YE I—The Polls of
-Li- this Election•are new open.
Of Welisboro, offers for sale his entire _
1 5TOCK-Qi! GQ0.14.9 AT COST. = .
All those who feel auxidtts to make a
•
,Goon BARqAIN;
are invites _ to call soon, for
DELAYS :ARE DAIStERous.
Call it the "REODLATOB," one Door above
the - Post-Office. -' C. WILCOX.
Welisboro, Jan. I. 29, 1866. •
STOW • IS THE TIME TO SAYE YOUR
IN GREENBACKS. -
-A great breakdown in the price of all kinds of
Dry Goods.
I have just returned from New York with a
largeand well selected assortment of .
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY - GOODS,
which were bought for CASH during the late
Panic at PANIC PRICES, which I am bound to
SELL at
PANIC PRICES.
I am selling a , . .
Good Madder Prints, - .22
Bost .4 • ..,
.25
Extra Wide, English, '3O
Best Muslin DeLaines, - - 35
Bleached Sheetinge, '2O to' 30
Unbleached " - 28 . t4 30
. .
Extra Ilea*,.. 35
Best quality Preach Merino, -., 10 &hilltop
Dottble'width Plaid Poplins, • . - 82/
Yard wide Rep, ' . • ' 'llO
Best (high colored) Wool - DeLains, ' , - 80
Single width Plain Poplins, - 40
lard wide Paramatta, • - , .. - 40
. •
' A Large Stock of • '
__ • -
FLANNELS, BALMORA_L, - SKIRTS,
HOOP SKIRTS,' CLOTHS, EPRS,
NOTIONS, WORSTEDS, &c,.
A good assortment
GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, &a.
A100,.a largo Stock of
FEED, FLOUR & PORK, always !in" band.
ALL THE NEOESSARIES OF "LIFE.,
Customers in want of Goods will _save money,
by calling at Gni No Store and ,examine Goode
and Prices before bilging elsewhere.- -
Tioga, amt. 1, 1866. U. It. FISH'.
' ANNOUNCEMENT:
WE have reduced the price of Flour $1 per
barrel,. Feed and _meal 50 cents per 'cwt,
an d s hall sell, FOR 9,9311. ONLY,
• C. S. HILL FWUR, WRIGHT &.
BAILEY'S BEST • WHITE
WHEAT FLOUR,
SPRING WHEAT FLOUR, BUCK
WHEAT ELOITR, -GROUND, •
• FEED, CORN MEAL,
BRAN, & - e., & - ci •
CASH ,PAID FOR - ALL KINDS OF
- , •
_ -
WR/GLIT_ I- BA/LEY.
Wellebore, Jan. 24; UK-
•
Wellabor°. Marble Works, _
Au - STOWELL, JR., having purchased' tbd
lA. * interest of P. C. Holg, the business will
now be conducted under the name of H. Stowell,
Jr. 4V, Co:
Ali descriptions of marble work executed to
the aptire satisfaofitra of customers,
MONUMENTS OBELISKS AND BtAD
- .STONES,
of the latest and &bat approved, styles. - We will
also furnish to order,
MANTELS, - TABLE TOPS, SODA
FOUNTAINS,
•
. „.,
and all kinds of work pertaining to tio tinsineas.
- We intend to-do our work in a manner that will
defy competition. '
- R. STOWELL, JR;, * 00.
April 2, 1886, - - - -
NOTICE.—AII persons haring unsettled tw
ill counts with tho lato firm :of B. Bennet a
Bone, are requeetod to call at-tho store of Visoher,
DiasOn Randall and settle the same immedi
ately, and 'save emits.; '
VISOMER, DIMON it itASDALL,
Niles Valley, Marsh 21, l 8 6.-9 ts
ONION SETTS for gale at
ROY'S DRUG STORE.
i,i` e .a.-az:..»,.:.;::.#.i~,i-:wi~::..+....,:.-rte_.=_.
WELLSBORO, PA:., MAY 2, 18,66.
In fact
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votirg
.
FIVE O'CLOCK IN TEM MORNING
The dew lay glittering on the gross,
A mist lay over the brook,
At the earliest beam of the golden sun
The swallow her nest forsook.
The snowy blooms of the hawthorn tree
Lay thickly the ground adorning,
The birds were singing it every bush
At Ave o'clock in the morning.
Bessie, the milkmaid, merrily Pang,.
For the meadows were treat and fair—
The breeze of the niortiiog kissed her brow,
'Plindjitay'd with her nut-brown hair
But oft ate turn'd and look'd around,
,AB if the seleswe xcoruing ;
!Twas time tor. the mower to whet his scythe,
At five o'clock in the morning.
Over the meadows the mowers same,
And 'merry their voices rang,
And one among them wended his way
' where the milkmaltreang;
And as be fingor'd by her gde,
Despite hit comrades' warning,•-•
The - old, old story was told again.
- At live o'cloCk in the morning.
iscellaneous.
TUE ONE EYED SERVANT.
-BY JEAN INGELOW
Do you see tho.se two pretty cottages
on opposite sides of the common? How
bright their windows are, and how pret
tily the vines trail over them ! A year
ago one of them - was the dirtiest and
most forlorn looking place you can ima
gine, and its mistress the most untidy
woman.
She was once sitting at her cottage
door with her arms folded;"as if she were'
deep in thought; though to look at her
face, one would not have supposed she
was doing more than idly watching the.
swallows as they" floated about in the
hot, clear air. Her gown was torn and
shabby, her, shoes down at heel the lit
tle curtain in her casement, which had
oncebeen fresh and white, bad a great
rent In it ;. and altogether, she looked'
poor and forlorn.
She sat some time, gazing across the
conimon - , when all on a sudden she
hearcl.a little noise, like stitching, near
the ground., She looked down, and sit
ting on the border, under a. wall-flower
bush, she saw the funniest little man
possible, with a blue coat a yellow waist
coat, and red boots ; hehad got a small
shoe on his lap, and he was stitching
away at it with all his might.
`" - Good morning, mistress !" said the
little man:—" A very fine day. Why
may you be loiiking, so earnestly across
the common ?"
" I was looking at my neighbor's cot
tage," said the young woman.
What ! Tom, the gardener's wife?
Little Polly, she used to be called ; and
a very pie.tty . cottage it is,.too. Looks
thriving, doesn't it '
" She wa , 4 always luck . y," said Bella,
(for that was the young wife's name);
and her husband is always good to
her."
"Thee - were both good husbands, at
first," interrupted the little cobbler,
without stopping. "Reach me my awl,
mistress, will you, for you seem to have
nothing to do. It lies close by your
foot."
" Well, I can't say but they were both
very good husbands at first," replied
130k -reaching the awl with a. sigh ;
hut .mine has changed for the worse,
and hers for the better; and then, look
how she thrives. Only to think of our
both being marded on the same day;
and now I've nothing, and she has two
pigs, and
-Anda lot of flax that she spun, in
the wiater," interrupted the cobbler;
" and'a
,§luiday gown, as good green
stuff as ever }vas seen and, to my know
ledge, a silk handkerchief for
an apron ; and a red waistcoat for - her
good-man, with three rows of blue glass
buttons„ and a flitch of bacon in the
chluiney, and a rope of onions."
-" Oh, she's a lucky woman !" exclaim
ed Bella.
"Ay; and a tea-tray, .with Daniel , in
the lion's den upon it," continued the
cobbler; "and a. fat baby in the cradle."
" Oh, don't envy her that
list," said Bella, pettishly. ' I've little
enough for myself and my husband,
letting alone - children."
"Whyonistress, isn't your husband
in 'work ?" asked the cobbler.
."No; he's at the alehouse."
" Why,. hoWIS that? He used "to be'
very sober.. 1_ Can't he get work?"
lust/mister wouldn't keep him,
because he-was so shabby."
Runiph 1 ." - said tlielittle man.' "Ile's
'gromii; is he - not? ' Well, as I was say
ing, Your neighbor opposite thrives; -but
no wonder? Well, I've nothing to do
with other people's secrets ; but I could
tell you, only I'M busy, and must go."
" Could tell me what ?" cried the
young-- wife, "0; good cobbler, don't
go for I've nothing to do. Pray tell me
l y it's no wonder she shpuld thrive?"
" it's no business of
Mine, you knovv - , - but, as I said before,
it's no wonder people thrive who have
a _servant,---a hard-working one, too—
who is always helping them."
-. l ` 'A. servant !".. repeated Bella; "my
neighbor MIS a servant ! No wonder,
then,• everything looks so neat about
her; but I never saw this servant. I
think you must be mistaken ; besides,
how could 511.64'00 to pay her wages ?"
" She'has a servant, I say," repeated
the cobbler," a one-eyed servant ;" but
she pays her - no. _wages, to my certain_
knowledge. Well,good,morning, mis
tress, I must go."
"Do-stop one Minute," cried Bella,
urgently. , "Where did she get this ser
vant?" '
".0h,.1 don't kno‘w," said the cobbler;
"servants are plentiful enough ; and
Polly uses per's well, I can tell you."
' " And_what does she do for her?"
" "Do for her? why, all sorts of things.
I think she's the cause of her prosper
ity. To ray knowledge,' she never refu
ses to do anything—keeps Tom's and
Polly's clothes in beautiful order, and
the baby's,"
"Dear me!" . said Bella, in an envious
tine, , and holding up both her bands ;
"well, she_is a.lucky woman, and I al
ways said so.- She takes good care I
shall never see her. servant. What sort
of a servant is she, and how came she
to have only one eye?"
" It Inns. in 'her family," replied the
cobbler,.stitehing,r busily; "they are all
so--one eye apiede ; yet they make a
very good use of it. And Polly's ser
vant has fonr cousins who are blind—
stAme-blind ; no , eyes at all; and they
sometimes; come' and help her. I've
seen them in the cottage, myself; and
that's how Polly gets a good deal of her
money. They work for her, and she
=MD
takes what they make to market, and
buys all those handsome things."
Only think," said Bella, almost rea
dy to cry with vexation, " and I've not
got a soul to do anything for me; how
hard it is!" and she took up her apron
to wipe away her tears.
The cobbler looked attentively at her.
Well, you are to be pitied, certain
ly," he said ; " and if I were not in such
a hurry—"
0, do go on, pray. Were you going
to say you could help me? I've heard
that your people are fond of curds and
whey,.and fresh gooseberry syllabub.—
Nciw,.if you would help me, trust men
that there should be the most beautiful
curds and whey set every night for you
on the hearth ; and nobody should ever
look when you went and came."
"Nhy, you see," said the cobbler,
hesitating, "my people are extremely
particular about—iu short; about clean
liness, mistress ;.and your house is not
what one would .call very clean. No of
fence, 'hope?"
Bella
Bella blushed deeply. " Well, but it
should be always clean, if you would ;
everyday of my life I would wash the
floor and sand it, and the heafth should
be whitewashed as white as snow, and
the windows cleaned."
" Well," said the cobbler, seeming to
consider, "well, then Ishould not won
der if I could meet wih a one-eyed ser
vant for you, line your neighbor's ; but
it may be several days before I can ; and
mind, mistress, I'm to have a dish of
curds."
T
" Yes, and so e whipped cream, too,"
replied Bella, f 11 of joy.
The cobbler t en took up all his tools,
wrapped them in his leather apron,
walked behind the wall-flower, and dis
appeared.
Bella was so delighted, she could not
sleep that night for joy. Her husband
scarcely knew the house, she had made
it so bright and clean ; and by night she
had washed the curtain, cleaned the
window, rubbed the fire-irons, sanded
the floor, and set a great jug of hawthorn
in blossom on the hearth.
The next morning Bella kept a sharp
lookout both for the tiny cobblerand on
her neighbor's house, to see whether she
could possibly catch a glimpse of the
one-eyed' servant. ' But no—nothing
could she see but her neighbor sitting
on her rocking chair with her baby on
her knee, working.
At last, when she was quite tired, she
heard the voice of the cobbler outside.
She ran to the door, and cried out—
" 0 do, pray, come in, sir ; only look
at my house !"
" fteally," said the cobbler, looking
round, " I declare I should hardly have
known it ;—the sun can shine brightly
now through the clear glass ; and what
a sweet smell of hawthorn !"
"Well, and my one-eyed servant?"
asked Bella; " you remember, I hope,
that I can't pay her any wage*. - Have
you met with one that will come?"
" All right," replied the little man,
nodding: " I've got her with me.''
" Got her with you?" repeated Bella,
looking ibund ; " I see nobody."
" Look, here she is!" said the cobbler,
holding up something in his hand.
Woilld you believe it? The one-eyed
servant was nothing but a needle.
We lately heard-some very expressive
reinarks on the subject of temperance.
The speaker was showing the terrible
evils of llqiior-selling upon society.
thought if parents :would look at the
dangers to `which this business is expo
sing their children, they would not rest
until it :was entirely abandoned. He
gave in substance, the following curi
ousillustration of the_ views of these
dangers:
- "Suppose I should come into this
to go into business. Suppose I
should begin to erect a curious looking
building; and put in a great number of
drawers and cases with glass tops • etc.
Every one that passed by would !look
and wonder what it could mean. By
and-by some one would enquire,
" Stranger will you please tell me
what this building is for?"
"0, 1 am going to open a Snakery !"
"A w hat?"
"A Snakery. lam going to keep all
sorts of snakes—rattlesnakes, copper
heads,_&c. ; and sell bites at so much a
bite. A rattlesnake bite I shall sell for
cents ; and a copperhead bite—which
will do the wojk quicker—at a York
shilling, &e. Aud when my snakes get
a little cold and torpid, I shall lay them
out on the sidewalk in the sun, to warm
and revive them. And whenyour chil
dren come along to school, they will
like to stop and look at them."
" A SnaL - er,y .1 eh ! AS`nukery I"
" How long do you suppose it would
be, before every father and mother, and
every citizen in the place, would give
me to understand that I had better
make my - way out of the town with my
Snakery, as soon as possible?".
And, young reader, which should you
think would be worse, to have a child
stung by the deadly fang of one of these
snakes, or poisoned by the rumseller's
cup—which the Good Book says : "At
last biteth like a serpent, and stingeth
like an adder?'.' If We die from the bite
of a serpent, we may not be to blame
for it;' but if we die from the effects of
the rumseller's cup, we shall die with
guilt upon our souls !
° Let us all hope, and labor, and pray,
for a.law that shall send to the.peniten
tiary every man that would open upon
us his Snakery, to poison us and our
children. - Well Spring.
CAN ANY o.tcE TELL.—Can any one
tell how men who absolutely cannot pay
small bills, can always find plenty of
money to buy liquor and treat, when
happening among friends? -
Can any one tell how many young
men who dodge their washerwoman,
and who are always behind with their
landlord, can play billiards night and
day, and are always ready for a game of
"poker," or "seven up?"
Can anyone tell how it is that some
men owe their butchers, owe for rent,
for tailoring, for shoes, etc., and yet have
everything that's nice—eat oysters at
night, wear fine clothes; and have all
the delicacies of the season?
Can any one tell how men live and
support their families, Who have no in
come and don't work, while others who
are industrious and constantly employ
ed, almost starve ?
Can any one tell how it is that a man
who is too poor to pay a man four or live
cents a week for a weekly newspaper,
can spend Bix cents a day for cigars, to
say nothing, about drinks and tobacco?-
" Misnomer—Calling a certain ne
ther garment, between five and six feet
in diameter, a "petty-coat."
/
A SDI/MERV
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• NO. 18.
THE SINGERS OF IMEIUMN.
There was once a farmer who had an
old faithful ass, who had served him for
.many years, but was now growing wea
ker and less useful every day. Past ser
vices are soon forgotten by some men;
when present usefulness is not experi
enced, and the farmer only imitated the
example of many of his neighbors,
when he resolved to,eut his ass's throat,
and save his provender for some more
serviceable animal; but the ass smelt
mischief in the wind, and stole quietly
away one summer morning toward the
city of Bremen. " The citizens of Bre
men," thought he, "are good judges of
music, and old as I am, and unfit for
any active employment, who knows but
I may be chosen town musician ?"
The long-eared votary of Euterpe had
not travelled far before he espied a
hound lying upon the roadside, breath
ing hard and apparently much exhaus
ted. "'What's the matter with you,
friend? why so breathless ?" enquired
he. "Alas," replied the hound, " be
cause I am old and every day losing my
strength and fleetness, my master will
no longer provide for me. This morn
ing he was going to knock me on the
head, for he now grudges me the very
straw I lie upon ; so I ran away from
him ; but what can I now do to earn an
honest livelihood for myself ?"
"Why, what think you, friend." re
plied.the ass, " I am thus far on my
way to the city of Bremen, where I will
be chosen one of the waits; suppose
then you were to go along with me, and
try your fortune in the same way ?"
The hound consented to this propo
sal ; and so the two companions in ad
versity jogged ou together. Not far had
the two musical aspirants proceeded in
company, when they perceived a cat
sitting in the middle of the road, with
a most rueful countenance.
" Now, what is the matter with you,
madam, may I make bold to ask ?" en
quired the ass.
" Alas," sighed the grimalkin, " lam
sadly out of spirits ; but how can it be
otherwise when one's life is in jeopar
dy? Because lam getting old, as you
perceive, and would rather bask myself
all the day long before the fire than hunt
mice, my mistress laid hold of me this
Morning and would have drowned me
had I not made my escape from her as
she was taking me to the pond. But
how am I now to earn my daily bread ?"
" Accompany us to Bremen, Where,
as you are well known for a good hight
singer, you will certainly be appointed
one of the city waits," rejoined the ass.
The cat to the scheme had no objec
tion, and readily added herself to the
party. Not many hours *afterward, as
the three friends were passing a farm
steading, they perceived a cock perched
upon the upper bar of a gate, screaming
loudly, and apparently in great agita
tion.
" Bravo !" said the ass ; "you have
got a clear pipe and a strong oike, friend.
What does all this crowing mean?"
" Ah, kind sir," replied the cock,
" you behold in me one of the most un
fortunate of living beings. But a little
while ago I was foretelling the approach
of fine weather for our washing day,
and yet my mistress and the cook gave
no thanks for my pains, but threatened
to cut off my head and stew my body
into soup for the guests that are expect
ed one of these days. Well, then, may
I crow as long as I can, for my voice
will soon be silent enough !"
"Tay, then, my dear chanticleer, if
matters have come to such a pass as this
with you, the sooner you make your es
cape from this place the better. Caine
along with us to Bremen ; you have got
a good voice, and may get forward in
the world with it."
" With all my heart," replied chanti
cleer ; and so the four friends pursued
their journey together. •
They could not, however, reach Bre
men the first day. So at a late hour
they went into - a wood to seek shelter
for the night. The ass and the hound
lay down upon the grass under a thick
tree; the cat climbed up among its
branches, and the cock perched himself
on the very top, where he imagined he
would be most secure. But before chan
ticleer composed himself to sleep, he
thought it prudent to take a survey of
the surrounding country, and satisfy
himself that all was safe and quiet for
the night. In doing this he disco' red
a light glimmering through the trees at
a little distance, and called out to his
companions below :
"Bethinks there must be a house no
great way off, for I see something like a
candle shining yonder."
"If that be the case," said the ass,
"-we had better change our quarters, for
all is not so comfortable hereabouts as
one could wish. This grass is but a poor
bite." "Oh yes," added the hound,
let us look about us for other lodgings;
a rough bone or a bit of meat would be
a welcome sight to me."
So they all set off together in the di
rection of the light, which they soon
discovered proceeded from a hut in
which a band of robbers were enjoying
themselves. The ass, being the tallest
of the company, marched softly up to
the window and peeped in.
" What do you see?" asked the cock.
" What do I see ?" replied the ass ; "why
I see a table groaning under a load of
dishes, and a band of robbers seated
around it, making themselves as merry
as princes !"-
" Such quarters would suit us ama
zingly well!" exclaimed the cock.
" - They would ; but how shall we man
age to procure them ?" replied the ass.
After a little consultation, they at last
hit upon a suitable expedient for driv
ing the robbers away from the Wit. The
ass placed his fore feet upon the window
lintel ; the dog then placed himself up
on his back ; the cat scrambled up upon
the dog's shoulders, and the cock perch
ed himself as lightly as he could upon
the cat's head ; and in this position,
when'all had got fairly balanced, they
struck up simultaneously a concert of
such notes as nature had given to each;
the ass brayed, the dog howled, the cat
mewed, and the rock crowed ; and
scarcely were the robbers' ears assaulted
by the_hideous uproar, when crash went
the window frame, as if a whole legion
of demons were forcing their way into
the hut. By this ingenious maneuver,
the four friends scared away the rob
bers, and put themselves in undisputed
possession of a comfortable apartment
and excellent cheer for the night.
As soon as they had completely ap
peased their hunger, and made- them
selves reasonably merry with the rob
bers' liquors, they put out thelights and
retired to rest, each choosing the place
most agreeable to himself. The ass got
a nice bundle of dry straw to repose his
wearied carcass upon, the dog stretched
himself out behind the door, the cat
rolled herself up upon the warm hearth,
JOBBING DIEPARTIM,
The Proprietors have stocka . I the ettabliahmant seltb
si large assortment of modern styles
JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND FAST PRESSES,
and are prepared to execute neatly, and promptly,
POSTERS, HANDBILLS, CIF.CIILARS, CARDS, HILL.
HEADS, LETTER - ..azips, 'gATEILENT3,
TOWNSHIP 0RD283, 3c., lc.
Deeds, 3lert.gages, Lenses, And 3 fall assortment o
Constables' and Justices' Blanks, constantly on hazacL
People thing at a dissauce can depend onbaelzin slain
work done promptly, -ted t , aCk return maska. .
Anße-Oresci—Roy's block, Second Floor.
and the cock perched himself upon. a
rafter. and s 4 -. all were rather tired with
their journe,f, they soon fell asleep.—
But at midnight the robbers . , thinking
they had run too hastily away, and per
ceiving all was again quiet about the
hut, ventured to return for the purpose
of reconnoitering the state of the prem
ises; and one of them, more courageous
than the rest, groped his way into the
interior, where he mistook the shining
eyes of the cat for live embers, and held
a match to them with a view of obtain
ing a light. But,s7rimalkin repelled the
liberty with her Claws, and the robber,
terrified at the unexpected qct..nult, tried
to force his way out at the back door,
where the dog jumped up and bit him
in the leg, after which the ass
. plantecl
hearty kick an his ribs, and he stum
bled through the littl.4. courtyard, be
lieving himself followed and ii ,- .Raulted
by the whole legion of demons, while
the cock began to scream violently from
his rafter. In this manner the four
friends not only made good their quar
ters for the night, but secured a comfor
table lodging for the rest of their days;
for the robbers were so. terrified by the
account which their comrade gave them
of the horrid witch which had spit at
and scratched him, and the man with
the knife in his hand, who had stabbed
him in the leg, and the black . 6Yiant who
had nearly killed him with his dreadful
club, and the devil who had sat upon
the top of the house and had cried out,
" Toss him up here! hand the rascal up
to me!" that they never again ventured
back to their house in the wood.
How .MEN "BUST I.7P; 47 —Men with
unassuming wives never fail. It is the
husbands of such ladies as . Mrs. Dfmli
and Lady Brilliant, who fuld themselves
face to face with the Sheriff, and certain
mysterious 41 ocuments adorned with red
tape and a wafer big enough for target
exercise. The desire of a New York
;feminine is to outshine her neighbors,
not in mental actrairements, butin gin
gerbread ornaments and gold-edged
shutters. If Mrs. Dash gets up a gams
supper—woodcocks stuffed with gold
dust—Lady Brilliant turps the wind
out of her sq.ils by getting up another
in which the prevailing dish will be
birds• of paradise swimming in gravy
made of melted pearls. It is this rival
ry, and not the "dabbling in railroad
stock," that brings ruination to the fast
men of Wall street. The " ill-fortune"
of which they so much complain, is no
more nor less than a brainless wife. If
they would come back to happiness,
they must direct their attention, not to
the fluctuations of the stock market,
but the ruinous absurdities of their own
firesides. Thousand dollar repasts don't
pay ; while the merchant who purcha
ses one hundred dollar handkerchiefs
for a " duck of a wife," should not won
der if the time eventually comes when
a " goose of a husband" will lack shirts,
or be but ill supplied with them.
A Further Supplement to the Moe - ton
Laws of this Commonwealth.
WHEREAS, By the act of the Con . -
gress of the United States entitled "An
act to amend the several acts heretofore
passed to provide for the enrolling and
calling out the national forces and for
other purposes," and approved March
third, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five, all persons who have deserted
the military or naval service of the Uni
ted States, and who have not been dis
charged or relieved from the penalty or
disability therein provided, are deemed
and taken to have voluntarily relin
quished and forfeited their rights of cit
izenship and their rights to become cit
izens, and are deprived of exercising
any rights of citizens thereof:
And Wherea.s, Persons not citizens of
the United States are not under the con
stitution and laws °W Pennsylvania
qualified electors of this Common
wealth :
SEC. I. Be it enacted 'by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, That
in all elections hereafter to be held in
this Commonwealth, it shall be unlaw
ful for the judge or inspectors of any
such elections to receive- any ballot or
ballots from any person or persons em
braced in the provisions and subject to
the disability imposed by said act of
Congress approved March third, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five,
and it shall be unlawful for any such
person to offer to vote any ballot or bal
lots.
SEC. 2.. That if any such judge and
inspectors of election, or any one of
them, shall receive or consent to receive
any such unlawful ballot orballots from
any such disqualified person, he or they
so offending shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and upon conviction thereof in
any court ofquarter sessions of this
Commonwealth, he shall for each of
fence, be sentenced to pay a line of not
less than one hundred dollars, and to
undergo an imprisonment in the jail of
the proper county for not less than sixty
days.
SEC. 3. That if any person deprived
of citizenship and disqualified as afore=
said, shall at any election hereafter to
be held-in this Commonwealth, vote or
tender to the officers thereof and offer
to vote a ballot or ballots, any person so
offending shall be deemed
„guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction there
of in any court of quarter sessions of
this Commonwealth, shall for each of
fence, be punished in like manner as is
provided in the preceding section of this
act in the case of officers of election re
ceiving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
SEC. 4. That if any person shall here
after persuade or advise any person or.
persons deprived of citizenship and dia
qoalified as aforesaid, to offer anyhaltot•
or ballots to the officers of any election
hereafter to be held in this Common
wealth, or shall persuade or advise any
such officer to receive any ballot or bal
lots from any person deprived of citi
zenship and disqualified as aforesaid,
such person so offending shall be,guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof in any court of quarter sessions
of this Commonwealth, shall be pun
ished in like manner as is provided In
the second section of this act in thecase
of officers of such election _ receiviiag
such unlawful ballot or ballots.
SEC. That it shall be the duty of
the Adjutant General of this COECLIIIO3I
- to procure from the proper offi
cers of the United States, certified cop-,
ies of all rolls -and records containing
official evidence. of the fact of the de
sertion of all persons who were citizens
of this Commonwealth, and who were
deprived of citizenship and diectualified
by the said act of Congress of March
third, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-live, and to cause to be recorded
and preserved in books to be provided
and kept for that purpose in his office,