o , ,rhe ginga dank gliator
le Published ovary Wednes da y Morning, at 12,00 a
variably in advance, lAy
COBB & VAN GELDER.
a. p. ma.) [p. C. veLs flLLDrfi.
' ... , ...nvErcrrxsrtacar RATS. .
Imo. 3 um. 0 tuo.i 9 trio. I Iyr
I spiare $ 2 , 50 5 . 0 a 7,50 IU,OO 12,00
a,,,llareri 3,75 ! 8,00 12 00 15,00 18,00
1.../. ; 9 10utu...... 7.00 1 10,00 1 15,00 1 20,00 25,00
1.2 Colouau 12,00 20.00 - 30,00 38,00 45,00
; C..,!..aut, ... .... *20,00 35,00 4.5,00 65,00 80.00
1 -)ours 1 haser'al $l,OO-50 cts.eaeh creel: thereafter.
Adtatulatnitore and Execatora Notices $2,00 each.
baEioeas Cards of flee lines $5,00 per year.
BUSINESS DIREofORY.
W. D. TERBELL & CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUG4ISTS, and dealerr , iu
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lumps, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and OM, ha. , &c.
Coriling, N. Y., Jan. 1,
w :USD° S
NICHOLS & MITCHELL,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.
. (Ace formerly occupied by James Lowrey, EN.
{jay A NlcaoLs. JOHN I. 311ITCBELL:'
\Vella - bon, Jan. 1, 1860-Iy.
WILLIAM' H.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT 'LAM
Insurance, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main
ktrast Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866.
S. F. Wasos
WILSON & NILES,
ATTORNEYS COUNSELORS AT LAW,
P.rst door from Bigoney's, on the Avenue)—
Will
attend to business jentrusteti to their care
:in the counties of Tioga and _Potter.
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1866.
F. V. CLARK,
ATTORSEY ar LAW--Manalield, Tioga 00., Pa
May 9,18664 y
GEORGE WAGNER,
TAILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's
Shoe Shop. Cntting, Fitting, and Repair.
iag done promptly and well.
Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1880.-Iy.
SOHN B. SHAIESPEARE, '
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over 13owen's
store, seoond floor. or Cutting, Fitting. and
Repairing done promptly and in best style.
Wellsbore, Jan. I, 1866—1 y
JOHN I. MITCHELL
AGENT for the oollection of bounty, back pay
and pensions due cOldiers from the Govern
ment. Office with Nichols and Mitchell, Wenc
her°, Pa. ifi3o, '66
Wrd, GARRETSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
and Insurance Agent, Blossburg, Pa.; over
Caldwell's Store.
IZAAK WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
VERMILYEA, PROI2IETOR. This is a
new hotel located within easy access of the
best fishing and hunting grounds in North
ern Penriylvania. No pains will be spared
f..r the accommodation of pleasure seekers and
roe traveling public. [Jan. 1,1866.]
`Pennsylvania - House.
AMARIAH HAZLETT PROPRIETOR.
rth popular hotel has beau lately renovated and re
turnished, and nu pains will be spared to render its
Lepltalities acceptable to patrons.
Weßabat°, Nay 9, 1866.
Blacksmith and Farrier.
JOSENI MANLY would - inform the citizens
tj of Wetlehoro and vicinity that be has leased
the old Mack stand, on Water street, lately oc
cupied by Mr. Ritter, where he way be wand
prepared to shoe horses and °ZOO. and do all
work pertaining to his trade. He also is a prae
neat Farrier, and will treat horses for diseases.
October 24. 1868-tf
flairdressing & Shaving.
Saloon over Willcox 4k Barker's store; Welle
iaru. Pa Particular attention paid to Ladies,'
hair-cutting, Shampooing, Dyeing, etc. Braida t
Pair:, coils, and awiChee uu hand and made to or-
CU.
EL W. DORSEY. J. JOHNSON
J. HERVEY EWING,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT CAW,
Su. 11 Law Building,—St. Paul St , Baltimore.
REFERENCES.—Levin Gale, Attorusy l at Law,
Lawarcrlstrael, .Att'y at Law, Rev. J. McK.
itlley, D. D., R4v. Henry Slicer, I/ D., Con
teld. Bra etCu , F. Grove tic Co , Ludwig AC
MoSherry, John F. Manton, Esq., Robert Law
cm, Esq., S. Sutherland, Esq. [Mr. Elvia.o 10
hoihorized to transact any business , appertain
mg to this paper in Baltimore.]
Jan 1, 1868-Iy.
U. BACtiN, M.D., late of the 2d Pa Cavalry, after
neatly four years of array service, unit a tines
tq.,r,sm.e in neld and hospital pi a...tice, has opened an
e tut the practice of medicine and surgery, in all
Ltanches. Persona from a distance can Ind good
L.,rdieg at the Pennaylveleps Hotel when desired.—
,isit any part of the State in consultation, or to
it:tvrui sorip‘cl ow:aloes. So 4, Union Block, up
itrn.! Wellshoro, Pa., May 2, ieee —Jy.
VEW PICTURE GALLERY.—
FRANK SPbNCER
Las the pleasure to inform the citizens of Tioga
aunty that he has completed his
NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
end to on hand to take all kinds of Sun Pictures,
mch Ambrotypee, Ferrotypes, Vi l itiettee,eanes
the Surprise and Hureka Pictures; also
partioular attention paid to copying and enlarg—
•tg Pictures. Instructions given in the Art on
rtaionable totuis. Elmira St., Mansfield, Oat. I,
r...-
DENTINTRY.
.
I i t' ` C. N. DARTT,
AVou,u soy to the public that he is perma
nently located in Wellahoro, (Office at his
leoce, near the Land Office and Episcopal
C'ur , ll) where he still continue to 40 all kind. of
9nfided to his care, ,Tuaranteuioi complete
E 4 t.efactiun where the skin of the Dentist can
"sli in the management of cases peculiar to the
'al 'ng. Re will furnish
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
set on any material desired.
FILLING & EXTRACTING TEETH,
attended to on shortest notice, and dune in the
best and most approved style.
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN
tr the the use of Anaesthetics which ere Or
4ctly harmless, and will be administered in every
:tee when desired.
Irtllaboro, Jan. 1, 1885-Iy.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS.
B. SMITH, Knoxville, Tiega County,
Pa , (U. S. licensed Agent, and Attorney
.oldiers and their friends thronglieut alt the
4yat States,) will prosecute and collect with Ul2-
r.rclled 211CCOSS,
OLDIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES
all kinds. Alto, any other kind of claim
rrtit,t the Government before any of the De
itrztnents or in Congress. Terms moderate, All
t, .tamunieations sent to the above address will re.
•tire prompt attention. Jan. 17, 1566.
UNA rEo STATICS HOTEL.
I Mein Street, Welisboro, Pa.
D. G. It I TTE4, PROPRIET.,IR.
Having leased this popular hotel property,
,Gtely occupied by Mr, Dlelson Austin)4 bball
, leaver to make it truly the traveler's•butne.—
~r.oual attention will be given to the table,
the comfort of guests will be a prime object.
stables will be under the care of an experi
'4,(ed hostler.
'Vellsitoro, Jun. 1, 1866-Iy.
usrcAL INSTRUMENTS.—J. B. Sbaks.
per,
.dealer in Decker & rother and
n meg & Brothers pianos,l B
lason & Hamlin cah
,ttt organs, Trent, Limey 4 Co. melodeous„44od`
tLe• B. Shooinger melodeons. Rohm over J.R. -
Loven's store. Sept. 12, 1866.
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VOL 'XIII
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PETROLEUM HOUSE, ' - -
WESTFIELD, PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Propri
etor. A new Hotel conducted on the principle
of live and let live, for the accommodation of
the public —Nov. 14, 1866.-Iy.
_ . .
J. C. STRANG— : i
,
ATTORNL'Y AT LAW. Any business entrust
ed to hie care will receive prompt attention.
Knoxville, Pa., Nov. 14, 1886.-tf
I=l
C. F. SWAN,
A SENT for the Lye..osning County Insurance
..tlL•Conipaoy.; ; at. Tioga, Pa.., ;
' J une 18W-3LO .
FARR'S' 'HOTEL
fr/OQA, TIOQd C.OII72iTX,PA:,
Good stabling, attached, and an attentive hos
tler always in attendance.
E. , 8. 104 4rop4etosi i
J. B. Nue.
MINOR 1 3 1 ATKIN'S, Ploprietor. TMs house
is situated on Main Street, in Welliboro, and is
surrounded with beautiful shade trees, and has
all the necessary accommodations for man and
beast.--aug. 22, Iy
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Ravin_ returned to this county_ with, s view of
making it his permanent reaiddncd,• lollop, k
share of public patronage. All business en
trusted to' his care will be attended to with
promptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south
of E. S. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.
sept. '68.-tf. . -
WELLSBORO HOTEL
(Corner Main Street and the AValtlC.).
B. B. HOLlHAY,Yroptietgr. •
THIS is one of the most popular Houses in
the county.' This Hotel is the principal
Stage-house in Wellsboro. Stages leas* daily
as follows :•
' For Tioga, at 10 a. m. ; For Troy, at 8 1 a. td.;
For Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday at
2 p. m.;J For CoudOsport, every Monday and
Thursday at 2p, •1. - i.
STAGES Aißoritotti TtOti4 at 41.1 ofrlpc.k
p. m.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. m.: From jer
sey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. In.: From
Coudersport, Monday and Thursday Il a. m.
N.•l3.—Timmy Cowden, the well-known host
ler, will be found on hand.
Welleboro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
•
W. Do •LA11144 , :
• DEALER IN
DRUGS , *I EDMIN - ES.
BOOKS AND - STATIOTRY, ; ,
PATENT MEDICINES, Perfumery, Musical
Instruments and Musical Merchandise (daft
km is, Fancy Goods of all kinds, &c.
MANSFIELD;
Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded
, October-81„1566.-6w.
THE THIRD LOT
New Spring , Goods,
JUS'P RE'C'EIVED AT
VAN NAME & WICKHAM'S,
WE RAVE JUST RECEIVED . A NEW
tied well selected stuck 'of gouda, which
we are ceiling very
LOW FOR CASH OP READY . PAY.
Good 3'ard wide sb e eeting for 20ots
Heavy yard wide sheeting for 25 "
Delames,
Standard prints from
OTHER GOODS IN PROPORTION.
We also keep constantly., on band. a .it4oiao
stock of
GROCERIES, FLOUR; - PORK,' &a.
At or low t1)74.-tOrmaiiiit,
NOTICE. -=Notice is hereby given, that Rob
ert Custard, Senior, - has been placed in
.barge of tract No. 090, wed those parts of train
No. 1689, in the vicinity of Babb's creek, belong
ing to the heirs of Luke:W. Morris; end allyer
sons are forbid treSpOsinglhertion, lititdor Oewilty
of prosecbtion
July 4,1866.-6 m
GROVER&BAKERRS
Elastic and Lock-Stitch Sewing Ma-
chines.
GENERAL AGENCY, 28 Lake street, Elmira.
Local agents supplied at factimy prices, and
11014' agents wanted for unoccupied districts.
Also, a large stock of machine findings. For
circular, address THOS. JOHNSON,
General Agent of G. & B. Sewing , Machines,
3une 13. 1885—tf 28 Like .5.t..; Elmira, 11 Y.
KING'S PORTABLE'
_LEMONADE LI ; the
only preparation of the-kind: made from
the fruit. As an article cif econotiii - purity, and
deliciom,ness,it cannot be surpassed, andlarecom
mmended ty.pbysicians for,iuyttlids.apd family
use. It will keep for years in any clitaitto; while
its condensed form renders it especially conven
ient for travelers. All Ivito use lemons arc re
quested to give it a trial. Entertainments at
helpe, parties, and pipnips should not be without
if. For, sale by 411. Druggists 3 ,rind,„fire4-cla,as
Grocers. Manufactuved only by , -
Jan.I.ISRA-ly
SPE ALCS . FRUIT PRESE,RViIifi_
TlON—for preserving-nil kinds of fruits
without the expenes of air.tigbt cans—Poll at
ROT'S DRUG STORR....
UrOLD icceivel un,dep9eite, for which serti¢..
cetee will be issued, Leering inWest irk 99144
E. W. q.A.RIC k, CO, BeAkerei j !.,,
No 35,south Third street,,Phila.
,
- T AMPS—LA new kind of lamp for Kerovene
-I_4 no breakage of ohimneys—at FOLEY'S.
'
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q....j 1
I (111 1 1 ( \(tl ii 0 ,i, z
-.,_--N.
lINION NOUSE.
[Formerly Hart's Hotel.]
John W. Gnernseq,
WELLSBORO, PA
of
110 GA, P.B.
EMI
14 to 20 "
ME
ELLISTON P. MORRIS,
805 Market et.; Philadelphia
1.91:113 F. BIFTZ,(i..ER,
No. 549 Pearl St., N.
ME
SPECI*L 4 NOTICE! -
I
Not long ago, a party ofsix gentlenian
were assembled at a private table in one
'of the pleasantest hotels in-Manchester.
•Of this number I happened to be one,
and the guest of the giver of the dinner.
A pleasanter and more social gathering
I never witnessed; !although' we sat
down to the table at - a= little after six
o'clock it was near midnight before we
rose from it.
When the cloth' was removed and the
wines were set on the real enjoyment of
the !evening began. Toasts, speeches,
and stories:followed each other in quick
succession; and, with a brilliancy that I
have rarely seen 'equaled.' "
Among those. present was general
L—,•a•veteran, who had seen service
in India until his face was as bronzed as
his hair was bleached white by the suns
of that burning sky. I , Was especially
i charmed with him. He Was a frank, out
! spOkere,general maim, and at once gain
ed both your respect and friendship.
It was late in the evening when some
of the company called on him fora story.
"A story ?" he said with a smile. "I
am but a poor hand, gentlemen, at sto
ry-telling." ,
"surely, General," remarked our host,
"you have seen too much active service
in the East na to have passed through
some remarkable adventnrie.
:i ittoh, if that is what yoti want, 1 can
Oblige you, I have had 'sbnae strange
adventuresin my life," said the General,
thoughtfully. "Let me seti. What shall
it be? Suppose .I tell you of.my adven
tures with a Thug ?',
"Hyatt means!" we exclaimed.
"Well,'then," began General L—,
leaning back in his chair, "you must
know, that .4 went out to. India in the
service of 'the Company' nearly forty
' year 4 ago. I was . % mere • lad at that
time, being barely eighteen. Heft En
gland with a' determination tb make
.sqmetiting - of myself in the land; to
i which I-was going, and when I reached
I my destination 1.-began immediately to
1 apply myself to the ;ditties of my pro
fession. I labored hardand soon made
progress. I studied closely the man
ners, customs , and language of the na
tives, and spared : no eftiart to make my
self as thorough au Indiau as possible.
"1. Wanted 'to fit myself for any station
in tha Company's service; for I _meant
1 to rise, .and I knew , that as I had, no
political intluencetoeustain me, I would
''have to depend on my own merits -tor
I promotion. It. was slow work at first,
i but it prevailed; and when I was forty
'4 three, lust fifteen years ago, I was a
1 Colonetof Cavalry, and I flatter myself
that ,I was the best informed officer in
I -the service with regard to the country
in whieli I was serving, . 1 do not, say
this through vanity, but simply to let
you understand better what follows.
'
you
that time the authorities at
1 -
I Calcutta were making strong ettorts to
I t.uppresattlie sect of Thugs, xvilo, you
\yell know, area band of fanatics w ho
i make murder a part of their religion.
J.Tliey rarely molested a European, on
j abiount• of the great danger in whiali it
would have pla,ced Them, but they ca r
,ried oft a regular systein of, operations
r against , the natives, and especially
',against thotA.- who, were friendly to us.
; Ceitain seetions of the `country' were
' kept in a :Ante of most complete terror
h e ,v't hew, and their atrocities hail in-
: .
creased to so great an extent that the
;
' a,idhorities thought it neeessary to at
•
once, ininigniate the most prompt and
, deeisive"MoViti/ es for their 'suppi essiou,
, "lii the district or Bewares the trouble
: was ve!•;, , great, and-the Thugs-managed
I their affairs with so - Much dexterity
ithat lot a time they completely, baffled
the mithorities. The!com Mend of this
district was now , given to me, on
,ac
cotint of my knowledge of Indian al
fairs, andarry long experience -ill the
country.' =I did not , need the • letter of
the,Goyefuor to assure me thatlt Was a
deli gate And difficult .task w h ichsl was
assigned inc, and that I was expeeted
to discharge it. I accept the apjbint
meat im Mediately.. I was given a ,tegs
iment pf amounted men, picked for,Cheir
longkxperience in the country, and at'
once. set out for my new command, be
' ing deterapamed - to use no half way meas
-1 nrts wiheir-liot -there. .
' AUporf reachhig the -neighborhood Of !
tenares we halted and 'endatoped -near
rime Ganges, about five-miles, 'from tire
city. I had two reasons for doing this.
- o.ne was, that f would - be able. by en
t camping there to move on the instant
I whenever occasiou required-it ; the oth ,
see, that I would be freer there from oh
:servation by the spies of_ the! Thugs
than I - would be in the city:4 I said
!nothing and permitted my men to say
!nothitig of the cause of our corning,
',Mitt at*riee set my sidee'to'work. As I
VP* saidi-I residlszed lb attempano half
„a_y measures with the assassins, , butto
proceed against them with the utmost
-Agor, and to spare none that offered
any resiattmce to me. In short, I was.
determined...to capture; -or exterminate
-them. Such ii . sl captured were to be
Sent to Calcutta for trial, but it was my
'intention that these should be very few
In 'n umber; as I knew that stern meas 2
ures.oft my part would do more to strike
terror. to the sect than a hundred civil
trials and executions. ._
"Through the instrumentality of my
spies pearned thattny district was in-
Tested•Witha band of Thugs, quite large
in number, and ;wider the direction of a
leader named Runjheet. He was de
'scribed-to me-as the most active of all,
and as one of the - iciser . dangerous. men
the country, have ever.known. I set to
wd - rk_tit once. I scoured . my district
right and left, by day and night-, anti
with good effect, too..
"By the time I had been there six
weeks-h' had sent ten prisoners to Cal
cutta with their families, had hung•
twenty caught in the art of strangling.
Mir victims, and had destroyed one Of
their towns and a temple, With - my
own band I broke the image of 'their
goddess Kali into a thousand pieces,
knoWing that thir; would be, a severe
blow to•them. This act, together with
the rest of my career tbeie, came near
being latal.to me. The Thugs began .to
i L'
Consider me the cause - as well, as the
..,:, , I • ' --.- 7 '
1A.31 now . building . iii my' matinfaMory i in ,L: l ivtei w c . , , ..l.llelllls of their misfortunes and at length
: 'file. a superior '. made me the object oftheir special yen
!
...F4I‘ 7 IY.ING. aILL, -:-. .:,, grlee, ! -
• ”
which Pciasesses the follOWing u4vantigeliover all other When Iliad bOn - in camp for about 7 r i , , .
[twomouths, thy orderly informed Inc
. I. rt eepimatse oats. rat liner. lad 10;11 Seed*, and i Ant there was a native waiting at ! the
01!",e_imo epckie.from-wheo. . . .“1 , , 1 / 4 , - -,tloOr of my tent to see um. I had him
2lt cleans tux aced, takea . or i t yslic , w,?4ett, an - at Tie
'tither seas,' parfectly. • • mid • showed in once. was , a small,
5, It cleitis timothy teed. '' - 1 -'' •' • • spare man,;:of about .thirty, and my
;4. It does all' other sepiretlogi-equlred of a IMO. - . first glance told ins that he was possessed
Tido iamb built of the beat and moat- dubthle ith- •,v . t i - •
liar.in goinUtyl e . an d.4 ‘ . a dd, 0 ,,, tp i „„ ub , ~,. pCn ,llii. more .0111 F ordinary Stlengt It:''-!Titere
- dike.
,_,. „W , tiornething. nnusnaily -Nimiet and
With a, suspicions
f will-llt e - yitttelit 'Mem for ' elaiiilimitif 4lits-frilar -'''. t Jthy about: him,'
41 ' 4 ' 4 ' t°°6littlialti ' Ga ' re " °6 " .l4tstiL `-‘"--;.''-'° '' ' t nce.'lle`did not seem Ito-not ice t his - ,
J. II 31A111Elt. i
Lawrenceville, October 10, 1850-tf - but saluted me humbly and respectfully.
I ,DY, - 110g CLOTHING
FOR THE MULTITUDE. •
OVER COATS 1 OVER cops!
e •
HEAVY BUSINESS SUITS, FINE
SUITS, DRESS SUITS OF ALL
GRADES.
FURNISHING GOODS IN GREAT VA
RIETY.
!Islay stocked with the choicest anti newest
styles of Garmeiftiecttuitfil styN,49:4krtainiship
and material to the best custom work, bOth ft,r
BEAUTY OF FIT, QUALITY & .ECON
OMY IN PRICE
shall be unsurpassed
NEW STYLES CONTINUALLY RE
CEIVED.
All Goods will be sold at the
I
49wiler ',Q4 111 U
N. AMER.
under the Agitator Printing Office, next door 10
aoy's Drug Store.
Wedlsboro, Sept. 26, 1866.
WHOLESALE DRUG STORE,
CORNINC4-, N. y.
1. U
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS
AND OMB,
THADI)gUS DAVJDS' INKS CONCEIT-
TRATED MEDICINES, 'ow:
CIOATI WINES - .ALY ! I?
BRANDY, WHITE.'
W•ALi LIME,
KEROSENE LAMPS., PATENT MEDI
' CINES, PETROLEUM
ROCHEST,FIt TER ,
. 3
• ' - FIIMERY •• • -
L
i
-AND FLAVORING EXTRACTS, :WALL
PAPER . , WINDOWGLAS,
AND DYE COLORS,
, •
. •
Sold at Wholeatile Prillis."Bnytiitinra requetted
to call and get quotations before going turrlier
East.
W , TERBELL
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1, 11168-1.!4,
SAVE YOUR GREENBACKS! !
•-
AprD cet.i.•blETßof AT
Nast & Aaterbacles
c)w.,tgf P -mot* ow.Rg.r.
BM:l4oo9,pif ,•:' a. ,t -
• l'''r - . r..i . -'., ' --- Q.. - Y_-`7.-
. Where you can always - tad the best assorted
atoek of • • • =-- , ':: •
EEO
DOMESTIC &, FANCY DRY GOODS,
CLOTHS. J 5.011910;.
MADE OLOTHINO,
Manufaqtraed under their osvd,sup!,74iion
Also' Ova ielit st - pogs , , 't . t:? , .; Ike. •
In theft inercbant fallotin estafillibment tbry defy
Crompettifirn Is baring the 'nth tailor" of ..thimrYorti city,
and an ttiperienced cutter:W.llllP: Erwin. [teb2lo6ly
NEW WINTER. lltlBll3r
:AT REDUCED PRICERS.
Great Ludtidemehte to the ;Public !
OT having a brg . stOolc of.PL./i WOODS to
shove off at auction, I am
_enabled to take
adynntage of the prcesentao,w tea
(4, to supply the pubileT 4 ortift a efleatila '-istocis of
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS, LATEST
, .
Styles, "pirebased'to aepommodatetlits max.
ket: . ,
Particular attention is directed te‘ tn y d e .
sirabltnttock of Ladies' DRESS - GOODS,
Alpaccas,Poplinis, Prium„Delaities, &c.
Added to . which I am offering x large
and splendid stock of
GROCERIES ; BOOTS and SHOES, H•APS
and CAPS. fic:&43. 3 ,
at pricee.to snit the 1,000,000, at Osgood's
old stand, We'labor(); Pa. '
180,'
th.o lYfulna's Tioga .ComltY
1 . .
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WELLSBOE(Y, Pk.; DECEMBER 19, 1.866
MEM
C. B. KELLY
lisrtilanrous.
AN ADVENTURE WITH A THUG
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In'reply to my demand to know his
business, he stated that he wished to
enter My service as a spy. He was well
acquainted with the country, and was
sure that he could make himself useful
He gave as his reason that his father
and brother bad irecently been mur
dered by the Thugs and that he desired
tb avenge them. I looked at the fellow
searchingly, but could gain nothing
from his countenance, which was fixed
and devoid of expression, save estrange
and perplexing glitter in hiseyes. He
t6id nie his name was Ali, and that he
was a= Mohammedan. 'I said to him
that if he would come back at the same
hour the next day,/ would give him my ,
answer.
i r "After he left me I thought long and
seriously drills request. I di nbt like
his looks, but I thought he mrght he of
service to me. I feit confident. that, if
faithful, he would make an , excellent
spy; and I thought myself competent
to the task of watching him so closely
that he would have no opportunity to
play me false. So, after weighing the
matter well in my own mind, I deter
mined to engage him, but not to trust him
until he should have been fully tried.
"When I gave• him my answer the
next day I saw his eyes flash and a
smile play, around his mouth. In an
instant his face resumed its stolid ex
pression. I was startled by this, and
was more than ever resolved to watch
the man closely. I gave him simple
and eaV tasks at first. He performed
them. with so - much. skill and celerity
that I began to place more confidence
in, him, I gave him more difficult and
important duties to perform. Thus ten
days passed away. At the end of that
time I went out one day at the head of
a small party to follow up ascent which
ati had discovered. Toward mid-day I
chanced to be alone, having sent the
men - EtWaY on various errands. The
heat was intense, and I dismoun:-
ted from.my horse and stood for a short
while under a large tree to enjoy the
shade which looked so tempting-to me.
I bad been there'' scarcely ten minutes
when a rustling in the leaves above me
caused me to look up. I saw a dark
figure leap toward the from the tree, and
from the handkerchief, which he held
ready in" his hand, 'I knew he was a
Thug'and bent upon my assassination.
He was so sudden and unexpected in
his movements that he might have sue
creded but for a timely, interposition.
He had hardly sprung 'from the tree
when I heard the sharp report of a 'rifle,
and the next instant theThugfell crash
ing at my feet. I looked. around in
astonishment to discover whence this
timely aid, and saw All running toward
me, with his discharged rifle in hand.
He asked me anxiously as he came up
if I were safe, and -seemed gratified
when Lassured -hi in that I was unhurt.
He listened calmly to my expression of
thanks, - and said he was glad to s he able
to show nie that my suspicions of his
fidelity were unjust. • .
"I could not help blushing With mor
tification as he spoke, and I felt hear
tily ashamed of having suspected loin
at all. I told him that he should hove
no occasion to feel hurt at my condtict
again ? as he had that-day given -me the
besi proof of his loyl ty that I could lde
sire_ - I could not se hic_t face as I spoke,
for his e3 - es were tel ton the ground,
andliis head was loWered.
"A week iiassed away after this and
the success which had attended our of-:
forts suddenly deserted us. I could not
account for it. My movements were as
secret and as energetic as formerly, and
felt sure that we had not yet damaged
the `Thugs to a sufficient extent to war
rant our departure, but each clay recor
ded new failures - for us. Spmehow I
could not help connecting Ali with our
want of success, though for the hie of
me I could not tell why I should do so,
and I did my best to banish the suspi
cion as both ungenerous and unjust.
"Towards the close of the Week I sent
oht a party with a- better prospect of
success than had, been,vouchsafed to us
during the past seven days. That night,
feellngsinnewhat worn down by thy
constant exertions, I retired early with
out undressing.
" I could not have been sleeping very
soundly, for I was awakened by a slight
rustling hi my tent. I endeavored to
spring up, but in an instant I was seized
bYn powerful hand; and a handkerchief,
whichis. the instrument used •by the
Thugs in their work, was twisted around
my neck.- I managed to thrust my left
hand between the fold'of the handker
chief and my throat, and thus prevent
ed the scoundrel from strangling me at
once. • By a po - rful effort I succeeded
in gaining my feet, but the fellow hung
on to me with almost superhuman
strength. I was counted then one of
the most pewerful men lathe army, and
I was much larger and heavier than my
antagonist, but it was just as much as I
could 'de to - keep him from mastering
me. By the dim - light of the moon
which struggled in through the opening
of the tent 1 recognized in my adversa
ry my native spy Ali. Like lightning
it flashed across my mind that the whole
affair Was -a plot. Alt had been sent to
win my confidence and throw me off
my guard. The shooting of the Thug
a week back had been simply a part of
the plot. I knew I had a powerful man,
to deal with, and I nerved myself tothe
task before me.
" The fellow's grip ODD the handker
chief was like that of a vice, and it
seemed that he wouldcrush my left hand.
The strain on my throat was tefrible,
anti felt that unless it was released
very speedily I would be at his mercy.
" A novel and desperate Plan present
ed itself in this
,euiergencY, and .1 at
once proceeded to put ; it into execution.
;.'" Bracing myself for a mighty effort,
I sank back ,slowly, as if being gradu
ally overcome, and Ali with a trium
phant glance tightened his grip on. my
throat, and bent over me until his flash
ing eyes were just above my face. With
a sudden bound I spraugforward, re
covering myself and throwing Ali back
ward. At the same instant I spit, with
a true pint, a mouthful of tobacco-juice
straight in his eyes. Thoroughly as
tended and thrown off his guatd he re
linquished his hold on the ,handker
chief, and with a yell of pain clapped
his hand to. his eyes. .This was just
what, 1z; had- expected, and in another
instant I put him out of the way of
doing-more,harni by sending. a pistol
bullet through hie head.
" The next Eno - rang the eXpeditiOn
I had sent out returned, bringing two
prisoners with them. From these
learned that my would-be assassin was
no other than the notorious chief of the
Thugs, Runjheet, • who had .sworn to
hike my life in revenge , forthe damage
I had inflicted upon his , sect.
, In a month more I eturned to Cal
cutta, having thoroughly accomplished
the work assigned me."
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LINES
On the denth of Mr. STEPHEN F. RAVEN-
Pt, tRT, who died reeently nt South Bend, Ind.,
of tuns fence, hie kind mother being at the time
aberent on u visit to this !dace.
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Beer bim•genUy,—very gently,
To the portals of the tomb;
Through those portals lies his pathway,
To a glorious heavenly home.
But a few brier months have wasted,
Sincea brother dear was borne;
Through those everlasting portals,
Never, never to return.
Bear him gently,—very gently,
For he was a mother's pride;
That, fond mother who f#r distant
Deemed apt that-her boy bad died.
For he kissed her when they parted, -
Said " good bye" in manly tone;
Yet the tears that dimmed her dark eyes,
Were but mirrors of hit own.
Soon the fever through fiis life veins,
Coursed with fiery, maddening speed;
Then he thought but of his parent,
In this hour of direst need.
" Oh my mother," moaned ha sadly,
"Should we meet no more below •
We shall dwell again together,
In the land to *Mob I go."
" Tell her, friends, bow much I loved her,
Tell her Christ my refuge Is;
Tell her in the great hereafter,
There is perfect, perfect bliss."
Thus he died. this youthful father,
This fond husband true and tried
The kind son and tender brother,
Thus in early manhood died.
'Lear him gently friend ' and neighbors,
To his silent, lonely ed ;
Soothe his widow. love Is orphan,
Now be's numbered with the dead
That dear babe can never—never,
Know an earthly father's love,.
For he's gone to join the ransomed,
In the realms of bliss above
sear him gently,—oh how gently,
Lay him in the quiet tomb:
For the God of love bath lain there,
He bath robbed it of its gloom.
Weep not ini.orners ! for thy loved one,
He bath reached that bles,ed goal :
Whose sweet notes of full redemption,
Through eternal ages roll.
SPENCER'S MIL-1..5,186F.
Carresprathurt.
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MANSFIELD, Dec. 6, 1866
MR, EDITOR—Dear Sir : _Knowing
that you feel a deep interest in all that
pertains to Tioga county, I thought I
would drop you a note or two concern
ing the present:lnd prospective improve
ments in our little borough.
The first thing that attracts the atten
tion of one upon entering our village,
is a large three-story, skeleton of a build
ing with an uninclosed cupola, Over
topping everything around it, belonging
to Mr. L. Cummings. This has been
standing for some time, in various sta
ges of progress, taking occasional fitful
starts, and then remaining quiet for a
time. Many of us have been led to ex
claim with the Prophet of old, "Shall
these dry hones live." But hope again
revives within us, for while I am wri
ting this the sound of the hammer and
saw are heard upon its roof; this build
ing is designed for a hotel. We intend
to put into it our mutual friend " Dick"
Hunt, or hunt up some other Hunt
equally affable and attentive to tilt-
- wants of his customers.
The next attractive feature of recent
date,. is the fine brick Drug and Book
Store erected by Dr. C. V . - Elliott. It
is, without doubt. the finest store in the
county. The Doctor has spared nu pains
or
.expense in making this a model
building. In its internal arrangouents
and fixtures, one is led to feel that he is
in a city. An extensive, and well se
lected stock of goods may be found fill
ing every nook and corner of this ca
pacious store. Really, Mr. Editor, this
bbilding not only reflects much credit
upon the Doctor, but upon its builders,
Messrs. Allen & Clark, two as faithful,
industrious and competent workmen as
eau he found iii the county. NVe Lope
and trust that those Intending to build
in our borough, will mark the example
set by the Doctor, and " go and clo like
wise."
John Murdaugh has Just completed a
fine dwelling house - which is quite an
ornament, not forgetting to finish it, by
putting on green blinds..
• Mr. Gt. Slingerland has also refitted
and enlarged, and very gicatly im
proved an old buildi6g, so that it may
be considered as a decided ornamental
addition to the place.
. Mr. Bodine ha' startled us from our
Rip-Van Winkle sleep by very sudden
ly causing to go up the frame for a fine
dwelling.
Many other improvements of lesser
importance have been made during the
past year, such as the erection of barns,
cheap stores, &c., &c. Clark Bailey has
just rejuvenated his Grist and .-aw Mill,
and re-started his Foundry, with what
appeared to be, live, active.men it it—
They have just commenced the casting
of a fiew;- - and decidedly improved coal,
or wood cook stove, patented by the
man who is engaged in the foundry.
I should like to speak of the Masterly
inactivity, want of enterprise and ener
gy of our Borough Council and Bur
gess; but our miserably dilapidated
and broken-down L•lidesiralks which have
been a shame and disgrace to us for the
past two - ifears, are-far more eloquent
than my poor pen. ' How long, oh, how
long ! shall we yet have to wait, ere we
get a little life infused into this depart
ment, (Reflections,) "do men gather
grapes from thistles, _or figs from
thorns?" (I»ference. Would it not
be well in every borough, town, county,
state and nation to elect such men only
to office as have shown byyears of ex
perience qualifications and papabilities
for discharging official duties?
Now, to o r prospective improve
ments. The Mind work, and nearly all
the figures have been made for the erec
tion of a new Methodist Church and a
Parsonage: The right men have hold
of the matter, and the thing will go.—
Liberia donations have already been
offered—two or-three as high as live
hundred dollars. Rev. Lamkin is push
ing the work, backed by strong and
able men in the church and a. fen out
side of it.
The Episcopalians have gained quite
-.a foothold among us, and also propose
building a Church and Patsonage. The
Rev. Barrows who has been with us for
,several months, is a laboring man, and
his work shows" in the additions, not
only to congregation, but to church
membership. In numbers, my im
pression is, that the Episcopal Church
JOBBING DEPARTMENT>
The Proprietors have Brooked the ea tablls hm en t with
large assortment or modern styles
aud aro prepared to execute neatiy. and promptly
POSTERS, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, CARDS, BILL
READS, LETTER HEADS, STATEMENTS,
TOWNSHIP ORDERS, Ac., Ac.
. Deeds, Mortgages, Looses, and a full assortment o
Conatabies' and Justices' Blanks, constantly on band.
People Hybl; at a Sistancecan depend out:laving tb air
work dono prtraptly,and sent back In retnrn mall.
"AtirOstries—itors block, Secon4Floor.
NO. 51.
stands second. Mr. Barrow s is not only
a scholar and a gentleman, but a good sermonizer, and appears to be far more
Interested in the religious progress of
our society, than in the advancement
of his particular denomination.
Speaking of churches reminds me of
the, lines written by De Foe, I think,
which reads thus :
"Wherever God erects a house of prayer,
The devil always builds a temple there;
And it's been found by observation,
That the latter have the greater congregation."
l4APPlicetion.) Now that improve
ants appear to be the order of the day,
and our Normal School is doing a good
business, and churches in process of
erection, Wily not have a Billiard room
and table? It only costs some three or
five hundred dollars, or thereabouts.—
It's a capital Fake for men who have
unpleasant homes, and for those who
have no homes to congregate evenings.
It serves also to entice young men from
the cold dark streets into this pleasant
retreat, and keeps them from too hard
study. Then it is a handy place to get
rid of small change, and to gradually
lead young men into steady habits.—
Then again, it helps to Increase the
difficulties in keeping young men in
terested in study at our Normal School,
and consequently developer more tal
ent, tact and management on the part
of teachers. In short, the tendency
to keep our school from so filling up as
to demand an increased expenditure for
buildings. It is true, if the men who
have so liberally contributed their five
and twenty-five dollars to get up this
table and room, had put their money
into a Reading Room, we should have
had one of the most creditable Reading
Rooms outside of the cities. But the
tendency of this would be to injure the
eyes by reading, and lessen the cider,
beer and whiskey trade, and very great
ly injure the business of those who have
ne other business. Still further,—a
Reading Room receiving the pecuniary
Support now given to the Billiard Room,
would diffuse a great deal of informa
tion and general intelligence. The in
coming generation would be wiser than
their Fathers. Real estate and personal
property would increase in value,—and
"goodness knows" it's high enough
now. It would induce enterprising and
business men to come into the place,
and consequently the non-producers
and drones would have to move out.—
Now where could they go? _ They
would, if they had to leave our borough,
have to exclaim with the poet, "Oh
for a lodge in some vast wilderness."
Every parent ought to favor the-billiard
room.
I noticed. a few days since that work
men were engaged in putting in water
pipes for conveying water through the
Normal Building. The Literary Soci
ety, I learn, purpose having a course of
lectures during the winter. CITY.
There seems to befour styles of mind :
Ist, them who knows it is so !
12d, them who knowi it aint so !
3d, them who split the difference,
and guess at it !
4th, them who don't care a darn
which way it is!
There is but few men who hey char
acter enutr tolead a life of idleness.
True love is spelt just the same in
Choctaw as it is in English.
Those who retire from the world on
acconu tof its sins and peskiness, must
not forgit that they have got to keep
company with a person who wants just
as much watching as anybody else.
A puppy plays with every purp he
meets, liut old dogs have but few asso
ciates:
It costs a good deal to be wise, but it
don't cost anything: to be happy.
_Necessity begot invention, invention
begot convenience, convenience begot
pleasure, pleasure begot luxury, luxury
begot riot and disease, riot and disease,
between them begot poverty, and pov
erty begot necessity again—and this is
the revolution of man., and is about all
he can brag on.
•' Love lies bleeding!"—this is proba
bly one of the darndest lies that ever
was told.
When a man loses his health, then he
fust begins to take good care on it. This
is good judgment—this is!
Most people decline to learn only by
their own experience. And I guess
they are'more than half light, for I do
not spose a man can get a perfect idee of
molasses candy by lettin another feller
taste it .for him.
Success in life is very apt to make 114
forgit the time when we wasn't much.
it is just so with the frog on the jump;
he can't remember when he was a tad
pole--but other folks cant,
An individual, to be a fLne gentleman
has either got to be born so, or be bro't
up so from infancy; he can't learn it
sudden any more than he can learn how
to talk Injeun correctly by. practising
on a tomahawk.
I wonder if there ever was an old
maid who ever heard of a match that
she thought was suitable.
If a man wants to get at his actual
dimensions let him visit a, graveyard.
I have often set down square on the
ice, by having my feet git out of place
but I never could see anything in it to
laff at, (especially if there was some
water on the top of the ice,) but I no
tes other folks can.
Precepts are like cold buckwheat slap
jacks—nobody feels like being sassay to
them, and anybody wants to adopt them.
If anybody wants to be an old baehe
lor, and get sick at a boarding tavern,
and have a back room in the fourth
story, and have a red haired chamber
maid bring his water gruel to him in a
tin wash basin, I have always said, and
I stick so it yet, he has got a perfect
right to do it.
It is dreadful easy work to repent of
other folks' sins—but not very profita
ble.
CURE POR ..,IsA.Lot'sv.—A jealous
man, who was on a visit to London,
was induced to call on a clairvoyant to
ascertain what his wife was doing at
her residence, some ninety miles away.
" She is sitting in her parlor," said the
lady, " and she looks outicf the window
as if in expectation."? "Stranger,"
said the gentleman : " whom can she
expect !" " Some one enters the door,
she sees him and caresses him fondly."
" Horrible !" interrupted the gentleman
thinking of the divorce court. " Now
he lays his head on her lap, and looks
up tenderly into her eyes." Dreadful!
she shall suffer for this." " Now be
wags his bushy tail!" And as this ex
plained the story, old Jealousy decamp
ed, and resolved not to be inquisitive
again in regard to his wife.
Our hopes are hubbies, born with a
breath and broken with a sigh.
JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND PAST PRESSES,
Josh Billings' Sayings
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