nOME MATTERS. WEDNESDAY, DEO. 2,5, 1807 ~~ MASONIC. LODGE, No. 317, A, Y. M., meets at their Hall, Weer Dr, Sloy'p, drug stow, on Tuesita.s eNeuing, ou err defame the 1 , 1111 Moon, at 0 o'clock I'. M. _ TYOGA CHAPTER, No. 104, 11. A. M., meel3 ate Ifnll,on Thurgclay evening , on or before, tho Full Moon, at 6 o'clock 1", M. TYOGA COUNCIL, No. ',II, 5...11A,TE11.5., meets at the ll.tll, on the third Friday o 1 each calendar month, at tl o'clock P. M. TYAO AGIITON COMMANDER V. N 2S, of KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, and the appendant otdeia. meets at the Hall, on the that PriAtay of each calendar mouth, at G 0%.1.c1; P. M. • Now Advertisements, A4sigrie l e's Notiee---Joh --Furs—Purs—Do Lam) Now 'Harness Shop—C, The Last Call—Wrigh , Ash Logs Wanted-.-C: Dentistry—Dr. Whip; Normal-Sehool Annict Register's IsNice—D. ;Harper's- Magazine—. Harper's Bazar. To PATRONS..— Ttlis number of the _Agitator closes Volume 14: No. 1 of i 7 Ol. 15 will appear January 8, Mr—thus leaving- our pat eons without a paper nest week. The proprietors send a Meru Christmas and Happy New Year to their fric.uds, without tlistvarton of patty, se‘,or complexion. - 1.111 - RISTMAS. —The usual ChriStAlS services will be held in St. Paul's ; Ep copal Chureb, Christmas Day. DONATION.—The friend of Rev. Mr. Packer will give him a Donation at the Ilotve of Daniel Monroe. in Delmar, Friday afternoon and evening. 27th inst LAimEs SuciAßLEt- 7 . 7 in connec tion with the PreFbyterinn Church , till meet nest Thurzday nt!eint.km nt 2 P. M., lit the yesitletwe Of, Nrs. W. If. `'with. Th - t: tuutig the cv,,airtg. • BEATEN. Mr. _Hen ry'- 'E. Dyke, of Charleston, writes that lie killeddn 5 month: cunt 11 days old pig, Taft fall, which-weighed 359 Its Also, another, a fd'w days °ter. 7 loonthb, nhich weighed 300 lbs: Messrs. Baffle and Henry Bill hteve to try again. DEPUTY SITERd'F. Sheriff Putter ha- appointed Lieut. S. S. Doi2kwell, of _Cherry Deputy, an appointment, wo may say pa:-ing, which does credit to the Sheriff, and is a night recognition of the nnirit:, of a gallant 'Nd TIIANK—The Yankee Family de -ire to expres, their thanks pub4ely to thei good i.eighbors, who so kindly lent their "dishes and things" on the occasion of their recent jcompa t;y" at the Court House. Also to their visitors for their kindness in coming. , ARRESTED FOR ROBBING 'TILE MAIL. —Special Agent Humphrey lit:t week eau-ed the uprest of Mr. and Mrs. 4. M. keeney. of the Post 'Alice at Keeneyville, nor robbing the mail:. xamination was had op Saturday, and Mrs. Keeney was 'held to bail for her appearance at the U. S. District °mull at Pittsburg-. WY o hare received nuns of the t 0 the. treat TnE ACADEMY.—It is desirable that pupils intending to enter for the winter Term, be promptly on hand on opening day, hi order that a proper classification can be made and the classes set out on an canality. The Winter Tel in commences Monday, an. ti, and continue:-t 12 MEE We hate gicat confidence in the ability and ol Prof. Hodgson to establirdi and amintaiwn good school-1i school which shall be A credit to the village. He i= a I.ien t lem an of culture. not much given to naming pro,ll,4ctU. , ,CS. or to promises which he does not intend to per form. We have only to come forward with a gbnerous patronage to ensure a successful school. : l l.ANSFlELD. — Ourcorresponclent, S.,' has azain taken up his 3.l) , ! : tie aii.l alezut put up a large..2.team Fa9tor3 for the produetioi, of wood He has a.•TE:ociated with hitti Cut. ML. Clark; k,tocer. he latter will prohahly •ifsp.)se of his grocery. Ilk many friends, while. ..vizhing him every EUCCUS in hi, new venture, I , ;ret his abandonment of the lmsinetsoffurnizh larr, the necessaries of life. Fuller hrs ollarg,(1 and vr:r.y much anpr6ved his liotei (The, United Statcs) for, the •enfort and aceonimodadion of travelers-. Mi. tivm. Adams has nearly completed his new Store. fill , - will make the third businesr location on the t side of Main' Street, Ira& hat it.( hi, 0 ICietiv confined to tho west lido hitherto." EXPJ E s r LIN E.—M . \V . \lit, bill! Superintendent of the United States Expre.s Lines over the Erie Ilailio,ol and its ~,,,•ta,4 , was in town but week fur the porpo , c. opening an Express Oflicein this village, and •oineetiug line between Tioga and IVelkhoro. Ile -lice% eded in tweomplishing both 01,ject&.-- 1 pointing 'Hugh Young, Eerp . , the agent, and Mr 11. J. .110E3 for the transpottation of freights 0,.1 _mall parcels riNeF the route. Mr. Ross is t , l . ;iired to deliver freights and pttri';':i., daily be this point and the railroad. Ail parcels ti. fight Lron7,lll by thi. , line trill he •delivert . :ll ,t the door , . of the The price • t. tv,eett 11'ellst,ore, and Tioga, as Mr. Mitch..ll Inioliiied its, is 2.i cents pee hundred •lor heart weights, and I.i cents mach 6.1 ;111:11; .Mr. Young antloo .1 to ti eeild n,/' all pal - r, Is sent. Ime Id 4.11/ , 11.1 "ttt , Z and truly tteighters. lea it,; ' done a be•t% o v er the road for the pa• t • :It 11,1 , t-,1 - 12/11.1i1CF. is proverbial. and a• iptestion: The rates established me 1.0. It l nt, I l'cin ere: before knout' between tlo if the public complain of la , k of pie-. la ,:lities after this they mmt I,c difficult to c , ossll l .—A. Merry Cliriz-lnn'ei. and a ail yon 311. individually and jointiv, friends and-patrons. Thi: will find you :iscif,sing your Chi istnias dinner , . we tru-t with 'moderation. stol gratetullY withal. Though net h lei:1111Y to SilliCtS, tis e ktrwr ni ..),c =nu: wLich ; „:,ves a fitieretiAl to a t;t .. eltt,hil, • tally to roasted I..ken the turkey is being e:trved. the ,:olibler is laid nn its hack, and the fork inserted, .lint upon your fingers the allinher ui ffuniliet. t. thin your acquaintance whose eireitin , tanee, not admit of . 11 morn generous ihnio.l 'llristrans than on any other day in Hie yeAT. T,i the count does not employ all your finzirs, ecul,t al the remaining ones ail the little Lois and ,i;lris of your acquaintance %rho 133),. a. suauLle for winter. liroing done this. upon leur ten toes count the dollars 3ou have spent hir.usteless luxuries in appetite, or dress, or ~rna,- , mentreince last Christmas. And it the total dollars represent half a elo7eu pairs of with s ' torkings to, match, silently thank heaven \ that you may do what you please with four own money, and' fall to. Our word for it, you can ii;spenso with a celery relish on the oce.eion. Those who have not squandered their rarplup , upon,luxuries to the preelus , ion of the act n; elmr4y-hinted at, sway nred i .vieed Aufling. and - . %.elety, and-oyster sttae„ ---;. l lhis should' be--_a , :liohlay numder AiliVitor;"and in older t give it as touch of that eliarileter as, - toctiinfr-weCida'a tun about toWn _the other-deli- for the bectiefit of the givers and rv.• ceivere of good gifts. .11 , tir trailers have generally made pre . rttelitUll' for il.ristmas. We sot in at Pollard d - Goldsmith's, where 1/14 be firiUllit almost everything in the toy line. from triih•s light as air," to . the martial accouterments of a Yciang Aerietiel regiment. Their shelves present an , irTerly disarray of dancing jacks,dolls, inAnt crockery, nameless articles of wood and papier i maelle,\ At tiarilacCE and Mathers's we saw how the confectioner had imitated nature in susor and i,tes ittlellS of nearly every animal that t aid..put:ag'etin Noah's Ark, and of the various fruit and tloWers, being there, not as large 11:-. life. nor twice as , natural. Passing on to William , 4 S Co's Drug iitere, we found Santa Claus in 441 1 iley. imball. Weekly; anti his glory; offering .A great variety of ,articteS; from a spinning top to a mahogany writing-case. The girls may see waxen dolls that wear their flaxen tresses in curls and, like Nelly Bly, sbiit their eyes when they go to- sleep. Toilet setts, and boys sleds, delicate' work-boxes,-tand tin trumpets, le., may be seen theie in :strong .contrast. Crossing above, Kimball opiate out with a pretty good stock of miscellaneous, toys, sugar, wood, and iron. Passing \ on,. Webb S. Hastings show a tine display of miscellaneous toys, ranging from trifles up to such luxuries as young ladies delight in. Hastings & Co., also have a fair assortment of the cheaper grades of toys. We have now reached the upper limit of Toydom. Returning to the establishment of Messrs. Young Ind Foley, we enter a new wto of beauty. Young has stocked his -she Wes and counters with a pei feet wealth ,of the choicest books of the season ; hoolt:s_ in elegant binding; books from A. B. C. up to grand poems, scientific dissertations, and eyelopedias; Prayer books; illustrated books. Pictures-from the fine stood-cut to aromas, rivaling oil paintings. Pictures, framed, and unframed; fancy articles, toys, bust, in Parian marblei in short, all 0 1050 iirtiotes usually found in Book-stores may ii - ound there. Facing about, you stand in the full blate of Polcy's unrivaled stock of Silver, and plated ware; jewelry—from a diamond sett learnt sii2ooo' to its paste hrother, worth twenty shillings : watehes,"frout the cheap importation to the he: t Howard Aerie:in ; Vases of artificial flower.: which might deceive the busy bee; flower-pots of ornamented lava; Vases—of Bohemian glass, lava, and porcelain; table 'setts, ice pitchers, f:iney clocks, canes,—in abort, such an .array of glittering things as tiger before . paled daYlight iu Well-Imm --And as ice looked at all these things—books, gold, silver and diamonds, to.ys,andpretty gift: -- we felt an inclination to break that counnandint nt —"Tlfou shalt not covet;" for _find wo the tneal:s of an Aker, or a Vanderbilt, it should be our plea Lure to purchase the entire stock and pl.iy S.Luta Claus: to mune purpose i As it is, we can obly say—First come .first- served, with largo choice. TIFF; YANKEE SUPPER.—We 3.1111(1 read of the wonderful mirror, into •which it% one looked, the events of his life were' reflected iu orderly sequence. Dropping into the Court House last Thursday evening we beheld a picture of old times at home scarcely lc-s wonderful. It was k noun that . the ladie, of the Presbyterian Society were to serve up a public r,upper in Neic England style, but we did not took for so graphio apieture of Yankeedoin as it was in the days of our grand fathers. Upon entering we were met by a. polite middle-. aged hilly in a high cap and white Kerchief, who introduced herself as Aunt Mehitahle, hut who looked marvelously like our own Aunt Rebecca, who used salutary spanks to us iu childhood. Shihmr. chatty and attentive'r.s Aunt Mehitables shotlid he, and she showed uz an 01.1 Revolutionary canteen of wood—smaller. hut of he sanici family of that we used to carry full .f cider into 'the hay field in yearsagone; and t ni..e old. "buffet." with its parti-colored arr..y of "Checney - dishes, eupported by a pewter pktter which had s.een s.rVice. Just then came tip our old Aunt Prue, with her box of Scotch -t.V.ff. and Sister Eunice, with her head betlizetioil whit Bus ton notions, and is ho was introducl,i'::as Cousin Jabees wife, "right from Boating." Tlci , n Cousin Semantha Ann, with her hair tiufieil atVl moulded into a tower, and her dress %%114 very much out of present fashion—her face uteathtd with smiles born °fa sense of fun could not be suppressed. Semantha Ann us to see Aunt Sally Wiggins, who sat in the coiner knitting an old fashioned stocking, and dis guised-in the clothes our own Aunt -Lucy bred to wear that we nearly forgot ourself and asked for Uncle Jim. High above her head hint i g the tra ditional string of onions, and loner hung tl .. ancient griddle iu,n wit' lie and grasshopper legs. Just dcrmlut pulled n, river to sec Gm elu:cly rt:entblcl Granny -- I.ita