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6 t te gioga . Oriihtnt# 1041 . 4 •
is raliiiS4Cd .0 very Wodneeday Atorniug,' - at $2,00 a
Year, invariably lo advance, by
COBB' & VAN GELDERt• ~----
.v. it. corm.) - ji. c.v.kN ozutzt,
.A. 'JD V iirilir XSI I•)T 0:;;• 1 1.A.W.M143.
VA LINER of MIX}ON, OR LEOS, DEAR - 6 ONE SQUAWS.
, TO,, of Sq're. 11 In. 3 Ins. 4 Ineld - Alos.lo Atos.ll ii.nr
001 ,
$2,50 $5 "" —--
'0 4.01'
$l,OO $2,0152,50 \ $5,00'
2,00 3,00 4,00 8,00
10,00 15,001 17,00 20,00
18,00 1 26,001 39,00 40,00
1 ' , quare,.
If C01...1f If
One Col._
egt-Bneinemt Carder Inserted at the aato of One Dnl
lar e line per year; but none for lesa guru than X 5,110. Y
.„„Special notices, Fifteen Cents por line; Editorial I r o L 111
or Coml. Notices, Twenty Conte per line.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
-w:#. TERRELL & CO.,
14.1 - 10LESALR 'DRUGGISTS, and dealers in
Papor, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
Paumery, Paints and Oils, &a., &o.
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1866.-Iy.
WILLIAM, IL SMITH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR,„ AT LAW
*f
Insurance, Bounty and Ponsi.n ancy, Main
Street Wolleboro, Pa., jai ) , , 1866.
S. •F. •YirtLsoN. J. B. bliGns.
WILSON it NILES,
ATTORNEYS do COUNSELORS AT LAW.
(First door from Bigonoy's, on the Avenuo)i
Will attend to business entrusted to, their care
i n the counties of Tioga and Potter.
Waljahro, Jan. 1, 1866.
0
W ANGELL & irCO.,
'MANUFACTURERS of, and Wholosalo and Re
tail Dealer in Doors, Sash, and Blinds. Also
Planing and - Turning done to order_
Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa., Jan. 16. 1867-Iy,4'
G GNU ,
.
TAILOR. Shop first clew north of L. A. Sears's
Shoe Shop. 'AV•Catting, Fitting, and Repair
ing done•promptly and well.
Wellsboro, Pa., Jan: 1, 1866.-Iy.
',JOHN B. SBA - RSPB.
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop b ,er Jebn R.
Bowen's Store. pEr* Cutting, Fitting, land
Repairing done promptly and in. best style.
Wellsbore, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866-Iy,
• WVI, .GARRETSON,,
ATTORNEY AND, COUNSELOR' AT LAW,
'Notary Pdblic and Insurante Algent, Bioss
burg, Pa., over Caldwell's .tore.
JOHN'. IVIITCHE.LL ,
ArTORNEY 4 D COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Wellsboro, Iriima Co. ' Pa. .
Claim A-gent,, Notary Public, and Insurance
1 ,.
Agent. lle - ivi I attend promptly to collection of
Pensions, Bac Pay__ and _Bounty. --- Aa Notary
Public he take lacknowledgemonts of deede, ad
ministers oithe,i and will act as Commissioner to
take testimony. 01-01 Bee over Roy'a Drug Store,
adjoining Agitator Office.—Oct. 30. 1367 ,_4
IZAAK WALTON IYOITS s'
. _
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
'ERMILYEEi dc REXFORD, PROPIe . . This is
a now hotel located within easy access of the
best fishing and hunting grounds in North
ern Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared
for the accommodation of pleasure' seekers and i
the traveling public. [Jan. 1, 866.]
PETROLEUM-HOUSE,
IVF:STFIELD, PA., GEORGE. CLOSE„Propri
otor. A now Hotel conducted on, the principle
'. • live and let live, for tho accommodation of
the public.—Nov. 14, 1866.—1 y.,
GEO. W. RYON,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Law.
renceville, •Tioge. Co., Pu. Bounty, Pension,
;10 Insurance -,Agent. Collections promptly
attended to. Office 2d door belay Ford House.
Doc. 12, 1386-1 y
R. E. OLNEY,
DEALER in CLOCKS & JEWELRY, SILVER
5 & PLATED WARE, Speetnelps, Violin Strings,
xe , &e., Mansfield, Pa. Watolies and Jew•-
elty neatly repaired. Engraving,done in plain
Engllsll and German. J IseptC7-Iy.
FARR'S HOTEL,
T 0(4 A, T•IOGA COUNTY, P.A.
Good stabling, attachod, and an a ttento. e lios
rler always in attendance.
E. S. FAIR, . . Proprit::.or.
Hairdressing & Shaving.
i.: , alpon over Willcox 1 Barker's Store, Wells
born, Pa. Particular attention paidto Ladies'
Hair-cutting; Shampooing, Dyeing, etc. Braids;
Puffs, COlifi, and swiehes op band and made to or
-11. W. DORSE'%. J: JOHNSON.
D• P., WO of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, after
t"..tir year:. of Army sorvice, with a Duke
"patience in field and ho!pital practice, has opened an
gryca by the practice of np.ditine and Fiirgery, in all
illsacher. Peremi, from a dkia , a4„... ran find good
~a-ding hi the Pruns3irania lintel when desired..—
Adi runt m y p.rt of the state in consultation, or to
i‘iergi , :..l operations. No 4. 'Union. Block, up
etAte i Welisboro. Pa., May 2,1568.-Iy.
. _
: N i - EW PICTURE GALLERY,
FRANK SPENCER
11.4: the plea:An-0 to' inform the citizens of 'liege
, -.nutty that ho has/completed his
NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
1,1 is on hand to lake all kinds of Sun Pictures,
,!11 ae. Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes, Vignettes, Cartes
de Vtstte, the Surprise and. Eureka Pictures; also
; irtir•ular attention paid to copying and onlarg
lei; Pictures. Ldstruetions given in the Art
7 , aAratla - terms. - Elmira St., Mansfield, Oct. I,
1;0.
- ,- --
ATTIPNTION. 'SOLDIERS.
If. B. SMITH, Knoxville, Tioga potinty,
Pa.; (U. S. lie/used-Agent; and Attorney
1:U - tiers and their friends ' throngheu all the
..,y a i States,) will prOccute and collect f rith un
rividlod success, ,
bOLDIERS.' CLAIMS AND DUES
t ail kinds. Also, any othor kind of claim
I.4ainiet the Government before any of the De
mrtments or in Congress. Terms moderate, All
-.mulanications tont to the ajmve address will re
prompt-iatention. . Jan. 17,1866,
s
U. S. CLAIM!AGENCY,
For tho Collect hal
Army and Navy Claims a id Pensions
THE NEW BfiUN"rY LAW vRASCI JOS :28. /80i, Iji% VI-
I tiro and three yeitra' aoldio eNti a t ouu ty. : 4 rigd
‘(,ay diatharges.
• OFFICERS' F,XTRA PA Y.
TM, 0 montive .extra pay proper to t 011)110.1'1 4, 1Y , ‘
h.. ',lv in merrice March 3,1865.
PENSIONS INOREASED
T , ;Al wlte lcoi , t'a limb anti wit() heyu been p.
nt.t
uet,rlc imd totally' (liftable&
Al( othei Govo }anent
.11 0 .1tOME B. NILES.
Ildboro,October 10,136 G-f t. ,
E. SMITH, M. D
S' UR GEO:N.
0 PV.RATES successfully for Cataract, Sire
himus, (cross eye) Removal of Tumors,
Ihre Lip, Varice:o Veins, Club Feet, ,te.
Particular attention paid to diseases of the F..)e
inn General Surgery.
Consultation at oflice free. ..
References given'to opprations recently per.
ro - rned. i . , .• ~
I .lflice hourF froth 12 M. t 0 ,3 P. M. .
iliTiroat his reAdence, Mandield, Tioga County,
l'a - r
. ' - 111nre627, 16' 43 7—1r.' -
NORMAN STRAIT,
A GENT for the National S. cries of tut dard Sclo.l
71 Books . ; published by A. S. Stance A 'o. 111 A Ila
a 111,1 m, corner of John street, N. V.. hpo s constantly
toil supply. All ciders promptly filled i . eel) on or
,•,.. l o ...s - by mail, N. STRAIT.
d--eola, Pftii, Juno 19,18.
. C. KELY,
a. GENT for MARVIN .1- (10'S Firtt AND
BURG LA R PROOF SAFES: •
\l"eilshoro, September 25;4867.
J. G. , i
PI74NLk
`.ILL WRIOUT—.Agent Fur .11t the be-1.
TURBINE WATER WIIEEId. , .
newaret; Oscillating Movement for isg
:tu'ar - Saws.
TP:gll. I'a., Aug.
7, 18(17 ,Iy.
Bounty and Peopion A ovnev.
HAVING received 01'010
the extra bnuuty th , - net •„rpr• ve.l
Jul ) 2 S,lgClonil having on ham/ a tat t .c t,t
blanks, I 0111 preptled to nr , kch,n, ill itt , t)-
C and ' , minty cl:dins oihich may ho I.l.lced /it tt , '.
rec.:qtle 11,111 p •it it distance-ran "0 ,
'• .ii tn. , by loiter, and tl , eir commithioatioy= ‘s •
lr
II sweied. tl M. it. ,
Wellsbo o.Octoher 24,18013. -
- PALL BROOK 'COAL. , 7 —TIio
havhg make alhangetnentz, Coal
"Y the TON of CAR LOAD, coarse ~ r tine,
lb the patronage of the
hus court-. , i11y on hand, a large stock
S t CAP:," ,GE BOLL'S, &c., at svltole..,•itle and
;, A O Ii.SMITTILNU of all kinds
Tioga, D
eGne
,ier. 11. G E'ER.
I. -
ME
$7,00 $12,00
12,00 19,00
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CLO IRED:
tOS EPA INGHAM Sc SONS, two miles edit
of Knovile, Tioga County, Pa., are pre
pared to manufacture wool by tbf'yard or on
shares, as may be desired. They malm
FLANNELS, FUtrt - LOTHS, CASSI
..MERES, DOESKINS,
and can promise to satisfy customers. Tito l y pay
particular attention to .
ROLL•CARDINd & CLOTH-DRESSING,
Twenty years experience iu the business war
rants them in expeaing •a generous patronage
No shoddy cloths made.
Deerfield, June 12, - 1867—1f. •
JOHN-,".SUHR,
WOULD announce to tho citizens of Wellsbo
ro and surrounding country, that he had
opened a shop on the corner of Water and Crof
ton streets, for the purposo of manufs,o.tuting all
kinds of, !
-
CA_BINET FURNITURE,
' REPAIRING AND TURNING DONE
to order. COFFINS IFia3.,furxtishett
short tic o. 'llll*prjp.teno pr`ottiptfy and war.:
ranted, t 'Wepeboro, unb27, 1868,
lIU.c+H 17 0 NG ,
~ ,Agrtjoy qi,o 17;
E . - 4 Iflif it A - A E
LIFE , ASSURANCE I.SOCIET
. •
MITE]) 'STATE'S/
Insure y( it Life et a Home Agency. _
Wellsboro, ril 17, 1867—tf.
• 3. 13. =MICH:
SURGEON, DENTIST,
CHERRY. FLATTS, TIOGA CO. PA.,
OPERATES .with ClOornform, Ether,, , !iud the
celabiated.SpraylPrOi!tider4 •
7 Juno 19, 1887-6 m. - -1.
‘ UNION HOTEL,
.MINER WAT,KINS, PROPRIETOR.
HAVING Stiedup a utitrltofel building . oil — the MI.
of the old Union Hotel, lately destroyed by lir,
ain non ready to receive : nd,eutottaiu guests.
Union ITOLOI was intended for a TenoperancOleuw,
- • he froprietor believes it can be sustained without
grog. An attentive hostler in' attendance.
Wellebot o, Juno 26, 1667.
TOWNSEND HOUSE;
111 L L TO 11'..y 8F: XD , PR °PRY ET01:.
I -l AN - INC} leased for term of seep the poptilitt and
well kite% n Hetet stand lately occupied I.y M
Hazlett. I am prepared to furnish the tn.eating stud
local puldic b with the best accommodations to La
cored in the country. A good hostler always itt at
tendance. Teams furnished to fishing patties.
Wellsboro, Juno 20, 18Ct.
-•` John Vir. GnornsOtr,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Ilavit4. - returtted to this county with a' view ot
making it his permahont residence, solicit, a
_ share of public patronage: All Atisitiers
in
trusted Co his care will be attended to with
romptness and fidelity.. Office 2d door south
Id li, S. Farr's hotel. Tinge, Tiogn Co.. Pa.
Sept. 26.'661—tf. t
'Pi. R. - KIMBAII,
aROCIERY AND RESTAMANt
Ono door above the Moat Market, '
WELLSBOR_O.,_.PtigN'.A,
TOD ESPECTFULLY 111100UtICOS to the trading
KILt - ,ltuNio that he luta a do:Arabic stock of Gro•
aeries, comprising, Teas, Coffees, Spiee,,
Molasses,ltyru ps.,:an d;ali tbat'cgustitutcsa tir d o,
came stook. Oysters in overt' style at all e -
sonable hours.
Wollsbnro, Jan. 2, 1867—tf.
THE PLACE TO,fitrir
T ic t i h il e o L n n a w c ro v n er T t i l l i l i o n,, Drug
prp S er t l o y rc ie r i : I • t
the Drug Trade
•
CHEAP, CHEAPER, - CHEAPEST.
and hf the best quality for Cash.' AL...,
Oils, Varnishes, Lamps, Fancy N0t,<.1.:. Vi..hn
Strings, Fishing Tackle, Window Glatt, &v.
Cash paid for Flax Seed. ' .
C. P. LEOiZARD.
Lawrenceville, May S, • •
B. B: - BORDEN,
- 7'lo-GA • -P'A ; '
ET AS just returned frotojtho City with II Lap!,
and desirable
_stook of goods vott,i,t.ii,g
DRUGS AND SIEDICINES.
Yankee Notions, of•every deseriptiOn: Gla r and
Plated-Ware, \enll.Paper, Paints an't t+ve
Stotts, School Books, Groceries, and finally every
thing that is ever kept in a Drug ood
Stare. I would also call tlie'Latentien of -the
public to otr Stock of GERMAN LAMPS tine,
qunled in the wide world alk , o th a t lam
Agent for the-" Morton" Clold Pen, and khan al-
ways keep a large a,sortinint.
Tioga, May 8, 1887-tf. B. it. 13011 DEN.
Glen's Falls Insnrance gompany,
OLEN'S FALLS, N.
-0—
Capital and Surplus $373,037,60
e=::=
FARM RISKS, only, taken.
No Premium Notes required. - •
It is LIBERAL. It pays doomge , 1 Licht
ning, whether Firo °winks or ni t t.
It pays for live stfieJc killed h:t . Lightning, in
barns or in the field.
Its' pies are lower than other Qotnnanieo of
equal rbsponsibilii•,y. I. C. I' h t:E„lgenl,:
Farmington Coutio, 'hog"
May 214. Is&7-1j••
J. IL RANDALL;
STR GIC A L AND
E T S' 'V'
OFFICE at his residence •n =beet,
Tinge, where ho may he tram/Lit-mu the IEI
until the 12th, and from the the 2:,th
of each month. - fWill be .in -
United .?tats g Hole!, front the rut' IN tit i t
and in Lawrenceville at
the 26th until the hist day ot
All operatiiins connected with the •Itlttiul pro
fes,sion, nhcthcr surglral or meehnirir, 1. will to
eci've especial uttentiol).
Having an improved ligni l and upper:ling I6r
benumbing the gutno, he ir prapart..l to exirnti
teeth without pain. and a mantic'. h•titnic:...,4 In
the
. pat;Orit, yet no stupi i la.sti..,,, rt. it : : :nrs or
nausta, follows the operatom lithe: C
form will he administered ;
:1..%
sirea. .
, .
Artificial Teeth of al; 1 1,1;;;1, • iu cried in the
moßt s . uhstantial and beaiii:i; inatmer
Call and see specimet , - ; dentistry.
Tioga, l'a., May 1, IFT.7
iX7ALICEn & LATIIIZOP,
DEAi IN
k.\ dAVA RE, 111r.\'„STEEL. NAILS,
,';` TO 1 7 E8, I 1",1 II L,
PIELVINr
1,,
`'V &r 1 TAME,
IL ICULTIII, AI. I\IP I, CAI
CArriage and natmcss,,Triturdings,
N. T., J.,,:
~;;:S —.I. B. Shalts
ill U p S e C t : " A drAet!lNer;s NT
het X: Itrpther and
:Jaunts S Bro!ber.!:l,, cab—
net organs, Trent, I.in4ey eit,.....liteindeon, and
'he B. Shimingt.r .
IZooTti - e+v , :: It,
;.lowen':.• -tore. Sept. 12, tiar,...!;.
CALENDER, French. Marine and Church
Clocks. at [deel9) FOLEY'S.
Mil
CROUKERY, DARDWA RE, WOODEN
WARE, STONE . WARE ;, ZERO
SENE OIL, PAINTS & OILS,
:ARIA RS, TEAS, COFFEES,
• SY RD Ps, moiyAssEs,
ETC,. efe., - F. re; •
1 t, 11,
MEMI
illi
EMI
(21:00,0y: aid"Frovf Son -", Blois,:
4. 60 . 0#41,', i .x.•
X-#l,
I s
• in,ill kinds J,
: 1t
AXL DEALER
.1,5 1
GROCER-111V PROVISI
9
~ L osorr.t.yu:;, F ..%amv
3 A • :
` Littitiotors."..and,
FQIIINNA i pQIiE4I'IC, GREEN
: • : •!1)11TVD FRU yrs,: •-' '
.„ • 4-
VA NNE D FR U./ T-S''''‘AND
.7 -r
CiE TA B LES,
Wool) & WI LIPIV • W LASS
CltOCKtity
CARR[AU CABS &
4rt).
A fall and. eoinplete • assortineneCif Oad .. abeve
mentioned goo . ds flus'-bV•Sf coinlay
band. 2- - - •
Particular attention pnid to Fine Groceries.
Dealers liud,Ocinitioixri3, tind ri it& Ili:Or in
tereA t to examin.diiisPit4olc , efore - Myini.
Coming, N . : 'lllTirreg - '2 . 7, 1867.
(ITHER WISE
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE
THE ,
OLD saying.that a, penny FaVed lit Penny
IL/ earned. justifios GARDNER in naming
establiAtoent a Lzavings -Donk: Economy is
Wealth. ;laid some oldt' , Attti` litti)so 'mom I have
forgotten; owl it i< ee<lllolllY to truile where the
.S.LA_UGHTER •
of iligh micas' is beidg prosecuted with vigor and
without reprieve. 1, can sell Sugars, Teas, 111q
lasses,„ Igyrk, Flour, Corn Meat, 'Woes,
t'a tmea„Ereits, Spices, unit everything-intended
for fandlyApe, git tag the_buyor,thp..-benetit,
Off ' ~T HE
fall of the markets, an advantage duly appre
ciated by everybody l exeepting only those verdant
INNOCENTS
rho prefer TO PAy (me him
tired per vent profits to the seller, to PAYING
twetft.i, five per vent. each on delivery of the
goods. I. Audi utter my .hick of goods at fair
cice!-
1;-VAR,T.N.JONDAY;_ '
- InI.IItI"ITESDAY: '
1•:V ERN 14:DNESDA Y,
•
EVE:RY 'PHU It SD AY , ••
EVERY FRIDAY,
nrn
,„ • '
NS fast as I :oil out.
L. A. GARDNER
Well,i,oro, Juno 12, 18117. .
NEW DRY GOODS STORE.
.
; `,
lifLll.),S BAIIKER
(NO. 5, UNION 1.1;,,0CK.)
vVirE hay. J.:A received our now and very
large stock nt
DRY
,GOODS,,
- snob ns
SUE ET ING S, SIHRTINGS, PRINTS,
CLOTHS, CA SSI MERES, VEST
! NOS, READY MADE OLO:
VIA I'S & CAPS,
BOOTS SIIOES,
❑l,. a
'AVO Vt6l6 to Offer OUT CUStOIUeTS the benefit
LOT DECLINX
in tbii New Yank Maiko, our Stuck having been
liaireliaged :hued the gilent deelinei9, Goode.
TOLL'S & BARKEIL
1567
A; B, EASTMAN, •
.‘14. 1 SURGICAL d• MECHANICAL
DENTIST
TS permanently located at Welisboro, Office
I. over J. R. Bowen's :gore, where he is pre
pared to execute all work pertaining to his pra"-
fession nith promptnel.s and in a superior man
ner.
Teeth exlroeled without pain Ity the use of
lately improved Spr.iy Producer. Chloroform
and Ether odmini:t.:re.l when de: , :ired, An work
, varranted. tiou guaranteed or no char
;r,. July 3, ISIVT.
lIARKNESS RILEY,
BOOT. AND SHOE MAKERS,
Oyer Wilson & Van Vitike»tnefie ,qinre, in the
1.0()))) If fdy occupied by Itt ),j. Seel, y.
11:11100TS AND SIIOES-of all kinds tondo 'to
In4.llo.laist Manner. •
'- - REPA.TIVING of all kinds done promptly and
good. Give tie a call:
WM. 1; I LEY.
Wellaboro,Jari. 2, 1867- iy. •
ME=EMEMI!IiMiI
EM33
r1 1 113.,0 ..A.Gitexticrn czeir time% 3E3 ei g amaa. g• of
=Eli
5 !• 5
E!EMOMMI
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I'A. 4 .NOVEM.BER 20, 1807.
CITY BOOK B
AND
BLANK BOOK . 31ANUFACTORL
Jct. . 8 Baldwin Sthet,
(SIGN OF THE BIG BOOK, 20 F i LOOR,I
ELMIRA, N. 'Y.
CDT:AR. 14(3'1i . °
Goon AS THE BEST, CAEAP' As THE CHEAPEST
BLANK BOOKS .
- Of every description, id all styles of binding)
and as low, fur quality of Stook,-as any Biiicthy
in the State. Volumes of every description
'Bound in the boat manner and in any style or
- -
; '''AftrAtris'lD'g OF VAT WORK
Executed in tho best manner. Old Boots re
bound and made good as now.
monogram ua PIAMAIBig
COMPtETE YOUR' BETS!
I ava prepared to furnish back numbers of all
Reviews or Magazines published in tbe United
States or Great Britain, at a low price.
BLANK BOOK & OTHER PAPER,
Of all sizes aiiiiqualitios;on bnnd, ruled or. plain.
DILL HEAD PAPER,
Of any quality or size, on hand and cut up ready
for printing. Also, BILL PAPER, and CARD
BOARD of all, Wont., ano!luality, ; in. boards uz
but to any silo:
STATIONERY,
Vap, Letter, Note Paper, Envelopes,
Pens, Peneilo, fic.
I atu Pole agent. for
Prof. SHEPARD'S NON•CORItOSIVE IiTEEL
PENS, ov I‘' 41114 U); SIZES, FOIL LADIES
• AND GENTLEMEN,
MEE
U , :ll'u'al•raut equal to Gold Pens. • Tho
be in me and notnistalte.
The above stock I wilNall at the Lowest Rates
all times, ar ,a small advance on New York
nd in quantities to'i3uit purchasers, All
- " ---- -A...warranted as represented.
mare of public patron•
".*--aLtended.to.
pri
work atiZti
I respectfully ache
age. Ohddra•_ by:.mail•'prom_
Address, LOUIS K
Advertiser Building,
Elmira, N.Y
Sept. 28, 18C7.-1y
To -the Public -ef—Weltoboie—
LEM
SURROUNDING COUNTRY I
N. A- S'l--111. E
,
TAKES this • method of notifying the ImoiAo
that-the Stock of -
. SPRING CLOTHING
is on band, and offers it lower than before
Tho Store is well stocked with the most faeh
ionable
-COATS, PANTS ci AND VESTS,
i also, a large assortment of
oi:NT'S FURNISHING GOODS,
consisting of
WHITE AND CASSIMEIZE SHIRTS,
COLLARS,' NECKTIES, SUS
PENDERS, SOCKS,
and a good large lot of the inost fashionable
HATS AND CAPS, -
over brought to this market. Also
TRUNKS, BAGS, ANr UMBRELLAS,
whirl) you eon buy low for cash, at the Cheap
Clothing Stunt of N. ASHER, Ist door oast of
Van Valkonburg's Flour Store.
11e11.4.b0r0, Sept, 11, ISfi7.
FA R EXCII ANGE.
O. G.. VAN' VALKENBURG & BRO.
L . : 4 XCIIIANCp for )fain n,prolltlce and Cash, on
J the principle that -even exchan g e is no
robbery."
PORK, Ik'IMS, SHOULDERS, IVIIITE
71141YMACKEREL, CODFISH,
SMOKED --IfATABIS7.',
LOUR; CORN MEAL; 'BUCKWHEAT
noun, FEED. &C., &C,
hare no aphition to get tleti fastei than
our neighbomwho -are . nqnally intlustriott's ; nor
';.are,we desirous of running all creation that we
mny•h.tve more to eat, drinit, wear, and
To Lay By for a Rainy Day.
As an evidence that we deal fairly and square•
ly with our customers, w 6 point. to tho fact that
our Inn of custom has steadily inereftsed from
the first, and promises to grow considerably lar
ger,
llAltii 'TIMES OR NO HARD IeIMES
We pay CASR for PRODUCE, and keop up ,
with the.market prices.
ltoteember the place,
• TOW&SEND'S OLD STAND, =
AMEN S#R BEI; WE 1: 1 141011,P.E,,1V.A" A.
Supt.,ll. 1 , 867. - lf• I • •
Th6i °lean
11 , •
AFTiw 4 "
pncy experiencp in the man
ufaelnro, ot_Aeres,Are became convinced,
some six jmars•sinee, that' a- Vast anibeht of
to on ey,,waaloing.expanded-by-ther people - tit` 'this
country, in buying elmatitnaTerthless stoves, a
largd portion of was wasted; and that
true. econainY tiontfiStadin buYittg the beSt stoves
that could be madoLtiotwitlistanding the price
was higher., Vitt' 'This - vieW we proceeded to
constritet,Um Amer Wan Cooking Stove, and
spared no pains or eitpenso to make it the best
and most:perfect stove that could be made. And
we have euerimented , with it, and carefully
watched its operation for the last six years,
and
when an. improvement suggested itself, we have
at once adopted it, and• we- have 'several of these
improvements secured by letters patent. In
this manner we do not hesitate In say, we, have
broughlit to a higher state of .perfection than
has heretofore been attained in cooking stoves.
The recent improvements in this stove has
added largely to its convenience and effective
ness. In all the varieties of stoves we manu
facture, we study usefulness, durability, conve 7
nienee and economy in operation, rather than
cheapness in price, and in so doing we are satis
fied we study the interest of those purchasing
our stoves. SHEAR, PACKARD, lc CO.,
Albany, N. Y.
For sale by CONVERSE & OSGOOD, Wells.
titre, Pn. I9septl37-3m.,
YOUR MONEY'S "WORTH.
pun subscriber htM Opencil n shop over the
Mont Market, Main Street, Wiellsboro, for the
I manufacture of
• FINE BOOTS 7. •
and will gitaranty his work to be without super
-row in Tingn County. As to prices—l only aim
to convert my labor into cash, and therefore shall
endeavor to lot others live as well ns myself. Call
and see me. ' H. S. WAGE.
Wellsboro, Sept. 4, 1867, tf.
T O
BANKIIITI.)Tqy 'BLANKS,
in full setfs,,at, YOUNG'S BOOKSTORt.
I Lath ! La4ll
v AM ma i l:jug, and keep constantly on
I
hand;rit'in'y Mill in Oceola; a good
of Lath. Orders promptly filled.
Oceula, Sept. 4, '67-3mo G. S. I.to, 1 , . • ..
::.., :‘ , ..-- .!. : 4 , z_;..;
_
1111
NBERY
"Don't slop over," the old man said.
As he'plaeod his hand on the young man's head;
"Go it by all means, go it fast,
Go it while leather and horse-shoes last; -
Go it while hide and hair on horse
Will.hold together. Oh, go it of course—
Go it as rapid ns ever ou can,
But don't slop over, m, dear young man.,
"Don't slop over. find some day
That keeping an eye tt the windward will pay.
A horse may run a Litt too long,
.A preacher preach just a fraction too strong;
And a poet who pleases the world with rhymes
May write and rogrot it in after times.
Keep tho end of the effort in view,
7T;
"'And don't slop over, whatever you do. - •
"Don't atop over, - Thu wisest men'., •
Are bound to slop over now end then ;
'And yet the wisest, at work or feast,
Are the very ones who blunder the least.
Those who for spilt milk never wall
Are the ones that:early the steadiest pail
Wherever you go, go iu for the fat ;
But don't slop over—and freest) to that !
"Don't Plop over. Jieat Solomon
Once went a little too far with his fun.
Louis Napoleon, as we know,
Slopped over on Max. in Mexico.
Horace theeley, and Jefferson D.,
And Ilinton Helper, and old J. IL,
And Andrew Johnsing,the great 'I won't,'
All slopped over—•take.earc you don't.
"Don't slop over, distrust yourself,
Nor always reach to the highest shelf.
The next to the highest will gen'rally
And answer the needs of such as you.
Climb, of course, but alwa:ys stop
And take breath a little this side of the top ;
And 'so you trill reach it in wind, and strong,
Out slopping over. Thus ends my song r
On a fine evening, in the Spring of
'3O a stranger, mottnted on a bold-look
ing.horse, passed slowly over the snow
white limestone road leading through
the Blaelt. Forest.
Just as the sun was going to rest for
the day, when gloomy shades , were be
ginning o stalk, he drew rein, as be
said :
1
• "This i lust be near the spot, su,
I'll stop sere , anyhow, for a while,
see what I can learn.";
He the eupondismonnted and entk.
the parlo .- of the inn, where he sat down
before a small table.
"How can I serve you, rneinheerr
said the')andlord.
" ‘ See to my horse outside," replied
the guest, .earelessly, but at the same
time eying the latidlord from. head to
foot; "aud let me have some wine—
Rhine will do."
The landlord was turning to with
draw from-the stranger'spresence whei
, _
he stopped and said: '
"Which way, tneinheerr do you tray
el?"
. "To Waustadt,!' refilled the guest:
"Yon will rest here to-night, I !sup
pose?" continued the landlord.
"I will stay here for two 'or three
hours, but I must then be off so as to,
reach my destination in the morning,
lam going there to purchase lumber
for the market." •
"And you have considerable money
with you no doubt?" added the land
lord innocently.
"Yes considerable," replied the guest s
sipping at his wine disinterestedly. _ .__.-
"Then, if you'll take my . advice,"
said the landlord, "you'll sta lt y here till
morning." ,
"Why, queried the strang l er, looking
up curiously.
"Because," whispered the landlord,
looking around as if he was disclosing a
kreat secret and was afraid of being
heard . by somebody else, "every man
Who'has passed over the road between
this and Naustadt at night for the last
ten years, has been-robbed or murder
ed tinder vary singular circumstances."
"What are the singular circumstan
ces Masked the stranger, putting down
his glass empty, and preparing to fill it
again.-, ._
"Why,,you see," the landlord went
on, while • he approached his gues,t's
table And took a seat, "I have spoken
with 'several who have been robbed, and
all I' &ild learn from them is that they
remember meeting in the lonesomest
part of the wood a something that look
ed white an ghastly, and /frightened
their herseso that they either ran away
or threw thei, riders; afterlhat all was
1 11,
confusion with them; they Nit achoking
sensation and a smothering, and finally
died
. as they thought, but awoke in an
hour or unto find themselves lying by
the roadside robbed of everything."
"Indeed !" ejaculated the stranger;
looking abstractly at the rafters in the
ceiling, As though he was more . intent
upon counting them than he was inter
ested in the landlord's'story.
The Innkeeper 'looked at him in
amazement. Such'perfeet coolness he
had not witnessed in a long timei
'You' will remain, then? suggested
the landlord after waiti ig sometime for
his gtiest to speak.
`."'‘ cried the stranger, starting from
his tit of abstraction as though he were
not sure that he was the person address
ed. "Oh most certainly not; I'm going
straight ahead, ghost or no ghost, to
night."
Half tin hour later the stranger and
a guide, called Wilbeltn, were out on
the road, going at a pretty round pack
toward Naustadt.
During a flash of lightning the stran
ger observed that his guide looked very
uneasy about something, and was slack
eninz his horse's pace as though he in
tended to drop behind.
"Lead on," cried the stranger: "don't
be afraid."
"I'm afraid I cannot," replied the
person addressed, continuing' to hold
back his horse, until he was now at
least a length - behind his companion:
"My horse is cowardly, and becomes
unmanageable in a thunderstorm: - If
you will go on through, I think I can
make hire follow k close enough to point
o u t the road."
The stranger pulled up instantly. A
stranger light gleamed in- his eyes wh ile
his hand sought his breast pocket, from
which he i drew something. The guide
saw the niovement and stopped also.
"Guide* should , lead, not follow,"
said the-stranger, quietly, but with the
firmness which, seemed to be exceed ,
ingiy unpleasant to the' person Ned
dressed.
"But," faltered tile guide, horse
won't go."
"Won't he?" queried the stranger,.
with mock implicity in his lone.
The guide heard a sharp,' click, and
saw something - gleam in his compan •
ion's hand. • ,
He no soonecreached his old position,
however, than the stranger saw him
give a sharplArn to the right, and then
disappetubooet hough he had vanished
through the 11,1. , •: tk!' (t ,
kirting the
cstlett. ',Poetry.
DON'T SLOP OVER
Misri
THE GHOST ROBBER.
A Story of the Black Forest
immic•rri."
The stranger dashed up to the spot,
and saw that his guide had turned dot n
a narrow lane leading from the re': d
into the heart of the wood.
He heard the clatter of his horse
he galloped off. 'Without waiting al
- instant, he touched his horse ligl f
ly with the Lein, gave him a prick wi h
the rowels an 'off the noble animal
started like the wind in-the wake of the
flying guide..
The stranger's horse being - much en
periorto the other's the race was a short
one, and terminated by the'gfilde being
nearly thrown from. his saddle by a
heavy hand whfch was laid upon his
bridle, stopping him.
He turned upon his seat, beheld the
stranger's face, dark and frowning, and
trembled violently as he felt the smooth.
cold barrel of a ; 'pistol pressed against
' •
his cheek.
"This cursed beast almost lan away
with me," cried idle guide, composing
himself-us well as. he could under the
circumstances. ,
'"Yes, I know,_" said his companton,
dryly; "but mark my - words, pang
man, if your horse plays such tricks
again, he'll, be the means of seriously
Injuring his MSter's health.
-They, both tithed' and cantered back
to,
,the; road., -When• they' reached it
again, 'and turned the heft& of their arif
imals It the right - direction, the stran
ger said to his guide in a tone 'which
must have convinced his hearer as to
his earnestness:
"Now, Mend !Wilhelm, I hope we
understand each other for the rest of
the journey. You are to continue on
ahead of me, in the right road, without
swerving either to the right or to -The
left. If I see you doing any thing
Vioust sus
, I will drive a t 'brace of bullets
rough you.without another - word of
notice.. Now push on."
The' guide started on as directed, but
it Was evident from his movements and
his muttering that he was alarmed itt
something else besides the action of his
follow . -
In the mean time the thunder had in
cred din its.viol,enco, and the flashes
of the lightning hsul become more blind
ing.: - .
' For about a mile the two horseinen
rode on in silence, the guide keeping up
tions to thelletter, while his follow r
er wa c - : _uide every momefit,
a eat would watt;
Buddonly the guide'stoppe i look
ed behind. And he heard the click of
the stranger's pistol and saw his uplifted
arm.
"Have mercy, meinherr," hegroaned,
"I dare not go on." •
"Pgive you three seconds to go on,"
replied the stranger, sternly—" One!"
"InheaVed's name," implored the
guide, almost 'overpowered with fear;
"look before me in the road and you
not blame me. -
le stranger looked. At first he MA%
.ething - white . standing metionle:;:i
in the centre of the road, but presehtly
a flash of lightning lit up the seene,and
he saw that the white figure was, indeed
ghastly And frightful enough looking to
chill the blood in the veins of the ;bra
vest man. If his blood • chilled.* fOr a
moment therefore, it was not through
any fear that he felt for his ghostly, in
tercepteri foifthe next instant he set 4u,
t4eth hard while he whispered between
them just loud enough to - be heard, by
his terrorstric,-keo gunk):
"Be it man or,' evil, ride it down—l'll
follow. Two!" r 1
With a cry of espair upon his lips,
the guide urg'ed is horse forward at the
top of his speed,' quickly followed by
the stranger, who held his pistol ready
in his hand. - - '
In another second the guide would
have swept by the dread spot, but at
that instant the report, of a pistol run;r
through the rest, and the fArangerleard
a horse galloping off through the wood,
riderless. •
Finding himself alone, the 'f4anger
raised his pistol took deliberate aim at
the ghostly murderer and pressed hib
finger upon the trigger.
The apparition approached quick
but in no hostile attitude. The stranger
stayed his hand. At length N . ghost
addressed him in a voice that INt,f3 any
thing ,
but sepulchral :
. "Here, Wilhelm, ye mope, out of
your perch this minute and give a help
ing hand. I've hit the game while on
the wing, haven't I?"
The stranger was nonplussed for a
moment; but recovering himself, he
grumbled something unintelligible and
leaped to the ground. One word to,%s
horse and th 4 brave animal stood p' •-
feetly still. By the snow-white trap
pings on the would -heghost he was mix t.
enabled to grope his way in the dark
toward that individual whom, he found
bending over a dark mass about the size
of kinan on the road.
As the tiger pounces on his prey,, the
stranger leaped upon the stoopingtigure
before him, and bore him to the-grotnd-.
"I arrest you in the king's name."
cried the stranger grasping his prisoner
by the throat and holding him tight.—
"Stir hand or foot untill have you prop
erly secured and I'll send- your soul to
eternity."
This - was such an unexpected turn • of
afthirsthatthewould-be ghost could not
believe his senses, and as handcuffed
and stripped of his da ger and pistol
before he found time to peak.
"And you are not in son Wilhelm'?"
he grasped.
"No, landlord," replied the individual
addressed, "I'm not. But an ()ill c r. of
the king, at your service, on cial
duty to do what I have to night accom
plished. Your precious son, Wilhelm,
w* thought he was leading ash sep to
the slaughter, lies there in the road,
skilled by his father's hands'."
Two weeks later I atßruchsale rison,
in Baden, the landlord of • the S',rn of
the Deer, and the Ghost Robber of pie
Black Forest, paid the Jpenalty of his
crimes, by letting fall. his head before
the executioner's axe ; since when,
traveling through Schwatzwald has not
been so perilous to lif&and purse, nor
has there been iw - - , ./Ghostly Knight
of the Road in t ion of theworld.
SHARP PRACTlCE.—Nantucket is fa
mous for pretty girls, excelleiliA fishing.
"squantum," •and g od stories. One of
the latter is told of a , inhabitant of the
island who lost hen frolli his roast. To
detect the thief he ( laced a sharp scythe
in a position to be clutched by the crim
inal as soon as he opened the hen-roost
door. The next morning there was
blood upon the blade, but no hens miss
ing. The gentleman did not hunt for
wounded hands, and in a short time
went to California, returning after an
absence of several years. There used
to live,on Nantucket one of the largest
story-tellers for a young, Man in the
commonwealth. He was qu itepopular, (
however, had a good deal of ' bra,,"
and on election days could get out more
voters than any other native or the
:Islands. He was "stirring up" Voters
one day, and come upon the returned
.;Californian. " Hello; B ," said
the latter, " give me a ride to the polls!"
" No!". said B--:.----j with an oath, " A
man as-puts scythes in his hen-roost
shall,nevei;,4-h‘ with me!" B-----
was never prtmecuted for the confescdon.
_.., \
'4 Aunty," said a three-year-old one
day, " I don't like my aptons to b.•
much. 8o mueit starehne:ss
etise -111rne.-s seratel' any bare-
LETTER FROM COLORADO,
DENVER, C. T. Sept. 28,t1867
(Correepondenco of the Ailtator.]
A'few hour's ride up the fertile van* ,
of the Grand brought us to the far-fain
ed Hot Springs, and • the beautifetl seen
ery which surrounds them. •
.i'lle springs, four in number, and al.
of di fretent degrees - of temperature, issue
from the base of a large hill, of which
several hundred feet are a conglomerate
formation; and at thirty yards from theh
source, pour into the clear cold waters
of the Grand, here about one hundred
feet in width, and two feet in depth. The
water from thelnain spring flows jute
a basin which Will hold perhaps one
thousand cubic feet, worn by the action
of water in the conglomerate rock...
Over the cavity a tent has been • erec
ted in the Indian fashion forthe bone- ;
lit of bathers, and a more invigorating,
bath cannot be taken than by 'allowing
'the falling.current in its descent. of ,ten;
feet; and at all seasons having a temper
ature oll6°, to descend on the person
hi( the 00l below. Thnwater contains
a large motrnt of sulphur whose
_fumes
be letected itt a long distance From
the Apo
i ( p.
where they escape front 'the
earth. , tis claimed to possess great,
healing,ower, and certain it is that
manY per one -once afflicted with rheu
nuxtic -coinplaints have been cured by
fragrant baths after all (other tried
had failed. A hewed • log_ 'cabin
stands near the springs, which Minters,
trappers, and _lndian traders. use as r a
head-quarters during the season, but:is
abandoned before the great niitssea,:iof
snow fulls on the highest range, ant Vent
oft' their retreat to the border of civiliz
ation.'
While speaking of the natural won-,
ders of Colorado I may mention the
hot soda springs at Idaho, thirty miles
west of Denver, on the road leading to
the Georgetown mines. The sptings
were discovered by some early' miners
while sinking a shaft in gold bearing
rock, but who had to abandon the work
on account of the large volume of. hot
water forced up into the mine, and ren
dered further work impossible. Since
then, bath houses have been erected,
antl_now hot or cold baths can be enjoy
ed by the, many who are coming to
theSe mountains for profit or pleasure.
these
miles south of Denver,
and three miles west of Colorado City,
are three cold soda springs, bubbling up
froulthe granite rocks at the rate of a
barrel per minute each, and after flow
ingr a few yards over beds of calcareous
tufa, discharge themselves into the
Fountaine qui Boullie (boiling foun
tain). With the addition _of an acid,
the water makes a drink equal to the
best manufactured article, and like the
other two mentioned, have great medi
cinal properties. Near by are the Falls
of the Fountaine where the water of that
stream first shoots : down rapid of sever
al hundred feet, and then at a single
fall descend one hundred and forty six
leer on huge blocks- of granite at their
bar=e.
A'l, ot her natural wonder of this vicin-•
,1
ity i. the "Garden of the Gods," a name
given to a locality where the secondary
sandstone forMation has. been raised
froni a horizontal to a vertical position,, ,
and then by the action, of water, - and
the attrition of moving masses of ice
and rock, probably during the Glacial
Drift-period has been separated from a
continuous line, and worn into columns
varying from three.hundred to six hun
dred feet ip bight, often having a base
less than ono half the si e of the -col
umn at its top.
Strange and weird the -looked in the
moonlight; when we visi ed them, abd
it required little bfrort f imaginati , :i
to Getievei: 1 hat we we e among the
Oga nt le tin us of oriel,' ta cities whose
buildershaVe passed away and left the •
crumbling monuments alone as n 'wit
ness of their glory. ,
In several's- places along - i4l,onument
Creek—a small stream, ente7ing the
Foeptaine just below Colorado City—
are some of the most singular forma
tion, it has vet been my fortnne to see.
The prevailing rock is a fins ermglorn
erate, mingled with much sand, arid
this has been acted on by wind and
wave, in ages long past, till it lebrought
to resemble columns, obelisks, porticoes
and arches of almost every size and
shape.
It is said Bierstadt made some beau
tiful drawings of those natural 'monu
ment, but never made them public,
giving as a reason that they would be
- mistaken for sketches of ancient ruins
in , ,tead of the woilks of nature. Many
more objects of interest might be men
tioned, but want ,of space forbids a
farther description ; - while these gool•
pen sketches, or, even those of the
most brilliant writer can convey no ad
equate idea of the beautiful scenery of
prairies,% mountains and rivers of the
far west. Not in Cokorado alone, but
in the length and breadth of this beau
tiful land; willktAie artist -and writer
find inuCh to interest and instruct,
man's
more fully how futile are man's
greatest achievements w11 . 4n compared
with the grandeur and greittness of the
Creator's works. . ,
Our jn o orney back to the b"ordl'il of
civilization was marked with no other
unusual' event, than that of a snpw
storit, Whieh came driving down,. 011
in our frees from the main range', and
.gave us a foretaste of what we might.
expect, when exposed to the full Airy of
the wintry blasts on the bleak summit.
'Even a snowstorm in t•3eptember cannot .
be called unusual, for where snow -re
mains hundreds of feet in depth
throughout the year, a winter, storm
may at any tune be expected. nut we
were agreeably disappointed so far 'as
tindinf , a storm on the range was con
cerned, for before 'tight the heavy clouds
disappeared, and we Made our camp
near the flute where timber ceases to
;grow---.here 11,860 feet above the level
or rho sea.
A more beautiful view can hardly be
imagined than was presented in the
morning aS the eye takes in the vast ex
panse, of country extending far towards
-the distant Pacific. Seldom is a finer
blending of colors formed by the vary
ing tints of the surface, first pine, then
the patches of aspen and land', already
wearing the golden leaves of early au
tumn ; next the '4lark brown' hills and
'plains of the Middle Park, covered with
the fragrant artemisia, through which
the 'Grand, with its fringe - of cotton
wood, winds its way westward another
broad ben or evergreens, andc hen the
i
vision nmeetsythe cold, barren mu d rocky
ridge fartitway toward the Great Salt
Lake, white on its summit with itsrobe
Of eternal snow shining doubly bright
in the clear light of the morning sun.
No habitation marks time spot where
the pioneer makes a home, not even the
smoke of the I nil bin's wigwam :tree, no
• -ound came from thim: vast solitude s) l '
.mature. From the contemplation of
_his grand ,and quiet: stene we turned
sway, and prepared filr the ascent of
the bleak and rock-covered ridge whose
-annunit was yet thrt i .e thousand feet
I
above 'us. -i
(to br..
A Sbotehtnan put a t•n‘rit into `• I I
- .date" . au ,•II.;, -I), a
• outlay 0 tOrtillig • -T. s•
.ntlw keit to I
'•
-Junto! 1). 4 1;t to
cave'. • ' 1 ),;)ro
it only h.). tab
NO. 47.
ME
JOBBING - , DEPARTMENT.
Th e Proprietore II aveotockod thoostabl.tibment With
A I orgo nesort d meot of :nod? rn 'Alyea
JOI AND CARD *TYPE
,
• .t1c1) FAS' PRESSES, -
ant are proporetl to execute
,neatly, and XIOUIPtIY
PO 1
TERS,HANDBILLS,CIR*LABB, CARDS,BILL
It HADS ,LETTER HEADS,STATEHENT3,
TOWNSHIP ORDER 8, &0,, Ice .;b:
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Deeds, Mortgaps, Leases, and a Coll assoltinant of
Constables' and .Insticea' Blanits, constantly Op band.
Peoplelirtng at a dlatanc•candopend onhavingthetz
work donepromptly,and son t backtnyetuttk mail.
Orncr—Roy'tblock,SocoattlFlooi
Orphan Schools
MP. EDITOR :-I noticed in the AO
tatoriof the 6th: inst., an itemncern
ing the " Soldier's Orphan Sch I" at
Mansfield.' You expressed BO e , sur
prise that there should be any mong
us o p posed to it, or who would ink it
detrifuental 'to the place. I con ss my
selfbto a small share of the sa feel
ing. But a short time since in one of
the-little Boroughs of Crawford county, _
the citizens of the
.place subscribed the
amount needed, and put up the neces
sary buildings, in order grit they might
have one of these schr located in
their plaCe. .4.< . ,
Now, Mr. Editor, whil I can speak
in the highest terms of the efforts of
many of our citizens
.. In behalf of the
schools, lam compeled to say that we
have a few among us - - who_ growl like
doks with sore heads. It is their meat
and drink to spy out all the defects and
short comings of these poor fatherless
ciiildreu, antLthen peddle It upon the
streets, or in .stores in ; their evening
gatherings. Nut as they have no 'other
1 usiness on hand; it seems a pity to de
rive them-of this sweet morsel.
"The Devil finds sonee'thisehlefstilL ,
• For idle hands to do."• '
' Some men will growl though peeked
on the head with sharp stones. In _
every community there are those who
oppose all progress and improvement.
They are not' " conservatives," but
dead Weights, those whom society,- has
to carry along. They neither improve
themselves,. nor the little they possess,
but are always jealous, and, `on of
the prosperity ' and progress of others. •
Like the poison ivy that clings to the
decaying trees, they gather their little
substance and support from the down
fall of - others, and feed upon the waste
that is throWn., off the car of progress
and improvement. When they go forth
for the day's employment, their eyes are
'stela upon something that shall fur
nish food upon which they delight to
feed. I s ike the spider they extract poi
son only from , that upon which they
seize. They neither patronize artisans
nor merchants. Neither do they pat- •
ronize newspapers, unless it be 11 , way
of "clubbing," where it will cost them
nothing. Having plenty of leisure,
they readily "'spoil e" the *ding
from country papers, as they - lie upon.
the counters of stogies,, or borrow from
their neighbors.. .
We have a few wh are so wrapped
up in self, and are so i tent on money-.
making, that they hod the penn so
.near the eye, that it obscures their y
vis
ion. . They even say that they do not
see that the Normal School has bene
fitted the place, even though the real
value of their property has increase
i,
from thirty, to forty -per cent. with'
three years. You know some plmp e
never grow. They are like toad-stools,
or rather excrescences that have exuded
from' certain kind of dead trees and be
come hardened. Did you ever see bass
wood prouts growing out of the top and -
sides I stumpl of fallen trees? Some '
men ike these, having no ,substance or
roots f their own, "vegetate" upon the
old st eh: whence they sprang. They
do no possess guTheient vitality to bear,
either transplanting, or grafting.
But, Mr. Edit o r, do not think for a •
moment that we have much of this ma- •
terial on hand. ,The little we have dis- -
turbs only the nervous. It is'lrue they
sometimes act like the "dog in the ,
trian e ,e . er,"o-hen theyeliappen_toget into
the stable. i But it serves to sharpen up
sad invigorate those who are pushing
:he car of' improvement onward.
- No, Mr. Editor, the mass of our' cal
.: ns do not giok•upon theselehildres
p Ms to society, and upon thnsselsOer
.:. trirnental to the war( l ) place. ', r, ire
qany among us w have , madeeriA
:ices and are willing to make szlll4reatss , `-
sr, if need be, that this school misy s hl:eas
success. The 9 feel a degretkof pride% hi
having the school ; and that it is ii glc
rious monumept to those illustrious
dead who went from this, and the sur- .
spending counties at their nations call,
and so gallantly yielded up their lives '
that this government might live: They
feel, in the language of Gov. Geary,
that "Every hill-top in theloyal North
should be crowned with shaft to per
petuate the memory of the loyal dead,"
and that "every valley should be adorn-
ed 'with these memorials, as a nation's
gratitude to its illustrious slain." What
more lasting - monument can we raise to
the memory of our sleeping dead, than
to take care of, and educattheir father
less children '?"If the spit its of the Ide
parted participate in the oncernsc of
of this world,'; with wha I pride and
satisfactionmust the father of these eliil
drenlook down upon those who are stri
vingto minister to the coin orts and ne
cessities. of these their helpless and de- _
pen dent offspring. And how must they
Teel when beholding those .who would
send them away empty„ and east theta
from us. "In as much as 'e did it unto
one of the least of these, .e dill: It unto
me," said our Savior.
And now, my:ilear sir, having said
thusonueli, let me say that the Soldier's
Orphan School needs more room. Those
who have it in charge they not Succeed •
in getting it, and we may be compelled
to let it go to Wellsboro, or Tioga. But
we shall try to meet its demands. Over
fifty are s pow i a attendance, and more
coming:' - Up to tike present time, all of
its operatihns have been carried_ on in ,
one building. How it is-done is a mys- 1
tery to the uninterested."We hope and
trust that a more wise and liberal polies'
will obtain among some of the mem
bers of the school Directors, and that
the unoccupied rooms in the r!ublie
-School House of the Borough will Ibe
offered for a school room.
Alan4 l Peld Nov. 1867. A. CITIZEN.
\ WEBSTER AN D JIANNE. —When
Hayne, of South Carblina, urged on by
his• Southern friends, had made his
speech .which called forth that immor
tal reply of the great "Northern Lion,"
many_ of Webster's friends, struck with
Hayne'syeal ability began to say to ;
each other, "Can Webster answer that ?"-
Mrs. Webster was present at the Capi
tol, and was greatily agitated at the fire
and force ofthe hero of South Carolina.
.3he'rode home with a friendinadVanco ,
if her husband. At last the "Lion"
atue quipping up to the door and
-- narcheld in, in an easy, unconcerned:
way. His wile hastened into the hall
list as she was,..and with tears in - her
:yes, said to "Can you—Can yoli
inswer Mr. Hayne ?"
With a sort of grunt of quiet roar bier
'ord turned upon her. I. l !Answer him?
171.11-r-i-n-d- him finer than that muffin
,lour box I" •
In due thniithe Webt , terian thunder
•ol led through the arelivs of the Capital,
:;tid Hay no was groundflne.
91V bat do you think now," says the
30er►l's friend to hissauthern acquain
tarfre, "of our northern lion?"
.1 1
"hie reNy came quick, but rather an
i:ri y•
'He's a iong-jawed, strong-jawed,
tough-hided devil)" ;-
Tom Hood - said the - re is no man In
;errnany more inhumanly abused than
• t,,•!! Jew. He is wronged, pelted, and
ai r ed at ; he is robbed, taxed, and spit
It : rind ati what? lie:2ause he
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a is owth
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